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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07

Beautify your yards. An OPP
portunity at my expense. l am
intending to dispose of my green
houses, but in the mean time
will keep them well stocked with
all kinds of plants. l offer them
at cost and others at a geatly re-
reduced prices-while l remain
in the business l intend to give
friends, customers and the
public the benefit for past ia
vors and patronage. All bulbs
at less than cost. Sweet Peppers
three dozen for 25 cents, Toma-
toes and Cabbage, etc. Come
and see for yourself at Eggles-
ton Green Houses.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07
CHECKS WORK OF THIEVES
Simple Bicycle Lock Used in France
Said to Be One Of the Best
Yet Devised.

An excellent method for locking
bicycles to prevent them from being
stolen is used in France, and it is
one Of the easiest to fit on by a clever
amateur. The device is applied to
that part Of the frame where the
front fork joins the main OF upper
horizontal tube Of the frame. On
the head of the fork is placed a stout
collar, riyeted on to prevent turning,
the collar having a projecting wing
at the back so that this projects over
the horizontal bar. On the bar it.
self is placed a second collar having
a vertical projection which is piyoted
to the collar. The combination makes
one fixed and one movable wing
which can be brought together, and
a paddock is passed through holes in
each. The trick of the device is that
the first wing lies at a slight angle,
due to the mounting of the collar, SO
that when locked, the front wheel no
longer lies straight, but somewhat in
clined, and in this way it is impos-
sible to ride the machine
American.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07
NOT THE GIFT or John MUIa
California Redwood Forest Was Do
mated to Nation by Former
Resident Of Chicago.

California numbers among its
many show places a redwood forest
known as Muir woods, in honor of
John Muir, who died recently. The
place is a national park, owned by
the United States government.
Credit for this circumstance was
ascribed to tie late n%aturalis. in
many of the accounts of his life and
death.
This, it seems, is a mistake. AS adj
mirers Of his have made plain in let
ters to newspapers, the man who
bought the forest and presented it to
the government in 1908 was Mr..
William Kent of Kenttield, CAL, for
mer Chicagoan, banker, dealer in
lands and live stock, civic worker and
at present member of the national
house Of representatives for the Sec
ond district of California. Theodore
Roosevelt, then president, is said to
have urged that the tract be called
Kent park, while the donor insisted
on the present title, declining to
Stencil his name on a benefaction."
1t is asserted further that except for
the timely act of Mr.. Kent the for
est would have been cleared away by
a public utility corporation and
probably not one Of the giant trees
in it would now be standing.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07
PERSONALS

0. R. Sellers, who recently
graduated from the Mccormick
Theological Seminary, Chicago.
arrived Tuesday for a visit
with homefolks.
Charles Mertz went to Sedalia
Tuesday morning on business.
Miss Laura Davis went to Kan
sas City Tuesday for a few
days visit.
]. G. Worthington went to
Marshall Tuesday for a few
days on business.
Mrs. T. A. Walker and two
daughters, Misses Inez and Ida
Belle, went to Kansas City Tues
day morning. From there Mrs.
Walker and Miss Ida Belle went
to Excelsior Springs for a brief
visit. Miss Inez returned home
Tuesday evening.
DR.. B. 7. Payne returned Tues
day from a business trip to
st. Louis.
W. H. Eddy left Tuesday
for his home in San francisco,
California, after attending the
funeral of his step-father, Har-
vey Cobb, who died several weeks
ago.
Miss Sallie Glover Of Lexington
College went to Kansas City
Tuesday morning to spend the
day.
Mrs. E. Vineyard returned to
her nome IN hanSSa City Tues
day after a visit here with
Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Little.
Miss Audrey Cunningham of
Lexington College went to Kan
sas City Saturday for a visit
with her parents. Miss Florence
Berry, also of the college accom-
panied her home for a visit.
Miss Charlotte Morath went to
Kansas City Friday morning to
spend the day.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07
Livery and Feed Stables.

