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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-02-05
And How the Babies"
Are Constructed.
TERMINATION THE MAIN TEST
Improved Methods of Corn
Raising Are Certainly
Working Wonders.
VALUABLE TO CORN GROWERS

The farmers of this country are
losing more than half billion dol
lars on their corn crops every year.
Maybe they don't know 1t, but they
are. And the worst of it is that this
enormous loss could be prevented
in such simple and easy way that
to follow it seems like child's play.
whats the matter?" the farm
ers exclaim.
The answer is simple: you
don't test your seed"
"Why, man alive" the farmer
exclaims, don't you know that any
farmer can tell good seed corn
when he sees it? Or if he can't tell
by the way it looks, he can by
cracking it with his teeth or cut
ting it open with a jack knife"
1t is evident that something has
got to be done to get these fellows
out of the rut. Agricultural teach
ings, so far, have not had the de-
d
much along the lines of the old
fashioned camp meeting revival. A
small percentage of the farmers
have been brought to the mourn
-er's bench, SO to speak, but the ma
jority of them have backslid, as
converts have ever done.
srf, II l. -
methods must be supplemented by
something new, the Crop Improve
ment Committee of the Council of
Grain Exchanges, who as a body
and as individuals are as much in
terested in the success or failure of
the corn crop as the farmer himself,
set about to devise ways and means
for cracking the shell of the man
who thinks he knows it all because
he has always done it that way"
Finally they hit it,
"Eureka!" they cried. well
teach the men through the boys
the father through the son. Well
establish agricultural kindergartens
in the rural schools, and when the
fathers and uncles and big brothers
see what the children know about
testing seed corn, we'll land them"
This is having it's effect. The
farmers are coming to realize the
value and practicability of the
methods advocated by the Crop I'm
provement Committee, and while
some of them profess to scoff at
these methods, they are secretly
putting them into practice.
The method employed in the ag-
ricultural kindergartens is the rag
baby test" The rag baby" bears
no relation to little Mary's home
made doll. 1t is merely a simple
little device for testing seed corn.
or any other kind of grain, and its
mysteries can be solved by any boy
or girl in a few minutes.
The rag baby test" is conducted
in the following manner: A piece
of heavy sheeting about 10 inches
wide and four or five feet long is
marked off into a dozen or more
spaces about three inches square,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-02-05
Are You a Cold sufferer?

Take DR.. Kings New Discovery.
The best cough. cold, throat and
Lung medicine made. Money re-
funded if it fails to cure you. Do
not hesitate--take il at our risk
First dose helps. J. II. Wells. Floy-
dada. Texas, writes: "Dr. Kings
New Discovery cured my terrible
cough and cold. gained Is
pounds" Buy it at James Fl. Will
liams. IN
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-02-05
BUY THE BEST
Nj. Ii. HENDRICKS
QUILLAI BARK SOAPS AND
CLEANING COMPOUND

Now 10 cents formerly 25 cents.
These are the original, genuine
"KENDRICK PRODUCTS" which
have sold for 25c for 2S years:
QUILLAI BARK TOILET SOAP
an ideal complexion Soap
Hendricks Foot and Bath Soap
soothing and cooling
Electric Cleaning Compound Soap
removes oil, tar, grease, pitch
or paint from silks, carpets
and woolens without injury to
the fabrics
Electric Cleaning Compound
for carpets, furniture, &c.
Ten Cents "a Cake.
Awarded First Prize Medal over
all competitors at The Southern
Exposition, Louisville. KY. 1884.
Has been a prize winner" ever
since.
Diploma, "Higheset Award for
Excellency" at Ohio Valley EXPOSE
ton, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1910.
SOLD EVERYWHERE or by
mail postage paid. 1Oc a Cake.
AGENTS WANTED
Exclusive Territory. Make Three
Dollars a day by using your
spare time. Write
for Terms.
NJ. Ii. KENDRICK a. co.
Newport. Ky.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-02-05
Mothers Can Safely Buy

DR.. Kings New Discovery and give
it to the little ones when ailing and
suffering with colds. coughs. throat
or lung troubles. Tastes nice. harm
less. once used, always used. Mrs.
Bruce Crawford. Niagara. Mo-.
writes: DIR. Kings New Discovery
changed our boy from a pale. weak.
sick boy to the picture OF health"
Always helps. Buy II at James H.
Williams. m
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-02-05
ChI1drOo Cry
FOR FleTCHER'S
CASTOR RIA
All ON the Job.

