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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-23
Real Estate Transfers.

Deeds filed in the Recorders
Office Of Lafayette County, Mo.
Week ending Saturday, December
10Th, 1911. Compiled by Lafay-
cite County Abstract Company,
Lexington, Mo-, Ike H.. NOyes
Manager, Abstract and Farm
loans.
Ora Lee Oliver Snoddy and
hush. to Rosa L. Oliver W. D.,
$1.OO, Sc. "A SW. "A 3O-48-28.
Rosa L. Oliver to Herman w.
and Ora Lee Oliver Snoddy W. D
$1.OO Sc. "A SW. "A 3O48-28.
Mary F. Ewing to Robert D.
Weight W. D. 5000, lots II, IS,
10, 20, 81 and %, block tx"
Bates City.
JAS. +. Vim to Benz. w. Huen
efeld W. D. $25, part Sc. "A NV.
a 12-49-28.
Chas. D.. Phelps deed to Sarah
j. Phelps Shifts. Deed $9,O73.6C
pit. NV. "a, 20 and pit. E. p NE.
"A 19-51-25.
Richard Sailing to Robert F.
Stating W. D. $500, IS feet
East side lot 9, block 80, First
Addition to Lexington.
O. R. Pickett and Emma M.
his wife to Abbie B. Puckett w
D. $500 1-3 int. in lots 4, 5, 6, 7.
8, 8, and 10, block 7, WaterhOuse
and Rulings Addition MAYHEM.
G. Blanke ct. al. to Steven E
Boothe W. D. $3.50, part NV. "A
NV. "A "a and part NE. Y %.
1929.
Alexander r. Patterson ct al
to John C. Cobb Q. G. d. 500
small tract pit. 1-4S-28 in Odessa.
Rosa L. Oliver to Herman W
and Ora Lee Snoddy w. D. $500
W. p SW. "A Sc, a 3O-4S-2S.
Amelia Kriehn ct al. to Mary
Frances and Maud Graham W
D. $1,000 % feet off West sid
lot 8, block "a, First Add. Lex
ington.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-23
HAIRS FROM FAMOUS HORSES
Il Is a Fad In England to Collect
Mementoes From Tails Of
Racers.

There was a somewhat unpleasant
incident at the Yarmouth race meet
ing caused by a curious hobby which
is growing Increasingly popular
among lovers of race horses. A
horse suddenly dashed out with its
heels, and a man who was behind it
narrowly escaped serious injury.
The trainer spoke to the man
angrily, and when asked to explain
the incident the trainer said that the
man had been trying to pull hairs
from the horses tail. He added
that many people made collections of
the hairs from famous horses. 0rdi-
narily they wrote to the owner or
trainer for them, but there were a
certain number of men who tried
to make a few shillings by plucking
them from the horses at different
meetings.
1t appears that there are many
such collections, and one of them
recently changed hands for 500.
Such a price is above the average,
but this collection contained sixty
hairs, three from each of the tails
Of twenty winners of classic races,
among them being Galopin, Or
monde, Flying Fox, Sceptre, Ard
Patrick, Rock Sand, Pretty Polly
and Sp,armint, the genuinene8s be-
ing vouched for by letters from the
various owners and trainers.-Lon-
don Standard.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-23
Everybody is Talking About the
St. Louis Republic.

And indeed there is something
to talk about. Where there's
smoke there's fire. Things are
happening at The Republic. It's
new editor, Horatio W. Seymour,
has his own ideas about making a
newspaper. And Republic read
ers seem to think they are pretty
good ideas, too. They are
tickled with the crisp, spicy
little paragraphs of editorial of
comment which appear each day (;
they are delighted with the good,
sound, militant DemOcracy-Old-
fashined, JeffersOnian Demo-
cracy-and the merciless expos
ure Of Republican fallacies and
misrule; they are laughing over
the c~aricatures and fu~nmaking
cartoons; they are interested in
the stories of strange, novel
things that happen in everyday
life and recognize the superior
manner in which the news in
general is given; they are pleas
ed with the news in general is
given; they are pleased with the
new drSs The Republic is wearing
clearer type and more open
lines.
The enlarged size of The Re
public, its enlarged staff OF
writer's, it's enlarged facilities for
obtaining and printing the news
and the ivelist and best editorial
page in the Mississippi Valley
are making The st. Louis Re
public the most talked of, the
most interesting and the cheap.
est newspaper, value considered
to be had by the residents OF
Missouri and contiguous ter
ritory.
Sample copies will be cheer
fully sent upon receipt of yom
name and address. Let us man.
them to you; also copy Of fret
pamphlet entitled "Your Money
Back" describing a special, ex
traordinary offer. Write today
before you forget it.
THE REPUBLIC,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-23
THIS VETERAN WAS MODEST
When Finally He Was Induced to
Tell Of Battle, the Tale Was
Disappointing.

