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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-01-30
HAD 4 NOSE FOR NEWS.
He Got Scoop" by knowing . cabi.
net Minister'S Weakness.

How u cabinet secret was revealed
In q most Amazing fashion by a NEEDY
and adventurous penny liner at tn,
end OF his resources is related b.
Mr. j. ID. Symon In THE Press and
Its story" 1t was during the ad
ministration Of the Duke Of yelling
ton. at juncture when the opposition
would have given anything for some
hint OF the cabinets policy. The secre,
was well guarded until one evening
Just at the rising Of the house. a penny
liner. who had been hanging about
Westminster waiting for something t.
turn up. saw the duke emerge from
the house of lords accompanied by one
Of his colleagues.
Now. the duke in his later years
was very hard Of hearing and cherish
ed that not uncommon Illusion of the
deaf. that In order to make other peo
pie hear he. too. must shout. II oc
CURED TO the scribe that IL he would
only follow the prime minister he
might hear something to his advan
tage
The night was dark. so the penny
a liner managed to keep, well within
earshot and yet to escape remark by
those he was following He had not
gone very far before he knew he was
in luck's way. The duke was actually
talking about the situation in his usual
loud tones and gradually proceeded
to unfold the policy of the cabinet. The
penny liner listened with all his
ears and kept will within range Of the
minister all the way to Apsley house.
Thereupon. with beating heart. he
sought some friendly refuge and COM
mitted his discovery to writing. This
done. be lost no time in calling upon
the editor OF one Of the leading op-
position papers.
The editor glanced over the article
and was thnnderstruck when he realiz-
ed its nature. Here was the very thing
for which the party had been praying.
Naturally the editor inquired how SO
uninfiuentiaI person could have come
by such very private information.
Being satisfied, however. of the truth
of the mans story. he decided to print
1t and gave the reporter handsome
check for bis enterprise. Next day
the appearance Of the news. re-enforc-
ed by leading article. spread con-
sternation in the government camp.
Who was the traitor?
Somewhat of hue and cry was
raised. and the dukes friend fell I'M
der suspicion. Relations between the
prime minister and his colleague were
In fact somewhat strained. until at
last the true story OF the remarkable
discovery was given to the world.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-01-30
Ingenious.

Little Gallon. a French boy. was al
lowed to take luncheon with his moth
er and her guests on condition that hs
ate only that which was offered him
making no comment. BY and by. how
ever. when dessert was on the ia BILE
Gallon could not resist a certain
temptation.
Please. mamma, may have a sar
dine?"
mo. my son: you know very well
that you may not have a sardine, that
such things are not allowed you. And
| thought you promised me not to ask
for anything special to eat"
"Oh. I don't want to eat. IT," was
the little boys ingenious and astonish-
ing answer. II just want to put it In
my glass Of water and see it float
Chicago Record Herald.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-01-30

Hope Is the dream VI the man awaks.
Plato
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-01-30
PRETTY SAFE PRISON.
eloodheunds Guarded One Exit, Man
Eating Sharks the Other.

Eating Sharks the Other.
Shark skin. shark teeth. shark OIL
shark meat and several other byprod.
ucts Of the dead shark are articles OF
greater or lesser utility. but l have
never heard Of but one instance where
the living shark was put to prac-
tical use. This. says Lewis X. Free.
man. was when they used him as q
prison guard in the old days when
British convicts were transported to
Australia. the monsters serving this
purpose for many years at the Port
Arthur settlement, ten miles south of
Hobart, the present capital Of Tas-
mania. The prisons at this point. some
Of which may still be seen were stu.
ated upon a peninsula whose only con.
nection with the mainland was by a
long. narrow strip of sand called. from
Its CONFEDERATION. the Eaglehaw k's
Neck.
The convlcts were allowed consider
able liberty on the peninsula, but to
prevent their escape to the mainland
half starved blo6dhOuAds were chained
all the way across the narrowest por-
ton OF the neck. Severnl prisoners
having avoided the bloodhound zone"
by swimming. the authorities adopted
the effective but grewsOme expedient
Of feeding the sharks Mt that point sew.
eral times day. In a few weeks the
place became literally alive with the
voracious man eaters. and from that
time on the only convict who ever es.
capped accomplished his purpose BY roll.
Ing himself up In kelp and working
along. inch by inch, timing his move
ments to correspond with those Of the
other heaps OF seaweed that were be-
ing rolled by the surf.-Wide World
Magazine.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-01-30
The Rest Was Easy.

