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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16
How England is Fed.

The area of land under grain cult
walton IN England Is constantly shrink
ing. In 1901 it was $50, 726 acres less
than in 1900. In either year It was
about the size of Massachusetts and
Connecticut.
Experts say that British grain Is not
so good as the imported. Not so strong
is the technical word. The Government
is experimenting with devices to im-
prove its quality.
Practically the United Safes feels
England. We sent SCI, 900 900 worth
IL 1901. Argentine dropped more
than half from 1900 TO 1901. Canada
increased little, but will doubtless in
crease rapidly in a te@ wears TO come
Australia and New 4 tland nave
been increasing their quota to the
home appetite, but Rus>ia's supply Is
rAlilng On last.
Practically England must look for
the next ten years to receiving as large
a share of her food from the United
s ates as she has for the last ten years
The most striking fact connected
with our foreign grain trade is that
though We have so, 900, 900 people Of
our own, the most prosperous anc
best fed in the world, we actually ex.
port more wheat than we eat ourselves
Fifty-Six per cent goes abroad aud A.
per cent stays al home. OF this enor
nous export the biggest share goes t.
England.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16
Time 10 Feed a Steer.

The time to begin feeding a steer for
the market is when it is a calf. More
mistakes have been made by merely
getting calves through to grass and by
stocking them along than in any other
way. 1t is a very common practice to
let cattle 90 unfed and uncared for In
til they axe a year or two old before
beginning to prepare them for the
market. The animal that IS fed well
from calf-hood is better for meat than
the steer that has 'srun to seed"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16
TITLES OF MAYORS.
Puzzling Distinctions Made Regard"
ing Heads of English Cities.

When, asks the London CORE
spondent of the Manchester Guard
ian, is a mayor entitled to the pre-
fix fright worshipful?" The ques-
ton is nota purely academic one, asI
have seen the Fright worshipful the
mayor of st. Pancras" in print lately.
The mayors of London boroughs,
following the example Of those nthe
country, are generally content to be
styled ''worshipful." The lord may
ors who have arisen in the last ten
years at Manchester, Liverpool,
Leeds, Birmingham, Sheffield, and
Bristol copy the ~precedents of Lon
don and York, and are right honor
able Strictly, l believe, the may
ors of some ancient cities-such as
Exeter, Chester and Norwich-are
by custom styled fright worshipful."
Bristol was one Of these cities till the
creation of its lord mayoralty three
years ago. These fine distinctions re-
call a story of the rural deans of Ok
ford diocese in the days Of Bishop
Samuel Wherefore. These rural
deans represented to their diocesan
that they had a grievance in the fact
that, whereas archbishopS were
"most reverend" they had no title
to distinguish them from their fellow
clergy. The bishop suggested
"rather reverend" Then the sub
ject dropped.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16
The School Out Of Money.

All the rooms of the public schools
except two grades-the senior and
junior cIasses-will close May 15, two
weeks ahead of time. These two
grades under supt. j. M. Bailey and
Miss Mcclure will continue until the
regular closing date May 30.
The school board have decided on this
course on account of a lack of funds to
carry out the full term. The GRADUATE
ing exercise will he held at the regular
time-at the closing Of school proper,
Last year the schools were carried on
nine months term had been decided
upon. This year they decided on the
nine months term but the money ran
short. Next year there is not likely to
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16
World Vide Reputation.

Whites Cream Vermifuge has
achieved a world wide reputation as
being the best of all whom destroyers,
and for Its tonic influence on weak and
unthrifty children, as it neutralizes
the acidity or sourness of the stomach,
improves their digestion, and asslmila-
ton of food, strengthens their nervous
system and it restores them to the
health, vigor and elasticity of spirits
natual to childhood. 25c at Chrenshaw
& Young's. 5-2m1
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16

Augora goats originally came from
Augora and vicinity, in Turkey. From
Turkey these animals were imported
to South Africa, where they are better
bred and managed than in their early
home, and from this latter country into
the United States but the mohair and
skins are still very largely imported
from Turkey.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16
me- Shoe Center Of the WOrld.

