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The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-09-08
THE HIGHER LIFE.
Our Opportunities.


DR.. John C.. NJ Luttcnbrrgcr
at the Christian Church rOnyru
tlon IN Pennington last Friday
delivered an address "On Oppor.
| Itunitics, taking rs his text Gal.
. .G:lO-"As we have therefore op
portunIty, let MS do good unto al
men, especially unto them who ar,
of the household Of faith. - liz
said in part;
To-day is Il greater age ot
opportunity than in the day,
when this language was uttered
Little do WE appreciate the valut
OF absolute freedom, religious, po-
IItiral and social. Without man
there Is no opportunity and there
fore he is greater than the cOndl.
tlons and environments which sur.
round him.
Paul rnumrrntrS the character.
lStlc qualities OF the early Chris
tlans III this chapter. lie reminds
the church of the spiritual con
ditlons and the evolution of the
law of Christ. In speaking of
SOW ing and reaping, he seems 10
/ impress the individual worth and
compensation of the sOwer and
reaper.
The results depend upon the ear.
nal or spiritual. The development
on the opportunity. All progress
aud growth are the result of time
ly opportunity. Well did Jere-
miah say, The harvest is past,
the summer is ended and we are
not saved. y Ezekiel in speaking
of the wickedness of his DAYS,
said, Yet il thou warn the wick
ed. and he turn not from his wick
edness,uo from his wicked way,
he shall die in his iniquity, hut
thou has delivered my soul -
To do good and accept good are
the twofoId attributes which offer
to men opportunities. Jesus in
numbers of instances taught men
the measure of responsibilities ms
the foundation of valuable on
portnnities. He said, And who
sOcver shall not receive you, nor
hear your words, when We depart
out of the house or out of the city
shake off the dust Of your feet. !
Verify | say unto you, it shall be
more tOlorable for the land of
Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of
judgment, than for that city"
He did not insist nor Overpersuade
the people, but rather strongly re-
them of the consequences
Df Indifference.
In the DAYS OF Jesus, people had
m opportunity, such as they have
never had since. One day in the
school with the personal Christ, to
see him heal the sick, open the
yes of the blind. to raise the
lend, and to hear his gentle and
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-09-08
SENATOR STONES VIEWS,
Thinks Harmony Meeting Unneces.
saTy-I Thinks Outlook for Demo.
Gratis Better than Ever

There IS no use TO fuss and fret
about ihc Democrats OF Missouri be.
'nE on the war path among lhcmsr-
vr'' because there is nothing to it +"
said nitcd States Senator, William
j, Stone to a Republic reporter last
Monday. "Whcn the time comes
they viii be lined up as they never
were before.
Missouri Democrats are like the
average schoolbuy-.that is, they get
bit reckless at times and need To be
trimmed, 1t IS not worth while to
worry about the way things went
few months ago. The Democrats
simply got reckless and took their
punishment as a consequence
'DemocralS who are made out of the
real goods are not losing any sleep
over these reports that are being cir
cnlatcd to the effect that the Dcmoc.
racy over the State has gone to the
four winds In fact, there /. no
cause TO worry. We have heard
these same reports years ago and they
viii still be going The rounds when
Gabriel blows his trumpet or the end
Of time.
~ have heard about the harmony
that tho Democrats are going
to give. This is all useless and not
at all necessary expect to attend
the meeting given by the st. Louis
Democratic Club If | can arrange to
be here at that time.
al make it point to 90 to all
Democratic meetings. Of course, il
he subject of peace comes up | will
be there, too.
81 don't expect to attend the meet
ng to bc given at Pertle Springs |
ave not given much thought to it. |
suppose, however, that it is just
meeting of some good Democrats.
81 think the outlook for Demo-
'ratic victory in the State at the next
Election is better than il has been for
ears. Democrats expect TO wipe the
republicans off Of the earth, aud
Ion't anticipate any trouble.
"All the Democrats have to do is 20
'nll together, and the results will be
aslly secured. There is always some
ne to try and make trouble out nf
'olhinS, but these attempts usually 90
u IN smoke ! cannot discuss thi.
llcged row among Democrats, be.
ansc it is not worth talking about. |
IN convinced that when the time
ONES there will bG q wild scramble
Or the band wagon -
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-09-08

