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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

A Kansas City brewery has received
the contract for 1000 barrels of beer
for the soldiers home at Leaven-
worth, Kansas. 1t seems strange
that the government has to furnish
beer to a soldiers home; it is also
strange that twenty barrels a day are
necessary. 1t ought to be strange
that the government Of the United
States could, without leave of the
state of Kansas, import into that
state articles which are prohibited by
the state law. But the people are not
much surprised at anything which
happens 10 Kansas, with its beastly
republican majority, its empty treas
ury, its high taxes, its p%rohibitory law
and its innumerable joints.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

Some queer things arise, now aud
then 10 u relations with Cuba. c..
W. f. Nicely, who was sentenced to
ten years in the Leayenworth prison,
and to pay a fine of s56, 7O1, for frauds
in the Cuban postal department. has
been released. He was included in the
amnesty proclamation of President
Palma. The question is, "who lost
the money that the gang gobbled?p
The United States viii have to bear
the disgrace Of the postal frauds, aud
should punish the thieves.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

Gov. jeff DAVIS pardoned a negro
out of the Arkansas penitentiary on
condition that he would hereafter
make his home in Massachusetts. The
negro tried it a month, and has writ
ten Gov. Davis that he will be back in
Arkansas as soon as he can walk it.
The Arkansas penitentiary is far
preferable to freedom in Massachu-
sets.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

while the comparison bred contempt
for the one, it produced admiration
for the other.
Bat we fear cur admiration was
premature. Dispatches from Wash
ington cause a black cloud Of doubt TO
arise in our mind. The patriotic
Gomez is said to be a %pa(y)triot.
While posing as a hero who would not
scept money from the treasury until
the soldiers were provided for, he was
secretly getting s25, 900 a year from
Gen. Wood. II is said that these
payments have been going on for two
years, aud the government OF the
United States knew all about it aud
approved it; that congress knows all
about it. We do not believe the last
statement. The recent exploit Of the
news has caused a sensation in Wash
ington and in Cuba, and why should
news two years old cause a sensation?
There seems to be %rottenness some
where, and r~Ottenness has recently
become SO common as to excite little
comment. So we will just call this
whole business another case of rotten
ness, and let it go at that.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

The president Of the leading bank
at wellington, Kansas, PAYS taxes on
$50 worth Of personal property. A
barber in The town pays taxes on s12O
worth Of personal property, and the
people are crying out; nDlwn with
the baroers; they are getting too
rich!" But this is in republican Kan
sas, where the laws are construed in
fayoro bankers aud corporations, and
against BARRIERS, farmers and laborers
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21
1T PAYS
TO PLAY
By HON. CARTER H. HARRISON,
Mayor Of Chicago.

take any relaxation, he will suffer a loss of force in one direction or
another. He cheats himself when he thinks to cheat nature NV an
unremitting mental concentration along a single line.
AS a nation we have mastered the art Of working sav IN one
vital pardcular-WE HAVE NOT YET LEARNED HOW "a
PLAY.
Every man and youth should take at least a ~half-holdav a week.
from the street laborer to the millionaire this rule should NOT know
a single exception.
AND EVERY MAN SHOULD PLAY AS HEARTILY AS
HE WORKS. This he is not likely to do unless he takes nm .
acuVe pastlme or sport in which he becomes so completely absorbed
that, for the time being, he forgets all else.
1t matters little what form of sport he adopts. so long a. i
commands his entire interest and enthusiasm. Bicycling. coll, base
ball, target shooting, hunting, fishing, tennis, fencing-a1 these =.
good wholesome diversions. Ae ae
Personally regret that the bicycle seems to have fallen into
u~npopularity, as wheeling is not only a magnificent ever
cNe but affords a wide variety of resful diversion. Target shoot
ing is another pastime which commands the enthusiasm of ;s ~
tees and Is SO absorbing that one can think Of nothing else while en-
gagged in it. "mN 81
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

Two weeks ago Prof. It. E. Spencer
sold his half interest in the Marshall
Democrat-News TO MIR. John G, Mil
Ter. Prof. Spencer was also superin-
tendent of the Marshall schools. He
has been appointed superintendent Of
the Irving school, at St. Louis, at a
salary Of 50, 900. and will remove to
shat city. He is an able educator
and a fine writer.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

The Cuban reciprocity bill is a dead
duck. Cuba will have to get along
without help, and the people of the
United States will have to pay the
sugar trust whatever that band of
thieves may demand. The whole Job
is a political one, and is intended to
hurt Roosevelt and help Mark Hanna.
If republicans were honest, and
would give the country a taste of free
trade, such jobbery would be Impos-
sible. But we have ceased to expect
any good thing to come out of a re-
publican congress.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

