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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10

some investigations and experiments
that proved this. The New England
mills had had a number OF fires which
started in the roofs. On examining
one fire that was put out Immediately
1t was found that rats had built their
nests up in the rafters and close to
the chimneys to get the warmth.
They used the best materials to
start fire, such as cotton waste,
excelsior and other fine stuff, fire.
quently soaked with oil. In time the
heat from the chimney and the close
quarters Of the nests combined to
cause spontaneous combustion and
there was an unexplained fire in the
roof.
Atkinson also made an experiment
to find out II rats would gnaw match
es. For two weeks a rat was kept
under watch and matches placed with
its food. 1t was not long before 1t
was seen chewing the matches, and
once it got taste OF the phos-
phorus it began to like the matches,
and in chewing them set them off.
Mice also like phosphorus, because
it is sweet, and they will steal match
es to use them in building their nests.
In one case in which a floor was OPP
ened up collection OF heads of
matches was found laid aside in a
corner for food, while the sticks had
been used in building the nest. Birds
have also been responsible for fires,
but not actually causing them, like
the rats and mice. The birds are
fire makers through building their
nests in places where sparks from a
chimney, for instance. fall In the stra'
and dry stuff used in building the
nest.
The COW Is not regularly classed
as firebug, but one COW made at
least fire history. 1t was Mrs. O'Leary'
famous animal who one afternoon kick
ed over a kerosene oil lamp and start
ed fire that wiped out the City Of
Chicago in 1S71.-From the New York
Sun.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10
MORE CHILDREN OUT
THAN IN SCHOOL.
417,664 Pupils do Not Attend
Any School Some interest
ing Statistics.

In Kentucky three are fewer num-
Der of children, of the legal school
age, in the schools of the State than
there are children outside the many
schools. The number of children who
do not attend any school at all Is
larger than the number of children
in school. This rather startling bit of
information Is given quite casually in
some of the statistics which are being
prepared for the annual report of
Prof. J. c. Crabbe, State Superintend-
ent of Public instruction. This STATE
mcnt showing that there are in aver
age daily attendance in the schools
of the State a total of 81 1872 children
and the number of those not attend
ing any school is 417,664, will be used
during the coming session of the Leg
islature as an argument for better
schools and laws nj Kentucky.
The following are some statistics
regarding the common schools of Ken
lucky which are of general interest
as showing what Kentucky Is doing
In the cause of education:
Number of log school houses in the
State, 740.
Value of all the school houses and
grounds, $s,54S,337S2.
Value of furniture and apparatus,
1888 .2S9.OO.
Total number of pupils in census
report. 1885.
Total number of pupils enrolled in
school. 519,192.
Average daily attendance for the
year, S11.192.
Number of pupils not attending any
school, 417,664
Total number of teachers employ
ed-male. 1889.
Total number of teachers employ
ed-female, 7.135.
Number who have taught continu-
ously In one district for three years
OF more, 1,lO6.
Number of schools taught for term
longer than six months, 6S7.
Number of schools that observed
"ArbOr and Bird Day." 6S4.
Total amount of money received
from all sourcse for school purposes,
S5,174,297.95.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10
REJECTED
BY VOTERS.
Is Alabamy Prohibition
Amendment.
Not Strictly Authorization
Victory as Several Issues
Are Involved.

Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 30.-Belated
returns today fail to change I'M any ma
terial aspect the majority of nearly
20 900 against the prohibition consti-
tutional amendment in the election
in this State yesterday.
Only six out of the total of sixty
seven counties gave a majority for
the amendment, and in these the fig
ures were small.
Gov. B. B. Conner, leader In the am
endment campaign, did not wait for
completed returns on the election,
but left last night for a hunting trip
In Mississippi. He declined to Issue
a Statement before he left the city.
Today the temperance people them
selves are receiving the blame for
the defeat of the amendment. Countie
which have had prohibition for
twenty five years voted against the
amendment, will in other sections it
Is declared, the temperance workers,
feeling secure In victory, failed to
do the proper work at the polls.
The defeat of the amendment Is not
considered a straight-out anti-pro-
hibition victory, and 1t is not regarde
as likely that the State will again go
back, to conditions existing before
the Statewide law was adopted. How
ever, modification of the present laws
are expected by the next Legislature.
The State Headquarters Committee
of the Anti-Saloon League in Alabama
Is in session here with every member
present. A statement on the results
of the election will probably be is
sued later. The Rev. Brooks Lawer-
ence, who came from Ohio several
vars ago, as Superintendent Of the
Alabama Anti-Saloon League, Said
today:
THE Anti-Saloon League has some
thing TO be thankful for at least In
looking over the resume OF the cam
paign, Just over; the league has re-
manned out of politics, anyway"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10
ChiidrSn Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
Q a $40 RIA
Animals as Fire Settlers.

