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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-06

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borhood of the county In which It's men and
women, young and old. are concerned. It's
effort Is to permit nothing to remain unssid
that can be of service to them, hence 1t main.
tains q careful system Of news gathering
that leaves but very few occurrences Of mo-
ment in the county unwritten. To do this II
subordinates general news and general liter
AZURE, either of which 1t could much more
easily procure. With all these good inten-
lions it seems to US that we are about to en-.
ter q sphere Of home usefulness that We had
not contemplated, /. e: to become q sor,
of matrimonial bureau in order to marry ofl
our numerous corraspondents-to each other
The movement began some weeks ago, wher
earnest inquiry was made as to whether
/ 'Tom'' was q man or . woman, and Il
"Chris" might be a boy or 3 girl. Now the
| Waverly' 3 man or q woman, and about how
far from Waverly does she live r. Now
dear friends. this thing is becoming serious
and we must pause to reflect. We want Il
be useful to you, but at the same time we d.
not desire to encourage any sort Of triainy
If you are in downright earnest then com
mand us. For instance, II ''Observer" want.
to marry ''Tom," or Now and Then" hal
taken a violent fancy to Mentor" or this las
inquirer Is definitely smitten with our frient
near Waverly, and they will all own up, WI
shall deem it an honor to further their matri
monial designs. "Chris'' 1t seems Is conten
with s:John," but II there Ia any mistak
about that ''Tom'' seems . little smitten II
that direction too. There remain ''Osier,
ga. B. c." "Offset;'' Occasional, " "Dsisy,
"B. Something "Cspftola,' "Eugenix,
"Justitia" and one or two others VIII
may or may not be candidates for mstrimony
but who do come in for admiration as contri
butors to our columns. Some Of these days,
these frequent tentative questions continue
we shall have to have them write us q sym
postum upon love, and print all their view
at once, Just Is q guide to our future eours
regarding them. In the mean tune they ar
always welcome. MAY they" - old Rf
! would say, live long md bin la4Py."
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-06

oAA 40 ASP oAo"iy III
kirkead Is absent visiting relatives In Saline
county. Mise Bette Porter is Coaching
school in Carroll county. The new church
ut Pleasant Prairie is about completed.
Miss Young, Of Lexington, Is teaching our
winter school. The school in district No. 6,
Is fourishing under the care of Miss Lulu
Osborn; 10 scholars enrolled. :. Mr.. H. D.
Kite and wife were absent the first of the
week visiting relatives near Corder.. MI.
Westerholt and wife left, last Saturday morn
Ing, to attend the st. Louis fair. 90. Our de-
bate is fourishing. The question for tonight
Is, Resolved, That immersion Is the bible
mode of baptism. The spea' ers are US fol-
low: Affirmative, Theo. Foster, Robt. Lii
lingham, H. Kite, j. W. Thomas, Frank
Cash. Negative, Thos. Porter, A. n. Welch,
Walker Osborn, E. Wait, Edward Bryant.
All are invited to come and hear what they
have to say The Sunday school still con.
tinues and will till after Christmas, at which
time we expect to have some sort OF q treat
for the little folks.....N Dir. Thomas Cobb
bought of Aessrs. s. G.. and P. H. Hammer
five head of steers at S37 per head
also of A. P. Campbell two head ut $40 pei
head. Our young friend, Mr.. A. N. Welch
has rented the widow Lauderdale place. HI
has the cage now and we suppose he intends
to catch u bird soOn.... We understand thai
one Of the boys who took In the fair bought
t35 suit of clothes. What does that mean
Henry!.-..We would say to Chris tina
Badly Is still in the LIANT of the living, ant
!. would be glad to see her with the palmlea
fan again soon There will be y large acreage
of wheat soWn in this locality. ... Mr.. Thos
Cobbs will feed Is head Of steers, and a lot O
hogs for the spring market. Mr.. John Lea
, has bought 8 farm near Odessa. where b
will move in the spring. Mrs. John Fish
1 back has been quite sick for sone days.
> Some Of the boys took In Wellington Sunda
!. evening, and returned at rather an earl
) hour. What was the matter, boys? .Wha
Z has become Of the Pleasant Prairie correspor
? dentf We would like to hear from her oc
~sssionally."
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08
Greenland.

