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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-05-13
How she Keeps Quiet.

I Visitor-How beautifully still
the children sit while you talk to
Them!
Schoolmaster-Yes; Pve got
them pretty we'll trained. | told
them at the start that every time
! caught a boy moving in his seat
while | was talking to them |
would talk ten minutes longer
Chicago Journal.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-05-13
Estates Of Presidents.

Washington left an estate val
ued at 100000; John Adams left
about $4,000; Jefferson died so
Door that he would have been a
per had not congress pur-
d his library for $4,000;
sea left about $780, 900; Mon
hasspoor and was buried at
use of relatives; John
lams left about $4,000
tn; Jackson about $780,.
300; Van Buren,, 100000; Polk,
$15O,O0O; Taylor, $15O,OOO; Tyler
married a woman of wealth; Fill.
more left $2OO,OOOO; Pierce, $780,.
900; Buchanan, 100000; Lincoln,
$4,000; johnson, $4,000; Grant
lost his wealth in the Grant &
Ward failure; Hayes, Garfield and
Harrison were all moderately
we'll off, and Cleveland's fortune
is probably large. McKinley's for
tune was not over 100000.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-05-13

Such a firm is particular a.Jout the
paint it uses; their work requires par
ticular paint. Their Specifications
demand the best materials and the
most workmanlike labor of skilled
artisans. When they
on all their work and pronounce it
"entirely satisfactory, il stamps it as
thoroughly good, dependable paint. the
paint you want on your own home.
"KNLocH" is not a high priced paint,
although it is a high grade one, and
wears longer than any other paint In
the market and looks well all the time
Made in all the standard, coloTs,
Our local agent viii tell you why
you can not afford to use any other paint
The price he will quote you will be
surprisingly satisfactory.
Vt YOUR OWN DEALER WILL
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-05-13
Slow

evil you wait here for the an.
swer?" asked the telegraph oper.
ator in the hotel lobby, "or shall
| send it up to your room?"
cor replied the woman, who
had telegraphed to her husband.
II guess you'd better send it to my
room. 1t will take some time ia
get a reply from John; he shutters
so."-Philadelphia Press.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-05-13
THE JoY 81 eEINo ANcIENT
Cicero Gives the Lie to the oslerism
Of To-Day-What Other
Sages Think.

1t is a comfort for some people
who do not feel that their useful
ness has entirely left them
though their hair be gray and
their forehead wrinkled, to turn
to one of the wisest and sanest Of
their college classics and to read
what Cicero says in his de Sen.
ectute" concerning old age and its
characteristics, says the Provi.
dence Journal. He suppOses d
conversation with Cato the cen
sOr, a man Of 81 years, who is
apologizing for old age. Cato
was the most intelligent, themOst
active, the man most jealous Of
his authority and the triumph of
his ideas of any whom the Roman
world of CicerO's time remem.
bered. His latest years had been
devoted to the study of Greek let,
tiers, for which he had earlier
shown great contempt, and in him
were gracefully mingled the gray
ity of Roman manners and the
teachings of the Socratic philoso.
ply. A talk goes on between
Cato, ScipiO and his friend Laelius
upon the manner in which Cato
bears his old age, after the exam
pies of Plato, I~sOcrates of Gorgias
and Ennius, who have borne a
charming old age, free from disap.
pointment with life, and Tranquil
as the close of a fair autumn day.
Cato meets some of the obiec.
ions which are urged against
old age and finds that there are
four chief things which make il
seem miserable. The first incon
Yenienee is that it withdraws a
man from active life, from bust
ness which demands youthful.
strength of body. But, he asks
is there no work peculiar to ole
age, which the mind and sou
alone direct, in spite of physical
feebleness? Did Fabius Maximu.
do nothing, or Paulus Emilius
and the other old men, Fabricu,
and GURUS? Appius Claudiul
was old and blind, and yet the
senate listened to his words anC
obeyed them. But the memory o.
the aged fails. Yes, if it is not ex
ercised or if it is naturally lazy
Cato tells his hearers that he re
members not only the names O
his fellow-citizens, but also thos,
OF their fathers and grandfathers
and that no old man ever forgetl
where he hides his money. A maj
can always remember things tina
interest him.
In replying to the objection tina.
old age diminishes the strength
of the mind Cato says that he doe,
not envy the force which you'll
possesses, as in his youth he dix
not desire the strength of a bull
or an elephant. The wise MAJ
uses his strength according Il
what he has; no one can refuse t.
find in him the strength necessar,
to instruct youth in the way O
duty Does old age deprive man O
pleasures? 1t is an admirabl,
privilege to be able to despis,
many of the pleasures of youth
and instead of reproaches age il
worthy of eulogy if it has for f,
foundation the virtues of q well
spent youth. Neither white hairs
nor wrinkles can give to age au
thority, but only as they accom-
pany a life rounded out in homo.
and virtue.
These are only a few of the ar
guments which Cicero pleads ii
favor of old age; and though sui
eide was common in the Rome o
his time, we never find old ag,
given as an excuse for it.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-05-13
The Best Book.

