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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-03-13
FORTUNE TELLER EVEN
HAD POLICE GUESSING
A Party of Very SmOOthe Ad-
venturers Operating in
Christian County,
The Hopkinsville New Era says

The Hopkinsville New Era says:
A Christian county citizen re-
ported to the police Friday after
noon that he had been victimized
out of $50 by some travelling for
tune tellers in a most unusual way.
The police located the fortune tell
ers at the l.. G. N. depot and recov-
cred the mans money. He refused
to swear out a warrant or take the
initiative in a prosecution, so there
were no arrests and the names OF
the parties are withheld, but the
story is an interesting one.
The fortune tellers operated on
the streets, there being two women
and a man and one or two children.
They told fortunes for everyone who
would stop long enough and give
up the money.
This man was tackled on the
streets. He wanted his fortune told
but he didn't want it done in pub
lie, so he took the soothsayers to
the Office of one of his close friends.
Fhen he sat down in chair,
the woman who was to tell his for
tune told him to hold some money
in his right hand "for luck" The
man who wanted a glimpse into the
future wanted lots Of luck, so he
took two ten-dollar and two five
dollar bills and wadded them up in
his right hand. The woman lightly
caught hoid of the hand that held
the money and blew on t, saying
That's for luck" She then caught
hold OF his other hand and went on
with the telling of his fortune. But
when it was all over and the man
opened his right hand to put the
money back in his pocket, 10! and
behold it was gone. Not even one
of the IS bills remained. How it
got out, or when it got out, he never
knew, as he says the only time any
of the party touched that hand was
when the woman blew on it.
Yet the money was gone, that
was a fact. So he told his story to
the police, and the fortune tellers
were located at the l.. G. N depot
They were taken into the substation
there and the money recovered. but
even there some more lightfingered
work took place, as the man Of the
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-03-13
Such a SDectaCle!

When have we ever had in our
national history such a spectacle as
that of a man coming into the Pres
idency on the recommendation of
one man and going out of it on the
condemnation of the same? And
now it seems they are planning to
violate presidents of a hundred
years by the nomination of the
same man, in order, If possible, to
save the Republican party from ov-
erwhelming defeat.-[ Bryan's Com
moner.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-03-13

fortune telling party took out the
thirty dollars in bills but when the
police took possession of it, one of
the ten-dollar bills had vanished.
But it was finally produced about
as mysteriously as 1t had disappear
ed and turned over to the officers.
Under the circumstances the po-
lice could make no arrests, so they
ordered the entire party to leave
town, which they promptly did and
the victim of the slick work went
on his way rejoicing, a wiser man,
with his thirty dollars safe in his
pocket.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-03-13
To Mothers-And Others.

You should use Bucklen's Arnica
Salve to cure children Of eczema,
rashes, letter, chafings, scaly and
crusted humors, as we'll as their ac-
cidental injuries - cuts, burns,
bruises, etc, with perfect safety.
Nothing else heals so quickly. For
boils, ulcers, old, running or fever
sores or piles, it has no equal. Csc
at James II. Williams. m
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-03-13

the game by the press of the coun-
try, especially the Republican por-
ton of it?
The conclusion forces itself upon
us that Gov. Wilson is the man
most feared by "our friends, the
enemy," and if they can prevent his
nomination, they will breathe cas-
Ter. But their efforts will be flu
tile. because some progressive Dem
ocrat will be elected this year of
our Lord. and don't forget that.
And If Woodrow Wilson is the nom
inee, he will be elected. You can
stick a pin there.-[Greenvills
(Pa.) Argus.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-03-13
ACTUALLY MAKING LESS
THAN COST OF LIVING

