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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-11
THE OTHER SIDE OF Things.

It is always interesting to observe
people who do things the other way.
The Chinese are said TO write t.
ward the left, TO wear white for
mourning and black for festivity, to
dance az funerals and weep at we'd
dings. Sometimes we do not have to
go to the antipodeS 10 find strange
customs 1t is announced in the
newspapers this week that England
has withdrawn her subsidies from all
the steamship companies which went
inlo the shipping trust.
How strange such a proceeding is to
at Americanl Why, in this country
the forming Of the shipping trust was
the occasion for demanding govern
ment subsidies for its benefit. Mark
Hanna, the modern apostle OF the
party of ''bigh moral ideas" assures
US that 10 a literal sense, 80 him that
hath should be given and from him
tina hath not should be taken away
ever that which he hath? Yet 10
'MerriA England they see it the
other way, which goes to show that
we may become so accustomed TO
peculiar ideas that they no longer
seem peculiar to US In this country,
for instance, we have been taught
that we should all pay tribute to the
steel trust. Aud why should we not
pay tribure to 1t? Is it not the big
gest thing there is? Is not It's capital
ization greater than the assessed
valuation Of all the farm lands Of
Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Ne
braska combined? Come to think
about IL, why should we not take up
collections for the rich instead Of for
the poor? Is it not honor due to
those who have attained the success
to which we aspire? If the labOrer
is worthy Of bis hire, are rot the
protectionist grafters worthy of the
rewards Of their colossal impudence?
We should send missionaries to
benighted England and convert her
from the error Of her ways.
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Weakening.

TIE Paris Mercury, que Of the fist
FOX papers 10 the stale, is weakening.
In the las; issue ,hv editor SAYS:
Every indication points 10 the fact
that the cues followed by ST.. Louis
grand iuries to brsnirch men allied
With the aDtI.Phelps mtehiue in this
state have been furnished by Lon V.
Stephens. Whether OF not they are
the price Of his own immunity and
that Of his gang time alone can tell.
Ii all signs fail not, It vas Stephens
who be trayed the confidence Of his
erstwhlle friend aud appolntte. Speed,
and who used trust repOsed in him by
that friend 10 an effort TO damn Sam
B. Cook. Two things 10 regard to the
ST. Louis grand Jury Investigations are
significant aud are arousing 10 the
breasts of honest Democrats an I'M
willing suspicion that all is not right.
Every scandal being prUbed occurred
under the Stephens administration and
all are barred by the statute of limits-
tion. No indictments are possible and
it looks as if thousands of dollars of
public money are being spent with no
hope of results beyond duplicating GER
tain elements and these the c%leanest 10
the party. Stephens, i is rumored,
is on the "retorm'' slate to succeed
Cockrell and Francis is to have the
state delegation for president, OOlh
to be advanced under cover OF Folks
boom for governor. Politics is hell.
The Mercury had a few ideals, but
they are lettering to a fall. As the
situation is at present, however, il can
say little and do little but wait, desir-
ing Away TO espouse what is good and
right, as 1t sees it. Time alone will
develop whether or not Mr.. Folk,
prompted by ambition and seduced by
representation of designing pollti-
has allowed himself to be used
and his office prostituted by the most
cabal that ever infested a
political party In this country. II he
has, the swift and sure condemnation
the people will overtgke him. In
The meantime 1t is hard to see a man
The fine courage and honest instincts
Of Sam B. Cook suffer while Col.
the prince diabolical of lob
byists, has escaped and his creature,
Lon V. Stephens, traitor to every
and every interest, walks abroad
lnscathed %sbrieking his Contemplate
ielf- righteousness
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AS AN AID TO VIRTUE.

The Fulton Sun dwells with
enthusiasm upon the subject Of the
municipal rock pile as an aid to
virtue. Some weeks ago when
prisoners were first set TO work break
ing rock, the calaboose was full.
Now the city has no boarderS.
There is a Double economy in the
rock pile. The greatest gain Of the
community consists in the deterrent
effect Of hard labor upon the petty
crimes Of the idle and the thriftless.
Prevention is ever better than
cure. But when offences against
the law have been committed,
there is 10 excuse, except 10 the case
of the most desperate criminals, for
keeping them on expenses 10 idleness
Ray county has just made provision
for working coun.y prisoners at
making macadam for county roads.
Every county in the state ought to
90 The same. Hdbitual criminals
know the practices of the several
counties just as drummers know the
accommodations Of the various hotels
90 their routes. There is no need Of
making our iailS attractive to such
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-11
Australia firing Of Protection.

