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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
A WAGNER ANECDOTE.
/ How He showed His JOY Mt "A "Pnr-
sifnl" Rehearsal.


The following anccdotc of Wagner is
told 10y Alfred Rcisenauer. the pianist.
who, as a pupil Of List, know the
composer of "Parsifal" personally.
Wagner was always more or less
self conscious" says Reisennuer. "and
only at rare intervals did his friends
see him in moods that could he called
anything but prcmedituted In Bal
reuth Tsaw him in highly character.
istic situation, and | never shall for
get it, Ii was at Il rehearsal of Par
sifal.' The garden scene had just been
admirably sung and danced. whore
upon Wagner. in his eXuborant joy.
Rugged and kissed the artists. and
then. quite beside himself. got down on
all fours and barked ike dog. CON
Guiding his exhibition by throwing his
legs i'm the air and balancing himself
on his head.
AT this Interesting moment List
and several of his pupils. including
MYSELF. walked on the stage Quick rs
a fash. List. who always played the
role of Wagncr'S self constituted de
fender. said grimly, We'll. if that's Il
pose. it's the hardest one i'm the world
to hold. by thunder" For the sake of
the meister we tried to restrain orr
mirth. but the effort was not wholly
successful. l firmly believe. however.
that Wagner himself was secretly
pleased at the sensation for which he
was responsibility arper's Weekly.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
FORGING ANTIQUITIES.
Even Experts Trickcd In Disiin-
gushing Real From the spurious.

Dr. Oliver Tonks in the outlook Mag
azlne shows the difficulties of d.s,n-
gushing real from spurious antiquities.
Here Is one of his anecdotes:
At times the fOrger is content to take
ancient fragments of ancient vases or
statuettes and complete them with clay
or plaster OF paris. These new "olu
wares he then paints up and pu->cs TO
the unsuspertng. and sometimes -u'-
pccting. Purchaser ~ real muqjct
The q. 's.... .r Il fo.ger in Athens
that hp lg1.y..nl tlJt when ne had l.n-
ished improving" an antique be h.U-
self could not always ten where thc
genuine part ceased ana the false he
gan. Under such circumstances il
may not be- wondered that at times
even experts are trickel.
The following incident shows how
forgerlcs turn up in very unexpected
places: one hot day party Of us were
toilmg up a steep ascent in the island
of Melos when we saw above IL a
number Of Greeks seated on parapct
of ruins. We had been cruising long
enough among the 1igean Islands 10
know that these people of the place had
seen our ship drop anchor in the water
below and were now waiting TO sell us
antiquities. At the sight of these
Greeks one of our number. Il tircleSs
Scotchwoman, scrambled ahead of Us
10 the top. where we could soon see
her. wind blown ana outlined against
the"bluc sky, bargaining for a vase.
When we reached the top after a more
leisurely climb she put her purchase In
my hands aud asked me what | thought
of IT, My hands were moist with per
SEPARATION from the eXertion of the climb
and for answer 10 her question | held
them out 10 her all blackened from
grasplng the vase The sweat had at
tackled the modern paint with which it
was covered. and 10y thus coming OF
Oh my hands the color had betrayed Its
falsity The whole vase had been
patched up from six or seven pieces
and then painted over TO conceal the
repairing
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29

To cure a cold when you have no
cough-to cure a cough when you
have no cold-to cure yourself when
you have both-take Kennedy
Laxative Honey and Tar. The new
idea. the original and only genuine
Laxative cough syrup. Remember
the name, "Kennedy's" and see
that the red clover blossoms is on
the carton. Sold by Z. Wayne
Griffin & Bros.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
Dlscnurnulnn.

At the close of an address during an
electloneerlng campaign In Ireland
questions We're invited. \ man was
making for the platform when he re-.
celved whack over the head with a
stick. lie was stunned and had to be
carried out amid an uproar. When or
der was restored the chairman rose and
blandly asked:
rs there any other gentleman who
would like TO ask n question:"
Needless 10 say there was not.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
The Breathing Earth.

