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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-12
MEANING OF "AT HALF MAST"
At Fret Universal Symbol Was Token
Of Submission and Respect
For Enemy.

Perhaps you have noticed that when.
ever prominent person dies, espe'
cially II he is connected with the gov.
eminent, the flags on public build
ings are hoisted only part OF the way
up, remarks the Toronto Mail and Ex-
press. This Ia called half mast" DID
you ever stop to think what conneo-
ton there could be between nag
that was not properly hoisted and the
death OF great man?
Ever since flags we're used In war It
has been the custom to have the flag
OF the superior or conQuering nation
above that OF tho inferior or vanquish.
ed. When an army found Itself hope
lsssly beaten II hauled It's flag down
far enough for the flag Of the victors
to be placed above 1t on the Same
pole. This was o token not only OF
submission. but of respect.
In those days when famous sol-
der died flags were lowered out Of
respect to his memory. The custom
long ago passed from purely mill
tary usage to public life Of all kinds.
the flag flying at half mast being a
sign that the dead man was worthy
OF universal respect. The space left
above II Is for the flag of the great
conqueorr OF all--the angel Of death.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-12
Motor Cara and Mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes. flies and gnats of every
description are said to be more numer-
GUS in Paris this year than ever be.
fore. 1t has become a veriteblo in
vasion. The explanation usually CIV
en- is that the swallows are much few
or this summer, and also that the
ubiquitous sparrow is notably on tho
decrease. Nobody can find a reason
for the desertion Of the swallows, but
the reason of the scarcity OF spar.
rows ia not far to seek. The enemy
is mechanical traction. which Ia sup
planting the use of the horse. Before
long horses viii practically have dis.
appeared in Paris and when their
noaebags 60 there will disappear one
OF the principal staples of food for tho
Paris "pierrot." who is taking wing for
the country in search OF the grains
on the boulevards and avenue.
on the boulevard and avenues.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-12
AduIstIon Pleased Rousseau.

Rousseau. whose bicentenary cele-
bration accustomed riot In Paris the
other day. created sensation when
he visited England in 1855. Rousseau
and his Armenian Dress" wrote Lord
Charlemont, "were followed by
crowds when he first arrived In Lon.
don, and as long as this species OF
admiration lasted he was conteuted
and happy. Gerrlck not only gave <
supper In his honor. but played two
characters specially to pleaso him.
Rousseau was highly gratined, but
Mrs. Garrick declared that she had
never spent a more unpleasant eve
ming in her life, the philosopher be-
Ing so anxious to display himself,
and hanging over the front Of the
box SO much. that she was obliged to
hold him by the skirts of his coat to
prevent him from falling over into
the pit"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-12
MasterpIsce Of Adver,IsIno.

A physician OF Montpelier. France,
was In the habit of employing y very
ingenious artiace, When he came 70
a town where he was not known, he
pretended to have lost his dog. and
ordered the public crier 70 otfer. with
beat of drum. reward of Is louis tr
whomsoever should bring II TO hin
The crier took care to mention all th
titles and academic honors Of the dot
tor. a. well as his place Of residence
He soon became the talk Of the town
do you know" says one, shat fl
nous physician has come here. q very
clever fellow? He must be very rick,
for he offers Is louis for finding biz
dog The dog wss rot eounA Aas Pc
dents vera
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-12
A FOOD CONVERT
Good Food tho True Road to Health.

The pernicious habit some persons
Btill have Of relying on nauseous drugs
TO relieve stomach trouble keeps up
the patent medicine business and helps
keep up the army Of dyspeptics.
observation-disclosures - IL caused
by what is put into the stomach in the
way OF improper food, the kind that
30 taxes the strength of the digestive
organs they are actually crippled.
When this state is reached, to resort
to tonics is like whipping a tired
horse with q big load. Every addi-
tional effort he makes under the lash
diminishes his power to move tho
load.
Try helping the stomach by leaving
on heavy. greasy. indigestlble food
and take on rape-Nuts--light, easily
digested, full OF strength for nerves
and brain, in every grain Of II. There's
no waste Of time nor energy when
Grape-Nuts 10 the food.
Il am an enthusiastic user Of Grape
Nuts and consider II an ideal food
writes Maine man:
Il had nervous dyspepsia and was
all run down and my food seemed to
do me but little good. From reading
nm advertisement tried Grape-Nuts
food, and. after few weeks steady
use Of It, felt greatly improved.
Am much stronger, not nervous
now. and can do moro work without
feeling 20 tired. and am better every
way.
7 relish Grape-Nuts best with cream
and use four heaping tsaspoonfuis az
the cereal part Of = meal am sure
there are Thousands Of persons with
stomach trouble who would b. bens-
nted BY using 0raps-Nuts." Name sis,
On by Postum Co. Battls Creek, Mich.
Road the little book. 'Ths Road to
MELVILLE" IN pkgs. There's Z rsa,
son."
Ever resa sAs aAsvs lstzsrs A new
one apDeeru from tfm4 u V1ns. THEY
ere Ee.uias trs~ asA hi a As.as
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-12

