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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-02-26

N0RT0KS DARLING
BY WALTER JOSEPH DELANEY.

How did 1 come here?" murmured
Ralph Norton, ana turned in mis- bed
and gazed out through the window OF
a cheerless, sparsely furnished room.
Far as he could see the sluggish
river wound in and out a low marshy
stretch. Barges loaded with coal
moved lazily along. Beyond a group Of
d~ilapidated factories and shipyards
was the city. 1t recalled the last fad
ing picture presented to his conscious
ness, how long since he knew not, but
that problem was instantly solved,
1--WE found you outside, where you
had fallen into a cinder pit" spoke a
melodious voice, and Ralph turned his
glance to see, seated lear his bed, a
young girl sewing.
She was poorly, but neatly dressed
She wore few articles of adornment
l.er hair was worn without attention
to fluff or flummery, but the sweet re
pose of her face, the kindly gentle eyes
arrested the attention of the invalid
and held it riveted.
You have been there four days
unconscious" she went on you mus
not move, the doctor says, for your lef
ankle is broken"
Ralph WINGED as, moving the mem
her in question, he was promptly mad
aware that it was not in normal con
dition.
you are strangers to me-, sal,
Ralph weakly, and this is a strang
place. / recall wandering aimlessl
about the docks with my suitcase"
That is here, safe" spoke the CIR
I'VE found it by your side. You mus
have stumbled and fallen. The docto
| called was at first serious about tn
bruise on your head, but he said thi
morning that all danger had passed fo
that and you would have the broke
limb only to trouble you"
only" repeated Ralph bitterly III
der his breath, and then sheer veal
ness causeed him to close his eye
and his mind drifted hazily.
His thoughts took in a present yer
unhappy and forlorn condition. He ha
left his home after a quarrel with HI
wealthy uncle, to make his wi way
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he world. Alas! it had been a hard,
awakening experience for the disap-
pointed young man. He had found
false friends, hard knocks, was
brushed aside in his efforts to secure
work by men with a punch as well
as those with a pull" He had to
confess that he had not the training to
combat in the journalistic arena with
those who knew the ways better than
he.
He had come from home with a very
good outfit, and his d%yessiness had
helped him get several good assign
ments with a society journal. The sea-
Sol over, however, he lost his position.
No new ones offered. His money ran
out and, selling off some Of his effects
to settle his debts, he placed the rest
in a suitcase. Ralph was city-wearied
as he wandered aimlessly. He had a
vague idea Of finding some country
weekly where he could bury himself
and forget his old vain ambitions.
Near the spot where he now found
himself his mishap had overcome him,
and here he was, helpless. Apparent-
ly he was not friendles, however, for
his environment suggested that he was
under the charge Of a faithful and at,
! tractive nurse.
It was dusk when Ralph awoke
again. He observed a light In the
next room and made out his nurse and
a weakened, elish-faced old man con
versing.
81 am poor, very poor" the latter
was whining. Il cannot afford expense
Get money from him, II he has any"
mo, uncle" spoke the girl definite
ly. Il know from his rawlings while II
fever his whole story, and II is a pitt
full one. See, uncle, he himself will
surely find some way to pay the sur
geon when he is well. AS to the it'll,
he costs us, the way We live, you cal
surely spare that for the sake Of swee
charity"
Charity! charity" groaned the oil,
man, who gives me charity? No
no, l tell you ! am poor, poor! Sc
how miserably | am obliged to live
See how hard | work in the city, H
must ~pay-pay!"
"He Will. when he RECEIVERS declare
The young g'rl "Oh, uncle! would 70
drive him ont. possibly to becom
crippled fer life, because Of neglect
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-02-26
RAT KILLING IN MANILA.

Doctor Heisen says Manila, in
1900 to 1905, paid $4,000 in rat
bounties and $325,OO in other rat
catching expense, without decreasing
the number of rats.
The way they succeeded in getting
rid of bubonic plague was to catch
a few rats in each part of town, ex-
anime them for bubonic plague
rat sampling process, if you please
and then draw circles around the
places where plague-infected rats
were found. They then began rat
determination and rat %proofng at
the periphery and worked toward
the middle.
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FOR SALE-2 good incuba.
tors and 2 good breeders.
JNO. J. PRICE.
Money to Loan.

