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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-07

T. j. Everly. Matanzas, called to
see us Wednesday.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-07

Mr.. Logan Felix has moved to
'Owensboro.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-07

Get your sewing machine Oil from
Gross Williams.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-07

L. E. Charlotte, Hefin, made us a
pleasant call Saturday.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-07
Program.

Program 9Th Sunday meeting
Ohio County Baptist Association to
be held at Slaty Creek Baptist
church April 20 and 80, 1905.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-07

Mr.. A. C. Taylor has sold his liv-
cry. bus" and freight business to
Messrs. T. H. Black and E. E. Birk-
head and will open up a complete
line of furniture and buggies at his
new brick building, on Main street
in connection with his undertakers
business. Mr.. Taylor and wife have
just returned from Evansville where
he purchased a stock consisting of a
nice line of up-to-date furniture OF
all kinds. Hartford has long needed
such business, and Mr.. Taylor will
no doubt draw large patronage.
The following persons from the
county were in Louisville on the oc-
casion of President Roosevelt's visit
Tuesday: DR.. E. B.. Pendleton and
wife, Mr.. Rowan Holbrook, and
wife, Mr.. Sam Bach and wife,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-07

We have all the new things in
thin Dress Goods. CARSON & Co.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-07
hartford Republican.
FRIDAY, APRIL'7.

You should see our new Spring
Suits. CARSON q 20.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-07

V. M. Stewart. Beda, called to see
us last Saturday.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-07

My! My! amt the City Restau-
rant feeding 'em?
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-07
SMALLHOUS.

LEFT OVER FROM LAST WEEK,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-07

My! My! amt the City Restau-
rant feeding 'em?
v. M. Stewart, Beda, called to see
us last Saturday.
Get your sewing machine Oil from
Gross Williams.
T. j. Everly, Matanzas, called to
see US Wednesday.
E. M. Miller, McHenry, was very
pleasant caller Tuesday.
c. T. Whittinghill, Trisler, was a
pleasant caller Saturday.
J. w. Cheek, Askin, was a very
pleasant caller Saturday.
Mr.. F. M. Allen, Centertown war a
pleasant caller yesterday.
C. T. S. Overton, Smallhous.
made us pleasant call Tuesday.
Esq. w. P. Render, Matanzas, was
a pleasant caller Wednesday.
Capt. A. B. Stanley, Beaver Dam,
called to see us last Saturday.
If you want the new thing at the
correct price, come to Carson & Co.
Bring your Hams, Bacon, Eggs
and Hens to Carson & Co.
Gross Williams will rent you a
Sewing Machine for any length of
time.
Mrs. C. M. Barnett, who has been
quite i'll for several weeks, is but lit
tie better.
| Cream Cheese, Brick Cheese, Sau-
sage, Boneless Ham and Dried BEEF
at City Restaurant.
For all kinds of Sewing Machine
Repairs, call on Gross Williams at
City Restaurant.
Messrs. Emory and Jesse Schroeder,
of Schroeter's Floating Studio, were
in town on business yesterday.
Cheese Sandwich, Nabisco, Zu Zu,
Almond Bon Bon, Graham Crackers,
&C., at City Restaurant. Extra fine.
Mr.. L. P. Bennett, Owensboro,
travelling salesman for Montenegro
Riehm Music Co. of Louisville, called
to see us yesterday.
| Mrs. Warren Ward has received
word from the asylum officials at
Hopkinsville that her husband will
be able to come home in few days.
Miss Dora Holderman, who has
been the guest of Judge and Mrs. r.
r. Wedding for the past week, re-
turned to her home at Fordsville last
"Wednesday.
DIR. A. b. Riley has located at
Cromwell for the practice of his pro-
! fession. The doctor is an energetic
young physician and will certainly
meet with success.
The junior members of the local
Y. M. c. A. were treated to an elab-
crate banquet by the Ladies Auxil-
larry Monday evening. Quiet an en-
joyable evening is reported.
Master John Pendleton Taylor en-
tertained few of his young friends
Tuesday evening. Dainty refresh
ments eere served during the even
ing and all report most enjoyable
J time.
/ W. hax,a IN Mica accnrty,aapt Of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06
Fashion in Tobacco.