Sixty-five per cent of the workers
in the United States Steel Corpora
tons plants at Pittsburg earn less
than the actual cost OF subsistence
to the average family, according to
calculations made before the Stan
ley Steel Trust Investigating Com
mittee by Louis D. Brandeis, ''the
peoples lawyer"
THE average wage of So per
cent. of the employees in the steel
plants at Pittsburg," he said, 'is
17k cents an hour. The Associat-
ed Charities of that city, by careful
investigation; has figured it out that
the cost of bare existence of a fam
lily of a husband and wife and three
children in Pfttsburg is $76S a
year. By working IL hours a day,
365 days in year, this IS per
cent of the workers, at the end of
their years labor, will have earned
just $3.50 less than this sum.
These horrible conditions are
the result of the use of the great
power and wealth of this trust to
prevent its employees from joining
EXAMINATIONS. The condition of la
Dor in this industry is nothing less
than slavery. In ten years this
trust, while working it's men under
these conditions, has taken from
the American people $3.50, 100000
in excess of a liberal profit on its
actual investment, and this enor-
nous profit has been used to grind
down its workers to their present
miserable condition"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-03-13

C. A. Glossner, "a Ontario ST.,
Rochester. n. Y, has recovered
from a long and severe attack of
kidney trouble. his cure being due
TO Foley Kidney Pills. After detail
ing his case, he says: 81 am only
sorry | did not learn sooner of Fo-
ley Kidney Pills. In few days
time my beckache completely left
me and | felt greatly improved. My
kidneys became stronger, dizzy
spells left me and | was no longer
annoyed at night. l feel 100 per
cent better since using Foley Kid
ney Pills" Tonic in action, quick
in results. Try them. For sale by
all dealers. m
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-03-13
BOUNDING OF WILSON
BY REPUBLICAN PRESS

Can anyone figure out why Wood
row Wilson is picked out from
among the Presidential aspirants
and lambasted. villified, lied about,
and abused at this early stage of
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-03-13

pie annals of our pioneers, as we
weep and laugh and thrill over the
deeds of the Highlanders or the
fisherman of the Thames.-[I B.
Nall in Farmers Home Journal
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-03-13
A Splendid Record.

No one in the last ten years has
left the Business University of
Bowling Green, KY, without a po-
sition after completing the combin-
ed course in Bookkeeping and
Shorthand.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-03-13

Check bilious, half-sick feeling
before 1t gets serious. A dose of
HERBiNE is the remedy. It re-
stores energy, appetite and cheerful
spirits. Price soc. Sold by Hart
ford Drug Co.. Hartford. KY. Dom
ovan 6 Co., Beaevr Dam, Ky. "A
The evening world., 1912-02-23
Fables of
Everyday Folks

Bv Sophie Irene Loci

to start from about the SAME basis.
and az things progress they owe on
here and there In different directions.
Some fail victims to arrested develop
ment, and become clans. others are
LOBSTERS."
Thus In the process OF life some evolve
more than others. according to that
which they reach out to GET and
GIVE.
But this human sponge man. too.
reached out to get all he could: but
gave NOTHING. oh. yes. he gave some
thing-his company and his criticism.
Hut therein lies the fable.
For instance. he was possessed of n
little income which some relative had
left him. and he was always complain
Ing that II was not BIG enough. lie
would be invited TO a musical evening,
would 60 Into raptures as to the heav-
emily strains. tho perfect technique. etc.
nut would confde TO q friend 'how
bored no had BEEN
He would call on his lady acquaint-
anccs. ENJOY their comfortable par
Tors. meet their friends-yet he would
never think OF inviting THEM 10 an
evening that HE might give.
lie would spend a pleasant evening Al
n little card party or a dance, engross
the ATTENTION OF ono particula,
young m perhaps for the whole
evening; yet at the h~omegoing time hi
would hurriedly bid MS hostess good.
by and depart ALONE; perchance 70,
fear of a cab fee.
or course he could 60 on In this way
for he knew how to protect tho eleventh
commandment, Thou shalt not b,
found out" which Is an absorbing DUAL
ity of the sponge.
Ono Society Thursday he went TO Z
dinner party. his hostess being a new
acquaintance.
As usual. he departed q~uick1y-with
his company n his CRITICISM. II
wasn't kindly criticism. But this time
his criticism did not fall on deaf cars
The eleventh commandment vas broken.
lie was called to ACCOUNT by the
man 10 whom he made the criticism.
The credit side OF the ledger stopped
figuring and he figured up very SMALL
In the process-very small indeed. For
once at least he saw himself AZ
OTHERS saw him. For once he faced
a MANS man. For man wants but
little here below. but wants that little
MANLY.
Ills name became lost on some OF the
visiting lists. Perhaps he learned a les
son and EVOLVED a point from the
sponge stage.
MORAL: A HUMAN SPONGE MAY
DEPART WITH HIS COMPANY. BUT
SHOULD KEEP HIS CRITICISM.
The evening world., 1912-02-23
49,
G1T
Copyright. 1919. by The Pre-. Publishing Co.
THE New York World,

