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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
DECLINED BY PROF. AGASSIZ.

Secretary of the Treasury Daniel
Manning wrote to Prof A. Agassiz, of
Cambridge, Mass. offering him the Of
fee of superintendent of the coast sur
vey, but he declined il. In his letter
Mr.. Manning said:
'sYour acceptance of the Office now
rendered to you, without solicitation
OH your part, will be an assurance to
the country, we hope, that while pros
ecuting its great purposes with jul
dicious economy, ascientific intelligence
of the broadest and highest order will
surely mark the progress of the bureau
In replying to Mr.. Manning's letter,
Prof. Agassiz acknowledges himself
flattered at the offer, and adds.
GAS am neither mathematician
nor physicist, do not think my ap-
pointments would be acceptable to my
scientific colleagues as head of the coast
survey. There are, if l am not mista-
ken, two gentlemen, at least, in the SER
vice of the government, and two civil
lians who are eminent specialists, vel
fitted tor the post. Except in one CASE
L diu uHdOlc " Spcdh ioh any hho"
ledge of their executive ability. Under
these circumstances do not feel 1t my
duty to take your proposition into con-
sideration, even were other reasons
which keep me at Cambridge at presen,
such as could be ignored. But l may
add that L have charge ofimportant in
terests on which my scientific future
depends, and which could not honest
ly jeopardize. My health is such, also
that 1 am compelled every winter t.
absent myself tor at least three months
SO that the little time have ut my com
mand for scientific work would be com
pletely sacrificed were to move t
Washington, and begin anew in o fiel
which is not my OWn.'
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
THE BANKERS DAUGHTER.
dakota Letter to Cleveland Leader.

dakota Letter to Cleveland Leader.l
The wife of the Marquis de MOres is
a handsome little brunette who is one
of the best rifle shots in the west, and
who rides as well as she shoots. She
is the daughter of Banker Won Hoff-
man, of New York city, and is name
sake of her aunt, the famously beauti-
full Medora Ortmes. Medora Ortmes
will always be remembered as the
second vile of the late Sam Ward who
won her while she was already the be-
trothed of rich young Frenchman.
Nine. de Mores is at present with her
husband keeping him company i'll the
Bismarck Jail.
AS before remarked, she is an expert
with the rifle, and when at home de-
lights in sharing the wild and tree life
of her husband. On recent hunting
trip to the Big Horn Mountains, out OF
the six grizzly bears bagged by the Ell
tire party, this little lady alone and un-
aided shot and killed four. On the
plains she rides and shoots taul,lessly,
galloping over the prairies like mad on
her we'll l-trained buffalo pony, an eagle
plume in her hat and a rifle slung from
her saddle. She looks the very picture
of wild beauty. In St. Paul or other
cities she is the richest and most taste
fully dressed woman you will see and
one can scarcely realize that the deli
cate gloved hands which hold the
lorgnette or move the fan 80 gracefully
,:,n also check plains broncho in his
NAL flight or send bullet speeding
| true To the mark
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
THE THIRD STREET PAsTORATE.

From the Sedalia Bazoo, Oct. IL, 1881
To-day Rev. j. Nj. Boon will assume
charge OF the Third M. E. church as
the successor of Rev. ID. G. Browne,
and will preach his first sermon i'll
Missouri. While there is universal re-
gret among the congregation at the
loss of Rev. Browne, TO whose power
full preaching so many of them owe
their awakening to religious life, it
Is q satisfaction to know that his success
or comes to them with record not on
lv clear in its uprightness and zeal, but
renowned for its usefulness and able
service in the past. Rev. Boon is a
man of fine appearance, in the fuli
bloom and vigor of manhood, backed
by an experience Of fifteen years in the
ministry, an experience which has been
noted for its zeal, earnestness and sue
cess. Until the present appointment
Rev. Boon has been attached to the
North Mississippi conference. and was
last stationed at Macon, Mississippi,
from whence he comes with the unani-
nous endorsement and full confidence
and respect of large and intelligent
congregation. He is a married man
and has two daughters. His family is
now in St. Louis but will arrive in the
city the coming week and will no doubt
receive the hearty welcome characters
tic of the sect of which Mr.. Boon is an
able representative. The BaZoO takei
pleasure in commencing him to the
kindest consideration of the people OF
Sedalia, and feels little doubt he will
prove both an acquisition to his church
and the community in which his lo
has been cast.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
THE REVIVAL OF ORINOLINE.
IParis Letter to London Truth. !

