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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
While You Wait.

yes" said florist, Il can work
miracles in my business. For in.
stance. can grow you lettuce while
you waIt--swect crisp lettuce that
you may eat for your dinner with the
broiled spring chicken.
u do 1t in this way: take hand.
full of lettuce seeds that have been
soaked over night in alcohol. and
plant them in a box containing three
inches Of loan and qulcklime. ! water
this soil, and in ten minutes the seeds
burst.
They burst. and in 20 minutes two
tiny leaves push through the earth.
The leaves grow and multiply, In half
an hour they are as big as half dol
lar Then you may pluck and eat
them. They are delicious--a fairy
salad.
"Somtimes, when | give dinner
party | have one Of these little pre-
pared lettuce beds in the center of
the table. The guests see the lettuce
grow, and when the time comes for
the salad course there is their salad
blooming before them, all ready for
them TO pluck"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
Autouraphs and HoIouraphs.

IAN autograph" said an antiquary.
rs worth nothing, while a Photograph
may be worth 81 200 or more. An au.
tograph of a man is his simple sigma
ture. His Photograph is one of his
signed letters, and its value depends
on its interest
Some men are such fools that they
think autographs valuable and holo-
graphs worthless.
81 know man who found in his
grandfather's chest n lot of important
letters OF Franklin, Washington, Aaron
Burr Hamilton, Andre and Jefferson.
He read these letters; then he burnt
them, first cutting out the signatures.
For the signatures he got 30 cents
apiece or thereabouts. For the letters
in their entirety he would have gotten
from 500 TO $500 apiece
'Hy this loss of about $4,000 the
man learned the difference between an
autograph and Photograph"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
FULLY UP WITH THE TIMES.
Oklahoma City Surprised Narrow.
Minded New Yorker.

Oklahoma amazes ~ eaGternor. The
wide asphalted street., he plate glass
fronts OF department stores. the clean
sidewalks. the wclldressed, unhurried
shoppers, the finish, the metropolitan
air you find in Oklahoma City. for ex.
ample. seem marvels to find in ter,
rltory only II years old. But do not
say so.
A New Yorker who went there on
business complained that fate was
thrusting him into a wilderness, and
his Oklahoma associates could not re.
assure him. But coming down to
breakfast the first morning, at his
hotel in Oklahoma City he stared
around in wonder as he entered the
dining.room.
This" he exclaimed, this is Okla.
homa,! Why, do you know" conf.
denually. 81 even found a porcelain
bathtub In my room"
Well said an Oklahoman, drily,
don't you have those In New York;"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

Little Bartholomew mother over
heard him swearing like u mule
driver says the Cleveland Leader He
displayed a nuency that overwhelmed
her. She took him to task, explaining
the wickedness OF profanity as well
as us yUlgarity. She asked him whore
he had learned all those dreadful
words bartholomew announced that
Cavert, one Of his playmates, had
taught him. Cavert's mother was
straghtway informed and Caycrt was
brought TO book. He vigorously de-
MED having instructed Bartholomew,
and neither threats nor tears could
make his confess At last he burst
out Il didn't tell Bartholomew any
cuss words. Why should know how
to cuss any better than he does?
Hasn't his father got an automobile,
tOO2"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
LEFT 1T TO THE OLD HENS.
Amateur Fancier Thought His Re.
sponsiblity Had Ended.

An Indiana man tells OF the efforts
OF an author belonging to the lloosier
school of historical novelists to put
IN his leisure time as hen farm
or" in that state. The literary per.
sons venture afforded his agricultural
neighbors no end OF amusement
During the first year the amateur
farmer discovered that all his little
chickens, which were confined in
coops, were languishing at the point
of death. The novelist went over his
"hen literature" to locate the cause Of
the trouble, but TO no avail.
Finally he called upon an old chap
named Rawins, to whom he put the
question:
What do you suppose is the mat.
ter with those chlckens?"
We'll, dunno said Rawlns.
What do you feed EN-"
Feed them" exclaimed the novel.
ist.farmer, Why ! don't feed them
anything"
Then, how'd you suppose they
was a.Goin to live"
Il presumed" replied the literary
person, that the old hens had milk
enough for them now"-Lippinco.t S
Magazine.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
BABY TORTURED BY ITCHING.
Rash Covered Face and Teet--WouId
Cry Until Tired out-Speedy
euro by Cuticura.

