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The reading room has seats for IFS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

make him of these sullen youths. He goes
about with his chin down, snappin off surly, cuttin
things which don't help to make him any too
popular Still, ever since dug him out of a corner
and had talk with him once, he's seemed kind
of grateful and chummy towards me.
60 want a lot surprised to see him show up at
~ the studio the other mornin'. You'd never guess
to look at him. that he did his trouser pressn !;
for he looks every bit much the real thing as
Pinckney does.
Hello, Huyler," says l. "Gettin' little chilly
for you up there in the hills is it,"
It's beastly hole!' says he.
That's curious, too" says l. Most people seem
to think different. I've heard EN- goin into fits
over Cragmoor.''
They wouldn't if they had to live there the year
round, as do ,growls Huyler. "One might well
be buried alive"
Then you've cut loose have your says l.
No such luck" says he. I'm just down for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

mOrn1n. Why, he's been Wear1n side buckles on
his shoes for over year now, and he tells me his
self striped parade costume of geranum leaf
and cheese rind green besides havin scalloped
pocket flaps has nine buttons the sleeve cuffs.
You II be buddin out in neck ruff next,
pect," says l.
Abr chee" says he. Don't get giggy."
Get which," says l. "Giggy! Mr. Gallagher,
your language is gettin to be something fierce. Do
you think it's real refined to use SO much South
Brooklyn Slang?
Which only brings grunt out of Swiftly, and in
the course of an hour he's suspected that was
At times he shows almost human intelligence. So
mornin' when blows into the studio and finds him
propped up in the front office readin' book. He
has it spread out on both knees and he S bumped
over followin the lines with his thumb. and
bin the words to himself, with his noble brow all
furrowed up like he in some kind of pain.
is it of cramps says l, or you dom
puzzle?"
Swiftly he comes out of his trance lookin kind of
guilty and foolish and holds up the book. It's
novel some of reg lars has left layin around,
one of these smartsetty stories, judge by the
big ads. see in the papers.
"Oh, yes says l, I've heard about that. How
does it open up?"
Great" says Swiftly. There's a young gent
hoatin around in boat down off Palm Beach, and
all of a sudden peach of girl shows up swimnin,
and climbs in"
Sounds interestin'," SAYS l. And them"
Oh, they just swap lot of CUFF, that's ALL, says
he - But saw I'll bet"
There. there; don't get excited over it. Swiftly"
says l. Just turn down the leaf and tackle it some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

