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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-18

The Gernan-A Austrian Alpine Club now numbers over 10000 members, and has many branches all over Austria and German. It builds and maintains some thousands of shelter huts in the Alps, and keeps and improves the mountain paths. In the winter the club holds a great costume festival in Krolls theater, Berlin. All who take part in it are in mountaineering costume On the stage mountain shoot or slide is represented, which, beginning before the boards, rises to considerable height. The shoot consists of highly polished board set up at such a steep inclination that the men and women who sit down and slide down it travel like lightning to the bottom, where they are caught by their friends. Every now and then the sliders follow each other at such pace that there is a heap of them at the foot of the slide but this adds to the fun.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-18

The children of the poor in certain lower parts of Philadelphia have Ia vorite game which they call Cops and Buns" The participants are all boys, and this led to an Indignation meeting of some small girls, who finally sought support from one of the ladies living at the College settlement, beseeching her to use her influence to the end that they should not be left out of the game. The sympathetic lady accordingly summon ed the boys and pleaded the case of her sex with urgent eloquence. At last one of the boys spoke up. This amt game for girls. We're playing cops and Buns" He paused, Then new idea dawned. Well, s'pose we might have lady bums."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-18

Florence Jewell, the London young woman who attained notoriety two years ago by marrying Lobengua's son while he was on exhibition at the EarPs Court Show, has applied for a divorce on the ground of her husbands cruelty and misconduct. She testified that he had given her black eyes and stabbed her with an assegai, when the judge, Sir Francis Jeune, broke in with: That was what you expected in mar rying a savage, was it not?" The judge put off his decision, as Ee doubted whether it could be shown that Loben- gula's domicile was in England. He ,eaid, too, that he had only behaved like a savage, and that the petitioner had insisted on marrying him and now saw the result of it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-18

With the completion of the Trans Siberian railroad Russia makes her en- try as a competitor in the European butter trade, and is carrying everything before her. In 1899 the Russian product in the London markets was too small for separate classification; in two years it had jumped to the second place, Den mark holding the first, as she has long done The Trans-Siberian butter trains, one week, leave Obi, stop at six other centers of the industry and arrive at the Baltic port of Riga after journey of seventeen days. A steamship line with cold storage service conveys the product on to London, where 1t com petes successfully with the best Euro pean brands, those of Denmark, Ire land and Normandy. The trade is only begun, but it's promise for the future is enormous, and the butter market of the world, of which London is the center, will henceforth feel the force of a new factor and new source of production of practically lilnitless extent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-18

It is said that Professor Mark w Harrington, once Professor of Astrono- my at Ann Arbor, and subsequently
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-18

Probably Fair on Tuesday.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

Miss Susie Smith, who nearly passed
away in an attack of uraemic paralysis,
last week Tuesday night, is slowly i'm
proving under DR. Webb's care, though
yet weak; Mrs Smith, her mother. is
a victim Of painful rheumatism.
[Thomaston Express.] Miss Smith is
the daughter of R. H. Smith and is
we'll known here. For the past few
months she has been in the employ of
the Waterbury American at Water
bury.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14
in the care of Miss Caroline Warner,
who is in quite poor health.
OVERCOAT SENSE.
POINTERS FROM MEIGS 8 co.

In buying such good friend as an
overcoat ought to be, due care should
be paid to the essentials which 60 to
make up really good, serviceable gar
ment. If one expects to wear an over
coat for several seasons, or more, the
hard finish fabrics like Kersey and Mel
ton will be found most serviceable as
far as wear is concerned. The rough
surface cOatingS are dressy and hand
some, but they are for men who can
afford a new coat as soon as the old
coat shows signs Of wear. The work
of the tailor on shoulders and collars
determines the fit at these important
points, and only expert hand-Work
can produce coats that fit smoothly
over the shoulders and whose collars
fit snugly. By putting haircloth inter-
lining in the fronts of coats the shape
is retained until the garments are
worn out. Be sure, in buying, that
you get hand-worked coats with this
shape-retaining interlining. AS most
of the wear falls upon the inside of an
overcoat, only the most durable Innings
should be chosen. A good quality
serge or farmers satin lining will wear
as long as the coat. Meigs & Co. show
a wonderful array of overcoats having
all these essential features, and in
buying your overcoat there you are
not only certain of getting coat that
will fit right, wear right and hold it's
shape, but you have the widest choice
of the newest overcoatings. All of
Meigs & Co.'S overcoats aud their suits
as we'll, bear their own label, which is
a positive guarantee that you get
exactly what you pay for. This is also
very important point in this day Of
cheap, shoddy, nameless clothing, for
which nobody assumes any responsible
ity.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14
is now rapidly improving. This will
be good news to her many friends.

