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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-04-13
INVENTIONS.
The UnIversziity of Contrivanees Invented
at One Time or Other.

The Universziity of Contriyanees Invented
at One Time or Other.
We do not often stop To think how
little man has or enjoys that is not the
fruit of invention. Things which man
has long had we have ceased to think
of ~ inventions. and we are apt to APP
ply that term only to modern things
Tn things the origin of which we know.
Yet il will be hard for any of us tO
name any thing which we use Or enjoy
which is not an invention. or the sub
ject of an invention. in its adaptation
10 our use.
The air We breathe and the water we
drink are provided by nature. But we
drink but very little water except from
cup or vesSsl Of some kind. which is
human invention. Even if We drink
from The shell of gourd, we are using
thing which. in the shape we use it,
il "A human contrivance. and the con-
trivances which man has devised for
obtaining water and distributing it
have been among the most wonderful
and ingenious of any which have occu-
pied the human mind. Beautifully as
nature has provided water and placed
il within the reach of man, yet We do
in fact get or Use hut little of it except
by the aid of inventions.
The air surrounds us at all times and
We can not help using il if We would;
but, if We want ii either hotter OF
colder than we find it, we must resort
TO some invention to crafty our want.
- f<> q
is still, we must set it in motion by some
continuance, and fans among other
things have been invented for that pur-
pose. A large amount of human inge-
nuity has been expended upon devices
for moving air when we want it moved,
upon fans, blowers and ventilatOrs.
How small q part of our food do we
take as animals do, in the form pro-
vided by nature, and how very large 8
share i'm some form contrived by man!
We drink inffsions of tea or coffee
without thinking that the compounds
are human inventions. How large q
place the milk of the cow has in the
food of man, but how little of il could
he have but for multitude of contriv-
ances. We think of butter as we do of
milk that il is a production of nature;
and so il is, but its separation from
milk il an invention which has been
followed by host of inventions to
effect the separation easier or better.
Sugar is a production of nature, but
little known few hundred years ago.
Separated from the plants in which it
is formed, it is an invention of man.
The savage who first crushed some kerr
mel of wheat between two stones, and
separated the mealy interior from the
outer skin, invented flour, and the hu-
man mind has not yet ceased To be ex-
ercised on the subject of its improve
ment-C hauncey Sraith. iS Popular
Science Monthly.
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the assemblage may be, he Il there
with his joke. He sits at the barber
shop awaiting his turn and tells the
barber TO be careful not 10 dull his ra-
zOr on his friends cheek. This being
joke he laughs at it. How would
anybody know it was funny If nobody
laughed at it? Presently his turn
comes and he tells the barber that he
will make no charge for letting him
hone his razor on his cheek. Nobody
laughs, and he ventures the explana-
tory remark that a razor may be honed
on his adamantine check. Still no
body laughs-that is. nobody but HIM
self, and that is substantially nobody.
If YOU don't find him in the barber
shop look ont for him in the railroad
car When the brakeman announces
that "this train will not stop between
Riverside and Downers Grove the
funny man shouts: WHO said il
would?' This makes him laugh all
over. but The brakeman and the other
passengers look tired, and travel-worn,
and sorry they didn't get of at the last
station. The funny man is also epi-
demic at social gatherings. He likes
social gatherings. because there people
have to laugh at his remarks whether
they want 10 OF not. Ii is one of the
drawbacks of a social gathering that
every body has TO pretend TO enjoy ev-
erything shout il. even To the funny
man. If the funny man and the lugu-
briOus man could be tied together by
the heels and flung over clothes line
society would try very hard to accept
the situation philoSophically and with
due resignation. Chicago NeTs.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-04-13
AN HONEST MAN.
A story of the Man Whose Word Was His
Bond.

