The Lexington intelligencer. [volume], December 21, 1901, Image 6

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A MOTHER'S SORROW.
l;uM HK ioNFLl'KIUTL YLTKKAS
f.i!ii iL' i. tm iful line wore f nii(l on ll.x lo t v f
V';' :! "Mi' I 'I'ins ll' lUl Alat'.tik regiments
in (Jen. Leo's array :
1 know liie miii slims ami the. Mnc sre 1.1 mmhiCt
, A tul the summer s a ! ki-'eS to lx-tut iTti M ; Vj
jO to m-c the rich treasures the uprio is bestowing,
And think my hoy Willie eiillsU-d UeltM !
It seeim hut my since at twilight, lo lium luinjf,
I rucked hun to -leep with his cheek upon mine,
While ll)bhy, the f.nir-ye.ir-old, wi died for the coming
Of father ndovni the street' indistinct line.
It is many a yeitr since my Harry departed
To come back no more, in the twilight or dawn;
And Hobby grew weary of watching, nnd started
Alone on the journey his father had gone.
It is many a year, ami this afternoon, sitting
At Hobby's old window, I beard the band play,
And suddenly dreaming over my knitting
To recollect Willie was twtnty today;
And that, standing beside hitu this soft Mayday morning.
The sun making gold of each lock that I stroke,
I saw in bis sweet eye and lips a f unt warning,
And choked down the tears when he eagerly spoke.
Dear mother, you know how iho-e Northmen are
crowing;
They will trample the ngh'.sof the South in the dust.
The boys are all fire, and they wish I were going"
lie stopped, but his eyes said: '), say if I must."
I smiled on my boy, though my heart it seemed breaking;
Mv eyes filled wi'h tesrs a I turned them away;
I answered him: Willie, 'lis well you are waking;
(lo do as your father would bi i you today."
I sit on the window and see the flags thing.
And dreamily list to the roll of the drum.
And smother the pain in my heart tli t is lying,
And bid all the fears in my b -uiu be dumb.
And if h should fall, bis young life has been given
For freedom's sweet sake; and for me, I will pray
Once more, wiih my Harry and Hobby in heaven,
To meet the dear boy that enlisted today.
WRITING TO SANTA CLAUS.
FROM THE COMMONER
With Infinite care and many a pause
She' writing a letter to Santa Claua.
Her pink cheeks are dimpled, her brown eyes thine,
Her fingers are guiding the pea aright;
Aid a wih she writes in every line
That must go by post in the fire tonight,
For the note that is signed witn baby's name
Will haste away on the dancing flame.
Postage is free
To girls and boys
Who send their notes
To Land o' Toys.
She's making a curve for a waxen doll,
And a big, black blot for a parasol.
6ae knows that old Santa will understand
Each mark she is making upon the sheet;
And she changes her pen from hand to hand,
While over her cheeks chase the dimples sweet.
Writing to Santa God grant be gives
An answer to every sweet tot that lives.
Over the snow
Without a pause
The sweet notes go
To Santa Claus.
And Santa awaits in bis north retreat
For the postman's knock and the missives sweet.
And be amiles and chuckles the while he reads
The marvelous writing of boys and girls
Qnaiot and curious are the blotted screeds
Of dashes and dots, and of quirks and curls.
But all are as plain at your A, B, Cs
To Santa who reads with the utmost ease,
For baby marks
In polar glint
To Santa Claus
Are plain as print.
NAILING APARTMENT KQUSF-S. :
TREE SURGERY.
I
Has
Become Quit a Prob'.ea to
Ycrk Builders.
AYhat name to give to a new a j art
ment house that is a question that
puzzles every extensive builder and
real estate operator in Xew York city.
Anyone of them, sjjs the Times, will
Kv Cavea Mcy a Ciant last in Forinel
Davs Wou.d Hit Died. j
While fur-m as applied to man
has made eieat itrics in recent euu,
there has also la-n vury uat
r. ss in tri p surrerv or the mtthcds of
. c .
treating trees and shrubbery when it
Vi. llll-lll, M1J B UiC A llllC?, w 111 wvun.. . ...
