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The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
NORWAY HOT AS CHICAGO
Man in Open Car Tells Real Facts
About Coolness of North
ern Country

ITS funny how people tax without
knowing what they are talking about "
said the man on the end seat Of q Chicago
open car Half an hour ago | heard q
man saying he'd Ike to be in Norway
lust nov to get cool
well isn't It cool there was asked
81 was there just year ago this time
and In one day there We're lG cases of
sunstroke in the town where was stop.
ping and that same night three prisoners
In the lookup were bitten TO death by
mosquitoes Ice was 20 cents a pound
with little 10 be had and | walked two
miles 10 buy glassful of lemonade and
then found it scalding hot NO. Stree
Don't you do any longing for Norway
You Just cot hearty boiled dinner, take
two glasses Of hot scotch and then get
an end seat on car and let her so Gala
CHER and keep your palm fan a-wavinE
This holiness IL all Imagination You
won't make more than one round trip
before you'll want to get home and tum
BILE into feather bed and draw pair
OF wooden blankets up to your ears"
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
WOES OF MAGAZINE ARTIST
Stories Must Be illustrated Truthfuily
and Therein Lies Distress
OF Illustrator.

Now thousand blessings on the head
OF the good StUr5 = aiding public that
likes to have ita torres illustrated! But
that the stUrt > are illustrated Is not
enough-they must be illustrated truth
fully-and thcrrby hangs the tale of an
artists woe. declares Il writer in Pear
sons. II this tale that am now TO un-
fold should meet the eye Of any OF the
story writers concerned | beg them to re-
member that there is Il button as big as
palette at the end of my foil-and so
no harm is intended.
remember with amusement an author
who used to be very indignant with me
for never making pictures Of ships, when
ships figured so largely in his stories.
II don't believe you can draw a ship
he wrote me one day--and to tell the
honest truth. he hit the right nail on the
head cannot draw q ship to save my
life! The fact is. that an artist can
make more mistakes In drawing a ship
than in drawing almost anything else
and. OF course, II one Is ignorant, It
does not do to display that ignorance be-
fore critical public. And this ac-
cunts for the reason why you will
hardly ever find more than the merest
indication of ship In any sketch OF
mine!
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
BOOK SALESMAN FLOORED.
Massachusetts Woman Pronounces
Crowninshield as GuInsel and
Man Nearly Faints

Il have alvays rather Frided myself
on the accuracy Of my pronunciation. .
said a salesman In a Chicago book store
10 an Inter Ocean reporter but woman
from Massachusetts who came IN yes.
terdAy eoored me fiat. She said she
wanted book the name Of which she
had forgotten, hut II was about an Amer.
lean who visited some people at French
chateau. This didn't give me any de
finite Idea Of what book she wanted
You must have IT, she said It's by
a very prominent Washington woman
Her husband is in the navy. Her name ls
Grunsel Mrs. Grunsel'
Il could not for the life OF me rcca any
Washington lady named Grunspl 20 |
asked the lady To write the name down
and give me time to look II mp What on
earth do you think she wrote? Why
Crowninshield. She told me. too, that
it's an old Marblehead name. and thar
nobody up there ever calls Crowninshield
anything but Grunsei"
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
AzTECS AS MEDICAL MEN.
Ancient Mexican Race Believed to
Have Been Far Advanced
in Healing Art.

The ancient Aztec race Of Mexico was
far advanced in the practice Of medi.
cine The native Mexicaus practlced
massage, splints were used in the dress
ing Of fractured bones infamed gums
were lanced with obsidiau knives. achinp
teeth were extracted, salt was used as al
antiseptic and ground obsidian as aus,
ing powder. Stiffness Of the muscles
and Joints was treated by the sweat bath
wounds were sutured with human hair
the actual cautery was applied to the
edges OF wounds and venom was drawn
out OF poisoned wounds by sucking
while bleeding was practiceG in obst-
nate headaches The hygiene Of h,
teeth was well looked after very hot
food being avoided as was tho use o.,
cold water after eating hot food Wooden
toothpicks clean water. and powdcror
charcoal served for d0ntrifcc In short
the practice OF medicine among thcs,
early Mexicans compares very fayorably
with that In vogue at the time Of the
landing Of the pilgrim fathers
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
Raises Farming TO Science

