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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-10-28
Beads for Insulation.

In certain installations, such as
radio. eQuipement, arc lamp wiring and
laboratory apparatus, it is often nee
essary to resort to beads for insular-
ing bare wires. Heretofore, says the
Scientific American, the beads have
been of a plain design, with rounded
ends, resulting In a rigid covering
which prevented the covered wire
from being bent as desired. or left
barred sections of the wire between
the beads because fewer beads had
to be strung in order to allow for
bending.
An English concern has recently
introduced a new type of bead which
is rounded at one end and followed
out at the other, thus permitting Of
one bead fitting into the hollow of
the next bead. These beads permit
of covering a wire for its full length,
yet do not interfere with the bending
of said wire.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-10-28
CHAPTER XIV.
A letter and a PROPOSAL.

The Moreland Coal company's two
big rough buildings were completed
In record time. There had been no
further manifestations of interference
from the Balls and Torreys, and Hen
derson Golf had been nowhere In evil
dence since the night Of Bill Dale's
ironclad verbal ultimatum. Work on
the little railroad was progressing like
wildfire, and everybody was in high
spirits
BY Heck had just arrived with the
mail. He stalked with an air of great
Importance into Dale's office, and
threw the mail down on the new roll
top desk; then he stepped backward,
dropped into a straight-back chair and
began to nurse his rifle tenderly on
his knees. There was puzzled look
on his leathery face. Dale had re-
ceived half a dozen letters, and BY
Heck was at loss to figure out the
why of such an overwhelming amount
of mail.
Dale finished his figuring, leaned
back in his swivel chair and took up
a letter that seemed altogether too
bulky for "a business letter. More
over. its address was in pencil, and
somewhat scrawIed, though chirog-
raphy expert would have said that
the handwriting slowed strength of
character.
81 wonder who it Is" Dale muttered,
"that mistakes us for newspaper
office and is sending us copy?'
"Jest what / was a-thinkin',"
drawled BY Heck through his Niagara
Falls mustache. "0pen her up, Bal ;
mebbe It's money, by Jakel"
Dale saw the postmark then, and
his brows drew with interest. 1t was
the postmark of his old home city.
"From Babe" he told himself-and
| 1t was.
He opened It and read 1t. She had
spelled most OF her words correctly
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-10-28
statesman,s Sound Advice.

We should do nothing inconsistent
with the spirit and genius of our insti-
buttons. We should do nothing for
revenge, but everything for security;
nothing for the past, everything for
the present and the future.-James A.
Garfield.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-10-28
Needless Erettinu.

Speaking of needless worries, we are
reliably informed of chap who fret
ted himself sick for two weeks because
he had swiped an umbrella In res
taurant. He went around growing
pale and kept looking over his shout
der on rainy days, Teasing that the
owner might pop up. After the second
painful week of this sort OF Ching he
told his wife about it, and proposed to
send the umbrella to the police lost de-
partment.
"Whatl" sac sea canned "Why, you
boob, this is the umbrella bought you
Christmas, and here are your initials
worked inside the covert"
1t had merely been travelling the
rounds OF fellew svipera
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-10-28

her hart pat said. pat said the only
hold Mrs. Dale has on her son is
through you elizabeth and she is a
sad and remorsefie woman. then
got to thinking bill mite be the cause
of bringing peece between you and
yore parents and so told pat would
go and 4 did. iIne glad said pat but
ime sorry to lose you but it is the best
way and we, can see each other often
cant we deer.
well bill it wassent long until a big
moter car called around at pats for
me and setting in the hind seat was
yore father hisself john k Dale. he
helped me into the car with him and
he seemed glad to see me. after we
had said good morning and so forth
he said anxious like now elizabeth
please tell me all about bills trouble
for patrisha mite have omitted some
thing you know. at first was awful
afeard of him but soon got to like
ing him fine and told him about you
and that lowdown black adam ball
from beginning to end and when told
him about the fife In the river he
grinned and grinned and said you al
ways was jam full of the fite stuff.
hell come out of 1t all rite the worst
of II is his haveing to stay In jail until
the trial comes of said your father
at the next term OF cote. weed bet
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-10-28
Miners Cradle.