Six hundred Mexican soldiers sur
rounded a camp Of Yaqui Indians in a
large canon The camp was COM
posed of 800 women and children, under
the protection Of 80 men. Every man
was killed, and more than a hundred
Of the women and children murdered.
Mexican soldiers have orders to take
no prisoners of men, or of boys old
enough to bear arms. This "glorious
victory" is worthy OF the Mexican
army! A hundred American soldiers
would have chased that Mexic n
command into the ocean.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

A gang of Ladrones at Binangonan,
province of Manila, caught seven
American soldiers, May both, and cut
them limb from limb. The bodies
were recovered but we're SO mutilated
that Identification was impossible.
And this is a specimen of the peace
we are having 10 that country.
These Ladrones do not seem to know
that our Teddy has declared that a
great peace has been effected The
next time the "gentle dove Of peace"
comes lowering about, somebody
ought to fill it full OF No. 4 shot.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

Columbia Herald: "Diyers and
sundry newspapers are printing an
announcement to the effect that Mr..
Walter Williams, of the Herald, will
upon his return from Europe enter
the gospel ministry and become
pastor of the Columbia Presbyterian
church. The announcement is wholly
unwarranted and not true in fact.
Mr.. Williams has at no time thought
of abandoning journalism, and while
he would make an excellent preacher
he has never had any idea Of entering
the ministry.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21


The financial editor Of the St.
Louis CD. must be at work in The
United States treasury. Secretary
Root has made a statement showing
that the receipts in the Philippines
is So, 600, 900 more than the expend-
itures since American occupation.
What rotl What littleness for a
cabinet officer to attempt such decep-
tion. The total receipts have been
500, 704. 062, while the expenditures
were at least half a billion dollars.
The receipts would not more than
pay the freight bills.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

The title of Colonel" is getting so
common in Iowa that the "Noble
Order of the Mysterious Title" have
decided that something must be done.
They passed a resolution that no
auctioneer shall wear the title until
be has cried one thousand sales. Now
let them resolve that no bootblack
shall be admitted till he has put a
shine on two thousand shoes.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

A bunch Of fat cattle sold on the
Kansas City market, Wednesday Of
last week, at s7.65 per hundred
pounds. This breaks all records. A
bunch of hogs sold on the same day,
also brought S7.65.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

A big crowd gathered at a certain
depot to meet Mark Twain. A little
boy knew that somebody was coming,
but he did not know Mark Twain
from Bessie Francis. This kid
perched himself on top Of a freight
car, where he could see what hap
pened. The train rolled in, aud as
Mark stepped off, the people became
excited and shouted "Here he is; here
he isl" The kid on the box car
thought a great criminal had been
caught, and shouted: "Get a rope!
Get a ropel" DR.. Clemens laughed
till the tears ran out Of his eyes.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

Missouri has over 200 more convicts
in her p%eniteutiary than the state Of
Ohio has in hers, yet it costs Ohio
S127,OOO more to run her pe%uitentiary
than it does Missonsi. That is the
difference in republican and demo-
cratic management.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

Gov. JEFF Davis, OF Arkansas, was
excluded from the Baptist church, in
Little Rock. The Baptist church at
Russellyille, his home town, received
him. Now there is a chance of a
political quarrel between the two
churches.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

The ChillicoIhe Constitution re-
fused TO publish an advertisement for
a travelling dentist because il be
lieved in standing up for home
dentists A careful scrutiny Of the
paper revealed only o little adyer-
tisemeut Of a home dentist. By-the-
a.ay, there was very little home adj
vertislng Of any kind in the Constitn-
iion. We believe In standing up for
your town, but we do not believe in
& aviation.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

A mob Of about fifty white men
drove all the negroes out of Decatur,
Indiana, Sunday night Of last week.
Not a negro was left 10 the town.
Now let the radical press howl.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

Miss Ethel Sigsbee, daughter Of
Captain Sigsbee, OF the navy, was
married, Wednesday night, at Wash
ington, to Robert T. Small, son of
Rev. Sam Small. The groom is a
reporter IN an evening paper in
Washington.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

The Missouri Press Association will
meet at the Coates house, in Kansas
City, July % and "a. An excursion
win be taken TO Colorado Springs and
Denver.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21
Poor CubaI

