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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10
Couldn't Resist.

Several years ago there lived in
Warren county, five miles from Bowl
ing Green, Isaac Boardman and his
good wife, Mandy, known to the
country folk as "Uncle" lssac and
Aunt" Mandy arh regarded by all
as living examples of purity. Every
Saturday afternoon uncle" Isaac was
wont to hitch up the old gray horse
and journey to Bowling Green to pur-
chase merchandise for the following
week. His one fault when away from
his countryside associates was to in
dulge in several drinks with his town
cronies, and every Saturday night
about IL O'Clock it was necessary for
his good wife to meet the vehicle at
the gate, wake him up and assist him
into the house, and then unhitch and
turn the olod gray horse loose in the
pasture.
Growing tired of conditions as they
had existed for a number of years,
Aunt" Mandy urged him to meIld his
Saturday ways, and with a promise to
reform "Uncle' Isaac, before starting
to town made the following appeal:
Good Lord, please help me TO do
right" Before rising to his feet
Uncle Isaac imagined he could hear
the clink of the glasses, the smell
OF mint ami the tinklinS OF ice, and
he modified hs appeal in the follow
ing words; Good Lord, please help
me % do about right Even this
did not seem to satisfy the old man.
and he thought of spending half "a
lay and part OF the night in town !
without the usual quantity Of bever-
ige thu cheers was foreign TO his ma
ure. Looking over his left shoulder
o make sure that his good wife was
lot in hearing distance, he further
modified his appeal as follows: Good
ord, 1t is net my purpose TO make
m unusual demand, so please make
ne as nigh right as the times anh
circumstances will permit. Judge
V. NJ. Smith.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10
THE RESULT TO DATE.

Under the above head we find the
following article in the OwcnsborC
Messenger of March 20, published wit
cut comment;
AT a low estimate the tariff is cost.
ing our textile labor $i,O0O,000 a
year and in reduced and passed di-
vidcnds Il is costingmill share own
ers another Si,000,000 at least, and
the correct figures for labor and
shareholders is probably nearer $751;
| 100000 yearly than $S,000,0OO
What is the gain for this serious
loss? We have yet to find case
where either cottons or woolens,
grade for grade, are a fraction Of a
cent yard lower than before the
new tariff went into effect, so far
as the consumer is concerned. Yet
the mills have made slashing reduc-
tons in price of their products, and
labor and shareholders are paying
the bills in reduced wages and Idivi-
dends. The party in power RESPONSE
bic for the disturbed conditions in
textile manufacturing has failed to
show a particle of benefit as result
of the tariff, but the bad effects are
plain in all mill centers. The manu-
facturers are meeting the situation
to the best of their ability, but the
fact remains that foreign fabrics are
coming over in increasing quantities,
for a third of Americas normal con-
for a third of America 'snormal con-
sumption to be shipped in from for
eign countries.-Fibre and Fabric.
Democrats have been quick to charge
the portetcive tariff press and al1vo-
Gates with being calamity howlers
whenever they have called attention
to the bad effects of the new tariff
act. Now, here is the Greensboro Mes
senger which certainly means to be
loyal to Democracy, publishing the
most pessimistic article We have yet
seen and with evident endorsement,
as it does not question it in that
or any subsequent issue. Evidently
Wodison is seeing things from a new
view point and We may soon be able
to welcome him into the ranks of
the Protective Tariff advocates.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10
The High Cost Of Living.

