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The Press., 1910-06-22
THAcKERAY WAS BORED.
Amusing Incident of the Authors Sec
 ond Visit to Boston.

Amusing Incident of the Authors Sec
 ond Visit to Boston.
 During Thackeray's second visit to Boston MT. James T. Fields, his host, was asked to invite Thackeray to at- tend an evening meeting of a scientific club, which was to be held at the house of distinguished member.
 I was, said MT. Fields. very relucs tant to ask him to be present, for knew he was easily bored, and was fearful that prosy essay or geological paper might be presented and felt cer. tain that should such be the case he nocent cause of his afiictiOn.
 , My worst fears were realized. dared not look at Thackeray. I felt that his eye was upon me. My dis tress may be imagined when I saw him rise quite deliberately and make his exit very noiselessly into a small anteroom adjoining. The apartment was dimly lighted, but he knew that I knew he was there.
 Then began series of pantomimlC feats impossible to describe. He threw an imaginary person-myself, of course upon the floor and proceeded to stab him several times with paper folder, which he caught up for the purpose.
 After dispOsing of his victim in this way he was not satisfied, for the dull lecture still went on in the other room, so he fired an imaginary revolver sev- eral times at an imaginary head.
 The whole thing was inimitably done. I hoped nobody saw it but my self. Years afterward a ponderous, fat witted young man put the question sQuarely to met
 What was the matter with MT. Thackeray that night the club met at MT. -'s hOuse?"
The Press., 1910-06-22
They Like Fat Girls In Tunls.

A Tunisian girl has no chance of marriage unless she tips the scale at 200 pounds, and to that end she com mences to fatten when she is fifteen years old. She takes aperients and eats a great deal of sweet stuff and leads a sedentary life to hasten the process. Up to fifteen she is very handsome, but at twenty what an im- mense, unwieldy mass of fat she be- comes! She waddles, or, rather, undu- lates, along the street. Her costume is very picturesque, especially if she be of the richer class. She is clothed in fine silks of resplendent hues of a bright red, yellow or green and wears a sort of cOnical shaped headdress, from which depends loose white drapery. Turkish trousers and dainty slippers, the heels of which barely reach the middle of the feet, complete the cos tune
The Press., 1910-06-22
PROVEN ECZEMA CURE

Many eczema sufferers have failed 30 utterly with salves and other '-dis- eoveries" that even the assurance of the best physician or druggist cannot induce them to invest another dollar in any remedy.
 It is to these discouraged sufferers in particular that we now offer, at only 25 cents, a trial bottle of the accepted standard eczema remedy, 8 simple wash of oil of wintergreen, thy mol and glycerine, as compounded in D. D. D. Prescription.
 Hundreds of cures have convinced us and we know you can prove in- stantly with the first application that it takes away the itch at once.
The Press., 1910-06-22
HOUSEHOLD CARES.
Tax the Women of Stafford Springs
 the Same as Elsewhere.
 Hard to attend to household duties With instantly aching back. A woman ahould not have 8 bad


 Hard to attend to household duties
 With a instantly aching back.
 A woman should not have a bad back,
 And she woul Int if the kidneys were we'll.
 Doan's Kidney Pills make well Kidneys.
 Here is Stafford Springs woman who endorses this claim:
 Mrs. Carl Kuehne, Prospect street. Stafford Springs, Ot says: "Doan's Kidney Pills are by no means 8 new remedy to me- have used them al different times when suffering from disordered kidneys as the result of . cold or overwork, and I have alwayI received the best of results At times 1t was impossible for me to stoop ol lift on account of the pains in my back. when I feel these attacks com ing on now at once begin using Doan's Kidney Pills, procured from Eaton's drug store. and 1t never takel but few doses to drive the trouble away. Doan's Kidney Pills have my highest endorsement ''
 For sale by all dealers. Price 5C cents. Foster -Milburn Oo., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's-and take no other.
The Press., 1910-06-22

other women to avail themselves of this valuable medicine. Mrs. E. M. FREDERICK, Bloomdale, Ohio.
 Backache is a symptom of female weakness or derangement. If you have backache don't neglect it. To get permanent relief you must reach the root of the trouble. Nothing we knOwof will do this so safely and surely as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound Cure the cause of these dis dressing aches and pains and you will become we'll and strong.
 The great volume of unsolicited tes- timOny constantly pouring in proves conclusively that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has restored health to thou sands of women.
 If you have the slightest doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vege- table Compound will help yOus write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynns Mass, for advice. Your letter will be absolutely cOnhdentials and the advice free.
The Press., 1910-06-22

