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The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-08-10
French Acquisitions.

within the last % years the French
have annexed no fewer than e.o00, 600
square miles of Africa. They own
Alebirs, Tunis. "the light soil" Of the
Sahara. Senegal. the Ivory coast, the
western Soudan. Dah~ney, the French
Eongo and large track on the samall
coast. while in Abyxsinia they are max
ing strady wny.-N. Y. Herald.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-08-10

III" yearly consumption Of sugar In
the United States - about 1000, 900 tons,
1r 4.0Oo,oto.uco pounds. which Is equiv.
nlsnt To about 90 pounds for every man,
womau and child IN thr country. The
quantity ui salt consumed Is about L.
10000 tons. or 2Ou,uOO,uO0 pounds less
than the weight Of the sugar uscd.-N.
4. sun
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Taken ut tier word.

"Nlrs. +. J, ellington GHrs. f. awiu'ly
mad at The newspaper .Ag -lg, lh,, tTlat
cd her fu shlhbly'
Did they Such q prominent society
woman, too
"Nes; she told them they must not say
auythSg about her reception, and they
didR' ."- Philadelphia iMlrUu
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DOT.

Cail,r-f have here several bills which
are long overdue and
Harduppc ldgsUca;cly II ON sorry TO
tay that cur cashier Is OUT today.
"oh, well, 1t doesn't make much differ
eucc; I'll call anJ pay them ~ some fu
!urc date. Good day, cir. 49, Philadelphia
Regorl
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nr.. rvprri.'. pIryrle.

Misunderstanding gets To be an old
tory WITH some people. Does YOU
wife carr FOR her bicycle new7
EnPenk tsighingl-No; abe mHkrs
ny Y Innrnai
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-08-10

Two young women OF Muscow re-
,rntly strluElcd an old female miser
md took her money, as they explained
u court. Elm order TO provide them
lclcycs with funds for travelling abroad
To complete their scientific education"
N. Y. Sun.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-08-10

Johnnie-WlI you let the sec your
lcwera, Mr.. Tanker
Mr., Tanke--Why, Johnnie, / haven't
any flowers.
"Ycs, you have! Pa said you were
'nislng the finest nosegay In town"
-TMiull Ter.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-08-10

1--WE cured Cousin Algernon Of his
infatuatIon for that girl who has re-
fused him four tifnes"
"TIow aid you do III"
showed him stailsticsprovlng that
there are over ZOO, geo unmarried wom-
en- IN this country. "--Chlcsgo Record.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-08-10

NJ Chaile Bert. son OF Paul Bert. l.
trying to have the French government
alleviate the lot Of settlers in its col.
,uirs by exporting wives to them. This
is the revival Of plan in which both
France md England were unsuccessful
the last two ccnturics-N. Y. World
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-08-10
I.nA,.. Cnn Nyrnr shn..

Ono aiEa smaller after usiug Alcn's Foot
EaSg, powder for the feet Il makes tight
or ucw SHOES easy. Cures swollen, hot.
sweating, aching feet ineruwinc nails, corns
and bunions AZ Az druggists and shos
stores, 2,sc Trial l,nrka "a FREE by mail
Addrcss Allen 3. Olms,od, L. Roy, n Y.
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Mrs. RiIcy--Ana shat trade does
your husband follow?
Mrs. o'Ehea--Sure. an be iolIess .
barrier OF prixint- when married him
he said he WIS bxsss faniEhez. ard h.
soon flashed every bit o. brass cared.
---Pick-Me-Up.
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Keep the teams as quiet as possible.
Excitement and frigh. are more apt
to heat horses injuriously than hard
work
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uorL far Ati.

Thousands Of men nv making good wages
in the haryrst field. cot Alunr,oia. North
and South Dlknts. There BE- tuum i1f thou
sands more. Hall rate, Nm thr Great North.
crn Railway from ~ Paul Write Max
Bass 20 South CLARK Street, Chicago. HI.
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Mrs J0isrSon
Saved fr0sss
insanity by
HfSs. PinSfharss

menccd 10 have spells with my spine.
Every month grew worse and at last
became so bad that found / waa
gradually losing my mind.
The doctors treated me for female
troubles, but l got no better. One
doctor told me that would he insane.
] was advised by . friend ogive Lydia
i. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound q
trial. and before had taken all of the
first bottle my neighbors noticed tho
change In me.
Il have now taken five bottles and
cannot find words sufficient TO praise IT,
j advise every woman who Is suffering
from any female weakness 10 give 1t
fair trial. ! thank you for your good
medicine. Minis. GERTRUDE NJ. Jons.
eos, JoKEsBoRo, TEXAS.
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lie Wa. "a ur,oIp,Iou,.,.

