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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-11-11
High Noon at Sea.

The most momentous Improvement
In navigation since the invention of
the chronometer. over a hundred and
forty years ago, has just been fore
Swallowed in modest paragraph In
the report of the Chief OF the Bureau
OF equipment OF the United States
navy.
1T Is believed" says chief Man
pey, "that the development of wire
less telegraphy will enable the (time)
signals II I've distributed over water
as well as over land, and that before
long every ship at sea, In addition to
every land station, will receive daily
noon signals from the standard obser-
vatory clock.
What does that mean? Nothing
less than the elimination OF the last
element of uncertainty from the prob
lem of finding the position of ship
at sea. Hitherto the one weak point
ia navigation has been the difficulty
of carrying standard time on voyage
Observations lot local time as for
latitude have been exact, but the
comparison o. local with standard
time for obtaining the longitude has
involved certain amount OF guess
work. The best chronometer is not
quite in'alliblc, and some allowance,
which may be precisely right, has al
ways to be made for errors.
Bat with time-sigpals received from
a national oh 'rrvatory every day at
noon the mariner will know his way
over any part OF the wide ocean as
accurately as If he were threading a
ouoyed channel. The chronometer
will joint the cross.staf and the as.
trolabe on the junk. heap OF discarded
makeshihs.
And OF course a shi p that can com
municate with the shore for one pur-
pose Is equally IN touch with the
world for any other communication It
needs to make.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-11-11
SCrapS of News.

A dairy school has been opened In
connection with the University OF
California.
OF the 467 savings banks In Japan
only one Is foreign. OF the 1899
ordinary banks only four are for
eign.
The opening of the International
Industrial Exposition at Cape Town
South Africa, has been postponed un.
til December I next.
In 1902 the United States, England
and Germany produced 10 per cent OF
the iron ore. II per cent OF the pig
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-11-11
The Worlds Fair.

II man had to darn stockings he
would use strong word.
AS way OF showing affection, a
girl thinks Hobson's choice Is pref
ty good one--meauing the Lieuten-
ant.
One OF those pink afternoon affairs
suits a girl who has new gown TO a
tea.
A mans arm can be very useful at
the same time it Is going to waste.
A widows opportunities for anoth-
er trail are mighty in proportion to
her mite.
When girl Is perfectly happy she
can cry for an hour to think how
short at time Il is going to last.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-11-11
to be fearless, calm and tireless fight

to be fearless, calf and tireless fight
er.
In his Youth he and his fellow
students at the Japanese Naval acade-
my were accustomed to attend an an
nual barquct. They sat at a circular
table around a slowly Ievolved cam
non loaded with a ball and trained,
to the level Of their hea Is The trig-
ger was SO arranged that it could be
touched from hidden source outside
of the banquet hall That at some
time during the banquet the cannon
wonld be fred every one at the table
knew. but Just when or In what d.
direction 1t would be pointing was a
mystery. OF course there was pos
sibility that the ball might crash
harmlessly between the heads of two
banqueters. but 1t was equ ally proba-
bly, that it might carry off the head
OF some student. Yet no one flinched
The chanches were equal to all.
The picturesque object OF destruct-
Ion revolving during the jovial hours
of the banquet, pointed from student
to student and ready at giving mo-
meut to blow any one of them to pieces
was considered In Japan admirable
training to steady the nerves ola fight
Ing man.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-11-11
The Southwestern's Book
FOR NOVEMBER

Issued by the Passenger Department
Is & O S w. X. R. contains many
elegant half tone engravirRs and nu-
merous well-written articles. among
which are the following:
THE INDUSTRIES OF A GREAT
REPUBLIC (PaItID
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING IN
AMERICA.
"ADIRONDAK" MURRAY
LETTERS HOME" FROM CUEA
(PattII)
SKETCHES AT THE WORLDS
FAIR.
WORLDS FAIR NO TIES
And other interesting matter.
Copies can be had at Union News
Company's stands or p. x Q. S-W.
Ticket Offices at SC per copy. Sub
scription by mail, post paid, soc per
year, by addressing
o. p. MCCARTHY,
General Passenger Agent.
Cincinnati o
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-11-11
CONFESSES HER CRIME.
Mrs. Rae KrOuse, of Hartford
City, Ind, is Sentenced.
Judge Read Her Confession on
Court and She is Sent Away
TO PreSOn for Life.

