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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-12
Ice Cream Soda For "Buggsy''

Bugs Raymond belongs to
the type of professional baseball
player. He is a big child,
thoughtless, improvident, a
wonder of efficiency at his craft,
but totally irresponsible outside
of it. He has been pitching for
several years on "tail-ender''
clubs-indifferently, in spite Of
natural gifts, because always
out of condition. This year Nc
Graw bought" him. He bought
him because of his capacities
and because he thinks he can
handle him. And he is doing
so. Thuswise:
He does not let him have any
money. Bugs" is married, and
his wife is an invalid. The con.
tract between McGraw and
Bugs provides that the latter {
salary each month shall 20 il
toto to Mrs. Raymond. Ano
Mrs. Raymond is under contract
not to let Bugs" have any Of it
Result, a perpetually pennilesl
Bugs" living an enforced simple
life. Once in a great while, al
intervals judiciously selected
McGraw let's him have a dime.
for an ice cream soda. Also h,
buys him clothes-.if very mucf
needed. This method worked
like a charm while / watched
during the spring training. Fol
he first time in his life Bugs
found himself living a thorough
~ hygienic life, colored by semi
J hourly trots around the park
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-12
What a Democrat is Not.

The New York Worlds famous
question What is a Demo
craft may possibly go thunder
ing down the corridors of time
unsatisfactory answered, but
we can furnish our metropoli-
tan contemporary with some
specifications as to what doesnot
constitute a Democrat,
A Democrat Is not a repre-
sentative or senator who, elected
on the platform of the Demo
cratic party, repudiates the par
tvs pledges and lines up with
the defenders of special priv
ilege.
A Democrat is not a man who
having been elected to congress
by the Democratic party---the
party of historic opposition to
high tariff schedules--yotes to
continue the robbery of the PEG
pie by the tariff barons because
there happens to be sugar
plantation or a saw mill in his
district.
A Democrat is never one
whose political principles fit so
loosely on him that they can be
shaken off at sight of the pork
barrel.
True it is that there are men
calling themselves Democrats, in
the United States senate and in
the house of representatives,
the above shameful description
fits, but they are Democrats in
name only. They can not be
trusted to stand upon a Demo.
cratic platform, to sustain Dem.
ocratic measures or to vote foi
Democratic candidates. The
party would be far better of
without them. They bring nj
strength to it, give it no advan
tage and lend it no dignity. Tn,
only thing they furnish is an ap
petite. Charlton Courier.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-12
The Side Walks Did Il.

We were talking with a good
citizen last week about the inter
est taken by nearly all the peo-
pie to build a new school house
and expressed our surprise that
more interest was taken in it
than we had noticed in any elect
ion for years. Il tell you what
woke up the people, said the
citizen, 1T was the new grant
told walks the people and the
town put down" We we're in
clined to laugh at this at first,
but when explained we think the
citizens was about correct to a
great extent. he went on to say
that sometime ago the people
became tired of the old rattle
trap wooden sidewalks and they
tore them up and replaced them.
with handsome granitoid walks
and the city put in the crossings.
Then the town began to look re.
spectacle and the people began
&c feel better and to walk proud.
They were started on the up
track and all voted for the cleo.
trio lights, then they began look.
ing around for something better
and when the new school house
proposition came up, they all got
into the procession and voted for
it. Yes, sir, the sidewalks did
it, and there is not a woman in.
town but would fight you if you
we're to 60 back to the old break.
neck wooden sidewalk days. And
say what you will there is
a great amount of good sense in
what the good citizen says, vet
if the women folks made the old
wooden side walks go, it was the
women that were the power he.
hind the throne. But it makes
little difference, the work was
good work and that's what the
town wants Platte City Land.
mark.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-12
Something To Laugh At.

