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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-19
NOTICE.
NOTICE OE ASS1CNEc

STATE OF MISSOURI,
COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE
In the Circuit Court of said county, August
rrM-3rd day-Augusi oh. ISIS.
John r. BascOiu assignee Of WhitseIt \ Taylor.
VINO all whom It may concern: IN pun suance
4 vi I'M order OF the Circuit Court notice IL
hibitrd and died in said court q statement OF the
accounts OF the trust with vouchers, and
that said accounts will be allowed by
said court On the 2lst day oil ihis
month, unless good cause to the contrary
be shown. FRANK TRIGG. Clerk
BY c. b. DANIEL, D, C..
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-19
NOTICE OF ASSIGNEE.

STATE OF MISSOURI,
COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE,
Iu the Circuit Court OF said county. August term
-3rd a.h. 1852
E. A. Williams assignee al +. v kidvwny.
FTNO all whom It may concern: In pursuance
L OF an order of the Circuit Court notice Il
hereby gwen that said assignee has this Iay ca
mbited and filed in said court y statement Ui The
accounts al the trust with vouchers. and Tint
said accounts will he allowed 10y sail g. urt On
the .lst 'iRv Of tins month. unless good eau ~ 10
the contrary be shown.
FRANZ TRlGG, Clerk.
by T.. u. DANIEL, ID T. uuxl2
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THE TOMB.

Died-At Ingleside, in this city. August Is,
ut + 30 O'Clock, y. M, Miss SUSAN V. LONG,
Sister OF the late Miss Jane K. Long.
in Dover township. Lafayette county,
Mo i, August IA. Mr.. JOHN u. DYSAKT, aged
about GO years.
Mr.. Dysart was an old and highly esteemed
citizen. and his death will be regretted by q
large circle Of warm friends
$ IN MEMO nIAM.
Whereas, Our Heavenly Father in his wisdom
has removed from our midst. by death, our
brother, JnO. q. Dysart, q member OF Dover
Lodge, A. +. 4 A. NJ. No. 1872; rlei, fore,
Resolved. That We. his brethren of Dover
Lodge, mourn his loss and kindly cherish his
memory.
Resolved. That we tender our sincere symps-
thies to his widow and children in this their sad
loss.
Resolved. AS u mark of respect for Brother
Dysart We wear the usual badge OF mourning
Tor thirty days, and the furniture OF the Lodge
be drapeu in mourning Tor the same length Of
time.
Resolved, That u copy of the above resolutions
be- put on the Lodge record, u copy sent to
Brolher Dysart's widow, and copies sent to the
county papers for publication.
JOHN a. sHARWOOD,1
TAYLORtB. WlNN, Com
RI. KUUNTZ
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LOWEST PRICES IN the CITY

