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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
s~cHooLMAAM IN CHARGE.
Upon Her Depends the Safety Of the
Young Adrift Upon the
Sea Of Life.

Each generation sees the rush
away from the land grow, sees the
cities swell, sees character and
individuality struggling with
heavier odds. When l watch the
seas rising and the clouds threat
ening / think of the schOolma'am
at the helm and I'M glad, says n
writer in the journal of Educa.
ton. Laugh if you will; ] am
content. While she is there We
are safe.
In a very real way the teach.
er is, must be, both mother and
home, too, 70 many of her chill,
dren. Could any pay reward the
weary lives l have seen literal.
ly worn out in the service Of
stricken humanity in the slums Of
my own city-worn to the raw
day by day, with never a word be.
traying the toll and suffering;
with the brave, patient smile ever
there to cheer and help? l am
thinking now of one Christmas
festival in a ragged school, and Of
the sweet-faced teacher at the
piano, with the children cluster.
ing around her singing their glad
songs. None of them knew that
she had come from the death-bed
of her only sister, who was breath.
ing her life out while she played
and sang with breaking heart, hid.
ing her pain with a smile lest she
sadden the children's joy. Pay
l would have every teacher who
is worthy the name of teacher
and there should never be any
other-paid enough to put hel
ever and for good beyond need o.
care; and when her years of serv
ice were over, l would have hel
rank as pensioner upon the com
munity-nay, not bounty, but un
dying notwithstanding at leas'
with those who guard it agains.
peril from fire and from violence
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
QUEUE BADGE OF SLAVERY
Chinese Compelled to Wear It Orig
inallg by Their Manchu
Conquerors.

The celestiaPs pigtail, in which
he takes great pride, and over the
plating of which he takes any
amount of trouble, is really the
badge Of his slavery. Before the
rise of the Manchu supremacy,
Cinnamon wore no tails orqueues,
but the conquerors from the north
gradually enforced this outward
and visible sign Of China's hui
initiation, and each province, one
after the other, adopted the prac-
tice of wearing long hair and plat
ing it up in a coil with cotton or
silk. One clan at least, to this
day, indirectly repudiates the deg.
radiation by wearing at times a
turban in which the pigtail is hid.
den away. Cinnamon, while al
work in the house, may, for the
sake of convenience, coil their
queue round their head, but it is
a sign Of much disrespect when
ever they do SO in the presence Of
q visitor or superior or in public
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
LEFT SHOE WEARS FIRST.
Because the Right Is Nearly Always
the One Favored by Right
Handed People.

"Did you ever notice that PEG
pie are right-foOted?" asked the
proprietor of a shore store, re-
lates the Shoe Retailer. "Watch
my clerks, and you will see thar
invariably customers will put out
their right foot when going to be
fitted. Now, watch that corpu-
lent woman going to sit down
over there" The woman with
great weight of body took a seat,
lifted her curtain of black veil
ing, and as the clerk approached
her she poked her right foot from
beneath an expanse of skirt.
cts always the case, and
don't believe l ever knew it to fail
The shoe manufacturers evidently
are wise to this fact, as in the
cartons the right shoe is always
packed on top. Once | had a lot Of
shoes come to me with the lief
shoe on top, and it caused me 81
much annoyance that l wrote tt
the manufacturer, calling his at
tention to the matter so that i
wouldn't happen again. The ma
jority of people are right-footed
yet a left-handed person has til,
right-foot habit. The right han,
is larger than the left, as it is use,
more, and consequently develop
the muscles to a greater extent
On the other hand, the left foot i
larger than the right in most pei
sons. The difference is so Sigh
that we seldom have trouble in fl
ting shoes, however. 1t is the LEI
shoe that wears out before tn
right, and probably for this RET
SON"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
MAN GREAT DESTROYER.
The Wild Herds Of African Plateaus
Soon Disappear Before
Him.

