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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-09
A DIVORCE CHART.
States of the Union Where the Law Is
Lenient.

An enterprising publishing firm
has pu; on the market runique
document. 1t is nothing less than a
divorce chart of the United States,
from which unhappy couples can
quickly learn in what state they can
get separated with the greatest celer-
ity and ease, says the Salt Lake Her
aid.
"By a mere glance it explains,
"the particular information sought
may be obtained. Theform andman-
ner in which the laws are placed be-
fore the reader are as simple Of COM
prehension for the layman as they are
for the lawyer"
The chart, it is to be feared, will do.
much to put a damper on the divorce
industry of South Dakota. Idaho,
Nebraska and Nevada are equipped
with just as rapid-fre divorce laws as
the more widely-advertised state. In
fact, they beat South Dakota on one
very material point, for while the last
named state does not permit the re-
marriage Of a guilty defendant the
other three lay no restrictions on
either party. They also require less
notice Of an action than South Dako-
Ia, construe causes just as literally
and demand no longer residence.
But easy divorces can be had in the
east just as well as in the west. Staid
old Connecticut, Main and Delaware
bother themselves not about length
Of residence, so long as the cause orr
CLIMATES on their soil. They also pro-
vide a liberal number of causes for
persons desiring separation to choose
from.
South Carolina is the most inhos-
pitable state of all to the would-be
Divorce. The laws there are strict, to
the verge of blueness. But in the ma
jority Of states this interesting chart
shows that to a couple so minded one
can be very easily obtained. and in
some the untying Of the knot is not
much more difficult than the tying.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-09
A EEIGHBoRHOoD NURSERY.
GiaD for Having Children Cared For at
Small Cost

Establishing a neighborhood
arzseyy will not be difficult if you
E6nF1E any young woman whom all the
obldren love, and who has to work
6bT a living writes Berthe Fogg
AnthOine, in the Ladies Home Jour
nal If SO. suggest to her that she
sake charge of the neighborhood ba-
5ies from three to seven years old
for a certain sum per month. Alarge
playground and a big room are nee
sssary. The playground should have
"A heap Of small stones and several
mounds of nice dry sand. The play
rDom should have plenty Of floor
space. The governess should over
look the play and keep the tangleS
Strengthened out. She should punish
dsnly in exceptional cases, and by the
mildest means, but she should inter-
are before a quarrel has reached dan
gerous proportions. As to the fnan-
cal arrangements, circumstances
unst govern the details. The aver
&c female wage-earner receives five
pllars a week, for six days work of
Eht to ten hours duration. TO the
10 a month add five dollars for rent
Il room and playground, then divide
&y the number Of children enrolled
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-09
Creameries in Siberia

The production Of butterin Siberia
has increased during the past few
YAars 10 a very marked degree. In
che vicinity Of Banaul, for instance,
Ahere are at present 800 creameries,
against two in 1896. The demand for
milk vessels has consequently as
stunned large proportions. A factory
for the production of these articles
Mas lately been established at Kurgan,
s5nt, as it cannot even approximately
supply the demand, the greater part
EAs TO be procured from Moscow.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-09
A GEOLOGICAL FALLACY.
Sons People Believe OIL aud Gas Can Be
Found Anywhere.

Probably the most wild and unjus-
tiiable Of all the crude beliefs respect
ing geological resources is that which
holds to the conviction that by going
deep enough the drill is sure to find
something Of value, no matter at what
point the work of boring is COM
menced. There are numerous wise
persons in every community, estima-
bic, influential, and in the highest de-
gree public spirited, who are con-
WINGED that the question, for example,
Of finding coal in their special local
ity, is simply a matter Of the depth to
which the explorations are carried.
Rock oil and natural gas are recog-
nized as desirable products in every
progressive community, and every
such community contains persons, in
other respects intelligent, who are
ready to stake their own fortune and
that Of their nearest friends on the
belief that oil and gas are everywhere
underneath the surface, and that
their sources can be tapped with the
drill, provided only there is sufficient
capital to keep up the process ofdrill.
ing long enough.-M Mine and Miner.
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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-09
SALT UNDER OUIcKSAND.
Industrial Possibilities Along the Coast
Of Louisiana.