That the earth breathes is a well
known scientific fact. 1t is often to
be verified by that peculiar earthly
smell which arises Immediately after II
thunderstorm, the lowering of the bar
ometric pressure causing the flow up
ward of air, just as it is once more
squeezed downward when the barome-
ter rises. A resident of Geneva dis
covered a natural barometer at Fer
ney-Voltaire 1t Is deep natural well
or cave with a very small opening.
When this opening is made small
enough just to fit whistle the differ
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
IMMENSE OCTOPUS
Attacked Two Fishermen and
Tried To Sink Their
Boat.


Here is a true story of an octopus,
not the kind that has its headquar-
tiers in New Jersey. Two fisher
ermen were plying their vocation
off Great Belle Island, Conception
Bay, off the Newfoundland coast.
Suddenly they discovered at a short
distance from them a dark, shape
less mass floating at a distance on
the surface of the water. Conclud-
ing that it was probably part of the
cargo of some wrecked vessel, they
approached it, anticipating a valua-
bic prize. and one of them struck the
object with his boathook. Upon re-
ceiving the shock the dark heap be-
came suddenly animated. and,
spreading out, uncovered a head,
with a pair of large prominent, STAR
ing eyes. which seemed to CLEAN
with intense ferocity, the creature
at the same time exposing to view
and opening its parrot-like beak
with an apparently hostile and ma
lignant purpose. The men were
petrified with terror and for mo-
ment so fascinated by the horrible
sight that they were powerless to
make move to defend themselves.
Before they had time to recover
their presence of mind the monster,
now, but few feet from the boat,
suddenly shot out from around its
head several long, fieshy arms, Crap
ping with them for the boat, and
seeking to invelop it in their folds.
Only the two longest of these arms
reached the craft, and, owing to
their great length, went completely
over and beyond it. Selling his
Ratchet, with desperate effort one
of the men succeeded in severing
these limbs with a single well-deliv-
cred blow, and the creature, finding
itself worsted, Immediately disap-
peared beneath the waters, leaving
in the boat its amputated members
as a trophy of the encounter.
"One of the arms was, unfortu-
nately, destroyed before its value
was known, but the other, when
brought to st. Johns and examin-
ined by Rev. NJ. Harvey, was found
to measure no less than 10 feet. The
who acted as surgeon de-
clares there must have been at least
six feet more left attached to the
body" The story is pre-
served in the proceedings of the
british Zoolopical Society
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29

WvNTED; by Chicago wholesale
and mail orderhouse, assistant man.
ager imam or woman) for this coun-
ty and adjoining territory. Salary
$40 and expense paid weekly; ex-
pense money advanced. Work
pleasant; position permanent. No
investments or experience required.
Write at once for full particulars
and enclose self-addressed envelope.
COOPER & Co.,
2ltl0 1872 Lake Street, Chicago ILL.,.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
New Orleans. Vicksburg,
GulfpOrt. Miss. Hammond. La.

Mardi Grass at New Orleans, Feb.
q, 1906. Gulfport is a Mexico Gulf
Cost resort having the new. fine
Great Southern" Hotel. Regular
ocean steamship sailings from New
Orleans for Mexico. Central America
Panama, West Indies and Europe.
Send or call for descriptive matter
in regard to the above.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
Curiosity.

Irate Parent (who has been trying TO
satisfy Johns curiosity on every known
subject under the sun)-Now. Johnnie.
II you ask me another question I'll whip
you on the spot. Johnnie (whose INDY
ing curiosity oyercomes even the dread
OF punt shmenD - Wh-wh-what spot,
papa?
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
No Secret About it.