Bond.
The late Samuel Brown WAS mer-
chant of Boston. Mass. When the
elder Quincy was mayor he saw the
necessity of removing the almshouse
and the house of correction To South
Boston. Mr.. Brown owned very
large vacant estate where the buildings
now stand, and Mr.. Quincy called upon
him and aS6ed the price of the estate
referred 10. The reply WAS thirty
thousand dollars" Mr.. Quincy said
that would do, and asked thirty days
refusal and bond OF it, in order 10 en-
deavor To persuade the city council TO
agree TO the measure. Mr.. Brown re-
piled that he should give no bond, as
he said his word was always his bond.
The mayor took his word, and in TWEEN
ty-eight days had obtained the proper
authority, and again waited upon Mr..
Brown. saving that he had come TO
complete the sale of the land.
What land?" asked Mr.. Brown.
Why, the South Boston land we
spoke of. said the mayor.
AT what price, sir?' asked the
former.
Thirty thousand dollars" replied
the latter, 1.-THE price agreed upon"
Ibid | say that amount. sir?"
You did"
Have you any writing 10 that
effect?"
mo sir, none"
WELL" said Mr.. Brown, since You
were here | have been offered sixty
thousand dollars cash for il. and YOU
expect me to sell il for thirty thousand
dollars To fhe city,?
Il do, replied Mr.. Quincy. be
cause you agreed Ia.
Have you any proof of that?
Yes, 1 am the witness.
But YOU being an Interested party,
can not be witness. Have you any
other witnesses or proof. and do YOU
wish me TO refuse sixty thousand dol
lars for the land and sell it 10 the city
for thirty thousand dollars?"
IL do"
You have no bond for it. have YOU,
Mr.. Quincy?"
None, sir, whatever" replied the
mayor, stretching himself up with
great dignity-''none whatever but
your word, and that YOU said was your
bond"
And" replied Mr.. Brown. stretch
ing himself up with equal dignity, so
it is. My word is my bond, and for
thirty thousand dollars the land is
yours. North american RdiIroGder.
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CHINESE PEOOIERS.
An Amusing Illustration Of Their Rathss
Loose Morality.

4
| Loose Morality.
i was sitting with some brother
officers of the United States ship
''Dash, in front of the English Hotel
ut Batavia, Java, and was approached
by forlorn-looking Chinaman. who
had a sword-csne i'm his hand.
"Want buy?" said he, bowling pro-
foundly to the group. The others paid
no attention to him. hut |. being some
what inexperienced in the ways OF the
''childlike and bland" took pity on
him and asked HIM his price.
six dollah," said he.
six dollarsr' exclaimed. That's
too much"
'.Velly fine sword-cane. Chinaman
veliy hungly." whined he, plsintively.
"Melican help hungly man alec time.
Five dollah, sah9"
NO" said /. Five dollars is too
much"
Pour dollah; little. little four dol
lah!" persisted the misunderstanding
object.
Still I was firm in my belief that l
could buy a sword-cane for much less.
if | really needed one, and declared
that would not paw four dollars.
''Tlee dollah? Two dollah? One
dollah?' groaned the beggar.
Then, a. | shook my head, in obedi.
ence TO stcalthy wink from Lieuten-
ant sitting near and watching the pro-
gress of the trade. the fellow began to
cry; No catchee chow-chow two. tlee
day. Velly hungly! Die! No catchee
chow chow, die. Fifty CENT?
relented, and agreed to buy il for
fifty cents. But an investigation of my
purse showed nothing but ten-dollar
gold piece.
al can't take it after ALL" said I. re-
gretfully.
Imagine my amazement when, after
one keen glance at nv eagle" the
Chinaman dived down into his sleeves
and brought out Il double handful of
silver. counted nine dollars and fifty
cents out of the pile. took INV gold
piece. handed me the cane. and turned
away with n placid smile and bow.
amid the shouts and laughter of my
companions.
arm and took me- to "A neighboring
shop. whcr. there WAS n shelf full of
sword-cancs just like mine, for twenty
five cents apiece!
Another gentleman who purchased
something of curb-stone merchant of
the ''Flowery Kingdom illustrates the
kind of imposition to which foreign
buyer who * green is likely to be-
! subjected. After beating the Chinaman
down from two dollars and n half to
ninety cents he took the article. and
said: Now, John, tell lie how much
profit you make ON that?'
Ninety cents,
why. how can that be-, John?"
''He steal ma, was the reply of the
imperturbable Chinaman-and no
doubt for once he told the truth
Good Cheer.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-04-13
SANDY SOILS.
How They should he Treated to Produce
Profitable Crops.