THAT doesn't wise your" asked the
young mar as Mr.. Jarr puzzled over the
card. You don't get me at all?"
Mr.. Jarr fumbled with the bit OF
u dashboard and tried to remember.
Don't fold the card. please said the
young man; 1T puts EN- on the bum.
And. now you've read it. you don't need
It. So please let me have 1t back"
He rubbed the card with his handker-
chief and returned 1t to the aluminium
case.
They cost fifty cents a hundred with
thu holder" he added. and II a guy
gets them back every time he can a hun
dred will last the season"
You're Mr.. Slavinsky's Oldest boy,
aren't you?" asked Mr.. Jarr, noting
now, besides this trait OF thrift, n GER
tain family resemblance to h neigh
borhood glaz!er.
Eyes. but the old gink will be a
rreenhorn till the last sad rites" sadd
the young man..
He was looking through the cards
with Q critical glance.
You see.' he added. explaining his
soiicitude, I keep the clean ones under
meath. for a guy has to be careful moi
10 sNp a live wire a monaker broad tha'
needs dry cleaning. The mussy ones
Will get over where a boob docsn't know
that a refined party's card ought 10
look clean. And I gave you one or the
under ones by mistake"
you are on tho stage, I understand!
SaiA Mr.. JArr. accepting hfs classinca'
tioo without blinking. You're sing'ne
at Nhe nictelodeon dow the street.
heard"
yep, I'm playing small time to obhss
a friend because I pull business on ac'
count of being a local favoqtte." sale
the young man.
II know this jobbie in here" he con
iinued. tapping at the window with hi
zane where the shabby man wa nov
Aurn!ng a sign that read. Il VIII Now
The evening world., 1912-02-23
IN --SMITH
Biggest Cowboy Story Since "7he Viryinian"
By Caroline Lockhart

are down. they are heavy-so. You all
Know that he came from the great Cree
country with my father. and he has
told us many times stories Of tho bis
north woods. where they hunted and
trapped. You know how he watched
me when l val little. and sat with his
hand upon my head when I had the big
fever. lilo was like no one else to me
except my father. lie was Wise and
good.
II could kill with my own hand the
man who killed White Anteiope. I want
his blood as much as you. I'd like to
see n stake driven through his black
heart on White Antelope's grave. but
let us not be too quick because the haze
In hot In us. My heart tells me that the
white man talks straight. Let us wait
walt until we find the right one, and
when We do NO will punish in our own
way. You hear? In our own way!'
Smith understood something Of her
plea. and for M second time he paid
her courage tribute.
to himself. and a half-formed plan for
utilizing her garneneas began to take
definite shape. .
That h had won he know before
Running Rabbit recoiied his rope. After
a moments talk among themselves, the
Indians went to hitch the horses to the
wagon. 10 bring White Antelope's body
home.
Smith was wen aware that he had
only to point to the saddle blanket. the
barest edes Of which showed beneath
the leather skirta Of McArthur's saddle.
to make Susie's impaAsioned defense In
vain. Why he did not he was not him
self sure. Perhaps II was because he
liked the feeding OF power. Of knowing
that ne held the life Of the despised
b~ug-hunter In the hollow OF his hand or
perhaps Il waS because II would serve
his purpose better to make the accuse
tion later.
One thing wa certain. however. and
that VA that he had not held his
tongue through n consideration for
McArthur.
The evening world., 1912-02-23
NJ the
Best Of Yourself
By Eleanor CIapp

