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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-10-19
How to Help the Other Fellow.

BY John A. Hensueur.
Believe him to be friend.
Meet him on the grou nd of conf
dsnce. Greet him with ha nd extended
10 honest human cordiality, instead of
withheld behind the back IN an atti-
tude OF hesitancy and suspicion,
These are the first steps IN the march
OF mutual helpfulness. a heart that
pumps red blood and tbT obs with the
genial currents of fnendlIn ess is not IN
a state Of chronic defensi ventss. Its
circulation Is not fculed wiLhthe spawn
OF suspicion. 1t does not mark Its
way with a black spot of malice, envy
and scandal. Its course is as clean
and pure and wholesome as The chalIce
OF the bealiludes, for Il ssthinketh no
evil
Face the world with his kind OF a
countenance and the man who Is down
will respond with an uPliited hand
ready for You to grasp. And the man
who Is up-no matter hO " mean and
small be may be-wlll be glad you are
on earth. 1t is often said I hat "misery
loves company" True! But we for
get that 20 man feels n imself TO be
wholly bad or wishes 10 be in a world
without better men thai be, The
human heart, however depraved, i,
Lonesome without the presence OF
goodness somewhere in the neighbor.
hood.
Convince the man that is down thaI
the attitude Of the world il friendly ant
/. S aio lie will put him on his feet anC
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-10-19

set his heart bounding with the stimu-
lative action of cheer and courage.
Be frank.
Many seem to think frankness con-
slsls IN plain speaking to a third per-
son. At least a too common practice
warrants this conclusion. After you
have convinced the man who is down
that you are really his friend, ready to
defend him against all corners, 1t may
be the kindest and most helpful thing
in the world to show him how he came
to be down,
This may hurt and 1t sometimes
takes rare courage, but II he knows
that you would be the last person In
the world to expose his faults to an-
other he will respond to the ordeal In
the right spirit.
Be loyal.
Win from irieuds-and from enemies
IL you have them-the expressive CON-
plimeut of being characterized as ga
slayer" Let it be known that the
breath Of suspicion Will not cause your
friendship to wither away-and that
nothing short of a cyclone of incontro-
vertible evidence will uproot your
loyalty aud devotion.
Never descend to scandal. This car.
ries a double penalty. 1t hurts the fair
name of the intended victim, and
brings unfalling contempt upon the
man who retails this poisonous com.
modify.
Don't let disappoiutments tire out
your friendship or sour your desire to
do the helpful thing. Failures of this
sort are characteristic of weak natures.
OF course you will encounter ingrati-
tude until human nature has been CON-
pletely revolutionized. But what of
that? abe not weary in we'll doing"
That is sound doctrine as we'll as good
common sense. In other words: Keep
everlastngly at it, no matter if you do
strike a Tartar now and then.
Above all be ever ready to deny an
unproven attack upon the good char
acter Of any man and to make mali
cious lnsinuation unpopular. Then
be as ready TO help a mar to mend his
ways as many are 10 help him to break
them. This line Of reasoning reduced
to actual conduct will nightly increase
the area of sunshine IN the shadow
haunted atmosphere of human exls-
tence; it will reduce the number of
suicides and make men cling TO life
because this old world will seem
altogether too good to leavel
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-10-19
A Great P%OOseYitte.
Jefferson City Press.

Jefferson City Press.
Poosey has turned out some great
men, but Gov. Dockery has attained
greater prominence than any other ma
tive Pooseyite. His habits formed in
youth in Jackson township still govern
his daily life. He rises early, and after
doing the chores about the mansion,
goes out to the Madison 10 search OF a
morning chat before most people are
awake. If no others appear he talks
to the clerk. He applies himself
bDsily at the capitol building from s
a. m. until 5 p. M, with an hours re-
cess at noon. His Office door is always
open and the governor is always
accessible. In the evening he either
spends his time talking and mingling
with the guests at the Madison Or in
driving his friends about, one at q
time, in his modest carriage.
The governor from Poosey quit
smoking a few days ago and he feels
lost without his habilual cigar. lie ha,
been an inveterate smoker Tor yei IT'S
and his sudden reform has resulted Ia a
slight nervousness in his usually calm
and cool demeanor.
The governor was the center of O
group of a dozen Madison guests one
evening last week when the silver
question WAS broached. Some public
men have recently created much amuse
ment by dropping silver like a hoI
potato, only 10 pick 1t up again the
next day. The governor is frank OF
this question and stands with his party
as be has always stood on this plank
81 have always been a bimetallist
aud my record stands consistent will
that statement. As to the ratio, th
only natural ratio of silver to gold is /,
to l or 151a to l, as proven by expert
ence. As to whether silver will or will
not be an issue in the next campaign
only time can decide that. We ca
rest assured that the next Democrat
platform will be IN thorough accor
With the demands of the common pee
pie on every subject IN 1904"
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She is 12l Ye0,a NJ,

