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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-06
FLOATING ISLANDS.
One Recently Drifted Out to Sea
from the German Coast.

One Recently Drifted Out to Sea
from the German Cost.
The recent report of a floating
island which drifted out to sea
from the German coast has called
attention to the circumstance
that Britain can boast of a
phenomenon of a somewhat sim
liar character, says Chambers
Journal. 1t is mentioned in
most of the guide books to the
Lake county as occasionally APP
pearing on Derwentwater, not far
from the famous LOdore water
fall. The eminent meteorOlogist.
the late Mr.. G. ]. Symons, who
was we'll known in connection
with the rainfall statistics, when
visiting the Lake district had an
opportunity Of seeing this island,
when only occasionally makes Its
appearance above the surface Of
the water, and generally in the
month of June. It's appearance is
that of a lawn, and while the CEN
ter portion rises perhaps to a
height of a foot or so above the wa
ter level, the edges are still an
chored to the bottom of the lake.
The phenomenon is attributed to
Il mass Of vegetable matter
which is normally attached to the
soft bottom of the lake, but under
certain conditions it gets charged
with gas and becomes buoyant
enough to tear itself away from
it's bed. Observations of its occa
sional appearances go back for
many years, and it is marked on
some of the old maps.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-06
sOmali camels.

The Somali camel can eat every.
thing and drink nothing. II will
make a meal where even the cOun
try pony would starve. Daremo,
mimosa, acacia-all come alike to
it; and when shoots and leaves
are withered it can fall back ON
roots, thorns and bark. That sort
of digestion makes it, of course,
valuable in d country where a bill
of fare seems compiled in the in
terest of the carniyora, but its in.
difference to liquid is its especial
virtue. While the Arab camel
needs drink daily, his Somali
brethren when on the march are
watered only every fifth day, and
when drought prevails may be left
for ten. When grazing they are
supposed to be watered every sixth
day, but such regularity depends
on the energy of the herders and
the condition of the grass, the
herds when the grass is green be-
ing often left without water foras
long as three months.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-06
FEW WOMEN
Why They Are So Seldom Afflicted
with This Disease.

Why They Are So Seldom Afflicted
with This Disease.
How many women have you
ever known who stammered? \
few of US, if this question were
put, could remember one, or pos
sibly two, but the great majority
would have difficulty in recalling a
single case, says the Denver Post,
And how many men?
Most persons at even a mo-
ment's notice can recall cases
ranging in number from one to
FIVE.
This divergence is not due to
any trick of a defective memory,
but to one of the most curious of
actual facts.
The truth is that the proportion
of those afflicted with stammer-
ing or suffering is 100 men to 1
woman. 1t is one Of the most re-
markable things in the science Of
pathology. Even the specialists
in nervous diseases seem utterly
at a loss to account for it.
An eminent medical author
ity is quoted as saying that in all
his experience he had known OF
only one woman that stammered.
When asked how he accountedfo for
the immunity of the fair sex from
this affection he replied;
"Stammering is an epileptic af-
lection of the organs of speech,
and the victim is usually a person
of a high-strung, excitable tenn
permanent. AT the last analysis
the cause lies in the mind; that is,
the stammerer stammers because
he fears he will stammer and thus
make himself ridiculous.
"Stammering is due to self
consciousness, and it has been my
experience that women seldom
suffer from self-consciousness
Social success is more necessary
to thoir happiness than it is to
mems. and if as a girl they have a
tendency to shyness or timiditS
they set about overcoming it at an
early are, and concentrate theiI
attention upon doing so until they
succeed.
"I do not mean to say that al
women are totally devoid of self.
consciousness. 1t is curious, how
ever, that if they have a tendency
to shyness or timidity that is SC
deeply rooted as to make it diff
cult to overcome, their confusion
often manifcsts itself in blush
ing rather than in stammering. ]
have known girls who were vic
Tins of the blushing habit, and
discovered that they blushed for
the same reason that l stammered
fear of doing So"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-06
Centenarians Of Nations.

More people over 100 years old
are found in mild climates than in
higher ATTITUDES. According to
the last census of the German EN-
pire, Of a population of 80 5000, 900
only rs have passed the bundredth
year. France, with a population
Of 4O,OOO,O 900, has 213 centenari-
ans. In England there are lag; in
Ireland, 57S; and in Scotland, 46.
Sweden has 10 and Norway %;
Belgium, 3; Denmark, 2; Switzer-
land, none. Spain. with a popdla-
ton Of 100000, has 4O1 persons
over 100 years Of age. OF the
2,25O,OOO inhabitants Of servia,
b7b have passed the century mark.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-06
L%EFT-HANDED PEOPLE.
Most Numerous, in Proportion to Their
Numbers, Among Criminals.

