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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-16
TOD SLOAN AND THE KING.
Monarch of Belgium Eats Potatoes
Which Famous Jockey Had Dis
rarded-His Object.

King leopold of Belgium told a
good story on himself and Tod
sSloan some time ago which has
found its way into the Paris news,
papers.
81 was dlaing in a Parisrestaur.
ant" said the most democratic of
Kings, "and on looking anound saw
bod Sloan, Ehe American jockey,
whom | hadsseen often riding at
Langehamps, dining in solitary
sEtendor at the next table. While
waiting for my dinner TO be
brogght | watched the little amer.
lean and saw sim, after tasting
someGried potaGOes that had been
brought to him, summon the
waiter ;angrily and bid him take
the dish away. Now l had ordened
fried potatoes also, and | had no
dlfncultg IN discovering, when
mine arrived with suspicious
promptness, that the very same
dish Tod Sloan had dasdained had
been brought to me-"
81 suppose" said o listener.
our majesty summoned the res
taurant man and had the waiter
dlscharged?"
A0h, no." replied the king. smil-
ing, II tasted the potatoes, and [
discovered that Mr.. Sloan was
quite right. They had been cooked
with rancid butter and were very
bod. But | knew that if | sent
them away it would seriously in.
jure the business of the place, so |
went on eating them. You see,
therefore, that nowadays a jockey
can afford to be more particular
than a king"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-16
REAL FEMININE O
Qneer Things That Women Eat When
They Are Alone to Save
Money.

Is 1t not a part of ourextrav-
agant economy that makes women
eat sueh queer thing IS when they
are by their lonely selves? What
self-respecting man could lunch
off a suitana cake, a tart or an ice?
Show me the self-respecting wom-
an who has not done it, Women
know how TO cOok-some of them
but none of them know how to
eat, says Mrs. John Lane, in Fort
nightly Review.
A woman feels that to eat well
and substantially is a sheer waste
there is nothing to show for it;
but she would not hesitate a mo-
ment to spend even more in some
thing that she can show. A man
doesn't think twice about having
a ripping good dinner and a bottle
Of extra good wine he thinks it is
money well spent; but he would
be hanged before he would buy
himself an ornamented waistcoat
and sustain life on a penny bun.
What awful things we should eat
if it were not for men! lam sure.
table d'hote dinners were invent
ed by some philanthropist to save
women.
81 cannot eat a la Carte said a
friend Of mine in a piteous burst
of confidence; 'its just like eating
money" So when her husband
travels with her he always leads
her to the table d'hOte, if only to
preserve her from starvation.
When she is resigned to the cost
she has an excellent appetite. /
really think If it were not for men
women would wrap themselves in
sable and point lace and starye to
death"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-16
TRICK WITH ROPE LADDER.
Wholesale Hypnotism Explains Work
Of CeylOR Juggler in His
Many Stunts

An American residents of Ceylon
recently wrote home the following
account Of the famous rope ladder
trick.
eve sat in the compound, sol
emn and silent, as the magician's
state demanded, for he was the
greatest of Ceylonese Ugglers.
There was a burst of weird
music, and the man appeared with
a rope ladder cOiled in his hand.
He booked at us, and then, with a
graceful, powerful movement, he
threw the ladder up towards the
blue, sunlit sky.
"We.all gasped.
'"FOr the ladder stood erect in
the air, the bottom afOotfrOm the
ground, and the tqp running up,
up, up, sill it was lost to view.
owe gasped- Of this was not
magic, what was it2
~Alboy appeared. He put his
foot on the eTectand floating lad
der'slbOttom rung, and he began,
very'saowly, to climb up.
Cup up, he went. 1 counted a
hundred rungs, "a hundred and.
twenty-five, q hundred and fifty.
The hoy became very small. u
rubbed my eyes The magician
clasped his hands suddenly, the
music burst into a wild strain
the boy ard the ladder disap.
y peared.
"They disappeared completely,
! didn't see them again till the
next afternoon, when the same
trickvwas repeated. iIshad a hand
camera along this time, and ]
made a half dozen snaps Of differ.
ent parts Of the ladder trick.
These snaps came Outwell. They
showed the magician, the orches
ira, Che compound. But they
showed nothing-nothing what
ever-4of the ladder and the boy
Hence it is plain that the famous
EASTERN ladder tricks a remark
able piece of hypnotism. There
was mo ladder, therewas no boy
The magician had thrown us al
into arance, and made us i'm
agine them"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-16
gFITTlY THF COTUIIION n INA.

