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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
American Farmers in Canada.

1t is not necessary to dwell for
long upon the physical prosperity shat
is being enjoyed by Americans who
have moved into the Canadian Pra-
irie Provinces. They would not stay
there if they We're not doing we'll
Though bread and butter are great
social and political acclimatizers The
fundamental contentment of the AM
erican in Canada is the product of
something more than growing thirty
bushels of wheat 10 the acre, and
seeing his land multiply in value. For
your American abroad is nothing #
not Intensely patriotic. He carries
watch in one vest pocket and Old
Glory in The other. Whenever an OPP
portunity arises he sings, My Coun-
try it's of Thee" and if an oppor-
5unity does NOT arise, he quickly
makes one. | have joined scores of
times in singing the first verse of
that sonorous hymn to the tune whic'
some of my friends believe has
been appropriated by England for
what they supposed was a parody on
the Junior national anthem. There
must be something extraordinary in
the political atmosphere which recon-
Giles the immigrant from below for
ty-nine to five in foreign country.
For the American docs not live by
bread alone.
The truth is, of course, that when
Americans come to Western Canada
they don't find 1t foreign country
at all In soil, climate, transporta-
ton, agricultural machinery, curren-
cy, social observances, churches-in
everything except the outward po-
htical forms, the differences which
they thought would be tremendous ar
only trival. In most cases they are
in favor of the adopted land.-From
"The Man with Two Countries by
Arthur Hawkes. in January National
Magazine.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18

other places that do not look at all
like the French capital.-Milwaukee
News.
We are soITy for all Of the mean
things We have ev,a said about the
ground hog. If he viii please hurry
spring along we will promise to treat
him with distinguished consideration
hereafter. CincinEi,. Commercial
Tribune.
While the temperature is below zen
in the North, the bright sunshine ana
the presence of Lillian Russell fill
Houston with springime warmth
Houston Post.
A Gibsonburg reader writes: Il
want to say to the editor OF the Blade
that we heard The sweet notes of a
blue-bird in Gibsonburg yesterday
Now we would be pleased 10 know II
Toledo can beat it?" No. We resolv-
ed, January 1, not to tell any this
year.-Toledo Blade.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
The Cocaine Habit.

The cocaine habit seems to be
spreading in Canada. Sometimes it
is used in the shape of solution of
the crystalline form with some other
ingredients, ard injected by means of
hypodermic syringe. It is also taken
or eaten In the form of pills. These
two methods are not so common as
the simpler way of taking it as snuff
In this case the pure cocaine crys-
tails are crushed to a powder in NOR
tar, and in this form it is retailed
A small quantity of the powder Is
shaken on the back of the hand and
then inhaled through the nose. The
end of indulgence Is physical wreck
age. Those who deal in cocaine and
act as agents between the druggists
and the user are termed "snow BIRDS
The men who sell the cocaine to the
unfortunate victims Of the habit are
called "peddlers," and the profits they
make are considerable. A vial which
they can buy for 81 Is made into
as many as two dozen packages, each
containing enough cocaine for couple
of doses and these sell for 25 cents
each. Not content with this profit
some of the peddlars adultelata the
contents of their packages, boracic
acid being principally used for this
Tho authorities I'm Toronto are
said to be doing all they can 10 stop
the illegal trade In cocaine, but the
victims Of the drug are SO cunning
that prevention is very difficult mat
Advertiser.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
TAKEN FROM CIVIL WAR
NOTE BOOK OF I'M. LEACH,

