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Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-20
soLoN AVOIDS LONG SESSION
Representative Henry Desiring to End
Meeting Tells story That Stops
Mans Long Speech.

Representative Henry. at political
meeting in Waco, desiring to draw a
rather protracted session to close,
when a man rose and said pompous-
ly:
II wish to offer few remarks, and
these l will subdivide into twelve
heads"
But here Mr.. Henry, his eyes twin
king, interrupted: -
Gentlemen" he said, "let me tell
you story. A man was lurching
home very late the other evening,
much the worse for bachelors sup
per or something Of that sort. He
came to clock tower, and paused and
looked up at the Illuminated dial to
see the time. AS he did SO, the clock
began to strike. One-two-three-
four-the inebriate listened, counting
the strokes carefully, and when, at
last, twelve sounded, he said, as he
prepared to stagger on again:
"Durn you-hic-why couldn't you
have said that all at once?"
Amid loud laughter Mr.. Henry sat
down, and the pompous man made a
much shorter speech than he had in
tended. ...
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-20
FOREIGN.

The earthquakes of Saturday were
renewed Sunday in Bulgaria, and
many persons were killed.
King Alfonso of Spain has request
ed Count Alvaro de Romanones to re-
main in office as premier and to form
new cabinet
Nearly 200 persons, many Of high
rank, have been arrested as a rasult
of the assassination of Grand Vizier
Mahmoud Scheftket Pasha.
Eugene Maggi and his wife, believed
to be the wealthiest persons In Switz-
erland. committed suicide at Zurich,
being actuated by sheer lack Of inter-
est in life.
Capt. Cecil G. Rawling, the explorer,
has given English scientists some in
teresting accounts of new tribe Of
pyemies found by his expedition in
Southwest Dutch New Guinea.
In reference to rumors to the effect
that Mr.. Rudolph Spreckles probably
will be the next American ambassador
office has been asked whether he
WOul0 De persona grata.
Suffragettes, militant as we'll as non
militant, went to London from all
parts Of England for the funeral Of
Miss Emily Wilding Dawson, who met
her death while interfering with the
kings horse In the Derby.
Andrew Carnegie, the American
millionaire advocate of world peace,
arrived in Berlin personally to con-
gratulate Kaiser Wilhelm II. on COM
pleting quarter of a century Of
peaceful rule, record that no other
European monarch has equaled.
Herren Gothein and Waldstein, radi-
cal members of the German Reich
stag, have announced their determine
tion to interpellate the chancellor on
the case of German subject, Oswald
Heinrich, who they allege was killed
February 4, at Alma, Colo, by debtors
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-20
GEN ERAL.

Exports of copper for the week end
ed June -, totaled 1926 tons. Since
July 1, 1852.
"The United States is the only
great power in the world that is abso-
lutely unprepared for war;" declares
Chauncey M. Depew.
A letter written at Fort Washington.
Md, May 80, 1861, by Henry c. Russell
of Pottsville, a Civil War soldier,
reached his widow in Pottsville a few
days ago through the regular channels
of the United States mail.
United States Senator Miles Poin-
dexter of Washington General" Rosa
lie G. Jones of New York and Mrs.
Ella S. Stewart of Chicago were the
principal speakers at woman suf
frage meeting at Buffalo, N. Y.
The estate of Colonel John Jacob
Astor, who perished in the Titanic dis
aster, was officially appraised at close
to SIS, 100000, of which Vincent Astor
receives $GS,964 ,499; Mrs. Madeline
Force Astor $7,67S,S9G; Muriel Astor
$4,S66,75S, and John Jacob Astor, son
by his second marriage, s2,922,672.
Dissatisfied with the recently en-
acted legislation in California, whicn
forbids them to own property in that
state, large numbers of Japanese sub
jects are turning their eyes toward
Georgia, with view to locating there
if the laws of that state afford them
the rights and privileges denied them
IN California.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-20
WASHINGTON.

