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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-04-11
Plenty Of Trouble.

is caused by stagnation of the liver
and bowels. To get rid of it and
headache and biiousness and the
poison that brings j~aundice, take DR..
Kings New Life Pills, the reliable
purifiers that do the work without
grinding or gripping. 25 c. at Cren-
shaw q YoAng's drug store.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-04-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fletcher re-
turned Friday evening from a few
days visit in Kansas City.
Misses Lee Meng and Gladys Winn
went to Kansas City Saturday to
Madame sembrich tonight.
Mrs. E. +. Nicholson and daughter,
Miss Madge, went to Kansas City
Saturday morning for a brief STAY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert W. Shelby
went to Marshall Saturday to
to visit relatives for a few days.
For sALE-Poland boars, thorough.
breds, ready for service. At my
farm near Prairie church,
2-S.t2 A. p. YOUNG
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-02
Suqar-Cane in Texas.

Sugar-making appears TO be one Of the
destined large industries Of the Lone
Star state. The lower valley of the Rio
Grande, for a distance Of 100 miles in
land from the gulf, is said by sugar
cane experts to be the most Favorable
spot in the United States for the cul-
tivation of that plant. Owing to its eX-
IRENE southern latitude, 400 miles south
of the Louisiana cane-fields, the crop
may develop fully without danger Of
frost. Planters in the lower Rio
Grande valley give their cane a full
twelve months to mature, against eight
or ten in Louisiana, where frost is al
ways amenace later than October. The
combined richness Of the Texas Soil,
unequaled even in Cuba, and favorable
climatic conditions, place the yield Of
this region above that of Hawaii. A
planting of cane Joints" will yield in
Texas profitably for eight years, against
three years, at the extreme, in other
cane growing sections Of the United
States, and coming in strong. Great
plantation companies are being organ
lied, and the most extensive irrigation
works on this continent are under pro-
cess of construction in the Rio Grande
valley. Refineries are springing up
there, and the companies building them
are offering every inducement AMI
assistance to industrious men If
small means to come in ana
begin producing cane. The poor
mans chance lies down there
today on the Texas frontier.--G. W.
Ogden, in the November Everybodys.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-02
New Lecture Series,

A new series of sermons was COM
menced Sunday morning at the First
Baptist church upon the general theme
of Ancient Messages with Modern
Meaning" Sunday the topic was ''The
Vision and the Voice" The dates and
subjects of the others are as follows:
March S-"The Decline of Enthusiasm"
March 15-"The Crown of Life"
March 22-''The Hidden Mamma and the
White Stone'
March 29-''The Morning Star"
April 5-"Living as Dead"
April 12-'"rhe Open Door,"
April 2G-"Neither Hot nor Cold"
May 3-"He That Overcometh."
The subject of the evening meeting
Sunday was The Challenge to Memory"
a short sermon being given by the pas
tor, Rev. r. l.. Frost.
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Mrs. Hannah J. TarbeI.

Mrs. Hannah J. Tarbel. the wife OF
the late G. F. Tarbel of Benton, passed
away at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win Bradbury at Benton Station early
Saturday morning of heart disease at
the age of 81. Mrs. Tarbel underwent a
surgical operation last fall for cancer
and had made her home with the
Bradburys since. Wednesday afternoon
Mrs. Tarbcl was in Fairfield and on
Friday afternoon she did not feel other
than she had been feeling The breath
OF life departed very suddenly She
called for help, but passed away before
medical assistance could reach her
Mrs. Tarbel had been a resident of
Benton for the past 80 years and had
a host of friends. She had always been
active in the improvements in the To-
cality, being an active member of the
Improvement Society of Benton.
The funeral services are to be held
at l p. NJ. Monday at her late home in
Benton.
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Ideal War Morses.

