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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-02


York. Feb. es. Magistrate
in The Harlem police court said
|1t Flood 1oi|carning the pool
an.i naihh||ne bonses of every
n his pftc|nct. "My advice 10
'Aa ttety maaissfate in the city
|apatft nv. q togo intoanyplace
you are sprf gambling games
|nnlneftd. bitter down doors,
| partitions nAa clean the place
|om ctiier 10 attic. Don't leave
IN the place Craps and policy
.itr a lnsa quicker than any
I I.ao,s OIL"
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-02

Denver, COL, Feb. as.---A special 10
the News from Breckenridge, COL.
says William Riblet, q miner en-
ployed in the Revenue tunnel, waa
overwhelmed in a snowslide in Geneva
guich ON Saturday.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-02
|bNl6HT RAID.
'.II Destroys a Liquor
,>.s 4, Topeka.
arr HAD spilled Au the
#1|.|| Arrived and several
I. Fired }. W. Adams
...I|I |1inlly Injured.

... #tb. 26.-J. w. Adams
..,..I hoyering between
Il. was sbot during a
. ,f.nel,a Wholesale lia-
...dnleht Sunday night
-t.. ao 10 60 citizens.
r. ~ ....h revolyers. sledge
....I4ss and a battering
.... N. wholesale liouor
'.. .' {osis an West Cnrtis
81. E.hans avenue and
~ "a .n,.shed the heer
I1.... nollremen drove
4oth tbe bollcemen
.s6 t. 81 the mol fred their
IN. IN. Adams. n car
!. +. I. ,5l lpest Grant street.
.I,.. h .br brenst. DIR. M.
n ...I I.r +. ~. Emerson
.,.I.t hv tbe nolice Rev.
q. h, ia. Ioiken 10 the police
u. 81. oas hooked under
4, I. ...,.t;nv an ofIicer no
y. nnop his own re-
H.tchen took thr in
N. sosnital IN a hack
......,I'. /. stav and admins.
..1..I pivino bond. The
.-... patrolmen Ddwnev.
q p. .I.t Watchman Con.
I.. Ilams was sbot Inv
~ -. ,..,.;,e he ,vas retreating
,',.,. .,l.rs the liorors y,ers
~. tS.,.. saws he vvn. sho,
...'... .,t does NOT Lro,S
q. tba, HE rsvoIvsr
q, ,.,..'' M hend omcsr
IL &. h. .''S no, arrive ~ N,
! {, /. ,,'oe,,> ,,nti, n was shor,
n1...- povles who csrr,.s
e.. ,;I,.. ,-rnlysr. cl.im. ,hs.
|.6o.. 4. nred were In ,hs a,r
H. ia n, aim ., anvons
|. 1. ~,....' "a, !, Ian.
r,n III. ss.-Mrs. Nation
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-02

Galveston. Tex, Feb. 26.--Betors
the Galveston Athletic club Joe
ChoynslS put Jack johnson out In
the first few seconds Of the third
round last night. Both men were ar
rested by str. c",,g ., the close Of
kho contest.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-02

Marshall, NO., Feb. 2e,--while Mis-,
Josie Brandenberg was feeding the
big mangler in a steam laundry here,
her hand and arm were drawn be.
tween the hot rollers, crushing ths1
terribly.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-02

A Mexican newspaper declares that
when Mexioans visit the United
States in winter they suffer more
from the overheated houses than
seR tAs cod OUTSIDE
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-02
kRLY 3,ooo, 900 ACRES
|I11nh fIyar Dives Interesting Fig
IL Relation 10 the Reservations
10 ~ Thrown Open.

|InHion. Feb. 26,--Dennis Flynn,
hbr " ~ the bills relating to
|rnink rtsersations, states that
|'chIIa ftteryation is east and
|oi ne kiowa reservation and
|<il. rfabably be 100000 acres OF
|fci 70 homestead entry. There
ahoul e,noo.OO0 acres OF Kiowa
|of ho'nesIead entry. In both
Sc ftseftpfions sections 10, 80,
81 are reserved for school and
|nrpofcf for the uses Of the fu-
hare OF 0l,ihhoms, In his judg'
~ Of these lands win be opened
Iemtni about August 1,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-02

Chicago. Feb. H.--Wheat-No. . red. ~
e17c; No. Z, 72.t61ec; No. 2 hard winter.
ISMaftc; No. .. 7oM11she; No. l northern
spring. 75d77c: No. q 7t015c; No. Q. eed
cash. elevator. faiko; track. Toe; No. /
hard, 72c. corn-No. cash, sc: track,
BIC. oats-No. 2 cash, f6%c: track. IN
e27e; No. : white. 2sto.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-02

