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WIT AND wlspos.

: "Jane," he said, / thinkif you lifted
your feet from the FIRE we might have
some heat in the room" And they had
not been married long.
A LOUISVILLE bill collector, rs he
says, called upon creditor 324 times
before he got his money. Pers, verance
will saw tree down with hair pin.
AN old couple were walking down the
street the other day reading signs,
when they ran across one which the
old man read thus: "Johnsons Shirt
Store" swell, declared exclaimed
the old lady, wonder how hetore it?"
BEWARE Of little things A black
seed, no larger than a pin.point, will
grow nm onion that may faint the breath
enough to break up q betrothal, ruin
Sunday. school, and shatter the good
intentions of, "a sewing-circleaay
NEVER SO into . newspaper office to
shoot the editor. II You dc you had
better take your coffin along. Many
editors. have skeletons in their closets,
and il is no uncommon thing for
GHOSTS" to be found about tho haunts
of printers. iai' 20"
He was sitting on the clubhouse
steps, when a gentleman came up to
him and asked him if there was gem
tleman with one eye named Walker in
the club, "Idon't know" wns the an
sWer, "Whnt's the name of the other
eyer ,,r ..,.. 40 ,l, .,sg..i ..a ID
THE LATEST man Is on western pa
per. He spells photograph "4tograph."
There have been only three worse than
he, One lived out in Kansas and dated
his letters "11worth, another spelled
Tennessee "10aC, and the other wrote
Wyandotte "Y&." 'r 20 800. s' iD
'"SEE here" said fault finding hus-
band to his wife, Eve must have things
arranged in this house so we shall know
Just where everything is kept With
all my heart" she sweetly answered;
"and let us begin with your late hours,
my love; L should dearly like to know
where they are kept" He let things
run on as usual, ~ ........ ~,
The Medical Students Primer
What place is this? Thisis the Pathe
logical Society. How does one know
it is Pathological Society? You know
it by the specimens and the smells.
What is that on plate? 1t is tu-
NOR. It is a very large tumor. 1t
weighs one hundred and twelve pounds.
The patient weighed lightweight
pounds. Was the tumor removed from
the patient? No, the patient was re-
moved from the tumor. Did they save
the patient? No, but they save the
tumor.
WHAT is this in the bottle? 1t is a
tapeworm. 1t is long tapeworm; it
is three quarters of a mile long. Is that
much for tapeworm? 1t is, indeed,
much for tapeworm, but not much for
the Pathological Society.
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COttOnseed for Mich Cows.

have fed cottonseed meal and oil
meal daily and freely to my COWS for
years, and have never found that they
gave any unpleasant taste to the milk,
cream or butter. L should suppose 1t
would be impossible in the new process
of making up oil meal for the market,
as this leaves considerable less per-
centage of oil in it, [ am told, than the
old method. Cottonseed meal 1 find
makes richer milk than oil meal. L
should think that feeding two or three
pinvs per day would make a difference
in favor of the former of at least half a
pound of butter per week. inns Is
not, however, matter OF careful ex-
pertinent with me as yet, but simply OF
observation. In addition to this differ
ence in the quantity OF butter, COWS
keep fatter and in better condition on
cottonsed meal than on oil meal. In
November, 1880, I had COW put into
my stable in quite lean condition.. She
was then ted three pints OF cottonseed
meal per day, and in four months she
had gained good condition OF flesh,
besides increasing her butter one pound
more per week from the first OF Decem-
Der on till turned to pasture than she
had given the previous winter, when
fed the same rations of oil meal. l am
greatly in favor of cottonseed meal, and
trust the manufacturers will not adul-
terate it hereafter, as many either OF
these or the dealers have done OF oil
meal, by mixing plaster Of Paris or
some other nearly as injurious substance
with it. The English agricultural
Gazette states that Mr.. Darlington,
who had been feeding cottonseed meal
to his dairy COWS, found on changing
to linseed oil meal that there was
decided falling off in the quantity ct
milk given by them. After few weeks
trial of this he returned TO cottonseed
meal, and there followed in two days a
marked increase of milk. From this
trial, we see that with equal quantities
of cottonseed and linseed meal fed to
cows, that the former produces the most
milk. AS Mr.. Darlington sold his milk
he make no experiment with it, as
did, about butter.-A. B. Alden IN
Ne,D York Tribune.
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Narrow Escape from leebergs.