The cradle is simple appliance
for treating pay dirt" earth and
gravel containing gold-dust. 1t con-
sists essentially of a box, mounted on
rockers, and provided with a per-
lforated bottom of sheet iron In which
the pay dirt is placed. Water is
poured on the dirt, and the rocking
motion impaired to the cradle causes
The finer particles to pass through
the perforated bottom onto a canvas
screen, and thence to the base of the
cradle, where the gold-dust accumu-
lates on TRAVERSE bars Of wood called
"riffies,"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-10-28

Kind friend.
I seat myself with pen in hand to drap
you few lines to let you know am
well hoping you the same. well bill
have some news to tell you about
what happened when | got back hear
and since got back and hear 1t IS.
the first person seen when got
to the raiIrode stashun was Jimmy
fayne and he was dressed up like a
millionair and reckon he is one. he
took me in his moter car up to pats
home. patrisha you know. pat she
Rugged me and Jimmy left rite away
but said he would be back. 1 asked
pat had she heard about yore trubble
bill and she answered no what then
told her bout you and the lowdown
black adam ball bill and she said pore
old bill he had such high temper no.
body could ever understand 1t but it
cant be are you serious elizabeth.
well said yes mean 1t. pat shook
her head sorrowfle and said tell me
all about it elizabeth deer. when I
had told her the hole story about it
we went up stares. pat went to a
| closet and got butifle dress my size.
| ordered this the day before you left
/ us pat said but it mite half to be al
tered. vile you are dressing pat said
will speak to Mrs. Dale over the
| telephone. pat said yore mother has
/ softened tord her son and | promised
| to tell her any news had conserving
him. said all rite.
pat was gone down stares talking
| over the telephone for long time ant
when she returned to me was dressed
| and we went down stares together
and the new dress diddent half to bt
altered. after dinner was over me anc
pat went to a swing at the end of 6
wanda which had a dim lite on 1t
pat spoke all of student and saiC
to me how would you like to go tt
live with Mrs. Dale bills mother.
remembered haddent liked yore moth
er bill cause of what she said abou
me and | got about half mad. don
you want me to live hear with yo1
pat 1 asked.
of course pat said. ide be glad t
have you but Mrs. Dale wants 20
too pat said. her treatment Of he
son which is you bill has most brok
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about to set out through the pitchy
dark woodland, when q voice that
they knew well hailed them softly
from the laurels to their left:
Hold on, tharl"
"John Moreland, by jlggers!" NUT
tered Heck,
Moreland hastened soundlessly to
them. Il reckon ye didn't mean no
harm, By" he said In tones that ex-
pressed deep regret, ''but yit / shore
wisht We hadn't ha' done It,"
Samuel Heck was very proud of
himself. He Strengthened there In the
darkness.
"What'n the name o. the devil makes
We wisht sech thing as that, JohnT'
he demanded In half angry voice.
"'Cause," growled the big hillman,
'you went and spilled HI out O. the
main big picnic. We meant to wipe
out all O them thar lowdown Balls
and Torreys, By. When they went to
hang Bill Dale in the mornin', we'd ha'
had good reason 70 a-killin' 'em every
one-the weasels! Ye see, By, every
man Moreland but Caleb, and every
man o. the Littlefords, is hid here in
these Iaurels, and has been ever sense
that thar fool trial begun. We was
jest a-waitin's How did we happen
to know 1t?
cats easy, By. Me and Ben Lit
tleford was on our way after more
dynamite, when we seed Bill Dale
a-follerin' that stranger man, and Golf
a-follerin' Bill, and you a-follerin' Golf.
We knowed somethln' ongodly mean
was in the wind. So I follered you
BY, a-breakin' off bushes as l went
to mark the trail, and Ben he went
back and got the rest of 'em and fol,
Tered me-"
Then to Dale, "Well, Bill, what're
we a-goin' to do with this here cusseG
polecat Goff?"
Dale turned to the shyster coal man
who was still being closely watched
by Heck.
81 told you / was pretty apt Il
thrash you the next time we met
. didn't II" clipped Dale. do you wan
, to get out of this country for good
, or do you want to fight me to a fin
ish? I'm through talking right now
r Goff."
: "Td guess I'd rather fade" acknowl
( edged Golf.
! "Then fadel"
!. Golf skunk off through the brush.
e When they had covered mile, Johl
: Moreland grasped Dale by an arm an
. said to him:
r 81 reckon you think we're sort O. blood
j thirsty, by us a-waitin' to kill off tina
t pack back thar; don't ye? Well, W
e amt blood-thirsty, Bill. Them Ball
? and Torreys amt wo'th nothin'
d themselves, nor to their families, nc
n to nobody else. The sooner they'r
k dead the better OF they'll be, an
e the better off their famblies'll be, an
l. the better off everybody else will b.
l. You amt safe, nor amt safe, as Ion
as they're alive.
q "We like you, Bill Dale" he contiI
Il ued gravely. "And you're shore wo't
a 1t. You wouldn't sell out to tn;
IL s1ssed polecat, even to save yore ow
life, and ats what 1 calls narve an
s principle in ye. Bill Dale, the ain
e many men in this here whole QUIT
, who wouldn't give We the last d.
n drop o. blood In their bodies, eff
II needed 1t. To the right, Bill-anea
of US Is a cliff"
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but the only punctuation she used was
period and her capitals were few.
For wonder, she had put 1t Into
paragraphs:
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-10-28

