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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-09-29
JOCK. They controlled It between


dad, Rob Roy bolted and Mr.. Lind
say stopped him before ! was thrown"
Whitford rose, the color ebbing from
his cheeks. I've always told you that
brute was dangerous. I'll offer him
for sale today"
"And I've discovered that we know
the man who saved me from the Wild
steer In Arizoau. 1t was Mr.. Lindsay"
Lindsay" Whltford turned to him.
"k1 that ,ight?"
sits correct"
Colin Whitford, much moved, put n
hand on the younger mans shoulder
"Son, you know what I'd like to tell
you. l reckon can't say 1t right"
wen consider 1t said, Mr.. Whit
ford" answered Clay with his quick
boyish smile. mo use in splllin' 10
Of dictionary words"
"Why didn't yoi tell us?"
lit was nOthin' to brag about"
Bromfield came to time with thin
words of thanks. Were all greatly
In your debt, Mr.. Lindsay"
AS the days passed the malicious
Jealousy of the New York clubman
deepened to steady hatred. A fellow
Of Uncontrolled temper, his thin
skinned vanity writhed at the condl.
ton which confronted him. He was
engaged to girl who preferred an
other and better man, one against
whom he had an unalterable grudge.
He recognized in the westerner an
eager energy, clean-cut residence,
and an Astounding vitality he would
have given great deal to possess.
His own early manhood had been frit-
tered away In futile dissipatiOns and
he resented bitterly the contrast be.
tween himself and Lindsay that must
continually be present in the mind of
the girl who had promised to marry
him. He had many adventurous things
to offer her--such advantages as mod
ern civilization has made desirable to
dollhouse women--but he could not
give the clean, splendid youth she
CrdNeu. II WIS lHe pilcc nc huu Hdl"
for many sybaritic pleasures he had
been too soft to deny himself.
With only little more than two
weeks of freedom before her, Beatrice
made the most of her days. For the
first time in her life she became a
creature of moods. The dominant ones
were rebellion, recklessness and re-
pentance. While Bromfield waited and
fumed she rode and tramped with
Clay. 1t was not fair to her afiianced
lover. She knew that. But there were
times when she wanted to shrek us
dressmakers and costumers fused
over her and wore out her tangled
nerves with multitudinous detnils
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-09-29
CATARRH

Continued next week. J
New-York tribune., 1922-11-08

that the poison was not taking ef-
feet, he shot Rasputin, and as he
was examining the body some time
after the monk had been pro-
|nounced dead Rasputin suddenly sat
up and seized him by the throat.
Youssupov no longer doubted that
he was dealing with the devil in
person. Running up stairs to report
to his fellow conspirators, he looked
back only to see the man whom he
had twice killed crawling up the
stairway on his hands and knees.
Rasputin staggered out into the
garden, and there was shot three
times and finally bludgeoned to
death.
1t is of such stuff that legends are
made. II this version is really true
lit has been corroborated by others
who claim knowledge of the mur-
der-it contains the material for a
tale Of mystery rarely surpassed for
creepiness and hair-raising terror.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
In Politics to STAY

No one can say that the ''wet and
dry" issue did not enter into the New
York election. 1t entered with a
crash and has left rift in the local
political situation as big as barn
door. No one can say that it did
not affect the result in New Jersey.
It was practically the only issue
which Governor Edwards ran on.
Likewise it affected the fight in Ne
braska, where one of the nominees
for Senator was wet of long stand
ing, suddenly converted into dry.
In these states-to name only a
few-the wet aspect of the election
was in a way incidental. But in
four states-California, Massachu-
sets, Ohio and Illinois--state action
on Volsteadism was directly involved
through the submission of constitu-
tional amendments. California and
Massachusetts, voted on the question
Of accepting the Voistead act and
supplementing it with state en-
forcement act. In Ohio and Illinois
amendments were voted on which
authorized the sale Of beer and light
wines in contravention of the Vol
stead statute.
1t is too early to say how these
four amendments have Jared. But
it is evident that the wet issue has
obtruded into politics, and that it
means to stay there. The Volstead
act is not invulnerable and sacro-
sanct. 1t will have to defend its JUS
tice and expediency from now on in
both state and national elections.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
Reviving the Rasputin Legend

