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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
THE FARMERS FRIEND
The Country Press can Always
be Relied On.

In an address before a farmers
meeting In Christian county, one Of
the speakers said: "As a rule, the
farmer has no 6rmer friend than the
country press. The home paper Is
distinctly the iarmer's own paper,
supported directly and indirectly by
farmers. who compose the backbone
Of the subscription list, and largely
for what the enterprising merchant
advertises. Now, brothers, let us not
forget our friends. Let us see that
our subscription Is paid up to the FIRST
Of January each year In advance II we
can sfford Il. The man or the paper
that Aghts my battles shall have my
support. Another thing, the mer-
chants who advertise are the ones
who make Il possible for them to get
q good local paper, and men or firms
who are too penurious to advertise
and help the local press have no right
to the farmers patronage. I propose
to go to live advertiser and man
who will do his share In supporting
local paper. rather than TO buy of a
man who proposes to cecure all and
give nothing In return. II the farm
ers as a class would support their
friends. the others would soon go out
of business"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
CAUGHT AFTER LONG Chase
John Morrison, London EN-
bezzler, Is Captured.
Followed Fourteen Months Over
b Two Continents BY Detec-
tives--Arrest Is made
In Chicago.

Chicago, Oct. ,o.-AfteT a chase
lasting fourteen months, and In which
two continents were trayersed with a
detective In pursuit John Morrison.
assistant cashier OF the Northampton
Bank Of London chsrgedwith embez-
zing more than $50. 600 has been cap
tured In Chicago. Morrison with Ed
ward Weston. of the Scotland Yard de-
tectiye force. who effected the capture
now Is on his way to England to an
swer the charge OF defalcation.
Morrison, after his fight. assumed
many aliases. When arrested he was
conducting jewelIy store In Forty
third street under the name of Henry
Jorgan. He also had used the names
Of William Jor tin, Henry Miller and
Francis. During August 1904. In the
temporary absence of the cashier oil
the London bank, Morrison, 1t 10 al
legged. fed to the continent. The
theft aroused the London bankers
and Weston was put on the case.
The detective started for the CONT
neut thirty hours after Morrison, buI
the fleeing man had sailed at once
for Canada. There he bought tickeI
for New York. In New York, Nor
rlson lived at small boarding house
for at..least two months. Becoming
nervous he left the city and went to
Boston where he invested In a jewelr,
store.
The fugitive did not stay long In
Boston. He went to Marion. o
where he invested 10 business ven
ture.
= Wetson came to Marion, where h
learned the embezzler had left only
few hours before for Chicago. Wet
son arrived In Chicago only a few
days later than Morrison. When ar
rested the fugitive consented to return
to England without extradition pro
ceilings.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
SENATOR VEST.
Is Dying at The Home Of HIS
Daughter In st. Louis.

Gov. Graham Vast, for thirty-six
years Uuited States Senator from
Missouri Is dying at the home of his
daughter In st. Louis. The Little
Giant" as he was known In the SEN
ate, is making the same gallant fight
for life that always marked his bat
ties In public life. But TIE fight Is a
losing one, and the brilliant mind
that swayed the Senate Is slowly but
surely fading away.
All day long the old statesman sits
In his great leather chair, his pallied
face on his breast, his ashen hands
folded In his lap. Once In a while
his shrunken fingers stroke his chin
or he rouses with a start to mutter,
"Ed-what Is itr'
Senator Vest was dying man when
he left Washington last Decembei
when his term expired. But ever
flashes of old-time mentality reused
his colleagues and filled the Senat'
with his brilliancy. But these flashes
are becoming less frequent. Menta
decadence Is following physical decay
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
DIED IN HIS TRACKS
Calhoun Man Meets Death While
at Saloon Der Taking
a Drink.

