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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-09-14
Notice to Bridge Contracleh
| will let to the lowest and oeslOidaS1
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER y, 1901

for construction, one Wooden BrdN \
I feet In length, 10 DO built acnVs'I v
Greek on LOrder aud Alma rosl, Nv
miles northeast ~ COrdcr. az ue WI
corner Of section Is. township ~ wv
Letting will take place al orOse@'
O'Clock a. m h. VI
Plans and specifications can US
time and place of letting. u,.rl,
Contractor Is TO give bond iormA|'
OF bridge as the law directs ,.,nvk
Commissioner reserves the issrgDI
aay ~ All u ComnlSH
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,coOcludsd from ar.. pass.)

SS,mmsatc+ Iosenb $3.50
Pensions granted to poor people IN
Lafayette county not including those
at the county farm amount, IN toto
to $500, for which amount the
court ordered a warrant drawn
SCHOOL FUNDS.
The state, county, township and
special (Aull) school funds having
been apportioned the court ordered
warrants drawn in favor OF school
district treasurers as follows:
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The amount of 1897. OF was appor-
toned from the insurance fund to
the county revenue fund.
A warrant was ordered drawn in
favor of Jos. Kuehls, county school
commissioner for 5000 for services
rendered and for supplies furnished.
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For Sale.

Nine head Of yearling steers and heifers.
Some sows and shoats for sale. Five
miles southwest OF Lexington.
72 ID. l.. MITCHELL.
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Notice to Bridge COntractoh

Twill let 10 the lowest ana oes !"
SATURDAY, OCTOBER . wv
4 Wooden Bridge for construouSSu a
feet long, TO be built over OIaT n NIL
road near the Dave Lyons place
township so, range 20. ,-,ar III
Letting viii take place at or'u''
o'clock A. NJ. ns egIp
Plans and specifications can w
Contractor is 10 give bond
OF bridge as the law directs; risbt 10
any or all bids. D. SCommlsR@
s.lltd
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Good Order Club.

There will be a meeting OF the Good
Order Club of Lexington township on
Saturday, September %, 1901, 10 the city
Of Lexington. 81 n
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TO CURE A COLD In ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Qulnine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II It fails
to cure. e. W. Groves signature is on
ach box. Csc.
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Supply Your Table

From IL splendid stock of Gro
ceries. Every article carried Is
fresh and prices the very lowest.
Prompt Delivery.
Eggleston e. Ewing.
The representative., 1901-04-11

Of the votes in the nation in the past
two elections. 1t seems proper for eau
tious men to pause long enough in the
discussion Of the money subject to in
sist on a money that will be good even
IL the predictions Of the pessimists
should happen to be fulfilled.
The American people cannot afford
to take any chances on 80 important a
subject; we want the best that history
experience and reason can point out
to us.
Capt. Nelson jumps at conclusions too
quickly, we must take nothing for
granted. but rely wholly upon facts and
logic. stated facts. II logic drives
the Captain in hole. 1 cannot help it.
insist on stable medium of ex-
change, but do not care for metal
money hence the question OF how to
get bullion need not enter into the
discussion at all. But l do say that
80 long as this nation uses a metal
money standard, that we must have a
single standard and that gold Is, prefer
able to silver.
Mr.. Nelson has hugged his pet green
back theory to his bosom so long that
he cannot take his eyes OFF it long
enough to see the merits of any other
child of the brain, but he is old enough
to know that it takes more than the
faith and love of doting mother to
hide the faults of spoiled child from
the eyes of neighbors and friends
G.. B. MABEN.
The representative., 1901-04-11
A Farmers' Convention.

