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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-12

A perip.tetic show ont west goes
by TIE name Of WiEardisn Cssues'
|sromai.theum.
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Teacher Wanted,

TEACHER is wanted for the public COL
"A ORED SCHOOL in township forty -nit ;,
raiIge Iwenfy-ciglt. ueIr Greenton, LafaSette
county. No. Application can lie Inatie to the
un,I.r. .yr,d nj Or, cutup Ey order OF the town
shfn h,sui NJ NJ ROBINSON
or.-,y-it Township Clek.
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Eceensrici,ies OF . Famsu. Novelist.

we are strongly auVlseo Dv CnTy.
sale" to read the memoirs Of Paul
de Kock. just pubHsed by his son.
We learn from the memoirs that the
deceased novelist had perfect hor-
ror of quitting Paris. One day Nes-
tor Roqucplan elected from him that
he had never been to Holland, the
country of his father aud mother;
that tho idea Of visiting England,
where he was loved almost rs mucl,
~ Dickens. nevr crossed bis brain !;
that he had never seen the sea, but
only the Seine, and here and there the
Marne. His son was long time be-
fore he could get him to his country
house at Gournay, few miles from
the capital, SO great was his repug.
nance to leave the Boulevards. On a
few occasions he exhibited curiosity;
he was anxious at one time to see the
first Emperor, aud al artist took him
to the Tuiieries, where, during COLI
cert and whilst pretending 10 play a
fiddle: he had an opportunity to see
Napoleon. Ee expected to find a
hero, but merely saw very stout
and yellow little man. The death
of Paul de Kock was tragic enough.
During the siege he learned that his
little property just outside the walls
had been destroyed, that the troops
had cut down his trees, and that his
house had been sacked by marauders
During the Commune Paul de Kocs
could not be persuaded to leave hii
apartment in the Boulevard ST. Mar
tin. lie sat in his urn chair near the
window, motionlcss, silent and suf
fcring. When fighting was going OF
in the street, aud the Porte St. Mar
!, tin theatre was in flames close to hi
door, he refused to move, saying t.
his daughter, Go where? just a
we'll die here" After the Commune
he wished 10 go back to Roinainville
! and OIL being told it was occupied b!
I, Prussians, lie replied, swell, thu
Prussians are better than the banditt
} of the Commune" He was takcI
i'll, however, aud died at his hous
I in Boulevard ST. Martin. Accordin;
, to Chrysaie the hundred volumes O
s Paul dc kock are more entertainin;
+ than either Bossuet or Chateaubriand
l aud the man must be fool who can
: not enjoy them. Among his mos
t assidu Gus readers was the late Pope
I who always used to ask after 'Mi
J, caro- Paolo di Kocko;" but the men
e oirs and Chrysale both exaggerat
g the influence and popularity of th
b immortal novelist.-(Pall Mail G'
e zette.
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DRs. SMALL. CHAMBERS & co.

4. v. SNAIL. N. u. j r. ALEXANDER, n y.
q. w. YoCNG, N. ID. i. II. CHAMBERS, u. -
AA.-s.----s-a-.s the
hoIe thst their nssoria''rn ;'-. thrr will tend
greatly to promote their knowledge of diseases,
an,i to improve their skill in treating them
They will give SPECIAL attention TO Chronic
Disorders. Thy will, in all CASES, consider
their fees due when the services are rendered
:.,n, will collect rs soon thereafter rs they may
ilerm advisable
Oi,icc over McCausland & Bedford s store, op'
poStte the courf house. nOSl3u
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AOMINlsrR aTRlx,s NOTlCE.

