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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21

meet opposition He had positive
convictions Of duty and avowed them
on all proper occasions. But his love
for home, for family, for friends, and
for the right. OutshOne ell defects in
his character and make Gs gladly
bury the faults with his remains,
and love and cherish his good
qualities. After returning to LeXing
ton at the close Of the war and when
he had reached and passed the
meridian of life he gave the highest
evidence OF the true manhood
that was in him by giving up the
world and giving his heart to God.
He became an humble follower of the
Savior and in Ais service spent the
remainder Of his life. He removed to
California some time in the year 1874
where he continued to live to the day
Of his death. During these years it
was often my pleasure to receive
letters from him, in all Of which he
never failed to speak Of his love for
the Master. He was a splendid
letter writer. He had learned to say
in a few words what most men take
time to tell. He was a member Of
the First Board Of Curators or
"Marvln Institute now Central
College and was secretary and wrote
many articles advocating the i'm
poTtance Of such an Institution Of
learning to our community and at the
surviving member of said board q
believe.) l love to see his words made
good. He was a member Of the
Methodist Church South here in
Lexington and when he moved to
San Diego he transferred his
memberihip and Joined the same
organization tho it seemed to be
little and unknown, loved and priced
by God alone" He has laid aside
his armor and | devoutly believe is
now enjoying the victory be helped
to wi as a true soldier Of the cross.
May he rest In peace in his far away
home by the sea. ar"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
DR.. Allen Lectures at Central.

On Saturday evening, January the
fourteenth, the second lecture of a
course designed primarily for the
students Of Central College but open
to the public, was given i 10 the College
Chapel by the Hon. D. G. Allen, L.
L. D., Of Liberty, Mo. The choice
of the subject, HoAors az Baisac, was
indeed a happy one. for DR.. Allen
revealed a sympathetic understanding
Of Balzac, the man, and a COM
prehensiye and critical knowledge Of
his writings.
The introduction of the lecture
was beautiful lr It's simplicity. The
first part Of the lecture was devoted
to sketch Of Balzac, in which "dates
we're held cheaper and facts dearer. "
DR.. Allen did not discuss those things
which stand about the life Of a man
and which are merely related to it,
but rather those essential facts which
underlie the life and tend to work
out the "main miracle" or the
personality Of the individual man.
The temperament Of Balzac and the
struggles incident upon the sub
Ordlnating Of that temperament to
the discipline of art, were not lost
sight Of. His broad knowledge,
wonderful power Of observation, and
remarkable ability in the analysis Of
character and conduct were clearly
pointed out.
So numerous are the works Of
Balzac that a detailed criticism Of his
separate works was as DR.. Allen said,
not to be attempted in the compass
of a single lecture. So the second
part of the lecture was devoted
largely to the discussion Of the
magnitude and Importance Of the
writer's gigantic conception, La
COmeaie HNmaAe, Of which each one
Of his novels is only fragment. DR..
Allen cOnceives Balzac 10 be neither
universal nor for all ii ne, but a man
Of his own day, acquainted only with
the Frenchman Of the nineteenth
century. He very appropriately
closed his lecture with the reading OF
a passage from Feragvs, which was
beautifully Characteristic OF the
writer,
The only disappoi ntment of the
evening was that Dr.. Allen did not
speak at greater length. His peculiar
style Of thought and phrase appealed
very strongly to all. So clearly
analytical and so truly logical was
he, that none could miss his mean
ing. In him all saw and felt the
weight of a larger capacity Of
thinking and being. The lecture
was pronounced a delight and benefit,
for by it all were brought in touch
with larger style OF thought.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
First Meeting.

