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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

Lieber, with Gerry and Kemp, sat in
the shade of the veranda, smoking after
the midday meal. The stock had been
corralled, but, on Kemp's advice, the
start for FaZenda Flores was to be
made halfway through the afternoon.
There was to be a great moon that
night and the drive would be robbed Of
the perils of darkness to cattle as well
as Of the horrible heat
The three were silent, half somno-
lent, when passing herder grunted
and pointed westward with his chin
Lieber stood up and looked. A pillar
of dust was coming across the desert.
He could see men riding and some
thing else. He took his field glasses
from a peg and looked again. "Fu-
neral, or a sick man." he said and sat
down to wait. Kemp started whiting
to keep himself awake. Since the hour
of Lieber's confession he had hardly
spoken.
When the cavalcade came within
easy view Gerry stood up and watched.
He could not hide his curiosity like
Lieber and Kemp. In front of the
horses came four men bearing a sag
Ging hammock on pole. They were
running in quick, springy steps that
made the hammock sway gently from
side to side. The pace they kept I'D
under the burden was marvellous.
They were followed closely by eight
horsemen. At the first signs of falter-
ing among the bearers, four of the
riders would throw themselves off
their ponies and run under the pole.
The change of relay was made without
a stop, without pause. The freed
ponies stood with hanging heads and
straddled legs. Even from a distance
one could see that the burdened men
had run the wiry little beasts Off their
feet. They were all in, but the men
were still erect-keen. With a final
squirt the cOrtege drew up before the
veranda. Lieber stood up. Dead or
dying?" he asked.
Master, we do not know" an
swered the Oldest Of the men, their
leader.
"Feyer or smallpox" asked Lieber.
"Fever."
With a look of relief Lieber went
down the steps to the hammock. ASsheet
had been thrown over the pole to keep
off the worst of the sun. He pulled
it off. A CHASTITY sight met his eyes,
but he did not shrink. Bring him up
here" he said, springing up the steps
and sweeping a saddle harness and
some old magazines off a great raw
hide settle on the veranda.
They laid the sick man on the settle
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

syringe and graduated glass. In the
glass he dissolved a powder and with
steady hands added measured drops
OF liquid of faint amber hue.
Gerry found his tongue. What is
1T? he asked.
"Quinine and arsenic" said Lieber
shortly.
arsenic? Isn't that dangerous?
said Gerry.
Lieber glanced at him. at will prob
ably kill him."
Then why-why-" protested Ger
ry. A great desire to protect what
was left Of Alan had come over him.
"Why?" said Liebel dryly, "I'll tell
you, Mr.. Lansing. Because it Is less
cOwardly to kill man than to let
him die"
He mixed the solution in the syringe
and then, grasping Alan's arm, he
pressed it until the veins came out in
swelling network. Hold his arm like
that" he commanded Kemp. Kemp
clutched the arm. The bones seemed
to bend to the grip. Lieber chose
swollen vein and pierced it with the
needle. He forced the dose into the
blood. There" he said with a smile
to Gerry, that's what's known as an
intravenous administration of quinine
and arsenic. If another paroxysm
hits him he's done for, but We'll know
all about that in forty-eight hours
time"
He went into the house and brought
out clean sheets, soft wooden blankets.
pillows and pillow-slips. Kemp had
never seen such linen; Gerry had al
most forgotten the feel of it. Gerry
came to life. With one hand under
Alan's shoulder and another under his
hips, he lifted him as though he were
an empty shell, while Kemp and Lie
ber drew out the dust-caked blankets
and hammock and spread first a cane
mat over the settle and then a blanket
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

