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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-11-14
SEA cow IN AQUARIUM
Takes Kindly to Eel Grass-Eats
About a Bushel a Day.


The aquarium's sea COW, S
feet long and 500 pounds in
weight, which arrived from Flori-
da in New York only ten days ago,
has already become tame enough
to take food from the hand. Itdid
that in fact, says the Sun, before
it had been here a week.
At first it was expected to feed
the sea COW for a time at least on
lettuce, but it did not take kindly
to that and sea grasses were sub.
stituted, of which it eats freely,
consuming altogether about a
bushel a day, including eel grass
and certain grasses, such as are
found in brackish waters.
The sea cows preference in the
way of food is not without its ad-
vantages to the city. 1t will be
cheaper to board an animal of
such capacity and with such an
appetite on eelgrass than it would
be to supply it with lettuce.
The sea COW excites great curl
Osity, especially among children,
many of whom want to know if it
gives milk. In answer to this
question the other day one proud
father told his little girl that the
sea cow did give milk all right, but
that livingin the water as it did he
guessed it's milk must be pretty
well watered. Children who look
at the animal ask where are the
sea cows horns, and one boy of
larger growth said he guessed this
must be only a sea calf, because it
hadn't got any horns yet.
Meanwhile the ponderous crea-
ture propels itself placidly about
the pool, gathering in the eel grass
thrown to it, as it floats on the wa
ter's surface, taking in the big
lunches first, and then swimming
about the pool and cleaning up the
scattered blades.
Much like a great seal in it's
general appearance, and with only
two hippers instead of four and
having a tail such as a gigantic
beaver might have, the manatee,
or sea COW, is a novelty at the
aquarium and an attraction to the
many visitors.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-11-14
Tree Dwellers on Show.

There will be houses in the tops
Of trees at the st. Louis exhibition
next summer. They are intended
for a tribe Of Filipinos, who are to
live in st. Louis just as they do in
the island Of Luzon. Houses Of the
type which Robinson Crusoe built
are found in several jungle-lands,
both In islands to the southeast
of Asia and on the Malay PENN
sula. Now and then a returned
traveller tells Of these aerial
abodes, perChed on the limbs Of
trees, sheltered from sun and rain
by thatches Of leaves and twigs,
and connected at times with the
earth by a bamboo ladder.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-11-14
Thief's Kiss.

A magistrates clerk has been
known to have his tie-pin stolen
while in court, and one in Birming-
ham a few years ago lost his coat
in this way; but a more remark.
able example, perhaps, of a thiefs
cleyerness under the very eyes Of
the police was that Of the burglar
at Clerkenwell, who managed to
conceal two diamond rings while
the police were searching him, and
passed one Of them to his wife in
the cells while the police were
looking on. The rings were under
his tongue, and one Of them
passed from his mouth to his
wife's when he was kissing her
gOOd.by.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-11-14
MADE IN EIGHT MINUTES.
New York Store Shows How Quickly
Skirt Can Be Turned Out.

New York Store Shows How Quickly
Skirt Can Be Turned Out.
A very interesting demonstra
ton which is now taking place in
a store on North Howard street,
says the Baltimore World, shows
the crowd of interested women
which visit the third floor of the
store how a sateen petticoat, and
a pretty sateen p%etticoat at that,
may be made in eight minutes. It
takes four machines to make a
petticoat, and therefore it takes
four young women also, but as the
machines have electricity for mo-
tive power the labor it not very
great.
The first machine to which the
material goes, which in eight short
minutes is to emerge at the other
end of the line of workers a per-
fectly matured skirt, is a seamer.
Next it goes to a Teller, then to a
machine which makes bottoms and
tops, puts in the darts and sews on
the binding, and lastly to a won.
derful combination of needles,
shuttles and wheels, which sews a
double seam while it makes and
puts on a rufle.
This last machine has four
needles and four shuttles, and it
does the work of about four WON.
en-. The seamer will sew up a
seam in eight seconds, and some
times all the other work is done 80
expeditiOusly that it takes only
five minutes to complete the work
instead of eight. When the gar.
ment is finished it is as neat as the
neatest of sewing women could
have done it by hand. There are
three graduated founces as trim
ming, and inside and out there is
not a raw edge to be seen any
where. And one can tug at the ruff.
fles as much as one pleases with.
out budging a stitch.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-11-14
BRoDERIE ANGLAIsE.
favorlte Fancy Work Of Our Grand
mothers Popular Once More.