The first meeting Of the Adolenda
Club, the recently organized club Of
young married women, was held at
the home Of Mrs. f. N. Adams, on
South Street Wednesday afternoon
Fourteen members were present
aud we're entertained at finch. Mrs
e. S. Moorman won first prize-a
beautiful hand.painted plate
Refreshments we're served. Mrs
Adams was assisted 10 entertaining
by her sister, Miss Nell Adams Of
Sedalsa
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
Deadlock in Jefferson City

Three ballots have been taken in
the senatorial contest at Jefferson
City. 0u Wednesday the vote stood
Niedringhaus S5, Cockrell SO, Kerens
S, Pettijohn l. On THURSDAY the
vote stood Niedringhaus 81, Cockrell
81, Kerens 8, Pettijohn 8.
There are l76 votes on joint ballot.
Branch, representative for Lafayette
county, has voted for Kereus on every
ballot.
The vote Friday stood Cockrell 81,
Neidrlnghaus so, Kerens 8, Pettilohn
l. The Assembly seems to be hope
lessly deadlocked. The prize will
doubtless go to some one not yet
mentioned.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
U. D. I. Reception.

In commemOration Of the birth of
Robert E. Lee the ladies of Sterling
Price Chapter, .. d. c., were
hostesses at a very elegant tea,
Thursday afternoon. Col. and Mrs.
Huston in keeping with their genuine
Southern hospitality had lent their
home, that is so well adapted to
large gatherings, for the occasion.
The house which is fine type of
colonial architecture had been
lavishly decorated with red and
white-the Confederate colors. The
Confederate flag was conspicuous in
the reception hall, while red and
white carnations, and white hyacinths
were everywhere and the whole house
was filled with the beautiful light
that only candles these also
were red.
In the large dining room refresh
ments were served while the llorary
adjoining had been converted into a
coffee room.
In the parlOr the guests were re-
ceived by Miss Kitty Fulkerson,
president Of Sterling Price Chapter,
Mrs. ]. H. Campbell, president Of
State Division, U. D. c., also ex.
president Of chapter; Mrs. W. G.
McCausland, who was first president
Of chapter; Mrs. S. N. Wilson and
Mrs. William Aull, ex-presidentS Of
the chapter; and Mrs. M. D, Wilson,
who is corresponding secretary Of
Missouri Division, U. D. G.
"''e members Of the chapter assist
ed these ladies in entertaining.
One hundred and twenty. five
friends Of the members of the chapter
were present.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
FIlght Of Birds,

The chimney swallow can fly for a
long time at the average speed of ninety
miles an hour.
The common black swift has made
two hundred and seventysix miles ar
hour.
A passenger pigeon can travel one
thousand miles in a day. Animal
Memoirs, by Samuel LOCKWOOD, Phi.
D
The "frlgate bird" can float at an
elevation of ten Thousand feet and
cross the tropical Atlantic Ocean in a
single night. Michelet.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
ResinOI Art Calendar.

The new Resinol Art Calendar for
1905 is one of the most beautiful
calendars ever issued. Six sheets of
heavy euameled paper contain on one
side six beautiful color designs of
babies and children, while on the
reverse sides are drawings depicting
child life, with spaces tor the notation
of baby's "sayiugs and doings." 1t is
a work OF art that will delight a
mothers heart. Send postpaid by the
Reslnol Chemical Company of
Baltimore, Nd, for two wrappers from
Reiiuol Soap, or one wrapper and Is
cents; or for 40 cents a calendar and a
cake OF Resinol Soap will be sent.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
In Honor Of Andrew Johnson

A bill has been introduced in Con-
gress and will doubtless become a
law, setting apart ten acres of the
old Andrew Johnson homestead near
GreeDeville, Tennessee, for a national
cemetery. Such action forty years
after his impeachment by Congress
indicates profound change Of feeling
toward man who resisted and in
Cured the enmity Of government
which waged a war on the ground
that a state could not get out Of the
Union ard sought to reconstruct the
South on the ground that the states
had gotten out of the Union and had
to be brought back.
Johnson IS career was more remark
able than LiDcoln's. Left an orphan
at four years of age, boy at ten,
slave toa hard master and trade
until he was Is, with not a day in
school, Andrew Johnson swung around
the circle from the tailor shop to the
White House, from alderman Of
Greeneville, Tenn, to president Of
the United States.
At II he became a journeyman
tailor in Greeneville, Tenn, and for
a quarter Of a century became engaged
in politics. In 1927 he married Eliza
McCardell, who taught him to write
and assisted him in his studies at
night.
In 1929 he was elected alderman Of
Greeneville and mayor two years
later; representative to the state
legislature 1S35.37, state senator
1889 40, a member Of Congress 1912
1862, governor of Tennessee 1853
1857, United States Senator 1S57-1S62,
He was appointed military governor
OF Tennessee by President Lincoln
March 4, 1862; served until he became
vice president March 4, 1855 to April
10, 1865. He was president from the
death of Lincoln, April 10, 1865, to
March 4, 1869, and was reelected to
the United States Senate January,
1875.
While president be was friend to
the South, ard tried to restore the
states TO the union without "recon.
struction. This led to a crash with
Stanton, secretary Of war, and the
republican party, which party in Con-
gress tried toimpeach him, but failed.
The trial lasted from March Is, 1868,
until May 20, aud impeachment failed
by one vote.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21

