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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15
BIRD WAYS.
The Old Ones Help the Young in
Their Nestmaking.

As the years 60 by | am more and
more impressed by the close relation
between bird ways and human ways.
Courtship and marriage are as yari-
able and interesting as in the human
family. but there Is no divorce
in the bird family. Once mated,
SAY; a writer in Forest and Stream,
is mated for life. The male
birds return from the south about
q week before the females and
Young. The old females assist
the young females in selecting
nesting sites, which usually are in
the immediate locality Of the moth
er's nest. The mother looks after the
welfare Of her year-old daughter; in
this way family ties are maintained.
/ see this trait in many birds that
visit nv cabin, such as catbirds,
wood-thrushes, y%eeries, ovenbirds,
robins, towhee, buntings, chestnut
sided warblers, black-throated var
blers, redstarts, c~hickadees and song
sparrows. 1t proves that blood is
thicker than water in the bird family
as we'll as in the human family. l
have seen mother birds assist in nest
building in several instances. Years
ago l saw this trait in the caves swal-
low. The young birds would begin a
nest on the plain clapboards, which
would fall before it was half built.
The old birds took a hand and in
duced the young birds to select Use
cure spot. l have known the old
birds to use force to keep a foolish
youngster from a dangerous nesting
site.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15
EYE-STRAIN.
The Cause of the Mental Affection Of
MANY Celebrities.
site.

The interesting conclusion has
been reached by DR.. George NJ.
Gould, in his Geographic Clinics"
that Browning, De Quincy and Car
lyle all owed their mental affection
to the one cause Of eye-strain. From
an examination of De Quincey's por-
trait, the author believes that he had
a disease known among oculists as
exophoria. 1t is not squirting, but
it is rather a divergence Of the eye
leading to a great muscular strain.
The use Of opium would narrow
the pupils to the smallest diameter.
This would greatly aid in shutting
out confusing rays, and would, in a
way, make the vision better. So the
great authors use Of the drug may
not have resulted wholly from weak
ness Of will, but because he found
that it fitted him temporarily for his
work.
Carliyle's ~sufferings find ample ex-
PLANTATION in eye-strain. After each
completed work, indeed after each
busy day, he had to rest, and the ex-
haustion that overlook him savored
Of despair. Yet intellectual activity
did not tire him, but physical la
Dor involved in reading and writing.
Robert Browning lived a temper
ate life under the best conditions.
Still, after every attempt at reading
and writing he found himself afiict-
ed with headaches and vertigo. Oar
win and Huxley also suffered the
same way.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15
ATS A CLEAN SWEEP"

Under five deck headlines, begin
ming with the exultinR phrase, "It's
a clean sweep" the Kansas City
Journal Of the 9th has this to say:
"Judge CAN'T is now more firmly
convinced than he was a week ago
that he will not get a chance to leave
the bench next year and become
governor. Sam Cook is taking to the
tall timber. He is not so sure he
will allow the gang to use him for a
governor candidate as he was a week
ago. The war cry comes 10 from all
over the state against renominating
any one of the Legislature. Anyone
who was a member OF corrupt legisla-
lures is branded as corrupt or iucom-
petent in not knowing what was
going on. 1t is a wave for a clean
sweep and all political oficeholders
and grafters are requested t. take
notice, 4" etc., etc.
1t is precisely such talk as this that
is damaging Mr.. Folk and the move.
ment that is propelling him to the
front. Take ~ own local case. Our
representative is Joseph Shelby and
our senator is Nicholas Bradley. If
their constituents choose to turn them
down for almost any other reason or
for no particular reason at all, these
men and their warmeSt personal
friends would take it chcerfully and
would line up and work for the party
and the nominee. But If they were
defeated professedly in the interest OF
good government, carrying the impll-
cation that they are boodlers and
grafterS, thousands Of just. minded
men 10 this district would be hope
lessly offended and Disguised and
would feel no interest In going to the
polls in November. Conservative
democrats will not admit that the
party is rotten. They might be
willing to abolish Ray county and
Crawford county and SINE Others
: =
II that were possible, for continuing
10 send suspected men to the state
senate over the protest of democratic
sentiment 10 the state. But Mis-
sourlans are not Partisan enough to
Indulge Ia a revolution over local
disorders which are durable ia ordi-
nary ways.
AS to Mr.. Folk, he has made an
admirable record 10 his present office.
just as Judge CAN'T has in his and
Mr.. Cook in his and Mayor Reed in
his and MIR, Yandiyer in his Accord
log to their several tastes men may
very properly feel personal preference
for u or another Of these men
Aud no man deserves to be criticised
for a personal preference for any one
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

