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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-15

The agricultural fellah is an admir-.
able style OF man With good cerebral
development and much aptitude and
intelligence, with an agile and muscular
frame, ne is a typical farm laborer, and
as he patiently works his shadOof OF
waters his fields with tiny rills Of the
water it has raised, or diligently weeds
or hoes his crops. he presents an ex-
ample of untiring industry and quaint
yet ingenious continuance. He has also
love of education, and desires that his
children should learn all that can be
taught in the schools to which he has
access. He will often pay the village
teacher what for him is very large
sum in exchange for little education,
and he is anxious when he can to take
advantage of European schools. He
reads, too, when he can get books, and
loves TO know something of tie great
world beyond him, The dweller in a
mud hut, almost roofess and destitute
of furniture, is often for his cIrcum-
stances somewhat intelligent and even
learned man, and he is quick of ap-
prehension and readily ACQUIRES or
initiates anything brought under his
notice by strangers. HIS family affec-
tons are strong, and his cheerfulneSs
and good nature are almost invincible.
He is, it is true, deficient in some of the
harder virtues of more northern climates,
and is less self-reliant and truthful than
he should be, but il must be remem-
bered that his race has suffered oppres-
sion from period long antecedent to
the rise of our modern nations. The
Egyptian must not be supposed
to be represented BY the rsbble
that howl for backsheeSh at places
frequented by travellers. Migrants and
beggars exist more or less everywhere,
and in Egypt the observant tour st can
easily see the difference between these
and the men and boys diligently water
ing and wedding their crops from morn
ing 10 night, and the women busily en-
ployed in household work. Too often,
however, all are treated alike by stran-
gers and their employees. and it is fire.
guently painful to see decent and or
derby people plying some humble trade
or offering some legitimate service, in
yolved in the same hard treatment
which falls on idle beggars.-Leisure
Hour
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-15
He Had Just Lost Five Gents.

The meaneSt man IN Boston sat on
the front seat of Highland car that
went out 10 West RoXbury Park Sun
day afternoon. He had scarcely got ON
board when he saw a five-cent piece "
ing on the platform, between the ratch-
et-wheel and pawl of the drivers brake.
Throwing newspaper on the floor, so
nobody else could see his coveted find,
he leaned over in an unconcerned man
ner and reached for the coin. AS it
didn't start he took a good hold, and
was just pulling for all he was worth,
when the driver gave the crank two Or
three rapid turns, pinching his fin
gers in the pawl and causing them
TO bleed. Using his handkerchief to
aSsuage the blood he again at
tackled the nickel, and did not relin-
quiSh his efforts until he found that it
had been nailed there as snare to the
unwary and could not be moved with
out a crowbar. Then his under jaw
dropped dejectedly, and he appeared
like man who had lost al interest in
earthly affairs. Suddenly ne picked up
the paper which he had put down for
shield, and commenced to wipe his in
1ured hand with It.
"What are you fooling with that
paper for, David?" asked his compan-
ion. why don't you use your hand
kerchief?n
"a man can not afford to pay Out
everything in washing bills, Aleck,
especially when he has just lost tive
cents"
With this he returned the partially
soiled handkerchief to his pocket and
used the paper until his fingers had
ceased 10 bleed.-BoStOn Post.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-15
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Arizona, which gave Us IL, 0oe, 00c
pounds of copper last year, expects "a
make it Is, e9e, 600 this.
There are now in the State OF
Pennsylvania twenty thousand oil wells,
yielding sixty thousand barrels of oil
daily. Pittsburgh Post.
There is one doctor to every Csc
persons in the United States; one to
every 600 in New York State, and one
to every $50 in New York City.-M. T.
Herald.
Not very long ago tomatoes were
known as love apples, and were re.
garded as poisonous. Last season the
canning establishments of the United
States put up So, 81, 952 cans of toma-
/. toes.
The annual manufacture of beer In
this country is about 10000 600 barrels.
Counting 1000 glasses to the barrel, no
eXtravagant estimate, we have about
$50 glasses per annum TO every inhabit-
ant of the United States. - Chicago
Herald.
Rev. Joseph Cook has been figuring
about our future population. He esti-
mates that in the year 2l00 our popula-
ton will be 40O, 900: in the year
22O0 it will be 100000, 900. in the year
23O0 it will be /, 600, 200, 900, and in the
year 240O it will be 5000, 00O, 000.-
Boston Globe.
in 1883, Great Britain had $50 war
vessels, France $50, the United States
l39, and Germany not quite 100. Great
prit hoI A
6,649, the United States 2,033, and Ger
many 6S2. The British navy costs $751;
500, 900 year, the French S41. 0CO, 900,
the American SIC, 1000 and the Ger
man ST., $4,000.
The cost of sites for United States
buildings in various cities presents, says
the Boston Journal, some very interest
ing facts. For a site on Chestnut
street, Philadelphia, II, 49I, 201 was
paid; Boston, 81, By, O96, and Chicago,
81, 259, $50. The cost per foot was: In
Philadelphia, SI7.53: in Boston, S27.96;
in Chicago. $3.50; in Cincinnati, 1896,
and in st. Louis, S5.9S.
There are eight cables across the
Atlantic Ocean now in use, which cost
S64, 10000 Four belong TO the Anglo
American Company, which cost S35,-
90 200; two are owned by Could COM
pany, which paid for them Sl4, 200, 900;
one is owned by the Direct United
States, and is valued at 81, 900, 600, and
another belongs to the Ponyer-M
Company, which paid IS, 100000 for it
~. I. Times.
of green wood one-third to one
half its weight is water. partly depend
ing upon the time of cutting. All
kinds of wood cut in January in the
Northern and Western States contain
from Id to a per cent. sss water than
they do in spring. Experiments have
shown that 100 pounds of ashwood cut
in January contained % pounds of
water, while the same amount cut i'm
April contained 50 pounds of waite; 100
pounds of sycamore cut in January con-
tanned 33 pounds of water, and 80 cut
in april. White pine cut in January
contained % pounds; cut in April. 81
pounds of water Troy Times.
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A Curious Custom.

