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Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1882-04-08
A Psalm of Life.

WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG NAN SAID i
THE PsALMIsT.
tLONGFELLow.
Tell me not; in lnnurnnl numbers,
Lille Ia but an empty dream!
tor the soul Ia deaai that Slumbers
And things are not what they seem
Life Is resli Life is earnestt
And the grave ia not lis goal;
Dust thou art. to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
1s our destined end or way,
But to act. that each tomorrow
Find us farther than to-day.
Art is long. and Time is fieeting,
ana our hearts. though stout and brave,
Sull. like muffied drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
In the worlds broad field Of battle.
In the btvouac Of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be hero in the strife!
Trust no Future. hswe'er pleasant
Let the dead Past bury Its dead!
Act.-act In the living Present;
Heart within, and God o'erheudl
Liyes OF great mon all remind us
We can make our lives sublime
And, departing. leave behind US
Footprints ON the sands OF lme;-
Footprints, thas perhaps another,
Sailing DER liie's solemn main,
A torlorn and shipwrecked brother.
Seeing shall tsks Heart again.
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With heart for any fate;
Still achieving. still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1882-04-08
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~ y nvTANn XENOPHON HTLANO, ,
~ Notary Publi
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A TToRNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AZ
"A Law. Lexington, Mo. Office, mont ro9m
he court house. Win practice in the courts ol
aIayette aud surrounding counties, ana ais0 IA !,
he Supreme court OF the state OF Aissoeri, snu .e
he u. s. Circuit and District courts Aof Tue
Western District OF Missouri.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1882-04-08
APPoRTIoNMENT OF SCHOOL FUNDS.

Apportionment of the Public School Fund, i,
County and township, Tor the county of Iaiay-
cite, for the year lssl based upon the enumera-
ton Of children contained in the annual reports
of the various township clerks made April 1881.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1882-04-08
Ague Cure

Is purely vegetable bitter and power
full tonic, and Is warranted a speedy and
certain cure for Fever and Ague, Chills
and Fever, Intermittent or Chill Fe-
Yer, Remittent Fever, Dumb Ague,
Periodical or Bilious Fever, and ali
malarial disorders. In miasmatic dis
tricts, the rapid pulse, coated tongue, thirst,
lassitude, loss of appetite, pain in the back
and loins, and coldness OF the spine and
extremities, are only premonitions of
severer symptoms, which terminate in the
ague paroxysm, succeeded by high fever
and profuse perspiratiOn.
It Is startling fact, that quinine. arse
mic and other poisonous minerals, form the
basis of most of the "Fever and Ague
PREPARATIONS" Specifics" "Syrups," and
Tonics," in the market. The prepara-
tons made from these mineral poisons,
although they are palatable, and may
break the chill, do not cure, but leave the
malsrial and their own drug poison in
the system, producing quinism, dizziness,
ringing in the ears, headache, vertigo, and
other disorders more formidable than the
disease they were intended to cure.
these noxious poisons from the system,
and always cures the severest cases. 1t
contains no Quinine, mineral, or any thing
that could injure the most delicate pa
tient; and its crowning excellence, above
Its certainty to cure, is that it leaves the
system as free from disease as before tho
attack.
| For Liver Complaints, AYERS AGuE
| CURE. by direct action OH the liver and
hillary apparatus, drives out the poisons
| which produce these complaints, and stim-
ulates the system to vigorous, healthy
/ condition.
We warrant It when taken according to
| directions.
Prepared by DR.. J. G. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
Lowell, Mass.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1882-04-08

CHICAGO ALTON R. Rat HIGGINsvILLE.
0OINa EAST.
No. q. Day Express for St. Lous... S:52 A. M.
No. 49. Night Express for st. Louis. S:42 P. NJ.
NO. ~ Day Express for Chicago. S:52a. IN.
No. 8. Denver Express Chicago. 9:l5 p. N.
NO. lO1s Way Freight. ......... .12:O5 P. NJ.
GOING WEST.
No. 9. Denver Express. ss........6 6:35 A. M.
No. 80. Kansas City Night Express. 7:lO A. NJ.
NO. y. Day express Kansas City :33 P. n.
M So ios q waX ws rss,ght Al M
Leonard, Marshall. Slater and Glasgow only
No. will stop at Odessa and stations west OF
Bates City. No. 50 viii stop at Mayview,
4. g. 10 and 30 daily. No. daily, except
Sunday and Monday. No. s daily. except
saturday and Sunday. Nos. l0l and l02 daily
Through tickets for all principal points in
United States and Canada for sale at lowest
rates. Baggage checked through.
R.P. PRICE, Agent.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1882-04-08
BAPTIST FEMALE COLLEGE,
LEXINGTON, MO.

