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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21

Across the water are the handsome
residences upon the Neck" the set.
tlement of which marks one more
epoch in the history of the town
Marblehead Neck is a small strip Of
land containing some 300 acres. and
a half a century ago 1t was used 10,
p%asturing of cattle, being fit for lit.
tie else. The land was barren and
rocky, and 1t is small wonder the
good folk of Marblehead laughed
when its owner stoutly declared that
1t would n day be covered with
gold dollars, and at the less p~reposter-
Gus statement of one of the smaller
owners who declared that when his
claim was worth $4,000 he would
sell it. 1t seemed preposterous
enough in those days, but the Neck to-
day Is worth a fabulous price, and
the summer residences which cover
1t represent small fortunes in them.
selyes.-Travel Magazine.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
PROPER CARE OF The EDDY.
Mistake Frequently Made by the
Cranks on Diet.

II is a wonder some people ever have
any health at all. The way to get the
most out Of ones ability is to trust it,
to believe in it, to have confidence in
1t. But some people seem to think
that the best way to get the best re-
suits out of the digestive apparatus is
to constantly distrust it, pity it. They
swallow a mouthful of fear and dys-
pepsia with every mouthful of food,
and then wonder why the stomach
does not take care Of it.
Before the child can even speak
plainly it is taught to talk about its
poor little tummic," and this non.
sense is kept up through life.
We often hear men talking about
taking the best care of their health
when they are really doing the worst
thing possible for it. They are the
worst possible enemies of their stom-
ach when they are always talking
about their digestion and expressing a
fear that they cannot eat this and they
cannot eat that, when they are think,
ing all the time about how many bites
they must take Of every mouthful of
food and how long they must masti-
cate it before they swallow it.
What do you mean by taking good
care Of your body? Just to battle it,
and to weigh and measure your food
with the same precision that a drug
gist would dangerous drugs, c
trating your mind upon what you eat
and thinking about what will hurt you
that is not taking good care of your
body.
Do you wonder that your stomach
aches, that it is infiamed, when you
are all the time thinking about it, wor-
rying about it, and expecting that
everything you eat is going to hurt
you?-Success Magazine.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
BIRDS SEEK THE WARMTH.
Trait OF English sparrows Recently
Brought to Light.

Bird Lore gives an interesting ac.
count Of a new way the English spar
row have found Of keeping warm on
cold nights. Many of the houses in a
country community have been pro
vided with lanterns in porticos and
entrances fitted with incandescent
light bulbs. These lanterns are so
constructed that it is quite easy for a
Dlrd to enter and find a perch.
AS soon as lights appear, and even
before, the birds take their places
n in each lantern. If the thermome-
ter outside is down to 81 it NAV he
"A inside the lantern several hours
after lighting.
Whlle 1t gives pleasure on a win
try night to think that the birds are
enjoying the warmth of the electric
lights it is questionable whether the
toasting at night followed bv expo.
sure to storm and wind by day be
beneficial. And if this suddenly ac.
CURED habit of the English sparrow
Is Injurious it is at variance with the
commonly received idea that animal
instincts are a safe guide.
III the greater warmth is so agree.
aOle TO these birds why do they not go
IN winter to a warmer latitude? Are
they unaware of the migration of 9th
er species or are they physically un.
aoie to accomplish it? Or is it some.
thlng SO long absent from their hered-
l.ary makeup as to be non-existent to
them?"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
What They May Have Said.

There was no official stenographer
present when King Edward net EN-
peror Wilhelm at Wilhelmshohe the
other day, and consequently this is
what they might have said:
"Hullo, Uncle Ed"
"Hullo, Willie. How are the kids?"
Fine. How's Aunt Aleck?"
Pretty well. Seen your mother
lately?"
mot lately, Guess she's all right.
though. l met Nick the other day"
How did he seem?"
Looked a little thin. Said he was
feeling all right. Nick worries too
much over his business"
That's foolish. What's the use
of worrying? Look at me-"
You're as fine as a fiddle. Let's
go in and have something"
Lets"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
MILK BATH FOR THE FACE.
Peculiarly Effective for Those with
Dark colored Skins.

