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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-30
COLONY OF SEA soUlRTs.
Curious Form Of Lie with Which
Bathers and Small Boys Have
Much Amusement.

Most of the tanks in the aQuari-
um have now been refined with
rOckwork, says the New York Sun.
Anadyantageof rockwork for this
purpose is that it affords places of
Judgment for various forms of
marine life, both vegetable and
animal. which may be introduced
into the tank either by accident or
by design, to make a further addi-
ton to the tanks attractiveness.
Already in some of the tanks
here these lesser forms, either
planted or of accidental growth,
are beginning to appear; a notable
example of the last-named kind
being found in the salmon rock
fish tanks, in which there may now
be seen, attached to the rocky lin
ing of the tank, a great colony,
some thousands in number, of
the familiar ascidian commonly
known as the sea squirt.
Everybody that has been much
about the water knows the sea
squirt, a leathery creature some
what resembling a rubber water
bottle in shape, with two siphon
tubes like stubby little slightly
curved bottle necks projecting
from its top. The sea squirt takes
its nOurishment as the clam does.
1t absOrbs minute forms of ami.
NAL life of various sorts, along
with quantities of water, through
one of its siphon tubes, and after
extracting the nutriment it expels
the water through the other.
The sea squirt clings to the
rocks along shore, and to sea
grass, and it is found in many wa
ters. 1t may be of a dingy white
or gray in color, like those now at
the aquarium, though some sea
suuirts are of a dark rich brown,
and there are others of a brilliant
red. The largest of those here are
about an inch and a half in length.
Sea squirts attain a length of two
or three inches or more.
Bathers who know about them
; pick sea squirts frOmtherocksan and
: play tricks with them by collaps
? ing them and so squirting the wa.
ter on fellow bathers. Boys liy-
: ing by the water as in fishing
+ towns. carry sea squirts to school
, with them, in their pockets, and
there squeeze the water out of
, them. To collapse one in that man
J ner means the end of the sea
l squirt.
> A sea squirt left out of water by
the receding tide might lie col
+ lapsed and fiat, but it would be
more likely to have taken in wa
ter enough to carry it until the
. tide coveredi it again, and it would
! be most likely to be found, be
tween tides, in places where il
would get more or less moisture.
If one should be left exposed for a
$ longer time than usual IN some
bare rock, as it might be by an un
usually low tide, it would be
burned and shriveled and de
+ stroyed by the suns hot rays.
: They were probably introduced
into this tank with shrimp pu.
into it as food for the rOckfsh.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-30
GOING EAST.
c. & A. Time TabIe-Hlgglnsvine,

" HNINHN HEN
W ]. Black, @. P. A. Topeka, Tas
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-30
Wasted Time.

"When l sees a man" said Uncle
Eben, "dat kin play de banjo an
eeven-up, an tell you which boss
ought to win every race, an hyuhs
Iim COmplainin' bout his hahd
luck, ! can't hep thinkin' dar'a
been e waste o Hme somewhere
Washington Star.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-30

Fortunately we seldom hear
what other people Say about ma
Chicago DailV New.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-30

! No. 1875, that we bought of j.. Crouch & Son. Lafayette lnd''
will make the season of 1904 at the barn of August Marcks'
! opposite LinWood Lawn. Lexington, Lafayette County, MISSOURI
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-30
oscoPE SHOWS R
LH or Baned IN Attempt to Make
IKE Powder Until Magnify
3 Glass Was Suggested.