How They should he Treated to Produce
Profitable Crops.
Sandy soils contain at least eighty
extremely porous and. of course, easily
permeable by air, water and the roots
of plants. The color in such soils
when not white varies from yellow to
brown and red, according TO the guam
tity of oxide of iron that they contain.
In fact, oxide of iron produces these
colors in all kinds of soils, excepting
the chalks and black molds. A red
sandy soil is likely 10 be fertile from
the fact that oxide ofiron has the power
of retaining phosphoric acid. A sand
soil when devoid of lime, iron, and
alumina and humus is barren, for it is
then pure sand, which is nothing but
small slick and quartz stone. There
are, however, some sand soils consisting
of over ninety-four per cent slick with
only two per cent. of clay and one each
of humus, phosphoric acid, and lime,
and vet these deficient soils are very
productive when sown with legumes
like clover and lucern. Little OF no
nitrogen exists in such soils, and yet
the legumes that grow there abound in
nitrogen. This fact has been adduced
as evidence in favor of the theory that
plants derive much of their nitrogen in
some way direct from the atmosphere.
A barren sand can be made fertile by
the application to it of Timed muck.
clay, and mari, and afterward the fer
tility could be kept up for long time
by green manuring. = Chicago Times.
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6ASQUES.
Details for Ladies Anxious tn save Lab"
and Money.

Details for Ladies Anxious tn save Labor
and Money.
A simple and new way of finishing
the hack forms of basques i to shape
them in four scallops. one in each form.
and line them with satin. Below
these are two larger Sc.llops gathered
al the top and sewed under
meath the two middle scallOps
uf the four forms. IN other basques.
especially those of yelvets, only two
scallops are seen. one in each of the
middle forms of the back. The short
side forms are then separated about
two inches from these and pointed be-
low. An easy and stylish way of TRIM
ming sleeves is to use inch-wide galloon
or else velvet ribbon instead of cuffs.
Begin by sewing it at the end of the
sleeve at its outside seam, crossing TO
the inside seam, then taking il gradually
upward far enough To come back on the
front just above the row that is
alresdy there, stopping there when half
way across, finishing by turning in the
ends in point. The economist is adj
vised TO use watered silks i'm remodeling
last seasons dresses of cloth or of vel.
vet, and in combining with cashmere
for house dresses. Black cashmere
draped over black watered silk remains
fayorite for house dresses. The hello
trope colors are also especially liked in
these two fabrics. A smooth cloth
basque of dark brown, red. gray or blue
is In great favor for wearing with skirts
left over from last winter, and Is in
keeping with skirts of striped woolens,
striped silks. dark plaid woolens. and
also with plain woods of lighter shade.
These basques are of the plainest shape.
without trimming. unless dropping cords
be used on the chest, or else passing
under the arms from An epaulette. Z
HGrper's Bazdr.
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The death rate from chloroform is,
according to a recent estimate, one to
one thousand six hundred.-Ch Chicago
Times
Men don't always mean what they
say. A hotel man may holler ''front,"
but you may find your room oyerlooks
the back kitchen just the same.-LoD-
Ell Cstizen.
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MIR. Thomas Fowler, of this county,
has recently returned from the noun
tains. In hunting for some specimens
while there, he happened TO break open
a large rock, disclosing the following
legend on the inside: H. Rees, 1862 !"
How the inscription came TO be on the
inside of the stone is a mystery We are
unable 10 solve. Mr.. Fowler brought
the half Of the stone containing the in
scription home, and it was on exhibition
At the courthouse for several days.
Roodford Ky Sun.
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POSITIVELY

