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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15
Stand Pat Lunacy.

This from the foremost Republican
protectionist newspaper-tho New
York Tribune:
The restoration by the senate OF
the duty on hides was to be expected
It Is In line with the general policy
Of the finance committee and It's fol
lowers 10 nullify the reductions In
rates made in the house bill and to re
shape that bill in the exact image OF
the Dingley law,
"The victory Of the finance com.
mittee only emphasizes the 'standpat
character of its tariff program No
duty levied by the Dingley law is less
defensible on grounds of rational pro,
lection than the duty on hides"
If in the light of such protests from
their own section of their own party
these senators cannot foresee the pc,
ltcal results of such tariff program
they must be past praying for.
Are they besotted with self-sufIl.
ciency-or do they really want to pro.
vide a clamor for Roosevelt in 1912?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15
Fiuht or Surrender,

The signs and portcnts are ominoua
Of an accommodation between tho
president and the standpat leaders in
congress under the terms of which he
Will come out shorn of the honurs IA
well as the spells Of war. There can
be no serious claim that the senate
project is other than mockery of
what the president has repeatedly In.
sisted that revision must be in order
10 meet the equities of the case aud
retain for his party the respect Of the
country.
So TO pretend is to add insult to
injury so far as the public Is con,
ccrned, but Mr.. Taft cannot afford to
advance plea which even Aldrich
Lodge and PenrOse are ashamed to
hide behind, The issue as presented
has been interpreted once and again
by the president himself. There is no
middle ground for him between a
fight on full vindcation and total sur
render to the Norfolk
Nirginian.PllOt.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

that he was married to a native girl.
Il was not long before we came up,
on gateway between stone walls.
and entering here we rode along by
groves of banana and graceful, 1.-THE
coffee trees. until we came to com.
Portable Westinghouse surrounded by
a beautiful garden. For moment at
q window there appeared a lovely Wis.
ion of a girl of type common in Hon.
duras. halfIndian. half.Spanlsh; two
strains of blood that produce some
charming specimens of womanhood:
dark, dreamy eyes, glossy. raven hair,
white, even teeth, and an olive skin
through which blush the roses of Cas-
tile.
crossed the threshold OF the house
in the hope of seeing the beautiful
face again but instead | was greeted
by short and stocky German. who
turned out TO be the lord of the manor.
] explained my belated condition,
and was received with a hearty wei.
come and an invitation to remain for
the night
We had pleasant evening togeth.
er, nevertheless, for my host proved
TO be q man of rare information, and
we had an aftermath of talk over COT.
fee and cigars that lasted far into the
night But not word did my host
say concerning his domestic relations,
81 I a.,
know whether the beautiful girl had
seen was the Don's wife, could not
we'll question him, especially as mar
riage between foreigner and ma.
tive girl is not regarded with favor
In Honduras.
The next morning arose immed-
ately after the coffee and rolls. which
are served In the bedroom at about
seven In the morning in Honduranian
households, and strolled out into the
garden.
saw girl picking flowers. and
went over to her to say my "Buenos
dlas, Senorita." She was an exceed
1ngly pretty girl. but hers was not the
face that had so excited my interest
on the previous day. However, had
scarcely exchanged few compliments
before my vision appeared, and Wis.,
ion of loveliness she was indeed.
Rosa was her appropriate name, for
like a Spanish rose she seemed. to
which the dark flush Of Indian blood
but lent an additional charm. The
rame of her pretty companion was
Theresa, and the girls, | discovered,
were sisters, and had been brought up
and educated In Guatemala city,
where they learned TO speak English
in somewhat broken but altogether
charming manner.
Naturally, with this common link
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15
Tho Secret Revealed

The secret of the Roosevelt admin.
istratlon's attitude toward the sugar
trust lis finally revealed in an article
from the pen of the Hon Bwana
Jumbo himself, printed In the current
Issue Of the Outlook.
There must be law to control the
big men, and therefore especially the
big corporations, in the Industrial
world, in the interest of our industrial
democracy of to-day. The law must
be efficient, and therefore ii must be
administered by executive officers,
and not by lawsuits In the courts"
This explains everything. In order
to proceed against the trust for its
wanton violation of the Sherman law
1t was necessary to have lawsuit
in the courts" The trust would have
had to be tried like any other offend.
er, Punishment could not be admin
lstered offhand by executive officers. d"
Obviously the only thing to do was to
ignore MIR, Earle's evidence and give
the trust immunity; otherwise the
Roosevelt administration would have
placed Itself In the deplorable posi-.
ton OF countenancing due process OF
law under the constitution.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

and made me feel like O new person,
and it shall always have my praise"
Mrs. w. 7. VALENTINE, OJ2 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, n. j.
Gardiner, Me. III was n great suf-
ferer from a female disease. The doc
tor said | would have to go to the
hospital for an operation, but Lydia L.
pinkham's Vegetable Compound COM
plctely cured me in three months" -
Mrs. S. A. WILLIAMS, II. I. ID. No. IL,
Box 80, Gardiner Me.
Because your case is q difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia i. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound a trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
Illumination, liberation. displacements,
iibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
yous prostitution. 1t costs but a triiIe
to try 1t, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15
"A Rose and a Thorn
BY Henry Collins Walsh


