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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20
Notice to Taxpayers

Notice is hereby given that the City
Tax Books of the City Of Pennington
for the year 1906 have been placed
in my hands, and that on and after
the first day Of August, 1906, l will
proceed to collect said taxes as the law
directs.
Dated this July 18th, 1906.
OSCAR l.. Halle,
Collector City Of Pennington.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20

Now that President Roosevelt
aud Boss Cannon din'dt succeed in
forcing their omnibus statehood bill
through Congress, and Arizona has
the privilege of voting on whether
it is to be tied up with New Mexico
as a State, Mr. Roosevelt is
trying to bluff the people of
Arizona. He tells them that if
they let this chance go by they will
have to wait many years before the
chance again offers itself, and even
then it probably will be only on the
present terms-that is, on the con.
dition of being joined with New
Mexico" But it is probable that
the people of Arizona will call the
bluff by deciding to stay out rather
than come in tied up with New
Mexico. They would rather take
the chance of the Democrats com.
ing into power, when they know
they will be treated fairly and Sc.
cure single statehood.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20

a horse belonging to MIR. Watkins
Of Doe Run became frightened at
passing automobile and jumped into
telephone post, tearing up the harness
aud breaking the shafts of the buggy.
No one was in the buggy at the time
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20

The Republican policy is to per-
nit the trusts to continue to sell
their products cheaper in foreign
countries than to home consumers.
People who like to be robbed by
the trusts will continue to vote to
keep the Republicans in power.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20

The Republicans in Congress de.
feated the measure prohibiting
corporation contributions to politi-
cal campaign funds and the making
Of all contributions public. In con-
trast to this, Mr.. Bryan, writing to
the president of the Commercial
Travellers Anti. Trust League,
which started the movement Of
giving him reception on his ar
rival in New York from his trip
around the world, suggests that
the principle Of publicity in raising
funds to defray the expenses of the
reception be employed. lie says:
- \ popular subscription, with the
publication of the names of all
persons giving over five dollars,
would be a practical illustration of
our belief in the publicity of cam
paign fund contributions"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20

The Republicans of st. Francois
county must be feeling very con-
fdent when they give the marble
face to the negro vote In their
big county convention at Flat
River last Saturday there was not
single negro delegate. 1t was a
egular lilly white affair.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20

Hon. NJ. X. Smith, who will be
nominated for Congress on the
Democratic ticket, is one of the
ablest men in this district, and is
entitled to the support of every
loyal Democrat in the district, as
well as every member of every labor
organization in the district, for he
is their friend aud will look after
their interests. -DeSoto Press.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20

The New York Sun says the
next President will be a Demo-
crat. " The clounds are breaking
and the Sun begins to shine.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20
Official Statement of the Financial
Condition of the
Bank of Pennington,

Al Pennington. State Of Missouri, al the
close Of business on the 10Th day Of
July, 1906, published in The Farming
ton Times, newspaper printed and
published at Pennington. State Of
Missouri, on the 2Oth day Of July.
1906.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-26

Bristol cathedral was $50 years
building. II was completed I'm 1888.
Gloucester cathedral was 425 years
In building.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-26

A systematic robbery of Chinese
laundries In Chelsea and Everett
during the past week came to light
Saturday. More than $1,000 has been
stolen. It is said. from two laundries
in Chelsea and three In Everett. and
by apparently the same burglars. The
police believe that the robbers were
Cinnamon.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-26

IL was officially announced In the
Correspondence de Espana that IF
teen civilians were killed and seventy
wounded by the bomb outrage in the
Gale Mayor. In the body OF the
horse which was killed while draw.
ing the royal coach twenty-eight bull.
let's were found.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-26
SULTAN HAS
FATAL DISEASE

