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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

AS much for the sake of informa-
ton as to indulge hypothetical ques-
ton, we kindly ask the Hartford Re-
publican if the Republican State Con-
vention did not send a negro to the
National Republican Convention in
stead of Col. Bradley, what did it do?
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

The New York Herald's forecast of
the Denver Presidential nomination
gives Mr. Bryan GIG votes--four more
than is necessary to insure his nomi-
nation
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

An Atlantic City preacher has inaug-
urated an innovation in his church
by allowing men to smoke while they
listen to his sermons Wonder II he
ever breaches from a text which tells
about a place in the hereafter where
everybody smokes?
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

A fashion journal says the shirt
waist will be more pekaboo this year
than ever. Which no doubt will
make some fellows wonder, as the fe-
males pass by, If they can keep at
work steady enough to hold their
1obe
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

A Mr.. Meal is running for Mayor of
Harrisburg, Pa. OF course there are
lot of fellows shouting for the Meal
ticket.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

This will no doubt be a good year
for political speeches. The working
men have hardly anything else to do
only to sit and listen to 'em.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

Somehow We suspect that a Merry
Widower hat would suggest high old
times in a more marked degree than
the fashion in a ladies' lid.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

The paper trust doesn't need a probe
What it really needs is to be placed on
the striking spot underneath a good
working pile-driver
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

For cuts, sprains, bruises, burns,
rheumatic and all other pains, use Nc
Leans Volcanic Oil Liniment. First
sold in 1852. still the same effective
remedy in 1908. Good for man or
beast. 25c. SOC and $1.OO. 11t1S
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

The Commoner, Mr.. Bryan's paper,
advises all Democratic conventions
to instruct their delegates to the
National Convention. This is real
ly the only proper way to do business.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

The question now comes up-inas-
much as it will be Taft or Roosevelt
will Senator w. o. Bradley speak for
the ticket~this year?
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

At last accounts the Fairbanks fell
lows were so completely up in the air
that, like the legerdemain trick, you
can pass a barrel hoop around them
from one end to the other. without
discovering any visible means Of sup
mort
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

fully says, never registered as a Re-
publican in his life" This is sure
one awful dose.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

The thoughtful wife is now getting
repaid for sewing buttons on her hus-
bands vest by making him hook up
her dress in the back.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

Very likely Col. Bradley feels some
what like the fellow who was sent for
and coundnt go.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

The weather has gotten warm, but
the Fairbanks followers are still shiv'
ering from that freeze-out they got.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20
Insure Your Property

With RILEY & LIKENs. They write
for old and tried companies only. The
best is the cheapest TIT
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-20

Twenty-three to the gum-shooter
around Hartford.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04

needle should be procured. Thread
it with a piece of fine thread about a
foot in length and run it lengthwise
through the body of the paper eagle.
The most important thing of all to
secure is very strong magnet. You
place the theatre or table in such a
way as to enable you to stand direct
ly behind the stage, where you can
use both hands at the same time.
Take the magnet in your right hand
and place it at the point marked A
behind the mountain and out of sight
of the audience.
The needls-eagle starts to fly to-
ward the invisible magnet. You in
stantly check its flight by pulling
backward on the thread. the end of
which you have grasped in your left
hand
Now you gradually move the invis-
ible magnet upward in the direction
indicated by the dotted lines.
The astonished audience sees the
eagle slowly fly up the mountain side.
This seeming miracle is easily accom-
plished by holding the thread end so
that the attracted needle-eagle will
be just far enough away to get the
full strength of the hidden magnets
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
full operate

A small toy theatre stage presents
the best setting for the trick, al
though it can be done on an ordinary
table, but with the stage setting by
far the best effects may be obtained.
You can easily fashion a set of
mountain scenery by cutting out
mountains from colored pictures in
old magazines and setting them up
either in the Sits of the stage or on
small wooden stand mounts if you
have no toy theatre.
Two wings" of mountain scenery
will be enough = that is, the front
wing which is the mountain side in
the foreground, and the other wing"
made up of the hills in the back
ground as shown in the picture.
Now cut out very small picture
of sheep and paste it on the wing"
In the foreground at point A.
Now cut out a small eagle from
fine tissue paper. A small sewing
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Misery loves company, and is never
lonesome.
The seeker after truth has the Job
Of lifetime.
Health is wealth, but you can't
make doctors believe it.
Many fellow is beat who doesn't
follow the beaten track.
Money will buy everything but hap
piness, and few people.
Two hearts that beat as one don't
always continue to keep time.
Some girls are angels and some are
high iiers. There's a difference.
Opportunity makes the man, pro-
vided he knows what to do with it.
Beauty is only skin deep, but many
a woman is deeper than she looks.
Lots OF people besides blind beg
CARS have no visible means of sup
port.
Even when people grow old grace.
fully it takes them a long time to
do it.
We seldom know what people
think of it till all the world knows it
first.
We don't realize what cold cruel
world this is till things get too hot
for US.
Many a man of high estate owns
nothing more tangible than castles
in the air.
In selecting husband a girl isn't
always right because she is so afraid
of being left.
A woman may be the light of a
mans life, either as a beacon or a
danger signal.
Even when a man wants the earth
he doesn't want it thrown at him in
the form of mud.
Kindness is often wasted. Even a
postage stamp must be licked before
1t will do its duty.
If there were as many ways to
make money as there are to spend it
We would all have more.
Even when a man hopes for the
best he begins to wish he had hoped
for something better.-From "Dys.
peptic Philosophy" in the New York
Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Sewage For Crop Growing.