tell you, if you get to talking to them become necessary to apply the knife
about their things, that all the names or pruning shears. Many a tree i l,v
are gone, appropriated. ir.g to-day that would have died a ft w
It eems that landlords and agente years ago from causes that would then
have pretty near exhausted atlases, have brought on death, but which to
htories, mythologies, directories and day are successfully treated. An in
imagination in their search for new stance of this progress, says the Wash
names. That this is tmie is evident ington Star, can be seen in the Simon
from the remarks made the other Cameron tree, as the spreading: elm
day by a prominent real estate broker: near the footpath leading from New
"I'm now putting up a big apart- Jersey avenue to the south wing of the
ment house for a client of mine," he capital is called. The tree received
f aid, "and would you believe it? the name by which it is universally
... 1 . M. 3 I . 1. ... .,, ..-Unn 4Via el.tM. ritmciQ1
C tcre UJUMJU 10r IUliy SIX WPtKS AllVIWU UUI licuuic lun vioicimM
finding a name for it. We. tried all the laid out the capital grounds and pro-
books we had ever heard of. After yided for a footpath which would
exhausting the usual sources, such as
history and geography, we got au old
list of Indian names. Everyone of
them that was short enough or eu
phonious enough had been grabbed
tip by somebody. Every time we
have made necessary the removal of
the stately elm that was so greatly
8dmired by Senator Simon Cameron.
Mr. Cameron interested himself in
savin? the tree with the result that
it was allowed to stand in the center
r UJ poiut'oouy. ivery time we anvntv i biuuu mwn.
aiimI a il.i 1:1.. J ;l A t a tndia Vint trnl.lit ntnnru'isa VlflYA
sure to appear in the guide book of been covered with a granolithic walk.
New York aptrtroent houses. The The tree flourished until a year or
landlord said he'd be blarsted if he'd 80 ag wneD 8n amputation became
call the new building after himself, necessary. One of the big limbs,
so we were up aga-inst it. I showing signs of decay, was cut off.
"We were telling our troubles to' The operation was successful enough,
a mutual friend, after fuming over but the wound being left open, in the
it off and on for many days. 'Why course of time decay set in. The de
don't you try the turf guide?' sug- i caJ was working into the very vitals
gested our friend. We grasped at the ' tne elm and" would have killed it
idea greedily, and, sure enough, right in 8 W years, but recourse- was taken
on the first page we found the name to an operation that is now very fre
of a brown filly that seemed to fit; quently applied in free surgery. The
an apartment house uncommonly ! decayed portion was scraped off and
well. i a covering of asphaltum was placed
" 'Well,' sighed the landlord, 'I'll 1 v" it to arrest further decay. The
bet ten to one it's in the guide book!' j tJee s now as wt ou" a& would be a
"But it wasn't in the book, and, man with a limb amputated and prop
now I'm free from trouble for awhile. I eTh' dressed with antiseptics. In the
A stonecutter is busy carving out the' course of time the wound will prob
filly's name over the front door, and aub' ue hc-aletl and the tree will be
. . 1 1 1 1 -f Irvf ' f LnnUlt, ...nln
tcvciai peopie nave commented on f"iuij huj uam.
DRIVING DEER.
QOIiath was much surprissd when David hit him
with a stone. He said that such a thing had
never entered his head before! So you may be sur
prised when we tell you that low-priced coffee isn't
really low-priced. It wholly lacks flavor. And it
takes a lot more of it to produce satisfactory strength.
One cent a cup is all the cost of Chase & Sanborn's
Seal Brand Coffee by actual test. And this is the
finest coffee grownl Did you ever try it?
In 1-lb. fcnd i-lli. Tin Cans (air tight). Other high grudi-ii
in ricbly-colored parchment buxs (moisture proof.)
Vaughan & McClelland, Agents.
Practice Followed in 'he Adirondickt
in a Dry Season.
Driving deer in the Adirondaeks
was one of the practices most in
dulged in during the past season.
For some week there had been no
rain and the dry conditions were very
unfavorable to still hunters. The
scheme of driving deer was chosen to
offset this.
llunters were stationed alons the
shores of a lake or on a runway of tho
deer while guides and other hunters '.
made wide detours through the for
est and then worked toward the hunt-1
erg who were on the watch. I
The guides and hunters who drove
the deer were armed with horns, bt-lls
and whistles a? well as guns. Their
purpose was to make a great noise
and they would shout, blow the horns
and imitate the barking of dogs.
1 his was calculated to startle the
deer and drive them in the direction
of the lake or over the runways where
the shooters could get them.
The success of the effort depended
much upon the expertness of the men
with the guns, for when the deer
were once started they bounded along
at high speed and sometimes would
not run within 300 or 400 feet of
the hunters. Many sharpshooters
were abb, however, to get the game.
