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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-08-01

The flies from the sick especially those i'll with
eredwi germ
vegetable should be disposed of
with lime Kerosene oil
Screen all food whether in the house exposed for sale
garbage carefully
cleaned Of sprinkled with oil or lime
all or sprnked
lime other cheap preparations such sold by number of
See in good ord that does leak
is o date and exposed to flies
Pouke rosen
Burnor al
all windows and doors especially the kitchen and dining
II you flies be that their breeding place nearby
If there dirt and filth there will be flies
there is in the neghborhood at ono
health department
To
London medica Of
teaspoonfuls
organisms practically
which bought burned
in the house will also kill the flies
by of
the Waters Hatch jr Chairman Perpont
Id, John Y Cuyer, c. Daniel d.
MS.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-08-01
A Touching Sight.

A youth of twenty alighted from a
Hackensack car Sunday morning last
wearing a pair of dancing pumps, and
very decollete open work socks. His
trousers were pegged UP at the bot
tom into cuffs and while he did look
too sweet for anything, his evident
feminine intent was apparent. A
club would exactly suit his ilk.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
Early American Mine.

The first bituminous coal mined IN
the United States. states the United
States Geological Survey. was taken
from what is usually termed the Rich.
mond basin. small area in the south
eastern portion Of Virginia. near the
city Of Richmond, says a writer In
the Scientific American.
This basin is situated on tho east
orn margin OF the Piedmont plateau,
Is miles above tidewater. on the
James river, 1t lies In Goochland Hen.
rico. puwha!an and Chesterfield
counties.
The coal beds are much distorted.
and the coal is of rather low grade
when compared with that from other
districts with which II has to come in.
to competition. The occurrence Of
coal was known In the Richmond has.
IN as early as 100, and in 1889 ship
mcnts were made to some of the north.
ern states.
In 1922 the production amounted to
4S,2l5 gross tons. At present what lit.
tie coal Is produced In this field Is for
local consumption only.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
NO SMALL CHANGE
NIckElS AND DIMES UNKNOWN
IN ALASKA.
Their Use, the Miners Say. Would
Mean Smaller Waees-Why Rob.
bers Have Small Chance to
Escape Capture.

mo pennies. nickels and dimes go
in Alaska" said John Hoover Of Fair
banks. When ] first went to that
country | saw bartenders look curt.
ously at dime that some tenderfoot
had tossed on The bar and then sweep
1t on on the floor with their hands
| wondered at this contempt for real
money and asked some questions
about 1t, discovering that no one ever
took nickels or dimes aad that moth.
ing could be bought in the Klondlke
for less than % cents.
Take the ordinary sack Of tobacco
for instance, which we get here for n
nickel. There they cannot sell it for u
quarter hardly, SO they make It two
for quarter, but will not sell one for
Is cents.
1T is common cause among those
people up there They do not want
nickels and dimes introduced, for in.
PRODUCTION Of small change would
mean lower wages and lower prices.
Ordinary shoyelers get four dollars or
five dollars n day now and other labor
Is paid in proportion. They do not
want to receive lower wages
"Of course II is true that they make
money on the side almost every work.
er does There is tendency in mining
to follow the rule that nuggets belong
TO the man who uncovers them even
II they are found on the claim of the
employer have seen men pick on
nuggets worth from an insignificant
sum to SOS in value. The game up
there is worth playing. have had
this bag half filled with gold dust sew
eral times-and lost IT, but expect
TO keep right on til | make strike"
MIR. Hoover has with him one of the
leather bags that the dust is carried
in in Alaska. II is about IL inches in
length and fiat and is about four
inches across. II ties with thong
This looks as If an elephant had
stepped on It, he said. but It has had
the dust in II up in the Klondike all
right.
There are mighty few robbers in
Alaska. 1t doesn't take more than
four years to try n criminal and give
him proper punishment UP there; and
besides, he can be caught. There is
only one way out and that is guarded
BESIDES gold dust is as easily idcntI
fled as different kinds Of cloth or cat
tie. An assaycr or a banker In Scat.
tie. for instance, will tell you whether
a. l.. l.
other. There is sometimes ten per
cent difference in the value of the
gold streams running parallel on diff
fcrent sides of the same mountain.
A holdup man who acquires gold dust
would have to account for ii when he
went out, and 1t cauld he traced east.
ly"-Dos Moines Register and Leader
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
SKIN HUMOR rs YEARS

