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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01
Old Book Ierma.

The words folio. quarto. octave. duo
decline and the like have almost II not
quite lost their original meaning. At
first they had reference only to the
number Of leaves into which the sheets
used In making the books were folded
Thus IL these sheets we're folded once
so as to form two leaves or four pages
the book was called a folio: IL the
sheets were folded twice so as to form
four leaves the book was called q
quarto; II they were folded four times
so as TO form eight leaves the book
was called an octave. and so on.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01

Whist ths white Men chsrpsd Thsn
Fer kifIino One ponksy.

Whist ths white Men ch.rssd Thsn
Fer Killing One pori<sy.
In -Reuiniscences Of Old Times 10
Tennessee a story Is told OF the good
faith and honor OF a party Of Chieka-
saw Indians. while bunting one fall
they shot q donkey. mistsking the
creature for a Wild animal. They sold
the hide. and It finally came TO the
hands Of John Barnes 10 Upton
when the Cbickasaws returned 10
the region Of Upton for their annual
hunt the next fall Barnes invited them
70 a shooting match. The prize 10 be
the skin OF a very rare animal.
Thirty braves appeared at the con
test. and one OF them won the prize.
When be saw the skin be turned IL
over and said: --Ha. ha. Ne kill him:
Ne shoot him! Sec And be pointed
10 the fatal bullet hole.
Then Barnes told them that they had
killed a donkey. a very useful animal.
but be was sure that they bad done II
by mistake. believing IL to be a wild
animal
The Indians listened sitentively to
the white mans words and then con
suited together a few minutes Finally
they separated. each brave going 10 bis
pony. unhifchinG hin and leading him
TO the spot where a gang Of white men
stood. Rsrpes in the midst OF them
Then one of the lDdisnr spoke:
I'VE sorry we Kill donkey. We think
be belong 10 tbe woods. We End him
iD cane We think him wild. We sOr-
~ Now we pay. We take no white
mans boss. PONY. nothing Of white
man. We honest. We have ponies:
that's ell. Take pay" And be mo-
toned TO the long line OF ponies. beld
By their owners.
How manyT' asked Barnes.
white mao say" returned the IN.
dian: take plenty"
The honor OF the red men was NOT
equaled by the white men. for. be II
recorded to their shame. they took
from the chickass We ihirty-fve ponies
TO pay for the accidental killing OF one
donkey.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01
AN AFRICAN RAILWAY.
The Way u Was Described BY an
Educated Native.


c. J. Phillips. business agent in
Uganda OF toe Church Missionary So
ciety. throws light upon the workings
Of the native mind by quoting a re-
markable letter in which a native
member Of the katiklro's lprime minis
ter'sl party gives a description OF the
Uga Dds railway
My friend. can tell you the Euro
peans have done a marvellous thing 4"
make the railway and the trains. They
fasten ten or fifteen bouses together
aud attach them to a fireplace which
is as big as an elephant. and the road
il goes on Is as smooth as the stem OF
a plsntain. u goes as fast as a swal.
low dying. and everything you see out
side fiis past you like a spark from o
ire. II II were 10 drop OF one OF the
bridges not one in II would be saved.
for II goes dreadfully quick. The hills
il passes are as high as those OF Koki.
and they have bridged over great val
leys which are as deep as that you see
when you look from the top OF Mani
rembo. 50 deep that you cannot see he
bottom when you are going over them"
Later there follows a description OF
a ship: 1t Is as deep as our Two sto
ried house and as wide as the kings
road 10 Mengo. and II Is as long as
from the katikiro's fence TO the gate
Of the kings Enclosure. IL has three
tail poles in IL and big throat. out Of
which smoke comes. which is as wide
as the new drum In the church at Ma
mirembo. The rooms 10 IL go down
three stories. and the boards OF these
] cannot describe TO you. for such have
not been seen before. There Is LOT
OF metal work about them. too. but
these also ! cannot describe. for it Is.
so fine. There are children on board
and a flock Of sheep and places TO
wash in attached to every place where
chief sleeps. such as even our king
has never possessed. "-LoBdon Strand
Magazine.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01
Mothers Pan In the Childs Ed
ucation.

