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Seeing Stars Fail.

There has been quite sensation
among our young people during the
past week. II was announced that on
the night Of the 18th inst, general
meteoric shower would occur and q
number of our "boys" forgot the time,
and walked the streets on the Sunday
night before, expecting to see the moon
fall. They were little mixed rs Ia
what should fall. They knew some
thing was Gin the wind" and they
could not discover what il was. On ev-
cry succeeding night the watch was
kept up, and il was not discovered UNI
Ill "Wednesday night, thata parlor nice
ly lighted up was an unfavOrablc place
10 sec stars fall. On Wednesday night
"A party gathered at the Hartford House
with n determination To stay till the
heavens themselves should fall. At Il
late hour they discovered, for what
reason they could not tell, that tn,
stars had all withdrawn from the
heavens. They had not fallen TO tn,
earth, but had receded from view
When this strange fact dawned upon
the eager watchers they called gcner-
al consultation 10 decide what il was
that was expected to fall. Stars?-it
could not he, for these had gone. The
moon no, il could not be, for this 81
lent night watcher had long sine,
framed out of our vision. What on
earth is going To fall exclaimed on,
young lady, rubbing her eyes. \ young
gentleman suggested that perhaps il
was the sun, rs he saw that luminary
climbing out of the Eastern seas. Tn,
young ladies exclaimed, ooh my what
have we done! Is ii, say, is ii day :"
at is, by" exclaimed the young
gentlemen and the meeting adjourned
until the next night, to meet at the
Town Hall, to watch for the stars to fall
CHAPTER III, Nov. 18TH.
Intent upon witnessing the wonder
ful spectacle of the falling meteors, the
young people assembled M the Town
Hall. Each face wore a serious bust
ness-like air. Never was an Irish wake
entered upon with more serious deter.
mination upon the part of the watch
crs To "see the thing through" than
was the watch to observe the stars fall
The dancing school held the first watch
and il was thought for time that me
teors or some other pent up force would
explode i'm the very midst of the scene
But this calamity was averted, by q
hair's breadth escape. At 1890, T.. NJ, 4
committee of citizens, headed by Mr.
Massie, DIR. Griffin and others, relieved
the first watch, IA portion Of whom re-
tired from the scene, and n portion took
refuge in unfrequented corners, like
poor puss, To await the oncoming fall
The serious looks upon the faces of tn,
corner groups indicated that the mo-
mentous issues of the occasion were du'
ly appreciated. The hours sped on, but
no meteors. At 1, \, NJ, Of the 18th
inst, the meeting adjourned sine die.
=. S.-Some of the party witnessed
three or four dozen metcors about three
O'Clock
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-11-19

governor BI.ACEBURN has, 10y APP
propriate Proclamation, fixedupon Nov
9th ms a day of thanksgiving and
prayer.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-11-19

WE wait To see what excuse Prof.
Tice has tooffer. Was il Mulhattanism
lac played ON the boys:
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-11-19

A splendid Safe for sale Mt good bar
gain. Call at once ON John p. Barrett.
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PRoF. TEES shower of Meteors did
not occur. His prediction failed, and
with il his reputation rs an Astrono-
mcr. \ few days ago "a correspondent
Of the indianapolis Sentinel appealed to
Prof. Daniel Kirkwood, Professor of
mathematics in the Indiana University,
and the best informed Astronomer in
America. He substantially stated that
there could not possibly he such a dis
play on the 18th, since the last great
meteoric display occurred in 1867 and
lSGs, and that il requires thirty years for
the meteor which is expected 10 make
the display To complete revolution,
and that people need not look for the
display until about the years 1898 and
1899. The Professor proves 10 have
been right.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-11-19

GEN. GRANT will visit Louisville
about the 10th of December.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-11-19
Good Brick for Sal e.

We have about 100000 good brick for
sale ON thepremises OIL A. w. Carson,
81 miles from Hartford near No Creek
church. Will sell them mt a reasonable
price. / FOSTER,
43-4t L. A. w. CARSON.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-11-19
Wanted.
Yarns Ter Sale.

