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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26
THE WICKED M
Tho Il Nearly Always IA Blonde with Light
Hair and Blue Ewes.

Ia Nearly Always n Blonde with Light
Hair and Blue Eyes.
1t is the blonde woman who does the mis-
chief, says the Hartford Courant. Lucretia
Borgla had yellow hair, so, according to
Grant White, had Lucy Macbeth, who was
petite and slight. The mischief-maker.
Mime. M~ontbazon, was a regal blonde. Nine.
Simon's blue eyes looked u~nf1inchingly at
the guillotine when the still fairer head of
the innocent criminal, Marie Antoinette.
fell into the basket. Bloody Mary was
slight and fair. Marie de Medici was q
heshy, blonde woman, though her hair was
streaked with gray when she died on her
straw litter at Cologne, and Catherine Of
he same noble house was either fair or
tanned her tresses to make her appear SO.
dare say the daughter of Herodias, who
anced before Herod, was yellow haired
he old masters made her so Chose high
'orn Jewish maidens had the blonde tint)-
md nobody doubts that Delllah's blue ewes
oewitched the secret out of the soft-headed.
soft-hearted, black-bearded giant. And II.
seems that Mrs. Muybrick is yellow-haired.
slight, and before all this terrible experi-
ence had a peach-like bloom. Now. IL ia
true, she has lost it and the good looks
that Sir Charles Russell so much de-
pended on as an evidence of her
innocence, and has grown heavy and
1uli-eyed. After all, her fate is not an en-
liable one. Fol nine months she will be
iept in solitary confinement in some coun,
'ry Jail IN England. During that time she
AN see no one. receive no letters, neither
cad nor write, and the only mercy ex.
ended her is such work as she can do in
Ter cell. When this probationary time is
vel she Will be taken out of Jail, and in her
n nFa hlNNn ~ WraN I-@--
make her first outing. 1t will be to one of the
emale penitentiaries, but which no one will
tnow till the day of her departure, and
here she will live and die. II she has not
orn her hair or bruised her frail BODY, or
rantlcally cursed the keeper who brings
er daily food, if, in fact, she has ssbeeu
ood," she may in the next year receive one
sitor and one letter. AS time rolls on she
ay even become good enough to earn three
tiers and three visitors each year. The
.roness Roques, her mother, whose
ameful life and whose attained blood are
heritage, returns to Paris, and the other
minal, Briefly, has arrived in this coun-
as the agent of several Liverpool mer-
cnRpts, he is reported to have said, to make
a com Portable living in the South. A No
bile lady, who knew Mrs. Maybrick when
she was a child, told the Observer recently
that "she was a pretty little fair-haired
girl, with shy ways" So justice to three
equally responsible persons is melted out.
We will agree, l think, that it Is not with
the woman who was only Il few years ago
described as a pretty little fair-haired girl,
with shy ways"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26

-~-o.4 nIuo ms SITUATION from hs
friends. One evening when seated with his
via at q table d'hote he was seized for the
first lime with a fit of delirium tremens in
the presence of more than one hundred
terrible people. Around him he saw moth.
ing but rats, who were, he howled, assailing
him, running over his body and trying to
eat up his vitals.
HIS formerly fine features were then hor.
BILE to behold. Suddenly he imagined see.
ing also rats on some of his companions OF
travel, rushed upon them, and tore up the
dress of several guests IN the dining. hall.
No one dared lay hands on him but Sarah,
although frightened to death, seized him in
her arms, and by dint of caresses and kind
words brought him bach at last to his
senses.
From that eventful day Sarah had him
carefully watched, and as soon as he was
back with her to Paris she summoned three
of the most famous doctors, and asked them
to prepare q mixture exactly similar to NOR
Prime, but thoroughly innocuous, and in
duced Damala to use 1t. At first he had
been very suspicious, and had made a care
full analysis of the new potion, as would
have done a thief who had stolen
counterfeit coin. But he had discovered
nothing, and was thus saved from him
self for a little while. Sarah, all alb
sorbed by the rehearsals of LENA" at the
Varieties, had summary locked him up in
her own house on the Boulevard Pereire,
denying HIM all kinds Of flashes, potions,
packages, and even his street garments,
rom fear he would escape and buy the real
hrticle at some druggists place.
One day, however, he recovered his liber-
w, bought big doses of morphine and soon
had fits of furious madness. He was
haunted by the idea that every one around
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26
EACH WEDDING MEANT A DEATH