time we were out on our post duty
and sometimes near the emmy We
could hear them call the roll and
talking at any time when Out on our
post duty. On the 16 of May we were
recognized. Captain Weidermire was
elected over Captain Flemmings and
Bob Adams was left out. This caused
much dissatisfaction in our company.
Some thirty wanted TO transfer TO
other companies in organizing the
battalion. Eugene Erwin was chosen
Lieutenant Colonel and n man by the
name of Vaughn. Major. Our bs,-
talliOn consisted of seven companies.
On the 2Sth of May we were march
ed out towards the enemy whit five
days ratienS to take our place in
the right wing Our wagons were
loaded and sent south. This day We
lay in line of battle under the range
of the enemies range guns. The next
day We moved, but still under fire
of those large guns. II is quite un-
pleasant TO lay down and have those
large balls to whistle and to burst
over you. Some may like it but | do
not. This night about dark it came
our time TO leave the field and give
Carvent, which had been a place that
he a OIL
ing for 50 long a time. The enemy
had taken so much trouble and ex-
pense to advance, but when all was
ready for a storm on our little army,
they were not there any more. This
retreat was very bad to the Fed "
ais they had collected all of their
force at this point for a complete
wipe out of the rebellion, but now
the Rebels are gone and it is out
of the power for the Federals 10
pursue. We marched all night and
camped about / o'clock iniopen field.
Marched at O'Clock in the morning
and the weather being very warm we
suffered very much with heat, though
we did not take long marches. 1t
was hard to carry all of our clothes
and blankets. We reached Bolding in
three days and remained chere about
one week and moved one days march
and camped on the sand hills on out
post duty. We have been living very
hard. Beef is very poor and the bread
not good, but the blackbcrries are
plentiful and We keep plenty on
hand.
(Con. inued Next Week.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
Death of Mrs. ]. r. Her.

Manda, KY, Feb. 14.-The dirK
winged angel of death has visited one
IF cur fr!e IDS ami neighbors. one
who has resided in our nsighborhood'
bur tor sometime TAO been iiv.nS a
&c 'enry, KY. al took from a. MIS-.
Her. wife of Mr.. J. r. Her. the
whole community was shocked when
the sud news came that she was no
more. She was loved by all who knew
her and leaves husband and seven
small children so mourn her loss. Her
remains were brought here and enter
red in the family burying ground on
the 13 inst.
Weep not, fond husband and chill
dren as those who have no hope for
she has proven by her walk and god
ly conversation that while earth has
one mortal less, Heaven has one an
gel more. B. n. 5.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
WHAT Pres. TAFT
SAYS HE FAVORS.
No New Antitrust Law, But
Merely Strengthen Pres
ent One.

New York, Feb. 16.-Prcsident Taft,
in a speech at the New York Repub-
lican clubs Lincoln day dinner to-
night, gave little hope for breaking
up the trusts. He said:
IF law enforcement is not consist
ent with present business methods,
then business must be changed to
conform with law" He eulogized the
Psyne-Aldrich thrift law. the "bes'. law
the administration; all pledges being
fulfilled; the tariff law, the best law
ever" and MT responsible for the
high cost of living. The governmer:
d Dss not cause panics in Wall street.
He made no promise to change to
another anti trust law. but to
strengthen the present one. He does
not want the postal savings bill
amended to let money deposited be
kept as savings in banks under trus-
Gees powerless 10 use the funds. He
contended that congress did revise
the tariff generally downward. He
advocated bill which makes the is
suancs of an injunction in labor dis
putes without notice lose power after
five days unless a hearing Is had. He
says this bill is not as strong as Com
pers and the laborites want :. though
he hopes the insurgents and regulars
will get together and settle internal
questions without further contirover-
sy. He says the Democrats are max
ing big howl because Of high prices
following a tariff revision while COM
binations in rsstraint of trade and
an increase in the measure of values
caused 1t.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
A Hungarian PompeiI.

A dispatch from Budapest an
nounces that Hungarian archaeolo-
gist' Nj. Duday. in certain excavations
winch he was experimenting near
Asibo, In Pennsylvania. has discovered
the site of the ancient Roman city OF
roroilssum, and is enabled to recon-
struct the town. The houses have re-
sisted the ravages of time. being sub
stantially built of brick and adjoining
one another. The rooms are very
small. but regular in form. NJ. Duday
mas also come upon the ancient thea
Ter OF great dimensions. which should
give some idea of the size of the town.
Inc archaeologist considers that Poro-
iissum had a population of 10000.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
Elihu Root: Constructor.