The Kansas City Times says; Gov
ernor Dockery had a chance to distln-
gulsh himself as a thoroughgoing
chief executive, but instead Of doing
as President Roosevelt did 10 the
matter Of the post ofice scandals, ~
ETC., etc. Yes, If Governor Dockery
had given out to the newspaper
reporters a brave manifesto about
"going TO the bottom " and had then
run of to some remote corner Of the
state TO a summer retreat and kept
as still as a mouse; and II attorneys
Folk and Crow had ''gOne to the
bottom" and stayed there until the
statute Of Limitation had run against
all the cases, and had not boboed up
again until the attention OF the
people had been attracted to some.
thing else and had given out disap-
pointedly that there was nothing In
it," Mr.. Dockery would be entitled
to the same credit as is ascrlbed to
President Roosevelt-in the estima-
tion Of the Times. 1t is barely pos
sible that Governor Dockery is not
seeking the kind Of glory that sur
rounds Mr.. Roosevelt with its halo.
1t is barely possible that Mr.. Dockery
would be ashamed of the favor of the
Star Times.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15
Butler Located.

Prosecuting Attorney H. F. Black.
well telegraphed Saturday to Ellin-
wood, Kansas, to see if George Butler,
who has been missing for about ten
days, could be located. A friend of
Buffers Jacob Hahn, replied that
Butler had been there several DAVIS.
Butler left Lexington on a load of
beer Thursday night a week ago and
has not been seen since 1t was gen.
orally supposed that he had been
Killed for the fifty dollars he had on
him at the time of his disappearance
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

The futility of some kinds of foolish
laws was illustrated recently by the
testimony of Col. William Fl. Phelps
before the Cole county and St. Louis
grand %juries. Although he boasted
just before the adjournment of the
legislature that, il be we're called
before the grand jury, he would take
the stub of his pass book with him.
when the time came he stood upon
his constitutional rights, as a matter
OF course, and refused to name n
legislator who had received a pass.
Members Of the legislature are for.
hidden by the constitution to accept a
pass and the law imposes a heavy fine
upon the official who issues one to a
legislator. or course neither will
tell on the other. The law only
serves to insure greater secrecy 10
this form Of bride ry. Itwas prob
ably intended to do SO. If there
were no such law the same men who
now refuse passes would still refuse
them, and many of those who. now
accept them would do so without any
feeling of obligation and certainly
without any feeling Of shame. At
present, the member Of the legislature
who holds a pass knows and feels that
he swore a lie when he took his oath
OF office
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15
New Rural Route.

The delivery of mail on rural route
No. 3 will begin September LIST.
Those who expect to patronize this
route should provide themselves with
boxes and post them properly. The
route runs west over the old yelling
ton road to the Little Sni bridge.
then south to the Independence road,
then east with several offsets to the
Columbus road and then back to Lex.
ington. a. R. Smith has been an.
pointed carrier for the route.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15
Killed by a Train.