Dolly SwiiI-Has Mrs. ruiiinglon any
ground Tor claiming to be a daughter OF
he rsvolution2
Sally Gay--Oh. ycs. Her father used
10 ri,n a merry-go-round.-N. y. Jour
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-08-10

Moves the bowels each day. Ia order 10
b. healthy this - necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kiiucys Cures Eick head.
ache. Price IS aud Soc
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and Fever h % bnttlc ct GunvT's TSsTTLEss
CuIlL 1uNl,. II Is simply iron and guiniuciR
alasteicss form Mcclure no ray. Price. 10,
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have received
from the use Of
Lydia l.. Pink
hams Vcgets-
bile Compound.
Soon after tho
birth ofmy first
child, / COM
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Wllrms-''I understand you moved
your family last week" Iagkson--"Ncs:
our servant g,fl didn't like the location we
were IN. K Columbus Journal
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-08-10

High IDEALS arr perhaps responsible Tor as
much rcrslmiKm Bs are torpid iWCfs, on the
whole Detroit Journal
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"Hlnws" Harry To show her how little
be- cared tuf II, be spent cvyry ccut she
had - Answcrs
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The Cnmmnn Entr.


Like everybody else the sea waves arrive
Al the shprr IN great style, hu, they 80 away
broke Philadelphia Record.
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what are the holes ipf:" asked little
Edna, looking at the porous plaster that
hCr mother was preparing o. aijus; on
Nlllc's back. II funny sou don't know
that, sis, ,n;cpos'd N.'.le. They o.
elUT.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-08-10

Pics Cure for Consumption relieves the
most 0hyltuat" coughs Rev. ID iiuch.
mueller. Lexington Mo, Feb. -, %.
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Halls CHtnrrh Cure
ls q Constitutional Cure. Price, T5c.

4 quarrc.some man is always a petty
nan. Atrhison Globe.
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HIM FffEfnF LRtteFs
81 had female trouble of all kinds,
Ind three doctors, but only grew worse.
] began taking Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills
and used the ssoative Wash, ard cam
not praise your remedies enough. ~
Mis-. EFrfs PERKINS, pEARl.. LA.
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TLrrrrE 70 ur. Ytsxuay 70 al

iLl'lAE I" VITA FNkhAh no. qI.AH
DEAR Mrs. PISknAM--Fur some
time have thought Of writing to you
30 let you know of the great benefit /
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
A Tale of Wong and Bun Tuck.

The Right Hon Richard Seddon, Ere
mier of New Zealand, will be known rIl. LOT
ever and a day as Bun Tuck, the Eng
lish partner in a mining syndicate OF the
days of long ago. George Hutchlson,
the irrepressibe member for Patea some
two months back announced that MI.
Seddon had once gone whacks" with two
Celestials in a gold claim. The Premier
vigorously denounced the base lnSlhud-
ton, consequently Mr.. Hutchinson threat.
ened to produce a duly signed statement
made by one of the Premiers Chlnese
partners. He did so, and read 1t IN the
H9pSei sfer Here fG mt it Isl Wong sbSng Wal and
Tsai Chung (Which is this NARRATOR were
gold picking at Knappers Gully on the
Six-miIe Run. He who rules the Govern
ment came to our camp one night. We
had heard of him before, and We were
alarmed. He had to be with everything
at the place called Stafford Town; HIS
name among the English was DICK Sed-
DON After we had eaten rice he had
much talk with Wong, who was very
learned in all languages. He could talk
in the language of the country as much
as the Mandarin Seddon. linen they 1 It uiq
some writing, and this narrator also put
names to the end of the writing When
the mandarin had gone Wong told this
narrator that we were roW brothers IN
the claim, but that our brotherhood was
not to be talked of. Wong said that Sed-
don would be known as Bun Tuck. He
said our brother was powerful before the
warden as an advocate, and sometimes
went to the place of government and was
feared there for his great talk. Wong
was also a person of much talk, but our
people did not always listen to him. He
said Bun Tuck was very clever, but not
clever enough. We had plenty provisions
then and we had much joy, and our per-
spiration ran very free. One day Wong
went away, because the constable was
looking for him. He only left message
to say that he had been like a rat drag
ging d shovel, and that our claim was
sold to a number of white devils. and
that | had better leave the place quietly.
But this narrator was very poor. | had
entered my coffin, as they say in China,
ard been buried. so [ went to Bun Tuck.
But he raised the wrath matter and told
me | was descended from stupid people,
He said, moreover Wong Shung Wal had
got the best of the squeeze. Nevertheless,
he gave me 20 taels. This narrator then
went far away. l went to China, but
have since returned. Bun Tuck is much
changed since then, but / know him when
[ see him. Declared by Tsai Chung as a
true history, and signed by him"
OF course Mr.. Seddon was furious, and
demanded the withdrawal of what he said
was nothing but a skit. The member for
Patea declared solemnly that the state
ment was actual fact, and that he would
not withdraw it, so into Hansard Bun
Tuck has entered in all his glory.-Pall
Mall GaZetta.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
Nobility.

