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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-28
Pe-ru-na's Popularity.

Peruna is not like SO many other
remedies that pass away as soon as the
first few bottles are used. The longer
Peruna is used in any community, the
more popular IL becomes.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-28

Other Remedies FalIed-Peruna Cured
Ia Chas seineckc, Soughton, Wis,
iy experience with Peruna has BY
thoroughly
settled on my lungs protector, many
without With hadc
and soon BEGAN
kept froybles
f4m pleased 10 testify 10 lis merits"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-28

Forty Thousand Patients.
DIR. Hartman estimates that he must
have prescribed Peruna for over forty
thousand patients before IT was adver-
tised as proprietary medicine.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-28
A Doctors Prescription.

sential processes by which Peruni
made.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-28

Hop raisers of Oregon have or
gained for the purpose of holding
their crops for higher prices.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-28
Pe-ru-na Actually Cures.

The reason why Peruna has become a
standard catarrh remedy the world over
Is simply because 1t cures catarrh.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-04-28

Nan Patterson, the former show
girl, has recovered from her indis-
position and is again facing her jury.
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02
Downfall of the Mosquito

Did it ever strike you that mos
quito could become an inebriate?"
asked the observer of things. 1T
hasn't? Well, let me tell you one of
my experiences. | was working in
New Orleans several years ago with a
friend of mine. He was a hard drink
er. and whenever you saw him he was
literally saturated with booze. He
was a clever little fellow, though, and
for several months he worked in the
same Office with me. We did consid-
cradle night work. Well. every night
Ed would come in drunk as a boiled
owl sit down at his desk and begin
to peg away. Whether it was because
he was the booze artist in the office.
or from some other cause, his desk
was mecca for the mosquitoes.
There was one big fellow l noticed
particularly He attracted my atten-
tion one evening, when Ed was asleep
in his chair, and he Cthe mosquito)
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02
Simple Life in Icela n d

There are no manufactures in the
country. Each home is a factory and
every member of the family hand.
Shoes are made from goat skins.
The long stockings worn over these in
wading through the sno ware knitted
wading through the snow are knitted
by the women and children, and even
the beautiful broadcloth comes smooth
and perfect from the hand loom found
in every house.
The sweet simplicity of their ma
tional costume does away with the
necessity of fashion books. Young
girls who are about to be married
need take no thought as to where.
withal shall they be clothed" When
they array themselves in the we'd
ding garments of their ancestors, two
or even three generations remote. they
are perfectly up to date in the matter
of attire.
This simple life is conducive to a
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02
Nerve of Champion Golfer

An old friend of Walter ]. Travis,
the former British and American golf
champion, wht has carried off SO
many honors here and abroad, paid
this glowing tribute to the great wiz
ard of the golf links during a talk
the other day.
one of the reasons" said he, "fOr
Mr.. Travis success is his tempera-
ment. In the most exciting matches
he does not become nervous or play
wildly. He has the valuable gift of
being able to rise to the occasion, and
can bring off put or difficult approach
shot thUcgh the championship of the
world depended upon it.
His golf is mechanically accurate,
and it is, backed by the nervous force
of n man of great will power. l wit
messed splendid instances of his great
determination and grit during his play
for the British amateur golf cham
pionship two years ago.
While in the act of driving from
the tenth hole in the first round of the
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02
Written Appeal to Rats

over on the west side of the city
long row of old fashioned dwellings
has been torn down this spring to
make way for some modern business
buildings. While they were being de-
molished the contractor in charge was
approached one day by a workman,
who handed him soiled and worn
envelope which had been found among
the brick and plaster.
The faded inscription. Mr.. Gray
Rat" prompted the contractor to read
the letter. 1t ran:
Dear Mr.. Rat: Although we real
ize that our house is greatly honored
by your presence and that of your ex-
caedingly numerous and sprightly
family, we feel that it is selfish of us
to expect to have monopoly of your
society, and we would humbly suggest
hat you vacate our premises and Sc
lect as your abode the residence of
our neighbor. number 127. which we
are sure you will find a pleasant and
pfofitarSe place. With most sincere
assurances of our deep esteem. be-
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02

