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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
MAIL-ORDER WAYS
A BAD ADVERTISEMENT FOR
CATALOGUE HOUSES.
AT SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE
Sooner or Later II Teaches Every Mail
Order Patron the Error Of
Sending His Money
from Home.

The methods Of the mail-order
houses are their worst advertisement.
Sooner or later there will come time
in the experience OF every purchaser
Of their goods when he will wish he
hadn't done IT," when he will wish he
had spent his money with his home
merchants. This is not only because
he will see the ruin wrought In his
own community by the nefarious prac-
tice of sending the money Of the com.
munity to the city, but also because Of
the practices of the mail order con.
Germs.
The story in the catalogue sounds
well. 1t sounds like you would get
the identical thing you wanted and at
a much lower price than you had i'm
agined 1t could be bought for, and YOU
order It. The purchase arrives and
when opened you feel that some mis-
take has been made, that the concern
has sent you the wrong goods; 1t is
not what you ordered.
All, but IL is The difference Is be.
tween the way II actually looks and
the way II sounds in the catalogue.
You explain that the goods you re.
ceived is not what you ordered and
ask for an accounting, and are told
that It is you that is in error. that
you got just what you ordered, and
then II you are wise you buy OF the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15

conditions admit OF rsrchasfng good
article at reasonable prices. II not,
then he had better trade at the next
town or city that his money may go
to build up tho country around him.
He sends It to Chicago that II may go
into profits OF some big mail.order
house until there is enough sucker
money 20 build and endow some great
charitable institution as n monument
to the greatness Of the mailorder man
and the gullibleness of the easy pub
lie.
! have already asked that you adjust
tho matter of our last deal. | want
my money returned without further
dickering and unless | get 1t ! shall
certainly get Its equivalent in advcr.
Using you and your methods among
the people OF Lake county.
Awaiting your reply, am.
Yours truly,
CARL SCHULTZ.
Wolf Lake, Michigan. p. o. Baldwin,
Mich.
Can you. Mr.. Purchaser, not proht
by the experience of others and turn
your money into home channels by
trading with home merchants where
you will get dollars worth for dol
lar or must you follow the mall.order
mans lead to trouble for yourself and
destruction for your community? Do
not wait for that evil day when you
have learned wisdom in the expensive
school of personal experience, but
profit by that purchased by others.
You will find II far cheaper and more
satisfactory In the end.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15

over some time past. | have received
no favors from you'll paid for all
got, and the length Of time ! traded
with you, instead OF establishing
friendly relations and gaining me ad.
ditional favor as II would In n home
store gave you the opinion that, un.
like a new customer, TO whom you
give your very best, so they will come
again, was q steady conner and any
old thing would do for me.
Our last deal opened my eyes and
convinced me of your policy. Your
catalogues offer some apparently great
bargains. But let us draw up our
chairs and see II there are not a few
things very essential to the rural citi-
zen that are not mentioned within its
voluminous bulk,
For instance. there is no reference
to paying cash or exchanging goods
for wheat, oats. corn, beans, butter,
eggs and hay.
How much will you pay for cattle,
sheep and hogs, (, o. b., at Baldwin?
How much will you pay to support
the Lake county schools and educate
our children? How much !cr !mprov.
ing our roads and bridges? For sup.
porting the poor? For the general
public expense?
On what page do you offer to con.
tribute money to the support Of our
churches?
What line of credit will you extend
TO me when my money Is low because
OF sickness. or poor crops? What do
you provide in the way of entertain
ment for the public and in the way
of providing those things that make u
town desirable and thus keep up the
value of my property?
As a matter of fact, do you do any.
thing TO help locally, or do you merely
take the money out Of n community
returning nothing whatever, beyond
the value of the goods bought? Think
ing It over carefully, | believe 1t is
better to call upon our local dealer
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15