Wallace Tomlinson of Oxford, who
has recently bought of John Beardsley
a tract of standing timber near John
Stevens, is now at work cutting it off.
Charles Brakeman is to do the saving
for him.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

William w. Gardner of Manchester
passed Sunday in town, the guest of
Selectman and Mrs L. G. Morris. On
Sunday afternoon, in company with
Mr. and Mrs Morris and Miss Mabel
Morris, he enjoyed a ride to Bridge
water.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

Two hunters from Danbury were at
F. B. Marsh's, last week, hunting, and
took back with them a fine string of
birds.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

Mr. and Mrs Herbert Williams, who
have been with Mr. and Mrs Charles G.
Stowe in Zoar, have gone to Bridge
port to live, where Mr. Williams has
accepted a position.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

j. w: Daley has fine corn crop, this
year, and has been Obliged to enlarge
his corn crib.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

William McNiSh of Ansonia was a
guest, last week, of Matthias Carol
of Great Ring. He enjoyed the time
in hunting.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

Mr. and Mrs L. NJ. Hawley of Mat
teawan, N. Y, spent several days, re-
Gently, with Mrs NJ. E. Botsford at
Lake George.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

Miss May Conroy had her pet dog
killed on the railroad by the cars, re-
Gently.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

Miss Kathryn Reynolds is now at
Paris, France, and in few weeks will
go to Italy for sojourn.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

Miss Nora Costello OF Hanover has
been having new roofs put on hel
house.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

John Lillis of Bridgeport was re
cent guest of Matthias Carroll.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

A. J. Summers of New York is Wis
iting his sister, Mrs I. B. Goodsell.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14
THE nOTT-SHEPAR WEDDING.
MARRIED IN TOWNERs, N. Y, ON
THURSDAY.

Fred N. Shepard, the popular young
clerk in the employ of H. E. Mott, was
married on Thursday afternoon, the
9Th, at Towners, N. Y, his bride being
Miss Edna F. Mott, daughter of H. E.
Mott. Rev John johnson, pastor of
the Baptist church at Towners, was
the officiating clergyman. Mr. and Mrs
Ebert A. Wilson accompanied the
couple as witnesses. They are now
residing with Mr. Shepard's parents,
Mr. and Mrs G. N. Shepard. Mr. Shep-
ard rather took his friends by surprise
but has been congratulated on all sides.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

Mrs Charlotte Botsford, who is in
Bridgeport with DR. Celeste Benedi
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

The Congregatio Sunday school
had an attendance of 81, Sunday, and
a collection of 1922, not a discouraging
record for a November day.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

Miss Eva G.. Jones of Arlington,
Mass, is visiting Miss S. J. Scudder.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

Mrs G. E. BlakeSlee and Mrs Charles
Hurlburt were called to Mrs Laura
Warmers, on account of the continued
poor health of Miss Caroline Warner
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14
BOYS' CLOTHES
Made Right.

If you could find clothes for your boys made
as carefully and finished as we'll mems clothes,
would you buy them in preference to the ordi-
nary clothes for boys, if cost more than
you pay now
The reason |tSampeck'' clothing for boys fits
and wears better than all others is, it is made
carefully the best mems clothing, and finished
with as much 1t has more style than other
makes, and is more desirable 1n>every way
Prices are so reasonable that any boy may
dress in ''Sampeck' clothing.'
Russian and Sailor blouse suits, vestee and
Norfolk suits in pretty mixtures and plain colors
ages to 8, $2.9 SO and up. Norfolks, 2-piece
and 3-piece suits, ages to Is, 1898 to $40.
Young mems mannsh suits, $3.50 to $15.
Recfers and overcoets in great variety.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

Mrs E. S. Fairchild is in Danbury
the guest of Mr. and Mrs N. J. Stone.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

FOIey'S Honey and Tar
cures colds, prevents pneumonia.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
PHILO HURD SKID
TORE