Al Faringdon, Berkshire. England.
farming has been raised to a science
Mr.. George Adams, OF the royal prize
farm, Wadley house, farms some 1000
acres. OF which about half is arabic and
half pasture. He employees from 200
to $50 laborers. milks 500 cows daily.
keeps about 40 Shire brood mares. q
score OF breeding sows. and from 5000
to 1000 laying hens, grows about 900
acres OF grain, besides attending to
other multifarious items in the ordi-
nary course OF farm practice. About
1000 acres OF meadow hay are harvest
cd annually. All the work, cutting,
carrying and ricking, is done by piece
work.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
POPULATION OF THE EARTH
At Beginning OF Present Century It
Was l.5o3.3oo.ooo souls-Europe
Has the Greatest Density.

The population # the earth at tho
beginning of the present century
amounted to l,5O& &uuuuu souls. dis.
tributed over an area Of 55.626, ,Ggl
square miles or about % persons to tho
square mile The divergencies are
however, very wide IN this respect
varying from lni 10 the square milo
in Europe to two persons to the same
amount Of territory in Australia and
Polynesia As the totals Of the popu-
Iations. Asia. the home Of the yellow
races, Is far in the lead with Sl9.556.-
600 Europe is next with 800 2G4 900
Even Africa is ahead Of North Ameri.
ca, the dark continent being accredited
with 40 100000. while North America
is given l05,7li,OO0 South America
has 3S iS2 600; Australia and Poly
nesia G4S&0OO and the polar lands
$1,000 As to the density, after Europe.
as shown above with its lO4 persons
to the square mile comes Asia with
iGG North America with 13. Africa
49, South America and Polynesia 2.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11

Mrs. j. T. Henson of Kcnnett has a
coffee plant with several blooms and
pods ON it,
The Gazette thinks that lrondslc is a
fine location for any kind of wood
work mandatory,
Col. Pankey of Kennett has the
Knight Tcmplar regalia which he wore
fifty years ago in Virginia,
Rev. George W. Hull, well known
citizen OF Madison county, died on the
?9th ult., and was buried at Frederick.
town Sunday.
MIR. Campbell of Wayne county was
kicked by mule on the 2Sth ult., re-
cciving such injuries that he died on
the following day
The Bloomfield indicator thinks
there are several points in Stoddar
county where frog raising would prove
y profitable business.
Two thousand cotton pickers are
needed ut once in Dunklin and the cot.
ton growing counties. They are paid
% cents day and board.
Joshua Degonia was struck by u
train at Potosi on the 2Sth ult. while
working on the track and he was so
badly injured that he died in a few
hours.
The lronton Register says that W.
II Thomson and G. n. Jones are con.
sdering the erection Of dam at Shut.
In, and having boating and fishing
resort.
The case against Mrs. Lydia Miller,
charged with the murder of her hus-
band at Sikcston, has been dismissed.
DR.. Warren Smith was acquitted of
same charge last week.
Several fires are reported in Missis-
sippi county the past week The two
story residence OF Dan Greer near Ber.
trand was destroyed by fire on the 2nd,
and the finest farm house in the county
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11


near ChafIe''o" o" the Co"N Harms
iafh' was burned on '"r sra. small
insurance On 'ach one Nn au'mP'
was maui |" p"in Tue '''I"ehce ~
wayne county VOC" 'I''"r m'ua'
Tor com ana Eo'd meda' I"F 'oig-
mum ne loi'"e' E't' 10 George r.
b'"u',' VI l'' r''"h ana 'h' '''lr' 10
Il. ~ Mc''on' b'n'"'''
on 'he -nd 'h'', q, -" mn II,
h'S'e'F'''', "l"' 'r'N' was engaged
~ 'a"ln1 'n''"'' "h'" nc '"Ppen ana
MS heau was 'H"%"' "nocr 'h' 81"
an" 'c'c''" ''"'N MS o'oN
Srs Elbcu Province, VINO nyc, on
i"''' "'"' i'on"a'r' co'n".''eu SUI
cue u" '''t ''" ny 'no"''''- h'I'eI III
lhc h'"u' Nic H'' p'cn urthch''"
'"' " S''' """ VIZ growing ""I''
Mrs. Naive Of Wyatt, Mississippi
county, scul the Charleston Enterprise
some peach tree twigs loaded with
on.. L.,.;.., ~ ..,.', .. " e.' ,''' '''''' .,
-" ~ 'P '
Mrs Margaretin Broenncr Of Perry
vile died on the 2uth ut, aged s.
years She leaves one daughter, four
grandchildren ana eighteen great
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
RIVALS PETER TIE C1EAT.
Prince Khilkoff Goes to England to
Learn. But Winds Up as En-
gineer in United States.

