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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-29


We have some very attractive
property for sale. If you want to buy
any kind of Real Estate it will be to
your advantage to see Wilson Bros.
Ed Aull.
Chamberlain's Perfect Chick feed.
There is nothing that equals it for
young chicks. Only to be had at
Jos. L. Long.
II you want to buy a cottage we
lave it for you. Wilson Bros, Trad
ers Rank building, or Ed Aull.
Revere coffee is the best coffee in
the state. Try it and be convinced.
Have it ground by our electric mill.
1t cuts the grain regulariand you get
the full benefit OF the coffee. At
Jos. L. Long, Cash Grocer
For painting and paper hang 60
to Edmonds and Sons, sole agents for
Bosch and company wall paper in
Lexington. Phone lis. 3-27tf
If you want to buy, sell, exchange,
lease, rent, insure, loan or borrow
see Wilson Bros, Traders Bank build
ing, or Ell Aull.
If you want to buy a good vacant
lot at a reasonable price, don't fail to
see Wilson Bros, Traders Bank build
ing, or Ed Aull.
Something new. Electric coffee
mill the only one in town. Come and
see it work. 1t is a little beauty and
up-to-date. Jos. L. Long, Cash
Grocer.
We have somegood farms for sale
Wilson Bros, Traders bank building,
or Ed Aull.
Some fine home-cured shoulders for
sale at 10 cents a pound by q. w.
Wright and Sons. SPLIT
Seeds. Seeds. In bulk or packages.
Onion sets by the quart or bushel,
Red River Ohio seed potatoes and
flower seeds of all kinds at Jos. L.
Long, Cash Grocer.
We have some very choice lots for
sale. Wilson Bros, Traders Bank
building, or Ed Aull.
Carriages and hacks furnished to
meet all trains. G. A. Summers
Livery Barn. Phone 800.
Try Steel Cut coffee. Our electric
mill does not mash the coffee bean.
1t cuts it as fine as you want it for
a pe%rcutater or for drip coffee.
Jos. L. Long, Cash Grocer.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-29
Bond Election.

The proposition to issue l 1900 in
bonds for the purpose Of making
needed addition to the Arnold school
carried in a special election Thurs
day by a vote of l25 to 26. Very lit
tie interest was manifest a n d
there was practically no con-
test. The addition is needed and
nothing Is too good for the children.
Mise Bess HagoOd returned to her
home in %Higginsville F%rIdaying af-
ter a visit with relatives here.
E. NJ. Tanbman went to Kansas City
Friday morning On business.
e. W. White spent yesterday
In Kansas City.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-29
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Lexington Water com
pany, for the election of directors
for the ensuing year will be held at
the Office of the company in Lexing-
ton, Mo-, on the sth day of June,
1909, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
Gustav Haerle, President.
John Chamberlain, Secy
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-29
Noiice 10 S~lockhoIders.

Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing Of the stockholders in the Lex
ington FIGURING mills win be held in
the lower court room Of the court
house in the city of Lexington, LAT
ayette county, Missouri, on Satur-
day June 5, 1909, at , O'Clock p. m.
for the purpose of eleoting seven di-
reetors of such company and trans
acting such other business as maybe
lawfully considered.
Given under our hands this May
p, 1909.
James F. Catron, President.
5-24tl2 VIM. Il. Chiles, Secretary.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-29
First Blood for Lexington.

