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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-07-29
Boosters Boosting.

If the time and energy ex-
pended in boosting the Santa
Fe-Boone's Lick trail by the
Commercial Club bears fruit.
the state highway will sure
come this way. Saturday
j, G. McGrew, Jr, Harry Wal
lace and j. R. MoOrehead went
to Buckner in Mr.. McGrew's car
to bringMr. Headrick, the newly
appointed member of the Board
of Agriculture, down over the
river road in order that he may
see for himself that the road
is paSsible and that it is being
graded for the purpose of rock
ing.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-07-29

Buff 0rphington eggs at half
rice for June and July. Phone
Is.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
TEA NOT GROWN IN cEYLoN
Land Whsrs Cheaper Grades Were
Produced Now Given Up 70 Guilt
walton OF Rubber Trees.

London.-The tea tastcrs in Min
cling lane are in for a hotter time Of
It than usual, and those who know
anything concerning that mysterious
art arc fully aware that at the best
It is anything but sinecure.
They are being called upon to exer'
else more than their usual amount Of
ingenuity In the matching. in both
taste and appearance, various Ceylon
grown teas Of the cheaper grade. The
explanation lies in the fact that the
"low country" districts In Ceylon. the
birthplace Of cheap teas. have been
sacrificed for the planting Of rubber
trees.
A broker said that the housewife
would not, because Of this, be called
upon to pay more for her pound OF
Ceylon tea. "The public" he said.
has become 10 used to the low-priced
article that It would never pay sub
stantial rise. It simply means that
the tea tasters will have to be little
more cunning than usual and match
exactly the Ceylon grown tea"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
ARE 411,322 0FFIcEHoLOERs
Four and 0ne-HaIf Tenths Of the Pop
uIation Of the United States In
Federal Service.

There are in all Al 1922 federal of.
ficeholders in this country This il
az tenths Of one per cent. of the en-
tire population of the United States.
OF this number the president appoints.
by and with the advice and consent
Of the senate, but 9,846. There are
under civil service rules 262.6O8. Of
which the postoffice department has
147,727; the treasury department has
27,O93; the war department.. exclusive
of officers and enlisted men of the
army, 2S,1O2: the department of JUS
tice, $500; the department Of agricul-
ture, 1853; the department Of the in.
terror, 1892; the department Of COM
merce and labor. 1897; the govern.
ment printing office, 1925: the inter
state commerce commission, GA. and
the Smithsonian institution. 424.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
ARSENAL FOUND At WAUPUN
DANGEROUS WEAPONS IN WIS.,
CONSIN STATE PRISON.
Knives, Drills, Saws, NitroglycerIne
and Soap Among Contraband
Articles.

Waupun. Wis, Aug. 22.-Many dan
gerous weapons OF different kinds
were taken from the persons of the
prisoners of the prison and various
hiding places about the shops, as the
result Of careful search instituted
under the direction of Acting Warden
Daniel Woodwork.
1t is the first time in eight years
that contraband material of this sort
has been found and the result appalled,
even the officers who made the search,
in pairs, about the prison as it evi.
dences plans fer a wholesale Jail de-
livery.
The men gave up the weapons will
ingly, the articles including 1853 knives,
3 wrenches. &c files, saws, 10 danger
our long pairs OF shears, 2 drills, S
pairs of pinchers. 81 shop-made sharp
pointed weapons. 10 hammers, 1
slungshot, several pieces Of wire for
picking locks, sealing wax for making
impressions, nitroglycerine, soap. a
rope, strap, nails, and other junk. In
the cell of Hunter, the negro MUIR
derer, were found s buck saws. a
chunk of soap, and short knife.
There have been various complaints
of treatment here and the officers sus-
pected that the men had been accu-
mulating forbidden articles. Conse-
quently, the acting warden addressed
the prisoners on existing conditions
and said that those that gave up con-
traband weapons would not be pun
ished. He promised. too. that the men
should have better suppers, and that
such grievances as they had would re-
ceive careful hearing.
N, e. A. STIRS UP CATHOLICS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
How Expsn.e. Grow.

