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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
interpreting a clft.


Last Christmas a Philadelphia mar
sent as a present to his son and
daughter-in-law one of the new gold
eagles, and with it the following let.
ter:
"The woman on the face Of this
coin is for you, Clarence, because men
usually like ~good-looking women, The
eagle on the reverse, with the feathers
on its legs, is for Lottie, because WON.
en- are supposed to like birds and
feathers.
The e pluribus unum,' which you
know is translated One of many,
means that of the many of them you
would like to have this is the only
one you get.
"The 10 stars, being an unlucky
number, indicate the hard luck many
of us have in our efforts to gather in
the quantity Of these coins we really
have need for, but then the 46 stars
around the rim tell you that by work.
ing like as days in the week you can
probably accumulate enough to see
you through"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26

Rev. R. B. Brlney spent Mon.
day in Kansas City
Rev A. E. Rogers left Monday for
a trip TO Nevada.
Kodol for Dyspepsia, indiges tior
weak stomach, sour stomach, gas on
the stomach, etc, is a combination,
of the natural digestive juices found
in a healthy stomach with necessary
vegetable acids, and Is the only
thing known today that will com
pletely digest all kinds of food under
any condition. 1t is guaranteed to
to give prompt relief from any form
of stomach trouble. Take Kodol and
be convinced. 1t will cure your dys-
pepsia. Sold by Crenshaw & Young.
A. E. Taubman returned Sunday
evening from a trip to Camden
county, Mo
Mrs. Ada Carter and grandson, Tom
w. Hill, went to Higginsville Sunday
morning for a short visit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
Collecting Good Art.

Genuine works of art are daily
growing scarcer, and l am pleased to
note that Americans no longer acquire
the trash of Europe" remarked Henry
]. Duveen of London and New York
to a New York Telegram reporter.
The people of this country are just
as particular now in collecting exam
pies of art as are Europeans. In pur-
chasing valuable art objects they show
remarkable experience and wisdom.
The collections in this country now
include some Of the rarest and richest
examples of art in existence, and Eu'
rope casts envious eyes at the collec-
tons of Mr.. Morgan, Mr.. Widener,
Mrs. Gardner, Mr.. Walters and 9th
ers.
"The museums here own some of the
most magnificent specimens of art In
the world, and their collections will
soon rival those in London, Paris and
elsewhere"
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Bad symptoms.


Inc ~oIan n naS a
sches, 0ackache, sees imaginary dark
spOts or specks noating or dancing before
5er eyes, hasgnawing distress OF heavy
an feeling hetomach, faint spells. drag.
Ino-downHeelinQ In lower ahdominaI or
ssoiS,c reos6n easily startled ~ o~.StoS
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sfonN5 medicine 6as S1c61ssIn
oaotessi6T3I reinforcement az
ssveTsI observation-disclosures more -
Snmber ~ ordinary
ttSonfaIs. The verv hesf fneradIdS3.
SnoWn Id medical science for ths cvra ~
wnman's peculiar ailments antar iu y ~, ~
congestion. No alcohol bsrmf,To 10
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
NO NAPKIN FOB The PRESIDENT.
How Fighting Bob" Kept Discipline
on a Man-o,War.

As a flag officer, / have always re.
Quired Of the commissary officer Of
each ship a bill of fare, prepared a
week in advance, stating just what
would be served at each meal. This.
forwarded through his commanding Of
hcer, came to me and after examina.
ton was passed to the paymaster OF
the feet for filing. To be sure that
this bill of fare was followed. and
the food properly prepared and
served, / frequently wen on board
some ship of the fleet without any
previous notice and directed the cap
tain to have a table set for me on
the mess deck among the men, and
there, in company with the members
Of my star and the captain and com.
missary officer of the ship, took my
dinner. The meal was served to us
exactly as it was to the men and moth
ing was permitted on the table which
they did not have, is the declaration
OF Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans. in
MS navy articles in Hampton's Broad,
way Magazine.
On n occasion l took the president
to dine in this way with the crew of a
Dattleship, and he had a most enjoy,
able dinner. The captain was shocked
that the president had no napkin to
wipe his mouth on, and proposed to
send for one, but l assured him that
| would not permit one on the table.
This custom of mine, like some other
OF my performances, would have
turned the captain of so years age
w~hite-headed. However that may be.
1t convinced the men, and also the
commissary officer, that | intended to
see that those under my command
should be properly fed, and the first
effect was to stop a vast amount Of
growing and discomfort in the fleet.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
How 10 Cure
Constipation
Simple Home Remedy That Is Safe and
Pleasant

