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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-04

they think that it is too great an en-
terprise To attempt 70 macademize all
the roads at one time. Or, II rock
roads are to be made gradually, they
fear that some other road than the
particular one they are interested in
may be made first.
There is no effective argument
against selishneSs No syllOgism can
convert into a wise nan a penny wise
pound foolish one. II the people Of
Missouri ever build rock roads, it will
be because the general desire for
them has become so intense as to
overbear petty bubbles as to the
means Of accomplishing the end. Such
desire will be generated in time by
reflection upon the chief benefits
arising from good roads, These are:
Economy Of time in hauling and
driving, ability to get produce to
market when prices are high, ability
to do hauling and to attend to town
business when the weather is too bad
to do anything else, improvement Of
the social side of country life, i'm
provement of the field and domestic
labor situation en- the farm, encour-
agement to fine stock raising over
agriculture and Of the direct farm
management over the tenant system;
increased feasibility of consolidated
schools: increased desirabless Of coun-
try life, and increased att~ractiveness Of
the farm to boys and girls. The
agitation should never cease until the
the people make a beginning. 1t is
only necessary to make a beginning.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-04
GOOD ROADS.

A livelier interest is being man.
Tested in good roads for Missouri
than at any time in the past. Up TO
this this time the agitation has taken
the form OF discussion of ways and
means. 1t is admitted on every hand
that as an investment rock roads pay.
1t is admitted that it is possible TO
have them in every good county in
Missouri, and this without taking a
penny from any man without paying
him back two in return.
There are 407, 671 acres Of land 10
Lafayette county. If every farmer
we're to contribute one dollar for
every acre of his land a road fund Of
$403, GIL would be created. This
sum would build 125 miles of the
finest rock road. If Lafayette county
had 1875 miles of good rock road prop
eTly distributed, there "ould not be
an acre Of farm land in the county
that would not be worth three dollars
more than now, and there would be
many thousands Of acres which would
be worth twenty-five dollars per acre
more than now The average would
probably be not les than ten dollars
per acre increase.
Why, then, is 1t not done? There
are many reasons, most Of which lie
not in the nature of the cas-, but ia
human naSure. Men are AFRAID that
they may have to pay equal and not
share equal results. Or they fear that,
il they pay unequally, they may pay
inequuably Or they are willing t
help to macademize one road but dc
not want another macademized. o.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-04
County Court for April.

On the first Monday in April, and
from day to day thereafter until the
work is finished, the county court
will be in session for the transaction
of such court business as may be
brought before it. During the same
days the members of the court with
the assessor and surveyor will sit as a
board Of equalization for the traDSac-
tion of the proper business Of that
board. This change has been made
for the convenience both of the
people and of the court. If any one
has business either with the board
Of equalization or with the county
court he may have his cause heard on
any day of the session. 28w2
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-04
PURCHASE OF rHE wATERwORKs.

The purchase Of the waterworks by
a citizen Of Lexington gives evidence
of local confidence in the business
future of the place. The transaction
is Of more Importance than at first
appears. 1t is not only highly desir-
able to have the public utilities owned
by men who live here, who have other
business interests here, who can be
made to feel the force of a just public
complaint when there is a cause for
complaint and who can be rewarded
by public favor when public favor is
deserved; but it is also very desirable
because of the direct interest it gives
these men IN the progress, growth and
improvement of the city, 1t is desir-
able because it affords the best
evidence Of local confidence 10 the
business future and the stability Of
property values of the place. 1t is
certainly to be hoped that the many
proofs Of business confidence may
lead the people to enter enthuslastical-
ly into the movement Of street i'm
provement and other municipal i'm
provements and revive the agitation
for trolley connection with Lexington
Junction. All these things are easily
possible no ".
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-04
AN OBJECT LESSON.

