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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-27
With PAPA Al TIE TUB
HumorIst's Idea Of the Way a Man
Would Tackle an Important
Household Duty.

Many fathers stand aloof from
the common domestic duties, not
because they are so busy or because
they are not willing, but because of
ignorance, says Tom Mason, in the
Delineator.
How many men are there who
would not gladly drop their business
at any time and stay home and give
the baby his bath, if they only knew
howl
Yet in reality it is much simpler
than it seems. Fill the bathtub full
of any good water, first carefully
removing all germs. Put your ell
bow in occasionally to see if it is the
right temperature. If ice forms on
your elbow YOU may know the water
Isl too cold. If there are blisters
then it is too warm. Be moderate
in all things.
Take the baby firmly by both
feet and Shake him loose from his
flannel moorings, until you begin to
see safety pins ahead. Then re-
move the safety pins with gas nip
pers, and unroll until the baby
looms into sight.
Now, having put on your rubber
coat, put one hand firmly under the
baby's chest and the other on his
back, and launch him on the still
waters. When he has kicked all the
water out of the bathtub, renew as
before.
Be careful, while you are manipu-
lating the baby, to keep him face
down. Otherwise, YOU would not be
able to put water anywhere else but
in his mouth.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-27
SCENT USED BY NJ

Sometimes l get on the cars
here" declared a Pittsburg woman
who had just returned from Paris,
"and the perfume nearly knocks me
down. 1t is marvellous how New
York women-that is, those who
ride in the cars-use perfume. The
French are so different. I don't be-
lieye a French woman ever uses
actual perfume. There is always a
delicate odor about her of the
sachet powder she keeps laid away
in her chiffonier with her lingerie,
but never perfume. The odor of
the sachet is never fragrant, and yet
it is sufficiently pronounced to diff
ierentiate the boulevagds-that is,
the different boulevards and avenues
have different perfumes. Those
women who drive off the Bots de
BOulogne - only the American
woman and the shopping girl walks
in Paris-use violet sachet on the
Champs Elysees they use lavender,
and on the Avenue de T0pera they
use rose.@-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-27
ENHANCED.

The happy couple dashed through
the showers of rice aud old shoes
and reached the train.
"0h, George whispered the
blushing bride, do you hear what
they are shouting?"
mo" replied George, trying to
loosen a white ribbon that had been
attached to his silk hat, ~What are
they shouting
They're OIL they're Off r."
George smiled broadly as he
helped her aboard the parlor car.
ooh, that's all right, my dear, .
he assured. "All couples are a lit
tie off when they are starting on
their honeymoon"
And then began the rainbow tour
personally conducted by Hymen.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-27

Mr.. Rabbit (who has been hit with
a golf balD-There, now! if he'd just
raised it a little higher he'd have
made that ninth hole. and saved us
both the trouble of any cuss words.
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LOOKED LIKE CLEAR CASE.
Appearances Very Much Against In
noeent Man.

IT'S an imposition for a woman to
ask her husband to do errands for her
in the stores said the subdued look
ing man. Il never fail to get in
wrong, somehow, whenever l get
something Co NJ vic. The Utner
day had a bad five minutes on her
account. She had given a teaspoon
to me, one of our wedding presents
it was, to get engraved. l showed it
into my side pocket and thought |
would wait till l went out to lunch
and turn it over to a jeweler friend
of mine down near where l eat. had
my luncheon first, and forgot about
the spoon. While the lady cashier
was getting my change l pulled a
handkerchief out of my side pocket
and that internal spoon fell to the
floor with a big rattle. l could hear
people near me saying, Funny a de-
cent duck like that would try to get
away with a spoon OF course l
squared it with the cashier all right
by simply showing her the spoon, but
I've always been ashamed to go back
and take a chance on meeting some
of the same crowd there again"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-27
JUVENILE SHERLOCK HOLMES.

Bobby's mother had taken him
to church to hear the evening SER
mon, and they occupied seats in
the gallery, where there was more
room than on the main floor. Bob
by tried not to allow his attention ia
wander from the preacher, but ii
did. He seemed to be particularly
interested in a family who sat il
front Of him, and when the sermon
vas about half over he whispered tc
his mother:
mamma, I never saw these peo-
pie before, but 1 know their name
"Hush, dear"
"But l do" persisted Bobby.
"Their names Hill"
Glow do you know"
every time the preacher says his
text, Il will lift up mine eyes unto
the hills those two big girls look
at each other and smile"
Subsequent inquiry proved that
Bobby was right in his guess
Youths Companion.
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NEW AND FINE LIGHT.

