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The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-30
LEND A HAND.

1t should be the pleasure Of every
individual who can, to lend hand
to DR.. Buckley and Col. Gregg Take
a pride in the great prominence
your county is to have at the
Fair. DR.. Buckley says the lead
companies have been courteous
and not one has failed to furnish
excellent specimens for exhibition.
Buckley and Gregg make their
home at the Central mess house,
and they never get tired OF prais.
ing that company.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-30

Farmers, We have arranged iss
buyers from a distance TO buy farms
near Pennington.
SMITH, BLIECK d Co.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-30
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY
WORRIES FAIR LEAD EXHIBIT
State Geologist Buckley and Superin.
tendent Of Mines Gregg Pre-.
pairing Grand Exhibit.
MINES AND MILLS IN MINIATURE.
Every Mine Will Have Individual De.
partment-This County Will Not
be ExceIed by any In State.
BY OLD OBSERVER,

Col. ii. III. Gregg, Superintend
ent of Mines and Metallurgy 70,
the Worlds Fair, and DR.. Z. r.
Buckley, State Geologist. were at
Desloge Saturday. These two
learned gentlemen talked freely OF
their mission in this county.
They have spent several months in
the Lead Belt and the people all
over the county will be interested
III their work.
DR.. Buckley said: You are the
first aud only newspaper man we
have seen in this section. We now
have our plans aud specifications
for the st. Francois county miner.
al exhibit at the Worlds Fair. /"
Here he showed the ground plans
and drawings for the great build.
ing which will be occupied largely
with st. Francois county minerals.
Each company will have D separate
department, and every company
will be recognized.
There will be n miniature mine
with stopes. taken probably from
the DeSloge. National and st. Joe
mines. The sight.seer will be
taken through a real mine and
will see machines, miners, hoist =
erS, all Mt work. The rough ore
will be placed as it is found in the
earth, and the roof und floors will
he seen as they may he seen to-day
in the Lead Belt. There will be a
mill at work reducing concentrates
y smeltcr melting pigs will be
shown. In fact the actual repro.
ductlon of our mining industries.
Ii will cost hundreds OF thous.
ands and will he an advertise
ment on n grand scale. Nothing
to equal it has ever been seen.
The latest inventions in mining
machinery will be tested before the
gaze of an interested public. The
security and insecurity of under
ground work will be explained.
All operators and working men
will get Il clear idea of conditions
right at home.
There is not a more competent
man than DR.. Buckley. lie was
invited to Missouri from Michigan,
and was appointed State Geologist
simply because of his competency.
ADVERTISING NEEDED.
The disposition to hide our light
under bushel, or in plain words
the effect on the part of individuals
who have landed interests to keep
this county in the dark, has given
way to q desire to advertise. The
fact is, st. Francis county has the
greatest lead belt in the world.
Why is it not known like the Jop-
lin district and the Beaumont oil
fieldsH The answer is, those who
had lead lands wanted more, and
in order to buy cheap they never
advertised the fabulous resources
of this country. They kept the
matter still, and of course being
the only buyers they got what they
wanted and at their own price.
Independent lead companies have
steered clear of this section. The
lead trust has attempted to limit
the out. put, but the corner on lead
didn't word so well while the de.
mand was so great.
LEND A HAND
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-30

Farmers, Advise You 10 see % Ut
once and get your farm on our list.
SMITH, BLErcK 4 Co.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-30

The new daily to be published in
New York City, by and for women,
will come out two hours later than
other dailies to prevent being
scooped, AS contemporary puts
it, the women as usual will have
The Last Word. -
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-30

Willie McComb, a New York
youth who had all OF his clothes
stripped off by lightning, thus de-
Scribed the sensation to his mother:
Gee, nom, first ! felt hot, then /
saw a whole lot of angels, and
then ! got cold as ice, and after
that there was nothing" A boy
who has enough sang froid to re.
member how bolt of lightning
felt couldn't be killed-and he
warn't.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-30

John A. Lee, sometime Lieut..
Governor OF Imperial Missouri,
was shocked when he learned that
the alumites were boodling, but he
patted his conscience on the back
and begged Kelley to give him q
chance to sell himself soul aud
body to the anti-alumites.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-30
THE PEOPLE PAY
Little Talk on Junketing and BoodIing
Government Printing Office and
the Uuion.
special correspondence Of Tmr TIME,