ideals and motives, aud in artistic
treatment that concealed his art,
Professor Clark showed himself a
thinker and a student. Athens
(Ga) Times.
Professor Clark is to deliver a
course Of six lectures in this city Jan.
27, (afternoon and evening" and Feb.
8 and 10, AFTERNOON aud evening. }
Tickets at Crenshaw & Young's.
Course ticket $3.50, single ticket so
cents.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21

Yesterday afternoon Professor
Clark gave his first lecture on "The
Mission and Purpose Of Tragedy" A
description Of its wonderful beauty
and truth is impossible. 1t made a
profound impression upon the audi
ence for the genuineness OF its phil.
osophy and the exalted purity and
sincerity of its teaching. In brilliant
illustration, keen analysis Of human
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
An Early Day Hanging.

The statement Of the Kansas City
Star few days age, in commenting
upon the alleged crime and probable
punishment Of Mrs. Aggie Myers, that
only one woman had ever been hanged
in Missouri in pursuance of court
sentence, and that a Southern Mis-.
souri, case, does not seem to be borne
out by the facts One woman, Mrs
Mary Andrews, alias Trumley, was
capitally sentenced in this county
April l, 1884, by Judge John f,
Ryland, and was hanged April 80 Of
the same year. The offense fol
which this woman was put to death
was the murder of her child,
Judge John E. Ryland, of this city,
speaking of this case says: "Leland
Trumley, the husband OF this woman,
was also hung for the murder Of a
blacksmith ln Old Lexington,
forget his name. These Trumleys
were Of French extraction and irasci
BILE. The husband was tried for the
murder and convicted, as / now re.
member. Mrs. Trumley on divers
occasions said publicly that she be,
lieved murder could be committed
and so concealed as never to be
brought out; for she further staUed
that she had killed one Of her chill.
dren and had concealed the body
under the hearth and no one had
ever found 1t out. The public mind
was excited and ready for investiga,
ting any report Of murder, and some
one remembering a little girl Of the
Trumley family who had suddenly
disappeared, led the authorities tC
examine the hearth, and to theil
horror found the remains of a young
child. Upon this the woman was
arrested and afterwards tried and
convicted and executed for this child
murder. l was quite young when
these sad events transpired, but old
enough to be indelibly impressed by
them.
"If the Times refers to this case,
he may be correct in saying there has
been but one case where a woman was
hung in Missouri. And il this state
ment is correct, it seems to me that
In view of the many and heinou'
crimes that are being laid at the dool
Of women in these days, it is time tC
begin anew the work Of hanging and
to keep 1t up until more than one
murderer is hung aud others evily
inclined are deferred from their wick.
ed designs by the fear Of punish
ment."
On the records In the circuit clerk 's
office the name Of the husband Is
usually spelled rrumley but some.
times Thrumley. The woman's name
is variously written Thrumberg,
Thromburg, ThrumburS and Thrum,
burough.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
Change n Business.

