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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-13
PRECISION or ARTILLERY FIRE.
Exact Science Employed In Methods
of Modern Gunncrs.

How do we hit with mortars7 An
observer near the shore who sees the
target communicates the horizontal
and vertical angle at which to lay the
mortar and the instant OF time In
which to fire, and the gun does the
rest.
II you we're standing at the center
Of large clock dial laid fiat on the
ground. and wanted TO hit with n
baseball man walking around on the
outside. you would notice how long II
took the man 10 get from to ii and
again from II TO III; then you would
decide whether. II the ball were
thrown over a point half way between
~ and V just as he arrived opposite
", the man and the ball would reach
the same spot at the same time-it be-
ing understood, OF course, that he
maintained uniform speed and direc-
ton and that the ball was thrown with
proper force.
Instruments give us the range and
observations, and mechanical devices
give US the range differences. increas-
ing or decreasing by certain short IN
tervals OF time. too short for ship OF
any size to escape by attempting to
change direction or speed. Our OBJ
servers circle has $4,000 divisions
Capt. Howell, In Scientific American.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-13
FINE WORDS BRING PLAupITs.
Simplicity of style Generally Unap-
preclatod by Readers

The girl graduate, flushed and smil-
ing, seated herself beside her father in
the automobile and patted the pale
blue bow of ribbon on her essay.
Did you like my essay. father?"
your commencement essay upon
LIES Higher Calls, he said. seemed
to me to be too-too. But listen.
Here is an autograph letter OF John
Ruskn's that bought this morning
for ST. Maybe, II you had read this
letter before writing your essay 1t
would have been better"
Then the father read the letter
aloud. while the young girl listened
with a scornful and sour air
"I was obliged to write too young.
when | knew only half truths, and
was eager to set them forth by what
thought fine words People used to
call me a good writer then: now they
say ] can't write at all. because, for
instance II think anybody's house Is
on fire only say Sir your house is
on fire. where formerly used TO say,
Sir, the abode In which you probably
passed the delightful days OF youth is
In a state Of Inflammation. and every
body used to like the effect OF the two
p's in probably passed. and the two
DIS in delightful days"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-13
llBERTyvll.E ITEMS.

Master Bass Stepp has scarlet
fever.
A great many here are suffering
with colds.
DR.. and Mrs. Griffin of Flat River
attended church here Sunday.
Mrs. ID. f. Moran and little daugh-
ter Helen OF Bonnie Terre are visit
ing relatiues here this week.
Our old friend ]. w. Cowley came
down from Flat River Saturday Wis
iting; he returned Monday.
DR.. A. F. Eugas and Prof. G. f..
Marshall attended the birthday re-
ception of Henry and Miss Louise
Mckenzie Oct. 3lst.
Graciousl What IA walloping us
Democrats got this election. But
we find some consolation In hallow-
ing 'Hurrah for Judge Kinzer."
Miss Clara Bradley has rented her
farm to Adam Miller, and she and
her sister, Mrs. Eva Smith, will
soon leave for Lexington, KY, to
reside this winter.
We hear there has been fraud COM
United this election In the Lead Belt.
Well, there's nothing but fraud all
over the United States In every pres
Tidential election, and we have got n
taste of it this time In st. Francois
county.
Mr.. Henry Mckenzie and his sis
ter, Miss Louise, gave birthday
reception to their many friends Sat
urday evening, October 3lst, which
was one OF the grandest events that
has taken place here this fall. A
large crowd Of young people were
present, some from Pennington, Doe
Run, Mine La Motto and Freder-
icktown, and many from the sur
rounding country. Refreshments
were served from $3.50 until 1890 p.
IN. Mr.. Henry and Miss Louise were
the recipients of many presents.
The crowd left at n late hour. wish
ing them many more happy birthday
anniversaries.
Evangelist D.. A. Hunter closed a
two-weeks' meeting ut the Christian
Church Sunday evening, with three
additions to the church. Great in
terest had just become manifested
in the meeting when ii was an
nouncod that n case of scarlet fever
was in the country, and 1t was
thought best to close the meeting.
Elder Hunter is an able minister, II
deep thinker and wonderful ex-
FOUNDER of the Gospel. Any church
that calls him for n meeting will
make no mistake. FELIX.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-13
Trustees Sale.

