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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07
How To Fail At Farming.

Among the several ways to fail at
farming, the writer would recommend
this as the best he has tried:
First-Never do to-day what you
can put off till to-morrow-or even
next week.
Second-Always do your loafing
to-day, your work tomorrow.
Third-If county court comes on
next Monday, attend, by all means,
though you had said that you would
make a showing at farm work during
the week. Court but once month,
and the boys" will all be there.
swapping horses and jokes, and you
can't afford to miss it for all that
you'd do on the farm.
Fourth-If appearances indicate
rain in the morning, don't go afield /;
you had the grip last winter, and you
must not get wet. Go to the village
store instead. If it should rain while
you are on the way-well, a little
rain will not hurt.
Fifth-Work your crops out twice.
and-then quit. Some farmers hoe
their corn three times, but that's just
trouble for nothing. Corn that won't
make itself with two workings should
just be let go.
Sixth-If the weather gets warm
very warm, | mean-don't try to
work; Sunstrokes follow such things,
and it's better to take no risks.
Seventh-If the fence is run down,
don't bother about repairing it. If
the cattle-your cattle, Of course
break into the corn they'll get the
good of it, other cattle will hardly
come around, or, if they do, have re-
course upon their owners.
Eighth-When the weather is bad
turn your livestock onto your stacks
of feed and let them help themselves.
Ninth-Follow your own inclina-
tions, especially if they lead away
from work; it's only the better for
the present.
Now, try this plan, and if not eff
fcacious call in the doctor.
FRANK MONROE BEVERLY.
Dickinson County, Va.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07
Save CornstaIks and Straw.

The burning of cornstalks and al
lowing straw to rot in piles are very
wasteful practice. These materials
should be just as carefully conserved
and plowed under as stable manure.
Cornstalks and straw contain valu-
able plant food, and on light-colored
soils they also have a high value on
account of the organic matter they
supply At the present prices the
value of potash alone amounts to
from Sc to 81 a ton of cornstalks and
from 81 to So in ton of straw.
straw that Is not used for feed or bed
ding can be used TO good advantage
as a top dressing for wheat in winter,
or 1t can be disked in and plowed un-
der for corn in the spring.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07
Wheat Wasted i'm Threshing.

Don't waste wheat while threshing,
and before threshing while handling
the bundles in the field and in hauling
them to the thresher. Wheat is too
precious now to throw away by care
less handling. When every farmer
who can raise wheat is doing his best
in this direction don't undo the good
work by scattering the precious
grains over the ground and the straw
stacks instead of getting them in the
sack
1t is estimated that one bushel of
grain in every hundred can be saved
by having your machine in such shape
that no grain goes into the straw
stack and that none leaks out onto
the ground during threshing, Three
quarters of a bushel in a hundred
can be saved by careful handling of
the bundles while getting them from
the shocks to the thresher or while in
stack. Avoid careless handling, and if
you carry your bundles in wagons,
arrange them so that all shattered
grain will be caught and saved. With
wheat at $2.2O a little care is worth
while for the sake of your pocket
book as well as for the sake of the
boys lover there"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07
USEL|v-vER-LAx
For Lazy Liver and
the Troubles Of a
Constipation. a

Feel right all the time. Don't lay on
from work for days by taking calomel
when pleasant Liz Ver-Lax keeps yos
on your feet, while relieving your troub
lie. Safer too, and easy to take. Don't
take anything else. You can't afford
it. Eliminates poisons, cleanses sys
tenn and relieves constipation. A nat
ural remedy, natural in its actions, sure
in its effect and certain in results. II
won't be long before Liz Ve--Lax win
completely displace calomel in every
home Children can take it freely and
with perfect safety. Every bottle guar
anteed. Soc and 81 in bottles. None
genuine without the likeness and sigma
ture Of L. K. Grigsby. For sale by
4. IA. WILLIAMS. Hartford n
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07
implements Industry Is Licensed.

