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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
A REMARKABLE STORM.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, May GA severe
storm OF wind and rain began in this
city and vicinity at l o'clock this after
noon, continuing almost without inter,
ruptiOn until 8 o'clock this evening
The damage to property is almost in
calculablc. Only meagre reports have
reached here thus far but they tell OF
entire farms Inundated, live stock
drowned, railroad tracks washed on,
and wagon bridges swept away. So
far as heard from there is not a wagon
bridge in this city or county that is
standing. The tracks of the Kansas
City, st. Joseph and Council Bluff
railroad are washed out at halt dozen
points between st. Joe and Gorgeous.
twenty-tlv miles above here. The
longest washout is 200 feet, two miles
this side of AmaZOnia, the first station
north of this city. The following roads
have serious washouts near st. Joseph
The Missouri Pacific, near Hiawatha
KAN; the st. Joseph & Grand Island
and Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska,
about ten miles west of Joseph the B
" M, between Atchison and Troy
All trains on these lines are abandoned
and will not he running before Monday
Trains from the east are running al
right. No one here remembers of sc
heavy a rain fall. Rays branch, about
mile north of the Francis street depot
is about II feet wide and a foot deep al
the ordinary stage. TO day it is half !
mile wide and thirty-five feet 1fcep
Black Snake creek, running zt9
the city from the north 10 the ff4a 51li
full 10 its banks and has, w9shei n 81
Stables and their contefSS that Wu5S,
along ii for miles.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
INDIAN MAGIO-THE CELEBRATED
MANGO TREE TRICK.
From the Grapic,l

This performance was given bv Il
renowned South Indian juggler in the
large mess house in Colombo. Before
he conjurOr was worked up to per.
form this seeming miracle, he exhibit
ted some sleight. of-hand marves. His
partner, with the sourd pipe, made II
hidcOus, specialized cobra" 90 through
its feats. A woman of the troup was
put, tied up with cords, into basket
placed Oh the cement floor. ~he scream
ed as sword was stabbcd through
the sides OF her prison. Yci when
its lid was opened she had disappeared,
to return and sit by its side.
AT length the renowned conjuror,
with due solemnlty, proceeded to his
most remarkable performances. lie ex
hibited dried mango seed to the spec
tatOrs, and then planted and walercd il
in mound of earth brought for the
purpose. AIDED by no sleeves, dross.
Jr paraphernalia, he waved over and
covered the small plot with Il silk
handkerchief. When he raised lhis fol
the first time young shoot with leaves
had appeared. Again the silk bandan
IA covered il; again it was lifted, and
disclosed the crisp young plant putting
forth few more leaves and stalks. All
the spectators were carefully watching
and observing the movements OF the
great artist. He was himself ircmcn-
dnusly excited, and when succcssively
with more waves OF The handkerchief
the mango tree had grown III stature to
a couple of ieet high, with clean green
leaves on Il stalk which sprapx from
the interior OF the stone that was firm
with lis roots in the undisturbcd mOis
tened earth, there was tumultu1us
burst OF applause. lie then handed
round leaves which he broke off the
sturdy little tree. All the behulders
declared this performance most Won
derlul, aud all sorts OF arguments and
theories were started to explain how
such seemingly impossibility could bc
effected.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
THE UNDERG ROUND PIPES OF LARGE
CITIES.
IFrom inr scienlliIc American. |

| From inr Scientific American.
The increasing requirements of mod
ern civilization are well illustrated by
the extent and variety of underground
| pipe systems now employed in large
| cities Thus there are in actua! opera
| tiOn5:--
|. Pipes for conveying and delivering
Illuminating gas,
2. Pipes Tor conveying and delivering
fuel gas.
| ). Pipes for conveying and delivering
| drinking water, and for fire purposes
4. Pipes for conveying salt water for
street sprinking AMI for fire purposes
5. Pipes for draining, aud CARRYING
off sewage amd suriarn water.
d. Pipes for delivering hot water un.
der high pressure, inr heating purposes
and power.
Z. Pipes Tor delivering cold water
under high pressure for power.
8. Pipes for delivering live steam
under pressure for heating purposes
aud power.
9. Pipes 10" delivering compressed
air for purposes of power and vcntila-
tiOm.
10 Pipes for producing power where
required by vacuum or suction, and for
ventilation.
IL. Pipes for conveying lcttcra and
packages by compressed air aud by
vacuum
II. Pipes for regulating clocks by
compressed air.
IL. Pipes for conveying mineral oils.
IA. Pipes for electrical wires, for
electric lighting, electric railways, tel
eph0ncs and ielrgraphV.
10. Pipes for power ropes for driving
machinery, moving street railway cars,
etc,
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
PENSIONS AGAIN.
WASHINGTON. ID. G., Nav 3

