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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-09-21
Y. NJ. c.. A. RESOLUTIONS.

I. M u A. IlONS.
At a meeting CT the board of directors, held
Tuesday, Sept. II, tae folio wing resolution,
were adopted:
LEXINGTON, Mo, Sept. II, 1889.
70 the Y. NJ. c. A. of Lexington. Mo.
Your committee on resolutions beg leave t
submit the following report:-
Whereas, Death who knocks alike at palace
and cottage gate, has invaded our association
and, in the person of our young friend and
brother, Benjamin A. Ireland has called from
us one who always delighted in the work IN
which we are engaged.
Brother Ireland had just reached the age
Of manhood; life seemed to open out to him
with great possibilities Of usefulness, and
Just when The prospects seemed III Isl fair for
It's long continuance, the silver cord Is loOsed
and the golden BOWL is broken, ''and the spirit
has returned unto God who gave it.
We bear cheerful testimony to the fact that
Ben. Ireland was Il Christian gentleman, the
true friend, and honorable in all his dealings
with his fellows. II he walked not ut all
times in the ways of Gods Commandments,
and who Of us can claim such perfection, yet
wa believe his soul was loyal TO God and his
desire was still to honor Christ aud lie known
as one who trusted in him. Therefore be II
Resolved, That while we bow with meek
submission to the will of God IN this proyi-
dence, we ielieve he has only removed our
brother from The evil that Is 10 come, and by
his death hath called us 10 greater diligence
In our work for the Master.
Resolved, That, while we mourn with the
sorrowiDg family for the absence OF one who
made hOm' brighter by his presence aud who
often glsddened our TIeeIings with 4 Joyous
face. we rejoice with them that he ~ safe in
the home that awaits all Ct Gods dear chill
dren when this lie Ii ended, and pray that
Tor That home we who remain may be 'IttGd
and prepared By II close walk with Jesus.
Resolved, That in the death Of our beloved
BROTHER. Il. A. Ireland, we have lost "a most
efficient member OF the assorlat on and one
whose place will be hard to ill.
Resolved, That IA copy OF these resolutions
ne sent 10 the family of the deceased and that
they be published in the different city papers.
W. j. BAHpON.
j. q. CKENSHAW,
f. NJ. TAUBMAN.
Committee.
TRIBUTE.
Lines suggested by the death of my dear
Young friend, b. A. Ireland:
There's a light gone out,
There's darkness about
A home,O once happy aud gay.
There's a voice that's huShed,
And hearts that are crushed,
A home is bereft to-day.
There's an eve once bright
That hath lost It's sight,
A home is Swallowed In gloom.
No step on the stair,
No form In the chair,
A home hath a vacant room.
There's a song unsung.
There's a lutte unstruDg,
A home without music or mlTth.
The spirit that led.
To heaven hath fled,
A home 10 stricken ON earth.
There's a prayer %unspOken.
And trust unbroken,
In a home of faith and love.
We shall greet our boy,
In measureless iOv.
Ia our Fathers home above,
This humble attempt Is respectfully and
~sfectionately dedicated to my friends m their
affection, Mr.. and Mrs. b. II. IRELAND.
J. ID. CONNER.
Lexington, Mo-. Sept. II. 1881.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-09-21
TIL ALTAR.
TRH CBApLH.

Married-At Wyoming, Ohio. Sept. 9th,
Miss OLIVE ClEAN) GOULD and Mr..
A. g. MCADAMS, OF Arkadelphia, Ark.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-09-21

. 10 tue memory of
, a HUNTER OF THE UNKNOWN,
often ruheIy called
! THE RIVER Horse.
a.: He drew from Nature all the
{: milk he could.
: While still pioneering over life
: and quite unable to under
: stand il he grew old
: and died and that was the last
&. we ai.W Gt him.
This is the legacy lie left Us.
; WOald you live long and happily.
{. Avoid fret ard stimulants; and
: work, give aud love.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-09-21


II. SAM. HAYS,
w. O.. STEWART.
w. f. Keller,
+. Il. DUVALL.
=. Il. YINGLING,
.. j. GdGHNER,
j. f.. DARBY,
j. Il. WEBB,
j. Nj. ROBINSON,
I. l.. BOLTON, DR.,
+. j.. MCGREw,
Charter Members.
s. PERCY SILVER.
ii. GAINES GOODMAN,
Active Honorary.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
COrsican Women.

