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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
HANDS BURNING, ITCHING

905 Lowell Place, Chicago, ILL.,
"The trouble began by my hands burn.
Ing and itching and rubbed and
scratched them TIL one day saw lit.
tie red sores coming out. My hands
were dishgured and swollen, and trou.
bled mo 30 that | could not sleep.
They were cracked and when the
small sores broke white matter
would come out. | could not do any
hard work; II did the sores would
come out worse. For two years no.
body could cure my eczema, until ono
day thought would try the Cutlcura
Soap and Ointment used warm wa.
ter with the Cuticura Soap and after
that l put the Cuticura Ointment on
my hands twice day for about Ave
or six months when | was cured.
tSigned) Sam Marcus, Nov Is, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout tho world. Sample OF each
free, with 32.p Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
Suicide Among German Children.

Why do 80 many German children
commit suicide? No one seems to
know. but there is no dispute about
the fact. Indeed, It has been said that
the majority OF suicides are those OF
children. and experts seem inclined to
connect the grisly epidemic with the
educational system. That "the weak
must go to the wall" has become an
axiom that has been extended to the
schools, and the undeveloped mind OF
the child seeks relief in suicide from
the encouragement of failure. 1t
would be interesting to know II any of
the so-called heather countries OF the
world have ever experienced such a
horrid social phenomena as that OF
child suicide.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
LIBRARY FOR THE FARMER

The use OF few we'll selected
books should add to the profits of any
farmer BY their use he can obtain
information on any agricultural sub
ject. He can follow the line In which
he is most interested and get the
ideas OF men who have spent years
studying this particular subject. He
olso gets the results Of large num-
Der of experiments conducted by agri.
cultural experiment stations. Infor-
nation at the right time on such sub
jects as the treatment OF disease.
methods OF seeding and methods OF
tillage, will mean quite saving to
the farmer. Such books are also an
ornament to the home and add to the
pleasure OF living on the farm.
The following books are recon-
mended to Missouri farmers by F. B.
Mumford, dean of the College of Agri-
culture:
l. Principles of Breeding" by Z.
Davenport; published by CHM G Co.,
Chicago. Price, $500.
2. Types and Breeds of Farm An
imals," by Charles s. Plumb; pub
lished by CHM G. Co., Chicago. Price,
$500.
3. Feeds and Feeding" by w. A.
Henry; published by w. A. Henry,
Madison, Wis. Price, $500.
4. "The Horse Book" by ]. II. s.
Johnstone; published by Sanders Pub
fishing CO., Chicago. Price, $500.
s. Dairy Cattle and Milk Produc.
tion," by c. H. Eckles; published by
Macmillan & Co., New York. Price.
$3.50.
8. sheep Farming in America" by
Joseph E. Wing; published by San
ders Publishing Co., Chicago. Price,
800.
7. Swine" by William Dietrich;
published by Sanders Publishing Co..
Chicago. Price, $3.50
8. THE Diseases of Animals" by
Nelson s. Mayo; published by Mac
milan & Co., New York. Price, $3.50.
9. "The Principles of Soil Manage
ment. by Lyon and Fippin; published
by Macmillan & Co., New York. Price,
s1.75.
10. '"The Principles Of Fruit Grow.
Ing" by L. H. Bailey; published by
Macmillan 8 Go, New FORK. Price,
$3.50.
II. "The Principles Of Vegetable
Gardening" by L. H. Bailey; pub
lished by Macmillan & Co., New York.
Price. $3.50.
IL. Farm Buildings" published by
Sanders Publishing Co., Chicago.
Price, $500.
IS. "Cyclopedia OF American Agri.
culture" a vols.). by l.. II. Bailey;
published by Macmillan & Co., New
York. Price $4,000
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
Usual Kind Of Office Seekers.

We'll. how's every little thing. now
that election is over?" asked the re-
Gently arrived washing machine agent.
Bout as they are every place else,
reckon" q bit pesslmlstically replied
the landlord OF the Turgidtown tavern.
THE banker, the Btorekeepers. the
lumber yard man. the doctor. the stock
buyer. the blacksmith and all the rest
Of the business men who have always
'peared to be capable OF managing
their various sized affairs successfully,
are going on calmly and carefully at
tending to EN-. while all the trifin',
one-gallused incompetents that have
never had any affairs of their own to
attend to and wouldn't be capable Of
conducting 'em properly II they had
any. are out hotfoot and hell.bent to
get and manage the post office for the
rest OF u.s."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
Worth Three Times a Diamond.