Cornelius J. Ford of New Jersey
has been nominated by the President
to be public printer.
"An insidious lobbyist" who didn't
tell his name was literally kicked out
of the Senate document room.
When noon whistle blows hence
forth, Secretary of State Bryan viii!
cat his midday repast in manner of
other workmen as he will carry his
lunch.
Chief of Police Peterson of Oakland,
Cal, told the police chiefs that direct
cause of immortality among men was
the immodest dress of the average
American woman of today.
Secretary Lane has directed the g.
100000 acres of land in. eastern Colo.
RADIO Withdrawn as coal land be re-
stored to entry. The area is not GOV
cred by phosphate, petroleum or powe:
site reservoir.
Senator La. Toilette, the scrappy
Wisconsin member, is learning liter
ally to live up to his nickname of
Fighting Bob. He is being taught
pugilism-for physical culture, how
he insists.
The American yacht Columbia,
seized by the Japanese authorities
for unlawful entry in the closed port
of Magahama, has been released and
what threatened to be an international
Incident has disappeared.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-20
THE LATEST IMPORTANT Dis.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS o.
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

The Texas Dry Farming Congress
meets at Sabinal, July 18th, 10th and
18th.
Six hundred federals were killed in
Il battle at Sausillo, according to re-
ports reaching Ell Paso, Tex, from
Southern Chihuahua.
Four dollars day is the minimum
wage on which family can be sup
ported in Los Angeles, according to
the report of the municipal industrial
investigation committee.
Four deaths by drowning and twelve
heat prostrations, six of which may re-
suit fatally, were reported in Milwau-
kee on the 18th. 1t was the hottest
day of the season. .-..-#
At Parsons, Kan, Mrs. Mario Pol
lard was sentenced to seven years in
the penitentiary for horse stealing:
Samuel Parks, her companion, also
was sentenced to seven years.
Rev. DR.. Charles Frederick Aked, a
clergyman of international repute,
foreswore his allegiance to King
George Of England at San Francisco
and became citizen of the United
States.
Anita Baldwin McC1aughry, daugh-
ter and one of the principal heirs Of
the late Lucky" Baldwin, has filed
suit in the Supreme Court at Los
Angeles for a divorce from Hull Nc
Claughry.
Sundays auto toll was four killed
and nine injured, as follows: At Oak
land, Cal, three killed; Fresno, CAL,
one killed, three injured; Trinidad,
Colo, five injured, and at Pueblo,
Colo, one injured.
Led by band and cheered by en-
thusiastic friends, Chicago club women
paraded the downtown streets after
thor return from Springfield, ILL.,,
where they succeeded in having the
General Assembly pass the woman
suffrage bill.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-20

placed anywhere, st.
tracts and kills all
dies. Neat, clean. or
namentAl. convenient,
cheap. LAsts ALL
season. fad Q OF
metal, can'tspili or tip
over, will not soil or
injure anything =
Guaranteed effective.
All dealers orc sent
express paid for d. .oos
Ave-. Brooklyn, n. =.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-20
Increasing the Trouble.

Patience-I had an awful dream
about that tantalizing little boy next
door.
Patrice-What was it?
Patience-I dreamed he was twins.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-06-20
Hidden.

"She has a beautiful complexion
hasn't she?"
81 don't know; I have never seen
her without her makeup"
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14

We are. all of us. whether young or
old. famous or obscure. women OF in
duence. We cannot live day without
affecting the world somewhat for good
or m. whether we will or no. We are
all part of life's forces. whether we
know it or not. Be as humble as yon
like. you are still person OF influence
if not 10y your own choosing, then often
by Gods decree. 1t may be only a
smile or a simple kindness that you
have given to a little child. but II
starts agencies you little dream of; or
it may be some selfishness and lack OF
honor, some weakness In you that sets
in motion n long train of hurtful and
sad influences or circumstances. For
all life is connected. and whether you
wish II or not your life affects othcr
lives.-Woman's Home Companion.
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14

1t was not left to modern doctors to
associate the decline Of the Roman EN-.
pire with luxurious warm bathing.
Roman writer's are full Of moralizing
on the subject. Seneca, glancing back
at the good old times. RECALLED thet the
Old Romans, though they washed their
arms and legs daily, bntbed their whole
bodies once week. Even when Scipio
introduced warm bath into his villa
the bathroom was 'small and dark.
after the manner Of the ancients,'
with no pretensiOns to luxury. and the
earlier public baths were so simple
that the aedile merely tested the tenn
perature with his hand. Things had
moved on terribly by Seneca's time.
and later came such emperors as Com
modus. who bathed seven or eight
times a day and took his meals In the
bath.-LOndOn Graphic.
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
GOOD ADVERTISING PAYS.
Before You Can Reap Harvest You
Must First Sow the Seed.