and look over his stock where we can
rec the goods before buying. There
are then no errors In change or re.
funds to be haggled over across a 300
mile stretch.
Yes, It is better to trade at home,
Our home merchants guarantee upon
an article means something, as he
wants our good will. Keeping the
money at home benefits home indus.
tries and thus, indirectly, us. We can
not expect to sell our products to the
local merchant and do our trading in
Chicago. II Is all onesideG and some
time we would have no local merchant
TO do our buying.
Catalogue houses. have found from
bitter experiences, are tricky, If those
who are dealing with them will watch
their purchases, they will find II so
sooner or later. Our last deal had It
occurred here at home, would have
been Strengthened oIt in five minutes
and without feeling, but with you It
takes me all winter to get my money
back when the goods are not satisfaC-
tory. and even then get only 'rea't
card which is lost through studie1
carelcssnoss upon the part Of someone
In your concern 50 that | have moth
ing to show for my claim.
Every man should trade az home If
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Hoyle on Whist,

Hoyle was the first writer on whist.
His short treatise on the game was is.
sued in 17i2. in manuscript, at n
guinea $50 a copy, and his income
was further augmented by deciding
disputed points" at a guinea deci-
sion, and by giving lessons in whist
at a guinea each CavendIsh, Clay
and Pole elucidate to limited extent;
but book learning in whist. or any
other science, doesn't amount to a
row OF pins, as it is In matters beyond
mere rule that the skill of the analyst
is evinced long experience becoming
latuitIon, II experience has the proper
sort Of gray matter to work upon.
whist is a language, and every card
played an Ineligible sentence"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15

Six Missourlans to Hang.

Jefferson Clty.-The Missouri gu
premc court has affirmed six first de-
gree murder cases and ordered that
six executions shall take place In diff
ferent parts Of the state April is.
Thomas Cooper Is to be hanged In
Columbia for killing Warren Mere
dith in saloon row.
Martin Paulsgrovo Is to be executed
in Savannah, Andrew county, for kill
ing Mary Neliman.
John Brooks and Amelck Brooks
are under sentence OF death In Iron
county for killing John Clemands.
David Long will be hanged in Ca.
ruthersville. Pemscot county, for the
murder OF c. c. Still.
John NJ. Clay IS to meet death for
the murder of his wife Henrietta, in
Kansas City.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Testified AaaInst Her Father.

Noel--ln the preliminary trial OF
Charles Heath. who Is pleading self
defense in the killing Of Charles MOx
icr, school teacher Of Saratoga, Lou
Heath, daughter OF the defendant,
over whom the shooting took place,
denied that the teacher acted other
han proper toward her. Henry Noel,
a nephew Of the defendant, testified
that his un:le threw rocks at tho
.cacher and then shot him. Heath Is
wealthy farmer near Saratoga.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
A Suuelch

II gave that odlous Mrs. Dough
purse something to think Of this after.
noon" says Mrs Bankiull 10 her hus
band. who was amusing himself by
tossing $40 gold pieces into the artifi,
cial lake in the drawing room for the
pleasure of hearing the gold pieces
PUNK as they sunk.
"Whajja say to herr" asked Mr.
Bankfull. rolling himself Il cigarette
in a hundreddollar bill.
She was Boosting about the solid.
gold radiators they are having put into
their new house, and | told her we
thought steam heat was so old.ash.
Toned that We were going to heat our
house with rf.dium hereafter. Judge.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Fried Cat and Dog.

\ dyspeptic Atchson man went into
a restaurant the other day and or
dcrcd fried catfish. Fried cat
bawied the waiter to the cook. In,
stantly the weak stomach Febol,cd.
Cancel that order the customer
said and give me an order Of coun.
try sausage" "Sidctrack thu cat and
Eta3e 1t dog" yelled the waiter and
he is wondering yet why the man
grabbed his hat and loft-Atchison
Globe.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
They Forgot Mother.

