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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-07-04
Rules Governing Pony Contest.

1. Any boy or girl not over the
age OF l6 years. living in Ohio coun-
ty. may enter the contest
2. This contest shall begin Fri
day, March q. 1913, and shall close
on Saturday June 2s. 1913. A coupon
good for 10 votes will be printed in
The Hartford Republican for the
first four weeks of the contest. These
coupons when properly filled out may
be voted by anyone for any contest
ant. To be complete they must in
clude the border. To be counted they
must be brought or mailed. Gas
shown by postmark) to this office
on or before the date shown on each
coupon.
3. Contestants will be furnished
with receipts to be given for all pay.
ments on subscriptions. and as many
sample copies Of The Republican al
desired.
4. Special voting coupons will b,
Issued for payments on subscrip
tons, new or old as shown b,
schedule herewith. These can be vot
ed at any time during the contest
The number of votes indicated will
In no manner be changed during tn,
progress Of the contest
SCHEDULE OF VOTES FOR SUB
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-07-04
Difference o. oplolon.

Difference o. Opinion.
The large man with the red nose
snsesed hugely.
you seem to have . bad cold" ~
marked the small. one. :
The large individual glsrsd.
ITS the best. ,broadest. noisisst
most succsssful cold ] ever hsd!" he
retorted. II guess you are . bum
authority on colds. aint your r.
And the thin man dtvsd into his
aewspaper.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-07-04

Remove the male birds from the
&oeA immediately after the breeding
season and market no fertile eggs.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-07-04

The choice pure bred calf would be
a splendid and most appropriate gift
for either the boy or the girl.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-07-04

For milk production bran beats corn
Wild oats often transmit smut to
the oat fields.
Just now the silo Is certainly prov
ing itself friend In need.
No other class of meat is 80 subject
to Improvement as mutton.
No animal on the farm should suffer
from hunger, thirst or cold.
The great objection to vetch hay IL
the difficulty in curing It properly.
First-class meat cannot be obtained
from animals that are poor In flesh.
The calf stall should be plentifully
supplied with good clean dry bedding
To successfully combat disease. II Is
essential to know the sources Of infec-
ton.
The COW that. IL a persistent milker
is the one that should be kept In the
herd.
A little cayenne pepper In the mash
will warm the hens up and help cure
colds.
Until the trees begin to shade the
ground they should be cultivated fire.
Quently. ,,
II the asparagus patch was not Gov
cred with manure In the fall. better
do It now.
With good care. good stock looks
better, does better. and pays better
than scrubs.
Scraps saved at butchering tme
make fine egg stimulating feed In
cold weather.
Lumber and straw properly used
will furnish warmth cheaper than
high priced feeds:
Learn to distinguish between a new
laid egg and a stale egg; q fresh egg
and a storage egg.
A large part of the food for poultry
should be grain because they are
natural grain eaters.
Barbed wire fences are not worth
while IL you can't keep them well
stretched and stapled.
II you want to be really up to date
sweep down the ceiling Of your sta
bles and whitewash them.
Soft coal or coal cinders are rel
ished by pigs and hogs because OF the
mineral matter they contain.
The choice pure bred calf would be
a splendid and most appropriate gift
for either the boy or the girl.
Get the corn and Kaffir fodder fed
out soon. II is Of greater feeding value
now than 1t will be next spring.
II your sweet corn seed is mixed
with field corn, better feed 1t to the
chickens and buy new next spring.
Feed only as much cabbage a. the
chickens will eat up Immediately
wilted, half rotten cabbage is harmful
A snug. clean. dry. we'll lighted poul
try house goes a long way toward
making the flock pay dividends In win
ter.
Sorghum seeds ground have beer
found to be worth about 10 per cen
less than corn for .milk-making pur
poses.
Good breeding and good feeding art
so closely related that they must q
together; one Is useless without thu
other.
No plant or tree Is At for setting
, out unless II has made normal
healthy growth. Neither extreme II
desirable.
For sets onion seed should be sow
In early spring. at about the time wheI
seed is sown In the open field for fal
or dry onions.
Unless the garden Is on high grount
II will be time we'll spent to put In q
few drainage bitches and SO have ar
earlier garden.
II does not require any great abil
: Ity at figures to show that there is I
great waste In selling hogs when tie!
are but half fed.
Frequently good heifer calves car
be bought from men who keep famil!
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-07-04