Whereas John A. Sprott ana >ettle NJ
Sprott, his wife, by their certaiu deed oil
trust, dated the 18th day of July. 1902, and
recorded In the Recorder : office OF st. Fran
COTS county. Missouri, In book at page
5Id, conveyed to the undersigned trustee the
following described real estate with I'M
provements thereon, situate, living and be
ing In the City OF Pennington, county OF
st. Francois and State OF Missouri, to.wit
All that portion OF survey $40, township ~
north, range east, described MS follows
BEGINNING IN the north line OF boss street
NJ the intersection OF prulOngation OF the
east line OF g street, BOSS second addi.
ton, running thence south - degrees east
10 feet along north line OF DOss street TO an
alley lG feet wide, thence north degrees
east along the west line OF said alley, thence
north ~ degrees west III feet to east line OF
{ street. thence south degrees west a feet
to the plnce OF beginning.
Which said conveyance was made IN trust
tn secure the payment OF certain promis
sorry note In said deed OF trust described
aud whereas said note Is past due ana re
mains unpaid, now, therefore, nj the re
quest OF the legal holder OF said note, ana
IN accordance with the provisions of said
deed OF trust, /, the undersigned trustee,
VIII on
MONDAY. DECEMBER II. 1905,
between the hours OF nine O'Clock In the
forenoon and five O'Clock In the afternoon
OF that day, nj the south front door OF III"
Court House, I'm the city OF Farmington. In
said county of 81. Francois, Missouri, sell
at public auction to the highest bidder Tor
cash, the foregoing described real estate.
to satisfy said note and the cost OF exc
cutting this trust,
November IL, 1875.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-13
EDIsoN's CLEAN GREATNESS.


American Magazine.
And It IL clean greatness-Edi-
sons. He wears by rights the look
of contented man. He has robbed
no widows, crushed no competitions
stolen no franchises, taken no re-
bates. He il rich not because he
gambled in the stock market; nor
employed children and women at
starvation wages; nor awaited, do
ing nothing himself, for the rise in
the price of land or corn or cotton
He Is famous not because he manipu-
lated an election or bribed Legis-
lature. There is nowhere In his
career any record of success which
came of devious or deceitful ways.
His is indeed clean greatness. He
has worked for what he won, and
everything that he has done has
been in the direction of making this
better world for mankind to dwell
in.
Men who toll all their lives for
themselves alone grow tired, they
want to stop and get something out
of life' OF course they do; but they
are tired, not of work, but of their
own inadequate and selfish lives.
But man like Edison does not get
tired; you see that in the youthful
look in his eyes. Money doesn' I
pay him. His enthusiasms are far
otherwise, and external to himself.
He has lived with the abstemious-
ness of a monk, having few personal
wants, and the wants he had were
gratifled with the simplest things.
He has never stopped to enjoy
lengthy honors, though honors have
been showered upon him from every
part of the world, because he has
been 30 busy all the time with new
concerns. There is nothing, indeed,
in this world which keeps man
young, joyous, simple, like the UNI
selfish pursuit of truth.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-13
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
TEACHERS, ASSOCIATION.

The Thirty-third session OF the
Southeast Missouri Teachers Asso-
citation will meet at Cape Girardeau,
Missouri, November 10Th, 9th and
18th, 1908.
The PROCLAIM this year will he
especially interesting to rural teach
ers, as many Of the educational
questions will be discussed. Among
them may be mentioned: "Rural
School Graduation" agriculture
in the Rural Schools, ""High School
Articulation, and 1.-THE Mission Of
the High School" These questions
will not only be discussed by some
of the leading educators of the
State but also educators from other
States.
We are pleased to announce that
we have secured the services of
Superintendent o. j. Kern Of Rock
ford, Ill. Mr.. Kern Is recognized
as an educator of national reputa-
ton on rural school questions. He
has written several books Oh rural
school problems, his latest being
Among Our Country Schools" by
Gin d Co. His lecture will be H.
Illustrated by stereopticon views.
Among other educators of note will
be DR.. A. Ross Hill, President of
the State University, Prof. Har-
wood, Carbondale, H., Luther Har-
daway, Jefferson City.
Each and every teacher should
make an effort to attend this meet
ing, as it will be one of great impor-
lance to the profession of teaching,
especially of Southeast Missouri.
Many of the questions that will be
discussed at this meeting are press
ing themselves upon the teachers
for solution. Come and help to dis
cuss these questions by giving your
opinion on them and your presence
to those who will discuss them.
Come, attend all the general SEES
sions. Hear the speakers. Attend
the department meetings and help
to make the coming meeting one of
the best in the history of the Asso-
citation. Fraternally yours,
JOHN CANTON, President.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-13

