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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-09

eyes, they c~er,alnly were good to me,
Pl never forget them-no, I'll never
forget them" He turned again to
the water tank, drank deeply once
again, and then turned toward the
door.
just then Crowley, accompanied
by a physician, whom he was urging
into a dog trot, entered at another
door. That part of the conductors
breath that had not been used up in
his chase for a doctor was taken away
when, after finding his extemporized
couch empty, he looked out of the
window and saw The "paralyzed" vet
eran stagger across the street and en-
ter a saloon.
If it were only the physicians bill
of S. that he had to stand for Jim
Crowley wouldn't care, but.
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A JUDGES t~REDICAMENT.
He Got Himself Into 1t, So Had No
One to Blame.

Prof. Frederick R. Hutton, of Co.
lumbia university, tells one on the
Judge: 81 have just received word Of
an odd predicament hat a friend Of
mine, a Philadelphia Judge, got into
recently. This chap lives out Of town,
and likes, in pleasant weather, to
drive to court instead Of using the
trains. On the occasion that | speak
of he said to his wife at breakfast:
I'll drive in this morning, but l do
hope you won't crowd the carriage
with any Of your bandboxes. The
last time / drove in there were so
many bandboxes and packages that
there was hardly any room for me.
Remember, now,' he ended, growing
heated, If l find a single bandbox to-
day I'll throw it out in the road In
due course the judge set out. He
had gone two Or three miles when
some sort of a bundle under the seat
disturbed him. He drew it out. II
was a bandbox. Dash, blankr he ex-
claimed, and he threw the bandboz
out of the carriage. The coachmar
pulled up. "Drive on said the Judge
But, sir, your bandbox- Dom
argue, Perkins; drive on the judge
repeated, and the man obeyed. TIT
judge remembered as the carriag,
neared the city hall that he had tax
en- his robe home to be mended tn
night before. He looked for it, butt
was nowhere to be found. Perkins,
he said, Indignantly, 4 told you t,
remember to putinmyrobe. Did yol
forget it?' No, SIR Perkins an
swered. THE robe was in the band
box"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-09

Gutenberg Lodge
nesdays In each month.
HI Gelzer. Noble Grand.
c G Ludwigs. Secremry.
AOUw.
Harmony Lodge. No 81. ACt W-Seoon'
and Fourth Tuesdays in each mo -.
HQ Gelzor. ".
FCT BrightwelL, Becorder,
KNIGHTS or PYTH,As
Lexington Lodge. No Isl X = meets every
Thursday night at their hail 10 Ariehn outia
ing. Sojourning knights ocrt lily invited
Thomas Wedge, &C.
Elias Spruce. X OF r and 5.
ELKs.
Lexington Lodge. & , , E No H'-Ner's
regular on the End az 18th Friaay nights ia
each month at thelr a1me. corner Main ana
sth streets Home pen at all times.
JP Chinn, by ~ Ruler
S Thorntr e., Secretary.
EAGLES.
Lexington Aerie. F o E No sfi-Mees shu
and 4th Wednesdays of each month at h OF
hall.
James Corners. Worthy President.
Ernest Fegert, Secretary.
ANCIENT ORDER or PYRAMIDS.
Meets every Friday night in each month.
NJ. Cahill, MP.
W W Curtis, RFR
GAR
Mulligan Post. No ut-Meets every lst and
3rd Friday nights at their hall at 10th and
Main streets.
NIL studdard, Commander.
John B Burris, Adiutant.
UDC.
Meets LIST Wednesday in each month at the
homes of the members.
Mrs Stephen n Wilson, President.
Mrs ] H Campbell, Secretary.
SONS OF vETERAEs.
Meets second and fourth Monday night in
each month in G A R hall, lOand Main.
Faed ] Kohlman,. Captain.
Chris Walk, LIST Sergeant.
wooDMEN.
Lexington Camp, No lS9 Woodmen of the
World meets lst and Srd Monday nights in
each month.
Pearl r Smith, Consul Commander.
Fred Xix, Clerk.
MACABEES.
Has an orgau izatlon but no regular meet
ing time or place.
Frank Nicholson, President.
John Schofield, Secretary
TURNER'S.
Meet at Turner'S Hall once per week.
julius Winkler, president.
Oh Schaefermeyer, Secretary
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Skating on Water.

