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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

In order to give them the time and
space to which they are entitled we
have, with the approval of those di-
rectly concerned, postponed our re.
ports of the closing exercises of Went
worth Male Academy and the Eliz-
abeth Aull Seminary until next week.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

Jefferson City Tribune: "Mr.
Thomas skinker, the supreme court re-
porter, is being handled without gloves
by the country papers. From all parts
ofthe State comes the demand for him to
step down and out, or cease to persecute
the people of the state by suits on fraud-
ulently- issued railroad bouds in the U.
S. courts and by imprisoning county
His course in this regard does
not suit the people of this State who
pay the taxes"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

The Ohio republicans have spoiled
the chance for making the canvass in
their state of interest. They should
have nominated Old Swivel, when
the democrats would certainly have
nominated Old Snuff. There was n
little dificulty-Old Snuff would have
covered old Swivel up, but the demo-
Gratis are going to win anyhow, 50
what's the odds? -
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09
CARPETS!
Rich Window Hangings!
FINEST ARTISTS & DESIGNERS |

~, For many years W have made a specially of High-Gass Carpets and
" not only carry the veyc choicest pattern. Of Carpets, Curtains, Shade.
s and Curtain Goods, but " e employ the very finest, Artists and Designers to
-.7-a. Administer Carpets. iii at5H
-, We keep the very Choicest Patterns in Administer Carpets. We now
f sron aas a%d Blue to f1 %%s i bor Rtin + f @r saaa e GoPe;. Of 81 Ts1 r1,. Gotta Gold. Olive.
other high-class styles, which can not be described in a newspaper. -
Wilton Carpets. s /
wees' a tny c whI have a %4 Opportunity cn11 to Sc. m., Wilton pt Carpets in thu high art pct.
usually asked for commonplace patterns. '"e 80 "o
Moquette Carpets.
Carpet ps1,o a. secure the very choicest patterns OF US at about the same ost as Of
elegant 4S SsFss:. .$s % %ssi5." r Rsa's1i Designs tsi hG m tss quaint aas Ps ssas6 &ssn now vi. :s
Body Brussels.
We have never before had so many Private Patterns Of Body Brumel. in
sfEssv s snah Ie o, sw %, s5s1e A y sg, them M many sH q The q % S.y Asa1p:;tss
Gotta, and many O the Turkish s%S and ! Fasd haa Design se s.0'' two shades Of
EF .. a.5S - lngralns..
Oriental Patterns. with b borders pers to to match "''n .0'roe'' TO MATCH Persian and
- Mattings.
Large stock of Matings in Newest Designs.
.ts79.. ~ Upholstery Department.
,.,. We We not only carry "a 2 large stock Of Choice Upholstery. Goods. but we
49,, : ! .s : ssss Is SssisS e 81 a %'@ SLOWING Ps'R ss most sthetie effect. in Lace and
. a. Antique Bsg nss d bsss Gs.'.in'.
Nottingham eSset da Madras fa sspPs by he ss ssaa. Lace Curtains.
Madras Curtain Laces, by the yard: .
o. inch Silk R R$sss ID os! ss ss's f. f F!s. if 's hsas a eaa 1ts.s Gotta, with
'''''@'n Cross z Fsagsi s ssa 1s u iaes xsls %9ss sG IN f esa saa figured.
0'r'''ia5S Ss s'' Fss; s.; s. {5 :; Sr5 Sss g.; Gen. s E. : e. sst ;''s s':ss, in Terra
Oil Shades.
Latest effects in Oil Shades. Full assortment Of Window Fixtures.
Carpets
Carefully Cut and Made to Order on short notice.
RuIInnn Mnnrnee Emory
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

We regret very. much being COMPEL
cd to omita number of local items of in
terest and several communications.
Some weeks our paper cannot contain
all that is prepared for it. 1t cannotbe
ho1pod
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09
FINAL