49,
The American people sympathized
with Cuba while she was under
Spanish rule. But even then, while
governed by thieves and scoundrels,
Cuba maintained a semblance of pros
perity. Now she is free; but she is
so dominated by the United States
that it were better for her to b
annexed. The senate Of the United
States is so busy fixing political fences
that Cuba must suffer and wait.
Cuba's industrial situation grows
more acute with every passing week.
All except a very small number of
estates have ceased grinding sugar
and thousands Of employees have been
discharged, including those usually
retained for blowing and cleaning
fields and doing other work prepare
tory for the next crop.
Very little such work is now being
done, because proprietors have not
and cannot borrow money to pay the
expenses of such labor.
From all over the island reports are
constantly coming Of increased indus
trial distress. A Caibarien paper says:
"The sugar crop is finished. A
great majority of planters have dis
charged their workmen, retaining
only a sufficient number to act as
guards for the factories. Nearly
$4,000 men in this district are with
out money or employment. These
will become Migrants. Vagrancy
means vice, robbery and incendiarism
n word, brigandage."
A M%anzanillo paper says:
Gas time goes by, commerce is
decreasing, beggars are multiplying
and poverty becoming epidemic"
A Clenfuegos paper says:
"Our industries are paralyzed. The
termination of the crop season has
left thousands penniless and without
means of livelihood.
These are only fair samples of the
tone of editorial comment by news
papers throughout the island. Many
are even far more emphatic and des-
pondent.
"That the first days of the young
Republic should be saddened by a
business crisis is unfortunate, but
that the depression is due in great
measure to the policy Of the United
States Senate is a shame and a dis
grace to the people Of that country.
"BecauSe Of the attitude of the
American Congress in the matter of
reciprocity and because Of cxtrava-
gance and unwlsdom Of the local adj
.inistration Of the island, Cuba
starts her new life under burdens
tax her little strength to the
utmost. II she wins out she should
have credit. If she fails blame should
where it properly belongs. The
next six months will test Cuba's
to stand up under the con-
1itions imposed upon her by the
United States. Some disorder seems
Inevitable, but there will be no
revolution"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

~ Is Clearly Inc duty OF employers to
give their employees a weekly holiday. On
the other hand THE EMPLOYE rs UNI
DER OBLIGATION TO USE HIS
HOLIDAY FOR PURPOSES OF
RECREATION INSTEAD OF FOR
PRIVATE DRUDGERY. Parents also
should give their boys and girls a fair and
regular allowance Il playtime, even in
cases where the children must contribute
to the family support. In short, TT PAYS
TO TAKE TINE FOR PLAY, and to
take it regularly.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

stir the inner life to noble deeds, it does not result in that organization
Of the being where all works together in harmony. And youth is the
time OF all Others when things that receive any consideration must
have a Liberalization; they must help to solve some of the problems
that confront a mind opening up rapidly to the meaning and response
biiies of neutrality-suspicious. OF social, an ethcal, an intellectual.
and a physical character.
Anything which promises to be a guide to youth through the UNI
known country which it is to enter will be mastered, no matter what
effort is required to attain it.
And herein lies the possibility of making work effective, Of leading
the adoescent boy and girl to apply themselves to tasks that are
hard and in themselves uninteresting and unattractive; BUT THEY
LEAD SOMEWHERE, THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM Toll
ERABLE.
If the literature and history Of the high school are made to il
lurnlne the dark places of the pupils everyday life; if the geometry
gives his mind poise and stability in the midst of phenomena which
would otherwise be dstracting and unsettEng; if the physics be made
to interpret the real world of forces acting in the pupils environment.
II the grammar be made wholly tributary to the right use of language
III Inc everyday needs OF the student; in short if the school leads the
student to see the SIGNIFICANCE of the work that must be done.
that MUST be done for successful living, then it loses its aspect Of
drudgery, and the pupil will put forth his strength upon it. as he does
so freely expend himself upon his baseball, upon his billiards mon
his novels, and upon other things which touch his life.
One need have no fears in saying that a youth cannot be led into
participation in the highest life of the race without tremendous effort
on his part; modern life is altogether too complex. too involved 70 h
mastered IN a free and easy way. THE YOUTH WHO Will NOT
STRAIN HIMSELF, who will not GRID up his lons TO DO RAT
TIE WITH IGNORANCE, WILL FOREVER FORFEIT THE
HAPPINESS WHICH JONES FROM A BROAD DFFp
KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD, and a consciousness Of > u
terry over it. But the end of effort must always be the comprebeneion
and conquest Of ones self and the world to which he is related and
the youth must be made to see his progress toward this end II NJ,
work, when all the powers of his being will become coordnated in n.
effort to attain it.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

It pays to take time for OUT-OF-DooR SPORTS. The policy
OF all work and no play is a losing proposition from every view noint.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

Varlety IS the law Of nature and
the man who has not a wholesome
pastime is an object Of pity. In
these days of intense application
and high-pressure living the man
does not live who can keep up
the pace and not vary his mental
activity with some kind of diver
sion. If he holds his nose close
to the grindstone and refuses TO
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

BE a good lover rather than a good hater. Hatred breeds enc
mics, and enemies are the foundation of failure.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21

