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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-12-28
A NCw Depariure-Solid Trans
RatWeen HANNIBAL and Austin.
Through Sleeping Cars cen
chicago, Galveston, "a EOHi-.
AusIiu, Kansas city aud
san Antonio

On August nth the Missouri. Kansas >
regis ~innuSu rated a hew quick train sCrvic
IN its iInes reducing the time materials
tnd Texas points. Solid trains are nov run
between Haunibal. Sedtiis. Fort Scott. upni
! II. Fort Worth. Waco, Taylor, Eigin and
Austin. ThCsr trains carry through Sleeper.
netween Chicago and DGui~On. sherman DIi
as, Houston and GalI esIon. ai-O through
.lerpPrS ffon 81. louis to Austin and Gal
seston aud from Kansas Cily 10 san ArlUnh
via Taylor and Austin. The equipment o
nrS" IInnS consist OF handsome day COACHES.
o ninrtabIe smoking ears ,e'CRant free reclin-
ug chair ears (]belween Hannibal and Soda
- on al trains. on night trains between ST
i.nuiS aud Fort Scott IN addition 10 luxuri.
ms Pullman Rnilet Sleeping Cars TO points
itnVc named. Trains No. : and 4 carrying
through sleepcrs 10 and from Chicago and
galveston in come ton with The Burlington
toute aud Houston ~ Texas Central railway.
leaving Chicago 5:iJ p. m, arriving at Mis-
.ouri and Kansas points next morning
mi Texas points following day; leaving
Missouri and Kansas points in afternoon and
evening le1cIiDg Chicago at 9:l5 next morn
ng connecting with al eastern trains out OF
Chicago making Il saving Of from five TO ten
hours TO all eastern points. Make 30 mistHke
rs to the route Tor the north and east. See
bat your tickets read via the Missouri, Kan
las & Texas rail wav. For tickets and further
nIOrnIllion cali upon The nearest M, X. "
T., ticket agent. CASTOR MESLIrR.
e.. u. T.. A., Sedalia, Mo.
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a VINE OF DEATH,
Joe MuIhattOn Turns His Talents to
Very Serious Subject.

Joe MulhattOn Turns His Talents to IA
Very Serious Subject.
In the beautiful cemetery at Athen
stands an old tomb of u family once prom
inent, not only in the Classic City, but in
other cities and throughout the state, says
the Augusta 0Ga) Chronicle. In it are lad
at rest the bodies of several who once
played prominent parts in the history of
Athens and the State. Death sights no
family, though for II time he may pass it by.
a few years after the war the door of tho
last restIng-place of the family yawned for
awhile and closed again on the increased
dead who slept within its dark, cold re-
cesses. For some years there were no
deaths, and the silence of the tomb was un-
broken save for the visits of loved ones who
knelt without and offered u prayer for the
dead or paid loving tribute TO their virtues.
At last death came once more. The good
old grandmother bowed to the will of time,
and the dear ones gathered to pay their last
respects. The solemn procession wound its
slow way to the cemetery. The door of the
vault moved heavily on it's hinges as it
swung back to receive its dead. A flood of
golden sunlight filled the tomb, dispelling
the gloom and revealing n strange sight.
There, creeping along the walls and over
the collins, was u white vine. Pure and
pearly it stood in bold relief against the
dark background and g%listened in the sun
light. But what most %astonished those who
saw it was Its urn-shaped windings. There
was no MISLEADING the resemblance. 1t was
almost u perfect urn. But the wonder did
not stop here. Curling further on it formed
a ID, the family initial. Astonishment
ceased not here. 1t was q triple mystery,
and the climax was yet to be reached. The
r,fnsntot . - An..I 80, H. 1900
Ashes, Dust to Dust" Those who were
looking at the white vine saw it tremble.
then it shook and fell in fragments, scatter
ing over the collins of the dead.
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A GENUINE
Unlike Most Stories of tho Kind, This Ono
Is Based on Facts.

