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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-06
LESSON FOR THE BOYS
Seems Simple, But NH Make Them
sit Up and Think.

Tell your yOungster the celebrated
story of the wise man of Persia who,
being asked by the shah to name q
present for himself, said his wants
were so simple that he would be will
ing to accept grains Of corn in COM
pensation for all he had done for his
royal master and the state. "Have
the grains placed on a checker
board" he said, "one on the first
square, two on the second, four on the
third, eight on the fourth, and keep
on doubling until each of the GA
squares have been covered" The
shah smiled, and limited to his prime
minister that the wise man must
be humored, as he was a silly old
thing. So the grains Of corn were
brought-about a pint; and one OF
the slaves was set to work filling the
squares. Before 16 squares were
filled the shah and his court began
to be amazed. Great mathematicians
were summoned to do the counting,
and corn was brought in by the
wagon load. By and by it threat
ened to fill the palace, then the pal
ace grounds, then the city, then the
whole of the shah's dominions, and
a halt had to be called.
This yarn will set your boy think.
ing. If he has been naughty, say
h that you are going to punish him b.
!, allowing him to fill up the square
Of the checkerboard with rice o
{ mustard seed, and when the job
: finished he may go play. See hin
: laugh at you for the celebrity wit
IL which he will finish the task and b
" out with his chums. Then waite
y the frightening of his countenanc
r as he gets up to counting the fri
1000 grains. When the utter hope
to ~lessness of the job dawns upon hi
U. you relent, and he has learned a us
es full lesson. No child on earth wi
n, believe at first in the veracity of
IT, father who tells him it would occ'
90 py a lifetime many times over
Re count out the grains for the
squares. He gives the merry hal h
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-06
CAPT. PINeREE AND THE RAIL.

Stephen Pingree, a brother of ex-
Gov. Samuel Pingree, Of Vermont,
was, like the governor, a soldier in
the civil war.
Stephen, however, did not prom
Use to win laurels at the opening of
his military career. When his rank
was somewhat lower than that of
colonel he was somewhat unruly, and
caused his %superiors considerable
trouble.
Once when he had committed
some ofense against military disci-
pline he was sentenced to pace uT
and down in front Of his tent with
a rail on his back for a certain time
After he had been working out hi
punishment for a short time th'
guard came along.
'oWhat on earth are you doing
with that rail on your back, Capt
Pingree?' asked the guard.
"The - COWS are out, and | an
going to put up the fence" said tn
droll Vermonter, and kept on hi
way.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-06

Wsrrensburg Star: Secretary Of
State Jno. 3 SwAnger has taken q
great deal on himself in eliminating
from the House Journal the records
adopted by the mem ers OF the House,
showing in full the report of the
Neldrlngbaus Investigating committee,
Mr.. bwAnger merely sets aside the
action Of The Legislature, even after
lAe state has bean TO the expense Of
printing the records in full and
wAholds the Neidringhaus report
because ~ be says ut would mai
the book TOO bulky"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-06
DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

Letters Of administration on the estate Of
Charles b. Hall, deceased, were granted to
the undersigned on the 30th day Of August,
1905. by the probate court Of Lafayette
county, Missouri. All persons having claims
against said estate are required to exhibit them
for allowance to the Administrative within one
year after the date Of said letters or they may
be precluded from any benefit OF such estate
aud IL such claims be not exhibited within two
years from the date Of said letters they viii
be forever barred.
This 30th day OF August, 1905.
BETTE T. HALL
e-st5 Administrative.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-06
Tn iha Investor,

All over the Southwest, cities and towns
are growing up, expanding, requiring more
demanding more, peopled by eager. pushing:
wideawake citizens, who see the virtue OF
encouraging enterprises Of every kind. the
~needfulness Of getting moreano petterIaclll'
Mes. and more hands 10 develop the country.
The oil and gas fields Of Kansas. Indian
Territory and Oklahoma are practically new
and offer wonderful opportunities for deVel'
onment along commercial lines.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-06
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Letters of administration on the estate OF
Festus McLelland, deceased, were granted to
the undersigned on the 18th day OF August,
iQO6. by the probate court OF LAfay-
cite county, Missouri. All persons having
claims against said estate are required TO
exhibit them for allowance to the admins
traitor within one year after the date o.
said letters or they may be prec'uded from
any benefit Of such estate n II such claims
be not exhibited within two years from the
OF said letters they Will be forever
barred.
JOHN ID. LANKFORD.
Administra tor
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-06
RRIEELY IHE CONDITION IS THIs.