Playing all the time with the pre-
cision of a Gillette safety razor,
never ~faltering and always on the
Job, the Elk band of this city de-
feated the Richmond species of horn
ed game Thursday afternoon at the
formers ball pavilion in the first con-
test of the annual series. The local
animals struck their stride at last
and with Hurley heaving and sup
ported by as strong an aggregation
OF wal horses, old and new, as ever
faced a Richmond machine, the rep
resentatives of this burg copied the
colors in a very neatly played game
by the score of 3 to O.
The locals In repairing for this
melee did not go off limits but res
directed some of the old diamond
stars, and said planets easily per-
suaded the onlookers that they we're
not as old as they seemed, All of
the scoring was pulled off in the third
Inning. Rosie King made a short in.
field clout, but an overthrow to first
enabled him to circle the sacks.
Then Patterson pummeled the peb-
bic to short and beat out the throw.
Cy Campbell, next up, was struck on
the think-box by the hurled horse
hide, and a sacrifice placed these
men on third and second respective.
ly. Hurley, whom you are supposed to
know, virtually won his own conflict
by cleaning the bases with a beau
tous drive over the right ielder's
turret.
Hurley heaved a brilliant game
and was given error less support.
He struck out s men and allowed s.
hits, which we're widely scattered.
Miller, the Richmond catapult, allow
ed but four hits and whitfield five.
He also issued the only compli-
mentary of the game. Rosie Kings
fielding was the feature of the 60.
Scott umpired fairly.
The score by innings: Total
Richmond-0 OO0 5000 0.
LeXington--0 0 8 OOOx 3.
Batteries: Elks--Hurley, Ardinger;
Richmond;--Miller, Owen.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-29

Ihave added a coIoring department
to the studio and am getting out
some beautiful effects in water co..
ors along with the photographs. The
life like colors are a marvel in photo
graphy,
Call and see some Of the samples.
The Picture Shop.
Phone 245 o. Coffin,
Prom
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-29
Land and Money.

l have a few Lafayette county
farms left that l can sell you at
reasonable prices. None any better,
and all know it,-and they sell.
Some city residences and vacant lots
located to suit purchasers. Will take
pleasure in showing you anything l
have for sale. Can see me at Gratz
Bros. phone 22S, E. B. vaughn's
phone 80 or home phone 272 W. v.
CURTIS.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-29
CAL 29S

and order package of "HOI-
land Rusk," dainty,
Dutch, delicious, direct from HOI-
land. Try Holland Rusk" with
any meal and every meal. One
bite gives you the appetite.
E. S. MOORMAN,
18th and Franklin.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-29

Don : forget Us wnen you want the
oest granitoid steps aud walks con-
crete walls, foundations and footings.
We MAKE the best and treat you
white. I'VE LOVE WORK.
Phone 32b JOHN l. AsHURsT
Contractor
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-05-29
Insurance

For all kinds of Fire and Tornado
Goth City and Country, Hay and
Grain at right Prices, See
W. v CURTIS.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12
FAIRGROUNDS.

The great number of apartment houses ana
flats that have been built in Salt Lake CITY our
ing the past year or two indicates that the CITY Is
| following in the way of other and older c1ueS Oh
the east in the matter of modern convenlences Tor
the grown-ups At the same time there Is no ade-
,ote provision for the children. Of course, chill
d-er arc questionable in these latter days, and
esneciaIv in apartment houses, but there are new
ar+beless thousands of children, and provision
sbould he made for these that they may grow up
strong and healthy and that they may become nor
NAL men and women Land in Salt Lake has in
creased in value wonderfully during the time that
our flats and apartment houses have been build
ing and the effort of the owners of the land Is
to make it income producing. That is a commend
able thing to do; idle land is an expense to the
individual which ordinarily he cannot afford to
carry SO there is no front yard and no back yard
that NAV be utilized by the children place Of
play and enjoyment. The children Of the city need
25 cents and street car tickets to take them out
of the city out into the sunshine and TO the grass
plots where they can romp and run and jump and
cut up capers like children ought to do
1t will probably be a great many years before
Salt Lake will have the same problems confronting
it as has New York. but if New York had her ex-
perience and Salt Lakes opportunity today, there
can be small doubt that the metropolis would set
aside we'll selected sites for municipal Fairgrounds.
Now the opportunity for New York is past. As a
substitute the people of that city of considering
closing certain streets to all traffic after certain
hours and turning the streets over the chill
dren for their exclusive use and benefit dirty,
hard street certainly is a very poor substitute for
playground, but it is the best the great city of
New York has to offer, and the matter is under
consideration.
New York wishes it had Fairgrounds. right
down in the city. Like most of the older cities.
New York grew up and learned by experience Of
the mistakes she had made. 1t is not necessary
for the newer western cities to have the
experience We of the west may profit by the ex-
perience of others. We should give serious con-
sideration to the needs of the coming generation.
1t is high time the foresghted people of the city
should take the matter of municipal Fairgrounds
up and make provision. We need skyscrapers and
apartment houses to accommodate men and women,
but need romping places for the children, too.
And if act wisely in this generation those that
come after will rise up and call US blessed
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12
THE INTERMoUNTAN AND COLORADO CATHOLIC: JUNE H. 1909

