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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-19
JAPs EXCELLENT DOCTORS.
Profession of Medicine and Surgery
on Island Has Reached
a High Stage.

The profession of medicine and
surgery in Japan is in a very high
state of excellence. Perhaps no
other nation on earth was ever so
well prepared in surgeons, doctors
and nurses for war than Japan at
the beginning of the present war
with Russia.
When the war began Japan had
IA high army surgeons, OF sub
ordinate surgeons, As pharma.
cists, nearly 1000 trained nurses.
457 probationary nurses, besides
o large number of male attend.
ants and stretcher-bearers
They also had four hOspita'
steamers, 1893 cases of surgical in
struments, 49G stretchers, 52,4SS
suits of clothing for the sick anC
wounded, 2 ,199 suits of clothing
for nurses, besides a great supply
of bedding, cots, tents and medi
cine, The Japanese give thu
wounded prisoners the same care
and attention as their owl
wounded.
At home the Japanese are tn,
most healthy people in the world
They live out in the fresh air ant
sunshine. Theirhomesar are wellven
tilated. Our method of shutting
ourselves up in air-tight room
heated ~artifcially is practical.
unknown in Japan.
Their diet is very frugal, cor
sisting largely of rice and fish.
Japan is an object lesson TO
other nations to follow. They ar
one of the lights of the twentiet
century. In many ways they lea
the world, but especially in coul
tesy, good morals and bygienic Ii,
ing.
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IooRRoTEs NOW scoRN DOG
Filipino cannibals Grow Tired o.
Canine Diet and Are Content
with Beef.

The cannibals and the dog eat
ers of the world have reformed.
No longer is the cry for dog heard
on the Filipino reservation. The
little ~IgorrOtes are content with
an American beef diet. OteEbanR
the little cannibal of the pygmy
tribe, has grown refined in his APP
petite, and even among his own
people in the jungle, where dog
sew was considered a tempting
C.sh. TIE reformed Ctenbang now
W es it aside With disgust.
Not even a fat foxterrier, which
was presented to 0tenbang by
Gov. Hunt, of the IgOrrOtes, when
the formerpaidhis first call recent
y to the Filipino reservation
proved temptingenoughfor him to
return to his former diet. The lit
tie white dog is the pet of the pyg-
my camp. and rivals in the affec-
lions Of the little black men from
the iungles with their parrots and
monkey.
Otenbang, through their inter
prefer, Kondola, explained that
the reason at first for his reform
WIS the fact that he had no one to
snare his dog with him, as the 9th
err members of the pygmy partyr re-
fused to partake of the proposed
/, FEAST of dog,
This was the reason the little
| dog was permitted to live" said
= Otenbang, land then, after two
p days, We became so fond Of him l
r decided it would be a pity to kill
/ him, and shall take him home
l. with me to the Philippines. Be
@ sides like the American food bet.
= ter"
, AS a result of the change the
Ii dog market has slumped so badly
' that the old men who made it q
'. business to provide dogs for the
d little sayages have been com
Ii PEELED, says the st. Louis Repub
lie, on account of the decreased de
is mand, to look elsewhere for bust
ness, as the prices are so low nov
o that they could not afford to ever
a pay carfare to the exposition
r. grounds,
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HIGH NOON IN DARK AGES.
Expression Originated During Prayer
Time of Monks of an An
cient Period.

The word noon is originally
derived from the Latin mona bora,
the ninth hour of the Romans. the
three o'clock of today, but no clew
is given rs to when or why the
change took place which made
noon mean midday, or u
o'clock. This will be discovered if
we go back to early times, for then
great Difference was paid to Sat
urday afternoon as a preparation
for the Sabbath, when work was
eased all over the land. In 053
King Edgar in his ecclesiastical
laws laid it down that sabbath
shall be observed from Saturday
noon till light appears on the
Monday morning. Johnson, com
menting upon this, says moon" is
three O'Clock, and remained so till
the reformation. How, then,
came it to mean u o'clock? In
this way; Monks, by the rules.
were not to dine till they had sung
their "nOne," or nOOntide services.
When midday, 10 o'clock, began
to be the time of eating and drink
ing the monks, who were also the
masters of language in the dark
ages, anticipated both their devo-
tons and their meals by singing
"nOnes' Immediately after the 70
o'clock service. Thus the noon
of old was merged into the
noon of to-day, and for a time n
distinction was made between the
two by calling II o'clock noon and
three O'Clock high noon" as ii ap-
pears in "The Shepherds Altman
ack.'
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FRANK THORNTON,
orb NJ tho County Court
GoIdwin Smith nn America

