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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
POI HAWAIIAN NATIONAL DISH
is Being introduced Into the United
States and Is Said TO Be Meet
ing With Favor.

Hawaii is making a fOod-saving con-
tribution in the shape Of poi. its ma
tional dish made from the bulb Of the
taro plant. Until 90 years ago poi was
made under primitive conditions, the
bulbs being peeled. boiled and pound
ed in a wooden trencher until semi
liquid paste was formed. But today
modern sanitary machinery is used to
manufacture the product. under su.
pervision of health authorities in the
island, and five factories at Hilo now
turn out several tons daily.
This new form of poi is being sent
to the United States. reaching mar
kets as far away as New York city.
and n demand which began with Ha-
waiians who had come to the United
States is generally being extended to
Americans who have learned to like
the dish.
Poi IS frequently used in Hawaiian
hospitals in the diet Of patients whose
stomachs are too weak to digest other
food, and the war interest in substi-
tute foods is expected To lead to its
wider introduction elsewhere.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
THE MAN WHO WALKS
ITDnN ms imam

The old saying, "see one circus and
you have seen them ALL" does not
apply to the performance presented
by the Sparks Circus this season.
A feature that is entirely new in
this country and that stands out as a
distinct novelty, is the wonderful per-
formance Of Henri Mordette. 1.-The
man who walks upon his head"
This wonderful exhibition of skill
and daring consists in bounding up
and down stairways balanced upon
his head, with no support other than
the contact of his head with the
steps. The fine balance that must be
maintained to accomplish this feat
can only be appreciated after seeing
this wonderful act accomplished.
This novelty will positively he seen
at each performance of the Sparks
Circus here Tuesday Sept. 3. Mile
long street parade at 10 a. NJ. After
noon performance at ., night per-
Torrance at s.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Took the Biscuit.

The Mudcumbe Prevaricating and
Debating society was in session, and
all was proceeding peacefully and har-
moniously, till the rat-story man
spoke.
"Some people," he said, consider
the rat hasn't got much sense; but
they're wrong. For instance, once l
saw mother place her year-old babe
in front of the cottage to sun himself,
and, to keep his spirits up, she gave
the little chap big feeding bottle of
milk. As Watched I saw rat creep
up TO the child, and my heart was in
my mouth. feared for the baby. But,
bless you, the rat was only after the
milk! He just slipped the teat out
of the child's mouth and into his own,
and then thoughtfully put the end of
his tail into the child's mouth by way
of o comforter ~
With great sigh the president
handed him the biscuit.-London Tit
Bits.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
GIVEN HONOR NOT DESERVED
Error OF Learned Men Responsible fol-
America Being Named After
Amerigo Vespueci.

The story Of how the new world re
ceivcd the name Of America is stril,
ing example Of what publicity will ne
complish. Amcrigo Vcspucci, highly
educated Florentine, was head of a
business house in Seville, Spain, prob.
ably as agent for the great trading
firm of the Medicis, and helped to III
out one of the expeditions with which
Columbus sailed. When the latter's
monopoly was revoked, Vespucci un.
dertook several voyages of exploration
on his own account. during which he
claimed in many letters to have been
the first TO reach the mainland of the
new continent, giving the date as June,
16, 1907.
On April %, 1907, the learned heads
of the University of st. Die. I'm Lor-
raine, decided, incorrectly, that he was
entitled to the honor of discovery, Co
lumbus having only reached the
islands of the West Indies. and that
the western hemisphere should bear
his name. The name America was.
therefore. first used in the book "Cos-
mographine Introductio," by Martin
Waldseemuller, professor of cosmog-
raphy ut the university.
II has since been shown that YES
pucci was preceded by both Columbus
and John Cabot, hut II was too late.
the new world had been christened
America and the fact advertised in
print. The house where the meeting
was held at which the classical error
was made was still standing at st. Die
at the outbreak of the war. and was
visited by many tourists from
both North and South America.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
MASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE,

