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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-22
RICHARD A. COLLINS,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Waverly, Mo. Will
"A practice his profession in all the courts OF
she State of Missouri. Collections made
throughout the States. apr2u
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e. KALDSCHMlDT.O OLD TOWN.
nEALER In Groceries of all kinds. Bacon,
~ Eggs and all sorts Of produce bought and
sold. A good supply Of Fresh Bread, Cakes,
Crackers, Cheese, Candy and Dried Beef. Also
the best st. Louis Beer. Go to Kaldschmidt's
for your lunch. iune27-lr
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MONEY TO LOAN,
THOMAS I. HICKS.

ID EAL Estate, Financial and Insurance Agent
III Loans negotiated in sums to suit. Collec.
tiOns and remittances promptly attended to.
Iy9S GONClRDIA MO.
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xENoPHoN RYLAND,
Natorxy Or, hliC

JOHN 4. RYLAND XENOPHON RYLAND,
Notary Public.
RYLAND & RYLAND,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Lexington, Mo.
~ Offce over No. 81, Main street. Practice
in all the Courts OF Lafayette and adjacent cOun-
ties, in the Supreme Court OF the State and
District Court of the United States. Prompt
attention given to collections and all other
business janl4
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SWIMMING IN SALT LAKE.

Lexington, Missouri, June 29th, 1876.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-07-06

MAY / GO BAREFooTED.-Yes Yesterday
noon bold, bad boy who lives on Col.
umbia street went home from school and
said I: "Dear mother, may I 60 in my
bare feet this afternoon? None of the
boys wear shoes in the spring." But his
mother said: my darling boy, / can not
let you 60 barefooted and if you tease me
about it I will waffle your tender cuticle
with the unkind end of cheerful skate
strap. So the bold, bad boy closed the
debate with sigh, and, when the yeas
and nays were called, his mother did not
prevail, and the house soon after ad-
journed. But the boy went out of the
yard by the alleyway, and took off his
shoes and stockings, and hid them behind
the wood-pile and scudded merrily off to
school, and everybody admired his fat,
muddy, bare feet. But when he got out
of school the ground was covered with
snow, and he had solemn time hippity-
hopping. back home, and when he got
there he couldn't tell the wood-pile from
the haystack, and his hidden shoes and
stockings might as well have been in the
middle of the ocean for all the good they
did him. So he went into the house, and,
after a great deal of flibustering, he
made his report, which was tabled, and
the house went into committee of the
whole on the state of the boy. His moth
er took the floor, and after an exciting
and highly interesting session the COM
mittee rose and the house adjourned,
while the boy rubbed such portions ofhis
anatomy as he could reach, and framed q
bill for the more perfect prevention of
chilblains.-Burlington Haaokeye.
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INDIA-RUBBER.-India-r rubber is col.
lected in peculiar way in Africa. The
plant which furnishes it is q gigantic
creeper, reaching to the tops Of the high
est trees, and with stem that is some
times as thick as mans thigh. It has
large, bright, dark green leaves, some
what like those of the magnolia, and is
thickly studded with beautiful bunches
of pure white star-like flowers, which
have powerful bitter almond perfume
that is very attractive to insects. The
fruit is the size of large orange, yellow
when ripe, and round, but with hard
shell. This is filled with reddish pulp,
which has an agreeable acid taste
Every part of the creeper, says Mr.. Mon
teiro, exudes milky juice when cut or
wounded; but unlike the india-rubber
tree of America, this milky sap will not
run into vessel placed to receive it, as
it dries so quickly as to form ridge on
the wound, which stops its further flow.
The blacks collect it by making long cuts
in the bark with knife, and as the
milky juice gushes out it is wiped OF
continually with their fingers, and
smeared on their arms, shoulders, and
breast until a.thick covering is formed.
This is peeled off their bodies and cut
into small squares, which are said to be
then boiled in water. No less than four
hundred tons of rubber were collected in
this way in 1874 in the province of Am
briz alone.
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BROADBRIM.

