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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-26
HOPE FOR THE BIRDS.
French Milliners Agree Not to Use
Stuffed Birds on Hats.

Birds are to be worn more than
ever in millinery, but the bird-lOv-
ers need not despair, for these
trimmings birds are made in
Paris and never sang a song, says
the San Francisco Argonaut.
The stuffed bird, in fact, is being
eliminated from millinery for
what might be termed natural
causes.
They have come to be regarded
as tasteless by French milliners,
as they cannot be handled with at
all the same ease and effect that
the made birds can. The wings of
the stuffed bird are stiff, those of
the made bird are pliable and
easily bent to follow a crown or
bent around the hat rim.
The feathers of common birds
killed for food or because they are
nuisances are used to make these
birds.
The much-criticised heron'i
egret will not be seen in millinery
after the first of the year, thu
milliners' association havinl
come to an agreement with tn,
Audubon society to that effect
Aigrettes, however, will be seen
whose use will not violate thi
agreement. 1t Is found that pea
cock and other common feather
can be chemically treated to du
plicate almost perfectly the egret
Coque plumes are to be yer
much used. Beautiful specimen
are shown, riyaling in exquisit
finish the best ostrich plumei
Marabout feathers, too, will b
popular and beautiful, and cost
feather capes Of this and other VI
rIeties will be worn by those VIII
can afford them.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-26
ROMANCE OF TIE pApAcY.
Secrets of the Vatican That Have
Reached Public Knowledge.

Reached Public knowledge.
AS a rule the secrets of the
Vatican are well kept and most
of the stories that are told apro-
pos of the new pope must be taken
with a grain Of salt. Now and
again, however, something of the
romance of the papacy really
leaks out, though not through the
cardinals. There was, for exam
pie, says an exchange, the strange
case of Pope Plus TX, pretty
well known a generation ago, but
now almost forgotten. In his
younger days, when he was Count
Master Ferrati and a layman he
met and fell in love with Miss Eos
ter, daughter of the Irish Protest
ant bishop of Fillmore, who was
living in Italy with her sister,
Nine. De Sails. Miss Foster ia.
vored the young count, but Nine
De Sails drove the lover away
Afterward she relented, the count
returned and the wedding day
was fixed. On the appointed day
the bride and her friends were at
the church, but no bridegroom ap-
peared and Count Mastai Ferrati
was never seen again. Years
afterward Miss Foster went TO
see Pope Plus TX. and was aston.
ished to recognize in the pontia
her old flame the count.
The most sensational novelist
could not have invented a plot
more fascinating than the rea.
story of Pope Leo's predecessor
Nine. De Sails had made an un
happy marriage with an Italian
and her parents, fearing a similar
fate for the younger daughter
made her promise to guard Mis-
Foster against a union with a for
eigner, hence her interference t,
separate the lovers; it was onl,
when her sister pinned away tina
Nine. De Sails relented. The dis
appearance of the count had quit
a flavor of Dumas about it. III
known to his fancee he was bOun
to the Jesuits, and his superior
in the order peremptorily sen
him away on a mission to proven
, his marriage with an English
woman and a Protestant. lie
| tiers were intercepted and he wa
led to believe that she had ma
{ ried another, so he took order
4 and rapidly rose to be bisho.
e then cardinal and eventual
: pope. Then in the height of h
grandeur he was brought face
face with the woman he had love
e and lost. Nothing more dramat
G has ever been staged.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-26
wEALT THROWN AWAY.
In Waste Baskets of Chicago Great
Fortunes Are Concealed.

EOTIuuOs AIC NOHSeAASu'
"In the waste baskets in Chi
cago," said a business man the
other day, according to the Chi
cago Tribune, "there is wealth
enough to make any one man in
dependently rich for life"
"Come again." said the doubt
ing friend.
erich for life," went on the
other. "YOu don't see how? OF
course you don't. l do.
"Did you ever consider the
thousands and thousands OF
waste baskets that are emptied
by the janitors in Offices every
night? Well, suppose you cOulf
get all that paper, Your income
every day would be in the hun
dreds of dollars. That is, if yol
simply sold the paper to pull
mills.
"But suppose you could add t.
that tidy income by possessing
Yourself Of the stamps that ar,
dropped into the waste basket b,
mistake? There. would be anotf
er fine item in your income.
Suppose, then, if your CONVEX
tional mind will permit you t
stray so far afeld, that a ma
could buy all the business secret
that he could find lying in vast
baskets. He would have, l assuT
I, you, such a lever that he could pr
solid gold into his bank accoun
"Whg, man, there is more mo-
ey going to waste in the vast
. baskets in this town every ds
T. than many men make in a Ion
. life of hard work. I wish / coul
buy the privilege Of taking all IL
stuff. That's all"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-26
auEER CAUSES OF FIRES.
Cat May Have Set Gin Ablazs-Ad-
iustsris Expsrlsnee.