Few people escape constipation. Catch
ing cold, over eating, worry, lack OF ex-
erciSe, ailur to answer promptly thu
calls OF nature, diseased or weAkened
system or strong medicines may cause IL.
The too common practice OF taking salts.
or pills or some such violent cathartic has
always done more harm than good. They
make the bowels act quickly and vio-
lently simply because they irritate them,
and leave them In a worse condition than
before.
What is needed is a mild easy herb lax-
alive, that gives regular daily move
ments in all cases, yet does not pain or
grippe, and which will strengthen the bow
els and tone up the system instead Of
depicting II.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin taken az
night before going to bed will bring an
easy pleasant natural movement in the
morning even in the most obstinate cases
and without any bad effects. No pain, no
grippe and It is so safe and pleasant 10
take. mothers give it to their babies
with splendid results. 1t Is an aid to d.
gestion and tones up the system as well
as cures bowel trouble. DR.. L. E
Convey, Savannah, Tenn. writes: 81 get
better results from it han n Pepsin I
ever used" DR.. T. Jones, Osgood. Mo.
49, So"Siucl IL OdluWel Oyfup
Pepsin the best Of all laxatives." Mrs.
Almon Willis, Jamaica, VT, says: II
truly believe 1t saved my little boys life"
Rev. A.. j. Fletcher, Rutherford, Tenn,
says: Il am so years old and your Syrup
Pepsin has cured me Of dyspepsia and
bowel trouble"
w. d. Jackson, Burns Station, Tenn.
says: Il was afflicted with constipation
and dyspepsia for nine years, and found
no relief until / used DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup
Pepsin." All druggists sell It at soc and
31.OO per bottle.
We are glad to send a free sample to
any reader Of this paper who has never
used it and win give II a fair trial. Write
today to Pepsin Syrup Co., 1903 Caldwell
Bldg. Monticello. III.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26

The more the parade is made up of
civilians, the more the suits of ready
made clothes we SELL said a clothier.
Most men who parade the streets
want a new suit to strut around in.
The chances are that the observers
along the line Of march are not going
to pay much attention 10 the clothes
worn by any man who is not in uni
form, and, anyway, by the time a man
has walked three or four miles in the
dust nobody could tell whether he had
on a new suit or not, but each individ-
ual marcher is conscious of his ap-
pearance and he insists upon making
the best possible showing. Dealers In
ready-made clothing keep track OF the
parades in prospect, for they know
that each one Of them mea a big
run on new suits"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
WAS NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES.
Why Guest at Banquet Sought Knife
That Was Blunt.

A. J.. Drexel Biddle, whose original
and brilliant mind, coupled with his
wealth, youth and high social position,
has made him for some years one OF
Philadelphia's most prominent figures,
was talking at York about boxing.
Every man should know how to
box said Mr.. Drexel Biddle, who IS
one Of the best amateur boxers in
America. In the case of attack by
~pickpockets, or in defense of a lady,
indeed in a hundred crises, how de-
plorably awkward 1t is to be unable
to box.
"The man ignorant of boxing is apt
to make a great fool Of himself
Ignorance nearly always makes fools
Of is. | remember a man, ignorant OF
etiquette, who once sat beside me at a
public dinner.
81 noticed that this man, as soon as
he was seated, took up one by one the
knives at the right of his plate, and
began to try their edges on his thumb.
IA waiter behind him leaned for
ward and said in a hurt tone:
1.-The knives are all sharp, sir
1.-The point is said my neighbor,
I'm looking for a blunt one. Last time
| attended a banquet here l cut my
mouth"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
alrd snarInn In conneotlont.

