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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-25

The Infs,ehRucsr's Position.
Our E neghbG across the way, the
Lexingta@ News, 10 It's issue Of this
week, UundG the editorial caption
Come = OutOf the 3rush, I" after read
ing the +, press Of the state at large a
curtain lecture for not opposing the
candidacy Of certaIn men for seats in
the MiSsSui epaEe, refers directly
TO the IIETELLeENC Ser.
Whites We always reserve the right
TO con0iua the ISrELLIGENcER TO
suit its editor and deny the right OF
interferRu@, eIther expressed or i'm.
piled, fr1rOm other sources, we have
not the rEemOtest OBJ ection TO Inform
ing the NNe@ thouEh the medium OF
the public ptut WIN ere the INTELLI-
aENcER stands on corporation To-
fringemeH OF upon tn e rights Of the
people Off this state We are not in
the habit { dDmlug out Of the brush
Tor the veeN good reason that the In
rELLleEN ECER is not m the habit OF
getting innto the brosh in meeting
questions Of public i import or party
concern.
But as t1Othe quest ion Of corpora-
tions;
|. We dheny the II ght Of corpora
lions to ins tertee with any branch Of
our state g government, exective, Judi.
or legi-lsatve, n ly 10 a legiti.
nate way.
2. We taah The pos ition that the
Influences oOi corrupt Hobbies at JET.
'rson City have beco me alarminply
manifest aund we do nc { condone the
Of thoOs democrats who have
ie!ded to the penic Ious workings
hereof for the reason that there is
much greSasr per cen cage Of repub-
guilty Of the same oaense.
3 We beH llNe 10 pur ! flying the par
y whenever ! nantes Is signs of i'm
urity, whiOchi 10 the pa st has been in
very Instance an Indi ~idual and not
general offffeua.
I. Along with the un auimous opin.
10 Of the no oue Of resentatives we
elieve that . The Hall bl II was a good
'eaSure; ve also be- ieve that il
lould have passed the senate. been (:
gOed by 1.-THE governor and nut in
'tive operau tion as NJ i ssouri law.
5. We belii iee ia the ! ustice of pub.
men being g cMfronte q with their :
recorodsa and that State Sena. :
Norton "a, Whaley. Orchard and !
arrls erred in Opposin & that bill:
T which ofiTfcn@ we W ould support :
either of th1em we're " located in :
$ senatorial district. J
We believs-e IN the sou nd Judgment I
ID integritzy Of the M asses Of the ]
mocracy i'm the respec live districts :
these men aOd under che theory Of
'al self gov vennent prefer to leave
to these peo.ope to ettI e with their !
wants If > they have been found
lnting whern weighed i'm the balance
official depoo rtmeut
We trust tithI we ha We made the :
TELLIeENcI;E Rs pmlti O ~ sufficiently
ar to our neegbbOr aero SIS the way.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-25
ConaressIonal Candldate.

Congressional Candidate.
Under the proper heading at the
top Of the first column Of the
editorial page Of this weeks INTEL
LIeENcER win be found the announce
ment Of the Hon. James Cooney, Of
county, as a candidate for con-
greSs in this district.
Mr.. Cooney was elected 20 congress
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-25

Gone Hone.-Msior john N. Ed
wards, who had a leg broken some
since, though not well, was enabled to
resume business.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-25

NapOleon.-POsImaslers and others
will please take notice that the name
Lisbon" has been dropped from this
place, and that ii will hereafter be
called simply Napoleon. We are glad
Of it. Halt the time we did not know
how to speak Of the place.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-25

Educational -Enghsh. Mathematical
snd Classical School, Lexington, Mo.
Elisha Melton, A. NJ, principal. The
next hslf session Of this school CON-
mences 90 Monday. February l, 1869.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-25

