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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-17
HOW POE LOOKED.
a Description of His Appearance
Had Very Delicate Hands.

Alu very 0SAe4AS 0A~
From an elaborate description by
DR.. Chiyers printed in ''The Poe
Chivers Papers in the Century, we
take these paragraphs:
His arms and hands we're slender,
and tapered very gracefully and
gently. down to the ends Of his fin
gers, which were very tender, gen
~ltlemanly, and lady-like. In fact, his
lhAnds we're truly remarkable for their
~iroseate softness and lily-white fem
kRine delicacy. You could have
Judged of his nobility by his hands.
His face was rather oyal-tapering
IN its contour rather suddenly to the
chin, which was very classical-and,
especially when he smiled, really
handsome. His countenance was
tropical in its aspect-precisely the
reverse Of his heart, which, like the
fountains Of Solomon, had long been
kept sealed up as something sacred,
AOm the vulgar gaze Of the world
his face, whenever he wrote long at
any one time, putting on a sickly,
saIlow, and rather pallid hue-but
never to such an extent as to indi-
cate indisposition. His digestion
vas always good-which is prima
,facie evidence that he was never a
student.
His dress was always remarkably
neat for one in his circumstances.
But l do not believe that it would
haye done forhim to have had money.
He was ruined in his youth. His col
lege life in Virginia was the cause Of
all his INSTRUMENTATION. That was
the internal whirlpool into which was
driven the beautiful milk-white ship
of his soul, never to be reclaimed. Is
1t not one Of the most remarkable
things in the world, that any mar Of
his abilities should have been SC
amenable to the dictations Of others
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-17
RUSSIAN CHARACTER.
Said to Have Been Seriously Misrep-
resented-The Penal System.

Said to Have Been Seriously Misrep-
resented-The Penal System.
Herbert II. D.. Pierce %corrects in
the Atlantic Monthly many false i'm
pressions regarding Russian institu-
tons. Thus, as regards the penal
system Of Russia, individual instances
of the abuse of power have been cited
rs the rule, while they are, in fact,
rare exceptions. There is nothing
cruel either in the national character
or in that Of the average Russian Of
fetal, The latter, it is true, says Mr..
Pierce, has frequently received mil
Itary training, and pursues the course
of his duty toward the individual in
trusted to his charge with that rigid
Exactitude which pertains to the army
the world over. As for the reputa-
ton Of the Russian for ferocity and
cruelty, nothing could be further
from the truth. limo country in the
world is there less exhibition Of cru
city to child or beast on the part Of
prince or peasant, and under no aris-
tOcratic system is there a more gen.
.erOus consideration for the inferior
ON the part of the great.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-17
INSANITY INCREASING.
Among Young People Rapidly, Says
q Prominent Alienist.

q Prominent Alienist.
EAST living has caused more cases
Of mental weakness than anything
else said Frederick Richardson, Of
the Bedford insane asylum, Of Bed
ford, ILL.,, to a Denver Times reporter.
"Many distressing cases come un-
der our care. l am inclined to be-
lieye that more young people are be-
coming insane every year. Thisis eS
pecially true Of young men, and we
also have many young women pa
tients. Of course there ere any num-
Der of causes Of insanity, but paresis
is becoming very common. 1t seems
that young America cannot stand
success.
Drinking and the use of narcOt-
les, principally opium, seems to be
the natural result Of rapid rise, then
shattered health and insanity. The
stock exchange is contributing its
quota to the number of insane, and
people from every walk in life are
placed under our care. We have
learned that the normal life is most
conducive to the health of brain and
body. 1t will not do to go to either
extreme. We have had to are for
the sheepherders, who for months at
a time did not see a human face on
the prairies, and for millionaires
who saw too many faces in the mael-
strom of society.
"Too much solitude causes melan-
cholia. A man broods. At first it
seems a delight, but that which pri-
marily was only the spice Of a misan-
thropic disposition turns into the
rawlings Of a maniac.
Owe have a mar at the sanitarium
now who was one Of the brightest
lawyers in Chicago. Dissipation
weakened his intellect. He has a sort
a sort of delayed conception. Form
stance, if / should ask him: 'Dcyou
want an apple?' he would reply Yes
and in about half a minute he would
ask me if offered him an apple. He
done seem to understand the import
of words when first spoken, but after
a slight delay catches on.
"But in many ways insanity in
creases a person's cunning. Iremem-
Der a young woman we had for several
months whose mind was unbalanced
by religion. She was the cleverest
person to escape from the place you
ever heard Of. Twice she escaped in
mems clothes; she stole the key tc
the door from the guard and in about
40 different ways she kept us busy 60
ing after her. But, fortunately, We
never had to go very far. She al.
ways went to church. fit was night
she knelt on the steps until overcome
by sleep. If the church was open shC
would go inside and pray until We
discovered her. She never refused t.
return, but came back peacefully al
a lamb"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-17
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