Indicted by the grand jury at Hart
ford City, Ind. for poisoning her step
daughter Crystal Krouse, the defend
ant, Mrs Rae NJ. krouse, after de-
manding an immediate trial, pleaded
gnilty to the charge of murder in the
first degree and calmnly handed to
lndge Vaughn signed confession
written October I, while prisoner in
she Blackiord county jail at Hartford
City.
The audience listened intently
while the confession was being read,
after which The jury retired tor fifteen
minutes returning verdict of guilty.
Immediately Judge Vaughn pronoun-
ced the sentence, which carries with
il Imprisonment for life in the wo-
mans prison of Indianapolis, and
within halt hour the prisoner es-
corted by a mob kissing and uttering
cries of violence, was on her way to
The interurban train which was to
carry her to prison.
The confession pleads that the
crime vas committed while the defend
ant was dispossessed OF her senses,
that she had confessed to her husband
w. K. Krouse, that 81 e was prompt
ed to poison her s.ep.daughter by an
Understandable desire to kill, and after
dealing with the domestic relations Of
the family, which the confession says
were most pleasant, concludes with
an invocation OF Gods help in sup
plying strength to bear the sorrow
which she endures.
Crystal was the is year old daugh-
Ter of w. X. Krouse, a prominent
druggist. She died suddenly August
2nd of strychnine poisoning. Suicide
on account of love affair was at first
suspected, bat later evidence tended
to show that the step mother, who is
bnt 27 and had married Mr.. Krouse
two months before, had administered
the prison. She was arrested aud, al
though protesting her innocence, did
not testify herself nor have single
witness at the preliminary hearing
and has been In Jail ever since to
await the action of the grand jury
which was in session last week. Mrs.
Krouse was healthy, robust woman
when arrested, but has failed percepti-
Big since.
Although Mrs.. Krouse had admin
istered the position to her step-daugh-
.er she sat at the bedside during the
awful convuslons preceding death
and helped 10 hold her head on the
bed, showing no emotion and not one
lIace of guilt. A fact that has been
remarked fot some tune is that while
her husband refused TO say he believ
Cd her guilt yet he would not give
one dollar Tor her defers,. He con-
iiaued to visit her at the jill and no
outward change was observable in his
II amer toward her, although IT is ev-
ident from her confession that he has
been acquainted with her admission
Of guilt for some time. -.
At the prison she was placed in
charge OF a washing machine.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-11-11
TOGO'S TRAINING.
How the Nerves of the japanese
Admeral Were
Steadied.

Admiral Togo, commander In chief
OF the Japanese navy, whose powers
as firighting man has won world
wide praise OF late, comes from an old
school of Nippon Warriors says writ.
er In the November Success. His
naval education Is of the best, and
ne has been trained In every way to
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-11-11