There is in existence a very modest
mar who, though now peacefully
employed, has in his day seen fight
ing in many parts Of the globe. His
friends know this and lose no oppor-
tuntiy to draw him out anent his
thrilling war adventures. But the
veterans modesty is such that his
tales are more than likely to be color
less and Disappointing.
Once some of his friends cornered
him and by artful subterfuge led
the conversation straight up to a
certain battle, in which, as they
knew, the veteran had participated.
In a moment Of carelessness he al
lowed himself to be trapped into
statements regarding that battle.
Whereupon, noting that he had
warmed to the subject, one Of his
friends suddenly said:
"You were in that battle, weren't
your"
"Y-yes," confessed the veteran,
much embarrassed.
"Tell us about your experiences
on hal day." commanded one of the
gathering.
There was a breathless silence.
The fighter saw there was no way
out of it.
"On that day" he began slowly,
cat a conservative estimate"
All leaned forward eagerly.
"-I ran twelve miles"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-23
A BAD COLD.

She was a shiftless, slipshod
creature, not very bright, not very
strong, who used to come round
once in a while to tell her tale Of
woe, accept a bundle of old clothes,
and perhaps earn a little by some
odd job of cleaning. The family
had missed her for weeks then she
reappeared.
"Well, Leslie, where have you
becn?"
"Oh, 1 been havin' the worst luck !
First l had a bone felon, an couldn't
use my hand any for two weeks.
Then l had neuralgy pains in my
shoulder, an couldn't use my arms
any. Even now l got such a cold
in my head l amt been able to use
my head for a week.-Youth's
Companion.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-23
Yes. Wa Do love Work.

Don't forget us, we are in
town and we want to make your
side walks. We make the best
and treat you white. Others
come and make big talk then go.
We stay, WORK, and deliver the
goods.
JOHN l. ASHURST.
Office Phone 437. Res. Phone 1926.
Don't fail to call aud see my
line of set rings. A. Egle.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-23

Pure Country Sorghum at so
cents per gallon at G. L. Ken
ney's.
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reappeared.
GOOD WORK

There has been recently formed
the American Association for the
Conservation of Vision, the object of
which is the spreading of the gospel
Of proper illumination. It's field Of
labor has been outlined only in the
most general way, but it is claimed
that there is a great opportunity for
good work in this direction. Most Of
the fixtures for artificial illumination
are faulty in that efficiency is sacri-
feed for so-called artistic effect,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-23
Departed for Panama Canal.

Congressman Courtney W.
Hamlin, of this district, and wife,
residents of Springfield, left
Washington, D. C, Sunday for
the Isthmus Of Panama, to be
gone several weeks. Congress
man Hamlin is a member Of the
house committee appointed re-
Gently to visit the Panama canal
and inspect the work all ready
accomplished in digging the mon
strous ditch. His appointment is
considered a great honor.-Dem-
ocrat-Sentinel.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-23
Stockholders Meeting.