Now wash the face well with fresh
milk, scoop it up and dash it over the
face and neck. rubbing in well with
the hands. This is a particularly good
treatment for the faces that are thin
and angular, and it also answers well
for those with dark colored skins
have heard some women recommend
the application of orange oil to the
face in hot weather. This is done
by applying orange peel to the face
or allowing orange peel to soak all
night in the water that is to be used
for washing the face with in the morn
ing. To those who like to try an
orange flower cream during the dav
to cleanse the face | can recommend
the following; Melt two ounces of
white wax with four ounces of oil
OF sweet almonds and then beat in
drop by drop, four ounces of orange
Hover water. This is both cleans.
ing and cooling, and should be used
both morning and evening.-New York
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
Selling Bananas BY Melnht.

After this when one goes into some
of the fruit and grocery stores of Port
land to purchase bananas it will not be
correct to say: III have a dozen
bananas" or two dozen, as the case
might be, says the Kennebec Journal.
The correct way of putting in the or
der will be to say: 'Tl have a pound
or two" This change in the manner
of measuring the sale has lately come
In vogue among a few of Portland's
retailers, and it is said that it will
spread to them all. Within the last
six weeks many of the Wholesale
houses have been selling bananas to
the retailers by weight, and they in
turn are d~isposing of them to the Gus
toners in the same manner. On ac-
count of the varied size of the popular
fruit the dealers say that it is a much
easier way to purchase them. and by
this method they are able to a greater
degree of certainty to regulate their
profit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
WOrshIpers In oId s.. M.rL,.

THAT old st. Marks over there 60
an endowed church." he explained as
they passed it, 1T is self-supporting.
Some Sunday come down here and see
the people. 1t is the strangest mix.
ture of people in New York. OF course.
there are many who go to 1t here ON
the East Side, 1t being situated here.
but you'd be amazed to see the wealthy
old people who come down from River.
side Drive and West End to attend
that church because their fathers and
grandfathers did. 1t is wonderful
really."-New York Times.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
Don't Kill All of Than

America has ever been a nation of
trappers and hunters. and few wild
animals have escaped. The practice
of determination has been a national
regret with respect to more than one
sort of animal. Recently 1901 900
acres has been set aside in Oklahoma
for a public park where the bison
may enjoy some of his native free
dom. Preserves in Maine, New York
and several of the western states are
caring for deer and elk, but many of
the smaller wild animals like the
beaver, which would add much to the
picturesqueness Of our lakes and
woods if left unframed, are now kill
ed wherever eel Squirrels have
come to be protected by public senti.
ment even in the largest of our cities
and many a park or college campus
is enlivened by the swift antics of
these little animals.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
The PrIvate,s comnIaInt

The late Gen. Shafter used to eniov
telling how, during the civil war, sew.
eral wounded officers and a few pri.
Yates were going up the valley of
Virginia, when a rain came on. fore.
ing all hands to take refuge all night
in a schoolhouse.
1t CHANGED that during the night a
skunk had found its way under the
floor, and by and by had announced
its presence after its well-known eff
fective manner.
The officers all walked up, but. be-
ing gentlemen and each surprising
that the others were still asleep. thew
kept silent. At last one of the nri.
Yates, a German, could restrain him.
self no longer.
"Mein Gott!" he exclaimed. dis
is awful! Dey shleeps und I wakes
und | hat got to schmell it all!P
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
Greatest Llnsulst.

Father Erasmus Herring, the worlds
greatest linguist, died at Landeshut
monastery recently at the age of 70.
He had been a monk in the monas.
terry for more than so years, and he
had absolute command of 80 ancient
and modern languages, an unprece.
denied intellectual achievement.
The celebrated Giuseppe Mezzofanti
who died in 1S49, was reputed to be
able to speak 50 languages, while Mr..
jeremiah Curtin, who died last year
at Milwaukee, Wis, is said to have
known 70 tongues.
A good many of these languages.
however, were merely dialects or mod
iications of other root languages.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
Fire Fighters for Panama.