But the truth is that Greenland,
though scarcely an eligiblsplace of resi-
dencc, has long been known to be not
merely great field for hunting and
fishing, but also locality by no means
unsuited to the miner, were it not for
its inhospitable climate and the extreme
difficulty of approaching the east coast,
or at least the most southerly part of it.
Jutting, as the country does, far out in
to the Atlantic (Cape Farewell is in the
same latitude as the center of the Shet-
land group, and curving, as it does at
the same time toward the east, it catch
es the ice-drift from the polar seas, and
retains it all along its southeastern
coast 1t therefore presents the specta-
Gle, singular in the Northern hemisphere,
of ice-bound shores to the south and free
water northward. In addition to these
drawbacks it may be doubted whether
even the pressure of population in civil
lied countries will soon induce many
Europeans to colonize Greenland. And
without European colonization the de-
velopment of such mineral wealth as it
may possess is impossible. Either the
climate of these regions, as is certainly
the case with Iceland, has positively
grown worse during historic memory,
or the human frame has become less en-
during. Or which is more probable
the habits of advancing civilization have
made the human will less tolerant eX-
cept for purposes of sport or scientific
investigation, of the sordid discom-
forts of an Arctic winter. We say
Arctic for convenience sake, though
in fact Greenland stretches for
hundreds of miles south of the Arctic
circle. We should be the last to deny
the value of Arctic exploration, both
as what may be called national gym
nastics and as charging the sphere of
knowledge; but it may be doubted
whether any practical result of market
able value is likely to come of it now.
Baron NordenskjOld's own most famous
achievement-that voyage of the Vega
which has really opened up a prospect
of trade on the north Asiatic coast
may seem to be an exception to this.
But the value of this discovery depends
on the existence of three great river
highways from the Siberian Sea, and if
the often talked-of trans-Siberian Rail
way, which would tap and connect
these highways at their head instead of
at their foot, be ever carried out, it may
be questioned whether there would then
be any temptation to ships to follow in
the tracks of the Vega. The Macken-
ze in America and the Plethora in
Europe by no means supply the place
of the three Siberian rivers, and such a
windfall as the fossil ivory of New ST.
IBERIA, though it might recur. can not
be counted upon. Greenland, indeed,
has the advantage over these distant
and still more inhospitable coasts that
when its shores are once cleared the
distance to the great markets of the
Atlantic seaboard is trifing and the way
perfectly open. 1t has some trade as it
is, and it may probably have more,
though both geographical and political
considerations are rather against any
great development. - London Daily
NeaUS.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08
A Very Selr-Willed Horse.

There is an old nursery rhyme which
teaches that kindness and patience are
the best methods to pursue in the case
of ''donkey that wouldn't 60" An
English gentleman relates that he had a
horse that "wouldn't CO., but when he
came to try the patience remedy he
found that the horse had larger sup
ply of that virtue than he himself pos
sessed, which, as will presently be seen,
was considerable.
The English gentleman's horse was a
confirmed ''balker." One Saturday af-
ternoon, when he was returning home
in his dog-cart, the horse baked, as it
had often done before, and it's master
thought that this time he would try
what calmness and patience would
do. Accordingly he sat still in the
dog-cart, and addressed the animal in
soothing tones and kindly words; but
to no purpose. 1t was exactly ten min
utes past four on Saturday afternoon
when the horse stopped in the middle
of the road.
The afternoon wore away, the sun
sank below the horizon, darkness set
tied down over the landscape, and yet
the man and horse remained to fight
out the battle between obstinacy and
patience. Through the long night they
staid there, the whip remaining quietly
in the socket, and when the sun arose
after his voyage around the world he
found the contest still going on.
At six o'clock in the morning the
owner babe his groom fetch a cart-rope
and tie it to the horses fore-leg; but
when the groom did so, and pulled with
all his might, the only result was that
the horse stood with his fore-leg stuck
out as if it were a bronze statue. At
seven o'clock the horse became perfect
ly furious, Selling the shaft with his
teeth, and shaking it, kicking and
stamping with rage the while. At half
past seven the groom tried to tempt
him with a measure of oats, but the
angry beast would have none of it, not
withstanding that it was twenty hours
since he had had mouthful of food or
a drop of water.
Then his master had to confess him
self beaten in the trial Of patience, and
having procured some tough shoots of
ground-ash, he applied them to Mr..
Horses back so vigorously that that
selfwilled quadruped was obliged to con-
fess himself beaten so far as his hide
was concerned. 1t was then twenty
minutes before eight ON Sunday morn
ing, the contest having lasted fifteen
hours and a halt, during which the
horse did not bulge an inch, nor his
owner stir from his seat in the carriage.
This is probably the most remarkable
exhibition of obstinacy on the one side
and of patience on the other that was
ever known, and the story as told here
is exactly true.-Harpe,'s Young Peo-
nile
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08
The Kitchen.