The stockholders of the Lex
ington Savings bank will hold
their annual meeting at the bank
ing house of said bank, on We'd
nesday, the 10th day Of January
A. D., 1912, at nine o'clock a. m.
for the purpose of electing di-
rectors for the ensuing year, and
the transaction of such other bus
mess as may become before said
meeting.
Walter B. Waddell, President.
F. Lee Wallace, Secretary.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-23
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting of the
stockholders of Traders Bank of
Lexington, Mo, for the election
of directors for the ensuing year
and the transaction Of such bust
ness as may come before the
meeting, will be held in the
banking room of Traders Bank in
Lexington, Mo, on Monday, Jam
uary the eighth, 1912, between tn
hours of ten o'clock in the fore
noon and two o'clock in the af-
ternoon.
W. G. McCausland, Pres.
]. G.. Crenshaw, Sec.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-23
Special

On Monday, Dec. Is, a special
Christmas picture, a three reel
subject entitled, VANITY FAIR,
arranged from T~hackary's great
novel of the same title.
This is a great picture and one
that should equal, if not surpass,
the wonderful record made by tn
Vitagraph Company's former
great Three Reel success, EMIT
led, "The Tale of Two Cities"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-23
Missouri is a Healthy State.

Missouri is the healthiest state
in the union. Statistics show
that Missourians are taller and
stronger than native citizens in
any other state. The annual
death rate is also lower and the
annual birth rate is higher than
any other state. Aren't you
glad you are a Missourian3-
Odessa Democrat.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-23
THEY DIDN'T DARE.

Young Lady-Won't one Of the
gentlemen in the car offer me his
seat?
CONDUCTOR think not, miss.
You're too pretty. They've all got
their wives with them.-Fliegende
Blaetter.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-29
PROGRESS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.

II T is gratifying to see the progress that is being made by the
New Jersey National Guard toward the idea OF a military
force we'll disciplined as we'll as seasoned, well differed by
young. active and capable men; well equipped in all the essentials
of a modern military establishments; full of esprit du corps and
ready to take to the field at a few hours notice. All the progress
witnessed has been made in a surprisingly short time, and, it may
be added, under much difficulty and against obstinate opposition
by those who, as a distinguished statesman has said, wear their
ewes in the back of their heads" The officers camp of instruction
at Sea Grit was an innovation that proved an instant success. 1t
a brilliant success, even though it was ~disapproved OF by the small
reachonary old militia element in the official stair. infantry d.
fcers have learned that an officers commission is neither for orna-
ment nor play, but brings manly obligations and requires practise
and study and a strict attention to duty. The oldfashloned and
worthless features of organization so congenlal for the aging on1cer
who likes things to remain as they were and as they are have
been changed or are changing. The medical service of the State
guard was formerly a good, or bad, joke. The departments are now
consolidated, while the quartermaster and commlssary departments
are on the same plan as in the regular ARMY for the annual encamp-
ment. Advantage has been taken of the facilities offered by the war
department. Artillery officers have been sent to Fort Riley and
the signal corps officers to Fort Leayenworth for instruction and
training, and officers of all branches have served with the regular
army in Texas as a school for instruction. In many essential re-
spects the work of the State guard conforms with that of the
regular army, and officers and men are imbibing the true military
spirit. 1t will not be long, also, before the State camp will be a
State reservation in the highlands and a summer outing for the
State guard be a series of instructive campaigns instead of the
conyential lounge in camp at Sea Glrt.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-29
HARVEST, THREsH, MILL,
BAKE WHEAT IN HALF HOUR.

BELOIT, Kan, June 29.-What is
thought to be the worlds time record
in harvesting, %threshing, milling and
baking into bread was made yesterday
with wheat from the w. s. Gable farm.
two miles west of town. The time con-
sumed in doing this was exactly thirty
minutes.
At fourteen minutes after 8 the team
started into the field with the header,
and N minute later the harvested
wheat was at the threshing machine.
At 1923 Mr. Gable drove his touring
car up to the mill door, and al 1920
flour had been made from the wheat
by the regular process employed by the
Beloit Milling Company. AT $3.50 the
-four was delivered at Walker Bros
bakery, and the baker made biscuits
that were taken from the oven at 3:44.
just thirty minutes from the time tho
header went into the wheat field.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-29