Ae,Mh w
Teach the colt to walk.
Corn needs a mellow soil.
Order the garden seed now. .
Wise care In selecting brood sows.
Dirty eggs should never be market
Horses will be high for at least an
other year.
Mach of the milk sold in cities Is
two and three days old.
Weeds are just as subject to disease
n ara cultivated plants.
The flesh OF very young animals fire.
~seDdly lacks flavor and Is watery.
So Gar as can be done. select the
largest and best sows for breeders.
FARMERS should he thinking about
sefzing seed for next seasons plant
anx.
To have horses of endurance give
The colts q chance to develop their
muscles.
King and MinnetOnka Ironclad rasp-
berries are good red varieties for gen
exai planting.
Soil affections are the hardest to
control and crop rotation alone can
1eooDpiisA It,
TIE time is past when the prosper
Gus farmer can afford to ignore the
va3De OF straw.
Three feeds of milk q day for the
rew calf are better than the same
amount in two feeds.
Feed the chicken flock on pure and
Wholesome food and provide pure wa
ter in clean utensils.
TIE best trees will not stapd neg
tsct, while the poor trees will respond
readily TO good treatment.
observe With care and note az q
sirsa point that a COW should have q
large and ampie-sised body.
An old animal properly fat.ened and
IN rood health would be preferable to
a younx one In poor condition.
TIE Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes.
Rhp<Se Island Reds and OrpingtOns are
reuonmended for milk feeding.
Remove the male birds from the
So~A Immediately after the breeding
xeason and market no fertile eggs.
o. takes a mellow soil to grow corn
md you can make the soil mellow
Sefore paantiNe time by blowing now
FIR quick fattening of poultry moth
Ssx beats a mash Of cOrnmeal and
rnfIt. ced warm about three times
day.
PuIketa. commencing to lay, produce
small eggs at first and old hens at the
scouting time are prone to do like
Wise.
Fpr the amount of money invested
IN We poultry business. 1t pays
larger profit than any other farm spe
s.saSty.
Care OF the hogs does not NEAR
Feeding alone, but giving them at
usutson necessary to keep them II
good health.
Good looking fruit on top OF thu
nasaea will get you new customers
Sys only honest quality lower dowi
via Keep them.
a small flock Of vigorous sheep OF
che farm II given good care canno
Meas but yield good returns for thu
ts~ney invested.
The size of the udder isn't Away
"A sure indication of the cows milk
giving capacity. The quality ts o
more importance.
Cut the branches close to the larg
ser ones or main trunk. and cover thu
fresh wound with white lead and OF
so keep out the air.
a profitable crop cannot be grow
On land deficient In humus. which 4
The same thing a. rotted sod or rottet
manure, with fertiliser alone.
The yards and sleeping quarter
-s ~ liant drv and ClQaU an I'm
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-07-04
They All Read Alike.

The average novel II insipid." said
James L. Ford. the noted critic. ut .
dinner.
II was taking tea one afternoon In
Washington square. when my hostess
suddenly turned TO her psrlor maid
and cried: '>-
"'Oh, Marie. horrorsl What have
you done with my new novslsr
"T just gathered them from the
two tables. ms'am. to make room for
the tea service the maid answered.
and piled them ell together on this
comm0ds here.
.'Perdition!' my hostess cried.
what am to do nowl Didnt you
know. Marie. that the books on the
email table I'd read. while those on
the large one ! hadntf Now they'll
eli BE- mixed up. and I'll never kno-
whioh are wAioh!'"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-07-17
A Bargain
In Hats
The Strange Part 1t Played
In a Love Affair
BY CLARISSA MACKIE

