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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-13

same Goods for LESS money. Our further purpose, if it is possible, is to
custom, by giving you positively the Best Goods, at the Lowest Prices, and by
polite courteous attention. So here we are, with only a few prices, which
5000 yards of Calico, best quality and choice styles, at Sc.
1000 yards Heavy Brown Domestic, not coarse and narrow stuff, but
1000 yards Fine Brown Domestic, good quality, yard wide, at &C..
now 1t SIC. '' s p'
$50 yards Apron Bingham, extra good, at &C..
These are the same Ginghams that others advertise, and think a great bargain,
5000 yards Spring Dress Gingharns, all new and the latest and best
G epdf be sE bonsh M for p@ than h II 10 e CENTS per rh Saa' Giin M ~ns'e at IN : AZ snd 10 10 e oents
per yard, will appeal Eresistby tOt the self-interets of every man, woman and
s5 pieces Dress Goods, regular prices ranging from 20 to so cents per
yard; now offered at from 10 TO % cents.
per yard; all now offered at so cents. These lengths will not be cut)
60 dozen Gents Inlaun,mied Shirts, Extra Good Muslin, at SO cents.
for t, In f s6ne,%s dot, we desire dd o so edp wT u appreciation p esmSo%v to 9ar many any friends ssnass
efor ito maintain u record TO keeping
The Finest Stock i'm the CITY
The Largest Stock in the City
The Cheapest Stock in the City !
we hope to draw OF" You for all possible laa and in this direction. We are making
the handsomest variety and assortments of all the 'Prettest and seasonabe
Novelties in Dress Goods, White Goods, Laccs, Embroideries, &c.
Remember W e will OF be uniersold.
Positively the Best Goods for the Lowest Prices.
The AHRENS DRY s sss2;
LcxhEgton, Mo, Feb. Il, 1886.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-13

st. Louis has been having the Mika-
do this week by the Alta Norman Com
pany. ALA, Yum Yum, is not appar-
emily much of s'little maiden," but
she is a good actress, and in the kiss
song is immense. The same may be
said of her mouth. The other two 'slit-
tie maidens''are just too sweet for any,
thing. The Mikado himself is a suc-
cess as to ugliness and singing. The
Koko is a genius and the Poo Bah K
cellent. The scenery is good and the
costumes fresh and Jappy.
The New York Sun bears hearty
testimony to the honesty and efficiency
of MIR. Whitney's conduct of the navy
department. Among other things it
says:-sThe tone of the navy has al
ready improved under Mr.. Whitney's
administration. The strict accounta-
bility which is now enforced in all the
bureaus and their branches has made
apparent the fact that loose practices
will no longer be tolerated. Whoever
ventures to try them will be brought
up with what the sailors call a round
turn"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-13

1t is so often the case that when two
persons have lived many years together
as man and wife and m dies, that the
other soon follows. 1t is only few
days ago that we announced the death
Of Horatio Seymour, and now we have
to tell of the death of his wife. She
died at the residence of her brother,
Roscoe Conkling, at Utica, N. Y, last
Monday.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-13

A telegram from Washington dated
the 18th, states that Senator Vests
health has become again a matter of
great solicitude to his friends. A gen.
tleman who saw and conversed with
him Wednesday ventured the prediction
that he would not return to the cham
Der this season-if he ever did. Mrs.
Vest, the gentleman said, appeared
thoroughly anxious about her husband.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-13

Our Styles we Guarantee to be the very Latest
and Our Prices the l. owest in the City.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-13

TX Hats, Spring Styles made to order for
81 SO, IS 90 and So 90.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-13
Quiz "
Respectfully submitted,
c. c. WALLACE, CITY Treasurer.