The women Of Corsica are devoted to their
husbands, and willingly sacrifice everything
to their demands. A wife considers herself
the complement Of the man, not his equal
In the house she keeps discreetly in the back
ground Says The London Queen:
At meal times wife and daughters will not
sit down with her guests, but hover about as
attendants Out Of doors the men go forth
to work gun in hand, while the women walk
behind carrying the heavy tools.
If the happy couple have to climb steep
and stony path, and they happen to possess
only one horse, it is the man who bestrides
tho wiry limbed beast, while the wife may
consider herself lucky if she be permitted to
catch hold of the stirrup leather or the
horses tail
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
EEglishmen and Foreigners.

Englishmen are apt to feel a contempt for
all foreigners and their ways. Lord Wolse
ley says that among English soldiers the very
food OF other nations is a common topic OF
ridicule. An English general, about to attack
Cadiz, and knowing the prejudiceS Of his
men, excited their enthusiasm in a novel
way:
you Englishmen" said be, addressing
them, who are fed upon beef, don't surely
mean to be beaten by lot of Spaniards who
live on orangesl"
Even the hospitality of the grave is be
grudged Frenchmen by English peasants, as
an anecdote told in a recent English book
illustrates
At the time of the abortive attempt at
invading England made by the French in
1897, several of their soldiers, prisoners of
war, were buried in Burton churchyard
Many a time it has been suggested to the
present rector, by the peasants of the village,
when complaint was made of the crowded
condition of the burial ground:
Dig up them old French, sir, what's the
good of themP'-Youths Companion
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
A Sacrifice 10 Beauty.

A middle aged woman went to prominent
physician of San Diego not long ago and
asked him to amputate her two great toes.
He examined them, assured her that there
was nothing wrong with them, and said that
he wouldn't cut them Off She begged him
to, saying that if they were Off she could wear
No. shoes instead of No. Is, as then Her
toes were her own, she said, to do what she
pleased with, and she would give $500
to have them off The doctor refused and
the woman went in quest Of some one with
less conscience. A San Diego newspaper
says that she found some one to do the job
successfully, for two weeks later she went to
San Francisco wearing the best pair Of No.
a that could be bought In San Diego.-New
York Sun
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
The Title Nuisance in Germany.

And then the way mans titles are piled
on when addressing him is very amusing.
remember how this bothered my memory in
Altenberg years ago when my family was
there. At a semi-literary dinner was a doc.
tor, who was assistant professor of rhetoric
He was always addressed as Herr DR. Assist,
ant Professor of Rhetoric SchnelU-4 all the
titles being compounded into one word, or
Herr Colonel Master of the Dukes Stables
Won Reuter-. Woe to the guest who failed to
compound into one word all of these positions
when addressing Mr.. Reuter- or who left out
the ''von!" made many mistakes and finally
settled the matter by telling them frankly
that was an unlettered Yankee They lei
me get through with one title in addressing
any one, but think they very much pitied
my lack of good form. do not wonder that
kings, princes and mobiles think themselves
made Of finer material than that of common
men. The people by their aauIations teach
them SO to think Socialists in Germany and
France rail at the privileged classes, Nihilists
in Russia slay them, but the great bulk of the
people show that they worship them, and
when one master is gotten rid of they each
pick up lamp and grope about in the dark,
Diogenes like, trying to find, not an honest
man, but another master under whose feet
they may lay their necks. New York
CraDhic
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
Muskrat Architecture.

