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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20

The middle verse OF the Bible is the
eighth vers, OF the llSth psalm. me
twenty.hrst verse OF the seventh chap.
ter of Ezra contains all the letters Oh
the alphabet except the letter j. ~ me
longest verse is tho ninth verse OF
the eighth chapter OF Esther Inc
shortest verse is the ninth verse Oh
the eleventh chapter of st. John'
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20

Mrs. Koepup made 1t her private and
particular business to have whatever
her ncighbor had whether 1t was a
question OF chickens or Diseases 30
when Mrs. Gotthere complained to her
one day OF insomnia Mrs keepup was
ready for her. 81 have IT, too, very
badly at times" What do you do Tor
I, Mrs Keeuup?" why, | have never
,opnd ANYTHING that did me any real
good. except to go to bed and sleep II
! off"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20
NOTICE

We the undersigned shall clos'
our respective places Of business a
ten O'Clock A. Nj. Thursday, Nov
u tThauksgiving) and shall remain
closed the remainder of the day.
Kindly supply your wants before
this time.
Cole e. Nixon
Fischer Mere. Co.,
Pennington Mere. Co.,
Boyd q Mitchell
Henderson Mere. Co.
J. NJ. Karsch Shoe Co.,
Klein Gro. Co,
Boswell q HELLER
Geo. HerZog Il Son
Nell d Philips
Hunt Il Son
Herman Whitworth
W. II. Rottger
A. +. Davis X Son
Young d Johnson
Jacob HELLER
Leuders Saddlery Co.
A. J Hilton.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20
The Spring OF Pollution

Alcohol pollutes whatever it touches,
1t enrrvates where it does not cnslaye.
Ii destroys slowly that which IT does
not degrade quickly. For the indiyid.
ual /, IS a maglignaut disease, for the
nation il has become scli-iuilictcd
obstacle to all phases Of progress, and
il lies athwart the path OF personal
reformation. 1t obs,ructs all the
forces OF slow remedial reform. and
rapid chauges to industrial elevation, -
Hon. lohn burns.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20
To Make a Hat Eft.

Follow my advice. and your derby
will stand any Woolworth or Flatlron
gusts" said Broadway business man
to his companion, as the latter brush
ed his recreant lid with LIS coal
sleeve. When | buy new hat al
ways heat the band over gas jet
put It on my head and let It coo
there. Result-perfect fit. Try IL
New York Tribune.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20
Rather Gave ttImsslf Away.

IL have met this man." said law
yer, with extreme severity, I'm great
many places where ! would be
ashamed to be seen myself" and then
he paused and looked with astonish-
ment at the smiling court and jury.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20
sIimness OF MIR. Stephens.

Speaking of Alexander II. stephens
thinness, perhaps 1t was never better
characterized than by the man IN
Washington who said that when he
was standing on the steps OF the capl'
toll an empty hack drove up and Alex
ander II. stephens got out.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20

Factory Proprietor-"Fire drill II
YOU please, ladies'! Division A VIII
endeavor to batter down that locked
iron door Division d will leap from
the windows; Division c will remain
quietly at the tables until suifocated--
all Just as you would have to do IN
case OF an actual fire. March! Lille
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20

AT last" cried the musician, I
have fame within my grasp. How
so?" asked his wife, who had heard
the same thing before. You know
Mendelssohn' Wedding March. and
the marvellous repute 1t brought
him." said the musician. Yes, but
what OF IT." We'll, I'm going to write
a divorce march. Life.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20
OrinIn Of "Thuas."

A real thug was member OF an or
ranized society of fanatical murderers
in India. who considered their vic
tins to be sacrifices to their gods.
Their method was by straSgulation.
The English tried to suppress them
about 1910. but did not succeed Till
about 1880.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20
Good Reason for Il.

A gentleman who was raising bees
and was the owner OF several hives
was telling some children they must
not bother them at all. One little
girl said. Brother picked up one this
morning. but he let right go again"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20

or 10000 townships in France hav'
ing more than 1000 inhabitants, about
G,OOO are without any public lighting,
or the remainder, there are l,24s
lighted by gas. 2,763 lighted by cleo
triclty and ~ by acetylene.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20
She Does.

