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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09
where HE DREW THE LINE.
ApothScary Objects to Being Univer-
sal Philanthropist.

fl guess T7l lnye to opcnsa check
stand in here" said a Denver drug
gist, who has IA store downtown, ac-
cording to the Denver Post People
are forever coming in here and ask
ing us to Akeeare Of their bundles,
etc. Saturday | counted the things
left here, ands there we've ri. That
number included three hdby buggies,
q pair OF boots and a guitar. One
woman the other day wBnted me to
let her leave her baby Mere for a
while. Shew,as going tesshop in one
Of the 6gstores, and said he'd be in
her wsy. III refused, and she went
out mad. ia presume q lost a Gus
toner, bttgI can't help it. l draw
The line ats babies. And then, early
in the week a young woman came il
here leadng a great Elg Newfound.
land dogty a chain.
cob, MIR. Druggist she said
with a sweet smile, Tywant to go tt
the matinee. WOGtyou let. mi
leave Nero here for aa couple o
hours? IHHe's an a#fifly nice dog
"sIimsorry,' IrqPlied, but I'm
afraid we couldn't afford to hav
Nero chained In hHreHor two hours
"T'afways buy myiice cream sod
in here, she said
at KNOW I said, but the tic
creamsoda season lis gust about OHel
No, wearannot takeUare of a dog
~Sherturned AWAY mad. Com
on, Memo she said, aet's go out %
this dirty drug stUre.'
Il guess I'll @pHnaa check stand,
concluded the druggist, "and run =
nursery and a dog pnnnd in connet
ton With it."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09
WOES OF THE sUBURaANITE.

Hold on to the ham and the
-four and the go-cart," shouted Mrs.
Stubb, from the porch of the cot.
tage, "and please walk faster"
keep quiet, Maria" gasped Mr..
Stubb, who was houndering in the
snow with a great collection Of
bundles, "You must think | am a
horse"
Mrs. Stub laughed banteringly.
"0h, no, john" she replied,
sweetly, 81 don't think you are any
thing like a horse. From the way
you puff and break down every few
minutes | think you must be an
automobile"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09
HAD GONE DOWN The aver.
His Strip Of Land Somewhere on the
Old Mississippi.

l had bought a piece of land a few
miles below Memphis on the Arkan-
sas side, and three years after l
happened to be in that locality and
went to see about it. On making
inquiries of the nearest settler he
said:
"Wall, stranger, about two years
ago l planted that land O. yours to
corn. The crop promised to be a
powerful big one, and l reckoned
on paying off my debts with it. l
went out one mawning, however, and
the pesky land was gone"
"But where had it gone to?' l
asked.
"The river had cut in and took it
across to the other shore. 1t wasn't
in this state no mo-. l went over on
the other side to see about it, but a
%critter had jumped my co'nfeld and
said he was gwine to hang on to it"
"And then what? p
"Wall, he reaped the corn and
next year planted the ground tc
yams. Them yams was about ready
to dig when | got up one mawnin' t
find that the river had cut in anC
thrown the land back on this side.
jumped it at once, The Teller com,
over to see about it, but / told hin
| wasn't disputin' the way Of Provi
dence. Powerful big crop Of yam
| had that fall"
"Well?"
'Wall, l was maxim ready t
plant con ag'in last spring when
got up one mawnin' and looked gu
and your land wasn't there any mo
Jest clean gone"
"Gone over to the other side agar
had it?"
"No, sab. 1t has got tired {
loafn' around yere and started dow
the river, and the captain Of l steam
boat told me he had met it 80 mil,
down stream, l don't know how ba
you want that land, sab, nor ho
patient you are, but it appears
me that you'll have to wait arour
till the old Mississip gifts ready
run up stream and bring it back
y Exchange.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09
HOW ENeLIsHmENmAsTE COAL

T%hateopen gH;Tte Is a mere farce
when The real cOia comes, says Mod
ern Society. If youBit very close
to it you may gtt each part of your
body warn in succession, though
the Unlyreal way to ccomfort wonld
be to hang yourself coz a roasting
jack and'twirl. Even then the halls
and passages, to shy DSthing of the
other end of the noon, are arctic.
We waste hundreds of thousands "a
year conceal which does not warm
us just because, with shat stOlid
English conservation, WE think the
coal aiFei IL the open grbte 50 good
to lodksat. 1t is For ourselves we
would aAlwsys like a GOaldire to look
at, to lpoke,st ito talk Id. But not for
the pErpOse1of warming athouse. If
we an hungry it is mCtsenough to
look at a meal and if we are cold it
is not enough to gaze IN admiration
on a FIRE that is only warming the
chimney.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09
DECREASE OF FARM LAND.
Plow Is Less Used in England with
Each Succeeding Year.

