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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20
A WOMAN DOCTOR
Was Quick to See That Coffee Poison
Was Doing the Mischief

lady tells of a bad case of coffee
poisoning and tells it in way SO sim
pie and straightforward that literary
skill could not improve it.
Il had neuralgia headaches foi
" years, she says, "ard have suffered
untold agony. When | first began tc
have them | weighed 40 pounds, bul
they brought me down to 10. !
went to many doctors and they gave
me only temporary relief. So | suf'
fered on. till one day in 1904, woman
doctor told me to drink Postum Fooc
Coffee. She said | looked like | wa!
coffee poisoned
80 | began to drink Postum ant
| gained 10 pounds in the first few
weeks and am still gaining, but not
so fast rs at first. My headache begar
to leave me after I he'd used Postum
about two weeks-loEg enough ! ex.
pect to get the coffee poison out of my
system.
Now that few months have
passed since began to use Postum
Food Coffee, can gladly say that ]
never know what a neuralgia headache
is like any more, and 1t was moth
ing but Postum that cured me. Be.
fore used Postum | never went out
alone: I would get bewildered and
would not know which way to turn
Now l go alone and my head is as
clear as bell. BY brain and nerves
are stronger than they have been for
years" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
book. THE Road to MELVILLE" 10
pkgs.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20
FOR NERVOUS PEOPLE
A Michigan Mother Preserved to He'
Family by Or. Williams
Pink Ptlls.

When tho blood is impoverished the
nerves starve and neuralgia or something
more serious gwiftly follows. Nervous
people are generally pale people. BY
supplying through the blood those vital
elements that the nerves need, DIR. vii.
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People have
performed those remarkable cures that
make it impossible for any nervous suf'
ferer TO neglect them.
A recent case IS that Of Mrs. Peter
Morrissette, of No. 3l5 Eleventh street,
Alpena, Mich, who writes rs follows
" NV trouble started with childbirth,
After one Of my children was born | had
kind Of paralysis. / was very weak
and my mouth was little crooked J
was always tired and was so nervous
that | could not bear 10 hear Il dog BARI
or n bell rinE--Cvcu the little bird in it,
cage would annoy me. My heart nut
tered a great deal and / had dizzy spells
was not able to be- left alone.
"My doctor gave me different kinds %
medicine, changing 1t several times
When it was evident that he could moi
help me he said he did not UNDERSTAND
my case. This was three years ago nno
was very much discouraged, when my
brother, who had taken DIR. Williams
Pink Pills, recommended them TO me.
tried them and noticed n change for thu
better when was taking the second box
DR.. williams Pink Pills cured me and !
have been well ever since. / now do al
my own homework, sewing aud wash
ing for seven ~ MS. "
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have also
cured diseases caused by impure or i'm
poverished blood such as rheumatism,
nnmmia and after .effects Of the grip.
All druggists sell DIR, Williams Pink
Pills or the remedy will be mailed, post
paid, on receipt Of price, 80 cents per
box, six boxes for $3.50, by the DIR. vii
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Y.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20
was after the ship or sailing on hi

was after the ship or sailing on his
own course.
He headed up for her, coming faster
and faster, and when he 'was two
cables length away there was q great
white wall of water rolling before him.
while his speed was from Is to 20
miles an hoG.
lie struck us full on the starboard
quarter, and the shock was as II two
ships had colliied. Planks and ribs
gave way before him, and as he re.
coiled from the blow our ship settled
down stern first, going under in less
than two minutes.
Everybody was knocked down by
the shock and all hands got up to rush
for the yawl. | was sucked down al.
most as soon as gained my feet and
after a struggle in which | came out
first best by close shave, | was shot
to the surface amid lot of deck raf-
fe.
There we're two or three shipmates
around me and as | was heaved up
caught sight OF the yawl with at least
two men In her. The whale was still
at hand. lying very Quiet; but feared
he would soon be aroused and attack
us in turn. and I sliced the galley
door. padding away to get out of his
reach. While doing this squat
came down. hanging on for 90 minutes
or more. and when II had passed I
could see nothing OF the whale or the
boat
That afternoon was picked up by
the American whaler Shooting Star
She already had our yawl, which she
had found bottom up, but had not
seen any of the men nor met with
wreckage. was the only one saved,
and but for my testimony the fate
OF the ship would forever have re-
manned a mystery.
As to why the whale attacked us was
made more clear after my rescue. The
star had raised and chaseJ him the
evening before and he had seen gal.
lied" or annoyed so often during the
month past that he had become ugly.
He came for us with the intention OF
sending the ship to the bottom, and
succeeded'only too we'll in carrying out
mis- urpose.-Philadelph Press.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20
AN UGLY WHALE.
Excited by Attacks from Whaling
Ship 1t Turns and Sinks De-
fenseless Ship.