"Is 1t a fact that one out of every
twelve men in Indiana is an Office
holder?" asked the Investigator.
Eyes, sir" replied the Hoosier.
What is the matter with the 9TH
er eleven?" asked the Investigator.
They are Office seekers" was
the reply.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-02-05
'Orrcct.

What is it that a cat is said to
have nine of, while a human being
has only one?" asked the teacher
Kittens" yelled the class.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-02-05
THINGS WHICH
CAUSE DIVORCE
In the General Matrimo-
NAL Average.
KANSAS PROCTOR ANAlYzES
The Causes for Infelicity
Which Prevail Between
Husband and Wife.
PROCTOR REASONS WITH THEM

rious Office of Divorce Proctor" in
the State Government of Kansas,
has analysed more than 1000 di-
vorces granted in the Circuit Court
in 1912, and has made the subioin-
ed interesting recapitulation of the
conclusions:
Things that cause divorces:
immortality.
Drunkenness.
Desertion.
Flirting.
Economic conditions.
Premature marriage.
Lawyers.
Childless homes.
Lack of experience in domestic
relations.
Lack of practical education.
Poor cooking and housekeeping.
Motor cars.
Boarding houses, hotels. rooming
houses and light housekeeping.
Suffragettes of the undesirable
type.
Lack of sympathy.
NagginS.
Gossip.
b. LAX marriage +aw-.--~------ ------.-- Bot
Things that make a happy home
Man good producer
Wife a good housekeeper.
Practical college and high school
education.
Appreciation of virtues and a
broad mind.
Husband and wife of same relig-
ious faith.
Children.
+ Cooperation and encouragement.
Proper domestic training by
mothers.
Family pride.
Refinement and education.
Care in the selection of friends
and associates.
Entertainment and social life.
Reasonableness.
A well-tempered tongue.
Women who make good wives:
Love home life and children.
Are healthy.
Understand domestic science and
relations.
Have a high standard of morals
and live up to it.
Think of something besides
clothes and dress.
Are neat. refined and modest.
Are educated and can speak good
English.
Are religious.
Have had experience with child
rem and housekeeping.
Appreciate cleanliness.
Are over 81 years old.
Know value of money.
Men who make good husbands:
Are making good at something.
Can provide comfortably for
more than two at the time of mar
riage.
Have at least respect for the re-
ligious beliefs of others.
Are healthy.
Don't drink intoxicating liquors.
Have ambition and a fair pros
pect of an independent business.
Are educated and moral gentle
men.
During the year SS1 divorces
were granted. In 1911 there were
1924 divorces. The decrease of
34S is ascribed to the work of the
Divorce Proctor in intercepting and
reasoning with those who would
lightly and inadvisedly" sever the
marriage Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-02-05

Now 10 cents formerly 25 cents.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-04
EDITORIAL PAGE

lie health, and If the owners will not clean them up, burn them or destroy them, then 1t is plainly the duty of the city to do so, and charge the expense to the owners. When property interferes with human rights, destroy the property, don't wait for 1t to destroy life.
 Another thing which will add to he beauty of the city-and beauty is as valuable an asset as any one thing a city can have, is the grant Ing of the request of a business house for permission to use a part of the walk for the purpose of growing flowers. Remove the un- slightly decaying objects and plant trees and flowers, then our people will want to stay in Skagway in stead of chasing down to Seattle each winter to spend their money. This can he made a city of homes and thousands of dollars kept here by making 1t a more desirable place to live in than elsewhere.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-04
World Becoming Like
 I his Country
German Author,
 Winner of
 Nobel Prize