l}la the most famous invent
prs metmes find that the plan
which they pursued at first in try.
ng TO solve "a problem was
the wrong one. 1t takes heroism
as we'll as Imagination to abandon
the old method and devise a new
one. Many stories of that sort
have been told, and many more
could be written if the facts we're
fully known. In a recent lecture
at Cornell university, Capt. Rob
ert W. Hunt gave an instance of
that sort which is not widely
known.
Sir Henry Bessemer invented a
Number Of useful things besides a
cheap process of making steel.
One of them was a way to make a
bronze powder that could compete
in price and quality with a Ger.
man article which at that time en-
bOyed a monopoly. Bessemer
spent much time, money and labor
built expensive machinery to
brush to an impalpable powder
the alloys which he employed, and
obtained a basis for a pigment
(which was satisfactory, but twas
D failure as a paint, because it had
mo brilliancy, in fact, not even a
suggestion of metallic luster.
He was most hopeless when he
happened to call on a Mr.. De La
Rue, the head of a famous sta.
hionery house in London, and a
scientific man, whose acquaint
ance with Bessemer had previous.
ly teen made in a business way
On this occasion he found him ex.
Am;ning a sample Of -four and pc
tato starch under a microscope
and he explained that they could
pc distinguished one from the
pther by the form Of their respec
five crystals. That was enough
Nor Bessemer. Why could not thu
Same thing be used to distinguish
between his lack luster powder
ar the brilliant German article
Fhe microscope did not fail him
as it showed that his grains wer,
round and uniform. while tn,
German powder consisted of yer,
thin fakes of irregular shape.
This demonstrated that tn.
metal mustb be rolled into the thin
nest sheets and then broken int
minute particles, and not groun.
bt all. So he had the courage t
khrOw away all he had done an,
bttack the problem afresh. He dit
SO successfully, and was enabled
after more patient labor, to Pre-
duce an article costing one-tweI
Gheth the selling price of the Gel
man-this bcc9cse the German
hammered out their sheets of m
lal by hand, in TIE way gold fol
was produced.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-30
nAsr pouNp.

EAST BOUED
No. "A, Missouri State Express ....... $3.50 am
No. 90, Slater Accommodation ....... 7;O2 pm
No. 10. Calf. and Colo. Limited... 7iSs pm
No. ~, Slater Accom-. Sunday only. 300 pm
No. l2, st. Louis Vest. Limited ...... 1910 pm
No. 1l6, Way Freight. ....... ...."..1l;S5 am
WEST BOUND.
No. Z, Calf. and Colo. Limited g.. Il. ssIl am
No. 81. Slater Accommodation ....... s:ss am
No. II, K. G, vestibuled Express -. .la:s5 pm
No, 10, Missouri State Express ...... 1874 pm
No. III, Way Freight ................ e:ao am
STA. v~RRMILLION, Agent
Higginatilie, No.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-30
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N FE ROUTE.
Trains arrive at North Lexington.

IrhIns HftIYb ~ NUIIhL eAIuBIUH'
No. % Cdaily). ......... ..."......... 1925 q. m
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 N
daily to connect with train at Dorth Lex
ington. Leaves Lexington daily except
goes through to connect with trs MS at Lex
ington Junction.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-03-23
CONTEST NOTICE.

Depettmont o. the lnteFior. UnttSd sfAtsa
sumcient contest adSdsvit havins besa
.sst.nt, .s.ia:s II T. sntry No. se DIS a ode
December - leQe, for tho son OF section 10,
Township lje North Range q West 81 Wosaoy
ChatteIley, cOntesteo, in which Il IS alleged
that said Wesley Chatterley, said entryman kas
wholly. abandoned said tract for period Of
moro than six months last past aud that he
never improved or cult waited said land, nor o..
tablished his residence thereon and that sale,
land il now wholly abandoned and In It's natnra!
state. and wholly unimproyed and unoccupied
and has 30 been for more than six mouths i'm.
modiately last past. And that said alleged alb
semen from tho said land was not due to his en-.
ployasent IN the army. navy or marine corps OF
the United states as u private soldier, officer,
seaman or marine during the war with Spain
Or during any other war in which the United
States may DO engaged. Said parties are hero
BY notified to appear. respond aud offer cvi-
dencc touching said allegation at 10 o'clock a.
m. on May l, 1904, before the Register and Re-
ceiver at the United States Land Office in
Minot. N. d.
Tho said contestant having, in Il proper atli-
davit. filed February 10. 1904. set forth facts
which show that after due diligence persona /
service ut this notice can not bc made. it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
3s3 AT h. c. Sanders, Register.
Gammons Il McGee. 81
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-03-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Office at Ainot, n. Oak, March Is, 1904,
Notice Is heroby. given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before Register
and Receiver of the U. S. Land Office. Minot
n. d.. on April = 1904. Wig:
George A. McGee.
for the SO a Section g, Twp l54 Range 81.
He names tho following witnesses tO prOve
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
Of said land, viz:
R. W. Jones. Geo. Treat. F. W. Roach and
!. J. COyle, Al Of Ainot, n. ID. II. C.SaxBoKS =,
Register: 3-l6 ~.
NOTICE WHEN TINE FOR REDEMPTION
WILL EXPIRE.
To b. :. Ayers:
You are hereby notified that the following
described lands and premises, to.wit: Lots
Numb thirteen (iS) and fourteen (i4y Block
number eleven (1l) BROOKLYN addition to the
City Of Minot were heretofore and on the
seventh day Of December A. D. 1887, duly sold
for taxes for the sum Of one dollar and 81 cents.
That the time when the redemption period will
expire for said lands is the seventh day of
December A; d. 1900, and that the amount 70.
quired to redeem said lands. exclusive OF the
four dollars and 40 cents. al Of said lands DO.
ing situated in tho County of Ward: Stateof
North Dakota.
Ii you fail to redeem the same within ninety
days from the date of this notice. 4 tax deed for
the aforesaid land will be issued aud delivered
to the holder of the tax certificate.
Dated at Minot North Dakota, this eth day
Of March 4. d. 1904 Louis A. LARSON,
3-l6 $50 Auditor of Ward County N. D.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-03-23
CONTEST NOTICE.