The p%racticability Of mining salt
throNgh quicksand has been demon
strated ON Weeks island, in Iberia
parish, and the success of the under
taking opens up a great industrial
possibility for Louisiana, declares the
New Orleans States. For more than
iWo years efforts have been made to
reach the salt through the quicksand,
and now the difficulties have been
overcome by the Myles Salt company
by sinking a caisson and the applica-
tion of other methods.
The process by which the caisson
for the shaft was sunk and secured is
interesting in many ways. The Gals
son is composed of circular steel bands
some is inches in height, and as oneis
sunk another is riveted to it, with
pitch paper between to make it air
tight, the earth being taken out as the
caisson sinks down. 1t took 43 feet
Of this sinking and mining to reach
the quicksand, when the water was
forced back by the application of com
pressed air, the caisson meanwhile
having been capped by an airlock.
The pressure at the distance below the
surface was from Is to 20 pounds per
square inch, SO a very powerful pres
sure was necessary to keep the shaft
clear of water, but this was done, and
passing through a stratum of clay
everything the salt stratum, the base of
the caisson finally rested on the salt
bed and was sunk some feet further
into it.
Below that the salt was penetrated,
and a wooden caisson, running from
the water line so feet above to a pres
ent depth of SO feet below the sur
face, was put in, and then the process
of concentration began. First the rock
salt vas smoothed oil and cut in, when
it was heated to an intense heat by
the flames from compressed air blow
pipes, and the cement, consisting of
pitch and asphalt, was poured over,
filling up the interstices and sticking
to every crack and Granny. Over this
was laid a covering of cement, the
whole not only securing the caissOn,
but making it absolutely air and wa
ter tight and permitting uninterrupt-
ed work of the miners.
But the mining will not stopatthis
depth Of 93 feet. Instead it will be
sunk to a depth of from 800 to 400
feet, while tunnels will be run out
and big chambers will be blasted and
mined. and the pure rock salt brought
to the surface for distribution all over
the United States and Canada.
By the sinking of rods at various
points surrounding the shaft it has
been ascertained that the salt strata
Is a mile or more in width, while the
bottom has never been reached, af-
fording what is practically an mex
haustible supply of the finest salt in
the world.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-09
AN EMBEZZLING DOG
He Wasted on Beer Funds Meant for
Charity.

\ sad story of animal depravity
Gues from a northern coal district.
Ror some years a well-known cOlliery
mgion has been blessed with the sery-
ares of a brown retriever, who, with a
sllecting box strapped saddle-wise
,ross his back. was accustomed to
ayel from mttopit begging coppers,
5 even higher contributions, on be-
Ralf Of a sick and benevolent
innd. In this way he has some
Gknes obtained as much as %
srillings in a single week, says the
Mondou Express, and the fund itself
has been I'll, means Of doing an i'm
nense amount Of good. 0fcourse the
miners themselves have been contrib
aiing out Of theirweekly earnings,
3nt the dog excited so much interest
among them by the faithful perform
ance Of his mission that they readily
lput their spare coppers into the box
be carried.
Some time ago the log happenedto
sa.l at q public house, where he know
n good many Of his patrons would be
assembled. Besides dropping pen
mes into his box and RECALLING him
with biscuits some Of them used toilet
aim take a sip ortwo ont Of their
mngS Of beer. In this way the unfor-
Inmate animal acquired a liking for
drink. with the most deplorable re-
snlts. Ii was not that he occasionally
Secame intoxicated and was thereby
anable 10 pur.u5 his errand Of mercy,
Aut hiswho]em moral nature becamede-
PRAYED. To such an extent had this
deterioration gone that some DAYS ago
-be Was discovered by the side of the
SOad in a perfectly helpless condition,
Vxiih nothing remaining Of This box ex-
qsepf the straps. He was taken care
nd, and eventually got sober again,
when his conduct became such as to
eEcite the utmost wonder.
He whined piteously and tried to
escape. BY and by he became very vi
oaent. and the miners thought he was
mad They would not let him 90, but
ahthered him 10 a long string, and
Then he led them toa place on the side
of a rocky hill, where they discov-
cred fragments of the collecting box
and also the hiding place of the con-
dhnts.
Ut seemed that after going his usual
Dund on the preceding Saturday the
dog had gone to this spot, and by some
neans-probably by rolling over and
over oil his back-broken the box to
splinters and released the money. He
Had then concealed the coins. and,
Aelping himself TO them as his degen-
crate cravings prompted, had spent
more than half of the money in beer at
uarions public houses in the neigh
5orhood. Great indignation is felt
EEifh the publicans who supplied him,
Tor they knew the dog well and ought
20 have noticed the absence of his col
2ee1mg box. And, moreover, after the
hrst four or five drinks his condition
HnnI have been a matter for remark.
The dog is now under careful re-
stCamt, and it is hoped that ne may
vet again resume his useful labors.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-09
Low Rate EScuT''
all Summer va
THE URlINGTON "
Dnr;rg ,he coming suTnuu

