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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18
COUTURE THAT TELLS AGE
Women Of Japan Actually Display
Their Cycle of Years in
the Hair.

No matter how many of the pref
ty customs of Japan are adopted
by the women of this country, we
may be sure that they will never
tell their age to a curious public by
the arrangement of their hair, as
their japanese sisters do. Evil
IDENTIFY the women of Japan do not
share the western women's Objec-
ton to letting their age be known,
for they actually display their cyr
Gle of years in the arrangement of
their hair. Girls from 8 to 10
wear the hair interlaCed with red
crepe in a semicircle around the
head, the forehead being left free,
with a curl at each side. From the
age of 10 to 80, the hair is dressed
high on the forehead and gathered
up at the back in the shape of a
butterfly or fan, with twistings OF
silver cord and perhaps a decOra.
ton of colored balls. Beyond the
age of 80 a woman twists her hair
around a shell pin placed horizon.
tally ait the back of the head. The
widowhas coiffurepeculiar to heI
condition, and the initiated car
tell at a glance whether she de
sires to marry again or not. Fancy
the publicity which let's the secrel
wishes of her heart be known sc
easily!
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18
HOW SHE DRIVES OUT RATS
Cook in Hotel Uses Noisy Tin-Covers
in Giving Courage and Scar
ing Away Rodents.

An Augusta hotel is more or
less infested with rats, and natur-
ally the rats have a love for the de-
partment where the food is pre-
pared. The help is largely femi-
nine, and while none of them has
any fellow feeling for the rodents
there is one who stands in mortal
fear of them, says the Kennebec
Journal.
She, with the others, occupies
rooms on the floor above and one
Of the hardest hours of the day is
when she gets up in the morning
and makes her way to the kitchen.
She had rather meet old Nick him.
lself than a rat, and she also feels
that she is liable, on going down.
stairs, to meet one on every step.
Therefore, in order to prevent any
thing of the kind, she has prOvid-
ed a means of ayerting it that is
simple, yet effective.
On her trunk, within reach of
her bed, she keeps ten or twelve
tin lard pail covers and when in
the morning she has dOnned her
raiment she carefully opens the
door OF her room, and taking a
cover let's it go down the stairs.
The rattle Of the tin on the stairs
gives her courage, and with the
other covers in her hand she starts
down the stairs. When she has
descended two or three stairs she
let's go another. cover and makes
another advance. This goes on un
Ill she has reached the foot of tht
stairs, when, after opening thu
kitchen door very carefully, sh,
thcOws the remaining cover.
across the floor or up against tn,
range.
BY this time she has convince,
herself that not a rat is left in tn.
kitchen, and with a sigh of relic
she begins her days work.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18
LIGHT WARS A GOOD SLEEP
Medical Man Declares That Strong
Glare Irritates the Nervous
System.

A needed lesson in rendering
sleeping rooms healthy was given
by a medical man who has made d
study of the subject, says Cas-
SELLS.
"In many bedrooms where the
ventilation was perfect" he said,
81 found that the inmates were
injuring their health by sleeping
under a strong light. Now no one
ran sleep properly while facing
the light. 1t irritates the nervous
system, and the result is that the
sleep is disturbed, and nature
does not get a fair chance to re-
store the energies.
"This is especially the case in
the summer, when, for hours in
the early morning, a strong light
may fall on the sleeper. Do not
try to correct this by blinds and
curtains which shut out the fresh
air, but simply turn the bed about
so that you do not face the light.
of your bedroom is so arranged
that this is incOnvenient or impOs
sible, a screen may be employed
for the purpose"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18
ON HIS WORKS
What the cOlored Preacher Noeda
~ Was 70 Get That sermon Out
Of His System