the ten years the record shows sos persons kllleu
and 29OS5 wounded. Appalling as these figures
are thew are not claimed by the Tribune as cohi
plete by any means, and the short time the lrlp-
une gives itself to collect the data necessarily
leaves many cases reported as wounded when
eventually should be included in the list OF dead
The Journal of the American Medical Association
has taken up the work of collecting these status
tics during the past six years, and allows i''e,-
two months to get the figures, hence are mucn
nearer the actual conditions than the figures OF
the Tribune These figures of the Journal are
as follows: In 1908, 4O6 killed, 1888 wounded
1904, 1873 killed. 1886 wounded 1905, 49, Killed.
SIG wounded; 1906, 15S killed, 5,3OS wounded;
1907 h64 killed, 4249 wounded; 1908, 163 killed
5,460 wounded
Here is regiment of 1916 killed and an army
of 81 $50 wounded. Citing these figures, writer
in the Atlantic Monthly says: "Surely the sorrow
suffering and mutilaton here represented mock
the claim that our July Fourth, as at present OBJ
served is in any sense a festal day; rather is 1t
day of terror, anxiety and dread"
The situation is one which does not require
argument to show the foolishness of present
barbaric celebration. There is real public danger
in it which the advocates of a and safe Fourth
of July seek to avert Surely it is not too late tor
the citizens of Salt Lake to take the matter IN
hand and substitute community celebration OF
the day for the customary indulgence III dangerous
explosives which results every year in so much sor
row and suffering And if our citizens cannot get
together on such important matter. perhaps the
city council could be induced to make the license
for selling fireworks $1,000 a day, and thus vir-
tually put stop to the whole bad business
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12
RAILROADS..

The prestige of the American railroad is shown
i'll lot of statistics gathered together which show
the mileage in the United States to be 227000
while that of all other countries combined is 252-
000 1t is pointed out however that the railroad of
India is of class not entitled to a place in the
count, and eliminating that one country, the rail
road mileage of the United States is greater than
all other countries combined What makes this
showing still remarkable is the fact that the
population of the United States is only about one
fifth of the combined population of the other rail
road countries, exclusive of India, and the income
each year of the American railroads is only Z per
cent less than the income of all the other railroads
of the world
Of the gross income, 81 per cent is needed for
operating expenses in the United States, while in
the other countries the operating expense amounts
to only 81 per cent Considering the average daily
wage of the American raroader and comparing
that amount with the wage paid to the raroader
IN the other countries, would seem to show that
the higher priced American railroader was worth
all he is getting and that the companies profit by
paying big wages. Considered in the matter of
ton mileage, this inference is strengthened The
United States exceeds all other countries com
bined in mileage of freight hauled, hauling one ton
of freight an average of 1872 miles, as against IS
miles, the average of all other countries
No matter what position we may assume in the
matter of freight rates. these figures if they are
correct, show that the railroads of the United
States are doing more work and are receiving less
money for it than are the railroads of the rest of
the world combined, a matter which at least shows
that the efficiency of the American railroad man
ayers is at least just little ahead of that of other
countries Of course the railroads are not perfect
but it tickes the pride feels in his own coun-
try to know that we have the best in the world,
ANYWAY,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12