N. Y. Sun.
what a pretty name it is. You can bet
I haven't told anv other real estate
men where I got it and I'm not go
ing to, either."
HALL CAINE AS A "KEY."
Term Applied to AU Members of the
meoz Legislature.
Mr. Hall Caine, I observe, by 438
Totes to 191. has become a "Kev."
says a writer in the Pall Mall Gazette.
The author of "The Deemster" is
predestinate, no doubt. It is not quite
bo easy to determine why the 24 who
iorm the executive branch of the
legislature of the Isle of Man are
called "Keys."
The term is old. It appears, in
the Latin form of clavis, in 1418.
Four years later there are English
iveys.' But the Manx statutes did
not recognize "Keys" till long after
ward, in 1585. From that year to
1734 there were the 24 "Keys." But
Gov. Home, who must be taken to
have known how to address an as
sembly, did not, in 1715, address it
as "Keys," but as "Gentlemen of the
Twenty-four Keys."
I turn to our friend Phillips, of
the "New World of Words," 1706.
Mr. Phillips opines that these 24
chief commoners, "being, as it were,
keepers of the liberties of the people,
are called the 'Keys' of the island."
Your "as it were" definition is neces
sarily somewhat fanciful.
However, Mr. Hall Caineisa "Key"
of sorts. Once upon a time his fellow
"Keys" would have been his electors.
But in 18G6 "Keys" consented to sub
mit to the popular vote. Then the
act of 1 880 abolished a nronert v oual-
ification for "Keys," granted house-
noia sutlrage in town and a four-
pound owner and six-pound tenant
franchise in the country. Further, it
leems, it admitted women to vote. I
should not wonder if this latter cir
cumstance had a good deal to do with
Mr. Hall Caine'g election.
Veiled Womsn in Egypt
The tasmak, or veil, may be black
or white, long or short, plain or em
bellished with rows of drawn work or
tucks, and of any sort of fine, soft ma
terial. The women of the mirlrllonn.1
j C 'ft "in i 1 J ic-
lower classes wear for the most part MKlllFp. he directed his attention to
uiuwa. vens irum one to tnreeiceuong;; 4tici oia gentleman sittin" in a
uiOEe nigner m the social grade wear
white ones, and occasionally they
reach to the hem of the dress. These
are held in olace bv a metal t nl tlmt
is fastened over the nose and lower nave been playing the fool." Lon-
part oi the lorehead by cords securely flon 1 't-BUs
tied behind. When worn with this
habara, in the orthodox fashion, there '
is nothing visible but the woman' ' It used to be believed that raven
bright, black eyes, which see every- lived longer than any other specia
thing going on. The tasmak and of birds, and it was said that thuir age
habara are capital di.gt.isee, and a frequently exceeded a century, lfe-
woraan may flirt to her heart's con- cent studies of the subject indicate
tent without fear of her dignity be- that no authentic instance of a rave
ing discovered, providing she is not surpassing 70 years of age Lon reo-
followed to her home. Cleveland ord. But parrots have been known U
Leader. live 100 years.
QUITE TRUE.
Old
Gentleman Knew the Correct But
Rot the Expected Answer.
In a railway carriage a young man
was holding forth on the comparative
merits and demerits of contemporary
musicians, when it came out, by the
way, that he himself, according to his
own statement, was no mean execu
tant on the pianoforte.
"For instance," he exclaimed, "I
can go through an elaborate compo
sition in correct time without a key
board." And he commenced running his
fingers along his stick. Having
biought his performance to a close,
he asked if they knew what he had
been playing. Meeting with no re
corner of the carriage.
"Do you. sir?" he asked.
"Yes, I believe 1 do, sir," said the
gentleman, with grave dignity. "You
Aged Birds.
SOUTHERN CANDY-PULL.
Antf-BeKum Fait. me of Dixie Kevtv4
ia New York.
Com to th candy-pull o-r!ght
Kit south, rn bt aulif s lil be ther
With 'l...'Si c.u.iiy lr. their hands
.;.: k ir.utu m llu'lr li.r.
Tliis jraphrdfO of an old poem
was in the imitations sent out by a
roiuktin woman, whose home is up
in the Nineties. The guests are mcm
1h;s of the southern colony in New
York.
The party was a revival of asocial
Custom iu the south before tho war.
To its renaissance in New iork the
yoiir.g women came wearing gingham
aprons. The hote?s furnished the
molassos, w hich had been se nt up es
pecially for this event from New Or
leans.. After the necessary boiling down
of the sw ee-t, each guest and her beau
took a buttered plate on which was
laid a roll of the candy. It was the
young woman's part to get the roll
into pulling condition.