Territory and Oklahoma are practically new
and offer wonderful opportunities for deVel'
opment along commercial lines.
BRIEFLY THE CONDITION Is THlsi
The Southwest is really In need Of nothing
save people. More men are wanted. In the
Southwest are vast areas OF ~unimproved lana
land not yielding the crops OF which 1t Is
capable. The same thing. in a different way,
Is true Of the towns. Few lines OF business
areadequately Represented. There are open
ings OF all sGrts-fo mills and manufacturing
/ plants. for small stores Of all kinds. for banks,
newspapers and lumber yards, Mechanics
and professional men. both are In demand
We r in possession Of all SORTS OF intor,
nation valuable alike to the investor anC
homeseeker. II you are interested. tell US
what YOU want, how much you have to inves6'
. and we will gladly furnish the information
Write today for a copy OF our book Business
/ Chances" It's free. Address
@H% GEORGE n0RToH,
bNaA General Passenger and Tstsi 'g'uA
E ST. LOUIS. MO. 6
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-06


was painfully injured. 1t was thought
a; first that he had sustained q frs.e-
ture of the hip bone but the hurt has
proven to be not SC serious. He is
nearly eighty years old ADD the injury
has rendered him helpless
The most awkward and ungainly
woman can be transformed into a
beautiful lovely creature II she has
t e brain power to absorb the fact
that HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
will do the business. Tea or tablets,
IS cents. Leroy Farmer.
W, V. Curtis sold Monday for the
Western Coal and Mining lC4 acres Of
land near Riverton to Mrs. Cellnda
Michon, consideration s3,12O; also
for Jas. W. Caldwell, cottage on
Franlln aenue to Mrs. Mary A.
Teller, consideration $1,000.
If an article is initiated, the
original is always best. Think it
over, and when you go to buy that box
If salve TO keep around the house, get
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. 1t is
the original and the name is stamped
on every box. Good for eczema, letter,
boils, cuts and bruises, and especially
recommended for piles. Sold by
Crenshaw & Young. lO-6m1
Alberta Price, daughter Of Mr.. and
/, Mrs. Jas. N Price, was bitten on the
face by a dog at the home Of A. s.
Loomis, where the little girl was call
: ing on her way from school Monday
{ DR.. Cope dressed the wound, which
he thinks will not prove very serious
Mrs. T. B. Ramsey, Misses Jennie
Graves, Leonora Gordon, Marci'
> Sellers, Firman b. White, W D
9 Meng and Lieut.. A. M. Shelby wen
! to Tabo Tuesday afternoon for a few
days quitting. They will be joine'
later by Miss Carry tlelu ana III
Ramsey.
The following went to Sedalia t
. attend the fair "Wednesday: f. {
Stewart wife and daughters, Mise
le George and Wayne, Geo. HutchisoT
IS Mrs. 4. Meiseuhelter and daughte
Mrs. Jessie Menaugh; G. H. Logo
IS, and wife, e B. Campbell and wi
er and Mayme Brightwell, Walt
n, Ford and Alexander Maitland {
Richmond
The INTELLIeENCER is In recei'
of a postal card from Oscar Andre,
lG, postmarked Malino, Sept. IS.
ng writes that he left that day
OF Kopenhagen, where be took steam
United States tor New York. NJ
nd Andreen landed in New Yofk TUE
I'VE day and will get home next Sund
ior morning, He has been in Swed
led nearly three months.
{. Can you win? You realize that
win is anything these days, requil
str ength, with mind and body in tut
A man or woman with disorder
IlSS digestive organs is not in shape for
led days work or a days play. How c
.ty, they expect to winP Kodol
Dyspepsia contains the digest
juices of a healthy stomach and v
put your stomach in shape to perfo
its important function of supplyi
10 the body and brain with streni
lev b uilding blood. Digests what you e
Gch r elieves indigestion, dyspepsia, s.
S tomach, palpitation of the heart
,o.s onstipatlon. Sold by Crenshaw
Young, 10-6m
Isit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-06
Remembers Mark Twain.