, Department Of the Interior, United States
Asntficient contest affidavit having been filed
in this office BY, Elias q. Bacon contestant aga
1892, for the ne4 Section 81, Township 1871 ring.
y, by Finn \. Larson contcstoe, in which it is
cd said tract Of land FOR period of more than
test, upon the said land, the fact is, said claim.
ant never did resid,. 'lpon the Snid tract of land
and never did make any valuable improvements
thereon, and that said ALLEGED al sc'r' from the
said land was not due to his cmpi.' .tru- in the
army, navy or marine corps ri The United
States as private soldier: officer, sean,n" or
any other war in which the United States may
be engaged. Said parties arc hereby notified to
appear, respond and offer evidence touching
said ;as allegation at 10 o'clock M. on May Il,
lS4 before the Register and Receiver at the
United States Land Once in Minot. N. D.
The said contestant having. in q proper afii-
show that after due diligence personal service
can not be made, it is hereby ordered and di-
rected that such notice be given by due and
proper publication: r. G: SAsBoRN. Register.
James Johnson, Atty. for Plaintiff, Minot, n. D.
a-eS 4.27,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-03-23
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE,

Notice is hereby given that that certain mort
gage, executed and delivered by Charley Aurk
MortgagOr to Minnesota Title Insurance Com
pany mortgage, dated the 10th day Of April
1903 and filed for record in the office OF the
Register of Deeds OF the County Of Ward and
State Of North Dakota on the 18th day Of April
1903 and recorded in book p Of mortgages, at
page 4O7, will be foreclosed by sale. Of the
premises in such mortgage and hereinafter des-
cribed at the front door Of the Court House in
the County Of Ward and State Of North, Dakota
at the hour of o'clock p. M, on the 3Oth day, of
April 1904 to satisfy the amount due upon such
mortgage on the day of sale.
The premises described in such mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same arc des-
cribed as follows:
The NV ,4of Section 81. Twp. 16l, Range 80,
containing 100 acres. located in Ward county
North Dakota. There will be due on such
mortgage at the date of sale the sum of $l2lO!
Dated March Is. 1904.
Minnesota Title Insurance and Trust Com.
pany. Mortgage
\. F. Scoaeld, Sheriff Of Ward County. y. D.
C. Aurland, Attorney for Mortgage, Minot,
n d.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-03-23
A CURE FOR ECZEMA.

Ny baby had Eczema SO bad that its
head was solid mass of scabs, and it's
hair all came out. tried many reme-
dies but none seemed to do any perma-
nent good until used DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. The Eczema is cured, the
the scabs are gone and the little ones
scalp is perfectly clean and healthy, and
its hair is growing beautifully again. 1
cannot give too much praise to, DeWift's
Witch Hazel Salve. = Frank Earmef,
Bluff City, Ky. In buying Witch Hazel
Salve look out for counteffeits. De-
Wits is tho original and the only one
containing pure Witch Aazel The
name E. G. Dewitt & Co is on every
box. Sold by Paul v. Mccoy.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-03-23