The Southwest is really In need OF nothing
save people. More menfare wanted. h the
Southwest are v~astaree9 OF unimprovediand
LAND mot yielding the crops OF which It Is
capable. The same thing. In a d~iiereutWay,
is traeN the towns Few lines OF business
are adequately represented. There are open-
ings ofall sorts-fOr mills and Misunderstanding
plants. for smal st~oresofall kinds, for banks,
newspapers and lumher yards. Meohanics
and professional men, both are In demand.
Weare in possession OF all sorts Of infor.
nation valuable alike to the investor and
homcHoeker. II you are interested. tell us
what you want, how much you have to Invest,
and We will gladly furnish the information.
Write today for a coy OF our book Business
Chances" It's free. Address
WWTS eGOReE moRTon.
aENA s'osal'PasnnSar and Tcksl AUut.
~ CT. LOUIS. NO.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-16
The Worm Turns ,

Garrulous Acquaintance-Are
you not sometimes afraid a day
will come when You will have writ
ten yeurseif cut and will have to
quit 90 go at something else for a
livins9
Bsugus struggling authoD-My
desS% such an idea Is wholly fall
laeieua. You have been talking
for 70 years, and you haven't
talked yourself out yet, have you?
Chicago Tribune.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-16
MAJOR GENERAL cosrETT.
Romance and Work Beautifully
blended in Career Of This Fa-
nous Army Surgeon

1t is not often that romance and
hard work are so intimately blend
ed as in the long professional ca,
reer of this eminent army sur
geon. Born in Bologna In 1919, be
had, withihis family, to migrate 10
Florence in 1S3I-tbe year On
which many of the B6aognesi, 6he
COstettis included, were cOmprO-
missed in the abortive revolution.
At Florence he begun his medical
studies and took his degree, sum
ma cum laude, at Pisa, says
the London Lancet In 1873, an
! other year of revolution-he
served in the Guard Mobile of
Tuscany under Marchese Niece
limo AntinOri andsaw some sharp
fighting at Montanara. We next
find him an army surgeon in the
Tuscan forces, esPousingth the liber-
al cause and attending tine meet
ings'of the party in the Florentine
Casa Bartolommei. 1t was he
who, on the historical .25th Of
April, gave clandestine shelter in
his quarters in the fortress Belve-
deere to Marchese Ferdinando
BaftOlommei who wanted to
know how farhe could count upon
the cooperation of the s6ficers in
the pacific revolution, two days
afterward successfully consum-
mated. On the eventual morning
the Tuscan archduke proceeded
from the Pitta palace to he'fOrt.
ezza, thence to give orders to bonn.
bard the city, but only to receive
from the officers the reply that
while ready to protectihe lives 01
their princes, they could not serve
the anti-natimal cause. While
the p%urparlers were in progress
young COstetti ordered some
green curtains to be taken down
from the windows Of the hospita.
in the fortezza:and adding to their
the Tuscan colors, red ant
white, he hoisSed the improviseC
~trieolOr" on the terrace of tht
fortezza before the eyes of TIN
grand duchessrwho, IN needless
panic had taken refuge in tn,
stronghold. Itvwas that baRneI
which announced to the people as
sembled not many yards off in tn,
Piazza DELI Imlipendenza, thar
the Tuscan revolution, peaceful
and bloodlesS, was fait aecompli
Or. fCostetti, continuing his ca
reer as an army surgeon, with tht
rank Of captain, took part in th'
campaign against Austria in 1863
Promoted again for distinguished
servieesiin 1862, he PosetO be ma
jor general and ,wag appointed iii
rector IN chief of The great mill
tary hospitals of tlne now united
kingdom. aOflate years advancing
age has constrained himtogive u
professional work, f4t he still
placed his powers and energies a,
1.-THE disposal of his fellow dHizeni
of Bologna.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-16

RONmaHia appears To be the
msSt nliterate countryi in Europe.
The iaet census shows that in the
pOpWa@on Of about 100000
nearly 1000, 900 can neither read
nor write and that only a little
over 100000 have any education
at al.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-16
Id fhh h~nmasaRLRr.

