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How 10 Sweep the ParIor.

al do believe / am never without
either dust-pan or a broom in my
hand, yet have very few ornaments
in my room. i can not understand
how you have so many pretty things
and keep them free from dnst." said
one neighbor to another.
al do not sweep my rooms with a
broom or use dust-pan," was the re-
ply.
Never use broom"
70 mo, the dust and wool dislodged b,
this operation must be breathed by the
one sweeping and the dust flies bach
and settles again. When / give my
room weekly sweeping / first dust
every thing with a soft cloth. and after
busting the furniture, windows, doors
and other articles. I pass a DANG
sponge over the carpet, changing the
water as often as it becomes soiled. In
this way l keep my carpet clean with
little fatigue to myself or injury to my
lungs"
II should think the colors would run
and the dust get wiped into the fiber. :"
''On the contrary, the colors keep
brighter than il broom were used.
and the sponge is wrung so dry it does
not wet the carpet at all, but it takes
of the dust perfectly."--Detroii
Tribune.
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PEANUTS FOR INSOMNIA.
Bishop Lyman Says That a HaIf-Pint Dos
Daily Effects "A Cure.

BishOp lyman says mat q Dose
Daily Effects "A Cure.
DR.. Theodore B. Lyman, Episcopal
Bishop of North Carolina, has written
the following letter TO the Raleigh
Daily News and Courier:
II think have made a very valu-
able discovery. and am anxious that
others should also enjoy the benefit of
it. For nearly two years have been
suffering greatly from sleeplessness at
night. have tried a great number of
proposed remedies, some of which
have helped me a little, but not for
any length OF time. A little more than
a fortnight ago, while staying at the
house of friend in the country, nv
good hostess brought into the parlor,
quite late in the evening, a bountiful
supply of peanuts. As | am very fond
of them, when they are not too much
cooked, ate quite freely of them, and
soon after retired 10 bed, / found the
next morning that had enjoyed the
best sleep | had experienced for over
month. / attributed this at once to
the peanuts, and determined to try
them again the following evening. /
did so. and also drank glass OF fresh,
sweet milk after i had finished the
peanuts. That night / slept still
better, and now, for a fortnight, /
have partaken of the peanuts and milk
every night, and have not only slept
remarkably well, but have also fully
recovered from a slight attack of in
digestion which had troubled me be-
fore. / now find that peanuts, care
fully roasted and not overdone, so as
to be at all burnt, are surely remedy
for sleeplessness and also for that form
of indigestion which produces sleep
lessness.
There is popular impression that
peanuts are indigestible. but / have
never found them so unless they were
too much roasted or had been roasted
many days before. When too much
cooked or when stale they certainly
are indigestible, but when carefully
roasted and fresh they promote d.
gestion. They should be eaten shortly
before going to bed. and not more than
q half pint should be taken. They
should be roasted before they are
shelled, and shelled only as they are
eaten. A half pint of shelled nuts
would be too many. commend this
remedy with great confidence to those
who are afflicted with insomnia, par
ticularly If Indigestion is in part the
cause of it. The peanut is a very val
liable article of food when carefully
roasted and partaken of in moderation.
/ hope none OF my readers will imagine
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ERICSSON'S MONITOR.
The Difficulty lie Had in Getting the Gov
ernment TO Accent 1T,