write to tell you that about the
middle of June is the best time for the
farmers to get away from their farms
and attend a meeting OF this kind.
II call be issued for a Minnesota
farmers convention about the middle
OF June, the writer desires to suggest
as an attraction to the meeting, that
Senator kunte Nelson, Senator Moses
E. Clapp, and the representatives in
congress be invited to address the con-
vention.
l believe if these gentlemen could be
prevailed upon to honor our meeting
with their presence and give us short
talks. they would be the means of draw
ing a vast army of farmers to Mime
apolis.
Mr.. Editor, there is no man that dis
likes fake officers more than l do and
propose to prevent it if l can. l move
that Mr.. L. c. Long act as chairman of
committee of seven CD to issue a
call for farmers convention in June,
1901 and that Hamlin " Poore act as
secretary of the before mentioned COM
mittee
l can give texts for short talks, but [
prefer to see some of the many bright
men Of the old guard take hold of this
part of the program, also five more
members of the proposed committee.
Respectfully,
II. L. SAND.
ADril T. 1901
The representative., 1901-04-11

monstroeity; money carrying with. 1t
all power to measure values and hx
prices.
Our national bank or treasury note
Is a good dollar>to exchange for gold.
but q robber dollar when exchanged
with gold lesislated into it, fixing the
price Of exchange.
Can an unequal money effect an equal
exchange?
say no. The unequal distribution
Of wealth under this system says no.
1t deprives the people Of their rights
and their property. and the people
know that by the illegal demands of
gold they are continually giving to the
rich, and they, themselves. surely COM
ing to want.-Proverbs %: 16.
Being thus compelled to sacrifice all
to gold makes it impossible for them to
render unto Caesar the things that are
Caesars; or unto God the things that
are God's.-Mark u: II.
With only a days work ahead of our
millions of wealth-producers, and the
largest half of that days work going
to the gold, bond, bank or money COM
bine, what is there in the future of life
for them but to eat and drink today,
and refused work by the combine
starve tomorrow.
Existing conditions demand united
action on the part of all reformers for
placing and keeping the control OF
government in the hands of the people
and election of all public officers by the
peoples vote, neither of which can be
secured while money is given all power
of control through individual banks
and combines.
One God, one country and one money,
is legal demand for equal rights. Here
is an object lesson for farmers and la
bOrers. Money on exchange in New
York is loaned to the combines that
speculate in labor and it's productions at
IA to 2 per cent, while the banks
charge the producers or more per
cent, and at the same time the bonds
of the people that they are paying
gold interest on to the bankers, are
selling on exchange for $40 to $1.35.
Thus it is that all profits of money and
bonds are, by the supremacy of gold,
in private bonds, forced into the hands
OF the few. The records and present
conditions prove to demonstration
that government bonds, idle gold and
combined money gather in all profits
of all labor to themselves, while the
millions Of victims thus robbed stand
with empty hands and empty pockets,
asking what is the remedy?
There is but one remedy: Make not
all the people to serve one dollar, but
make one dollar to serve all the peo-
pie, then all trusts will die the repub-
lie will live, the people rule and be
prosperous and happy.
S. NJ FAIRCHILD.
Minneapolis.
The representative., 1901-04-11
800 Reward 800.
Minneapolis

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall 8
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure is
the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being consti-
tutional disease. requires constitutional
treatment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation of the disease.
and giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors have
SO much faith in its curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials
Address F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The representative., 1901-04-11

The Kansas City Star the other day
said: "The highest price ever paid in
this or any other country for a Here
ford cow was paid this afternoon at the
pavilion for 'Clem' Graves cow Carna-
ton. After half an hour of exciting
bidding, during which the>price advanc-
ed at $10O jumps, she was bought by
Jesse c. Adams, of Moweaqua, Ills. for
$370O. The highest price ever paid be-
fore in the world for Hereford cow
was $3.50. Dolly V sold in Chicago a
year ago for this sum-.
The representative., 1901-04-11
"Rent and the Law of Rent