Wg HE WHOLE BECOMING AMERlcANIzED. that the world is adopting from day to day the
 and using the inventions of the country. Do not
 understand say that becoming any less Ger man or that the Italians becoming the less Italian because of this
 analysis every nation will keep its peculiar attributes and it is well that it should
 The disappearance of racial characteristics would be unfortunate but the GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PROGRESS OF AMERICA ARE MAKING THEIR INFLUENCE FELT EV- ERYWHERE
 YOU HAVE IN AMERICA FOUNDATION FOR A GREAT, AR DEVELOPMENT. IDEA THAT 5UsNEss-THE DOLLAR -s THE IMPORTANT THING BELIEVE, DYING OUT. You BEGINNING YOUR CULTURE, OF YOUR ART, LITERATURE, AND THAT MEANS YOU HAVE ALL THESE THINGS AND APPRECIATE THEM
 It that your great nd with its diverse but yet interests should give the writer artist BROADER OUT LOOK than we have in Europe.
 America is young yet and you have not until recently least had leisure class that could devote its these things But hear MOST ENCOURAGING REPORTS the change in the last fifteen twenty years.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-04

After twelve years of ceaseless effort, two Alaska coal claims have au length been patented. We hope this Is the thin edge of the wedge, and from now on other claims will re allowed and the situation reliev- ed.
 The claims now open to use will be of little benefit in relieving the coal famine. as they are both small ones, and produce Ignite. One is a 5O-aCre claim near Homer on kenai Peninsula. There is abund- ance of coal, such as it is, but the grade is poor. A nUmbr of years ago the Southern Pacific Railway experimented with this product, but found it unavailable for their use as 1t contained particles of fossil rosin that were unconsumed in the locomotive fire boxes and were sent out from the stacks and set fire to the forests.
 The other claim now patented is Ignite also, not a thick vein, con sists of l2T acres and is in the east side of Admiralty Island. It is not likely that this property either will produce a coal that will be commer- cialIy available on any considerable scale. We do not wish to be nasty, but it looks as though the letter of our demands had been complied with in a very small way and the substance of them denied. We have asked for bread and they gave us a stone.-Pacific Mining Journal.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-04

If the prophecies of pr. Wiley, the late chief government chemist, are to come true, there is coming a time when there will be no physi- clans and no lawyers. Wiley has long ago given up the idea that medicines have any value in the per Yetuation of health, though he still clings to the idea that when nature has been abused that some drugs are temporarily useful to stall the physical system along until nature has had time to readjust the dam ages.
 Dr. Wiley lays great importance on fresh air, cleanliness and above all: right thinking. In a recent speech in Denver he said:
 sometimes l wish a holocaust would come and destroy every dwell ing in the United States. Then the two death-bringing house diseases, cancer and tuberculosis, would be banished.
 Some day every learned profes- sion with the exception of teaching and agriculture will be banished. Perfect health will banish physi- clans, and will bring universal peace thereby banishing lawyers"
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-04

Two propositions came up before the city council last night that should be given more than passing intention. One is the removal Of unsightly shaCks -hOldovers from ancient days-that disfigure the landscape in Skagway. Most of our laws have been framed in the inter est of property. with but little at tnutiou given to human rights, con- sgquenrIy a municipal officer trem- bles when he is asked to remove some rubbish that belongs to some one else. The fact is that many Of those shacks are damp, rotten and pestiIeutiaI-a menace to pub
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-04
A
 Complete Stock

Our stock of Drugs, Patent Medi- cines, Rubber Goods. Toilet Articles, Perfumes. Stationery, Candies, etc. Is complete and we are able to sup ply our customers with everything usually found in a first class and well stocked prescription pharmacy. Our prescription work is subject to the utmost accuracy. Mail orders have our special attention and no pain is spared to fill them to satis- faction.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-04

For S5c. you can get a wholesome, home cooked meal at the New Home Restaurant, 9th aveune, just off of Broadway.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-03-04

FRESH EASTERN OYSTERS
 In any quantity, on the half shell, first of the season, at the Pack Train Restaurant.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-11

is refused a loan by all the money lenders in town. until one of them ac- cidentally discovers a vein of gold runs through his land and offers to let him have the desired amount, pro- vided he is to take possession of the land on certain date if the money IS not paid back. Orr, the government assayer, who had been told of the find, meets Grace, Ingraham's daughter. and becomes interested in her. He discovers she nor her father are aware of the discovery, and furnishes the money with which to pay of the debt just in time to save the property.
 Their Mutual Friend" Viagraph comedy drama. and Getting a Pa- tient," an Edison comedy, will be seen at the Grand tonight.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-11
At The Theatres
THE ARKW.A