Through the N. K. & 7. Lrnd Bureau.
thousands Of Gcres OF rich farm lands (im-
proved and pnmprovedl. looated along b
line OF the Missouri. Kansas.& Texas Ry Ia
Missouri Kansas. Indian Eg-ritory, Okla
homa ard Texas. are now offered for sale.
The lands AZ especially adapted 70 the
growth Of cUrn. wheat oHtE fruits, vego-
tables ricbloOtton, sugar caue and for stock
farming. Rhe lands are WAL located as Y
murnrnha UNharfe ate
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-16
Are You
Looking AheadP

10 the man lookng ahead the Southwest
an urgent invitation. The ouFortunity
- uoday when Investment chanceg are good
homes can De purchased ~ from one
teath 20 one-haE the prices asked IN the
North and Eaet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
RAGAN'S CONDITION
 STILL UNCHANGED
THE PITCHER HAS BEEN UNcoN- ScIoUS AT HOSPITAL SINCE
 MONDAY AFTERNooN-PHYsi- CLANS THINK IT STRANGE CASE.

The condition of Arthur Ragan, the pop ular Birmingham twirler, who was strlck- en in the clubhouse at the ball park Mon day afternoon, showed no material change at o'clock this morning. He still Hes III the Hillman hospital in an uneonsclous condition with two nurses at his pea- side. He has taken little nourishment since he fell limp and apparently hfeiess after the first inning with New orleans last Monday, and his case has proved 10 be one of the most mysterious the physi- clans have had to deal with in long time. His mother is expected to arrive from Kansas today. She was notified of her sons illness soon after Ragan's con dition was pronounced to be preearious.
 Ragan went in to pitch the game against the Pelcans. He delivered the ball in his usual way, not allowing run. The close observers noticed that he was not himself as he walked into the dress ing room Taking his seat. he remarked 10 his comrades: "Tm all in, boys. The next moment he rolled onto the floor. He has not spoken since.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
COMMITTEES MADE
 REPORTS ON PICNIC
BARBECUE FOR THE oRPHANGE FUND WILL BE LARGE AFFAIR. WORK PROGRESSING RAPIDLY. NEW COMMITTEES NAMED.

At meeting of the Jefferson County Orphanage association at St. Pauls hall yesterday reports from the various com mittees were heard. They showed that progress Is being made in the arrange ments for the picnic to be given to raise funds for the Orphans Home
 Mrs. J. E. Williams, Mrs Logan Trous- dale and Mrs. J. O. Mangram were added to the ladies' committee It was report ed that the members of the Musicians union had agreed to donate one-half of their earnings on the day of the picnic to the orphange fund. Frank Arrico was made chairman of a committee on music.
 George Bowers, Warren Tice and J. E. Williams were appointed a committee to investigate the advisibility of accepting an offer from H. Abel to donate a car riage at cost. the same to be given away at the picnic.
 Warren Tice asked to be allowed to withdraw from the race for the most popular man, stating that he did not think it was just to the others in the race, as he is a member of the general committee and secretary of the executive committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
PRESIDENT IS TO BE
 HERE ONLY TWO HOURS
Letter Received From Secretary Loeb Showing Time of Arrival and De-
 parture of Chief Magistrate.

President Roosevelt will be in Birming- ham only two hours while on his trip through the south in October. He will arrive in Birmingham at 4:30 D, m, Oc- tober 2a, and his special train is due to leave the station at 6:3O o'clock the same afternoon.
 A letter with details of the trip was re- .reived yesterday from Secretary Loeb and he states that owing to the other engagements of the President he cannot remain over two hours in Birmingham.
 During his stay in the city the Presi- dent will deliver an address at Capitol park, and the programme includes ad. dresses by prominent Alabamians. The lntinerary for October 2S is as follows:
 Arrive at Tuskegee at S;sO a. m.
 Leave Tuskegee at 103O a. m.
 Arrive at Montgomery at 12 noon.
 Leave Montgomery at D. m.
 Arrive at Birmingham at 4:sO D. m.
 Leave Birmingham at 6.SO D. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
WHAT sTENoeRAPHERs EARN.
Figures Submitted By Speaker at State
 Convention.

