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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20

influential party leader that the
Sun would have the people believe
when were his services more needed
than in 1906, when the clOseness
of the district was so apparent,
and the party was fighting for dear
life to regain what it had lost in
1902
But, after he withdrew from the
race for the nomination for fear
of the doubtful result at the gen.
eral election, and the nominations
were made, did he show his APP
preciatlen of the no CIs which the
party had for years been shower
ing upon him by exerting his in
hueDce for the success of the ticket
at the general eIection7 Surely he
owed this much to the party, even
if he were not candidate himself,
How many Democratic speeches
did he make during that hard
struggle, Did he even make one
in Perry county, Please tell us
what he did to help redeem the dis.
trict? Was his attitude one OF en-
ergetic action or apparent disintcr.
estness' Let us have the answer
in simple, direct English, where he
was when the battle for the life of
the Democratic party was on.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20
DENVER, JULY 7, 1908.
The Place and Date Of Holding the Next
National Democratic Convention.

The Democratic National Com
mittee met in Washington City on
Thursday, the 10Th inst, to name
the place and date of holding the
next Democratic National Conven-
ton, and voted the honor to Den
yer, Colorado, fixing July 7, 1908
as the day of converting. Denver
offered 500, 900, which was guar.
anteed on the spot, and conven-
ton hall to seat ii 900 people;
Chicago offered $25, 900 to defray
the actual expenses of the conven-
ton, Louisville $50, 900 aud the
actual expenses, and st. Paul nc
money, but argued that if the con
vention were held these Minnesots
would go Democratic. The first
ballot resulted in % votes for Den
YER, II for Louisville, 5 for Chi
cago and for St. Paul. On the
second hrllot Chicago withdrew
and went over to Denver, ther
Louisville withdrew and Denver
received the unanimous vote of the
committee. This will be the frs
convention in the history of either
party to be held so far west, the
limit to date having been Kansas
City in 1900.
A resolution regarding campaign
contributions was adopted as fol
lows: THAT the Democratic Ma
tional Committee cordially approves
the movement to assure publicity
in the States and in the nation Of
money contributions or Other
things Of value. and Of expendi
lures made by any association
committee or other organization FOL
political purposes.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20

Perhaps no criticism of President
Roosevelt has got so close to him
as that administered by former
Governor Black of New York, the
man who placed him in nomination
at Chicago in 1904, at a recent
meeting of the New Hampshire
Bar Association. He did not men.
ton Mr.. RoOsevelt's name, but his
reference to the White House and
the most powerful influence in
the country" left no doubt OF his
meaning. lie referred to him ms
one whose cry was Not justice,
but popularity; not fair play, but
power Again, he said; Am
wrong when say that the Constl.
tuition seems less regarded rs a
guide and shield and more in the
nature OF a hlndrancef Am /
wrong when | say that the conduct
and teachings of the most power
full Influence in the country are ex-
pressive of Impotence and con-
tempt for this ancient safeguard. /"
Other expressions equally strong
were used in reference to President
Roosevelt's revolutionary attitude
toward established principles of
our form Of government. Coming
from the source it does, it must
sting Mr.. Roosevelt and give him
an intination that that popularity
for which he has so spectacularly
played is on the wane-has no
abiding place in the hearts of true
patriots.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20