In the first place there is no definite
moment of death We all are gradu-
ally dying for years, says the World
of To-Day. The moment which is or
diuarily ascribed to death is when the
breathing stops, bur this is purely ar
bitrary and the survival of an old be-
lief that life was drawn In in the
breath and the soul passed out with
the breath. The heart may continue
To beat many minutes, and in ami
mails under experimental conditions
even for hours after respiration has
stopped. the muscles are still irrita-
BILE. the nerves are still able to carry
nerve impulses. But. while the ces-
sation of respiration cannot be called
the moment OF death, it is the cause
of 1t. because the body cannot live
without air, the heart. accordingly,
stops and the tissues die OF suffoca-
tion.
How arbitrary it is to call man
dead when the heart ceases TO beat
and he no luu-a- breathes will be ap-
parent when ir is remembered that
dogs may easily be revived after they
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02
Infant Monstrosities.

The so-called "man-boys" are char
acterized by extraordinary develop
meut in infancy. In respect to mere
physical growth history gives us many
instances of rapid development We
read in the Natural History" of Pliny
that Euthimedes had Il son who grew
to four and one-half feet in three
Years.
phlccon says that Craterus, the
brother of King Antigorus, was an in
fart young man, matured man, an
old man and married and father be
fore he was 5 years old 1t is also
recorded that King Louis II. OF Hun
gary was born SO long before his
time that he had no skin. was crowned
in his second year, reigned in his
tenth year. had full beard in his
fourteenth year. married in his fif-
tecuth year, was gray at is and died
at 20.-New York Sun.
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02
A Maid of Honor in Fact.

The late Lady Bloomfield was n
maid of honor and published a book
of "reminiscences relating some very
intimate incidents of her years at
court. The result. the London CORE
spondent of the Manchester Guardian
tells. was that the queen forbade her
ladies' to keen dairies while they We're
in waiting. and from that rule grew
one of the neatest repartees that the
heart of the professional diarist could
desire. \ young lady who had just
been appointed a maid of honor was
receiving congratulations at party,
and her host said What an inter
esting journal YOU can keep The
girl told him that journal keeping was
forbidden, and the answer was: But
think l should keep one all the
same" Then" said the girl. what
ever you were you would not be a
maid of honor"
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02

this he must reach the ground before
the befl could fall. There was but one
way down, and that was by the ladder
rectly underneath the great bell. With
out moments hesitation Jose sprang
for the ladder and went down it with
the agility of one long experienced
in such descents. The safety of the
worshipers depended upon his quick
ness. He had no thought of the dan
ger that threatened his own life. He
reached the stairway that led into the
large worshiping room when there was
terrific crash above him.
The great bell has fallen" he cried.
Fly for your lives"
His words of warning caused the
worshipers TO rush pellmell from the
place. and moment later. with a
crash that shook the old structure. the
hell with its enormous weight tore
through the narrow opening. bringing
down stone and timbers with 1t and
filling the room with dust.
Friendly hands removed the debris
from the stunned and torn body of
Jose. Anita, dry-eyed and perfectly
composed. was at his side giving di-
rections for his care. Taps were being
sounded at the military barracks hours
later when Jose recovered conscious
ness. He looked about him in a dazed
way. A soft hand stole into his and
a voice spoke in accents low and
sweet:
You are my brave Jose"
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02
Precise Moment of Death

have lain in this state for six or more
minutes. If the dogs chest is opened
and artificial respiration begun. and
If the heart is taken in the hand and
rhythmically squeezed, gradually it be-
gins to beat again, the dog begins to
breathe-in fact, he RECEIVERS normal
life. | believe the same experiment
has not been tried in men, for the rea-
son that in illness the system is gem
orally so poisoned by the toxins of
disease as to make 1t impossible
spontaneously TO recover. even though
the heart should be kept beating. The
heart of a man may in some cases be
made to beat again outside the body
if defbrinated blood is circulated
through it.
We cannot, therefore. answer the
question. When does a man die? If
we mean by man his body, this dies
piecemeal. one organ after another:
II we mean the mans personality. this
evidently disappears when he loses
consciousness; and from this point of
view he may be said to die when he
falls in deep slumber, certainly when
he is anesthetiZed.
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02