What does this nation need?
shouted the impassioned orator
what does this nation 'equire, II She
stems proudly across the Paclilc' K
she stride. boldly across the mighty
ocean in her march Of trade and Tree,
dom? repeat. what does she need!
Rubber boots, suggested the grossly
matorialistic person in a rear seat
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20

India has 315.0OO.O00 people. less
than half OF whom can even read the
native vernaculars. Nevertheless
there are 65S newspapers and 1867
periodicals published there.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20
- -
A Girl at Fifty.

The only thing you can tell about q
young girl Is that when she is nifty
years old she will look a great deal
as her mother looks now.-Philadel'
phia Ledger.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20
IA Mans Island"

AS a train went out of Paddington
station the other day." we are told
there we're In a third-class compart-
ment two women smoking cigarettes
and man knitting "-London Punch
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20

knowledge is7power. That's why
professor gets $1,000 a year and a
concrete Drained fighter can get SD.
600 for an hours work.-Cincinnatl
Enquirer.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20
The Bio Item.

Docs II take much money TO send
a hoy to college?" asked the BOOB
NO" replied the Cheerful Idiot IT'S
keeping him there that takes the
coin"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20

The squeeze play must be popular
when one of these girl teams chas'
lenges the boys
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20
W. c. 7. U. COLUMN.
Mrs. Merrill Pipkin. Press supt.

"Who is the first man to be laid off
and the last man to be taken on' The
man who drinks2"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06
INDUSTRIAL WAR.

The industrial community is COM
posed of three Capital,
Labor, and the Rest of Us. When
the two first get to squabbling the
third party, which is the predomi-
nant one with by far the greatest
stake, may merely sit on side lines
and applaud as it sees Tit.
Thus the pending controversy be-
tween the locomotive firemen and SO
railroads has emphasized the losses
to which the entire community is
subject from the conditions of indus
trial war now prevailing.
The state commissions on arbitra-
tion and Cancellation are far from
meeting the problem. The latest re-
port available of the New York Bu-
reau of Mediation showed 215 strikes
in the year, of which the board was
able to settle but IA. Meanwhile the
anthracite coal strike of last spring
cost the country $52,O0O,00O, and
the recent English coal strike cost
that country as much as a foreign
war.
An investigation by a public inn
partial authority, if made promptly,
always sways the opinions of the
Rest of Us, and tends to settle
strikes. But the existing machinery
of most of the states is too made
quate. The investigation may come
so late that it does not get into print
until after the strike is over, when
it is read chiefly by women who are
writing papers for literary societies.
1t gathers dust among the other pub
lie documents.
The fact that man has been skill
ful in carrying his caucuses for his
political faction does not prove that
he is a fit man to attempt public con-
ciliation work.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06
PROVE THEIR UNFITNESS.

There could be no better argu-
ment against the granting of suf-
frage to women than that which is
presented by some of the "suffrag-
cites" They bear about as large a
proportion to the honest, sincere and
sensible women workers of the world
as the McNamaras and their ilk do to
the honest laboring men.
The suffragettes in England will
fail to receive any sympathy from
any level-headed man or woman in
their hunger strikes, their pouring
acid into mail boxes and other devil
try-for that is the only name that
exactly fits it.
Fortunately the ''suffragettes" in
American have been content with
making fools OF themselves They
ought to know, however, that instead
of advancing their cause they are
! retarding it, as well as heaping ig-
nominy on their sex. There was not
woman in Ashland rendered any
the less a lady by reason of attend
ing the municipal elections in this
city and casting her vote, but the
women-we should hate to call then
ladies', regardless Of their wealth, ed
ucation or station-who have beeI
seeking notoriety in their hike'
through the east, have placed them
selves in the limelight in a wa!
which is not elevating to say tn,
least. 1t is lucky that there is NJ
campaign on for woman suffrage, anC
it is to be hoped in the interests O
justice to the sensible women VIII,
should have a ballot that their esca
pade may be forgotten before an
other campaign commences
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06
TALKS ON ADVERTISING TO It'd.
INGS READERS.
(By Ralph Kaye.)