Cincinnati, O., Oct. 21.-A shoe
maker named Henry Miller has recent
ly died in this city who went through q
remarkable matrimonial career.
He became acquainted with a young
lady, whom he married. She died in
giving birth t. a girl baby. He after
too, died in the course of q year, just
after having born to her a girl baby.
Miller was an industrious fello W, and
his father in-law, a close-fisted dairy
man, brought about a marriage be-
tween him (Miller) and a third daugh.
ter. For two years no child came TO
bless their union. Then a GIRL baby
was born, and the third wife and sis
ter died alter child birth. Almost a
year previous to this death, however,
the father-in-law died. The mother,
who was a treble mother.in law to Mil
Ter, and he, mourned the loss of their
dead together. a mutual liking struck
up, the result being that mother in In
became husband and wife. Their mar
riage was a happy one for almost three
wears. Then Mrs. Niller No. / gave
birth to q GIRL baby, dying within less
than ten days after the little one was
born. Miller lived but two months
later, then be too passed away. His
four daughters, born under such pecul-
lar circumstances, are still living. The
first three are not only step sisters but
cousins. The fourth, the daughter OF
the mother in-law, is not only IL cousin
and step sister, but likewise an aunt,
while the grandmother vas step-mcthcr
to her own grandchildren.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26
D%BMOORAOY'S DANGER.

From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
No such sweeping and sudden change
in popular thought and sentiment has
been seen since the war as this which
has apparently O]vertaken the republi-
can party in the first hOurO its triumph.
But this prodicament OF the party in
power does . seem TO have figured
in the hopeful views Of Mr.. Cleveland
and his associates. What assurance
have they that the republicans will not
be driven by the stress OF circumstances
to steal the democratic thunder? AS we
have often pointed out, "a revision aud
reduction of the tariff on The lines mark
ed out by the democrats Il year ago was
previous TO that time good republican
doctrine. Now when the MCkinlCys
and kelleYs are finding that their fol-
lowing is in dispute with itself, and
large fractions OF the party show n dis
position to repudiate the extreme and
unhcard of position taken in the stress
OF a national canvass, is there not Il
strong possibility that the party will
revert to its old position?-to the issue
of tariff reduction aud free raw materi-
al revision urged by President Arthur,
Secretaries McCulloch and Folger. and
by a long line of leaders and organs
during II before the time of the last
republican administration?
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26
Owing of Two GnIoru-


Mrs. Mary Jones, of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
and the twins to whom she gave birth a few
days ago, are objects of great interest
among many residents of the Fourth ward.
The popularity about the infants is the
startling contrast in their compilations.
One Is as black as the ordinary infant born
OF full African parents, but the other Is
as white as the clearest-skinned repre-
sentative of the Caucasian race. Mrs.
Jones is tho mother Of nine other children,
but IN mono of them is there any indications
of white blood. The new white twin child
is the favorite with the mother and other
members of tho family. The doctors are
wondering how it is that two children Of
the same parents can be so dissimilar. DR..
Downs, medical examiner for the city, has
taken a small lock of hair from each child's
head, and also avery minute piece of cutdcle,
to make examinations underline microscope.
LII he finds the hair of the white child
woolly, and also c~oloring matter In the skin,
IL VIII prove that the twins are both colored;
otherwise the white child Is just what he
hooks to De,
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26
TISHY FABLES.


TIE SOUND PHILOSOPHY OF A SUCKER.
"Why don't You cultivate a little
stylet" asked a Trout of a Sucker whom
he happened to meet. "Why do you
insist on living in this mud hole and
never visit the clear, cold springs
Timber up your body and hire some
body to get a section of a rainbow and
sprinkle it yer yon. l would not live
like you fer anything, grubbing away
all the time for a meal in the mud.
Flies form a delicious diet. Just look
at that beauty there which has Just
dropped on the water. Just watch Inc
take him and then envy the life of a
Trout"
Saying this, the Trout made a dash
for the fly and seized it. But the fv
had buried in it a steel hook, and on it
was a line. and on the line a rod, and
an angler held the rod. The trout soon
disappeared from the water, and the
next noise he made was when he was
sizzling over a fire.
sit may be nice enough to be a
Trout" philosophical the Sucker, "but
L would rather be a poor, despised
Sucker with no rain bow attachments
in a mud hole than a proud Trout in a
frying pan"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26
TARIFF REFORM IN PENNSYLVANIA,