There are housekecpers who seem to
regard the aspect of the kitchen as not
of the smallest Importance, so long as
the dinner is well cooked and the rest
of the house kept in order; no matter
how begrimed the ceiling, if that OF
the drawing room is in good condition;
no matter how rude the floor, if that
has a velvet carpet; or how cheap and
ugly the wallpaper, if their own par
ticular apartments are soft and harmo-
NOUS in tone. Perhaps they think that
the servant will not waste her time look
ing out the window if the view is not in
teresting, but as the kitchen is the place
where Nora spends the greater portion
of her days, it seems pity that her
drudgery could not be alleviated, at
least, by cheerful prospect, by an
aesthetic wallpaper, which need be no
dearer than an ugly one, and which she
may not be able to appreciate all at
once, but which may yet help to edu-
cate her, in manner, to good taste I'M
awares. OF course, after the kitchen is
suitably furnished and garnished, it de-
ponds upon her whether it shall be kept
tidy and inviting; but if the mistress
show an interest in making it attractive,
in making it as coy, comfortable and
pretty as her means and the object for
which it is used will permit. the servant
will speedily catch the spirit. in most
cases. and lend a hand in preserving
order and prettiness. Why should there
not be shelf in the kitchen for plants,
or hanging pot in a window, where
the moist atmosphere and uniform heat
are so beneficial for growing things?
And when Nora sits down to her sew
ing of an evening, may not rocking
chair be as great a necessity for her as
for one whose bones do not ache with
use; or whose muscles have not been
overtaxed? Would we not like it if the
kitchen were our own orbit? Perhaps
the mistress might say: 'SThat is quite
another thing. We have been bred to
a certain amount of luxury and COM
fort; she, being unused to it, does not
miss it; and if we concede these things
she will only be the more miserable and
in her next place, where
they may be denied. Besides, we will
be making it difficult for those mis-
tresses who are not in position to rem
ovate and improve their kitchens at
every hands turn" But we have no
about Nora's pext place;
and if pleasant surroundings are ben
eft to character, we are really prepar-
ing her to fill that place more accept-
ably, and doing her next mistress good
Bazaar.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08
THE DOCTOR.

The burdens sore for the best of men, but
few can dream what doctor bears;
For here sit at the close of a day, whilst 9TH
ers have counted their profit and gain:
AND I've tried as much as q man can do, in my
humble way, to soften pain:
I've warned them all I'm q learned way of care
full diet, and talked of tone,
And when have preached of regular meals,
I've scarcely had time to swallow my
own.
was walked last night I'm my first long sleep,
when crawled to bed from my rounds,
dead beat:
'Ah, the doctors calledv-and they turned
and snored, as my trap went rafting
down the street"
Upon my honor, we're not too hard on those
who can not aG0nd to pay:
For nothing cured the widow and child; for
nothing I've watched till the night turned
day;
I've earned the prayers of the poor. thank
God! and I've borne the sncers of the
pampcred beast;
I've heard confessions and kept them safe as
a sacred trust, like a righteous priest;
To my duty never have sworn, AS these must
do in this world of woe,
But I've found my way to the bed of pain,
through days Of rain and through nights
of snow."
London Punch.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08
A DrOll Trial OF Memory.

Memory was favorite subject with
Macklin. He asserted that. by his sys-
tenn, he could learn anything by rote at
once hearing it. This was enough for
Foote, who, at the close of the lecture
(Macklin was lecturing at the Great Pr
azza Room. now the Tavistock HoteD,
handed up the following sentences to
Macklin, desiring that he would be
good enough to read them, and after
wards to repeat them from memory.
Here is the wondrous nonsense:
80 she went into the ga rden to cut
cabbage leaf to make an apple pie,
and, at the same time, great she bear
coming up the street pops his head into
the shop. What! no soap? So he died,
and she very imprudently married the
barber; and there were present the Pic
ninnies and the Joblillies, and the Gar
yulies and the Grand Paniandrum him
self, with the little round button at top;
and they all fell to playing the game Of
catch as catch can, until the gunpowder
ran out of the heels of their boots"
The laugh turned strong against old
Macklin; and the laugh has been echoed
from the Great Piazza Room by thou
sands during the century that has
elapsed since Foote'S drollery put out
Macklin's monstrous memory with
these straws Of ridieule. y Graphic.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08
Decay Of the Dude.