WI 1A9A0
mothers Popular Once More.
In our grandmother's day every
work basket or box was sure to
have its piece of broderie Ang.
laise, for this, with Berlin
wool work, formed the favorite
fancy work Of the period. The re-
rival of the former has brought
to light many a long buried piece,
which is being made to do duty on
frocks or lingerie of very different
style from those on which it first
appeared. One of the advantages
Of briderie Anglaise, says the
Brooklyn Eagle, is its durability,
so that the old pieces, where
worked upon good material and
we'll done, are apt to be strong
enough yet for considerable serv.
ice. In the old days it was worked
in French embroidery cotton on
Swiss muslin, nainsOOk or cambria
and was applied chiefly to collars
and sleeves, hounces for dresses
and petticoats, handkerchiefs and
ehildren's frocks. The present
fashion introduces touches of EN-.
broidery, not only on cotton, but
on wool and silk, and in gowns Of
every description.
AS to the colOring, we have de.
parted nowadays from the orig.
final brOderie in white to the ex.
tent of working in white cotton or
silk on colOred lawn and in color
upon white; while for the founces
of colOred petticoats or insertions
for blouses embroidery silks tai
match the tint of the material
have the prettiest effect imagin.
able, or may equally well be EN-.
Ployed in a shade darker OF
lighter.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-11-14

G~uttenbury Lodge, No. S8-lst and Ord
Wednesdays In each month.
I'D Gelzer. Noble Grand
C C Ludwigs. s%ecrenry.
AOUw.
Harmony Lodge, No 81, AOT w-secoud
and Fourth Tuesdays in each moIt1.
He Gelzer. N W.
FCT Brightwell, Becorder.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAs.
Lexington Lodge. No l57 X J meets every
Thursday night at their hail 40 ariehn build
ing. sojourning knights ocrti lily invited.
Thomas Wedge, &C.
Elias Spruce, X Of z and 9.
ELKS.
Lexington Lodge, B , . E No H9-Meets
regular on the End 81 : 4th Friday nights 10
each month at thel- come, corner Main and
9Th streets Home gen at all times.
JP Chlnn. TX al Ruler.
S b Thorntc o., Secretary.
EAGLES.
Lexington Aerie. F o E No 24j-Meets End
and 4th Wednesdays of each month at X Of P
hall.
James Corners. Worthy President.
Ernest Fegert, Secretary.
ANCIENT ORDER or PYRAMIDS.
Meets every Friday night in each month.
NJ. Cahill, MP.
W W Curtis, RFR.
GAR.
Mulllgan Post. No Il-Meets every LIST and
Ord Friday nights at their hall at 10th and
Main streets.
NIL s%tuddard. Commander.
John B Burris, Adjutant.
UDC.
Meets lst Wednesday in each month at the
homes Of the members.
Mrs Stephen N Wilson, President.
Mrs J H Campbell, Secretary.
SONS OF VETERANS.
Meets second and fourth Monday night in
each month in G A R hall, lOand Main.
Faed J Kohlman,, Captain.
Chris Walk, list Sergeant.
wOODMEN.
Lexington Camp, No 1So Woodmen of the
World meets LIST and 8rd Monday nights in
each month.
Pearl r Smith, Consul Commander.
Fred Xix, Clerk.
MACABEEs.
Has an Organization but no regular meet
ing time or place.
Frank Nicholson, President.
John Schoheld. Secretary
Meet at Turner's Hall once per week.
julius Winkler, president.
G H S~chaefermeyer, Secretary
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-11-14
THR TURBINE REVOLUTION.
Steam Engine with Which Greater
Speed Win Be Made.

The steam engine has reached
Its limit in modern transportation
ior high speeds. AT low speeds,
ken knots or so, it remains the
most economical transport yet
known. At high speeds, says the
Philadelphia Press, the necessary
A.team power required increasing
faster even than the cube, it has
practically ceased to be possible
to build vessels swifter than those
now aaoat, except with engines
whose power, say 20, O00-horse
bower to each of the three triple
screws, or 6~0,O00-horse power in
all, would require boilers and ma
ehinery so great and require so
great a strain on the shafts that
their design would be a mere lot
berry In which speed would be won
1T the risk of the extreme strain
and the strength of steel.
The turbine will be the next
step. There is nothing improb-
able In the statement that build
ers have offered to place in the
new Cunard vessels steam turbine
engines which would drive these
great steamers from LiverpooltO
New York in four or FIVE days.
The steam turbine is now barely
20 years old. 1t was first used to
drive a dynamo in 1884. In 1890.
about $50 plants had been set to
work, varying in size from 4-horse
TO 120, the total aggregate, after
six years of experience, being
about 5%,000-horse power.
Many facts, including the Nj
agara Falls installation, drew at.
tention to the turbine, and in the
last FIVE years the need of large
power in central power stations
and on steamship lines has pushed
engineers to new uses Ofsteam. A
year ago in England about 800 tur-
DO plants had been sold, with an
aggregate of 100000 horse power.
On the continent there were some
20 plants, most of them two or
three years old. The MetropOli.
tan District Railway company in
London is to have turbo alterna-
tors, and the next power installa-
ton in this city by the Rapid
Transit company will be of this
character.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-11-14
SHERlkF'S SALE.