Az Outrage.-On Tuesday evening
last, between eight and nine O'Clock.
the house OF Mr.. Ahrens, on Franklin
street, was assaulted by some secret
enemy tor an unknown cause. The
perpetrator Of the foul deed amused
himself by dashlng a stone, weighing
about two pounds, through a window
into the room where the family we're
gathered. Mr.. Ahrens had at the
time his little child in his arms. who
mad been very III Tor a few days, and
was walking up and down the room.
passing the window at intervals.
Luckily the stone did no damage TO the
occupants OF the room, passing near
the sick child's head and striking nm
the opposite wall. The child wonld
have been killed instantly II the dashed
had come a moment sooner. Mr..
Ahrens proceeded ont OF the house AZ
100 as possible and discovered a well.
known and pretended friend whom he
followed unnotiued IN different aud
unusual directions, until the man 90,
round to his place, the writer seeing
him enter the house. This should
serve to warn all persons to beware Of
such unmitigated scoundrels who sneak
a0Ont after night and attempt to iujure
.'noifensive and law abiding citizens BY
such dsslardly and cowardly acts AZ
the above. Persons having such
friends should keep their blinds open
the evening.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-25

Tri-weekly Mall.-we are glad to
learn that a ~tri-weekly mail has been
established from Napoleon, in this
county, to independence that must
prove OF great service and convenience
to the people along its line. The mail
will leave Napoleon every Wednesday,
Friday aud Sunday.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-25

ASsouN nsSrs

We are authorized TO announce the
HON. C. W. HAMLIN.
OF 1reenecounty, as a candidate for C-,nrress
~ tne seventh Missouri district, subjt Ct Ia
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-25

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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-25

We are authorized to announce the
HON. JAMES CooNEY.
OF Saline county, Us a candidate for Congress
" tne seventh Missouri district, subject to
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-25

PERSONAL letter from B. C.
Young states that he will be 10 Mis-
souri, in a few days.
Messrs. Ford, Waddell and Russell,
of the L. q St. L. railroad are In St.
Louis on business of the road.
We noticed ous old friend, John 8.
Porter, OF Kansas City, on our streets
a few days ago. He walked from the
Junction on account of the bad roads.
Weather, River, Leon the 22d
January our office windows were up,
so mild was the weather. This sufi-
ciently indicates the mildness of the
winter, so far a very temperate one
The river, though low, could be
navigated if boatmen we're not afraid
Of being caught from home by foul
weather. Several lines of packet boats
will enter the river immediately on the
opening OF trade.
The prospect for a large gathering
ice is by no means promising. Only
me house filed from the December
'reeze, and that not a beginning Of
What will be needed. We usually
ice from the lst 10 the goth OF
but it may come in good
yet. Who can tellp
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14

ed toward it. When this is done and a
sharp command given. the dog barks
at short intervals until it perceives
that the demand is satisfied.
Mr.. Clason defeats this theory by as
surfing the doubters that Bozzie will act
perfectly in the dark and at such a
distance from him that the ordinary
conception of the senses will not admit
of their being keen enough to detect
his attitude.
The club will devote another day to
a study of the educational principles
involved in the dogs training. If the
real secret is discovered they believe
they win have found the most impor-
tant pedagogic principle recently made
known
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14

for years with dyspepsia. Everything
he ate seemed to, sour and create gases
in the stomach. He had pains like
rheumatism in the back, shoulder
blades and limbs, fullness and distress
after eating, poor appetite and loss of
flesh; the heart became effected, caus-
ing palpitation and sleepleSsness at
night.
Il gave him powerful nerve tonics
and blood remedies, but to no purpose.
AS an experiment l finally bought a
50-cent package of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets at a drug store and gave them
to him. Almost immediate relief was
given. and after he had used four
boxes he was to all appearances fully
cured
There was no more acidity or sour,
watery risings, no bloating after meals.
the appetite was vigorous and he has
gained between 10 and y pounds in
weight of solid. healthy flesh.
Although Stuart's. Dyspepsia Tab
let's are advertised and sold on drug
stores, vet l consider them a most
valuable addition to any physicians
line of remedies as they are perfectly
harmless and can be. given to children
or invalids or in any condition of the
stomach with perfect safety, being
harmless and containing nothing but
fruit and vegetable essences, pure pep
sin and Golden Seal.
Without any question they are the
safest, most effective cure for indi-
gestion, biliousness, constipation and
all arrangements of the stomach, how
ever slight or severe
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14