NOTICE Is hereby given to ali nerso,. ,>..-
~ ested In the sstste Of Samuel Wiison. A..
S9ased; that the undersigned. :executor. will
ss the August term, 1888. or The Probste co"rs
=. Lsiayette county, Missouri, to be begun and
y tne Probate court room. in the city OF
1883. HpTUM ~ ~ H0yoa{s-
lunot6 "xkoON.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

Barnum's show burned at Chicago,
Monday night last. The pavilion is said
to have covered six acres of ground,
and to have been the largest i'm the
world. The animals were saved.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

The New York Herald prints the re-
plies of Is congressman as to their
choice for speaker. One was for Hew-
lit; two for Hancock; two for Coz;
three for Randall, and ten for Carlisle.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

sedalia New Age:-'Judge Kreksl
has sent the Lafayette county judges TO
fail. This amounts to abolishing the
court Of that county, temporarily"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

A special to the New York World
from Carlisle, Pa. tells ola poor crazed
mother near that place who fiendishly
butchercd her three little children.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

Articles Of association of the Higgins.
vile Milling Co., Of Higgginsville, have
been filed In the Office of the secretary
Of state and a certificate of corporate
existence issued theron, Capital stock,
$4,000, one-half paid up.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09
A large assortment Of the latest STYLES Of
window shades, just from the factory, put up
TO order. c. G. Ludwigs'. aprllmS
TO TEACHER.

NOTICE Is hereby given that the ANNA, .,...
~ ton OF teachers Tor the public school OF
,Ls5in9.on district will be on the 18th Of June.
LoeS. Applications for positions, accompanied
ny . certificate from the county school commis.
~ must be died with the secretary Of
tue board ON or before the 18th inst.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

Advices received from Sierra Leone
under date of May "a, state that fifty
persot,s were roasted alive for witch
craft in the Sherbro district. Some
thing like the good old days In
Massachusetts,, that.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

The Ohio republican convention, at
Columbus, Wednesday, nominated
Judge T. B. Foraker, of Cincinnati, for
governor. The platform congratulates
the republican party upon its saiutli-
ness, and startlingly sets forth the
Wickedness Of democrats.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

The New York Times says that can
editors capacity nowadays is largely
measured by the number of dead beats
and rowdies ne can get mad at him."
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09
II UFORD.

A Tery large assortment of walnut bed
steads, medium and fine, at low prices, all of
our own make, ut h. & F. Winklers. Licking
ton, Mo. june2tf
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

The man Whitney, who with another
man named Williams ran a muck
through Maries and Gasconade coun-
ties, was hanged by a mob, last Mon
day night, near Herman.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09
The St. Joseph Herald said:-"Jun,

The st. Joseph Herald said:-"June
LIST Mr.. George E. King assumes con-
troll of the St. Joseph Gazette, and Mr..
John N. Edwards becomes the political
writer. The-stoek of the Gazette is
valued at $4,000. Mr.. King has pur-
thirteen shares, and Col. j. N. Burns
retains twelve shares, which are epre-
by Maj Edwards" We have
seen no notice of the change,
in the Gazette. If it is made Major
in returning to journalism
after a short rest will give to the north
west An editorial page full of brilliancy
and vigor. Old Lafayette always
takes an interest in his career, as it was
here that he began to climb the ladder
Of journalism at the case and as fore
man of the work shop. As a student,
an observer, and as a scholarly and
sympathetic writer Maj. Edwards has
not his superior in the state.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