yet firm utteranccs from his grace.
ful and magnetic appearance, free
from sin aud worldliness, is an op
portunity which our colleges anl
universities are unable to give.
His parable of the ten Virgins
the five wise, the five foolish; the
parable about the talents; the i'm
! portance of doing good to the
worthy aud even the unworthy
needy of mankind, 50 beautifully
given in Matthew -.
Moreover, we find that the TWEEN.
iIcth century saint or church mem
Der is not exempt from the pen.
! atty involved due TO neglect. For
the great Teacher says, And
that servant which knew his
lords will, and prepared not him
self, neither did according TO his
will, shall be beaten with many
stripes. "
There is no escape here nor
hereafter for the man who trilIeS
with his opportunities. Each one
of us has his own special place
and work Happy is he who finds
It and fills it. Martin Luther,
John Wesley, Alexander Campbell,
Garfield, Lincoln, Franklin. Fran.
ccs Willard, Gladstone, Bismarck,
our own President Roosevelt and
Governor Folk, have made good
use of the opportunities presented
to them.
Thousands of men have made
fortunes out of triiles which others
pass by. The bee gets honey from
the same flower the spider gets
poison, and so men make fortunes
out of the commonest commOdi
ties or things, as scraps of leather
cotton waste, Stag, IRON, fl-
lngs, from which others get pov-
crty and failure.
Michael Angelo makes one of
the finest pieces of statuary, the
young David, out Il piece of
discarded Cnrrara marble. Patrick
Henry was called II lazy boy. no
account farmer. He failed us
merchant; he concluded to study
law. In less than six weeks he
hung out his shingle: people
thought he would fail, but in his
very first case he demonstrated his
wonderful power of oratory. He
became one of America s most bril-. |
liant orators. On one occasion he
said Caesar had his Brutus,
Charles the first his Cromwell, and |
George the Third may profit by
heir example. If this be treason
make the most of it. "
DO good to all men. Begin at |
i0me III your own family; in
'our part Of town; in your society |
md church. Cease to speak evil. |
The difference between one beauti-
III work Of art and the other de-
'ends upon the artist. The mag
liiicent painting in Rome and its
lfe-like expression, was discov-
red after the artist was found
lead in his studio. On close ex-
of the body of the great |
Irtist there were found cuts and |
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-09-08

Eighteen or twenty lives were
lost in the furious storm that swept
over Lake Superior last Sunday
night. and half million dollars
worth of property was destroyed
Governor Folk will leave next
Sunday for Portland. Oregon, to
be present on Missouri Day at the
Exposition Lieutenant Governor
Mckinley will he acting Governor
during his absence.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-09-08
Promises to Be Interesting.

The tariff revision convention
recently held ut Chicago was very
significant. 1t was attended al
most entirely by Republicans and
many of these Republicans are
prominent in their party. Cover
nor Cummlns was easily the lead
ing spirit in the convention and he
presented the Iowa idea with great
force and earnestness.
The resolutions adopted by the
convention have been printed in
The Commonor, but the import
once of the gathering is to be
found, not so much in the resolu-
tons Or in the legislation sug-
gested, as in the fact that the del.
egates were willing to admit the
imperfections OF the Dingley law
and recognize the necessity for re-
ciprocal trade. The standpatters
seem to assume that we can sell to
everyone and buy of no one. Ab-
Surd AS this doctrine is it has had
many supporters. The rec0gni.
ilon by Republicans of n different
doctrine is most hopeful sign.
As the Chicago Record Herald sug.
eests the tariff reyisionests have Il
fight before them, but it is to be
hUpeu that they hive the pouro pe
of their convictions. With Cum
INNS leading a tariff revision fight
and LaFollette leading an anti-rail-
road fight and Rosewater leading
a fight for the popular election of
Senators, the next Republican ma
tional convention promises to be
almost as interesting as a Demo-
cratic convention. Who will doubt
now that Democratic principles are
being vindicated?-The Comm0ner.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-09-08

j. F. Caldwell, a wealthy stock
man of Mentor, Kansas, was mur-
dercd in his bed on the night Of
the 3rd, by some one who had first
ransacked the house. His wife
awoke to find him stabbed and
gasping his last breath.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-09-08

A guardian has been appointt d
for Irving ID. Smith, the million
aire farmer OF South Dakota, to
stop him from giving his immense
fortune away.
a farmer named William Er.
win committed suicide near Bevier.
Mo-, by hanging himself on the
4th.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-09-08

ll:O0 a. m Sermon by e. A. Hof.
man, followed 10y n proIracled
meeting.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-09-08
Universal Ointment,