Feb. 93.-The presi-
has sent 20 the senate a report
|hy the esographic board upon
|eIling and pronunciation Of
|phIe uames In the Philippine
h A list Of 1000 coast places Is
The board has retained the
IL found on official Spanish
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-02

Gland. o. Feb. 23.-Henry
{. Jt. o. New York, who Is
announces that Tom L. John.
|ili rnter The fare for president
he ,lcmoeailc convention in
p 4 platform Of opposition to al
! privileges
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-02

Though the Hawaiian delegate in
congress has no vote In the house, he
draws $1,000 mileage as q consolation
prize.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-02

u UIlITIfE VVmIHT '" hhhFHs UItJ'
|uohua, Mex, Feb. 25,-Grant
|c. The Kansas cattleman, has
J r New York and will return TO
s City and settle up his affairs.
|silleite. who has been running
|insty store here has sold her
|ishincni. and With her little
|tiiI return 70 Kansas.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-02
pEwRT IN FULL FLIGHT.
Beer Forces Met With Defeat and the In
vasion Of Cape Colony Has Proved
Q Railure.

Cape Town, Feb. 26.-It is officially
announced that Col. Plumer engaged
Gen. Dewet near Disselfontein on the
south bank OF the Orange river and
completely routed the Boer forces.
The British captured over 40 pris-
oners, q gun and pompom and num-
ber Of carts. II Is reported that Dewet
escaped to the opposite bank and Is
now fleeing with handful Of fol-
lowers. 1t is reported from Boer
source at Zeerust that Gen. Delarey
has been captured.
Invasion Failsre.
London, Feb. 26.-Dispatches issued
by the war Office must put an end to
the rumors that Dewet and Boths
have already surrendered. They, how
ever. show that both Boer command.
ants have been badly mauled, and
that the invasion Of Cape Colony has
been decided failure.
Summary of total losses up to Feb
ruary i6: Two hundred and ninety.
two Beers known TO have been killed
and wounded in action, So taker
prisoners, 1893 surrendered, one rs
FOUNDER gun, l6s rifles, 100000 pound.
OF small ammunition. $500 horses, 7t
mules, $3.50 trek oxen, 1s,7OO cattle
1s5,aOo sheep and 1,o7o wagons ant
carts captured. Our casualties: Fiv,
officers and a men killed and foui
officers and l0s men wounded.
Thsse Are willing to Surrender.
Cape Town, Feb. 26.--It is reported
that the influential commandant, Pie
Foure, with several hundred Beers il
the Dewetsdorp district, are willing Il
surrender IL the commandant re
ceiyes a proposition direct from Gen
Kitchener.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-02-21
Lord Roberts,

Lord Roberts, or "Bobs," as he Is af-
fectionately spoken of in the army, Is
a wiry little man, quick in every move
ment, showing the nervous energy
which possesses him. His deep, pierc.
ing eyes look into the other mans as
If he would read his thoughts faster
than his lips can frame the words. His
gray mustache bristling over his
mouth and his visored cap drawn
slightly over his eyes give him a rath-
er pugnacious air. He speaks in quick,
short, incisive sentences, with no waste
of words and demands that the officers
who come by scores to report shall do
the same.
Clustered around the doorway of the
regency are a dozen officers waiting
for an entree to his office. He has been
calling them in and sending them away
for over two hours already. Suddenly
he appears at the door, with a short
and pleasant Good morning, gentle
men," poses for the photographer wait
ing for him and asks, Whom do you
represent" exclaims THANK you;
WISH you SUCCESS, anu luIhS W the
officers, mods at one and walks back
and forth with him on the garden path,
while he explains some military neces-
sity. He takes them up, one after an
other, In this manner, constantly walk
ing, his brows knitted in thought, stop
ping just long enough to punctuate his
remarks by decisive and expressive
gestures of the hand.-William Din
widdie In Harper's Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-02-21
UuprOhtable stock.