Certainly nobility is of blood and birth
and he who would be immortal must have
care for his posterity. Nothing can 8be
more absurd than the fuss our gentry
make concerning titles and places of prec-
edence. They are of mind with those
foolish old courtiers of Louis XIV, and
think that nobility consists in lie droit
du monter dams lie carosse du roi'' They
forget that what is called blue blood is
often very bad blood. l know a family of
long descent and high communion which
has been decorated" in almost all possi-
bic ways. Nothing can ennoble it, Nearly
every member of it is marked by some
coarseness of physique-some lewdness of
conduct; and this Notwithstanding inter-
marriages and the Introduction Of new
blood. This stock may safely be backed
to produce in every generation one or
more profigates of dishonorable life
Every member of it has a certain liability
Of shame; The poison in the blood has
had its inlet through vice and must ha We
its outlet in suffering. Ultimately it will
bring about the extinction OF the race
The wicked. Plato has truly said. are
wicked because of their 1isanization-
their parents. and not they. should be
punished. Humanitarian.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
A misunderstanding

There was a new ticket agent at Cadil-
lac for the Grand Rapids and Indiana
road: One of his first patrons was a big,
rough man. with voice to match
''MoSsback,' said the big man. as he
laid s. bill on the shelf
Say" responded the new agent 81 sup
pose that you are one of these wild West
erners that think they are born terrors
who can insult everybody with impunity.
But you've walked up the wrong passenger
this time"
What's .gnawin' you, young feller?
Haint you the ticket agent?"
Yes; but l haven't hired out to be
abused. You can't come around here call
ing me names and get away with it."
Il guess you must be wheely. ! said
Mossback, | mean Mossback, and l want
to take a Mossback train"
Just you step aside till l get through
with the rest of these people, and IN
make you wish you'd never seen me or this
road. You're carrying entirely too much
foliage, my overgrown friend, and I'll un-
dertake to trim you"
Pardon me, gentlemen interrupted a
healthy looking young woman with red
cheeks and laughing eyes. I'm afraid
you misunderstood. There is a Moss
back in Kalkaske County. l teach school
there; but it is back ways from the ran
road line"
Now do you get it through your head ?''
snapped the big man
Yes; but l sell tickets on this road, not
dirt roads,
Gimme a ticket to the nearest point -
and the two men glared while the teacher
continued to smile a Mossback smile-De-
troit Free Press.
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WILLIAM A. CLARK Elected
on the Seventeenth Ballot at Butte.

HELENA, Mont, Jan. 2S.-On the
seventeenth ballot, taken to-day, the
Montana Legislature elected Hon. Will
liam A. Clark of Butte United States
Senator to succeed the Hon. Lee Man
tie, The vote was: For Clark, 54;
Conrad, q; Marshall, 4; scattering, A.
Of those who voted for Clark eleven are
Republicans. The four votes cast for
Marshall were by Republicans, and one
Republican was absent because of sick
ness.
Two ballots were taken to-day. The
first resulted practically as previous
votes had, but on the second the Re-
publicans came to Clark and his cleo
ton was made sure. At a caucus Of
the Republican members held last night
it was decided by a large majority of
those present to be good politics to vote
for Clark and effect his election in the
belief that it would hopelessly disrupt
the Democratic organization of the
State.
The joint session was without notable
incident, though several members made
speeches explaining their votes. The
election of Mr.. Clark was made certain
when the Grand Jury, which thorough
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
INTERESTING PAPER.
Johnny's Geographical Attachments
Sadlv Disconnected the Old Man.

