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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-14
w, G. T, U.

The w. c. T. L. viii hold "dues
paying" social and reception to new
member at the home of Mrs. w. T.
Halle on Tuesday, February 18th,
at ) O'Clock. Subject, "Think and
Act" BE sure to be on time and
bring some one interested
Sabo Coffee at Sprott's.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-14

The stereopticon lecture given at
the M. +. Church, South, Monday
evening, "The Home VS.. the Sa-
LOOM" by Rev. Edward Overs, was
listened to by an audience that
packed the church to the doors.
Rev. VIM. Court sang the songs H.
Illustrated by the pictures.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-14

For sale-Three Jacks, one King
Chester Saddle Stallion, one registered
Aberdeen Angus Bull and three thor.
oughbred Bull calves.
W. N. FLEMrNG, Executor,
Estate of S. P. Fleming.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-14
Do You Suffer From Kidney TroubIcs7

We guarantee one bottle of Smiths
Kidney Remedy to benefit or cure, or
Pour druggist will refund your money.
yrice 80 cents. +. NJ. Laakman.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-14

Ladies tan shoes at Karsch's Shoe
Sale.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-14

Savcmoney-buy good shoes cheap
at karsch's Shoe Sale.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-14

Bananas, oranges, bread, apples
and cake at Sprott's.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-14

Try our Sabo Cotrec-20c per lb--
Sproott d Co.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-14

SAM'L L. ASBURY,
City Clerk.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-14
Third Ward.
BY T. G. Highley .
Fourth Ward.
BY Louis Halter.

Total population February 4, 1905
2,77l.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-14

Groceries ut Klein's.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-14

Sabo Coffee at Sprott's.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-14
First Ward.
BY NJ. G. thinner.
Second Ward

BY c. l.. Alexander.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19


hens cackled derisively at the very
sight OF him. He never paid anybody
more than half OF what they were en-
titled to, and even the mosquitoes
avoided him in disgust as having
hide like an automobile tire and with
no more sustenance beneath it. No
man, woman, child or beast was ever
fed by him without rendering services
In advance for more than the food was
worth, and his neighbors were afraid
to shake hands with him for fear that
he would steal their finger-nails. He
skinned his milk twice, made his
decayed apples into cider, and when
bis horses got SO old they could not
work for him any longer he killed
them and made them into glue, and
then used the glue to stick another
mortgage on some neighbor's house.
OF course everybody hated him worse
than they did the fever and ague, but
he did not mind that much because in
one way or another he kept getting
money and that was revenge enough
for him.
Now, half mile away from this
mans house was the little cabin Of
old Ike Clay and his old wife Sally.
Ike was SO poor that even the mice
could not afford to board with him,
much as they liked him, and his pow
erty was generally due to the fact that
as soon as he got anything he
would give it away to the first one
who asked him for it, for Ike and
Sally lived in the belief that it is
more blessed to give than to receive.
Also they were very humble and re-.
llgious and devoutly believed in every
day miracles and that the Lord would
feed his children even as he did his
sparrows and fishes. And up to this
way, but now the day before Christ
mas had arrived and the cupboard was
as empty as likes pockets, and Ike's
pockets had nothing in them at all
but holes. But his wife's faith was
unwavering and she filed the pot
with water and put it on the stove
that it might be hot and ready for the
offering when it came.
where our Christmas offerin' is
a-goin' ter come from I shore don't
know, but the Lord works in mysterious
ways his wonders to perform, and
don't reckon he is a-goin' to forget
we uns." she said. confidently. But
as the day slipped by and no special
Providence befell them Ike began to
become a trifle nervous-not that he
doubted Providence in the least, but
because he feared it might need a
gentle reminder at this season Of the
year when there were SO many de-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