LOWEST PRICES IN THE CITY.
IVNiiE Largest Stock. Guttering II Speciality
L All work done 10 order at the sh"rtr-t ,'r .
Baehr's Cave, Lexington, Mo. Cali ,n.t sr,
me. Respectfully,
apr2R. ~ q e. GRAHAM.
EXECUTODl,S NOTICE.
ETTERS testamrn'ary on the estate of
IL Calvin Il Fox, dec ssed. were granted Il,
the undersigned on the 22i day of July, isS..
ny ftiie Probate court OF Lafayette county.
Missouri.
All ,tersOns having claims against said esiuie
are required to exhibit them To us for allowance
within one year after the date al this notice or
they inay he precluded from any benefit ~, such
estate; aud u such claims he not EXHIBITED with
in two years they Will be forever barred.
Jersey l. FUX,
Il. ANDERSON.
jlvaah Exrcu,nrs
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ou ~ 6uplfNN. W. oeNV WHY S"o lsbu0b
after this b-f"re We vote upon The prnpOsl-
ton In sni-a-Bar. In ashiuglon the vote
Is 10 be had ou The 1911 lust, y week from
t0.mOirOw."
'.Rose' writes from Corder :-"Kev. W.
3. Mcfarland preached q very sbls sermon
Sabbath morning, and the Rev. DIR. Camp
preached IN the evening. Mrs. klne spent
last Saturday and SUNDAY In slater, visiting
her daughter. AIRS Colhurn who nns heen
visiting Mrs Dean, has returned home. Mr.
Johnnie Dean. who l, night operator vi Gel u
tralis, on the e.. Il A.. came home Monday
evening. quite I'll we hope to hear Of his
speedily Recovery. Miss May Kine Is visiting
friends In Montgomery CITY, Mo. Mtns Mary
Frazer IL visiting near Mslts Bend. Saline
county. We noticed Mr.. Allen and his little
daughter, Of Lexington, on our str. cts last
Saturday. Learning to ride The Bicycle
seems To be- the fsvOr,te amusement OF our
young friend. Mr. jimmie IT, II has been
. hop. skip and jump, and about the time he
thinks to md himself going up the street at
$40. he finds himself on the ground, and
the Bicycle going on without him. We have
heard IL whispered round, that. when one OF
our young gents receives letters from bis
best GIRL they are either ireightsd with 80
much love or blank paper perhaps. Tor all we
know, that II always takes six cents TO carry
them through the mail. II takes him lbs
next G2 hours to indite . suitable answer,
| We do not kno what others may say. bu,
We think IN MIR. NJ. DsIsny we have one OF
the most gentlemaniy railroad agents along
the line of the G. u A.. he has kindly fur.
nlshed US with the amount OF grain shipped
here last week. Al car loads OF whest. TIT
popular notion man. 8. w. simpson, spen,
last Monday night In our town. The cos
mines are again opened !; al trains are stop
ping here again Tor coal. Mr.. n. H.rrisor
J 10 sojournipg IN our midst Tor the present.
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na,,,ss oy h,,t NJ. NJ ~ IA - Az W
hraaIfast to,Is ana NV, ~ ,,,ch s - sre
;shed aha vss AZ snch an scconnt Mn ~ bsr
hnsband's eItrsva1ancs for her h;rth.
day was passed and the holidavs vet in
tbs distance Than sbe dac;dsd X was
ali a mistake. the ;aweler had r;van fba
wrong name Howaver Ia ssttle the
y ,sst3on yvh;ch 10 co,,Id nct cs,ita iii.
miss from her mind aha drove down
town and called at the establishment
In answer TO her Question the ieweler.
little suspecting what mischief he was
making, said that Mr.. w. had ordered
them for his wife, who was anxious TO
have them on hand for the opera season.
To cut the story abort. Mrs. w. held
her own counsel and became \ deyotee
of the opera. Every night. glass in
hand, she scanned the house, especially
that quarter OF IL where certain notori.
o,la baantias ara won't IN ha foupd lint
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That the longing cry for some cer-
tainty Of another world has led thou
sands into hopeless quagmires Of credu-
ity and superstition, all history Illus
trates. II Is no wonder that II should
be so. If spirit could return to this
earth he would appeal to the deepest
and dearest instincts Of human nature.
The awe and mystery that surround the
other world would attend his steps, and
he would awaken that inexpressiblc
tenderness that fills the heart Of any one
who has lost q beloved relative or friend.
Reverence and love would, therefore,
prepare men to regard him q an evan
gelist.s In all ages priests and magi-
clans have availed themselves OF this
opportunity, and connected with almost
every system claiming experimentation
we find deceivers and dupes. The re-
yival Of our own day has, Of course, not
been exempt from this inevitable contin-
gency, and the tricks OF professional
mediums, as well as the pranks OF serv-
ant girls in so-called haunted houses,
have been constantly unveiled. Thou
sands Of ghost stories also must be
traced TO diseased nerves. Even
where we can not find out the ordi-
nary causes of strange sounds or APP
pearances. we must always remember
that any appearance testified to only BY
one person may simply prove nothing
beyond the fact that the brain OF the
seer conjured up the vision. When sub
sequently the same appariticn appears
to q second, third or fourth person we
may perhaps still regard il as subject
iveh--that is, existing only in the minds
eye OF each observer infected by the &C.
counts he has heard. As TO visions APP
peariDg ct dead Of night to mothers,
wives, or sisters, that is certainly not m
unaccountable phenomenon. To dream
Of those who are In special peril or far
away il SO common as TO excite no re-
mark; and when such nightly expert
ences arc reckoned by the million, and
unexpected deaths are counted by the
thousands, the fact that sometimes thers
should be coincidence Of date is hardly
surprising. We must also note how
very unhistorical are ninety-nine out OF
q hundred such stories. A lady dreams
Of her husband in India, or thinks she
Is awake and sees his ghost; month
after she hears of his death at that very
hour. Now the spiritual telegraphy IN
volved in this fact is quite capable OF be-
ing Enthusiastically recorded. If in the
days before India was connected with
England by wire Wife in Deyonshire
knew OF the death OF her husband in
Bengal at the hour when it occurred, say
on the LIST OF January, 1850, document
airy proof Of the coincidence could be |
given. A letter dated and read and reg
istered to the day would prove TO oil |
time that what could not be known in |
Europe by natural means was super
naturally communicated. and the two
Indian, recording the
actual death, the other English, record |
ing the vision, and both Authenticated
would place the instantaneous and su-
pernatural telegraph beyond doubt. ls
there single story capable Of this kind
Of proof 2--Loadon Telegraph.
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unwashea italy.