During the coming Suui-'
inpton Route will have "
very lowest excursion T'''' !
ever been made. The Geo', !,
these rates, destinations !,
varied that the public Shouu y,
nearest ticket agent for at',.
do us the favor to write l"'
criptive matter, etc r..,.
Cheap Summer Tours Ns' 4
Colorado. Utah and BI''' 4 :
Homeseekers' excursions =, +"
weeks to the whole "S'' :
ives r,s,-I
round trip rates to ~, 5iirondv
sition. the Seashore' Mad
ada, Michigan LahgSi, frt
| thousand eastern res GSnic,so,
rail trips east, VIA W."
! Cleveland. .,,h-E
Cheap Excursions SoIs !
to st. Paul. alpoojsAt
superior resorts Inc wv
country. ,,rs Sd
ASK for the Bnrling''"'' ~
! cursion tate circulars o,r,I
| California Excursions ns.S DAY
| ducted every "'u| ipG
Louis every Thursday Nv
| Civ and St. Joseph ctl
Write us for rates 0S a.Sd ID
ter describing the Props lE
Il. II. CRo2IER, Il, o y" Ppsr
n. =. A.. So Main ST. o'' st.
Kansas CITY, Mo- ,or,
HOWARD s \, LJIc'cpl
General ManaSo'''
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-09
Alaska's Farms.

There are only l2 farms in Alaska.
These farms have a combined area
of only 1853 acres, but the profit from
their cultivation in 1900 was So, O46.
This was due, Of course, to the high
prices prevalent in the local markets.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-09
Economy in Coal.

Here is a simple method of making
half a ton Of coal 20 as far as fifteen
hundredweight. The plan is to place
a quantity of chalk in the CRATES; once
heated, this is practically inexhaust-
ible from combustion, and gives out
great heat.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-09
HARD UPON ABORIGINES.
Havoc Wrought by Diseases and Vices of
Civilization.

The injurious influence of "%civili-
zation' upon aborigines has been
shown in a good many cases within re-
cent years, and is now being once
more witnessed in Alaska. The de-
cline in the numbers of the natives Of
the Aleutian islands is most remark
able. Where there were formerly
about 1870 villages, with a total popu-
lation Of from 1,500 to $500 persons,
there are now not more than ten vii
lagos, while the population has de-
clined to 1000 individuals, and only
700 of this number are ull-blooded
natives. This strong tendency to ex-
tinctiOn of native populations has
been most strikingly e~xemplifed in
Hawaii and Australasia, where tribes
were often annihilated in a few wears
by their inability to resist the dis
eases and vices of civilization. In
the Aleutian islands a large proper
ton of the recent deaths are ascribed
to measles and consumption-both
unknown until a few years ago. The
population of Alaska is rapidly grow
ing, having about doubled from 1890
to 1900, and as the native element
has dwindled, the increase of the
white settlers must have been much
more than 100 per cent. Similar
changes are in progress in Hawaii
n. Y. Post.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-11-09
A GrieYOus Grievance.

