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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-13

EaIURDAY, JUNE 49, 1903.
Vel. 95. No. "a
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FOR sALE-PuRE LEAF roBAooO.

Besides the heavy war tax on store
tobacco, the internal trusts now tai
You to death. Now II you want to
smoke or chew pure leaf tobacco free
and untaxed and save your dimes
these hard times and help q brother
Populist who has dared much to de-
fend and propagate the immortal
principles Of the Peoples party, write
for price on leaf tobacco Of my own
raising. Address.
VIZ. L. PARKS.
Adams Tenn. Rural Route No. /
THE MESSENGER use no other to.
bacco and can vouch for its character
&c the highest.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-11
Rev. IrI R. Hicks 1908 Almanac.


To say that this splendid work Of
science and art is finer and better
than ever, is stating 1t mildly. The
demand for It IL far beyond ell previ-
ous years. To say that such results,
reaching through thirty years, are not
based on sound sense and usefulness.
ls an insult to the intelligence Of mill
lions. Prof. Hicks, through this great
almanac, and his famous family and
scientific journal, Word and Works,
is doing 3 work for the whole people,
not approached by any other man OF
publication. A fair test will prove
this to any reasonable person. Added
to the most luminous Course In as-
tronomy for 1908, forecasts Of storms
and weather are given, " never be-
fore, for every day IN the year, al
charmlngly illustrated with nearly
two hundred engravings. The price
Of single almanac, including postage
and mailing is thirty cents. Word
and Works, with the almanac is Ella
year. Write to Word and Works
Publishing Co., 2201 Locust street, st,
Louis, Mo-, and prove to yourself
their great value.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-11

best reasons in the world that the
people should want him to fll the
place. Unfortunately the rule is
that men best qualified for the
duties Of public life are not gener
ally aspirants for such iavors.
They are usually satisfied to
attend to their own business ai-
fairs and rather repel the idea Of
becoming candidates and tangling
up in a canvass for votes. The
aspiring politician, however, is
never modest, and often his gall
is much larger than either his
qualifications or his wOrthiness
for the place he aspires to ill.
This Office has no pets. It is
simply interested in seeing the
public service of the county and
state in the hands OF men it can.
didly believes will do their full
duty, and who as men merit the
distinction shown them. We be-
lieve it is the legitimate province
Of a newspaper to ascertain, il it
can, the very best men asking for
the suffrage Of its readers, and to
do everything legitimately in its
power to secure their selection.
AS there can be no politics In.
vOlved in the primaries this year,
since an election Is sure to follow
the nomination, 1t is not only i'm.
portant, but imperative that the
merits 81 the various applicants
for public favor, be fully discussed
before the primary. The next
four years will be an important
era in the history Of this state, and
every county In it. A mistake
made this year in the selection Of
any official will rebound to the
detriment Of every interest, not
only for the four years, but for a
much longer time In the future.
The people cannot be too careful
in their selection Of men into
whose hands they will entrust
their interests at this time. II
anything we can offer will save
any such q mistake, we shall be
amply repaid for the pains taken
and efforts put forth. 1t Is al.
ready time for the people to begin
carefully to compare the men who
are asking for their suffrage for
every Office. If none are offering
whom it is honestly believed will
subserve the best interests in any
particular position, look around a
little and see il you can't find
some one you would prefer and
prevail on him to enter the race.
Politics, or rather the selection Of
your public servants, is very i'm
portant business. See to it as you
would to any other. 1t will pay
in the long run. Offices were not
created to give jobs to those who
are looking for the salary, but to
transact your public service.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-11