Priestesses of Ceres, at Athens where the law as
signed to them the highest Importance were sup
ported at the public expense, and consecrated their
! whole lifetime to the worship of the GODDESS were
! obliged to live, in the most austere CONTINGENCY.
Thus did antiquity distinctly acknowledge both
the hig importance of continency for sacerdote
functions, and the weakness of human nature when
unsupported by any other than its mere natural
strength.
In its migratons across seas our race car
RED with 1t reverence for continency. Prescott
in his History of Peru, tells us the virgins ded-
lcated to the worship of the sun were compelled to
continency and Landa in his Relation de Yucca
tan" says that the Macon or High-priest of the
Mayas, during his three years term of office lived
life of continency. Virgins consecrated to God
to be found among every people, and at every
epoch of the history of mankind. What is there
of greater celebrity in the world than the vestas?
In the temple of Minerva at Athens the sacred fire
was kept alive, as at Rome, by virgins. These
same vestals have been met with in other nations;
as, for instance, in the Indies and South Amer
lea, where and it is very remarkable-the viola
ton of the vow of chastity punished in the
same way as at Rome, that is by burying alive.
Whence comes this universal opinion? Where
did Numa learn, three thousand years ago. that in
order to raise his community of vestals to Holt
ness and reverence it was necessary to oblige them
to vrginity, and whence arose the general persua-
sion among the Romans that if a vesta was dis
Pensed from her and married, the marriage
was never happy. At Rome Polio and Agrippa
for the honor of presenting vesta
virgin to the state. The daughter of Polio was pre-
ferred for the reason that Polio had never dshon-
ored his house by divorce.
Was there anything so extraordinary?
Where did the Romans of that age learn of the
integrity of marriage and of the natural alliance
between chastity and the altar? Where did these
ancient Romans learn that a maiden, daughter
IF a divorced man, although born in lawful we'd
ock and personally irreproachable, was notwth-
standing, damaged" for the altar? These ideas
must have sprung from principal natural to man,
Is ancient as man. and, so to speak portion of his
eing.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12
PEACE.

The spectacle of Christian nations taxing them
selves to the point of exhaustion in their efforts
10 make themselves impregnable is one which would
De amusing If it were not so filled with tragedy.
Each year we have peace conference and each
year the appropriations of the leading commercial
nations for battleships and coast defenses are in
creased until now protest has been sounded. The
argument that great navy is the surest guaran-
tee OF peace has been questioned by the delegates
TO the latest peace conference-that at Mohonk
n. Y.-and President Taft has been appealed to to
take the initiative in calling an international con-
terence to work for international disarmament.
Certainly the peculiar position of the United
States, with thousands of miles of ocean between
our shA and any nation which might conem-
plate an attack would give such an appeal from
our president prestige which that of 10 other
presiding ruler could hope to have The motive
behind such appeal would probably be some
what selfish, but it would be big. broad self
lshness which had back of it the welfare of the
whole world rather than desire to promote the
material interests of the United States to the
detriment of other nations
1t certainly is asking too much of the people of
earth to produce billion dollars year more than
they need Just to protect the people from each
other If this load were removed from the shout
ders of the producers, perhaps there would be
more Joy in the world, albeit less national glory.
But that it will be removed some day there is no
reason to doubt The cost of preparation for
is so great and is increasing SO rapidly that ere
long the last straw will be placed upon the camels
back and it will break. The people of the world
cannot afford to go armed ready for conflict, and
it will be discovered unto the makers of laws and
rulers of all lands before many years roll BY The
moral side of the question will win by the addi-
ton of the commercial side, and battleships will
become obsolete and no new ones will be built
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12
SACRIFICE TO PATRIOTISM.

In less than three weeks the great celebration
of the birth of independence on the western hemi-
sphere will be celebrated Notwithstanding the an
peas that have been made in the past and the pres
ent agitation for safe and sane Fourth of July,
it is likely that after the celebration a. story very
much like the stories of the last few preceding
years will be told.
And what kind of story is that which has
been told during the past decade2 Is it one of pat
riotic demonstrations, to inst love of country
in the minds of the young? 1t may be: but we have
grave doubts.
1t is story of recklessness and heroic sacri-
fee on the altar a good time, with no adequate
compensation. During the past ten years, the Chi
cago Tribune has collected all the cases of death
and wounding resulting from the annual ceebra-
ton. and the figures really appalling. As
result of shootings, burnings and explosions in
1899, 33 were killed, 1742 wounded; in 1900 50
killed, 2,767 wounded; in 1901, 35 killed, 1903
wounded; 1902, 81 killed. 2,796 wounded 1908, 50
killed, 1865 wounded; 1904. IS killed, 3,049 wound
ed; 1905, SO killed, 3169 wounded; 1906, 81 killed
1861 wounded; 1907, IS killed, 3,s07 wounded
1908, y killed. 2746 wounded.
That is the record as collected BY the Chicago
Tribune in three days after the celebration. In
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12
GENERAL LAWN.

