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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19
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God bless the man who frat invented sleep,
30 Suncho Panxa said, and SO say 1.
And bless him also, that he didn't keep
His great discovery to himself, nor try
To make-it as the unlncky fellow might
A close monopoly by pat.nt right.
Yes; bless the man who first invented sleep.
Il really can't avoid the lntcvnation):
But blast the man, with curses loud anil deep.
whatc'cr the rascal's name, or ago, or station,
Who fret intended, and wen. around sdvislng,
Tint artificial cut-or-enrly rising.
''Rise with the lark. aud with the lark TO bed.
Observed some solemn, sentimental owl;
Maxtms like these arc very cheaply said;
But, ere you make yoursclfa fool or fowl,
Pray just inquire about this rise and fall,
And whether larks have any beds Mt all.
The tine for honest folks to be abed
Is in the morning, II treason right;
And he who cannot krcp his precious head
Upon hts pillow till it's fairly light,
And SO enjoy his forty morning winks,
Is up TO knavery, or else-he drinks!
Thompson, who sung about the ,'Seasons, - said
II was glorious thing to rise In season;
But then he said it-lylng-in his bud,
At ten O'Clock A. M.-the very reason
He wrote SO charmingly. The simple fact is
His preaching wasn't sanctioned by his practice
Ills. doubtless, well to be sometimes awake
Awake to duty and awake to truth
But when, alas! u nice review We tnke
or our best deeds and days, we find In sooth,
The hours that leave the slightest cause to weep
Arv those we passed in childhood or asleep!
Ills beautiful to leave the world awhile
For the soft visions of,he gentle night;
And free, at last, from mortal care or guile,
To live as only in The angels sight,
In sleeps sweet icalm SO costly shut In,
Where, ut the worst, we only dream of sin.
So let us sleep aud give the Maker praise.
like the lad who. when his father thought
To clip his norning nap by hackneyed phrase
Ofyagrant worm by early songster caught.
Cried, 's.rved him right! it's not ut all sur
prising;
The worm was pu nishcd, sir, for carly rising. "
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19
,l,, M.,ii " of Women. Novel.

In speaking oflady novelists, Greg
writes in his Literary and Social
Judgments: "ln youth-and in the
youth of women moro especially
thcresss . degree oe exeitation Of mind
and temper which, beautiful as it is
and deeply as we should gricve over
its absence, partakcs of, or at least
has q strong tendency to degenerate
into, the morbid and unsound. 1t
my add to the interest Of tale, but
il renders il unfaithful as q picture
oflife. unsafe as a guide to the judg-
ment, and often noxious in Its infiu-
ence on the feelings, In short-und
to sum up in n single sentence the
gist of all that we have said-thai
branch of the literature of our day
which exercises the widest and most
penetrating influence OIL the age
from which the young and imprcssi-
BILE (nearly al of us, in short, at one
period or other) chiefly draw their
notions of life, their canons Of judg-
mcnt, their habitual sentiments and
feelings $50 far as these are drawn
from literature at ally and their i'm
pressions as to what is admirable and
right and what is dctcstablc and
wrong-is to u great extent in the
hands of writers whose experience of
life is seldom wide aud never deep,
whose sympathies have not yet been
chastcmed or corrected, whose plilos-
ophy is inevitably superficial, whose
judgment cannot possibly be ma
tured, and is not very likely to be
sound. The result is that we are con-
stantly gazing OIL inaccurate pic
lures, constantly sympathizing with
artificial or reprehensible emotions,
constantly admiring culpable con-
duct, constantly imbibin. false NOR
ality."
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19
Young Female Clerks.

