The Lexington intelligencer. [volume], October 12, 1901, Image 6

About The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949

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Parul Chrkj 1ecroase
Ea minus.
a Bailr&ad's
Tne toliowipg story cuwes from
Liareuworih, Ks.
..Sever.il jtass ago l lie Missouri Pa.
cirie railroad isutd an ouhr which
jroviiied Uiat a mail agent's pass was
;oud only while be was on duly in his
Uhil car: that no conductor could
loiior a mail uyenfs pass under any
circniKjiauccs except when the mail
agent was at work. The mail agents
did not co.upiain, but retaliation ws
muMutii-j a;ju n pian or action was
adopted.
1: flioul.t he understood that (lie
government p.i)s ihe railioaus 10 a
year lor cveiy hundred pound of mail
it carries oach mile. For example, if
len pounds of mail were carried by the
Missouri Paeiiic one mile lor one year
it would receive $10. If n carried len
pounds of mail ten miles for a year it
would j;et Moo. The more mail the
company carried and the farther it car
nej it the more the company would
get. Therefore, if the mail agent
could reduce toe weights, the company
would receive less money for carrying
me uiaiiS.
At the lime tne railroad company
took actiou regarding the postal clerks'
passes it was customary for the mail
agents to carry the surplus empty
puuunes la lUeir cars to the end of
their ltitis, and then back again. There
were usually duz;ns of empty . mail
pouches m the cars. The canvas
pouches weigh three pounds and the
leather or -bull-hide" uoucbes wpioh
about eleven pouuds each. After the
pass order instead of carry-in the
pouches through, the mail agents put
loem on at near stations aud sent them
back.
The mails are weighed every four
years by the government, and payment
made fnr the following, four years on
the basis of these weights. When the
time came to'weigh the mails again,
the postal department was astonished
at the falling off in weights on the
Missouri pacific system. The system
wn.cn naa Deen put into practice made
a auiereuce of thousands of dollars
every year. The postal department
me matter up, learning the
uuse, ana issued a sweeping order ap
plying the same method to every rail
road in the United States.
In a year or so the Missouri Pacific
eu unotber order prohibiting mail
agents from sleeping in the car. The
mail agents observed thai the leather
weighed eleven pounds, while
me canvas sacks weighed only three
pounds. Therefore as soon as a leather
"ouii n.ue sack appeared on the
Missouri Pacific it was as quickly as
possible switched to another read.
The department learned what was
going on and about a year ago decided
to make a ligtner mail bag instead of
the leather or '-bulHs hides."
Thus a little game of "getting even"
on one railroad is saving the govern
ment a million and perhaps more dol
lars every year.
ulume of poems.
She knows how to sew
Sue is exceedingly fond of reading.
m a good horsewoman.
She knows politics like a man.
She is an accomplished linguist. "At
ber oilioial reception,.," according to
Whtelmaa Who Caused Trouble for Him
self and Compsoien.
Two West skle wheelmen stopped
at a th-!? store in vM. an ! ir.nini
soda, end while they were drinking a
-o - .v, uuu nunc inn ncio uiiiiMiij; a
one who knows !,, ..,Uo will be able nan. with a Ilium, on hi back came
to chat lo inpir (tftn ntriia fTa wild ... . 1 1 i t
. . """iii aiiu ruereu a glass oi mineral wa
naif the ambsdor thrw " 4 . n. , , . . .. . .
half the, ambasadors there."
She has taught her children In fiav
Father" and -Moilier."
She is dei piy reunions.
Mrs. K )oseve!l has brown rre n,l
brown hair.
She wears her hair in one wv
j
always brushed a way smoothly from
her face, and then coiled ni the back.
She dreses simply, especially in tie
street, wears no j -wels excepting with
u.i-iuuK uress wnicii h always very
uauasome
111 ATI
v w v iviv tt'V, n lULiillVU
and KUjijed his mineral waterand ono
of Hie vimmr Wfn ui; K.-mf ,i ... jh i'nr
- J o "-' niuivui iinauiug
any disrespect to the hunchback, said
t 1,;.-
iu uia luiiijuuiion;
''Touch that humn nnr?
1 .. . 1 I 1 mi
iu uv poou iuck. uieotnervouug
man discouraged the advice by a
warning shake of his head, and the
hunchback went out.
An hour Infer. snv thp Mii ,,i-nfl
, ... .......
Sentinel, they were wheeling along
i.v .... M l 1 1
vi i . . me avenue side by sideandou tec o.se
She has tne pnvUii ..,, . L. , ' "'"T"1"11'1
helneH i n .t x, A . 10 acn oUier nelthfr touching the
neiped to make Mr nulm,,i . h n , .. . ...
pnn,.i..r nf , ""nuicuarotnig whec , but each w th
popular, of remeillbenncr not nnlu thn .. l .... , ....