His mother, who from the first CO.
operated loyalty with her husband in
this unique educational experiment,
sought successfully 20 cultivate the
boys imaginative side. While his
father was infusing into him the
scientific spirit. she ras making him
acquainted with the delights Of Alice
In Wonderland" Mother Goose and
other tales and rhymes Of childhood.
He listened 90 them, he read them
for himself with all the intense Gag
erness of the ordinary child. and he
remembered and interpreted them with
rare facility and with a wealth. Of
original detail. Befrce he was three
he had memorized many OF the sim
pier verses, and as he grew older he
developed a pronounced talent for
elocution.
Thus. by the time he had reached
the age OF s. when II was decided 10
send him TO school. William James
Sidis was mentally far in advance
of other children 70 his years. Nor
did his health appear TO have been
impaired in the slightest by the pro
cess Of in:ellec' ual discipline 20 which
be had been subjected Physically he
WAS a. hc is to-day robust, sturdy
lad. aba uRding in energy. fond q
games. ever ready for play. There va
absolutely nothing in his appearance
To indicate that be differed In any
way from The average boy OF 6. APP
precisting this. Mrs. Sidis, when she
entered him az tire nearest grammar
school. thought she would say nothing
about the preliminary home education
the boy had received. She merely an
swered the usual questions about
his age, place Of residence. &c.
and then left him at the disposal of
the school authorities. who informed
her that be would be placed in the
first gTade.-From Success.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01
Penitenee.

II suppose you're sorry now" asked
the prison visitor. according to the
Philadelphia Ledger.
The young man who had stolen ST.
900 aud spent 1t In sixteen weeks
sighed through the bars. 'Oh. yes"
he answered. Il tried to cut too much
Of a splurge. The money ought to
have lasted me a week longer"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01
N EN.DEN.HALL'S
CHILL TONIC
Best for Malaria, Chills and
Fever. Guaranteed.
Swept Over Niagara.

This terrible calamity often happens
because a careless boarman ignores
the rivers varning-growing ripples
and faster current-Nature's warnings
are kind That dull pain or ache in
the back warns you the Kidneys need
attention If you would escape fatal
maladies-Dropsy Diabetes CT Bright's
disease. Take Electric Bitters al
once and see Backache fly and lsl you
best feelings return. AFTER long suf-
fering from weak kidneys and lame
back, one s100 bottle wholly cured
me-" writes ]. r. Blankenshdp. of
Belk. Tenn. Only soc at all drug
gists m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01
Protection q Cardinal Principle.

} Protection Is a cardinal principle
Of the Republican party. and the man
Who dos not subscribe to this without
reservation and With his whole heart
Is not the genuine article. He may
have been vaccinated for Republic
an. but Il didn't take good 1t Is
amusing to Sc some Republican edi-
tors pleading frantioalty Tor down
ward revision Of the Tariff TO save
the party. In the language OF anoth-
er. ne say to these reAk-kneed sisters
stand sfiIl and see the salvation of
the Lord" To cur mind there is no
cause for alarm. The sure and stead
fast grip that the real friends Of Pro
lection have on the situation at
Washington is very reassurang 10 us.
And il must be TO the whole country
the way prices for labor and the price
for the products of the farm are keep
ing up. The steady increase in bank
deposits would indicate that the cOun-
try is sun prospecting UNDER high
Protective Tariff. as the Free-Trader
is won. 10 refer TO the Diagley law.
There seems 20 be no alarm in bust
ness circles over Tariff matters. and
that any good prices are the best
evidences in the world that things are
going right at washangsOn-Cleo COk-
lahomal Chifetain.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01
oeIiaht Of Varied labor.

