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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-08-25

OF rcrecrIon, wuctner SET OF men carr
ing themselves Democrats, or another
ct calling themselves Republicans, be
In possession for term OF the State
ofices. But Il Is question Of the
largest concern what interest selects
and dominates those men. The con-
Germ Is more than ethical. IL involves
more than pride, and decency In poll
tics. II involves your tax rate; II In
wolves the efficiency and sufiiciency OF
your school system; II involves the
states power and resources to grow
In material development. IL involves
whether we shall stand still as peo-
pie, or go forward In Industrial prog
ress.
Our party is not fighting the liquor
business as a business. We are fight
ing Its methods In politics. We are
proposing to put II out of politics. We
are proposing this because 1t de-
bauches politics; because 1t corrupts
politicians; because 1t perverts legis.
lation; because 1t is destroying popu.
lar government In this State
To be sure, this is not the only ques-
tion involved In this campaign. A
number Of others, equally important,
are presented by our platform Of poll
cies. They will each be discussed in
order hereafter, eacn making a sep
arate theme. You will be readily able
to summarize them all In one sentence,
as containing one significant, elemental
principle, which is, the enlargement of
the peoples power In their govern
ment.
At the very threshold of any policy
for improving conditions in the State
Is the prime cause for those conditions
the corruptionist In politics. Unless
he can be removed from his position
OF advantage all our other efforts will
be in vain. Otherwise, legislation Of
a remedial nature is impossible. Many
important provisions of your consti-
tuition have lain dormant for these
twenty years because of his presence
and pernlcious influence. Entrenched
in power, accustomed to its successful
sway, backed by unlimited means,
political strategist and public enemy,
he will fight bitterly every effort to dis
lodge him. His utility to party bosses
Is so essential that they will be his
allies in the fight. They know full well
that party platforms, public speeches
Of candidates, even party and personal
pledges, are impotent If they can main
tain their position of vantage. Clean
legislation can not flow from a pol.
luted source. Remove the pollution
from the fountains of political power,
and all other reforms are possible.
But not otherwise.
Whether Kentucky will undertake
that kind of cleaning up is the ques-
ton. Whether you will follow the
course of New Jersey and California
ridden by political bosses and made to
serve powerful monopolistic interests
or whether you will allow a continu-
ance of those conditions, is the SUI
preme matter.
This campaign Is to unfold that pro-
gram. Hear not alone one side, nor
one speech. Hear all. Then decide for
Kentucky's honor, and progress.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-08-25
For Sale
Real Estate!

so Acres Of the finest Rough river
bottom land located three miles west
Of Hartford. About 20 acres in cult
vatiop. Good dwelling and out build
ings. A bargain for $3.50.
We have 400 acres Of fine bottom
land from one and a half to two
miles of Hartford, part OF 1t with
timber. Also about rs acres of up
land belonging to the same tract
Terms easy.
A new one and one-half story frame
building with five rooms and large
recptieon hall, built out of the best
selected material. Situated on Clay
and Fredrica streets. Hartford. Ky.
Lot 60x205 feet. Fine well of soft
water. All necessary out buildings.
Terms reasonable.
Good nine room two story dwelling
In Centertown, KY, has good els
tern, good cellar, never falling well
Of water, good stable and other out
buildings, one acre lot of ground. A
splendid location for family residence
and hotel. Price and terms Reason
able. Apply to
BARNETT & FOSTER, Agents,
Hartford, KY.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
FAMOUS oLD-rlmz paopHETEss.

Just outside the town of Knares- borough, Yorkshire, Eng. resided Mo ther Shipton, in a cave, still called after her. According to tradition the prophecies and witch was born in 14SS, and was baptized Ursula by the Abbott of Beverley. although 1t was stated that the Evil One was her fa- ther She must have been an ugly child, for one account says "her stature was much larger than com mon. her body crooked. and her face frightful." Still, she managed to get married, at the age of twenty-four, to one Toby Shipton. and for nearly fifty years more her prophecies were legion. It is understood that the first one of note which came true related to the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey. and that she followed this up with certain remarks relating to the dis solution of the monastries But what is chiefly interesting today are her supposed views on modern times; and in this connection it is said that she foresaw bicycles ana railway trains. and had also an inkling or motor cars and ironclads.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
The EIopement of Lisa.