Pilot Massie of the Lora remembers
Marx TWAIN, and to a Kansas City
reporter said the other day:
"He was a tall, gawky fellow and
stoop shouIdered. He was the only
man | ever knew that didn't have
enough sense to become a pilot. He
never was q pilot and never would be
il he lived to be a 100 years old. He
was scared to death In nine feet oil
water. Ho never took = boat out by
himself. Always had an older pilot
with him, though he got a pilots
license.
"He used to make out the reports o.
the pile Horace Bixby. BE asked
Bixby what to sign on the reports
Bixby told him just to sign then
Mark Twain. Clemens use 10 sent
abbreviated reports to the St. LOul
papers signed Mark TWAIN. Then tn
New York Ledger got to using them
That's how Clemens got that name
l have read q little Of his writings
some OF that about the MississiDE
river. 1t don't interest me. 1t seem
foolish. 1 never had time 70
monkey business and dry jokes
anyhow. Well, there's the suppe
bell, sonnsy; come and see N
|. again"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-06
In the ~NnmAsaAkAY,

Through the NJ. X. s. T. Land Bureau.
thousands OF acres OF rich farm lands Tim
proved and unimproyed). located along the
line OF the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ky IN
Missouri. Kansas. Indian Territory, Okla
homa and Texas, are now offered Tor saie.
The lands are especially adapteu 10 tuo
growth of corn. wheat, oats. fruits. vege-
tables, rice. cotton, sugar cane and for STOCK
farming. The lands are well located as 70
marketS. schools. etc,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-06
LOCAL BRIEFS

6H6 AlUy hOhAoJ a
John strodtman Of Napoleon was
in Lexington on business Tuesday i
Mrs. Sarah ]. Tevis went TO Kansas a
City Monday to spend several days. a
Mr.. and H. @. Wallace went to
Kansas City SundaystoCspend several
days.
Mrs. B. NJ. Gibson, Of Odessa, is
the guest Of her daughter, Mrs. N. M.
Houx,
Miss Fannie Primer returned Sun
day night from a visit in Larne6'
Kansas.
Miss Mollie Limberg went to Well
ington Etor a short visit Monday
evening.
Miss Fannie McFadiu went to Kan
sas City Monday evening 10 visit
relatives.
Mrs. Emma Taubman returned
Saturday night from a visit in indie
~pendence.
Miss Amanda Marcks returned Sun
day evening from a brief visit 10
Kansas City.
Thos. W. Meng, of st. Louis,spent
Monday with the family OF his UNCLE
DR.. j. W, Meng,
John T. Major went to Sedalia
Tuesday to attend the state fair ana
to visit relatives,
Miss Garry Field returned Tuesday
evening from a visit of a month with
friends in Fulton.
Fielding McDearmsn and william
Wilson, OF St. Louis, visited frlenoS
in this CITY Sunday.
Mrs. D. M. Frazier and Mrs. Gus
Weber went to Sedalia Monday for a
visit Of a few days.
Miss Madge Nicholson went &c
Kansas City Sunday evening for a
visit with relatives.
Mrs. J.. N. P.ice returned Monday
morning from D%anville, Ill, where
she has been visiting.
WE. Kerdolff left Tuesday for {
trip IN the interest of the tanning
Harris Coal Company.
Hon. John Welborn went to Benton
county Monday morning to engage IL
the congressional campaign
Mr.. and Mrs. HuDtsbury, of Hunts
Vile, Mo, came Wednesday murnin
to visit the family Of George Callowa
for a few days.
At the state fair Wednesda
Merula, the tro tting mare of Geo. N
Catron, on second money.
Mr. aud Mrs. W. ]. Bandon r.
turned Sunday night fromsa visit
several days in Kansas City.
Miss Belle Graves, Of Kansas Cit
spent Sunday here as the guest
the family of VIM, H. Chiles.
Misses Bess and Wayne Johnsc
went to Fulton Saturday morning
enter William Woods College,
Miss Jean Farley returned MondI
evening to her home in Sedalia, aft
a brief visit with relatives in u
city.
Mrs. Will Baehr and Misses vii
and Elaine Long went to Kansas q
Sunday evening to spend Carni'
week.
Milt Drummond came Mond
to assist his brother, Bate DuummoE
in the conduct Of the News for a I
weeks.
Mrs. Bette Babbltt went
Kansas City Tuesday, after a v
with tine IamllYl u IObn
Hansbro.
Mrs. Mary w. Chew returned
her home in st. Louis IondaY me
ing, after a visit with relatives
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. @. Wallace,
have been spending several days
Kansas City, returned home Wed
day morning.
Miss VIrgie Shouse and Miss .
garet Smith went to Kansas
Tuesday evening to attend the PR
ii Pallas parade.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-06
Are You
Looking Ahead2

To the man LOOKING ahead the Southwest
has an urgent invitation. The opportunity
is today when investment chances are good
and homes can be purchased at from one
tenth to one-half the prices asked IN tie
North and East.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-06
Something tor Ladies'.

