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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-12
sTRAYED OR STOLEN

One dark, iron gray mare, years
old, large scar just above right hind
hoof, weighs about $50 pounds. She
ran away at LeadingtQn on March
9th with harness on $500 reward
for information leading to her re-
eovery.
Dr. 7. L. HODGES, Esther, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-12

65 acres about 8 miles South Of Dee
Run and 8 miles from Farmillgtcn,
mile from Greasy Mines, mlle FROM
school onsa, shout 35 acres ii catti-
vatior, bcttom land, baiaaca SIS timber
CernmaN fence, fine spni s water good
red ard black sol, good 4-rpona &salne
haaga airlw GOOD iro bsrn, mineral
prospect. Price s1f00a9
MERRILL PIpKIN.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-12

Our subscribers will confer a favor
on us il they will examine the cxpir-
alton date on their Times or wrapper
and promptly remit for renewal. II
will save us considerable labor and
expense as it takes work to get out
statements and costs money to mail
them.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-12
FOR CITY MARSHAL;

C. B. Rogers authorizes US to an
nounce him as a candidate for City
Marshal.
J. c. Heifner authorizes us to an
nounce him as a candidate for City
Marshal
Frank Highley authorizes us to an
nounce him as a candidate for City
Marshal.
SCHOOL ELECTION, APRIL 9Th.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-12
Candidates Announcements
City Election, April 9th.
FOR MAYOR.

E. j. Mckinney authorizes us to
announce him as a candidate for
Mayor.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-12
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Church Notices
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NJ. e. CHURCH, SOUTH

M. e. CHURCH, SOUTH
9:30 a. M, Sunday school.
1880 a. M, preaching: 'The Great
Probation
6:30 p. M, Epworth League.
1880 p. M, preaching: difficulties
of Coming to Christ"
1880 Wednesday, Mid-week meet
ing.
I r a VAUGHAN paetor
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-12

ANY person wishing to read The
Pennington Times will simply en-
close Sl.0O ard say, esend me The
Times one year"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-12

II you read The Pennington Times
yon viii be in touch with the affairs
OF your county.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-12

Quality and Service counts. We
have both. Let us have your order
for nice Beef, Pork, Veal or Lamb
Roast. Fish and Oysters at all times.
HILTON & BURNETTE.
Phone 1856.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-12

H. HALLERBERG, Pastor.
Sundays divine services will be as
follows:
Sunday school as $3.50 a. m.
German preaching services at 1O:-
80 a. M; subject: "The Voluntary
Suffering Of Jesus"
English preaching services at '7:3O
p. M; subject: %Crucified by Man
Jesus Suffered Death in Accordance
with the Discriminate Counsel of
Cod"
A cordial welcome to all.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
0. H. L. CUNNINGHAM, Pastor.
II a, M, preaching. Subject: "Liv-
ing Epistles.",
1880 p. M, preaching. Subject:
"The Mirage of Tomorrow"
$50 a. M, Sunday school.
$3.50 p. M, B. Y. P. U.
Wednesday, 1880 p. m, Prayer
meeting.
A welcome to all. Invite your
friends to worship with us.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-12

FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR:
We are authorized to announce j.
D. Mitchell as a candidate for School
Director.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-12
FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

We are authorized to announce
Prof. A. H. Akers as a candidate for
County Superintendent Of Schools.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-12
sT. PAuL.s LUTHERAN cHuRc!

]. R. A. VAUGHAN, Pastor
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-03-12

SCHOOL ELECTION, APRIL 9Th
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
Malicious.

At German seaside places they have
a y7ay of assigning each bather a mum,
Der. These numbers are conspicuous,
~ displayed on beach chairs. tents
and bathing dresses. The two young
women In the swimming suits who had
been drawing the eyes Of al behold,
ers were very agreeabl: posed as a
group when they caught sight Of a
third young woman coming toward
them across the sanis.
"My," said the one in the red cap,
but Laura is wearing big number
on her suit. What is it-75,OO0?"
"Oh, don't you known" giggled the
nymph In green. THAT isn't really
Laura's number That's the figure of
her dowry."-Exchange.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
Preftv Shrewd.

It seems to be the aim Of some peo-
pie to acquire reputation for shrewd-
ness. which in many cases is only an
other name for roguery. Such people
take delight In trucking their friends
as we'll as enemies, like the wealthy
old lady who occupied her leisure In
making patchwork quilts, which she
regularly donated to the annual church
fairs. They were hideOus things and,
as nobody would buy them. they were
apt to be ratified off in ignominous fash
ion at the close Of the fair, much to the
chagrin Of the old lady. One day. just
before the fair time, this old lady sent
for her lawyer and had him add
codicil to her will. bequeathing $25 to
each and every person who should buy
aquilt at the church fair. The lawyer as
sured her that her injunctions to strict
secrecy should be faithfully observed,
but 1t was noticed that sister of the
lawyer bought the silk quilt on the
very first day of the fair for six years.
When the old lady died the lawyer
came smilingly forward with six quilts
and his sister to claim the sum Of $3.50.
But he was tricked In turn. as the old
lady had neatly cut the codicil from
the will
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
1hax ikad tha Story.