A letter has been received from the
secretary of the Panama canal com.
mission by Chief Engineer James R.
Hopkins of the Somerville Mass
fire department, the Oldest fire chief in
the country, requesting that he rec.
ommend e for firemen at Panama.
The men wanted must be between the
ages of 81 and 35, and they are to re.
ceive 500 a month, with free trans.
portation from New York to New Or.
leans and six weeks vacation each
year. Since the fact became known
that the veteran chief was appointed a
scout for the Panama fire department
he has been besieged with requests
from young men. all ambitious to go to
the isthmus.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
PUT CHARITY BeFoRE Alt.
Fathers Disposition CT Money Earn
by Sons Bravery.

A heroic act was performed rece
ly in the south of France by a lit
lad Of Is. A soldier belonging
one of the regiments specially me
toned in connection with the troubl
at Narbonne, was bathing alone in d
river Aude, when he got suddenly 81
of his depth. The man was struggled
hard for life, when his dreadful pr|
dicament was perceived by the Dol
who plunged, fully dressed, into I'll
water, and by dint of desperate effort
succeeded in getting him safely onl
the bank. The soldier thanked III
lad most gratefully for having save
him, and as soon as he got to I'd
barracks he gave an account of his al
venture, which promptly reached ID
ears of the colonel of the regimen
who sent for the boy, compliments
him on the courage and resourc
which he had displayed, and presen-
ed him with 20f. The general con
handing the brigade having also bee
informed of the affair, asked the lad
mother to call on him, and, after hay
ing heartily congratulated her. CAV
her 2Of. as well. The father hal
been spending the day as usual a
work in the fields, and when he re
turned home in the evening he wa
rejoiced by the story of his sons bra,
cry, and of the fame which he haI
achieved. But he bethought him a
forwards Of the distress from whicI
the wine-growers are suffering, and
after consultation with his wife an
child, he set of, with their consent
to take the 40f. to the relief fund.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
Walking on Water.

Walking on water was accomplished
a year ago by w, H. Llewellyn. an
English naval pensioner. The appara
tus has been improved and now con-
sists of a pair Of canvas-covered boots.
about four feet long, with a large
steering understandable by lines
hitched round the waist-attached to
one' and wooden crossbars fitted to
the bottom of each to aid in keeping
the balance. In a late test the inyen-
tor walked with and against a running
stream at about two miles an hour.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
HAS LIFE OF LITTLE CARE.
Mexican Laborer an Inveterate Enc.
my Of Hard Work.

There is no more Independent per-
son In the world than the Mexican
iaoorer, says an American who has
capital invested in that country. Es.
pecially is this true of the peon of
the tropics. 1t would seem that he
works for Americans who have big
plantations to develop more as a mat
ter OF accommodation than from ne
cesslty. He demands a snug sum in
advance, too, on which to have a good
ume at the "iestas" before he set
Ties down to several months of drudg.
cry. NO native Indian has to work for
whlte meh in the tropics to gain a
livelihood. His want are few. his
ambitions r limited to a desire fo,
enough to eat, a matched hut and a
httle cotton cloth. The hut he can
make for himself. There are fish in
lne river and game in the forest
mere is plenty of ~unoccupied land
upon which he can raise a few cereals
10 trade for the things he cannot nro.
duce himself. There is no winter IN
provide against, and though the rainy
uays come often in summer. they only
mean more rest.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
A PASSING Thouob.

A polite little girl was dining one
day with her grandmother. Eyerv.
thing at the table was usually dainty
and unexeeptionable, but on this par.
ticular occasion the little girl found a
hair In her fish.
"Grandmamma," she said, sweetlv.
what kind Of fish is this?"
"Halibut, my dear"
oh" replied the child, Il thought
perhaps 1t vas mermaid. "--Youth,s
Companion.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
Peer Who Starts women,s F.,bIor,

Entomologist, sportsman. a]gricultur.
list and politician, Lord Walsinpbam
who recently celebrated his sixtv'
fourth birthday, is several single gen.
tlemen rolled into one" and has a va.
riety Of interests denied to the aver.
age man. His collection of moths n
butterflies is the largest and most inn.
portant in the world, and, by his gen.
crosby, is the property of the nation
TO whom 1t was conveyed by deed of
gift in 1901. A large part of it is in
the Natural History museum at South
kensington, and it is a curious and
little known fact that women's fash.
ions are directly indebted to Lord Wal.
singham and his collection. Dress.
makers and designers of butterflies %
to the drawers and cases of butterflies
and moths to study new combinations
n contrasts of color subtle shades
of nature and harmonies of tone
which are to be beheld and studied
there, and there alone.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
Not Elegant But strOno.