"My baby was about nine months
cid when she had rash on her face and
feet Her feet seemed to irrfatc hcr
most, especially nights, They would
cause her to be broken in her rest. and
sometimes she would cry until she was
tired out. | had heard Of so many
cures by the Cuticura Remedies that
| thought | would give them trial
The Improvement was noticeable in 4
few hours and before had used enc
box Of the CutlCura Ointment her feet
we're well and have never troubled her
since. ! also used II 10 remove what
Is known as cradle cap from her
head, and it worked like a charm rs It
clcanscd and healed the scalp at the
same time Mrs. Hattie Curricr,
r&omastcn. Me, June 9, 1906"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

The Manchester canal was built al
a cost of s75,OO0,OOO to reduce freight
rates for a distance OF 80 miles, and,
while 1t did not prove good inter
est bearing investment on such a
large expenditure, its indirect and
more permanent benefits are said TO
have warranted 1t.
Germany has 1900 miles Of canal,
carefully maintained. besides 1000
miles Of other waterway. France,
with an area less than we would con
slider a large state. has 5000 miles Of
canal and In the northern part
where the canals are most numerous,
the railways are more prosperous.
England. Germany, France. Holland
and Belgium are all contemplating
further extension and improvement Of
their canal systems.-Century Maya.
zine
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
His Daring Bluff.

"Who was Jupiter Pluvius. DEAR"
"Eh? Why you know who Jupiter
was?"
YES, dear, but who was Pluvius?'
"Pluvius? Why, Pluvlus Is family
name. ]. Pluvius, see? Jupiter was a
Pluvius on his father side"
But | thought It had something to
do with rains?"
"Eh? Oh. that's different. That's
another Pluvius. He was an early
Roman emperor. They always called
him Pluvy for short. He named him.
self Jupiter because he was q good
deal struck with his Job as emperor"
did he have anything TO do with
rains?"
"Of course he did. His reign was
ono of the longest on the Roman cal.
endar"
"'Thank you, dear"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
WHAT'S THE USER
To Pour in Coffee When It Acts as a
Vicious Enemy.

Fasters have gone without food for
many days at time but no one can 20
without sleep. For long time have
not been sleeping well, often lying
awake for two or three hours during
the night but now | sleep sound every
night and wake up refreshed and Wig.
prous," says a Calf woman.
do you know why? It's because |
used TO drink coffee but ! finally cut It
out and began using Postum. Twice
since then l have drank coffee and
both times l passed a sleepless night.
and so | am doubly convinced coffee
caused the trouble and Postum re-
moved It.
MY brother was in the habit of
drinking coffee three times & day. He
was troubled with sour stomach and |
would often notice him getting soda
from the can to -clleve the distress in
bis stomach; lately hardly day
tassed without u dose of soda for re.
'ief.
Finally he tried n cup OF Postum
and liked It so well he gave up coffee
and since then has been drinking
Postum In its place and says he has
aot once been troubled with sour stom-
ach."
Even after this lady's experience
with coffee her brother did not suspect
'or a time that coffee was causing his
sour stomach, but easily proved It.
Coffee is not suspected In thousands
IF cases just like this but it's easily
proved. A ten days trial works won.
ders. There's a Reason"
Read the famous little book, "The
road to Wellville," in pkgs.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
TO THE CHEERFUL MAN.
His Praises Sung in Cheerful Tsns BY
Cheerful MIR. knozzleton.