Applications received for loans
from $4,000 to 100000, on
improved and unimproved town
property and farm lands. Inter
est 80 straight. Interest pay
able annually or semi-annually.
Time: one to ten years. Appli-
cants for loans will please give
description, location and valua-
ton of property offered as secur-
.ity for loan. State improve
ments and valuation of same.
We want County representa-
tives to receive applications fol
loans, appraise property, anc
serve as our exclusive represen.
tative. Attorney or real estate
man preferred. Applicants fol
loans, and applicants for agen.
cies positively required to fur
nish at least two character re
ferences and forward postage
five 2 cent stamps, for applica
ton blanks, full particulars, ant
prompt reply. Write Southern
Office, Southeastern Mortgag.
Loan Assn, Fourth Natl Banl
Bldg, Atlanta, Ga.
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MUSICAL IMPRESSIONS.

"You don't seem fond of music
"Well," replied Senator Sorghum,
81 try not to harbor rcsentments, but
whenever | hear music | can't help
being reminded of the campaign
funds that We recently wasted il
employing a brass band"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-02-26
APPEAL OF CRACOW
BISHOP SUPPRESSED
Mgr. Sapeiha Calls for Worlds
Pity for Devastated
Poland.
From the New York Sun.


Rome, Jan. 15.-An appeal on
behalf of Poland, addressed to
all the civilized nations by Mgr.
Adam Sapeiha, Bishop of Cra-
COW and for many years private
chamberlain to the late Pope has
been s~equested by the Austrian
military authorities. Copies of
it have, however, reached the
Vatican and were published in
several Roman papers. 1t is as
follows:
1.-TWO regions of our country,
the kingdom of Poland and Gal
icia, have been for some months
the theatre or the most terrible
war. Horrible instruments of
destruction and devastation are
at work over our unhappy lands.
Villages and fields proclaim, with
the eloquence of blood, the i'm
placable ferocity Of this war.
Cities fell in ashes and ruins;
houses and farms disappeared;
the unceasing march of millions
of armed men and the untiring
war crushed the fruits Of labor
and sweat of many generations
, and Of our millenary civilization.
Bands of homeless people are
scattered over the desert among
the relics of devastation. The
spectres of hunger and illness
= not only threaten the future,
but are already inexorably felt
by many families without a roof,
without means and without the
necessary resources of life. De-
\ vastation presses over a terri
! tory four times as large as Bel
y GUM, which shares our unhappi-
{ ness. No word can describe this
appalling catastrophe.
eff fate decreed that we should
fall victims of this terrible strug-
gle, humanity demands that at
+ least the effects of such a great
calamity should be lessened lest
Poland should become one mute
,e desert in the midst of the world,
X and thousands and millions of
- unarmed people should be allow
4 ed to die.
1--WE do not hesitate therefore
to appeal today to the Christian
and humanitarian sentiments of
,s the entire world in the name of
~ the brotherhood of people which
~ we hope, will survive such a
- great calamity, We turn to ev-
=, erybody and ask for help, since
:, alone we are powerless to heal
|; the wounds of such an unhearo
70 of catastrophe and we appeal tC
our fellow c%ountrymen and to the
people of every nation who have
O. a heart.
"Our ancient Cracow during
a. this war was twice near destruc.
or ton, but God saved the city, Sc
I'd that as in the past centuries il
n should remain the bleeding hear.
te of devastated and burnt Poland
or Cracow protects Poland anC
~ speaks on behalf of those whit
r. are silent, and from Cracow tn,
e. voice Of prayer is lifted to b.
re. heard by all, far and near, VIII,
a. can stretch out a helping han,
nd from pity"
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ACCOUNTED FOR.

"How did the hunters manage to
thread their way through the
jungle?"
81 guess they used needle guns"
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A DIFFICULT CASE.

Maud-Have YOU given Jack any
opportunities to propose!
Betty-Yes hut ! couldn't tell
him they were opportunities.
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Memories Of Vanished Happiness.