"A certain old darkey preacher
who abOarded round" among his
parishioners, awoke one Sunday
morning feeling far from we'll. He
made one or two efforts to rise,
but his head swan and ached, and
be felt "the misery" in every bone,
SAYS LippincOtt's.
sBr'er johnson, Br'er Johnson"
he called to the worthy deacon
with whom he was then dOmiciled,
~Br'er johnson, l clar' to good
cess, l jes' cawn't preach dis heah
0o'nin', nOhOw. rs sick, dat's
wat l is. You-all jes' 60 up to the
meetin' house and tack up a notice
to say dat dar won't be no preach
in dis mO'nin'."
saw, Elder Dusenberry, you
hadn't Oughter glib in to de ills OBJ
de flesh lax dat" said Deacon
Johnson, reprovingly. you max
a effort to rise, nah frien'. Shame
de debbil an his pains II leah yO'.
T'ink all dem niggahs-lettin' 'em
cit all fixed up fer meetin' in DER
bes' clothes, an den fin dere amt
gwine to be nome"
So spake Br'er johnson, with
much more to like purpose. Thus
admonished, the preacher rose,
and, with many grOans and lamen-
tations, dressed. A hearty break
fast and a turn in the fresh air
gave him the strength o mind and
body to face his congregation, and
as the services proceeded he
warmed to his work, delivering an
even more fervid discourse than
usual.
When he arrived at home after
meeting BF'er Johnson greeted
him a%nxiOusly.
We'll, Elder Dusenberry, how
you feelf" he. asked sOlicitously.
"Oh, l feel fust rate, Br'er John
son. Spry as a sparrow, l is. An
| wants to thank you, Br'er John.
son, for a-stirrin' me up dis mawn.
In, an keepin' me in de pat oh
duty"
"Oh, OATS all right, Br'er Dus
enberry; OATS all right. Iknowed
you'd be all right as soon as you
got dat sermon out OBJ your sys
temp
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18
SLEEPING GARMENTS USED.
Many Men Now Wearing PsjamAs,
But Not Many Women - Few
Night Caps on the List

at was not always so" said 4
manufacturer of sleeping gar
ments to a New York Son man,
"but in every great city nowadays
practically every man wears when
he goes to bed suitable sleeping
clothes of some sort, either a
~nightshirt or pajamas.
in cities probably 90 per cent.
of the men now wear pajamas,
with the proportion of pajamas
worn continuing to increase. /
don't like them myself, but I'M
dOubtedly they have their merits.
Pajamas, for instance, are handi-
est to wear in a sleeping car, and
they are a blessing to a man who
has to get up in the night to tend
the baby.
"But though in the greater
cities practically every man nova
days wears sleeping garments OF
some sort, it is not so everywhere
throughout the country. There
are everywhere men whose occu.
patton would prevent them from
wearing sleeping garments, men
who must turn in ready to get VI
and out at a moments notice. And
there are still great numbers OF
men, in smaller places and in re.
mOter parts, who have not yet
learned the comfort and healthful
ness of sleeping garments.
The same thing cannot be SAID
of women. Women everywhere
the country over, and in city and
country alike, do wear night
gowns, as they have long if not al
ways done. Do women wear pa
jamas in these days? Well, some
but not many.
at was a little fad to wear then
for a time, and there are some wo
men who now wear them but theiI
number is not large and it is no.
growing.
"While the use of sleeping gar
ments has thus been increasing
and extending among men Their
has been falling into disuse equip
ment, namely, the old time night
cap.
II can scarcely imagine anybod.
now wearing a nightcap in a city
A man might get cold feet in a BIZ
city, but not a cold head.
"And so the nightcap has, froI
cities at least, all but disal
peared."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18
What the Children Said.

My little grandchildren are
mixed on the subject of eggs.
While / was walking with them
one spring morning, Dorothy ex-
claimed:
"Hark, ! hear a hen cackling;
she is singing because shehas just
shelled out half a dozen Easter
eggs
They were visiting my vegetable
cellar on a recent Sunday and
showed them a huge watermelon
coated with parafin in a large has.
ket of straw. And they said it was
a big Easter egg" Francis
Strengthened up and looked very
wise, and exclaimed:
''NVell, it must have been a Big.
Big Gobbler that laid tina
tionai Magazine.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18
HAS SUBSTITUTES FOR WIT.
In Place Of Sense Of Ludicrous the
Chinaman Uses Other
Faculties.