lflOIh u hhHbtS Sit1 p'uI'
The year which has passed since the
last presidential election has Welded
many gratifying evidences of the
growth of the popular sentiment IN
favor of tariff reform but perhaps none
so convincing as the u~ncquivocal declar-
alton OF the Democratic societies. OF
Pennsylvania which assembled III con
v~entiou yesterday at Philadelphia.
A,hOug the conspicuOus evidences of
the strong hold which the movement
for reforming the tariff has taken upon
the American people are the following.
Notwithstanding the defeat Of Mr..
Cleveland last November. every demo
cratic state convention this year has
reafiirmed the tariff reform platform 0f
the national convention, and all the
minor democratic gatherings through
ont The country have made tariff re-
form either the direct purpose of com
ing together or the main topic of dis
cusslOn. This unaniInity of action
proves that tie managing men OF the
democratic party recognize that the
defeat of Mr.. Cleveland was due to
other causes than the bold advocacy of
reform in the tariff system, and that
they discern in the drill OF popular sen
timent 81 demond for Marty di~.,irrtiyn-
Nv r-en.nsantinw tho c.nsa Of tariff 70.
form. Another significant circumstance
may be discovered in the tendency of
RIaina bimsaIt tn "ir;,nw on tbis onns.
ton, and to promise ''tariff revision"
gress. This talk is very different from
the auuacious n%ronositi0u TO repeal tho
whisky and tobacco taxes and increase
the line ofnro,ect i've duties as a means
for reducinu the ~snrnIrs revenue An
other evidence of The nrooress which
the cause is MAKING nav he fouud in
the discoyery made bv MANY of the
manufacturer that thew NAV he ..nro-
tected" loo mucb. the convent,on of
the manufacturers of wooden goods. re.
Gently held in Now York de,panded
tree wool ami If 10 oeneraIiv ~racognizN
ed AMONG manufacturers that free ray
material is necessary in order 70 enable
them to ENLARGE their markets and com
nete with their Euronean rivaIs
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26
CALF ORNIA'S GROW I'll.


From 1T San Francisco Bulletin.
Forty Year. ago the hartor al San
Francisco was filed with "A great
fleet OF ships that were laying IDLY at
their anchors. They had brought car
goes OF men and merchandise, bur they
could find no cargoes to carry away.
Many Of these ships never lett the port.
They were hauled up to the land, aud
the hunks furnished temporary shelter
for hundred Of pioneers. To-day the
docks are lined with a great fleet OF
merchant snipS-a larger unmbCr of
sailing vessels, probably, than cnn be
Iruni in amy other port in the Union.
itrer ships are nearly all disClIAl ging
or taking on cargo. There Is hardly
an idle ship in the harbor among srs-
,,urIhr N"--"i~ Aside from wine,
wnul, ores ard lumber, there VIII be n
million tolls Ui wheat for ~transpoIIa.
i'm Ia f,rrjyu markets. The OK can,
40 longer rt"d 1t weary way across the
rnntirrut. iiu' nearly every day Il
rain load of fruit ~is~srnt to no Allan
ic ti",cs, ard these sEHmcmts viii IL"
oundcd up with The largest citrus
iol', ave ti,aI ul ! orIda, evGr pro
duced in the United Siates.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26
THE GOOSE BONE PROPHET.