the hens are either poorly housed and
cared for or else they do not belong
to fimiy of hens that are good
winter egg producers. The great
secret OF success with the egg basket
during the winter months Is to have
hens that have been bred and reared
tor the winter egg production and
then properly cared tor and fed so
that they are able to produce the
eggs that they never will produce Il
the conditions are not such as to fos-
ter good egg production.
One of the several drawbacks In
keeping poultry is the scourge of
diseases that attacks them at times,
especially during the wet or incle-
ment part OF winter. A draft through
the house OF cold, wet night may
influence the health of poultry, even
to the extent of closing many of the
eyes of those that must roost In the
draft. Too much draft and too much
ventilation in poultry houses during
winter Is very injurious. If the
houses are clean and the air of
healthy condition no ventilation
whatever Is then needed, especially
at night. II the houses are ventilat.
ed at all let this be by letting down
the windows at the top on the side OF
the house next to the sun, so that the
suns rays may come In through the
window. Where cloth or muslin cur
tains are made use of there is always
sufficient circulation to fully satisfy
the demands OF the poultry.
The very best winter egg yield is
gained by those who keep their poul-
try cor6ned continually In the hem
house from the beginning of winter
to the coming of spring. Thousands
and thousands of the most productive
hens are thus kept In houses built for
the purpose. For this nothing is
better than the connected apartment
poultry house, all apartments being
built upder one roof, with divisions
between the separate colonies ofhens,
allowing about $50 squsre feet of
floor space to every thirty hens. In
other words, house that has a floor
space OF 10 by IS feet would furnish
room enough for thirty hens to pros
per and do well therein all winter
providing there were dry floors, dry
interior and good thick covering of
dry sand or earth beneath eight to
twelve inches of litter. Such house,
if kept reasonably clean, would pro.
vide satisfactory. healthy home for
the hens through the winter, even If
they never had the opportunity to go
outside.
For a single egg producing ration
in winter there is no grain better than
wheat. A mixture of good. sound,
wholesome wheat and hulled oats
makes an almost perfect grain ration
for laying hens during the winter
months. When you cannot have
hulled oats use clipped oats ifyou can
get them. The less hull of oats that
hens are compelled to grind and mas
ticate the better results will be OBJ
tanned. Ground green bone Is valua-
BILE because 1t contains the raw meat.
the gristle, the marrow and the best
quality OF egg forming material In
the bone itself II is the best kind OF
animal food when the price will per
nit of its use.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-11-11
Chronic Diarrhoea Cured.

AIr. Walter Richardson, of Trout
vile, Va, had an attack of dIarrhoea
that came near ending his life. His
physician had failed to relieve him
and the disease had become chronic
when he began using Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
ely. 1t soon cured him and he now
recommends that preparation when
eyer an opportunity offers. For sale
by all druggists. m
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22
CUT GLASS FOR WEED.

Members of Foot Guard Give New Ma
 jor a Pleasant Surprise.
 The members of the fourth section of the Second company, Governors Foot Guard. known familiarly as the Brown les. assembled last evening atsthe home of Leonard Bostwick, 604 Orange street, for the purpose of perpetratlng a sur prise upon the newly elected major of the company, Smith c. Weed, whose residence is located next door to MT. BostwiclS's house.
 The surprise was a splendid success when the members Invaded Major Weeds home. Carleton F. Hoadley, act ing as master of ceremonies, In d choice little speech presented Major Weed with a cut glass set consisting of thirty mine pieces on behalf of the com pany.
 During the evening songs were ren- dered by Dr. and Mrs. Brown, Walter S. Garde and MT. Mory entertained the company with recitation. ]. E. Fair child had charge of the arrangements Mrs Weed was remembered with d handsome basket of flowers
 The ladies who assisted in the success of the evening were Mrs Woodruff Mrs. Rollin s. Woodruff, Mrs. Bost- wick, Mrs pr. Brown and Miss Bost- wick, During the evening a buffet lunch was served. All present spent most enjoyable evening.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22
THE MOBILES AT poLI,s.

j. Milton and Dolly are Coming in Their
 New Act, .the Days of '49. ]"
 For half dozen years Milton and Dolly Nobles have been rated as about the most successful of the many dra- matic stars who have entered vaude- ville. Both are clever comedians with attractive and distinctive personalities and original methods. The distinguish ing character of both are absolute nat uralness. They seem to live their char acters, rather than act them. MT. Nobles' conceded talents as writer, and his experience and skill as a con structor, have enabled him to make well worn themes appear new and attrac- tive.
 There was nothing new in Why Walker .Reformed' or A Blue Grass Widow. But the old complications were so deftly handled, the dialogue so vastly superior to that usually heard in vaudeville theaters, and the acting so intelligent. so brisk and so convincing that the threadbare themes appeared new. MT Nobles announces "The Days of '49,' as entirely original. and a marked departure from his previous vaudeville productions.
 The man who wrote From Sire to Son, { The Phoenix, Love and Law. : and For Revenue Oniv. is certainly capable of giving to the vaudeville stage one act plays of better quality than any of his fellow members of the American Dramatists club have yet shown the disposition or ability to offer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22
ENTERTAINM ENTS.
Hyperlon ,rhcater.