AuNA NIn
Mrs Helen George Of I I,.,,
snip says a dispatch from S,..
claims to be the Oldest NY
America and probably is, = III
properly stated. Mrs. Gso,,,
held a birthday apulrsr,,,, i
those present said that, 81. !
years old.
vi her nine children thru.
the Oldest, Mrs. Helen ,J.,.''
Mercer county, being % yea,
William of Emliutou, Pa =,
and Henry George of Plume,
Mrs. George says she Va, !
England IN 1880. Up to two u
she was able to do her own h,
and still retains all her fsculis,
for failing eyesight.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-10-19
Moral SuaSion.

Old G~entleman-"Do voo !
say that your teachers nevs,
youP"
Little Boy-"Never. ".
moral suasion at our school,
Old Gentleman-"Whsts n,
Little Boy-"Oh, We get |
and stood up IN the corners, and
out and locked in, and mads
one word n Thousand lia,
scowled at aud ,aed al: q,
all,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-10-19
FAMOUS WILL COSTEST.
IL Has Been Pending in the Courts
Since the Civil Val.

The Kansas City Times Of Saturday
morning says;
The last arguments in alaw suit thai
has been pending in the courts Of Mis-
sour for more than thirty years will b
made 10 the Kansas City court of ap'
peals this morning, The suit is the
last chapter in the celebrated Ileel
Tobln will case involving when origin.
ally filed just after the close of The
civil wal about $4,000 In property.
The case has been argued in the
years it has been pending by many
prominent Missourians- One of the
old features Of the case rs that Judges
E. j. Broaddus and j. l. Smith, mem
bers of the Kansas City court of ap.
peals, where the case will be argued
today, were at one Time retained as at
torneys in the Ease, As the Arguments
today will be confined 10 the settle.
ment of the costs, judges Brosddus and
Smith will not be in an embarrassing
position as might be supposed, fol
when they were identified with the suit
none OF the questions which are nos
pending were involved.
Ileet Tobln was a wealthy farmer
who lived near Kingston, Caldwell
county, Mo. He died soon after the
war, leaving his fortune, estimated al
$50, 900, to be divided equally between
his widow and the Cat holc church.
The will was contested by sOme of the
relatives OF the deceased and the
Catholic church received but One.fourtt
of the estate,
After many years of litigation the
cast will be brought to 8 close within
a few days, for all that re mains for the
courts to do is the settl ment of the
costs, amounting to about $4,000.
Alexander Graves of lexington.
candidate for the supreme bench. anC
Scott Miller Of Chilhcothe, one of the
best known attorneys in The state, AT
rived in the city yesterc Cay and will
argue the case this morning, Both at
torneys represent the chOrch's side o
the case. The attorneys for the othe
side are j. NJ. Davis and CA. Loomis
who has been a candidate for congress
Since the case was first filed in tn
courts, just after the civil war, sucl
well known attorneys as the lat
Charles Mansur, Judge Dunn Of Fay
cite, L. c. Kraulhoff, J. Judges f. j
Broaddus and j. L. Smith have bee
interested as attorneys. j Judge Grave
has been retained for many years an
Scott Miller has been int rested in IN
case for the past eight years, havin
been retained just after the death c
Charles Mansur.
One OF the features of the making G
the original will by Tobin has been re
called many times during the progress
of the case through the CO urts. 1t wa
charged that Tobin had sheltered cor
federales during the war and threat
we're made that be would be killed. /
order 10 protect his life the wealthy oil
farmer made his will, giving half of hI
fortune to the Catholic ch urch and tn
other half TO bis wife. The publics
ton of the will, so it is believed, pre-
vented many who had declared the
would kill Tobin from co mmitting tn
set.
Judge Graves was at the indian
last night. 81 am a cane idate for th
supreme bench" he said. "Howevel
have not entered into the campaig
as yet. In tact | have not sent out
single letter asking for support"
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Here is Your Than.
a paper publlsbs SII y SnI
recently Contained the lar to''
matrimonial ad: s'
lam a beautiful wom,.
ant OndOla'ing HAIR epV.Ia,. W
cloud Supple a, . s,ps :
waist Soft aud brini,' '''I''
as the satin of the aor,, y
dowed with wealth suS.i'' Il
through life hand in hand W., .
loved Were | to n,s, va
lord kindly intelligent, v.a :
and OF good taste, qo' J" y
self with him for life and 20
with him the pleasure Of h. '''''
rest eternal in a tomb .,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-10-19