w NASIilNGTON. ID. Z, May %.
Representative johnson, OF Indiana,
has Introduced Il resolution, which is
now before the committee on rules,
maklmg the arrears of pension bill a
special order for Friday, with tho pro-
vision that IFS consideration continue in
the house from day to day until the
bill is finally voted upon. Heavy pres
sure is being brought to bear upon the
committee 10 report this resolution
along with Il number of other special
orders. il the committee yields, it is
believed that the bill viii! pass the
house upon final vote. The large ap-
preparation required in that event
would negative the idea of tariff re-
duction. On tho other hand, should
the opponents of the measure, as in the
case Of the direct tax bill, succeed in
defeating action upon the bill, it may
be AT the expense of the tariff bill, as
the defeat will have to be accomplished
through the adoption of filibustering
tactics, which would consume an in
definite period of time. The mere
pendencv ui The resolution jcopardizes
All other special orders, for if any
such should he repnrtcd from the com
miitec on rules, Il motion might be
made in the house with success 20
amend ii so as to assign time for the
consideration OF the arrears bill.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
READABLE ITEMS.

Jacob Boatright, colored, was sold st
public auction, at Marshall, Mo, on
Friday of last week, TOR a term of six
months for Sc SO. He had been con-
victed of vagrancy.
A young lady of Fort Valley, Ga,
recently presented her lover with an
elaborately constructed pen wiper, and
was astonished the following Sunday
to see him come TO church wearing il
as a cravat.
A wedding took place at st, Paul,
Mimi, last week, where the groom
was over six feet tall and the bride a
little over two feet in height. During
the ceremony the girl stood OH a chair,
her head just reaching to the groom's
shoulder.
The mayor of Trenton, Mo-, has been
indicted and arrested for violating the
local option law, in allowing a friend
to take drink out OF his bottle. The
judge in that circuit construes the law
10 mean that "no person can sell or
give away" Intoxicating liquor without
violating the law. The case will
probably be taken to the supreme
court.
An Italian beggar who was arrested
in New York the other day, confessed
that he had not washed himself for
fifteen years.
An exchange well says that it will
pay YOU for the trouble it costs you To
file your home paper. No volume in
your library will afford you more
pleasure, more profit, more lasting
benefit for investment. Ii gives dates
of local events, which you cannot
obtain elsewhere; marriages, obitua-
ries, legal notices, etc. In short, yOur
paper is u history OF the world in which
you and your friends live, and also
occasionally reminds you that you are
year or two behind on your subscrip-
ton.
Bob Burdette says:-"My daughter,
when you note that the man vino wants
to marry you is too awfully anxious to
learn whether YOU can bake Il loaf of
bread, or wash shirt with Chinese
dexterity, before you close the negotia
tiations, do yOu just fly around aud
ascertain if he is either willing or able
to earn enough to make biscuit. and
II he has paid for the shirt he wants
you to wash. Nine times ont of ten,
daughter, the man who only wants to
marry housekeerer can be KEEP. more
economically in the workhousc than he
can in yOnr fathers house.
OF all the wonderful freaks OF nature
that have ever come into the world, the
"Devil Child" is certainly the greatest
1t was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the
parents being Russian, who emigratet
to this country some three years ago.
A description of the child is as follows:
it has heavy overlapping ridges OF flesh
above the eyes,a broad fiat nose damp,
clammy lips, from which protrude long
curved tushes; enormous, tlabby ears;
punches at the top OF the forehead,
from which on each side spront horns.
Instead of hands it has the most horri-
BILE claws, split hoofs and tai two
feet long. This wonder has been en-
gagged by the management of the Globe
Museum, in Cleveland.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
Keely Motors Song,
Ernm Tho Nnmknn Rlnln