such as an old man getting a young
wife" Another word means ito beg
deliriously for fish hooks "UnweI-
come" is given, such as visiting
party that is accompanied by neither
handsome man nor pretty maid"
The definition of widow" or widow
err is synonymous with detached shell
fish
There are also definitions that show
considerable thought and irony.
"Neanness," for instance, can go no
further than ITO climb out on your
own breadfruit tree to steal your
neighbours breadfruit." Faapuatama,
like trumpet blown by wild lads
blown anyhow and at all times: so
conduct without considerat ton. Propo-
ga, to look owl-eyed, as a person star
ing when food or property is being di-
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14
Talk About Its Renovation for the
Forthcoming Ceremonies.


From the London Chronicle.
Some speculation exists as to the
renovation of the coronation chair. Be-
fore the coronation of Queen Victoria
there was an expressed wish that this
chair should be restored to something
like its pristine beauty, and hope again
prevails that the present year may
see something done. In the jubilee year
the modern lions were freshly gilt,
but much more might be done for the
coronation. This chair has suffered so
much from mutilation that one wishes
Edward L had carried out his original
idea and made it of bronze. 1t is i'm
have been able to carve on it the le-
gend, Abbott slept in this chair July,
1900"
81 For many coronations it has been the
custom to cover the chair with a cloth
of gold, but ancient drawings and the
remains of its fine work show that at
one time it required no such clothing
Its excellent workmanship is a credit
to Walter of Durham, who finished it
in 1901, and was paid, according to the
wardrobe accounts of Edward 1, 100
shillings for its manufacture, with a
further sum of 13s Adj. for carrying,
painting and gliding the leopards. A
little later Master Walter" was paid
Ell 19s. I'd. for making a "step at the
foot of the new chair, in which is the
stone from Scotland, in pursuance of
the order of the King" The present
step, like the lions; is modern.
-Freddy's Wit-Reginald-" is
the correct thing in dogs these days,
l. I<~rv
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14

"Reminiscences of Robert Louis Steven
son in the Century,
The native dictionary is interesting
in the light its casts upon the Samoan
character. find IAN impossibility,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14

IN. 7 y IUCIIE5
River Report-The hight of the Sa-
Vannah. river at Augusta, at a. m,
Goth meridian time) yesterday, was
ll.9 feet, a fall of 04 foot during the
preceding twenty-four hours.
observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time. March 10, 1902, o. M,
18th meridian time.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14

-Mother-You must remember.
Emmeline. that fine feathers don't
make fine bird.
Daughter-True, mamma; but they
dc make awfully pretty hats.-Tit-
Bits.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14

-Insuperable Objectionable: whats
the sense in playing ping pong? You
don't have to wear any special costume
to play it inn'-Chicago Daily News.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14
INTENSE SUFFERING
From Dyspepsia and stomach
Trouble.
Instantly Relieved and Permanent.
Iy Cured by Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets.

A New Discovery, But Not a Patent
Medicine.
DIR. Redwell relates an interesting ac-
count of what he considers a remark
able case of acute stomach trouble
and chronic dyspepsia by the use of
the new discovery, Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets.
He says; The patient was a man
who had suffered, to my knowledge,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14

A New Conception.-"Now. John
n.y." said the teacher of civil govern
ment, you may tell me who presides
over the Senate" Frenzied Chorus
Ode referee, mum."-Baltimore News.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14

-Jumps-There goes Miss Languish
with a prayer book. l suppose she's
been praying for a man.
Miss Primun-Wen. they all need 1t
bad enough.-Chicago Daily News.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14
The WEATHER.
M News Thermometel

