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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-19
MAYHEM.
NOTECE!!
TO THE

TO THE HUBLIC q
WILL Keep constantly on hand a competent
best Rio Conees and sugars; also the best Gum
power. Imperial and Japan Teas; Pepper,
Allspice. Soaps, Concentrated Lye, Matches,
supply OF Syrups. Coal OIL and Pure Cider VIM
egar; the very best brands of TObaccos, Cigars.
Powder Shot and Caps; and; in ine. everything
together with u good line OF Boots and Shoes
consisting OF Pillow Shoes Men and Boys Boots,
Misses and n Children's, Shoes. all styles. and i
believe l can say l have the largest stock OF
Qu~eensware In Mayvlew,- OF The best White
granite ware, and the most complete line OF
Glassware in town; Lamps Of all sizes, Lamp
Burners. Lamp Cnlmneys, Lamp Wlcks, Sc;
Milk Crooks, Jars, Churns and Jugs, from one
| gallon to eight, and Il good line OF Pocket and
Table Cutlery, and 4 great many other articles
too tedious to mention. all OF which i invite the
public, after thanking them kindly Tor the very
liberal patronage given me in the past, to call in
the future. Not aiming this as IL cut or thrust Mt
my brother merchants, l do not say that l will
sell cheaper, below cost or give my goods away,
but having seven years experience III the trade:
and knowing how and when to buy, L believe |
can give as low prices and good goods as any
other merchant in Mayhem or elsewhere, and
make a small ma l.p profit MI. and give you s 5ar ssth nr
country produce that l can convert into cash.
consequently l will not be driven to the ncces-
and lost. 1 VIII take in exchange for goods.
bacon, dried fruits, dry or green hides, pelts.
tallow, DeeswaX, chickens, ducks, geese, tur-
keys, eggs, butter, feathers, &c, and in fact
everything that l can convert into money at
Kansas City or St. LOUIS. Hoping TO receive a
share of your patronage, l am, yours very
respectfully, l. W. WHIT9ETT.
junel9-tf MAYHEM, Mo.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
T'HE partnership heretofore existing between
i the undersigned, under the firm name ard
style of Bedding & Clagett, is hereby dissolved
by mutual consent.
Eli L. Bleeding assumes, and Will pay NIL In:
debtedness OF said firm. Persons owing SAID
firm will please settle their accounts with VIM.
S. Clagett, who succeeds the firm at the same
business stand.
Given under our hands this. Jan; Is, 1881:
ri E L. BEEDlNG,
= jan2ats W. 8. CLAGkTT.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-19

The woman who dyes her hair
ought to keep it dark.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-19
HICCINSVILLE.

wv Il. PETERS, Photographer, Is prepared
w !. to do all kinds of work in his line. Call
on him. Higginsville. fe6otd
DR. O. L.. JONES, SURGEON -
~ DENTIST, having erm.ns1 ,hs ~35f
natronaae of the people Of that vicinity. All
work warranted. Office at the Occidental Ho-
tel, Higginsvllle, Mo. dllyIe
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-19

Men are geese, women are ducks,
aud birds Of Asfealher flock together
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-19
-Iexington Market.

In tbis report the Wholesale prices are given in
left hand column, and retail prices In right hand
column. In, country produce, the figures on the
iefrdanote Whntthe merchants are paying, and
IN fho riaht the nrfcas ut which they sell.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-19

A man may be like a piano-up-
right yet not grand. "a
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-19
SALE.

WHEREAS, Martha j. lit and Joseph Ut.
w her husband, by their deed OF trust. dated
June 18th, 1874, and recorded in book No. IL,
page CSC, and following of the records of the re,
corder Of deeds Tor the county OF Lafayette. ana
state of Missouri, conveyed to the undersigned
trustee, the following described real estate.
situate. lying and being in the county of Latay-
cite, and state OF Missouri. to-wit:; Lot number
one ~, bid ''C,' in Anderson's addition TO
the city OF Lexington, as The same appears upon
the plat OF said addition, now ON file and OF rec
ord in the recorders Office for said county, which
said conveyance was made in trust to secure the
payment of u certain prOlnissory note in sand
deed described, together with the interest there
on; and. whereas, default has been made In the
payment Of said note; which has been long since
past due; now. therefore, ut the request of the
lawful owner and hol,,er of said note, notice Il
given that the Undersigned, trustee, in accord.
ance With the terms and conditions OF said deet
OF trust, will. on
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 26rH. 1881,
offer said property for sale. ut public auction. IL
the highest bidder, for cash, at the courthous'
door, in the city of Lexington. between tn
hours of ten O'Clock. q. m, and five O'Clock, p
m. of that day. TO satisfy said note and interes
jan22 JOHN d. ROBINSON, Trustee:
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
! FACTS WORTH KNOWING,