One Of our exchanges THE FARM
ISCToN TIMEs, in which we understand
Mr.. Smith, our present congressman, is
a stakeholder, says that Mr.. Robb has
been honored by his party for several
years, etc. SO he has, but is not this
one Of the strongest points in his favor
at least that is what THE TIMES used 10
say. il we are not mistakcn.--Perryville
sun
The Sun is certainly mistaken on
one point, that of Mr.. Smith own
ing stock in The Times Printing
Company, for he doesn't own II
dollars worth of its stock and Is in
no way pecuniarily interested in it.
AS to a party continuing in public
Office a man because of the expert
ence he may have gained in office
holding, there are bounds the lin
its of which it should appear to
any reasonable man have been
reached by Mr.. Robb, unless per
hapS he has so distinguished him
self by recognized services that call
for advancement to higher public
honors. Mr.. Robb, for whom we
have the most friendly feeling,
which we have shown when it was
not to our self. interest to do SO,
has been elected to Congress for
four terms (eight years. by the
Democrats of the district, and hon.
ored with q fifth nomination in
1904, when he was defeated. Did
he during those eight years grow
in stature and prominence as q
statesman or in distinguished ser
vices for his party that it should
single him out above other work
ing Democrats in the district
After bis defeat in the Parker
slump of 1904 he voluntarily re-
tired; at least he declined to stand
for denomination in 1906 because
the committee action in fixing
the date and rules for the primary
made them articulate with tht
county primaries Of the district
To use his own words, as given in
an inspired interview that was sen
from Perryville to the st. Louii
Republic on the Goth of February
1906:
"The action OF the committee, h
says, in fixing August rs for the primar
and allowing any county to hold pr
mary between now and that time make
a continuous fight from now until tina
date, and from that to the general eleC
ton. On account of the long, contint
Gus fight which this will necessitatt
and the ciOScnesS OF the district in I'll
general election, he says he does not fe,
justified in going into the race"
If Mr.. Robb were the great an
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20

A few papers, overlooking the
meaning and spirit of THE TINES
reference to the emoluments Of the
public offices with which the Dem.
ocratic party had honored Mr..
Robb. have taken occasion to crit
icize the references ON the ground
that the amount of pay he received
for public service does not consti-
tute reason against his further
candidacy. Certainly not, for the
laborer is worthy of his hire; and
no such meaning was intended
1t was mentioned, as the context
intimates, to show that the favor'
which the party had granted tC
him were not empty honors-mert
compliments like those bestowed
upon committeeman and Others
who labor for the party purely fol
love of its principles and its sue
cess.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20
HOY GROCER co.
Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that the under.
signed, Administrator OF the estate OF
DORA DILLON, Decd,
will make a final settlement OF said estate At
the next term of the Probate Court OF 81.
Francois county, Missouri. TO be begun and
held at the Court House In Pennington, in
said county, on the second Monday in Jan.
uary, 1908 &. Il. McCLIVTOCK,
Dec. II, 1907. Public Administrator
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20
Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed. administrator OF the estate OF
ANDREW X. HARRIS, Decd.
will make mai settlement OF said estate nj
the next term OF tho Probate Court of ct,
Francois county, Missouri. to be begun and
held In the Court House in Pennington, In
said county. on the second Monday In
January, 1903.
December IS, 1907.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20

THE TINES wishes all its readers
merry, merry Christmas, May
the song of the angels, peace on
earth, good will to men," abide
with them.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20
Merry Christmas, all.

That peculiar brand of nerve
which associates panics and hard
times with democracy seer,s to be
deserving the Republicans.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20
a RELIABLE STORE

Your choice Of any imported horses,
900; home bred draft stations,
5000 to S760.-A. Lalimer Wilson,
Cresotn, Iowa.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20

still large and copea tremendous gathering attractive Christmas goods
off your buying till the last miue>> you help it. Come
pick choose your leisure And remember after HERE
money will 60 arthst
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20
After All Is Said
MCkinney's
Is the Place to
Make Your Xmas
Money Go Farthest

Here you can buy Christmas presents
for all the children>>and get JUST
what you want>>without shopping
round. And you'll actually be sur
prised how far little money will 60
This is positively our LAST SEASON
in the Holiday Goods business, and
we have put moving prices" on the
whole stock. They must be cleared
out absolutely THIS Christmas. And
YOU get the benefit The stock is
ring of attractive Christmas goods. Do
If VOL can hello If, Come in NOW,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-12
Sailormen's Superstitions.