Numbers, Among Criminals.
Prof. Lombroso has given the
results of observations of left.
handed and right-handed people,
In the North American Review
he says: 81 do not dream of say.
ing that all eft-handed people are
wicked, but that left-handedness,
united to many other traits, may
contribute to form one of the
worst characters among species"
He finds that among LOCO soldiers
and operatives, the proportion of
left-handed people is four per
cent. among the men and five to
eight per cent. among the women.
NAmong criminals the quota of left.
handed was found more than
tripled in men and more than
quintupled among women.
Many scientists have noticed
that the weather exerts a certain
amount of influence over the mind.
The e~xaltation of spirits due to
brightsunlightand
is q case in point, as well as the de.
preston of spirits caused by rain,
fog and an irritating, cold wind.
DR.. w. Norwood East, deputy
medical officer of the convict pris-
on at Portland, England, made in.
vestigations for the purpose of as
pertaining if atmospheric changes
influence the criminal classes per.
ceptibly. A report of this work,
appearing in the Medical Record,
shows that for a period of three
years daily at eight a. m. he noted
the direction Of the wind, the out
look, the temperature in the shade
and the barometric height, and he
estimated the possible effect upon
the criminals by comparing the
number of breaches of prison dis
cipline. The investigations tend
ed to show that the criminals did
not appear to be affected to an ex-
tent worthy of mention by the out
look.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-06
TRAGEDY OF LITTLE THINGS.
Men Often Grow Careless Concerning
Things 4 Woman Holds Lear.

Men Often Grow Careless Concerning
Things 4 Woman Holds Lear.
The judge and spectators in a
Kansas City courtroom laughed
when a husband testified that his
wife gave him only mechanical
Kisses
Then the lawyers devoted many
minutes to the question: "What
is a mechanical kiss?" They de.
cided that it was a salutation Civ.
en- only through a sense of duty,
and then they laughed some more.
They didn't go far enough, says
Ne Milwaukee Journal. They
] int have called it a tragedy.
With most women affection
Is. It burns as strongly in old
as in golden youth. A caress
ans a world of Joy to them.
Some men forget. They grow
careless. Carelessness is often a
species Of selhshness. Once it
was a privilege to press a lovers
kiss on the lips of a wife at the
door when leaving in the morning;
again as a warm greeting that al.
ways marked the homecoming at
night.
And one morning the man for.
got the caress and lost himself in
business. And a shadow fell on a
Romance and the woman wept.
She tried to be brave and sensible.
She tried to laugh at the silly fear
that he didn't care for her, She
assured herself a hundred times
that it was such a little thing and
that it was natural for him to for.
y get, and that it was unreasonable
for her to expect the JOY of the
honeymoon through life. She
wiped away her tears and re.
solved to hide her grief and be
kind, loving, patient.
And the man never knew. Per.
haps, some day, he went into court
and complained that he had been
the recipient of mechanical kiss.
es." Domestic neglect isn't al.
ways confined to lack of food AMI
clothing. Cruelty doesn't always
take the form of physical abuse.
When men learn to think, when
they remember that the little at.
tentions often mark the difference
between JOY and sorrow in a won.
ans life, there will be more real
j happiness in the world.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-06
AMERICAN SPORTING SPIRIT.
Roberto Desks Close Up When
Local Team Comes Home.

1NVAACA Aop ONPAS NAS1S W WANA
Local Team Comes Home.
You cannot wholly eradicate an
Americans love for a three-bag-
ger, and baseball and the races
are about the only two things
which will cause him to close up
his roller-top desk before the sun
set gun, says Outing. Through
his sporting page he follows the
home team all over the circuit,
and when he reads of its return to
the local grounds, and if its aver
age is not too hopeless, his slug
gish sporting blood will begin to
flow again, and he yearns for the
sharp crack of the bat as it lines
out a boundary hit, And so he
hangs up his black alpaca-coat,
and, having given his secretary
permission to sign his dictated let
tiers, he takes the car marked 'To
the Ball Came" and for the nOnce
is a boy again. He sits on a hard
bench or an equally hard cushion,
and if the weather gives him any
excuse at all he takes off his coat
and unbuttons his collar, borrows
a light for his cigar from his
neighbor, and then roots" for the
home team. And when it is all
over, and he has prayed and sworn
and howled with the best of them,
he goes home very happy, and
wonders why he does not more
often spends an afternoon in the
open air and see the game as il
really is, instead of getting it sec
ond-hand from his sporting extra.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-06
Thermite.