In every ones life there ONE a
w~aking.up time, and It is well for them
if it comes at the beginning and not at
the end, when it is too late 10 mend
the past. These times are private
REVEALS and do more good than any
public ones.-September Ladies Home
Journal.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-10-19

The books that help Il young man,
or anybody else for that matter, are
the books that interest him. There.
fore a young mau must select his own
reading II he is to read with any profit
TO himself September Ladies' Home
Journal.
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Is 1T WORTH THE WHILE2

Is it worth while that We jostle a brother
Bearing his load on the road of liteF
Is it worth while that we leer at each other
In blackuess of ~heart-that we war to the kniie'
God pity us all in our pitiful strife.
God pity us all as we jostle each other;
God pardon us all for the triumph we feel
When a fellow goes down poor heart broken orolnei'
Pierced to the heart; words are keener than STEEL
And mightier far for woe or for veal
Were it not well in this brief little journey
On over the isthmus down into the tide,
We give him a fish instead of a serpent,
Ere folding the hands to be and abide
Forever and aye in the dust at his sideg
Look at the roses saluting each other;
Look at the herbs all at peace on the plain
Man and man only makes war on his brother,
And dotes in his heart on his peril and palm
Shamed by the brutes that go down to the plain
Why should you envy a moment of pleasure
Some poor fellow-mortal has wrung from it all
Oh, could you look into life's broken measure
Look at the dregs-at the NORWOOD and gall
Look at his heart hung with crepe like a pail
Look at the skeletons down by his hearthstone-
Look at his cares in their merciless sway.
know you would go and say %tenderly, lowly,
Brother-my brother, for aye aud a day,
Lo! Lethe is washing the blackness away.
Exchange.
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We have for sale at halt prc.
Der of cases OF job aud adyera
as good rs new, Cause oya
IN absorbing the Hisglu,vilIe
Newspaper men needing msla
lind IL TO their advantage 10
gate.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-08

there was then. The grand jury's pre-
sentation to the court is not proof. If
Mr.. Benson is in earnest in his ire
mendous zeal to protect the council and
himself from appearing as accompl,ess
of Mr.. Haas, why did he not vote to
give him hearing?
What is there to be afraid of? Can it
be that "the party of the other part"
in the bribing transactions charged
against Haas is better entitled to
protection in the view of Mr. Benson
than is Haas? Is there any less reason,
if that sort of ethics is to prevail, for
believing that those who now deny Haas
a hearing are the accomplices of those
who may have bribed him than there
is for claiming that the council in its
present attitude is his accomplice, as Mr..
Benson says it is?
There is one way for Mr.. Benson and
his party friends out Of their present
hobble, and that is to order the investi-
cation which Haas has asked.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-08
AT THE THEATERs.
METROPOLITAN
~c~~1~~~~~~~~~~o~


