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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-06-13
Washington Letter.
CLYDE H. TAVENNER.

tie 10 do in connection with the
filling of fourth class post offices.
Civil Service examinations will
be held for the filling of each
foW In class office, and these eX-
aminationS will be open to all
including the present postmas-
tiers.
1t would not appear from the
copy of the Civil Service Com
miSHon's instructions to appli-
cantS for the fourth class post
master examinations that the
tests are very severe, and yet,
experience shows that there are
not a few who fail to pass. The
subjects covered by the exam
nation AMI the credits given
are;
% Elementary arithmetic and
accounts Simple tests in addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and
division of whole numbers and
common and decimal fractions
and statements of a pOstmaster's
accountS), 40 credits.
~ Penmanship (the legibility,
nearness and general appearance
of the competitors handwriting
in the subject of letter writing),
10 credits.
(3) Letter writing Ga letter of
not less than 125 words on one
of two subjects furnished, 10
credits.
a. Copying manuscript adj
dresses Ga simple test in copying
ace rately addresses given 10
credits.
(5) Facilities for t%ranSactlng
postal business Chased on the To-
cation of The post office site,
the convenience Of office arrange
mentS, eta., thirty credits; total
100 credits.
The examination in the first
subject consists of five questions
along the following lines.
In question l the competitor
is given eight whole numbers to
add and from their sun he is re-
quired to subtract another given
Whole number.
In question 2 the competitor is
given the value of the stamps
cancelled at a certain postOf-
flee, the amount of money re.
ceived for newspaper and period.
zeal postage, and from the sale
of waste paper, Irvine, etc. also
the box rents collected. He i
required to enter the figure.
in a given form, and to compute
the salary of the postmaster for
the quarter in accordance will
the directions given in the form.
Question 5 consists of multipli
cation and division of decimals
and also the reduction of
fraction to a decimal.
Question 4 is a practical appl'
cation Of measurements, sue
as finding how many postOffic
boxes of a given size can be pu
in a certain space, or how man
yards of linOleum of a give
width are required to cover
floor of a given size, etc.
Ia question 5 the competitor
given the amount and fee
each money order issued and IL
amount of each money ord
paid at a given post office for
certain month. From this da'
he is to make a statement Of Il
pOstmaster's account with Il
Government in a prescribed for
and to balance the statement.
All persons securing an ave
age of 70 will get their names
the eligible list, and from Il
three highest the postmaster-ge
eral will select the postmaste
In the case of persons honorab
discharged from the military
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-06-13
Dover Notes.

Win Wun was in Lexington
Friday.
Mrs. Ella Stolte shopped in
Lexington Friday.
w. S. MCGEE had business in
Corder Thursday.
f. L. Cox, wife and small son
were in Lexington Friday.
Mr.. Alb JcffrieS and daughter,
Miss Emma, of Odessa were here
last Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Robert McGee and four
children Of Canyon, Texas, came
Tuesday to spend the summer
with f. J. McGee and family.
Mrs. Jeffy Wilson and baby
son are spending this week with
Mrs, D. II. Pagan.
Miss Irene Mcdaniel and sis
ter, Mrs. Earl Mcdaniel, of Gary,
Oklahoma, came in Saturday for
a visit with their grandmother,
Mrs. X. c. Hogan.
Hugh VIM and son, Hugh,
Jr., of M~uskogee, Okla, are here
TIN week visiting with his par
ants, Mr.. and Mrs. +. B. VIM.
Master marlborough Mon
tague of Marshall is here this
week visiting his aunt, Mrs.
Fraak Evans
Warner Bishop and sister.
Miss Marie, of Lexington were
here Sunday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Zeyzing and
daughter, Miss Jean, with THEN
guests, Mrs. Virginia Johnson.
and two daughters, Miss Bess
and Mrs. James Sydnor, of Kan
sas City went to Grand Pass
Tuesday to spend the day.
Mrs. r.. /. Yokley entertained
a number Of young people Tues
day night tor her brother, Vern.
Vaughan.
Miss Francis Yingling returned
to her home in Lexington Wed.
nesday evening after a weeks
visit here with Miss Helen Cole.
Mrs. Virginia Johnson anC
two daughters, Mrs. James sgd
nor, and Miss Bess Johnson, o.
Kansas City came down Sunday
for d weeks visit with relatives.
Children Day exercises wer,
B given at tine Christian Churcl
last Sunday night to a crowded
house. TIE numbers were gooC
and greatly enjoyed by the larg,
audience. The program follows
Song -Children's Day, BY the Schoo
Prayer-Eld. w. O. Thomas.
Song-"Just a Smile" by school.
Recitation A Little Violet.
Elaine Cole.
Exercise and Drill-Farmer Boys.
BY Nine Boys.
Vocal Solo-"Hello Central Give M
Heaven"
Miss Edna Pauling,
Recltation-Hiram Jenkins Way.
Kenneth Fox.
Exercise-Loving Hearts and Willin
Hands.
Four Boys and Four Girls.
/, Vocal solo-By George Slusher.
Recitation-By Addie Mary Butler.
Recitation-By Bert VIM.
Quartette Mrs. Frank Gordon, Mr.
, w. B. Harwood, Emmett Slushe
Harold Slusher,
Exercise-Weeds and Blossoms.
Recitation-By Anthony Gray.
Vocal solo-By Mrs. w. B. Harwoo.
Recitation-A Smile, a Touch and
, Word.
Miss Florence billiard.
EXercise---Little Sweet Clovers.
Misses Kathryn and Francis Yoke
Recitation---"Goin to de Picnic"
Floyd Fox.
Exercise---Boy of the Boys.
BY Six Boys.
Quartet--Lee Slusher and three son
Exercise---Building the Ladder,
O BY Eight Girls.
. Talk by Ed. Thomas.
Collection.
Exercise and Tableau, Garden a
Field.
BY Twenty Girls and Boys.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

