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The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07
Notice OF Contract Letting

Notice Is hereby gwen that sealed bids
will be received and opened OIL Monday
July 18TH, 1905, for the construction and
completion OF the Caledonia Road
(Farmngton and Del.assus Road, from
the City limits of Pennington to connect
with Rock Road already constructed, a
distance OF about one mile, according 10
specifications on file in the Office of the
County Clerk. Bids will he opened July
18th, u. m. the Court reserving the right
to reject any or all bills
By order Of the County Court.
J. A. LAWRENCE, Clerk.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07
TIN. III NIiIt VI
rhe President mud Mnny Distin-

The President mud MnuS DiStin-
gushed People Attend at Cleveland.
Washington, July 5,--Thc presidon'
issued 4 proclamation announcing the
'eath Of Secretary Hay.
The funeral Of Mr. Hay was held a.
Cleveland, O.. to-day, and was attended
~ the president, members Of the cab
net and many dis 'nguishcd people.
The funeral services were conducted
1t the Wade Memorial chapel by Rev
Hiram c. Hayden, Of the Presbyterian
'hurch which Mr.. Hay attended whilc
'esidng In Cleveland. He was assisted
~ Rev DR.. Teunis Hamlin, pastor Of
he Covenant in Washington.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07

Among the numerous fire works
accidents reported was one from
Saline, Kansas, where two little
children were burned to death on
the Doth inst. A clerk in n store
was showing them how to use fire
crackers, when one fell among a
whole lot of other fireworks, which
exploded at once, setting the
clothes of the children on fire, and
they were burned to crisp before
they could be carried out of the
building.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07

Chairman Of tn" Panama canal Com
mission who says Mi Stevens VIII be
given u free hand.
Chairman Shonts announced that
Mr. Stevens will be given a free
hand" in directing the construction
work on the isthmus and will not be
ls any way hampered by the absence
Of the supreme power possessed by MIR
Wallace
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07
The HIGHER LIFE.


\ tender child uf summer, three.
Nc.h.u- h,I illlr h,l at night
Paused on 'hr dn'h stairs timidh
"ph, mother, take my hand said She.
and then the dark will br all hight.
We Older children propc our way
From dark behind to dark before.
And only when ON hand we lay.
Dear Lord, IN thine, the night is day.
And there is darkness never more.
Reach downward to the sunless davs.
Wherein our guides are blind as We.
And iulth is small and hope delays,
Take thou the hands Of PRAYER We raise.
An! ir, u- IrOi the light nf thee.
john g.. Whittier.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07

The seven Fairgrounds at the
public schools in the congested
districts are open, to the great de-
light of thousands of children in
st. Louis.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07

Chicago, July 1.--George G.. Bsrrin
of St Loui., was robbed OF a golt
watch and sl25 by man who repre-
sented himself as an Episcopal clergy
man while he picked his pocket.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07
THE REVOLT
AT ODESSA
Story Of the Mutiny On the
Russian Batticship kniaz
Potcmkim.
Sailed Into the Harbor of Odessa
Flying the Red Flag of the
Revolution.
SAILORS JOIN WITH THE
RI0TlhG W0RKhEN ON SHORE

sire Destroys the GREAT Warehouses
On tue uuHys, the LusS N"n"hinE
Into the MILLIONS al Woublcs-
SuiIors Revolt at other Ports
The Arrival nt Od"sNn or til"
BincI, sen squadron, Command
ed nS Admiral I>rug"r-tuniiict-
Ing Reports,
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07

Chicago. July 2.-George Wallace
was shot and killed by John Saunders
temporary policeman. The men
quarreled over q woman.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07
IittIr Fellow Terribly Burned.

Palmyra Mo-. July THE three
year-uld son of Solon Chataeld farm
er west of here fell into a bonfire, and
was so seriously burned that his legs
will have to be amputated-th Is. II
his injuries are not fatal
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07
WILL BE GIVEN FREE HAND
NInriy-EtEht Cents worth OF RE-
Expenditures, stevens Matte.

