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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15
Copyright by u. L. Nelson

| plan to make a big roll OF money he
was willing 10 listen. Then / gave
him the idea, cold and plain, OF hitting
u rap at the Red Star car.
Pop drank In all that said like n
very thirsty man, agreed to meet me
the next day and give me his views,
He was on deck at the appointed time.
and promised to furnish me with the
information about the car and It's load
OF coin, II would do the rest OF the
work and TX II up so nothing would
| point to him. This seemed all right.
II tho thing was pulled on he could
get his share OF the Doodle and quit
his Job when he felt like It. He was
willing to make the dust, but had been
trained so long on tho honest line that
he could not become full-hedged thief
at a jump.
Pop went along In the regular way.
| as II was arranged that we were not
going TO make the strike until the
fall shipment of gold to Chicago. The
time was left to Pop TO select. We
| got the tip on Monday. that on the
following Wednesday night the Red
Star car would go out from the Erie
depot with the big load Of shiny met
al. We fixed up everything to carry
out our trick. | had long talk with
Pop He was so inqulsitive about all
the details OF robbery, and insisted up
on knowing everything that we were
going to do before hand. that became
| suspicious OF him.
One OF the gang had been on his
track every day without his knowl-
edge, and had never seen or heard
anything wrong. &C | thought maybe
l was not fair with Pop to doubt him.
After thinking II all over concluded
| that the safest way to deal with Pop
would be to fool him by giving him
ghost story about the details. I told
him the train would be tagged about
five miles west OF Port Jeryis and
| tho safes dumped from the car. A
wagon would be In readiness to take
the safes. They would then be blown
open on the road The plan was TO
! bury the gold In n safe place and
cart away only the greenbacks.
Wednesday night came. The car
pulled out Of the depot with Pop on
tho first watch and his partner In the
sleeper. The gang were all in the
smoker. After we got in motion Pop
let us into the car. We started at
once on the big safe and had no trou-
BILE getting into II. Pop. OF course,
did not know the combination. We
got out the small safes-there were
four of them-and they were very
heavy. Pop said the cargo was near
ly all gold and the prospect was very
bright
A few miles this side of Port Jer.
Wis, at place agreed upon. and about
ten miles from where Pop had been
given TO understand that the robbery
would take place. | gave the signal.
We forced the door of the ear and
dumped the safes while we were 60
ing at full speed. About a quarter
OF a mile beyond, a red light was
train stopped. We jumped when the
train Stacked up. and the red light dis
appeared. We put Pop to sleep in
the car with tap on the head and
known OF the robbery until the train
reached Port Jervls. Then we had
hustle for fair"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15

copyright. 1912, by Associated Literary
Press.)
Martin sat In the janitor's room OF
the fashionable apartment house read
SJng a letter that the postman had Just
handed him. He spelled out the words
slowly. and his round. durry face
grew more perplexed and dismayed az
he reached the end:
London, January 10th, 1910.
Dearest Martin: Yure last letter Is
iext my heart. You can never know
how proud I am Of you to think OF
Martin Breen being elected mayer OF
a crate city like new York | am
sending you a bit of newspaper show
Ing what CRATE singer Is Madame
Florelle. Are you proud of me-
"Yore Eileen"
Was he proud of her his pretty
Irish sweetheart from whom he had
parted In a green Galway lane two
years ago? Then she had voiced her
ambition to become great singer
for she had 4 sweet voice and she
wanted to attain greatness OF some
sort In order to be worthy OF the high
position that her future husband
would make for her in the new world.
"a policeman cousin had written back
to the old home that there was no
limit to the power one might attain
and Martin had declared when he
kissed Eileen goodby that one day he
would be mayor OF New York city.
And Eileen had displayed as much
ambition on her side. 81 will be a
great opery singer" she promised.
Her letters from various European
cities had borne out this promise. His
Eileen was great singer-he had
read her name in the newspapers and
a picture OF her in grand satin dress
was on his bureau.
Sitting there In the janltor's room
OF the Luxor apartments, the assist.
ant ianitor chewed panhandle and
having derived inspiration from It's
ragged end. wrote long and labo-
riously:
New York City, January Goth.
Darling Eileen: It's a proud man
I am this day to get yure letter that
yure a CRATE singer. Being mayer Of
new york is no joke. You'll excuse
this bad writing but me sikreterry is
sick with the needles and me orfis
boy is writing this because have a
soar thum.
"Yores forever,
Martin Brcen."
Martin blushed at this lying epistle
As he held It gingerly In his fingers
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15
Exposition OF Book.MakIno,

