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She HAD A PLAN.-A gsunt woman
jumped into the Central station yes
terday, bonnet askew and eyes bla-
zing and as she reached the sergeant'a
desk she exclaimed: ~.
t'l'm the Widow Coon p
"Ah remarked the sergeant.
"And l want to know if my land
lord can raise the rent on met" she
went on.
II guess so-landlords can do most
anything"
''But I'm . widow !"
$50 you say!r
"And isn't there q law to protect
widow from having tho rent raised p
"Never heard of one"
"Aod ! havn't any moro rights than
married woman n
mot one" N4
Every vol, = she said, shutting be,
teeth together and striking the desk
III . widow hasn't my rights I'll
marry somebody afore sun doWn-you
hear me now r.
Aud abe kicked over Z chair and
walked out Detroit Ftse Press.
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A physician, who had been greatly
annoyed by Numerous questions con.
corning the condition ola certain pa
tient, was stopped while on his busy
rounds by . man with the old ques.
ton: Hsw's Mr.. -i" "Sick,"
replied the physician. "Does he keep
his bed y "0f course, he does. You
don't suppose he's fool enough to sell
his bed bpcsuse he's sick, do you -
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Sorry He Wasn't There.

have referred in my book to that
Coroner Of ours who seized an Egypt.
ian mummy that was brought into
town, summoned Jury, held an in.
quest on the mummy, brought in q
verdict Of ''Death from causes un.
knQwn," and charged the country
with the usual fee, with compound in.
terest from the time of Moses. Well,
that Coroner is still in Office, and he
is still enthusiastic about his profess
sion. Last Sunday night lie was at
church. The minister preached very
solemn sermon upon NOail's feod,
and after it was over l met the Coz.
oner in tho aisle and said to him
every impressive discourse, Mr..
Wheeler, wasn't it,
Beautiful, cir ! beautiful" replied
Wheeler, "And yet it seemed to be
kinder mournful, too"
"Indeed! Why, it did't strike me
in that way. It was solemn, of course
but its tendency certainly should be
to I'll the hearts Of every truly good
man with cheeifulness and hope"
"Oh l know all that" said Wheel.
or, but didn't he cay that there were
several million people drowned in
that flood I"
II believe he did,
"Well, then, say that when
think Of all that mortality, and re.
member that l wasn't Coroner then,
aud amt likely to be when there's an.
other such q ffeshet, it makes me sick
There amt nothing cheerful about
such reflections. feels if hadn'l
been treated right; . If I'd beer
robbed.r-Max Adler. 4t..r
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Sectional Hate"
A CLEVER SATIRE.

We have before US, says a Lis.
vile paper, several private lers
from Southerners settle in Eortrn
Ohio, which leave US no root ia
doubt the bitter hostility whiclex
lists in that region against the ost
well.disp0sed persons of rebel to.
cedents. We have long suspect Cas-
much. At length tue damniug po1
reaches us, and we demand thathe
first act of the next Congress shalbe
the total reconstruction Of the Gv.
Gland district, that the whole wer
OF the army and navy be put fo1, if
need be, and that sentries he pied.
like lamp posts from one end osuc.
lid avenue to the other antilaw,
reverence and order are pstted..
But to our testimony.
A veteran soldier who serhd ral-
lantly with Morgan's cavalp, writes
MS old partner in Lexinton, Ey.,
! from Cleveland. "Thing' is roine
on poorly with me, partl, Wien
okored that old fool out Of hat land
| writ you about, and POT u tho les.
tti!!!lery, | thought / hadstruckile
We'll | did make two or hree econ con.
siderable winnings. But lis is the
cossedest country you evdsee. One
nlsnt last last Spring the boy, was hav,
ing q little spree-I do no,tnow how
II was-but one of the flows go1
knocked on the head, or jmethine
ana thought it best toslope 81
ner:; | am in Cleveland wityut q cent
Can't go back to the farm, pint able
to raise a stake, and-tll, that's
bad enough, and serves map. Moth.
log good can come out q Nazarith
Send me ten dollars to pa,ny board
bill, and as much more j you car
spare"
No one ever read this bitter with
out burning sense of Indignation
The writer is not a politician. He
plays MS square a game pf cards al
Dick Parson. But he is fiven from
his home aud finds Limslf weary
wanderer on the soun1ingand ever
lasting shores of Lake Eie, unable
to raise q stake and not SIRE of being
able to sustain his much rduced ere.
dit t.; at his clearinghouse
The next letter, anon, those for.
warded to rs for perusal and public.
alton, is most heart renling because
it is from q lady. She writes to a
sister in Louisville: "Wlen the bal.
loon busted at Cincinnati, Henry
thought Il! he would try his luck in
and We came to this be.
nighted, God-forsaken town. 1t il
perfectly awful. Henry went inte
partners with Chicago man named
The saloon did very well
81 tta' Henry la T. got into 4 fight with one
pisto. on the reporter.
"Since then people say he is a dan
gerous man, and custom has dropped
off. But the worst part remains Il
be told. The grand danes Oh Euclid
avenue carry themselves might!
naughty. Would you believe it
l have not received a single call. IT.
because l was Secesh girl before M,
marriage-which heaven knows, wa
the right cause-and l wish Henri,
would try his hand at keno, for tn
saloon don't pay, no how"
We nigh quote fifty letters or more
to the same purport. But enough
These will show the spitefal tempe
of Northern Ohio. The men are bit
ter and vengefal. The women ar
proud and exclusive. We have trie,
to think differently, but we cannot
resist evidence as the foregoing.
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Franklin had . blunt way Of tel.
ling tho truth. He ssys: "rhe eyes
Of other people are the eyes that ruin
10. II ail bat myself were blind, I
should neither want 4 6ne house nor
fine furniture. Would it not be q
good thing If we kept our eyes from
running other people I
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The Last Crv.
PATHETIC INCIDENT OF THE LOSS OF
THE SCHILLER,