Nearly all tho emeralds mined to-
day come from Colombia. And, In
spite OF tho supposed higher value OF
diamonds. the emerald Is the most
precious OF gems. Carat for carat, o
fawless emerald would bring perhaps
three times the price OF iiawless dia-
mond in the Iewelry market. India.
the storehouse OF precious stones 10
credited with producing the first EN-.
eralds. but the Oriental emerald ts
not Identical with the modern gem. az
II Is n variety Of the ruby, of green
color and extremely rare.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
COOPERATION PROFITABLE
FARMERS WHO COOPERATE HAVE
MANY ADVANTAGES.
BY C. {. Brashear, College of Asrieul-
ture, University Of Missouri

We compliment ourselves upon the
prosperity of our farmers. But the
prosperity of the farmer of today is
not thing to wonder at. The won
der would come II he were not pros
porous. Remembering the wealth
stored in the soil we till and the mar
kets we have at our disposal, what
people would not be prosperous under
our conditions? .
The question is, are we as prosper
GUS as we should be? Are we perma.
nently prosperous?
One thing we need, and what we
are coming to, Is united effort, work
ing together more. The farmer is
placed at n disadvantage In his deal
ings with other people because he
acts single handed The small amount
of business of one farmer is not OF
great importance to the men who buy
his products or sell supplies to him.
There are a number of farmers in
any locality similarly situated. need.
ing TO buy the same supplies and hav-
Eng for sale the same products. These
farmers should be prepared to offer
their products in sufficient quantities
TO make 1t worth while for dealers to
handle them.
Such united action would make pos.
sible many improvements. What Is
now done by one large farmer could
be done equally well by number Of
small farmers. Production Of uni.
form varieties OF crops, uniform
breeds of live stock, the selling Of
these as from one individual, thus Of
fering shipments large enough to at
tract several buyers; these are come
of the results of united effort among
farmers. II would make possible CO.
operation In the purchase OF supplies,
in the purchase of machinery and live
stock.
But before these things are posi-
bic, there must be harmony. The
farmer must understand his neighbor
and his Is;shhSor's needs. Nothing
will bring this about better than local
organizations. Something that will
bring the people OF a community to-
gether often, and encourage them to
study together their own local prob
lens. and learn to solve them to-
Eether.
Other instances of desirable results
achieved by cooperation might be
shown. They all indicate the great
possibilities lying before any commu-
nifty.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
Selecting the Seed Corn
A Missouri Boy Who Realized Big Returns
for the Work He Expended
College of Agriculture, University Of Missouri.

This is the experience OF a wide
awake student at the Missouri Col.
lege OF Agriculture in the fall OF 1911.
He knew that corn for the following
crop should be gathered before II was
injured by the cold weather. Since
there was no one available TO do the
work in satisfactory manner, he
made several trips home to New Flor.
ence, Mo, and spent those Saturdays
in selecting good sound ears of corn
from well matured stalks. His moth
er's kitchen was twenty feet long and
he took possession OF one end, string.
Ing up rows of ears along the wall
The ears received a good circulation
Of air, and heat from the stove quick.
ly dried them.
The student didn't know that March
is a good time to test seeds for spring
planting, so during the Easter vaca-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28

owing TO the prolonged wet fall and
unusually cold winter All of the stu.
dents seed gave an excellent stand.
On the last day of planting the painter
boxes ran empty. Three or four acres
were left and a neighbor who was
planting corn across the fence across
the fence gave him enough seed to
finish.
Ten to twenty per cent OF the neigh.
bod's seed came up and that part OF
the field had to be replanted. The
replat got late start and the short
summer drought checked It, 1t Is
needless to say which kind OF seed is
making the largest yield OF corn.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28

Russia has law which TO outside
observers seems almost to put a
premium on theft by which stolen
goods become the property of the
thief II he can prove that he has had
possession OF them for over five years.
In the thieves market-which is, Of
course. licensed by the police--goods
that admittedly have been stolen
(more than FIVE years before) are
openly offered for sale. and the place
is veritable mecca for the light.
fingered gentry and their enterprising
friends. as also for the moro honest
members OF society, who secure many
a tempting bargain.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28

ton he went home to work on his
seed corn. About 10 per cent of the
ears we're thrown away because OF
immaturity, mold. and poor shape or
size There was not enough left for
planting and he selected some more
from a crib OF old corn that was in
good condition. In testing he did not
move the corn on the wall. but select.
ed two grains from the tip, two from
the butt, and two from the middle of
theear, placing these six grains from
each ear together in numbered rows
on strips of moistened cloth. The
cloths were rolled up, forming rag
doll and were kept moist for three
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
a Civil Arswer.

DO many strangers settle here.
landlord?"
They all settle, an them without
no more baggage than you got settles
In advance"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
BOOMERANG.

Mrs. Hiram offen-I'm afraid you
won't do. AS nearly as can find out.
you have worked in six or seven
places during the last year.
Miss Brady-Well. an how nanny
girls has yerself had in the same
toimef No less. I'm thinkin'.-Boston
Transcript.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
Heredity.