at is stated" the London Spec
tatOr says, chat the quagga, the
beautiful wild striped ass OF
South Africa, has suddenly ceased
to exist. The bootmakers of Lon.
don and New York wanted his
skin for a particular kind OF
sportsman's boot, and he conse
quently passed away out of zool
Ogy.
"There may be few left on the
highest and widest plateaus, bur
the Beers, tempted by the higl
prices, have extirpated the herds
which only ten years ago existed
in South Africa.
'That will be the fate of tn,
elephant, too. There will soon no
be a bird of paradise on earth, ant
the ostrich has only been saved b,
private breeders.
"Map will not wait for the cool
Ing of he world to consume every
Vi in it, from teak trees to hum
ming birds, and a century or tw,
hence will find himself perplexe,
by a planet in which there is moth
ing except what he makes. He i
a poor sort of a creator"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
EATING ROASTING A R
There Is Only One Way Of Getting
the Most Good in the Per-
formance.

"ROastin' yeahs is comm, chileT
And there is but one method OF
taking your satisfaction out of an
eafkof sweet corn, namely, bite Il
off the cob, says the New York
Press. Society sttapette, good
manners, gentiIity and royal "a.
yor should make a special dispen,
sation governing this matter. All
rules Of the table among the haut
monde and the boot mon Same
thing should be suspended during
the corn season. Inventors are do,
ing all in their power to assist us
in being inst above the hog in get
ting off the grains. They have
made several different kinds Of
cornholders, so that the fingers
shall not be soiled, burned or dis
graced. Presently we shall ex
pect to have a "corn teeth pro
teOtor" to keep the husk from
clogging the spaces between oui
mOlars as we sink them into th,
ear. "Corn eating made gentle
manly, pleasant and cleanly," /
will be from now on.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
LENcTH OF A DREAM.
Sick Nan Suffered Tortures for Hours
In What Was Really a Mo-
ment's Space.

tgThe other afternoon" said a
doctor, 81 called to see a patient,
and, much to my satisfaction, |
found him sleeping soundly. sat
nv his bed, felt his pulse without
disturbing him, and waited for
min to awaken. After a few min.
ntes a dealers cart, with discord
ant ringing bells, turned into the
street, and as their first tones
reached me my patient opened his
eyes.
"'DOctor,' he said, Pm glad to
see you, and awfully glad you
woke me, for l have been tortured
by a most distressing dream
that must have lasted for several
hours. | dreamed that / was sick,
as l am, and that my boy came
into the room with a string of the
most horrible sounding bells and
rang them in my ears, while / had,
mt the power to move or speak to
him. | suffered tOrtures for what
appeared to be interminable time.
and I'm so glad you awoke me-
"The ringing of those bells for
one second had caused all Of that
dream, and just at the waking mo
ment."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
HOW TO RULE A HUSBAND.
Ensrciss Tact in Large Characters,
and the Victory Is
Assured.

When the writer was about to
marry, says the National Maya
sine, the wife Of a well-knOwn
Judge gave her this advice:
shy dear, a woman needs the
wisdom of Solomon, the patience
Of Job and the meekness of a dove
to get along with the best man
that ever lived. l have my third
husband, all good men, but all
sranky at times. When they are
cranky keep still; when they fret,
hold your tongue, and always re-
member that it takes two to make
. quarrel"
In writing to the dear old lady
after some years of experience at
the headquarters of an army,
where | was surrounded by some
10000 men, l took occasion to say,
"The more ! see of men the bet.
Ter l like them; and as to quarrel
Ing, you are quite right. / should
IKE to add that your admirable
advice might perhaps be supple
mented by adding: Exercise tact.
and spell it large Tact will win
nine times out of ten where open
hostility and aggressiyeness
Fails"
The response was;
@YOu are right; we r improv
ing with each generation"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
More Women Than Men.

"Su%perauous women" are in
creasing in number. The births il
England and Wales last year mum
bered 947, 919-4S2,191 males and
465, 76S females-and the deaths
- 1888 males and 24S,
112 females. Thus, though there
were more boys than girls born
the higher mortality among mer
more than restored the balance
the ranks Of "superduous women
being thus strengthened by 1,79S
recruits.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
EXECUTION SALE.

