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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09

other men on horseback, secured the
village. Not a soul had seen either
child
At three o'clock Miss Minerva, worn
with anxiety and on the verge of a
collapse, dropped into chair on her
veranda, her faithful Major by her
side. He had come to offer help and
sympathy as soon as he heard of her
distress, and, finding her in such a
softened, dependent and receptive
mood, the Major had remained to try
to cheer her up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garner were also on
the porch, discussing what further
steps they could take.
"It is ali the fault of that William
OF yours" snapped one little boys
mother to the other little boys aunt.
Jimmy is the best child III the world
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09
CHAPTER XVI.
Unconditional Surrender.

They s going to be big niger
'scursion to Memphis at leven
o'clock" said Jimmy as he met the
other little boy at the dividing fence;
Sam Lamb s going and most all
the niggers they is. Sarah Jane
lowed she s going, but she amt got
nobody to tend to Bennie Dick.
Wouldn't you like to go, Billy?"
You can't go 'thout you g a mig
GER" was the reply; Sam Lamb say
they amt no white folks lowed on
this train 'ceptin' the engineer an
conductor"
Sam Lamb d take care of us If we
could CO." continued Jimmy. Let g
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09

his aunt's embrace. The enthusiastic
reception accorded him, when he got
off the train, was almost too much for
the little boy. He gazed at the pair In
embarrassment He was for the mo-
ment disconnected and overcome; In
place of the expected seedlings and
punishment, he was received with
caresses and 1attering consideration.
He could not understand it at all
The major put hand on the little
boys shoulder and smiled a kindly
smile into his big, gray, &stonished
eyes as the happy lover delightedly
whispered, "Your aunt Minerva is go
ing to marry me tomorrow, Billy"
Pants an all?" asked William
Green Hill.
THE END.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09
Revenge Is Sweet,

THE drinks is on me-" said the little
man with the greasy vest. I'm feelin'
good and l don't care what happens.
"What'smatter?" said the barkeep.
Birthday"
NO" replied the little man. 81
took my wife down to the river to the
Echo Rocks and she's so durn mad
she's speechless. For the first time
in her life she didn't get in the last
word. Here's to the echo."-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09

worn out. they lay snoring every
where. Yes, the entire floor space of
the hotel was covered with sleeping
farmers. All were whiskered, and
their whiskers. sticking up in the air,
caused the hotel halls to resemble
fields Of grain. Those outstanding
whiskers in the draughty corridors
waved in the breeze, for all the world
like fields OF nodding grain on windy
day.
Then played my joke. shouted
at the, top OF my lungs:
"'Hit the one with the whiskers.' :"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09
Paradise Lost.
UP TO HIM.

"Blingley, why does Oldboy refuse
to speak to you? You used to be great
friends"
Yes. when we were bachelors; but
he's married now"
"And what difference does that
maker"
"Well, the fact is, l made him a
handsome wedding present of book,
and he hasn't spoken to me since"
What was the book?"
Paradise Lost"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09
Little Joke on Farmer

And reverencing whiskers as do.
shall never cease to regret Joke
once perpetrated in Nola Chucky.
I'VE were playing in Nola Chucky
during a campaign, and one evening
en- my return TO the hotel was
amazed to find the whole place packed
and jammeG with sleeping ana be-
whiskered farmers.
They had come in. you see, from
miles around to vote. and now. utterly
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09
Her Chief Characteristic.

Miss Green. who was giving the
class a lesson in mythology, turned
suddenly to one untidy little fellow
and said:
"Brownman, tell me for what vir-
tues Diana was especially celebrated"
For takin' baths" replied Brown
man promptly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09
Had Lived In the City.

CNnductor-Your ticket is for Lawn
Vile. and We don't stop until we get
to Trenton. This is the lightning
express.
Suburban Resident - All right
When we get to Lawnville I'll Jump.
l've got CT OF street cars many
time, when the motorman was home
ward bound on his last trip.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09
eieepers Effectually Reused by Threat
ened Danger In Which They All
Felt Q Share.

Il am no foe to whiskers. Indeed.
In cold weather. / regard whiskers
as blessing. They protect the
throat"
The speaker was De Wolf hopper,
the comedian. From his corner liable
in Delmonico's ne res.sued:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09

use Doan's Kidney
Pills, which have
cured thousands.
J. w. Priest,
Third ST., Marys-
vile, Ohio, says:
II was in awful
condition from kid
ney trouble, hav-
ing run down in
weight from 220
to $50 pounds. The
pains across my
back and loins
W ere constantly
growing worse and
kidney secretions
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09
DOES YOUR BACK ACHE?