IL probably never occurred to the
Sheriff OF Nottingham that the green
wood in which ne sought the redoubt-
able Robin Food would one day be
cleared away and converted into
farms which are said to be models
IN turning the sewage OF Nottingham
in Merrie England to valuable ac-
count.
These farms comprise an area of
over 1900 acres and the system of
broad irrigation is practiced. BY
means of undertaking from TO-
100000 to 100000 gallons of sew
age is handled every twenty-four
hours, the land being treated con-
tinuously for twelve hours at a time
About one thousand acres of the land
Is under cultivation, the principal
crops grown being wheat. oats. rye
kohl-rabi and cabbage. the Yields he
ing enormous. The soil for the most
part is OF a sandy character with
gravelly subsoil and good natural
drainage. 1t is stated that the an
nual returns from these farms are
about $4,000.
when such figures are presented.
1t is appalling to think of the waste
OF fertile wealth in the way of sew
age and garbage from our thousands
oil cities and larger towns.-Amer-
lean Cultivator.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04

Lemonade.-In making lelnonas
heat the lemons before squeezins =.
you will get almost double the Qu'4
tity of juice.
Sour Milk Pie.-Add to cup NV,
milk one-half cup sugar, a Guy
chopped raisins and teaspoon .ss,
namon. Stir on stove until not An Az
add teaspoonful cornstarca !. ~ ,rs
solved in little water. Bake -
crusts.
Oyster Nugget.-One quar-. :. A.
tiers, six common crackers roileu avn. n
one-quarter pound of butter, two CUP sss
of milk, three eggs; beat tne , nsu:
put all together in your stew p is,,.
stir it about fifteen or twenty m and
utes over a good fire; be careful :
not burn. Serve hot.
Ounce Marmalade. Wipe qu, .a.s
remove blossom ends, cut IN qua mali
remove seeds, then cut IN sun, saa
pieces. cut into presei 'i =, cov.
and add enough water to nearl' pub
er. Cook slowly until soit, .srss.
through a hair sieve and ada - ~ ssr.
fourths its measure of heatea s Fri
Cook slowly twenty minutes s'
occasionally to prevent burnns' ~.
Ripe tomato Pickle.-Three pl ana
tomatoes, peeled and choppeu .,oops
cup chopped celery; four tap,es spoors
chopped red pepper; four tapls DIE psalt;
chopped onion; four Tablespoons moons
six tablespoons sugar; six tap .easnoor
mustard seed; one-hali ss
Glove; one-half teaspoon clna Gun. two
one teaspoon grated nutmeg m or
crps vinegar. Mix Ingredient. a. = and
der given. Put in stone - mus
cover. This uncooked mixture :. mai
stand q week before using wv
he kept q year.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Founding n Flock.

A recent bulletin of the Oklahoma
Station gives the following notes on
founding and managing the flock:
In going into the sheep business, it
is advisable to start with a small
flock. Success is largely influenced
by experience. The small flock is
very easily handled and as it in
creases the owners experience m
credses so that he is able to cope with
selves. Many amateurs make fail
ure of the business by starting in
with a large flock, as they nave
neither the experience nor facilities
for handling them. Even though
sheep are easily managed, there are
problems peculiar to the business
which the shepherd is best fitted to
meet with the knowledge from prac-
teal experience.
If you start with grades, use only
pure bred sires of some one particular
breed. Do not select a ram from one
breed one year and one from another
breed the next year, as no improve
ment can be expected where such a
method is followed. The standard of
a flock can be raised very rapidly by
using good sires each year and culling
out the inferior eve lambs.
In order to obtain the best results,
lambs should be taught to eat grain
as early as possible. Corn and oil
cake in pea" form make very good
ration. The lambs should be fed
grain in a creep" that is an en-
closure into which the lambs may
pass but the entrances of which are
not large enough to allow the ewes
to enter. The first six months of the
lambs life are the most important,
and though the pasture may be
abundant, large profits will be rear.
lied on the grain fed.
1t is advisable to dip sheep twice
each year, in the spring and in the
fall. The spring dipping should be
done shortly after the shearing has
been done, at which time the lambs
should also be dipped. as the ticks
are likely to leave the ewes and get
on the lambs after the former have
been sheared. Any of the standard
coal tar dips, such as kreso, zenoleum,
etc, will prove satisfactory, though
some shepherds prefer sulphur
dip. In using the coal tar dips, we
have obtained better results by using
solutions than are recommended in
the directions accompanying the
preparations. Dipping is the only
practical method of keeping the flock
safe from the raYages of ticks, lice
and scab.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04