II Ginger, Buchus QAn0rekos 6S1Iltnelo en01
other OF the best medicines known are sol
Faithfully combined in PARKER's GINGER ToNIc@
las to make it the greatest Blood Purifier and \
I The Best Health and Strength Rsstorsr !
- Ever Used.
{. So perfect Is the composition Of PARxra's@
PWhere It ia used. II you have Dyspepsia, Hssd.@
kache, Rheumstism, Neuralgia, Bowel. kidnsy}
Tor Liver Disorder, ori Il you need . mild sim
kulant, or appetizer, the TONIC is Just the med
kicine for you, as Il b highly curative and In
migrating but never Intoxicating. 4
: II you are slowly wasting AWAY with Con-
ksumption or any eicsness, II you have . P.infai}
kcoush or q bad Cold, PARKER's GIsaEn !ToNIc}
IwfIl surely help. you. It gives new life and1
kvigor to the feeble and aged, and fs . certain@
kcnre for rheumatism and Cholera lnfantum. :
kIt Has Saved Hundreds Of Lves3 Il Hay5
Save Yours. J
II You are feeling miserable dont wait untl1
kyou are down sick, but use the TOXIC to-day
Pho matter what your disease or ymptomS may
kbe it will give prompt relief. \
Remember 1 PAIkKkHs GnaEn Tome a mott
ka rum drink but the Best and Purest Family
kMedicine ever made, compounded BY 2 newt
kprocess, and entirely different from Bitfers.@
kginger preparations and all other Tones. Try@
IA 56c. bottle. Your druggist can supply you. :
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q IA diecOyeYV which cnrea by fEo NATURAL p8Ocdk9,
$50 ONION
-, disease. - ~ kiSn.,.' R,.daer. vIrfnerv
q! diseases q Ine naHney.: wham nothing sis,,
OrsaI IT, anu ~ eos,oh IN. ~ H. nst;enf nositive IN IN
efects and the nrst cure for those painful All
much dreaded afections,
and Brtgnt,S D1seases
while It's cures Of Gravel, DrOpsy, Catarrh Of tho
BLADDER, Br.ehdI.t: perosis, rainfn, 0 RIM E aos.
In the Back seem more Like miracles than cases Oh
-stnDrr rr a WMz TaINg A ZIG
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ATTENTION,
CRo

NN
ITO THOSE WHO CONTEMPLATE A
planting Fruit Trees in the Spring 49,
of 1881, / would say 1 have started a S2
Nursery at Higginsville, and, Can farnish -
First-Class Fruit Trees for less than ever before
offered in this county. by from % to SO per cent.
NV stock consists OF choice Yearllpg Apple
TrHees. from 5 to 5 feet high. First;Glass Peach
Cherry and Pc r Trees. Grape Vines, small
Fruits-i. e.-Blackberrles. Raspberrles, Cur.
rants. Gooseberrles, etc.. OF the latest ana nest
varieties, and known to be reliable. New Ev-
ergreens, Ornamental Trees, etc. Please con-
suit the following price list before purchasing;
Apples, l year, 3 to b feet e
Apples, 2 to ) years. ~
Peach, . to 3.......... ......... ~ ~
~
L Cherry .-.... r.
Grape Vines, l ~
GOOseberrles, per doz ~
Currants. per Qoz ......... ..............:' "
RasnheSrIes / 2.
ny to year Apple Trees are 6rst-ciass ir
every respect. Grown In an adjoining county
and all guaranteed true to name. when the
Cash accompanies the Order. 1 will, At tn!
/ above rates, deliver Trees to any depot in Lar
| ayette county on the Mo. P. or G.: q A. Il. &.
Free of Charge. We ask the Fruit Growers Il
| give us a trial. SAM'L. MCDANIEL,
: jsnSmS Higginsville, Nc.
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JERSEY BULL.
HcIR FRANK ,lesl, dam I'm @@
Oported LADY Frank'' q, 6ls), a~(
schoiceAbutter COW; sire the celebrated 1H~
imported ...Ssn. Souci', (85ll is solid.KA
mole color. with full black points, very large, and
the best bull o his breed ever brought to western
Missouri. He will be, allowed to serve cows al
Is each; two or more cows owned by one person
at 81 each. Call and see him at my place, one
mile northeast Of Lexington, Mo. -- (
mays-tf .aG.ca =. TIM. HOWARD.
FOR SALE. T..
Jersey CATTLE; thorougbbreds and grades
y best butter strains. stSir Frank 2,l63, Ii
At the head of my herd. I have also some choice
Barkshire Pigs. sired by Liverpool, he by Lore
Liverpool: GEO. NJ. CATRON,
juuel9-tf Lexington, Mo,
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ORDER on ~PURLICATIOl