The ordinary newspaper or periodical
reader doesn't dream of the potency of
good advertising. One of the largest
general advertisers in the United
States. If not quite the largest. is a
manufactured in the Philadelphia met
rOpolitan district.
There is never ending race at that
plant between the advertising depart
ment and the builders. The advertisers
bring in so much business that the
builders are kept busy enlarging the
factory.
Something like Sl.OOO.0OO a year is
spent in advertising this company's
output which is luxury in every
sense. At the present moment orders
for new business are so far ahead Of
the capacity of the plant that it would
seem a hopeless Job ever to catch up.
But the advertisers never relax.
The head of that great concern now
knows almost better than anybody else
that before you can reap harvest you
must first SOW the seed. The advertis.
ers are the chaps that are doing that
Philadelphia Ledger -~F~
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
BURNING IRON CHIPS.
Combustion Proceeded Exactly as In
a Pile Of Coal.

To the average man II is inconceiv-
able for iron or steel chips to actually
burn as so much inhammable material,
but nevertheless such is possible. aud
such Incidents are the part of positive
record. This phenomenon is explained
by the fact that finely divided iron or
steel may sometimes oxidize faster
than 1t can get rid Of its heat and
consequently gives signs of complete
combustion.
A large pile Of chips took fire in the
yard of a machine shop not long ago.
and the fire was described by Il wit
ness as follows: The chips were put
through centrifugal separator. and
the small amount Of oil remaining had
nothing TO do with the fire. II was a
plain case Of burning iron. The metal
was So finely divided and presented
SO much surface to the oxygen in pro
portion TO the radating surface of the
pile that once started by the heat
from a nearby rubbish pile. the com
bustion proceeded exactly as in a pile
of coal. only apparently at more
rapid rate.
The metal had not melted. Where
the fire had been hottest the chips
were dark blue. The pile sank about
Il third in height. and a lot of metal
must have been oxidized to create so
much heat.-American Machinist.
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
Quiet Elections.

Even when political feeling runs at
its highest. polling in the commune OF
Blanche fontaine. in eastern France. is
sure to be conducted without any dan
ger Of riot. as for some years past only
one citizen has figured on its roll OF
electors. At election times. according
70 French law. each commune is en-
titled to demand "A separate polling
station. although IL is frequent prac-
tice to make one serve for several
neigbboring communes. The Blanche
fontsine elector insists on bis full
rights and whenever called upon to
vote has a polling station erected for
his special benefit.
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
FAMOUS FLOWER GARDENS.
Why Roses Of the Rhone Valley Are
Known All Over the World.

The famous rose gardens Of Lyons.
France. owe their excellence largely
to light soil. an abundance of sun.
shine and the proper amount of mois-
ture. From time immcmorial local
roSarians have taken advantage of the
favoring conditions until skill and in
terest IN the industry have made the
roses of the Rhone valley known
throughout the parks and gardens Of
the world.
The ground where the roses are
chiefly cultivated Is on the outskirts of
the city. II is Hat. devoid of shade
trees and protected only by high walls
ut the confines of the property. The
rose plants are set ont for commercial
purposes in straight rows. sometimes
n hundred feet long the smaller plants
six inches apart. with about ten inches
between rows. while the larger grated
or budded varieties are inserted ten 10
twelve inches apart. with eighteen
inches between rows.
Nearly all of the plants are out of
doors. The greenhouses for u rose
garden of fifteen acres do not number
more than two. averaging thirty feet
in length. II is only in exceptional
winters that the plants have to he GOV
cred. Sometimes the tops of the older
plants are rather loosely bound in
straw. In every large commercial rose
garden Of Lyons hundreds of eglantine
rose plants are kept to Il single stalk
for grating. These are usually gath
cred 10y peasants in the woods or on
uncultivated land and sold to the rose
growers s.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
WHARF Hed Hair 10 pisIiksd

In Cornwall. particularly the Lands
End district, it is not advisable to dub
a person "a red haired Dane" though
10 most parts OF England, especially
finland, the expression would as likely
rs not provoke no comment at all or be
regarded as simply frivolous, -
skt . police court eass heard in 1867
MPenkance town hall 1t came Gut In
evidence that the defendant had called
the complainant "a red haired Dane" +"
and this led to an assault The strong
,rspugpance Of Cornishmen to be dub
bed BY this strange appellation Is as
strong as eyer. .~~------
Celtlc nations hated the Danes
and were always lighting them. And
not only In Cornwall. but also all along
Sur coasts, where the Danes pr Morse
men made their ravages, this deep
roeted prejudice against people with
ssd hair, red headed" more or less
remains ingrained In the national char
aeter.-J. Harris Stone in The Eng
Hsh Illustrated" c.1sSxs,xr ,ssas,
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
Deons's Portrait In Oil.

