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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-19
GETTING TOGETHER.

The Kansas City Post Is send.
ing out circular letters to Demo-
cratic papers and others asking
their views about holding a State
wide meeting of Democrats and
suggestions rs to date. The State
Democratic Committee, j, has been
announced, coutempIatcs holding a
meeting in st. Louis early in Sep.
TENDER, and acting Chairman John.
son says that it is also being
planned to have a meeting of the
Democratic editors at the same
time.
Why not make this general
Democratic gathering The first
of September may he a little early
10 perfect plans and program for
such meeting, but this could be
arranged by naming a date in Or.
tObcr, which Is a more pleasant
month for such II gathering than
September, and would give more
time TO secure the attendance Of
prominent speakers, arouse inter.
est and make Democrats all over
the State feel It worth their while
10 attend.
\ meeting of this character
ought to be promotiye of good. As
Senator Stone says, II cannot i'm
aglne a sensible ground of opposi-
ton to such Il meeting. but can
see numerous reasons why it might
result in good to the party.
When loyal party men meet to.
gether, each DESTROYS according to
his own view and his own plan of
promoting the party welfare, they
usually find that the other fellow
is a better fellow than they thought,
and that the supposed differences
between them are more imaginary
than they are real "
The experience of the two last
quadrennial campaigns in this
State reminds Democrats that
though our State is naturally Dem.
ocratic, unless all Democrats get
together, LAYING aside their fac.
tional feelings and prejudices, and
work to the one end-the success
OF the party, they have no assur.
ance of carrying the State. II We
would redeem Missouri we must
get together,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-19
r M. TALBERT,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,

FARMIRGTOR, MISSOURI.
WIN Practice IN all the Courts of the state
once In Realty Building, Room 70.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-19

There are two hundred cases In
the docket Of the Butler county Cir
cult Court, and it will probably be
In session several weeks. Thirty
one of them are new cases, while
the others are those continued from
previous courts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13
THE END OF THE WORLD

A Theory That 1t Will Come by Fire
Caused by Friction.
As to the. length Of time the earth Is
likely to last. the calculations are that
1t will not cease to be active for a good
many millions Of years. such activity
not, however. necessarily supposing
that life US we know 1t now will al
ways be possible. the eventua!ity Of IL
universal lie age being always u con.
tingency that may occur again in the
history of the globe.
1t Is interesting to note that in this
connection Il Swedish mystic called
Stromberg has declared that the world
would never know another ice age, bu,
that 1t was now running out Its cours e
to the end. Its existence. lie declared,
would endure rs long us fire burned in
the earth's bowels--that is, until the
whole mass shall have become sclidi.
fed. The internal fires. he said. pro.
vided the link which maintained the
earth in the suns sphere of attraction
When this attraction shall fail, the
earth. according to the Swefe, will
cease to rcvOlve and will fall away
only to disappear by, fire caused by
friction, thus verifying the Biblical
prophecy. AS. however. the pr ,cess of
cooling down entirely will take some
billions of years, the nervous person
will note that there Is really no imme-
diate cause for alarm. = New York
World. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13
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ITO BE cos7rsUiD.I
A CHlLD's HERoIsM. :
The Story of Visit to the Beautiful
Glasnevin Cemetery.

Tho Story of Visit to the Beautiful
Glasnevin Cemetery.
A pathetic story of child's heroism
is told by Dublin gentleman. Re.
Gently he proposed to drive with his
wife to the beautiful Glasnevin Gene
terry. Calling his son, bright little
boy. some four years old, he told him
to get ready to accompany them. The
child's countenance fell, and the fl.
ther said:
Don't you want to go, Willie?"
The little lip quivered. but the child
answered, Yes, papa, if you wish"
The child was strangely silent during
the drive, and when the carriage drove
up to the entrance he chung to his
mothers side and looked up In hel
face with pathetic wistfulness.
The party alighted and walked
among the graves and along the tree
Swallowed avenues, looking at the i'll.
scriptions on the last resting places of
the jewellers in the beautiful city OF
the dead. After an hour or SO thus
spent they returned to the carriage.
and the father lifted his little son to
his seat. The child looked surprised.
drew breath of relief and asked:
"Why. am going back with you?'
"Of course you are. Why not?"
II thought when they took little
boys to the cemetery they left them
there" said the child.
Many man does not show the hero.
ism in the face of death that this child
,ayinced In what.to him had evidently
been q summons to leave the world
London Telegraph.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13
HOLES IN GLASS.
They Are Too Tiny to Sec. but Air e.,
Work Through Them,