Chicago. July Ninety eight cents
worth Of results for every 100 cents OF
expenditure will he my system In
building the Panama canal" declared
Iuhn + Stevens, the new engineer,
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07
To Cure o Cold in One Day

Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money if il fails to cure. +. W. Grove,
signature is on each box. 25c.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07

New York. July S-The Peary Arctic
Exploring steamer Roosevelt, from
PORTLAND. Me, arrived here Sunday
light
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07
SEC'Y OF STATE
HAY IS Dead
Americas Greatest Diplomat Passes
Away Suddenly at His
Summer Home.
had RECENTLY RETURNED
FROAl A FOREIGN TOUR

Born In Indiana, Educated In ilii-
bois, one Of LincoIn's secretaries,
Served at Various Locations la
Europe, Was Ambassador Il" I'm
Einnd, and called to til" cabinet
~ MrkinI-S-won Hcp,n" Ia
Literary work.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07

Anti-Cigar~tte Law In Force.
Milwaukee, Wis. July 2.-No cigar
,ttes can be bought legally in Wiscon-
,in after July I.
The Forrest City times., 1905-07-21
We'll. uncle. would Nave given any.

We'll. uncle, would lave given any. thing if you could have seen dad. when the dogs began to chase that liver. and bark, and fight each other. The driver yelled something in Russian. and point ed back with his whip. the Chicago man said: My God, we are pursued by A pack of ravenous wolves. and there is no nope for us," and I began to cry, and implored dad, if he loved me, to save me. Dad stood up in .he sledge and looked back. and saw the wolves, and he was scared, but he said the only thing to do was to throw something overheard for them to be chewing on while we got away, but he sat down and pulled a robe over his head and his lips were moving. but do not know whom he was address, ing
 The Chicago man touched of couple Of cannon firecrackers behind the sledge, but that only kept the dogs back for minute, and dad said probably the best thing to do was to throw me over board, and let them eat me, and said: Nay. nay. Pauline" and then I think dad fainted away, for he never peeped again until the team had run away lot more. and cut my liver rope, and when we got into the suburbs of St. Petersburg the dogs had overtaken the liver. and were fighting over it.
 The driver had to pull up his horses as we struck the town. and dad must have got whiff off the drivers vodka. because he come to, and we got to the hotel all right, and thought dad would simply die in his tracks, but the ride and the excitement did him good, and he wanted to buy gun and go out wolf hunting the next day, but our tickets were bought, and we shall get out of this terrible country tomorrow.
 Dad woke me up in the night and want ed to know if saw him when he pulled his knife and wanted to get out and light the pack of wolves single-handed. l am not much of liar, but told him l remembered it well, and it demon- strated to me that he was as brave a man as the czar, ''the Little Jack Rab- bit" as his people call him.
 We'll, thanks to my wolf hunt, dad Is all right again. and now we shall go to some country where there is peace I don't know where we will find it, but if such country exists, your little Henry will catch on, if dads money holds out.
 Yours, covered with Gore,
 HENNERY.
The Forrest City times., 1905-07-21
DUTIES OF SExToN'S WIFE.
From the EvioSnce of This One ItI Will Be Seen They Are
 Manifold

