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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-01-23

French Piano Company, loaned
them one of their fine pianos foi
vacation or Christmas uses. 81
with the cook stove, the Singer
sewing machine, the piano and
the vivacious voices of the lasses
there was music in the air, a
unique aud extraordinary ac-
compartment by which to do ed
itorial work. If our sober read.
ers found anything too hilarious
in the columns of the Advocate
during the Christmas weeks they
will know how to account for it
add how to sympathize with and
apologize for us.
We are greatly indebted to our
good friends. Mrs. j. r. A.
Vaughan, Mrs. Wagner, Mrs.
NJ. ID. Lewis, Miss Elizabeth Hall,
Miss Clair Berry, Miss Natalie
Luccock and the Misses Donald
sons for the elegant entertain
ments and dinings given to our
nieces.
The remarkable progress
made in the two weeks expert
ment in the culinary art on the
part Of these students deter
mined us more than to have a
School of Domestic Science, in
GLIDING the chemistry of the
kitchen, the hygiene of the home
and the art Of making in
Central College for Women.
Here is a golden opportunity
for some man or woman of
wealth to build fol. themselves an
enduring monument in thus be-
a benefactor not only to
the present but of future gener.
ations. We shall ask President
Gibson to figure out the cost for
plant and material equipment,
and also the amount of endown-
ment necessary to pay the an
nual salary of an up-to-date and
class director of such a
school. We suggest that the
members of the alumni in and
about the city of st. Louis take
this work and enlist our
friends who have money TO thus
invest for the future welfare of
humanity and the glory of Coo.
One of the greatest needs of the
world today is the scientific care
Of our bodies and our homes as
well as the final salvation of our
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-01-23
The New Legislative Quarters.

The committee on redecorating
and furnishing the hall of repre-
sentatiues ofthes tateof Missouri
didn't have a bit of trouble ex-
tracing 5000 90 from the state
treasury to pay for the taste
which they have displayed in
their work. They did it too, in
the faceof a bowling deficit in the
treasury which denies even the
teachers in state schools a cent of
salary since last August.
Wallace Crossley, one Of the
committee which did this hall
decorating job, reports:
The hall of the house of repre-
~sentatives at the capitol has been
completed and is being admired
by all who yisittbe capitol. The
new gallery Of tue house is in it.
self a distinct triumph. The seat
ing capacity Of thehouse has been
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-01-23

