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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
DRAWING WEALTH FROM SEA
Waters Around Australia and Ameri-
ca Abound In Material Always In
Commercial Demand.

The natural resources Of Queens
land (Australia) exist in the sea rs
well as upon the land. The great reef
which skirts its northern seabOard Is
the home Of the commercial sponge,
the trocus, shellfish, beche de mer and
other things which more systematic
or scientific search might reveal. SO
far the growth of sponge has not
been exploited but trocus shell to the
value of 10000 (roughly, S150,000)
has been exported to Japan from
North Queensland.
The luggers fish constantly and
effectually. What is required Is ID
greater first-hand knowledge of the
resources Of the Barrier and its en-
virOns; (2) a more stringent enforce
ment of the licensing laws; (3) the
necessity for a close season in vari-
Gus sectors of the waters, and, last
~, the Introduction of scientific meth
DDS for development and control.
II Is interesting to note In connec-
ton with this last proposal that In
Florida a sponge farm has been sue
cessfully inaugurated and spOnges to
the value of 100000 approximately
S200000) are about to be put on the
market, an exchange observes. The
way was made clear for this achieve
ment by the American bureau of fish
cries. an institution which is doing, in
conjunction with the American bureau
Of standards, monumental research
for American industry. The sponges
are separated into tenths and secured
by platinum wire to small slabs of ce-
ment, which are planted in water
vat selected for the complete absence
of fresh water, protection from ma
rauders and freedom from sand.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
CONSTANT FIGHT WITH FLIES
Camera Men Bothered With the
Pests, Which Persist In Circling
in Front Of the Lens.

Flies give the technical department
of the movie companies some of their
hardest battles, writes Robert Wagner
in the Saturday Evening Post. Flies
are worse camera hogs than actors;
they wouldn't be so bad If they'd stay
at the table and eat. but between
courses they mp and fly in droves all
round the camera. just TO be in the
close-ups, and when they pass direct
ly in front of the lens they take on
the proportions of buzzards.
When we stage a banquet scene II
Is n banquet-not pastebOard eats, such
us they have on the stage, but the real
Peruvian doughnuts. And when one
of these great open-alr feasts-for,
alas, our banquet halls are usually shy
two or more walls-is announced and
the diners sit down TO their happy
feed they soon discover that every fly
from as far north as lnyo county Is
also In attendance.
As wicked as It seems TO use poison
gases mt a banquet, we often have TO
do Il Just to keep the flies out of our
artistic ointment. 1t was because these
creatures liked burnt sugar so much
that we had to give up that sticky
camouilage for our strong waters; our
Martins are now drier than every.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
IDENTIFIED AFTER TWO YEARS
fled BY Mystery OF Skeleton
Found In the River.

Identifying dead bodies Is often ex-
tremely difficult. OF course, finger
prints and photographs make identi-
ficatlon fairly easy. and laundry marks
are great help; hut very often the
police have much less To work upon.
The New York police recently found
male skeleton, fully clothed, In the
river. They succeeded In Identifying
1T by means Of gold bridge in the
upper jaw. They traced the dentist
who had made the bridge. and he gave
them the chart Of the mouth, which
correspondent with the teeth of the
skeleton. They then found watch
man. who said that the man was
known ms "Sam." In the course of
conversation he mentioned that "Sam"
had an enlarged great toe joint on
his left foot, and very often wore
shoes with n hole cut over the big
Clint and n patch scwed over the hole.
At the mortuary the shoe was found
just as the Waterman had described
II. Then the deceased's sister was
traced. and she identified her brother
by means OF handkerchief found i'm
Us pocket. II was afterward proved
that the man fell into the river when
he was drunk. and that he had been
In the water about two years. This
Is one of the cleverest pieces of iden-
tifying work Of recent years.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Plants Have Become Pests.