''Rent and the Law of Rent"
San Francisco, March 5, 1901.
Editor E. A. Twitchell.
Dear Sir: The law Of rent as agreed
| upon by all writer's on political economy
is that: The rent of lands is determined
by the excess Of it's produce over that
which the same application can secure
from the least productive land in use. "
Not being student of political econ
Omy, should class this whole paragraph
| under the heading Natural Law of Sc
lection" as it bears but an incidental
relation to the practical law of rent
which governs all our dealings with each
other.
1t more properly comes under the law
of natural selection, for the reason that
in everything as far as our judgement
and means will permit, it comes natural
to select the best, the next best, and so
Oh.
In selecting an agricultural, fruit or
stock farm our first object would be
to have it located as near good market
as our means would permit, knowing
at the same time that more fertile and
cheaper land could be obtained many
miles further away from city, town or
railroad facilities.
The same way in the selection of a
business site, we will get as near the
business center of the city, town or
on the county cross roads, as We possibly
can.
I'D what will be the controlling factor
in the few selections l have enumerated,
and of all others?
Why, the practical, everyday law of
you, sir, and all other practical business
men will at once recognize. It is: "All
rent, and the prices of all products, is
determined by the legal interest on
no individual nor class Of individuals
can offer successful resistance"
No theorizing in this, whether agree
able to us or not, the above quotation
truthfully depicts the actual conditions
under which we are living.
We see that the price we are willing
to pay for city or country property is
determined, mot by the excess of its
product over the least productive land
in use," but only by business considera-
ticns, will the returns from the money
l wish to invest in this property equal
the current rates of interest on the same
amount of money loaned?
The poor man who has neither money
or credit is apt to say this subject does
not interest or affect him. And the poor
farmer, struggling to make both ends
meet, ascribes his poverty and troubles
to other causes, and cannot understand
why the prevailing high rates of interest
The representative., 1901-04-11
Liberty or Death.
April 4, 1901.

have no desire to die natural death
while the oppression of private gold
| rests upon the people of my native land
would much rather die in the battle
front in the attempt to dethrofie this
monster tyrant. robber, posing as a
friend while by extortion, through de-
ception and lying, the people are i'm
poverished, and by the accursed system
of gold for bonds and bonds for gold
are deprived of life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness.
'Tis not in the power of men or party
to oppress and rob an enlightened. intel
ligent and educated people with the
aid of honest exchange money. The
| nation and the people are being lured
on to certain destruction by the decep-
tive power of gold. Like DEATH, the
destroyed Of human life and worldly
prospects, it is no respecter of persons,
it's victims are of all classes, ages and
sexes. To create dollar that deceives
and robs the toiling masses is vicious,
tyrannical (malun in SCI, bad within
itself, an evil in it's own nature.
When the people have no protection
of their rights and property in the dol
lar that exchanges their labor and pro-
ductions for the commerce of home and
foreign nations, they are wholly at the
mercy of commercial pirates. Thieves
and robbers.
There are but two things known to
of the law, one is death, the other is
money, and under the gold standard
bond and national banking system Of
this country today, $4,000 of our citi-
zens in ever 100000 are without money
| or property sufficient to meet the de-
mands of the laws of equity or justice
in their defense against the oppressive
power of gold.
When fully consider how the masses
are held within the grasp of this whole
sale destroyer of human happiness and
human life, l am forced to exclaim:
my God! have the people gone daft,
have they no longer realization of
what constitutes a free republic? Is
it to worship the golden god of plu
tocracy and die pauper?" God for
bid.
1t is not Christian to worship at the
shrine of any money, much more to al
low this robber dollar of the gold, bank
and bond combine to Unfortunately
demand and receive from you not only
worship, but sacrifice of all you have
or expect to have in this world save
death itself, and l am ready at any time
or place, to meet and defend the propo-
sition l here lay down: That the in
ternational Endorsement of the gold
standard for measuring all values by
our great so-called Christian nations is
the curse that is to bring about the
final destruction of our world.
Truly, right before our eyes, the
scriptures are now being fulfilled. The
people having eyes to see neither see
not; and having ears to hear with, they
hear not, else they would arise in their
might and take from the throne this op-
pressive tyrant that robs the masses to
enrich the few, making millions of toll
ers slaves to deceptive gold. An un-
equal exchange for their labor and pro-
ductions; a double-dealing dollar; a
The representative., 1901-04-11
W heat
Lands

