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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-13
HowELLs DIsL1KEs FLArrRRY
And Tells a Story Supposed to pOin.
Moral.

q Moral.
William Dean Howells has act.
ed as the literary godfather fol
many young native authors who
sought him out early in their ca.
reers to ask his good offices. One
OF these, at least, was not I'm.
grateful; for when he ARRIVED
and had reached that position
where his say in literary affairs
meant something, he never lost an
opportunity to say nice things of
the author Of "Silas Lapham."
On one occasion, says the Phila.
delphia Ledger, the younger au.
thor made an address before a
body of literary men in which he
virtually asserted that every.
thing good and great in native lit.
erature OWED its inspiration to
Howells. The address was print.
ed far and wide and commented
on at length, not always in a man.
ner complimentary to its author.
Howells' attention was, natural.
ly, called to the matter, and he
wrote his protege a letter in
which he involved a story of two
men who, bathing at the sea.
shore, were seen struggling and
crying for help. A crowd gath.
cred to watch the efforts of the
lifeguards, who could hear above
the roar of the ocean and the
noise made by the crowd a voice
believing:
"Save the red-haired man! Save
him first! The red.haired man.
Burew
Both men were saved, and the
guards, going after the excitabIe
fellow on the beach in the hope Of
gratuity, asked:
"Red'headed chap relation q
yours, sir?"
Mono relative at ALL" he re-
"but he owes me 49,"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-13
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.

The principle subject of political
di 'cussion In the national capital a,
'la'J the present time Is the so-called For.
= aker bill, which aims to relieve the
trusts and mergers OF any control OF
s 49, limitation by The government, and is
iueno everywhere regarded as the admins
Ino trstio1's bid for the support of the
PT great corporations in the coming presi-
. ~ den ial election. This bill shows the
= lack Vt sincerity on the part OF the re-
wv publican party in their alleged fgbr
~ mn hgains the trusts as docs nothing else
ame' that has come to the surface lately
o""u The administration has been active in
TN getting before the people of the country
and toutirg Itself as an antitrust ad.
az ministrat'on, telling In flar!ng head
'hteh' lines in the good republican papers
zen y how the Attorney. General was gong
Tue 70 smash the trusts to smithereens. 1t
otioe' would Ike the people to believe that il
III intended to do something for them in
the way OF trust busting, but so far IL
has only worked with its mouth an.
IrlVdl has done nothing in the courts Of the
ionA country, Notwithstanding the fact tina
qWpl an appropriation of half million dol.
'n"n lars mas been made for the special pur-
all il pose Of prosecuting the trusts. The
Oy, L fund has not been used and will not be.
dpil' ior aihat purpose. More SMILES,
u tn oraWn from the national GENE OF poker,
lhe That nj toe political situation, have
utll lately been coined, most of them bv
u The reGoubtable Mark Hanna, than at
tie any perod in the political history of
the country. The one that fits The
'otO present ~sitIsilon in the politics of the
ere nation is Ina. the present play of the
lcKI republican party is a huge "bluff. +" so
lar as it intends to wipe out the Grim.
npr' inal trusts Of the county.
Senator Foraker, besides being the
=! Ohio manager of presidents campaign
Tor election to succeed himself, is, with
the Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, bis
spokesman 10 The Senate of the United
states, and no man who knows how
~ tnlngs are done IN Washington con-
slders that there would be the remot.
nc est possibility OF Senator Foraker offer.
ing such a bill without the presdent,s
les direction.
Following, as it did, the visit to )
washington Of the trust magnates
whose mergers and combines are
menaced under the Sherman law, the :
e Northern Securities merger, now fight.
a ing for life in the supreme court, and
the coal trust, brought to bay by the :
suit started by William Rsndol oh !
Hearst before the Interstate Commerce
= Commisslon-the Significance Of Sena. :
tor Foraker's effort becomes manifest.
Not in years has anything happened
10 bring J. Pierpont Morgan, H. G. c
Prick, J.. W. Gates, President Cassatt y
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and q
President s%tillman, of the National /,
CRY Bank, al to Washington together. q
The presence Of Cassatt and Stillman b
at The White House dlnncr emphasized q
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-13

