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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
BROAD DAYLIGHT AT NIGHT.
That's the Sight That Startles One In
Alaska In Summer.

Speaking from an experience OF
more than 100000 miles travel on sea
and land, it is remarkable how many
things you see In Alaskan waters
which you have seen nowhere else in
the world. 1t was a novel sight to
have a whole school of whales spout
ing at one time. with some of them
cruising up near the boat and rolling
over like submarines pitching in a
heavy sea. And the herds of Alaskan
fur seals. hoarsely believing as we
approached, added to memory's roper
toire of barking monkeys, grooming
camels and trumpeting elephants.
Another unusual thrill that comes
to the summer traveller In Alaska
springs from the eternal daylight of
that wonderful country. Whether you
actually see the midnight sun or not
depends upon the date and the latitude
to which you ascend, but darkness Is
thing of the past after the second
night out of Seattle. A dusky gloam-
ing takes its place until you get still
farther north, and then you may read
a newspaper on deck at midnight with
out straining your eyes. This phe-
nomenon is one of the strangest In
Alaska 1t gives you a shock to leave
the club at Dawson or Fairbanks at /
o'clock In the morning and find your
self In broad daylight when you come
out on the silent streets!-Edgar Allen
Forbes in Lesie's.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
Strenuth of Bono,

The wonderful power of bone
structure has been tested scien-
tifcally to show how hollow bone
bears strain. A very small bone,
only one square millimeter (.0155
square inch) in diameter, will hold
thirty-three pounds in suspension
without breaking, while piece of
the best oak of the same thickness
will hold up only twenty-five
pounds. The bone is therefore half
again as strong as the solid oak.
Nature is economical in the weight
given to bones, making them hollow
and at the same time making them
stronger than if they were solid and
much heavier. This principle has
been recognized in mechanics, as
engineers use hollow steel tubes in
stead of solid to meet great strain.
Family Doctor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
CORROSIVE ACID BURNS.
If splashed With Vitriol Plunge Into
Water at Once.

Water at Once.
A burn from sulphurlc acid-vitriol,
as 1t is often called-is one of the most
painful and dishguring wounds that
can be received Sulphuric acid Is the
most powerful of caustic liquids.
When 1t touches the tissues of the
body 1t discrepancies them rapidly, ex-
hausting the water in them, coagulat-
ing their albumen and changing the
nature of their salts, thus bringing
about destruction that is sometimes
fatal. When the burnt place heals 1t
does so with a hideous scar, resembling
that of leprosy or lupus.
On being splashed with vitriol there
is only one thing to do-rush for the
nearest water and plunge the burnt
member into 1t. If the face be splash
ed it should be instantly immersed in
q bowl or pail of water, or In lake or
river If these be handy. The object is
to dilute the acid as quickly as pos
sible and so check its rapid corrosion
of the flesh, for If let alone 1t will eat
in to a great depth.
Having washed away the acid, cover
the wound at once with some alkali,
such as limewater or milk of magne-
sia. If these are not obtainable suds
made from pure soap will do. Then
treat the wounds as ordinary burns
are treated. If the mouth be burned 1t
should be rinsed out with water, fol-
lowing this with limewater or milk of
nagnesia, which should be kept in the
mouth as long as possible.
a burn from ammonia, though not
nearly so serious as one from acid, is
very painful 1t should be treated
with a diluted acid wash made from
vinegar or the juice Of lemon or
lime. Afterward 1t should be coated
with gum tragacanth or gum arabic
New York World.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
CHIEF TYPES OF CLOUDS.
And the Messages They Convey In
Foreeasting the Weather.