Henry Stillman, of Woodstock, Wind
ham county, Conn, the goose bone
weather prophet has made his annual
forecast for winter. 1t tallies pr precisely
with predictions made by 5. ). Craig
early in the summer. Stillman saws
the bone shows clearly that we will
have an open winter. fhe goose
bone is accepted by many Wind.
ham county people as a better autho-
rity than Virgins or Devol, Or ever
old David A. Daboll, the Connecticut
almanac. maker. In many farm houses
it will be found hanging in the hall,
where ii is frequently examined.
The true prophetic bone, il is said,
can only be obtained from Il goose that
has a trace of wild blood and that was
Matched out in the spring.
A bone taken from a goose Matched
in May by Mr.. StiIlman shows a row
around the keel or it indicates the pro-
bable temperature. The darker the
spots are the colder the weather is sure
TO be. 1t is asserted that the marks
dividing the bone indicate the three
winter months, December beginning at
the front. Mr.. Stillman says he has
read the bone closely and finds that it
indicates more regular weather than
last year and none so severe as even
the last mild winter. There will not be
many days during which running water
will freeze. The coolest weather will
occur during the latter halt of January,
and during that time there will be
several days of freezing. Near the
point of the bone is a marked discolora-
ton showing that the first day of WIN
ter will give proof of the seasons
change. Christmas will be 'green,"
but wet and cold. January's entrance
will be marked with warm days, grow
;ng gradually colder The coolest days,
growing gradually colder. The coolest
day of winter will be January 81. The
brief spell OF severe weather will be
succeeded by heavy thaws, and the
traditional January thaw will be a
disagreeable one, with heavy SHOWS
and rains An early and decided thaw
is among the promises of the bone.
February will burst into March with
swollen mountain streams aud disas-
trous floods may be looked for. There
L.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26

W a lew lnttlllDCIh
of INC two great families which the au-
thorities were unable to settle, and that the
only way left now is for the two factions to
fight 1t out. The proclamation appeals to
the Wongs of America for munitions of
wal, or money to buy the same. 1t de-
clares that there are over one million able
bodied Wongs at home to thrash the Lees IL
they could only get hold of some of the
Yankee killing machines. The proclama-
ton OF the Lees asks their cousins for the
same ~favors, with an equal assurance of
annihilating all the Wongs.
"Why doesn't the Chinese Government
put a stop to such f~oolishncssl" a reporter
asked Wong All He, one of the leading
cousins Of the fighting Wongs In New
York.
Didn't they try, thought" replied Wong,
laughingly. "Every time they try TO stop
such big family rows they get the
vengeance of both combatants. So the
Government has been taught to leave them
severely alone and let them fight it out
among themselves. These family quar-
rels arise nearly once every year between
the other contending families, but the Lees
and Wongs are two of the biggest families
in China, and this will be the first time
they ever actually came to open war with
each other. In the last fight between the
Ha Kas and the Bun Yes some years ago,
tucre were thousands of men and women
killed on both sides, and the war lasted for
years until nearly all the Ha Kas were an
initiated or flei into the mountains"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26
THE TROTTING HORSE.
[From TIE Boston Herald

The Improvement in the troiting
horse, though il seems slow. is certain.
" continuous. The performance at
AxteIl al Tcrre IIautc is, perhaps, the
most remarkable in the annals of the
troliing turf. II is commonly BY fiac-
lions of a second that the ''record Is
lowered, yet hXtcll has in the same
heat lowered the record for ) ycar .0lds
by a second aud three quarters, and The
record Tor stations OF any age by more
than n second. II is to bc h rne in
rnind that The trotIer Is All animal If
comparatively slow dCvrluumcni. aud
that hr both mGiurr- later la trs; Get nr
a.. ucPd and last longer than III thor
AXtciiS mile in , II is,
therefore,, m:cHvifs- significant ~ .
performance. 'i,spl a. II lro:ii~", rtt' in
tcytc, that Tie tor-e. il everything
2oes we'll with him, will hereafter pei
iorm far mOle wonderful ieals.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26
A TO MORPHINE.

Details of the Horrible Death OF Sarah
Bernhardt's Husband.
A story comes from Paris to the London
Pail Mall Gazette giving snma-Ganaa.iA~h
wUrKsh0p in the Real Estate Office Of
WiEsor q Son, Opp. Courthouse. SILT ,
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26

Two Story Eight Room Brick Dwelling
on franklin street, near IN, will be sold at
u Great Bargain, If taken soon; terms easy.
+. WINSOR Il SON
T.. RUSSELL,
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26

Two Brick Store Houses on Franklin
street, permanent renters; will be sold low,
II taken soon. K, WINSOR Il SON
e.. BEN RUSSEI L.,
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26

One of the most desirable Residences IN
Lexington large and beautiful grounds and
yard, conveniently located. cheap and easy
terms. E WiNSOR Il SON
T.. BEN RUSSELL.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-05-17

