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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-14
WHAT BOYS oLLEcT.
Lads in Washington Now Make q
Specially Of Milktops.

opeelalIy OF MllktopS.
COLLECTIONS of milktops is the
new thing under the sun, and the
boys are having a lively time over
them," said a West end boy to a
Washington Star reporter. The boy
then explained that milk tops meant
the paper shoppers used by the dairy
men in milk and cream bottles. 81
don't know where it started" he con-
tinued, "butI am told it originated in
Philadelphia. 1t struck Washington
before Christmas and hit some BOYS
very hard. There are several hum
bred diaries in this city that use
milk tops with their names printed
on them, while there are a number of
smaller diaries that use tops without
any names on them. The latter are
OF no use to collectors, for the idea is
to get as many as possible with diff
terent names on them. Some bows
who do not take the trouble to make
collections so as to be in the milktop
swim, buy them, and pay as high as
a penny each for them. As in post
age stamps, a milktop has its value
on Its appearance. A perfect copy
has no blemish on it-and gets its
value according to its scarcity. A
boy who attends the Berret school
has a collection of 1O4 milktops,
while Frank Schofeld, the son of the
chief clerk Of the wal department,
who also attends that school, has a
collection nearly as large. 1t is no
unusual thing to see boys following
the dairy wagons along their routes
and asking the customers for the
milktops. By exchanging dupli-
Gates they manage in a few DAYS to
increase their collections very rapid
ly. The fad has got a strong hold
among the boys in East Washington.
though | think the boys in the north
west lead all others so far. There is
more fun in it than in collectingpost-
age stamps, for there is an element
of chance involved, in the tossing
and matching of the tops. They are
thrown on the ground, andthoset hat
fall with the printed side on top
win"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-14
WEAK IN THE ALPHABET.
Some Letters That Men Can Never
Learn to Make.

"Why is itthat with somemensom e
letters Of the alphabet are harder to
make than others, and in fact that
there are some letters that some men
never learned how to maker" asked a
young man who takes considerable
interest in the matter of handwrit-
ing, of a writer for the New Orleans
Times Democrat. at is a rather sin
gular fact that nearly every man, out
Gde of the experts, is weak on one or
more of the letters in the English
alphabet. Sometimes the letter in
velved is a capital letter, sometimes
1t Is of the smaller kind. Sometimes
1t is one letter and sometimes anoth-
q. In any event you will find few
men who are exempt from the failing
referred to.
Il know of one man who, in spite
Of the fact that he does a great deal
OF writing, has never learned how to
make a capital P. He simply makes
9 stagger at it, and as a rule the re-
suit of his efforts will look more like
q small P than like the capital P. 1
know another man who can't make a
snail t to save his life. He can never
get the lower part Of the letter below
ne line. He makes it look like a
club-footed b instead of an f. There
are others who, when they try to
make the small b give it the long
shank, and it looks more like the let
teri. 1t is rather singular that these
traits should hang on to a mans writ
ing for a lifetime, but they do it Just
the same, and if you make a few in
quiries among your friends and ac-
quaintances you will find that but
few OF them are exempt from this
tault. 1t is very much like the habit
OF spelling certain words incorrectly.
Many men who are rated as frst-class
spoilers pass through life without
eyer in a single instance spelling GER
tain words correctly. 1t is due to
habit largely. If you should ask
them how to spell the word they
would tell you. But when they 90
to write it that is quite different, and
they will get it wrong every time. So
they know, too, how certain letters
should be made, but they simply
cant put them down on paper. 1t is
a curious but common fault"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-14
THEY STUDY AT HOME.
Why German School Hours Seem
Longer Than They Really Are.