Half dozen years ago | was first
mate Of a small English ship called
the White Cloud. We were of the
banks OF Brazil; It was about ten
o'clock in the forenoon. and. the
weather being very fine and the wind
light. | had all the men on deck set.
ting up the rigging. some Of which
had slackened away.
A man aloft suddenly hailed the
deck with the information that large
whale was bearing down upon the ship
head on. Ours was a MERCHANT YES
sci, and the sight Of whale had no
especial interest for us. We went on
with our work for three or four min.
utes, when the man hailed mo again
with;
"If that fellow holds his course, sir,
he will be dead on us. He's a big fell
low, and coming like an iron steamer. "
ran forward TO get look, and the
sea was so smooth that had no din.
Guilty in making out the whale. He
was still mile away. coming down at
about steamer speed, and holding a
course as straight as II somebody
aboard of him WAS steering by com
pass.
was not a bit alarmed, expecting
to see him show fiukes every minute;
but the captain came on deck and or
dered the man at the wheel to break
Off two or three points This brought
the whale on our port bow. As told
you, expected to see him sound every
moment. It was astonishing that he
had not discovered us long before. I
could scarcely believe my eyes as he
held on, and by and by We had him
alongside.
It's the solemn truth when I say he
actually rubbed us as we passed each
other, and the odor of him was so rank
that some Of the men cried out In dis
gust, That whale was 80 feet long
Il he was an inch and he had head
on him like n brick wall. So far as
we could see, he was carrying no har-
poems, and had no fresh wound but
he was moss.grown and harnaCled as
of hundred years. The fact of his
holding his own in such n bulheaded
way was alarming. and when we we're
clear Of him We fell to congratulating
ourselves over the close shave
We were perhaps mile apart when
the whale Slowed around. The mo.
ment we discovered what he was do
ing we knew that he meant to attack,
The breeze had now died away until
We could not hope to dodge him, and
he had not yet fairly turned when
we dropped the yawl from the dayits,
running her along TO the bow.
Two men were ordered to get watST
and provisions into her and as the
whale headed up for us we went off be.
fore the light breeze to give him all
the room we could, Three or four min.
utes settled the question of whether he
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20
IN CONSULAR FIELDS.

Consul Smith, of Moscow. writes hat
the imports Of agricultural machinery
and implements into Russia continue
large. amounting in 1905 TO over 2U,ODf
tons The chief ports OF entry for this
line are Noyorusslsk and AloXanlrOwO
The formation Of the InternatIOnl
Coal Mining company is reported by
Consul GeEeral Guenther, OF Frankfort
The capitalization Is S3,SOs.000. the
stock being taken by q group Of Ger
man and French banks. They will *
plot the coal deposits in the CRANE
dnchy Of Luxembourg,
Consul Britain, OF Kehl. explains
the new method of keeping clean the
cpngested streets of the larger German
cities. Metal tanks are inserted at In.
teryals to the level Of the street and
covered with iron lids Into these the
ofial is easily swept In the night the
tanks are hauled TO the dumping
grounds
Consul Culver, at London, Canada,
reports the invention OF bail bearing
adjustable axle nut by X. c. Williams
OF that city, which will prevent vehicle
wheels from backing OFF. The Ad-
Unstable Axle Nut company, of London.
Canada, has been formed TO manulac-
ture these nuts, and will probably need
q machine shop equipment
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20
CAPTURED AN EAGLE.
The Exciting Time Two Ohio Boys
Had in Lassooing the Bird
of Freedom.

Two Ohio boys armed with a lasso
captured golden eagle the other day
after an interesting struggle with the
bird. The boys are the sons of Ed
ward Franks. says the Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune. They were play.
Ing In the yard Of their home wher
the great bird swooped down and
ligted on the back fance A hurried
search for a gun was unfruitful. and
as the bird seemed disincincd TO leave
other measures were employed by the
boys.
Somebody suggested n iasso, and
finally a moose OF clothes line was cast
about the bird and he was captured
after n sharp battle.
1t Is said that the eagle probably
flew so high that he encountered ex'
treme cold and was unable to resist
II.
As a rule the eagle is hard to mp,
proach. 1t rarely comes near house.
unless in pursuit of game,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20
AMONG ARTISTS.