The Difficulty He Had in Getting the Gov
eminent to Accept 1t.
Mr. Ericsson, soon after our &C
Quaintance, let me take the Monitor
plans. He had vowed that he would
never 60 to Washington with the
plans because the Government owed
him $12, 900 for his engineering work
in constructing the propeller Prince
ton, the first propeller ever built but
would not pay it. I took the plans to
Mr. Wells, Secretary of the Navy, and
also to Mr. Seward, Secretary of State.
Mr.. Seward gave me a note TO Presi-
dent Lincoln, and the following day j
called on the President. He said he
did not know much about vessels,
save fiat-bOots, but he agreed to meet
me the next day with the Board OF
Naval Commissioners. Well, at this
meeting President Lincoln heard a
great deal of adverse criticism on the
part of the naval officers, but he said
that the idea reminded him of the eX-
preston of the girl who, when she
put her foot in her stocking, said:
There's something in it." Then i
requested the board to make favor
able report, that there might be a
vessel constructed from the plans.
Two were in favor and one was OPP
posed, and could not persuade him TO
consent. / was rather discouraged
and | saw but one way to secure adop-
ton of the plan, and that was to bring
Ericsson before the board. | left
Washington for New York that night
| saw Ericsson the next morning, and,
by the way. l was admitted by a SER
want girl, Ann, who has been in Mr..
Ericsson's service from that time until
the present. / succeeded in persuad-
ing him TO break his VOW and return
with me to Washington, telling him
that all that | believed was in the way
of the acceptance of the plan was the
fact that one of the members of the
board did not think that he under
stood the idea well enough to give it
his appreciation. So Mr.. Ericsson re-
turned with me, and under the in
fiuence of the mans enthusiasm and
eloquence the board became convinced
of the feasibility of the project and
gave it their hearty approval. Thus
approved the plan was carried out and
the Monitor was built. C. S. Bush
nell, in Springfield Republican.
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GENIUS AND CONCEIT.
Men OF Great Minds who Were Convinced
of Their Own Perfection.

Men OF Great Minds who Were Convinced
of Their Own Perfection.
Men OF great genius are frequently
men of great conceit: Albert Durer,
wrote calmly to one who had found
fault with his work: at can not be
better done" Hazlitt speaks thus of
his Table Talks" 81 could swear
(were they not mine) the thoughts in
many of them are founded as rock,
free as air, the tone like an Italian
picture" When John Dryden was
congratr lated on the beauty OF his
lode for st. Cecilia's Day." he an
swered: ''YOu are right; a nobler
Of was never produced, and never
win be-" John G.. SAKE, coming one
day from the Boston Post, said, exult-
ingly, to the first friend he met: II
have just left with Colonel Greene the
finest sonnet that has been written
since the days of Sir John Sucking"
When Hogarth was at work upon his
Marriage a la Mode" he told Rey-
nolds that the world would soon be
gratified with such sight as it has
never seen equaled." Baron Bunson
tells us that calling once upon Thor
waldsOn, the sculptor, he found him
greatly depressed. He had lately fin
ished his Christ" for Copenhagen,
and he believed that his genius had
reached its full height and must now
begin to- decline. Il have never be-
FORE" he explained, 'been satisfied
with any of my work.. / am satisfied
with this. and shall never have a great
idea again" George Elliot said that
she had never finished a novel without
throwing aside her pen in the despair
ing belief that she could never write
another line. Great Cod What
genius | had when | wrote that bookr'
was Swift's cry over the Tale of
Tub in the sad days when he had be-
come a driveler and a show."-Yankee
Rlada
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PUBLICATION OF LAWS.
How BIemishes Are Often Engrafted Upon
Our Statute Books.

Our Statute Books.
The laws arr published in various
forms. They are first published sep
arately in sheet form, as ''slip laws"
as soon as possible after being received
by the Bureau and numbered in the
order of their receipt. When so pub
lished the slip laws are given to the
editor of the laws Ga competent per-
son elected from the legal profession
by the Secretary of State and private
ly employed for that purpose). who
notes marginal references to previous
legislation, arranges the acts and res
olutions by chapters" and prepares a
suitable index; and under his editorial
care at the end of the session OF Con-
gress, they appear again in pamphlet
form as session laws" Lastly, at the
close of a Congress, the laws of each
session are gathered by the editor into
a single volume and bound as Stat
utes-at-Large" The numerous read
ings given to the printed proof" and
the careful comparison with the text
of the originals. effectually guard
against discrepancies. The manner in
which the department performs its
duty is thoroughly creditable; the
manner in which Congress dismisses
its own work is, in many instances,
absolutely disgraceful. Some OF the
rolls received at the department are
disfgured by erasures, interlineations
and blots, BY errors in photography,
capitalization and punctuation, and by
hieroglyphic mangling that suggest
the masterpieces of school-boy
art. These and more serious imper-
fections, once placed upon the parch-
ment roll, are law. However glaring
the blun6er, however mischievous the
distortion or omission, the State De
partment is powerless to add a con-
Meeting dot or stroke. Mistakes made
by Congressional enrolling clerks have
undone legislation accomplished by
Congress after hours of debate. An
item of half a million dollars for pub
lie purposes was bodily left out in the
enrolment of a recent appropriation
act; and the substitution OF comma
for hyphen in transcribing a tariff
measure some years sgO caused loss
to the Government of thousands OF
dollars before the error was detected
and further loss arrested by the pas
sage of another act. These are but
specimen cases. II is humiliating to
think that a sleepy or incompetent
clerk should be able 10 Illustrate the
legislative will OF Nation, and start
ling to reflect on the opportunities for
fraud by deliberate tampering with the
public rolls. Blemishes enough are
engrafted upon our statute-books by
the legislators themselves, in the shape
of careless or unwise enactments;
surely, if we can not always have clear
craftsmanship, We should have at least
clear penmanship in the parchment
record of our laws. the blame, like
the remedy, rests with Congress-
Edmund Alton. in ST. Nicholas
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CULTURE OF HEMP.
A Crop That Can BE Grown Wherever Corn
Is Produced.