II is we'll known that in the olden
times many holiday diversions and even
occasional fairs were held within the
precincts of Or parish churches. For
instance, in the registers at Winchester
there is to be seen copy of mandate
from William OF Wykeham, which for
bids Juggling, the performance of loose
dances, ballad singing, the exhibiting
OF protane shows and spectacles, and
the celebration of other games, in the
church and even the church-yard of
KingstOn-On-Thamc on pain of eX-
communication. 1t wOIld appear. how
ever, that even this strong measure did
not prevent the origin, or at all events
the practice, of another ancient custom.
OF which little or nothing is known eX-
cept that it is thought to have been pc
cuiiar TO Kingston, but which was car
RED on in the church itself, even during
the time OF divine service, down TO the
end OF the last century, If not to the
beginning of this. The con gregation,
strange as it may sound, used TO crack
nuts during the service on the Sunday
next before the eve o. st. MichaelS
day. Hence that Sunday was called
'-Crack-Nut Sunday The custom was
not restrained or confined to the young
er branches of the congregation, but it
was practiced alike by Young and old;
and it is on record that the noise
caused by the cracking was often SO
loud and so powerful as to oblige the
minister to break off Tor time his
reading or his sermon until silence was
restored. The above custom was
thought by one or two anti uaries 10
have been connected in some way or
other with the choosing o. bailiifs and
other members of the corporate body On
Michaelmas day, and with the usual
feast which attended that proceeding
CaSSekrS Gr6nEer LOnHoll
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About Women.

Mrs. L. Shaw says she does not be-
fieve women need allow themselves to
look old until over seventy, and then if
they like TO settle down into the white
haired and wrinkled old lady, it is all
right. 1T is the duty of women TO pre-
serve their youth as long as possible, {"
states Mrs. Shaw. ''The use of the
bath daily preserves the complexion,
and gentle exercise out of doors does
much to keep women fresh-looking.
The hair, if kept perfectly clean, care
fully brushed, and the roots stimulated
with q tonic that it is safe to trust, will
not turn gray nearly as soon as if neg
lected. instantaneous dyes for the hair
are not injurious, but those where the
process is slow generally contain sui
phur, arsenic, white Lead, or mercury.
Blondes are not as fashionable rs few
years since; therefore, yellow hair-dyes
are used but little. Rembrandt red
and auburn tints are now produced by
those who dye at all. Heavy switches
have done a great deal of damage to
women's hair. Stem switches should
be abolished by hair-workers, as they
ruin the fiber of the hair. In regard
to the complexion" Mrs. Shaw re-
marks. there are perfectly pure I'M
gueuts and cosmetics. which are harm
less providing the skin is daily washed
with soap and water. The best APP
plication to preserve the skin soft and
fresh is made as nearly as possible like
ass milk This milk was used for the
skin in olden times by famous beau
ties. who wore bread and milk poul-
tees on their faces at night. Dry
powders are injurious, but soft, creamy
cosmetics lubricate the skin and pre-
vent wrinkles. The women who pre-
serve their compilations. hair and
teeth, and who take pains with their
toilet, are those Oh whom Time LAYS
his hand lightly "-M. 7. Ereni'lg
Past
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-15
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