At Leipsic, the great center OF the
book industry In Germany, there will
be held from May to October, 1914.
an international exposition OF book.
making and the graphic arts connect
ed Herewith, including photography.
II will serve to commemorate the one
hundred and fiftieth anniversary Of
the Royal Academy for Graphic Arts
and Book Industry at Lelpsic. The ex-
position will include the following sec.
tons: The graphic and book arts;
book Industrial sections; the manu-
facture OF paper; photography and ro-
production technics: photography aud
production technics; processes Of
printing. publication and bookbinding:
library work: educational appliances:
machines, apparatus and Implements;
hygiene In manufactures and work.
shops. and the protection and welfare
of workers.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15

on the way to the letter box In the
vestibule. Two years-and he had
climbed only as far as assistant
janltorl
What would Eileen say when she
discovered his duplicity? He could
not bear to destroy her faith in him
and yet every day piled higher the
mountain OF deceit between them.
Next letter I'll tell her I'm fall
ure-and liar as never was!" he
promised himself as the letter slipped
through the opening.
He turned on the step to confront
dapper little man.
81 am come to look at the suite en-
gagged for Madame Florelle," he said
with a glance at Martins trim uni
form.
"Who?" yelled Martin. aghast.
Madame F1orelle." returned the
other with reprovlng smile. "she
has engaged through me. her press
agent, room In this apartment hotel.
She sings next week In re Metropole.
My name is Bouchard-Paul Bou-
chard. II you will show me re
rooms"
Sure" said Martin. 1.-THE janitor
himself will be doing that I'll call
him"
Martins life the next few days was
anything but happy. A dozen times
he started to run away from the
retribution that would overtake him
when Eileen arrived with her train Of
servants. He heard all the details of
the expected arrival.
There were to be three servants
a lady's maid, man servant and
chauffeur. for the great singer would
bring her own motor car.
"Howly saints, but can't stand
looking In her clear eyes and have
her know me for a liar" he groaned
during bis sleepless nights. 'T'll run
away must see her Just once-and
tell her meself. I'll face her and tell
her and when she scorns NELL go
then--somewhere where there's
Job for lying fool Of an Irishman!"
Martin was in the subcellars when
the singer and her suite arrived at the
Luxor. There had been trouble with
the furnaces, and there had been q
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15

Re sure the fish are fresh. Lay the
Gsh on board. outdoors II pos.
sible take dull knife and holding
fish by the tail with knife nearly fiat,
scrape toward the head See that they
are perfectly cleaned. thoroughly
rinse and dry, then roll lightly In
-four. Use beef fat II you have It, II
not use lard, but never butter, as the
color is not so good. Be sure that your
fat Is proper temperature before put
ting in your fish. II not sufficiently
experienced to tell when the right
point Is reached. drop In n bit OF
bread; If 1t browns In a minute the
fat is at the right heat. AS soon as
the fish Is Drowned on both sides move
your pan to the back OF the stove.
cover and let cook slowly. Serve on
q hot platter garnished with sprlgs of
parsley.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15
Hickory Macaroons,

Put onehalf of pound OF hickory
nut meats through the food chopper,
using a fine knife. In dish beat very
slightly the whites OF three small
eggs, then stir in one-half OF pound
OF sifted powdered sugar. the chopped
nuts, a pinch Of salt. one scant tea
spoonful OF baking powder. Drop by
the half teaspoonful an inch apart on
fiat buttered pans and bake In very
moderate oven.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15
Nut Blecuit

Sift together two cups -four, one
half teaspoonful salt. one heaping
teaspoonful baking powder. Rub In
one heaping tablespoonful butter, add
one cup finely chopped nuts, either
walnuts. hickory nuts or almonds.
and two tablespoonfuls sugar; mix to
a soft dough with milk. Mold with
the hands into small balls. place we'll
apart on creased pans. brush each
with milk, put n pinch OF chopped
uuts on back. and bake In quick oven.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15

II you desire to store your linen for
any length of time. never starch It.
Il will crack and wear more quickly
than II constantly in use.
Rinse the articles quite free from
starch. dry and fold away In blue pa.
per. This will prevent them from turn
tina yellow.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15
To Soften Cardled Fruit.