Ii Is one thing to keep an old animal
that has been the pride and pet of the
family for years after 1t has ceased TO
be profitable and another to keep one
that Is not and never was able to earn
its keeping. Yet while not many farm
ers feel able to do the former for senti-
ment's sake there are hundreds who
are doing the latter from no other rea-
son than an objectionable ignorance
as to ~e cost Of keeping and the actual
results received from the animal. The
Babcock test is doing much to weed out
some of the Improbable cows when
used In connection with the regular
weighing of the milk. but other AMI
mails need to be looked after. Sheep
need to be culled carefully every year,
and those that do not produce and
bring up good lambs and good shear
ing OF wool should be fitted for mutton.
There is many a man who keeps a
horse when he could hire one to do the
work he has for him at less than the
cost Of feeding and others who keep
two, though one could do the work ex-
cepting during a few days In the year.
Weed out the Improbable animals
even IL obliged to kill and bury them.
They may do the world some good in
that way.-American Cultivator.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-02-21

sticks Of joiSt, some strips OF board Tor
stays and a few short planks they put up
such framework as is shown in Fig. ].
There was no making of mortises or ten
ons. The posts were set in their proper
positions right in the snow, and strips of
board were then nailed from one TO an
other, as shown. The 'stringers' were
laid right on top of the posts and nailed
there. Then the planks were laid across
the two that were inclined and over the
level stringers at the top. Afterward
rail was nailed about the whole, as
shown in Fig. 2, and the first snowstorm
completed the work. Here was a "hill"
made to order, and fine sliding it afford
ed, especially after a snowstorm that left
fine, hard crust. Down the incline the
sleds would dash with force enough to
carry them far out upon the level, and on
this "hill'' one did not have to keep
watching out for teams that always will
appear at the foot of country or village
coasting stretches just as boy and his
sled are "unlimbering" for action at the
top!
This coast that Tom and Billy's father
built for them-with the boys help, as l
have said-was eight feet high, with an
incline Of IS feet in length. Up and
down one side were steps, each made by
two bits Of board nailed to the planking,
as shown. When these were covered
with snow they still afforded the foun-
dations for steps that were quickly made
over them in the snow, the steps occupy
ing but Is inches of space in the coasts
six feet of width The sketches are Civ
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-02-21
E6aCflHR SnRn.

The child-en's toboggan slide is quite
an institution in a certain nursery. 1t is
an old ironing board, a good wide one,
and when it's end is tipped up on a chair
it furnishes all kinds of amusement TO
the small owners.
The other day the children discovered a
new joy in the ironing board. They plac-
ed it fiat upon the floor. Then they SNUG,
gled a piece of soap from the bathroom
and soaped the board well from end to
end. 1t made a famous slide.
The three boys and the girl, who is the
widest boy of the four, gave themselves
plenty of room to run, and the board was
long enough to make good slide.
One after the other then ran. T."
chase grew excitin., l::n:l'y \ ice. tax
ing her turn, cam. with a rush down the
hall and across the board. The impetus
was too much. Her heels flew up. nd
she came down hard. very hard.
She gathered herself together with Il
bewildered look on her face. Then she
stood up slowly.
'Dear me-" she said Il didn't know
soap was so effective"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-02-21
THE VERDICT.

New York's vaccination appears 20
have took. w ashington Post.
Many people viii be glad to learn that
skimrniIk is more useful FOR paper max
ing than for sale 70 city people az ; cents
a quart.-Rochester Democrat aad
Chronicle.
In searching for the south pole the
Duke Of Abruzzi viii enter upon a heli
OF exploration which has been very little
cultivated as yet IL would be a scisn-
ti6c surprise il the south pole were to be
first reached.-Buffalo Courier.
The present congress may be asked %
consider the expediency OF uniform mar
riage and divorce laws. The ease of
American divorce Is one of the national
jokes. There Is an opportunity FOR wise
legislation ia that directi0n.-Ohlo State
Journal
The protests Of the artists a-ainst aBy
meddling with the White House IN a.
vance Of a report from a representative
national commission % architects. seuly
tors and landscape gardeners seems o. -
altogether reasonable and not gmsilnrly -
Hartford Courant.
The Germanizing of eastern Prussia
proceeds apnce. IL - announced flaf az
kijewo a schooImaSter an.I his pupils
have received notice that they must c"u~e
TO wear boots high in the hex -Geh font-
gear being considered a. a sign 20 IA
tionalist IIartunEsche Zsitun-
The multiplication ~ accidents with
automobile vehicles emphasizes tA~ n~-,l
OF "other devices. other rules and cIs-
toms" The new machines are capital
things so long as they keep ia their place
and 20 right. Out Of place or ont - con
troll they are menace aud a h0rrur.-
New York Tribune.
IL the settlers at Plymouth could have
managed to land on the historic rock n
some day either a month before Christ
mas or n month after the recurrence -
that high festival. Forcfafhers' dav
would find much more general observanr-
at the hands % this latter day genera
tion.-Boston Globe.
A Seattle physician cheerfully and ap-
provingly announces that the practice 10
becoming more and more common with
the members of his profession 20 'put 20
sleep" permanently patients whose suf-
ferings are incurable. IL might b. vel
for people who travel 20 be a little can
tious hereafter about getting sick In Se-
attle.-San Francisco BuIletia.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-02-21
A Woman as Engineer.

