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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-29

Some men think more than they say
and some say more than they think.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
FROM NEGLECTED SOURCES
Efforts Being Made in Various Parts
Of the World to Obtain
Cheaper Fuel.

Interesting experiments are
going on in various parts of the
world looking toward the cheap.
ening of fuel and the more perfect
burning of the coal mined in great
industrial countries like the Unit.
ed States, says the Cleveland
Leader. Germany has nearly 300
concerns which work up coal dust
into condensed fuel known as bri.
quotes, and these fuel factories
convert a vast amount of coal dust
into forms which permit its use
for many purposes, with entire
satisfaction to those who employ
it. Enormous quantities of coal
dust have been allowed to 90 to
waste in the United States, and
some authorities calculate the
loss at not less than one and one.
half times as much as the pres
ent coal consumption of the cOun.
try. Here is a great chance to
save fuel which will some day be
much needed.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
THE FOUNDER OF QUEBEC.
Facts Concerning Champlain-Dis-
eovery Of Lake Bearing His Name
First Battle with Iroquois.

Champlain was a bold and skill
full French navigator he founded
Quebec in 1908, and having estab-
lished friendly relations with the
Indians along the st. Lawrence,
marched a body of those, with
some HurOns and others, against
the IrOquois in 1909, says the
Four Track News. His accounts
of that expedition and of another
made in 1915 into New York state
territory, are among the most in
teresting of the Paris documents
The expedition of 1909 reached the
lake Ito which Champlain gave
his own name, up which it passed
in canoes to a point in what is now
the town of Ticouderoga, where
he encountered about 200 of the
Iroquois armed only with bows
and arrows, and a battle followed.
What he wrote of the engagement
is both romantic and pathetic:
"The moment they (the Iro.
quois) saw me they halted, gazing
at me and | at them. When saw
them preparing to shoot at us, /
raised my %arquebus, and aimed d.
rectly at one of the three chiefs.
Two Of them fell to the ground by
this shot; one of their companions
receiving a wound from which he
died afterwards. l had put four
balls in my arquebus. . The
Iroquois were greatly astonished
at seeing two men killed so instan-
taneously."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
LEFT SHOE WEARS FIRST.
Because the Right Is Nearly Always
the One Favored by Right
Handed People.

"Did you ever notice that PEG.
pie are right-footed?" asked the
proprietor of a shore store, re.
lates the Shoe Retailer. swatch
my clerks, and you will see that
invariably customers will put out
their right foot when going to be
fitted. Now, watch that cOrpu.
lent woman going to sit down
over there" The woman with
great weight of body took a seat,
lifted her curtain of black veil
ing, and as the clerk approached
her she poked her right foot from
beneath an expanse of skirt.
"It's always the case, and |
don't believe l ever knew it to fail.
The shoe manufacturers evidently
are wise to this fact, as in the
cartons the right shoe is always
packed on top. Once l had a lot of
shoes come to me with the left
shoe on top, and it caused me 50
much annoyance that l wrote to
the manufacturer, calling his at.
tentiOn to the matter so that il
wouldn't happen again. The ma
jOrity of people are right-footed
yet a left-handed person has the
right-foOt habit. The right hand
is larger than the left, as it is used
more, and consequently develops
the muscles to a greater extent
On the other hand, the left foot is
larger than the right in most per
sons. The difference is so slight
that we seldom have trouble in fit
ting shoes, however. 1t is the left
shoe that wears out before the
right, and probably for this rea
SON"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
"DuTcHMAN's BREEcHEs."
erotesque Name Applied to a Delicate
and Interesting Little
Flower.

Accidents frequently become re-
corded history, and the accidental
naming of this grotesque little
flower by a humorous botanist has
been written in the books, saysthe
Chicago Post. The scientific name
of the species dielytra-twice a
spur-is more dignifed, and d.
centra proves it to be a near rela-
tive of the garden favorite-the
bleeding heart.
The flower is well worth careful
study. The oddly shaped parts
are arranged in pairs. Near its
attachment to the stem are two
small scales like organs that serve
as sepals; next are the inflated
saclike bodies or the outer pair
of petals; within these somewhat
Joined is the second or inner pair
OF smaller petals. In the cavity
formed by these inner petals are
six stamens and the pistil. The
six stamens are in two sets, of
three each.
These stamens and the pistil APP
parently remain confined within
their i%mprisoning walls until they
are fully ripe and close fertiliza-
ton takes places. The result
which nature seems so anxious to
avoid in the majority of cases is
here brought about by her Ownd de-
liberate continuance. Nature,
however, makes no mistakes, nor
is she bound by only one set of
rules.
Dutchman's breeches are deli
cate, graceful little blossoms,
from four to ten in number, sway
ing from a cream-colored scape.
They may be found in the shaded
places of rich woodlands, and
roam the width and the length Of
the temperate zone.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
EATING ROASTING EARS.
There Is Only One Way of Getting
the Most Good in the Per-
formance.