Prince KhilkoiT, whom the c2tH' has
made one Of the secretaries of state. h
the head OF an ancient house and In
youth was regarded by his family as o
crank and dangerous one to boot He
had to undertake the management Of
the family estates at about the time
that the serfs were being emaucipatcd
and his magnanImity toward his under
linss did not please the rest OF his fam.
ily, so young Khilkoff went Oh pilgrim
age. He thought 1t would be good to
Iollow the example OF Peter the Great
and 30 TO England TO learn He went to
Birkenhead and worked there as an or
dlnary artisan News OF great railway
Developments in America called him
aere and he came to the United States
and worked right through the fitting
and engine building shops and learned
TO drive IN engine He returned home
10 perform a similar ofFice at the time
hat the railways Of Russia were be
ginning 10 boom. Employed first as an
engineer. he was promoted to the con
troll Of locomotive works. was mad"
head Of q line and, pushing his way step
by step. proved himself the ideal mar
Tor the post Of minister Of ways OF com.
munication.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11

am glad to announce that the
Tahard Inn library is to have an
improved service. The inspector
of libraries made a visit here last
week and after considering the
matter decided that we were en-
titled to some consideration. |
think the trouble has been that tho
Tahard Inn idea was SO popular
that they became overwhelmed
with business to the detrlment of
the service. We are promised an
exchange of one hundred and TWEEN
ty books within IA week or two, aud
after the LIST of December regular
monthly exchange of sixty books.
\ catalogue has been issued and
subscribers will be allowed to select
the books they want to read, and
II they are not sent IN one exchange
they will be sent in another. A list
Of one hundred and twenty books
will be sent to Chicago head quar-
ters and from this list sixty will be
sent, after the style of the Book.
lovers service. The contract with
Miss Petty is for three months, so
that it is incumbent on the sub
scribers TO see that the library is
put on a good paying business, SO
that we may retain it indefinitely.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION,

by the President of the United d
States.
1t has pleased Almighty God to
bring the American people in safe
ty and honor through another year,
and in accordance with the long
unbrokrn custom handed down to
us by our forcfalhcrs, the time has
come when q special day shall be
set apart ia which To thank Him
who holds NIL nations in the hollow
Of his hand for the mcrcies thus
vourhsatcd to us.
During the century and quar-
ter Of our national life we, as a
people, have been blessed beyond
all Others, and for this We owe
humble and heartfelt thanks to the
author Of all Dressings. The year
that has closed has been one of
peace, within our own borders, ms
well aS between Us and other ma
tlou~ The havrsIs have been
abundant. aud those who work.
whether with hand or brain, are
proSporlug greatly
REWARD EuE HONEST EFFORT.
Reward has awaited upon hon
est effort We have been enabled
to do our duty TO ourselves aud TO
other, Never has there been
time when religious and charitable
effort has been more evident. Much
has been given to us and much will
be expected from rs. We speak
OF what has been done by this ma.
ton III no spirit of bOastulness or
valnglory but with full and rev
creut realization that our strength
Is rs nothing unless we are helped
from above Hitherto we have
been given the hrurrlcst strength
to do the tasks allotted to us as
they Scyrrally arose. We are
thankful tor all that has been done
for II, IN tine past, and we pray
that IN tie future we may hr
strengthened IN the unendiug
struggle to do uur duty fcarlessly
and honestly, with charity and
good wlII, with respect for our
selves and with love toward our
frliow-mru.
la tins great Republic the
effort To combine national
strength with personal freedom is
beng tried on a scale more gigan.
tie than over before IN the world 5
history. Oar success will mean
much, not only for ourselves, but
Tor the future OF all mankind, and
every man or woman III our land
should feel the grave responsibility
resting upon hm or her, for in the
last analysis this success must de.
pend upon the high average Of our
lndlvIdal citizenship, upon the way
in which each Of us does his duty
by himself and his neighbor.
Now, therefore. |, Theodore
Roosevelt, President Of the United
States, do hereby appoint aud set
apart Thursday, the twenty. fourth
OF this November, to be observed
as a day of festival and thauksgiv-
ing by all the people of the United
States at home or abroad, and do
recommend tlut on thut 11v tLny
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
GENERAL NEWS GOSSIP.