The automobile manufacturers are
spending millions of dollars a year
in national advertising creating a
demand for the cars their dealers
handle. Therefore the retailer OF
dealer in automobiles is nowise diff
ferent than the retailer of trade
marked clothing. All this world
wide publicity goes for naught if the
retailer does not follow it up prop
erly. The dealer is the personal ele-
ment between the manufacturer and
the consumer. As such, the retail
er's advertising should pc something
more than giving the name of his
car. The name does not arouse de-
sires to purchase-it merely means
good car. His advertising should
take up the car where the national
advertising leaves off; it should take
advantage OF the personal element
before mentioned from a local stand
point.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06
INTERVENTION.

Many of the civil conflicts of the
minor republics are less wars be-
tween political factions than wars
between commercial houses. When
the Central American grows hungry
for the power and loot of public Of
flee he first consults, not his friends
and his party, but the agents of for
eign trading concerns and the repre-
sentatives of steamship companies,
who, in exchange for pledges of fat
concessions, are willing to supply the
requisites of revolution-a cargo or
two of arms and ammunition.
Before any step toward interven-
ton is taken in Mexico there should
be thorough understanding as to
who and what are behind the Mexi-
can revolutionary parties. 1t would
be better and cheaper to deal with
the foreign promoters of the cam
paign against MaGero, if there are
such, than to send an army into the
field at a cost of $1,000,OO0 a day.
The state department has ways of
learning these things. 1t would
be committing heinous crime
if it permitted single American SOL
dier to risk his life in a battle for
some sordid and constituencies com
mercial firm.
Only as desperate expedient in
the cause of humanitarianism should
intervention be undertaken at all.
Not one step should be made if there
is the least suspicion that CONNER
cialism is even remotely concerned
in the Diaz insurrection.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06
MEXICANS AND AMERICANS.

Much light is thrown on the melt
ing pot of Mexico's hot blood by the
remark the other day, made to the
writer by a widely travelled young
man who described himself as a
soldier of fortune" His expert
ences took him into Mexico for sew
eral years recently, where he had
worked for business concern as an
interpreter.
81 always made it a practice" said
this informant, of getting my back
mp against the wall where they
couldn't get at me from behind. And
it is a good idea in a Mexican town
at night, to keep out of reach of
shady doorways The middle of the
street is much healthier"
He went on to tell how one night
he was sitting in a dance hall and
restaurant Following his usual con-
servative custom, he sat with his
chair tilted back against the wall.
A bunch of broad-hatted, scowling
Mexicans were loafing about the
room drinking heavily Things
looked ominous.
Finally some OF them began to
talk out loud about that damned
Americana over there" They called
him names that do not look pretty
in type. Finally one came over and
slung a glass of beer in his face.
The young American arose, picked
up a stool, knocked him over, and
pulled a revolver. He was a good
marksman. While the bushy-faced
dark men were drawing their knives
he had shot out the lights of the
hall. Dodging under the tables, he
slipped out of the door while the
Mexicans were lunging at each other
From stories like that one see!
clearly enough why the institutions
of a republic don't work in Mexico
Democracy is only burlesque in ;
community where the knife takes tn,
place OF newspaper discussion.
No doubt the Mexican nation in
eludes many worthy citizens and ad
niirable personalities. But there
a yellow streak in the racial temper
ament that makes such incidents a
the one noted above characteristic
Republics are built out of free me-
who meet each other face to face
not from towards who fight knife t
back.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06

