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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23
Lauahs eetter than Medicine.


Physicians have discovered that a
good laugh is one Of the best panaceas
extant for the various ills Of man.
kind. They recommend 1t as a substi.
tute for medicine. It is good for n
kind Of ailment. from chronic dyspep.
sia to chilblains, from softening of the
brain to hardening Of the arteries.
Germs scatter the majority Of dis
eases, but lack Of mental relaxation
is now found to be responsible for
some OF our best patronized ills. The
man with a sense Of humor is better
fortified against poor health than the
man with a pestiferous crouch. A
countenance wTeathed in smiles is
symbolic Of proper heart action, good
circulation and normal respiration.
While generally speaking It improves
ones health to laugh, 1t might not
improve ones health to laugh at the
man who slips on a banana peel and
is severely bumped in his dignity, or
at the man who madly pursues his hat
that Is caught In the teeth of a frisky
breeze and spins down the middle of
the street, or at the man whom the
playful Riddles have just soaked with
a SNOWFALL. These are not subjects
for laughter as provided for in the
health movement. Be discreet about
what you laugh, but laugh whenever
possible.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23

Ike Gratz accompanied by ].
C. Grady, left Monday even
ing in his car for Moberly, No.
to attend the annual meeting Of
the Missouri State Elks Associa-
ton. On account of the heavy
rain Mr.. Grtaz went only as far
as Boonville and returned.
Mrs, P. L. Tapp and two
daughters are visiting at the
home of DR.. W. R. Eckle.
Leo Shinn went to Kansas City
Monday for a visit.
V. j. c. Bour left Monday
for a visit in Rock Island
ILL.,, and Dayton, Ohio.
H. C, Rogers went to Waverly
Monday to spend the day on
business.
Mrs. Oscar Hugg returned to
her home in Higginsville Monday
morning after a visit here with
Mrs. Ella Thompson.
Miss Vivion Blosser, who has
been visiting Miss Martha Legg,
near this city, left Monday for
her home in Norway, Kansas.
Mrs. G.. A. Kull and Mrs. Anna
Brown went to Warsaw, Mo-,
Monday to attend the funeral of
G, A. Gasnay.
Miss Florence Berrie went to
Kansas City Monday for a
visit.
City Engineer Charles Swift
went to Higginsville Monday
morning to spend the day on
business.
E. T. Stier spent Sunday in
Kansas City.
Otto Long spent Sunday in
HigginsvilIe.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23
More Mercenarv.

"The American man is the most sen.
timental in the world"
The speaker was an actress who
forsook the stage to become an In.
terror decorator Of the palaces Of New
York milllonaires.
The American man." she continued.
"is so sentimental that he always mar.
ries for love. His heart is like that
which the poet sang OF, "A casket that
can only be opened by love-"
what about the American girls? ?"
a broker asked.
"oh, to cover the American girls
case she replied, with a mi~schlevous
smile the poet would have to change
his line to The heart is a casket
which love alone unlocks, but money
makes a good skeleton key, which
often produces the same result. -"
st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23
THE BAGMAN
BY GEORGE ELMER COBB.

ITS early yet-can't l stay out till
dark"
DO you want me to send for the
bagman?"
That query was the terror Of all
Juvenile Acton, and it invariably
brought results. Kidnapers and gyp-
sizes had no such power to alright as
the bagman." He was a familiar in
stitution Of the little isolated village,
harmless, even gentle. but his SIMS
ter-seeming one eye, his gruR creak-
ing voice, above all the receptacle he
carried were too much for the excited
imagination Of youthful Acton.
That bag that gave the old-clothes
bargainer his nickname vas to fear
filled iuvenility a bugbear, a thing Of
majesty and mystery. What tales they
wove about it; what gruesome stories
of the lonesome hut where he carried
1t nights! 1t was filed with ogres,
dwarfs, elves! Once a mischievous
lad called old Bartlett names. He de-
clared that the bagman opened his
bag and that a great human face had
flown out, pursuing him clear to the
kitchen door of his home.
Yet Bartlett was frugal, honest and
Industrious. He exchanged new cook
ing tins for old apparel, mended up
his stock Of garments, once a month
shipped his accumulation to the city,
and was said to make quite a profit
to secondhand shops in the
slums of the big metropolis.
There was one child in Acton, how
ever, who was afraid of neither Bart
lett nor his bag. He was Bonnie Raw
son, four years old, and his mother
was called the young widow" Many
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23
Forethought.