nUR Twenty-Slxth Session begins ~
~ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
lsT, 1881. No College is more favor
Ell In health. Our doctor's bill. for
over fifty boarders. Tor the last school
year, was only Seven and \ half -
Dollars. The One Hundr.d and Thirty Three
Pupils OF last session will testify to our parental
care, good discipline, ample equipment and
thorough work in all departments.
Our teachers are noted for faithlulness, skin
and ability. Most of them have been IL the
faculty from four to six years.
Building attractive, beautifully located and In
lrst-ciass condition. Rooms well Furnished,
earpeted and lit with gas. Charges moderate.
For catalogue address
1 sug7 JNO. II. LANNEAU, President.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1882-04-08

Speaking OF the extension of the B. C l.
h. G. Hy., the Milan Republican says: ave
understand that this road, formerly known
as the Ii. y S. W., Is making preparsl ions
to extend Its western terminus through to
Kansas City at the earliest practicable mo-
msnt. This will be good news TO all those
who reside along the line, and will be the
means OF greatly increasing its business, ~
no change o: cars will be necessary from
burlington TO Kansas City Already twelve
miles are built beyond Lscle,ie. Its ticient
and snterprising officers are = guarantee OF
| i's entire success and OF its desirability as q
through route"
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1882-04-08
Weeklg gntellieenter.
Terms, So per Year, in Advance.
PACIFIC RAIROAD TIME TABLE.

PACIFIC RAIROAD TINE TABLE.
LEAVE LEXINGTON.
Accommodation for st. Louis and the
Express and Mail for st Louis, East. sou p. H.
ARRIVE.
Express and Mail from st. Louis, East
Suu ooutu o:4OA M.
Accommodation from st. Louis. East
CHEN RUSSELL. Agent.
WABASH, ST. LOUIS AND PACIFIC.
LEAVE LEXINGTON
Trains for st. Louis. st. yo and X. G. $50 Nj
TrAlns for Kansas City West. 10 + NJ
Trains for S.. Louis and East. q 40 + 8
ARRIVE AT LEXINGTON
Trains from st. Louis and all pOin ts East
FROM Kansas City and ali points West. IS :55 A
From st. Louis and st. .Jo...............7:4O 40 P NJ
N. BISHOP, Agent.
NO. P. \. R.-K. g. & z. DIvIsIoN-NARRow
GAUGE.
LEAVE LEXINGTON FOR KANSAS CITY.
Freight and accommodation. ...1:OO F. Ii.
ARRIVE AT LEXINGTON.
4ss10u6cE. .O.4U +. M.
Freight and accommodation ....... Ii 100 A. NJ.
q. BEN. RUSSELL, Agent.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1882-04-08

In the North American Review for April.
| Gov. Eli ii. Murray, of Utah, treats Of the
| existing crisis In the political fortunes OF
| that territory. According to the present
method of local government there, the min.
orlty of the population, the Gentiles, though
| they possess the greater part of the wealth
| OF the territory, exclusive of farm proper
w, and though they constitute by far the
most enlightened and enterprlsing portion
| OF the community, nre practically without q
voice in legislation. The author proposes
drastic yet entirely practicable remedy for
| these aud all other evils prevalent in Utah.
An article entitled "Why they Csme," by
Edward Self, is devoted to the consideration
with European immigration to this country,
DR. Henry Martin, repiyin. to a recent
article hy Henry Bergh, defends the practice
OF vaccination, citing official statistics to
prove the efficacy OF bovine virus ~ a
prophyiactic against the s.ournse OF small.
p0X. e. l.. G0dkin has an article on s.rbs
civil Service Reform Controversy :" Senator
| lsiddiebergar on "B ,urbOnsm In Virginia ~
and General Albert Ordway on "a National
Militia" Finally there Is a paper or extra.
ordinary interest on The exploration of the
ruined cities OF Central America. The. au-
thor, Mr.. Charnay, has discovered certain
monuments which cpnciusIvsIy prove the
comparative recentness of those vast rem al ns
OF lost civilization. The Review is pub.
iished at 10 Lafayette Place, New York and
Is sold by booksellers and newsdeslers gen.
orally.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1882-04-08

WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG NAN SAID TO
THE PsALMIsT.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1882-04-08
ATTORNEYS.
LEX. GRAVES. J. D. 6HxWALfk1
GRAVES & sHEWALTER.
R a. H11,KLIN.

A TTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Lexington, Mo-,
Awill practice in all the courts of the sixth
Judicial Circuit, and United States courts
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1882-04-08
MEDICAL.
DR. G. w. YOUNG,

DHYsIClAN AND sURGEoNi once Ssh sn1 asrssis sssa-
Lexington, Missouri. !eDla
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16
The lamson Trial.

The trial of DIR. George Henry Lamson Ia
London on. charge OF poisoning his brother-in-
law. Percy Malcome John, ended Tuesday in
verdict of guilty. It is reasonably certain that
this verdict is correct. The immediate facts
were that Lamson was in dire need of money
and that on the death of his deformed brother
in-law in his minority sum Of S17,500 would
pass into the possession of Mrs. Lamson and
her sister, These facts furnished the motive
for the crime. The opportunity was not want
ing He held the full confidence OF young
John, who was at school at Wimbledon, and
visited him at regular intervals. The youth
was in perfect health except for the paralysis
of the lower limbs from curvation OF the spine,
which compelled him to wheel himself about
in chair. The night before he left London
for Ps ris, he had after several futile attempts,
obtained money of friend on check on
bank where he had no funds. He told this
friend that as the boat on the line was bad be
would wait "a hours and visit his brother-in-law
who as he represented, was likely to die at any
time. When he did visit young John he got
him to take gelatine capsule, in which he os-
tensibly placed sugar, to show how easy It was
to take medicine that way. Then he left hast
lily for Paris. The young man died that night,
having said beforehand that he felt as he had
once before after taking quinine pill given
him by Lamson. Powders labeled quinine
but containing aconite in poisonous doses, were
found in young Johns effects, and it vas shown
that these powders were sent by DIR. e. ID.
Lamson, and the purchase of aconite was testi-
fed to by several druggists. These facts were
enough to decide the case against the medical
brother-in-law. There appears to have been
no attempt to plead insanity although case OF
heredity was very carefully worked up for him
in this country as the grandson of Robert
Schuyler, the notorious defaulter of 80 years
ago. The case on its merits could reach no
other issue than the present one, and Dr..
Lamson's connections will be Of no avail in
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16
Rosecrans and the Presidency.

The excitement over the recently published
Garfield Rosecrans letters, which continue to
form the topic of conversation just now, says
the Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more American, brings to the surface hither-
to forgotten fact, which will tend to strengthen
the well-known friendship and affection which
existed between Garfield and Rosecrans, near
ly year after the date of the letter published
in the Sun was written. 1t will be remembered
that Gen. Garfield was elected a delegate from
Ohio to the Baltimore convention in 1864,
which renominated President Lincoln. After
that had been effected, Garfield, remembering
his old comrade, telegraphed to Roseoraps.
who was then in st Louis, as follows: Vice
presidency going a-begging; will you sccept?'
Gen. Rosecrans handed the telegram to we'll
known major-general, who was in bis office at
the time, and said: "What would you ad-
vise?" His friend advised him to wire his &C
ceptance, which was done. This answer was
never received by Gen. Garfield, and it was af-
terward ascertained that it was suppressed by
Stanton, then secretary of war, who vised ev-
cry telegram at that time. AS consequence,
Andrew johnson received the nomination,
which Gen. Rosecrans would undoubtedly
have received had his answer reached his
friend Garfield. The following event OF Lin
coins assassination and death would have
placed Rosecrans in the presidential chair In
stead of johnson. Thus the suppression OF
that telegram lost Rosecrans the presidency.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16
"What,s in a Name

Miss NJ. E. Braddon writes to the Pail Mall
Gazette
"Allow me to state an experience Of the use
of family name so very different from, and so
much more agreeable than, that of NJ. Zola,
that it may perhaps be worthy Of record. In
common, believe, with most novelists, l am
in the habit of jotting down any singular or
euphonious name in my commonplace book.
In this way became possessed of the name OF
Lucius Davoren, which 1 adopted for the hero
of novel which first appeared in serial form.
/ had not proceeded far in my story before ]
received most polite letter from an actual
Lucius Davoren, gentleman of some standing
in the medical profession. My Lucius Davoren
was doctor. fastened to apologize to the
real Mr.. Davoren for the liberty had taken
with his Christian and surname-an offense
surely double that of NJ. zola, who has taken
only the latter-and to assure him that the fic-
titious Lucius Davoren should in no act of his
imaginary career dishonor the name had Civ
en- him. Satisfied with this assurance, the real
Mr.. Davoren most graciousy allowed my hero
to bear name which, like that OF M. Duver-
dy, had been handed down from sire to SON.
the Lucius being an hereditary name-with
honor and distinction.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16
The American Almanac.