If your watch needs doctoring, or
your clock is dyspeptic, bring it, send
It or railroad it in and let us cure it for
you. That is our business. MAIER's
JEwELRY STORE,
Aberdene, Mics.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-11


artists as the accidental President
cannot stay the tide nor alter the
fixed principles upon which this
great section is firmly anchored.
A prominent Boston divine says
that If anybody will take charge of
all the poverty and crime which
results from drunkenness that he
win guarantee to have his church
take charge and alone care for all
the rest Of the poverty, crime and
want in his city.
King Edward, who had such a
tough time of it keeping well
enough, or sober enough, to be
crowned, is now reported In good
health and good spirits. It is
healthiul to a man, be he king or
pOtentate, sometimes to change his
brand OF spirits.
The Vicksburg Herald losses
this sweet smelling bOquet at the
instigatOrs OF the IndianOla sensa-
ton: "Of all the evil and cor.
rupting Southern Republican ar
rangemeAts, this Roosevelt, Will
sOn-LOnRinO political hybridiza-
ton is the most purifying aud
nsuseating."
One candidate for Office in Mis-
sissippi has announced his retire
ment on the ground that business
prevents him from running. The
gentleman must have jumped into
the ring without due cOnsidera.
tiOn; most candidates are not dis
ressed with a press OF other bust
mess interests. Running for Office
is their business.
The demand for q coal oil
inspector in the state seems to be
taking on momentum and will prob
ably be provided for by the next
Legislature as a hope to compel the
people who are sending us skim
mings from the worst oil ever Of
iered the public for lighting may
be forced to give US a better arti-
Gle. Those who claim to have q
taste that cannot be deceived, also
suggest that the same officer might
be empowered to inspect some Of
the red liquor which is sent into
the state and sold as the real
thing.
The purchase Of BeauvOir, the
historic home of Jefferson Davis,
has been purchased by the Missis.
sippi division Of the Sons Of Con.
federate Veterans to be used as q
Confederate Home. The papers
we're all passed at Jackson on the
Bird Of this month, and possession
will be delivered to the Sons at
once. The price paid was &c.
900, Of which eight thousand was
paid in cash, the remaining %, 900
to be met later. 1t will make not
only q historic but a model home
for the old boys who wore the
gray, when they have no other
shelter, and will be maintained in
the best of order.
While DR.. Parkhurst, the New
York preacher, who has been con-
Quoting curious maidens and in
quistiVe women through the red
light districts of his wicked city
nights for these many years, con-
fined his efforts to reform those
whose sins be understood and
could point out plainly, there may
have been some consistency in his
position, and like the medicine
given to the patient on the theory
that it could do no harm, though
it might de no good, the old mans
labOrs were not obnoxious to any
body. But now the old man imag-
ines that he is called upon to ad-
Just or re-adiust the social cOndi-
tiOns Of the South, and from his
utterance it is evident that he is
plunging around in waters with
which he is wholly unscquainted.
If the doctor win come South and
-s-~Io nth kha rao1 khfnO for q
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03
Cedars Of Lebanon.

There are about 400 of the cedars of
Lebanon left. High upon the rocky
slopes Hadrlan s~culptured his imperial
anathema against all who should cut
these sacred trees. The Msronite peas
ants almost worship them, and call
them the s'Cedars of the Lord,' and a
recent governor of the Lebanon has sur
rounded them by a great wall, so that
the young shods may not be injured by
rowing animals. Yet century by CEN
Jury, stheir number grows less. But it
the Gedars are few in number, these few
are of royal blood. They are not the
largest Of trees, though some Of the
trunks measure over forty feet around.
Their beauty lies in the wide-spreading
limbs, which often cover a circle two
or three hundred feet IN circumference.
Some are tall and symmetrical, with
beautiful horizontal branches; others
are gnarled and knotted. with inviting
seats in the great forks, and charming
beds on the thick foliage of the swing
ing boughs.
The wood has a sweet odor, is very
hard and seldom decays. The vitality
of the cedar is remarkable. A dead
tree is never seen, except where light
ming or the ak has been at work. Often
a great bough Of lone tree has grown into
a nelghbor, and the two are so bound
together that 1t is impossible to say
which is the parent trunk. Perhaps the
unusual strength and vitality of the
cedars are due to their slow growth.
When q little sprout, hardly waist high
is said to be ten or fifteen or twenty
years old one annot help asking.
What must be the age Of the great pa
triarchs of the grove? 1t is hard to tell
exactly. By the aid ola microscope
l have counted more than 700 rings on
a bough only thirty inches in diameter.
Those who have studied the nat er
more deeply think that some of these
must be more then a thousand years
old. Indeed, there is nothing widely
improbable in the thought that per.
haps the Guardian, for instance, may
have been a young tree when Hiram
began cutting for the temple at Jeru.
salem.-Scribner's
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03
LoNGFELLOw'S PERSONALITY.
Is Reflected in Nearly Everything
Written About Him.