Conan Doyle related this anecdote tc
show how good story can delight
simple minded folk:
In remote village the blacksmith
had got hold of al old copy Of sue.
cessful novel. In the long evenings he
used to read 1t aloud to the villagers,
who fairly reveled in 1t and listened II
out patiently to the end. At length.
when the happy turn Of fortune ar
rived which brings the hero and hero
Inc together and sets them living long
and happily according to the most ap
proved rules. the villagers were SO de-
lighted at the happy ending that they
rushed Off to procure the church keys
and rang merry peal. as they were
wont to do when member Of their
community was married.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
Dumas Last Jest.

Dumas the elder was the son Of a
general Of Napoleon Bonaparte. who
would take his soldiers by the breeches
and fling them over the palisades to an
assault.
Dumas inherited much Of that same
spirit It is said that Dumas left
Paris for the last time taking with him
a single gold piece. which he solemnly
laid on the mantelpiece Of his room at
Puys. Toward the end his eye wan
dered across the sickroom to this coin.
and. pointing to It. he said to his son:
See there! Fifty years ago when
came to Paris I had one louis in my
possession. Why am l accused Of be-
ing prodigal? l have preserved and
possess 1t still See! There It is!''
This was Dumas last Jest
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
The Year Without a Summer.

ne gar q outUTTloTs
The year 1916 was known throughout
the United States as the year without
summer. January Of that year was
SO mild that most people would have
let their furnaces go out had they had
any, and February was only occasion
ally colder. March and April coaxed
the buds and flowers out, and May was
Il winter month, with Ice and snow.
BY the end Of May everything perish
able had been killed by the cold, and
the young leaves had been stripped
from the trees. June was as cold as
May. Both snow and ice were COM
mon throughout the month all over the
corn belt. and after having planted
corn two or three times the farmers
threw up their hands. Snow fell ten
inches deep In Vermont. The follow
ing winter was the hardest the people
of the United States have ever known.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
BIackweIl's Island.

The price Of Blackwell's island when
1t was purchased by New York city
was $4,000, paid to Robert Blackwell,
the owner, who had married the
daughter Of the English captain Man
ming, who in 1878 surrendered New
York city to the Dutch. When the
English resumed control Manning re-
tired to Blackwell's island, then known
as Hog island, and after his death 1t
became the property Of his daughter
and son-in-law. 1t was sold In 1898 to
New York city and since has been in
use for various correctional and char
table institutions.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
A Famous Statue,

The great temple Of Zeus Olympus
Mt Olympia, Greece, was 354 feet long
and III wide. The columns of this IA.
nous shrine were sixty feet In height
and six and q half feet IN diameter and
are the largest which now remain of
ancient architecture in marble. Sixteen
of the wonderful columns are still
standing and are among the most I'M
posing In the world. In this temple
stood the colossal statue Of Zeus, forty
feet high, on a pedestal Of twenty.
This statue was the masterpiece OF
Phidias, the worlds greatest artist, and
so famous was 1t that it was consider
ed calamity to die without seeing 1t.
The immortal work was removed to
Constantinople by Theodosius l. and
was destroyed by fire in the year AIS
A. ID,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
Seats and Sitters.-

zone of my hardest tasks" said sue,
cessful portrait painter, "is to get my
women patrons to sit properly. A
woman, even one who walks gracefully,
tends to crumple up the moment she sits
down"
This artist insists that to sit gracefully
one must choose seat where grace Ia
possible. Rocking-chairs he places In
the category with dressing gowns and
old slippers. They may be comfortable
With ones feet on a stool, but forty-nine
out of fifty, he says, are too large, too
high. or tilt back too far for the ordi-
pary woman to use. In bis own apart.
ments there is not rocking chair to be
seen. The type Of chair that he favors
il one with a straight back, and a seat
that is rather narrow from back to
front.
The artist says that a girl who aspires
to sit gracefully should choose q chair
of such size and shape that she can sit
we'll back In it without causing her heels
to leave the floor, and should then hold
her chest high, and lean forward very
sliphtly-just enough to throw the
weight of the trunk 10 front of the base
of the spine. He mentions Gainsbor-
ough's portrait of Mrs. Siddons, and
also the same artists portrait called
1.-THE Sisters" as showing women who
knew how to sit gracefully.
A girl from a school in which the
teachers are expected to train the pu-
pills to gracefully poise adds few rules
for sitting.
sIt is easy to sit properly" she says,
"at the dinner table, yet there Is no
place where the difference between the
graceful and the awkward woman is
more apparent.
"In the dining chair. aud in all small,
straight chairs, sit az far back In the
seat as possible; raise the chest, and
lean forward very slightly. When sit
ting on couch, or chair so broad in
the seat that sitting far back would raise
your hee's from the floor, do not allow
an anxious hostess to stuff pillows be-
bind you, but 81, near the edge of the
couch, and keep the chest raised and
the body slightly inclined.
"Above all, never sit on the base OF
The spine. 1t is not only an awkward
position, but one that is injurious to
health. When leaning back in q chair,
be mindful of the position Of the feet.
Keep them comparatively near togeth-
nv
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
Proper Food to Serve with Meats