"a FIRE insurance adjuster runs
afoul of many queer happenings"
said one of these gentlemen a
short time ago, according to the
New Orleans Times. Democrat.
Il once had to adjust a fire loss
in a country cotton gin. The gin
wasn't totally DESTROYED, and the
origin Of the fire was a complete
mystery, not a soul in connection
with the gin being able to explain
the cause of the fire. All precau.
tons necessary in a steam gin
plant had been carefully observed
and no fire or matches had been
permitted near the cotton. After
careful Investigation with no re-
suits | began to examine the
burned part of the building, audit
struck me that some substance
might have struck the teeth of the
GIN and ignited the cotton. After
a most careful search, what do
YOU think | found? Some small
charred bones, which offered sufi-
cient explanation. | showed the
bones to the manager of the gin,
and after thinking a moment he
exclaimed; why, that's all that's
left of our old cat and her kittens.
He said that he had missed the
cat and kittens, but thought they
had been destroyed in the fire.
and never dreamed that they had
caused the fire. From this expla
nation it appeared that the cal
took her kittens to the cotton biz
above the gin, and, having gone t.
sleep, was carried down into th'
gin, and the bones striking thu
I ~
saws caused the fire.
"Another case came under m.
observation which caused mi
some amusement. A saloon keep
er had a fire, during which is ban
rels of whisky were rolled out o
the building, and after the fir
was put out they were rolled bacl
The damage was very slight o
the building and stock, but b
claimed a loss of about One-thir
of each barrel of whisky role
out, caused, as he claimed, byleal
age. The barrels were gauget
but / didn't believe him and hel
up his claim. l soon afterwar
got hold of the revenue inspectC
for the district and got his repol
on the mans whisky, whiC
proved that at the time of the fiji
there was more whisky in the ba
rels than there was when the /
spector gagged it, which was a '
olation of the internal revenl
law. The inspector took my CT
| and Immediately went down al
made another inspection, with Il
/ result that the saloon keeper W
fined $500 for having cOntrabal
{ whisky on hand, and, in additiC
eight barrels of the liquor we
forfeited. Did l pay the clair
2 Well, / guess not"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-26
sHERIFFs SALE IN PARTITION

ohEhlE Il . DAbb AN 1 m AOANs
Maud Thomas. Ellen Fisher and
rauline Pitts, Plaintiffs,
VS., partition.
Eddie Narrels, Whey johnson,
Martha Waters and Willie
Miller, Defendants.
In the Circuit Court OF Lafayette County.
Missouri, Adjourned August term, 1904
BY virtue Of an order and decree OF the
circuit court of Lafayette county, Missouri
rendered at Lexington, in the above entitled
cause, at the adjourned August term, 1904,
nj said circuit court, Issued from the ONCE
of the clerk of the circuit court. to me
directed and r%eturnable to the December
Term. 1904, at Lexington, OF said court, the
undersigned sheriff OF Lafayette county,
a%issouri, will on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 1871.
between the hours of nine o'clock IN the
forenoon and five O'Clock in the afternoon
OF said day, In front of the court house
door. in the city of Lexington. Lafayette
county, Missouri. during the sessi IA OF the
cifcHit court of said county. sell publicly,
Dy auction, to the highest bidder, tor cash
10 hand, the following described real estate,
situate and lying in said Lafayette county,
Missouri, to-wit; Lots numbered eiPhty-one,
elghty-two and eighty-three (S1, 81 and S9l
In the original town of Wellington, Lafay-
cite county, Missouri.
Given under my hand this 10th day OF
io-Sstd OSCAR THOMAS, Sheriff.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-26
A Tree in a Tree.