County Recorder Ewing OF Vernon
county is evidently not in harmony
With The county court. He has Just
sued the county for sl1s 30 for alleged
%ianitor service in keeping his Office
clean, claiming that the %janitor had
been forbidden to do SO by the county
court.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-13

% s.. LOuis. : very ave- ~preeenlsgs I.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-13
ITCH-RINGWORM

E. T. Lucas, Wingo, KY, writes.
April rs, 1902; "For ten to twelv,
years l had been afflicted with a MAJ.
ady known as the Glitch" The itch,
ing was most unbearable; | had tried
tor years to find relief, having tried al.
remedies / could hear of, besides ;
number Of doctors. l wish to stat.
that n single application OF Ballard
Snow Eminent cured me completely
aud permanently Since then l bav,
used the liniment on two seperate occa-
sions for ringworm and 1t cured com
pletly. y 26c, SOC, and s1.O0. For sa Q
by Crenshaw & Young. 2.6m1
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-13

The matter of feed Il d
Tremendous importance TO the
tarmer. Wrong feeding is
loss. Right feeding is profit.
The up-to-date farmer knows
what to feed his COWS to get
the most milk, his pigs to get
the most pork, his hens to
get the most eggs. Science.
But how about the children1
Are they fed according to
science, a bone food if bones
~S SUI ana unueVeloPed, a
flesh and muscle food if they
are thin and weak and a blood
if there is anemiaf
SCOTS Emulsion is a mixed
the Cod Liver Oil in it
flesh, blood and muscle,
Lime and Soda make bone
brain. 1t is the standard
scientific food for delicate
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-13

% vice Of The situation lhsl the FOt.
aker Bill was the sdministration's ter.
der in exchange for the help Of the trusts
Ia The next election. Not IN n geneIa.
ton has 8 bill introduced 10 Congress
provoked such a feeling of alarm and
indignation as this has done. Coming
at q time when the people r mar
shalling all that Is left TO them Of pow.
er to check the power Of the rapacious
combinations, and when the worst Of
these are under fire, the proposition to
undo all that has been done for the
protection of the country sgains. these
predatory organizations, the Foraker
bill Is doubtly alarming, and the fact
that it is presented BY the spokesman
Of the president iDtenSi6es the feeling
Of dismsy.
The comments Of the democrats 10
he Senate and House OF representa-
uves Indicate how clearly the danger is
realized and how unanimous is the con-
domination Of the measure among those
WHOM will fall the burden of the
@gbt to prevent the enactment of this
measure INTO a law. The Foraker
proposition Is regarded as a throwing
aside. on the part Of the republicans,
any p%retense opposing the trusts and
he notification that prospective con
.ributions OF Wall Street to the repub-
lean campaign fund are deemed Of
more Importance than the sympathy
If the people who are fighting for de
iverance from the mergers and illegal
ordinations of railroads with the ag-
,regrtions that control production,
uch as the coal trust and beef trust.
CHARLES A. EDWARDS. {
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-13
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED

OhNNOA AZ
With local applications, as they can.
not reach the seat OF he d. ase
Catarrh is a blood Oh constitutions
disease, and IN order to cure it you
must take internal remedies. HALLS
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a
quack medicine. 1t was prescribed BY
one of the best physicians IN the couu.
try for years and is a regular prescrlp
ton. 1t Is composed of the best touics
known, combined with the best blood
purifiers, acting directly on the mu-
,ous surfaces, The perfect combiua
ton of the two ingredients is whar
produces such wonderful results in
curing catarrh. Send for testimonials
rec.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o
Sold by all druggists, price 75c.
Take Hali's Family Pills for con-
stipatIon. 2.6ml
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-13
White Goods, EmbrOid-
cries and LaCeS