Cures, no matter how long the case may
lave been standing.
/ have testimonials from persons who
have been afflicted fos swenty years, beng
confined 70 bed two or three DAYS at time
every two weeks, that have been Perma-
nently cured by two bottles Of DIR. Leslie's
Special Prescription so that they be re not
had an attack for five years.
If you are troubled with sick headache
and Sish to be
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CURED

be sure and give this remedy a trial. Price
Sl.OO. s. B. Archer, Saratoga Springs, n.
Y. For sale by AUe. t. FLEIscHMANs,
corner Ohio and Second streets, Sedalia-
l2-5d&wlyr
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CREAM BALM

when applied into
the Dostrils, will be
absorbed effectual-
~ cleansing the
head of catarrhal
virus, causing
healthy secretions.
IL sllays inhamma-
ton, ..pratects the
membrane of the
nasal passages from
additional cold',
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UGH ON RATA ~

Cleans out rats, mice. reaches, hies, ants,
bed-bugs, skunks chipmunks, sophers. l5c.
Druggists.
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In either It's nervous, bilious or congestive
form, arising from obstruction, congestion
or tOrpidily of the liver. When / say that
DIR. Leslie's Specia. Prescription will cure
the most obstinate cases of sick headache
mean Just shat say, and that is, that
il not merely relieves but
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Thousands OF cases OF
S lick

Headache are permanently cured every
year (as the hundreds CT testimonials IN
my possession will testify by the use oil
DR.. Leslie's Special Prescription This
remedy stands to-day without a rival, and
with scarcely a competitor in the world.
Thousands of physicians throughout the
country have acknowledged their inability
to cure it, and are now prescribing DIR.
Leslie's Special Prescription for all cases
Of sick
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CATAR r ID
LAVA

CDInPIttCIs HVdIs INT sOTtN--re~tOrts TIC
senses OF taste and smell.
Not liquid or snuff. A quick relief and
positive cure. A particle is applied into
each nostril and is agreeable to use. Price
SIC by mail or at druggists. Send Tor cir
cular. ELY BROTHERS, Druggists,
Owego, y. Y
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-28
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Jay Street.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, MIMI, Aug. 25 1856
Sealed bids will be received by the Board Of
Public Works in and for the corporation OF
the City Of st. Paul. Minnesota, at their office
in said city, until Il IN. the 9th day of
September, A. ID. 1856, for the grading of Jay
street, from st. Anthony Avenue to Aurora
Avenue in said city, according to plans and
specifications on file in the Office OF said
Board.
A bond in with at least two (2) suretes in
n sum of at least twenty (20) per cent. of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any all bids.
WILLIAM BARRETT, President.
Official:
r. l.. GoRMAN Clerk Board of Public Works
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CONT ACT WORK.
Trading Hague Avenue and Milton Street.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL. Mimi. Aug. %, 1856.
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
Public Works in and for the corporation of
the City of st. Paul. Minnesota, at their Office
IN said city, until II IN. on the 9th day Of Sep
TENDER, a. ID. 1856, for the grading of Hague
Avenue, from Victoria street to Lexington
Avenue, and Milton street TO partial grade.
from Hague Avenue to Leslie street, in said
city, using the surplus material from said
Hague Avenue necessary to fill said Milton
street, according to plans and specifications
Oh file in the Office of said Board.
A bond with at least two ~ suretiessin
sum Of at least twenty coy per cent. az cha
gross amount bid must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
WILLIAM BARRETT, President.
Onicial:
+. L. GoRMAN, Clerk Board OF PuDlic W osks
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CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Laurel Avenue formerly Dr.
vision Street,