''How about tobacco raised under shade,
MT Book? I understand that large part
% the crop is now grown IN tents?'
THAT is so. We are raising tobacco un-
der cloth because the shade protects the
plants and gives it a lighter colored leaf.
There is a fashion in tobacco and the
fashion now is for light-colored cigars.
Many suppose such cigars are not so strong
as the darker ones, but that Is a mistake.
The color is caused by the sun, and dark
cigar is only a sun-burnt cigar. The shade
does not change its flavor or quality. It
serves as a protection, however and the
plants are less liable to be injured by in
sects or the winds"
Does not the tobacco trust raise the
prices OF cigars, Mr. Book? Is not your
combination such that you can fix your own
prices and the public must pay?"
I'VE have no tobacco trust" said Presi-
dent Book. I'VE are only a combination
OF tobacco manufacturers, united under
one head in order 10 reduce expenses. As a
result We can make cheaper and better
cigars than ever before. and for this reason
the pure Havana cigar is cheaper now than
II could possibly be under the old condi-
tons"
What are the chances for Americans in
Cuban tobacco raising?" / asked.
They are not many in the production OF
fine tobaccos The best lands, as / have
told you. have long since been taken up
and they are so valuable that the ordinary
investor viii not buy them. The people
here know the exact value OF such lands
and the industry requires such experience
CONTINUED on Page Eighth
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06
Cuba's Tobacco King.

Don GustavO Book Is a German by birth.
but he speaks English iuently, and he has
been so closely connected with the United
States that he may be considered an Amer
lean citizen. He came to Cuba with three
panions died OF yellow fever, but Mr. Book
thrived, mastered the tobacco business and
made fortune. He has been Interested in
every branch OF tobacco production, and is
today one OF the leading authorities Of the
world on the raising, manufacturing and
selling of fine tobacco. In our talk l asked
him whether he was not afraid that the
new methods Of cultivation would enable
other countries to compete with Cuba in
tobaccOs.
Cuba has nothing to fear from the rest
OF the world" was the reply. 1T is not
what We have done, but what God has done
which has made this country produce fine
tobacco. There is a part OF France which
yields the best grapes for champagne. and
there is a pocket OF soil along the Rhine
from which comes wine which sells for $40
a bottle This is so Notwithstanding the re-
gions adjoining produce grapes which will
not yield more than a 25-cent wine II Is
the combination OF the soil and climate
that does a.. and the combination is such
that man cannot initiate II. IL is the same
here in tobacco. We have a little region
called the Vuelta Abajo. in the province
OF Pinar del Rio, In the western part OF
the island. The land lies on the sunny
side OF the mountains and the soil is such
that It cannot be initiated. We have sent
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06
LocksmIth Helps burglar.

A German locksmith in Harlem, New
York, had a call one night recently from
young man who said that he'd lost his
key and wanted TO get into his house
quietly. The locksmith went with the young
man to house near by and set TO work
on the lock.
There's no use OF my hanging around"
said the young man; TN going TO the
corner for a drink. When you get through
whistle"
The German stuck to his task and in ten
minutes he had the way clear. Then he
whistled.
The young man came up. The locksmith
said he wanted 81 for his work. He was
told 10 come around in the morning.
AS he knew some of the occupants OF tho
house he consented. The young man walked
into the house and the German went
home.
Next morning he went around for his
money The house was full Of police. He
stayed long enough 20 hear that the house
had been looted and then made tracks for
his shop.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06

The government project begins by cut
ting a canal, forming a quarter Of a circle,
entering the river at the Kruischanz,
point Just above the town Of Lilo and
Joining the dock system at Antwerp by
entering the northwest wing of the new
intercalary docks, in course of construc-
ton to the north Of the present Lefebvre
dock. Extending inland from the right
bank Of the canal will be nine open
basins. This canal will be of gigantic
proportions, viz, eight kilometers long
(more than five miles) and SIS feet wide
The canal will enter the river at the
Kruischanz by three sluices, 975 feet in
length and ninety-eight feet wide, and a
depth of thirty-nine feet. The open basins
along the right side of the canal will be
$500 feet long by $50 feet wide. Near the
canal sluice gates there will be a circular
open basin of 1,625 feet In diameter Dry
docks So feet long will also be constructed
on the same side of the canal
When the canal is completed the work
on the new bed of the river will be COM
menCed. The new bed Will begin at a
point above the Kruischanz, and the new
canal will re-enter the present bed of the
Scheldt just above the Austruweel bend
at the point where cupola A stands, be-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06
Chat with Gustavo Book Cuba's Tobacco King