1t would seem that skating on wa
ter may be successfully accomplished.
A German inventor has made a 100
mile journey on the surface of the
River Danube. The shoes are cylin-
drical in shape, and are made of alu-
minum to give them extreme light
ness. They are several feet long,
and are propelled by a treading move
ment, which causes four oar-shaped
wings to %reyolye. The inventor
claims that he can travel on water
three times as fast as he can walk on
land, and thatlocomotion is as safe on
rough water as on smooth. He hopes
to have the shoes made a part of every
well-regulated life-saving station.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTlCE. -

Letters of administration on the estate Of
Nancy II. CatrOn, deceased, were granted
to the undersigned on the goth day Of April,
1903, by the probate court OF Lafayette
county, Missouri. All persons having claims
against said estate are required to exhibit
them for allowance to the administrator
or they may be precluded from any benefit OF
such estate; and II such claims be not ex-
hiblted within two years from the date Of
said letters they will be forever barred.
This 2)th day OF April, 1903.
JOHN NJ. BALDWIN.
4-25t5 Administrator
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Wears Small Shoes.
The Mexican of average size wears
a No. 6 boot.
Late Hours and Long Life.

A German doctor, who has been
collecting nformationaboutt the bab-
its Of long-liyed persons. finds that
the majority Of those who attained old
age INDUCED IN late hours. Eight
out of ten persons over 80 never went
to oed I'LL well Into the small hours,
ana ana not get Up again till late in
the day.
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Steel and Sea Water.

When steel is exposed tothe action
Of sea water and the weather it is
said to corrode at the rate of an inch
in 81 years; an inch of iron under the
same conditions corrodes in 1870
years. When exposed to fresh water
and the weather the periods are 40
years for steel aud $50 years for iron.
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ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS.
Some Of These limitations of Nature
Come High.

Some Of These limitations Of Nature
Come High.
When you pay 81 apiece for artif-
eial roses your opinion Of things
false and intended to deceive" viii
have . tendency to rise. But that is
what a nice muslin American Beauty
cost at retail in New York lately, says
the Commercial.
A glance over the preferred list of
New York manufacturers and mer-
chants shows that several firms are
engaged in manufacturing and i'm
porting artificial flowers. 1t is bust
ness that few persons know about, al
though the product is perhaps dis
tributed more widely among the pop
ulation of the United States than
any other article. Every woman and
girl who wears a hat usually wears
artificial flowers - especially the
women of the masses.
Paris is the center of the artificial
flower trade. All the costliest imi-
tations of natures handiwork are
made there, There are several fac
tories in New York, but they only
make the cheaper grades. 1t is a busi-
ness that gives employment toa large
number of persons, girls principally.
There r certain portions of the
work that require great skill. The
designers and the dyers are the mem
bers Of the craft that receive the
highest wages, Their salaries. range
from $25 to $50 a week.
Artificial flowers are made of silk,
muslin, velvet and chiffon. Every
year some particular flower gets a
call to popular favor. No one knows
why-not even the dealer. 1t is like
all the fashions. Just now it happens
to be the glorious queen Of the hot
house, the American Beauty rose,
that has won first favor. Wholesal-
ers are ~disposing of them at $18 a
dozen.
Nc one can even tell in advance
whether the trade will be worth mem
tioning in artificial flowers. Somuch
depends on fashions whims. 1t is
popularity believed that the manufac-
turer and the jobber and the whole
sale milliner can get together and
form a combination hal will start
Dame Fashion on a trir mphal tour Of
the country. But not SO.
eff we only knew" said Broad
way manufacturer, eff we only knew
a month in advance, our fortune:
would be made. But we don't. And
we must wait and see what the people
want"
While artificial flowers go to be.
deck the hats of all the feminine
kingdom, there r other Uses fol
them. They are much used for dec
orations at social affairs and on the
stage. In the play they arelike stage
money-they a be used over anC
over again, and they always lool
beautiful and natural from the par
quet and proscenium boxes. Tit
dyers are exceedingly skillful and NJ
rose in the garden would blush, no.
violet in the woods hang its gentl,
head for shame at the sight C. its sis
tiers of silk and muslin born in thu
great factories.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Letters Of administration on the estate Of
Mary + Lookhart, deceased, were granted 70
the undersigned on the 18th day Of April,
1903, by the probate court of Lafayette county,
Missouri All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them tor
allowance to the administrator within one
year after the date Of said letters 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 letters they will
be forever barred.
This 18th day Of April, 1903.
MARTIN V. B, OLIVER,
4-lSt5 Administrator.
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HIS MISTAKEN KINDNESS.
1t Cost Crowley Five Dollars Besides
nsiderable Humiliation.


