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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-14
Black Mrs. wiggs's Christmas.

Cheerfulness. like sunshine claims the
whole world for its empire. and sweet con-
tent often makes It's home most gladly in
the lowliest heart.
mot far from our house in the country
lives an old colored woman" said a bach
elor girl, who was talking about the folly
OF exclusiveness; land 1t does me more
good to talk with that plain old colored
woman-colored lady, L should say-than
with nine-tenths of the educated people 1
encounter in my daily life.
THE other day old Becky was telling
me about poor white woman in her neigh
borhood who was much troubled by an
idle vagabond husband.
"T tell Mis- jerks said old Becky,
not TO pesterate her life out bout dat
trihin' man. but to jes' be patient-evy-
thing don't come all at once. Mebbe she'll
git mother husban' some day an have
better time. Laws, there's all kinds o.
husban's. / reckon l know. I've done had
three. An this oil Joe husban' I've got now.
he amt sech an awful good husban'; he
won't wuk ev'y day an he fools his money
away an does a heap o. mean things. But
i don't let that oil black man pesterate my
life out. no. sab. In de evenin's ef he goes
OF TO town an don't git back L sets down
by my little VAIN stove an gifts comfort
out o. what I got 1 gifts comfort out o.
my VAIN fab, an my nice coal-ile lamp,
an my little rockin' cheer. an my lace
curtains. an my good clock a-tickin' up
dar-a clocks a heap o. comp ny-an' L gifts
comfort out o. my turnips in de cellar. an
my punkins undah de bald, an my apples
buried out in de groun', an my wood-pile,
an / don't worry bout oil joe no, don't
i gifts comfort whar L kin git IL.
:" SO tells Mis- jerks 10 jes' go long an
git tergedder wot Cris'mus she kin fer her
an all dem chilIen. an not to pesterate
bout dat lazy oil man jerks; but jes' git
comfort whar she kin git it. Laws of-en
an of'en, Wild dem two oder mean hus-
bans o. mine, done had a Crismus tree
widout nothin' on it; yessum, / did; jes'
de little tree. planted in OF bucket; nothin'
on 1T; mebbe 1 set my good punkin pies
roun' il on de table jes to look more like
Girls mus.
Z" Mis- jerks kin have Cris'mus fer her
an dem chilien; husbans amt de whole
world no. dey amt. Git comfort whar
you kin git 1t, Mis- jerks" says"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-14
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.

Miss Gertrude Kaufman will leave next
week to spend the winter with her sisters
IN Texas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-14

ENGLISH'S .-'Hedda Gabler," S:15 p. m
GRAND.-High-class vaudeville. 2:15 and
S:15 p. m.
3 p. m.
EMPIRE.-Burlesque and p. m.
MISUNDERSTANDING and p. m.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-14

CHRISTIANIA. Norway. Dec. 13.-The
Norwegian Authors Association has passed
a resolution I'm favor OF concluding a copy
right agreement with the United States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-14

Mrs. Austin says: MY buckwheat cakes
win please you. II you love the good old
fashioned flavor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-14
Higher Commercial EdNcatlon
and the UnlUeryity

By A Phi d.
n
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07
HIGHLY INDIGNANT.
Beggar Meets a Liar and Walks Into
the Trap Laid for Him.

A beggar, says London Tit-Bits, ac-
costed a gentleman the other day and
whined:
"I'm paralyzed in both me hands,
mister, and can't work, for | can't
grasp anything with EN-. Could you
spare me a trife, mister?"
"I'm deaf" replied the gentleman;
$50 you'd better write down what you
have to say. Here's a pencil and a
piece of paper"
deaf, is he?" thought the begga+.
"Then he didn't hear about the
paralysis" So he wrote down: give
got a wife and six children starvin' at
home, mister. Fve been out O. work
for six months an am i a drefful state
of destertushun."
He handed the paper to the gentle
man, who said:
81 thought you said you were para
lyzed in both hands and couldn't
grasp anything; and yet you can
writel"
Didn't yer say yer was deaf?"
stammered the beggar, who now real
ly did feel p~aralyzed.
"Yes-just to find out if you were
an impostor, which you are, asI sus-
pected," replied the old gentleman.
"Well, of all the miserable old
frauds, you are the biggestl' ex-
claimed the beggar. "The idea Of
yer saying yer wa deaf an trying to
impose on a poor Teller"
And he shufled off, shifting the air
with righteous Indignation.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07
BREVITIES OF FUN.