Whereas, by virtue Of a fee bill and
execution issued from the office of the
clerk Of the circuit court of Saline
county state of Missouri, dated October
95th, 1904, wherein Norman l.. Keith
Is plaintiff and j. p. Tracy ct al are
defendants, to me directed and re-
turnable to the December term, 1904
of said court, | did levy upon and
-eize' rs the property of said defend
tnt all right, title and interest OF, in
md TO The real estate hereinafter
lescribed, being the undivided one
nalf interest therein, a notice Of which
said levy was bv me on said date duly
tlled in the Office of the recorder of
deeds for Lafayette county; now,
therefore, J., the undersigned, sheriff
oi Lafayette county, will on
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1904,
between the hours Of nine o'clock in
he forenoon and five o'clock in the
lfternoon of said day. and in front of
The our house door, in the city OF
Lexington, county Of Lafayette, state
If Missouri, during the session of said
curt, sell publicly, by auction. 70 the
highest bidder, for cash, the following
-eal estate, situate in Lafayette coun-
~, Missouri, to-wit: Fifteen Q5l feetof
,outh side of lot six (6) and five (5) feet
off north side of lot seven ~, in block
thirteen (l3l, original plat of Odessa,
Missouri, to satisfy said judgment and
tost thereon.
Given under my hand this fourth day
of November, 1904.
1l-5td OSCAR THOMAS. Sheriff,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
QUEER CANDLE AUCTIONS.
Method Still Employed in a Few Eng
Hsh Parishes-Bidding Stops
When Flame Dies.

A curious method of sale by
auction, which is still observed in
one or two places as a matter Of
ancient custom, but which was
once very common, is sale by can
die, says the Ashton England
Reporter. A fragment of candle,
an inch or less in length, was
lighted as the thing to be sold was
put up, and the auctiOneers re-
ceived bids so long as the candle
burned. The successful bid was
the last made before the flame
went out. When the competition
was all keen it must have re-
uired considerable %acuteness and
a nice power of Determination on
the part of the salesman to know
who spoke last. Mr.. Pepys gives
a graphic description of the sale
of some old hulks in the Thames
"by the candle" and remarks that
1t was pleasant to see how back
ward men were at first to bid, but
when the candle was going out
they bawled!
At another admiralty sale, con-
Quoted by a like method, the same
chronicler says that the cOmpeti-
ton was so sharp that they had
much difficulty in telling who cried
last. Some curious things besides
wOrnout ships were sold by can
die. In 1854 it was advertised
that two elephants, the one male
and the other female, would be
Exposed to sale by candle" and
that "the price and places where
to be seen and sold" were to be mott.
fed uater by means of printed
bills. The price, which was to be
so published, was, presumably
the upset price fixed by the vender,
One can hardly imagine that the
bidding was very lively for the two
ponderous creatures or that any
prospective buyers, save perhaps
an itinerant Snowman or two
would be likely to attend the sale
Another unusual sale was ad
vertised in the following year il
the London Gazette, where it was
announced that there would be
"exposed to sale by the candle al
the Marine and Carolina coffee
house, in Birchin lane
all sorts of playing cards, in small
lots, surveyed by Robert Whit
field, master cardmaker zap
pointed by appreciation of the com
pany of cardmakers for that pur
pose. 1t is curious that the Gus
tom of selling by the candle wa.
fourishing recently and perhap
still hourishes in the far east. Ii
the consular report on the trad
of Saigon and COhin China, issue,
in 1878, it was stated that certai
descriptions of lands were only t
be obtained at public sale whic
were conducted by the candle, tn
dying out of three lights before
higher bid was made cOncludin
the bargain. The method wa
probably introduced by the Frenc
and brought hence to this countr,
! In a few English parishes the cal
: die method is still employed in ii
periodical letting of public Ian
to the highest bidder.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
STATISTICS OF U R
Enormous Gains Made in Roman
Catholic Ranks Through
immigration.