Calhoun, KY, Oct. 26-With q
swallow of whisky still running down
his throat. Miles vertres sank to the
floor " irwin & Hancock's saloon this
afternoon, and was dead when those
Ia the saloon reached his side. ~
Mr.. Vertres. according to witnesses,
entered the saloon at the rear door.
He walked up to the bar aud asked
for half pint OF whisky ina bottle.
remarking at the time that he did not
feel very we'll. When handed the
bottle by the bartender he at once re-
moved the cork and put II to his lips.
lie took a swallow and then reached
for the railing Of the bar. The bottle
fell from his trembling hand and
crashed on the floor.
Without uttering word verters
dropped to the floor dead Those in
the room rushed to his side aud raised
him, but life was already extinct.
The body was removed to the Tur-
uer hotel and prepared Of burial. /,
was Afterwards iremoved to his late
home In the lower part Of town.
Mr.. Vertres Is survived by widow
and three children. He served during
the civil war with the Union army,
and was drawing a pension at the
time Of his death. He was trustee
OF the town. which position he had
held for a number of years. Hill
friends say rhat he was subject to at
tAcks Of heart failure.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
49, THE 5
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Read Wherever the English
Language, is Spoken:

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10 this. Il Is widely. circulated In
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Ion, and even In remote Senth Africa
and on the gold fields In The deserts
of iAustralia. These are the things
that tell.
Next year We have the Presidential
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are deeply. Interested. Already the
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ming to end.
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Ia addition to all the news, the
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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
It THE SLEEPING. SENTINEL. !
A True Story Of Kentueky Mountain
= = Life. =

| The Children, awakened by the cries
OF their distressed father, came ont
one by one to gaze on the distorted
features Of an object they had. but the
night before, called by the endearing
name Of mother. p
The news spread rapidly. and the
day was consumed In arranging for
the last rites. The entire population
Of the neighborhood came In to see
the body and learn the facts Of her
death.
At sunset the Coroner aud his jury
arrived, and after viewing the re-
mains, made their mark" to the
verdict written by q bystander, since
none OF them could write his name.
Immediately In front Of the house the
carpenters were putting the last
touch to the coffin, while the wo-
men were sitting about the yard
"making the dress" These at
length being compIstsd. the crowd
began TO assemble to hear the funeral
sermon. a
1 Pieces OF lumber left over from
making the coffin. fence rails and q
work bench constituted the material
from which the benches los the occas-
lon were constructed. In each room
a small lamp, without chimney or
globe, afforded light. while the cor
ners OF the rooms were occupied by
little children, pups and kittens, all
fast asleep. The services commenced
promptly at 9 O'Clock p. M, In the
presence of more than hundred men
and women. who filled both rooms
and stood In crowds about the doors
and windows. The speaker was
scarcely able to distinguish the feat
urea of those about him by the flick
erihy light which ieli around him In
alternating dimness and shadows.
while before him lay the stark and
rigid features Of the dead. surrounded
by the weeping. aaotherIess children.
At the conclusion oil the brief ser
vice, those who were not afraid went
home, while the more timid stayed to
watch I'LL morning.
When morning came the body was
loaded into a wagon and carried to Its
last resting place. followed by vast
eoueoutse Of friends. The family re-
turned from the graveyard 10 resume
their daily routine. and their friends
returned to discuss the sad affair In
awed whispers. to dream dreams OF
terror, to see visions Of "sperits" for
many days and night to come.-Sam-
uel Styx Ia Louisville Times.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
cENTERTOWN. KY.

Oct. 27.-Mrs. Tom Carter has re-
turned from a visit to friends nesr
Rockport.
MIS-. Sllss Jones is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Sue Gary. In Louis
Vile.
B. N. Stroud and wife, OF Horton.
are visiting friends and relatives here.
DR.. Smith, of Point Pleasant, visited
friends here this week.
Mrs. B. N. Taught. Of McHenry.
spent several days here visiting her
son, u S. Taught.
Mr.. Will stoguer, Of Evanville, Is
visiting here this week.
Mr.. Jake Warden was In Louisville
last week.
Mrs. s. NJ. James and Lewis James
visited friends In South Carrolltor
last Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. George Rhoads has moved Il
! our town.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06