The suburban train was crowded
with homeward bound shoppers, and
Owen Fuller frowned as be settled
into a seat and discovered in front Of
him an audaciously large hat trimmed
with fnams of black chiffon and bill
lows of curling ostrich feathers. while
a pale pink rose was tucked in some
where.
Owen did not know chiffon from
mosquito netting or feathers from
quilts, for he was very mannish sort
Of fellow and did not have even the
touch Of femininity that turks in near
~ every male being.
What he did know was that he hated
enormous hats. and it was his strong
ly expressed opinion that the larger
the hat the smaller was the brain be-
meath it.
In church the previous Sunday morn
ing he had been exasperated by the
sat behind him.
This afternoon. coming uptown in
the electric car. he had sat between
two umbrella-like structures. the own
ers of which talked animatedly to each
other with many mods and becks Of
to Owens temper
Now he was confronted with an
other creation Of the milliner's art
and as he surveyed it with a balefu,
eve he marveled at the patience of
husbands and congratulated himself
upon the fact that he was free from
the tolls of any brainleSs woman who
could lower her own dignity and that
OF her husband by wearing a cart
wheel hat on her silly head.
He had arrived at this conclusion
and was recollecting with degree of
self satisfaction that Doris Stanly
wore nothing hut the most coquettish
Of small toqnes. when his newspaper
slipped to the floor.
He stopped to recover it and bent
his head As he Strengthened up sud-
denly he received sharp scratch on
his forehead from the point of hat
pin.
IIG1HhcLy cJdSuid luS
thoroughly exasperated young man.
"Sirw exclaimed the owner OF the
monstrous hat, and Owen was con-
fronted with the indignant eyes of
Doris Stanly herself.
For an instant they stared at each
other. and then Doris lips trembled
with suppressed laughter. while wave
after wave of exquisite color rippled
over her face
Owen Fuller smiled sheepishly and
pressed his handkerchief to his scratch
ed brow.
Fuller. you have hurt yourself. How
did it happen?"
"Haven't the least idea" protested
Owen glibly. II hope you will pardon
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-07-17

stand the matter at all! After l have
explained you can say anything you
like"
Her cheeks were flushed and her eyes
shone softly.
You may be sorry you granted me
that permission" said Owen boldly.
Wait To begin with. this hat l
have on is not mine. think it is hof-
rid, only don't tell Madge said so. You
see, she telephoned down yesterday and
said she had read in the paper that
there was to be sweeping reduction
in Paris hats at Mime. Leonores, and
she commissioned me to buy the big
gest and blacklist hat l could find for
her."
This is it. Mr.. Muller. and l know
Madge will think it a love Of hat
Now to explain why l am wearing it.
You see had something to bring
down to Sunny Oaks-a package that
must be handled with care. 1t exactly
fitted into this box. so l decided to
wear Madge's hat down and borrow
one of hers to wear home again. You
see my trunk had already gone. and
the purchase Of this bargain hat lin
tied my time so that | could not think
of a more sensible way. And that's
all"
She was smil-Ig adorably at him
from underneath the brim of Mrs.
Frear's hat.
"All?" echoed Owen ruefully. And
see the disaster I've brought on your
precious package-whatever it is"
He bent down and pulled aside the
crushed cover. displaying masses Of
crumpled white tissue paper mixed
with fragments Of dark fruit cake and
fakes Of white frosting.
what is it?' be asked blankly. "A
cake?"
your birthday cake" explained Do
ris meekly. perhaps you don't Fnow,
sir, that l can make the most delicious
fruit cakes imaginable. so Madge ask
ed me to make one for your birthday
tomorrow is the day-and she invited
ed me down to help eat it,
you r9,de it for me?" suffered
Owen incoherently. why. you can't
hate me entirely. Doris. darling!'
who said did," asked Doris. With
dropping head.
'Why-it's all my Internal jealousy!
Can you-will you-Doris. will you
make me another birthday cake? Will
you make all my birthday cakes and
and-my wedding cake-l mean our
wedding cake?"
Owen Fuller had Doris in his armsS
and in spite Of the size Of her hat he
had no difficulty in reading the an
swer under its sheltering brim.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-07-17