What country takes the most high
priced cigars, Mr.. Book? The United States"
mo, the best cigars go to England The
British buy more high-priced cigars than
the Americans, and the tariff which is
charged by our country upon tobacco pro-
hiblts us from taking the bulk of the pro-
duct. We have to pay tarifr of about 125
per cent so that cigars cost enormously
more in the United States than in England.
If the United States would cut its duty
down to 90 per cent, the most Of the Ha-
vaha tobacco would go there. AS it is, we
can raise only little more than 2OOOOO,0OO
pounds OF such tobacco. and OF that amount
the United States is consuming in the
neighborhood Of 100000 worth. This is
only fraction Of the crop"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06


Government Finally Decides.
For the last two years little has been
heard Of the extension project and the
government has been accused of procrasti-
nation, until Friday April IA, the news
was announced by the minister of finance,
Count de Smet de Mayer, that after
careful and laborious study of two years
the government had at last elaborated a
scheme that would give satisfaction and
cost something like 25O,OOO,OOO francs and
which, 1t is estimated, would take ten
years to execute.
The plan now adopted is far more elab-
crate than that at first chosen by the gov
eminent, although it comprises all Of the
original propositions which some years ago
received the appreciation of eminent en-
gineers of both hemisphres-notably those
who had charge Of dredging in the Mis-
sissippi river. In fact, 1 have been in
the new river bed the government will
probably use the same type Of dredging
machine as employed by the American
engineer, Bates, in dredging the AIissis-
sippi, which has been generally recon-
mended by most OF the engineers on ac-
count of the rapidlty of its work. Eleven
years ago an eminent engineer. who took
prominent part in the Antwerp Interna-
tional exhibition of 1894 stated that the
plan for cutting the new bed was min
utely examined by the jury of which he
of competent engineers from all parts Of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06

is devoted 10 that crop. Much Of this pro-
duces a good tobacco, but not the choicest.
That, as I have said. comes only from
the Vuelta Abajo, the region from where
we get the leaves used in the Havana
cigars"
Are there any cheap Havana cigarsT
There are some classed as such, but
they never saw Cuba. The pure Havana
tobacco costs so much to raise and to man
ufacture into cigars that it cannot be sold
more cheaply than 1t is. 1t is safe to say
that one cannot buy a good Havana cigar
anywhere in the United States for less than
10 or Is cents. Our cigars retail from 10
cents TO one dollar each"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06
Revived from Long Trance.

Leonora Romaldo. the wife Of a farm
hand at Villaciensn, near Burgos. Spain,
has awakened from a trance which has
lasted thirtyNone years. The case has been
under the close observation OF medical eE-
perts during the whole of that time. end
by their instructions liquid food was regu-
larry administered by a tube placed In
the mouth OF the sleeping woman. At
times IL was believed that the woman was
waking, and various means were employed
10 restore her 70 consciousness. but they
failed. She has now regained her senses.
but cannot be persuaded that she has
slept for years. A curious feature OF the
case Is that she remembers the incidents
OF her girlhood up 20 the time that she
fell into the trance. Her body is fairly
well nourshed, but her hair has turned
white. On being shown a mirror the woman
shrieked with horror and declared that
the image It reflected was not her own
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06

inces were and they are stlll afraid OF the
competition Of the port Of Antwerp and
inasmuch as Holland is not an Industrial
country and does not compete with them.
they were looking for opportunity to
favor Rotterdam, the Dutch port. to the
exclusion Of Antwerp, the Belgian port.
The reason for this is clear. Belgium is
encroaching upon German trade, il is
supplying the markets of the far east to
a great extent, and the management Of
the North German Lloyd sees that it is
to it's advantage that its steamers should
call at Antwerp and carry away the thou
sands OF tons of dead weight cargo that
await them. The Frankfurter Zeitung, I'M
fortunately, at that time published errone-
Gus statements detrimental to the
port of Antwerp. The Antwerp Cham
Der OF Commerce took the matter
up and called the attention of the
Belgian government to the unjustifia-
BILE attack full report, proving
the misrepresentation OF the Frank
fort Chamber OF Commerce, was. pub
lshod in Germany and sent broadcast
throughout the German empire, putting
quite to confusion the detractors and
serving as a huge advertisement for the
port of Antwerp. The Rhenish deputies.
however, still held to their purpose and
tried their best to strike a blow at Ant
werp but the special committee appointed
by the Reichstag to examine the question
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06

