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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-15
'T'n Show EN-, Durn EN-"

'Fn Show EN-, Durn EN-"
I've stopped the paper, yes have
l didn't like to do it,
But the editor he got to smart,
And ! allow he'll rue it.
I am a man who pays his debts.
And will not be insulted,
So when the editor gets smart
want to be consulted.
l took the paper 'leven years
And help him all l could sir,
But when it come to dunnin' me
didn't think he would sir.
But that he did, you can bet
1t made me hot as thunder; /
says,
"In stop that sheet, will,
If the doggone thing goes un-
der"
l hunted up the editor ,
And fer his cunnin' caper
I paid him 'leven years and quit!
Yes, sir, I stopped the paper.
-Ex.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-15
Death of Miss Kate Chadwick.

Word has been received here of
the deathCof Miss Kate Chad
wick at the home of her sister,
Mrs. J. P. Cheatham, Warrens-
burg, Mo, on Monday, January
4th. Miss Chadwick died very
suddenly. She was i'll only an
hour.
Miss Chadwick was the daugh-
ter of H. S. Chadwick, who was a
merchant in Lexington before
the war.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-15
Machpelah's Mortality Report
for 1914.

Total number of intelments 80.
The number of infants was
above that of several years past.
The oldest person buried in
point of years was a female, age
81 years.
There were II who died in
their eighties and ID in their
seventies.
According to list of ages the
average is al years.
The interment in the commun-
ity in addition to those in this
cemetery is So, as stated by local
undertaken.
T.J. GREENE, Supt.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-15

Leslie and Billie Wilson re-
turned to st. Mary's Academy,
st. Mary's Kansas, Tuesday
after spending the holidays here
with homefolks. Their father,
g. L. Wilson, accompanied them
as far as Kansas City to spend
the day.
Miss Grace Lockhart went to
Kansas City Wednesday for a
few days visit.
c. H. WiIcoxon went to Kansas
City Tuesday morning to spend
the day on business.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-15

east of Aullville. The culverts
and bridges in these strips have
been put in good shape by the
county and they would not re-
quire an undue expenditure by
the Road District taking them in.
AS the Special Road Districts
are under the absolute supervis-
ion of their respective commiss-
ioners, ! have no suggestions to
make as to future expenditure of
the funds.
HUGH C. ROGERS,
County Highway Engineer.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-15
Farm House DESTROYED.

Saturday night the farm house
of John Hogan, who lives about
8 miles south of Lexington,
caught fire and was completely
destroyed together with all of
his household goods. Some in
surance was carried with Grad
dy, Sydnor & Noyes.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-15
Card of Thanks.

We wish to express our sincere
and heartfelt thanks to the many
friends and neighbors for their
kindness and beautiful expires.
sions of sympathy in our recent
sorrows.
Walter Walker & Family.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-15

glneeT.
Honorable County Court of Laf-
ayette County, Missouri.
Gentlemen: - In compliance
with the Revised Statutes of
Missouri for 1909, p 755, l beg to
make the following Annual Re
port.
There are now 1914 miles of
earth road, 20 miles of water
bound macadam, and 70 mile of
bituminous macadam road in
Lafayette County.
About 705 miles of this has
been graded during the last year
and a large amount is dragged,
though rather irregularly.
The bridges and culverts now
are about as follows:
Steel bridges with wood floors. =.
Wooden bridges and culverts. &.
......'.... ..'.' 'ool
Concrete bridges. ...... 16
Concrete culverts. ....... AIS
Corrugated iron culverts. >. .167
Wood box culverts. 800. .644
Sewer tile cuIverts and drains.
Observation-Disclosures, S54S
linear feet.
Suspension cable bridges, 80.
The following permanent worE
has been built during the las
year:
Macadam road. ...... g mile,
Steel bridges, concrete floors ant
abutments. .......,..... 2
Concrete culverts. ..... .23.
Corrugated iron culverts. Dr., , 10
porary work has been done also
The following more or less ten
porary work has been done also
Sewer tile culverts and drains. &.
..,..........8 .8549 linear fee
: Wood box cUlverts .,,..... 5
o Wooden bridges ..........
v In addition to the above,
number of large fills have bee
put in and several wing walls an
i large retaining walls built ar
other important work accom-
lished. Several new roads hay
. been put through and others II
y located and changed so as to
. on better ground. Several of IL
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-15

Miss Adelaide Higgins return
ed Monday evening to her
home in Higginsville after a visit
here with relatives.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-15
Death of Robert A. Austin.