NOTiCE 10 hereby given that letters OF AL.
a minisfration upon the estate of Robert b.
Young, deceased, were granted TO the under
signed by the Probate court Of Lafayette county, ,
on the ikth day Of Uctob r, ISIS.
All persons having claims against said estate
are gniresi To exhibit them for allowance to the
aiministratr,x within ono year after the dale Of
said letters, or they may be precluded from any
benefit OF such estate; aud Il such claims be not
exhibited within two years frum the date Of said
letters, they will be forever barrssl.
oc:t REBECCA YOUNG. A.tm'x
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AsARHxH rock-When the Graded
baby refuses to 60 to sleep.
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a"Hk9EAS, JeAA ~. Heskins and sarah i.
wv ferktas his WIN. Of TIE coanty cf a
Hsssas; ..d ss.ss e Iissesn. b iSssr oert.ia
p - asd @ reccsd e the kecorier's oiiee oi
.LAnyssfe county. Ateso0ri, b beck " No, i. an
IA6e - did convoy to TIE nnsiersixuel trnsfrc
~ eetiowiax drscribe1 real estsse, slnsfe, Eius
VI Wiseo1n. to-wtt:
fne ea1t half OF the nostheast qparter af seetior
namoel tAtrtssa tlq In tDvHshlr number tctty.
eakns - % rsAgs number tWenty-uine t9j /.
cnneintH8 eighty eSny Hcxca.
IN onss 3 srciN ne Paymeas fcrrsain pross-
I'd 49,. asa seees hare lose siaue bseoae
saance ofae powef vestsiia ne q ssnsS iinssss.
notes, I will, On
Wednesday, The sssA day 81 March,
a. D. l674,
IN froat Of the court house door, In the city
Of Lssinssos, 1.-THE II the county Of Lafayette.
OF nine O'Clock In The forenoon and ave
O'Clock m the afternoon Of thai day, sell as pub
lic vendue, TO the highest bidder, for cash, the
said traet and parcel o. land, SO much thereof
rromi.sory assr and Interest. WITH lie sosss 81 and and
sepst-sm GiLES W. JoYNER. Trustcc.
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Something New.

vr1Hc pnaersisned have been appointed SOLE
AGENTS In Lafayette and kay connties =
for the sale Of tn. celebrated Ra!netSs I'M
AND Pi.ATlNA fESs, when n, VIII III, 70, ,s.ns
rode and are as durable rs eight steei pens
Prics ss per gross. samples gratis. v
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In the National Live Stock Journal
whs and the following interestinG
article on the relations Of PAGERS TO
trotters:
So many trotters have come from
pacing dams or sires that there seems
70 prevail . belief that there 70 special
value In pacing crosses from which to
produce trotters. So prevalent 10
the idea that the owners Of AambriDo
Pstchen and the trotting stations,
George wilkes aud Honest Allen.
have, during the present season, re-
eeived pacing mares, and bred them
on shares-terms which have not been
extended 70 any others - . class.
Whether the so-called trottiDg In.
stinct 10 Identical In some degree with
pacing instinct, or whether the con-
firmation or development Of muscle
which makes . great PAGER, also con-
tributes TO great trotting power, IL
not dearly decided.
It has been observed that many
distinguished trotters were at frat
PAGERS, and after while, from change
Of gait, became very fast at the other
way Of going. Such was the case
with old Highland Maid, the hrst AMI.
NAL, We believe, that ever trotted
below 2:27. She is still living, aud
has raised several foals, oil Of which
have been good trotters.
The Pilots, a. . family, are now
somewhat noted a. trotters, yet oil
Of their trotting qualities have been
inherited from . Canadian PAGER.
The pacing gait has been very com.
mon among those Of Canadian origin,
and 10 common anywhere where sad.
die horses are much used, just as
trotting is the prevailing gait where
driving 10 the custom. And We sup.
pose that all there 10 in the so-cal)td
trotting instinct or pacing instinct il
about this: That the animal or fa'
mily of which the dam is member
has been SO much or SO long used &c
the trotting or pacing gait, that ths
gallop, which is the farthest remove
from aud the most unlike either, hal
become quite unnatural.
As trotting Is more natural thai
galloping, when the horse is induced
10 quit pacing, he readily takes to tn
trot, as the thing next akin to hi
former gait. But the query Is next
if such be the fact, why is the pacing
family selected as the one from w!icl
to attain speed in the trotter? W.
answer that, in onr opinion, speed ii
trotting docs not necessarily com
from the mere change Of gait. If tn
family are of such high breeding tha
they produce fast PAGERS, they ma,
be expected to produce fast trotters
but not otherwise. Fast trotter
don't come from slow PAGERS. Spec
in the PAGER, or the runner, come
from q combination of form, muscula
development aud nervous organiza
ton, such as makes up the high-bre
,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-12

TIE AULL SAVINGS BANk.
Successor TO Banking Hous. Of Robert Aull ]
Lexington. Missouri.
;EO. WILSON, President.
JOHN ACLL, Cashier.
10. A. WILSON, Asst Cayhier.
4 GENERAL. banking aud Exchange Busi-
~ ness. Collections made. Loans negotiated.
interest paid on time deposits. Savings deposits
n sums of fve dollars and upwards, received
,n,i interest paid on same. Exchange on all
parts of Europe. Capr5
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PowelI's Restaurant
COMBINING
cEyTLEMEN,s AND LADIES'

yo Il Main street, between Morrisons and
Limrick' 5 Banks, LEXINGTON, Mo.
Meals at all Hours, Day or Night.
DvERY LUXURY the country affords, at
~ home or abroad, always on hand, dalnt,iy
prepared and served In the most elegant styie.
Attentive lady waters.
Also. an elegant saloon, exclusively for ladies
or gentlemen accompanied by ladies, where
MEALS are furnished at short notice IN tfe oe''
possible manner
Extra Preparations for Fair week.
Fiuess Baltimore Oyster: constantly "
on hand In season. Fapilirs suppiis<i win tne
ffrsbest in the market at lowest RATS ocey-
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CATCHING 1ATs.
a Nsw iasa ssv Ps pie wAses I1asss
- aPs II, SoeS1.