At MoultOn, South Lincoln
shlru, there is a willow tree which,
In consequence of having been be.
haadod and having reached an old
az, has become hollow and rot,
tsn. From a seed which hal
dropped into the hollow a healthy
aysamore tree has grown to Z
holght Of ten feet.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-26
PUBLIC BATHS OF PARIS.
Conservative Dislike of Water Out
WardlY Applied Hard TO Overcome.

Conservative Dislike of Water Out
wardly Applied Hard to Overcome.
A curious little print has come
to light through the publication
Of a report in the French Bulletin
Official of the number of people
who have prOfted by public baths
to give themselves an elementary
wash. 1t is needless to say that
the number is not startlingly
large in proportion to the popula-
ton. The use of the bath makes
but slow progress among the
French, except in the upper class
es, among whom it is an hOnOred
lnstitution-in Paris, at least.
The prOvincials are a little behind
hand in their love of water out.
wardly applied, and still speak of
a "bain de proprete" or a "bain de
sante" as a remedy to be used but
sparingly.
French workingmen are more
apt to adopt habits of personal
cleanliness than working women,
who are strictly conservative in
these matters, and look upon
these matters with deep suspi
cion. Nevertheless they are In
one respect more enterprisine
than the men. Only one man II
every thousand, according to tn;
Bulletin Official, takes swimming
lessons from the bath keepers
while one woman out of every ff
teen does her best to acquire tn,
art. But this only proves, wha
the philOsophic observer of man
kind has long suspected, tina
women are even more anxiOu
. than men to be always Gin tn
: swim"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-26
Bible foundations.

During the last hundred years
the Bible has been translated into
more than $50 languages, which
nine-tenths Of the human race can
read.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-26
NEVER FINISHED.

Curious History Of Some Enterprises
mar Begun Long Ago in England.
A Ane church in the village Of
Hassall, near Sandbach, has been
IN, the sport of all the winds that
rim blow since about 1881, says Stray
q Stories.
Begun in 1886, and designed to
ssat some 500 people, it grew
me steadily till shortly after the ac-
cession Of Queen Victoria in the
emit following year.
,stl The day after that historical
iii event the founder-a private gen
neman-was seized with a fatal
ou,, illness, and consequently his in
hon entiOns we're unfulflled, not
rIlv withstanding that the structure
Was so far advanced that they
49, could have been carried out at
IN small expense. Since then the
building has remained unfinished.
,rrix A similar history is attached to
q 4 an uncOmpleted church in Somer-
,ho, set. According to local report,
too, a church at StOurport, in
Worcestershire, is never to be fin
Iahed, although it has been in
course of construction for a very
vha long period.
n Near a railway in a certain Ian
SHu eashire town, for instance, there
Naor Is a row of half-built cottages.
4 This cOnglomeration of bricks and
AZ mortar was thrown together
star many years ago by an e%nterpris-
sinh Ing SPECTATOR, who thought that
mad che railway would be carried
no across the land which it occupies,
wif and that he would therefore be
\ able to sell at an excellent profit.
Imu But his anticipations were not
Ne realized, so he left the embryo cot
een tages to their fate. On his death
he his estate passed into chancery,
ION and for this and other reasons it
b extremely improbable that the
&c property will ever be finished.
Numbers of structures now in a
ou more or less ruinous condition
are so because the builders laid
their plans too hastily. A curious
instance is a part of a lighthouse
wb on the summit of st. GATHERINGS
81. hill, in the Isle of Wight.
I9l When this edihce was we'll ad
sill vanced the tardy discovery wa
or made that, owing to the heigh.
ed 60 which it would reach, fog O
en- clouds would obscure the beacon
be at the top. The structure wa
tie consequently abandoned.
70 Equally curious is the histor.
Of Of a picturesque ruin on Now COZ
at near COngleton. A certain ger
Cd tleman determined to build a cas-
III tie on this eminence.
" When it was nearly complete
the owner of the adjoining estat
came forward and claimed tina
the hill top was in his domain. s.
in fact, it proved, and as a resul
Il the proposed castle remains III
d finished to this day.
a There are, moreover, som
buildings which are designedly il
d complete. Near Southport stand
q residence which, though it seen
a to be finished, always has me
9 working on it-painters, pape
hangers, etc.
9 The reason it is continually
the hands of such artisans is thu
when it Is completed it must
surrendered; so the occupier taxi
eare that it cannot be pronounce
finished. In fact, it will never
completed.
Cathedrals will never be real
finished. Large stats of mason
ETC., are permanently engaged
them, as men are always paintil
the Forth bridge and others a
repairing the Liverpool landiI
stage.
They Expect Rewards.
T
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-26
Emblematic