Children under fifteen will be ad.
united free to the Fair on Satur.
days during the mouth of Novem-
Der.
The Flower Show is the drawing
attraction at the Worlds Fair this
week, and prizes to the amount of
81 900 will be given in different
classes.
At one Of the Nanderbit man.
slons in New York a young woman
draws a salary of SIS 900 year,
Just for busting and taking care of
the brlc-a-brac with which the
house is decorated. The position
is filled by a college graduate, who
has her own suite Of rooms and
horses always at her disposal.
The shoe companies of st. Louis
are tusslng about which has the
biggest prize. One has a grand
prize and the other has a gold med.
al. 1t appears that the highest
award is grand prize, then q gold
medal, then silver, and last a
bronze. ! s,a.Si
Seven Indian girls of various
tribes who have been at the World S
Fa,r are to have college educa-
ton, being sent to a preparatory
school before entering Vasssr Col
lege. A wealthy man named Mad
tson became interested i'll them at
the Fair with this result.
Count Henri de la Vaux of Paris,
France, the most famous baloonist
in the world, is in st. Louis attend
ing the Fair. He has made 1873
ascenslons and has Travelled Is, 900
miles. He says ballooning is safer
than automobiling, for in the for
mer you have the whole sky with
out anything to run into you.
Miss Ida Lewis, who is called
the Grace Darling of America, has
been keeper of the light. honse at
Lime Rocks, near Newport, for
fifty years, and has made a brave
record in saving lives. Recently
an attempt was made to oust her
by a political pull, but the indig-
nation of her friends put a stop to
it, She has saved fifteen lives OF
people who were wrecked near the
rocks.
a cable from Berlin says that a
paper factory near Essential made
n wonderful record last week. At
1913 three trees were standing in
the woods near the factory. They
were cut down and carried to the
pulp mills. and at 9:34 the first
roll of paper made from them was
ready for the press, and at 10
o clock the edition of the paper was
printed and sold on the streets
From growing trees to a news pa
per occupied two hours and twenty
minutes.
Young Mr.. Vanderbilt will have
cause to remember his visit to st.
Louis, for he was lost at Union
Station. He was going to his pri-
vate car with some friends and he
became separated from them, and
did not know to which train his
car was attached. He applied to
one of the smart. Alecky red. coated
Bureau of Information boys, and
was told to find out to what train
the Vanderbilt car was attached
and then he would be told on what
track it was, Another official
more polite, gave the desired infor.
nation, and he went to bed at once
as soon as he reached the car.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
Paw for Transport Positions,

1t has been found by the officers of the
army transport service that the practice
Of making men pay for positions on the
transports has beenin yoguea San Fran
cisco for long time An investigation
is being made and the shipping commits
sioners will prosecute the guilty parties
Some men have paid as high as 500 for q
nlacn
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
LIES SPICE.
Variety Is the spice Of Life 80

