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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
No Other, indeed, Than Phryga.

ana lAyinia? II SO, come and spend 4
few days with us mt Sweet Briar Farm.
Come on Wednesday. Yours ever.
phryEia."
AMI to that from Harry Bond
Dear Hal: II you can tear yourself
away from your business, ur whatever
,'sc occupies your valuable attention
for Jus one day come and see me /
shah expect you ON Wednesday Phry-
STA.
The letters were posted.
"NlI they Gomez" Phrygia inquired
Of l1y!nia.
10 which Layinia made sage reply.
N they don't meet first at Dove.
dale perhaps they VIII
But II they dO?'
Then think they won't"
Wednesday arrived, and there being
q special train by which the three
could t,aycl westward, they met per
force at the little country side station,
where each had alighted in quest Of
Swea, Briar Farm
In guest of PhryEia,
Wolf" exclaimed Harry Bond, no,
over politely, to Dan Courtney What
in the name OF fortune brings you
here"
Il was about to ask you a similar
qucs ION" returned Dan, as plainly
showing his annoyance.
Meanwhile up came Mr.. Walden, the
Z yfsi lao hnt ~,
still further discontinue.
Lot me have the pleasure" he saiC
with an aifability best described rs
prinrely. "of renewing my acquaint'
ance with you. We have met before.
think, at Phrygia Deans"
/ we are destined in all probability
| 10 meet yet again at Miss Deans" OBJ
/ served Courtney, stifiiy, for she Ia!
/ asked me 10 spend few days with hel
/ OF her summer retreat"
Where It appears she he's invited
/ me OF all men to bear you company.
cried Bond, with a short. vexed laugh
Miss Dean Is forever playing SOM
trick upon her unfortunate admirers,
Dan Courtney remarked feelingly t
| MI. Walden.
The latter smiled.
81 love Phrygia," said be. but woult
win her only II she loved me in return
] intend that she shall ask me to Swee
Brlar Farm second time"
Then | 81 alone to Sweet Briar?"
80 lie It."
"And your"
Forget that exist"
40 you go back to town with Har
ry?''
No matter. You have your chance
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
Slow in His Lines.

Ladies' and gentlemen" said the
nfter.dinner orator. "unaccustomed as
am to public speaking, and having
been suddenly called upon without
the slightest notice, | am-er--ex.
ceedlngly--er-'
why, John" said his wife, from the
other end of the table have you for.
got the rest? You said 1t all right
this morning. STRAY Stories.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14

In her garden sat Phrygia one eve
ming amongst the roses and the yellow
elder bushes. Her summer home she
called Sweet Briar Farm" and when
In It, this little lady became the sim
plcst Of country maidens.
An open letter iluttered upon her
knee: in fact, three open letters; each
containing a proposal of marriage, or
to speak more correctly, renewed
proposal of marriage, for the letters
were IRON the aforesaid three In par
ticu!ar, who had pressed and who were
still pressing their suit with urgency,
Phrygia. as It happened, liked them all,
but sure OF none was at "A loss to
choose between them. Mr. Walden
wa5 the Cleverest; Dan Courtney the
wcalthicst; Harry Bond. the best look
ing, bur of the true nature OF the
three, ThryEia had her doubts, Wise
in her generation. she was only toe
kecnly alive to the fact that neither
wealth nor wit, nor mere outward
comoincss, necessarily brought witely
content to soul or spirits.
Il cont suppose shall get what
want, but | am going to try she said
placing the letters in their respective
envelopes. FOR 1t is certain that If
should make up my mind TO marry IT
will lie either Mr. WALTON, or Dan
Courtucy, or Harry Bond"
The letter PhryEia wrote in answer
10 Mr. Waldons, forwarded to her
ran ls follows:
Ny dear MIR Walden You wonder
whore am. We'll. | will tell you.
am rusticating at Sweet Briar Farm
with my staid duenna, Lay!uia Grey
You used to admire her lovely white
hair and the way she looked at you
through her IorEnettcs. VIII you join
us? Come II you can on Wednesday
next Very sincerely, Phrygia"
And 20 TIL letter forwarded from
Dan Courtney:
Dear Dan. DO you care for green
fields and COWS? Nothing else but ms
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
Edison'a Ear for Music.