Sir Basil Thomson's account Of
the death of Rasputin, Russia's mys-
terious monk who was credited with
extraordinary power in the last days
of the Gear, differs only in some
particulars from accounts given
elsewhere. But Sir Basil's version.
even more than the others, contains
elements of grewsome mystery
worthy of Edgar Allan Poe.
According to this version, Prince
Youssupov had the appalling sensa-
tion Of watching Rasputin drink
heavily of poisoned wine and re-
main perfectly unperturbed. In
view of the superhuman powers
with which Rasputin was credited.
this occurrence in itself must have
nearly unnerved even one who was
cold blooded enough to invite man
TO his table to murder him. But
worse was still in store. for, seeing
New-York tribune., 1922-11-08

On the showing made in the states
from which fairly adequate early re-
turns were available loss Of only
three Republican Senators-~one in
New York, one in New Jersey and
one in West Virginia---was indi-
Gated. This may or may not result
in reducing the present Republican
Senate majority of twenty-four,
when all the states choosing Sena-
tors this year are accounted for.
Hitchcock, for one offset, has been
defeated in Nebraska.
In the House Of Representatives
tic Republicans expected heavy
lcsses. A normal Republican major
;ty under the present apportionmant
that of 1910--is we'll under forty.
In a back-draft year like this the Re
publicans have done well to retain
q working majority of thirty-odd in
the House.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
The Plot Twisters
To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Oh, let me wish with you!
Aren't there enough good loud wishers
to make themselves heard in Holly
wood? I've already had my say about
the Connecticut Yankee, but, after
reading your Sunday editorial "Just a
WISH" I couldn't resist the tempta-
tion to add my feeble lungs to your
mighty ones.
I'm bringing up boy; his literary
education has begun. At four he has
shown marked discrimination by
sleeping with James Whitcomb Riley
under his pillow and by hurting a
volume Of Oscar Wilde through the
parlor window pane. When he reaches
the movie age, must explain to him
that all books have two endings- one
as the author conceived 1t and the
other as arranged for the screen?
Is there no protection for an author
especially If he's dead? OF course
that in itself is the best protection hs
could have from the shock Of seeing
his work adapted" to the screen
Why did they need to change the end
ing and various well-remembered In
cidents Of "The Count Of Monte
Cristo?" They married . OFF his be
loved ward" (fapper type) to til.
son Of one Of his three daadlies1
enemies, they let villefort die by Sall
New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
MIR. Smiths Victory

Alfred f. Smith was elected Gov
crnor of New York for the second
time partly because of dissatisfac-
tion with the Volstead law, partly
iecause of dissatisfaction with the
I'ordney tariff. These ISSUES had
no bearing on the state campaign,
but they figured in it none the less.
1t is not to be denied, however,
that Mr. Smiths personality and
the romance of his rise from the
f,amblest surroundings to important
political place won him many votes.
The fact that he was known
through the length and breadth Of
The state as AL goes further toward
explaining yesterdays returns than
any analysis of them.
The Governor elect is once more
intrusted with a great responsible
ity. His opportunities are vastly in
creased by this second election. If
lie has in him the character and in
dependence to rise above the politi-
cal organization from which he
sprang, to prove, like Prince Hal,
better than his word" those who
supported him will not be disap-
pointed.
One notable fight will be set down
to his credit-the fight at the SYRIA
cuse convention which rid his party
forever of the menacing candidacy
of William r. Hearst. To rid it of
Murphy may be more difficult for
him, but it would be almost as great
an achievement.
AS matter of fact, nothing could
l,ring him more prominently into the
limelight as a candidate for the
Democratic Presidential nomination
than complete and final break with
Tammany Hall.
The Tribune opposed Mr.. Smiths
election, believing that Governor
Miller was a greater administrator
and an ADLER public man. But it
wishes Mr.. Smith well, and, like all
good citizens, hopes that he will
make fearless and independent
Governor.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
No National Landslide