A good milch COW. For information,
apply at this Office.
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We call attention TO the editorial from
Wednesdays Courier-Journdi, upon the
cause of low water in rivers. The ques-
ton of deforestation is one that will
ere long have to be grappled with in
this country. As soon as field is
abandoned to agriculture, it should he
set in good varieties of forest trees,
thus securing the double benefit of a
constant supply Of timber, and also add
much toward the water supply Of the
country. III Rough Creek flats were
once cleared of her forests, those rich
and now worthless lands would be val
liable for cultivation.
We are perfectly willing to say that
We dislike such a controversy as has
been had between Murrell and Hooker,
hut, as Murrell commenced it, Hooker
had a right to end il. il has become
the custom of the HERALD TO allow its
columns to be used tor all sorts of per-
sonal abuse, and we think the practice
an erroneous one.-Aes1s.
1t seems that you disliked il very
much, when you were so anxious to get
your finger into the pie, that you made
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-11-19

THERE Is a pithy essay in the h. Nj.
|. N,trs, over the initials ii. ID. Me-,
which We presume TO be from the pen
of our toWnsman, son Of Hon. IA. ID.
McHenry. IL our surmise be correct,
and Henry sticks 10 his text through
life, he viii come out all right, and take
his place high up the roll Of honor in
Kentucky attorneys.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-11-19

1 have u good farm Of 100 acres-1OO
Of which Is cleared. 1t is situated IL
miles from Horse Branch and from
Rosine, which will sell or rent.
42-tf III. ID. MCHENRY,
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A PEW days ago, two couples were
married in the Mammoth cave. We
have heard of several instances of
weddings in balloons. For our part, We
would prefer 10 take the old fashioned
plan-in the little parlor. We look for
the time to come when men will go out
and climb n tree or go into cave Ia
die. What am this world "A coming to?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-05-07
Provision for the Insane.

Placing the insane population at forty
five thousand, it is safe to estimate that
eighty per cent. are supported at the
public charge, and ninety-five per cent.
in buildings maintained by public charge
or endowment. These buildings cost in
round numbers $35, 200, 900, a sum equal
to $1,000 for each inmate. OF this eX-
penditure, $I5, 600 has been made in
the last ten years. In the Eastern States,
nine asylums may be named that cost, in
the aggregate, $l4, 900, equal to the
sum of $4,000 for each insane inmate.
Those who regard the luxuries and ap-
pointments of a first-class hotel as fur.
nishing all that can be desired in the
way of bodily comfort, may be able to
form an idea of the luxury of surround
ings this places, or ought to place, at the
command of each inmate, when they are
told that ten of the most expensive and
luxurious hotels are built and equipped
at cost of 81, 800 for each guest. Com
mon sense tells us that this vast expen-
diture is not necessary. Luxury cannot
replace human skill. Now in England,
with a hard-working governmental su-
pervision, which controls the erection of
buildings as well as the personal care of
the inmates, we find modern asylums
constructed at one-tenth the maximum
and One-half the minimum cost of recent
American hospitals.-NetO York OBJ
/ SeTUer.
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Threatens every man, woman or child living
in a region of country where fever and ague
is prevalent, since the germs OF malarial dis
ease are inhaled from the air and are swnl-
lowed from the water of such II region. Medi-
cinal safeguard is sabsolutcly necessary to nulify
this danger. As n means of fortifying and
accmating the system so as to be able TO resist
the malnrial poison, IIostetters Stomach Bit
ters is incomparnbly the best and the most
popular. Irregularities of the stomach, liver
and bowels encourage malaria; but these are
speedily rectified by the Bitters. The functions
of digestion and secretion are assisted by its
use, and vigorous as well as regular condi-
ton of the system promoted by it, Constitu-
tion and physique are thus defended against
tho inroads of malaria by this matchless pre-
ventive which is also a celZain and thorough
remedy in the worst cases OF intermittent and
remttent fevcrs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-05-07
How a Farm Was Earned.