Hives, eczema, itch or salt rheum sets you crazy. Can't bear the touch of your clothing. Doan's Ointment cures the most obstinate cases. Why suffer- All druggists sell it.
The Press., 1910-06-22

Can't look well, eat well or feel we'll with impure blood feeding your body. Keep the blood pure with Burdock Blood Bitters. Eat simply, take exercise, keep clean and you will have long life.-
The Press., 1910-06-22

and right side, ana
 was tired all the time and nervous.
 II could not sleep,
 and every month l could hardly stand
 the pain. Lydia E. |Pinkham's Vegeta-
 ble Compound re-
 stored me to health
 again and made me feel like a new wo- man. I hope this
 letter will induce
The Press., 1910-06-22
PeraeNeranee.

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence. and many things which can not be overcome when they are to- gether yield themselves up when taken little by little.
The Press., 1910-06-22
Strict obedienes,

Salesman Shirt, sir. Will you have negligee or a stiff bosom? Customer -Negligee, guess. The doctor said must avoid starchy things.-Boston Transcript
The Press., 1910-06-22
d Suspicion.

She-How is it your sister did not sing tonightH He-Oh. the 6octor has forbidden her He says she must not sing for six mOnths. She-Does he live near herr
The Press., 1910-06-22

All men nave their frailties. and he who loOks for a friend without imper- eecttons will never lind what he seeks.
The Press., 1910-06-22
RetOrt Photographic.

The photographer was drying his plates in the warm sunlight
 "What are you doing there7" asked . frieud
 ''Oh." was the reply. "just airing my views"
The Press., 1910-06-22

My child was burned terribly about the face, neck and chest. I applied Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil. The pain ceased and the child sank into restful sleep - Mrs. Nancy M. Hanson, Hamburg, N. Y.
The Press., 1910-06-22
THE STAGE DRINK.

Some Sarcastic Comments Upon Its
 Terrific Potency.
 What we have always noticed about the stage drink is its terrific potency. That there are other points of interest in this thing we do not deny, and we are inclined to agree with writer in one of the weekly papers who says that tour actors, even the best and most experienced of them, haven't the faintest notion of how to drink nat urally and with the air of men who are enjoying the process" And we have frequently noted that curious un- spillable quality in the musical comedy drink In this particular type of DO tation, which is set to music and which we may call the gay drink, the careless gestures of the flagon holders, who do not actually drink until they have waved the goblet upside down, have been known to make strong and thirsty galleryites burst into tears, commingled with reproaches. When falsely accused Frederick suffers a mo- mentary attack of depression and de cides to set out for territories exclu- sively canine he pours into 8 small liquor glass little very pale brandy and, with a desperate cry of frenzy and despair, drinks it at one go. Some times 1t is half glass of noncorporeal claret. But the result is the same. Falsely accused Frederick instantly starts his Apache dance with the grand pianOforte, and friends who be lieved in him, entering at that mo- ment, say, Good heavens, he's drunk? v The drink is potent It cannot always be a case of weakness of head.-Lon- don Globe.
The Press., 1910-06-22

Success often leads to insolencO.- Irish Proverb.
The Press., 1910-06-22
The Leather of the EsyptIsns.