Aches and Twinees Point to Hidden
Kidney Trouble.
Have you lame back, aching day
and night? Do you feel a sharp pain
after bending over? When the kidneys
seem sore and the action irregular,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09
Tha R,.nnn Came

You can't f9ol all the people all
the time"
You don't need to; if you can fool
half of the people sone of the time
you can make a good living"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09

do you believe she will love me
long,"
We'll, / know she won't love you
short"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09

Kill the Flies Now and Prevent
disease. 4 DAISY FLY KILLER will do it,
Kills thousands. Lasts all season. 15 cents
each at dealers or six sent prepaid for 81 90.
H. SOMERS, lSG De Kalb Av., Brooklyn, NY.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09
MSS MINERVA -
~ and SHA
NWXlLIIAM GREEN HIL9
eByFRANCES BOYD CALHOUN
lCnnvrnh hv eiuu & Co

Looks like he'd "a wore his
breeches out" said Billy.
Il don't want to be lady," de-
clared Frances; they can't ever ride
straddle nor climb a tree, and they
got to squinch up their waists and
toes. l wish l could kiss my elbow
right now and turn to a boy"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09

"And instantly every blessed farm
er leaped to his feet with doubled
fists"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09

AS soon as woman discovers that
she is unable to reform her husband
she begins on her neighbors.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09

Mrs Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma.
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25e bottle.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09

Don't make shipwreck of your health when
course Of Garfield Tea can cure you of
indigestion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09

Dyspeptics, despair notI While there's
Garfield Tea, there's hope.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09

caused untold annoyance. Doan's Kid
ney Pills cured me after doctors failed
and I have had no trouble since"
when your Back is Lame, Remem-
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Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09

A fellow can make hit with a girl
BY telling how much he misses her.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09

Most men have yearned to fly or to
be a little fly from the first
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-09


Picture
TfkA a
Story"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06
MOTHERS FEARFUL PLEA
FOR HER DAUGHTER FAILS

Chicago, Oct. 31.-A mothers
fearful plea for her daughter, lost
through misfortune, failed to over
come the love the girl had develop
ed for a kind foster mother when
the two forces were matched in the
County Court here to-day, and Mrs.
Lena w. Mappin went back home to
Hot Springs. Ark, disappointed and
broken-hearted.
Mrs. Helena Mildner, who has
reared little Anna, daughter of
Mrs. Mappin by 2 former marriage,
since the child was forced from its
mother through the latter's adver-
sity, retained the custody of the
girl in legal fight. Judge Owens
left the decision with the child.
81 don't know my real mamma"
said the girl. Mrs. Mildner is so
good to me, | want her as a man.
ma"
The Court allowed the decision
to stand.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06
HERE'S THE RIGHT KIND
OF RAILROAD PRESIDENT

Col. L. ]. Irwin, President and
General Manager of the Henderson
Route. was here Friday on an in
spection tour. He said he found
things looking good here. and he
wanted them to look better. Col
Irwin takes great pride in his road.
He. looks after every little detail,
from the laying of a tie to the
building of an engine, and he
knows when the work is being done
right. He is striving to make the
Henderson Route one of the best
roads in the country and he will do
it. He not only looks after the in
terests of his road but its patrons
and the farmers along his line. He
wants to see them prosper, and he
is helping them in more ways than
one. He says his road can't pros
per unless the farmers and bust
ness men prosper and he is willing
to help them. He says what is
needed in Breckenridge county is
better country roads and more up
to-date methods of farming
Breckenridge News.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06

site where Christ suffered, was
buried and rose again." more blood
has been shed than for any other.
An immense number of lives were
laid down during the Crusades and
for 500 years before the Crusades,
and even to the present time, a
constant stream of pilgrims has
poured into Jerusalem to worship
at the spot made sacred by the
crucifixion of Christ.
From the fourth century after
Christ until fifty years ago, this site
was generally conceded to be with
in the Church of the Holy Sepul-
cher. Now two sites dispute the
claim of being the actual Golgotha.
The latter claimant is known as
"Gordon's Calvary" though to an
American, DR.. Harlan p. Beech, of
Yale University, is due the actual
discovery of IL; Gen. Gordon, the
hero of Khartoum, having first Sc
cured for it general recognition. -
| The Christian Herald.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06

There is more Catarrh in this
section of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until
the last few years 1t was supposed
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Address: F. ]. Cheney & Co., To-
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Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06
HONE. SWEET HOMEi
We foster it and you get the
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HOME, SWEET HOr1Hi

J. G. Williams, of diseases incident
to old age. She was so years old.
She was one Of the constituent
members of West Providence Bap-
fist Church, which was organized in
1853. The only one other survivor
is Mrs. Mahala Rowe, Palo Pinto,
Texas. She was q member of the
Baptist Church here at the time of
her death, and was laid away here
beside her husband, the late D. ].
Wilcox, who preceded her more
than year ago. Funeral services
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and two daughters survive her.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06
q g @ @ Q O Q 0 @ Q O @ O @ q
O WHAT Is BEER? @
O O @ O @ Q O 9 @ O O O O O @