There never was but one oil portrait
Of Daniel Boone painted from life. and
that was by Chester Harding. dis
tiRguisbed artist OF Boston. who came
to Missouri in June. 1920. and painted
It In the residence of Flanders Gala
way, Boone's son-in-law. where Boone
was then living. near the village OF
Nartbasville. In Warren county. The
Rev. James E. Welch. one of the old
est Baptist preachers in the state and
father Of Aikman Welch. attorney gen.
eYaI OF Missouri during Governor Gam
ble's administra tiOn, sat In Boone's bed
behind Boone for him to lean against
while Harding painted the picture. the
pioneer being too feeble to sit alone.
Hardings portrait of Boone now hangs
tD the state capitol at Frankfort, KY
Kansas City Star
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
Liked New Tombstones.

In San Francisco woman left $1,000
each to ten OF her nephews some years
ago. but this was the condition: Her
tombstone was to be replaced every
two years with new one on which
each nephew in turn should cause to
be cbiseled an appropriate verse set
ting forth his love and affection" As
the bequests were in the shape OF an
nuities from bulk fund the nephews
in order to draw upon the fund for
their income had to comply with the
demands Of the decedent. One nephew
sued and was beaten. Although under
the terms OF the will he was to forfeit
his share for contesting. the will was
SO construed and interpreted that be
still received his annuity. but subject
TO the new tombstone conditions.-New
York sun.
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
STRENUOUS BANKING.
Clients Faced Q Cooked Gun While
Handino Over Their Dust.

Many years ago gold was discovered
st Hokitika. on the west coast Of New
Zealand There was rush TO the
small Maori village. and within few
weeks seventy vessels. Of all rigs and
tonnage. were waiting TO get over the
dangerous harbor bar. The author of
"Antipodean Notes" describes the first
bank esta blished in the little town.
With the vessels came two agents OF
a local bank. Their bank furniture
consisted Of a safe. a pair Of scales. a
tent and couple Of revolvers. The
two agents set up their tent. put the
safe in the back part and plank. laid
across two tree stumps. in front
The bank stair sat down behind
the plank: before one man were the
scales. a bottle of acid and note
book: the other held a cooked revolver
The digger brought his gold TO the
plank Counter" where il was weigh
ed and tested. When the value was
determined the testing clerk unlocked
the safe. placed the gold in it. brought
out a bundle OF dirty banknotes and
handed them 10 the digger.
During this transaction the clerk
with the revolver looked carefully
about to see If any suspicious persons
were lurking near.
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
Apparent Size Of the Moon at the Hori.
ron and at the Zenith.


The moons larger appearance when
near the horizon as compared With its
size nt the zenith Is really an optical
llluSiui. aud accurate angular meas.
urpmeutS have shown that IL Is actual
~ n trihc smaller when low down. as
1t should he on account of being a lit.
tie more distant.
Adding new attempt Mt oXpann-
tion. Dr. NJ. Ponzo. an Italian phychOl-
ogist. compares this with an Illusion
already represented 10y T.. L. Sanford.
another Psychologist. Two straight
lines are brought together at an acute
angle ut one end. two exactly equal
circles being then drawn between the
lines. when the circle nearer the apex
appears decidedly the larger. but the
Illusion lessons as the angle is made
less acute.
As the celestial bodies near the hori
zon. they appear in the angle formed
by the earth and the declining arc Of
the sky. The conditions are just those
of the artificial lines and circles. and
its enlargement In the narrowing angle
Is u contrast the moon conspicuously
brings out as compared with the spec
tacle ii presents in the free sky.
The fact that the apparent enlarge
ment is not always the same may be
due to changes in the angle by clouds
or vapors. Denver Republican.
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
Mental Growth,

One fact which seems to distinguish
superior from ordinary families Is that.
while members OF the latter seem al
most to stop growing at about the age
of thirty Eve, the lives Of the former
deepen and expand even into the van
ishing years of old age. A visitor re-
turns to the village after an absence
Of ten years. He Is shocked at the
relative standstill Of large part Of the
population. This lack Of development
after the age Of thirty-five or forty
represents primarily an innate deticien'
cy in the protoplasm OF the nervous
system. 1t is a psychological fact un
doubtedly Of eugenic import. Superior
individuals exhibit leDgthening OF
the period or Elasticity and growth
Their personalities are correspondingly
the richer from experience.-Americar
Magazine.
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
VALUE OF VISIONS.
Dreams Of the Thinkers Are What
Lead the Way to Progress.