The days have passed of spectacular
cavalry charges within 200 yards
of the enemy. The tactics of cavalry
are nowadays altogether different
scouting, raiding, searching the enemy,
envy, carrying orders, are now the
duties of cavalry, with occasionally a
fight against patrols or small detach-
mcnts from the enemy.
To all this our Western COW pony is
perfectly adapted. We all know what
the COW pony can do when properly
trained; we have seen or heard of his
deeds III the late Indian wars, when
the heroic bunch of men, which We
called scouts" was patroling the
Wild West" Their horses shared
all their privations, and many a time
sleep and food were almost unknown
to Them for three or four days, yet so
hardened were they that they could
stand a tension of every nerve in their
bodies without taking rest or nour-
iShment until their duty had been per-
Toned
These qualities of sobriety and en-
durance we find in the Arabian and
Barb horses. added to their natural
swiftness, their steadiness and their
staying power-which is unknown in
most oI our Western ponies; the Arab
ian horse can speed for miles and
miles and not get winded. I have
travelled long distances in Algeria with
troops of native cavalry belonging to
the Second Regiment of Spahis AL
though we often had 10 degrees in
the shade and not breath Of air, the
hnrSnC Hl-bn
camp after a 80 or 40 mile ride. were
just as dry and brisk as when they
had left early in the morning Sonic
of these Barb stand under Is hands,
and 1 have followed expeditions where
they carried weight of over $50
pounds, including the rider, his gun,
sword and cartridges, the saddle. and
harness, and two big leather satchels
full of clothing, and vet those horses
would prance about, go like the wind
in the deep, burning sand and on
rugged plains, jump over rocks and
bushes, climb steep, painless noun
tains like goats, and perhaps not have
drink OF water or handful OF barley
during the whole day. Camp life is
almost all they know; they live in
stables only in garrison towns or
forts.
1t can thus DE said in all confidence
that the Barb ana Arabian horses are
the ideal war horses of the world, and
the product of their breeding to our
Western ponies would undoubtedly be
of high standard and considerably i'm
prove our cavalry mount, making him
second to none as adapted to the con-
ditions of modern warfare and tactics.
Journal of the Military Service In
Stitution.
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Paradise Fishes.

Capt. Percy Watson of the steam
ship Muncaster Castle has presented to
the aquarium nine little paradise fishes.
each about an inch and q half in
length, which he brought with him on
his last voyage from China and Japan
to this port. They had been four
months in the jar in which they were
thus brought, over many seas, from
half way around the world, but with
proper care they were landed here in
good condition.
The aquarium has recently received
from L. L. Van Keurcn of Horesdale,
Pa. q pair of adult paradise fishes. the
male of which. considerably he larger
OF the two. is about three and 4 half
inches long. The female Of this pair
has deposited eggs since it was re-
ceived, and the male is now, after the
manner Of its kind, guarding the nest.
The male paradise fish is not only
the larger but the more Strlklngly
marked. 1t has a golden yellow body
with narrow pale blue bands. AT the
point of each gill cover is a bright
green spot with an orange line around
the outer edge. Its fins are long and
delicate and feathery and marked
with the same colors as the body.
while some Of its spines project beyond
the fins in slender filaments OF green or
blue. A beautiful little fish is the
paradise fish.-New York Sun.
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Guest Afternoon.

One of the most interesting meetings
of the winter was held in the library
parlors Friday afternoon by the Town
Improvement Society. 1t was guest af-
ternoon and each member had the priv
ilege of inviting one person. The result
was very large attendance. The pres
ident, Mrs. Clementine a. Weston. well
coined the guests in a few weil-chosen
words. A vocal solo. 1.-The Cradle Song
was rendered by Mrs. Janette D. judi
kins. who was accompanied on the piano
by Mrs. Abby c. Lambert Then came
the address by Miss Louise H Coburn,
which was postponed from Jan. "a Her
subject was English Literature of the
Nineteenth Century" Miss Coburn's pa
per was divided into two parts. 1t was
most interesting one. She discussed
principally the poets. devoting but little
tome to the prose writer's. Between the
two parts a piano solo was delightfully."-
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zontal line; when Il IL IL cents or real
purchase is made a perpendicular line
double the length of the medic line Is
drawn, one-i1alf extending above and
one half below the horizontal line; two
of the II IL cent lines represent %
cent; fifty-cent purchase Is represent
ed by a half circle drawn Immediately
above the horizontal line; 81 purchase
by whole circle divided by the hori-
zontal line; a hve-dollar purchase is
represented by a v drawn just above
the horizontal line, and $40 by an X.
divided by the horizontal line. This is
as high as the characters go, but the
limited system answers all ordinary
purposes. BY crowding. there is room
on one of these slips of paper for an
account running up into the hundreds
of dollars
On many ranches there is no stated
time for settling accounts of laborers,
and the Indians usually get 50 deeply
in debt to the commssary that they
are made "pcons" for the remainder Of
their lives.
The "boleto' system is understood
upon the ranches, farms and at the
mines throughout Mexico. 1t is q
guarantee against disputes in accounts
and is easily Righteousness Mans
Magazine.
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French CrippIes' Syndicate.