The palmroom, after the harsh
March wind and the dust clouds,
was like a moonlight night in the
tropics. A peculiar illumination,
a yitreous greenish-blue, gave to
everything a charm and mystery.
"It is like the light under the
sea-" said a girl in yellow.
ut is like moonlight" said a
matron in black and white.
"What is the cause of this strange
and beautiful light" the host in
quired of the servant who brought
the coffee.
"That there is the new kind of
electric light, sir" the man an
swered. The facade of the opera
in Paris is lit up with it. They
have it in the foyer of the Ritz. 1t
is the comm thing.
"Its a light in a glass tube a
yard long, sir. This glass tube is
irridescent all over. 1t throws in
all directions its soft, blue-green
rays which can't be told, sir, from
the finest quality of moonlight.
"Its scientific name l don't know,
but this here light in a long glass
tube is the comm thing, they tell
me, in decorative illumination, sir"
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What He Missed.

One of the officials of the Indian Of
fee at Washington was visiting a res
ervation in Montana on government
business when a certain chief, who
had taken a fancy to Uncle Sans
agent, invited him to attend the we'd
ding of the Indians daughter. The In
dian office man was, to his regret, UNI
able to be present at the festivities,
but the Indian %laconically described
the function subsequently, in order to
ind. cate what the agent had missed.
give dogs" said the chief, "and
plenty pie."-Ilarper's Weekly.
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Loss Of a Good Thing.

Formerly a telephone had stood on
the bracket in the corner. The brack-
ct had been made expressly for the
phone. 1t had been so exceedingly
convenient to call up her friends that
the woman Immediately noticed the
change; for on the bracket in place
Of the telephone stood a statuette
that she didn't much care for. What
have you done with it?" she asked
of them. "The company tried to col
lect the bill" they said. 81 am sorry
the woman sighed, because at that
moment she thought of about a dozen
to whom she would have liked to tele-
phone. 80 are all our friends" said
they %pointedly.
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ManImIIIan and a. PaIoma-n

The memory Of Macmillan Of Mexi.
co should still be preserved wherever
that haunting air LA Palomao is
played. 1t is still to be heard in the
London restaurants where music is
thrown in with dinner. And Maximil.
ian's final request was that la Palo-
ma" should be played while he stood
up to meet his doom. He died with
the tune in his ears-the courage in
his face-and his wife went mad with
the shock nearly 40 years ago.
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Undoubtedly.

Come on down town, Grace But
/ have no money" Whats the dill?
Two can shop as cheaply as one
Pittsburg Post.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22
Qualify If
mnmalt Il Enyaltu
BY MRS. LEONARD MARSHALL.

beyond all others her brother for the girls who
have shielded their brothers from paenal anger uneoneouy aided
and abetted them wong-dong LOYALTY question of
SEX When She takes political be represents
mana king maybe the chief Of band Of robbers
ideal for the time being Loyalty the best beloved
course
To the she loves she will sacrifice everything Honor loyalty
trnshe will learn that which foreign her
secret OF golden silence potent than speecand become absolutely
fearless when danger nigh The Russians clever having
women IN all their political movements They know that
der the guidance of will work wonders From
Flora Macdonald have deart of loyal
lives for the they pinned their faith they
heart.
Grbad wife and days Tucic Dreyfu undyng
examples Of loyalty
Napocons hconc from Josephine Blote all entraed
by mans magnetic personality Goethe's old
by tn" spng-ke sweetness OF The youthful Bettna. this
abandon and aror Of cfec that makes herself
and dya to all but the loyabe wha
ties. Women gricye state rarely loyal other
There of devoted feminine friendships but represent
tTuean armed neutrality If ntercne that friendship
turn suddenly active hatred famed by the jealousy
might give up the he loved his friend
rfoe would be impossible Love absorS every faculty of
her being binding her right and Not 20
will willingly praise another. 1t is always: "She pretty
pity she has such bad figure something that effect
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22
DEATH PENALTY FOR ASSAULTS.