Books on economy are all right,
but the pocketbook so compiled
that economy is unnecessary is
the book that is likely to be most
popular.-Chicago Sun.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-05-13
FILLING THE WAR CHEST.
How a Projected Revolution Was
Financed with Money That
Was No Good.

'The ways of the South Ameri-
can republics are funny" ex.
claimed an old globe trOtter one
day this week, glancing up from
the copy of the Evening Star
which contained the advices from
New York setting forth the eff
forts Of certain Spanish-Ameri-
can gentlemen to get the United
States to buy stock in a revOlu-
tiOnary movement in Venezuela,
says the Washington Star.
'Those people are plumb crazy
on the subject of revolutions
They seem to think that they can
repair all sorts of damaged for
tunes through the medium of an
uprising, and maybe they don't
work at it. And that reminds me
of a revolution / once had the
pleasure of being introduced to,
which, though it didn't revOlute
so as you could see it very plainly,
still, was started on the best pos.
sible basis. The men in charge OF
the affair were aiming to get con.
troll of the treasury and territory
of one of the Central American
states, and they went about it in
a systematic way. Now, there is
but one thing at the bottom of any
of those sudden transfers of pow.
er in our sister republics-money
Either one or the other side has
too much, and the losing side
promptly starts out to get what il
believes is coming to it. That is
what was done this time, but or
a basis far more sensible thar
usual. The %insurgent element did
not have money enough to start
business, and, after much Topping
around to find ways and means
hit upon an ingenious scheme that
came very near wrecking the
home government before a shot
was fired. The revolutionary
party needed money and started
out to make it, literally. The dis
tinguished sons of the state who
had been chosen to lead the move
ment established an office in New
York and began the manufacture
of spurious coin. The money was
stamped with the trimmings put
on coins by the regular govern
ment, and thousands of dollars
worth Of the counterfeits were
doated before the proper author
tiles got next to the supply. By
that time the credit of the exist
ing government wal almost
wrecked, so much of the phony
money had been foated. The
plant being located in the United
States, the United States secret
service officers were called upon
to ferret it out, and they lost nc
time in locating it and bringing
AtO justice the principal offenders
SOthing much was done to the
lo%lutionists, though the break
PUP of their counterfeiting
nipped the revolution in the
Abut the home government
Mas established it's credit OF
a basis as it had before the
IA tfeits were made"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-05-13
Itching Palms.

Bacon-Did you see many palms
in Florida?
Egbert-Oh, yes, many vari
cites.
(Which variety did you see the
most OFF
"The itching variety."-Yon
kers Statesman.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-05-13

N0TE-If you want only the Twice
a-Week Republic the price is Csc a
year. The price of Farm Progress
alone is 10 C a year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-09
GOLD AND DIAMONDS.