. .as
A writer, treating oftsappias YER
mis- generally, .-yi the following Of
catching rats Ia. trstculsr:
Let 10 now taLs the Ssss Of . house
badly infested w,ta rats. How shall
We get rid Of thcn or course, II
they como from some public sewer or
other colony, the supply IL probably
uBlimited. and the ASst thing must
be to cut OF oil outsiders. But II We
are troubled by none but natives II
will hot require much skillto capture
every one Of them-old, canning fel-
lows, and all. In the first place, then.
wc must resolve to take time TO Il
aud capture the whole lot, and to this
end no attempt must be made to cap
ture single animals, since this will
tend to make them suspicious snd
will put the old ones on their guard.
Then provide alarge boz Or barrel,
place It In . quantity ofl0(d carpet,
brush, ETC., and also some food, such
- meal, cheese, herring, etc. Bore .
two.inch hole In the side of the box,
aud leave It for some days. The rats
will soon find It out and frequent 1t.
First Young one will 60 In and have
. good feed aud come out all right ;
the old ones, seeing that he is not
hurt, they too will 60 in, aud In Q
short time every rat about the pre-
mises will frequent 1t. When this
occurs see that It 10 well supplied
with food, and arrange over the hole
block having . corresponding
aperture cut in it, but having also
series of wires stuck around tho hole
aud pointing inward, just as they are
arranged in the common wire traps.
Every rat will 90 In as before aud
not one can get out. Various meth
ods may be adopted for killing them
II you are sportsman, you can lei
them out one ut time and shoot
them or kill them with terriers. A
few slips OF sulphured paper thrust
through the hole and burned, is, how
ever, q very simple plan aud will give
them q most effectual qu etus. W.
have known case in which sixty-sev
en- rats were caught at one time in I
box arranged as described. In thi'
instance the premises were effectuall!
| cleared of the yermin. La this sys
tenn the great agent is education
Let the animals be taught during :
period Of several days, that there il
no dauger in the boxes, barrels, o.
traps that we wish them to frequent
aud they will rush in pell-mell il the!
expect to procure food Gy the opera
ton.
i Who las not seen rats attack corn
potatoes, bread and other things
when covered up in box aud pro
tectcd with considerable care? The.
will not only push covers aside ah'
cut holes through boards, but the
will seem TO entirely ignore the pres
ence Of wires, traps, and the othe
-...Ase-.s- ..f fs,r rat catcGer's nrr.~-6
long as this feeling Of security IL nc
disturbed, just SO long will the raj
rush 10 the familiar spot, but ono
/ let one be caught, and his compa,
ions Immediately take the alarm an
eo,n et N rac,,octohla disfaucn
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a ffORNBf9 And 0-9sa4sssesk1,LORS AT
"A Law, faxlnUenA, -, 0Aoa, No. q Nah
tsSsiiee Is a u coarts 81 sSis "a sdIso<si
4soanelsa, ~ b ~ 1npreme Court or ~ Btasr.
= OisHtse CsaxS Il tks ua,tsa 0eAass. Ooilrc-
isss nA.ds. taRss-iy
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-05-28

ing accomplished their purpose. She took
her husband by the hand, and shared with
him his struggle, until, after years Of
labor, she overcame his devil, and saw
him free man again. Her battle with
Rum had been fierce one, taxing and
wasting her strength sorely, but she was
conqueror at last. Her husband stood
upon manly feet, and showed no sign of
falling again Several years passed away,
and this reformed man fell i'll of consump-
ton. The distinguished physician, from
whose lips we have the story, prescribed
alcoholic stimulants as the only means
possible of prolonging his life. The poor
wife was in terror, and begged the ply
stefan to recall the prescription. She told
him other long struggle and her victory,
and said she preferred that her husband
should die then, a sober man, than that he
should fill drunkard's grave a year later.
But the freed spirit Of the man was strong,
and he undertook to take alcoholic liquors
as a medicine, and to cOnfine himself alb
solutely to such times and measures IN the
matter as the physicians should prescribe.
This he did, and during the months thus
added to his life he never once drank a
single drop more than the prescription
called for, and he died at last a sober man,
as the wife had SO earnestly prayed that
he might But the end was not yet. When
the loving and patient woman laid him in
his grave, and saw her long labors thus
ended in the victory for which she had
toiled so hard and suffered SO bitterly, she
turned, in grief, to the brandy which had
been left in the house, and drinking it, she
fell herself into the power of the devil
which she had fought SO heroically. And
IL Il 1oto
hopeless, helpless drunkard.-Hearh ana
Home
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-05-28
Sour Milk for Cows or for Hogs.