Medicated nest eggs are the only
such thing practical TO use. They
are composed of chemical substances
which will keep down vermin in the
nests and on the hens which visit the
nests. Aside frcm this, the use of
other ordinary nest eggs" which is
only more dignified term for stale
Or rotten eggs put to this use, is an
ancient practice entirely unnecessary
and uncalled for One might lust
as well save the time and bother they
entail and the bedaubed nests which
they so often cause. So-called "China
nesc eggs" are a snare and delusion.
and one should save the few dollars
or few cents-which they cost.
Hens in confinement have no on
portunity 10 hide their nests. Hens
which have the opportunity and the
disposition TO hide their nests will
do SO, though the nests provided for
them be filled with nest eggs. When
the hens show Partially for a certain
nest or nests, the use of nest eggs
does not stop this, and they will still
crowd into the nest they prefer until
other conditions OF location or con-
struction of the nests be changed so
as 70 equaiize matters. Epitomist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Curious Tail Lore.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

In whales we have an entirely dit
ferent state of affairs, the tail DeihS
set transversely instead of vertically
The reason for this is concealed III
long ages of evolution. Fishes nave
always been as they are now, aqua
tic. but the ancestors of whales and
dolphins lived on dry land where
they crawled about on four good
feet. When, for some reason, these
creatures of old took to the water
they probably did not plunge at once
into the open ocean where their de-
scendants now live, but waded ana
padded along in the shadows and
marshes of the shore. Here vertl-
cal tail would certainly be in the
way, while a horizontal one might
be used advantageously. We must
not forget also that whales breathe
air as we do and that it is more
necessary for them to shoot quickly
up from the dark ocean depths to the
surface, than to turn fish-like from
side to side.
The sting ray and certain other
fishes have sharp, poisonous spine
in the tail with which they can inflict
a severe wound, but in the case OF
the alligator, it is by sheer brute.
force that the tail is useful for de-
tense. The muscles of this organ
are like springs of steel. The great
saurian lies asleep in the sun, SEEM
ing more dead than alive, but II
half-dozen men should seize its tail
with all their strength, with one ter
rible flick the alligator could scatter
them, breaking legs and arms as II
they were straws, and hurting the
men far to each side.
In Mexico l once grasped three
foot iguana by the tail, and l had
my strength tested to the utmost to
hold on for a single minute. Then,
without warning, the great lizard
went one way and l the other; his
tail had parted company in the mid
die, and l had nine inches of 1t left
in my hand Instead of being fatal
to these iguanas, such an occurrence
is not infrequent and is of the ut
most value to them in saving their
lives.
When alarmed, their first act is to
dive for their holes, but when an
eagle is making the attack, the swift
ness OF its flight sometimes inter-
cepts the lizard and the bird of prey
seizes the long tail which is the last
visible part of the iguana. After a
brief struggle, the eagle flies away
with the scaly, bony tail-tip, which
must afford but slight gustatory sat-
isfaction, while the iguana seeks the
deepest part of its burrow. The
short muscles soon close the wound,
and in a surprisingly short time a
new tail shoots forth and grows to
a goodly length, ready if need be to
be sacrificed in turn. Sometimes two
tails grow out from the old tail
stump-surely superfuity of bless
ings. A weak spot in each tail bone
is the cause of the breaking. Thus
We see that the tail of the iguana is
indeed an interesting Once. Viii.
liam Beebe, in The Outing Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
"Pang-Wangling."

A little dubious as to the exact
shade of significance, but certainly
alluring to the ear is "pang-wangle. .
1t ezpresses-well, what does it ex-
press?-a cheeriness under minor dis
comforts, humorous optimism un-
der small misfortunes, though in
deed these seem dignified definitions
for so informal a word. st inst
pang-wangled home in the rain saws
a friend of mine, ana know he got
there drenched but good-tempered
We went pang-wangling off to the
theatre last night" says my nearest
neighbor, and / feel pretty certain
they had been blue over something
and felt the need of some small CAV.
ETY.. 1t would do us all good If we
pang-wangled bit more, l think
Atlantic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Trance Makes Girl Taller.