~prr!al Correspondence OF TmE TIME.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July p.
4 good many people who can
not he accused of boodling, never
thclesS are sticking their hands
down in the pockets of the people
Just at this time Nearly every
man who is high enough up on the
pay rolls OF the Government seems
to be seized with an insane desire
to 60 ont on IA junketing trip this
summer at the expense of the pco-
pie. The Secretary of the Navy,
not long ago, took a wlfi2 around
the West Indies on n government
vessel and the people paid the bill
The Presidents family then took
his private yacht which is ,
government vessel, and proceeded
to their summer home at Oyster
Bay. The vessel is always ready
for use for pleasure parties for the
Roosevelt children, going to boat
races or taking Miss Alice to the
city when she feels that she needs
a paper of pins. Not long ago the
members of Congress who were on
Naval Affairs Committee in the last
House, took II Government vessel
and started out on II junkct with
the oStcnslblc purpose Of inspecting
the different Notifications along
the coast of the country, and the
naval needs of the country. What
right these members have to make
the people pay for any such Il trip
is more than any man can tell.
There is no official naval committee
in existence, So far ms the House of
Representatives is concerned. How
do these men know they viii! be
placed on the Committee Oh Naval
Affairs when the next House is or
gauzed' They do not know it,
and yet they are sQuandering the
peoples money for the Ostcnsiblc
purpose of posting themselves on
the needs Of the people in the way
Of naval expenditure. The chances
are they will Src more high balls"
than they will cannon balls, and
more kings" aud queens" than
they will naval nccessitities. Post
master General Payne, who has
been made sick, )" presumably by
the stencil in his depart
mcnt, is the latest TO take a Gov
vessel, aud with his fam
lily get out on the deep blue sea
where he can smell the perfume of
the brine instead of official cor
ruption. And the people pay the
bill. Well, why shouldn't they'
They are responsible for the mil.
lions accumulated in the Treasury.
They voted tariff Tux on them
selves that would pile up surplus
If cash in the Treasury, and this is
the only way TO get it back into the
of trade, unless they take
A notion to quit taxing themselves
for the benefit of trusts, tariff
DarnnS and junketers. Until they
10 they may expect that n Republi-
AN administration, guiltless of
sympathy with the people, will con
.inne to have good time with their
and blow it in" like n
drunken sailor.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-30

The President has suddenly jam.
med into the labor unions of the
the country. and somebody is
going to come out second best in a
fight that will be on in a furious
fashion pretty soon. II seems that
u man named Miller, an assistant
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-30
C0CKRElL EOR PRESIDENT
And Why not2 No Better or Safer
Man for tbs Position Can be
Named

The Washington Staff correspon.
dent Of the Chicago Chronicle, who
was in Jefferson City last week
sent the following correspondence
TO his paper:
The Democratic leaders of Mis-
souri, shortly will announce their
purpose to launch Il Presidential
boom for Senator Francis Cock
rell. They have agreed subStan-
italy upon the prcIimnarics,
which are inseparable from so i'm.
portant step, and are only wait
ing for the fuliillment of certain
minor plans before taking the
American people into their conf
dence.
IT is their purpose to have the
veteran legislator accepted not
alone as Missouri's son, but rs the
of the entire Southwest
and West, with whose growth and
development he has been intimately
identified during his forty years of
public service. They have received
assurances from so many States
that Missouri's choice is emiucntly
satisfactory to Democrats Of every
shade of conviction that they are
hopeful the boom will take on ma
tiOnal proportions before the close
Jf the present year.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-30

Aside from the bOodling and
rOttenness that is coming out of
the departments il this city, the
government Of the District of Co.
Iumbia is being showed up just
now, and il is about the most ram
shackle and flimsy affair, to be
called the government of a great
city, that any man ever heard. A
young clerk, whose salary was 81, =
400 Il year, was allowed to steal
about $40 900 in the last five years
for the reason that his books were
never checked. His employers saw
this young man plunging at the
races, buying an interest in all
sorts of businesses, riding around
in a red devil" automobile, and
playing the high roller" gener-
ally. and yet they never checked
his books. There is hardly a day
goes by that something crooked, =,
something rotton, or something
loose does not turn up in the Dis
trict of Columbia building. There
seems to be lust of loot, riot of
rapacity and n fiduciary fandango
in the capital of the nation. Long
lease of power hath made the Re-
publicans money mad, and they
simply take what they want and
asking no odds. When the people
tire Of it they know how they can
stOp il. Il is up to them.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-03-12
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.