For ages the philosophers and chem ists and alchemysts sought for the se- cret of transmitting the baser metals into gold. Credulous men and women spent their lives looking for the philos- opher's stone, one touch of which would change a lump of lead into fine gold. But the seekers after that wonderful stone never found it. and all the re- sources of alchemy were not powerful pot and turn out gold. Probably no one object so engrossed men in olden times, or consumed more of their time and brains than this effort to make the precious metal.
 In the same way there has always been those who spent their time and money trying to make diamonds. Ana lysis taught that the diamond Is pure carbon, just as coal Is q coarser form of the same substance. Knowing what 1t is composed of why shouldn't they be able to eliminate the pure carbon from its impurities ani thus create lure diamond? That is the problem that has baffled science from the be- ginning Experimentors have we be- lisve, succeeded in pf oducing very small specimens of what appeared genuine gems but they have gone no further. Like making gold there's always a bar to success. No Edison or Burbank or other wizard has been found who could do what Nature has only accomplished, as yet.
 Lately we hlve another claimant in the person of Prof. .. V. Burton, of Cambri lge, who is said to have made real diamonds, minute in size, but ap- parently the pure article. Even he does not claim that he can carry his process aty further. There is no repscn we know of" he says, why diamonds should not bc produced of considerable size, only we have to find out how to do t. That, we may be permitted to remark, is rlain concession We might make gold or diamonds either if we could just find out how te do it." As that has not vet been found cut, we are not anticipating an ovcrcrop of dla- monds. t..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-09
Making . Hero of Him.

CharleStOn HOSt.
 The Washington correspondents are determined to make the Presidents trip to New Orleans a most perilous pilrrimage and his undertaking of 1t a wonderful piece of heroism. Not only is he a fearless knight to brave the fierce stegomyia. but. according to Walter wel1man of The Chicago Rec ord Herald, he will prove his courage to wondering worshippers by travelling the tempestuous seas. It would not occur to many people that a voyage from New Orleans to Norfolk oil a staunch cruiser of the navy in the sweet, calm days of October was a hazardous engagement, but 1t seems that such it is when taken by this mar vicious man of destiny. At the end of October" writes Wellman, there are often severe storms in the Gulf of Mex leo and along the Atlantic coast espe- cially about Hatteras. It will be only natural that the country should feel some anxiety about the Presidents safety" It is to be hoped that the country will make better employment of it's surcease from the strenuosity of MT. Roosevelt's presence during the few days he Is out of the borders of the United States than in anxious con- temptation of dangers that surely will neve roccur to the President or any of the men on the ship with him. If MT. Roosevelt never does more dangerous thing than to take a festful sea voyage along the Atlantic coast the country need have no fear of or from him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-09
ONLY GUARANTEED
 CATARRh CURE
"Hyomei Costs You Nothing if 1t Fails" 1"
 Says F.. G. Fowler.

"Hyomei Costs You Nothing If It Faiis,' V
 Says F. G. Fowler.
 Among the many medicines upon the market that claim to cure catarrh none but Hyomei has enough faith in Its own merit to offer to refund the money If 1t does not cure.
 This scientific remedy for catarrh kills the microbes and germs of the disease and from its introduction has been sold under positive guarantee to return the money to all dissatisfied cus- toner's
 Hyomei is the only method Of treatment that sends by direct inhaIa- tion to the most remote parts or the air passages, d balsamic air that de- stroys all catarrhal germs in the breath ing organs, enriches and purifes the blood with additional ozone, and makes permanent and complete cures of ca tarrh.
 The complete outfit costs $l.00 and comnrises an inhaler, a bottle of Hyo- mel and d dropper The inhaler will last lifetime. and additional bottles of Hyomei can be obtained for 90 cents.
 Breathe Hyomei for a few minutes four times a day. and your catarrh will grow better from the first days use. and will be completely eured within a short time.
 Do not try to cure catarrh with or- dinarv stomach medicines Breathe the healing Hyomei which goes to every part of the air pass iges and respiratory organs, killing the catarrh germs and preventing their growth.
 It Is the only treatment for catarrh where you can get your money back from a local dealer, Fowler, in case ir does not help.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-09