Our annual sale on the above goods, to which so
many of our friends look forward with longing eyes, has
been delayed by causes which we could not control. But
it will be held all the same, and will be the best one we
have ever held. Many people will remember that one of
the BIG features of our last years sale was the immense
pile Of Torchon Laces which we threw out and sold at 5
cents per yard. We admit that that was a big thing. but the
one this year is far ahead of it. Many of the goods in this
lot are worth 5 and 20 cents. but all go at cents. We
are going to give our customers the best value for their
money that they ever got here or elsewhere. Our
Embroidery stock is replete with all the Novelties, and is
unsurpassed in prices and quantities. We will show an
immense stock of all the Domestic and Foreign Novelties
for Ladies Shirt Waists, Shirt Waist Suits, Skirtings, Etc.
This is ONE feature of our spring stock of which we are
Justly proud. Our stock Of early spring fabrics of wool
and silk is sublime. Let US show them to you.
Our sale will open on Thursday, the nth inst. and
will close on Monday. the 18th. Don't delay, but come.
Respectfully,
w. CT. MCCauSIand
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-13
FAMILY SLAIN, HOME BURNED.
Farmer Supposed to Have Killed Wife,
Girls and Himself.

Columbia, s. C.-Aroused by fire
that was destroying the house Of Ben
jaTnin B. Hughes, at 5 o'clock in the
morning, the inhabitants of Trenton
village in Edgefcld County, rushed
to the scene and found themselves in
The presence Of a terrible tragedy.
Hughes, his wife, and two daughters
were found dead the man shot through
the head and the wife and girls with
their heads crushed in. All four bodies
were badly charred.
Emily and Hattie Hughes, aged nine
feen and fifteen respectively, had been
murdered as they slept in the same
bed. The wife, in a room across the
hali, was also killed in her bed. The
father lay on the floor near by, pis-
toll, one chamber of which had been
discharged, resting near his right hand
Hughes was forty two years old, and
merchant and farmer, supposed to be
prosperous. There is no reason known
why he should have been murdered, as
he was on good terms with the people
of the community. The circumstances
would seem to indicate that he slew
his family and after setting fire 70 the
house committed suicide. Bl0odhouads
were brought to the scene. but could
find no trail, and in the absence of a
motive those who hold to the theory
Of murder could not solve the mystery.
There was no sign that anybody left
THE house after the fire started.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-13
WISE WORDS.

There is no better way Of emptying
the mind Of evil than by filing it With
good.
Let your religion be what it may, II
it teaches you to do right, 1t is born Of
God Selected.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace.
whose mind is stayed on Thee; because
be trusteth in Thee. Isaiah, XVI, 8.
Ever notice how quickly time flies
when you are trying to make up your
mind to begin particularly hard jobt
look for the hour when that su.
preme beauty which ravished the souls
Of those Eastern men, and through
their lips spoke oracles to all time,
shall speak in the West also. Emer.
son.
The greatest test Of character is to
be found in the way we meet the com.
mon duties Of life. He who is faith
full to the harder tasks will not be un.
faithful in the easier great things
Selected.
We cannot love mere abstraction,
an impalpable something, simply be-
cause we ought so to love. Truly to
God we must know Him-know Him
as our Father, as our best, truest, near
est friend. Homeward Path.
The highest joy is an edelweiss: it
grows only bosomed in the snow and
nursed by tempests. There is no JOY
like divinely joyful sorrow, as there
Is no strength like divinely strength
ened weakness. This is the paradox
of Christian experience. Lyman ABB
bott.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-13
FARM WORK sY ELECTRICITY