Jim Crowley-wel give him that
name for the purposes of this story
is a passenger train conductor on'the
Harlem railroad, says the New York
Times. During the 10 or more years
he has run out of New York city he
has had many and strangely varied
experiences. But none, he confesses,
was so humiliating as the n about
(which all who know him are now talk
ing and laughing.
Something less than a fortnight
ago Crowley was punching tickets as
his train was speeding southwark to-
ward New York city, when he saw a
helpless old man stretched out over
two seats, evidently very i'll. In the
lbuttonhole of the lapel Of his coat
was a bronze button which told that
the wearer was a veteran Of the civil
war and a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Jim Crow
1ey's heart was touched. He, too, had
fought and suffered during those tur-
bulent days from 1861 to 1865. He
searched every car for a physician,
but none was to be found. Jim was
of the opinion that the old man was
paralyzed, as were several sympa-
1thizing passengers.
When the train stopped at White
plains Crowley hurried to the tele-
graph station, hastily wrote a mes
sage, and gave it to the operator. II
read;
"Station Master Grand Central Sta.
gtion: Parafyzed man on my train
Have rolling chair or stretcher ready
sCrowley."
On the way into the city Crowley
did what he could to make the ole
ceomrade comfortable, and at thu
eGrand Central station he personally
assisted the porter and station at
ttendant in getting the old man int
t1he waiting room.
"Look after him." Crowley said t.
line attendant, until l come back
I'll not be gone long"
III fastened out to his train, locke
after routine duties, registered his ar
lrival, and returned to do what h
could for the helpless man. Speak
ing to the station master he obtaine.
permission to make a bed on one o
the seats for the old man, and, afte
laying him out and tenderly placin
"A pillow, made of his own overcoat
under the old mans head, he wen
eout in search of a physician. H
had some difficulty in locating on,
his search taking nearly a half hou
of his time.
While he was gone the old soldie
arose from his couch, stretched
rubbed his fist in his eyes, walked VIZ
Weringly across the room to an icc
water tank, and took several susp
~ciously long draughts Of water.
"Those trainmen were good I
me-" he said to a man who didn
know and didn't care what he VIZ
talking about. 81 tell you they wei
agood to me-" The stranger wake
away, paying no attention to the mu
aterings Of the old man. But IL
v7eteran mumbled on to himsel
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Canadian Butter.

The production Of homemade but
ter in the northwest territories OF
Canada is nearly twice as much as it
was ten years ago.
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Notice To Bridge ConLraetOrs.

NOtlce 10 Bridge CONTAGIOUS
| will let to the lowest and best bidder for
construction, on
WEDNESDAY. MAY 81, A. D., 1903,
one pile bent bridge, % feet long, two aprons,
to be built across slough on public road
about two miles north of C0ncortia and Just
north of the iron bridge across Davis creek,
near line between sections 2l.2S, township 40,
range "a.
Letting to be at 10 O'Clock a. m. at bridge
site.
Also l will on same date at ? o'clock p. m.
let another bridge for construction, 10 feet
span. on frame bents, to be built across
branch on public road near the center of
section 25, township 40, range "a, and about s
miles northeast of Concornla.
Plans and specifications can be seen at time
and place of letting.
Contractor is to give bond for complying
with contract INT maintenance Of bridge as
the law directs.
Commissioner reserves right TO reject any
or all bids. b. d. WEEDlN,
Commissioner.
April 30, 1908. 5-2td
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Gray Hairs.