SttOrney lot piatnet6.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSOURI
COUNTY OF L~AFAYH1rH.
In the Circuit court OF said countv In v...,...
rns state q Missouri at the relation \
Sha 70 the use OF George n.
Mounuoy Collector Of the revenue
Missouri. plaintI6.
Jnhp walker wi1,n..0. J..,. s''u'.
md chaiss wilkinsen. .ds6esd-
THO the said John Walker wflk,..o,. n..
~. Mdlkinson. IsWrence Wlkipson ma
ssi dTies wh.kinson; You are hereby sotlned thSs
s s1sp Ieantia has commenced suit
object and general nature Of which e = 81 NJ %s
ihogmsn. Tor nc taxes interest and costs doc on
county Fl Lsisyesst and ssst s. q sss:as1 + ;ss
:oaths:st sa.Ft:. q section .sirs,:f ssal g sr Is
e.; e soatds:s. aaar..I oksssssos ! 81 ).
said real ssts.. ~ SIM q, nsrsods .i'nUnsS. =. t,SS:
AZ. SAID take: for - :.ld -aS years. l:s'. ..s ssa
.moun. in he sssrss.. s''. q &. :s@ Of s9 e..
: ~ ~, .ed io.ty-.ix ons-hundredtns rs
{ lien on said real eststs, and than the nm mn
De sold or 50 much thereof as NAV Be necseasrv
20 satlsiy the Judgment rendered hersIp. Ms
,nl xrd ! .ees: penalties. commissions and cests.
apf!ear. 1t the next term OF saId conrf. Is - b.svs
hmd neid q the courthouse, n the city or LIZ
.ns.on: IN SAID county, on The eth day OF Xu-
term: II the term shail 80 long contia1s. md III
not: then before the end OF the term. and snsver
sa.n Pesitios' the -ssms will be taken e con.
And II T. further ordered that Q COPY hersof b.
P1plaeed IN The Lexington WEAKLY Inneliren-
Gerla ewspaPer published in said county Of
iLeLayeste, Tor four weeks SUCCESSFULLY. ~ In
Insertion to BE- at least four Weeks before ~
commencement Of the next nm or fi,,s conrf
4 trps copy. Attest: - - -.
rxcp ~ FRANK TRIaa. Clerk.
Jonu J. DLAokWRLL, Attoruev f. ps.scs,1
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09
FINE FARM

0kE OF the best farms 10 Lafayette -
~ county. near MAYHEM; oonssinins
?40 acres, all we'll fenced; good dwell iiI
ing. tenant houses orchard, &c. WIN Ut
upon reasonable terms; all No. 1 land.
have also several th0usand dollau ~
.aJsa ere. 9, aAfE,v,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

Congressman Dezendorf viii prefer
specific charges against the administer.
zion Of the Norfolk navy yard. >
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

Go to H~arwood'sfor the best aud cheapest
articles in groceries, hardware, tinware and
notions, &C., in this county. Dover. Mis-.
souri,. rss spr216
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09
ORDER OF PURLIC1TIoY

SIA1E OF
LAFAYETTE County.
III ue circuit court OF said county In vacst,o,.
The State Of Missouri At the relation ,
anu 20 the nee oil George NJ,
nounuoy. Collector OF the revenue
%is .s,ays',s co%nsy' in the State Of p..r,.,
The unknown heir: Of Henry Taylor.
l. You are hereby notified fh.t s",ry asyIor:
Ia commenced . SUIT against you m ~ c...e
~ Petitien. the object and senersl nsinrs ~
t.resI and ~ % c SDtsin 49, sj1dsment Tor a. taxes. IN
real estate, situate in the county q Z ssspsssa
snd state OF Missouri, to.vif: Tos ysSsts
s ssSss' S.inr s. GfD: Old Lexinsten. ssid real
1s.o. In 1s7l. 1873. is71. lbs. III IN. ~ isg3 -,
ls!e. 1859 and 1881, sna mn III .s:ss 4sS ~
.s,S Sesrs, exclusive OF penalty, intsrest and
:svsniy-ssH. and 'n n,n nee . .c9c 70 ne :s. q
~ ~ we sl.l00). and that the sams ~ II.
Seoiared z lien on said real eetsie. NJ sh.t
- ns c%s my De sold or 20 mneh thsrsof = Hay
herein, with interest, 6ess. penslt,es. coS1,.a
stons and costs: ~"S-
.n nsd yS1 are further noaa:d that ss,es. 70.
aano neid 1t the courthouse, la NJ csfv az
1ea.uEson. IN sad county. on, thA 0th dsv az
t.sTn T. n y. ana on or before the eth day 81 said
not, then before the end q ihs ~. sSa :s xc@r
~. Pes''oo' ths same will - taksa g. con.
And n 10 further ordered that I conv h.,.o,,.
puoilsned IN tho Lexington WEEKLY inteiiisss.
~, ewspaper published IN said cohnsv m
S S..sss,1f % 10 :. four ~ 1--we, week saeoss.iysiy, ths lsss
commencement of the next term or this cour.
hafas copy. Attest:
By &. b. DANIEL. 3 a. TRlGe. Clerk.
John 8. Blackwell aftornav n. ci,u~
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