st. Louis Is noted for its shoe manu-
factories, Until recent years the shoe
center of the world was Boston, bur
within the last few years st. LILls has
been forging steadily ahead, and now
leads Boston in the production of shoes
by some millions Of pairs annually.
St. Louis shoes are famous the world
over. Because of the higher grade OF
labor employed and the superiority ct
shoe machinery, American shoes are
not only the finest in the world, bu
the lowest IN cost. Surprising alt
other nations, az she does in @nearl,
all lines of manufactures, in no respect
is Americas supremacy in commercial
lines more c%onclusively demonstrated
than in the production OF shoes. To
be the shoe center of such a country,
to produce more shoes than any other
city, is no small achievement, but this
honor belongs to St. Louis, and each
year increases her lead over all Other
American cities.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16

A traveller has made the Observable
that coffee-drlnkIng people are yer!
seldom given to drunkenness. Ia Bra
zil, for instance, where coffee is grown
extensively aud all the inhabitants
drink it many times a day, ntoxication
is rarely seen. The effect is not only
noticeable among the natives, but the
foreigner who settles there, though
possessed of ever such a passion for
strong drink, gradually losses his
liking for alcohol as he acquires the
coffee-dnnking habit OF the Brszilian.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16

Rev. j. A. Beauchamp, of Black
well, |. T., once president of the Bap-
tist college of this city, is organizing a
company to establish a Baptist college
at South McAlester, Indian Territory,
and wants it to start with 800, 600.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16

Sample Free to Farmers and Stock Men.
Those who have horses, mules, cattle,
sheep, hogs, with lice or scabs or any
of the skin parasites will do well to
call at my place and get a bottle of
disinfectant Gree of CHARGE with full
directions for use and for cure of all
skin diseases.
DIR. GEO. 1. SMITH.
LEXINGTON Mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16
Noticel

To the farmers of Lafayette county
and citizens of our neighbOring viii
lagos, if you want the best "dinner''
that can be served for 25c stop at the
Commercial Hotel. Good parlors and
waiting room. Courteous treatment.
E. M. Coon, Propr etor.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16
CURE OF CONSUMPTION.
Englishmen 70 Emulate Germans In
Erecting Open-Air Sanitariums.

Erecting Open-Air Sanitsriums.
One Of the most encouraging fea-
lures Of the campaign against con-
sumption is the manner in which the
question has been taken up by the
leaders of the friendly society move
ment, says the London Chronicle. A
deputation of the National Friendly
society conference recently visited
Germany to examine the sanatoria
which have been established there
and to collect information. They paid
a visit to the London Open Air sana-
forum established in the neighbor-
hood of Bracknel, Berkshire. Among
the members Of the deputation were
Mr.. A. Chapman, parliamentary
agent Of the Ancient Order Of Forest
ers; Mr.. f. r. Litchfeld, general or
ganizer Of the National Deposit
Friendly society; Mr.. G. W. Smythe,
chairman of the Hospital Sat
urday fund; Councillor H. S.
Syer, trustee Of the South Lon
don district of the Fo@resters, and
Mr.. R. W. Davis, organizing secretary
of the Hospital Saturday fund. The
d%eputation were received and escort
cd over the building by Mr.. Malcolm
Morris, vice president Of the sana-
forum, and treasurer of the National
Association for the Prevention of
Consumption, by DR.. Alfred Hitler,
and by the medical superintendent,
DR.. c. G. Chiddel.
Each patient has a small room Of
his own looking south, comfortably
furnished and lighted by electric
light, and provided with a verylarge
window, which is never closed. The
whole cost Of the |sanatorium, which
amounted to 100000, was provided
by Messrs. Werner and Belt. 1t is
mainly intended for the benefit ofthe
members of the middle andpoorerpro-
fessional classes, and it is hoped that
eventually the inclusive charge Of
three guineas a weekmadet to patients
will prove sufficient to cover all ex-
penses and to pay a very low rate Of
interest-23 per cent. On the capital
e invested,
t The members of the d%eputation
e showed the greatest interest in all the
t arrangements, and at the luncheon
which followed, when some brief
t speeches were made, expressed their
intention not only to do their best to
obtain the establishment Of some sim
$ liar institution in connection with
e the Friendly societies, but also to
e preach as much as possible among
their fellow members the gospel Of
fresh air, and the precautions neces-
sary to prevent the spread oftubercu-
II lous diseases.
| An attempt to solve the problem of
the treatment Of the poor afflicted
with consumption has been made by
DR.. Charles Reinhardt and Dr.. Frank
y Fowler, who has opened an industrial
sanatorium farm colony at Ipsden,
near Wallingford. An this institu-
ton patients will be received at a
p charge which will be just sufficient to
Ie cover the cost of their treatment, on
'e condition that they devote them
selves to such occupations as poultry
l. farming, pheasant rearing, bee keep
> ing, gardening, and similar pursuits,
:, accordingly as their state Of health
u NAV hermit
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16