In spite Of the ~fiattering reception
of President Francis 10 England, it is
said that British manufactures cannot
be induced to send exhibits to the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition They
say that it can be Of no advantage to
them to exhibit goods wbich they can
not sell 10 theUnited States because OF
prohibitive tariff rates. The British
government has appropriated only
$l75, 900 for exposition purposes. 1t
would be Interesting and instructive II
foreign governments would make COM
plete exhibits and mark on each article
two ~prices--one, that at which the
goods could be sold in this country duty
free; and the other, that at which they
can be sold with the tariff added The
educational value Of the great exposi-
tlon would be double If the visitor
might walk miles and miles along
avenues lined with familiar articles
plainly marked with the rakeoff allow.
ed to those who furnish the sinews Of
the republican party.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-04
THE PRESIDENTS TOUR.

President Roosevelt has started up
on his trip Of fourteen thousand miles.
The first day he rode two hours in the
cab of the engine where he asserted
his right to stoke the furnace on the
grounds Of his honorary membership
of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen. In a few days he will be
Joined by john Burroughs who is to
be his mentor on his trip through the
Yellowstone country On his return
to st. Louis to the dedication Of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Bur-
roughs will leave him and DR. Nicholas
Murry Butler, Of Columbia University,
will take his place. DR.. Butler
will be expected to teach him
all about the miscellaneous races
of Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Arizona, so that he may understand
the reason why those territories should
never be admitted to the union.
On reaching California DR.. Butler
will drop out and another quarter
horse will be introduced-Dr. Ben
jamin Ide Wheeler, Of California
University.
During his trip Of six weeks Mr..
Roosevelt will deliver six set speeches,
which he has carefully prepared, and
probably several hundred short talks.
He is expected to exterminate all the
wild beasts in the Big Horn Basin,
and arrangements have been made to
have him meet every family Of over
ten children 10 all the cities where he
is to stop.
Mr.. Roosevelt expects to go over
mountains on his hunting trip OF ten
days with a single companion and ia
be lost to the world, reporters and
kodakers for that protracted period,
II is not known whether he will have
b S picture taken on the trip, but he viii
doubtless taken n OF his old photo,
graphs with him. For an all round
freak campaign it will beat anything
Bryan ever attempted. But IL will
take. 1t will be 50 different, don't
you know. There will be so many
creatures" 1t win all be so noyeI
I r the newspapers to write up. Aud
1t is believed that Mr.. Roosevelt will
go through with it successfully If hC
lets the trust alone. But il he goes
TO talking about the trusts, he may
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A Card.

Editor Of the Intelligencer.
Please give me space in your paper
to return my Acknowledgements to the
many friends who kindly assisted me
during my long continued sickness.
Though not able yet to leave the
house, l am sufficiently recovered
and desire to make this acknowledge
ment to those who have been with me
and ready to contribute to my COM
fort and case. There r many, both
ladies and gentlemen, who we're ever
ready to assist me and give kind
words Of encouragement. Many
friends from the country visited me
and others from different parts of
the county, sent messages of sympa-
thy and friendship that cheered me
10 dark hours OF an uncertain Illness.
All Of these favors and kindnesses are
to me are as apples Of gold in pictures
OF silver and will be cherished by me
while memory lasts.
For these favors and kind remem-
braces 1 desire to express my sincere
and most grateful acknowledgements,
ROBERT HALE.
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Joseph FickIiu.

Professor Greenwood writing in the
Educa tional Review says OF a well
k nown End much beloved NJ ssouri
educator;
One Of the best-loved men that the
Missouri University ever had was Prof.
Joseph Fickhn. He was born in Ken
lucky, aud when a lad has father moved
to Missouri. After receiving a COM
mon school education he was sent to
the Masonic College That was ouce IN
existence at Lexington Ii, Missouri. After
leaving that institution he taught
school at Trenton, Missouri, and was
eventually elected professor IN Chr.s-
tian Female College, at Columbia, and
In less than a year be was elected To- a
p~rofessorhip in the Missouri Univ rS,ty.
This was about 1864, and be remained
in the University till his death, in 1873.
In stature he was slender-hair rath-
er dark, eyes intense and eager, of a
grayish blue color, face and cast of fea-
lures Greclan, his entire bearing that
of a soul in deep repose, Drumming with
an u%ndercurrent of playful humor. He
was a mathematician Of great ability,
particularly IN difficult i~ntegrations and
in mechanical and astronomical prob
lens. His mind was a splendid COM
bination Of the theoretical and practical
and he was fitted in a high degree for
the position which be so amply filled.
There were few abler men than be in the
United States on his spec al lines of
mathematical and mechanical prob.
lens. His knowledge Of Latin, Greek
and Chemistry was comprehensive,
c~lear-cu., and exact. He was one of
the best read men 10 the Bible that |
ever knew,an every q Of Dickens
characters he had at his fingers ends.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-04
High Schools to Debate.