Professor Goodwin Smith in an
address q few days ago said Of the
ontlook tor the United States:
''The horizon altogether in that
anarter is dark. At present jingoism
reigns with its strenuous life,' its
big stick its staggering, boastful
aggresslveness, its contempt of right.
suppose expansion takes a southern
course and extends to the line Of the
Panama canal, taking in a vast pop
ulatlon. There may be another DIS
ruption, there can hardly fail to be a
change Of institutions. If you have
empire you must have an emperor"
He then drew a respondent and
pessimistic picture of the ''passlons Of
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and war, which slum-
bered for q time and re-awakened, y
snd sighed over the fact that ''rellg.
Ious BELIEF Is being shaken by science
and criticism, and the authority Of con-
clonce as 1t rested on religious belle.
seems in danger of being impaired
War is raging between capitol anC
labor. Society is threatened with
t3ganny Of accumulated wealth.
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Professor Clurk's Lectures.

P.of. S. H. Clark of tine University
OF Chicago will lecture in Kansas CT,
on six days beginning January I under
the direction of the University Exten-
ton center. Each Saturday morning
Mr.. Clark will give readings from II
to IL o'clock. The lectures and dates
follows:
January 1.-THE Tragic Ideal"
January l4-Interpretative recital Of
"Macbeth," a tragedy of the will.
January 2l-Dramatic recital,
''Paola and Francesca"
January 2S-Iuterpretative recital,
1.-THE Spanish Gypsy" a tragedy Of
conflict.
February g. Interpretative recital,
liking Lear,"a tragedy of the sacrl
fee.
February11- Interpretative recital,
Henry w." a tradegy Of the poet
hero king.-Kansas City World.
1t will be the extraordinary ptivll
eye OF the people of Lexington Il
hear these SIX lectures on dates Il
be announced later. Next to DR.
Moulton, Professor Clark is the great
est Interpreter of literature in Amer
lea, and to fail to hear him wnen op
portunily IS afforded is an offenc
which ought to come within the stat
ute ON criminal negligence. Profess
CLARK is as entertaiu.n as he is in
structive and as instructive as it
possible for man to be.
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New Insurance Story.

They tell this story down on
Wall street. The executive officer
of a great insurance company,
happening one day to meet a
friend in the street, found himself
violently upbraided because his
company refused to invest in the
bonds of an enterprise with
which his friend was connected.
The insurance man stood 1t a
few minutes. Then-"Oh, wellr'
said he, c%arelessly, as if he were
ordering a box of a new brand of
cigars, "send me up a million and
a half of them."-WOrld's Work.
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How Our Presidents have Died.

-
George Washington. December IA,
1899, d~iptberia.
John Adams,OJuly 4, 1926, chrome
diarrhea.
James Madison, June 70, 1856,
debility.
James Monroe, july a, 1881, DE-
b,ity.
John Qoircy Adams, February %
lS4s, peIalyss s.
Andrew Jackson, June, 3, 1915
consum zion.
Martin Van B"r'n, July p. 1856,
asthnuic oatarrb
Wiil:2nl Henry HlrNso1, Ap' 4
ls41, pleurisy.
John Tyler, January II, 1852, bl-
ious fever.
James Polk, June 16, ls49, chronic
dlsrrhea.
Zachary Taylor, July 9 1850, bill
ious fever.
Millard Fillmore, March 9 1874
debility.
Franklin Pierce, October 8 1869
inflammation of stomach.
James Buchanan, June l, 1868
rheumatic govt.
Abraham Lincoln, Abrll 10, 1868
assassination.
Andrew johnson, Jply 81, 1915
paralysis.
Ulysses S. Grant, July 81, 1885
cancer
Rutherford B. Hayes, January y
1898, paralysis of the heat.
James A. Garfield. September Il
1881, assassination.
Chester A. Arthur, November Il
1886, Buight's disease,
Berjsmlu Harrison, March IS, l9G-
pneumonia.
William Nc Kinley, september l.
1901, assassination.
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TEA UsED BY THlBETANs.
Natives Add Salt or Soda to Their
Favorite Beverage When
Boiling It