Speaking of curious accidents by
which persons lose their lives, the man
who fell out of bed and broke his
necl, while presenting an eXtraordi-
nary case in some respects, will scarce
ly attract more than passing notice"
said a thoughtful man, for there have
been many cases equally remarkable.
Men are frequently killed by very
slight falls. recall one case where A
mans neck was broken by very
slight turn of his foot. He attempted
to catch himself that is, to preserve
his balance, and the effort was OF
such violence that he broke his neck.
Mary men have broken their necks
by sudden stumble and fall on the
sidewalk, or by being knocked down
by some hurrying pedestrian, or by a
street car or a vehicle of some sort.
II is not at all uncommon for a police
man. with no intention of doing more
than to subdue an unruly member. to
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02
Airships Valuable for War

from above. Unquestionably the
cheaper form of attack in this instance
would have been by airships.
1T will perhaps be urged that the
gasbag of large airship would OR
comparatively easy target, but, at a
sufficient elevation. | think this is by
no means the case. During We siege
of Ladysmith | myself saw our cap
tive balloon brought slowly to the
ground by Boer fire alone, but then 1t
must be borne in mind that the bal
loon was stationary and at a low ele-
walton. very little higher than the
hill from which the firing came. A
moving airship at a considerable ele-
walton would form very difficult tar
get, and if only slight damage were
inflicted, there would always be the
chance of being able to get away out
side the enemy's lines before having
to come to earth. Shrapnel fire will
probably be found the most effective
against such vessels, but there must
always be the difficulty of getting the
proper elevation for the guns. and
they could not be fired vertically
with out the chance of the projectilcs
on their return doing more harm TO
the side that fired than they inflicted
on the enemy
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02
Words That Are Obsolete

must have given you when l offered
to become your fantor and adminicle.
l will not speak OF the lippitude. the
oblepsy. you have shown in eNacer-
batting me. one whose genius you
should have approached with mental
discalceation. SO l tell you, without
superyacaneous words, nothing will
render ignoscible your conduct to me
| warn you that | would vellicate your
nose if l thought that any moral
diarthrosis thereby could be perform
ed-if l thought l should not i'm
pignorate my reputation Go, tachy-
graphic scrogle. band with your Grass
inQuinate fantors: draw objectations
from the thought if you can. OF hav-
ing synchronically lost the existima-
tion of the greatest poet since Mil
ton" And yet all these words, are to
be found in the dictionary.-London
Tit-BiJs
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02

From the moment that NJ. Santos
Dumont alighted softly on the sward
of the Bois de Boulogne, after encir-
cling the Eiffel tower a new era be
gan in the man.conqucst of the atmos-
phere, says the Grand Magazine. The
aeronaut had succeeded in solving the
problem he had set himself and
thenceforward had merely to perfect
the details. Assuming, as we are
entitled to do that NJ Santos-Dumonts
rev ship proves a success, and that,
in addition to carrying crew of eight
or ten, 1t Will have a lifting power for
small cargo, see what Il powerful
and novel weapon OF offensive warfare
is at the disposal OF the nations.
In the next continental war it is un-
conceivable that the effectiveness of
such mode of attack will not be
utilized. After the lessons of the re-
cent siege of Port Arthur any one can
realize the immense service practi'
cable war airship of sufficient size
would have been TO the operations
it, instead of the enormous labor of
having to bring immense siege guns
from Japan in order to destroy the
ships in the harbor lyddite could have
heen dropped upon the vessels decks
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02
Maria Used Dead Language

in n businesslike tone of voice. Now
ask Maria what is the combination of
the safe in my~store. When she died
the secret numbers of the combina-
ton died with her, and | cant open
the blamed thing"
But" faltered the seress, ''per-
haps she's forgotten the combination
in the abode of bliss"
Not on your life" said the man.
Maria had a good memory, and she'll
tell the combination all right. Just
ask her"
Maria, will tell you the combina-
tion-listen. She says: 'Hocus pocus
mil desperandum veni vidi vici sic
semper tyrannis.'
Hey. what's that?" asked the man.
Il can't make head or tail out OF it.
1t sounds like Latin"
ut is Latin" said the medium.
Gimme bach my money, you fake"'
yelled the man. Maria never knew a
word of Latin in her life
But she is dead. and Latin is one
of the dead languages. isn't it? Show
him out. John," And that was the
end of the seance and of his $40. hi
cago Inter Ocean.
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02

