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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-06

But wait, they are speaking. II
is Spanish"
Translate It, Thaida"
at was so good of you. light Of
my life to give me this beautiful
Ching says the girl But you must
not spend all the money your govern
mcnt gives you thus. Some day you
will take me back to your own land
and we shall need other things be.
sides combs OF tortoise and gold, and
ieweled stlettos and canoes and
this
They are nothing answers the
young officer. Surely | may give
pretty things to my wife. though they
cannot make her more beautiful than
she is
Your wife, Morton? Tell me
again that the marriage is a good one.
| know you gave the friar much
money s. gold, but there are times
when ! start out of my dreams and
see the face of girl, and she is fair
and of your own race and | speak to
her In the night She tells me that
shall never see that far off country
of yours. And then look again and
see her fair form and she has my
comb In her hair, and my stiletto at
her throat, and my cameo at her waist
and my bracelet on her arm
Thaida paused in her recital and
Clarke spoke:
Follow the bracelet closely where
1t touches the lives of those who have
handled It. What next do you see?'
IL see O darkened room In which
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-06

alighting from an automobile and as
she puts her hand out upon the ton.
neau door a figure steps from ont the
darkness 1t is the native girl who
once wore the bracelet No, that can
not be She lay dead in white house
In tropical isle. 1t is her astral self,
for she removes. despite its fasten-
!ngs. the bracelet from its outstretched
arm"
THE bracelet. Thaida; follow IT."
Il next see It upon the arm of a
fair.haired girl. 1t Is not the one who
is in the automobile Wait, know
her saw her today in this room.
see her now In dingy shop. She is
matching medallions from a tray held
by a cringing Japanese with those
of the bracelet She finds one that
is the exact duplicate and she takes
OF the bracelet and hands it to the
Japanese. II has left her. can see
no more"
Our long acquaintance with Mrs.
Armatage made formality unnecessary,
and to Clarke's telephone message
saying he wished to see her on mat
ter of importance and would bring
Thaida and myself. she replied that
she had no other engagements and
would he at home to us all evening.
SO with Thaida, now fully herself
again, we proceeded by cab, after a
light repast, to Mrs. Armatages beau.
tiful South side home. On the way
Clarke told Thaida the complete
story.
And now shall be guided by your
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-06
new DISTRICTS AND
NEW rally Ways
WESTERN CANADA AFFORDS BET
TER CONDITIONS THAN EVER
FOR SETTLEMENT.

To the Editor - Sir:--Doubtles
many of your readers will be pleased
to have some word from the grain
fields OF Western Canada, where such
large number OF Americans have
made their home during the past few
years. II is pleasing TO be able to re-
port that generally the wheat yield
has been good; II will average about
20 bushels to the acre There will
b. many cases where the yield will go
80 bushels to the acre, and others
where 80 bushels to the acre has
been recorded The oat and barley
crop has been splendid. The prices
of All grains viii bring to the farmers
a magnificent return for their labors.
An instance has been brought 10 my
notice OF a farmer IN the pincher
Creek tSuuthern Alberta district
where winter wheat is grown-who
made n not profit Of $3.50 per acre. or
little less than the selling price OF his
land. 30 40. and 30 busho Yields are
recorded there. Tho beauty about tho
lands in Western Canada Is that they
are so well adapted to embarrassing.
while the luxwiant grasses that grow
everywhere In abundance make the
best possible feed for fattcninS cattle
or for those used for darylng pur.
poses
The now homestead regulations
which went into force September, 1908,
attracted thousands Of new settlers. It
is now possible to secure 100 acres in
addition to the 100 acres as free
grant, by paying $500 an acre for it.
Particulars as 10 how to do this and
Ms to the railway rates can be- Sc
cured from tine Canadian Government
Agents
The development throughout, West
ern Canada during the next ten years
will probably exceed that Of any other
country IN the worlds history" Is not
IT," statement Of an optimistic Cana.
dian from the banks Of the Saskai che
wan, but Of Mr. Leslie NJ Shaw OF
New York, eXScCrctary OF the United
States Treasury under the late presi-
dent Mckinley and President Roose-
welt, and considered one Of the ablest
tinancicrs of the United States Our
railway companies sold "A good deal
OF their land at from three TO five dol
lars an acre and now The owners arc
selling the same land at from ftty 10
seycniytiyu dollars. and buying more
up in Canada at from ten to fifteen"
The editor OF the Monticello Nuwal
Express made n trip through Western
Canada last August. and was greatly
impressed lie says: One cannot
cross Western Canada 30 the mgun.
tains without being impressed with its
immcusity of territory and its fu'ure
prospects Whore ! expected to uut
frontier villages there were subs an.
TALLY built cities and towns with every
modern convenience" Il was former.
t. supposed that the climate was 100
severe for II to be thought Of as an
agricultural country. but It's wheat
raising possibilities have been amply
tested We drew from Ontario many
OF our best farmers aud most progress
sivC citizens. Now the Americans are
emigrnting IN greater numbers TO
Western Canada Seventy FIVE per
cent. of the settlers IN tina good cuun.
try located southeast of Moose Jaw
and Regina are Americans Canada
is well pleased with them and is ready
10 welcome thousands more
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-06

