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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01
ENDED THE SPELLING LESSON
Hohhys Education, Under Sun'S
Tuteiage, Afterward Proeeedeo
Under Different Lines.

Miss Thompson. whose form nature
has endowed with all-too-aihpie
curves, was giving her little nephew
a lesson in spelling the other day. he
had spelt be, be, and he. he, anu
now she was trying to get him 10 'eii
her what me, spelt.
Listen. Bobby" she said earnest
ly. Then closing her lips she pro
nounced the sound OF long m. anu
opening them, the sound of long O.
what does that spell?"
BOBBY looked at her and shook MS
head. Again she tried. and this time'
while pronouncing the sounds, she VIE
orously tapped her own rotund chest
with her plump forefinger
"Mmum, ee. What letters am say
ing and what do they spellF she
asked, still vigorously tapping her
chest.
81 don't know what the letters are
replied Bobby, watching tho pluml
forennger, but | guess they spell
Fat"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01
BARY'S HAIR ALL CAME OUT

when my first baby was six months
old he broke out on his head with little
bumps. They would dry up and leave
a scale. Then 1t would break out
again and 1t spread all over his head.
All the hair came out and his mead
was scaly all over. Then his faco
broke out all over in red bumps and
it kent spreading until 1t was on HIS
hands and arms. bought several
boxes of ointment, gave him blood
medicine, and had two doctors to treat
him, but he got worse all the time
lie had 1t about six months when
friend told me about Cuticura. sent
and got bottle OF Cuticura ResolVent
cake of Cuucura Soap and box OF
Cuticura Ointment. In three days
after using them he began to In
prove. He began TO take long maps
and to stop scratching his head. After
taking two bottles Of Resolyent, two
boxes OF Ointment and three cakes OF
Soap he was sound and well, and never
had any breaking out Of any kind. HIS
hair came ont in little curls all over
his head. don't think anything else
would have cured him except CUT
cura.
81 have bought CutIcura Olntmen
and Cuticura Soap several times since
10 use for cuts AID sores and have
never known them to fail TO cure wha
] put them on. Cuucura Soap is tn
/ best that / have ever used for toilc
/ purposes" (SlgnedD Mrs, F. h. HaT
! mon, II. T. D. 2, Atola, Tenn, Sept
10 1910. Although Cuticura Soap an
Ointment are sold everywhere, san
pie Of each, with 32.page book, wi
be mailed free on application to Cut
cura," Dept L. Boston.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01
Old Wish In New Words.

Mfr. d. p. Seerley of Chicago is an
art connolsseur, but sometimes he al
lows himself to be taken away from
pictures and sculptures. and led TITO n
concert hall. He had yielded to THIS
one afternoon When the friend beside
him noticed that he looked bored
weary. and wan, rot to say exhausted
and disguised.
What's the matter7" he asked Seer.
ley; to which question seerley replied
with a prolonged yawn.
IT'S true" admitted tho friend,
that that piano player is missing
some OF the notes and
81 wish" cut in seerley. he had
missed EN- all!"-The Twice-a-Month
Popular Magazine.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01
Cremation Among the Franks.

An interesting archaeological dis.
covery was made lately near Brecht
iBelgium). where the remains OF what
was evidently II Frankish cemetery
have been found The main interest In
the discovery lies in the fact that
clear traces are to be seen in the Gem.
etery OF crcmntrd remains, MS well as
Of bodies buried in the ordinary way,
whereas hitherto It has always been
believed that cremation was not prac-
ticed amongst the Franks.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01

Write It on your heart that every
day is the best day in the year. No
man has learned anything rightly, IN
I'll he knows that every day is dooms-
dny.-Emerson.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01
Innortnnt 10 Mothera
Much Better Purpose.

Miss Charmynge-Don't you think
was made for business woman?
Jack Hustler-No. don't | think
you were meant for business man
Stray Stories.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01

CoIe's Cnrholsnlve quickly relieves ana
cares burning itching and torturlug skin
diseases 1t instantly stops the pain OF
burns cures without sears, go ana boc
by drurrists For free sample write 10
]. ". Cole & Co.. Black River lnliS, WIS
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01

DR.. Picrce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigoratc stomach liver and bowels
Sugar.coated, tiny granules, easy to take
as candy.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01
And He Was the Man.