IN NEWPORT TONIGHT.
 At the Hyperion tonight Klaw & Erlanger's elaborate production. In Newport" will be made. This first night is one of the most important in the history of New Haven theatricaIs, and it will attract brilliant audience not only of toWnspeople but Of promin- ent personages from New York, Boston, Philadelphia and elsewhere. Nearly every one of note in the theatrical world will be represented. The organ ization that will appear tonight in the enlivening comedy is the strongest that has ever been formed to present music al comedy. In it's ranks are such fam ous artists as Fay TempIeton, Peter F.. Daley. Virginia Earle, Joseph Coyne, Lee Harrison, Edith Warrington, Lillian Hudson, Sue Stuart, Elphye Snowden, Charles M. Mcdonald, Louis Kelso, Al fred Fisher, and others whose names are a magnet to draw theatergoers. Never before have so many talented stage personages been gathered togeth- CT in musical comedy. Tn Newport. will display the recognized ability of these performers at its best. All are provided with roles that give them am pie opportunity to show the peculiar talent that has made them such ia, vorites, and the performance tonight will be one of the most enjoyable New Haven has witnessed for many a day.
 The engagement of the Klaw and Err langer Comedy company will continue tomorrow and Saturday nights, with 8 Saturday matinee, after which the big organization of 125l people will go to the Liberty theater in New York for a long season. New York and New Ha- ven will be the only two cities in the country to witness the extraordinary attraction.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22
sHoEMAKING IN THE BLACK
 FOREST.

The Blark Forestsof Germany, re- zion famous for centuries, is hundreds of years behind the present age in me thods of living ond conducting simple industries. This fact is strikingly exem- plified in the primitive ways the natives follow in making leather and shoes. When q farmer kills his beef he takes the hide to the local tanner, who will keep it for two years before he consid- CTS 1t fit for the shoemaker. When the hide is leather the shoemaker is in formed of the fact.
 Then some morning the shoemaker comes to the farmers house with his kit of tools, and for the time being is one of the family. Every Katrine and every Johann is marched before him and measured, and the work of making shoes for the family begins. It may take month, more or less, but he sticks to his job until every one is shod, when he is away to the next customer needing his services.-From the Shoe Retailer
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22
THE LATEST OF ALL BIRDS.
cowbird Builds Nest and Rears N
 Young.

Cowbird Builds Nest and Rears No
 Young.
 The cowbird was born So tired that if he could compel any other bird to gather his food for him he would do so. but he cannot, so he scratches about all day among the herds of cattle and sheep and goes to roost at night in. great bands of hundred of his relatives, always selecting bushy tree, such as cypress, for a nights perch. All up and down the Mississippi River Valley is the common summer home of this bird, for only in the depth of winter do they retreat to the warmer mesas of Mexico, whither most of the other birds have preceded them. Iii the spring fol- lowing such a winter they are the first to return, filling all the new-year air with their chatter and lining the barn yard trees
 You must not think that the glossy black and brown birds 50 plentiful around Southern California barnyards
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22

motherless daughter and only child, from. poverty. Hunter also has a, horse entered in the same race, and Is the owner, by purchase, as well, of a heavy mortgage on Seymour's ranch. Thwart- ed in his attempts to poison Our Jes- sic, and to blow up with dynamite the car in which she is stabled on her way
 to the track, he induces Seymour in his desperation to wager his life insurance policy against the mortgage named, on his entry winning the race; furthermore sto solemnly obligate himself to commit suicide in case he loses, and in such a
 manner that it will appear to be the re- suit of pure accident, so that no objec- tion to paying the face value of the policy to Hunter will be interposed by the Insurance company. The play is thrilling and exciting and holds the at tention from start to finish. Seat sale now open
 5 Owing to the length of the perform ance the curtain will rise at p. m. sharp.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22
arHE MONEY MAKERS. !"