Mr.. Wm. Beisenherz and family
have lett US and we are sorry to see
them part. They will make their fu-
ture home in Lexington. where Mr.,
B~eisenherz has a position with the
Wlnkler Furniture company. Our best
wishes accompany the family Con-
cordian.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16

Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has finally
donated ST., 800, 900 for the purchase of
a site and the erection Of a palace for
the accommodation OF the Hague Trib-
unal. Mr.. Carnegie has been contemp.
lating this munlicent gift for some
time but heretofore formalities have
stood in the way.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16

The assassination of James B, Mar
cum in Lexington Ky, is another
black mark on that state. II seems as
though the culprit got away. What
Kentucky need Is swift vengeance on
such towards.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16

Superintendent Moffett who has
charge of the electric Signals Tor the
g & A. informs us that some OF the
youngsters along the right-a-way in
the vicinity of Odessa are throwing
stones and breaking the glasses in the
signals. Such action on the part Of
these mlscreants is liable to get them
into serious trouble if they persist in
the praclIce.-O lessa Ledger.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16

The Pennsylvania legislature has APP
proprlated SO, 500, 900 for road I'M
provement, the state supplying twI-
thirds of the cost of new roads, The
local treasureies the balance. In that
state there is an abundance of stone
aud gravel for road construction, but
in some Of the western states road i'm
provement is u much more diiicn
PROPOSE ion.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16

Among the discoveries of the nine
teeuth century are the %perfecting press
linotype machine, wood pulp paper,
team engine, locomotive, turbine
water wheel, ocean telegraph, electric
light, motor, dynamo, telephone,
photograph, artificial ice, photo
graphy, photo-engravlng, X-rays,
anesthetics, sewing machines, type
writer. self binder and scores of other
machines and farm implements. Prac-
tically all the present day implements
we're inventions of the last century.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16

For Stakeholder Wyandotte eggs,
a setting of 15 for 70 cents. Mrs. A. P.
Young, near Prairie church. Rr
route No. l, Lexington Mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16
LOCAL BRIEFS

Dr. ana Mrs. 4 NJ. Williams, re-
turned from st. Louis, Monday even
ing.
Mrs. Sarah CHIN returned Mon
day% afternoon from a visit to relatives
in Sedalia.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace and Miss
Anna Kennedy returned from Kansas
City Sunday night.
Miss Viola Khrome came down from
Kansas City Saturday night to spend
Sunday with friends.
DR.. ". T. Cameron, who has been
visiting here for some time returned
to Moberly Tuesday morning.
Mrs T. NJ. Cobb went to Kansas
City Saturday morning to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Bert Taubman.
DIT. R. B. Kice, wife and son,
Robert, of Richmond, spent Sunday
here with George Kice and family.
Lewis c. Gordon, while playing
ball Saturday, was hit with a thrown
ball which fractured the bone in his
nose.
Mrs. W. M. Ghormley came down
from Kansas City Saturday night to
spend Sunday with the family of Ed.
lark.
Miss Susie Louderback returned to
Higginsville Saturday morning, after
a visit to her cousins, the Misses
Marquis.
Walter Payne went to Kansas City
Sunday evening to spend a few days
before going to lola, Kas., TO accept a
position.
Home money to loan on improved
farm land. Apply to j. Q. Platten-
burg. Office North room over Tevis'
drug store. 2-31tf
Mrs, F. G. Barnes and Misses Leila
and Margaret Condor and Matte
Harrelson returned from Kansas City
Saturday night.
w. A. Marquis, of Wootan Wells,
Texas, arrived Tuesday morning
called by the serious illness Of his
father, G.. W. Marquis.
Mrs. Amelia Taubman and Miss
Daisie Taubman left Monday morn.
ing for Topeka, Kas., to visit the
family of D. j. Hathaway.
MesdameS Ella McChesney and s
al. Armstrong returned to Odessa
Tuesday morning after a visit of
few days to the family of JOSEPH
Bailey.
A K. Saudifer and wife, John G
Bauerle and wife, of Kansas City, ant
Private Joe Bauerle, of Leavenworth
spent Sunday here with Loui
Bauerle.
j. G. Grady left Monday eyenin.
for Galeua, Kansas, where he goes t.
represent Lexington at the IuUer
state and Territorial convention 0
the Elks.
Rev, Xenophon Ryland went t
Aullyille Sunday morning to conduC
the funeral services Of Captain job
G, Handley, who died there Saturda
Afternoon.
j. G. McGrew and wife returne
Saturday evening from a trip {
several months 10 Italy, Egypt an
Palestine and other countries of tt
OLD World.
G. II Schaefermeyer and daughte
Miss Lydia, went to Kansas Gil
Sunday morning to spend the da
and meet Mrs. Schaefermeyer, wi
has been visiting relatives in Jun
tion City, Kansas.
Mr., and Mrs. G. B. Sexton ar
little daughter, Mary Ellen, left f
their home in St. Louis Sunday eve.
ing, after a short visit to the faml
Of 4. T. Stramcke.
W. ". Curtis as agent sold (
James Peak two lots on South sire
on the old Pacific Hotel site iu
opposite the home of Edward Yin
ling, to Oswald Winkler for 5000.
7. n. Lovelock, Jas. L. Farrls j
Joseph b. Black and M. M. Bogi
attorneys Of Richmond, were he
Tuesday taking dispositions for
ejectment suit in the Sullivan-Isla
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16
Everything Looks Big to Her.