Memories Of Vanished Happiness.
Long, l~ingeringly, languishingly, he
looked at the photograph in his hand
Tears gathered in his handsome
eyes like crowds about a %scoreboard.
us 1t too late? Is there no hope
for me?" he questioned himself as he
looked at the likeness with longing
languor, "Have / waited too long?"
The lovely face In the photograph
gazed back at him.
Greedily he drank in the trusting
expression.
Il did not appreciate you while !
had youl" he cried 10 II. "Oh, is there
yet time? Ia there yet timer"
With the picture still in his hand, be
staggered to the mirror.
There was no doubt Of II. The large
bald spot in the center Of his head
was still spreading.
"Oh, why did | not take care Of II
while | had ~" he moaned, and again
his eyes fell ~yearningly on the picture
OF himself taken seven years before
Detroit Free Press.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-02-26

If you want good layers for
next fall and winter, now is the
time to place your egg order with
me for a few sittings from my
guaranteed to lay) Single Comb
Buff Leghorns. Price $3.50 per
Is eggs.
VINCE E. OWEN.
2-19-2 mo.
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THE DIFFICULTY.

"My friend, always be open with
your wife"
GLOW can | be when she is always
shutting me up?"
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ON THE CONTRARY.

'They don't take Wall street
lambs with mint, do they?"
'Take 'em? They grab 'em, if
it's a mint of money"
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QUEER ARRANGEMENT.

"Charge this telegram, please"
"Have to pay cash, sir"
'Why thought all telegraph mes
sages went on tick"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-02-26
TOO MUCH OF ONE.

He-You do not seem to be so
anxious for a flat now
She-How can | be? Didn't |
marry you2
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-02-26
THE HANDICAP.

"Have you asked Julia's father
for her"
mot yet, You see, the old man
has such forbidding manners"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-02-26

For Sale; Two new upright pi-
amos. viii sell for less than half
price if taken in the next 10
days. Apply to Miss Elizabeth
Graves. Phone $40.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-02-26
HIS TRADE.

81 know a man who always gives
cut rates for his work"
"What kind of work does he do?'
"He's a hedge trimmer"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-02-26

White Wyandotts, White Rock
Cockerals, and decoy ducks for
sale. We have the finest breeds.
Let US fill your orders. Phone
1926.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-02-26
QUITE DISTANT,

"What distant manners your
guest has
"Well, you see, she came from
Canada"
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For Sale.

FOR SALE OR RENT-A four
room cottage on 23rd street. In
quire at Morath's store, or call
phone 331.
2-16-1wk.
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JOHN /. ASHURST.
For Sale.

FOR L X-Ray Incuba-
tor, used three times. Phone
753. 2-18-1wk
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Advertise in the Intelligencer.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-02-26
For Sale.

FOR square
piano, mucic box, Regina /"
good gas range, cabinet style
nice hall mirror with hooks par
lor settee, brocade upholstered.
See Miss S. S. Gordon, Phone
.381, 1905 Franklin Ave.
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2-19-2 mo.

FOR ~RENT-After March LIST,
second floor of four rooms for
light housekeeping. Phone 991.
c.. j. CHILDS
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For Sale.

5 young sows with pigs, and 2
males, half Poland and half
Hampshire, all cholera immune.
1t is said these hogs will weigh
500 lbs. as yearlings.
R..
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Boarders and Roomers wanted
in a modern home. 1914 Main
st. Phone 141.
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SPECIAL.
FOR RENT-The west side of
Rour Flats after February LIST.

FOR RENT-After March "a,
a five room house with bath,
thoroughly modern in every
way. ~ block east of court
house. Call phone 429.
1-30-tf
The Washington herald., 1915-08-01
London Fog to Be Mined Against
Attacks by German Air Raiders

entirety. The balloons will be held by
fine but strong wire, weighing but four
pounds to the mile. and having tensile
strength Of 120 pounds. The wires will
be controlled by windlasses. The raiding
airships. sighted by a lookout. will be
permitted to come almost within range
Of the hydrogen balloons. Then. when
too late for the Zeppelins to turn back.
scores and hundreds of the bomb carry
ing balloons will be released. AS the
Zeppelins are 900 feet long. they would
have hard time in escaping one or more
of the bombs.
Each bomb is surrounded by ring OF
hair triggers. and the slightest touch will
cause an explosion which would I'M
doubtedly ignite the gas in the Zeppelin.
The hydrogen balloons carry a number
of hooks to be ensnared in the silken
hide Of the raider. thus ensuring that the
hair triggers on the bombs come in con-
tact with the gas bag.
An extension Of the Steinmetz plan
contemplates a fleet of aeroplanes also
carrying several Of the bombs suspended
on a long wire. 1t would be the object
Of the aeroplanes to get above the Yep
pelins and drag the lines with the bombs
directly across the huge bags.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-01
British LOSSES GREATER Than
in ANY PREVIOUS PERIOD