Tea forms one of the principal
articles of commerce throughout
Thibet and Mongolia. The native
is miserable without it, and when
it cannot be obtained is willing to
cheat himself by various expedi-
ents, such as boiling dried onion
heads, herbs or even an infusion
of chips of wood in water, in order
that he may not be without at
least a suggestion of his favoritc
beverage. The tea imported from
China is pressed into small Oblon.
shaped bricks, made up into cases
of nine bricks securely sewed in
rawhide, and not only is used as
a beverage, but in fact forms a sta
pie of currency as negotiable as
the Bank of England notes or
American currency, says Outing.
The native method of preparing
this delicacy is not a%ppetizing.
The tea is first ground TO a fine
powder by vigorously pounding ii
in a mortar until no splints of
wood or other impurities III Wis.
ible to the naked eye;iti is then put
into the kettle when The water is
hot, to boil 10 or - minutes, by
way of giving increased favor
salt or soda is added, and, this
part of the operation being com
pleted, the all important bushes:
of drinking it begins.
The family being gathered
round the Gre of yak dung. in OF
5 der that atmosphere, as the paint
ers would say, should not be lacE
ing, each one draws from some hid
den recess in the folds of his yo
luminous sheepskin coat a littl
[ wooden bowl, and with a satisfar
] ton that must be seen to be al
: preciated, fills his private dis
J with the liquid. All this, how
+ ever, is by way of preliminar.
e From a skinful of butter, place
0 within convenient range, eaC
/ person takes a piece of oleaginOr
y compound, and let's it melt into b
a bowl of steaming tea.
I The bowl is again filed; I'M
the steaming liquid he throws
e handful of tsamba (parched ba
ley neal, and drawing forth Il
: sodden lump works it into a ba
II of brown dough with a deft NOV
Il ment of his left hand, and succe
y sively bites off pieces of the DE-
= icacy and drinks his buttered t
until the visible supply has va
Il shed, when, in order that his
BILE etiquette may not be il
IL pugned, he ticks his bowl clea
: wipes what superduOus fat
u has got on his face on his boot
and eagerly looks forward to Il
" moment when gods and fate shG
) again become prOpitious.
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0Mercedeso in snnnish Rnvnltu

Mercedes seems a name des.
tined to early death in the royal
family of Spain, for the young
kings elder sister, the queen of
Spain until his birth, has just died.
She was named for that beau.
tiful Mercedes who had been her
fathers first wife and who, it is
believed, was poisoned, as we'll as
her sister Cristina, as they both
died suddenly and mysteriously.
No wonder superstitious Span
iards regard this second dispense
ton as an omen of evil to the
reigning hOuse.-BostOn Herald.
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Letter List.

The following letters remain ~uncalled
for at the postofice, at Lexington, Mo.
Nov. Ii, 1904.
Samuel Blair, C. A. Brown, Peter
Berwanger, Miss Hattie Burgener,
Clyde Blownt, William Cane, Mrs.
William Carey (col.), Mrs. Anna
Clark ~ Frank Doran, Roble Fields,
Will Gray, Mrs, Fishie Gosset, Mrs,
n. W, Hodson (2), OhsrleS Ashby
Johns, Bob jackson, Perrle Molten,
Rollsn Noel, Ed Payne, Mrs. N. j,
RuebeD, Iowa Slaughter, Miss Maggie
Sardus, Frank Scott (2), J. NJ. Thorn.
son, E. B. yaunham, Richard Walker
When calling for these please say
they we're advertised.
JAMES NJ. CRowDER, P. M
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CURIOUS GROWTH OF TREE
Scottish Birch = Wood Falls Across
Gully and Branches Adopt
Functions of Roots.

An interesting and curious fact
about some trees is that their
branches and roots are so alike i'll
nature that if a tree be uproOted
and turned upside down, with the
branches underground, the roots
will gradually bud, and in the
course of time will become verita-
BILE branches, while the buried
branches will, on their part, take
upon themselves the functions of
roots. In a celebrated Scottish
birch wood a large fir, being blown
Town in a gale of wind, fell across
gully, the branches straightway
taking root on the opposite side,
while the branches on the trunk,
and some upturned roots, shot up
in vigorous growth, presenting
the unusual spectacle of 10 trees
in a row, with a common root OF
giant size spanning the gully.
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Correction.