Congressman Phil Thompson has
been offered 150, 900 for his one-third in.
terest in q mine in Summit County, Col
He has gone to'New York to see about
it,as well as about some valuable patents
In which he is interested. He has
nothing to say about the recent state
ments of his wife and Miss Buckner.
Jefferson City Tribune:-"Our re-
publican friends need not distress them
selves about the democrats trying to
keep the tariff question cut Of the can
vassi in 1884. The democrats propose
to win the fight on a platform declaring
for q tariff for revenue with mighty lit
tie incidental protection" That's the
way to talk it.
MI. John Purdue. and his cousin
Miss Mollie Townsend, were drowned,
Wednesday, while attempting to cross
Muddy creek, Miss Townsend, who
lives in johnson county, being on
her way to visit her uncle Judge j. w.
Purdue, the father Of the young gentle
man with whom she met her tragic
fate, in Pettis county.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

Sedafa New Age:-"Anybody hav-
ing business with the County Court Of
Lafayette will have to seek the honora-
BILE court in the Cole county Jail, among
the thieves, %murderers, etc. They are
not being held for trial OF for any Of
Tense against society. They have had
no trial. Nor can they ever be releas-
cd, according to Judge Krekel, until it
is Judge Krekel's will. And this has
net happened in Russia or in Tnr-
key, but in the great democratic State
of Missouri, which has a democratic
governor, a democratic legislature, a
democratic judiciary, two democratic
u. 8. senators and a full democratic
representation in the lower house of
congressl And 80 far as the public
know, they all approve this imprison-
mont, in contempt of the federal and
State constitutions, of the Lafayette
county court. Poor old Missouri"
We hardly think any of the gentlemen
or. departments named approve of this
imprisonment. There is a state officer
that does approve of it, MI.
Thomas X. Skinker, reporter of the
Supreme court, the gentlemen at whose
instigation it is done. Turn your bat
tory on him, friend New Age.
These comments of the st. Louis Re-
publican bear testimony to the wisdom
of the Missouri fish law which protects
streams even from the owners of the
land they pass through;-"The fisher
men Of the Potomac are like the man
who killed his goose. They have fshed
the river for shad until they have clean
ed out all kinds Of fish, and the waters
are almost a barren waste. Shad re-
to the stream in which they were
Matched to carry on the process of mul-
and repfenishing, if they can
get there, but the Potomac fishermen
blocked their curse of nature by |
them all in out of the wet before
they reach the shallow waters. They
spread nets entirely across the stream,
and one of these is seven miles long
and moved by steamboats, attached to
each end. Thus tons of small fish are
brought to shore and wasted for the
few that are fit for market, and the Po-
tomac catch of shad has dwindled to
nearly nothing. The state laws protect
-ng fish are disregarded and not en-
and it is proposed to ask con-
yress to take a hand in the matter next
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