AANN AASO0N $1,000
In the matter of early infu-
ences, says NJ. A. DeWOlfe Howe,
in the Atlantic, Longfellow stood
somewhat apart from the rest Of
the Boston writer's, for Portland
and BowdOin college took the
more familiar places of Boston
and Harvard. But then came the
period of study and travel in Eu.
rope, for which Bancroft and Ev-
erett had set an example increas-
ingly followed, and after that
LOngfellOw, though living in Cam
bridge, became especially when
his second marriage allied him
closely to Boston society, an hab-
itual figure therein. His journals
tell the story of this constant In
tercourse with the best represen-
tatives Of fashionable life in the
little Boston world, at dinners, at
Nahant, to which his witty broth
er-in-law, T. G.. Appleton, gave the
enduring name of "cold roast Bos-
ton" even at the dancing assem-
blies in the hall of the Papantis,
deserted only in recent years by
the arbiters of local fashion. In
his own historic house at Cam
bridge heenjoyed all the pleasures
of hospitality, and the frequent
entries Of the names of guests,
native and foreign, present a pan
Drama of uncommon variety and
interest. The benignant light
which LOngfellOw's personality
threw upon all his surroundings
Is reflected in nearly everything
that has been written about him.
The personality and the work he
did are so in harmony that MI. w.
j. Stillman's definition of his ma.
ture as "the most exquisitely re-
fined and gentle" he ever knew
brings to mind the double picture
of the man and his writings
characteristic, the one and the
other, of "the world of there and
then"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03
CURES WINTER U

j. E. Cover. 1O1 N. Main ST., Otta-
wa, KAN, writes: Livery fall 1t has
been my wlte's trouble 10 catch a Sc
we're cold, and therefore q cough all
winter long. Last fall l got for her a
bottle of Horehound Syrup. She used
IT and has been able to sleep soundly
all night long Whenever the cough
troubles her, two or three doses stops
the cough, and she is able to be up and
WE'LL" 25c, SOC, 81 90. Sold by
C~renshaw & Young. 10-3ml
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03
Grown in California.

One Of California's vegetable
wonders is a tomato vine that
stretches more than 20 feet and is
still growing. 1t sprang up volun-
tarily in the front garden of 4
house in Los Angeles, and now it's
two great arms reach half way
round the house, having spread
over So feet in either direction.
Laid on the ground, the slender
sinews of this remarkable octopus
would measure 70 feet, and its
side shoots and their many glossy
branches would cover half dozen
square yards.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03
Proverbs Up to Date.

L.de v. Matthewman IN ~Everybody's Mag
azine for october,
1t takes a big man to eat crow grace
fully.
Modesty is not so easily shocked as
prudery.
The more kno wing a man Is, the
less he knows.
A woman's train Of thought is often
on her dress.
Sometimes a comedians divorce Is
his first serious part.
Marriage is seldom a failure when
Cupid furnishes the capital.
Marrying for money is more a mat
ter Of dollars than of sense
Many a woman employs a private
detective when she looks IN her mirror,
1t is not considered to a mans cred
It to merit success If he doesn't obtain
it.
The heather in his blindness uses 8
club; the civilized Christian a repeat
lbg-rife.
We shouldn't mind woman having
the last word IL she'd only got to il
sooner.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03
PTeNY RACES.
ozes Dwslt in Europe But Nov Only
In Central Africa.