lion and for the information of others. 1t may be well to repeat same things, elsewhere printed about the itaian
 Wherever tried in this country under anything like fair conditions he nas been a success far beyond any other immigrant. As tiller of the soil the Italian is an artist, and he is hardly approached by the best American
 The work of Italian colonists in New Jersey has attracted national atten- tion. In Mississippi and Louisiana tney have worked with success and, despite prejudice against them at the outset.. have won the entire good will or .ne' Sheriffs, mayors of towns, and other responsible officials have testified unl- forfnly to their sobriety, industry, peaceable and 1aw-abiding disp4,sii.,ons p,si.e,s They present no race problem, nor any other problem. As near as can be cal culated in Louisiana one Italian does the work of from twelve to twenty ne
 These Italians come from the region north of Naples. from tsixty to ninety miles away.
 A few months acquaintance with these people would dissipate most or MT. Bryant's prejudices. They are not quarrelsome; They are eleanly; They ,, good, as any fortunate mortal can tes- tify who has tasted their fare.
 Northern Italy would make good citi- sens anywhere, desirable acquisitions to any community in the country and especially desirable in the South
 for example. with something like 5oo,- 900 acres of land in it, much of which Is high grade trucking land. It was one of the first counties settled In the GA,.t uta1 faI ar exceeding twenty.fve thousand acres Tn cultivation in tho entire County. Would not an Italian colony have room to prosper here?
 population. They have. shown no yearn.. Ing desire to go to farming, most Of them are picking up living fishing. hunting and working around saw mills. as 1t now has negroes, land would be worth $500 an acre and there would be one continuous garden along every river and all the way to Lanes;
 endness rni s ot to wten fhe nesro n sP PWth every opportunity to farm and to truck in this part of the world he has followed the line of least resistance and got his living where 1t was easiest.
 Now, Mir. Bryant and other doubters may by cheap experiment, put the question to a crucial test;
 Select the most worthless piece of a few italians on it and give them one year--no more. If at the end of that time MT. Bryant and all such do not frankly admit that the Italian is wonder and a wizard in raising crops. what Mir. Bryant and his friends claim may be listened to.
 :. The Caroline Field would back two Italians on. fifty acres against any Just try the experiment once and be convinced. Seeing is believing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-09
OHIO CAMpAIGN PECULIAR.
Republicans Ignore Rate Regulation
 and Democratic Platform Strong ly Demands It.

Washington Special to Brooklyn Eagle. Ohio Republicans view with alarm the announcement that Secretary Taft is to make speeches in the Buckeye State on the subject of rate legisla- ton, acting as the mouthpiece of the administration. National significance will be instantly lent to the outcome of the Ohio campaign as soon as a representative of the Washington ad- ministration takes the stump and brings the railroad issue in to the fight
 There has been much comment about the peculiar position Secretary Taft will occupy in the Ohio campaign. as an advocate of railroad legislation along the lines favored by the Presi- dent. The War Secretary proposes to go back home and speak on this sub ject, in efforts to offset the influence of Senator Foraker's stirring Bellefon- taine speech, in which he declared war on the Presidents plan for regulating the railroads. The fact that the Ohio Republican State convention refused to say anything in its platform on the subject of rate legislation will not deter MT. Taft from bringing 1t to the front. -
 When the Democrats of Ohio found that their Republicans opponents had lodged the railroad issue in their State platform they declared in favor of legislation that will put a stop to all rebates and secret favors to ship pers, with sufficient Federal regulation to insure the imposition of fair freight charges.
 Now Secretary Taft proposes to take the stump in Ohio and speak on a subject that is tabooed by the Repub- lican State platform. He will indorse one ,of the chief blanks in the plat form of the Democratic party of the State It is not expected that Sen ator Foraker will be content to let pass unnoticed Secretary Taft's re- marks and the latter Hcan be counted on to say some vigorous things about the evils of the present railroad man. agement. ..
 The gubernatorial fight in Ohio will be close. Candidate Pattison is- giv- ing Governor Herrick a good run. FrienGs of Fo1aker say that there is little love lost between him and Her rick, and that the Senator could well afford to see Pattison elected It is also said that Foraker is not annoyed because Taft is to speak in Ohio. but that he Is rather pleased over the thought of the confusion and discord of the War Secretary.
 The friends and opponents of rate legislation are both prepared to claim victory no matter which way the Ohio election turns. If Pattison wins 1t will he hailed as a vindication of the Presidents rate views as represented by Secretary Taft. The election of Herrick will be claimed as a victory for tte railroad men as indicating the absence of all demand among the peo- Dlp fDt. rate ipEiSIaIiOn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-09
The nInnx Kinds of l1ules.