1t i, TO secret, that for cuts,
burns, ulcers, fever sores, sore eyes,
boils etc, opthing is so effective as
BU"klo7', 'rnica Salve. 1T didn't
take ,oag to cure a bad sore | had,
and It is all o. X. for sore eyes, "
whites D. L. Gregory. of.Hope, Tex.
DC At u. Wayne Griffin & Bros, drug
store.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29

An amateur authOress who had sub
mitted story to a magazine waited
for several weeks without hearing
from the editor concerning it. Finally
she sent him a note requesting an ear
ly decision, because, as she said, she
"had other irons in the fire"
Shortly after came the editors reply:
Dear Madam--I have read your sto.
ry, and l should advise you to put II
with the other irons" -Harper's Week
ly.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
DUELING STILL COMMON
At ST. Pierre. and One Man
Has Fought Ten
Times.

There is one place in North Amer
lea where dueling is still common.
That is St. Pierre Miquelon. Among
other practices peculiar to the moth
er country, France, is that of settling
affairs of honor by an appeal to the
pistol or the rapier. Froma recent
publication in the Pierrois journal,
La Vigie (The Lookout, it is learned
that II duels have taken place there
the last four years, or an average of
one every three months. In 10 of
these NJ. Paul Louis Legasse. the
fishery merchant, who represents
the little colony in the French cham
Der at Versailles, has figured as a
principal. 1t is evident, therefore,
that he lives a strenuous and danger
Gus life, though as nobody has ever
been seriously wounded IN these en-
counters the peril must be less than
would appear at first sight. The
little town has only $500 people
and what may be termed its aristo-
cracy is very limited. NJ. Legasse,
who is the leading fishery, outfitter
owning over 60 vessels that ply on
the Grand Banks and whose wealth
far exceeds that of any competitor
in the place, has to find his adverse
ries among the officials who conduct
the administration or among the
candidates who contest his seat when
the biennial elections take place.
His latest duell was with NJ. Cap
eron, the retiring Chief Justice of
the little colony. Between the two
there had been feud since last sum-
mer, when M. Legasse. being charg-
ed with completely in some alleged
marine scandal, was arrested by or
der of this Judge, bail being refused
until M. Legasse's friends appealed
by cable to the Minister of Justice
in Paris who ordered his release. NJ.
Legasse, being unable to insist upon
a meeting while NJ. Caperon was ac-
tually holding his exalted office, had
to wait until his transfer to another
post was ordered. Then he proptly
challenged the Chief Justice. They
fought with pistols at 40 PAGES, but
neither was hit. NJ. Legasse's pre-
vious important duel was with NJ.
Dumont, creole from st. Pierre,
Martinique all of whose relatives
were killed by the tragic explosion
of Mt. Pelee. M. Dumont, who is
a lawyer, ran against NJ. Legasse for
deputy in the election, and special
interest attached to his candidacy
because many of his follows advo-
Gated the annexation of the island to
the United States.
1t was an outcome of some violent
language that the Legasse-Dumont
duel took place. Previous appear
ances of NJ. Legasse on the field of
honor were made with other officials
and with one of our two rivals in the
commercial line. Officers of the
gendarmerie on the island and the
naval squadron, which gathers there
every summer, figured in some of |
these affairs"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
announcements
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R.

The Illinois Central maintains
Double Daily Service, opeaates the
best of trains. with Dining Cars,
Chair Cars, Buffet-Library Cars and
Sleeping Cars, from Chicago. St.
Louis, Cincinnati and Louisville
South to New Orleans. The best
road for reaching the Tourist resorts
Of the South, including.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
His AdyantRue

First Man-How do you do? Second
Man-Beg pardon, but you have the
advantage Of me. First Man-Yes, |
guess have. We were engaged to the
same girl. but you married her.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
Mexico, California.

Special tours of Mexico and Cali
fornia via the Illinois Central and
New Orleans under the auspicies of
Raymond & Whitcomb, will leave
Chicago Friday, Feb. 23rd for Mexi-
co and California, the last to include
a stop-over at New Orleans for the
Mari Gras. Entire trips made in
special private vestibule trains of
finest Pullman, with dining car SER
vice. fascinating trips, complete in'
every detail.
Illinois Central Weekly Excursions
to California. Excursion cars
through to Los Angeles and Srnfran-
cisco as follows: Via New Orleans
and the southern route every Friday
from Chicago; every Tuesday from
Cincinnati and Louisville via Omaha
and the Scenic Route every Wednes-
day from Chicago.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
Merely m Tribe.