The General Syndicate of French
Cripples promises shortly to be an ac-
complished fact. The idea originated
with a cripple at Marseille. who gained
his living partly by the limited activl-
ties practiced by those who are afflicted
like him and partly by begging, and the
idea was to protect the genuine GRIP
pie against the charlatan and false crlp-
pie, who is well known in France, ana
whose tricks have been revealed IN
most interesting work. PARIS qui
mendie," by Louis Paulian. But, Ike
the revolution and many other move
ments which started on the Canebrere'
the cripples' syndicate could not re-
strict itself to Marseille. and the move
ment has now reached Paris. whehce
an effort is being made to form a gen
eral confederation of all the crlppieS
in France who are genuinely incapapie
of earning a living save by the appear
to the sympathy of the public. ho
head of the movement is NJ. Poussihn-
eau, who lost both of his legs tnrous"
an accident in 1883 when twenty thIeo
years of age, and who now walks APO.
the streets on crutches with a Darrei
organ or "orgue de Barberie. Mean,
while the leader of the movement IN
Marseille, a NJ. Francois Rosin, Is COM
ing to Paris on foot, in order TO con-
fer with his Paris chief, and IS WIFI
ping up the cripples he finds IN ',Io
towns and villages en- route to make
them join the movement.-Paris VT
Globe. a. .---
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TORPEDO BOATS AT CALLAO.
Arrive Next Day After BattIeships
Sail For MagdaIena Bay.

Callao, March 1.-The American
torpedo boat fiotilla, which left Tel
cahuano Feb. 25, arrived here today
The commander of the flotilla, Lieut.
II. l. Cone, declared that throughout
the voyage of 1900 knots the weather
was fine and conditions such that good
time to the Peruvian port was pos
sblc. The destroyers arrived in
splendid condition. not hitch having
occurred to mar the passage.
Lieut. Cone speaks highly of the
hospitality received at the hands of
the Chilians ara was particularly
pleased with the services rendered by
Lieut.. Commander RoseaS of the
Gillian navy, who acted in the capa-
city of pilot through the inner pas
sage from Punta Arenas to Tel
cahuano. He expected that the flotiI-
In will remain here until March 8,
sailing on that date for Panama
The Panther did not leave with the
battleships, which sailed yesterday,
being ordered TO remain at port for a
number of sailors who were missing
at the time of the fleets departure 1t
il expected that there will be rounded
up, as measures have been taken TO
keep 4 careful watch for tn men who
failed to report for duty. AS n matter
of fact these number few. and in all
TIE number of reserters at the various
ports at which the fleet touched is a
minimum,
Prior to the departure of the battle
ships 720 mail bags which had just ar
rived nIIt aboard tho shin.
President Pardo presented to each of
the admiraIs handsomely bound
book on Peru
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OLD SURGEON
Found Coffee Caused Hands t.
Tremble.

The surgeons duties require clear
Judgment and a steady hand A slip
or an unnecessary incision may do ir-
reparable damage to the patient.
When he found that coffee drinking
caused his hands to tremble. an Ills.
surgeon conscientiously gave it up
and this is his story.
For years I was a coffee drinker
until my nervous system was nearly
broken down, my hands trembled so !
could hardly write, and insomnia tor
tured me at night.
Besides, how could 1 safely perform
operations with unsteady hands, using
knives and instruments Of precision
When l saw plainly the bad effects OF
coffee. 1 decided to stop it, and three
years ago I prepared some Postum, of
which I had received a sample.
THE first cupful surprised me. II
was mild, soothing. delicious. At this
time I gave some Postum to friend
who was in 4 similar condition tC
mine. from the use of coffee.
"A few days after, I met him and he
was full of praise for Postum declar-
ing he would never return to coffee
but stick to Postum. We Their
| ordered full supply and within a
short time my nervousness and conse-
| quent trembling. as we'll as insomnia
| disappeared. blood circulation became
normal, no dizziness nor heat flashes.
My friend became Postum
enthusiast, his whole family using i,
exclusively.
1T would be the fault of the one
who brewed the Postum. if it did moi
taste good when served.
| THE best food may be spoiled if no,
properly made. Postum should be-
boiled according to directions on the
pkg. Then it is all right, anyone car
rely on it. 1t ought to become the ma.
tional drink There's a Reason
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich. Read 1.-THE Road 4
iWellville," in pkgs.
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Meridian Lodge, +. and A. M.