Schaberg Pros. have recently
purchased the livery business Of
the old reliable firm of j. C
Young, ST., and are prepared to
furnish the public with carriages
at reasonable prices to and from
churches and other public gath
erings and also buggies and
other accommodations pertain
ing to the livery business.
SCHARBERG BROS.
Lexington, Mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07
Ts Leave Pretty Gowns at Home.

10 Leave ACJty OOWuo dt ElOIilCs
st. Joseph, Mo-, May 6.-When
the Missouri Federation of
Women's Clubs meets here this
month the amazing spectacle
will be presented of several
thousand women who have vol
unfairly gone a visiting in their
Plainest dresses and left their
PTettiest gowns at home. The
president, Mrs. w. r. Chivvis,
has suggested that it be a plain
clothes convention and the del
egates have concurred in the
suggestion. The distress and
suffering of these strenuous
times, says Mrs. Chivvis, and the
fact that large gatherings of
women often times show a ten
dency to become dress parades,
make it imperative that all
thoughtful women should avoid
making any seeming distinction
between the woman who can, and
the other woman who possibly
cannot afford varied and expen-
sive costumes.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07
IN A POLITICAL N

"Why," exclaimed the angry Of
fceholder, "the first thing we know,
you reformers won't allow a fellow
to drink coffee!"
"There is already a movement on
foot to prevent you from having a
second cup" said the reformer,
quietly.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07
cops SUGGESTION.

Woman Separated from husband
in crowd)-I'm looking for a small
man. with one eye.
Policeman-If he's a very small
man, maybe you'd better use both
eyes.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07
By Moss.

MR. NJ e Il
III c II A N L.
you are NOT an
advertising ex
pert YOUR bust
ness Is TO sell o
or dry goods, Or
hardware. or real
estate. or drugs.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07
or COURSE NOT.

81 have a piano that l got with
soap wrappers. Would you like to
see it2"
q don't mind. No injury can be
done to the auditory nerve by mere
ly looking at such a piano."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07
LAW AND LOVE.

I understand he won her by
quotations from Mrs. Browning's
s%onnets."
"she got her divorce by quota
tions from the statutes"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07
LIKES TO L!NegR.

"Plodson's manners are very de-
ceptiye."
Indeed they are. Just when you
think he's going he settles down
for another hour"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07
We Certainly Do Love Work.


VIZ are prepared to do better
work and more of it than ever.
Why half mix your concrete the
old way? Let us mix your con-
crete the up-to-date way. We
have the best mixer on the mar
ket. Your concrete does not
cost you as much as it did the
old way. Yet it is a hundred
per cent better, because when we
mix it, it's mixed. That's all.
JOHN l. ASHURST.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07
MYSTERY.

Its always been a puzzle to me-
"What has?"
where the man who first said
that two could live as cheap as one
got his idea" f.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07

Miss Nellie Strodtman return
ed to her home in Napoleon Sun
day evening after a visit here
with her sister, Mrs. Vince
Owen.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07
MArIvE A~pvANrAeE.

"Ihat little'lrish girl fairly floats
when she dances
well you know, she comes from
Cork"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-07

c. W. Woods left Tuesday
for his home in Monta Vista,
Colorado, after a visit here with
friends.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-09
AVISO
DE CONSTRUCTION
EEL PROPIO HOGAR."

Sc hace saber al p1blico y especial
:1ente a los senores suscriptores, que
han entrado formar parte de la Di-
rectiva de esta Sociedad y como socios
los reputados y distinguidos sehores
Don Ignacio Penagar1cano quien asu-
me ell cargo de Presidente y ell Sr.
Rafael Diez de Andino, para Tesorero.
Creemos que la elecci6n de dichos Sc
nores sera del agrado p1blico por que
dar la Asociaci>n bajo s0lidas y garan-
tes bases.
Atentamente,
La Administration.
Avdt.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-09

banquete que varios enthusiasts unio-
nistas iban a celebrar ell domingo pro
ximo en- honor del alcalde senior Rafael
Rivera, miembro del concejo y junta es-
collar, que obtuvieron ell triunfo en- las
ultimas elecciones
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-09