In. The Money Makers" which, will be the attraction at the Hyperion thea ter Monday and Tuesday, December 26 and 27, Manager Tom ". Ryley will present for the first time in this city, Miss Ida Conquest, for many years one of the leading comediennes of the Charles Frohman forces, as a star. 'The Money Makers" is a racing come dy imported from England, where it was the biggest comedy success of last year. It is in three acts. MT. Ryley has engaged a large company of capa- ble actors, including: Cyril Scott, Daisy Atherton, Gertrude Douglas, Eugene O'Rourke, Lillian Thurgate, Annie Wood, Nina Lyme, Mabel Dixey Aileen Goodwin, Edna Mcclure, Mabel Craw- ley, Brandon Hurst, Edmund Lyons, F. Newton Lindo, Herbert Ayling, Harry Nichols, Milano Cary Tilden and Thom. aa Kelly.
 Seats on sale tomorrow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22

sketch The Liar. delightful comedy hit; the Messenger boy trio with songs and comedy; Tascott, the coon shouter; Mooney and Holbein, with some gro- tesque acrobatic work; Scott and broth CTS with some of the most daring head and hand balancing feats performed in evening attire; Martini and Maxmillian with some of the best feats of magic and illusions seen here in, some time The electrograph with lot of comedy views and a special series of the Japan Russia war concludes the bill.
 Prices: Evenings, 1Oc, 2Oc BOG: daily matinee. 1Oc, 2Oc;: ladies at the daily matinees. 1Oc; box seats, 5Oc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22
PoIi,s Thenter.

Polls has a genuine holiday bill this week lead off by the jolly four Morton's as comedians, singers and dancers. Pretty Clara and lively Paul with their clever speciality act, Clara as the mill itary maid and Paul as the chappie from London make a decided hit. Sam and Kittie as the old couple and the delight Of the seekers after real good rich comedy. 5s XIX
 Z Hal Godfrey and company in the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22
'sA CHILD WIPE :"

There is 8. thrill for every minute in the new melodrama sThe Child Wife, :" which William T. Keogh will present at the New Haven theater Monday, Tues day and Wednesday. The play is by Charles Taylor, one of the best writers of melodrama. The story Of The Child Wife in brief is the plotting of Her bert Small, a lawyer, to destroy the happiness of one Dwight Perkins d young inventor, and his girl wife. The action of the play, which is rapid, takes place in a New England village, and in New York city Manager Keogh has supplied an elaborate and complete scenic production-eleyen big sets in all
 designed and painted by Charles l.. Carson, of the New Star tfeater, New York. The company is the same as was seen in New York last season, when the play was first produced. There will be a holiday matinee Christmas day and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22
New Hnven Theater.

The great success, "A Race for Life, 2 will be presented at the New Haven theater tonight and Friday. and Sat- urday nights, with matinee Saturday.
 In "A Race for Life MT. Kremer in- troduces MT. Seymour as an almost hopelessly involved cattle raiser, sole ly dependent upon his thoroughbred "0ur Jessie, winning the Los Angeles Derby to save him from ruin, and his
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22
A FIGHT FOR LOVE.

The New Haven theater offering for Thursday. Friday and Saturday, De- cember 29, 30, S1, Is Robert Fitzsimmons and Julia May Clifford in "A Fight for Love sensational comedy drama in four acts from the pen of Hal Reid Fitzsfmmons, in his new starring ve-. hicle, is said to be at his best, and his supporting company is mutually we'll e. lected. Among others appearing in the cast are. Frederick Watson; Daniel sul- livan, Frederick Backus, 0. B. Collins, Daniel L. Moss, James Cripps, Joseph Edmondson, Edward White, Maude c. Westbrooke and Emily Dodd. Matinee Saturday. .3
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22

COCK FIGHT IN CENTEfRFvTI F Y

ly,,.. F 2 " SsI4IN T E1ft VIlI1E. N
 There was report about the city last eVening to the effect that there was 4 largeiy attended cock fight going on irl .centerville. It was claimed thai x. crowd from Waterbury, win several birds went to centerville last evenine an dthat shortly after their arrival they were met by a bus load Of young men from this city, who are said to be ts stI,r dents They had several birds with them, and tis said that it was a case, of New Haven vs Waterbury.