Why German School Hours Seem
Longer Than They Really Are.
In Germany the law requires that
every child attend school from the
age of six up to fourteen, writes
Charles Walter Gerould, in st. Mich
olas. Parents are compelled to pay
8 fine in court if their children are
absent from school without good
cause, and the child must makeupthe
time lost by just as many extra days
al the end of his course as he has
been absent. Children are called by
their last names from the very first
Of their school days. Their teachers
are men almost without exception.
The hours for attendance in the win
Ter are from eight to twelve in the
Morning, and from two to four in the
afternoon; and in the warmer months
from seven to eleven and from two to
four. These hours are shortened for
the younger children. On Wednes-
day and Saturday afternoons the
schools are closed. What seems
strange to us is that all studying is
done out of school. A class not hay
ing a recitation, therefore, is sent
hons, and so it happens that few
cni1dren are all Of the six hours a day
in school, as the above hours would
seem to indicate. The very little
ones, for instance, may be in school
from eight to nine, from eleven to
twelve, and from two to three, them
~tervening time being spent at home
in play or study. In consequence of
this out-of-school study, all books,
pencils and stationery are taken
homes at the close of the morning and
afternoon sessions. This has given
rise to the use of knapsacks by both
girls and boys. These knapsacks are
made of leather either dressed or
with the hair on.
If a boy intends to carry his educa-
ton beyond that afforded by the
grammar school, he is expected to
renter the high school at the age Of
nine or ten years, where his lower
school studies are continued and Ian
guages are commenced in a simple
way. Girlsinlikemannergo to a high
er school. The studies pursued in
German schools are much thesame as
in our own.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-14
HOW He KNEW.
Counsel Thought He Had the Witness
Trapped But Was Mistaken.

N@SNNANAs
During a contested will case one of
the witnesses in the course of giving
his evidence described the testator
minutely, says London Answers.
"Now, sir" says the counsel for the
defense, 81 suppose we may take it,
from the ~fattering description YOU
have given of the t%estator, his good
points and his personal appearance
generally, that you we're intimately
acquainted with him?"
"HimE" exclaimed the witness.
"He was no acquaintance of mine.''
Indeed! Well, then, you must
have observed him very carefully
whenever you saw him?" pursued the
examining counsel.
Il never saw him in my life" was
the reply.
This prevarication, as counsel
thought it, was too much; and adopt
ing a severe tone he said:
"Now, sir, don't trife with the
court, please. How, | ask, could you,
in the nance of goodness, describe him
so minutely if you never saw him and
never knew him?"
"Well," replied the witness, and
the smile which overspread his fea-
lures eventually passed over the
court, "you see, l married his Wild
ow."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-14
Record Herring Fishery.

No such herring fishery as that
concIudedat Yarmouth has ever been
heard Of locally In the previous sea-
son 2S,666 lasts were taken. This
seasons record is "A, 1000 lasts-5S0,-
100000 fish. The best boat, the Live
rock, earned nearly $4,000, and the
feet averaged 81, 1000 a vessel. Near
" half a million sterling was thus
paid over for the herrings.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-14
W AND CANDY.
Credit on These Articles Easily OBJ
tanned in New York City.

SNAASN III NCW AOIk NlLYs
The ease with which one may order
flowers and candy at the best known
and most expensive stores in New
York city and have the order
Charged" is probably surprising to
those unacquainted with the meth
DDS Of the florists and the confec-
TONERS, says the Post. All that it is
necessary for one to do, should he de-
sire to send "some one" flowers or
sweetmeats, is to call by telephone
the dealer he has selected and give
the order, the person to whom the
package is to be sent, and his own
name. The wares are delivered, and
on the first Of the following month
the bill comes in.
The method tempted an inquiry Of
a well-known florist.
"Oh, wetake the chances. Youse
we know the name of the person to
whom the flowers have been sent.
That is enough forus. Youknow, the
person sending the flowers would
rather that anyone else in the world
than the person receiving them
should learn that the flowers had
never been paid for"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-14

INSURANCE..

Farm property insured, oc-
lupied by tenant or owner.
Risks written in my town in
county. Will come and make
personal inspection, and name
rate upon application. WILL
INSURE ANYTHING. Write or
call on him at office in
Lexington.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-03-14
LONGEST continuous stairwaY.

The longest continuous stairway
in the world is that which leads tothe
tower Of the Philadelphia city hall.
It comprises sos steps.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-31
MUST MARRY OR PAY.
Hill Introduced In the Kansas Lcgis-
lnture Making II Costly to
Remain single.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 27.-Representa-
tive Campbell introduced bill into
the house TO tax all able bodied bach
elors between the ages of 40 and 65
$50 year, and all able-bodied spinsters
between the ages of 35 and so, who have
no families to support, s25 year, these
taxes To go into the school fund. A
clause in the bill forfeits TO the school
fund the salaries of unmarried state
officers. This provision is aimed at
Gov. Bailey and Lieut.. Gov. Hanna,
bachelors, TO whom several thousand
strange womer have lately proposed.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-31
UNKNOWN VESSEL LOST.
wrecked on IsIe of AnRIesey-sevcs-
teen of Crew snfe-Fenr That
All Others May Perish.

