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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-06-07
MARKED IMPROVEMENT.

do you think my daughter sings
any better than she did when she
began receiving instructions from
your"
@Oh, yes, much better. | am
often able to listen to her for ten
or fifteen minutes at a time now"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-06-07
To the Democrats of Lafayette
County:

ment against favor-seeking in.
terests financing political cam.
oaigns, and the most w~le-
some way to throttle that insid-
ious eneroachment upon the
rights of those who want JUS
tice substituted for favoritism
in the affairs of government, is
for the individual citizen to
realize that a responsibility
rests upon him to contribute fl
financially for the furtherance Of
those political ideas that are
consonant with his own <views
Of justice in government affairs.
The frank and positive refusal
of MiSsouri's candidate for pres
ident, Hon. Champ Clark, to ac-
cept campaign donations from
questionable sources, brings the
question of the people financing
campaigns sQuarely up to those
who are demanding justice as be-
tween organized monopoly ON
one hand and the everyday citi-
zen on the other.
1t is perfectly clear to all SEN
sible men that no campaign, nat
ional in it's scope, can be con
Quoted without the Legitimate ex-
penditure of quite a lot Of money.
If we want a president of and
for the common people, we, the
plain, everyday citizens must
contribute ~modestly to see that
the candidate who most nearly
represents our ideas is gwen a
fair, square opportunity to VII
upon the issues and his merits,
The attitude of Speaker CLARK
should appeal to honest men Of
every political faith, and hi;
positive enunciation of such
principle should quicken the
conscience and loosen the purse
strings of every honest reformeI
in Lafayette county. AS chair
man and secretary of the Lafay
cite County Democratic Commit
Zee, we have decided to inaugur
tie an opportunity for Lafayett
county people to contribute t.
. the Clark Campaign Fund, an,
accordingly have mailed sub
, scription blanks out to the var
/ ious voting precincts. We espe'
2 tally urge all thosse %interesste'
u not to wait for the paper to b
o presented to them, but to IL
: quire about the subscription an
$ make their contributions earl,
e Sums from so cents up will b
= accepted and if RENTED to /
! C. Chiles, Lexington, Missoul
will be forwarded to the 81
Louis Republic where the list
n contributors will be published an
a receipt forwarded to eac
donor.
Attend to this at once an
thereby manifest more than
passing interest in the efforts
democracy to again bring tn
+ people into possession of the
d own.
: B c.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-06-07

H.. R. Mcclellan returned to
his home in Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, Monday after spending
several days here visiting friends.
Mrs. Reid Kinkead went to
independence Wednesday to
spend the day. Mr.. Kinkead will
move his family to independence
next week to make their future
home.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-06-07
Miss Anna Nichols re

Miss Anna Nichols returned
Tuesday to Ellsworth, Kans.,
after visiting her sister, Mrs.
L. W. Marshall.
John Aull arrived Monday
morning from Baltimore, Nd
where he is a student in John
Hopkins Medical School.
Mrs. John Wittenberg and lit
tie son, Henry, and Miss Mary
Taylor went to Kansas City
Tuesday to spend the day.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-06-07
Hello, Farmers and Breeders

wish to call your attention to the Winton Hill Stock
and Breeding Farm and invite you to call and see my Breeding
Stock for the season of 1912. have two fine Horses and two
of the best Jacks in the County. Prompt service and a square
deal-no waiting for a day or two,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-06-07

She (at the art exhibition This
painting is called a study in still
life.
He-I guess that's why there's so
much moonshine in the picture.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
The Progressive Now the opposi.
Figures complied by Professor