81 Ike the cheerful man." said Mr..
be cast down. but takes always g
cheerful view.
"'D'you ever see such weather rs
this?' says the dismal man, YEARLY,
shedding more sultriness all around.
Did you feel that breeze? says
the cheerful man, smiling, and ms n
matter OF fact there was the faintcst
flicker of a movement in the air Just
at that moment. and he caught II,
because he is receptive to all good
things; and he magniiied It to all his
hearers by his breezy cheeriulness.
THE cheerful man for me every
time-he makes life worth living.
and | like especially to see him
around In hot and humid weather.
But he's helpful at all times.
80 many people are SO easily de.
pressed; good people, but with only n
narrow margin of courage. so that II
any little thing goes wrong they
think that eyerything's going to
pieces and the world is coming to an
end, but then
POOH says the cheerful man,
what's that and he actually laughs
at this little picayune trouble and
Just brushes It away and forgets it,
making the faint hearted to laugh
and forget It, too; and in time he
may bring the easily discouraged
man TO acquire the blessed habit of
laughing at all the petty troubles
that pop out at us on the road OF
life, and so driving them away, in
stead OF Eloomily letting them climb
on him to ride on his back Good
man to have around Is the cheerful
man.
II haven't caught a fish to-day.
says the disappointed man in the
fishing party. and you'd think from
his general castdownness that catch
ing fish was the main object OF life
and that II you didn't catch any, life
was a failure
well, / haven't caught any
either says the cheerful man, but
I've had darned good time and I've
caught an appetite like team oil
horses, and what / want now Is To
get back to whore they cook those
bluefish the way they cook 'cm here
and If | don't eat Il of EN- miss my
guess. Does the cheerful man pcrk
up the whole party? Why. sure: and
when they've got few of those blue
fish inside of them they all think
they've had great time"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
Cunninu Chan.

"Yes." confessed the bIushinE girl
with the white parasol Il thought II
rather odd that Jack should keep on
asking about our college yeti Finally
to &c: rid of him. told him It was
.Arce yells in quick succession"
What them" asked her chum
What then? Why, the goose kissed
ne three times before could re-
monstrate and when gave a yell for
zach kiss mamma thought | was Civ
ing the class yell"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
Used Ink for Bluinu,

"One can never be too careful about
apparently harmless articles setting
about the house" said housewife the
other day. Not long ago my husband
brought home one of those big tall bot.
ties of ink from the office. II had got
to be such nuisance buying one Of
the small fivecent bottles every time
we ran out Of ink, that he said he
would bring home a supply
About a week after that got n
new maid. and when she did the wash
ing she took the big bottle OF ink for
buing. or course every stitch of our
white clothes in the washing was
ruined"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
Fresh Fuel.

The scrap between the married cou
pie had died down TO a few lIstlcss
muttcrings, and the canary bird In the
cage was beginning to think about
singing again, when she remarked, as
a sort Of aftcrthought:
at any rate, everybody in my fam
lily thinks | am very intelligent"
Yes, by the side of them YOU are,
he replied with bitter snort
After this the scrap was renewed
jubiantly.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

THAT woman over there has some
hidden sorrow" declared the sym
pathetic one as she came in and tool
her seat at tabk not far away. '
have often noticed her. See. Hei
companion orders everything she
could possibly want, and yet she Sit
there silent with a face like a mask
| am awfully sorry for her"
Don't you worry" advised her pes
simIstic friend That's her husband
with her. She's bored, that's all"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

Starch, Ike everything else, Is be
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and inferior tc
those of the present day. In the lat.
est discovcry--Detiance Starch--all in
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition Of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch e
strength and smouthncss never ap'
prua @hCd by other brands.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
a Country Marvel.

The little fresh air boy was com.
'ortably quarteFed in farm house
near the salt water for his summers
outing. The first day he strolled down
he road to the marshes and he stared
establishment at the cat.tails grow
ng there. Then turning around 10 a
native OF the place who was accom-.
1anying him he said: Gosh; didn't
know that sausages grow on sticks -
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
Left Army for Pork Trade.

