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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-09-08
VERY OLD TREE.

In the island Of Cos, in the Aege-
an sea, still totters a venerable plane
tree, nearly IS yards round and es.
timated to be over 1000 years old
Close is a marble seat, from which
Hippocrates is believed to have lee.
tured on the healing art. The tree
has spread its shade, according tc
Dean Farrar, over st. Luke and St
Paul. The arporeal relic is guarded
day and night by the s%ultan's orders
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-09-08
TAKEN LITERALLY THEN.

The term to."giye quarter" 50
well known in warfare, had its or
igin in an agreement between the
Dutch and S%paniards, that the ran
som Of an officer or soldier should
be the quarter Of his years pay.
Hence to beg quarter was to offer q
quarter Of their years pay for per-
sonal safety, and to refuse quarter
was not to accept the prolfered ran
som.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-09-08
Sour


No appetite, loss OF strength, nervous
ness. headache, constipation, bad breath,
general debility, SOU nslngs, and catarfh
Of the stomach are all due to indigestion.
Kodol cures Indigestion. This new discov-
cry represents the natural juices OF digeS'
ton as they exist In 4 healthy stomach,
combined with the greatest known tonic
and reco~nslructive properties. Kodol Dys-
pepds Cure does not only relieve Indigestion
and dyspepsia. but this famous remedy
helps all stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying. sweetenlng and strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr.. S. S. Ball Of RaysnEwood. W. Va, says
!" was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years
Kcdol cured ne and va gro now using It In MILF
for BABY"
Kodcl Digests What You Eat
Bottles only. S HOO Size holding az times the tfd
size. which sells for so cents.
Prepared BY {. O Dewitt 800. CHICAGO
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-09-08
DELIGHTFUL SUMMER Ravens
Along the Line OF the
Southern Railway

There are many beauty spots in the grand higha-
titude Western North Carolina country, and the SOUTH
ERN RAILWAY has issued a considerable amount Of free
literature describing the accommodations at Hot Springs,
Hendersonvlle. Lake Toxaway, Saluda, Tate Springs,
Flat Rock, Waynesvile, Blowing Rock, Ashevlle, Bre-
ward, Skland, Balsam, and hun lred or SO other places
where the days and nights are de, ghtful beyond express
sion.
In addition to this "A Remin@ sr' has been sent out
to the public to the effect that in Summer they should
prepare for winter, having in mind that next season in
Florida and Cuba will be more radient than ever.
You might as we'll begin your plans now for next
winters sojourn in the Southern country. You will find
all the comforts and pleasures there that you will any
where else in Uncle Sans domain.
Tickets with many stopover privileges will be on
sale the next season as during the past season. For
full information write
G. B. ALLEN,
Assistant General Passenger Agent, St. LOUIS, Mo.
Or any representative Of the Southern Railway.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-09-08
TRUE.

A mans worth to others some
times depends on how much they can
work him for.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-09-08
oulrE TRUE.

BE wise if you can. II you can't.
keen your face closed.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-09-08
CAUSE OF HIS ATTENTION.

Ella.-When ! was at the seashors
one man was very attentive.
Stella-I understand that you
tipped one Of the walters very lib
arnilx.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

did not say word of what she had
seen to any one. She was very proud
and high spirited. The young man
and young woman disappeared that
night; and. as soon as your mother
had recovered sufficiently, | renewed
my suit, and she accepted me. on con-
dition lthat l should take her away
from the neighborhood. We did not
wait to get married, but left at once.
and were married at the hrst place
where we stopped.
Your mother never returned to the
old place. her family having removed
also a short time afterwar1. They had
lived there but short time and had
no intimates, SO none of them ever
heard from the neighborhood again.
| went out there to settle up some of
my affairs, and heard that Hubbard
mad been there, learned the story, and
Inquired my address. A few weeks
afterward. I went out during the late
afternoon, for walk, as we are doing
now. and met him right here. He
accused me of treachery 20 him, and
said that the lady whom we had seen
him in company with was his sister,
who had come after him to aid her in
untangiing some property matter
which required their immediate atten-
ton. He made some sighting remark
to me. saying he was going to the
house to see your mother. with whom
he would have an explanation. wind
ing up with the remark that had de-
frauded him of her, and he would have
her yet. One word led to another
and finally he struck me. returned
the blow with interest, and he fell,
striking that rock there pointing to
a large rock by the roadside. after
which he never stirred. ! had killed
him. but had not intended to do So
| dug grave over there" pointing to
a mound so slight as not to be notice
able and buried him."
did mother ever KNOW"
NO, my boy
Did any one else?"
No"
But that is why you and mother
were always estranged from each
other?'
Yes
"Oh. we'll, cheer up, father. 1t
was not so bad-the killing, | mean.
You did the only thing you could do.
The estrangement was terrible. 1t
might have been better IL you had told
mother"
1T would not-under the circum-
stances"
well, don't dwell on 1t now. We
will go home now, and make the best
of it, dear old father"
But | am not your father"
"You-are-not-my Then
who is?"
THE man sleeping under that
mound there"
And the elderly man walked deliber-
ately into the dark wood, leaving the
younger one sitting on the rock where
his father had tTeathed his last.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