Birds, as Inhabitants of the mir. were
naturally chosen by tho ancients as
oraclcs and augurs Of future happenings.
The constituencies to atmospheric changes
shown by many birds aided In establish-
ing these notions The real indications
often furnished by sea birds Of Il COM
ing storm or calm were doubtless mag
nificd by the anxious, superstltinus sailor.
These Indications, be 1t explained. sci
dom precedc the atmospheric changes
more than d few hours.
The custom of hanging the sea swallow
so that tho bill may point to the wind
arose from the old-time custom OF sus-
pending the blrd by tho feet, expecting
1t would renew Its feathers rs II alive
Divinatlnn by the flight of birds was a
favorite' method In the olden time; snl-
ors watched their flight for indications OF
prosperous voyages and fayoring winds
as they werc thought to fly through the
air to heaven. they easily became mes
sengels of the will Of the gods. ~
The nlbatross is believed by Jack Tai
to sleep on the Winds. II was Mt on,
time thought that the petrol hatched 1T
eggs under It's wings.
| Tho kingfisher WAS at one tlmo kept II
! chests TO keep away moths.
| The tlshhnwk was esteemed n brnge
of good luck II bpdcd good or evil a
Its cry was to the. right or left.
There was an old superstition that glll
We're never seen bleeding. Shooting star
| We're then supposed to be tho half di
gested food Of winter gulls,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-12

81 +. n - 4 r. i
the Mediterranean to Paris for less
than you can send message from
New York to Chicago. My cab rides
cost me thirty cents or fifty cents an
hour: and If ] prefer to move about on
a camel the rate will be about 81 per
day.
When take Turkish hath in the
United States I have to pay 81, with
twenty-five or fifty cents extra for
fees. ] had Moorish bath here to-day
for twenty cents In bathing estab-
lishment which would be considered
fine in any American city, and this in
cluded a thorough massage and cup
Of delicious Turkish coffee tithe close.
The men who hathed me were brawny
Arabs us yellow as gold. They were
naked to the waist, and they spant
something like an hour on tho job. I
do not by that mean to say that 1t
took that much to get off the dirt; but
the hour was used up in massage and
other extras. Biskra was a famous
bathing place in the days Of tho Ro-
mans. 1t had a Roman name. which
meant baths, and which probably re-
ferred 10 the hot sulphur springs out
side the City.
With the French Soldiers.
Biskrn is under military govern
1nent. It is the chief station OF tho
eastern Sahara, and it is called the Ter
ritoire de Commandment. Ono sees
French soldiers everywhere. and there
are French officers a the hotels and on
the streets. They are flne-looking fell
lows and far different from our ordin-
airy idea of the French army. They are
straight, broad-shouldered, bronco
faced men. who have seen lighting with
these tribes Of tho desert and show It.
Some OF tho officers have tho appear
nnce OF dudes and they are noted for
their polltcncss. but no ono dares to
presume upon their weakness.
The territory OF Blskra is about as
large as the State of Ohio, and 1t has
n population of less than one hundred
thousand, all told. The natives live In
n number of GASES scattered here and
there over the desert. BlslSra itself is
| captain, three leutenants and q mill
tary interpreter. In the other oasos
there are captains, lieutenants and In
aerpreters. The town has electric
lights and 1t hns schools for both
French and Arabs 1t has negro quar-:
| ter as well.
| The French city Is made UP Of fiat.
rooted white houses OF one or two sto.
1 r!es. Many of tho roofs have walls
about them. and the women and chill.
dren play on the roofs in tho evening
and the people often sleep there Al
night.
1 wish could take walk with 20,
| through one Of these Sahara towns
Even in French Dskra the scenes
would seem strange. There arc Moor!
who sit right out In the street. OF
upon the sidewalks, upon mats which
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-12
OVERRIDING.

You oyercat II your food Is not hon
estly earned. You oNcrsleep II the
mortgage Is awake and srowlng, You
,OVertalk II you have time to waste or
gossip. You oyerwork II you NEEDLE
with the affairs OF other people
American Agr!cul,urist
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-12