His nine years of experience In al
most every form of executive work has
especially fitted Mr. Roo for the
high position he now occupies as
senator from New York STATE. Seldom
has any public man been so we'll
velSed in the duties Of three co-or-
dinate departments of government;
his carly years acquainted him prac-
ticallv with the entire g.smut of ju-
dicial forms. The principles and con-
victions for which he fought in his
years of legal work We're the sub
stratum on which he organized the
War and State DepartmanS in later
life. Now, in the legislative branch
of government, the same qualities of
mind. the same construction force,
the same old-fashionad principles, the
slime intimate knowledge Of men and
methods will again BE- used for the
good of the nation.
Impervious 10 criticism, Elihu
Root continues to maintain his con-
victions. When New York paper APP
pealed to him for answers TO a series
of questions propoundNd 20 ascertain
his views on various subj -c.s, he re-
piled:
IL do not want to go into a kind
Of civil service examination regard
ing NV fitness for the Sera,.e. When
men get 10 answering questions put
to them for the purpose of determin-
ing whether the people shall favor
them for office, the temptation Is
very strong 10 make the sorv of an
swer that the people are supposed 20
want and | do not think it is at all
certain that the best and most honest
men would come out az the top of
such an examination"
Direct in action, honest in pur-
pose, diplomacy and legislation have
never me1nc, % him the whisporings
Of greed or duplicity; every warrior
who wa.ched his work in The war
Department, every representative Of
foreign nation who knew him as
secretary of state, will watch with the
rank and file of the American pco-
pie the work done in the future by
Elihu Roo;.-National Magazine 70.
/ December.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
C.ASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sssss sss Of &hzzzzM
The Telescope That Floats in
Water.

Al the Harvard University Obscrva-
cory u gigantic telescope floa-s in .
sank of water. /. is one of III larg-
osC in the world, the r,flectng mirror
being five fee wide Mounted on e.
wator-tight cyl!rdrcla steel float, the
& lescopc swings in concrete ark Of
of water, only slightly larger than
he cylinder, which Is designed % fiji
b. closely and ssrv2 as p.vot for the
telescope, instead OF having it mounte
on a solid bass. Machinery a. each
side holds and uides il. The WAGER
bears the weight, and the movements
Of the telescope arc regulated by tiny
electric motors; the gigantic mirror
can be easily removed and rCsivered.
when it grows dim, although two tons
are indicated when it is placed on
the scales. Through this telescope
stars of the sixteenth and eighteenth
magnitude are revealed, and Il seems
% penetrate into the very sbysses of
the heavens. While the instrument
is mounted in The open air, the image
Is reflected 10 an eye-piece, in an
adjoining building, where The astron-
omer sits and makos calculations in
which millions of miles are dealt with
as indiffcren.ly as the simplest sums
in ordinary bookkeeping.
The first look through a great tele-
scope is disappointing. but the novice
soon secs that the flat appearance
which the heavens pre- mt 20 the
naked eye is replaced by curious
concavity; the moon and stars seem
10 be hung in space rather than spread
out on flat surface. For a moment
one feels at the telescope like
child watching the swift moving
balls kept in the air by a juggler,
and expecting to see one of those
great, bright bodies fall. Then comes
the thought-"What keeps thdm therc,
apparently suspended in space with
nothing 20 hold them firm?
The explanation OF the learned as
tronomer causes the brain of the
layman to whirl, and he sees himself
perhaps for the first time. az a
child gathering pebbles on the great
shores of the sea of knowledge, or as
IAN infant crying in thc night: an
infan. crying for Highland With no
language but a cry."-January Ma
tional Magazine.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
Canada Inconsistent on the Tariff

