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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-09

Here il coakie recipe that will
delight the children. They are easy
to make and will keep as long as
the household will permit them to
do SO: One cup butter, two cups
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-09

variety is the spice OF life
BY ). Nick. +.

The season of the year is ut hand
which means spring house cleaning.
In these days when there is much
talk OF germs and microbes, ii Is
well to consider especially the
closets and attics, and the advise Is
given not only to clean up but clean
out. We all have stacks of things
with which we hate to part, but
good common sense says give away
what Is worth while to someone
else and make bonfire of the rest
of the truck which gathers moths
and dust. Pass things along.
| do not know of any more profit
able and instructive fad for boy to
have than stamp collecting. 1t Is
astonishing how quickly the faculty
is developed of strict observation.
A stamp is used to carry letter
and seemingly all stamps Look alike,
but to the collector there Is big
difference. Nearly every year there
Is some slight change in the series,
Franklin on the one-cent stamp and
Washington on the two-cent stamp
being the stand-bys, but the other
denominations are constantly chang
ing. A collection of United States
stamps is history of the great men
Of the country. remember few
years ago some man with more in
genuity than honesty advertised to
send for small sum five steel en-
cravings Of Franklin, Washington
Jackson and number OF great mer
of our country, and those who hi
mt the advertisement received few
postage stamps cOutainE the pic
lures of these men. In addition L
training the powers OF observation
and distinction, the boy learns &c
ography in securing stamps of othe
countries, and there is often mat
ter of history connected with tn
stamps. never realized mysel
how much pleasure there was II
this until / helped the little grand
sons arrange their collection q
stamps. Some stamp collection
are worth thousands of dollars. MI
F., Graves at Doe Run has an unusual
, ly fine collection OF stamps, not onl
of our country but from all parts q
the world.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-09

A Grand Jury in North Carolina
has indicted the Diamond Match
Company for violation of the state
antitrust law. The act complained of
Is the exacting from dealers of an
exclusive contract, by which, If a
dealer handles any matches other
than those made by the trust he for.
feits advantages given to his com
petitors. This has been the trust
method for years, and is the secret
of the sugar trusts ability to keep
independents out of the market.
There are several forms Of these
monopoly cinch contracts, hut they
all have the the same effect, that of
compelling the dealer to sell the
trust product exclusively The St.
Louis Star.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-09

sugar, small tea cup Of sweet milk,
half grated nutmeg, little CHINA
mon, five cups sifted -four which
has been sifted with two teaspoon
fuls Of baking powder Mix into a
soft dough. Chopped raisins or nuts
may be added. Roll as thin as pie
crust and bake in a quick oven.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-09
CANDIDATES IN THE STAR
AND TIMER PRIZE CONTEST

The following named ladies have
SO far been nominated in the con-
test started by the st. Louis Star
for two free excursions to the Sc
attle Exposition and other prizes,
In this division OF the State, sem-
bracing that part of Missouri south
of the Frisco railroad to the State
line and west OF the Mississippi
River, and the number of votes OF
each to date:
l. S......I. I,n...ni.,u.A.... 81 Z
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-09

! am asked great many ques-
tons over the telephone, some of
which ! can answer and some are
beyond me. ! was recently asked If
anything could he done to stop the
barking of dog that disturbed the
slumbers Of the neighbOrhood, not
only the night sleep but the after
noon nap necessary for an invalid.
That was one of the questions |
could not answer. Some day when
our town grows big enough and has
a civic improvement club that wants
to accomplish something, we will
have Il law for the suppression of
unnecessary noises. IN Philadel-
phia there is law that prevents IA
person keeping dog that banks at
night. The person hurt most by the
enforcement of this law was man
who had a collection of fifteen dogs,
each one with IA different howl. At
some other town the roosters with
their midnight growing came in for
special laws, and in New York n
woman has succeeded in quieting
the whistles of factories and boats
ut unseemly hOnrs. After all, this
question resolves itself into the
Golden Rule Of doing as you would
he done by. have given up chick
ems on my place, for II IL difficult
always TO keep them within proper
bounds, and great deal OF neigh
borhood strife has often been en-
gendered by the chicken question.
Last year, in town up In Mis-
souri,, the question was tested wheth-
er one neighbor had right to kill
the chickens of another neighbor
when the owner refused or neglected
to keep them at home, and II was
proven To be lawful to kill them
when other remedies fail. But both
the dog and chicken problems are
beyond my answering, for purely
personal reasons.
Here is n good bit of philosophy
when the future looks dark and
things don't come our way:
Ibid you hear that angry word?
Never mindl never mindl
Let IL be rs never heard;
Never mind! never mindl
Twill but rankle in the breast;
Twill but break the SPIRITS rest;
Cast IL from thee-that is best;
Never mind! never mind
Have you planned and toiled In vain?
Never mindl never mind
Loss Is sometimes highest gain;
Never mindl never mindl
Honor is not bought or sold,
Character Is more than gold,
These are yours-a wealth untold;
Never mind! never mindl
Does the night seem dark and long?
Never mind never mind!
You can cheer IL with song;
Never mindl never mindl
Darkest hours before the dawn;
Night Is but the gate of morn;
Out of grief our joys are born;
Never mind! never mind"
Here IL u coakie recipe that will
delight the children. They are easy
to make and will keep as long as
the household will permit them to
u \
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-09