Diez personals que encontr6 la polic1a
anoche durmiendo en- sitios p1blicos de
esta ciudad fueron denunciadas por in
fraction las ordenanzas municipales
ante la Corte de Paz SObre este asun-
to Sc llama la atenci6n de la polic1a,
pues en- muchos zaguanes vemos todas
las noches infinidad de memories de edad
durmiendo.
Ponce EnnrO 1915
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-09

La Corte municipal ha condenado a
Maria Torres Colon, a cinco d1as de car
eel y Jose Rodriguez a cinco dollars
de multa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-09
Desde Ponce
(De nuestro Corresponsal.) }

Siguen los empleados del Gobierno in,
sular sufriendo las consecuencias de
una orden perjudicial para ellos, pues
estamos siete y hasta la fecha no han
llegado los cheques para muchos de
ellos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-09

Por expender carne de res sin tener
su certifcado de salud expedido por la
sanidad, han sido denunciadas por la
polic1a hoy varias personals.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-09

Sc asegura que Sc va desistir del
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-09

Hoy a las dos de la madrugada y en-
ell barrio "Buyon6s", sitio conocido por
"Bucana -, ell individuo Agapito Santa
ma, lie hizo un disparo de revolver a Nj
colas Archival, que lie rasp6 ell vientre,
y ell brazo izquierdo, siendo conducido
al hospital por ell policia Rios, que pres
ia servicios en- el expresado sitio. El
Santana, fu6 detenido y puesto a la dis
posici6n del fiscal de este distrito.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-09

Sc anuncia para estos d1as una impor-
tante reunion de elementos obreros los
cuales van a tratar de formar el parti-
do Obrero
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-09

Segdn opinion del presidente del Ca
sinO de Ponce, doctor .Salazar, no abra
este ano reina de carnaval en- dicho aris-
tocratico Casino. Esta noche Sc reune
la directiva para tomar una resolution
defnitiva Ell este asunto. No obstante
ell Casino Sc propOne celebrar otros fes-
tivales que sustituiran acknowledgements
los entusiasmOs de la ulcha pOr la rel
ma del carnaval
Desde aver Sc encuentra en- esta ciu-
dad ell Lcdo. Perez Almiroty, abogado
de la CompaiI1a del ferrocarril, quien
ha venidO en- asuntos judiciales pendien-
tes hoy ante la COrte en- un case de la
Compalfa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-09

Ponce, Enero 7, 1915.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-02
WANTS sTEDMAN LEAGUE

l think Arthur w. Gladwin in Tues-s
days Day Book has voiced the SEMI
timents of a multitude of independents
non-Socialist voters when he says
that the only chance to obtain eveno
a fairly good administration underD
Thompson or Sweitzer is to give Sey-l
mour Stedman 100000 votes. o
1 wonder if we progressive Demo-
Gratis and anti-stone-age Republicans
can't get together before election
time in some way that will have al
punch. 1 propose on "Old Party Vot-d
ers' Stedman League" No progress
sive Republican or Democrat can feeId
anything but disgust at his party'sd
candidate for mayor. SuIliVanism all
ready dominates the sanitary district
board, to the dismay of all good citi-'i
zens. What viii it be If it gets conf
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-02
PRIESTS AND PoLITIcS.-1

PRIESTS AND POLITICS.-Tn ref
erence to the article signed "Ameri-
can," he states that at the last cleo
ton he was told by a Catholic priest
to vote for Roger Sullivan. Perhaps
he did not read any of the handbills
and the anti-Catholic papers which
condemned Sullivan for the very fact
that he is a Catholic.
have been member of the Cath
Ole church all my life and have taken
an active interest in some of it's social
and society affairs, but in all my time
l have never been told to vote for or
against any candidate.
American" writes: mo other de-
nomination is so well organized, nor
does its members follow their church
so blindly in all their daily actions as
do the Catholics" American" is evil
IDENTIFY judging everyone by himself,
for if anyone could prove conclusively
to my mind that one part of its doc
trine was false, do you think would
continue to be a Catholic?
should say not.
In saying that the church desig-
mates what her members should wear
and eat, etc., American" shows that
he was never a Catholic in the true
sense of the word or he would not
make such a rash statement.
In speaking of the priests opinions
and suggestions as law, American"
should remember that the Catholic
church teaches that her priests are
infaIlible concerning matters of faith
or morals, but as to political inf1u-
ence their opinion is given from the
viewpoint of a citizen and not as a
Catholic priest, and should be treated
accordingly.
american" condemns the eight |
Catholic women who called on him |
urging him to vote for a certain can
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-02

