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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-10-08
ENGLISH GROWING LARGER
Talk Of Race Degeneracy Contradict
ed by Figures Of a Wooden
Firm.

With the view of a%scertaining
whether the ace is deteriOrating
or otherwise, so far as physique is
concerned, a large weolen firm at
Leeds, England, recently under
took the task of comparing the
measurements made in its wooden
department at the present time
with those in similar classes of
goods manufactured 4 couple Of
generations ago. The result an
nounced, says a London paper, is
greatly in favor of present day
conditions. The average chest and
hip measurements work out at
fully three per cent. increase.
This rule applies practically to
all parts of the country, with the
exception of a few isolated towns.
Coming at a time when so much is
being heard of the deterioration
of the race, this announcement eff.
fords a welcome surprise, and eff
fectiyely demOlishes the theory
that the race is deteriorating.
The English giants are apparent
ly to be found in the north. Work
iRgmen, it is said, in the shipyards
on Tyneside and district are very
much bigger than was the case so
or go years ago.
Taking the whole of the coun-
try, the biggest framed men APP
pear to be in the limestone dis
tricts Of northeast Yorkshire,
WestmoPeland and Cumberland,
while the billy counties Of the
north Of Ireland can also lay claim
to this distinction.
The investigation had also ellie.
tied the interesting fact that In
the Oldham district are to be
found England's dwarfs. Here.
and in the Bailey locality, the fac.
tory operatives are the most d.
minutlve in the whole of the coun
try.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-10-08
lLulTERArE INTELLIGENCE.
There Are Men Who Cannot Read or
Write Who Possess Much
Wisdom.

An acquaintance once ex-
pressed surprise that Thomas b.
Reed, who had keen appreciation
for the niceties Of learning, should
devote much of his time to a man
who was famously deficient in
diction and grammar. The re
mark was repeated to MI. Reed,
says the Saturday Evening Post,
and his reply was characteristic.
He declared that his i~lliterate
friend was, in reality, one of the
most intelligent men he had ever
known; hat his knowledge,
though u%nlettered, was broad,
clear, sane and human. He added
that some of the best educated
men he knew were men without
book education.
We find these men of natural
and acquired knowledge in every
walk of life. 1t is the habit of the
frivolous to ridicule their lapses
and the thoughtless constantly
express wonder that they should
amount to anything in the life
and business of the times. AS a
matter of fact, many of the men
who have given money for educa-
tional institutions and whose ide-
ais have contributed much to the
development of education itself
could not at any time in their lives
have passed the examination of
the primary department of a pub
lie school, But their intelligence
was larger than mere rules.
We have unconsciOusly brought
the distinction into our terms of
speech. The ready man we accept
as one who has the common sense
and information in his head. He
has it at his finger tips, we say. He
knows what's what, we add. He
is at home in any situation, we
add again, and so on through all
the synonyms of plain knowledge.
At the same time we look upon the
finely trained man, the man OF
learning, az one who can grind out
ideas, who can cram, catch an
idea, catch on, get up a subject,
and all the variations of the abil-
ity to use the education which he
has acquired. We need not under.
estimate either kind of knowledge
in order to appreciate both.
The difference is simply a rec
ognition of conditions, We
laughed when in reply to congrat
ulations upon a signal duty nobly
performed in a crisis an American
governor replied; 81 seen my duty
and done it," but we never
thought, even amid our smiles
that there was real ignorance il
the man who performed the public
service.
And truly, in these days Of ed
ucational skim milk in fancy yes
sells it is a delight to wander int
a substantial farmhouse and ge.
honest cream from the old stone
+ crock"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-10-08

Candles are largely used in
Mexico, owing to the great ex-
pense of petroleum. A bookkeep-
er may be seen making his entries
in a great ledger by the light Of
a single candle. A Mexican print
er can work with a candle stuck
carelessly into one of his boxes,
and two tailors in the small shops
can be seen sharing the rays of a
siugie dip.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-10-08
NEW WELDING MATERIAL.
The Use of "Thermite" or Liquid Steel
in Joining Rails and
Shafts.