.UTH climbs the mountains OF life most nat
wally and in a sense most effectively by play,
but the topmost point can be reached only by
work.
What is the golden meanf
There is seen to be a harmonizing principle,
when it is recognized that work becomes most eff
fective when one has an end in view to attain by
his efforts. If there is nothing but a blank wall
ahead of him, his life will be miserable indeed.
WORK MUST ALWAYS HAVE ACLEAR
GOAL TOWARD WHICH IT TENDS, AND
THIS MUST BE WORTH REACHING.
Mere d~rudgery for the sake of discipline alone
disintegrates personality, kills initiation and spon-
taneity; the activities it produces are always the
result of force imposed from without. Drudgery
which is not tributary to some useful end does not
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-21
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

FOR ooaeress-w, H. HamIln. Of Greene
County.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-23

l heard one of the best Mckinley
stories the other day that ever listened
to. When the late President and party
went West, not many mouths before he
was shat, Mrs. Mckinley, il will be
remembered, went too While talking
with Mr.. Scott one day, the man whose
firm built the Oregon. Mrs. Mckinley
eaid oh, do you play cribbage, Mr..
Scott?''
Yes" was the great shipbuilder S
answAr.
Well SO do |, said Mrs. Mckinley.
:" | wish you would play gamo with
me. ~
Il should be delighted to do SO, " was
the reply.
Later, as President Mckinley and MIR.
Scott were looking over the attera big
plant, Mrs. Mckinley not being pres mt
the President said: "Oh, by the way,
Mr.. Scott, didn't hear you and Mrs.
Mckinley arranging to play oribbage
some timer
yes, !. said Mr. Scott, I'VE are going
to play"
We'll, wha- kind of a player are
your asked the President.
"Oh. pretty fair, / guess; l play II
pretty good game. -
We'll. go do |, said MIR. Mckinley.
But, do you know, it may seem
strange, but it is fact, that have
never heen cble to Play we'll enough to
beat Mrs. Mckinley AS he said this
he looked at Mr.. Scott with signiii
cant smile. Their eyes met. 1t was
enough Mr.. Scott understood, and il
was safe to say that ne did not beat
Mrs. Mckinley.
! doubt il a better illustration of Mr..
Mckinleys constant consideration for
the comfort and pleasure of his invalid
wife could be found. = Boston journal.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-23
HUMANITY.


Whit is humanity? The plying touch
VI love above the sufferers couch OF pain,
That brings sutcease to him who needs 1t
niuuh,
And dries the teararops falling down like
rUin.
That holds DER grief i,s soothing ministry
That is humanity.
What is humanity No narrow creed,
No bigot's rule that Graves for ratry
power,
No color line beyond our daily need,
1t never looks but TO the present hour;
One God to love each sluyish bond to lree--
lfat Is humanity.
What is Immunity? The outstletchei hand
And open healt, the sympathetic mind
That shal es o9i sorrows and can understand
The wants mud wishes of poor humankind,
That RISKS no lifts but cenIer eyes to see
That is humanity.
What is humanity? Each noble thought
That lifts us upward unto God and man,
A hOlr fellowship by suffering brought
Into communion with the great aud grand ;
A love SO broad that 1t reaches you and me-
That is humanity.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-23
QUEEN ANNE'S RAILROAD.

The Iowa Point extension of the
Queen Anne's railroad is expected to
bs in operation within the next two
weeks. 1t is given out upon good
authority that the proposed extension
to Easton, 1rappe and the Choptank
River, opposite Cambridge, will then
receive the attention OF the railroad
officials
The business men of Salisbury, Snow
Hill and Chincoteague are agitating
the question Of inducing the Queen
Anne's railroad to build further ex-
tension to their towns, ard this the
railroad officials are now considering.
The proposed extension would leave the
main line of the Queen Anne's road at
a point between Denton and the Della.
ware State line. 1t would go directly
south to fredericksburg, thence to Sails
bury and from the latter city to Snow
Hill. 1t would have its terminus near
Chlnooteague Island.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-23
WI Ting-fang's Regard for Truth.

The reporter who lied to the Chinese
minister at Washington, WI Ting. fang,
about his salary, no doubt deluded
himself with the thought-if he gave
the matter a thought at all--that ii
was a white lie'' that would hurt
nobody. But let US see the sequel:
On the first occasion, when ne called
to interview the minister, he was asked
what salary he received. lone hun.
dred and fifty dollars week, y Chilly
replied the youth. sit is too much.
1t is altogether too much, . said the
more candid than polits WI Ting fang.
You are not worth more than SIS a
week.
The Chinese minister, it ia said,
learned later, through other newspape r
men, that the reporter had not spoken
the truth, and that, instead OF sl5O a
week, he received but $50. Conse.
quently, when ho again presented him.
self at the Chinese legation for informa
tlon for his paper, he was ourtly
dismissed by WI Ting fang with these
words: 'tYou lied to me about your
salary. II you will lie about such q
thing as that, you will lie about any
thing. | do not trust you | have
nothing to say to you. want to revise
my former estimate OF your value.
Instead OF being worth s25 week, YOU
are not worth anything, sir. "-Succeas