When you want an abstract don t
forget that Oscar l.. Halle q Co.
have bran new abstract books up to
the present date.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-13
THE DAILY ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC

For one wear to subscribers who receive their mail
either by Star Route or Rural Route corners, we Of
fer in combination the Rural Route Republic and
our paper at this remarkably low rate.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-13

Cora Hinkle, five years for man
slaughter; John Logan, two years
for robbery, John Henley six years
for forgery, were Scott County's
contribution to the Penitenteary
last week, and Joy Pierce three
years to the reform school for bur
glary.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-13

Tony Baoler of Weingarten com
mitted suicide on the I'd. He put
moose around his neck while stand
ing on bench, and he had arranged
his gun so that he could pull the
trigger. His face was torn to pieces
and the body swung from the rope.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-13
He CHANGED Il.

II was red.hot day in July that
the colonel was riding horseback
along highway and found a man
dead beside the road. He hurried on
to the nearest house and found that
the owner was one OF the county
coroners The man rallied four or Ave
neighbors and proceeded to view the
body, and they were not five minutes
In returning verdict of sunstroke.
But there was no medical examina-
ton of the body" protested the
colonel
No, but you see work Is driving
with us and va can't spare the time
to fool around. answered the coroner.
But ! don't think he died of sun.
stroke"
MOI Then wen change the verdict
to froze to death and let 1t go at
that"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-13

Bright new line of watches and
ewelery just received by the Robert
Tetley Jewellery Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-15
Do Not Experiment.

Every spring, new and tempting nov
elites from fruits to potatoes. and all
kinds OF grain and garden crops, are
offered the poorly informed, and many
a good dollar is thus gathered by enter
prising advertisers which, nine times
out Of ten, had better been kept at
home, or spent for standard seeds.
trees, etc.
Our experiment stations and reli-
able home seedsmen and nurserymen
can tell us and are more than willing
to. just the trees. shrubs. potatoes,
corn and so on that are best adapted
to a given locality, and there is no
excuse for biting these well baited
hooks, or being taken in by a tonguy
agent. Our experiment stations are
paid to do this very thing for us and
it is our own fault II we are taken in,
just as our fathers frequently were
before an experiment station existed.
II n has plenty of time and money
to spare, to experiment with the new
things as they come along, 1t is not SO
bad, but the trouble is those I'M this
condition are generally too wise to
waste time and money in this way;
and those who invest most in these
things, we are sorry to say, are the
very ones who can poorly spare the
time or money.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-15
Keen the Pics GROWING.

Nearly every fall you will find some
farmers who will tell you that their
pigs did not do well. While there
are various reasons and excuses for
pigs not doing we'll, II of the COM
monest and most easily remedied
troubles is allowing the pigs to become
at least partially stunted soon after
weaving time. In all classes of mar
ket live stock the tendency is toward
early maturity and the cheapest ana
quickest way to accomplish TINS emu
is to keep the young stock intended Tor
market growing rapidly from birth un-
til they are finished. 1t too often oc-
ours that about the time pigs are be-
ing weaned, feed of all kinds is rather
high and the farmer is so busy thai
he fails to give them proper attentlon
During the first three or four weeks
of the pigs life he is apt to suffer
rather than gain from being pushed
too rapidly but after he is a month OLD
there is but very little danger Of over
feeding him. At this age the pigs are.
a great drain upon the sow's system
and she should be given the best OF
feed and attention. To help her GU
III case lllG llllCI 10 " 80 80
we'll to teach the pigs to eat as sool
as possible. This can be easily done
by providing a pen to which the young
pigs have access and the old soWs are
kept out. BY this method the pigs
can soon be taught to drink milk ana
to eat a little shelled corn, the portion
of each being increased as the increas-
ing appetite of the pig would seem TO
warrant. BY so doing the change
from the DAMS milk to a regular gram
ration at weaving time can be &C
complished with very few bad results
After the pig is weaned at from SIX
to eight weeks of age, he should be
given plenty of exercise and this IS
best accomplished by allowing suffl-
Gent pasture. At this time his ra-
ton should consist largely of protein
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-15
A CRIMINAL NEGLEcT...wHosE2

