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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-01
HISTORIC FARMERS WEEK

eve are in the fight until this war
is won" This was the sentiment of
Missouri's historic Farmers Week,
which was held January ID to 10. A
determination to win the war DOM
mated the entire week. Visitors from
other States were struck by the spir-
it Of Missouri farmers.
Farmers Week witnessed the first
war conference in Missouri. A series
of meetings will be held in different
parts of the State following the gen.
eral meeting at Columbia. The va
rious farmers associations which me,
during the week and the genera. meet
ings of all farmers were pervaded
with the wartime spirit. The farm
ers expressed their determination to
increase production to meet wartime
requirements. They will use every
means available to facilitate great
err production and will practice inn
proved methods in gaining this end.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-01
INSURANCE FOR
EVERY FIGHTER

The Treasury Department is max
ing very effort to have every member
of Americas fighting forces take adj
vantage of the Government insurance
plan, which Secretary McAdoo asserts
to be "the most just and humane pro-
vision ever made by any nation for its
soldiers and sailors"
The purpose is rapidly being achiev-
ed, the insurance having passed the
third billion mark in the total of pol
icies written, and there are many
military units in which every member
has taken insurance.
The automatic insurance provided
by the law is only partial and limited
protection, payable only to wife, child,
or widowed mother and ceases after
February IL, 1918. 1t is important,
therefore, not only to the soldiers and
sailors Of the country but to their
families and dependents, that before
that date they avail themselves of the
full Government protection, which can
go as high as $4,000 and is payable
to a wife, husband, child, grandchild,
parent, brother or sister.
The law also provides for the re-
education and rehabilitation of the
totally disabled and monthly COM
pensation to those disabled.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-01

Retail places of business, includ-
ing dry goods stores, candy stores
and other places for the retail dis
tributon or sale of commodities, shall
not operate prior to Z a. m. on any
day while this order is in effect, and
shall close not later than p. M, with
the exception of grocery stores, meat
markets and bakeries, for the sale of
foodstuffs only, which stores shall
not be open earlier than a. m. and
shall close not later than p. M, with
the further exception that drug stores
may remain open until 10 p. M"
The Terminal Association announc-
ed that 5S5 cars of coal were brought
into st. Louis Friday from Illinois
mines. This shows a steady increase
in coal receipts, as 553 cars were re-
ceived Thursday, and $50 cars We'd
nesday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-01
ENGLAND'S MAN OF DESTINY

The most influential man in the
world today is the present prime min
lister of England, David Lloyd George.
In this time Of supreme crisis Great
Britain has almost taken the same &C
ton as did the Roman state under
similar circumstances, when they APP
pointed one individual as supreme die
tator. Standing easily first in coun-
try where men of large ability are
numerous, he has won his way, not
by powerful political influences, but
simply because he has proved him.
self able to meet the nations need.
life there has been going on a strug-
gle for the survival of the fittest Man
after man has been tried and found
wanting. Balfour, Asquith, Church
hill, Haldane and others may still be
entrusted with important tasks, but
they can no longer be placed in a po-
sition where they are the arbiters of
the nations destiny. But while dur
ing these three years many military
and political careers have been wreck
ed, and august names have been rude
ly placed on the retired list, this lit
tie Welsh barrister has, during this
period of crashing regulations, been
steadily growing in influence, until he
now stands practically unchallenged
as the first statesman in the British
Empire. He met the conditions be-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-01
ADMINISTRATORS OR
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration upon the estate of
William C. Eaves, deceased, has been
= granted to the undersigned, by the
sPyobate Court of st. Francois County,
Missouri, bearing date the 26th day of
Decembeh,. 1917.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to the undersigned Administra-
tor for allowance within six months
from the date of said letters or they
may be precluded from any benefit Of
such estate; and if said claims be not
exhibited within one year from the
date of the granting of letters on said
estate they shall be forever barred.
o. w. BLEECK,
Administrator Executor.
State of Missouri, County of st. Fran
co.'s, SIS.
/ hereby certify that o. w. Blceck
was granted letters Testamentary up
IN the estate of William c. caves,
deceased, on the date above written.
In testimony whereof, have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court, this 29th day of De-
cember, 1917.
(SEAL) X. G. WEBER,
Judge of Probate and Ex-Officio
Clerk of the Probate Court.
Jan. II, 10, 25, and Feb. l.,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-01
SEAT HOG" GETS HIS;
VACATES IN A HURRY

