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The Yale expositor., 1912-08-22
Use for Cow Peas.

On the sandy soils of southern Mich
igan the COW pea is being much used
as green manuring crop. Peas are
sown at the rate Of pecks per acre,
about the first week In June, and the
crop is plowed under from the first
to the middle of September. When
wheat Is sown after COW peas thus
plowed under, the yields of wheat are
greatly increased; and when clover is
seeded with the wheat the following
spring, II seldom fails to make an ex.
cellent catch.
The Yale expositor., 1912-08-22
How He Left.

The servants were discussing the
matter below stairs.
of row last night, l ear said the
butler ponderously.
You should have heard EN-" an
swered the parlor maid in shocked
tone. Scandalous is what calls it,"
They tell me e ran out, cranked Is
motor car and left in it,"
NO" said the maid, positively, "he
didn't leave In his machine; 1 dis
tinctly heard the mistress say he left
In a huff. London Answers.
The Yale expositor., 1912-08-22
ABOUT "GROUNDING"
LIGHTNING RODS
BY A. r. Sawyer, Professor of EIec-
trical Engineering.

An interesting experience in con-
nection with the protection of build
ings from lightning by means of
lightning rods" has just come to no.
tice.
In the southern part of the state
barn was rodded and some time last
fall (probably) the rod was pulled In
two due to the barn being struck.
The severed lightning rod was dis
covered this spring and repaired and
since being repaired the barn was
struck again and set on fire and four
pigs outside the barn but near the
rod were killed. The way in which
the barn was rodded will throw some
light on the cause Of this.
In order to protect the copper cable
from mechanical injury an inch and
a quarter iron pipe was slipped over
the rod and allowed to extend into the
earth six inches or foot, the pipe
not being well grounded. The agent
who put the rod up stated that the
copper cable was burned In two about
six inches below the top of the iron
pipe, supposedly by a stroke which oc-
Cured last fall. the severed condi-
ton not being found until this spring.
The short piece Of rod was taken out
and spliced. This piece which was
taken out tells the story which Is of
considerable interest. Upon examin,
ing the broken piece II was found that
the rod was not burned in two as
thera Ia NO Indication ne opv hurpipo
of wire. On the other hand the part
that was in the upper six inches Of
the pipe was drawn up and expanded
which put a tremendous pull on the
lower part OF the rod, and below the
break the copper cable was reduced
In diameter from seven-sixteenths to
three-eighths. Of an inch In diameter,
which shows the tremendous pull that
it took to break the cable in two.
The question of why the rod was
pulled In two needs to be explained
In general, most lightning strokes
constitute an alternating current OF
high frequency and this current in
trying to go down the cable induced
In the iron pipe by transformer &C
ton. The two reacted on each other
just as often occurs at the time of O
short circuit in connection with COM
mercial circuits.
AS stated before, after this was re-
paired the barn was struck again
this spring and the discharge instead
Of going down the cable inside of the
pipe jumped over to the iron track
from which door was hung and went
to earth another way, setting fire to
the building. At the same time the
discharge going down the cable at the
diagonally opposite corner met with
similar difficulty In going down
through the iron pipe surrounding the
cable and instead was DETECTED and
killed four pigs standing near.
The lessen to be learned from all
this Is Just what one would predict
who is acquainted with the action Of
alternating currents and just the mis-
take that Is forbidden by the under
writer's In wiring house, that 1t Is
not allowable to run single con-
ductor in an iron pipe.
II one drives an iron pipe down In.
to permanently moist earth and uses
that for ground this Is usually ap-
proved, but should not be approved
where the rod goes through an iron
pipe which Is not well grounded.
The Yale expositor., 1912-08-22
Mothers Linaual Attainment.

The mother of little boy in Kan
sas City, Kan, recites negro dialect
stories charmingly. Her small son Ia
quite proud Of her accomplishment
and frequently boasts of 1t. One day
recently, when some of his playmates
were Wanting the achievements OF
their several mothers, the little boy
braggingly remarked:
MY mother Is smarter than any of
yours; she can talk two languages"
What are they?" demanded his
companions.
white and colored'
The Yale expositor., 1912-08-22
Births In the Air.

