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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-10
Condnc,or Con.Iand Imnrov,np

MoBERLY, Mo-, July 7.-Conductor
"Blacl1" Copeland, of the Wabash, who
was SO badly injured in the wreck
of his train at Missouri City a
week ago last Saturday evening, is
still at the Wabash hospital in Mober-
ly, but is improving rapidly and will
be taken to his home in ST. Louis
during the week. The internal in
juries he received are proving far less
serious than were at first supposed.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-10
BOAT WAS ovERLApEN.
A Party of Seven CapsIzed and Four Peo-
pie Drowned.

Party of Seven Capsized and -Four Peo-
pie Drowned.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, July 6.-By the
capsizing of boat in Superior bay
yesterday four persons lost their lives.
Daniel, Christie and May Mcdonald,
of Itasca, and Burton McCurry, of
Omaha, an electrician, were drowned,
the other three members of the party
being saved. The boat was overladen
and shipped water over her gunwales.
Some of the party climbed out of the
boat, which was in some way over
turned. Lewis Sprague, A. Ingraham
and Agnes Mcdonald were rescued by
John Bardon, whose yacht happened
to be near at hand.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-10
Text Books for Kansas pupils.

TOPEKA, Kan, July THE state
school book commission has issued a
circular containing the price at which
old books now in use will be exchanged
for the new books adopted by the com
mission. BY August Is the county de-
positories will be established in every
county in the state. General deposi-
tories for all of the books adopted will
be established in Topeka at the same
time. The old books will be ex-
changed for new books at 80 per cent.
of the contract price of the new books.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-10
TIME TABLE.

Commencing Sunday, Nov. 18th, 1896,
trains will pass Lexington Junction on
the Wabash as follows:
West bound-No. 5, Kansas CITY and Des
MOines express, $50 a. m. No. Z, Denver
limited, 7:40 a. M; No. 3, fast line, 4;50 p.
M; No. Il, local freight, 4:35 p. m.
East bound-No. 2, New York limited,
IL :05 a. m; No. 6, Chicago and Toledo fast
mail, 7:45 p. M; No. 4, St. Louis and Des
Moines express, 10:41 p. m; No. 20, local
freight, 800 a. m.
p. w. CARTER, Agent.
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Forced TO Quit Business.

TORONTO, Ont, July 7.-McLean &
Ockley, one of the largest bicycle firms
in Canada, have decided to close ont
their business, as the break in the
price of high grade United States
wheels will prevent their firm from
continuing manufacturing at profit
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-10
Hosts OF Rioters Killed.

LONDON. July Especial dispatches
from Bombay say that from 600 to 1000
rioters were killed during the recent
rioting in the vicinity of Calcutta and
it is added that native officers put tho
death roll as high as 1000.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-10
A cut IN the PensIon omce.

WAsHISGToN, July 5.-Pension Com
missioner Evans has so reorganized his
office and systematized its work that
he hopes to be able to drop between
100 and 200 employees soon after the
beginning of the now fiscal Near.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-10
ansas City's CHIEF of Police ousted

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, July THE
supreme court to-day ousted Chief of
Police Thomas n. Vallfns, of Kansas
City, from office on the ground that he
had not been resident of the state n
sufficient time when appointed. At
torney-General Crow instituted the
proceedings about II month ago.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-10

WASHINGTON, July president Nc
Kinley has sent dispatch to the mar
quis of Salisbury, the British premier
and secretary of state for foreign af-
fairs, showing the efforts made by the
United States and Great Britain to
carry out the terms of the Paris award,
and in which it is claimed that this
country has lived up to the terms of.
the findings of that tribunal and the
insinuation is made that England has
been guilty of bad faith.
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BRAZIL, Ind, July GA large mass
meeting of miners was held yesterday.
BY unanimous vote the meeting in
dorsed the action of the miners Satur-
day in declaring a suspension. The
operators called n committee of the
miners in session and argued with them
against suspending but it was of no
nvail
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Business Failure.

A great number of men are uEsuccess-
ful in business on account of some habit
or habits that rob them Of the vitality
necessary to conduct a business as it
should be.
The man who is nervous and irritable
cannot plan with a clear brain and work
out his plans. While his competitor with
a healthy body and clear head will be
found in the front ranks Of the procession
while his deb!lita;cd neiS h Dor has to drop
out. Some men can stand hurtful habits
better than others, but when one finds
that he is ailing each day, let him remedy
the trouble, for that is the sure road TO
happiness and business success.
''New Life, Nerve and Brain Food" is
what he should get aud take at once. 1t
strengthens thenerves, brain and body.
For sale by Lexington druggists.
"Forker's Elec ric'ty Pn's' cure bill
liousness, indigestion, dir ordered kidneys
aud kindred troubles. They aid nature.
They build up. No weakening and debil-
itatuary effects. All druggists sell them.
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Kansas Minera WIN Not StrIIxe.

