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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-31

M ANTED-A WHITE GIRL TO DO CHAMBER
w work and plain washing and ironing for four
persons; good wages; references. $40 Eth ST. in
basement m3O-3t*
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"And you pretend to say" remarked
a. lawyer TO q witness. that you re-
member the exact words this man said
% You ten years ago."
al do"
''Well If my memory serves me. L met
Won at Saratoga about five years ago and
should like to know if you can swear
20 any EXPRESSION which / then made. "
81 can"
"Now, Mr. J., want you to remem-
Der that you are under oath. Now, I'M
der oath, YOU swear that you can quote
with great accuracy remark made To
you at Saratoga five years agOP"
81 can"
"Weli, what was it?'
"YOn met me in the hotel corridor. y"
Eyes, quite correct"
"And YOU shook hands with me- +"
~Naturally did"
land YOU said 10 me: Let's 90 and
take something"
The crier of the court had to call 81
lence for ten minutes, and the lawyer
confessed that the witLess had a remark
able memory.-Boston Journal
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New Use For the Nose.

The old story of how Mozart made
Use of his long nose when executing a
piece on the piano which would have
been impossible but for this way of max
ing no for the want of an eleventh
finger, has often comforted people
afflicted with an olfactory organ of
unu ual length. But the full use of the
nose has only lately been discovered by
community of young Italians, who
claim that by the adroit pressure of the
nostrils with thumb and forefnger, sup
plemented by judicious breathing, the
softest, sweetest melodies can be execu-
ted, and that the Italians favorite air,
1.-The Delight of Love-" is never more
charming than when executed on the
nasophone, this being the aristOcratic
name by which the newborn art has
been called. Novel. indeed, and origi-
nal is this musical instrument, but con-
sidering how many people sing through
their noses already, it is doubtful
whether the new invention will add to
the sum of human happiness - Poll
Mall Gdzette.
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IRUSTEE,S SALE

Whereas, Mary f. Deyo and A. ii
DeyO, her husband, by their certain deed oil
trust dated the 3rd :ay of January, 1884
and recorded in the recorders office OF
Pettis county, in trust deed mortgage rec
ord No. So, page $50 to 253, conveyed t.
the undersigned all their right, title, inter
est and estate, In and To the following de-
Scribed real estate situated in the county of
Pettis, state of Missouri, viz:
Lot three and tn ee feet off of the east
side of lot two, in block twenty, in S. +.
Smith and VI. f. Martins first addition to
The city of Sedalia, which said conveyance
was made in trust to secure the payment OF
certain promissory note in said deed de-
scribed, and whereas, said note has become
due and is unpaid, now therefore, in &C
cordance with the provisions of said deed
of trust, and at the reqrest of the legal
holder of said note, shall proceed to sell
the above described real estate at the court
house in the city of Sedalia, in the county
of Pettis, state aforesaid, to the highest
bidder for cash, at public auction, on
Wednesday the 4th day of April, 1886,
between the hours of nine In the forenoon
and five in the afternoon of that day, to
satisfy said note, together with the cost and
expense of executing this trust.
JNO. MONTGOMERY, jr,
3-9w4t. Trustee.
Dated this 9th day of March, 1886
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-03-16
PROVINCiAlISM.
Good Illustrations of the Narrow Views
Held by Many People.

Good Illustrations of the Narrow Views
Held by Many People.
That narrow view of affairs which
goes under the name of provincialism
when it is shown i'm relation to matters
of larger interest is well illustrated in
the directions given by a farmer to a
stranger who inquired for the best
place to catch trout.
Want to know where is the best
place to catch trout, mister, heyP You
do? Well, you just 90 straight ahead
till you come to the swamp down there,
then keep right on till you come to our
old black turkey hens neeSt; then turn
little to the left, and follow on
through the woods about half a mile,
and you will come to an old chestnut
log across the brook. That's the place
to catch trout Why, stranger, don't
know where the old black turkey hens
incest is?'
Not exactly"
well, if that don't beat the Dutch.
/ thought everybody knew where that
is. How in the name of reason can
tell you where the trout are, thenP"
This case was more than matched by
the experience of a gentleman who Wis
tied country town, some years ago,
to call upon a person whom we may
call Pelletiah Jenkins. Having reached
the neighborhood where Mr.. jenkins
lived, he called at house by the road
side to get more particular directions.
His call brought to the door a woman,
who was evidently the mistress of the
house She listened to his request to
be told where Mr.. jenkins lived with a
lock of mingled wonder and pity.
"And you don't know where Pelle-
tiah jenkins lives?" she asked.
The gentleman admitted his entire
ignorance on this point, and made il
his excuse for having troubled her.
well" said the lady, and now pity
seemed to have overcome every other
sentiment, "well, if you don't know
where Pelletiah Jenkins lives YOU can't
knew much!'' and the door was closed
in the face of the inquirer.-H Youths
Companion.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