Eye deep mysterious power and m occnl
''rthGrlt'' force
That hall rattle thro' the galaxy and snake
I hat ~hait haul the solar system like might
train of cars,
Crack The rihge-pnle of creation aud shuk.
down the polar STARS.
A ten n-miliOn engine power In my etheri,
vapOr- floats
That will shake the considerations If IN,
n1lcr ever mOteI,
u NV meter ever mOies.
II my mUtrT ever NOTES,
| will ioslle Wp the planets if my moter ever
NOTES.
Hitch hell from my Invention round the
aXi. Of the earth,
And ''yubratory sympathy" will speedily go
forth
That will start the earth rotating, and no
pnwCr IL course can stop;
Spinning thru' the consultations like Ian =
earv top.
And scare The trembling Pleiad5 ike a herd
of frightened goats,
Shake the raftrrs OF creation il my motor
ever notes,
II my mntcr ever mnies.
If my mntcT ever NOTES,
Let the sun ard moon take warning IC my
mGter ever NOTES
And think twill mote directly in about
week or two;
Pleas" subscribe another million just TO put
the matter thro';
Just IL paltry million dollars Will secure what
seek
And IN set my mOier noting 10y the middle
of next week;
so hand IN your prompt subscriptions, cash
or prOmssOry notes
And yOu'Il aIi he GOnldS and AstOrs II nv
motor ever notes,
II my motor ever notes.
II INV motor ever notes,
All be VandrIhit- and ROthschilds II my
mOLer ever mOter.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
CURIOUS.

A subterranean chamber has lately
been discovered at the bottom of an
Incline in the old San Pedro mine, in
northern Chihuahua. Mexico The
chamber is some thirty feet in diameter
and about 200 feet high, and had been
fashioned into Il Catholic chapel. Steps
running all around the chapel are cut
from the solid rock and so also is all
altar and pulpit, When discovered the
whole was neatly whttcwashcd and
presented & peculiar aspect, rs il could
he used at a moments notice as a place
OF worship.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
NEGRO VOTERS IN ILLINOIS

1t is only for the southern negro that
the heart OF the northern republican
burns within him. Why are not these
negroes of the south sent to congress, to
the senate? Why are they not mayors
and aldermen, governors and legisla
tors? Are they not men and brethren,
and must not the democrats of the
south give them distinction and place ?
This is philanthrophy, yet it has not
been so far operative as to secure the
nomination OF negro for even the
second place on the republican national
ticket, nor at the north, where it NAV
be done if the inclination exists, is any
post OF honor rendered to the negro by
republican conventions. A sober
negro might be found in the third con-
gressional district who would easily be
better man than "Billy" Mason, but
the policy of searching him out never
occurs TO republican politicians, whose
tears for the negro are not shed for the
politically neglected negro at their own
doorway. That the colored men in
Illinois weary of serving the republi-
can party as hewers of wood and draw
.ers of water is apparent in the attitude
|pf colored men of Mclean county.
iley anset no local Offices. they ap,
.;5licd In vain for representation in the
state convention, they feel themselves
Ignored all over the state, and they
.Heeire the 81, 900 colored electors OF
II1llinois shall stand aloft from mere
lphrty service.
The republican state ticket is made
up; the tide of negro detection can be
siaid only by the nomination OF COL
orcd man for vice-presidency. says
Bruce, of Mississippi
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
THE C0LORED VOTE,


The cOlorGd men OF Kansas are an.
parenlly waking up to the fact that
politically they have been occupying Il
position rather degrading to the self
esteem OF free voters. An independ-
cht organ has been established in Kan
Sas City, Kan, and convention is 10
meet III Lawrence, Thursday, May 81,
TO consider what steps aIe desirable
toward uniting the race upon MI indie
pendent course.
IN Kansas and the southwest the
negro has been so often snubbed and
dlsregarded by the republicans that the
awakening is to be expected. Senator
Ingalls, has said in public address that
negro suffrage is failure. Powell
Clayton, the the master spirit among
Arkansas republicans, said exactly the
same thing few days ago. They call
II failure because the object of the
republican party was not achieved
The intention in comforting the fran
chIse was TO secure for the party new
voting strength. The rights or the
weIiare oil the negro never cut any fig
ure IN the republican motives What
ingalls, and Clayton say proves that
clearly enough. They Bays lhe suffrage
Is failure because the republican par
ty is disappointed.
In Topeka last month the negroes
were insulted by the defeat of their
candidate and the election of all the
other republicans on the ticket. In
Kansas City the treatment of the negro
canuiuate was similar. The Ft. Scott
color line was drawn by republicans.
In their ordinary relations of life the
negroes depend chiefly upon democrats.
The bulk of the race is in contact with
democrats in the south and ordinary
wisdom would dictate that the most
pleasant and conciliatory relations be
cultivated. Except IN politics negroes
find little attention paid to them by
republicans and in politics the attention
is not profitable.
The proposition ought to be a plain
one that the race can never be an iiiflu-
ence until the position it occupies is
independent enough to make it an OBJ
Jective point. The million and half
votes 1t contains, in the present nearly
equal division of parties, would give il
a powerful effect if it acted for its own
interests. Ii is curious fact that ia
nearly every state east of the Rocky
mountains the negroes hold the balance
of power, and could secure considera-
ton highly advantageous if they had
the independence to put their own wei.
fare above a fictitious duty to Il party
which has only used them for its own
purposes.
The Lawrence convention can mark
the beginning of new era i'm the his
tory OF the negro race. Whether it
will depends on the amount of good
sense it possesses.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
WOMAN ON HORSEBACK.
From the Atlanta Constitution. |