TOPEKA, Kan, July Assistant
Commissioner of Labor Statistics Hol-
comb said yesterday that there would
be no strike among the coal miners of
Ka0Sns
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NORRIS, III, July 6.--In compliance
with the general order, the miners of
the Wilmington coal fields, including
all Grundy county miners, went on a
strike yesterday. The Braceville mi
ners decided to square up places, refus-
ing, however. to load coal. Some Ital-
ians at Carbon Hill refuse to strike and
in consequence a mine was partially
operated yesterday. Other mines have
practically been on strike several
days. The siege promises to be long
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-10
HESKE1aT ]

O the
LEXINGTON, MISSOURI
Evening journal., 1897-07-09

woolley will spend Sunday at Reho-
both.
Tilghman Johnston is in Philadelphia
to-day.
James G. McComb entertained J. w.
Bratton, Robert s. Baird and Charles
Brown at the Mansion House, West
Chester, on Wednesday.
Senator John Pyle is in Philadelphia
to-day.
James w. Ponder spent the morning
in Philadelphia.
Miss Ella Ferguson, of Townsend,
spent to-day in Wilmington, the guest
Of her father, Register in Chancery
Ferguson.
Alvin r.. Morrison is in Philadelphia
to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Albert Wood will
leave town for Piedmont, w. Va, to-
morrow, where they will spend several
days with Mr. and Mrs. James Luke.
Ex-Levy Court Commissioner Clark.
Of Delaware City, was in town to-day.
Miss Edith Rowe, of Milford. has
been visiting friends in this city
Samuel Harkins, Judge Balls clerk,
is 16 years old to-day and some of his
friends will present him with a gold
headed cane.
Evening journal., 1897-07-09
One months laundry free. Ask Man
haitian Laundry, 500 King street.
FORGOT HIS SON WAS ABOARD.


Thomas j. Ryan, of Wilmington.
Del, says the Philadelphia Record,
went to Cape May on the steamer Re
public on Wednesday, with his 12-year-
old son, Robert. On his return he got
off the boat at Wilmington, and for the
moment seemed to have forgotten that
he had taken his son with him. On dis
covering that the boy was missing, he
became alarmed and tried to remember
where he had left him, He finally con-
iectured that the boy must have been
asleep when the steamer touched the
wharf The conjecture was right, Rob-
ert had fallen asleep, and when the Re
public reached Race street wharf, in
this city, a telegram was waiting for
the captain from an anxious father, in
quiring for a lost boy. The boy was
found still asleep in the cabin, and the
captain, en- notifying the father and re-
lieving his suspense, was asked to take
charge of him and send him to Will
mington. The boy was sent home on a
late train.
Evening journal., 1897-07-09
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

This government purposes to spend a
great deal more emoney in feedingstarv-
ing American citizens in Cuba, and
considerably less in maintaining a ma
rine police patrol for Spain along the
Atlantic coast. That is what the
change from Clevelandism to McKin-
leyism means.-New York Mail and Ex-
press.
A gentleman came into the office last
week TO learn the name of a real estate
man IN Burns We scanned the Citi-
zen thoroughly and could find no real
estate advertisement, from which we
infer that Burns has no real estate
agent--Marion (Kan.) Record.
Burglars worked all night in the Wis
casset post Office and found therein
only 81. A post Office with only 81 In
II seems a place where politicians will
agree that a non-partisan appointment
would be in order.-Boston Tran
script
Ray York, the boy evangelist, will
preach in the Baptist Church tonight.
Go out and hear him; you will be
hlhly entertained and instructed and
you men who have not spoken good
word to your wives for six months will
Immediately resolve to be kind to her
for at least three days-Chula (Mo.J
Bazoo.
With our last issue H. G. Swisher
severed his connection with this paper
and with low, glad cry, plunged once
more into private life. No more can
the finger of scorn be pointed at him,
for he walks around you to-day with
the proud consciousness of once more
being your equal ocially.-Lyndon
(Ga.) Herald.
Evening journal., 1897-07-09
MRS. MARIA C. HARTMAN'S PATENTS
ONE is A FLEXIBLE SKIRT AND
THE OTHER AN IMPROVED KIND
OF BUSTLE.