Paris Letter to London Truth.
We're menaced, l hear it said, with
crinoline. But do not fear that wear
ing hooped pe:ticoats will ever again be
obligatory. Fashion is now anarchical,
and rapid locomotion tends to make
those who are prominent figures at
places of public amusement favor what
is convinient. A vast number of frocks
and short gowns can be packed into an
ordinary ladies' travelling trunk. The
frock or gown requires very little fill
ing out with underskirts and is quickly
dOnned and doffed. This is great
advantage to beauties, who in summer
rush from one seaside racecourse to
another and are too busy finding out
what horses have the best chances of
winning to be serving as lay. figures to
their modistes and fenmeS de chanbre.
Climbing to tops of mail-cOaches and
tram cars is also so much more easy in
short, clinging skirt. The operation
would be dreadful from Mrs. Grundy
point of view were crinoline q la mode
The excuse for the threatened revival is
that value is not given to the large pat
terms OH rich brOcaded silks when the
skirt is not spread out on hoops. The
Princess Marie Amelia tries to revive
what was modish when her grand
mother, the Duchess of Orleans, was
young, married and unwidowed.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
DRINKING IN WASHINGTON.
From the Cleveland Leader.

1t is said that drinking is decreasing
at Washington. do not believe this
to be so. Fewer people drink at the
saloons, perhaps. But it has come to
be that every public man has his cellars
stocked with wines and brandies, and
liquors are sold by the quantity instead
of by the glass. All of the grocery
stores at Washington keep large stocks
of liquors from Mumm's extra dry
champagne down to a very cheap article
of whisky, and you will find wine
stores in nearly every block. In 10
city of the United States, except, per-
haps, New Orleans, is there so much
wine drank in proportion TO the popu-
lation. Many families never sit down
to Il meal without having wine on the
table, and at a Washington hotel, where
public men stop, it is the rule to take a
bottle of wine with your dinner. With
in tho last few years punch has become
very popular at Washington and you
will now find a big punch bowl at al
most every fashionable gathering. 1t
is quite an art to make a fine Washing.
ton punch, and it takes very little of
| the regular article to cause the knees to
culver and the head to swim. One re-
| cipe contains the ingredients, whisky,
rum, clarct, champagne, sugar and
lemons. A little water added TO this,
aud you have drink that will put an
old toper.under the table after half of
his usual allowance. Still, this stuff is
given to young men and maitlens.
There is good deal of difference i'll
the United States as to drinking. Men
from the north and east and from Cali
fornia drink wine, while those from the
west and south take whisky or beer.
Kentuckians usually take whisky
straight, and Wisconsians are fond Of
their own Milwaukee lager. Senators
FRYE and Blair are said to be the only
senators who are tetotallers. Attorney
General Garland likes good article of
bourbon. President Cleveland drinks
beer sometimes. The speaker Is good
Judge OF liquors, and he often takes
bottle of wine with his lnueh.
There was congressman named
Jadwim i'll the forty-seventh congress
who never sat down to meal without
. having a teacup of hot water placed
, before him He seasoned it with cream
! and sugar, and drank it as other peop-
, pie do coffee. Congressman Hatch, ot
= Missouri, is also hot water drinker,
, and Breckenridge, of Arkansas, takes
it with every meal. These hot water
: thinkers advocate the practice as cure
. for dyspepsia and Indigestion. and they
9 say they become as fond of 1t as OF
tea, coffee or whisky.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17

On the, presidents return from the
Adirondacks he found awaiting him
the following letter from Mrs. Helen
Jackson, dated August S:-"From my
death-bed l send you message ofheart-
felt thanks for what you have already
done for the Indians. ask you to read
my Century of Dishonor.' am dying
happier for the belief I have that it il
your hand that is destined to strike the
first steady blow toward lifting this
burden of infamy from our country
and righting the wrongs of the Indiar
race. With respect and gratitude"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
by which a future life is directly at
tanned