Ten eminent Japanese artists weT.
busy for months devising u seal for the
young crown prince of their country
ihis is now put on everything In
wears or uses.
a recent exposition IN Amsterdam
OF 20 new paintings by josef IsraeI
bore witness to the fact that this emf.
nent Jewish artist. at the age OF 50.
preserves the best traits OF his man
hood powers.
Heinrich VoBel a wellknown Ger.
man portrait painter. who, however,
has not done any work for three dec.
AIDES, has left his whole property. val.
ued at $3.50 600. for the founding of a
charitable institution for artists.
Japanese postage stamps are rated
as the most artistic in the world;
there Is great demand for them In
London at present. The first stamps
were issued In 1871. There are few
rare ones, the highest price ever
known TO have been paid for one be-
Ing $50.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20
RED ANTS USED AS PEPPER
Odd Incidents Of Honeymoon Spent
by American Couple In
Guatemala,

The sunday bull fight, held In a
large Place de Toro tbuil ring) out.
SIDE the town. was the principal
amusement cannot say much for
this sort of Entertainment The so.
called bulls were WORKOUT COWS, who
deserved better fate than to be
soaded into some sort of fury By the
dashing picadors. who stuck picadll.
Ices into them. In most cases they
had dropped. refusing to move. and
the audience became furious.
AT the end the toreador especial.
ly imported for the day. came for.
ward to the presidential box. where
we were sitting. writes n woman cor
respondent OF the Boudoir IN desrr!h.
Ing honeymoon in Guatemala. and
after a forid speech. OF which / un.
derstood littlr he handed me, with "a
profuse bow executed in true grandee
fashion, hand on heart, the begorcd
anu flower oncircled picalillogs as a
mement1 OF the august occasion. To
refuse to accept them would have
been the greatest insult. and my
husband was Obliged to carry them
home for me, much to his disgust
SoHe Spanish ladies' asked me aft.
erward how felt when the great
matador singled me out for this high
honor. When told them that was
rather annoyed By his drawing the
attention OF the crowd to me in this
theatrical fashion they were furious
at my ungratefulncss, and told me 1t
would have been the day Of their
lives" and they would have had pro.
posals galore.
In the course OF a scrambling ex-
petition into the country over rough
mountain roads we were Obliged to
camp out on hard bouldcrs, with only
mackintosh 10 keep out the cold.
During the night was frighten.d
almost out Of my wIts-I felt n hand
Juggling my hair, and calling out to
my husband, We saw big monkey
leaning down from the branches Of
a tree above us. pulling away AZ my
hair. His horrible claws had grippcd
such LOT that, when he finally let
go, after helms belahorcd with the
stock of revolver. he had nearly
half Of It in his hand.
On arriving at very rough and
ready inn the landlady set before ~
poached eggs swimming in water and
plentifully besprinllcd with small red
ants At first | tried to pick out
these additions, and seeing the WON.
an eying me furIously ! called her
and tried TO tell her in my best Span.
Ism that | was not accustomed to eat
ants-and that wished she had been
careful not to let them drop into the
dish.
Her Indignation was immense. With
flashing eyes and gesticulatinG wildly
she told me in excited language that
II had taken her a long time to catch
those ants, and that It was so good"
DO try It. sonora" she said, and dip.
ping her dirty fingers into the bowl,
sne fished them out and showed me
how much she, at all events, enjoyed
eating them as a sort of savory TO
the eggs, and trying to encourage me
oy her example.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20

