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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20
HISTORIC PEN WORTH $4,000
How a Souvenir Of Washington and
Lincoln Fell Into the Hands
Of a New Yorker.

ness man has in his possession a
simple little wooden ~penholder
which he values so much that he
has several times refused offers Of
between S. 5000 and $4,000 for.
it, says the Brooklyn Eagle.
The pen was formerly owned BY
Mr.. James B. Reed, a cousin of the
famous speaker, TON" Reed. Mr..
Reed had been taken to see Presi-
dent Lincoln in regard to some
government bonds about which
the former had made some sug
g%estions.
Mr.. Reed having expressed a
wish to visit the different govern
ment departments, President Lin
coin wrote on a slip Of paper:
please extend to the bearer
every possible courtesy;;" then
handing the slip to Mr.. Reed, he
said:
IF there is any favor lean do
for you shall be very glad
"Alr. President said Mr.. Reed,
4you hayNbeen very kind to me,
and there is no favor / can think
of, unless might be bold enough
to ask Won for the pen with which
you sign the paper.p
Mr.. Lincoln seemed much dis
turbed, and after some hesitation
said:
That pen was a souvenir, and
was presented to me in such a way
that ] can hardly part with it.
When Washington was elected
president, a patriotic woman's So
ciety Of Virginia sent him a carved
pux Tor holding the lenses of his
surveying instruments. The case
was made from the lid of the cap
tain's desk on the Mayaower.
"on my election was presented
with two penhoIders carved from
a portion of that lens box.p
Mr.. Reed was so overcome by the
feeling that he had made an I'm.
seemly request. and was SO pro
fuse in his apologies, that the pres,
ident became more and more EN-.
barrassed.
See here he suddenly ex.
claimed, 9 you are an exceedingly
nice young man, and | think your
service in regard to the bonds emit,
ties you to one of these pens. This
Is for black ink and the one
with a gold tip is for red. Now
you take the one ! wrote the paper
with and keep it,
The great man was so happy
over his solution of the difficulty,
and presented the souvenir in such
a way as to permit no refusal, SO
Mr.. Reed became possessed of the
Mayiower Washington lincoln
pen. During Gen. Grants last
illness Mr., Reed had some bust
ness transactions with him, and
when the general was about ia
sign the receipt, handed him the
famous pen, saying;
"Will you do me the favor ia
write with this%
"All right replied Grant.
What's the joke?p
mo joke" answered Mr.. Reed.
Il am now the possessor of pen
used by Americas three greatest
men, Washington, Lincoln and
Grant,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20

According to statistics complied by
the Globe Democrat the amount Of
money expended upon public roads in
Missouri in 1904 was 81, 100, 900.
The amount in Lafayette county
including taxes worked out was
s22, 227.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20

A new president has been elected
in the Republic Of France. Wednes-
day the Chamber Of Deputies and the
Senate by a large majority elected
NJ. Clement Armande Fallieres to
succeed M. Louoet.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20
Announce
We are authorized to announce
q n WI cr,4T