BY virtue OF an order of the probate court
of Lafayette county, Missouri. made on the
18th day of December, 1902, the undersigned
public administrator for said county has
taken charge of the estate of William
Schaefer, deceased.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to me for allow
auce within one year after the date Of said
order or they may be precluded from any
benefit OF such estate; and If such claims be
not exhibited within two years from the date
Of said order they will be forever barred.
MAT. d. WILSON,
l-l0-5t Public Administrator
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-17
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Letters Of administration on the estate of
Friederika Kordes, deceased, were granted to
the undersigned on the 9th day Of January,
1903 by the probate court of Lafayette county,
Missouri. Ali persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them for
allowance to the administrator within one
year after the date Of said letters or they may
be pTecluded from any benefit OF such estate;
and If such claims be not exhibited within two
years from the date Of said letters they will
be forever barred.
This 9Th day of January, 1903.
FRED KORDES,
1-lOt5 Administrator.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-17
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

STATE OF MISSOURI, is.
ounU ci Lafayette.
a.. olr,pit Court OF Lafayette County
INiss,nri Aprli Term, lsJA In vacation
November Is. l9l2 ,ua, -
.Jnhn W. Middleton, Altrtl Mlu -
dieton aud Thomas P. Middleton -
Plaintiffs.
rh..,es : ,itddleton, Frederick X:
Niddieton. May A Owsley ana
George W. Owsley. her husnanl
Susan NJ. Gruver and George W
Gruver. her husband. ElikanethI
Mid Teton, Louisa NJ Mldaieto9'
Frent Middleton. Marion i MID
dieton minor. and Rosa - Mid
dlpton. minor, Defendants
Now az this day some the elalullus ue,St'
hy their attorneys, John ; hIac wei H.
a5d Ale their petition and affidavit alleglns'
smong other thirgs, that deten tants susan
~ Grnver and George W. Gruver, her nus
6S,d arc not residents Of the state OF WIS
souri; Whareupon, 10 Is ordered u{ tne VislS
hi vacation that said ~detendants De huelneu
bv publication that plaintlus nav ~
cd a suit against them In TINS conrL the ~
fe.t and General nature OF which IS 20 obtain
a decree and judgment for partition 70 wy
allowing described real estate, situate anu
being In the county OF Latayette anu stals
OF Missouri, tO-wit: The s0utheast quarter o.
the southeast quarter and the southwest
onartar Of the southeast quarter anu tle
south half Of the northeast quarter OI the
Southeast quarter aud the south haii OF tht
northwest quarter OF the southeast quuiNel
OF section three l3l aud thirty-seyen ,5il
acres more OF less on the north sue OF tnt
northeast quarter of section ten w ana tht
southwest quarter OF the southeast quarter
and the south half OF the northwest quarter
of the southeast quarter and the west nail OF
the southeast quarter OF the southeast guar,
Ter and the south half Of the northeast
quarter of the southeast quarter OF SectiOt
fifteen [i51, all in township tortY-elght ~
range twenty-nine l29l; and that unless th'
said nonresident defendants susan M cru
yer and George W. Gruver, her husband O'
and appear az this court. at the next Aprl
1903 term thereof, to be begun aud holden "a
the court house, IN the Jlty OF Lexington
In said county. on the 9th day OF April, lS9
next. aud on or before he first day or SAT-
term, II the term sha so long continue. an,
II not. then on or before the last day OF SalI
term. answer or plead TO the petition In sax
cause. the. same will be taken as confessed
and Judgment will be rendered accordingly
And it IS further ordered, that a COP
hereof be published, according TO law M IN
Weekly Iutelligencer, a newspaper publlsl
ed In said county Of Lafayette for fou
weeks excessively, published at least ono
a week, the last Insertion to be nc leas
fifteen days before the first day OF said mex
April 1903, term of this c0nrt.
A true copy. Attest
[sEAL1 j. H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Clerk
ByJ W. SYDNoR, Deputy. l'iito
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-17
sIncerest Form q Flattery.