'Swfty's dom it for me-" says l. Il have to
drag him away from it. He says it's hot stuff,
I've doubt" says Pinckney
But 1t don't ma Ike good with you, chr" saysI.
"We-e-el,' says he, Il find some parts very ANUS
ing, and he losses the book back the safe with
another chucke. Ask Sadie what she thinks of it,
says he as he goes out.
JUST as though and Sadie didn't have some
" thing better to discuss these days than story
books! But it's funny, amt it. how you will notice
thing like that after you've heard it talked about
couple of times? l begins to that book every
where stacks of EN- in the department stores, folks
uggin it along in their hands, readn it the
train. The manicure girl in my barber shop SO
deep in it she forgot to pat her Psyche into place
moren once minute and when goes out to buy
few bath towels hanged if could get waited until
the salesadies has finished swappin' opinions it.
Amt it just grand, Jen?" says one.
"Uh-huh,' says Jen. Honest, Gladys, just
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Whats Friends for. Anyway" Says I.
day or two The fact is, Shorty and he begins
check cashed somewhere, and-and- / wonder
if you could accommodate me, old MANI,
"A check eh?" says 1. How many figures does
it into!
Its only for a couple of hundred says he. Il
dislike to ask you, only-on1y-"
Now that's all right, Huyler," says l. whats
friends for, anyway? Just put your autograph on
the back while / count out the twenties.'
TT the way he acts when hands the cash
1 that puzzles | couldn't see any call for him
to tint up and get hustered He mutters something
about being much obliged, and how sorry he is to
be in such rush, and out he goes leavin staring
at that dnky little slip of pale lavender paper with
Purdy-Pell's the face of it. You know how
suspicious YOU always squint at a check you've
given up real money for.
And right there it comes to me I'd checks
like that before; but they signed by Mrs.
Purdy-Pell. Another thing, this is up town
branch of a trust company. Course, it's likely Pell
might have up town account too; but would he
any such adylike paper as that?
Well, you get to foown thing up, and putin
this and that together and YOU work up lot
notion I'll call up Pinckney and ask if he's any
thing of Huyler Why, certainly. Huyler found
him at his club and has just left Had he mentioned
anything about check: Right again, 1t was for
three fifty, and Pncknev had only Endorsed it,
but got the club clerk to cash it. He wants to know
there's anything queer.
,
Was it pale lavender one?'
Pinckney thinks it
Then get it back says l. Swap of yours
for 1t and send it down to me, will YOU? And if you
can catch Huvler anywhere on the phone tell him
L want to him a minute first chance he has.
Pinckney thinks Huyler's gone straight up to the
PurdyPel town house after of his things, and
he try to get the word to him For he don't
forget what he's goin to do next. and the message
must have had effect; for right after lunch,
just I've had the daily nursery bulletin from Sadie,
in strolls Huyler, lookin GUNNER ever and with
kind of odd expression in them deep eyes of his
says he, crisp and grumpy. What's
w the trouble?"
Let's begin huntin' for trouble so early,
though about those checks"
''Checks!' says he, throwin' me a quick scared
"Oh, Pinckney happened to mention his, says l.
8 Now of they're all right; eh, Huyler?"
What do YOU mean? says he tlushin' up. ''See
here, McCabe! Do you think l would"
Il don't want to think anything of the kind
Huyler, says l. but it would help lot if you
would sort of explain why Purdy-Pell uses
Il have doubt my cousin will make any
plantations necessary, says he. Perhaps you could
run down and see him Tomorrow
That's So, says l; but what if l call him up
now"
The indignation glow on Huyler's face fades out
at that. His jaw drops and he stares at me like
dog dubbed into corner: And say, maybe you
think l was enjoyin this third degree business But
don't see any way of dodgin it, with Huyler
actin cagey.
Call and be hanged to you" says he, beginnin'
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By S e w ell Ford
Drawings by F. Naux Wilson

ing among real swellsl'
See what l mean by thing getting
my brain extension system: Il
PUT that nothing to what / got a.
- from Huyler boy Huvler? Oh he's II I
a cousin of Mr.. Purdy-Pell's Made it his
steady job in life too Maybe you know
the kind l mean-nlce look1n well man
nered young gent, ornamental china
shepherd boy the mantelpiece, and just
about useful.
Talk about your family trees too Why, f.
he's got it to burn-all nicely seasoned
dead wood They tell his folks go sN
back to the time when old Pete Stuyvesant ~
newcomer and the north end of II
Bowling Green was up town They'd
always been headliners among the society
performers, clear down to Huyler.
But he's the flag end, enough. His
old man YOU know, of the original
Parkhurst teasers that gave the Little
Egypt dinners and when he finished by ventilating
the top of his head with forty-four there wa n
whole lot left of the family fortune. Soon as
Huylers old enough though, he takes what there
lines. The result is that about the time
he's acquired lot of expensive habits, but before
he's entirely spoiled, he brings up against the
cold proposition of funds. credit, home;
nothing but fourteen suits of clothes that he still
the tailor for collection of walkin sticks and
three clubs Which for twenty-five was speedin'
some, Ell!
What happens them Does he leave the hay at
sX-thirty to read the help wanted columns, and
begin chasin' the pay envelop? Not Huyer! l ex-
peCt it never occurred to him. He finds Cousin
camps for good. That's what he's been doing for
the last two years
Not that Purdy-Pes any easier than the next one.
You II find these volunteer pensioners in nearly all
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Y, it amt often | let any thing get
on my nerves. Even when Swiftly
Joe takes to wearin' one of them
green hats, l only grins. Why
shouldn't he get in line with an Il la
mode lid, specially when he can do
it for one -ninety-eight?
He's great boy for springin' the
latest fads, Swiftly is Gets his ideas
from the bank messengers that he
rides over the bridge with in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