A news special from Lacrosse, Wis,
June 5, reviews the condition of the
crops as follows: Reports from over
fifty points in western Wisconsin,
southern Minnesota and Dakota are of
the most gratifying character as to small
grain. The season thus far has been
one of the best for wheat and there is
promise of a most abundant crop. The
acreage is about the same as the year
before in Wisconsin and Minnesota and
a large increase in Dakote. Oats do
ing finely with some increase in acre
age. The outlook for corn is gloomy,
owing to the unfavorableness of the
season for that cereal and poor seed.
In some instances land is plowed up
three times"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

tornado struck Nssensile, Texas,
Saturday night ~, Destroying great
deal Of property, y
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

Sundaytrains on the Housatonie rail
. road have been stopped by the Massa-
chusetts authorities.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

We find this paragraph floating about
in a sort of undaddied condition:-"It
is said that. Congressman Carlisle of
Kentucky considers his chances for the
speakership damaged by the endorse
ment of a tariff for revenue only in
the Kentucky platform. 1t amounts to
letting Pennsylvania, at least, sgo,' and
the democrats in congress are not yet
prepared for that" This is simply
nonsense. Mr.. Carlisle is more ad-
vanced on the tariff question than is the
Kentucky platform. He does not ex-
pect the vote Of Pennsylvania. How
could he when Mr.. Randall is a candi.
date? And as for counting the vote of
that state i'll the electoral college by a
straddling plank on the tariff in the
national platform, the democracy has
but to do it to BE- buried as deep as was
old Horace Greeley with his RELOCATION
of the question to the congressional dis
tricts. MI. Carlisle is as straight upon
the question of the tariff as lie is Oh
every other principle of. government.
axis fornododging policy.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

. Ous ~ ASSIo' Auc pooF nave no
s%yndicates to build up railroad and
telegraph monopolies to declare divi.
dends upon millions ofdollars worth of
watered stock. The poor. have no
thimble- rigging machinery whereby to
take out o fthe pockets of the rich mil
lions of dollars every year by means of
= protective tariff. The poor do not
sustain lobbies at Washington City to
secure legislation in their interest.
They do the labor and pay the
bulk of the taxes. They dig
the canals and build the rail-
roads. While the name of the 'engi-
neer who erected the Brooklyn bridge
is in everybody's mouth, the men who
really built it are the men who sweat
ed at the forge, or hung suspended in
the air as they stretched its cords.
The man who honestly and without
oppression to his fellows, by his pluck,
perseverance and brains, accumulates
a fortune is deserving of great praise;
the man of inherited wealth who makes
good use of his money is also praise
worthy; but these must ever be the
few-ths masses r the poor. To
them is confided the fate of our country.
Fortunately Jefferson's theory has not
worked badly, and we have good rsas-
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

Despite't the weather, a large and fashjona-
BILE audience attended the annual concert Of
this institution on the evening Of JuneA, to
listen to the following programme.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

coSeordls, KAn.. had q hail storm.
Iesaday, tAss broke Thousands OF win
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