The State Of Missouri at the Rela-
ton and to the use of j.. j Fulker-
son. Collector of the Revenue of
Lafayette County, In the state Of
Missouri, Plaintiff,
VS..
George Porter, Mary c. Taylor and
X. NJ. Taylor, Defendants.
In the Circuit Court of Lafayette County,
Missouri, at Lexington.
By virtue of a special execution issued
from the office of the circuit clerk OF Lafay-
cite county, Missouri, In the above entitled
cause, wherein the state Of Missouri, at the
relation and TO the use OF j. J. Fulkerson,
collector OF the revenue OF Lafayette county.
Missouri, is plaintiff and against George
Porter, Mary Q. Taylor and X, NJ. Taylor. de-
PENDANTS, to me directed and r%eturnable TO
the December term, 1908, of said court at Lex
ington, Missouri, | the Undersigned, sheriff o
Lafayette county, Missouri, will on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER s, 1903,
between tn, hours Of nine O'Clock in the
forenoon and five o'clock In the afternoon OF
said day, n In front OF the court house
door, In the City OF Lexington, Lafayette
county. Missouri, during the session OF said
court OF said county, offer for sale and sell.
publicly, to the highest bidder fer cash in
hand, all the right. title. interest, claim and
estate OF said George Porter. Mary c.. Taylor
and X. M. Taylor, defendants in said execu-
tlon, In and to the following real estate,
situate, lying and being In the county of
Lafayette and state of Missouri, to-Wit: Lots
one ~ and two ri, block one III, Waterhouse
and Rulings addition to Mayhem, Missouri.
levied upon as the property OF said defend
ants, and sold to satisfy said execution,
together with the costs n expenses OF this
sale.
Given under my hand this cath day of June,
lO-s1tl OSCAR THOMAS, Sheriff.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-11-14
FEMININE BUSINESS FARcEs.
Shows More Self Reliance Than That
of Former Type of Women.

Shows More Self Reliance Than That
of Former Type Of Women.
1t is a fact that the success
women have attained in the field
of work has had the effect OF
changing the expression of Amer.
lean business women and of Civ
ing to their faces an independent
look that is recognized every
where, writes Mrs. w. StOner, in
the American Queen.
The feminine business face is be-
coming more and more pro-
nounced as women share mems
work in so many lines. There is
a marked contrast in the face of
a society girl and that of a wage
Garner, however refined the latter
may be.
The business wOman's face is
bright, intelligent and thoughtful,
but certain lines have been EN-.
phasized which in a way detract
from the softness of expression
about the mouth. This face does
not express impulse or emotion.
1t is calm and logical and it is not
prone to blushiDg.
OF course, the degree of hard.
ness is in proportion to the char
acter of the business. The woman
who sews a machine all day or
who stands behind a counter, is
apt to have a careworn, resigned
expression, that suggests coveted
rest and relaxation, while the sec.
rotary or typewriter, having sat
all day, does not betray physical
fatigue, and consequently, has a
brighter facial expression.
In short, the business face is a
great improvement on the vacant,
frequently disconnected, face Of
the society girl, whose thoughts
are conferred on fashion and novel
ty and who for that very reason
lacks an expression that comes
from serious thought along any
line.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-11-14
SHERIFF's SALE.
salicia Miller, Plaintiff,