Elizabeth. Pm Going to Wait, and
Hope"
you hadn't asked me. I'm sure you'll
find some better girl than me-than I
for wife,"
There is no better girl than you,
Elizabeth. I'm going to wait-and
hope"
He took up one of her hands and
kissed it, rose and went toward the
street. Before he had gone a minute,
she rose, her face a little pale, and
stared after him, sorely tempted-for
Fayne's money could bring her people
out of their long night Of ignorance
Well, If she didn't marry Bill Dale
and she feared that she wouldn't
she would marry Jimmy Fayne, if he
still wanted her-if he would agree
to help her people. After all, 1t wasn't
so much to give. What was one poor
little, unhappy human life2
1t was late, that night, when Eliz-
abeth LittlefGrd went to sleep. And
when at last she slept, she dreamed of
| walking through a fragrant green
meadow with Bill Dale. There was
the low humming OF wild bees about
| the purple crowns of the ironweed and
| the scarlet bloom Of the clover; there
| was the mating call of the partridge,
and the lovelorn COO of a dove. .
CTo BE coNTINUED3
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-10-28
INFORMATION DEPARTMENT

Commercial inquiries answered and
information gladly furnished with
out cost. Address any firm above.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-10-28

pleasantly, and asked permission to
sit down beside her. She locked up
at him. He was Immediately dressed.
"of course" she granted with o
smile that was very .winsome.
He stated his mission briefly, for
Mrs. Dale might appear at any rain-
ute.
81 came, Elizabeth, to ask you to
marry me-"
She sat as still as though she had
not heard. He went on hastily:
II confess that I'm little ashamed
of trying to take you away from Car
lyle Dale, for he was always very nice
to me. But may be forgiven for
that, think, because care for you
great deal. Anyway-'All Is fair
In love and war'-you know"
His voice was hardly bHsinesslike.
but 1t lacked original fire. Elizabeth
Littleford closed the book In her lap,
and lifted her clear brown eyes to his
eager -Ace.
mo" she disagreed, "all ain't-Rn't
fair in love and war. That's one o
the very silliest sayin's Eve ever heard
| As for the other-I like you, Jimmy
but not in the way you want me to
| It's Bill Dale that hke-ln that way
Jimmy"
Fayne looked disappointed. He wa:
silent.
You're a good boy, Jimmy" sh'
went on, ~und hate to make 20,
feel the least bit bad. 1t makes me
oh, Jimmy; n makes me blue. wisl
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-10-28

Mr.. bill Dale.
cartersville.
tennessee.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17
She Suffered
Since Childhood

u have been a sufferer since child
hood from rheumatism" said Mrs. s.
e. Sweeney, Pueblo, Colo. "At times"
she continued, "my joints and limbs
would become swollen so / could not
walk without the most severe pains
To make matters worse. / had ca
tarrh Of the head and stomach and suf-
fered with sleeplessness and ringing in
my head and ears. After taking Pre-
scription Number 40 / was relieved
and it has given me more comfort than
any medicine have ever TAKEN"
hope similar sufferers will give Pre-
scription Number 40 trial"
Prescription Number 40 is recon,
mended for blood troubles from any
cause; chronic constipation, indiges.
ton, stomach and liver troubles, ecze'
ma, skin troubles, etc. Acts on the
liver, removing waste matters from
the system thus cleansing the blood Of
all impurities and doing away with
the need of cathartic pills and tablets
Sold by E. M. Laakman. (advt.,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17