''The last cry heard was that of a
little child in the cabin" So runs the
cold and formal dispatch which an
nounces the b, eaking up of the Sclil-
Ter, and the loss Of more than 800
lives. A little child in the cabin, and
its poor infantile appeal for hell,
Not all tho tragedy of that sad affair,
the death Of the noble Captain at his
post, we hope, as became a man and
a seaman the ending of the struggle
with death upon the sharp rocks Of
Sicily, which tie gallant sailors doubt
less fought, or the drowning of the
women who were on board, pttifal
creatures Whose hair is already turn
ed TO sea-weed-none of these fates
equal That of the child whose cry was
the last sound heard az the noble
Snip struck the cruel rock. 1t seems
almost like a violation of the sancti-
ty OF grief, like on invasion of the
heart that means and refuses to he
healed of the sorrow that will not he
comforted, to mention this thing, bat
the cry If that child will be heard
around the globe, piercing the ear
and rending the heart of every man
who reads the story. A little child
What magic there is in these words
What cords do they touch! What
memories revive! A little child,
pure and fresh, the handiwork of the
Maker, before the debasing breath Of
earth had struck it. Sweet aud in-
nocent, the image of his Maker and
the reflection Of angels. We do not
wish to be accused Of scntimentalism,
nor do We desire to he pathetic, but
the involuntary touch of the telegraph
operator upon the key he struck in
the brief sentence we have quoted,
will vibrate through a million hearts
One touch of nature makes the
whole world kin.
1t is needless now to speculate upon
tile future of that little child had he
lived, and it was perhaps ordered
wisely aud we'll that he should die as
he did. The ocean is the graveyard
of greater dead than the earth, and
in it's bosom, uncothued and unknell.
ed, lie some Of the worlds best he.
roes. Westminster Abbey is no no.
bier tomb than the dark, unfathomed
caves of the ocean, wherein lie those
who died that others might live, and
who persisted in the most unselfish
cause for which man can die-the
preservation Of the lives of their fel.
low beings. Let Us hope that the
child was saved-the stories run that
way-telling us not only Of the brands
snatched from tho burning, but of
wrecks cast upor the shore, that af-
forwards bore themselves q. I'"ve'y
nc'"oc''o.J ~@---1,iauca, over whose
our youth, was snhol,o::.rned iu
ranks of heroism compared with TN
child who made bis voice heard above
the roar of the winds, the rusl, of the
waters, and tho thunder of the break
ers, the night the good ship Schiller
went down. Perhaps lila father had
been swept into the sea an hour be
fore ; doubtless he laid warm upor
the cold breast of his dead mother
but that cry which rouscs the bes1
nature of man, aud has sometimes
stayed the murderer's hand, wa
heard above the din of the waves
and at the mercy of heaven itself
for was it not He who said, "Suffe
little children to come unto me, for o
such is the kingdom of Heaven"
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Politics Made Profitable.
From the New York Tribune.