n New York was cyclone center in
#yesterdays election. The forces
which played such havoc with Re-
publican hopes in this state did not
operate beyond our boundaries.
There was everywhere a sharp re-
action from the volcanic mood Of
1920. 1t could not be otherwise, for
the verdict against wisconsin two
years ago voiced the hot resentment
eff millions of Democrats as we'll as
Republicans.
New York voted on its own issues
and split the welkin. But across the
line in Connecticut, where different
issues governed, Republican Sena-
tor and Governor were elected. Our
western neighbor, New Jersey, ac-
ccrding to early returns, showed no
oyhipeoiio VI q laliuSiiuS, stic figures
indicating a fairly close fight for
Senator and Governor.
The East, in fact, showed a fair
measure of off-year normalcy. Penn
sylvania returned two Republican
Senator's; Du Pont was ahead in
Delaware, France was running lit
tie behind Bruce in Maryland. In
Massachusetts Lodge seemed to have
slender plurality, while in Rhode
Island Gerry, the Democratic in
cumbent, was leading Beeckman.
The Middle West was hardly more
disposed to run wild than the East
was. A Republican Senate seat may
have been lost in West Virginia.
But Townsend was reelected in
Michigan. drawing the venom from
the hypocritical issue of Newberry-
ism; Fess was leading Pomerene in
Ohio; Beyeridge was making
strong fight in Indiana, End La Fol
lette was returned from Wisconsin.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
Lincoln 5 First Pet

leaves into it for bed, and tucke,
him away for the night.
"He squealed for his mother near
| ly all night. In the morning car
ried him meal and bran. and bread ane
milk-everything / could think Of;
but he would not touch any of them
About all he could do was to squeal
At length my mother said to me: ABE
take that pig back home; it will die II
you keep it here.
"What my mother said was always
the truth and the law to me, and
though it almost broke my heart, ]
took the pig back. His mother was SO
glad to see him, and he to see her!
After she had given him his dinner he
looked so pretty could not stand it
and l begged the man to let me take
him back. I put him in my tow shirt
as had before, and took him to our
house. Mother protested, and / cried
She broke down and relented, and said
1 might try him one day more. He
would not eat a thing brought him
and mother sent me back with him
again. I carried him back and forth
to his meals for two weeks, until we
taught him to eat, and he was mine
for good.
"That pig" continued Lincoln, his
eyes Frightening with the recollec-
tion, "was my companion. I played
with him and taught him tricks. We
used to play hide and seek. I can see
his little face now, peeking around
the corner Of the house TO ses
whether was coming after him!
AFTER while he got too heavy for
me to carry around and then he fol.
lowed me everywhere-to the barn. t.
the plowed ground, and to the woods
Many a day / spent in the woods
brushing the leaves away, picking ou,
the most promising spots, helping hin
to find acorns and nuts. Sometimes
he would have lazy spell. Then ht
would rub against my legs, and stor
in front of me, and lie down in sor,
Of wheediing way and say, in the
New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
ment at present to any Republican,
Democratic amalgamation.
Faults of thetC Country School

The little red schoolhouse, the
country children plodding sturdily
| to school through snow and wind, the
! bespectacled schoolma am receiving
her tribute of rosy-cheeked apples
and first violets, the wood-chopping
and blackboard-washing which devel-
oped character and started our
statesmen on their road to greatness
all these familiar elements in the
American tradition of the country
/ school have been subjected to the
stern light of notwithstanding
standards in survey just completed
by the New York State League Of
Women Voters.
| Their report shows that the rural
school, freed from sentimental
camouf1age, is too often to-day un-
slightly, unsanitary, lacking in
| proper educational or recreational
facilities, an institution far from
creditable to the state. 1t shows,
also, that these conditions exist not
in a few isolated cases, hang-overs
from the days Of our grandfathers,
but in 5000 cases. Fifty-four per
cent of these one-room schoolhouses
arc fifty years old or more, and some
date back to 1912. Of the 4,2A4
schools visited by the women investi-
gators 8.8 per cent were found to be
IN an excellent sanitary condition, SO
per cent were fair in this respect
and So per cent were distinctly un-
sanitary and constituted real men-
ace to the health and proper devel-
opment of the children.
Some Of the complaints recorded
sound like report from Russia
rather than from the wealthiest
state in the Union: eve need new
roof; every time it rains we have to
move around to get out Of the rain.
The classroom was not cleaned at all
this year. There is no thermometer
and the heat is not we'll regulated.
1t was too warm in front and too
cold in the back of the room" "Win-
dows frozen down in winter" "Tem-
perature varies from 40 to 80 de-
grees." "Stove badly needed, no
means of ventilation, no play
ground"
In conclusion, the report main
tains that, while the conditions in all
rural schools are not bad, enough
has been demonstrated to indicate
the necessity Of q change in the
rural school system. 1t advocates
consolidation Of schools, with the
county the basis Of taxation and ad-
ministration, thus relieving the
small township Of the burden of sup
porting alone small, unsanitary,
ill-equipped building and permitting
the larger unit to provide modern,
hygienic buildings, with proper med
ical and recreational supervision.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-08