Harry Corson Clarke, comedian ona
his company of players presented .ewba+
Dld Iomkins Dor" before a large a11Gi.
eiice last night at the Metropolitan thea.
ter Inc size of the audience was NOT
VI all proportion to the merits of the
Play. The truthful answer to the perf;-
Lent question of its title must certainly
De that Tomkins doesn't do anything at
all that's clever or worth while.
ne play is billed as a comedy of
character Well, there are comedies and
comedies What Did Tomkins Dor be-
longs to the latter class. The nIay has
no plot worthy of the name Two or
thfee incidents are woven together very
lcosely and serve as an excuse for intro
ouc1ng characters, but the excuse is so
lame that the characters aren't at all
convincing. Mr.. Clarke plays the part
OF Col. Tomkins, middle-aged man
who has suffered privations in his youth
and who deems it only Just that he should
make his Indian summer gay. He has
priggish son, j. Blackstone Tomkins.
a lawyer, who disapproves of his father )
hilarious spirits. What Mr.. Clarke might
dc with real play 1t Is possible to judge
from an occasional opportunity he has
In What Did Temkins Do?" Such op-
rortunities he made the most of last
night and the audience testified its ap-
rreciation with a curtain call. He pos
sesses that necessary qualification for n
successful comedian, strong individual
ity. and in spite Of the mediocre play
he was able to Impress this on his audi
ence last nightIi His representation of
the late John Mccullough and Sir Henry
Irving was good. IS
Mr.. Clarke's supporting company was
fair. what Did Tomkins Do?" will be
continued the remainder of the week,
with Saturday matinee
On next Monday Alice Nielsen will re-
turn to st. Pauf after an absence of two
years. with her big operate company
and with new opera. THE Singing
Girl The supporting company num-
bers nearly one hundred people and there
Is a special orchestra under the leader
ship of Paul Steinderff. In Miss Nielsen's
cast are the following well known ar
lists: Eugene Cow1es. Richie Ling, Jo-
seph Herbert, Joseph Cawthorn. John
Siavin., George Tennery, Frederick Rut-
Ter, Eleanor Ginsti and Viola Gilleste
Miss NieIsen's engagement will be for
three nights and one matinee, beginning
CT Monday evening. Feb. IL.
GRAND
There remains but three more perform
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-08
MIR. RENsoN.s WAY o1n

Assemblyman Benson it is who of
fered the resolution in the Joint couno;,
meeting day or two since for the re-
II oval OF Building Inspector Haas from
tiilce- He is quoted in his party pa
per, the Pioneer Press, as saying in con
Eeet-on with his action, that the refusa,
tc remove practically makes the council
the aceompliee of Haas
If Mr.. Benson used this language de-
hberately he Is presented to view as an
official of very deep prejudices, and of no
very keen personal sense of justice, Mora
than that. he does much to disprove his
own love Of official consistency.
Mr. Haas was reelected building in
spector Jan. g. 1900. The official record
of the proceedings shows Mr.. Benson
to have voted for Mr.. Haas election.
Moreover, it shows Mr. Haas to nave
been elected by unanimous vote of the
two bodies. There were then two Dem
| ocrats in the council: and we regre,
| to see that they cast their votes with
their associates for Mr.. Haas for build
! ing Inspector.
What the G / o be is wishful Of d.
recting Mr.. Benson's attention to- among
other things, is that when he voted fol
| Mr.. Haas he knew or should have known
that Haas official character and con-
duct were the subject of very uncom.
plimentary references; that it wa.
| at that time a matter of common street.
! talk that Haas was guilty Of extorting
money from those having business to dc
with his Office.
Mr.. Benson was not alone in his posses
sion of the Information then avaiIab Bile
| to impeach the official rectitude of Mr.
Haas. On his standard of responsibility
as laid down in his Pioneer Press inter
| view, was or was not Mr. Benson then
an accomplice of Mr. Haas? Was the
council which unanimously chose him 3
second time building inspector his ac-
complice then, as Mr.. Benson says it /.
now. since 1t refuses to throw hin, out
of Office unheard?
The Clio e offers no warrant of the
truth of the statements then made to the
building inspectors detriment. 1t ha.
no more warrant to offer of the truth
.of the arraignment of that official made
by the grand Jury. Mr.. Haas is con-
cededly no more guilty now than he
was then There is -concedeffly no moe
proof OF his guilt prevalent now than
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-08
UNION oF oPPosING. FoRCEs