Il suppose your late uncle didn't fail
to remember you In his wlll;' said the
sympathetic friend.
You could hardly call II a remem-
brance." replied the poor relation. 1T
was more like faint recollection
Chicago News.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29

and fear appendicitis. Safety lies in
DIR. Kings New Life Pills, a sure
cure, for all bowel and stomach dis
eases, as such a headache, bilious
ness; costiveness, etc, Guaranteed
at u. Wayne Griffin & Bros. drug
sotre, only 25c. Try them.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29

wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
forfn OF kidney trouble.
Or. Kimer's Swamp-Root is not rec
commended for everything but If you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble 1t will be found
Just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor TO pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out ii you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
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regular fifty cent and Home of swsmp-Roo&
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp-Root. DR.. Kilmer s
Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton,
N. T., on every bottle.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29

"All the worlds stage" quoted one
mlsanthrope.
Yes" replied another, land It's the
same old story. a lot q fellers that's
cut out fer supers Is tryin' ter star"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
Caste in The Suburbs.

Did Burlington marry some one
of his own statiOn?"
"No; an Oisonhurst lady. The
next station out, you know.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
A Bit Doubtful.

No" he said, I'm not sure
whether ~ wife's Christmas gift
TO me was meant to please me or to
humble ny pride"
What did she give you?"
She had crayon portrait of me
made by an amateur artist"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29

hales the mir warn the nelghbors of the
coming weather. \ lighted match or Il
feather shows the direction of the flow
as well. It is said to he an excellent
weather prophet
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
Hot Springs. Ark, Florida.

Daily Sleeping Cars without
change Chicago to Hot Springs,
with connections at Memphis from
Cincinnati and Louisville.
Through Dixie Flyer" Sleeping
Car Line st. Louis to Jacksonville
via Nashville, Chattanooga and At
lanta.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
Dream Extravaganza.

Don't the Highhyers live beyond
their lncome?"
Dear me. why. they live beyond the
income they wish they had"-Life.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
Havana via New Orleans.

Havana, Cuba. is best reached via
the Illinois Central through service
New Orleans and the ocean liner,
twin-screw nineteen-knot
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
S. S. Prince Arthur

leaving New Orleans every Wednes-
day at 400 p. m. and arriving at
Havana at Sunrise Fridry morning
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney. liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
cal triumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
Or. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
der specialist, and is
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29

All afrectations of knowledge are
more odious than any lack OF knowl.
slge can be.-Sprat.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know OF the wonderful
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29
a Bad Scare.

Some day you will get a bad scare,
Wher fc'l pain in your bowels
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29

Psyche" was the first English opera.
1t was produced In 1873.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-29

Full particulars coecerning all of
the above can be had agents of thu
Illinois Central and connecting lines
of by addressing the either of the
undersigned.
Jos. BIGos, d. P. A., Cincinnati.
F. W. HARLOW, d. P. A., Louisville.
JNo. A. SCOTT, d. P. A.. Memphis.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-06-08

Did YOU ever stop to investi-
gate ana find way to supply
your wants when you hadn't
time to call or lived too far
from our store: We do an eX-
tensive mail-order business to
the great convenience and salts
faction of our customers.
Convenient, because We fill
mail orders Immediately on re-
ceipt Of them.
Satisfactory, because We use
the utmost care in selecting
what we feel sure will bes1
please our customers, and re-
quest the return of anything
not entirely satisfactory.
Send US your order for
spring clothes, hats and fur
nishings for man or boy.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-06-08

The COUNTY RECORD and the
National Magazine, one year each,
Sl.60,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-06-08

Bring US your JOB WORK,
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-12-15
OLD ENGLISH SUBURBAN STREET AND STONE HOUSES.
%#@,

