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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-03-15

Claude Marquis left Sunday after
noon for Holden.
Born, In this city, Monday, to the
wife Of Edward johnson, a girl.
NJ. B. McClelland of Sedalia, spent
Sunday with his mother, Mrs. NJ. v.
L. McClelland.
w. ]. Bandon, Of Kansas City,
spent Sunday with his:parents, T. J..
Bandon and wife.
Horace Bolton came down from
Atchison, Kas., and Sundayed with
Lexington relatives.
Miss Nora Potts left for Kansas
City Thursday morning for a visit
to friends and relatives.
Rev. John B. Andrew, of Eminence,
Ky arrived here Wednesday evening
for a visit to his parents.
A marriage license was issued Sat.
urday afternoon to Frank Gentry and
Title Beekman, both of Lexington.
NJ. T. Dunaway left Saturday
morning for Chilhowee, Mo-, where
he has accepted a position for the
summer.
Miss Minnie Kambke left for hel
home at st. Joseph Sunday morning,
after a visit withSher sister, Mrs. v,
J. C. Bour.
George Kerdolff returned home
Tuesday evening from a two week.
visit to his aunt, Mrs. H. e. Plerpont
at Chicago.
Rev. 7. M. Cobb left for his home
in Nevada Thursday morning, after
visit to his daughter, Mrs. R. NJ
Mrs. G. B. Stow returned to he.
home at Hamburg, Iowa, THURSDAY
mornlng, after a visit to friends anC
relatives here
The production of "The Merchan
of Venice by Mr.. Walker White
side in this city, is scheduled 70
Monday, March IL.
Mrs. J.. G.. Meter returned to Kan
sas City Monday afternoon, after
visit with her son, Dolan Meter,
student at w. M. A..
AL johnson, travelling agent foE thI
Kansas CITY Star, left for the KAY
town Sunday morning, after
weeks visit with his parents.
Mrs. H. J. DooIey returned to he
home 10 Higginsville Tuesday morn
ing, after a short visit with he
daughter, Mrs. S. b Thornton.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-03-15

heroes.
Let school pupils search the
press and the community for high
types Of conduct.
The fireman, the railway n
gineer, the life-saver, the miner,
the factory hand, the %reformer, the
philanthropist Of to-day aid the
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-03-15

AU UTE well l realize that I take a very strong posi-
ton when 1 say, speaking as an employer: II
~ am in favor of the married man"
IL ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL THE
MARRIED MAN is A BETTER EMPLOYE
H A THE SINGLE MAN. I GIVE HIM
THE PREFERENCE ALWAYS. The great
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IN majority of employers do.
~ The responsibilities of the married man
MSSHN his wife, children, home-strengthen his charac-
MMFKNSM ter, steady him, make him more anxious to sue
WI EA Nv coed, urge him in his ambitions. He works for
I'm Ewd wv the happiness of his wife and little children. The
N&NWEE thought of them hghtens his labor and makes
~ him cheerful at his task.
IWO NOW 1 KNOW ALL THIS BECAUSE 1
AM A MARRIED MAN MYSELF. l know
that when l married-and on a very small salary
tool realized at once my new responsibilities and these made me
more determined than ever to succeed. l knew that as a single man
failure would have affected myself alone. Now there was the comfort
and we'll being of another to provide for. Every married man Of
character feels the same way.
EMPLOYERS AS A CLASS KNOW THIS.
Married. they say to an applicant for a position. Children?
they ask. And s~traightway they give that job to the wife and babies.
So that marriage is a good investment. 1t does more than i'm
prove the man himself, it acts as a letter Of recommendation. For
there is considerable chivary in the business man of the twentieth
century, very practical chivary that says to him: Here's a chance
10 make a whole family happy" and he usually avans himself of that
chance.
Marry just as soon as you can, young man-when you are GER
tain of your ability to support your wife-and take my word for it,
you will not regret the step. You will be amazed how your wife will
aid you in all your efforts. 0 MAY THINK YOU ARE IN
TERESTED IN DUR WORK AT PRESENT, BUT OF
COURSE, YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT REAL INTEREST
IN WORK IS UNTIL YOU GET MARRIED.
All this, Of course, p~resupposes that you marry a sensible woman,
one to whom you have explained fully your condition in life, one who
will help YOU to achieve your ambitions. In this class are not included
social butterflies. should hesitate to recommend an investment Of
the latter characters.
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Take the law OF suggestion,
which is SO powerful in school and
society. SUGGESTION DEALS
WITH ACTIONS AS WELL AS
WITH IDEAS, and it is the great
social law OF psychology. The
power Of suggestion is merely the
tendency which one person feels
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-03-15