There is more money
raising wheat at the present
time than you can dig. out
of the ground in Alaska.
The Great Northern Rail.
way has 100000 acres of
the choicest wheat lands in
the United States. These
lands are situated in the
Red River Valley of Min.
nesota, in Wilkins, Clay,
Norman, Polk, Marshall
and Kittson counties; they
will average about $1,000
per acre in price. For
maps and terms address
Land Commissioner, Great
Northern Railway, St.
Paul, Minn., or the Land
Agents named below;
George Purvls,
Crookston, Mimi.
G. n. Carey,
Breckenridge, MINI.
0. a. Robertson,
Campbell, Minn.
6. j. Wright,
Fergus Falls. MINI.
The representative., 1901-04-11
Virtue of Apples.

We have all heard that an "apple at
night starves the doctor outright" And
a plentiful fruit season affords us the op-
portunity of putting the prescription to
test. Apples contain a large amount
OF iron and other blood constituents, and
for this reason are valuable tonic
Detroit Free Press.
The representative., 1901-04-11

The Schultz Publishing Co. w-lte ID
that they have just issued . new edi-
ton of lgnatius Donnelly's great reform
story. Caesars Column" and that
the book in paper binding will retail
At rs cents, INSTEAD OF S5 cents as here
tofore. From the way orders are com.
ing in" writes Mr.. Schultz. the formsI
immense popularity Of the book seems
likely to revive. The Western News
Co. here alone has ordered $500 copies." :"
Address orders to the Missouri World.
Upon receipt of rs cents in stamps OF
liver the book will be sent postpai1s-s
Missouri World.
The representative., 1901-04-11

When the American armies were in
Cuba, the island was almost depleted of
cattle, vast number of the animals
having been killed for food. Now the
ranchmen and farmers are busy stock
ing up again and have made heavy
drafts on Florida, which as a conse-
quence has been about stripped of it's
better grades of cattle.
The representative., 1901-04-11

Whitney, the Standard OIL magnate,
and friend of the people, recently pur-
chased a fine thoroughbred stallion for
$4,000. The comrades will be glad to
learn of Bro. Whitney's good fortune in
securing the prize. The boys who buy
oil will take notice and quit grumbling
at the increased price Of that necessary
household article
The representative., 1901-04-11

In 1900 the Indian canoe was prac-
tically the only floating vehicle on the
great lakes, which hold one-third of all
the fresh water in the world. Today
the lake fleet numbers several thousand
steel steamers, with 7oQ, shipyards on the
shores of the lakes to ! add constantly to
the number
The representative., 1901-04-11

81 wish to tell you story l have just
heard" said SQuilldig to McSwillinger
You'll simply die of laughter"
"But / don't want to be tickled to
DEATH" objected the latter.-Pittsbure
ChrOnicle-Telegram.
The representative., 1901-04-11

Each year about 44,lOO,OOO bushels Of
wheat are grown jim Africa. Australia
stands at the. foot. of the great wheat
producing countries, being credited
with product of about $4,000, 900 bush
els year.
The representative., 1901-04-11

Poet Was Presidential E1ectOr.
John G. Whittier, the poet, of Massa-
chusetts, was one presidential electOr
who voted for Abraham Lincoln both in
1860 and 1864 Robert. P. King, of
Pennsylvania, was another.
The representative., 1901-04-11

Aired g. Vanderbilt's fee to Rev. Mr.
was $4,000. Rev. Mr.. Morgan, of New
Haven, who assisted at the services, re-
ceived $4,000.
The representative., 1901-04-11
atone for an occasional rash word" !"