The table linen Is all homespun, and
good Of its kind, but rather coarse. Az
In the matter Of chemises, II Is thought
well to have an immense quantity, /
remember being struck ON one occasion
with the fact that the table-cloth was
marked In four numbers. 10 was at the
wedding OF the eldest daughter, and d
cupboard full Of linen tho mother had
with her "corredo" had been opened
for the first time. So q
These boards of linen make ii possible
TO 60 on without a wash-up for very
long time. Washing Is q yearly cere-
mony II takes place in the spring,
when q procession OF carts convey the
contents OF various eupboards down to
the river, if there is one In the vicinity
II there is not, to the nearest mill
stream, This system OF washing but
once year no doubt saves time and
trouble but IL has its disadvantages,
especially when extended to the meme
hers Of the family themselves. In cold
weather much washing Of the person ID
considered to be dangerous TO health,
and my barbarity in subiecting young
baby to o daily bath during the winter,
ex,ited almost as much virtuous indigna-
ton as my culpable neglect Of the
"fascia," SO necessary TO keep the leg
straight On receiving a neighbor into
the house for q week, / thought it IN
cumbent on me, although IL was the
dead Of winter, to provide him with all
conveniences for washing, but these at
tentions were lost upon him and my
astonishment when the housemaid
thought III to inform me, in her dramatic
way, that neither soap, water nor towel
had been touched, was, perhaps, no
greater than his own at fndin g these
useless things provided, "The signora
says to me- begins Marietta, "haya
you put soap into the room Of that
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"A yenitian nath.