MANNED birds show remarkable in
telligence in getting food for them
selves" said a naturalist.
Il once found in my garden blue
bird that a stone had wounded badly.
The poor little creature could neither
walk nor fly. | put it in a cucumber
frame and fed it regularly. but | sup
pose | didn't give it enough, for it
foraged industriously all the time.
Lying on the earth. 1t would cover it
self with leaves-only its small eyes
would be visible. Then, when a fly
alighted somewhere near-swoop, the
bluebird's head and neck would dart
from the covering of leaves and the
fly would be devoured.
"A finch with a broken wing lived
high all one summer in my garden at
the expense of the spiders. 1t pillaged
their webs. 1t made round of some
twenty webs a day and fattened on
the contents of those filmy larders. -
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

Mark Twain at the dinner in
honor of his SEVENTEEN birthday, adj
vised a young novelist not to shun
judicious Acknowledgement.
'.On one of my first visits to New
York. he said, 81 was taken on a
sightseeing tour by successful joke
writer. learned during this tour
something about the way to succeed.
las we rode down Broadway on a
car my friend suddenly looked up
from the comic paper he was reading,
gave hearty laugh and then read
aloud TO me joke.
Isn't that great?' he cried. "Oh,
ha, ha. ha. ha, Isn't that the fun
niest joke-ho, no, ho.-you ever
heard?'
Just then we rose to get off. When
we reached the sidewalk l said to
my friend:
You showed me that joke before,
you know. 1t is one of your own, isn't
it?'
He smiled at my puzzled face and
answered:
Ives. But you didn't notice the
man who sat opposite us. did you?
He is the editor who buys most of my
stuff and he doesn't know me person
ally. See?'"
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

lows. Ethridge had enjoyed himself
as much as any one. perhaps more.
The question of who should pay
came up again. Rogers grabbed the
check when it was brought, but two
of his friends piled onto him and
took it away.
Here. this is too much for any
one OF US to stand" they said. The
items were: Dinner. si7; wine, s35;
cigars. 1880; sundries, IS. Total.
s1O3.50 Let the kitty pay for it,
The kitty" however. though a
well.fattened animal. came $40 short
of paying the bill. Ethridge had lost
s25 at poker. but paid another IS to-
ward squaring the evenings fund.
each of the party bearing his share in
the deficit. Then. as they started
away. it suddenly occurred to Rogers
that the waiter had not been tipped.
We'll soon settle that" he said.
Here, cut the cards to see who gives
him s."
Ethridge lost ard handed over the
tip. When he stared home by him
self he found that his remaining cash
amounted to s1s7. The evening had
been so pleasant. however. that even
then he did not grudge the outlay.
But as he turned into his door a
thought suddenly occurred to him.
by love, | was the guest."-New
York Press.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07
GAVE SAILOR COIN; GETS $1,000.
Girl Will Cash Bond on Bank of For.
tugal for That Amount.