per acre, totaling 100000 against 224,-
900 bushels last year. Rye is 81 per
cent indicating 10 LIZ bushels per acre
or 608,00O bushels on $4,000 acres for
harvest against 100000 last year
Hay condition, 70 per cent against
88 for last year. Hay is not promising
and has been injured by the dry
weather of May following an unfav-
orable spring. Most meadows arc
weedy with white top in large guam
! titles. Clover hay acreage is 10000
with rs per cent condition against So
last year. Alfalfa acreage is $4,000
with IA per cent condition against 95
last year. Both clover and alfalfa
were seriously injured by the early
freeze, not only the old seedlings but
also those made this spring.
Pastures is 80 per cent and blue
/ grass practically all headed with good
crops in few sections while in many
others bluegrass headed short. Cow
peas 81 per cent, field beans SO, with
seedlings of cowpeas and soybeans yet
to be completed. Corn planting is
about completed, and from present in
dications tie acreage will be larger
than last year. Early paintings had
to be replanted but good stands are
now being secured in nearly all sec
tons.
Corn land was largely cloddy and
hard, but recent rains have helped
greatly. Corn is late but not later
than last year. and most fields are
clean and cultivation is going forward.
Fruit in Missouri is a failure. The
only fruits remaining are portion of
grape crop and so per cent of a
crop in blackberries and raspberries.
Gardens have made good progress dur
ing the past month, especially onions
| and cabbage. Potatoes have made
good growth of vines, but were need
| ing rain at the end of the month in
many sections.
Crop prospects are generally prom
ising, and live stock are healthy with
good pastures and sufficient supply Of
water. A portion of May was too dry
for seeding of minor crops. Occa-
sional overhows in scattered sections
did some damage,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17
4.YEAR-oLD OZARK BOY
SPELLS HARDEST WORDS


Passengers on east and west bound
trains which stop for several minutes
at Lebanon are often entertained by
little Fern Waterman, 4 liz years old,
champion speller of the Ozarks and
probably the champion speller of the
world for his years. Fern lives near
Eldridge, little town in the Ozark
hills, and when he comes to Lebanon
proud residents take him down to the
depot to spell for amazed travellers
Fern, in his bare feet and with ov-
erals rolled up from his ankles, an old
straw hat shading his bright eyes, is
a picturesque figure.
"Spell pneumonia" one Of his spon-
sors will say.
l"P-n-e-u-m-o-n-i-a," the youngster
will spell without hesitation.
"Spell formaldehyde-"
Formal lie hyde"
~SpeIl Mediterranean"
~Mediterranean."
Gethsemane, piccaliiii, xanthic
| aquafortis, asafoetida and deutrono-
my are examples of Ferns favorite
words.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17
FACTS AND FANCIES

Said Jack to Bill one morning fine
AS they walked side by side,
"This world is growing worse and
worse"
To which friend Bill replied,
swell, folks don't go to Jail for debt
AS in the days of yore,
And human beings aren't used
Like chattels any more"
"But nations seem so heartless now,
And people too" Jack said.
"They used to cruelty mar"
Said Bill. "for stealing bread.
"But don't you think that people are
Less tolerant?" asked Jack.
"well, they don't burn folks at the
~ stake
Nor tear them on the rack"
"But wars more TERRIBLE" said Jack,
"As anybody knows"
"The ancients poured down burning
OIL"
Said Bill, "upon their foes;
And Caesars soldiers fought in chains
So they could not retreat
And thereby risk their monarch's fall
From his imperial seat"
"But we have more advantages,
We should be better, far"
"Well, that's just what I'm getting att
Said Bill. 81 think'we are.
And I'm not wasting any thoughts
On times so far away;
Let's try to show we're thankful that
We are alive today"
Selected.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17
MISSOURI WHEAT CROP
EXPECTED TO BE GOOD