Absolutely non-poisonous; for burns,
chappcd hands, chilblains, sore eyes,
catarrh, ulcers, pimplcs, black heads.
Fine skin food. For sale by l.. NJ.
Laakman.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-09-08
To Cure a Cold In One Dsv

Take LAXATIVE BRoMO QUININE
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money il it fails to cure. L. w. Grove,
signature is on each box. 25c.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-09-08

The G.. A. r, excursion train of
the Atchison, Topeka aud Santa
Fe, on the way to Denver. Colo. :,
on the 3rd. was wrecked at Boone,
Colo, and about forty of the ex.
cursionists were injured.
The National tribune., 1905-10-19
MAKING USE OF MURDERERS,

The London Lancet has started an
interesting discussion as to the advisa-
bility of using convicted murderers,
whose lives have been forfeited, for the
advancement Of science. 1t Is proposed
to turn these men over to the physicians
to experiment upon. The qualification
IL made that they consent to this as an
alternative to being hanged. 1t seems
to us that 1t would be better to have
this made compulsory. and a man who
was sentenced to be hanged might have
IT qualified by being kept in prison for
the use Of surgeons. This would lend
an additional terror to the sentence be-
cause most ignorant men, and Of this
class murderers are generally COM
posed, have a much greater fear Of the
surgeons knife than they have for the
hangman's moose. Among the sugges-
tions are those of testing the tubercu-
losis and cancer germs. OF course, there
will be a howl from the professional
humanitarians." but the public has be-
come pretty tired Of these slushy SEN
timentalists. who would, il their plans
could be carried out, have every man
who commits a crime be made a public
pet and attended at the penifentiary by
q valet, with all the comforts Of refine
ment and elegance. A brute who COM
mits q willful murder and Is so ad-
The National tribune., 1905-10-19
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

The largest public bath in Europe is
located at Vienna. 1t is 5S7 feet long,
1916 feet wide and accommodates 1,500
people. 1t is patronized by thousands
of the poor.
Lightning killed one man and injured
two others in a mine 1,00S feet In the
ground in Michigan recently. The bolt
struck cable and ran down into the
mine, prematurely setting off two
charges of dynamite.
In some parts Of Europe and Asia
there is peculiar custom of sailing
new born babies. When a baby is born
among the Armenians of Russia the
nurse takes the infant and covers the
entire skin with very fine salt. This
salt is left on the baby for three hours
The National tribune., 1905-10-19

or more, and then the child is washed
with warm water. In Asia Minor there
is a tribe Of people living in the noun
tains who do even worse than this
They salt their new born babies and
leave the salt on them for "a hours.
The modern Greeks sprinkle salt on
their babies. This practice of sailing
babies is an ancient custom 1t has its
rise in superstition, of course. The
mothers think that sailing insures their
children's health and strength, and
that 1t will keep evil spirits away from
them. Even I'm some parts of Germany
salt is still used on the child at birth.
To copper the surface OF brass arti-
cles, all that is required is to wind a
piece Of wire round them, and dip them
in dilute sulphuric acid The zinc Is
dissolved from the surface of the brass.
but the copper remains undissolved, and
the article will appear as il coated on
the surface with layer Of pure copper.
An interesting hygrometer is made
by dipping a strip Of calico in a solu-
ton of one part of cobalt chloride, rs
of nickel oxide and 20 of gelatine in
200 of water. The strip is green in
fine weather, fading as moisture ap-
pears.
The Carnegie Steel Works, consisting
of three plants, the Duquesne, the Ed
gar Thompson and the Homestead Steel
Works, are all located in Allegheny
County, Pa, and are the largest in the
world The Thompson" produces
700. 900, 900 tons Of steel rails in year,
the Duquesne produces the same guam
tity of ingots, and the Homestead works
5000 tons of Bessemer steel ingots,
besides 100000 tons of open-hearth
steel ingots.
Professional men in the Argentine
Republic must hold diplomas from the
national schools and universities By
law enacted in June all civic and me-
chanical engineers, architects. chemists
and surveyors must pass an examina-
ton as strenuous as those passed by
doctors or dentists.
AS the result of experiments extend
ing over several months, it has been
decided to abandon hard wood for street
paving purposes in London. Hard wood
not only severely damages the concrete
foundation, but wears unevenly. The
edges Of each block wear away before
the center, and the result is a corduroy
like ridge, which makes a very rough
surface for driving over. Soft wood, on
the other hand, wears evenly; the ex-
ternal pressure tends to spread the
wood at the edges, thereby filling up
the interstices between the blocks, and
giving a perfectly even, homogeneous
surface. The life of a soft-wood pave
ment is about 10 years, and IL has the
additional advantage of wearing right
down.
The commercial power Of the world
is largely due to the invention of steel
rails. When the roads were built OF
iron rails the whole system had to be
renewed every Is months.
The National tribune., 1905-10-19
FOREIGN PATENTS.