Mrs. Gordon had recently moved into
the neighborhood.
II thought would come and tell you
that your James has been lighting with
my Edward" said one OF the neigh
bOrs one morning as she called at Mrs.
GOrdon's door. land settle the matter
IL I could"
well. for my part" responded Mrs.
Gordon haughtily. Il have no time to
enter into any discussion about the
children's quarrels. 4 consider myself
above such trifiing things."
I'm delighted to bear It." was the
reply. "I'll send James over on a
stretcher In an hour or two."-Life.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-01-30
The Economist,

1T isn't by petty and ridiculous
economies that men succeed" said
John u. Rockefeller Jr. "S0me peo
pie seem TO think thar to get rich one
must economic like Blanco Blanco's
faithful old dog had turned sickly and
savage. aud SO Blanco said to his wife
on arriving home from business Satur'
day evening
"'l'll shoot Towser tomorrow morn
Ing before church,
"Blanco paused. then added sternly:
$50 remember. please. that he won't
need any breakfast. - Cincinnati en-
qulrer.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-01-30
Pretty Dead.

A native of boom town who had
moved away happened on one Of his
old neighbOrs who still lived there and
asked him about the town.
"Oh. it's awful" replied the unfortu-
nate neighbor. "Deadest place you
ever saw. Say, you know Jones. don't
you? Well. he dropped dead In front
Of the postofiice Sunday. and they
didn't find the body till Thursday
Everybody's.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-01-30
II Was All Within.

A practical joker carried an onion In
his pocket 10 the depot when bidding
farewell 10 young lady and took a
bite now and then 10 induce tears. Be-
fore the train departed he hnd eaten
the entire onion. The young lady. per-
ceIving the situation. remarked. "Ah.
you have swallowed your grief"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-01-30
Nc Degrees.

A tippant young woman remarks
that her father can turn out bachelors
a great deal quicker than any college.
He doesn't do It by degrees. she says.
He begins the graduation exercises
promptly at n D. m. aud they are
always flashed two minutes later
Boston Transcript
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-01-30
Social Ambition.

They say that Mars Is not now hat
table. but viii he soon"
Gosh. I'd Ike TO help settle Il!
Think Of being auong the first taIni-
hes or an entire plane" -Kansas City
Journal.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-01-30
Easv For Him.

How much alimony did his wife de-
mand?"
Twenty dollars week more than
his salary"
slow foolish"
well. she said she guessed he could
afford II since he always had spent
twice what he earned. Judge.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-01-30
Bound 10 Hsv. the Lse..

In Evigtuk. Greenland. the women
and men dress alike. and the only way
10 tell female' from male is ny the
lace decorations which the members OF
the weaker sex wear on their collars.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-01-30
Aid 10 Cenius.

Our Idea Is that there ought to he al
least three children IN every family. so
that II one IT them should become
genius the other two could Support
him.- Galveston News.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-19
A Faithful Horse.

A girl working in a railway depot was once attacked by a band of rob bers while the station master was away on his vacation. She had just gone outside of the building to give a letter to the conductor of the train and when she returned and had entered the building and closed the door she saw the robbers, who were trying to hide themselves.
 They immediately sprang at her and tied her to a post with very strong rope. She tried very hard to get away. but the more she tugged at the rope the tighter the knots grew The only thing she could do was to blow her whistle which she had fastened around her neck. This she succeeded in do ing.
 The horse. who was in a barn about 8 quarter of mile away. came to the barn door, oushed the peg out with his nose and then galloped along the railroad track to the door of the de- pot. which he found closed; but he soon opened it by pushing few boards out, just enough to pass his head through. so that he could turn the handle with his teeth. He then walked in and nibbied the rope and let his owner free.
 The girl then rode off for help. and when she returned she gave her horse an extra supply of feed.
 JESSIE L. BREHAUT.
 East Norwich. N. Y.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-19