"ROastin' yeahs is comm, chilen
And there is but one method of
taking your satisfaction out of an
ear of sweet corn, namely, bite ii
off the cob, says the New York
Press. Society etiquette, good
manners, gentility and royal ia.
vor should make a special dispen.
satiOn governing this matter. All
rules of the table among the haut
monde and the boot mon same
thing should be suspended during
the corn season. Inventors are do.
ing all in their power to assist us
in being just above the hog in get.
ting off the grains. They have
made several different kinds OF
cornholders, so that the fingers
shall not be soiled, burned or dis.
graced. Presently we shall ex.
pect to have a "corn teeth pro.
,teotor" to keep the husk from
clOgging the spaces between our
molars as we sink them into the
ear. "Corn eating made gentle.
manly, pleasant and cleanly," il
will be from now on.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
PROBATE U DOCKET,
August Term. 1904.
SD Day. saLnrday. AagusL 30.

Sixth Day, Saturday, August 18th.
40. Hader, frederick, deceased;
Elizabeth Hader, administrators de
bonus non with will annexed.
50. Smith, r. Lee, ct al, minors
5. n. Wilson, curator.
81. Young, Grove, deceased; John
p. Greer, Joseph L., Theodore and
Elmer Youngs, eXeturors.
SO. Stallfort Julius deceased; u. G.,
Phetzing, administrator.
SO. Bradley, Orlando, ct al, minorsi
Jackson Bradley, curator.
"a. Jesse, Richard and Carl, minorsi
Emma Jesse, euratrix.
So. Roepe, Anna, minor G. A.
Frerking, curator.
SO. Zeysing, John, deceased; Erwin
Zeysing, administrator.
81. Patterson. Eddie and Hugh,
minors; Erwin zeysing, administrator.
IS. Foulds, James G. and Claud,
minors; Albert Foulds, curator.
SO. Ewing. Eugene NJ, deceased
John G. Worthington, administrator,
60. Bull, Kate W. L., deceased; John
S. Blackwell, executor.
81. 0berhellman, Anna c., deceased
Gustav f. Oberhellman, administrator.
Seventh Day, Monday, August 18th
go. Mark, Edward, deceased; Leona
E. Mark, administrator.
90. John, James, deceased; E. l..
John, administrators.
ga. Hickman, VIM. A., minor! l.. B.
Cole, curator.
IS. Field, Carrie L., minor; Richard
Field, curator.
&C. Field, Hubert, minor; Richard
Field, curator.
81. Murphy, Martin, deceased; Mary
Murphy, e~Xecutrix.
6s. Lewis, Albert S., insane;
Ephraim Lewis, guardian.
SO. Lewis, Ella. insane; Ephraim
Lewis guardian.
20. Joseph Warder, deceased; Henry
w. Warder and Jesse W. Warder,
executors.
II. Smith, Reuben L., deceased;
Robeet A. Smith, administrator.
70. Cook, Roy, ct al, minors; NJ. D.
Wilson, public curator.
70. Longbottom, Luther, minor; P.
B. Collins, curator.
Executors, administrators, guardians
and currtors are strictly required to
make their settlements on the day on
which their cases are set.
JAMES p. CHM,
Judge of Probate.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
QUEUE BADGE OF SLAVERY.
Chinese Compelled to Wear It Orig.
inally by Their Manchu
Conquerors.

