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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11
A THOROUGH TEST

One to Convince the Most Skep-
tical Lexington Reader.
The test of time is the test
that counts.
Doan's Kidney Pills have made
their reputation by effective ac-
ton.
The following case is typical.
Lexington residents should be
convinced.
The testimony is confirmed
the proof complete.
Testimony like this cannot be
ignored.
c. S. Mitchell, farmer, Licking
ton, says: my kidneys troub-
led me and my bladder gave me
annoyance. One of our best ply
sicians didn't help me. AT times
| found it hard to control the
kidney secretions. Nothing ben
Gifted me until l got Doan's Kid
ney Pills at Crenshaw & Young's
Drug Store. They strengthen
ed my kidneys in a short time"
Over five years later, Mr.. Nit
chell said: II haven't had any
attacks of kidney or bladder
trouble since l used Doan's Kid.
ney Pills"
Price so cents at all dealers
Don't simply ask for a kidney
remedy = get Doan's Kidney
Pills-the same that Mr.. Nit
chell had. Foster-Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11
The Worlds Debt To italy.

At the Brooklyn institute the
other day observed the
650th anniversary of Dante AL
.ighieri, the greatest of Italian
poets. Dante was the father of
modern literature and the great
est poet since Homer and Vergil
with the one exception of Shake
speare.
The exact date of Dante's birth
is not known, but the year is
definitely fixed as 1865, his per-
iod being 1265-1221. With the
name of Dante always will be
associated that of Beatrice. The
immortal story of the love
breathed forth by the poet will
always be the model Of lovers
of literature and of lovers.
The celebration of the Dante
anniversary and the entrance of
Italy into the war call attention
of the world to the debt the
world owes Italy for producing
extraordinary men of genius in
all fields Of human endeavor.
The greatest soldier of ancient
times was Caesar, the Roman.
Excepting Homer, the greatest
ancient poet was Vergil, the
Italian. The greatest soldier of
all time was Napoleon Bona
parte, the C~orsican. The great
est of painters, perhaps, was
Raphael Sanzio. The greatest of
~sculptors was Michelangelo. The
greatest navigator and discover
er was Christopher Columbus,
the Genoese. The greatest as
tronomer was Calico. In the
world Of music, few have ap-
rroached the grandeur of Verdi.
The most holy and learned men
the Christian era has known
have been the Italian popes.
From the days of the Tarquins,
the light of genius has never
been extinguished from the
Seven Hills.
Who shall say that today the
long looked for second Napoleon
is not among the advancing leg
ions of King Victor Emmanuel?
-Knickerbocker Press.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11

Miss Georgia Dintaman went
to Kansas City Wednesday for
a visit. Her mother, Mrs. Len
Dintaman, will accompany her
home for an extended visit.
Mrs. Fred Helsby went to Kan
sas City Wednesday to spend
the day.
Misses Della, Maud and Sallie
Bates went to Kansas City We'd
nesday for a few days visit.
Misses Katherine and Teresa
Wilson went to Kansas City
Wednesday to spend the day.
Miss Anna Hoffman returned
to her home in Kansas City
Tuesday evening after a visit
here with relatives.
Miss Bonnie Day went to In
dependence Wednesday for g
visit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11

Mrs. John Sturgis and son,
and Miss Bert Gates went
to Kansas City Tuesday for
a few days visit.
Mrs. B. M. Kline went to Oak
Grove Tuesday for q visit.
D. T. Bogie went to Nevada,
Mo-, Tuesday on business.
DR.. j. L. Peak left Tuesday
for Jefferson City to attend
a meeting of the State Dental
Association.
Mrs. l. E. Keller and little son,
Alton, went to Springfield, Mo-,
Tuesday morning for a visit with
relatives.
Mrs. Earl Mawyer returned to
her home in Kansas City
Tuesday after a visit here with
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Wright.
Mrs. Alexander Graves and
Miss v. ]. Aull went to Kansas
City Tuesday to spend the
day.
Mrs. Thomas Hare and Thomas
Corners of Excelsior Springs.
and Miss Julia Corners left
Tuesday for Waureka, Okla,
after a visit here with relatives.
Capt. Ryland Todhunter went
to Morgan County Tuesday
on business.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11
AT H zoo.