Reports from hunters who have
made trips to different points where
game usually can be found indicate
that sharing has prevailed this season
to a greater extent than ever before,
Evidence is abundant in any locality
t%requented by game, the telltale snare
not unfrequently still holding it's prey,
being a dumb but sure witness that
lawbreakers are numerous and are al
most thoughtless in their holiness.
Some idea Of the magnitude Of this
law-breaking work in this state may
be gained from the fact that one mar
alone had shipped some 800 birds to
another state within a few weeks after
the close season was on.-Hartford
Courant.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
Use cARRIEs Irs owN San.
Holsts or Lowers It at viii and Navl.
gates Shallow South Pacific Waters.


Few marine animals seem at first
glance to betray less intelligence than.
the jellyfsh. Up with the tide and
down with the tide, carried along bv
this or that current, moving with the
eddy Of a backwater hither and thith-
er. the iellytish has become almost a
synonym for helplessness.
Scientifically, of course. the Don
ular idea Of the jellyhsh is wholly
mistaken; but it is perhaps only in
tropical waters that he is found in the
perfection of intelligence. In the
south Pacific, around the islands of
Polynesia, and as far south as the
upper portion of the North island of
New Zealand there is a ieilyfsh who
% only knows where he wants to 20
but Is even provided with a sail which
he can and does hoist or lower at
viii. The sail, like the rest of this
curious animal, is almost transpar-
ent, but unlike the body of the fish,
which is of the usual gelatinous con
struction, the sail is a membrane al
most as hard as shell.
Roundabout the Ellice group the
navigating fish is often found with a
sail measuring five inches across, and
he %navigates the shallow island waters
with the skill of a Hooghly pilot,
steering IN and out of shaggy places
and avoiding Instructions both above
and below the surface with unerring
skill. Like his cousins in home waters
this navigating jellyfsh has the power
OF stingtng its natural enemies, and
its sting is fatal to fish and dangerous
70 man.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
LOCAL BRIEFS.

NJ. C. McFaddin was in Kansas City
Sunday.
oscar Westerman spent Sunday in
wellington.
Nearly everybody knows DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are the best pills
made. They are small, pleasant,
are Little Liver pills. Sod by
Gepshaw & Young.
David and Joseph Gratz of New
York arrived Friday evening for
brief stay with their brothers in
this city.
Albert Walk arrived from St. Louis
Saturday to spend the holidays
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chris
Walk.
Every case of backache, weak
back, bladder inflammation and rheuma-
tic pains is dangerous if neglected,
for such troubles are nearly always
due to weak kidneys, Take DeWitt's
Riduay and Bladder Pills. They are
antiseptic and soothe pain quickly,
Insist upon DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder Pills. Regular size SOC. Sold
BY Crccshaw & Young.
Mrs. George Ka hrs of Sedalia ar
lived Friday evening for a visit
sith her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Flour
hoy, in this city.
Miss Katherine Wilson arrived from
vrensburg Friday evening to
d the Christmas holidays with her
pts, Mr.. and Mrs. S. N. Wilson.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
Pronae Down.

The latest wrinkle in table etiquette
concerns forks. It has been the Gus.
torn when putting the fork down on
the plate to turn the prongs up. They
must now be turned down. Nine,
Grundy's decree suggests that of our
childhood's Simon;
osimon says, Thumbs up
simon says, Thumbs down,
Just now Nine. Grundy says;
Forks. prongs down" and unless you
obey YOU are not up to date
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
A DANGEROUS OperatiOn

is the removal of the appendix by a
surgeon. No one who takes DR..
Kings New Life Pills is ever sub
jected to this frightful ordeal. They
work SC quietly you don't feel them.
They cure constipation, headache,
billiousness and malaria. 25 cents at
Crenshaw g. Young's drug store.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
NO PROSPECT OF LITIGATION.
square" 5emis a Good Example Of a
Modern Solomon.

The disputes which old Square
Bemis was called upon to settle were
many and various. He asked no fee.
All | require is that you'll abide by
what / say, or you needn't ever come
to me again." he told his Bushby
clients.
You've helped me out a good many
times, square" said Bphraim Gregg,
on n occasion, land l look to We to
do 1t now. Bill Henderson's colt
broke loose and got into my garden
yesterday, and between what he's tore
up and what he's ct, l should say
'twould take about four dollars to
cover. Can you get it out of Bill,
Think"
Square" Bemis shook his head.
Bills been here before you" he
said, gravely, "and I've been with him
to look over the colt. I've advised him
not to prosecute unless you tried to.
The damages his colt has sustained
from your blackberry-vines would
come to considerably more than four
dollars, Ephraim. But If you insist
on"
I'm not insisting" broke in Eph,
rain. ION the whole square, some
O. them squash-vines might not have
come to much anyway. So Wen jest
let the whole thing go."-Youth's
Companion.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
Another ROUGH.