Mrs nenham--My new dress Is a
poem.
Bonham-The man who has to pay
for II loses his love for literature.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01

We are her on earth to learn to
give and not TO grasp. we gain most
by giving most.--Juhn IL. Denison.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01
kila lest Of ReIialon.

Tho ordinary man cares only Tor
what religion does, and not jot for
what religion Is.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01
Some Difference.

"Gettem is interested in settlement
work"
"Ah! Philantropist, suppose"
NO; he is employed by collecting
agency"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01
The Greatest Problem.

The building of perfect body is at
once the greatest earthly problem and
rraudest hope OF the race-Lewfs.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01

A woman wants protection, but IA.
vOrs free speech.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01

Perhaps fewer bachelors would
make fools OF themselves II they had
wives to do Il for them.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01

PILES CURED IN TO - DAYS,
y,vr 4 rtIit,tat vIll rrIuuu money II fAEO ttkT.
NFNT fails TO Curr any cabe 81 ltChug NINA,
Heed ng OF prutruiinR Plea Ia G IA IL ai}s. IN
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01

II you cannot afford 1Oc cigars. smoke
LEWIS Single Binder straight So-made
Of extra quality tobacco.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-01
Secretary Meyer Works Standing.

Secretary of tho Navy George Won
l.. Meyer is said TO believe that his
efficiency as a cabinet officer at the
outset OF his career was impaired by
following the custom OF other cabinet
officers OF sitting down at their desks
when at work MIR. Meyer stands up
when he does his writing and sits
down only when In conference with
visitors who are weak in the legs. at
least SO It Is reported by seemingly
veracIous persons.
A Washington chronlcler has discov-
cred that Mr.. Meyer brought over
from Massachusetts with him huge
niece of furniture fitted only to the
work OF the man who is standing up.
This outstanding furniture is the desk
that Mr. Meyer used in his working
office when he was presiding officer OF
the lower branch of the Massachu-
sets legislature. Its arrival at tho
navy department. It is said. created
something OF a sensation because It is
go big that ut distance It looked like
n church organ or an overgrown
hurdy.gurdy piano.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-14
The Perfect
Test
By Annie Hi7richsen

Copyright. 1911. by Associated Literary
PTeSs.l
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-14
KILL BOIL WEEV|LS
Necessity of Reducing Number oil
Insects Very Urgent.
Most Important Step In Producing Cot
ton as Found by Experimenters 10
Destruction of Foliage and
Squares.

Dy G. II. Afford. Special Agent Of the
Farmers Cooperative Demonstration
Work, Jackson. Aiss)
This Ia lesson No. one, and 1t should
be thoroughly learned. The need OF
20 reducing the oyer-wintered weevils
as to reduce the cost and labor Of pick
ing the wecvils and punctured squares
TO the minimum is very urgent.
There are four methods OF reducing
the number OF weeyils TO the mini
mum First, completely denude the cot
ton stalks Of foliage, squares and
bolls, the weeyils sole food supply.
pillow the stalls under good and deep.
or burn the stalks at the earliest pos
sible morent in the fall. Second, at
some time during the winter, destroy
the rubbish in and about the fields
which might serve as alternating
quarters for weevils. Third. when the
weevils appear on the little cotton
In the spring pick them off and destroy
them. Fourth, pick up the punctured
squares and destroy them for at least
one month after the first squares form
on the cotton.
The results obtained by the United
States bureau Of entomology. the farm
ers' demonstration work, the Louisi-
ana State Crop Pest commission and
Thousands of successful farmers point
to the supreme Importance OF the early
fall destruction of the boil weevirs
sole food supply, the squares, small
bells, and foliage on the cotton stalks.
The conclusion reached by thousands
Of experimenters justify me in making
the statement that the most impor-
tant step in producing cotton in boil
weevil territory Is the early fall de-
struction of the foliage, squares, ana
immature pnnctured bolls on the cot
ton stalks. In fact, l feel almost JUS
structiOn Of the cotton stalks outbal
ances all other remedies that may be
employed to destroy the weevils.
In an experiment performed by the
Bureau Of Entomology in Calhoun
County, Tex, the stalks growing on
40 acres Of land were destroyed early
in October. Careful records kept dur
ing the following season showed that
the destruction of stalks on this land
increased the yield $14.56 per acre,
An experiment was conducted on OPP
posite sides of the Guadalupe river
near Victoria, Tex The stalks were
burned on one farm the latter part of
September, and on the other they were
allowed to stand until in spring before
planting time. Forty acres on the
farm on which the stalks were de-
stroyed made Is bales. Forty acres
on the other farm made and IL bales,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-14