| The following table gives the cost Of
obtaining patents and trademarks in
all the countries of the world. 1t is
an interesting study, because it shows
many features that are difficult to un-
derstand. The first is that the charge
| in the smaller countries is SO exceed
ingly higher than that in the great ones
For example, it costs 5000 to obtain a
patent in Santo Domingo, where the
market for any patentable invention
must be very meager and it is difficult
to see how patentee can realize from
the sale of his invention anything like
the sum charged. 1t costs $50 to get
a patent in Wei-Hai-Wei and $3.50 for
one in Gibraltar. Very few things
would sell in any of these places to an
extent to reimburse the patentee. The
probable reason is that most Of the
trade in the smaller countries is in the
shape of monopolies, from which the
Government derives the most of it's
revenue, and therefore 1T must make all
of them pay very roundly for the privil-
eye of selling. In the larger countries
the tariff for patents and trademarks
seems quite reasonable. 1t only costs
SIS to obtain a patent in Belgium,
where there are about 100000 active,
industrious, fairly-paid people, who
would be large purchasers of any arti-
Gle which pleased them. The Falkland
Islands, Lagos, Leeward Islands and
Liberia each charge $3.50, and the mar
ket for patented article must be very
small. The Bermuda Islands, which
have only 1855 population, of whom
but $3.50 are whites, charge 1915 for a
patent, with $50 for a trade mark. The
highest charge of all, $500, is made by
Sierra Leone, a British Colony in At
RIGA adjoining Liberia. The country is
a peninsula 26 miles long and IL miles
broad. with an area of about 800
square miles, or hardly that of a good
sized western County. A small strip
of adjacent coast is a dependency of the
Colony. but the whole area is only
1000 square miles, with a population
of 1865, of whom but 444 are whites
1t has trade in rice, palm kernels and
kola nuts. 1t would be worth while
knowing how a man who would pay
$500 for Sierra Leone patent expected
to get his money back.
Here is the table:
The National tribune., 1905-10-19

end of two hours water filtered through
the oak disk of the tree cut in March,
the disk of the December oak did not
allow a drop of water to pass. The
same experiment was conducted with
oak casks. At the end of a year the
one had lost only 40 cubic centimeters,
while the other had allowed 7k liters
to pass. 1t is therefore desirable to
fell wood in December, and to select
for purchase Winter wood in preference
to Spring wood. Winter wood is read
lily recognized from it's containing par
ticles of starch, which have the prop
erty of becoming blue on contact with
tincture of iodine. A little of the tine
ture is spread on a sample, and if the
wood retains it's color, or If 1t merely be-
come darker with the application of the
iodine, it is Spring or Summer wood; if,
on the contrary, it become blue, it is
Winter wood.
The National tribune., 1905-10-19
WHEN TO FELL TREES.


LIE Bots describes the results of ex-
periments conducted to ascertain the
most advantageous period for Telling
trees for timber. Four beautiful pines
of the same age were selected, grow
ing on the same soil and equally
healthy; they were cut down in the
same way, one at the end Of December.
another at the end of January, third
at the end of February, and fourth
at the end Of March. They were squared
in the same manner, made into similar
beams, and dried under identical con-
ditions. When examined for their re-
sistance to flexion, 1t was found that the
pine felled in December supported,
The National tribune., 1905-10-19
New Uses for Asbestos.

The finest asbestos known comes
from the Grand Canyon of the Color
ado. 1t has long fibers that can be
spun and woven into various fireprOof
fabrics The latest adaptation of as
bestos is to the making of shingles for
the purpose of making fireproof roofs
for buildings. 1t is stated that these
are not only fireproof, but are far
lighter than slate. and by their nom
character they keep the
house cooler in Summer and warmer
in Winter than other shingles. Some
day we may have the entire building,
frame and all, of asbestos, and thus
have a really fireproof house.
The National tribune., 1905-10-19
The Yiddish Dialect.