showering benedictions upon the storJ
writer. lie dragged the cradle in be-
side his writing table, and smiled grim.
ly behind his bushy black beard as he
muttered:
Here's a new sensation-my debut
as dry nurse!"
In good humor over the unwonted
function he has assumed, Jean Vignol
seizes his pen and plunges into vor'
tex of adventure. His copy Is due
at the printers tomorrow morning.
Presently the baby woke up and be
gan to cry. Jean Vignol dropped his
pen, seized the milk bottle and admin.
istered 1t to the infant, not 80 very
awkwdrdly for a beginner, and then
rocked 1t TO sleep again.
But, this done, the writer did not re.
turn Immediately to his work Instead
he sat pensiyely regarding the poor
little mite, as It lay on the pillow, With
two tiny fists clenched as II already an.
ticipating the fight for existence.
The cradle--infancy- he ever
given these a fair showing in bis ab.
surd novels? How false and stupid they
seem 70 him now, all those yarns OF
his about children stolen and substI
tuted one for another! Now, here is
real, living. breathing child, and a.
orphan at that--a genuine creature OF
misery. What is going to become Of
1t? Its grandmother is old, and worn
out with toll and prlvation-she caIr
not last very long Then It will be one
of those unfortunates whom organized
charity brings up by wholesale and
who, for the most part, turn out badly
It is from these that the malefactors
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20
Bad for Kickars,
roof

Icelanders have a strange but effec-
tive plan for preventing horses from
strsying away. They tie the head OF
,ne horse to the tail of another, and the
head Of this. to the tail of the former.
In this state 1t is impossible for this
horses to move on, either backward or
forward. II disposed to move at all. II
will be only In circle. and even then
there must be mutual agreement to turn
their heads the same way
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20


and crlminals-the real-life ones--are
recruited. Poor little thing what has
life in store for It? Life! that strange
serial story which grows more and
more incomprehensible with each in.
stallment. and of which the monoto.
nous denouement explains nothing
Jean Vignol has fallen into a dolp
rous reverie. The poet he once dreamed
Of becoming is not dead in him yet
As he looks upon the cradle before
him and remembers that tomorrow
is Christmas, he thinks OF the Babe
that lay upon the straw in the r1an-
ger at Bethlehem.
The child materially and morally
abandoned-the child dedicated, as u
were, by sort OF social fatality tt
vice and crime-tnere Is the theme OF
a great book to be written, with the
outpouring OF all the tenderness, all
the Indignation, all the sincerity OF
ones heart. All, there is the novel thai
Jean Vlgnol might write. If But,
why think of It? Jean Vignol has no
talent he never did, and never will
have. He knows It too we'll. And u
tears spring up and surprise him at
this moment, It is because while pity.
Ing the child's helplessness he is also
in despair at his own.
Meanwhile the door opens. Mere
Matbieu has returned. She Is all Out
,,fh nj hnu nd
she looks; how pale and wrinkled heI
face is, in her old black bonnet
But, now or never. Jean Vignol has
something on his mind. and is deter
mined to speak out.
Listen, Mere Matthew. | have beer
thinking about you during your alb.
sence. When my mother was alive ny
earnings sufiiced for two. Why
shouldn't they now-if you will take
her place? VIII you? Then we shall
both have home, which neither Of u.
has at present Besides, can help you
TO bring up the little fellow"
The poor woman gave q startled cry
then sank into a chair and buried he'
face in her hands; and, as the baby
opened its eyes and began to murmur
Jean took 1t up from the cradle. re
garded 1t at arms length for moment
and planted upon its chubby little
cheek a kiss already quite paternal.
Nor is this the end of the story
As it turned out, Jean Vignol's gener.
GUS conduct brought him luck. True
he continues to reel out much the same
kind of stun for his special public
Yet there Is something about his last
story, THE Orphan Of Belleville." thai
lifts 1t out of the class of the others
and has made all the shopgirls cry
It's success has increased the clrcula.
ton Of the paper, and at last the author
gets his four cents line. 1t has ever
been syndicated In some of the provin
cial sheets.
The other day, as Jean Vignoi stop
ped at his publishers to collect his roy.
alties, he experienced the proudest mo
ments Of his literary life. An illus
trious writer, one OF the very greatest
novelists of the ago, patted him on the
back and saiu:
by the way. N. vignol, have beer
reading one or two Of your things late
ly. and find some bits very we'll done
indeed-very sincere, very touching
about children"
The poor author blushsd to the tor
Of his head.
Thank you 20 much, cher matre,'
he stammered. with happy emotion
you soc, the fact Ii, when I writ
about children now. I work dirsatl,
from LIE"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20

you some very thin wire hairpins for
this stand Carefully press little
dent or socket in the cardboard near
the end Of the tail 60 In Fig. q, and
rest the spiral on the knitting needle
Place the snake on the radiator and
see the hot air make him wriggle and
twist
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20

mark OF the dotted lines. as in Fig
/. with a pencil and cut along them
with a sharp scissors. says the New
York Herald. Fasten a knitting needle
or a stiff wire that looks like one to
some kind OF standard that viii hold
1t steady. Perhaps mother will give
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20
Keeping It from Her.