1t is not considered stylish 10 wear
a cuff on the ear.
A most unsatisfactory piece OF
sculpture is the ''bust" of boiler.
The cloud which darkens a maid.
ems brow is oftentimes no bigger than
a mans hand.
1t is the girl who wears a great
deal of false hair that ''puts ON lots of
style YOnkerS Statesman.
What will blacksmiths do when
the forge goes out of date?" asks a
scientist. They will keep right on set
ting type just the same.-N. Y Post.
The reason why some papers die
is that they have been unable to keep
up their circulation. We publish this
90 please an insane Rehabilitation
Post.
"A hat manufacturer says that the
size of mans head is always increased
by excitement We have noticed this
too. 1t generally occurs. however, the
morning after the eXcitement.-M Y.
Graphic.
True diplomacy is the art of hiding
find it, and then lie in bed pretending
to be asleep as you watch her go through
your clothes in an unproductiye hunt
Exchange.
Walt Whitman defines a poet as "a
person possessing an eccentricity in
verbal expression" Then is the &C.
centric who rhymes hair-dyes with
burglarize quite as respectable as any
gentleman in the poetry line.-BufaLs
Express.
-Jobbins ran out the other morning
TO chase couple of oxen out of his
door-yard. and was wrecked by a COLI
sion with the clotheS-line. He went
out swearing at the numbering kline and
came in cursing the numbering line
YonkerS Gazette.
"A correspondent of the Belfast
(Me.) Journal saws that there is ONLY
one town In that State which does
more knitting than the village of Pc
nobscot, Waldo County, which for
half century has had an enviable
reputation as headquarters for knitting
work. But the fondly remembered
knitting needle of the grand mother is
. thing of the past. Machinery hss
crowded it out of the chimney corner.
One woman IN Penobscot County runs
twenty machines and EMPLOYS twenty
knitters, of whom Miss Maria Bridges
Is the champion knitter of Americs.
having knit in five days seventy-6ve
pairs Of mitts.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-15
SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue Of a general execution issued
out OF the Office OF the clerx OF the circuit
court of Petts county, Missouri, in favor Of
John q. Rissler, aud against A. ID. Fisher,
K. NJ. Frdker, Z. j. Corwin. John +. Bel
mer, George Snsdiker and Richard Ritter,
ard to me direc Ell, have Levied upon the
following described real estate to-wit: fhe
south half Of lot seven, block A and sll OF
lots s, 9, 10, ii and IL in said block
fOrty-:Our and lot eleven, in block forty
eight, all In the original plat OF the city
OF Sedrlia, also lot three and ten feet OF the
west side OF lot four In block tw.nty-four,
Smith aud Martins addition to the city
of Sedalia, also blocks oae and four Il and
~, in Ritter's addition to the city of Soda
liza, also lots 3, 8, :, s, 9 AMI IL, block 5,
also lots 7, s, and IL block 6, also lots z,
), 9, 10, III ard II block 4, also lots l, 2, g.
4. 10, IL and Il, block S, also lots Z, s, 9. 10,
II, u, bl OK 9, also lots l. 2, 3, 4, ) and 10,
block III, also lots !, 2 and 8, block IL, also
part of lot "a" north of the rsilroau except
lbs feet front on Eighteenth street a: the
eat OF sad lo,, all In RitteI's addition, to
The ci v of Sedalia, also the west half of the
southwest quarter of section twenty-six,
township forty-four, range twenty two, also
he north half of the northeast quarter
Of section thirIy-f0ur, township forty -fOur,
range twenty two, aso the southwest quar-
ter Of southeast quarter Of southeast quar-
ter Of section ihirty-six, township forty
i've, range twenty-five, 10 a'i-fy said exc
cutiOn and Gus sand public no ice is hereby
given that | will on
WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD DAY OF
SEPTEMBER, A. D., 1855,
at the curt house door, in the city OF Soda
liza, county of Pettis, state of Missouri, be-
tween the hours o. 9 o'c ock a. M. and )
O'Clock p. m, of that day, II the above
describ ID real estate or so much thereof as
msy be ne essary. to the highest bidder, for
cash in hand, to satisfy said ex, cution and
costs l.. s. MCRRAY,
9 lw4t Sheriff of Pettis county, Mo.
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MONDAY, THE 2STH DAY OF SEP.
TEMPER, 1885,
SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue and authority Of general ex.
ecution, issued from the office of the clerk
OF the eircuit court of Pc It's county, Mis-
souri,, dated the 10th day OF June, 1885,
and to me directed, In favor of J. E. Hsy.
ner & Co., and against o. N. Whitsel. I
have levied upon and seiz d all the right,
title, interest and estate of the said o. Y.
Whitsel, OF. in snd to the following de.
scribed real estate situated in Pettis county.
Missouri, to-wi': The southeast Quarter
OF the southwest quarter, and the south.
west quarter ofthe southeast quarter. and
the east half of the northwest quarter of
the southeast quarter of section twenty.
seven { y, township forty i've l45l, OF
range twenty (20), also the wes. half of the
northeast quarter and the northwest quar-
t'r of the southeast quarter of section thir-
ty-fonr, ga, in township forty-fige (45). of
range twenty (20), and will on
WEDNESDAY THE o3RD DAY OF
SEPTEMBER, 1885.
between the hours of o'clock a. m. and Z
O'Clock p. M. of said day, &C the court
house door, In the city OF Sed liza, Psttis
county, Mo-, and while the circuit court of
said county is in session, II the siid re al
estat., at public auction, to the higaest bid
der for cash in hand, to satisfy said execu-
ton and costs. 9-1S3t.
L. s. MURRAY,
Sheriff OF Pet,is cJulty, No.
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The EARRING Out Of Date.