The Paris Temps says It learns
from an absolutely unquestionable
source that the latest consultation OF
medical advisers of the sultan OF Tur-
key established the fact that Abdul
Hsmid was suffering from cancer of
the kidney. This malady. the paper
says. does not permit OF an opera
ton bsIng performed and is usually
fatal within year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

ming Used for them and the feminine crea-
ture who runs into the elaborate show
rooms of Nine. Zoe or Berenice or FaIs-
tina and orders frocks by the dozen. saying
chirpingly: "Oh, yes You know how they
ought to be made Your taste is always per-
fectl Make them very pretty, won't you?
Much prettier than those you made for
Lady Claribel. Yes Thanks. I'll leave il
all IN your hands" is a mere Iunatic, glib
bering nonsense, who could not II she were
asked tell where twice two making four
might possibly lead her in the sum total of
banking account.
1t Is quite easy to dress well and taste
fully without spending q very great deal of
money. 1t certainly requires brain, thought,
foresight, taste and comprehension of the
harmony of colors. But the blind following
of fashion because, Mime. This or That
says 1t is chic or lie dernier cri'' or some
parrot-like recommendation of the sort is
mere stupidity on the part of the followers.
To run up long credit for dresses without
the least idea how the account is ever go
ing to be paid is nothing less than Grim
inal act. 1t Is simply fraud. And such
fraud reacts on the whole community. EX-
travagdnt taste in dress is infectious. Most
OF US are impressed by King Edwards
sensible and earnest desire that the press
should use it's influence for good in foster
Ing amity and good will between ourselves
and foreign countries. If the press would
equally use it's efforts to discourage fiorid
descriptions of dress in their columns much
of the wild and willful extravaganza which
IS frequently the ruin of otherwise happy
homes might. be avoided When Lady A.
sees her loathed rival Lady BIS dress de-
scribed in half column of newspaper gush
she straightway yearns and schemes for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01
Life on a Sugar Plantation.

From the Southern Workman-
No eight-hour law regulates the days
labor these plantations. In the express
i've language OF one of the hands, they
work from cant to can't" that is, when
they begin in the morning 1t is too dark to
see and when they knock off at night It IS
too dark to see. In the grinding season.
when the cane IS being gathered, no respect
Is paid TO the Sabbath. In fact, the colored
churches at this season usually make no
attempt to hold services. though not every
plantation requires work on Sunday. The
system Is essentially feudal
The master is the center: around him
everything reyolves. Practically. his word
is law: the civil officers have little TO say
or to do except he gives the word. unless
perchance some other planter is Involved
But justice requires the statement that this
description should not apply 10 all. Some
of the planters are just. generous, humane;
the system under such men assumes a pa
triarchai character, and the ties between
the family of the planter and the families
OF his hands are strong and affectionate, as
vas often the case IN the time OF slav-
cry.
The young man who goes off to school,
gets a fair English education and settles in
the village is becoming powerful factor in
the disintegration of this plantation sys-
ter. Instead of working as a day Iaborcr
he asks for the privilege OF working land
upon shares or OF renting outright In this
way the men are their own masters: they
escape the brutal treatment of the overseer
as well the enslaving power OF the plan
tation store.
Tho positive results Of the new system are
copsidera bic: 1t gives the farmers a valua-
BILE business experience: 1t develops self
reliance independence and self-respect and
makes the old serf-iike thereafter impossi-
be. The renter on shares is, beside. the first
stage In the evolution OF the day-iaborer
into a property owner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

contrast her behavior favorably with that
of the woman who gives only tea to her
friends and vigorously observes the rules
with respect to tips.
Under the free and easy state of affairs
that obtained In the latter years of the
club the servants soon came to realize their
powers and levied what virtually amounted
to blackmail. II am very sorry, madam,
but shall have to report you to the secre-
tary," an observation that frequently
proved worth s. to the mental who uttered
1t. Toward the end the servants became
completely demoralzed, and the manage
ment, who We're by this time deeply in debt
to their staff as well as to tEadespeople, lost
control of them completely end did not ven
ture to question anything they did. Mem
bers who did not tip freely and frequently
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