OF Miss Nevada Stout of Dyeryille,
O., who has received license to run
q stationary engine, the district exam
iner states that she answered correctly
"a of the % questions asked, which Is
better than the average male engineer
does. He says: Il never was more
surprised in my life than when | en-
tered the engine room of the mill where
this young woman is employed, for
she Is barely Is. The machinery was as
clean as new pin. There wasn't a
speck of rust on 1t, and she was SHOW
cling coal into the furnace and looking
after the 80 horsepower engine in a
way that indicated that she thorough
ly understood her business. She was
the only person about the mill, and yet
the plant was running perfectly, and
her employers had left her in charge,
apparently with every confidence that
she was fully competent and RESPONSE
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-02-21

each brooder. A false bottom Is in
each compartment, and by adjusting
this at different distances from the
steam pipes the heat is easily regulat-
ed. Fences three feet high made OF
wire screen Of one inch mesh separate
the pens. The space above the brooder
Is closed with a gate of wire netting to
enable the attendant to enter the pen
with ease
In the front of the house there are "a
windows 2 by feet. one for each pen.
For each section there is small yard
In which on pleasant days the chicks
are allowed to run. Cut straw or hay
Is scattered on the floors of the pens
and in the brooders. Sawdust was
tried but the chicks ate it, with disas
trous results. In each section Is q
feeding rack In which is also water
Ing basin. This device not only saves
food, but keeps the chicks from over
turning the water basin or being
drowned in II. Attached to this house
is a wing IA by 40 feet divided into kill
ing and feed rooms and house occu-
pied by the overflow from the brooders
In summer and by laying stock during
the remainder of the year. In the kill
ing room is a two barrel kettle for hot
water with which to scald the birds, as
the Buffalo market demands.
The cost of material for the brooder
house and wing was $S5. The style or
construction, with low front and roof,
llxy 40
but makes the house much warmer.
The cost Of the hot water pipes, boiler,
etc, installed ready for operation was
$T5, while the expense for wire and
lumber in the pens brought the whole
cost up to $175. After using the house
for several years the owner, Mr.. Z. III.
Hall, says that he can think OF no I'M
provement which might be made upon
it and says that when he builds anoth-
er house for laying stock he will con-
struct it on the same lines as the brood
er house, except that he will have the
roof one foot higher both in front and
rear.
The house for laying stock is 100 by
10 feet and Is divided into six parts,
each with q yard attached. To secure
eggs in winter it is necessary that the
house be warm; hence this house was
built with double walls having tarred
paper between and was provided with
q boiler and steam pipes. These pipes
run the whole length Of the building
and are laid close to the wall about two
feet from the floor. The floor Is OF
gravel covered with leaves and straw.
A board floor was first used, but was
soon discarded. There Is a row OF
movable nest boxes below the pipes,
while just above them are the roost
boards. When the weather becomes
quite cold, heat is supplied. Contrary
to what would be expected, this mild
artificial heat does not seem to weaken
the fowls or render them liable to dis
ease. Heating the poultry house has
proved to be very profitable invest
ment. This house cost slightly more
than did the other, the double wall
bringing the cost up TO Sl10.-S. +.
Hoxton in Reliable Poultry Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-02-21