The powers that be announced
that there would be space in THE
TIMES this week, if | had anything
! wanted to say. think we
will all agree in being glad
the election is over. An in
terestlng thing in connection with
the election is the woman suffrage
question, as indicated by its pract-
cal effects in several of the western
States. Colorado seems to be the
one that attracted most attention.
possibly on account of the bitter
fight between the male Republicans
aud Democrats, engendered by the
strike problem. A staff cores
pondent of Missouri paper ac
knowledges that women in politics
are never worse than men, and how
could they be- Some women 60
into politics for what thcl IS 10 g..
and they are most bitter in their
partisanShip after they decide where
they stand, for women usually
mean what they say. Two men
will bluster Mt each other, call hard
names of all kinds, and then turn
around and have u cigar or drink
together. Catch woman doing
such thing A prominent Colo
Iad0 politician, who was one of the
ardent advocates of woman suffrage
as an aid TO the puriiiCatiOn Of poll
ties, acknowledges that he is dis
appointed as to the result. Where
cigars and whlskcy are used to in.
tiuence mans vote. candy and
chewing gum are used for the WON.
en-. II is said that the woman vote
Is divided into three classes, and
two are always to be depended on
The first is the women who vote *.
actly as their husbands or brothers
do. and the second are the women
of bad rcpute who are voted as In.
dlans by the party that will give
them the best protection In the
third class are the women who
think of the matters carefully and
vote for what they consider right
regardless of party, and the prac
tical politician has little effect with
this class. firmly believe women
should vote always on all school
questions, and women in the voting
States have accomplished wonder
full amount of good in school work
and the establishment of kinder
gartens every place. Many women
hold important positions as school
directors and superintendeuts, and
fill them with honor aud distiuc-
tiOn.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11

While on the woman question,
sincerely hope the new administra.
tion will appoint n woman on ev.
cry board of managers of every in.
stitutlOn in the State. The State
Board has several very efficient
women as members, and ! think
everybody is willing to say that it
is owing to Miss Perry that St
Francois county is to have n new
poor farm. She had excellent 10.
cal help in the good cause, but |
have heard that some officials have
been loud in their condemnation of
meddlesome women in interfering
with their manly right and privi.
lege in doing as they pleased Why,
an officer who does his duty need
not be afraid of meddlesome WON.
en-! 1t is the shirker who is afraid.
There is a good local board of char
tiles here. and they will soon have
some work to oversee in the remov-
al of the paupers to their new
quarters. There are only thirteen
of them now, and they should be
provided with clean clothing and
bedding. In every attic in town
can be found good coats. trousers,
vests and other articles of clothing
that may be had for the asking, so
that all the present possibly yer.
min-infested clothing may be
burned, and they can start clean in
their new home. | commend the
idea to the local board. 1t is no
reflection on tie management to
suggest that the paupers may not
be clean, for there are no facilities
for bathing, but | saw one man out
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
Not Appreciated.

The Olympic games at the worlds fair
did not draw much more than the aver
age attendance. Had the attraction been
a boxing match between two OF the top
notchers in the pugiistic world the ca
pacty Of the grounds would have been
taxed 10 the limit.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
Lesson in Street Car Manners,

The following notice in bold, black let
tsrs on white enamel is displayed at the
end Of every street car in Belfast, Ire
land: 'Ths lifeboat rule II. Women
and children first'"
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
4 Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles. Druggists refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case, no
matter Of how long standing, in to ID
days. First application gives ease and
rest. soc. If your druggist hasn't II
send soc. in stamps and It will be for
warded postpaid by Paris Medicine Co.,
st. Louis, Mo.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11

Just received a fine line of lamps,
beauties, to be sold at phepomenally
ow prices. Come early and avoid the
'ush. T.. c. GROLoCK.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11

there that | know has not had n,
bath for dozens of years to judge
by the condition of his legs and
feet, on which he was wearing an
old pair of slippers.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
WORTH WHILE.

It Is easy enough To be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song,
But the man worth while is the one who
will smile
When everything goes dead wrong.
For the test OF the heart is trouble,
And It always comes with the years.
Aud the smile that is worth the praise
OF earth
Is the smile that comes through tears.
II is easy enough to be prudent,
When nothing tempts you to stray,
When without or within no voice Of sin
Is Turing your SONS away,
But its only negative virtue
Until it is tried by fire,
Aud the life that is worth the honor uf
earth
Is the one that ressts desire
By the cyniC, the sad, the fallen,
Who had no strength for the strife,
The world s highway is numbered to-day
They make up the item OF life.
But the virtue that conquers passion,
The sorrow that hides in a smile
II is these that are worth the homage Of
earth,
Fo: we find them but once in while.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11

Did you ever notice how Ella
Wheeler Wilcox seems to strike the
right note in her little poems, II
is so easy to be charming and pleas.
ant whenalI things 90 your way.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11

This is the month of falling stars
and an unusual display is predicted
by astronomers.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-11
SOUTHEAST NEWS.

Mrs. j. T. Henson of Kennett has a
coffee plant with several blooms and
pods ON it,