From the New York Times
 Henry c. Demming of Harrisburg, Pa, who was president of the Worlds Congress of Stenographers, held in 1884, read a paper at the annual con vention of the stenographers of the state of New York in the county court house yesterday. He divided stenogra- phers into six classes.
 The sixth class, he said, was com posed of all per-ons who could write shorthand at speed of not more than seventy-fiye words a minute and are de- ficient in general knowledge and gram mar.
 The fifth or D class comprises per sons able to write 100 words a minute and who have a fairly good education.
 The fourth or D class is made up of those with shorthand skill of 125 words minute, persons well educated anG real help to an active business man.
 In the third or c class he placed those who can attain a speed of 150 words minute with accuracy, but who are hardly eligible for active court work or miscellaneous convention re- porting.
 The second or B class includes ste- nographers who can at their maximum speed report 200 words minutes ac- curately; can make a creditable report on almost any subject, transcribing their notes with reasonable promptness anl with knowledge and discretion.
 he first or A class of stenographers, he said, were the few who are marvels O. skill and accuracy, combined with such a general knowledge of men and affairs that they are at home on all subjects, possessing the highest order of talent and erudition; able to correct instantly palpable errors, scientific or otherwise; devoted to their calling, ex- ceiling in every branch, and submitting first-class transcript reports on what ever subject assigned to them.
 Plenty of sixth-class stenographers could be had at $6 week, MT. Dem ming said; fifth-class, s9 week; fourth-class, from $9 to $15, with now and then an exception of from $20 to $25.
 The others earn from $1,5O0 to s10,- 900 in fees and salaries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
Husband Tries to XII Wife.

Little Rock, Ark, September 15.-Hiram Sigler, a hostler 50 years old, attempted to kill his wife and daughter tonight, and then committed suicide by swallow ing carbolic acid. Mrs. Sigler is badly burned by carbolic acid which her hus- band tried to force down her throat, but she will recover. The daughter escap- ed from the house and gave the alarm. ASigler left his wife two weeks ago and since that time has threatened to kill his entire family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
VETERANS PICNIC
 AT AVONDALE PARK
CONFEDERATE VETERANS AND DAUGHTERS WILL HAVE BAR BECUE TODAY-SPEECHE WILL BE MADE BY WELL-kNOWN MEN

Everything is ready for the picnic and barsscue 10 be -sea Avondale park today by the Confederate veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy of Woodawn and East Lake. A large dele gai,.n ftnH .i .,ingham WI a.so take part in the festivities. In addition to the veterans that will go as representatives from Camp Hardee 1t is understood that many ladies from the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy have signifed their intention of assisting in making the event a memorable one. While it will not be what might be called an all day affair, the programme announces that the speech-making will begin as early as Il o'clock. Preparations have been made to have plenty of barbe- cued meat for everyone who attends and a large gathering Is expected Among the speakers are several men prominent in Confederate veteran circles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
WARRANTS SERVED
 ON HARRY VEITCH
A. A. LOTT SAYS BEssEMER MAN ATTACKED HIM AND USED ABUSIVE LANGUAGE IN PRES ENcE OF A FEMALE.

Warrants were served yesterday on Harry yeitch of Bessemer for alleged as- sault upon A. A. Lott, resident of this city and for alleged abusive language in the presence of women.
 Veiteh came to Birmingham Thursday with his wife and two children. He was arrested shortly after his arrival for dis- orderly conduct His wife followed him to the police station. and Judge Feagin imposed the light fine of $1 on account of the wifes pleadings, and released the husband.
 It seems that yeitch was not only drink ing but got into fight with Lott, ac- cording to the warrants. The other war rants indicates that the trouble was in the presence of female. Papers were served on Veitch by John McElreth and the case will come up for trial in the inferior criminal court this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
HAD TO USE CLUB.
Policeman Had Lively Fight With Wes-
 ley Roberson, Negro.

Policeman Givens had to use his club to conquer Wesley Roberson, negro who was arrested last night for malicious mischief, drunk and resisting an officer. The trouble occurred at Second avenue and Twenty-fourth street.
 When the negro was taken into custody by Policemen Givens and Todd at Twen- ty-ifth street and Second avenue, he broke and ran, with both policemen after him. Givens threw his club at the fleeing negro and hit him in the back. The ne- gro staggered and fell just as the patrol men reached him. Givens was going so fast he could not stop and fel lon top of the negro Then followed . lively tussle, in which the policeman had to use his club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
Traction Lines to Consolidate.

Lexington, Ky, September 15.-It developed today that a deal is about to be closed for the sale to Chandler Bros, Philadelphia brokerage house, who Is supposed to represent the Randall-Morgan Traction interests, of the Lexington street railway proper ties, the Blue Grass Traction company, the Frankfort Traction company and several other traction properties, the deal involving about $S,000,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
STRIKE AT AN END.
Quiet Is Again Being Restored In tho
 Caucasus.

