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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
Education in Mexico.

The "Coltglo de. P,o Maulrc ..
school for boys, bn' l car Mt
inside becluse it S under the patton n
of a holy older, who have burg ca.
sign warning NE IN good Spanish tia
guests are not Welcome. But ! st
the boys; they come early and lep,,
lste, ana all dsy lopg l hear then
studying, each muchacho at the vtr
top of his voice. t 4 same sound a.
a minor key catches my ear, Ifolicw
it TO a door, whose sign indicates y
girls school. The gills study as lou,
as the boys, though the craft of the
needle and OF the loom forms by far
the greater part of their educatior.
In one school there are more than Que
hundred orphans. This once magn,.
ficent house was built long years ago
for a convent, and it ia 10 this
beautiful cloister, amid flowers aud
birds and fountains, these children
dwell. The full import OF the VOL
dwell you may better grasp when l
tell you that, with The exception OF
one day in the year (Holy Thursday,
when they GO in a body, visiting as
many churches as possible between
the rising and the setting Of the sun,
that they never go outside. By a
winding stone starr that connects their
patio with the loft of a church, they
90 daily 10 mass. And thus until
they are fourteen or sixteen years old
these girls spent their apparently
joyous young lives amid little study,
much prayer and a remuneratlye
weaving OF fine ace.-Lieulla Tlsdele,
in Sunset Magazine for October.
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EVER A TO oBLIeE.

zone moment" said the affable
stage robber. "The lady with the
Gamers evidently wants to take me.
Will this do, ma'am ?" and he struck
q tasty attitude.
The lady smiled. She was a
camera fend and the chance to hui
NOR her pet fad quite oyercame all
thought Of danger.
"Look pleasant, please" she said.
The stage robber smiled.
81 will give you the pleasant look
Of the man who has just taken sew.
eral thousands from the express box,
q few hundreds in loose change, two
bags Of dust, eight watches, fou1
diamond rings and an opal scarf
PIN" he merrily said.
Then the camera clicked, and.
with a sweeping bow, the robber re.
mounted his horse and dashed away
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
An Experimental G%ovsrnmeni

Mr., RUSSELL says OF the New
Zealand Government IN bis Soldiers
Of the Common Good in the
November Egerybody's;
"Many Of the ideas that they have
since put mo practice we've very
vague wi b them when they began;
but one thing seemed clear enough.
They believed thar the most evils Of
the world resulted from the ureyeu
distribution OF wealth, and that they
ought to do something to help the
men that are getting too lille to get
mare. A primitive way to help was
20 keep them in god physical
condition; 80 the campaign Of the
new government opened with bills to
improve health. Wherever two or
more persons we're employed, was the
sweeping declaration OF these measures
there must be adequate light, fresh
air, approved sanitation, aud ampl
Microscopes. If meals were eaten
upon the premises employers must
provide diDing.room with tables,
chairs, and iaeliitics Tor heating water,
so that there should be no more eating
OF cold luucheons from tin buckets,
while seated upon work. benches.
Inspectors we're provided to see that
these regulations were surely
enforced, and heavy penalties weye
laid upon employers that negleetcc
them. Working men were protected
In other ways. For the first time IN
New Zialand they we're allowed 10 file
mechanics liens upon an owner
property IN default OF pay men by .
contractor, and the laws about
employers liability for accident we're
amended 50 as to give an injured
workman q chance to recover damages.
Previously such laws had been devised,
as They a"n'r@nT 80 "ivl us, 10
enable the employer to dodge ais
responsibility.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
wAEN MELsA POSTED alLLs.
q Wa In Australia and She Wanted
TO Give a Concert.