Thomas 4 Edispn's latest discovery
happens to be in the realm of acsthct-
les and criticism. A few years ago, "
he said the other day when the talk.
ing machine business was still a du.
bIous proposition, list Of the now
records was often handed me for ap.
prevail. After hearing them | would
mark Good, Fair, or Rotten against
the compositions so as to class them
for the trade. The rotten records
always made a hit with the public
Now, all / have to do is to condemn
a bit of music. and the factory works
overtime to supply the demand
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14

"Thc other day, at the Cafe Napo-
lltaiu. a fayuritc haunt OF journalists
aud men Of letters, French and for.
cign, says a Parls correspondent y
sat beside three tourist5-Gn Aus
trian. a bulgarian and an Italian
who, ignorant OF each others native
tongue. talked in Esperanto. To me
It was a revelation, in the sense that
hearing or seeing a thing is SO much
more conclusive and impressive than
reading about it.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
Hdsty
Nervous
Chewing
of Food
the Cause of
Dyspepsia

If your teeth are fit, chew, chew,
chew, until the food is liquid and
insists on being swallowed.
If teeth are faulty, soften Grape
Nuts with hot milk or cream, or
allow to stand a minute soaking in
cold cream.
"Thcrc's a reason" as follows:
Grapo-Nuts food is in the form
OF hard and brittle granulcs,
intended to be ground up by the
teeth; that work not only preserves
the teeth but brings down the saliva
from the gums so necessary in the
primary work OF digestion.
Many people say (and it is true)
that when they eat Grape-Nuts they
seem able to digest not only that
food but other kinds which formerly
made trouble when eaten without
Grapc-Nuts.
Chcw!l
There's a reason" for
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
A Dream Burllar.

A Patterson rGaD grocer dreamed
the other night that he had a struE.
gle with a burglar who had entered a
window Of his room The struggle be.
came so real that the sleeper jumped
from his bed and tried to Kick the
burglar ont OF the window The result
was that he laccratcd his foot and leg
on the glass woke up and found him.
self bleeding from numerous wounds.
He is a total abs,ainer, and cannot
account for his dream
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14

The Germans love the dog They
lock after his health: they provide
him bathing establishments furnished
with every modern comfort-hot and
cold water, vapor, douchcs friction.
They appreciate his character, his
fidelity, his ffankness and they regard
him as food; they like him as friend
and rs victuals In Prussia alone In
one quarter 52G dogs were recently
killed for food Journal des De
bats OF Paris.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14

In nttondance. 7 thOught surely
would die. changed medicine and be-
gan using Doan's Kidney Pills when I
was still in bed. The relief | found
was so great that ! kept on until I
had taken about ten boxes The kid
ncy secrctlons became natural and
after years OF misery was cured |
have increased In weight, and show
no symptoms of my former trouble"
Sold by all dealers 30 cents box.
FCster.Mllburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14

A single eyeglass Is thing In its
nature altogether monstrous and dew.
llish. The man who can put glitter.
ing decoration in one eye and not in
the other is disappearing the balance
and decency Of the human form. lie
is capable Of wearing trouscr on one
leg. or his mustacho on one side Of
his face.-G x. Chcsterton, in Illus
tratcd London News.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14

Tho nutmeg, properly clothed, IS
about the size Of q peach and is an
edible fruit When ripe II breaks open
in halves, and our warm friend.
dressed in a scarlet undcrshirt, peeps
out laughinEly. The undershirt soon
turns brown and is called mace
Stewards Bulletin.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
Enuland's Telephones.

England has the most expensive and
the worst telephone system. No 9th
or country Is so badly served. Norway
and sweden do duty over again In the
way that all telephone readers VIII
remember. Australia is far in advance
o. Us, and on the continent there Is
20 country where things are not In
Nnl.c,y better managed.-Electrlcal
Review.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
LEFT THE BABY BEHIND.
The Nurse Had the Carriage, But the
Baby" Was Missing.

Mrs Maud Miller Nipple, whose
advocacy Of a course in motherhood
for young matrons has already begun
TO bear good fruit, was talking Of the
duties OF young mothers.
And no young mother" she said,
no matter how many her millions
nor how high her station, should trust
her little one entirely to nurses
care A nurse may he tho most intel
liS"nt most Conscientious; but to rear
baby properly Is n difficult task and
only one person Is sufficiently inter
ostcd in this task to perform 1t we'll
That person is the baby's mother"
Mrs. Nipple smiled.
a young mother she said. was
walking with her husband on the
Atlantic city board walk Suddenly
she gave a little cry OF pleasure.
"'Oh, she said, there IL nurse
nurse wheeling baby
And she ran lightly TO the luxuri-
ous coach OF leather, with It's swan.
shaped carriage and its rubbertired
wheels. and she pushed back the para.
sol that shaded the occupant from the
sun
Then she gave great start
Why, nurse she cried, where's
baby?
THE nurse gaspcd. Goodness gra.
clous, ma am! | forgot to put him
in"
Lord Miner, the former high COM
missioner for South Africa. has re-
coycd through the duke Of Somerset
an address expressing appreciation
Of his services in South Africa signed
by 10000 persons.
Don't worry over triAes. II you must
worry, pick out something worth while.
then get busy
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
Male Deterioration In Enaland

We women are to blame n good deal
for mans deterioration. We do not
exact enough from him. We admit
cubs and Doors to our houses, allow
our ballroom walls to be proppcd up
by impcrtinent youths who find dane.
ing "a bore" and refuse to be in
troduced to a girl until they have
learned the probable amount OF her
dot-"Spinster," In NJ A, p.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14

"You must think very intently on
the subject o; poem said the young
woman.
Not necessarily" answered the lit
crary person. Many Is the time |
have written about tho nightingale
when my most serious aspirations
we're fastened on fried chicken
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
Preserved In Alcohol.