Word was received here We'd
nesday Of the death of Robert
A. Austin at his home in Willow
Springs, Mo-, Tuesday, January
18th.
Mr.. Austin was a brother-in-
law of Mrs. William Shacklett Of
this city.
Burial was in Nevada yester-
day.
DR.. j. j. Greer went to Kansas
City Wednesday morning for a
visit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-15
NEWS FROM JEFF
A Record Session Sure to Re-
suit.

suit.
The 20 day grind of the Mis-
souri, Legislature started at
noon January 9th. The pay of
Representatives and Senators is
So per day, After the 70 days,
members receive only $1.00 a
day. So there is not much likeli-
hood of the members being here
after the expiration of the $500
a day pay. From this calcula-
ton, the Legislature will adjourn
about March 18.
An organization was effected
in the Senate and House by the
election of the following officers:
SENATE OFFICIALS
President pro TEN, Carter M.
Buford, Reynolds County.
Chaplain, Rev. A. R. Liverett,
Jefferson City.
Secretary, W. A. Norman, Al
ton.
Assistant Secretary, John Col
lins, st. Louis.
Official Reporter, Roy H. Cher
ry, Macon.
Enrolling Clerk, John Dimmitt,
Macon.
Engrossing Clerk, H. A. COlyer,
Boone County.
Doorkeeper, Leland Heflin,
Huntsville.
Sergeant-at-arms, w. B. Sans
bury, Schuyler County.
Folder, Miss Millie Shelton.
HOUSE OFFICIALS
Speaker, James P. Boyd, Paris,
Speaker pro tenn, James F.
Fullbright, Ripley County.
Chaplain, Rev. L. H. Davis
Madison County.
Floor Leader, I. j. Roney
Webb City.
Chief Clerk, R. L. Marrs, Car
thage.
Assistant Chief Clerk, Ber
Holmes, Rolla.
Reading Clerks, R. H. -McClan
ahan, Green City and VIC. Nor
gan, Marble Hill.
Marble Hill.
Enrolling Clerk, Frank Bow
man, Lexington.
Engrossing Clerk, Fred H
Crone, Upton.
Official Reporter, R. E. Brad
ley, Goldsberry.
Folder, Miss Lorene Miller
Scotland County.
Doorkeeper, Michael Ratch
ford, st. Louis.
.Sergeant-at-Arms, A. j. Nc
Dermltt, Moberly.
Last session 598 bills were in
troduced III the Senate and 101I
in the House. From present in
dicatlons double that numbe
will be introduced this session.
Representative Houx occupie
the same seat he did two year
ago-121. This gives him tn
distinction, Of being the onl,
democrat seated with the repub
licans. The republican minorit.
leader, j. j. Kyle, sits just i
front of HouX.
A bill is to be introduced ask
ing that $4,000 be appropriat
ed to be used in the prosecutio
of DR.. B. C. Hyde.
This is a dry legislature, bot
Senate and House, by a big me-
jority. The liquor question wi
be the live issue this session.
Candidates for State offices ar
here galore feeling their way. S
far three have made public thei
candidacy-Hon. John M. Atkir
son for Governor, Kelly Pool fc
Secretary of State, and John !
Gordon for reelection as Aud
tor. Hon. James H. Hull, q
Platte County, it is understoo,
will be a candidate for attorney
general. Hull was Speaker Z
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-15

Continued on page A.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-15

County Highway Engineer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
Clearing the Atmosphere.

In his capacity of dramatic critic Mr..
j. Comyns Carr. the author. wrote Il
notice of the play OF "Charles L." in
which Irving played under the man
agement of Mr.. Bateman. His critl-
cism deeply incensed the manager. In
order perhaps to find the opportunity
of informing the critic OF his disap-
prevail, the manager invited Eim TO a
supper at the Westminster club on the
second or third night OF the produce
ton. When he thought the lifting mo-
ment had arrived MIR. Bateman led the
conversation to the point at issue and.
emphatically banging the table with
his fist, declared in the !ondeSt OF
tones that he did not produce his plays
at the Lyceum theater to please Mr..
Comyns Carr. There was II moments
awkward silence, which Mr.. Carr IN
fesses he did not feel quite able to
break. but which WAS released by a
wit of the company With the happy re-
tort, We'll. dear boy. then you can't
be surprised Ii they don't please him"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
ALcoR, THE DOUBLE STAR.
Much Brighter Now Than It Was In
the Tenth Century.