Who would ever imagine that
Nine. Melba once went forth armed
with a pail of paste in n hand, a
paste brush in the other and a roll
+ bills under her arm? asks the
brand Magazine.
Such a thing, however, actually
happened in the early days of her
career, when she was hungering for
opportunities to sing in public.
While Nellie Mitchell, as she then
was, was still a schoolgirl, holiday
making at Sorrento, in Victoria,
she got up a concert in aid of one
of the local charities.
She asked her family to help her
exc out her own meager savings,
which she intended TO devote to the
purpose; but her father, in spite of
the fact that he was very fond of
music-and still has a fine voice
which he loves to use-did not care
to encourage his daughter in the
enterprise. In the hope Of sitting
her leaning toward a professional
career, he refused any aid whatever.
This check, however, did not
daunt the plucky little songbird in
any way. She determined, having
pledged herself so far, to carry the
matter through, cost what it might,
without any assistance. Unfortun-
Gtely all her own savings had by
this time been swallowed up in the
preliminary expenses, and there was
not a penny left to pay for posting
the bills on which she relied to ad-
vertise the entertainment.
Having tried various ways Of cir
C%umventing the difficulty without
success, she determined to be her
own bill poster. She went straight
to the hotel kitchen and persuaded
one of the maids to make her a
quantity Of paste.
Then she borrowed a bill posters
brush and as soon as it was dark set
off on her adventurous round and
posted up every one Of the bills she
had had printed. The result Of her
enterprise vas a big house and a
neat sum Of money.
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LEFT MAN TO DROWN.

Vieuxtemps, the famous violinist,
used to tell the following story:
When crossing London bridge
one day, he was suddenly brushed
aside by a wretched tatterdemalion
who climbed the parapet and
plunged out into the river. The
foot passengers crowded around i'm
nediately to watch the unfortunate
man as he rose to the surface, and
in a trice some one shouted: "Ill
bet he drowns!"
"Two to one he'll swim ashore p
was the answer. The rest of the
pedestrians joined in the betting.
Meantime Vieuxtemps rushed
down to the river bank, secured a
waterman and rowed out to the res
cue, Just as the boatman was
about to reach forth to grasp the
poor fellow, who by this time was
tloundering about in the water, hav-
ing lost his desire for death, the
spectators above cried out; "Leave
him alone! There's a bet on it,"
The oarsman drew back into the
boat, and the unfortunate wretch
sank before their eyes.-The Sun.
day Magazine.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
FATAER OF MopERN Auros
George B. Sheldon Credited with Max.
Ing the First Machine.

Thirty years ago, writes Leroy
Scott in the Technical World Mag
azine, George B. Selden never
dreamed of the automobile of the
present-of a touring car that
would run 80, 40 or so miles an
hour, of a racing machine that
would run two miles a minute. His
dream was of a light carriage that
would run as fast the second or
third hour as a good horse would
the frst-ten miles an hour. To
fully understand the task he was
attacking, it must be remembered
that the Lenoir gas engine Of this
period weighed about 5000 pounds
per horsepower, the fywheel being
as heavy as an ordinary touring car,
and that the Otto engine of a few
years later weighed per horsepower
about 1900 pounds.
After Mr.. Selden gained the basic
idea of his engine there followed a
year of thought and experiment.
He had many black days. In Octo-
Der, 1877, he wrote in his diary:
Cant carry on about a dozen nat
ent lawsuits and do much expert
menting at the same time" And
the next day he wrote: "If ever l
get a road wagon it will be by aeei-
dent. OF the almighty effort which
an invention requires, who knows
but the inyentor?" But he kept in
domitably on through these periods
of depression, and by tie latter part
of 1877 he felt he had conquered,
either by actual experiment or by
theory, all his main problems. The
time had come to build the engine.
AT length, early in 1878, Mr.. Sell
denis lnng dream stood before MIN
in steel and brass.
Would the engine runP Would
his friends and enemies still have
occasion to laugh at him, or would
it be his turn to laugh? The May
day in 1878 when the first test was
made will forever be to Mr.. Selden
an unforgetable day. The trial
took place in the corner of a foun-
dry boarded off into a small. room.
All was made ready-the ignition
flame was lighted-the fywheel
given a turn. There was a sharp
explosion, then increasingly rapid
explosions. The engine ran!
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
LEST WE

forget-Baby is restless, cant sleep at
night, won't eat, cries spasmodically
A bottle of hlte's Cream Vermlfuge
lever iails to cure. Every mother
hould give her baby Whites Cream
ermiiuse. So many times when the
aby is pale and '%retful, the mother
pes not know what to do. A bottle
OF this medicine would bring color to
the cheeks and laughter to the eyes
Give 1t a trial. Sold by Crenshaw s.
Young. 10.6m1
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
WAS NO EMPTY THREAT.