Oregonian: The Woman Who
Loves Justice" that contributed an
article yesterday on the high cost OF
high living ought to be forever
known and admired also as a woman
who understands truth, and tells it.
A single paragraph from her pointed
letter will both illustrate it's quality
and point its moral:
"'The delicatessens flourish be-
cause many women won't cook. The
tailors and dressmakers flourish be-
cause they won't sew. The ready-to-
wear counters prosper because those
who cannot hire their clothes made
buy them ready made. l heard a
young married woman say few days
ago that Fhe paid her cook a few
dollars less every month than her
grocery bill amounted to. There is
no one to cook for but herself and
husband, and they live in an up-to-
date apartment house. incidentally
this same husband gets a salary OF
$125 month. Is it any wonder that
the divorce mills grind?"
That is the whole story, or, rather
part of the same story of a Thousand
chapters that would be tireless tier
| alton of the same essential facts
| The public grill, the automobile, The
$25 hat, the $100 gown, the deliver!
wagon, the grocer's package, the del
icatessen, the theater, bridge, tn
club, the tailor, the manicure, tn
hairdresser, shorter hours of labor
and the whole method and style o
life nowadays explain the cost o
living. The abused commission maj
and the starving corner grocery hav
precious little to do with it.
The high cost OF living is the cos
of high living. But do we want t.
do without automobiles, theaters
gowns and the like? Would we b
more happy?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06
TROOP-MOVING.

When war was declared against
Spain a detachment of troops at a
western post was ordered to move at
once. People along the line over
which the soldiers would have to
travel read the news and hastened
through their evening meals that
they might be down to the station
when the troops came through. No
military trains moved that night, nor
the next day, nor for ten days after.
1t took that long to make even a
start for the front
The contrast between the army of
pre-Cuban campaign days and the
army of today could not be better
shown than in this matter of military
transportation. Within a few hours
after Washington sent word that
preparations be made for the eXpe-
dition to Mexico the soldiers in a
half dozen posts were in service
clothes, had their equipment packed
had drawn 80 rounds each of ammu-
milton and had tucked emergency ra-
tions away in their haversacks
Upon half hours notice now these
soldiers will be boarding their trains
1t used to be called the "art oi
war" 1t is more nearly Science
of war" now.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06
Dog Catcher's Dog Brought to Pound.

Dog Catcher's Dog Brought to Pound.
Medford Mail Tribune: Diligence
to the point of rubbing it in" was
exemplified Saturday when boys sent
out to round up all unlicensed dogs
brought Dog Catcher Aydlatt's ca
nine to the pound The dog catch
er's dog had no license and was
treated the same way as any other
unfortunate.
Mr.. Aydlatt Saturday announced
that he would pay 25 cents each for
all untagged dogs brought to the
pound, and as a result crowd of
boys pursued stray pups in all the
highways OF the city. 1t was a man,
however, who spotted the dog catch
ers' dog and led it to the pound. He
says he was given a 15-cent reward
the dog catcher evidently believing
that anytime he wished to catch his
own dog he could do it unassisted.
Mr.. Aydlatt's dog now has a license
and may cavort the length of Main
street unmolested.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06
SUPREME COURT DODGES EGGS

when is an egg no longer an
egg, but a chicken embryo?" now is
to be classed with How old is Ann?"
What will cure tuberculosis" ?"
will Teddy run AGAIN." and similar
non-answerable but pertinent queries
With which the world is graphing.
The supreme court of the United
States has met it's Waterloo in the
egg. Likewise DR.. G. W. Stiles, bac-
terra expert of the bureau of chemis-
try. Neither institution nor expert
is able to designate the date when
an egg ceases to be an egg and be-
comes prospective poultry, too realis-
tically fowl to be served at the
breakfast table.
In a report of the high court, just
handed down, the perpleXing ques-
tion concerning the questionable egg
is sidestepped most adroitly by that
august body. After long delibera-
tions, extensive considerations, mi
mute and stout-hearted examination,
the court decided-what? That it
had no jurisdiction in the specific
case of eggsl
The egg case before the supreme
court has been watched with consid-
cradle apprehension and hope by
boarding house landladies and long
suffering and not particularly dis
eliminating public. Since neither
bacteriologists nor the supreme court
of the United States can diagnose the
egg, who but the landlady who serves
it shall say whether it be pseudo
fresh or SO fresh It is impudent? BY
failure of the supreme court to re-
turn a final finding it would seem
that the individual taste must direct
consumption or rejection And since
different tastes differ OBVIOUSLY, the
question of the unquestionable egg
remains national problem, growing
in perplexity as 1t grows in age.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
The Farmer.