Notwithstanding statistics show the
French village OF Chailly to be the
heaviest consumer of alcoholic liquors
In proportion to population OF any
village OF France It is a fact that the
little hamlet contains also the largest
number OF octogenarians.-
Wine Press
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
Natural Question.

A little Philadelphia boy vas taken
BY his father for his Hrst visit to the
zoo. stopping before an incIosure, he
asked: Papa, what animal is that"
Reading the sign tackled up to one
side, his father responded: That. my
son. is n prong,horned antelope"
Kin he blow his hOrns?" was the
question that promptly followed. Elk
change.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14

years ] suffered from
kidney disease. Tho
third year my feet
and hands would
swell and remain
puned up for days at
a time. | seemed
to have a constant
backache. Finally |
got so bad that I
was laid up in bed
with several doctors
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
Coolest European Capital.

st. Petersburg is the coolest capital
in Europe, the temperature in winter
sometimes reaching so degrees below
zero
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
Hlaher Than Mount Everest.

Mount Everest is 29OO2 feet high;
but lately it is believed that two
peaks behind Everest are actually
higher than It. which hitherto has
been considered the highest mountain
In the world.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14

The toiIing OF bell AT a funeral is
q purely pagan custom. Tho idea was
to drive away evil spirits. Funeral
bells are known to have been used
by the church in the sixth century,
A. d.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
Vatican Mosaic Factory.

The pope maintains n mosaic fac.
tory in the Vatican. Here the patient
artists work In a gallery lined with
$4,000 lockers in which repose sticks
Of ciica OF all the myriad varying
shades required to reproduce the tints
from CAnNas.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
Real Old.EashIoned Umbrella.

There has been discovered at Green.
ock, England, an old.fashioned umbrel.
la with whalebono ribs, which must
be quite 100 years old. When opened
1t affords shelter for q whole family.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
Dislike Dark.Colored OBJ iecta.

Bees are said. to have such an an
tipathy to dark.coored objects, that
black chickens have been stung to
death, while white ones OF the same
brood were left untouched.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
Didcrot and Scott.

Dldcrot is reported to have said
that he would cut of an arm not to
have written certain one Of his nov
els. Some attribute to Scott the say.
ing that he had written no line which
dying he would wish to blot.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
One London Man Unafraid.

Every once In while something
happens to make us doubt all these
prosperity stories. For instance, a
man in London has offered for eXhlbi.
ton purposes to live 81 days on
canned meat.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
The New Standard.

So few women are not smartly
dressed nowadays that the new stand.
ard of praise is she wears her
clothes well" Better this than beauty
that fades.--Boston Herald.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14

Bokhara, the most populous part OF
Turkestan, is gradually being
changed into a desert by the incur.
sions of the sand dunes.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
The lnvr OF life.

Horror Of humiliation Is so instinc.
tive in us that from the throes Of NOR.
tai agony 1t hurts us back, by a mad
leap, into the ardent agitations Of life.
Princess Aurelie Ghika.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
British and American Cities.

Where London consumes 90,000,00O
gallons OF water day New York
consumes 500,O00,0OO. Where London
has an area OF 11S square miles, New
York has 1896.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
Fish Stable Japanese Diet.

The Japanese eat more fish than
any other people In the world. With
them. meat eating Is a foreign limo
walton.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14
SICK FOR TEN YEARS.
Constant Baekaehe, Dropsy and Be-
we're Bladder Trouble.

Fred w. Harris. Of Chestnut St. JEFF.
ferson, Ohio. says: For over ten
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14

HER THREE SUITORS !

By GERALDINE KEMP

Copyright, by Joseph b. BowlcsJ
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-09-14

Don't worry over trIaes. II you must
worry, pick out something worth while,
then get busy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-29
RAINSIAKING IN YUKON.
Los Angeles RainmaIing Expert to
Operate I'm Alaska.