Talk about the troubles of a jan- itor's wife! What Is the matter with cur trials?" said the woman in the green and blue cooked suit, waiting for her order to be filled at the lunch counter of big department store. relates the New York Herald. "If you were the wife of a church sexton you'd think the janitress had snap. rake my case. for instance. Two years ago, when l married my second husban1, I had nice little dressmak- ing trade and three girls in my work room. He had an offer to be sexton of west side church at $50 a month. with six living rooms for us in the parish house. gas free. I sized up the big front room as just the place for my sewing, so we moved. Before long my husband is called up before the church officers and told that they dort approve of dressmaking es- tablishment in the parish house. They think the sexton's wife should aid her husband in the care of the church, and the ladies of the Aid society don't like my customers trailing up and down stairs.
 Well, my husband is under con- tract. so l have to let my girls go and do just what sewing I can alone, for some of my old customers I want to keep. Then have to show up at all the church socials, making coffee, rinsing cups, dishing ice cream. One time or another they have borrowed my best vase. lemonade set and a jardinierre, all of which were broken and never replaced. Then once a week they hold a rummage sale in the club rooms. and the young lady who has charge of that has caught the motor ing fever, and she has been around just twice since January 1, so have had to conduct that sale for her. "The modern church gives teas, SUD- pers, lectures. holds gymnastic drills and mothers meetings. until trifes like preaching and prayer meetings show up pretty small beside socia. doings, and all this means more work for the sexton's wife. For the last TWO years my bank account has been going down and my temper rising, and so told my husband if he was so pleased with being sexton he'd have to connect himself with church where the sextons family lives a mile away, and the members of the Ladies' Aid society don't care whether he is married or single. One way and an- other I've met quite a few wives of sextons, and they all agree with me that the janitors wife is an autocrat compared with the sexton's, and as a rule she does not have to be as intei- ligent or put up as good an appear ance."
The Forrest City times., 1905-07-21

was too slow. and he gave Comanche yell and threw the lines into the air. and the horses just skedaddled, and run into a snow bank and tipped over the sledge. and piled us out on top of dad, but dad only said: This is getting good.
 We righted up, and dad wanted to know where all the pups came from that we had passed. l had been throwing out pieces of meat into the road for a mile or so, and the dogs were having a picnic. It was getting pretty dark by this time. and we started back to town, and 1 threw out my liver. fastened to the rope. and the Chicago man, who had given the driver drink of vodka when we tipped over told him. in Russian, that when the dogs began to follow us. to get hold of the liver, to yell wolves, % and give the team the rein. for a five mile run. and yell all the time. because we wanted to give the old gentleman a good time.
The Forrest City times., 1905-07-21
THE EMPIRE OF SPEECH,
What Has Been Done by Improve ments in the Telephone to
 Advance It.

Two or three recent important im- provements of the telephone show what undeleveloped capacities still lie hidden in this wonderful far -talker of modern science. In the first place, says the Cos mopolitan. it has become possible to eliminate the telephone girl as a con- meeting link, or rather a connector of links, between the sender and the re- ceiver of a message. One can now switch on' without her intervention. If you wish to talk with friend by this new system, you simply look up his or her number. and then on dial, or min- iature switchboard, in your own house or office, you turn the indicator to the digits representing that number. and immediately your friends bell rings. and, without any further preliminaries, you may begin your conversation. The switching mechanism at the central ex- change has automatically followed the movements of your indicator at home and put you into direct communication with the desired point Besides, it gives a delightful sense of privacy to a tele- phone talk. Mechanical contrivances possess no ears and no memories. and, having nothing to forget, make no blun- ders.
 But if the automatic telephone excites grateful wonder another recent inven- tion-the telephone that takes your speech, keeps it unuttered If your friend happens to be out. but speaks it into his ear as soon as he returns, whether the interval be an hour or a week-must be regarded as a marvel of marvels. That machine may consist either of steel wire wound on a revolving drum, or a hard steel disk revolving in a horizontal plane Above the revolving wire, or disk, is placed a small electromagnet ac- tuated by the telephone circuit. All the varying impulses that come over the telephone wire under the influence of the speakers voice are imparted by the little magnet to the steel moving be- meath it, and they make upoI- hat steels surface series of magnetic impressions, like invisible dots, each of which pos sesses its own peculiar polarity and de- gree of intensity. It is just as if the steel were sheet of paper and the mag net pen, and the magnetic impulses series of alphabetical signs jotted down on the paper-only nothing is visible to the eye. But the hundreds of little mag netic poles are there. though unseen, and when the wire or the plate carrying these mystic hierglyphics is again passed under the electromagnet (the lat ter being now connected with tele- phone receiver) they reproduce exactly the same impulses that created them, these impulse, passing into the receiv- CT vibrate the speaking membrane and give forth the voice and the words which they had stored.
 The only thing that man who has a telegraphone in his office needs to do is to set the apparatus going when he has | time to listen to it. and if any of his friends have been speaking to it while he was out or busy. or asleep. their messages will be repeated.
The Forrest City times., 1905-07-21
The Game of Handball.