WV w SSsNS
Meat is digesled in the stomach, the
d ,gestive fluids of which are acid. We
suppose this is the reason why the ques-
ton of the propriety of eating bread or
other starchy food with meat arises.
Theoretically. green salad plants and
vegetables deficient in starch are indi'
Gated as the proper accomplishments 0f
meat and fish. At The same time, we
must remember that bread and other
starchy food, rice, macaroni, ETC., are
largely digested by the ptyalin of the sa-
Iva 10 the mouth; the digestion begun
in the mouth is continued only a short
time in the stomach, being arrested
when the mass becomes impregnated
with the acid secretions Of the stomach.
But in a state of health, the digestion OF
the starch will be completed by the pan
creas and the intestine. In disease, ii
there is Overacidity of the stomach, 1t
might be we'll TO limit the food taken at
one time to such articles as calls for acid
to digest it. Then, when starchy food
il eaten, take it alone; as the presence or
sight of food calls out flow OF the
juices that digest it, the flow of acid
fluids would be depressed and the saliva
in the mouth and pepsin in the stomach
would keep the starch in good condition
for the final digestion in the pancreas
and intestine. Also, as bulk of food
makes for ease in digestion, In normal
condition of health, We would think IT
best to take some starchy food at a meal
in which fish or meat was eaten.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
Further Decadenee Noted.

OF course canned music" has not
supplanted finger made music. but 1t
must be admitted that there are In
these days fewer proposals Of marriage
on piano stools than there have ever
been before. They have fallen of II
per cent In seven years. In former
times. when wakeful mother heard the
desperate love music stop suddenly in
the parlor and the old piano begin to
respond fitfully to the dainty touches
of only one little hand. she understood
that right then and there 1t was up to
daughter to decide just what was go
ing to happen to Willie.-Dallas News.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
SYDNEY Smith 70 M. pauahtsr.

London. July %, 1s35.-Lucy. Lucy.
my dear child. don't tear your frocks.
Tearing frocks Is not Of itself q proof
of genius. but write as your mother
writes, act as your mother acts. be
frank, loyal. affectiOnate, simple, hon.
est and then integrity or laceraticn of
frock Is OF little import
And Lucy, dear child. mind your
arithmetic. You know, in the first sum
of yours ever saw there was mis-
take. You had carried two (as a cab
is licensed to do). and You ought, dear
Lucy, to have carried but one. Is this
trife? What would life be without
arithmetic but scene Of horrOrs2
You are going to Boulogne, the city
Of debts, peopled by men who never
understood arithmetic. By the time
you return | shall probably have re-
ceived my first paralytic stroke and
shall have lost all recollection Of you.
Therefore, | now give you my parting
advice. Don't marry anybody who has
not q toleruble understanding and q
thousand year. and God bless you.
dear child.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
poppino the Question In Tunis.

The famous Tunis marriage mart IL
held twice year. in the spring and in
the autumn. The Tunisian girls attend
by the hundreds. each with her dowry
In coin and jewelry disposed about her
person. The golden girdle Of maiden
hood" enclrcles her waist. and in 1t Il
an unsheathed dagger. When the dag
ger is gently removed by passing gal
liant and presently returned 1t means
that q proposal has been made.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
Why Languages Differ.

An interesting contribution to the
discussion Of universal language Is
offered by the Montreal Family Her
aid
The adoption Of universal Ian
guage, purely spoken by all who use
1t, is made difficult by the fact that
there are physical differences of an i'm
portant character betwee, the differ
emit races. The vocal organs are so un.
like in different peoples that Ian
guage originally uniform would soon
change In the mouths Of the various
nations until they could no longer un-
de:stant one another. If the Italian
language could be taught to all Chi
nese or Russians 1t would change 80
rapidly that in few years no one
would recognize 1t as Italian. One
theory to account for this fact is that
the people in the chilly north speak
with the lips nearly closed and that
those who live in milder climates give
free articulation by opening the mouth
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
CHEAPER THAN HOME MADE

You cannot make as good cough medi-
cine at home for as little as you pay for
Foley's Honey and Tar, nor can you be
sure of getting the fresh, full strength,
clean and pure materials. Did you ever
hear of a homemade cough medicine do.
ing the work that Foley's ia doing every
day all over the countryP-A. E. Shurt-
left Co., S. Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
Birds and Their Notes.