II the legislature acts upon tbs
recommendation of the eity council
and passes law fixing the penalty u
death for assaults upon women it
should frame il with the utmos care.
Such a law if loosely drawn, would
place altogether too much power of
life and death in the hands of I'M.
scfupulous women. No man with
money would be safe in this com
munity If a woman could accuse him
OF assaulting her, and so swearing his
life away. Blackmail would hold high
carnival in such condition of af-
fairs.
There is no denying that death is
not too severe penalty for he
crime of an Kens. even if IL had not
resulted in the death Of his victim.
Though Mrs. Holli ter's life had been
spared every man in Chicago would
have yotei Ivens t. the gall0ws The
brutes who attack women and chll
dfen ought to be given short shift.
But care must be taken. in this
state OF public feeling. not TO pass
the bounds of safety in remedial legis.
lation There are in Chicago as in
every large city numbers of degraded
women who live rs pfeying upon
men. and many Of them would not
hesitate 10 take advantage of ans
law like the one proposed They
would use it to estor money from
innocent men, who would pay rather
than run the risk OF trial on a capital
offense. on which the people are 50
wrought up to wrath
The legislature should therefore
draft the law with great care. We all
want 10 protect women. but We do not
want while protecting them to involve
innocent men in any way.
II satisfactory law can be passed.
providing that the Ivenses of the com.
munity shall met the fate of muir.
derers. IL will have energetic public
approVal.-Exehange.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22

h" his stock Like begcts like, and the bows
the aw OF all ehe law Of herety the law that governs your
life and II bundles Of unstable abnormal us
capabilities il but little back to our orf
pr The youth Of to-day should be educated and compelled to choose
h- that fine chosen When
he should choose his wife the way that
she chooses a drass
Loves Wandcrul thing Is halucination, illusion pro-
yd b men and TO procreate the
specie But esesoad 10 thrust in the background regated to
e scrap heap OF adages if the health security of poster
y 10 ~ taken into consideration Do have children
fHd W e evils that have been inflicted upon Won. Stop falling
in love with pretty face and wife who healthy and will
strong and wholesome children.
II there should BE- law passed in this country by which and
women would be- compelled to undergo physical examinations and have
the physical records Of their Investigated marriage
would Be allowed would be the best thing that could possibly happen
If It possible that this law could be passed hundreds Of diseases
ailments and ills would be eradicated from the race
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22
TIE sENATE's DEMOCRACY.

/ Simon Guggenheim, who has bee1
elected to the United States enltt
/ by the Colorado legislature to sue
coed Thomas NJ. Patterson. announces
his Official retirement from The
smelter trust and the other corpora
tons with which he was identified.
GLADLY do give up a commercial
career" he says. for the purpose of
assuming the respOns Utilities of the
senatorship and OF deyoting myself
entirely 10 the obligations of the high
office"
Mr.. Guggenheim is very rich man
but he will soon learn that the
United States senate thinks neither
the better nor worse of him on that
account The senate is one of the
most democratic bodies in the world
No man can win commanding poi
ton in the chamber by reason of his
money or fail to win such a position
merely by lack of money.
On the day Mr. Guggenheim be.
comes a senator William A. Clark Of
Non ana. will retire. Mr.. Clark is one
Of The richest men in the world. Elk
cept that under the constitution he
is entitled 10 cast one vote his infiu-
ence in the senate has been almost
'nfinitesimal. Nobody consults Clark
Nobody is guided by Clafk's opinion.
Mr.. Tillman Of South Carolina. who
has no fortune. who is only "a corn
field lawyer" and whose tempera.
mental weaknesses make him a trial
10 his fsiephs and a source Of
strength 20 his foes, is an immea sur
ably greater senator than Clark and
yields a thousand times as much in
huence over his colleagues.
There have been many millionaires
in the senate but none of them ever
attained veal importance in matters OF
leg station. The few that won distinc-
ton gained it regardless Of their
money. Fair, Hearst. Stanford. Tabor
and all the crew of western million
aires that fortune spouted into the
senate were as inconsequential as
Clark. Hanna had power. bar he owed
II not TO his millions but to his rela-
tiOns with President Mckinley. Nc
MILAN would have been listened IN
with respect by his cOllaag if he
had not had a dollar. II Dryden had
ten times as much money as he now
possesses be would still find IL il
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22

possible to induce the senate to take
him seriously, while all the money OF
Wall street could not do anything for
Plat or Depew or Alger,
Mr. Guggenhelm win find that he
must make his way In the senate re.
gardless of his bank account, He will
have TO prove The quality of the sum
that Is in him. At the outset he must
not be astonished TO find himself far
less influential than Charlie Curtis OF
Kansas, whose mother was Kaw
Indian. Curtis has had fourteen years
experience In congress and from the
senate's point of view he has thei eby
earned the right 10 have opinions
about matters of legislation New
York World
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22
A DAILY ROMANCE.