Los Angeles, Cal, March 29.-
Charles NJ. Hatfield, the famous rain
maker of this city, has been engaged
by contract with the Yukon terri
torial government to make rain in the
Klondike during all the coming min
ing season. According to the contract
Hatfield must be on the ground by
May l with an assistant and the rain
making apparatus.
Last summer the Klondike lydrau-
lie plants suffered the loss OF thous-
ands of dollars that they would have
harvested had there been big rains.
The rainmaking plan was suggested
and fostered by ]. T. Lithgow, terri
torial comptroller, who had come in
touch with Hatfield's work while here
on a visit.
BY the terms of the contract Hat
field is to receive $4,000 provided he
makes rain to the satisfaction of a
board of seven men, three of whom
shall be chosen by the governor of
the Yukon, three by Hatfield and
one by the fikst six. Should Hatfield
fail to produce rain to the satisfaction
Of the board, or the majority of the
board, he will receive only his cost of
transportation~to and from the Klon-
dixie and maintenance for himself
and assistant. OF the $4,000 half is
to be paid by ten of the largest min
ing operators in the Yukon. The
other half is to be paid by the Yukon
government.
Hatfield agrees to produce rain to
the satisfaction of the board. No stip
ulated quantity of rain by inches is
required, but it is specifically stated
in the contract that he shall increase
the rainfall and renew it from time
to time for four months, as may be
named by the board, and sufficient
to insure, so far as ample rain will, a
successful and prosperous summer
for placer mining industry of the
Dawson district" Five days will be
allowed after each seance for the rain
to come.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-29
Financial Agent
TWO MOTHERS ARE ON HAND.
OF the Accused Woman and of Her
Legal Husband.

Jackson, Cal, March 2s,-"I can
not thank God enough" were the
words of the white haired mother of
Eugene Ledoux to an interviewer.
Mrs. Ledoux was always limiting at
insurance, and my son might have
been the man in the trunk. He al
ways believed in her implicitly, and
was glind to her faults. He now
realizes bitterly, but the shock almost
killed him. He has not slept since
the terrible news, except with the aid
OF powders"
The furniture which the woman in
duced McVicar to buy for her ar
rived last night in Ledoux's name,
but he says he would rather die than
touch II.
Charles Crocker. who has been Mrs.
Heads attorney, has arrived Ut
Stockton and will undertake the de-
fense. Mrs. Haed will be with him.
In an interview Mrs. Head said she
has not deserted her daughter and
will exhaust every means to secure
her release. Crocker stated that he
would see she got her rights at any
cost. Both are satisfied the accused
woman cannot be sweated into any
admissions, or bullied into a confess
sion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-29
++++++++++++++++++ : :

Indianapolis. March 29.-The min
ers and operators in separate session
this morning considered the PROPOSE
ton of F. L. Robbins to pay the 1908
scale If allowed to operate the west
ern Pennsylvania mines of the Pitts
burg Coal company. Robbins is the
only big operator who has agreed to
and advance. 4.
The joint conference met this after
noon. Both sides are defiant. An
adjournment without agreement is
expected. Many outsiders, including
women, filled the galleries.
Parker and Mitchell Controversy.
Parker of Illinois, an operator, at
tackled Mitchell after the latter had
accused Parker of being subservient
to the Illinois Central railroad.
Parker said: "I have seen the time
when Mitchell was glad that was an
officer of that road.''
what do you mean?" demanded
Mitchell.
mean tHdt YOU dShtu ule lot Ire6
transportation" replied Parker.
Absolutely false" calmly and dra-
matically answered the miners presi-
dent. 81 demand you to produce
evidence other than your personal
word I demand that you state it is
not true"
Parker than stated it was an un-
truth; that Mitchell never directly
asked me for transportation, but
members of his family have used Illi-
nois Central passes"
THAT also is a falsehood," declar-
ed Mitchell. The chairman then end
ed the controversy.
Mitchell asked for the floor and
This is the first time nv
was ever questioned. The
fact that the first of next month NAV
see us involved in a great industrial
war does not warrant your putting me
in that light before the public"
Delegate Ryan explained that he
personally secured transportation for
an estimable young lady living. near
Mitchell's home.
Parker said he would withdraw his
statement if Mitchell never knew of
the pass. Mitchell said he didn't
know. THAT settles it," said Par
ker.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-29

Washington, March 29.-The hear
ing and argument in the case of Will
liam Randolph Hearst against the an
thracite coal carrying railroads was
reopened before the interstate COM
merce commission this morning. The
case was originally heard before the
commission in the beginning of the
month, and the reargument was de-
cided on upon the strength of the re-
cent decision of the supreme court
of the United States in the cases of
the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad company against the
interstate commerce commission and
of the interstate commerce commits
sion against the Chesapeake & Ohio
and the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad companies, con-
STRUNG the provisions of the act to
regulate commerce, the statement
having been made, that that decision
had an important bearing upon the
issue involved in the complaint of Mr..
Hearst,
Clarence ]. Shearn, Hearst's repre-
sentative, argued that in accordance
with the decision of the supreme
court in the case of the Chesapeake
& Ohio, it is contrary to public policy
for any common carrier to be a dealer
In the commodity it transports.