The Official Gazette of the Patent
Office contains two entries showing
patents by Mrs. Maria c. Hartman. of
this city. Both applications were filed
on January Of the present year. The
articles patented are described as fol-
lows:
Claim. A skirt comprising body
of flexible fabric, having a projecting
portion near the waist; elastic hoops
around and secured to the body near its
lower end, and springs arched at the
projecting portion and extending near
ly vertically down the side of the skirt
and across the hoops and secured all the
way to the skirt, substantially as des-
cribed.
2. A skirt comprising a body of fiex-
ible fabric having a projecting portion
near the waist; elastic hoops around
and secured to the body near its lower
end; springs arched at the projecting
portion and extending nearly vertically
down the sides of the skirt and across
the hoops and secured all the way to
the skirt, and other springs of hoop
material extending around and secured
to the rear side of the skirt above the
hoops, and further secured near their
ends to the nearly vertical springs, sub
tantially as described.
3. A skirt comprising a body Of fiex-
ible fabric having a projecting portion
near the waist, and narrow fiat
springs arched at the project
ing portion and extending down the
sides Of the skirt and secured along one
edge of each spring to the skirt, the
outer edge being free, substantially as
described.
Claim.-A hustle comprising two ele-
ments, a strip CT fabric and a spring,
one of which is endless; the fabric be-
ing in two layers, one Of which is in
folds above the other and secured
thereto along one edge; the spring be-
ing narrow and secured to the fabric
along the other or free edge thereof and
formed into loop-shaped folds there
with and so held thereby substantially
as described.
Evening journal., 1897-07-09
GROOM DIDN'T MATERIALIzE.
so THE WEDDING OF MISS CON-
STANCE MCDOWELL WAS DE
CIlARED OFF.

Sharon, Pa, July 9-Miss Constance
Mcdowell, daughter OF j. c. Mcdowell
prominent business man of Sharps-
vile, was to have been married yester-
day at high noon TO William Hagerty
of Warren, Pa, but the ceremony did
not take place.
Yesterday morning Hagerty left the
house and informed the family that he
was going to Sharon to take a bath.
This was the last heard of him until a
telegram was received from him at
Pittsburg, stating that he would not be
present at the ceremony.
At the appointed hour the bride
dressed herself for the event, and the
guests, including the minister, were on
hand. After a long wait and Hagerty
not appearing, the guests were dismiss
ed with the understanding that the
marriage was declared off.
Miss Mcdowell is heartbroken over
the affair, but declares that she will not
marry Hagerty if he returns He gave
no reason for his sudden change of
mind.
Evening journal., 1897-07-09
CONTEMPORARY OPINION.
RAlIIROAD EXPERIMENTS
FI IJECTRTC TRACTION


The recent test of the third-rail cleo
trio system on the tracks Of the New
England and New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroads, between New
Britain and Hartford, possesses the
greatest interest as the first serious at
tempt at the operation OF trunk line
railroads by electricity, and may be
regarded as an epoch-making event in
the history Of electric traction. II also
shows that the management OF this
great system is awake to the import
ance Of an early start in electric trac-
tion, and considers electricity a feasi-
bic and satisfactory agent for operating
interurban trains on short runs The
experiment Is virtually a continuation
OF that begun at Nantasket Beach by
the same company, but upon a larger
scale, and under more practical condi-
tiOns. This third-rail system is not
adapted to an extension over any large
part of the railway system. The volt
age used must necessarily be kept low
on third-rail system liable to acciden-
tai contact from workmen and tres
passers, and this fact alone shortens
the distance OF successful operation
from a single pOwer-house. The re-
turn, in this installation, to the
methods used by Leo Daft eleven
years ago is noteworthy. There is not
much difference. except in size. between
the third-rail system installed at Bal
timore in 1886 and that just completed
in Connecticut; of course the genera
tors and motors used are vastly su-
perior There seems to be no reason
why this system experimentally inau-
gurated at Berlin should not be extend
ed from Hartford to New Haven and to
the small towns in central Connecticut,
thus serving a densely-populated neigh
borhood in which interurban travel
would be very great World.
Evening journal., 1897-07-09
A NEW TYPE WRITER FOR HIGH
SPEED WORK..