The appropriations made by the
session of congress which closed
last week aggregated 1888, asa, 01S
against SS0O624, 1876 for the last
session The total for the entire
congress thus footed up 81 ,554,-
lOS,5l4, or something more than
one hundred millions in excess of
the total appropriations for the
Flfty.sixth Congress. The total
for that congress being 81, 440, 4S9,
4SS.
The number Of bills introduced
during the Fifty-second congress
aggregated 1850, of which 1918
were reported and more than 2.
OO1 passed. The House calendar
is clearer at the close of this con.
gress han it ever has been before,
only seyenty.eight bills remaining
undispossd Of
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-03-12
Murder in Henderson County.

Near Smith Mills, in Henderson
county, Allen Melton shot and
killed his sixteen year old step
daughter, and probably fatally
wounded Mrs. John Culver. his
wife's sister. When pursued by a
posse and brought to bay in barn
Melton attempted to commit sui.
eide, by swallowing Paris green
and by shooting, both attempts
being unsuccessful. He was lodg
en- in the Morganfield Jail aud was
subsequently taken to Henderson.
The shooting was the outcome of
domestic troubles. Melton and
his wife had agreed to separate,
and Mrs. Melton bad gone TO the
home of her sister, Mrs, Culver.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-03-12
WHISKEY al YEARS OLD.

+, II. Daniel, the veteran gro
ceryman, has what is the oldest
whisky in Princeton and probably
in Kentucky. A quart bottle has
been on his counter since he open
ed his store for business, in 1870.
The bottle bears this label, in Mr..
Daniels writing: "Kentucky
Whisky, Was put in this bottle
the night that +. Ii. Daniel and
brother moved into this house,
February "a, 1870" AS the liquor
was eight years old when put into
the receptacle, it is getting along
toward forty.one years.-Prince-
ton Banner.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-03-12
BRYAN WILL NOT BOLT.

The Hon. VIM, j. Bryan, in ar
interview denied that he will lead
a revolt from the Democratic par
ty in case the gold Democrats cap
ture the next national convention
as was reported from New York.
1t was said he would bolt the
convention and lead an indepen.
dent contingent. MIR, Bryan said
he did not make any such state
meLt and said that the contempla.
ted action was improbable and he
did not deal in impossibilitio,
Never will you find the gold
Democrats capturing any Demo
cratic convention of national I'M
portance. The idea is absurd"
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-03-12
FLOWERS FOR MCCREARY.

Senator McCrearys desk was
loaded with flowers from Kentuc.
ky admirers when he took his seat
in the Senate. He is fortunate
also, in having secured a good seat
in the second row from the back,
rather near the central aisle, and
next seat to Senator Clark, OF
Montana.
The swearing of Senator Nc
Creary was without incident, ex-
cept that he was appIauded by the
few Kentuckians who were in the
galleries He received a cordial
welcome from his colleagues on
both sides of the chamber, many
of whom knew him we'll when lie
was serving in the House.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-03-12
COL. Ed. P. THOMPSON DEAD.

Col. Ed. p. Thompson died al
Frankfort last week. He had bt On
prominent in the state for many
years. He WAS state superinten-
dent of instruction under Cover
nor Brown, author of several text
hooks, custodian of state buildings
for four years, historian of the
Orphan Brigade and at the time
Of his death was engaged in COM
piling the roster Of Confederate
soldiers, He was noted for bis
courage in the Southern army.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-03-12
GOV. BECKHAM ELIGIBLE.