The Discovery OF ICELAND
Warned by the trials which other voy'
ayers had had when trying to find new
lands, Flokko carried in his ship three
ravens which had previously been conse'
Grated by the pagan priests of Norway
Two ravens were supposed to bring to
Odin, or Wooden, the chief deity of the
Mortimer, news of all that happens iu
the world. And Flokko relied on the
ravens to tell him when land was in sight
The first raven, when setfree, returned to
the land from whence the ship had dsailed
therefore, this was yet the nearest shore
The second was let loose some days after
ward, and after wandering in the air
came back to the ship, showing thereby
that there was no land in sight. But
this and the third, when set at liberty
after two days, mounted up into the sky,
circled about as if to take view of the
horizon, and then took straight flight
into the west. Flokko followed in that
direction, and so reached the island fer
which he searched.
The colony did not thrive. 1t was
broken up, and the colonists returned to
Norway, bringing an evil report of the
land, which they called Iceland. But
in S75, ten years after Flokko's failure,
one Earl Ingolf, who had quarreled with
one of his neighbors and had killed some
of bis thralls, or bondmen, found it nee.
essary for him to flee from the wrath Of
the king, Harald Haarfager Harald the
Fair-haired,) and he accordingly took
his ships and went to Iceland. Here he
founded a colony which has lasted
through all the centuries-a remarkable
community.-&. Nicholas for July.
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A CORPSE EATEN BY Hoes.-A very
sad affair occurred in Pike County, Ala,
about five miles from. Troy, on Monday
last, the particulars of which are pecu-
liarly shocking. Mrs. Polly Mcleod, a
widow lady, nearly sixty years Of age,
who was subject to asthmatic attacks,
left her sons house about two o'clock in
the afternoon, for the purpose of visiting
a daughter who lived mile away
Nothing was heard of her until the next
morning, when her body was found in
the road near her sons house, with the
face badly eaten by hogs. tits supposed
that she was violently attacked with asth-
ma soon after starting and fell dead in
the road. As she was to remain at her
daughters over night her absence created
no alarm in her sons family, and the
road being little used for travel, her body
was not discovered until the next day
Hogs which were running at large in
that vicinity commenced to mutilate and
devour the corpse, and but for its discov-
cry early in the morning they would have
left it in fearful and repulsive state of
mutilation. When driven away, howev-
er, only the face of the unfortunate wo-
man had been eaten.
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A BEAUTIFUL F1GURE.-Life is like a
fountain fed by thousand streams, that
perishes if one be dried. 1t is silver
cord twisted with q Thousand strings, that
parts asuuder if one be broken
Thoughtless mortals are surrounded by
innumerable dangers which make it so
much more that they escape so long, than
that they almost all perish suddenly at
last. Weare encompassed with accidents
every day, sufficient to crush the decay
ing tenemeDts we inhabit; the seeds of
disease are planted in our constitution by
nature. The earth and atmosphere
whence we draw the breath of life are
impregnated with death; health is made
to operate with its own destruction. The
food that nourishes contains the elements
of decay; the soul that animates it by
vivifying, first tends to wear it out by its
own action death turks in ambush along
the paths. Notwithstanding the truth is
so probably confirmed by the daily ex-
ample before our eyes, how little do we
lay it to heart! We see our friends and
neighbors die; but how seldom does it
occur to our thoughts, that our knell
may next give warning to the world.
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A GREAT MoTHER.-The mother of
John Quincy Adams, said in letter to
him, when he was only twelve:
ri would rather see you in your grave
than grow up profane and graceless
boy"
Not long before his death gentleman
said to him: give found out who made
you"
Adams.
The gentleman replied: "I have just
been reading the published letters of
your mother"
off" this gentleman relates, 'tI had
spoken that dear name to some little boy
who had been for weeks away from his
mother, his eyes could not have flushed
more brightly nor his face glowed more
quickly than that venerable old man when
pronounced the name of his mother. He
stood up in his peculiar manner and
said: Yes, sir; all that is good in me I
owe to my mother
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LANGUAGE OF FINGER RINGs.-In
case of gentleman wishing to marry
literally in the market with his heart
he wears plain or chased gold ring
upon the first finger of the left Tor heart)
hand.