The case of Clara Konter, the eigh-
teen-year-old girl who became I'M
conscious recently, is growing more
peculiar. The father of the girl said
his daughter had grown fully two
inches taller in the past three days,
and every dress she has worn is too
small for her.
1.-The girl is now perfectly ration
al" said DR.. c. P. Kerr, who exam
ined her. He advised the parents
that the girl should not be spoken to
on the subject, and even the county
detectives, who have been prying into
the case, were forbidden to question
her. = Pittsburg Telegram to the
Philadelphia Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
The Bacon Hog.

The bacon type of hogs is more A
product OF environment and food than
OF heredity, and believe that as a
rule Eastern dairymen and farmers
will find hogs of the Berkshire type
better adapted to their needs than
the so-called bacon breeds. There is
tendency among buyers to par in
creased prices for smooth, evenly de-
veloDed hogs than for the larger
boned. big headed Tamworths and
Yorkshires.
l have had considerable experience
in growing swine both in the East
and In the corn belt and have given
considerable thought and study to the
breeding. feeding and fattening ends
of the business. The Eastern swine
growers believe that thin, large
boned hog is bacon hog. 1t is not.
The best bacon hogs are those that
are well fed and rapidly grown, but
not fat; they have we'll proportional
amount of lean and fat meat, possess
small bones and LOOK nice and sleek
and have good quality. The best
bacon hog is the one that is nice and
smooth My idea of bacon hog is
this, that if we feed any of the lead
ing breeds of swine bacon rations.
you will have bacon hogs
We may take pigs from any of the
bacon breeds and feed them corn and
re VIII have q fat, corn-fed hog.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
PASSING OF PRAIRIE CHICKENS,
Wise Bird That Knows Too Much To
Make Nest in Harvest Fields.

If jury of students of nature from
the Kansas prairies is ever gathered
together ant the question put tc
them: What is causing the disap.
pearance Of the prair-e chicken?'
they would not all answer, Hunt
ers.''
Very probably there would be 2
huns jury, and the unexpected YER
dict of that part of the jury refus.
ing to lay the blame on the gunners
would be: "The passing of wild
prairie hay" A prairie chicken is a
pretty wise bird She will not Law
eggs in tame hay. Somehow she
knows that a mean looking machine
with big cutting blades will soon
come along and sweep the field of its
mantle of green glory and expose he,
nest to the elements, robbers and
ether devastators She shuns the
tame grass but seeks the prairie hay.
II prairie hen, say men who claim
TO know, cannot find wild hay fields
III which to build her nest she will
go "dry"
But the pheasant Is not so wise
ms bird is being planted" in Kan.
sas by the State game warden. 1t is
an imported bird and does not vet
know the Kansas language" Strange
10 say, it is alfalfa that proves the
pneasant's chief enemy. She will
build her nest in the alfalfa fields
ana then later shrek like blazes be-
cause the mower has swept her nica
shady home away. The frequent cut.
ing OF alfalfa does not even give the
pheasant mother chance to fix mr.
one good Setting and get them good
and warm.-Kansas City Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
The Curse of the Grain Crops.

The rust on grain crops is caused
by little spores or seeds which light
on the outside OF the leaf, take root
and enter the tissue of the plant.
The acticl of the rust in the early
stages may be watched through a mi
croscope, showing the increase of the
rust by countless numbers of orange
yellow seeds Or spores. They multiply
rapidly. and when the leaves are
shaken by u wind spores are
set free and fall on Other leaves.
spreading the disease. 1t is preva-
lent in all the grain growing countries
of the world aud infests various
grasses as well as grains. It is reck-
oned that the injury exceeds that of
any other fungus or insect pest. and
In some localities is greater than that
OF all other enemies of the crops COM
bined. No remedy has been found.
The extent of its rayages depends
much on the season. Some varieties
OF grain are more resistant than 9TH
ers and rotation of crop helps to pre-
vent attack.-American Cultivator.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-04
Quick of Comprehension.

A celebrated Scottish lawyer had
10 address the Caledonian equivalent
OF our Supreme Court. His "plead.
ing occupied an entire day. After
seven hours OF almost continuous ora.
tory ne went home to supper and was
asked to conduct family worship. AS
ne was exhausted his devotions were
brief. va
am ashamed of ye," said the old
mother. ITO think We could talk for
seven noors up at the court and dis.
miss your Maker in seven minutes
Ay' vera true" was the reply.
out We maun mind that the Lord
lsna sac dull in the uptak as the
auage-bodies. philadelphia Public
L-edger. 1O'i'