"A chimney in MiddIesborough,
England, was lately taken down brick
By brick from the top downward. a
long chute, one-haH an inch longer and
wider than brick in its cross-sectiOnal
dimensions, was first erected within
the due. II was air-tight and rose from
an air-tight box placed at the bottom
Of the chimney. The bricks were
dropped one by one through this chute,
and were cushioned by the air 50 that
none were broken or injured. From
time to time the box was opened and
she bricks that had accumulated were
psmOved.
AS a possible theory Of the origin
of the Mississippi, ii is suggested that
its erosion was accomplished by means
Of mighty cataract which began far
down the river near It's original mouth,
and by gradual retrocession dug outthe
valley-like gorge which is 50 marked q
feature in the upper part Of its course,
and left the high bluff walls on either
hand. This view makes ST. Anthonys
Falls the ever-decreasing and receding
remnants OF the once most stupendous
cataract the world ever saw, having q
perpendicular descent Of perhaps 600
feet The time required TO cut the en-
tire channel is placed at 100000 years
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-05-17

! aasgavr aua nigner lns nailOuu
rose until band Of Indians who were
watching it saw 1t gradually fade away
against the empyrean blue Of the sky
until it dwindled down TO the size Of all
apple, then fnded away until only q
speck like the head Of pin re-
m lined. and then was lost in the
shadowy realms Of space.
:" THE END
"Well. what did the publishers say
this time9n
oh" replied Bryan with smile,
''they simply discharged my friend,
hats all - Chicago Mail.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-05-17
THE coLoNEL's STORY.
How He Made the Acquaintance ofa Texas
Tarantuia.

How He Made the Acquaintance ofa Texas
Tarantula.
I'm a-telling you.n said the Col
bnel, as he removed his broad -brimmed
hat to push his fingers through his
hair--..I'm a-telling you that the tar
antula of Texas is no slouch. He is
just about the wickedest. ugSiest. dog
goned critter that was ever set up on
crooked legs, and the man who says
he isn't afraid OF 'em is a liar from
East to West. and l know It'll While
their pizen is no worse than rattle
snakes. the idea OF being keeled over
by sich horrid-looking critter half
kills you to start WITH
Were you ever bitten. ColonelP"
Never. but / got it worse than be-
ing bitten. Dog-gone my buttons, but
when / think OF it ] lose foot in
length and get a mouth as dry as last
years cotton"
What was itPn
well. one night last summer 1
camped down after hard days ride
and slept the sleep Of the just When
| opened my eyes in the morning was
lying on the broad Of my back. head
well up on the saddle and the blanket
pulled up to my chin Right on my
breast was one OF the biggest. ugliest
tarantulas ever produced. He was
evidently waiting for me TO wake up.
for as soon as ! opened my eyes he
took a walk
Walked away. eh?n
mo, sir! He walked upwards and
began to caress my chin. Then he
took a saunter up my cheek and in
spected my hat. stopping every now
and then as ii he had found good
place to sting. In two minutes / was
sweating like horse after ten mile
gallop, and | was even too scared to
pray. ! know / tried to. and I'll be
hanged If / didn't get of paragraph
Of the Texas stock law in place OF the
Lords prayer"
''And the tarantula finally left?n
Yes. sorter. finally. 1t was along
about ten o'clock. / believe. Mean
while he was promenading up and
down and enjoying the sunshine and
sizing me up / kept my eyes shut
most OF the time. but ! could trace his
movements by the sense Of feeling.
About nine o'clock second spider put
in an appearance and begged the
honor Of knitting me. but my old friend
objected and they had lively set-to
on my stomach. The new conner was
knocked out in the third round and
went of for repairs.
''And you didn't spring up and dash
the tarantula asidepn
did you ever spring out OF the way
of a bullet. young man? i couldn't
have gathered myself before he'd have
popped it to me full figures No, sir
| just laid thar and waited for him to
get tired and 60. He finally went. but
| couldn't say how far, and / hadn't
moved a finger when couple OF cow
boys rode up. Then / jumped clear of
the blanket and told my story. but
they wouldn't believe it."
"They wouldn'tPn
''No. sir; but while ] was shooting
one Of them the other lifted my blanket,
and that blamed tarantula. who was
hidden away. stung his hand and he
died in an hour Had to have an in
quest and bury both Of 'em at my own
expense. and lost FIVE days time"
Detroit Free Press.