Asbestos sad irons, the kind adver.
tised 10 all the magazines for rs
cents up at Gillen's. dwtf
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-06
ANXIETY

Mr.. Popple-You needn't get anx'
ious. I shall keep my head.
"Oh, 1t Amt exactly your head !
was worrying about sir; It's mine and
the dog'A"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18
WANT LAWS TO MAKE
HORSE DOPING CRIME
Lou Dillon Scandal Shows Need
of Punishment for Ring
ing" and Doping"

New York, Feb. 17.-"No better
time than the present." said a promi.
nent turfman today, "could be chosen
for the introduction Of one or two bills
in the New York legislature which
would make it penal offense to dope
racehorse or trotter. s.s..,..
Ringing and doping are pun
ishable under the existing rules of rae
ing, but the fact that the Jockey club
found cause to rule off a batch Of o.
Tenders some months ago for attempt
Ing to ring Freedman proves that the
bandits which infest some parts Of the
turf are willing to take the chances
Of being ruled off if they can only get
away with the steal.
eff 'doping' a horse were a penal
offense, the turf might not have been
confronted with the greatest scandal of
late years that has besmirohed the
sporting world. What is alleged to
have been done at Memphis to Lou
Dillon might not have been done If
Tennessee had on its statutes laws
which would send to jail such men as
those connected with it.
"The racing world would feel ex-
tremely grateful to the Jockey club, if,
in addition to the safeguard with
which it has surrounded the turf Of the
east, 1t undertook also to have passed
law which would put check to in
stances which are now arousing the
turf communities Of the whole country.
"lt makes little difference to the
force Of the argument that many per-
sons rtdicule the charges, notwith-
standino tho puh1isha1 av+roo+. f,o,,
afidavits. There will be time enough
to prove or disprove them In court. The
point now is to put discouraging
law on the statutes of this and other
states, especially those in which the
turf is at present prosperous, so that
the miscreant who would accept money
to dope horse should speedily find
himself behind prison bars.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18
S. & |, team Still
LEADING The LEAGUE
Club Standing and Batting Aver
ages Of the Indoor
Players.

The s. & L. team still leads in the
race for the indor league pennant,
having won two more games this week,
while the Lund g have played but one
game-so they are now two games be-
hind the leaders. @r....
This week g play brought out some
good players, notably Leach, of
Company B., who pitched two games
for the "Soldiers," winning one and
losing one to the Lund aggregation,
and he hit over 500 in both games.
Mr.. Schloss of the Palace Clothing
House will present the pennant to the
1ndor league at the Casino, next
Tuesday. The best work this week
has been done by the 8. &. L.s' and
the Henleys', each club winning both
Of their games. Woolsey Of the Hen
leys has done great work, as has Buck
Freeman and Peaches Graham. Tom
Moore of the s. & LIS keeps up his
wonderful work and his record now
stands sixty strikeouts and three bases
on balls in three games.
The standing Of the clubs and this
batting averages follow:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18
AMATEUR ATHLETIC SHOW
Wrestlers and Boxers to Compete
Tomorrow Might.

Monday evening at Union Temple
hall, the first amateur athletic tourn-
ament ever held in Minneapolis will
take place. There are many entries
in the wrestling and boxing contests
which will bring together the best
amateur athletes in the city.
One Of the best wrestling bouts of
the evening will be- that between Billy
Potts and 8. H. Goldstein. These
boys weigh 105 pounds. Both have
had considerable experience in the mat
game. AS there is no love lost be-
tween them, some interesting doings
are slated when the little fellows face
each other on the mat. .....
The following are the matches as
arranged to date: Wrestling-Billy
Potts VS.. S. J. Goldstein, 1O5 pounds
Sampson VS.. W. Campbell, 1874 pounds,
Oscar Frykman vs.. Nels Lendeen, 100
pounds; Bob Ryan VS. Ollie Courte-
marche, 1873 pounds. Boxing-Light-
weights: Robert .Ryan-Otto Berner,
Roy Moore-Herbert 'Catherwood, Y. Nj.
G. A.; R. Weir-Carl Foss. w.
Observation-Disclosures Mitchell-Jim
Roach, Leo Ryan-Loyd Foot, Jim Bren-
nan-Joe Levee. "-., r - =. ..-~@.E
welterweights-"o Chuck" Reisner.
Jack. Knight.
| Gold medals will be awarded the
winners in each event.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18
CgATI,LN IS GLOOMY
OVER IOWA OUTLOOK
Few Good Track Men in the Squad at
Iowa City. II