With party of friends had been
engaged In hunting and exploring
over the beautiful mountains of Span
'sh Honduras II was sultry after.
noon in January, and had gotten far
N advance of my companions by Civ.
ing chase TO n bird Of brilliant plum
age Finally an opportunity present
ed itself and | fired at long range
without waiting to dismount from my
mule. | do not know the effect of the
shot upon the bird so painfully was
made aware of its effect upon the
mule Startled at report SO close
to its long ears, that animal gave a
plunge and sped like 4 deer through
the forest. Whatever sensibllities the
animal may have possessed did not
discover themselves in her mouth. |
resigned all hope of attempting TO
check her, and gave my whole atten.
ton to lodging branches Of trees and
bushes as we sped along. But. as
even a frightened mule Is subject TO
the laws of nature and to fatigue. we
at ltuEtU CuHie 10 u ildil DH lIlt SuOlt
OF one of those beautiful streams so
frequent in Honduras
While | was accommodating and
wondering whather | had better cross
the stream and push onward, or at.
tempt to retrace my mules rapid loot
steps in the hope of rejoining my COM
rades, a mozo, or native Indian, came
along. discovered that was about
two days ride form Santa Barbara,
the town towards which my party was
pushing with the intention of remain.
ing for few days | also learned
from my new.found friend that he be-
longed to plantation near by owned
by a Gringo, or foreigner. As there
is a feeling Of comradcship among
most of the Gringoes in Central Amer
lea, | made up my mind to pass the
night at the plantation.
1t was growing dusk. and as we rode
along | questioned the mozo about his
master, learning among other things
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15
Bad Faith CHARGED.

Mr. Taft is not representing the
people or keeping his party faith in
his relations with Cannon and Al.
drich on the tariff and the other is.
sues involved with 1t, although this is
undoubtedly the chief test of his adj
ministration and the one on which he
will have to make good his attitude
at the next election. He is laying up
trouble for himself and is preparing
the materials for reactionary move,
ment of public sentiment which may
carry into power some dangerous rad.
ical The country is weary of politi-
cal and industrial strife and would be
glad OF rest, but It will not tolerate
a policy that strengthens the power OF
the narrow and ungenerous bosses
who have so long controlled at the
capitol.-New York Journal of Com.
merce.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15
NATION TOO LONG ON SPREE.
Surely Time an End Came to the
Reckless Extravaganza Of the
Dominant Party.

Jefferson said that the accounts OF
The United States government should
ne as simple as those of n well.kept
farm. So they are in some respects.
For one thing, the income and the out
90, though expressed In terms of hun.
dreds of millions, are as plain as the
earnings and expenditures of clerk
or mechanic.
II a clerk or mechanic earned 81 900
a year and spent $1,000 he would soon
be forced to discover now sources OF
income or get into trouble with his
creditors. Uncle Sam is In the same
predicament. Though his income is in
the neighborhood of 100000, 600 per
ahnun, he is spending much more
than that. and that is why we are
hearing of new taxes at Washington.
Men sometimes become reckless
and, going on sprces, indulge in many
eXtraVagances from which they must
recover by economy So nations some.
times go to war and draw down their
surplus and become involved in debt.
ny w upt return 10 Tue plu hdDllS
OF HE they must impose more taxes
or suspend payment. The United
states government spent more money
last year than II did during the year
OF the Spanish war, and almost rs
much as the average yearly expendi.
ture during the four years of civil
war.
When Is the great national spree on
which we entered during the Roose.
welt administration to come to an end?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

In the northern part of Europe and
Of the United States and in the south.
orn portions OF British America gla-
cial ice has been the pillow and the
harrow and the scraper which have
prepared the region for It's most sue.
cessful occupation by man The north.
ern part OF the United States is liy.
ing to u considerable extent upon the
richness OF Canada. Everywhere down
TO the limits reached by the ice OF the
glacial period Canadian powders are
found, mingled with the finer grist of
Canadian rocks which were ground OF
from the highlands by the ice and car
ried In its movement south for hun,
dreds OF miles A European expert
has taught us how to enrich our soil
by grinding up the granite rocks, con
tanning a large amount of feldspar
(which Is the basis Of clay and other
elements ,of value, and spreading it.
An eminent authority in the United
States recently asked me II we could
not accomplish that purpose in the
United States By grinding up the Cana.
dian powders. The answer ut hand
was. nature has already performed
that work for us. The ice movement
of the glacial period ground large
part Of the elements 1t brought with
II TO the finest of powder and spread
1t far and wide. 1t is estimated that
on an average the deposit of glacial
grist over the northern part of the
United States is 100 feet thick. When
had nearly completed the survey Of
the glacial boundary in Ohio 20 years
ago | Glanced to meet Prof. w |.
Chamberlain. the accomplished sec
rotary OF the board of agriculture and
showed him the line across the state.
lie at once remarked that that line
separated the more productive nErI.
cultural portion Of the state from the
least productive.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

