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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-11-20

we began to realize that when
we needed bolt quickly for ina.
chinery or clothing for sickness
or death, We had to wait and
send away for it, which was not
so pleasant. One by one our
merchants moved to places
where they were appreciated aud
men of less energy moved 10.
Gradually our town has gone
down; our business houses are
'tacky' 10 appearance, a number
are empty; our schools, churches
and walks are going down., We
have no band, no library nor
ball team. There is no business
done in the town, and therefore
no taxes to keep things up. Ho-
tel ia closed for want Of travel.
Go down to the depot when the
freight pulls 10 and you will see.
the sequel in mail order, placka.
ges.
Nine years ago my farm was
worth $l95 an acre; today Ia
have a hard matter to sell it at
$l85 an ace. 1t is too far from
a live town. so every farmer
has saidthat wants to buy. He
wants a place near schools and
churches, where his children can
have advantages ! have awak-
ened to the fact that in helping
to pull the town down it has cost
me $1,000 in nine years"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-11-20

Scientific American explodes
some Of the fakes about German
siege guns. This gun is not 50
big after all. Instead Of being
a l8-inch affair, asevery body be-
lieved, 1t has a calibre Of only a
paltry eleven inches. The Scien-
ti6c American says that is inch
guns which are expected to BE-
transported here and there do
not exist. Possibly some guns
have been built for fixed founda.
tions, but certainly never as mo.
biie 6eld pieces. The largest
~ ~ --1l
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-11-20
Pltles Mans Deluslon.

Every time a spinster looks at q
man who has just been LED to the nl-
tar by widow she says to herself;
"How easily you poor men are
ft,oled!"--Exchange.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-11-20

tnem. but pack VO the story -
here it TO-:
Hans Garbns, a German farm.
Ell Of Iowa, has discovered that
the benefits which appear on the
surface as attaching to the mail
erder plan sometimes spell dis.
aster, and has written a very IN.
terestiDg story Of his views IN a
certain farm paper. Here is a
part Of his story:
1--WE farmers need awakening
to the fact that we have unmis-
takably reached the period where
we must think and plan. | am
oneSof the slow German farmers
that had to be shown, and ! am
now giving my experience that
others may profit, for knowledge
is more expensive now than ten
years ago. .
Twenty. nine years ago | /. be.
gan, my career as a farmer. |
had. an old team and $50. Our
furniture was mostly second
hand-chairs, cupboard and lounge
made from dry goods boxes,
neatly covered with ten.cent Gre.
tonne by my girl wife. We
rented eighty acres. Being a
boy'of good habits ! got all need.
ed machinery and groceries of
our.5home merchants on credit,
until fall crops were sold. The
frat year was = wet season and |
did, not make enough to pay
creditors. ! went to each on
date of promise and explained
conditions, paying as much as
possible, and they all'carried the
balance over another year. They
continued to accom modate me
until was. able to bry a forty.
acre piece Of my own.
"As soon as owned these few
acres the mail order houses be.
gan sending me catalogs, and
gradually / began sending my
loose change to them, letting my
accounts stand in my home town
where l had gotten my accom-.
mediation when | needed it..
I'VE then had one Of the
thriftlest little villages in the
state--good line OF business in
all the branches, merchants who
were willing to help an honest
fellow over a bad year. and a
town full Of people who came
twice a year to trade and visit.
Our little country town support.
ed q library, high school, ball
team, and we had big ceIebra-
tons every year.
"A farm near a live town soon
doubles in value. ! sold my for.
II acres at big advance and
bought al eighty, gradually add
|inR to It until ! had 200 acres Of
The best land in Iowa. ! then
felt no need Of asking favors and
found 1t easy to patronize the
mail order agents that came al
most weeklystosour door. ! rea
gret to sas that Twas the first ID
the county to make up 4 neigh
bofhood bill and send Y 70 d
y Y house. TIL We
once
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-11-20
2, 900 Mayors Invited.