They Are Too Tiny to Sec, but Air Can
Work Through Them.
Ordinary tumblers will hold water
because the globules of water are too
big to squeeze through the glass. But
glass is as full of holes as a sponge.
and air blows right through it because
the specks Of air are smaller than the
holes.
Put a bell into big globe of glass,
seal up the vessel, pump out all the
atr, then ring the bell inside and you
hear nothing. There is not air enough
In the globe to carry sound. But lay
the globe aside for a month or so, and,
no matter how carefully you have
sealed up the neck, you will find thai
you then can hear the bell when you
ring It,. Air has got into that globe.
Enough anyway to carry q sound has
leaked in through the substance Of the
glass.
The ordinary incandescent lamp is q
glass globe with the air pumped out,
and after a few months sufficient air
leaks through to dim the light which
comes from the thread Of electrified
charcoal inside.
We can make plenty of vessels to
hold water, but nothing has been made
which will hold air without any leak.
age. The air sneaks in through holes
which are too small for the human
mind to imagine.
In fact. everything leaks London
Answers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13
A cEYLoN PLAGUE.
Tho Land Leeches Are Worse Than the
Snakes or Mosquitoea.

Inc Land lceches Are worse U nan the
Snakes or Mosquitoes.
It Is nearly always the case that ex-
ceedingly beautiful countries are over
run by different kinds of pests. Beau
Hful Ceylon has mosquitoes said to be
the most adroit and audacious In the
world and snakes and thousand more
plaques of poor human beings, but the
worst of them all is a species of leech.
The Ceylon land ieech is n thin crea-
ture about two inches long and very
nimble and flexible. 1t will crawl up q
mans leg and, travelling underneath
the clothing. will climb rs high as the
throat. These leeches do not crawl like
the leeches that are known to medi.
cine, but rear themselves up on their
tails to watch for prey and walk of to
attack It with amazing rapidity. In
walking through the jungle hosts Of
them may be seen by the roadside.
where they wait to victimize cattle.
Horses, 1T is said, are driven half wild
by them, ms also are palanquin bearers
and coolies, whose bare legs are their
favorite resort, the mems hands being
too engaged to pull them off. The
leeches may be seen hanging round
their ankles, from which tiny trickles
Of blood run over the foot.-London
Standard,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13
Paid up.


A year or two ago the son of a
prominent banker Of Iowa undertook,
with all the brashness and confidence
Of youth, the launching of new morn
Ing paper in town already well sup
piled with newspapers
1t was understood by his friends that
the young man had. In fact, started his
enterprise on "a shoestring'-a few
hundred dollars advanced by his IN.
Their. So 1t was with much facetious
ness that the youthful proprietor and
editor was approached from day to
day by the aforesaid friends. $50 you
call yourself an editor" exclaimed one
Of them, with affected contempt.
"Of course Ido." returned the brash
young owner. I'm the whole thing.on
this paper. And don't owe a cent
therefor"
Everybody krows." continued his
tormertor. ''that YOU got 5000 from
your father to start the thing"
"Sure" said the proprietor and edi-
tor. Furthermore. the old mans sub
scription for the Beacon is marked
paid hundred years ahead on my
books!" NJ.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13
SOME PET ECONOMIES.
Saving String and Paper We News
Use-Wasted Medicines.

Saving String and Paper We Neve,
Use-Wasted Medicines.
Hardly a person exists without some
favorite economy, some little senscless
tribute which he offers ut the shrine Of
thrift and by which he saves-just
nothing.
Some people refuse to CIT the string
of parcels and waste precious minutes
laboriously untying KNOTS. Others
store away scraps of lace and silk and
are delighted when a stray occasion
justifies their practice by making use
of boarded treasure.
myself have u weakness for half
sheets of note paper. am annoyed eA.
ceedingly when receive letter with
the third page covered and the second
blank. 1t seems nn opportunity missed.
Yet as rarely make use of my pieces
can only keep them from n magpie
love of saving.
Apropos of this subject, remembe,
a clergyman once telling me about an
aunt of his who in her cagerness that
nothing should be wasted insisted upon
drinking the remaining doses in any
medicine bottles that the invalids In
the household had been unable to fin.
ish.
This seems carrying good principle
little too far.-London Black and
White.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13
The.vovdet.,