'e"AAS w. NiIN WV ON NofluD.
much greater extent than is usually
imagined on knowing Just how to do It.
We all possess certain beauties OF face
and figure that may be developed or not.
as W. choose.
II You really want to make the pest
OF yourself. make q friend OF your mir.
ror and don't be afraid to look It squar,
In the face. Criticise yourself as II you
were a stranger. This is not vanity; +
Is only common sense. Recognize YOU
defects. but do not let them depress you
Set to work sensibly to discover just
what you can do to remedy them.
Is your face too fat? A suitable Golf
fure will make II look much thinner and
more refined. Are your outlines toe
meagre? There are certain styles you
must avoid while others will prove mos,
becoming. IL you complexion inclined
to be sallow? Always wear the RICH,
color your face will look rosier-ant
so It goes
1t is the aim OF these articles to Civ,
a little much needed help TO the woman
lwho is trying to make the best of her
fGelf.
The evening world., 1912-02-23

lduy LOWS iTHb, 10 llulcdtt whether OF
Too Young.
H. w." writes: should a girl OF
sixteen receive presents and serious at
tentions from a man of thirty-ive?'
You are rather too young for SERIOUS
attentions" from anybody.
1T. T." writes: What would be an
appropriate. not too expensive birthday
niE. for my sweetheart"
Flowers are always suitable, or a box
Of candy.
! n. H." writes: II quarrelled with
one young man and am now engaged to
another. But the first tells his friends
Ns still cares for me, DO You him !
snould give up the second and try to
win back the irst?"
Not II you love tho mar TO whom You
anS now sngaged?' II you don't love
him. don't marry him, Your love must
b the deciding factor.
The evening world., 1912-02-23

$50, 0Oo, and the United States. l95. 900.
The United States total Is made up Of
$1,000 regulars and il5.0O militiamen.
In the extraordinary completeness OF
organization. &c. Germany Is said to
excel. while Frances artillery service is
regarded al perhaps the best on earth.
Our own army Is said to have increased
In size proportlonately during the past
twenty years moro rapidly than that OF
any European nation.
The evening world., 1912-02-23

Dull the Razor" to ono reading, II
Will Now Sharpen the Razor With the
Diamondette Strop.'
II knew this guy when he was a
horse" ne concluded.
Mr.. Jarr regarded the razor strop de-
monstrator with more interest.
sure. he was n horse with 'Egmont,
OF the Evil Eye you know, the hyp-
notlst and handcuff king"
Mr.. Jarr didn't know. but he said:
why, yes"
He sneeezd when he was being fed
red pepper and Grabbed Egmont's act
in Wilkes-3arre. two seasons ago. and
got blackllstel. Next / seen him was
when I was cackler for a Snake Eating
act with the Eiks' Fair and Street Car
nival at Grafton. w. Va He was being
buried alive them"
Buried al!ve?" echoed Mr.. Jar.
Sure" said the neighbours son,
you know? A horse fakes q trance
and Is put TO sleep In the window OF
the leading dry goods store on Main
street, Boobsburg. Then when the dips
for it's often only a stall for the dir
privilcgc-has frisked all the fly gobblers
on Main street iii there's a roar about
It, he's taken out and buried alive a
| the Fair Grounds with a glass topped
chute to look down through. Then the
Hlrams come pouring In. n all the
s,mps from the farming districts. ant
the dips make n clean up. Then they
work another big roar through the bet
tar oIoo ~ rittvanQ and thu 0fihtarf IL
dug up before the experiment can bs
| carried out. But this poor lob In herr
gets rheumatism from being buried
alive. and after boosting on the outside
and shilling around the other carniva.
| shows for his scoffin, and not making
| good, Is told to blow. And here he Is
| boosting a face hoe compound"
DO you mean to tell me fake hyp'
motto feats are pulled of In countr
| towns simply to gather crowds for pick
| pockets?' asked Mr.. Jarr.
you got me-" said the young either
| of the world. And a 1obbie like this
a hlck with nothing, is what hurts thu
| show business" he added. bitterly.
THE amusement world suffers from
their incursions. them" asked Mr.. Jarr
ITS enough to make a u want Il
leave the show business fiat" said thu
| young man. Whats the business com
ing to? Button-hole makers. running
show shops. jobbies like this DIN foul
a day. Gee! It's enough to mako a rea
actor quit and go to work."
And young Mr.. Slavinsky borrowed
c,gartte and stalked gloomily home u
supper.
The evening world., 1912-02-23
WI, BY J. u, LIpIdiicott Cohipihy'
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDIN0 CHApTERs.