1t is in the field of moral education that | would emphasize the
which Prof Patten made some years ago, for contemporary
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-03-15

The school-teacher who would be a social economic power must
learn and apply certain social theorms which psychology offers.
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Is the Most Economical

Greater in leavening strength, a spoon
full raises more dough, or goes further.
Working uniformly and perfectly, it
makes the bread and cake always light
and beautiful, and there is never a waste
of good -four, sugar, butter and eggs.
While it actually costs less to make a
batch Of biscuit with the Price Baking
Powder than with the so-called cheap
powders, there is the additional advan-
tage of better and more healthful food.
NorE. - Alum powders should not be
FAoE BAKING PowoERCon used, no matter how cheap they are.
CHICAGO. They induce dyspepsia, liver complaint
andkidney trouble
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10
SECONDHAND SIDEWALKS.
And There Are Likewise to Be Found
Secondhand Street Pavemente.

Never heard Of secondhand sidewalks
before?" said a dealer in second-ha
building materials. why, where can
you have been all the timer"
There have been secondhand side
walks as long as there have been dealers
in secondhand building materials ana
this business has been carried on in New
York in large way for thirty or forty
years at least.
When a dealer buys an old building
and contracts to remove it he buys ev-
erything pertaining to it, out to the
street curb, including the sidewalk.
That's where the secondhand vault
lights and vault covers come from, and,
or course. the secondhand fagstones.
we bring these flags along with the
rest of the material to our yards ana
stand 'em up to wait for purchasers.
They are sold for making repairs to stone
payements and also to lay as complete
pavements. Secondhand flags are SOLD
for these uses not only mere, but IN
smaller cities and other places anywhere
within a radius of two or three hundred
miles of New York.
Modern concrete pavements hurt tho
trade in secondhand flags? Surely. Be
fore the days of artificial pavements
there was sale for all the flags we got
as fast as we got them. Then with tne
growth of the concrete pavements came
a truce when the flags stacked up on us,
more or less. and we used to wonder
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10