MS country He specnlates on tho
bourse and while successf,lI at first
soon becomes so involved thu, mo
conservative estimates Of mis- losses
place them at three millions. Uo
was no better Mt playing the inop,
cial game than he was Of tho
political.
But all this time the vandarbiIt
family he's not been Idle. SaveraI
months ago Mrs Vanderbilt sanior
and her two sons insisted on goinp
over the affairs of the young peopIe
This took time. Two months apo
Mrs. Vanderbilt hurried 10 London
where she was met by the Count
and the result of this meefins ;a
apparent In the announcement that
The Szectenyis will live in london
permanently. The Vanderbilts feel
mat 1t is time for the Conut 10 dron
his former expensive friends and
pleasures. Mrs. Vanderbilt insists
mat what is left OF the twelve mil
lions must be tied mp for the SEE
chenyi children. And this is about
10 be done. in legal form. The in
come only Of this remnant can Ia
spent by the parents. Added 10
this is a rumor that Mrs. Vanderbilt
.A"' OSicu 20 pay tuc rent or inc
London establishment so long as the
young "spenders" live up TO this
agreement
The Counts men friends were also
very expensive. He financed several
noblemen VINO had no means OF their
own and he helped the Prince Miguel
dc Braganza in his struggles to win
Anita Stewart
The Szechenyis could live on their
mountain estate in spite of the re-
duction in their incomes, but the
Countess has had more than enough
of the loyal and unwashed peasan-
try.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
A prosaic Retreat to
London Ends a Romantic
Dream Dissipated by Rude
Realities. Huge Expenses,
Hungarian Peasants and
a Noble Husbands WAYS

of the great show places OF Hungary.
This means that the Countess's
fortune of twelve millions had been
depleted by four millions, and this
amount being tied up in land was
practically non-productive. Adding
to this the five millions settled on
the Count which he would consent
TO use only as he pleased and II can
readily be seen why the Vanderbilt
family were uneasy.
But there were other expenditures
that drained even the great Ameri-
can fortune of the Vanderbilt heir
css. When she married the Count
the Szechenyi jewel boxes were
empty. AS an American bride and
heiress 1t was natural that the
Countess should want to have Jewels
as valuable as those worn by the
Archduchesses and other ladies of
rank. IL is estimated that it took
one million dollars to replenish this
jewel box. The countess's Jewels
are the envy OF every one who sees
them. In justice to the Count &c
must be confessed that he spent
some OF his own money in this task.
The Count admits now that he did
not realize how the money wax
melting. He. like the average man
who marries, instead of earning. a
fortune. supposed that there could
he no end to the money.
And now the Count develops a new
phase. Having been foiled in his
political aspirations and having lost
interest in his new estates, he goes
IN for high finance He takes the
three millions left of his five and at
tempts to make himself Money King
OF Hungary. Being absolutely liz
norant he goes boldly in where wise
men would fear to tread. He
forms syndicate to gain control of
the transportation corporations of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
za
1t Is Wrong to Say
Knots per Hour -