Yiddish is an archaic and corrupt
form of German extensively spoken by
Jews in many countries besides Ger
many itself. An instance of it's popular
ity is given by a writer. In Jerusalem
he met "a worthy man who denounced
me for being unable to converse with
him in Yiddish. You are no Jew he
protested, for you do not know the
Jewish language / answered that He
brew was the Jewish language, and that
was quite willing to try to speak to
him in it. His rejoinder was: I have
no patience with this new-fangled idea
of speaking Hebrew in Jerusalem"
The National tribune., 1905-10-19

Congressman A. p. Gardner, of Mas
sachusetts, tells of a little shooting
party he attended. One of the guests,
an Englishman, showed such unfamil-
iarity with his gun as to make the rest
of the party somewhat nervous Moth
ing happened, however. until Mr.. Card
ner felt something poking him in the
ribs. He turned and found the novice
prodding him with the muzzle and FUN
bling with the hammers of his gun.
Before we get on the BIRDS" said the
Englishman, you might show me how
to get these hammers down.
The National tribune., 1905-10-19
ACCESS To PATENT APPLICATIONS.

ACCESS TO PATENT APPLICATIONS.
The Patent Office publishes the fol-
lowing as Rule Is:
"Rule 18.-Before any attorney. orig
fnal or associate, will be allowed to in
spect papers or take action of any kind,
his power Of attorney must be filed.
But general powers given by a princi-
pal to an associate cannot be consid-
cred. In each application the written
authorization must be filed. A power
OF attorney purporting to have been
given to firm or copartnership will not
be recognized, either in favor of the
firm or Of any of its members unless
all Its members shall be named in such
power of attorney"
The National tribune., 1905-10-19
Solder for Aluminium.

What is reported to be the most sue
cessful solder for aluminium yet Sc
cured. consists of tin "a parts by weight,
zinc 80 parts. lead 1 part and alumni
mum l part, to which add a small por-
ton of resin. To solder, clean the sur
faces and face with the solder. No
chemical is used, but the surfaces of
the parts to be soldered should be gen.
thy heated to assist in making a good
adhesion.
The National tribune., 1905-10-19
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Work Worlds Busy Brains in Discovering Invenng and
Creating

judged by q jury Of his peers has no
rights that a surgeon need respect. II
he can be made use OF to humanity in
any way he should be forced to make
that compensation to society.
The National tribune., 1905-10-19
WORK OF THE PATENT OFFICE.

For the week ended Oct 3, 1905, the
Patent Office issued 579 patents, two
designs. los trademarks, one label and
one reissue; making a total of 688. OF
these 524 patents and LOG trademarks,
ETC., went to citizens Of the United
States, and 81 patents to citizens Of
foreign countries.
The National tribune., 1905-10-19
GOOD BOYS COST $50 PER YEAR
Estimate Given by nm Ohio Institution
for the Prevention OF Crime.
(Eyerybody'S.)

for the PreveHtfOn OF Crime.
(Everybody's.)
ut costs the State Of Ohio about $3.50
a year for each boy. A useful, capable
man is worth to society, on the aver
age, $4,000. These 1900 boys cost
the State of Ohio then, say, $2,000,000.
Say 1000 of them were rescued. That
is $70,0OO,0O0 recovered to society on
the investment of 100000. 1t has
been figured that every criminal does
about $4,000 damage a year, leaving
entirely out Of the estimate what it costs
to maintain our plant for the detection,
prevention, and punishment Of crime.
Each man will be criminal not less
than 20 years. That's $4,000 damages
multiplied by 1000 boys, or $2S0.000,-
900 damages saved, not counting the
cost of the anti-criminal plant. Has IL
paid to run this Boys Industrial School
at Lancaster?
"And even IL 1T hadn't paid financial
ly, isn't it worth while?''
The National tribune., 1905-10-19

There were three non-refillable bot
Tie patents issued for the week ended
Oct. ..
The National tribune., 1905-10-19
Door Holder.

Miles e. Bever, Kansas City, Mo-, has
patented door-holder which has a
The National tribune., 1905-10-19

without change of form. a load twice as
heavy as the one felled in March.
There was the same difference in the
durability. Piles made of branches cut
in December were still healthy at the
end Of Is years, while others, made Of
similar branches cut in March, broke
without effort at the end of three or
four years. The wood felled in Deem
The National tribune., 1905-10-19
DR.. Shops
Restorative

Prepared In both Liquid and Tablet form. For sale
at forty thousand drug stores Mild are often
reached by o siRglsP Package
The National tribune., 1905-10-19

pawl working with ratchet teeth and a
spring to thrust under the bottom Of 4
door and hold 1t firmly from being op-
ened.