Total on February settlement ..... S3O5 "A
Paid out by warrants on the various
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-13

old adage that if you want q thing
done we'll you must do it Yourself.
Nowhere does it apply better than here.
Mr. VIM. F. Nisbet, of New York,
president of the st. Joseph & st. Louis
railroad company, spent last Thursday
in Lexington, on behalf of his board of
directors, in order to investigate for
them the ~desirability of assisting in the
construction of a bridge across the
Missouri river at this point, for the
purpose of entering the city of Lex
ington. Mr.. Nisbet spent the morning
in receiving the business men of the
city, who had a long, pleasant and
very satisfactory conference with him,
in which the travel to and from our
schools; the advantageous connections
south,ea aud west; our manufactures
the trade likely to spring up with st.
Joseph, and the very large coal bust
ness that would be developed, were all
carefully discussed. In the afternoon
Mr.. Nisbet was taken to the river bluff
where the location of his road, the
bridge site, and the approach to Lex.
ington could all be seen at a glance
thence to east Lexington to see the Goa
shafts there, and that end OF town gen
orally; then up the river bottom to
distance a little above the Seawel
l mines. At one point on the track ther,
was something like a hundred cars o
coal standing on two tracks, between
b which the county road ran, so that on
visitor was enabled to see just wha
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-13
''DUNLAP SHAPE"
Also a line of Good Shapes at s. 20 and SO G

with Patent Ventllators and Sweat Band
at SO so, the same ia sold else
where at 81 so and S. 90.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-13

Lexington, Mo, Feb. Il, 1856.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-12-11
THE UPAS TREE.
How the Malays Prepare Deadly Poison
for Their Arrows.

How the Malays Prepare Deadly Poison
for Their Arrows.
Upas Qhc Malay word for poison) is
the name given to number of vegeta-
Bile poisons in the Eastern archipelago
and the Philippine islands. The most
celebrated poison of this kind is pro-
duccd by tree which grows in the
Sunda and Philippine islands. 1t at
tains a height of upwards of one hum
dred feet. The female flowers are soli-
tary: the male flowers congrcgate be-
meath them in numbers upon the re-
ccptacle, which has long stalk, and is
of the shape of a watch-glass. The
fruit is kind of drupc. covered with
heshy scales. From the milky juice Of
this tree, mixed with black pepper, and
the juice Of galarga root and of ginger,
the Malays prepare poison for their ar
rows, which proves speedily fatal to men
and the larger mammalia. The only hopo
of relief is by severe vomitings and the
excitement of profuse perspiratlon. AL
though the fresh juice of this tree,
brought into contact with the skin. acts as
a poison. the story of poison-vale in
Java, in which the the exhalations Of
numerous poison trees extinguish all
animal life, and even all other vcge-
table life, is mere fable. There is :
narrow valley in Java where neither
animal nor vegetable life can exist; but
this is owing to carbolic acid gas
emitted from the ground, and the upas
tree is as incapable of living there as
any other. 1t is found in forests, and
does no harm to the other trees around
it. The prepared upas poison is kept i'll
closed tubes of bamboo, and is of tho
cons;stcnce of molasscs. The flesh of
animals killed by this poison may bo
eaten with perfect safety; although tho
virulence of the poison is shown by its
extremely rapid action. 1t is not per-
fcctly known what the substance is
whicc gives to the juice of the upas tree
its poisonous properties, but it appears
to be an akaloid The fiber Of the bark
of the upas tree is sometimes made into
cloth. but unless the fiber Is thoroughly
cleaned. garments made of it produce
painful itching. Toledo Blade.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-12-11
A GREAT INDUSTRY,
somethihg About the Trade in Wash.
Boards in The United States.

something About the Trade in Wash.
Boards in The United States.
l had long talk with the travelling
agent OF one of the largest wl>hboard
factories in the United Suites the other
day, Said he; Millions of wash-boards
are made and sold in the United States
every year, and at least 7,200, 900 are
sold yearly between the Allegheny
mountains and the Missouri river.
There are two factories in Cleveland
which turn ont two hundred dozen
wash-boards day, one in Toledo which
turns out three hundred dozen daily,
and two in st. Louis which turned out
over a million q year. There arc
ut least twenty different varieties OF
wash boards, and the best wash-boards
are made in the West. The Eastern
factories make Their wash-boards Of
pine. The best wood fol wash-boards
IS the cottonwood or the sycamore.
Pine is too soft, and white pine is too
expensive. The best wash-boards arc
made with dove-tailed heads, with
wire nails driven across the grain of
the wood. You can buy the poorer
class as low as eighty cents dozen at
wholesale, and the better boards as high
as ~. II dozen, A man in New York
has invented a wash board which he
has offered to the trade for SO dozen.
but it costs too much and will not sell.
Double wash-boards are those that have
zinc ridges on both sides. The prices of
these run from SLIGO to So per dozen.
At retail wash boards cost %, 30, 35,
40 and so cents.
"Who made the first wash-board?"
81 don't know, but the first were
made of wood entirely, and our wash
erwomen used to pound the dirt out of
the clothes with stick by laying them
on board. The first wash-boarts made
OF zinc were put upon the market about
twenty-five years ago, and the style first
invented is found the best to day.
WaSh-boa made of glass are liable 10
break, and l think the best wash-board
is the old zinc and wood article. There
is now one made of solid piece of zinc
as Il rubbing surface, which is very
good. The demand for wash-boards in
creases right along, and l suppose our
trade will continue as long as people
put on clean clothes and take oil dirty
ones. '-Cieve'and Leader.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-12-11
WHO KNOWS ?