During Grants second administra.
ton Cath" a well-known Washing.
ton correspondent, called attention to
the fact that the presidents secre-
tary was paid $4,000 year and two
clerks were paid $4,000 each. Extrav-
agant salaries for such functionaries.
At the present time the presidents
secretary is secretary to the president
and draws $500 year. There is
also an executive clerk, $4,000; a chief
clerk, $4,000: an appointment clerk.
s3,5OO; a record clerk, $4,000; two
stenographers at $4,000 each. and
many other clerks. none of whom
draw less than $4,000. On the White
House staff are 36 employees. includ.
ing two laborers at $40. The presi.
dents salary is now $4,000 a year
with travelling expenses. In the Grant
regime it was $4,000. The White
House employees of today are all
needed and are not paid more than
they could get in other lines, all Of
which illustrates that this country
and the business Of the chief execu-
tive 10 growing.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
AMERICANS IN PARIS
$780, 00,0 900 Spent by Yankees
in Europe This Year.
French Capital Getting lts Share o.
Cash, Declare Tradesmen-6s0in
to understand Ways Of
Shopping.

Paris.-According to recent statis'
tics something over $SO.000.O0O per
annum has been spent in Europe BY
American tourists during the last fe"
years. This year the figure Will De
we'll over $10O.OOO,OOO, a good share
of which goes to Paris, where the
American invasion since May has
beaten all records.
Although the hotel men are salts
fed with the unusual number OF
American visitors. only too willing to
pay good prices for good accomoda'
tons. 1t would appear from an inves-
ugation that the money spent In ho-
tells this year will represent only
comparatively small fraction OF the
total.
I'VE have done more business with
American customers this season, said
q high official of one Of the largest
dry goods stores in Paris, than with
all the rest of our foreign customers
put together.
1T seems, in fact, that Americans
are beginning to understand that
shopping In Paris is not confined to
the Place Vendome and Rue de 10
Paix, where prices are SO high that
only few can meet them. Although
this is supposed TO be the middle OF
the dead season, our staff Is as num-
erous and as busy now as 1t was u
the end Of June. At present We are
working almost exclusively for Amer
leans.
Il believe We have taken big bust
ness from our competitors In America,
and, judging from the quantity OF
clothes. and SO forth, sold IN Paris 10
Americans, the custom house receipts
should be something like record.
Jewelry and antique dealers and
others are unanimous in declaring
that, while of late years. American
visitors came to Europe merely as
tourists, they have now discovered
that things in Europe can be had al
much better prices than In their own
country, and have begun to come here
to buy.
These statements Of Paris business
men are further confirmed by the as
pect of the city itself. Now that the
usual Partisan crowd has left for the
summer holidays. the boulevards
would be empty and desolate were 1t
not for American tourists, who. I'M
daunted by the scorching sun ana
melting asphalt, can be seen all day
and every day going in and out OF
shops. giving the central district the
appearance of an American city To
such an extent that nothing has
looked more like the busy section OF
lower Broadway than the Boulevard
Haussmann during the last few days.
OF course, temperatures at DO
tween IS and 100 do not encourage en-
tertainments, but the gardens and
roof gardens Of the chief hotels are
as gay now as they weresome weeks
ago. Hundreds Of fresh arrivals are
every day filling up Immediately the
void left by those who. having con-
cluded their European holiday. are re-
turning to America.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
CATCHES NAVIGATING SHARK
italian Battles for Hours Dssors Die
Fish 10 landsd-0dd Collection
In Its Stomach.