The International Congress on Ae-
rial Legislation, sitting at Geneva.
Switzerland, is evolving a very de-
tailed code of laws. One of it's sug-
gested paragraphs reads: I'm tho
event of birth occurring in an air
craft the pilot is to enter the event
in his log book and must notify the
fact to the authorities at the frat
place at which he descends."
The Yale expositor., 1912-08-22
BY Captain Fritz Duquesne

EFT DU TOIT saw the
ending Of the Boer
war with the peace
Of Vereeniging, but
there was no peace
for him under Eng
lish arms. His heart
was burning like the
live-coal of a slow
match while the
Union Jack dangled
over his head. and
The Yale expositor., 1912-08-22
Hurry. Girls

Uncle Sam has just Issued little
brochure on fattening calves. Hurry.
girls. as the edition will soon be ex-
MISUNDERSTANDING Post.
The Yale expositor., 1912-08-22

No thoughtful person uses liquid blue. It's
pinch OF blue In large bottle Of water. Ask
for Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that's all blue.
The Yale expositor., 1912-08-22

It's usually the fool who rocks the
boat that lives to tell the tale.
The Yale expositor., 1912-08-22

CURES BURNS AND CUTS.
Coles Carbollsalve stops the pain instantly.
Cures quick. No scar. All druggists. 25 and 50c.
The Yale expositor., 1912-08-22

It's easier to catch husband than
to uncatch him.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-23

Of delegations and hundreds of
visitors who are promising him
their loyal support. His pre-
liminary speeches Of the cam
paign show his clear grasp Of
the vital questions before the
voters.
1T is not a question Of win
ming now or never said Jose
phus Daniels, Chairman of the
Publicity Bureau, " but it is a
question of how large and how
impressive our victory will be.
And here many people say that
the Democrats have a better
chance this time. We know
that. We also know that we
are going to win. And we
also think that we have a sur
prise for the Republicans and
Bull Moosers" in demonstrate
ing that not a slight majority
but an overwhelming number Of
people favor Wilson and Mar
shall"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-23

Almost every State in the
Union is undergoing an edu-
cational revolution in its rural
districts. Those states which
have been successful in their
educational campaigns are now
the example for other States.
They have shown that good
schools have restored to the
children their birthright, a good
education, of which they had
been shamefully robbed by the
neglect of the voters. 1t has
also been demonstrated hat
land values increase with better
schools, and that the children
are made of practical help to
themselves and parents. Parents
have profited socially by max
ing a social center of the
school house where enter
tainments are given and plans
for the upkeep of the districts
are discussed. The school mill
tax amendment will do this
for Missouri's rural districts,
This State is thirtieth in the
proportion of its per per capital
tax for school maintenance,
which is a disgrace. There are
editors in Missouri so alarming
ly ignorant they are telling yo-
ters to scratch the Yes on every
constitutional amendment in
order to defeat certain measures.
Such a scheme carried out would
defeat the school mill tax and
other good measures. Missouri
certainly needs education badly
when an editor, the one man
above all who is supposed to
dispense enlightenment, resorts
to such measures and when the
ignorance of the voters is so
glaring they must be told how to
scratch a ballot because their
brains are of no service. Can
Missouri afford to defeat the
school mill tax amendment in
face of situations like these?
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-23
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that
letters Of administration on the
estate of William D. Rankin de-
ceased, were granted to the un-
dersigned on the 18th day Of
July, 1912, by the Probate Court
of Lafayette County, Missouri.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to
exhibit them for allowance to
the undersigned within six
months after the date of said
letters, or they may be pre-
.eluded from any benefit of
said estate and if such claims
be not exhibited with one year
from the date Of the last in
sertion Of this publication, they
will lie forever barred.
This 18th day of July, 1912.
MARY A. RANKIN,
Administrative.
JAMES A. RANKIN,
Administrator,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-23
The State Normal School, War
rensburg. Missouri.


This school is better equipped
than ever before to meet the
need of every class of students.
1t offers a Rural School Ger.
tificate course to graduates OF
rElral schools, Elective courses
for graduates of four year high
schools, an Advanced Profession
al courses for graduates of col
leges and universities prepar.
ing to be teachers.
1t gives excellent opportun.
tiles for vocational training
While the purpose is primarily
to train teachers, it gives that
preparation necessary for life
work in any calling.
The expenses are lower thar
in any other school Of equal
rank. This is the only normal
school in the Middle West that
furnishes virtually free text
books.
The Fall Quarter begins Sep.
TENDER 10th.
For catalog or other informa
ton, address
President w. j. Hawkins.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-23
NEW YORK "sUN":