The story is told that Dryden
after finishing his translation Of
Vergil, sent it to Jacob Tonson fol
publication for a sum specified upon
the manuscript.
Tonson was DESTROYS of obtaining
the book, but determined to take adj
vantage of Dryden's need of money.
He therefore informed the poet that
he could not pay the sum Dryden
asked.
In reply Dryden sent the follow
ing lines in description Of the pub
Usher:
"With leering look, bull faced and
freckled fair,
With two left legs, with Judas col
ored hair,
And frowzy pores that faint the ann
bent air."
When this was delivered to Tom
son, he asked if Dryden had said
anything more. eyes" replied the
bearer, 'he said to tell the dog that
he who wrote these lines could write
more like them" Tonson sent the
money at once.-The Sunday Mag
azine.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
Who Are Our Leading Drsmstlsts?

"rhe foremost dramatists writing
10 Eagllsh, Arthur Wing Pinera and
Henry Arthur Jones, dominated the
beginning OF the active theatriesl
season in New York, the chief sopors
going to the lesser light" says the
ritter of "The Players" in the
November Everybody's. 'It seems
to me that the work OF James M
Barrie Is really more important than
that Of these two wheel horses Ct
contemporary English drama, because
he has greater imagination, greater
feeling, and because his plays have
more real significance; but in popular
estimation and u the minds Of those
who are supposed to speak with
authority, Pnero and Jones comes
irst.n
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
NOVEL LAWSUIT.

A novel suit has been docketed
in superior court. 1t is entitled
Mrs. R. NJ. Thomson and husband,
R. M. Thomson, against the Hack
ney & Moale company, book deal
ers and stationers, Of this city. Gil
mer WEIGH, Of Asheville, represents
the plaintiffs, and while the COM
plant has not yet been filed, it is
stated that $500 damages will be
demanded. The suit is over a ko-
dak film. 1t will be alleged by. the
plaintiffs that a film was left with
the Hackney & Moale company for
Development that the films con-
tanned photographs taken during
the last illness Of their child or
after its death; that the defendant
company accepted the film and
thereafter lost it, and that the plain
tiffs now have no late likeness Of
their deceased child. 1t is contend
ed that the films cannot be replaced
and the plaintiffs allege that they
have been damaged $8OO.-Char-
lotte Observer,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
JUST A cRoPPER.

"0l" remarked the first fox-hunt-
er, 'you should have seen Mr..
Nuritch take that high hedge
"'You surprise mel" exclaimed the
other, 81 thought the horse he rode
wasn't much Of a jumper"
"0l the horse didn't take the
hedge. Mr.. Nuritch did it alone"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
A tOsmOpoIItan Monarch.

Though King Leopold has been, as
ne promh ed at his coronation, ga
Belgian, Oheart and SOUL" there are
lew men more cosmopolitan. He EN-.
Ploys men OF all n"ationalities in the
Congo State. OF Americans, some of
whom be his found vseiul in his
business e%tter rises, be is supposed to
De especially fond. 1t was chiefly
with tee 8 d OF wo Americans, Henry
NJ. S'arlcy ard General Henry
Sanford, that be first succeeded in
e taelishILg BIN Ii in Africa. For
8 me years, Tboms f. Walsh, tthe
Cripple Cs,tL nhipl man." was said
20 be artEr in his American mining
ventures. He recruits his officers In
the Congo Site largely from the
Swedish aud ItAan governments.
He employ q EUelkhmen in The work
Of ixplora ion 10 the Coplo. But his
ideal cleES tie Sing finds among The
Btlgians, in whom tue bureaucratic
sp' 1t is strongly mulb,d. Wherever
Leopold has found a iooJlold in
China, PorsiG, or africa, II is 10
Belgians tloae that be has e~,l1usted
the tasE Of administration Robert
b. Park IN "a King in Bpsincn," II
tae November Every body's.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
October.