Did YOU ever observe {. woman jusr
before she wG2 lifted in tho saddle, and
few moments alter the horse has
struck u CantGr? She becomes a chang
ell being. The roses spring to hcl
checks, the light seems To leap from
her eyes, her form is the inspiration
of graceful action and she becomes a
beautc0us picture OF moving health.
And tins, after all, is the best view to
fake OF horseback riding. Aside from
its charm, its dash, its buoyancy OF
motion, its special or general beauty,
1t is 'he most heallhiUi exercise within
province of woman. Ii is better than
dancing, lawn tennis, Croquet, rowing,
archery. There are many reasons why
IL is better, ami one OF the strongest
seems to be that ii brings continuous
change OF scene, which tends to rest
the body rs well a. The mind. Tho
fascinating effect which il has on the
fair rider can not be cstimAtod. pro-
vidcd she has Il wGll-trainrd horse Hud
INDUCES in moderation. -
Tine best binder twInr aud macntue 6lf Is
E3. w. kruse's, Hgginsville. ml6nl2'
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
MR.. OARLISLE'S SPEECH.


lr rom tne fhlauelphi2 lluieS. ~ 4
The most dispassionate aud states
men like speech OF the whole debate
was that of Speaker Carlisle. Tie dealt
in no rhetorical phrases; he discarded
plaIltnd' s; he impressed every hearei
with the sincerity of his convictions
and his earnest dosire 10 promote the
business interests of the country as
paramount to party, aud he rcverenced
the past only as il threw light upon the
present. lie may be wrong, but, il
wrong, he gives error in such tangible
shape that truth can combat il, and he
challenges dispute by the most pointed.
practical presentation of facts and
figures TO support his policy II his
facts and figures are wrong, his policy
must he wrong also, but who has dis
puled or answered them outside OF
genrralitics? HIS single illustration of
New Englamd's teachings on The tariff,
goes 10 tic very marrow of the tariff
question, and there can be no cry of
free trade hurled against him from
New England in the facO of the fact
that he is oheying the teachings
of Charles Sumner, Henry Wilson,
Justin S. Morrill, and the practi-
cally solid New England senators and
congressman in legislating for the in
dustries of that section. Of all the
speeches delivered on the subject, that
OF Speaker Carlisle will most impress
the country, as it will be studied by
the intelligent and thoughtful men Of
every political faith.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.