oraht thougnt barnum was Col. Hyde, of the
Republican, and would not speak to him. Bar.
mum took Grant to be Mr.. Hamnerslough, of
Kansas City. and not wishing to buy any
''sheap clodings" passed out, Jumbo was NOT
present."
Kansas City Times. June 2:-"It was learned
from q private letter received in this city that
Hon. George &. Vest, who ia now soiouruinr at
Hot Springs. had a narrow escape from death
the other day. The senator was taking q bath
alone. when he suddenly became insensible
from some unknown cause, and when the at.
tendant CHANGED to arrive Q few minutes later
he found Senator Vest lying IN an Unconscious
state. A physician was mt instantly
and the Missouri senator was at length restored
to consciousness. and has now almost entirely
recovered"
Among the visitors attending the closing ex-
ercises OF the Baptist Female College, we motto d
the following former pupils of. the schools;
Misses Kate Hawkins. medalIst Of 10, and
again in 'sC, OF New Frankfort; Lucy Gulhrey.
OF Miami; Daisy Webb. of Corder; Anla Tut.
medalist in 80, OF Liberty; Emma Petty. of
Missouri City; Ella Beck, medalist in 's2. Of
sedaliai Cora Gladish, of Aullville; Allie Pick
EFT. of Plsttsburg. and Emma Sturgeon, medal
ist in III, of Houstonia. OF patrons and friends
!" otsthuCe w uOtlCeQ MT. anu Alf6. 4. Il.
Martin, of Kansas City; Mr.. and Mrs. S. Y.
Pitts. of Huntsville; Mr.. Sid Summers. of
Harlem: Mr.. j. E. Gladish. of Auliville: Mrs.
L. L. Petty and Mr.. George Petty. of Liberty /:
Rev. Mr.. Starke, of Rocheport; Rev. J. E. Rob-
erts, of Kansas City; Mrs. Cordelis Herring, Of
Marshall; Mrs. E. W. Shinn, Mrs. TT. shlnn,
Miss LulsShinn and Mr.. George shInn. OF La
throp; Mr.. AMI Mrs. Myers, Mr.. Eddie Martin.
and Miss Cora H.mer. of Kansas City; Mr.. and
Mrs .,James Tucker, and Misses Annie and EN-
ma tucker Of Boonville; Miss Matte VIM,
oil Dover; Miss Annie Emerson. Liberty; Mr..
Thomas Gaines, Of Kansas City; DR.. A. {.
Major. of kearney; MIR. G. B. Slusher. Mr..
David Slusher and Mr.. and Mrs. G W. Carr,
Of Dover; DR.. and Mrs. j. T.. Brown, Of In
dependence; Mr.. Allie Donahoe, Of sedalia;
Mr.. j. A. Bland. Mr.. T. E. Graham and
Misses Cory Fry and Jean Ritchey. Of Plata
burg; Rev. and Mrs.. D. q. Bolton. Of Carroll
ton. Others doubtless we're present whose
nsmss ws-cannot now rsosIl.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

~zHsnry Wattsrssn Gays, IT think there
h Mr. CarIisle's election"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09
ORDDR OF PUDhEOATT0N.
OF MISSOURI.
3. C0UNIY OF LAHAYRTrr

BY c. B. DANIEL. DC iSts
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09

There seams to Be . boom for the old
ticket-Tlden and Hendricks.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-25
GUNSUMPT'I HON,

es use thoiEands Of estcSr thnNnt Kind and Oi long
.tIEdInF have kcOn caT'! Indeed, ~ strong |. mi
fRRiE, together Win RV. tUAHLis TiIKKTISE "a
ts disease 0 any sufcrr, jtr FxpresS and n o. ID.
treaA On. I. a. sLDCtaL III pnafl 81. Nov York.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-25
photosraphipg the Vocal organs.

LOHuOH IIHHS,
At a recent meeting Of the South London
Photographic Society au account was given
by MIR. Fl. Trueman Wood OF some inter.
esting attempts to photograph the human
vocal organs in the act OF singing. The
principal object was to obtain q picture OF
the lIgaments known as the vocal chords,
which are situated at the top OF the larynx.
These can be viewed in the laryngoscope, q
small mirror, which when placed at the
back oil the throat serves at once to reflect
light upon the membranes, and TO form an
iulage OF them visible to the observer.
With the aid OF this instrument numerous
observations have been made upon singers,
and much valuable information collected,
but all previous efforts to obtain photo.
graph by substituting camera for the
observers eye have entirely failed. The
difficulties were overcome by the use OF q
powerful Siemens electric lamp, supplied
by a dynamo machine belonging to the
Society OF Arts, and by means Of this light
seme excellent photographs were obtained
OF the laryngoscopic image. The patient in
each case was herr Behnke, at whose in.
stance the experiments were made, the
object being TO obtain Illustrations Of n
forthcoming work by that gentleman and
Mr.. Lennox Browne, on the mechanism oil
the human voice. Some Of the photographs
obtained were exhibited by means OF a
lantern on a screen, and were, considering
the extremely difficult nature OF the subject,
yery satisfactory.