And this calls to mind practical IL
lustra ton of what a good thing 1t is,
what a splendid thing, to start IN
growing something in your back yard,
ii you have nothing bigger For l
have in mind two people, a young
man and his wife, who started their
married life in a rented city house
with a back yard IS feet wide and
containing about one-fortieth of an
mere They had lived in the city all
their lives and knew nothing of the
wonders of plant and animal produc-
ton. But they commenced at once
to use their ground. They planted
radishes and lettuce and some flow
'ers and trained tomatoes against the
fence. and they set hen. Their fail
ures and interesting experiences dur
ing the two years they lived thus
would fill volume. But the great re-
suit was that before the end of the
f-st year, they who had never lived
outside their four walls, felt terribly
confined They longed to get out and
have enough land to grow more
things, to make genuine garden and
to nurture and rear and reap the
things which they ate. And so they
moved into the country, hardly the
real country yet; but they bought
half an acre just beyond the city out
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-12-15

or a frame dwelling, usually Of cheap,
.cond- growth timber. In twenty years
le English home Is covered with ivy
nd has the appearance of subtanti-
Atty and solidity, as though it had al
ways been there and intended remain
ing. If you mention twenty years
hence" to the American, he will shrug
his shoulders and smile and tell you
he expects to be somewhere else in
twenty years, if he has not bettered
his condition and gotten out of it in
half that time. But twenty years
pass more quickly than is expected,
and what does the place look like
then? 1t has had perhaps three coats
Of paint. The second set Of shingles
Is curling UP and needs replacing and
the house itself is worth one-half of
its value when new.
Yet it must be agreed that every
man should build house with the
idea of making it his permanent
home, adding to it as his needs grow,
hut continually improving it and
Identifying it. If for no other cause
than increasing it's selling value, he
should build well and improve. And
this applies to the surrounding
grounds, the outbuildings, etc, fully
as much as the home proper.
what is home without a MOTHER
and a good wife and children? What
is home, would add. even with these
blessings, lnless it is a real home, a
comfortable and a beautiful one?
All, there Is a difference, and such a
wide difference, between an abode or
a mere dwelling place and a home.
Trying to treat this matter from a
practical standpoint, the Department
of Agriculture recently issued an IL
Illustrated bulletin on identifying back
yards. This applied to city and su-
burban homes, but the idea is the
same everywhere.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-12-15

. PLANTS BELOW THE SILL.
average five and half times as much
as cubic foot of water.
1t costs as much to fire a 16-inch
cannon as it does to pay a private
soldier his wages for five years.
The ruins of a prehistoric fortified
British village have Deen unearthed
near Carshalton, England.
The fly is seven times stronger than
horse, weight for weight. 1t can lift
twenty times its own weight.
The canning Of blue berries is an
important industry in Vermont. One
factory last season canned 100000
gallons Of the berry.
Though there are many women col
onels the only woman admiral is the
Queen of Greece. She is an honorary
admiral in the Russian navy.
A cubic mile of earth weighs 25,-
, G49,300 tons and the volume of the
earth is 259,Soo, 100000 cubic miles
Question in mental arithmetic: How
much does the earth weigh?
Professor William r. Hornaday, the
zoologist, is seeking to have the gen
eral government establish a great buff
falo park in the west that the animal
may not become extinct.
There are only three million Cos
sacks in Russia. The number Of
peasants is about one hundred million,
there are 100000 slower city dwell
lers" and 100000 nomads and semi
barbarians.
( Dietary experts of the Department
of Agriculture estimate that man
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-12-15

The Englishman lives in a house
which In all probability his father and
his forefathers have lived in for
iozen generations. Even where the
house IS not owned by the resident,
the preferential right descends from
father to son to rent and occupy 1t
It is a true home.
Americans are strongly inbued
with the idea of owning homes,
houses with accompanying plots Of
land: but as a rule Americans are all
too careless, at the same time, about
creating bit Of scenery or making
the home such an attractive abode as
will cause the traveller to pause
moment and exclam: what pretty
little place!"
In the first instance where his Eng
lish cousin, or the English landlord
erects a stone house, at an advanced
cost doubtless, but more than eyened
up In few years by repainting and
repairing, the American throws togeth-