JIle Olu ldlilllltS, SOlllellllleS
three to a house. There'll be
an Aunt Kate. who ran away
with her music teacher years
ago and was left stranded
when he disloCated his neck
irwin to avoid seem work.
Or there'll be Brother How
ard, who sunk his share of
the estate in a faro system
that added to Canfeld's art
collection, and is now chiefly
useful to fill in at bridge.
Only most of EN- are
ripper and less in evidence
than Huyler. He's always
around out at the Purdy-
Pells' country place, exer-
cisin the hunters and keepin'
the golf clubs from rustin',
and dom stunts in the
swimmin' pool to amuse the
ladies. Oh, he's a star at
anything in the sport line!
And the girls! Say, if he
didn't have a family record
behind him, and hadn't been
put on the black list by so
many mothers, Huyler'd be
mobbed. AS it is, he might
Just as we'll walk around
with a warnin' sign on.
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rested and you'v got less to
do in the gym. Sure, I'll put
it right here on the safe"
WELL, that was the first
" spasm, though | didn't
suspicion it at the time. The
next was when | finds Pinck-
ney, who has dropped in to
kill half an hour or SO. run
min over the pages of the
same book and snickerin' to
himself.
Swiftly didn't seem to
strike the funny parts" says
l. Are there gags in it,"
"Eh? Beg pardon?" says
Pinckney. lookin' up con-
fused. oh, l was just
glancing again at this
this latest"
How do you find it,"
says l.
Why" says Pinckney,
rubin his chin with his
stick, it S rather clever, you
know"
About your kind, too,
amt it," says l.
Pinckney laughs, easy and
thoughtless. Il hope not"
says he. -" Have you read it,"
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Copyright, 1907 by Se~eM Ford. All rights
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-06-27

came melancholy; his brain gave
way, andhe sought relief in death.
Another suicide which startled
the country a few months later, IS
that of Senator Lane of Kansas,
was attributed to a similar cause.
Jim Lane had been one of the
most famous free.State fighters
in Kansas territory. Since then
he was ranked among the ex
IRENE anti-slavery men and as a
Senator he was counted upon as
a firm opponent of President
Johnson's policy, To the aston
ishment of everybody he voted
against the Civil Rights bill. This
somewhat mysterious change Of
front, which nobody seemed able
satisfactorily to explain, cost him
his confidential intercourse with
his former associates in the Sen.
ate, and brought upon him sting.
ing manifestations of disapprov.
al from his constituents. He was
reported to have expressed pro
found repentance Of what he had
done and finally made way witt
himself as one lost to hope"
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nonlLIke Fok.

Fix Representative Harry
Walmsley of Kansas City does
noG seem to care overly much for
Miysouri's chief executive,
Speaking Of the late visit Of the
former to Washington and his
remarks concerning the sal
walton of the forests and wild
life from total destruction, he
said,
Folk has been the most win
full destroyer Of the natural re-
sources of Missouri that we
have any record Of. His repeal
ing the old game laws, which
protected the game and wild life
of the state, and signing the
present game law, which allows
dynamiting ponds, SEEMING of
fish and the shooting of fawns,
was the high water mark of
destruction. have not read Of
even a savage country with any
semblance Of a tribal govern
ment that does not afford more
protection to its natural resour-
ces than this prize faker from
Missouri, Folk, has afforded.
And yet this man had the
nerve to go to Washington, meet
the president and brag about his
helping preserve the natural re-
sources of the state. 1t is any
port in a storm for Folk, just as
he deserted Butler in st. Louis
when he found it would be to his
advantage to take the good and
molly Sue OF the argumenU, nav
ing put an end to protection OF
i wild life and natural resources
in Missouri, he finds that the
president and thirty.seven gov.
errors favor conserving natura.
resources, and he is out with hi:
handkerchief and weeping over
, the destruction of wild life.
He can slipa knife in between
the ribs quieter and then wal
, louder at the funeral than an,
other political faker on tn
board at present. st. Clai
Democrat.
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Driven To Suicide By Politics.