These are the days of purple haze
When leaf takes fame and flower
has flown,
When clouds drift DER and to the
shore
The sea talks in an u~pdertune;
When thrill of thrush in woodla I'd
hush
La RahtnrA's lenskte- low anu
sweet,
And brooks steal down, through
grasses brown
With silver sandals on their feet,
Herbert Bashford, in Sunset
Magazine for October.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
ZEE oNE oHANoE.-

Nell-Mary Jones is spelling her
name Mae now.
Belle-Let her. That's about
the only chance she'll ever have to
change her name.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27

l win Sell at public auction on my
farm II mile west Of Lexington, Sat.
urday, Oct. L2o. at 1890 a. m. s
mich COWS with calves at side.
"a r.. HUFFAKER.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
A MOST WORTHY ARTICLR

Whom an article has been on the
market and gains friends every year,
1t is safe to call this medicine a worthy
one. Such is Ballard's Horehound
Syrup. 1t positively cures coughs and
all pulmonary diseases. One of the
best known merchants in Mobile, Ala.
says: "For five years my family has
NOT been troubled with the winter
coughs We W this to Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup. l know il has saved
my children from mony sick spells. -
Sold BY CreushaW & Young. 1O.6ml
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
THE R OF JONES.

"What do you suppose is the
cause of Jones getting on in the
world SO slowly ?"
"Pure laziness. That man would
actually rather pay rent than move.'
Judge.
N.-r-.-
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EAST BOUND.

e#-It will be seer that all Of these
trains run to the Lexington station
except the morning train west and the
evening train east on the River
Division. Buses meet these trains at
Myrick.s
A. S. LOOMS. Agen.
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Y.
TINIEW STABLE
FEAST BOUND.

FEAST BOUND.
IN Effect June 3, l96)i
No "A. Missouri state Express, for.
Peoria, bloomington and St Louis. 10 81 a m
No p. Red Flyer, for St. Louis I'll "a an
No 81. sXcept Sundly, Accommo-
dation for Slater ............... 6l5 pun
No 10, Daily, The Hummer" for
Chicago ...75 pm
No 90. Sunday only, Accommoia-
ton for 81 ter. S55 pm
No. A, Daily California Special"
for Chicago stops tr Chicago
passengers only. ...........i0 % p m
No "a. Daily, The EARLY Bird"
for st. Louis. .............tt " pun
WEST BOUND.
No %, Daily. The EARLY Bird" for
Kansas.City oO3 am
No 7, Daily. The "hummer' for.
Kansas City-....... ........ -. 8 10 am
No 81, Daily, Accommodation ltor
Kansas City. : ....-.-.....,. 80 am
No 81. Daily, The Red Flyer for
Kansas OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3 "ipm
No Is, Daily, NO. Estate Express
for Kansas City .,..... ............. 44S pm
s. A VERNlLLIOV,
Pas enger and Ticket Agent, c. & A, R. r
Higginsville No,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27

Inc Alton has two mapniace
rams Tor Chicago. The eHumme
leaves Hlgginsville al 1859 p. M a
me Chicago Special at 10,
p. m. IN ~,
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Mo. Pac. Time Table
E%AsT-BoUND TRAINS

Missouri Pacific Lexington Branc
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27

To the man lookinh ahead the Southwest
has au urgent invitation. The opportunity
Isl today when investment chances are gooa
and homes can be purchased o. from one
tenth TO oue-half the prices asked N the
North and East.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-30
MRS. OLIVE HADLEY DAVIS.

Olive Hadley Davis was born in
Waterford. VT, in May 1888 and died
in Brighton, VT, March 20. 1906. Tier
youth and young womanhood were
spent in Waterford where she became
acquainted with Chas. W. Davis whom
she atterward married. From Water
ford they moved to Charleston where
they lived for few years, until the
opening of the Civil war, in which her
husband enlisted. At the close of the
war they came to Brighton and settled
upon the far,u which has been their
home for nearly forty years. Mrs.
Davis united with the NJ. f. Church in
1884, during the pastorate of Rev. w.
|. Todd, and to the day of her death
remained faithful to her Master. She
WAS among the uncrowned heroiues of
the Civil war, having with SO many
Others endured the terrible uncertainty
of the days from '6l.'G5 hoping and
PRAYING for the return of her beloved
companion whom she cheerfully gave to
the cause of the Union. She was "A
faithful mother, ambitious that her
children should live to be blessing in
the world She made for them good
home, the value of which can never be
estimated. Patient, loving and kind to
all who came within reach of her life
she Wilt be greatly missed in the home
and community. Bat her trials and
vicissitudes of life have ended in the
full fruition of the Christians hope and
she has entered the rest that remaineth
for the people of God. She leaves ont
daughter and four sons to mourn bel
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-30
IRIS. AGNES NJ. LADD.