Welding a broken shaft, or even
the ends of rails on trolley lines,
Is considered of sufficient impor-
lance to require experts at the
head of the work, but if the new
welding material, thermite, full
fills all that is promised, unskilled
workmen may be doing this work
in the near future. The thermite
rail-welding process has already
been accepted abroad, and 10000
Joints have been united by the
system in 40 European cities. The
rail ends must be cleaned from
dust and rust by a wire brush, and
then slightly warmed. A mold is
then fitted around the ends and
the thermite is heated in a cruel
BILE directly above the entrance to
the mold, into which it flows as
soon as the temperature rises to
the melting point. The welding
issdone automatically by the Their
mite itself, and thus the super
vision of an expert welder is not
required. In welding a heavy
shaft the mold is built up around
it and the heat applied to the cru
chile as before, a process which
which might save valuable time on
board ships.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-10-08

The most frequented lake in
Europe is the Lake of Lucerne;
last year 90 steamboats, piled on
II and carried $4,000 passengers
and over a thousand tons Of bag
gage and freight.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04

Rev. ri r. Hicks in his publication.
"W0rd and Works, has the following
10 say concerning the weather condl-
tions that may appear IN August;
August Is the month IN which the
sun begins 10 decline far enough
southward TO lengthen the nights, so
that the heat Of the shortening sum-
mer DAYS Is partially neutalIzed, and
the nights az least, begin TO grow
cooler Il is not an uncommon thing
for general and heavy equinoctlal
storms to sweep up from tile West
Indies late ln August, and when they
reach as far nofthwafd as the gulf
coasts. persistent noftherlg winds are
induced over the country generally.
thus rematumly turning IN tie bofcal
Influences, sometimes to such an ex.
tent as q break tie back bone of the
summer and bring killing frcsts he.
fore tie end 81 August Il Is not out
of place 70 say here TINT We are verg.
ing on u an astfonomic condition cal-
cnlated 10 bring On such results, AMI
that the present season mas thus Be
attended BY an early autuE'n
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04
WILL HEAR
APPLICATIONS
Indian AgentWill Come to Vinita
to Hear Applications for
Alienation of Lands.

II Is said that the United States In
dian Agent will Tx a time at an early
date for the hearingat Vinita Of such
petitions for removal Of restrictions
against the alienation Of land as have
been fled from Yinita and vicinity.
mhe members Of the bar at Vinita
aro acIng together ~ tfylng 10 ar
range for this hearing, and will fur
nish the Indian agent with a memo
randa Of the cases which lthey repre-
sent.
The object Of this notice IS 70 give
an equal opportunity 70 those persons
who are not represented by counsel "a
have their case assigned for hearing,
and any person who has a petition
which he wishes heard at that time
can have a memoranda Of hts case for
warded to the Indian Agent by giving
his name, at once, 20 any member Of
the Vinita bar
The exact time Of hearing these
petitions viii be given by the Indian
Agent in due time.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04
WILL FIGHT
The STANDARD
Big Independent Oil Company
Being Formed to Protect
Territory and Kansas.

IL would seem from all appearances
that the Standard Oit company, by It's
greed and unwarranted action In con
tinually eHtting the price o. crude oh,
says the CotIeyyille journal, is going
TO cause the birth of an immense con
temporary company.
The thing has been talked OF Tor
months, and there were those who
said IL would probably never come to
anything But IL has been given out
within the last few days that an im-
mense company capitalized at $j0,-
100000, is slowly being formed which
will build an Independent refinery and
pipe lines.
u IS said by those who are cogniz-
ant OF the plans Of the promoters Of
this affair, that the company proposes
70 build refinery at Port Arthur,
Texas, and That a pipe line viii be
laid from the Kansas and Indian Ter
ritory oil fields. Tankage forG,0OO, ,O0o
barrels Of oil VIII also be constructed
ON the capital stock, preferred stock
drawing per cent. will be issued to
the amount Of S2o, Oo0. 600 aud tile bal.
ance Of the stock will be common.
Representatives Of the Kansas oil
producers have been in the East work
Ing on this matter for some time, and
word has been received that their ef-
forts have been, or are about TO be,
crowned with success.
II is thought that the company will
be Incorporated and chartered by the
close Of the present week Men who
have been prominent Ia lighting the
Standard OH company IN the East are
said 70 be behind the proposition.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04
OUR NEGRO POPULATION.
or the Nine Millions in the United
States Nearly Half Are
Illiterate.