People are learning that a little
forethought often saves then a
big expense. Here is an instance:
E. w. Archer, Caldwell, Ohio,
writes: 81 do not believe that our
family has been without Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy since we COM
menced keeping house years ago.
When we go on an extended visit
we take it with u.s." Obtainable
everywhere.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23
Eggs For Matching

Thoroughbred Rhode Island
Red Eggs for Matching both
'ombs. Phone R Is H.
MRS. G. H. LOGAN
Bill mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23
Bowel Complaints in India.

Bowel Complaints In India.
In a lecture at one of the Des
Moines, Iowa, churches a mis-
sionary from India told of going
into the interior of India, where
he was taken sick, that he had a
bottle of C~hamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
with him and believed that it
saved his life. This remedy is
used successfully in India both as
a preventative and cure for chol-
era. You may know from this
that it can be depended upon for
the milder forms of bowel COM
plant that occur in this commun-
ity. Obtainable everywhere.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23

Walter Dunford and Andrew
Kuchinski left Sunday evening
for Washington, Kansas, on bust
ness.
E. F. Mollenkamp spent Sun
day in Higginsville.
Mrs. j. M. STEELE returned to
her home in Kansas City Sunday
evening after a visit here with
Mr.. and Mrs. B. R. Young.
Clayton Young accompanied her
home for a visit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23

W. R. Windle returned to his
home in Kansas City Sunday
evening after a visit here with
w. P. Roach. Joe Roach accom-
panied him home for a visit.
Misses Ollie and Katherine
Hacker went to Kansas City
Sunday evening for a visit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23

w. j. Harrison of Kansas City
spent Sunday here with his
mother, Mrs. Phil Hogan. His
wife who has been spending the
week here accompanied him
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Thomas
went to Corder Sunday morning
for a visit.
Miss Sue Kinkead went to
Kansas City Sunday morning
for a visit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23
Stomach Troubles and COnstipa-
ton.

81 will cheerfully say that
Chamberlain's Tablets are the
most satisfactory remedy for
stomach troubles and constipa-
ton that l have sold in in
thirty-fOur years drug store
service" writes S. H. Murphy,
druggist, Wellburg, N. Y. OBJ
tainable everywhere.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23
Notice.

Big sale first quality fruit
Crees, grape, gooseberries, cur
ants, roses. At less than half
price. Inspection solicited. 91O
Franklin st.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23
Farm Loans

We will place loans on improv
ID farms in Lafayette County IL
mounts not exceeding $4,000
60 one person.
Morrison Wentworth BAN
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23
To the Public.

81 have been using Chamber
lain's Tablets for indigestion for
the past six months, and it af-
fords me pleasure to say I have
never used a remedy that did
me so much good."-Mrs. C. E.
Riley, Illion, N. Y. Chamber
lain's Tablets are obtainable
everywhere.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-06-23

Miss Lillian Harrison went to
Kansas City Monday for a
brief visit.
Misses Rachael Andreen and
Mary Glasscock returned Monday
morning from a visit in Odessa
and Higginsville.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25
MEXICAN BORDER TREATY SIGNED
South Republic Promises Protection to Americans and Prompt Punishment For Violations--America to Withdraw Troops From Across Border

Atlantic City Nov .25 - The Border Treaty, drawn up by specila commissions appointed by the MeNi- can and United States governments for the purpose of formulating an agreement between the two repub- lies with tn aim ill view of dealing with the punishment of bandits committing depredations along the boundary line between the two coun tries has finally been completed aud was signed by all membels late yesterday afternoon.
 The treaty provides for the con- ditioual withdrawal of the United States troops now at Chihuahua city which have been exercising military control over the district immediately adjacent to the border.
 A supplemental stipulation has been made by the United States
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25

providing for the entry of Ameri- can troops at any time into Mexi- co il pursuit of bandits who may baye invaded American territory or who might in the future commit depredaticns on Americans either within the Mexican boundary or across the line in American soil.
 Mexico on it's part, has agreed to use every means in it's power to prevent such depredations, and in case ot any violence being used agaius' American citizens within the border line to use every effcrt to bring to justice the guilty per sens and it is further agreed that aid be given the United States authorities in the prosecution of any violation of the rights of Am ericau citizens by bandits or other who may now be at variance with the defacto government of Mexico.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25