Mrs. Agnes NJ Ladd whose death and
burial have been mentioned in these
columns. had lived in Island Pond MANY
years. Her husband, Harrison Ladd,
who was employed by the railroad com
pany as locomotive engineer. died
about twenty five years ago, leaving her
a small tenement house, in one part of
which she resided, using the income Of
the other tenements to supply the means
to care for aud educate her two daug hters
as well as to supply her own simple
wants. Since he~marriage Of her daugh.
ters she has lived alone on the income
of her small property. She is survived
by a brother and three sisters in addition
to her children. The funeral was from
Christ Church, of which deceased was
a devoted member. on the Tuesday
following her death, and requiem
Eucharist was celebrated in her memory
the next Sunday corning. Mrs. Ladd
lived a very quiet, uobtrusive, Christian
life. For several years her health has
been frail and she underwent two serious
operations in the Montreal General Hos
pital. She suffered severely at times
during her last sickness, hut passed
away at last peacefully and without
pain, as il calmly going TO sleep. Her
relatives have the sympathy of the whole
community in their heavy loss. l..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-30
Doctors Are Puzzled,

The remarkable recovery of Kenneth
Mclver, of Vanceboro. Me-, is the
subject of much interest to the medical
fraternity aud wide circle of friends
lie says OF his case Owing to severe
inflammation of the Throat and congestion
of the Lungs, three doctors gave me up
duced to try DR.. Kings New Discovery
and am happy to say it saved my life.
Cures the worst Coughs aud Colds, Bron
chitiS, Tonsiltis, Weak | ungs, Hoarse
ness and La Grippe. Guaranteed at
'rhurston's drug store. SOC and $l.00
Trial bottle free.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-30
HAY
\. WOOD.
'ood for sale by NJ. {. l

Post office box rent is due next week
There are twelve bodies in the vault
awaiting iuterment.
Fred Layallee went to Swanton Satur.
day, returning Tuesday. accompanied
10y his wife aud little sou.
I. ID. ThurSton has again resumed his
position as engineer on the way freight
between Island Pond and Gorham.
+. f. Davis is the agent in this
vicinity for the t.. ). Cream Separator.
Read his advertisement on the first page
Rev. ThOs. Hall attended the month
~ meeting of the Upper Connecticut
Ministerial Association at No. Stratlord
last Tuesday.
There was a collision in the ward
Wednesday night. tut no one was in.
lured. One ear Was 80 badly smashed
that IL was burned.
At special communication of Island
Pond Lodge, F. Il \. NJ, last Monday
evening, the third degree was conferred
upon two candidates.
Charles W. Gates of st. Adams. state
highway commissioner has issued to all
the road commissioners in the state.
notices regarding the county meetings
to be held soon, one in each county. The
meeting Tor Essex county will he held
at Gnildhall, April 20.
Tuesday, March 20. the anniversary
OF Neal Dow's birth, a Loyal Temperance
Legion WAS organized under the direc-
ton of Mrs. +. F. Robson as superim. |
tendent, assisted by Mrs F. A. Elkius
aud Miss Annie Blake. The next meeting |
will be held April ), in the high school |
building. This is 4 society for children.
and J: is hoped a large number will Join
the organization.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-30

the good that had heen accomplished hy
way Of lifting not ouly the individual
bui the community a. we'll. toward Goi.
aud higher standard II Christian ciri
1-nshiP. Many ri th,.>- ..r-s-ui horr
hearty testimony a. L. the help they had
received.
Me-. John Guest will H. the speaker
next Sunday. The meeting will To-. held
at y. N. and all men are cordially
Invited 10 attend.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-30
A MAGNIFICENT Gift.

Sunday Rev. FIR. Trottier announced 10
his congregation the handsome gilt oi
$4,000 to the parocbial school. This
Gift came from lady who is very much
interested in education, and has Oh
several occasions contributed largely TO
this school, her benefactions IN al
amounting to about $4,000. She will
not permit the use of her name nf
Rev Father and his parish are great!
n,eased at the gift. He is planning
some extensive changes and repairs on
ths school building, and this sum comes
ia most opportunity.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-03-30
GUARANTEED CURE rou PILES

Itching, Blind, Bleeding. Protruding
Piles. Druggists are authorized To re-
fund money if PAzo OINTMENT fails Ia
cure ia Il to II DAYS. j0c.