The humble home OF Mr.. james
Persley, Is situated on the headwaters
Of certain little mountain stream In
Eastern Kentucky. In this home
his wife, Mrs. Mary Persley, had been
for many weeks a sufferer, wasting
away with a malignant type Of ty-
phoid fever. During all these days
her neighbors and friends ministered
untiriugly,to her wants, but, according
to her request and preference, It was
her husbands nightly task to. kesp
his virgils alone. Thus days passed,
and the simmer Of 1908 was passing
into autumn. "Fodderin' time" had
come and all the availing working
force Of each mountain home was en-
ployed In saving "roughness" for the
approaching winter. Mr.. Persley
was daily employed In "pullin' fol-
der" on the mountain side, while
every night found him by the bedside
Of his suffering wife. At length,
worn out by the constant labor and
wstchin'. he fell soundiy asleep one,
night as be sat In his chair by her
side.
No sound was heard In the room
save en- occasional groan from the
children lying on the floor. and the
regular breathiu Of the seminal asleep
at hts post. Gently she Withdrew
her hand from his. as his nerves re-
Taxed In sound slumber, and slipped
uoiselessly from the room. Summon
ing all her remaining strength for
one supreme and final effort, she pro-
cured q rope from the gear room, and
having returned to the apple tree by
the house she climed into Il. tied one
end ebout the left limb OF the tree,
the other securely about her neck and
leaped to death. n
WlNulu tuC uouoe NhC NatioAtn es~Pe|
on undisturbed. while the father sat by
an empty couch. Without the mid
night stiffness was disturbed only by
the boots Of owls and the howis of
dogs, while the moon shone on In all
Its splendorlas lit looked on no scene
Of woe. AT last het long weeks OF
physical and mental sufierings we're
ended, and her home was left desso-
late. The father and children
thus slept till early morning. 'on
waking Mr.. Presley at once missed
his charge. and hurried In search OF
her. Not finding her In the house
he passed out into the yard, and on
turning the corner OF the house, dis
covered the body as II swayed back
and forth in the gentle breeze Of
early morning,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
While There is Life There is Hope

I was afflicted with catarrh; could
neither taste nor smell and could hear
but little. Ely's Cream Balm cured
it.-Marcus G. shautz. Railway. N.
].
Cream Balm reached me safely and
the effect Is surprising. My son says
the first application gave decided re
lief. Respectfully, Mrs. franklin
Freeman, Dover. N. H.
The Balm doee not irTitate or cause
sneezlng. Sold by druggists at so
cts. or mailed by Ely Brothers. SO
Warren St., New York.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06

I came very nearly being sort Of
kinsman OF Abraham Lincoln. My
brother, William f., of Northwest
Missouri, now In his eighty ninth
year. married Sarah Owen, daughter
Of Nat Owen. Of Green comfy. KY.
She had an older sister, Mary, who
had visited another sister near Spring
field, Illinois. "a There, she met Mr.,
Lincoln, a young lawyer, who fell In
love with her and proposed marriage.
She declined his offer. The facts as to
the courtship and rejection are reeited
In Herndon's life OF Lincoln, accom-
panied by the. lady's picture as she
appeared in later years, as Mrs. Vine
yard, Of Platte county, Mo.
IA SENATORIAL AsPIRANT.
In October, 1854, / had occasion to
visit Chicago and Springfield, Ill.
The car In which rode was one Of
several filled with passengers going
ut reduced rates to Spring field 20 hear
q debate between stephensA Douglas
and Abraham Lincolr In, their con-
tention for the United States Senator
ship. did not feel enough interest
In the contest to 60 to the place OF
speaking or to get view of the dis
putants elsewhere In the city.
~ Under AND DOUGLASS.
In 1889 / was several hours In
Charleston, Ill. In that town was q
noted lawyer and speaker named
Usher F. Under, native Of Hardin
county, Kentucky. He began his ca
reer as a lawyer at Leitch6eld and
while there became. ultimately &C.
qusinted with many lawyers by ire
quenting courts OF neighboring coun-
ties ESPECIALLY at Ellzsbethtown and
Bardstown. He married Miss Steven
son, below Elizabethtown. His home
was In q .two-story log house. just
south Of the court house square and
next below It was the shop and sleep
ing rooms OF Mordecai Lincoln, the I'D
ding shoemaker. a consin Of Abraham
and across the street lived Sheriff
Geo. Washington Neighbors, whose
wife was a sister of Mordecia. Llnder
and Mordecai were personal friepds.
/ think all three Of the houses are
standing yet, converted by modern
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
A STRONG, VIGOROUS MAN
Is Liable to Break Down-Pe-ru-na is
Sure to Restore.