soon We were far away from the earth and the farther we went the smaller the earth looked to us. Soon the earth looked like small star itself. and the planet Mars grew bigger and bigger all the time. We travelled about thirty five million miles from the earth and it took long long time
 When we reached Mars l could hard iy believe that it was a star that we had seen from the earth. I thought we were back to the earth. But the peo- pie who lived on Mars were very big, almost twice as big as the people who live on our earth.
 We were so small compared to those people that no one noticed us as we walked through the streets of Mars The houses were very much larger than some of the skyscrapers in New York The streets and roads were wide and pretty.
 When we would look up in the sky we would see the same stars as we did at home. It is not as warm in Mars as it IS on our earth. They have win ter most of the time, and the tall mountains are always covered with snow.
 We did not stay at Mars very long, for I began to get homesick and long ed to see our own sized people. l was glad to arrive home, but 1 enjoyed my trip very much. , AUGUSTA SHERSHEVSKT, Age 12-
 Norwich,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-19
HoGO to Make fhe Best Cough Remedy at Home A Family Supply at Small Cost,
 and Fully Guaranteed.

Make a plain syrup by mixing ons pint of granulated sugar and E pint of warm water and stir for 2 minutes Put 212 ounces of pure Pinex fifty cents worth in a pint bottle, and fill it up with the Sugar Syrup. This gives you family supply of the best cough syrup at saving of S2. It never spells. Iake-a teasPoOnful every one, two or three hours.
 The effectiveness of this simple remedy most instantly, and will usually con- Suer an ordinary, cough in 24 hours. 1s tones up the taded appetite and ia cough, and has a pleasing taste Also excellent for bronchial trouble, bronchial asthma, whooping cough and spasmodic croup.
 This method of making cough remedy with Pinex and Sugar Syrup (or strained hOney) is now used in more homes than any other cough syrup, This explains why it is often initiated, though never successfully. If you Ay it, use only genuine Pinex. which is q most valuable concentrated compound of Norway white pine extract, and. is rich in guaiacol and other natural healing pine clements. Other prepara- tions will not work in this combination.
 A guaranty of absolute satisfaction. or money promptly refunded, goes with this preparation. Your druggist has Pinex, or will get it for you. If not, send to The Pinex O.. Ft. Wayne, Ind
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-19
Life in Sweden.

If any of the Wide Awakes should
 visit Sweden they would find the Teo- pie are very healthy and jolly. These people have many amIse-
 ments such picnics and May poles for the summer and skating and slid ing, snowballing and other sports for the winter.
 l One of the most important festivals
 during summer is on the 23rd of June. The people in the country start early to the small village, riding in a long haycart holding about twenty people This cart is decked out with flowers and birch leaves. The driver has 8 seat made like an arbor of flowers. 1 Then the people sing and enjoy them ! selves.
 The ride is a long one and they
 are glad to reach the village. When they reach there they find girls and boys and elderly people. Young and old come to this feast In l the middle of an open field is Q large l May pole trimmed with flowers and
 ribbons. On the top is the flag of blue
 and yellow for Sweden. 1 All dance around the pole for a l long time then the feast is spread. l After all have eaten they play games
 and dance all night and then go home i happy and tired.
 All the children like the winter be- | cause it brings the snow and ice and l winter sports. The most important l sports are the sailing on skates They 1 have sails of canvas in the form of the l capital letter A. This is tied to their l backs. When the breeze blows they 1 glide across the pond at one mile in | two minutes.
 1 Many skate on strips of wood in ! the shape of the runners of a sled. l These are called skees. They have a | long staff to help them up the hills and aid them in steering.
 The snow lasts four or five months. l For two months it is very dark; and | on the darkest day of the year the 1 Swedes celebrate Christmas On this day they send presents and l have sports.
 They have a big dinner as we do. | What is left over is given to the snow 1 birds which are very tame in Sweden. MARGARET L. SOMERS, Age II. 1 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-19
Georna Washinnton.