A man who is accustomed to TAX
mig all the seat in the street car got
"his" yesterday on an Olive car.
A prominent physician tried to &C.
cupy the small part of the seat left
by the "hog". He found it very
hard thing to do, and the man would
not move over. Just as the doctor
was thinking of rising to a strap
privilege, very large negro woman
entered the car.
"Antie, have my seat" politely
offered the doctor.
"Thank yo' kindly, boss, said
auntie, as she eased herself and her
bundle of laundry down by the side
of the man who did not move.
Then auntie got "next" to the sit
uation and began forceful movement
toward the window.
"Why dealt yo' git over dar," she
growled as she pushed the man with
her fat sides. "Yo' want to take all
de seat, do yo'?"
By this time the passengers were
next" also, and a ripple of amuse-
ment grew into roar of laughter.
The man could not stand the squeeze
and the fun at his expense, and he
vacated the seat and the car, leaving
auntie in undisputed possession.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-01
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear There Is
only one way to cure catarrhal deafness,
and that is by a constitutional remedy
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube ia
infamed you have a rumbling sound or inn
perfect hearing. and when 1t 10 entirely
closed, Deafness ia the result Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases OF
deafness are caused by catarrh, which Is
an infiamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Catarrhal DeafneBo that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine. Cir
cularB free. All Druggists. 75c
f. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-01
A HINT TO THE AGED

If people past sixty years of age
could be persuaded to go to bed as
soon as they take cold and remain in
bed for one or two days, they would
recover much more quickly, especially
if they take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. There would also be less
danger of the cold being followed by
any of the more serious diseases.
Obtainable everywhere. (adv.)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-01
LIVER SAUSAGE

To make liver sausage use heads,
feet, tails, and skins about equal in
weight to the amount of the livers.
Scald the liver ten or fifteen minutes
in boiling water. The other meats
should be thoroughly cooked. Sea-
son to taste with salt, pepper, and
other spices desired. Add about five
pounds of -four (red dog) to one hun
dred pounds of the stock. Moisten
we'll with the liquor and grind fine.
Stuff in casing and cook for half an
hour. Other butchering hints will be
found in Extension Circular AZ, Col
lege of Agriculture, Columbia, Mo.
The United States will only make
permanent peace.
A company advertises in the Will
mington (Del.) Journal for book
keeper, imam not subject to draft or
woman" Must want one about 100
years old.
When you have Backache the liver
or kidneys are sure to be out Of gear.
Try Sanol, it does wonders for the
liver, kidneys and bladder. A trial
SOC bottle of Sanol will convince you.
Get it at the drug store.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-01

The United States will only make
permanent peace.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-01
CHAMBERLAIN'S TABLETS

These Tablets are intended espec-
tally for disorders of the stomach, liv-
er and bowels. If you are troubled
with heartburn, indigestion or consti-
patton they will do you good. Obtain
able everywhere. (adv.)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-01
i Perulna To
All Sufferers
OF Catarrh--