Tie number If obsolete words that
are to be found in Webster's Diction-
airy is considsrably larger than people
have any idea Of. The following let
ter. written by an alleged poet to an
editor who had -reated his poetry with
derision. furnishes some idea OF them
"Sir-You have behaved like an i'm
petiginous scr gle, Like those who,
envious of any moral celsitude, carry
their ungicity o the height of Great
ing symposicaIy the fecund words
which my polymathic genius uses
with liberty 10 abugate the Tongues Of
the weetless, Sir. you have crassly
parodied my own pet words as though
they were tran -rams. l will not Goa
scervate reurr4ches-I will cduce
.veu over the atramental ingratitude
(which has oh inferred even my indis-
cerptible heart l am silent on the
focillauou which my coadjuyancy
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02

The gloomy looking man walked
slowly up the dingy flight of stairs
that led to the abode Of the success
ors to the oracle al Dclphos. He was
Immediately ushered into darkened
apartment fitted with oriental draper
les and was greeted solemnly by a
seeress in white samite.
What would you of the mystic be
yond?" she asked.
Well" said the man, "Ill give you
$40 if you call up the spirit of my
deceased wife. Maria
Have you the money? Yes. thank
you. you may place it here. You
know" went on the medium apollo
getieally, Il wish to have filthy lucre
and all sordid mundane things off my
mind before | pluusc into the world
of shades"
The medium mumbled with wide
staring eyes, while the two able-bod-
led stage assistants waved phosphor-
escent draperies with telling effect
"Ah." droned the medium. Il see
Maria. beautiful and happy. She
points to you and smiles"
All right" said the business man
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02
Perpetrated by Lawson,

Thomas w, Lawson was once visited
in his Boston office by young wom-
an who came laden with all sorts of
college diplomas and gilt edge refer.
eucps. 1t so happened that Mr.. Law
son needed n temporary secretary. and
engaged her on the spot. When, later
in the day, the young lady handed Mr.
Lawson number Of letters this: -
had dictated. they were chiefly re
markable for their hideous orthogra-
ply, He called the girls attention
to her hlunders. whereupon she re
piled with a ciggle;
Really. now. | think must have
been hewitched,"
Quite so said Mr Lawson; some
fairy must have cast bad spell over
YOU Success.
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02
NO JOKE TO BE A GIANT.
Things of Comfort for Ordinary Men
Are Uncomfortable for Him.

Are Uncomfortable for Him.
George Anger. the giant from Car
diff Wales. is Il freak who will testi-
fy TO the drawbacks of the life he
leads. In his own words, IT'S no
joke TO be giant" Auger is only 25
years of age, yet he has attained a
height of Z feet S inches and weight
of 500 pounds. His great size is a
constant trouble to him.
When he stops for the night at
hotel it is necessary for the manage
ment to. see that three beds are placed
side by side in his room. so that when
he retires he may be able TO rest by
stretching his huge frame across
them. All doors are too low for him
and unless he constantly has in mind
the fact that he must bend before
he enters n room he receives sting
ing blow as n reminder and his head
gear suffers considerable damage. 1t
is said that he spoils three hats every
month in this way.
Then. too. his bulk is so unwieldy
that he can not ride in a cab with any
degree of comfort, and is forced to
patronize the trolley. He is obliged,
however. to remain on the platform.
because it is so difficult for him to
squeeze through the door. He has to
be careful about. what chairs and
sofas he sits upon, for fear they Will
give away beneath his weight.
All of MIR. Auger's clothes must be
made to order. His gloves must be
No. 10 and made large enough to COW
er hands measuring ten inches from
wrists to finger tips and five inches
across.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02