The only iron foundry in Colombia,
South America. is at Bogota 1t Is
known as La Paradera and is operated
on a small scale, native ores being
smelted the iron being subsequently
remclted for casting purposes There
are several commercial iron deposits
in the interior OF the country, and one
ore body situated near the coast OF
the Caribbean sea is now being drilled
BY American engineers
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-06
Various SCHOOLS" Of Painters.

The Munich Jugend has discovered
five signs by which to detect the
school to which a painter belongs:
"a If ne paints the sky gray and the
grass black. he belongs to the good
old classical school. 90 If he paints
the sky blue and the grass green, he
Is a realist t3) II he paints the sky
green and the grass blue. he is an i'm.
pressionlst ca If he paints the sky
yellow and the grass purple, he is a
colorist. t5I II he paints the sky
black aud the grass red. he shows poo
session OF great decorative talent
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-06

.IAIDA was In Chi.
cago. This was
enough to upset
the daily order OF
Clarke and myself
and make work out
of the question
Just why she came
] was not informed
Clarke, | knew,
was not In &C
tive correspondence
with her, and since
our thrilling expert.
puppg off the rulf
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-06
WILL MAKE YOU RICH

Fifty bushels per
acre ave be en-
grow II. General
average greater than
in any other part Of
the continent. Under
new rcpulaiinns Il IL
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
REVEAL tn. TRUE CHARACTER
Typswrlttsn Pages, Il Hss sssn
Proved. Convey ssnss sf i"sI-
vIduaIity 70 the ExPsrt.

Experts in handwriting are often
called on to read in it individual
traits of character, and there is no
doubt that they can do it. Type
writing has now become so common
that similar tests are being spilled
to it. Here is q case in point: In a
law suit in England recently, ex-
perts showed that one of the pages
of long typewriter document had
been substituted for another. They
found the difference in the spacing,
the punctuation, the paragraphing
and the appearance of the letters, the
latter depending on the touch OF the
fingers. The experts further said
that the writer of the substituted
page was young woman; that she
was nervous, not strong, of only fair
education, and beginner in type
writing. Thus, you see, no matter
what we do, we leave a sort of char
acter-trail behind us.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
ADDS TO lnN6's ASSIMILATION
Skill IN MathsmatIes Declared - -
Of Crest AID 70 the -Dissstisn"
Of Reader.

A literary worker who wished to
do . large smount of reading by
proxy, advertised for an assistant
capable Of digesting the contents of
tremendous quantity Of books in a
very short while. While weighing
each applicants qualifications for
rapid, assimilative reading he in
quired carefully into his mathemati-
cal requirements. Finally he chose
the man who was most skillful at un-
tangling arithmetical problems.
"On the surface that seems an un-
necessary accomplishment in this
case" he said, 'but experience has
taught me that anybody who is ex-
pert in figures can read any kind Of
literature put before him with great
er accuracy and speed than the per-
son lacking in mathematical acu-
men,"
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
MADE LABOR FoR nscnlEERs
Elephants and WhIts Ants Pssysa
Havoc WITH peIss and Wires
Aisns Line In India.

Some American engineer, in CON.
structing Q Experimentation line
in India, had several things to con.
slider and avoid that had never con-
fronted them before, perhaps. Tha
line, which was nearly . hundred
miles in length, was carried on tall
poles through the jungle, and in con-
structing it the ravages Of white anti
and the playful pranks Of Wild ele-
plants had to be provided against.
That sounds amusing, but the en-
gineers found it . serious problem.
The ants attacked the first poles Get
and fairly riddled them; and the
elephants reached up with their
trunks and tore down the wires. So
iron sockets seven feet in height were
used to set the poles in, which cir
cumvented the ants; and sitter a
careful measurement of the highest
reach Of an elephants trunk. the
poles were made tall enough to keep
tire wires out of the way.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
FIRES STARTED BY MOTHS.