What do you want?" he asked in a
filing a saw.
Ike took off his hat and his bare
head began to bob conc;iiatingly up
and down like the bobber of fish
line when the fish nibbles at the hook
below Il has come to see yu', Mistah
Skimpum, TO- the reason that / am
most pow'ful hungry an because there
is no meat in we-un's cabin. And be-
cause this is the evenin' Of the most
blessed day in the whole world when
the good book says there should bel
peace on earth and good will to man,
l am a-goin' to ask yu' to do me q
mighty favor"
Il haven't got anything to give" In.
terrupted the miser, hastily. And T
don't believe in Christmas giving, any
way. It is merely an excuse for beg
gary. l wish you would go away"
likes head bobbed again. Eyes, su1,.
but am not begging. I'll do yui two
days hard work to pay yu' for tur-
key"
II don't need any help. I do my
own work"
yes, sub. know that. But If
you'll loan me a turkey for a. couple
of days I'll work for somebody else.
and pay yu' in cash.
mo, wouldn't trust you. And, be-
sides, If the Lord wanted you to, have
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
Father Time Prescribes a
New Year

1t is almost upon u.s. For exchang-
ing gifts this holiday season promises
to be record breaker. The Kenny
Drug Store, Havelock, attracts many
of the Xmas shoppers by it's unusually
fine display of Holiday Tokens.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
MR.. STAYBOLT AS SANTA CLAUS
Some Things He Would Like to Give
If He Could.

"Do you know the Christmas pres
ent I'd like to make if l could?" said
Mr.. Staybolt. I'D like to give cheer
fulness to the downhearted, courage
to the timid, and strength to the weak;
the power of self-denial to those who
yield too easily, and desire to work
to the lazy
Il have. often thought what a pity
it is that you can't buy all these
things, these helpful qualities, already
put up and at such a price as to put
them within the reach of all; canned
cheerfulness. bottled hopefulness,
courage in tablets, and strength, say,
in the form of a powder, and SO on;
or you might, 1 suppose, put EN- all
up canned, for that matter.
But in the absence of such market
preparations and our consequent in
ability to buy such things and send
them as gifts to those whom they
might most benefit perhaps you will
permit me to offer to each word Of
suggestion.
ITO the dispirited take cheerful
view To the downhearted don't dwell
on the doleful side. To the timid,
don't be afraid. To the weak, or those
who fancy themselves SO, try your
strength. You'll be surprised to find
how much you've got.
To those who yield too easily, deny
yourself once, and again, and feel the
JOY and strength that will come back
to you. To the lazy, get a job with a
shovel, in a gang of laborers, under
driving boss; and if you are not glad
to get back to your present job to do
the best you know how at it, I miss
my guess.
Il can't send you these things in
cans or bottles; but if anyone of you
will take my advice and stick to it.
you'll think that Mr.. Staybolt was a
very kind Santa Claus"
>@sEHHgga ~ShR s&zseM:
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

mands being made upon 1t. So he de-
cided to make little special effort of
his own. He knew well enough that
1t would be a waste of time to ask
the miser to give him goose or COB
bier, but he had faint hope that be-
cause of the season of the year the
old skinfint might perhaps soften
enough to give him credit on his we'll
known honesty. So he set forth in the
gathering dusk and sitting snow upon
his mission and in little time was
tapping at the miser's back door.
For several minutes he tapped away
and scuff1ed his feet and at last the
miser came forth-not as a man
comes forth, but in the manner you
would expect to see a miser appear,
first a nose and then a foot and then
a hand and finally the rest of him. as
II he grudged even his presence, and
stood frowning at Ike through the
gloom. Ikess clothes were ragged and
Tapping in the wind and his toes were
leaking from the end of his shoes, but
the smile on his face was cheerful and
would have made friend of any one
except a miser who loved no man or
woman or child or beast. and whose
soul was shriveled and warped, and
whose conscience was as tough as the
hoof OF a horse.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