\ great deal OF Democratic news
pape~ talk on the Tariff question is
based on lack of information For
inSance. the Washington Post" of
January %. in speaking of the Grade
at lhe United States with Canada
as compar,d with that of the United
Kingdom, says:
Our rr,d" with Canada has increas-
ID vastly, but the increase of Cana
dl's trade with Greal Bra.ain Is rel
lively erc'tor, all due to our fatu-
Gus pol cy OF r1pelling our Northern
ugighbor.
There IS no truth in chat STAGE
mont. The nd" Of h United Sta es
with Can1d' has grown much more
rapidly ,han that of tho Uni.ed King
dom. r. the year 1908 Canada collect
ed s27l32,5i3 in duties on Unit ID
State god, and only ST. 1865 93 on
British goods. Great Britain suppli1d
Sg4 .oOG. OO0 Of Csnada's imports and
the Uni-ol states supplied in the same
var S20i, 900 600. In the year 1909 the
exports Il Canada increased about $40
600 coo. bu there was no similar in
crels4 I'm the exports from the Unit
ed Kingdom. Tho United States nc.
only U.1.a Canada with great leni-
ency. bu- allows thai country-at leas
mas done - here,ofore--to discrimi-
nate agains the United States in
many ways. without retaliating. Now
there will be an opportunity TO So
cure redress under the maximum and
minimum clause Of the now Tariff
law.
Coal well illustrates the situation
in Canada. Sir Richard Cartwright,
Minister Of Trade and Commerce OF
Canac7. in a public address in Par
IiamSn, some years ago. speaking of
the dirty on coal. which he denounc-
ed, said:
The principle shat is the duty of
the Government TO enable certain
sections of the community to tax
the people for their priva.a gain is
OF all others the principle which
free people should submit to.
Other members of the present CANA
dian Government opposed at that time
this duty on coal, and yet the Cana
dian Government imposes a duty on
bituminous coal of go cents ton,
as compared with As cents imposed
by the United States Tariff. But the
United States is not dependent on
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
SKIPS With
HUBBY'S Dough
Mrs. Georgia Lee Gone With
Money Roll.
~She Loves my Bank Account
Better Than She Loves Me-"
Is His Explanation.

The following item is from the Ey-
ansville Courier:
Placing money above love. thus dis
proving the claim If poets of all ages,
Mrs. Georgia Lee. wife Of Gcorge Lee
a wealthy farmer, If Basket station,
Kentucky. has suddenly disappeared
taking with her Georges bank roll OF
nearly $1,000.
The entire affair hinges itself about
the facs that George trusted Georgia
too much. Since last spring he has
been in the habit of giving his wife q
neat little wad Of bills when she came
TO Evansville % shop. The bills were
TO he placed to his credit in an Ev-
ansville bank.
Georgia made her regular trips, and
returned home with the deposit slip,
which she turned over to her husband
She did not explain TO him, however,
that she had not explained to III bank
officials that it was her husbands
money and was not TO be removed ex-
ccpt az his orders.
As the trips TO Evansville Increased
Mrs. Lee persuaded her spouse 10 take
some OF his money from other banks
and place il in Evansville. This he di
with the result that the bank account
which Georgia had opened swelled un-
I'll Il amounted o nearly $1,000.
Then a week ago, Georgia, who is
colnely and confesses to but twenty
six summers made a trip 10 Evansvill
with the stipulation that she was TO
continue to MI. Vernon to pay her
mother a short visit. Instead of de-
posting the SIS which she brought
with her. she added $1,000 10 It for
travelling cxpenses,by drawing a check
for thar amount against her husband
account. Then she took a trip. To
Vha: point is not known. but her hus-
band has learned that she did not
visit her mother.
Yesterday he paid hasty trip 20
Evansville and he placed the matter i
the hands of the police. He returned
10 his crops and other bank accounts
Lee says that he and his wife have
never had trouble and that the only
reason he can give for her disappear
arce is ghat she "loves my bank ac-
courr more than she does me-" The
police have failed to find any trace Of
The woman as yet.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18

Canada for any coal. Ontario. the most
populous province in Canada, is de-
pendent almost entirely on the Unit
ed States for it's coal supply, and the
duty paid on American coal Is alto
gether a tax on the people of that
province, levied for tie benefit OF
the coal producers Of Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick. Consistently is not
a Jewel that the Canadian cabinet
boasts of.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
ALL MUST .
No Release For Any Corpo- /,
ration Or Firm.
Once more Calls Attention Of
Those Who Have not
Complied.