According to DR.. Walter Laid.
law, an authority on church sta.
tistics, there are about 10000, 900
out of $4,000 900, as church mem
bers. OF these 30,O0O,O 900 the
Roman Catholics number more
than o~ne-third, says the New York
Globe. These have gained enOr.
mously in recent years by the
heavy immigration from coun,
tries such as Italy, Poland and
Austria Hungary, where the vast
majority Of the population is
loyal to the church of Rome,
1t is calculated that since
1890 the Catholics in the Unit
ed States have increased about
60 per cent, or over 4,000,.
900. In the same IA years the
growth of the population cannot
have been more than 80 per cent.
or at most 80 per cent
So it appears that the Roman
Catholics constitute about Is pei
cent. of the entire population Of
the United States.
According to DR.. Laidlaw, tn,
Protestant church members have
increased about 35 per cent. since
1890, thus gaining at least as fas.
as the gross population Of tn,
United States.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
tuesday. DECEMBER 9th. 1904.
FlNAL SUPERINTENDENT.

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons Interested in the estate of
John zeysing, deceased. that the under
signed administrator will apply to make a final
settlement OF said estate, at the November
county, Missouri, to be begun and held vt the
probate court room, IN the city Of lexington
on the second Monday IN November 1904.
Erwin zEYSING.
l0-15t5 Administrator.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
RINAL %SETTLRMENT.

Notice Is hereby given TO all creditors and
persons interested In the estate OF
LoulsaC. Bedsworth, deceased. that the UNI
derslgned administrator, Will apply tc
a final settlement OF said estate, at the
term, 1904, OF the probate court Of
LAFAYETTE county, Missouri, to be begun and
held at the probate court room, Ia the city Of
Lexington, on the second Monday In
LAMAR BEDSwoRTH,
iO-lbto Administrator.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
SHERIFF'S SALE IN PARTITION .
Maud Thomas. Ellen Fisher and
rauline Pitts, Plaintiffs,

VS., partition.
Eddie Narrels, Whey Johnson,
Martha Waters and Willie
Miller, Defendants.
10 the Circuit Court Of Lafayette County.
Missouri, Adjourned August term, 1901
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,
of said circuit court, issued from the ONCE
of the clerk OF the circuit court, to me
directed and returnable to the December
term, 1904, at Lexington, OF said court, | the
undersigned sheriff OF Lafayette county,
Missouri, 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, in the city OF Lexington, Lafayette
county, Missouri, during the session Of the
circuit court of said county, sell publicly,
by auction, to the highest bidder, for a
la hand, the following described real estate,
situate and lying in said Lafayette county,
Missouri, to-wit; Lots numbered eiRhty-onei
eighty-two and eighty-three tsl, 81 and So
In the original 0 OF Wellington, Lafay-
cite county, Missouri.
Given under my hand this 10th day OF
October, 1904.
1O-22td OSCAR THOMAS, Sheriff.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
rnpradienta.

JOnes-What is a basket pic.
Mot
B~rown-WelI-part basket and
part b~ottIe.-CnClnnati COmmar'
niai.T Tribune.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
rrsland's Population.

The population Of Ireland, which
% years ago was over 100000 Il
new less than 4,5O0,0OO.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
sHERIEFs SALE IN PARTITION

