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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-12-18
TWO BAD WRECKS
OCCUR IN IOWA
Collision Near Abba Kills Five
Persons and Injuries
Ten More.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH
Freight CoIIded Near Adel in a Dees
Cut While Rounding Sharp
Curve, Killing Three. Men
and lnjuring Several.

Ottumwa, Ia, Dec. 15.-Five Persons
were killed and ten injured in a wreck
on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
road, three miles west Of Abba, Ia. The
westbound passenger train was in some
manner derailed while running on to
the Cedar creek bridge, and five cars
were wrecked by collision with the
steel girders Of the bridge. The wreck
age took fire and several Of the VIC
tins were badly burned.
The dead:
MRS. w. E. MITCHEN, Abba, Ia.
killed.
MILDRED MITCHEN, 8 years old
burned to death.
THOMAS BEATTY, killed in wreck
of smoking car.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27
RICH HUMAN LEGACY

Fourteen Hundred Descendants Of I'm.
than Edwards and Their Intereatirr
Story.
At this time when the question Of
race suicide is being so s~trennon.Ir
agitated it is interesting to point -
the significance of a striking art;
Gle by Edith A. Winship in tho
Worlds Work for October. It is on.
titled "The Human Legacy Of Jon.
athan Edwards" (the bicentennial Of
his birth is celebrated this month";
and presents the somewhat STARTLING
fact that there are over fourteen
hundred descendants of this noted
preacher, theologian and mighty his
t%orical figure of stirring DAYS,
Through six generations his intel
lectual and moral force has project
ed itself. Public officials, college
presidents and professors, judges,
lawyers, preachers, ministers, diplo-
mats, writer's and business men are
included in the list of descendants.
The famous Dwight family of Yale
is in direct line from Edwards
daughter, Mary. Timothy Dwight
was president of Yale from 1894 to
1917. Theodore Dwight Wool8ey held
that Office from 1916 to 1871 and
Timothy Dwight from 1886 to 1897.
From the Edwards family have
come twenty-five officers of the army
and navy. Eighty descendants have
held high public Office ranging from
governor to mayor, and several have
filed important foreign ports as am
bassadors. Miss Winship traces this
remarkable family story through
many interesting details.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27
Why Andrew johnson Left Raleigh.

Ex-Congressman John Nichols
tells a very interesting story as to
why and how Andrew johnson, who
later became President, left Ra-
leigh. johnson was apprenticed to
a resident of Raleigh as a tailor, and
another apprentice was Neil Brown.
One day Johnson, who as was the
custom with apprentices, got in a
quarrel with the cook, a negro wo-
man, and struck her. For this his
master switched him. Determined to
be revenged on the woman, johnson,
the next day threw a lot of filth on
a dish of ham and cabbage, which
she was carrying from the kitchen
to the house for dinner. Then John
son fed, going south of Raleigh, to
a point in Walnut Greek, where
Brown had carried his clothes and
some food. johnson struck out for
South Carolina, walking all the way,
and thence made his way to Ten
nesse.-Col. Olds.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27
tsDo It Now"

Few men in the United States are
buster than DR.. Leland Ossian How
ard, chief entomologist for the Gov
eminent. In addition to conducting
original research work and keeping
abreast of discoveries by other scien-
lists throughout the world in regard
to the eleven million known species
of insects, Doctor Howard directs
the field work of a large corps OF as
sistants, writes and edits voluminou8
monthly reports on technical ento-
mology, and keeps up a steady out
put of popular works on his special
ty. Moreover, he is permanent oec-
rotary of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science
Secretary of the Cosmos Club at
Washington, lecturer on entomology
at SWarthmore College, and PreSl-
dent of the Washington Entomolog-
ical Society. .,..
Knowing of his many activities
and observing that his daily official
correspondence arrived by the bush
ell, a visitor asked the secret OF DIS
ability to get through such a VOL
ume of business. Doctor HoWa[u
replied that the explanation was 70
be found in a motto which ne KEEP
constantly suspended over his deS6,
"There it is" he said. In large DfScA
letter the visitor read:
DO IT NOW.
Doctor Howard says that he owes
much to the inspiration Of that lS
gend. Under It's stimulus ne W.T.
in less than three months his InT SoS
Book, a formidable tome when na a.
come to be regarded as a classic II
the literature of the science. spur; IN
on to do at the moment the nm hIe
hand, he prepared in six wee 6 -.
popular work on mosquitoes
day Evening Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27
Sorry Outlook.