The farmer should be the most for
tunate of all the many classes of PEG
pie in the matter of providing a liv
ing at low cost, but recent fig
ures show that the farmers cost OF
living is increasing in the same pro-
portion as that of city people.
One of the chief reasons of this
is that the farmer lis buying much of
his merchandise in the city, instead
of from the local merchant nearest
him.
More than half the people of the
United States live on farms and in
towns # less than $500 population,
yet only one-fifth of the total retail
business of the country is done in
these small communities. Thirty per
cent of the trade of these people goes
20 the larger towns and cities, where
prices are 10 to 25 per cent higher
for the same merchandise the coun-
try merchant sells.
We recognize the right of every
person to buy where he can get the
best merchandise and the best service
Tor his money, but the value of the
country store to the rural community
is greater today than it ever was, be-
cause it carries better, stocks and
gives better service; therefore. the
stability and integrity of the country
merchant should be maintained.
Wa urge our readers to compare
prices OF city merchants with those
of their country store. Give your
country merchant a chance TO supply
your needs. Then if you find you can
buy the same goods for less money
oy going or sending away from home
for them, your own judgment will
teH you that is the thing to do.
1t is the duty OF every farmer to
prevent this exodus of trade to the
cities if such a thing is possible.
Keep a record of your purchases in
the city store and the total cost,
including the delivery to your home.
Compare the prices anh the quality
Of your purchases with the same mer-
chandise carried by your local mer-
chant. Then you will know who is
giving you the most for your money.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10
Rules of Longevity.

At the age of III a veteran of Pen
saco!a, Fla, closed his eyes and Wen
to his much-deserved rest.
Prior to his death several friends
more curious than othes, begged the
old man for his secret Of longevity.
There are no secrets about it, re-
piled the patriarch. there are on
ly rules OF regularly"
In other words, one .lay was like
The other with the old man. He was
temperate in his habits and temperate
in his way OF living. Yet other cases
Of old age can be pointed out, cases
where men have grown Old in years
and older in the sins of the world.
One will tell you that it was because
he drank each day certain amount
Of whiskey that he survived the vicis-
sltudes OF years. Others will tell
you that it is because they have lived
temperate lives. Gladstone main
tanned that he owed his strength in
old age to oualoor exercise. Yet
there are other authorities, equally
qualified TO judge, who maintain
that they have lived into the eigh-
ties because they exercised but little
and did not expose themselves to the
sun and rain of the outside world,
living quietly in their lbraries and
offices.
Sarah Bernhard is nearing 70,she
Is still before the public and still
adding to her bank account. BY no
stretch of Imagination can it be
'aid that she has led a temperate
life. On the other hand, at the con-
tent which she left. the mother super
or told her that she was a child OF
In and was destined for the devil.
'he evidently believed this, for her
life has been a most tempestous one.
Still there are people who, living
ecording to the best rules for good
ealth, who were temperate in their
abits arli temperate in all things.
Tho did not drink, did not abuse
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10
their stomachs, who died young.

their stomachs, who died young.
There can be found from time &c
time in city prisons veterans in vice
An instance Of this was recently report
ed in an eastern city. Aged 50, a
man was arrested for drunk enness
aiJl protested that he had not been
sober for 30 years. Inasmuch as the
.do1kets Tor many years past had been
well decorated with his name, there
Is reason to believe that he. exaggerat
ed out little.
There arc no rules for longevity.
What may be the best rule for some
wCuM not do tor others. \ nervous
person would find monotony the wors-
thing possible. Change and activity
would be his elixir of life. Longev-
ity is, after all, largely a matter Of
individual pecuiarites.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10
The Real Irony Of Fate.

At the Authors Club in New Yor
one evening number OF members
were swapping stories, when one told
a tale, during the course of which he
more than once used the term 1.-THE
irony OF fate"
That expression" remarked one OF
his listeners, may well have fitted
the emergency of your story. but |
have a better one. Once, in San
when ! was nearly down
and out, l received a money order
from home in the sum OF forty dol
lars. and the only man who could
identity ME Was one TO whom / owed
thirty Observation-Disclosures.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10

of the international law and which
the American people will maintain
at all hazards"
In conclusion, he callch upon 'the
God of our fathers 90 lead members
to vote against "this stupendous folly.
this unspeakable humiliation of the
American Republic"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10

How now. Senator Ollie James told
the New Jersey voters that If they
failed to elect O'Bryne to Congress at
the special election Tuesday it would
be a rebuke to the President and his
administration. O'Bryne was defeat
ed by more than 5000 votes, with a
Progressive candidate also in the
field
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10