Bluff City, Ky. In buying Witch Easel
Salve look out for counteffeits. De-
Wits is the original and the only one
containing pure Witch Hack The
name e. c. Dewitt & CO. is on every
box. Sold by Paul v. Mccoy.
WATERFORD
Howard Bailey was Il Minot
visitor Tuesdy.
Perry Bailey visited the coal
mines Monday.
James HASTE is busy cleaning
his seed wheat.
f. C. Young went to the coal
mines Wednesday.
The hay haulesrs are getting
numerous on warm days.
Eliza Young and Joe Louder
back hauled hay Monday.
John Miller killed two Jack.
rabbits Monday with his new
SAOc gun.
Horace and Joseph Louder
back and their mother were
guests at J. p. Bailey's Thurs
day.
Howard I1Ouderback has been
having a seige of the smallpox,
but has fully recovered. There
are several others nearly, well.
The Chas. Grow sign has been
attracting q great deal OF at.
tention. It is perhaps the first
electric sign ever seen in MinOt
and is very beautiful. Minot is
getting to be more metropolitan
every day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04
Mr.. Knox,s smoothness.

Boston Herald: The democrats.
while temporarily in control of the
house judiciary committee. the other
day. ordered the report to the house
Of Il resolution calling on the attorney
general to tell the house whether any
criminal proceedings had been taken
under the law against the parties TO
the Northern Securities merger
scheme. and whether any proceedings
had been initiated against the anthra-
cite combine. The resolution having
thus been got before the house while
the republicans were mapping. they
made q virtue of necessity and uuani-
mously supported il. Opposition 10 it
would have had a bad effect on the
country. Attorney General Knox. how
ever. has been prompt I'm replying, but
his reply comes rs close TO being
Snub a an official communication to
the representatives Of the people may
politely be. No criminal proceedings
have been taken against the parties to
the merger for reasons that il would
not be compatible with the public in
tere>t" TO state. Perhaps. also, it
would not be compatible with the
presidents campaign interests to
state them. although the two reasons.
in Mr.. Knox's mind. may be identical.
Touching the anthracite combination.
he says that his department found ev-
iGence of its existence. but. being Will
out certain necessary powers for pros
ecuting il. turned it over to the inter-
state commerce commission. which
owing To the supreme courts decision
relating to the production i'm court of
the alleged contracts. will reopen the
case and make final report on it..
More than this. il Is ''incompa tible.
etc" 10 reply. The public knows no
moro than il know before.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04
MUCH VACANT LAND YET.
Dangers of OvercrONvdcG Population
shown TO BE StiII Remote.

Dangers of OveFcrOOdcd Population
shown TO BE sin Remote.
The material development of tie
country is quietly progressing at = re
variable rate in one direction which
is not given much popular attention.
says the Kansas City Journal. More
than -, S2t29g acres of the public
lands We're turned over TO private in
diyiduals last year. This means that
an area almost equal to that of the
state of Indiana has within that time
been added 10 the productive regions
of the United States. Most of these
newly opened lands were homcsteaded
by farmers, rs will be seen from the
following figures: There were 81 1860
patents of all classes issued within the
year. OF this number a .6J4 are class
ed as agricultural. 1904 as Indian al
lotments. 1,1O4 as mineral patents, POO
as coal patents. 2IG as private land
claims, 49, as railroad patents and for
ty as swamp land patents. The total
sum which the government got by way
of fees and commissions for issuing
these patents was $1l.024.144. Under
recent law most of the receipts
from the sale of public lands Will
hcnccforth be set aside for retaining
arid lands by irrigation.
In the public domain there are still
unappropriated 3SO.9T9.3O7 acres of
surveyed lands and 59l, $40, 100 acres of
unsurveycd lands. or a total of more
than 9I0.95J.O0O acres. \ great many
tracts in this immense area of course
will always remain uncultivated and
unsettled. but il has been estimated
that when the contemplated system of
irrigation shall be put into working
order so much good land Will be open
ed that a population as large as the
whole nations present population could
find room there to thrive prosperously
and contentedly.
Rapid strides are now being made
in the developing of the public domain.
The excitement and uprOar of former
pioneer days are absent in this work,
but the process is marked and very eff
fective. The passenger traffic on west
ern railroads is evidence OF this fact.
Agreeable reflections arise in cOntem
plating that the United States still
owns so much arabic public land. The
dangers of an overcrowded population
by immigration or natural increase are
still remote. The census for many
years yet TO come will not show an
excess of people above what the west
will need in settling up its vacant
lands
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04