Take candied fruit which has be-
come too hard to use, put In a crock
or earthen dish. and place In mod
crate oven for Is minutes and re.
move from the oven. II will be soft
and Juicy as when first purchased.
Hard lemons may be softened in the
same way.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15

That II did not succeed is due to the
cunning and faithfulness of an old EN-.
ploye. A cool million in gold was the
stake played for and 80 bold we're the
men who planned to take II that the
detective assigned to the case refused
to believe that the attempt actually
would be made. The story. as told
by the principal actors on each side,
is a splendid illustration of the fact
that no matter how carefully crime
is planned the criminal cannot take
into account all the details, the fail
ure OF only one OF which will lead TO
detection.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15
THE WELLs.FARGo MILLION DOL.
LAR EXPRESS ROBBERY.

AID the plot to rob the Red
Star express on the Erie at
Port Jervis, New York.
some twenty years ago sue
ceeded, II would have been
the greatest haul ever
made In a train hold-up,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15

THE CRIMINAL Tells
How He Planned the
Deed and Sought to Close
Every Avenue of Knowl-
edge Leading to His Guilt.
The Detective Shows How
Futile These Efforts Were and
How the Old Adage, Murder
Will Out, Always Holds Good"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15
Eileen
By Jean DickerSop

copyright. 1912, by Associated Literary
press)
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04

most berries on, It Is fair to suppose
that they know a kiss must be given
for each berry plucked, and that the
ceremony is never complete until
every berry is of the branch.
There was once a common, though
mistaken belief that the m~istletoe
grew on oak trees only, but that was
so far from true that the Druids, who
held the oak as absolutely sacred be-
aus they believed It to represent
the One Supreme God. deemed the
mistletoe doubly sacred if found on
one, and carefully guarded it until the
sixth day after the first new moon
Of each year.
When this time arrived, priests
ROBBED in white surrounded the tree
and held solemn ceremonies. among
which was the sacrifice Of two white
bulls.
After the ceremonies, a priest in
spotless robes assembled the tree and,
with a golden knife, cut the mistle-
toe and let it fall on to a white cloth
held by other priests.
The branches We're then formally
blessed" and divided among the peu-
pie who believed the sprays given
them TO have miraculous powers.
The common belief in the efficacy
Of the plant was such that it was
called all-heal. but according to an
old legend, a certain lover searched
many days for a specimen growing
on an oak tree. that he might secure
its branches for the cure of his be-.
trothed, who was sick unto death, but
when he found il he touched the sap
while cutting the branches, and fell
dead near the tree, indicating that
the sap was a deadly poison.
The plant thrives in America from
New Jersey southwark and westward.
and those who know Il only as a part
OF Christmas decorations can have
little idea Of how often It o%verruns
trees to the extent OF being a nuts.
noe
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04
LIGHTING BY SUGAR

The suggestion has been pun for
ward that there is every possibility
that. IN the near future, sugar viii
play en- important part IN the pro-
vision Of a new method Of artificial
lighting. Experiments have shown
that when disks Of LOAF sugar are
placed on a lathe and rapidly rotated
while a hammer plays lightly against
them. there Is an almost continuous
radiation OF artificial light AZ pres
ent the practical value Of the discov-
cry is nil, but It IS quite within the
bounds Of possibility that discoveries
win soon be made that will render
its practical application a certainty.
The cause Of the phenomena Is not
at present correctly understood. but
It is probably due TO some change In
the formation Of the sugar crystals.
Cases where the act Of specialization
Is accompanied by flashes Of light are.
not unknown and probably this Is due
to some similar cause. At any rate.
this appears to be the only feasible
explanation, as 1t has been proved
that the light IS not caused by the
heating Of the sugar during the *
pertinent
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04

LEGEND or THE MIsTLEToE
Some Claim coddesses Kissed an
Who Passed Under Plant as sym
Dol Of Love.