In the July McClure's Carl
Shurz reviews the extraordinary
political campaign 1S60-a cam
paign to destroy a President.
After telling of the differences
between Congress and President
johnson, Mr.. Schurz says:
THE great quarrel had created
excitement so intense as to effect
mems balance Of mind. About
the time of the assembling OF
Congress Mr.. Preston King o.
New York, who had been a Sen
ator Of the United States anC
had been appointed Collector O
Customs by President Johnson
committed suicide by jumping in
to the North River from a ferry
boat. He had been a Republican
of the radical type, and when HI
took the office he supposed TIL
President to be Of the same mind
but Mr.. Johnson's course dis
dressed him so much that he be
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-06-27
Press Bulletin Of the State Board Of
Agriculture.

LATE PLANTED CROPS.
1t is somewhat discouraging
to farmers, after they have been
diligent and done all they could
do to produce a crop, to find
that through no fault of their
own, their crops have been de-
stroyed at this late season of the
year. In many parts of the
state a great deal of corn on
flat up lands and thousands OF
acres on bottom lands have been
destroyed by the excessive rains
and floods. If the rain should
cease now, however, there is
time for maturing crops and
farmers should avail themselves
of the opportunity Of planting all
the area possible where the corn
has been destroyed.
In the year 1904, many far
mers produced on bottom lands
from 50 to Is bushels of corn
planted after June Goth. With
a normal season, corn will have
time to mature planted any time
up to the first Of July and will
make good forage planted even
as late as the middle of July.
Sorghum and kahir corn viii
make good crops of seed planted
as late as the 10th of July and
Z will make forage planted some
I what later. Cow peas and mil
: let may be planted almost any
: time in July and make a crop
Rape may be sown in Angus
= and September and produce al
: abundance Of fall pasturage
5 Rye and wheat sown in Angus
y and September will make fall an
= winter pasturage and will TAX
Q the place of much grain that
y ordinarily fed during the earl
y part of the winter.
= Information concerning an
y of these crops that may not b
= generally grown in the neighboI
= hood, will be furnished on al
q plication to this Office.
y GEO, B. ELLIS, Sec'y.
y State Board Of Agriculture,
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for CONSTIPATION


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Dir. Eugene Henry Kelley and
Miss Alice r. Sans were married
at the home of the bride in Kan
sas City, Tuesday June 10, 1908.
Or. Kelley is a son Of our old and
respected townsman John Kelley
and was born and reared in this
community. The bride is a
daughter Of Mrs. Mary A. Sans
and is well known to Odessa peo-
pie having visited hev sister, Mrs
j. w. Lightner, inthis city in the
past. The newly welded couple
viii make their home in Kansas
City Odessa Democrat
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Y wish Was In Dixie"