St. Louis.-Poicema James Hickey
entered the burning home OF Mrs.
Mary YOungerman at an early hour.
wrapped Il blanket around her and
,arricd her down three flights OF burn
ne stairway. Mrs. Yuungermaa was
nsensible. The other members OF tho
'amlly had escaped, but forgot mother.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Missouri
Legislature
MAY ADJOURN MARCH 20.
Appropriation Bills introduced and
Legislators Begin on Final Work.

The appropriation bills, which show
an aggregate OF something like s5,l25,-
600, were introduced in the house Sat.
urday. When both branches OF the
assembly have passed upon these bills
the legislature will be ready for final
adjournment. 1t will require from If
teen to eighteen days to get these
bills In readiness for signature, which
would put the sine die adjournment
about March 20. The Today cOnstitu.
tional limit expires March ~.
Proportionately the appropriations
in the aggregate for current biennial
period are no larger than the aggre.
gate of the l905.0G period, though the
figures seem to indicate an increase Of
more than 100000, Two years ago
neither the normal school at Mary.
vile nor the one at Springfield was
included In the list OF state institu-
tions. This year both are in the
budget each for 1902 900 which alone
accounts for SG04 900 of the increase.
Increases in salaries foot up some.
thing like 100000.
For the last biennial period the to-
tai revenue of the state was 5000
1926. OF this amount s2,324 1880
was apportloned to the public schools,
leaving the net revenue OF the state
for the l905.0G period $5,729,3 $40 &c.
The total estimated revenue of the
state for the current biennial period
aggregates sS.27I34G.25 This is to
come from the following sources: Bal.
ance In treasury Jan. |, 1907. $GlS,-
5000; estimated receipts for the
years 1907-OS. 100000: transfer OF
war claim fund TO the revenue fund
SAFE, 1873; transfer OF insurance
fund. si,0S0; transfer Of sinking fund
$4i3779. Deducting from this total
$2.333, 333.33, which will be appor.
toned to the schools, leaves the net
estimated revenues Of the state for
the ensuing biennial period 1884 ,
0l2.92 In round numbers, and estl
mated. the appropriations this year
will be something like 100000 with
in the estimated revenues Of the state
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Mac,.yne Shuffles Carss.

4 square deal is now asstNcd BY
the invention of a machine which ar.
Dramatically shuflles a pack of cards
in an instant with the cards concealed
from sight, and which changes the pc.
sition of nine out Of every ten cards.
It not only protects the cards from Ia
jury, but gives an absolutely square
four pounds and attaches In a mo.
ment to any table. 1t is about ~
inches high.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LOOKS LIKE A ROSE THORN

er degree remarkable illustrations By
one of the wisest OF Dame Natures
provisions against the risk OF exter'
mination.
In some cases the protective resem'
blance serves a double purpose. 1t is
protective ia that It affords conceal
ment from the enemy and aggressive
because per contra the victim can APP
preach without fear.
One of the most remarkable. per
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15

Protective resemblance, protective
celebration, or whatever name may be
given to the deception which is pric'
tlced by one branch of zoology upon
another is TO the naturalist at all
times a most fascinating study. The
green caterpillar in the country
hedges, the moth rcposing on tho tree
trunk, the fiat fish on the sandy bot.
tom and the stick insect on the bar
rem twig provide in lesser or great
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Honornd BY Czar's Sister.

Kansas City. A. l.. Waddell, n
bridge engineer. Of this city, has re.
,eivcd from Grand Duchess Olga, sis.
:tr of Emperor Nicholas OF Russia.
notification that he has been elected
4 member of the Society Of Ronchces
because Of his services In connection
with preparing the plans for the trans.
Alaska. Siberian railway The duchess
'oundcd the order.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
The Subject Of Dairyinu,

New Haycn-R. NJ. Washburn. Mis-
Iouri dairy commissioner, and John II.
1urran, president Of the immigration
Society of Missouri, lectured to a
good audience at Grucbbel's opera
house on the subject of "Dairying."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Shelby Has Banner Tax Year.