Tell me-" said the new reporter,
do you say the smart set is or the
smart set sre?'"
4 never bother to be grammatical"
replied the sporting editor, when !
have anything to say about the smart
set"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
In Harness.

1T must be fun" suggested the
friend, ito daily daily with these
shafts Of wit"
Not when you're hitched between
EN-" responded the press humorist
with a sickly mile,-Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
Sold.

WELL" said the proprietor, Il see
you have at last sold that ugly hat we
expected to have on our hands"
Yes replied the saleslady, Il got n
middle aged woman to try It on YES.
terday and then told her that 1t would
not, of course, do for her because n
was Intended for a very young WON.
an"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-09-21
RestrIetIona

The allen was in Jail for having
shot a fellow c%ountryman.
And this" he said. bitterly, lis
what you call the land Of liberty"
lrascibly biting a piece out OF a bar
Of his cell he contemplated his
wrongs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-02-14

WASHING THE cows UDDERs.
cows will not stand to be MIXED unless
they are eating This Is merely force
OF habit and proves my idea as to reg
giarity Regularity Is the first and
most essential thing in caring for stock.
AS TO grooming, it pays to do certain
amount of IT,
Dairy cows should he groomed each
day. The amount Of grooming may de
pend somewhat on the amount of time
the farmer can spare from his other
work. but no farmer can afford to
wholly neglect 1t, no matter what his
other work. What is worth doing at all
Is worth doing well. and 1t is not car
ing for stock well to neglect to give
them at least slight brushing.
No great amount of time need be
spent on them. A man who mas never
done Il will be surprised to see how
quickly he can go over lot OF cows
with card and brush II done eacY day
or what an improvement IL will zoe to
the stock both In looks and condition
Two minutes each to lot OF cows
will prove beneficial II the caretaker
can give them no more Be regular
about feeding, watering, grooming and
milking, and your stock will look well
even If you have other work to de
mand good part OF your time.
But IL one has the stock to require
one man most of the time to care for
them 1t Is better to have one man do
the work rather than have two o.
three do the work up quickly and then
all 20 ut something else. regular
man In the barn, with perhaps some
help about the milking, is better than
two or three part of the time and then
no one In the barn through the day.
The illustration, from Klmbalre
Dairy Farmer, shows the employees OF
large New York dairy farm washing
the cows udders Just before milking
This and the scientific aeration and
bottling of milk with sterilized uten-
sils amid sterliZed surroundings arc
only parts of the entire process.
Healthy, tuberculin tested cows, sunny.
healthful, duStess, well ventilated,
clean. whltewashed stables. absolute
cleanliness Of mixers clothes and
hands. covered milk pals, proper feed
for the COWS and pure water are all
equally Important Items. In most o.
these fine diaries straw is considered
ms being too dusty for use as bedding;
paner Shavings are used instead.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-02-14
LINDEN

From the Southwest.
l.. w. Pollard, home from a tour
through Indiana under the auspices of a
Chicago lecture bureau, was over to
take a look at Linden Monday.
Joe and Tom Houston, Ben Earl and
John Turpin have left for their respec-
tive homes after several months work
here for the Galena Iron Works.
Richard Correll is on the sick list this
week.
Mr. r. Hawke started for Sheffield,
Iowa, this Thursday morning to attend
the funeral of the wife ,of one of his
nephews there.
A large part of the scholars of the in
termediate room of the village school
were treated to ride to Mineral Point
Wednesday evening by their teacher,
Miss " Prideaux.
Rob Quick, formerly editor of this
paper, has left for his home in Mont
fort. Mr.. Taylor is again proprietor.
The new store room of Mr.. Henry
Arthur, soon to be occupied by Mr.. l..
Jacobs, is a fine one, the fittings being
very neat and pleasing to the eye.
The new Hicks Hotel seems to have a
liberal patronage.
Miss Jeanette Rule is here to visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Rule.
She came down from Cumberland, this
state, at which place she has been for
the last three or four years. For a
time she did the local work on one
of the papers there.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-02-14
Keeping Dairy Cows Clean.