Milton X. Lillard and Ann +. LII
lrd his wife. Richmond Lillard
and d.. +. Llllard. his wife,
Adelaide L.. Woodul and j. H.
WOodul, her husband, Fannie
A Davis and G.. X. DAVIS, her
husband, Isabel Davis. Eliza
Davis n John Davis, her hus.
band. Eugenia Davis and Leon
ard Davis, her husband, Mary
Westrope mt j. 7. Westrope, partition.
her husband, Florence Leaton
and Robert Leaton, her hus-
band, Marion Jackson, Eugenia
B. Jackson, Pau Stanly Jack
son (minor) and Marion Jack
son. Guardian and curator of
Paul Stanley Jackson, Plain
tlfs,
VS..
Edgar W. Lillard and Bette
Lillard, Defendants.
In the Circuit Court of Lafayette County.
Missouri.
BY virtue of an order and decree of the
circuit court of Lafayette county Missouri.
rendered at Lexington, 10 the above entitled
cause, at the adjourned August term, 1904, OF
said circuit court, issued from the Office of
the clerk of the said circuit court. TO me
directed and returnable at the December term.
1874, at Lexington, of said court, l, the UNI
d~ersigned' sheriff of Lafayette county, Mis-
gOuri, will on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9th. 1904,
between the hours OF nine o'clock in the
forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon OF
-aid day. in front of the court house door.
in the city of Lexington. LAFAYETTE county,
Missouri, during the session of the circuit
court of said county, sell publicly, by auction,
TO the highest bidder, for cash in hand, the
following described real estate. situate and
lying 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
Ihn gnnfhNyRCE nnnrfRR nf Iha nnrfhnag
quarter, and the southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter, all in section thirteen
township tO%rty-nine of range twenty-four
in Lafayette county, Missouri. Said land
to be sold clear OF taxes, including yeal
1904.
Given under my hand this 10th day o.
October, 1904.
l022td OSCAR THOMAS, Sheriff
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-11-12
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 1904,
sHERIFF's SALE.

The 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,
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-11
NAME IS EASY
TO COUNTERFEIT
Witnesses in RigdOn Case
Say They Signed Abbreyi-
atiOns for a Purpose
ACT ON AGENTS ADVICE
Defense Tries to Show That
Railroads Themselves De-
part From Printed Rules

A further hearing of the contempt
proceedings against Ticket Broker L.
A. Rigdon was had yesterday morn
ing in Judge Murasky's department,
and the Judge announced that he
would decide tomorrow as to the ad-
instability of the Chicago affidavits
as evidence tending to relieve Rigdon
from responsibility in the transaction
relating to the Smith ticket. Attorney
Shortridge said that if the affiadvits
were not admitted he would take depo-
sitions of the Chicago witnesses.
Three witnesses were put on the
stand by Mr.. Shortridge yesterday for
the purpose of proving that the railroad
companies depart from the printed re-
strictions on their tickets, and that
their own agents advise purchasers to
sell the unused portions of tickets to
other persons. Attorney Foshay Wal
ker objected to all of the questioning
on this line.
John Webber testified that on August
u, at Chicago, he went to the Chicago
and Northwestern office to buy tickets
to San Francisco. He told the agent
that he thought he would wait until
the middle of September and take ad-
vantage of the cheap excursion rates.
The agent, he says, urged him to buy
the excursion tickets then and told
him that he could sell the return por-
tions here. In order that 1t might
not be difficult to counterfeit his name,
he was advised, he said, to sign u.
Webb" which he did. He also signed
for his wife and son. Mr.. Walker here
admitted that it was the common prac-
tice for members of families to sign
for others in family for whom tick
cts were bought. Thereupon Mr..
Shortridge declared that the Smith
ticket was signed in Chicago by some
one authorized by Smiths sister to
sign his name.
Rudolph Holzhausen of ST. Louis had
a similar experience. He went to the
Burlington Office at st. Louis, intend
ing to buy a one-way ticket to San
Francisco. The agent induced him to
buy a round-trip excursion ticket, tell
ing him that 1t would be easy to dis
pose of the return portion here. Holz-
hansen signed the ticket 'R. HolZ." He
decided to return to st. Louis and took
the ticket to the Southern Pacific office
at New Montgomery street to have it
validated, but the agent refused to val
idate it, giving as his excuse that he
believed HolZhausen was going to sell
ii to a broker.
The witness made several efforts, and
finally the agent told him he would
fix the ticket so that if he wanted to
go to st. Louis the ticket would be
handed to the conductor when he got
on the train. II declined to be sent
that way," said Holzhausen. Mr..
Shortridge accompanied him to the
office on one occasion, and the agent
again declined to validate the paste
board.
L. F. Beyreiss, the validating official,
was called and testified that he had
refused to validate the ticket as stated,
except under the condition that Holz-
hausen should first board the train and
the ticket should be handed to the con-
ductor.