Popular plants, like certain animals.
may develop into formidable pests
when introduced into new localities.
As striking example of the spread
of shrubby species, +. +. Andrews
brings forward the Japan honeysuckle.
which half century or so ago was
known in the southeastern United
States only as an attractive vine for
garden or piazza, but since then has
run wild until IL has become the most
aggressive and indomitable enemy of
the native vegetation. Unlike the
common herbaceous weeds, II is not
confined to roadsides and waste places,
but invades the most secluded haunts
Of wild flowers, strangling or smother
ing every green thing. and II is not I'M
usual to see whole acres OF haw thick
cts or other shrubby growth being ex-
Terminated in it's deadly meshes. A
plant that had been reduced in its
throttling grasp to little more than a
leafiess skeleton was remarkably
fine haw tree 10 inches in diameter,
with crown spreading 40 feet and a
height of about the same.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Bohemia's Sufferinas.

Bohemia went through some of the
most barbarous of the German re-
ligious wars in the sixteenth and sew
enteenth centuries. Between 1917 and
1887 the Bohemian population was re-
duced from 100000 to 100000 by the
ravages of execution and exile. says
Richard Wilmer Rowan in Worlds
Work. The Czech language was ban
ished from the Bohemian school room
In favor of the German by the other
wise liberal Maria Theresa just two
years before our American declaration
of independence. Czech rioting signal
ICED the upheavals in 1913 that drove
Metternich and his fellow reactionaries
TO timely seclusion. Yet the Aus
gleich or Austro- Hungarian compro-
mise Of 1867 found Bohemia still re-
fused the national recognition il de-
manded.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
The Thirteenth Juror.

What is the influence of the thir-
teenth juror upon the other twelve
Jurors? asks Willis Barnes in Case and
Comment. Here are twelve men Sc
lected from the ordinary walks of life,
commercial or ndustrial-rarely from
professional life. The only impressive
faculty they are supposed to have is
sane mind capable of a common-sense
conclusion upon facts submitted. and
that each mans mind will be brought to
unanimous conclusion, but in the eff
fort TO accomplish this the thirteenth
Juror takes part; he is looked upon
as one learned in the law and neces-
sarily learned in the skillful analysis of
evidence; the jury listens to this an
alysis and the color put upon it by one
who knows what he is talking about,
and when the twelve jurors retire to
the consultation room they carry with
them mental influence so impressive
that 1t cannot be easily dismissed; 1t
enters into and necessarily becomes
part of the evidence they are called
upon to consider.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Crime Always Poorly Paid.

1t has long been a matter of note
that the safe robber of highest degree
and the cOunterfeitcr of fullest accom-
plishment bring to their purposes tai
ents which would serve them in legiti-
mate application exceptionally well.
Ranking below these operators in
genius, the new motor car thief dis
plays yet an acumen and a smoothness
In bushes execution which should
make him as straight man of af-
fairs generally valuable.
All these performers, refusing to
work honestly for sure and sufficient
compensation, work much harder for
the uncertain returns and ever-present
perlls of croOkedness. They make
manifest curious paradox of crime.
They are not explained wholly by the
cries Of a stunted spirit of adventure
and highly temperamental love for
the risks of the game. Perhaps the
law, to meet them effectively, should
hold them to punitive account in
measures proportioned less to arbi-
trary degrees of crime than to proved
wastes of natural gifts.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
INDIAN WORKED WITH BRAIN
Bucks Ingenious Explanation for Not
Aiding squaw to Carry Their
Domestic Burden.

A group of people who were touring
Alaska one summer were disguised at
the laZiness of the buck Indians they
saw in the villages and along the trail.
One day when they were taking a
side trip they came upon a couple of
ldians who were evidently packing
into the mountains to stay a while.
The squaw was staggering under
tremendous burden. She lugged all Of
the bedding and provisions, and pa
pOose for good measure. The old buck
was slumping along lazily ahead Of
her, smoking his pipe and looking
down at the trail. --s., 'a-. - :
One member of the tourist party
hailed the Indians and when they stop
ped he inquired, somewhat out Of pa
tience:
"See here, buck, how comes it that
Nikawana is carrying all of the bag
gage and you are slouching along. en-
joying your pipe? Why don't you
take at least half of the load off your
squaw, you big lazy Indianr
The buck stood silent as a sphinx
for few moments, then grunted to
himself and, pointing his index finger
to his forehead, he exclaimed in deep,
cultural tones:
Huh, me all time think ~
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
CHARACTER IN LAST WORDS
Final Remarks Of Men Of Emineneo
Key to Thoughts That Dominat-
ed Them In Life.