A German scientist, G. Thilen-
ius, has recently brought out some
interesting conclusions in regard
to the pigmy race, of which some
specimens are still met with in
the central part of Africa. 1t is
probable that the pigmy races
have existed also in Europe,
at least some parts of it. This
conclusion is arrived at from the
examination of numerous skele-
tons which have been found in the
region of Breslau in Silesia. These
skeletons are in a rather bad con-
dition, but it is possible to form
a good idea of the height of the in
dividuals which must have exist
ed 1000 years ago. Their height
is considerably below the ordinary
average, being about four feet,
nine inches, which represents the
mean figure of a whole group OF
skeletons. Similar remains have
been found in other parts of Eu-
rope, not far from the above re-
gion; thus HOLMAN, of Bale, de-
scribes the remains of pigmies
which have been found in Swift
zerland. In this case the average
height reaches as low as four feet
six inches. Gutmann has also de-
scribed the pigmy remains which
we're found in Lower Alsace, near
Colmar. These are still smaller,
and the height of many of the
specimens is but four feet. The
pigmy race must be considered as
composed of well-fOrmed speci-
mems and not in any way degen-
crate or pathologic. They seem to
have persisted in Europe until a
comparatively recent epoch. The
pigmies of Silesia appear to have
been the contemporaries of the
Romans and slave races and to
have existed until the year 1000
A. d.. At present no specimens
are to be found in Europe, and it
is only in the central region Of
Africa that the pigmies are still
to be seen.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03

Died, rear Odessa, September IA,
1908, Fiber, son OF Mr. aud Mrs. Dave
Downs, aged , years.
Sweet Springs is to have a street
fair October 8. 9. and 10. Catalogues
snd posters are in circulation making
the announcements.
1888 students have enrolled in the
State University since last June. SO
of these were in The summer school,
leaving 1923 now in attendance.
Judge B. D. Weedin and daughter,
Miss Katie, left for Peculiar, Mo,
Tuesday morning to attend a meet
ing Of the Presbytery. Judge Weedin
is a delegate from the Lexington
congregation.
Arthur Billiard, wife and two
children, who have been visiting the
family Of Mrs. Billiards. parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Tribble, returned to
their home 10 Richmond Monday
morning.
The following relatives came here
to attend the funeral of Dennis Gavin:
Mrs John Hearson and Mrs. Bernard
Donnely, of Kansas City, James
Hearson, of Independence, aud Mrs
Thomas Hearson and Miss Maggie, of
Sheffield, Mo.
Francis j. Plym, Of Kansas City,
was here Monday comforting With the
building committee of the Baptist
church. He will proceed at once to
draw up plans and specifications. 1t
will take two weeks to do this. Then
the contract will be let and the
interior work will be be begun as soon
as possible.
Miss Lavin1a Warren came up from
Higginsville Tuesday morning tt
spend the day with her sister, Mrs
Clarence Vivion. Wiss Warner
left here Wednesday morning TO.
Bloomington Ind, where she will
establish an art studio.
Maurice Hicklin left Monday morn
ing wei the Wabash for Columbia
where he will enter the State Univer
sity. 1t is his expectation to take tn.
full classical course. He graduates
from the High school in June in tn
| Latin-scientiic course. He was on
: of the best students in the HigI
school and his career at the Uni vel
slty will be watched with interest b
| his Lexington friends.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03
Special Carnival Attraction for
Kansas City.