None but the fully occupied can ap-
preeiate the delight Of suspended or.
rather OF varied labor. 1t is toll that
creates holidays. There Is no royal
Toad-yes. that is the royal road to
them. Life cannot he made up Of
recreatIons They must be garden spots
10 well fsrmed iands.-Mrs. Gilbert
Ann Taylor.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01

fiocks have increased until Ne ere pro
ducins half Of our supply. In a few
years ne yin catch up what vas lost.
and II the Tariff on low grades were
increased there would be more wool a
cheaper mutton
When the Wilson Tariff put an end
TO sheep farming. the mutton vas eheas
ened for time.so was WOOL; mt the
Increased demand put prices up where
they we're and We neither had revenge
nor employment for farmers or NIL
hands.
The railroads lose profitable freight
By checking wool raising.anu railroad
hands lose their jobs. Tailors as well
as the min hands lose worx .groce-s
and general stores lose trade aSd ma
chinists sell no wool machinery. The
more the Tariff Is examinedthe more
the interdependencs - Nsrios.. ira les
appear.and this wool Tariff is one OF
the simplest in the list. I. will contint
the business depression IN monkey wit
the Tariff.-Jersey City Journal.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01
Real Estate =
For Sale.

70 acres of Rough River bottoms
one half In high state of cultivation
rest we'll timbered with White Oak.
Beech, Gum. Mapel. Az miles west
Of Hartford. on public road. Good
dwelling and out buildings.
A nwe house and lot situated in
old Fair ground addition to Hartford,
lot 1l0x145 feet house four room cot.
tage. a good nwe barn. Desirable To-"
cation.
ls2 acres Of upland known as the
Perry Kirk farm located near Clear
Rum Sore 100 acres in splendid state
Of cultivation 81 acres timbered In
splendid growth OF oak, hickory, and
chestnut. good dwelling and out
bui ldings lots OF good water.
FOR SALE OR TRADE-Dwelhng
and store house one acre OF lot good
out buildings at small mining town
in Ohio county one mile from r. r.
Station. In center Of fine farming
country. No competition in buinesss.
For full particulars call on us.
81 acres near Concord church a.
miles east OF Hartford. good dwelling
and out building. orchard, plenty OF
water. 40 acres in timber balance
in good STATE OF cultivation.
A tract Of land on the Sulphur
Springs and Hartford public road one
mile, southwest OF Sulphur Springs,
containing 100 acres, well timbered.
so acres In cultivation. splendid dwell
ling, barn and out building. A good
orchard and other conveniences atten-
ding a we'll kept farm.
A tract OF land on Halls Greek one
mile southwest Of Sulphur SPRINGS,
containing 100 acres, 40 acres In DOT
toms. two barns and dwelling, we'll
kept and in good condition
We don't own the property. We
are only agents for the owners, and
our purpose is to bring together the
buyer and seller. For this service
We charge one small commission. No
charge II no sale Is effected. List
your property with us, or IL you want
to buy a farm house or lot make
your wants known.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01
Just suits Him.

Friend-why do you encourage these
woman's suffrage meetings? Surely
you don't approve Of them. Husband
Approve? With all my heart. l can
rome home as late as like now with
out finding my wife at home to ask
Observation-Disclosures Batter.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01
No Chance.

81 think it's wrong for a married
man TO gamble"
ITS worse than wrong. It's Idiotic.
His wife gives him fits II be loses and
con6scates the proceeds II be wins
Louisville Courier. Journal.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01

THE blessedness or misery OF old age
Is often but the extract Of our past
life.-De Matstre.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01

a4.tl
ter
school OF business"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-10-01

d q thing Is possible aud proper to
man. deem II possible to tbee.-Marcus
Aurelius.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-03