Ottawa, Nov. 19-The Canadian munitioD industry has been devel- oped to a point where it is inde- pendent of the United States. This announcement is made by the imperial munitions board, which is responsible for placing $5O0,O00,0OC worth oF shell orders in Canada fo- 1hp British government. Here tofore fuses, primers and steel were lar0elv obtained from the United States. The industry has been de velor ed in Canada, it is asserted, un+il ali the component parts of shells can now be made in the Dom, inion. Orders are out which, will .keeO tle Canadian plans going un- til July next.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25
HOSPITAL SHIP - SINKSIN AEGEAN

London, Nov. 25-The Breamer Castle, a British hospital ship is reported to have been sunk in the Aegean Sa. All of the crew and the sick and wounded soldiers, who were on board at the time the ship was destroyed have been sav- ed.
 The German admiralty has made a statement denying that 9 Ger man submarine was in any way Te- sponsibe for the destruction of either the hospital ship Brittanic or the Braemer Castle. The inVesti- cations into the destruction of the former vessel would indicate that she had been struck by a torpedo, and the fact that no vessel had been sighted would go to indicate that the proiectile had been fired from all under-sea craft. An investf gation will at once be made into the sinkiI of the Braemer Castle.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25
TEUTONS GROSS
 DANUBE RIVER

Berlin. Nov. 25-The Teuton forces have effected a crossing of the Danube river in thefr drive to- wards the south, and it is claimed here that with the recent capture of Craiova, the capital of Wal lachia, which is an important rail- road centre, General Von Falken- east iIte the Aluta valley
 Bayn will be, able to force his drive
 Reports from that district re- ceived late yesterday tell of Fal- kenhayn's capture of OrsoYa, and states that he is press jug his advantage thus gained.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25
VILLAS RUSE FAILED U
 DRAW TROOPS FR0M CITY

Jaurez, Nov. 25-General Villa is again recamued outside the city O Chihuahua. His force has been greatly augmented by additional troops which have come to his sup DOT His retreat after returning to the attack Iof the city a few days ago was evidently a military ruse on his part to draw the de- facto troops away from their pro +ecting earthworks, as a larger column appeared on tue opposite side If the city when the retreating column was pursued.
 General Treayino used great pre- caution in sending his troops after
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25
FOR THE LONG
 COLD WINTER

A large police . wagon loaded with heaYy supplies Left here early yesterday morning for !TwelVemile power station, on tthe TwelVemile river. The supplies will be left at the station until the first snow falls, after which they will be haul gd out along the Dawson-Fort Me Emerson trail and distributed at various poi2ts, and cached there for relief of the Royal North west Mounted Police expedition which annually leaves here about the first of the year for the long musb to McPherson and return Supplies will be distributed similar lY over the remaining 200 miles of the trail on the Mackenzie river side of the Rockees by the police detachment at Fort McPherson. ConOtable Hutchinson ,who is to have charge of the expedition this year and Constable Pratt, who will be a raember, are in charge of the rig taking the supplies to Twelvemile. The road they take leaves Bear Creek, crosses the bridge over the Klondike to the ncrtb sside, and follows up the hill and along the ridge on the Fne of the Yukon Gold hydraulic Dawson News
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25

Anchorage-A recent cleanup of 13 day run at the Martin mine in tn Willow Creek district had a to- tai value of $26, 1000. Martin re- ports that they are just getting in to B, od ore and that he will run the mill just as long as the weather neImits. He will keep a force of r rE miners in the mine through the winter and will possibly put in electric power next spring and run the year around. He expects to commence extensive development on other quartz propertty in the dis tri.t ueXt spring.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25
ACTION
 IS NEEDED

Washington, Nov. 25.-The Ma tionai Association Of Railway Con- missiouers before adiourniDg today adop'e! a resolution creating a com mi.ter on car service and demur- rage with instructions to confer with tn interstate commerce com- mission and request immediate ac- ticn to relieve the nationwide car shortage. Frank H. Funk, state public utiRtis commissioner of H. hnois. was made chairman.
 The new committee will seek con- gressiORal action granting the in terstats commerce commission au- thority to issue rules governing car shortage emergencies.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25