Gray hairs at an early age are
hereditary in certain families. 1t is
thought to be the result of men with
dark hair marrying women with dark
hair through several generations.
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Notice to Bridge Contractors.

l will let to the lowest and best bidder, for
construction, on
FRIDAY. MAY %. A. D., 1908,
one Wooden Hip Truss bridge, "A foot span
with two 20 foot approaches. to he built across
the Callahan bridge"
Letting will be at bridge site at 10 o'clock
a, m
Plan and specifications can be seen at time
and place of letting.
Contractor is to give bond for complying
with contract and maintenance Of bridge as
the lew directs.
Commissioner reserves right to reject any
or all bids.
B. D. wEEDIN, Commissioner.
April 80, 1908. 52td
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army. IT. VII 10 stationed twnia u
West Vnginin aUd msy ~ given duty
in he Philippines ).,ss. l. l1vr.
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G S Mitchell
CASH FEED STORE

The best and cheapest line of feeds
kept in Lexington at the Franklin
st. Feed Store. We do a general
exchange business with the farmers
for wheat or corn. Our Flour Is the
best on the market. Phone 17S
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SCOTT g. BOVINE. Chemists.
lO9-4i5 Pearl Street. New York
SOC. and s1.ooi all druggists.
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26, TO Mr., aud Mrs. John Beck, a
daughter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01
RIGHTS OF BRIDEGROOMs.

In either verbal or printed accounts of
weddings 1t has come to be so that the
bridegroom seldom receives more than
mere mention 1t is understood, of
course, that a wedding involves the ex-
istence of bridegroom as well as a bride,
but of so little consequence is he as a
spectacular feature of the occasion that it
Is as much as he may expect to have his
name spoken Of in connection with the af-
fair. If anything further is said it is that
he was "attired in the conventional
black" and he is dismissed at that, while
all the space allowed the reporter is occu-
pied with descriptions of the bride and her
attendants. No doubt the self-pride of
many a newlymade husband thus ignored
has been severely hurt. He knows himself
to be really a person of importance in the
ceremony that has just taken place; he
knows that he is quite as essential an ele-
ment in the proceedings as the bride, and
he must secretly resent a treatment which
rates him as of no more consequence than
as one among those present" This, at
least. is the view evidently taken of the
matter by Mr.. William Gebhard, of Leba-
non, Pa, who was married the other day to
a lady of the same town; but in his case he
took thought in advance He had OBJ
served the tendency to regard the bride
groom as a necessary but comparatively
insignificant adjunct to a wedding, and re-
solved that he would not be thus lightly
considered. but would take his rightful
place and share honors with the bride
marriage altar. Therefore it was that
when he was welded the other day he was
arrayed in a suit of pure white broadcloth.
ornamented with large buttons studded
with opals. The bride also wore white, of
course, but 1t is not necessary to read the
reports of the affair to be assured that the
eyes Of the large assembly Of Lebanon s
best people" gathered In the church
rested on Mr.. Gerhard with quite as much
interest as upon the lady who was being
equally subject of conversation when the
ceremony was over AS a matter OF fact he
was the sensation of the hour and the
bride was decidedly in the background. Thus
by one bold move has this Pennsylvania
| shown his brethren how they may remove
the stigma that has SO long rested or
civilized man of being a nonentity at his
own wedding, and how to appear on al
equal footing with woman. who has SC
long enjoyed an unjust distinction at such
| times. Hereafter. by q little thought taker
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01