We are authorized TO announce
S.R. WILSON
as a candidate for the once OF Probate
Judge OF Lafayette county, subject to the
regular action OF the democratic party.
We are authorized to announce
JAMES N. PRICE
as a candidate for the once OF Recorder of
Deeds Of Lafayette county, subject TO the
regular action of the democratic party.
We are authorized 10 announce
FOREST b. SHELBY
as a candidate for the Office OF Recorder Of
Deeds of Lafayette county, subject TO the
regular action OF the democratic party.
We are authorized to announce
HENRY W. MCNEIL
as a candidate for the Office of Recorder Of
Deeds Of Lafayette county, subject 10 the
We are authorized to announce
D.. W. sYDNoR
as a candidate for the onice Of Clerk of the
Circuit Court OF Lafayette county. subject
to the regular action OF the democratic party.
We ate authorized to announce
GEO. W. RATES
as a candidate for the office of County Clerk
of Lafayette county, subject to the regular
aCAAvH VI lhN AtmotA dlC parry.
We arr authorized to announce
FRANK G. STEWART
az a candidate for the ofnce OF County
Treasurer Of Lafayette county, subject to
the regular action OF the democratic party
We are authorized to announce
JOSEPH b. HAGOOD
as a candidate for the once OF Presiding
Judge OF Lafayette County Court, subject TO
The regular action OF the democratic party.
We are authorized to announce
p. W, OSBORN
As a candidate for the once of Presiding
Judge OF Lafayette County Court, subject TO
the regular action Of the democratic party.
We are authorized 10 announce
JULIE G. CoE,
as a candidate for the ONCE OF Clerk of the
Circuit Court OF Lafayette county, subject
TO the action OF the democratic party.
We are authorized to announce
G. L. GLAsScoCK
as a candidate for the ONCE Of County Clerk
of Lafayette county, subject to the regular
action OF the democratic party.
We are authorized to announce
CHARLES F. KINKEAD
as a candidate for the ONCE OF Sheriff OF
Lafayette county, subject TO the regular
action OF Che democratic party.
We are authorized TO announce
r MEREDITH THOMAS
as a candidate for the ONCE OF Associate
Judge OF the Weston District OF Lafayette
County court, subject to the regular action
OF the democratic party,
We are authorized to announce
BATE G. DRUMMOND
as a candidate for the ONCE OF County
Treasurer Of Lafayette County, subject L
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20

Senator Dryden has introduced
his federal-incorpolatio publicity
insurance bill, which be warrants to
cure all the evils Of insurance
company Encouragement.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20

In this Issue of the INTELLIGENoER
will be found the announcement OF
Bate G. Drummond as a candidate
for the office OF county treasurer,
subject to the action OF the democratic
primary. Mr.. Drummond was the
nominee Of his party for the same
office two years ago, but failed In the
November election through the
general default OF democratic
voters. He has been editor Of a
democratic newspaper ever since be
was a boy-first at Wellington then
for a longer tine at Odessa, and now
is editor and proprietor of the Lex
ington News His record Of party
service is highly creditable to hlm,
and he IS thoroughly competent TO
discharge the duties Of tue Office ne
seeks with credit to himself and
satisfaction to the public.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20
Senator Raynor's Sneech.

senator kaynors speech.
In a notable speech last w,eA
Senator RAynor said;
II subscribe to every sentiment Of
the Monroe Doctrine that is, the
genuine doct Inc. the old text, aud
not the revised edition; the original
document, and not the c~cunteifeit
pressntment.
"rhe men who over three quarters
Of a century ago raug a proclamation
through the world that at that time
convulsed the fabric Of Continental
Europe, would never, II living at this
hour, admit the construction that is
now placed upon It, and its founders
and sponsors would never recognize it
10 its deformed and distorted shape
When the President issues a mari
festo that is the product Of his own
genius II ought TO be circulated under
the name of IFS an1ha.
dication Of the memory Of the dead,
and in defense Of their rights l pro
test against the use of their names to
any instrument that does not bear
their signatures, and to any doctrine
that was never promulgated by their
Authority.
II respectfully deny that foreign
nalionsare within their rights when
they actively intervene 10 favor OF
the c%ontractual claims Of their
subject.
"Ihere are some exceptions that
sustain his statement In countries
where anarchy and a failure to ad
minister justice prevail, but With an
exception 10 cases that are sui geoerls
the rule is an inflexible and unbend
ing one, precisely to the coutrar
tenor to what the President states II
to be.
"In this country nearly every
Secretary Of State, I%ncluding Madison,
Adams, Clay, Webster, Calhoun,
Marcy, Seward and Blaine, have
given the broad denial to suggestions
of this character, 50 that until thi
new doctrine was promulgated 1t was
considered a postulate and a
fundamental maxim Of interna'io nal
law that Governments would not
interfere 10 behalf Of the contractual
claims Of their citizens, except
through The channels OF diplomacy
and the proper presentation Of the
claims by thsir Ministers.
1.-THE new Monroe doctrine.
is strickly a inancial doctrine.
The theme is money, the le.end is
cash and the foreign hordes who are
advancing into The State Department
are a syndicate Of relentless merce.
narles and money lenders who traffic
10 calamity, look upon national mis-
fortunes as so much merchandise,
and who for a yenal profit would call
a vendue and auction to the highest
bidder the liberties OF mankind
Quoting from a speech Of Secretary
Taft, In which he said this Govern
ment is to take temporary possession
OF Santo Domingo as a receiver, Mr..
Rayper declared he found no clause
10 the Constitution empowering the
Government TO act as a receiver, aud
continued:
"As Secretary Of War, upon
frequent occasions ex.oficio Secretary
Of State, Constructive Governor
General Of the Philippines and, in
the absence OF the President, acting
President Of the United States, / am
quite sure that Mr., Taft has not the
time to act as receiver for all the
impecuueous people on this earth.
We win, therefore, evidently have tc
provide a new portfolio. to be known
as the Department Of Foreign
Receiverships, " and a new Secretary,
to be known as the Secretary Of
Foreign Bankruptcy,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20