Myrtle st., Beverly, Mass, writes: IT
have taken four bottles of Peruna,
and I can say that it has done ME
a great deal Of good for catarrh of
the head and throat. l recommend
Peruna to all sufferers with catarrh.
l do not think I ever felt much bet
ter. ! am really surprised at the
work can do. ! do not think too
much praise can be said for Peruna."
Those who object to liquid medis
cines can procure Peruna Tablets.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-14

by offering their services to the government
at the first sign Of uprising
Thrilling experiences they had, these girls
of seventeen and fifteen years. They will
tell you how they carried orders from head
quarters-in fact, some from Kerensky him.
self-to great generals and government Off
cials, orders which they were obliged to
memorize word for word so that if they were
captured no incriminating papers would be
found in their possession They will tell you
how they held back mob at the points of
their bayonets, for they carried guns, though
they knew nothing about firing them; how
sometimes the shots flew so thick and fast in
the streets of Petrograd that they, with the
other pedestrians, dropped fiat on their faces
so that the bullets would pass over their
heads, but, unlike the other pedestrians, thew
did not lie quiet, but crept along as they had
been taught to do when on scouting duty
toward their goal
"You see," Rita, the elder, will explain,
"they couldn't trust the soldiers, because it
hard to tell to which faction thew be-
longed, and they were so ignorant that they
were easily swayed by every street corner
speaker, but Kerensky soon found that he
could depend on the scouts, both boys and
girls, to remain loyal, so he called on US for
all sorts of important work."
"And were you never afraid?" asked.
''Never" they answered in unison. and
then Vera added: eve were too busy to be
afraid. 1t was all too exciting No one ever
molested us. Sometimes when we had i'm
portant messages to deliver we were guarded
by soldiers, who would ride on the running
board of our automobile with rifles fixed ready
to shoot any who tried to stop US. but
no cne ever did. Every one had a gun in
Petrograd and often serious accidents occurred.
And now these young women, whose
mother, by the way, is an American, are
among the most earnest workers in our own
Girl Scouts
eve must help America to win this war"
they say, so that the Germans will be driven
out of Russia. Just now it is the Liberty
Loan, after that there will be other work to
do, but we two know what the German in
vasion meant to Russia and we are going
to do our best to prevent the Hun from re-
oeatlng his horrors anywhere else"
The Girl Scouts booth is at the Plaza,
and Rita and Vera de Lodyguine are waiting
there to sell you Liberty Bond.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-14

turf, gravel or simply garden earth ''tramped"
hard by everyday use. An entrance, back
ground and borders each side the path add
greatly to the beauty of any vegetable or other
garden, and are possible in laying out even
small number of square feet.
We chose line of blackberry bushes for our
background, and more beautiful one in the
domain of productive hedges can hardly be
imagined In Towering time, when its snowy
masses of feathery blossoms are hardly sur
passed IN beauty by even any of the spires
When in fruit, it is almost equally beautiful,
although less snowy, and the vines never get
really shabby during their long season of leaf
age. Prune out the old wood vigorously after
bearing to give vigor to the young canes, and
hoe out the suckers and keep the hedge in
bounds.
row of gooseberry bushes also makes
beautiful boundary line, although affordng
less privacy. A connected row of staked toma-
toes, carefully trained and pruned is also
very ornamental as we'll as useful back
ground. Dwarf tomatoes, pruned and staked,
are an effective foreground planting.
For the entrance, couple of cedar uprghts
or birch poles with branches not too closely
trimmed, set each side the path, two or three
1eet apart, and connected by short poles at
the top, afford a sufficiently picturesque sup
port for climbing roses if space is afforded for
,lnprcductive vines Scarlet runner beans
with their graceful sprays and vivid glowing
blossoms, make lovely trellis cover, and the
resultant crop is good, used either as string
or shell beans. The combination of these
scar,et runners and a sprinkling of light
coored morning glories (not enough of the
latter to steal too much nourishment from the
beans) is enchanting
We use dwarf zinnias extensively for path
orders They begin to bloom very early and
are especially neat and trim. Their abundant
blossoms are limited only by frost and may be
New-York tribune., 1918-04-14