Lead the Way to Progress.
There is certain little Scripture
that is not noticed much. 1t is this.
Where there is no vision the people
perish" That would be true even If II
were not in the Bible. 1t is true Of an
individual as well as people. There
must be a hope. an aim. an upward
look. realization Of better things
ahead TO awaken aspiration and quick.
en- endeavor. So many people don't
have this. They live from hand to
mouth and never look out from where
they are standing. That's the animals
way. They don't dream. They have
no visions.
There are communities sometimes
that have no inspiring outlook. They
settle down to amusements, prisons.
politics, sports and the passing show.
but never unfold the future and see IN
1t the nobler life. They have nothing
to live for but today. There is no in
spKa iop in TOMORROW, They buy and
sell and talk and laugh and eat and
drink and go to bed, and tomorrow Is
the same, There is no vision, no high
mark to press forward to, no heavenly
vision. as st. Paul expresses it.
Now. there is something In a vision.
or the Bible would not say the lack Of
1t would destroy teople This lack
constitutes the dry rot we hear Of-no
incentive. no life. no hope. And when
an individual gets that way and sees
no visions he is dead duck.-OhiO
State Journal.
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
PASTEUR'S PLAYTHINGS.
The Great Scientist Man OF Many
Medals and Decorations.


The great Pasteur gracefully accept
ed all decorations. While he had a pas.
sion for discipline. he never had any
ironical criticism of the distinctions es
tablished Ivy society. He attached n
value Ia the glory that came to him
self and discerned that men in the
world of politics We're his interiors
In Rue Dutot. in the salon Of the
apartment that the great Pasteur oc-
cupied. one saw in the place of honor
glass case in which brilliantly scin-
tllating were hundreds of decorations
They came from all the countries of
the world. There were lions. leopards.
elephants. eagles with one and with
two heads. roses. saints. angels. all the
fauna. all the fora of the world and Of
paradise. There We're diamonds, rubies.
emeralds and gold-enough 10 furnish
Il jewelers. shop.
Pasteur often gazed upon this case.
His little granddaughter remarked the
Joy that frightened the eountenance of
the demigod when he contemplated this
prodigious display. And one day. point
ing to the case. she said lispingly,
These are grandpa's playthings."-
Cri de Paris. ->HaSrzwu.r-.
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
u...,.j ~ .3@sksS

"A half dozen of US sat gossiping IN
the club one afternoon when Smith ,.'-
tered" said a New York clusinai.
"'Oh. dear mel! rrorncd. Heres
Smith. Here's s'Hi;a, lu,t back from
a three mont European tour. He's
going tc h""c - TO death with travel
Ak .e. it in his eye
smith. sure enough. came straight
toward us. He sat down. lighted a
cigar. beamed on us and said:
well. boys. how goes 1t? I've just
returned from three months Euro
peal torr-3 --sas...
"We groaned.
-"'and I'm going to sit here will
yon two or three hours
I'VE groaned again.
land | want you to tell me every
blessed thing that's happened since
I've been way."-Buffalo Express.
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
Gratitude.

~ helped an intoxicated man out OF
the gutter several weeks ago and put
him aboard car"
"YesT
"The other day he wrote to the po-
lice asking them to find my address.
"Ah. see He wants to force SlO.-
600 on you"
NO. He says he thinks I must have
pinched his watch. Plain
DeP,er.
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
Not What He Felt.

Jules. twelve years old and from
"seacoast. nOokful Normandy, came
on a visit to friends In this country. he
struggled manfully with the difficulties
of language which did not always
mean what 1t said. One day he sal
looking very sad. He missed his boats
and the fishermen and his adored sea
"Are you homesick. JulesT' he was
asked.
"NO. II Is not that ! am homesick.
he replied. II am-what you caii-sea'
sick."-New York Post
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14

ty; c. @. Davenport. Warren county.
Ohio county officers--L. Il. Tich-
enor, President; Henry Pirtle, Sec
retary: S. Il. Bennett, Treasurer.
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Henry Leach, Chairman, Hartford,
Ky.
1. L. n. Tichenor, Hartford. Il. +.
ID. No. ..
9. +. c. Hartford, Reynolds. Ky.
3. NJ. $. Patterson. Olaton. Ky.
4. ID. l.. Afford. White Run. Ky.
;. Richard Plummer, Taylor Mines,
Kentucky.
The Hartford republican., 1913-11-14
When REYNOLDS SIG nod.

Reynolds hardly ever signed his
work. But upon the completion OF the
portrait Of Mrs Siddons as ''rhe Tras-
ic Muse" he wrote his name large IN
the gold embroidery OF her dress. He
was unable. he said. ito resist the
temptation OF sending my name to pos
terity on the hem Of your garment"