The ancient Egyptians were skilled in the art of tanning leather and man. ufactured It in various ways and for various purposes besides that of fur nishing covering for the feet. Indeed, 1t is to those builders of the pyramids that we are indebted for the first artis- tic forms of footwear and, so far as can be ascertaincd from history and the researches If archaeOlOgists, the Egyptians were the first shoemakerS who were worthy of that name. It is a fact, too. that tanners of today em- ploy very much the same methods as did the ancients. About the same materials are used. and the processes are almost precisely similar to those in vogue hundreds of years ago. It is true that tanners of the present day have found a means of greatly shorten ing the time required to convert a hide into leather and that steam power and modern machinery have done much to expedite and improve the processes of finishing the leather; but, after all, the principals of tanning remain the same as they have been from the hrst.- London Globe.
 The inventor ot Vne Match.
 The first match Mas Vh+ product of the lngeDuN! OI .Innn Frederick Nom- eFer. who palrIy III the nineteenth gen. tury was imprisoned m the peniteD- tiary at HOhenaSpt.rR. III Germany. Re invented the .UrlftsT match while ID his gIOOmy dungeon The German government forbade the manufacture of inatcnt'S oU IhS ground Of pGIOlic pOiit.! Us-'nIIS% some rnlidreD playing wIIh them hMO caused nre kOGDeFer was rnInrn D! AItnHt's'@' competition wnt.i, ne was reI+a~t-tI rTOm prison aud dIt-dI UaulM'I ID IO lNi2 the Ieiina manufacturers rnmtrOIIs-sI the match bIISInG'Ra oI 'hS entire world
 Clever men are good. but they are not the best.-Carlyle
The Press., 1910-06-22
YOUR
 BACKACHE WHLYIELD
To Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Bloomdale, Ohio.-"I I suffered from terrible headaches, pains in my back
The Press., 1910-06-22
D. Fl. CURTIS & CO.,,
WILLINCTON AVENUE,

are headquarters for STOVE WOOD in all lengths. Flaming, matching, table saw ing and carpet cleaning. Tel.154.
The Press., 1910-06-22
Why Re Searched.


 The old man had evidently dropped something in the muddy road, and he began searching for it. In three min- utes about thirty strangers had joined in the search, and every additional minute brought additional searchefs, till at last one, bOlder than the rest. plucked up heart and spoke:
 "What are you looking fOrT' he in- quired.
 My friend" mumbled the old man, ''I have dropped a piece of taffy can dy."
 ''But, great Scott," cried another of the crowd angrily, "why do you go looking for 1t when it will be covered with dIrt?'
 Because, my inquisitIve friend," re- piled the old man, my false teeth arc sticking to that taffy."
The Press., 1910-06-22

Moral good is a practical stImuluA- Plutarch.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-24
Or Maybe Get the Hook-worm.

He was a New Yorker visiting
in a South Carolina village and
he sauntered up to a native sit
ting in front of the general store,
and began a conversation.
"Have you heard about the
new manner in which the planter.
are going to pick their cotton this
~seaSOn?' he inquired.
Don't believe | have" an
swered the other.
"Well, they have decided to
import a lot of monkeys to do
the picking rejoined the New
Yorker. Monkeys learn read
lily. They are thorough work
ers, and obviously they will save
their employers a small fortune
otherwise expended in wages"
eyes" calculated the native,
and about the time this monkey
brigade is beginning to work
smoothly, a lot of you fool North
erns will come tearing down
here and set 'em free, Every
body's Magazine.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-24
cambridge Phelps Dead.

Died at his home one mile
north of Dover on Monday, Sept.
10, 1910, cambridge Phelps aged
about 81 years. He is survived
by one aged sister, Miss Jane
Phelps with whom he lived and
one brother, David Phelps. Mr..
Phelps was born and grew to
manhood in Lafayette County.
He had been in declining health
for several months but not con-
sidered seriously i'll until a short
while before his death. His re-
mains were laid to rest in the
Dover cemetery Tuesday after
noon. Those who survive him
and especially his aged sister has
the sympathy of the community.
y
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-24
Rev. 0. NJ. Hickman Transferred