Aladar Stolinckl, an arlstocratlc
lieutenant of Hungarian hussar reg.
iment, has resigned his commission TO
become an apprentice to a pork butch.
or In Budapest. He says he can not
live on his pay--$4O0 year--and that
he considers man of intelligence and
energy can do well in the pork trade.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

Give Defiance Starch n fair trial
try il for both hot and cold starching,
and Il you don't think You do better
wcrR. in less time and ut smaller cost,
return it and your grocer will give you
back your money.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
Cured.

q thought that prisoner was reported
in dying condition" said the visitor.
pointing to husky specimen.
He was" replied the wardea, but
when he found the public didn't care
whether he died or not, he seemed tn
lose interest in the plan
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
CHEAP IRRIGATED LAND.

Grand opening Sept 9Th under Carey
Act. Little Snake River Valley Routt
County. Colo. $3.50 per acre for land
and water. Sj,25 per acre down. Ex.
cursiun rates. Routt County Develop.
meul Co., Sli nth St, Denver, Colo
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
ne heascn why,

How did you cuuc here said one
Mexican bun to an old acquaintance,
as thny met In the arena.
How replied the other, with a
glance around. Il may say was
ropcd in"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

1t is worth while to do even the
smallest kindness as we go along the
way. Nothing is lost. No dewdrop
perlshes. but, sinking into the flower,
makes Il sweeter.--Richer.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
LARGE Sum for pasteur Institute.

Daniel Osiris, the Jewish banker and
phllanthropist, OF Paris, who recently
died, left a will in which he disposed
OF s13 1000 900, giving $1,000 600 to the
Pasteur institute.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

FITS. st. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DR., klinc's
Great Nerve Resforer Send for Free s. 90
trial bottle ard treatise DIR. 4. II. Kline,
Id. 93l Arch St. Philadelphia. Pa
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
Old Bell still Tolls curfew.

In the belfry Of the old parish
church ut Bury. England, the curfcw
that tollcd the knell of the parting day
800 years ago is stll in place, and is
rung every night at sunset.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

You always get full value in Lewis
Single binder straight SC cigar. Your
denler OF LeMis' EnetorY. pCoria. III,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
All Buried by Government.

In some parts of Switzerland all the
dead are buried by the government,
without respect TO wealth or position.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
shak. into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot.Easc. It cures painful, swollen
smnrting. sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and shoe stores
Don't accept any substitute. SamplcFREE
Address !. :. Olmstcd, lie Roy, y. \.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

Ny way Is to go straight forward
and aim at what IS right.--Bishop As.
Fury.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

The good man will avoid the spot
OF any sin.--Ben Jonson.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

To form devices quick is woman's
wlt--Euripides.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

The virtue OF man is measured
by his everyday conduct.-Pascal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

Tan does what he can, and bears
what he must, and the name by which
he calls the result Is left to each to
decide: a clever man calls It happi,
ness.-Goethe.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

For chidrcn teethng. scftens the gums reduces In.
nammation asys pain, cures wind collie Csc bottle.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23

Observe the face Of the wife TO know
the husbands character.-Spanish.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-09-21
best for all concerned-st. Louis Globe
HOW TO REDUCE THE FLESH.
Increasing the Lung Capacity Is tho
First Requisite.

Increasing the Lung Capacity Is tho
First Requisite.
To increase the lung capacity is the
first step in the reduction of flesh, says
Outing. For this purpose running is,
think, superior to any other exercise.
Boxing and handball are also excellent
for the wind" And these exercises
will do more to increase the respira-
tory functions; they will greatly stim-
ulate the circulation as well as all the
secretory and eXcretory processes.
What leg exercise will not do, how
ever, is oXidiZe, to any great extent,
the soft tissues of the trunk and arms.
True, by stimulating the organs Of
elimination and by increasing lung ca
pacity, leg exercises will oXidize upper
tissues somewhat; but when fat Is not
replaced by muscle, it has strong ten
dency to reform.
A bad effart Of leg exercises exclu-
sively Is that they draw a major part
Of the blood, rich in oxygen, to the low
er limbs; whereas If vigorous arm and
trunk exercises were executed, beside
the leg exercises, much blood would be
attracted also to the upper parts
which would then be oxidized to the
best advantage, their lost fat being, ut
the same time, replaced by solid It's
sue, and hence having little tendency
to reform. Running therefore, splen-
did exercise though 1t is, should be
supplemented by vigorous upper" ex-
ercises. BY vigorous upper exercises
1 do not mean calisthenics nor any
kind Of so-called light exercises; I
mean reasonably hard work.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-09-21