-High-post bedsteads with white
muslin curtain, all of the olden time,
are being revived in all their imposing
ststeliness.-Chicago Times.
Collect eggs frequently in winter.
or they will be injured for Matching
purposes. Its vitality is destroyed
when an egg is subjected to tempera-
ture below freezing.-Troy Times.
-Cocodnut Cdke.-Two eggs, two
tablespoonfuls butter, one cupful sugar,
half cupful milk, two cupfuls flour,
with two teaspoonfuls baking powder,
and two cupfuls cOcoanut soaked in
milk.-Toledo Blade.
"A handful OF linseed meal fed to
each cow or horse at least three times
a week will not only regulate the
bowels and promote health, but also
loosen the skin and prevent hide
bound.-Albany Journal.
The Neao England Farmer recon-
mends the use of apples as an addition
TO the feed of stock, but suggests the
caution that in cold winter weather
they should be brought from the cellar
and fed Immediately before they take
on the temperature of zero atmos-
phere.
Coffee cake: Take one cupful
coffee a. prepared for the table,, one
cupful brown sugar, one cup molasses,
one-half cupful butter, one egg and
one teaspoonful saleratus; put soda in
coffee, add spice and raisins to suit,
and flour enough TO make a reasonably
thick batter; bake slowly.-The ca
terer.
In order TO procure a substitute
for lard, which is often much adulter-
ated, and to which some persons OBJ
ject when il is pure, put all kinds of
fat drippings, skimmings and trim
mings together and melt. Slice into
this a large, raw potatoe. When this
is brown the fat will be as clear as
water, but skim it if any impurities
arise.-N. Y. Examiner.
Sponge cake: Three cupfuls sugar,
three cupfuls flour, six eggs, one cup
full cold water, little salt, and two
heaping teaspoonfuls baking powder,
sifted in the flower. Beat the eggs
mot separating the whites from the
yelks); add the sugar, mixing it well
with the eggs; add half the water,
then the sifted flour, the rest of the
water, and flavoring to suit the TASTE
The Cook.
For chicken salad: Boil one
chicken until very tender; when cold
chop it fine. Chop one head of cab
bage and one large handful of cucum-
Der pickles very fine. Boil one dozen
eggs hard. Mash the yelks only with
the chicken, one tablespoonful of celery
seed, one of black pepper, one tea
spoonful of ground mustard, one table
spoonful of salt and two of butter, one
half teacup Of strong vinegar.-CIeUe.
land Herald
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
STATE OF MISSOURI, }

y L UT hlSCOOhly \
COUNTY OF PETTIs
May term, 1886.
James \. Brown, Thomas Talbot and
James = Allen, VS.. Jacob D. Rudy, G. f.
Rudy; William III. Rudy, Perlenzo c. Rudy,
George ID. Rudy, Catherine Rudy, Robert
Rudy, Preston Rudy, Annie Brown and
her husband Claronden +. Brown, Callie
Obetz and her husband Henry Obetz, Su-
san Snyder and her husband William Sny-
der and all unknown heirs and grantees of
John F. Rudy, defendant.
Now, at this day CONF the plaintiffs here
in, by their attorneys, Messrs. Boutwell, q
Jaynes, and file their petition and affidavit,
alleging, among other things, that defend
ants are not residents OF the state of Mis-
souri,. Whereupon il is ordered by the
clerk lii vacation that said defendants be
notified by publication that plaintiffs have
commenced suit against them in this
court, the object and nature of which is to
partition the following described lands in
Pettis county, Miss uri, to wit:
The east half of section one 81 J, In town
ship forty-three (43l, range twenty-three
(2S). and lot two (2) of the southwest quar-
ter of section (6l, in township forty
three ABB, rang twenty-five (22).
And unless the said defendants be and
appear at this court, at the next term
thereof, to be begun and holden at the
court house in the city of Sedalia, in said
county, On the first Monday OF May, 1886,
next, and on or before the sixth day of said
term, ii the term shall so long continue,
and if not, then on or before the last day OF
said term, answer or plead to the petition
in said cause, the same will be taken as
confessed and judgms Mt will be rendered
accordingly. And it is further ordered
that a copy hereof be publ he'd, according
to law, in the Sedalia Weekly Bazoo, a news
paper printed and publised in Sedalia,
PeItIs county, Missouri, for fourweeks sue
"essively, the last insertion whereof shall
be at least four weeks before the cum
mencement of the said term of this court.
b III. INGRAM, Circuit Clerk,
BY NJ. W. Brady, Dep'y Clerk
\ true copy from the record.
Boutwell, 4 Jaynes, Plaintiffs attorneys.
3-gw4t
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COMMISSIONERS SALE.