/ A Polish nobleman and his wife
being brought up for some political
lsfeDce,. arrived at the spa Of zappot
Having their heads shaved, according
10 the Russian custom in some trials
Next day all the Poles al the place
both men and women, performed d,
aame operation on their own heat.
g a mark Of sympathy.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-17
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons Interested In the estate Of
Patrick Ryan. deceased. that the un-
d%ersigned public administrator, will apply to
make a final settlement OF said estate, at the
February term, 1908, Of the probate court Of
Lafayette county, Missouri, to be begun and
held at the probate court room, in the city OF
Lexington, ON the second Monday In Feb
ruary, 1908.
NJ. d. WILSON,
l-lOt5 Public Administrator.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-17
THE HABIT.
As Judged by Number Of Library
Books On Street Cars.

Ao Juu6Su " NuAASVA Va Ay
Books On Street Cars.
The street-car riding public Of New
York has been having some nice
things. said about it. The man who
said them is pretty well acquainted
with the ~street-car habits Of every
large city in the United States, and
his verdict ought to be worth some
thing. "You Gothamites may be
great on the push and pull and
hustle" he said, "but if the number
Of library books seen in street cars
these days are any index to the public
taste, you also stack up pretty well in
tellectually. l never struck a town
where so many %street-car passengers
read library books. Even in the
rush hours, when it is all a person can
do to find space for his body, half the
people are bent on mental expansion.
Library books stare you in the face,
jab you in the back, and bump your
elbows on the right and left. / have
never taken the trouble to find out
the kind of literature that there
abounds, but whatever the nature Of
the books, the travelling librarie;
thus displayed certainly do give New
York a mighty cultured appearance
N Y. Times.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-17
FINAL

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons interested in the estate of
John X. Howe, deceased. that the under
signed administrator will apply tomake a final
settlement OF said estate, at the February
term, 1898, of the probate court OF Lafayette
county, Missouri, TO be begun and held at the
probate court room, In the city of Lexington
on the second Monday in February. 1903.
3 N. WILSON,
l-lOtb Administrator
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-17
FREIGHTs.
SANTA FE ROUTE.

Trains arrive st North Lexington.
No. 2S daily. ......... .............. 1875 a. n
Trains leave North Lexington:
No. 25, Express daily ............ $3.50 q. N
Main line trains pass Lexington Junction
The river Bus leaves Lexington 7:4O a n
daily to connect with train at north Lex
ington. Leaves Lexington daily except
Sunday at $3.50 a m and 2 o'clock p and
goes through to connect with trains at Lex
ington Junction.
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n SUPERINTENDENT.

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons Interested in the estate OF
f.. J, Middleton, deceased. that the under
settlement of said estate, at the February
term, 1903, OF the probate court Of Lafayette
county. Missouri, TO be begun and held at the
probate court room, IN the city of Lexington,
on the second Monday In February. 1908.
A.. r MIDDLETON.
I. p. MIDDLETON,
l-l0t5 Administrators
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DIR. W. R. ECKLE.

Surgeon Dentists, ONCE IN Hearle Building
Eleventh and Main streets. Lexington. Mif
0uri laeDral
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-17

EAST u TRAINS.

Special rates to Kansas City every Saturday
evening and Sunday.
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MAsoNs.
Lexington Lodge, No. 149, A f q A NJ.
Third Monday in each month.
Henry Sinauer. w M.
II w Winsor, secretary.
Royal Arch Chapter, No lo-First Monday
in each month.
Fred Wilson, II P
INV Winsor, Secretary.
DeMolay oommandery, Nos, x T-Fourth
Monday In each month.
Oscar Andreep, Eminent Commander.
II W winsor, Secretary.
100. Y.
Orion Lodge, No B-2nd and Attn Tuesdays
in each month.
SIP Coen, CP.
Itsska Enoampment, No 0-ath Monday in
each month.
Up Coen. JrOP.
! G @ ludwig, Scribe.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-17

STATE OF MISSOURI. ss.
ounB ct Lafayette
In the Circuit Court OF Lafayette SouqS1
Missouri. Anrll Term, ls1A In VACATION
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-03
Announcement.