Sometimes you appear really
manly and sometimes you are effemi-
nate. How do you account for It?
He-I suppose It is hereditary. Half
of my ancestors were men and the
other half oman!-Tit.Bits.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
Society,".

Mrs. Wayupp-No wonder look
worried. my dear. My husband has
Just gone out. and II he is discovered
It will probably cost us our social po
sition.
Mrs. Blase-Goodness Where Ia
her
MrB wayupp-He has gone out in
cog. to pay bill.--Puck.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
Omlnous.

81 like affectionate animals. Does
this dog attach himself to people
easily?"
Not II they can run faster than he
can"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
Chance.

II always embrace an oppor.
tunity."
But, then, you must be careful you
are not hugging q delusion."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
Limit.

Here's your portrait. sir"
THAT my portrait? Well. may
have sat for It, but won't stand for
It."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28

Smokers like LEWIS Single Binder cigar
for It's rich mellow quality. Adv.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
MARRIAGE.

The couple were being married by
an out.oftown justice OF the peace.
Until death do you part7" the mag.
istrate asked. in the usual form.
The man hesitated. See here,
Judge. can't you make II an indeter-
inmate sentence7" ouoth he. after
thinking a moment.--Puck.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28

If you make a remark don't you en-
Joy having some one say, rs that sor''
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28

Overheard In a Laundry.
He musta gotta raise, Bella. Here's
two shirts in the wash tho same
week"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28

No. Cordelia, a dancing academy is
not necessarily n hop Joint.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate aud invig-
crate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugarcoated,
tiny granulos. Easy to take as candy. Adv
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
unlueky

PA, what is the Bridge Of sighs7"
That's the bridge your mother
plays. my son"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28

A girl OF ten hates to be kissed al.
most as much as girl of twenty
doesn't.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28

A man can have short legs and still
carry his head high.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28

CURES BURNS AND CUTS.
Coles Carbolaalvo stops tho pain instantly.
Cures quick. No scar. All druggists rs and5Oc Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-30
MT. Demberry,s Achievement

Thanks to the courtesy and enter prise of The Herald and the other newspapers the public is kept informed of the direct work of the Chamber of Commerce. but the by-products of that work are not so well known" said D. B. Grace.
 When lock No. 1s on the Warrior river was completed by the govern ment, President F. NJ. Jackson appoint ed committee to represent Birming- ham at the celebration. On the com- mittee was MT J. NJ. Dewberry and it was on this trip that he conceived the idea of the Tidewater line, which he has since pressed to success in spite of. almost insuperable obstacles. MT. Dewberry has not only given to 'Bir- the Tidewater line, but he was largely instrumental in obtaining from Congress the appropriation of several millions for the deep ening of the waterways at Mobile. MT. Dew berry also induced MT. Richard w. Mas sey to move to Birmingham and this gift is not the least valuable among others he has presented to our city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-30
HIGHLAND MARY

By Robert Burns.
 Ye banks, and braes, and streams art Tn castle O Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your 1
 CTS,
 Your waters never drumlie, There simmer first unfauld her robe; And there the largest tarry; For there took the last farewell O my sweet Highland Mary. How swee,y bloom'd the gay green How rich the hawthorh's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasped her to my bosom! The golden hours on angel wings,
 Flew OCT me and my dearie: For dear to me slight and life.
 Was my sweet Highland Mary, WIT mony q VOW. and Iockd embrac, Our parting was fu' tender; And, pledging aft to meet again,
 We tore oursels asurder; E.ut, oht fell Deaths untimely frost. That nipt my flower sac early.- Now greens the sod, and cauld's the That wraps my Highland Mary. Oh. pale. pale now, those rosy lips,
 aft hae Kiss'd sac fondly, And closed for aye the sparkling glal That dwel. on me sac kindly And mouldering now in silent dust
 The heart that To ed me dearly. But still within my bosom's core Shall live my Highland Mary!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-30
EPICTETUs AND AGRICULTURE

From the New York World.
 Addressing the graduating class of .pub- lie school No. 16O on What Constitutes Real Success and How to Attain It, Mayor Gaynor said: 'The best opening l know of is farming. There are not enough boys going into it."
 This counsel is not surprising from a mayor who recalls with longing the old days when he listened with youthful rap ture to "the singing of the hens In the barnyard but it is not what we have a right to expect from an apostle of Epic tetus. The ancient sage based his philos- ophy frankly and candidly upon the teachings of experience. He taught as truth only such things as could be proved by experiment. And he never advised anybody to take to farming.
 Among the industries of our time involv- ing the investment of capital there is not one more complex in it's nature or more uncertain in it's conditions than farming. nor is there one requiring larger and more accurate knowledge of many things or a most>careful and ceaseless labor. A man must have capital wherewith to farm: he must understand the natures of soils, grains, grasses, fruits. trees horses, cows, chickens, hired men and markets. Moreover, he must be able to forecast the consequences of sun and wind and rain and blight and mildew and insect pests He must know how to gather his crops in season and sell them in some instances 5000 miles away. Most boys do not take to this. There are other things less difficult and just as poetic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-30
A Gnyei on National Interest