Maria" said Mr., Stubb, as he
looked through his waisteoat, where
are those two ~ten.dollar notes I had?'
Why, l took them, Johr," respond
ed Mrs. Stub, %innocently. Didn't
you say l could have anything / found
under a dollar2'
Yes, but
well, they We're both under a dol
lar. The dollar was on top
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
This is Worth Reading.

Leo f. zeliuski of IS Gibson St.
Buffalo, N. Y, says: II cured the
m ost annoying cold l ever had, with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. l applied
this salye once a day for two days.
when every trace of the sore wa:
gone" Heals all ore Sold under
guarantee at Crenshaw & Young's
drug store. 25 cents.
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safe.

Lave letters are dangerous these
days.r remarked the wise man. There
a only n safe course that know
Of and that is to write them and then
read them carefully"
rAnd then send them2" queried the
wealthy young man.
! mo. then burn them
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26

ibed room suit, | set oak dining
Nom chairs. 1 wardrobe, | walnut
tier table, lMoQuette Brussels car
practically new, 2rocking chairs,
velrange nearly new. Other ar
les too numerous ia mention.
Az the above is % good as new and
be sold cheap. Call phone Gil o.
mo. P. Gordon l2-lStS
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Down the oId Road.

siias-Took Mandy out driving last
night and tried to kiss her.
Cyrus-And wouldn't she stand fol
it?
silas-Yes, but The blamed old boss
wouldn't. He ran away.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26

Miss Esther Foster, who has been
visiting relatives in Higginsyille for
the p asst few days, returned home
Sunday evening.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
To Open Vaudeville.

The management of the Nickle has
made arrangements to run an up-to-
date vaudeville show in connection
with the moving pictures. There will
be a change of bill every night and a
change of company twice a week.
A stage is being fitted up which will
be adequate tor the needs of the per-
formers. The new feature will be in
stituted at an early date and the
price of admission will be raised to
10 cents.
Miss Rosallnd Jones returned Sun
day evening from a short stay in Kan.
sas City.
Misses Edna and Irene Stramcke
left Monday for an extended trim
to Chicago.
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Haze
has many imitators. There is one
original and the name Dewitt is or
every box. Best salve for burns,
scratches and hurts.
Sold by Crenshaw &Young.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26
Medicine That is Medicine.

e suffered a good deal with
and stomach complaints, but
now found a remedy that
well and that remedy is
IBitters: a medicine that is
Tor stomach and liver trou-
Tor run down conditions, y
G. Kiestler, of Halliday,
ectric Bitters purify and en-
blood, tone up the nerves,
art vigor and energy to the
Your money will be refunded
S to cure you. so cents at
y & Young's drug store.
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WE BELIEVE VIZ HAVE IT.

and at a price that will please you.
Besides our liEc of Bedroom, Dining
room and Parlor furniture, we have
a line of seasonahle goods-vRefrig
orators, Ch.ldren's Go-carts and lawn
and porch furniture. We nave the
celebrated Sealy and Ostermoor mat.
tresses-The Best Made.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26

.eir and Tilton Davis, Jr.,
lay in Kansas City.
3. Plattenburg returned
S City Saturday evening &.
many people who suffer
ache, rheumatism, Lum-
milar ailments who are not
le are symtons of kidney
5ineules for the kidneys act
a tonic and regulator TO kidneys
d bladder and purify the blood 3
vs. trial s1.OO For sale by c. w
pmis.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-12-26

Wylie, the eminent violinist,
(the family of William Aull
city tie early part of the
Laxative Cough Syrup is guar
"a. This is because we know what
N do and want to convince you.
specially recommended for chill
It is pleasant to take and is
laxative, For coughs. colds,
Nhoarseness, whooping cough.
by c. W. LOOMS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-27
EARLE WANTS TO GET OUT.
Hs says His W1fe's Family Made rus Lss
Miserable.