Parson.-Of course you are not
afraid to die, Brother Jones. Your
good wife, who went before, will
meet you at the pearly gates, you
know.
Sick Man.-Yes; and a peach of a
time I'll have explaAing to her all
I've done for the past ten yearsL
Atlanta Constitution.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27

sNoa. 147 and 1896 our series of the Worlds
Best Poems, selected especially for The Pro
EreSsive Farmer by the Editor. In this series
selections from the following authors have
alreAdy appeared: Burns, Bryant, Mr.. and
Mrs. Browning, Byron, Goldsmith, Holmes,
K1pl1ng, Lan1er, LongfelloW, Lowell, Mark
ham, Macaulay, Milton, Moore, Poe, Pope
IennysOn, FlmrOd, Riley, Ryan, Scott,
Shakespeare, Shelley, and others.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27

II 10 a Beauteous Evening, Calm and
Free.*
1t is a beauteous evening, calm and
free,
The holy time is quiet as a nun
Breathless with alteration; the broad
Is sinking down in its tranquility;
The gentleness of heaven broods DER
the sea.
Listen! the mighty being is awake,
And doth with his eternal motion
make
A sound like thunder-everlastingly
Dear child! dear girl, that walkest
with me here,
IF thou appear untouched by solemn
thought,
Thy nature is not therefore less di-
vine:
Thou lest in Abraham's bosom all
the year
And worshipp'st at the temples in
ner shrine,
God~b being with thee when we know
it not.
William Wordsworth.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27

strom. Aye, who ever heard of 9
man-in a city9 And you, and you:
know that the narrowest man who
walks these streets is not the denizen
of Paw Greek, but the man who has
left Paw Creek and smirks compla-
Gently when he returns, after having
served premiership as galley slave
to metropolitan drudgery.
The man who is pitied-how does
he fare2 He stays down here and
lives what the world terms a small
life, but is his living as narrowed as
the city man thinks? His amuse-
ments are limited; he is apt to do
the same things day after day and he
is not apt to make a great deal of
money, but he learns to know a great
many people and to love, and be
loved by, a few. He gets close to a
scattered multitude that finds time
to be quiet occasionally, and he sees
people, not as they seem to be, but
as they are. IF he is happy, there are
those who will rejoice with him. If
he suffehs, men reach out their hands
and touch him understandingly. Be
he ever so small a figure, his move
ments are not UNDECIDED; and his vir-
tues, as we'll as his sins, are a matter
of public knowledge. IF he does
anything that is good and praise
worthy his community knows it and
applauds, and he climbs not very
high on the ladder of fame before
his State sees him and mods approval
Old men and old women stop him and
bless him in memory of his father
and mother; he knows a countless
number of babies; and his neighbors'
dogs come out and recognize him as
a beloved friend. The joy of his ac-
q~uaintances is so near to him, so un-
disguised, that he is gladdened with
it's radiance, and his eyes are wet in
thought of their He has
time for reflection, and he learns to
know his fellow man-know his
strength and his weaknesses; learns
to commend the one and condone the
other. On week days he speaks to
hundreds of people who call him by
his first name; on Sundays he wor-
ships with a congregation that has
known him since he was a babe in
arms. When he grows old he is not
in the way, and when he dies men
bring sympathy to his children and
declare a common loss. May be he,
too, has lived in a rut, but he has
lived with his heart-side throbbing
he has been IN integral part of the
life that was builded around him;
and the best of him is proclaimed
while he lives and lives after he dies.
Both types are exaggerated, but
which of the two really lives the
broader life 9-Irwin E. Avery, in
Charlotte Observer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27
Country Life vs.. City Life.