W cannot advise the use of sour milk
as feed for milch COWS, because such
1000 Will be likely to have deleterious
influence upon the quality of the milk
yielded by the cows. We have. in the
germ theory, an explanation of the man.
ner in which milk is CHANGED from ifs
normal condition and rendered unfit for
human food. It has been proven that
stagnant water-the water from filth
pools-is alive with organisms, either an
imal Or vegetable, that make it unfit to
use or allow COWS TO drink. It has been
shown by the investigation of Professor
Law, that living organism can be carried
in water through the body of the COW into
her milk and retain their vitality. 1t has
been proven by experiment that by feed
ing COWS distillers' Stops the yeast plant
peculiar to brewers yeast has been thus
conveyed to the milk and has been found
growing therein. The acidifying germs
in sour whey, when fed to mich COWS,
retain their vitality in the milk of such
COWS, causing it to sour prematurely
Numerous Northumberland cases are re-
corded where the milk has been injured
by the cows breathing the foul odors of
decomposed animal matter-the emana-
nations from purifying carcasses Of calves
NoAANh AAO11Sp AOAo
Hence it must be evident that sour milk
when fed to COWS must have more or less
influence on the milk yielded by the COWS,
affecting its flavor and rendering it more
susceptible to decomposition than it would
it this character Of food was not given to
the cows
But If milk is liable to be injured and
tainted from the causes we have named, as
well as from a great many others causes,
such as unhealthy COWS, the various dis
eases incident to the animals, neglect in
the care of dairy utensils, uncleanliness in
milking, etc., we increase the difficulty by
putting such milk back into the bodies of
the COWS to be again used over in the pro-
cess of secretion, and sowing again the
seeds of decomposition for a crop of bad
milk.
Again, simply as matter of profit, we
are Of the opinion that sour milk can be
used with more advantage as a food for
hogs than for COWS. Sour milk makes
good diet for swine, and in connection
with grain is said to give most excellent
flavor to the meat Indeed it is asserted
that no food in connection with grain
or MEALS better suited for fat
tenlng hogs than milk, both for the in
crease of weight and quality of meat
which it makes. 1t is undoubtedly
good, healthy food for swine, and is better
adapted to the making of meat in this
class of animals than the production of
milk in COWS.
The best food for mich COWS is good
sweet grass, from upland pastures. Itcan
be produced more cheaply than sour milk,
and with the light of our experience and
observation we should say that more profit
can be realized by feeding such milk to
swine than to cows-Cor Burial Neu
Yorker
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-05-28
Unaired Chambers.

lPAsS some houses In every town whose
windows might as we'll be sealed in with
the walls for any purpose they have but to
let in the light. They are never opened,
summer or winter In winter it is too
cold; in the summer the flies stray in, or,
if they are Melted, the dust sits through
the nets. Now / can tell person who
| inhabits such chambers when I pass him
in the street-there is such smell about
his clothing. [ always wish for sniff Of
cologne or hartshorn or burnt feathers, or
| something of the sort, to stake the taste
| out" A house that is never aired has
every nook and corner filled with stale
odors of cooked meats, boiled vegetables,
especially cabbage and onions, which, as
the weeks go by, literally reek in their
hiding places. Who has not wished
sometimes to hang a new servants cloth
ing out Of doors some frosty night I'M
til it should be thoroughly aired? But
[ have seen the fine ladies come sweep
ing into church with their velvets and
silks, when said velvets and silks gave
unmistakable evidence of having been
housed in just such shut-up chambers.
Oh, what tale that odor of pork and
cabbage tells about the lady's style of
housekeeping The very garments of the
children tell the same story of unclean-
illness. It is bad to have anwashed clothes,
but there may be an excuse for it. But
what excuse can there be for unaired ones,
when air is so cheap and free? There is
death in such unaired chambers Better a
swarm of flies or cloud of dust, better
frost and snow in room, than these in
tolerable smells.
Dear girls, the first thing in the morning,
when you are ready to go down stairs,
throw open your windows, take apart the
clothing of your beds, and let the air blow
through it as hard as it will There is
health and wealth in such policy. 1t
helps 10 keep away the doctors with long
bills. 1t helps to make your eyes sparkle
and to make your cheeks glow, and to make
others love your presence Girls who live
in these close, shut-up rooms can only be
tolerated at the best in any circle.-Co4n-
t7'u Gentleman
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-05-28
A Very Remarkable Story.