Salicia Miller, Plaintiff,
VS..
Newton Miller, Defendant.
In the Circuit Court OF LAFAYETTE County
Missouri, at Lexington.
BY virtue of a special execution issued
from the office of the circuit clerk Of Lafay-
cite county, Missouri, In the above entitled
cause, wherein Salicia Miller is plaintiff and
against Newton Miller. defendant. to me
directed and returnable to the December
term, 1908, of SAID court at Lexington.
Missouri, l the undersigned sheriff of Lafav-
cite county. Missouri, will on
TUESDAY. DECEMBER Is. 1907.
between the hours of nine O'Clock in the
forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon
OF said day, and in front OF the court house
door, in the city of Lexington. LAFAYETTE
county, Missouri, during the session of said
court OF said county, offer for sale and sell
publicly. to the highest bidder for cash IN
hand, all the right, title, interest, claim and
estate Of said Newton Miller, defendant in
SAID execution, In and to the following real
estate, situate, lying and being in the
county OF Lafayette and state of Missouri
to-Wlt' The southwest quarter of the south
east quarter and the southeast quarter of
tne northeast quarter, all in section nine
w. township torty-one an, range TWENTY
one cd, levied upon as property OF said
detendant' and sold to satisfy said execu-
uon, together with the costs and expenses
Given under my hand this 9Th day of
November, 1903,
li-7t4 OSCAR THOMAS, Sheriff.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-11-14
Notice to Bridge COntraetors.

WIN let to the lowest and best bidder. on
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IL, A. D., 1908.
one Wooden Bridge for construction. n he
putt across branch on public road near the
north Of Odessa cemetery, between secs ei-aS
twp ~, range "a. or''
Letting will be at bridge site at 10 O'Clock
and place Of letting.
Contractor is to give bond for maintenance
OF bridge as the law directs.
any or all bids. ele0t
,oo,.s b. d. WEEDIN.
AVoin Commissioners
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-11-14
ITS ALWAYS A BATTLE.
Enhghtening Facts Tor City sOjOum-
ers in the Woods.

~ ~@ AW N-NI eNleeAu
ers in the Woods.
"How peaceful this all isr' ex
claimed the city sojourner on an
outing, looking across the wooded
valleys and over the grass grown
hillsides. 1t was the "vesper
time" of the day, insects hummed
drOwsily, and here and there a be.
lated bird winged slowly west.
ward, says the New York Tribune,
"LOok a little more Closely
said the native, "and let me give
you a few enlightening facts. You
will find that the law of cOmpeti-
ton is as deadly, the survival of
the fittest' as %unerringly death
dealing throughout this same
peaceful scene as in any center Of
the Street in the midst of a bull
and bear fight. For instance, look
there at that small cedar, strug-
Cling pitifully in the tolls of the
luxurious growth of poison ivy
that almost covers it. The casual
observer notes the contrast of the
foliage, a pretty sight, and gives
no thought to the war of life and
death the two are waging. Wher-
ever the cedar puts up a stronger
branch there fastens another ten
drill with strangling grip, and
another cedar hope is 'nipped in
the bud In this bit of broken
fence a dozen different plants are
struggling up through the few
creyices of light in its close set
boards. The fall of that fence is
what we would call a crushing cir
cumstance,' a mysterious dispen
satiOn of Providence, should SINH
lar things happen in our lives.
Then see this ant hurrying home
with the carcass of a brother bug
in his caws, presumably for sup
per, possibly to salt down for win
ter. And here is a fly battling
hopelessly with the meshes of
what you lately called a beautiful
spider web"
Flush" interrupted the metro
politan. 81 get enough of it in my
own world. Let me keep my SUI
perfcial view and you may keep
your 'enlightening f%acts.'"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-11-14
ADMINISTRATRIX,S NOTICE

Letters of administration on the partnership
estate OF Mark Bros. Edward Mark being
deceased partnerl were granted to the under
signed on the 10th day of October, 1903 by the
PROBATE court OF Lafayette county, Missouri.
nership estate are required to xhIbi them for
oWanc to the administratrix within one
year after the date OF said letters or they NAV
De precluded from any benefit OF such estate,
ana II such claims be not exhibited within one
be forever barred. VIZ
This 10th day Of October, 1908.
, LEONA e. MARK.
lV-IfJO Adminisfratrfv
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J. c. B. and L.
SANTA FE ROUTE.

Trains arrive at North lexington.
No. % tdaily)..""-... ..."......... 1928 a.
Trains leave North Lexington:
No. %, Express daily. ............ $3.50 a. m
Main line trains pass Lexington Junction
The. river Bus leaves Lexington 7:4O a m
daily to connect with train at north Lex
ington. Leaves Lexington daily except
Sunday at $3.50 a m and 2 o'clock p and
goes through to connect with tire MS at Lex.
lngton Junction.
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Notice to Bridge Contractors

viii let to the lowest and best bidder. on
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 81, A. D., 1908.
one Wooden Bridge for construction. 10 be
residence o. Captain George Duskv ahon, s "
miles west Of Waverly, "O0uo IN
a. m OiOck
and place of letting. WINS
Contractor Is to give bond for maintenance
OF bridge as the law directs.
or all bids. :" 'eJoosahy
lOsItd B. D. wEEDIN, Commissioner
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EXECUTORS NOTICE-