SATURDAY, AFTER AN ILLNESS OF
THREE DAYS.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

Bennett Blackman, father of Former
Selectman John H. Blackman, sustain
ed slight paralytic stroke on Satur-
day. He rallied, however, and on
Monday was able to come down stairs
to his breakfast.
The Newtown bee., 1902-11-14

F. B. Marsh of Orton drove to New
town station, last Friday, to meet Mrs
S. D. Warner of Bridgeport, who will
remain with her niece, Mrs Laura
Warner, through the winter to assist
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-04
TRUSTS AND TARIFFS.
BY WILllAM LLoYp GARRIsoN.

Against natural combinations Of capital for purposes OF economy
and efficiency no objection can be made so long as they are not
removed from the field Of competition by artificial laws. No
matter how ambitions their purpose, how skillful their organization,
they can harm only the projectors if unsuccessful They are subject
to the cruel test Of the worlds rivalry, and must live on their
merits or die.
Cooperation in production and distribution is perfectly legiti-
mate, and deserves encouragement, while ability, skill, foresight,
and other valuable human qualities are relied upon, and when no
element Of special privilege Is allowed to enter. Far otherwise is it
with goyernment-fed monopoles, when the law Of equal rights and
services is throtued. The protective tariff, shutting out foreign
competing products, overstimulates domestic industries and gluts
the limited market. Consequently, retribution is always in waiting.
By home competition the temporary advantage is soon lost. Both
producer and consumer suffer in the end, the one by decreased con-
sumption, the other by high prices, by this stupid defiance Of the
tuners can again utilize the tariff for more undeserved profits.
The chief reasons put forward to defend trusts are hollow and
delusive. Economy, cheapness, and public advantage are not the
true motives Of these combinations, The single object is the
enrichment of their promoters. To hide this naked s~elfshness, the
pretence of public benefit is used as a cloak. The economics made
accrue to the trusts, seldom to the people, although the occasional
lowering of prices, owing to improved methods and new inventions,
is unscrupulously claimed as a result of consolidation. So far are
tarif-proected trusts from benefttfng the American people, it is
the foreigners who are favored at our expense, the surplus product
being marketed at low prices abroad to malntain high prices at home.
Emerson wisely announced the law: "Wealth brings its own
checks and balances, The basis Of political economy is noninter-
ference. Do not legBlate. NEEDLE, and you snap the sinews with
your sumptuary laws. Give no bounties: make equal laws. The
level Of the sea is not more surely kept than is the equilibrium Of
value in society by the demand and supply. Artifce or legislation
Furnishes itself by reactions, guts and bankruptcies"
The true safeguard against trusts is not new enactments, but
the repeal of old ones which have established inequality and injustice.
Land monopoies, public franchises appropriated to private uses,
trade restrictions for individual interests. these are the roots Of
the injurious combinations Of capital. Until they are extirpated, it
is absurd to waste time in pruning the branches Of the evil.
The protective tariff is the breeder of trusts, and the practical
and efficient way to abolish them is to demonsh it.
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all tariffs are robbery. So long rs
there is a tariff at all, there will be
interested persons seeking tariff
favors. In this they usually succeed
The only tariff bill that can be
depended on TO permanently relieve
the tax payer is that suggested In
congress by Hon. Tom L. johnson,
DOW mayor Of Cleveland, Ohio. 1t
read as follows;
Sec. /. All import duties and
corresponding internal revenue duties
are hereby abolished, and all officials
engaged in the collection of such
duties are hereby discharged.
Sec. 2. The secretary Of the
treasury is hereby directed to sell all
custom houses and revenue cutters,
and pay the proceeds into the
treasury.
Sec, 8. This act shall take effect
Immediately.
Such a platform would encounter
little more opposition than "a timid
revenue tariff, one that proposed to.
slightly diminish the robbery. Such
an issue could not result more dis
%astrously than the evenue tariff
crusade, despite which the tariff has
doubled 10 the last forty years.
Whenever the people become
educated to the point Of discovering
the basis Of the trusts there will be
no difficulty in oyerthrowing them.
Take the steel trust for example.
President Schwab testified before the
U. S. industrial commission that the
constituent companies represented
by him owned The Connellsyille coal
mines, comprising 60, 900 acres, which
could not be bought for $50, 600 per
acre, and that they had SOC, 900, 900
tons Of iron ore in sight 10 the nortii-
west. This at SO per ton would
bring the value Of their raw material
resources up to over Ave billion dol
lars. An assessment 90 that valua.
tlon at one per cent would be $50, OOO.-
600. Say the trust pays 500, 600, 900
annually ! n dividends. Put all articles
entering into steel trust products on
the free list aud dividends would fall
OIL one-half. The tax on raw material
resources would absorb the other half.
The trust would have TO turn loose a
large part Of It's coal and iron lands 10.
order to pay any dividends at all.
Trust stocks would tumble nightly.
Competitors could secure raw supplies
aud the public would be the gamer.
A. FREELAED.
Mt. Pleasant, Team.
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partisan Journal seized upon the
story as an excuse for a faunt Of the
bloody shirt and in doing so reflected
discredit upon a set Of brave and loyal
citizens who laid down the gun and
sword with Lee at Appomattox and
returned to the peaceful ayocations Of
life under a government in defense Of
which they have since sent their sons
to the bloody hill Of San Juan, to
malaria infested Cuba and to death in
the Philippines.
Palsied should be the hand chat
would write such defamation. Con-
demned the newspaper that gives it
publication.
Great pity It's that this section Of
Missouri is forced to depend upon
such sources for assertion of fact.
The Inauguration Of the publication
Of a truth-telling morning newspaper
at Kansas City is badly needed and
should It ever come its advent will
be hailed with delight by the people
of Lafayette and other counties in
this section of the state.
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Railway Prosperity.