Some men Just know enough tC
make fools Of themselves.-Chieagc
Daily News.
The Retort Courteous.-"Why
are you in mourning?" ooh, for my
sins" q didn't know you had lost
ny."-Pittsburg Dispatch.
"Here's a scientist that says that
thoughts have color" "Did he say
what the fashionable color was this
ye~ar?'-Washington Times.
Fudge-'Do you want a worse re-
venge than that?" "~Judge-"Yes,
yes" Fudge-'Make him eat some
popular health ood."-Baltimore
Herald.
The Silent Husband.-"No, my
husband never talks back" 'Some
impeachment in his speech, ma'am?"
eyes; Pm the impeachment ."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
"There was a regular volume of
smoke in our Office to-day" "Fire?"
eyes, we fred the book agent who
brought it in. 1t was a History of
Pittsburg. Philadelphia Press.
Preparation.-Offce Boy Ito chief
clerk-"Has de old man done any
thing yet about my raiser" Chief
Clerk (musingly)-" eyes; he's bought
himself a pair Of heavy boots. In
dianapolis News.
Real Talent.-Mrs. Bruce-"Rea
ly, Mr.. Hamilton's acting is the great
est / ever saw" Mrs. Scott-sIt's
good in its way; but you should see
my Johnny when he is Stimulating a
stay away -from-school -headacheF"
Boston Transcript.
"Doafey tells me he hasn't been so
busy for years" 'Nonsensel That
job he has is cinch. He never has to
work there" 'aThat's just it. He's
been fred, and he's chasing around
after another job now."-Philadel-
phia Press.
A Wild Guess.-"What is meant
by the phrase grim war has smoothed
his rufled front?'" 81 don't know"
answered the student, who cares more
for the newspapers than for classics,
unless some fastidious and elabo-
rately dressed general had just sent
his clothes to the laundry" -
ington Star.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07
New Kind of Ship.

A Vienna dispatch to the London
Express says: An Austrian engineer
Of note, Herr Wetkovic, has invented
a new type Of ship which he claims
will be capable Of travelling at light
ming speed. Herr Wetkoyic declares
that when perfected it will enable a
journey around the world to be made
in a week. The ship doesn not displace
water, but glides over the surface
like a skate over ice. Ingenious con
trivances are constructed to minimize
friction and'air pressure.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07
NINE.
ehOstly Forms Scare Workers and
Give Mysterious Signals.


Weird stories Of ghosthke figures
seen al the entrance Of the mine
shafts and tales Of groans and moan
hg sounds being heard from the bot
tom Of the shafts are related by min
ing men who have just returned
from the property OF the Big Kama
VIA Mining company at Creole.
These tales, which rival those of
~Babbette," of whom Frank Daniels
sang, are said to have become so i'm
pressed upon many of the men en-
Ployed in the big Kanawha company's
mines that they have quit work and
sought places in other mines, where
The unnatural sights and sounds are
unknown.
The first man to relate aghostlike
ble Of his experiences while work
ing at the mine was Mel McQueg, an
Engineer, says the Denver Times. 1t
was about five months agothat, while
1tanding at the end Of the tram, he
saw a man not more than 20 feet
away. Thinking it was one Of the
miners employed at the place, he
spoke to him. He received no reply,
Gnd again he addressed him. Again
he received no reply, and this time
AcQueg determined to find out who
He man was. He approached to
where the figure had been, and as he
neared the spot the man disappeared.
No trace Of the man could be found.
McQueg swears that he saw a man,
hut the moment that he approached
to where the figure had been it van
SHE'D as if by magic. Not even the
slightest trace Of a man could be
found, and none Of the men working
around the mine at the time saw any
Ching Of a stranger, nor were any of
Them near the place where McQueg
had seen the figure at about the time
the engineer saw the vision.
Shortly after this three distinct
signals to hoist the men given from
fhe station were heard in the bottom
ef a shaft where Henry S. Jones and
some others were working. AT the
time the signals were given no one
was nearer the place than fifteen
feet, and the search made to discover
the person who gave the signals has
been %unayailing.
Three days after this strange &C.
currence Henry Jones was killed by
falling out of the bottom Of the skip
4 distance Of several hundred feet
down the same shaft from which the
mysterious signals to hoist the men
had been given.
These three occurrences made a
great impression upon many Of the
men, and particularly the more super
etitiOus of them.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07
A R COMPOSITION.
One Juvenile Attempt at Compound
ing Fine Sounding Sentences.