To-day I met General Beverly
Nash, who is considered one of the
shrewdest politicians of his color in
South Carolina. His African pro-
genltor could not have surpassed him
in bIackness. He was a slave until
freed by the Emancipation Pfoclama-
ton, and during the war was q Con.
federate officers body servant. Re-
construction brought him to the sur
face and threw him into official life,
where his hard sense and quick wit
gave him prominence in his party and
great popularity with lis race. He
now represents Columbia IN tho State
Senate, and is Regent of tue Luna
tic Asylum and q Director of the
Penitentiary. His devotion to the
public service has been a profitable
investment. He resides in a fine
mansion in a pleasant quarter Of the
city, and is reputed to have 500, 900
laid by for a rainy day.
"What do you think of the third
term questiou--of Grant for q third
term :" / asked.
lit amt DO us talkin', sab, eff Grants
gets de nomination, we're gwine for
him. South Carolina III vote for the
devil if ho runs on the Republican
ticket"
"What do yon think of him as a
candidate for nomination I"
''Dat's alittle harder question. Meb.
be he don't stand we'll up yo' way,
bat he's a mighty strong man with us,
sab mighty. De cullud people stick
squar up to him right straight along,
just like he stood alongside Of US in
the Ku-Klux business"
"But, Senator" said my compan.
ion, 1--WE can't carry the election with
the vote of South Carolina alone.
The Northern States insist upon hav-
ing somebody else. Why can't We
al agree upon some man such %
Blainef
"Well, sab, so far as go l haven't
got nothln' ag'inst Blaine, eff he is put
forahd. like Mr.. Blaine we'll
enough. He's got some good friends
down heah. Blame was mighty kind
to me once. Mebbe you don't know
that me and Carloza was the first
cullud men that ever sot on the flo
Of do House of Representatives, and
Blaine he was Speaker, and he paid
Us q heap eff attention."
l remarked as We were about to
drive away that should like to talk
with him again.
GLOW long are you gwine to stay,
sab I"
~ expect to remain until Monday"
"You might have a talk Tomorrow"
suggested my companion.
ro W. a sn yet tt as Is ta@es-
bath holy; I'm q High Churchman
bout dat; l am"
A High Churchman about that
about that. tie Is iioA Ghlrchmau
dant upon Divine services, and makes
"a powerful payer" and is Jealous in
bringing people to q "perfession VI
religion" But Of all his one han
bred thousand dollars, how many
were not received in bribery or sto-
len from the pockets Of the Cypress
ed people Of South Carolina!
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HONOR TO Mrs. STONEwALL JACK.
soN.-The handsomest thing Of the
Centennial occasion was the homer
paid Mrs. Stonewall jackson by the
Raleigh light artillery, and by tile
Raleigh light infantry, and by tue
steam fire company of Newbern, and
the citizens band Of the same place.
The Raleigh companies both called at
tue residence Of Col. John E. Brown,
on North Trade street, where Mrs.
Jackson lives, and gave three cheers
for her. In response to these Miss
Julia, the only daughter Of the i'm
mortal Stonewall, came out and pre-.
sented both companies with bou-
quet, after which, upon returning ia
camp, each Of the companies fired q
salute in honor Of the widow Of the
Christian hero. The Newborn band
aud fire company called also and gave
three cheers for Mrs. Jackson. They,
too, were presented with flowers by
Miss Julia, after which the firemen
were received by and shook hands
with Mr.. Jackson. They spent a few
moments in the parlor, looking at a
large portrait Of the General, then
silently departed, many Of them ~ip'
plug away the fast falling tears.
The Joliet ill., Republican has the
following at the head Of its column
of ready notices 'So,ne men ore
boru mean some men achieve mean
ness; aud some men have meannes'
trust upon them. The first class taxi
their county paper without intend
ing to pay tor it the second class
get it q year for nothing and then
refuse to take it out Ut the postofRce
and the third class won't subscrib'
for it because generous neighbsrs LOAF
them copies.
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MAILS,
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES

NEW ORLEANS, Red River Landing
Cheneyville Guarantee, Alexandra
Cotile and Cloutierville, Daily, a
SHREVEPORT, Keachie, Mansfield. Mar
th tn and Pleasant Hill-Daily a,
NACOGDOCHES, Melrose, Chiriuo. San
Augustine, Milan, Pendleton. Sabine.
town, Many and Fl. Jesup-on Tues.
day Thursday and Saturday, at
5P. N.
HOMER, Minden, Buckhorn, Ringeold,
C0ushatta and Campte-on Tues.
day and Friday, at 5 P. NJ.
WINFIELD, Atlanta, Sutton and St.
Aanrice-on Tuesday and Friday,
NAILS CLOSE
At 6 A. n. for New Orleans, Alexandra
and Cloutierville.
At9A. orjShreveport, Keachi, Mans
field and Pleasant Hill.
At6P. H. for Nacogdoches, Texas, Mel
rose and San Augustin.
ASP. II. for Homer, La, B1ckhorn.
Coushatta and Campte.
At 10 A. N. for Winfield, &c.
Office Hours-from 1OA. NJ. to 2p. NJ
end from SPIN to7PM.
.s;p.g IF. DEvARaAs, Post. Master.
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A country dentist has patented an
instrument for holding . woman's
tongue, being, We believe, the first
man on record to make q success Of
any thing of that Sort Norwich Bull
letin.
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A witness in q Catskill law Office
described the poverty Of field Of
corn a. follows: "The crop was 60
stupted aud short that the t0ads could
cit on their launches aud pick bugs
of the tassels &"
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When they build q railroad the
first thing they do is to break ground
This is often done with great csreu,o-
ny. Then they break the stockbold.
era. This is done without ceremony.
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Kansas teacher-"Where does all
our grain product 50 to - Boy-"1t
goes into the hopper" chopper :!
What hopper :" "Grasshopper J"
triumphantly shouted the lad.
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proposals for servants" having
been advertised by . watering.placc
otel.keeper, ono hundred Bids made
their appearance within twenty -four
hours.
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4 Frenchman, intending tn compli-
ment . Young lady BY calling her q
gentle lamb, said, "Sle is one nut
ton as il small"
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Tho saying "Excuse haste and bad
pen," has been attributed to . pig
which ran away from home.
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"anted.-We will Civ,
energetic men an women
@ Business that will Paw

from a to 50 per day, can be procured
in your own neighborhood, and il strict
" honorable. Particulars fro, or samples
worth several dollars that will enable
you to 20 to work at once, will b cant
on receipt Of fifty cents.
Address j. LATHAM 4 co.
292 Washington S., Boston, Mass.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-27

eight years downward are of black,
brown, or blue they are close about the
ears, with soft full crowns and Marie
Stuart fronts. with iull ruche of lace for
face trimming, and cluster Of rose
buds. A band of cocks piumes around
the crown is fashionable also for these
tiny bonnets.
Larger girls wear cream-colored felt
hats in Derby shape, or else toques or
the English walking hat. A band of
ostrich feathers trims the crown. The
brim is faced with dark velvet to match
the costume. A wing, aigrette, tip, or
bow is on the left side far back on the
crown.
Broad square-cornered Puritan collar s
of linen embroidered or of lace are
worn by small children, both girls and
boys. With their long hair flowing be-
hind, and cut straight Off across the front
to hang ON the forehead like Il iring,.,
these wide collars give them a most
picturesque appearance.
Small boys not yet in trowscrs con-
tinue to wear the kilt suit in quiet
dark colors. Scotch plaids and sailor
suits are passee alike for boys and girls.
Boys hats are high round-crowned Der
bys of felt, or else the square-crowncd,
black, stiff-lOoking beavers.
Brown, blue, gray, or scarlet wool
stockings of solid color are more worn
than striped hosiery They match the
dress usually, unless it is white, when
they match the dark cashmere sash.
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Republican. .
Electoral total. .lssj Electoral vote.

Electoral total. lSsj Electoral vote. -. Isl
This gives the the Democrats .
majority of all the electoral votes,
although the Herald gives Wiscon
sin, North Carolina and Oregon tc
the republicans. Oregon last fal
ele ted II democrat 10 congress. Tho
result of the recent e,ection Il
fill the vacancy caused by his death.
is not yet ascertainet. The lates
dispatches left it in doubt, and bot!
parties claiming it. In Wisconsi,
part of the dem )crltic state ticket i,
elected, and the republicans clecteo
the governor by SO small a majoritt
that the official canvass was required
to determine the result. In Norti
Carolina there has been no election
since 1872, which can justify thu
Herald III concedlng that state to the
republicans. Last year the demo-
Gratis carried it by majority OF over
Il, 200. The election last August for
delegates to the constitutional cor
vention was hardly fair test
party strength, and yet even then tn
democrats got a majority of one OF
two i'll the convention. Adding
North Carolina to the democratic
side of the Herald's lists, and con
ceding both Oregon and Wisconsi'
to the republicans, the electoral vote
would stand 1913 for the democrats
and III for the republicans. But {:
tairer classification according to re-
suits of the latest elections SO far a.
ascertained, would be about as fol-
lows:
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THE PHANTOM ARCHITECT.