TO lie against get-rich-quick concerns.
Measures for the relief Of our insu-
lar possessions.
Excess Of expenditure under the
present administration over four
years under President McKinley's 21l
millions of dollars.
This Is record To be proud Of, in
deed. and if indorsed by the American
voters next November. still further
waste Of the public moneys viii be in
dulged in. Revision of the tariff is de-
manded by the people Of the west. but
it is along way off unless the elector-
ate Of the country make 4 change in
the house Of representatives. Con
gress wastes the peoples treasure
while il continues useless taxation up
on what the people consume.
TO tax and to squanler is the policy
before the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04

Congressman Williams of Mississippi
protested mildly in the house against
more republican members being al
lowed to print speeches they had not
delivered. Mr. GrOsvenor Of Ohio
shouted: DO you know how many
times you have got into the Record
yourself?' Reaching into his desk for
a record he keeps. he added: Just
POS times up to this morning" Yes, 3"
said Williams. and every one of those
contributions was Il speech actually
delivered by me upon this floor. Meth
er i there any speech printed by me
which was written by somebody else
This was straight shot at Gros-
venor's speech giving President Roose-
Nelt's Labor record" which * known
TO have been written at the white
house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04
A Beautiful Record.

Republican leaders boast that the
party stands on its record and can
win in the contest before the people
Let u> present the record Il the re-
cent congress. This j. what il did:
Appro priated S7S1.5s4.629.
Provided for Cuban reciprocity.
Ordered one trust Investigation.
Adjusted the Panama canal affairs
Measures killed:
President McKinley's reciprocity
policy
Resolution To investigate the post
Office scandals.
Investigation of Indian and land
scandals.
Revision IF the tariff.
Restriction Of undesirable immigra-
tion.
Increase II the interstate commerce
commissions power t. prevent dis
crimius ting freight rates.
He : the other side of the picture
the legislation postponed indefinite
y:
Action against trusts.
Eight hour labor bill.
Bill 10 prevent sale of convict-made
goods.
Reciprocity with Canada.
Measures to authorize proceedings
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04

The death of John X. Cuweu re-
moves the most bitter political enemy
Senator German ever had. 1t was the
independent democratic movement or
ganized ny Cuwen that led To the over
throwing of the German machine in
1895. turned the state over to the re-
publican> for the first time in 80 years
and temporarily retired German from
the United States senate. Though
Cowen had begun the reform move
ment. he took no part in the fight in
1895. bciu" then Il member of con
gress elected by the regular democrat
L. organization, but still holding all
his animosity To German. His fierce
antagCnism to German was carried
into the Baltimore n Ohio railroad,
which from close ally of German
became an open enemy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04

Congress man Carter Glass of Viz
ginia- holds 10 the belief that party
politics can be played with fairness.
even i'll the house of representatives.
He was discussing the point with
Judge Sims of Tennessee. who agreed
with him partially, but declared that
he intended 10 vote with the demo
Gratis at all times. And I'll tell YOU
why" ne added. It's because of my
observations. | remember that a few
years ago there came To this house Il
brilliant lawyer from Georgia. lie had
large knowledge of parliamentary
practice and such exalted convictions
of fair play in politics that he was
moved more than once To vote against
his party. That man from Georgia.
concluded Judge Sims III a cUnfiden-
tial whisper. isn't here now"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04
Made Young Again.

One of DR.. Kings New Life Pills
each night for two weeks has put me
in my teens again. writes ID. II. Tur-
ner. of DempSeytown. Pa. They're the
best in the world for liver. stomach
and bowels. Purely vegetable. Never
gripe. Only - cents. at Hartz & Tile
meyers drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-04
NATURE SPARES
2 hc Stricken Rose From Grief.

y
What n fortunate provision of nature
It is that dcprivcs the rose of mental
suffering; for LNw poignant would be its
grief 10 discover. in the height of its
blooming glory, that a canker fed at its
heart. ana that its beauty and fragrance
were doomed forever. Nature always
spares the suffering; she is a veritab,e
SI-re-house Of pleasing rewards, for
those who seek her aid. In the years
no BY falling hair and graynass have
st gloom over the lives of thousands
y young women. but thanks to the in
Fost cations OF scientists the true cause
)f hair destruction is now known to b.
germ or parasite that burrows into
O. E-ir fOIiiclcs. Newbro's IIerpicidc
'SClr.c,y destroys this germ. thus
-rr4it:i~C the hair to grow as ma
re intended. Sold by leading drug
lists. Sc-d 10c in stamps for sample
1lo 1Ic-Dicide Co. Detroit Mich
For sale by +. II. Thomas, druggist