A'~ wa NStos
A trial involving circumstances of all ex-
ceptionally romantic character will come be-
fore the tribunal of Ragusa, writes a Vien-
ago q peasant of the neighborhood of Ra-
gusa, being no longer able to support his
wife, emigrated to the United States, leav-
ing his better half in charge of the village
priest. From the first luck smiled on him,
and he was able to send the priest fifty
forms a month for his wife. AS his DO
sition improved he increased the amount of
his monthly ~remittances, but the r~ascally
revereudO only handed five forms q month
to the woman. This went on for fifteen
years, when this worthy clerical gentle
man forged q certificate of the husbands
death and placed it in the hands of his wife,
whose death he likewise certified in q
forged documen ssnd sent it to the husband
in America. Shortly afterward he piously
betook himself to Corfu, where he hoped to
spend the remainder of his days in peace,
rejoicing in the remembrance of his good
works. Fate had decided otherwise. The
unfortunate woman, his victim, was forced
to get her living by begging from the pas
sengers of the Lloyd steamers that touched
at Ragusa, and her husband sought conso-
lation in remarriage with u rich American
lady, by whom he had two children. After
twenty years absence he resolved to make
a tour in Europe with his family. He
visited Paris, Vienna, Trieste, and, finally,
Ragusa. On landing at that harbor a beg.
gar-woman accosted him, and asked for
aims. They recognized each other stimuli
~taneously. The beggar-woman was his
wife, whom he believed to have been dead
several yearsl TIT priest has been ar
rested and, in all probability, the second
marriage win be annulled.
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81. Joseph. ST. Louis and Santa Fe
Railroad Time Table.

At $3.50 a. H.. an accommodation freight
arrives at North Lexington from the june
tiou, Immediately returning and making con
nection with train going to Kansas CITY.
AT $40 a. M, an accommodation 1reiehi
brings the passengers arriving from the east
and immediately returns TO The Junction.
at 1880 a. M, sn accommodation arrives
from the Junction and Immediately returns
to make connection with train going east.
AT IL :55 a. M. a passenger train arrives at
North Lexington from st. Joseph and Kan
4as City and at 1901 p. m, leaves for the
function and Richmond.
At $3.50 y. m a passenger train arrives Al
North Lexington from Richmond and n
3:45 p, m. leaves for Kansas City and s,
Joseph.
At 4:45 p. M. an accommodation arrives -:
North Lexington from the Junction and ~
7:l5 p. M, leaves 70 make connection with
train going east.
prIngs passengers 10 North Lexington " no
nave arrived from Kansas City, and imme-
liitply returns 10 the Junction.
Omnlbuses make connection with all thest
rains, and all calls placed on the call book al
Grimes n Venable'S iewclry store will re
ceiye prompt attention.
JNo q YOUNG, SIR, '3upt. 'Buss Line.
Is. A. JOHNSON, :. Fe Agt. N. Lex.
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To reach the people AMI to hold before them
your name aud business in honest adver
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speak more plainly ,di~hnnes: advertisements,
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also the paper that contains thcm.-Inland
Printer.
Person :aiIlng 10 get their paper regularly
rom The carrier viii greatly oblige IA by
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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-12-28

Since 1873, when, under the editorial manage
mcnt of Mrs. Mary Maprs Dodge. the pubiica-
ton OF ST. Nicholas for Young Folks was begun,
IT has led all magazines for girls and boys
Nothing ike II was know before, and TO day,
~ the Chicago ln'cr-OceaH rccen ~ sud, ''iI Ia
he mo lei aud ideal juvcn!le magazine of the
world - Through its page : he greatest writers
o! our time are speaking to the youth of America
and England and the best artists and engravcis
appreciate the highest in art Nobody knows
how many TCairrs 81. Nicholas has. In the
third largest publ, library in America, that
IN indianapolis, -nlore than 3. 900 people read
each months number
Since The iirst issue Mira Dodge has rrmaiucd
Ms editor. Early IN ITS history other Young reo-
ple's magazines. our Young Folks, ''Ihc
Little Corporal - Riverside - etc were con-
solIdaucd with II, anh lis history has been on
of growth from the nrst. Tennysun, Bryant,
LongIrIlow, Whittier, Miss AIc0tl, Mrs. Bar
nett, Charles Dudley Warner, W u. IIoweIls.
ami almost every wcll-knOwn writer OF our
time have contributed to its pages. There liz
only one way in which ITS conductors can MAKE
It better, and that is by making more al 1t, aud
so they announce that with the beginning Of the
seventeen volume CNOvCmber, lSS9) st Nicholas
will he enlarged hy the addition OF eight, and
sometimes sixteen, extra pages in each NUN
her. 1hIs enlargement Is absolutely required
To make room tor the rIch store ui new material
which has been secured Tor the benefit OF ST.
| Nicno'as rcplerS The usr of new and clearer
Ape viii he begun with the NoYumbcr number
Dung The coming year there ere 10 be four
important sCrlai stories 10y Hour wcll-known
American authOr-. Athletics and outdoor sports
will he II ~IcCral feature Contributed by " alter
Caup of ate. and other }. All there will be
| stores ~ character and advrnIUlr, sketches of
information ami travel, outdoor papers, "a, clcs
Oi 81, Cnl lit rury interest, suggestive talks on
natural history, Other scI"nt lie subjects. and Ihp
marcn - events. Both The December AMI Jan
uarN numbers are Ia he hOl day Issue.
I The price v i'll be the IA ne GS heretofore, 81 Il
year, 25tents = nn hrr, rni all dealers and the
pubil,hers (rhe Century Go New Yurkl take
! sub rrip IONS. New subscribers sh suli begin
with November.
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% BOOKS GIVEN AWAY