Ohio Circuit Court.
James Growbarger, ct al.
Ns.-Notice of sale
Bessie Growbarger. &c.
BY virtue of judgment and order
Of sale, of the Ohio Circuit Court in
the above styled action, entered at
its July, 1918. term for the purpose
of distribution of the proceeds of
this sale, after the payment of the
costs of this action and the costs of
this sale, will offer for sale at pub
lie cutlery to the highest and best bid
der at the court house door in Hart
ford, Ky. on Monday, September .,
1918, at about l O'Clock p. M. on
credit of six and twelve months, the
following described property:
A certain tract of land in Ohio
county, Kentucky, near McHenry, and
bounded as follows:
Beginning on the southwest side
of the l. c. II. r., on the south side
of the McHenry and Ceralvo public
road, running west with McHenry
and Ceralvo road 200 feet; thence
south 2O9 feet; thence east 2O9 feet
to the l. c. II. r. Cos. line; thence
north with the !. c. r. K. Cos. line
200 feet to the beginning.
Purchaser will be required to ex-
ecute bond with approved security
after sale. with a lien
retained on said property as addi-
tional security, bearing interest at 6
per cent per annum from date.
Given under my hand this August
22nd, 1918.
OTTO c. MARTIN.
Master Commissioner.
Woodward & Kirk, Attorneys.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Would Save Sea Loss.

New York steamship underwriters
and government officials have author
lied official tests Of new invention
which, 1t Is claimed by its designers,
will save property valued at thousands
of dollars in the event of the sinking
of vessels. 1t is called pneumatic
safe and is said to float on the water,
though of steel construction. It is as
impervious to fire and theft as other
safes. The device is said to weigh
three tons. AS evidence Of his faith
in the success Of the invention the man
who constructed it will lock himself
inside when the safe is lowered over.
board. In case the invention bears out
what is claimed for 1t it will be adopt.
ed for use on American Oceangoing yes.
sells.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Little Profit in Salt.

A recent investigation by the bu-
reau of mines proves that a salt fam
inc in the United States is unlikely,
says the Popular Science Monthly. AT
the same time it was established that
owing to the low price of salt and the
abundance of its supply there is but
little profit in the salt industry, al
though the American salt works have
supplied in recent years practically
all the salt consumed in the United
States. What a pity-for the prof.
teers-salt is not used in munitions!
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
OFFICIAL SCHOOL CALENDAR.
County Board of Education.

f. S. Howard, S. S. o. C.
Div. No. ii. NJ. Hoover, Hart
ford, Ky.
Div. No. 90. W. Duff. Fordsvilles
Ky.
Div. No. S--H. l.. Carter, Narrows,
Ky.
Div. No 4-Robert GoG, Rosine,-
Ky.
Div. No. .5-otis II. Stevens, Beav-
er Dam. Ky.
Div. No. 6-Nat Lindley. Center
town, Ky.
Time OF Meeting-1st Monday In
February; 1st Monday in April; list
Monday in June; LIST Monday in Au-
gust; LIST Monday in October; LIST
Monday in December.
County Board of Examiners-E. s.
Howard. Mrs. |. S. Mason. Mrs. o. w.
Duff.
Jan. 25 and 26.Common School
Diploma Examination.
May 10 ana ll-COmmon Schooi
Diploma Examination.
May II and lS-County Teachers
Examination (white).
May "a and 25-County Teachers
Examination (colored).
June % and 23-County and State
Teachers Examination (white).
June 2S and 29-County and State.
Teachers Examination (colored).
Sept. 90 and 21-County and State
Teachers Examination (white).
Sept. 81 and 2S-County and State
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
ONLY MADE MATTERS WORSE
Small Girls Efforts to "Fudee" on I'm.
fortunate Remark Could Not Be
Called Successful.

A number of women We're discussing
Liberty bonds one afternoon in neigh
boris house. Almost unnoticed little
neighbOr girl had entered. At this
point in the discussion she exclaimed !:
"Well, my aunt says she might just
as well buy Liberty bond as to be
taxedw
Her remark caused n good bit of
comment. One guest, who has a son in
the service, became very indignant,
and exclaimed:
1.-THE idea! Buying a bond to es-
cape taxation! That's patriotism for
you That makes me tired-anybody
as able as she is to buy bonds, or any
thing"
With that last remark the speaker
SLEW" out of the house.
The little girl, beholding the strife
and bad feeling she had stirred up,
tried to "fudge" on her remark, ex-
planning that it wasn't her aunt who
made the remark, but some other wom-
an. The neighbor women held her to
her first remark, and were making it
pretty swarm" for the little girl, when
she finally burst out with; - 'a'
"Well, you don't know how much it
costs my aunt to live; and how much
its costs her to take that trip to Nj
agara Fallsw
The laugh with which the women
greeted this innocent remark was suf-
ticient to send the loyal and innocent
girl running from the room. Truly, her
Zines had not fallen in pleasant
places" that afternoon.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Britain's "Baby Army"

When the British troops reached
Italy they were nicknamed "The Baby
Army" The Italians We're so surprised
at the smart appearance of the new
comers-differing so materially as 1t
did from the picture presented by the
home troops whom they passed-that,
in the belief that they had come
straight from England, they We're
called "The Baby Army" as "A matter
of fact the British soldiers were war
worn veterans from the Ypres salient.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
CARED LITTLE FOR POLITICS
President Cleveland, However, Had
Real Liking for the Law, and
"a Loved to Fish.