A young man, says the Cincinnati
Times, was very anxious to secure a
piece of property which was for sale on
very advantageous terms. He went to
confer with a friend who was a banker,
and to inquire whether it would be
prudent to borrow the requisite sum and
pay it in regular installments, thinking
that he should be able to manage all but
the first installment He was advised to
borrow from the bank sum large
enough to cover the first payment, lay it
strictly aside, and then go ahead.
9 But" said his friend, "you must spend
literally nothing. You must live off
your place. You must make box and
drop in it all the money you receive" ."
The young man and his wife went
bravely to work to follow his advice. If
it was necessary to dine on head of
boiled cabbage and salt they did so and
never grumbled. Every payment was
promptly met. The egg money, and the
butter money, and the corn and wheat
money-all went into the payment-boX,
and at a specified time the place was
theirs. There was an invisible wealth
about such hard-earned possessions that
common observers knew nothing of. On
the. day of the last payment the young
man presented himself before his friend
with a smiling face and with the money
in his hand. There were no rags to be
seen, but his clothing was well covered
with darns from head to foot. "You see
l have followed your advice he said,
casting a glance over himself, land my
wife looks worse than | do. But | have
earned the farm, and now l know how
to earn another"
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IneOnseduentlaI Takers.

There is a certain raft of idlers who
beset a newspaper Office, and who appear
to believe that every mans time is theirs.
By this no allusiOn is meant to those
transient callers, even though they call
every day, who say few words, serious
or gay, to the point, and then drop out of
sight. We are happy to say that our
experience has lain more among men of
this description than among the greedy
grabbers of conversation, who want to
have all the talk and will go on Cabling
forever, to the annoyance of everybody
who desires to work. Why the drones
should beset the toiling bees, who make
their honey by the sweat Of their brows
if bees can be supposed to have brows
we are unable to comprehend, but it is
unquestionabe that that privilege is often
accorded to them, out of pure good ma
ture. Upon what principle people who
have done their work, such as it is,
should be permitted to habitually harass
those who have been prevented from
doing it by the gabblers who Immediate
ly after breakfast set in motion the vOlu-
bility with which they are cursed, is
more than we can make out. But tn,
facts of society bear out the statement
that these things are so. There is a tim,
TO talk and time not to talk, and it i
only fair to claim that newspaper work
like all other kinds of work, could b.
transacted in much less than the tim
now given TO it, if the sanctum wer
transferred into a temple where the god @
silence was treated with some respect
We are all of US sinners some time in thi
Tespect.-NeU York Telegram.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-05-07
Novel Insurance.

The Maiden Assurance Society is a
somewhat singular business institution
in Denmark, which perhaps might be
made to flourish in this country. The
nobleman-for the association Is pecu-
liarly for this class-as soon as a female
child is born TO him, enrolls her name
in certain association of noble families,
and pays a certain sum, and thereafter
q fixed annual amount, to the society.
When she has reached the age of-we
believe-twenty-one, she becomes en-
titled to n fixed income and to an ele-
CANT suite of apartments in large build
ing of the association, with gardens and
park about it, inhabited by other Young
or older nobler ladies, who have thus
become members. If her father dies in
her youth, and she desires It, she has
shelter in this building. and at the fixed
time her income. When she dies or
marries, all this right to incomes lapses,
and the money paid in swells the en-
dowm1 It of the association. Her father
may pay for twenty years, and then
her marriage cut off all advantage of the
insurance. But this very chance must en-
able the company to charge lower annual
premiums, and make the burden less on
the father insuring. He has at any rate
the pleasant feeling that his small annual
payments are lnsurlng his daughters
future and giving her comfortable
home and income after he has gone. 1t
is obvious that the chances for marriage
among a given number of women can be
calculated as those of death. The plan
has worked well for generations in
Copenhagen. The possession of an
apartment-house by the association
in some pretty suburb of New York,
would certainly add to the attractiveness
of the plan, and would only be a portion
of the assets of the company. A single
lady, at the death of her father, or when
she is of age, would thus find herself in
possession of a pleasant suite of rooms
with respectable companions, and in the
enjoyment of a small fixed income. The
class who now suffer most from the con-
vulsions of business-single and unpro-
tected women of well-to-do families
would thus be sheltered and cared for.
Fathers who could not spare capital for
their daughters could thus devote some
portions of annual income which would
secure their future. We commend the
Danish plan to our insurance companies.
Albany (NY.) Journal.
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Not Col. lngersolPs ''aristocracy of the air, +"
but real human ghosts Ghosts that were once
healthy men and women, but are now simply
the "ghosts of what they once were" As we
meet them, and inquire the cause of all this
change, they repeat the old, old story "a cold -
neglected cough, " ."cntarrh, !" "ovorwork," i" or
Dyspepsia" oliver complaint" and "consti-
pation,' with unsuccessful physicians and
remedies In Offering his Golden Medical Dis
covery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets for the
cure of the above affections, DIR. Pierce does
not recommend them as n "sure cure" in all
stages For il the lungs be half wasted away,
or there be n cancerous complication, no ply
sician or medicine can cure. The Discovery
is, however, an unequaled peotornl and blood
purifier. Itspeedily cures the most aggravated
cough or cold and, in its early or middle stages,
consumption. BY correcting all irregularities
OF the stomach and liver, it readily cures
blotches, pimples scroiulous ulcers, ''bunches, -
or tumors. Hundreds testify that il has re-
stored their health, after eminent physicians
had fniled. For constipation, use the Pellets.
As local remedy for catarrh, use DIR. Sages
Catarrh Remedy.
Sudden changes in the weather are productive
of throat diseases, coughs and colds. There
is no more efIectual relief to be found than in
the use of - Browns Bronchial Troches.'
TWentV-fVe cents n box
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The Best Remedy Known to Man