Shelbyville-SheIby county claims
o have made the closest collection Of
axes of any county in the state dur.
ng the last year. George NJ. Brown,
collector of the revenue Of the county.
made a final settlement with the
county court for The year 1906. Tho
otal amour. charged 10 him was SIC.
1861, He collected s75,iSO.7i leaV.
ms a delinquent list of only SS2iS7,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
The Aggie Myers Case.

Jefferson City.-Atty. Gen. Hadley
las forwarded Il motion to the federal
court to dismiss the appeal Of Mrs.
Aggic Myers. under sentence of death
,or the murder of her husband, The
attorneys for Mrs Myers have failed
% perfect their appeal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Trading Quail for a Wife.

Quail are plentiful at Lake Nyanza,
and after being shared in the grass
by the natives they are kept In small
wicker cages strung on long pole
stuck in the groud. When n sufficient
number Of quail have been collected
they can be exchanged with neigh
bor--like coupons--for wiyes.-W!de
World Magazine.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15

Love is not 80 irresistible factor
as it was, and there is a tendency for
the members of either sex to retire to
opposite camps and snarl at each 9th.
or. Circumstances are removing the
center of happiness from the heart
to the pocket-London Graphic.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15

primaries, another requiring the voter
TO ask the judge tor the ticket he de.
sires to cast, and another declaring
representative to be a county office
and exemptlng candidates therefor
from securing petitions.
Authorizing county courts to dlsin'
corporate towns upon the petition Of
three.fourts of tho legal voters III the
town.
Making the office OF assistant cir
cult attorney OF St Louis appointive
instead Of elective and increasing the
salary from $500 to $4,000.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Criticised MARRIAGE Laws.

St. Louisa circuit court judge crit
lciscd the laws Of Missouri which per
mits children to marry In annulling
the wedding Of f5.yoar.old Kathless
Mitchell.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15

Ministerial duties do not prevent the
Rev. Joel II. Metcalf, Of Taunton,
Mass, from pursuing astronomical in.
yestigations. His study of the stars
has resulted in the discovery Of new
comet. which is now being closely oh.
served by astronomers throughout the
world. 1t has baen named Metcalls
comet
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Blind, Little But Mighty.

St Louis Blind and but four feet
n stature. Rev Joe NJ. Ramsey, OF
Manchester, Tenn, an evangelist, well
Known throughout the south, will open
1 two weeks revival at the Cook Ave.
lue NJ. f.. church.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Wolves Cause Heavy Loss.

1t Is estimated that from 10 to 20
per cent of the calves of the cattle
ranges In the Rocky mountain states
are killed each year by wolves, which
means loss to the country estimated
at $4,000. OOn.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
HOUSE..