A London paper says: "rhe expe-
r:ment Of employing young ladies as
clerks in an insurance Office has been
tried aud found elnincntly successful
in the case of the Prudential, OH
Lu lgate Hill. For more than year
aud u halt tao little band, beginnin.
with ten, now reaching ,hirty-six in
number, and intended 10 be still
further reinforced, has been working
steadily, and giving entire satisfac-
ton to the managers. Tho rooms
occupied by them are light and airy,
separated altogether from those occu-
ticd by the male clerks in the eslab.
lishment. and furnished with convc.
uient chairs and desks. The lady
clerks, who are Of various ages, from
1s to 80, seem to enjoy excellent,
health and spirits, and arc unani.
nous in agreeing that regular en-
ployment, if moderate, is peculiar
Iy salutary. They are exclusively
llulcss so SNiiSNp
daughters CT professional men. They
arrive from their various homes AT
Ludgate Hill, at 10 A. M, stop work
for an hour at O'Clock, and leave the
Office at P. NJ. Several holidays in
the year are allowed. The work is
chiefly simple kind of copying, re.
quiriug only careful attention, good
handwriting, aud intelligence 10 de-
cipher names of persons and places
he Wclch one especially affording u
limitless ground for conjecture. The
salary of these ladies is small, begi, :
ming (inc.usive of certain fees) at ESQ
per annum. aud being raised Gl0 each
year up to EGO. 1t would appear that
there are abundance Of candidates to
be found for each chair; and, of
course, as the work is 0s we'll done rs
by male clerks, the advantage to the
company is great indeed. 1t should
be added that all directions for the
work pass through the hands Of a
lady superintendent.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19

ever. lie gave a yell. and, frightened
nearly to death, tho attendant quick.
ly shut OF tho steam. aud the saw. !.
ceased It's revolutions. Perhaps IL
was not demolished by the other
Indians! There wasn't left q piece
big enough for fine comb; and the
attendant aforesaid narrowly escaped
with his life. In the meantime the
Milwaukee man had disappeared, and
has not been seen since. AS Black.
foot and his friends were leaving the
hall, be was heard 10 say: 'Osaw
mileg oph.'n
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19

The Washington Star says 1t Is abb
solutely certain that within five years
we shall have q postal savings bank
and a Government telegraph. Now,
IL n Government restaurant were on
ly added, with branches at every
post-ofice and telegraph station,
where people should be compelled to
get their meals prepared by Govern.
ment cooks. the great paternal sys-
tenn would be perfect.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19
Border Incidents.

The recent tragedies in Kern coun-
ty, CAL, arc painful illustrations of
border life. a wandering Mexican
called at ranch in scerch of employ
mcnt. The proprietor did not want
help but entertained the wanderer
over aisht. There were several men
in the house, and in the middle oftlc
night the Mexican got up and made
desperate effort to murder them all.
lie killed one, wounded others, but
found his butchering capacity fell
short of his estimate of it aud ran,
taking with him rifle and some am
munition. The next day hunt for
the Mexican, was instituted and just
at night he was brought to bay in n
thick copsc. Under cover of the
woods he commenced firing upon his
pursuers and they were forced to re-
treat toa l:ttle distance, where they
built a fire and concluded to wait till
morning before they attempted to
dislodgc their game. The night was
cold and the Mexican had no coat, !,
and the thought occurred to them TO
desert their fire and build another one
some distance off in the hope that the
Mexican might come out to warm
himself by the fire. The ruse sue
ccetled. 1t was not long before the
assassin appeared at the fife. His
pursucrs then crept close upon him in
tie darkness, ard he was neatly dis
patched.
Here is another incident showing
how men throw away their lives out
there. There was an election at
Sageland, AMI two men who were
friends got very drunk at it. One OF
them became so helpless that he was
put to bed. The other knocked
around till it got very dull with him.
lie wanted excitement: SO he went
to his sleeping friend, woke him up
and asked him if he adj voted. The
friend said Yes" "Wh0 for"'
"Rccd." Then the individual in
search of excitement struck the man
and left him. lie was told he ought
not to have struck man hclplcssly
drunk. lie then said: 81 will go
back and kill him." and he went back
and did XIII him by breaking his skull
aud slashing his body with knife.
A bvstan,ler tried to arrest the MUIR
dcrer and sharp fight with knives
eusucd. Both men fell dead about the
same time. With these exceptions
the election at Sagcland passed of in
peace and harmony, and the ballot
box was triumphant, with the votes
of three dead men III it.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19
A Phl,.ae,ph,a Hotel project.