DR.. Clark johnson having associated himself
with Mr.. Edwin Eastman, an escaped captive, long
slave to Wakametkia, the medicine man Of the
Introduction of the wonderful remedy OF that tribe
The experience of Mr.. Eastman being similar to
that of Mrs. Chas Jones and son, of Washington
Co.. Iowa, an account of whose sufferngs were
thrilingly narrated in the Neio York Herald OF Dec
18th. 1878, the facts Of which are so widely
ion of Mr. Eastman's experiences will be given
lere. They are, however, published IN a neat vol
inc of 300 pages, entitled, "Seven and Nine Years
mention will be made hereafter. Suffice it to say,
that for several years, Mr.. Eastman, while cap
live, ,ewas compelled TO gather the roots, gums,
)arlls, herbs and berries of which Wakametkla's 5
Medicine was made, and is still prepared to pro-
'ide the SAME materials for the successful intro
iuction OF the medicine to the world; and assures
the public that the remedy is the same now as
when Wakametkla compelled him to make it.
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ELECTRICITY as a CURATIVE POWE
GOLD, SILVER

And Other Colorado GIittering CuriOsities,
sent In cabinets Of twenty-five different specimens each
for So hfteen 81 90 and twelve 81 Also four Mining
and Railroad Maps ten views Of Colorado Scenery and
History of Leadyille for 81. Agents wanted. Send
stamp for circulars. Address
ANDERSON COOKE,
CT this out Box 1899, Leadville, Colo
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Sod Fences.

A Louisiana paper says that Mr..
Joseph Jefferson has been fencing his
orange-grove plantation in that State in
a novel and effective way. He begins
by erecting, for each side of his fence,
sods three feet in width, divided into
five layers, at an angle of seventy-five
degrees. The soil from beneath the sod
exactly fills the space between the erected
sods, leaving a three-foot ditch on each
side. On the top Of this sod-and-soil
fence, which is four and a half feet at the
base and three feet high, he plants cut
tings of the Mccartney rose, which are
protected by a panel of boards. This
fence, while within the reach of any man
who will shoulder his spade and work,
possesses the advantages of an impassa-
BILE barrier, of permanence, of not need
ing repairs, of drainage and of being a
most beautiful ornament. Mr.. Jefferson
will soon have inclosed a section of his
plantation containing 1900 acres, and at
one-half the cost of stake fence. 1t is
thought that this most economical and
useful fence will ultimately be generally
adopted in the Southern States.-Scie,a-
tgfc american.
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A Command that was New to Hardee