Read carefully the conditions on
the 4th page. You can use the NOM
ination coupon you find there to
nominate any friend You wish, start
ing of with |, 600 votes. The other
coupon filled out and forwarded as
directed counts for thirty votes.
A subscription to The Pennington
Times and Daily and Sunday Star
at $500 for both papers one year
counts for 10000 votes for any one
you wish to vote for. The Times
and the Daily Star, without the
Sunday edition, at $500, counts for
4 100 votes.
Get rs work for your favorite and
help her to win the prize. Read the
instructions carefully as to the
other prizes; II you misc one you
may secure the other.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-09
A Healing Salve for Burns, Chapped
Hands and Sore Nipples.

Hands and Sore Nipples.
As a healing salve for burns,
sores, sore nipples and chapped
hands Chamberlain Salve Is most
excellent. 1t allays the pain of n
burn almost instantly, and unless
the injury is very severe, heals the
parts without leaving n scar. Price
% cents. For sale by +. NJ. Laak-
man.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-10-15

than | would if setting them in the
orchard. In fact, l would not only
cover the roots of heeled in trees,
but part of the bodies. A tree could be
safely heeled in if both root and
branch were covered. If I had to get
my trees from a distance, I would buy
them as early in the fall as it would
be safe to dig them, and then heel
them in till early in the spring.
Apple prices have gone soaring
since our last issue. The buyers from
the east have been ransacking the
country and buying up apples by the
hundreds of thousands of boxes. Prof.
Dumas and j. T. Taggart have both
sold to a buyer from New York City.
Hood River has sold largely to the
same firm, and Wenatchee has, &C
cording to reports, sold many of their
apples. Apples are too high, but no
grower will lower the price.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-10-15
HORTICULTURE
Continued from page 81

this conference should be well at
tended. There is no danger of the
size of our apple box being changed
if the matter is we'll understood. The
Congress of the United States will
never force the Northwest to use the
apple box proposed in the Lafean
bill, if the matter is well understood.
The Apple Show at Spokane next
month will be a splendid thing for
the growers of the Pacific slope aside
from this apple box question. So I
urge all growers who can to attend
this great show. Apple growers will
pursue very unwise course if they
let the Apple Shippers Association
control such a meeting An apple
show should in the very nature of
the case be made by the apple grow
erS.
One of the things occurring quite
frequently at the A.-Y.-P. E. is meeting
so many members of the Ranch Fam
ily." 1t is almost daily occurrence
for some one to step up to the editor
of this department and call him by
name, though we had never met be-
fore. They say, 81 know you by your
picture in The Ranch" 1t would not
be just the thing for me to repeat the
things that are said to me by those
whom I meet. I appreciate the many
kind words that have been spoken on
such occasions.
Several persons have asked me to
tell which is the better time to set
out fruit trees, in the fall or in the
spring? AS a rule, would say in the
spring. Of course, a good deal de-
ponds on location and good deal de-
ponds on the kind of winter follow
ing the fall. We can never know in
advance what kind of winter will fol.
low our fall planting. Some one may
want to know what the winter has to
have the roots of a newly set tree
frozen. West of the Cascades the
roots of fall-set trees will not very
often freeze So it is much safer to
trust fall setting in the Sound coun-
try than in the valleys east of the
Cascades. 1t is true that sometimes
the roots of trees in Eastern Wash
ington valleys will not freeze, even
when the weather gets to be very Sc
we're, because snow a foot or more
deep will protect the ground from
freezing. But we are not able to fore
see these conditions, hence, it is bet
ter not to take the risk. Now, this
does not mean that we should not buy
our trees in the fall That l would
recommend, but l would heel in the
trees and not set them in the orchard.
Some one may say that the roots
might freeze if they were heeled in
Yes, but in heeling in trees l would
ALWAYS cover the roots much deeper
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-10-15
Keokuk, Ia, Nov. 2ls
Troy Chemical Co.
Ringbampton, N. Y.