samples of this soil to the scientists OF
the United States Agricultural department.
They have analysed it, but so far they
have failed to produce a similar soil any
where else. Even in the Vuelta AbaJo
not all the soil is good. There are some
places better than others. The country
has been prospected just like a mining
region and the best paying soil beds are
row known. They are all owned and are
all used for tobacco raising"
Then the fine tobaccos Of Cuba must
always be limited, must they not, Mr.
Bock?"
Yes The yield of such grades will
never be greater than now. We may in
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06
No interruption to Tramc.


No Interruption to Traffic.
During the damming of the old bed OF
the river the new canal will insure naviga-
ton, so that at no time will there be an
interruption of traffic Engineers claim
that with the modern rapid dredging and
eXcavating machinery the work may we'll
be completed in ten years. The great
island formed by the new and the old
beds Of the Scheldt will absorb the VIII
lagos Of Austruweel Corderen and will
marsdonck, which will cease to exist, and
the land will be available for all kinds
Of industry, and might well be applied
to the establishment of the free port SO
frequently clamored for by the Antwerp
trade. AS to the realization of the pro-
ject, the government has consulted the
most eminent engineers of the world, and
the execution of the project has been
announced as quite practicable. The great
obstacle admitted when the new cutting
was first mooted (the danger of Interrupt
ton Of navigation during the worlO is
now entirely overcome by adding to the
original project that of the vast canal and
system Of open basins. AS to the hnan-
cial possibilities. the minister of finance
has given the city the assurance that tho
government will advance all the funds re-
quired, and when matters are definitely
it requires to take up it's share of the
burden on the easiest terms. The govern
ment's proposition is most magnanimous
and now leaves no obstacle in the way of
execution. CHURCH HOWE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06
Current Gossip and Stories About Noted People

Europe, Asia and Africa. I have a farm in
New Hampshire and desk room in the Dis
trict Of Columbia. When l look to the
springs from which my blood descends the
first ancestors 1 ever heard OF were a
Scotchman who was half English, and a
German woman who was half French. OF
my immediate progenitors, my mother was
from New England and my father was
from the south. In this bewilderment Of
origin and experience l can only put on an
aspect of deep humility in any gathering
of favorite sons, and confess that l am
nothing but an American"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06

1.-THE sudden decision of the Bel
gian government in finally adopt
ing the new plans for enlarging
IskFt&tN the port of Antwerp has come as
Sze1iaS a most agreeable surprise to the
shipping world at large For the last
twenty years the absolute necessity of en-
largement has been recognized by every
interested party, but during those twenty
years II has been impossible to agree upon
plan Of extension to satisfy everybody
interested. Some ten years ago two sec
tions were formed, one advocating the en-
largcment by Capitalization, that is to say
by constructing docks and basins on the
left bank of the river Scheldt at the Tete
Ne Flandre, opposite the center of the city
20 Antwerp; the other clamoring for an
extension at the north Of the city and the
cutting Of an entirely new bed for the
river scheldt and making a vast basin of
the old bed. To the plan for extending in
the direction of the Tete de Flandre inter-
provincial obstacles were raised. The Tete
de Flandre is in Flanders, and it would be
OF little use to that province were the prov
ince and city OF Antwerp to purchase the
land necessary for the extension. on the
other hand. Antwerp did not see the ad-
vantage of spending money on the terri
tory OF another province which would reap
all the benefits That the extension is an
urgent necessity is more strongly demon
strated than ever. and during the last few
years much valuable time has been lost in
discussing multitudes of projects. In the
meantime tonnage has been increasing I'M
til Antwerp has become the third port of
the world, and it is with difficulty that
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06
Mother of Twenty-Five.