Artemus Ward, returning to the
"buzzim ov his family, at Baldwins
vile, Inieanny," found his daughter
seated at the piano singing "Why Dc
the Summer Roses Fade?'' and he
hazarded the opinion" bekoz it's
thare little biz-let 'em fade
Whether this is the correct answer
to the conundrum or not, it is certain
that all fresh, tender young things must
wilt away and vanish.
So we are now notified that the Dude
must 90.
just as we have really learned to
know him, to become familiar with his
simple little ways and his harmless
idiocies of manner and costume, we
are informed that fashion has decreed
his extinction He has had his little
day of bud and blossom, and is now
fading into the sere and yellow leaf
Already the major part of the true
Dudes have abandoned most of the dis
tinctive garb and uniform of the order.
The rolled-brim hat, the white CATERS,
the tooth-p;ck shoes, and the abbrevi-
ated "top-coat," are no longer signs
whereby we may know with any de-
gree of certainty the youth of between
twenty and twenty-seven, whose in
heritance of money and brains is clear
ly out of proportion.
The impecunious dry-goods clerk, and
even the low-salaried elevator-boy has
"caught on to these peculiarities of
personal attire, and now appear arrayed
as erstwhile were the listless and languid
young drones, whose daily bread and
fine raiment were provided for them
by their fathers frugality and thrift.
This is sufficient. The Dudes COM
placency was never ruffied in the least
by the merciless flood of ridicule poured
ont upon him, but he fades like morn
ing frost at the first sun, when he finds
his little peculiarities successfully imi-
tated by 'cads'' who commit the crime
of earning their own living.
Not that we are rid of the young man
himself. We shall always have him, as
long as rich men 60 on doing as they
have done since the beginning of time
that is, expanding all their brains in
getting wealth, and having none lett to
communicate to their offspring. The
only difference will be that next year
they will not be called Dudes, but be
designated by some other bit of slang,
just as they will be distinguished by
some other extravagances of dress and
department. Toledo Blade.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08

for our purpose practically the same
thing, its hackers have expended for it
the sum OF 1874 200 this year. and yet it
is said the club has cleared y profit of
$4,000. This surprising statement be-
comes possible in the light of such
crowds as that famous club has drawn
IN Its encounters with other noted clubs
IN some OF the cities. $4,000 being in at
tendance, for example, to see one game
at St. Louis, representing $4,000 for
that one game. while gatherings of TO-
600 have been noted in that and other
cities. Probably $4,000 would be an
underestimate of the total expenditures
by the association and individuals that
back up the various professional mines
IN the three associations of 1888.
But that large expenditure represents
only one side of the question. On the
other side are the unknown sums that
have been paid out by the baseball low
ing public for the privilege of witnessing
the $40 games. That baseball ''pays"
financially is indicated by the continue
ton of the clubs and the widespread
public interest in the subject. If q
quarter of a million has been paid out
in keeping up the clubs of 1888, a con.
siderable larger sum has been paid by
the spectators of the games. Six hum
dred thousand dollars would perhaps
not be an overestimate of the total eX-
penditures for baseball this year. Be-
sides the 1872 League games, at fifty
cents admission, the clubs wind up the
season with series of half-price ''eXhi-
bition' games. The total expenditure
no doubt exceeds $500, OOO.-HarJord
(COnn.) Times
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08
HUMOROUS.