Holyhead, Jan. 27.--A transatlantic
liner, name not known, is total wreck
Off Aberfraw point, Isle Of Anglesey
Seventeen Of the men OF the crew
reached shore in small boats. but too
exhausted to give any satisfactory ak
PLANTATION up 10 the lime the last ad.
vices from there were sent Fear is
felt that all aboard the vessel will per-
ish, for fierce gale is blowing and il
will be impossible for the liner TO las
out the storm. How many were left
aboard the steamer and other details
have not been given in the meager re
ports received here. The Isle OF Angle
seyis of the Welsh coast in st. Georges
channel, and Aberfraw point is Is miles
south of Holyheao.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-31
DOBLIN RETRACTS.
Principal witness In the Congress
sIonaI Bribery Investigation Now
says He Testified Falsely.

Washington, Jan. 27.-Philip Doblin,
who testified before the house com
mittee on naval affairs Saturday that
he had approached Representative
Lessler, Of New York, with an offer or
money TO influence his vote on the sub
marine boat bill, and who made the
further statement that he had been
told there might be $1,000 in II for him,
made the astounding statement before
that committee Monday that he made
statements Saturday which were not
true, and that he wanted to retract his
statement that Mr.. Quigg had rendered
n bride TO him. The statement came
without any previous warning that
Goblin intended making any such re-
traction. Members of the committee
looked at one another in amazement
as Doblin went on with his statement.
c9ustavus Rogers, an attorney, arose
in the committee room after the first
witness had left the stand Monday
morning, and said he appeared for Mr..
Dobln. who had stated 10 him that he
Doblin) had made some statements
Saturday which were true and some
which were false, and held in his ,
n statement to which Mr.. Dobliy9N
sworn. The committee was -
nous in agreeing that Doblin d Far
IN person forthwith. He was called
and made specific denial of all state
ments he had previously made, wherein
he alleged attempts At bribery. He
was rigidly cross-examined by practi-
cally every member OF the committee
and pressed vigorously for explanation
Of his action, but persisted that he was
telling the truth now, and adhered To
his denials.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-31
stolen Funds Recovered.

ST. Louis, Jan. ga report to the
Post-Dispatch from Union says that
old man Frank Rudolph has confessed
that his SOM William Rudolph, and
Fred Lewis, who killed Detective Shu-
brought the money home. He told
where the money had been buried, and
late Tuesday afternoon officials OF the
bank OF Union recovered all OF the
$4,000 " s--c,.ii-s,.at n.u'-Uecu :; Glen by
william Rudolph and Fred Lewis. IL
was recovered from field near the
Rudolph house, not far from Stanton,
Mo
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-31
MANY BURNED ALIVE.
insane Asylum In London Destroyed
More Than 80 Inmates Lose
Their Lives.

London. Jan. 2s.-Over so insane pa
tients, ali women, were burned to
death by fire at the Colney Hatch
asylum Tuesday morning.
The outbreak occurred in the Jewish
wing of the institution. The flames
spread with great rapidity and before
they could be got under control five
wooden buildings, including dormi-
tories and the doctors apartments,
were Quilted.
All the efforts of the officials were
directed TO removing the insane in
mates. but the latter became wild with
excitement and so panic-stricken that
not only were they unable TO help
themselves, but greatly impeded the
operations of those trying TO save
them.
They were nearly 600 women in the
burned annex at the time the fire was
discovered. and most of them were
safely transferred 10 the main build
ing, which was uninjured. Some,
however, escaped and are still at large.
rendering il difficult 10 ascertain the
exact number of those burned 10
death.
The work of searching the ruins
continues. The officials admit that
about so bodies have been recovered,
but il is feared that the full extent OF
the disaster is not yet known. All
the victims were lunatics. Their
charred remains presented a horrify-
ing spectacle. The asylum was be-
sieged by anxious relatives and friends
OF the patients, who arrived from all
quarters. Pitiable scenes were wit
messed as weeping men and women left
the premises after ascftaining that
relatives or friends had persisted in the
flames.
The nurses had terrible experience
in trying to assist the insane people
who were so panic-stricken that they
had literally 20 be driven to place OF
safety. The infiammable premises al
most Immediately became a furnace.
Nothing was left standing.
The corrugated iron roofs OF the
dormitories and the bedsteads OF the
patients were melted by the intense
heat. Some of the lunatics were
burned I'm their beds and the charred
remains of others were found huddled
together in corners, while groups OF
partially consumed bodies on the site
OF the corridors showed that many
persons lost their lives and sacrificed
those of others in their frantic efforts
to force n passage through the flames
to the main building.
The latest estimate places the num-
Der OF deaths at 50. All the victims
were women.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-31
MADE PUBLIC.
slons OF the Canal Treaty
with Colombia.