n TONIC h . medicins thst gives tone
n 10 some part OF the system. There
are different kinds Of tonics, but
the tonic most needed In this country,
where catarrh is 90 prevalent. r. .
tonic that operates on the mucous mem
branes.
Peruna e . tonic 70 the mucous NOM
brsnes Of the whole body. Il gives tone
10 the capillary circulation nlhich con-
stitutes these delicate membranes.
Peruns is . specific In it, operation
upon the mucous membrane. II 10 .
tonic that strikes ct the root OF all ca-
tarrhal affections. Il gives tone 70 the
minute blood vessels and the terminal
nerve fibres. Catarrh cannot exist long
where Peruna is used intelligently.
Peruna seeks out cstarrh In all the hid
den parts Of the body.
Paul LAndruin writing from Atlantis,
Ga, says;
"In Jsnnary hsst 4 began the use Of
your Peruns and. ManAlin for what was
termed organic heart trouble. At that
time could scarcely walk 10 my place
~ 800, 81. an .sspe sst...s.@
80 ~ 80 -~-.ss,
d,-.,nns. g.. ,,.,.s En- y, : a. hs..,s -
pa-nneT - s s..s,a- v 80 $500
feel thst an |. sound man and I vorl
fourteen. hours, . day without any bad
feeling. ''-Paul Landrum.
$1,000. .1...-,...n.
a go W. pm,;sn:.o, r. &C..
~ .s-S :. 49, -,n 80
sn.,, ,ot.st,res q, rrrher - x..-s
vent - : nnn,ha, ~ docto-s "a cos
NO relief. Finally one Of nv doctors
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
Weak
Hearts

Are due 10 Indigestion. Nlnety-nlne Of even
ono hundred people who have heart trouble
can remember when u was simple indlges-
ton. II "a q scientific fact that all cases Of
heart disease. not organic. are not only
traeeabIe 10. but are the direct result Of lndl-
gcsiion. All food taken Into the stomach
which falls Of perfect digestion ferments and
svclls the stomach. pulling Il up against the
hsart. This inieueres with the action Of
the hart. and In tho course Of time that
Delicate but vital organ becomes diseased.
". D. kaabls, q Nevada. o.. says; had stomach
holbls and vas u BAD State a. had heart trouble
sith a. look kodol Dyspepsia C,Eo for about tour
tnnnaks and u cured me. 81
kotoi Disests What You Fat
and relieves The stomach Of all nervous
strsin and the heart Of all pressure.
Bctslss ony. 81 90 Slse holdine az tines The srial
sire. which sails for soc.
Prspared By q. o. DEWITT q co., CHICAGO.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06

adornements into cheerful homes,
whose walls are four-score years or
more old. Under left Leitchfeld tor
Coles, county, Illinois, when | was a
small boy. In his Illinois home he
did not zee In me man OF thirty five
years, the Little John" OF Leitch-
field, yet be remembered the little boy
when told him who was. and grew
eloquent and iacetious In his rapid
talk sbdnt ''Ren Hardin" Charles A.
Wlckliffe. and others, and told court
incidents Of the two just named. He
said Hardin called Wickliffe cousin
Charlie and the latter called the other
Ben" Then turning to Illinois, he
asked, Ibid you ever hear Stephen
A. Dauglassf" had not. He con-
-tinued. when Douglass and Abe
Lincoln were canvassiug the State for
the Senatorship, Douglass became
alarmed and called on me to help him
on the stnmp at some Of his appoint
ments. complied. Sometimes i
spoke first, and II you had heard us
both and hadn't known which was
which, you would have supposed /
was Stephen A. Doglass and he was
Usher Under"
sPIRITUALIsM
;. Under turned from politics to
spiritualism. He declared himself
spirituslist and gave me little ex-
perieuce on that liue.
In 1862 Twas In Chicago. heard
that Llnder was living there and that
might find him In a certain court
room. / went, saw him inside the
bar, sent for him. He came to me
and we were a half hour together.
After talking about the lawyer I have
named, he introduced spiritualism
again. He said with merry twin
kle In his eyes, Yes, sir, am the
strongest kind of spiritualist, bat
the spirits are the biggest set Of liars
In existence and the last one Of them
is an abolitionist.
That. was a few days after the sur
render OF vIcksburg to the besieging
armies Of the United States of which
Abraham Lincoln was Commander In
Chief JOHN w. CUNNINGHAM,
St. Louis, Mo.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
For a BAD Cold.