On Friday night, April "a, the
Lexington High school will meet the
independence High school in debate.
The subject for discussion is, Resolved
that Napoleon Bonaparte was a
promoter Of constitutional liberty,
Lexington High school will have the
negative of this question and will be
represented by Messrs. Maurice Hick-
lin, Henry G. Chiles and Hubert
Bates. The debate viii be held at
Independence.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-04
Notice Of Election.

Notice is hereby given that a meet.
ing Of the stockholders Of the Lex
ington Building and Loan Association
of Lexington, Lafayette county, Mis-
souri,, will be held at the Office Of the
secretary, No, 1ll9, Franklin avenue,
Lexington, Missouri, on Tuesday April
7th, 1903, at 8 O'Clock a. m for the
purpose Of electing thirteen (l3)
directors to serve for the ensuing year.
W, G. McCAUsLAND, President.
CHAs. w. LOOMS, Sec. dwtd
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GERMAN S%ENsITNENESs.

Admiral Dewey was doubtless in
discreet in making comparison Of the
fighting sea forces OF United States and
Germany. PROFESSIONALLY reticence
is a cardinal virtue in soldiers aud
sailors. There is no excuse for a man
and less for a nation to boast Of abil-
ity to whip another. There may be
no ground In pure reason, but there
certainly is in recognized prejudice,
for objection to Wanting assertion OF
proves. Viewedin the absolute 1t may
be no worse for an individual to boast
Of ability to whip another than to
BOAST of ability TO wear a larger hat
or a smaller shoe. But as a matter OF
fact it is universally taken to be more
offensive. Certainly Dewey's crit
icisms, If they were correctly reported,
were made In no Objectionable spirit,
but he made a mistake in talking at
all. The interviewer habit is a
~wretchedly bad o.
On the other hand German sensi-
tiveness is becoming exceedingly
morbid. 1t grows out Of two cir
cumstances chiefly. Germany has
the bad habit of going armed; and
Germany has fallen into a retaliatory
tariff policy from which she has much
to lose and nothing to gain, eS-
pecially In relation to the United
States. Germany has given more at
tention to things military than any
other nation in the history Of the
world except Sparta. The result is
what is to be expected from such a
policy. The Germans are hyper-sen-
sitive. They feel that they have a
reputation to sustain. A man is
always most easily insulted when he
has a pistol in his hip pocket.
AS to Germany's tariff policy, it is
the very worst. To retaliate against
US she maintains prohlbitive rates on
meats and food stuffs. But the
domestic production Of meats and
food stuffs is insufficient to meet
Germany's needs and the soil is in
the possession OF a landed nobility.
Protection there serves to enrich the
landed nobility and to impoverlsh the
operative and wage Garner. 1t in
creases the cost of living and conse-
quently the cost of production Of
manufactures. Competition with
other nations in manufactures is thus
made more difficult. The present
period of hard times ia Germany is
the longest and severest in her
history. She has no colonies from
which to draw raw material. The
Monroe doctrine shuts her off from
longed for acquisitions in South
America. Discomfort and the COM
mune at home render her nervous and
petulant. Happily Germany is not
yet a degenerate nation else she
might commit a frantic blunder that
would unsettle the delicate balance Of
Europe
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Monday April 9th.