The annual installation of officers
of Meridian Lodge, F. and A. NJ. took
place in Masonic hall Friday evening
DR.. Edwin A. Porter, grand high priest
of the Grand r. A. Chapter of Maine
was the installing officer. being as
sisted by Harry L. Cornforth, retiring
worshipful master, acting as grand
marshal. The officers installed wer,
w. M.-Alberto B. Douglass.
S. We. d. Call.
J. W.-Edwin n. Childs.
Secretary-O. S. Haskell
Chaplain-H. L. Cornforth.
S. D.-Eugene w. Weeks.
]. D.-George A. Douglass.
S. S.-William B. McGilvery.
]. S.-Harry R. Coolidge.
Marshall. A. Porter.
Tyler-John Chapman
Music for the installation ceremony
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REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
Town Committee and Delegates +
State Convention Chosen.

At the Republican caucus held in
Union hall Saturday afternoon, the
following were chosen:
Moderator, F. r. Smith; secretary
L. o. Haskell; town committee, S. r
Haines, L. o. Haskell, Gordon Dob
son, J. D. NJ. Foster. Oramel Murray
A. H. Burse. G. H. Morse, T. A. Ander-
son, F. r. Smith, J. w. Manson and
Isaiah Crowell; delegates to State con-
vention. G. H. Morse, E. A. Porter, o
S. Haskell, S. R. Haines, T. E. Getch-
ell, G. B. Haskell, H. r. Coolidge.
Alternates, G. f. Kimball, o. H
Drake, G. w. Patten. H. H. Thurlough
w. B. McGilvery, NJ. r. Burns, J. D
NJ. Foster.
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SURPRISE FOR EVANS?
Fighting Bob May Receive Vice Ad-
miral's Commission At Golden Gate.

Washington. March LIN quiet
way naval officials in Washington are
cndeavoring to arrange most agree
able surprise for Admiral Evans when
his battleships sail the Golden Gate
and complete the Pacific cruise. To
signalZe the governments apprecia-
ton of the successful conduct of this
undertaking. 1t is proposed to greet
the rear admiral with a commission
as vice admiral of the American navy.
OF course the success of this under
taking depends upon Congress. but
the President has done his part in
recommending to tina body for the re-
establishment of that naval grade
1t is no doubt that Congress can be
induced to act upon this recommended
ton Mn season to insure the issue of
Admiral Evans commission before the
completion of the present cruise, so
That he may bear the title of vice
admiral for the few months between
MS arrival at San Francisco and his
retirement from active service. The
argument in support of the proposed
re-establishment of grade of vice
admiral is strongly re-enforced by
comparison az the navy department,
between the British home feet en-
gagged iii the maneuvres last fall COZ
whlch report has just reached here)
and the battleship fleet in command OF
Rear Admiral Evans.
The figures show that the British
fleet. composed of &c battleships I:
armored cruisers, nine protected cruz.
sers and So torpedo craft were com.
manded by one admiral. three vice ad.
/ mirals, seven rear admirals and on,
!: commodore. The American fleet. whe,
\ 1t Is fully assembled in San Francisc,
Il harbor, will consist of 10 battleshins
q eight armored cruisers. three protect,,
n cruisers and large number of supp,,
" ships. golfers and repair ships. min
~ uestroyers and five torpedo boats, com
81 manded by only four rear admirals
" oWciaiiy announced at Madrid tha
ne aeeouehment OF Queen Victoria i
y expected about the end of July.
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Town Meeting Today.

The annual town meeting will be
called to order at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. Not for several years has so many
aspired to public office as this year.
The material is of the best quality and
the voters would be doing their duty
to themselves and to the town by elect
ing any Of them. The candidates are
All popular and sharp contests are
sure TO be the order. For selectmen, the
announced candidates are =. A. Smith,
Lester Holway, Benner Lawrence, A. S.
Burke, L. y. Covil; for tax collector,
F. ii. +. Bragg, w. J. Bradbury: for
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M. c. l. 80; Morse High e.