WIN WIZ
Governor Wilson's speech of
acceptance has good luck as
we'll as merit. II comes just In
time to contrast sharply with
the interminable Bedlamite
rant of Tn. Dentatus Africanus
Ferox. And, If without con
tempt of campus 1t may be said,
though written by a college
president, very recently retired,
1t is In the English language
not anaemic and seldom with
suspicion of priggishness or don
nishness, though It has an air,
a certain academic distinction
Of It's own. What will please
everybody who has a living to
make is Governor Wilson's
equable and moderate tone.
Governor Wilson is for repair,
not for destruction"
NEW YORK TIMES:
1T Is applicable. The domi'
nant thought, the very soul Of
his discourse, is the common
interest Of all the people, their
! partnership in our activities
and our prosperity. The part
! nership idea comes from his
mind, not as a sublimated po-
! litical theory. but as a practical,
, immediate remedy"
NEW YORK WORLD:
! Governor Wilson's speech Of
, acceptance Is the ablest, clear
! est, sanest statement Of high
! public purpose this country has
, known In a generation.
Without passion. without in
| vective, without abuse, without
! partisan bitterness, without
I denunciation, without egotism.
! without demagogy, he has driv-
I en- straight to the heart Of the
J supreme issue OF American In
I stitutions-the partnership be-
! tween government and privi-
I lege,"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-23

Rev. Warren P. Clark return
ed Friday evening from Ar
cadia, Mo-, where he had been
on church business.
Mrs. David Profit went to
Kansas City Saturday for a
few days visit.
Misses Matte and Mary Mar
quis went to Kansas City Sat
urday for a few days visit.
Rev. C. L. Fowler went to St.
Joseph, Mo, Saturday, where
he preached Saturday.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-23
Waverly Notes,
(Too late for last week,

VI AANAAoAAD WV
spent several days last week with
homefolks.
Mrs. Fred Bray went to
Mayview Tuesday for a short
visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Pointer.
DR.. +. L. Johnston left Thurs
day for Charlottesville, Kan
sas, to visit relatives.
Miss Ogda McGrew is the
guest of her uncle, NJ. V. oliver,
and wife at Dover.
Mrs. Blanche Corder is visit
| ing her son, Aldridge Corder, and
! family in Kansas City.
Mrs. Robert S. Orear of Sweet
Springs spent several days last
! week with her sister, Mrs. Vir-
! ginia Minor.
DR.. J. S. Rushman of Kansas
! City has charge of the practice
! of DR.. Johnston during his alb
! sence.
! Miss Anna Briggs of Atchin-
! son, Kansas, is the guest of her
y
/ aunt, Mrs. NJ. MGR. Galloway.
! Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. V. oliver
! and 0. G. CongdOn of Dover
I were in town last Wednesday af-
! ternoon.
I Mrs. Geo. H. Williamson and
I daughter, Miss Vinita, of Jop-
} lin arrived Monday for a visit
; with DR.. G. B. Williamson and
3 family.
; Mrs. Mollie Dyer of Kansas
j.. City was called here Friday by
8 the serious illness of her niece,
Miss Tillie White.
s Lonnie Demasters returned to
s Hardin Saturday after a several
8 days visit with his parents, Mr..
8 and Mrs. Demasters.
5 The revival meeting con-
8 Quoted by Rev. Wolf of Oklaho-
; ma, at the Methodist church,
! closed Sunday morning.
Z Mrs. Alice Edison and little
3 daughter, Velma, returned to
her home in Kansas City Sun
. day after a short visit with her
8 aunt, Mrs. Geo. White.
Mrs. |. S. Dobson and chill
8 dren came in Monday from her
home in Chilhowee to be with
3 her sister, Miss Title White,
3 who has been very ill for sew
3 eral months.
3 W. c. T. U. CONVENTION.
3 The annual convention Of the
3 Lafayette County District w
3 C. T. u. was held at the Pres
) byterian church August s and
. 9th. There was an interesting
program and excellent reports
from the unions. The five
unions represented we're; Lex.
d ington, Bates City, Honeyford
.e Odessa and Waverly. Mrs. Alice
Scott Abbott, National Lee
turers and Organizer, was pres.
# ent during the two days, and
IS on the second afternoon gave 9
h very interesting address.
l. The first evening of the con
l. vention a medal contest was held
and the medal was awarded tc
Miss Lutte Eugenia Gordon.
4 The following District Officers
were elected; President, Mrs
Y Fannie Green Of Lexington; Cor
It responding Secretary, Mrs. Bes.
sic Larkin Slusher of Waverly
Recording Secretary, Mrs, w. M
n Deweese of Lexington; Treasur
Il er, Mrs. Kirkpatrick.
Il
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-23