Near Allison, county seat of Butler
county, an insane person has for some
months and weeks been terrorizing the
community, starving and killing his
own cattle and shooting those of the
neighbors. carrying a gun on all occa-
sions and generally putting h lives
and property of others in danger. The
other day a posse of citizens went after
him and secured him, not however I'M
til one man had been hot and wounded
and another escaped death by a hairs
breadth.
The maniac is now safely in Gus
tody, what of the weeks in which
he was left practically free to pursue
a homocidal tendency? 1t is good luck
instead of good management that some
of the neighbors were not shot down
and killed by this dangerous and ir-
responsible man during the weeks he
was permitted full liberty to carry
deadly weapons and follow the vagarles
of a diseased brain. Whose business is
it to apprehend dangerous criminals,
maniacs and firearms, mad dogs and
the like?
That this crazy man was allowed
liberty, in the full knowledge of his
insanity and dangerous character, Is
not uncommon, especially outside the
cities. Even in the towns and cities
men are permitted to be at large after
they have declared their intention to
commit crime. Some worthless fellow
threatens the life, perhaps of his wife
from whom he is separated or d.
vorced, watches her movements and is
known to carry a weapon. We let him
run. Nobody believes he will do it IN
til the facts of murder and suicide are
hawked about the streets. Then we
lift horrorstricken hands and voices
over the terrible tragedy" that a little
exercise of authority and common
sense might have prevented. So with
the maniac. we let MIN run until he
has killed someone. 4,
1t should, and doubtless is the bus
mess of the authorities to take some
notice of a dangerous maniac without
the Formally of his neighbors filing an
information. That is one of the rea-
sons men are elected to office and US
ually paid about three times as much
as they can earn outside of official po-
sitions. 1t is intended that they shall
take the chances" of personal injury,
instead of the n%eighbor taking his
chance of barn burning and possible
killing when the insane patient has been
sent home from the hospital cured"
The city policeman who would delay
arrest of an insane mar who was shoot
ing up a city n~eighborhood would last
in office about as long as the proven
bal feather in inferno.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-15
An Hour With tho Henhouse.

Now is a good time to see that the
henhouse is we'll cleaned out, thor-
oughly disinfected, and where possible
a. new earth floor of four to six inches
at least Is put in place OF the oid
one which should be shovelled out ana
wheeled to the garden or flower beds.
BY the way. it costs little, and often
| means much, to have this earth floor
six inches or a foo higher tina the
ground outside. Ii the locality is an
at all wet one this is absolutely neces-
sarv If the house is to be kept dry
and sweet smelling; and dry ana
sweet smelling a house must be or
there Will be trouble later.
While this cleaning II airing proc
ess is under way, by all means see
to it that the roosts are again thor
oughlv saturated with kerosene or tur-
pentine. and IL it is too moist outslde
for good busting places. be sure 10
have a wide low dust box inside wtlere
the sun can shine into it, n nave
clean dust in it with a little ulphur
and ashes. Many a chicken dies or Is
stunted by mites and lice, and many a
hen lays little or non for the same
reason, when a properly prepared II
provided dust box and frequently
kerosened roosts would prevent 1t all.
Just now after the ummer heat and
Matching is a good time to clean things
up and to keep them clean.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-15

yore. You can't beat the coal NAL
unless you are judgment proof and
then you can't beat all of them all OF
the time. Tons or units it is ali the
same. Before the warmth comes up
thru the register you must put money
in at the door. And when 1t comes TO
units the mine operator, the railroads
and the dealer will all handle the units
before you do. Don't imagine you VIII
be able to get hotter over units than
you have been over a slaty ton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-15
TONS OR HEAT UNITS,