Some Runner" a Nestor comedy, will feature tonight's program at the sArkway. Eddie is entered to run a marathon, being backed by man who wagers s10.000 on him winning. He retires early the night before the race. He commences to dream shortly. In
 his dream he sees himself taking his place among the other runners in front of the town hall Eddie gets a good start and is way in the lead
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-11

when he hears woman scream. He rushes in, fells the william and saves the beautiful girl. He then proposes, is accepted and marries on the spot. Several other obstacles interrupt him, but he wins the race. Then his back CT rudely awakens him and informs him that the race is over.
 Folly of it AL a Powers drama, and Eyes of the God of Friendship, a Frontier drama, will also be shown tonight
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-11
SCHOOL AND CIVIC CLUB.

The Conway School and Civic Club will meet Friday at 3 o'clock in the library of the public school. A joint meeting of the municipal aid. munich pal art and social service departments will be held. Interesting plans have been formulated on paper. The mem- bers of above committees will please be present to take up personally an assignment of work benefitting each and all of us
 MRS. H. P. AUBREY, Pres.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-11
THE GRAND.

..The Redeemed Claim" an Essanay western drama. featuring G. NJ. An derson, an Arkansas product, heads the bill at the Grand tonight Ingram
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02
GUS ON A RAMPAGE.

Politics? Tut, tut!
Baseball? Aw, fergit 1t,
Peek-a~boo shirt waists? Back num-
Der!
Slit skirts? Tame show
Now the thing for any serious-mind-
ed man to do is cast his orbs over
the dire predictions outlined below, IL
he is looking for excitement. 1t seems
as If Gemini (no swear word, plan
et) had invaded Mars, which means all
sorts of trouble ahead for the United
States. Mexico, Nicaragua and Score.
tary Bryans lecture dates have been
duly discounted. Prof. Gustave Meyer,
who astrologizes from the roof of a
Hoboken flat says Hell on earth with
the lid or Is coming II the world has
not come to an end before your peep
ers gaze on those feeble words, then it
surely will do SO on before August 4.
II by any accident, you live to see the
light of August 5. the the end of
things is promised for August 10, IL,
16, IS, %. "a. Is, IS, or 20. If it does
MT come by them-but what's the use
of manufacturing long-drawn-out tor
ture? Wait and see for yourself.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02
HOBART A CITY?

Having prospered much by the ad-
vent of Gary. the people of Hobart are
now talking of Incorporating their town
into city. Hobart is the largest town
territorially in Indiana. 1t is larger in
area than many big American cities
1t is a good farming center, quite
handy to the Gary steel mills. II has its
own electric lighting plant with a gay
white way" IN the down town district.
good schools, three banks, and, very
shortly, it will once more have inter
urban connections with the rest of tbt
county. Not long ago Hobart installed
a $4,000 sewer system. If the people OF
Hobart want city government they are
progressive enough to have 1t.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02

farmer" says the Osborne Farmer.
The insurance companys officials
seemed to be Of the opinion that the
Kansas farmer was borrowing money
and mortgaging the old homestead for
the purpose OF buying motor cars. So
a local mortgage company which hand
les this insurance company's Kansas
farm loans was instructed to investi-
gate and report the number of autos
in this State The investigation was
made accordingly. inspectors being in
each county. The result of the inves-
tigation was the information that only
one farmer with mortgage on his
farm was the owner of an auto, show
ing that Kansas farmers are not in
clined to mortgage their homesteads
to indulge in the luxury of owning
cars. And the farmer who had both
an auto and a mortgage was prosper
GUS with plenty of property, who could
well afford to own an auto and who
was in shape to pay off his mortgage
any time he wanted to stint himself a
little on ready CASH
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02
FICTION; REALITY.

widows of bigamist will live to-
gether. Chicago Daily News head
line
This headline in last nights Daily
News recalls an Identical story por-
trayed years ago in an American
novel Like the characters which
fiction has invested with a promi-
nence that will last at least for this
generation, the two widows, one
poor, one well-to-do will live together
for their children.
1t was in The Sherrods" that
George Barr McCutcheon, the author
Of "Graustark," more than a decade
ago penned story of similar lines.
Young Sherrod, the artist, leaves his
wife in the country to make his mark
In the city. He does: and an heiress
who becomes interested in him also
claims him as husband. Death re-
yeals the deception and the two wild
ows. meeting for the first time. be-
come life companions.
1t is pretty story. that of THE
Sherrods," at its beginning; but it's
end is wholly unlike those of the
usual novel
We wonder if the two girls who be-
came the wife of this bigamist ever
read The Sherrods' in their maiden
days? If they did they must be i'm
pressed with the fact that fiction Of
ten foreshadows real life.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02
MULHALL ovERsTEPPED.