A Philadelphia paper says that a
project for q grand hotel, which has
been set on foot in that city, cm-
braces ali idea which hos not yet been
realized in America. It Is to erect q
handsome, substantial fircproof buffn.
Ing, capable of accommodating fami-
lies, giving to each enough space to
maintain its individual household as
completely as though it were under
a separate roof. 1t is proposed to
erect quadrangular building five
stories in height, enclosing o large
courtyard. The building is to oc-
cupy all entire square. to sit some
distance back from the street, mud TO
have four grand and number of
smaller entrances. The floors are TO
be set of into rooms ell suite, 50 that
family may have its parlor, dining
room, drawing-room, bed chambers,
bath room, and kitchen. The ar
rangement provides not that each Sc
rics Of rooms shall bc identical in size,
but different, suited to tho differing
dimensions OF families. 1t is believed
that such hotel would prove q good
investment, AS there are many fauni-
lies who spend at least six months in
The year in the country, and urc COM
PEELED during that time to maintain,
expensive establishments in the city.
The courtyard would embrace n
park, promenade, and square for car
riages, to prevent encumberiDg the
street without. 1t is estimated that
such building, capable of holdin.
$500 people, and built of iron, would
cost not less than three million dol.
lars. The necessity for such family
hotel is apparent, and the leaders OF
the movement have dcrmined 10 push
the project to successful realization.
No site is mentioned as yet, the first
object being to secure tho means.
Not much difficulty is apprchcuded
Oh this point Of the subject. A meet.
ing Of citizens will be held in a few
days to put the scheme into operation.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19
Tis Tombs Of Hinge.

Dean Stanley, in his admirable
work OIL Westminster Abbey, bctray-
ed to tho world the frightful coutli-
tion of tho charnel vaults containing
the tomEs OF the Siuarts-how the
dccaying coifims were thrown one
upon the other in hidcous confusion,
the whole interior or the vaults rr-
calling tho sccnc which tho n,orLid
fancy Of tie tcrror-siricken Juliet
cojurcs up when she is about I"
drink the sleeping potion. 1t now
appears, says the New York Evening
Post, that the tembs Of the Plantag-
encts are in much the same condi-
tion. The royal family was inferred
in the Abbey of Fontcvrault, near
Saumur, OH the Loire, which, in the
middle ages, was one Of the wealth.
lest AMI most celebrated Of momastic
institutions. In that abbey lie buried
Henry II. and Queen Eleanor, Rich
ard Occur de Lion, aud Queen Isa-
bella, of Angouleme. AT the time Of
the revolution the royal tombs were
dcspoilcd, though the monuments
were not much hurt. At present the
abbey is used US prison, the royal
chapel is partitioned off INTO dorlni-
tories for prisoners, and the tombs
have been removed to dark side
chapel. 1t is proposed that the
French should either restore the ab-
hey or present to the English nation
the toinbs and remains -of their an-
cicnt kings, to bc placed in Worcester
cathedral, or some other appropriate
place. ....,.- ---''..'
The tombs of the Bonaparte family
ut Napoleon St. Leu will now have u
curious interest for travellers, and il
is Interesting to speculate Us to
whether Napoleon Ill. will ever rest
there. Should his son ever succeed
in reaching the throne there will be q
formal translation of the remains
from Chiseilurst to France. Even
should the Dourboms triumph, it is
not likely that they would refuse to
permit the body of the deal emperor
to rcposc in the soil Of the French.
Louis Philippe accorded this grace
10 tho mortal remains of Napoleon l.,
and his example will probably be fol-
Invc,l in tho cnsn Of SthC ncphew oi
his uncle"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19

At public gathering lately one 9
the gentlemen present IVES called VI
on fer y speech, and The 10 how b
responded: "Gcntlemen and women
l ain't no spceehsr; mors'n twsnt'
years back I ealle here . poor idio
how: aad now what are Iss
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19

An extremely fastidious newspaper
printed in this city, compares the
panic Of the Stock Exchange to the
"brute terror by which horse is
devoured who has q pair OF broken
shafts hanging to his heels, or = dog
flying from . tin saucepan attached
to his tail" Bad for the horse and
bad for the dog. The tin saucepan
seems to hare rasber, the best Of this
complicated situattse, notwtthstand.
ing the horse aud tho dsg may be "a
leetle ahead"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19
STRAY NOTICE.

