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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
STORY OF A PARIS cABMAN.
Travelled All the Way from French
Capital to Calais to Collect
Fare Due Him.

A story is told to-day of a Paris
cabman who, it is alleged, followed
an authentic English lord in the
train to Calais, leaving his horse
and cab outside the Care du NOrd
terminus, says the London Daily
Telegraph. The lord took the cab
at his hotel, and told the driver to
go as quickly as possible to the
station for the Calais express.
At the terminus the nObleman
rendered the cabman a 100-franc
note, which the jehu could not
change. "Wait a bit" said his
lordship, "I'll pay you at the ticket
office"
Cabby went with the nobleman
into the station, but when the
ticket was taken the lord, hearing
the words; express Calais en-
voitrep' rushed wildly to his car
riage, followed by the driver.
Lord Blank had just time to
take his seat when the train start
ed, and cabby, who had also en-
tered the express, was whirled
away to Calais town. En- route
he was paid by the nobleman, who
also betrayed the jehu's journey
to the north and back. On return
ing to Paris cabby found that his
horse andyehicle we're impOunded.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
COAL IN THE SOUTHWEST
Indian Territory Has a Valuabl,
Product That Finds a Ready Mar
ket-What Analysis Shows.

A writer in Mines and Minerals
asserts that the Goals of Indian
territory are so valuable for
steam production and making
coke and in the household that
they find a good market. They APP.
pear to be superior to the Ignite
or brown coal of Texas and include
several varieties. At the present
time most of the more accessible
coal lands have been bought or
leased, at least in the southern ba.
sins, and much prospecting and
development work is being carried
on.
The Goals Of the territory range
from bituminous to semi-bitumin.
Gus and semi-anthracite. The
composition of Goals encountered
in passing from the western limit
Of the field to Arkansas on the
east shows a decided rise in per.
centage of fixed carbon-the Goals
become harder and assume an an
thracite character similar to those
minedin western Arkansas, being,
in fact, one and the same.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
Special Low Rates via Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway.

Lexington to Dallas, Texas, and re-
turn, May 10th to 18th, good until
May DIST, SITS
Lexington to San Francisco and Los
Angeles, Cal, and return April 93rd to
May LIST, good returning until June
30th, SAC. 80.
Lexington to Carthage, Mo-, and re-
turn, May 18th to oath, good returning
until May 3Oth, $500.
Lexington TO Galveston, Houston,
San Antonio and other Texas points,
$500 for the round trip. Tickets good
Is days going, with plenty s%topovers,
final return limit 21 days. The same
rate applies TO certain Louisiana
points. Tickets on sale March 10.
Special one-way ''cqlonistp tickets on
sale to Indian and Oklahoma Terrific
tories. March 10th. at low rate $3.50
and $1,000 to Texas and Louisiana
points.
Special one-way SETTLERS" tickets on
sale to points in Minnesota, North and
South Dakota and Intermediates to
Manitoba, Western Ontario, Saskatch-
evan and Asoiniboia, March sth, 18th,
92nd and 29th, and April 9Th, 18th,
10th and 26th, at low rate 5000.
Special '~'colonistn tickets Low on
sale to California at low rate S26. 30'
also to the great northwest at S26. 80,
and less to certain territory. For full
information please call on
A. S. LOOMS, Ticket Agent
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
INCREASE IN CARNATIONS.
Practice Is Slowly Gaining in Favor
in Germany and in Other Civ
ilized Lands.

The practice Of cremating the
dead is slowly gaining favor in
Germany, as well as in other civ
ilized lands. A report from west
ern Germany declares that an APP
plication is now pending for per-
mission to erect a crematory in
Strasburg. Should this be denied,
the establishment will be located
in Kehl, on the other side of the
Rhine. Two crematOries have
been built in The grand duchy Of
Baden-one at Heidelberg and an.
other at Mannheim-and a third
is being constructed at Karls.
ruhe. Since the erection of the
crematory at Heidelberg there
have been 1920 cremations. Dur
ing the year 1903 there were lag
crematiOns-43 from Heidelberg.
p from Stuttgart, II from Karls-
ruhe, nine from Munich, five each
from Frankfort and HeilbrUn,
four from Baden-Baden two each
from Darmstadt, Freiburg, Ian
den, Ludwigshafen, Pforzheim,
Strasburg and Wiesbaden, and 3S
from other cities and villages.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
LITTLE BIRD IS A FIGHTER.
sparrows Fear Attack from the Di-
minutive Humming Bird-Iake
Refuge Ia Flight.