Kansas Guy democrats show no
anxiety to get into the m~ayoralty
race. GregorY, Teasdale, Rozzelle,
Dean and Kemper have been men,
toned, but they are all shy. Mean
while the republicans are speaking in
every ward. 1t was given out in one
Of the Kansas City papers this week,
apparently as a feeler. that at a meet
ing at the Baltimore hotel Tuesday
Shelley advocated the nomination Of
Kemper and declared that he could
poll four Thousand more votes than
any other man who could be nomis
mated. 1t was further suggested
that the Gnvernns bod h ,,fs,-
sure to bear upon Shannon and bis
faction to support Kemper as a means
Of healing the differences IN Jackson
county. This looks, a little far
fetched, but stranger things have
happened 10 Kansas City politics.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20

Don't think, however, because
people are too polite to express
their doubts when you are lsingto
them that you have certainly cot
them fooled.-Puok
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20

Insurance Commissioner w. D.
Vandiyer has revoked his suspension
order against the New York Life
Insurance company.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20

Columbia is planning a sos, 900
hotel, which the local papers say is
much needed.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20

The Kansas City Star Announces
that it will publish Mr.. Bryan's
weekly letters on his travels around
the world. The Star even compli-
ments Mr.. Bryan al a "keen observer
aud a lucid writer Something
must be the matter with the Star.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20

The state lnuer-hlgh school
oratorlcal contest win he held in
Columbia the last Saturday 10 April.
Tue girl and the BOY who win the
first places 10 The contest viii be
awarded q scholarship in the
university.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20

The st. Louis Court Of Appeals has
this week decsaea that the new MIS-
souri, game rule requires a hunter T.
have a license to hunt 10 tie county
in which he lives. There has been
much debate Of tins proposition
among LAWYERS and several circuit
judges have held the contrary view
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20
We are authorized to announce
n- A-.xrA

as a candidate for the ONCE OF County
Treasurer Of Lafayette County, subject TO
the regular action OF he democratic party
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-01-20

as a candidate for the ONCE OF Associate
Judge Of the Weston District Of Lafayette
County court, subject to the regular action
Of the democratic party.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-14
IGoRoTEs AT WHITE cI7Y.
Manager spock Plays Trump Card in
 Getting Them Here.

Manager Speck has played a trump card in securing for the New White City for two weeks beginning Saturday the noted Igorote village which made such a stir at the St. Louis exposition When he made the definite announce ment yesterday that these curious na- tives of the Philippine Islands would positively arrive Saturday it spread throughout the Rock like wildflre. It is the biggest and most sensational at traction ever brought to this vicinity, and Manager Speck is deserving of all credit for securing it.
 The Igorotes are a most. peculiar peo- pie, and those coming to the White City-the only ones in the whole world outside the Philippine Islands-have been subject of study for many learn ed men interested in the savage races of the world. These people are believed to be the lowest type of Uncle Sam s little brown wards in the Orient, and had the whole country stirred when they first came here, because they would eat no meat except fresh dog flesh.
 There are both women and men among the villagers, and their village life is an exact representation of that which they would follow in the Philip pines, to which country they are to re- turn in the very near future, the White City being one of the last places at which they win appear.
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through the air. It is much prized by