Deroniitr nf ,k .k v nana on tne other isliouldcr. Asa
personality of those she meets nnn ..... , , .
only occasionally. bu, lneir nam,a " " r0ingf0ie
f,, ....V . -M.cN rming. Tne sound of an ar
LAkGEST STOVE PLANTIN THLWQRLD
(makes Happy Homes
facts regarding them.
with the
history
Virginia Too Eager.
Slamr RusUer.
Virginia, the home of patriots of the
early history of tbiscountry.has allowed
her sentiment in the hour of distress,
occasioned by the assassination of the
president, to get the better of her judg.
ment. It happened that the constitu
tional convention of the state was in
"iou at the time the president was
rdered, and acting on the impulse
nf ! I.
- .uC moment it voted to omit from
the state's bill of rights the guarantee
of the "liberty of the press and free,
dom f speech." As a matter of fact
" 1'berty of the press bad nothing
ectiy or indirectly to do
vinat,ou, and the past
w such crimes is no reflection on the
frMdoia the newspapers of thl,
country enjoy. Lincolu' assassination
due to the animosity occasioned by
, cml war- Weld's death to that
a disapp0ipted oflice seeker of bis
o party, while McKlnley's datb
was due to anarchy, which the press of
bis country is doincr mn . ..i
nlenpt than any other agency. The
errestmative. of the constitutional
nnventlon of Virgio,. were seemingly
00 eager to express their condemna
. jumped ,t a conclusion
. eh WilS w'""g and not founded on
ttOt 5.
Tlielir,tLil(,yoflheLttiia I
"n. lioo.sevek i
, uj uie ii nest
aritan womanhood.
She is thoroughly domestic, devoted
t Jiubland, children and home.
'"' .f the fc.w clubs Jn mhich sbe
tiikLS an active interest is the Mothers'
W-atiou of New York state, of
wkich sbe l8.a member. President
osm-It is on the advisory board of
.National Association of Mothers.
Mls' IWveli b&t published a
ARKESTEDFOB I5IWAMV.
Rev. Frauk IJ. Roherann U 111 tha Pav
. w.,, v au IMV UUf
uiumy Jail on that Charge.
Last Friday nitrht Rev. Fmnt n
uoberson was arrestfid at inn.h,n.
" UliJUIIIC)
ten miles southwest of Richmond, by
onstaote Ki Thompson upon a war
rant charging hin with bitramv nH
was brought to Ricbmoi d that nitrhi
and placed in the Ray county jail, says
i k o .
mn vuuservaior.
Rev.Roberson was married in Parmii
county on December 5th. 1897, to Miss
T.. r
eresa .iaaison, a dsnsrhter of Jnh
Madison, a prominent Carroll onnm
...er resming near Stet. In Septem
oer, iuu, be left Carroll countv
telling bis wife he was eoinr awn m
w"uutl revival meeting, and nevpr
returned. He located at hunshine
where hp nnu
-.- r. v.,.,tu lo lDe nieinouist ...... v mimt,
congregation at that place and on the DOG AND COON ARE FRIENDS
81st dav of Ontnhor innn k ... .
ricd lo Mrs. Marv I. Snowd " Bnt th 0ther Do2 L"c Alike to the
of the late Lewis Snowden. n T" . .Pet
vieorue JiecniPr.sc lf innvr lini n
iwuerson i0. 1 was nfnrm.rf . . . w uc
some time ago that her husband w. Wh,Ch 1S about the ni0tintelli-
liiog in Ray county'.nTl Zl S V
- a . . r inn imvcii i' n itim A i
(j- . kvau J. (Ill
proaching carrkcp wns harA in iha
darkness ah-oad. anr? nr.nfiv n, no t
7 j it.viivij uatai-
nage bore down on them.
'Steady now. Boh." miM T-Va1 uc
they pedaled alon or cn-iftl
smoothJv. "AVe ran cta (rn.j ,i,;s
like a top."
The horses attachpd in in
had evidently been taking a nap, for
when thevawoke and RAIT iha Ki-.rlna
immediately in front of them 'they
snorted and shied. One or both of the
riders also shied. One wheel made
- I' viuco ill
front of the other and in a moment
wheels, legs, pneumatic tires and
sweaters were mixeil nr. n.wv,r. -
. iMtuin vii
I.- 1 3 1 .
me uaru aspnait.