"Cuticura did wonders for me. For
twenty-five years suffered agony
from terrible humor, completely GOV.
ering my head, neck and shoulders. so
even to my wife, became an object
of dread. At large expense | consult
ed the most able doctors far and near.
Their treatment was OF no avail, nor
was that OF the --- Hospital, during
six months efforts. | suffered on
and concluded there was no help for
me this side OF the grave, Then /
Acurd Of some one who had been cured
by Cuucura Remedies and thought
that trial could do no harm. In
surprisingly short time | was com.
plctely cured. S +. Reyes, III Con
gress St, Boston, Mass. Oct. L., 90"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30

Powhatans tribe is not improbable,
for the chiefs daughter, PocahontaB,
sprang forward before the executions.
ers' clubs could descend and flung her.
self upon Smiths breast, praying her
father to spare the condemned Eng.
lishman. Her plea was granted Smith
was spared. Had the rescue been
merely an act OF girlish pity the af-
fair would probably have ended then
and there. But It did not Smith
went back to his colonists ut James.
town. Pocahontas followed him She
risked her life to visit him there on
every possible occasion lie told her
the colonIsts were starving. She and
her servants brought them food that
tided them over a famine season"
But for her this first English colony
in America must have persisted for
for Smith she would never have trout
bled TO feed the settlers or to per
suadc her father to leave them in
peace This is proved by the fact that
after Smith went back to England Po.
cahontas lost all interest In the col.
ony and neither returned to visit 1t
nor sent II aid. Whether or not Smith
reciprocated the savage maiden's love,
he undoubtedly made great use Of 1t
In behalf Of his suffering fellow Eng.
lishmen. Whether or not Pocahontas
actually regarded herself as Smiths
wife she loved him devotedly to the
end OF her days.
Smith fell Ill and left Virginia. Word
came that he was dead. Pocahontas
was heartbrokcn. When the English
captured her by treachery and urged
Back from tho her to strengthen
'0,' the alliance be-
Se'u' tween England
and the savagcs by marrying a colon.
list named Rolfe she consented. Rolfe
took her to London. There at court
she came face 10 face with Smith At
first she thought she had seen ghost
The unhappy girl fell to the floor in
dead faint Recovering, she threw her
arms about Smiths neck, covered his
him countless endearing names. So
overcome with JOY was she at seeing
once more the man she had loved and
lost that she forgot all the stifr court
etiquette into which she had been so
carefully drilled, and had no eyes for
Rolfe. nor for the king Of England
himself, so long us Smith was pres.
ent.
A quick reaction followed upon her
Joy. Though Smith was alive, she
realized that she was bound for life
to another man. Rolfc, perhaps with
the idea of removing her from so dan.
gerous rival prepared to take Poca.
hontas back at once to Virginia But
she pined away and died before reach
ing her native land.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
Wreck q the Sarah Sands.

The Sarah Sands, an iron screw
steamer. sailed from Portsmouth. Eng
land, to Calcutta in August, 1851,
with 300 soldiers on board On 40.
ycmber II. the cargo government
storcsl took fire. By the CXcrtiors
of Maj Brett and Capt. Castle tho
master of the vessel. who directed
the soldiers and the crew, the flames
were subdued. although a barrel of
gunpowdcr exploded during the con.
Migration. A new danger then arose
the prevalence OF strong gale:
water was shipped heavily whore the
port quarter had been blown out
Nevertheless the vessel arrived at
the Mauritius, on November 81 with.
out losing n single life.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
CHARLES I AND HENRIETTA MARIA