ers have the erroneous idea that the
well bred animal is a luxury that can
only be afforded by the rich. 1t Is true
that the training of pure bred stock for
show involves a more or less elaborate
equipment and compels the expendi-
ture of much money. 1t is also true
that many men of large means engage
In blood stock breeding upon an eX-
travagant basis.
The fact remains nevertheless that
the average farmer can handle well
bred live stock at a relatively greater
profit than the so called professionals"
and is blind to his own best interest IL
he neglects to maintain some suitable
variety as n leading feature Of his
farming operations. These truisms
have been reiterated in these columns
so often that it may seem idle to repeat
them here. At the same time the point
is one Of such supreme importance that
II cannot too often be discussed.
Animals of good form aud quality are
always salable, and there Is no farmer,
however moderate his means. but can
improve the type Of his cattle, his
sheep, his hogs or his horses in one gen
Grafton by resorting to the use Of
pure bred male. Females can be sent
for service to some good sire in the
neighborhood II it is not deemed expe-
dent to buy one. Where there is
wish to improve a way can always be
found to make beginning. The desire
to rear good stock instead of scrubs
must first exist. The means OF attain
ing that end will readily present them
selves if honestly sought.
Ii Is all well enough, for example, to
ship in feeding cattle from a distance,
but why may not the farmers of the corn
and blue grass belt carry good herds
of cows and rear q still better grade
Of calves than can usually be bought
on the range or In central markets?
Buyers are securing the country for
good young steers and cannot find
them. Why do not farmers breed TO fill
this steady demand? 1t will commonly
pay any careful farmer TO buy a few
registered cows or heifers and breed
them to pedigreed bulls of the same
type. One does not need to wait until
able to purchase large lot. One or
two good pure bred heifers properly
handled will soon grow into money.
And so with sheep or any other variety
OF the domestic animals. Few farmers
are rich enough to afford the luxury OF
scrubs" They should not be tolerated
on any land that grows good crops.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-02-21
FEBRUARY WORK.
Timely Reminders on Sowing Flow
er Seeds. Handling Plants, Etc.


er Seeds, Handling Plants, Etc.
Flower Seeds to Sow.-Seeds can be
started this month in the greenhouse
and in frames in southern localities or
in the house window if one is sure of
the suitable conditions of the following
kinds, which require to be well estab-
lished in the early spring: Ageratum,
abutilon, tuberous begonia and BegO-
MIA vernon, Centaurea gymnOcarpa, c..
candidisSima and c. CleQentei and
Cineraria martina, the lastfve named
for bedding; calceolaria, Chinese pinks,
coleus for bedding; cyclamen, forget
menot, glOXinia, Grevillea robusta, gyp-
sophia, heliotrope, lantana, oleander,
pansy; perilla for bedding; Saliva
splendens, smilaX, Solanum capsicas-
trum and S. ciliatum, thunbergia, YER
bena.
Resting Plants.-Some kinds Of
plants that have been resting can now
be given warmer quarters in good
light and be supplied with water and
encouraged to start.
Starting Cuttings.-Cuttings of chrys-
anthemums, carnations, fuchsias, ge-
raniums, tea roses and many other
kinds of plants can be started during
the month
Growing Plants.-Care should be
taken to give plants air on fine days
and to avoid excess Of heat, to keep
the foliage clean and free from insects.
Hard wooded plants that are grown
on from year to year in pots, such as
oranges, lemons, camelias, etc, may
now need top dressing of fresh, rich
soil
Grapevines-It would be better that
the work of pruning vines in the gar
den and vineyard should all be com.
pleted this month.
Planting For the Seasons Work.
Complete plans should be made while
there Is yet some leisure for all the
various kinds of work to be done dur
ing spring and summer. These plants
should be put in writing and then fol-
lowed through the season, deviating
from them only as Improvements and
necessary changes make it desirable.
And this useful little outline of work
to be done originates with such excel
lent authority as Wick.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-02-21
The American Hen.

r. G.. +. Candage, the president Of
the farmers national congress, recog-
nlzed In his opening speech that a large
portion of American prosperity Is due
to The industrious American hen. He
demonstrated by statistical proofs that
IL. energetic biddies Of the United
States. through habits of early rising
and lay attrudn" strictly to business
seven days in the week, annually lay
800. .COO00O worth of eggs But this
IS not all They rear families that
eventually go on the markets as roast
erS and broilers, and this increase, Mr..
Candage says, has in addition total
value of S40.000.000.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-02-21
SCRUBS ARE COSTLY.
THERE is NO MONEY IN INFERIOR
LIVE STOCK.

Lessons Which Farmers Are Slow to
Learu-WeII Bred Animals Are Ne
cessities and Not Lu1uries Where
Profits Are Wanted.
One OF the unsolved mysteries in con-
nection with American agriculture is
the amazing indifference displayed by
such large proportion of even the bet
ter class of farmers in the matter Of
the quality of their live stock, says The
Breeders Gazette. In spite Of the daily
lessons of the market place there Is
widespread failure to apply them in
actual practice. Many do not patron
ize improved sires of any sort. Others
choose UNIV isely and are disappointed.
Still another class destroy progress al
ready made by resorting to an injudi-
cious cross, such as breeding a COW Of
q beef breed to a dairy bred bull or
stinting a draft mare to a coach or trot-
ting bred stallion.
There is no room on any properly
managed farm for inferior live stock.
1t pays no profit and involves useless
waste of animal foods. Too many farm