Mrs. Samuel p. Swartwood, the mother OF
twenty-five children within twenty-nine
years died last night at her home at Noun
tain Top, near Wilkesbarre, Pa. There were
but two sets Of twins in all this number.
OF the twenty-five, eighteen are now alive
and several are married there being twelve
grandchildren Mrs. Swartwood was mar
cied when IA years old, and the first baby
came fourteen months later. This was in
1872, and during all the years since then
she has not known a time when she did
not have baby TO care for, except during
the last few years. for the last baby came
five years ago.
Mrs. Swartwood, always contented said
1t was easier to raise a large family than
a small one, and that her children were a
great JOY TO Der. Her husband is an en-
gineer on the Jersey Central Railroad.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06

HeWMFOtnE n bOyhOOd FRIEND.
E"HILE teaching Theodore Roosevelt
ASNl to hunt deer and shoot moose in
kLLN-.s le Maine woods, twenty-five
5T,Y.Ts., Years ago, William w. sewen
$500 learned politics so thoroughly
Ia nc has defeated a millionaire in con
ttNt'foI public o.Hce, Sewell VIII be APP
toir, ~ by Roosevelt as collector OF inter-
pa, revenue for the Aroostook district,
ach covers more territory than any other
collection district in New England.
SeWel already holds a government job,
being postmaster at Island Falls by Presi-
dent Roosevelts appointment some time
ago. He is a typical Maine woodsman and
was the first white person born in that
town. In 1880, when young Roosevelt was
a student at Harvard college and was taken
so i'll that his physicians said he could not
recover. Sewel invited the young man to
so to Maine and hunt and fish.
- Young Roosevelt in the care OF CORPS
sSt nurses, went on against the wishes of
' two physicians. Townspeople like to talk
about the little thin boy who wore glasses
and didn't seem TO care for any one in
Island Falls and how great was his liking
for Big Bill Sewell. The two went TO
sewelrs camp, a few miles from here, and
spent the entire fall and winter In the
woods. In the spring Roosevelts health
had improved to such a degree that he was
able to resume his studies at Harvard and
since then has been we'll man,
HOw Joe Jefferson Packed n Jury.
Each spring for a number Of years It was
the custom Of the late Joseph jefferson to
leave Palm Beach. where he had his winter
home for a theatrical tour OF six weeks.
relates Success. He was once asked by
the writer il. after nearly seventy years
on the stage, he did not find this pro-
fessional work burdensome and he an
swered quickly that his spring tour was
the easiest way that he knew OF TO make
about $4,000 MIR. jefferson was always
fond Of telling stories and often told the
following about himself;
lie had been invited to be present at the
meeting OF a certain secret order, noted
for It's hospitality. But he was hardly
seated before the chair roared OUT:
Let our worshipful officers Arrest one
Joseph Jefferson and bring him before US"
But what am l arrested for, Mr.. Pres
ident?' asked the prisoner after he had
been hustled up front"
For discharging firearms in the Catskills
and comprising the death OF your good
dos. Schneider"
But It was only little holiday lark
ard Schneider died while l was asleep
protested Mr.. Jefferson. WAS TO blame
gentlemen Of the jury?' he asked, appeal
Ang 10 the others
NO" came the answer in a chorus.
The jury acquits me. your honor" re-
marked the prisoner.
Il am suspicious OF the jury" replied
the president; you are such an old hand a
packing houses that l believe you have
packed this jury"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06
work Already Done.

For some years past, and while the
great plan of extension has been in ex-
animation, the government has added
$500 feet of new quays on the south river
front and has begun work on new docks
to the north of the American and Lefe-
bvre DOCKS with direct communication by a
new sluice into the river at the Austru-
weel bend, leading from the Lefebvre
dock and allowing for the admission of
vessels drawing twenty-eight feet of
water. On the completion of these docks,
known as the intercalary docks, vessels
will no longer have the annoying, roun-
about journey through the Kattendyk, but
will be able to enter the northern docks
direct from the river, an Improvement
which will relieve the traffic to very
great extent.
Now comes the new and vast extension
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06
smokers of the Future.

But" said I. 'the population OF the
world is increasing. Where are our swells
TO get their fine cigars when the globe has
three billion inhabitants instead of fifteen
hundred millions, as now?'
Il don't know" said Mr. Book, land It
don't much matter, for you and I will not
be here to supply them"
How much OF Cuba is now in tobacco?"
LESS than 10000 acres, I should say.
About one-tenth of all the land cultivated