4 INE out of ten persons will
NJ say that such and such
steamship is capable of
steaming at twenty knots per
hour" nautical man would
simply say twenty knots Which
would be correct? The latter, OF
course. The mistake arises from
the fact that the landsInan thinks
that knot is Just the nautical
term for sea mile which is, in
Inc rough, $3.50 feet, or about one
and one-eigth land or statute miles.
Knot Is not a distance at all
1t Is speed. The word "speed"
combines distance and time. For
instance. If we wish to speak of The
speed OF locomotive we refer To it
as so many miles per hour. There Ia
no single word in the language to
express speed units, so we must
use two words-miles and hours.
AS Is well known, the sailor has a
language peculiar to himself, ana he
mas invented, above other things =
single word for unit Of speed. Thus
a speed Of one nautical mile per.
hour is called lone knot" Hence II
is excessive to tack on another "per
hour after the word knot when tho
word already includes one per
Perhaps some will ask how the
word knot originated, and the ey-
PLANTATION of this is simple. When
n seaman wishes TO ascertain the
speed Of his craft he does so by
means of log line, which consists
of piece of wood called the log
or the log Ship to which is al
fached length of line. The line
is knotted at regular intervals, the
distance between two CONSECUTIVE
knots bearing the same proportions
to a sea mile that the time .of a
sand glass used in connection with
tho operations bears to an hour.i
Thus, for instance, if after tho
log is thrown overheard tho line
paying freely out lets out fifteen of
It's knots in tho time that it takes:
lhe sand glass to run down, then thel
ship is making fifteen knots. y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

hundred dollars In creating the su.
peru homorn estate. In graceful
compliment to the fortune that per.
united this luxury, the Count named
inc new estate Gladys Castle"
Az this time Mrs. Vanderbilt and
her sons became alarmed over the
expenditures Of the young people
ana they tried to call halt. On
talking over the situation they
found that half a million had been
spent i'll renovating and refurnish-
ing Castle Szechehyi at Oermezoe,
and nearly six hundred thousand on
the komorn estate in making it one
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
ROW the Countess Was Surrounded by Swarms Of
but Oncouth Peasants on Her Hushands Esta4a
Vanderbilt, have been alarming

Vanderbilt, have been alarming.
Five millions had been settled on
the count at the time of his mar
riage This amount was placed in a
bank in Vienna before the marriage
ceremony and later two million
more was added TO this. But the
last amount was generally credited
10 The Countess
The marble: palace in Budapest
Win lts art treasures and rare fur
nishings cost one million. II was
'his hrst great expenditure that led
III" count 10 believe that there could
never be an end TO his wife's fortune.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

lie insisted that this palace and the
expensive improvements made on
the family estates be paid for by his
wife. This attitude is held in
variably by these titled fortune
hunters who need American money
to keep body and soul together.
They contend that as the estates
Will belong to their children. their
wives should pay the price. But it
is only at such times that the foreign
husband. acknowledges that the
mother of his children has any real
right in them.
The Counts personal expenses
were very large, his friendships ex.
pensive, then there were debts. past
and future, to consider and he fatty
refused 10 spend his money for the
benefit OF his children.
And so the million dollar mansion
was paid for by the Countess.
Then the count decided that be
would like to have another estate in
the heart Of the Magyar country. in
me wild mountains OF Hungary. and
'he countess spent one million eight
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

iHe dHCleNl oTlB- II N\NN\Ni
tocracy which has ! N\#\%A
remained purely N>>\%''
and passionately NJ
patriotic. While
other young noblemen have
been fascinated by the charms
of the Niennese court and other
young noblewomcn have pre-
ferred Austrian husbands, the
men and women of the SEE
chenyi house have lived in
their own country. and they
have only, with rarc exceptions,
intcrmarried elsewhere.
They do not so 10 the Wen
nesc court except for official
duties. as in the case of Count
Jaszlo'S father, who was Il dis
tiDguished statesman and AMI
bassador. and often at the En-
peror'S court as matter Of no.
scsSity, and so with the Counts
eldest brother. who was for
some years AustrO-H Hungarian
Ambassador to Denmark and
Norway. They consider it their
duty TO stay in Hungary as u
family.
Every bearer OF the name,
with the exceptions of the Cor-,.
mcr Gladys Vanderbilt, speaks
The national language, whether
q member of the house by mar.
riage or birth. This Is in con
frast to many other old houses
or the aristocracy, where the
German of fashionable Vienna
md the French of Paris are
tho languages used.
The Vanderbilt marriage was
looked upon with great favor by
Count Las2lo's relatives. They
posed that the bride would ha,
domestic establishment in Buda
which would add an attraction to
aristocracy to counterbalance
gayeties Of Vienna. They suppt
IT would also be possible to get
TO dedicate her time and none,
the benevolent plans of charity
philanthropy which have absor
the Szechenyi family in Hungary
many centuries, but they have /
bitterly disappointed
And now to think that this Ii
American moneybag should
away from Budapest, should fors
the Szechcnyi estates and the
chenyi glories and complain that
national customs are barbarous!
Is an outrage, sir, and for a
aHront than this the Szecher
nave shed rivers of blood in 7
tines"
me inroads made by Szeche
extravaganza and Szechenyi az
tions into the fortune left the Co
eSs py her father, the late Corne
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

the ancient srls-
tocracy which has
remained purely
and passionately
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-05-02
Grow. AS Convention city.