A lG.year-old French girl in May,
1925. was married to man she had
never seen and whom she did not sec
until six weeks after the wedding, In
other words, she was married in
France by proxy to Charles, heir ap.
parent to the British throne. and did
not sail for England to meet her hus
band until June OF that year Mar.
riage by proxy was royal custom of
the times.
The girl was Henrietta Maria, young
sister of King Louis XIII. of France
and daughter of Henry of Navarro
She was a hery-tempered, selfwilled
damsel. Prince Charles, who almost
at once succeeded his father, James l.,
as king of England was an obstinate
weak. dishonest man whose charm of
manner as well as his lack of princi
pie, was inherited from his grand.
l'other, Mary Queen o! Scots Charles
and Henrietta started their married
life with not one atom of mutual af.
lection, and their Indifference soon
grew to bitter dislike, Not for years
after their marriage did they fall in
love with each other,
France was q Catholic country. Hen.
rietta was an ardent Catholic Eng
lands state religion was Protestant.
In order to win Henrietta's hand
Charles had promised the French that
he would do much to aid the Catho.
lies In England. He did not find 1t
convenient to keep this promise. so he
promptly broke it-as he broke many
another during his stormy, misspent
a Royal life. Henrietta
noy"' was furious at
this breach OF
faith and took little pains to hide her
feelings from Charles. This. naturally,
did not tend TO strengthen the bond
between them. Moreover the duke OF
Buckingham (who was Charles right.
hand man and eXcrted boundless in.
huence over the fckle MONARCHY did
queen on bad terms with each other.
Early in 1928 buckingham was as.
sasslnated. The king In his grief
turned to Henrietta for comfort. With
no one to part them or to stir up dis.
putes. the two grew as devoted as
they had heretofore been indifferent.
Charles l., after three years Of love
less welded existence, actually fell In
love with his wife. And Henrietta,
forgetting her contempt for his dis.
honesty, was quite won by the kings
charm OF manner. In word, their
honeymoon came three years after
their marriage.
1t was nm age Of marital infidelity
especially among royal personages.
Yet Charles to the end OF his life re.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
GREAT LOVE STORIES
- OF HISTORY e
BY ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE
JOHN SMITH AND POCAHONTAS

BY ALBERT PAYSON TERIIUNE

This is the first American love story
Capt. John Smith was soldier OF
fortune. He was also a bully, brag.
CART and n most amazing liar. But In
spite Of all this he was great man
and our country owes him debt that
should never be forgotten. Smith had
Knocked about the world ever since,
as boy, he ran away from his Eng.
fish home. He had been q soldier, a
sailor, IA captive slave in the orient
and had followed many trades. 1t is
hard to gain Il true idea of his career,
since for great deal OF II We have
only his own word TO 30 on. And he
had sCant regard for truth
band of English colonists landed
in Virginia in 1907. They were mot
ley rabblc, who had gone there expect.
ing TO find gold. It was n sort of get.
rlch.quick' scheme. When they could
not pick up gold for the asking in
the new world they were disguised
and cared little about settling down as
farmers. They would have starved
or gone back to England but for
Smith. He was one Of their leaders
and set them to blowing, house build.
ing, clearing forests and doing other
needful work They hated him, but
could not get on without his help. So
they sulkily obeyed him. Having got
ten the colonists
e,,. "o started on their
N''' labors. Smith set
out to explore the neighboring country
During this trip he was captured by
Chickahominy Indians, passed from
tribe to tribe as 4 curiosity, and at
length was brought before Chief Pow.
hatan. The old chief pretended to
treat him as an honored guest. Sud
denly. however, a number of Indians
hurled themselves upon Smith. over
powered and bound him, throwing him
to the ground and placing a great
stone beneath his head. Then two eX.
ccutioners, armed with big clubs, ad.
vanced to dash out his brains. Amer.
iCa's future fate hung in the balance.
Without Smith the Virginia colony
could not live. The Colonists' failure
would discourage other Englishmen
from crossing the seas. France and
Spain, which had already formed set
Elements in America, would probably
have oyerrun the Atlantic seaboard
with n series Of colonies, crowding out
forever the Anglo.SaXon race The sit
uatIon and the countrys future were
saved by n girl
From earliest ages It has been the
custom among many savage tribes all
over The world to permit any woman
of the tribe to save a prisoners life
by offering to marry him. When n
woman interfered to rescue doomed
prisoner it was on the understanding
that she consented to be his wife.
That this old custom was in vogue in
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30

when with the
Ill ! a hcmic analysis o
The
the public carry
the pledges of the the
interests before whose threats defeat Legislation the leaders
bowed SAX o harmony
Of
successfully
organized around merely private interests"
Soon after he arrived Washington Senator Deliver
Carpenter delay
u" told
The Iosan slapped hts his Carpenter
that when the president
the has different
he insurgants
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
The Bane OF MARRIAGE.