JOHN E. LAMB, Ex-REPRE-
SENTATIVE FROM INDIANA;
Speech is discreet, able, safe
and sane. Governor Wilson be-
lieves in the efficacy Of the seal.
pei rather than the big stick.
His dissection Of trust and tar
if evils Is unique and convinc-
ing. His suggestions Of reform
in methods Of government and
reduction Of tariff schedules
will meet with approval Of
legitimate business and the la.
boring masses as we'll"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-23

F0UND-On a street in Lex
ington a Gold Watch, Monday
noon. For further information
call at this office,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-23

Panama and Straw hats clean
ed, bleached and trimmed. John
Wittenberg
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-23
From the Democratic Natiol
Committee.
National

Committee.
Heretofore the leaders of the
National political campaigns have
been well satisfied if their or
CARNATIONS were in good run
ming order by the first or sec
ond week in September.
In the remarkable campaign
that is now before the American
voters there is one incident
that the old line politicians are
marveling over and that is the
condition Of tie National Dem
o%cratic Committee.
For more than a week on
the fourth and fifth floors of
the office building at 200 Fifth
avenue, the National Demo
cratic Committee has been play
ing in midseason form. The
bureaus have been organized and
manned in each detail. The
corps of employees have fallen
into their respective duties like
old timers.
The average voter, who is
being appealed to, perhaps does
not realize the vast amount Of
work required to educate him to
the views of the respective lead
ers.
If there is anything in q
flying start, Wilson and Mar
shall have certainly secured
that start.
The Republican papers of
New York City have commented
daily on the scenes of activity
around Democratic Headquarters
and the deathlike silence that
pervades at Republican and Pro
E"cSsive Headquarters. But the
Roosevelt Headquarters are
showing more activity than the
Tart Headquarters, but it must
he remembered that the Bull
Moosers" are trying to organize
a n,w party and have been
unable to launch their cam
paign plans.
The temporary illness of
Chairman w. F. McCombs might
have caused a slackening up in
the activity of the Wilson forces
under ordinary circumstances
but this remarkable young NAL
had looked far ahead and the
Bureau Chiefs have gone rapidly
ahead perfecting their various
details.
Vice. Chairman w. G. McAdoc
has taken up the duties of Chair.
man McCombs and will fulfill
them for the next week, as
Chairman McCombs has been
ordered to take a complete rest
His illness was brought about
much by the preconyention con
test and then he insisted on
giving all his time to the com
pleting of the organization de.
tails at National Headquarters.
While Democratic victory is
Gin the air" none of the var.
ous leaders is taking anything
for granted. They are organ
organizing and planning to con.
test every State, every Con
gressional district, every town
ship.
Senator T. P. Gore of Okla
homa slowly rocks back anc
forth in his rocking chail
quietly giving his orders OF
organization to a score of able
assistants. The blind Senator
has a cheering word and {
smile, or a word of advice, fol
everyone.
Henry Morgenthau, Chairman
of the Finance Committee, an(
Treasurer Rolla Wells, hav'
scouned each department for an!
false movements, until the!
have the Headquarters organ
lied on thorough business basis.
The quick start Of the vii
son and Marshall forces has re
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-08-23
CHAMP CLARK, SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRE-
SENTATIVES:

Considered from a literary
standpoint Governor Wilson's
speech of acceptance will take
high rank in the political out
put Of the year. 1t will make
pleasant reading, and, therefore,
VIII prove a fetching campaign
document. He discusses the
issues OF the day philosophical
ly, clearly and forcibly. Its cour-
teous tone will allay opposition
and win him friends. It is an
admirable procurement"
The Washington times., 1912-07-05