Every man has about one grievance
that he springs whenever he has half
a chance Wash (Ia.) Demo
crat.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09

pieces, our shillings quarters,
our sixpence dimes and our
halfpennies cents"
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09

1t knocks down the plants and
drives them into the mud. 1t up.
sets all my calculations. We have
too much rain Although this
represents an extreme view, il
nevertheless contains much truth
We of the humid east have spe
cies of commiseration and sympa-
thy for the man who lives where
there is scanty rainfall. but this
man in the arid region has simi
lar commiseration for the east
erner who must wait for the
weather, To large degree the
irrigstor is Independent. He ap-
plies water when the plants need
it. The thriftiness of the crops
as we'll as of the people in the Ar
kansas valley testify to the fact
that the farmer is boss despite the
lack of rain
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09

ANOTHER step has been taken
toward the completion of the Flor
ence street railway, and this morn.
ing the writer had the pleasure OF
seeing one of the gold bonds of the
company signed and sealed. These
bonds will be forwarded by ex.
press to the American Trust com.
pany, New York, tonight, making
capital available to the amount OF
100000 and with 100000 al.
ready invested it looks like there
is plenty of money at hand for
everything needful. There are
those who can take such comfort
out of this statement as they can
find.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09

WE'VE heard of the man so
stingy that he used wart on the
back of his neck for a collar but
ton. We've read somewhere of a
man so miserly that he bought a
red polk -a-dot handkerchief so
that laundering wouldn't be neces-
sary in case of an attack of nose
bleed These cases are only re-
ported to us-we haven't seen
them. But we have met up with
a Florence man so niggardly that
he double discounts the above
cases, When presented with n
long past due bill for the umptieth
time he calmly informed the col
lector that he had money in the
bank, hut he wouldn't check ON it
for himself and he'd be blanked if
he would check it out for anyone
else. And the collector walked
away empty handed. Now what
would you think of that?
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09
LOW RATES TO THE EAST.
Cleveland Will be the Attraction
of Thousands of Old Soldiers.

Cleveland Will be the Attraction
OF Thousands of Old Soldiers.
The passenger department of the
Rock Island railway announces
the lowest rates to Cleveland on
account of the G.. A. r. Encamp-
ment, September Z to IL, that
have been accorded the old sol
diers since 1887. The rate is less
than one fare for the round trip
Tickets will be on sale from sta
tions west of the Missouri river,
Septem Der Z to 10, inclusive, and
will be good to return up to and
including September l5. but the
return limit may be extended until
October 5 by.depositing the ticket
with Joint agent before Septem-
Der l5 and paying a fee of so
cents.
The trip to Cleveland will be
one of much pleasure and enjoy
ment. The extremely low rate
made by the Rock Island will
make it pnssihl' for large num-
bers of the old soldiers and their
friends to go at very small ex-
pense. From Cleveland there will
be cheap rates in effects, enabling
those who desire to visit the Pan
American exposition and this trip
to Buffalo can be made either by
rail or boat
Cleveland is making special
effort to take the best care possi-
BILE of the veterans as we'll as visit
ors and afford them every oppor-
tunity for pleasant and enjoy
able time while in the city. The
new soldiers monument located in
the public square will be complet-
ed; the electric lighting effects OF
this monument. it is said will
eclipse anything Of its kind here
tofore attsm pied in this country.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09
Knight Templar Trip to Louisville.


Two hundred Colorado knights
Templar will attend the Grand
Encampment at Louisville, in
August.
They will leave Denver at 2:20
p. IN, Friday, August %, on spe-
cial train via. the Burlington
Route to st. Louis, thence to
Louisville over the B. q O. S, w.
railroad.
Stop-overs will be made at ST.
Joseph 1.-TWO hours), Kansas City
eight hours and St Louis
twelve hours
In all three cities the men from
the mountains will show the ma
tives "how to do it."
Louisville will be reached at 7:30
a. M, Monday, August %
Accommodations have been Sc
cured at 3l7, Broadway, Enter
tainment headquarters will be at
Gault house, Louisville's swellest
hotel, where the hospitality of the
Colorado Sir Knights will be dis
pensed with lavish hand
The round trip rate, which is
open to the public, from Denver
to Louisville, will be S34 so.
Correspoudingly reduced rates
will be in effect from all other
Colorado points Sleeping car
rate, Denver to Louisville, 81.
An effort is being made to Sc
cure reduced rates from Louisville
to Buffalo. This will enable per-
sons who attend the encampment
to visit the great Pan-American
exposition before they return
home.
Berths on the Kni .hts Temlar
special should be reserved at once.
This can be done at any ticket Of
flee in Colorado, or by communi-
eating with G. W. Vallery, general
agent Burlington Route, Denver,
Colorado Stiff
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09
See mysterious Rollo at opera
house August s and .
We print calling cards.
Notice to Teachers.