Chinese schOol-teachers do not
strengthen the brains Of children
with algebra and calculus but stuff
them with C~Onfueian morals, says
a writer in the Chicago Record
Herald. He further declares that
in China he found no wit or mag
nation, but tells the following in
cidents, which prove that the
Chinaman has good unconscious
substitutes for one or the other:
One day in Shanghai, when was
feeling sick, l called a Chinaman
to me and said: "JOhn, do you
have good doctors in Gilman"
"GoOd doctOrs!" he exclaimed.
"China have best doctors in void"
"Eudon, over there" l said,
pointing to a house covered with a
DOCTORS signs, "dO you call him 4
good doctor?"
"EudOn good DOCTOR! he ex-
claimed. "He great! He best doc.
tor in China. He save my life
Once!w
"You don't say so" l said
GLOW was it?"
"Me velly sick" he said, conf.
d%entially. "Me callee DR.. Han
Kou. Givee some medicine. Get
velly, velly sick. Me call DR.. San
Sing. Givee more medicine. Nj
grow worse. Going to die! Blime
by call DR.. Eudon. He no got time
no come. He savee my life"
In Chefoo my wife engaged i;
Chinese cook. When he came she
asked his name. Shaking hands
with himself and smiling, he said
M nance Yong Hang HO,"
"Oh, that's too long!" said m!
wife. 81 can't remember all that
l call you John"
"All light" he said, smiling
"What's your namee"
"My name" said my wife, slow
", els Mrs. Melville d. LandOn."
"Hiw cried John. TOO lOnl
namee! Can't member all lOt
Callee you Charley"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18
Ia ihe ~Homeseek0T,

Through the NJ. X. s T. Land Bureau
thonsands OF acres Of rich farm lands Tim
proved and unlmprovedl. located along the
line Of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas R,y in
Missouri, Kansas. Indian Territory, Okla
homa and Texas. are now onered lot sate
The lands are especially adapted TO the
growth OF corn. wheat, oats, fruits, vege-
tables. rice, cotton, sugar cane and for stock
farming. The lands are well located as
markets. schools. etc.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18

yesterday IbQaght,a writes a
correspondent, some black jet
buttons, and wllen1 | got, home I
found on the card: Best Austrian
make / took y pencil to write
in my account book; | found it had
u, S. A. upon it. Isharpened the
point, and on the sharpener was
New York k.gQt0 out a match to
light the lamp and On the box was
Made in Sweden lit the lamp,
and found on it;.Made in Bavaria,
and so on, and so on."-LondOn
Telegraph.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18
Things Made Out Of Paper.

The Krupp company at Essen
is turning out field pieces made
Of paper. They have half the light
ness of forged steel, but will en-
dure an unusual strain. They are
mounted on light carriages to be
drawn by infantry. 1t is not gen.
orally remembered that the first
use of paper for the manufacture
of all kinds of domestic articles,
boats and tables originated in
Troy, n. Y. In Russia houses are
built of blocks of PAPER mache and
have proved to be as durable as
stone. The pulp is compressed un.
der great weight that drives out all
moisture and renders the mass as
hard as flint. In the far west
pasteboard partitions are very
common. They are highly objec.
tionable when a man with a yigor
GUS and highly developed snOre
occupies the adjoining BEDROOM
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18
To fha Investor,

Nua NuNNoAeta
All over the Southwest. cities and towns
are growing up, expanding. requiring more
demanding more. peopled by eager. pushing.
wideaWake citizens, who see the virtue Of
encouraging enterprises Of every 1 the
needfulness Of getting more and better factn-
ties. and more hands 70 develop the country.
The OF and gas fields OF Kansas. Indian
Territory and Oklahoma are practically new
and ofter wonderful opportunities for deVet'
opment along commercial lines.
BRiEFIY THE CONDITION Is IRISi
The Southwest Is really In need OF nothing
save people. More men are wanted. In the
S~outhWest are vast areas Of unimproyed land
land not Welding the crops OF which II -
capahle. The same thing, in q different way,
Ia true Of the towns. Few lines OF business
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There are open
ingsofa all sorts-for mills and manufacturing
plsnta. for small stores OF all kinds, for banks,
newspapers and lumber yards. Mechanics
and professional men. both are In demand
We are In possession Of all sorts Of infoF:
nation valuable alike TO the investor ana
homeseeker. II you are interested. tell Us
what you want, how much you have to invest
and we will gladly furnish the information.
Write today for copy OF our book Business
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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18
Money Market of Maine.