lThis story from his boyhood, told
| by Lincoln himsslj to Captain Gilbert
| J. Greene, is recorded BY Charles r.
White in "McClurs's Magaxine.")
Abraham Lincoln asked Gilbert J
Greene to take walk with him into
the country. 1t was in the late '5Os
when Greene was journeymar
printer in Springfield, ILL.,, and when
the fame of Lincoln throughout the
state was steadily rising. Greene was
only too eager to accept the invitation
He already recognized the greatness
of the character Of Lincoln. A walk
and talk with Lincoln meant a widen.
ing of the mental horizon. It was 8
moonlight night. Everything wa.
quiet along the country road Sudden
ly the Ltrollers came upon six little
pigs with their noses close together.
"Those little pigs are lost" said
Lincoln, after briefly surveying them;
"let's help them to find their mother
With little pig grunts and snorts
the six were soon scampering down the
road. AT length they found hole in
the fence and their mother in the
field rod away. Lincoln smiled with
satisfaction as he saw the pig family
reunited, and remarked: "I never see
pig that I do not think of my first
pet. When q boy six years old,
while we lived near Hodgensville, KY
went over to neighboring farm. A
litter Of striped piggies had just been
born, and was so taken with them
that they could not get me away from
them. The owner filled me with su-
preme Joy by saying: You RAY have
one of those pigs if you can get him
home.' instantly accepted the offer.
had on a tow shirt-one which my
mother had woven-reaching below my
knees, and fastened at the neck by a
wooden button my father had made
Using the front of it as an apron OF
sack. I rolled my pig up in it and car
ried him home, got an old bee gum
a hollow log put corn husks and
New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
hat Readers .Sau

ing on his sword after duel in the
courtroom which consisted In jump
Ing over the desk and racing up and
down the aisles. One Of the best
thrills in the book is his return homs
after . crushing defeat--and his mad,
ness Edmond is returned 10 she
arms Of Mercedes on the spot OF their
old romance.
Where is ths advantage in twisting
the plots Of famous authors7 They
spend SO much and work so hard on
an elaborate production that SO often
ends In disappointment!
II the ushers find teeth marks on
the chair arms In the theater they
were made by those Of us who came
in eager hopefulncss to see those be.
loved characters we know so well and
found them not. NJ. D.
New York, Nov. s, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
The Anti Coalition Instinct

A plea for the amalgamation of
the two major American parties was
recently voiced by President Nicholas
Murray Butler Of Columbia Univer-
sity. He wanted to construct Re-
publican-Democratic coalition to
fight the radicals" Hardly more
than a day later the news was
flashed from London Of the breaking
up of the Lloyd George Coalition
government and the resumption of
separate party action by the Con-
servatives.
The Butler argument was used
vainly in England tc prevent this
rupture. Mr.. Austen Chamberlain
told his fellow Conservatives that If
they did not continue their alliance
wiah the Lloyd George Liberals the
Labor party, with its leveling pro-
gram, would come into power. The
warning fell fiat. Major party coali-
tions are as abnormal and unpopular
in British politics as they are in.
American politics. They are toler-
able only in time Of war.
There is well-established Labor
party in Great Britain. How "radj-
cal'' it is depends upon the definition
OF that term. 1t is party of priv
ilege, as much as the Tory party
ever was--claiming all privileges, in
fact, for the organized union labor
minority. Most Conservative and
Liberal politicians do not seem to be
afraid Of it.
We have no counterpart Of this
British third party. Our third
parties are negligible. The only
ones which ever loom large are
mushroom affairs, like the Progress
sive party of 1912. And the Pro
gressive party was never a party of
radicals" Our American "radi-
Gals" have an aversion to standing
up and being counted. Most of them
operate within the lines Of the major
organizations. Mr.. Gompers has al
ways bitterly fought the establish
ment Of labor party. His follow
ers, like all other Americans, do not
relish being caught focking any
where outside the big tents.
A misunderstanding of American
psychology underlies the suggestion
OF a Republican-Democratic merger
at this time. To combat what? The
radicals? In so per cent of the
counties of the United States there
are hardly enough third party "radi-
Gals" to man county committee.
In politics, as in everything else.
the American people love a fair
tight. What sporting interest, to say
the least, would there be in a run-in
between Republican Democratic CO.
aiition and bush league radical
party? Who would buy seat to
see such an exhibition? It would be
like merging the first and second
varsity to play against the freshman
scrub. It would be about as thrilling
as picking high school and pri-
mary baseball team to play against
the kindergarten.
That is the insuperable impedi-
New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
Telling MI. Yellowley
Q the Editor Of The tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: It has been called to my atten-
tion that apparatus FOR distilling is
being increasingly manufactured and
exposed for sale, as well as all in
gradients for making contraband stuff
Why permit these temptations and In
centives to law-bresking Here is .
point for Mr. Yeliowley to consider
+. E. E.
New York, Nov. 4. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-08