The annual volume of agricul-
tural statistics, issued by the board
of agriculture, which has Just made
its appearance for the current year,
shows that the cultivated or farm
land-entered in the tables as the
acreage under crops and grass-was
reduced in 1906 by 10000 acres, in
continuation of the process which
has been annually recorded for the
past Is years. The line dividing
permanent pasture from mountain
and heath land used for grazing is
in the nature of things somewhat
wavering, but in recent years at any
rate, the tendency exhibited has
been so consistent that there can be
no doubt that an appreciable restric-
ton of the ares devoted to agricul-
ture has in fact taken place mainly,
it NAV be assumed, by reason of the
constant encroaehment of urban ag-
gregations with their manifold de-
mands for more land. Something
like half a million acres in Great
Britain have been diverted during
the past Is years from agricultural
to residential or industrial use.
While the farmed area steadily
diminishes, the conversion of arabic
land into pasture continues with
equal persistency and much greater
speed. In 1906, however, the with
drawal of land from the pillow, which
amounted since the preceding yeal
} to 1924 acres in England, did moi
occur in either Wales or Scotland
! where there was in both instances
: slight increase. In England anC
Wales the proportion of the land re
, turned as under crops and gras
which is under the pillow is now A
per cent, while in Scotland it is Y
per cent. Thirty years ago the pro
: portion was SO per cent. in Englan'
s and Wales, and since then it ha
d steadily declined at the average o
100000 acres per annum.
The proportion of the cultivate
d land which is farmed by its owner
o is in the whole of Great Britain IL
per cent, being in England slight
higher than in Scotland, and abo'
two and one-half per cent. high
than in Wales. Since 1888 the pr
portion of owner-farmed land h
steadily declined, except during t
years 1S93-97, when there was pra
tically no alteration .-London Ma
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09
COMPLIMENT TO MISS C.

Years ago, while large water
mains were being laid in Beacon
street, Boston, it happened one sum
mer morning that a certain Miss c.,
who was a much admired member of
the younger set, CHANGED to be pass
ing near the open ditch. A gust of
wind carried her parasol away, and
it alighted on a bank of dirt.
A young laborer, seeing the para
sol, seized it and returned it to its
owner, who thanked him. Looking
squarely at her, he retorted with an
accent, 'No thanks, ma'am faith if
ye were half as strong as ye are
handsome ye never would have lost
It."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09
BE o o TO THEM.

The people who expect to share in
the rich trade of the future in the
Pacific world must be very careful
not to quarrel finally with the jap
anese and the Chinese, who will be
the masters of that world as surely
as the SUI shall rise.
There may be no yellow peril" in
Europe, but there will be yellow
mastery in Asia and the Asian
oceans.
Toxic and Pekn will be the two
most powerful capitals in the Pacific
hemisphere, with London as a pos
sible third; and it will pay San
Francisco and Victoria to quarrel
with neither. Montreal Star.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09
CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE

The little boy with curly hair and
big, serious eyes was bending over
his desk TOO attentively to be study
ing and his teacher stole around
back Of him to see what he was up
to. He was drawing a picture, and
his teacher was curious. 'Whom
are you drawing a picture Off she
lsked.
"God," he. solemnly replied.
"Why, my dear, how can you do
that" exclaimed the teacher, half
shocked. "No one has ever seen a
picture Of God. No one knows what
He looks like"
The little boy swelled up his
chest proudly and replied, "Well,
they will know when | get through
with thia."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09

and double his usual allowance Of
hair-dye. The Loyely-woman was
clad in neutrality-suspicious., and
diamonds She looked more "thor-
oughbred" than ever.
The Modern-Apollo was in a state
Of exhilaration.
1t was no hard matter to find a
secluded nook, on a balcony. The
Lovely-woman had a fondness for
hooks - especially b%alconiesl 1t
was a most approved mixture Of
moonlight and fragrance and music
The orchestra sounded faint and
drowsy from within. The Modern
Apollo grew sentimental. The Love
ly-woman was quite willing to be
sentimental, too. The Modern-Apol-
10 showed signs of tenderness. The
Lovely-woman sighed, pensively, and
used her lashes. The music was
quite melting-and so was shel The
orchestra played Come to Me, Love
in the Cleaning" and the Modern.
Apollo murmured that it was appro
PIRATE, and-seyeral things.
The Modern-Apollo had done thi
any number of times, but he hac
elaborated it to suit the occasion
He had it by heart, and he expecte'
her to be impressed. He began
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09

The minister had Just finished his
discourse when "a deacon stepped
forward and whispered something in
his ear, whereupon the good man
faced the assembled worshipeEs and
said:
"0wing to some fancied grievance
the choir has struck. The cOngrega-
tion will please arise and sing
Praise God, from Whom All Bless
Angs Flow"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09
PERTINENT QUERY,

She-There wasn't a dry eye in
the room when / finished my pa
thstic recitation last evening.
He - Indeed Did even nd
lsavo bsfOrs you got through2
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09
SUFFICIENTLY COMPETENT.