Little Alice, much disturbed, begged
her mother not to let remarks be made
about her doll when It was present
because" she said, 81 have been try
ing all her life to keep Dollie from
knowing that she Is not alive. DE.
troit Free Press.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20
THE TWISTING SNAKE.
old-Fasbioned Toy Which Is Just al
Fascinating to the Children
as Ever.

Here is a paper toy for nlmble I'm.
gers to make. 1t is called the twist.
ing snake-at least that's what our
grandfathers used TO call It years ago.
ago.
To make 1t, cut a circular piece OF
cardboard about four inches across.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20
A JINGLE.

When the sparrow has toothache,
And the bluebird tears her gown.
And the robin falls to sobbin
II chipmunk tumbles down
That day n mole and bat may see
a COW jump over dried-apple tree.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20
Alwnys Still.

Friends your husbend quiet manf
Mrs. Wise-Is he? Why, he goes into
comatose conditla. every time ask
him for dollar!--J It. oit Free Press.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-20
Fancy That!

First Old Sport-In the spring. q
young mans fancy lightly turns to-
Second Ditto--My boy, I've seen em
d Il and come In last.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-08
Fine Sermon Preached by DR..
Calisch-Attendance Very
Large.

Observance OF tho sccouc anniversary
Of .the dedication of Beth Ahaba Temple
was held in cla, synagogue last night.
when Dr. +. n. CLlsch. rabbi. preached
most eloquent sermon touching on the
event The services We're of particu-
larry imposing ANA impressive nature.
very large cousre cation was attracted
60 the beautiful temple. and tho ca-
pacious building was wei filed with both
the members OF tho synagogue and with
many OF other creeds and races. SPLEEN
didly rendered was some OF the dedica-
tory music OF which the "Haueluiah
Chorus at the end OF the services. was
particularly beautiful and much appre-
ciated. The choir consisted OF twenty
voices, twelve extra voices assisting the
usual choir Of eight.
The services viii be continued tits
morning at l10. 80 o'clock. when dr.
Calisch will preach again sermon re-
ferrinS to the dedication last year.
Sermon by Rabbi.
Dr. Calisch's sermon last night was 81
brilliant effort. IT.. referred to tho sixty
five years OF the existence Of the church
and OF uhe spiritual growth during that
time OF the consregauon. and in tho
strongest terms pronounced the generous
attitude maintain 10y tho jew toward
human need and human development
DIT. Calisch spoke as follows.
LAS Rosh Hashanah marks the passage
Of tho milestone in tho lifc Of Tho indi-
vidual and the first OF january notes tho
progress Of commercial careers. $50 this
dedication anniversary has come 10 sound
from thc hclfrv ~ time tho signal that
scores the growth Of our communal years.
Tho entrance into this beautiful temple
was an incident i'm the life ~ our COM
muuity which may well serve ae $50 am
..r... B..
history. 1he s.Xty-three years of Beth
Alahas existence before tris had been
identified with practically one locality.
Its ceogr1u. .nal iWmohnifv was NOT. how
ever token of spiritual inertia Tho
congregation bias kept in t0rrh with the
G>iug spirit ~ the ago. and Il has mot
tle varying conditions that faced 10 with
courage and discretion and "a sound SEM.
Of its responsibility. not only To- the
fathers. bur 90 the children as wen.
The Jews Activity.
Though nur financial burden has hcea
sreauy increased in this new structure.
it is no greater than We can bear. BUT
has our spiritual prosperity kept pace
With THAI of the physical2 To We stand
to-day more strongly for the especl u
doctrines that are our peculiar care2 Ar.
our lives like this building. larger and
a more bca.uful expression OF our hope
and our sage? DO they give greater
glory to the God Of Israel more sanct-
hcaton unto Ills nance Why D. 7 say
the Goa Of Israel? Is not this title cxclu-
sive. and does it not confirm the charge
made that ,ae God we adore is tribal.
exclusive and national Doty2 That lie
cares only far Ills own chosen people and
none clsc2
insofar as our conduct IS an expression
of our raleilIs ideals. We certain s. c0u-
tradict this charge. that the God we