a Crop mat Can he Grown Wherever Corn
Is Produced.
ANY soil that viii grow a full crop
of corn will produce hemp to perfec-
ton, America being the best country in
the world for this crop. The soil must
be dry and well drained, for, if wet,
hemp will not thrive upon it. This is
very important; use tile drains. Sow
the seed in spring as soon as the
ground is well settled, broadcasting
from two TO four pecks of seed per
acre. American grown seed is the best.
l have tried Russian grown hempseed,
but it is no good, though that from
China promises well. Cut the hemp in
September with moving machine, as
you cut timothy hay. Let it rot on the
ground till the fiber separates. Then
rake it with horse rake and stack or
shock it the same as you do corn. A
hay derrick will be useful in this work
If you have one. Thrash with fails
when dry. A mill and machinery to
work hemp will cost about 81 800 and
the dry rotted hemp straw fit for the
mill is worth $40 per ton; L tons is the
average yield per acre, but some get
two or three tons. | have had Is
years experience in growing and
working hemp and am fore
man in hemp mill, which will have
600 acres of hemp grown for it this
year. Such an outfit as above referred
to will work from five to 10 carloads OF
fiber in season. and employ from eight
to 10 men. The machinery for making
hemp tow includes "a futed rollers
with breaks; two scutching machines,
provided with loose heaters, and two
scutching machines with solid heaters,
made of 2x4 oak and provided with
piekers of steel one inch. long revolv-
ing on drum four feet in diameter.
This will clean the hemp. In order to
save hemp seed, the crop should be
cut by September 20, with a reaper,
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that letters OF
administration on the estate of VIM. Nj.
Gentry, deceased, were granted to the IN
dersigned on the 18th day of May, 1889
by the probate court of Pettis county, Mis-
souri,.
All persons having claims against said
estate are required to exhibit them for al
lowance to the administrator, within one
year after the date of said letters. or they
may be precluded from any benefit of such
estate; and if such claims be not exhibited
within two years from the date of this pub
lication, they shall be forever barred.
This 25th day of May. 1885.
BETTE III. GENTRY,
5-2Sw4t ADMINISTRATIVE.
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5-2Sw4t
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of an order of the
probate court of Pettis county, Mis-
souri,, made on the 9th day of May, 1889,
the undersigned, public administrator for
said county, has taken charge of the estate
of Jerome B. Cronk, deceased. All per-
sons having claims agains; said estate are
required 10 exhibit them to me, for allow
ance within one year after the date OF said
letters, or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate, and if such claims be
not exhibited within two years from date
of this publication, they shall be forever
barred.
This z7th day Of May, 1889.
JOHN r. CLoPToN,
6-4w4t Public Administrator.
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Worse Than All That

Brown (repulsing his wife as she
comes forward to greet him on his re-
turn home)-'Don't come near your
depraved and abandoned husband.
''Great heavens, William, what is
the matter?"
"Don't come near me, say. I'm q
loathsome object. Oh, how could II
"For heavens sake tell me. Have
you committed a murder, are you a
defaulter, are you a horrible big
amist?"
sWorse than all that"
'Speak. Do you want to kill me?"
MARY, I've beehive been-eating
young onions. Chicago Herald.
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that have started a peanut farm, and
am wishing to create a boom in that
article, but shall be rejoiced if what
/ have written should be the means of
bestowing on any others the great
benefit which have derived from this
simple agency"
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Health is Wealth !