The schoolmaster spoke in old Alex
ander Adams last words, at grows
dark, boys; you may go;" the polished
man of the world in Chesterheld's
Give Dayrolles n chair" the philoso-
pher in Hobbies, 81 am going 10 take
a great leap into obscurity :" the as
celtic In Thoreau's 81 leave the world
without a regret" the rebel in Peter
Pindars Give me back my YOUTH"
the poet in Keats 81 feel the flowers
growing over my grave :" the actor in
Quin's 81 could wish this tragic scene
was over, but | hope TO go through IL
with becoming dignity" the man OF
action in Cecil Rhodes $50 little done,
so much TO do" the hero in Law
rence's Don't give up the ship" the
wit In Palmerston's "Die, my dear
doctor! that's the last thing I shall
do" the humorist in Doctor Samuel
Garth's appeal to his fellow-physcians,
Dear gentlemen. let me die natural
DEATH" the believer in Sir Henry
Havelock's ct is doubtful that Addi-
son said it first) "Come, my son, and
see how Christian can die" the
skeptic in Thomas Paines 81 have no
wish to believe on that subject" the
victorious warrior in Wolfes God be
praised! I die happy" the dictator
In NapOleon's "Tete d'armee;" the
anxious patriot in Pitts "My countryi
how l love my country" the stole in
Harriet Martineau's 81 see no reason
why the existence of Harriet Martineau
should be prolonged :" the sophisticat-
ed villain in Titus Oates at is all
the same in the end" the plutocrat in
Lorenzo de- Medici's mot that, can
not part with that" the benevolent
man in Walter Scott's God bless you
all! !" the martyr in Sir Henry vane's
"Ten thousand deaths for me ere
will stain the purity of my conscience"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Paper Scarce in Wartimes.

During the War of the Revolution
persons engaged in the manufacture of
paper were exempted from cOnscrip-
tion. As the war advanced the sup
ply of paper for cartridges and wad-
ding ran so low that the government
advertised for II. and finally ordered
the public to produce all they had,
even sending files of soldiers to search
for the Indispensable article where
there was any likelihood of finding 1t.
In the garnet of n house where Benja-
min Franklin once had his printing of
flee We're found $500 copies of a SER
mon by Philadelphia divine on "De-
fensive War" These were seized and
used to make cartridges for the bat
tie of Monmouth. The results Of the
battle showed conclusively that it was
"a most striking discourse" During
the Civil war common news paper sold
for % cents per pound, and ten years
later 1t sold for 10 cents per pound.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
MUST KEEP BRAIN AT WORK
Men Who do Things" Are Those
Who Constantly Maintain Activity
of Their Minds.

The editor of the American Maya
zine says: "SOme men stay asleep on
their jobs-no matter whether they are
strap-hangers in New York or store
keepers in Manistee. The main thing
Is to wake up. That is what this man
did. He woke up and shook himself
into state of rigid self-examination
and overhauling. That is good for any
body once in while.
Beyond the shadow of doubt the
men who do big things differ. from
those who don't chiefly in the activity
of their minds. The big doors keep up
continual mental struggle-cOllecting
and absorbing new facts, studying to
understand them, trying to put two
and two together-until out of this ac-
tivity they hit upon good practical
ideas which they see clearly. No men
tally lazy man ever had really good
idea. You can't get good ideas that
way. Good ideas are born in brains
that keep working. You can't take a
fat horse out of a stall where it has
been locked up a long time and expect
1t to win race. Neither can you eX-
pect lazy brain to get out on the
track suddenly and make much of a
record. Both horses and brains thrive
on exercise"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
First Paper Mill.

The first paper mill in this country
was started by William Bradford ut
Germantown, Pa, In 1890. II was
known as the Rittenhouse mill. and,
of course. the paper was made by hand
the first machine for the purpose
being invented in 1893 by French
man, Louis Robert.
The invention Of paper is attributed
tAa Chlnaman named T'sai Lun who
is said To have made II from bark,
hemp. rags and old fish-nets in the
year lO5 A. ID. SIX centuries later the
Arabs captured the Chinese city OF
Samarkand, and there learned the art
of paper-makins.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Birds Shower Bath.