A large bronze cage with one
wing broken and dropped is to be
the chief feature Of the French
monument on the field Of We.
terloo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-26

Collector of The Revenue of BafaY-
cite County, in the State of Mis-
souri,. Plaintiff,
VS..
b. r. Feagan and Mary Feagan,
Defendants.
In the Circuit Court of Lafayette County, Mis-
souri,. at Lexington.
BY virtue of a special execution issued from
he Office of the circuit clerk Of Lafayette
'nuntv, Missouri. in the above entitled cause,
wherein the state of Missouri, at the relation
md TO the use Of j j. FulkersOn, collector Of
The revenue Of Lafayette county, Missouri, Is
p,alnt'ff and against b. F. Feagan and Mary
teagan, defendants, to me directed and re-
turuable to the December term, 1904. of said
court at Lexington, Missouri. /, the under
Sjyued, sheriff Of Lafayette county, Missouri.
sill on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 1904,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in the fore
noon and five o'clock in the afternoon OF said
DAY, and in font of the court house door, in
he City Of Lexington, Lafayette county,
Missouri. during the session of sad court Of
,lid county. offer for sale and sell. publicly,
10 the highest bidder for cash in hand. all the
right, title, interest, claim and estate OF
said B. F. Feagan and Mary Reagan, de-
PENDANTS In said execution, in and to the
following described real estate, situate. lying
and being 10 the county of Lafayette and
state of Missouri, tu-wit: One hundred and
sixty acres being the east half OF The west
half section t~wenty-six t26). township fifty
one t51), range twenty (20l. in Lafayette
county Missouri, levied upon as property Of
said defendants, and sold to satisfy SAID
execution, together with the costs and OK
penses of this sale.
Given under my hand this Goth day o.
November 1904
iO-22td OSCAR THOMAS. Sheriff.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-26
A Good way, Too.

The way to convince some peo-
PIE IL by letting them alOns
Washington Na.) Democrat.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-26
sHER1FFs SALE IN PARTITION.

CALAALL > nAAL IN AOANt
Mlit n X. Lillard aud Ann + liz
! rd.his wife Richmond Lllard
and NJ. F, Lillard. his wife,
Adelaide l. WOOdul and J. h.
W0Odul. her husband. Fannie
A Davis aud G. K DAVIS, her
husband, isabel Davis. Eliza
Davis and John Davis. her hus-
baud. Eugenia Davis and Leon
ard Davis, her husband. Mary
Vestrope aud j. 4. Westrupe, Partition.
her husband, Florence Leaton
and Robert LeatOn. her hus-
la d. Marion Jackson, Eugenia
= Jackson. Pau Stanly Jack
son tminori and Marion jack
son. ua-dian and curator Of
Paul Stanley Jackson, Plain
tits,
VS..
Edgar W Lillard and Bette
I'll ard. Defendants.
In The Circuit Court of Lafayette County.
Missouri.
By virtue Of an order and decree Of the
eircniJ court OF Lafayette county, Miss 'uri.
rendered ut Lexington, IN the above entitled
'iuSe. atthe adjourned August term. 1901 OF
said circuit cnurt. issued frOm the office OF
M cierN uf the said circuit court. 20 me
directed aud %returnabie at the uecemb n term.
10 .. AZ Lexington, OF said court, /. tue un-
derslxned, snerii of Lafayette county, Mis-
iruri, will on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 1904.
between the hours of nine O'Clock in the
forenoon and five O'Clock In the afternoon Of
said day, in front of the court house door.
ia the city Of Lexington. LAFAYETTE county,
Missouri. during the session Of the circnit
court of said county, sell publicly, by auction.
10 the highest bidder, for cash In hand, the
following described real estate, situate aud
wing in said Lafayette county, Missouri.
to-wit: Ten acres off OF the east end of the
north half OF the southwest quarter, the
northwest quarter of the southeast quarter,
the southwest quarter of the northeast
quarter, and the southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter, all In section thirteen,
township tOrty-nine of range twenty-four.
in lafayette county, Missouri. Said land
1904.
Given under my land this Goth day OF
October, 1904.
l-22td OSCAR THOMAS, Sheriff.
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ruEspAY. pEcEMBER eth. le0l.
SHERIFF's SALE.