Alan was struggling back from coma.
He muttered. he talked, he awoke.
Lieber found his sunken eyes, the pu-
pills appearing almost concave, fixed
on him with seeing gaze. 1t was like
resurrection. A spirit had come down
upon the body. Eye to eye, mouth to
mouth, heart to heart, it had given
sight, breath, life.
The eyes closed. Lieber hurried
away. From the kitchen he brought
bowl of broth. 1t was steaming and
filed the room with an odor of rich
essence. 1t was in itself a concentra-
ton of life. The bowl was emptied.
Alan sank back into the pillows. His
eyes wandereds wistfully over the bare
walls, the high tiling of the strange
room. "'I would have, great gods! but
one short hour of native air-let me
but die at home.'" he murmured, and
Lieber heard.
The words clutched at his own heart,
but he answered cheerfully, you shall.
my boy, you shall die at home If you
like, but you're going to have years to
think it over. Sleep. that's the word.
And sleep it is," he added to himself
as Alan's eyes closed and his chest be-
gan to rise and fall In healthy breath
ing. Lieber held his wrist. The pulse
was taking on strength.
Alan was still sleeping when Gerry
arrived. Lieber looked up, surprised.
you've come all the way back from
Fazenda Flores?"
Gerry nodded. How is he? Has
he come to. yet"
"Yes." said Lieber in a low, modu-
lated tone "He came to, all right. But
the fights not over yet. Fever goes
and comes, you know. If another par
oxysm seizes him, he'll not have the
strength to pull through. It's a QueS-
ton of hours now"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
chIness AppreoIatIon Of Iads.

The remarkable resonance Of jade
Is a peculiar quality, which gives It
great Importance in Chinese estima-
lion; to such an extent that singers
chimes" Of "a different pieces and
tones were sometimes constructed. 90.
casional use is also made of the natu-
raj form Of the jade powders. which
are found In river beds.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
How Smoking Injuries Health.

Laboratory work at the Paris Medi.
cal college indicates that tobacco
smoking does injure the heart, but
not, as generally supposed, on account
of the nicotine present. Tobacco with
various proportions Of nicotine was
used in the tests, and the effect on the
heart was the same. Oak leaves were
found to produce very much the same
result as tobacco, and the conclusion,
reached was that the harmful effects
are due to products Of combustion con-
tanned in smoke Of widely different
origin.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
April 5, 1915.

French captured trenehec In For
est Of ALLY, but were repuIsed In
Argonne and lie Pretre forests.
Reims continuously bombarded.
Russians made steady gains In
carpathians, 5ukowina and North
Poland.
Turkish squadron sank two Rus
sian ships.
Americas demand on Germany for
reparatlon for sinking Of the Frye
made public.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
April 4, 1915.

Germanc took DrIe Graehten
from BeIglans.
French captured village Of
RegnleVlIle.
Austrlans retreated from 6eskId
region.
Germans rspulsed Russians near
Auoustowo.
German submarines sank British
steamer City Of Bremen and other
vessels.
Three German steamers sunk by
mines In Baltic.
Turkish cruiser Medjldieh sunk
by Russian mine.
German taube bombed church
near Vpres, killing IL women and
an abbe.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

There's a lot of maudIin sentl-
ment about dear old mother"
put into cheap songs and sung
by scalawags, but just the same,
God" and "Mother" are the
two biggest words in the Eng
iish language. Consider here
the effect of a mothers memory
on Alan Wayne.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
April 6, 1915.

French made fierce attack on st.
Mihiel.
French occupied GussainviIIe, but
were repuIsed east Of Verdun.
Russians advanced on Rostok
pass, but were repulsed In effort
to cross the Dnlester.
Austrlans bombarded Serb towns
on the Danube and Save.
German submarine caught In net
off Dover.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
April 9, 1915.

April 9, 1915.
French announced complete oc-
cupatlOn of Les Eparses.
Desperate fighting on heights of
the Meuse.
Germans retook Drie Grachten
from 6eIgians.
Great Austro-German army con-
fronted Russians in strongly for
titled lines on southern slope Of
Carpathians.
Use Of alcoholic drinks forbid.
den In French army Of the Vosees.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
April 7, 1915.

French made gains In WoeVre
district and other points.
Austrians bombarded Belgrade
and gained ground along River
Pruth and crossed the Dniester.
Russians entered ArtVIn, Ar
menia.
Prinz EIteI Friedrich lnterned at
Norfolk.
Austrian aViators raided Podgo-
rita, Montenegro.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
April 3. 1915.