Next to a kiss a laugh is the
most popular thing in the world.
The supply of kisses is limited,
being largely controlled by a
fair but capricious trust. The
supply of laughs, however, is
practically unlimited so long as
you don't get too grumpy to
look for them. One reason for
the remarkable success of The
Chicago Record Herald is It's
daily recognition of the value
of kindly, wholesome fun. The
alternating Currents" column
of S. E. Kiser, the humorist and
poet, is one of the brightest
things in American journalism
There is always a smile or a good
laugh in Ralph Wilder's cartoons,
bringing a CHEEKY greeting as
you pick up the paper each morn.
ing.
But it is in The Sunday
Record Herald that one finds the
most chuckles. The colored
comic section is full of laughter
for young and old, and these
amusing Illustrations are free
from the vulgarity and mischev
ious suggestions that have bar
red so many comic sections from
refined homes. Then there ii
always a lot Of high-class humol
in the Sunday Magazine of The
Record Herald, led by Sewel
Ford's inimitable Shorty Nc
Cabe stories. The delectablt
Shorty, we understand, is to ap
pear every other Sunday
throughout the present year. Nc
other character in fiction, unless
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-12
The Election Repeater" System.

In an article in McClure's
Magazine for June, George Kibbe
Turner describes the election
fraud system as it prevails in
New York.
Between the heads of the
Assembly district and the lead.
ers of gangs, an estimate is made
of the number of 'repeaters' to
be furnished. The 'repeaters'
are then gathered at some cen.
trail place-often the Assembly
district club-house-and sent
out through the election districts
in squads Of ten or twelve under
a lieutenant. This lieutenant
has some token or high sign
a peculiar button or a motion of
the hand-to slow to the election
district captain. All business is
transacted between these two
men.
This voting proceeds on a
regular schedule. In the morn
ing the fictitious registration
that it has been possible to get
past the Republican board OF
elections, with the names Of
residents who have died, moved,
OF. gone to Jail, is usually voted.
In the afternoon there is
general clearing up Of the
registration that has not pre-
viously been voted on. There
are innumerable stories of the
boldness of these 'repeaters.
For instance:
Some years ago a middle
aged man, who is now ar
assembly nan from the East Side
of New York, was standing il
the line before an election booth
when he was startled to heal
the man just ahead of him-s
youth Of some twenty years.--de
mand a ballot in a familiar name
Here, said the assembly.
man, that's my fathers name
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-12

the three months of March
April and May, just closed and
the record shows that the mail
handled consisted of 12,946 pos
tails, 24,O46 letters, 52,142 news
papers, 1901 circulars, 1,175
packages, 40 registers and PA
money orders written. Stamps
S2s6,92. Total pieces of mail hand
led, 1925 during the three
months. Carrier No. / handled
22,S71 pieces; carrier No. ?
handled 96,O3s pieces; carrier
No. 8 handled 2S,O77 pieces; car
rier No. 4 handled 2O,923 pieces.
--Higginsville Advance.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-12

it be Mr.. Dooley, can match him
as a funmaker. AS long as
Shorty and his devoted Sadie are
on deck there will be something
worth living for. The Record
Herald has the right idea. Clean
humor doubles the welcome of a
good newspaper.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-12

and by the time l left he was
likingit. His body, at tirstpufy,
had gradually regained the 1.-THE
lines of the athlete, his eyes were
clear and bright, his features
sharp cut; he had re-acquired a
professional pride in the mas
terry of his craft. Bugs Ray
mond will do some pitching this
year. james Hopper, in the
June Eyerybody's.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-12

President Taft in a late speech
at Pittsburg, said Il do not claim
to conform very strictly to re-
ligious observance Uncle Joe
Cannon in a late interview,
defends profanity and says it
is a form of prayer. Yet we
find many of the Christian min
listers of the country whooping
it up at every opportunity for
these men and the party they
represent. 1t is not to be
wondered at that so many
thoughtful people consider them
selves just as good out of the
church as in it. OF all places
it is a source of genuine sorrow
that inconsistencies should creep
into the lives and teachings of
Christian ministers -Boonville
Advertiser.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-12

THE husky youth turned,
glaring down upon him, then
kicked him sharply in the shins.
Shut up, you fool, he said
hoarsely, don't you know your
own father?' He then proceeded
to vote
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-12
Big Postal Business.

