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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18
SOME GOOD WORK o n

No habit in the world is more easy
to acquire thar that Of sneering. And
there are few customs which are more
generally followed than that of sneer-
ing at the work of legislative bodies.
Being composed of human beings a
legislature is naturally apt to mako
mistakes. Some of its mistakes will
be very grotesque ones. possibly as
grotesque as the mistakes of some of
the people who stay at home. But
the fact that a legislature makes mis-
takes, or that it contains members
whose delinquencies nay be worse
than plumbers. S not sufficient to con-
denim everything that it does, or %
show that, after all, it is not, or has
not been a useful body.
Just now We are being treated to
the usual line OF comment to the eff
lature Is over at last. that it would
have been better had no session been
held, that 1t was all a useless expense,
that there should be a constitutional
amendment adopted providing for ses-
sions Of the legislature not oftener
than once in ten years. and so On. The
chances are that most comment of this
sort comes from persons who do not
know, and who have taken no pains
to find u what the legislature has
OF not.
The session of the legislature just
closed was marked by some very use
full and advanced legislation. Without
undertaking anything like a schedule
mention may be made of a few Of the
meritorious bills that were passed.
These included the state bonding bill.
the fraternal insurance bill. the fire
warden bill, changes in the hail insur-
ance Law. the bill tending toward a
better accounting system. inheritance
tax bill, teachers pension bill, absent
electors bill. legalization Of aid for
better farming. submitting question Of
state aid for highways, Improvement
OF the township road law, blue sky.
Law. woman suffrage, initiative and
referendum. These are a few of the
measures which We're passed, some of
them being enactments into law, and
others for the submission Of questions
for the decision Of the people. The
legislature that has done these things.
together with many others in the in
terest of good government, has not
wasted its time.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18
Copyright, 1913. by w. werner.)
EVERYBODY in LohtoXn knew OLD

Copyright, 1913. by w. Werner.)
Everybody in Jobtown knew old
Granny Seawell. 1t would have been
strange If they had not. The years
that she had lived there were more
than the Oldest resident could remem
Der. She lived alone in q little shanty
on the edge Of the village, and only
the children's children Of the people
she had known passed her door or
stopped to chat a moment with the
carelessness Of those who do not un-
derstand.
Granny Seawell had been we'll to
do in her time. but her holdings had
melted away. There was only enough
for a bare livelihood left-the shanty
to live in, a COW, a few chickens, and
her garden to supply her simple
wants. She was so old that no one
could remember her younger or fame!
her older; she vas so queer that
there seemed no possibility Of her
becoming more SO. and yet
"Old Granny SeawelIs dotin'." said
Mrs. Redford to Melissa Jordon, She.
doting', sure as day. She said strange
things to old man Murray yesterday
az much as II he was his own grand.
father or somethin.' An she spoke
O the great flood to Lemuel Black
as il twas but over-an' that passed
by a good fifty wears or more"
"'Tis too bad" said Miss Melissa,
too bad. indeed. Poor old Granny,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18
THE SEARCH WILL GO ON.