New York Evening Post.
While MIR. Chamberlain and certain
other British statesman are exhibiting
an inclination to iorswear their fealty
to free trade some Australian politl.
clans are beginning to waver in their
loyalty to protection. Senator Simon
Fraser, who headed the polls with
nearly 10000 in Victoria, hitherto the
stronghold of protection In the com.
monwealth, has declared that recent
events have compelled him to recon.
slider his position and become an advo.
cate OF free trade. These events are
the results Of the protracted droutb.
which has necessilated the importa-
ton OF toodstuffs to Australia. So LONG
as Australia was raising abundant
food supplies for her own consumption
and for expectation protective duties
seemed to burt nobody, but when thew
began to operate as heavy taxes on The
Imported supplies urgently needed tor
her own people the situation was alto.
gether different.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-11
STRANGE SUPERSTITION.

The following astonishing editorial
is from the Columbia Statesman;
"tiere is the situation: If the dem
ocratic party does not iudorse and
nominate Jos. w. Folk for governor,
and same other party does nominate
him, the result will surprise some Of
the democratic prophets.
II such a situation is possible as
that supposed in the conditional clause
above, the democrats Of Missouri
could do nothing better and would do
nothing more surely than to dismiss
Mr.. Folk from their thoughts.
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A new edition of "Sharps and
Flats is now in order. Little
LoLnie is now entitled to another
opportunity to exploit his self
righteousness. He ought to be allowed
to explain how it was that after
Indignantly spurning the St. Louis
Transit Company'S offer of 800, 600
for bis kindness in signing the merger
bill, be forgot to say anything about
it until the statute of Limitation run
against 1t. All the cases now being
investigated by the St. Louis grand
jury date back to Stephens admin
istfation. If it should develop that
Stephens is promoting this Intellectual
Investigation for the purpose Of casting
suspicion upon the characters OF his
political enemies, it would hardly
increase the odium in which his name
is held, but it would be very un-
pleasant to those who want to respect
Joseph Folk as a disinterested public
officer.
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TO VISIT EUROPE.

TO VISIT EUROPE.
1t is announced that Mr.. Bryan
will visit Europe 10 September TO be
gone four or five months. 1t is his
purpose to study government, espe-
cially municipal government, with
view to the composition OF a series Of
articles for the benefit Of the readers
Of the COmmOner. Later the articles
will be published in book form
1t is doubtful whether any very
safe ideas can be formed in this way
European travellers and writers, even
the most acute of them, who have
visited this country for a f"w months
and have written their Impressions Of
the United States, usually have made
themselves very absurd. And yet we
have not a long history. The develop
ment Of our ways has been rapid and
simple. The American 10 Europe
must approach such statistics with
very thorough historical and ethnolo-
gical knowledge or else his conclusions
will be utterly valueless. 1t is very
doubtful whether Mr.. Bryan has this
thorolghness of information. In his
earlier life his time vas consumed 10
fierce struggle with the wolf. Ger
tainly in the last ten years be has
had no time for the patient, disinter-
ested study which counts.
Nor indeed does Mr. Bryan belong
to the type of mind which is demon.
mated the student type. Physically
and mentally he is a doer rather than
a thinker. Probably no man IN the
history OF America has ever exhibited
so much capacity for political activity
as he. No man in America in the
same length of time, no political
leader, w covered so much terrific
ry, made so many speeches, wrote SO
much, and suffered so many inter-
views. MIR. Bryan though yet a
young man and only seven years
prominently before The nation, has
probably been seen and heard by a
larger number of pc pie than any
other poll lcal leader in The history of
the country. Clay, with nearly forty
years of public life, was probably less
known.
Yet it must be admitted that there
signs Of WEAKNESS of Mr.. Bryan,
even among those who love and ad-
mire him most. IL had been better
his fame and his leadership If he
had never established the Commoner.
1t had been better if he had subsidized
between times and INDUCED a period
Of mental incubation. There is a
sameness in all his ideas
and utterances. This is necessarily
and universally the cast in those who
are chiefly employed 10 doing things
rather than 10 thinking things. Mr..
Bryan is a fluent writer. but writing
Is not his forte. IN the activities Of
! campaign he is a legion.
Mr.. Bryans Eurol can trip will no
iOubt be useful and helpful to him,
it is doubtful if his impressions
will be OF any value TO anybudy else.
8rice, scholar and thinker that be {
vas, failed n%otoriousIy and in some ]
aspects ludicrously in a much more
'areful and pretentious undertak king.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-11
Moonlight Picnic.