According to Scandinavian myhol-
ogy, Loh (tha god of eyi) was the
sworn enemy Of Baldur (the god Of
light, and tried BY every meant in his.
power to kin him. but failed because
he was i~nvulnerable t6 everything thai
came from earth-alr, FIRE. or water.
Loki, at last, conceived the idea that
the mistletoe, springing from neither,
would serve his purpose, and, having
an arrow made from that wood. be
helped Hold (the blind god OF dark
ness). to aim IT, and Baldur fell dead
shot through the heart.
All the gods and godesses prayed
for his restoration to life, and when
the prayer was granted It was de-
creed that the mistietoe should never
more have power to do harm unless
It touched the earth. and the goddess
Of love was appointed to guard it
Some legends claim that the god.
dess kissed all who passed Under the
plant as a token that It was no long
er a weapon Of death. but a symbol Of
love, while others assert that she ex-
acted a kiss from each as a propitia-
ton, Or the bough should be allowed
to work harm.
MAnother reason for the kissing
privilege conferred by the plant is
said to be that a lovely maiden pre-
ferred death to the kisses Of an old
monk who pursued her, and her pray
ers for %deliverance were answered by
transforming her into a mistletoe
branch and placing her in a tree.
The monk waited for her return,
but rather than that, she clasped the
tree and remained clinging to it, leav-
Ing the waiting monk to kiss whom
ever he could catch.
The custom Of kissing beneath
the mistletoe" is so old that no one
knows when or how it originated;
but when young people are found Sc
lecting the branches that have the
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04
RoPEs Of HUMAN AAIR

We are constantly getting some OF
u cherished ideas shattered by re-
search. One of the stories which was
not always accepted as an axiom re-
lates to the ladies Of Carthage. who,
we were taught, cut on their hair, Of
fered their tresses in the temples Of
the gods and then turned them into
ropes for the warships when their
country was threatened. The news
now comes from Antwerp, through a
French source, that a manufacturer
in that city has turned his attention
to this method Of rope making He
asserts that human hair possesses
great durability. a strand can lift just
three-quarters OF a ton. and another
advantage is that such a rope does
not stretch The Amsterdam man
f%acturer's idea is to use his hair ropes
for a%eroplanes in place Of wire stays
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04

runners are about ten inches high,
shod with steel ground concave the
same as a skate runner. The motor
is a hree-horsepower a~ir-cooled en-
CINE which was taken from an old
motorcycle. The power Is transmit
ted by a belt to a spiked driving
wheel, giving a reduction Of about tx
to 1, says a writer in the Popular Me
chanics. The rear wheel Of the motor
cycle was also taken and an iron band
shrunk on for a tire. and steel horse
shoe calks attached at fourinch inter
va1s for the spikes. The two pieces
that support the spiked irving wheel
are hinged so as to ALLOW he wheel to
rise and fall over anyhAmps on the
ice and to let she engine waa free
when desired. The entire boat with
its p~ropelliug equipment weighs 100
pounds.
The boat is operated from the rear
wlR one lever fob controlling the
sIark. another for thA throttle and the
third for directing Ne course Of the
boat
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04
OLDEST CHAIR IN AMERICA


Hanover Pa, lost the oldest and
what Is believed to be the most re-
markabls piece Of furniture ia kmeri-
ca when the famous Bingley armchair,
which has seen five centuries, was
expressed to Hagerstown. Md. the
home of Joseph Parker Bingley, who
inherited It by the will Of his father,
the late John Jackson Bingleys of Han
over Kept as an heirloom, the an
Gent chair has been passed down from
father to o for many generations.
J. Edward ingley Of Baltimore, Md,
is heir apparent to the coveted relic.
The chair is a massive piece Of
work, made In Yorkshire, England, in
1880. 1t represents the type Of ar
ehitecture popular III those days.
English oak, inlaid with various kinds
Of wood, was used IN its construction.
The back is handsomely carved and
at the tor figures Of birds are engrav-
cd. The joints are mortised and held
together with wooden pegs.
Sixty-two years before Columbus
discovered America this chair was
built, and it remained in the town Of
Bingley, named from the ancestors Of
the present owner, during the reign Of
twenty English monarchs, from Hen
ry vi. to Victoria. After r brief stay
at Leeds, it was taken to Manchester.
In 1856 the chair was brought to
this country on the Iship Mary Hale
and was landed at Baltimore. In the
lCivil war the chair was in Richmond,
va, where the owner temporarily left
I'm the care of a friend while he es-
Pped to the north Subsequently 1t
las sent to Watertown, N. Y, and in
4 was brought to Hanover.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04
FEEDING THE RATS