BY authority of an order of the county
court of Pettis county, dated the second
day OF March, 1886, and to me directed, /
will sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, on
MONDAY THE 5TH DAY OF APRIL
1856,
between the hours of 9 o'clock q. m. and 5
o'clock p. m of said day, at the northeast
corner of the court house square, in the
city of Sedalia, the following property be-
longing to Pettis county, to-wit:
All the furniture formerly used in the
court house and county offices, consisting
of stoves, stove-pipe, counter desks, desks,
tables, chairs, railing, mating, etc.
Also the fve-roc m brick building, situated
on the north east corner of said court
House square. formerly occupied as county
Offices, and also the plank fence surround
ing said court house square.
Terms.-The brick building will be sold
on four months time, purchaser giving note
with approved security. All other property
will be sold for cash in hand.
L. s. MURRAY, Commissioner.
2-2sw2s
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ASIATIC RAILWAYS.
Industrial Progress Opening the Way to
the Famous City of Samarcand.

Industrial Progress Opening the Way to
the Famous City of Samarcand.
1t begins to look as if the day were
not far distant when the European
traveller will be able to make the Indian
tour, which no self-respecting globe
trotter can now omit, without having
to endure the sultry horrors of the Red
Sea passage or the long sea voyage.
In other words. unbroken railroad
communication between Europe and
India is probably a thing of the very
near future. What imperfect reports
we receive of the progress made by the
Transcaspian railroad seem to warrant
the placing of this desirable consum-
nation at no remote date. The road
is now open for three hundred and
eighty kilometers from the Caspian,
which brings it within eighty kilome-
tiers of Askabad. Beyond this point
the road is graded for one hundred and
fifty kilometers more, taking a south
easterly direction to Dushak, where it
is to branch, one division connecting
with branch of the Indian system
through Afghanistan, and the other
having for its terminus the mysterious
city of Samarcand, while crossing the
Oxus and passing through Bokhara on
its way. The time assigned for the
completion of this northern branch of
the road is three years. The work is
already begun upon it, and Merv will
be reached in the spring. Merv, which
already has post-office and line of
telegraph, and yet the place where the
brilliant correspondent O'Donovan re-
manned for six months virtual pris-
-oner and completely shut off from the
rest of the world at time so recent as
to be within reach of the memory of a
very youthful school-boy.
The idea of railroad connection
with India has SO long been discussed
that it has become soberly realizable in
thought. 1t is obviously one of the
things that must be had, and if England
lis wise she will meet the Russian adj
vance half way, and congratulate her.
self that she has not had all the burden
of the enterprise. But it is very diff
ferent with the idea of the road TO
Samarcand. To think of the ancient
capital of the renowned Timour in a
prosaic way is almost impossible. IL
has SO long been shrouded in the per-
sistent investiture of romance that it is
hard to imagine it as stripped of all its
glamor and taking aplace in the system
OF modern civilization. The idea of
purchasing a railroad ticket and regis
tering ones baggage for the city which
q quarter of century ago could only
be reached in disguise and at the great
est personal risk; for the city which
was the ultimate point of Vamberv's
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A PECULIAR PEOPLE.
The Strangefy-Afiicted Glass Of French
Canadians Known as Jumpers.