d .
III That MiSsouri's 1921 wheat crop will
Total 4o,769,0oo bushels, oats 40,15O,-
zO00 bushels, and that corn will be
raised upon an increased acreage over
last year, is the summary Of June crop
feturns announced by s. A. Logan, of
1.-THE United States Bureau of Crop Es-
Inmates and Jewell Mayes of the
State Board of Agriculture.
The June condition Of Missouri
wheat is SO per cent against 50 per,
cent last month, and 1O-year average
being n per cent. The present condi-
3tion of wheat indicates a yield Of 16
&brshels against IL IL last year when
The production was 32,5o0,000 bushels.
Wheat in many places is thin with
short heads and has not stooled out as
heavily as expected,
The crop has been subjected this
wear to all Of the drawbacks that a
Missouri wheat crop might ever be
expected to meet. Pressed forward by
the warm weather of March, wheat
met severe reyerses from several
freezes followed by wet and cool wea-
ther of April continuing into May,
and in addition the crop Is nowsbadly
infested with chinch bugs, particularly
on the eastern side. with hessian fly in
d large number of counties. Army
worms are working in wheat in st.
Charles and joint worms in Franklin
county. Rust is quite generally prev
alent. Harvesting has begun south of
the river, and general harvesting will
begin by the middle of June. Spring
wheat was sown on smaller acreage
than last year, amounting to only
$4,000 acres and condition of 81 indi-
eating 10 bushels per acre. or 1872
009 bushels.
Oats seeded on $4,000 acres which
is a four per cent increase over last
year. Condition. 70 against SO last
year and 83 for 10-year average and
this condition for 1921, the lowest for
years, indicates yield of rs bushels
per acre or &c, 10000 bushels against
54,13s,O00 last year.
The Easter freeze occasioned con-
siderable reseeding, and that which
was not re-seeded is stunted and some
what weedy. The crop will ripen UNI
evenly because of different seedlings,
and the late seedlings throughout the
northern portion of the state have
been adversely affected by the dry
weather of May.
The 5000 acres of barley with a
condition Of 90 indicates 25 bushels
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17

to trade at hoo" RE long and the short rum too
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17
coon BUSINESS

If possessed a shop or store
I'd drive the grouches off my floor;
I'd never let some gloomy guy
Offend the folks who came to buy;
I'd never keep boy or clerk
With mental toothache at his work,
Nor let man who draws my pay
Drive customers Of mine away.
I'd treat the man who takes my time
And spends nickel or a dime,
With courtesy and make him feel
That l was pleased to close the deal,
Because tomorrow, who can tell?
He may want stuff ] have to sell,
And in that case then glad he'll be
To spend his dollars all with me.
The reason people pass one door
To patronizc another store,
Is not because the buster place
Has better silks or gloves or lace,
Or cheaper prices, but it lies
In pleasant words and smiling eyes;
The only difference, believe,
Is in the treatment folks receive.
It is good business to be fair,
To keep bright and cheerful air
About the place, and not to show
Your customers how much you know
Whatever any patron did
I'd try TO keep my temper hid,
And never let him spread along
Tie word that l had done him wrong,
Edgar Al Guest.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17
EXECuTnR,S NnTICE

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary upon the estate of Lsoui-
sa Highley, deceased, have been grant
ed to the undersigned. by the Probate
Court Of St. Francois county, Missou-
ri, bearing date the 18th day Of May,
1921. "
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to Samuel Jennings for allow
ance within six months from the date
Of said letters or they may be preclud-
ed 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.
SAMUEL JENNINGS, Executor.
(SEALl
Attest: x. s. Weber. Jndge
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17
"CoId Il, the Head

is an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh
Those subject to frequent "colds ir
the head" will find that the use OF
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE viii.
build up tile System, cleanse the Blood
and render them less liable to colds
Repeated attacks Of Acute Catarrt
may lend to Chronic Catarrh.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is
taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces Of the
System, thus reducing the infamma,
tion and restoring normal conditions,
All druggists. Circulars
r. j. Cheney e. CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17
Final Settlement Notice

Notice is hereby given to all credi-
tors and others interested in the es-
tate of William B. Burgess, deceased,
that /, n. G. Tucker, Administrator, OF
said estate, intend to make final set
Element thereof at the next term OF
Probate Court of st. Francois County,
State Of Missouri, TO be held at Farm
ington, Mo-, beginning on the 18th day
Of July, 1921.
R. c. TUCKER,
Administrator.
June 10, IL. "a and July LIST.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17

lHandwofk on !womcn's. wear.
especially ion blouscs and swaists.
is, due gtof a revival. now that the
women Of central Europe can find
.almarkct in America. This bcau-,
tifui hcadpiecc and blouse as worn
bylHenry w Savagc's star. Mitzi.
isfatgiftlfrom Princess, ElizabcthI
of Rournania and now the bridc|
ofSNCrowny Nprincc George Of
S Grs;ssscy, u Us exqaisiiely 'em!
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17

Rub-My-Tism is great pain killer,
Relieves pain and soreness, RheuHa-
eism, Neuralgia, Sprains, etc.