Washington, Jan. 26.-The Panama
canal treaty was briefly considered in
executive session of the senate Satur-
day afternoon, and the secretary of
stats was authorized TO make il pub
lie. Naturally the treaty is a volumin.
Gus document, embracing, as ii does,
agreements covering every possible
phase of the relat ions between the gov
ernments of Colombia and the United
States during the construction and
after the completion OF the canal. The
United States agrees TO begin work
on the canal within two years from
the exchange OF ratifications Of the
treaty, and TO open the waterway for
traffic within IL years after. If un-
usual difficulties are encountered the
United States is TO have IL years
more. III the United States ultimate
~ decides To construct a sea level canal
ten years additional time is granted,
The United States agrees. 10 pfy Cor
lombia $lO,oOo.oo0 upon the ex ;hange
of ratiicatiops Of. the treaty and an
annual rental Or <.250, 900, beginning
nin~ yeafs after ratification. The
treaty must be rntified within eight
months from January %, 1908. There
are % articles i'm the treaty.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-31
Expres. Train WRECKED.

Freeport, ILL.,, Jan. 23.- Limited ex-
press No. OF the Chicago Great Vest
ern railroad was wrecked near South
Freeport, ILL.,. at ten o'clock Thursday
night by spreading rails. The train
was ditched and took fire. The engin-
eer and fireman were killed, beng
buried beneath tine locomotive. They
were William Sheridan and +. Grace,
both Of Chicago. w. IL. II. Day, a lum-
herman from Minneapolis, died from
injuries and from inhaling steam.
Conductor Carr and Baggageman
Necse and 20 passengers were injured,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-31
Banished.

Lapaz, Bolivia, Jan. 26.--At noon
Saturday the irst vice president. Col.
Nalesco, was banished under an execu-
tive decree, for an indefinite period. A
police patrol conducted him to the
Peruvian frontier. The reason for this
action was that Vice President velasco,
being the leader of the opposition,
could not assume the presidency with
out creating political Disturbances.
The second vice president, DIR. Anibal
Capriles, will assume the presidency
when President Pando goes to Acre.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-31

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 23.-North-
bound express No. l04, which left
Memphis for Kansas City at 9:15
Wednesday morning, was wrecked
four miles south OF South Greenfield,
Mo-, at one o'clock Thursday morning.
The entire train, consisting of bag
gage car, mail ear, smoker and common
coach, chair car and one sleeper, left
the track. caught fire and was con
sumed. Fred Fisher, Of Fort Scott.
the engineer. was killed instantly;
Fireman Ed Gilbert, Of Fort Scott, was
seriously hurt, and several passengers
are reported badly injured.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-31
FAMINE IN SWEDEN.
rAou.~nds Of Persons I'm Frosen, Des-
oIate Region Face to Face
with Starvation.