Il HATE YOU" SHE sHRIEKED AT HIM.
ties that takes it; it's Kelley. l hate
yOu!" she shrieked at him as she rush.
ed from the room.
Flynn followed her, his arm raised tc
strike. bat the door slammed, missing
for minute; then he carefully lit his
pipe. putting slowly at it, a queer ex-
preston on his face. a mixture of
shame and anger. He turned again as
if to follow her, but changed his mind.
shrugged his shoulders and went out
the door and up the street. Kelley
ward.
Mary Ellen came back into the kitch-
en- guping convulsively. She looked
disgustedly at the table Uttered with
| remnants of the meal and greasy dish
es. and she dropped her head in her
hands in a fresh burst of grief at the
ruin Of her hopes. She !uxuriated in
her misery until she had to stop finally
for lack of breath and tears. Fiercely
she snatched the dishes from the table,
piling them heller SHELTER in the sink.
| He hadn't even said he was sorry he
couldn't give her the money.
Suddenly she had an idea. Like a
fash it came, full grown and CON-
plete in all its detail.
She jumped up and ran to her IA
theirs room. catching up the scissors
on the way. First she took his only
clean pair Of socks and shipped vicious
/ ~ at the neat patches she had put in
the heels. His Sunday shirt she rip
ped up the back to the band. Then
she jerked the clothes from the bed
and rumpled them in heap at the
foot. She pulled out the bureau draw
two minutes the room looked as if a
tornado had been playing tag in it.
She set her teeth and went back to the
kitchen in search of pencil and pa
per. For ten minutes she chewed the
end of the pencil. with this result:
PATRICK FLYNN-NOTICE!
To mend pair socks. 50 IL
To mend l shirt. Observation-Disclosures. 2(
! bed made seven days. sc
q meals cooked at 15c. meal......... BE
s40(
P. S.-There won't be no more meals
cooked for P. Flynn, and the shirt and
socks won't be mended until this account
is paid. Mary Ellen Flynn is goin' to
work in the store with Kitty Reilly Mon
day. NJ. E. FLYNN.
She tackled it on her fathers door
and went to bed.
The calm of Sunday morning was
rudely shattered by muff1ed curses
punctuated by bangs emanating from
Flynn's room. Mary Ellen, tending
the sizzling sausage and warming
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-07-17

with clasped hands. gazed at him with
despairing reproach in her eyes.
"Oh. how could you. Owen Fuller?"
she cried
Il didn't know could" said Owen.
rather viciously. as he picked himself
out of the ruins of the box. I'm sor-
~ I've caused you such distress. Miss
Stanly, but the hat can be replaced.
hope
Doris was crying softly. 1T isn't
, that SO much" she Sobbed. "Only you're
so hateful today. and it seems as ii
you spoiled it on purpose"
owen was ashamed
I'm BEAST be muttered with bit
| ter self condemnation. But I'm near
y mad with jealousy. Doris. Yes. l
will confess it to you 1t is the least
can do to atone for my behavior today.
! 1t must have been that that irritated
me. because all the women in the
streets and in the cars wore cart wheel
hats. l always thought them rather
harmless acreages of feminine vanity.
! but after what Blake said the other
day-well, you see what bad temper
ed fellow ! am. And the worst of it
| is that have no right to-
"Wait a moment. please" interrupted
| Doris, hopping her eyes with bit OF
| lace handkerchief You don't under
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-07-17

not. She decided to lead up to it grad
ually, but with the wisdom of her SCI
waited until he had finished his supper
This is tact. Every woman child ove'
ten possesses it.
kitty Reilly was here" she began
without preliminary, land she says
there's a chance for me in NeaIs-l
can go to work next Monday. All the
girls round here work." she hurried
on. for the scowl that he had come
home with had deepened. I'LL pay
half if Mrs. Malone will mind the chill
dren. I'll get 81 a week, and l can
buy my own Clothes" saving her best
argument for the last.
well. you can't do it, be snapped
as he stopped to wipe his mouth on
the corner of the tablecloth. II amt
got no money to pay Mrs. Malone
Your jobs here. amt goin' to have
you gallivantin' around with silly
lot of clerks. neither They're no
good" he declared conclusively.
"You amt forgot what you promised
me this morning have your" she sug'
gested overwhelmingly.
He looked blankly at her.
my dress. you know, the money for
my new dress"
$50 that's what you been hangin'
round for" he sneered. well, l amt
got any money. I paid it all to the
store for vittles. This fambly's enough
to bust man." he grumbled. You'll
have to wait another week." he added
indifferently.
IT won't wait another week. I won't!
she cried. brushing the scalding tears
fiercely aside. I'D be ashamed if
was you to promise thing four times
and then not do it. You don't intend
to keep your word ever. l got just one
ragged dress to my back" she went on
her breath catching in a sob at the
pity of it. but I've earned more"
"Oh, you amt abused much.' her IA
Their observed mildly.
II amt but sixteen. and l never 60
anywhere. never have any fun. The
reason you can't give me the money
for a dress is cause Kelley gets it all. y
Her voice rose as her wrath increased
with the rehearsal of her wrongs and
her fathers unconcern. "'Tain't Wit
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-07-17