turkey he would send you one with
out your begging for it. So go away"
Ike took a step backward with quiet
dignity. "All right, sub, reckons yu'
is correct. Thank yu', subj" he said,
and then went Flooding homeward
empty of hands and as hollow inside
as an old bee tree, the wind nipping
at his bare toes and bowling after him
like wolf, and as matter OF fact
the wolf of hunger was very close to
him indeed. But Sally did net despair
when she heard his story.
THAT offerin' is shore a-comin'.
Ike" she asserted, as she put another
stick on the fire to keep the water in
readiness. II don't know jest how
we-alls is a-goin' to get it, but feels
1t a-comin' in the air. And jest yu'
mark what l tell yu'."
Then they sat down together by the
bare table and listened. to the wind.
And, my, how it began to howl! Away
of in the northwest a great storm
had been brewing that day and now 1t
was approaching them like giant in
a rage. And as it passed along it came
to the home of the miser and with a
growl fell upon it. It gripped the
house and shook it as q terrier does
rat, roaring down the chimney and
whistling under the door until the
shingles few from the roof like feath-
ers and the bones OF the cringing
miser ratified together in his fear.
Then it bounced upon the fowlhouse.
and cutting of the roof blew with all
its breath within, and in a second the
night air was filled with flying fowls
that tapped and squawked as they
went sailing into the distance like
puff balls scattered by blast.
Over in their little cabin Ike and
Sally heard the uproar and fell upon
their knees in prayer. Frightened
hunger.
"They say it is an ill wind that
don't blow anybody good. dear Lord.
he began. "And 1 prays that out OF
this heah mighty gale will fall q few
grain from yu' bounteous store" And
scarcely was the prayer finished than
there came fearful gust and the
crash of heavy body against the
door. And the latch broke and the
door flew wide and upon the floor
there fell with thud a ten-pound
gobbler, wind-blown and rnffled to be
sure, but fat, tender and soul-satisfy-
ing-the very bird, in fact, that the
miser had fattened for his own sharp
teeth.
Sally arose and held the big bird
high in her hands. Faith, charity and
happiness Illuminated her lean face
- 1ffy1Hf uni h n
Didn't tell yu' SO, old man., she
cried. exultingly. Didn't / tell yu'
felt it a-comin' in the air? Bless the
good Lord, for he shorely works in
mysterious ways his wonders to per-
FORM"
Copyright. 1908. by Wright A. Patterson.)
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

At the Manager.
When first. her Christmas watch to keep
Came down the silent Angel, Sleep,
With snowy sandals shod,
Beholding what his mothers hands
Had wrought, with softer swaddling-
bands
She swathed the Son of God.
Then, skilled in mysteries of Night,
With tender visions of delight
She wreathed his resting-place,
Till, Weakened by a warmer glow
Than heaven itself had yet to show,
He saw his mothers face.
John B. Tabb, in Atlantic.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
CHRISTMAS PROVERBS

The love-light in the eyes of the
precious ones of the household is the
most brilliant of Christmas illumina-
tions.
The soft Christmas light is not the
least welcome where the shadows of
bereavement have fallen during the
year. The Christmas angels hover
over such dwellings of sorrow in min
istrits of divine love.
1t was the Christ who said: at
is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive." Again, he said: 'Inasmuch
as We have done it to one of the least
of these, my brethren, We have done it
unto me-"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
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Good Cause for cIadness.

Good Cause for GIadness.
"Alas!" sighed the moody man.
there is no gladness for me in this
joyous season"
'"Tut-tut!" said tho optimist. Surely
there Is ray of sunshine for you, AZ
there ii for all of VI II we but look for
it?"
NO." replied the moody one. Il
have not a single friend. and no rela-
tives with whom I am on speaking
terms"
"Cheer up, then" advised the other,
with a shade Of envy in his tone.
Cant you be glad because you will
not have to buy any Christmas pres
entsf"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
VnlRttnR
M11at1tga
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ere 2& Z
The joyous time is drawing
nigh, the time of turkey, pudding,
pie; nor do we dream of after
ills, of squills, and pills, and
Christmas bills.
A girl begins to hang up the
mistletoe at about the age when
she stops hanging up her stocking.
- -
A pessimist is a fellow who
wouldn't hang up his stocking
for fear old Santa Claus might
swipe it.
Christmas cigars are not
always pulled up with pride.
- ~
There's many slip 'twixt the
Miss and the mistletoe.
- -
Don't make it too strong.
Many a man has been knocked
out by one good, stiff punch.
- ~
Ask a truthful woman what
she enjoys most about Christ
mas, and she will tell you the
bargain sales afterward.
- -
To sing rhyme of Christmas
time (that line is but the first of
it), here's hoping you may not
feel blue because you get the
worst of it.
When a child writes a letter
of thanks to Santa Claus, it
should be cherished like rare
plant. That lid isn't long for
this world.
No Christmas present is so
useless that you can't pass it on
to some one else next year.
~ -
Remember that it is better to
give than to receive-the things
you don't want.
Take off the tags. Many a
hAChAoAAP Aao OCSA oSNCAC0 ny
the price mark on a Christmas
present.
- -
have often wondered wherein
consisted the wisdom of Solomon
when he had a thousand wives.
I am now CONVINCED that it must
have been in living in the days
before Christmas was celebrated.
- -
It's all right to pity the poor
at this peace-on-earth season,
but it is also well to remember
that sympathy doesn't fill an
empty stomach.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19