While our ships we're lying quietly
at the foot Of this immense and won.
deriul creation Of ice, il happened that
the bergs Immediately TO the seward
of us commenced whirling along in all
directions, acted upon either by differ
ent sets OF the tide caused by quiet
avalanche at some short distance away,
or else byR vast bodily pressure out.
ward from the glacier itself. However
that may be our danger was imminent
The wind was blowing strongly. so we
double-feefed the topsails, cast OF, and
made sail. The only passage of egress
was between two gigantic bergs that
lowered loitily about our mastheads
These were fast closing together; we
had to run the gauntlet, and not one
moment too soon; in fact, ten seconds
later and Ibelieve we should al have
persisted, and the ship have beer smash.
ed into pieces 1t was n sight TO be
once seen and ever remembered. Sir
James Ross, standing near the men
at the helm, directing by the motion of
him hand, perfectly self-possessed, more
handsome and noble looking in his
then cool and commanding attitude
then ever, every eye fixed upon him,
or painfully watching the closing dis
lance between the majestic arbiters of
a fearful doom. Our breath was held
as each and all seemed to await the in
evitable fiat of the angel of destruction.
Moments became hours as the vessels
length forged through, Crash, crash |
not word, not u movement. The
lofty giants had closed ON our quarters,
throwed one of our boats inboard on
the deck, crashing her and her davits;
the ship, checked, staggered for one
moment; the noise OF her rushing
the water reverberated up the
sides of the bergs, when, just as we ex
pected to be overborne and flung into
eternity, our noble vessel, that seemed
to share i'll the exquisite tension of the
moment, slipped through clear of the
splendid masses, that, losing all their
terror, now commanded our admiration
with full liberty of breathing action re-
sumed, Life was before us again. The
very ship was endeared to her crew
from that moment p. Did she not seem
almost to share our joy andrelief when,
as it were, passing through deaths icy
grip, she SO nobly plunged again into
clear water? But fresh scene had
arisen before our eyes. Countless ice
bergs of enormous magnitude had
gathered round in all directions, oblig-
ing us again to yield obedience to their
sway, unable to thread our way to the
open sea. Most fortunately the myteri-
GUS commotion in the water had ceased,
and these colossal monuments of arctic
solitude had became motionless. We
looked of their SUBMITS with a mixed
feeling of wonder and awe, and, gazing
among the tortuous passages formed by
the accidental variety of their positions,
were fully impressed with the certainty
that no such mighty display of marvel
Gus panorama would ever again confront
our astonished senses Commander
Chey71e. .....5s ...- Er... t......
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Leaving 4Man in the Lurch.

It was on street Car. A man with q
very hoarse voice looked across the aisle
at man with country satchel between
his feet, and said: .''
"Wintry day, isn't it?"
aHey?" called the other as he put his
hand to his ear. i.. .....,...
"Seems like winter, doesn't it?"',
shouted the man with the hoarse voice.
"Hey? hey?" asked the deaf man.
"He says" began man who was
standing up, che saysit seems like win
ter" ~"
Atthis moment the hoarse-voiced man
rose up and slid out of the car. AS he
did SO the deaf man rose up, laid two
parcels on the seat, and called out:
"Speak louder I'm deaf!"
"He says it seems like winterl"
bawled the man standing up.
"Who says so?"
He turned around to the hoarse-
voiced man, but that person had
skipped. :,
@Who says SOP" demanded the deaf
man.
"I-I-why, I say SO.
"Well, what of it? Haven't sense
enough to know that this is winter
weather? Don't try any Of your guys
on me or I'll knock the top of your head
off"
Then the deaf man sat down and the
"middleman" sneaked out and dropped
off the car and said he would spend the
rest of his life in looking for the hoarse-
voiced mon.
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After Twenty Years.