Now that we have these vast possess
sions in the antipodes, Johnny, L think
Father I'm astonished! our antlpooes
are somewhere among the fishes south
west of Australia, which is far cry from
the Philippines.
""Weii. 1 was just going to say that this
hemp they grow grow In Mqnil91 La qa+har. travels
under false pretenses. Manila hemp IS
a variety of the banana family"
Dear me, is that so! It's good cordage &c
all the same. Why, when was out IN
the Sandwich Islands l.
Father, you're enough to make Lii
iuokalani shudder. No educated person
says Sandwich Islands now, unless TO
make himself understood by those who
don't know that the Hawaiian Islands
is the official and accepted name. Be
sides
next to say Puerto Rico just because the
Not at ali. Porto Rico has been good
English usage for several centuries Its
all right" ~ o,,os+,or
But If we go into Manila hemp growing
in territory 600 miles from our former
You mean $500 miles. You certainly
haven't forgotten that the United States
has long extended TO the end of the
Aieutian Chain and Attu is only about
$500 miles from Manila. $500
You're very kind. But speaking OF
Manila hemp, they say that in Borneo
the largest island in the world"
at was when you studied geography,
father. but they've learned since that
New Guinea is larger than Borneo, ana
Greenland is larger than New Guinea"
Great world. this! Well. 1 was talking
with Brown about introducing Manila
hemp into tropical America, and he sald {.
that on his plantation in San salvador
'yVhv. there are no plantations in the
city of San Salvador. If you mean the
coIntry of which San Salvador is the cap
ital. you should say Salvador.
"Young man, your hat is getting too
small for you. If you don't stop making
nv head ache with your erudition l shall
send you direct to Vladivostock.' ~
you don't mean direct. L should nave
10 transship at Yokohama or Shanghai.
l think"
''Give US a rest, please. want to read
the paper"-rNew York Sun.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29

BERLIN, Jan. 2S.-For those who
have not seen the Kaiser of late it will
be interesting to know how his Ma
jesty looks. The writer had not seen
him for couple Of years and was
therefore in a position to judge if there
is any change in his appearance
First, the Emperor has grown to look
very much more serious than he did.
His features have developed, his nose
has strengthened and that upward
twist of his mustache gives him an air
of sovereignty. His Majesty a few
years ago threatened to become very
stout, but that danger seems passed.
He is now quite as stout as is good for
man, but not more so. L remarked
to German about his Majesty having
become thinner. His reply was that
the Palestine tour did not agree with
him, as it did with the Empress, who
came back in splendid health. The En-
peror does not stand extremes of heat
and cold so well. He suffered from
heat
On Wednesday evening the first court
ball was given. Every one noticed the
activity of the Kaiser, who did not re-
main still the whole evening. He wore
full dress Hussar uniform. The En-
press was SOWneQ IN a Dlue OdmdSk
covered with jewels.
The latest addition to the coveted Or
der of the Black Eagle, Herr Won Men
Eel, was there and constantly at the
elbow of the Kaiser. Herr Won MenZel
| is now an intimate artistic adviser of
the Emperor, and it was he who at
Defilee de la Cour suggested the visit
to the studio Of Otto Magnussen, the
sculptor. Much has been written about
that visit, which ended in the Kaiser
purchasing the great work of Frederick
the Great on his deathbed, and the
famous statue of Bismarck wearing his
big -brimmed hat.
After looking at the former work the
Kaiser said There is but one appro-
pirate place for that splendid inspira-
ton. 1t is in the death chamber OF
Frederick the Great at Sans Souci."
This shows that the Kaiser has ad-
vanced in his appreciation of art, for
six years ago he saw the same work
and passed it after making some re-
mark about what a pity it was to chisel
Frederick the Great in his night shirt
The famous Bismarck statue, which
the Kaiser also purchased, has it's un-
told history, showing that the project
of making it was nearly nipped in the
bud. 1t happened thus: After much
trouble and through the medium of DR..
SchWeninger, the former Chancellor
had been persuaded to give sittings.
Otto Magnussen, in haste. sent a post
card to friend with whom he had an
engagement, expressing regret that he
could not come as Prince Bismarck had
given him an appointment at Fried
richsruhe. The genius is generally care
less, and then Magnussen forgot to ad-
dress the card, but posted it. The post
officials in doubt sent it to Friedrichs-
ruhe. Bismarck was furious. He tele-
graphed to Herr Magnussen that as he
thought proper to make public a private
engagement he might consider the en-
gagement Cancelled. Finally, however
the matter was patched up. The sit
tings took place and the most typical
statue of Bismarck known was pro-
6npe6
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
SOIL OF CUBA is
MADE To BLOOM
Blessings of Peace on
the Island.
NATIVES TAKE UP FARMS
THOUSANDS OF IDLE ACRES
NOW BEING TITLED.
Throughout the Recent Theater Of
War the Hum of Industry
Can Constantly Be
Heard.
NATIVES TAKE UP FARMS
THOUSANDS OF IDLE ACRES
NOW BEING TITLED.
Special Correspondence of The Call.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Jan. 20-For
the last month there have been big fires
on the hill tops, reminding Americans
here Of the days when they used to
read in the morning papers of the burn
ing of sugar cane, tobacco, etc, by the
insurgent forces. But the present fires
are kindled for the purpose of clearing
the land for farmers use
The small planters are returning to
their work and their homes. Many Of
them have since the Spanish surren
der been working for the Govern
ment either in the street cleaning de-
partment or some similar branch of the
Government service, where they have
earned from 81 to 81 so a day. and as
they have got living down to a fine art.
and in all probability their wives and
children ha been drawing INDECENT
rations in quantity sufficient to keep
the entire family, most of the wages
have been saved by them. Hundreds
of Cubans who have been working for
the various Government departments
during the last five months have from
500 to $3.50 saved.
This returning to work in the Coun
try means the cultivation of land that
was never previously anything but
waste. 1t means vacancies in the SAN
tary and quartermaSter's departments,
which will be given to other Cubans,
who, in the course of a few months,
will also have saved sufficient money
to take up an acre or two of land and
go into the country with their families.
A horseback trip through the cOun-
try, accompanied by a guide, from
Santiago to San Luis, returning via
SOngo, d journey of nearly fifty miles,
taking two days to perform, reveals
an extraordinary change in the stu
alton during the last few months. Three
months ago there were only a dozen or
so small agriculturists engaged in their
occupation throughout the entire dis
| trict while to-day there must be about
1000. Then one would see nothing but
waste lands, overgrOwn with weeds
! ings are carefully attended to and yield
| ing luscious fruits and vegetables.
Some small capitalists possessing q
few hundred dollars and few acres of
! land are starting on a more ambitious
scale with the intention of establish
| ing coffee plantations. but as it takes
! three years for a coffee plantation to
! begin to pay even running expenses, a
| few acres adjoining are generally put
into banana and other fruit trees.
! Vegetables also are grown for the mar
ket. These more than pay the expenses
attendant upon the starting of a coffee
| plantation.
The cost of living to the small agri-
culturist is practically nil, for he
grows almost everything needed on his
own bit of land.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29