Times do change. Senator Till
man used to keep other people in hot
water and now he sper;ds most OF his
time drinking it.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10

Gov. McCreary has at last fired
his mortar gun in the senatorial con-
test. Instead of loa1ing with grape
and canister he seems to have used
sppnges.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10
Every indication points to an ca
SpTlges,

Every indication points to IN early
getting together of the elements
which prior to 1912 composed the
powerful Republican party. Some con-
SESSIONS may have to be made, but
they are OF minor consequence COM
pared to the establishment of a
Protective Tariff and good times once
more.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10

king George should get President
Wilson to tell him how to boss
things, and particularly how to keep
q hand on Parliament.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10

Secretary Redfield is sure that the
Tariff has increased the nations food
supply, and there are others who are
just as sure that it has decreased the
ability of Americans 10 buy as much
OF IL as they need.-Public Ledger,
Philadelphia.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10

Looks like President Wilson does
not take himself as seriously as 9th
er people take him.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10

Actual creations by the dress maxi
ers have become so starting that no
runors as to future styles can ere
ate much alarm.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10

A speaker of the House does not
often speak, but when he does he
usually has something to say.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10

Who wrote the Baltimore platform,
anyway? There is where all this
canal tolls trouble started.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10


Champ Clark maple great speech
on the tolls exemption question. Here
is a quotation which at least sounds
more patriotic than anything given
out by President Wilson on the sub
ject:
In speaking of the ownership and
the purpose of the canal,the speaker
reminded the House that 1t was the
transcontinental railroads which
fought the building OF it for many
years,and it was those railroads that
would be the chief beneficiaries of the
proposed repeal. lie ridiculed the idea
that this country should now be ask
ed TO grant to Great Britain CON
ceAsions grounded in injustice ami
humiiating in character" and which
had been abandoned by England UNI
til Senator Root made IL speech up
holding those onditions in the
Senate. ell said htey wantel no war,
but rather than surrender the right
10 comp'e'e sovereignty over the Am
erican domain 1--WE will cheerfully and
face a world in arms"
lie compared the request OF the presi- |
dent for repeal TO the peace OF God
which "passeth all understanding"
Quoting the president that exemp-
lipn is "a mistaken economic policy"
he speaker asked why it VAS not
,9nally mistaken in 1912, when all
led by the President
himself, Endorsed the exemption
,iank in the party platform. AS for
he exemption being contrary to the
reaty with England, he ayerrcA that
he president was mistaken. lie argu-
d that the repeal "means the prac- I
lcal abandonment OF the Monroe dec {
rine, which we forced into the code
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10
FRIDAY, APRIL 10.

villa is now real general and
not a bandit.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10

OF the 217,000 women who were
registered voters in Chicago only
about $4,000 cared enough about it
TO vote last Tuellay. Probably not
more than half this number would
care to vote again. The notorious
Conghlin was reelected Alderman in
his district over his lady opponent
by a to l vote. A majority of the
women in his district who went TO
the polls evidently casting their
votes 10" him. This is a hard blow
to the argument that the enfranchise-
ment OF women Will help put good
men in office and purify politics.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10
n .rtford Republican.

Eotered according to law at the PoStoffice
uortford. Ky.. as mail matter of the second
elsse,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-10