II you have bad cold you need a
good reliable medicine like Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy TO loose aud re-
lieve It and to alisy the irritation and
inflammation OF the throat and lungs.
The soothing aud healing properties
Of this remedy and the quick cures
which It effects makes 1t a iavorite
everywhere. For sale by all drug
Oiefe m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
What to do Uutll the Doctor
Arrives.

"Oue OF my children was taken
with cramp collie and suffered" says
S B Elzee. of Monet, Mo. II tele-
phoned for a doctor. then gave dose
Of Cha mberlaiu's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. and a few minutes
later second dose Before the doc
tors came the child was relieved "
For sale by all druggists. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
Indignant.

.'sir," exclaimed the indignant
daughter OF Eve. "what did you mean
by kissing mel"
"Why. I--er-didn't mean any
thing" stsmmered the young man
In the sketch.
Then don't Sou dare do It again, I"
said the fair party Of the prelude. II
don't allow any man to- get osculary
with me unless 'hemeans business.
Seel"-Chicago News.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06

pcOphuB Tue
darkness with
phantome. start
ing et the creak-
ing OF the bed OF
the rustic Of the
bedciothes.
Such symptoms
In general point
10 disease OF the
delicate womanly
organ ., and q
constant drain u
the vital and
nervous forces.
This condition
cannot be over
come by sleeping
pow dcfs. The
diseased condi-
tion m 81 DO
cured before the
consequences Of
disease are re-
moved.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
ROUGH RIVER
TELEPHONE
COMPANY
t,sooaPonArEp.)

Talk being cheap and necessary,
YOU should patronize home folks,
where you can buy your own phones
and build your own lines and be In
taking distance with the whole coun'
II and business points generally BY
ooly paying a reasonable rent TO the
Rough River Telephone Company OF
they will be at the whole expense II
you say SO. We connect with all In
dependent Companies. For particu-
lars, call on S. T. Stevens. Manager,
Hartford, KY. - ~.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06

Englang Is shipping a great deal OF
gold abroad, the same as the United
State. But both are gold standard
countries, and are not worrying over
the matter. They know their credit
Is sound, and that gold enough to
guarantee the safety Of their currency
Is readily obtaiuable .-Troy Times.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06
TO CURE ACOLD ONE DAY

TO OOHE - OOIC ~ OEI
Take Laxative Bromo uuInine Tablets. A
druggists refund the money n u falls to cure.
W. Groves signature In ON each box. 2oc.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06

Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures
the womanly diseases which cause nerv-
ousness and sleeplessness. II Is the best
Of tonics and invigorants. nounshing the
nerves, encouraging the appetite and in
dncing refreshing sleep.
$500 Reward for Woss,on
- VINO 0an10f DO Osr0d.
Proprietors and makers Of Dt. Pierce's
Favo1te Prescription now feel fully war
ranted IN Offering 10 pay $500 in legal
money Of the United States fof any case Of
Leucouhea, Female Weakness, proiapsus,
o. Falling of Womb. which they CANNOT
CUE. All tbey ash u a fair and reasonable
trial OF their means Of cure.
-Ny 80 was slck for over eight ys,rs. writes
Team rehs had uishrs disease and was treated
h4two hyacians and go no relief Al last
rad aboat d.. Picross medicines and ve De,
cded - try HE 'Pgvorte Prescription, ! sent
70 the drug store and goa one buttie and lhs Ara
does gave ease and sleep she had Dot slept any
tor three nighis. being sure that u would cure
her sent for i've more bottles ond whep Ahe
had takcn the sixth bottle she was sound and
we'll"
DR.. Piercs's Pleasant Pellets should be
used With sPavonte Prescription when-
ever laxative Il required.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06

Hon. Frank Dunn Alderman nveny-Fourh District writes
from z57 East FhtyEighfh Street. New York city, l-s
The Peruns Medicine Co.. Columbus o. ssss-es \
0eniemen There remedy q sysfcnn
fh know Of which will efecfua health
Whenever suffer consequences
cold few doses of Pernna builds again quickly
anything tried find especially valuable for caarrh
Three bottles Of the stomach
! have had the symptoms Of n since"
Very truly, a.
FRANK DUNN, Alderman zfth DIST, NJ Y C7r.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1903-11-06

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