1of a fertile and productive country OF
vast resources; that its business and
professional men might unite In an
effort to secure for Bismarck what Is
rightfully her own; that a unit"d ef-
fort be made toward municipal i'm
provements; that 1t be coade city or
homes as well as hustling business
houses; that an effort could be made
toward the social advancement of the
community; in short, that all inter
ested could combine in an organiza-
ton looking to mutual progress in ev-
cry way. It was organized with sixty
four of the representative business
men. of the city as members, and since
that time others have Joined, until
now nearly everyone interested in the
welfare and growth Of the community
are on the Club roll. It is Differed
by progressive business men, with
others who are equally active on the
various committees. Each member
of the Club is a self-constituted com.
mittee of one, active in the city's ad-
vancement. A great many new en-.
terprises and industries have been
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-03

bushels and oats that went soy bush
els to the acre.
Mr.. Bagley's oats were badly lodged
when cut or his average would have
been considerable more. Arthur Her;
stems oats went IS bushels and wheat
% bushels to the acre. These fig
ures are about the average for crops
in the Iowa settlement.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-03
iowa SETTLEMENT.
MAKES fine SHOWING

Farmers in the Iowa settlement are
threshing great crops this fall and
many are putting up additional granar-
les. J. c. Newkirk was in Friday for
lumber to build an addition to his
granary. H reports that he and E. j.
strang will each thresh 1000 bushels
Of grain more than they expected and
for this reason are forced to put up
bigger granaries. Mr.. Strang's oats
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-03
REMARKABLE YIELDS.

Some rather remarkable yields of
grain are reported in the vicinity of
Pretty Rock. Breckenride and Jones
report a yield of 1S bushels of flax to
the acre; rs Of wheat, and IS Of oats.
Elzy Ward goes them one better on
oats. He declares that his forty acre
oat field yielded an average of a lit
tie over IS bushels by actual weight
to the acre. These figures should
prove to down east folks the value of
North Dakota land.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-03
WHAT COMMERCIAL CLUB HASD0NE
FOR THE CITY OF BISMARCK IN PAST

averaged IS bushels to the acre and
weigh out from A to 46 pounds to
the bushel. 49,,
~ Mr.. Newkirk had So acres of wheat
that averaged 81 bushels. George Bag
ley who lives in the same neighbor-
hood, had wheat that averaged 23k
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-03

The Commercial Club was brought
Unto existence by reason Of the crying
need Of an organization to represent
Fthe city Of Bismarck and it's tributary
country, as whole; that attention
Knight be brought to Bismarck as a
distributing point, it being the center
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-03

etc., are at the disposal of its guests.
The secretary Of the club will always
be glad to furnish any and all infor-
nation with reference to the city and
adjacent territory. Write to him for
locations, descriptive matter, railroad
rates, etc. Address Secretary, Bis
marck Commercial Club, Bismarck,
N. D.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-03

attracted through tho Clubs activity
and others are in contemplation. The
Club has recently moved to its new
quarters, which have been beautifully
furnished, where 1t will be glad to re-
ceive outside visitors and where the
latest papers, stationery, telephone,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-03

There are a large number of peo-
pie that are positive that their Dan
Russell is the real one.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

wood spread for miles and thousands OF
acres are available for the growth of the
institution. Observations at different al
titudes have shown Lakewood atmospheric
conditions TO be excellent for the treat
ment OF tuberculosis and the need of long
journeys to distant states is Obviated.
Mr.. Straus has made the war against in
fant mortality a life work and IL IS esti-
mated that thousands of children have
been saved through his efforts. The pre-
Nentorium Is the result of many years of
study and investigation of the European
methods Of battling against the tubercuIo-
sis germ With the gift of the Cleveland
cottage. the Lakewood Hotel and surround
ing land Mr.. Straus has made possible the
initiation Of the anti-tuberculOsis movement
on magnificent scale
Among the first To come to the aid Of
the charity with voluntary contributions
were Henry Phipps. Isaac y. Seligman.
Jacob Wertheim. Mrs. Walter n. James
and Jacob H. Schin. The officers of the
institution are Marcus NJ Marks. presl
dent: Mrs. j. Borden Hartman. vice presi-
deht' Henry Phipps, second vice presl
deht' Isaac y. SeligInan. third vice presi
deht' Miss Dorothy Whitney. secretary.
and Alexander $. Webb. jr.. treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