We viii send thn outIro LIT Of Twenty Valuable
Books enumerated AMI described below, To every sub
prriber 10 this paper for the ensuing goar, wh" RENTS
price These books, each one of which contains "A COM
IlaJr nrst-clas- novel or other work 10y "a well known
HUl popular author, aye Niti -nDi ~ neat pamphlet
form. printed from good rrndabia type un guud paper,
md many at IueW handsomely illustrated. They com
Irf.r sn.,p at The finest works over written hy some Of
tr grntiHst and most popular winters, both Of AIueri-
ca aud Europe. Each one is complete In Itself:
N. 10. NTrS. CaUdl0's urttiu lectures. BY
UurGIAS JElutplp. Worry old and very funny Tho
Younger a. we'll us older generation should read them.
No. "a. Adventures 0Gs IGHrhciOr. ny the au-
thor of &c Biiah Hnirpui".A Adventures i'm New York"
aI1,rt humorous book hy Il popular author.
No. grG slow to MAKO and save Money on
lElc Farm. 4 valuable compilation uf useful facts.
hints and so r"asiiun7 Tor farmers aud gardeners.
No. ~. Fr"m the Earth 60 The Noon. A
Nn. 2s. The L;iur OH ETan Of the BnIIg-
nnIIrs. \ Novel. Hg EMILE GNBpIIAU.
No. ~ \ D,hgeros" " oman. A Novel. BY
No. 20. 'Thc Iiudcn Farm Bride. a Novel.
No. ~. simon Derrick Daughter. AYovel.
No. 2i3. The Isnron's win. Novel. By sYL-
Nc. 20 The Peril Of Richard Pardon. a
Novel. BY y. /. FAEJEuN.
No. 2yL RInckbIrd Hun. 4 Novel. BY ESTHER
No. IS INC Guardians Plot. 4 Novel. BY
n III. The Gray Falcon. ANoyeL. By NJ. T.
= 30. The sorrow OF "a Secret. A Novel.
no. -. Percy and the Prophet. A Novel.
No. 27 The story of u WeddIn Ring. A
40 23f. Marty Wares Temptation. A
Novel. Pv Mrs. HENEY WOOD.
No. 2}5. A Modern Cinderella. A Novel. By
No. 23i. The Island Home. ANovel. By NJ T.
No. rs. The Fatal Glove. ANovel. By CLARA
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OPINIONS.

There Is no other pnbl ratinn Of lis kind F"
.'n"rll ~ It's hcurInS and co erinE III" entire
lila AZ ifI,rtIulc. uL nn't scI'ne. and bringing
between the same coy ~ TIE RIP ST, richest
Thoughts Au'i Ihr tn'c,t results ul The lime ~
whiru ~ liv" NJ on" wn" vi'urs IN 'ntrlt-
srEt al urUitri>IOn al The r'u'i al III" / ne can
abort !. Ito without II -tChri'tian NJ Work
New York.
era n ii is tlat no other magazine can take
is III e.. 90. nubln,G the J II y l. a'ler In Keep up
WITH ar r'' mcr"ture- - up scopal Recorder,
liz 1T, ,flh few periodicals. whice seem in
i-Iri.-.lh l.. Il cUn'IIE@ nearly all the good
lt"rnlu.r 81 The time. - The Oh rchmnn, New
York
Boerauhy iclion, rrirnce. criticism. his
"a Y. poetry, trHie :, What, yer men are inter-
TIA ~. all are Iguul here -lIhc Watchm m.
Boston,
The lorenzo / writr,s of the time are repre-
scented on lis pnG"a. = 1t - IN III" quantity End
VA ur OF IT. cIn',nls /uciIe pJIuceDS .-lPIcs-
h3t,r!"n HI ucr. Pittsburgh
FU. the nun wnD trrs [ Je truly conVcrsant
with tie y,ry hest lit rI'ure OF this and Other
countries, II Is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Btptlsl,
+" ra:r The wing Age is TO hold the keys oil
he cuitc word ct Thought. OF scientific IN
rralI-a'suu. PSI choiuEicHi ret irch. critical
uufs. eos poetry aud romance --tBr7lnn Evening
\. holt.r outlay al money can be made tEan
In uh5rr hug Tar The Living Age Hartford
t"r,,r umnuut ol reading matter contained
lHr subscription ia extremely low.--lCHristian
| aGyuc.in. Nashville.
Ny.ri, lie wrlIr world of authors aud
writer, appear IN IL IN their b.st mood. i Bos-
'tH JNuIJH!.
Il may h, uuihiuily and cordially said tina, II
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Tribune
aches Il cnmulrr" compilation Of an in
| ,i,pus bile litrraiurC.- ithJCagOhvcnirG Jour
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LITTGLi'S LIVING AGE