Blooks-There is plenty of wat CT nv in this district and consid- ering freight is being brought in. An ong some of the encouraging thirgs is the discovery by \. A. Brown and George Kilmar on Luck Gulch, at the head of LiV- eng. cd creek, which appears to be an c.1 lake bottom. The ground is 1O5 feet deep. Pay is as good as thas found on ny of the claims to- war; the upper end of the creek. The operators are now cross-cut- tine +ba claim to determine the extenL of the pay.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25

WashingtOn,-An unsolyed mys- tely which is puzzzling government geOlogists is the hiding place of tina chimney swift during the five montIs they are absent from the Uuited States during their winter migration. The flocbs of these birds drift lowly south until on the n0rtne.n coast Of the Gulf of Mex ico thev become an innumerable host. Then they dissapear and for five months their haunt is D mys- tery.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25
DANUBE MAY
 OVERFLOW

Berlin Nov. 25-The Danube river is on a rampage ,and threat ers to overflow its banks. The situ- ation is exceedingly precarious ill Dobrudja, as the population of that DroYinc1 is already running short of food, and should tue Danube in- undate this section of the country # will cause untold suffering and and hardship on the inhabitants
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25
LATE RE-
 PORIS ON MINES

V&ldez-On the lowest or 4th l'Y-l strike has been made in tho mines of the Alaska Mines Cor poratior whose properties are located near this town. It was enceunt cred while mining Q tunnel and is reported as Gift. vein high-grade ChalcCpyrite. The eX.cpt cf the deposit is not yet knoTn. This find shows that the development so far done has dem onstr2tei tha. the vein is persist ent.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25
YUKON OPEN
 SIX MONTHS

Dawson, Nov. 3-Tbe Yukon riy- CT has been open and flowing past Dawson for six consecutive months. The A-month line was crossed this morning at 1O:O3 o'clock, and ey".y minute the stream continues to Tow now adds to the note worthy record.
 TFlS is the second year on re- cord the river is known to have resu open six consecutive months.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25

Kansas City, Nov. '25-Lawyers representing the railroad interests and the Big Four Railway Broth erhoods have agreed that the val idity of the Adamson act will be tested by submitting the decisioni of Judge Hook of the District court. in which he declared the law un- constitutional to the Supreme Court Of the United States.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25
FOR SALE

You Bargain Hunters get busy.
 On or before December 1st, I will sell 3 houses and two full lots, centrally located. Some furni- lure. Title perfect, including at mosphere, scenery and climate, for $?25.OO. cash. See Walker 1t.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25
HEAVIES SIGN UP
 FOR TEN ROUNDS

New York, Nov. 25-Frank Nor an and Fred Fulton, the two heavy weight pugihsts have signed ar ticles fer a match Of ten rounds to j. e pulled off on December P.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25
RAILROADS WILL TEST 8-HOUR
 ACT IN SUPREME COURT

FeLding the bearing of the case by the Supreme Court, all eases which nave been brought thus far will be carefully prepared by the railroads attorneys so that if an adverse decision Is made they will be prepared to go into court and fight the law on the cases which have not come up for trial.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25

the fleeing rebels, and retained a good fierce to protect the city. It was this force that prevented the endorsements of Villa from en- teI'ns the city.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25

GBNTI E8IEN-We offer you liar mony Pipe Blend as the newest discovery in the art of blending tobaccos. 15c, in the cream-col- brown tin. Keller Bros. Drug Company, Tobacco Counter.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25

Photographic, Speed and Regular kcdak Films in all sizes just re- ceiYed. Our stock is now com pltte - not one size missing. Re member to ask for Eastman NC Kodak Films. KelIers'. If.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25

Seattle Nov. 25-The Grand Jury has finished its work for the No- Yemoer term and has adjourned.
 Fourteen indictments were re turned by the Grand Jury against persons whom evidence had been submitted, charging them with yari-
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25
GRAND JURY RETURNS FOURTEEN
 INDICTMENTS; THREE SECRET

cus offenses, from bootlegging to violatiCns Cf the Mann Act, in- cludiug gambling, running di- oIGer- Iy houses, and other offenses against the peace and dignity of the con- munity Three of the Indictments returned were secret.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-11-25