president Cleveland loved the law
better than he did politics." remarked
II. O. Brown, former resident of Buff
falo, TO n reporter Of the Washington
Post. "IIad he considered his own de-
sires he would never have left his prac-
tice for political office. doubt IL even
the prospect of becoming president
would have induced him to enter poll
tics.
at was my privilege to know Mr..
Cleveland when he was practicing his
profession before he entered politics
He was not what might be termed a
glittering success as a lawyer. He had
no business instinct so far as the law
was concerned, but he delighted in
intricate legal problems and much pre-
ferred to take n case that involved APP
parently hopeless questions. 1t could
not be said he was good pleader, and
while the average person was not at
tracted by his addresses in court,
judges on the bench had the greatest
respect for them. because they were
profound and logical.
''When he was not engaged in law,
Cleveland delighted in utter abandon
ment of all things that required
thought; above everything else he
loved to fish. recall that when some
of his Democratic friends wanted him
to become n candidate for mayor he
said: Il don't want any more of poll
ficS I want IN STAY RIGHT hprp I'm Eric
county, where / can go fishing occa-
sionally. ! do not care If I never get
outside the borders of Erie"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
PLANES Identified BY TUNE
Discovery Made by American Proves
-. Extremely Valuable to British
w.. Aviation Service.

Air raids on London are no longer
the sure-fre stuff for heartening the
German people that they once We're.
Lately the raiders usually find that
they can raid up to the English coast
and then have to raid right back home
again. A young American is given
credit for the success of the British in
mel barrage whenever the German fly
ers approach.
A Brooklyn youth who had enlisted
in the British aviation service was as
signed to test out an airplane detectOr
which was expected to discover the APP
proach Of airplanes before they could
be heard, so to speak, with the naked
eye. No one expected that the device
would make it possible to tell whether
the approaching plane were German
or British.
His musical studies had trained the
Americans hearing to high degree
however. He listened through the in
strument for several days while only
British planes flew within its range.
Then he heard different note. A Ger
man raiding squadron was approach.
inr, 81. -,ss sfsN-s. y-T-7-s,- 'ai.-..
Ing. -. .-.ie.s.zl - & g Z
:, The American had discovered that
British planes hum in G-minor. He
found that the German raiders are
tuned in B-flat. Now the British avia-
tiOn service keeps men about the CAPT
A-I Il l. I
and whenever airplanes are heard
vibrating in B-flat a barrage is imme-
diately ordered.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
BOY HAD SPIRIT OF HIS RACE
How the Captains Boy, Maeklnnon,
Of the cameronia Helped to
Allay Panic.

Tn the report Of the torpedoing Of
the Anchor liner Cameronia with
troops in the Mediterranean last sum-
mer, mention was made of the splen-
did conduct of the captains boy, Mack
innOn. This yOungster was on the
bridge with the captain when the ship
was struck, and he did much TO allay
the excitement by shouting through
the megaphOne to the troops, keep
your heads, men. Dinna get excited.
It's a RIGHT. Nae hurry" and so on.
The sight Of the small boy with a
megaphone as big as himself advising
the soldiers to keep cool made many
laugh and quoted many nerves. Tie
boy did many other things. and at the
end the captain found he had dis
obcyed orders ana was stlll on the
bridge when everyone else had left the
ship. When the captain told him TO
"clear out" he said, "I'll no go till you
go, sir" The captain then caught him
by the coat and slung him overheard
into the destroyer before jumping him
self. An eyewitness on the destroyer
described seeing the captain and the
boy on the bridge of the sinking ship.
I hear now that Mackinnon went
down in the Tuscania. Probably he
behaved there as he did on the Cam
eronia, and the death he just missed
in the Mediterranean came to him off
the Scottish coast. In the list of heroes
Of our mercantile marine there ought
to be a place for this gallant wee
Glasgow lad.-London Correspondence
Of the Manchester Guardian.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
"Gun Without a Peer"

What the Scientific American calls
"a gun without a peer" is the new
$40 millimeter mobile howitzer built
by the CreusOt works for the French
army. 1t is mounted on a railroad
carriage and fires shell 20.47 inches
in diameter. 1t is a fort wrecker, and
one shell from it is said to have suf-
which the Germans had spent SO much
time and labor, to Il pile of dust and
debris.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Simple Menu.