Judge Cantrill, at Versailles,
decided the test case brought in
the Woodford circuit court, that
Governor Beckham Is eligible to
reelection and granted a manda-
mus requiring Chairman Young
to place the name of Governor
Beckham on the ballots to be used
in the Democratic State primary
The case will be appealed.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-03-12

1t is stated that the population
of Greater New York is 3,732,9O3
Senator McCreary has appoint
ed as his private secretary Mr.. II
b. Cosby of Dixon, Webste
county,
1t is expected that between 300,
600 and 100000 men will b.
thrown out of work on May l as I
result of troubles in the building
trades.
James j. Corbett and James j
Jelfries have signed articles tc
meet in a fight for the worlds
heavyweight championship. The
fight will take place in California
some time in June or July on a
date to be selected later.
Secretary of the Navy Moody
has decided that the three 5000
ton battleships recently provided
for shall be named Vermont, Kan.
sas and Minnesota. The two new
1900 ton battleships will be nam
ed Mississippi and Idaho.
About seventy-fve thousand
people witnessed the celebration
of the Pope's coronation anniver-
sary at Rome, about one thous.
and of whom were Americans.
The event was imposing and the
pontitI declared after the close of
the ceremonies that it had sur
passed ell his expectations.
The Fifty-seventh congress ad.
journed at noon Wednesday. The
customary demonstration in honor
of the retiring Speaker was given
trimmings of frost by Democratic
who refused to join in
the applause when the resolutions
of thanks to Mr.. Henderson we're
read. President Roosevelt sent a
sarcastic message to the Senate,
commenting it for the admirable
performance of duty during the
session.
Gov. Beckham has determined
to settle the question of his eligi-
bility to reelection, and to that
end has arranged to file a test suit
He has made formal demand of
Chairman Young to place his name
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-03-12
MONEY FOR KENTUCKY.

The general deficiency bill,
which was signed by the president
has in it the Kentucky war claim
for 81 ,3l3,999.05. The officials of
the treasury department say that
an order for the money will be
sent to the commonwealth of Ken
lucky at once.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-03-12
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

on the ballot rs n candidate TO
governor before state democratic
primary. Mr.. Young has sugges
ted that legal steps be taken t'
determine his eligibility, and I
mandamus suit against Mr.. Youpl
and the state committee was flee
in Woodford county. II will be
decided as soon as practicable and
will then be taken to the court OF
appeals for final decision.
AT an important meeting of the
Miscellaneous Corporations COM
mittee of the Kentucky Exhibit
Association, it was decided TO re-
commend to the General Finance
committee that 10000 souvenir
buttons be ordered, bearing the
Kentucky building with an aTpro-
pirate phrase, and to be sold at 81
each. The General Committee
will likely approve the plan. Be
meath the building will be the
words: Its Part Mine"
Gen. Simon Boliver Buck ner in
discussing the presidential nom-
nations for 1904 said that the
Democratic party would continue
to be under the influence Of Hon
w. j. Bryan in 1904, and that he
could beat any ticket the Demo
Gratis could put out. He said that
Judge Parker, of New York, was
receiving more notice than any
one else just at present for the
nomination, but that he stood no
show whatever of getting it.
Another important change in
the government service involves
the resignation of Gov. Merriam
as chief of the Census Bureau
and his succession by Representa-
tive David Mercer, of Nebraska,
who was defeated for congress by
the bitter luminosity of Editor
Rosewater, of Omaha. Mr.. Mer-
riam, it is understood, expected to
be selected for the position of
Secretary of the Department of
Commerce and Lsbor, and when
Mr.. Cortelyou was awarded that
portfolio Immediately accepted an
offer from a New York commercial
agency.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-03-12
$32.85 TO CALIFORNIA.

Daily, from Feb. 18th to April
Both, Ithe Illinois Central railroad
will sell tickets from Evansville
to all California common points
for $50 50; tourist seepers every
Tuesday and Friday from. Prince
ton, KY, to Los Angeles, San
Francisco and intermediate points.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-03-12
INDIAN SUMMER.
The Original Meaning-The HOr-
rors Summer Brought to
American Pioneers.
PEACE ONLY IN THE WINTER.