"Why, there's nothing but bees
here"
"What did you expect to fnd?"
"Well, when l asked to be d.
rected to the apiary l certainly
thought l was going to the place
where they kept the apes"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11
How Americans Saved Starving
Belgium.

How Americans Saved Starving
Belgium.
Most persons on reading that
the American Commission for
the Relief of Belgium had raised
$50, 900, 900 and had managed to
feed not only 1000, 10000 sufferers
there, but more than two mil
lions in France, where the Ger
mans are in occupation, have as
sumed that all this money had
come from the United States.
This is an error, but it is a fact
that it has been raised by the
American Commission under
circumstances which have no
parallel in history and which
show that brains count for more
than money in a crisis.
At the start the Commission
was almost helpless. It's activi-
ties were confined to securing
provisions and distributing them
as carefully as possible whenever
they could reach the destitute,
but this was soon seen to be a
mere makeshift which could not
last long. What the Commits
mission did was to organize the
finances and the industry of Bel
GUM, to erect a great banking
and commercial trading institu-
ton whereby money and credit
were exchanged for provisions.
Gold disappeared, but there was
an abundance of paper money.
The Commission made all who
had the money pay for food, and
when money was gone accepted
credit slips, Then they manag-
ed to get Germany to agree to
let the Commission collect for
eign debts to Belgiums in gold
and pay the creditors in the pa
per money. Eventually this ex-
tended much further, so that
Belgian industry has to some ex-
tent revived and no one is star
wing.
Here we have an instance of
foresight and organized intelli-
gence which is unknown in war
history. 1t was American or
ganizing and executive capacity
which accomplished this. Amer
leans have contributed largely OF
money and provisions, but less
than S10,000.000 in all, al
though this has been enough tt
keep the system working, for the
Commission has bought provis.
ions and sold them at lower thar
London prices, while the PEG.
pie have been kept alive.
In all the long history of be
nevolent achievement we think
this is the most notable. Il
must be remembered that the
American Commission in Lon.
don consisted of many eminent
business men who applied the
same principles to relief thai
they had done to commercial
transactions. When the war il
ended and the whole Belgium re
lief story is told it will be one o.
the brightest chapters in tn,
conflict and one in which ever.
American can take pride.-Phi
aI.I.L.o T-ao
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11
ALWAYS THE SAME.

"She was all the rage when he
married her"
Sand she has lost no chance to
storm at him ever since. Judge.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11
HAsTY NEWS.

Redd-Do you believe in dreamsl
Greene-Some dreams.
"Well, you know to dream of a fire
means hasty news"
$50 I've heard"
swell, last night l dreamed of a
fire, and this morning l read in the
paper that my brother had been fined
for speeding"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11
THEIR MOTIVE POWER.

"S%pankers on boats are not man.
aged mechanically, are they?"
"No, sir. Spankers are mostly
used by hand power, sir"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11
DwARFlNe

"She goes regularly through her
husbands pockets"
Doesn't a woman make herself
small to do that"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11

So long, William, we have al
ways thought you were out of
place. The Chautauqua plat
form, where you shine so bril-
liantly, is waiting thee.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11

H. c. Wallace spent Sunday in
Kansas City.
Misses Mable Martin and Helen
Kopley of independence spent
Sunday here with friends.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11

Bryan to tell the people,
Headline.
Sure, that's where William
made good.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11
rHE LEA.

a see Mrs, Petty wheeling her
baby out in a perambulator."
eyes. Out for a little son and
heir"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-06-11
Special Prices
BULLETIN NO. 2
9x12 RUGS