they have laid down for the purpose,
and play dominoes. They have little
tables about as high as a footstool, and
thus sitting, with their bare feet under
them. they will move the blocks for an
hour or more without saying word.
Many of tho players are gray bearded
and gray-headed, but age does not
seem to affect their love for the game.
Some Bible Characters.
Everywhere l go here i meet the
characters of the Scriptures. AS I
group an old Abraham with the aged
Sarah beside him and his buxom Ha-
gar behind. That little baby In Ha-
gar's arms might have been young Ish-
mae. and observe that Abraham looks
upon him with love AT the same time
Sarah seems to be jealous. and glares
at both baby and mother out of the
tail of her eye.
That Moor coming down the street
might be Joseph. the friend of King
Pharaoh. Observe his costly raiment
Of fine silk and wool; he walks with q
strut and Is evidently man of nu-
thcrity
Is an old man whom one might easily
imagine to be Balaam, and 10 the dom
key stops and opens his mouth and
brays. His message, however, we do
not understand, for he has not the
power of speech as had the ass of the
Scriptures. And so I might go on
finding Il character al every step which
would correspond to one in the Bible
This is the Simon-Dure Orient, where
the natives are nboht the same to day
as they We're three or four or more
thousand years since. They are. all
Mohammedans, and believe only in Al
lah and the prophet
How the Oasis Is Watered.
But let US go out to the oasis and
visit the people who live under the
palm trees. We drive along the Rue
Bertha by walls of yellow mud inclos-
ing date trees which rise high above
fruit. The walls are as high as my
head, and on their top dried thorn
bushes have been set in while tho
mud wns still wet protecting the fruit
| like SO much broken glass.
| The gates to these gardens are rude
| doors OF palm wood, and the only other
| openings are through drains seen hero
| and there whore the water flows in or
out. This oasis is fed by springs from
| the River Btskra, which is dry tho
greater part of the year. Wells havo
| tapped the springs, and there is a flow
OF several thousand gallons minute
| The water Is somewhat alkaline, but 1t
| puts the sugar into the dates and the
sun is so hot that tho fruit Is delicious
According to the Arabs, to make good
| dates the head of the tree must he In
| the burning sun the greater part OF
| the year, The thermometer here even
| in midwintr never falls below sixty
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-12

and the climate seems just right, al
though 1t is not SO at Kantara, which Is
thirty or forty miles farther north
Biskra is annually producing some
thing like 100000 pounds Of dates,
enough to furnish a handful to every
boy In the United States and leave some
to spare
AS we ride on into the oasis we can
see men picking the dates, or rather
cutting them off. They arc in enor-
nous lunches, and good tree will
produce on the average about 40
pounds annually. The fruit Is not good
until it is dead ripe. I bit into some
green dates to-day and they puckered
my mouth like unfrosted perslmmons.
In Old Biskra.
I have already written Of the oases
of Figuig and Taria. Biskra is some
what the same. Its area is about that
of an Ohio township. and 1t Is Alto
Sether about six miles in length. 1t is
divided up into little fields of garden
patches. each of which is surrounded
by these mud walls of sun-dred brick
There are no pavements. The streets
ar dirt roads with here and there a
wide irrigation stream running
through and with bridges of palm wood
crossing 1t at intervals every few feet.
There are villages scattered through-
out the oasis. Each of these is en-
tered by low gate made Of mud
bricks and palms, and this gate is al
ways closed at night The houses are
mostly mean mud huts .with fiat roofs.
There Is some rain here, and tho water
runs from the roof through pipes which
extend out into the street, giving one
a douche on the turhan or down the
neck of ones gown.
understand that the water supply Is
comparatively scnnty; that water
rights are sold In perpetuity and that
there are also leases at so much per
year, and even at SO much per hour.
| Not long ago one paid 5000 for a per-
| .petual stream half an inch wide and
as deep as the rainfall would stand,
land $500 for stream of four inches.
| so often per week an Arab Waterman
stands at the hole where it flows out
I with an hour glass, and when the sand
has run through shuts off the supply.
ADreary Life.
] cannot describe the drearlness OF
/ common everyday life in these Saharan
| GASES. About the only green thing one
/ sees in the streets is the palm leaves
overhead. Inside q garden there may
/ be patches of vegetables and grass
1 with trees bearing various kinds of
1 fruit; but in the villages themselves
| everything Is as bare as tho middle o
/ the road, and that in land which
| might be IL tropical paradise. The
/ houses have no gardens liz or about
/ them. They are joined close together,
| and are more like a cataoombs than
/ u place where people live, move and
\ have their being. There are few signs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-12