The original mean ing of thi
phrase, Indian Summer, is 10
very generally understood. To The
ears of our forefathers, it brough
a chill of horror in its terrible
possibilities, During the Ions
continued Indian wars, the tirs
settlers in the then western couu.
try enjoyed no peace excepting in
the winter season, when owing &c
the severity of the weather, the
Indians we're unable to make their
excursions into the settlements OF
the pioneers. The setting-in OF
the winter was therefore hailed
with JOY by the little communi-
ties, as, through the spring and
early fall the people had been
cooped up in the little uncomfort-
able forts, subjected to all the dis
tresses of Indian attacks At the
setting-in of winter, then, all the
farmers excepting the owner of
fort removed to their cabins on
their farms, with feeling of COM
parative safety, and set about pre-
pairing for winter, gathering corn,
digging their potatoes, fattening
their animals and repairing their
cabins.
1t, however, sometimes happen
ed that, after the onset of winter,
the weather would become warm,
the smoky time commence, and
this would last for quite awhile;
this was the Indians summer, as
it afforded another opportunity of
visiting the settlements with their
destructive warfare. The melting
of the SHOWS saddened every coun
tenance, and the genial warmth of
the sun chilled every heart with
horror; the apprehension of anoth-
or visi. from the Indians was dis
tressing in the highest degree, and
too often, the worst fears were
realized. Towards the latter part
of February, there was commonly
a fine spell of weather, during
which the snow melted away; this
was denominated "powwowing
days." from the supposition that
the Indians were then holding
their war councils, and planning
their spring campaings against
the settlements of the whites. Ex-
perience often verified these con.
lectures by the most horrible &C.
Qualities.
1t is easy to imagine what losses
must have been sustained by our
first settlers. 1t was not the full
measure of their trouble that they
risked their lives and often lost
them in subduing the forest and
turning it into fruitful fields; but,
compelled to leave them in de-
serted state during the summer
season, a great part of the fruits
of their labors was lost; their sheep
and hogs we're devoured by wild
animals; horses and cattle were
often let into the fields through
fallen fences, and whole crops of
corn we're often destroyed by SPUR
rels, raccoons, and other depreda.
tors. Every man was a soldier, ]
and from early spring until late
tall, was almost continually in
arms.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-03-12
A NOBLE SENTIMENT.
Senator Hoafs Beautiful Tribute
to the Southern People.

"A pOltiOu Vi DoudlOE hOhT
speech the other day before tn,
Union League club of Chicago
overlooked in the telegraphic re
ports, touched in the following in
teresting msnner on race condi
tions in the south:
Il know how sensitive our sou
thern friends are in the matter O
social equality and companionshiE
and l think l might say fairly anc
properly-and that perhaps have
a right to say it-that it is moi
wise for the people of the north tc
undertake to deal rsshly or even &c
Judge harshly of feeling so deep
ly implanted in their bosoms.
Time, the great reconciler. will
reconcile them to that, if in the
nature OF things and in the nature
of men they ought to become re-
conCiled to it. And if in the ma
ture of things and the nature of
men time does not reconcile them
it will be sign that they ought
not TO become reconciled to it, and
that some other mode of life for
them must be devised.
Now, my friends, having said
what | thought to say on this
question, perhaps l may be indul-
ged in adding that, although my
life politically and personally has
been life of almost constant
strife with the leaders of the sou.
thern people, yet as 1 grow older
| have learned not only to respect
and esteem, but to love the great
qualities which belong to my fell
low-citizens of the southern states
They are a noble race. We may
we'll take pattern from them in
some Of the great virtues which
make up the strength as they make
the glorios of the free states.
Their love of home, their chival.
rous respect for women; their
courage; their delicate sense of
honor; their Sonstancy, which can
abide by an opinion or a purpose
or an interest for their states
through adversely and prosperity,
through years and through the
generations, are things by which
the people of the more mercurial
north may take II lesson. And
there is another thing-covetous-
ness, corruption, the low tempta-
ton of money, has not yet found
any place in our southern poll
tics.
Now, my friends, We can not
afford to live, we don't wish to live
aud we do not live in a state of es
arrangement from a people who
possess these qualities. They are
friends of ours, born of our born
ing, flesh of our flesh, blood of
our blood, and whatever may be
the temporary error of any south
ern state |, for one, if l have the
right to speak for Massachusetts,,
say to her: Eutreat me not to
leave thee nor to turn from follow
ing after thee; for where thou 90.
est | will go, and where thou stay
est l will stay also; and thy peo-
pie shall be my people, and thy |
God my God"