A correspondent has been studying the
house of a muskrat, by demohshing the domi
Gle and examining the architecture and con
tents The house was more than two feet
wide and high, oval at the top and built Of
grass, leaves and moss, and very compact
There was a communication with the stream,
the room and nest being just above the water
level The door opened just beneath the sur
face, so that the animal could leave home and
return without being seen. Lily root was the
only provision there seemed to be in the house,
of which there was quite quantity for flu
ture use. Altogether the muSlrat possesses
no small share of that kind of knowledge
which in the lower animals we call instinct
Oxford Democrat
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
Rooms Too Warm,

People complain Of colds, when in fact the
trouble is too much heat They don't get
sick from being out in the cold What they
need to guard against Is hot rooms If
were making a thermometer l would change
the marks on it from fever, ETC., to headache
vertigo and headache, pneumonia, etc. The
points would then mean something, and as
the mercury advanced toward them people
would realize without being told just what
dangers they were mourning l am never
SO impressed with this as when in a sleeper
in very cold weather. | would then change
the pneumonia to Pullmonia. in
Globe-Democrat.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13

A piano tuner who says that pianos fire.
quently deteriorate because they are allowed
to become too dry prescribes this remedy:
Keep a growing plant in the room, and 50
long as your plant thrives your piano ought
to, or else there's something wrong With "
Just try it, and see how much more water
you will have to put in the flower pot in the
room whore your piano is than in any other
room Some people keep a huge Vase or urn
with q sopping wet sponge in it near or under
the piano, and keep it moisteaed, just as q
cigar dealer keeps his stock. They keep this
up all the timo the fires are on Chicago
Herald
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
Clubs for Women.

A lady suggests that the seductiveneSs and
freedom of club life may be a reason why
bachelors cling with such tena,ity to their
freedom. Indeed" she says, many are
heard to declare that they find it impossible
to conceive why man should want home
when he can live at his club in much more
elegance and luxury for not moro than half
the expense.
why should not this be case Of tweedle-
dee and tweedle-dumi Would not tho life of
an unmarried woman, that poor specimen of
fOrlornity' generally pitied as an old maid,
be q thousand times more agreeable if she
were a member of a club, whose club house
was situated in the most fashionable locality,
where she could spend her hours in its lux
urious pSrlors, surrounded with every COM
fort, well trained servants ready and anxious
to do her bidding, friends dropping in I'M
tremendously, the best of cooking at her
order an elegant table dhote served daily for
what it would cost for q beefsteak at a res
taurant, bedroom or two, well furnished,
well heated, well cared for in every respect7
Would it not be as ideally independent a way
for single women and widows TO live as for
bachelors and widowers, without the GOODNESS
attributed to the unprotected female in a,
hotel, or the opprobrium attached to al
bOarder in boarding house, or the loneliness
of living alone in ones house, or doubly alonel
amid half hearted friendsr-New York Tele- /
gram
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
Tanning q Man.

A girl in Washington married very par
ticular and exacting young man six months
ago Her girl friends predicted at the time
that she would fail to satisfy him, and that
consequently they would not live together
six months That period having elapsed and
there being no evident signs Of any separa-
ton between the happy pair, the girl friends
fsls called upon to visit the young wife and
ask her how she had managed to please the
man who had mover been known to be pleased
before. Mastering all their impotence they
called upon her in body and asked her for
her secret What is the reciper they asked.
I'VE may need it." well, III tell you" she
replied, IF you'll never tel-feed the brute. :"
-WashMgton Cor. Philadelphia Record
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
Shirt and Collar Polish.

Laundry polish for shirts, collars and cuffs,
ETC., is made in the following manner: Dis
solve on a slow fire one ounce of white wax
and two ounces of spermaceti with one large
tablespoonful OF salt Turn into a wet cup
to cool Make boiled starch as usual, cook
ing slowly for twenty minutes, and for every
tablespoonful Of dry starch used put in a
lump Of the preparation the size of cherry.
Use no cold starch and do not sprinkle.
When the starched pieces are dried, lay them
in wet towel for two hours, and with a
rough polishing iron bring out the gloss
Good Housekeeping.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
WOMEN IN WAR AND POLITICS.
Some Historical Examples Which Are
Worthy of Remembrance.