Mayor Carter "a. Harrison Of
Chicago has issued Invitations to
NM Mayors IA over two thousaad
citjss throngho!l tho Unitsd
States and Canada To send dele
,gates 10 the tifth America al Good.
RaAds OossFess. which is also
The MA d{tssannual convention
III the Amer icSn Road Builders
Associat ton VA the sixth annu-
|1l ! RgaiS Show. which will.
Al fhe International Am.
tire Chicago December
WABoE Harrison suggestsi
~ bat city enc
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-11-20
WHEAT VERSUS CORN
lF0R HORSES AND HOGS
(By c. A. Wilson, Tennessee Expert.
ment Station)

(By Z. A. Wilson, Tennessee Expert
ment Station)
Wheat has very similar compost.
ton to that Of corn, as the following
table Will show:
100 pounds corn--Protein, 10; carlo.
hydrates, 66.7 fat, 4.3.
100 pounds wheat--Protein, liz:
carbohydrates. e.; fat, 2.
/ When wheat is worth rs cents per
bushel, one can obtain pound of the
nutrients In wheat at cost of 1.S
cents per pound. When corn is worth
80 cents per bushel, pound Of these
nutrients costs 2.2 cents per pound.
One can readily see, then, that the
digestible nutrients in wheat at pres
ent market prices cost much less than
they do in corn. f\
Practical feeding trials show that
for hogs wheat Is little more valu.
able than corn; that when combined
with corn the combination is much
more efficient than when fed alons,
Corn, when fed alone, requires So
pounds to make one pound of pork.
Wheat when fed alone, requires 4.6
pounds to make one pound Of pork.
When the two are mixed In equal pro.
portions only 81 pounds are required
to make a pound Of pork. These two
grains when combined make quite an
ideal feed for hogs. Should 1t be the
intention to feed Wheat and no corn.
we would advise that one make up Z
ration for hogs OF fve parts wheat
and one part cottonsaed meal To neu,
tralixe the detrimental results that are
sometimes caused w the feeding Of
eof onseed meal to hogs. we would
g,s0 advise that ons make up solu,
k3S1 81 copperas IN the proportion Of
pounds OF coppsras to fifty pounds
alter, then feed two quarts OF tho
Jon for every pound Of cotton,
meal fed. These two feeds are
leapest that are obtainable Tor
ht tha \creae2. time. emitting
" o1urse the ma
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
No Cure for Cancer Vet.

IN his annual report Or F F Bash
ford, general superintendent Of re.
search in the laboratories of the i'm.
perial cancer reasearch fund. told the
members OF the society that during tho
past year there had been II claims
to the discovery Of a cure for cancer
All OF these had been Investigated and
no justification for any one Of these
claims had been obtained ur. Bash
ford also said women were more liable
10 cancer than men. In England and
Wales In 1910 the death rate from
cancer was NJG per l000oa0 for men
and 1o70 FOR women
As The London Times saws editorial
ly in commenting upon this report
The only reasonable expectation of
curing cancer sull rests upon its CON
plete removal by the surgeon nj the
earliest possible time after II IS dis
covered Medical Record
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

must be watched. Little Marie has
thrtved especially well on DR.. Calo-
wells Syrup Pepsin. Mr. Dey consid-
ers 1t the right laxative for young and
old and has found none better for
young children.
The use of DR.. Caldwells Syrup Pep
sin will teach you to avoid cathartics-
salts and pills, as they are too harsh
for the majority and their effect Is
only temporary. Syrup PeDsin brings
permanent results, and 1t can be con-
veniently obtained Of any nearby drug
gist at fifty cents and one dollar a bot
tie. Results are always guaranteed or
money will be refunded
Families wishing to try a free sam
pie bottle can obtain It postpaid by ad-
dressing DR.. w B. Caldwell, 203 Wash
ington St, Monticello, ILL., A postal
card with your name and address on
it will do.
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

There are also fragments OF the Chi
thiu-Chang vocabulary composed by a
eunich OF the palace in about the year
40 A. D. All the authentic texts OF
this ancient school book, widely used
IN the year to teach Chinese chill
dren 70 read and write, had long since
disappeared. The paper manuscripts
are the oldest examples OF such litera.
ture in existence. NJ Chavannes has
succeeded in reConstructing from
these heterogeneous and more or less
fragmentary and disconnected mate
rials fairly probable picture OF the
daily life OF the Chinese garrisons that
held these frontier posts against the
Huns and kept open the trade routes
to Farghana and Yarkand The hu.
man as well as scientific interest of
such picture Is manifest
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

In many parts OF Holland men still
wear their hats in church. Moreover
smoking in church is not considered
lrrcverent by the Dutch when service
Is NOT III progress. and, it Is said, even
the ministers sometimes indulge in
this practice.
Altogether, Dutch Professionalism is,
ii would seem, from certain stand
point, "a comfortable form OF religion.
one may keep his hat on in church,
which saves him many a chill; he may
ak freely and in his natural voice,
not in whisper; he has a neat house
maid in a white cap and apron to
show him to his pew or to offer him a
chair. and he has nice drab pews Of
painted deal all around him and
cheerful 'two-decker" pulpit above,
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
Errors of His WAYS.