Ringbampton, N. Y.
Gentlemen =
My horse had Bone SPAWN in both
legs, so that had very little use out
of her for ever year. l used two
bottles of your SPAWN cure, covering
period of four months.
| have been using her all summer
and up to the present time has not
shown any lameness. l think you
have remedy of considerable merit,
especially when you take into consid-
GRAFTON, my horse is ID years old.
Yours very truly,
M. e. JUSTICE.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-10-15
Cow Testing Station.

Your readers will perhaps be in
terested in knowing that the COW
testing association work has been
started in the state of Washington.
This state is developing rapidly along
dairy lines but up to this time the in
dustry has been so scattered that it
was impossible to get enough COWS
in any one community to warrant the
forming of testing association.
Washington's first COW testing as
ISOLATION was organized by the writer
at Enumclaw, King County, on the
18th of September. Active work will
begin October 1st. Enumclaw has al
ways been one of the most progressive
dairy sections of the state, and the
mented for the interest they have
shown in getting this work started.
The association is to be known as
the Enumclaw Cooperative Cow Test
ing Association. Seventeen dairymen
signed the articles of association and
the number will be increased to at
least twenty-five Otto Tamm, J. A.
Morris, L. D. Blake, Peter Weston and
Nels Brons were elected directors for
the coming year. Over three hundred
COWS were pledgd and this number
will be materially increased before
the first months testing is finished.
Mr.. Thos. Johansen, short course
student of the State College, was
chosen as official testor. He will
spend at least one day each month on
the farm of each member of the asso-
citation and will weigh and test the
milk of the individual cows in the
herd He will also keep an accurate
record of the amount and cost of
feed consumed by each COW, and at
the end of the years work he will de-
liver a complete record of each in
dividual COW tested to her owner.
The entire equipment for the con-
Quoting of the work is furnished by
the Washington State College. The
association is to pay the expenses of
the official tester.
There are many other sections of
this state where these associations
should be organized and the work
will go on as rapidly as conditions
will warrant.
IRA P. WHITNEY,
State College of Washington.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-26
Golden wedding at Brandon.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. Harlow Sanders cele
brated their golden wedding at Brandon
Monday, February 22. They were mar
ried at West Bolton February 90, 1859
by the Rev. YYm. S. Hurlburt. Mr..
Sanders enlisted for the Civil War in
1851, serving four years. and was honor
ably discharged on account Of shell
wound in the right arm. Mrs. Sanders
maiden name was Marinda Webster. She
is direct descendent Of Ephraim Web.
ster. one OF Che early English settlers
Of Massachusetts. who served In the
Revolutionary War. Mr. and Mrs. SAN
ders have lived in shoreham for several
years until "a months ago they moved
to Brandon. The guests from out Of
town were a sister Of Mr.. Sanders, Mrs.
Theresa Randall Of Castieton, broth.
er, Archie Sanders of Orwell, daugh.
ter, Mrs. Eugene Burnham. and two lit
tie girls of North Ferrisburgh. MIR. and
Mrs. Geo. Burt and Mr.. and Mrs. r. w.
Burt of Orwell Miss Ammo Meehan and
Miss Nellie Sullivan of Shoreham.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-26
German GIeaninus.

There are only tifty-five female ply
sicians in the German empire.
Nlne-tenths OF Germany's population
can be fed by products Of her own
soil.
Experiments are under way In Ger
many with more than thirty different
processes for removing iron from
drinking water, most Of them forms Of
filtration.
A remarkable piece Of work was re-
Gently shown at German exhibition
In the shape Of well executed land
scape made Of colonies Of different coli
ored bacteria thriving In gelatin and
meat extract.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-26
Sporting Notes.