Morning News Thermometer at
D. m. --.---..ss-e-. -..---s .--.-... %
Morning News Barometer at II p.
m. .-..--.. .-..-.s. ..,...........z5.SZ
Forecast for Friday and Saturday
Georgia. Western Florida and South
Carolina: Fair Friday and Saturday;
variable winds.
Eastern Florida: Fair Friday and
Saturday; fresh winds; mostly south.
Yesterdays Weather at SaYannah-
Maximum temperature 4 p.
m. 80. ................. "A degrees
Minimum temperature 6 a.
IN. 80. ................. 81 degrees
Mean temperature ........ IS degrees
Normal temperature ...... 50 degrees
Excess of temperature " 9 degrees
Accumulated excess since
March l -............ Is degrees
Accumulated deficiency
since Jan. l. .............215 degrees
Rainfall 1890. ........... OF inch
Normal .................. .13 inch
Deficiency since March l.. 81 inch
Deficiency since Jan l. "A 66 inches
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14

vided. Good brown earth describes
an honest. unpretending man. 10
show how difficult the language is for
the stranger, L may say that the NJ
tie word ia means l, we TWO ~
beat with a stick, to play on a mus
cal instrument. to reprove. to tattoo
to open a vein, to bail a cannon 70
wash clothing by beating, and to turn
a somersault
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14

-Manifestly Wrong Yes s'iu
the head of the firm, Miss Addie Is d
good bookkeeper but she makes some
dueer mistakes what. for IN
stance?" asked the silent par NJ ~.
WELL she enters our messenger Do ~
wages under the head of running 60
penses. philadelphia Press.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14
THE CORONATION CHAIR.

H. B. Boyer,
Local Forecast Official.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-14

-Freddy's Wit-Reginald-" is
the correct thing in dogs these days,
deah boy?" Freddy-"Dog biscuit, of
course. "-Chicago Daily News.
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in diameter, strengthened with massive
steel webs both vertically and horizontally,
which divide ii into compartments.
This shield forms a solid bulkhead across
the face Of the tunnel. Its front or outer
edge, which presses against the clay silt
which is to be removed has sharp edges for
penetrating the silt. In the inner surface fac
ing the completed tunnel are steel doors for
evacuating the silt removed. The work.
men are in the tunnel facing these doors.
The whole machine weighs twenty-five
tons.
When a new piece OF tunnel Ia to be cut
a number OF hydraulic jacks are put in
place around the edge Of the shield. The
doors in the compartments are opened
and the power Is turned on.
The jacks push the shield slowly forward,
As it a. vances the silt It displaces is squeezed
through the open doors In the diaphragm,
falling into small iron cars below. Thss,
are pulled back to the shaft on the Je sey
side. hauled TO the surface and dumped
The pressure exerted on the shield is
enormous. The power comes from hy-
draulic engines at the top Of the shaft on
the Jersey side. passing through athree-
quarterback pipe to valves in the jacks
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With sixty feet Of water above them
and but a steel film and ten feet or 10 oil
mud between. q little group Of human
ants Is toiling day after day. scoopng
out beneath the North River the path oil
the new trolley tunnel from Jersey to New
York. Within a few feet OF them ocean
steamers are passing.
For twenty-eight years men have been
trying to dig that tunnel. One set has
been baffied and given 1t up. only TO have
its work taken up where II left on
by another set. And now the tunnel Is
more than three-fourths completed. and 1t
In promised that the cars shall he running
through IL in eighteen months from now.
OF all the treacherous grounds for
tunnel, the worst is that beneath the North
River. xty feet Of water above, and
below that two hundred feet Of clay silt;
less than half way between the shores
ledge Of hard granite rock which does
not reach to the surface Of the silt stratum,
and beyond that more silt and spongy
earth--no worse situation for tunnel dig
gers could be devised.
Twelve years ago a celebrated English
engineer wrote piece in one OF his books
about the then abandoned tunnel. 1t
vas written just after an English syndi-
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but its projectors had counted on that.
1t will also delay the work little. but the
whole ledge Is not more than 600 feet through
81 the tunnel line. ana, once it Is passed
1t will he straight silt cutting again till the
New York end OF the old tunnel shaft Is
reached.
RAPID WORK IT II,
Though the work is being done under
the most difficult conditions ever known
In tunnel building, 40 much improvement
has been made in the last ten years in the
machines used for such work that double
the quantity OF tunnel has been constructed
each day that was cut by the old company
The hydraulic power applied to the shield
now in use can exert the enormous pressure
Of 5000 pounds to the square inch.
1t was with far different appliances that
the old tunnel builders worked and failed
Had they had the appliances in use now
and the financial backing these new tunnel
builders have. folks would have been trav-
cling under the North River ten year. . 60.
BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT.
1t was way back in 1874 that beginning
on the tunnel was made. Ever since old
New York city began to overgrow the
restricted area Of Manhattan Island CAPT.
talists have realized that the corporation
which could build and control a railroad
tunnel under the river either to New Jersey
or the open country Of Long Island would
make fortunes for its stockholders. Not
30 much was known about tunnel digging
in those days as has been learned since
and the beginners started confidently
enough.
A company was formed and obtained
a franchise to build the tunnel 1t was this
company that chose the route starting
near the foot Of Fifteenth street. Jersey
City. where now are the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad yards, and
emerging on this side At a point near the
foot OF Morton street. between the Anchor
and French line piers.
A shaft was sunk at the Jersey starting
point to depth Of 90 feet and from the base
the twin tunnels projected wire start,d
The plan was then to work without shield,
The tunnel was to be built by men working
In a compressed air chamber In which the
pressure would help to keep back the water
and support the loose silt while the frame
work Of che tunnel was put in.
This was on the lines still in use-a series
OF iron rings, ~ feet wide, to be built out
in segments as the excavation proceeded
The upper segments were pushed on in
advance Of the lower ones. thus forming a
hood on the face OF the excavations. Then
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the shifts have to be shortened accord