least six miles wide, from sea to sea- II
that cannot be obtained from Colombie
we must try to get it from Nicaragua
and Costa Rica. There can be no canal
without IT,
Now, exclusive and perpetuaf con-
troll may sound better in Latin-Amer-
lean ears than annexation" but In SUBJ
stance 1t is the same thing. Practically
what we propose to do is to annex a
strip of territory six miles wide along
the line Of the canal. On the Panama
route that would give us about go square
miles of land; on the Nicaragua route
about 1000 In the one case we should
have colony about four times the size
of the District Of Columbia; in the other
we should have one almost as large as
Rhode Island.
1t Is a satisfaction to feel that the
prosperity Of our new colony is assured
from the start. There will be no hanging
around the doors of the capitol waiting
for congress to perform its plain duty
In the matter of the tariff. The canal
hrst in construction and then in opera
ton, will make perennial good times on
the isthmus. The commerce or the world
will flow year by year through the six
mile strip American towns will spring
up along the great ditch and reach out
for the trade of the southern continent,
And on the principle that TO him thar
hath shall be given congress will prob
ably decide to take off the duties on
isthmian sugar Good luck to the young
est OF Uncle Sans infantsl
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sometimes If we should ever sell them
And then along would come some
body and buy a mile of tagging at once;
might be somebody laying OUT a proper
ty, or something of that sort. Or We
might have a run on tagging and sell
all we had So that while there isn't
the demand for secondhand flags that
there once was, there is still market
for them at some price.
Perhaps there are such things as sec
ond-hand street pavemenrs. too? Why,
certainly; though that's something not
in our line. Secondhand paving blocks
would be supplied by contractors who
had taken them up preparatory to laying
a new street pavement
ut would be stipulated, for instance.
in the contract that the contractor put
ting down the new pavement should
have the material of the old one to be
removed. He might sell the old blocks
as they were or take them to his yards
and have those that were very much
worn or rounded Clipped and refaced;
or, for that matter, he might have such
blocks entirely redressed, making new
blocks Of them.
1.-THE paving blocks thus removed. as
no longer suitable for use where they
were originally laid, under ne traffic u
which they would now be subjected
might still do for street pavements in
smaller cities and towns, or ror various
private roadways, and their cheapness
commends them, and thus there Is d
market for them all.
80 there are indeed secondhand
street pavements as we'll as secondhand
sidewalks; but there isn't really any
thing very remarkable about that. II
you should stop to consider for just a
minute you would realize that 1t woulo
be very difficult to think of anything
that could not be bought secondhand"
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Indeed you haven't. Nor shall you
ever kiss me-"
II do not ask for that privilege"
You mean that dar gerous nonsense"
Yes. you may put 1t that way. And.
now since we are so nearly of one mind,
Why should not I join the Kiss shun-
ners7p
"oh. you should. Let mo present your
petition"
with pleasure. Shall I write 1t out?"
Yes. But l haven't piece of paper.
Yes, here's a piece. Oh, this reminds me
of the cool little notes you once wrote to
me-"
Did I write cool notes? Probably 1t
was because 1 fancied some time we
might join an anti-hissing club"
Yes. Isn't 1t funny?"
Yes. 1t is Imaginable. But I didn't in
tend to be COOL
Didn't your"
NO: My heart was yearning for you
Il
The President of the Kiss Summers
came In hastily and found him kissing
her.
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SUMMERS OF THE KISS.
Fate of Professor Who Joined the Society.
BY oPIE READ.

Evanston has club known as the
Kiss Summers. It is not composed Of
old maids nor old bachelors to whom
feminine lips have grown stale, but Of
blooming young women and maturing
young men. They say that kissing,
which during the past few thousand
years has made such a hit and attained
what seemed to be a lasting popularity,
from a sanitary point OF view.
Whether they have taken a warning
cue from the traditional old woman who
kissed the COW, or the servant girl who
became imprudent after kissing the po-
liceman. their constitution Goes not say.
But they have declared against the kiss
and that must end osculatlon in Evan
stem.
Recently in that town 1t was thought
best to throw all hug books out of the
library.
Cne of tho members OF the society,
charming blonde, says that she is de-
termined not only to give up kissing, but
that so earnest and devoted to the prin-
clple has she become that she now re-
fuses to drink Kissingen water, to which
she was 81 one time much addicted.
1t Is SAID tn1L some OF the yOu1lS iduicS
Of the Northwestern University, far from
home and therefore in need of affection
protest against the club. One of them
has exprt ssed herself in this wise:
well, l don't care. But If they don't
want to be kissed it's their own lookout.
All girls aren't cold-hlooded simply be-
cause they are studying science. l think
this club is setting a bad example. Our
grandmothers and our mothers were kiss
a. l. 49, ri AAtaff co
why the ruls should be changed Just as
we come on. 1t isn't fair. Do they
think we are a lot OF Chinese women?
Do they expect us to rub our noses to-
gether after the manner of the Orien-
tails?
'But don't you think that disease might
possibly be conveyed by kissingf" was
asked by a woman deep in the study OF
microbes.
Disease! Yes, love sickness, perhaps.
But what are We to get out of life If We
have to keep our minds on disease all
the time? Why not say we ought to
throw away the engagement ring be-
cause 1t might be infectious" Take away
kissing and you destroy romance"
But you know that disease has been
spr cad by telephone-putting the lips too
Close"
II know that scandle has been spread
wants to kiss by telephone? Do ] want
to be a new woman? Not If they do
away with che old. fashioned method Of
kissing"
1t is said that a young professor called
on a weli-kno young woman who had
Joined the Kiss Summers He said that
he was much surprised to see her MEM
Der of that absurd organization. During
a number of years he had paid his cool
''professory respects 10 ner and the
town thought they were TO be married.
but timo drifted-the bubbles on the
str cam of life arose and burst In the sum-
and still there was nothing definite.
81 understand" said the professor
that you have Joined that absurd So
ciety'
II have Joined society. but 1 do not
think It absurd"
II understand that its object Is to abol-
ish kissing"
yes. that is true. but 1t is not abb
surd.'
e.Then you believe that kissing is
wrong?'
ut is horrid."
THAT reminds me that 1 have never
ldosed YOU"
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and the affairs of his empire as has
been the case with any ruler of Eng
land.
1t is not the custom, either in Spain
or in Belgium, to invest the sovereign
with the crown.
King Christian of Denmark, father
of Queen Alexandra, has ruled almost
forty years-since 1863-and has yet
to be crowned. He was proclaimed
King from the palace of Christians
borg.
The new King of Italy has not been
crowned, and if Victor Emmanuel fol-
lows the example of his father, Hum
bert l., he never will be. This Is the
more strange, as the crown of Italy
the iron crown of Lombardy-is the
most ancient and historic crown in
the world. The iron part of it, which
is hidden almost completely in gold
and jewels, is said to have been made
of nails from the cross on which the
Savior was crucified and the gold was
LAID on for the protection of the pre-
cious metal. In its present shape the
crown dates from 1896. 1t was one of
the most valued possessions of the
Emperor Constantine. It crowned the
Lombard Kings. The last two occa-
SONS on which it was used for corona
ton purposes was in 1906, when Ma
poleon, who had carried it off to Paris,
made the Pope crown him with it in
the cathedral of Notre Dame, and in
1898, when Ferdinand l. of Austria
was crowned with it at Milan. Its
last public appearance was on the
bier of the assassinated Humbert, two
years ago. 1t is said that threats of
force had to be made to the priests
who have in charge the iron crown
before they would allow it to be
placed on the coffin.
Significantly enough, the Sultan of
Turkey prefers to be invested with a
sword instead Of crown upon his
accession.
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The Wise KInu.