lake that had been sold to pay the
debts of his ancestors, but his domi.
neering ways had not gained friends
Tor him.
Carrsville, fully appreciative of he
situation, chuckled to itself and pray.
ed that 1t might be there to see wher
the colonel heard the news As mos.
OF them were in daily attendance OF
the arrival of trains, the wish was
gratified some three weeks later. for
the Carr carriage drew up at the sta
ton shortly before the arrival of the
noon train.
Waterbury, whose frank good nature
had made the whole town his friends
was sitting On the baggage truck when
the train pulled in. From the Pullman
at the forward end of the train
emerged the colonel, tall, severe and
stately. His townsmen regarded him
curiously but they gasped when with
start the colonel paused In front OF
Waterbury.
what are you doing here?" he de
manded imperiously.
Following your advice" explained
Waterbury. you suggested that
was more ornamental than useful, SO
I've gone to work"
And have selected Carrsville as the
narrow field for your somewhat limit
ed abilities?"
Precisely. Small beginnings make
big endings." reminded the younger
man. I've taken the old Bailey farm
and am going to raise fur"
ITO raise fur"
precisely. Muskrats. SQUIRRELS, Der.
haps foxes and bullfrogs. OF course
the frogs are not fur bearing bu,
there's a good market for their legs "
On my pondf" The colonel was In.
credulous.
ON my two-thirds," corrected Wat.
erbury. H any Of the muskrats or
1rogs get over on your side, Just wade
out and chase them home"
The hands holding the heavy Gan.
twitched nervously. but by a violent
enort the colonel retained Command
OF ais temper. and passed on.
fresh sensation was found that
evening In a telegram that was sent
70 New York 1t may have been a
slo,atlon OF regulations, but the
eneire Town knew that the colonel had
wired: 1AA
Keep Clio in city. Young Water.
bury here"
u was brief enough. but sufficient to
s.ss the hint that romance lay be-
no the matter. and interest grew NJ
more than compound rates.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-14
PLAYED FOR HEAVIER TIPS
Neapolitan Waiter Had Shrewd
Scheme to Coax More Money From
Generous Tourists.

1T was In Naples when old Vesuvius
broke loose the last time,'' said an
American tourist, "and the waiter at
the table at my hotel was certainly
pleased at the size of the tips / hand
ed him daily. He could speak pretty
fair English, and for three or four days
he gave me all the information he
could. One day, however, when /
handed him the usual coin he looked at
it in a way to make me see that he
was dissatisfied.
Anything wrong, JosaT I asked.
Hasn't the service been good? he
queried in turn.
"tAll that could have hoped for
"'But I had looked for little in
crease in the signor's generosity
Why, because the flow Of lava has
inereased?'
"sNo; because had brother in q
village six miles away
"Weur
sand the lava 1t overtakes him and
his wife and five children and they 20
up what you call the spout, and am
put to expense to buy mourning for
them
1.-THE point seemed to be well taken"
said the tourist. "and / doubled the
tip, but later on. as / found all the
other walters playing the same game,
I wasted no more tears on the family
that went up the spout and came down
well roasted"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-14