Gelfiyare, North Sweden, Jan. 20
The extreme restitution prevailing i'm
the famine district of northern Sweden
can hardly be realized without visit
Of personal inspection. Here in this
desolate, frozen region thousands OF
human beings are face TO face with
actual starvation. Seventy thousand
persons are living On less than famine
rations. IL relief supplies should
slacken temporarily thousands would
die OF hunger. There are in this dis
trict 100000 head Of cattle, horses and
sheep. These animals could, of course.
be slaughtered for food. but with the
live stock gone the condition of the
people would be hopeless for years TO
come IL is estimated that $1,000,000
will be needed to keep the people alive
until the new harvest is reaped next
August, and TO purchase seed for the
spring planting. The Swedish govern
ment is facing the problem resolutely,
and will buy and import seed il enough
can be found raised far enough north
ia America TO ripen in the high alti-
tudes of Sweden. In spite of the me-
cessity of preserving the live stock
the starving people are killing their
focks and herds and even their mich
COWS, or selling them at runous prices
in order to obtain food.
New York, Jan. 2G.-President
Roosevelt has contributed 500 TO the
Christian Herald's famine fund for the
relief of the suffering peasantry OF
Finland, 100000 OF whom are reported
to be on the verge of starvation. The
fund now exceeds $4,000.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-31
"GET COAL" CONVENTION.
Gathering Mt Washington says En-
forccment of Existing Laws
Only In Needed.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-The get coal
convention, after a days session,
adopted resolutions Tuesday night and
adjourned. The resolutions are broad
ly similar TO these adopted in Detrsit
and Announce the opinion of the con
veI,tion that the Enforcement of the
prcsent laws Mill correct existing
evils; TINT the unlawful combinations
will be dissolved, normal conditions
estored and healthful competition re-
vived, more abundant supplies be OBJ
tanned, confidence be restored in Off
cial integrity and people saved humil-
iation resulting from lax enforcement
of wholesome laws enacted for the
common good and the general welfare
of the whole people.
Senator Mason, of Chicago presided
at the morning session of the conven
ton, which was addressed also by
Mayor Maybury, OF Detroit, and Rep.
resentative Gaines, Of Tennessee.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-01-31
BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE >,
TO M'KHNLEY.
President Roosevelt Eloquently Eulogizes the
Dead Statesman at Banquet in Canton
Comm emoratin9 His Birth.

possessions. While seduously en-.
deayoring to act with the utmost
humanity toward the instructions
lists, he never faltered in the deter.
mination 10 put them down by force
of arms, alike for the sake OF our own
interests and honor. and for the sake
OF the interest Of the islanders, and
particularly Of the great numbers of
friendly natives, including those most
highly civilized, for whom abandon
ment by us would have meant ruin and
death. Again his policy was most
amply indicated. Peace has come to
the islands, together with a greater
measure OF individual liberty and
self-goyernment than they have ever
before known. All the tasks set us
as result OF the war with Spain have
so far been well and honorably ac-
complished, and as result this nation
stands higher than ever before among
the nations of mankind"
An Eloquent Tribute.
After referring 90 the second po-
litical campaign that resulted in ia
yor of the martyr president, and of
his assassination at Buffalo, the
speaker said:
1--WE are gathered together tonight
to recall his memory, TO pay our trib-
ute of respect TO the great chief and
leader who fell in the harness, who
was stricken down while his eyes
were bright with "the light that
tells Of triumph tasted" We can
honor him best by the way we show
in actual deed that we have taken
to heart the lessons. OF his life. We
must strive TO achieve, each in the
measure that he can, something OF
the qualities which made President
Mckinley n leader OF men, a mighty
courage, his courtesy and dignity,
his sense OF justice, his ever-present
kindness and regard for the rights
of others. He won greatness by
meeting and solving the issues as
they arose-not by Sinking them
meeting them with wisdom, with the
exercise Of the most skillful and eau
tious judgment, but with fearless res
olution when the time of crisis came.
He met each crisis on it's own mer-
its; he never sought excuse for shirk-
ing a task in the fact that il was
different from the one he had ex-
pected 20 face The long public
career, which opened when as boy
he carried the musllet in the ranks
and closed when as a man i'm the
prime Of his intellectual strength he
stood among the worlds chief states
men, came TO what il was because he
treated each triumph as opening the
road to fresh effort. not as an excuse
Tor ccasing from effort. lie under.
.ook mighty tasks. Some Of them he
inished completely; others we must
inish; and there remain yet others
which he did not have to face. but
which if we are worthy to be the
nheritors of his principles we will |
II our turn face with the same reso-
ution, tho same sanity, the same
lnfaltering belief in the greatness OF |
his country, and unfaltering cham
of the rights OF each and all
4 our people, which marked his high
nd splendid career"