Oy which future lie Is dleCtiy a.
tanned.
Our word heaven (from "hefsn''-to
heare) literally signifies elerdted
NirvaHa literally signifies ga blowing
out
Hence while heaven may mean an
elevated condition, Nirvana may mean
..a blowing out Geo to speak) of the
baser emotions of the heart and thus
leaving the character in an elevated
condition. We are "heaved" into
hefae (heaven) and by Nirvana the
Buddhist is "blown' into Nirvana-
See? /
Our word heaven has been corrupted
to mean the Paradisean chambers OF
another world rendered rs beautiful
and blissful as omnipotent God can
make il. Frank Dobbin in his work
entitled "errnr's claims," says that
"Nirvana means u perfect inward
peace" Tnat "Nlrvana is called the
highest happiness" Even the legends
say that Gautama once said to one OF
the gods that "the realization OF MIR
vala is the greatest blessing," and
Edwin Arnold in the 'Light of Asia"
saws that at death Gautama went "into
Nirvana."
The Buddhist way of salvation con-
| sists of four stages: First-An awak-
ening to the fact that all things earthly
are imperfect and frail, and a turning
for comfort aud guidance toward the
enlightened one. SecOnd-A getting
rid of all impure desires and wrongful
feelings. Third-Getting freed from
| ignorance, doubt, heresy, unkindliness
and vexation. Says DObbin: "The
believer who has gone thus far has
reached the last stage; he has cut the
meshes of ignorance, passion and SIN,
and has thus escaped from the net OF
transmigration; Nirvana is already
within his grasp; he has risen above
the laws of material eXistence; the
secrets of the future and past lie open
before him; and when this one short
life is over he will be free forever from
birth with its inevitable consequences,
decay and death. No Buddhist now
/ hopes to reach this stage Oh earth, bu
| he who has once entered the paths
cannot leave them; the final persever
ance of the saints is sure land sooner o.
4 later under easier conditions in SOM
), less material world, he will win tn
great prize and entering Nirvana be a
8 rest forever with other triumphan
4 victOrs. Certain it is tina
K Buddha's followers Of to-day believe il
;. a definitely located Paradise, a place Q
n perfect enjoyment" Thus it is plai
IS that the only difference between tn
heaven believed in by Christian mater
h alists and the Nirvana believed in b
o the Buddhists, consists in the differer
conceptions they severally have of tn
d place. Buddhists use the word Nirvan
(. in the many senses in which we use tt
j. word heaven.
is therefore contend, sir, that ws
not wrong in the use l made OF tt
le word Nirvana. 1 employed it as
re synonym of heaven; i. g., a "place
h. perfect enjoyment" A great deal
latitude is allowed in the use of SUI
e, terms, and such use is not considere
Ds "careless," either; nor again, is it al
pretended that any great calamity W
Id result from it The true Nirvana, wi
le its hallow of associated ideas, is We
I'd pretty and poetic, and employed it
as speaking of that which is itself full
re poetry. Yours, F. T..
nj H;nr;naviIla OcfOher 10
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
MARY'S STUFFED BUCK.
From the London Truth

Mr.. Lucy, of Charlecote Park, has
presented Miss Mary Anderson with a
fat buck selected from his famous herd,
which is to be stuffed in order that it
may be used in her representation of
CAS- You Like It," No doubt deer
from the park in which Shakespeare is
said to have been caught poachiHg by
the keepers of the ancestor of the donor
will prove valuable addition to Miss
Anderson's properties during her
American performances.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
The Pretty School Girls.

From tho N. Y. Ledger.l
In a country lane or CITY street
One meets them everywhere,
The pretty schoolgirls, bliths and sweet.
Who seem beyond compare;
Such bright, unconscious ways have they
All censure to dIsarm,
The bold and shy, the grave and gay,
Each with special charm.
On school days they to wisdOm's door
Serenely troop along;
Or from the open portals pour,
A glad and careless thrOng;
While holidays behold them roam,
In freedom unrestrained,
Or in the friendly bounds of home
To useful duties trained.
And through the long vacations they
The freshest charms impart
To mountain side or breezy bay,
Where oft the world worn heart
Grows light to mark their jov unpUnt
Amid proud fashions sway.
Like wild flowers with exOtics blent
In some immense bouquet.
Let those who will tho beauties vaunt
To idleness constrained
In hushed retreat or dreamy haunt,
Sweet-faced but empty Drained,
Those lustrOus eyes but useless pearls
OF rOm8nGe and OF song.
What are they to our bright schoolgirls,
So happy, brave and strong.
And that our dsrlings lose no charm
Who thus for knowledge strive,
just mark them as they homewsrd swarm
Or household tasks contrive;
The soulful eye, the beaming tsce,
The bright, yet thoughtful air,
The sweet and intelligent grace
That clothes them everywhere.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
WHAT IS NIRVANA7

