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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-06-02


ABOUT THE COAL"
coming, and she braced herself for the
conflict. She was in the hall to meet
him as he opened the door with bang,
but he proceeded to hang up his hat
and Overcoat without paying any at
tention to her. On the contrary, he
turned to the door and opened and shut
It two or three times and then growled
out:
81 thought so! Some one has been
swinging ON this door and sagging it.
/ suppose | shall find 1t off its hinges
and lying on the floor when l come
home tomorrow night"
She made no reply, but led the way
down to dinner. 1t was an extra good
Sinner. Cook had gone out for the
afternoon, and the meal had been pre-
pared by Mrs. Bowser's own hands
The roast leg of lamb was something
particularly pleasing, but Mr.. BOwser
turned up his nose at it and said:
Three dollars more waste for a
chunk of old sheep!'
He found fault with everything in
rotation, adding in every instance re-
marks about indigestion and the poor
house, and wound up by showing back
from the table and saying:
"Mrs. Bowser, we will now go up
stairs and have a little talk. l wish
for explanations on certain points. I
wish them in order to guide my fu-
ture conduct"
She followed after and seated her
self. while he crossed his hands under
his coattails and stalked up and down.
He did not look in her direction, but
ne felt that she was humbled and
frightened over his demeanor. When
ne thought the proper moment had ar
rived he said:
First and foremost, why have you
driven the cook out of the house with
out consulting meT
"She was not driven" was the an
swer. "She wanted to run over on
Jay street and see her mother, and ]
let her CO."
woman. let us have no prevaricat-
Ing In this matter. ! felt It In my
bones when l entered the house that
you had driven Sarah into the streets
on some excuse, and now know that
1t Is so. She Is probably wandering
about I'm the snow at this moment.
homeless and helpless and weeping"
"Your bones deceive you" replied
Mrs. Bowser as she held up her head.
and next moment the cook had entered
by the basement door and was stamp
Ing the snow off her feet
Mr.. Bowser felt that he had lost the
trick, but he was not discouraged. BE
reflected for moment and then said:
"As / got OF the car this evening
saw our butcher. He Is usually very
polite to me, but tonight he scarcely
noticed me. In fact. he acted as II he
wanted to dun me-"
'For what?"
@For what you owe him. I give you
money to run the house on. Instead OF
paying It out you run In debt and use
1t elsewhere. venture TO say that you
owe the butcher all of $40. and I
shouldn't be a bit surprised II he sent
his bill for 1t within the next half
hour" ts
'If he doesn't I'd like to have you
10 over there with me and hear hin.
say that don't owe him penny. In
fact. there's little balance in my IA
vor."
''Um, um! may drop ove- BY my
self. but whether do or not ] want to
"a
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-06-02
Ask For Aliens FOOt.EaSe.

A powder for swollen, tired, hot,
smarting feet. Sample sent FREE.
Also Free Sample of the Foot-Ease
Sanitary Corn-Pad, q new invention.
Address, Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy, n.
Y 21t4
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-06-02
Those Fairies.

Mr. Oldwed-Well girls always like
fairy stories.
Mrs. Oldwed-lt's a coed thing, for
after they are grown up and get mar
ried they have to listen to a lot of
them.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-06-02

Know thyself and your own place in
the universe about you. Fear no phan-
toms, but face realities.-Grant Allen.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-06-02
POEMS
YOU'LL
ENJOY.
The HeraId's Speclal,Selectlons.
4 4 +
LINES ON A SKULL.
The HeraId's sprelsl,selectlOus.

The following poem was written
about 400 years ago, and was found
pinned to a skeleton in the Royal Col
lege of London. shortly after the visit
of young l0dy and her mother to
the museum:
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-06-02