The union Of opposing social, political
and religious forces in Ireland which is
represented by the cooperation now
prevailing between Mr.. T. A Russell,
former member of Lord Sauzbury's
cabinet, and the Nationalist members
will be watched with no little interest
It is directed toward the compulso.
sale of the lands of Ireland to the occu-
plying tenants. 1t may result in great
things, or it may pass away with Mr..
Russelrs personal influence on the cur
rents of affairs in his native land.
With the close of the century before
last. the world saw the wondrous spec
tacle of the union of the Ulster Pro-
testant population with their Catholic
countrymen all over the island for the
redress of national grievances. The IN
ion was quenched by the British govern
ment in the blood of the two great d.
visions OF the people, in as ruthless a
series of brutalities as might be laid
at the door OF Attilla- The descendants
of the men who fought with Cromwell
and the Duke of Orange had not yet
sunk into the slough of miserable re-
ligious bigotry and intolerance which
came later in the history of Ireland
The new movement may revive the
days of Lord Charlemount, of the EN-
NETS, Fitzgerald or Tone, or 1t NAV
leave the present gulf of bitterness still
unbridged. But in any event it will
from present indications, result in a
further, more extensive and deeper root
Ing Of the Irish peasant in the soil of
Ireland than has ever taken place since
the first OF the plantations" of old.
John Redmond and Mr. Russell are act
ing in substantial unity The people Of
Ireland are being aroused to the united
demand. that once for all, and as the
contamination of the succession of up-
rootings of the people from their hold
ings which has been in progress for
centuries. the landlords must go.
It would be hard TO exaggerate the vast
possibilities which attend the prevailing
political and social movement in Ireland
1t may take the last prop from under
what has become known in ireland as
the British garrison; ana the spectacle
be presented OF a united delegation from
Ireland in the British parliament asking
for such control of their own affairs b.
the people Of every religion and section
In the Island as Will enable them to stay
at home, till the soil and develop the in
ddstries which III times past were
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-08
LET THEM BE CONVINCED.

1t is not difficult TO understand that the
members of the board OF aldermen who
were unwilling to go on record in favor
OF the levee settlement Go not regard
themselves as having had sufficient time
and opportunity to inform themselves
thoroughly as to the merits or dement's
OF the proposed settlement Since the
matter was for so long a period under
consideration and discussion before it
was presented to the ether branch of
the council it can well be said that lit
tie time further is desirable in which
to enable the members of the other body
to fully satisfy themselves
There is ample time between now and
the next meeting for the aldermen who
have not considered themselves at lib
erty to give their sanction to the set
tiement to become thoroughly informed
on the subject. 1t has been fully con-
sidered and discussed in all its phases
by those who negotiated it, and the
practical unanimity which prevailed in
sustaining it among those gentlemen will
no doubt help ultimately to carry the
conviction of its desirability home to
the minds of the gentlemen of the coun-
ell who want further tine for its con-
slderation.
The G sincerely hopes that those
gentlemen will be able to see the mat
teI in the light in which it is viewed by
the entire community outside of a few
who must be regarded as standing in
the path of municipal progress They
are all men of exceptional intelligence
and knowledge Of the city's affairs; and
if they bestow on the subject anything
like fair proportion of their time and
consideration between now and the next
meeting of their body there can be no
reasonable doubt but that they will be
as firmly convinced as their associates
c its rightfulness.
The proposed settlement is, as a mat
ter of fact, one of the most thoroughly
thought-out proposals that ever was laid
before the local leg:sla ure involving the
city's rights and interests. The best end
of the bargain from every point of view
is with the city. The depot concern
has been made TO pay tc the limit for
the privileges which are involved. Tee
mass of the people desire to see tnsir
representatives unite in the action Of
those who have evolved the plan of set
Element, and give to the city at the
earliest possible moment all the advan-
tages which the settlement carries with
IT for the promotion Of our local COM
mercial interests.