When success attends his suit, and he
is actually engaged, the ring passes to
the second finger.
After marriage it passes to the third
finger:
II, however, the gent desires to tell the
fair ones that he not only is not sin mar
ket," but he does not design to marry at
all, he wears the signet upon his little
finger, and all ladies may understand that
he is out of their reach.
With the fair sex the claws of the
ring" are:
A plain or chased gold ring on the lit
tie finger of the right hand implies not
engaged" or, in other words, "ready
for proposals, sealed or otherwise.
When engaged the ring passes to the
first finger Of the left hand.
When married the third finger receives
it.. :,
If the fair one proposes to defy all
seige to her heart, she places the ring on
her first and fourth finger-one on each,
like two charms to beep away the tempt
er. 1t is somewhat singular that this dis
position of rings is rare!
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Food for the Nerves.

The mind, as it is called, and the body
are one, and can only act by the same
laws; whether action proceeds from the
nervous centres and is invisible, or from
the muscular system and is visible-it is
the action produced by force generated
within.
The German Professor Helmholtz has
lately brought the calculations of the
force that has to be engendered within
our comprehension, and if such a force
has to be maintained, it can only be done
by nourishment or food. Food consists
not only of organic vegetable and animal
matter, but also of air and water, and
therefore a change of air is often invigor-
ating to the nervous system. Our ideas
of the minds work are still very con-
fused, for all nervous action is produced
by exertion or waste of force. Grief is
nervous exertion; joy is nervous e1er-
tion; dependency is nervous e1ertion |;
every thought is nervous exertion, and
all this exertion wants maintaining and
feeding. Whenever exhaustion appears,
or so-called nervous disorders, it is moth
ing else but the consequence of want of
nourishment. Grief makes greater
claim on the nervous centres than JOY,
and it is exceedingly wrong to avoid food
in grief. Dependency is nothing but
the result of incomplete nutrition of the
nerves, which give way under outward
pressure; it is only necessary to be judi
cious and give good nourishment to de-
spending persons, such as will invigorate
and prove of tonic value, and the nervous
system will return to its natural elasticity.
Dependency exhausts the nervous system
greatly, for all thought is action, and
desponding thought wastes more force
than joyous thought. Nervous diseases
are the consequence of continued waste
of nervous action and incomplete nutri-
ton, and require nothing but judicious
dietetic treatment. We have, at the out
set of our movement, always maintained
that all nervous disorders and so-called
lunacy can be greatly affected by diet,
and we maintain this now; healthy and
iudicious food moulds the character and
nourishes the brain.-NationaI and Fuel
Reforn,er.
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THE SALT MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHERN
NEvADA.-Beginning six miles up the
Virgin river, mountains of salt extend
for thirty or more miles up the, Virgin
and Muddy rivers, in Nevada. There
are openings now made from six to twen-
ty miles up the Virgin river at different
places. From six to twelve miles up,
these openings uncover species of dark
gray salt, ninety-two per centum pure,
presenting to the casual observer the
appearance of common gray granite:
These openings are all on the east side of
the Virgin river, from one-fourth to one
half mile from its banks. At point
twenty miles up the river, and on its
western side, is mountain of pure white
crystalized salt, white as the driven snow
and transparent almost as glass. 1t is at
once a pleasing and interesting spectacle
to see the great masses of crystalline
salt as thrown out by three or four foot
blast. These pure and beautiful blocks
resemble somewhat blocks of the purest
ice when prepared for the ice house.
On placing mass six inches thick over
a column of the Chronicle the fine print
could be read easily.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
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VOL. XI---N0. 81.
Self.Improvement.

There are many young working men
who are anxious to improve their minds
by reading and studying out of business
hours. But too many grow discouraged
and fail in their efforts for self-improve-
ment, although they begin with the best
intentions.
A want of thoroughness in whatever is
undertaken is, perhaps, one great cause
of such failures. A practical writer on
that topic gives the following good direc-
tion: "Never leave what you undertake
to learn until you reach your arms around
it, and clench your hands on the other
side" It is not the amount of reading
you run over that will ever make you
learned, it is the amount you retain. DR..
