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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04
Big Circus in Kansas City.

The Barnum & Baily greatest show
cn earth is to visit Kansas City on
Saturday, September A..
Never since the beginning of time
has an amusement enterprise so ire
mendous in size been organized as
this one. It's magnitude is almost be-
yond belief. All America together
with every foreign country, has been
secured from end to end by agents
of this big show in search of novel
ties and the result is a performance
brim full of sensational acts new to
the circus world. In the big Barnum
& Baily show are nearly 400 arenic
stars, most of whom are seen now for
the first time. A new sensation will
be lei at every performance in
JUPITER, the balloon horse" This
remarkable animal with its fearless
rider ascends to the dome of the cir
Gus tent in a balloon and descends to
the ground in a shower of fire works.
Nearly 1000 animal wonders are to
be found in the big 10S cage menag-
erie. 8 herds of elephants, including
one herd that actually plays upon
musical instruments in time and true.
= group Of giant CRATES, monster
trained hippopotamus, only living BIZ
horned r%hinocerous and hundreds Of
other strangebeasts. Barnum G. Bal
ley's big, new, free street parade is
the most gorgeous professional dis
play ver attempted in the history of
circus business. It's tremendous size
and wonderful length can only be
believed in the actual seeing. 1t is
natural to expect this big circus to
lead all others in quantity and quail
ty Of its street spectacle as well as
in other departments of the big show
yet never in its splendid history Of
nearly half a century has 1t display
ed such extravaganza as is shown
this year.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

RINERYIEW EXPoSITION'S Court
of Honor" has never been equaled since
the Ancient Hanging Gardens of Baby
Ion. Its center is a lagoon of crystal
silver and gold FISH. The limpld edges
are fringed with emerald lawn set In
rows OF stately Lombardy poplars. Cas-
cade fountains play prismatic sprays
downward into the lagoon. Fantastic
facades and white pavilions CLEAN
through the trees as a marble setting
for the beautiful landscape.
"Over Niagara Fallr" reproduces on
q mammoth scale the famous water
The inspiring strands OF great bands.
softer tones of orcheFtras. sounds of
merriment from joyous throngs. sunlit
waters and foreetry. gay s~hOW-places.
chimes, whistles OF miniature railroads.
vocalization OF the animals Of Circle d
Ranch" chanting Indians the familiar
roofing" enthusiasts IN the baseball
park, the silent inward movement Of
the river that courses through the great
park, and millions Of activities that i'm.
part pleasure. mystery and delight
make RIVERVIEW EXPOSITION .
world has never seen.
Miss Elliott TOdhunter and
Miss Blair Gordon went to Kan
sas City Thursday for a short
visit.
F. G. Knoll of Winton has just
bought the fine 2-year-Old jack
Judge Bradley from w. j. FINLEY
This is probably the best young
jack in the county and Mr.. Tin
ley thinks him the best in the
state. Mr.. Knoll will be pleased
to have his friends call and see
the fine animal.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04
THE TEACHERS.

1t was pleasing to e so many
of the teachers of Lafayette coun-
ty meeting in the high school
building Thursday and Friday of
this week And the general tone
Of the gathering and the evidence
Of good purpose was even more
gratifying.
To these 102 people more than
to any other group of persons will
be entrusted during the coming
winter the future of Lafayette
county. Hundreds of boys and
girls of Uniformed character will
be guided toward maturity, and
the teachers generally more than
anyone else exert an influence
over growing youth.
If the teacher conscientiously
tries to instill high ideals into
his pupils and imparts all Of the
three RS he can, his work viii
not be in vain. That this is the
intention Of the instructors of La.
fayette county none who attend.
ed the meeting could doubt.
Presiding over a school room
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

comes far from being the easiest
or most %remmerative task in the
world and the labor and sacrifice
involved can not be realized by
one who has never tried it. But
after all, what is accomplished is
not to be estimated in dollars
aud cents or in worldly glory,
Teaching is an occupation for no
bic and earnest men and women
and such are the teachers of La
fayette county,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04
RHYMES FOR LEXINGTON.