Much Brighter Now Than It Was In
the Tenth Century.
The two stars, Mizar and Alcor. form
9, double star system which can easily
be perceived by the naked eye. This
was not the case formerly, as the
Arab used the resolution OF the system
into its two. cOmponents as a test for
good eyes.
1t would seem, therefore. that this
star has increased in brightness since
the tenth century, a %suppositlon which
is supported by the fact that it is not
mentioned by the a%ncients.
The history OF this star was familiar,
to astronomers when it was found, N
1907, that Alcor is itself 4 double star.
1t is now discovered by Harlow Snap.
ley that Alcor varies i'll brightness, the
variations having Il feeble amplitude
and Il short period. The spectrum type
Of Alcor, which is Il star A5-that is to
say, a white star with hydrogen pre-
dominating and the doubling OF the
lines-announces a variation Of the AL
gol type. by eclipse rather than con-
tinuous variation. ,
1t is supposed that there exists a
couple of elliptic stars very close to-
gether and inclined on their orbit in
such Il way that the mutual eclipse is
feeble or almost nothing. the variations
of brightness resulting from their
marked ellipticity. - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
SUGAR MAKES YOU GROW.
That, It Seems. is Why Our Girls Are
Becoming Taller.

DeCV!iiIHS iat'S'.
English and American girls just
reaching Wcmanhood, and the next
generation in its early teens. are I'M
usually tall, standing Il bead or more
above their mothers. This has been
remarked on over and over again. and
has been the subject of learned dis
QUESTIONS: Yet no generally accepted
cause for the fact has been given up
to this time.
Now comes a London physician OF
note and says that it is simply a case
OF heightened sweetness. BY sweet
ness" in this particular case the ma
turg of the young ladies is not referred
to. but their diet. In fact. statistics
of recent years show that Americans
and Britons of both sexes are increas-
ing in height and weight. Why? The
physician referred to says it is sugar.
Great Britain and America are the
sugar eating nations of the world and
have %quadrupled their saccharine con-
sumption in the last score of years.
This is now the best explanation of
an accepted fact, and it will have to
stand until Il better one comes along
London Tit Bits.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
Sorry He Spoke.

"He's not what you call strictly
handsome" said the major, beam
ing through his glasses on an utter
ly hideous baby as it lay bowling in
its mothers arms, 'but it's the kind
Of face that grows on YOU"
ssIt's not the. kind Of face, that
ever grew Oh you,'' was the unex-
.pected reply of the indignant moth
er;; syou'd be much better looking
if it had!"-Liverpool Mercury.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
When Goa, Fires Were Barred.

Fires wer" lit II time IL great lux
ury in England. and even the right to
use tile fire had been neuueathed.
Thus the will OF one Richard Hyrchett
l5l6, read:
II will! vt sayd Neil my wye shat"
have sc chamber she Ives in and tyb-
erte at We flyer in the house; all yese
thyngs shai she have SO long as she vs.
wido."
Coal was first imported into London
ut the end Of the thirteenth century.
but the smoke produced by burning
it i'll improperly constructed CRATES
caused sncn IL prejudice against it that
in 1906 a law was passed making it a
capital otfense to bnrm Goa! in the city.
The Tower records give details of a
mans trial and execution for the Of
fense.-LOndon Graphic.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
Janraica's Rat Plaque.