As 6 boy Washington was noted for his truthfulneSS and his courage. He was also very generous. He was both liked and respected by his schoolmates and was always chosen their leader. He was fearless rider and a good hunter,
 At the age of 14 it was decided he should enter the navy. The ship he was to join lay in the Potomac and his trunk was sent on board. but at the last moment his mother, dreading the temptations of a seamon's life upon a boy so young, asked him to remain with her,
 Washington was soreIy disappointed, but he yielded cheerfully to his moth CTS wish
 Washington upon leaving school had chosen to be a surveyor and soon after his first meeting with Lord Fairfax was employed by him to survey his land. His life as surveyor was a hard one. but he enjoyed it.
 Washington at an early day had a great fondness for military exercises and soon became one of the best in formed men upon military matters in the colony.
 Governor Dinwiddie had chosen Washington to take letter addressed to the commander of the French forces in the Ohio valley. Washington was instructed to find out the number, po- sition and strength of their forts. He got all the answers and set out to go back again to Virginia.
 General Braddock came over from England to drive out the French from the Ohio valley and Washington join ed him. When they had about reach ed Fort Duquesne there came a volley of bullets from behind the trees The soldiers began to run. and as they ran they were shot down. Washington was not shot.
 A clergyman said that he believed Providence had saved Washington for some important service to his coun- try"
 After the Revolution. Washington
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-19
Our LittIe Hlndu cousir

Our little Hindu cousin lives in In dia. She takes bath in a very large stone tank in the courtyard every day. It is one of her religious duties. Al though she is only 10 years old she is married
 The Hindu people get married when they are young. She does not live with her husband yet. She still lives with her parents and plays with her toys. When she is older she will go to live with her husband.
 Her father owns a shop in the ba- zaar where he sells sweets
 When her brother grows up he will sell sweets, too, because the Hindu boys take up their fathers trade
 She has queer little pet What do you suppose it is? It is a monkey. and she has great deal of fun playing with it.
 Her grandmother cooks the food in little cupboards in the wall. Under a layer of stones is fire. The pam or pot is put in the little cupboard. The people in India eat a great deal of rice and, of course, her family does In one part of her house is a baked clay idol. Every day the family make offerings to this idol
 In India the people are divided into classes called castes. The people of lower caste are not allowed to go with or even touch those of a higher caste.
 Der not to go with anyone who is not of his-~caste.
 Don't you think it would be hard if you had to?
 ALICE NJ. GoRMAN. Age II.
 Versailles
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-19
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

, few people have conquered since the dawn of time. You have quite likely heard of them. They do not live. in wild country and preyN upon the domestic animals or stores of the Deo- 1 pie, but dwell in the human mind, and ] if we master them a white-robed angel comes to us.
 These bears live in your language l lessons, in the spelling book and in l the dictionary as twins and they al :! ways go together and their names are Bear and Forbea.r, and when you mas 1 ter them you will find that Patience is your constant guest, the white
 robed angel that mitigates all suffer l ing; and it has been said of those who have not patience how poor they areI'
 l Bear helps~us to pass unnoticed all l that annoys and -irritates others; and
 Forbear prevents us from resenting
 meanness and lowering ourselves to 1 the level of those who demean them selves, and of whom we may complain l if we have not learned of the great
 value of Silence, which is a preserver 1 of the peace.
 These two. bears prevent all kinds ] of trouble and by being honored make i boys and girls noble in their conduct who are in danger of becoming base.
 These bears of the mind found only 1 in books are good bears, and they are
 no less to be held in esteem because they are of the imagination They add to civility and promote politeness and make the way of life easier for every 1 boy and girl who gives heed to them. i This is language lesson and Uncle 1 Jed hopes the Wide-Awakes will see
 the value of it because it will make l them more kind and obedient at home, ] pIeasanter to and more beloved by 1 their associates and orderly and dili- 1 gent pulips more essteemed by their 1 teachers
 Bear and Forbear will ever be your 1 true helpers
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-19
George Washinator.