cut freely throughout the season. Canary vel
low or brilliant scarlet are especially effective.
From these borders, at right angles to the
path, run rows of vegetables. Always use
line in making the path and planting-or
nsplating-even the shortest rows Never
trust to your idea that you may possess an
especially "straight eye" know no other
one thing that adds so much to the appearance
OF the vegetable garden having the paths
and rows absolutely straight and even.
In making your layout have reference to
what is to be the company side" If from
your back piazza, plan to have a succeeding
crop screen one that early grows shabby. If
you want back street view to be impressive
reverse the process. If you this year are to
afford no time or space for flower garden, it
is perfectly possible to make little combna-
tlons Of flowers and vegetables charming and
effective, the floral addition requiring little
extra space or care. We grow rows of flowers
OF compact habit to spread and height
among vegetables of similar tendencies
onions, early beets etc. The double annual
larkspur, producing luxuriant blossoms Of
every enchanting shade of pink, blue and law
ender and purest white, I should undoubtedly
select first for this use. The single and double
aste1s we always alternate with our low
growing vegetables, producing a singularly
graceful and charming effect
Asparagus, after it is grown and "feath-
ered," is always beautiful. Our vegetable gar
den is bounded by back street. Originally
a wild-briar-s sprinkled strip of coarse grass,
kept closely mown, sloped from the blackberry
hedge to the sidewalk. An enterprising i'm
pulse of conservation, antedating the present
imperative trend in that direction, resulted in
the grading and fertilizing of the strip and
the planting it with rows of asparagus roots.
On the street edge we set row of dwarf zin
Mas We have all the asparagus we want
from our once useless wild land and the effect
is really beautiful the greater part of the
season.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-14

hopes to add two more during the present
orlve. When the embroidery grows irksome
oHe changes her occupation to knitting for
the soldiers
During the past week, however she has
mad little time for needlework or knitting. for.
dressed IN her native costume, she has as
sisted at the different booths wherever she
was needed in selling the Liberty bonds. Her
costume IS unique. 1t is made of the stiff
hempen muslin of her native islands, cut with
queer pointed train and big sleeves, and it's
crowning glory is the black lace apron, which
can only be worn by those in whose veins runs
the pure blood of the Tagologs, the native
Slmcn-pure Filipinos who have no foreicn
strain.
For two years Flora has lived in New
York, and a more loyal American never drew
breath than this little brown maid from our
one foreign colony, and if Flora de los Santos
has done nothing more than impress on each
and every one of US the truth of her epigram,
Every Idle hour is a penny in the Kaiser's
pocket" she will not have come to US in vain.
A Chinese Citizeness
In the heart of Chinatown dwells the second
OF my new acquaintance, a seventeen-year-
old Chinese girl, whom will call Mary Dav.
Rumors had reached the Liberty Loan Com
mlttee Of campaign organized by society
of American-born Chinese girls called ''The
Daughters of China" In search of it's little
leader mounted four flights of narrow, dark
stairs and knocked at door on the top floor.
1t was opened by Mary Day, in white silk
klmono, and inside the four children and the
mother, all in Chinese costume, were drink
ing tea about a table
Mary Day explained that her mother, who
kept her head hidden behind her sleeve
throughout my visit, had been eighteen years
in New York, and could speak but four
words in English; "yes,'' "no'' and call right"
and that she had been outside the house only
about half dozen times and then in closed
cab to attend a wedding or funeral
That is the custom for the Chinese wom-
en-" the daughter explained. "They are so
different from US Americans. My mother
likes US to these Chinese clothes in
the house, but we are real Americans.
My brother is Boy Scout. He sold great
many Liberty Bonds last winter, didn't you,
Willy?" And from the depth of red silk
kimono came the answer from an almond
eyed ten-year old, in the toughest of Bowery
accents:
New-York tribune., 1918-04-14