Rural carriers at the Higgins
vile postOfice were required to
keep a record Of all the mail
handled from this Office during
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-12
Advertiser

Something new. Electric coffee
mill the only one in town. Come and
see it work. 1t is a little beauty and
up-to-date. Jos. L. Long, Cash
Grocer.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-12
Elderly People
Helped Free

The last years Of life are the sweet
est, and vet the most difficult to pro-
long. 1t is then that the greatest care
is exercised in maintaining bodily
health. But the chief care should al
ways be with regard to the food you
eat and whether you are digesting it
properly. You should not allow your
self to become constipated.
No doubt you have tried salts and
cathartic pills, purgative tablets, etc, and
have come to the conclusion that they are
violent in action and do but temporary
good. Listen. then. 10 the voice OF <
p~erience with regard to a wonderful and
mild laxative. Dr. Caldwel's Syrup Pep
sin. II is not new, only we are trying
to find new friends for II.
A. A. Felts, OF Johnston City, H., suf-
fered from stomach trouble for six years
n found his cure In DR.. Caldweus
Syrup Pepsin. His wife uses Il too with
success. We could name hundreds OF
others. Some heard OF II irst through
~neighbors OF friends; others through the
doctors ofer 10 send any sufferer from a
stomach, liver or bowel complaint a free
sample bottle for trial. without charge
II you viii send your name and address
he viii send you a trial bottle direct to
your home. II It proves itself as he
buying a 50-cent or 81 bottle OF your
druggist, as all OF them sell II. Old people,
like children, should look for purity, and
i Is well to mention that the purity OF
this remedy Is vouched for with the u. S.
government. Also, though a free bottle
Is sent 20 prove its meritg, results are
always guaranteed from the regular
bottles bought Of druggists. who will re-
fund your money II II does not satisfy
you. Send at least for the free test bottle
today.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-06-12

II there Is anything about
your ailment that you don't
understand, or II you want
any medical advice, write
TO the doctor. and he will
answer you fully. There 10
no charge for this service.
The address is DR.. W. B.
Caldwell, 500 Caldwell bldg,
Monticello. III.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-04-29
HEALTH AND BEAUTY
LARGELY DEPENDENT ON THE
DAILY BATH.
imperative That the Skin Be Frequent
ly cIeansed of mpurites-Pain
and Suffering Are Sure to
Follow Neglect.

A daily bath should be part of the
If 1t is an impossibility to plunge daily
into a bathtub or if the doctor for
bids a plunge bath, the sponge bath
will prove sufficient for all purposes
of cleanliness or health.
The human skin is a complicated
net, whose meshes must be kept open
and unclogged, in order that through
them the body may throw off IT'S i'm
pure secretions, which must be gotten
rid of under penalty Of pain and suf-
fering, and sometimes death.
The healthy action of the skin is
stimulated by by the opening Of the
pores in the bath, especially if it is
followed by friction with a brush or
rough towel, etc. (Massage Ca be
dispensed with if the touch of a
strange hand is obiectionable) Many
fevers and contagious diseases might
be avoided by these means.
In cases of internal Inflammation,
bilious collie and congestion there is
no surer remedy than the hot bath.
This bath has also effected most as
tonishing cures of obstinate constipa-
ton. When a person has been exposed
to a contagious disease he should i'm
mediately take hot bath. There is
always a possibility that the disease
will pass out through the pores OF
the skin. 1t should be remembered
that it is very important to cool off
gradually. Cleanliness of the skin
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-04-29
COUNTRY IN MOVEMENT.
Meeting Of National Association for
Study and Prevention of TubercuIo-
sis Will Be Largely Attended.