-Four hundred miles of brawling through isany
mountain pass,
From the shadow oil the CatSkillS to the rocks
Of Havre de Grace,
May
And deluges of April to the splendors of the bay.
It brings otsego water and Junia.a bright,
Chenango's sunny current and dark SWatara's
By booms of lumber winding and rails of coal
and ore,
And gliding barges crossing the dams from
shore to shore.
1t is an aisle of silver along the mountain nave,
Where towers the AIieEhany rejected in Its
By many mine oil treasure and many borough
quaint,
And many home OF hero and tomb Of simple
saint.
The granite gates resign it to mingIe with the
And solIened bars Of mountains stand glowing
o'er the way:
The wild game flock the ofing; the great seine
From battery to wintllass, and singing as they
row.
The negroes watch the lighthouse, the trains
The little fishers village strewn o'er the grassy
riige,
The cannoneers that. padding in stealthy rats
of brush,
With their decoys around them, the juicy ducks
And lt,i,y., o!t by night, they whisper. phantom
Turks round the Cape of Havre, OF ruined in
tellect.
Who had designed city upon this eminence,
10 cover all the headland and rule the land from
hence.
And sometimes men belated the phantom builder
lind,
Lost on the darkened water and drifting with
the wind;
Then by his will vision starts sudden on the
night
The city flashing splendor o'er all that barren
height.
Its dome Of polished marble and tholus fuls of
The dying look of sunset just fading from the
spire;
The towers of its prisons, the spars and iaasts
of fleets,
And lines of lamps that Chamber along the
crowded streets;
The ships of war at anchor in the indent,d
ports,
The thunder of the broadsides. the answer OF
the forts;-
These by his Invocation arise and flame and
thrill,
Raised on his faith tenacious and strengthened
by his will.
Ny soul! there is city, set like a diadem,
Beyond n crystal river; the new Jerusalem.
The architect was lowIy and walked with fish
ermen;
But only He can open the blessed sight again.
October -. ARCrURUS GADABoUT.
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INTELLIGENCER.
PACIFIC RAIla0AD TIME TABLE.
LEAVE LEXINGTON.

. -s-. t-- LEAVE LEXINGTON.
Accommodations FOR st. Louis and the
/ East Observation-Disclosures. 40 A. NJ {.
Arrive at 81. Louis ........-......... 600 NJ.
Gxprcss and Mail IorSt. Louis, East. G:0nP. NJ.
Arrive ut st Louis .................. G:lI A. NJ {.
ARRIVE.
Express and Mail from ST. Louis,
East and South. 5 ID a. NJ.
A Accommodation for st. Louis, East
and South, -....-......-.-......lo: .lo:oo L. NJ
Tickets on sale at the Missouri Pacific Ticke'
Office, in City Hotel, Lexington, Mo, to all
parts oil United States, Canadas and Europe ut
lowest rates. baggage checked through to des-
tinatiou. W. ". RHODES,
Ticket Agent.
.r LEAVE LEXINGTON
Eastward rotlnd trains for 81. Louis. 6 81 a NJ
Trains for Kansas City and West. $50 NJ
Trains for st. Louis East and South. 80 NJ
Trains for Kansas City West. $50 = NJ
trains for Richmond. 80 4 NJ
.................--.G $50 T. NJ
ARRIVE AT LEXINGTON
Trains from st. Louis and all points East
anu SOutn- .-.-.. ....--...--.---.. S:uu a NJ
~ y
From kans:ss City and all points West. 500 a NJ
.....L ~ L NJ
st. Joe and points North. :2n NJ
). Il. INGRAM, Agent.
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The constant charge of republicans
is that tie democratic is y rcactionary
party. This is continually disproved
by the language and acts of demo-
Gratis. and nowhere more forcibiy
than in mississippi, where the de-
mocracy has been 80 signaily sue
ccssfuI. Nothing could be more pa
triotic, OF in better taste, than This
sentiment from he Wei: shurg Her.
aid "Oh, let il not lie said i'll the
future that our victory has been bar
rem of good Let rs s, use the bless
ings that have been granted us, that
all the people of this slate, uf every
age, sex, color and race, aud Of every
political creed shall have cauSe to re-
joicr that we have won this victory.
We are now responsible HAT Missis-
ippi pursues the path Of peace aud
prosperity. She has again emerged
from darkness so let the glorious
light of her redemption shed its eff
fulg snce over all the whites and
blacks, thai all may live in harmony,
and blessed with conienfment and
prosperity. Then shall we have
indeed won a victory whose glory
Cali never fade
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...ISW
DOUBTFUL.

Cunceding all of these five doubt
full states TO the republicans, the
democrats would still have majori-
ty of II electoral votes. Colorado
has not yet adopted n constitution
and may not do so III ::tue 10 be ad-
mittcd /; but even her vote added t"
the republican side would leave Il
democratic majority of ninc.-[k. Z.
Times.