very interesting article in McClure's
Magazine describes the discovery of the
power of light in the cure OF disease made
by Niels' Finsen, of Denmark This discov-
cry was made two or three years ago and
has been fully described in medical jour-
nails, but comparatively little has been
known about it by the public. Chief i'm
pcrtance is given in this article. and ap-
parently by scientific men generally. to the
curative action of light on lupus, terrible
fern of tuberculosis affecting the face and
outer parts OF the body, and it is perhaps
because this disease is rare in this country
that so little has heretofore. been said on
the subject in popular prints. But. while
hospitals for the light treatment OF lupus
have been established in London. Paris and
elsewhere, where the malady is common,
1t would seem that Finsen's other and ear
bit of knowledge. concerning the effect of
the red rays of light on smallpox is Of even
greater Importance According to the mag
azine article a smallpox patient confined in
room into which only red light enters
will suffer no soaring of face or body.
Tests made show, it is said. that the period
of suppuration,' the most dangerous and
painful stage of smallpox, does not appear;
there is no elevation of temperature and no
edema. The patients enter the stage of
oonvalescence Immediately after the stage
Of vaccination, which seems a little pro-
longed. The hideous scars are avoided.
The writer adds that all this is now under
stood, and the value of red light treatment
recognized everywhere. This statement is
certainly not applicable to this part of the
country Does. any one hear of the In
dianapolis smallpox hospital and its pro-
posed additions being fitted up TO admit
only red light into the patients quarters
Are any of the physicians who have small
pox cases in their private practice using
this treatment? If not, and there is any
thing in the method. why not? Indianap-
oils boasts of its number of well-educated
and enterprising physicians, and now that
smallpox cases are becoming of unpleasant
frequency here it should behoove them to
methods. Anything that lessons the rather
unreasoning terror of this disease is to be
encouraged. Finsen's discoveries seem &c
be on an entirely different and more scien-
tifc basis than General Pleasanton's ia
nous "blue-glass cure" but even he. it is
now admitted, was close on the track of a
medical truth concerning the powers OF
light
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A LONG CONTEST.

1t Is said, and is probably true. that the
vincennes University claim will be pre-
scented to the present Legislature and a
strenuous effort made to secure the allow
ance of what is claimed to be due. 1t has
been the longest contested claim in the his
tory of the State, and had it's beginning
several years before the State was admitted
to the Union The contest has been waged
in the courts. up to the Supreme Court of
the United States and back again. enlisting
the talents of some of the best lawyers in
the State, and has come before several leg
islatures. Aside from the question of its
merits ii has an interesting history.
Upon the petition of inhabitants Of "Old
Vincennes" who believed in government
support of education, Congress. on the 4th
Of March. 1904. set apart one entire town.
ship of land in the vincennes land district
for the benefit of seminary of learning.
and in October following the secretary of
the treasury selected and set apart town.
ship No. south. range IL west. situated
in Gibson county. To carry out the inten-
ton of Congress the Territorial Legislature
of Indiana passed an act Nov. %. 1906, and
a supplemental act Sept. II. 1907, incorpo-
rating the vincennes University and recog-
nizing it as the recipient of the congress
sional land grant. The act named twenty
two incorporators. William Henry Harri-
son leading the list. which contained the
names of Henry Vanderburg, Benjamin
D. o;c ;oh
have been preserved in Indiana history.
Before this time Congress had passed an
act giving second township OF land for
the same purpose, and locating II in Monroe
county. In order to raise funds for building
and other purposes Congress authorized the
incorporators to sell or lease not exceed
ing 1900 acres of the land it had donated
Their committee on building selected a site
in vincennes. a brick building was erected
and a school was opened in ISL. This was
the second university established west oil
the Allegheny mountains. the first having
been established under an act OF Congress.
| at Athens. o., in December. 1904. The Vim
cennes University was a small affair from
an educational point of view. but II had q
| legal existence and quite considerable
land grant. Indiana was admitted to tn,
Union in 1916. and on Jan. 90 1870. the Leg
islature granted charter to State Uni
versity at Bloomington and appointed com
missioners to take possession of the Vim
cennes University lands and rent them ans
turn the proceeds into the state treasury
AS the lands had been dedicated by Con
! gress to the establishment and mainte
nance of a university at vincennes this wa
an act of doubtful justice. II not of legality
In lSsi the Legislature passed another &C