A man in Missouri the other day was
irving to raise $50. He exhausted his
resources in vain and was about giving
up in despair. A sudden thought struck
him. Arising he grit his loins about
him and HE'D him to Little Rock.
Leaving the train he made his way to
the State House, inserted his fingers
into a crevice in the foundation and
drew out 500 bill which he had Sc
creted while prisoner at Little Rock
during the war, nearly twenty years
before, but whose existence he had
quite forgotten, even during previous
occasions when much in need Of money.
~As 1 took the bill from its hiding place"
says the old manor the reporter-~a
flood Of recollections poured over me.
For a moment could see the hungry
faces around me, could see ragged
forms, and / could hear tn half plain
tive, half regretful voices around me.
1 felt for q moment as must have felt
when placed the money in its hidi7g-
place; and, upon my word, although /
had eaten q hearty dinner, / felt for
time as though / could eat q roasted
mule"
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A YOUNG farmer near Springfield,
Mass, was working in a field near the
highway the other day, when man and
woman came along in a carriage, and
the man asked the farmer if he would
marry the woman if he would give him
$500. @Barkis was willin'," and the
three went to the nearest Justice; the
knot was tied, the money paid, and the
man and woman drove away, and have
not been heard of since. All the young
men in that part of the State are now
ssid to be combining their farm opera
tions TO fields bordering the highways
in expectation Of similar harvest Of
Rreenbacks. If the thing is worked in
the way Western tricks on farmers are
piled, some Yankee farmer will find
himself safely yoked to a strange vo-
man, and the man in the case driving
away alone and without leaving the
greenbacks. Better take the money in
advance, young man.
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Bill Nye on Mr.. j. James.
Laramie Boomerang.

We are once more panied to an
nounce the death of hon. Jesse james.
We speak of him as the Honorable
Jesse James because it is possible he
may not be dead yet, and We do not de-
sire any personalities raked up IN
case he should be still at large. The
regular semi-annual death Of Jesse
James has been a cause for national
sorrow for some time. His obituary
has been written seven or eight times
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-07-01
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

By At. EWING, D.. G.. june3i
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-07-01
SOUTHERN PROFITS.

from the Richmond Industrial South y.
{ Teutmiles below the city of Green
VILE. S. c.. on the line Of the Columbia
and Greenvllle railroad, IS located the
Piedmont Cotton mill. Last month the
annual meeting of the stockholders wal
held, and the report OF the president,
Col. 81. p. Hsmmet, showing the opera
lions OF the mill for the fiscal year end.
ing March 81, 1882, was submitted:
TSis. report sets forth that the total
gross profits for the year were $ll9.-
4799 O5 and the total expenditure $23.
729 80, leaving net profits S96 Joy 10;
This" as Col. Hammet says, lis 70 Is
per cent. upon the capital Ct 1884 400,
before it was increased to build the new
mill OF 1921 per cent. upon the whole
capital OF $500, 900. But this was on q
run OF only-ten and a half months, there
being six weeks stoppage to put IN lew
water.wheels and to make the necessary
changes required for running both mills
hy 8 power. At the same rate
Tor tWelyasm6nths the profit would be
Is. 8y p6e 6snt: on $S3k.400,or 21.96 per.
cent q t00.0Q0s The reserve fund
amount IS Sfs7 - o.
The people Of The north have hardly
yet ceased to-discuss- the question
whether cotton can be probably man
ufactured 10 the south. With such DEM
o~nstrations as this, and the capacity
wh,ehAH shows on The past OF the south.
ern manufacturer to undersell his broth
o.. Of the north, the qusstionais likely
before long to be whether cotton a be
manufactured probably anywhere else
than in the south WouldL't it be curi-
Gus and dramatic il the loom and Inc
spindle, which, through the wealth and
power they created IN the north, we're.
nrneng the chief sinstruemeuts that
wrought the discontinue of the south
ID the late trial At arms, should now be-
come the agents to redress her def eat,
and make hor again the ruling section
of the conntry7
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STRAY NOTICE,

June3i5 FRANK TRIGG, Clerk,
John S. Blackwell. attorney for plaintiff.
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[John Lewess,da St. Nicholas for July. ]