One Juvenile Attempt at Compound
ing Fine Sounding Sentences.
A composition recently written
BY a CIR. in one of the public schools
we'll shows how completely, under the
responsibility of authorship, theeffort
to make fine sounding sentences may
nhibit all Attempts to make sense.
The teacher, says the New York Post,
fter vacation, asked each pupil to
rite upon my best day in vacation"
~What can be more enjoyable than
happiness after sorrow" this girl be-
gan what more appreciative than
something unexpected? Such wasthe
pleasure that | have titled My Best
Day in Vacation 1t had come upon
me suddenly. ! was to have pleasure,
90 my friends said when they saw me.
/ think ! am tarrying on my way,
therefore ! had best state some facts
Of the day. | had risen early that
morning and was ready the first. 1t
was not long after the entire company
was ready. We had started forth
with a joy mingled with past sorrow,
and ere long reached the spot where
we enjoyed, and of which Inow strive
to relate. NJ priyilege being limited,
4 must cease to write any more. Ny
description may seem vague in the
eyes Of others, but forget not that /
am in bonds and must cease. 1t is suf-
fcient to say | have enjoyed. But,
again, is there such a thing as thor
ough bliss?' Nay, nay"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07
When to Cut Timber.

At a forestry convention at Mos
COW, Russia, it was stated that there
suits Of a number Of government tests
showed that the best time to
cut trees was neal the end Of
June A number Of government tests
moved trees summer cut and sea-
Dned became as hard as horn, while
lose which were winter cut would rot
a few days. Box elder cut in June,
Then peeled, dried and set as posts
Cor fences, had lasted 16 years, while
others similarly treated and used, but
eut in winter and set green, rotted in
four years.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07
WHAT THE JURY FOUND.
Curious Verdict Brought In After a
COroner's Inquest.

Curious Verdict Brought In After a
Coroner's Inquest.
Some years ago the body of a we'll
dressed man was found in a field on
the outskirts of an important Mid
land town. There were no marks Of
violence, and it was doubtful whether
death had occurred from natural
causes or if the individual had COM
mitted suicide.
In due course the body was identi-
fed, and a gentleman who had been
acquainted with the deceased was
called upon to give evidence at the in
quest.
Amongst other things he stated
chat he had always been a man of
marked idiosyncrasies, and his brain
was continually excited by his irresis-
tible fondness for chimeras o~fvarious
kinds.
The jury was evidently satisfied
with his statement, and Immediately
brought in a verdict: ''That death
was caused by idiosyncrasies forming
on the brain in consequence Of excess
sive indulgence in c~himeras," adding
a rider "that it should be a warning to
people to refrain from hal and other
intoxicating beverages" - London
Tit-Bits.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07
Quick Work.

An improved machine for sealing
envelopes has been invented byaman
in Topeka, Kan. On operation"
Gays the Scientific American, "the en-
velopes are fed into the machine, the
flaps moistened, turned and finally
pressed tightly to sealing position.
The machine, it is claimed, viii seal
from 5000 to $4,000 envelopes per
hour Of alAy ordinary bulk, mixed
sizes, and Especially adjusted viii
seal at abo the same rate up to one
half inch thickness"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07