Sioux Falls-The state gatherings
which have been held here this year,
and others which are to be held dur
ing the remainder of the year, mark
Sioux Falls as the convention city of
South Dakota. Since the first of the
year four state conventions and an
auto show have been held in the city.
The conventions we're the annual
meeting of the South Dakota Press
association, a state farmers institute,
the annual convention of the South
Dakota Sunday school association and
a meeting of the South Dakota pres
bytery. Many other gatherings are
scheduled for Sioux Falls during the
spring Many other gatherings are
scheduled for Sioux Falls during the
spring, summer and fall. Other con-
conventions slated are the Sognaia-
get, a Norwegian society, on June "a
and Is, and the grand lodge of the
Knights of Pythias, whose dates are
June II to 10. The Sioux Valley
Medical society will also meet here in
June. The State Pharmaceutical &C.
ciety will meet here August 13 to 15
Other conventions. whose dates are
not yet announced will also hold their
sessions at Sioux Falls this year. w
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-05-02
SPORT.
SPORT.
STANDING OF TEAMS.
wae<Arn a. r,,,o

Gunboat Smith and Jess Willard,
heavyweights, have. been matched for
a twenty-round bout to be held in San
Francisco May II.
Luther McCarty, the heavyweight
champion claimant, and Frank Moran
of Pittsburg, have been matched for
ten-round bout in New York.
William P. Cresson, second secre-
tary of the United States embassy,
won the diplomatic golf championship
cup in London in the stroke competi-
ton played at Ranelagh.
Bud Anderson of Oregon won from
Knockout" Brown of New York by
clean knockout in the fifteenth round
of their scheduled twenty-round light
weight bout in Los Angeles.
All of the classic events of former
horse racing days, the Suburban,
Metropolitan and Brooklyn handicaps,
the Lawrence realization and other
failures, are to be renewed during the
eighteen days racing, which will be
tried at Belmont park, New York, be-
ginning on Decoration day.
AS IcSulI VI LIS uclcdt NY f1dTl6Iu
Tommy Murphy, AID Wolgast will fight
no more long ring battles. Wolgast's
manager, Tom Jones, made this an
nouncement recently, but the former
lightweight champion himself refused
to say definitely that he would give up
twenty-round matches. 81 guess l
need rest" spoke up Wolgast, "but
l haven't any intention of quitting the
game for keeps. However, l don't
think will box as often in the future
as have been"
Henry Ordemann and Jess Wester-
gard made short work of a wrest-
ling match in Des Moines, Ia, Wester-
gard winning the first fall in Is
minutes and Ordemann the second
and third in II and Is minutes.
Jack Britton of Chicago outpointed
Matty Baldwin, the Boston light
weight, on a one-sided ten-round bout
in Chicago.
George (Knockout) Brown, the Chi
cago middleweight, outfought Billy
Grupp of St. Louis in ten-round pre-
liminary, while Willie Beecher of New
York outpointed "One-Round" Hogan
the California lightweight. in another
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-05-02
VICTIM OF ACCIDENT
w. r. SHEARON KILLED NEAR
ELK POINT WHEN HIS AUTO
SKIDS ON A TURN.
HAPP ENiNGS OVER THESTATE
What\ is Going on Here and There
That is Of Interest to the Read.
ers Throughcut South Da-
kota and Vicinity.

Elk Point.-W. r. Shearon, retired
farmer of this city, was killed in an
auto. accident west of town, on the
main road at the Hammond corner
While making a turn going south to
the j. w. Mcneil farm the auto skid
ded, striking the corner of small
bridge and turned turtle into the
ditch.
Art Flannery, who was working in
a field nearby, saw the accident. He
unhitched horse and rode to town
telling some men at the Star garage
They took car and on their arrival
there, with the assistance of some
farmers, lifted the auto off his body
One of the men found that the injured
man was still breathing and drove
back to town for a physician, who pro.
nounced the man dead.
Mr.. Sharon was ga years of age and
came from LeMars, la. He had lived
here for the last fifteen years. He
leaves a wife, four sons and two
daughters.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-05-02
Two Women Made Attorneys,

Rapid City.-Two more girl attor-
neys have been added to the list OF
lawyers in the Black Hills. Misses
Alice Bassett and Iva Taylor of this
city have been notified that they sue
cessfully passed their examinations
recently taken before the supreme
court at Pierre, and are now entitled
to practice in South Dakota. Both are
bright young stenographers in this
city and studied law in the offices OF
their employers during spare time
The only other girl lawyer in the
Black Hills is Miss Blanche Colman
of Deadwood, who was one of the first
girls in the state to successfully pass
the legal examination for admission
to the South Dakota bar.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-05-02
Increase in Land Values.