| ton Party.
Figures compiled by Professor
tart, CT Harvard University, she's
that as between Taft and Roose-
welt the former ran $4,000 votes be-
hind the Colonel The Progressives
carried twice as many states as the
Republicans, without counting Cali
fornia. Roosevelt carried five states,
with " electors, and Taft two states,
with 8 electors.
In addition the Progressive party
was second in 25 states, whereas the
Republican party was second in Is.
This fact, together with their supe-
riority in the popular vote, the Pro
gressives take as Warranting their
claim for recognition as the second
party in the nation. 1.-THE Progress
ives" says the Chicago Post, sare
now the dominant party of opposi
tion to the Democracy. The old
Republican party has fallen perma-
nently from that place of honorable
achievement" and the Sioux City
Tribune remarks that "all that the
Progressiyes have to do is to stand
together. and rally when the Coloneps
busle calls again"
Roosevelt ran ahead of Taft in all
the southern states except two, and
the Charlotte Observer gives credit
to the service done by the Progress
ives in breaking up the old Republi-
can party, whose usefulness was at
an end. ''The Progressives, says
the Observer, will be unquestionably
The leading opposition party four
years hence, as prospects now indi-
cate in the strongest way. 1t would
mark a new, better and freer era in
our political life, the final burying
away of the civil war;
1t strikes us as rather strange, how
ever, that the esteemed observer
aas overlooked the fact that a rath-
5r complete job of burying the civil
yar was done when Woodrow Will
son, a southern man, was elected
president of the United States
New Orleans States.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
Which is Klng-corn or Alfalfa?

The current issue Of Farm and Fire
side contains an article by a United
States agricultural department expert
Oh alfalfa, in which the question is
raised as to which has the shonors,
corn or alfalfa, Following is an ex-
tract:
" Corn has been considered king,
but these two previous seasons, with
shortage Of rainfall, have proven
alfalfa more productive. Corn hav-
ing one time each season to make
It's crop, cannot compete with a
crop having from four to six chances,
as has alfalfa. Alfalfa has from ear
" spring to late fall to make its
crops, and it's deep root system pre-
vents drouth from having and very
vital effect on it. It's roots In old
fields have been found twenty feet
deep, seeking moisture
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
Why Eggs will be Higher Priced
This Year Than Last.

In the current issue of Farm and
Fireside an authority on eggs writes:
when the poor, matches came off
last spring, many poulterers decided
to give up raising any great amount
OF stock this season and buy pullets
later. This idea was SO general
among both fancy and utility breed
ers that the outcome seems to be
general shortage of stock all over
the country. To make the matter
more serious, feed prices began rising
early in the summer, and farmers
and poulterers in general from all
sections of the country began sell
ing all surplus old stock Thousands
of CARROTS We're shipped to our cities,
and still the prices kept up higher
than usual for poultry of all grades.
AS a result from this exodus of
poultry the supply is much lower than
usual this fall, and the outlook now
is favorable for higher prices than
last year for both poultry and eggs.
Few of our larger egg and poultry
centers are now receiving more than
enough for daily consumption, and
our exports this year will be smaller
than last without doubt. New York,
Chicago, st. Louis, Pittsburg and
other leading poultry and egg mar
kets have had considerable trouble
in securing enough of the. best grades
to supply their demand, even though
larger prices than usual have been
paid for over three weeks now. East
ern cities have been buying western
eggs at the highest prices known for
this time of the year to help out.
The second week of September New
York city was buying western eggs
at % cents and 20 cents per dozen,
case count. This is as high as state
and nearby eggs usually bring in
New York, and the market for fresh
hennery eggs went from % cents to
36 cents in less than ten days"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
Address
Course interested il
Map Of Fortified Forest.

The interesting region Of the Ari-
iona petrified forest was surveyed
by the United States Geological Sur
vey in 1910, and the resulting map
mas just been issued. The area COW
cred by this survey is known as the
petr1fied forest quadrangle, and the
map will be of especial interest and
value to visitors to this remarkable
region. It includes the principal por-
tons of the Fortified Forest Nation
al Monument, a reservation created
by executive order to protect these
natural wonders against commercial
vandalism, which was making serious
The map shows the location and to-.
Biography Of six seperate forests, in
inroads into the petrified specimens.
Guiding the famous petrified natural
bridge. The fossil trees of these
forests are hundreds Of thousands if
not millions of years old, the wood
of the trees having been submerged
beneath heavy covering Of soil and
then silicified and turned to stone.
This stone is exceedingly hard; in
fact, it is an agate, of many colors-
red, yellow, purple, blue, and inter-
mediate shades-and is susceptible of
a very high polish. The petrified
forest is just south of the line of the
Santa Fe Railway, in Navajo and
Apache counties, Ariz., and is reach
ed by wagon road from the town Of
Adamana. The map is sold by the
director of the Geological Survey at
Va jrP
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
Panama Stamps on Sale Jan. 1.

