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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-12
JOHNNY DECIDED TO LET GO
Amusing Incident of a Trip Of Pres
ident Roosevelt's in the
Adirondacks.

President Roosevelt, on one of
his hunting tours in the AdirOn.
dacks spent a very long day in
restless pursuit of big game, re-
lates Success. BY the time sue
cess had finally justified the chase,
he made the discovery that he was
a very hungry man. Al his urgent
request the guide conducted the
party to the nearest inn the viii.
derness afforded. The journey
was not a brief one, and, by the
time the modest hostelry was
reached, Mr.. Roosevelt was still
more hungry.
When Informed that the only
fare obtainable at the establish
ment was corned beef and cab
bage, involuntarily he made use of
theexpression which has long been
famous:
"Delightedw
Amusement was created in the
presidential party when the chief
executive, whose identity had
been kept a secret, was given a
seat at the family board. 1t was
increased when huge portions of
corned beef and cabbage were
passed from the head of the table
where the host sat. The first plate
to make its appearance was
heaped very high. 1t reached a
small boy and got no further. The
president sighed to express his
envy and disappointment.
"Johnnyw exclaimed the host.
sharply, "thet bent fer you; tibet
be fer the stranger"
Much to the amusement of all,
the president seized the rim Of the
plate on one side while Johnny
leld the other.
There was a moment of doubt.
Then the president, softly, and
with a twinkle in his eye, but with
.nexorable decision, leaned over
md spoke into the red, resentfuI
lace Of the hungry boy:
Johnny" he said, "let gop
johnny let 70.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-12
Partridge in Rabbit Rnrrnm

The French partridge must look
on the rabbit as a true friend, for
thebird hasnocompunctioni max
ing use of its burrow as a place of
refuge in times of necessity. This
tendency on its part is not gener.
ally known, but those who have TO
deal with the red-leg on the wide
heaths of Norfolk and Suffolk.
which are infested with rabbits
and perforated with their bur.
rows, are fully aware of the man.
ner in which the birds disappear
below ground if driven yery hard
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-12
Value of Hard Work

All the records of history and
all the facts of common expert
ence support the statement that
men do not die of hard work. but
that hard working men who shun
dissipation and avoid all waste of
vitality live the longest. 1t was
said of William Pitt that he died
of old age in his forty-scventh
year, worn out, not by hard work.
though he worked hard, but by in,
attention to his health and unpbil.
osophic worry and chagrin. Pres
ldent Roosevelt to-dayin his forty.
seventh year displays the exuber.
ant energy of youth, not because
ne leads an easy life, but because,
while working probably harder
than any other officer of the gov
eminent, he pays, as he has always
paid, close attention to his health.
and avoids the means of weakness
and debility.-Boston Globe.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-12
10 the Investor.

All over the Southwest, cities and towns
are growing up, expanding, recurring more
demanding more. peopled by eager. pushing
Wldeawake citizens, who see the virtue III
ENCOURAGING enterprises of every kind. the
ueeuIul1ess OF getting morea and betterfac
The oil and gas fields of Kansas. Indian
territory n Oklahoma are practically new
ana ouer wonderful opportunities for devel.
opment along commercial lines.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-12
BRlEFLY THE CONDITION IS rms,

The Southwest is really In need OF nothing
save people. More men are wanted. In me
are vast areas of unimprovedl land
capable. h same thing, in a different way.
Is true OF the towns. Few lines OF business
areadeqnately represented. There are open-
lngsofa all sorts-for mills and manufacturinR
plants, for small stores offs Ill kinds, for banks,
newspapers and lumber yards. Mechanics
ana professional men. both are in demand.
We are in possession of all sorts OF infor.
nation valuable alike TO the investor and
homeseeker. If you are interested, tell us
what you want, how much you have to invest,
ana we viii gladly furnish the information.
Write today for a copy OF our book Business
Chances" It's free. Address
MgWWH GEORGE MoRFOm,
IVY General Passenger end Ticket Gglnt.
V ST. LOUIS, MO.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-12
ALL WONDERFUL TO HER.
Bride Hears Of Wonders Of Pixies
Peak and Comments on Les
sons in Travelling.