t~SSEs
sc TRANSPORTATION of a Bachelors Hall
From the Christian Advocate.
Ton the second floor of the Adj
bcate' 5 new home arc numerous,
pacious and very elegant editor
II, social and rest rooms, through
Lhich our many frien6s feel free
% enter, stroll, rest, read or
write sans ceremOnie. Recently
Ar5ome of cur strolling friends
lio,ave been astonished, if not dazed
Their dumbfounded, on finding in a
facoachelor's home lying around in
0lesuch a miscellaneous and matter
sssof fact sort Of way, ladies' jour
Fuals and magazines, sheet music,
sauthimbles, laces, ribbons, EN-
Lo' broideries, Christmas and sou
Ao'yenir postal cards, flowers, boxes
Aof candy, and the air vibrant with
ing music and redolent with perfume!
Ar' To avoid embarrassment at the
next meeting of the Southwest
Opti Missouri Conference, the editor
arises to explain.
me. On the morning of December
10th, Central College for Women
at Lexington, Missouri, adjourn
7 ed for a two weeks vacation of
san Christmas holidays. For two of
the Virginia students in this col
] 4 lege TO go all the way to their
hen homes and return, would have in
volyed their travelling nearly
sil three thousand miles, so they
were persuaded to stop off in st.
"a, Louis and spend Christmas with
zee their editor uncle, to his great
ee delight.
When these girls passed
=, through st. Louis in September,
h they were elegantly and delight
RS fully, dined in the home of Rev.
n, >Iosephus Stephan, whose wife
pc does her own cooking, with such !
grace, elegance and ease as to
convince the young Virginians
! that such scientific and skillful
housekeeping was really a fine
art to be enjoyed rather than
: dreaded. So when they arrived
for their holidays in st. Louis,
Mrs. Stephan very kindly chap
eroned them through a down
q town whirl of a busy days shop
ping, during which she selected
the goods and later cut and made
two beautiful, stylish or swell
cook aprons. When Mrs. Doctor
c.. G. Woods went to Florida she
left idle a Singer sewing machine,
a dining room and a gas cook
stove. The girls never looked
more beautiful than when they
put on their magnificent new
aprons, ordered their marketing
through the telephone, lighted
the gas in the cook stove and de-
termined TO learn Mrs. Stephan's
classical and charming accom-. Z
plishment. I
OF course these nieces might I
have bad some conscientious
scruples or trepidation in thus S
beginning on ordinary mortals.
but with an old bachelor uncle {
who had survived the food and {
cooking Of al climes and cont
nents, they experimental with S
impunity without any seeming
fear Of killing him. Our many /
sideaand splendid hearted lay n
man, BrotberA f. Whitaker, the S
general manager of the popular II
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Furniture for every room in your
house. We want to say to furniture
buyers that we have now the largest
stock we ever had. If you want a
piece of furniture, come look over
our stockJ
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olers or the air" Hence, under the burning
words or eloquent men and the piercing rays
OF the sun and singing of insects, a decree of
liberty was born.
The vote on the declaration was taken at
about 2 o'clock on the afternoon of Thursday,
and, while it was an intensely warm day for
Philadelphia, it certainly was, politically
speaking, a cold, clammy day for London.
While the documen was not signed on July
4, it had the same moral and executive effect,
since the delegates voted for the action and
ordered it engrossed On parchment. On August
z the sheepskin copy was presented, and all
the incidents relative to the signing, together
with the several comments Of members, bear
on the sessions of August 2, when all save two
members subscribed their names to the pro-
nouncement that I'VE hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal"
1t was largely due to trivial statements that
the delegates were aroused 20 the spirit Of
unity, and these apparent remarks led the
members to cheerfully subscribe their names
to a warrant Of death or Imprisonment. The
oft-quoted humor Of Charles Carroll needs to
be corrected. In the past we have been told
that when Charles Carroll of Maryland stepped
up to sign his name to the engrossed document
he said: 1.-THE British will be looking for all
of us, and so they may have no trouble in find
ing me l will put down my address," and he
signed, Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Tradi-
ton has it that the audience of delegates
laughed heartily, and one gentleman spoke out
loudly, There goes some millions of property"
To indicate that this very wealthy colonist
was not at all times at ease financially, the fol-
lowing letter, written by him two years before
the declaration was signed, attests. Il must
have the money, and speedily, for ! am quite
out of cash. However, a delay of a few days
will make no great difference" This demon
strates the theory that millionaires too often
get into close financial quarters.
Mr.. Carroll demonstrated his fearless, patri-
otto impulse prior to signing when he in rs
wrote to a member of parliament these sting
ing and rebellious words:
your thousands of soldiers may come, but
they will be masters of the spot only on which
they encamp. They will find naught but enc
mics before and around them. If we are beaten
on the plains we will retreat to the mountains
and defy them. Our resources will increase
with our difficulties. Necessity will force us to
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Catholic Church Opposes Drink.

In giving his views on the liquor
question recently Archbishop Ireland
of st. Paul, made the following state
ment:
THE Catholic church is absolutely
and irrevocably opposed to drunken
ness and to Misunderstanding. In
vain we profess to work for souls If
we do not labor to drive out an evil
which is daily begetting drunkards by
the ten thousand and peopling hell.
In vain we boast of civilization and
liberty If we do not labor to extermi-
nate intemperance. Education, the
elevation of the masses, liberty-all
that the age admires-is set at naught
by this dreadful evil. The individual
conscience Is the first arm In oppos-
ing it, but the individual conscience
has to be strengthened and supple
mented by law. The claim of saloon
keepers to freedom in their traffic is
the claim to spread disease, sin, pau
perism."
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Standard Christ Has Set.

Did it never strike you, notwith-
standing the dignity of Christ, and the
activity of Christ, how little success
comparatively he met with in his pub
lie work? We read Of no numerous
conversions: no p~entecostal REVEALS
in the course of his ministry. May
not this well encourage in the absence
of great outward results? He sets up
no higher standard than this-"She
hath done what she could" An artist
may be great in painting a peasant as
we'll as a king-it is the way he does
it. Yes, and if laid aside from the &C
tivities of the Christian life, we can
equally glorify God by passive endur.
ance. who am l." said Luther. when
he witnessed the patience Of a great
sufferer, who am 1? q wordy preacher
in comparison with this great doer."
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Carroll was last to yield to the scythe OF
death, on November IA, 1882, age So.
Even the anxiety of the old gentleman who
was to ring the bell in the tower of the state
house hurried the passing of the declaration.
since he had stationed below his little grand
son, who kept impatiently asking the delegates
about the declaration. And when the glad
moment had arrived the lad cried forth the
tidings, Grandpa, ring the bell! We are
free!" Hence, from the voice of a child came
the proclamation of liberty.
The bell he rung was not, as is pub
lished, cast in England; it was constructed Of
the metal of a bell made in London, but our
liberty bell was nodded and cast in Philadel-
phia by Cass & Stow, in March, 1853. The in
s~cription on it is ancient indeed, and is found
in the Bible-Leviticus 25:10.
The trNth is always welcome; hence let US
correct a number of misconceptions regarding
the day. The art of telegraphy was not
known to those early sires; news did not
speed across the continent in the twinkle OF
an eye," or Massachusetts, on July Z would not
have prayerfully sought in church and cham
Der the passage of the Virginia resolution"
They would have known that the deed was al
ready done on the 4th. And if the art of pho
Biography had been known to the "boys Of '76"
a copy of Independence hall on that memoir
able fourth day of July would show a Stag
with thirteen stripes, alternate red and white.
with a union of the crosses of SITS. George and
Andrew on a blue field" and not the stars
and stripes" as shown on our modern oil pro-
auctions. And when Washington, on July 9 in
New York City, had the declaration read to
all the soldiers in arms. the "stars and stripes
was not the banner of the day, since our
starry emblem was not devised until nearly
a year after the enactment of our bill of free
DOM"
Where Jefferson's first or original draft Of
the declaration may be is not known. He
practically admits this in a letter written later
in life. He copied the original, with it's cor
~rections by the committee, a number of times.
and mailed some to several people, one copy
going to Richard Henry Lee, others to his
home and friends, but the one that was pre-
pared on parchment and signed on August 2,
1776, is safely slowed away in a large steel
safe in the vaults of the department of state
at Washington.
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GEMS FROM THE BOOK.