Furnished weekly to the Intclligenccr by
Captain j. ID. Conner, recorder of deeds OF
Lafayette county, Mo.
Abstract of the deeds fled in The Office Of
Recorder Of Deeds from Saturday, May 10,
to Saturday, May 81, A. u. 1883, Only
such as contain covenants of warranty COM
tanned In list.
j. G. Frrril and wife to Elizabeth
H. Wagner, lois 10 and 70, blk t..
Odessa .............-..... .........S $50 90
school district No. / by trustee TO
Henry Dierker, acre, in center of
So -. 30. Observation-Disclosures. 81 90
VIM, Uuscher to W. T.. Boyer, lot
~, blk A. H0eier ad to IliggInsyiIle 157 30
f. &. Cook To John Taggert, lot =,
blk l., COncOrdia. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 100 90
+. 4. Cook TO John Taggcrt, %
feel oil II side lot 8 and Is inches oil
lot :, blk !, COncordia .....-........ 800 90
Jas. Wentworth to Phil NJ. Gaw.2
acres, pit hf NV Sc {, - % 10 90
Wade COuts to NJ. W. Dyer, 10
ac-es, ne sw -. 10. .25.............. 300 90
W. Y. e. Campbell to Robt. Il. l..
Campbell. NV ne 81, 40, 2s, except
10 and 95 acres ........... ....,... 1,5OO 90
Alice V. jackson ct al 10 Sila4
StOnphurger, IA acres. c side sw sc
"A, -, Is. ........................... 425 90
has. IIoefer and wife to Il. Il.
Ieahv, lot 12, blk T., and lot ., blk
G, IIoefer's ad to HigginsvilIe 80. 40 90
John p. Herr ct nj TO L. w. Stoen-
ner. lot 30 and 80, WaterhOuse IL
Riding's ad to Msyvlew. 425 90
S. II. Ruffner TO J. W. EndIy, lots
II and II, blk j. Iigginsville ...... 1000 90
Louisa A. Barton to +. l.. Downs,
81 acres, g Inf Sc and pt end G hi ne
10, 30, 81, also dover OF Louisa a.
Barton in pt ne Of same w .. 5000 90
Chas. II. Younger and wife To
Louisa A YOunger,S5 acres, int g Inf
Sc 10, 80, "A and ! int in pit ne 10 1881 %
Hamet A. Walker to Samuel Wood
30 # oil lots and :, WaterhOuse "
Rulings ad to Mayview ........... 2GO 90
a1n- No instrument will be fled until the
fee Is paid. .Gl
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
KENTUCKY LEGISLATION,

Tho Kentucky legislature has nd
joHrncd after being in session I27 day.
al cost to the tax payers of 81 ,0UO :
day. OF the l,57l bills PASSED GOV
Buckncr vetoed sixty, aud in every
instance, save one, he was sustained.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
Belfiord's Magazine.

MessrS. Beitord, Clarke IL Co. announce
| that in May they will issue the first plumber
| OF IL new monthly magazine, to be devoted
TO politics, fiction, poetry, general literature
| and art.
In politics the new magazine will give an
independent support to the democratic party
| and TO the present administration. The de.
Dartment Of fiction will he exceptionally full
Each issue will also contain one or more
| short stories complete. In these departments
OF politics and fiction, and also in those OI
general literature. science. and art. the very
best talent 0f the country will be enlisted.
As ediorIn chief. the publishers announce
that they have secured the services OF Col
Donn Patt, II gentleman of long and varied
literary experience, both rs Il Journalist and
~ IA literateur. lie will be assisted by staff
OF sub editors, aud also by Il large number
of able contributors.
BEDFORD, CLARK Il CO.. Publishers,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco.
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Wabash Railroad Time Table

Omnibus Ill leave the hotels III this
city for IL. ~ l.. Junction, making
connection with trains gong east,
west and north. at ..................1.O 90 a. IN
';eturning, Will IarrIye eat............. $50 u. Ill
Omnibus viii leave Tor Il. j. /. June
liOn, making connection with trains
going east and west, and north as
Ia: - Richmond, at ..... 1850 p. m
returning, i'll arrive at ............ 30 y. III
JOHN &. YOUNG, Superintendent.
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LET HER GO.

A Miss Annie Mccormick, of Haw-
kinsville, Ga, can play two pieces on
piano and sing third, all at the same
time. The people in Miss McCormick's
neighborhood are perhaps anxious that
she shall go on the stage,
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02

We have placed on our bargain counter
over 100 single coats, for boys ana men, 25
SUI =, ~ sizes from a Ia II and - bovs,
l.. for bpv~ ir"a in u ,raT~ hch Ne
81 pose Ia sell at one hall their value.
pro feblltf Ii. SINAUER,
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
NEW BOOK.

"The Flower Girls of Marseilles' is u
novel of wonderful power, realism and
great interest; indeed, it is safe to say that
its gifted author never wrote Il more remark
able work. Thorough originality character
ICES ever line Of II, and every page teens
with excitement. From the flight Of the
lovers in the first chapter TO the last sentence
in the book there is a constant stream OF stir
ring and unexpected incidents. As in all his
novels, Zola tells everything, exposing vice
in all its hideousness and contrasting it with
virtue of the sternest type. OF course "The
Flower Girls of MarseillGs' Will be read by
everybody,
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-02
THE ELECTORAL VOTES.

The whole number of electoral votes
is 40l, and POI are necessary for All
election. The following is the number
nf Votps parh Gtain hus.