Cbe state of Missouri at the relation
and TO the use OF j. j. FulkersOn,
collector of the Revenue of LafaY-
cite County, in the State of Mis- |
souri,. Plaintiff,
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13

Billy" Hearst is sad to have promised 10 drop in two millions when they pass around the hat in case he gets the Democratic nomination. If he had any chance of winning it would not be so hard to understand such an offer coming from such a source. Even if he received the nomination he would be more artistically trim med than was his friend and mentor, William, the has-been. " Southern Republican.
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13

A dispatch from Washington of Feb. 12 says: Senator Hanna's condition this morning is nota- bly, serious, and his physicians believe that the climax of the dis ease has been reached. This may continue AS or 56 hours, proba- bly, a much longer time. It is his physicians belief that is the fever is broken within the next two or three days the patient may have a good chance of recov- cry. If the fever should continue a longer period the worst is to feared, as his strength is insuffi- cient to withstand the ravages of continuous fever.
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13

Kean St. Charles, publisher of an obscure little sheet at King man, which is still for "steen to one" after Bryan himself has dropped it, contests Mulford Winsor's title to being the orig inal Hearst man in Arizona. We are not prepared to say who is entitled to the distinction, but it is plain to be seen that Willie Randolph has a variety of freaks among his following.-Globe Sil- yer Belt.
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13

Roosevelt, the new town at Tonto damsite. has a postoffice. William A. Thompson is post master, and the people of that section speak of him as the best postmaster in the Territory by a damsite.
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13

Senator Beveridge has intro. duced a bill in the senate provid ing for the suppression of bribery and official corruption in the Territories of the United States. If some one would secure the passage and enforcement of q law for the punishment of those who have maligned and lied about Arizona, the senator would be made the first defendant.
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13

Henry Watterson says, God help the country if the Nebraskan is not squelched." Uncle Henry evidently has confounded the country with the Democratic party. Bryan can never harm the country-he only amuses it.
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13

The first action when you have a cold should be to relieve the lungs. This is best accomplished by the free use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This Remedy liquefies the tough mucous and causes its expulsion from the air cells of the lungs, produces a free expectoration, and opens the se- cretions. A complete cure soon follows.-This remedy is for sale byF. ]. Wattron.
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13

Republicans don't need to say a word or do a thing. Democrats are contributing our ammuni- tion. Mir. Bryan bitterly resents his maltreatment by his old com. rades, and at least ten demo- cratic senators will demonstrate by their votes that the President has done a wise, just, humane and patriotic thing in Panama.
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13

Representative Howell of Utah introduced bill in the House Feb. II, providing that all that portion of Arizona Territory ly- ing north and west of the center of the Colorado river shall be an nexed to the State of Utah.
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13

Las Vegas will have the honor of entertaining the New Mexico Republican Territorial Conven- tion this year. March 19 is the date of meeting.
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13

The Democrats now have thir- teen candidates for the president tial nomination. There's luck in odd numbers, says Rora O'More.
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13

John D. Rockefeller's income is estimated at $l25 per minute. That's about the size of ours probably John D. leads us a little, but not much.
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13

It is sad to think of the heart aches and sleepless nights en- dured by the Democratic aspir- ants for the presidential nominal tion-and all for nothing.
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13
Republican primaries Feb. 20.

Kansas populists have issued a call to 700 delegates, and an exchange thinks some joker put on the co.
Holbrook argus., 1904-02-13

The Baltimore fire, which oc- cured a few days ago, destroyed property to the amount of $780, 900, ,OOO. It is estimated that the insurance companies lost $9O, 100000. This is a loss too great for the human mind to realize, notwithstanding there be many who think they can grasp the value, but they are far wide of the mark all the same.