tcopy4xn,. 1911. ~ Associated Literary
Pre&D
Carrsvllle set him down for . dFntn-
u,er the very FIRST evening lie vas
40, the advance agen, OF some theater
,onpanv or he would have hung
show bin fl the bar room Of the
Eagle hotel the frst thing since
there were no show oils in evidence.
ia must be a salesman even though
he carried no sample trunks OUTSIDE
~ Col. Carr and his guests 81 the old
carr homestead, the only well dressed
nen TO drop OF at Carrsville were
drummers and advance agents.
Blu. though Frederick Waterbury
f,hey got the name from the registeD
arrived on the noon train. he made no
effort to see his customers. proceed
ing which surprised the hotel haoitues
greatly.
He smiled tolerantly at the very OBJ
vious efforts made to pump him. and
seemed to delight in returning an
swers concealing in their very frank
ness. In the end. even Jed Hawkins,
the laNyeTs dbdA0ohSa AAS -
tioning.
For two or three days Waterbury
idled about the town. driving occasion
ally, but for the most part hanging
about the hotel. the center or the
towns gossip. Then he furnished
real sensation. He had taken title to
the west side of Bailey's pond.
"He got il, sure enough" declared
Hawkins. | saw the papers. He's
got the old Bailey place and strip on
the Mehan farm and ten acres from
the old Coon farm. That gives him
about two-thirds of the pond. Won't
the old colonel be mad. though. when
he finds out? / know he wanted to
get the Bailey place for himself"
Carrsville had been the home OF the
Carr family for century and quar-.
ter, but Col Cephas Carr was the only
one who had Jared well in worldly
goods. The whole township had be-
longed to the Cars once but now the
entire estate consisted of some hun
| dred and forty acres. Carr had sought
to repurchase the land about the little
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-14

You and enjoyed for a time a pleas
ant friendship. You have ended it.
Will you please leave ns7 do not
care to walk with a stranger"
Carter's perplexed, angry eyes met
her calm ones Then he lifted his hat
and walked rapidly away.
For several weeks the general as.
sembly had been deadlocked over the
election of a United States senator.
There were ninety-three Republican
members and eighty-eight Demo
cratic ones. The Republicans had
nominated Sheriff. Vane. The Demo
cratic candidate was James Brown
AS the Republicans had a majority OF
five it was expected that their candi
date would be elected on the first
ballot. But when the Republicans
met in caucus and chose their candi
date, five Of the younger members OF
the party rebelled, refused to support
Sheriff. Vane and demanded the
election of George Allerton.
Allerton had never been affiliated
with either party. He was the lead
ing lawyer Of the state, man Of In
corruptible honor and national fame.
The five insurgents openly declared
their hostility to Sheriff. Vane, the
Republican candidate, and announced
that the deadlock would remain until
George Allerton was elected. The
leader of the insurgents was Doane
Carter.
Around the insurgent band ragged
the political battle. The Republican
party used every weapon and every
strategy at their command to compel
the i've to support the party candi.
date. The Democrats fought as fierce.
" to win them for the Democratic
candidate. Day after day for many
weeks the ballot remained the same:
Sheriff. vane. So; James Brown, 49,;
George Allerton, 5.
One morning Katherine Vane sat
In the gallery Of the house of repre-
sentatives. The balloting began.
Amidst the widest bedlam the old hall
had ever held, George Allerton re-
ceived the vote of the entire Demo.
cratic faction and of the insurgent
band and was declared the successful
candidate for the senate.
Katherine pushed her way through
the crowd toward the elevator. A
hand touched her arm. Doane Car.
ter. the leader OF the insurgent band.
almost as great a hero in that hour
az the man whose election he had
secured, stood beside her. He drew
her into committee room and closed
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-14

Copyright. 1911. by Associated Literary
Pre@s-i
do you really mean that you will
give me no explanation?
Il can not explain. Katherine"
Carter protested. MY reason Is an
excellent one. Some time / can give
1t 10 you. / ask you to trust me until
that time"
We have been the best OF good
friends, Doane. Before the legisla-
ture convened you came often from
your home I'm townsville TO Benton TO
see me. a distance OF seventy miles.
After the legislature assembled and
you were In Capital City, ten miles
from my hons. you came once to
Benton Thea you wrote me that
you could not come again for many
weeks, probably not until the legis-
lature adjourns. You said there Is a
reason which some time I shall un-
derstand and-ani you asked me to
to"
ITO love me and trust me-" Carter
broke In. "You did not answer my
letter"
"Of course. l did not. When a man
tells a girl he does not intend to see
her again she knows 1t is because he
does not want to. come to Capital
City every few days to see my sister.
who Is in a hospital here. Today I
meet you by chance, and you ask me
to believe that you care for me?"
you know I love you, Katherine.
Will you not trust me few weeks?
Will you not believe that my reason
Is a good one and an honorable one?"
"Then why not tell me?"
81 can't, dear, yet"
"Is it because you can not trust me
with the reason or-because there Is
no reason except your desire to end
our friendship"
81 am not cad, although you seem
to think I am. could trust you with
anything in the world that I could in
honor share with you. But I can not
tell you this"
You need not" Katherine's voice
had become suspiciously gracious.
Your affairs are no concern Of mine.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-14