As SOOn as "Rob" nnfanrrlnrl l.Irv,
.-".....i. U A J11XII-
self and sat up he shook his fist at hi?
milieu companion and wailed: "It's
all your fault. I told vnn ii i
- ----- jv V lUlllll
that hump." Xow he is more supej-
ffiiuviis man ever before.
l;i lllil
The peHect Stove and Range is
aisunguisnea oy &Dove trade mark.
turn m all k
Gillen Lexington, Mo.
"" aaaawwwwwwuwww rt'Tt n ni(i n n n io u j j iL
4uto,
air Banisters, J
walnut Coffin
Metallic and
Wooden bJ
We sell the Mound Ciiv fn'c ffno m;j t
i . J ww iuiacu i anus,
these paints are also entire! V niirp vnnonnnt Kn.i x
oaint anvwlifr ,7o ol. i..n . i , ?
, t .v v,. .. tairy a iU1J siOCK 01
Alwjs on hand
They respectful,
be articles nf .k., M,tlS;
cubebou"0-!
Leads, Oils. Enamel
Varnishes, c&c.
a ecoud time, but refused to believe
mat be was a biiramiat until .
weekc ago when the learned all nf ih
iu lue case.
Rev. Robersun wi
and can suddIv vou with
I.. 11 ' J v j,uu may neeu in tnts
I line at the lowest prices.'
CRENSHAW c& "STOU1TC.
jH).l.l.10.0tM,l, IHu'lMi,,,,' (
Winkler Furnifc
fSii
f10"1"" 1 H H II lltfUtmillftftniinnn. t
I WILLIAM n. HANiriu r. . .. "J"i
it while out hunting one day last'
3 1 ..... i
"rung, aim ne brought it home to ex
hibit it to his friends. The raccoon
was a little fellow, ius-t bsmk-
walk, and was put in a cage and placed
41... 1 , , 1. .(ii i 1
Presldout.
U. W. Ii. TEV.s
VlecPrei.
hearing before a justice o t e p TX' TTlT"'
T.,a.A a 1. 1 . . . ... peace at the back of he sn onn
.-vua, nuu III) case Will fnmo n . I
trial at the October term of the circuit f r I WUld 6tand B0
court.
ioonng, however, and at the-least at
tempt to approach him would snap
nmA kU t:i. m i
Through tn ii.: TV "Ae iam. ue was well
rn nrii 15. .i...... . . . lKU """even-tfiinffdonetomalfoo
North Arkan LJa ' ... T. animal comfortable. In time h 1..
opened to Uarrison, Arkansas, esuli- came"10re tame, and at lat he was al-
lishinizHn ptnnutinn .;, .t. t. lowed th liif-rt- a4 V, l tt
" v.uu mm me rrisco , 'J eaiuon. lie
lifle from Selieman) direct railway com- became a favorite with everybody who
munication with some ot the richest came in contact with him and onn
.inepnu ITrZ? doWn a day, and
able panorama of ruKed mouin owSomT! P00' '
ranges and fertile valleys to befound on , . m he knowg Jally findin2
oiujus, ana in r.v.
WAl.TKIt II.WAUUKLL
C'mliler,
LEXINGTON SAVINGS BANK,
LEXINGTON,
PAID UP CAPITAL,
MISSOURI.
?",m,,bkta bualne,. Sollclu.ocounu
Liberal accommodations to custoaiera.
$50,000
'"; vvf UCIUUUU 01
the American continent, a trin tt.
. lv inn.
rison is well worth the time so spent
cuuer irom a enmmerpial nr . .;i.
I seeing atana point
E. I LOOIS,
Bookseller
and Stationer,
IIOiJlQln SL IHIRGTOI. 10.
1 HEADQUARTERR FOR
School Books,
and Supplies,
Picture Mouldings,
Artists Supplies
and
D
aDer.
paniel, are great chum, and it is
comical to watch the two together
WTC uw If I IS r.r,,r . 1
back and drive him around the place
Last night two dogs entered thesa
loon, and the minute thev w-t eves on
uie coon, ttey wtnt for him
1 ete backed into a tiirm.r n,i
ing on his hind ft-.-t ni i.;
jure-
paw, ,ke a prizefighter, and got in go
many cross twiners, mm,., i
straight blows that he had K,th the
dog. licked- in no time. They turned
tail and ran out of ih.. ,,i t... .n
they were worth, with .te afttr
them.