As result Of requests for information
from all over the country, the census Of
fee has issued a bulletin on Negroes in
the United States. containing statistics
with regard to the extent, character ana
condition Of the negro population in the
several states Of the union. The SUM
mary OF results given In the bulletin Is In
part as follows:
'fhe number of negroes In the Unit
ed States tlncludlng Alaska, Hawaii
and Porto Rico) is 100000. perhaps q
larger number than is found In any oth-
er country ouslde OF Africa Nearly
nine-tenths OF the negroes In continental
United States are found In the southern
states. The largest number OF negroes
living in compact masses are found In
certain urban counties. several Of which
lie outside Of the great cotton growing
states. The four. each having over TO-
600, are the District OF Columbia: Shell
by county, Tenn. containing Memphis;
Baltimore City, Md. and Orleans par
ish, La, coextensiye with New Orleans.
"The district IN which the proportion
OF negroes Is greatest lies In the Mlssis-
sippi alluyial region along both banks
Of the lower Mississippi, where i've
elgh,hs Of the population is negro. the
maximum being In Issaquena county.
Miss, with more than IS negroes 70
each white person The center Of tho
negro population is IN DeKalb county
Ala, about four miles from the east
ern boundary Of Georgia and 80 miles
south OF the southern boundary Of Ten
nessee
I'm the country districts as a whole
the negro males outnumber the negro
females slightly and IN the cities the fe.
males outnumber the males decidedly
This disassocIatlon Of the sexes between
city and country Is far more marked
among negroes than among whites and
has increased since 1890.
Among negroes AS per cent. are n.
literate, The percentage OF illiteracy
has decreased rapidly since 1890. when
Il was 57.i per cent Illiteracy amoue
negroes is about seven times as common
as among whites. and this ratio between
the races has not altered materially In
the last ten years llllteracy among
southern negroes Is about four times
that among southern whites II the per
cent OF illiterates should fall IN each
succeeding ten years by as great an
amount as Il did between 1890 and 1900
an improbable assumption. It would
reach zero about 1910
There was a decided increase be.
twean 1890 and 1900 in the proportion Of
marriages among young negroes. This
increase Of early marriages vas yet
more marked among southern whites
Of both sexes and was probably due q
the great prosperity OF the country just
before 1900.
"There are nearly 1000 .o00 negroes in
the United States engaged in ealnful oe-
eupatIons. Those persons who may be
called breadwinners. constitute 45.2 pet
cent Of the total negro population
while for the total white population the
per cent. is 37s and for southern whites
SEA"
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04
DRIVERS LEG BROKEN.
Frank Ellis Thrown From Delivery
Friday and Limb Broken.

Frank Ellis, a fifteen-year-old boy.
was thrown from the delivery wagon
OF the Cowan grocery Friday near the
Katy depot and suffered the fracture
Of both bones Of the right leg midway
between the knee and ankle lie had
delivered some article at the depot
and while returning to the wagon the
horse started aud the boy jumped IN
at the back end and tried 10 stop
him. He got hold Of one line but was
jolted out with the seat and his limb
caught in the wheel. The wounded
lad was carried TO the Office of Drs.
Fortner & Bagby and the limb reduc-
ed and the bones set DR., Louis Bagby
assisted in setting the limb.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04
PLUCK or INDIAN BANDIT.
The Renowned Raisuli Once Proved
His Utter Indifference
70 Danger.

"At Tanrier." said a Chleagoan. &C.
cording 20 an exchange 4 once saW
Ralsull. lie looked as magnificent a.
an Indian Rajah. and Frtnchman
told me that he had a fooihardy and
reckless yalor
This FrenchmaH said that Raisull
had entered the shooting gallery o.
Taneler one day while a Tunlstan was
trying a little pistol practice
The Tunislan was an excellent shot
he broke GLASS balls reng nells. split
pipe stems. and penetrated bulls eyes
without number At each shot a pc
lite murmur Or applause arese The
man was an pulled up With triumph
Ralsuii looked on with a sneer. and
finally be said IN a loud voice
In a duel this gentleman wouldn''
shoot 20 well
Wen see about that yelled the
Tunlatan. and Ne challenged Raisull
and ten minutes later they we're on ths
Geld.
They were 10 iFht az i2 PAGES. each
10 Gre one shot Lots were drawn AZ
20 who should shoot FIRST and Raisull
lost lie took HIS stand before the Tu.
nlstan calmly. and the latter lifted az
his weapon took careful aim and
missed
"Ralsull smiled. what did tel
you7' he said
And he thrust his pistol In his bell
and strode away hnmmlng a French
song"
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04
boz Run pewn hr nurrr.