$500 1--WE might possibly do 1t for s175,''
says the costumer medtatively, studying
with well assumed gravity the small h3msy
object ne is thus pricing, n trifie made up
of chiffon ribon and tinsei gewgaws, know
ing all the while that everything of which
1t is composed could be purchased for much
less than $50. One cannot, of course, blame
the modistes and Quitting firms for asking
these absurd fancy prices il they can get
them. If women are mad it is perhaps
wise, just and reasonable to take the f1nan-
ciaI advantage of their madness while 1t
lasts. Certainly no woman of well bal
anced brain would give unlimited prices for
gowns without most careful inquiry as to
the correct value OF the material and trim
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

to prosecute for aspersions his charac-
ter. but there was no more heard Of the
incident.
Among other things which helped bring
the Empress low was woman grand ca
pacity for breaking rules. Now. no one who
knows anything of woman in the aggre-
gate would accuse her of being generous
in the matter of tips. which are, OF course,
rigidly forbidden in all clubs. At the same
time. IL it suits her purpose, she can be
liberal to the point of lavishness. If wo-
man sits In her club all the afternoon and
sips liaueurs or brandy and soda, What Will
the attendants who wait upon her think
and say-if she does not tip them freely
II she does fee them handsomely, of course
they speak of her as a perfect Idly. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

was summoned and questioned, but he pro-
tested that he had never seen it.
THE tripket,' said the owner SIS not
worth half sovereign l simply value 1t
because 1t belonged to a dear friend, But
to whomsoever finds 1t I shall give two
pounds"
Before she left the premises, however the
lest article was restored to her by the
servant who had waited at the table He
had found" 1t, he said, under the table.
My brooch was stolen" said the lady
MY ruse to get 1t back has been success
full and although it is worth a hundred
pounds. 1 have no intention of giving you
the two pounds I promised for its return"
On ethical grounds. perhaps, her action
was reprehensible, but she knew the I'm
press. The Infatuated domestic threatened
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

grace the duchess or miladi the countess is
perhaps more wickedly reckless and I'M
principled than any plain Miss or Mrs. ever
bern and that these grandes DANES fire.
uuentiy make use of both rank and position
to systematically cheat their tradespeople.
The tradespeope entirely to blame for
trusting hem. and this Is daily and con-
tinuously proved.
1t is no uncommon thing to be told that
such and such an evening blouse Or bodice
copied from the Paris model" Will cost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01
were snnbbed and neglected.

were snubbed and neglected.
The final blow was dealt few months
ago. when member took 1t into her head
TO commit suicide on the premises per-
haps by way of emphasizing her protest
against the mismanagement which had
brought the club into disgrace. II so, It
proved most effective. For weeks after
ward the club rooms were empty save for
the servants. After vain attempt to raise
money enough to keep the clamorous cred
itors at bay. the management threw up the
sponge and decided to take the benefit Of
the bankruptcy act.
EVELYN MONTAGUE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

the fayorite. and was procurable nowhere
else in London, being expressly imported
for the club from Paris. Rightly or wrong
ly, there are not few men In London who
blame the Empress for having made their
wives dipsomaniacs. The excise people told
appalling tales OF the quantity of intoxi-
Giants sold there. But the management had
an eye only for increased receipts and
grew gleeful over the evidence of growing
prosperity The most Objectionable people
were the freest spenders
*
The notorious Earl Cowley, who has been
correspondent in various divorce cases. was
a constant visitor at the Empress One
night, when dining there, he noticed across
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

age and on the long dropping sleeves of
the high bodice"
I cannot say 1 am In the least sorry
when 'modistes'' who create" costumes at
several hundred dollars per gown are
mulcted of some of their unlawful profits
by defaultlng creditors. In nine cases out
OF ten they richly deserve 1t. They are
rightly punished when they accept with
fulsome fattery and servile obsequious-
ness title" as sufficient guarantee for
credit and in the end find out that her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

grotesque suggestion, one extract from
lengthy "clothes' article recently published
n a daily paper will suffice;
Among the numerous evening and dinner
gowns that the young lady has in her
corbeille, one, a TImperatrce Eugene, is
very lovely. The foundation Is of white
liberty, with q tulle overdress on which are
-four founces of chantilly lace arranged In
zigzags. connected together with shaded
pink gloria ribbons arranged in waves and
wreaths. This is repeated on the low cor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01
Biblical Law.