William X. Vanderbilt has won
nearly 100000 on the French turf In
the last four years.
II. T. Blackstaffe OF England, Olym-
pic sculling champion, In twenty-five
years Of river work won 215 prizes.
There are now Ave Georges on the
Detroit American league Null
lin, suggs, Winter, Cockill and Mort
arity.
Major Delmar. 1904. has been re-
tired from the turf by his owner,
william Bradley, owner Of Ardmaier
farm, Raritan, N. ,.
0iseau has been sold for $40. The
great race horse for which Diamond
Jim Brady once paid $4,000 was
knocked down for this paltry sum at
an auction in Kentucky recently.
Tim Murnane has invented batters
box that cannot be erased. 1t is made
Of hard rubber and win save the UNI
pires the trouble Of chaiking the lines
repeatedly, as they have to do now.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-26
can.I -. Rnildinn..

On the many million dollars worth
Of buildings owned BY the United
States government In the Panama ca
nal zone no insurance Is carried. The
government has spent S10,2Soo00 ia
buildings IN the zone, which amount
takes no account Of the value Of the
buildings purchased from the French
both ia the canal zone and the repub-
ic Of Panama nor value Of the prop
trty IN al the buildings, including the
arre amount OF stores. However. the
ANAL Ere department has been deyel-
ped 70 q high state Of efHcSancT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-26
Law Points.

When the homestead has once at.
tached to land it is held in Weaver
versus First National bank, 20 Kan.
$40. "a Pac. 2T3. 10 L. r. A. IN. 81,
40. that It may persist for the benefit
Of a single individual who is the sole
surviving member Of the family.
Surrender Of a note before the COM
pletion Of a renewal note by securing
a signature which the creditor has
agreed 70 secure Is held in Benson
versus Jones IN. CO, 81 S. Il. 1893, is
L. r. A. IN. 81, 343. not to release the
liability Of sureties on the first note.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-26
A STRANGE CASE.
Derby Man Hit on The Head, Made In
sane, Receivers.

Derby, Feb. 26.-on Saturday, Feb
rtary 10, Charlie Sloan accidentally re.
eeived a severe blow on the head and
since that time the case has excited
good deal Of curiosity and wonder. The
past week as he had gradually been
growing deaf and blind yet in some way
he perceived things and on efforts to
deceive him in the least were successful
For all he has bedh so insane he has
kept strict account Of the days, each
day saying just so many days whatever
II happened to be, before he would
know whether he would die, live TO be
insane always, or be all right. Monday
was the day he said he should know and
strange 10 say, when he awoke Monday
morning il was with his brain clear but
with no memory whatever OF what
tran,pired since he received the blow on
his head.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-26
LOWER DECK CABINS BEST.
Suits Above Roll Too Much For Those
Subject to seasiel<ness.

subject to Seasickness.
The seawise passenger who crosses
the Atlantic In these winter days on
one of the new giant liners engages
his cabin on the lowest possible deck
instead Of on the promenade deck.
where the rates are usually highest.
Steamship agents in New York have
tried for years to persuade clients sub
Ject to seasickness TO try the lower
decks without avail. But one trip in
winter now teaches the lesson.
In the summer, from May to Septem-
Der, thesweatlier, as a rule. is fine, and
the promenade deck cabins are most
enjoyable. But in winter in all the big
liners, whose upper decks are from
fifty to hundred feet out Of water
that IA where the oscillation caused by
the pitching and rolling on big waves
is felt. 1t Is the tip of the pendulum
that gets the most swing
The old objection to the lower deck
rooms was that the ventilation was
poor, but with the modern ventilating
appliances In the new ships this OBJ
lection has been removed. In fact, in
bad weather the lower rooms are usu-
ally better ventilated than those on
the upper decks, as the latter frequent
~ depend for air on doors and port
holes, and when these are closed there
is no other means OF yentilating the
cabins.
When the big liners pitch as II they
were going TO look for King Neptune
and then rear. bows up. toward the
sky, while the stern takes a dip, IL is
the officers on the lofty bridges and in
the officers staterooms behind that
feel IT most. One big ship pitched so
heavily in the recent mid-Atlantic
gales that the compasses. which
weighed at least thirty pounds, were
unshipped from their sockets four
times In half an hour. Many OF the
officers were genuinely seasick.
That Ii the time when the most
choice vianda from the cabin do not
appeal to the officers mess, which FREE
Quently dimes frugally ON q sailors
biscuit. washed down with brandy
and soda. before Its members 40 on
the storm swept bridge to hang on by
their eyelids for four hours.
The difference between the seasick-
mess of marine and a landlubber IN
that ia the iatter's case he or she is
completely Frustrated. but the sailor
hasn't time to allow his feelings to
master him. He may feel I'll after be
leaves the bridge or even while he is
up there, but he has to stick 1t out
Ocean travellers are also realizing
what the oldest navigators Of the At
antic have often declared THAT is,
no matter how big the vessel, It Is
impossible to prevent the passengers
from being seasiek In rough weather. |
The great liners are drier and more
than the smaller vessels, |
ind 1t takes heavier sen to make
hem roll, but when they do start
,itehtng they have peculiarly ugly
notion which IS all their own. New
Fork Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-26
FOR SALE.