The English sparrow, noted for
its pugnacity, has one adversaryit
fears TO encounter. 1t has ban.
ished nearly all native singing
birds from their customary
haunts, but has thus far failed to
brighten off the smallest of them
all, the humming bird.
The familiar principle OF physics
that the striking power Of a body
in motion is equal to its weight
multiplied by its velocity is the Sc
cret of the humming birds superb
GRITTY over the sparrow. The hum
ming birds weight is small, but
its speed is high, and its buzzing
haste has genuine terror for it's
larger enemy.
The uneasy cries of a sparrow
attracted the attention of an OBJ
server the other day, who present
ly discovered the sparrow sitting
well up in a pine tree. Just with
in a foot of the frightened bird
buzzed a humming bird, its misty
wings and keen beak suggesting Q
tiny aerial ram in flight and bent
on puncturlng some greater craft
in the air.
The sparrow stood its ground
until the beak seemed about to
pierce it's breast, and then took
flight with the angry little hum
ming bird in hot pursuit. The
humming bird soon returned, ap
parently having given up the
chase, possibly because it hat
driven the enemy far enough from
the nest.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
EXECuTRiX,S NOTICE.

Letters testamentary on the estate Of San
ford b. Thornton, deceased, were granted T.
the undersigned on the 18th day OF March,
1904, by the probate court OF Lafayette
county, Missouri. All persons having claims
against said estate are required to exhibit
them for allowance To the executor
within one year after the date OF said letters
or they may be precluded from any benefit OF
such estate; and If such claims be not ex-
hibited within two years from the date OF
said letters they will be forever barred.
This 18th day OF March. 1904
LAURA a, THORNTON.
326t5 Executrix
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
CUTTING CLASS IS EASY.
There Are other Methods Of severing
the Brittle Substance Beside
Use Of the Diamond.

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1t often occurs that glass tubes
of various dimensions have 10 be
cut where a diamond is not at
hand, as in shops and power
plants, where oil and water gauge
tubes must be neatly fitted, says
the National Gas Budget. The
usual method adopted is to file a
small groove around the tube and
separate the glass with a sharp
rap at the place weakened by the
file. The result is not always
satisfactory, because the ends
often break uneyenly, owing to
the difficulty of making a straight
groove with the file. Better re
suits are obtained when only a
small incisiOn is made with a file,
just enough to cut through the en-
amel of the tube on one side, and
not all around. While the tube is
still warm from the friction of the
file the tube is then taken be
tween the thumbs and foretingers,
the thumbs opposite the file in
c%ision, and the forefnger around
the tubing, close, but not covering
the incision. Pressure of the
thumbs invariably causes the tube
to break in as straight and clean
a line as though cut with a dia-
m0nd.
Another method is to use a fine
saw biade (the finer toothed the
better, for a saw is only another
form of fle) and this should be
keptfedwith fine emery, carborun-
dun or pulyerized s;iioa sand or
hard grit, moistened with cam.
phor, oil, turpertine or water.
A straight, steady and even
stroke should be made, and when
the work is carefully done against
a gauge the cut will be as true as
though it had been ground. MOI
is even a toOthed blade necessary
if a suitably hard and finely grit
ted abrasive is used and regular
ly fed between the glass and fine
wire, watch spring or blunt, hu.
even, blade Of an ordinary table
knife The latter will be some
what slow, of course, but a finc
steel wire, run at high speed like
band saw, if regularly fed wit
fine emory or carborundum, will
!, give very satisfactory results, no
only for cutting either straigh
lines or curves in window, bu
plate or optical glass in such thick
ness as makes cutting with a dia
mOnd difficult, precarious or i'm
possible.
Window glass, especially singh
strength, can be accurately spill
either in straight or curved line
by making an incision through tn
enamel of the glass and then hold
ing a hot iron close to the incisiol
till a fracture is started. The fraC
ture will follow the hot iron wit,
remarkable fidelity. The iro,
should be preferably round ant
somewhat blunt and with a bulk.
head dixie an ordinary fire poker.
so as to retain its heat we'll 70
long cuts, especially for THO.
sheets, to keep the fracture gOin
when once started, even if tw
heated irons have to he nspd
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
Barefoot Cure.