Has anybody here seen Lisa - Lisa of the mystic smile-Leonardo's lovely Mona Lisa, missing now for quite a whileF
 Lisa, like an image shrined and sainted, dwelling in the Louvre of Paree, wasn't anything that she was painted centuries ago, maybe. Nova days, elopements are the fashion. Mona Lisa, star eyed and fair, may sudden ly have conceived a passion for some Yankee mult-millionaire. Or, can 1t be that Mona Lisa had a lover whose rank and fortune were beneath her own? So far as anybody can discover, her guardians left her very much alone.
 Mona Lisa, we have seen 1t stated, may be worth about five million plunk. (By whom she was at that tall figure rated it is not quite certain, and 1t sounds like bunk)
 But, anyhow, the lady's left the Louvre-with whom. at present writ ing, no one knows. Is such an out ing likely to improve her? How will she be received. where'er she goes?
 It may be Mona Lisa's crossed the ocean-here Is the widest supposition yet)-obsessed with some vague. half formed desperate notion that she will change into a suffragette York World
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
THE FATHER OF lNTERvrEwERs.

Boswell was the father of inter- viewers. When he planted himself squarely before his eminent friend and inquired, "If, sir. you were shut up in a castle, and a newborn child with you. what would you do?" there you have the system inaugurated. In the fullness of time we have arrived at the reporter behind the notebook. and the lier-in-wait behind the kodak There iJ this much to Joe said of the parent, which cannot always be said of his escendants-that he was steadfastly resolved to make ais sub ject pose well. If the foretops of Dr. Johnson's wigs were all burned away in reading, the biographer feels bound to mention the fact; but he speaks disparagingly only of the can dle He would not have hesitated, I feel sure, to inquire of Socrates con corning his domestic infelicities. or of Henry VIII concerning his religious belief; but in his report of the mat ters Socrates would preserve his dig nity, the king his piety.-Holbrook White, in the Atlantic.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
Her Daily rhouaht Book.

A year ago I started daily thought book, and so much entertainment and profit has it afforded me that I pass the idea on for the benefit of other girls who are interested in self-im- provement Every day I learn a new quotation, now and then a whole poem, and when 1t is mastered write it in my book under that date. If day slips by without my learning a quo tation I make the lossI up later, and when in reading come across things I want to learn I clip them or make a memorandum where they can be found. so they will be available when am at leisure The result is a broad ening knowledge of the poets; and. in fact, have found that 1t is not hard to memorize prose.
 The plan was suggested by the ex- perience of a friend who was confined to bed for three months. During that time she was forbidden reading and visitors. yet she was a most tractable patient.
 'I entertained myself by reading the yards of poetry I know" she explain Bazar.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
cowsoY AATs a.OOO vEARs Aeo.

That there is nothing new under the sun is becoming more and more automatic. It is suggested that the Egyptians un6er Pharaoh knew of radium, that the Assyrians and Chal- deans were acquainted with electric ity and that aviation was not 1n- known to the ancients Now we learn that frescoes and bas-reliefs in Crete show that in the depths of past ages huBtresses wore leather boots. with big hats like those used by American cowboys, and that an archaeolog!st has come to the conclusion that the fashionable Cretan ladies 2.000 years before the Christian era appeared in public with boots with heels. the straight mantle and jupe culotte. in fact, just like lady from one of the celebrated Parisian dressmaking es- tablishments.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
Enormous EaoIsm.

When the typical "reformers," of the extreme type, treat the world to a lit tie sidelight upon their personal af- fairs they usually uncover amazing self-conceit The cocksureness of their belief in their own wisdom and their superiority to the millions who do not agree with them can be paral- leled only by their contempt for the teachings of the experience of the world through many centuries.
 Often the same men and women who cry out against a stupid and stubborn age because 1t does not throw overheard all of its most i'm portant institutions at their behest refuse to be curbed or guided at all by other persons. They want the hu- man race to give heed to them and dance to their music but their own passions and their whims, their de sires and their fancies. must not be interfered with at all.
 Egoism is not attractive. It is not popular, and in it's grosser forms and manifestations 1t is disgusting That Is one reason, though not the most potent, for the indifference with which the busy world passes by the grotes- que and more or less absurd shrines which the half-baked "reformers," say of the Sinclair type, set up for man kind to worship at in awe-struck grati- tude to the builders.-Cleveland Lead CT.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
SHE UNDERSTOOD THE GAME
One Better Way of Finding Out If Man Loves You Than Putting
 Chestnuts on Hot Stove.