1t is supposed that rats destroy
every year at least Il twentieth part
Of the sugar canes in Jamaica,
amounting in value to a little short
of a million dollars. The sugar
cane is their favoritc food, but they
also prey upon Indian corn, on all
the fruits that are accessible to
them, and OH many of the roots.
Some idea can be formed Of the
immense swarms of these destruc-
tive animals that infest this island
from the fact that on a single
plantation 10000 were destroyed in
one year. Traps Of various kinds
are set to catch them, poison is re-
sorted to, and terriers and some
times ferrets are employed. They
are of a much larger size than the
European rat.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
al

Damascus claims, with very good
reason, to be considered the oldest
city in the world. The place re-
mains very much what it WAS before
the days Of the patriarch Abraham,
an island of verdure set in the Syr-
ian desert, and has martial and sa-
cred associations extending through
thirty centuries. According to 10
sephus, Damascus was founded by
Uz, the son of Aram and grandson
Of Shem. 1t is first mentioned in
Scripture in connection with Abra-
ham, whose steward was a native
of that place Genesis XIV, p.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
The servian colors.

The flag Of servia is the flag Of
the Russian merchant service re-
versed; for, whereas that is white
blue-red, the flag Of Seryia is red
blue-white, arranged in three hori-
zontal stripes running across the
flag. The royal standard is similar,
save that the royal arms are placed
in the center of the blue stripe.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
Food and the Human Body.

The chemical composition OF the hu-
man body and of the food we take Is
quite similar. About twenty elements
are found chiefly. with Il trace of 9TH
ers. Oxygen. hydrogen. carbon. nitro
gen. calcium. phosphorus and sulphur
are the chief. Sixty per cent Ut our
bodies is water. and probably a like
percentage exists in our food. Mineral
matter exists in our food and in our
bodies to about 6 per cent of weight
Eating to Live
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
What He Calls Her.

"Now. Willie" said the teacher
Of the primary class, "let us see
whether you cun tell us the name Of
this graceful looking animal with
the big prongcd horns: Hunters
90 up into the woods every fall to
shoot this beautiful creature. 1t is
very cruel of them to do so, is it
not: Can't you tell us what the
animal is called? Come, now, think.
| am sure you know what it is.
What does your father call your
mother when he comes home at
night
Tic calls her Betsy cause it
plaques hcr."-Chicago Herald.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
His FEELINGS Under Fire.

At the battle of the Modder river
an officer observed Pat taking shell
ter from the enemy's fire. After
the engagement the officer, think
ing to take Pat down a peg, said:
Swell, Pat, how did you feel dur
ing the engagements"
"Feel?:" said Pat. II felt as if
every hair Of my head was Il band
of music, and they ere all playing
Home, Sweet Home London
Standard.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
Whirlwinds.

Whirlwinds are great storms pro-
5duced BY violent currents blowing
from contrary quarters and meeting
and striking upon each other, the
effect being the creation Of circular
motion. Whirlwinds usually occur
after lengthy Gains which have been
accompanied by excessive heat, and
they generally indicate q breakup
of settled weather.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
HE WAS A BRAVE GUIDE.
Likewise Persistent, but He Believed
In Safety First.

Likewise Persistent, but He Believed
In Safety. First.
MIR. Stanley Washburn iii Trails,
Trappers and T~enderfeet" declares
that the most unpleasant day he
ever experienced was when camp
ing ON the Saskatchewan, in west
ern Canada, he was persuaded to
attempt the ascent Of a mountain.
The sides of the mountain we're
ragged and rocky, writes Mr.. Wash
burn, and every few minutes we
would trip ove powders, cutting
our hands and barking our shins.
But 10 crusader, bent OH the cap
ture of Jerusalem, was ever so keen
on the job as our mountain climber.
by and by we got up to about 49,
600 feet. | suggested that we could
see the view from this point as
well as from the top, but at this [
got a look from our leader that
nearly froze my blood in my veins.
What had gone before was mere
childs play to what was to come.
Long fingers of ice and snow reach
ING down from the summit had to
be crossed again and again. Every
time we crossed one of these the
expert would cxclaim to us that "a
single false move would precipitate
lis to a sudden death, which looked
perfectly feasible to me.
After We got over some danger
Gus ledge and on to firmer footing,
with our hair standing on end-l
speak particularly Of my own-the
mountain climber would sit down in
great glee and explain to US how
any moment we might be carried off
with an avalanche. and back up his
statement by a dozen anecdotes
about sudden deaths in similar
places.
Finally we came to an abrupt
ledge of ice. "Ha!" said our leader.
eve must cut our way in this ice
step by step, but remember, fef-
lows, a single false move and
naught but our crushed and man
glcd bodies will remain to tell the
tale"
| did not want to be a crushed
and mausled body, neither did
'SDoc," and in desperation we both
said so. The mountain climber
looked at us in disgust and pointed
out that another thousand feet
would see us at tile summit. We
would go down through the annals
Of history as the conquerors OF
Mount Whatever 1t Was. We OBJ
iectcd that we stood IL better chance
of going down into the ravine. Any
how. we said that we would wait
while he climbed up the annals Of
history to his own glory.
The mountain climber was very
much annoyed and said he would
go on alone, at which we all shook
hands and off he started. After
twenty minutes Of fiddling about:
he came back and said he could not
make it alone, so we turned and
started for camp, which we reached
at 10 that night.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
FURY OF THE CULBIN SANDS.
Tragic Fate of a Once Fruitful Spot on
the Scottish Coast.