Boston.-Leonardo Romano brought
In this morning a 200-pound maneat-
ing shark with which he fought from
10 o'clock in the morning until after
dark the other evening. Romano was
hauling his trawl of Middlebank, whom
the head of the blueback shark came
over the gunwale. Az the shark made
a quick turn and swung his tall square
into Romano's face. the fisherman
swatted 1t with one of the oars. Tho
shark wriggled back into the water
before the oar struck the spot for
which 1t was intended. and Romano
splintered his oar. !;
The Italian took some rope and.
forming a slip-noose, tried to drop It
over the sharks head. The nearest be
came to 1t after repeated trials was
to drop half the coil into tho sharks
mouth.
The Italian was alone In the boat.
He would have cut the trawl lose, but
as the monster was attached to one
of the first hooks. to do SO would have
meant to lose all his gear and nsh.
Romano hitched the trawl line to .
cleat and started his gasoline engine.
hoping that the shark would either get
tired out or possibly ground up By
the propeller. The sharp swished bis
tail into the propeller and the engine
stopped running. The Italian had then
been struggling with the fish for over
an hour, and the big monster was
about all IN" by this time. After
much maneuvering. the fisherman got
the moose over it's head. Once tho
moose was drawn tight. 1t was an easy
matter to choke the shark to death.
Romano helped the fish to its end with
his short-handled fish knife.
Besides the coil Of rope there was
taken from the sharks stomach this
morning three full-grown Goldfish. one
tinker mackerel, four paddock. Sec
ton Of . swordfish's sword, part OF
tin can, mans cap. seven fish hooks.
. clay pipe and boot.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
Federated Societies at ColumbU Re-
ject Resolutions.

Columbus, Aug. 23.-Contrary to
It's action year ago, in one of the
most animated sessions in its history
the American Federation of Catholic
Societies rejected resolutions to con-
denim the National Educational asso-
citation as an organization Ito set up
in this country an educational trust
la menace to individual liberty and
TO the primary rights which every
American citizen enjoys of choosing
the kind of education which he may
wish to give his child"
Soon after the resolution had been
adopted several delegates demanded
that it be reconsidered The dispute
was settled later, however. The reso-
luton is the result of the efforts OF
the National Educational Association
to establish government non-sec-
tartan school at Washington.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
HUMAN SKIN SOLD BY INCHES
New Jersey Boy Gets Rid Of Big Piece
at Very Good PrIce-1wo More
Transfers to Be Made.

Newark, N. Approximately sew.
enty-flve square inches of skin were
sold by Alden Arms, an Orange youth.
to the Orange Memorial hospital. at
the rate of 20 cents square inch.
Immediately after the deal was con-
summated the skin was taken from
Arms thigh and transferred to the
back of Andrew Visconti. fifteen years
old, who has been an inmate Of the
hospital since early in July, victim
of a serious burning accident.
suficient time will be allowed to
elapse to determine whether the trans
fer has been successful, and II sue
cessful two more similar transfers OF
cuticle will be made, to the end that
Visconti will be able to 90 out Of the
hospital a perfectly we'll boy. With
out the aid of such volunteers as
Arms, Visconu would have to remain
in the hospital indefinitely, unable to
get we'll. The area of his back which
was scared by the accident Of nearly
q month ago is SO great that nature
unaided could not supply the skin to
cover 1t. 1t comprises, the doctors at
the hospital say. approximately one
and one-half square feet.
The experience Of surgeons has
shown that one healthy. full grown
man can spare one-third Of the area
which Visconti stands In need of with.
out undergoing serious detriment. For
that reason 1t will be necessary for
two others to surrender skin. as Arms
has done. At the present time the
hospital authorities have no one in
view from whom to purchase the
requisite skin, but the chances are
much in favor, they say. OF having on
hand when needed more volunteers
than are required. Each man who I'm.
dergoes the voluntary operation will
have to remain patient at the hos.
pital himself long enough to repair
the damage, but the physicians say
there is absolutely no danger In It.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
KILLS MANY WILD COYOTES
idaho Man Donresticates Animals 70
Run Down and XIII Their Eel
Iows-Oescribes Training.
eLcvelAMo. GRAoeA.