Women are beginning to abolish the
earring as one of their personal adorn-
ments, although it will take long time
to wholly Danish this fsyorite but bar
barous ornament. The recent aesthetic
movement in dress, which introduced,
among its absurdities, some truly sensi-
bic ideas, has much to do in educating
woman to better standard of taste re-
garding personal adornments. Tie
most exclusively fashionable women do
not now wear earrings in the daytime.
and only those with Jewels or rare
stones IR-the evening FINALLY, they
may be discarded altogether, and the
money spent for diamonds in this direc-
ton viii be invested in brooches,
pendants or bracelets Already some
of the famous actresses and leaders
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-15
TRUSTEES SALE.

Where, s, FL "a J. Wood6n AMI NJ. H.
Woodfin, wife and husband, BY their GER
tain deed of trust dated the 2lst day OF
Nay, 1884,, and recorded in the
r coIdsrs Office OF Pettis county, at
trust deed, book 81, pages 81 snd 56, con.
veyed to the md, rsgued, Henry Limm,
'rusiee, all their right, title, interest and
IS ate, in and to the following described
real estate, situated in The county of Petlis,
5 ate OF Missouri, viz: B4ginring nineteen
rods and one aud one half feet north of
the sou Invest co ner of the no Invest quar-
;ef OF he northeast quarter of section (9)
nine, township (45) iorty-6ve, range (2l)
tweuty-Ope, running thence east (40) forty
rods, thence north (20l twenty reds, and
15) fifteen feet, thence west (40) forty rods,
thence south (20) twenty rods and fifteen
(15) ct to the plsce OF beginning, contain
ing ~ INV. acres more or 'ess, strip 80
feet wide off Of the north side, and strip
thirty feet wide off Of the east end of said
tract are reserved for streets and pub ic
highways, which said convey ance was
mad- in uust to secure the payment of six
certain prOmi.sory notes in said deed de-
scribsd, and whereas two sad notes have
become due and are unpaid, and by the
terms OF said d ed OF trust all of said
noes are DOW due and pa abe now there
fore, in accordance with tue provisions
Of i'd deed of trust, and at the request of
the legal holder OF said notes, all of said
notes by the terms OF said deed of tru,t
beirg row due and payab e. shell proceed
to sell the above described real est,ta at
court house, in the ci'y of Sedais, in the
county OF Pettis, state aforesaid, to the
highest bidder for Cash, at public auction,
on
MONDAY, THE 2STH DAY OF SEP
TEMPER, 1885,
between the hours of nine in the forenoon
and five in the sfternoon of that day, TO
satisfy said note, toget tn r with the cost and
expees- of executing this trust.
S-lSw6t- HENRY LAMM, Trus'ee.
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SHERIFPrS SALE.