The eccentricities of some PEG.
pie are boundless. A fashion has
lately sprung up of walking daily
across Hyde Park with bare feet
with the object of "warding OIL
colds" "The barefoot cure" as it
is called, halls from the Swiss
mountains, and, it is predicted,
threatens TO become popular.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23

Telegraph posts alonga railway
are arranged 30 to the mile.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Letters of administration on the estate OF
Benjamin T. Hoke, deceased, were granted
to the undersigned on the 9th day of April,
1904, by the probate court Of Lafayette coun-
ty, Missouri. All persons having claims
against said estate are required to exhibit
them for allowance to the administrator
within one year after the date of said letters
or they may be preoluded from any benefit of
such estate; and II such claims be not eN-
hibited within w years from the date OF
said letters they will be forever barred.
This 9Th day OF April, 1904.
ELLEN HOKE.
4.9t5 ADMINISTRATIVE
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
FINAL~ IMPROVEMENT.

Notice is HEREBY given to all creditors and
other persons interested In the estate OF
French 7. Strother, deceased. that the under
signed administrator will apply to make a
term, 1904. of the probate court Of Lafayette
county, Missouri, to be begun and held at
the probate cOur room, in the city OF Lex
ington, on the second Monday in May,
1904
LUCY A. STROTHER,
4-9t5 Administrators.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby gwen to all creditors and
other persons interested in the estate OF
Geo d. Duvall, deceased. that the under
signed administrator win apply to make a
Anal settlement OF said estate, at the May
term, 1904, of the probate court of Lafay-
cite county, Missouri, tobe begun and held AT
the probate court room, In the city of Licking
ton, on the second Monday In May. 1894.
ARTHUR I. ROBINSON,
Acts Administrator
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
FINAL, SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons interested in the estate o.
John White, deceased. that the under
signed administrato will apply to make u fina'
settlement OF said estate, at the Nav
term, 1904, of the probate cc'lrt of Lafayette
county, Missouri, to be begun and held at the
probate court room, IN the city Of Lexington
on the second Monday in May, 1909.
WM. A. BLUCHER,
Administrator De Bonis o with the Will
Annexed lots
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
Smallest Coin.

The smallest coin in the world
having a genuine circulation is
probably the Maltese grain a
tiny fragment Of bronze about as
big round as the top Of a slate pen
ell and worth only one-sixth of a
cent.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-23
RINAL %SETrIEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other person. interested In the estate OF
Elizabeth A. Corder, deceased. that the un-
dersigned administrator. will apply TO
May term, 1904, Of the probate court OF
Lafayette county, Missouri, to be begun anu
held at the probate court room, In the city Of
LexingtOn, on the second Monuay in May,
GEORGE W. CORDER.
A-Qtk Administrator
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-04-29
A VERY OLD DINNER.
Antiquary Ate Apples That RiDened
over Eighteen Hundred Years
Ago-Butter Ripe, Too.

An antiquary in the city Of Brussels
named Goebel gave, perhaps, the oldest
dinner that has ever been eaten. says
the New York Herald. A description
was given by one OF the guests, Dit.
Amaziah Dukes. He says: AT that
dinner | ate apples that ripened more
than / 800 years ago; bread made from
wheat grown before the children OF Is
rael passed through the Red sea, spread
with butter that was made when Eliza
beth was queen Of England; and I
washed down the repast with wine
which was old when Columbus was
playing barefoot with the boys In Ge-
noa
"The apples were from an earthen
Jar taken from the ruins Of Pompeii
The wheat was taken from a chamber
in one Of the pyramids. the butter from
stone shelf in Scotland. where FOR
several centuries II had lain in an
earthen crock in fey water. and the
wine was recovered from an old vault
in the city Of Corinth. There were six
guests at the table, and each had a
mouthful OF bread and teaspoonful OF
wine. but was permitted TO help HIM
self bountlfully 10 the butter. there be-
ing several pounds Of it. The apple
lar held about two-thirds Of gallon
The fruit was sweet and as finely fla
vored as II It had been picked but yes
ferdav."
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-04-29
AIR OF POVERTY DRAWS COIN.
Famous Vicar of Gorleston Has
Unique Experience, Hut singers
Get New Outht.