A Presidential proclamation signed
on May 14th requires government
licenses of all persons, except those
exempted under the Food Control
Act, engaged in importing, manufac-
turing, storing and selling farm TOOLS
machinery and implements of all des-
criptions.
The proclamation requires that all
persons holding such licenses furnish
10 the government whenever request
ed complete information regarding
their business and that they must per-
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07
Results Will
Startle Rockport

People report quick results from
pure Lavoptik eye wash. A girl with
weak, strained eyes was helped by
ONE application. Her mother could
not sew or read because of eye pains.
In one week her trouble was gone. A
mall bottle of Lavoptik is guaranteed
to help EVERY CASE weak. strained
or infiamed eyes. ONE WASH startles
with its quick results. Aluminium eye
cup FREE. Harrel Bros, druggists,
at Rockport. /
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07
State OF Ohio. City OF Toledo.
naaa rnnntv

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. ].
Cheney & Co.. doing business in the City
OF Toledo. County and State aforesaid.
and that said firm will pay the sum, OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK ]. CHENEY. ,
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence. this 9Th day of December.
A. d. 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces OF the System. Send
for testimonials. free.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07
GOOD ROADS.

Eternal maintenance is the price
we must pay for good roads.
Good roads to-day mean Prosperi-
ty tomorrow.
A farm with poor roads is certainly
heavy burden.
Has the Good Roads fever reached
your home yet?
A good road is the avenue that
gives new life to a rundown COM
munity.
How long and weary is the road
back home after a hard trip to town
on a bad road,
There are none who have such
poor highways as those who WILL
not have good ones.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07
The President Raising Sheep.

A flock of sixteen Shropshire sheer
started out the other day to make
mutton and wool out of grass on the
White House grounds. The presi-
dent bought them and put them there
because he and Mrs. Wilson liked
sheep and because they thought the
beautiful little spot back of the
White House, known as the "Presi-
dents Park" might be even more
than an inspiration in war time.
A fine example.
viii you match the president?
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07

Says a high military authority, "If
we had 100 guns for every German
gun, and 100 shells for every German
shell and our supply of horses gave
out, we could not win the war"
Motors cannot cross fields soaked
with water or travel through ravines
and swamps. How shall the world
ever pay its debt to the faithful
horse?
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07
Welcoming Cough.

In this disease it is important that
the cough be kept loose and expec-
toration easy, which can be done by
giving Chamberlain Cough Remedy.
Mrs. p. II. Martin, Peru, Ind, writes,
my two daughters had whooping
cough. gave them Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy and it worked like a
charm m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07
Farm Department

A lady, writing for the Farm Jour
nal, tells her way to cure gapes in
chickens. She says it is a sure way.
It is this: Take a level teaspoonful
of London purple and dust the moth
er hen when the chicks are about
ready to creep under her for the
night, and let the chicks inhale it.
She uses this as soon as she notices
the chicks sneezing or gaping.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07

Retailers of farm equipment are
not required to secure licenses, but
they must not profiteer, says a state
ment isued by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture explaining
certain features of President Wilson's
recent proclamation establishing a
licensing system for the farm imple-
ment trade.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07

The following will be found most
helpful in protecting cows from flies
which means larger milk production
and great comfort to the cows: Com
mon soap. one pound; Water. four
gallons; crude petroleum, one gal
1on; powdered naphthaline, four
ounces. Cut the soap into thin shaw
ings and dissolve in water by heating
dissolve the naphthaline in the crude
oil; mix the solutions, place them in
an old dasher churn and mix thor
.oughly for fifteen minutes Stir well
before using and apply to the cows
with brush once or twice a week.
1t is claimed that this will repel
flies very effectively.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07
Children CRY
FOR FlETCHER'S
CA STO RIA
AUSTRIAN ACE KILLED.

