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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-05-18
OPTION DEALING.
Jefferson City Tribune. May IL

jefferson City Tribune. May IL
The bill prepared by the committee
on criminal Jurisprudence to prohibit
fictitious gambling trans sactiOn in agri-
cultural products, other commodities,
stocks and bonds, which passed the
house some days ago, was taken up
and passed by the senate yesterday.
The bill is severe and far-reaching in
its provisions. 1t provides that all
purchases and sales, contracts, agree
ments, etc., of agricultural and other
commodities named, unless the full
amount of property is on hand or un.
der control TO deliver. shall be deemed
gambling. Any adjustment or settle
ment OF the differences between the
buying and selling price in the con-
tract, otherwise than by the actual de-
livery OF the article 30 sold or bought
i'll the quantity and at the price agreed
upon in the contract, shall be prima IA
Gle evidence of the guilt of the party
accused. Any company, co-partner-
ship or corporation, or member, officer
or agent thereof, or any person found
guilty Of a violation shall be fined in a
sum not less than three hundred dol
lars nor more than three thousand dol
lars.
In order 10 violate the law il is not
necessary that both the buyer and the
seller shall agree to do any OF the acts
prohibited, but the offense shall be
complete Tor offering or pretending to
sell or buy, whether the same is accept
ed or not.
1t shall be unlawful for any corpor-
alton, association or individual to Keep
or cause to be kept in this state any
office, store or otner place wherein is
or permitted the pretended
buying or selling of the shares OF stocks
or bonds of any corporation, or petro.
leum, provisions, cotton, grain or ag-
ricultural products whatever, either on
margins or otherwise, without any in
tention of receiving and paying for the
property so bought or of delivering the
property SO sold. A violation of this
provision will incur fine of not less
than $500 nor more than $1,000.
Ii is made the duty of commission
merchants, brokers, ETC.. to keep "a
written statement of names of parties
to whom property has been sold or
from whom purchased. A failure to
comply with thfs provision shall be
prima facie evidence of guilt. The
renting of property for such gambling
purposes is punishable by fine of not
less than $500 nor more than 81 800 tor
each offense, and penalty SO adjudged
shall be lien upon the premises. All
contracts made In violation of the law
shall be void.
Judges OF circuit and criminal courts
are required to give the provisions of
this law in special charge to grand ju-
ries. The attorney general and pros.
ecuting attorneys are required TO see
that the law is enforced.
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OUR CLIMATE NOT CHANGING.
FalIacy of the r opuIar Notion.

Prof. Cleveland Abbe, of the Mete-
geological building at Washington,
who is the real founder of the signal
service, takes up IN the February num-
ber of the Forum the popular idea that
our climate is changing. After show
ing in an interesting way how changes.
if any occur, are calculated from mete-
geological tables, no shows that ra.
tional climatology gives no basis for
the much-talked-o influence upon the
climate of country produced by the
growth or destruction of forests, the
building of railroads or telegraphs, and
the cultivation of crops over a wide ex
tent of prairie. "Any opinion as to the
meteorological effects of mans ac-
tivity,' he says, "must be based either
upon the records OF observation or on
q pltort theoretical reasoning. Now
the records of experience are exceed
ingly diverse in various parts of the
world, and lead to no uniform conclu.
sion. The archaeological evidences
OF the existence of animals and plants
where they cannot now thrive, show
clearly that great changes have taken
place during geological ages perhaps
$4,000 years distant; but no important
climatic change has yet been demon.
strated since human history began "
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DEATH OF JOHN N. EDWARDS.
From the Sedalia Gazette. |