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, !
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. %, 1886. I
Sealed bids viii be received by the Board Of
Public Works in and for the corporation of
the City of st. Paul. Minnesota. at their Office
in said City, until II m. on the 9th day of Sep
TENDER, A. d. 1856, for the grading of Laurel
Avenue formerly Division street, from Vic
toria street to Lexington Avenue, in said city,
according to plans and specifications on file
in the Office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2l sureties in
sum of at least twenty (20) per cent. of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
WILLIAM BARRETT, President.
Official:
r. L. GoRMAN, Clerk Board ofPublic Works.
239-49
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CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Alley in Block z, E. NJ. Mac
kubin'S Addition.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. %, 1886.
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
Public Works i'll and for the corporation of
the City of st. Paul, Minnesota. at their office
i'll said city, unJI II III. Gil the 9th day Of Sep
TENDER, A d. 1856 for the grading OF an alley
i'll block ,, 4. VI. Mackubin's Addition to st.
Paul. from Mendoza street 10 Fauquier
street, i'll said city, according to plans and
specifications on tiie in the Office of said
Board.
A bond with at least two GU sureties in Il
sum of at least twenty (20) per cent. OF the
gloss amount bid must accompany each bid
The said Beard reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
WILLIAM BARRETT, President.
Official:
RI GoRMAN, Clerk Board of Public Works.
239-i9
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CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Daily Street.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL. MIMI, Aug. %, 1886
Sealed bids viii be received by the Board of
Public Works in and for the corporation OF
City of st. Paul, Minnesota, at their Office
in said city, until II III. OH the 9th day OF Sep
TENDER, a. ID. 1856, for the grading of DAILY
street, from James street to Jefferson Ave
nue. in said city according to plans and specih-
cations on file in the Office of said Board.
a bond with at least two (2) sureties in
sum of at least twenty COZ per cent. of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
WILLIAM BARRETT, President.
Official:
II. l.. GORMAN, Clerk Board of Public Works
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DR.. JOS. LICK-.--O CULIST!

Treats successfully all kinds of Sore Eyes
particularly granulation of the eyelids.
East Seventh ST., Corner Cedar
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CONTRACT WORK.
Sewer on Randolph Street.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. [
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 20, 1885.
Sealed bids win 5e received by the Board Of
Public Works in and for the corporation of
the City OF St. Paul. Minnesota. at their oifi,sa
in said CITY, until l. II. the 9th day of Sep
TENDER, A d. 1856. for the construction of q
sewer on Randolph street, from View street
20 Pleasant Avenue, in1 said city, To-
Eether with the necessary catchbasns and
manholes, according to plans and specitica.
tons on fle i'll the Office OF said Board
A bond with at least two (2) sureties IN
ium of at least twenty (20) per cent of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid
The said Board reserves the right to reject
my or all bids
WILLIAM BARRETT, President.
cEicial:
r. L. GoRMAN, Clerk Board of Public Works.
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CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Elicit Street.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, I
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug %, 1886.
Sealed bids viii be received by the Board of
Public Works in and for the corporation of
theCity of ST. Paul. Minnesota, at their office
iii said city. until IL III. on the 9th day of Sep
TENDER a. D. 1886, for the grading of Elicit
street. from Charles street to Como Avenue,
in said city. according to plans and specitica-
lions on file in the office of said Board
A bond with at least two (2) sureties In a
sum of at least twenty (20) per cent of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid.
The aaid Board reserves the right to reject
my OF all bids.
WILLIAM BARRETT, President
Official:
r.. L. GoRMAN Clerk Board of Public Works.
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Confirmation Of Assessment for OPENING Widening and Extending Street zoo
Feet Wide Along Upper LeVee

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 81, 1885,
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-21
A BAD RUNAWAY.
MT. Friend E. Brooks, Wife and BabI Thrown From Their Sleigh and Es cape With 8 Few Bruises.

MT. Friend E. Brooks, Wife and Baby
 Thrown From Their Sleigh and Es-
 cape With a Few Bruises.
 Early yesterday morning MT. Friend E. Brooks, of the firm of Stevens S1 Brooks, started out with his wife and baby behind his spirited mare to take short sleigh ride. The mare had not been out of the barn for several days and was very spirited, besides being made very nervous by being hitched too near the sleigh, so that at every step her legs hit the whiffietree. Mir. Brooks, howev- CT, kept control of the animal until on Whit ney avenue near Humphrey street, when the mare started to run and Mir. Brooks lost all control over her. Down Whitney avenue the animal ran until Chapel street was reached, and in turning into the latter street the sleigh was overturned and MT. Brooks, his wife and baby were thrown violently to the sidewalk. The animal then took to the side walk and continued on until State street was reached, where she freed herself from the sleigh and was stopped near Olive street by an expressman named Meyer Cammerer. MT. Brooks, his wife and child escaped with a few scratches. The animal was badly cut about the legs. The sleigh was uninjured except the shafts.