Germans repulsed French In for
est Of lie Pretre and west of Null
hausen, but were checked near
lasslsny and In Upper Alsaee.
Russians gained In carpathians
and Austrlans In 5ukowlna.
Turks repulsed British landing
party at head Of Red sea.
Smyrna forts bombardsd.
British government took control
Of motor manufacturing plants
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
April 8, 1915,

NPTTI o. 1870
Russians captured SmoInlk, east
Of Lupkow pass.
French ship Chateaubriand sunk
by German submarine off isle Of
Wight.
One Austrian aeropIane beat
three Russian planes in midair.
Germany offered reparation for
sinking Of the Frye, but justified
the act.
Belgians reported west side Of
User canal freed Of Germans.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

If you had the opportunity to
put out Of the way forever the
man who you thought had
wrecked your home and life,
would you do It, epeeIaIly II
your purpose could be accom-
pIlshed simply by little neglect
in giving a fever patient his
medicine on time?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

of disease to a marked degree. The
determination of rats and mice should
be undertaken by the local and public
health service"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Druggist Gives Highest Praise
to Kidney Medicine

For the past fifteen years I have been
selling DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root and
my customers are always satisfied with
the results obtained from its use and they
speak in the highest terms regarding
Swamp-Root. I have used it in my own
family and the results were the most fav-
orable. l believe it is fine medicine for
kidney, liver and bladder diseases and 1
always recommend it for such troubles.
Very truly yours,
CHAS. BRUTON, Druggist,
Jan. 9th, 1916. Dover, Tenn.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
Letter to
DR.. kilmer & Co.
Binghamton. N. Y,

Prove What Swamp.RoOt Will Do For YOu
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N, Y, for sample size bot
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular ffty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
Stores.-Adv.
When a man discovers Lnat he has
had sufficient he usually discovers that
he has overestimated his capacity.
Love is blind, otherwise few leap
year girls would propose
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06
InnoytaD1 1o Nao+hara
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a Gen.
eral Tonic because it contains the we'll
known tonic properties OF QUININE and
IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives out
Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System. so cents
The patch on a patched-up quarrel
soon comes off.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-06

The only thing that makes a man
tolerant of his wife's relatives is
for her not to have any.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
Home Fields Are
Being Overlooked

Ed Helber, one of Farmington's
most extensive merchants, spent We'd
nesday in securing mineral leases on
several hundred acres of land in the
Greasy Mines district, short distance
south of Doe Run. This district was
at one time considered a rich mineral
field, but of late years attention has
apparently been somewhat diverted
therefrom.
In this connection, we would sug-
gest that it might be profitable for
those who may be affected with the
mining bee that it might prove as
profitable for them to invest in ven
lures nearer home-possibly more so.
Judged from the renewed activity in
the Greasy Mines field, there must be
renewed inducements for profitable in
vestments there. At least an investi-
cation of ones own home surround
ings would not necessarily be expen-
sive. There is an old and true say
ing that "remote fields always appear
greenest."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
Big Registered
Hereford Sale

One of the largest sales of regis,
tered Hereford Cattle will take place
in Pennington on Saturday, October
28th, that has ever been pulled off in
this section of the State. Eighteen
young bulls and 25 cows and heifers
of the choicest blood lines will be of
fered at public auction. These choice
cattle are the product of the st. Fran
co.'s County Hereford Breeders Asso-
citation and may be depended on to be
of the purest strains. This breed of
cattle, commonly known as the "White
Face" is very popular among the
stock breeders of this section, and will
doubtless attract many enterprising
buyers from all parts of Southeast
Missouri.
The cattle to be offered are from
separate herds, being choice selec-
tions from the herds of eleven mem
bers of the st. Francois County Here
ford Breeders Association. Atten-
ton is called to the half-page adver-
tisement on the eighth page of The
Times. Look it over and then make
your arrangements to attend this big
sale. Now is a good time to buy and
another such opportunity so near
home will not be offered you this sea-
SON. tUf
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
Homecoming