81 want ter git me cousin Mike
Fiannery on the poliss force" said
he ward heller.
'What?" exclaimed the machine
hoss. "Why, he's almost blind and
he's lame, besides"
"Well, he kin draw his pay all
lght." -Philadelphia Press.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09

Agent-Ohl you just want a girl to
wait on table. Well, I'll send you a
green colored girl.
S~ubbubs--No, you won't. We are
not running any dime muceums.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09
ONE KIND.

Little Willie-say, pa, what is a
railroad director?
PA signboard at a crossing
that directs the public to "StOpl
Look Listen" my son.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-09
ANoTHER REcoRp.

Redd-My chauffeur has made an
record.
Greene-Good What it is?
HE was the first one to be fined
) town IN 1907.-YOnken States
han.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-23
They 90 not die who leave their thought
Imprinted deathless page
Themselves may pass. the spell they wrought
E.Flluras IN are 70 agn

The body OF the poet was conveyed to Mount
Auburn Cemetery IN Cambridge where. after
brief ana private service conducted by Dean
George Hodges OF the Episcopal Theological
School. IL laid not far from the graves
OF Holmes, Lowell. LOngfellow and others who
have fame in literature.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-23
THIRD SURGEON HIT.
Dipktheria attacks AnOther Bellevue
Nan While at Work.

The third case OF diphtheria within two
weeks among the physicians attached to Belle
vue Hospital developed yesterday when Dr.
Marcel w Sherwood was removed to the MIN
turn Hospital. at East 10Th street and the East
River. He has malignant diphtheria- The otheF
two cases-those of DR.. Phillips and Dr. Wer-
telle-are said to show improvement.
DR.. Sherwood. who is attached to the Tnlrd
Surgical Division, took woman seriously Ill
with diphtheril from 1st street to the hospital
last sunday. She became unconscious IN tne
ambulance, and DR.. Sherwood worked over heF
until she revived. Later she was removed TO the
Willard Parker Hospital DR.. Sherwood was
taken TO his room on Tuesday, when dlphtherla
developed. His condition at present is said to
be serious - 4
second operation was performed yesterday
by Dr. B. T. Iflton upon DR.. Horace w. trlnk. q
house surgeon at Bellevue Hospital, who has
acute blood poisoning. A week ago, while per
forming an operation, DR.. FrinlI scratched one OF
his fingers. A day later his hand, and
then his arm, began to swell
New-York tribune., 1907-03-23
''FAUST" IN ITALIAN.
MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE.

Mr. Hammerstein put on Faust in italian last
night presumably that Bassi might sing the title
part; and Bassi did sing the titls part. and Nine
Russ sang Marguerite and there new SieDel
also. in the person of Mime. Zeppilli. who, hsura-
lively speaking. is the best Siebel OF the season.
Nccally speaking. there Is less to be said Bassi
of course. has to stand comparison with Dalmores,
who has sung Faust many times this season. and
sung 1t finely. In TRUTH he does not measure up
to the French singer in this role sufficiently high
to make the Italian performance much more than
an experiment. He lacks the physical distinction
and grace, the undernote OF seriousness below tho
sentimentalities of the part However. he sang the
Italianized text with far delicacy than might
have been expected, and some of his high passages
flowed clear and fine II is sufficient to say Of the
Marguerite that she Russ-tic. The singer,
however, was IL is said. suffering from Illness
Arimondi sang Mephisto. as usual. and Sammarco
made the music of Valentin the vocal feature OF
the evening. as his acting the best in the play
The choTuses. always. were brilliantly sung.
conducted by Campanini.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-23
MICHAEL J. coFFEY.