We have too many 9xl2 Rugs. We want to convert
them into cash.
WHO WANT ONE? E R THEY GO.
Tap Rugs worth $500 and $1,000, for SITS
Tap Rugs worth $1,000 and $1,000, for $3.50
Fiber Rugs worth $500, for $500
Velvet Rugs worth $13.25, for $11.95
Administer Rugs worth $1,000, $500 and $27, for $3.50
Administer Rugs, sizes 27x52 and 27x63, worth $3.50,
$500 and $3.50, for S1.s9
Administer Rugs, sizes 86x72, worth 1915, for $S25
"A Carpets worth 2c, ACC, 60c & 75c, for 21c, S5c, 44c & SEC
"A Fiber Mating worth 40c & SOC, for 33c & S6c
"A Rag Carpet worth 35c, for 29c
SPECIAL PRICES on 11-3x12 Rugs and "a Linoleums.
Don't buy until you see our stock, if you want to live
long and be happy.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02
MODEL OF a RADIOLARlAN
a MARINE PROTOZOON

lowed, and for the enormous size of this
mouth. which opens like an elastic cav
ern and is provided with large hinged
and hooked teeth that fold back against
the jaws to allow easy entrance of the
| prey and then swing forward. once the
| prey is inside. to bar escape. Most ex-
! traordinary of all is a phosphorescent
| bulb in the roof of the mouth that shines
brilliantly when this wonder fish spreads
its jaws, and that serves to attract VIC
tins.
Opals of the Sea.
Among priced captures of the trawl
nets are many beautifully formed and
gorgeously colored little creatures that
might properly be called opals of the
sea. but really come under the homely
classification of sea worms. Some swim
| IN the ocean, some live on the rocks in
side of straight or crooked tubes which
they make out of sand or lime, some
hitch themselves fast to the shells of
other animals. the sharp spikes ,of sea
urchins or the branches of corals. Some
of them are ten or fifteen feet long and
10 wider than two fingers and no thick
err than one. extremely brittle creatures,
easily dividing into fragments that so
on living as separate worms.
Each haul of the nets brings up some
deep sea wonder. II may be the hideous
viper fish with teeth so long that they
fold outside of his mouth like the tusks
Of a wild boar: or the snipe eel. with a
bill like its nameeake and a body like a
length Of whipcord: or the queer peli-
can fish. that will swallow a fish much
larger than itself and somehow digest It;
or a dead ribbon, fish with Its almost
transparent body. twenty feet long and a
loot wide and half an inch thick: or q
great red jellyfsh full Of poisonous darts
cooled up in its body and ready to shoot
out their venom against any touch. In
New England and Arctic waters some of
these jellyfisn grow to enormous size.
their bodies measuring six or eight feet
across and their pendent streamers
reaching down seventy feet or more. I
may mention also the giant squid or cut
fetish. thirty feet long. a whitish-colored
beast that is always found dead. the
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

the force Of gases released from their
bodies as they go up: And how do they
alter their specific gravity so as to ascend
for a mile or two at will and then de-
scend for mile or two. it being noted
that they have no air bladders?
LIEht-BenrinE Fishes.
Among the stranGest of these ascend
ing night feeders are the lantern fish.
this. that their bodies are dotted over
with electric lights. certain round phos-
phorescent spots arranged in rows along
the sides that glow brilliantly. just as
firefies glow. especially a large spot on
the end of their noses that shines like a
searchlight. So these queer fish move
through the water. ascending and de-
scending. small submarines, all ablaze.
these phosphorescent lights which flare
up suddenly against a deep sea enemy
and frighten him away. or which lure
the prey at higher levels as a candle
lures the moth.
The potency of light in attracting wan
derers of the deep is seen in the equip
r1ent of the lure fish. grotesque crca-
ture with a huge mouth that hides its
black body in the mud and waits pa
tiently for victims, dangling before them
a phosphorescent bulb that shines at the
end of long filament-a self-grown and
self-baited fishing rod curving forward
from the animals head and hanging
temptingly before its hungry jaws. ready
to snap open at the approach Of a curious
visitor. These lure fish are found at the
depth Of three miles or more.
Perhaps natures most fantastic crea-
tion among fish that tempt their prey
by means Of phosphorescent light is the
wonder fish, with its snare mouth
Pagidostomus-a brand
new discovery brought up by the Alba
tross during her Philippine cruises from
q depth Of nearly a mile of the island
Of Celebes. The Thaumatichthys Pagi-
dostomus (oceanographers spend hours
naming these creatures) is remarkable
f6r its somber jugliness. for its two tiny
eyes so near the corners OF its mouth
that they seem in danger Of being swal.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