she Is broken.hcartcd.
But why should she be. isn't she
Just married ?"
ITS not unhappIness with her hus-
band but on account of the newspa.
per notice of the wedding"
WAS there something uncompli.
mcntary said?"
Not Intentionally perhaps. but the
item printed was to have read, The
groom married pretty miss When
the article appeared the second letter
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
FACE Covered with PImpIes

81 congratulate Cuticura upon my
speedy recovery from pimplos which
covered my face fused Cuticnra Soap.
Ointment and Rcsolvcnt for ten DAYS
and my face cleared and I am perfect
ly well | had tried doctors for scy-
eral month but got no results VIM. j.
Sadlicr, 1914 SusQuchanna I've. Phila-
dclphia May /, 1909"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30

Mrs Jonuytt" Ryder an American
woman who has been doing humane
work IN Cuba for the last ten wears. Is
said to have done more to suppress
bun ana cock lighting on th- island
than any other one person
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
Shin S EInurehead.

Carvings Tor more than 600 vessels
were made by William Southworth,
who recently died at Bath. He made
a specially of the carving OF figure.
heads for many years. and some splen.
did ones were the product OF hi
SKIN The rise Of commcrCialism has
hlotted out the poetic Significance OF
the tigurchcad and few Rgurchcads are
seen nowadays Kennebec Journal
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30

Add to "A hulfpnt OF good whiskey.
one ounce compound fluid balmwort
and two ounces glycoriuc, shake well
and take in tablespoon doses three
to six times daily This wiz check.
prevent and cure colds ana lagrippe
quicker than anything known. Any
druggist can supply il.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
MONEY IS TIE NEW LEADER

The Democrats in the United Staten senate
have n new leader. He is fernando de Soto
Money, senator ttom Mississippi. The senate is
pretty well made up of money these days. having
Geveral muItm isnalres on its salary list II
often is called tro "Monairo's club" The neu,
minority leader, however. has money In name
only. OF course The MissIssippian who will lead
the party OF Jefferson in the AFFAIRS to come be.
fore the senate Las a few dollars but as con,.
pared With Elkn5, Guggenheim Depew and sev.
eral others he is a poor man.
Senator CulteIson of Texas has been tho mi.
nority leader in toe upper branch OF congress- for
several years. bui soon after the lawmakers cor.
vened for the siIty-first session he announced
that he would give up the honor because of bi,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
Marriaue a Ia Mode.

81 don't know that really love
him. Therefore shan't marry
him"
TOO risky, eh?'
YES: don't know that he could
pay the alimony N which have been
accustomed"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30

Mrs Woman's work Ia
never done
Honham-T so: even after she
is married she is tryiug to ma.c men
fall In love with hnr.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
A WIfe's
Folly.
not only agreed
with him Ihni MIhn

king could do no wrong" but stirred
him up to oppose parliament, to insist
on having his own foolish way and to
try to bend the people to his will by
force.
He followed the advice OF the won.
an he loved. AS a result he found
himself suddenly at war not only with
parliament. but with great part of
the people at large, who were rushing
to arms in behalf Of fair play Henri.
eta Maria hurried to Holland, where
she worked with might and main to
raise money and men to aid Charles.
But the reinforcements she brought
him could not turn the tide OF victory.
So she fed at last TO France with her
children and never again saw her hus-
band. Charles was captured FIRST
flying for refuge 10 the Scotch lords,
whom he trusted and who thriftily
sold him to parliament), and in 1915
was beheaded.
Henrietta Maria dragged out most
of her remaining days in poverty and
exile. BY loss of husband and crown
she paid the full price for her folly In
believing that the divine right OF
kings" could ever hope to stand
against the dlviner rights OF the peo-
ple.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30