W. e. Curtis in Chicago Record-Herald.
There was once a wise King of Persia,
or some other country, who ordered that
a trench be dug about the city. The
foreman asked him what they should do
with the dirt they took out of the trench.
The King thought minute and then told
him to dig a hole and put 1t in that.
But" asked the foreman, what shall
we do with the dirt that comes out of
the hole?"
dig a hole big enough for both, you
stupid" replied the Infatuated monarch
The revenues of the kingdom fell off
sadly, and the minister of finance went
to the same King for advice.
what shall we do to raise more mon
ey?' he asked.
Where does the money come from
now?' inquired the King.
1T comes from the taxes collected at
the city gates" answered the minister.
How many gates are tnerer'
Ten, your majesty"
Then open ten more" he said, ana
smiled with qualification at his own sa-
gacity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10
II Wouldn't Interfere.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Congressman Bingham. chatting with
some friends at the Union league regard
ing the effectiveness of the civil service
examination confessed that some absurd
things often crept into the questions ask
ed applicants One young man who want
ed a clerkship in the treasury department
was asked. among other things:
What is the distance Of saturn from
the earth?"
In reply. he said that, as the position
he sought pertained to the earth and
not to the entire solar system, he had
neglected to post himself on astronomy,
and that. while he was unable to tell
the exact number OF billions of miles. he
felt sure the said planet was sufficiently
far away not TO interfere with his duties
as a clerk, or to involve him in any of
its rings, should he get the position. And
Gen. Bingham Gays he got it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-10
Returns Not All In Vet.