putta correspondent reports a
lorrible Incident" which befell
ish lady. Her "butler" was in
III Of calling loudly beneath
dow every evening about 2.
~ suggested that he was calling
+ 9he cattle or the chickens
/; but though she had neither, the
'forl some time took no notice.
on4 evening, having the curios-
o look, she was Mortified to see
batier. like q dusky pied piper.
Funded by a troop Of rats. There
! quite so Of them. from the big
to small muskrars. al be-
the remains Of her soup,
pther bits. In g plague
was an amusement that
edilS ended
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04
a Drain Of the Company.

on his way home from the theater.
wnere be had seen a performance OF
"Othelloi" Bobby was unusually quiet
Didn't you enjoy the play" bis
grandfather asked at last.
'Oh, yes, very much replied Bobby.
'But, g~randpapa, there's one thing I
don't quite understand. Does the
black man kin a lady every night?"-
Youths Companion
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04
EDUCATIONAL ToYIs QUEER
Wheel Rolls Round Ends Of Magnet,
but Doesn't Fall oh-AmGslng Play
thing Patented by ohioan.

A toy that is both amusing and OF
educational value has been N~patented
by an Ohio man a horseshoe magnet
with unusually ldng poles has the ends
Of these poles rounded. A single wheel,
with a round steel bar running through
1t for an axle. rests upon this axle on
the poles Of the magnet, which form
an endless track for It. The wheel. OF
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04

Papa, are lawyers always bad-tsm-
pered7'
mo, daughters Why do you ask
thatY"
Because read so much in the pa.
pers about their REORGANIZATION.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04

Ingenious men Of many times and
many lands have made numerous Gu
rious timopieces, but few Of them sur.
pass the clock built by a German
shoemaker. It is made wholly Of
straw. several thousand pieces being
used In it's construction. and its total
weight Is seven ounces There are
eight pendllums and the mechanism
is wound UP by the pressing Of a but
ton. when It runs for five hours.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04
H0ME.MADE MOroR IcEsOAT
One Constructed to Take Place Of Reg
ular Sail lceboat and Used With
Success Last Winter.

This motor-driven iceboat was con-
struoted y tsEe the place OK the regu-
lar sail iceboat and the n from
which the accompanying Illustration
was made was used with success all
last winter.
The boat is AZ feet wide at tho
widest part and ten feet long. The
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04

Lady" said Flooding Pete. "a ain't
had q square meal M two days
Well said the resoiuto wo
az she turned the dog loose, "n
has rowser. 30 / know youll
him.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04

See the soldiers ail in linei
Now the battles ont
Every man VIII have TO test
His mettle and hts Drawn.
hmmuniuon'a piled up high
10 use Throughout the frny
&aich just begins when school De- u
ANo ends at close OF day.
The Big Snow Bort Is near az hand.
And soldiers great and small.
WIN strive to win the victory
With The powerful anowball.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-04

rhe ice GAYS ~ q,
one Of natures wd onl.
other caves Of a sin er q
note are one located an.
another in Russia. Jaw
advanced several the tn
formation of ice in th y
during the summer
known fact. however,
Al the summer and dis
ter. THAT the aVaoun
the ground he'd its bN
been proved by| the dia
ice in times contin
drouth when this conc
though the ice may dA
cav viii be cool and dal
\ conditions are Normal
forming in the spring and
s ~ the thickness o. three
inches. The cave Is located
| side Of a bluff on the north
The city and fully 400 feet alb
Upper Iowa river. It's location
fnresRnd the citizens Of 7
nA.1 "a Cine TrfunL