Eight thousand dollars reward for
an off-hand kindness conferred four
years ago on destitute and partially
sick sailor in Uncle Sans navy is :he
Christmas present that pretty Annie
Josephine Saucier, shop girl and
former mill hand of the city of Lewis
ton, Mass, is to receive soon, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The day of fairyland wonders is
not past, so the Lewiston girl thiL ks,
for to-day she is the practical posses
sor of nearly $4,000 that is to come to
her on account of the simple giving
of a 20-cent piece at Newport, r. l.. to
a strange man wearing the uniform. OF
the United States navy.
At the moment that she granted the
strange request of the sailor he passed
to her a small scriptlike piece of pa
per, saying: Keep this for your kind
ness. Some day you will find that
you have lost nothing by the favor you
have done me-"
Carried in her pocketbook and laid
about her home among many of the
most worthless trifies that might
easily have been thrown away, this
scriptlike keepsake has now brought
fortune to this poor shop girl Of
Lewiston.
The piece of script that the young
girl carried with dress samples, cards
and small odds and ends that fill the
pocketbooks or reticules of young
ladies has proved to be bond of the
Bank of Portugal, calling for payment
to the holder of S. 900 in the year 1906
with interest at 8 per cent. compound
ed annually, and as the note natures
this month the sum total she will re-
ceive from the bank shortly will be
very nearly 5000.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07
HAS WATCH MADE BY NATURE.
Maine Man Can Tell the Time by
Looking at His Palm.

Maine Man Can Tell the Time by
Looking at His Palm.
There is man living at Newport.
Maine, who has the mysterious ability
of being able to tell the accurate time
of day by simply looking in the palm
of his hand as another would at his
watch.
No one has been able to learn his
method, and in fact he himself cannot
explain the source of his power This
uncanny knowledge is not of recent
origin, he having used it for many
years.
When he first began to use this gift.
as he consideres it, he purchased a
watch, then looking at his hand to
ascertain the time he would compare
his figures with those of his watch.
finding his own always correct.
Many of the people about the vii.
lage who doubted his power and who
looked upon it as fairy story" have
by their own observation and expert.
ments become convinced of its truth.
Walter Mason was born in the town
of Palmyra forty years ago and went
to Newport when he was about 10
years of age. He attended the dis.
trict school at Gilman. after which he
found employment in different mills
at one of which he is working at the
present time.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07
HIS LITTLE DINNER
NEW Workers. PLEASANT EVEN
ING WITH FRIENDS.
Only After Expenses Were Paid and
JcIlity Remembrance Came Idea
That Important Fact Had been Over.
looked.

u seemed years since Ethridge had
seen Rogers, and when they met one
afternoon in Union Square the latter
wouldn't let him OFF until he had
promised to come and dine the next
night.
Il don't know of anything that could
give me more pleasure, old man, than
to buy you the best dinner that can be
had IL town" he said, and meant it
So the next night Ethridge met Rogers
at one of the famous hotels uptown. 1t
Was the first time this winter he had
been out anywhere, and the first time
he had worn his evening clothes
Rogers is popular. Everybody
knows him They had hardly met at
the appointed restaurant before a par
ty Of sis men in dinner clothes sur
rounded him, and there were introduc-
tons to Ethridge.
Just going to dine? Come and dine
with u.s." insisted the spokesman of
the six. So presently the double
quartet was ordering wine and high
priced delicacies, quarreling good ma
turedly as to who should pay for the
whole spread The cigars. Ethridge
remembers, were long. glossy, brown
skinned beauties with no especial
trimmings in the way of silver foil,
but they cost SLIPS apiece. The bill as
whole was pretty stiff. even for that
part of town. BY and by it was decid
ed to hire room. play few games
Of poker and attend to the minor de-
tail of who should pay afterward.
As soon as the game started Exit
ty" was created to pay for cigars and
drinks. Because the kitty" paid
everybody ordered more champagne.
The play lasted till near midnight.
Then, as some of the party had to
catch suburban trains, the game broke
up, all declaring that it had been a
long time since they had spent such
an agreeable evening with good fell
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

In an uptown school the teacher In
one of the lower grades endeavored to
instill a little information into her
pupils on the subject of horses and
their gaits, and then asked each of
them to prepare a brief essay embody-
ing some of the facts they had just
learned. One of the boys thereupon
prepared and turned in the following
lucid offering:
Some horses is called paceters.
They can run faster cause they are
howlegged "-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07
WERE IN TEMPORARY ECLIPSE
Neishborhood DepopuIated After the
Spelling Bee.