language which / understood: ABB
why don't you carry me, the samsu
you used to do7'
When he grew larger l turned Il
tables on him and made him carry me-
and he did it just as happily ana
eheerfully rs ever perfosmsd the
same service for him. Father led bin
complies Of it-and how he aA sasl
He grew large--too large for his evn
good and mine. There was talk s,ouad
the house of the hog being about fat
enough to kill. At the table one dsy
heard my father seq ne was going to
| kill the hog the next day. Ny heart
was as heavy as lead.
"The next morning was the begin.
ming of tragedy to me- There were
ominous signs everywhere. There was
q heavy pole resting on crotched posts
near the barn. Father had BARR
of water ready, and was heatsg
stones that were to be thrown irsH
TO make hot water for the scaldaFI
was suddenly seized with detenss
tion to save my playmate. sIsa
out and took him with ME into Ii.
woods. When father found whst hsa
! happened. he yelled as loud as hs
could:
"'You Abe. fetch back that hog! ycs
Abe, fetch back that hog,'
"The louder father called the fur
ther and faster we went, till we were]
out of hearing of the voice. We stayed
in the woods till night On returning
was severely scolded. Father ana
mother explained to me that we could
not keep the hog through the long
winter for me to play with--that hogs
were meant to be killed for food. !
was not convinced. After restless
night I rose early and slipped out q
the house quietly, to get my pig aia
| take him away for another days MAJ
| ing. But my father had forsstsllso
me by rising still earlier, and he nsa
fastened my pet in the pen.
II knew them" continued Lincoln
the two men halted momestaris'
there was no hope for my pig. as
not eat any breakfast, but started ~
the woods. had not gone far my
the woods before I heard shs ss
squeal, and / ran faster than evst = B
get away from the sound.
Being quite hungry at midday.
started for home. Reaching the sor
Of the clearing, I saw the hog drss'ss
hanging from the pole near the pass
II began to blubber. / just coalas,
reconcile myself TO my loss. eess
not stand 1t. and went far back lnta Z 3
woods again, where found some -,
that satisfied my hunger till n's's
when / returned home.
They could not get me to faks Z.
of the meat--neithe- tenderloin' $
sausage, nor souse. And even n'ssss
/ aAt0k. WuSu tne CulSu hessA IS IL
the table, it made me SAD and 81
look at it.
"The next morning, cous,e
Lincoln, 81 went into the yard sao !.
some Of the reminders of the ess.ss 4,
ing. Taking big chip, ! serspe' 81
scattered blood and hair int IS IS
and burned it up. Then ! fouaa sss s,u
soft dirt, which carried IN sas .s,f s
of my tow shirt, and strewed
the ground, to cover up evssy A
i Of what was to me an awful sssss En-
TIE new dirt did not do It's woft ',,s
I we'll" said the speaker, smiling ss,a ..s
4 what sadly. @for to this day, wnsss &
1 see 9 pig like the little Ie''s ss.s +
] just met in the road, it all co'p's
TO me- my pet pig. our ranl0ifs d.
woods, the scenes Of my boyaoos
old home and the dear ones ~ i