Money is scarce here now. A
peck of potatoes is the smallest
change. These used to pass for a
nickel, but they are only worth a
postage stamp now and the mail
carrier won't take them at that
AroOstook Republican.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18

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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18
rHE HON OF vTEOE

To the Convalesoent -
We hold out a helping hand to the
sick Who are slowly creeping back to
health. Vinol hastens recovery after any
severe sickness. After typhoid, pneu-
monia or La grippe, Vino1 quickly restores
strength, creates an appetite for nour-
fishing food, makes rich, red blood, end,
unlike old-fashioned Cod Liver Oil and
Emissions, does not upset the stomach
tt tastes good. Try it on our guarantee
Respectfully,
Crenshaw & Young, Druggists
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18
Novel CHARITY Of penmark.

Four millions Of special postage
stamps were issued in Copenhagen
to be used as Il voluntary supple
ment by people sending Christmas
letters and cards. The sum
realized by this scheme is to be de
voted to charitable purposes
english Worlds Work.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-03-18
|Are You
Looking AhsadP

IN the man looking ahead the Southwest
has an urgent invitation. The opportunity
Is today when investment chances are gooQ
and homes can be purchased a. from one
tenth 10 one-half the prices asked N the
North and East.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
Papers in Divorce Suit.

Asbury Park. N. j.. March 1S.-At
the Marlborough Hotel, the temper
airy home of Brodie l.. Duke, whose
wife, Alice Webb-Duke, is suing him
IN the New York courts for separation
and alimony, it is denied that papers
in the suit We're served on him yes
terday.
The papers, Mrs. Duke says, We're
handed to Mr.. Duke by process
server who accompanied her to the
city from New York. According to
the hotel proprietor, however, Mrs.
Duke,ni company with a young man,
arrived at the hotel yesterday
Mrs. Duke was heavily yelled. she
saw Mr.. Duke sitting in the dining
room. The young man with her gave
some papers to g waiter to give to Mr..
Duke, but the Eaters man, who is with
him constantly. motioned the waiter
away, while Mr.. Duke lodged behind
large palm to get out of sight.
The waiter, the hotel proprietor
says, took the papers to the hotel Of
flee where they still remain uncalled
for and unopened.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
What is the Fate of
Russia's Army
LAST WORDS OMNIBUS
They Presaged an Attack by The
Japanese Upon the Muscoyite
Rear and Also Thanking
Movement by the
Forces of 0yama
dRv the Associated Press.l

st. Petersburg, March 1S.-2:10 p
Photographic communication with
the retreating Russian army has been
cut for over twenty-four hours, but
the authorities hope it is only tenn
porarily and say that they have on in
formation that the japanese have
reached the railroad in General Line
vitchs rear. Nevertheless with the
curtain down the Wa rOffice naturally
is the prey of the direct forebodingS.
The last word from the front was con-
tanned in a telegram from one of the
Associated Press Russian correspond
ents, the only correspondent with the
retiring army. 1t pressaged an at,
tack fro mthe rear. The telegram,
although dated Changtufu (forty miles
north of Tie Pass at o'clock Thurs
day afternoon, was sent from Kaiyuan,
thirty miles north of Tie Pass and only
reached St. Petersburg this morning.
Il was very brief, saying simply that
the army was retiring in good order
and destroying the railroad as it went,
but was constantly pressed by the Jap
anese, the rear guard action being
continuous. There were ominous
words in the concluding sentence as
follows:
I'VE believe the Japanese are maxi
ing a wide turning movement north
and that they are ready to fall upon us
when we get out of the ring-like GROUP.
of mountains which surrounds the Tie
Pass gorge
In the long retreat at Hardin the
Russians only have the advantage of
the Mandarin road SO far as Kaiyuan
whence it bears eastward to Kirin.
In the long retreat at Hardin the
mt a 90 of
the Mandarin road so far as Kaiyuan
whence it bears eastward to Kirin,
while the railroad continues north to
Hardin. According to the general
staff, however, a good wagon road
runs parallel to the railroad. But for
a Nanny of a quarter of million men
encountered with impediments with
an active enemy relentlessly pursuing
and operating on it's TANKS and the
constant. threat of the enemy closing
the line of retreat, it is admitted that
the single railroad and wagon road
afford poor prospects of General Line
witch being able to bring off the rem
nantS of the army confided to his care
without a tremendous sacrifice of life.
If the Japanese actually succeed in
throwing a strong force across the line
of retreat. it is recognized that the ar
my might be forced to capituIate. In
the meantime the mobilization of a
new army has already begun in sew
eral provinces, although the order has
not yet been published. A division of
the imperial guards at st. Petersburg
received orders today
The newspapers generally endorse
I.inevitch's selection as temporary
COMMUNICATIVE chief on the ground
that Kuropatkin's lack o fsuccess made
his suspension impelktive. At the
same time it is conceded that Kuro-
patkin's failure also rests on other
shoulders and pity is expressed at his
sad fate
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
OUT GOES SENATE
And the Dominican Treaty
as Well.
All Nominations Confirmed, But No
Action Taken Upon This Treaty
Practically Killed BY
Democrats.
(By the Associated Press