Moths and flames are universally
connected, yet few people suspect
that danger could arise therefrom.
The insects are of such frail struc-
ture that generally they get destroy
ed before it is possible for them to
infiict injury, and it is hardly cred
ible that the wings would ignite and
retain the flame long enough to en-
able the moth to fly to its surround
ings.
That, however, has occurred. The
moth was a very large one and ito
wings must have been very dry, 30
that when it foundered through the
flame it set fire to one wing and dart
ed on to curtain near by, which at
once flared up. It is possible that
many summer evening fires in the
country could be attributed to .
source of this kind. It is notorious
that mysterious fires often arise st
sunset in the hot months.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
THE DOOR TO INDIA.

The British have placed at the
entrance Of Khyber Pass signboards
with the words: "Open to traffic on
Tuesdays and Fridays onlyp One
might think the pass a back street
in some city. However, it is the
northwest portal of India, a natural
gash 33 miles long in the towering
Hindu Kush mountains. 1t is the
door connecting the bleak heights OF
Afghanistan with the fertile plains
and tropical country beyond, and
the landed interests of India did not
care to have it too much open. Fierce
and hungry tribes dwell on the
Afghanistan side. Therefore, SOL
diers are on guard to see that the
regulations of the signboards are
observed. If the hungry natives try
to break through on Wednesday, the
photographs and telegraphs send
word to the British garrisons, and
reinforcements are detailed to guard
the pass.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
ISSUING ON THE GRAND RANKS
Hardy Maine Men etill Seek ths cse
In the Dangerous RssIen Whsss
Foa 10 Ever Prsssnt

Bucksport still clings to the Grand
Banks fishing, and recently tbs first
Of her fleet of six big fishing schooo-
ers got away for the region Of fog
and cod. All are handliners; that
is, they fish from dories sent cut
from the vessel at anchor. With
fairly good luck they should All
their holds inside of three months
and be back at Bucksport. If they
do well some of them will be sent
back for q second trip. Time was
when the Bucksport fleet numbered
rs or 80 sail, but in those days tia
vessels were small and if they got .
fare of 800 quintals they were con-
sidered doing well, while 1,s00 quin-
tails is moderate fare for the pres
emit craft, all comparatively new YES
sells of the same model as the Glou-
cester and Boston fishermen. In fact
several of the Bucksport fleet for
merly hailed from one or the other
of these ports. They carry crew OF
1s fishermen, besides the skipper
and cook. In the old times the crews
were nearly all natives of the town
and vicinity, but the native fisher
men are now scattering and the
crews are mostly Prince Edward
islanders and Cape Bretoners, with
sprinkling of Portuguese.-Lewis-
ton Journal.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
w TROUBLE FOR POOR NAN
Nsw Vsek Nswspspse plseenseists
Own Tkrsstsnsd vesvs Of the
Oleeeteire PED In oewsns.

Dismay will fill masculine hearts
Il The rsport from Paris Of a new
device Of feminine fashion for mans
u.doins-gowns 20 tight-fttins and
transparent that the police were re-
quirsd to protect the women wearing
than from ardent demonstrations.
'What Paris thinks to-day" the rest
Of the world will think tomorrow,
and likewise what shocks Paris must
BE- somewhat extreme. The prospect
Of this demoralizing attire on Broad
way will create CONSERVATION.
How far il the siren sex to go in
the display of its charms to . mans
discriminating eye? The peek-a-
boo waist was first assault on mas
culine susceptibility. Open-work
stockings widened the breach, and
slbow-sleeves about finished him. If
to these devices of Venus a gown is
added the telegraph description of
which suggests That's costume, his
dicomAture will be complete.-N. Y.
World.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
SOME ONE HAS FOOLED THEM
English People Who Have Strange md
Wsndsrsui ideas - 70 Slang
us>d In America.