It was the dreamy hour after the Christmas dinner, and the girls were talking in the hushed tones appropri- ate to the occasion.
 I've just heard of new charm to tell whether any one loves you, and. if so. who it is," whispered Elsie.
 What is it?" queried Sophie, ab- senrly lingering her new diamond ring.
 Well, you take four or five chest nuts. name each one of them after some man you know and then put them on the stove and the first one that pops is the one that loves you"
 "H'm." said Sophie. 'I know a bet ter way that that"
 Do you?"
 Yes. indeed. By my plan you take one particular man, place him on the sofa in the parlor. sit close to him, with the light a little low. and look into his eyes. And then, if he doesn't pop you'll know it's time to change the man on the sofa"
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
FRANKS ON THE STAGE
MANY ACTORS HAVE VIOLATED
 RULE AGAINST "GUYING."
How Edwin Booth Decorated the Face of a Dying Desdemona-Louis James Was an lnVeterate
 Fun Maker.

While "guying" and playing prank + on the stage which are liable to ups't ones fellow actors and cause them o deliver their lines while in condition of almost helpless hysteria are strictly forbidden by theatrical managers, the practice has always been "a favorite one more or less with some of the worlds brainiest and, so far as ap- pearances go, stern and serious stage celebrities. Take Edwin Booth, for in- stance. He often yielded to the temp tation to play the comedian, even the buffoon, to his company while the audience saw only the tragedian. A writer in the Bookman tells how Booth once enlivened the last act of Othello. While smothering Desdemona he man aged to get some of the brown paint from his own makeup onto the tips of his fingers.
 Then while delivering the lines of the scene with his usual impassioned fervor and apparently stif1ing Des- demona with pillows. he painted mustache and goatee on the helpless lady's countenance. The audience of course knew nothing of it. But when Gratiano and the other actors came on and one by one went to the bed to gaze at the features of the murdered bride the sight of a bewhiskered lady almost threw them into convulsions.
 Each in turn approached the body with loud lamentations and each sud denly turned away shaken with con vulsive laughter which the audience fortunately mistook for manifesto tions of grief Another of Booths tricks was to rub his face against Katharine's when he was playing Petruchio, in "The Tanning of the Shrew," smearing her face with the paint from his makeup mustache. But this was at the end of the play as the curtain was descending.
 Louis James was an inveterate fun maker on the stage. As Virginius he would rouse the audience to enthusi- asm and then strike terror to the hearts of the timid in the mad scene of the last act But while going through this role without skip or break the chances were that poor Ap- plus Claudius, who lay dead on the floor, was praying for the curtain to come down so that he might laugh outright instead of choking to death trying to smother the mirth provoked while kneeling over him.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
Man and the cocoanut.

According to the opinion of the old historians and the commentators of the Koran, God created from the re- mainder of the clay of which Adam was made the Kullserr, or cocoa tree, which is found in abundance in the Indian islands. It produces a nut which is brought to Anatolia and Roomili The interior and oily part is nourishing and fortifying food. The shell is worked into spoons and cups of the. size of mans head. It is a parts of a mans head may be seen, mouth, nose, eyebrows. eyes, hair and whiskers, before 1t vas formed from Adams clay. A wonderful sight! From the same clay God created also the Wakwak, found in India, the fruit of which resembles a mans head, which shaken by the wind emits the sound of Wakwak Finally was creat- ed also the palm tree from the re- mainder of Adams clay at Kufa. near the water Tinnoor This is said to be the cause why the palm trees of Kufa, Medain and Ommaun are straight and upright, like the stature of a man. If you cut it's branches, it does not only no harm to it, but grows even more, like the hair and beard of men; but if you cut of the head of the palm tree. it gives a reddish juice like blood, and the tree perishes like a man whose head is cut off-Evlia Effendi: Travels"
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
WIDOW MADE ExEcUT;oNER.