through the air. It is much prized by the natives as food.
 Tn tropical regioons is found an anil nal called the flying fox. It is difficult to say how this species came to be so named, as it is really bat
 This animal is living refutation of the assertions of temperance advocates that animals do not natually drink in- toxicating liquors. According to Fra ncis Day. they often pass the night drinking from the chatties of the cocoa- nut trees, which results either in their returning home in the early morning in a state of extreme and riotous intoxi- cation or in being found next day at the foot of the trees sleeping off the effects of their debauch.'
 Tn the Loyalty Islands, in the South Seas the red fur under the ears of these animals is sometimes cut out. strung on a string and used for money. They are also used for ornament '- New York Sun.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-14
NE. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
Gathering of 300 Enthusiasts Watch
 Second Days Play,

Hartford, June 13.-A gallery of 300 tennis enthusiasts watched the second days play of the annual New England Tennis championship tournament on the course of the Hartford Golf club to-day. Some brilliant playing in both singles and doubles was seen. One of the surprises occurred in the singles this morning, when H. B. Stoddard of Bridgeport defeated Wylie c. Grant of New York. The Bridgeport man played brilliant game after the opening set, which he lost, 6-3. His volleying was a feature and his aggressiveness and judgment proved too much for his an- tagonist
 Robert LeRay of Columbia, came nearly being eliminated from the cham pionship events by Cole of Hartford. Both sets went to deuce. Coles play ing was forceful and hard throughout The final scores were 11-9, 9-7, in Le Roy's favor. The weather conditions were very favorable. Tomorrow the seni-finals in the doubles will be play ed. Kelly and Bryant, and Perry and Pell will meet in the singles. In the doubles to-day, Le Roy, of Columbia and Behr of Yale had a walkover in the matches with Grosbeck of Spring. field and Drake of Boston.
 The results of to-days play are as follows:
 Singles-Pond, of Windsor Locks, de- feated Drake. of Boston, 6-O, 7-5.
 Stoddard, of Bridgeport, defeated Grant, of New York, S-6, GA, 6-S.
 LeRoy, of Columbia, defeated Cole, of Hartford, 119, 9-7
 Ford, of Providence, defaulted 10 Per ry, of Williamsport.
 Peli of New York, defeated Graves, of Hartford, 6-1, 6-1.
 Perry, Hartford, defeated Nettleton, of New Haven, 6-3, 9-7.
 Stoddard, of Bridgeport, defeated Pond, of Windsor Locks, '6-S 6-S.
 Doubles-Terry and Howard, of Hart ford, defeated Graves and Jackson, or Hartford, 5-7, 6-3, S-6.
 LeRoy. of Columbia, and Behr. of Yale, defeated Grosbeck, of Springfeld. and Drake, of Boston, 6-l, 6-1.
 Perry, of Williamsport, and Nettle- ton, of New Haven, defeated Durham and Goodwin, of Hartford, s-S, ell.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-14
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART.

Interesting Lecture by Professor Petrie.
 Professor Flinders Petrie, in a sug- gestive lecture at the Hotel Continental on Monday distinguished between true and initiative Egyptian art. The work comonly styled Egyptian are, said the professor, no more represents the true art of Egypt in it's prime than do Ro- man copies of the noble creations of Greece; the former live not OF their own meritis, but as limitations of what is great in Hellenic art. As the Ro- man copies in the days of our great grandfathers stood for the works of Greece, so, declares the professor, are the vilest paradies today accepted by the public as representing the true art of the ancient Egyptians, This art, though more or less familiar to the Occidental world, in so vaguely under stood that all its periods are confused together with the latest and latset and least cretive form it assumed. The whole of it's long previous history is ignored, as well as the phases of transi tion through which it passed.
 Professor Petrie stigmatizes that which is commonly calley Egyptian de- coration as being worse than the most fragrant debasement in ancient times. The professor places the commence ment of the initiative period and the close of classic art in Egypt in the reign of Rameses II, a soverign notor- ious for his profusion of monuments, all of which, however, were depraved cop ies, if not bodily reproductions, of earlier works, The stiff linAe of the me- ehanical draftsman, rather than the flowing lines of the artist, were the traditional convention under Ramesss u, succeeded by a coarseness in de-
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FOUND AFTER 30 YEARS
BRITISH GOVERNMENTS LONG
 SEARCH FOR 4 SECRET.
Frogs Feet That Serve as Wings Squirrels With Parachutes That De- light in Aerial Navigation-FIying Foxes That Stay Out All Night and go Home Tipsy.