"You don't appear TO object TO these
food restrictions"
II don't see any restrictions worth
mentioning" replied Mr.. Cumrox. 81
have been for years wishing l could
sit down in the best restaurants and
order cornbread and cabbage ana pota-
tOes right out loud"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Encore.

Hotel ProprietOr-Didy you enjoy the
cornet playing in the next room to
yours last night?
Guest (savagely)-EnjOy ii ! should
say not. spent half the night pound
ing on the wall to make the idiot stop,
ProprietOr-Why, Jones told me this
morning you applauded every one of
his pieces and he was going to send
for some more music right away so
that he could play for you again.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
Marksmanship and Muscles.

Workmanship with the rifle is not
so much matter of keenness of sight
as of muscular steadiness. Arthur /.
Gates of Teachers college, New York,
describes in the Journal Of Applied
Psychology some tests made by him
which prove that the most accurate
marksmen are those whose muscular
control is so perfect that slight dis
fractions, subjective anxiety and auto
suggestion do not disturb it.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
How He Knew.

Officer examining German prison
er)-So you knew there We're Amerl-
cans in the trenches opposite you, did
you? How did you come to find out I?
G. P.-DOt voss eesy, Herr Oberst !!
1t vOss all quiet deere for long times,
und damn, Won mOrgen, We heard sOm-
potty shaut aut, "You --y Dem
We knew dere vOss Americans dere~
Stars and Stripes.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
d r E G T O r Y =.
ROCKPORT.

Ch'm'n. Board-James Wilson.
Clerk-Rushing Hunt.
Police Judge-John T. Jackson
Marshal-Will Langford.
BEAVER DAM.
Ch'm'n. Board-W. T. Mckenney-
Clerk-R. w. King.
Police judge. w. Cooper.
Marshal-R. +. Stevens.
FORDSVILLE.
Ch'm'n. Board-W. X. Jones.
Clerk-Olla Cobb.
Police Judge. +. Kessinger.
Marshal-Grant Pollard.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
coekney Repartee.

Some Of the senior boys from a
Vauxhall schools literary class were
taken to the old Vic TO see The Mer.
chant of Venice"
When Shylock, in the court scene.
was urgently demanding his pound Of
flesh. bright cOcIney boy, in eager
tones, cried out to the judge.
iii, you! Ask him for his mess
card London Tit-Bits.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
CIRCUIT COURT.

Judge-R. w. Slack, greensboro.
Com'th. Attorney-C. e. Smith, Hart
ford.
Clerk-A. c. Porter, Hartford.
Master Commissioner-ott C. Mar
tin, Hartford.
Trustee Jury Fund-Cal p. Keown,
Hartford.
LIST Monday in March--i2 days
Com'th. and Civil.
1st Monday In Maya days-Clvil.
LIST Monday in July-12 days
Com'th. and Civil.
Sd Monday in September--12 days
Civil.
4th Monday In November-12 days
-Com'th. and Civil.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-30
COUNTY COURT.

Meets first Monday In each month
Judge-Mack Cook.
County Att'y.--A. ID. Kirk.
Clerk-W. C. Blankenship.
SheriG-S. A. Bratcher.
Superintendent S. Howard.
Jailer-Worth Tichenor.
Tax Commissioncr-D. L. Ward.
Surveyor-C. S. Monkey.
Coroner-Dr. A. b. Riley.
FISCAL COURT.
Meets Tuesday after first Monday
in January, April and October.
list District-Ed Shown. Hartford,
Route 3.
End District-Sam L. Stevens, Beav-
er Dam.
3rd DiStrict-Q. b. Brown. Simmons.
18th District-G. W. Rowe. Center
town.
9th District-W. c. Daugherty Baize-
town.
9th District-W. S. Dean, Dundee.
9TH District-B. +. Rice. Fordsville.
Sth District-B. c. Rhoades, Hart
ford, Route 5.
HARTFORD.
Mayor. +. Bean.
Clerk. A. Howard.
Police Judge. NJ. Grove.
Marshall. u. Casebier.
The Washington times., 1918-02-11
WEATHER HELPS
REMOVE MENACE
Of POTOMACICE

with today's weather forecast, the
city and Government officials who
have been watching the heavy Po.
tomac ice nelds with apprehension,
breathed q sigh OF relief. It looks
now, they say, a. II the heavy accu-
mutation OF the winter would be car
ried OF without serious damage to
the bridges Of the city, as had been
feared in case OF q sudden thaw.
The last few warm days have re-
ducsd the thickness OF the ice by sew
eral inches, and the Weather Bureau
promises that today and tomorrow
will continue mild, with temperatures
that viii melt the ice gradually.
Rlvermen Eay that today the ice Is
about fifteen inches thick. Last week
before the warm days started II was
reported to be nineteen inches thick.
The officials are not relaxing their
vigilance, however, for with the Fire
Fighter out of commission because OF
an accident Saturday, while breaking
Ice, the menace would become real,
II q sudden warm rain set in.
The Washington times., 1918-02-11
D. c. MEADE MEN
MAYPARADEH HERE
ON FEBRUARY 2