DR. E. C. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
TREATMENT, guaranteed specific for Hysteria
Dizziness, Commissions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia
Headache, Nervous Prostitution caused BY the use
CT slcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental De-
preston Softenng of the Brain resulting In insan
ity and leading 10 mis- ~, decay and death, Pre-
orrhoea caused by ever-exertion of the BRAIN SELF
abuse or over Indulgence. Each box contains one
mouths treatment. sl.0o box, or six boxes 70
S. 90, sent by mail prepaid on receipt Of prices.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any ease. With each order received by1s
for six boxes, accom- anied with s. 90, we win
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re-
fund the moaey il the treatment does not effect 8
Druggist, sl2 East Third St. Sedalia Mo.
l-27ikwlf
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three men following and shocking ii
as you would corn. When the hemp is
cured; thrash out the seed with fails,
clean the seed with fanning-mill and
spread the straw TO rot Farmers
should know that all the corn land in
the West will grow hemp and that
a crop of hemp is worth four times az
much as a crop of cOrn--Cor. Farn
and Homo
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TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, William Dunfee and Eliza.
beth Dun:ee, his wife, by their certain
deed of trust dated the LIST day OF May,
1884, and record, d in the rec ,rder's office
If Pettis county, Missouri, at deed book
S3, pages 425, 426, 427, 42S and 429. con-
veyed to the undersigned J. c. Thompson,
and TO the following described real estate,
situated in the county of Pettis, state OF
Missouri, viz: The south hall of the
southwest quarter and twenty-one and one
half CHI acres off The south side of the
northwest quarter of the southwest quar-
ter and the northeast quarter OF the south
west quarter Of section thirty-fOur ga,
township forty-six (i6), range
twenty-three (23), west D, p. m.,
which said conveyance was made In trust
20 secure the payment OF a certain prom
issory note 10 said deed described, and
whereas said note has become due and is
now unpaid, now therefore, in accordance
with the provisions OF said deed of trust
and at the request or the legal holder of
said note, shall proceed TO sell the above
described real estate at the west front door
Of the court house in the city of Sedalis,
in the county of Pettis state aforesaid, to
the highest bidder for cash, at public auc-
ton, on
MONDAY THE FIRST DAY OF JULY,
1889,
between The hours of nine in the forenoon
and FIVE in the afternoon OF that day, to
satisfy said note, together with the cost
aud expense CT executing this trust.
]. c. THOMPSON, Trustee.
Dated this 11.h day of June, 1889.
J. T. Montgomery, ATTY. 6-llw3t
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Missouri Trust Co.
Authorized Cepital $500 10000
Capital paid up in Cash $500 0oo.aa
DEALERS IN
INVESTMENT SECURITIES.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Savings received in sums OF ONE DOL
LAR and over on which interest is allowed.
LOAN DEPARTMENT.

Money to loan on real estate for long or
short time, at lowest rates, with the privi-
vilege to make partial payments.
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When A. T. Stewart died there
was TO his credit on the books of A. +.
Stewart & Co. $12, 200, 900.

-Girls would rather sing soprano
'nan alto because it is higher-toned.
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
o A Crandall, President.
F A Sampson, Vice-President.
G L Fsulhaber, Treasurer.
+ E Hoffman, Secretary.
Henry Lamm, Attorney.
r Fl Moses, John w Murphy,
Q Tannehill, B Brugler.
Office corner Fourth and Ohio Streets,
Sedalis, Mo. 3-24d&wtf
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SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTT.

Safe deposit boxes in our fire and burg
lar proof vault to rent at FIVE dollars per
annum and upward.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-12-12
The Jinriksha for Newport.