meant for me-: You have no right to
take away anything left in the seats!"
Being last in the line leaving the car
1 thought afterward he might have
meant me. and hat he meant to imply
that l had been stealing a news
paper. If he did so, wouldn't it Jar
your
When he came into the waiting-room
at the station he had a big roll of
papers. If he is asked by the railroad
company (Which 1 don't b~elieve) to
bring papers found to the office, in
case anyone should call for a news
paper left. lost, strayed or stolen it
was all right, but If he personally gives
them away or sells them Their he had
no business to talk to me or to anyone
else in such a tone or manner
He is ordinarily a good enough fell
low, says Good morning while he
punches your ticket. etc. l have been
thinking of talking to him or having
him called on the carpet but will
wait till some one answers this ques-
ton: "Who owns the left
in the cars?" ]. p. HOLM.
154 Nassau street, New York.
June 20, 1911.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-29
FINDS 8O-FOOT
WHALE FOSSIL
New York Museum of Natural
History Gets New Preliis-
tOric Specimens.

NEW YORK, June 29.-Following a
six months tour, during which he
Travelled more than 10000 miles. Bar
mum Brown, associate curator of fossil
reptiles in the American Museum Of
Natural History, has returned to New
York with many trophies of his trav-
els in Mexico, Cuba, and four South
ern States. Mr.. Brown spent most Of
his time in Mexico and Cuba.
Several important finds were made
by MI. Brown in Mexico. One of these
was the nearly complete skeleton of a
glyptodon. which is said to be related
to the armadillo of ancient days. This
specimen is about 5h feet long and 5
feet in height Another interesting
find in Mexico was a pair of lower jaw
bones of an early mastodon, which
Mr.. Brown discovered in Sonora. He
also found a number OF. localities for
fossil ~vertebrateS in that region, and
found numerous specimens of masto-
dons, mammoths and horses of early
periods.
From Mexico City Mr.. Brown went to
Texas, where he obtained fossil speci-
mems of the mastodon and mammoth.
He continued to explore Mississippi,
Alabama and Louisiana in search of
the remains of the zenglodon, or pre-
historic whale. He succeeded in locat-
ing some important specimens of this
beast between seventy and eighty feet
in length.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-29
TRIRuTE TO "DRuMMERS.o

At the twenty-fifth annual meeting
of the Society of Austrian Travelling
Statesmen, which toek place recently.
the American drummer was referred
to in a highly complimentary way by
one of the speakers. There was a time
when holiness. wit, the ability to tell
many stories, and to tell them well.
and a willingness to entertain lavishly
were potent factors in the art of sales
manship,' said the speaker, and these
qualities made a man valuable as d
salesman. u the American has cast
them aside for real knowledge of the
business, industry and society. The
man on the road used to be a peddler
jingling his bells to attract attention;
now he is a merchant. The best of this
new class can be found in the United
States of America"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-29
POEM BY KIPLING AGAINST
DECLARATION OF LONDON.

LONDON, June 29.-Rudyard Kipling
has brought a poem into the political
arena in behalf Of the opponents of the
Declaration of London which the gov
eminent Is pushing through the Com
mons. Basing the reported intention
of the government not to allow its fol-
lowers to vote independently, but to
insist upon coalition in support of the
declaration, Kipling a-postrophises the
government as painting to shame the
nation even before the coronation
guests have departed. Recalling the
service at the Abbey the poem runs:
The light is still in our eyes
OF faith and g%entlehood,
OF service and sacrifice,
And 1t does not match our mood
To turn so soon to your sophistries
That starve our land of our food.
Another stanza reads:
Wait till the money goes,
Wait till the visions fade,
We may bertay in time, God knows;
But we would not have it said
When you make report to u scornful
foes
That we kissed as we betrayed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-29

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
If you Will permit me 1 should like to
take up a few lines in your paper re-
garding a practise now in operation in
our city which I do not approve Of In
the least This morning a young man
called at my home. presenting a so
called ~engrossed memorial on the death
of my father, which took place almost
twelve years ago. The paper was fin
ished in detail, and the agent. whoever
he was, demanded three dollars for it.
Seeing the money was not forthcom-
ing, he stated he would sell for a trad
ing stamp book, and later offered it for
the sum of dollar.
If this man is working within the law
the least he can do is to ask permits
sion to make up q paper such as he is
trying to sell. A. ]. THATCHER.
46 Crawford street.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-29
Nutlex License Matters.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
1t seems to me that the Council at
Nutley did not consider very deeply
the feelings of the residents when 1t
granted to two saloon-keepers licenses
whereby the men are allowed to sell
liquor. The testimony of the Rev. DR..
Condit, 1t appears to me, did not have
very much weight with the members.
Not only was there opposition by the
members of the church, but / am sure
many other citizens of the township
were opposed to the granting of the
licenses.
Another thing I wish to know Is,
Did the Council investigate the
charges preferred by the citizens of the
town that Lars j. Petersen had
brought from New York every Satur-
day night women for immoral pur-
poses? AS long as the men have re-
ceived their licenses, 1t is no use to
argue further, but I, as one of the
town residents, wish to express my dis
gust with the way in which they acted.
NUTLEY RESIDENT.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-29