Quality and quantity: 1.-THE idea o
my being jealous of Miss Smith, ex
claimed Mrs. Brown, Indignantly; eth
idea of my being jealous of her, when
think SO much of her?'' Eyes, bu
what do you Think" asked Brown.
| Boston Transcript.
-"Yes," said Mr.. Dustle, who
fought a duel with a dude, 81 didn'
fire at all. You see, every time
looked at him to take aim, he appeared
so burned ridiculous l couldn't hell
laughing, so could not hold the pisto
| still. "-BOst0n Post.
"A legal gentleman met brother
lawyer one day last week, and the fol
lowing conversation took place: "Well
Judge, how is business?' dull, dull
am living on faith and hope" Every
good, but have got past you, for I'm
living on charity. "-Erclsanqe.
"A heavy rain came up as a Coney
Island party was in swimming. anC
several rushed for the bathing houses
for fear of getting wet ThOrnpsOn's
colt didn't know enough to come il
when it rained; but these were another
kind of fOOl.-N. Y. Commercial.
"A Gentle Hint
Her lips were like the leaves. he said:
by autumn's crimson tinted;
Some people autumn leaves preserve
BY pressing them. she limited
The meaning of the gentle hint
The lover did discern,
And so he clasped her round the necK,
And glued his lips to her'n.
Grocer, who has lately Joined the
militia, practiced in his shop, Fright,
left, right. left. Four PAGES to the rear;
march" -falls down trap-door into the
cellar Grocer's wife, anxiously: 90
Jim, are YOU hurt?'' Grocer, savagely,
but with dignity: EGO away, woman;
what do you know about war?'-Chi-
cage Tribune.
-''Does a goose lay eggs?'' inquired
Rollo, one brisk morning in breezy
March. And Rollo's father, sitting be-
hind the stove, eating quinine with a
spoon, and trying to shake his whole
skeleton out of his pockets, made re-
ply: ''Yes, my son, ague Stays every
thing. 1t has slain your father. San
Francisco A7ycmaut.
why, how do you do?' exclaimed
gossiplng lady to MIR. and Mrs. Kat
tier as they paused on the church steps;
Ibid you know that Miss Highsee, our
soprano, is going to marry our first
bass?'' What ball club does he be-
long TOP innocently queried Rather
The ladies continued the conversation
without his Instrumentation Coatr-
ter.
Together they were looking over
the paper; go my, now funny" said
here's an advertisement that says
no reasonable offer refused" whats
so odd about that?'' Nothing,
nothing" she replied, trying to blush,
''only those are exactly my senti-
ments." If that young man hadn't
taken the hint and proposed then and
there she would have hated him.--De-
trOit IOSt.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-08
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

An acre of ground in lawn and gar
den will maintain q Chicago Jour
nal.
-Sunfower seed is now extensivel--
employed in Russia. Italy and som
other European countries for producing
oil. The coke, after the oil has beer
expressed, is fed to animals.
1t is asserted that powdered zinc
the granulated metal, it is presumed,
can be applied as paint with oil and 8
drier, and protect iron surfaces against
rust. A good mixture is eight zinc,
seventy-one oil and two drier.
The american Farmer mentions
that a peach tree grown in sod has
borne fruit for five years, while other
trees situated in truck patches have sue.
cumbed to yellows and bOrers. II
recommends cultivation for the trees
when they are young. but it should
cease when they begin to bear.
Few have just idea of the amount
of grain ofttimeS wasted in thrashing.
Where a machine is fed by inexperienced
feeders, or when there is undue haste
to finish the job, and amid the rush and
hustle which always accompanies
thrashing-t me. much of the gran is
left in the straw.-Chicago Tribune.
Sticky plants in pots may be re.
stored to health and vigor by the use OF
hot water. 1t should be heated to q
temperature of 145 degrees Fahrenheit
stir the soil in the pots, taking care moi
to disturb the roots. then pour on the
water until it runs freely from the pots.
After this treatment Keep the plants
warm.-PostOn Post.
"A delicious way to prepare baked
apples for tea is to cut out the core be.
fore baking. When ready to send tc
the table fill the space left in the apple
with sweet cream, with little powdered
sugar in it. Ounces are also excellent
prepared in the same way. In these
butter may take the place of cream If
more conveniently. T. Post.
An Ohio farmer, who lately took
pains to carefully watch the movements
of a large flock of blackbirtls at work in
his cOrnfields, discovered that instead of
eating the corn the birds were industr;-
Ously hunting for the cOrn-worm. In
every case where he examined an cal
on which blackbird had worked he
found marks of the worm, but no worm.
This he concluded was strong circum.
stantial evidence that the birds were
doing him almost invaluable service in.
stead of an injury.
Picked Grapes: Take ripe grapes:
remove imperfect and broken ones.
Line an earthen jar with grape leaves:
then fill with grapes. To two quarts OF
vinegar allow one pint of white sugar.
half an ounce of ground cinnamon, and
a quarter of an ounce of cloves. Let the
vinegar and spices boil for five min.
utes; then add the sugar. Let it come tc
boil and when cold pour over the
grapes. If poured on while hot il
shrivels them, even if it does not break
the skin and spoil the appearance OF the
pickles.-N \. Times.