By q. B. DANIEL, d. q. JET
Geo. s. Rathbup, attorney for plaintiff. ~
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-19
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

FRANK TKIGG. Clerk:
By G. B. DANIEL. d. e. js2t5
Walker 4 Field. attorneys Tor plaintiff. :
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-19

STATE OF MISSOURI, l..
LAFAYETTE COUNTY. '-iozI
In the Circuit Court of said county, December
term, 1880. 18th day-December 2lst, 1880.
Thomas M. Dollsrhide1 rE
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FARM O SALE.

NANh IIsIGG, C!erk:
By C. B: DANrHL,fD. z. jan29
RylaEd & Rylanu, attorney for plaintiff.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-19

STATE OF MISSOURI, lss
l. LAFAYETTE UoUNTY $50
In the Circuit court ofsaid county. in vacation
The National tribune., 1881-08-20
THE OLDEST CITY.

Damascus is the oldest city in the world Tyre
and SidOn have crumbled On the shore; Baalbec
is a ruin; Palmyra is buried in a desert; Nineveh
and Babylon have disappeared from the Tigris
and Euphrates Damascus remains what it was
before the days of Abraham-a centre of trade
and travel, an island of verdure in the DESERT
"a presidential capital" with martial and sacred
associations extending through thirty centuries.
1t was near Damascus that Saul of Tarsus saw
the light above the brightness of the sun; and the
street which is called Straight, in which it was
said "he prayed" still runs through the city The
caravan comes and goes as it did a thousand years
ago. there is still the sheik the ass and the water
wheel; the merchants of the Euphrates and the
Mediterranean still occupy" there with the
multitude of their wares" The city which Mo-
hammed surveyed from neighboring height, and
was afraid to enter "because it was given to man
to have but paradise, and for his part, he was
resolved not to have it in this world" is to-day
what Julian called the Eye of the East" as it
was in the time of Isaiah, "the Head of Syria"
From Damascus came the damson, our blue plums,
and the delicious apricot of Portugal, called da-
masco; damask, our beautiful fabric of cotton and
silk, with vines and flowers raised upon smooth,
bright ground; the damask rose, introduced into
England in the time of Henry VIII; the Damas-
Gus blade, so famous the world over for it's keen
edge and wonderful elasticity the secret of whose
manufacture was lost when Tamerlane carried off
the artist into Persia; and that beautiful art of
inlaying wood and steel with silver and gold, a
kind of mosaic engraving and sculpture united,
called damasking, with which boxes bureaus,
swords, and guns are ornamented. 1t is still a
city OF flowers and bright waters; the streams of
Lebanon and the "river of gold" still murmur
and sparkle in the wilderness of the Syrian
gardens
The National tribune., 1881-08-20
INTERESTING STATISTICS.
IN American Almanac.

The number of troops from each of the old thir-
teen States enlisted during the Revolutionary
War, including Continental soldiers and militia
is as follows: ITS, 1858; 1776, 89,761 1777,
69,72O; 1778, 51,O46; 1779, 44,275; 1880, 43O76;
1871, 29,340; 1882, 18OO6; 1888, 13,4T men.
The whole militia force raised during the War
of 1921 was 81 210 officers, 44O,412 men; total
All, ,622. The number Of officers and men in the
Regular Army during the same period cannot be
accurately ascertained, but aggregated in July,
1912, $685. in February, 1813 1906; in Sep
tember, 1914, 49, 1S6; and in February, 1915,
So 424 men.
The whole number of troops serving in the
Mexican War is set down at 101 ,2S2 men, of whom
1O49 were reported killed, 5OS as having died of
wounds, and 1920 as having been wounded.
During the years from 1861 to 1865, inclusive,
there were mustered into the service of the United
States a grand total of 2, ,959, 80 men. Reduced
to a uniform three-years standard, the aggregate
amounts to 2,520,272 men. New York furnished
the largest number (467, ,047), and the District of
Columbia the largest in proportion to population
224 per cent, and Kansas the next largest 1873
per cent.
The number of casualties in the Volunteer and
Regular Armies of the United States during the
War of 1865 was reported by the Provost-Mar-
shal General in 1866 as follows Killed in battle,
81 1862 died of wounds, 34,727; died of disease,
1932S7 Total died, 1886.
Note-This aggregate does not include the
number of those who died from wounds or dis
ease after discharge, and therefore falls consid-
erably below the figures expressing the actual
losses growing out of the rebellion
The National tribune., 1881-08-20
THE OLDEST REPUBLIC.