James E. Watson stands a fine
chance for some actions against Col.
Mulhall for the statement that Wat
son was on the n. A. of M. pay roll
while he was still member of con-
gress.
Mulhalls retraction as to Watson
is on accord of the opinion of many
who believed from the start that Wat
son was being made the goat" for
a clan Of standpatters- of which Null
hall was one, and IN his taie-telling
overstepped the mark when he under
took to load onto Watson, as his
friends expected. challenged Mulhall
for proof of his charges that Watson
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02
PROTECTING A PRESIDENT.

Complaint is made that the Million
aires Express, which leaves New York
over the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad early Sunday after
noon, carrying many house parties in
to the Berkshire resorts, reached its
destination nearly two and half
hours late.
Well! They all got in safe, didn't
they?
Oh, yes; Mr.. Charles S. Mellen, pres
ident of the road, was on the train.
Don't suppose he was taking any
chances with spreading rails, or faulty
brakes, or overworked locomotive
drivers, or running by signals, do you ?
The idea.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02
MOTHER.

A Photographer up state takes notice
that mother apologized for her dirty
faced baby the other day by remarking
that he was blessing in disguise. That
is just like mother, never seeing the
faults and imperfections of her own,
always ready to throw about them the
mantel of charity. You couldn't mag
inc a world without a mother in it.
Youngstown Vindicator.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02
BEST WISHES.

With the publication of it's current
number the Hobart Gazette, our neigh
Dor across the county enters into its
twentyfourth year
The Gazette is three time as old as
THE TIMES and this newspaper &C.
cordingly looks up to 1t as an older
brother.
Editor Smith of the Gazette repre-
sents what an editor should be in his
community and more power to his
elbow,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02

HERE 1t is August. Where have all
of our July days gone to?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02

bending and pulling against two
teams of horses. but did not give
the flying slide by his teeth, and he
was really no good at anything.
The Strengthening Of the traces by
the two teams which he attempted
to hold broke loose each time. We
do not believe there is any man
living who could perform any such
act as he claimed to be able to do
as he would be torn limb from
limb. He also attempted to hold
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02

was paid lobbyist while also a con.
gresham and Mulhall retreated as far
as possible. Mulhall has told much and
can tell more-a lot more that doubht-
less ought to be known to the pub
lic-but his carelessness In handling
facts is going to lessen respect for Null
halls stimony.-Anderson Herald.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02
NOBODY TO SEE 1T.

Doing the bunny hug with a mop
or the tango with vacuum sweeper
will not meet with the opposition of
the seyerest critic of feminine conduct.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Sweet thought that Any any old
kind Of a skirt will do because nobody
will be there to see.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02
CITY JUDGE.
Editor TIMES

EG1fOr TIMESt
You are herewith authorised tn an
nounce that j will be a candidate for
the office of city judge of the city Of
Hammond. Indiana. on the democratic
ticket. subject TO the will of the voters
of this city, and i herewith ask the
support of my friends at the demo-
cratic primary election TO be held ON
August 2. 1913.
JAMES o. KooNTz.
July 2. 1913.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02

KING of Spain has ordered the gamb-
ling lid to be fastened down Looks
like he is jealous of the king of Gary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02
FEAR NOT ABOUT THE FARMER.

The skies are clearing. Our burdens
are tightening. Don't have to worry
about the farmer any more. He's all
right. "A short time ago one of the
big Eastern insurance companies, a
concern which has several million dol
lars invested in loans in Kansas farms.
became somewhat excited about the
reported extravaganza of the Kansas
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-02
FOR ALDERMAN nrH WARn.

FOR ALDERMAN 9TH WARD.
Editor TIMES
Please announce that 1 will be a cam
didate before the East Chicago repub-
Hcan primaries for the nomination of
alderman of 9Th ward on that ticket at
a date to be decided later.
SAM r. MATHENY