This she did after the manner of
kneading dough. After this prepara
tion she took one end of the roll and
passed the other to. her young man.
Then began the pull.
When the roll was extended the
ends were put together by the two
pullers joining hands. This process
left a rope of candy, the lower end of
which w as taken up by one of the pull
ers, and they repeated the pull.
This was continued until the candy
became brittle, when it was placed
on another plate. The plates were
then put in a cool place, and the
young people proceeded to the draw
ing room where they indulged in the
old play, known in the south at all
candy-pulls as "King William."
The guests formed a circle, joining
hands. One remained within the cir
cle. This one, of course, was a young
man. As the guests revolved around
the, center they sang the old words
sung by their mothers and grand
mothers, and to the same air.
King William was KlnK Jamrsf ion
And from a royal rare he come,
t'pon his breast he wore a star
Whlrh pointed to the northwest far.
Go chouse your east, go choose your west.
Go chooe the ene that you love bctt
At the conclusion of the last line
the young man in the center made his
choice. As she stepped to the cen
ter of the circle the guests closed the
gap and circling around the twain
'hey continued singing:
Down on this carpet you must kneel
Bnre as the gran grows In the field.
Salute your brliU with a tweet klsa
And rise upon your itet In bllt.
At the tuneful injunction "Salute
your bride with a sweet kiss," there
was- the usual scuffle and resistance,
as there always was in the olden times.
Then the twain in the center joined
the circle and the next young man
stepped to the center and the pro-
gramme was repeated until every
young man had chosen the one that
he loved best.
After this each young woman in
the circle stood in the center, by turn,
and the words of the third line of
the last stanza were changed to "Sa
lute your young man with a kUs."
After each couple had knelt and
kissed, the circle broke. Each young
man went to the cooling room for the
plate of candy he had assisted in pull
ing and returned with it to the draw
ing room. The candy was then eaten,
and the pull was over.
"It no doubt seems a simple sort
of amusement," said the hostess, "to
you northern pimple, but our mothers
and grandmothers indulged in it, and
the pleasure consists in doing what
amused them."
Then the hostess related that many
of the old-time statesmen in the south
had, in their time, played "King Wil
liam" at candy pullings. So far as
the ho.-tess knew, says the New York
Sun. this is the first old-fashioned
candy pull to take place in New York.
A Marriage Epidemic.
Servia is in trouble now with an
epidemic of marriages. The cause is
the sYttem of marriage banks founded
as an encouragement to thrift, but
which have urovt-d to h flVA nnitn on
opposite effect. The young men and
maidens of Servia begin paying in to
these institutions at an early age on
I lw promise of a premium on mar
tinge. Immediately a small sum has
uven umiiiiuiaioa the desire formar
riaga grows overwhelming, with the
result that the first offer is snapped
up. In conseouence. nrpmntnrolv
early and unhappy marriages are gen
! eral. The mailer has now rn..
a V M VUV.14
such lengths that it is seriously trou
bling the government, and the ad
visability of abolishing these banks,
which are hold to be the root of the
evil, is being debated.
Two Monthj Behind.
When some men die they will beat
the merchants of the town nut nf urn
months' bills. They are always about
iu miming neninu with their ei'
perncs. Atchison Globe.
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rreHrribeel tv Her
PeIo Syrup Co., Mootlciio.i
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unereairom indigestion and j
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which I did, tod two boitiej
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oai i nave not teo troubled ail
If UIOUIhnnM nff- -.- J
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KOodSvrnp Peplo hw done i3
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your meaicine wunout beioj
t Its mora tbao Wonderful
recommend it to all my friend.
ti?e and stomach remedv.
Yoorswlth RritiJ
MRS. ,
fur sale by Leroy Fruier, drl
Cures Fczvraa mud Itching
through too Hood. i.
Nothing te Try.
n. n. 11. (Ilntariic Itl.Kid Ilulm
tud sure cure for tcztma. it:hin
inure, tcaim, scales, watery tilinc
irlilnK I Kin OS or Joint), boils,
prlckliua; al in t he kln, l.i, , i
ulcvr. rio Diitunie Blutd HkIiu
worst anil must (! p-sfiiinl c um .