Tho small classified advertisement
popularity known as want adj hai
become a daily record of minds ant
hearts Of people.
| A. money is q medium OF exchange
so want adj Il n medium OF com
municaton As the New York World
says. "lhe real republic of letters
where the rich and poor. the power
| fnl and the distressed the corpora
I ton and he individual meet on equal
terms and have an even chance of
obtaining what they want and wish.
TO find a wife or get a baby for
adoption advertise; to find a Hat or
house suitable in size. price mad
a house suitable in size, price and
advertise; To bny or sell n piece OF
furniture, books pictures. clothing
all the necessaries, comforts and lnXu.
res of lfe-adyertise TO find missing
heirs. runaway sons, hayward daugh.
ters, advertise. 10 summon the es
tranged To 4 dcathbed reunion. adj |
yetti,e, Such has become the general |
practice"
The want advertisements constitute |
a calendar of their own One can tell |
he seasons by the character of HE |
wants advertised. The classified ad |
column is also the temple 10
which honest people go 10 announce
he finding OF that which belongs TO
'thers: ID is the recourse Of those
Who have lost things for the recovery
II that for which they are willing to
)ay a reward.
The want adj costing little and
meaning much-of,en the stepping
tone from despair to hope, from
flencss TO employment. from distress
, comfort--has become feature OF
wentieth century journalism It's
lles, like tralh, are often stranger
nan fiction. They are all things 10 all y
zen. All one has to do is to push the
utton" and the want az" will do
10 rest.-State Register
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22
THE VOTE FOR MAYOR.

The straw vote for mayor of Cairo
inaugnrated by The Bulletin this
morning is entirely impersonal so far
as this paDsr Is concerned. Although
The Bulletin may have It's preference,
based upon reasons that would bear
the test of broad. dislnterested seru.
tiny. IL refrains from offering any sug.
gestions al this time. because II de.
sires that this vote shall be strictly
voluntary. unbiased expression rs
the intelligent people of Cairo as 10
their choice for mayor at the coming
city election. II is putting the refer.
endum method to its legitimate use
In a matter of vital concern to the
public.
With respect to Mayor Parsons il
may be said that he has repeatedly de.
clared al the pleasant receptions he
has held. that he had no ambitions
for the future: that he felt he had
done his duty TO the public as he sa n
IL. and that if the people indicated that
they desired some one else TO fill the
office Of MAYOR during the next two
years he would gladly step aside
Doubtless he has made this statement
in good faith feeling sure Of his
ground. That he and those associated
with him have done much good work
for Cairo. must be granted by all. That
his administration has displeased peo-
pie 10 some important directions is al
50 true. Il Is not within the scope Of
human power to please everybody in
all things The ballot which The Bul-
lefin has tbns insngurated viii give
to The mayor Fsch an expression Of
popular feeling as he has desired; q
viii give as friends a chance 70 as
srt themselves. as well as the
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22
SHEA TRIAL ENDS
IN DISAGREEMENT
JURY AFTER SIS HOURS EFFORT
TO REACH A VERDICT is DIS
cHARGED-FIVe TO SEVEN
FOR CONVICTION.

Chicago. Jan. 21.-Thc trial OF
President Shea of the Transfers
union ended today the jury falling 10
agiee. When discharged the Jury
stood seven for acquittal and FIVE for
conviction. The jury went out at
1890 Saturday morning and after
being locked in the jury room for 50
hours reported to Judge Ball that It
wa not possible for hem to reach
an agreement The Judge ordered
their discharge.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22
THE CLANSMAS."