Tifis, September 15.-The strike Is now at an end and normal life is being resum- ed. The viceroy issued long proclama- tion to the inhabitants of the Cau>ssus m the recent events in which he ascribes the subversive work of secret societies and groups who are endeavoring to chanse the existing state of things by illegal strife.
 The proclamation points out the disas- trous consequences of this propaganda which It says Is exploiting the peasants and the workmen so as to crlng them to ruin and causing them to have re- course on pillage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
TAKE
Thres Boys and a Clock.

From the London Daily News.
 Three boys in a house were told to go and take the exact time by clock in the town. The first lad went. looked at the clock, came back and said Ut is 12 o'clock" In after life he became prosaio bookseller.
 The second boy was more exact. He said on returning that 1t was three minutes past 12. He became a doctor.
 The third lad looNo' at the clock, round out how long 1t had taken him to walk back to the house. returned to the clock, then added the time of his walk to the time of the clock and reported the re- suit thus: Tt is at this moment IF hours' 30 minutes and Is seconds" That boy came to distinction as Helmholtz, the scientist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
MORGAN G. WOOD DIED
 SUDDENLY LAST NIGHT

Morgan c. Wood, one of the old resi- dents of the Birmingham district died last night at 12 o'clock from the effects of stroke of paralysis which he suffered about o'clock while at the supper ta- ble,
 The deceased died at his residence on Fifty-fifth street and Second avenue, south, Woodlawn. The interment will De in the private burying grounds Of the Wood family at Woodlawn.
 MT. Wood was 70 years old. and was seemingly in excellent health five minutes before he suffered the stroke. He was sitting at the table talking to members of the family. and was more cheeriui than usual. Without a word he sank In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
Receiver for Water Company.

New York, September 15.-Judge Holt in the United States district court today appointed Hiram S. Steele of this city receiver for the Arizona Water company, Maine corporation, owning lands and water rights in Maricopa county Arizona. The receivership was applied for by the New York Trust company, which is trustee for the $300.- O0O worth of bonds issued by the com pany In 1899. The trust company al leges default in the payment of in- terest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
LETTERS OF coNDoLENcE.
Great Admiration Is Expressed for the
 Life of Patrick A. Collins.

Boston, September 15.-All day long, from every part of this country and from foreign lands. telegrams of condo- lence with expressions of admiration of the life and character of Patrick A. Collins have been received by the family or the departed chief executive of this city
 Tonight the democratic club and the Boston Central court of the United Irish League of America. and other soci<Ies. heid special meetings adopted resolutions and appointed committees to attend the public funeral at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Monday morning at o:sO o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

his chair. and died five hours later with out regaining consciousness. Dr. Kill tough was summoned, but was unable to accomplish anything He could not as- certain any cause for the sudden stroke, as this was the first that the deceased has ever suffered.
 The deceased was the brother of F. Nj Wood. and leaves three children. John E. Wood, Mrs. J. B. Sandfer and NJ F. Wood. The funeral arrangements will be made this morning.
 Mir Wood was one of the early settlers of the Birmingham district and had lived for many years in Woodlawn. He had q wide circle of friends to whom his sud- den death will come as great shock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
CAMP HARDEE TO MEET.
Veterans Will Have Interesting Ses-
 sion This Afternoon.

Camp Hardee, United Confederate vet erans, will meet this afternoon at o'clock in the Commercial club rooms in the Linn bnilding. An interesting programme has been arranged.
 Miss Carrie Hill the camp sponsor, and her maids of honor, Miss Salle Merritt and Miss Jessie Parker, will be present. Miss Parker, who is an accomplished elo- cutionlst, will recte.
 Brig Gen. John w. Bush will read a paper on interesting incidents of the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
Not to Be Repeated.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Yes" the old Indian fighter was say ing, the whole secret of success again the red varmints wuz jest to profit by experience. The Sioux done somethin to me onct that they could never do again.
 What was that?' inquired the inter ested youth.
 They scalped me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
Vanderbilt Beats Gould.

New York, September 15.-W. K. Van derbilts steam yacht Tarantula won from Howard Goulds steam yacht Mag ara " in race over a 4O-mile course for a 5000 purse on Long Island Sound to- day. The time consumed was one hour and fifty minutes. The Tarantula finished far ahead of the Niagara