Guttenburg Lodge. No S23-lst and ard We'd
nesdays In each month.
HID Geiasr. Noble Grand.
&C Ludwirs Secrenry.
AoUw.
Lexington Legion, No l0S, Select Knights,
and Harmony Lodge. No 81. A0 w-Sccond
and Fourth thursdays in each month.
HG Geher. NV.
FCT Brightwell. Recorder.
KNIGHTS OF PyrHtAs.
Lexington Lodge. No 1877 X p meets every
Thursday night at their hail in Kriehn build.
ing. Soiourning knights cordially invited
Thomas Wedge. &C.
Elias Spruce, X Of R and S.
ELKs.
Lexington Lodge. b Pc & No 7l9-Meets
regular on the 2nd and 4th FRIDAY nights in
each month at their home, corner Main and
sth streets Home open at all times.
p CHM, EXALTED Ruler.
S h Thornton. Secretary.
EAGLES.
Lexington Aerie. F 0 E No 2l3-Meets End
and 4th Wednesdays Of each month at K OIL
hall.
James Oonpers. Worthy President.
Ernest Fegert, Secretary.
ANCrEE oRDER OF PYRAMIDS.
Meets every Friday night in each month.
M Cahil. MP.
w W Curtis, RFR.
GAR.
Mulligan Post. No li-Meets every lst and
3rd Friday nights at their hall at 10th and
Main streets.
NJ L studdard. Commander.
John Burris, AdIutant.
Meets LIST Wednesday in each month at the
homes of the members
Mrs Stephen N Wilson, President.
Mrs J H Campbell, Secretary.
SONS OF VETERANS
Meets first Monday night In each month in
G A R hall
George J Taylor, Captain.
ID D GwinDer. list Sergeant
wooDagS
Lexington Camp Nc lS9 woodmen of the
World meets LIST and srd Monday nights in
each month.
Pearl Il Smith, Consul Commander.
Fred Xix, Clerk.
MACABEEs.
Has an orga5 ization but no regular meet
ing time or place.
Frank Nicholson, President.
John SchoAeld. Secretary
TURNER'S
Meet at Turner's Hall ouce per week.
julius winkler, president.
OF sohaefermeyer, Secretary
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07
GOING BEFORE THE HOUNDS,
A FOx's Experience During the Hot
test Of the Chase.

test OF the Chase.
Mrs. Martha Nee lloch-W Williams,
the author of Next to the Ground"
charmingly describes, in Success, the
life Of a fox. Here is a graphic, inter-
esting extract from the article, telling
Of Reynalda's escape from the
hounds:
The barking grew less ragged, and
answering whimpers swelled to some
thing like growls. They came nearer,
and grew louder and more menacing.
Reynalda's ears twitched almost i'm
patiently. She stood up, stretched
strongly, turned half around, shifted
hard, and then went away down the
wind, at an easy, swinging lope. She
ran over grass, in the pasture in which
she had Aouted a big ram. Again
there were sheep in tia big flock.
She held her course until long past
them, then faced about and ran back
along her track for 80 yards. The
flock grazed a little at one side Of her
trail; with a long, scrambling bound
she landed among them, raninandout
confusedly, scatteringthemlike chaff
in the wind, then laid course at right
angles tothe first and wentof as hard
as she could leg it.
There was need Of speed and eau
ton. Just as she leaped to break the
trail, the hounds came upon her bed.
Hot on the scent, they broke intofull
cry, the riders behind whooping and
cheering. The horns became silent,
but half the horses answered shrilly
the keen challenge Of the dogs. Some
thing in the cadence gave Reynalda
her first apprehensive thrill, for it
taught her what it means to be hunt
ed, to flee for life before creatures in
f%nitely stronger. She had supped
well, almost too well. If she ran
straight away the end would be only
a matter of minutes. The dogs were
between her and really safe earths,
and she must trick them.
She doubled again, and broke trail
this time by a leap to a fence, scram-
bled down on the other side, and head
ed for the creek. But the dog music
strengthened, grew nearer, clearer,
deadlier. Remus knew his business.
Wherever the trail broke, he circled
wide, and picked it up again. He had
a nose as well as knowledge. Run
ming thus on a scent breast high, he
kept his head up, shutting the tainted
air rather than earth or tangle. His
crying was a bell-note, not overload,
but deep and rich. When it fell to
half-breathless yelps, the hunters
yelled their loudest. They knew that
the pace was quickening to a truly
ringing run.
Reynalda dropped fiat beside rot
ten log for a precious half-minute, for
she had run and run until her heart
was near bursting, her coat black with
sweat, and her long brush so heavily
draggled that its weight seemed to
half anchor her. She had woven a
maze through the tree-trunks Of the
open wood, and then dashed wildly
for the friendly thickets cresting the
bluff. The bluff-face ran sheer down
to the valley; but, at the foot, there
was a narrow alluvial bench along
which a millroad crawled, with the
creek upon its other side, and fine
clear meadows beyond the water.
hoped to scramble into some
safe, small bluff earth but before she
had half recovered her breath, she
heard the chase break upon the verge
of the outer thickets.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07
Colonization Of The Southwest
AID and Inducements Offered by the
Missouri Pacific Railway.