The three chief types of clouds
are the cirrus, stratus and cumulus,
and the best times to study them
are at sunset and sunrise. Cumulus
clouds are the most impressive of
all clouds and are more commonly
to be seen in summer than winter.
These clouds pile themselves up
in masses near the horizon. When
they are only of moderate size
and gradually melt away during the
evening they indicate spell of
fine weather. But if, on the con-
trary, the clouds continue to pile
themselves up like huge snowy
mountains, then look for rain.
The stratus cloud is generally
formed at the end of a fine day. 1t
is like widely extended horizontal
sheet and hanging SO low that it
frequently touches the earth's sur
face in the form of fog. When
such clouds are formed in the morn
ing it tells the sky experts to look
out for another fine day. Stratus
clouds, indeed, seldom indicate rain.
Cirrus clouds, as their name indi-
Gates, are white curly clouds, like
curly hair or curly feathers. They
are the highest of all clouds, float
ing five to ten miles above the earth
and often drifting in quite a con-
trary direction to clouds lower
down. Cirrus clouds are called by
sailors cats tails or mares tails and
generally foretell rain.
When cirrus clouds lie in long,
straight wisps from west to east,
then be sure that rain is coming.
When they float at lower level
than usual they become what is
known as cirro-cumulus, small,
round masses arranged in groups or
lines, giving the appearance known
as mackerel sky.
mackerel sky,
Not twenty-four hours dry
is one of the oldest and truest Of
weather proverbs.
The nimbus cloud is mixture of
all three of the chief types of clouds.
1t is q dark shapeless cloud, with
ragged edges as a rule and floats
about a mile high. From its sur
face it throws off cirrus clouds,
known to sailors as scud, and the
amount of rain that falls varies gen
orally with the amount of scud.
The more rapidly nimbus clouds
form the sooner will the rain be
over, as a rule. When dark MIN
bus cloud is topped by heavy masses
of clouds like huge mountains, then
look out for thunder.-New York
Press.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
Meeting a Crisis.

"How much do you charge for cut
ting off q dogs tail?' said small boy
to a veterinary recently. exhibiting a
quarter in one hand and leading a
lean canine with the other.
1.-THE operation customarily costs 81.
but l will do 1t for you for so cents"
replied the gentleman addressed.
The boy looked at the coin in his
hand disappointedly for a moment,
but his face quickly frightened. He
stuck out his hand which contained
the coin and said: That's all I've got
Cut off a quarters worth. National
Monthly.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
Heat From the Sun.

One square yard of the earth's
surface receives each day averaging
six hours of sunshine, an amount of
heat equal to that contained in 1.S
pounds of coal. At this rate an
area of about 1000 miles receives
during a year an amount Of energy
from the sun equivalent to that OBJ
tainable from the 1,100,000,000
tons of coal mined annually in Eu-
rope and the United States.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
Ocean Derelicts.

Abandoned vessels have often float
ed for many months waterlogged, but
carried far by winds and currents.
There was the Fanny e. Wolston, de-
serted on Oct. 10, 1901. which Travelled
about 1000 miles before she was last
reported in December. 1893 And the
W. L. White was a derelict from 1888,
when she was near New York. till she
ran ashore on the Hebrides a year
later. Forty vessels saw her. but
could not sink her
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

"Just one kiss" murmured the book
keeper.
The pretty stenographer pointed to
a placard.
"No Goods at Retail" II stated.
So he took job lot--Washington
Herald.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

II never can believe word that
woman says"
ats rather funny. She said the
same thing about you yesterday"
"That's just like her. How can you
have confidence in any one who talks
ABOUT another behind her back"-Chi-
caeo Record Herald.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
PASSING IL AIonq.

"What does your mother do when
things go wrong?"
"She just takes it out on pa"
"And what does your sister dof"
"She hops on to pa and ma both"
"And what does your father do?"
ats different with pa. He don't
dare say much to ma and sis, and so
when he gets mad he just takes it out
on the street railway company and the
beef trust" detroit Free Press.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
Relatives of Success.

Luck and Industry met on the high
way of life. ~ understand we ars re-
lated" remarked Luck.
ayes. in a sort of a way" replied
Industry. Il am the mother of Sue
cess. while you are distant relative"
philadelphia Record.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
Modest Man.