This typewriter is designed espe-
cially for rapid work, having but linn
tied number of keys arranged to be COW
cred simultaneously by the fingers Of
both hands, and enabling the operator
to make a good stenographic report on
the typewriter itself. The characters
are printed transversely across a con-
tinuous strip of paper, a word being
printed at one stroke in plain English
letters. An ordinary typewriter is
handicapped in the matter of speed by
the fact that only one key can be struck
and only one finger used at a time
nine fingers being always idle. By this
invention the keyboard is so construct
ed that all the keys can be operated
simultaneously. The machine has only
sixteen printing keys, arranged in
pairs, so that each finger can operate
two; hence sixteen characters can be
printed at each stroke If needed, and,
by the use Of a pair Of shift keys at
each side Of the keyboard, the capacity
of each printing key is increased, just
as the use of a shift key on an ordinary
typewriter enables the operator to
print either a small letter or a capital
by using or not using the shift. On this
machine, however the shift keys and
the bands remain substantially in one
position simply moving up and
down, each finger above the pair of
keys assigned to it. instead Of darting
here and there over a large keyboard
One downward movement Of the hands
prints the word, and as soon as they
are lifted the machine automatically
shifts the paper forward ready for the
next word IL is claimed that this ma
chine can be operated at a speed Of 10C
words a minute after six weeks prac-
tice, and that its possibilities in the
way of speed are greater than those OF
stenOgraphy; that il will not only save
time now spent in learning stenOg-
raphy. hut will do away with errors anC
| illegible notes, and that in courts anC
| large mercantile establishments q
corps Of typewriter copyists can b,
kept busy transcribing while a singl,
/ operator on this new machine is TAX
ing. The machine is already in use in
several large establishments.-Sc
American.
Evening journal., 1897-07-09
MISS BANBERGER SURPRISED.

A pleasant surprise party was given
TO Miss Louisa Bamberger, at her home,
No. 1904 Lincoln street, last evening. A
number of her young friends composed
the party. Games and dancing were
indulged in, after which refreshments
were served. Music was furnished by
Reese's orchestra.
Among those present were: Miss
Emma Yetter, Miss Martha Matthews,
Miss Annie Beyerlein, Miss Clara Bey-
erlein, Miss Annie Matthews, Miss Lou
lisa Yetter, Miss Rose Yetter Mrs
Catherine Paulus, Baltimore; Mr.
Brown, r. Bamberger, John McGran-
airy, James Corrigan, Ernest O'Tenni,
Charles Sehl and John Smith.
Evening journal., 1897-07-09
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.

Mr.. Wright, of Newport News, Va,
is visiting Wilmington friends.
Mrs. Roscoe F. Baylis spent yester-
day in Philadelphia.
Clerk of the House George w. Spicer,
Jr.. of MarshalltOn, has a bouncing boy
baby, and is undecided whether to
name it Bryan or Boyce.
Miss Viola Hansbury has been visit
ing in Philadelphia.
Mrs. George Boulden and son have
returned to their home at Trainer Pa,
after a visit to friends in the city
Miss Nora Rust, of Pennington, is
being entertained by friends in the city.
Miss Elsie Murray is the guest of the
Misses Marshall, at Chester. She will
remain in that city two weeks.
Peter L. Cooper, Jr., went to Belmar,
N. j., this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles B. Evans left
for Rehoboth this afternoon.
Chancellor Nicholson and ex-Gover~
nor Watson are at RehOboth.
Representative David X. Donaldson,
of Chrstiana, is in town to-day.
Mrs. George Singley has returned
from a visit to Highfeld, Pa.
Charles Lloyd has returned from d
visit to Marcus Hook.
Miss Clara Handy and Willard Han
by are visiting their grandmother, Mrs.
Nicholas Worrilow, at Claymont.
Miss Rachel Biggs is spending some
time with Claymont friends.
owen Scott has been visiting at
Lewisyille, Pa.
Miss Elsie Foord started to-day on
an extended visit to New York State.
William Foster is spending several
days with West Chester friends.
Mrs. Joseph lie Fevre and daughter
Miss Elizabeth lie Fevre, left this
morning for Reading, Pa, on a visit to
relatives and friends
Miss Bessie Malone is spending a
month with her brother, William L.
Malone at Washington, d. c.
Mrs. Charles Hayward and children
are spending a month at Harrington.
Mrs. Edward vanDyke and child are
spending the Summer in Kent county
Maryland.
Miss Rosa Bennett and Miss Lizzie
Skillman are at Chester Heights.
Mrs. John H. Marsh, of Libertytown
Md, is being entertained by Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas B. Smith.
Mrs. William Foord and Miss Elsie
Fo0fd left this morning for a visit tC
relatives in Cayuga county, n. Y.
Misses Mary and Amanda Scott. oi
No. 1905 West street, are spending g
fortnight at Ocean Grove.
Miss Grace Hargis and Miss Yate:
have gone to Chester Heights for sew
eral days.
Walter II. Hayes, Henry b. Duncan and
William r. Duncan left for Detroit
Mich, yesterday afternoon.
DR.. Harry W. Garrett, who was pros
trated with the heat on Tuesday, is abls
20 be out again.
J. Harvey Whiteman. ]. Wilkinl
Cooch, Register of Wills Calvin "
Crosssn and Prothonotary Victor b
Evening journal., 1897-07-09