EDITOR INTELLIGENCER:-Y criti-
cised me last week on my use of the
word "Nirvana." You say "Nirvana
is not heaven by great deal"
Then, what is it Every re-
ligion contemplates a future condi-
ton or state. better than this. To the
American Indians it is the "happy
hunting grounds" To the Christians,
it is "heaven." To the Buddhists, it Is
.Nirvana." But it must occur to every
one that the Supreme Ruler, whose
creatures people of all races and creeds
are, has arranged but one future abode,
and that it will be common to all. We
may call it by different names, and
have different conceptions of it, but
these will not change the facts nor al
ter the Creators plans.
Christians have various notions con-
corning heaven. AS to location, some as
we hear them express it, believe it is q
cloudy realm situated somewhere be-
yond the blue canopy that stretche,
above us. Some argue that it is on a
vast planet in the grand center of the
universe. Others say that there comes
time when the earth will be renOvat
ed and everything vile and objectiona.
BILE rooted out Of it, and become the
happy and eternal home of the blessed
Some believe the future world will be
immaterial, and those who inhabit il
immaterial also, and that happiness
there will be eternal quietude and rest
Others think the future world will bt
material and filled with material be
ings, and tina. while a place of abso
lutte happiness, it will also be place
of great activity. That men will worl
and never tire, that they will plan
vineyards and eat the fruit thereof.
Buddhists followers OF Gautama
the Buddha) have various notions con
cerning Nirvana. To some it ma
| mean only a higher condition in thi
life, but to the great mass of Buddhist
! it means future life, or at least tina
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
THE DEEPEST WE'LL IN THE WORLD.

From the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter.l
The deepest well in the world is To-
Gated at Homewood, Pa. 1t is owned
by George Westinghouse, jr. The
average depth of the Homewood wells
is about $50 feet. In the we'll now
drilling everything found of the nature
of gas or water at a depth of 2 900 feet
was cased off as unimportant, and the
drill at present is said to be little
over 5000 feet below the surface, which
would make it by all odds the deepest
well in the world. A careful record is
being kept, and portions of each foin,a-
ton encountered preserved. Since it
would necessarily have to be IL very
prolific gas vein to justify such deep
drilling, it is difficult matter to c"n-
lecture the object that prompts such -
work, unless it be purely to satisfy Il
morbid curiosity. There are in Wash
ington county, some wells drilled to a
depth of 1000 feet, and the only others
80 far as known approaching the depth
reached by Mr.. Westinghouse, is an
artesian well in France, at which a
depth of 5 900 feet was reached.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
GREAT POWER IN FEW HANDS.
From the Philadelphia Record

The trunk line presidents got togeth-
CT, recently, and practically doubled
the freight rates between Chicago and
New York. If the companies keep
faith with one another, and exact the
rates agreed upon from shippers. they
will have made difference of millions
of dollars in the value of the unslipred
products of western farmers,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
IN THE INTEREST OF BUSINESS.

From the Indianapolis Times, (Rep.ll
Our present tariff is protection run to
seed. 1t is u mass of crudities, and
calls for radical revision. A revision
of the present tariff does not necessa-
rily mean free trade; it means CONNER
cial reform. The tariff should not be
revised in the interest of a theory, but
in the interest of business.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.

Furnished weekly to the Intelligencer by
Captain j. d. Conner, recorder OF DEEDS OF
Lafayette county, Mol
Abstract of the deeds filed in the Office OF
Recorder of Deeds from Saturday, Oct. 3,
to Saturday, Oct. 10, A. D., 1885. Only such
ss contain covenants Of warranty contained
in list.
Jesse NJ. Barton to Jos. A. Barton,
sst acres: 25 and s6, 40, q s2'ooo w
Jesse NJ. 9arton to F. NJ. Barton,
ne se and part of W hf se 25, 4S 1854
f. NJ. Barton to Jesse NJ. Barton,
661 acres in % and SO, 40, 27. $500 %
John Burns to c. C. Fallowell. ne,
sw. IA. 4s. %, 40 acres. l'ooo "
j. b. BurDrge trustee to Mary A.
Logan, lot Z, blk c, Hoefer's add to MN =.
HI. v. Hsyes and husband to II. A.
Jennings. Q hf Sc, NV, 10, 40, A...." W
WIN. E. knight and wife to Thos.
J. Watson, ne Sc IL and NV sw 12,
~, 70 S,oSo w
". Nj. Franks and wife to T. L.
McChesney, lot 6, blk Is, Odessa. 200 90
Jas. o. Wells to Adolph Nickles,
side NV, ne. 10, 4S, 81 10 acres. 100 90
Victor l.. Wells to Adolph Nickles
e eide NV. ne, 10, 4S 27, 80 acres -. 800 90
Enoch F. Colvert to Elizabeth Col
vert part Of W hf Sc, ID, -, 27, 81
Green b. ssaitteriieid to Stephen
simes,s hf Q hf ne, sc, 9. 4s, 2s. 10 m
Stephen Shines to Harvey N Brown
8 hf, hf, ne, Sc, 9, 4S. %, ten acres.. 100 oe
Amelia B. Mason and husband TO
J. w. Tate, part " nf ne. 1. 40, %,
Jno. W. Miller and wife to VIM. n.
Palmer, Sc, ne, 16, 81, %, 40 acres... 800 on
David NJ. Reed and wife to Come
Illus H. Reed, end NV, nw,i, IS, q,
Robt. Taylor and wife to Lohoefeu-
er and Tegeler, lof 8, blk P, Concor-
Richard a. Forsythe and wife to
Geo. W. Parker. hf ne, Sc. 30. 49. =,
o.; acre strip. 100 OC
LOUIS Fickie to H. d. Fiokle. 4 81
acres, pit Sc NV, So, 40. 23...... 40 O
| Lewis A. Gibbs to H. H. Fickle,
1T int in ne Sc. "a; and W side NV,
Nv, 35, 49. 2e: 60 acres. es............ 100 o.
| Il. Taubman and wife to Katie
Kriehn. lot 8. blk 80, 1st add to Lex
John W. Fortune to T. W. and
sw ~ sw, IA, 4s, 2s; 1io acres ........ $500 0
Thos. W. Gott to Milton Smith,
ne Sc. and se Sc, %; and pt 8 side sw ,
"a, 48. 49,. ..................... $500
| r. 8. Anderson to A. o. Slaughter,
1T hf NV l. pit hf. hf, ne 2, 49, ann
%; IA 56-10O Observation-Disclosures. 436
Cordelis johnson to Fannie Wood,
n hf lots IL. II and 13, blk &c. add
to Waveriy y.............. oo
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
Boccherlni's Minuet.