Abernethy maintained that "there was
point of saturation in his mind" beyond
which it was not capable of taking in
more. Whatever was pressed, upon it
afterwards crowded out something else.
1t is probable that few of us have minds
more sponge like than that of the great
doctor.
Every young man should endeavor to
perfect himself in the science of the busi-
ness he has chosen. Without this, he
must always content himself in the lower
walks of his calling The cost of few
cigars will buy all the books he requires,
and his own diligence may be made to
well supply the place of tutor. With
out such diligence, the best teacher in
the world could not manufacture him
into scholar. If once going over
point will not master it, he must tackle
it again. Better give weeks study to
page than conclude that you can not
comprehend it.
But though it is wise to give your main
strength to your own specially, you
should not confne yourself to such study
exclusively. The perfection of all your
powers should be your aspiration. Those
who can only think or talk on one SUBJ
ject may be efficient in their line; but
they are not agreeable members of society
in any of its departments. Neither have
they made the most of themselves.
They become one-sided and narrow in
their views, and are reduced to humili
ating dependence on one branch of in
dustry. It costs nothing to carry knowl-
edge; aud in times like these, to be
able to put his hand to more than one
branch of industry often serves man
good turn.
Do not attempt too much in the way of
study to begin with you will surely lose
heart if you do. Be humble and modest
in aspirations, and if you are diligent
never fear but that you will hear voice
saying: "Come up higher" Be content
to gather the precious gold of learning
grain by grain you will soon be able to
see the growing and will learn from it the
wonderful power of the Titles, which is
felt and shown in mental as well as in
golden grains.
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The SALARIES OF GovERNoRs.-Ncw
York pays its Governof an annual salary
of $4,000, which is the highest paid in
the Union. Louisiana pays $4,000, Cali
fornia $4,000, Nevada $4,000. Eight
States-Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mis-
souri,, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,
Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin-pay
$4,000; Maryland $4,000. Three States
-Alabama, Georgia and Floridazpay
each $4,000. Arkansas and South Caro-
lima pay each sS,5OO. Kansas, Indiana,
Minnesota, Mississippi, New jersey and
Tennessee pay each $1,000. Illinois;
Iowa and Maine pay each $1,000. West
Virginia pays $1,000. Connecticut
$4,000, Oregon 1,5O0, Delaware $1,000,
and Michigan, Nebraska, New Hamp-
shire, Rhode Island and Vermont pay
their Governors respectively salary of
just 81, 900.
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THE Two WEBsTERs.-When Mr..
Webster visited England, after he had
attained fame enough to precede him, an
English gentleman took him one day to
see Lord Brougham. That eminent
Briton received our Daniel with such
coolness that he was glad to get away
and back to his rooms. The friend who
had taken him at once returned to Lord
Brougham in haste and anger.
"My lord, how could you behave with
such unseemly rudeness and discourtesy
to so great lawyer and statesman? 1t
was insulting to him, and has filed me
with modification"
"Why, what on earth have l done, and
whom have I been rude to-"
"To Daniel Webster, of the Senate Of
the United States"
"Great Jupiter, what a blunder! /
thought it was that fellow Webster who
made dictionary and nearly ruined the
English language"
Then the great Chancellor quickly
hunted up the American Senator, and
having other tastes in common besides
law and politics, they made royal night
of it.-Editor's Dra,oer in Harpers Mag
azine for June.
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A Few Terrible Counts Against the
Republican Party.