.,or fair, ay, passing fair.
lsl'n. :, lovely as budding budding tnst rose; ;,ce.
at a. is there soul behind Una. ~ 'are, arece,
eas h.suty meath that outward annnsa grace
4 oeau'' who knows-who knowss
,.of,ove beam from those eyesS-
Does ne Ave tnst in her bosom grows'
ln' ,'.no light that fingers there
Or ,'o fsm0 though it shine so fair'
Delus"'w, VINO knows-who knows?
o9es ,enJer, ., loving heart inclose?
n~ assr, whose tendrils. IKE the vine.
a. a nu",' ,a round the heart that loved ittw'ne'
wou'' who knows-who knows?
,.,o,,a ljfe's sky be overcast.
anu .S ,' Gathering clouds around thee close,
An' A,tortune frown and false friends fee,
shou'' .hot heart still cling close to thee?
"o"'' who knows-who knows?
A. "a she, can she ever be'
VI dcke rs the wind that blows,
a. veers rs If it were at play,
nIia,nc nIs with all who own her sway:
I''N"' Who knows-who knows?
j, =, whv n prey to doubt remain?
Dus vhv W." halt 'twixt hope and fear?-propose.
,,a ~" NAV be waiting till you dare.
10 1' crown with love that beauty rare.
~ Who knows-who knows9
CHAMBERS Journal.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-12-11
A Bad Piece Of Advice.

A hard-looking cit zen stopped Colonel
Yergcr on the street and asked him for
assistance.
..You should be ashamed of yourself
to beg. A man of your intelligence
could make plenty of money if you
only tricd.' replied Colonel Ycrgcr.
II did try TO make money and l got
four years in Jail for counterfeitng. l
made lots of money, but it strikes mo
that's queer advice for 4 leading citizen
tc be giving people who aye trying to
reform. -IGgas oJtnw.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-12-11
LOSING A REWARD.
How NJ. quad Was Introduced to Pinker-
ton at an Expense OF $500.

If you are going anywhere from
Camden, opposite Philadelphia. my ad-
vice is to hire horse and buggy and
promise the driver an extra fec of from
seventy-fve dollars to one hundred dol
lars TO get you out of the place as soon
as possible. If you want to 90 by train
you will have to wait from four to six
hours and it is worth one hundred dol
lars an hour to wait in Camden. was
there seven or eight tines last sum-
mer. and no matter what time got in
there was the same tedious wait TO get
out-the same disappointed crowd-thc
same swearing and grumblin-. You
caat buy any thing TO cat in the depot
The Grenada gazette., 1886-12-11

Elijah Pelton, of Shohcla Glen. is
said to be the greatest snake-charmcr
on record He has in 4 bic cage ncsrly
two hundred rattlcsnakcs and coppc,-
heads, and walks among them and ham
dies them with absolute fcarlcssncss.
He feeds them on crackers and milk.
ard some of them show a decided At
fec, on for him. ~ \. san.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-12-11
HE WAS TOO LATE,
.,+houqh the Captain Answered
the Telegram Promptly.