The %celestial's pigtail, in which
he takes great pride, and over the
plating of which he takes any
amount of trouble, is really the
badge of his slavery. Before the
rise of the Manchu supremacy,
Cinnamon wore no tails orqueues,
but the cOnquerOrs from the north
gradually enforced this outward
and visible sign of China's hui.
initiation, and each province, one
after the other, adopted the prac.
tice of wearing long hair and plat
ing it up in a coil with cotton or
silk, One clan at least, to this
day, indirectly repudiates the deg
radiation by wearing at times a
turban in which the pigtail is hid
den away. Cinnamon, while at
work in the house, may, for the
sake Of convenience, coil their
queue round their head, but it is
a sign Of much disrespect when
ever they do so in the presence of
q visitor or superior or in public,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
ScHooLMA'AM ~ CHARGE.
Upon Her Depends the Safety Of the
Young Adrift Upon the
Sea Of Life.

Each generation sees the rush
away from the land grow, sees the
cities swell, sees character and
individuality struggling with
heavier odds. When l watch the
seas rising and the clouds threat
ening l think of the schOOlma'am
at the helm and am glad, says n
writer in the Journal of Educa,
tiOn. Laugh if you will; l am
content. While she is there we
are safe.
In a very real way the teach.
er is, must be, both mother and
home, too, to many of her chill.
dren. Could any pay reward the
weary lives l have seen literal
ly worn out in the service of
stricken humanity in the slums of
my own city-worn to the raw
day by day, with never a word be-
itraying the toll and suffering;
with the brave, patient smile ever
there to cheer and help? / am
thinking now of one Christmas
festival in a ragged school, and of
the sweet-faced teacher at the
piano, with the children cluster
ing around her singing their glad
songs. None of them knew that
she had come from the death-bed
of her only sister, who was breath,
Eng her life out while she played
and sang with breaking heart, hid
ing her pain with a smile lest she
sadden the children's joy. Pay?
4 would have every teacher who
is worthy the name of teacher
and there should never be any
Other-paid enough to put her
ever and for good beyond need of
care; and when her years of serv-
ice were over, / would have her
rank as pensiOner upon the com
munity-nay, not bounty, but un,
dying gratitude-raDkng at least
with those who guard it against
peril from fire and from violence.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
rroland's Population.

The population Of Ireland, which
30 years ago was over 100000, is
now less than 100000.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
NORTH POLE EXPLORATIONS
There Are at the Present Time Five
Projects Of Discovery IN
der Way.

There are no fewer than five
north pole expeditions in prospect
or in being at the present time.
The most important is that of the
Russian, Baron E. Toll, who left
the island of KOtelnOi, in the New
Siberian group, a year ago and
has not been heard from since.
The new Ziegler expedition com
manded by Capt. John Haven, left
New York last spring and reached
TrOmsoe near the end of July, but
on attempting to make Franz JO-
sef Land met with obstacles so
great that it had to pause.
A further attempt is to be made
next spring. Another expedition
projected by Capt. Drake was to
have sailed for Point Barrow, in
Alaska, and, having established
a depot there, was to have made
a dash for the pole. That also has
been deferred till next year. Then
there is Lieut.. Peary's coming
venture, which will start in Sep.
TENDER, and lastly there is the
Norwegian Amundsen expedition,
which is believed to be somewhere
among the islands of British
North America, searching not for
the pole proper but for the mag.
netic pole.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
STATISTICS OF R
Enormous Gains Made in Roman
Catholic Ranks Through
Immigration.

According to DR.. Walter Laid.
law, an authority on church sta
tistics, there are about 90,000,O 900
out of 100000, as church mem.
bers. OF these 30,OOO,0 900 the
Roman Catholics number more
than ~one-third, says the New York
Globe. These have gained enOr.
mously in recent years by the
heavy immigration from coun.
tries such as Italy, Poland and
Austria-H Hungary, where the vast
majority of the population is
loyal to the church of Rome.
1t is calculated that since
1890 the Catholics in the Unit
ed States have increased about
so per cent, or over 4,000,,
600. In the same IA years the
growth of the population cannot
have been more than 80 per cent,
or at most 35 per cent
So it appears that the Roman
Catholics constitute about 10 pei
cent. of the entire population OF
the United States.
According to DR.. Laidlaw, the
Protestant church members have
increased about 80 per cent. since
1890, thus gaining at least as fast
as the gross population of the
United States.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
RUSSIAN GIRL WAR SCOUT.
Brilliant Part Played by Young Jew
ess in the Conflict with
Japan.