General Hardee, whose manual of in
fantry tactics was in use in all the
Southern armies, visited a rural Georgia
town one day during the war, and the
commander of second-class militia ="
company sought to do himself and the
general honor by parading his command
in front of the inn in which Hardee had
rooms. The writer upon tactics came
out upon the balcony to review the COM
mand and the militia officer put his
men through their PAGES. In one of the
maneuvers the men became confused and
got into a hopeless tangle. Hardee, in
telling the story, said that he could think
of no possible way in which they might
be extricated, and waited with great Gu
riosity to see what the militia COM
mander would do. The tactitian in
command looked at the confused mass
for moment with scowl of perpleXity
upon his forehead then his face cleared,
and he shouted the order:
Disentangle to the front; march"
Whereupon the men rushed forward
and formed new line without regard to
the order of the old one. Hardee said
the command was not in his own or any
other book on tactics, but that it ought
to be.
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Edwin Eastman in Indian Costume.

SEVEN AND NINE YEARS AMONG THE COMANCHEs
AND APACHEs. A neat volume of 800 pages,
being a simple statement of the horrible facts
connected with the sad massacre of II helpless
family, and the captivity tortuTes and ultimate
escape of its two surviving members. For sale
by our agents generally Price $1.00.
The incidents Of the massacre, briefly narrated,
distributed by agents, FREE of charge.
Mr.. Eastman, being almost constantly at the
West, engaged in gathering and curing the matert-
ais of which the medicine IS composed, the sole
business management devoves upon DR. johnson,
and the remedy has been called, and is known as
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-05-07
HEART DISEASE AND LIVER COM
PLANT

MIDDLEBURGH, Snyder Co., Pa.
Dear Sir:-I have been troubled with Heart
Disease and Liver Complaint, and had spent
great deal of money for medical aid without
receiving any benefit, until / procured some of
our Indian Blood Syrup from your agent,
T.. l.. Burlington. can now testify from my
experience as to the great value of it in such
diseases. HENRY ZECHMAS.
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ENTIRELY CURED.

PITTSBURGH, Pa., August 25, 1878.
Dear Sir:-I was troubled with Lung Disease
and suffered from other complaints 50 much
that ] could not describe my feelings TO any
person. / doctored ali the time but found no
relief until took a bottle of your Indian Blood
Syrup, which left me entirely free of all pain.
CAPT. SAM. A. CARGO.
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TIE INDIAN BLOOD. SYRUP THE RIGHT
MEDICINE.


PITTSBURGH, Pa, August 70, 1878.
Dear Sir:-I was troubled with Kidney Dis
ease and Liver Complaint l tried everything
which l thought might do me good but did
not find the right medicine until / got a 50-cent
bottle of your medicine which entirely cured
me. Mrs. RANDALL.
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The delicate membrane which envelops the
lungs and lines the air passages is exceedingly
sensitive, and slight irritation OF it increases
and spreads very rapidly. Remembering this,
use, if you are attacked by a cough or cold,
that incompatible pulmonic and preventive of
consumption, DIR. Hall's Balsam for the Lungs,
which invariably gives speedy relief and ulti-
mately effects complete cure in all cases
where the breathing organs are affected. Use
it in time and prevent serious bronchial trou-
BILE. Sold by all druggists
In these days when there is such a strife
among makers as to who shall produce the
lowest-priced parlor organ, it is wen TO remem-
Der that one company keep up their standard
/ of highest excellence. Every organ made by
| them may be depended on. To have a Mason
/ 4 Hamlin Organ is TO have the best that can
! be made.
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LIVER COMPLAINT.

JACKSONVILLE, March, 3, 1879
Dear S S.5':-Knowing, from experience that
your Indian Blood Syrup is sure cure for
Liver Complaint, Iconfldently recommend it to
all suffering humanity. REBECCA MEL.
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ANDALUsIA, Ia, FEB. TO- 1870.
Dear Sir:-I have been using your Indian
Blood Syrup in my family for Liver and Kidney
Complaint with success. L believe it has no
equal, EDWARD GILBERT.