a Russian chemist has discov-
cred a new alumino-thermic COM
pound and named 1t thermite.
When fred by the application OF
a bit Of magnesium tape this COM
pound burns fiercely, generating
"a heat equivalent to that of the
electric arc The fused combina-
ton is hot enough to burn a hole
with clean edges through an iron
plate Of any thickness, according
to the amount of thermite burned,
without heating the plate except
az the point Of perforativn.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-06
..n.eRs OF MANKIND.
Doctors Make Notable Progress in
Fight Against Disease.


Fight Against Disease.
For centuries fantastic theoriz-
ers have been setting forth sup
posed causes of cancer and lep-
rosy butphysicians generallyhave
refused to accept as verified the
manifold whimsical notions as to
the origin of these diseases. 1t is
evident enough that in certain
parts of the world cancer and lep-
rosy, like tuberculosis and small.
pox, are more prevalent and vir-
ulent than in other regions. Pos.
sibly there may be cancer "belts"
and leprosy "belts," so to speak;
but as the years go on the medical
profession is gaining ground in
fighting these enemies of health
and vitality in various territories
and areas.
Beyond question, says the New
York Tribune, a great deal has
been accomplished in the lessen
ing Of the death rate from pull
monary consumption in both hem
ispheres where competent doctors
have had a free field for eficaciOus
treatment. Cancer and leprOsy
and the bubonic pestilence are
still battling problems for the
ablest medical men in the world
to solve, as to their beginnings,
their progress and their treat
ment. But study and investiga-
ton on the part of Psychologists
have been of late so persistent and
energetic that notable discover
les which may tend to mitigate
sufferings from such affections
may be brought to view at any
time.
Who would have dreamed cen
fury ago Of the possibility Of the
finding out of anaesthetics and the
ending of pain in surgical opera
tiOns? For thousands of years ant
putations and the use of the knife
upon the wounded had been at.
tended with unavoidable suffering
and agony for the patients. With
in much less than a hundred years
surgery has become practically
painless. Who, then, should give
up hope that cancer, leprosy and
tuberculosis-yea, even rheuma.
tism itself, that prOtean curse OF
the race-may yet yield complete.
ly to the skill of the healers?
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-14
MuLLIcA HILL.

Mrs Alkaline Burning has moved in the
Ed. Schewbell property on German avenue,
recently vacated by Joseph Iredell.
The Epworth League was held at Mrs.
VIM. Aliens on Tuesday evening, which
was very largely attended and enjoyed by
all.
The members of the Fidelity Fife and
Drum Corps appreciate the feeling shown to
them on Saturday evening of last week,
which was grand success The Town
Hall was filed to OVERLOOKING and there is
some talk of repeating it in the near future.
Everybody is invited to attend the social
given by the Ladies' Aid Society Of the
Baptist Church on Saturday evening, April
18th, in the lecture room of the Baptist
Church-this shall be known as the cake
and pie social, from to 10 o'clock p. m.
Ice cream, coffee and sandwiches in abund-
ance.
The Democratic voters of Harrison
township met in the Town Hall last Satur-
day and elected Capt. E. T. Stratton as
the delegate 80 the State Convention held
at Trenton on the 18th of this month to
elect delegates to the National Convention
at st. Louis in May. Mr.. James White
was chairman and f.. L. Stratfon was Sec
rotary Of the meeting.
The w. G. 7. U. will hold the next par
lor meeting at Mrs. Rebecca Ridgeway's
on next Tuesday afternoon, April Dist.
Subiect, Tobacco and Narcotics. Every
body welcome.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-14