Plans to bring the 312th Machine
Gun Battalion, affectIonately known
as "Washington's own" from Camp
Meade TO parade up Pennsylvania
avenue on Washington's Birthday as
they did five months ago in civilian
clothes with Woodrow Wilson at their
head, are being worked out today by
the srvious trade bodies and civic or
ganizations.
Brigadler General Nicholson. COM
mander OF the Seventh-ninth Division,
OF which "Washington's Own" is a
part, has given his consent to the par
ticipation of both the "312tN" and the
36Sth infantry, which Is composed of
Washington's colored drafted men,
and the only thing necessary now for
the consummation of the plans is pro-
vision for transportation of the men.
The War Department has no funds
to pay the expenses OF such a trip for
purely civic reasons, and local organ
izations have undertaken to raise the
necessary amount. All LOCAL bodies
hsveentered into the plan with en-
thusiasm and promise to give Wash
ington's Birthday q real meaning this
year.
This may be washington's last
opportunity to see her first contingent
Of drafted men before they leave for
the other side.
The Washington times., 1918-02-11
POSTMASTERS TO SPEED
FIGHTING MEMS MAIL

Lar methods on the part OF some
postmAsters in forwarding sailors
and soldiers mail today prompted the
Postonios Department to issue new
orders directing postmasters to eEsr-
else more care in the preparation OF
mail for forwarding from military
branches to postoftices and terminals
at ports Of smbaFkAtion or to other
military branches
Every pieos OF mail SO forwarded
must be indorsed "BOrwarded," and
also postmarksd lsgiblY, The COM
plsts now address must be lsgibIy
written, and all of the original post
office address must be cancelled by q
distinct line drawn through II,
The Washington times., 1918-02-11
DANIELSCOMMENDS TWO
FOR SERVICES AT FIRE

ConspIcuous service IN the hrs at
Norfolk, Va, January 1 TO 8, has
earned high commandation from SEQ
retary OF the Navy Daniels for John
Joseph Mclaughlin, chief bostswain's
mate, and Il, II, Hainss, chief tuFret
captain, U. s, n,
Secretary Daniels disclesss that No
LouEh!In and Haines, who were di-
recting the night OF enlisted mon
against tho flames, remained on duty
throughout the night OF January /,
although drench6d with water, and
having permi ssion to retire IL they
wished,
Mclaughlin, whose homo was in
Jersey City, n, j., enlisted in the
navy December 2, 1908, and Haines,
formerly Of EIkhsTt Ind, Joined
In 1904,
The Washington times., 1918-02-11
CHINA PRESIDENT
SAYS HE'LL retire;
TOO WEAK FOR lob

A mandate Issued by Feng Kwo-
Chang, President Of China, has reach,
ed this city and the remarkable docu-
ment has aroused great interest
among officials.
In his announcement the President
declares that he is incapable OF bear
ing the burden imposed upon him,
and say that he will retire from his
office when order Is restored.
Referring TO the uprising IN Hu-
nan last year, he says:
AT that time I should have upheld
law by inspiring the army to fight
but the Human. authorities telegraph
ed that hostilities had been suspend
ed and that the Rwangtung officials
promised to cancel their declaration
OF independence. Taking their words
at their face value, 1 suspected that
war might still be averted at the
eleventh hour"
The Washington times., 1918-02-11
GERMANS GOAT OVER
TUSCANIA SINKING

AMSTERDAM, Feb. lin their
comment on the sinking OF the Tus-
cGnia, the Berlin newspapers Ger
mania and DeutEche TaEeBZeitung az.
fect surprise that the big transport
carried approximately only 2,%0o men.
Thus as, according to reports" six
teen transports have arrived In
France, they calculate that only about
40, 900 American troops are now there.
This. they assert agrees with inde-
pendent information at hand on this
subject
Germania adds to this the assertion
that the sinking OF the Tuaoania gave
the United States . hard blow, which
for q moment "threatened to unbal-
ancs" Secretary Of War Baker.
Even So" IL concludes, "we DO not
underestimate tho Importance OF
Americas assistance, but We shall
nevertheless look for further U-boat
successes"