ly investigated the sensational charges
made by State Senator Whiteside, re-
ported that it had heard no evidence
on which to found an Indictment for
illegal use of money, thus vindicating
Mr.. Clark
William A. Clark is so years OF age,
native of ConnellsviIle, Fayette
County, Pennsylvania. In 1856 his par
ents moved to Van Buren, County,
Iowa, where the Senator elect farmed
and pursued his schooling. He studied
law. but never practiced. In 1862 he
crossed the plains, driving a team, and
located at South Park, Colo. Mr.. Clark
was one of the first to reach Bannock,
Mont. on the discovery of gold there
in 1863, driving an OK team. His Mon
tana career began with merchandising
but he soon got into mining, in which
the most of his vast fortune was ac-
qured.
Mr.. Clark is the largest individual
owner of copper mines and smelters in
the world, his principal properties be-
ing in Butte, Mont, and Jerome, Ariz
He has extensive beet sugar interests
in California and a large copper wire
works al EliZabethport N. J. He has
a plantation of 1000 acres in Mexico,
devoted to growing coffee, tea and to-
bacco and rubber. His net income for
1898 was not far from s10,000,000.
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officers for the current term by, the grand
treasurer, assisted by Z. j. Chamberlin
P. {. c., and an eXemplecation of the
work, which was followed by addresses
and a collalent.
The convention of SO, which VIII enter
tain the delegates to the Grand Circle
next June, has elected the following Off
GERS: Past Grand Chief Companion Mrs
Lizzie Atwood president; Past Chief Com
panion Mrs. NJ. A. Duke, first vice presI-
dent; Junior Past Chief Companion Mrs.
Emma Harrington, second vice president
Miss Alice Ticoulet, secretary; Grand SUP
Chief Companion Mrs. Flora JACOBS
treasurer; Grand Trustee Mrs. Davis, in
side guard. There will be given under
the auspices of the convention grand So
Cial and nicniC.