From the bohemian.
Husband-"Job's wife was to blame for
his boils.
'swifc-"She wasn't ether
Husband-'I beg your pardon. DIDN'T shs
keep him In hot watsr7'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

Johnny. these look green. I told you to
ask for eating apples
That's what these are. mamma The
man at the store says all they need Is to
be cooked a little fore you eat EN-. Chi
cago Tribune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

that shan't see America for ever So long"
she said yesterday. in hurried chat between
the end OF "Geisba" rehearsal and a visit
to her wigmaker. but l am quite fond OF
London, and am very happy IN my work"
II will be a little surprising, however IT,
after a while Miss de Sousa is able to tell
without hard thinking what part she is
playing on any particular night. for she
goes right to 1.-THE GeIsha' from Gas
ties in Spain,' the musical piece by Cosmo
Hamilton, in which. with Harry Fra gson.
she has been playing the part OF an AmerI-
can helress. Another American member
of this cast Is Johnny Danvers. who plays
a transatlantic millionaire but though Ham
iltons piece has done well enough To war
rant its being transferred from the Royalty
to Terry's when the former theater was
given over to the French player. it is not
likely to cross the water. One Of Frag-
sons songs, however, He Received Ne
Most Politely" is good that it ought to
be interpolated bodily in some American
Offering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

the room a woman whose presentation at
court had been Cancelled.
Eye gods!'' he exclaimed to his hostess,
lis Mrs. T a member here?"
Such remark from Earl Cowiey was sug
gestive Of Satan reproving sin, but 1t serves
to show the type of persons who We're adj
mtted TO the club, which at that time stood
for the top notch of social eminence in
feminine clubdom. Men who had lost
sight of their divorced wives for years met
them there, reposing luxuriously in Louis
XVI chairs. 1t may perhaps be considered
to the credit OF the club that Il was the
means of bringing about the remarriage OF
some half dozen divorced couples. No sd1h
happy result, however followed the meet
ing between Mrs. Brown Potter and her ex-
husband, after years of separation. She
was supping at the club one evening with
a party of friends and he with another, and
Il so happened that the two tables faced
each other Mrs. Potter's dramatic train
ing stood her In good stead, and she be-
haved as though nothing unusual was IN
progress. but the unfortunate Potter was
rendered so painfully nervous that he cap
sized a bottle of champagne, and with a
very red face beat hasty retreat from the
room. He never crossed the portals OF the
Empress again.
The decline in the clubs reputation, after
the Introduction of the rowdy element, was
accelerated by the mysterious fashion in
which the belongings OF members and their
friends disappeared. For the last year or
so no one dreamed OF leaving anything in
the cloak room. Women walked about with
their wraps and any other paraphernaiia
they might have brought with them. When
they sat down they deposited them In their
laps, but even such precautions did not al
ways avail. Things occasionally vanished
right under their owners noses.
Here is an instance: A guest having I'M
done her lace scarf, pinned to the table
CLOTH for the sake of security, the small
jeweled brooch with which IL was fastened
When she rose from the table, at the con-
clgsion of her lunch, she discovered that it
was missing
My brooch has gone she said to her
hostess yet you saw me pin ii TO the
CLOTH
The servant who had waited upon them,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