One Saturday, when tho ladies we're
taking their tea at birmingham, they
were startled by seeing naked man
dodging about from tree to tree ON the
opposite bank. Soon policeman an
preached him, aud II was discovered
that he had been bathing from 8 boat.
and. finding himself unable to get back
To 1t, owing To the stream, had preferred
outraging the propristies Of being
drowned.
The same thing occurred TO me at
Venice. had q room on the ground
floor in hotel on the Grand Canal,
About o'clock In the morning every
thing seemed quiet. and itoccurred h
me that 1 should like to battle, 30 I
Jumped into the water from my window.
Having swan about for some time, I
thought / would return 10 the hotel.
What was my horror 10 find that an Eng
lish faMily-papa. rnanma, and Ave
daughters had established themsolvea
on the steps q the hotel. There was no
help for IL, 90 calmly landed and, bow
Ing respectfully % the ladies'. rcgained
my room, The next day sat Opposite
the family ct dinner. They told me
what had occurred, and deeply sympa-
thized with them IN theif Indignation
against those "hor1id and dignstinR''
Italians - London zrulh.
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u ~ Il
the outside of the l. were oivan Al.
same hue. And this, too, he did. and
having included the Il roof and CHM
ney, ne then added the rear porch, its
ROOF and railing, and admitted that the
hperality was not to be repented. but
would not be complete, symmetrical
Triumph unless assisted by the painting
o. the house, embracing in grand red
sum total, roofs, chimneys, spouts. walls.
doors, poiticos, ratings, pillars, window
frames and trellises.
And all these, also, he did with his
own hand, his red right hand, for it may
be readily imagined that his hand could
not have been very much OF any other
color, immersed as he was in such
wholesale work, and my fathers diary
itself states that sometimes he felt SO
tired, and the paint stuck SO, and there
was so much yet to be done, he did not
think it necessary to clean the paint from
his hands at the close OF the day, but
slept in them as they were, often dream-
ing that he was a white man with ma
hogany hands, the color seeming to have
Impregnated the very essence Of his
being.
Occasionally am inclined to doubt
my own Judgment, or should not hest
tate to declare that my father seems to
have been somewhat odd in this persis-
tent fancy for red paint, but, in order to
remove the possibility OF such an idea in
others, / will simply state that his pro-
ceedings were perfectly natural through
out.
He was very affectionate man, and
the absence of his wife, in search of nov
city, led him at the outset to plan the
kitchen part Of his surprise, to make up
for any shortcomings on his part, by
giving her an excess of pleasure when
she returned. This at once removes his
kitchen work from all suspicion Of singu-
laritv.
And now, as to the excess Of red
which followed. My father had daily
written her letter, hoping she was hav-
ing q good time, but my mother never
replied, being vexed at his not coming
himself, and her continued silence, nat
urally rendering him uneasy, led him,
as 1t were, to drown his sorrow by still
more profuse indulgence in red paint. |
Fortunately, he was not drinking man !
and it was not brandy, or he might have
painted himself instead OF the house.
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Fijian Feastlngs.

The taro Is Of a bluish-gray color, and
both in appearance and consistency re-
sembles notified soap. Az Its name sug-
gests lArtsm sscutentun), Its leaves are
like those Of our own arum greatly
magnihed, while those OF the yam are
like q very rich oonyolvnlus, as ID, also, IDS
habit OF growth, each plant being trained
along tall reed. A great many varieties
are cultivated, including one the root of
which is throughout OF vivid mauve.
The sweet potato il also in common use,
and bread-frriit and bananas are abund-
ant. The favorite method OF preparing
the latter Is to wrap them up In large
loaf and bury them till they ferment.
Tho stencil when the leaf is dug up 10
simply intolerabls to the uneduoated
nose Of the foreigner, but the Fijian
inhales 1t with delight, therein scenting
the mandria Dread and puddings in
which his soul delights. These buildings
are sometimes made on q gigantic scale
on the occasion Of any great gathering
OF the tribes. We were told Of one that
measured twenty feet in circumference,
and ON the same occasion there was
dish OF green leaves prepared ten feet
long by five wide, wherein were piled
turtles and pigs, roasted whole; also a
wall OF cooked fish five feet high and
twenty fest long, Certainly the masses
Of food accumulated ON these great days
beat every thing we have heard OF
ancient Scottish funeral feasts. Mr..
Calvert describes one festival at which
he was present where there we're fifteen
tons Of sweet pudding, seventy turtles,
fifty TONS Of cooked yams and taro (be-
sides two hundred tons which were
judioiously reserved,) and as much
yangona-root as would have filed Ave
carts. The mode Of laying the table on
these occasions is peculiar. All food Is
arranged in heapsj layer Of coooa-nut
a. foundation, then baked yams and
taro; next the gigantic puddings on
green banana leaves, the whole sur
rounded by pigs and turtles. These are
roasted whole in huge ovens, or rather
pits In the ground, perhaps ton feet deep
and twenty In diameter, which are first
lined with fire-wood, on which 10 laid
layer Of stones, When these are heated |
The animals TO be roasted are laid ON
them, with several hot stones inside TO |
secure cooking throughout; then comes |
4 covering OF leaves and earth, and the |
baking process completes itself. When
Ill Is ready certain men are told of, who |
apportion this mass OF food |
among the Representatives Of the various
tribes present, these sub-dividing among |
and great Ii the need for |
observance Of ell ceremonies
md points Of etiquette, as the smallest
1readh thereof would inevitably be |
ioted, and involve certain rsyenge--or
'ather would have done 10 before the
people became Christians. Good Words
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GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
Probably better for him.