stop The Day Book from going
through the mails and send you to
prison besides.
When he comes to town go and
hear him. Find out for yourself the
difference between his alleged
preaching and his alleged articles
A. F. Mars, 5344 Magnolia aV.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-02

didate. American" must remember
that the constitution of the U. S. A. j
emphatically states that no religious
tests should be made for any public1i
Office. an
The very fact that we are Catholics
does not deny us the privilege of take
ing an active interest in pohtics.-o
N. w. H.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-02

MORE SIGNALS. - am writing
the following for the Public Forum
in order to correct Switchman on Z
Wrong SignaP' in Day Book of o
March 80. n
Have not paid much attention too
railroading in recent years, but, un-o
less the code has been changed since
1 left the service, a green flag Carl
ried on the head end of a train in-d
dicates that that train is specials
and runs on Geographic orders only
and will keep out of the way of reg-o
ular trains. Green flags do not mean
that another is following. Al
When red flags are carried on theh
head end of a train they Indicate
that another train is following andd
has the same rights as the one car-q
rying signals for it, and other trains9
must govern themselves accordingly
An Old Rail. e
Meade County news., 1915-05-13
To Prevent Flies.

If, as a certain French scientist
claims, flies dislike the color blue, it
might pay to paint the kitchen walls
a vivid cerulean as an experiment. 1t
has been said that flies do not rise
above the second floor, but by actual
observation a fly has been seen to rise
nearly fifty feet and the writer has
been bothered with them on the eighth
floor of an office building where they
were almost too numerous to have
made their way up in the elevator.
Housewives should burn all refuse as
soon as possible, or at least keep the
lid tightly over the garbage can.
1t does not keep out flies to leave
one window unscreened even if all the
rest are protected and all screens
should be put up before the first May
hot spell. The only way to keep flies
out is to prevent their getting in in
the first place, as killing the intruders
does not destroy the microscopic eggs
secreted about the house.
Meade County news., 1915-05-13
TRusKETT IS FREE
Slayer of John D. S. NeeIey in
Caney Released from the
Penitentiary.
NIECE WINS LONG, HARD FIGHT
Discharge Came About Through oper.
alton of Law Passed at Recent
Session of Legislature.

A. A. Truskett, who shot and killed
John D. S. Neely of Wichita, million
aire oil and gas man, in a hotel at
Caney, July I, 1911, has been released
from the ward for the criminal insane
In the Kansas state penitentiary at
Lansing. He went to the home of his
niece Miss Elsie Pearl Truskett, in
Kansas City, Miss Truskett's untiring
efforts being responsible for his free
dom and he is proud of her and CRATE
full.
Mr.. Truskett was tried four times
for the shooting. The first time re-
suited in a verdict of second degree
murder. In remanding the case, the
Kansas Supreme Court said the trial
judge, T. j. Flannelly, had usurped the
functions of the jury. The juries dis
agreed in the second and third trials
and the fourth jury acquitted him of
the charge of murder on the ground
that he was insane at the time of the
shooting.
The release of Truskett was repeat.
edly recommended by the Lansing
prison physician, but the trial Judge
refused to release him. Then Miss
Truskett obtained the promise of B.
F. Endres, state representative from
Leavenworth county, that he would in
troduce bill to amend the law so the
board Of corrections could order the
release. Miss Truskett lobbied for the
bill in the last session of the legisla.
ture until it was passed and had the
signature of Governor Capper. She
went to Lansing to conduct the case
in person before the board of correc-
tions.
Meade County news., 1915-05-13
Admiral Peary's Lucky Number.