Civilization has not yet taught the Afghans to abolish their barbarous ways of netting out justice. Recently a widow was allowed by the Amir. the native governor. to take a dramatic vengeance on her husbands murder CT. The wcman's husband had been murdered by another Afghan who was under the impression that his victim had some money in his possession It appeared, however, that the mur- dered man was peDniless and what the murderer thought was money turned out to be the remains of some food tied around the dead mans waist. The murderer was captured and the Amir ordered him to be hand ed over to the widow, who was told that she could do what she liked with him. The widow decided to take the mans life, and while two male friends kept firm hold of the victim the woman slowly cut the man'H throat with a penknife.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
PROOFS OF ORATORS POWER
How WhItefield's Burning Words Moved the Calm Franklin and
 the Worldly Chesterfield.

Even the calm and unimpassioned Franklin caught fire at Whitefield's burning words; and perhaps no more signal proof of the orators power could be given than its triumph over the prudence of poor Richard. White field had consulted Franklin about the location of a proposed orphan house, but had refused to adopt his advice, and thereupon Franklin decid- ed not to subscribe. "I happened soon after" he says. "to attend one of his sermons. in the course of which l perceived he intended to finish with collection. and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had In my pocket a handful of copper money. three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he pro ceeded I began to soften, and con cluded to give him the copper. An other stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver. and he finished so admirably that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collectors dish, gold and all"
  friend of Franklin's, who. agreeing with him about the location of the house. had as a precaution, emptied his pockets Before the discourse was ended, he begged a neighbor, who stood near him, to lend him some money for a contribution. If any men could have resisted the preach CTS spell, it must have been the naughty and brilliant Bolingbroke, and the worldly and fastidious Ches- terf1eld; yet the former, we are told, was once deeply moved; and the icy decorum and self-possession of the latter were, on one occasion, as com pletely overpowered as if he had been an English collier or a Welsh miner. The preacher had presented the vo- tary of sin under the figure of blind beggar, led by a little dog. The dog breaks his string. The old man, with his staff between both hands, uncon- sciously gropes his way to the edge of frightful precipiece. Step by step he advances; he feels along with his staff; 1t drops down the descent, too far to send back an echo; his foot trembles on the ledge; another mo ment and he will fall headlong into the valley below-when up starts the peer crying out in agony, as he springs forward to save him, Good GodI he is gone l"-William Mathews. Oratory and Orators.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
Tower That Dominates ParI,.

The belfry tower of the basilica of the Sacre Occur is beginning to near construction behind the dome of the sacred edifice. When finished 1t will dominate Paris from a total height of 21S meters. The tower itself, 93 meters high, stands on the highest point of Montmartre at an altitude of 125 meters Its completion will bring to a close the most important construc- tion in church architecture which has been undertaken for about a cen tury.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
REMEDY FOR EAST COAST FEVER.

The statement that a remedy has been discovered for east coast fever will, if correct, prove a great boon to the farmers and natives of South Africa, many of whom have heen ruined by the ravages of this terrible scourge At one time previous to 1896 stock-farmilg was perhaps the most remunerative form, of agr'cul- ture in South Africa. but in that year the herds of the farmers were dsci- mated by rinderpest. No sooner had this pest subsided than 1t was fei- lowed by east coast fever. But, now comes the news that Joseph Barnes. c. M. G., one of South Africa's most progressive agriculturists. succeeded this year in saving all his herds by building dipping tanks OH his prop erty, in which the cattle were im- mersed for a short period, thus rem dering them immune.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
Easily Answered.

These kids I teach aren't a bit slow" observed a school teacher yes terday. 'In fact, Pm afraid they read the papers. The other day I proposed the following problem to my arithme- tic class:
 "A rich man dies and leaves $1,OoO.- 000 One-fifth Is to go to his wife, one sixth to his son, one-seventh to his daughter. one-eighth to his brother, and the rest to foreign missions. What does each get?'
 GA lawyer said the littlest boy in the class promptly" ."-Case and Com ment
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
Ereddx,a Mistake.

Little Freddy was preparing to go out calling with his mother. Suddenly he called to her in a rather startled voice:
 Mamma, is this bay rum in the brown bottle?"
 Gracious. no. dearl That's mucil- age"
 Oh" said Freddy; then after a pause, Maybe that's why I can't get my hat of f"-Metropolitan Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
A comparIson.