"A good New Year resolution for
middleased married man said
George AIDE at dinner in Chicago
Well, the best resolution a middle.
aged married man could make, accord
ing to my view, would be for him TO
swear of telling his wife and children
about the girls he used to kiss in his
young days.
I'D say to the mddlc-aeed married
man of this type
Suppose, friend, yonr wife fell into
reminiscent. jovia! mood some eve
ming after supper and started TO tell
about the boys who used to kiss her
by the wood stove in the dim parlor
wouldn't the dove Of peace flap her
wings and light out p q just o. '"
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
SPELLING STUCK THE JURY
Point Of Information They wantsd In
yoivod No Great Legal knowI.
edge, II Judge Had Il.

Here is one that was told at tea
given by Miss Geraldine Farrar, the
singer. when one Of the party re-
ferred to the Judiciary and the pc.
culiar cases that frequently come be-
fore the courts:
Some time ago there was a homi-
eide case In a western court In which
there was considerable doubt as to
the guilt of the accused. The trial
Judge seemed to share the popular
belief.
Gentlemen of the jury said he,
IN concluding his charge, If the evi-
dence, in your minds, shows that
pneumonia was the cause Of the man 8
death, you cannot convict the prts-
oner'
"Whereat the jury retired and in
about ten minutes the constable re-
turned and presented himself before
the Judge.
Your honor, he remarked, the
gentlemen Of the jury want some in
formation.
On what point OF evidence asked
the judge.
None, Judge, was the rejoinder of
the constable. They want to know
how to spell pneumonia " "''--Phila.
delphia Telegraph
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
Dummies Arrested.

Dummies used by a Pathe director
in an auto wreck at South River,
n j. had the distinction Of being
shot at and arrested by Chief OF Po-
lice Oppenberger OF that place re-
Gently, according to New Brunswick
newspaper. The dummies, when not
in use, were placed in the store room
OF the Washington hotel Some jok-
ers told the chief that some men were
stealing cigars from the store room
and when he arrived and saw the dim
figures in the darkness he called upon
them repeatedly to surrender. Re
ceiying no answer he hlaZed away
at them several times before he dis
covered the joke
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
ECZEMA IN WATER BLISTERS

74S Congress St, Chicago, nl.-"My
eczema broke out like little water
blisters Each one was full Of water
and would itch until would scratch
1t open, then the water would run out
and ii would get sore. first got the
eczema on the back of the hand and /
scratched it so hard made it all sore.
Then l got il on my legs just above
the ankle and above the knee
Il used what they call - and 1t
stopped the itch but it got worse
Then | used -------. In all | had the
trouble for about two years One day
saw the advertisement OF Cuticura
Soap and Ointment in the paper.
wrote for sample Of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and ! tried them and
then bought some more. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment left my sores nice and
smooth. ! used them for six weeks,
and am now cured; the eczema left no
marks lSigned) F. w. Horrisch,
Oct. 10, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free with 22-p Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston ADV.
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
And Again, Nv Brethren "

\ certain small girl, wearily listen
ing to long sermon by minister
who had the odd habit OF drawing in
his breath with, an odd whistle, whis-
pered to her mother that she wanted
TO 20 home. The mother, expecting
the discourse TO end. momentarily, re
fused permission. The third time this
happened the mother said. Il think he
VIII stop now in minute" To this
the child answered in clear. high
voice. No. mother, he isn't going 10
stop, thought SO now for three
times. but he has gone and blowed
himself up again"
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

Plans for the transformation at an
enormous cost of the 14,0OO-acre Palos
Nerdes ranch overlooking Los
Angeles harbor and the Catalina chan
mel, into one OF the most magnificent
residential parks in the nation for
American millionaires, are being
made. Frank A Vanderip OF the
National City bank OF New York and
his associates recently purchased the
tract for sl.7500 600 for this purpose
The plans as they now stand promise
TO involve an expenditure OF $4,000.
600
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
Good Bowels Are
An Aid to Growth
Growing Children Need q MiLd
La10HVe TO Foster Regular
Bowel Movement,