Lexington, Mo-, Nov Is, 1904
To the Voters of Lafayette County,
Missouri
We hereby certify that after our at
teution was called to the vote at North
Higginsville precinct, we have this day
re-examined the poll book sent 10 to
the county clerk from said precinct,
and find that the vote on the office Of
representative cast at said precinct at
the last election was 1l8 for Chas, A.
Keith and 81 for Glover Branch, iu-
stead Of lO8 for Chas. A. Keith and
81 for Glover Branch, heretofore
announced.
That the certificate of the Judges
Of Election on the poll book sent to
the county clerk was not plainly
written, and was counted by us as
108 votes instead 11S votes for Chas.
A. Keith for representative, hence
we made an error of 10 votes against
MI. Keith in casting up the votes for
said office.
The poll book retained by the
judges at North Higginsville has this
day been examined by us, and we ind
that the judges certificate in said
poll book shows plainly that the vote
OF Chas. A Keith for represent tive
was l1S, and Of Glover Branch FOL
said office was 81 at that precinct
which corresponds with both tally
sheets kept by the clerks of election
Of said precinct
This leaves Mr.. Branch with
majority of two votes.
We make this correction in justic,
10 all parties.
Mr.. U. q. PhetzIng, representa-
the republican party, has examines
said poll books and tally sheets, anC
has agreed to the correctness Of tn
above statement.
[sIeNED]
FRANK THORNTON,
Clerk OF the County Court.
P. w. OSBORN,
Presiding Judge Of County Court.
e. S. BUTT.
Judge Of County Court Of Wester
District
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AN ECONOMICAL TRIP.
Journey to Europe Nowadays Can
Be Made at Very Small
Cost.

So cheap are the ways of travel
ing nowadays that you can take a
summer run over TO London town
and back for no more than it costs
you to stay at home, writes War
rem Harper, in the Era. This is
not a fabrication; it is the truth,
which few persons realize.
If you happen to have lying idle
at any time 5000 or $3.50 you can
consider yourself wealthy. The
very best sort of a European tour
is then yours to command. You
can journey along with frst-class
privileges everywhere on land or
sea. Last summer when the writ
er CHANGED to have $3.50 to devote
to a pleasure pilgrimage over
seas, he felt as if he had a fortune
to dispose of. But he planned its
expenditure as wisely as he knew
how, making ii stretch out so thai
this was the splendid result;
Over f~rst-class by Cunard line
Boston to Liverpool, \ day a.
Chester, two at Warwick, visiting
both Warwick and Kenilwortl
castles; two days at StratfOrd-on
Avon; one week in LOrdOn; on,
week in Paris; the same in Swift
erland, taking in Lucerne and it.
lake trips; Interlaken, with it,
delightful journey over the Wen
germ Alps and up the great jung
frau and Berne. Then three day
in Brussels, two in Antwerp. tw'
in The Hague and the famou
Dutch seashOre resort, Scheven
gen, and home again hrst-clas
from Rotterdam to New York.
Two months jogging alon
among the celebrated sights @
j., the old world. And l didn't ru
close to the wind, either. / ca.
ried a trunk full of raiment an
u suffered not at all from the humi
, iation of living all the time in on
suit of clothes. / had a room I
myself every night, and most gel
orally it was quite as good as m
own at home. | went to many
II play for a shilling and enjoyed
es hugely, and as for the grand o
> era, / heard Calve and the /
Reszkes in Carmen" at the C
vent Garden, in London, for (
~ cents, l explored cathedrals fro
il crypt to chimney top; and not
u museum, so far as l know, got ]
g. me. tipped porters, boots, wa.
or ers and smiling chambermai,
beyond number, and they were
very good to me. bought pilot
graphs, guide books and little so
y venirs a plenty for the dear on
at home. Up the Alps l went al
y down the CatacOmbs. Ever
where the world went nicely;
n hitch, no worry, nothing to c
u over.
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Between Friends.

PATIENCE thought that was
you l heard upstairs a little while
ago.
Patrice-Yes; | was taking a
singing lesson.
ooh, were you? | thought yOu
we're in the dentists having a
tooth pulled "-Yonkers States
man.
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The Bureau of Forestry has recently
signed an agreement to make extensive
tim Der seasoning tests In two Western
States, in cooperation with two tele-
graph and telephone companies. Ex-
perimentsl stations will be located at
M~arinette, Wis, and Escanaba, Mich
and probably a third station will be
established at Ashland, Wis. The
expense of the experiments viii Re
borne jointly by the Bureau and the
companies. Cedar and lamarack tele.
phone and telegraph poles will be ful.
nished by the State Of Wisconsin, free
of cost, and two railroad oOmpanie!
have agreed to haul them to the ex.
pertinent station without charge fol
freight. The object of the experiment,
is to determine how many years can b,
added to the life Of each pole by prope.
seasoning.
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His Fuel.

do you burn gasoline in your
autOmobileW
q don't know answered the
apprehensiye-looking man. at
seems to me that what I am burn
ing is money. '-Washington Star.
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The first japanese newspaper was
published in 1868 and contained news
translated from Dutch newspapers.
Today Japan has over $500 papers
aud several of them are in English.
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what Thew can II.