Handball is the oldest game known. Millions of boys and girls play it the world over, yet never give grateful thought to it's inventor Most of them will be surprised to learn that so sim pie thing needed .inventing" at all. Herodotus and Homer, two famous Greek writers. have preserved the in- ventor's name, and it is feminine one. Yes. woman made the first toy ball, and her name was Anagalia. She was noble lady of Corcyra. and she gave it. when finished, to the listle daughter of the king of Alcinous.
 No other toy has furnished so much amusement, nor is there another so necessary in many games, as is this simple article. It is strange, too, that so few of these games are for gi-ls Do not forget that the ball was :n- vented by woman for girls, although boys may be grateful for all the fun they have with it.
The Forrest City times., 1905-07-21

and not slip on the broom stick. This can be done in several ways A good way is shown in the illustration.
 Before attaching the circular pieces of wood fiat side is to be made on each, so that when the knob is turned to certain letter or number this flat side will correspond or be even with the edge of the cover. and the door may be opened. Take note of what num- Der produces this result. and after at. taching the circular pieces shut the door and give the knob a twist. and invite your friend to open it.
 If the knobs are not very frm in the end of your broom handle, to make the lock stronger, put wooden pin or nail with the head filed of through the piece of the broom handle on the outside. so that it prevents the broom stick from pulling through when the l lock is tried.
The Forrest City times., 1905-07-21

unlock his hut or money box when all others will be locked out
 To make a combination lock secure several knobs, say three. such as are placed upon drawers With a file make a mark on one side of each and at tach the knobs to the ends of a smooth piece of round rod, like a piece of broomhandle. Make a hole in the box cover bit larger than the broom handle, so that it will turn easily there in. Make as many holes as you have knobs Three combinations will or dinarily be sufficient protection. So now we have three brass knobs with short pieces of broomhandle, each fit ting nicely into three holes in the bos cover. The distance of the holes iron the edge of the cover must be tn. same. Make three dials with what ever number of letters you desire, ant make a hole in each dial the size O
The Forrest City times., 1905-07-21

tor told me that dad was ln a condition of nervousness that he needed something to happen to get his mind of of the awful scenes he had witnessed, and asked me if 1 couldn't think of some thing to excite him, and wake him up, and then dad said, after he got so he could go out doors: "Hennery, you have always been Johnny on the spot when l needed diversion, and want you to take your brain apart, and oil the works, and see if you can't conjure up something to get my blood circulating and my pores open for business, and anything you think of goes, and l swear I will not kick if you scare the boots off of me"
 We'll, that was right into my hand. and set my mind to strike at four D. m. had been out riding once with the Chi cago man, in sledge. with three horses abreast. all runaway horses, and the driver was a Cossack who dashed the horses into run every smooth place he found in the road, and it was like run ming to fire. so got the Chicago fel- low to go with me and we found the Cos sack and he was drunker than usual. There is a kind of liquor here called vodka, which skins wood alcohol and carbolic acid to finish, and when a man is full of it he is so mad he wants to cut his own throat. This driver had put up sideboards on his neck and had two jags in one. and we hired him by the hour
 told the Chicago man the circum- stances and that had got to get dad out of his trance, and he said he would help me. When l was out riding the day before noticed that the road was full of great dane dogs. wolf hounds and stag hounds, which followed their masters sledges out in the country, and the dogs loafed around. hungry, looking for bones, and fighting each other, so decided to get the dogs to chase our sledge, and make dad think we were chased by wolves. thought that would make dad stand without hitching, and it did
 The Chicago man bought some cannon firecrackers. and 1 bought a cows liver, and hitched it to a rope and hid 1t in the back seat. and my Chicago friend and 1 took the back seat and we got dad in the seat behind the driver, and started about an hour before dark out in the country, through a piece of woods that looked quite wolfy. On the way out the driver let his horses run away few times. like you have seen in Russian pictures. and dad was beginning to sit up and take notice. and seemed to act like man who expects every minute to be thrown over a precipice. and mixed up with dead horses. Dad touched the driver once on so confounded fast, and the driver thought he was complaining because it
The Forrest City times., 1905-07-21
LIVING WITH NECK BROKEN
Strange Performance of a Chicago Man Not So Remarkable
 After All.