The special Panama Canal exposi
ton stamps, issued in connection
With the San Francisco exposition fol
1915, will be placed on sale January
l, 1913. The stamps will not be sold
IN substitution fer the regular post
age stamps, but will be issued to
persons requesting them and will be
valid on all mail matter upon which
the usual postage stamps Of like de-
nomination are valid.
The stamps will be of /, 2, 5 and
10cent denominations They will be
oblong in shape, or slightly less than
an inch in height and about one anG
three-quarter inches in breadth.
The stamps of 1-cent denomination
will be green, bearing in the center a
bust portrait of Balboa, discoverer
of the Pacific Ocean. Palms and a
view Of the ocean occupy the back
ground at each side of the bust and
below it are the words, Balboa,
1513.''
The 2-cent stamps will be red,
bearing in the center a picture of
the Gatun locks, through one gate
Of which is entering a merchant YES
sci, and out of the other emerging
a battleship. Appropriate treatment
is used in filling in the sides and
background.
The color OF the Scent stamps viii:
be blue. The central picture will rep
resent the Golden Gate of San Fran
cisco, showing the party Of discov-
erers looking out across the bay. The
background shows on one side the
setting sun and on the other
steamship and sailing vessel on
the bay.
The 10-cent stamps are yellow and
refer to the San Francisco EXPOSE
ton, showing the date, 1915, and
appropriate engraving.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
HOW, WHEN AND WHY
A SECOND ADVENT
Denver DIVines on Right Track,
Says Pastor RUSSELL
No World Burning = Satan to Be
Bound-Sin, Sickness and Death to
Be Conquered-Man to Be Delivered.
The Power Vested In Messiah-His
Kingdom Near-How 1t viii Appear.

Denver, Dec. L.
This city is stirred.
Seventeen pastors
of all denomina-
tions have been
discussing The Sec
ond Advent for a
month. Now comes
Pastor Russell tell
ing us all that
THE Earth abid-
eth forever
it will never be de-
stroyed by literal
fire. According to
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
A RECORD BREAKER.

Our daily attendance this fall has
been the largest in the history of
the institutions, and from present in
dications our January enrolment will
give us at least 800 in daily attend
ance. We have plenty of room and
plenty of teachers, and our work is
practically all taught on the plan Of
learn to do by doing" through in
diYidual instructions. This enables
US to handle any number of students
to the very best advantage. Students
who are deficient in arithmetic gram
mar, spelling, etc, get special in
structions in each of these subjects
without extra cost. BY our method
Of individual instruction, the student
who is slow and backward in his
work is not discouraged by trying to
keep up with the student who has
had superior advantages; neither is
the bright student who has had
special advantages held back on ac-
count of the slow students, but each
is worked to his full capacity, there
fore both are delighted with their
work.
If you can't persuade someone else
to buy you a scholarship in the Tyler
Commercial College of Tyler, Texas,
as a Christmas present, try and
make some arrangements whereby
you can buy it for yourself. It's
Christmas present that will prove of
untold value to you. We are daily
placing students in positions where
they are earning from 5000 to $500
per annum. Finish a course of book
keeping, business administration and
finance, Shorthand or telegraphy with
US and we'll get you the position, and
there are no ifs Or ands about it;
we have got to do it if we expect
your support in securing future pa
tronage. The cost of complete I'M
limited scholarship in any course is
$50, two courses combined $95. Board
and lodging for full course about $50
or from $3.50 to $3.50 per week.
Get copy of our large illustrated
catalogue, giving facts and figures
as to what our former students have
accomplished and what their en-
ployers think Of them, fill in your
name and address and state course
in which you are mostly interested
and mail to the Tyler Commercial
College, Tyler, Texas, today.
Name ...........s..... ............
ADDRESS
Course interested in ..............s.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
Royaline Liver Regulator.