The summer garden fades away,
And dreamily close nv eyes,
While softly rs the fountains play,
Beneath the star-bewildered skies
Of Italy. hear the flow e.,...
Oh rhythmic music sweet and low.
From dim Verona's gardens old
There comes the breath OF deep perfume,
AMI cavaliers in lace and gold
Move lightly thrO' the gilded room,
And tO the stately measures beat
The dainty touch of satined feet.
Behind the mask with Romeo
watch u form in robes Of white,
And see the soft and sIumb'rous glow
OF eyes divinelY, darkly bright.
(Hush, In the house of Capulet
Breathes the name of Juliet.1
The vision fades into the gloom,
And 10! instead family tracs,
Far of in Partisan room,
A calmly beautiful dead face
And over Juliet, lying there,
The music sobs into PRAYER.
No more the balcony will know
Her whispered passion and the pain.
And in the orange groves below
Will Romeo wait alas 10 vain.
Ah list, and hear the music sigh,
How sad 1t is that love must die.
The storm of plaudits, wave on wave,
Bring. back my wandering soul to me,
With one last glimpse. grassy grave
Beyond the sullen English sea,
Where Juliet dreams of Montague,
Beneath the roses and the dew.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17

Our hotels are we'll managed now
and give very general satisfaction.
Nevertheless Lexington needs first
class, modern hotel building, and we
hope will at an early day secure one
that will surpass anything in Missouri
outside of St. Louis, in the neatness and
completeness of its appointments. Lex.
ington never desires to do things by
halves, and when she goes at this thing
in earnest it will do it up in first.class
afv1o
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17

Recent Investigations by committee
of the Irish National League have re-
suited in the discovery that number
of persons have been unjustly persecu-
ted by the present system of boycott
ting, by outsiders giving damaging in
formation against neighbors through
private spite. The Leaguers, there.
fore, propose to restrict boycotting to
offenders against the league.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
GOOD NAME AND GREAT RICHES.
From the \. Y. World. |

A good name is better than great
riches, SO Solomon says-but the man
who advertises literally and judiciously
gets both the good name and great
riches.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17

&C. WALLACE, City Treasurer.
Mr.. Winsor presented a petition of
lot owners on Main street, between
18th and goth streets, protesting
against further grading of the street,
and asking that the present grade at
the corner of 10th street be declared
the established grade. Mr.. Winsor
moved to refer the matter to the COM
mittee on streets and alleys and the
city engineer. Carried.
Mr.. Homer said he thought the street
was about four or five feet above the
grade. Mr.. Winsor thought the COM
mittee and the engineer could go or
the ground and decide the matter
Mr.. Tsubmsn thought they ought te
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17

mittee put all police court officers on
salary.
The mayor appointed Jesse Hamlet
as calaboose keeper for the ensuing
month. Approved.
On motion the council adjourned.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
ALEXANDER GRAVES. wlh-iA
GRAVES S. AULL.

. Lexington, in5;. MS;. +.
viii practice the courts Of onrts ,ar Prompt
cial Circuit. and Unltea siac once over the
attention givsn 10 jane