The Lexington lntelligencer
complains that The jefferson
ian has an advantage over it
in that Higginsville rhymes
with rill, will, still, pill, bill,
swill and other good English
words, while one may look
through the book without find
ing rhymes for Lexington,
properly pronounced. The JEFF
ferSonian begs to offer the fol-
lowing ~consoling lines;
Don't sigh that in the lexicon
There are no rhymes for Lex
ington
For though that names a vex-
ing one
1t need be no perplexing one
For with some wise ~annexing
done
SO word to word connects in
one
'Tis safe to bet your necks lin
fun
That there are rhymes for Lex
ington.
-Higginsyille Jeffersonian.
Thank you, but
Brother Shippey, everybody
knows that you're a poet.
gained wide recognition
as a rhymester and you know
it.
n making verse you really are
an artist in a high sense
Md therefore have what people
call a good poetic license.
we as yet remain obscure
our dope has made no killing
And so to take great liberties in
rhyming we re unwilling.
We can not take our pen in hand
and write our stuff abstract
ly.
We simply must stick to the rule
and make it rhyme exactly.
i Lexington were Lexingone,
We'd make it rhyme with "vex-
ing one"
And then if it were LeXingdone,
We'd put it by "annexing done
Moreover, if 'twere Lectsinone,
Ned fix it with connects in
one
Md were it only Lexinfun,
t would be paired with "necks
in fun
But we are classed with amatuers
and it would be a crime
Tor us to dish out assonance and
palm it off for rhyme.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

Capt. and Mrs. W. D. Rankin
and son, DR. Edwin Rankin, went
to McAlister Springs Friday.
Mrs. j. W. Kaufman of Alton,
Illinois, with her daughters, Mis-
SEES Angelica and Helen, and son,
Hugh, returned home yesterday
morning after a visit with Mrs.
Kauffman's sister, Mrs. Leroy
Farmer.
Frank r. Howe and Irwin Nor
ris returned from McAlister
Springs Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. John 7. King returned to
her home in Little Rock, Arkan-
sas Thursday after spending
the summer with her sister, Mrs.
S. Sellers.
DR.. F. L Carter returned We'd
nesday evening from a stay Of
several days in Higginsyille.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04
NVERvIEW EXPOSITION.
6ieAgo's Greatest Amusement Ent@
prise Completed at a Cost
Of 100000.

None OF Chicago's other marvellous
achievements equal the great amuse-
ment enterprise IL has just launched.
RIVERVIEW EXPOSITION.
This exposition surpasses everything
OF its character since the original
Worlds Fair. Five million dollars was
expended to make ii a browning gem in
Chicago's coronet of beautiful parks.
Last season 1900, 900 persons visited
the exposition. This year 1t will ac-
eommodate 10000, 900. A trip to Chi
cage would be incomplete without a
visit there.
RIVERVIEW EXPOSITION sur
passes Caesars ancient Circus Maximus
where 5000 dancers entertained Rome.
Five thousand dancers could be lost in
any one of its courts, ~esplanades,
causeways or wooded groves. That
many show girls, trick riders, Indians
and cowboys are used in its Frontier
Day Fetes" alone.
Twice as many are accommodated in
the amphitheater, where Mexican bull
fights occur. Wild bulls and daring
Toreadors daily enact thrilling contests
for life and death. A Spanish band OF
100 pieces discourses national music
Many military bands render open air
concerts. The Industrial exhibit includes
wireless telegraphy. flying machines.
dirigible balloons, a~eroplanes and other
mechanical marvels.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