A tourist who sat behind a brid.
al couple on the Pixies Peak rail.
way last summer says, in Lippin.
colts, that he overheard the
bridegroom giving the bride in
formation regarding the Difficult
ties that had been overcome in
constructing some of the Rocky
mountain railroads.
do you know, DEAR" he said,
that the grade of the road we are
riding over is more than $4,000
feet to the mile?
"HOw wonderfully she said.
languidly.
Eyes, and there is a line ofroad
in this state where there is what
they call the loop and they say
that when a long train of cars is
going over it they have to run very
slow to keep the cowcatcher from
showing the last car of the
train off the track, for it is right
in front of the engine"
"How wonderfulr
isn't it, though? And there
is one place where if you drop a
stone from the car window it will
fall in a straight line $4,000 feet
before it strikes anything"
"H0w wonderful"
eyes, and they say that the We.
locity of the wind on Pixies Peak
sometimes reaches 10000 miles
an hour"
"Just think! Isn't it wonder
ful?"
"And the ties and rails for some
of these Rocky mountain rail
roads had to be brought away up
here on the tops of the mountains
on the backs of some of those little
burros we saw down below"
"How remarkable! And how
sweet of you, dear, to bring me
out here where such remarkable
things have happened. It's ever
so educational and awfully inter
esting. You are sure we will get
down all right, dear"
"Oh, yes, there's no danger.
They say they never had but one
accident on this road, and that
was a mighty curious one. They
had a big mountain landslide once,
and a section of track a quarter
a mile long with a passenger
train on it slid half a mile right
down the side of the mountain.
and the train never left the track
and not a person was hurt"
How wonderful! And how
to have been in an accident
Of that kind. 1t would be some
to remember all ones life.
What a lot one can learn by trav-
cling"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-12
THE FEARLESS PAUL JONES
Story Of Famous Leaders Work on
the English Coast During
Revolutionary War.

Whitehaven was a town Of con
siderable Importance, says Cyrus
Townsend Brady, in MetrOpol-
itan Magazine. 1t had a pop
ulatiOn of about 80, 900 people, and
several hundred vessels of all
kinds were in the port. Two forts
commanded its harbor, but John
Paul Jones believed largely in the
value of the unexpected, and by
three o'clock in the morning was
making for the place with two cut.
ters manned by 10 men each,
armed only with pistols and cut
lasses. One of the cutters. in com
mand of Capt. Jones himself,
made directly for the town, and
the other, under command Of
Lieut.. WallingfOrd, pulled for the
shipping docks on the opposite
side of the harbOr. Jones landed
quietly, just as the first streaks of
dawn were tingeing the east, and
leaving one man in the boat, set
out at a run for the nearest fort.
Calamity scaling the walls, the
party fell upon the small garrison
and made them prisoners without
firing a shot. After spiking the
guns Jones locked the English
soldiers in their own guardhouse
and set out at a run for the other
fort, half a mile away.
But during all this time there
was no sign Of the work of Wal
lingford, not a spark of light or a
cloud of smoke to show that that
officer was doing his part of the
work. Not until Jones had
reached the other fort and spiked
the guns did he learn that Wal
lingfOrd had abandoned the at
tempt because the match which
he carried for the purpose had
gone out.
1t was broad daylight, and
here and there were signs of ac-
tiyity in the houses near the
docks. Capt. Jones had no time
for delay. He boarded a large YES
sci and with his own hands kin.
died a fire in her ~steerage. Upon
the flames he threw straw and
hatchway gratings; a barrel of tar
completed the work.
In the meanwhile the gathering
OF townsfolk had increased until
the crowd had become a frantic
mob which was now threatening
the men and the landing place.
seeing tnaI ne could do no more,
Jones went ashore, and, drawing
his two pistols, went down to face
fifteen hundred people! He was
not a large man, but there was
something in his face to supply the
deficiency of majesty in stature.
swayed the mob with his pis-
tols as a summer breeze moves
a rye field. He reached the cutter
and easily held the Infatuated
people at bay until the fire was
well started and his men were
seated in their cutter.
that he entered the boat and
was pulled away.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-12
Like Sunshine

Lions in captivity are affected
by bad weather just as human be-.
ings are. A rainy day will make
them limp and listless, while a
glimpse Of sunshine restores their
spirits wonderfully.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-12
10 lie K~Omasaakar.