IT'S an old question, revived by 8
letter that wondered why anybody
could be content to stay in Charlotte
or smaller places when New York.
Boston and other larger cities offer
so much more broadening influences
and so much greater facilities for
ambition. The letter came from q
man who has lived in New York only
a year or so and talks glibly about
the various streets, Weber and
Fields, and a few well-knowR cafes.
Men who know New York thorough
" and are known in that city do not
usually advise other people to 60
there to live. The metropolitan en-
thusiast is the new resident, who will
never know one-tenth as many peo-
pie as he knew in his native village,
He becomes dazed by the glare and
glitter, the big sounds and the mad
tumult and calls all this a part of
seeing and learning and living and
broadening.
But is the city life more broaden
ing than the life down here? Does
it give a nan a more comprehensive
view of life? This question does not
consider the genuine cosmopolitan
type-the man of the world who may
live in New York or anywhere, and
who is broad because he has found
how utterly small he is and simple
because he has learned that any man
ner other than simplicity is absurd.
But does the man who leaves this
section of country, for instance, and
goes to New York to live-does he
enter a broader or a narrower life Z
Has he a right to pity those that he
left behind?
What does the city give the rank
outsider I? What profit does New
York offer the man from our midst
who goes there to live? He is swal-
lowed up, lost from view Immediate
~, for-saving a brilliant few-who
ever heard of a man who lived In
New York? He is a tiny thing who
rubs elbows with strangers. He sees
millions of people every day, and is
lucky if he gets an opportunity to
study and know half a dozen. He
has no neighbors. In the quick rush
there is scant time for sympathy,
and his eyes, seeing no further than
camera lens, can take no intimate
account of the undercurrent-the
pulsing human nature that is about.
He is on the outside of everything
a little, worrying atom that must
fight fercely for space. He may
make a lot of money and spend it ex-
travagantly, but who cares or who
notices? He may do a very fine thing,
but the man who lives next door to
him will never hear of it. The note
of his suffering or his happiness is
not heard above the ceaseless din.
and his death will do no more than
the passing of a draw horse. He NAV
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27
H HOME CIRCLE
To Sleep

A flock of sheep hal leisurely pass
by
One after one; the sound of rain,
and bees
Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds
and seas,
Smooth fields, white sheets of water,
and pure sky;
I've thought of all by turns, and still
I lie
S~leepIess; and soon the small birds
melodies
Must hear, first utter'd from my
orchard trees,
And the first cuckoo's melancholy
cry.
Even thus last night and two nights
more I lay,
And could not win thee, Sleep, by
any stealth
So do not let me wear tonight away;
Without thee, what is all the morn
ing's wealth?
Come, blessed barrier between day
and day,
Dear mother of fresh thoughts
any joyous healthl
William Wordsworth.
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g o UN TY NEWS
wELLINuroN AND VICINITY.

Paul Multhaupt visited friends in
Concordia Sunday.
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Alma Items.

VIM. Emett was in Kansas City Sun
day.
G. H. Louercamp had business in
Lexington Monday.
Born, Sunday to Mr., and Mrs. Her
man Bremen, a daughter.
j.. G Goodwin and H. C.. Fletcher
were in Marshall Tuesday.
H. H. Hortsman had business in St.
Louis the first of the week.
John Norolin and H. Kueck attended
the show at Marshall Wednesday.
AdOlph Helms and family visited the
family of R. G. Thinking here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Huscher of Hig-
ginsville spent Saturday here visiting
DR.. j. w. Fischer and family.
Schrieman Brothers shipped two
cars of fat cattle to St. Louis Monday.
George Kesler also shipped one car tC
the same place on the same date.
Misses Virgie Kleeschulte, Mamie
Marshall, Annie Goggln, Hugo Klee.
schultz, Ed and Arthur Morefield, Fred
Marshall and Shirley Homer attended
the Sells Downs show at Higgins
vile the 9th.
Died, at the home of his parents, 81
miles northeast Of Alma, Sunday,
May 9rd, 1908, Mr.. Henry W. Erd
man. Mr.. Erdman was thrown from 8
horse, rupturing an artery IN the brain,
from which he died in 2H hours aftel
the fall, but conscious up to a few min
utes before he died. The deceased
leaves a father and mother, three
brothers and two sisters: Samuel Erd
man, A. f. Erdman, Mrs. J.. T. Mac
dox of Alma, DR.. A. c. Erdman Q
Waklts, Oklahoma and Mrs. Angus
Hader of H~igginsvllle. Some of th
friends at a distance who attended tn
funeral we're as follows: Mrs. Henri
Hader, Misses Pauline and Berth
Hader, A. H. and Otto Hader of Hig
ginsvllle, Mr.. and Mrs. William Ere
man and son Charles, A. w. Hade
and wife Of Higginsvllle, and Mrs
Fred Schrieman of Concordia.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-09
DOVER DOlNdS.