SYNOPSIS.

The story opens at Monte carlo WIN
Col, Terence O'Rourke, a military lt"'
lance and something VI gambler IN t'ls
hotel Leaning on tho balcony he secs
beautiful girl who suddenly enters tho
elevator and passes from sight AZ nv
gaming table O'Rourko notices TWO hlsI
watching him. One II the Hon, b'ru.
Glynn. while his Companion n NlsHnhht
Des Trebes n ducllst The viscount tells
him the French government mas u'rrg',yiii
hlm to O'Rourke as IA man WHO Nou.'
Undertake secret mission Al MS hphl'
mont. O'NourkC, who had agreed 20 w
dertakc tho mission. finds a myst"riouH
lsttor. The vlscount arrives. hhnhs
sealed package to O'RoutHe, VINO " no
20 open Il until on the ocean par -,
dainty slippers are seen prutrudins from
under doorway curtain, The lrlsh't'nn
finds the owner Of tho mysterious Irtt 10
tie his wife. Beatrix. from whom ne na l
run away year previous go i" ~ nna.
that n RlnRnon law lrm oncra MN
10000 pounds for jewel known hs ile
Pool Of Flame and left TO him by "A ns
named Chambret in Algeria, 0houTk,t
woratH the nOblemRn In duel. inc VIE
hlds O'Rourke farewell ana ne Pt1,i'l,Hta ~,
Go soon return with the reward lie dls-
covers both Olynn and the visCnlnt on
board the chip. As he hnds ChamDret
there IN an attack by bandits and MS
friend dies telling O'Rourke thal ne hha
left the Pool OF Flame with a." governor
given the colonel will deliver over the
jowol Arriving at Algeria the lrlshmhn
finds the governor general away. b's
Errebcs makes n mysterious appointment:
and tells ORourko that he has gained
possession of the Jewel by stealing II, IN
"A duel O'Rourke masters the NirCount.
secures possession OF the Pool OF Flame
una starts by ship for Rnngoon. He finds
tho captnin to he smuggler who tries 70
steal tho jewel II ~ finally secured by
the captain and ORourke escapes TO
land with the aid Of one Danny and
hin sweetheart, OROurke RECEIVERS the
Pool Of Flame on board ship once more.
bound for Rangoon. mysterious lhdy
appchrs O'ROurke comes upon lnscar
about TO attack the lady. Nhp Is Mrs.
Prynno and kicks the man into the hold.
Mrs prynnn claims she i9 Ell route Tor
Indiana on mission for tho king
Oltourkc In attacked by the lascnr. who
secures the Pool OF Flame, the captain
is shot and tho iascar Jumps into the sea.
Tho ship arrives In port Danny hands
O'Rourkc tho Pool OF Flame which no
Inns stolen from Mrs. Prynne. II is the
real Jewel. tho one lost at sea being
counterfeit. O'Rourke goes to Calcutta
and discovers DeB TrebeS disguised. He
now knows that MrB. Prynne was an &C
complete Finally he gets to tho lawyer
who has offered the reward, delivers the
Jewel and gets the money.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-12
CHAPTER xxx.-(contlnued.)