NBOUT MEN,
<@UTWoW

When Vice-Chancellor Frederick w.
Stevens wants to forget the cares of
his office, and they are many, he HES
himself to the golf links near his home
in Morristown He gives the same alb
sorbing attention which he gives to
cases on the bench, whether they in
volve complicated business troubles or
lasting feminine n "mere man" The
younger generation of legal lights is
generally unaware of the fact that a
score of ears ago ce-Chance1lor
Stevens figured in nearly all of the
great cases involving State issues and
that he once held the position of coun-
ty counsel.
Isaac ~Lowenstein, a lawyer, holds the
record for attendance at ball games at
Wiedenmayer's Park. So far this sea-
son he has not missed a game, and has
taken all sorts of chances on visiting
the grounds even when the weather
was threatening.
The Rev. DR.. George Walton King is
as jolly as he looks and likes to hear a
good story. While visiting friends in
Bradley Beach the other day he asked
a Mrs. Jones, of Newark, to tell again
a story he considers excellent. This is
the story:
Mrs. Jones'" said an excited young
man, there is a big fire on the beach
and several camels, elephants, tigers
n ponies were burnt up. 1 think you
ought to go to see IT,"
Mrs. Jones did not stop to remove
her bingham apron but started for the
beach. When she arrived there she
found that everything the young man
had told her was true! The merry-go-
round was burned to cinders, and all
the wooden animals persisted In the
flames.
DR.. King had heard the story before,
but to see him laugh one would think
1t was absolutely new to him.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-29
ENGINEERING SOCIETY ELECTS.

PITTSBURG, June 29.-The nine
teenth annual convention of the So
ciety for the Promotion of Engineer
ing Education last night elected the
following officers; President, w. j..
Raymond, University of Iowa; vice.
president, c. c. Anthony, Tufts Col
lege, Massachusetts. and Frank B. Gill
breth, New York; members of execu-
tive council, j. N. Boyd, Ohio State
University; c. H. Crouch, University
of North Dakota; F. L. Emery, Uni
versity of West Virginia; H.. H. Stock.
University of Illinois; ]. A. L. Rad
dell, Kansas City, Mo-; A. j. Wood.
Pennsylvania State College; secretary.
H. H.. Norris, Cornell University;
treasurer, w. G. Wiley, New York.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-29

A ELLMANNERED people generally will applaud the ord
WV nance just passed by the council of Bradley beacn for-
bidding people to wear uncloaked bathing suits through
the streets. 1t would be to the credit of larger resorts If they fol
lowed the example of the fastgrowing and wellconducted little
borough Just south of Ocean Grove. The parade OF bathers past
their neighbors' dwellings in attire suitable only for the sur is
a feature of life in many seaside towns that is offensive to good
taste. On the beach the ordinary conventions OF society may pe
laid aside to a certain extent. But there is no more reason why
men and women in bathing suits should promenade the streets OF
Asbury Park, Belmar and Spring Lake than Broad street, Newark.
A second regulation adopted at Bradley Beach, forbidd1ng surf
bathing on Sunday afternoon, is another question, and 1t S nara I"
see the reason for it. Sunday afternoon at our coast resorts is pecui
iarlv tbe bathing time of the nursemaids and other domestic help.
In most cases it is their only opportunity to enjoy a dip IN the ocean.
It is upon this class that what one summer resident aptly describes
as a "Puritanical blue law" will bear most severely. The Bradley
Roach borough fathers have enacted one wise and one foolish man
date.