smith. . westsrn bad man who always
ranch house that 4, run ~ q sort of frontier hotel.
II Ia Kept hy a -Iuaw. the widow " Q white man
named McAlpine. The squsw's half breed daugh-
ter. Susie, ins,inctively hates smith. Other
guests at the ranch are an eccentric little %scicnti,t
named McArthur. hs loGuacious guide. Tubhs
Dora Marshall. a pretty school teacher from ths
East. aud several Indians and frontiersinen. They
an Indian, who lived therv. smith. on the waj
TO the ranch. has numbered White Antelope and
robbed his body. Tha suusw discovers the secret.
but saw nothing. Smith fails hopeIesdy In love
with ilora. Hut he tries 20 hide his feelings and.
for ~rolicy's sake. makes love TO the sluaw. who
promises To marry him and let him manage thu
ranch. smith arouses Dorsis interest. ahe re-
solves 20 INFORM him. AZ this seems 70 be the
first step TO winning her Lore, he eagerly indorse'
the idea. As. they sre riding homeward they
see a tltong 81 Indians pursuing Macarthur. who
reaches the Tnch Just ahead ~ them.
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49, could understand" SAID
an artist friend to me recently.
II thought It was the other way" ]
replied thoughtlessly. Don't they usu-
ally spend all the money OF husband or
father that they can lay hands on In
buying clothes and fal-lals to make
them look pretty"
NY friend regarded me scornfully; and.
without speaking a word. pointed at a
woman who was walking In front or us.
looked at heroine look was enough.
She had a shape that strongly Inclined
to what some people politely call "em-
| %bonpoint." 1t was encased in a short
Jacket and a very tight skirt. fitted so
| closely that her figure formed a series
OF ugly bulges. And to cap the climax
a huge hat was worn so far down on
her head that It made her look as II she
did not possess such a thing as a neck.
Az we passed them I noticed that her
companion was a pale, anaemic girl
wearing a bright purple hat and dress
that made her skin look alloy and
withered.
I also said nothing. This object les
son was enough. In my heart I agreed
thoroughly with my friend.
Now. while some women are born with
a feeling" for dress. Just as a great
artist ts born with a feeling for color,
and seem to know by instinct exactly
what suits them. the great majority
lack this ha faculty. Every woman
can make the best or the worst of her
self according 20 the amount OF thought
and intelligence she expends On the sub
Nant
The evening world., 1912-02-23