W. v. Curtis sold the confectionery
and bakery business of Amor s.
Sheets to A. L. Bretz and Harry
Stevens. The sale was made Thurs.
day and the new proprietors, who are
well and favorably known to the
people of Lexington, took possession
this morning.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
Letter List

The following letters remain uncaIled
for at the postofiCe, at Lexington, Mo.
Jan. 20 1905.
Mrs. Dora AIbers, n, L. Baker, G..
T. Brown, Mrs. Jean Davis, VIM.
'Deiser, Geo. Geyer, Charles Hayes,
Miss Eva Holmes, Willie Jones,
Johnnie Miles, VIM. Myrand, Timothy
Mulhgan, John T. Murphy, Central
Williams, Mrs. MINNIE Wilson.
When calling for these please say
they were advertised.
JAMES M. CROwDER, P. NJ.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21

W. D. Graham will hold sale Of
stock, farm implements, household
and kitchen furniture at the Robert
M. Graham farm miles south OF
Lexington and 8 miles northwest OF
Mayview, Wednesday, Feb. l, at 10
O'Clock.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21
Public Sale,

Attention is called to an advertise
ment elsewhere in this issue Of a
public sale Of mules and horses at the
farm of Nice Sill, three miles
southeast OF town. This will be an
opportunity for those who are in Reed
Of such stock to supply their wants
from the stables OF a thoroughly
reliable stoCkman. The date is
Friday Jan. q,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21

The famous Irish comedians Wesley
& Mack and that dainty little bit OF
feminity, Maize Trumbull, are coming
this way with their popular skit
"The Irish Pawnbrokers" aud will be
seen on the local boards shortly,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-01-21

Joe Bell Of near Hlgginsvllle has
sold his farm Of 10 acres to August
Meyer for $50 per acre with coal
rights reserved. Thecoal is estimated
at $50 to sS5 per acre.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09
IA r WOMEN.
They Have Gull Ideas Of PERSON.
nj Beauty and Adjournment.

They Have Peculiar Ideas Of PERSON.
nj Beauty and Adornment.
Like the Siamese. the Karen wo-
do not improve their appearance any
by the style of ornaments they affect.
When very young their ears are
pierced to admit a small round stick,
which is gradually lacerated in diam
eter until by the time the little girls
have become women their ears easily
accommodate a two inch disk Of
blackened bamboo. This stretches the
ears ~hideously. as may be imagined,
and when the ornament Is laid aside
temporarily-well, picture the thin
strip Of pendent ear lobe! AS a rule.
the Karen women wear their hair
long, but, like the Siamese, some cut
1t short and others again keep in crop
ped close, except on top Of the head,
where it Is allowed to grow to its nat
ural length, which does not add to
their by no means overabundance Of
good looks. Sometimes the unmarried
woman wears a breast cloth, but for
the most part men and women wear
q loin girdle, and sometimes even that
Is set aside in hot weather.
To thoroughly appreciate Japanese
women one should begin the far east
ern trip at the Malay peninsula, jour-
neying thence through Siam, Anerc.
kCambodia and China, though I confess
to preterring a good looking Chinese
girl to the alleged Japanese beauty.
Bracelets and necklaces Of bamboo
are the other usual ornaments, except
when they a afford a narrow neck
band Of silver, which protects, SO 1t Is
believed, against many evils that Turk
along life's wayside. even in the jun
gle. The men also wear this neck
band and bamboo an inch In diameter
and about four inches long stuck
through their ear lobes. Some Of the
boys are rather good looking. They
wear their hair In a knot like a horn
on the forehead or at one side or the
other Of the head or on top, and usual
ly a turban crowns the topknot. All
in all the Karens differ not a great
deal from the Siamese in p~hysiognomy,
but the people in this section Of the
far east shade into one another rather
easily.-Caspar Whitney In Outing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09
Kept Her Joking Promise.

1t is related of Lady Penelope Oar
.cey that she vas wooed by three suit
ors at the same time, who had deter
mined to fight as to which should pos
cess her hand. This fact coming TO
her knowledge, she positively forbade
them to fight under pain of her great
~displeasure and laughlngly remarked
that IL they would have patience TO
wait she would marry them all. Strange
to say, she fulfilled her promise as
she married, first, Sir George Trench
ard Of Wolverton; second, Sir John
Gage of Fule, and, third. Sir William
Hervey Of Ickworth, the very gentle
men who had determined to fight for
her hand. :
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09
CUSTOM.