= Z,
The voyder was a large; dish in
which were collected the broken Wet
uals which were removed from the
table with large knife with a broad.
fat blade, called the voyder knife,
from WIDER, to empty, clear or make
void.
"rhe Boke of Nurtu-e," by Hugh
Rhodes, the date of which is 1877, Que
of the curious set of handbooks of
manners and etiquette reproduced by
the Early English Text society, speaks
of these vessels as follows: "See yc
have voyders ready for to void the
morsels that they doe leave on their
trenchers. Then with your trencher
knyfe take off such fragments and put
them in your voyder and then settle
them downe cleane agayne."
Few silver ones remain, but some
large brass voyders or dishes which
have probably been SO used may still,
be seen, of the history Of which moths
Ing is known by. their present owners.
-"Old English Plate" by W. J..
Grips.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13

nave lauOEeu
with the boy, bnt'--he turned out his
hands-.'you see, there is the tempta-
ton. 1t is his unhappy weakness"
.lessica remembered the yellow,
smirky face now. She had passed him
on the day Tom Fielder had walked
with her from the Mountain Valley
House, and the lawyer had told her lie
lived in the cabin just below the Knob,
where she so often sat. She felt
culver of repulsion.
"He is not intoXicated," she said
colGly. "Ide is i'll. You know him.
then?"
"Know him." he echoed and laugh
ed-a dry, cackling laugh. ~ ought to-
And guess he knows me- He shook
the inert arm. Get UP, Hugh" he
said. Its P-endergast!!'
There flashed through her mind the
phrase of the surly hotel keeper, Ills
side partner, Prendergast!' Could it
be? Had Hugh really lived in the cab
in on which she had SO often peered
down during those. past weeks? And
with this chosen crony!
she touched Prendergast's arm. "He
is Ill, say she repeated. "IIe must
be cared for at once. Your cabin is on
the hillside. isn't it?'
His cabin" he corrected. "a rough
place, but it has sheltered us both.
am but guide. philosopher and friend"
She bit her lips Lift him on my
horse" she said. She stopped and put
I,
ders. 81 will help you. am quite
strong"
With her aid lie lifted the swaying
form, onto the saddle and supported
it. while Jessica led the way.
Here is the cutoff" lie said pres
entity "Ah.syou know it, for she had
turRed into the side path that led
along the hill, 3under the gray, snake
like lume-ihe shortest route to the
grassy shelf on which tile cabin stood
The bNway was steep and rugged,
and rhododendron clumps caught at
her-ankles, and once she heard snake
slip over the dry rustic of leaves, but
she went OH rapidly, dragging at the
bride, turning back now and then
anXiously to urge the horse to greater
speed. She scarcely heard the often
siyely honeyed compliments which
Prendergast offered to her courage.
1t seemed an eternity they climbed.
In reality 1t was scarcely twenty min
utes before they reached the grassy
knoll and the cabin. whose crazy
swinging door stood wide to the night
air, She tied the horse, went in and
at Prendergast's direction found
matches and lit a candle. The bare,
two room interior it revealed was I'M
kempt and disordered. Rough hunks,
table and n couple of hewn chairs
We're almost Its only furniture The
window was broken and the roof ad-
mitted sun and rain. Prendergast laid
the man they had brought on one of
the hunks and threw over him shah.
by blanket.
MY dear young lady" he said, "you
are good Samaritan. How shall we
thank You, my poor friend here and
II"
Jessica had taken money from her
pocket, and now she held 1t out to
him. HE must have DOCTOR" she
said. you must fetch one"
The yellow eyes fastened on the bill,
even while his gesture protested. you
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13
FORCED THE PLAY.
Career of Tragedy Written by the
Great Napoleon.