The sea was turquoise, and in
their deck chairs the schoolmarms,
laying down their novels, talked OF
the little island country they were
soon to reach.
"What amuses me-" said the gray
schoolmarm, "is the English idea OF
American slang. An English philo-
Logan at a dinner at Oxford once
gravely tried to talk to me in our
own easy colloquialisms. The things
he said:
"'But now Pm shouting turkey
was one. He thought it meant talk
ing nonsense. Flowers he called
Dummies He didn't care hate,
he said, for ballooning. A neat per-
son was gin and tidy A friend Of
his had seen the elephant'-that is,
had gone bankrupt. So he rambled
on, tickled to death with his clever
ness, as proud of his American slang
as George AIDE. Where did he get
all that nonsense of dummies and
shouting turkey gin and tidy and
caring a hate?'"
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
4 NvRsEav roy sAa

a strong, washable bag Is an su-
.ssllent addition to the nursery in
which to store balls, marbles and
such like small odds and ends of the
top cupboard.
Half a yard Of good, stout gray
or blue linen, about a yard wide,
will make n good bag. A draw
string must be placed about four
inches from the top, and one Of the
sidss should be left open half way
down to allow the toys to be easily
alippsd into it.
II hung by draw tape on q nail
or Peg inside the nursery toy cup.
board it will be found q useful and
welcome addition, and one which
will help to keep the shelves neat
and tidy.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
yAspER's COSTLY COFFIN.

Jasper NJ. Smith of Atlanta, Ga,
is either going to get married next
year or crawl into the $4,000 casket
he has built and bid farewell to
earthly joys. Jasper is to be rs
years old in 1909 and he says that
ever since his youth he has sworn to
be married when he attained that
age. Also, coincident with his long
matrimonial dreams, Mr.. Smith had
meditated deal upon death and has
meantime ordered his coffin. 1t has
been completed and the $4,000 has
gone to make the most elaborate cof-
fin. 1t is the old-fashioned kind
with square corners and bullying
sides, for Jasper says he is liable to
wake up and wants room to extend
his elbows or scratch his head when
the great trump sounds. Atlanta is
wondering what bizarre episodes will
next occur in the career of her &C.
centric Observation-Disclosures Sem
tinel,
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
CALIFORNIA; wALnurs.

Nine thousand tons of English
walnuts is the estimate of experts on
the seasons yield in southern Cali
fornis. This will be the largest crop
ever harvested, and 1000 tons above
that of year ago. Weather condi-
tions have been extremely favorable,
and unless there should be sudden
appearance of blight or an unusually
hot summer it is expected the har-
vest will exceed the estimate.
Local dealers incline to the belief
that market prices will be consider
ably lower than last year, when the
production was less than 1000 tons,
somewhat below the average.-san
Francisco Call.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
THE ENGLISH AGAIN.

A lady, accompanied by her small
son, was making various purchases
at the Army and Navy stores in Lon
don. The boy grew tired.
"Who are you buying those for?'
he asked.
"Why, for father" was the reply.
[ Father in heaven, or father in
India ?" the boy persisted.
The lady mentioned the remark
to . friend, who, thinking it anus
ing, repeated it to an Englishwoman
at church q few days later. The Eng
lishwoman listened alphabetically.
Poor woman" she sighed, ''she was
married twice. "-Everybody's Maya
zine.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
LITTLE MONEY LETT 70 SCIENCE

The French Official Gazette in
publishing the list Of legacies and
gifts to public establishments and
charities made in 1907 gives the
total as $11,292, 400, as compared
with $7,s72,0O0 for 1906. As re-
CARDS the purely religious establish
ments, $1,000 has been left to the
vestries, a striking contrast to the
81 1928, 900 so left in 1901 or even
the 1854, 800 Of 1906.
1t is curious thing that among
all the different objects for which
money was left last year practically
nothing has been devoted to assisting
learned men in their researches or to
the fight against consumption.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
WOMEN DO aREAr WORK.


The report Of the Woman's For
eign Missionary Society at the Meth
odist conference in Baltimore shows
that there are 5,998 auxiliary socie-
ties, 15S,100 members, 1,493 young
peoples societies with 1898 menu
bers. The finances of the society for
the quadriennium totals 81, 392, 1878.
The society gave $4,000 for the In
dian jubilee and $42,958 for the
China centennial. The society has
real estate valued at over . million
dollars. It has 313 missionaries in
active service, 108 new miasionariss
having been sent out during the past
four years.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
.lovs sual1o ~ Wan TINE.