Portland, Ore.-Bounty on 20 coyote
scalps was recently paiC to George
Lubbock of Elk City, Idaho. who do
mesticates coyotes and trains them
to run down and kill their fellows.
my two coyotes caught all Of
Them" said Mr.. Lubbock. Il never
have to kill coyote with gun. for
these animals are always capable Of
doing the work and they keep their
brothers out of the country around
the ranch.
II caught two coyotes rs years ago
and since that time there have been
Ave generations. have developed
what might be called domestic coyotes.
They run at large like dogs and they
can put up better fight than any dog
own. They are absolutely depend
able for watching the house. They
do not bark aud their howlings are
only occasional. When they are about
the house at night have little
trouble with them (although Of
course never let them inside).
with the first two or three genera
tons of the coyotes l had some diff'-
Guilty in keeping them about the place.
The first pair caught were never al
lowed to run wild. had to keep
them penned up all the time. The
second generation l let run at times
and often they would leave the ranch
and not return for several days. But
| gradually trained them. year after
year, until they became as easy to
handle as dogs and far better for
many purposes.
Every generation Of the animals
becomes more valuable than the pre-
ceding one and within the next ten
years l hope to have pair of coy
otes that will be good house pets.
There is one point which a person
raising coyotes must never lose sight
Of and that is the fact that the wild
streaks will show themselves when
they are least expected and the ami
mails will often snap at those with
whom they are on the most friendly
terms"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
Thirty Years Together.

Thirty years of Notwithstanding of
it. How the merit of good thing
stands out in that time-or the worth
lessnesss of a bad one. So there's no
guesswork in this evidence of Thos.
Ariss, Concord, Mich, who writes: 81
have used Dr. Kings New Discovery
for 30 years, and it's the best cough,
and cold cure | ever used" Once it
finds entrance in home you can't pry
it out. Many families have used it 40
years. It's the NEST infallible throat
and lung midicine on earth. Unequaled
for lagrippe, asthma, hay-fever, Group,
quinsy or sore lungs. Price SOC, .$l.O.
Trial bottle free Guaranteed by p.
A. Clemmer. T
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
Menace Seen in Peace Pacts.

Washington, Aug. %. Declaring
that ratification of the arbitration
treaties with England and France, as
submitted by Taft to the senate, will
pave the way to a similar convention
with Japan and thereby menace the
Pacific coast with coolie labor, Rep
resentative Hamill OF New Jersey,
spoke during the final hours of the last
session of the house. urging that the
treaties be not concluded with unrea-
sonable haste. He said that Ambas.
sador Bryce and not President Taft
was father of the treaties.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
This Man is Some Horse Thief.

Eau Claire, Aug. 23.-W N. Wilder,
who stole team of horses, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced by Judge
Wickham here to eight years. In re-
ply to questions by the judge, Wilder
had said his business was stealing
horses and he had been in it 26 years;
that he had been sentenced before
from Fond du Lac and Menomonie.
and that when he had served his pres
ent term he would probably steal
horses again, as be had made up his
mind to keep on doing SO the rest of
his life,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
RED WING Fuc,TlvEs cAprvReo
Seven Of Eight Boys Who Fled Re
formatory Now Back.

Red Wing, Aug. 22.-Seven of eight
toys who escaped from the state
training school week ago, have been
returned to the institution. Five of
the seven boys were overtaken on
Prairie Island early in the week. one
was picked up in Rochester, and the
,tber WAS found hiding in box car
n the railroad yards at st. Charles.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
Our National Anthem.

The president of the Chicago board
Of education Is much worked up over
bis belief that few people. young or
old. know what the national anthem
Is. As matter of fact no one, not
even the complainant. knows what the
national anthem is, because there is
none authoritatively selected. He
thinks THE Star-Spangled Banner" is.
Others with just as much authority
say 1t is America" third class de.
clares It is Hail Columbia" few
hold out for Mrs. Howe's Battle
Hymn" and the southerners make it
Dixie" But in sober fact. while we
have variety of claimants, we have
no established national anthem 1t is
too bad that we are thus handicapped
among nations, and none the less de-
plorable that the United States Is SO
lacking in musical talent. Evidently
Fame is In ambush for some one, but
the old girl is as fickle as ever, o.
else We are going to seed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29

Cuts and bruises may be healed in
about one-third the time required by
usual treatment by applying Chamber
la,ns Liniment 1t is antiseptic and
causes such injuries to heal without
maturation. This liniment also relieves
soreness of the muscles and rheumatic
pains, For sale by all dealers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29

"My child was burned terribly about
the face, neck and chest. l applied
DR.. Thomas Eclectic Oil. The pain
ceased and the child sank into restful
sleep" Mrs. Nancy M. Hanson, Ham
burg. N. Y.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
Cheaper Drug, for Rvs.Ians.