"If you could have your choice"
asked the beautiful maiden, would
you rather have luck or genius, Mr.
SmallwitteT
81 have always thought I'd prefer
luck. But that's the way in this world
One always has to be satisfied with
what is not ones first choice."-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

The high price of horses in spite of
the progress of the automobile is read
lily understood when it is known that
so much of their meat is being substi-
suited in Paris for steer steak.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
Conceded Fitness.

This Gates Aiar' design is hand
some one" said the tombstone man.
1T Is just what want" said the
widow. "He never shut ii door In all
our married life without being told
indianapolis journal.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

Department of agriculture officials
say cold storage is responsible for the
high price of eggs. but the egg sellers
insist that it is the fault of the hens.
Neither Of the explanations is wholly
satisfactory to the consumer.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
Railway PunetuaIity.

1t is related that an Anglo-Indian Of
ficer once asked the station master at
Delhi whether the IL o'clock train from
Calcutta was in.
(which" was the reply-"today's or
yesterdays? They are both due, but
yesterdays isn't in yetP'
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

The sound of the human voice has
been transmitted by wireless across
the Atlantic. Strange as it may seem,
it was not the voice of Wall street
broker calling for margins.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

Have you heard what Mabel'e fra
ternity did to her?'
"They have terrible limitations, | un.
derstand"
That's what. They ordered her to
help her mother with the dishes for a
month. "-Washington Herald.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

G. X. Chesterton derides all the talk
about good old times He says there
never were any. Nevertheless it seems
to be established that the Greeks also
danced the tango and that the turkey
trot was not outiawed in Corinth until
the reformers got control Of the city
council
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

A Chicago woman says that go per
cent of the men would rather contrib
ute to the purchase Of a new carpet
for the church than to wear 1t out aft
erward. The other 40 per cent merely
wear out the carpet ana refuse TO con-
tribute to the new one.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

Restaurants in India are to serve
butter in tubes instead of in the usual
"patty" form. the European residents
there evidently having learned all they
care to know about the native Indians
finger prints.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

why did you shake your fist at'the
speaker
WELL" replied the congressman, u
didn't want the whole session to slip
by without my having made motion
OF some kind. "-Philadelphi Ledger.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

Scientists have unearthed al Nippur
clay textbooks showing thai the kids"
Of the ancients studied the three RS.
but that they were sadly lacking in in
struction in music, painting and bead
work.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
In Old EqYpt.

An American professor claims to
have discovered that it was a crime to
dirt in ancient Egypt. If the fair sex
looked anything like the pictures they
left behind them 1t was.-Toronto Star.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

Women applying for positions on the
Chicago police force must be not less
than thirty nor more than forty years
Of age. That age was long ago recog
nized rs the one at which women are
most dangerous. and doubtless the
peril applies to lawbreakers as we'll as
others.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
A Little Circle.

Ethel-This craze for gold seems to
me very foolish. Now. very little
would make me perfectly happy.
Jack How much?
Ethel-Just enough to reach around
my finger Boston Transcript.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
Relative Importance.

Mrs. Muggins-My husband gave up
fishing when he joined the church.
Mrs. Buggins-But fishing isn't sin
full.
Mrs. Muggins - No. but lying is
Philadelphia Record.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

Berlin's ambition to surpass Paris as
a center of gayety is nipped in the bud
by the kaiser's edict against the tango.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

A New York funeral procession has
been halted for travelling too fast;
speeding the departed guest, SO to
speak,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

Chicago physicians declare that there
Is altogether too much surgery. An ar
gument for homeopathic surgeons. as
1t were.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

With the suffragists the handwrit-
ing on the sidewalk seems to have
taken the place Of the handwriting on
the wall
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

1t is sincerely hoped that the Balkan
nations will now bury the Ratchet in
stead of continuing to bury one an
other
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

Mr. Brown is to be succeeded in the
presidency of the New York Central
by Mr.. Smith Mr.. Jones will have to
wait his turn.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

ton derives more pleasure from build
ing boats than from racing them.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
Lucky Adam.