The doughty deeds of a brave
Russian girl, who on close ac-
quaintance proves to be a Karain
Jewess, are graphically reported
from Mukden. This courageous
Hebrew, who is only 20, says a
report, dresses as a man, calls her
self Michael Smoke, and has
played a brilliant and helpful part
as scout and dragoman.
Recently, when some specially
dangerous work was necessary,
and qualified military men were
called upon to volunteer, she was
the first to offer her services and
recOnnOiter the japanese position
in the forest. On June q she
headed a small party of COssacks,
and not only obtained informa.
ton needed by the Russian com.
mander, but successfully drove
back a large number of cattle
which, having been looted by the
Japanese, were being taken to
their camp by Chinese auxiliaries.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
GERMAN SLAUGHTER HOUSE
Fine Example Of the Way in Which
Municipal Abattoirs Should
Be Run.

The advocates of a municipal
abattoir for every city or large
town find a fine example of the way
in which such a place should be
equipped in the one at Berlin.
There is fitted refrigerating ma.
chinery for making about 200 tons
of ice per day, and there is also
steam generating plant for light
ing purposes. Killing is usually
confined to two days a week, and
the average number of cattle
slaughtered is 1000, with 10000
pigs per week. The refrigerating
plant for this place is of the type
known as sulphurous acid plant,
which acid in a gaseous form is
compressed and sent through a
long range of piping. II is clear
that the arrangements and clean.
liness of such a place must be much
better than each private butcher
could afford to have by himself.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13

ADMINISTRATORS NorInn

Letters Of administration on the estate of
James e.. Helm, deceased. were granted ~
the undersigned on the 2lst day of July
1904, by the probate court Of Lafayette
county, Missouri. All persons having claims
against said estate are required to exhibit them
Tor allowance to the administrator within one
be precluded from any benefit OF such estate.
n II such claims be not exhibited within two
years from the date OF said letters they win
be forever barred. -"
This 2lst day Of July, 1904.
MARTIN v. HELM,
t-zoto Administrator.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
QUEER CANDLE AUCTIONS.
Method Still Employed in a Few Eng
hsh Parishes-Bidding Stops
When Flame Dies.

A curious method of sale by
auction, which is still observed in
one or two places as a matter Of
ancient custom, but which was
once very common, is sale by can
die, says the Ashton England
Reporter. \ fragment of candle,
an inch or less in length, was
lighted as the thing to be sold was
put up, and the auctiOneers re-
ceived bids so long as the candle
burned. The successful bid was
the last made before the flame
went out. When the competition
was all keen it must have re-
uired considerable %acuteness and
a nice power of Determination on
the part of the salesman to know
who spoke last. Mr.. Pepys gives
a graphic description of the sale
of some old hulks in the Thames
"by the candle" and remarks that
it was pleasant to see how back
ward men were at first to bid, but
when the candle was going out
they bawled!
AT another admiralty sale, con-
Quoted by a like method, the same
chrOnicler says that the competi-
ton was so sharp that they had
much difficulty in telling who cried
last. Some curious things besides
wornout ships were sold by can.
die. In 1854 it was advertised
that two elephants, the one male
and the other female, would be
Exposed to sale by candle" and
that "the price and places where
to be seen andsOld" were to be mott.
fed Mater by means of printed
bills. The price, which was to be
so published, was, presumably,
the upset price fixed by the vender.
One can hardly imagine that the
bidding was very lively for the two
%pOnderous creatures or that any
prospective buyers, save perhaps
an itinerant Snowman or two,
would be likely to attend the sale.
Another unusual sale was ad.
vertised in the following year in
the London Gazette, where it was
announced that there would be
Exposed to sale by the candle at
the Marine and Carolina coffee
house, in Birchin lane
all sorts of playing cards, in small
lots, surveyed by Robert Whit.
field, master cardmaker zap
pointed by appreciation of the com
pany of cardmakers for that pur.
pOse). 1t is curious that the cus.
tom of selling by the candle was
f%lOurishing recently and perhaps
still AOurishes in the far east. In
the consular report on the trade
of Saigon and COhin China, issued
in 1878, it was stated that certain
descriptions of lands were only to
be obtained at public sale which
were conducted by the candle, the
dying out of three lights before a
higher bid was made concluding
the bargain, The method was
probably introduced by the French
and brought hence to this country.
In a few English parishes the can
die method is still employed in the
periodical letting of public land
to the highest bidder.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
GOING EAST.
W ]. Black, G, P. A. Topeka, Eas
c. & A. Time rable-HIgglnsvlne,
EAST ROUND.