A special business meeting of the
w. c. T. U. Is called for Friday
afternoon. at half past two, sharp,
at Mrs. E. B. Clawson on North
Wells street. All the superin'
tendents of departments are re-
quested to give their reports and a
full turnout of the membership Is
expected. ct
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-03
Due Notice is Served.

Due notice is hereby served On
the public generally that DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salve Is the only
salve on the market that Is made
from the pure unadulterated witch
hazel. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
salve has cured thousands Of cases
o fpiles that would not yield to any
other treatment, and this fact has
brought out many worthless coun.
terfeits. Those persons who get
the genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve are never disappointed be.
cause 1t cures.
Opera House Drug Store.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-06

and learn how 1t can be done.
A. A. Boyce, farmer living three
and half miles from Trenton, Mo-,
says: "A severe cold settled in my
kidneys and developed so quickly that
| was obliged to lay of work on &C
count of the aching in my back and
sides. For time | was unable to
walk at all, and every makeshift l
tried and all the medicine | took had
not the slightest effect. My back con-
tinued to grow weaker until | was I'M
at for anything. Mrs. Boyce noticed
Doan's Kidney Pills advertised as q
sure cure for just such conditions. and
one day when in Trenton she brought
a box home from Chas A. Fosters
drug store. | followed the directions
carefully when taking them and | must
say l was more than surprised and
much more gratifed to notice the
backache disappearing gradually. until
It finally stopped"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Boyce will
be mailed on application to any part
Of the United States. Address Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo. N. Y. For sale
by all druggists, price so cents per box
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-06
The Editor Ate Too Much.

The editor and wife had another
square meal Sunday on account OF
having received an invitation to dine
at the hotel. Perk said he was afraid
we wouldn't accept. but we did. For
the benefit of our lady readers we will
state that they had chicken and tho
stun that goes with such layout and
strawberry shortcake and lettuce. Our
wife wore her blue and white and
looked real dear Mrs. Perkins had q
new skirt and looked too sweet for
anything. The editor wore his Sun
day, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Thursday, Friday, Saturday suit anc
was sick all night.-White g. d.
Leader
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-06

not considered essential in the East,
and the pure air and hard work, and
minimum OF whisky, soon set me up
again. But, try as | would could
never make boon companions of my
comrades, and they, realizing that
was not of their class, did not take me
entirely into their fellowship.
We'll, one evening Jake Bellair rode
to town on his broncho. He was
known as Bad Jake. The news
spread, and every one kept his eyes
skinned for first sight of him. Sud
denly there was a whoop outside the
saloon where the boys were gathered,
drinking and playing, and Jake ap.
peared in the doorway. In a trice
found myself standing alone beside
the bar. The bartender had disap.
peared and every cowboy had sunk
softly into a seat Jakes eyes lighted
on me, and next instant he stood in
front of me, and looked down the
throat Of a Colt As
Dance, you blankety-blank son of
Satan!' yelled the bad man. You
bloomin' Eastern pickpocket, or train.
robber or whatever you are, dance, or
I'll fill you full of holes
Il never before had looked into the
menacing barrel of a revolver, and my
gaze remained glued to the little rond
blae kened circle, from which death
might squirt at any moment. Although
| never for an instant took my eyes
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-06
HE TOOK HIS CHANGES.
On the Threshold Of Heaven Smith
Turned Back at Sound OF Music.