Major John N. Edwards is dead.
In the estimate which men make of
human life and character. that DISPOSE
lion weighs most and is most sublime
which carries i'm its warp and woOf
the woven threads of charity and chiv-
airy, of geDtleness and courage, of de-
votion TO principle aud duty, commin-
gled with that love of felIowman which
Is womanly in it's tenderness and grim
in its determination.
And such a disposition had John N.
Edwards. There was not more of
the rich purple of fruition in the
great grapes of EIchol, carried on
mems shoulders out OF the land
OF Canaan than in the blood of
this heroic, childIike gentleman No
matter in what society or under what
circumstances he wrote or spoke, he
had that kindliness of nature, that
splendOr of courtesy, which harmed no
man without just and sOrrOwful cause.
And amid all the brilliant and beauti.
iul things which foun1 their way from
his teeming brain into human hearts
there was never one sting of malice, OF
envy, or OF strife. Though pre-em.
Inently man of peace; though born
for the contemplation of sylvan shades
and nights in June; though nurtured
by the velvet hand of poesy, and sur
rounded through life by conveys OF
cherubic thoughts, John N. Edwards
rode down with the guns on many
hard fought battle field, and smiled al
the skeleton of death beside him; and
ratified its dry bones with no more
thought of fear than has the prattling
child amid field of clover blooms.
Aud if he had ever contemplated
time to die, he would have chosen yes
terday as that time. The birds of
spring were chirping at his window,
Il golden flood of light had burst upon
the world, and the green woods flush
ed with sunshine, and shadOwed here
and there, sang the praises of nature
and OF natures God. Ii was a peace
tul hour; and when the great soul sped
away to its haven of rest, the time aud
the hour were the richer with the
weight of duty done.
There will be tears in every house
hold OF Missouri over the death of John
N. Edwards. Tears for the man who
loved the children and the soldiers.
AOoio Aoi WIZ Iou0
spurred into the enemies guns, and
then turned to weep over the dead
comrades who laid down their lives
beside him. Tears for the journalist
who knew neither fear nor malice
Tears for the patriot who hated moth.
ing more tiercely than treachery and
cowardice. Tears for the neighbor
and friend, whose hospitable doors
stood always open. and whose hand,
ever extended in generosity to tne poor,
the friendless and the outcast, never
closed upon dishonest dollar. Tears tor
the husband and father, at whose grave
will weep not only loving wife and
children, but the wives and children of
all men i'm this broad state who love
virtue and its defenders. Tears to-day
and tears tomorrow. And then
blessed memory of one who giIded the
sunshine while he lived, and then went
down to death with all the majestic
calmness of one who lies down to
pleasant dreams.
After life's ftful fever. be sleeps well.
ROBERT M. YosT.
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TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.

Furnished weekly to the Intelligencer by
Captain j. ID. Conner. recorder of deeds OF
Lafayette county, Mo.
Abstract of the deeds filed in the Office OF
Recorder OF Deeds from Saturday, May 4,
1889. to Saturday, May II, 1889. Only
such as contain covenants of warranty con-
tanned In list.
JnO. +. Campbell TO John Carroll,
20 acres off end se sw IA, IS, %. - 5 125 90
Herman Krause to ii. Cobb, lot so,
Estel Heights. ................. 40 GO
F.Struchtemeyer and wife to IL. W.
Brown, 80 acres, sw Sc. and 10 acres
of 3 end NV Sc 13, As, 90. .. 1,O50 90
ID. Callahan, Jr., and wife to q.
and ii. Krohm, 80 acres w hf sw. and
10 acres off side W hf NV %. As.
81: 1000 90
j. b. Williamson TO r. Struchte-
meyer. 80 acres. sw Sc 10, 4S, 30; al
so sw Sc 10. As. 30. 9................... 2.1OO 90
John j. Mastin to M. Bergman, 40
acres, sw Sc 80. 40. "a. 800 90
Hugh G. Smith to j. NJ. Dysart.
100 acres, W part Sc 50. 81. %. ... $500 90
JAS. F. Wood to j. Boxley, part
lots l, and 3, blk Is, Odessa ...... 800 90
GD No instrument will be filed until the
fee Is paid. -RM
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NO HEAD REQUIRED.

There was certain i:-ige who,
though honest, was believed by the
lawyers TO be dull aud incompetent.
Among the practitioners of his court
was Colonel M An old lawyer noted
for his learning and ability, marred by
the habit of intemperance. He had
acquired great disgust for the Judge,
and displayed it with frank ness that
was anything but refreshing to that
functionary.
One day the old lawyer was sitting
in the courtroom half doing under the
influence of his cups, when his atten-
ton was attracted by hearing the Judge
remark:
'Gentlemen of the bar, can we not
dispose OF that sewing machine case
nowF And before anybody else could
reply Col. M looked up and said:
81 hope yr hon'r'l get on swimming
ly, now that you've got something you
can work with your ieet."
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IN A FIFTH AVENUE MANSION,