They had been discussing the case of the Chicago man who walked mile or more to has home. after his neck had been broken, resting his head in his hand every step of the way The Chi cago case, while no means unreason- able" said one member of the group re- lates the New Orleans Times-Demo- crat. "It is. as a matter of fact, per fectly reasonable to assume the state ment to be correct. Things even more remarkable have happened, though we are in the habit of thinking the jig is up with the man when his neck is brok- en. Science has put forth rather novel theory in regard to what men may do when their heads are suddenly clipped from their shoulders. and, unless my memory is more treacherOus than l think, there are cases which give the color of truth to what might otherwise seem to be mere scientific speculation. Can a man walk after his head has been cut off? Science will answer in the af- firmative. Suppose the case where a man is walking along smooth surface at moderate rate of speed. Cut his head of quickly. with an instrument sharp enough not to interfere with the momentum or equilibrium of his body in any way further than to take from the body the weight of the head, wha. would happen? Manifestly. the body would continue to walk for a few steps at least. Of course, the waste of blood would in few seconds, disturb the bal ance of the torso. and collapse would follow. But it is conceivable that the body would continue its forward moye- ment until the physical energies, put into motion by the mind before the sev- erance of the head have exhausted themselves, and the number of steps to be taken by our hypothetical torso would be governed by the rapidity of the blood flow, because the wasting blood would be the chief factor in dis turbing the body's equilibrium. and ar resting its momentum. If blood wasted rapidly, it would be followed by quick | collapse of veins and arteries, and func- tional paralysis would soon reduce tho body to condition of dead weight So. you see, 1t is not unreasonable estate | that a man with broken neck walked
 considerable distance even as far as mile when it can be shown that a man 1 with his head shaved from his shoulders | can take a few steps |"
The Forrest City times., 1905-07-21

bound, falling possibly over one of the three pegs. The middle peg. more difficult than the rest. counts 20 points. while the two smaller ones score ten points each.
 It will be found possible to exercise cleverness in manipulating the hoops, as jerk or twist or firm roll will tend to give the rebound it's necessary force.
 First of all, the hoop must be rolled skillfully enough to make it pass through the two openings. If hoop falls upon a peg before 1t rebounds from the string the player loses his chances of count for that time. and other players follow in quick success sion.
 The string used in this game. on the two black pegs, should be of sufficient strength to give firm resistance to the hoops when they are rolled. and the more strength put in the roll the more apt the hoops are to circle the winning pegs.
The Forrest City times., 1905-07-21
Chestnuts Profitable Crop.

The boys may be interested to krow that chestnuts prove very profitable crop.
 Experts claim that an orchard of chestnuts will bring greater returns to the owner than an apple orchard of the same size. as the nuts are retailed on the street corners at about S a bushel, while the Italian who sells roasted chestnuts receives pay for them at the rate of at least SS a bushel says St. Nicholas.
 The tree is one of the most rapid growers, and has been known to bear fruit at five years of age
The Forrest City times., 1905-07-21

the holes in tho cover or larger. Thess dials are to be tackled tightly on to the cover so the hole in tho iia, is over the hole in the cover. Whom the dials. are attached and the short rods wSh knobs are put through the holes. the marks on the knobs will point to the figures on the dials, and the out side of the lock is done.
 Next get three round pieces of board, each with a radius little. quite little greater than the distance the holes are from the edge of the cover. These are to be firmly attached to the inside ends of the broomsticks. close to the cover. so that they will turn with the knob