Nure VITA AsAectEkc EOWcEs
Electricity has at last been applied
successfully to agriculture. Already.
on farms ID southern France, horses
are replaced BY motors The farmers
OF the province Or Aisne have discard.
ed their horses and are threshing their
grain, grinding their -four, cutting
roots and pumping water BY electric
ity. The owners OF large farms have
their own motors. The smaller pro
prietors club together to buy a motor.
which is moved from farm to farm as
each farmer needs it.
The power to run the motors is ap.
piled from d central station, over high.
tension lines, to sixteen sub-stations,
which distribute it ait the proper pres
sure to the adjacent farms
Other experiments have been made
in Germany. The results show that 1t
is cheaper for small farmer to pay
his share Of the cost Of motor, which
he may use when he wishes, than to
keep a horse for farm work. And IT
has been found cheaper for the larger
to own motors, which do his work
quickly and with little care, than tc
maintain large stable continuously
An even more remarkable applica.
ton OF electricity Is the use Of an cleo
trio current to make plants grow. Elk
periments have been carried on at the
Hatch Experiment Station, Amherst
Mass, which show that electricity has
xras.x M a rf,od afrocfs NJ, fI1n orovvta NJ
both seeds and plants. Seeds of sew
eral kinds Of vegetables were planted
in insulated boxes, where they were
subjected to electrical currents of
various kinds and intensities. The re-
suit showed that an alternating eur
rent OF rather low intensity was the
most effective stimulant, increasing
the growth in some cases as much as
thirty per cent. Worlds Work.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-13
rhe use and sunnlx I'D Radium.

1t is a far cry at present to discuss
the use of radium, or radium salts, for
Illuminating or heating purposes. do
not suppose there is one-tenth Of an
ounce OF radium in the whole world. II
you can imagine getting that amount
Of radium together it would supply
more energy than than $50 tons Of dy-
namite. Few persons who talk about
radium and its components realize the
great scarcity of the raw material for
yielding radlum or the exceedingly
minute particles used in the expert
ments that have astounded the world.
It is impossible to say where the fu-
lure supply Of raw material Is to come
from. | believe that in America car
aotite looks promising as basis for
It. Cleavite, a mineral found in Nor
way. is also looked upon as favorlte
source OF supply -Sir William Ram
say, in Scientific American.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-13
News Of the ToIIers.

The members of the Sheet Metal
Workers Union are fully employed
The leather belt id many factories is
being rapidly replaced BY the electric
motor.
The sixth annual ball Of Buffalo IN.
Y bartenders was held at Convention
Hall, and surpassed ell previous ef-
forts and fulfilled every expectation
The third annual convention OF the
International Hodcarriers and Building
Isaborers' Union Of America will meet
ia Minneapolis beginning January l..
1903.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-13
MAYOR WAS DETAINED.
Protest Against Examination as to Fit

Protest Against Examination as to Fit
ness to Enter This Country.
st. John, N. B.-Louis Chaplin, Mayor
Of st. Pierre and Miquelon, q French
possession In the Gulf Of st. Lawrence.
aud three other men from the same
place, were detained here by United
States Immigration Agent Hapburg
and held for examination as to their
fitness to enter the United States.
They arrived at $50 o'clock In the
morning and boarded the Boston train
on their way to New York, there to
take steamer for France. They say
they were ordered from their Cur and
held for the next train, at o'clock at
night. thus making them lose the day
and preventing a proposed stay in Bos-
ton, where they had business. The
Mayor said that he intended complain
Ing to the French Consul in New York.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-13
MINE OWNER MURDERED.

Dallas Police Believe He WAS Slain
For Revenge slayers Rob Victim.
Dallas. Texas. Charles GoIdstein,
the owner of large business and min
ing interests in Dallas and in Dawson
City. Alaska, was murdered In Dallas
and robbed OF $1,000 in money, dia-
monds valued at $500, costly watch
and other valuables.
The body was found in the southern
suburbs Of the city. The top Of the
head had been blown of, and large
pistol with two chambers empty was
lying near.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-13
CARS FLEET DESTROYED
Port Arthur Squadron AnnihiIated
BY Metre Hill Guns.
NEARLY EVERY VESSEL is SUNK