In an article on the restless seeking
for something new. and the doubt that
always exists as to what is valuable
and what is not. the Cincinnati En-
quirer rays:
"And so we are at times at a loss
to discriminate between the real thing
n the fallacy; to know what to re-
iect as the absurd and what to consid-
er for Eel a moment as a something
having q foundation in fact or posi-
bility.
Some tell us there is no occasion to
die before the century mark is reach
ed. These probably are new preachers
OF a science that has lately enjoyed
considerable prominence in this coun-
try. 1t Is true that here in Cincinnati
and throughout the Ohio valley we
have recently had many instances OF
men and IN living into the eight
les and nineties. and here and there
one reaching the century mark. but
we must reflect that these instances
Of longevity were of those born and
reared under conditions that made
better for health and good living than
the average of later generations.
Here comes one who declares that
sleep is merely an unnecessary habit
and cites us to the instance Of a pro-
fessor in a college who, after years Of
suffering from insomnia, because of
great intellectual labors, finally gave
up the attempt to sleep and settled
down to defiance OF a formerly SUD-
posed rule of nature that mind and
body both demand the repose Of that
state we call sleep. Instead Of Sleep
ing he has for twenty years merely
rested his mnd and body a few hours
In each twenty-four without a
Of complete Inconsistencies.
ALLEGED wonderful strides in dis.
covery would seek to make us think
for a m that TRANSMISSION of blood
is merely a blazing of the path for
grating of members. for transplant
ing Of limbs of animal life, including
the human being. If you can serve
a tree that way, why not yourself? ?
II your brain becomes deficient all Won
have to do Is to have it strengthened
at the expense of your horse, or your
dog. But in surgery we continue to
have frequent report that "the opera
ton was brilliant and quite success.
full, but the patients system failed
to rally from the shock"
"And now we will wrest from the
Arctics the secrets Of the weather, and
In that line W will divert the cur
rents Of the oceans to suit our ideas
Of what climates ought to be.
It may be that some Of these days
when we md the winds continuing to
blow as they list and the statistics still
showing that the average Of human
lie has not exceeded three.score years
aad human nature still demanding
sleep. ia common with other aninsli.
there may DO rest. Of the mind from
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18

Who has no care for fluffy
ruffs and furbelows and things
the buds the girlies decorate
with pink and azure things? Who
leaves to mischievous coquette
and fashion-loving fiirt the joys
of fancy founces and the rustic
of the skirt? Who holds that
when in London town it rains
and rains and rains. it's easier
to turn 'em up than life We drag
ging trains? Who says it makes
no diff at all how other danes
may dress-no more for her X
cept the kind that cost no-more-
no-Iess? Who tells us, too. the
day is near Get ready for the
shockD when all girls will wear
EN-, wot: Why, Mary Walker
DOC"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18
Richard olnev has declined tho o

Richard olney has declined the Of
fer of the British ambassadorship for
family reasons Mr.. Olney is a very
old man. and it is quite conceivable
that he prefers TO remain at home
during his remaining years to occupy
ing even such a high position as this
chief enthusiastically would give him.
There are in connection with this Of
fer some interesting things. Mr.. OIL
ney was secretary of state in the
Cleveland cabinet. He was not at all
in sympathy with Bryan or the Bryan
financial theories. He belonged to the
class Of democrats whom Bryan has
frequently critized very sharply. Now
Bryan is secretary of state. and the
president who appointed Bryan also
rendered to Olney the chief position
under the control of Bryan's depart
ment. The combination is one of the
peculiar things that happen in poll
tics.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18
Dinner Stories

Il was very happy" said the con-
lessor. when, after years of wooing,
she finally said yes"
But why did YOU break the en-
gagement SO soon after?" asked his
friend.
Man, it was she that dissolved it,"
Really" said the friend. How
did hat happen"
1T was due to my accustomed alb
sent-mindedness. When. a few days
later. / called at her home l again
asked her to marry me"
The best man at a wedding noticed
that one of the guests, a youth or
melancholy mien, did not seem to be
having a Very enjoyable time. He
was wandering about morosely, as n
ne mad q relative in the Mexican war
ont. The best man. being a jovial
person. undertook to cheer up the
m%ournful member.
Pardon me, but have YOU kissed
introduction. way ~
"Er-not lately" replied the rloo-
my one, with an added gloom darken.
Ing the Veil Of sorrow or his face.
A Chicago politician imported h;s
cousin from the old country and had
T TIT. appointed a smoke inspector.
rms was ] n the old days. He was
iusnaa loose to inspect without any
report he rendered at the end n the
first month: '"o
II certify that ! have inspected the
mok Of this city for thirty DAYS
past. l find plenty Of smoke and an.
aren't OF good quality. Respectful
Say. pa"
We'll. my SON."
~ took a walk through the cems-
terry today and read the inscriptions
on the tombstones."
Well, what about it?"
.Nnere are all the wicked people
The prominent citizen stormed into
tne EDITORS sanctum and without any
pTe!imtnaries began:
see mere: you. what in thunder do
YOU meal BY printing my name in
yo u v .satn notices, column can't
you bury him? It's hurt nv h,,si-
ness fearfully. I want a contradiction
IN tomorrow's paper without fail!"
III sorry. Mr.. Blank" said the
en, s' put that is out Of the ques-
m nsy:r W, we never apologize and W
.en you what I'll do, we'll nut you
IN the Births next week."
.wnat 90 you mean. BRIDGET" de-
rnanded the mistress. "by keeping the
Instant" "e '"e "es '"''
INC. MON. yex can't hov it,"
~ Mny. Bridget. this is insolencs.
explain yourself at once!"
sure. nom. an yea towld me yes
terday not to let yes come into the
pa!'or again and foind 1t not busted.
IN sure mom. niver a FOOT viii yex
str In there until Oh get toime to
let me congratulate you, Mrs.
fInompson. That's a beautiful little
boy you have there"
"oh ! don't think 10. Mr.. JONES'"
Q don't? I'm surprised to hear
you say such a thing. Why don't you
y.scause he's be.utifu, little
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18