When Adam got home from party
One speech ne'er his pleasure could dock.
For. dear Mother Eve never shouted at
him:
''You villainl Just look at that clockT
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

1t is the hatred of narrow minds for
liberal ideas that letters the march OF
progress Victor Hugo.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

Prices of hogs are down, but the
connection between hogs and pork
seems to have been lost.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
a Chinese Uprisinu.

They had cut off a Chinaman's queue
And were painting his head a bright
sblueue,
So the Chinaman said
As they daubed at his head,
when sueue yueue yueue'll rueue what
yueue dueue."
London Bits.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

Highbrow discussions of children at
play are easily reducible to a very
short sentence, Let 'em play"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

Perhaps one reason why the English
sparrow flirts his tail so saucily is be-
cause it isn't long enough for an
aigrette.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

The only trouble about collecting the
income tax at its source is that 1t is
the source of the trouble.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

Any dove of peace that saw Huerta's
picture would know that Mexico Is no
place to build nest.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

A few more exiled kings in Europe
and The Hague can be used as a royal
asylum.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

The telephone is great boon. 1t
enables many a small man to talk
mighty big.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

Kaiser Wilhelm has bought news
paper for $2,500000, What is German
for "now Is the time to subscriber
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

In popular bird lore the hen is as
summing more Importance than the dove
Of peace.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

The average man may have music
In his soul, but his voice spoils 1t.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19

Marconi's word carries 1000 miles.
More than that, 1t carries conviction.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
Two may live on what one may
spend foolishly.

Occasionally we meet people who are
almost as smart as we are.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
Still Found.


Now they are contending that man
came before the anthropoid ape-that
he's the forefather and not the de-
scendant.
This may be gratifying, but it doesn't
raise the embargo Of anxiety from a
lot of sensitive people
Some of them still follow out a
branch of the family tree and find 1t
decorated with chattering monkeys
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Revised Versions.
love the new slit skirt
Its style is so warm.
And IL don't wear II
Twill do me no harm.
Detroit Free Press.
love the slit skirt.
The style is so neat
And If don't look
I'll see no big feet.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-12-19
The Hub

Just few days left for your Christmas shopping and the
following suggestions may aid you in selecting suitable and
appropriate gift for your friends Among the articles
for occasion call particular attention to the goods listed
below
Bath Robes with Slippers to match, in all
shades, one Of the most enjoyable of all gifts,
at SIS. So 5000, $3.50, $500, $3.50
Suit Cases and Bags, in black and tan
leathers for $500, $3.50, $1,000, $3.50,
$780,
Slippers for comfort after the days work,
and the ODonnel shoe in all feathers for dress
and daily
A Kenyon Slip On" Rain Coat, just the
coat for all around use from So so to $25
Glance the following you might find just what you
want Fancy Silk Scarfs Ties, Socks Suspenders and Arm
Bands individual boxes Macnaw Coats Plain and Fancy
Sweaters in all Styles Dress and Flannel Shirts Paamas and
Night Shirts
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-15
Real Estate Transfers.