it Two strong forces that can always
be utilized in dealing with young peo-
pie are, their sense Of duty and love
of the beautiful.
Atkinson Conrow, of Woodstown,
visited his brother, Walter Conrow,
this week
Richard Heritage, his wife and son,
Raymond, of Wyoming. are spending
some time with the formers parents,
Charles and Martha Heritage. Rich
ard is a successful ranchman and left
twenty-five hundred head of sheep in
care of three men. The winter there
has not been more severe than usual.
Our aged friend, Edward Cooper,
continues seriously i'll. Lydia Owen
improves slowly.
James and Ruth Engle, of Philadel-
phia, visited her parents, Gideon and
Emma w Peaslee, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter l.. Tomlin, Mr.
and Mrs Frank Ford, we're guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Barley Kelly, of Swed-
esboro, on Saturday.
Carrie Andrews, of Woodstown, re-
Gently visited her sisters, Elizabeth
Lippincott and Annie Colson.
Two numbers on the program of the
Young Friends Association on the
evening of the ninth were of especial
interest. Hannah Peaslee read an ably
prepared sketch of the life of Lucy
Larcom. We are so accustomed to
reading of great men who performed
such remarkable intellectual feats in
childhood that it was gratifying to find
woman who read when she was two
and a half years old. Miss Larcom
used to say the sympathy expressed
| for children of fifty years ago because
of their lack of reading material was
wasted True, they had little of the
cake and confectionery sort, but there
was an abundance of reading just as
enjoyable and far more stimulating
Marshall Pancoast graduate of
lSWarthmore College, now teaching on
| Long Island, home for the Easter va
cation, made a strong plea for the col
lege in connection with the question:
1T it worth while for a young man to
work his way through college?" By
all means, he said, take culture
course in college. An educator had
truly said, Education may not make
us any better bread winners, but it
sweetens the bread" Even though
he recognized the fact that such a
course would probably shorten mans
money making career ten years ne
thought few having had the actual ex-
perience would forego the increase Of
power and broadening effect that
comes with college course. Lincoln
and Greedy acquired this power with
out this help, few are men of their
stamp. If a boy is inclined to take
the downward track the college will
probably grease the shoot" if inclin-
ed toward the upward road the college
will help him as nothing else can. In
the words of John Graham to his son,
iPierrepont: THE college does not
make the fool-only developes him.
The legitimate work of the college is
to develop the individual, not to make
encyclopedias; that belongs to the
university
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-14


Samuel Leddon, of Baltimore, is Wis
iting relatives and friends in town.
Contractors have started work on
the new residence of John Essler, on
North Pearl street. This street is be
coming one of the incest streets in
town
( Whitney Iszard of Bradley Beach
visited Rueben Hall, on Sunday.
R. S. Beckett is putting quite a mum
Der of Improvements to his house, on
High street.
/ Joseph Richman was in town on Sat
urday Mr. Richman has just return.
ed from the South, where he has been
in search of health
The family of Alfred Smalley, OF
Bayonne, N. J., are visiting Aaron
Stewart.
Thos Garwood and wife, of Bridge
ton, are visiting relatives in town
| Mrs. Harry Steelman has been quite
| i'll, but is improving at this writing.
Mr.. Charles Moore spent Sunday in
Atlantic City.
place, and are bringing as high as
$160 a bushel
Miss Wescott, of Melville, spent
Sunday in this place.
The services of the Presbyterian
Church were very largely attended on
Sunday Mr. Nelson, the new minis
ter, opened his pastorate here on thai
day.
Contractor Downs has raised the
frame on the new house of John Ear
ley.
Miss Bradley, of Philadelphia, spent
Sunday among friends in town.
The Presbyterian prayer meeting
was held on Wednesday evening this
week, as Mr.. Nelson had to give a lee
ture in Philadelphia on Thursday
evening.
Sanford, aged IL years, the young
est son of Sheppard- .Eisler of this
place, died on Sunday, after a very
short illness. having been taken i'll on
Wednesday, Internal trouble was the
cause of the boys death. The family
have the sympathy of the community.
The funeral was held on Wednesday
afternoon.
Alfred Smalley, of Bayonne, N. j.,
has purchased the family homestead
of his mother.
Miss Anna Shute, of Pitman Grove,
has purchased the property occupied
by William Wilson, on Clayton avenue,
and will remove there and conduct a
pigeon business.
Council has raised the rent of the
lower part of The hall.
NJ F. Du Bots is i'll at his home, on
Central avenue
Lewis Loeb has purchased a build
ing lot on East Academy street, and
will build a home there soon.
Harry WINS has been making i'm
provements to his residence, on Maple
street
The large maple tree which has
stood many years in the corner of DR..
Porch's yard, has fell a victim of the
ak
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-14
FOR THE LADIES.


of
Clothing
of modern1y including private
rooms 70 the o clothing
pehable goods and Shoe Particular which will
substantially
of satisfactory shopping
al, nane of
We have purchasing second organization selected for their
andx
rapidly the goal of ambionPeecton in Merchandising
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-14
A TIME SAVER.

goods prompt
disposal of avoiding
often subjected to in other big
The building space $4,000
itself aisle
to makeu sofi
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-14
FREE ON APPROVAL.