Career of Tragedy Written by the
Great Napoleon.
The Scene Illustrate of Rome tells
this story of the first Napoleon us n
dramatic writer. He had seen per.
Torrance of "The Cid" which i'm
pressed him SO .forcibly that he de-
cided to write n classic drama. Within
a short time he had finished nearly
four acts of a play. which he entitled
"Hector." Then came his election as a
brigad.er general, and the manuscript
was thrown into desk, where he
found 1t again by chance In 1905. Ma.
poleon then sent for Luce de I.ancival,
gave him the manuscript and directed
him to finish the play. This was done,
but the players refused to accept it.
When Napoleon returned to Paris from
the coronation at Naples lie learned of
the coDtemptuous manner In which his
work had been treated. He demanded
the manuscript and wrote across It:
'srhe players Of the Coincide Fran
caise will produce the tragedy which
In their stupidity they rejected. Napo-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13

ueWy DaiSlmS III her nos
trils, the dust rising ghostlike behind
the rapid hoofs. SHE found David
Stires anxious and peevish over her
late coming
She felt Il relief when the old man
grew tired and was wheeled to his
bedroom
Left Alone her reflections returned.
She began 10 be tortured She tried
10 read The printed characters swan
beyond her comprehension. At length
she drew IL hood over her head and
stole out on to the wide porch.
1t was only . o'clock, and along the
gravel paths that wound among the
shrubbery a few dim forms were stroll.
Ing. She caught the scent of a cigar
and the sound of woman's laugh
The air was crisp and bracing. with
a promise of frost and painted leaves
She gazad down across the dark
gulches toward the town. Il struggling
design pricked in binding yellow
points. Halfway between, folded in
the darkness, lay the green shelf and
the cabin to which her thought re.
Cured with a kind of compulsion
There was no moon. but the stars
were glowing like tiny green gilt Goals.
and the yellow road lay plain ana
clear. Will. sudden determination
she drew her light cloak closely abou,
her, stepped down, sped across the
grass to n footpath and so TO the road
AS she ran on down the curving stretch
under the trees the cracking slip of
bank paper that lay In her bosom
seemed to Enrn her flesh. She was
stealing away to gaze upon the out
cast who had shamed and humbled
her-going, she knew not why, with
burning cheek and hammering heart.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13
Types Of Female Beauty.

In7northern Europe, among the Teu-
tonic races, there are distinct types of
beauty to be met with in Sweden, Po-
land, Saxony and Austria. The Swed-
ish type. however, lacks animation, but
the mold and figure to some extent
atone for this, says the London Globe.
The Austrian women possess COM
posite beauty in which are united the
charms Of three or four races. Vienna
ladies are tall and stately, with great
harmony and proportion in feature and
figure. The Tyrolese maiden often
lacks good figure, but her face and
manner possess all that is most be-
witching in the two races Of which she
10 composed, Latin and Germanic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13
His Mean Trick.

"There certainly are differences in
feelings" said the woman who some.
times philosophers, "or at least differ.
ent ways of expressing them.
"a few days ago shocking incident
occurred in the apartment house where
I live. The jan!tor. who was an I'M
usually good looking man, about thir-
ty-flye years old, killed himself for
some wholly inadequate reason, some
difference with his employer. OF
course everybody in the house was
much upset by the tragedy, and l, with
other tenants, went down to the base
ment to see his wife and offer aid
"The wife, however, seemed more re-
sentful than grief stricken.
"'Would you ever think such fine
man would do such u mean trlck!' she
exclaimed."-New York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13

The eyes opened, and confused, trou.
Dled look crept to them. Then they
closed again. and the look faded out
into peace that remained
4 A thrill ran through her, the sense
fof moral power of the weak over the
strong, of bcNfeminine over the mas
culine.
A rising Gusll stained her cheeks.
With sudden impulse and with n
guilty backward glance she bent and
touched her lips to his forehead.
She drew back quickly, her face
flooded with color. caught her breath.
then, drawing her hood over her head,
went swiftly to the door and was lost
in the darkness.
When toward midnight the fever
ebbed, Sanderson had fallen into u
deep sleep of exhaustion, from which
he opened his eyes next morning upon
the figure of Prendergast sitting. pipe
in mouth, in the sunny doorway.
He lifted himself on his elbow. That
crafty-fa had been inexplicably WOW
en- with the delirious fantasies of his
fever. Where and when had he known
it? Then inSa great tide welled over
him the memory of his last conscious
hours-the scene in the saloon, the
fight, the music, the sudden appalling
discovery of his name and repute He
remembered the sickening wave of self
disgust, the fierce agony of resentment
that had beat in his every vein as he
walked up the darkening street. He
remembered the thrown quartz. No
doubt another missile had struck home
or he had been set upon, kicked and
pommeled into insensibility. This old
MANA miner probably, for there We're
picks ana shovels in the corner-had
succorcd him. He had been Ill. there
was lassitude in every limb and shad-
owy recollcctions tantaliZed him. He
retained dim consciousness of wo.
mans face-the face he had seen on
the MISUNDERSTANDING near him, bring
ing into painful disorder sense Of
grateful GOODNESS. of fragrance and of
rest
AS lie stared again ut the seated fig
ure, the grim fact reared like grisly
specter. deriding, thrusting its haggard
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13
Pepsin, Saliva and castrie Juie..