TlAKEN UP by Harrison L than. wing In
Iexineton Township, In Lafayette county,
Missouri, and posted before the undenigned,
jnsflce OF the Peace Of Lexington township,
Novenber. is5s, Two stray horses, described ss
fSIioWs: A gray mare Il years old. Is
hands high. sweny In ght shouideS, knnckie
fsff hin. 6ss Q hisuk horse colt With her, about
one yssr old past- Both appratsed e twenty.
ave dollars, BY 9: W. Wn!,sms ma aonrIe s.o,s
sn~ - isv. a appssleo the came. Wteueae my
sA's -. q. CLAYTON,
nayla Jussics Of The P0cs.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19
MI. GRATZ.
Tho old Reliable
One Price CIothier,

DEGs leave to inform HIS customers and
d friends, that he has just returned iIPm ss me
East, with full stock OF TIE pest anu nnes.
Goods, Trunks, 10 , ever offered In this market.
So II you want anything In cio,hing line, iSos
o your own Interest, aEd call on MN osioIe
No. g Main street., Grimes and VenADis,s o old
| stand. - maSs-N
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19

No Extra Charge in InsurIng Lives
of Women.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19

n anybody can read that ysrsswith~
,ut shedding tears he may Eafeiy -
allied ficnii irhaman shape, Tbs
,icture of little boy climbing 0oldsu
stairs without his trousers oa ts very
beautiful, and the ,aors 30 becsusso os
the tefieriion that the httic sss esll
never catch cold agaiuv
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-09-18
Enough tomato Angels weep:

r. w. Hughes, Esq, the champion
OF the negro party Of the State grows
quite pathetic in his defence of his sa-
ole companions for voting in 1869
against striking out the obnoxious dis
franchisiug features from the Constiiu-
ton. ''Ihe registering ''angel in heav-
en-, be says, inethe Lynchburg speech,
"ip setting down this sin TO ''their
charge, will drop tear upon the rec
ord" How full. Of sympathy must be
The soul Of the. pious tender-hearted
Hughes for his chosen companions,
when he calls upon the Registering
angel" 10 ''dIop lear" upon their pol
ii ii record. Ocr sympathy is deci-
dedIy wi Il 'ne angelic scribe, ii he has
20 kee? 81 account of Radical outrages,
and men c y over eaca sepa, ate entity.
" nat an ocean o. the "briny". would
be required Blu, alas, The tears OF all
Toe genie, plying angels combined.
ioorgo ibey FELL as a deiuge, can never
wash out or oblilerate from ,be mem
o'y Of an outraged people tie ofepses
deliberately sought 10 be perpetrafed
o,y the iiends who combined 10 humili-
ate and destroy them. Virginians, this
same horde of rene gade whites, carpet
oaSgess, and negroes are yet in close
communion, ard should they,
through your supiueness, accede 10
power, neither lbe fears of men nor vet
of angels will protect you from the
ruin, moral, social, and material, that
will assnredly be your portion, and
which, because of your indifference,
you will have SO justly merited.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-09-18
His Opinion Of TIE white Laborer.

Study the character of the faboring
population all over the world, and
where will laboring class anywhere be
found so exemplary in their conduct,
so elevated in their morale, all things
considered, as the negro population OF
Virginia. "-Ly'ac}s62ug Speech Of r.
". Hughes.
The laboring whites of Virginia in
ferior in morals and behavior 20 the
negro! So says Mr.. Hughes. He is
not content to contend for negro equal
ity, but he asserts their superiority
over the great body of the Virginia
people.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-09-18

Honest Conservative Government.

Gen. Kemper in his admirable War
renton speech thus referred to the ad :
ministra1ion Of public affairs in Vir-
ginia under Conservative rule:
$50 fairly has the State Government
in Virginia been conducted, and so
justly have the negroes been dealt with
that the most pryiog eyes Of Federal
office holders and detectives have been
unable to make ous a single case OF
violation of civil rights in Virginia.
Only day or two ago the African con-
ference Of the 5celored Methodist churc,,
in Virginia metin Richmond and bore
testimony to this effect. Yet Colonel
Hughes had dared in his Lyncb3"g
speech to arraign The people of Virginia
in for hostility to the colored race"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-09-18
Hon. jefferson Davis Explains.