Even so practical man as Admiral
Peary has his little superstition and
is not ashamed to confess it. Talk
ing at a dinner in his honor, held in
Washington the other night, he called
attention to the fact that six is his
lucky number He was born on the
sixth of May; the ship in which he
reached "farthest north" prior TO the
discovery of the pole left land on the
sixth of March; the Roosevelt, on its
voyage that achieved the coveted
goal, sailed from New York on the
sixth of July; the pole was reached
on the sixth of April, and the wireless
message from the Labrador coast an
nouncing the discovery was flashed
on the sixth of September We hope
six has not lost its charm for the ad-
miral, and that in years to come it
will bring him further successes and
renoWn.
Meade County news., 1915-05-13
JUDGES "TREE TOAD"
MUSICAL NOTE PLEASED THE
OLD GENTLEMAN.
Engine Blast That Almost Burst the
Ear Drums of Other Members
Of the Party Caused Him
Enjoyment.

At one of the rehearsais Of Robin
Hood" by the Bostonians, on the oc-
casion of that company's first week in
Detroit, William H. Macdonald and
Henry Clay Barnabee were critically
listening to finale. Conductor Sam
! Studley was wildly waving his baton
and shouting Forte! Forte!"
Forte! Forte!" echoed through the
building, as the vocal sound, the
shrieks of the violins, the crash Of
brass and the thunder Of drums united
in one ear-splitting fortissimo. When
the tumult had subsidized Barney and
Mac looked at each other inquiringly.
Fair, eh?" commented Macdonald.
But Barnabee merely replied, as he
walked rapidly toward the stage, down
the center aisle: ut reminds me of
Judge Hands tree toad" (Judge
George 3. Hand was then and had
been for many years a familiar figure
in the life of Detroit. He had been
probate judge, had practiced law until
old age interposed a valid objection
to further intellectual activity, was a
social beau Of the old school, the dean
of Russell house boarders, unless, in
deed, Madame Centemeri out-yeared
him, and very hard Of hearing.)
What on earth, or in the air, has
Judge Hands tree toad to do with a
finale in Robin Hood?" queried the
astonished Macdonald. But it was
not until they we're seated at lunch
con that Barney enlightened his asso-
ciate.
In the days Of Barnabee's historic con-
cert tours lin the seventies), when his
rendering of "The Man With the Cork
Leg" had set the country in roar,
and which some of US still remember
as an example of unique musical hui
NOR, Barnabee was a guest of Judge
Hand, and was invited by that cour-
teous, though stiff1y informal, gentle
man to join an expedition to the
Grand Trunk Junction, near which lay
some realty that was in litigation, of
which the Judge had professional
charge. Other members of the party
were the jurors and the court officers
connected with the suit. After in
specting the property the men took
their way to the railway station to
await the coming of the home-bound
train. Freight trains were thunder
ing to the right of them; to the left
of them; in front of them, and all
around them. Engines wildly shrieked
In the distance and at close quarters;
but the catastrophe was not reached
until one engine, more malignant than
the rest, puffingly quivered on the rails
close to the judges party, and let go
whistle the unearthly piercingness
of which not even Gabriel's trumpet
could equal.
When the victims of the blast recov-
cred breath they beheld the smiling
Judge in a mild ecstasy.
Dear me-" he spoke in the most
dulcet of accents, that is the first
tree toad I've heard this season"
Meade County news., 1915-05-13
curtaiIed Entertainment.

What are you going to talk about
at your meeting?" asked Mr.. Meek
ton.
About the advantages the country.
will enjoy when women vote al all
elections"
And there isn't going to be any
gossip at all?"
None whatever"
We'll, l suppose it's all right. But
It doesn't give man near as much
interesting chat to look forward to
when he comes home to his evening
meal"
Meade County news., 1915-05-13

Lawrence Selling War stock.-In
five months one Arm at Lawrence has
sold nearly two thousand head of
mules and horses to the governments
of the United States, Great Britain and
France.
Meade County news., 1915-05-13

Atchlson orpheum Falls ln.-The
entire front and part of the roof OF the
new orpheum Theater at Atchison
collapsed the other night. The thea
ter, the finest in the state, was COM
pleted late last fall. The seating ca.
pacity is about two thousand.