Michael ]. Coffey OF No a2 Fourth Place. Brook
Iyn former State Senator died last night IN the
Long Island College Hospital, where he had been
undergoing treatment for the last five months
Mr. Coffey was born In Ireland in 1910. and came
TO this country with his parents when he was SIX
years old Tho family settled in the Red Hook sec
ton OF Brooklyn. where Mr.. COffey had lived ever
since He was known as The Roller OF Red
Hook" Ia,
He was a ship cauIker by trade, and worked slGS
bv side with Edward HarTigan, the comedian; AT
the outbreak OF the Civil War Mr. Corey snIsIT% st
in the United States Navy. and served throush9uIS
the war In 1868 he was elected alderman from nt
district and also leader He was reelected seveIaI
times and IN 1874 went to the Assembly. Later ne
became alderman again. and was president OF @ tno
Rrooklvn Board OF Aldermen during the a1uilil-,
istrations of Mayors Alfred c. Chapn ana DaV'u
a. BoOdy. -
about years in the Senate. In 1901 he orSan,
tied the Brooklyn Democracy, and later Jolheu
forces with John G.. Sheehan in forming the
Greater New York Democracy. which aided IN tha
election OF Mayor Low. He had not taken an ac-
tive part in politics for some years prior 10 ms
death Mr. Coffey'S wife died about year ago
He leaves two sons and two daughters
New-York tribune., 1907-03-23
OBITUARY.
Or. GEORGE N. WHEELocK.

Dr. George N. WheeIock died at his home. NO. u
Park avenue. yesterday from heart disease. from
which he has been suffering for the last two years
He was born at Boston in 1888 and took his bache-
Ior degree at Harvard in 1850, and his master s
degree in 1864. In this year he also took the de-
gree of Doctor OF Medicine at the College OF Physi
clans and Surgeons Later he entered the mill
tary service OF the United States. and for a year
was in charge Of the general hospital at Savannah
Dr- Wheelock afterward served as house sur
geon at the New York Hospital He was assistant
demonstration Of anatomy and lecturer on physical
diagnosis, later becoming trustee OF the college
and registrar OF it's board OF trustees and serving
for many years as treasurer OF the association Of
the alumni.
He was appointed attending physician 70 st.
1uke.s Hospital and to the Nursery and Chiid's
hospital. Later he became manager or the van
derbllt Clinic and of the Sloane Maternity Hospital
ali Of which offices he held at his death, being presl
dent of the latter.
In 1891 Dr. Wheelock retired from the practice
OF medicine. He was a devoted Presbyterian. a
member of the Brick Presbyterian Church. and
a close friend OF it's pastors
He leaves wife, who was daughter or the
late William HaWXhurSt Townsend ana a son.
William H. Wheelock.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-23
H. W. WEBB LIBRARY BRINGS $4,000.
George D. Smith Buys Entire Collection of
Old Editions.

The library OF the late H. Walter Webb former
Sice-presGent OF the New York Central Hudson
River Railroad. was sold yesterday at his home,
Scarborough, TO George d. Smith. of No 20 New
street. for $4,000 Among the lot is first edition
OF FitzGerald's version OF the "Rubaiyat pub
lshcd in 1859 which that time was sold for two
II is said the book is now worth $3.50. Among
the others in the collection first edition or
Gray's ''Eegy.' originally sold for siXpence and
to-day valued at 81 200 and copy OF the comes
sions OF English Opium Eater" published in lS22
Other books in the collection are three copies OF
the original editions of ''CiulliveTs Travels, pub
lished in 1925 and l7Z7: six volumes OF Tom Jones
l749 volumes of DI. Samuel Johnson ltasse-
las 1883. and a first edition Of Nathaniel HaW-
thOrne's Twice Told Tales 1897.
There first editions Of Lamb, Thackeray,
Dickens, TennvsOn, Emerson. Lowell, Whittier,
lsongfellow, Swift Byron, Coleridge, William Nor
ris Fielding and Robert Browning. Mr.. Smith also
has the original Seed which Grawn up IN ld9
by the Assembly OF New Jersey, fixing the bonn-
Diary line between New Jersey and New York, ana
the original map drawn by the surveyors. showing
the most northern branch Of the Delaware RlEer
surveyed 10y them. The document contains al
the signatures Of the various surveyors appointed
by the states. The map shows the course or
the FishkilI River and the hills on each slde Inc
signatures attached to the deed are as follows:
r. Walter. Isaac Hicks John Johnston george
WilOcks. Joseph Kirkbride. John Reading Ahane
Jarratt and James Alexander
There is question about the authenticlty or
fleS document" said Mr.. Smith yeslerday, as u
bears al the original marks and seals attached to
New-York tribune., 1907-03-23
WHAT IS GOING on To.DAY.