For headache, Indigestion, consti-
patton, biliousness. Best and cheap
est. Tin box to last about one
month, Is cents. Money back it
not satisfactory.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
Increased Gold Production in Mexico.

Mexico was fourth in rank among
the goid-producing countries in 1911,
according to the figures Of the Uni
ted States Geological Survey, the
output for the year being $29,fa6,00o.
This was an increase over the 1910
figures of more than 100000, de-
spite the unsettled conditions which
prevailed in some portions of the
republic during the year With re-
turn to settledA conditions and the
continued Introduction Of modern
mining and metaliufsieal methods in
to Mexico leading 10 renewed de-
yelopment of the great metal re-
sources of the country, the gold out
put may be expected to Increase still
more rapidly.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14

Judge S. Charles Young, a leading
citizen, lawyer and iurist of Tensas
parish, died at his home in st. JOS
aph, La, on the End instant, aged
rs years. He served in the Com
federate army, graduated from the
University of Virginia, and was Judge
Of the district court eight years. He
5 survived by his only son, Hon. B.
a. Young, who was also his law
partner.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14

Time works wonders. TWENTY-FIVE
ysaars ago the women wore busties
Is exaggerate things III the rear and
they strap themselves flat
md let on that nature has taken out.
j new patent. Chicago Tribune.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
Cattle Tick in Moving Pictures.

Complete details of the life story
of the destructive cattle tick Will pc
exhibited in moving picture films at
the Fifth National Corn Exposition
to be held next month in Columbia,
8. G, Uncle Sam will conduct NOV
ing picture show at the exposition as
one of the features Of the elaborate
government exhibit, and one entire
reel will be devoted to a detailed
study Of the life and habits of this
expensive pest, its rapacIous manner
of obtaining living, and the most
effective methods of Graduating 1t.
The film has recently been completed
after two years of research in obtain
ing pictures. 1t has been given q
preliminary try-out before Secretary
Wilson and other officials Of the de-
partment, but its first public appear
anee will be reserved for the corn
exposition, which opens Jan. u. The
reel is highly instructive, and will
especially interest the cattle owners
Of the south, who are. estimated to
lose annually from $4,000, 600 to
$100,000,000 through the cattle tick
alone. Magnified many times, the
ticks in all stages of growth will
crawl upon the screen before the
audience.
Another instructive feature of the
government exhibit will be the cat
tie dipping vat, at which will be DEM
onstrated the most certain, effect
i've and permanent method of eradi-
eating the cattle tick.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
Why Do You Scratch?

Royaline letter Ointment will stop
i that itching or your money back. 90
cents.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14