(John Lewees,in st. Nicholas for July.1
The art shown inssword-making
wasznot sbyrany meAnsscontined1o
beantiful forms and eiAboratess Orma-:
SmeatStion. TIE greatest skill Was
exercised III the manufacture aud tem--
pering of the blade, which, in the
days when swords were not only
worn but used, was more important
than any other part of this weapon.
1n'EurOpe, the sword manu- facturers
Of Spain first began to have q reputa-
ton for producing work of superior
quality, and the, armorers. Of Toledo
stood foremost among their country
men. A "Toiedo blade" was cousid.
cred be q weapon of great value,
and, even now, when we wish to
speak Of something remarkably fine
tempered and sharp, we compare it
to one of these swords. The peculi.
arity of the Toledo blade was notion
1y its extreme hardness, which e,ia-
bled 1t to receive and retain the sharp
est and most delicate edge, but its
elasticity. which allowed il to be bent
without being broken Some of the
most famous of these swords could
be bent SO that the points touched
the hits, and yet they would spring
back to u perfectly straight line. It Is
said that, in Toledo, sword-blades
have been seen in the cutters shops
coiled i'll boxes like watch-springs,
and although they might remain IN
this position for some time, they would
become perfectly straight when taken
ont. Other places in. Europe were
also famous for producing good
swords. Many excellent weapons
were made in Italy, and Andrea Fer
4. rara, the Italian sword-maker, who
has been mentioned before, was bet
ter known throughout Europe than
any other of his craft. To possess a
genuine Ferrara blade was considered
great thing by the mobiles of France
and England.
But it is to the east that the world
owes the production of the most fiue-
1y tempered swords it has ever seen ;
and the steel of Damascus has been
celebrated for many hundred years az
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superior to any other metal that has
ever been made into sword.blades.
Even the cutters Of Toledo doubtless
owed their skill and knowledge to
the Moors, who brought from Dam
ascus the art of making blades that
were as hard as diamonds, as sharp
az rszors, and as. elastic as whale
bone.
Wonderful stories are related Of
these Damascus swords. We have
been told that with Que of them q
full-grown sheep could be cut in half
at a single blow, a heavy iron chain
could be severed without turning the
delicate edge OF the sword. and q
game veil floating in the air could be
cut through by one gentle sweep Of
the %glittering blade. These wender.
ful scimitars are not manufactured
now, but their fame has exceeded
that of any other weapon Of their
kind, and 1t 10 quito certain that their
extraOrdinary excellence has net been
exaggerated. 1t 10 probable that the
workers in steel of the present day
might be able to discover the pecus.
liar methods by which the Damascus
steel was made, but as there would
be little use or demand for the blades,
after they had been produced, " 10
not likely that their manufacture will
be attempted. We should consider,
however, that although the present.
age is pre-eminent "a an inventive aud
manufacturing period. there are some.
things which have been produced by.
the ancients and the artificers of toe
Middle Ages which we Of the present
day have not been able to equal. 1t
Efs possiblsy therefore.. thAt our steel
workers might never be able 70 make
al Damascus blade eyen II they want
Some 81 the swords Of Japan are
said to possess wonderful qualities OF
hardness aud sharpness. The story
is told that II one of these celebrated
blades is held upright in a running
stream the leaves floating gently down
with the current will cut themselves
in two when they reach1he keen edge
of the sword. @a
EBar thssef Japadessswefds 1oms of
.4h,ch Wekesheld inslqefGa1tg6a esteem
that they were w0rshiped, and tenn
pies we're built in their honor, were
only shard gAede sharp; they had NO
elasticity, they. Could not bend and
they might break. aud in this respeci
they were far inferior to the splendid
scimitars OF the Moors and S%aracens.
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a SINGULAR oo1no1DENoE.
From the Kansas City T,mes.l

The funeral took place at Alexandra,
Va, on Wednesday last of Col. vii.
liamER. Mclean, who had the singular
fortune to W and reside upon the fields
of Bull Run and Appomattox when the
two armies met at these places at the be-
ginning and end of the war. Alter Bull
Run. anticipating continued hostilities
in that neighborhood, he bought a farm
near the Appomattox river. to which he
removed his family. It was on this farm
that Gen. ace accomplished the formal act
OF surrender.
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oRDER OF PUBLICATION;