Spelling Bee.
l wanted to make inquiries about
several different people in a certain
neighborhood in Iowa. and when
found farmer leaning over his gate
I stopped my horse and asked him II
he knew one Henry Smith.
Yes, sir. I've knowed him for ten
years." he replied, but can't tell
you where he is today"
And do you know James Thomp.
SOM"
Jim Thompson? Why. him and
me are like brothers, but I can't say
where you'd find him to-day"
How about George Snyder?"
George Snyder? Why, was
tradin' bosses with him the other
week. but l can't say where he is to
day
asked after four or five other men
and received the same answers, each
one ending that II wasn't known
where the man was just that day.
why don't you know where they
are today" l finally asked.
'Becase, sir-becase we had an
old-fashioned spelling bee at the
schoolhouse last night. with every
body loaded for bar, and most every.
body for five miles around has had
to take to the woods and won't be
comm out for three or four days yet!
Baltimore American.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

In China elderly. ladies are regu'
larry employed as gossips, and they
are paid we'll. 1t is usual for them to
go to the best houses, beating a drum
to announce their arrival, and to
Offer their services to the lady CT the
house as entertainers. If their offer is
accepted they sit down and tell the
latest news. the choicest scandal and
anything that they think may interest
their hearers. Should their stock in
trade prove very delectable they most
likely go away with a handsome pres.
ent in addition to their regular fee
which is at the rate of about % cents
an hour Some of these gossips have
a large number of clients, whom they
visit at regular intervals.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

The idea that the darkest hour is
just before dawn is poetical but in
correct. The darkest hour is mid
way between sunset and dawn, and
the legend is of piece with the
statement often made that the hour
preceding dawn is the coolest
In many countries there is fixed
belief that just before the break of
day there comes an ebb when nature
grows cold and pulseless and life fiut-
tering in the breast of the dying man
finally expires.
According to science such dissolu
ton should occur between three and
four o'clock, investigation extending
over period of several years having
proved that the temperature is lowest
then.-Montreal Herald.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07
No Fairy Tale.

He belonged to the "hic" brigade
He came home late and in disorder
His wife met him with a rolling pin
and tense biceps, ready to strike
.hen the ire was hot.
Sweetheart" he said. I've beer
discushin' war at the club. l heard
you reading a paper on peace you read
before the woman's club. Now (hic)
lesh arbitrate thish matter"
He thought he was wise. Next mora
ing he was wiser.-Indianapoli Star
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07
Worth of the Whipping.

A farmer, whose fruit orchards had
been very often robbed. caught a boy
up one of his trees.
Come down, you young rascal!'
shouted the owner.
mo fear; not while you're there"
replied the urchin.
well, I'll wait till you do"
"All right" said the lad.
They had waited about an hour,
when an idea occurred to the boy.
Sna,ching an apple, he took a steady
aim, and hit the old farmer on the
head with it.
"Hullo, what's up now?'
"Its just this. I'm gaun to keep
peltin' till every apples off the tree un-
less We promise not to touch me, for
II I'm gaun to get hidin' I'm gaun
to have me sport for it. What dye
say?"
The owner of the property had to
agree.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07
eamekeeper Captures an Easrs.

Many British gamekeeper has
ruthlessly shot an eagle, and even an
Alpine gamekeeper seldom secures
one alive. This rare exploit has Just
been performed by a gamekeeper at
Albeuve, in Freiburg.
The bird had swooped upon a hare
with which it was soaring to its eyry
when the gamekeeper fired, and the
bird was hit in the wing just sufficient
ly to stop present flight without per
manently damaging the limb. The
hare was killed by the shot. The bird
which is Royal eagle, was captured
and the wing will soon heal The
spread of the wings is So inches
London Daily Globe.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07
AfTtR HHe SOUL UeNT OUT