state of high morals, higher probably
than in any other part of the world.
There is not a drop of liquor mauli-
factured on the island, and for tho
5000 population there is but one po-
liceman. There is neither Jail nor
any place of incarceration for crimin-
ais; nor yet is there a court in which
a high crime could be tried.
The percentage of crime is so small
that it does not warrant the expense
of keeping up a court. When
criminal trial becomes necessary the
offender is taken to Denmark to an
swer to the law for his misdeeds.
The women are among the most ad-.
vanced in the world. Their Womans
Political League has a membership
of 1000. and they enjoy more civil
rights than the women of almost any
other country, having a voice in all
elections save that for members of
their legislative body.-The Pilgrim.
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02
Thought Visitor Was Bum .

The late Rev. Father Thomas j
SculIy OF Cambridge used to tell of
this experience he once. had:
, While going home from a town
where he had delivered a lecture he
was the only passenger on horse
car that got stalled. because of a
heavy snow storm, IN a lonesome To-
caliJy-
Asking the conductor the location of
the nearest house, Father Scully
reached it after a weary half-mile walk
throgh the snow. Knocking on the
door. he asked and was granted the
privilege of entering by kindly faced
woman. He did not disclose his iden-
tity. but while enjoying the warmth of
the stove he asked for something 10
eat and something hot to drink
The good woman hustled about. and
soon the priest was paTi aking of her
hospitable EAre. Tuggins at the :; IN
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02

contest, he accidentally let his club
slip from his grasp. the club going
right over his head and high into the
air. just like the stick from sky
rocket. That slip pretty near cost him
the nail of his left thumb. AS it was,
the nail was broken clear across the
middle and almost torn from its socket.
1t bled freely for time and the pain
must have been excrucidting, as could
see from his face, but he was un-
daunted.
He pulled out his handkerchief. had
it soaked in water. wrapped it round
his injury and went on with the game
and won, as you know.
MIR. Travis is not a graceful or
strong driver but he has the get
there stroke. His golf, too, is entire
ly self-taught. Another thing that ca:.
be said in his favor is that there is
nothing of the professional about him.
When not playing golf he is engaged
in a commercial life. That's thing
that can't be said. for many of our
great athletes"
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02
End of Strenuous Discipline

me YOU look rather stout said he.
Executing a flank movement, he
caught me over his knee and stripped
down my trousers. Under the first
pair he found another. Under the sec
oud pair he found another. Under the
third pair he found another. When
he got to the fourth pair he stopped
and said gravely:
sc How many pairs of pants did you
put on?'
II dunno: l put on all of mine and
all of Jim's.' said ! weakly.
He burst out laughing. and from
that day on l never got a licking. But
he used to talk to me when l was bad,
and it wasn't long before l would
have taken half a dozen lickings
thankfully rather than one of those
grave. earnest lectures that made me
feel ashamed of yyself for hours and
hours afterward, New York Press.
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02

was perched on my friends nose, drill
ing away for dear life Pretty soon
he became even drunker than Ed and
flew away. He perched on the desk
where | was writing and his antics
were comical. He had a beautiful
load, if you'll pardon the street gam
ms language. and was staggering
over the desk like chicken with the
staggers. Honestly, | couldn't help
laughing. l caught the mosquito and
pulled off just the tip of his wing so
l would know him again. saw him
again the next and many night there
after. Ed was the only man in the
office he'd bite. If Ed didn't show up,
the mosquito would perch on his desk.
assuming a mournful attitude that was
pitiful and laughable in one. That
was one mosquito who became an in
ebriate. and | could tell you Of but
his listeners had hied to the life-sav-
ing station across the street.
The Lamar register., 1905-08-02

that met Jose's eyes when he looked
up chilled his heart. The heavy cross
piece which had held upright the great
bell for these many long years had
given way to the ravages of time and
wood worms and had broken square
In its center. The bell with its enor-
hous weight. was sagged and sway
ing and threatening to drop at any
moment. In its downward plunge it
would land in the very front of the
chancel. Its fall would mean the
death of probably several worshipers,
particularly at that hour. Jose's first
thought was to give the alarm. To do