kbS btrAnEC1v-Am1cDcu CLASS OF ErenCn-
Canadians Known as Jumpers.
A correspondent gives some curious
facts concerning the Jumpers" among
the French-Canadians. He says: They
attracted my attention as presenting
some points of interest bearing upon
the nervous system, showing to what
a representative condition it may be
brought by certain influences early be-
gun and long continued.
had from time TO time heard lum.
bermen and others whose avocations
led them to spend much time among
the French camps speak of these
Jumpers, but had given no credence
to the, as | thought. absurd stories they
related in regard to them, until one
day, while attending to my duties in
the waiting-room of my fumigating
station, i incidentally let fall the win
dow near my desk by turning the but
ton suddenly, thus letting the frame
fall short distance, making a quick,
sharp noise, when three out of seven
French-Canadians who were sitting
near, awaiting their certificates of in
spection, leaped into the air as if they
had been shot, at the same time utter
ing a yell which would have done
credit TO North-American Indian.
From that time / was on the watch for
these strange characters, and, when
possible, made inquiries of them
through my interpreter in regard to
the cause of their condition.
Before speaking of this perhaps it
will be well to enumerate some of tho
manifestations which give them tho
characteristic name of '.iumpers."
One or two instances will be sufficient.
Recently one of them, French-Ca
dian of small stature, came out from an
adjacent camp TO the post-office. Just
as he was about to ask the postmaster
for his mail, he being a total stranger
to the official, man of sixty-five years
of age, some one knowing the fellow
TO be Jumper" mischievously cried
out: Grab him by the throatr' The
fellow sprang like a cat and grasped
the old man by the throat. and held on
until removed, the irate postmaster
pouring forth torrents of invectives on
the poor fellow, who really was per-
fectly guiltless.
Another unfortunate wood chopper
had just came into camp from two days
work, and was standing near the large
camp-heater, in which was a very hot
fire; when some one cried: Grab the
furnace No sooner were the words
said than the poor fellow Obeyed the
order. and as a result left a scorched.
pattern OF each hand on the nearly red
hot pipe, thus rendering him unfit for
his work in the woods for some weeks
As stated above, i have endeavored,
when possible, to investigate as 70 the
cause of this peculiar and distressing
conditions; and while l find, without
doubt, that primarily it is due to an in
herited nervousness, the immediate
cause is in taking such children, when
small, and while firmly held tickling
them until convulsive symptoms APP
.pear.-MedicGL Record.
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PLUM-G
A Subject Deserving the Attention of Fruit
Growers.

| A Subject Deserving the Attention of Fruit
| Growers.
| On account Of curculio and rot few
fruit growers, except in favored locali-
ties, care to risk capital and time in an
endeavor to raise plums. Whether
the favored localities owe their partial
exemption-for no place is wholly
exempt-from disease to special
conditions of the atmosphere, con-
genial soil or to superior knowledge, is
an unsettled question. There is little
doubt, however, that plums may be
grown successfully to limited extent
in every section of the North. Per-
haps no other fruit will return more
profit TO the skilled persons, but so
few cultivators are willing To bestow
the requisite care that the crop is nee
essarily limited in our markets
The plum is mostly restricted to
heavy soils well underdrained. but this
is, in a great measure, because plum
roots are better adapted to such cOndi-
lions, and consequently grow with
more vigor than on lighter land. To
obviate this owners of light soil bud
the trees on peach roots, experience
having taught that such will, with
rarely an exception, thrive quite as well
as plum roots on clayey land. In either
case this fruit needs constant cultiva-
ton and rich soil; il is useless to I'M
dertake TO raise IL unless properly
cared for. That arch enemy, the cur
culio, is not so numerous in some dis
tricts as formerly, but in others it ruins
the crop. The remedy is systematic
Earring of the tree over a sheet on the
ground beneath the branches. But
comparatively few practice this simple
precaution owing TO the supposed
trouble.
The real obstacle is the dreaded
''rot" of the fruit. For this no cure is
yet known, nor are we assured of its
cause. The most reasonable theory
places the responsibility on a low order
of fungi. Reasoning from this stand
point, have employed wood ashes as
destructive agent, and with marked
effect. At any rate, the potash thus
introduced to the tree through the soil
caused a more vigorous growth and
more luxuriant foliage. Planting
plums in the chicken yard is greatly in
vogue with many cultivators, who feel
sure the fallen curculio are devoured
by the poultry. On the other hand, it
has been stated that fowls never eat the
insects.
Some varieties of the plum. appear
less liable to rot than others, but when
largely prevalent none are exempt, not
even the chickasaw sports, from which
We expect so much in the way of relia-
bility. All varieties do not succeed
well on the peach root, so that owners
of light soils must govern their choice
of kind accordingly. The following
are among the best: Goes Golden
Drop, Yellow Gage, Duane's Purple,
Schuyler's Gage, General Hand, Dam
SON and its Seeding Richland, Law
rence's Favorite, Imperial Gage, Ger
man Prune, Prince Engelbert and Hull
ing's Superb. Where the plum-on-
plum Is grown exclusively. the follow
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Schemes by Which Rogues Get Coed
Lunches Very Cheap.