The editor Of the Memphis appeal
has had an interview with Hon. Jeffer-
son Davis in relation to the speech o
the latter before the Southern Historic
al Society at Montgomery (Virginia)
Springs, which has created SO much
comment. In the course of the inter-
view Mr.. Davis said:
Il seems strange, indeed, that a few
remarks addressed to a few friends and
associates on q subject upon which be-
tween them and myself there could be
no diversity d opinion, with the pro-
priety of a historical vindication of
The cause and conduct Of the southern
people in the late war, should be re-
garded as an address made to the pub
lie with ans expectation Of affecting
political opinion. Euu waving all
This. The. expression which is usually
referred to is that the southern people
have been. more sScheated than con-
quered." Now,is this true or not
Did the Congress Of the United States,
by solemn resolutions, not assure the
people of The so,t,h that there was nc
purpose TO interfere With the institu
tons Of the States. that the object was
TO preserve the Union and the pur
poses for whicheit was ordained and
established Did not the Executive
(lIr. Lintoh) BY, proclamation givt
| like assurance to the people OF the
! Southern States? Did moi United States
generals com mandiug departments en-
courage the same belief. among the
people? And did not this lead to thu
Impression on the part Of very man.
that the war was waged for an abstrac
| lion, OF at III ost FOL the preservation 0.
property in slaves? And was not the
consequence frequent desertion in the
winter of 1S64-65, and were not PEG
pie reluctant to furnish comnlissary
supplied for the support of the (Con
federate) armies! And was not all this
the result of the belief that their materi
J al interests and domestic peace might
exist as well under one government as
| the other, as The result justified thai
belief? Is there any well informed mar
who will not say that had the armies
know what j surrender would bring
that they would and could have con
tinued the s. ruggle, and that the PEG
pie Of the county,, as long as they ha(
any food, W ould have contributed 1
freely to the support OF the armies, an(
tina, the contest would have continued
until the inv adler, weary Of what nigh
! be regarded an endless Struggle, would
have retired, and, in the language o
General SCI tt, allowed the ''erring sis
tiers to 90 in peace!'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-09-18

ALAB M A.-The Tuscaloosa, Al
ALBANIA, Times says that the present
condition Of Alabama is appalling up-
der the rule Of those who now have
control Of that State. 1t adds: mo
thoughtful citizen can contemplate it
without shrdder of apprehension and
alarm as 70 her future, The treasury
is bankrupt; herspub],c debt, actual or
prospective, equals in the aggregate
one-iiiih OF the amount Of the whole
taxable property of The Stale. Enor-
nous tayes crush her people 10 the
eal'h. Her current expenditures ex-
coed her available income from every
source. Her public schools, her. State
University, and Der hospitals and asy-
luns are threatened with suspension
with lack OF means 10 ca''y Them Oh.
Labor is demoraliyed. All her indus
les al pasalyzed. Onero,s taxes and
unstable Jules are driving both capital
and population from the State, and de-
ter 5o,h from coming into il. Der
people are overwhelmingly ii debt, and
her revenue laws are working in a "a
nid coDisca,on OF their lands under en-
forced sales eff them 10 pay taxes. A
debased Sup eme Court, by arbitrary
apd unconstitutional decisions, has
virtually abolished all distinctions be-
tween the races i'll Zoe social and dolnes-
tic relations and invited unnatural and
aohoi' ent miscegenation between Them
Her state officials are, the major,y OF
them, incompetent and faithless. Cor
ruptiop yeeks in all departments of her
State government. In word, a dark
present and still darker future repress
the hopes, and para]ypze the efforts of
her people"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-09-18
STATE EXECUTIVE CoMM1rrE. J

RIcHMoNp, September 10 S73.
The chairman OF city and county
committees, upon the announcement Of
mass meetings to be held within their
respective jurisdiction, are expected to
to act promptly, and secure large gath
erings of'the people by posting hand
bills throughout the adjacent country,
and such displayed notices in the local
press as will attract attention. This is
made the epecial duty Of the chailmen
of the committees. In all eases where
there has been no reorganization as
provided by the plan reorganization a.
dopted by the late State Convention the
old organization will be recognized as
existing one. }f g PSI
NATHANIEL B. MEADE, Chairman.
Conservative papers Of the State are
respectfully requested to copy.