Hearing that little, IL any, OF the money
for the Ellen Terry Jubilee performance
was forthcoming from Americans Lady
Cook fastened to the rescue with orders to
buy up for the use of her friends every
naming box. Fortunately there were only
two left unsold. but they went at prices
that will help materially to relieve the bur
den OF debts not contracted by herself with
which the great actress has been weighed
down.
Arthur Nikisch has been in London again
conducting the performance OF the London
Symphony Orchestra. The success OF the
great eN-Bostonian can be judged from the
fact that at the close Of the concert the
audience went into the kind OF frenzy that
Paderewski used TO excite. In response TO
a tumult of applause he returned to the
stage again and again bowling almost to
the point of exhaustion, and finally testify
ing his appreciation of the support given to
him by the orchestra by shaking hands VIII
all OF the performers he GOULD reach
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01
Winners of Prizes.

The Sunday Stars amateur photo
graphic contest for last week was
limited to seashore pictures. The
prizes were awarded as follows:
First Prize. S5.00i
Arthur o. Fowler, 117H Todd place
northwest.
Second Prize, $1,000
w. S. Ayres, 1922 9th street north
west.
Third Prize, 81.
Fl. J. Donnelly, 1923 18th street
northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

Still shrewder was the wisdom displayed
In getting together lot OF titled women
70 MI the ornamental positions In the club.
1t opened Its doors with q list OF twenty
vice presidents. every one OF whom was
peerless. headed by her accomplished grace,
the Duchess OF Leeds. the original of Sarah
Grand's heroine. '1deala" English society
Ii nothing IL not snobbish Women tum-
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
n VICTORY FOR FRANCE.
English Opinion on Morocco-Mor6
Trouble Erpected.

London March 31-Although anticipated for
fortnight the successful outcome of the Alge-
ciras conference on Moroccan reforms brought
great relief to England. as for the last year the
Moroccan question the only one causing
serious misgivings for the peace of Europe
The agreement is considered to be victory for
France. which retains the preponderance OF IN
fiuence in the financial affairs of the empire and
loses little of what she demanded with respect
TO the policing of the country. for, with ma
jority of the powers supporting her policy the
diplomats at Tanger are not likely to interfere
with the Franco-Spanish officers. While Great
Britain opposed the conference until France had
agreed to it, it is now realized that the meeting
of the delegates served useful objects IN cement
ing the Anglo French understanding, and dis
sipating the belief held in many Continental
capitals that Great Britain would support her
friend only when 1t was to her own interest
On the other hand, it assures Great Britain that
she is not involved with dangerous, aSgres-
sive power. -. -
AS TO the future, the Foreign Ofhce is not SO
optimistic the officials looking on the agTeenelI
es merely a temporary relief. 1t stops aggres-
sive action, but does not prevent the lnteTesCeu
nations from continuing to strengthen thelr Po-
sitions until either feels strong enough 10 take
without parley what it failed to secure throu5ii
diplonacy II is not believed that Germany WIZ WI,
give ND her effort to obtain footing IN the
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
PATRICK CASE AUTOPsIEs FAILED9
District Attorney May Make No Reference
to Embalming Fluid Tests.

Rurnors that the autopsies made on the oooles
of two paupers by orders of the District AT
torney in an attempt to prove his contention IN
the Patrick case that embalming fluid forced
into the brachial artery cannot reach the lungs
had failed were current yesterday. DR.. Hamilton
williams who, it was learned performed tAe
experiment. most mysterious wheh aSNeN
about the autopsies. He refused even TO say
that thew had been performed, and would not
admit that he had anything to DO with the
matter.
The embalming fluid injected into the
bodies of the italian man and the colored woman
taken from the rnorgue on Thursday night ana
the autopsy was performed Immediately: Inc
results were extremely unsatisfactory, ~ was
sojd epd the District Attorney may make no
allusion to them at the hearing before Recoruer
Golf this week ID
It is said that the same experiment was =. iiioa %
on another body last Monday night, but II was
failure on account of the condition OF iile oou''