RIVERVIEW EXPOSITION'S match
less attraction is The Creation" This
stupendous scenic spectacle, animated
by Biblical characters of the Garden OF
Eden, is destined to attract world wide
attention, II is the product Of the
genius of r. w. Mcconnell, builder Of
several worlds fairs, and his stad OF
a hundred artists.
The scene is the Valley of the 'Eu-
pirates, where tradition locates Eden.
Awed spectators View as near to its re-
production as man may conceive. The
great religious drama closely follows
the Scripture.
There is first q void, then darkness,
dawn and light; separation Of the sky.
the earth and the waters; the beginning
of life In the air and the waters, birds
and fishes, creeping and crawling things.
celestial anthems Of unseen spirit bands:
the creation of Adam and Eve. their
temptation. transgression and expulsion
by Angel Gabriel, who drives them forth
with a flaming word"
l. great $4,000 pipe organ intones APP
propr.a.e music. Its deep tubes produce
thunder, and its aute-liEe notes the
mimicry Of forest small life. Flashes
OF Lightning and angry storms are made
by electrical and water effects. Space
sorbids m adequate description of this
magnificent spectacle.
Another great novelty Is THE Races"
an English panorama. Fifty horses at
tached to cnaises raise over the high
way to Coventry.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

September is here. Some of
the economical are still wearing
their straw hats; but blankets
are now a nocturnal necessity,
yellow streaks are appearing in
the grass, from Columbia comes
,the annual cry Of expectation tina
Missouri will defeat Kansas on
Thanksgiving, children are buy
ing school books and the flies are
getting lazy. Thursday there was
a delightful rain with a drop
III the temperature. Welcome
September.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

We wish the forces which Mr..
Hartman said would make bus
mess good this fall would hurry
about getting into action.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

j. King is after the public at
last. He has formed a company
to deal in sporting goods and
wants the dear people to buy
stocks in it.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

LaFolette may not have the
same manner of making money
as that used by Aldrich, but these
Chautauquas help some.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

And now comes the comfort
ing thought that free hides are
not going to make shoes any
cheaner.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

If all classes of the east were
benefited by the tariff rates
westerners might be able to
stand for it, because the west is
far ahead when it comes to nat
ural resources and needs no ar
tificial aid. But it is only the
rich men Of the east who are get
ting theirs, while the tenement
jewellers are not receiving a par
ticle of benefit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

In writing up the recent shoot
ing scrape the Advertiser spelled
il "Akers," the News "Ackers y
and this paper Acres You
know how to pronounce it
though, anyhow.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

With the opera house running
frequent shows and the two NOV
ing picture places putting on
vaudeville, diversion seeking
Lexingtonians will not find the
winter particularly dull
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04
DOVER NOTES

Webb Cole had business in
Lexington Tuesday.
j. Q. Plattenburg of Lexington
was here this week.
Charlie Lewis of Corder had
business here Wednesday.
R. W. Ashworth spent Sunday
evening in Kansas City,
Sam Redd and Jake Harwood
were in Lexington Monday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Darnell
and daughter of Corder spent
Sunday here with relatives.
Miss Mamie Brown will 90 to
Corder Sunday to attend school
the coming winter.
Mrs. Margaret Zeysing came
home Monday evening from a
weeks visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Bowman Corder, at Black
burn.
Miss Gertie Pointer of Lexing-
ton was here Wednesday evening
O. G. Congdon went to Kansas
City Wednesday morning on
business.
Charlie Barley of Corder was
here Wednesday afternoon.
Laurence Fox is spending this
week with friends in Corder.
Mrs. Mamie Littlejohn and
granddaughter, Miss Helen Cole,
spent last week with Mrs. Lucy
Wernwag at Lexington.
Mrs. j. NJ. Redd and two chill
dren, jamie and Robert, went to
Kansas City Sunday evening for
a weeks with relatives.
Mrs. Mary Barley came home
Wednesday from a visit with her
sons, Louis and Hunter Barley,
at Higginsville.
Mrs. Arthur Carter and son,
Tyler, of Fairfax, Mo, who are
visiting with Mr., and Mrs.
Frank Gordon, were the guests
this week of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Beattie and family.
Miss Vivion Carter and grand
mother, Mrs. Martha Vivion, re.
turned to Kansas City after a
three weeks visit with relatives.
Mrs. Ike Scott and children of
Kansas City are spending this
week with Charlie Dysart and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Startzman
of Geary, Oklahoma, announce
the birth of twin daughters,
Tuesday, Aug. 10th, 1909.
Mrs. Robert MCGEE and chill
dren left Wednesday for their
home at Woodward, Okla, after
a two weeks visit with F. ]. Nc
Gee and family.
Will Eubank, wife and baby
daughter of Houston, La, came
last week to visit james Gather
and wife.
Mrs. Paris BARLEY and two
children left Monday for their
home in Helena, Montana, after
a short visit here with her
mother, Mrs. Bette Harwood
and other relatives.
Miss Mayme johnson of Lex
mgton is here this week visiting
relatives.
Miss Jean Zeysing spent last
week in Lexington with Mrs. Vir.
ginia johnson and daughters.
Mrs. Kate Lewis after visiting
her brother, DR.. W. G. Harwood.
for some time, left Monday fol-
her home in Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Corbin, Jr
came home Sunday from a visit
with relatives near Moberly.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