The fifth annual meeting of the Ma
tiopal Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis will be
held in Washington, d. c., at the New
Willard hotel, on May 10, IA and Is
Owing to the present interest in the
campaign against tuberculosis, the
meeting will be of unusual interest
and Importance. The membership of
the national association now numbers
nearly 1000, and is distributed in al
most every state in the United States.
The national association has also a
considerable membership in Canada,
Cuba, Porto Rico, Philippine islands,
and in several of the European coun-
tries. Ex-President Roosevelt and
DR.. William Osler are honorary vice
presidents of the national association.
DR.. Vincent Y. BOwditch Of Boston is
the president; Mr. Homer Folks of
New York city, and DR.. Charles l..
Minor of Asheville, N. c., are the vice
presidents; Gen. George NJ. Sternberg
of Washington, D. c., is treasurer; DR..
Henry Barton Jacobs Of Baltimore, is
secretary, and DR.. Livingston Farrand
of New York is the executive secre-
tary of the association.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-04-29
YEN THE FRIEND OF ROBINS
siddy a Very Effective Ally in Pre-
serving Resting Place for the
Red-Breasts.

Ever hear of a speckled hen being a
friend and ally of red-breasted robins?
If not, ask the folk of Clinton, n. j
Here's what happened there, according
TO veraciOuS character:
A pair of robins that for years have
nestled in peach tree in Silas Closes
chicken yard arrived from the south to
find their nest occupied by some fresh
sparrows. After a twittered converse
ton, they attacked the intruders and
drove them out.
The sparrows flew away, but re.
turned in a few minutes with four
others. They assaulted the nest and
sent the robins scOoting. And then
the speckled hen-Farmer Closes best
layer, Betsy-took a hand, or rather a
wing. She flew into the tree, ousted
the sparrows with a few cluck-clucks
and digs of her toes, and then sig
nailed the robins to return.
In ten minutes the sparrows-now a
dozen or more-retuTned, and attacked
both robins and Betsy" But the in
domitable trio put up such a battle
that the little brown birds were glad
to beat an aerial retreat and let the
red-breasts have their old home.
If you don't believe it, Farmer Close
will show you the very tree where it
happened.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-04-29
SUITABLE PRESENT FOR MAN NOVELTY AS A REFREsHMENT
Rissoles and RissoIettes Something
New to Serve at Afternoon
Tea or Card Party.

The hostess who wants novelties
for her afternoon tea or card party
can find them in rissoles and ris-
solettes. that can be made at home
quite as deliciously as by the caterer.
A rissole is nothing but croquette
wrapped in pastry and fried in boiling
lard. Special irons come for frying
these dainties, but they are not neces-
sary. Roll out thin squares of puff
paste, and on top place croquette
mixture of chicken, stirred into we'll
seasoned white sauce, and nodded
when cold into regular croquette
shapes. Fold the pastry around the
meat, seal the edges with white OF
egg, dip into egg and well seasoned
bread crumbs and fry in boiling lard.
Rissolettes are sheets of pastry rolled
very thin and dotted with currant
jelly. orange marmalade or any de-
sired preserve. A large sheet OF pas
try is rolled thin, covered with dots
Of the preserve and topped with an
other sheet of pastry. To prevent the
jam from spreading the pastry about
the jelly is wet with ice water for
about half an inch in Cut in circles,
diamonds or any desired shape, pinch
the edges together, brush with white
of egg and cinnamon These risso-
lettes can either be fried in hot lard,
or, what is easier, baked in a hot
oven for about Is minutes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-04-29
a Natural Mistake.

A teacher in a Pennsylvania pri
mary school instructed her pupils one
composition day" that they might
each write her letter making excuse
for not inviting her to an imaginary
birthday party.
The following effort of one little girl
was decided to be the best:
my Dear Miss Alice: 1t becomes
my duty to apologize for not inviting
you to my birthday party last week.
had fully intended to do so, but-as
always do in everything postponed
it till the last minute. When l at
last started and reached your gate,
saw the Doctors carriage standing
there, and thinking some one was i'll
l did not think it best to go in. What
was my modification and consterna
ton to learn the next day that the doc
tor was counting your sister!"-Illus
trated Sunday Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-04-29
WESTERN GANADA'S
HAPPY PROSPECTS.