That very useful annual, the American Al
manac and Treasury of Facts, has made its ap-
pearance for 1882. It is in many respects the
best statistical handbook over issued in this
country, and it is indispensable to those who
have frequent occasion to consult works Of ref
erence, and of great value to all who take an
active interest in public affairs. 1t obviates
the necessity of consulting rcany volumes of
public documents and government reports,
and, to newspaper men especially, who often
have to secure maximum Of facts in mini.
mum Of time, it is great labor-saver. The is
sue of the work was begun in 1878 by the
American News Company, who wisely en-
gagged Mr.. a. R. Spofford, the Librarian of
Congress as editor. Each succeeding edition
has been better than the preceding, and that
for 1882 contains much new and interesting
matter The work is for sale in this city by ".
G.. Fessenden.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16
The Special Docket.

The history and purposes OF the much
misrepresented and much-misunderstood
Special Docket are fully set forth in our To-
cal columns by its author, Judge Goddard,
who soon after his appointment to the
Bench saw the propriety of some such de-
vice. aud so formulated the famous Forty
Fifth Rule of Court. In response to a re-
quest by the PRESS for an account of the
Special Docket, the reasons which led to its
establishment and the manner OF its use, he
furnishes the explanation we publish to-
day. an explanation that will remove many
misapplehensions, and should forbid the
repetition of those erroneous or false state
ments which have often proceeded from
honest ignorance and sometimes from NAL
ice. The object of the Special Docket, is,
in the words of its author, to preserve in a
public record, indexed and corrected each
term, every criminal proceeding pending in
the County in order that justice may not be
defeated by lapse of time and change OF
judges and prosecuting officers. Formerly,
cases in which it was thought advisable to
suspend punishment were continued from
term to term by order of court, and finally
dropped into oblivion, no enduring record of
them being made. The Special Docket did
away with these Objectionable methods. 1t
was book of probation. The name of the
criminal was entered upon it, and if, in the
opinion of the court, the ends of justice
would be so subserved, he was permitted to
90 on probation with the distinct under
standing that repetition of the offense
would be followed by execution of the SEN
tence already recorded. Thus, in the words
of Judge Goddard, the Special Docket be-
came most efficient agent for the suppress
sion of crime of all kiuds.
Judge Goddard's testimony as to the fidel-
ity with which Mr.. Libby discharged the du-
ties of the office of County Attorneys un-
faltering and emphatic; and the sentiment
with which he closes his letter, "that ability,
integrity, learning, energy, and indepen-
dence, rather than speculative opinions, are
the true criteria of the usefulness of pub
lie oficer,'' will, we are sure, commend it
self to the good sense of the citizens of Port
land.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

BOSTON HERALD:-Congressm Murch
will not add to the repute of the cause
which he champions, by calling the mob in
Omaha s1abor movement" And, if he
only desired to know the authority under
which the President placed troops at the dis
posal of the Governor of Nebraska, to quell
the outbreak and preserve the peace, he
could have obtained the desired information
by cursory reading of the constitution,
without calling for congressional inquiry.
Any '.labor movement" that depends upon
mob violence to carry its ends, and that for
bids other men to work upon conditions sat-
isfactory to them and their employers, is on
the wrong track, and Murch will be left in
the lurch if he undertakes to back it up.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

LOWELL. Citizen: sit is the Democratic
party" said ex-Congressman Sweat to a
Portland caucus, (which has brought this
country to the great emineRce it has at
tained.v This reminds us of the man who,
while travelling on foot with heavy bur-
den, came to steep HILL Weary, he con-
cluded to conceal his burden by the roadside
and continue without it. He climbed the
hill quite easily, reached the top, and, look
ing back, said, SIT was that load of mine
that enabled me to mount this hill so easily"
So the Democratic party has helped the
country by being left behind.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