CTATIST1CS having been made public
by the British government covering
the losses during the first ten months
Of the war. 1t is now possible to compare
the death and wounded rate Of the pres
ent titanic tussle with former wars OF
which accurate figures are possible
Up to the end Of the May. the British.
French and Mediterranean expediuonary
forces had lost, in killed. wounded and
missing. 1886 officers and 247,114 non
commissioned officers and men. The killed
numbered 1927 officers and 47.015 men.
In no previous war of which records are
available has there been so great loss
of life in a similar period Of time.
The British losses were 2,755 killed and
1904 wounded during the whole OF the
Crimean campaign. The Turks. French
and Sardinians (allies of the BRITISH. lost
$3.50 killed and 39,SSs wounded. In the
Franco-German war Of 1901 the Ger
mans lost 1870 killed and S,1s9 wounded
in the period from July to April The
Russians lost 32.7S0 killed and 71.26S
wounded in the Russo Turkish war Of 1877.
The British losses In the South African
war were $3.50 killed and e, 2s6 wounded.
Because Of the absence Of authoritative
figures on the number Of men engaged
in the British expeditionary forces, 1t Is
impossible to figure the percentage killed
or wounded. AZ waterloo the British
The Washington herald., 1915-08-01

killed in action amounted to ASS per cent
of the troops engaged; the wounded were
1925 and the missing PIG per cent In
the Crimea their losses were Isl per
cent killed and 1875 per cent wounded. In
the Franco-German war the German troops
lost 1.97 per cent killed and 1888 per cent
by wounds. In the South African war
Britain lost 1.25 per cent Of the force In
battle and 246 per cent by disease.
Considering the enormous number OF
men engaged. the increasing deadliness Of
modern artillery and the incessant and
hand-tohand fighting, the percentage OF
men killed to those wounded is not as
great as might be expected. Only in the
Russo-Turkish war was the percentage
larger Of the great conflicts Of which
accurate information Is at hand
The ratio of killed to wounded in tho
British armies IN this war has been ore
killed to 425 wounded and missing, or
235 per cent In the Cr!mes the ratio OF
killed to the number wounded and missing
was as one to "A. or e2.7 per cent; In
the Franco-German war of 1870 IL was as
one to $40. or 1888 per cent: in the Rus
so-Turkish war 1t was as one to eli. or
1888 per cent; in South Africa 1: was as
one to i've, or 20 per cent. The proper
ton Of killed to wounded has therefore so
far been similar to, but slightly In excess
Of British exoerisnoes in the Crimea and
South Aff3eA-
The Washington herald., 1915-08-01
Submarine Indicator, POISON
GAS Dispenser and TRENCH
Protector Invented by Maxims

THE Maxim brothers, inventors OF
various guns and explosives named
after them, are busy with the prob
lens of thu present war and are about
10 give to their respective governments
the fruits of their latest experiments.
Sir Hiram .Iaxim, now a resident OF Eng
land, is working on two devices to pro-
tect the British soldiers on the CONT
nent. One is device to disperse the
fumes of poisonous gas used by the Ger
mans. the other is a trench protection
against bayonet attack.
The other brother, who remains loyal
to the United States, is bending his
genius toward the improvement Of the
submarine. He is developing a position
indicator for submarines which he be-
lieves to be at once cheaper and much
more accurate than the present design.
This implement will enable submarine
to find her own position under water and
will do away with the dangerous neces-
sity of coming to the surface for that
purpose. He is also experimenting with
an improved periscope, but he has not
progressed sufficiently to make public
his ideas
There are position indicators OF an
English design in use in all the navies
of the world" says Mr.. Maxim. Their
work however. is crude: there was an in
stance at the beginning of the war where
a German submarine, caught in bay
by British flotilla. was unable to find
the way out of the harbor without rising
70 the surface. AS soon as she appeared
above the water she was attacked and
destroyed. MY device would enable
submarine commander so caught to, To-
cate the mouth of the bay with accuracy
and slip out under his enemies. The de-
vice. also, costs only 81 900 to install in
a submarine, whereas the position indi-
Gator at present in use costs $4,000. 1t
could. of course, be used on any ship as
we'll as on a submarine"
Sir Hiram Maxim says that the poison
Gus fumes are chlorine gas Chlorine
gas" he says, when in pure state at one
atmospheric pressure weighs two and
one-half times as much as air. In escap-
ing from high pressure to atmospheric
pressure the chlorine necessarily rises.
mixed with a lot OF air, and by the time
II is twenty feet away from the dis
charge pipe the ratio is five volumes of
air to one Of chlorine.
THE specific gravity is corresponding
" reduced, and by the time the fumes
reach our trenches there is one hundred
times as much air as gas. We know that
to be approximately true, because II q
soldier breathed q chlorine mixture OF
one in twenty he would not live more
than few minutes. Scientific men have
tried to neutralise the effects Of the gas
By resptratoes. but you might tust - vel
The Washington herald., 1915-08-01
SubmarineAutO,
Lakes New Idea