Kodak Films. KellerS'.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-08-01
POTATOES

State-July l forecast, 4,3S0,0O0
bushels; production last year, final
estimate, 6,426,OOo bushels. ..
United States-July l forecast,
369,00O,O0O bushels; proGueinn last
year, final estimate, 59,1O3,O 900
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-08-01
GIRLS WHO MAKE POOR WIVES

We never see petted, pampered
girl who is yielded to in every within
by servants and parents that we
do not sigh with pity FOR the man
who will some day be her husband.
1t is the worshipped daughter who
has been taught that her whims
and wishes are supreme in a house,
hold, who makes marriage a failure
all her life. She has had her way
in things great and small; and when
she desired dresses, pleasures or
journeys which were beyond the
family purse, she carried the day
with tears or sulks, or posing as a
martyr. The parents sacrificed for
her sake, hoping finally to see her
well married They carefully hide
her faults from her suitors who
seek her hand and she is ever ready
with smiles and allurements to win
the hearts of men, and the average
man is as blind to the faults of
pretty girl as a newly Matched birc
is blind to the worms upon the trees
about him. He thinks her little pet
fish ways are mere girlish moods;
but when she becomes his wife and
reveals her selfish and cruel ma
ture, he is grieved and hurt to think
fate has been so unkind to him.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-08-01
CONSTANT ADVERTISING

The business man who wins sue
cess is the man who advertises and
who advertises constantly. Spas
modic advertising brings results
but not such results as are obtained
by the man who keeps his business
constantly before the public. The
big mail order houses sell goods on
small margin profit and make a
large volume of business. They
succeed because they are not afraid
to spend money for advertising
which they appropriate annually in
large sums. They do not spend it
on sign boards or by investing in
fake advertising schemes. They
buy space in newspaper week in
and week out the year round, and
the results flow in. When a mer-
chant learns that constant advertis-
ing in his home paper is the best
kind of advertising he has started
on the highway to success.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-08-01

The children whose horizon IS a
brick wall, who must play on cobble
stones and go swimming in the ca
nal and be chased by the police, if
they do not grow up to be ideal
citizens, shall we of holier memories
sit in judgment upon them? Shah
we not remember the weight they
carry in the race of life and be
thankful we live in this beautiful
country of ours?
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-08-01
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
AND ITS CAUSES

The virus Of poliomyelitis or in
fantile paralysis exists in the secre-
tons of the nose, throat (nasophar-
ynx) and in the discharges from the
intentine (faeces.) Here the mode
of spread may be as follows:
First. Kissing, coughing, sneezing,
which carry the secretions of the
nose and throat from one person
who may be infected to other per-
sons who may not be.
Since the disease attacks by pref
erence young children and infants
whose nasal and buccal (mouth)
secretinos are wiped away by moth
ers or nurse the fingers Of these
persons readily become contaminat-
ed. The contaminated fingers may,
therefore, lead to the conveying of
the infectious micro organism indi-
rectly from the sick to the healthy.
This danger also exists in con-
nection with vendors Of food which
is aaten uncooked. The ex.s .ence
of cases Of poliomyelitis in the
homes of vendors of food is,
there, a potential source of danger
Second. Since the discharges
from the bowels carry the infectious
micro organism, they are also po-
tential sources of infection. From
that source the dissemination can
be made in two principal ways: (a)
by means of parents or nurses car
ing for cases of poliomyelitis, and
tb) by means of housefies which,
feeding on the discharges, become
grossly contaminated so that by
lighting on food they contaminate
it, or upon the mouth or nose of
healthy persons, they may carry the
infection directly to them.
Flies also often collect about the
nose and mouth of patients ill of
po1oaiIyeiitls unless protected by
screens. These flies aa'9o becomi
contaminated and may serve to
spread the infection.
The infectious agent enters the
body chiefly, if not exclusively,
through the mucous membranes of
the nose and throat.
Propylaxis involves isolation of
the acutely ill, proper care and de-
struction of the contaminated dis
charges, supervision of persons in
contact with the acutely ill and of
vendors of food, exclusion of all
flies and general sanitary control of
the personnel and habitation in