Solitude can be delightful only to the
innocent.-I .eszcZynski
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-06-02

say to you that this extravaganza In
coal burning must stop right here now.
Winter is hardly here yet. and we have
burned three tons Of coal In the fur
mace and land knows how much In the
range"
"Your bones are also out of killer
about the COAL" answered Mrs. Bowser
as she went over to a hanging cup
board and took out q handful Of bills.
"You got three tons of furnace coal
and one of range coal the list of No
vember. At least half of each pile is
still In the bins. You can go down and
see for yourself"
He made a move as If to take her at
her word. but stopped short and turn
ed around and said:
II can investigate that In the morn
ing. Just at present / want TO know
why the gas bill was "a for October.
Not n dark day in the whole month.
and yet you must have had every
burner in the house going. Have you
the slightest interest In saving me a
shilling, or are you determined to drive
me to the poorhouse as soon as posi-
ble?"
Here is the October gas BILL" she
said as she extended 1t. 1T is for
$3.50. and. you see. it was paid"
Mr.. Bowser was cornered. He could
not dodge the document, and he there
fore instantly decided to ignore It.
This he did by a wave of his hand and
saying:
"And the grocery bill. l give you
the money ito pay the grocer, but do
you pay it? If you do, why did he
look at me the way he did on the car.
then, the other day? Why? Why?
Don't stop to invent an excuse, but an
swer me-whyT
Because you went away with rag
ged old necktie on, as you very well
know, and had to buy new one when
you got over town. No wonder he
looked at you. As for my account with
him, don't owe a cent"
"Um, um, Mrs. Bowser, there must
be a change in things around this
house. These are not the times for
IL MdotG uliu tAll
/ was amazed when you asked me last
month for $50 to pay the cooks wages
yes. positively amazed, though said
nothing. l thought l would wait un-
til we could have a long talk-such a
talk ms this. When you hired Sarah It
was understood that her wages were
to be ST. per month. Is it scheme
ON your part TO rob me of SO month
to buy your novels within"
SARAH worked three months at ST
per month";" explained Mrs. Bowser.
land then, because she made a pud-
ding one night to tickle your palate.
you raised her wages TO $40. You sat
right at the table and can't deny IT."
by thunder, woman, but there are
things around this house that l can't
understand" shouted Mr.. Bowser. try
ing to look very fierce. but making q
failure Of il.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-06-02

a brick dust Sedi-
lnent, or settling,
stringy or milky
appearance often
indicates an UNI
healthy condi-
ton of the kid
neys; too fire.
quent desire to
pass il or pain in
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-06-02
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect II,

Fill bottle or common glass with your
7ater and let it stand twenty-four hours;
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-06-02

You may have sample bottle sent free
by mail. Address DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing-
hamton, N. Y. Mention this paper and
remember the name, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, and the address, Binghamton,
N. ", on every bottle.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-06-02

$50 there are" replied Mrs. Bowser.
81 can't understand why you come
home like roaring lion; why you
make charges you can't substantiate;
why you find fault with a better din
ner than any other Bowser on earth
ever sat down to; why you will per
sist in sticking your nose into kitchen
affairs instead OF leaving them to me;
why you are swilling down wine and
smoking cigars while can't squeeze
out money enough to buy myself an
orange; why you so down and fill
the furnace full of coal and make the
house red hot the minute you come
home and then charge me with selling
1t: why you turn on all the gas burn
ers of an evening. There are about a
hundred other things l can't under
stand, but want to. Please sit down
and let's have a long talk"
woman! Woman
"Cut that out, Mr.. BOwser, and come
down to straight business. Do you
know that your clubs are costing you
more than The coal and gas combined
DO you know that your cigar bill
would dress me? Do you know
But he wasn't there any more. He
was down the hall getting into his
overcoat and out OF the house. He
had bluffed. and his hand had been
called. and this was his only way out
Of II. He went out into the snow and
the gale and the night, and men who
saw him pass mentally said to them
selves:
"I'll bet ten to one he's had a row
with his wife and got the worst Of it."
NJ. QUAD.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-06-02

the'back are also symptoms that tell you
the kidneys and bladder are out of order
and need attention.
what To Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys,
liver, bladder and every part of theurinary
passage. Corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne
cessity of being compelled to go often
through the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
immediate effect of Swamp-ROot is
soon realized. It stands the highest be-
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-06-02

cause ofits remarkable
health restoring prop
critics. If you need a
medicine you should
have the best. Sold by
druggists in ffty-cent
and one-dollar sizes,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
HORSEWHIPPED EVANGELIST
Rev. Billy Sunday Attacked in Pull
pit by Religious Fanatic.