IN 1874 TIE living AGssaxefasNfsoa -
/ .n", r"'outh y a. ~ {tes en5sek
II, luis" story CEairsfiaf lSeaa tszf4t3s
N,tam. HISTORIANS afkAlef<f6AAESfItfkTtN8
u n' "it aud 'E, y "ther rftst mel Is I'm Con-
'iu' t. III ""itn attn at hFs%4s
\ "uAls NJ pIE'nc. ~ givts anif RI than three
"A dt an r tr tn su-un t"niEC-co!umr OrIaNo
u ",s "i rrn I,& ma t." yearly u presents, il
A. .n"Np n-fvr .nrm considering lts great
.!rou of ~ tItrI. with r"hr'-s, uw my 10 lie
,c Lly SIT o.. aud Ain : completeness nuwhcr"
lie Il ten. ;d the b'st t.ssnSS, ReNi IS,
fEf cS "a. lui"s. Sketches al Travel nj dis
nyr. :, r.riy. Scientific, Biographical, us
,. ;,.I uud T. li'l"ai lrfurratrVu, ftOIn tie IN
re- L,i. IF gu r,r!"d!cad Literature, amt
en- The .. u II The
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-12-28
1890.
Harper's Young People.
AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.
1890.

The Eleventh Volume of Harper's Young PeO-
pie, which BeglnD with the Number Tor NOVen!-
Der D, lsSj, presents an attractive programme.
u VIII 1icT TO it's readers At least four serials Of
the usual length, AMI others in two or three
parts, EaM"iy, ''Ihe nrd ustang," by VIM
St1'liuri; : Pbi' and tn" Babv,' by Lucy
& Ii.i!r; Prince TurunI.' by John russell
Cory"ii: and 'AiOtn' RS Way" by Margaret
T. SlnFairr: t"O shDri s. rails by liJnimnT
lljprlh BuNtsen. Two SERIES OF Fairy Tale
VIII Itiraci the attention 'f lovrIs al til" Won
DIR word. namely, the guam ut tales told by
linwtTd i'Nl", aui 50 admirably illustrated by
hm, ana another 5rri'H 10 u q! ilrj eut vein by
Frank NJ. BI"knriI. IhcT" viii b. short stories
by W. ID iln wells. Th"m's S"ison Page, Mary
T.. W,ikIUs. Nora P.'ry Harriet Prescott Spot
ipfd SavId NCr. H'z"kiah lutierwOrth, Sophie
SWEET. I:ici- aid MlicUim Johnston, etc.
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A CHINESE DOCTOR.
he Makes in San Francisco Over 81
Thousand Dollars a Month.

He Makes in San Francisco Over Six
Thousand Dollars n Month.
A celebrity among the Chinese of San
Francisco is their great doctor, Ii Pc Tai,
say the New York Medical Times. He
has been In this country nearly thirty years,
and has a larger income from his profess
sion thar any white practitioner in the city.
His patients all come to tho Office when
able, and Ii Pc Tai sits up, habited in gor-
geous silk and ~brocades, In q little den of
an office overlooking the plaza, and feels
pulses all day long. The patients are most
y white people, who come to him after u
varied round OF their own physicians, or at
the i~nstigatlon of some resurrected and en-
thusiastic patients. LII Pc Tai rests the pa
tents elbows on a blue silk cushion and
proceeds TO feel their right pulse with his
three-hooked and long-clawed fingers. He
feels the right pulse to ascertain the con-
dition of the brain, stomach and kidneys,
and then grasps the left wrist to find out
about the heart, liver and lungs. Although
he knows practically nothing of anatomy as
our physicians know it, he makes n won
derful~ diagnosis of n case. He charges ten
dollars d week for his services, including
his medicines, and patients either come to
his Office and drink the t~issanes or take
packages of mysterious stuff home and
make their own drinks.
Ii Pc Tai has many notions that puzzle
and interest his patients.
He treats them TO IL course of antidotes
for genuine poisoning if they confess to
ever having eaten morphine. He next
commands them not TO cat shell fish or un-
cooked fruit, to let alone poultry, fried
meats, eggs, watery vegetables, all liquors,
and every thing sour. For these thirty
years Ii Pc Tai has made his patients drink
hot water. Dyspepsia, cancers and tumOrs
are his specialties. His income from his
profession is estimated at more than $1,000
per month.
Looks Like "a Mistake.
Anaturalist Who has been pryinG into the
matter says hat the jackass bird has be
come totGlly extinct. We think there must
be 81 me mistake here. 1t was only yestcr
day that we saw at least a dozen men car
rying canes or folded umbrellas on then
chouldpra
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CIub-ss,irce Tor Ihc best Home AND
E0rci@m I.itcTstur"