1t is said that there is a woman in
Manchester who has eyes which mag
nifty objects so times their natural
size.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16

he a shortage of funds as the levy is
ten cents on the 800 valuation higher
than this year -Higginsville Leader.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-16

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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-12-04
SHOES FOR DEFORMED.
Specially Made of FoOtgear for Per-
sons with Crippled Feet and
short Legs.

With all that IS published about COM
fort for the feet and improvements made
by men in the regular trade. said a shoe
manufacturer I'm Brooklyn, nothing has
been said about men who make a spe-
cialty OF extension shoes for cripples
and deformed persons. It Is not so long
ago that 1t was almost an impOssibllity
for a man with a deformed foot OF a
short leg TO hide his misfortune. We all
remember the heavy, thlck-soled blocks
with high heels. that made a man feel
almost as uncomfortable as though he
had a wooden leg. You see very few Of
them now. Manufacturers have been i'm
proving on the extension shoe. as II is
called in the trade. by the use Of springs
and other contrivances. until they can
make a deformed foot look very much
Ike any other foot, unless II is a very
bad case. A man with one leg two OF
three inches shorter than the other can
have a pair Of boots made so that no
body need know Il but his shoemaker.
Customers in our particular line have
as many pairs Of shoes as other men. In
calf. tan and patent leather, and IN all
the fashionable shapes. too. They have
TO pay about three times as much for
them as men with both feet alike do:
that's all the difference"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-12-04
THE CHEAPEST TELEGRAMs.
Australia Than i'm Any other
Country.

The Australian commonwealth
telegraph service is the cheapest in
the world II is operated entirely by
the government as part Of the postal
system, says the Review Of Reviews.
For city messages. which include a
suburban area of a radius OF ten miles
beyond the city limits. the rate is
u cents for messages of ten words
and the address; for messages Of the
same length to any point within the
same state-and the states are gener-
ally very much larger than any Amer
lean state-the charge is IS cents.
while for similar messages to any
station within commonwealth
from Rockhampton, to Queensland.
TO Perth, in West Australia. the dis
lance Of wire is more than $500 miles
the uniform charge is "a cents.
II is calculated, on the basis of past
experience. that these rates will re-
turn a revenue sufficient TO pay oper-
ating expenses Of every kind. includ-
ing the cost Of maintenance. and in
addition interest on the original ex-
pense Of construction, amounting to
fully S1S.OOOOOO Australians send
more than twice as many messages
over the lines at the lower rates as
do at the present charges.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-12-04