4oWG S4tys
journal Special Service.
Iowa City, Iowa, Feb. 17.-Without
certain point winner in the squad Marc
Catlin Is working desperately to de-
velon g. team which will maintain the
supremacy Of the state university In
track athletics. The squad is well bal
enced, with ability shown about even
IN ali Of the various events, but this
ability. competent critics declare, is OF
a very mediocre character. The inter-
department meet the first Saturday in
March will give the first real line on on
the men Of which the track team Will
be made up.
Catlin has two men who have record
ed a mark Of twenty-six seconds for
1! the 2:2O on the sHteen-lap track. They
are Wilkinson and Carberry, and both
have shown steady Improvement since
track work began the indoor season. At
the same time they landed the short
distance record. Macdonald and Coyle
made g. record Of quarter Of second
less, Dries ran the 4:40 on the same
track in ffty-eight seconds and Barker,
Mccain and Hazard in ffty-nine
Considering the sharp turns made by
the gymnasium track, the record is
considered fairly creditable.
= Brainard, MCCAIN and Stops are
holding the middle distance record
Brainard has a mark of 2:l0 in the
half; Stops is two seconds, and Nc
Cam six seconds behind that mark
Riley, the half-miler Of last years
squad, will report in the spring, his bad
ankles forbidding work on the indoor
track. Durkee still leads the shot men
with a. record Of about thirty-eight feet
Back of him are Mcmahon, MORRISON
Sidel and White.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18
COPPER COUNTRY IS
TALKING BASEBALL
Makeup Of, the Polar League
Has Not Been De-
cided Upon.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Lake Linden, Mich, Feb. 17.|The
baseball situation in the copper coutry
still is unsettled. The plans Of the
magnates, at least, have not been given
publicity. DR.. Percy Glass, secretary
Of the league, is authority for the state
ment that the organization will this
year be made up Of six clubs. Fouf
Of these will be located in the copper
country-at Calumet, Lake Linden,
Hancock and Houghton, the latter tax
ing the franchise formerly held by
Sault Ste Marie, which has been drop
ped because the inclusion of that city,
remote from the copper country, re-
suited in too stiff transportation e1-
penses-but the identity of the two
others continues mystery.
Duluth or SUPERIOR
There is still a suspicion that these
will be Duluth and Superior, but they
may also be two iron country towns,
and the decision of the magnates is
anxiously awaited. In the meantime
it has been decided to raise the salary
limit this season. The figure has been
UOOob0o w Y4,OOS O Adsk Sea
son the limit was supposed to be $3.50,
altho several of the teams exceeded the
amount.
Crystal Falls, Menominee range
town which had strong independent
team last summer, team fast enough
to win majority Of the exhibition
games with the Copper Country league
teams, will have another semi-profes-
sional aggregation on the diamond this
year.
Has Good Backing.
John n. Mackin, formerly captain Of
the Hancocks' and Soos', will be in
charge Of the team, which will have
the financial backing of Senator Nor
iarty, Mayor Corcoran, banker; @. H.
Watson, prosecuting attorney; W. !.
Richards, mining superintendent, and a
number of other prominent citizens.
Iron Mountain, the Menominee range
metropolis, also will have fast team
of salaried men, and down at the 500
team is talked Of that it is proposed
to make the strongest that has yet
represented the city. ..at
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18
ATHLETIC PROFESSORS
TAKE UP NEW SPORT

Appleton, Wis, Feb. 17.-'Roller
skating here tonight for faculty mem
bers only was the sign displayed in
front Of 'the Alexander gymnasium at
Lawrence university q few nights ago.
It was an official notice that one more
sport had been added to the list Of the
athletic faculty at Lawrence. The in
structors heretofore have taken up
bowling, tennis and basketball.
For some weeks the students have
been patronizing the new rink at the
armory, but owing to Monday night be-
ing drill night no skating is allowed
rangements with the management to
furnish him with enough skates to fit
out the faculty Monday nights.