Any time you think Licking
ton is dead take a ride around
and look at some of the new
houses in the course of erection.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

Everything points to a most
prosperous year for the private
schools of Lexington. These in
stitutionS bring a great amount
of business to this town, and so
the citizens are all glad to see
their prospects so bright
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04

The north pole was discovered
the other day-by an American,
of course.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-09-04
Oh, YOU Geography.

Spruce up, girls. The cadets
will be here in a couple Of weeks.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-09-18
FIGHTS MAD DOG
TO SAVE HER son
MOTHER TEARS JAWS OF RABiD
ANIMAL FROM BOY WITH
BARE HANDS. -
HOLDS BRUTE TILL AID COMES
Mrs. Richards Of Yonkers, New York.
Wins Desperate Battle Hurls
Animal to Street Where
Bullet Awaits Him.

New York.-In the long honor list of
courageous mothers who have braved
appalling dangers in the defense OF
their children the name of MIS-. E. j.
Richards. Yonkers. merits a high
place.
Mrs. Richards heart is centered in
her five-year-old son, Vincent, who.
while playing in front of his home
the other afternoon, was attacked by
mad dog.
The rabid animal had raced mile
through Yah Cortlandt Park avenue
spreading terror, AS he dashed toward
the child playing in the grassy side Of
the ROADWAY there was a chorus Of
many cries.
But the uproar was meaningless 10
little Vincent and in another moment
the foaming jaws had closed fast upon
his leg. His shrek of pain and terror
was heard by the mother in an upper
room of the house.
Realizing that no trifling accident
could draw such a cry Of agony from
the child she loved far better than her
lie, MIS-. hlCudIuS IuSliSu uoN 10 Ni'i 20
and out into the street She saw
sight that would have unnerved most
mothers. The mad dog had attacked
the little victim again and again. 1t
stood above the helpless child, snap
ping and tearing with foaming jaws.
Half a dozen men were rushing ex-
citedly around fearing to close in upon
the mad brute, but Mrs. Richards did
not hesitate.
In an instant she had sprung upon
the dog and caught his jaws in her
hands. They were bare hands, too,
but the courageous woman thought
nothing of her own danger. With
strength born OF desperation she
grabbed the dogs upper jaw with one
hand and the lower with the other.
The fangs were fastened in the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-09-18
PROVED BY TIME.
No Fear of Any Further Trouble.

David Price, Corydon, Ia, says: 81
was in the last stage of kidney trouble
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-09-18
WILL LEAVE JOHNNY AT HOME
Next Time Mother Visits Grandfather
Youngster Is Not Likely to
Accompany Her. Il