Pepsin. the principal agent In taa di
gestion of food is n powerful solvent
stored up in the walls of the stomach
and Only poured forth when its assist.
anceais needed. When pure, this fluid
Is perfectly neutral. neither acid nor
alkaline, and appears to be unable to
exert any action without the presence
OF an acid. Such acid is supplied in
the gastric juice, secreted by the gas.
tric follicles covering the coating Of
the stomach. Tho saliva is merely for
the purpose Of moistening the food,
thus preparing 1t for the action of the
pepsin and gastric flulds.-New York
American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13

fdst.r u nv neeo'ns
by what miracle had he been so altered
as to look upon himself with loath-
ing?
He lifted himself upright. dropping
his feet to the floor At the movement
the man on the doorstep rose quickly
and came forward.
You're better. Hugh" he said. Take
1t easy though. Don't get up just yet
I'm going to cook you some breakfast"
He turned to the hearth. kicked the
smoldering !os ends together aud set
a saucepan Gil them You'll be stron-
ger when you'v" got so,.ething be-
tween your rihs." Ii" added.
"How long have been lying here?'
asked Harry.
"Only since last night. You've had a
fever"
"W'here is my dog?'
"Dos:" s;,id the other. 81 never
knew you had one
Harry's lips set bitterly. 1t had Jared
more hardly, then. than lie. 1t had
been ready object for the crowd to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13

If cough once gets into your sys-
TEN it acts on every muscle and fibre
Of the body and makes you ache all y
over. 1t especially affects the mites.
tines arr makes you constipated, SO
in order to get rid of cold thorough
ly ana without delay you should not
take anything thas will tend to con
stipate. Kennedy's Laxative Cough
Syrup acts upon the bowels ard
thereby drives the cold out of the
system. 1t contains no opiates--its.
is pleasant to take and is highly
recommended for children. Sold by
all druggists.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13
Lona FLIGHTS of Rird,.

Birds OF passage make their longest
digit somewhere, near Boring strait
A naturalist says that probably the
longest continuous flight made by the
feathered travellers in their peregrina-
lions is accomplished by some Of the
shore and water birds that nest in the
islands Of Boring sea and spend the
winter at Hawaii and Tanning island.
1900 miles away. AS some Of the birds
live entirely on the shore and are
probably unable to rest on the surface
Of the water. they must accomplish the
whole distance in single flight, yet
they make their way to their destina.
ton with absolute precision.-C chicago
Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13

1t is very important and in fact it
is absolutely necessary to health that
We give relief to the stomach prompt
~ at the first signs of trouble-that
are belching of gas, nausea, soul,
stomach. headache, irritapllity and
nervousness. These are warnings
that the stomach has been mistreat5l
ed; it is doing too much work and it
is demanding help from you. Take
something once in while; especial
ly after meals; something like
koDoL for Dyspepsia and indiges-
ton. 1t will enable your stomach to-
do its work properly. Sold by all
druggists.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-01-13
Sour
Stomach

No appetite. loss Of strength. nervous.
aess. headache. constipation. bad breath.
general debility. sour rislngs, and eatarTh
q tho stomach are all due to Indigestion.
cry represents the natural Juices Of diees.
don q they exist In . healthy stomach,
combined with the greatest known ioni5i
and seconstructive propertles. Kodol for
dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion
and dyspepsia. but this famous remedy
helps all stomach troubles BY cleansing
purifying, sweetening and strengthening
The mucous membranes lining the stomach.
:. Mr.. s. s. Ball d kavenswood W.. Va. ssys.-
- was troubled with sour stomach for twsnty yaasN
Eodo, cured me and W are sov sssns Y p mn
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