Sypher Ind very explicitly named
his dinner hour, after the formal Eng
llsh fashion. nowhere and by nobody
more rigidly observed than by the
Engllshman In tho Orient; eight for
eight thirty" he had said. And as
0Rourke. a very dlgnifled and impos'
ing O'Rourke in his evening dress.
waited for a sampan on the lower
grating Of the poonahs passenger
&angplank he had round three-quar'
tors for an hour for leeway-ample leis'
ure for an interested inspection of
that part OF Rangoon lying between
the floating jetty and Sypher's rest
-dence In a suburb near Dalhousie
Park
Danny remained aboard ship only
temporarily. being instructed to follow
with O'Rouske's belongings to suitable
accommodations already engaged at n
hotel on tho Strand, overlooking the
roadstead; from whose windows
oRourke was promising himself the
pleasure Of watching the arrival of
the steamship bearing his wife to his
arms.
BLESS her dear facet" said he soft
ny. "'Tis meself will be desolated II
she's not aboard that Messageries boat
due tomorrow-now that can go
back to her, man OF property, no
longer pauper ne'er-do-well! Think
of that. ye lucky dog!"
A sampan slid noiselessly In beside
the grating. 0'Rourke let himself eau
.tiously into II and incontinently col
iapsed upon the rear seat as the boat
mid away toward the shore lights.
yielding to the vigorous sweeps OF the
single long oar welded by the Bur
man In the bows
Ashore. a tIkkagharry caught him
up and bore him down the silent road
that winds between the Strand and
the rivers edge, then whipped into
Mogul street, where the fluent tide
of life ran broad and deep beneath
glare of light.
All too quickly tho tikka whisked
,lout OF the main channel of the city's
Aife, out BEYOND the Mohammedan
mosque and the Chetti's hall and the
IChristlan chapel. and into the soft.
dense night OF the countrywide
world of darkness sparsely studded with
dim. glowing windows; and all too
soon, again, II swung off from the
highway into a private drive. crunched
over gravel and stopped before the |
illuminated veranda OF native bun
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-12
The Probability.

Il am sure when go to the city to
see my rich cousin. she will put me
under her own roof"
you bet she will Directly under"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-12

to its breast. above tho heart. Be-
yond dispute. Sypher was dead.
Poor dlvvle!" muttered the Irish
man. The Pool OF Flame!
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-12
Triumph Of Machine BulIdlno.

English engineers have succeeded
In building q paper making machine
that viii turn out $50 feet OF newEpa.
per, 175 inches wide, minute.
Douglas Island news., 1912-02-28
The MOrthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed. Information for Everybody.

The Ketchikan saw mill started up on Feb. 15.
 The Wraugell saw mill started up on the l4th with a full crew.
 John Zug Is superintendent of the road commission at Fairbanks.
 During the year 1911 the Valdez post office did business of 85,7236l. Citizens of Skagway have subscribed Sl, 100 for an aviation meet in that city.
 The Apollo mine atUnga, which was closed down for the winter, will start up again in May.
 John P. Chase, prominent socialist from the States, is scheduled to make Iecturing tour of Alaska this spring.
 Another fair will be held at Fair banks next fall. The fair association has SlO4 cash left from the last fair. Thomas R, Shepard, of Seattle, has been appointed United States commis sioner at Valdez, to succeed Judge J.L. Reed.
 Fred Schmidt was found frozen to death on the trail near Ruby. He was l 9 years of age. His mother resides at  Dawson.
 In a book comprised of thereports of government officials the native popu- lation of the Yukon basin is estimated at about 1000.
 Since the establishment of the Fair banks recording precinct, 100 persons have been adjudged insane there, says the News-Miuer.
 The town council of Iditarod has made the tax levy for the present year I11I cents. The total valuation assessed for taxation is S1,3OO,OOO.
 The slogan, Fairbanks, Alaska's Golden Heart" has been embodied in a seal, and to date 3O.OOO of these stick, CTS have been distributed free.
 Not for a number of years has the outlook for an increased gold output in the Koyukuk been as promising as at present, say recent arrivals from there.
 Following the recent strikes in the ! Cliff mine at Valdez comes the an- nouncement that three more stamps will be added to the mill, making six in all.
 Pavlov volcano has been on ram page again. This volcano is situated on the Alaskan peninsula near the village of Belkofsky, about 60 miles west of Sand Point.
 ! Dan Jonas, of Fairbanks, who has been spoken of as the successor to Louis P. Shackleford, as national re- publican committeeman from Alaska, passed through Cordova recently on his way inside.
Douglas Island news., 1912-02-28