Springfield, Ill.-Rev. W. A. Billy
Sunday, former ball player and famous
evangelist, was attacked and horse
whipped on the platform in the taber-
nacle where he was conducting the open
ing meeting of Springfed's revival. Sun
day had just made his opening remarks
when a powerful man sprang upon the
platform, and with buggy whip rained
several terrific blows upon the evangelist
before the latter could defend himself
Sunday leaped from the platform, and,
like bulldog, fought his assailant. The
choir began a song, in which the entire
audience joined, as Sundays giant assail-
ant was knocked down in the aisle and
held by powerful men until police came
and took their prisoner to Jail. Before
being locked up the prisoner said he was
Sherman Potts, of one mile east of Low
ington, Ill. Police regard him as re-
ligious fanatic.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
FOR FLOOD
RIVER EXPECTED TO GO TO SO
FEET AT MEMPHIS.
Engineers Ready for Any Emer-
gency, and Will Strengthen
Levees Where Necessary.

Memphis, Tenn.-A stage of IS feet
five feet above the flood line, may be
reached by the Mississippi river at Mem
phis during the present rise.
Even stage of 80 feet does not cause
any unusual worry to the officials OF
the government having charge of the
levees in this section. The levees are in
better condition now than in the spring
of 1907, when stage of 43.3 feet was
withstood without break of any Sc
rious threatened danger
At conference between Maj. Walker,
United States engineer in charge of the
First and Second districts Mississippi inn
provement and b. G. Covington, chief
engineer of the St. Francis levce board,
it was decided that every precaution
should be taken to prevent any possible
emergency. Men have been placed in
charge of the situation, and will report
any danger that may threaten the levees
as the waters of the big stream climb
up to the crest of the food.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
RIVERS AND HARBORS
APPROPRIATIONS FOR SOUTH
ERN WATERWAYS.
Mississippi Gets 1914, 900, Alabams
$475, 1000, While Arkansas
Is Allowed $17S, 200.

| Washngton.-Th rivers and harbors
bill, which was reported to the senate
from the committee on commerce Thurs
day, contains the following items relat
ing to the maintenance of rivers and har
bors:
| For -Nashville-C Chattanooga
district. Cumberland river above Nash
vile $4,000, below Nashville $4,000
Tennessee river above Chattanooga $50,
600, from Chattanooga to Riverton, Ala.
$4,000, below Riverton, Ala, $25 900
Hales bar $4,000. French Broad and
Little Pigeon river, Tennessee, $4,000
Hiawassee river, Tennessee, $4,000. To
tai, $i25.0O0
For Mississippi-yicksburg district
Red river below Fulton, Ark, $4,000
Ouachita and Black rivers, Arkansas and
Louisiana (open channel work. 100000
Ouachita and Black rivers, Arkansas and
Louisiana, locks and dams Nos. 2 and
s, $130,O00 Bayou Bartholomew, Boeut
river, Tenas river and Boyou Macon,
Mayous D'Adboone and Corney $4,000.
Yazoo river (mouth) and Vicksburg har-
Dor, Miss, $44, 900. Yazoo, Tallahatchie,
Big Sunnowcr and Coldwater rivers and
Tchula lake, Mississippi, 10000. Total,
$314 900.
For Arkansas--Little Rock district.
Arkansas river, Arkansas (general) 1885,
900. White river, Arkansas, $4,000.
Cache river, Arkansas, $4,000. Black and
Current rivers, Arkansas and Missouri,
$4,000. st. Francis and L'Anguille riv-
ers, Arkansas, $4,000. Arkansas river
at Pine Bluff, Ark, $4,000 Total,
$17s,2o0.
For Alabama Montgomery district.
East Pass and Carrabelle bar and har-
Dor, Florida, $4,000. Apalachicola bay,
Florida, $4,000. Apalachicola river,
ETC., Florida, $4,000. Flint river, Geor-
gia, $4,000. Chattahoochee river, Geor-
gia and Alabama, $115,00o Choetaw
Hatchee river, Florida and Alabama, So
200. Holmes river, Florida, $4,000. Pen
sacola harbor, Florida, $4,000. Es-
Gambia and Conecuh rivers, Florida and
Alabama, $4,000. Alabama river, Ala
bama, $4,000. Coosa river, Georgia
and Alabama, $4,000. Total, $4,000.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
Flood Warnings.