On Monday April 9Th the Circuit
Court will meet at Lexington, the
Board Of Equalization, and the County
Court. Ic will also be horse show
day on the streets. II the weather
is fine, it is likely that a very large
crowd will be in attendance.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-04

The idea OF the legislature in sub
mthng an amendment requiring the
railroads TO furnish PASSES to the public
legislative, executive and judicial Of
Hcers seems to have been to obtain the
sense Of the people as to whether the
Legislature had better be sold in the
bulk or permitted to sell itself In
dividually.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-04
THE REFORM SCHOOL.

The IETELLIGENcER is In receipt
OF a copy Of Our Boys Magazine, F"
published by the students Of the
Reform School at BoOnville. 1t is
a highly interesting publication, deal
ing largely with the life OF the
school and the work going on there.
1t is printed in the school, printing
being one Of the trades taught in the
institution. The state reform school
is one Of the most creditable institu-
tions Of the wealth. It has
$50 pupils and two thousand Rradu-
ates. OF the graduates 70 per cent
have become good and useful citizens.
The government Of the school is the
same as that of other boarding schools.
There are no guards or bars. In adj
dition to the ordinary branches taught
10 the public schools, instruction and
practice is given in seventeen branches
Of industry, each under a highly
skilled workman. Brick setting and
burning, brick laying, c%arpentering,
house painting, steam fitting and
plumbing, blacksmithing, electrical
and stationary engineering, printing,
shoemaking, tailoring, baking, car
rage painting, laundering, fioricul-
ture, horticulture and farming, in-
Guiding the care Of stock.
The farm consists of 1858 acres, to
which may be added 275 acres more,
which is rented and operated by the
institution. The value Of the plant
is estimated to be $4,000. All the
buildings except the first have been
erected by the boys. They make all
the clothing (outer clothlng) worn
there, and do their own laundering.
The farm supplies the school with
food.
1t is hard to read about an indus
trial school, even a reform school, and
escape the reflection that manual
labor is too much ASSOCIATED now-a-
days with mental training. There is
not only no harm in every boy learn
ing a trade, even If he does not ex-
pect to practice it, but it is difficult
to train the mind to accuracy and
acuteness in the case of those who
have not an appreciation Of these
ideas 10 the concrete derived from
the skill of their hands. The man
who is skillful at nothing with his
hands is usually more or less a fool.
The combination Of industrial train
ing with mental training is an almost
complete and satisfactory solution Of
the serious problems involved in the
present system, by which the youth is
separated for long years from real
things and from the circumstances
by which he previously has been and
subsequently will be environed. The
setting apart Of eight or ten years Of
a boys life, covering the period Of
the most active growth Of all the
powers Of mind and body and spirit,
and devoting this time to the exclus-
i've development Of the mind, is a
thing more arbitrary than any Gar
Of the Russias ever attempted. One
Of natures fantastic protests against
this is college athletics, which is
sport. We have carried SPECIALIZE
tion too far. The time must come
when we shall look at these things
more sanely; when we shall develop
mind and body aud Spirit at the same
time; when we shall cease to deSig.
nate certain defined years as prepara.
tory; and when development in the
elements Of our triune nature shall
be more continuous and natural.
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have to turn back to Washington with
a boil on his leg. Mr.. Roosevelt is
being given q second trial now aud Is
on his good behavior.
The Nome nugget., 1903-02-07

mal have been lef be n- lilicd WHi soft snow.
 The reader must understand thal each of the three natives who huN" d. ,sed in buildin@ have fainlieS. ,0u'- flaw and d4ugiters-ju-)&W 't Varion- ages. Each native now begins. assisted U} lis own I;:l.IN. lO Duud thcr @Icri.- ing auartucuis. and outside and against this an,pliilhouter we will cali II. they mark ,Helr cit'cies. getting as many block, inside d. are uerded. tn, size derencng upun how many persons comprise the family. A soon as hl, blrcka are all used up he cuts q door Ihrrugh the wall of the main building and gets the rest uf his materluI tb,Uu4h the opening. Ihe last block ni SHOW closes up the building in like manner ae the larger enc. At night q deers!;iu IS used for d door.
 The sleeping place i, raised about two feel from the floor and is first cuv- cred with grass and willow mating. l. ug-Luired huck,kinS are then luld Iyer these, and then robes. stone Enps are placed for light and warmth, he on each side Oi the hut. The lamp
 re c"escent-shaped, and very often lhey furnish more warmth than k
 eeGed. Over these lamp- they melt ee and snow and cook considerable
 esh, but they eat most of their food ,FoZen and raw.
 = The snow home of the Eskimo i> Auickly built and as quickly furnished.
 lot more than three hours were spent VI the building, and little more in the
 lrnjshing. Two or three of these
 pople while on s journey will house
The Nome nugget., 1903-02-07