OWEN WAS CONFRONTED WITH THE ND1e-
NANT EYES OF DORIS STANLY.
my exclamation-someth happened
just then to annoy me, and it slipped
OUT
1T must have been on the tip of your
tongue" said Doris demurely. Are
you especially vexed about anything
today?"
Owen looked at her sweet face franz
ed in the big black hat and hardened
his heart against her.
He recollected how week ago
Blake Ellis. the brilliant young archi-
tect, had remarked to Doris that he
should choose for her to wear a very
large black hat: that it would suit
"her style" better than the conserva
tive chapeau she usually wore.
1t was impertinent of Blake. but he
seemed to be a privileged character
among the women. and he was the
only man whose attentions to Doris
Stanly had the power to stir Owen
Fuller to jealousy.
Now he thought of that remark and
decided hastily that Doris had been
iattered by Blakes remark and had
chosen to wear the style of hat he ad-
mired
All of which made Owen detest large
hats the more bitterly.
He replied to her question lightly
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-07-17
Awed.

In the days when the sight of young
America abroad was not so common
as it is today a beautiful Connecticut
young woman made the ascent of
Mont Blanc in the company of party
Of English and Americans. mostly art
lists. The artists had given expression
in awe struck whispers to the impress
sion which the sublime scene made on
them. while the young lady stood apart
in silence. gazing out over the vast
prospect with eyes bright and lips
parted.
Finally they turned to her for some
expression of her emotions. and she
suddenly exclaimed. MY. amt hight"
-Everybody's Magazine
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-03-07
High School Plans.

The Ladies' clubs and our Agricul.
ture class are planning to beautify
our school grounds. Next August
when you 90 by the school building,
look at our pretty flowers.
Great interest Is being taken In
Agriculture. The plan now i to
make two OF our four years science
apply to Agriculture. In Miss Curry
we have found one OF the few teach.
ers fitted by temperament to teach
Agriculture. Watch her grow In this
line.
An interesting chapel talk Monday
was by Mr.. James Cunningham. His
subject was, scotch Schools Versus
American Schools" lie was reared
In Scotland. Every one enjoyed It.
In the near future Messrs. Harry
DUNCAN, Guy Cummins, y. q. Phil.
lips, and Judge O'Fallon will deliver
"chapel talks" Hear them. Our
pupils enjoy them, they are always
practical. They are the best things
Of any school. Think OF It, a mans
life concentrated In forty minutes.
Could any teacher teach SO much to
her own pupils In 50 short timeY
An old-fashioned "Spelling Match"
will be given In the near future. Get
your old "Blue Back Spcller," and u
new High school speller, and get
ready.
The Senior class plan TO save en-
penses at Commencement time. What
Is the use OF hiring outside music tai
emit when our town has ample talcnty
What's the use OF an out-of.town lee
turer when It's the class that Is to
graduateY Why not let them show
what they can doY And besides, this
spring, our Board needs the money.
The improvements have cost money.
Large crowds attend our literary
societies, and they are always orderly
and attentive. The iteraries are en-.
tirely under student management.
All the superintendent does is to
open and close the building, the presi-
dents of the different literaries handle
the crowds. Attend the literaries.
f., j. POWELL.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-03-07
Mexican and u. S. Troops
Fight.

In running fight on the border
near Douglas. Texas, early Sunday
morning last. March I'd. between
Mexican soldiers and troops of the
9th L. ). cavalry, four Mexicans were
killed. None of the American troops
were killed or wounded
Four American army officers walk.
Ing on he American line three miles
from Douglas are reported to have
been fired upon by forty regular Mex.
lean soldiers patrolling the border
out OF Auga Prieta. opposite Douglas.
Sixteen OF the negro troopers Of the
Ninth rushed to the place of the fir.
ing and spirited skirmish ensued.
The American soldiers were hold.
ing their position at the information.
al line when reinforced by two troops
Of the Ninth. The Mexicans we're
routed, leaving four killed and others
struggling through the brush nursing
their wounds.
II is said that the American troops
became so excited that they over.
stepped the boundary and pursued
the Mexicans some distance.
The fight caused great excitement
at Douglas. The townspeople armed
themselves and rushed to the buun.
Diary. believing that the Mexican sol.
diers were attempting to invade the
United States. Within few min.
utes hundreds Of citizens were al the
place. ready and armed Cowboys
came in from nearby ranches.