IT IS SAID that Marino, a small State in Italy,
between the Apprentices, the Po, and Adratic is
the oldest Republic ON earth. It's territory is
only forty miles in circumference, and its popu-
lation about 5000. The republic was founded
more than 400 years ago, on moral principles,
industry, and equality, and has preserved its
liberty and independence amid all the wars and
discOrds which have ragged around it. Bonaparte
respected it, and sent an embassy to express his
sentiments Of friendship and fraternity 1t is
governed by captain regent chosen every six
months by the representatives of the people
(sixty in number) who are chosen every six
months by the people. The taxes are light the
tarm-hOuses are neat, the fields are well cult
waited, and on all sides are seen comfort and
plenty-the happy effect of morality, simplicity,
and frugality. 1t is probably the first and only
instance where the strength of the State has con-
sisted, as one might say in its exceeding weak
ness
The National tribune., 1881-08-20
THE RIVER OF HOPE.

There is a beautiful belief current among some
of the Indians inhabiting the Northwest Terri
tory that the Oregon River, which runs from the
Rocky Mountains westward, discharges its waters
in the bright Summer Land where dwells the red
mans ManitOu; and it is a custom with the peo-
pie to wrap their dead in costly beaded raiment
and, with stores of provision and trinkets, place
them in bark canoe launched upon the stream,
upon the bosom of which the lifeless forms go
sailing away toward the sunset. They are ex-
pected to awaken with the first coming beams of
morning into new, unending, and perfectly
blissful life awaiting all who sail for the Happy
Isles that lay far beyond the range of mortal Wis
ion.
So through every human life runs the river of
Hope ChildhOOd's feet are bathed in its shining
waters, and the youthful, the middle-aged, and
the old and decrepid, by reason of the weight of
years resting upon them, alike dip their hands
into the stream and gather up the silvery parti-
cles to cool the brow and quench the hearts
thirsting after future good. And, as the untu-
tored savage launches the object of bis love- so do
men and women everywhere set boat after boat
a-sailing this other tide, each richly freight
ed, each bearing away some earnest longing or
some dead desire. They think desire-the wish
the aspirations dead, and yet do not despond; but
half expect to meet them by and by in that fair
land-fruition called by sOme-which all are
striving for, but few may enter fully. Hopes
river, like the Oregon, ends in an open sea, and
those who seek for lost or buried treasure there
too often find despair.
The National tribune., 1881-08-20
WORDS OF WISDOM,

OLD FRIENDS are best. King James used to
call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his
feet.-Selden.
To SMELL turf of fresh earth is wholesome for
the body; no less are thoughts of mortality cor
dial to the soul.-Fuler.
WORDS are wise mems counters, they do but
reckon by them; but they are the money of fools.
Hobbs.
THE SUN, though it passes through dirty places,
yet remains as pure as before.-BdcOR.
The National tribune., 1881-08-20

Before | left the camp asked one of the Off
GERS, an old acquaintance, to station a good ser
! geant i'll the ravine with his lantern to signal
across to me whatever might transpirc. He
agreed to do so, and l returned to my post con
slderably elated at the thought that the mystery
was in fair way of being solved
1t was a little after eleven p. ~ when entered
the angle and turned my vision toward the oppo-
site hills l had just looked at my watch; it
wanted then six minutes to twelve, when the
light, which | more than half expected, flashed
out through the darkness. Around and around
over and over it went, if endeayor;ng to attract
attention,-then up, right, left, forward, and SO
on so rapidly | had difficulty in following its
motions until it was, as on the preceding occas-
ions, seemingly dashed to earth and extnguished.
| waited for at least an hour for some indication
that the sergeant was at his post, but none came
l felt sOrely troubled, superstitiOus and could
hardly restrain myself from at once crossing the
river to probe the matter to the bottom. Directly
after daybreak | procured another leave of alb
sencc and passing over the aque1uct, made my
way to the signal camp, where l found the utmost
excitement prevailing. The sergeant, detailed at
my request the night before, had been found MUIR
posted. His lantern lay in fragments upon the
ground near by and careful search detected in
the soil the prints of three pairs of feet besides
his own. A knife wound in the left side, near
the heart, and the marks of severe blow upon
the head, which had fractured the skull, proved
the manner of his death. We inspected every
foot of territory between the unfortunate soldiers
body and the river, from whence we supposed the
attack to have come but found nothing of conse-
quence anywhere. At the waters edge we did it
is true, see indications of boat having been
drawn up on the shelving beach-nothing more.
An investigation was made in every possible di-
rectiOn, but nothing came oft. l told my story,
which was believed by some and by others laughed
at; and but for the fact that had at the time of
asking the detail partly told it to the officer in
command might have found myself in an unpleas-
ant predicament on account of my connection
with the mysterious death. AS it happened, the
matter gradually died out of mind, and being
transferred TO the Peninsula not long afterwards
even my remembrance of the matter was blunted
by other events The mystery is, however, to-
day as great as ever. The circumstances of the
sergeants death have never been made to appear
nor have | ever been able to account except
through the agency of spirits for those warning
manifestations preceding for two nights his taking
of, and which were the exact counterpart of those
produced by himself ON the fatal occasion in his
endeavors to attract my attention, in order that,
by my replying or communicating with the sta
tion he might be saved from harm
The National tribune., 1881-08-20
WHO WAS KISSED 2