The game of basketball played in Union
hall Friday evening drew out a large
crowd of spectators, who witnessed IA fine
contest. The contestants were the NJ. G.
|. and Morse High school of Bath. Both
teams played hard, NJ. c. ]. winning 80
to y. The lnup:
NJ C.. l. MORSE HIGH
Rand tSmith). IF ....................... ......
............ If, Kimball (Chadbourne)
Sturtevant Ii .......... ri, Kelley
Blck1olu. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. q. Young
Glll'y, fS ...-..........-.... iS, l HoIilpSOn
WeymOutf. lS Notwithstanding. .-......-.....
.......... *, II. Thompson &c. thompson
Time, pom. periods
After the game Carl T.. Weymouth was
elected captain of next years NJ. c. l.
team.
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Indian Corn in the Far North.

1t always has been supposed that In
dian corn was too sensitive a growth
to mature in the Northland, for in
many portions of both Western Canada
and Ontario the production of corn is
not attempted, the danger of destruc-
ton by frost rendering the crop too I'M
certain for commercial purposes. But
now comes the report from Dawson
that August Johnson, proprietor of Il
large laundry there, who devotes his
spare time to experiments in garden
ing, has succeeded in growing the first
Indian corn for the table in what has
been so often and enormously called
the Frozen North
Last spring he obtained from the
States several pounds of seed corn be-
longing to an early maturing variety
AS this arrived a little late in the sea-
son he planted it in his greenhouse,
and, as soon as it had come up, trans
planted the young plants to his gar
den. On July 4 the first ears were
ripe for gathering, and johnson and
his family enjoyed a meal of them. AS
July is very early, and as there is q
month and 4 half of good growing
weather in Dawson after that date, it
may be taken for granted that corn can
be ripened in that latitude.
Preparations are being made to plant
a field of corn for next summer, and as
result Dawson people will feast
cheaply on fresh corn instead of pay
ing, as at present, 25 cents for a small
ear of the canned kind. Specimens of
this first corn grown in the North, and
various other specimens showing the
different dates at which it may be
planted and gathered, and the length
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John N. Martin met with bad ac-
cident Saturday. While going to the
cellar of his house on Park street, re-
Gently vacated by ]. N. Swazey tc
attend to the furnace he made a mis-
step and fell, breaking the small bone
in the left leg just above the ankle
and dislocating the foot. He managed
to get to his home across the street
where medical aid was summoned and
the fracture reduced
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rendered by Mrs. Miriam Merrill. re-
port was also read by the secretary, Mrs
Isabel A. Small. The hostesses were
Mrs. Ada r. Dascombe and Miss Eliza
beth HaineS,
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Mr.. and Mrs. Malon Written, Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Written of Clinton and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Libby of Benton
Station recently attended family re-
union held at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Bunker at GoodWin's Corner
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road commissioner, Edward Tozier,
Howard Flood. The article in the war
rant calling for the purchase of lot
al Shawmut for the purpose Oh erect
ing police station will be strongly
supported by the Shawmut citizens.
That section of the town has grown
very fast in the last few years and the
needs of the locality are becoming
more
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The Womans' Relief Corps are all
ready to accommodate large crowd
at the dinner which they are to
serve this noon for the convenience
of those attending town meeting.
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a. H. Totrnan and Virgil Conner at
tended Il meeting of the Central Maine
Gas Co. at Skowhegan Saturday. Mr.
Connor is president of the company
In the early spring the company will
install some plants here.
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II. r. Chapman. w A. True. A. s.
Eveleth and F. r. Knight. who are
conducting extensive numbering opera
tons in West Pittsfield. left Saturday
for their homes in Lewiston for an
over-Sunday visit and to vote at the
city election Monday
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Admiral Evans Is Improving.

Washington, March Admiral
Evans, commanding the battleshp
fleet, cabled his wife Saturday in this
city regarding his health:
Improving steadily. Rumors to con-
trary untrue"
The admiral has been reported as
suffering with rheumatism.
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Mrs E. A. Turner of Portland, VINO
has been visiting her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Patten, returned home
Saturday. She was accompanied as
far as Waterville by her sister, Mrs.
]. Matt Gilman.