Paris, May 27.-Lieut. Fiss, re-
puted to be the leading Austrian
aviator, has been killed in an aerial
battle, according to a dispatch from
Berne.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07

DIR. J. l. Higgins. cambridge, Tenn,
recently purchased from A. A. Arm
strong q Son, Carmorgo, ILL.,, the
Aberdeen-Angus bull Idolmere by
Oakdale Quiet Lad.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07

1t Is now up to the poultry man to
trow his own feed for next winter,
Prepare for 1888 high prices of
feed by growing your own corn, oats,
barley. buckwheat, beets cabbage,
mangels, potatoes, carrots, squash
,and pumpkins. II you have only a
small plot of land. concentrate on
winter supplies and things that will
keep and will provide heat and en-
ergy for the body when winters
blasts come.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07

Save Time In Cultivating Corn.
BY the use of harrow much time
Fan be saved at the first and second
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07

Do not feed the chicks for the first
thirty-six hours. Give them chance
TO digest the yolk which they have abb
sorbed in their intestines before
Matching. Then feed the chicks five
times a day the first two weeks. Feed
n little at q time-just what the
chicks will eat up clean. Always
feed the grain on a clean spot OF
ground. Feed the soft feeds on
Clean grass or on a clean board
Give the mother hen handful of
corn each morning so that she Will be
contented For the first chicks feed
nse pinhead or steel-cut oats or oat-
meal Finally cracked corn is the
next choice. One or two daily meals
of dry bread softened with sweet or
sour milk is a fine developing food.
Johnycake can be made from the
following recipe: One quart corn
meal, one or two infertile eggs that
have been tested out, one teaspoon
baking soda, milk to make a stiff bat
ter. Keep the drinking water clean.
Much bowel trouble comes from the
drinking water having been contain
mated by the chicks wading in 1t or
from the food having come in contact
with the droppings.-American Poul-
try Advocate.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07

The daily newspapers lately carried
the following news item. dated from
Washington City. and presumably Of
fetal or semiofficial:
II Is estimated that at least $3.50
900 hens capable of producing eggs
have been saved in New Yory, Chica-
go and Boston markets alone since
the regulation was put into force on
February 80. Weather conditions
brought about an earlier Matching
and laying period than anticipated
enabling the ban to be raised ten
DAYS earlier than the time set.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07
THE THRICE-A-WEEK
EDITION OF THE
NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1918.

Practically Daily at the Price of
Weekly. No other Newspaper in
the world gives so much at so low
a price.
The value and need of newspaper
in the household was never greater
than at the present time. We have
been forced to enter the great world
war, and a large army of ours is al
ready in France. You will want t6
have all the news from our troops Oh
European battlefields, and 1918
promises to be the most momentous
year in the history of our universe.
No other newspaper at so small
price will furnish such prompt and
accurate news of these Notwithstanding
events. 1t is not necessary to say
more. -....,,.-.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is only ST.
90 per year, and this pays for 156
papers. We offer this unequalled
newspaper and The Hartford Repub-
lican together for one year for $1.65.
THE REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION
PRICE OF THE TWO PAPERS is
$2.0o.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-13

Blanchlng dipping into hot water)
Is very important. If well done. It
prevents cloudy liquor, makes the
peas tender. and also removes some
of the gluey substance which coats
them.
Blanch by dipping the shelled peas
in a clean cheesecloth sack. into boil
ing water one to four minutes, de-
pending on the age of the peas. Put
instantly, while hot, into cold water
q teaspoonful salt to l quart water)
and remove after about so seconds.
Drain and pack to within One-half
inch of the top of the previously
boiled jar. If the jar is filled too full
a few peas at the top may burst and
make the liquor cloudy. Add season.
ing (one-third level teaspoonful salt
and two-thirds level teaspoonful su-
gar to the quartz and fill with hot
water and paddle well to remove all
air bubbles. Partially seal jars.
Processing with steam under pres
sure is recommended. Process pints
As minutes under pressure of 10
pounds Seal Immediately, cool in a
draft-free place. When cold test for
leaks, and store in a cool, dark, dry
place.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-13

lookout for them. Warren Dexter,
in this brilliant five-act screen ro-
nance, realizes the fact perfectly,
and decides to be on his guard. But
fate-in the guise of a pretty girl
outwits him and he steps right into
the very pit he was trying to avoid.
Social Quicl1sands'' is one of those
charming combinations of humor and
adventure in which Francis X. Bush
mann and Beverly Bayne excel. Mr..
Bushman is seen as a wealthy man
who does not care for society, and
Miss Bayne plays Phillis Lane. real
social butterfly" He refuses to be
introduced to her. and-well, before
the story is over she makes him bes
for quarter. The ,photoplay is a
wholly delightful one, and there is
real Bushman fight in it.
From the homes of the rich to the
Adirondack mountains the plot takes
its hero and heroine. and the specta-
tor follows their progress with joy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-13