go Home Tipsy.
 One of the most interesting orders. and at the same time one of the most difficult to fill that I ever received" :" said the natural history collector, "was for collection of winged or flying ami mals other than insects or birds. In this order I was compelled to travel over a good part of the world.
 While in prehistoric times flying animals, especially reptiles, were nu- merous, the same Is not true of his torical times. The collection when made was not extensive, but it was very interesting.
 "One of the queerest flying animals is the dragon of the Malayan Archipel- ago This reptile, which looks a little like the dragon of fable, is fitted with loose folds of skin on it's sides which can be extended outward by means of false ribs and thus support the animal In it's flight.
 ''I was collecting insects in the forest one day when saw a beautiful butter fly alight upon branch. Climbing the tree and crawling slowly out along the branch, I was almost near enough to cast my net around it, when suddenly I heard whir in the air and looking up quickly saw dragon with out strteched wings aiming, as I thought straight at me.
 'oThe sight of the remarkable and for bidding animal so close upon me un- nerved me for a moment and I nearly fell from tree. With a graceful bend he alighted on the branch close to the butterfly and before it could take wing had seized and devoured it.
 ''I had regained my courage by this time, and as the butterfly was gone be- yond recall concluded to capture it's captor and threw my collecting net over the dragons head, Although quite a fimsy affair, it sufficiently hampered the animals movements so that I was enabled to get 1t safely to the ground, where I secured it with twine until I could manufacture a cage for it.
 'I also ran across a frog able to fly, the only batrachian that can do so. The animal had immense feet; spread out they covered a larger area than the rest of its body.
 Thanks to this parachutelike attach ment the frog was able to fit from branch to branch and bounce without difficulty on the small insects which formed its food. It was a very pretty little beast, bright green on the back and orange colored underneath, dotted with black or blue spots,
 ''The colugo, or flying lemur, is half way between the lemurs and the bats. The flying frame of the animal is inn mense spreading out like the ribs of an umbrella from the neck to the ex- tremity of the body Practically the whole body, with the expection of the head is webbed.
 ''The animal is exceedingly active, darting to the topmost branches of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-14

achieved in the mechanical art of poll ishing hard stones and obtaining pre- cision of surfaces. Portraiture in this epoch evidently attracted the best art ists, 1t being doubtless better paid for, as in our times. Art under the Ptale- mics is regarded by Professor Petrie as having reached 8 Vatican as an ex- ample of the purely mechanical work manship of the time, as evidenced in the stiff moulding of the limbs. Eff feet was only gained by exaggeration, much as in the Farnese Hercules. In later architecture new motives, inde- pendent of ancient Egyptian art, were sought for. as at Esneh.
 The professor instances the Deir el
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Extraordinary Skirt Bargains
tail under Ranoses III that sought re

tail under Ranneses III that sought re- lief in the use of deep shadows.
 Some of the wooden faces of collins, however, are graceful and refined, be- cause they depict conventional express sion. Such artistic ideals as may be detected in the statuary of the timfe are disfgured by ungainly attitude and pose, as in the gold statue of Hershefi and the statue of Amenardus. The statuary of the twenty-sixth dynasty is superior, largely due to the progress
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Abyad at Sohag, where so late as the fourth century A. D. the temple type was adopted to a Christian church, as the purest and most interesting survi- val of the pristine style of building. The restoration of this monument is shortly to be undertaken. In graceful design, skill in the decadent is nowhere better shown than in TraJan's pavilion at Philae.-Cario correspondence Lon. don Globe.
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MT. aphedde-I-aw-really cawn't believe the things I cawn't understand, don't you know. r Miss Pert-What terrible skeptic you must be.-Philadelphia Record,