!, Whose despiseth wisdom and
! torture, he Is miserable. and
!, their hope Is vain, their labors
! unfruitfuI, and their work IN.
| profitable.
!, Wisdom Is the gray hair unto
| men. and an unspotted life Is old
!, age.
| The desire of wisdom brineeth
, to a kingdom.
!, Wisdom is glorious, and never
, fadeth away: yea, she is early
seen of them that love her, and
, of such as seek her.
Whose seeketh wisdom early
, shall have no great travail; for
he shall find her sitting at his
door.
To think upon wisdom is the
perfection of wisdom.
Wisdom goeth about seeking
such as are worthy of her, show
eth herself favorable unto them
in the ways, and meeteth them
I in every thought.
3 The very true beginning of
wisdom is the desire of disci-
pline; and the care of discipline
is love. And love is the keeping
of wisdom's laws.
The giving heed unto wis
dom's laws is the assurance of
interruption.
The multitude of the wise is
the welfare of the world: and a
wise king is the upholdins of the
people.
Glorious Is the fruit of good
Iabors; and the root of wisdom
shall never fall away.
Wisdom is a treasure unto
men that never fai,eth; which
they that use become the friends
of God, being commended for
the gifts that come from learn
ing.
Wisdom Is the breath of the
power Of God, and a pure infIu-
ence flowing from the glory Of
the Almighty.
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lads very poorly and dance with indif-
ferent success. One disguised mana
ger, whose booking agent had been
sending him an o%versupply of the
teams, stood in the lobby watching one
of the college boys" talking with a
mash he had picked up in the town.
Say" said the girl, ARE you fellows
really college boys?"
WELL" answered the other, II amt
one but Bill is. Why, BILL" with pride,
The graduated from the BARRIERS col
lege in Los Angeles."-Beau Broad.
way in New York Telegraph
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FAIR WISDOM
A Love Tale of Solomon.
BY THE HIGHWAY AND BYWAY"
PREACHER
Copyright, 1909, by the Author, WIS Edison

Based on Apocryphal Book of Wis
dom of Solomon, especially chapters
3 to- IL.
Book of the Wisdom of Solomon.-This
Is the sixth book of the Apocrypha, and
contains 10 chapters. 1t may be convent
entity divided into two parts: ~L-(Chapters
l-9)-It contains the doctrine of wisdom
in Its moral and Intellectual aspects. &
Chapters 10 to 19)-The doctrine OF WIS
dom as shown In history. The first part
contains the praise or wisdom as the
source of Immortality, in contrast with
the teaching Of sensualists; and next the
praise of wisdom as the guide OF prac-
deal and intellectual life. the stay OF
princes. and the interpreter OF the UNI
verse. The second part. again. follows
the action OF wisdom summarily. as pre-
serving God's servants. from Adam TO
Moses, and more particularly in the pun
tshment of the Egyptians and Canaan
ties. From the internal evidence, 1t seems
most reasonable to believe that the book
was composed in Greek. at Alexandra,
some time before the time OF Philo (about
la-S0 B. Co.
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THE sToRY