AID and Inducements Offered by the
Missouri Pacific Railway,
The Missouri Pacific Railway is
bending every effort towards develop
ing the agricultural, mineral and in
dustrial resources Of the West and
Southwest. To attain this end, it asks
the aid and cooperation of every farm
err miner, merchant and professional
man along its lines.
The development of the products of
any section Of the country mean just
so much more capital to be spent in
that section. Prosperous neighbors
make a prosperous community, espec-
tally if they live and have their inter
ests at home.
1t is this class Of persons that the
Missouri Pacific Railway asks the pat
rons along its lines to invite to their
sections.
You furnish the names and address
es, and we will furnish the necessary
descriptive and illustrated literature to
induce them to settle in your COM
munity.
We wish to colonize the West and
Southwest, and offer every i%nducement
in the way of excellent transportation
facilities and low rates to all prospec-
tive settlers and home seekers.
H. C. TOWNSEND,
Gent Passenger and Ticket Agt.,
ST. LOUIS, Mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07
sac BE-.

When you hear a man complaining
Of hayingaw wife to support ffsapretty
safe bet that the aforesaid wife has TO
take in washing to support him
Chi 70 Daily News.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07
Police REVOLVER.

Revolvers which fire seven shots in
"a seconds and can kill at $50 yards
its-en. served out to the Berlin po-
elemeutL
cial weil-befs
readily be aecs
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07

Born, near H~lgginsvIlle, February
ID, to The wife Of Herman Fahrenberg
"a boy.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07
SANTA FE ROUTE.

Trains arrive at North Lexington.
No. 9s Cdailyl...... ........ ~. 1875 a. N
Trains leave North Lexingtoni
No. 25, Express daily ............ $50 N
Main line trains pass Lexington junction
The river Bus leaves Lexington 7:4O a m
daily to connect with train at north Lex
lngton. ? Leaves Lexington daily except
sunday at $3.50 a m and 2 O'Clock p IN and
ington Junction.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-07
TIME TABLES

Missouri PacIhc-Lexlngton BE.
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g. & a. Time Table Higginsvlne,

" J. Back. q. P. A. Topeka. Tas,
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y, a. VERNfLLI0N, Agent,
HlgsInsvlIle. SO.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-03-20
Thoroughbred Chickens.

White Wyandottes exclusively
best Eastern laying strains large
in size fine in color and shape.
B. b. Red Game Bantams small
in sire, make fine pets for the
Eggs for Matching 81, so
per 10, l fine white wyandotte
cockeral for sale call and see them.
2O-lm c. r. Wheeler.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-03-20
Notice.

/ hereby announce thai I have
withdrawn my name as a candid
ate for member OF the board CT
trustees of the Village OF Shoshone.
c. w. WERNIcKE.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-03-20
NJ. N. Hayward was a visitor in
Shoshone on Wednesday OF last.

! NJ. N. Hayward was visitor in
J Shoshone on Wednesday OF last.
John Hart was in the city seve-
raj days this week and installed
several new phones for the local
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
Of this place. New phones are now
being added each month and our
citizens are beginning to realize the
benefits Of local exchange.
S. d. Boone OF Haley. would
not accept the appointment tender
ed him, by the governor, as In
surance Commissioner. There
we're number of good republican
workers after the job. while Mr..
Boone never did aspire 10 the posi-
ton, as his personal business is
worth many times more than two
or tnree SUCH Jous.
Alfred Hampton. Chinese In
srector for Montana and Idaho
was in the city this week accom-
panied by C. X. Andrews, deputy
United States Marshal of Boise.
Both gentlemen are here on the !
case of the Cinnamon that were
sent to Jail for not having their +
citizenship papers. {,
Representative Finney, Of Blaine
county, passed through Shoshone '
IN way home from Boise Saturday =
he SAID that while he had not ac-
much during the last :
ession of the state Legislature be Z
vas sure his home people would (
lot rotten egg him on his return. I
s it had been very cold in Haley (
nd he under stood the eggs 3
iere all frozen. (
Jake Fritz, who has been out to Z
.imama for Bert Perrine, has re- 3
lrnud and gone down to Blue 3
axes where he will raise the cable 3
, Mr.. Perrine,s ferry boat and {
ut it in running shape. He will :
$50 do some extensive work on the 3
orth end of the road leading to
le ferry, which when completed {
i'll mako the Blue Lakes ferry the Z
Est on the river, and it is safe to T.
y the bulk Of travel will 60 that
ay.
Examinations for state certifi-
ties and life diplomas will be held -
arch 26, 81. rs, at the following "A
aces: Boise, Pocatello, St.Anth- :
y, Shoshone, Mt. Idaho. Lewis.
4 and Rathdrum, J.. M. Burnside,
unity Superintendent.