atone for an occasional rash word"
A rash word-yes. and I would add,
an abuse even; for truth fearlessly
spoken generally gets the name of
"abuse; but as to slander-NEVER!
Ignatius Donnelly considered it far be-
low his dignity to resort to slander.
Again, would you, Mr.. Sem, inform
the readers of the Representative dur
ing what period it happened that that
paper was not run in the interest of the
industrial classes?
The late Ignatius Donnelly's great
and chief aim in life seemed to me to
have been to aid in bringing about a
government that would do the greatest
good to the greatest number; that
would make it possible for the indus
trial classes to live Independent and
contented-a ''paternal" government, If
you please For" as he used to say,
what else are governments for?'
But perhaps Mr.. Sem will plead that
he, by his advice, did not intend to
convey any such meaning as l have
drawn from it. To this l would reply
that it can have no other meaning, if
1t means anything at all. Otherwise
his advice would become wholly super
f1Ous and meaningless.
Yours respectfully,
A. P. ONSDORFF.
Parkers Prairie.
(Our Interpretation Of Mr. Senn's let
ter was very different from the con-
struction put upon it by Mr.. Onsdorff.
Criticism is often made without any in
tentiOn to censure. We understand
Mr. Sem to mean that, in his opinion
newspaper quarrels, or what is often
called offensive personalities, did not
tend to make any paper popular or
build up it's subscription list. To ex-
press 1t in another way, both parties
to a newspaper quarrel always get lick
ed and the papers subscription list pays
the freight.-Ed)
The representative., 1901-04-11

(To Be Continued.)
The representative., 1901-04-11

San Francisco, California.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-03-21
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
(BenSonS Plaster is Pains Mas,or J

In the days of wild cat money in the
West, the Ames shovels were used as cur
rency. They were as stable as gold: their
price did not vary cent in twenty wears.
The very name of Oliver Ames 81 Son. was
synonym for honesty. 1t was current all
over the world.
On the same principle Benson's Porous
PLASTER Is the universal standard external
remedy. 10 say it is good" plaster does
not describe it; it is the best possible plaster.
For every disease in which an external rem
edy is available, Benson's Plaster is used
almost as matter of course.
Benson's Plaster quickly relieves and
cures where other modes of treatment are
either exasperatingly slow or have no good
effect whatever. Coughs, colds, lumbago.
kidney trouble, rheumatism, lame back
etc, are at once benefited and soon cured.
Capsicum, Strengthening and Belladonna
plasters have none of the curative virtues
of Benson's. More than 5000 physicians
and druggists have commended Benson,s
Plaster as remedy in which the public
may have implicit confidence; while. in a
comparative test with other plasters. Ben
sons has received .ftty.1fce highest a,oords.
Beware of substitutes and cheap limitations.
For sale by all druggists or we will pre-
pay postage on any number ordered in the
United States on receipt of Csc. each.
seabury d johnson, Mfg. Chemists, NY.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-03-21

tons will be better appreciated when
it is stated that owing to these changes
of quantity supposed to be constant
an electric circuit does not vibrate in
accordance with the notifications of
the capacity. Thus circuit vbrdtes q
little slower at an elevation than when
at lower level. An oscillating sys-
TEN, as used in biography without
wires, yibrates d little quicker when
the ship gets into the harbor than
when on open sea. Such a circuit os-
cillates quicker in the winter than in
the summer, though it be at the same
temperature, and q trife quicker at
night than in daytime, particularly if
the sun is shining
Taking together the results of my
Investigations | find that this yaria-
ton of the capacity and consequently
of the vibration period is evidently de-
pendent, first, on the absolute height
above sea level, though in a small de-
gree; second, on the relative height of
the conducting surface or capacity
with respect to the bodies surrounding
it; third, on the distance of the earth
from the sun, and, fourth, on the rela-
tive change of the circuit with respect
to the sun caused by the diurnal rota-
ton of the earth. These facts may be
of particular interest to meteorologists
and astronomers, inasmuch as practi-
cal methods of inquiry may result from
these observations, which may be use
full in their respective fields. 1t is prob
able that we shall perfect instruments
for indicating the altitude of place
by means of circuit properly con-
structed and arranged. and l have
thought of number Of other uses to
which this principle may be put.
1T was in the course of inyestiga-
tons of this kind in Colorado that
first noted certain variations in cleo
trlcal systems arranged in peculiar
ways. These variations first discoy-
cred by calculating over the results
had previously noted, and it was only
subsequently that l actually perceived
them. 1t will thus be clear that some
who have ventured to attribute the
phenomena / have observed to ordi-
nary atmospheric disturbances have
made hasty conclusion"