When a girl is under IS and has a
pair o. legs like a baby elephant
her mother should forget daughters
age All purchase more dress goods
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
Opportunities for Obtaining Employ
nent Under the Federal Gov
eminent.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the following
examinations to take place on the
dates given below, and circulars con-
tanning further information may be
seen at the office of this paper:
The Commission announces that
the entrance salary for the position
of railway mail clerk, examinations
for which will be held Jan. II, 1918,
for residents of the states of Ala
bama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Mime
sofa, New Hampshire, North Caro-
lima, Rhode Island and South Caro-
lima, is 5000 per annum instead Of
$500 per anrun, as stated in the an
nouncement of these examinations.
Mechanical craftsman, Ordnance
Department at Large; salaries accord
ing to vacancy to be filled; age linn
it, IS years Grover. Applicants will
not be assembled for examination,
and applications for this position may
be filed at any time.
Jan. assistant agriculturist in
farm economics fmale), Bureau Of
Plant Industry, Department of Agri-
culture, Washington, D. G., s144O to
$500 per annum. Age limit, 20 to
As years.
Laboratory helper, candy making
(male), Bureau. Of Chemistry, Del
partment of Agriculture, Washington,
D. c., 5000 per annum Age limit,
Is to SO years.
Engineer and plumber (male), Ton
que River School, Montana, Indian
service, S720 per annum. Age limit,
20 to so years. Quarters are usually
provided free of cost.
Scientific assistant in plant ply
siology (male), Bureau of Plant In
dustry, Department of Agriculture,
$1,000 to $1400 per annum. Age linn
it, 20 to IS years.
Jan. Halfway mail clerk (male)
salary $500 per annum. Age limit,
Is to 50 years.
Jan. 13-Farm architect (male),
Bureau of Plant Industry, Depart
ment of Agriculture, $500 to $4,000 !
per =annum. Age limit, 80 years or
over. The duties Of this position
will consist of Investigations of the
DWELLING requirements of farms, farm |
.amilies and household work under
varying agricultural, climatic and
economic conditions, and the adapta-
ion of available materials and archi-
lecture to local requirements. About
lalf the time will be spent in travel,
With permanent headquarters at
Chief Of field service in rural edu-
,ation (male), Bureau of Education,
Of the Interior, for SER
5ice in the field, $4,000 per. annum.
Age limit, under so years. The per-
son appointed from this examination
will be employed in supervising the
collection Of information respecting
he condition of rural schools in the
United States and in foreign coun
ries, and in the furnishing of in
ormation and advice to education Of
icers in the United States for the
1etterment of rural schools.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14

Y hen quality and price are the
conslderatip lions, We believe III Is To-
your Interest 20 LEI as figure on
your printing .
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
Woodmen Convention at Baton Rouge.

Woodmen Convention at Baton Rouge.
The joint committee Of the two Ba-
ton Rouge camps of Woodmen of the
Worla, appointed to make arrange
ments for entertaining the annual
convention of the head camp Of that
order, which is to be held in the
capital city next, March, met on the
LIST inst and effected permanent or
ganization. District Manager Robt.
Henderson, of this city. was present
at the meeting, and viii assist the
central committee in formulating
plans for the convention, which will
be attended by about 500 delegates
Mr.. Henderson has started move
ment to hold monster initiation
on Woodnan Day during the conven-
tion. The surrounding camps will
be asked to participate, aHd one
thousand will be the number expect
ed to Join the class.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
The Youths Companion for 1918.


The Youths Companion appeals to
every interest Of family life, from
housekeeping to athletics, 1t begins
with stories of youthful vim and
vigor, with articles which disclose
the secrets Of successful play in the
great games, with charming tales of
life at the girls colleges. But the
Companion does not surrender these
readers when they have entered the
more serious paths of life. Mothers
will welcome the page for little chill
dren and the weekly doctors article.
Fathers will find the important news
rumored to be. The entire house
hold will appreciate the sketches
which touch gently on common
foibles or caricature eccentricity.
In short, for less than four cents a
week the Companion brings into the
home clean entertainment, pure in
spiration, fine ideals, increase Of
knowledge.
Names. rarely seen in tables of con-
tents will be found in the Companion's
announcement for 1918, which will be
sent upon request-With samples of
the paper, to those not familiar with
it.
Every new subscriber for 1913 will
receive free all the issues for the
remaining weeks of 1912; also, free,
the Companion window transparency
and calendar for 1918, in rich, trans
lucent colors-the most beautiful Of
all Companion souvenirs. Address,
the Youths COMPANION, Ia Berkeley
street, Boston, Mass.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14
Peanut Oil as Fuel for Enaines.

- IL i s
Peanuts are excellent food for ele-
plants, but that this nut should also
provide an excellent fuel for the in
ternal combustion engine to operate
on might seem an exaggeration, were
it not for the fact that DR.. Diesel,
German engineer, insists he has built
an engine that can use peanut oil al
most as effectively as. the cheap
grades of natural mineral oil. This
engine can, in fact, use most any
vegetable or animal oil for fuel,
which, it is predicted, may promote
industrial development in regions
where the cost of mineral Oil is pro-
nibitive.
One or two different motors Of this
type will be exhibited at the 1918
New York National Motor Boat Show
In Madison Square Garden.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-12-14

For local news read The Chief.