BURLINGTON Hawkeye: "Young Sub
scriber' wants to know "what is an organ?"
1t is the opposition paper, my son; the vile
and trucking sheet through whose venom
GUS nav, fetid with vice and fostering with
the loathsome corruption in which it daily
wallows, the other party, blistered with the
plague spot of political leprosy, sewers the
noisome filth of its pestilential ideas.
Gur-r-r!! That's what an organ is, my boy.
Our own paper is Fearless and Outspoken
Champion for the Truth. You may have
noticed that.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

THE centre of the population of the Uni
ted States according to the census in 1880
was about eight miles southwest of Cincin-
natl. The central point moves westward at
the present rate about five miles a year,
though its progress at some periods in the
past has been much more rapid. In 1910 it
was a few miles north of Washington.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

The New York Herald says that young
and popular artist of that city recently went
home and found that he was the happy faith
er of fourteen pound baby. After looking
fondly at the youngster for few moments
he said, in dazed sort of way, "You fat
rascal, if you go to thinking that you are
born into wealthy family you'll get left"
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

5 As result of the first year of the new
French system of paying bounties on ocean
shipping, it is ascertained that the gross
entries and clearances of French ships from
and to French colonies and countries out Of
Europe increased 135, 900 tons. hepurposs
was to give to Frenchmen larger share Of
whatever trade there might be, and this 1t
has done.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

New York Tribune: About this time the
Democratic papers published in Republican
cities are saying that "the time has come
when we must throw off party restraints
and put our very best men in charge of cur
city affairs" No such disinterested spirit
seems to actuate them where the city is un-
der Democratic control
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

A COFFEE house association with a capi-
tai of $4,000 has been formed at Toronto,
and the first coffee house was opened there
last week by Governor General Lorne, who
said he would himself patronize the estab-
ishment, and suggested that reading and
smoking room for working men be added.
Following his example, the church and state
dignitaries of Toronto have promised TO
take coffee at these public houses and do all
they can to make them popular and effective
counter-irritants to the rum shops.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

THE International Monetary Conference
which last year was unable to arrive at any
practical result, is to reassemble at Paris on
the 18th of April next The Partisan pre-
diets that the Council will be of little avail,
although the diplomatists have done all they
can to facilitate its labor.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

HARPER S MONTHLY is soon to publish
series of sketches of the leading members Of
the German Reichstag and of prominent Ber-
lin officials, from the pen of Mr.. c. S. Rein
hart, whose papers on ''The French Assem-
bly'' have been read with interest.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

THE committee of the Arkansas legisla-
ture appointed to investigate the accounts
of ex-Treasurer and now Governor Church
i'll, after nearly years time, have pre-
pared report If none of the claims of
Churchill are allowed his deficiency is at
least 100000. If divers credits which he
claims are allowed the deficit will be re-
reduced to $50, 900 or 100000.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

THE English secretary of legation at Bue-
nos Ayres is mortified at having to report to
his government that during visit to the in
terror lately he found that all the agricultur-
al implements and machinery were supplied
by the United States. SIN the school of ag-
riculture in Mendoza" he says, 81 do not
remember seeing single article of English
manufacture among all the machines, &C..
except one for threshing."
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS is said to have
expressed his determination to retire to
private life at the close of his present term
in Congress. The Atlanta Constitution,
which gives currency to the report, also says
that this decision will not be affected by the
wish of his friends to nominate him for gov
ernor of Georgia.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

II is said that wheat never looked better
in Kansas at this season than now. The re-
ports from all over the state and the border
counties of Missouri say the plant never
looked better. The acreage is about the
same as last year.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

The Critic says that 'Mrs. Mayburn's
Twins" by the author of ''Helen's Babies"
is not new book, as ostensibly announced
by the Petersons, but was written years ago'
"long before Mr.. Habberton had mastered
the art of popular story telling. Only its
name Is new. y
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

NEW SOUTH WALES does not desire
treaty of reciprocity with the United States
but it does want this Government to lower
or repeal its duty on Australian wool, good
deal of which New South Wales has to sell.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

MR.. BANCROFT, the veteran historian, has
almost finished the last volume of his histo-
ry. The Critic says: ''Mr. Bancroft writes
that the printers can work as fast as they
please and he will keep pace with them."
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-16

WHEN Vermont was first admitted into
the Union it was given two representatives
in Congress. This number was afterward
increased to six. Now, after period Of 90
years, the State returns to the original num-
her