The latest trick in burning up a
building or profit. touching it Off"
the firemen call it,comes from Liver
pool, England. Fires in the cotton
warehouses came so regularly that III
authorities became convinced that the
fires were purposely set. A strict
watch was rewarded by the firemen
catching a fire in its inciplency and
extinguishing it where it started.
A search was then made for evil
dence and the first thing discovered
was small hole in the wall. A
few bricks had been taken out, but
the opening was not large enough
to admit a person. The next thing
that turned up was cat. This solv-
ed the mystery of the hole in the
wall, as well as the manner of set
ting the fires.
Puss still had attached to her tail
some half-burned rags. The incen-
diary simply put the cat through the
opening, lit the stuff tied to her
tail, and the cat naturally ran wild
through the warehouse, carrying a
trail of fire behind her. A fire in a
cotton warehouse set in this manner
usually meant a total loss and poor
puss was burned, destroying the
evidence.
The East Side firemaker has been
known TO use a dog as firebug. The
plan was to tie the dog TO the leg
of table. On the table was placed
kerosene oil lamp.
After locking the door the fire
maker called TO the dog. In his
efforts to respond the animal natur-
ally tugged at the cord attached to
the table. and If he pulled hard enoug'
he upset the table and threw the
lamp on the floor and the blaze was
started.
The rat has been used to start
fires. but often with disastrous con-
sequences TO the man VINO used the
rat. A stable keeper who was trou-
bled with rats got grudge against
the animals and thought 1t would
be a fine thing to pour kerosene oil
on a rat and light it. The rat
promptly ran back to it's nest In the
stable, the most natural thing for II
to do. and set fire to the stables and
shortly the stable keeper was gazing
On pile Of smoking rubbish as the
result Of his experiment.
Rats and mice are regular fire
iakers. It was the late Edward At
asln who demonstrated that these
lrle alu,lis are troublesome fire
longs.
As iaf lack as 1875 Atkinson mace
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10

Fat is also required as a bedding to
certain organs, whereof the eye and tn
kidney are examples, so that is an
item in the daily menu, the absence
of which, or the supply of a too lin
tied quantity of which, implies Sc
rious disturbance of the bodily func-
tons.
Fat formation in the body, how
ever, is not to be regarded sa
mere accretion or addition of the fat,
We consume to the tissues of the
frame. On the contrary, fat, like ev-
cry other food, has to undergo diges-
ton and to be assimilated and SO APP
piled to the body's wants. A great
psychologist remarks that nothing is
more certain than that fat can be
formed in the body from that which
Is not fat. He is thinking here OF
starch and sugar, which closely re-
semble rat in their chemical COM
position, and Of the work Of the iv-
er chiefly, which In part can con-
vert these foods into fat.
This action Is seen in a very typi-
cal fashion in the case of the Stras-
bury geese, whose livers from the
chief element in pate de foie gras"
that is, when we are supplied with
the genuine article. The birds are
overfed on maize, which Is practical
ly all starch, and owing to the want
of exercise-for they are cooped UP
in small pens-the liver becomes a
mass OF fat formed from the starch
Of the food The dainty just nam
ed has, therefore, for its basis a
birds liver In a state Of fatty degen-
Grafton. A cows milk contains a
fair proportion of fat, which can
only be formed from the starch con-
tanned In the grass she eats; and
bees, again, making wax from honey.
Fattening pigs and oxen represents
a similar process of getting fat out
of starchy and sugar foods, and the
human being. who, with Hamlet, com
plains of his too, too solid flesh"
is similarly ordered by the doctor to
limit his starch and to dock himself
OF sugar IL he would return to the pro
portions of a sinner adonis.
The fat we need is obtained in
part from various sources. We find
fat in milk, eggs, butter, cheese and
meat foods, pork especially giving
US more than a fair measure of this
and salmon-are rich in fat,eXhibiting
exceptions OF the rule that white fish
needs a butter sauce to increase its
nutritive worth, just as butter added
to bread gives to the staff of life a
higher food value, Now fat is by no
means a cheap food. When commun
ity is starving, foods are left off in
the order OF their costs. Meats go
first, then fats,and finally people are
left with starchy foods as the last and
remaining item. Bread and then po-
tatoes constitute in this way the fam
inc foods.-London Chronicle.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10