THERE lived in Brooklyn, not long ago, a
man possessed of devil He had inherit
ed the devil from his father, in the first
place, and had nursed it until it grew so
strong it took entire possession of him.
The devil was very familiar one, and its
name was Rum. The man had maay
noble instincts, and, better than all these,
he had a loving, faithful brave wife, who
made skillful war upon the demon, her
husbands master. Recognizing the fact
that her husband was under an overpower-
ing impulse, that he longed and struggled
manfully to free himself from the passion
for drink, She bent all the energies of her
woman-nature to the task of helping him.
She loved, and suffered and toiled, until
at last the loving, and suffering, and toll
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-05-28
SWindling Extraordinary.

For month or six weeks past a series
Corporations have been carried on through
out kankakee County Of such magnitude
and brassiness as to entitle them to the
front rank among the innumerable swim
dies of the day. There are six operators
at present, and their Vaccinations extend
throughout the State by successive coun-
ties. Their peculiar manner of doing
business is offering cloths and dress mate
rails in packages of $3.50 each. They pick
their customers, only selecting such as are
abundantly able to liquidate all outstand-
ing obligations. Their notes are taken
and sold at one of the city banks, leaving
them nothing but actual cash on hand.
The contents of the packages consist of a
shawl or two-one Paisley (?)-silk, pop
lin, calico, alpaca, dress patterns, cassi-
meres, overcOats, and other articles for
wear. After the departure of the sharp
and voluble salesman, it invariably turns
out that the goods lose a great portion of
their lustre, the cassimeres look WOefully
like shoddy, and the duped purchaser
finds that he has a very lOng-horned ele-
plant on his hands. But his note is out
and cannot we'll be recalled, and he is
therefore obliged to swallow the pill with
the best possible grace.
None but farmers are approached.
The sales are simply enormous. In
VIII County, their last field of operations
before entering Kankakee, the sales were
$4,000. One man frequently sells 81, 500
worth in week
If our farmers consult their interests
they will utterly refuse to have anything
to do with these alluring fellows In
variably there is fraud in any transac.
ton that offers six times the value of the
equivalent asked Don't touch them
Kaac0jtee (IN) Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-05-28
Destroying Curculies.

A YEAR ago our correspondent, Mr.. A. S.
Smith, of Indiana, sent us remedy for
the curculio, which was published and
extensively republished. This remedy
was simple and declared to be remedy,
attracted much attention, and we are asked
to republish it, which we do as follows, it
being in season to apply this spring: II
have seen various methods for keeping
these insects off plum trees, but none so
simple, nor yet so etfectual as the follow
ing: Soak corn-cobs in sweetened water
until thoroughly saturated, then suspend
them to the limbs Of the trees little
while after blossoming, being sure to burn
the cobs after the fruit ripens, as they will
be found full of young insects. A good
plan is to change the cobs every few weeks.
My theory is this: that the insects deposit
their eggs in the cobs in preference to do
ing SO in the young plums The first sea-
son tried it upon one or two only, ana
in the summer was rewarded by good
crop of as fine plums as ever rlpened,
while those on the other trees Tell OF
when about half grown. Next spring
found sweetened cOrn-cObs dangling from
the limbs of all my plum trees, and the
summer found them full of delicious fruit.
I have never known it to fail, and | hope
every one having plum tree will give it
a trial. "-GermaaaatOao1o Telegraph.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-05-28

The contents of cesspool may be
rendered comparatively inodorous by fire.
quent additions of plaster, or ground I'M
burned gypsum, or diluted oil Of yitriol,
or solutions of copperas. Probably the
easiest way of using the contents for ma
nure is to throw fine earth into the vault
until semiliquid mass is formed, and to
scoop this out and deposit it into a quanti-
ty of dry soil gathered in readiness for it.
The earth absorbs all the liquid and all
the gaseous matter, and if kept covered
from rain for few days it will be in ex-
cellent condition to spread over meadows
or fallows to be prepared for fall crops.