HERE once lived on
a plantation a
miSer so mean and
stingy that even
his pigs were eter-
nally disgruntled,
while his geese
Kissed at him as he
-ooonI h{c
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
Any Holiday Novelty

that your taste selects at this store
will surprise you with the figure that
is placed upon it. We advise you to
come and make your selection early
Speciality of Cigars and CONNECTIONS
for Holiday Gifts.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-12-19
RULES FOR CHRISTMAS GIVING

Give willingly.
Give tactfully.
Put thought into your giving.
Don't consider return gifts.
Never give to others what you
wouldn't want yourself
The unexpected gift insures a spe-
cial appreciation.
To give ostentatiously is the height
of bad taste.
Give to the sick and the sorrowful if
you would know the true joy of giving.
Never give more than you can af
ford. Your friends know your circum-
stances as well as you do yourself and
the pleasure of both giving and re-
ceiving is lost
MsMg IL 49, e ps
A Question in Finance.
"Are you good at arithmetic, my
dear?" asked Mr.. Perkasie of his wife.
II was accounted the very best
arithmetician at school," replied Mrs
Perkasie, with touch of pride in
her voice.
81 have a problem for you"
Estate it."
"How can I buy $50 worth of Christ
mas presents with $40 in cash and no
credit?"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06
PROTRACTED MEETINGS.

This is the revival season. A pro-
tracted meeting that was little less
than remarkable in some respects
was recently closed at the Methodist
church, and. one that is doing great
good for the cause of the Master is
now in progress at the Baptist
church.
AS rule revivals accomplish
much good in the community. The
religious and moral impulses of the
people are stirred up, their con-
sciences are awakened and a general
wholesome effect is apparent dur
ing and after good series of re-
yival meetings. In our judgment
more people are permanently re-
formed and more actual good accom-
plished by the spring REVEALS than
in any other manner.
The meetings now going on should
be well attended. If you are not a
member of any church now is a good
time to become one; if you are an
old member now is a good time to
brush up your religion and look into
your behavior for the past year, and
if you are a backslider there is moth
ing better than goOd-old fashioned
revival to straighten you out. p
Go out to the revival now going
on; you Won't fegret it. Go whether
you think YOU need it or not; the
chances are that you do need it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06

The most deplorable episode of the
in Valdosta few nights ago, when
two young men fell out while dis
putting over the gubernatorial candi-
dates and the Hoke Smith partisan
drew his pistol and shot the Joe
Brown partisan dead 1t was unfor-
tunate from every standpoint, and
worse than all was absolutely use
less, in that it accomplished nothing
in settling the dispute about which
it occurred
AS the Macon News says, "Hoke
Smith and Joe Brown are still run
ming for governor just the same as if
the killing had never been done.
Both candidates will probably be very
much saddened when they read the
news of the homicide Their inter
ests have neither been advanced or
retarded by the sad affair, and every
man, including candidates, is hurt
personally and deeply by such a
thing as this killing.
There is no necessity for any
blood letting on account of the CUB
ernatorial race. The candidates are
not assaulting one another physically,
and there is no sense in their support
ers doing it. The questions to be set
tied by this campaign are of mental
and economic nature, and must be
adjusted by minds instead of muscle
and shooting.
The way to vote right is to keep
your shirt on and think out the ques-
tons at issue carefully and soberly.
The man who loses his temper usual
ly loses his contention also, and there
is nothing in any shape or form that
is good to be gained by falling out,
quarrelling and fighting.
The supporter of Mr. Brown is
dead and the supporter of Mr.. Smith
is in Jail as a result of too much
politics. Both candidates have lost
a vote each, and a warm friend each.
There is trouble ahead, and nothing
has been determined. So what has
the shooting done that is good?"
Keep cool, think instead of fight
ing, and vote your honest convic-
tons.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06
STEEL'S POLITE RIVALRY
WITH OIL,