enterprises that one can concoct
Very often a man will see some un-
toward impulse IN a boy, and he
forthwith makes up his mind that
there is no good in him.
God doesn't turn out such boys.
He gives every one OF them an ad-
vantage, IL it is taken hold Of in
the right spirit. Next TO a woman
ly girl the best thing God ever gave
the world is a manly boy. But he
must have a chance, he must see
his way; he must have sympathy
and friendship. The ruin that is done
for the lack of these is amazing. There
are even fathers who never think of
these things; who love their boys but
never get on the inisde of their
heart. 1t is a great mistake
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10
Women Who Are EnVied,

Those attractive women who are
lovely in the face. form and temper
ire the envy of many, who might be
like them. A week. slckly woman viii
be nervous and irritable. Constipa'
lion or Kidney poisons show in
pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and
| wretched complexion. For all such
Electric Bltters work wonders. They
regulate Stomach, Liver and Kidneys
purify the blood; give strong nerves
bright eyes, pure breath. smooth
velvety skin. lovely complexion. Man
charming women owe their health
and beauty TO them. soc at all drug
gtsts.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10
In Memory

OF ella NJ. Cox, age 6 years, 10
months, % days, daughter of o. c.
and S. b. Cox.
Farewell dear ella, sweet thy rest.
Weary with months and worn with
pain;
Farewell, till in some happy place
We shall behold thy face again.
This lovely bud SO young and fair
Called hence by early doom
Just come to show how sweet a
flower
In paradise would bloom.
Through all pain at times she'd smile
A smile OF Heavenly birth
And when the angels called her home
She smiled farewell to earth
Precious ella, you have left us,
Left us forever more
But we hope TO meet you
On that bright and happy shore,
God needed one more angel child
Among his shining hand
And so he bent with loving smile
And clasped darling elias hand.
Eleven months ago We had to lay thee
In the peaceful graves embrace
But thy memory will be cherished
Till We see thy lovely face
AUNT SUSIE.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10
In Memory.

or little Anna May Thomas, who
departed this life one year ago the
third day of December. To her be-
reaved parents / would say. do not
think OF little Anna May as being
lost, but gone before. Yet we in our
blindness cannot see why that she
so young, so pure and innocent was
chosen. But God knows best and
doeth all things well. Such as she
is Gods choice. for Christ said ''suf-
fer the dear little ones to come UNI
to me, for such is the kingdom of
Heaven" Then why should we weep
when we have the blessed assurance
that Anna May has gained a home OF
eternal life, peace andn JOY, and II
we trust and obey he that has power
TO give or to take as he wills. we
shall meet and live forever with An
ma May where no farewell tears are
shed. BY one who loved her.
M. Y.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10
DUCKS , ,'s,s PILLS

Will cleanse your liver and puri.
fy your blood and make you feel
like a new man.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10

The best food for those who work
with hand or brain is never high
priced.
The best example Of this is found in
Quaker Oats. II stands at the top
among foods that supply nourishment
and vigor, without taxing the diges-
ton, and yet II is the least expensive
food one can eat.
This great food value and low cost
make It an ideal food for families who
want to get the greatest good from
what they eat.
Laborers. factory or farm hands, fed
plentifully on Quaker Oats will work
better and with less fatigue than II
fed on almost any other kind Of food.
All of these facts we're proved and
very interesting information about
human foods were gathered by Pro.
lessor Fisher of Yale University in
1908. In addition to the regular pack
age Quaker Oats Is packed in large
sized family packages either with or
without china dishes.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10
Body's Use Of Fat.

All psychologists are agreed that
a certain quantity OF fat is. a daily ne
sessity for the health up-keep of the
body. Not only is fat itself an ener-
reproducing food-that is, through
its combustiok acting as fuel to the
living engini ,ut It appears to play
very defis part in assisting the
assimilatiopE vther articles OF diet.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10
Could Not Be Better.