Washington.-FIo warnings were is
sued by the weather bureau Thursday
night for the Ohio river from Parkers-
burg to Cairo for the Mississippi river
from Cairo to Helena, Ark, and for the
lower Tennessee and Cumberland rivers.
Fifty-fve feet of water is expected at
Cincinnati ON Friday, with possibly five
feet more to come, and AZ feet at Evans
vile by Tuesday of next week. The
food stage of 40 feet is indicated at Hell
ena by the middle of next week, and 80
feet at Memphis in about ten days.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
NEW IDEA
Helped Wis. Couple.

1t doesn't pay to stick too closely to
old notions of things. New ideas often
lead to better health, success and hap
piness.
A Wis. couple examined an idea new
to them and stepped up several rounds
on the health ladder. The husband
writes:
Several years ago we suffered from
coffee drinking, were sleepless,
nervous, sallow, weak and irritable.
My wife and both loved coffee and
thought it was a bracer." (delusion.)
FINALLY, after years of suffering, we
read of Postum and the harmfulness
of coffee. and believing that to grow
we should give some attention to new
ideas, we decided to test Postum.
when we made it right we liked 1t
and were relieved of ills caused by
coffee. Our friends noticed the change
-fresher skin, steadier nerves, better
temper, etc.
"These changes were not sudden,
but relief increased as we continued to
drink and enjoy Postum. and we lost
the desire for coffee.
MANY of our friends did not like
Postum at first, because they did not
make it right. But when they boiled
Postum according to directions on
pkg. until it was dark and rich, they
liked it better than coffee and were
benefited by the change" There's
a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to Well
vile" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
interest.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
Weak Plants Driven Out.

Washington. Herbert Knox Smith,
commissioner of corporations, made pub
lie Thursday his report on the tobacco
industry. He says that weak concerns
have been driven out of business by the
trust and that strong competitors have
been bought out at high price. The net
result is that 100 men control the to-
bacco industry of the United States.
Mr. Smith says that the combination
represents a capitalization of $3l6,000,.
600. Ten stockholders control 60 per
cent of the outstanding voting stock o.
tho organization.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
FORCED TO ROB BANK.
Cashier Tells Remarkable Story to Court
and Is Acquitted.

Nashville, Ark.-A remarkable story
of being forced, at the point of a revolv-
from the Bank of Mineral Springs and
to leave America with the money has
been told before the Howard county cir
cult court here by c. R. Austin, cashier
of the Bank of Mineral Springs, who was
alleged to be defaulter, and who adj
mitted to the court that he took the
money, but who claimed that the act
was carried out under such circum-
stances as to rob it of any criminal in
tent, and who was held to be not guilty
of the charge by the jury in the case.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
SAYS REPORT IS INDECENT
Tillman Would Refuse Mails to
Roosevelt Commission.

Washingt Tillman created
sensation in the Senate Friday by pre-
senting resolution directing the senate
committee on postofiices to investigate
and report whether the report of the
presidents home life commission and the
message on the report should not be
excluded from the mails as ''obscene lit
erature, unfit for circulation" The re-
port of this commission deals with con-
ditions in the district with reference to
housing, alleyways and the like, and con-
tains discussion of various matters re-
lating to hygiene, morality and the like
which some members of congress oppose.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
METHODISTS REACH RUSSIA
First M. E. Church Is Dedicated at
Wirballen on German Frontier.

st. Petersburg-The first Methodist
Episcopal church in Russia has just been
dedicated at Wirballen, on the German
frontier, by Bishop Burt of Zurich, Switz-
erland, Methodist Episcopal bishop for
Europe, assisted by DIR. G. A. Simons,
superintendent of missions in Russia and
Finland. The Russian mission is the
youngest in Methodism, but now has
ten congregations organized in Russia
and carries on services and issues publ
cations in six languages.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
MISS ETHEL NOT ENGAGED.
Secretary Loeb Gives Out Report Deny
ing the Report.

Washington.-An emphatic denial of
the report that the presidents younger
daughter, Miss Ethel, is engaged to mar
ry Third Assistant Secretary of State
William Phillips was given out from the
White House Sunday night. Secretary
Loeb authorized the statement that Miss
Roosevelt is not engaged to be married,
and he characterized as being without
the slightest foundation story from
Boston to that effect.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
AGRICULTURAL BILL PASSED.
Measure Carries An Appropriation of
$13,O75,716.