The Southwest Missouri Con-
ference of the NJ. f. Church
South in session at Webb City
Monday announced its appoint
ments for the coming year. Rev.
o. NJ. Hickman was transferred
from the Lexington church to
the office of presiding elder of
the Joplin district. He is sue,
ceeded by Rev. c. NJ. Davenport.
Rev. G. p. Warren, the former
presiding elder of the Lexington
district goes to the church at
IIarrisOnvile.
The appointments for the Lex
ington district follow;
W. P. Buckner, presiding elder.
Lexington, c. NJ. Davenport, T..
NJ. Cobb, superannuated; Soda
liza, w. A. McClanahan Warrens-
burg, and Mount Sewall, j..
r. Strong; Higginsville. L. P.
Norfleet; Lamonte and Knobnos-
ter. B. V. Alton; Sweet Springs
circuit, c. T. Wallear; Lincoln
and Warsaw, r. X. Kyle; Hughes
vile and HOustonia circuit. B.
A. Powell; Waverly and Dover,
William Grote; Buckner circuit,
NJ. C. Mayors; Corder circuit, w.
F. Wagner; Otterville circuit,
C. Bruner; Longwood and High
Point, to be supplied; Green
Ridge circuit, A. c. Clendenning ;
Mayhem circuit, NJ. Larkin, SUI
perannuated; Grand Pass
circuit, H.. l.. Foster; Sedalia
circuit, L, S. Nighttime Hermit
age circuit, A. L. Shum; Cross
Timbers circuit, Rufus Shook
Warsaw circuit, to be supplied
Odessa and Bates City, w. H.
Suddath, 7. P. Cobb, superannu-
ated; Mount Tabor and Pitts
vile, J. r. Hedges, W. NJ. Dow
dy, superannuated.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-24
Letter List.

The following mail remained
uncalled for at the Lexington
PoStoffice Saturday, September
"a, 1910.
Letters.
A. r.. Bakre, Mrs. D. c. Green
(2), Miss Emma Harris, Mrs.
Mamie Hicks, Miss Lenora Jones,
Frank J. Merkel, j. Q. Moore,
Miss Maude Newkirk, Mrs. An
ME Simmons, Miss Laura r.
Smith, Joe SchotO, NJ. B. Wise
man, L. D. Whitchuch.
Cards.
Mis- Bessie Blackwell (cOl) .
Gertrude Barnette ~, Miss Eff
file Brown, Mrs. A. F. Carter, Jes-
Sc Dooley, Warren Jackson, Miss
Ella johnson, VIM. LOnge, Mrs
A. Warner, W. A. Young.
When calling for this mai
please say it was advertised.
JOHN X. TAUBMAN,
Postmaster.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-24

LOST:-A gold bracelet be-
tween Xix Bros. store and the
Catholic church. Finder please
leave at this office.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-24
For Sale.

Mrs. S. S. Trigg, 2915 Troost
Ave-, Kansas City, No, will sell
for half their value the furnish
ings Of a handsome modern house
which is filled with desirable peo-
pie. An attractive home and
profitable business.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sailing
and two children arrived Tues
day evening from Barnard,
Mo-, to visit relatives and at
tend the Stalling-Walk wedding.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-24

WANTED: Apple piekers at
once. Apply to
Drs. Tucker and Fredendall.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-24
Wants, For Sale Eli.

FOR SALE:-Two COWS. Mn-
Bette Hicklin.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-24

WANTED A cook. Apply
TO Mrs. T. c. Sawyer, 3+ South
Thirteenth Street.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
Save Your Hill Side Farms
Build Up the Worn-Out Lands by Terracing and Proper
Care--Preserve the Virgin Fertility of All
Lands Not Already Lost.

secure him for one date for the
farmers of Grant parish.
He will be at Verda on Wednes-
day, February 9th, at 10 a. M. to
lecture, and at 2 p. m. he will level
a field for Mr.. G. j. Hutchinson
near by. Between times dinner
will be provided for all those from
distance, and trip will be taken
through the Verda High School,
lis chemical and physical labofa-
tory, and other interesting features
will be shown to visitors.
Let every hill farmer attend
these lectures and practical dem
onstrations, and we will show you
q good time, besides the interest
ing and valuable instruction you
will get from Prof. Snowden in
his lecture and practical demon
stration of the work necessary to
preserve your farm and enhance
| its value.
Respectfully yours,
II. L. BRIAN,
Special Agent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05