The most important feature Of Kan
sas Cily's carnival week October 9th
to 1Oth) Will be the presentation at The
Willis Wood theatre OF Klaw &
E~rlauger's %stupendous production of
General Lew Wallace's great play,
"Ben Hur," IN which over three bun
dred and fifty people take part. No
better selection could have been made
by the management for this great gala
event. ''Ben Hurn is the most sue.
c~essful, powerful and realistic stage
narrative dealing with the times of the
Messiah that has ever been offered the
American public. 1t has all the ele-
ments of love making, comedy, beau.
tiful ~tsbleaux, exciting scenes, aud
marvellous mechanical effects, like the
great chariot race in which eight horses
take part, that has compelled attention
from all classes.
"Ben Hur'' was presented in Kansas
City last season for two weeks, and at
every performance hundreds we're
turned away unable to find as much as
even standing room. 1t will be we'll,
therefore, for those who intend visit
Ing Kansas City to see the carnival and
witnessing the performance of "Ben
Hur" to secure their seats well in
advance. II is a very easy matter for
one to ecure desirable seats if they
will address o. d. Woodward, Manager
Of the Willis Wood Theatre, Kansas
City, Mo. State the performance
seats are desired for, and what priced
tickets, enclosing an express or posta.
order in payment for same and a self
addressed stamped envelope for thu
return of the tickets. 1t is a part o
Mr.. Woodward's policy at the Will.
Wood, to favor out of town theatr,
goers, and Re promises prompt atten
ton to all requests through the maj
for "Ben Hur" seats. Mail order
will be taken care in the order receiv
ed, so the quicker the requests ar
sent in the better the seats will be
The sale OF seats mmence o.
October 1st.
The scale of reserved seat prices 70
''Ben Hur'' are as follows: The entir
lower floor is 50 90; the first three row
of the balcony $3.50, balance 81 90.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03

From an exhaustive investigation of
the chemistry of soils, which the ogri-
cultural departments soil bureau has
just finished, the conclusion is reached
that the fertility of soil is due to ply
steal causes which control the supply
OF water to the plsrt rather than 10
chemical action. Thus the chemical
examination of soil, which agricultu-
raj chemists have made much of, are
virtually discred'ted. The results in.
dieate that practically all soils have
sufficient available plant food for nor
NAL crop yields, constantly maintained
by annual dissolution Of the soil grain.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03
Missouri WinTen Her Own STONY.

Missouri will tell her own story in a
100000 volume to be issued by the
Missouri Worlds FAIR Commission
under the editorship Of Walter Will
Jams. This coGntry will receive a
special chapter describing Its advau
tages Tor home and investment. The
volume will be illustrated with engray-
ings from photographs taken express
" for it.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03

WANTED-Several persons of char
acter and good reputation in each state
Zone in this county requlred)t to repres-
ent and advertise old established veal
thy business house Of solid financial
standing. Salary s21.OO weekly with
expenses additional, all payable in cash
direct every Wednesday from head
Offices. Horse and carriage furnished
when necessary. References. Enclose
sell -addressed envelope. Colonial, SS2
Dearborn ST., Chicago.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03
No Folk Club Formed.

osceola Democrat.
Dispatches to the st Louis Repub-
lie stated that a ''strong and entbusia-
site Folk club Of POI members" vas
organized at tho speech of Congress-
man Vandiver in Osceola last Saturday.
II any'Folk club was organiz'd it Is
not known. No one heard of such au
aft tir Forty persons listened 10 the
speech ot Mr.. Yandiver, half OF "t"n'
were Republicans, and at the end of his
remarks he hasteded to the depot in
order to catch the train for home.
Possibly a clab may be organized later
but none has yet elected officers or adj
opted bylaws or regulations.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03
Missouri Fruit for the Worlds Fail

The horticultural department of The
State University has over three hun
bred jars of Missouri fruit for the
Worlds Far, and still has a man in
the field collecting others. An effort
will be made to secure every fruit
grown in the state.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03
New Pacing Record.

Prince Alert lowered the worlds pac.
ing record at the Empire track, behind
a wind shield sulkey, two seconds.
The records for the past ten years have
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-03
Indian Territory Lands.

Farms for rent at nominal yearly
rentals. Missouri and Kansas tenants
paying u all they make should lnves-
tigate these new fertile lands in a cli-
mate where cattle and hogs may be
raised at one-third their cost north of
this favored country. Prices better,
crops as bountiful. The future farm
ing Gluntry OF the world. Now and
later these farms may be purchased at
reasonable prices. Investigate.
MUsKoGEE INVESTMENT COMPANY,
No. 1903 Commerce Building, Kansas
City, Mo. 1852