The Illinois senate committee for
the investigation Of vice and it's causes
is learning that whatever influence the
scale of wages paid to ome workers
may have on their morality, there are
other causes which contribute as or
more to their downfall. Morality, in
either men or women, is not altogether
a matter of dollars and cents.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18

on. his glasses and 10 .ked it over and
anazement overspread his features.
Its hern. all right he said.
What do you know about that? Think
o the old girl. ownin' It,. an no, ono
knowin. It; Held on til the boom
Grandmother seawell smiled on
Miss ELISA. half fondly, half vacantlv.
II held on for you, Heloise," she
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18

One of the duties of the treasurer of
the United States is to place his name,
or have it placed, on the bills that are
Issued by authority Of the government.
The name of John Burke will there
fore be one Of the most widely cir.
Iculated in the country.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18
HASN'T Even Started a Panic,

pittsburgh Gazette-Times.)
Clearly the Wilson administration
is disappointing. 1t has been in office
eight days and hasn't declared war on
anything but rum.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18
Hard On the supreme Court,
washington Post.)

washington Post.)
President Wilson will be so busy
helping congress frame the laws that
it is lot believed he will nave time to
write II of the decisions OF the su.
prenle court.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18
What They Say
And $4,000 Too Much, Ectc.:

(St. Louis Rcpublic.)
There has been Il good deal of pro-
test against Wales plan to pay Mr..
Taft $4,000 IL ycar and its football
coach $4,000. We contend that $4,000
is enough for 4 football coach.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18
Washington Cops .Afraid of EN-.

Observation-Disclosures PresS.0
In England the suifragists fight the
police; in Washington they looked for
protection from the police and could
not cot IL.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18
Won't Give Him Any Wrinkles.

(New York Evening SUM-
Vice President Marshall seems wor-
ried because he has nothing to do but
draw his $4,000 salary. At any rate
he has chosen something pleasant to
Worry about.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18
Ono Way to Do It.

Detroit Free Press.)
Perhaps Vice President Marshall
intends to Keep himself in the lime
light by saving things he shouldn't.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18
Woody Isn't Afraid of a Mime.

tNcw York T%elegraph.)
T.. u. Will not be the first Roose,
Welt to hold the job of assistant sec,
eta of the navy.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18

The World is Growing Better.
(.Atlanta Constitution.)
The prompt silence of Oyster Fay
is another hopeful sign OF the new
times.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18

Bl Can Talk Enough For Both.
Philadelphia Press.)
Champ Clark. it is reported, ism,
going to speak for Bryan.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18

The Judge tto the accused)-The
lady whom YOU kissed against her
will is ready not to press for u con-
viction if YOU ask her pardon and en-
press Your regret.
Accused Ito the pretty prosecutrix)
Yes, l humbly ask Your pardon. but
as a truthful man l cannot honestly
express my regret.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18

I3Ut us sac Bet I. Il. Won't.
Baltimore SUM-
The Roosevelt name will figure in
the administration anyway.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18