c. N. BARNETT, Editor & Proprietor
ALLISON BARNETT, Associate Editor
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and blood az 20 no other neutral country;
America. where millions Of our people have
gone and carried the German tongue and
German ideaR OF liberty and fire. ,Jom.
should he so totally unable to put .:sslf
in our place.
II would not be frank unless admitted
that II has been a surprise TO me tina,
Americans have not seen more clearly up
TO this time the position Of Germany. en-
trely surrounded by jealous enemies.
lighting for her existence; that they have
hot had a better understanding which
would necessarily mean "A higher appre-
citation OF the unexampled sacrifices and
heroism OF our people making this
gigantic struggle with no other objective
than the saving 81 the fathcrland'
He attributed the attitude OF America
almost wholly to England's control of the
press and the worlds channels Of com
munication. He frankly admitted that
IN the past Germany has failed to appre-
ciate tho important role played by the
press In world politics and In International
affairs. He made il clear that Germany
has learned a lesson in this respect and
learned ii at the price OF being branded
IN the eyes Of the neutral nations a, q
military menace TO the worlds peace.
81 have faith in thu sense of Justice
OF tho American people" SAID his High
ness. once we can get to them the ac-
luti 1a'ts ana Inc actual trNtnS htCk or
this conflict. I know that up To- this time
II has been impossible for them to thor
oughly understand our situation. but I
believe that when the truth Is known to
them the fair mndcdncss and the love of
fair play which has always characterized
the acts Of your Countrymcn will result
in a revulsion Of sentiment in our favor.
81 had many friends in America. I be-
lieve still have some there | also have
many friends IN Euglard-or rather had"
said the Prince, with rueful smile ard
a shake Of his head. Then. turning
abruptly and looking mo squarely IN the
eye. he said
II want you 10 tell me exactly what Is
said about me In America
heSitated moment, irving to figure
just how much frankness was compatible
with discretion in discussing personalities
with the Crown Prince of tho German Finn
pire. Apparently reading my thoughts
his iiighncss laughed good naturedly and
prompted:
81 Ike frankness and can stand the
truth Go ahead really want 10
know"
Well" replied. the fact is that your
Imperial HighneSs has been very gener-
ally represented, or misreprosent"I as
one OF the kr!egshetzer. a war agItator
leader of the war party and exponent
extraordinary of miltar,sm"
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Yes, | know said tho Crown Prince,
noddng his head In assent and giving
no evidence of surprise, and the English
press says all that and much more The
English papers have stated that | am a
thief and that ! have personally robbed
and pillaged these French houses in which
We have been forced to make our head
quarters. Really-aud want you to tel;
me frankly--is II possible that Intelligent
people In America or even in ENGLAND can
honestly believe such things of me? Can
II be possible that they believe mo capa-
Die OF stealing pictures or art treas
ures or permitting the loOtug of French
homes"
I reminded him that I'm war times sane
judgment often went 10y the boards
~ know. hut IL is simply Incredible that
people could believe what the English pa
pcrs have printed about mo personally
and about our side Of tho war Let's see.
how many times have ! committed sui
eide or been wounded
admitted that | had lost count
Il am supposed recently To- have been
badly defeated on the Russian frontier"
chuckled his Highuoss But this whole
business would he much more amusing 90
he added In a more sober tone. If did
not know that a q result Of II the public
I'm neutral countries is being mislcd. As
To my being war agitttor am truly
sorry that people do not know me better
There Is no war party I'm Germany
now and there never has been. can
not help believing that il Vii! Ncry soon
dawn upon the world hat 50 far as ter
many is concerned this conflict is not a
war wdged by some mythical party. but
IS fight backed by the unity and soldar-
~ Of the German Empire. This unity
is the best answer to The charge with
which England ~ eudoavorlnE to terrfy
the world tHat tho var is bclrc pushed
10y an ambitious military clique"
The Young soldier laughed heartily
when ! told him that the Russian press
bureau had recently reported that their
troops nearly captured the Kaiser dur
iug recent engagement near Warsaw
81 must tell father about that. am
sure II will hc news 20 him and that he
will enjoy a., be said.
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'FRANCE DID NOT WANT WAR
BUT WILL VIM" SAYS JOFFRE