On the Threshold Of Heaven Smith
Turned Back at Sound OF Music.
John Smith was the MndGst, best
tempered of men. Everybody spoke
we'll of him. When he died he went
straight to heaven. At the door of
the abode of bliss he was met by St.
Peter, who welcomed him warmly.
Pray, walk up" said ST. Peter,
I'VE are really pleased to meet you. >
John started to go up the stairs.
when he heard some music,
what music is that?' asked John
hesitatingly.
"Oh, that" answered ST. Peter
Why, the angels, ever SO many OF
them are playing on their harps with
the golden strings"
do they keep 1t up?" inquired
John, anxiously.
Certainly they do, for there Is
neither day nor night here" said the
saint. They keep on harping all the
time"
John halted on the steps. What
is going on below?" he inquired.
why, there Is the furnace tnert
and a concert hail. and maybe vari
ETY. show"
ANY music?" asked John
Music? Well, you may call i
music, but it does not an, cunt tt
much. There you are not forced t
listen to it, II you don't want to,
was st. Peters reply.
Then John Smith walked down sew
eral steps and said: Il think II
take my chances below. You see
when on earth | lived in a fiat IL
Brooklyn, and In the next apartment
with only a thin partition between
there was a man who played a pia
nola all the time, and it made me 81
weary of life that | was glad when
passed away. No more music Il
mine. philadelphia Ledger
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-06


clean, straight furrow that healed
in weak, but left this scar, which
will be there as long as | live.
The other three gentlemen were
expressing their interest in Il e Earra.
tive, when once more the conductor
appeared. The narrator looked him
full in the face:
Damned II II isn't ODell,' said the
official heartily. Say, | knew wed
meet before, and it's worried me for
the last two hours to place you
straight It's only this minute that l
saw that scar on your head, md then
| had you for sure. Why, 1t must be
ten years ago you got that Do you
remember? You were braking in the
Olean yards, and when Tench decided
for flying switch one night you went
In to cut loose the box Md you
missed your hold and went down. We
thought you were a dead one sure
and you escaped with that rip on your
head Well. how are you, anyway
Given up the road long age sup
pose? "-New York Press.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-06
BRAIN BUILDING.

How to Feed Nervous Cases.
Hysteria sometimes leads to insanity
and should be treated through feeding
the brain and nerves upon scientific
ally selected food that restores the
lost delicate gray matter, Proof of the
power of the brain food GrapeNuts is
remarkably strong.
About eight years ago when work
ing very hard as a court stenographer
| collapsed physically and then nery-
ously and was taken to the State Hos
pital for the insane at Lincoln, Neb. q
raving maniac
They had to keep me in a strait
jacket, and | was kept in the worst
ward for three months. | was finally
dismissed in the following May, but
did no brain work for years until last
fall, when | was persuaded to take the
testimony in two cases. One of these
was a murder case, and the strain
upon my nervous system was so great
that | would have broken down again
except for the strength l had build up
by the use of Grape-Nuts When !
began to feel the pressure of the work
on my brain and nerves simply in.
creased the amount of Grape-Nuts
and used the food more regularly.
II now feel like my old self again
and am healthy and happy. l am sure
that IL | had known of Grape-Nuts
when | had my trouble eight years age
| would never have collapsed and this
dark spot in my life would never have
happened. GrapeNuts' power as 9
brain food is simply wonderful and ]
do not believe any stomach is so weak
that 1t cannot digest this wonderful
food. | feel delicaey about having
nay name appear In public. but IL you
think it would help any poor sufferer
you can use IT," Name given by Pos
| tum Co. Battle Creek, Mich
There are desserts and desserts. The
delicious. health giving kind are told
about in the little rscipe book found
in each package Of Grape Nuts.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-08-06
A WATERS RECEPTIVE BRAIN

Used to Quick Orders, He Becomes
an Automaton.
81 believe that there is no work IN
the world that makes such machines
of men as does the business of waitin
in some of these quick lunch eatins
places said the business man. The
brains of the walters seem to work
like monographs. What they hear In
the way of orders given them is seem
ingly registered and reproduced with
out any apparent mental activity or
realization OF exactly what the order
means. The other morning, for In
stance, overh card this dialogue and
monologue In one of these restaurants
Two men seated at the same table
gave their orders to the same waiter
Bring me q couple OF soft.boiled
eggs and q cup of coffee, said the first
man.
Same thing for me. waiter, saio
the second, adding In a jocular way
but be sure the eggs are fresh
"'All right was the reply.
And moment later his voice came
from the back of the restaurant: Soft.
boiled for two-an' have two Of 'em
fresh!'"