BY virtue and authority of special exc
cution issued from the office of the clerk of
the circuit court of Pettis county. Missouri,
dated the 18th dry of jun. 1885, and TO
me directed, in favor of the state Of Mis-
souri,, at the relation an ! to the use of NJ.
r. Priest, collector OF the revenue of Pettis
county, Missouri, and g,inst George W.
Embree. q. W. Holiday, George, l.. Bell,
George NJ. Diven, Belle Nj. Woodbridge,
PoShattsn WOODBRIDGE, Linda B. Wooler-
idge, Henry NJ. WOJIeridge, Milly NJ.
Woolerid and Bette NJ. Woodbridge,
judgment for back takes on the real estate
herein fer described for the years 1874,
1875, 1876, 1877, 1873, 1879 and 1880, for
the enforcement OF the lien of plaintiff
against said real estate, therefore, / have
levied upon end seized all the right, title,
interes and estate OF the above named
defendants, of, in and to the following de-
scrib d real estate, situated in Pettis
county, Missouri, to-wit: Lot eleven I'D
OF block two (2), in the city Of Sedslia and
| will on
WEDNESDAY, THE 2SRD DAY OF
SEPTEMBER, 1885,
between the hours of 9 o'clock a. m. and
o'clock p. m, of said day, at the court
house door, in the city of Sed ,li,, Petiis
county, Missouri, and while the circuit
court of said county is in session, sell The
said real es ae, at public auction, to the
highest bidder for cash In hand, to satisfy
said execution and costs. 1w3t.
L. S. MURRAY,
Sheriff of Pertis county. Mo.
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With Their Hats on.

This is really the survival of a once
general custom. Pepys was much Ella
ted when he sat on committee for the
first time with his hat on, and in the
statutes of the Royal society the right
of addressing the meeting with his hat
on was reserved TO the president, the
other members being expected to I'M
cover on rising to speak. With
reference to Mr.. Gomme's suggestion
that the custom of wearing hats in the
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-15
life AND crime Of BILL FOX /!

The life and murderous crime of BILL FOX.
one of the most noted criminals ever in the
west executed at Nevada, Mo-, December %,
1883, has been published in pamphlet form. il
lustrated. The book gives the full details of
the trial of Fox for the murder of T. W. Howard.
May 20, 1888, and the confession of his MUIR
der, duplicating the woman, Mrs, Rose
Price, loo. Address,
J. WEST GOODWIN,
Sedalia, Mo.
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In rasnion make a point or NOT wearing
earrings. They say pretty ear IS
disfigured by them, and that more at
tention is attracted TO homely ones
with these attached ornaments. There
are several women in Newport, worth
their millions, who own superb dia.
monds, but not one set in earrings. as
they consider them q disfguring, bar
barOSls fashion. Hartford Times
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mouse or commons Is a suryIvaI rrom
the DAYS of open-air parliaments, is il
not rather a "reminiscences of the long
period during which men almost iuvar-
iably kept their hats on even in church
and at the dinner table? Pepys rec
ords that ne went ''home to bed, hav-
ing got a strange cold in nv head by
flinging my hat off my head at dinner. Z"
The AhsHOItlu.
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DR.. WHITTIER,
el7 81. Charles street, 50. kouIs, Ne
r. w HITTER.

Greats I'll forms of Veneral Diseases, Sem
nst Emissions and Sexual Debility, wit
unparalleled srccess. Nomatter who failed
sall or ~ itcs Anphlet or consultation 5es
Tan ses-r TO the medical rrotesslon q 2.
fsrx }. re Courtr
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-25
How a Lawyers Bill Was Paid.

The following good story is going the
rounds: The other day Mr.. Bruce
Mofat, our well-known fellow citizen,
went down to the city treasurer's Office
to pay his taxes. Among other things
he was informed that he must pay tax
on his dog. To this he made some OBJ
lection, and little discussion arose on
the subject. A day or two after he
stepped into the law Office of Mr..
George Arthur and had lit
tie jocose conversation on the sub
ject. Shortly afterward he re-
ceived a communication from Mr..
Arthur calling his attention to the dog
tax law, and also decision as to its
constitutionality, together with bill
for $3.50 for legal advice.
Soon after he received the bill for
$3.50 from Mr.. Arthur for legal advice,
in reply he wrote letter in humorous
strain, saying that, as he had been at
one time admitted to the bar, he sup
posed that his chat with Mr. Arthur was
simply fraternal, and the advice given
gratuitous. He added, however, that,
as he always paid his bills, he would
make no exception of this one, and that
| he inclosed check in payment. On
reading the check Mr.. Arthur found it
was on the Logonda National Bank, the
word National" being scratched, and
it read: "Pay to the order of George
Arthur $50 dogs" and was signed with
Mr.. Mofat's name. The word dollars
had been erased il the body of the
check and the word dogs substituted.
The sign 5 had also been erased and a
dogs head artistically drawn in ink in
place of it. The work was SO cleverly
done that hardly any one would have
detected the joke. Mr.. Arthur, to keep
up the fun, took the check up to one OF
the banks, where a good laugh was in
dulged in over it. The bank runner
to carry the joke little further, took
the check to clearance where it was
actually taken up by Mr.. Mofat's bank
ers and the money sent to Mr.. Arthur'f
credit. The joke was then explained
and good laugh INDUCED in all around
and the affair was Strengthened out.