AS q child grows older 1t requires
more and more personal attention
from the mother, and as the func-
tons Of the bowels are OF the utmost
Importance to health, great attention
should be paid to them.
Diet Is Of great Importance, aud the
mother should watch the effect Of Ger.
tain foods. A food will constipate one
and not another, and 30 we have q
healthy food like eggs causing bilious
ness to thousands, and a wholesome
fruit like bananas constipating many
1t is also TO be considered that the
child is growing. and great changes
are taking place in the young man or
young woman. The system has not yet
settled itself to it's later routine.
A very valuable remedy at this
stage, and one which every growing
boy and girl should be given often or
occasionally, according to the individ-
ual circumstances, Is Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin. This is laxative and
tonic combined, SO mild that it is
given to little babies, and yet equally
effective in the most robust constitu-
ton. At the first sign of a tendency
to constipation give a small dose OF
Syrup Pepsin at night on retiring, and
prompt action will follow in the morn
ing. 1t not only acts on the stomach
and bowels but its tonic properties
build up and strengthen the system
generally. which is an opinion shared
by MIR. John Dey Of Bloomfield, N J.
He has a large family and at ages
where the growth and development
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
ALBERTA CROP YIELDS

At Macleod, Alta, weather condi-
tons We're excellent all through the
season. Ninety per cent, Of the wheat
up to Oct. 1st graded No. /, the only
No. 2 being fall wheat. The yield
ranged from 20 to 40 bushels per acre,
with an average Of 2s. Oats yielded
well, and barley about 60 bushels.
lnverary is new district in Alber.
ia. Here =whe..: graded No. 2 and
some Of 1t went SO bushels to the acre,
oats going about rs bushels
Lethbridge correspondent says: "In
the Monarch district the yield on sum.
mer fallow is averaging thirty.five
bushels, a large percentage No. 1
northern"
"All spring grains are yielding bet.
ter than expected in the Milk river
district, south. A 300 acre field of
Marquis wheat gave 41la bushels.
Experimental farm results on grain
sown on irrigated land place Red Fife
wheat in the banner position. with a
yield Of 594o bushels per acre Oats
yielded l32 bushels to the acre.
John Turner Of Lethbridge grew
barley that went GO bushels to the
acre.
Red Fife averages in weight from
60 to 6s pounds, and at Rosthern the
Marquis wheat will run as high as "a
pounds TO the bushel, while a sample
OF Marquis wheat at Arcola weighed
no less than 6s pounds to the bushel
This variety is grading No hard"
Calgary, Alta, Oct S-The prob
lem OF handling Alberta's big grain
crop is becoming a serious one, and
there Is congestion at many points
In southern Alberta One thousand
cars could be used Immediately. The
{. T. X. prepared for a normal year.
while the yield OF grain was every
where abnormal. with an increased
acreage of about 20 per cent
Moose Jaw. Sask., returns show
some remarkable yields.
Bassano. Alta, Sept %. 'l3.-Tndi-
vidual record crops grown in Alberta
include 400 acre field of spring wheat
grown near Bassano which went thir.
ty-flve bushels to the acre and weigh.
ed H1ty-six pounds to the bushel
Noble. Alta, Oct. l, 13.--All records
for the largest shipment OF grain by
one farmer will be broken this year
II the estimate OF c. s Noble OF Noble,
proves correct Mr. Noble
has notified the Canadian Pacific Rail.
way here that he will have $4,000
bushels OF grain. chiefly barley and
oats. ready for shipment very short.
".
l.. Anderson Smith, writing to
friend In the Old Country. located at
killam. Alberta, Says:
Anyone taking up land will find Al,
oerta an ideal province The soil is,'a
rich black loan, varying from to IL
inches in depth. The land here In
his district is not wholly open prairie.
At intervals, sometimes closely. sorue.
lines widely scattered, there are
small plots Of poplar and willows
These generally grow round some
mall depression in the land, and the f.
NOW drifts here in the winter and
nelts in the spring filling these
loughs tprovince "slews') with soft
'ater. Nearly all these sloughs have
Id buffalo tracks TO them. for II was
rom them that they always got their
'ater The poplars are very useful
or building barns and hen-houses
Wild grasses are plentiful, while tame
rasses, such as timothy. bronze and
.estarn rye grass do remarkably well
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
Indians First "Cubists" (7l

Lone Star art Instructor in the
United States Indian service, claims
that "cubist' art originated with the
American Indian some 200 years ago
Among his collection Of Indian art
says American Art News, specimens
ia the common figure Of the eagle
shaped square and totally unlike an
eagle, vet Immediately impressing the
observer that it is one, which, de-
clares Lone Star is the height OF
the "Cubist' art.
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
Caught.