And still Canada has enough remain.
ing. In Ontario. between the lakes,
1t has reserved a vast glacial deposit
OF indefinite depth and unbounded fer.
tility The valley of the St Lawrence
Is one of the richest soils In the world
resulting from the deposit of glacial
material In n temporary arm of the
sea which existed during the cloung
portion Of the glacial period. But per
haps the most remarkable OF such &C.
foundations is that in the bed OF the
glacial Lake Agnssi2, which occupied
the valley Of the Red River of the
North, covering the central portion Of
Manitoba aud extending a triangular
projection far uu into Minnesota and
Dakota. This area of 100000 square
miles or more is covered to great
depth with the glacial sediment which
collected over the bottom of this tenn.
porary lake, and is now and is dcs.
tined always to be. one of the most re.
markablc wheatpruducinE regions Of
the world.
The unriyaled richness of the Mis-.
souri, valley, whore it passes through
South Dakota, Nebraska. Iowa, Kan,
sas and Missouri, is due almost enur-.
~ to the "locss," which Is principally
the fine portion of the glacial grist de-
posted during tho extreme floods
which characterized the final melting
of the ice.sheet from the northern part
Of the United States In many places,
as at Sioux City. Omaha. st. Joseph,
Mo, this fine silt has accumulated
upon the edges of the valley to depth
OF more than 100 feet, and all along
it is spread out on either side to
distance of 40 or so miles.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

this valuable medi-
cine, Lydia i. Pink
hams We getable
Compound. / suf-
fered from terrible
headaches, pain in
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and so
weakIcould hardly
stand. Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Negeta-
bic Compound re-
stored me to health
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15
Mysteries Of Mature
By G. Frederick Wright, A. vi. IL. D.
ORIGIN OF WORLDS FERTILE SOILS,

rocks Of the Himalaya mountains, and
so are the valleys of the Amazon aud
the La Plata revealing in the agrl-
cultural wealth brought down by those
rivers from the Andes and spread out
within reach OF man.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

In Europe the glacial deposits play
an equally prominent part in furnish.
ing fertile soils for the agriculturist.
All the lowlands of northern Germany
and western Russia consist of glacial
debris largely ground off from the
mountains of Scandinavia, and spread
out over the area to depth of
oftentimes 100 feet of more. The ex.
tensive plains of black earth which
cover southern Russia and have long
been famous for their production of
wheat, are covered with loess to a
depth of SO feet or more, precisely like
that In the Missouri valley which has
Just been referred to. In the opinion
Of the Russian biologists this is Il
water deposit connected with the clos.
ing stages of the glacial period
Anyone familiar with the dust
storms on our western plains or on
the borders of Mongolia will not be
surprised to learn that some of the
most eminent biologists believe that
the great deposits of loess in China,
anu tNtu III DuI NilbSouEl NulltJ, were
originally derived from the arid re.
gions to the west, from which the ma.
terial has been brought by the winds.
Whatever may be true as to the
agency of water in finally distributing
this rich soil into its present situa.
ton, 1t is in China most probably
a slow accumulation OF dust blown by
the prevailing west winds frcm the
vast plains OF the desert OF Cobb;
while that In the Missouri valley has
very likely come In similar manner
from the arid regions of the Rocky
mountain plateau. Oftentimes on the
borders Of these regions the sun Will
be for considerable time almost dark.
ened by the dust that fills the air.
Thus by various methods Is nature
able to transfer the richness which is
superabundant In one region to other
areas less generously provided, hut
otherwise more suitably adapted 10
the occupation Of man.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