The Hon. George F. Hoar, Repub-
lican member of Congress, closed his
speech on the Belknap impeachment, ~
follows:
"NLy own public life has been a brief
and insignificant one, extending little
beyond the duration of single term of
Senatorial office, but in that brief period
I have seen five judges of high court
of the United States driven from Office
by threats of impeachment for corup.
tion or mal-administration. Ihave heard
the taunt from the friendliest lips, that
when the United States presented herself
in the East to take part with the civil
lied world in generous competition in
the arts of life, the only product in which
she surpassed all others beyond question
was her corruption. have seen in the
State, in the Union, foremost in power
and wealth, four judges of her courts
impeached for corruption and the politi-
cal administration of her chief city be-
come a by-word throughout the world
I have seen the Chairman of the Com
mittee on Military Affairs in the House,
now distinguished member of this court,
rise in his place and demand the expul-
sion of four of his associates for making
sale of their official privilege ofselecting
the youths to be educated at our great
military school. When the greatest rail-
road of the world, binding together the
continent and uniting the two great seas
which wash our shores, was finished, !!
have seen our national triumph turned
to bitterness'and shame by the.unanimous
reports of three committees of Congress,
two of the House and one here, that every
step of that mighty enterprise had been
taken in fraud. have heard in highest
places the shameless doctrine avowed by
men, grown old in public Office that the
true way by which power should be
gained in a republic is to bribe the peo-
pie with Offices created for their service,
and the true end for which it should be
used when gained is the promotion OF
selfish ambition and the qualification OF
personal revenge. I had heard that sus.
picion haunts the footsteps of the trusted
companions of the President. These
things have passed into history"
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DY1NG.-Benjauin F. Taylor, of the
Chicago Journal, draws the following
beautiful picture in reference to the GER
tain departure for that undiscovered
country: .fcct
There is dignity about that going
away alone, which we call dying.that
wrapping of the mantel of immortality
about as; that putting aside with a
pale hand the azure curtains that are
drawn around this cradle of world;
that venturing away from home for the
first time in our lives, for we are dead ;
there is nothing dead to speak of, and
seeing foreign countries not down on the
maps we have read about. There must
be lovely lands someYhere starward, for
none everreturn that go thither, and we
very much doubt if any would if they
could.
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= The latest story of brave though
childlike form, faithful at the post of
duty, comes from Ohio. he was the son
of village editor, and having discovered
q broken rail just outside of the town, sat
for five hours on fence near by waiting
for the train, so that he might be the first
to carry the particulars of the accident to
his father. Such devotion to the pater-
nal interests is very affecting. ..-'s
= For straightforward plea to the
question of Guilty, or not guilty :" take
the case of that Missouri chap on .trial
for murder-"if yer honor please, ! am
guilty. killed the man because he took
my gal from me. She was about the on
ly thing I had; and I did not want to
live after she went, and I didn't want
him to live neither. And I Iwould be
much obliged to yer honor if you hang
me as soon as possible"
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her to speak as she otherwise could not
have done. She laid her hand on his
arm, OBTAINING him by a slight pressure.
although he did not look toward her.
"You are neither stupid, nor awkward
to me, Milton, and l don't want you to
CO." she said softly.
BE turned quickly around, hardly real,
izing the full import of her words, until
he saw her face and as she dropped her
head unable to bear his gaze, he caught
her in his arms straining her fercely to
his heart, as if he feared some one would
take her away from him.
"You do not want me to 60, Maud
Then you do care for me a little? Tell
me that you love me and will be my wife!
Let me hear from your own lips the
words that will make me the happiest
man the sun ever shone on"
"I do love you, Milton, and will be
your wife if you care to have me"
"IfI care to have you, my precious
one! dare not think of what my life
would have been without you. But
henceforth I devote it entirely to you,
doing everything in my power to make
you happy, that you may never regret
.having given yourself to me-"
"I have no fears of that" she answered,
$50 good son as you have been, cannot
fail to be good husband"
Millions mother asked no questions
when he came down to breakfast the next
morning; his radiant face told the whole
story to her, as il did also to Charlie
Draper, when they met on their way to
work.
"I am sure wish you joy, MiltoD," he
said, cordially.
"Thsnk you sincerely"
And Charles failure to secure the
prize proved to be a benefit to him, for
he did turn over a new leaf, aud saved
his money. One year later he was united
to Katie Bell, Maud's cousin, whose tenn
permanent was much better adapted to his
than Maud's ever could have been. But
if you wish to see thoroughly happy
couple, call on Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Boyd Waversy Magazine.