st. Petersburg.-A bill providing
for the Matchmaking of all drug stores
in Russia will go before the Duma In
October. 1t is contended the poor
will thus be able to get better and
cheaper drugs.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29

Don't use harsh physics. The react
ion weakens the bowels, leads to chron-
ic constipation. Get Doan's Regulets.
They operate easily, tone the stomach,
cure constipation.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29

Buy it now. Now is the time to buy
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy. II is al
most certain to be needed before the
summer is over. This remedy has no
superior. For sale by all dealers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s' ss:ss I'll: ., &M4z[z5zx
The Farmers Home.

A $1.OOa day house. Especial at
tention paid the farmer trade. With
more stable room am prepared to
give farmers better accommodations
than ever. j. w. WENTWORTH.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
I Have for Sale

IL Aberdeen Angus Bulls, Black Birds,
Ericas, Heather Blooms. Barbaras, two
Imported Heather Blooms from Scot
land; also females, and Berkshire
boars, Come and see. or write to
JOHN j. WALENTA,
Rt. 2, Calmar, Iowa.
Four miles west of Spillville, q
miles east of Protivin.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29

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 ex-
ercise, keep clean and you will have
long life.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
Seemed to Give Him a New Stomach

81 suffered intensely after eating and
no medicine or treatment l tried SEEM
ed to do any good" writes H. M.
Youngpeters, editor of The Sun, Lake
View, Ohio. 1.-The first few doses of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
let's gave me surprising relief and the
second hottie seemed to give me q ne1l
stomach and perfectly good hea)tors
For sale by all dealers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
Hello I

Wagner has moved to Henderson's
Barber Shop. Clothes cleaned while
you wait French cleaning especially.
Under the Family Theater.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29
OFFICIAL ZONE MAN
oNe GOVERNMENT EMPlOY6
HAS A UNIQUE TRADE.
He Name 10 seolIiek and II 10 HIS
ouslness TO Mount Skeletons In
the National Museum In
Washington.

]. W. Scollick Of the National MI
,eum in washington Is . craftsman
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-29

IN u IAaUo wA
probably the very
smallest competi.
ton in the world.
He is the official
bone man. OF
tho government,
or in other words
the expert In
charge If the
work Of cleaning,
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

GREAT square city of circular
~ tents on windy, sunlit PLAIN IS
~ - the present centre Of military IN
terest in the United States. The mobih-
xation camp at Fort Sam Houston. in the
outskirts Of San Antonio. Tex, is as
lively as hive OF bees. for 1t is the CEN
tre of operations of fully organized
army of 10000 men, perhaps the biggest
army ever assembled in time of peace
In the United States.
From the headquarters Of General Car
ter up on the hillock overlooking the en-
campment to the conical tents Of the
high privates below. every one is busy
The raw recruit finds himself doing full
duty in the awkward squad. The sea-
soned soldiers in brigades take "hikes'
across country carrying all the impedi-
menta of warfare. The camp cooks per-
form fascinating functions beside great
boilers resting on iron frames over crack
ling flames. Men. off duty. wash clothes
or hang them on improvsed lines. OF
write letters home.
1t all looks like the real thing" fol
the firm muscled regular is not far from
his gun. and the cartridges which fiji the
belt strapped around his waist or hang
from a tent pole near by have bullet:
in them. Over 100000 ball cartridges
are supposed TO be in the belts Of the
troops on duty at San Antonio and scat
tered along the Mexican border and a,
Fort (,rockett Galveston.
The whole man9uvre is being conduct
"a upon the most advanced lines. The
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
Mobilization Camp Busy Scene

hospital corps and surgeons are on hand
not only TO care for the ailing. patch up
the wounded, look out for the health
Of the camp and examine the water sup
ply. but TO inoculate the soldiers Win
typhoid bacilli in order that they may be
immune to the disease later.
There were bitches in the mobilization.
owing to the difficulty experienced by
some Of the troops in securing transpor-
tation. so that part of the detail was
late in reaching San Antonio, but the
Texan city is now the base Of operations
of a well organized army