Fairbanks lodge No. 3, l. O. O. F., has purchased the old Overguard building on lower First avenue and immediately will remodel the structure to meet the requirements of the lodge as place of meeting. The consideration was S2,000 cash.
 The discovery of a fabulous quantity of free gold in specimen of rock said to have come from the famous Dolly B claim on the east fork, of the Skagway river, is causing no little amount of ex- citement in town today, says the Alas kan. The find was made by J. C. Mo- Brien, who examined a quantity of rock which had been placed in his forge for the purpose of burning it. Upon clean ing his forge this morning, McBrien examined the rock and upon breaking it up was amazed to find that 1t was filled with the yellow lucre. Five pounds of the rock were granulated and the mass was banned with the re- sult that 65 cents in free gold was re- covered. Immediately search was started to find from whence came the rich specimen. It is claimed that the specimen was brought to the shop by Arthur Wilson, and was from the Dolly claim on the east fork of the Skagway river. The pan of gold has been on exhibition in the office of Phil Abrahams and has caused big stam- pede of sightseers to that place.
 The people of Nome are discussing a proposal to commute annual labor into cash, offering the governmen; either the labor or the cash as consideration for permission to hold mining claim one year. On one side, according to the telegraphic report, it is argued that the government could put the cash to excellent use in Alaska. On the other side, it is hinted that pencil miners and absentee claimants are be- hind the scheme. The whole discussion follows hard upon the decision of the circuit court ofappeals wherein it is es- tablished that full Sl00 worth of labor must be performed each year to hold each claim. The idea of changing the assessment system is not new in Alas ka It has been proposed at intervals during the past ten years and longer. Every body is aware that the general run of annual labor is perfunctory, and that the purpose of the annual labor requirement-the development of the mining ground-is not accomplished. Therefore, it seems sensible to propose instead cash payment for he holding of the ground, because the cash could be made to serve a useful purpose, whereas the assessment work is gen. orally waste, without profit ) any body. But it is question whether the original idea in requiring annual labor should be abandoned. The land laws are liberal, but all are based upon the bargain that a citizen may have posses sion of the land if he will make use of it. When it was proposed in Fairbanks some years ago that cash payments be permitted instead of annual labor, the money to be expended in the building of roads, it was pointed out that there would be no use for the roads if the mining ground was not developed. We should avoid any change that works away from the idea of development and in the direction of land speenlstion.-- Fairbanks Times,
Douglas Island news., 1912-02-28

Delegate James Wickersham is op, posed to a government railroad in Alaska "ae a matter of principle" but will support the measure because it is good thing for the territory.
 Vasile Deacon, a Roumanian, has been arrested at Wrangell for the at- tempted murder of ack Brown. Deacon attacked Brown with a knife and in. fiicted serious wounds on his victim about the head and neck.
 Nome has been suffering this winter from typhoid pneumonia epidemic. Tho c,ity health officer reported to the city ,nnncil that the epidemic was not c.u.,d ;,v a contaminated water sup u'y. hu was due to the unusual weather conditions.
 The Valdez chamber of commerce unanimously adopted resolutions urging upon congress the appropriation of 81 100000 to be expended under the direction of the war department for the construction of permanent roads and trails in the territory.
 At Sitka, where, with the exception of few short gaps, record of the thermometer has been kept for forty five years, it has been found that the mean spring temperature was 4l.2; summer, 546; autumn, A.9; winter, 32.5 and for the entire year, 453
 The publicity bureau of the Dawson board of trade is making arrangements to hold dance outdoors, with the ob- feet of educating the outside world to the fact that weather conditions there in the winter are far more congenial than in most outside eastern cities
 Everybody will be glad to hear that Mir. Clyde Guptill intends to return to Skagway next month to take up his duties again with the Alaska Steamship company, which were so disastrously interrupted last fall Mir. GuptiIl's health is quite restored, and he writes in good spirits.
 With stick of dynamite at his head, one on his breast and another piece at his feet, all with fuse attached, and with 24 sticks under his back, Peter Julius Johnson blew himself into eternity. The deed was executed in sequestered spot near Acklen ditch, back of Dawson.
 A report is current to the effect that the Northern Navigation company is contracting to deliver freight in Daw- son at S3O per ton, one report naming the price at S25 per ton. The Star is making an effort to verify the report, which, if true, should be known by the merchants of Whitehorse. The death knell of exorbitant freight charges in the North is being rung, no matter what railway commissions may do re- garding them.-Whitehorse Star.
 The indicted Seattle men, charged with having embedded the funds ofthe Fairbanks Banking company, will be tried on less serious charge when the case comes to trial. They will not be tried for embezzlement, the charge having been changed to making false report of the condition of the bank in order to deceive the creditors and de- positors, which is only a misdemeanor. The prosecution was doubtful of secur- ing conviction on the embezzlement charge,
Douglas Island news., 1912-02-28
In spite of all the fuss there is out