On Ina World Herald. |. All mules are not alike. There is a srea'er difference between mules than horses. although they vary less in size Mules are known on the mar ket as cotton mules, lumber mules, railroad mules, sugar mules, farm mu os levee mules, city mules and miner mules Miners are chased as pit and surface mules. The common est hind is the cotton mule. and there The% range from thirteen to sixteen hands. and are at their best between four and seven years. It makes lit tle difference how they arc built, so long as they are smooth. They bring in the Southern markets from $50 to Sl6j each.
 The best mules are lumber mules, ranging from fifteen to seventeen hands, large, heavyboned and rugged, Their value depends upon their ability to draw heavy loads. Beauty cuts no figure in prices. which range from $100 to $250. Occasionally an extra good pair will bring s606
 Railroad mules are lumber mules that have been somewhat broken down or a little smaller mule than those used in the lumber camps. Su- gar mules belong to the fancy class. Sugar mules are smooth rangy, with small head and neck. and run from fifteen to sixteen hands high; they will bring from $150 to $2OO.
 White and sorrel mules are never used Tn the mines, They say where the mine shafts are long white mule resembles a ghost, and frightens the other mules beyond control. All pit mules must be dark bay or black in color. heavy boned, good weight, and twelve to fifteen hands high. They bring from S135 to $200. but if used for any other purpose they would not bring within $50 as much. The gov ernment is the best mule buyer. It nays big prices, but demands the very ehoicest animals on the market. The demand for mules is increasing every year
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-09
IN A DILEMMA.

New Workers who are so unfortu- nate-as many regard it-Jas to be par ents of children are between the de'il and deep blue sea in that great city Owing to the unreasoning opposition and prejudice which nearly all land lords and householders have against children it has become practically i'm possible for a family with little ones in 1t to obtain board or rent rooms. This feeling has gone so far that par ents with one or more children are as effectually quarantined as though they had the plague. Landlords and land ladies refuse to take them as board CTS, nor can they rent rooms where they could do their own housekeeping and their barring them out has become a hard problem to solve.
 No doubt most who read of these conditions will at once say that par ents could get over the. difficulty by owning their own homes, or by rent ing small houses iflthey are not able to buy or build, but there comes an- other trouble. The rich or moderate ly well to do might own their homes but the matter of domestics is becom- ing serious problem. The very poor who are not able to employ servants in any event might rent small houses, If they could get them. and do their own house work but small houses are not to be had in New York. That is why so many poor families with swarms of children are crowded into flats and tenements. If a landlord can rent an entire house to people with | children he does so and thus there are hundreds and thousands of fami- lies, with their numerous progeny, packed into unsanitary, lily ventilated tenements where they live little bet ter than do the rats that infect their much crime and suffering and death in the poorer districts of the great city.
 But there are many families in fair i ly good circumstances, or who are well off, who could afford to buy, build or rent comfortable homes but for the difficulty of getting compe- tent help. People who are moderate | ly rich do not wish to live without servants, and in almost every paper from the North and East we find the complaint that domestic help cannot be had, or cannot be depended on Just what Is the cause of this lack of house labor we cannot say, but that 1t exists and is getting worse is beyond doubt. The presence of chil- dren and the absence of domestic help is worrying the people of New York and other Eastern cities a whole lot and the remedy is not apparent.