The past week has been rea
"home coming" period for many whC
have come to realize the many advan.
tages and pleasures derived from &
newsy, live, wide-awake county paper
whether residents of the county, for.
mer residents, or having some business
or social interest in the county. Here
is the list of new and renewal sub.
scriptions the current week:
New-Jno. w. Cunningham and
Jesse N. Eaton of Desloge, A. A. Sut.
terfield and D. S. Counts of Flat Riv-
er, Chas. Sandburg of Knob Lick
Geo. Allison of Westboro, Mo-, Geo
Sheriff. of Elvins, Warwick Hotel OF
st. Louis, Eli Bloom of Route g.
Mrs. j. E. MAILER, Fowler, Colo; ],
P. Yeargain, st. Louis.
Renewals---Henry Hermann, Farm
ington Milling Co., Judge j. S. Clay,
Boswell & Helber, o. F. Rottger, J.
E. Morris, w. ]. Anderson, Ollie Mays
berry and Josiah Bruett Of Farming
ton, E. c. Papin of French Village,
Miss Emma Cornman of Pennington.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
Great Meetings

Benz. H. Marbury, of this city, de-
livered speeches at several different
points in the county the past week,
and there was a large and enthusias-
tic gathering of voters out to hear
him at each place. Thursday night
of last week he spoke at Leadwood,
and judging from the interest and at
tention there manifested, it would
seem that the voters of that commun-
ity are preparing to swing that here
tofore strong Republican stronghold
into the Democratic column.
At Bonne Terre Saturday night, and
at Desloge Monday night marked
degree of interest and enthusiasm
was present. Mr.. Marbury was great
ly pleased with the manner in which
his speeches were received at all these
points, and is confident, from mani
festations everywhere apparent, that
st. Francois county will be reclaimed
to Democracy at the election next
month.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
Guessing Contest
Great Success
By Ed. Zolman
OF The Times

The guessing contest recently con-
Quoted by W. A. Gillian, the enter
prising piano dealer of this city, Flat
River and Ronne Tsne, rafso 30 a
close at midnight Saturday, September
Both, at the Bonnie Terre establish
ment. Much interest was created by
this contest, and thousands Of guess
es were sent in. This contest was put
on by Mr.. Gillian simply as an adver-
tisement for his different stores and
in order to extend his personal ac-
uuaintance. 1t cost him hundreds of
dollars, and there was no chance for
the contest to bring him in a cent,
directly. Yet Mr.. Gillian is we'll pleas
ed with the results of the contest He
is thorough business man, and knows
the value of good advertising.
The guessing contest was on the
time that clock would stop in his
place in Bonne. Terre, which had been
wound and locked. under the super
vision of committee of twelve re-
putable citizens and business men of
that place, who have been in charge
throughout, and who also awarded the
prizes for the nearest guess at which
the clock would stop, which was at
6:45:15 Tuesday evening, September
10th.
The first prize, a splendid piano,
was awarded to F. A. Stricklin, of
Elvins
Second prize, a S100 purchase GER
tifcate, went to Anna Shaw, of Flat
River.
Third prize, a SIS purchase certi-
ficate, was awarded to Collier A. Bell,
of Doe Run, passenger brakeman on
the M. R. & B. T. railway.
Fourth prize, $50 purchase certi-
ficate, was secured by Edmond Boyer,
of Desloge.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
DON'T BOTHER OUR PETS
Assessor Wells Criticised for Assessing
Foreigner Residents of Flat River

We understand that few Repub-
lican Paul Prys are very busy again
this week manufacturingAdope against
Assessor Wells. They have concluded
that Mr.. Wells has been perniciously
active in assessing about 1900 or L.
300 foreign miners. These miners all
possess personal property-all who
ares heads of families having cows,
hogs, horses, ETC., on which they have
never paid taxes. Why shouldn't they
pay personal taxes as well as the
American miner?
These Paul ,Prys who are so con-
cerned about the foreigners being as
sessed, claim that they won't pay the
taxes and ask, then why assess them :?
How many Americans, they say, re-
fuse to pay and get by with it. Mr..
Taxpayer, don't we maintain a Col
lector, whose fees make his the high
est salaried Office in the county, to do
nothing but collect taxes? And the
law instructs him how to proceed in
the collection of taxes from persons
who refuse to pay. Should the As
SCISSOR refrain from assessing them
just because they say they won't pay?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
SMALL FIRE