Next season a novel mode of clancy
transportation is TO be introduced to
the fashionable world of Newport.
Every imaginable style of vehicle has
had its day at that leading resort, save
the 'Jinriksha," the Japanese hanson
and now even that is promised. Peo-
pie who have visited Japan are enthu-
siastic in their praise of this queer lit
tie carriage ON two wheels, drawn by
a native, whose elaborate harness con-
sists of huge bowl-shaped hat and a
navy-blue gaberdine. This costume,
however, would here be adapted to
Western propriety and climate, but the
"Jinriksha" ought to catch on, as it
has done at the Paris Exhibition. The
Parisians have taken it to their hearts
and gardens, and it won't be long
before Japan's pet vehicle is seen
travelling up and around the Bots de
Boulogne. To know how distract
ingly pretty young woman can be in
her s.jinriksha," look at the illustra-
tons of Pierre Lofts fascinating
story, MADAME Chrysantheme,r where
this old go-cart plays an important
Dart
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-12-12

One OF the oldest pieces of block
iron in the city hangs in the French
ironworker's little shop. 1t is a picture
frame in open work, with towering
vine of morning glory wandering over
it. The blossoms and tendrils are
wrought with great nicely, but the
frame is injured by conventional
looking fiye-pointed star at the bottom.
The old man sorrowfully confessed
that this was blemish, but declared
that he would not take less than 500
for his frame, and would be grieved
to see it go even at that.
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Dainty Dishes.

Among the dishes served at the
wedding luncheon of one of the rich
Cinnamon of New York recently were
the following: Broiled tendon of
ducks feet, with chicken liver and
sweetened lotus seed, served with
watermelon wine; stewed goat tails
with chestnuts, served with hardshell
crabs in garlic and Chinese vinegar;
pigeon bones fried to a crisp, then
boiled with bamboo shoots and mush-
rooms; and fried ducks tongues, with
imported ham and sharks fins, with
caulifower.
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LIFE.
Entertaining Observations by Shrewd
Observers of Men and Women.

Entertaining Observations by Shrewd
Observers of Men and Women.
In every village, town and city there
is room for true growth in social man.
ners.
OF all our National traits, let us be
thankful for that which the foreigner
first noticed in us, the good nature of
our crowds.
In the October number of the
Forum, that able English writer,
Frances Power Cobbe, deplores the
bad influence America, and especially
the American press, has exerted over
her own country in propagating spe-
cics of cutaneous disease which may
fairly be called the itch for notoriety,
as the more it is scratched the redder
and fiercer grows the Inflammation.
The fashion of a man locking his
arm behind a woman's elbow and
clutching fast to her forearm is not
peculiar to America. An English
woman writes to London journal:
"Man is rapidly ceasing to be the
gallant defender of our sex. Once
upon time we looked up to him and
rested upon his arm. Now, alas the
tables are turned. In the present day
he idly takes our arm, while we are
obliged 10 take his part and our own
as WELL"
Ii is observable that a taste for
flowers prevails throughout all woman
kind, regardless of caste or nationality.
Almost invariably, when she can afford
even SO inexpensive luxury, you are
just as sure to see few flower-pots
containing some pretty plants in the
window of the working woman,
counting the rays of the winter sun,
as you are to see conservatory
attached to splendid mansion. The
very presence of flowers in a room
lends il an air of refinement and taste
as well as cheerfulness.
"a man must keep horses" said
well-known New York broker, $50 as
to be able to take a walk occasionally
in the Park. don't know what quail
ity it is in the human brain that makes
walking a crime when other people are
driving and you have no horse of your
own, but it is a fact that people in
New York shun the Park as they
would plague after they have dis
posed of their horses. If it is known
that man owns horse or two, then
people understand that he walks in the
Park for exercise, and not because he
is poor; but if he has no horse he de-
tects look of commiseration on the
faces of his friends as they drive by,
and his walk is rather unhappy"
A certain shoemaker says: "Worn
shoes go ahead of the art of fortune
telling from the lines of the hand. In
your shoe, for instance, see irresolu-
ton, changeableness, inclination TO
slovenliness and occasional paroxysms
of ill-humor. Show me any persons
foot-gear after two months wear, and
| will describe the character of the
person. If the. soles and heels are worn
evenly, then the wearer is resolute,
able business man, with clear head,
a trustworthy official, or an excellent
wife and mother. If the sole is worn
on the outside the wearer is inclined
to adventurous, uncertain, fitful deeds,
or, il woman, TO bold, self-willed,
capricious tricks. The sole being worn
on the inner side shows hesitation and
weakness in man and modesty in a
Uoman
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Welded on Ton.

There was a romantic wedding the
other day on top of the Allegheny
Mountains. The mountain selected is
directly upon the border between the
Vlrginias. The welded couple stood
upon the Virginia side, while the cler-
gyman stood over the line in West
Virginia, as he could not perform the
ceremony in Virginia.