- INDIANS paying vie10 on m
definite length 10 the MacDoq-
aid ranch. 'Eddie'' Yellow Bird. he Wa
called a the Blackfoot mission. where
he had learned 70 read and WRITE
though hs would never have Desn sus-
pected Of thesa accomplishments. aNee
tn all Appearances he was . 'blankSe''
indian.
smith spuAes the Pisgaa tongue G3mcst
as fiuently a. his own. 80 ne and Ysu0w
Bird quickly became compadres. relating
to each other stories of their proves.
of horses they had run OF. Of cattle they
had stolen. and limiting. rnd1an fAsA4on.
With nEnfncant intonations and pauDes.
At crimes Of greater maSnAtude.
How :: your heart .o-dsy. s4snds y
weak" replied yellow BIRD tssshoay.
touching HE breast With . huttsr4ng
hand.
ut would be saronssr Z ~ hs1 ~
meat in your stomach" 0msth asgsoesd
significantly.
The bacon = not sor andaa~r .essA
Yellow Bird.
"Bu, the woman wouid hAvs no saeUe
left NJ she killed only her ~ bssf."
MANY people stop here-strangsD Cd
friends" Yellow Bird admitted.
There v plenty on the range" 0UDoh
rOSSt tOWo4a GfO ooA eA
Here 10 q dog on the tran. mat Wefts
man. when his cattle are Gtoas." YSSow
Bird replied doubtfuify.
I've killed doxs-ms. Sm1obOWAsn
they got IN my way. Yellow Bird. ere
you a woman, that you are afraAdr
wolf Robe. who stole only . ~.
sits Nike thss"-Yeilow Bird hooked 1T
Smith suddenly through MS spread an
gers.
"You have talked with tho forked
tongue. Yellow Bird. You are not a PIE
gan buck OF the great Biacksoot nation;
you are a woman. Your fathers ktlled
men: you are afraid to Kill cattle" Smith
turned from him contemptuously.
my heart IL a. strong a. yours. ]
am ready"
II was dusk when Smith returned
and held out a b~lood-stained -four sack
to the squaw.
Liver. \ two-year OLE"
The squaw's eyes sparkled. An. this
was as Il should be. Her man pro-
vided FOR her; he brought her meat 60
eat. He was clever and brave. for Il
was other mems meat he brought her
to eat.
"Td do more nor this for you. Prairie
Flower" and. laying his hand upon
her shoulder. he pressed II with his
finger tips.
say, but that's great hver!' Tuobs
reached half the length OF the table
and helped himself a third time. That
"a make a man fght his grandmother.
Who butchered it?'
Me" Smith answered.
'Tt tastes like slow elk" sad Susie.
Maybe you oughtn't TO eat It till
you're showed the hide" Smith sue
gested.
Maybe I oughtn't." Susie retorted.
II didn't see any fresh hide a-hangin' on
the enc We always hang u hides"
Il never hangs my hides. ! cuts 'em
up In strips and braids 'em into throw.
ropes. It's safer" avt
The grubAiners laughed at tho infer.
ence which Smith so coolly implied.
(ro Be Continued.)
The evening world., 1912-02-23

n or two attrl-
butcs that constl-
tute the M a nly
a which he had
not been b o T n
with. acquired or
had thrust upon
him.
But he had "A
Z characters
ties that were his.
seemingly. to have
and to hold until
q e { h did him
part from them.
The evening world., 1912-02-23

They we're summed up IN one word
SPONGE.
What L. n sponge? Says the diction-
airy: Sponge: n who lives upon
others: parasite"
THE body OF the sponge" says Haeckel,
is the truest form OF universal en-
| bryo to be found. All animal life seems
The evening world., 1912-02-23
BsGetty n c e n
to overs
"Sideua.k Etiquette.

"A 4 N OF You write to me asking questions which have
M to do with what I may call Sidewalk etiquette"
AVA There are not a large number OF rules connected
with this, but there are some which are generally observed.
l am going to give YOU a few OF the most important.
When walking with a lady or ladies'. q gentleman al
ways takes the side next to the curb.
1t Is not now customary for a lady to take a gentle
mans arm when walking In the street. unless the pave
inent is fey or uneven enough TO make walking difficult.
A gentleman should be careful not TO hurry ahead Of a
lady at crossings. as 1t Is there that his assistance may
be valuable,
Whom a lady and gentleman meet on the street. the