Metropolitan Museum open from 10 a. N. TO 10
=.
Or. J. L seaman The Curses Of Colonization
fore the League for Political Education. HUDSON
Theatre. No. lS9 West 44th street. IL a. m
Entertainment OF the BOYS Club shsFry's afternoon
Dinner Of the Phi Kappa Pet fraternity. Hotel Knicker-
becker. evening.
Dinner OF the Pilgrims America waIdorf-AStor.a
evening
Free lectures q The Board Of Education. mIIsh
School of Commerce Goth street. west of Broadway.
IheodoTs Jones. The Telephone Instrument Of To
day Magnetic Types tllustFRtedl. Public School l.
Henry and Catharine directs. Miss Evelyn Chapman
American Composers Public School t65. IOsth
street and Amsterdam avenue Miss Pauline Ien
Hngs. The Orchestra: Public school lS4 II6th
street. between Fifth and LeEoX William H.
Allen Ih d. Who Brings Up Your Child?'' uus-
trated) American Museum T7th ana Central Park
West. Professor John 5. Mckay. Thermal Relations
Electric Currents 0lustrated): Education
Both and Park avenue Professor Earl Barnes
The Americanzat0n OF Europe our immigrants
and the Invasion Of Europe Cooper Institute Sth
street and Fourth avenue. Eiwood G. Tewksbury
The New Far East illustrated St Bartholomew 8
Lyceum Hall No. 2O5 East 92d street. Norman A.
Iou Bos; The Atmosphere and Combustion Young
Mems Hebrew Association. 02d and Lexington
evenue Dr. Ernest d Richard. IntelectuaI and
Spiritual Life: Wagner Nietzscho, New York Public
Library Crremont Braneh) 176th street and Wash
tnRton avenue Herbert y. Casson. The Evolution os
Kindness GllustrateD.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-23
YOUNG BACON A CLEVER ACTOR.
Son of Assistant Secretary of State Makes
Hit in Hasty Pudding Club Play.
LRv re.egraph 3 rhe Trlhune.l

Be- Telegraph 20 The Tribune
Cambridge. Mass. March 22-Gaspar Griswod
Bacon. son Of Robert Bacon, Assistant Secretary
Of State, Is not only star oarsman hut Is surprs-
ing his eliminates az Harvard by his clever work
before the footghts. He took with marked sue
cess the part of Amelia Barrymore Butterworth
in The Lotus Eaters the annual play of the
Harvard Hasty Pudding Cub, which has Just com
pleted a series OF public performances in Jordan
Hall. Boston.
The book was written by Daniel W Streeter. 'O1
OF Buffalo. who is also ivy orator of his class
and is full of catchy lines and laughable situations
The music Is by Edward Ballintine. 07, and IS
thoroughly original.
Others in the east were Clarence Hay. 'OS. who
PLAYED Percval Winterbottom. the poverty stricken
Harvard grind; &. G. Osborne. 'O7, the football
player. who played Mrs ButteTMorth. and Harry Harry
NfdeneT G7, son OF +. A. 3. WtdeneT, OF Phlla-
dslphia, who played Abadiah Butterworth
New-York tribune., 1907-03-23
WEBER MAY JOIN THE sHUBERTs.
RumOr That He Will FOrsake Syndicate Not
Denied Very Strongly.

It was rumored along Broadway yesterday that
"Joe'' Weber had accepted an offer from the Shu-
berts to make a tour OF the independent theatres
at the close OF his regular in the syndicate
houses. According To the gossip. lie is to begin his
tour of the independent houses in june and con-
tinue it next season. Weber's Theatre 20 be taken
independent house. When these ruInorS
were recitod in detail 10 Lee Shubert. he showed
his hands into his pockets end smiled confidently.
Then he refused To affirm deny them.
joe Weber was more communicative lie ut-
MED the rumurs. but not indignant. He simply
said such and such propositions had been placed
before him and that he had rejected theln-ior the
time being. least
New-York tribune., 1907-03-23
ENTERTAIN BRITISH AMBASSADOR.
Guest Of Mr Choate-With General Grant
and Pilgrims To-day.

Ex-Ambassador and Mrs Joseph H. Choate gave
a dinner last night at their house. in East SD
street. for the British Ambassador and Mrs. James
Bryce Lord Charles Beresford also a guest
Earlier in the day Mr.. and Mrs. William Bayard
cutting gave luncheon in their honor. To-day
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryce Will have luncheon given FOR
them at Sherry's by Major General and Mrs. Fred
erick D. Grant
Tonight the Pilgrim Society will give a dinner
In honor Of the ambassador at the Waldorf. 1t is
expected that there will be about four hundred and
llIty present Governor Hughes will leave Albany
To-Day Tor New York and will be one of the speak
eFs at the dinner The other speakers of the even
ing VIII be Rufus H. Choate and General Porter
Ambassador Bryce will go to Canada from here
ana VIII be the guest In Ottawa of Earl Grey
Governor General OF the Dominion He expects to
return to Washington about April 8.