Through the NJ, K. & 7. Land Bursap
thousands Of acres OF rich farm lands I'm
proved and unimproved). located along the
me or the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rev in
missouri Kansas. Indian Territory. Okla.
Roma and Texas, are now offered for sale
Inc are especially adapted TO the
slDMth on corn wheat. oats, fruits, vege-
iarming The lands are well located as IN
schools pto - W
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-12
Are You
Looking AheadP

To the man looking ahead the
has or urgent invitation. The nnDor+,n
Is today when investment chances are goo3
ana ZONES can be purchased at from one
tenth 20 one-halt the prices asked In he
North and East. IA VIC
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29

In the direction OF Pagosa and Creede,
Its destination could not be learned,
The fact that the surveyors went IN
wagons shows that they are in the
field for work and this lends color to
the belief that the ID. a. II, q. COM
pany Is determined not TO allow the
Arizona & Colorado company to catch
1t mapping,
1t Is evident there will be a race
for the choice OF routes and the most
desirable mountain passes, The Ariz.
ona L. Colorado company. which Is u
subsidiary company OF the Southern
Pacific system, has a line surveyed
from Durango connecting with the
Southern Pacific west Of I'll Paso, Tex.
1t placed surveyors In the field about
ten days ago to select a route from
Durango to Denver. It has been rum.
ored ever since that time that the
Rio Grande company has been busy
In the vicinity OF Creole. Several
surveyors arrived at Durango over a
week ago. coming from Denver. and
other places. They went to a point
between Alamosa and Creole and
started to run lines. 1t Is pretty GER
tain they are In the employ Of the D.
& r. G. company. The Arizona &
Colorado company fled articles Of In.
corporation In San Juan county last
year and this has led to a theory that
the company may run its line to Sill
verton, thence across the range to
Lake City. and from there on to Den.
yer, leaving Creole and Alamosa out.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29

time. the railroad companies. so far
as sale Of cigarettes on their buffet
and dining cars was concerned. have
rather ignored it. wanting for legal
Interpretation as to It's constitutional
ity. The Lake Shore. Pennsylvania,
Erie and other railroads have now
decided that the thin paper cannot be
sold while their trains are passing
through Indiana.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29
ROCK ISLAND AND PHELPS.
DODGE LINE TO SAN DIEGO SEEMS
MORE THAN A PROBABILITY

a late telegram from El Paso saws
That the Rock Island and the Ell Paso
q southwestern win eventually, com,
pletea trunk line through to San Diego.
becomes more apparent as their plans
continue to unfold. The indications
are mat the Rock Island will com.
plete the connecting link between the
western terminus OF the Southwestern
and the Pacific coast. This connecting
INK VIII then be operated In connec.
Ton with the Southwestern by q spe.
cial tiafiic arrangement, similar to the
arrangement by which the Rock Is.
land runs Its trains from Santa Rosa
to FL Paso.
About half Of the survey between
San Diego and FL Paso has already
beer made. and the line has been loo.
ated the remainder OF the way to Bis.
bee.
This work vas done by two survey.
Ing parties which were put In the field
last winter and worked eastward from
San Diego. Who was paying for the
survey was a secret even to the sur.
veyors composing the parties.
From another source 1t leaked out
that the Rock Island paid for the sur.
vey, though the officials tried to keep
the matter secret.
These two. parties completed the
most difficult part Of the survey some
time last March, after which they
were withdrawn from the field.
Trackage is now being laid eastward
from San Diego along the line, begin.
ming at the harbor front which the
Rock Island now owns in San Diego.
The Rock Island bought this harbor
front about a year ago, though the
TACT that the purchase had been made,
was known for the first time about a
month ago. The Rock Island O
owns six blocks of harbor frontage,
enough to accommodate its tracks In
San Diego for many years.
AS a result of the survey made last
March the engineers discovered that
a portion of the line would be exceed.
1ngly difficult and very expensive to
build. This is where the line crosses
the mountains east of San Diego.
-Four or five miles Of continuous un-
nellng will have to be built to get over
the mountains on a good grade and un-
til these tunnels are completed, about
fourteen miles of switchbacks will be
necessary.
The Santa Fee railway owns and oc-
cupies the only natural pass over the
mountains to San Diego. and other
roads will have resort to expensive
engineering feats to get into the
harbor city.
Aside from the mountain pass the
proposed line will prove to be compar.
atively inexpensive for the remaining
800 miles to Bisbee.
49, r.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29
Helped to Build Santa Fe.