on excellently. perhaps by feeling. in
dark or muddy waters where eyesight
can little serve them. 1t is certain that
the depths of the ocean, all below an
upper mile or SO. are wrapped in abso-
Lutte darkness. No ray of light from the
sun ever penetrates there. Everywhere
is utter blackness. so that Photographic
plates may be exposed for hours and
not be affected.
The fish brought up from this abyss
are small in size and black in color or
red in color, red being actinically the
equivalent of black. And many of these
bottom of the ocean fish are blind. One
might imagine that all of them would be
blind in a region of perpetual night, but
such is not the case; some fish in these
great depths have eyes. and use them
most effectively, as will presently appear.
There has been discussion as to how
the blind fish get their food. and 1t has
been suggested that they may live on
the mud at the ocean bottom. which. to
a depth Of three or four miles. is rich in
organic matter that Sits down cease
lessly from the areas above. Various
bottom dwelling sea urchins and star
fish live on this nutritive mud. and blind
fish may live in the same way.
Experiments by Prof. Agassiz on the
Albatross, and by other oceanographers
have clearly demonstrated that various
species of deep-dwellins fish practice an
up and down migration from the lowest
depths, where they pass the day. mile
or two beneath the surface. to higher
levels Of the ocean. to which levels
they rise at night. This seems to be
their regular scheme of existence, up at
night. down in the daytime. Some OF
these deep dwellers. when darkness falls,
ascend almost to the ocean surface and
then. having accomplished their purpose
descend again.
What is their purpose? 1t is the SIM
pie and natural one Of getting food Tor
themselves. food being more ABUNDANT
in the upper levels than in the depths.
And they come up at night because many
of the fierce top-dwelling fish. swift dart
ing mackerel, for instance. are unable
to see at night, which leaves the slow
and puny depth jewellers free to feed on
small shrimps, crustaceans. fish larvae.
etc, that float abundantly at and near
the surface, whereas in daylight they
would be devoured by their
powerful enemies. These upward mi
orators from the depths have enormous
ewes, which, doubtless. enable them to
see perfectly in the moon and star light.
difrused through the upper levels. that
must seem to them brilliantly illuminated
after the utter darkness below. 1
1t may be mentioned that the method
by which these deep sea nsh accomplish
their nightly vertical migration is very
much Of a mystery. as there is differ
ence between tho near surface water
pressure and that at three-mile depth
of several tons to the square inch. How
do these weak, frail creatures accommo-
date themselves to this enormous pres
sure below and then to the release Of
this pressure above? What saves them
from the double peril Of being crushed
a they 60 down or blown to pieces byl
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02

~ HERE IS no more lelrlaI hdpie 1871
ing in the world than that done
by the United States steamer AL
batross, a glistening white craft
Of less than a thousand tons. manned by
a force of bluejack-ts and presided over
by oceanographers and biologists from
various museums and universities. who
face perils and discomforts in many seas
in pursuit of strange creatures Of the
deep.
The AIbatross fishes with a line three
miles long. often four miles long. some
times six miles long or over. a line Of
slender cable, but wonderfully strong.
rolled off deck winch by a sputtering
steam engine, that will bring up from
of sponges. crinoids, jelly fish. sea
urchins. giant crabs. long white worms
that break in two II you touch them
phosphorescent trees Geally animals),
sea cucumbers with hideous heads, star
fish. devil fish. pehcan fish, lantern fish.
sharks teeth. whales ear bones, sea
COWS ribs, and scores Of other extraor-
binary things.
The Albatross follows no beaten paths
of commerce. She goes where other YES
sells rarely 60 She explores forgotten
corners OF the seven seas, drops her
great nets by day and by night. takes
hundreds of soundings in uncharted
waters and. after a cruise of months,
brings home her trophies for final safe
keeping in jars filled with alcohol and
labeled with Greek and Latin names.
This sort Of work she has been doing for
thirty-odd years. ever since George w.
Baird designed her engines for the United
States fisheries service in 1857 1t is
worthy of note that the AIbatross was
The first steel steamer built in America
An Interesting Scientist.
For details of work done aboard the
Albatross and of strange creatures
brought up by her from the depths Of
the ocean. 1 am indebted TO DR.. Austin
H. Clark, Of the Washington National
Museum. who was the scientist IN charge
of this interesting vessel during one OF
her recent cruises in the Pacific From
the Behring Sea to the waters east Of
Korea they =igzagged back and forth |
during many months. making hundreds |
of hauls and soundinss and bringing up |
deep sea specimens that will keep men
busy for months sorting them and class,-
flying them.
When you talk with an oceanographer
like DR.. Clark. a man Of broad vision
and extensive knowledge, you realize
that his speciality is the converging point
of many sciences. paleontology. geology.
zoology. botany. chemistry. and physics. |
He will explain to you how life first |
originated in the shallow waters of the |
seashore, spreading hence out over the |
surface of the sea and down into its
depths. into the fresh waters and out
over the land. He will point out the
great desirability OF a fuller knowledge
of the ocean with its immense food sup
ply and its wealth of material products,
at present largely neglected through ig-
torrance of their Importance to humanity.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02
The EyesiEht of Fishes,