Railway prosperity.
In the preliminary report OF The
interstate commerce commission
showing the earnings Of American
railroads during the year ended June
30, 1901, there is contained the
foundation proof Of the fact that the
twelvemontb in question has been the
most prosperous period known in our
history, says the Republic.
The passenger earnings Of the rail-
ways Of this country for the fiscal year
1901 amounted to s426, 900, 2lO. The
freights earnings were 81, ia, TAO, ITO.
The total gross earnings were 81, 57s,
l64, POS, or ss.211 per mile Of line, as
against 81, 4s7, O44, Sl4 in 1900. The
operating expenses amounted to 81
O2s 1876, 2s1, or, 1928 per mile Of
line, making net earnings Of $780,
OO7, 924, or s35, ST., 218 in excess Of
the fiscal year of 1900.
Increased railway earnings mean,
first and foremost, big crops and the
successful development Of new agri-
cultural and commercial territory.
In a year Of crop failure or Of
restricted business operations, the
railroads logically suffer. In a year Of
plenty and Of enterprising extension
Of trade they proftquickly and surely.
They are, naturally and inevitably, in
close touch with the producer and
trader, dependent upon the prosperity
Of the two for their own prosperity as
carriers.
The report now just submitted by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
may be accepted as the final proof Of
the years prosperity. The gain in
earnings is almost staggering in
extent But that the figures are in
keeping with the statistics Of general
prosperity during the period included
there can be no question. The year
1901 has been a great year for the
American people.
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FraternaI ResOlutIons.

AZ a regular meeting Of lexington
LoCge, No. lAs. 4. F, and A. NJ, held
at rs nall 10 Lexington, Mo-, on Mon.
DAY evening" December Is, 1901, the
following preamble and resolutions re.
ported BY John 8 Blackwell, III. w.
Windsor and r A. Hioklln, commit.
tee were unanimously adopted;
'"fhe cold, inevitable hand Of DEATH.
WITH ag is sadness ana bereavenanl.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-04

St. Louis car lines have become SC
idctatorial that local travellers are
being enforced to hold up conductors
with guns in order to 'get on" for
passage from N point to another.
While the '.gun play has been, 50
far, sufficiently effective to stop the
car" it has invariably led to the
arrest Of the nan making the play
The transit company seems to have as
strong a hold in st. Louis as has the
Metropolitan at Kansas City.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-04

With the coming Of the new year
why do not capitalists change their
tactics and invest their idle money,
not only for the benefit Of the town
but Of themselves. A number Of
residences for rental purposes should
be erected. That such investment
would pay well cannot be successfully
denied. Just look how Columbia is
growing and Columbia is not nearly
so fortunately located from a stand
point of natural resources as is
Lexington. The facts are that
strong, intelligent, aggressive work
will make Lexington the best country
town in Missouri. 1t is up to our
people to move in this matter.
Surely, to use a figure Of speech, the
"game is worth the ammunition
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Don't forget to write it 1902.