GOSHEN, N. Y. Aug. 3~o.-Fefdinand
Ffnney Earle. in the Orange county Jail
here. talked tonight about the family
troubles which led to his arrest for striking
his wife. Most OF his troubles he laid TO
his mother-in-law, q woman who made
him 30 nervous, he said, that perspira&ion
flowed from him at the slightest word from
her.
Soon after he went to Hve at his country
home, Semmering, with his soul mate.
Mrs. Kuttner, whom Earle described as O.
masterful woman. came to live with them.
His wife's two brothers. Alfred and Charles
Kuttner, were usually at the house. and the
combination. he said. completely ups,t
him.
Il Am a vegetarian said Earle. 'and
never by any chance allow meat to be pre-
pared for me, Mrs. Kuttner used to take
my vegetables from my own table and
throw them out Of the window. saying
she wouldn't permit them to be served In
her house. I had no voice in the manage.
ment Of my own ervants II / dared TO
give an order it was o~ountsrmanded
promptly and / was scolded for intrudtpg
upon matters which did not concern mo-
When the child wa born. Earle said.
he got a trained nurse for Mira. Earle.
but the nurse was unable to live in
the house because Of Mrs. Kuttner and
| the Kuttner brothers, and went back to
New York. Then Mrs Inez Barry, an
aunt OF Mira. Earle. was called in to do b
with the Kuttners against him. he said.
and made his life miserable
1T got 90 that I could not sleep az night, :
said the artist .tearfully, s.and whenever
! Mrs. Kuttner raised her voice the state OF
nervousness ! was in made me perspire 90
Finally I had to 60 away for five days TO
recuperate. When l came back ! found
that one Of my dogs was missing. and
when / asked about 1t Mrs. Kuttner told
friend ID who admired i. Ny mind sot, IN
ouch q state that ! was hardly responsible
for what l said or did.
ON the day the child was born Mrs:
Kuttner made 60 much noise that / had
to ask her,to leave the house. but she told
children OF her own and needed no advice
| from me as to how to handle them. My
wife became unstrung and nervous because
things were going unhappily:'
Earle made up bis nina To-Day q
Sheriff Decker sent for Charles W, Chap
pelle. who will represent Earle in whatever
proceedings follow.
Mr.. Chappelle telephoned to q brother
Of the artst, In New York 70 secure bail.
venient for him to come to Goshen and that
Ferdinand Pinney would have to walt q
Earle tried to-day to get word to his
wife. whom be is very ANXIOUS 70 see. 1St
artist believes that his wife Is In full sym
pathy with him and has merely been in
fuenced by her mother and brothers.
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GERMAN Old ACE PENSIONS.
Hoyd.George Aateunded by Magnitude OF
6ystem-'Funeh's" Attie Joke.

p
Hoyd-George Astsunded BY Magnitude OF
6ystem-'Funoh's" Attie Joke.
Special cabis Dsspateh 10 THl sUN.
LONDON. Aug. 28.-David Loyd-0eorge.
Chancellor OF tho Exohequer, has returned
TO London. He said, when 1t was suggested
that he discussed naval programmes. In
the course of his stay In Germany, that
be had gone to that country simply TO
investigate the German system Of old age
pensions. Punch. commenting on this. says:
snow that his recommendation to grant
pensions has been adopted he naturally
feels that he ought TO seriously study the
question:
1t seems. according TO Mr.. Lloyd-G eorge's
statements In an interview. that be did not
find tho German system to DO Of su Oh o
~socialistio character a. he and his friends
advocate In Great Britain. He said: EN-
ployers will tell you that nearly all their
workmen are Sooialists.' Referring to
the pension system he said:
what q gigantic scheme n theirs COM
pared with ours. Thtty-four million
pounds (sl7o, 0Oo, COO are distributed in
pensions every year.
He added that Of this sum the State pays
Oh, 0O0, 900. the cost OF administration only.
For the rest $40, 0oo, 900 is sick pay. The
workmen contribute two-thirds. Eleven
million pounds. or SIS 900 900, is paid to the
aged and incapacitated, masters n men
contributing equally, and ~, ooo. 900 10
paid for accidents, which expense the em-
ployers must meet,