It is fortunate, however, that these
barren sandstone ridges alternate with
the rocks of different character whose
lisintoEration produces n residual soil
Of remarkable fertility. From enc end
to the other of the Appalachian chain
Of mountains outCrops of limestone ap.
pear in lines horizontal to those Of the
sandstone outcrOps. such as are cut
through by the Delaware the Lohigh
the Sus1uehanna, the Potomac and
other rivers Just before reaching the
Atlantic coast plain. These limestones
contain n! the elements required by
the higher class of vegetation, and
the thin residual soil over them has fur.
nshod the basis for some of the most
prosperous communities Of the coun.
try. The celebrated wyoming valley
on the Susquchanna, the Shenandoah
valley in Virginia and that of the up.
per Tennessee are illustrations Of the
agricultural wealth which Ia supplied
by the dsintegration of limestone
rocks In numerous places in central
Pennsylvania as in the mountains
south of Wiliamsport. there are limit.
ed outcrops of limestone over which
have sprung up hourishing communi
tics surrounded by barren sandstone
mountains, as islands are surrounded
by water in the sea.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15
MORE
PINKHAN[
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden, Nj at is with pleasure
that | add my testimonial to your
already long list hoping that it may
induce others to aYnil themselves of
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

But so limited are the deposits of
rock containing the concentrated Gle.
ments of fertility that an undue por.
ton of the world would be barren #
it were not that nature is provided
with elaborate means of transporta.
ton, whereby the richness of one sec
ton Is carried to another, resulting
In a commingllng of elements, which
is of the highest advantage. During
the long geological ages water. Ice and
air had been engaged In transporting
and depositing in distant regions the
residual soils which were accumulat-
ing thousands of years before man
came upon the scene. The flood-plains
of nearly all rivers are rich In agri.
cultural possibilities because they
soil supplied by the entire river basin.
The Mississippi valley from Cairo to
the gulf is deposit of sediment to
which the whole upper portion, extend,
ing from the Rocky to the Allegheny
mountains has furnished its quota,
and so 1t is with nearly all the larger
river systems of the world
The Nile, the Indus, the Ganges, the
Yang .tse-Kiang and the Hoang-ho fur.
nish old flood-plains of great extent,
where agriculture has been carried
on for thousands of years with little
deterioration of the soil. The vast
plain of Eastern China. through which
the great canal wends It's way Is
little else than the combined delta OF
the two great Chinese rivers. The
valleys of the Ganges and of the In.
dus are simply filled with sediment
brought down from the disintegrating
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15
nlerce.

Senator Carter threatens that II the
tariff Is taken off hides II must be
taken off shoes. Why not? London is
full, OF American shops selling Amer.
can shoes In competition with En-
fish free-t-ade shoes.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

The blue grass region in Kentucky
is similarly situated, being bordcred
by barren OutCrOps of Devonian sub.
aarbonifcrOus conel0meratcs and sand.
stones while the thin covering of soil
resulting from the disintegration Of
the Silurian limestone supports veg.
citation which furnishes the elements
most necessary for the best develop.
mcnt of cattle and horses and SO in
considerable measure accounts for the
pre.eminence of that region In those
departments of industry. 1t would
not be strange, also, If the pre.em.
inence claimed by the Kentuckians for
the beauty of their women and the
strong physique of their men were due
to this gift from nature of a richly
endowed limestone soil.
The agricultural richness of Pales-
tine Is traceable to n similar cause.
Soil there which would seem to west.
ern farmer worthless, produces the
finest vineyards and the most flourish,
ing olive groves, because the disnte.
grafton constantly going on in the
fragments Of limestone rock that cover
the surface annually supplies the ele.
ments needed for these most impor,
tant ministers to human need.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

It takes a woman to swallow her
medicine with a pleased expression on
her face when She is compelled to en-.
terrain an undesirable guest
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

There's n rich, satisfying quality in
Lewis Single Binder hat j, found in no
other Be- clgar.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

The daughters doings have been
the mothers acts
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

The relation of the soil to the under
lying rocks, however, is dependent
lpon the action of transporting agen.
,ies which are at hand. Where there
are no Transporting agencies sufficient
10 carry away the disintegrated parti.
ales as fast as they accumulate over
The surface we have what Is called
residual soil, whose character will
partake entirely of that of the under,
lying rock. If the underlying rock is
A congIomerate or sandstone resld.
ual soil will be composed of nothing
but sand and gravel, which is capable
Of supporting only limited variety of
Vegetable life.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

1t hardly needs saying that in gen.
'ral the prosperity Of nation is de.
pendent upon the fertility of its soil.
N some few cases. it is true, nations
nay prosper because they have a mo.
aopoy OF mines. of manufactures, or
If the means OF trade and commerce.
But the larger part Of the things which
minister to the necessities aud the
comforts Of mankind are the direct
products Of the soil. The study of the
soils becomes department OF geology
)ecaIsc all soils are rock in processes
Of transformation. The earth is coy.
cred 10y very thin venecrng Of soil
At depth OF few inches or a few
,eet, or at most n few hundred feet
solid rock is everywhere reached. The
soils Of the world have their origin in
he dIsintogration Of these rocks by ex.
oosurc to the atmosphere or to various
mechanical agencies like that of run
aing water aud moving fee.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-15

W. N. u, ST. LOUIS. NO. as-tsos.