Ridge Anderson, the ten-Year-old
son VI J. {, Anderson. was run over
by buggy near the fountain Thurs
day afternoon. Two ladies we're drlv.
ing westward and tile child was going
from the corner near the First Ma
tlonal bank and was struck and knock
ed to the pavement and an ugly cut
In the temple was the result. The
ladies did not see the boy untIlhe was
under the wheels. lie was picked up
and carried into the Office Of Df.Louis
Bagby aud tile wound dressed. The
injury Is not serious.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04

Cream one-half cup batter, add slowly
enc cup white sugar then the beaten
yolks Of tuo Gees Next ado cal aait
cup sweet miie alternately with q ard
4 half cups -four slited with ore 6tap-
Ing teaspoon baking powder. afs las.
spoon VANILLA then field ID lights tAa
beaten whites q two eggs Bake b sw0
layers. and vhen cold pnl together alth
lhe following mixture. Beat the vallc
of one eee % = stir fralh. add oae ea4
puIkefized suear o,e-haif cup soaI
cream and one bali cup shopnsa -.
nnla -noslon GlShe
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04
rmneror,a 80 Iournsrn

A hook recently published In Parts
abounds in hitherto unpublished details
regarding the German cmperor's life
II declared that he visits Paris every
year. choosing different title for each
visit. and that be is carefully watched
By Frensd detectives, for should he b
recognized he would be almost sure 10
suffer insult Two years aeo he was
recognized BY newspaper man while
ln d railway station The reporter ro-
lltsiy asked a question addressing him
A. your majesty" Suddenly four men
surrounded The lnqnlNtive journalist
and hurried him from theelatinn Theg
we're detectives Nho had been assigned
70 guard the distinguished traveller.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04
peatar. narrsa Erem Praetlee.

TIE case Of IT. bettes. licensed q
couple Of days ago by the Medical tx
Aminlne Hoard for This district, viii
be before that body Ia The near future.
"a local physician ms filed protest
against him on account of alleged IN
professional advertising Large cards
which Drs. Bettes s. Glenn circulated
lpfoclained that they wefe specialists
in a number, almost unnumbcred, Oi
diseases s,tsnIioned. This Il Is con-
'tcudad Is unpFofessional and sufficient
efor the rcvoklnK of 4 license. ur.
H'ssskln failed 10 get license from tie
Ft,oard.
4 These Two physicians came here veFt
srecently from Kansas CEty. and teos
once rooms In the Carolina building.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04
NEW CATTLE COMPANY.
~. l.. HaIsell aud Tom Hutton Have
Incorporated One.

I Articles Of Incorporation were Fri
,,lay filed with the county clerk At
Kartas City, Mo, by tie Bravo Land
and Cattle Company with a capital
'lock of s5o, 900, diyied Into 900 shares.
)Thomas 5. Hutton, Kaiisas City, and
~. l.. Halsel, Ninlta, /. T., own 80
shares each. a. H. Ilocomb and j.
A. Domonick, Kansas City. hold the
Femalnlng two shares.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04
AND SHARKS
ROB NEGROES
w the Purchaser of Freed
man Land FIeeCes the
Unwary.