In Pittsburg the householder will
soon, instead of asking for a ton of
coal delivered right away, will order as
many thermal heat units as his
purse will buy.
Marketing of Pittsburg coal will be
revolutionized when plans. now being
perfected are carried into operation. In
stead of basing the price on weight it
will be based on the actual heat units
the coal will produce. The change is
based on chemical analysis with the
British thermal heat unit at the basis.
1t is a we'll determined fact that there
is no guaranty for coal other than that
determined by the heat units tt will
produce. A ton Of 1000 pounds may
contain so much foreign matter that
it's usefulness for heat prouction is ma
terially decreased when compared with
a ion whose heat units are far above
it. Different cars of coal from the same
mine may vary in efficiency as a pro-
Queer of heat, but is a general propo-
sition the coal from a given time may
be depended upon to make practically
the same showing.
This is not, let us hope, an attempt
to waken false expectation. If it works
as the scientific experts sound, the
buyer would get what he pays for. He
could test his coal and pay for his
calorics as a creamery pays for butter
fat. When he called up the coal Of
flee an expert would come u to the
house. ami the furnace and its
heating powers. make six or eight
sheets OF figures and sell him his heat
units for the winter. When he went
down stairs in the evening he would
shovel In heat units Instead Of big
humps.
But 1t would be the same old thing.
A ton of heat units wouldn't weigh over
1900. There would De heat units that
refused to heat. The waterpipes would
freeze Just the same and the plumbers
tallow candle burn up money as OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-15
Topics of the Times.

Calling for the senatorial ticket ca';5
for establishment of the voters pol:ti.
cal faith. II questioned he must swear
to his r~epublicanism.
The Literary Digest is taking a
straw vote. Incidentally 1t is receiv-
ing new subscriptions and renewals in
the same envelope. There's nothing
chaffy about the Literary Digest.
Is the pleasant smile with which
Japan greets our fleet only the pre-
liminary to a bloody war? If SO the Jap
is the limit in discrimination.
Mr.. Bryan Is careful not to say that
corn will go higher IL he is elected;
but he told US in one of his previous
campaigns that prices would 60 down
unless the free silver issue succeeded.
The outlook for the college was never
better than 1t is at the present time.
Coe college has the location for a great
educational Observation-Disclosures Rapids
Republican.
The outlook for Coe should be excel
lent. 1t has perhaps been put in a
position where no ward working politi-
cal henchman is able to threaten 1t or
its faculty.
THE white man IN the south" says
William Jennings Bryan, has disfran-
chised the negro in self -protection.'
Possibly it is utterances like this that
excite the hope of a stampede of the
colored vote to the democratic ticket.
TIL English method of dealing with
"sufragettes'' would bring about wom-
an suffrage in the United States by
revulsion at its very brutality.
Labor asks for legislation ONT times
but labor asks work all the time, Re
publican policies mean steady employ
cratic victory would mean closed mills
and a continuous panic.
The report that Kansas has more
money than ever before is presumptive
| evidence that she will roll up a good
republican majority.
Judge Taft as a campaigner wins
every audience he faces. hat is Napo-
leonic enough for a secretary of war
and democratic enough for rule by the
people.
The Keokuk Gate City is warning
saloons In that city to obey the law.
The river cities have improved in this
respect since Attorney General Byers
took the oath of office.
Grundy county will market about
200, 900 bushels Of potatoes! There's
500, 900 of farm money that the farm
er of ten years ago never dreamed OF.
After MI. Bryan has brought about
public ownership of railroads his next
step may possible be to enforce the
same principle in the case of airshlps.
1t is to be presmed that the hot air
variety OF balloon might be exempted.
Careful observers will not that MIR.
BRYAN gave President Roosevelt the
opportunity to say various things ne
wanted to say but couldn't until Mr..
BRYAN accommodated him.