Ipossrs-.d Of The Living Age ANA one or
dine, nI nur yi,actuwS American m"ulh' -. IL
Sua4crIur viii Iiud Ism trAI IN comm 'l'i "l the
vt.Ir sIr.tun --lPhlII Nv l;ul Il "a
For So 20. III" Living Ag" nui any one OF
the American ) monlhiI"S for HarpCr's W. Ny
or EaZ,rl vtI tie scot tor II N'nt, past p1n'; T.,
10 81 - Ute wing Age aud ScrIhncr'> Nt.I-
zine or the st Nicholas
A.Iir,. LIrrELL y 60, Boston.
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JOSEPH JEFFEkS0n
1.-The Century Magazine" III I590
JefitrsOn'S Autobiography.
Novels R. Stockton, Amelia E. Barr, and
Others "A Capital Programme.

During 1880 The Century Magaz ne (whose
recent successes have included the famous
War Papers % the LINCOLN History and Coy.
Systen'') Will publish the Ion S-!Ook, Il Tor
Autobiography OF Joseph jefferson, whose
"Trip Va "i7kle''has made his name Il hou.e
hold wOt.I y more interesting rec 1ri of IA life
upon til" stage could be lait beio'e the public.
Mr. Jefferson : the fourth in u gen ration o.
actors, anil. With his children and grand hill
dren there are six r. operations OF actor. among
the Jelrrsuns. Ills stITv OF the earls day 8 9th
American ST Sr. when. us II boy, travelling /"
his fathers cnuipat Y, they woiili settle dow
Tor II sruSr N IN y western town. playing IN u cir
own ry 'cnunr z ii theairr,-h he psfiirulsrs u
m 'GS er r." an, %, ~, .!ri ism as.i .sass s W. Lis
an audlrNre of thai 81 = &tzffaIlt}<Sfc =
all mis-. .aftgts4 Il d atstf dfH per-
rats q cunt ss;ipFszr <S 4rfefs 5lss 5sna
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lt'F sir-' } -<Efo Wt1Heffr III Ehr Ffencl
$a,nns': ~ ~ 44AcsFts III u Nriifismt k,ric,
ri ii'u'ira'p.t patrrs. Tile imr"itsnt "iscov'
rirs made VIII ne 1'eat Lick Tees: pc al sen
Francisco tthc largest irIr' cope IN The w0ildI
and the lnt"tt exp Orn;inna rel Ting Ia pr his
'nrIc America Unciud M the famous >rrl"ri
Mound of OhIol are 10 be ch; oniclcd in The
Century
Prnr George + Fisicr. ~ Yale Uriv~ sity. ii
to write u series on IN. Niiu'r and Meih.i o.
Rev litlun.' which VIII attract r,rrt Hib!'
stud Mt. Bishop Pn't"". "i r"w YORK. VII -
one - lcNeral prom u" wr trrt who HIe {,
cnntr. butte II seri q OF ''Prc>rni DIV Papers, on
living topics and there ~il he art papers
timely articles etc tic aud the ell tic 1t PIC
rur' 2 that The ar' ht,s' artists and engrav,r Is ca
pToIucr
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Iinn agent takes subscriptions to The Ccntur'
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a pIr-roo.sd KonlaeLy ranIly.

In Grayson County, KY, there is a most
remarkable family named Hunton. 1t IL
composed OF father, mother and eight sons
and daughters, all Of the children full
grown. Not one OF them weighs less than
lis pounds, and the second Oldest son tips
the beam Mt 275. This, however, would not
be uncommon, as large people are abundant
in Kentucky; but every member Of The
family has feet OF most extraordinary size.
far out OF prpportion to their bodies. There
are no manufactured shoes large enough
for them, an,fit keeps a country shoemaker
busy supplying pedal coverings for the en-
family. Not one Of them uses u shoe
than hat mad on a Is last, and the
foot measures Is inches in length.
white persons in Kentucky are
have LOO approaching these in
.colored people frequently
Q ordinary foot requir.
nay be
Gock.
ling,
lths,
that
kith