From the New Orleans Picayune.
ut was during this feature of the pro-
gramme," says the editor of the Inde-
pendence (Kan) Reporter in writing up
a wedding, that the only specially emo
tional feature Of the evening occurred.
j. ]. Anderson. father Of the pride, who
never before had shed a tear, found sew
eral of them rolling down his sunburnea
cheeks as he came forward to kiss tho
bride, remarking that she was his last
baby Immediately several of the la
dies began to shed tears, everybody was
somewhat excited, and in the slight con-
fusion the writer hereof found himseli
embracing lady who stood convenient
ly near and who proved not his wife, He
Immediately apologized TO the lady ana
was forgiven. He apologized again later
on to his wife. with no very definite re-
turns up to this date"
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for series of weekly tournaments to
be given after the games. In conse-
quence of the sudden death OF John w.
Mackay Clarence Mackay's father the
polo team will lose one of its best play
ers.
Mr. William C. Whitney is at his cot
tage. lie is giving much attention to
the affairs of hte Saratoga Racing Asso-
cia ton, of which he is president A good
deal of feeling exists among the people
OF Saratoga County at the increase of
the price of admission. They say 1t will
be prohibitive to many The coming Au-
gust meeting will cost SO each. Hereto
fore they have been 81. The advance
has been ordered so as 10 increase the
revenue OF the track upon which $4,000
has recently been spent in alterations
and improvements. President William
c. Whitney says that while it is the in
tention of those associated with him in
the management to elevate the Saratoga
track to the highest possible racing
standard. this can only be done by find
ing means to increase the income. Mr.
Whitney further says that "the main
terance of hlgh-class racing. with good
stakes and added money, such as horse
owners ought to have in order to support
their stables, In q community like Sar-
atoga Springs, is always a serious prob
lem. This track has passed through a
great many vicissitudes owing to that
fact. We are trying a new experiment.
1t is pleasant to feel that we have the
cooperation and support, as we seem to
have, of those who are fond of horses
and of racing as a sport" The new
speedway has been completed and the
mile straightaway trotting track Is be-
ing taken advantage of by the large
number of summer visitors who have
brought their shoppers" with them. So
far James Shevlin's Charity, with a rec
ord Of lisa, has been king of the course.
with A. C. Sehuyler's fast Marrick
coed second.
The arrangements for the annual floral
festival have been practically decided on.
Tho fete will open with the floral ball on
the evening of September 1. NJ S.
rockingham will again have charge of
the elaborate childrens ballet, with
which, as usual, the festivities Will be-
gin. This year the dance will be en-
titled Egypt or the Lotus Blossom"
and 1853 young people viii participate.
Instead OF lasting through the week, the
fete will end on Wednesday night with
a carnival parade, which it is intended
to make the great feature.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foxhall Keene are COM
ing over this week from England. Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Waterbury, Jr., and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney will
be here during tho matches. Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard T, Wilson, Jr, are already
here and have been entertaining Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt r. T. Wilson and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Rollins Morse. At Geo
arhurst and Homestead, practice and
polo playing have been going on inces-
sanity In anticipation of this seasons
sport here. One Of the most interesting
features of the game is the family team
George Gould and his two sons are pitted
against August Belmont and his two
sons. The fourth man alone, in each of
the teams, is out of the family.
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An IsthmIan Colony Next.

From the Philadelphia Saturday Evening
Post.
law, after three-quarters of century
of agitation, providing for the construc-
ton of an isthmian canal by the United
States. we are giving most of our atten-
ton to the ditch we are about to dig.
We do not fully realize that before we
get that ditch we shall have something
else hardly less important-to wit new
colony.
The law as passed provides that be-
fore we begin the construction of the
canal we must secure the perpetual. ex-
elusive control of a strip Of territory, at
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There is no house in the south more
able to attend to your Shade business
lAan Showers. Let us figure on your
estimate and you will let us put up
your shades. All colors and all widths
and lengths.
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Xmas Who Were Never Crowned.

And If King Edward never is
crowned, neither has the Kaiser ever
Deen crowned, nor, for the matter of
that, was the emblem of sovereignty
ever worn by the father of the German
Emperor. Yet Kaiser Wilhelm has as
firm hold on the hearts of his people
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Sunrise.
Mrs. Ellen H. Rollins.

Only the country-liver can fully feel it
this dying of night with the birth of
day-this supreme moment when the
mists and dimness and low voices of the
one exhale into the melody and bright
ness of the other.
1t is a daily miracle-this sudden trans
ition from gray to rosy light-this I'M
rolling of the dew-covered landscape
this assumption. in delicious crescendo,
of sound-this quickening Of the days
life over the sleep of night--this flying
of darkness, as of ghost pursued. be-
fore the flooding of the light-this old
est of all stories again told.
Awake, for the day has dawnedi