Schemes by Which Rogues Get Coed
Lunches Very Cheap.
"The chief cause for commercial dis
honesty. says Herbert Spencer, "is sn
indiscriminate admiration for wealth;
an admiration which does not take in
to consideration the character of the
possessor." A restaurant-keeper In
Chicago was asked by reporter in
search of signs of the approaching
millennium if he attributed the lessen
ing of the trouble caused by his Gus
toners endeavoring to beat their lunch
bill to the waning of such an admira-
ton or the ennobling of character.
'Not by jugful; don't fool yourself
by any such idea, he said. The SIM
pie reason is that those of my patrons
who are disposed to cheat know that /
am on to their tricks and that il is an
exceedingly hard matter to beat me,
so they don't try it on very much.
had one man try to get ahead of me
last week, which is the only case i have
had for over a month. 1t was by an old
trick, though new, perhaps, to him. He
came in one noon, ordered a fifteen-cent
lunch, which was given him, and with it
a check. He then ordered ten cents
worth more. This was given him and
q check for twenty-five. The waiter
asked for the first check, but the man
denied having received it, and as /
have instructed the walters to dispute
with no one but state any trouble to
me, he said nothing. The man saw
the waiter talking to me, however, and
so paid the twenty-five cent check,
keeping the fifteen. Thinking he
might come around here again, took a
good look at his face to keep him in
my memory. Sure enough a couple of
days afterward he came in and ordered
enough to amount to thirty five cents.
'Now, we have a system whereby
every one who receives check amount
ing to over twenty cents is watched, SO
when this individual marches up to the
counter / was ready for aim. He did
as supposed he would, and instead of
handing over his right check he gave
me the fifteen-cent one he stole the last
time he was in. / accused him point
blank and demanded the right check.
He objected at first, but upon nv
threatening to call an officer, he gave
in and paid both"
''Are there any new schemes that
you have come across lately by which
they try to Overreach yOu?"
''No, don't think there are; at least
/ have found none. Occasionally when
there is a crowd in here the beats man.
age to slip out of the door unobserved,
but not often. There is one trick-an
old one-which they work and which
is the only one have been unSuccess-
full in combating. Two friends, though
apparently strangers. come in and sit
together. One orders big lunch, the
other small one, each receiving his
respective check. The one ordering
the larger meal leaves first, after ex-
changing checks with his companion,
who, when he is ready to leave, informs
the waiter that the check at his plate is
too much, has it exchanged, and de-
camps. The next time they change off,
the one who had the light lunch first
taking big one in order to equalize
their appetites. But even by this way
they slip up after few attempts, for
we watch such customers pretty close
ly."-ChLcago Ners.
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATORS WITH
WILL ANNEXED.

Notice is hereby given that letters of adj
ministration, with the will annexed, on
the estate of Joseph P. Marean, deceased,
were granted to the undersigned, on the
18th day of February, 1886, bv the probate
court of Pettis county, Missouri. All
persons having claims against said es-
tate are required to exhibit them to me, for
allowance within one year after the date OF
said letters, or they may be precluded from
any benefit of such estate, and if such
claims be not exhibited within two years
from the date of this publication, they
shall be forever barred.
This 4th day of March, 1886.
II. III. MAREAN,
Administrator with will annexed.
Sangree & Lamm, Attorneys 2-9w4t
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ing may be substituted for some of the
above: Washington, Bradshaw, Green
Gage (true). Refine Claude de Bavay,
Columbia, Jefferson. Smiths Orleans,
Lombard. Blecker's Gage, Mclaughlin
and Red Diaper. The Damson family
yrld immense crops. and when free
from disease will perhaps pay as well
as any other, but some seasons the rot
overtakes them and the entire crop is
ruined--Josiah Hopes, IN ~ Y. tn
bune.