A tramp does not tramp, he rides
This is one of the facts brought out by
o. +. Lewis of New York in a paper
read by him at the national conference
Of charities and correction at Mime
apolls. Railroads are infested by
tramps. The railroad is the victim OF
the shortslghted policy of local magis
trates, and, in return, not with revenge
full intent but by a sort of poetic JUS
tice, Is the chief purveyor of tramps tc
the towns along its way. A tramp is
arrested for vagrancy. To escape the
cost Of his Imprisonment the court re.
leases him on condition that he leaves
town within twenty-four hours That
means that he gets on the first freight
train and moves ON to the next town.
AS every town Is engaged in passing Its
tramps along the supply Is never end
ing. If local authorities were not in
different to the proportions of the
tramp evil and wilfully blind to the
way In which 1t Is perpetuated it could
be ended. If every town sent to the
rock pile every vagrant found within
Its borders the trouble would be ended
Immediately, and the expense would be
no greater than that occasioned by the
process of passing tramps along.
Tramps steal as we'll as beg. They set
fires carelessly and in revenge They
cost the town officially, and the citizens
individually, and the heavy burden
comes upon the community ultimately.
In the first five years Of the century
American railroads killed 1860 passen.
gers, 16,243 employees, and 23,964 tres
passers on trains or tracks, the ajor-
ity Of the latter being tramps. The
fact that 1000 tralnps or some such
number can be killed upon the rail-
roads without diminishing the visible
supply Is a clew to the number of them.
When town Is unwilling to pay the
hospital expenses of a trespasser who
is Injured, but not killed, the railroad
settles the bill, but the public does not
escape. The manned man Is thence
forth charge upon the community
either as a beggar or In some public
almshouse. In Europe 1t is as much
an offense to trespass upon the rail
roads right Of way as 1t is to break
the law in any other manner. The
magistrates realize that 1t Is for the
public good to keep unauthorized per.
sons from walking upon the tracks or
riding upon trains. America Is an easy
going country, but the time has come
when this problem must be faced and
settled. The tramp costs too much,
considering that he Is not luxury, an
ornament, or a necessity.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-09-21

Citizens of Spokane propose that ad,
Jacent portions of Idaho, Washington
and Oregon be reassembled into a new
State to be called Lincoln. Advocates
of the plan maintain that this division
Is the natural one with respect to the
geographic formation, and also to the
interests and occupations of the people.
Strong opposition comes naturally from
people in parts of the three States not
included in the proposed new State
The idea is doubly Interesting ut pres
ent when the feeling for State lines
Is said TO be diSsolving all over the
country 1t indicates that the sense OF
the State unit is very strong, and that
1t is a matter OF deep Importance to
a man whether he lives in Oregon or
"Lincoln."
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-09-21

The Norwegian storthing has passed
u bill providing that women who ac-
knowledge that they are more than %
years Of age and who pay taxes on an
Income of $40 or more, or who are
married to men who pay taxes on such
incomes may vote. In arranging it 50
that the women will merely have to
confess to more than % years the
storthing has done one Of the most gal
liant acts recorded in the history of civ
ilization.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-09-21

When the Queen of Spain wishes to
call her baby to her she does not say,
"Alfonso Pic Cristino Eduardo Fran
cisco Guillermo Carlos Enrique Eu-
genio Fernando Antonio Venancio, come
here!" 1t would take too long to use
all the twelve names given to him
at his christening. 1t is probable that
she simply says, 100 tootsle, wOotsie,
darling little p'ecious sweetkins, tome
to our own loving momsie womsle!"