As to the range of vision in fishes,
little is definitely known. except that
some species. like sharks. have very
keen eyesight. while others seem to get
The Washington herald., 1915-05-02
tCypyrtght, iN3.)

.HERE is no more remarkable fish,
ing in the world than that done
by the United States steamer AL
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
Bartenders

ID. X. Murrin OF the Toledo, Ohio local
was laid to rest at Mount Olivet Thurs
day morning. Brother Murrin had been
a resident OF Denver for the past siN
months He leaves widow and host
OF friends. The bar boys extend their
thanks to Harry Parker. VIII and AL
Smith for their kindness in furnishing
their autos.
Brothers Brown and Schlesinger are
getting along very nicely at the County
Ospital, but few more visitors from
Local No. S would do the boys no harm
The machine man of The Bulletin
made small blmder last week. 1t
should have read fried and not tough
Your apology is accepted.
Now, boys. don't fail to get the Labor
Day issue OF The Bulletin a. YOU will
find inserted therein a picture OF ten
OF the most handsome bartenders your
little eye ever focused-that !, If YOU
bar eleven of them But at that it is
not such bum picture as you would
think. The photographer sure took a
long chance with his machine.
Everyone should attend the meeting
tomorrow night. as there will he bust
ness OF Importance. And there will be
the Labor Day parade to discuss. Be
sure and come.
Bill McNair is off OF the chicken par
ties, but at that We are not surprised,
as Willie is a very bum chicken picker
Try duck the next time. Bill
Carl LomaX does not believe in giving
six for two. even ii some OF them are
sour. II you do not believe this. ask
the outside guard of The Bulletin. as
he has had experience with Carlos.
Here is the name OF Fred Vessel. He
wants it in large type. All right. Fritz.
Little Willie Riley failed TO get up
with the sun Thursday. so every one will
have to forgive him this time Get an
alarm clock, Willie.
Henry Berger says he does not need
baby buggy now. as he has bought n
nice black cat. Lucky Heinrich
o. Gee! Did you hear Joe Firner
belch? And over just little thing at
that. Rusty was three minutes late
one day. Hold your temper Joseph.
Well, the picture shows were open
Sunday; also the drug stores. So it
seems to the bar boys that the so-caIled
reform wave has about blowed up. We
wonder why? But at that we can guess.
Denny Kavanaugh and Frank Thomas
are going to start a kennel after jan
uary |, providing they can get supply
of Irish terriers, and we think they
can as there have been several canned
the past month. Good luck. bows.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-14
Painters

The rstrangement that has existed be-
tween the Denver Building Trades Com-
ell and Painters Union No. 70 Tor
nearly year. has been satisfactorily
adjusted and delegates from No. ~ are
again holding down seats and yoicing
their opinion in the weekly meetings OF
the Council \ visit to Denver 0f Vice
President Clark OF the international
Brotherhood OF Painters and Decorators
was largely :nstrtnental IA bringing his
about At a meeting OF the Painters
Union held Thursday night OF last week
il was decided by a large majority vote
to apply for reaffiliatioh. Friday nights
meeting of the Council voted unanimous
ly to receive the delegates. who are H..
NJ. Mum, Henry Lavoe. Sam :. Forrest,
c. w Eastman. Frank Robinson and Os-
car LayOe.