The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22
LIES SPICE.


true representation of one of the
most famous idols of the Chinese
nation. 1t teaches n lesson which
all Christians would do well to
learn, for it eptomizcs all that is
true. beautiful and good in this
world. Three monkeys are in n
sitting position with their backs to-
gether. One covers its eyes with
the hands, symbolizing that we
should see nothing wrong; the
second covers its ears to signify
that "" should hear nothing wrong.
while the third covers the mouth,
tcnchiug taat we should say moth
ing that would be better unsaid. Is
there not lesson in that! To nei-
ther see, hear nor say aught that is
evil is the living Golden Rule. The
tongue is truly the unruly member,
and it has been said that we never
regret the words we do not say
When + am tempted sometimes, |
glance at the little idol, and the
monkeys hands cover the mouth.
and ! am reminded of the lesson it
teaches, SO pass the idea along.
One of the favorte topics for Il G
newspaper joker is that Of the wo
man who makes Il small purchase
at store and orders il sent home.
There is more involved in this con
dition than appears to the naked
eye. Time is usually money to the
average shopper. If | lived in Il
city ! would not only have IA spool
of thread delivered, but ! would
also arrange for monthly account
aud have even the spool of thread
charged in that account. The
credit shopper can spend one hund.
red dollars while the paying shop
per is buying a dollars worth and
waiting for change. OF course, dur
ing the wait one has the benefit of
hearing all about the love affairs Of
the salesgirls and what he said and
what she said, and so on, i'll one
nouoton0us strain. If your pa
tisror tbhs so you feel like report
ing the girls, your spirit of charity
forbids depriving them Of the small
pleasure they find in the recital of
their joys and woe.
i
Our dear Iloosier poet. James
Nhitcomb Riley, sings this new
poem for us:
There Is cyern song somewhere, my dear,
There Is ever something sings alway,
Thcrc'st the song OF the lark when the skies
are clear,
Ana the song OF the thrush when the skies
are gray.
The sunshine showers across the grain.
Ana the blucbrd trills In the orchard tree; {;
Ana IN ana out when the caves drip rain,
Tie swallows are twlttering ceaselcssly.
There iscyrr song somewhere, my dear,
BE the skies above or dark or fair;
There Is ever Il song that our hearts may
hear
There It's ever a song somewhere. my dear
| There Is ever song somewhere
| There is ever song somewhere, my dear,
In the midnight black or the midday blue
| The robin pipes when the sun Is here,
And the cricket chIrrups the whole night
through
The buds may bloom and the fruit may grow,
Ana the autumn leaves drop crisp ana serc
But whether the sun or the rain or the snow,
There Is ever song somewhere, my dear.
X
When Lowell wrote of rare June
days, aud Bryant Of the melancholy
days, they wrote of what they knew
of their bleak Northern climate
but here we sing of our rare Octo-
Der days, for then if eyer come per.
feet days. think October is the
most beautiful month in the year,
and love it, for then the crown of
grand. motherhood was first con
ferred on me. There is nothing in
nature that so truly gives evidence
of immortality TO my mind as the
falling of the leaves and sleeping
of the flowers and trees in ap-
parent death. They only sleep to
awaken again in due season, green
and bright and beautiful, showing
that there is no real death, but only
sleep and rest that they may live
again. So let us enjoy our beauti-
ful autumn, our rare October, when
mother nature has taken the bril-
liant colorings for which the flow.
ers have no further use and poured
them over the trees so that Solo
man in all his glory was not arrayed
with such n brilliancy and glow of
color as are the October trees.
X y
Our little Sunshine Society has
done so much good work during
the past summer. and will continue
to do just as much III the coming
season, if they are given even de-
gree of encouragement. Already
in st. Louis Sunshiners are taking
time by the forelock and intend to
begin on doll dressing for the va :
rions Christmas affairs in which
they delight. So give us the help
you can to both the home and State
work.
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know there are just lots of pe0-
pile who think | am going to say
something about the entertainment
commencing u half hour late last
week Rnt I am not. for | don [