Perry Burton, a negro about d
years old was killed by a freight
train Saturday evening near the Mis-.
souri, Pacific depot. Burton was
riding the rods trying to beat his
way to MAYHEM and was thrown
under the train by a sudden Jerk.
The body which was nearly severed.
vas buried Sunday, Burton leaves .
wife and one son.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

Rev. Clayton Brooks, Of Jefferson
City, made a violent attack upon the
character and official rectitude of
Prosecuting Attorney R. P. Stone
from his pulpit last Sunday. The
manuscript was given to q local news
paper reporter for publication. Stone
had a subpoena deces tecum issued
against the reporter directing him to
appear before the grand jury and
bring the manuscript. II Brooks
can prove his charges, Stone ought to
be kicked out Of office and otherwise
punished. But if he cannot, Brooks
deserves all the punishment that can
be visited upon him under the Grim
inal libel law.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

The people of the Indian Territory
have decided to give up statehood
agitation for the present and to seek
permission to send a delegate who
snail have the privilege Of the floor Of
congress. AN Of the other territories
have such representation including
Alaska and Hawaii. But Indian
Territory is without representation
though it has a greater white popu!a-
tion than any other territory and
greater than four Of the states of the
union.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15
Notice..

During the recent flood, there we've
taken from the river above Napoleon,
n dark brown mare, 8 years old, IS
hands high or over, without any mark.
ings. Que black mare, 2 years old, Is
hands high or over, without any known
markings. Also one mare mule Is l-e
hands high, II or 10 years old, of light
bay color, both hooks, somewha, en-.
largedi branded or left shoulder, with
a letter &C" ANY information as to
the whereabouts of these animals tia,
will lead TO their recovery, wal be lib.
orally rewarded. Address,
Slots c. W. RYAN, Buckner, Mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15
O~verhauIing the Plant.

Capt. Wilson has just completed a
map Of the city electric system as An
aid to its proposed reconstruction. 1t
has been found possible to shorten the
wires of the arc lights as much as a
mile and a half by planting some new
poles and changing the course of some
of the lines. The company has on
hand two tons Of wire and enough
transformers of the latest and best
make to accommodate 1900 services.
The old ragged wires will be taken
down, many of the old poles reset,
aud new ones placed where needed.
A new boiler is being Installed having
a capacity equal to that Of the two
old boilers. A new smokestack eighty
feet high and thirty inches in diam
eter is contracted for. A new power
pump is also being Installed. Unless
objected to by the council the poles
will be painted white. II is the ex-
p%ectation CT the company that when
the work is completed the city will be
given better service and that the plant
can at the same time be operated
more economically.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

The Kansas City butchers are COM
planning that the packers have ad.
Vanced prices, and in addition, no
logger make local deliveries by means
OF their own wagons. They are
evidently intending to make the
people pay for their losses by flood.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

Cuts and sketches of two of the
probable candidates for the governor
ship are published this week. Cuts
and sketches Of Judge CAN'T, Prosecu.
ting Attorney Folk and Congressman
Vandiver will be published when
their cuts have been received.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15
A Pleasant Afternoon

william Stonestreet and Arthur
Gordon pleasantly entertained about
lofOy OF their friends Thursday after.
noon at a picnic. The guests met at
b r. Ireland's on South street and
were driven to the home of B. B,
Frazer in hay wagons. There tbav
enjoyed themselves from five to eigb,
playing various games. A Dicn,o
lunch was served to the guests.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15
Inspectors Reuort.

The sixteenth report of the state coal
mine inspector, receipt of which is
acknowledged, says of this county:
Lafayette is not only one of the
Oldest coal producing counties in the
state bat one OF the largest (5S9,61
tons) and most regular producers. The
coal mined within her borders IS a
small seam as compared with seams in
other parts of the state but the quail
ity OF the coal, nature of the roof.
economic mode of working and short
haul to market form a combination of
advantages which enable the operators
to place coal On the market in compe.
tilion with mines where the veins are
thicker"
ot Lexington the report says:
Lexington is n of the best mining
towns IN the state. While mining has
oeen carried on here for sixty years
the output of the mines is increasing
yearly, and, comparatively, speaking,
mining is yet In its infancy and the
coal seam practically just tapped.
Barring labor troubles and expects a
large increase in output of coal each
year,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