FANS. Nov 30--For the first time
since the French army took the field Gen
joifre has received a party of French
uewspapor mon at his headquarters
Tn" Iitvas agency correspondent, who
WAS one Of the party. gives this account
OF the call
Gen. Joifre's private office is on the
FIRST floor of the school building The
correspondents We're at once shown up.
and as they entered the General rose
from his desk and stood In the middle Of
the room Vie was ~ undress uniform.
with top boots and tunic, but wore no
de- JruNonS.
- am happy to welcome You gentle
men, he said. Your tour will, hope, en-
able YOU to correct certain errors which
tn Germans are busily disseminating IN
the public mind. You will carry back
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" Most Stupid, Sensekss War of Modern 7m1es,"
Says Croqvn Prince; Altitude of IT, s. Surprises Him
Praises French Troops as
Equal i'm Intelligence
to His Own.
IS ANXIOUS TO SEE
GAME OF BASEBALL

have shown that French leadership has
been excellent. and 1t has commanded our
admiration"
After q half hours interview we were
Interrupted by AN officer who reported
TO the Crown Prince that his stan was
mounted and waiting outside. First in
vitiug me to have dinner with him that
evening. his fIighncss excused himself
and mounting his horse galloped away
to the scene of the days fighting.
During dinner he returned TO the sub
ject Of America ard his desire to visit
our country.
Il had all arrangements made for n
visit two years ago" h" said. nut polt-
zeal objections prevented my TRIP | had
determined ON q visit this year and had
planned hunting trip with Ambassador
Gerard. but the war has Of course spoiled
that. Some time. however, 7 intend to
make the trip. ! am especially intrrc. ted
In your big industrial centres. Ike Pitts
burg and Chicago. and iu your beautiful
cities like Detroit, san Francisco and
Portland.
II am most anxious to SEQ ono Jt
your baseball games and one Of your
baseball crowds You know 1 hay"
been greatly interested In sports and in
turtheriug them with consideration 20
the phy steal training ~ our young men.
Personally 1t has been a big digappoint-
mcnt TO me- that fhc war mas inad.
Impossible The scheduled olympic games
At Berlin"
glance at the reading table In the
Crown Princes room nailed the gem
orally repeated story that he reads only
what is clipped for him saw on
his table leading American, English,
French and Italian papers with several
numbers OF puck and Lff" asKe
him what he thought or American hu-
NOR and H. replied hat Li'" was one
OF his faVoritc magazines because OF IT.
clever political satire. rs wisdom and
It's faculty for Iunc.uilng coucciL The
conversation developed tha, have an
acquaintance with Jack 10 don.
London il ono Of my f1vorite Ameri-
can authors lie said. "and would Ike
very much 10 meet him. | think that
his portrayal of nature and the breath
~ the outdoors, together with his force
fulueSs. gives his writings great puw'r.'
reminded him that London WAS =
| Socialist
That would Not make me- want any
| less 10 know what Kind uf man wri"'
such books" was tho quick reply.
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"Nuuther officer on similar duty in one
OF our adv inc-d trenches was engulfed by
wave of Germans. VINO suddenly APP
ped'Cd in the mis- and pressed past the
trru0h where ne was. The officer found
shc enemy, but by running down the rear
q the front column OF one OF them sue
''eded IN the fog In getting TO the Hank
GuUptlced
IT speaks wonders for German dis
cpliue that the officers are able to ge:
80 much out Of the men. bur an incident
occurred recently which shows that the
demand smide upon them are sometim mes
h"yond the limits OF human endurance
The Germans were holding the edge of a
wood and in order 10 aU,ack our trenches
htH 20 advance over an open space of 200
yards
After much shouting aud cries Of 'Vor-
warts the first assault was delivered.
O. the wood The assault was repeated a
second and third time. ON each occasion
there was a prelude OF louder exhortations
and once again shouts OF 'Norwaerts
W." heard, but they were greeted with
loud ordinations of 'Nein. nen" and no
advance was made"
IN" writer pays a tribute to the French
railroad for coOpo rating in carrying sup
pics % the British, saying: Amid it's
muitftrlous duties of supplying French
troops spread over $50 miles it never once
failed 100 the additional duty of acting
as Ine OF communication for the Brit
ISL"