No one has ever made a salve, ONT
ment, lotion or balm to compare with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's the one
perfect healer of Cuts, Cornns, Burns,
Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers
Eczema, Salt Rheum. For Sore Eyes
Cold Sores, Chapped Hands its su-
preme. Infalhble for Piles. Only 2je
at all druggists.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10

when sufferer from stomach
trouble tries DIR. Kings New Life Pills
he's mighty glad 70 see his Dyspepsia
and Indigestion fly, but more he's
tickled over his, new. fine appetite
strong nerves, healthy vigor. all be-
cause stomach, liver and kidneys now
work right. abcl ut all druggists.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-12-10
Shiiorop Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a STO RIA
Sawdust Flour From Waste Of
Lumber Mills.

Flour from sawdust Is another
stop in the movement for the conser-
walton of forest resources. The
United States consul at Christiania,
Norway, has sent to this government
suggestion along this line which
may be of value to American lumber
men who are wrestling with the prob
lem of sawdust waste.
The flour in question Is not the
kind which goes into the making Of
light, fluffy biscuits, and the other
kind which are not light, or flaky
pastry, but it is an ingredient Of dy-
Mantle, hnoleum, xyolite, which for
the information Of the man on the
street is a kind of artificial flooring,
and other things. 1t Is not put for
ward as a new discovery, for it has
been in use for several years in
Europe, and to a small extent in
this country.
The wood flour is ground in
cheap mlll,very similar TO those which
grind corn and rye. Pine and spruce
sawdust is used in Europe, and after
passing through the stones and the
boiling chest, it is sacked or baled
for shipment. 1t is then worth twelve
to thirteen dollars a ton.
The flour has a number of uses, one
Of which it is the making of dyna-
mite 1t Is the absorbent for the
nitroglycerine, which is the eXplo-
sive ingredient. Wood flour dynamit
is inferior to that made with infusor-
ial earth as the absorbent; but IT
serves many purposes, and is cheap
er. But dynamite is one OF the small
est prospective uses for the product.
Linoleum makers mix it with linseed
oil and give body to their floor COW
ings. Il is not considered quite
equal to ground cork for this pu~posa.
as it is less elastic; but it is cheaper
and meets requirements for medium
grades.
The flour fills an important place
in the manufacture of xyoliee, a
kind OF artificial flooring, resembling
wood in weight, and stone in other
respects. 1t is used for kitchen floors,
and in halls, corridors, cafes, res
taurants, and public rooms. 1t is
impervious to water, and is practic
ally fireproof. 1t is floor materia.
in some Of the German war vessels.
1t is so used because 1t Is not liable
to take fire or splinter il struck by
shells.
Many additional uses for wood flour
will probably be found. The amount
of sawdust 10 be had In this country
il practically unlimited, and miltmen
will welcome any plan that will les
sen the waste at the sawdiust dump.
Norway exports thousands OF tons
Of this sawdust flour yearly, and the
United States takes some OF II. Ger
many is large manufacturer also
and has been for years England Is
an extensive buyer, and much goes
to France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-30
SuFFRAGISTSSTORMCOM
EXPORTS TO FIND PREMIER AS
QUITH DEFEATED.
Police Forced to Arrest Determined
Women Before They Can Be
Subdued.

LONDON. March 3O.-The militant suf-
fragists made another attempt to raid the
house of commons in a search for Pre-
mier Asquith this afternoon. but were
quickly scattered by a detachment OF
mounted policemen.
A 'deputation of twenty-seven repre-
sentatives OF the largest cities OF England
marched out from Caxton Hall and MADE
their way in the direction of Westmin-
ster The procession was headed by
band playing the "Marseiilaise" and dis
played banners inscribed with sunragist
notices.
The premier already had made known
his refusal to see the deputation The
police. expecting the coming of the wom-
en- were in Parliament Square in large
force
Upon arrival at the square the deputa-
ton found all the entrances to parlia-
ment barred. In spite of the courage
they displayed in risking being trampled
under the feet Of the policemen's horses
their combined rushes to reach an en-
trance were abortive.
The police had been instructed to avoid
making arrests SO far as possible. Be-
cause of the repeated and determined
charges of the furious women it was
found impossible to stop them by any
other means.
Consequently they began removing the
more determined of the attackers to the
lookup Altogether about a dozen of
the women were taken into custody.
None of the better known leaders took
part In today's raid.
The women arrested will be charged
with assaulting the police. as they
used their fists and umbrellas to be-
labor the officers.
The Countess of Granard, who was
Miss Beatrice Mills of New York. ar
manned for some time watching the
scene with amused wonderment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-30
ConS0LIOATES THE CAUSES
COURT ACTS REGARDING THREE
EXCISE BOARD CASES,
Order to Close Two Clubs and q Sa.
loon to Be Subject for Hear
ing Thursday.