A n improved submersible which he Is
"A confident will revolutionize even
the comparatively new science OF
undersea fighting is being worked out o9
Simon Lake, inventor of the even-keei
submarine Lakes new invention Is
nothing more nor less than submarine
auto, a submersible craft that will run
for many miles on the seas bottom 10
prevent pounding by ground swells, the
wheels are suspended on swinging arms
with a cushioning cylinder.
One hundred of these craft on the At
lantic coast, fifty on the Pacific and fifty
to guard our colonies and to undertake
aggressive warfare in the enemy's own
country would be sufficient, believes the
inventor, to render the United States I'M
pregnable from attack. 1t is Lakes idea
that we must put our navy under water
before an invader does 1t with shot and
shell.
The submarine auto would be equipped
with diving bell. kept free OF water by
compressed air, as are caissons used in
constructing the foundations OF bridges
and high buildings. From out the bell.
divers would operate to lay mines direct
ly under the vessels of q hostile feet.
An auxiliary system Of undersea sup
ply stations is also contemplated in
Lakes new system of national defense.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-01

A American with German name
"a is the designer of a system of de-
Tense against Zeppelin attack
which is being tried out in both LONDON
and Paris Literally, Joseph A. stem
metz. of Philadelphia, would mine the
air against the monster dirigibles.
When the war broke out and the men
ace of the Zeppelin first doomed, British
officials coldly rejected Mr.. Steinmetz
plans to mine the London fog against
Zeppelins, but with few raids on Paris
and English coast cities, the Britishers
hastily sent for the plans and now are
said to be ready to give them trial in
case of another Zeppelin invasion.
Small hydrogen balloons carrying high
explosive bombs will fly from every build
ing of importance in London and Paris.
II the Steinmetz plan is adopted in its
The Washington herald., 1915-08-01

think Of filtering alcohol out Of water
with a piece of wire gauze as try to sepa-
rate chlorine from the atmosphere by
such a device
Sir Hiram called these gauze things
"asperators"-short for "eXasperators.
That sums up his estimate OF their
utility.
1t is not permissible to give away Sir
Hiram's secret, but it is said that the in
yention will force the poisonous fumes
over the heads of men in the trenches.
Another device l am engaged on re-
lates to the defense of our trenches
against the bayonet. 1t is upon wholly
new principle, but l am not at liberty TO
describe it. In fact" Sir Hiram con-
tinued, Il have my pocket full OF new IN
ventions At the age of seventy-hve my
day is one of seventeen hours and want
to give that time to serving the country.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-01
Zeppelin Engines

IT. HE attest Zeppelins are said to be
equipped with three six-cylinder
Diesel engines, with a combined
horsepower Of $50. The speed Of these
air monsters is normally fifty miles an
hour, but sixty can be attained under
favorable weather conditions. In case
one of the three engines should be dis
abled, the remaining two have been
proven to be sufficient to make Roadway
against a twenty-seven-mile wind, which
means that under normal conditions IS
to 40 miles could be made.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-01

The Dutch government is considering
the possibility of entrusting the mail
service to torpedo boats. Holland has
seven nrst-class torpedo boats. which can
develop q speed OF twsnty-thrss knots A
hour.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-01

When a 12-inch shell strikes the water
it throws up a splash" higher than a
battleship's mast. This splash" weighs
about 1000 tons. this leaving small
ship very little chance Of escaping wreck
age.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-01

Every Dutch citizen is liable to per-
sonal service in the army Cor navy from
the age Of nineteen to forty. Actual
service in the ranks is determined BY
lot, but substitution is not permitted.