Fred Bray of Grand Pass vas in
Dover Monday.
Pet Cole of Lexington was in town
one day last week.
Mrs. DAVID Eagan will entertain the
Reading Circle next Friday evening.
Miss Nettie Cannon of Kansas City
is the guest Of Miss Sallie Corbin this
week.
Mrs. Malinda Haggard is visiting
her daughter, Mrs Will Meug this
week.
Mr.. Walter Beattie attended the
Webb Burgess wedding at Paris Mo-,
last Wednesday,
Mr.. E. Miers visited his daughter,
Mrs. Will Barnes, neal Lexington sew.
eral days last week.
Mrs. VIM. Cook and daughter,
Gladys, of Pleasant Hill, are visiting
Mrs. Will Neer this week.
Mr.. Lamar Mcclure and wife, o
Grand Pass, were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Neer last week.
Everyone is invited to come to tn,
strawberry supper tonight at tn,
Woodman Hall. Admissiod rs cents
Messrs VIM. Dysart Vim. Meng ant
Henry Hinson left Saturday evening
for Camden county to be absent sew
eral days on business.
Mr.. Allan Hickman one Of our mos
popular young men, has accepted
position with Pile & S heer merchantil
company of this place.
DR.. Ryland of Lexington was Gale
here Tuesday in consultation wit
Drs. HARDWOOD and Hit, the patier
being a nan quite seriously hurt a
mines.
Mrs. DR.. Hit entertained WedneI
day evening at six-o'clock dinner Nj
and Mrs. Robert Webb. MIR. and Mr.
Jouette Redd and Mr.. Mrs. Fran
Gordon.
Died, at his home in Dover Sunds
morning May Srd, after q short lines
Uncle Tom Reeves [cOlored) age
about seventy years. He was one c
the most highly respected colored pc
pie of this place, had been a memb,
of the Christian church a number
, years.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-09
World Mlde RepntaLion.

Whites Cream hermitage has
achieved a world wide reputation as
being the best of all whom destroyers,
and for Its tonic influence on weak and
unthrifty children, as it neutralizes
the acidity or urnes Of the stomach,
improves their digestion, and assimila-
ton Of food, strengthens their nervous
system and it restores them to the
health, vigor and elasticity Of spirits
natual to childhood. zoe at Chrenshaw
& Young's. 5.2m1
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-09

Mr.. Roy January has gone to St.
.Ouls.
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The New Pastor.

Rev. Milford Riggs, the newly
elected pastor Of the Baptist church
of this city, will reach Lexington
Saturday morning and will preach
Sunday morning and evening. The
subject Of the morning sermon will
be: 1.-THE New Administration, " anG
OF the evening sermon: "The Ole
Story" The public is cordially invited
to attend these services.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-09
WayerIy Items.

WdNeTiy TENS
Mr.. Roy January has gone to St.
Louis.
MIR, Frank B )ck vas in Lexington
this week.
Mr.. E. II. Lewis was in Kansas City
this week.
Mrs. W. B. Cooper has returned
from a visit to Kansas City.
Miss Alma Slusher of Corder is visit
ing Miss Marcia Slusher.
Mrs. Ike Fulkerson has returned
from a visit near Warrensburg.
Misses Anna and Airline Lewis of
&c. F. G. visited home a few days this
week.
We regret to learn Of the tragic
death of Nj. Henry Erdman of near
Alma.
Mr.. B. H. Thomas and nephew,
Charlie Carpenter, spent last week In
St. Louis.
Mr.. AIgie Corder was up from
Malta Bend Bank last Sunday and
returned Monday morning.
Mrs. Buck brought home her broth.
er, Mr.. Thos. Pritchard, of Laclede
Hotel, with her, to enjoy a country
rest and recuperate from his labors.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. P. Buck and Mrs
Margaret Thomas, returned the frs
of the week frIm St. Louis, in atten-
dance on he dedication Of "World'
FAIR"
1t IS rumored, and perhaps true, tina
a stock company with a capital o
S25 900 is being formulated, to erect 1
department. merchantile establishment.
10 the near future.
Mr. Chris Peters Of zeal Alma wal
in own Tuesday on business, and 1t il
expected his son, Herman, will em
bark in the merchantlle business in
short time in our city.
NJ. G. Shewalter aud d. A Barr re
port an immense gathering OF people
and having seen a quantity of 9rea
men like Roosevelt and Cleveland a
the Worlds FAIR dedication.
Mr.. l.. Hall Corder arrived a fe'
days ago On a visit to his parents, MI
and Mrs. Aldridge Corder, from Oklt
homa, where he has been employed b
the Frisco railroad in building raj
roads in Oklahoma and Texas, {
bridge inspector for the last two years
Mr.. Nathan Gordon has capitulate
his fine brick residence on Caplti
hill, and given possession to D
Alderman who will occupy same unit
! his return from bis overland trip inI
the great Southwest. First he wi
round up in the Ozark mountains an
then down into the peach and app
orchards of Arkansas, where he W
stop at ''Rogers to see his old frlen,
d Tom Warren, a few days and the
i journey on West into 0klahom
taking a view OF the country. He e
=, poets to be gone several months.
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German Pioneers.