were the children Of the tubercular poor
and in almost all cases were referred 10 Us
by the tuberculosis clinics in New York
The treatment consists mainly Of fresh air
and simple. good food. The children live
out OF doors night and day. They are
weighed upon admission TO the institution
and every week thereafter. Sanitation is
strictly observed throughout the treatment
AT the preventorium girls assist the staff
Of nurses in the general housewOrk and
are taught simple sewing. The boys are
instructed in simple courses of industrial
training while the smaller children are
taught Kindergarten games. The general
health of the children has been so excellent
that the aid OF a local physician was need
ed on only one occasion. No child has been
confined 10 bed at any time. Slight colds
are quickly dispelled by fresh air treatment.
In conclusion Of the treatment all pos
sible care is exercised to avoid returning
the children tn the dangerous home sur
roundings from which they were removed.
No child has been allowed to return to the
city before the home has been investigated
and found free from tuberculous individ-
uals who would spread Infection. This plan
VIII he followed throughout the work OF the
institution"
Combined w.th the distribution of pas
teurized milk and the tuberculosis pre-
ventoriun Nathan Straus has founded the
movement designed To decrease, and. 10
pursued, eventually eliminate. consumption
from the tenements In the big cities, The
dry sandy soil and pine woods of Lake
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

under side of their wrists and forearms
While their hands are on the table the
strips project beneath and support the
weight of the wood
When il is desired to demonstrate the ir-
resistible force of the spirits. the methods
Of Slade. who was exposed by the Seybert
commission of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, are followed. Slade and cOnfed-
crate wore wide leather belts, ribbed with
steel. and strongly supported from the
shoulders. Steel hinges concealed under
the waistcOat, connected with the table,
and when Slade and his accomplice on the
opposite side began TO rise, the table ire
sistibIy followed. II is not strange that
even fat believers have been Ievitated on
tables in this manner.
The medium who levitates himself in
stead of furniture may use the method of
expert who in dark room takes OF
his shoes and says, Il am rising, I am
rising" at the same time moving about
the room and lightly touching the heads
of people with his shoes. The smell of the
leather is a magic touch. which, added 70
the feel of the boot heels and the ventril-
oquist, fading voice of the medium con-
vinces them that he is actually up in the
air.
He announces at length that he has
names thereon He accOmpishes this with
a telescope steel rod with a pencil at
tached TO the end.
Telescope rods have a variety of uses
in producing "telekinetic'' phenomena, or
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

using a magnet. The chalk is really a
compound OF powdered writing material
and soft iron filings. and it follows the
movements of the magnet on the outside
OF the states.
There are doubling Thomases who insist
on holding their states while the spirits
write upon them. For these there is a
trapdOor beneath a table. the trap being
screened by long haired skin rug. The
sitter is allowed to hold his locked ami
sealed states under the table comparatively
with the medium. The trap opens and an
assistant from below deftly substitutes
dummy states for the genuine. which the
medium in an instant of spiritual cOntor-
tion has jerked out OF the sitter's hands.
The assistant closes the trap and works
at leisure i'm a cellar laboratory, opening
the sitters States. writing messages on
them screwing them together and sealing
them in exact imitation of their original
condition Then he opens the trap and
during another convulsion of the medium
the sitter receives his own states in ex-
change for the dummy he has been hold
ing.
ono medium coined money out Of a de-
vice which ne called The Mystic oracle
Of the Swinging Penduums." There were
bullets and marbles hung by hairs within
corked bottles. Placing his hands the
table on which these bottles stood the
medium would look at any pendulum
pointed TO. when it would begin TO move