Custom may lead a man into many
errors, but it justifies none.
Custom, though never SO ancient,
without truth Is but an old error.
Custom Is the tyranny Of the lower
human faculties over the higher.
1t is hard to abolish a custom once
introduced, however foolish or effem-
mate.
There is no tyrant like custom and
no freedom where its edicts are not
resisted.
If you are determined to live and die
a slave to custom, see that 1t is at least
a good one.
1t Is Of great advantage when the
customs of a nation are such as are
likely to lead to good habits among the
people.
Custom Is the sovereign of mortals
and Of gods. With its powerful hand 1t
regulates things the most violent.
Custom governs the world. 1t is the
tyrant of our feelings and our manners
and rules with the hand Of a tyrant.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09
STEAMSHIP vERMlN.
The Way cea Liners Are Ria OF
Rats and Reaches.

h Way Ocean Liners Are Ria OF
Rats and Reaches.
Rat and roach catching at the steam
The queer ways men have of making a
living. And a good living they make
ut 1t too-sometimes as much as $10,-
700 a year. The men who do 1t never
advertise, because the business does not
sound as well as 1t pays, and a man
whose house Is built out OF dead rats
Ind cockroaches would just as soon not
ave his neighbors know II. ,
Once a year docks and piers are turn
ID over to the rat catcher for q night.
The man who has made a fortune at
The business ~ New York still works
with bis men, for the secret of the bust.
hess Ia his and he trusts 1t to no one.
Rats run everywhere, but reaches have
10 special liking for rope lockers, and
here they swarm BIZ tens of thousands
unless the pier oyn have a contract
with the rat and roach catcher, who.
after a thorough overhauiing, guaran-
tees freedom from the pests for a year.
Whenever an ocean liner reaches port,
whether on this side or the other, 1t is
turned over for a night to this same
man. Cats do much toward keeping
ships clear Of rats, but, Of course. have
no effect on reaches. On this side Of
the Atlantic roach catching is the more
important branch of the business. while
ON the other side wharfs are almost
rs full Of rat catchers as the ships are
Of rats.
These once worked with ~ferrets, but
now they use chemicals. Large cage
like traps are used, In which lettuce
leaves are placed after being sprinkled
with a liquid-only the catcher knows
what.
Whatever 1t is, ii is as irresistible to
rats as the weird piping of the pied
piper was to the rats Of Hamelin town.
No matter how choice the food In the
lockers and in the hold, the rats leave
It instantly when they smell the mys-
~terious liquid on the lettuce leaves. 1t
does not kill the rats, and herein lies
another secret Of the profits Of the busi-
ness. Live rats are worth money In
England, where they are used for train
ing terriers. Dead rats are worth mon
ey, too, as their skins are used for
gloves. At 5or 6 cents apiece. forty or
fifty rats mean something, and this is
quite a usual catcfi.
For reaches a powder is used, but
what puzzles all old sailors who used
to have the job of clearing ships Of
reaches is that there are any
dead ones lying around mex morning.
The favorite way of the sailors when.
they had to catch reaches was to put
4 "cob" Of bread on top of a coil Of
rope. Very quickly 1t would be covered
with hungry brown bugs, and these
they knocked Into a swell greased bis
cult pan. The grease kept><he reaches
from crawling up the sides. and ft.was
q poor roach catcher who would not
have two or three inches Of reaches
when he was through, and In a few
days he could begin and do 1t all over
agsin.-New York Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09
Birds, Names.

There are some odd names for game
birds on the Chesapeake. A small shy
snipe that flies with a twittering noise
is called the horsefoot snipe because
of its fondness for the horsefoot or
horseshoe crab. 1t is called also the
turnstone from its habit of overturn-
ing pebbles in search of food. The
telltale snipe bears that name because
1t always sounds a note of alarm at
the sight of a gunner. Chesapeake
gunners believe that a single telltale
can clear a whole region of game birds.
The widgeon is locally called the bald
pate, and the willet is so called because
Of its Observation-Disclosures