The German Pioneers of Lafayette
county will meet at Concordia May
IS, 1903. These meetings are always
looked forward to with a great deal
Of pleasure and the programmes are
interesting. A full attendance is
desired at the coming meeting. I'd
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Did II Ever Occur TO YOu

to note the RAPID development to East
Texas as a truck and fruit-growine
countryP Mop Then write for the
pamphlet "Timely Topics No. ~ and
become convinced that the resources
of Texas are lllimitable. Address
"Katy," 500 Wainwright, St. Louis,
Missouri.
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Don't Overlook This.

The U. D. G. will give a straw
berry and ice cream supper in the old
post office building next Thursday,
May l4th, beginning at 3 O'Clock in
the afternoon. Everybody invited.
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court, plead guilty, and pay fines which
Is due from them for violation Of the
city ordinance 10 n%eglecting to 6,e their
report with recommendations to the
county board OF equalization
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Notice to Bridge Contractors.

Two bridge notices appear twice in
this issue owing to . change in dates
of receiving bids. The last dates are
the correct ones, viz. May 80 and
June 4.
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Real Estate Transfers.
Tuesday, April 2sth, 1908.

Wednesday, April 29th 1908.
American National Bank to ] j
Gladdish, trustee, consideration 81; \
Int in 70 acres
Jas Q Chambers to Henry G Gelzer,
consideration 9 2 $500; lot in Licking
ton except strip.
Martha A Young to Harry Blee,
consideration $780, pit 2 lots In Lex
ihgton.
Carrie E McKinsie and husband to
@ W Williams, consideration $40; lot
in %Higginsville.
Lucy French ct al, to c w Williams
$40; lot in Higginsville.
Jno w FIshback to Robt L Daven
port, consideration $3.50: lot In Odessa.
Emma White to J A Newland, cou-
sideration $500 ;lot In Odessa.
Thursday, April 3Oth 1908,
Dan Carey to Jno Boyd, c~onsidera-
ton 1920; lot IN Lexington.
F NJ Corners, ct al, to Jas T Rog-
ers, consideration 1887; \ lot in
Odessa.
Al Grub to Geo A Grub, ct al,
consideration 500; 20 acres.
A ] Grub to Geo A Grubd. ct al
consideration So, 500; 100 acres.
Friday, May LIST, 1908.
Jno K Pearcy to Oliver E Green,
consideration $500; lot IN l, 48, %.
H G Smith, by sheriff to n E Prev
lit, consideration $3.50; pit 2 lots In
Higginsville.
Saturday, May End, 1903
Albert Johnson to Louis and Ike
Gratz, consideration 5000; lot In Lex
ington.
Jno Marshall, ct al, to Carrie S Eas-
Textbook and husband, consideration,
81, 300; Int in ia acres.
Philip B Marshall to Carrie Easter
brook and husband, consideration
5000; int in ia acres.
/ VIM T Wood to VIM B P Palmore,
ct al, consideration $1,000; lot in
= Woods subdivision.
Mary S Winsor to Sam Berry, con-
sideration $500; pit 2 lot In Lexington
Monday, May 4th, 1908.
ALBION Stewart to E E Axline, con
s~ideration $112 so; 10 acres.
1 d Isom to E Z Axline, consideration
$500; 20 acres.
Sallie Z Shaw ct al, to Molli'
Kincheloe, consideration $50 2 lots ii
Higgiusville.
Ben F Suddath to Agnes Wolten.
barger, ct al, consideration 50, 700; 81
acres.
= Belle V Peak aud husband to BoyC
= Curtis and Jas Caldwell, consideration
= $3.50; lot in Lexington.
Home B & L Assn to Henry Ray
g consideration 1925; lot in Higginiville
J. VIM H Wolfers to Henry Woliers
. consideration 81, 800; 2 lots in COncor
1 dla.
s. Little ] Brown TO Sam G Armstrong
consideration $3.50; So acres.
8 Sanford ] Woodruff to Chas '
Woodruff, consideration $1,000; 8
l. acres.
a Jno Taubman to Eliz G Bowman
> consideration 81, 700; pit lot in Lei
i ington.
Jas W Barton to Joseph A Barton
d consideration So, 900; 100 acres.
70 EuphenY Hogan and husband I
l. Mary Buehner, consideration Sc, 600
u 100 acres.
Vi Philip N Kibler to Chas W Koonti
81 consideration $3.50; 1855 acres.
ne Ell McCord to S A Schooling, col
ne slderation 81; 21.S8-1OO acres.
Nv
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The city Of Waverly has s560.6 60 IN
the treasury.