Letters testamentary on the estate =,
kebecca H.. Renick deceased, were granted
70 the undersigned on the 7th dev M
october, 1903, by the probate court ~
lafayette county, Missouri. All persons
haylng claims against said estate are re-
CURED TO exhibit them for ALLOWANCE ~
Ihe executor within one wear after the
date Ell said letters or they NAV be preclndad
from any benefit OF such estate; and II sneh
claims be not exhibited within two wear.
forever barred. "OS wa DC
This 9TH day of October, 1909.
-, ROBERT G. GILLESPIE.
W''~ Executor.
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Genius.

Genuineness is the only lasting
form Of genius.-Ram's Horn.
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DIR. w. R. ECKLE.

pufkevn UentIst9, Office IN Hearle BuIdlno
eleventh and Main streets, Lexington. Niss.
w" lsaDl9l
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The State Of Missouri at the Rela-
ton ana to the use OF j.. Fulker-
son. Collector Of the Revenue OF
Lafayette County, In the state OF
Missouri, Plaintiff,
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-08-28


Total $l.575
On the following seventh of May so
much of the resolution as had author
ized tax for the last three purposes
above given was rescinded, which left
the first ,tax collected in Douglas
County at one per cent.
The financial condition of Douglas
county In 1880 is as follows: Value OF
real estate, $54S, ,544; value of personal
property, $3.50, ,247.6O Total value Of
taxable property, 1904, 7sl 80 The total
debt was Sl,559.29; cash on hand,
81, 1881 county and State tax, $40, 49,
70; county tax, $l5,693. The popula-
ton was 1928 registered voters, $40.
For particulars in reference to the
products of the county from 1865 to
$780, inclusive, the number of acres
under cultivation, the stock, grain and
hay raised, the fruit trees and vines
growing, and the amount of land irri-
gated, the reader will turn to pages 1876,
1856, l39 and l4O of the general history,
Thompson q West)
Genoa, the county seat of Douglas
County, Is among the oldest settle
ments of Nevada. The locality first
attracted the attention of some Nor
mons in 1s47, who were enroute to the
gold diggins Of California from Salt
Lake City, and during that and the
succeeding years few families settled
here. Not until 1850, however, did ii
assume the title of Mormon Station, by
which it was so we'll and widely known
for many years afterwards. As a trad
ing and recruiting place for the inn
mense emigration which was then
floeking towards California from the
East, its situation was admirable, while
its pastoral advantages were great, and
the adaptability Of the soil to the cul
ture of grain and the hardy vegetables
had been proven. The site of Genoa Ii
pleasant one, on the west side o.
Carson River, at the debouchure of 9
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-08-28
CATTLE DYING
BY WHOLESALE

There is a disease raging among
cattle in this valley at present that is
either black leg or anthrax. Cows are
dying by the wholesale and the inroad
Of the disease Is making the dairymen
wonder how the dickens they are
going to supply all their customers.
-Four ranchers are particularly affect
ed and one of them has lost 81 cows
within the past week
Anthrax and black leg are both COM
municable to humans, but not through
absorption of the germs of disease from
the stomach. The danger is in the
germs finding lodgment in sore on
the lips. This information was given
the Journal last evening by a local
physician.
There is no city board of health at
present, but action will be taken by
the council at is session Monday eve
ning.-Reno Journal.
The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1903-08-28
A Deiamar Society Item.

A few evenings ago one of the boys
disguised himself as a squaw and hied
to the hillside where he could keep
cases on the Indian camp and mayhap
discover who was furnishing the abo-
rigines with liquor. While engaged in
this laudable undertaking he was APP
preached by respected citizen, whose
name was not Smith. The r. c. with
gentle tones and loving words began
TO WOO the "dusky maiden" but Poca-
hontas cared not for sentiment, she
demanded fire water The r. c. began
to expatiate on the evils of intemper-
ance, but the LADY heather" was OBJ
durate and seeing the chances for q
drink were rather slim, rose to her feet
and in a dignified tone bade the white
man go his way. Just then the even
ing zepher caught one side of the blank
ct and-"The dusky maiden stood con-
fessed, A white man in full dress"
As ther. C. whose name is not and
never was Jones, fled down the hill
he was heard TO mutter, "Things are
not always what they SEEM and the
bogas squaw answered: "Neither are
men, There is galloot in this town
imbibing free whisksy and respected
citizen praying that the paper man
won't catch on.-Lode.