(nn, I'UiirjInir anl vltallilntr the!
ny g vmg anenuny ouumi supply i
Olhrr rfiiifdlt-H iny tvllpvi. bu
HCtUHily curi'H, hf-uli every Hure
(be rlrb iilovr of liett ltb UilbHkin, i;
IiIinmI rl and miurlvlilnn. Espcci,,.
for ulu, obstinate easel. Drum
Trial trratmcnl tree and picimni
I r (llllam. aa lii'bell strpi't, All
lmrlUo iruuule saud (ruo uiedi
irtvrii.
Free fr tlu Awkins;.
Our booklet "Told by a Ductn
eusstoo nl the rl I ot the
intci, and trstlmonlili of huo
riavs bren cured of constipation, if
md etnmanh troubles by tbe
Caldwell's Hyrup IVpaln. It id
writ today lo Pepsin Syrup C
llo, M, or see Ltroy Far
druggist.
Notice of Dissolution.
The Arm of Col I it rd & HImImk,
(IIuoIvikI by mutuial consent. 1. i.
111 continue the luslnens nodi-
leliU and ubilgntloos.
COUAltD X B
The business will tie conducted
by D. E. C'olUrd. Wewilidt tbe
f the public. Ki-spt:tfully,
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Lolneton, Mo., November 27, IK
What Shall We llaye forDf
This question arises Id tbe funi
day. Let us answer It toJay. Try
lellcious desert. Prepnred In r
Mo biking! add hot wnter and wl
Klavor: Lemon, oracifre, raipberrT
ifrry. At your grocers, lu cents
Jell-O, th SW lh i'T
dleascs all tho family, iourtlavor-
ninue. raspberry and strawberry
Grocers. 10 cents. Tryltlnday.
(iuanllau Sale of Keal Esta
in 'he matter of the estnteof John A
Insane.
fly virtue of an or1Tof wle duly r
i.b.' Probate Court of Lafayette fouit
vutrl, nt the N.ivenil-r term therenf.
.'-e J' b day of Noveniln-r. Wl. of m.
r.;erlng and rniMwtrliit vu: H"
liiriiiii ifUHrdlan of t lie olnte of
"tout, limann, for tin- mrMi' In v
f nild court, iimrlilcil ami i t fort"
utid guurilliin. Iien l.y give nut h e
MiNHAY. KKItltrAKVMth. H'
between the hours of nine oVhx'l
.r. niHin and five oVl. x k In the iifh 'i
ibat (luv, at the court lione door. Hi
.f UwhiKton. I.tifuyt-tt uiity.
.nil during the ! n of ll"' PJ"""
if Mild county. eipoHf anilnfferfor'
fell nH'iily by mirtloii.at iul'H'-
be blgbeitt blild. r. for raih I" "
following (lewrlln'il rial ""'"Vi
lying and )Hlng In t liecniiiiy
mil stiite of MhwHirl. as li'MoW
n undivided half Int.nM In a"'
nulheaal Olllirter of the south wi""
f awl Inn (14) foiirt-'ti. nml tl' v.
(imrter of the north went 'l"lir,''r,'.,(
:! twenty-three, nil In l.mn-lilp l
Ight. range (j:.) twenty-live. l
utility, Missouri. . Mi.
U I ven under my !i"d this the n"
ovembcr, Wl. J AMF.S H- WIIH
luiirdliin of the Personam' l-,,ll"'1j.
A. Mout, Iiihiviii.
ADM INISTKATOU'S XOTU"
letters of adminlst rntlim nn the e
"oloinon Everbart. dt-eiuwil. ' wen
t the undersigned on t he r.m w ,
ner. w, bv the pmhata court oi
county, Mlswiuri. , , , uin,int
All Vr' bavins da In, g
staio uro required t. ?xbiWi h'
nee to the admltih-t i ntor w bm
Iter tbo duto of sal.l 'f; '',,, b
precluded from nnr L-" .It oi
nd If such clHlm be not Mb " 'u w
.eira from the duto of Hld letter
forever barred. .
ibis lath day of ov-rrtr. t; RA(
ll-2:it5 m
Disease and dauger lurklo tbe''
nana. Tbe blood become v'tisi
b. ...! health is d77p(r
.veriheatomacbaod "',,"0JJ
their fuoctioue as nature loien o
bine will ton. op lb-l'""' J,
the liver, where other V'f
relieve. Price, B0 ceot. '0T
Crenshaw A Young.
Eoosn FORKKNT to tbe H,r""
Inic. Apply to Ous H"""-
hlPl
Jot. L. Long keep- rv, -
One in the grocery il"'