Fred Nelson, known to every old
resident of Albuquerque. and at one
time superintendent of construction of
the old Atlantic and Pacific railroad,
now a part of the Santa Fe's coast
lines system, died in San Francisco a
few days ago. Mr.. Nelson was with
the old railroad line which had its gen.
eral offices In Albuquerque. under the
regime Of D. B. Robinson. He made
his home in Albuquerque for several
years while the Atlantic and Pacific
was pushing westward to the coast.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29
RAILROAD NOTES.

Fireman Boiling Is off a trip to
meet his wife on her return from the
east.
4, A wash-out twenty miles east Of La
Junta delayed No. Z passenger train
indefinitely and the run was finally
annulled.
Fireman Rice was sent down to San
Marcial for temporary service on the
, Rio Grande division in place of Fire
man Ivey who was listed to go.
Fireman Sprague Is laying Off a
trip or two anxiously awaiting the re-
turn of his wife from Kansas City
and the more anxious because OF the
fact that she was i'll when she started
on the trip.
Fireman Flatbush's new engine
mems board at the round house is
now being used and works like d
charm. Each mar is given IA block
with his number thereon and when
he comes in off the road he puts the
block in a slide and a row Of station
airy figures below indicates the mum
Der of trips he has made.
Conductor Miller's freight train
met with a mishap at Rowe yesterday
morning, tying up traffic for several
hours. An investigation of the wreck
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29

John A. Ross, road foreman OF en-
gines. came up from the south last
evening.
Conductor Sam Bowen has gone on
a visit to Nebraska and will likely re-
turn with a bride on his arm.
II. J. Ryan. the tie inspector, went
up to Watrous last night.
A. Andrews has resigned as general
agent of the Santa Fee In st. Louis to
become identified with the Empire
Electric company Of Portland, Ore,
as secretary and treasurer. His success
sor is J Brinker.
Charles J, Lantry of the Lantry-
Sharp Construction Co. vas in Albu-
querque looking after matters in con-
nection with the construction Of the
Santa Fe cutoff.
Engineer F. V. Hanson used the air
brake so suddenly in an emergency
at Lamy yesterday that Brakeman
George Moore lost mis- footing and fell
from the top Of a box car. breaking
his leg. He will likely be brought up
to the local railroad hospital from
GlOrieta for medical treatment.
A. c. Bird. vice president and traf-
fic manager for all the Gould lines.
and one of the most prominent rail-
way men in the country. passed
through for California. accompanied
by his family, in the Missouri Pacific
private car "St. Louis" Mr.. Bird Is
i'll and is en- route to the golden state
for a much needed vacation at the
coast resorts.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29
Won't Sell Cigarettes.

All Chicago railroads passing
through Indiana have decided to obey
the anticigarette law of that state.
While the law has been in effect some
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29

Is being held today and Conductor G.
Burks has taken out Miller's way car.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29
A Race for Routes.