Suddenly all was still.
A CHASTITY wilderness settled over
the thin, yearning face on the pillow,
and peace took the place of pain.
The end of a life of oontugal mis-
mating had come at last
Can you not forgive me ~ the
wrong you have suffered at my hands
before you go?" he had asked.
She had remained silent, with
averted eyes and a faint flush over
spreading the wan features.
The minister had Joined the father
and son at the bedside a short time
before, and was watching the passage
of his parishioner to the world be-
yond.
ut is your duty. Mrs. Marshall he
had said. at is dreadful thing to
go into the other world with unfor-
giveness in your heart. 1t is so easy
to speak that now. and afterward so
impossible. The consequences to both
of you are terrible"
He had said no more, but waited.
They all waited.
At last she spoke.
'If you have ever wronged me.
Henry" she said. Il forgive you, as
hope to be forgiven"
"If have ever wronged you" he
echoed. 81 certainly have. and it is
SO noble of you to say those words"
But I have need to be forgiven
also," she hald said. You will not
refuse?"
"There is nothing to forgive. Mary"
he had said. But If there we're any
thing for me to forgive in you, 1t is
given freely. l am only sorry 1t is
said now, at the close of our lives
together. instead of at the beginning"
The woman had caught her breath
feebly, and all was over.
The physician had entered from
the adjoining room at that instant.
and he gazed at her moment.
at is all over" he said. THE soul
has left the body"
Her soul left her body many years
ago." said the husband, bending over
her and placing his face in his hands,
between the fingers of which the
tears slowly trickled.
When the undertaken arrived he
was led away gently, and the sad ar
rangements were proceeded with.
each other for?" was the current form
Of gossip through the neighborhood.
No one knew. Neither had ever
mentioned it to any one in the circle
In which they moved.
In the funeral discourse the min
lister talked very profoundly and feel
lng1y on the subject of forgiveness.
but he fioundered in his remarks be-
cause he did not know.
Father" said the young man. the
evening of the day after they had re-
turned from the cemetery, why did
you and mother always treat each
other so coldly?"
Because there was no love be-
tween u.s."
But why. Was it always so?"
Always"
Wont you tell me why?"
Lets take walk down the road
and will see if | can"
Certainly. father, but do not speak
If it is anything against her"
ut is nothing against her"
81 am so glad, because you know
how dearly loved her, and how re-
we're her memory"
THE trouble began from the very
beginning of our married life-in fact.
before our marriage"
They had walked till they reached
the edge of little wood by this
time, the cool breeze from which
came out with insIstent refreshment
to their heated brows and faces flush
ed from the tears which had coursed
over them from their streaming eyes
haI aI t, h;,nI-
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

Springfield a short time ago, when
Mr.. Clark and Prof. HaZen occupied
seats opposite each other. Raising his
voice SO that it could be heard above
the roar of the train. Mr. Clark yelled:
How about that liquor bill?"
What liquor bill?" demanded the
astounded professor: Il know nothing
about any liquor bill"
why, of course you know" per
sisted Mr.. Clark; you introduced it
into the House.
Introduced nothing" said DR.. Ha
zen"
wards?" asked Mr.. Clark
No"
"Oh."-Boston Herald.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

and was astonished TO see him in
earnest talk with a girl whom l had
never seen before. They were stand
ing at the open window, and he had
an arm around her. l watched them
a moment, and then turned to go
away. had gone toward the house
of your mothers family. with the in
tention of telling my story, when l
met your mother and brought her at
once to the place where l had stood.
We heard him use endearing terms to
her. saw him kiss her. and then heard
him promise to go with her at once.
took your mother home and left her
almost completely Frustrated. She
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

In 1851 party of hunters kicked
some Goals down a shaft into the
Greenwood mine at Langsford, Pa.
Gases took fire and the flames have
not let up until recently. The mine
was closed and mixture of water and
culm run into the fiery cayerns. The
culm hardened. filling the openings
below and the end of the destructive
work is said to be in sight. Over a
mile of fame has been extinguished.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

had little prospect of success. Sew
eral other sought her hand. The only
difference was, maybe, that was the
most persistent of the lot. A young
man came into the neighborhood from
Chicago. He was summer boarder
at a neighboring farm house. His
name was Hubbard-Sidney Hubbard.
He met your mother, and she fell in
love with him at once. None of us
had any chance then. Practically,
we all gave it up. But one evening.
toward the close of the season, was
aassing the house where he boarded
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07
SHOULD GROW BEARD OR SHAVE.
Resemblance of Two Public Men
Makes Confusion.

For some time George Dexter Clark,
former chairman of the Republican
city committee, has been greatly de-
ceived by the resemblance which Prof.
C. d. Hazen of Smith college bears 20
Representative Winslow H. Edwards
of Easthampton. His confusion of the
two led 10 many amusing interviews.
in which Prof Hazen was asked his
d. II. Rhinehart has sold his interest IN
opinion on political matters. His re-
plies were often along other lines
than those expected by Clark.
Matters eliminated on a train to
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

Holman F. Day has met with an ac-
cident which he could not have avoid
ed readily. A reader, who had his
story of Madawaska in manuscript
had not fully made up his mind as to
its value when a gust of wind whisked
it from his hands. The reader. who
was on an elevated train at the time.
has not yet been able to resume his
study Of life in far MaGawaska.