The regular examination of
teachers will be held at Canon
City on Friday and Saturday
August 10 aud Is, 1901; also, at
the same time in Florence at the
McCandless school house. The
sessions will begin promptly at 5
O'Clock a. m. Those interested
will please bear in mind that the
new law imposes a fee of one dol
lar for the examination.
j NJ. HANKS,
County Supt. Schools.
Canon City, Aug. |, 1901. 3439
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09

COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REV
ENUE YERKEs has decided that the
death duties" or tax ON inh crit
ances. must be assessed on the es
tate at it exists at the time of the
testator's death, Subsequent ap-
probation or depreciation is to
have no bearing in the premises
The problem arose over the estate
of the late Jacob j Vandergrift,
millionaire of Alleghapy county,
Pennsylvania.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09

The navy department has de-
cided that officers of the naval
militia when on duty with mem
bers of the regular service are
equally entitled to abedience from
those of lesser rank, This decis-
ion as of general interest, mas
much as it fixes the legal status OF
enlisted men on duty on naval yes
sells loaned to various states for
the use of the naval militia.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09

In writing incidentally of irriga-
ton in Colorado Professor l.. II.
Bailey of Cornell university says
facetiously: "lt was a day in
June that | visited farmer at
Rocky Ford. He was irrigating
beets and orchards. 1t threatened
rain | asked him why he did not
wait for the shower. 4 don't want
the rain, he answered, Rain is a
nuisance. 1t packs down the
earth. 1t makes the place muddy.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09

The secret service of the treas
ury department, under the di-
rection of Chief Wilkie, will inves-
tigate the genuineness of articles
exposed for sale at Minneapolis
and represented to be loot from
the Forbidden City. 1t will be
determined whether the articles
really came from Peking, how they
we're obtained, by whom imported
and whether customs duties were
paid on them.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09

THE daily treasury statement for
the last day of July shows that
the receipts exceed the expendi-
lures in July by $l5,340 About
the middle of the month there was
a deficit of nearly S5,00o,0OO. but
this was overcome by the abnor
mally large receipts before the
end of the month The July re.
ceipts from customs we're S2l 1868.
963; the internal revenue receipts,
S2S, ,339 100, and the miscellaneous
receipts, S2,7lS,lS6.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09

MADAME RITA NJ. RUIZ. widow
of the naturalized American. den
tist, DR. Ruiz, whose tragic death
in Spanish prison in Cuba
shortly before the beginning of the
Spanish-American war attracted
widespread attention, has filed a
claim with the Spanish treaty
claims commission for S75, 900 in
demnity for her husbands death
II was this case that caused such
vigorous protest from General
Fitzhugh Lee, then consul general
at Havana.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09

ANOTHER sign of the American
conquest! A fruiter in the West
End is marking his goods in
United States coinage strawber-
ries, for instance, at sixteen cents
a basket, says the London Chroni-
Gle. This is trifie superhuous,
for most Americans who come
over here know perfectly well the
value of English money, and of
English goods. too Yet, after all,
the fruiterer is perhaps only fore
shadowing the inevitable. We are
having a new coinage, and we
might as we'll accept the situation
-call our sovereigns FIVE dollar
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09
Salt Lake Excursion.

On August IL at Salt Lake City
will be held the Second Annual
Reunion of the National Society
of the Army of the Philippines.
For this occasion the d. q r. G..
and Rio Grande Western will sell
tickets on the llth and 18th from
Florence at SIS for round trip. 3S
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-08-09

Booking tue secondhand man
wants to trade for light spring
wagon. 24tf