Most of us know the chickadee when
we hear him calling over and over,
"Chick-a-dee, dee, dee, chick-a-dee, dee,
dee!' But when he sings his clear
whistling note. phoebe, Phoebe" we
are likely to mistake him for the
phoebe bird. says IN exchange. The
chickadee stays in the north In winter.
and the phoebe does not come north
till the early spring. The phoebe bird
sings it's name over and over, very
sweet. but penetrating sound The
peabody bird says, Peabody, pea.
body. peabodyr' over and over in a
rather senseless way. Us II he went
round in circle Another bird that
sings his name is bob white (the QuaiD,
only he often says. Poor bob white"
His notes 60 up and down and are
stronger than the notes Of the smaller
birds and may be heard at long dis
lance. OF course those birds do not
really sing their names. But people
listening to them have fancied that
these names are what the notes sound
most like. and so they have given the
bird the name.-Exchange.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
State Of Ohio. City Of Toledo.

LuCHB county, BIB.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Cheney G. Co. doing business In the
City of Toledo. County and State afore-
said. and that said firm will pay the
sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case Of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use Of HALLS
CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed
In my presence. this 9Th day of Deem
Der. A. D. 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken Intern
ally and acts through the Blood on the
Mucous Surfaces Of the System. Send
for testimonials, free.
f. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
Ventilation.

Changing Of the air In room once
or twice a day is not sufficient. Ven.
tilating q room while it Is not occupied
Is not suffGient either. Two or three
occupants Of closed room will vitiate
the air in 1t In q few minutes. Venti-
lation should be most active while q
room is occupied by people.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
Inconsistency.

Mrs. Bacon-He's a very inconsistent
man.
Mrs. Egbert-Indeed?
Eyes. Why, he tried to break his
boy Of being left handed, and he could
only punish the little fellow with his
left hand."-Yonkers Statesman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
WENT TO THE HOSPITAL

C. E. Blanchard, postmaster, Blanch'
ard, Cal, writes: II had kidney trouble
so bad had to go to the hospital. Fo-
ley Kidney Pills completely cured me-"
Men and women testify they Danish lame
back, stiff joints. sore muscles and sleep
disturbing bladder ailments. - A. E.
Shnrtleff Co., S. Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
LOCATING THE TROUBLE

When one is suffering from backache,
lumbago, biliousness, sharp
pains, sore muscles, and stiff joints it liz
not always easy to locate the source of
trouble, but nine times out of ten It can
be traced to overworked, weakened or
diseased kidneys. Foley Kidney Pills
have benefited thousands of sufferers.
"A. E. Shurtleff Co., S. Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice ma, she
has been duly appointed executrix OF the asI
will and testament of
JOHN W. COBB, late OF Buckfe'l
In the County OF oxford, deceased Al per.
sons having demands against the estate u -Si
deceased are desired to present the same for
settlement and all indebted thereto are requested
TO make payment Immediately.
Oct. 18th, 1915. SARAH +. COBB.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09

OUR, JITNEY OFFER-This and 30.
Don't miss this. Cut out this slip,
enclose with five cents to Foley & Co.,
Chicago, H., writing your name and adj
dress clearly. You will receive 10 re-
turn trial package containing Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs,
colds aud Group. Foley Kidney Pills,
and Foley Cathartic Tablets.-A. e.
Shurtleff Co., s. Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
CitrOldI
CITROLAX
CITROLAX

Best thing for constipation, sour stom-
acb, lazy liver and sluggish bowels.
Stups sick headache almost at once.
Gives most thorough and satisfactory
fushing-no pain, no nausea. Keeps
your system cleansed, sweet and whole
some. Ask for Citrolax.-A. E. Shurt-
left Co., s. Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
NOTICE,

The subscriber hereby gives notice that be
has been duly appointed executor Of the last
will and testament OF
HOWARD r. IURD, late OF Loyell,
In the County Of Oxford. deceased and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having G'-
mands against the estate OF said deceased aIt
desired to present the same for settlement. ann
all indebted thereto are requested TO make pay
ment Immediately.
Oct. 18th, 1915. CYRUS X. CHAPMAN
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-11-09
NOTICE.

The subscribers hereby give notice that they
nave been duly appointed executives OF the
last will and testament OF
MARY X. MARBLE, late of Paris,
In the County OF oxford, deceased. All persons
having demands against the estate OF said de
ceased are desired to present the same for set
Element, and all indebted thereto are requested
to make payment Immediately.
FANNIE +. PIERCE.
LIZZIE II. MARBLE THAYER.
Oct. 10Th, 1915. +S43