Every attempt TO reduce al appro-
priation for the educational insttu.
lions was made, 1t was declared. on
the ground that it was intended as a
saving for the good roads. The first
of the appropriation bills called was
the one fixing the salaries for the state
officials and their departments for the
years 1907 and 1908. 1t met with no
opposition whatever except In one re.
spect. This was in the recommends
ton to increase the salary of the stem.
ographer TO the governor from $1,000
TO $500 per annum, making an in.
crease of 5000 for the two years. The
attempt to keep It down to the pres
,cnt salary was unsuccessful, and tn"
bill was ordered cngrossed. 1t appro.
PIRATES S537 200 distributed as fol.
lows: Executive department. $4,000;
judicial department 1888 400; state
department. s42,S00: treasury depart
ment, S50,G0O; department of educa.
ton, S22 1000; railroad and warehouse
department. $4,000; militia depart
ment. $1,000; department of public
buildings, $1,000: bureau Of labor,
$1,000; bureau Of mine inspection, SlI,-
400: excise commissioner, st. Louis
$4,000.
The first sine die adjournment res
olution of the present session came
Thursday morning Immediately after
the regular daily food of petitions ask.
ing for the submission OF the question
of prohibition and for the passage Of
the antl-cigarette law had subsidized
It fixes the date for final adjournment
at noon Friday, March 10. Under the
rules the resolution went over until to.
morrow. Those who have carefully
reviewed the situation declare that It
will not be possible for final adjourn
ment to be reached before March 30,
unless unprecedented dispatch of bus.
iness marks the consideration of the
general appropriation bills,
The house Thursday passed Senator
Fields general primary election bill
by vote of So to So. after 1t had been
pretty thoroughly "vaccinated." This
Is the term now applied 10 a measure
which is subjected to amendment.
The vaccination" It is also to be
stated. took in each instance, and
the b.ll is materially changed. Wheth.
or or not the senate will accept all the
altei atoms made is a matter yet TO be
determined. Beside the amendment
eXcmpting candidates for county nom.
nations from the requirement Of Sc.
curing a petition soliciting them to be-
come candidates. which was laid over
last night in order that II might be
perfected. other important amend.
ments we're secured The more i'm.
portant of these changes are those
which cut out the Australian ballot
and substituted separate tickets for
The short.dstance talker and the
long.distance talker both had innings
Thursday, the appropriations bills be
ing up for engrossment. So much time
was consumed In oratory, In fact, that
Speaker Atkinson announced that
hereafter the five-minute rule would
he enforced
The senate finally passed the house
conference committee report on the
bill OF Senator Bradley applying the
provisions and the principles OF the
general fellow.servant law In opera
tion In this state to the operators OF
all mines.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Woman Found Murdered.

St. Louis-Mrs. Kate Qucrnhelm.
aged sc, was found murdered In her
nome 3T20 Vest avenue. The police
IRE looking for her nephew, Edward
Bergman, who has disappeared.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Blown to Atoms.

Joplin-Iohn Turrell, n powder
monkey" employed at the Davey No,
2 mine at Prosperity. nine miles east
Of Joplin. was blown to atoms by an
explosion Of powder.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Veterans Dropplnu Of.

Mount Vernon Leroy Brooks, q
veteran of the civil war. aged Go. tho
ninth member of Coleman post, G. A.
r.. to die in the past year
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Want a Prohibition Amendment.

Jefferson Capitalization league
md prohIbitionists are working for the
passupc of resolution in the legisla.
urc providing for an election on pro
libition amendment
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
The Alleued Lumber Trust.

St. Louis-lnGormation increases for
lnCliry into the alleged lumber trust
which will start with s.. Louis people
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Fell Seventy Feet ard Lives.

ST. Louis. james McGregor, aged
%, fell 70 feet through q grain chute
and escaped with wrenched back
broken leg and cut head
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15
Robbed a Clothing Store.

Lamar-Galloway clothing store
was robbed of money and large
quantity OF wearing apparel
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15

Springfeld-J c. buchanan, formei
editor of the Illinois State Journal.
died at Pittsburg, Pa. few days ago,
aged rs.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15

1t required some exceedingly swift
work on the part OF several farmer
senators TO secure the passage of the
house bill, introduced by Mr. Brass
field, of Putnam, imposing tax OF 81
a head on male dogs and So on female
dogs, the tax to be collected as other
taxes, and even under more severe
penalties, and constitute funu for
reimbursipg farmers whose fiocks suf-
fer from raids by dogs. Senators Wor.
nall and Hayman assumed the cham.
pionship OF the bill. and Senators
Bradley and Buford bent their ener-
giles to defeat 1,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-15

haps. is the little South American in.
sect which bears so striking a re-
semblance to the ordinary rose thorn
as often to deceive the most practiced
eye. How It discovered IN the first
instance its similarity to prickly
thorn, or how, having made the dis.
covery, 1t decided to use It as means
Of protection against its natural enc
mics is one OF natures profoundest
riddles.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-01-20

When you want good things to eat go to the Old Dominion Commercial Go.