"The gavel to be used by the Southern Commercial Congress in Nashville, April s to 10, Is being prepared by the Ladies Hermitage association said a correspon- dent of Managing Director Dave. Tt will be.nade of hickory from a tree plant ed by old Hickory. Andrew Jackson when he erected the tomb to his wife in Nashville.
 .'The Nashville meeting of the congress comes just 100 years after the outbreak of the war of 1s12, in which old Hickory took such valiant part and just 30 years after the battle of Shiloh, in Tennessee During each of the years to 1915 special gavels will be used by the Southern Com merical Congress. as its great meetings are intended to emphasize the constrast between conditions of today and conditions of earlier days.
 At Atlanta last March the gavel used by the congress typified new union of the south, there being in the head of the gavel l6 pieces of wood. each piece con- tributed by the commissioner of agricul- ture of the state represented, and all the pieces together grouped around a piece from West Virginia. the state that was formed out of the crash and distress oi the war between the states. The handle of the gavel was made from a piece of an elm from the Syhite House grounds ir Washington, the tree having been planted by John Quincy Adams the New Eng land president
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-30
.I,AsKA,s BURIED WEALTH

MT. Carrngton Weems gives in the February Worlds Work some sane facts about the coal situation in Alaska-his in- formation based on recent visit. Con- corning the actual amount of coal in the region he sHys
 only ono fifth of Alaska has ever been surveyed seologically. How much coal the rest may contain no man can guess. From many scattered points within this area prospectors have reported coal dis coveries. Upon we'll established data, the head of the Geological Survey in Alaska states thaSthe minimum of coal resources should be placed at 159,o00,000 tons, al- though the actual tonnage is likely to be many times that amount There is good reason to believe that the coal deposits of the Arctic slope are more extensive than all tlie other fields combined, cover ing roughly 5000 square miles. Of course. the large part of this coal which is nos easily accessible from the Pacific coast is practically non-eXistent as far as export tladc is concerned in the near future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-30
Pellagra in 1910

The registration areas of the cen sus bureau do not cover the country, but they cover enough to show that pellagra is a disease that shuns the frost belt to find victims in the sunny south. North Carolina is the pellagra state in the tables presented by the census bureau for the year 1910. The deaths in that state on account of pellagra numbered in 1910 no less than Ill out of total of 368 report ed in the country, 263 of whom were females. In Raleigh there were 23 deaths, in Durham IT, in Charlotte Is, and in Wilmington 8.
 North Carolina is the state chiefly afflicted with this mysterious disease whose source and cause are still un- known, and Atlanta is the city that furnishes the most cases. No less than 69 deaths occurred in Atlanta from this disease in 1910. Other cities suffered as follows: Birmingham, IT; Mobile, IS; Montgomery, IA; Jacksonville, 4; Savannah, 13; Aurora, l; Chicago, 15; New Orleans, II; Kan sas City, 2; St. Louis, 1; Portland, Ore, l.; Charleston, IT, Knoxville, B; Memphis, 6; Nashville, 9; Galveston, 3; San Antonio, 1 Danville, 8; Nor folk, 3, and Richmond 7.
 The census figures are chiefly gath cred in cities, and the cases in the rural districts go unreported. Appar- ently it is town disease, but this impression may prove incorrect when fuller reports are gathered in. The state of North Carolina presents a field for study and research, and so does the city of Atlanta. The disease has foothold in both that promises to be maintained until the nature of the disease and remedy for it are discovered by the scientists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-30
No matter what; He's poor, and that's revenge enough.
 --TimOn of Athens.
Ages of 27 Presidents

William Henry Harrison became President att the age of 6S, and Theo dore Roosevelt at the age of 42. These are the extreme instances of age in our presidential annals. Out of 27 Presidents only five had passed, at the time of inauguration, the age of 60. The favorite presidential age has been between 50 and 60 years.
 Some of the aspirants of today are older. Gov. Judson Harmon is the dean of the corps, for he will be CT next March, and he would, crowd Will liam Henry Harrison close for first place in the respect of age if he should be elected President. Speaker Clark is 63, and so is Senator Cummins. MT. Taft is 56; MT. Underwood, 51; MT. Roosevelt, 54, and Governor Will son 57.
 Beyond a doubt as the republic be- comes greater in every respect and the duties of the presidential office heavier the tendency is to select a man for President who is in full strength and vigor-a man about 90 years old, and a man who has lived the allotted age of man is now out of the running.