raine. Of the orenadier Guards. and
Sergeant Major Wilson. were instantly
killed while hying in an army aeroplane
near stonohenge. One OF the aide planes
became warped, and tho aeroplRne
turned turtle. Both men were Jared
from their seats and fell 400 feet, being
instantly Killed.
The death Of two more men In Eng
land today brought the toll OF death in
the air for the present week TO the ap-
Polling number of ten. On Mon
day Miss Harriet Quimby and w.
A. p. willard were killed at Boston;
Benno Koenig was killed and three
ether aviators injured at Altona Prus-
sia; Tuesday, Melvin Vaniman, CAL
win Vaniman, George Boutillion, Fred
Elmer. and Walter Guest were killed
when Vanimna's dirigible exploded at
Atlantic City, while yesterday Thomas
Moore was killed when his parachute
failed to work at Bellevills, N. j.; and
Lieutenant Garanda, Of the Roumanian
army. met death while giving an exhi-
bition flight at Bucharest.
The Washington times., 1912-07-05

Before going to the links President
Taft had an hours session with his
stenographer, and then moto-ed to the
Myopia Club.
This afternoon, after luncheon at
home and q nap. the President will take
an automobile ride along the North
Shore. Yesterday afternoon he motored
to Hamilton to visit Secretary of. the
Navy Meyer, who is recuperating from
an attack OF typhoid. He spent the
evening with his family on the front
the fireworks.
Secretary Hilles will not join the
President at Beverly on this trip. He Is
at his summer home. on Long island,
and will meet the President Monday In
Washington at the conference Of the
Republican national committee.
The Washington times., 1912-07-05
COUSINS CANNOT
WE'D In MARYLAND
Cook Law Forbidding Relations
s To Marry Now In
Effect.

Elmer Cooks law prohibiting the
marriage OF cousins in the State OF
Maryland went into effect today, and
henceforth girls and boys and men and
other Maryland Gretna Greens viii have
to prove to ministers that they are not
related.
At the last term of the Legislature
Cook introduced the bill prohibiting
marriages Of cousins. 1t was passed |.
Another bill that refused to let runaway
youths and maidens marry in Maryland
was killed after a lively debate.
BY many II 10 believed the bill will
have great effect In the prevention OF
the evil of intermarriage.
The Washington times., 1912-07-05
Oppose Ships Destruction

A protest will be sent to Secretary OF
the Navy Meyer against the destruc-
ton OF the old warship Constellation,
now at the Newport, r. l.. Navy Yard.
cinnat, which desires to retain the yes
sci In Narragansett Bay.
The Washington times., 1912-07-05
TWO ARMY OFFICERS
DASHED TO DEATH
FROM AEROPLANE
Toll of Death In Air Swollen
BY Accident In Eng
? land Today.

SALISBURY, England, July 6.-Two
more lives were sacrificed to the science
OF aviation today. Capt. +. B. Lor-
The Washington times., 1912-07-05
TAFT AND HAMMOND
IN GOLF CONTEST
ON BEVERLY LINKS
President a Caller At Meyer
Home, Where Secretary
Is Ill.

BEVERLY, Mass, July 5.-Bright and
early today President Taft was on the
golf links for an eighteen-hole contest
with his friend, John Hays Hammond.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-11
FOOLED BY THE FRoTH.
The Public Has Spent Millions to Look
 at Some Foam.


 At this day and age 1t seems a queer thing to say, but it Is nevertheless a fact that the good old peroxide of hy. dnogen is a good deal of a fake.
 Peroxide had great vogue because il foams (when t is fresh) and on that slim formulation millions of money has been spent for it. But champagne has 1t beaten to a frazzle for foaming, yet no one has ever used champagne as a medicine to kill germs.
 The fact is that peroxide has i very little antiseptic value. even when it is fresh You should buy it every time you use it. After it has been opened a few times. 1t Is just as good as water
 no more, for any purpose.
 The reason for the great use of pc roxide was because it was moi as poi sonous as carholic acid. iodine. e.e. And people were tired of hearing of thousands of deaths resulting from their being around the house Thanks now to the discovery Of RENErOL. a real non-polsonous and forever perma- nent germicide. the people can have q real protection against infection in 'their homes
 Benetol was discovered in the Uni. versity of Minnesota, by its professor  in charge of inc chemistry department, who then resigned that he might de. vote his time to instruoting the world in the new science of protecting against disease He has succeeded so we'll that it is being taken as a medi cine in far off Russia to prevent and eradicate cholera. and in India as aa application to heal the sores of lep- rosy.
 Cal on Hot Springs Pharmacy. eos Central avenue, aud get bottle. and legAn the hundreds of uses of Benetol Internally and externally,