STATE OE
COUNTY OF LAFAYHrTI.}
In the Circuit court Of said county In VACATION
May ~, 1882.
The State of Missouri Ut the relation
and to the use OF George u.
y SfSrs si!sy.;i,s ss ssssssi f Is Ii; q: s s;.;: .; r.,,,,..
Missouri, plaintiff, ~
".
Elizabeth Russum and Mary A..
ITO the said Elizabeth Russum: You are hereby
i noilded that said plaintiff has commenced 8
suit against you In said court ~ petition, Tie
object snd general nature Of which 10 to obtain .
Judgment for tue taxes, interest and costs due o.
county OF Lafayette and Stste OF Missouri. to-
SAID real estate being d.linqheDt for the Year,
~. 1857. is ss5l' an. lsi; III as, e.: |; ls Mse as7 e: isI1' ISIS, isIs
elusive Of penalty, Interest ard costs. amount
IN the aggregate to the sun Of one 41ndrod and
seven and ninety seven 0ne-hundredthS dollarS,
Nlo1 87-l0O), and that the same msy be declared
be sold or SO much thereof - may be heCssssry
to satisfy the judgment rendered herein. with
interest," fees. penalties, commissions and costs.
And you are further notified that unless you
and held asthe Courthouse, In the Cty; OF Lex
iugtOn. In said county, on the 7th day Of Au-
gust next. and on or before the 9Th day Of said
term, II the term shall 90 long continue. and II
said petition, the same will b takoa - COZ.
And 1t is further ordered that . copy hereorl '
published in The Lexington Weekly tuteliis0
Lafayette. for Tour ,weeks successfully. the lest
insertion to he 1t least four weeks before the
commencement of the next term oil this court.
A true copy. Attest:
John 8. BiackWei. attorney for plsinti6. .
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MARGARET, THE MOTHER OF GRIN,
INAIS.

E. v. Smalley describes "a Great
Charity Reform" in the July Century.
which has been dne in the conception
and-mainiy IN the execution to the char
liable wNksof Miss Lodlsa Lee Schuyl.
er. oiaNew York City, the leading men,
Der OF s"Tne Slate Charities Aid Asso-
citation" The influence of heredfty u
crime is foreibly illustrated as follows:
AT n Of the m6etings ofthe Asso.
cianon, when the subject of preventing
panperism by giving a proper training
to the children of paupers was under
consideration. DR.. Elisha Harris related
the terrible STORY of "Mnrgsret, the
mother OF criminals" 1t has been pub
lished In the newspapers, but . profit
4abiyzbezread zagsin to illustrate the
great Importance of one branch OF the
Associations work. Margaret was q
panpers child LETT adriit in one.o OF the
villages on the upper Hudson, about
ninety years ago.Ihere was no alms.
houss Mthe iplnce. and she was made q
,snbject az outdoor relief, recsiying &C.
castopalE food md clothing from the
town Ufisiale, but ysssn. Tsfssdacated
nor sheltered inA P~ropsTghoms. She
became the mother Of aKlong race 81
criminals and paapers, Which has cursed
tho county ever since. The county rec.
ords show two hundred OF her descsn.
dantsswho kavesb been crfminsls. In one
gsnsr lfionapf her unhappy line there
were twenty children. Of whom seven.
reen lived to maturity. Nine served
terms aggregating fifty years in the
state prisons for high crimes. and all
the others were frequent inmates Of jalls
and alms.honses. It Is said, that OF the
Six hundred and twenty three 4decen-
dsnts Of this eutcast girl, two hundred
committed crimes which brought them
upon the court records, and most of the
others we're idiots. drnnkards, ~lunatics,
paupers. or prostitutes. The cost to the
county Of this race of criminals and pau
pers is estimated at least one hundred
thousand dollars, taking no account Of
the damage they inflicted upon property
and the suffering ami degradation they
caused in others. Who can say that all
this loss and wretchednsss might
not have been spared the community il
the poor pauper girl Margaret had
been provided with a good moral home.
hfe while she wa growing up to won.
anhoodp
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PROPOSALS FOR CITY PRINT
:, ~&1 mic.

OEALED proposals will be received at the
y Office of The City Register until noon on the
10Th day Of July. 1882 Tor the city printing for
the term of one year. Each bid is to specify the
price per ream and quire for the furnishing of
blank work. such as is used by the city officers,
viz: The Register. Assessor. Marshal, Recor-
der. and CITY Attorney. Also for City Weigh
masters tickets, which price ID to be per thons-
and. bound in books Of five hundred each and
with stubs attached, the same as the city now
has IN use.
Also the price per line In nonpariel type for
the publication oil all ordinances which may be
passed by the City Council. and the minutes Of
Council may order from time to time to be done.
The publication ID to be made in the fret issue
alter each meeting of the Council, provided
there are Two days between said meeting and the
issue OF the paper; If less than two days, then it
may go over into the next issue. City printing
i8 to be paid for in city warrants.
The city reserves the right to reject apy or all
bids zJ0HNs TAUBMAN, City Register.
= Lexington, No, June q, 1882. i2xfd
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