1T was in the long, long ago, when the
/ good King David r,lled in the land
of Israel, and the Jews had become a
safety at home and holding the fear
and the homage of the nations far and
near. In accordance with the custom
of those days the magnifcence and
the power and the glory of the kingly
Office was indicated by the number
Of women of the royal household. and
David the king had a number OF
wives, and at the period of our story
there was none more beautiful, or one
who enjoyed the kingly favor to such
a degree as the fair Bathsheba.
She it was who dwelt in the most
beautiful of the palaces. She it was
who enjoyed daily communion with
the king. and shared with him in the
activities of the royal household. And
she it was who had been blessed with
a most beautiful and a most promis.
ing baby boy, who at the time our
story begins was developing into the
early stages of that boyhood time
which marks the border line of the
state of young manhood.
This boys name was Solomon. And
the fame Of the little prince had
spread through all the royal house.
hold, and he no doubt would have
been spoiled by the flattery and the
petting of those about him had 1t not
been for the faithful ministry and
watchful care of the Prophet Nathan,
who from the early days of Solomon's
babyhood had made it his special
task to guard and guide the little
life. And 1t was the touch OF this
Cody life and the instruction and en-.
couragement which he was able to
give which kept the little prince grow.
ing in body, mind and spirit so splen.
didly that he was famed as much fol
the precociousness of mind as he was
for the comeliness of his countenance
Such was Solomon at the time
OF our story when he met fair wis
dom and fell in love with her.
1t was a real experience and the
holy passions which she inspired were
as real and held him as powerfully az
though her presence had Deen a visi
BILE one. Nay, more, for the spiritual
emotions far outweigh those OF the
feshly desires in potency once they
are quickened into being and are nur
tured and fed by the unfailing mama
of truth.
Solomon had the buoyancy and
open-heartedness Of youth and still
possessed that subtle something which
made him sensitive o the deeper
things and indicated a depth .oi
thought and character which mystified
and delighted the old prophet as he
gave him his daily instruction and
pointed the upward way. for his eager
feet. "
1t was just a little thought, an idea
like a glinting ray of purest light
flashing through the tiny crevice into
the dark cavern, which broke in upon
Solomon's soul one day as Nathan
talked with him. Some incident had
transpired which had raised the ques
ton as to the difference in the lives
of men. Some made for good and
were always upward to better things
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Curious Manila Some People Have for
Getting Medicine Prepared and
Not Taking It.

The left the prescription
and said she would cali for the med
icine in half an hour.
sI1l bet ive dollars she won't" said
the clerk. "She just looks like the
kind that gets medicine put up for
the fun of the thing"
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WORRY OF THE DRUG CLERK

Il didn't suppose there was anybody
foolish enough to take her fun that
way" remarked the next customer"
"Oh! yes, there r such people, lots
Of them" said the clerk. Seldom q
week passes that we do not put up a
prescription that is v called for.
Why in the world the people who thus
neglect their remedies after ordering
them compounded will go to the trou-
BILE and expense of consulting a doctor
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02

tie. II ! happen to know the delin-
quent's address I send it around G. o.
D., but people who make a practice of
ordering medicine that they never in
tend to take are not apt to leave their
card with the druggist"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-02
Those Stage college Boys

The west has recently been flooded,
| hear, with college boy" acts-teams
of not overly brilliant young men who
wear SIS white flannel hand-me-downs,
hats of a style mostly favored by
colored gentlemen, sing last years bal
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.1zon &c /NlENEN2sNCE y 1eu~0uLA

kind, and doing
it quickly. JEFF
ferson, in relat-
ing the
dent, laughed,
since the really
e summers
lay C i d e n t
aided in giving
us freedom.
Delegates for
got the dignity
of the occasion
an d removed
their coats, and
t h i S only in
creased the DOS
sibility of at
t a C k by the
HSfipoipr -J
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HERE is an old Latin say
ing which says: "The
voice of the people is the
voice of God" and no bet
ter evidence exists in
proof of this phrase than
the American M agna
Charta - the Declaration
of independence. In this
document are enumerated
a few of the truths which
struggling humanity has
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oSS NoO w PAO
claim; 1t voiced the sentiments of the
common people, and contained the
teachings of the patriots of old. While
to Americans it expresses principles
that are most dear, and by many held
as American in essence, yet every
thought announced was ancient in
conception, though it v fully
found community declaration until at
Philadelphia on July 4, 1875. In the
study of great events n is i'm
pressed with the influence that mere
tribes exert on the ultimate outcome
OF a venture. Our history abounds in
instances where trivial matters were
the cause of great changes, and innu-
merable are the occasions where the
destiny of an individual career was
modified by a circumstance little sus-
pected of possessing any element of
force. In the research of data rela.
tive to the Declaration of Indenen-
dence the thought occurred, Was the
illness of Mrs. Richard Henry Lee
responsible for the present wording
of our first national proclamation?
Close investigation of this trivial in
cident leads absolutely to the answer
that Thomas Jefferson's association
with the committee on independence
was brought about because of the ~
ness of Mrs. Lee, and sufficient cir
cumstantial evidence is at hand to
~substant;ate this statement.