Prof. Mason Snowden, plain,
practical farmer, of wide expert
ence and education in the above
named subjects, is sent out by the
Crop Demonstration Work of the
Department of Agriculture to lee
ture and make practical domon-
strations on the terracing, leveling,
surfacing and preservation OF our
rolling hill lands, and the growing
of the necessary fertilizers to en-
rich them.
He carries with him a land
level, very fine instrument, made
for the purpose of surfacing and
leveling lands, and, after the lee
ture he goes into a nearby fielo
and levels it up, thus demonstra'
ting the method and the use of thu
machine.
His lecture is intensely interest
ing and profitable to every pro
gressive farmer who desires to se
kcure the best results for bis Iabo
and Investment, aud it lie fortu
nate that We have been able Il
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
Peanuts a Profitable Crop
J. b. Railsback Tells of Results in North Louisiana
Both Nuts and Hay Valuable and the Plant
Greatly Enriches the Soil.

at 80 cents per bushel. 1892. The
raising of peanuts between corn rows
of the usual width after laying by is
n common practice in Georgia. Hogs
usually being employed to gather
the crop.
The above results were obtained
in every instance by men absolutely
without experience in growing or
handling this crop, each one Of whom
undertook it merely as an expert
ment.
From our experience here and that
of growers elsewhere We may con-
clude, thatu upon rich land the peanut
will yield as much food or produce
as many pounds OF pork per acre al
corn. That it will produce fair crops
upon land which is too poor to grow
any of the cereals. That while it re-
spends we'll to good methods ant
good farming still it may be raised
better than any other crop upon soil'
that are poor and by methods thai
cannot be classed as good farming
That being leguminous plant it de
rives it's most valua bic fertilizing ele
ment i. e., nitrogen from the air in
i
stead OF from the soil. and If ''fe'
back" upon the land twill enrich To
soil. That the market is not full.
supplied and hence a renumerativ
price is assured.
i In addition to all this North Lou
isiana has been pronounced by Pro
Beatie, the Agricultural Department
expert, as the finest Spanish peanu
region vet developed. Yet with tn
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05

success of 1909 behind us and splen-
did opportunity before us, there is
reason to fear that this promising
industry will perish. And why? Be-
ca use recently cotton sold as high as
Is cents, and every grower, from the
largest planter to the one-gallus bill
farmer. il straining every nerve to
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05
TOOK .ll His Money.

Often all man earns goes to doctors
or for medicines to cure stomach. liver
or kidney trouble that DR.. Kings New
Life Pills would quickly cure at slight
cost. Best for dyspepsia, indigestion
billiousnsss. constipation, janndice. ma.
laris and debility. 26c at ell druggists
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05

raise everp possible acre Of cotton 10
1910.
Butlet rs reason minute: Elk
ceptiug the time when the blockade
prevailed did such prices ever prevail
for two successive seasons? MOL Aud
nv all the Ia We oil probability and ex-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05

We placed our orders be-
fore the advance in cot
ton and you must see
our line to appreciate the
values we offer. New
patterns in Swiss. Null.
Nsinsook and Hamburg.
All overs, edging and in
sorting to match. Com
piete line fiouncings.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-02-05

Continued on eighth page.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-22
McCURDY MAY RETURN.
Aviator Anxious To Return and
Give Dillon People DemonStra-
ton of Aeroplane.

Aviator McCurdy. before leaving
To- Norfolk Tuesday night where he
II to make flight across the city
10. day, said he vas not pleased at
thC exhibition given ut Dillon Tues
day and that if his managers would
permit him he would return TO Dill
ON on December 2Sth aud 18th
aGd give another exhibition. taking
CIances on the gate receipts. All
Mr Mcturdy asks is for the Dillon
people u advertise the event. Mr..
hcCurdy got into communication
with his managers at once over long
distance phone but was unable to
r"&ch them before the departure OF
ms train. He said he would call
them from Norfolk, explain the con-
uitionS under which he had to fly
tuesday and ask for permission to
return on the 2Sth aud 29th. He
instructed his mechanic not to take
down the machine, but to store IL
away until final arrangements
could be made. The mechanic is
h"r" to-day awaiting further in
St'ucuonS from the aviator. Mr..
MCIGrdy was very much diSap-
pClnted over the exhibition given
mere Tuesday. He says il was the
SNohg counter currents. and not
net the gale. that prevented Il bet
''r exhibition. He says il vas the
worst day for flying that hr has
experienced this year. IC the avi-
;'"r can arrange to return the
meet viii be extremely advertised