Many the ginger cookie she gave me
when l was small. Mother used to
visit her. for all the difference in age.
Did YOU hear what's to be done about
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-05-16
A-DM1NIsTRATR1x's NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that let
tiers Of administration ON the es-
tate Of Harry T. Liter deceased,
We're granted to the undersigned
on The 29th day Of April 1918,
by the Probate Court of La
fayette County, Missouri. All
persons having claims against
SAID estate are required to.
exhibit them for allowance to the
undersigned within six months
after the date of said letters, or
they may be precluded from any
benefit Of said estate; and if
such claims be not exhibited
within one year from the date of
the last insertion Of this publica
ton they viii be forever barred.
This 10Th day Of April, 1913.
NORA LITER,
Administrators.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-05-16
r SIPS


Mrs. Geo. NJ. Vaughan and
daughter, Miss Margaret, went
to st. Louis Saturday for a
few Gays visit with relatives.
Mrs. Paul II. Linn returned to
her home in st. Louis Satur-
day after a visit here with her
mother, Mrs. Robert Taubman.
Mrs. Fred Campbell and two
children went to Muskogee, Okla.
Saturday morning for a visit will
relatives.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-05-16
The Largest Magazine in the
World,

T9day's Magazine is the larg-
est and best edited magazine pub
lishod at so cents per year. Five
GEMS per copy at all newsdeal-
ers. Every lady who apprecia-
ties a good magazine should send.
for a free sample copy and prem
ium catalog. Address, Today's
Magazine, Canton, Ohio.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-05-16
For Sale.
Both r. c. and S. G. r. l. R.
Cockcrels. Phone 447.
MRS JOHN B. LOGAN,
Lexington, Mo.
For Sale.

Mrs. c. w. Allen returned to
her home in Kansas City Fri
day evening after a visit in this
city.
Use P. P. P. Mixed Feed for
you: chickens. Telephone 179.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-05-16

Miss Florence Arnold went to
Kansas City Saturday for a
visit.
Miss Jean Brightwell went to.
Lawrence, Kansas, Friday ev-
enins for a visit.
R. P. Robinson went to Kansas.
City Saturday to spend the day.
day.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-05-16
SYMPTOMS OF CON-
SUMPTION
Yield to VinOl.

The medical profession does
not believe that consumption is
'nt crited, but a person may in
hel a weakness or tendency to
that disease.
A prominent citizen of Evans
vile, Ind, writer: IT was i'll
for five months with a pulmon-
airy trouble, and had the best Of
doctors; I had hemorrhages and
was in a very bad way. Through
the advice of a friend | tried
Vinol, and | feel that it saved my
life. 1t is all you recommend
it to be. ] believe it is the
greatest medicine on earth. I
EaNe advised others to try vi
mol, and they have had the same
results" Name furnished on.
request
Vinol soothes and heals the in
famed surfaces and allays the
cough, Vinol creates an appetite,
strengthens the digestive organs
and gives he patient strength to
throw off incipient pulmonary di-
seases.
Try a bottle of Vinol with the
understanding that your money
will be returned if it does not
help you. Crenshaw & Young,
Druggists, Lexington, Mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-05-16
Yes, We Do Love Work.

Dent 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 /. ASHURST.
Office Phone 437, Res. Phone 1926.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-05-16

Fresh Kentucky Blue Grass
in bulk. Wilooxon & Co.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09
SCHWARZSCH|LD
JEWELRY HOUSE
Well-Known Firm to Give Rich
mond Establishment Equaling
Anything in New York.

SchwarZschild Brothers. who have
been engaged I'm the jewelry business
In this city for sixteen years, and
have become leaders in their line, hav-
Ing built up from comparatively
small beginning an immense business
are men who see things far ahead.
Thoy believe in Richmond and they
think there is no end worth reaching
that Richmond cannot reach, and they
propose TO be right In the swim as
the greatest city in all the South
marches on to it's high destiny
These men have been engaged In
the iewclry business at Second and
hroad Streets for 10 these many days,
ana they have pushed things along
with Richmond growth and prosperity
In way that has made them out
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09
VIEWS AND
NEAR VIEWS