the Scottish Coast.
Beneath the driftcd sands on the
west side of l'indhorn bay, Scot
land, lie what were once sixteen
fruitful farms, orchards and Il ham
let. There also is buried the man
sion house of an ancient family.
Now all this is Il wild waste, known
ns the Cu.bin sands.
Tn, estate vas overwhelmed in
the year 1901 and in Il single
night, according to all accounts.
from the west a great wind spran9
mp. 1t lifted the sand along the
coast, gathering force as it drove
'Ion@. its increasing momentum
sgtccping great masses Of loose sand
long vita il. This horror, scarcely
Imaginable, swept with irresistible
force down toward the mouth OF
HE l'inlhorn. 1t covered the fields
nd overwhelmed the estate, bury
it,. swiftly, beyond hope of respite,
t,r mansion house, farms and vii
I4ea.
y smiling, happy countryside was
transformed as by black magic into
a wilderness OF sand, and today,
standing on one Of the great
mounds, the eye rests on a success
sion Of hugo pillows Of cleaning
sand. literally Il desert some four
miles long by two miles broad, bare
us the palm Of ones hand of vege-
t%ation, the very picture Of loncli-
Arss and desnIation. The titanic
strength, the suddcnness of the
strange disaster, the pigmy impo-
tQncc OF man before it, seize the
Imagination. So swift fell the
tragedy that, to save his life, Il man
ran from his pillow in the furrow
and never s., it again. 1t was
found wears aficlwarl and is now
IN a north country muscum, says
Chambers journal.
Some of the hcwildcrcd folk man.
aged to get into their houses from
the cast SIDE next day and rescued
q few household goods, but the de-
non OF the storm ose again, and
next morning not a vcstigc Of mans
hanliwork was visible. An ocean
Of sand, lashing like spray in the
gale. covered the land like Il stormy
spring tide, and when the gale and
The sand drift died down a mocking
waste had taken the place Of the
barony Of Culbin. And there the
miniature desert can be seen today.
Alexander Kinnaird, the lucklcss
owner, was ruined. The poor man
p]etilioncd the Scots parliament in
July, 1906, for a relief from the
ccss or land tax OIL Il statement that
"the best two parts Of his estate OF
Culbin, by an unavoidable fatality,
WAS quite ruined and destroyed, oc-
cusioncd by great and vast heaps OF
sand (Which had ovcrblown the
same), so that there was not Il YES
tigc to be seen OF his manor place
OF Culbin, yards. orchards and
mains thereof, and which within
these twenty years ere al consider
able as many within. the county Of
Moray"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
Collars.

1t seems that bluff King Henry WILL.
was the first person who wore a collar
in any way resembling those of the
present day. An old historian writes
0f the monarch as the first English
king that wore Il band around his neck
and that very plain and an inch or two
in depth.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
PatchouIi.

The odor Of patchouli was known
in Europe before the material was
introduced, in consequence Of it's
use in Kashmir to scent the shawls
with a view Of keeping out the
moths, which are aversc to it. The
genuine cashmere shawls became
known by their. scent until the
French found out the secret and
imported the herb for use in the
same way.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
eoxwood.

One Of the los expensive woods
used regularly In an established indus
try in the Omitted States is Doxwood.
the favorite material for wood engrav-
ing. It mas been quoted at 4 cents a
cubic inch and about $1,000 BY the
thousand BOARD feet.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05

All the worlds a stage. and nearly
all Of us are getting the hook.