The young ladies' Of the Prairie
church entertained their friends
Thursday night at a moonlight
picnic at the home Of Fred Young,
south of Lexington. The night was
an ideal one for the event and all
report an enjoyable time. Cream and
cake were served to the guests. A
number Of young people of Lexington
attended.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-11

j. M. Sallee, of Bethany, has
announced his candidacy for the office
of encouragement. Mr.. Sallee is a
lawyer of ability and character. He
stands high as a man and his political
service has been considerable. He is
a member Of the state committee.
has a number of acquaintance
and personal friends in this county.
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Brockmeyerls state Republican /.

Brockmeyer's State Republican is
neglecting Mr.. Folk shamefully. II
is now devoting all its space to
Francis. The whole Of the first page,
the whole OF the last page, a large
part of three other pages and sixteen
editorials are devoted to Francis,
whom the editor denounces in all the
offensive epithets Of the dictionary.
The Folk editorials this week aggre-
gate only a fingers length, but these
are fulsome enough. What is the
occasion for the changer Is Brock
meyer less anxious for the nomination
of Folk than be thought he WASP
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presented this matter to any
man or concern that is in the habit
OF financing such enterprises? Could
any harm come from making a thor
ough investigation of the subject and
getting the opinions of promoters!
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Hon. A. N. DockerV has appointed
Hon. W. R. Painter of the Corroll
County Democrat a member of the
board Of managers Of the Missouri
school for deaf.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-11

Mrs. b. f. Duval went to Indepen-
dence Wednesday evening, called by
the death of her cousin, c. r. Brown.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-11
STATE OF MISSOURI,
COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE, So

/, Jacob Fegert, Clerk OF the City OF
Lexington, in lafayette County, Mis-
souri,, do hereby certify that the follow
ing is the form OF ballot to he used at a
specisl election to be held 10 the Cry
OF Lexington, Lafayette County, Mis-
souri,, on
THE TWENTY-FIVE DAY OF
JULY, 1908,
as provided in a certain ordinance
passed and approved by the City
Council aud the Mayor of the City Of
Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri.
on the 9th day of June, 1908.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-11
For Waterworks ,-No.

ln testimony whereof, / have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of the City OF Lexington at
my office in said city, this the End day
of July, 1908.
seal JACOB FEGERP,
CITY Clerk.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-11
STATE OF MISsOURl,
COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE, S.

| Jacob Fegert, Clerk OF the City of
Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri,
40 hereby certify that the following is
me form of ballot to be used at a
special election to be held in the City
OF Lexington, Lafayette County, MIS-
The TWENTY.FIFTH DAY OF
JULY, 1908,
as provided in a certain ordinance
passed and approved by the City
Council and the Mayor Of the CITY Of
Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri.
on the 18th day Of June, 1908.
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ln testimony whereof, | have here
INTO set my hand and affixed the
ON slal seal Of the City Of Lexington at
my oiiice IN SAID city, this the 2nd day
Of July, 1908.
lsEALl JACOB FEGERT,
CITY Clerk.
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For the Proposition to Extend City
Limits,-NU.
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BALLOT.

For the Proposition to Extend City
Limits,-YES.
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L TWENTY-FIVE DAY OF
BALLOT.

For Waterworks ,-YEs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-05
Notes Of the Schools.