EDITOR INTELLleENcER: The In.
TELLIoENcER remarks that sMr.
Roosevelt 10 his message to congress
advises the regulation OF trusts, but
says That protection Is a good thing
aud should not be 'tlnkered With 81
congress-.
The lNTELLIFENcER doubtless be4
lleyes that Che protective tariff Is
largely responsible for the trusts, But
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-04

has again visited u Lodge and this
ime has stricken down our faithful
and well beloved brother, Henry g.
Wallace. Brother Wallace was born
p Woodtord county, Ky, August 1S,
1928, and came to u city with bis
father and family about the year 1874
where he continued to reside until the
day Of his ''eath, which occurred on
the gath day Of October, 1901. Brother
Wallace was made an entered appren-
tice Mason in this Lodge on the 22nd
day of May, 1866. passed to the degree
OF Fellowcraft on the 21st day of June,
1856, and raised to the sublime degree
OF Master Mason on the 18th day Of
September, 1856. After receiving these
degrees Brother Wallace remained al
active, useful and faithful member Of
our Lodge until removed by death, i
perioi Of iorty-five years. Brothef
Wallace was admitted to the Lextnpll
ington bar IN l849, and from that time
up to the spring Of 1897 he was active
" and successfully engaged in the
practice of his profession. Brother
Wallace loved and honored his profes-
sion, and was a faithful, conscientious
and distinguished member thereof. He
was an active, watchful and prominent
member OF The convention which framed
the present constitution Of Missouri.
When quite a young man Brother Wal
lace united with the Baptist church.
and from the date OF bis afihatlon Is
the last moments Of his life he was x
consistent, influential and deyout mem
Der OF the church Of bis choice and
love. So lived and SO died our depart
ed friend and brother. Therefore, be il
Resolved, That 10 the death OF d
brother this lodge has suffered the loss
OF one Of its worthy, aud the fraternity
q Of It's most devoted members, thar
the community has been deprived Of 4
valuaole and estinsabIe citizen, aud his
family Of a kind husband and saec-
iionate parent.
Resolved, That we, the members II
this lodge, deeply and sincerely sym
pathize with the relatives and friends
Of the deceased ana especially al ~
offer the earnest sympsssy and condo.
lence Of this body to he bereaved
widow and children for their great and
~irreparable loss, conscious, however.
that they need not mourn as ones Who
have nc hope.
Resolved, That the members Of ,b,e
body wear the accustomed badge 3
mourning for shiriy days in testimony
q our respect q his memory, andlhat
w. WIN ever continue to cherish an
~enecslonate regardfcr his many virtues
as a citizen, friend, brother and Mason.
Resolved, That the foregoing pss
amole and resolutions BE- spread upon
tne memorial page Of our Facoras. aid
sns secfssaFy ee Instructed 70 talulab
w wlaoW with a copy t1dcf Seal Of
sne 'oageI and request the publica ion
~ 'ne sane 10 our city papers.
gRQhERT + E0RFoLK. w. N.
Il, W WlSsoh, sec'y.
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viii Lexington have a bridge
across the Missouri river by the end
Of 1902? We fear not, but at the
same time know that such ought to
be the case. Let us make fast to the
Kansas City scheme mentioned in
these columns a week or two ago and
see if we can't get this bridge. 1t
would be worth thousands Of dollars
to the town every year.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-04

Like Banquo's ghost the Boer war
hangs on-wont down 1t is a strug-
gle Of those people for justice and
liberty and justice and liberty are
preferable to life. England surely has
foresight enough to see the hand
writing on the wall, At least the
British government should be able to
profit by the experience Of the past.
A backward look to the days OF the
American revolution might impress
upon them the story Of truth.
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If you turned over a new leaf last
Thursday be Steadfast and manage to
keep it clean the remainder Of 1902.
1t were better never to make good
resolutions than to make them only
to break them in the same breath.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-04

War clouds in South America are
again gathering and in the mean time
the German kaiser is keeping his
weather eve peeled for contemplated
imperialistic move on the part Of Mr..
Roosevelt.