The famous vicar OF Gorleston, whose
occasionally find their way
into public prints, decided recently be
wanted new cassocks and surplices for
his choir On a recent Sunday he an
nounced the collection in the church
that morning would be devoted to this
purpose
Il think there must be a little mis-
understanding between US was his
comment at the evening service Il
did not ask you to give me a surplice,
but the whole Of Gorleston parish choir.
Thirty-two and six, the amount Of your
offerings this morning, will not 90 far
towards doing that now / am frank
TO own a surpliced choir is a luxury
which is not necessary 10 salvation.
The church wardens tell me you are
too poor to provide surpiices. / think
otherwise, but when I'm poor DO with
out luxuries. You must do the same
Whether Gorleston has asurpliced choir
or not depends entirely upon you"
The next Sunday morning a strange
spectacle greeted the astonished eyes
Of the congregation, for the choir, which
is the pride Of East Anglia, presented a
spectacle Of poverty and destitution ter
rible to witness. Some wore SUPPLIES,
some cassocks. and some were clad in
both. Some had nothing on but the
Oldest week day clothing, one mans
surplIce being tatters from his shoul-
ders, while another's cassock was in
rags. The music was cut down to mimi
mum chants. II IS said the voices Of the
boys almost failed. Then that night
the church wardens could hardly stag
ger up the chancel with the weight Of
the coins the repentant congregation
had poured into the plates. A few days
later the vicar, with a satisfied smile,
went TO London to buy a complete out
fit for the choir.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-04-29
REFORMING THE DYsPEPTICS.
Club Formed I'm Jersey City 10 Manage
department of the Interior"
on Advance Theories.

The Dyspeptlc club, recently formed
in Jersey City, aims evidently to ere
ate a new department Of the interior" t"
and to manage it on advanced and econ
omical theories. SO far, says the Med
lcal Record, there are only 81 members
in the organization, although a very
much greater number, mostly Ameri-
cans, are plainly eligible.
Each member must make quarterly
written reports OF experiences. The di-
versity Of these should certainly give
due variety to the sessions. But this
Is the only way to get at facts. The ac-
tions OF different foods must be duly
estimatedd. Pie and pain, buckwheat
and bloat, sausage and suffering. pickle
and pang, cabbage and collie, ham and
heartburn. must show their proper re-
lations. The humillating part OF the
business is that each culprlt must con-
less TO his weak will and HIS misplaced
condolences, while pork, pie and pud-
ding will still hold their own against
odds. Thus, no member should be
trusted to give absolutely impartial testl-
mony unless he can prove that he was
free from cramp. hyperacidIty. head
ache or borborygmus when his report
was written. Gasthalgia Is as apt. in a
reflex way, to affect the higher moral
sense OF truth as Is a collie TO warp sound
judgment on the ordinary relation OF
cause and effect. The only good reso-
luton is when the paroxyslsm Is on.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-04-29

An American traveller writes: "Ath-
ems Itself, as a city. is insufferable Il
Is raw, garish. new. staring, crude It
smells q paint. II reeks Of varnish.
Il is redolsnt Of last week. Il Is the
newest city one sees in southern Eu-
rope. It is dusty. It is noisy. # is vui-
gar. Everything IN II is imitation. The
army Is imitation The city Is a sham.
Il is a Joy TO leave the commonplace
streets, to quit the insuferable city and
10 climb the Acropolis. There. every
thing Is calm and peaceful and the
magnificent ruins are restful. There
only in Athens do you find a spot
which is not oppressively new and raw
The royal palace is one Of the newest
and rawest Of all the raw. new build
ings
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-04-29
The worst thing about an obstacle is
that it il always in the way.
Ache, Which Have Resiste Everything.

l.. b. Grandy, NJ. d., Demonstration
of Anatomy and Microscopy, Southern
Medical College, Atlanta, Ga, says,
"Autikamnia Tablets have given me
the most happy results in the head
aches and other disagreeabe head
symptoms that have accompanied the
ate catarrhal troubles prevailing IN
this section. In my practice they are
Meremedy for all Headaches aud Neu.
ralgias, some cases yielding, which had
heretofore resisted everything. /
usually begin with two tablet dose
and then If necessary, give another
tablet in half an hour. A refreshing
sleep il often produced and there are
no disagreeable after-efiects. They are
especially appreciated by my lady
patients, for their various aches and
ills.n
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-04-29
FARMvILLE, VA, FRIDAY, APRIL %, 1904