Collector Lawson Reno on Saeur-
day mailed fourteen hundred oFea
letters throughout the district, to the
several corporations and Insurance
companiesh, again CLING their 6ten-
ton to the fact that they must render
a report of their gross and net in
comes before March 1, 1910. COltee-
tor Reno says many of these reports
have already been sent in, but there
is sill a large number who have fail
ed 20 give this matter their attent5oA
He also stated that many had the
idea that no report was necessary
where the income did not exceed
$4,000 Collector Reno says this ~
an erroneous idea; that all corpora
tons are required TO make a re-
port regardless of the amount OF
their income. The letter sent OH.
reads as follows.
Attention is called to the provi-
sions Of section 3S. of the act Of Au-
gust 5 1908, requiring corporations
and insurance companies. subjecu ~
the special excise tax, therein impos-
ed. TO render returns of their gross
and net incomes for the calender year
1909, on or before March 1, 1910.
1t appears that some have the idea
IL the net income does not amount
TO or 'xceed So 900, no report is re-
quired. This is a mistake, as reports
are required regardless of the amount
of the net income.
AS the law imposes a penalty of from
81, 900 to $4,000 for failure or ne
glect to render these returns on time,
and in order to protect the tax payer
as far as possible, take this method
Of again calling attention to the am
portance of prompt compliance
with the provisions of the law. Re
specially,
LAWSON RENO,
Collector.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
Cheap Clubbing Rates.

We have made an arrangement VITA
the publishers OF the Inland Farmer,
of Louisville, whereby we are enabled
to furnish The Hartford Republican
and that paper one year for $3.50.
The Inland Farmer is weekly jour
nal and one of the best farm papers
published in the United States. Our
readers should take advantage Cd
this offer. u
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
S GeH1f'xp
Quickest and best for coughs
GUARANTEED
Sold by druggists. Made by
J. c. MendenhaIl Medicine Co., Evansville, Ind
Sign of Spring.

And now the Government says the
r. F. d. men mustn't kill rabbit en-
route; and sprlngtime is at hand and.
of course, they will not be permitted
to pelt he children with blossoms or
toss the rattle of rattlesnake 10
amuse a crying baby.-A.lanta Con-
stitution.
With the season for spring freshets
approaching. we may expect soon TO
see those pictures OF inundated Paris
doing duty in illustrating the stories
Of the floods in Iowa, Illinois Or
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
Extreme Fineness Of Pores.

grain of fine sand would cover
one hundred of the minute scales of
the human skin. and yet each of these
scales in turn covers from three hun
dred TO FIVE hundred pores.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
Something to Coqltate.

Nothing in this world" says the
Philosopher of Folly. would be such
perfect happiness as love would be. IL
II WERE"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
cannibaI Gave DwCIlers.

Recent discoveries in Norway Of
human bones mixed with hearth ashes
indicate that the cave jewellers of the
North cape were cannibals.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
Another Idea.

"Ef things don't come 20 way ez
fast ez you think they orter. 1t may be
becuz you are goin so swift they
can't hit your gait"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
which,

Stout Party (who has dropped cigar)
Now, which can l afford to lose
my cigar or my back button?-London
Opinion.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-18
Moderation,

Do nothing that you know will hurt
you and when you do what is benefi-
ciai do 1t In moderation. Euripides
declared: Moderation is the noblest
gift of heaven"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-06-02
Migrants.
kinston Free Press.

Kinston Free Press
Money may be at the root of all
evil, as they say it is, but vagrancy,
idleness, lack of thrift and industry
constitute the very hotbed OF crime
from petty lawlessness to the deed
that must be explained in the cleo
trio chair. We cannot get rid OF law
lessness without first Kidding our
selves of idlers and Migrants. Va
grants there are in most commune
ties. People who have no legitimate
means OF support ought to be put to
work, and the consequence would be
that three-fourths of the petty law
lessness and graver crime would van
lsh. A very large percentage of pow
erty and hard times" would cease
to affiict Us and we would have a
happier, Drawer, nobler people.
That is the key to a greatly
needed social reform. Industry prop
erly is the solution of a few of our
difficulties, not the industry of COM
paratively few, but the industry of
the many is what counts when the
final estimate is made up.
There are several earmarks of the
yagrant (if any one requires a tip on
this subiect) The vagrant is usual
ly found with a cigarette stuck in the
corner of his mouth. He spends most
OF his time when he ought to be at
work about a pool room or some
other place of amusement Grease. or
even worse. He lOiters on street cor
ners, in the byways or even in places
OF business and is rarely ever seen to
turn his hand to useful occupation.
And in this catalogue of ''ear-marks"
OF suspicuous.traits the pronoun he"
Is meant to include specimens of either
sex, masmuch as either sex NAV to a
larger or smaller extent be guilty.
Get rid of the vagrant. If we rid
ourselves OF Migrants we rid our
selves OF a multitude of evils.