Continued From First Page)
try merchants and tho village mer-
chants were kings in their way. They
we're princes III this part of Israel
largely because they were travellers and
knew more OF the world than did the
common people. II is true that their
travels were confined to two trips a
wear. when they went northward to buy
goods but that caused them to be much
looked UP 10. for very few creatures
other than the country merchants and
the wild ducks and wild geese made
these northWard flights
But tho drummer came along. and in
these latter. these faster days the coun-
try merchant. the village merchant is
no more king. III fact, he is a very
small potato. known but little ways
from the patch or the hill in which he
Grows and moves ard has his being. He
does not need to he known any fur
ther, because The drummer. the com
tnercial evangelist, thus to speak. is Mt
his door every morning with a grip or
case chock full Of samples. and buying
can be done right at home and. real
u. 10 better advantage.
Now and then. however. we run I'm
with an exception 10 the latter day
rule. ana am right glad when we do
The exception is calculated to remind
one OF the good old times when thing.
were not going SO awfully fast Be
cause OF this nardonablo old timey feel
ing the following item from n rural ia
fer is really refreshing
Air. W. r. Lawson LEFT Tuesday 70,
Richmond and New York and othe,
markets to the north of us TO purchas &,
goods for the spring and summer trade
That is all, but doesn't ii sound old
timey and sweetly soc Comparative
~ few readers of these lines know o,
eare who Mr. Lawson Ia, nor do the,
lfocw or care about what kind of goodl
ne went TO Richmond, New York anc
other markets to the north OF us'' I.
bvy. bnt that he did go is well calcu
lated 10 revive some right pleasan
memories OF ancient days. and Their
are old timers. have no doubt. VIII.
will love him n little for clinging {.
the old tiiney way of buying goods 80
spring and summer trade" even il h
loses out on It, which Heaven forbid.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09
TRUST COMPANIES
BEST EXECUTORS

CONTINUED from FirSt PaSe.)
family. But tho modern institution.
known as tho trust company, has
changed all this because Of tho fact
that as n corporation is lives on for
ever;' because II is tho most rcspon-
sible agency and because It is especial
~ equipped ito. handle athe affairs of
estates most economically and wisely.
or Rapid Growth.
Although trust companies have
come into their own" only within the
last ten or fifteen years, there Is much
food for thought whom 1t is stated
that the trust companies of the United
States now manage estates and handle
trusts for the living and the dead
amounting in value to $1,000, 600, 900
This does not begin to include the
amount OF trusts which they have in
their custody.
IL one Should include the s5,4aO, O00,-
600 banking resources reported by
1856 trust companies on June 3Oth
last the S7,200.000. 900 individual trusts
and the S25,000-00o,000 given as the
fact value OF mortgages executed by
corporations as security for bonds and
stocks and conveyed to trust comDa-
nles. in addition TO securities deposited
rs pledge for tho redemption of col
lateral trust bonds, the grand total
reaches the Staggering figure of $37,-
000, 100000 How vast Is this rcspon-
SiDlllty, carried by trust companies
can be understood when it is stated
that the entire estimated wealth of
the United States is $4,000. 900. 600.
In their work as executor or trustee
under VIII and as administrators of cs-
tates. the trust company has come to
be generally known as 1.-THE corpora
ton with soul" Eminent ccono-
misis and students have also STYLED II
the most modern mechanism Of Amer
lean finance" Still others, with some
degree of aptness. have called the trust
company the department store of n
nance. But II is n remarkable fact
that comparatively few people, includ-
Ing business men and those who are
concerned with serious thoughts as to
how they shall make due provision for
their families after their demise, un-
destand the workings of tho modern
trust company. TO many people il
means simply the same az bank" The
facts, however, are that the trust com
pany owes Its success and great in
hucnce mostly to the valuable services
which 1t Is able to render the living
and in behalf of the dead AS oxecu-
tor and trustee under wills 1t faith
fully carries out tho wishes of the
dead In & way that no individual stew
ardship is able TO perform. 1t is be-
cause these institutions manage cs-
tateS and Individual trusts worth over
Srooo,nen'oOn. without the loss of a
| single dollar. that men OF large or
! small means in this and other com.
| lnunities begin TO realize that it is n
corporation with n soul" and that IL
OFFERS absolute assurance that tesla