Washington, March 1S.-The spe-
cial session of the Senate was, at
1889 today adjourned without delay.
All of the nominations sent in were
confirmed with the exception of five,
the most important Of which was that
of Judge James Wickersham, to sue
coed himself as judge of the district
court in Alaska. Several unimport-
ant treaties were ratified, but beyond
these matters no legislative business
was transacted. Nose of the session
was devoted to the Santo Domingo,
and the consideration of a treaty under
which it was proposed that the
United States should take over the
control of the financial affairs of the
Dominican government in order to
pay it's indebtedness. Democratic
opposition prevented the ratification
of the treaty.
There was practically no discussion
of the Dominican question in execu-
tive session of the Senate today. Be-
fore the doors We're closed an effort
was made to secure the adoption Of a
resolution offered by Senator Teller,
requesting the President to send to
the Senate correspondence leading up
to the negotiation of the Dominican
treaty.
The Senate in executive session con-
firmed number of nominations.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19
ALICE
Mrs. Duke to Fight the
Tobacco Trust
Says She Served Papers on Her Hus-
band for Divorce, But That He
Played The ArtfuI
DOdger

Especial to News and Observer
New York, March 19-Mrs. Alice
Webb-Duke, whose sensational mar
riage to Brodie L. Duke, the tobacco
magnate, was followed by his incar-
ceration in a sanitarium at the in
stance of members of his family and
by court proceedings, announced to-
day that she would hire Carnegie Hall
and deliver a speech exposing the
methods of the American Tobacco
Company, otherwise the tobacco trust.
Mrs. Duke is seeking vindication
and is authority for the statement
that, j. w. Blake, vice-president and
cashier of the National Bank of Dallas,
Texas has come forward voluntarily
and vouched for the value of the to-
bacco plantation which Mrs Duke
owns in Texas.
Mrs. Duke further states that she
has been summoned to Washington
where she will help the government
in probing the tobacco trust.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19

the Legislature today and tonight,
while the Republicans eontented them
selves with trying to force the election
of one of the candidates who have
been voted for during the last week.
Kerens' supporters remained firm,
but the Niedringhaus men wandered
from one candidate to anotheB never
presenting a united front for any one
man, and their efforts to effect a COM
promise were not regarded as sincere
by the Kerens men. Many opinions
were expressed after the dissolution of
the joint session to the effect that il
a Senator is elected tomorrow ne will
be former Senator Cockrell.
ID. w. Hill (Republican) speaker of
the House of Representatives started
after the joint session that it looked
like an election of Cockrelp tomorrow.
Speaker Hill recently declared that
he would vote for Cockrell on the last
day of the Legislature.
On the 5Sth ballot a stampede was
started to Warner. A dozen members
were on their feet at once changing
their votes to Warner and considerable
confusion ensued. On the final ballot
Warner had 6S votes, Cockrell 81 and
Niedringhaus 10.