"A party platform is a mighty inn portant consideration" said one states man.
 Yes" replied the other, "a party platform in politics is a good deal like bunker in golf. The rules re- quire it. but you show your skill in avoiding 1t"
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
Unfair Comparison.

This thermometer I bought here last week isn't accurate" complained the man with the sunburned counte- nance; it registers ten degrees too high"
 How did you test lt?" Queried the. dealer.
 T compared 1t wirh the thermomO- ter in the summer hotel where I was staying" replied the innocent man.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
In the oId pava.

Eve had just tied garland of maple leaves about her ankles. What on earth are you up to. my love?" asked Adam.
 'I am trying on my new hobble skirt, sweetheart" returned the partner of his joys, with sweet smile.-Harper's Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
A Poser.

Grandpa. do lions go to heaven?
 Grandpa-No, Johnny.
 Johnny-Well, do you ministers? Grandpa-Why, of course. Why do you ask?
 Johnny-well. suppose lion eats a minister Life.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
HIs Ardor

Miss Gladys Guggles (coyly)-Does yo' duly love me, Cla'ence?
 Clarence Snuckles (passionately)- Love yo'? Why, I analyses yo. so dat I'd radder heah yo' chew gum dan to listen to a minstrel band! Oats how 1 loves yo'!-Puck.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
A Clean Sweep.

q hear you had a triumphant sum- mer Made a clean sweep"
 'I may say I did," responded the belle of the beach. "On the way to the station even became engaged to the driver of the bus "
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
A Good ThIna to Do.

Telegraph poles are lined up so that their crooks are turned in and not seen as you look along the line. Turn your twists away from people and not at them.
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
Imitation.

That dog is exactly like his mas ter"
 How so?"
 When he attaches himself to any person it is exceedingly difficult to shake him of"
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
The Name of 1t.

"AIl men who win in politics are good men,"
 "How can you make that out7' "Can you deny that they belong to the elect?"
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24
staInad sIIvar.

If stain on silver is caused by medicine, rub with a cloth dipped in sulphuric acid, wash in soap and water and polish as usual
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24

Squilbob-There are three periods in a mans life when he does not un- derstand a woman.
 Squilligan-And they are?
 Before he knows her, when he knows her, and afterward
The Holbrook news., 1911-11-24

T HE black death! If ever any two words have served to set terror stalking abroad in Eng land they have been these, the graphic title of a dread pesti
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-29

Hot Springs Encampment Ne. s, l. o. OF. meets every Saturday night in Odd Fellows hall corner of Prospect and Exchange. All visiting Patriarcbs please attend. U. NJ. LINCOLN, c. F.
 z. s. DENMAN. Scribe.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-29
! he F us Q n

neantiful House. New Furniture NJ MRS, c. N. FERGUSON, Prop. se'tst-class q board $1 per day up. ! nspseial Rates by month. Near Batl | ,s1a ,aogse and Depots.
 ,sVs Central Ave. Phone s34.
 es'a Cooper Train Agt. check bag'
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-29

Hot Springs Commandery. No. $, K. T., meets every first Monday.
 E. H. ELLSWORTH, E. C.. Hot Springs Lodge No. 62. F. & A. M, Masonic Temple. first and third Fridays at n m
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-29
wooaaan Circle

Meets every second and fourth Thursday. Visiting sovereigns invn- Al tn attend.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-29

Nj. 2. HICKMAN, W. M. Sumpter Lodge Nc. 419, K. & A Nj, South Hot Springs, near end of Ouachita avenue car line, second and fourth Fri days at 7:30 D. m.
 JOHN R. sEARCY, ". M. aoHT. CARTNEY, Sec.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-29
w. o. w.

Silver Leaf Camp No. s Woodmen of the World, meets at Moose hall, 720 1-2 Central avenue, first and third Thursday nights of each month. Visiting sovereigns invited to attend;
 J. W. MARTIN, c. C.. J. J. HICKMAN, Sec.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-29

Kniahts of Pytiiias. Meets every Tuesday night, elfl Central avenue. .u JAS. 8. MCCONNELL, K. of k. < 5
 M w. of A. A. Hot Springs Camp No. Isa4s, Modern woodmen of America. meet each Wed. nesdav evening seo Ia Cert-a' ave at S o'clock. w. F. JlBB, V. U. | |. HICKMAN, Clerk.