She leant across the stile,
With her merry, golden smile,
And her bonny brown eyes glancirg
Through tho green leaves an the vhils
And he who loved her so H
Watched from the path below:
But she tossed her head 20 daintily,
And laughed and babe him 20.
Maybe, niaybei we cannot know,
Maybe, maybe! twas better co.
When the winds Of March were loud,
And the skies were dark with cloud.
He had won her loyo forever,
And she trusted all he vowed.
But she wapt against his heart:
"0h, my darling, we must part,
For barrier lies between us,
Forevernore, sweethearti''
Maybe, maybsl ws cannot Know,
Maybe, maybe twas better sol
And the years have passed away,
And they both are old and gray;
But the same sweet dream Ia In their hearts
Forever and for aye.
Oh, sweet and sad the pain
Of the love that will not wanei
30 sweet, go sweet, because 90 true,
So sad because in vaini
Maybe, maybe we cannot know,
Maybe, maybei It shall DO better sol
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Tws.Csnt Fool.

4 eonceited spob was 50 fond q fna
clothes that he rsyeled In thsm BY day
end dreamed II them by night One
evening he visited lady and removed
his oyercoat, ete,, in the hall, prepara-
tory 10 entering the parlor, when the
lady heard him utter the following I;
I, fiang there, you fifty-dollar over
coat n Pulling or his gloves ard lay
ing them on the tahla, 2 Lay there, You
ilye-doIlar gloves Y Placing biz hat on
the rack and his cane Ia the corner,
I Stand thafe, you fiftaen-doilar cane r
Then, eiitarine Che parl0r. hs was about
10 iii down, when the young lady pulled
the chair from him, ead Is she left the
room, said, Lay theirs, you two-csnt
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A Romantic Town in tho sIerras.

The most romantic town on the coast
is Meadow Lake, II il close up to the
summit OF the Sierras, near beautiful
lake. II grew up In one summer to be o
great town. Thousands Of people put
Thousands Of dollars there. There was
plenty Of gold, rich gold ore there, Int
The gold had . terrible liking for the
rock and nobody could get II ont. A
few stayed the hrst winter The snow
hll twenty or thirty feet dsep, The
people made tunnels from one house to
the other, and oontrived TO get through
the, winter, The only way in and out
was ON snow shoes. The next spring
everybody ran away and the town col-
apssd andfsll down. Adventurous par
ties have every year tried TO work the
ore, with very little success. The last
news IL that new process has been tried
which bids fair 10 be success. - Trucker
(Nep, RepssBifcan
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| Tia society Of women y the elsmens
OF good manners.
WE may be aa good - We pleeee, q
we please to be good
| AFFEcr1ox hides three times - many
virtues as charity does sins.
FrowEns that come from loved hand
ova mar. ,,,;zo{3 tt,.,, y7;ex.,r,5-
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Materials Of which Fish Are Composed.

n
CONSIDERED from the stahd-point OF
me iood-yaiue, tsh, as we buy them IN
inc market, consist OF ~ Flesh, or eai-
PIE porton, and 80 hefuse--bones, SKIN,
entraiis, etc; Inc proportions q refuse
IN difierent Kinds OF fish, and OF diiierent
samples OF the same KIND, IN different
conditions, vary widely. Thus sample
OF nounaer contained % per cent OF rel
use ana only ~ pei, cent OF hesh, while
one OF hallbut steak had only 10 PEI
cent. OF refuse and " per cent. OF edloie
materials Among those with the most
reiuse and least edible hesh are the
iiounder, porgy, bass, and perch: Ap1ong
those with the least refuse are lat shad,
iat mackerei, salmon, and dried ana SAT-
nsn, -,
The edible portion consists OF ~
Mater, and 90 Solids, actual nutrients.
Inc proportion OF water and soiids IN
the fiesh OF various kinds OF fish are
much more variable than most people
would suppose. Thus the hesh OF noun
der had % per cent, OF water and only
10 per cent. OF solids, Wniie tlat 81
salmon contained 56i per cent. solids
ana pot per cent. water, ana Inc nesn Oh