Cosmos plants set in the asparagus bed is
suggestion adopted from beautiful Newport
garden, and the effect of the dancing pink and
white blossoms supported by the bue-green
the color of your zinnas if you adopt the
whole scheme. White, or an especial shade
of pink, should be selected This year we
shall substitute border row of late potatoes
"ornamental' the greater part of the season,
for the zinnias.
If space may not be afforded for the zinnia
border, late carrots may be substituted Their
fern-lke leaves are really charming in the
garden or picked, and remain a rich green
until very late in the fall. AS carrots are one
of our most valuable vegetables and winter
supply is most desirable, one can hardly raise
too many. Regularly thin them to keep the
row trim and even. A double row may be
planted if wished either close together or half
yard apart, the intermediate space occupied
by row Of beets, the foliage producing an at
tractlve color effect.
Curly kale is one of the most ornamental
'foliage plants" l know of, and row may be
planted to screen irregular and shabbily grow
ing vegetables. 1t is very hardy (the flavor is
improved by light frosts) and valuable also
as addition to late crops. Endive is
also pretty and very hardy border plant.
Select the white curled," which does not have
to be tied to blanch. This enjoy until all
salad plants are gone except the late lettuce
in the cold frames. Lettuce, although most
ornamental and attractive, should not be
lected for borders rows, as it is most easily
kept moist set in squares.
Chives make lovely edges. The beds in one
old garden in Concord, Mass, are edged with
its vivid green spikes and dull purple flowers
with charming effect. AS, however, a plant
or two produces all one can possibly require,
space for its use in this way cannot often be
afforded. The rich green fern-hke foliage Of
parsley also makes beautiful edges or borders.
After all, the ornamental Vegetable Gar
New-York tribune., 1918-04-14

Il Priscilla Alden or Mrs Paul
Il &- Revere or Miss Katrina Van
Rensselaer, is working for the
h Red Cross or the food admin
Ell stration or the Liberty Loan.
1t is simply what we should
.xnect of a woman who comes from a long
n. Of American born ancestors and who has
,..,ned the lessons of freedom and democracy
:, her mothers knee. 1t would never occur
- auy one of these women to shirk one iota
- the work which they are able to do, any
more than it would occur to a man of her
,,mily to hesitate for an instant when he
hears the call "To arms.''
And so, though one is bound to admire
thar spirit and courage, one can't feel that
thew deserve the same sort of credit which is
due to tho women of foreign parcntage who
b,ye no such inheritance, but who volunteer
their services for the various kinds of war
relief work from sense of gratitude for the
benefits which they have received from our
country and q desire to repay this debt.
It would be difficult to tell you of the work
Of all these foreign women, many of whom
have interviewed during the past week in
connection with the Liberty Loan, but in the
Course OF my C1I'CIS came upon 1Our young
sss as w:d~t.s ,uTerent as tLe poles, each of
uhsn las a history which IS quite remark
able and each of whom at the present mo-
ment has but one object in life, and that is
to do her very best to help to raise that
three billion dollars! Ard so 1 take great
pleasure in introducing to you Miss Flora dc
los Santos, late of the Philippine Islands; the
Misses Rita and Vera dc Lodyguine, late of
Perograd and dear little Chinese girl from
GUT own Chinatown, who shall be nameless for
reasons which I think will be apparent to all
efyOu when tell you her story.
A Little Filipino Lady
Miss Flora dc los Santos is as flowcrlike as
her name, but her charm does not end there,
for she is as useful as she is ornamental, and
her nimble brown fingers are never idle these
days.
Every idle hour is penny in the Kaiser's
pocket" she will tell you, and she is taking
very good care that she doesn't add to Will
helms cxehequer. Just now she is busy en-
brodering dainty lingerie and summer frocks
to earn money with which to buy Liberty
ionas. She has already two to her credit and
New-York tribune., 1918-04-14

what little Mary Day with her progressive
American ideas will be Of the greatest help to
the women Of China?"
"Tommyrot!" said I forgetting that l
was LADY,, "who cares a rap for the be-
nighted women of China We must find a
way to help Mary Day.
Her answer was shrug Of the shoulders
There is absolutely nothing to be donev'
all that she said
Russian Girl Scouts
Quite different story is that Of the two
little Russian Girl Scouts, Rita and Vera de
Lodyguine. Their dangers are over, and only
the memory of those hours when they were
too busy to realize their peril remains. For
they served in the stormy days of the Rus
sian revolution-two of band Of five Girl
Scouts who, having taken as their watch
word ''For Russia" proceeded to live up to it