Nature first provided shower baths
for the birds, and man Internationally
later added another variety of shower
for "the little brothers of the air." Ma
lures gift is the dew. Early In the
morning. when twigs, leaves and grass
are dripping with the rainbow-drops'
the birds dart back and forth, under
and above and all around them, caus-
ing the dew TO drop on their feathers.
Then they polse in secure limb ana
fuff and preen their feathers, all the
time singing or chlrping in content
'ment. Mans gift is the hose. When
the water is playing over the garden,
the birds delight to hop around where
the spray will fall upon them, or
among the drenched plants which drip
cool refreshment upon the songsters.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Oriuin of "MachiaveIIlan."

A favorite epithet for centuries, the
word "Machiavellian," has seen tire
less service since the beginning of the
present war as an adjective TO be
hurled at rulers who are accused Of
being treacherous and dishonorable.
The adjective is derived from the name
of Niccolo Machiavelli of Florence,
Italy, who died in 1921.
Machavelli, famous as an author,
wrote book. "The Prince" in an en-
deavor to prove that, for the estab-
lishment and maintenance of govern
ment, any means might he resorted TO,
no matter how treacherous, unlawful,
or dlshonorable. The ruler would be
justified in using these forces, the au-
thor argued, because he would only
be pitting them against similar traits
of wickedness and treachery In his
people.
NIachIavelli was n friend of popular
government, and fOr several centuries
there were few who argued that
1.-THE Prince" did not truly represent
his principles, but in reality was a
satire on rule by despots. The dispute
was set at rest in 1910, however, by
the discovery of letter written by
Machiavelli. The author said he wrote
the book for the private reading of
the Medici. an Italian family Of great
wealth and power, because he desired
to curry favor with them. and he had
no idea the book was to be published.
Peoples Home Journal.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
MICE STEAL AND STORE GRAIN
Damage Done by Little Rodents 10
Cause Of Considerable Loss to
r the Producer.

Little do people know about our na-
tive mice and their allies, as they are
mainly nocturnal In their habits, and
were II not for the discovery of their
ruins In the leaf mold, their nests In
the fields and the annoyance that they
sometimes cause their existence would
hardly be suspected says w. J. Bee
croft in the Boy Scouts Magazine. The
owl and the fox could tell us much
about the prevalence and the ways Of
these little folk. As have lived for
number Of years In close proximity to
the woods, have had my share Of
mice about the premises. | have
caught the white-footed or deer mouse
the jumping mouse. the red-backed
mouse and that measly little foreigner
the common house mouse. and, as If
that were not enough, there are two or
three species of shrew-mlce and moles.
Once | had occasion TO clean away
rubbish that had collected in corner
near bags NJ grain. As picked up an
old shoe something in IL ratified. |
turned IL upside down and a handful
Spf grain fell out. A pickle bottle was
half full of corn. From roll of roof.
ing paper n quantity Of grain rolled
out, and here and there found little
heaps Of corn and wheat. White-footed
mice had supplied themselves well ut
my expense. but only the mice them
selves could tell what they had carried
or to parts unknown. ! fastened TO
the store and purchased two small
mouse traps. Mice are innocent and
unsusplcious little creatures. In a
short time peace and quiet reigned
over my grain bags.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Prediction Somewhat "oH."

1.-THE last great war has been fought
and the nations may now look forward
TO uninterrupted peace"
This was the hope and belief pro-
claimed from many pulpits in England
when Great Britain, by royal procla-
nation, celebrated general thanks
giving day following the end of the Ma
pOleOnlc wars. After the smoke of
Waterloo rolled back it revealed con-
tinent given over TO desolatlon.
Although England had suffered less
than the other nations involved in the
long struggle, she had by no means es-
capped unhurt. For twenty years Great
Britain had supplied the financial
sinews of war for her allies In addl-
tion 10 active participation In battles
on land and sea.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Taught That All Was Dream.