Sioux Falls.-Thc remarkable in
crease in the price of South Dakota
farm land is illustrated by recent
sales of school land in Douglas county.
In 1898 the average price of Douglas
county land was $3.50 an acre, while
at the school land sale recently land
was sold at an average of $55 per
acre, and as high as $79.75 per acre.
A section of land bought in the county
in 1898 at the average price which
then prevailed, and selling now as
improved land at 500 an acre, would
have made the owner an average of
$3.50 each year, or total OF $4,000
during the twenty years, figuring that
improvements were made out OF
money realized on crop returns.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-05-02
Take Valuable Team.

Rapid City-Fire at Wasta de-
stroyed livery stable belonging to
Charles Estlick, causing loss of 3d.
600 on which there was insurance of
$1,000. When Mr. Estlick locked the
premises for the night there were sew
en- horses in the barn, but on search
ing the ruins the next morning only
the carcasses of five were found. The
missing horses are pair valued at
$4,000 and are considered the most
valuable driving horses west of the
Missouri river The missing of the
horses, leads Mr.. Estlick to suppose
that the horses were stolen and the
barn set on fire to hide the crime.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-05-02
Finds Old Pocket Piece.

Pierre.-In 1883, Nick Beiwer, who
now resides near Capa, was putting
up hay for the Black Hills Stage COM
pany, with camp on Bad river where
Capa now stands. At that time he lost
a ten centimes copper Luxembourg
pocket piece he had brought with him
from his old home in Germany. few
days ago, practically thirty years af-
ter he lost the coin, while talking to
a business man Of Capa, the latter
picked something up at his feet and
when it was cleaned it was found to
be either the coin lost by Biewer thir-
ty years ago, or one just like it, and
it was turned over to Biewer as his
property.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-05-02
DAILY MARKET REPORT

= Minneapolis, April 24.-Wheat, May
SSMc; July, 91%c; No. northern
81 NC; No. 2 northern. S9ssc; No.
durum, 94c; No. 8 corn, ,56c; No. white
oats, 32kc; barley, mating 5Sc: No
rye. 5Sc; No. / flax, .$1,S2A.
Duluth, April 24-Wheat May, 90Ac;
July. 92%c; No. 1 northern, 91Xc; No
/ durum, &c.
g. South st; Paul. April 24..cattle-
calves, s5.oo@S.25: hogs, ;s.5S@s.sS;
sheep and lambs. $4.75@7OO.
Chicago Live Stock.
% c ona. s,i, April ri ,o S24;mHogsRecepts
days averages bulk of sales. $3.50
$50; light $S:S5@S,so; mixed. $500
@s.95;. pigs, $6:75@s.S5. ''''O
.Cattle-.Receipts. $4,000; SLOW mostly
10 to 15c lower for steers; beeves. s7.36
@s.2o;, Texas steers, ,$6S @7.sO; vest west.
ern,. $7.00@S.10; stockers and feeders
$6.20@8.10; cows and heifers, S3.9001
$40; calves, $6.00@s.35. ''''Vw
Sheep = Receipts. $4,000; barely
5000 q 7.25; yearlings, $3.50 q 7.so:
lambs, native, $6.60@S75; western
$6.75@8.75. ~
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-05-02
FEEDS A TRAMP, GIVEN $500
Check Proves Truth Of Adage, BREAD
Cast Upon Waters'-Recipient
Keeps Boarding House.

Slsterville, W. Vain a letter fro.
law firm in Bakersville, Cal, Miss
Jessie Watkins, a seamstress, re-
celved a check for $500 with a letter
OF explanations: it was a bequest In
the Will of Nathan Sanderbly.
SIX years ago Sanderbly was I =.
tramp and Miss Watkins was conduct
ing boarding house at Robinson.
She gave the tramp his breakfast and
oo cents. He inquired for her name.
which she refused to give, but he
learned the name from others in the
town.
he made his way to Bakersfield, Sc.
cured work in the oil fields, took up
lease and became wealthy. His en-
tire estate, with the exception Of the
POW goes to his only surviving rels
tive, brother.