Fordng OF the telegram "hlch zap
lain Richard Irton held in his hand as
be sat, in temperature of 100 deg. in
No shade, on the vcranda of his Indian
bungalow.
"Do not come too latc99' he muttered
himself. BY .Jove, as if it were prob
NE that he would dawdle now! 1t was
ust like Mrs. Lennox to send such a
Ibaaine wire as this He might have
been q long time in making up his
mind, but it was made up now, and he
meant to 90 home and marry her. 1t
ras her last letter that had settled the
matter-the letter in which she limited
hat Lord Shorthorn was awfully
'mashed.' y
And then hc thought of Mrs. Lennox.
He remembered the first night he had
het her-in the ballroom of great
house in London-and how he had seen
her surrounded by a dozen other fell
lows. and how he had "made the run
hing" and had cut out all those out
kiders And he recollectcd the call
be had paid next day at her
kiny house in Park street. when she
bad been so sweet and graceful, and had
talked to him as no woman had ever
talked before He didn't 60 in for
brains or any of that rot, by Jove!
Dorothy Lennox made him feel another
fellow. He thought of the cool amler-
tnted room where she always sat, with
its dropping palms, its masses of
nzalcas its Raion etchings, and its blue
and.whito Nankin. 1t was always cool
and cozy in Mrs. Lennox's house, and
Fhe had way of taking fellows hand
and looking him seriously in the eyes
which was quite irresistible. He re-
how it had become almost a
habit to drop in of an afternoon to
OUNCE on her soft divan, and listen to
Ter half-chatfng talk and her low de-
icious laugh.
All that was Il year ago, but he ha mt
orgottcn her a bit-worse luck. And
Ter letters--how awfully nice they were!
low like herself! Not spoony, like
hose he wrote to her; but frank, hu-
norous. and thoroughly bon camarade.
Dick, in hi rowing life, had committed
very folly except that which he con-
ilcrcd the hugest folly of all-the folly
+ tying yourself to one woman for life.
lie remembered how he had congratu-
lted himself on all this when he went
n board the Jumna. Was he, the best
boxing fellow and keenest sportsman
the Ono Hundred and Fifticth Hus-
ars, to knock under like any spoony
Dung sub, the moment he met pretty
oman? But now things were changed.
|e had never bargained, somehow, tor
er marrying again; he had got to look
pom her more OF less as his own.
hen she had written that letter with
Il the illusions to Shorthorn in it. his
ood had fairly boiled. He didn't re-
ret bi, the letter he had written in
ply, telling her he was leaving India
'e very day he could get leave and
king her to be his wife. After all,
by shouldn't he marry?
1t was u bright morning in June when
aptain lrton arrived at Chnring Cross
.atlon' thoroughly tagged and wearicd
tn his long journey, He had come
fast as p. Il O. steamers
I'd mail trans can bring q man
ON Bombay to the Strand. But in
couple OF hours he hoped to have rid
mscif of all signs Of travel, to have
't inside Il decent coat, and to be in
C shaay drawng-room in Park street.
tn Dorothy Lennox's sof, arms round
The Grenada gazette., 1886-12-11

Lead pipes are said not to be affect
ed by water if kept constantly filled. II
filed and empt;cl the pipes
xrc readily affected. 80 tAel-o IU"cs
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-11-12
a RencMctOr.

II a man is II benefactor who makes
two blades of grass grow where but
one grew before, how mach more is he
a benefactor who should succeed in
doubling the poultry products of this
country? Such u result is in a. fair
way to be accomplished, and that
very soon. The discovery of Sheridan s
Condition Powder to make hens lay,
will not only result in doubling the
egg product, but will revolntionize the
whole poultry industry. During the
summer of 1885 and winter of 1886, a
thorough trial Of Sheridan's Powder
to make hens lay, was made by thous-
ands of intelligent poultry Keepers
and the result was most satisfactory
and convincing. Not q man or woman
who made the trial got less than
double the average number of aeggs,
and many got more than four times
as many as they, received from the
same number of hens during the same
time the previous year. This !, tria
was no hap-hazard affair, but was as
severe,a test as could be, applied. The
trial was made under prescribed rules,
and every report had to be signed by
the person who made tile trial and
then sworn to before justice of
peace. There is therefore, no longer
any doubt in the minds of intelligent
poultry keepers but that O judicious
use of Sheridan's. Powder will not
only largely increase the egg product
but will,stimuIate such a healthy con.
dition amongst birds Of any name and
nature as will greatly increase the
profit in raising them. This is, u mat
ter of supreme importance to women,
children and inyalids, for there; is no
way by which u steady cash, income
can be secured as by keeping and
caring for poultry, |. S. johnson &
Co., of 22 Custom House Street, Bos.
ton, have published recently.a book
entitled 1.-THE Farners' Poultry Rails.
ing Guide" price % cents, They will
however mail it post paidto any per.
son sending go cents for two twenty.
five cent packsof Sheridan's powder
or $1.2O. for u 2 IA ID. tin can.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-11-12
LETTER FROM GERMANY.
NJ. V. IT =
Especial correspondence Of the HERALD.)
NO., ".