The women OF the Conteder
ate Choir Of America" have Sc
cured new words to be sung to
the tune of Dixie. They pro-
pose that instead of the non
lines of the minstrel song
we shall sing
Oh, Dixie's land is the land of glory,
The land Of cherished song and story,
Look away, look away Dixie land.
IT'S The land that patriots love to
dwell IN;
The land ouE fathers fought andfell
in,
Look away, look away! Dixie land.
These are more rational lines
than the original, and doubtless
will be more to the taste Of the
Confederate sisterhood than
Ole Missus married VIII de weaber,
William was a gay deceIber, &c,
of the original. The tune of
Dixie is it's chief charm. The
effort to annex to it lines Of real
meaning and poetry is not new.
4 In the book called Songs of the
Confederacy,7 Dixie has a prom
inent place, but the words are
given by Albert Pike, and begin
~Southrons, hear your country call You
Up, less worse than death befall you
To arms! To armsl To arms in Dixie
This is a very stirring piece o.
civil war poetry from the Con
federate standpoint, but wher
Southrons today are moved t.
sing Dixie they are apt to forge
Pixies ballad and roar out in
stead
l wish l was ia the land of cotton,
Cinnamon seed and sandy bottom,
!, in which sentiment Northerner
can join Justify without i'm
: peaching their loyalty. We sus
L A
pect that this later effort Of tn
women Of the Confederate choi
to give words of dignity to tn
tune Of Dixie will fail of commo
acc 4ptation.
Yankee Doodle, like Dixie
Fl survives as a tune, and tn
y original doggerel re appear
l. when it is sung rather than an
t. one of the very much bette
IS verses that have been written
1t the music of this Revolutionar
and always popular air. WI
ID cares for improvements on sons
ct that have once gained populf
ut affection? 1t is far better to l.
of Dixie tell its old story in j
of old, homely way that has e
deared it not only to the Sout
Id but all America, than to clotl
of it with words which its fir
n, army Of singers never hear
n plate City Landmar
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THE INCOME OF TRINITY

The Holder Of an Enormous Estate, She
Derives Her Revenue from Disgrace
fal and Unhealthy Teuemenis.
Trinity churchis the holder of
one Of the greatest estates in
New York or in the country. 1T
owns in the city property worth
according to different esti
majors, from S89,o00,0 600 to
$1,000. 000, goo, from which it
draws as enormous revenue,
the amount Of which is never
made public. For many years no
Investigator has been able to OBJ
tain any more definite knowledge
of these matters than that this is
the wealth Of Trinity which she
holds for good purposes. How
comes it that on the East side Of
New York have been built in
recent years bright, clean, fire
proof and sanitary fats IN such sue
numbers that certain regions
have have been transformed by
them, and life for those that
dwell in them has been changed
from direct misery to something
almost suggestive Of decency,
while Trinity has done nothing
Of the kind?
How comes it that the Astor
Estate, owner of hundreds of
~tentments, has pursued fol
years one settled policy of i'm
provement for the benefit Of the
tenents and the Trinity tenants
have been left to shift for them.
selves? The Astor Estate main
tain no charities; it has no mis-
sions, no hospitals, no beds anC
no Sunday-school excursions
yet l am perfectly certain tina
the balance of actual good in th
world is in its favor; | am per
fectly certain that to obliterat
one court that breeds tubel
culosis is better than to spen
$4,000 a year on organ music
and that to provide a tenemen
with ire-escapes is better tina
to preach sermon of remot
and genteeltheology The mar
agement Of the Astor tenement
indicates what even a small mea.
ure of civilization can do in til
midst of barbarous condition
the management of the Trinit
tenements shows what Gallon
neglect can do to further and a.
gravate barbarous conditions.
To be sureall tenement-hous'
are bad, | know that; all ten
ment. houses are terrific indie
ments of the conditions of grI
and gain the splendor and shan
that we tolerate.
And if the tenement, speakir
generally, works ill. Trinity
tenements must be matter
grave concern to US all, Trinity
tenements must work more tn
common i'll, for they are
worst tenements in New Yol
Charles Edward Russell, in
July Everybody S.
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Ihe BIZ head

is Of two kinds-concelt and the big
head that comes from a sick head
ache. Does your head ever feel like
a gourd and your brains feel loose and
soreg You can cure !. in no time by
acting on your liver with Billiards.
.Herbine. Isn't It worth trying for
the absolute and certain relief youth
getY Sold by crenshaw & Young.
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Coming and Golne 81. 50.

This is the "Alton's' rate to Kan
sas City and Return, Saturday, June
q, 1908. For particulars apply to
S. A. vERMlLLI0N,
Ticket Agent, Q. & A. r. h
Higginsville, Mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-06-27

You prove your intelligence
when you pick ArbuckIes' Ari-
osa Coffee instead Of the mis-
branded, misnamed MOCHA &
Java" as the cheapest good
coffee in the world.
ARBUcBLD BROS. New York City.