II think the mother of a six-year.olA
boy should have pension to make UP
to her for the mental agony she suf-
fers," said just such a mother. Il
took Johnny to his paternal GRANDPA.
theirs .SsI week, and beneve ~ ....s
cut us out of grandfather's will. Of
course, We send him to Sunday school
and we both attend church, but we
do not ask blessing at the table, nor
do we have family prayers. GRANDPA.
Their does, and 1t happened that the
morning after we arrived Johnny was
excused from the table and went out
In the yard to play. Grandfather led
the way into the sitting room and we
all knelt down In prayer. Imagine my
horror to see Johnny's little face peer
ing curiously through the blinds and
hear him sing out: Hey, in there,
what kind of game is that you're
playing? Amt you the rotten bunch
not to let me in on it. l arose and
softly whispered to him to run on and
play, and he sang out: You're it,
mamma, you're it; make home run
Now, what can you do with a small
boy, anyway? | can never explain
matters to his grandfather
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-09-18
70 ReszR 2. 4. 81
AXE$
BEN7NET
NLJyZMz1N1J YR4Y M4ZZZW
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with the shipwrecl of
the steamer on which Miss Genevieve
Leslie, an American heiress, Lord Win
thrope, an Enghshman, and Tom Blake,
a brusque American. were passengers.
The three were tossed upon an uninhab-
tied island and were the only ones not
drowned. Blake recovered from a drunk
en- stupor. Blake, Stunned on the boat,
because OF his roughness. became hero
as preserver of the helpless pair. The
Englishman was suing for the hand OF
Miss Leslie. Blake started to swim back
to the ship to recover what was left.
Blake returned safely. Winthrope wasted
his last match on q cigarette, for which
he was scored by Blake. Their first meal
was dead fish. The trio started ten
mile hike for higher land. Thirst at
tackled them. Blake was compelled to
ness. He tainted Winthrope. They en-
tered the jungle. That night was passed
roosting high in tree. The next morn
ing they descended to the open again.
All three constructed hats to shield them
selves from the sun. They then Toasted
on cocoanuts, the only procurable food.
Miss Leslie showed a liking for Blake,
but detested his roughness Led by Blake
! they established home in some cliffs.
1Blalle found fresh water spring Miss
Leslie faced an unpleasant situation.
They planned their campaign. Blake re-
covered his surveyors magnifying glass,
thus insuring fire. He started a jungle
fire, killing a largo leopard and smoth-
ering several cubs. In the leopard's cav
ern they built small home. They gained
tree until it fell against the heights. The
Miss Lesiie's white skirt was decided
upon as a signal. Miss Leslie made a
forts to kill antelopes failed. Overhear:
ing conversation between Blake and
Winthrope, Miss Leslie became fright
ened WINTHROP became i'll with fever.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-09-18
The fans

child's leg but with a mighty tug the
woman pulled them apart
Run to the house, dear! she cried
to her son, who, covered with blood
and dazed with terror, managed to
drag himself away.
Danger for the boy had passed and
the woman then thought of her own
life.
knowing that the dog would rend
her if she released that grip upon his
jaws, she held on with every ounce oi
strength at her command.
Woman and brute, locked in desper'
ate struggle, swayed over the side
walk and out into the roadway. But
still she chung to the jaws and was
holding them wide apart in a grip
cf steel when Police Sergeant Van
Steeiberg reached the scene.
Drawing his revolver, the bluecoai
cried when | give the word throw
the dog as far away from you as you
can.
"Now!'
With her last vestige of strength
Mrs. Richards hurled the dog far into
the roadway.
Van Steenbergs revolver spoke
twice and the snarling brute rolled
over dead
Little Vincent, bitten and torn In
Is different places, was attended by
DIR. Kennedy, who cauterized all this
wounds and sewed up the larger ones
Mrs. Richards came out of her thrill
ing battle without scratch.
The body of the dog was removed tc
tho health bureau for examination.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-09-18
INSISTED ON HOLE IN COFFIN.
Through II Col. Buffers Triumphant
Pigtail Should Protrude.

Thomas Butler, a colonel In tho
army Of the United States early in the
nineteenth century, died in New Or
leans in 1905 in the midst Of his cele-
brated controversy with Gen. Wilkin-
son regarding the wearing OF his
queue.
Col. Butler insisted on wearing his
hair in the sld-fashioned style In dis
obedience to Wilkinson's orders. Ac~
cording to Pierce Butler in his biog-
raphy of judah p. Benjamin. while the
dispute was still raging Butler died
and left directions that a hole should
he bored in the head OF his coffin and
that he should be borne to the grave
with his triumphant pigtail protruding
in defiance. The family tradition 10
that these directions were carried out.