l have small herd of light colored
Jerseys, and they are always clean and
free from a thick coat OF manure OF
their thighs, says writer in Orange
Judd Farmer. We brush them down
before milking. But the secret OF keep.
ing a COW clean is in the stall No COW
should be tied in stable without a
platform, as II would be impossible to
keep her clean even IL she were
clipped Any farmer can make a plat
form IN his stable ont Of clay or CO
ment like q clay plqtrorm with q
cement gutter The platform must not
he too long or too short: it must be
Just right for the length OF the COW.
Keep the platform win Uttered with
straw. Clean the CUTTERS twice day.
and COWS can he kept nice and clean
without clipping them.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-02-14
THE COUNTY SEAT.
From the sun Republic.

From the Sun Republic.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Iowa County Agricultural
Society was held at the court house
Wednesday afternoon, for the purpose
of opening the bids for the sale of the
fair grounds Several bids were re-
ceived, but the highest was that of
George j. Harker, which amounted to
approximately $500. Mr.. Harker as
sumes all the Indebtedness, including
the mortgage and certificates of indebt-
ed of the society and will pay the differ
ence in cash. The committee decided
to hold fair next year, and arrange
ments will be perfected as rapidly as
possible with that end in view. 1t is
highly probable that stock company
will be organized for the purpose of
purchasing new grounds and erecting
new buildings.
The marriage Of Miss Margaret Cor
der to Mr.. Frank Williams was solem-
nized at 1880 o. clock, Wednesday, at the
home of the groom's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. 7. Williams, the Rev. p. j.
Nestande officiating.
The hopes of the majority bid soon to
be realized, and that new well with
an ample supply of pure water, suffici-
ent for all present and future needs will
be secured is an assured fact unless the
unforeseen happens. Messrs. Thorne &
Co. arrived in the city with their steam
drilling outfit Tuesday. which was TAX
en- Immediately to the power house.
The bottom has fallen out of the wood
market, All day Wednesday load after
load went begging" at $4.50 and the
indications are that the price will go
still lower. The cause of the slump is
due entirely to the fine sleighing which
is now to be had, which has brought a
big supply of wood into the market.
The tank wagon used by the Standard
Oil Co., for the delivery of kerosene
and gasoline in this city was completely
wrecked. and the blacksmith shop
where the tank was being mounted on
runners was pretty badly shattered,
as result Of an explosion that
occurred shortly afternoon yesterday.
No satisfactory reason as to the cause
Of the explosion can be given, as the
tank was supposed to have been com
pletely empty. Several men were work
ing in the shop at the time. GU. fortu-
nately no one was injured. A dome on
the tank was blown through the roof of
the building. Mr.. Johns, proprietor of
the shop, who was standing at one side,
was thrown several feet. Practically
every window in the shop was broken,
and one sash was blown out with panes
intact. Both rear and front doors were
blown down.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-02-14
DAILY STAGE
BETWEEN
MINERAL POINT %DODGEVILLE
Morris Proctor, Proprietor.

Stage runs daily, except Sunday, leaving
Mineral Point at 7;l5 a. M, and Dodgeville be.
tween I and ? p, m.
Connects nj Dodgevill, with trair on c q
v. R'y. for Madison. Milwaukee. etc. and al
Mineral Point With $3.50 p. m, train on c, Md
81. Y, R'y for Plstteville Darlington. Shullt
burg Monroe and GAINESVILLE.
Calls left At the Hotels Mineral Point
will receive prompt attention. rs-FARE SOC
Phone us.