So General" LAWN is dead. A kindly old soul
was his. He lived a blameless life. He seemed
to be sensitive only when some one questioned the
Legitimacy of his rank of Brigadier General He
declared it to him merit, and when on
festal days, he appeared in full uniform. Solomon
in all his glory not a corporal by comparison.
We hope that uniform was put on him for his final
sleep. That sleep would be restless without it.
We hope the faith that was his on earth has
materialized into blessed reality where he has
gone-Judge Goodwin in Goodwin's Weekly.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12
CLERICAL CELIBACY AGAIN.

Edtor-Sir:
our rejoinder to my communication with JUS
ultlcal cunningness avoids all reference to Holy
writ. If celibacy has divine sanction how was
1t that St Peter whom you claim as the first pre-
late of your church, was married man, for when
Jesus came into Peters house. He saw his wife's
(Peters) mother laid and sick of fever and
he touched her hand and the fever left her, and
she arose and ministered to them" Does he not
also mention his son Marcus! St Paul. address
ing Timothy, says: "A bishop then must be blame
less the husband of one wife" You maintain. sir.
that the new dispensation is simply continuance
OF the old. Does not a celibate life contravene
the commend, increase and multiply You al
ege II is an ecclesiastical law but all ecclesiastical
laws must harmcnize with the natural and divine
laws. Your church, in instituting such law.
breaks up family ties and the happiness of home
A cellbate life is an unnatural life Therefore can
not be defended on any ethical principle.
CYRUS FIELDING.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12
CARD FROM BISHOP scA-1AN

/ feel 1t my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition By notifying
them from time 10 time that person bearing the
name and gar5 of priest sister anyone else is
authorized permitted solicit or collect in this
diocese for purpose whatever connected with the
catholic Church without having from me permission
IN writing bearing my seal and signature Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such document he or
she as the may be- should be regarded by all as
d Iauo ana an llnposter. l. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

Inc lntermountaln Catholic goes into nearly every
athonc nome in this diocese. It's circulation in
ana, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and many
other STATES is very large. Only reliable firms and
business men advertise in the paper All subscribers
VIII md TO their advantage when about to invest
purchase or consult business matters to read over
she llst OF our advertisers. We only recommend
out ask for them the patronage of all our readers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12

The enterprising reporter missed an opportu-
nifty In not accounting for the floods by sudden
awakening of some long time dead volcano some
where in the mountains, whose internal heat melt
ed the SHOWS and sent the water into the valley.
Great opportunity gone by here, sure!
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12

wise the English of many of our prayer books ana
do away with much that is now ambiguous anu
confusing AT the same time cannot the desenef-
ate hymnology in popular vogue among us De HI
rroved and for the sentimental dltties' more or
less mawkish, could we not introduce hymns OF 'lg
Breviarv translated by Newman, Faber, Rebel and
John Mason Neae?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12

Edward Payson Weston, the pedestrian on the
long walk from coast coast is finding the water
and food in Wyoming hard on his constitution
With great deal more than half of the distance
covered, it seems likely that he will complete the
trip.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12
ODDITIES OF A LIVING LANGUAGE.
Ogden, June 8, 1909.

Sir:
May ask what is meant by the word prevent"
in the penultimate prayer following the Litany of
of the Saints prevent we beseech Thee o Lord
our actions, etc"
Again, in the Lords Prayer, the Our Father,
what IS lead us not into temptation" mean?
Surely I'D does not lead any one into temptation?
What is the English equivalent of "Alleluia" and
of what language is it? RESPECTFULLY yours
E. NJ. R.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-12

The City of Brotherly Love woke up last week.
and after fight went back to sleep again. It's dol
lars to doughnuts that Philadelphia will not ap-
pear in the Geographic news of the papers again
for year.