We now offer the last of the
Mems So co Hand-Sewed Calf
Skin Shoes, B. c., D, E and
F. wide at SI.8o
A mixed lot, Mems and
Women'S Black and RussetS,
So and S.. so Shoes; including
all styles and shapes at ST. 69
These are all desirable shoes
speak for themselves in ap-
pesrance, and the quality we
guarantee.
Children's and Infants Rus
sets at very low prices. 81 to
II in Mund lis goods at SIC.
II to 55l in Boy'a Russeis at
85c
Missts S Shoes, 75c and SOC.
Evening journal., 1897-07-09
FISHING IN THE CANAL.
CAN HARDLY BE CALLED FAIR AT
PRESENT-GOOD SALT WATER
FISHING.


PRESENT-GOOD SALT WATER
FISHING.
The fishing in the Delaware and
Chesapeake canal can hardly be called
fair at present. The conditions are un-
favorable to good angling. The water
in the canal at present being so warm
affects the fish and they are by no
means as gamy as in the Spring and
Fall The water is filled with grass
and this seriously interferes with TROLL
ing
The salt water fishing at Lewes, ac-
cording to reports, continues good, and
the Summer visitors at the historic
town and its neighboring growing
Summer resort-Rehoboth- having
lots of sport. The sheepsheads are not
as numerous as they were a week or
two ago, but the run Of weakfsh, or sea
trout and seabass, continues. A fisher
man who wants a day or two of sport
can enjoy himself at either Lewes or
Rehoboth, as the hotel accommoda-
tions are excellent and everything is
reasonable
Evening journal., 1897-07-09
PRACTICAL PLAN FOR TEMPER
ANCE WORK


IF we save the children to-day we
shall have saved the nation to-mor-
row." Is the motto OF the Society for
Scientific Temperance instruction. +"
This society succeeded in securing the
passage OF laws requiring the effects Of
rum and tobacco to be taught in the
public chools. The motto is unques-
tionabiy sound, and the one sure way
TO teach total abstinence has probably
been hit upon. In all but three OF our
states some sort OF temperance instruc-
ton is now included in the public
school course.
The old-fashioned way of teaching
temperance was to get an audience Of
grown people and tell them that strong
drink was curse and demon. %
The black woe of drunkards life, and
the awful horror OF his death were
graphically described, and out of tho
audience several drunkards usually
walked up in front and signed the
pledge and lot Of little boys and girls
signed it. too, because they were told
to- and 1t seemed proper. This system
was defective. 1t redeemed many
drunkards, il is true, but the state
ments made about strong drink were
not scientifically accurate, and the lit
tie boys and girls were apt to learn In
time that demon" and Course" were
more or less metaphorical The method
in fact was like teaching an old dog
new tricks" and telling a lot of young
ones things they could not understand.
The text books provided in most Of
the states are admirably adapted to
build il the young mind a stout bull
wark against the habit OF drink. Ho
is not told that rum will send his soul
to hell, as he was by the old-fashioned
temperance lecturer. In the main text
books are national and convincing.
They show the pupil how certain
wholesome fruits and grains can be
converted into liquids that contain. a
certain proportion OF poisonous sub
stance-alcohol They then show him
the effects Of this poison on the vari-
GUS organs. He is shown that the boy
who drinks cannot study so well, will
not become a strong, healthy man. In
man he is shown the effects OF moder-
ate indulgence and of excess, all clear
ly and truthfully. This is a far better
method than the old, and IL the chill
dren of this generation learn these les
sons well, we shall have a much smaller
proportion of drunkards in the next. II
will not settle the drink question, Of
course. We shall continue to hear OF the
lawyer of fine talents and brilliant
prospects who staggers into a drunk
ards grave at thirty and we shall hear
OF Enos p. Cartright, OF Clay county,
KY, who boasts upon his 95th birthday
that he has drunk whiskey every day
since he was that high" and who is
feeling right clipper" for an old man.
Dipsomania is a disease, and some men
take Il harder than others. Some men
are driven to drink-they always make
good sine, by the way-and some take
to It deliberately, in obedience to in
herited instincts But If no man ever
exposed himself there would surely be
no suffering. Our schools can do moth
ing OF more value, we think. than to
teach our children what their bodies
are and what they will and will not
stand.