TIE door AGAalA1
admirers
~You know now Why | could not
enu,e 10 see you His voice vas
cold. He spoke hurriedly IS II IN
haste TO dispose OF an unpleasant
.oric Your uncle. II vas known.
vas using every means 10 secure
these five votes. The Democratic
candidate vas also doing his best 10
get them. Both men are graiteFs
and bribers- We FIRE stood out TO
elect a good man. / was made chair
man Of our band Every act Of mine
was watched by the spies Of each
side. Had It been known that ] was
going TO Benton. Sheriff. Vane's
home, 10 see his niece | should have
been suspected OF secretly favoring
his candidacy. could not have made
any one understand that he and your
father are bitter enemies because
your father despises his political
methods My connection with his
family would have made my men sus-
picious OF my sincerity and they
might have been won by one or the
other faction.
There was more at stake than a
little glory for ourselves. We were
fighting TO compel the assembly 10
elect a great man instead OF hood
Ter. Last night the Democratic lead
ers agreed. since they could not elect
their candidate, to share with US the
honor Of electing Allerton.
"Now you understand my reason.
When | refused to tell you and you
refused to trust me. the candidates
had not been nominated. and our
plans to refuse to support Vane. II he
should be nominated, were still Sc
cret. l could not In honor tell you
the plans of my associates"
| "I understand, Doane, and l am
sorry-I can't tell you how sorry l
am-how much l regret my unkind-
ness. If you were to ask me again to
| trust you"
81 shall not Since I have been
proved honorable you are willing to
| trust me. I have given you the ex-
PLANTATION I promised you. l do not
ask you to love me. What sort OF
wife would you be? A woman who
would have no confidence in her hus-
band, who would not believe his word
of honor unless it was supported by
affidavits" He opened the door to
allow her to pass out. Good morn
ing" he said curtly.
In the rotunda she met her uncle,
the defeated candidate. For the first
time in her life he spoke to her
"Doane Carter sold out for price"
he said deliberately. "His price was
Allerton's daughter. He expects to
marry her. She Is the reason he
formed an insurgent band and elected
her father"
"That is not true" There was con-
viction in Katherine's voice. He
elected Mr.. Allerton because he was a
great man, an honor to the state and
not a boodling politician. Doane
Carter is a man whom no price can
i buy"
"Good for you," laughed Carter be-
hind her. 81 hurried after you," he
went on when her uncle was out Of
hearing, ito ask you to forgive me
for being such brute and to love me
If you can. I've loved you all the
time, Kate, dear, but my pride had
been awfully hurt by your lack OF
confidence in me-"
Lack of confidence? Did not
prove that my trust in you Is abso-
lutte when Uncle Sheriff. could not
make me suspicious or jealous by
saying you loved another woman!
Have I not stood the perfect test?
Aren't you sure now that trust you
and-and love your"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-14

the cotton stalks. ~ pssturfng. 90
blowing under. 81 burning
Pasturing cotton fields is q good
method OF destroying the squares.
bolls. and foIiage-the sole food sup
p!y Of the .ure weevils and the III
c.batcrs ne immature vesTiIs-
where the cotton fields are fenced and
the number Of cattle turned inIo a
field Is sufficient to eat all the squares.
bolls and foliage In few days. How
ever. let 1t be distinctly understood
that the practice OF turning few head
Of cattle into a fifteen or twenty acre
cotton and corn field accomplishes no
particular good. We all know from OBJ
seryation that two or three head OF
cattle per acre, even when confined
10 the cotton field will eat very little
Of the green foliage in enc week. And
let US not forget that IT ID necessary
to completely destroy the food supply
of the mature weevils and tie breed
ing places Of the immature weevils at
the earliest possible moment.
Flowing under cotton stalks Is a
good method Of destroying the only
food supply OF the mature weevils and
of ending the life OF all the immature
weevils where there are few stumps
and roots, small cotton stalks, and
where large plows and strong teams
can be had. 1 have held the pillow
handles in the pirey woods, in the
prairie section and In rich bottom