Washington.-Th passage of the agri-
cultural appropriation bill by the senate
followed an extended debate on the for
estry service, which occupied the entire
session. AS passed, the measures appro-
PIRATES $13,o75,7l6, which is an increase
of $191 800 over the bill as passed by
the house.
Senator Frye gave notice that he
would call up the river and harbor APP
propriation bill SATURDAY.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
Lord Northcllffe, the great English

Lord Northcliffe, the great English
newspaper proprietor. was so i'm
pressed by the attractiveness CT the
gray squirrels in American parks that
he took home number of pairs to be
liberated in England. If he is per-
mitted to land them it may still hap
pen that in country where they are
strangers. and where, therefore, their
natural enemies have not developed,
they may become as great a nuisance
as the English sparrow here and the
rabbit in Australia. TRANSPORTING
animals is always somewhat risky
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

Government experiments may solve
the problem of preventing explosions
in coal mines. If human care and fore
thought will only cooperate with sci
ence In the great art of prevention, un-
avoidable accidents will be reduced to
element of the combination is the one
on which least reliance can be placed.
The tendency of human nature, re-
marks the Boston Herald. to take
chances rather than to take trouble
is the hardest obstacles which pre-
ventive science will ever have to over
come.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
Remember the Maine" has now
been changed to Remove the Maine

An artist who left Philadelphia 40
years ago to make name and fortune
for himself has returned to this coun-
try from Paris at the age of 60 to
marry the sweetheart of his youth,
she having obligingly waited for him.
He told her he would not return until
he had succeeded, from which it may
be assumed that he considered it more
desirable for her to marry the artist
than the man. But oh, how slow
those Philadelphians are!
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

Lawyers and physicians in New
York are trying to bring about legisla.
ton which will do away or at least
minimize the evils of the so-called lex
pert" testimony at trials. Experience
shows that expert evidence practically
serves no other end at present than
to impede justice and cause delays at
once useless and expensive to the
state, as both sides can provide lex
perts" to give Numerically opposite
testimony, until the practice has be-
come legal nuisance, if not some
thing of a scandal in the administra.
ton Of justice.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

Pills, which he said had made a bad
back well, enabled him to sleep bet
ter nights and feel more fit for work.
The treatment also cleared UP the
urine On January 5. 1909. Judge Law
confirmed his previous testimony. 81
have recommended this remedy to
many people since / first used it,"
said he.
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
TRUST GETS CONTRACT.
Protests Made to President Against Plug
Tobacco Award.

Washington.-Representative Lamb, of
Virginia, Monday protested to President
Roosevelt and the secretary of the navy
on behalf of independent tobacco manu-
facturers against the award of con-
tract for plug tobacco to the American
Tobacco Company. Bids for supplying
the navy with 100000 pounds of plug
tobacco were recently opened at the navy
department, and the American Tobacco
Company was the lowest bidder at &c
cents pound. The contract is worth
$40. 200.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

The regents Of the University of
Minnesota have ordained that all con-
tracts with members of the faculty
shall expire when teachers reach their
sixty-fifth birthday. Next June, it is
said, half dozen old gentlemen will
call the class roll for the last time, I'M
less they have before followed the ex-
ample of their president, DR. Northrop,
and sent in their designations.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
Give the Evee . Res,

1t is good plan to close the eyes
for five minutes every few hours. This
will not only rest the eyes, but pre-
vent the wrinkles known as crows
feet" from making their appearance as
early as they would otherwise.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

A Wisconsin woman who broke her
arm set 1t herself. Next thing the pub
lie hears from a woman of such self
resource as this will be that she
closely examined cut on the back of
her neck
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

II these men who pretend to deter
mine the height of mountains keep
varying the figures, some of them are
likely to prove scientifically that
Pixies Peak is hole in the ground.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

"Aerogram" is a fairly good word 1t
signifies wireless message Science
has added many words to the Ian
guage within the last few years. A
Rip Van Wrinkle, returning to-day,
after 20 years sleep, would have much
to learn In the way of common speech.