The building occupied by G. w.
Cunningham property of Judge Jere
S. Gossom) on the street approach
ing the High School from the south,
was damaged by fire last Saturday
afternoon between four and five
o'clock. An unoccupied room in which
were stored some of the family cloth
ing caught fire in some mysterious
way. Prompt work of the fire depart
ment saved the building. About S25
damage was done the house. and the
family lost about S25 worth of cloth
ing. 1t is thought that perhaps a
mouse gnawing about the clothing
ignited "a match that may have been
in some of the pockets.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
DEATH OF HENRY oBERBEeK

Henry Oberbeck, one of our oldest
and highly respected citizens, died al
his home in Pennington last Friday
night, October 6, 1916, aged so years
six months and 20 days. Mr.. Ober.
beck came to this country from Ger
many when young man. first locRt.
ing at Cape Girardeau. He later re
moved to Iron Mountain and then to
Pennington, where he had resided
over forty years. He married Miss
Elizabeth Helwig of this county, who
survives him, together with three
daughters: Mrs. F. W. Schramm of
Pennington, Mrs. H. E. Leverenz of
Flat River, and Miss Louise Oberbeck
of Harrington.
Mr.. Oberbeck was a member of the
Lutheran Church and a man of up
right character, genial and sociable
nature; a devoted husband and fa-
ther to his family, and enjoyed the
respect and good will of all who knew
him. At a ripe age he laid down the
burdens of life to enter the rest eter-
nal. His family have the sympathy
of many friends in their sorrowful
bereavement.
The funeral took place Monday,
services being conducted by Rev. H.
Hallerberg. pastor of the st. Paul's
Lutheran Church at Pennington, and
was largely attended.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13

The Federal Lead Company was
employing about 500 foreigners in
1915-as many or more than it en-
ployed of American miners. 1t is a
well known fact that some of the
companies will hire a foreigner in
preference to an American, and yet
they don't want these foreigners to
pay taxes.
The Doe Run Lead Company, it is
said, Incorporated the town Rivermines
for no other purpose than to exempt
their foreign pets from paying a poll
or road tax.
Then, they declare that Wells is
not the man who raised the COM
panies' assessments. Well, he has
never claimed that he did it all, but
he did the larger part of it, and as
member of the Board of Equalization
concurred in the raises made by the
board
That is one reason the companies
agents are so anxious to defeat Mr..
Wells and replace him with Mr.. Hen
son, confidential clerk and paymas-
ter. of one of the companies.
Mr. Taxpayer, do you see the point?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
Our Cartoon

In this issue will be found car
toon entitled "Railroadin' With a Tack
Hammer, which, in our humble judg-
ment, is one of the very best picture
portrayals of the present political sit
uation that we have seen during the
present campaign. The Times is par
ticularly proud of this picture for the
reason that it is the product of our
competent foreman, Edgar Zolman,
who has real genius as a cartoonist.
Every week he turns out several car
toons, just for the love of the work,
but it is only occasionally. when one
OF them makes an unusually forceful
appeal, that we reproduce it in these
columns.
This cartoon will bear he closest
inspection, and the longer you study
it the more you will find therein il
Illustrative of the present Republican
situation. Note the minute hammer in
operation, and yet how smaller still
appears Charles Eager" Hughes.
Note, too, the vast impression his
binding influence" is having on "pub-
lie opinion" The longer one looks at
this picture the smaller Charles
Eager" grows. How very true to
life!
There is but one thing we can think
of that might improve the effect of
this cartoon, and that would be COM
posite picture, representing both
Hughes and Lamm, for if ever there
were two men who could be accurate
ly represented by the same dots and
lines, certainly it must be these two
Both have occupied eminent positions
on the bench, and in some manner ac-
quired the reputation of being "good"
judges, but the moment they got in
to the limclight as candidates for
high positions they go bug-house. If
either of them has said anything
worthy of being repeated, since they
began jumping from stump to stump,
we would love to be cited. But all
this is no criticism of the cartoon.
Study it carefully and perhaps other
strong points in it will appeal to you.