Deeds filed in the Recorders
Office at Lexington, Mo-, week
ending Saturday, August 9, 1918.
Compiled by Lafayette County
Abstract Company, Lexington,
Mo. Abstract and Farm Loans.
Ralph A. Huscher to J. G.
Goodwin Q. C. D. $1.00, II A. S
side Sc SW 3, Is A. N side NE.
NV. 1O-49-24.
VIM. II. Hurt and wife to Geo.
F. Garrett w. D. $4,000, lot 3,
block IA Odessa, except small
strips off N and S sides thereof.
Henry T. Whitsitt to Mary Ma
tilda Morley W. D. $850.42, part
Sc "A 36-49-28.
JnO. A. Lineback and wife to
Fred W. Kolkmeyer W. D. ST.
800, lot 4, Original Wellington.
Jonah I. Riner and wife to
Henry R. Eisenmann W. D. &c.,
600, f. Sc. II, 40 A. pit. SW. 16-
1928, ex coal.
Ernest Stumpenhaus and wife
to Peter Meyer w. D. 1925, 60
x 1870 #. pit. Sc. Sc. 1-48-24.
Ernest Stumpenhaus and wife
TO Louis Klostermann w. d. $175
so by 100 #. pit. Sc, Sc. 1-4S-24.
Erie W. Young and wife to
Chas. c. and Nora Gray, husband
and wife, W. D. $14OO, lot 49,,
block c, Second South Side Adj
dition Lexington.
Katharine G, Reid, deceased,
by Exr., to August Fiegenbaum,
Ex. Deed $6,029.33 W. SW. s.
1926.
Katharine G. Reid, deceased,
by Exr. to Chas. Daggs Exr.
Deed $4,000, SW. "a 6-49-26.
Katharine G. Reid, deceased,
by Exr. to Fritz Niemann, Exr.
Deed $17,470, Sc. "A 6-49-26,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-15
Waverly Notes.

Arthur Johns of Wellington
spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. David Johns.
Mrs. Mary Frazier and daugh-
ter, Miss Carrie, visited relatives
a Dover Sunday.
Miss Jessie Davis of Kansas
City is visiting her sister, Mrs.
John Ault.
Miss Marguerite Landrum was
the guest of friends at Kansas
City last week.
Thornton Gordon of Kansas
City spent Sunday with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. j. Gordon.
Edward Fletcher off Blosser
visited Waverly friends Saturday
an Sunday.
Miss Virgie Billings of Lex
ingtOn is visiting Mrs. Joe Ferer.
Miss Anale Hackley was the
guest of Miss Margery Swain at
Corder last week.
Little Miss Lillian Graham of
Pittsburg, Kansas, arrived Sun
day to visit her grandmother
Mrs. Ed Barnard.
Mrs. Virginia Minor returned
Thursday from a short stay at
Excelsior Springs.
William R. Mitchell transacted
business at Norton, Mo-, Satur-
day.
Mrs. Ella Conway of Platts-
burg arrived Saturday to visit
her sister, Mrs. A. E. Willie.
Miss Bertha Larkin returned
Tome Sunday from Wellington,
where she has been visiting her
uncle, John Larkin and family.
Mrs. Lee McReynolds and
daughter, who have been visit
ing Mrs. VIM. Iseral, left Friday
for their home in Enid, Okla.
Mrs. Robert Graham and
daughter Of Pittsburg, Kansas,
arrived Sunday to visit Ed Bar
nard and family
Ralph W. Brunette Of st Louis
! who was called here last week
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-15

Mrs. Rose Rexroth returned
to her home in Kansas City
Wednesday night after a visit
here with relatives. Her sister,
Miss May Kemner, accompanied
Eer home for a visit.
Mrs. V. G Anthony of Kansas
City arrived Wednesday morning
for a visit here with Mrs. G. w.
Jewett.
l. A. Day, who has been visit
ing in Kansas City, returned
home Wednesday morning.
Miss Florida Stier of Kansas
City arrived Friday evening
for a few days visit here with
Miss Carrie Field.
Firman White went to Kansas
City Monday morning for a visit.
Thursday while Charles Dun
can was unloading coal at VIM.
Aull's residence he was overcome
with heat and had to have medi-
cal attention.
Miss Frances Yingling spent
Sunday in Dover.
Miss Elma Fisher spent Sunday
IN Dover.
Mrs. Laura j. Walker and her
daughter, Miss Dott, went to
Higginsville Saturday morning to
spend the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. O. Coffin re-
turned Friday from a bust
ness trip to Kirksville, Mo.
Miss Helen Teubner, who has
been visiting in St. Louis, re-
turned home Friday evening.