What is beer?" asks the De-
partment of Agriculture.
Sometimes it is the contents of
the Prohibitionists' malt extract
bottle.
1t is something the English and
Germans say We never get in this
country.
Something very young men order
when they kid" themselves into
belief that they are going to the
dogs.
Something older men order when
they kid" themselves into the be-
lief that they have-well, practical
ally, you know-cut out alcoholic
beverages.
Something your friend Jones is
drinking altogether too much Of
you never take glass but what
you see him drinking one also.
Something you swear you'd give
$40 a bottle for when you think
you can't get it-and then you kick
when you're charged a quarter for
one.
Positively not the thing that is
making you fat, shortening your
breath, softening the muscles of
your legs, bursting out those small
veins in your cheeks, giving you
palpation of the heart and affecting
your circulation. You always had
a tendency toward that sort of
thing, anyhow.
Something you take Just before
you go home so that you can reply
to your wife's inquiring
gaze: well. yes, l did have a
glass OF beer!"
1t can't be what's the matter
with your liver. can it?-[New
York Sun.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06
THOROUGH WORK
How Hartford Citizens Can Find
Freedom From Kidney
Troubles.

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From urinary disorders
Any durable disease of the kid.
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Remember the name--Doan's-|
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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06
Bibles of the Nations.

Among the nations of the world
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OF the Scandinavians, the Tripitaka
OF the Bhuddists. the Five Kings
OF the Chinese, the Three vedas of
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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06
Random Shots.

Few people are killed by the ac-
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We admire a man with lots of
.push-but not when he pushes us.
Man is like race horse-the
faster his gait, the lower his record.
Economy is the road to wealth
but most of US are looking for
short cuts.
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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06
Not Discriminating.

The old negro nanny had pur-
chased lavishly of the things which
delight the feminine mind and was
on the point of departing from the
store when her young son, who had
accompanied her, asked:
Ain yo' gwine ter buy no
plates an folks, nanny"
The old nanny, with arms ak
limbo, looked scornfully down upon
her offspring as she replied:
George Wash nton Brown, Thd
lax [ know how comes you wants
t put on so much agony. III low
We all kin eat outen de pot with
our fingers for while yit."
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06

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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06
DISPUTE FOR THE MOST
SACRED SPOT ON EARTH

The one spot which. more than
any other, has controlled the his
tory of Europe, lies, strangely
enough, not in Europe itself, but in
Asia. For the possession of the
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06
ONE FOUNDER LEFT OF
NOTED BAPTIST CHURCH

Rockport, KY, Oct. 30.-On Oc-
tober "a Mrs. Margaret Wilcox died
ut the home OF her daughter, Mrs.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11
did the best thing that could be done
IN recognizing tho Richmond fnctinn

did the best thing that could be done
IN .reeogniEing the Richmond faction.
erect compromise. which was blocked
ainms Ia refusing TO hold an election
With n, al clubs present It is perfectly
six csnnot elect a president. There
iore tho only way to settle this matter
was to ratify the action of the Ma
tionSl Board in awarding projection
70 the three clubs which were willing
TO compounds The Williams faction
was not willing to. compromise. and
therefore the decision was against
them This three clubs which SUPPORTED
MT. Williams. however, are fully pro-
tected In every way. They lose moth
Ing In players OF property, II only they
are willing to go along and play ball
without insisting on man for pTcsi-
dent who was unsatisfactory to half
the clubs in the league. In such
case drastic measures were necessary,
and; and beth 9TH, Mr. Johnson and myself BE-
board acted wisely in every respect.
! am sure that President Lynch will
agree with US. and that thu decision
VIII therefore be unanimous"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11
Y. NJ. c. A Athletics

The second annual complimentary In
door athletic meet given by the Young
Mcns Christian Association TO the
preparatory schools will take place new
Saturday afternoon at $3.50 O'clock.
The program of events follows: 90
yard dash, 20-yard hurdle. 100 yards,
go yards. $50 yards, standing broad
jump; standing high jump, running
broad jump, running high jump. pole
vault, No., le nhotput midget rclay.
championship relay.
In tho field events and relay flve are
to enter and four take part: in all the
other events four to enter and three
TO run. The midget relay will be Inn
TIED to boys who are not over Eve feet
two inches in height, and not over
fourteen years Of age. All entries
from the schools must be properly
countersigned and in the hands OF the
physical director of the T. NJ C. Il. by
Thursday night. February Is No
changes Will be made after the entries
are handed in. Points Will count FIVE
one for third. FIVE points will be
awarded the schools winning the re-
lays Last year the High School won
the meet by large margin, but the
Academy and McGulre's boys expect
to work hard to get II this year.