Four Naval Gums Of the Japanese Army
on eos Metre Hill Accomplish Task
begun BY Their Navy Weeks Ago--Tn-
tire Harbor Nov At mercy or Foes Can
non--Jap Losses Heavy.
Toxic, Japan.A bulletin from Gen
Aral Nogi's headquarters indicates that
Rhe Russian fleet in Port Arthur has
been wholly destroyed. The army has
accomplished that which Admiral To-
go's ships could not do. The destruc-
hon Of the fleet makes it unnecessary
Tor the commander Of the Third Army
to sacrifice his soldiers in storming the
remaining land forts. There is now no
refuge in the East for the Baltic war
ships sent to assist Russia's naval pow
er at the scene of hostiIities. The three
iVladfvostok cruisers are shut in by ice,
and with the Japanese guns domin-
nting Port Arthur harbor the Baltic
deet will have no place of refuge and
no base from which to fight.
The announcement from the Third
Army Corps headquarters that the bat
tlcship Sevastopol was sunk by the
stern and that the battieship Peres-
Ticf was under water TO her tunnels
settled all question of danger from the
once formidable Warships in the har-
bor. Admiral Togo has now four bat
Flcships, seven arm0red cruisers and
fourteen protected cruisers in addition
ITO fleet of torpedo boat destroyers
and torpedo boats and with these he
can either wait for the Baltic feet or
sail to meet the division which has
come through the Suez Canal In any
event, Port Arthur has ceased to be the
main objective of Japan. The 1000 or
5000 Russian soldiers imprisoned there
are not menace in the Japanese stu
alton, and with the fleet destroyed
there ~ little doubt that two-thirds Of
General Nogi's army either is on the
way or soon will be despatched to rein
force Marshal Oyama's divisions on the
left bank of the Sha.
In FIVE days four naval guns on 203-
Metre Hill have destroyed battleships
and first class cruisers whose estimated
value is $10,O00.000 in money. 1t was
Impossible for these ships to escape to
sea. For month past the entire outer
harbor has been SO mined that no war
ship could avoid destruction in an at
fenapt to pass out ALI the small Jap
anese warships were engaged in this
work, and SO successfully, it now turns
put, that the three Russian ships which
attempted to drag the mines were de-
atroyed. A bulletin announced that
the famous cruiser Bayan was on fire.
Another dispatch said that the Bayan
was sunk to her topmasts and that the
PalIada, cruiser Of the first class.
had also gone down by her stern. In
this dispatch the news was confirmed
that the Retvizan was under water and
Tint the battleship Poltava had shown
heavy list No account was made
Of the torpedo boats and torpedo boat
destroyers, nor of the two harbor de-
Tense boats, but it was assumed that
they have been destroyed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-13

Mukden reported 15OOJapanese killed
"a an ambuscade.
The double tracking Of the TRANSIT
berian Railway has begun.
y After four days lighting the Japan
csc in North ManchurIa fell back be-
low Sentsentsin.
British eolliers We're warned by Lord
Lansdown Of the risk they run ii sup
plying the belligerents
II is reported that Russia has ordered
an army division TO proceed from the
Caucasus 70 the Afghan frontier.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-13
The Pot q, Pent.

'.Ian MacLaren" recounted this story
IN a lecture on Scottish humor:
In dull Scottish village, on a dull
morning, one neighbor called at an
,ther's house. He was met at the door
oy his friends wife. and the CONVEX
sation which ensued was this:
'Cauld?'
FAY
"Gaun tae be weety trainyN,. I'm
thinkin
"Ay.v 80
SIS John in?'
'sOu ay! he's in,
"Can see him7''
Emo
'.But winted tae see him
"Ay. but We Gamma see him. Johns
deid
"Deid2'
Say
"Sudden'r
say
''vera sudden?,
''Ah. very sudden
''Did he say onything ABBOTT pot o.
green pent afore he deid?"- Leaves
from the scrnpbook Of a Scottish Exile.