themsvlvc, in an hour, or about the sd ne time that it take, au AI&-Ha muSh,r iu patch lis tent and >tart his fire. The natlNc- ca rE a few back sklu, to he 0u and Il dcols skin ro'c. and me frozen seal u,eal CT {, Cr i,r food. When the days are 4ro",uY lun.c or iu the month of March, lp m e~ a day k an orliuur! ruu, to and 80 being not uncomm3. when trarc.ug light ahU the snow i- cru>teo.
 The hut beng built and llrui>h,d, the three l#mji'c- are permaurntiE huusrd ior the Wlmer iu or near the III sN-ox couu'r!. ar l. m. 7 ht ,r. a Lay here they can cotcn >ca. pr Hhcte their deer have been cached at tao fall killing. and here ttey come lo hge upou the prrdtn Is oi the chase.
 .A long, tow cIt ,..~ "I"o q! .uo". l. built to the main door ., the nut. Here their dogs tiuu shelter. soon other iaullic> arrive an other snow houses arc built until the who'e tribe i- caured iu village ol SHOW hut.
 In the largc central bulldiL@s they have Lheir fcu>t~: here the anoolcboO, or med cine man. l eilOims his acts of entertainments and spells 10 appease the devl!, Groom ach). Here he also as- sume, to learn the cause of every aillic- ton, such as the sickness of d member Oi the tribe or the death of Il child: or it may be the failure of hunter to catch game, or it's scarcity: CT when hunger and famine appearamohG them. These are the ailiic,iuns of the devil. He is displeuscd and angered by the violation af some custom or tradition. The offender must be found and pun ishs.d.
The Nome nugget., 1903-02-07
The Literary Society.

The N E." Literary and Debating So- ci"'y hac ~a interesting meeting Ia,t Monday eve eHin@ the principal feature ol "a!ch wa paper by Mrs. May l..
 .., er'ij..': One of Natures WcH- de.s."
 l"e Con. i.,oo on program ha, pre- rarcd the fo.ipaing list for next meet ing; !! ano su.o, Ollie Bourctte, reel. ta,iou, Ms. (. It. staples vocal solo, May N#rrly; recitation. Mrs. King; yor4! y.lo, Mr. Johnson: vocal sclo, Harry Shesror. There will also be q debate urn most popular question. the leaoel. being T. l.. Sawyer and Capt. r, A. Fierce. The public are coidiallr invited.
The Nome nugget., 1903-02-07
IA1'I()N(j1'FIIE||...h !. \ ! {;
EstabI;3Iiillg CoHteIItion
 cf Un;led States.

Seattle, Nov. b. Jaur~ Ii. re Blun- teau. Who claims to nave discovered tAe I.uesiaA l. uuNarl monuments be- tween American aad british territory .u A'tst;, mal,.~ thc following ~tut"- meHl:
 "ln 1900. vhcn was at Camp sun shine. Ala,ha. met njltd s,tatr., StuY cycr Foster, who told me he be- l'evtd the Indian. olght to kno" some thing of the location of the brundar! stones. cuU,ratcd the acquaintance of ChitF> i'eatvn,rI, and CbartGajc, of the thllcats ana they later directed rlp to the Iu;.rK~ that found.
 "YhcSe stone ,aruol be marking h. dian graves, for tho reason that at that l.m1 the HU.Ajun indians c"euated thriy dead and djd not bury them. Neither k thtr, any granite within three or four miIe, ot where the marks stand. Th">o are cuhed ana pointed at the top. ana Indiaus never marked their graves that way.