Especial correspondence Of the HERALD.)
Berlin, October, 1886.
The cold and rainy days of the
last week of September did much to
prevent regrets that | was leaving
the place where quiet and pleasant
summer had been passed. That it
will rain at times without consulting
the wishes of pleasure seekers is a
sorrowful fact; but to be shut up in
a country house that makes no pre-
tensions to comfort, while rain falls
for hour after hour from a leaden
sky is reality that makes one long
for the city, where sidewalks and
horse cars tempt even the ladies to
defy the elements; and museums,
art galleries, concerts, and theatres
offer abundant opportunities for in.
door amusement. The jingle Of the
horse car bells, the clatter of hoofs
upon the pavement and the patter
of many feet along the sidewalks
are sounds in decided contrast TO
those that broke the evening silence
at Johannisthal. The bands have
blown themselves out, and the dan;
GERS are rushing along the streets in
tent upon business or seeking more
sheltered places of amusement. In
the rush of city life we can once
more lose our notoriety as foreign
ers, and not be greeted with the cry
of "Anaerikaner" from the small
boys at the corner grocery. ss.t
Falling leaves and autumn rains
remind me that / must hasten to go
with the readers Of the HERALD to
Berlin's great park, the Thiergarten,
before it shall have been robbed of
its beauty by the heavier frosts and
fiercer winds that will soon come
upon us. AS the sight seer passes
from Inter den Linden, through the
Brandenburg Gate, he enters the
Garden. The appearance, is more
like a forest, than a park, however,
except that broad avenues and gray
eled walks penetrate it in all direc-
tons. But an object to the right
claims the first attention, Towering
above the lofty trees we see white
shaft crowned by an immense golden
image of "Victoria "a .fayorite
goddess with the German nation.
This is the monument erected to
commemorate the campaigns of
1864, $50, 10 and ~, in which, then
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-11-12
PARLOR FURNITURE.

this department
Noar Plush Suits all Kinds
adequately represent the stock all this We have
lair Cloth
from $ upwards and ohar Plush Sets from $3.50 up $3.50 and unI
questonaby the largest
exceeded in Boston by our Boston Store Don't spend time and
travelling when
hesitation saying that
Portland say
that PROFESSIONALLY building
either of those cities Send descriptions
the balance the o month II :s8
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-11-12

There is still some uncertainty
about the actual results of the con-
gressional elections. Several dis
tricts are so close that the official
count will be necessary to decide.
According to the Boston Advertiser
the house will stand as follows: Re-
publicans 1855, Democrats l65, La
Dor 4, thus giving the Democrats Z
majority. The Springfield Repub-
'lican figures in this way: Democrats
166, a net loss of Is; Republicans
1854, net gain of 10; Labor vote 8,
as compared with Greenback vote
of 2, there being one vacancy to fill.
The New York Tribune gives the
Democrats 10 majority. About 20
Republicans and Labor men are
chosen in the Southern States. 1t
begins to look as though the Repub-
licans would have but one majority
in the United States Senate after
the 4th of March next. e.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-11-12

In March 1885 nearly one.tllird
the voters of Vermont voted against
the town system Of schools, In
March 1885 less than one-fourth Of
them voted in the same way. The
question then voted on was, Shall
this town adopt the town system ir-
respective of other towns. The
question that the Legislature may
now well consider is, Shall the town
system of schools be adopted by the
State for all the towns? Upon this
last question the people have never
voted .- .v- "-0~
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-11-12

A Washington special says that
the democratic politicians, who
charge the president with the re-
sponsibility for the congressional
disasters, will soon try to make an
issue as TO the civil service policy
with the executive. They say that
the reduction of the majority in the
5Oth Congress will have the effect
to induce the president to be more
attentive to their demands, and that
the president will now "let down
the bars" and call in the hungry
and thirsty democracy. We shall
see what we shall see. , ,,...--