Mr. Carnegie's proposed $780,
600 university at Washington will be
as closely identified with the Steel
Trust as Mr.. Rockefellers university
is with the Oil Trust.
In their relations to politics and
to government there is an important
difference between the two trusts,
says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Oil
has had some so-called democrats in
it's train, but Steel has been consist
emily republican. Oils experiment in
higher education is in progress at the
head of Lake Michigan. Steel natur-
ally enough locates at the national
capital, where it feels at home.
Several other great universities
have been projected at Washington,
but their progress has been slow, Ow-
ing to lack of money. The Carnegie
institution will have not only the
iron masters fortune, but the protec-
tive tariff and the republican party
behind it.
AS the one great trust which has
escaped wholly from all the recent
reform billiards the United States
Steel Company may be disposed to
do something handsome for this uni
versity on it's own account.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06
The DOGGY Of Overtime.

You'll work yourself out of a
job" "
L was young clerk in the United
states pension office at Washington
with record to make, says a CORE
spondent Of Spare Moments. Carl
SchurZ was secretary of the interior.
and had set in motion a little civil
service OF his own, a prophecy of the
splendid system which later came in
through all the government posi-
lions. Travelling half way across the
country to attend the examinations
ne had directed to be held, to secure
twenty-five men for the pension Of
nee, L sat down in the census bureau
with about three hundred more men
:, women, to face the ordeal. I
won my clerkship with these
ODDS against me, and | determined
that If it lay in my power | would
hold it, and not only hold it but get
to the top.
Every morning a little after eight
o CLOCK | was at my post in the Of
nee, although this was an hour ear
l1er than business was supposed to
open. Some of the ION the tick"
clerks laughed at me, knowing that
| was new man
But | kept at it, The overtime
DOGGY did not worry me in the least.
And it worked we'll. From clerkship
took my position in the office I was
promoted until four years after
paying $500 year | was regularly
receiving $1,400, with SO a day for
personal expenses and all railway and
livery bills paid by the government,
as | had been appointed to a position
as special examiner for the bureau of
pensions.
But how Jared it with the I'm at
the minute" men? There came
Wholesale discharge one day and
swept away hosts of men, as the wind
carries out of sight a cloud of flies
in the summer time.
The man that works a little longer
than the regular hours is on the road
to better things Don't be afraid
to stay few minutes after time. You
need not do this for the express pur-
pose of winning your promotion. That
is not the best motive. Do it because
you really love your work, and want
to do the fair thing as between man
and man.
Thousands of men tonight, when
the whistle blows, will swarm out on
the shops and Offices of the country.
They have been making preparations
to get out for ten or fifteen minutes
before the hour for closing. They do
not think that while they have been
clearing UP their desks and washing
up their hands their time was really
that of their employer and ought to
have been used as such. What they
think of is getting out on the tick
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-05-06
The Oldest Paper to Suspend.

From the New York Sun.
1t is reported from China that the
oldest newspaper in the world, the
Pekin Gazette, is about to suspend
publication. The first number APP
peared in gil A. D. and since 1851,
more than a century before the dis
covery of America, it has appeared
regularly.
The Pekin Gazette has published a
daily budget of the imperial court
news and has been a repository of
edicts from the throne, memorials
from provincial governors and re-
ports from Chinese officials. 1t would
be wrong to infer that it's contents
We're always dry. Frequently the
Gazette has contained news of great
interest to the world, and information
illuminating one phase or another of
Chinese character or the govern
mental regime.