He landed on the hack of the largest
dog and nearly dn.ve that ar.imal
'' iij HTatciimgundhitinghim
It was a victory for I.(c. 8nd hc
ftemedtoreiilizeiljorhtwalkedup
to where the banana., were kept, and
wu'd not ?oayjinUn
A Brilliant Mathematician. j
Fletcher Jloulton, King Edward's
counsel and number of parliament,
who was recentlv
of acre. IfiMs nno .-,-'ti... .... i .
mathematiciaDs turned out from the
TOsmes wi,0 have achieved a, ,o
sition in public life. Fletcher Moul
ton was not only senior wranglvr of
ls year, he did what no other first
j wrangler has done before or since
jhe doubled the mark of the second
i 'i3"- As acicntist he is sulliciently
.distinguished to be a member of the
Itoyal society. His income at the bar
.where he is the first authority u,on
patent law, Js said to approach 20,.
; Dyti ttou Jelliei and Jmi.
An exhibit al HnhV. . .
. . ,, " case oi
cloth originally wlri;.., that has been
Jjed yellow, orang,, scarlet, crimson,
ulue and puru e. bv nnui;,,.. ..i...
traded from various jellies and jam,
K F NICHOLSON
K HOFFMAN
Walter B W added
D WB Te?1
WD Rankin
Fannie W Barton
H B Duke. Curator
Jackson Bradley
DIRECTORS
WDKANKIN JOHN E KVLAN1J w, ,
M uuinn i ii 1 1 1 1 v i i
D W B TEVI8
A O VOCNQ
STOCKHOLDERS I
m Luapman
B Hoffman
Rufus Voum
Alice W WinRate
A 0 Young
Henry C Wallace
!
4. . ... .
Jno E Kyland
MrsSKenlck
Settle W Smith
CE Chapman
B A Wallace
W G McCaualand
J Q Chamber
0 AKrlehn
Henry Halnkel
E F Nlcbolson
LO Chapman J
KICHAKD FIELD. PhB8x "
CHARTEHED wJR' " AS'M"W-C-"
, Pa,d Capital. $60.COO.
Momson-Wentworth Bank
Klcbard Flela n , ., BOARD OP DIKRCTOKS;
wr5iisr-
0.K,CAU8LAND.P,e.. B.B.,KBLAKr....
The Traders' Bank,
X.EXIRQTOW, Mo
fAID GITt. so qq
Heating Stoves,
Steele Ranges,
Cook Stoves,
Cheapest and Best at
0- F. mtne
Lexington, Mo.
Harris-Alton Lumber" Co
INSOMIt
Farm property ins:
cupied by tenant or
Risks written in
w-uuniy. H ill com t
personal inspection.
rate upon application.
Insupe anvtiiixc. 1'
-all on him at c
Lexington.
II. w.
REAL ESTA:
ior sale in Lexington,
for sale. Houses to:
you have anv real d
sen place it
cost if no
Lexington.
in his tu:
sale. C
II. W. 1
III 11
Abstracter, Loan
AND
Tel. 105
iiVEs voir tub.
Best Grades at Lowest Prices
liKl-OUE liuvixo SKK
w v J' J' RH0DES' M'Q'R Uxig,ni Mo
W.W. CORSE, M'G'R.,Wdlislon) mo.
Insurance if
rm and City Property lor
MONEY TO LOi
Will loan money on improved
at 6 and 5i ixrcent'
Olllcn front room over Ten
store. LoxiiKftmi. H
Low Kate Kxcnr:
all Summer via
THE BURIINGTOU
Durlnir the foininewi"111"
linalon Koutu will lm ""
very, lowest excursimi W'
ever been nnide. The eell(r'
.. ... . . ...,
inese I'nieH, (lesiiiiitn""
varied that the public shouW -
neareHt ticket anew i"'"r"
do us the favor to ttiilff"'6
criptive matter, etc,
Cheap Summer Tours W'1
Colorado, Utah and 1!' 11
Homeseekers' excursions
weeks to the whole West
wes . r
M-'
Viieap j',xcuisM"ia -..
rnnii trli. r,itw til tllHl"
sition, the Sea.shore. Adiwj'
aaa. MicliiKan imm
thousand eastern resit- ;
rail trips east, via t,W
Cleveland. r
Cheap KxciiisionsNort"'.
to St. Paul.
Suiierior resorts
Ask for the linrlinu-n
cursion i ate circulars.
rlif,.M.iii Kvciiisiiins If"1,.
ducted every U.lnes
TluirHtUV I1
City and St. .'Joseph'
.... ........ ainlPf1"1
nie hi ioi i" - I trip
terdeseriblnKtlie l""lm.s,5(:
IV. II. UHO.IKK, vnl
s
u'iu iiriihei
Khiishk City, M.
Howaui. Ki
GonoMlMmwiror. 1l"M