Farmers are the decided producers
of the world. The farmer is the
most Independent man in society,
has the fewest perplexities and re-
verses, and the greatest per cent of
success-the least cause for worry
and fretting. Ii is true that he may
worry, predict draughts and many
many disasters, do much to annoy
himself, if he chooses, but no one
has less occasion for such unrest
since no business is any surer of
yielding a fair return for any ex-
penditures of labor and general out
lays. Yet how many turn and look
with longing eyes at the merchant
and almost envy him his calling, and
sometimes selling the old farm home
to invest the proceeds in goods, pre-
suming great gains will follow while
the burdens and heat of the days will
be unknown; but remember that 9S
of the merchants fail, at least once
during their careers; some many
times, particularly those who intend
to make money without any regard
for moral principles. Mercantile life
is but little less than a constant
round of care, perplexity, anxiety,
with almost constant expectation
of sad reverses, in connection with
financial crises.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06
Woman Charged With Attempting to
Burn Barn.

Mail Tribune: Mrs. Sarah Mum
day and three children of Central
Point were taken to Jacksonville
Sunday afternoon charged with at
tempted arson. They were kept in a
hotel over night and will be given a
hearing before Justice Dox this af-
ternoon. The children are aged 12,
10 and years.
According to the officers, Mrs.
Munday has on several occasions
threatened to burn out her neigh
bors. They assert that she made
considerable trouble in the past and
that on Sunday she and the children
started a fire next to a neighbor's
barn, which was saved after a hard
fight.
Mrs. Munday claims that her
neighbors have continually badgered
her and that the charge was simply
brought to get her out o. their way.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06
Love Thy Teacher as Thyself.

1t has often occurred to us that
children would get on so much bet
ter at school if parents would only
cultivate the friendship of the teach
er more, and win her confidence.
We are quite sure that if mothers
would let the teachers see that they
have an interest in them and the
children too, it would stimulate the
teachers and their pupils. 1t stands
to reason that if the teacher knows
that the parents are cooperating
with her, the efforts which she puts
forth are more likely to result in
greater progress being made by the
children. There is no need whatever
to make great friend of the teach
er, but it would certainly help mat
ters a great deal if, say, the teachers
were asked to come and take tea, at
definite time, or spend a certain
evening with the children and par
ents. Such little matters are worth
thinking about and we feel convinced
that mothers who try what we have
suggested will be pleased with the re-
suits. This was not written at the
suggestion of any teacher either.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06

world without them. In fact, | may
say without respect of successful con-
tradiction, that without them this
wouldn't be much of world any
how. We love them and the dear
things cannot help it. We control
them and the precious fellows don't
know it,"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06

No man who makes a practice of
being dishonest and repudiating his
just accounts ever amounts to a hill
of beans. In the commercial world
they never get to the quarter pole.
The successful business man thinks
more of his credit than he does of
his wife, for he knows if his wife
leaves him he stands some show of
getting another, but if his credit for
sakes him he is up against it. He
can have but one credit. 1t seems
strange with all this in mind that
young men will start out with beat
ing little bills at the restaurants and
at the store. They will even borrow
SO cents of a friend and refuse to
pay it back. That class of fellows
always wear banner that can be
seen all over town and everybody is
onto them. When it comes to pay
ing your debts, honesty is the best
policy"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06

Stones are found in Nevada which
when placed apart begin to travel to-
ward a common center. The pres
ence of lodestone or magnetic iron
ore is the explanation of the phe-
nomenon
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-03-06
SPECIAL NOTICE.

All matter for the Tidings should
be directed to the paper, rather than
to any person connected Herewith.
When directed to a person, it is apt
to be sent TO the home address, thus
delaying its insertion.