A bill providing for a service pen
sion Of sl2 per month will be intro
duced at the next session of congress.
The G. A. R. people are said to be
promoting it. A few years ago a
similar bill was defeated, but it is
more than likely it will pass this time.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

Hon. Matt W. Hall, of Saline coun.
tY, is being urged by his friends to
become a candidate for lieutenant
governor. Senator Thomas L. Ruby,
OF La Plata, will also be in the field
and Judge Fowler, OF Excelsior
Springs. These are all good men and
the party could hardly make a mistake
In selecting any one of the three.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

Governor Taft refuses to acceps the
secretaryShip Of war to be made
vacant by the resignation of Root
after congress meets.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

Probably the most horrible recent
railway accident was that of the
Paris underground electric railway
catastrophe. Ninety charred bodies
have been recovered aud probably as
many more are yet to be taken out.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

The Langley airship, which made
Its trial voyage last Saturday, after
sailing perfectly at the rate of forty
miles an hour for several hundred
yards met with some accident to its
machinery and fen In the Potomac
river. Langley, the inventor, is at
the head Of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, and Charles Manly, whose name
is always seen 10 connection with the
experiments and who has had charge
of the construction Of the ship, is a
son of DR.. Charles Manly, late pastor Of
the Baptist church of Lexington.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

John Temple Graves, of Georgia,
made a notable speech at C~hautaqua,
New York, Tuesday on lynchlng.
Mr.. Graves has the courage to face
the question as it is. He deplores the
necessity of lynching but sees no
remedy for 1t short of the separation
of the races.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

Work will begin at once Tn the new
Nelson-Morris packing plant at Kan
Sas City. The plant will be one of
the largest in the world and will cost
ell 500. 900.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

The forty-second anniversary of the
Battle of Wilson Creek was celebrated
last Monday with a picnic in which
the organizations representing both
sides participated. DR.. Lee Roberts,
OF San Antonio, Texas, was the
orator of the occasion.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

General Miles has presented a plan
Tor the partial disarmament of the
world. He call attention again to
the enormous loss to the world of
millions of men being withdrawn from
productive occupations and living on
the labor of others in times of peace
There is n error in his suggestions
which is surprising. He takes the
United States army as a basis, to
which ratio he would have the other
nations make their reductions. In
point Of expense the United States
army leads them all. Pensions alone
cost this country a little more than
Germany's standing army of more
than a million and a half soldiers.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15
Teachers Examinations

The next examination for teachers
certificates will be held Friday ana
Saturday, August p and %, 10 the
Lexington High school, and the order
Of subjects given below will be
followed.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

Subjects will be given only 10 the
order named above, and each subject
must be completed and handed in
before beginning the next.
Credits from approved summer
schools should be presented not later
than 2:3O p. m, August %.
JOSEPH KUEHLs,
Co. Com. of Schools.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

The Warrensburg Standard. Herald,
whose editor was fined 5000 for charg-
ing the supreme court of Missouri with
bribery in the Oglesby VS.. Missouri
Pacific case, says editorially in its
last issue; 1.-THE Jefferson City Trlb-
une says that the libelous should
anguish in prison, the only legitimate
abode for such enemies to the public
and its sacred institutions 1t is
wonderful the effect the bread and
butter department has on the utter
ances Of some editors" It is cur
rently reported here that the editor
OF the Standard Herald published the
briefs In the Oglesby case upon con.
tlngency-to get double price If the
suit were won and nothing If the suit
were lost and that this was the prob
able reason OF his violent attack upon
the court. There would be no occa-
sion for lending a particle of %credence
to this report but for the Standard
Herald's attack upon the Jefferson
City Tribune. A man a hardly ask
to be judged by a higher standard
than he applies to others.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

Secretary Of War Root, it is said,
has determined to recommend to con-
gress the establishment Of the army
canteen.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15
Seen by the ROntpen Ravs.