Some Historical Examples Which Are
Worthy of Remembrance.
History is full Of tho dangers that attend
the interference of royal wives in their hus-
bands politics Reigning queens have been
successful enough. Elizabeth Of England,
Maria Theresa Catharine of Russia, and our
present queen, have shown that they can
select wise counselors and guide the des-
TIMES Of realms; but the queen consorts of
history, when they have interfercd with the
politics Of their husbands -abinets, have
done a great deal Of harm
Henrietta Maria exercised an unfortunate
mfr ce at the court of Charles l. Marie
Antoinette made her husband additionally
unpopular. The last king of Naples wasi
married to high spirited Bavarian princess
who encouraged bis resistance to constitu-
tonal demands In 1870 the Empress
Eugene declared to her intimate friends,
Remember, this is my war;" and it is
likely enough that the emperor, Ill, weak and
hardly able to mount a horse would have de-
ferred the struggle had not his impetuous and
spirited eonsort urged him on.
1t is sometimes said that the influence of
women on the politics Of the world would
put an end to war; but while they remain
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We BTedhy uOuDL IT, lucy
are able to realize some Of the results of war
the empty chairs, the desolated homes, the
widowed lives; but they never see it's coarser
consequences They never witness battle
field after the fight is won-the wounded, the
dying. the anguish of INTENDED men, the fear
full spectacle of human life trampled in the
mire, and all the grim and disgusting incidents
of the SHAMELESS Of war, from the bloodshed Of
the day Of victory to the spectacle later on Of
unburied bodies moldering in the sun They
read novels and poems that throw q halo
around it all; they hail as heroes the men
who return; they listen to the music Of the
triumphal entry; they watch the wavingI
plumes and the Haunting banners, and they
invest with interest every man in the vic
torious array
1t is in thisspiritof unreasoning enthusiasm
that beautiful women on thrones send bravel
men out to STAY and to be slain-stinging with
their taunts the princes who hesitate, and re-
warding with their smiles the rash kings who
stake their crowns on the issue of a day.
Queen Natalie, Of Servia, is only the last of a
long list Of ilustrous ladies who have burnt
their fingers playing with the fires of politics
and war...London Telegraph.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13

hlinging g6ruen M q sse= - E='=-e
pink satin, and tho flowezx v~s op1asa hsswn
chrysanthenume, teuing fvssa SArA ssswn
to pale yellow. In ssCBs sass thsss ssss Ssu-
qusts take the plaes & s=Si.ary po~sss; In
others thev are merely ssppIsnsna~ry b
huge clusters Of flowers carried In the hand
sometimes, however, by way Of intensifytns
the novelty of the innovation, the bridesmaids
are divided into two detachments, half carry
ing shoes llled with flowers, and the other
half being supplied with bouquets of he reg
ulation pattern. Lite.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
EMPLOYMENT for Unfortunates.

Among the women in the insane asylum on
BlackwellS Island tho same desire for indus
try prevails, and between 1000 and 200 are
always at work. They make bed ticks, pillow
cases, sheets, spreads, towels, chemises,
drawers, shirts, dresses, petticoats, aprons,
night gowns, suspenders, caps, jumpers,
wrappers, blankets, diapers, table cloths,
shroudS, stockings, scrub brushes and door
mats Full returns have not been made up
for 1888, but it is probable that these women
have turned out $1,000 different pieces.-New
York Star
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
Keep to tho Right.

an English woman of wealth and position to
an American friend 1t related to tho method
of preserving stair carpet, and to keep it in
its entirety as long ns possible She and her
husband had agreed, the one to keep always
to the right in going up and down, and the
other to walk only upon the left hand side of
the carpet. 1t was expected that the COM
pany would keep exclusively in the center Of
the stairway, and that, as q result Of the ar
ransement, the stair carpet would grow old
with equal apidity.-Boston Budget
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
School EXAMINATIONS.

Itcannot be toe often insisted on that ex-
animation is a good educational servant, butt
bad master 1t is a useful instrument in
the hand OF a teacher to test his own work,
and to know how far his pupils have followed
and profted by his teaching. But it neces-
sarily exerts a fatal influence whenever it is
made of such Importance that teachers simply
conform to an external standard, lose faith in
themselves, sink into the position of their
own text books and give but little of their
OWN personality to their work 1t is true that
it is necessary to test the work Ct teachers, but
[Ts ~ COmtInGAd
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
Black Hair Or Nome.