As far back as the fourth and third
centuries b. C. Chuang Tzu, the bril-
liant Chinese mystic, taught that this
life is really dream. He said !:
"Those who dream of banquet,
awake to lamentatiOn and sorrow.
Those who dream Of lamentation and
sorrow wake to join the hunt. While
they dream they do not know that they
dream. Some even interpret the dream
they are dreaming; and only when they
wake do they know ii was a dream.
By-and-by comes the great awakening
and then we find that this life Is real
ly a great dream.
"Fools think they are awake now,
and fiatter themselves they know If
they are really princes, or peasants.
Confuclus and you are both dream
ers; and i, who say you are dream
ers. am but dream myself"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
LIKE SCENE FROM FARMLAND
Correspondents Graphic Portrslture
Of Children Leaving Petroarad
Cathedral After Services.

Twas just crossing the snowy square
the last mass before the midnight
Easter service, when suddenly-were
the gates of Fairyland flung openf
Down the aisle of columns, out from
among the dusky pillars Of the great
cathedral, In twOs and threes-or
sometimes alone, a voluminous
shawled and aproned nyanya in the
background-came flgures-gravely in
tent little figures, each carefully
shielding his candle with tiny, cupped
hands or twists of white paper, the
yellow candle light naring up into
faces as cherubic as Reynolds age
Of Innocence" but weighted with all
the sweet solemnlty of Mitonic angels I;
children bearing home sacred candles
lighted at the altar of their own Lares
and Penates. Out from among the in
scrutable shadows and down the steps
of the vast cathedral they hickered
and floated In twos and threes and
still farther down the canyons of the
dark streets, the spirit lights wavering
and cleaning like myriad will-o'-the-
wisps, phantom ships floating on n
phantom tide. II reminded me of moth
Ing so much as of that night of ances-
tor worship In the East, when lotus
lanterns burning for the dead are set
afloat on river and bay and far out to
sea.-Olive Gilbreath in Harper's
Magazine,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Do Men or Women Dream Mosta

A question often asked is, "Who
dream most, men or women?" Accord
ing to Heerwagn's statistics "Wom-
en- sleep more lightly and dream more
often than men; the frequency Of
dreams is proportional TO their vivid
ness; women who dream sleep longer
than those who do not; twice as many
women as men dream"
Another mooted point is, "Has age
got any bearing on dreams?" In nor
NAL individuals above the age of six
ty-five De Sanctis found that dreams
were rare; atmospheric influences
seem to be important elements I'm caus-
ing them; memory Of them Is weak !;
they are emotionally poor, and deal
with long past scenes.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
All Asleep Standing Up.

In the South 1t is not an uncommon
sight TO see negro sleeping soundly
while standing and leaning against a
bale Of cotton. A Tennessee physician
tells an interesting story of being
called to attend sick colored woman
in the country. When he got through
with the patient, he found nine mem
bers of the family standing in various
attitudes before the fire, and all sound
asleep. some of them snoring. He
awoke one Of the group and asked him
If he was in the habit of sleeping that
way. The man said the family had
been up for many nights with their
sick.mother and that every last one OF
them had learned to sleep standing up.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
CHINAMEN FEED THE DEAD"
Religious Ceremony Faithfully OBJ
served by CeIestials, Wherever
They May Be Living.

Cinnamon still observe the religious
ceremony of feeding the dead" The
food Is intended as propitiatory offer
ing to the Chinese evil spirit. The
offerings vary according to the habits
and tastes of the occupants of tile
graves.
AT the grave of one" says an eye
witness of feast, 'hls friend, after
digging holes In the hard ground with
his knife, stuck up two candles, and
laid out several sets of chop-sticks and
as many small cups. which he filed
with wine; then he placed on the grave
some bowls of rice. package of Gig
arettes. and small vessel of opium
Afterward he made several bows and
genuflectiOns, as If inviting his dead
friend or the other party to set to.
"A number of fires were burning in
the vicinity, and on these were placed
pieces of paper with squares of imita-
ton gold leaf pasted on them repre-
senting gold coin; other squares with
silver foil represented silver coin; and
smaller squares, punched full of holes,
represented the brass cash. which has
a hole in the center. Some burned
small garments made of paper, and
thus furnished new suit to their de-
ceased friends Mt a small cost. After
the provisions had been displayed long
enough to give the spirit enough to
satisfy himself, they were carefully
brought back to town."