EAST BOUND.
No.. IA, Missouri State Express $50 am
No. 80, Slater Accommodation ....... 7;O2 pm
No. 10, Calf. and Colo. Limited. ..... 1888 pm
No. Y, Slater Accom-. Sunday only. 900 pm
No. ~, ST. Louis Vest. Limited 500. 1910 pm
No. ll6, Way Freight, ....... ....,...ll;S am
WEST BOUND.
No. I, Calf. and Colo. Limited e.. o.. GIL am
No, 81, Slater Accommodation 900. s:qs am
No. Il, K. c, Y%estibuled Express .. 1875 pm
No, Is, Missouri State Express ....... i49l pm
No. III, Way Freight =. .............. s:9O am
S..A.. VERMILL1OHsARent.
Higginsville, Mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-08-13
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SANTA FE ROUTE.
Trainsarriv at North Lexington.

Trains arrive at North lexington.
No. 2s daily. ......... ............... s:26 a. NJ
Trains leave North Lexington;
No. 25, Express daily .............. $3.50 a. m
Main line trains pass Lexington junction
The river Bus leaves Lexington 7:4O a m
daily to connect with train at porth Lex
ington. Leaves Lexington daily except
Sunday at $3.50 a m and Q O'Clock p m and
goes through to connect with trs ms at Lex
lngton Junction.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-02-06
Time to Quit.

Some of the papers are still harp
ing IN the Indian outrages in Lincoln
county. The stories are not only
lacking in truth, they don't even have
the virtue Of originality or the attri-
butte of being amusing. The Indians
couldn't commit any of the outrages
charged and live to perpetrate a
second. Their numbers are so few
and their ambitions at so low an ebb,
that they wouldn't take the trouble
to 60 on the warpath even if they
could. If the originators of those
lurid tales had the ability of the au-
thor of the Luminous Tree" story,
they might write something interest
ing and amusing.-Delama Lode.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-02-06
Quicksilver Mine.

Harry Byles is in from Steamboat
where he is engaged in development
work on James Burke's cinnibar mine
neal that place. He brought with
him ores that assay Z per cent which
is bonanza value if there is sufficient
quantity. The oxide of mercury oc-
ours in a spar formation in which
true quartz is in~terspersed. A new
shaft has been Inserted. 1t is down
eight feet and the entire bottom is in
ore. The lead occurs in serpentine
and sandstone formation which is
ideal wall for cinnibar. In addition
to quicksilver the ore carries gold
and silver.-Gazette
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-02-06
SMALLPOX at Monitor.

A letter received in Eureka on
Thursday stated that another case
of smallpox had broken out in Mon
itor valley, Nye county, making three
cases now in the valley. The last
victim is an Indian employed on VIM.
Potts ranch. A doctor from Austin
has been called and he vaccinated
most of the people in the valley
Sentinel.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-02-06
After Nevada Property.

Negotiations r pending which, if
consummated, will result during the
next few weeks in the formation of a
$500, 900 company to operate a well
known property not far from Elko,
Nevada, which is in a good stage of
development already, and which with
systematic work can be converted
into a regular producer in a short
time. Acting as attorney for the
Salt Lakers who expect to become
identified with the proposition is
Judge Morris Sommer, who is now
engaged in investigating titles, etc,
TO the ground. The property con
sists of six full lode claims, and ore in
generous quantity, running from
forty to fifty ounces silver, 20 to 30
per cent lead and 81 in gold, has been
shipped in years gone by. Until it
is known that the under, taking is to
be c~onsummated, Judge Sommer de-
clines to reveal the identity of the
ground, but in case the deal is made,
he says, prominent Utah and Nevada
operators will be found at the helm.
Salt Lake Herald.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-02-06
Another Alaskan strike.

A report has reached Vancouver
from Alsec, near White Horse, by
way of Ashcroft, that a strike has
been made in the new diggings sur
passing the bonanza finds in their
best days. On No. 10 below Discov-
cry on Bullion creek gravel that
gives returns Of S1.20 per pan has
been struck. The depth and width
of the pay gravel is not yet known,
but it is thought to be very g Extensive.