II the intermittent boiling process
is used, boil for 80 minutes on the
first day, and so minutes on the Sec
ond and third days. Before each sub
sequent boiling the covers must be
loosened. and after each boiling the
covers must be securely frightened to
make sealing complete. Cool. test for
leaks. and store.
If single period boiling process is
used, place the jars in the Gamer and
boil for at least three hours. Seal,
cool, test and store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-13
WORK WITH

MERCURY 48 BELOW
An illustration of the demands
sometimes made upon photoplayers
to obtain certain required scenes for
the screen may be found in Broad
way BILL a new Metro wonder play,
starring Harold Lockwood. which
will be shown at the Alta theater Sun
day and Monday.
For the lumber camp scenes in
broadway, Bill" Mr.. Lockwood and
his company went. to Maine and es-
tablished camp on the Rangeley
Lakes. They arrived in the midst of
a cold spell which did not diminish In
intensity materially at any time dur
ing their three weeks stay. on the
mildest day the thermometer regis
tered ten below and on the coIdest
day it dropped to foEty-eight below.
Despite this bitter cold the company
worked out of doors practically every
day. Many pictures with lumber
camp locale have been made in the
past. but it is doubtful if any was
staged under like circumstances; nor
is it likely that such splendid re-
suits were ever obtained, as those
who see broadway Bill' will doubt
less be willing TO grant.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-13
45,576,OOO POUNDS OF
TEA ENTERS u. s.

TACOMA. July 12.-For the year
ending June so. 1918. the port of Ia
coma passed 45,576.OOO pounds of
tea, as against New York's 1000. 600
pounds, and 41,OOO.0O0 pounds,
through San Francisco. This is the
largest amount of tea that has ever
been examined at any single port in
the United States in year Experts
are hired to taste the different brands
and qualities of tea as it comes
through, making a regular oecupa-
tion out of it, and receiving high sal
aries.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-13
HOUSEHOLD


Peas.
Green peas are among the most
difficult vegetables to can at home
Absolute cleanliness. quick work, at
tention to every detail. are essentials
to success Only young and freshly
gathered peas should be canned. Peas
are best gathered in the early morn
ing when cool. Work rapidly from
the moment they are gathered Peas
should not stand after being shelled
Get them into the previously boiled
lars as rapidly as possible. Shell and
sort. putting only peas OF the same
size and degree OF rlpeness together
Do not use hard, mature peas among
tender ones OF big peas With very
small ones
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-13

Pastime Sunday and Monday; Social
Quicksands, Featuring Frances Y
BuslIman and Beverly BayDe.
There are plenty OF quicksands In
society to trap the feet of the un-
wary, and the wise will keep p sharp
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-20

VACATION is near and already pre-
PARED for with colored wash dresses,
bloomer and blouse suits for play and
work outdoors, In Bingham and other
servtceable cOttons. And now comes
commencement day with teachers
everywhere recommending the sim
plest Of frocks for these exhibition
days, because these are war times. But
when one IS about to graduate with
ceremony into or out of fractions and
other difficult things Of school life one
IS entitled to consideration. Usually
the young person from eight TO twelve
or so has very decided ideas as TO
wherewithal she shall be clothed and
mothers are inclined to make conceS-
sions when the great last day OF
school comes round.
Even a little girl may be allowed
the splendor of silk in frock that is
simply made like that shown at the
left of the picture above. 1t is of tat
feta, which is best suited to children.
In q light sand color, with collar and
cuffs Of white organdie and it is cut
In one of those little Jacket effects
which have so much style. The frock
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-20