A party of surveyors on the Farm
ington branch of the Rio Grande road
broke camp last Tuesday, going east
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29

LNOR SALE-2 fine residence lots on Jackson
i street fronting the Dark, Call s3 Jack
sOn. Gill
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29

John A. Ross, road foreman Of en-
gines. came up from the south last
evening.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29

L>OR SALE-A modern Eight room hous
i partly furnished, on Eighth street. In
Quire 1913 Eleventh street. ella
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29

EOR SALE OR LEASE-Six room Furnished
: house, with bath. Apply $40 9th ~, 7.sl
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29

EOR SALE-A we'll established mercantile
: business; also business property , nd resi-
dence. Inquire Of A. J.. Vena. Bridge 81. 7.a8
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29

Conductor Sam Bowen has gone or
a visit to Nebraska and will likely re
turn with a bride on his arm.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29

LrOR SALE OR RENT-Five room house.. Ap'
j ply TO c. V. Heigcock, shoe dealer. 7-S3
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29

TOR sALE-Stanhope and surrey. 9.S Sixsi
= street. Tvs
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29

Fireman Boiling Is off a trip to
meet his wife on her return from the
east.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.


XyANTED-To rent n small compass for
w about : weeks. state price, Address n,
G. optle ;-loW
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29

II. J. Ryan, the tie inspector, went
up to Watrous last night.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
Notice of Sale.

Under and by virtue of the provi-
sions of a mortgage deed executed to
me by p. Henry Dowd and c. F. Dowd
Register of Deeds of Wake County in
Book III. page 127; and in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Johnston
county in Book l.. No. 8, page 311,
| will expose to public sale on Mon
day, the cath day of July, 1905, at IL
o'clock m, at the County Court House
door, in the city of Raleigh, all and
every the right. title, interest and es-
tate of the said p. Henry Dowd and G.
+. Dowd, in and to a certain tract of
land lying partly in Wake County and
partly in ohnston County and describ-
ed as follows:
Beginning at a popular on Swift
Creek, Mrs. Wayland DoWd's corner
runs as her line north 26 degrees east
S5.25 chains to a stake on the old
Raleigh and Smithfield road, Mrs
Wayland Dowd's corner. thence down
said road to a stake in the outsid,
line of the original John Jones tract
thence as said line south 1-2 degrees
west 43 chains to a hicnory on the
bank of Swift Creek; thence up said
Creek to the beginning, containing
$50 acres more or less, being the tract
devised to Lydia M. Dowd (now de.
ceased) wife of said G. f. DoWd, un.
der the last will and testament of he.
father. DR.. J. Fl. Jones
Terms of sale: Cash.
c. NJ. BUSBEE, Trustee.
June "a. 1905. T. d. S.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-15
Stocks and Bonds.

New York, July 14.-Today's stock
market proved small affair from any
point of view.
Fluctuations were generally narrow
and at times very irregular. "A few
stocksr effected operations by an or
ganiZe market following and there
were rumors circulated to afford ex-
plantations suitable to the price move
naent in the stock. These did not
prove very impressive and the market
fell into increasing neglect as the day
progressed
Heavy buying of Southern Pacific
in the morning was explained as being
due to the expectations of coming
deal By which the stock was to bene-
lit but which was vaguely described
as being neither a DIVIDEND declara-
ton nor stock subscription rights.
The many reports regarding the north-
western oiranears circulated during
the week resolved themselves into
wide range of conjecture as TO the dis
position to be made of Union Pacific's
proceeds of the Northern Securities
dissolution United States Steel was
sold freely early in the day and this
was supposed to be the disposal of
some large lines accumulated on Mon
cav.
The tone of the time money market
continued to show a firmer tendency,
the rate for six months loans work.
ing above per cent.
The opinion was heard in banking
circles that money rates are likely to
work closer in the near future ind
this prospect is believed to account
for the dissemination to extend COM
mitments in the stock market. The
dull market did not tend to increase
the weakness and there as a DISPOSE
ton towards recovery from the level
| OF the first hour. The irregular man
| ner OF the recovery continued up to
| the close.
| Bonds were irregular.
| total sales par value. 100000
Z. $. as registered advanced / A
per cent on call.
Total sales $685. shares, including
Amalgamated Copper, 5000. Ameri-
| can Cotton Oil100: American Smelling
& Refining, 1880; A c. L. 1000;
/ B. & o.. 12.400; Brooklyn Transit
! 1880; c. & O., 1000; Chicago Mil.
. & st. Paul, 20,70o; Erie, 1920; L. 6