Patient endeavor sooner or
later finds something that the lazy
loiterer calls good luck" - The
Commoner.
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Married, at the home Of the on.
ciatIng minister, Rev. J.. H. Koehler,
in Higginsville, Tuesday evening,
November Is, 1904, Miss Christina
Miller, Of Higginsville and Mr.. Ed.
Schowengerdt, Of Aullville.
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The ink plant of New Granada is a
curiosity. The juice OF it can be used
as ink without any preparation. A.
first the writing is rcd, but after a few
hours it changes to black.
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Berkshires For Sale.

have for sale a very choice lot Of
Qfoughbred Berkshire pigs; male
female. Will be ready for service
October. Reduced prices II taken
once. Respectfully,
IS. M. REYNOLDS,
No-294t Corder, Mo.
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PRAISE IT.

Mothers everywhere praise One
Minute Cough Cure for the sufferings
it has relieved and the lives Of their
little ones it has saved. A certain
cure for coughs, groups and ~whooping
cough. A. L. S%pafford, Postmaster, Of
Chester, Mich, says; "our little girl
was unconscious from strangulation
during a sudden and terrible attack Of
cough, One Minute Cough Cure quick
ly relieved and cured her and | cannot
praise it too highly" One Minute
Cough Cure relieves coughs, makes
breathing easy, cuts out phlegm,
draws out inflammation, and removes
every cause of a cough and strain on
lungs. Sold by Crenshaw g. Young,
Druggists, l1-5ml
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TEXAs WONDER.

One small bottle of the Texas Won
der, Halls Great Discovery, cures all
kidney and bladder troubles, remOves
gravel, cures diabetes, seminal ennis
sions, weak and lame backs, rheuma =
tism, and all Irregularities of the kid
neys and bladder in both men and
women; regulates bladder troubles in
chile rem. If not sold by your druggist,
it will be sent by mail on receipt Of 81
One small bottle is two months treat
ment and seldom fails to perfect a cure.
DR.. E. w. Hall, sole manufacturer, p.
o. Box 500, st. Louis, Mo. Send for
testimonials. Sold by all druggists.
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Pulpit Echoes

The Christian must serve his follow
men.-Rev. DR.. Barnes.
The true crown of woman IS hvi
piety.-Rev. DIR. Chadwick.
Il was the fact Of self. abandonment
aud self-forgetfulness which chief
marked the life OF Jesus Rev Dr.
Clampett.
Wealth ia a public peril TO-DAY.
simply because m%ultitudes have
yielded to the danger Of private
riches. Rev. P. Barr.
Fidelity consists in doing those thing,
we are commanded to do, and not
doing those things we are forbidden t.
do,-Rev. DIR. Monk.
The kind OF life one leads ever leaves
its msrks upon the outward visagr.
The body We wear is self's externaliza
tion .-ReV. R. Nj. Black.
Tie truest way to manifest our low
to God is by doing Gods will, and the
decalogue Is a revelation of bis will
Rev. Robt. Haddow.
Who is our God that speaks to us il
the Bible, in oar livesP is be not tn
God who receives us as his sons an,
daughtersP-Rev G. Crawford.
What Christ sought was 70 max
men great, great as men, created i
the image of God, with broad con
ceptions of the meaning of life, wit
holy ideals.-Rev. DR.. Raymond.
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Died, at her home south Of Higgins
vile, Nov, 10, Mrs. Martin Neber,
aged AZ years.
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READ THIS.

DIR. E. w, Hall, st. Louis, Mo.-Deat
Sir: Alter using variovs kidney cures
for several years without any success,
l vas cured by less than one bottle Of
The Texas Wonder, Halls Great Dis
covery. l can conscientiously recon.
mend to all sufferers of kidney troubles.
w. II, HLKENE, 1925 Goode Ave.
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