buttons over ut the front with tour
Inrpp pearl buttons and is no more
pretentlous than one Of Bingham so
far as design IS concerned 1t Is
splendid model for the plump little
girl who cannot wear furbeloWS.
Next to 1t IS little dress Of white
wolfe with bands Of light blue or
candle set in at the yoke and neck
and down the front. It Is very likely
70 catch the admiring eyes OF mothers
and little daughters for 1t has rows or
heading between Shirrings that allow
narrow blue velvet ribbon to be run
through. The sleeves are three-quar-
ter length and there is wide tuck
above the three-inch hem.
Both these dresses will give good
service and prove equal to any sum-
mer festivities that may happen along
In the long vacation. Great attention
has been given to design in childrens'
dresses this season and the work or
snecialists IS evident in displays or
inexpensive wash dresses sold ready
made for so little that II is hardly
worth while 10 make them.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-20
Condor Largest Bird of Prey.

The eagle is commonly spoken OF as
the largest of the birds of prey. This
is wrong. The largest is the condor,
a South American vulture. The condor
is native Of the great mountain chain
of the Andes, especially in Peru and
Chile. 1t lives in a region of perpetual
snow, from 5000 to 10000 feet above
sea level. The length Of the male con-
dor is about 49 inches. and the span
of wings when extended is nine to ten
feet. The plumage Of the male is
glossy black, with gray on the wings
and white on the margins Of the wing
cOYertS
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-20

engineers
detail Of the profession or Dng
gold leaves OF major ne nad se S
himself the
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-20

One must be thoroughly yerSed in
the art of millinery to recognize all
the gradationS in the several types of
hats. 1t Is getting little difficult for
the amateur to classify them, but the
expert places each hat at glance.
This variation Of the different types
gives more room than ever for the eX
.ercise of individual taste and dis
elimination, but in classifying the new
hats we must take the experts word
for It.
With this explanation the statement
that the large hat shown at the left
of the picture above belongs among
sport hats, may stand chance Of be-
ing believed. This is a sport hat de
luxe, that is, dressy hat that reflects
sports styles. 1t has made its appear
ance along with sport skirts of heavy,
high-luSter satins and sleeveless vel
vet coats. A new name Is needed for
this particular kind Of apparel In
which women lend countenance to
sports. A very handsome French hat
Of this kind was made by covering q
large shape Of grass green cocoanut
braid with lowered chiffon in gay col
ors and patterns that resemble ere
tonne. The chiffon is stretched over
the crown and upper brim smoothly
| About the hat there are small clusters
of green oats, little crabapples anc
| blackberries. set at the base of tht
! crown.
At the right Of the picture sailor
shape with leghorn brim and tusca!
crown is trimmed with a fancy featheI
made of partly burnt and partly nat
ural ostrich. The shape proclaims
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-20
More's CAPABLE Daughter.

The demand that women shall be
paid mems wages for mems work may
represent a desire for justice rather
than q desire for gain; but money
fairly earned is sweet to the hand and
heart. IAN open field, an even start,
no handicap, no favors and the same
goal for all" Which reminds us that
Sir Thomas More had a clearer per-
ception of the value Of woman's work
and a finer sense of justice than some
Of his sex possess. "My Meg is better
unto me than ten sons" he said, land
it maketh no difference at harvest
time whether the corn were put into
the ground by man or woman
Agnes Repplier in Atlantic Monthly.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-20
QUITS ART FOR RED CROSS

Many men Of many minds, from
milIionaires to musicians, have left
their own pay rolls or pianos to give
their entire time to the Red Cross.
Now comes q woman who has
closed up her studio to take an eXecu-
tive desk In the Red Cross. Early and
late Miss Malvina Hoffman, sculptor,
is TO be found at the New York County
chapter, where she has charge Of the
bureau Of information and research
and Of the foreign department.
: For three years Miss Hoffman
studied with Rodin in Paris. When
the war broke out she organized, with
several other pupils Of Rodin, the
French Artists Relief fund, Of which
Hodin himself until his recent death
was honorary president.
While one hand now keeps in
Iouch for the Red Cross every day,
with main headquarters in Washing
ton. the bureau of public information,
the food commission, public charities
and some dozen other organizations,