| FOR SALE--Farm Of ITO acres. VIII keep
/ 10 cows and team 600 sugar trees. abundance
| Of wood. Good buildings. Hay cut with ma
chine. Located mile from stores, school,
1 post 0fllce. creamery, etc, Price Tor quick
sale only $s0U First come, first served, 2S6tf
| FOR sALE--Farm Of i40 acres, 10 mile
from Orange Center; cuts bg tens Of hay.
buildings IN good repair Good apple orchard.
Price $1,000 i-2 cash 26gtf
FOR sALE--Farm III williamstown is7
acres. Will keep 70 cows and tearn 1850 fruit
trees Extra good buildings There IL wood
enough 70 pay Tor the farm. Come tn and get
our price 2S9m
FOR sALF--Fouse ana barn. between south
Barre and quarTies. House has seven rooms
good garden. one -half acre Of land. Price
only St,00D $50 down, balance easy. This Is
good place for a man thar works on the guar
fies. zS2n
FOR sAI.E--six.room house on Perrin hill
Spring water goes with the place. The honse
Is in good repair, very large lot, ii2 ~ feot
front, 2i3 feet deep. A good two-story hen.
house aud . chance 20 tie up 3head Of etock. A
large quantity Of fruit Price Si,a5o. Will ex-
change for fatm. 2slff
FOR sALE-Cottage barn and two boats At
Woodbury. pond. House all furnished, Sleep
ing rooms, Price 81, 900 2szef
Hotel and barn for sale or to rent Good To-
caaon. 2s2tf
Two of the best properties in the City have
JUST been listed with ns for immediate sale. be-
ing the home place Of the late Or. Braley on
North Main street and the Carl Benedict resi-
denee on Eastern Ave. We VIII describe these
properties later. 27stf
Cottage, six rooms, located on fremont street
with al modern improvements. The owner
has moved away and wants % sell bad. Price
$50. E6stf
-Four tenement house with al modern ina
provements. located on Brook street Rents
Tor so per month. Come and look this over
aud make us an ofer asslf
A nice livery iusiness well located. This Is
good business ana paying well Better loon
This up at once. afstf
Farms, timber lands business blocks We
have got anything Jon want Mstf
The r. B. cate Real Estate
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-26
The CASPIAN See Puzzle.

No one can tell what Is happening
In the Caspian sen. For years past its
waters have been falling. aud 1t has
been supposed that the great inland
sea was gradually drying up. Recent
soundinga revealed the astonishing
fact that the Caspian Ii at present ac-
tually deeper than 1t was century
ago There is only one possible hypo-
thesis. The bottom of the sea must be
dropping out.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-26
NAMED BY LINCOLN.
Triplets Born in Starksboro, Now Living
in Wisconsin.

IN WISCONSIN.
Judge p. w. J. Hawkins of Burlington
is in receipt Of copy of the Baraboo
tWis.l Evening News containing an in
teresting story about the naming by
President Lincoln Of tripIets born in
South starksboro. The triplets, all boys,
were born in South Starksboro. May "a,
1864. Judge Hawkins's father, the late
A. NJ Hawkins, for IS years postmaster
Of Stsrksboro. wrote to President Lin.
coin, telling him Of the arrival OF the
three husky Yankees and requested the
chief executive to name them.
President Lincoln replied promptly to
Mr.. Hawkins letter and named the bows
as follows: Simon Cameron Haskins, for
the secretary of war; Gideon Wells Has
kins, for the secretary Of the navy; and
Abraham Lincoln Haskius, for himself.
Miss Ida M. Tarbell, biographcr Of lin
coin, and other authorities have been
consulted, but no additional light has
been thrown on the incident, which was