The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-11

being from Mrs. Drumeler. Please
remember that there is always a
package at the THE TIMES Office
for the benefit Of the farmer who
cant drive mp 10 the house for
package Of books 10 crafty the
children as well as the older people.
spent nearly day asserting,
marking aud packing these bundles,
aud | want them circulated where
they will do the most good.
u il said By these who oppose
woman suffrage that women would
never understand true politics.
Now, from my point of view. as l
know politics there is not much
mind service involved, when true
politics is simply Toting the
straight ticket from start 20 finish
of the political party to which you
belong. regardless of the mental
aud moral capacity at the caudi.
dates. II a man occasionally dares
TO have the courage Of his convic-
tions aud scratches a candidates
name, il is held against him aud
brought up at unexpected times
IL seems to be such very unusual
thing for an office seeker and Of
flee holder 10 be an impartiully
honest man, that wien one is found
the greatest b,-do is made Of bin.
Such. ! tO:1e 10 be the state of al.
fairs from the great number Of re
markable things said about Joseph |
Folk. He has been spoken Of for
nearly every available Office except
President on the strength of the |
fact that he is an honeet man.
Therefore, argue that honesty is
"a rare quality in the political |
world. You have oil heard of the
lrishmau who, when working ia |
the cemetery, came TO tomb I
stone which bore this inscription: |
Here lies a lawyer and an honest |
man." aud his remark that land /
must be dear there, when they had /
TO bury two men in one grave.
Eli d. AXE, editor of the Iron.
ton Register--"Uncle Eli " TO his
little sweelhearts. May aud Jean
ette-has written a beautiful story
dealing with the Indian legends OF
Sunset Mountain in North Caro-
lima in the far away day when that
region was the happy hunting
ground of the 0cogee and the
Tuskee Indians, whose object of
alteration and worship was the
great Day God, the sun. The
beautiful daughter aud the brave
son of warning tribes are the low
ers of the story, and the earth.
quake, which saved the life of the
latter when condemned 10 the tor.
ture stake, forms a graphic picture
of the story. All ends happily for
the lovers, the william meets a de-
served death, the two tribes are
united IN friendship aud the bloody
hatchet is buried The language
of the story is beautiful, and from
prose poetry changes 10 rythmical
verse, Of which there are several in
the book In place Of the usual
selection ] give one of them here;
The raresi gifs BY low'fing Joye be-
slowed
On puny mortals here below,
fs lovel II Fears to heaven It's dropping
head
And teaches him itn bliss TO knowi--
To know, ere ye, his after life begins,
The JOY the angels know, and takes
From on, his soul the stulting thought
ot self, Ii
And him TO noble deeds awzkesi''
20 love. the dearest passion known to
mani
That purgeth ous all evil things.
And niakcih sordid thought and act 10
fee
To haser mind that eafthward ciingsl.-
without thee, life a weary waste and
drear
Would lie in cold and gloom supinel
On thy white wings VIC ever. ever rise,
And thus attain to heights ,iivine."
s@*
1t has been matter os regret to
me that il was deemed Impossible
By those In charge Of the project /