Washington was born in a plain, old fashioned house in Westmoreland county. Virginia, on the 22d of Febru- ary. 1732.
 He was sent to what was called an "oldfleld school
 Little George went to school and was taught by a man named Hobby
 This play-captain soon became a tall boy The people of that day used to go everywhere on horseback and George was not afraid of the widest horse or an unbroken colt.
 He was so just that his schoolmates used to bring their quarrels for him to settle.
 When George was II years old his father died and his mother took great pains to bring him up with manly ideas He was sent to MT Williams where he learned reading. writing and arithmetic.
 His brother Lawrence wished George to be a seaman. for he had the notion of going, but his mother was unwillfn 10 part with him.
 George took great pains with all he did When he wrote book he wrote it neat and clean.
 Sometimes men, women and children slept by these fires. like cats and dogs" as Washington wrote. and hap DIV is he who gets nearest the f1re''
 LORETTA PICHE. Age 1O
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-19
POETRY.
The Visitor.

The Visitor.
 (Fron Harper's Magazine) Somebody's at our school las week, A Nisitor-an wat he does Is tell you things you won't forget If you can member what they wuz. An we must stan up in our seats An n'en we mus set down again, You dassent chew gum wen he talks Nor draw things with your pen. Tn Visitor wants boys to be Real brave-sois we can all get shot Like sojer-mans he teIled us bout, Men we'll be Hist'ry. lekt as not Tn Visitor, his glasses aint Swung fum chain; they are tn You hold an 'xplain with wen you An point at boys-but I don't mind Wen Maysie Smith. she got tn note, Tn teacher says, Bring that to
 me-
 N'en all her curIs went down an hid Behind the big geography. An Johnnie Jones, he made tn sun Shine on his piece of lookin' glass, An n'en he hid it in his desk Till teacher got through goin pas. An wy we all laffed out was cause He went an made tn sunshine go A-bobbin' on tn Visitors head Wite where his hair forgot to grow. Tn Visitor, he's dref1e glad~>- If any word at he could say Has wreathed a children's face with
 smiles
 An That's all boys and girls, to-
 day
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-19
Plainfeld
My Early Home,

The first place 1 can well remember was large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it. Waterlilies and rushes grew at the other end. We could look over the gate at our mas ter's house, which stood near the road side. There were six colts in the meadow, besides me. They were older horses than I was. We used to run around and around the meadow as fast as we could go.
 One day my mother whinnied to me and said:
 ''l wish you would pay attention to what l am going to say to you. (The colts here are very good colts but had not learned manners.) Don't kick or bite, no matter how bad you are treated
 I have never forgotten my mothers advice.
 Our master was a good, kind man. He gave us good food, good lodging. and kind words.
 A boy once caught Dick by the mane and gave him a box on the ear.
 Our master was watching the boy. and as soon as we saw our master coming We trotted up nearer to see Swhat was going on.
 Bad bOyI" he said. Bad boy. to chase the colts. Now, go home. I shall not need you on my farm again. 90
 LUCY HENSHAW, Age H.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-19

plant CT We may get one that doesn't look in the least like moss. Then if the plant that doesn't look like moss produces spores, Ordinary moss plants will grow from them. This is what scientists call attenuation of genera tions. Each new plant Is like it's grandmother. Instead of it's mother. We find the same thing among ferns and among jelly6sh, as well as among other plants and animals, and when the little folks are little older, per haps they will like to know how the scientists explain it.
 Mosses have been loved by poets for thelr beauty ever since we have had any poetry, but, as we have seen, it is not merely for their beauty that nature has given them to us. That would be reason enough, to be sure. but being beautiful does not prevent a thing from being useful. and mosses are so use tul that we couldn't possibly get on without them. They make soil on the rocks and they also make it in water.
 There are some kinds of moss which seem to have been specially designed by nature to fill up sWamps, and the soil thus made is extraordinarily fer tile. All over Europe and America we lind that large part of the most fer tile land was once bog land and aI- most anywhere we can find moss at work filling up other bogs Bog moss is not rooted in the earth but floats free in the water and as it grows the older part dies and sinks to the bot tom. It does not decompose, as dead plants usually do, because bog moss has the power of manufacturing an antiseptic fluid which preserves it. And so the bog is gradually filled up Sometimes the dead moss is used for fuel. and then we call 1t peat
 Another useful thing that moss does is to store up water on the hills to feed the rivers in dry weather The moss covered slopes of a mountain are just as good as a reservoir. and if we go on cutting down the mountain forests and destroying the moss, as we are doing now, we are going to get ourselves into all sorts of trouble