of life during much OF tho day There
arc no windows facing the streets, and
tho only means OF ventilation on that
sido of tho house are little holes
about tho s!zc Of n paving brick up
near tho roof
I'm villages like these people look
snunlid and dirty, but tho dirtlest of
them nro londcd with Jewelry.
photographed ono lniddlo-nged
dame OF n swartly complexion who had
earrings Ms big us an aftcr-dinner cof-
feecup saucer. and as shc turned
around noticed that she wore anklets
OF white metal as wide as a tin cup is
high, Indeed, they looked Ike TN cups
without bottoms or handles. Even tho
children wore loaded with jcwclry.
Some OF them werc not a|yersc to be-
Ing photographed. although both wo-
men ana children hold out their hands
Nor money MS soon as their pictures
were taken.
As walked through the town pass
cd several Moorish coffee houses, In
which wero Arabs sitting on the floor,
smoking and chatting, drinking coffee
or playing dominoes. The coffee
houses look not unlike an American
stable. Their only light comes In
| through the door and tho people SIT
on the mud floor.
The Chateau Landon.
| In "The Garden Of Allah" the novel
| to which L referred at the beginning OF
| this letter. aome vivid descriptions are
made OF the Chateau Landon. a wonder
full date plantation belonging to q
wealthy French nobleman. If one woult
/ know Just how much water means ir
| the desert he may learn !y VISITING
/ this place. 1t contains about fftcer
acres. and Is a wonderful botanical
garden right here on the edge of TIL,
desert. 1t is a date forest intcrspersat
/ with all sorts of tropical and temper
j ate fruit trees and shrubs. There ar
3 green hedges fifteen feet high, MS care
fully trimmed as those In the botanical
gardens OF Algicrs or In that of Bui
tenaorE. Java. About twenty Ara
gardeners are always busy keeping tn
plantation In order, and the leaves ar
not allowed to lie on the paths
walks. Here and there through tn
garden are houses of Arab architecture
Il the homes of the owner, and In on
place there is great circle cut OF
under tho trees where dances may !
held in the open.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-12

1 wish I could take walk with you
through one Of these Sahara towns.
Even in French Biskra the scenes
would seem strange. There arc Moors
who sit right out In the street. or
upon the sidewalks, upon mats which
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-17
CASSIE CHADWICK BLIND.
wrecker of OberIin National Bank
Stricken In Prison.

COLUMBUS, o., Sept i7.-Whlle en-
gnged In conversation with her son I'm
the Ohio penitentiary, where she has
been confined for two years, serving a
ten years sentence for wrecklng the
Oberin National bank. Mrs. Cassie
Chadwick, former exponent OF high
finance, who represented herself as the
daughter OF Andrew Carnegie and Vie
timized dozens Of Ohio and eastern
bankers and capitalists 10 the extent
OF millions through loans on bogus Sc
curlties and jewelry, suffered a nery-
Gus collapse that almost cost her life
and left her temporarily stone blind.
She was carried to the hospital In
the female department by her son and
female attendants, aud Dr. Garrett.
the day physician, was Immediately
summoned.
When DIR. Garrett arrived she was
lying ON bed IN chill. Although
she was conscious aud very quiet men
tally. her circulation was almost stop
ped and she was blind.
Dr. Garrett immediately administer
ed nitroglycerin aud hot whisky.
Wild with anxiety, her son, who had
come down from Cleveland 10 visit her,
stood over the bed urging the physl'
elan 90 do his best 10 save her I'm
der the strong restoratives Mrs. Chad.
wick was revived within twenty min
utes. hut was very weak and slghtless.
DR. Hclmlck night physician at the
penltentinry. has been treating Mrs
Chadwick Tor n nervous trouble.
Dr. Garrett says that her nervous
system h In utter collapse. due 10 the
strain which she underwent during her
sons visit
Dr. Hchmlck II ~ the opinion that
the blindness Il only temporary, but
has called in Oculists.