AURORA.-The thirty-sixth annual COM
mencement of the Aurora High School was
held at the Grand Opera House Thursday
night. There were nine graduates, four
boys and five girls.
GREENSBURG.-D. NJ Geeting has been
appointed superintendent Of the city schools
for another year. His past years admin
istration has been one OF the best in the
history of the local schools.
RICHMOND. - Nineteen students ten
boys and nine girls-will be graduated from
the Richmond High School on Friday, June
10. Only six of the graduates will speak.
Clifton Williams will be salutatorian and
Pauline Gem will deliver the valedictory.
HARTFORD CITY.-The twenty-second
annual commencement of the Hartford City
High School was held Thursday night at
the Van C;eve Theater The address to the
class was by Prof F. M. Beard. of Marion.
formerly superintendent of the schools here.
There were twelve graduates.
KOKOMO.-The Kokomo High School
turned out a class of seventeen on Thurs
day. The graduates are: Ethel Morris,
Pearl Robard, Elizabeth Strayer, Nellie
Davis, Florence De Ryke, Bessie Martin,
Flora Terrell, Ethel Conwell, Julia Stern.
Colescott, Charles Martin, William Cain,
Earl Orem, Brice Loop.
WABASH.-High school commencement
exercises were held at the opera house
Thursday night. Sheridan's THE Rivals
being presented. The performance was ex-
cellent and the audience was large and
fashionable. Diplomas were presented by
DR.. j. W. Powell, of the Christian Church
Representative Fred Lands came I'D from
Logansport to witness the performance.
MUNCIE-An elaborate programme has
been prepared for the commencement exer-
cises of the Muncie High School. The bac-
calaureate sermon will be delivered Sunday
night by the Rev. G.. /. KERN, of the Uni
versalist Church. The senior dance will be
given Monday night. and on Tuesday night
at the Wysor Grand, the Dramatic Club
II. a.. rlla
cises will be held on Wednesday at West
Side Park, with the junior dance at night
Commencement will be Thursday night at
the Wysor Grand. The address will be by
by President Bryan, OF Indiana University
The alumni reunion will be held on Tues
day, June 16.
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NEW OFFICERS NAMED.


Successful Session.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind. June AIT this aft
ernoon's session of the meeting of the In
diana Pharmaceutical Association NJ. A.
Stout, of Bluffton, was elected president to
succeed o. c. Bastian. Of Fort Wayne.
The following other officers were chosen:
First vice president. Bruno Knoesel. New
Albany; second vice president, c. E. Elliot,
Sheridan; third vice president. c. C. Will
let's, Michigan City: secretary, A Timber
lake. Indianapolis; treasurer. Frank Carter.
Indianapolis; executive committee, J. A.
Graham, Jeffersonville: Martin Deter. Fort
Wayne; j. H. Orr, Delphi.
This morning the fourth session was held
at Purdue and Leo Eliel. of South Bend,
read a paper on Laboratory Notes" A
discussion followed. led by ]. J. Schultz.
of this city. Another paper. by F. r.
Elred, Of Indianapolis on "Gelsemium, -
furnished subject for discussion, led by
Prof. NJ b. Hoax. of Purdue. c. c. Dean,
of Bluffton. followed with a paper on THE
Hustling Druggist" and Charles Downing,
of Indianapolis, led in the discussion.
The afternoons work was opened with
routine business and election of officers.
Then followed an address on the work OF
the National Association. by T. v. wooten,
secretary of that society F. w. Reissner.
of Laporte. led in the discussion. n. G..
Manning. advertising editor of The Drug
Drug Advertising" v. silberberg of Mum
Gle, led the discussion. A question box was
then held and queries were discussed and
answered.
At 4:3O the delegates adjourned to wit
ness the inspection of the Purdue cadet
corps, and tonight the closing session was
held at Tecumseh Trail, where the new
inCf af1 xxfll
return to their homes tonight and to-
morrow.
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MAY AVOID A STRIKE
MINERS MAY ACCEPT SUGGESTION
OF COAL OPERATORS.
IL Representatives ON the Cancellations
Committee BE Elected No Objec-
ton VIII BE offered.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, June 4-The dam
ger of strike seems to be already passing
away, even before the decision of the con-
vention of miners which is to meet In
Pottsville within ten days This is due TO
the statements of coal companies officials
and superintendent that IL the mine work.
ers at their convention should re-elect the
three district presidents as their represent
atives on the Cancellation board by a ma
jority vote there would be no further OBJ
lection to their eligibility to serve on the
board. This action will most likely be
taken at the coming convention. as the
leaders of the mine workers are not desir-
Gus of forcing the issue 10 a suspension Of
work unless they can find no other alterna-
tive. Considerable dissatisfaction exists in
the different districts over the delay in adj
justing differences and the refusal OF the
coal companies representatives TO recog-
nize their peace ENJOYS has further irri-
tated the miners, and II there was no other
alternative there is no doubt that suspen-
sion would be ordered. The mine workers
officials are confident OF this.
Meetings of each OF the three district
boards Of mine workers were held to-day.
The First district assembled I'm Scranton.
those of the Seventh district in Hazleton
and the Ninth district In Pottsville. Plans
were discussed for the coming convention.
1t is estimated that IT will cost sl5.eoo for
the expenses Of the Pottsville convention.
and the miners officials consider this an
unnecessary expense to the organization
1t has been suggested that the miners sub
ton of their representative to Judge Gray
before calling the convention. but so many
of the miners had opinions TO express and
grievances TO air that IL was thought better
to call a convention the most prompt
and satisfactory way of getting over the
objections of the other side.
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whence Bucket Shop"
Milwaukee Sentinel.