In no year since the development of
| Western Canada began has spring
brought brighter outlook than it
brings this year. In no preceding
spring has there been greater assur-
ance of advancing development and
prosperity. The movement of immi-
grafton has already assumed large pro-
portions, and is as desirable in char.
| acter as it Is satisfactory in volume;
from across the Atlantic sturdy, indus
trious and thrifty newcomers are ar
irving in large numbers, homeseekers
from Ontario and the other older
Provinces are coming In a steady
stream, and from across the interna-
uonal boundary movement is al
ready in full flow, which, it is conf
IDENTIFY predicted, will beat the records
of all previous years; special settlers
trains are crossing the line, loaded
with effects, actual material wealth
being thus brought into the country at
the rate of millions of dollars worth
monthly.
The movement is so unprecedented
ton officials have had to be provided
at both North Portal and at Emerson
and it Is estimated that the total num-
Der Of new settlers from the United
States this year will be 10000, at
least, and may run well up toward
100000. Last years total of new set.
tiers from the South was 53,723; thus
the area that will be placed in wheat
and other grains this year will greatly
exceed that of last year Settlers are
making extraordinary efforts to get on
their lands and begin seeding opera
lions. The price Of wheat now, away
above the dollar mark, is incentive
enough, and when one has in view the
splendid results that the past few
years have shown, it is not to be won
dered at that the present will be the
banner year for immigration to Can
ada. Ask your nearest Canadian Gov
eminent Agent for rates of transporta-
ton, and he will also send you illus
trated pamphlets.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-04-29
YELLOW IN FASHIONS FAVOR.
Color Scheme That Just Now Is I'M
menseIy Popular Among Partisan
Women of Fashion.

Paris turned emerald green a month
ago and then after poking around
among her metallic fabrics for an
other color scheme, she worked up a
perfect craze for yellow. Her green
satin empire evening gown slipped
into the background when its place
was usurped by corn color and canary
In clinging fabrics. The topaz satins
fairly melted into the golden gauzes
so much affected as tunics and trim
mings during the whole period of EN-
pire fashions. Chamois color has been
popular and now among the more use
full materials one finds the browns
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-04-29
Paw Paw, Mich

Another Operation Avoided.
Chicago, Ill. 81 want women to
know what that wonderful medicine.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, has done for me. Two of the
best doctors in Chicago said i would
die If / did not have an operation. and
/ never thought of seeing a we'll day
again. Ihada small tumor and female
troubles so that / suffered day and
night. A friend recommended lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
and it made me well woman."-Mrs.
AA;LyENA SPERLING, II Langdon St.,
Chicago, Ill.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, made from roots and herbs,
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms OF
female ills, including displacements,
Inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu.
larities, periodic pains, backache, bear.
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges.
ton, and nervous prostration. Itcosts
but trifle to try it, and the result
has been worth millions to many
suffering women.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-04-29

color are preferred to the lighter
shades. Bronze stockings are consid-
cred splendid for brown shoes and
bronze slippers. both in Isle and in
silk.
For dressy occasions silk stockings
continue in vogue. The smoke, gray,
military, and copenhagen blue are ad.
mired with walking suits. But for
evening wear the amethyst. old rose,
apricot, and bronze are preferred to
all other shades. For evening wear it
is desirable to have the slippers and
hose the same color as the gown.
When this is not possible the stock
ings should match the slippers.
Though plain silk stockings may be
worn for evening wear, the open and
the embroidered ones are counted
best. Some of the French hand-em.
broidered stockings have elaborate
wreaths, low knots, roses, or morn.
ing glories covering the front. Though
hand-embroidered stockings may be
had at five dollars pair, the hand.
woven hose trimmed with plenty OF
hand embroidery cost from $25 up.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-04-29


has decided influence on the assim-
ilation of food by the body. 1t is
known that well-opened pores make a
far finer skin than uncleanly people
can boast.
Think of the unfortunates OF the
Middle Age ignorant of the blessings
of the bath! "One thousand years
without baths" exclaims Michelet in
one of his histories. Think of the
pestilence, the hideous diseases which
at that time scourged poor humanity!
In the time of Henry ". the habit of
bathing was still rare, for it is record
ed of one of the great men of the day
that he asked why the hands should
be washed and not the feet. How
horrible!
If we knew the personal uncleanli-
ness of the beautiful women of to-
day at the court of King Sun we
should Involuntary shudder with dis.
gust