The Clansman" has come and
gone, and all is serene. The n.tle
/ ripple stirred up by a few negro
citizens some days ago with their pro.
| tests against its production had lost
itself in the broad expanse of public
good feeling or indifference before
| the play came, and while the play
had a full house, il caused bur little
SITE. Many people who saw it we.e
disappoin ed in il. from one cause or
another
Such plays as The Clansman" or
Uncle Toms Cabin" should not be
taken too seriously. They and the
stnries oR which they are based are
written principally Tor the same rel.
son that the shoe maker makes shoes
and the harness maker makes har
ness--to sell. They are written 70
lure the dollars from he pockets of
the people and although in order "a
serve this purpose they must aud do
bear in their makeup much truth,
they always picture the extremes of
what was, If or may be in such mried
colors that the trui Is often left
away in the lurch. Political conditions
favored Uncle Toms Cabin" and il
erved its purpose. To arouse the pub
lie mind against the evils of slavery.
The Clansman" comes TOO late to
serve the country like good purpose
in respect % the evils of "Reconstruc |
ton" and il is hardly applicable 10 !
present conditions anywhere. except
as they may be reflected in few |
overheated minds from time 10 time |
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22

being law enough and wrong when they declared
ped Subsequent events confirmed conclusions
There have been railroads.
corporations under the interstate law Mr. Roosevelt be-
president, g. of which under the ENkns act
Fines amounting than S3500O0 levied
imprisonment imposed
and corporations have been convicted.
Al suggestion the law changed that the might send
railroad officers To jait
However do believe that a fine light nefetua
method of punishment But the world that view "Wha"
asks do the officers railroad they pay 10000?
They have plenty Of money" They great deal Usually they
business and society church
called convicted of breaking like
pt before police Don't tell
such shame and 10 such stigma They the brand the
lives and are buried with it, But day in Jail is better STILL
Imprisonment not only makes the penalty drastic but satisfies
public opinion and better than all, isa powerful deterrent
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22

Is an excellent luncheon dish. A
half peck OF the vegetable is boiled
In salted water until tender. Drain
and chop fine. To this add thickened
milk Into saucepan put a table.
spoonful OF butter, 10 which. when
melted, add an even tablespoonful of
hour. Rub smooth Stir in slowly a
cupful OF milk and let boil and thicken
before mixing with the spinach. Serve
hot on squares OF toast. Brussels
sprouts may be served in the same
way, and II thoroughly cooked are
both palatable and dlgestlble.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22
Nut Waters.

Butter the inside Of a granite sauce.
pan, then put into it a cupful of light
brown sugar, a cupful of graduated
sugar and two-thirds OF a cupful OF
sweet cream. Cook until the mixture
forms a soft ball when tested in cold
water, add a cupful Of chopped nut
meats Of any kind, flavor with vanilla
and stir until Of a creamy consistency
and commencing to harden. Reheat
over hot water until melted, stirring
constantly, then drop in small pats
on buttered paper.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22
TIME CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RVS,

BELT LINE cars due to leave Second ct. 20,
ing north on Commercial Ave, every is min
utes from o. M TO II p. IN.
Going north on Walnut st. every is minutes
from 6:0S a. m. to 1858 .. m,
POPLAR ST. LINE-Holbrook Ave. cara
due to leave Second ST. going north on Hol.
brook Ave at 5:57; 6:27i 6:42; 1857; 7;i2 a. IN.
and on same minutes every hour until l0:43
and t:l2 p, m.
Going west on Twenty Eighth st. at sac;
6:i9; 6:34; $40; and 7;4 g. NJ and on same min.
utes every hour until 1924 and ii:04 p. m.
Poplar st. cars due to pass st. Mary's park le
minutes after leaving second st.
BELT LINE OWL CARS north on Walnut
-fl;30 p. m 1884 q. M; 80 u. ~ ; 2'30 q. M;
$50 q. M; $3.50 q. M; 8; 80 a. M.
North on Commercial-l2:00 p. M; |: 100 q. M;
200 a. m; 800 8. M; 400 q. M; s u. M.
Belt and Owl carr are due TO pass West
Thirty fourth st. IN minutes after leaving
Second st.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22
Good Way to sroll Chicken.

Anyone who has broiled chicken
knows how hard 1t is to cook II
through without burning outside. so
wish they would try this way: Split
and wash chicken and put in a shall
low pan with little water In it and
place in hot oven for about half an
hour; then put on broiler and brown
well on both sides. take the water in
pan and make a butter gravy and pour
over chicken: serve hot.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-22

In no country are the problems of
old age and poverty more admirably
dealt with than in Denmark Should
a person who is over GO years of age
become des ilute, through no fault of
his own, he can apply to the authori.
ties for old-age relief. II the applicant
has q good record, help is at once
forthcoming. Such people are allowed
d enter d home as a sort Of state
pensioner They live in comfort. with
none Of the signs Of pauperlsm, for
wise government regards them as
veterans of industry who have earned
the right TO he provided for in
their old age.