The interior Of a gold-bearing
rock was inspected in an Oregon
'oTn BY means Of the Roentgen rays,
nnd veins Of gold were as plainly vis-
zoe IS Il they were on the surface.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

There is another freight car famine
In the West. The roads in the West
average about seven cars to the mile
and IN the East about ifty-fve.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

There are still 235, 900 acres Of land
in Missouri subject to homestead.
Within the past four years 100, 900
acres have been taken up.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

At the Pink Hill picnic in Jackson
county last week Roland Hughes in
PRODUCED W. S. Cowherd as a possible
candidate for the g~overnorship. Mr..
Cowherd in the beginning Of his
speech said that be was satisfied with
his present hOnors and that If Mayor
Reed wanted to be governor he was
10 favor of Reed. Mr.. Cowherd paid
a warm tribute to Mayor Reed for the
force and courage he has displayed in
the administration of the duties of
his office. Though Mr.. Cowherd re.
fuses to be a candidate for the gov
ernorship at this time there is hardly
a well informed Missourian who does
not hope to see him fill thai office
some day.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

Of these on his own merits. But t
say that aoY one Of them is a political
savior TO whom the party must flee il
guilt aud eontritlon is quite another
matter. II the party were guilty,
the party were deserving OF defeat DC
matter what its promises of future
reformation.
Doubtless long before the conven-
ton, the campaign will settle down
within the usual lines, character,
official record, party service, cam
paiSning qualities, ETC., and whichever
one Of the present candidates shall
win the nomination upon such con
ditiOus can not fail TO be acceptable
to the democrats of the state.
President Roosevelt has written a
letter to Governor Durbin, OF Indiana,
expressing his horror Of lypching aud
various plous sentiments about the
majesty Of the law. The fine irony
Of this letter appears the more i'm
pressive when it is considered that it
was MIR. Roosevelt who penned the
letter and that it was Governor
Durbin to whom it was addressed.
Mr.. Roosevelt, 1t will he remembered,
was governor OF New York a few
years ago, and 1t was to him that the
so-called Governor Taylor, assassin of
Goebel, fled for protection against
the punishment of the law. He
refused to honor a requisition from
Kentucky and sheltered Taylor until
he resigned the governorship Of New
York t. become vice.president. Then
Taylor fled to the bosom of Governor
Durbin, who has likewise refused to
honor acquisitions from the governor
OF Kentucky, and there he lives an
honored guest. A few weeks ago a
Kentucky negro went over to Indiana
to vote, as the custom is, and killed a
policeman at Evansville. A mob
tried to hang him. The governor
rescued him and detains him 10 free
custody within the walls of the pen
ltentiary. 1t is this circumstance,
possibly an obliQue reference to
the former case Of Taylor that calls
forth President Roosevelt IS tenderness
for Kentucky republican assassins.
The Kansas City Star cheers the
presidents sentiments.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

The state Y, NJ. G. A. organization
has added a feature Of novel interest
and Of much promise-that Of summer
camps for boys. Il can hardly be
doubted that under the direction Of a
mar OF judgment these camps must
offer TO boys more wholesome amuse.
monts and recreation than they would
tind for themselves in their native
cities and towns while the religious
regime is expected to lead many Of
these young people into the activities
IF church work.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

Senator oOckrell says that he has
no desire to be president but that he
would like to be reelected to the
senate.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

Mrs S'ralien Of Kansas City visited
Misses Lula and Annie Bonkoske neo,
MAYHEM Wednesday.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15
$1,000 Damages.

Tue jury in the case of Lydia J
Porter vs. The Missouri Pacific Rail.
way Company returned a verdict -,
s's QUO damages in favor Of the plalu.
I'LL. Mrs. Porter was represented ~
Redmond and Aull, the company by
Shirk' Welborn and chiles. y
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-08-15

Messrs John and George Bow,,
spent Sunday IN Kansas City.