Mrs. peck-Johu Henry, did YOU
mail that letter?
J. Henry my dear. I-er-held
1t in my hand all the way TO the mail
box. ! din't even put it in my pocket.
l remember distinctly, because
Mrs. peck-That will do. John
Henry. I gave YOU no letter to mail
Judge
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
Helping the Editor.

Wright-It seems 10 be getting
harder work for the newspaper man
all the time
Penman-Oh, don't know about
that. see that ballbearing scissors
have been patented by an Ohio in
ventor
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
relieve FeverisEncss, Headache had Stomach
Teething Disorders. move and regulate the
Bowels and destroy worms They break up
Colds in - hours They are SO pleasant 70 tax e
children like them. Used by mothers for n
Years AL Druggists, ~. Sample FRER- Ad-
dress, A =. OlmsteJ, lie Roy, n Y. Adv.
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
New pipe Cleaner

For cleaning pipes used for con
Veying liquids there has been invented
machine that forces crushed quartz
through them, much as bottles are
washed
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

Equally Valuable as Ssas Strengthening Tonic Because Acts On the
Liver, Drives Out Malaria sachss the Blood and Bds Up t Whole System
You know what taking when
the formula printed label showing
tonic poperes Of oCNINk aud IRON Malaria
leve Weakness General Debility Appetite vsp
Nursing Mothers and Pale Sk Children Apye;is
Il" sOwn people and children Guaranteed Druggist
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
Mendino Stiff Felt.

Breaks in stiff felt frequently may
be- mended by holding under them
lighted match. the heat causing the
shellac for stiffening 10 melt and run
together.
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

Was it genuine tip Rawson gave
you on the stock marEet?"
Il guess it was 1t made me lose
my balance
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

Then you don't thnk Banks Is fond
Of his Wife2"
Not so fond as he Is OF her hus-
band
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
Stern DUTY.

Well, little boy, do you want TO buy
some CANDY"
Sure do, but gotta buy soap
Life.
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
Adventures Of a Guide.

What did that hunter shoot while
he was up here"
Me and a deer both by accident
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

Mrs WinsloV's SoothnR Syrup for Children
teething, sottens tne gums, reduces inhnmms,
tion "a lays pa H. ures wind cote 25. a bostIeA ~
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

Newfoundland has for several wears
steadily increased its agricultural pro
ducti0u
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

We earnestly commend these men
who are too busy making good TO
nurse crouch
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

Take a close look at the people you
meet every day and rejoice that you
were not born a cannibal.
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

4 lot Of so called society leaders
are never heard of until they figure
in some sort of scandal
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

II is foolish 10 become chummy
with a man who treats his dog better
than he does his wife
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

John Tyler was member Of the
Virginia legislature at 81 and a con.
gressman at IS.
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

Living up 10 our ideals isn't re
spcnsible for the high cost of living.
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15

Putnam Fadeless Dyes do not stain
the hands. ADV.
Marble Hill press., 1914-01-15
Many National Bird Reserves.

In addition TO his uonimportatIon
laws, Uncle Sam ia doing a great deal
10 protect the birds OF this country
There are now national bird reserves
in many parts OF the United States
reserves set aside so that during the
breeding season at least the song
sters, the insect eaters. the seed eat
ers and the game birds can rear their
young in peace. free from the terrors
OF the nest robber and the plume
hunter
During the past year seven new na.
tional bird reservations have been es.
tablished by the president of the
United States. There are now 63 of
these reservations, and the good that
they are doing is manifest in the in.
creased number OF birds which wear.
ly make their migratory fight. The
new reservations are as follows:
Chsmisso island, In Alaska; Pishkun,
in Montana; Desecheo island. In Porto
Rico: Gravel island. on Green bay. in
Aleutian islands. in Alas
ka; Walker lake. in Arkansas. and
Petit Bots island. in Alabama These
new reservations are important breed
Ing sites for certain species of wild
birds.
The reservation embracing the
Stands of the Aleutian chain situated
between the north Pacific ocean and
Behring sea, was set apart not only
rs breeding place for native birls,
put for the propagation Of reindeer
md fur-eearing animals and also for
he development Of the fisheriss