the shifts have to be shortened accord
ingly.
The shifts In the trolley tunnel are regu-
lated by the varying conditions under
which the work Is done, but are never
longer than eight hours and usually are
not more than four. The men work shorter
hours and get better pay than the ordinary
workers, But they have TO pass q physical
examination before being accepted, the
examination being especially to ascertain
that their hearts are not weak.
II they are healthy and will agree to obey
a stringent rule Of the company, forbidding
them to drink Intoxicating liquors Of any
kind. they are accepted. This rule 10 for
their own good Physicians have dis
covered that 1t is unsafe for any one ad-
dicted to the use OF intoxicsnts TO work
in the compressed air.
The first time the workman enters the
air lock he experiences curious sensations.
A mighty roaring sounds In his earn when
the pressure u turned on and this roaring
becomes louder and louder a. the pressure
10 increased till he becomes used 70 the
new conditions.
He Is not kept In the air chamber longer
than four hours for the first time, but after
a while he can stand an eight-hour shift
under moderate pressure without incon-
vehience.
For all that he must be careful about COM
ing out in too great hurry into normal
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the pressure within. An air gauge on the
door shows what the pressure IL.
As II rises to the limit ia which he has
been working. the mans rigid limbs relax
and his paine subside.
After a while the pressure 10 gradually
reduced, a physician meanwhile watching
the man carefully, and he can soon be taken
into the outer air again. But he may feel
the effects Of the attack for weeks.
WORK NOW AT THE CRITICAL STAGE
The tunnel has now reached its lowest
point, i02 feet below mean high water
line on the North River. and only twelve
feet Of mud separates ID from the river
bottom. Bedrock Is only eight feet below
tho tunnel Since its present promoters
took hold they have built $40 feet
1t has also reached It's most critical point.
for 1t has struck the ledge OF rock In the
silt which the preliminary borings Of the
engineers disclosed about four hundred
feet from the pierhead line on this side.
From now on blasting has to be done
In advance Of the shield.
This blasting has to be done with the
greatest care. because unfortunately. the
rock does not always extend above the
top line Of the tunnel. While on a level with
the floor Of the tube Is stratum Of hard
bluestone which explosives alone will
move at a proper rate. the upper crust Is
still the soft. treacherous silt which heavy