As Annie carrying the baby one day
Tossing aloft the lump of inanty,
Dear to its father and mother, no Coubt,-
To the rest of the world mere lump of humanity
Sam came along, and was thinking then may he,
As much of the she of the baby.
" Just look at the baby cried Ann, in fiutter,
Giving the locks round her finger a twlrl;
" If WAS n man know that couldn't
BE keeping my hands off dear little girl
And Sam gave Il wink as if to say, May be,
OF the girls I'd rather hug you than the baby"
'Now kiss it ~ she cried, still hugging it closer.
80 Its mouth like the roses the honey-bee sips"
Sam stopped to obey, and as heads came together,
There Glanced to arise a confusion of lips!
And, as il occurred, it might have been, may be,
That each got a kiss SAM Ann, and the baby!
It's hard TO tell just what then was the matter,
For the baby the only one innocent there;
And Annie flushed up like full-blown peony;
And Samuel turned red to the roots of his hair;
So the question is ths:-you answer it, may be-
Did Annie kiss Sam, or did both kiss the baby?
The National tribune., 1881-08-20
KEEP MY MEMORY GREEN.

My feet approach lifes western slope,
Above me bend the MONDAY skies;
Beyond me spreads the realm of hope,
Behind the land of memory lies.
/ know not what the years may bring
Of dangers wild, or joys serene,
But turning to the east, 1 sing,
Lord, keep my memory green"
o land of winter and of bloom,
OF singing bird and moaning pine,
Thy golden light, thy tender gloom,
Thy wales and mountains, all are mine!
Thy holy loves of other years
With bec'ning hands toward me lean,
And whisper through their falling tears,
Lord, keep my memory green"
Dear memory-whose unclouded eye
Can pierce the darkest wilds of space
l see her watch-fires burning high,
feel her breezes fan my face.
would not give the light she filings
Across my futures landscape scene
For all the pomp and power of kings;
Lord, keep my memory green.'
Let memory near my soul abide,
With eye and voice to warm and win,
Till hope and memory, side by side,
Shall walk above the tides of SIM
"'ill from lifes western lakes and rills
The angel lifts the sunset sheen
And hangs it DER the eastern hills,
Lord, keep my memory green.
-JameS g. Clark
The National tribune., 1881-08-20
A PRINTING OFFICE IN AN OYSTER CAN.

How many of the Kentucky editors that copy the ex-
ceent matter from the Little Rock Gazette know that its
author is the determined individual who, a few
edited the Scottvle Argusa paper that look
ed if it set up in shngle nails and printed
cheese Franklin (Ky) Local
The Scottville Argus! The name brings up
sigh suggestive of a split bellows. How that
paper was reverenced; how boys on the street
persisted in calling it the Hotville .Scargus, 1t
was powerful sheet, and it required powerful
pair of eyes to read it, 1t was unnecessary to
read the proof, for no one could ever discover
typographical error. One day the individual re-
ferred to in the above clipping went into the of
flee and found Warner, the proprietor, in great
distress
Whats the matter?"
ave can't get out paper this week"
"Why?"
Il lost type just now"
(which one?"
'An IN, believe"
Then he took the office out of an oyster can,
ran over the alphabet, and remarked:
ayes, we've lost our m"
"What shall we do?"
"Don't know, unless L 60 to the blacksmith
shop and get horseshoe nail"
This was an excellent idea, and he secured the
nail. Next day four other types were missing,
and Warner got more nails.
The day following somebody stole the Office,
and threw the can into the street. Warner got
enough nails to set the paper up, and after it was
issued the leading man of the place (he worked
in a livery stable) came around and complimented
us upon the improved appearance Of our journal.
Little Rock Gazette.