Boarder (heatedly to landladyy- Madam,
have just found one OF the blacklist of black
hairs in my soup. This is outrageousI
Landlady Snappishly)-Oh, outrageous, is
iti Well, if you think I'm going to hire
red headed cook just to suit your taste you're
mistaken It's black hair or mono, for the
presentl-Cleveland Union
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
Eupe pSy.
DEPARTURE

This is what you ought to have, in fact you
must have it, to fully enjoy life Thousands
are searching for it daily, and mourning be-
cause they find it not. Thousands upon thou
sands of dollars are spent annually by our
people in the hope that they may attain this
boon. And vet it may be had by al. We
guarantee that Electric Bitters, if used ac-
cOrding to directions and the use persisted in.
will bring you Good Digestion and GUST the
demon Dyspepsia and install instead Eupepsy.
We recommend Electric Bitters for Dyspepsia
and ali diseases of Liver, Stomach and Kid
neys. So d at SOC, and s 90 per bottle by
Dreiss, Thompson T. Co.. Druggists.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13

Poor little Honora Mutually,
At the close of Thanksgiving day.
Was standing in front Of her alley,
AwayCning some children at play.
Her gown was a wonderful garment,
An patches from shoulder 10 hem, ]
And her hat and her shoes-wen, beg you'l er
clso
Any further remarks about them.
But poor little Honora Mutually |
Had face Just as bright Gs could be, |
And no flower In meadow or valley |
Was ever as pretty as she
And 80 thought and old man, who, passing.
Stopped moment TO smilingly say,
why, bless your dear heart, am sure you have
had
A very good dinner today"
''Yfs indade" said Honora Mutually,
II did; for my frind Mrs, Down
Had a hape of sweet taters that Sallie,
Her sister, baked lovely and brown,
wid-oh, mama, II you could but have seen it,
The latest and fonest OF hinS
And they Civ me the gizzard and neck of that hin,
And all OF the sweet taters skins"
Margaret Eytinge in Harper's Young People
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13

-7ad he not a foreign accentF' !
''Yes, q rtain buzz which Mexicans
have"
"Was he kind TO youG"
Exceedingly kind never saw him out
Of temper loved him dearly"
"DO you love him stillf' II
''As much as ever"
"In spite of his deserving youH"
81 have forgiven him When I heard bel
was In trouble | came to him. know not
what he has been to others He was good tol
me-"
And when the death sentence was pro-
nounced, and Eugene Forester exchanged q
look of triumph with Mauricette Couronneau,
Prados wife crossed TO the prisoners dock,
took the condemned mans hand in hers, and
kissed it. Chicago Tribune. ,
LITTLE HONORA MULLALLY.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-24
In a Dead Mans Pocket.

stephen "A. Price was a man who was
liked and looked up to 10y all who knew
him. He was honest, kind and true, a
warm friend and good neighbor. The
boys and girls all liked him because he
never forgot that he had been young
once himself. He became rich, was
made mayor of New York city, and
lived to be very old He lost his life in
steamboat disaster. The person who
found his dead body found a scrap of
printed paper in his pocketbook. 1t
was so worn with oft reading that they
could scarcely make out the words, but
this was what was upon the paper:
Keep good company or none. Never
be idle.
If your hands cannot be usefully en-
ploYed attend to the cultivation of the
mind.
Always speak the truth. Make few
promises.
Live up to your engagements.
Keep your own secrets If you have any
When you speak to q person look
them in the face.
Good company and good converse
ton are the very sinews of virtue.
Good character is above all things else.
Your character cannot be essentially
injured except by your own acts.
If any one speaks evil of yOu,let your
life be so that no one will believe him.
Drink no kind of Intoxicating liquors.
Ever live misfortune eXcepted) with
in your income.
When you retire to bed think over
what you have been doing during
the day.
Make no haste to be rich if you
would prosper
Small and steady gains give compe-
tency with tranquility of mind.
Never play ut any game of chance.
Avoid temptation, through fear you
may not stand it.
Earn money before you speed it.
Never run into debt unless you see
plainly a way to get out again.
Never borrow if you can possibly
avoid it.
DO not marry antil you are able to
support wife.
Never speak egil of any one. BE inst
before you are generous.
Read over the above maXims atleast
oncea week.