Coupon Entities you to Fifty-cent Box Of
Ml-O-na, the Flesh Forming Food at Mer-
ritt's Drug Store.
Mi-o-na, the flesh forming food, is en-
tirely different from any other medicine or
treatment for dyspepsia The results are
so uniformly successful that Druggist Mer-
ritz wants every reader Of the GLOUCESTER
COUNTY DEMOCRAT to bring the following
coupon to his store and obtain fifty cent
box Of Mi-o-na on approval.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-14
AlIREEulLLE.

Fire broke out in the public school
house about S o'clock Sunday morning,
which was discovered by Janitor Raj
ston's wife. The church bell was
promptly rung and the citizens re-
sponded in haste A strong determin-
alton and a good we'll of water result
ed in subduing the blaze, which was
fast consuming the large fine two-story
structure of which we are so proud.
Fortunately the wind was not blowing
strong at the time and the fire was
kept in control where it originated, at
large window on the first floor, con-
Stunning the blinds, window, window
casing and weather boards There
was but little fire in the heater at the
time, and smoke goes out a chimney
on the other side of the building the
chimney not far from where the ire
originated is only for air. The origin
of the fire is supposed to be from
box of waste paper, and matches and
mice are thought to be the source. The
damage is covered by insurance The
Board of Education and the people sp-
preciate the heroic work which was 81
successfully directed.
There was joint meeting of the
stewards and trustees of the NJ. E.
Church, on Wednesday evening, to pre-
pare plans and appoint or elect finan-
cial committee, by which the various
collections may be received other than
at the public service on the Sabbath.
Charles Turner has purchased new
driving horse.
Edward Fl. Priest is quite sick.
C. ]. Davenport is drilling a well
for T. P. Williams, at Grenloch.
Several members of the Grange at
tended the literary given by Wenonah
Grange, on Monday night.
George Hurff will be buried in the
M. e. Cemetery to-day (Thursday).
Well, we promised to let you know
when it was to be and all about it.
But say, you can read and talk, but in
neither can you comprehend the ex-
cellency of the event without being
present at this entertainment at Dav-
exports Hall, on Saturday night, April
10th, given by Miss Jennie Fielding,
elocutionist. One-half proceeds for
benefit of M e. Church.
Programme-Re citation Scene from
the Last Days of Pompeii, Miss Field
ing; Laughable Comedy The Burglar
Alarm, Estella Pearson, Nettie Clark,
Maize Cramer, Mrs. J. D. Hurff; Song
of the Postman, Joseph D. Hurff; Reel
|tation-The Gypsy Flower Girl, Miss
J. Fielding; Duett Rags, Joseph D.
Hurff, John Shaw; Comic Drama, Mrs.
Willis's WILL" Miss J. Fielding, Es-
tella Pearson, Helen Atkinson, Anna
Shaw. Mary Harvey.
Doors open at 7.30 p. m. Exercises
commence at s o'clock. Admission,
zoe. Children under IL years, 10c.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-14
WELL LIGHTED SALEsROOMS.

Our building supply Of large
lighting
between
which will the approval
will result
will wrapped purchaser saving
for the convenience patrons
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-14
COUPON.

This cupon entitles any reader Of the
GLOUCESTER COUNTY DEMocRAT % have
the purchase price Of Mi-o-na refunded in
case it does not increase the weight and
cure stomach troubles, | assume all the
risk, and Mi-o-na ia absolutely free unless
il gives satisfaction w MERRITT.
take all risk. A
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-14
The Most popular dentist In your town

II he is abreast OF tbe time, will tell you that
Peroxide is the best antiseptie for the mouth
II he knows F'fOrAfOa1m. he will advise you
that is 10 the perfume Of flowers with Peroxide
combined, making preparation fragrant and
refreshing. Price 25c
For sale by
J. " Merritt, opposite the Court House.