he stub mast The main mast. a.
which rises from the center beam of the
sled. is from 40 to so feet hAh, nine
inches at bottom and four and one-half
to five at top The boom. b. or arm
projecting from mast. a. IS from p to
30 feet long. five inches at mast end and
three and one-half inches at other.
From the sled. a stub mast, 10 to
II feet long. eight inches at bottom and
nine at top. runs up beside the main
mast TO steady IT, A No 9 crow foot,
g, is fastened at the top Of the main
mast, from which guy ropes. c. ex-
tend to the ground and are pegged. The
ends Of the guy ropes have four-inch
rings. which are fastened to stakes.
These guys. and the boom rope. d. should
De made Of wire. to stand the wealth
ar and severe strain.
On the end of boom, b, is a ring. !.
which encircles the mast Between the
mast and the side Of this ring is a space
two and one-half inches, which pre-
vents friction. The ring. 1, which fas-
tens the main to the stub mast. is made
in two pieces. which are fastened to-
gether by bolts at the sides. The band
can be frightened up so it will grip the
mast by screwing mp the bolts. To the
ring which encircles the mast at the
end Of the boom is attached a pulley.
k. Through this runs the line from
he forks to the whimetree att.
At the top Of the main mast Is an
other small pulley, through which runs
the line, d d, from the end Of the boom.
This line should be fastened to the
sled. II the boom needs to be lowered
or raised, the circle around the main
mast is slid either up OF down. When
1t is desired to drop the hay near the
mast, the end Of the boom is raised by
pulling the line, d. To throw the hay
away from the mast, lower the boom.
b. The derrick should be placed with
the mast next to the stack BY re.
yersing the derrick it vii swing the
hay In the opposite direction. On the
small end OF the boom there is a small |
ron, b, through which the rope. d. and
The one attached to the fork run /
Austin Taylor, in Farm and Home.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-12-04
AN INTELLIGENT MOUSE.
hotheF Filled IN Hole in Wall TO Keep
Her Young from Being
Trapped.

When we think Of mice It is usually
of the trouble they cause US; we are not
apt TO credit the rodents with much In
telligence," said a lady at the sewing
circle, according TO the New York
Times, but | really had an experience
which shows that the little creatures
possess a good bisof wisdom after all /
had been annoyed for some time by a
family Of mice which lived in the walls
OF the bedroom. They nibbled my
clothes, disturbed my sleep, and when
they grew so bold as to 60 into the
canary's cage and eat up its seed, my
patience gave out and determined to
hx them. bought a trap and set II by
the hole In the wall For Ave nights
caught a mouse, then several days
passed without catching one, although
they were still there. for they kept up
their noise, although not coming into
my room any more.
1 found that the trap was all right,
but the hole in the wall had been closed
from the inside. pulled the dlling out. |
u was not easy work. for It had been !
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-12-04
Roots nissnIre Mlnern1.

II you will take two pieces Of polished
marble and put on each some soil.
moisten It every day and treat them
just alike, except that in one you put
some grains, and when the grain has
grown some time remove the III from
each you will find the piece without the
grain will be as polished as ever, but
you will be able to trace where the tiny
roots have taken some OF the plant food
from the marble and appropriated It to
itself. Nature has furnished the plant
with an acid in the tiny roots. which.
acting with the moisture when the root
comes in contact with the soil particle.
enables It to make some OF the mineral
substances solubleand appropriate them.
F. NJ Lewis. in Farmers Review.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-12-04

DR.. Edward Stanton, a character OF
Kokomo, Ind, for 60 years. died recent
ly, aged so years. Years ago Stanton
lost his practice and fortune, and #
affected his mind. Since then he had
imagined himself an OK and grass and
hay was his principal diet He walked
on all fours in the pasture Of the county
farm, grazing constantly with the cat
tie, horses and sheep lie almost lost
his power Of speech. and OF late years
his conversation consisted Of cultural
sounds, resembling those Of an animal.
He died suddenly, with mouth and stom-
ach filled with grass. tits thoughtpois-
onous herbs killed him.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-12-04
sheep shearing In the West

Sheep shearing is now done in the
west by a barber clipper operated by
power. 1t works by means Of flexible
shaft. The knives or shears can be
operated as rapidly as the gearing con-
tanned in the shaft can be moved. Elec-
tricity, team or a hand crank may be
used. A trained workman can shear a
sheep every three minutes. The record
is 1850 pounds Of wool from 300 sheep
in Is hours