The equity proceedings to enjoin the
closing of the Chamberlin Club, the
Rartenders' Union Club and the saloon
OF James Stevens and the mandamus
proceedings to compel the issuance Of
new licenses to the three places were con-
solidated today by Justice Wright with
the concurrence of Chief Justice Cla-
baugh. The restraining orders were con-
tinued in force until Thursday, when the
consolidated cases will be heard by JUS
tice Wright.
The excise board. through Corporation
Counsel Thomas. today answered the in
junction proceedings in all three cases
and the mandamus suit of Stevens No
answer has yet been filed in the manda-
mus proceedings commenced yesterday by
Attorney Wilton j. Lambert for the two
clubs.
Mr.. Thomas claims that the excise act
gives the board discretion as to the club
licenses. and claims the exercise of this
discretion IL not renewable by the
courts. Should the court hold it has
jurisdiction to review the action Of the
board, then Mr.. Thomas claims he will
show the board did not exercise its dis
erection arbitrarily or unreasonably and
will urge that its action should be al
lowed to stand.
In reference to the Stevens applica-
ton. the answer Of the board claims
violation OF the rules of the excise
board. which prohibit the congregation
of idle. disorderly and suspicious char
acters in saloon having license. No
conviction of this charge is necessary,
Mr. Thomas claims, to give the excise
board the authority to reject an applica-
ton for new license. He claims there
Is no attempt to revoke a license which
is forbidden in the absence OF convic-
ton. but that the Stevens application
is a new license.
Attorney Albert Sillers represents Mr..
Stevens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-30
DEATH OF MRS. B. B. CHESHIRE
WELL KNOWN IN LITERARY
AND CHURCH CIRCLES.
Succumbs to Heart Disease and In
juries Sustained in January
Last.

After an illness extending over several
months, Mrs. Bessie Boone Cheshire,
widow of William w. Cheshire, died
shortly after midnight last night, at her
residence, 10 nth street southeast. A
distant relative by marriage. Mrs.
Cheshire Boone OF New York, was with
her at the time of her death.
The immediate cause of the death was
heart trouble. although Mrs. Cheshire
had been suffering with a broken hip.
This injury she sustained by falling on
an icy step shortly before her husbands
death January IL last.
Up to few days ago she had been at
Atlantic City in effort to recuperate.
On her return she suffered relapse
Funeral arrangements are not complete.
Services will be held at the house prob
ably tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock Rev.
u. G. j.. Pierce, pastor of All Souls
Church. of which Mrs. Cheshire had been
member, will conduct the service. In
terment will be in Rock Creek cemetery.
Mrs Cheshire, who was seventy-four
years of age at the time OF her death. was
we'll known in literary, church and char
ity circles both here and at places where
band. including Crown Point, Ind; Salida.
Col, and Salt Lake City. Utah. She was
born In Pennsylvania but moved with her
family to Indiana as a child.
On her mothers side she was descend
ant of the brother of Daniel Boone, the
pioneer. She was married to Mr.. Cheshire
at New Castle. Ind, April 23, 1851.
Because of her husbands service in thc
civil war she had been an active worker
in the Womans Relief Corps in this city
and was at one time the president of
Lincoln Corps of the local department.
She was member of the board Of lady
managers of the Eastern Dispensary and
Casualty Hospital, and was actively asso-
ciated with the woman's suffrage move
ment, the Humane Society, the Twentieth
Century Club and the Associated Char
tiles.
Mrs. Cheshire had done q considerable
amount of literary work, and had been
contributor to magazines.
a half-brother. Dr. Richard G. Boone,
is a professor in the University of Cali
fornia, at Berkeley. Cal. A half-sister,
Mrs. Christina Shelley, resides at Crown
Point, Ind.