While the grading Of Main street
in this town was in progress the 9TH
er day preparatory to receiving the
macadam, which is being applied to
the streets, the workmen discovered
that their picks went to depth that
indicated subterraneous cavity.
Upon investigation it was dis
covered that trench to the depth Of
three feet had been dug, presumably
during the war, and number Of
barrels of -four put therein and con-
cealed from the enemy on the evacu-
alton of Manassas by the confederate
troops.
A large quantity of barrel slaves
and a white substance resembling
decayed -four were exhumed.-Man-
assas Correspondence, Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
FROM A FLowERv ROMANCE.

/, She was born in a garden spot
was in the bloom of her youth-her
lips were like petals-her path
strewn with roses-she was fragile
as Aower-blossomed into woman
hood-became a society bud-her
family were climbers-met him in
the neutrality-suspicious. her ex-
otto beauty-she blanched like lily
added another leaf to her life-he
wilted under her questioning gaze
tossed verbal bouquets at her-she
chung to him like vine to an oak
he pressed her to his bosom-a worm
gnawed at her heart-hc threw her
aside like a faded yiolet-dewdrops
cleaned on her lashes-she became
a wallfower.-Chicago Journal.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
SHOULDER BLADE a NUISANCE

Peter Stroup, who lives in Ger
mantown, has an inconvenient Shout
der blade. says the Philadelphia
North American. Yesterday he
threw it out of joint for the hun
dredth time.
The elusive bone reached its CEN
fury accident mark while its owner
tried to tie his shoe. But Peter does
not need shoe for an excuse to
play hide and seek with that shout
der blade. It's all the same whether
he reaches in his hip pocket for his
bandana or lifts his knife to his
mouth at the table. Every time the
shoulder blade takes notion, it
slips its trolley and then, until the
doctors patch it up, it's power is of.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
AGAINST CARPET MOTHS.

The following recipe is invaluable
to cause the sure death Of the carpet
bug or Buffalo moth:
One ounce of alum, one ounce of
chloride Of zinc, three ounces of salt.
Mix with two quarts Of water and
let stand over night in q covered
vessel. In the morning pour care
fully in another vessel 80 as to leave
sediment behind. Dilute this with
two quarts of water and apply by
sprinkling the edges of the carpet
for a distance of foot from the
wall. This is all that is necessary.
They will leave anything that is
sprinkled with this solution, which
will not injure the texture or color.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
NO JESSE JAMES.

"What are you looking 20 sour
about, Petey?" asked the lanky mes
senger boy.
cav, Pm disappointed" grum-
bled the short one.
"Disappointed7"
"Sure. l put in two whole hours
squeezing through fence to see
what was billed as OUTLAW races and
when I got inside l got walloped wild
q club and / amt seen any outlaws
yet. Wish I'd stayed home and
bought q dime novel;"
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
STUDENTS BUILDING a CLOCK.

For five years students in the
senior class of the University high
school have been constructing giant
clock to be hung shortly in the
Mitchell tower of the University of
Chicago. The clock, which meas
ures Is feet in diameter, will be
finished on May 20.
Prof. Earl Bixby Person designed
the timepiece, but all the work has
been done in the shop of the manual
training department Of the school.
The clock will hang $50 feet from
the ground, and will have four dials,
all of them transparent, 30 that the
time may be read at night.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
HOT ALCOHOL FROM rAsLE.

If spots are left on your table
from hot alcohol in your chatting
dish, try the following remedy: First
rub in we'll little wood alcohol !;
then to remove the resultant whitish
mark wet a piece Of very soft flannel
with camphorated oil and rub the
spots thoroughly. Leave the sur
face very oily for several hours and
finally polish theoretically with q
bit of channels.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
Mr.. MAs,E pzss,Mlsrlc.

Hamilton Mabie is reported as
having said that he did not think the
present industrial age, in which
women take part in the work of the
world, will last century. Nor did
he think it desirable that it should.
He did not tell what he thought
would replace this industrial age nor
what is to recompense the woman for
the pleasures they will miss when
they shall have some one else to work
for them.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-19
THERE'S NOTHING SETTER.

81 crossed the Atlantic last month
with that beautiful young singer,
Miss Geraldine Farrar," relates .
Savannah banker.
cat dinner one night the captain
Of the ship gave loud laugh, and,
looking at the rows Of pretty female
faces in the salon, he said:
"'Why do men never kiss ous
another, while women continually do
SOP
@Niss Farrar answered.
Men have something better to
kiss, but women haven't