In spite of all the fuss there is out there about gold discoveries, the Val deg Prospector says: "In the Decem- Der Outlook there is an article, en- titled, What is really going on in Alas ka?' There is nothing doing in Alaska. In the summer we fish and fool around. In the winter there is no fishing nor is the population of Alaska increasing. No, there's nothing doing in Alaska just now"
 The Whitehorse Star says: That there has been mighty change in weather conditions lately there is no denying. Here the winter season is more than half gone and, with one scarcely noticeable period of less than forty eight hours, there has been very little weather that would even be class- flied as crisp. Within the memory of white man there has not been winter similar to the present one. Comparing dates of this winter with those gone before, we find difference of from 30 to 50 degrees, the temperature of this winter being from ten to thirty degrees above zero, where on similar dates of previous years it was from thirty to fifty helow-sometime sixty to seventy below.
 Up at Prince Rupert, the northern. most transcontiuental terminal, Presi- dent Hays of the Grand Trunk frankly avows that his line is preparing steam ship and elevator capacity to ship lOO,- 100000 bushels of Canadian wheat round the world through Panama. "We have the lowest mountain grades in America" says the Grand Trunk presi- dent. which is true. eve have 60 foot harbor which nature made and we don't need to dredge, and we have seafront which never freezes over as the wheat harbors of eastern Canada freeze. We already have the finest Alaska steam CTS on the Pacific; and by the time Panama opens we'll have ocean freight CTS between Prince Rupert and Liver pool through the canal."-Review of Reviews.
 Several enterprising prospectors and miners about Nome are going to sack up a nun Der of tons of the gold-bear- ing sand now exposed on the beach, to be treated by the custom mill during the winter, says the Nome Industrial Worker, and they expect to make a winters grubstake out of their work. Tests of the sand now exposed along the water front, several feet of the sur face sand has been exposed by the storm, proves that the average material runs from S12 to S25 to the ton. Two men can sack about ten tons of the beach sand day, provided they can rustic the sacks, and the teamsters will haul the sacks to the mill for S1 ton, after the sledding gets good. The mill charges S5 per ton to run the sand through, making total of S6 per ton for being treated. The figures turned in by one of the hustlers sounds good, and if the low water continues and the beach does not freeze too hard, from S20 to $40 day can be made by men who will sack the sand for treatment at the mill In some places along the beach the storm exposed the bedrock and Eskimos are hunting for pieces of gold. The best find reported was a chunk of amalgam containing about S65 inrgold,
Douglas Island news., 1912-02-28

Delegate James Wickersham is opo posed to a government railroad in Alaska "as a matter of principle" but will support the measure because it is a good thing for the territory.
Douglas Island news., 1912-02-28

Vasile Deacon, a Roumanian, has been arrested at Wrangell for the at- murder of Jack Brown. Deacon attacked Brown with a knife and in. fiicted serious wounds on bis victim about the head and neck
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-23
THE HOUSE you will build, buy rent will not be
modern home unless it is wired for Electricity
Legal Notices.

~~-c~~|"~o>>~~~~~~-~~~-~~~~
purpose of correction and RECESSION of one
deed made to above named plaintiff nv
Mrs. Nancy Higdon, in which Robert.
jamie Bell and Jack Townsend are the
three named beneficiaries. said case being
originally returnable to the September
term 1912, of the above court. on the
25th day of October, 1912. by order of
court you were made a party to the above
named proceeding, and on the same date
an order was passed making said case
returnable to the January term, 1913, of
this court.
You are hereby required to be and an
court to be held on the first Monday i'm
January, 1913, then and there to answer
plaintiffs complaint
Witness the Hon. J. r.. Pcndleton Judge
of said court, this 31st day Of October,
1912. ARNOLD BROYLES, Clerk.
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