supt. Sloan, Of the Chicago bride
well, is in trouble because among mis-
s.o, 1927 prison ers
there are only
BARRIERS. ,brea bsrhers At
least Is are needed to attend the faces
and polls. of Mr.. Sloan's boarders; and
there has never appeared before, It Is
reported, such luxurlant growths OF
boards. "In the old days" says the
superintendent, Il used to get almost
any kind Of prisoner l wanted by ask
ing the Harrison street authorities.
They would send me brickmakers,
tailors, or any sort OF craftsman l
needed" In that good time, says the
New York Post, one can picture the
superintendent sending a note to po-
lice headquarters saying: please ar
rest 12 BARRIERS and send them to the
bridewell-we're short" Then the
policemen would be sent out to cap
ture the razor handlers, procure sufh-
clent evidence against them. and have
them committed. A perfect under
standing between the police. the COM
hitting magistrates, and the superin-
tendent must have existed In the
"old days" the supply Of BARRIERS must
sometimes have exceeded the demand
in the prison. The rule must have
worked both ways, the Chicago Chron-
icle suggests. The superintendent in
that case probably reported to their
aldermen that they had been commit
ted only as a temporary convenience
and should now be released. Then the
aldermen would see the mayor and
pardons would be granted. In this
way the superintendent would get his
needed help, the aldermen would Sc
cure so many votes in the next cleo
tion. the mayor would secure the sup
port Of the aldermen in the council,
and the only sufferers would be the
poor BARRIERS" Now, that the old days
have passed away, It is pretty safe to
say that Chicago BARRIERS will be care
full OF their conduct, since sentence
TO the brldeweh means hard work,
long hours, and no pay for overtime
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-04-29
NO. 81.
Good For Children.

The pleasant 10 take and harmless
One Minute Cough Cure gives i'm
mediate relief in all cases OF Cough.
Group and LaGrippe because it does
not pass Immediately into the stomach,
but takes effect right at the seat Of the
trouble. Ii draws out the infamma-
tion, heals and soothes and cures per-
manentlY by enabling the lungs TO con-
tribute pure life-giying and life-sus-
tanning oxygen to the blood and It's
sues. One minute Cough Cure is
pleasant to take.and it is good alike
for young and old. Sold by the Win
ston Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-04-29
a person can attract attention aud
yet not be very attractive.
Sclatic Rheumatism Cured.

81 have been subject to sciatic rheu-
matism for years" says Il. II. Waldron,
Of Wilton Junction, Iowa. "My joints
were stin and gave me much pain and
discomfort. My joints would crack
when / Strengthened up. fused Cham
eilain's Pain Balm and have been
thoroughly cured. Have not had a
pain or ache from the old trouble for
many months. 1t is certainly a most
wonderful liniment." For sale by the
Winston Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-04-29
After a burglar has taken everything
i'm sight he takes his leave.
Best Cough Medicine For children.

When you buy a cough medicine for
small children you want one in which
you can place implicit confidence. You
want one that not only relieves but
cures. You want one that is unques-
tionably harmless. You want one that
is pleasant to take. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy meets all Of these con-
ditions. There is nothing so good for
the coughs and colds incident to child
hood. 1t is also certain preventive
and cure for Group, and there is no
danger whatever from whopping cough
when it is given. It has been used In
many epidemics Of that disease with
perfect success. For sale by the Win
stOn Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-04-29
Even the weather man should lay
something by for a rainy day.
4 Cure for Headache.

Any man, woman or child suffering
f. ON headache, billi0usness or a dull,
drawsy feeling should take one or two
Of DeWitts Little Early Risers night
and morning. These .amous little
pills are famous because they are a
tonic as well as pill. While they
cleanse the system they strengthen and
rebuild it by their tonic effect upon
the liver and bowels. Sold by the
Winston Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-04-29

An intelligent Armenian who has
chosen America for his home, and who
wishes to do as Americans do, recent
ly asked DR.. Edward Everett Hale II
he recommended joining any political
organization. mo great objects can
be accomplished without organization"
ran DR.. Hale's reply 1T is a pity to
give up to party what was meant for
mankind, but every man must work
with other men. I am holier than
thou was a very bad motto for the
Pharisee. and is a very bad motto for
Americans"