It's arcr moods yachting IN
the
his OF
Ggen Malta entirely in the
of Connau
n
takes preservation with
strict observance rules
He sdaex rs-=@
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
SENATE WATCHES DOLLIVER

Senator Jonathan p. Doiver of Iowa, n lead
Ing member of the insurgents" threw some hot
shot into the enemy in his speech delivered OF
the Press club in Chicago just before congress
convened, MIR Dolyer advanced the theory that
the most hopeful sign about the last congress
was not what congress did, but the fact that tt
did not do so unanimously. lie also said that lie
believed President Taft's attitude toward the
insurgents at the present session will be TienG
ly aud that he thought the president had done
all that It was up to him to do in the tariT mat
ter. Us congress mad? the tariff revision and not
the president
"'fh" time when skin game can be worked
on the people with the unanimous consent OF
congress viii never come again" said Mr. Dol
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
EDWARD OUT-OF-DOOR KING

No other European sovereign is so much a
man Of the open air as King Edward. who has
Just celebrated his sixty-eghth birthday ami.
yersary. He is singularly energetic, though not
active in the sense of one who walks rapidly and
far. When there is nothing better available for
an outofdoor occupation he does not desplse the
gentle game Of croquct though he has never
fallen n victim to golf
lie is not afraid Of rain and he actually reyels
in the brisk freshness OF heavy shower He
hardly ever uses umbrella For life out OF
doors he prefers clothes which win resist the
rain, but he does not like macintosh. Clad
in a Icing, cloth cape, which completely covers
his other clothes he scorns to take shelter from
even n tropical downpour
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30

ungen Germany At the of 20 he returned this
ehuy because nothing
banking
wisely
ne was TO London
grounding
change When he
fathers banking
were:
In 1871 he
Central stock a
Of
ration Tor putting the q gold
OF
railroad o IN Pacific
In 1850 his the hand
cate work and the
wasre hab
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30

Bailey an Texas place
but o Senator 4oney
NJ. Money in good
He out of the house
While he
but did take his until
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30
MORE POWER FOR MORGAN

Through purchase of control OF the Equitable
Life Assurance society. J. 7. Morgan is acknowl.
edged the insurance king OF America, the doml-
mating factor in the nations finances and the
master and controlling spirit OF the traction situ
alton in New York.
Mr.. Morgan has been during the past % years
the Atlas Of the financial world of the United
States. He possesses more money power than
any man who ever lived In this country.
Born in Hartford Conn. April II, 1887. OF
family which for generations had been wealthy
and arstocratic, he from his youth up enjoyed
all the educational advantages that his parents
money and social position could give him. After
graduating at the English high school in Boston
he went abroad and became a student at Got.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-30

manned absolutely faithful to Hen.
rietta. and she more than repaid his
alteration
Now, this was very gratifying, no
doubt. But, as II happened, that same
love of the king and queen was to
cost Charles his life. Henrietta her
crown and the English nation a long
and bloody civil war. 1t would have
been better for all concerned If the
ensrly dislike had endured Here is
the story OF the kings downfall:
Charles was n firm believer in tho
divine right OF kings" According to
his ideas, king could do no wrong.
lie believed himself appointed by God
to rule the English nation as he might
choose to. He considered he had the
divine right" to break his word, TO
override the rights of the people, to
mismanage the country's affairs to
suit himself A few hundred years
earlier he would probably have passed
for q fairly good ruler. But by the
seventeenth century the plain people
of England were beginning to think
for themselves. They decided that no
man. king or otherwise, had the right
to deceive and ill.govcrn them.
Through their representatives in par
lament they demanded justice. II
Charles had listened to wiser counsel.
lors he would probably have seen the
wisdom Of granting the people their
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-30
Snow. Rain and Hail FAN

MILWAUKEE,, April 29.-Snow, rain
and hail fell throughout Wisconsin
last night. At many places three inches
of snow is reported to have fallen.