Trading was dull on change the other
day. and little group of brokers were
discussing the markets and gossping.
Finally the conversation drifted into
reminiscent vein and the group fell to tell
ing stories of that famous crowd of spec
ulators who made the old Chicago wheat
pit q famous spot in the palmy days Of
thirty years ago. During the progress of
the conversation some one made use of
the term bucket shop" using il in the
generally accepted sense of to-day. THAT
/ was present when the word bucket shop
was first coined. 1t was-let me see-thirty
years ago. when the old Chicago Board OF
Trade stood at Washington and La Sale
streets. william Pieronette, one of the old
time brokers of Chicago; Abel Adams of
Minneapolis, and myself were entering
Henry Lindsen's buffet at Exchange place
about to indulge in a mild libation. This
interesting situation was interrupted by
the sudden appearance of Bill Lincoln.
well-known character on change who
rushed up to Pieronette and said: Let me
have $40 for stake and / will go over on
the open board of trade and buy a thous-
and bushels OF wheat What roared
shop? Not with my money. Come in and
will buy you a drink. but ii sholl not be
said tina: /. a member of the Board OF
Trade, encouraged man 10 buy his wheat
I'm a place where he could buy thousands OF
bushels and carry away his holdings I'm
bucket The other witnesses to this chris
tening of the open board (Which was not
5ustified) an TO the coming OF the word
which was afterward universally used, were
Iron Jaw Brady, Fog Horn sheldon. and
Henry Iindsen, the proprietor OF the buf-
fet-"
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SANG THE DOxOLOGY.
Thorntown Temperance People Cele-
brated Victory Over Saloons.
special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, Ind, June 4.-Nearly 500
temperance people of Thorntown and Sugar
Creek township were here yesterday as
witnesses in the trial OF liquor cases. Sue
cessful remonstrances had been filed
against Pearl ID. Sutton and Richard Bush,
who had applied for licenses to retail liquor
In Thorntown. The applicants subpoenaed
as witnesses every one who signed the re-
monstrances. The temperance people con-
sequently attended the trial in force. Some
OF them drove through to Lebanon, but
most of the delegation came over on the
morning train from Thorntown. The two
coaches and baggage car were crowded to
their utmost capacity, and two well-known
Thorntown ministers rode in the engine cab
the Rev. A. III. De Long, OF the Methodist
Church, and the Rev. u. l.. Montgomery
OF the Presbyterian Church. Thorntown
was almost deserted, and many business
houses closed for the day.
The trial held in the courtroom
which was packed to the doors. The trial
was concluded in the afternoon. The re-
monstrances against both Sutton and Bush
were sustained, and each is barred from
making application for license in Thorn
town for two years. When the verdict was
announced the entire audience arose and
sang the doxology, 500 strong-lunged en-
thusiasts joining in the well-known paean.
The audience then filed out of the court
room, and, assembling at the west entrance
TO the courthouse, gave three rousing
cheers. No such demonstration against the
saloons has been witnessed here for years.
As the result of the trial ThorntOwn will
be without saloon.