rhe Kansas CITY Times man has
md another mares nest. This time
located Ia the Cherokee nation.
SAYS:
4 cry has gone % from Indian Ter
ory that oland sharks" are robbing
e freedmen Of the Cherokee nation
their lands, giving them about 500
property that is worth $1,000 This
one cry was raised two years ago
y hen the Creek lands were thrown
'en TO lease. Nothing is heard about
.asIngaow. Tie fact is that while
Ie public thought the "land sharks
! ere robblng the Indians, the Indians
ere sklnning' whites on the lease
isiness every day This may also be
he Of the Cherokee freedman, who
4 Ills his allotment 10 the whites for
% before he even selects his allot-
bent. or knows.ln what part Of the
.tlon he Is going to take it.
The cause Of the cry Of land
|harksn IN the Cherokee nation lies
\ the fact that a few individuals and
md filrms have conceived tbs idea OF
sing the negroes Unsuitable greed for
sady money to buy whatever he may
let for an allotment. Il isa gamblers
|lance. and, accordingly, the pecent-
&c OF risk is large aud the Jackpot
he freedman rakes IN correspondingly
|mall. a freedman gets . certificate
4 citizenship and this IS satisfactory
yidence that, sooner or later, he will
ct an allotment. lie does not know
shethef Il will be in the oil fields, the
nA.pralrle or tie mountains OF the
'herokee nation. Neither does the
and man who is willing 70 buy. Ae-
.ordIngly the land man figures low on
I all.
After tile deal Is closed the buyer
proceeds TO induce the negro 70 Tile
where he wants him TO, getting htm
N as valuable tract Of land as he
an. lie proceeds at once also 10 file
AIS contract with the negro in every
district in the Cherokee Ma
Ion, 81 that no matter where the FL
ng IS made the contract covers It.
sometimes additionalmoney IS offered
I the negro files close TO town or IN
ne oil fields.
These land men assert that there IS
provision IN the Arkansas law which
iolds that q person may transfer any
Ana that he expects 20 hold IN the
slture by giving warranty deed, even
.bough at the time he mas not be In
,ossesslon Of It. When he gets II II
iasses Immediately to the purchaser
Yho holds 1.-THE warranty deed. But
,ood lawyers say that II Is necessary
3 give the description OF the land
In warranty deed 20
make Il good Tile negro cannot do
ils, a. he does not knoS where his
Illotment is going TO be. This means
multitude OF lawsuits, the more land
hus sold the more suits
The average amount OF land that a
'ltlzen gets ia the Cherokee Nation Is
.ixty acres, eclusiye o. his homestead.
This land is worth probably Sl5 an
-, OF 5000 for the tract, for which
he laud man pays sl0o 70 $50.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04

The snaalsA gostflugnl 10 ofter Is
heir the isfmfn vito efuw iulaeea. has
compelled the iebaeep leeie in snaln g.
fahe irnm the CanaFy Islands every year
Iur tht ntss feur years $50 u00 taunds
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04
New Jail Completed.

The new jail is now completed. The
inspectors we're here today 10 see that
everything was IN readiness for tile
removal Of the prisoners aud IN few
days they viii be in their new quar-
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04

No man could elsa me said Mlss
fIalnua. vllh decided emphasis
"oh. I dort knov rcthlned Miss
omples some meH are aefallf reck-
less "-Chlcaeo Dali News
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04

plker Nhl dld ihes call the medieval
period the dark aessgF
Professor because Il was knight
time Cornell Widow.
The evening world., 1904-06-22
KILLS HERSELF BY
] DAUGHTERS SIDE
Worrying Over Her Poverty,
Mother of Three Children
Takes CarboIic Acid and Dies
Before Medical Aid Arrives.

Mrs. Mary Mackesey, forty-ive years
I'd, Of No. 1855 Third avenue, took her
lfs to-day by drinking a quantity Of
earbolic acid in the presence of her
twelve-year-old daughter.
For the past few months John Mac
lkesey. the woman's husband. a car
penter. had been out of work. Upon
the wife fell the burden OF making
both ENDS meet for herself. her hus-
band and three children. And she has
had little sleep from worrying over her
poverty.
Mackesey got q job a few days ago
and the family prospects frightened.
Instead Of having an exhilarating effect
upon tho woman she began to act
strangely and talked a great deal In
an tnooherent manner
When the husband vent out to get
some milk for breakfast to-day the
woman called her daughter into the
front room.
%" am going TO heaven. Mary she
said. whereupon she drew a bottle con-
tanning carbolic acid from her pocket,
quickly swallowed the contents and
fell to the floor. She died before an
ambulance could be summoned