81 wish, sis, you would shine nv
shoes for me-" said rich, matter-of-
TACT Young man to his sister.
"l'll do nothing of the sort" she re-
piled Indignantly.
well, you ought to-"
"Why ought to do menial work ?"
"Because you encourage the Italian
count to come here, and you tlirt with
hun. 1t you are going to marry him
you can't begin too soon to learn TO do
menial work. You should fit yourself
at once To become n foreign countess. !"
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CHANGE OF BRIDGE MATERIAL.
LFrom the Boston Transcrint.t


Are we going back from iron to
stone! The managers of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad have resolved to rebuild
all its bridges of short span in brick or
stone, instead of iron. 1t is argued
that the weight Of locomotives has iu-
creased so much of late years that iron
bridges, which were built with large
margin OF safety, are now dangerously
tried by the trains passing over them,
and the expense of inspection and re-
pair OF iron bridges represents a large
interest on their cost. For these rea-
sons the engineers on the road have
decided that brick or stone arches, al
though much more expensive in the
first instance than iron trussses, will be
cheaper, as well as safer, in the end.
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THE OOLORED VOTE.
From the Miami News. |

The Brothers Optic, a paper pub
lished by negro at Moberly, has the
following to says "The present admin
istratiOn Is in direct harmony with the
expression of James G.. Blaine In No
velnber, 1884, just after his defeat, at
Augusta, Maine, when he said: The
negro ought to be disenfranchised.'
1t is true he ia not president, but his
twin brother Ben is. In '92 we'll meet
him. II not in the convention it is
sure to be at the ballot box. Please
stick II pin in this and keep it for ref
erence."
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MISSOURI, KANSAS g. TEXAS
RAILWAY.
To Texas and the City of Mexico.

To Texas and the City of Mexico.
Double daily train service from st. Louis,
Hannibal and Kansas City to Denlson, Sher-
man. Dallas. Corslcana, Houston and Calves
ton, Fort Worth, Waco, Taylor. Austin, and
San Antonio. Daily Pullman Buffet Sleep
ing Cars from st. Louis and Kansas CITY.
Close connections made at San Antonio with
trains carrying sleeping cars to the City of
Mexico. For maps. folders, time tables, and
other Information, call on or address
GAsToN MEsLIER,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
aprou Sedaiia, Mo,
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MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION.

The annual meeting of the Missouri
Press Association will be held at Ne
vada, Tuesday and Wednesday, June
4th and 5lh, 1889. 1t is earnestly hop
ed that every reputable newspaper edi-
tor and publisher in the state, whether
now a member of the association or
not will make it a point to be present.
The programme prepared is a special.
ly interesting one and with little effort
on the part OF the members will be of
great profit TO the newspaper frater-
nifty of this state. This programme is as
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-05-18
A Poem OF Passion.

"You kissed me! My head
Dropped low on your breast
With feeling Of shelter
And infinite rest,
While the holy emotions
NV tongue dare not speak
Flashed up in flame
From my heart to my cheek.
Your arms held me fas';
Oh. your arms were so bold;
Heart beat against heart
In their passionate fo'd.
Your glances seemed driwing
My soul through my eyes
As the sun dr. iws the mist
From the sea TO the skies.
Your lips ciung to mine
Till PRAYED i'm nv bliss
They might never unciasU
From that rapturOus kiss.
You kissed me! My heart
Aud my breath and my will
In deliI iOus 10Y
For moment stood still.
Life had for me then
No temptations, no charms,
No visions of happiness
Outside of your arms,
And were this instant
An angel possessed
OF the peace and the Joy
That are given the blest
l would fling my white robes
UnrepIningly down;
i would tear from my forehead
Its beautiful crown
To nestle once more
Iu that haven of rest
Your lips upon mine,
My head on your breast.
You kissed me NV soul
In bliss SO divine
Reeled and swOoned like drunken man
Foolish with wine.
And | thought 'twere delicious
To die there, il death
Would but come while my lips
Were yet moist with your breath;
III | might grow cold
While your arms clasped me round
In their passionate fold.
And these are the questions
| ask day and night;
Must lips taste no more
Such exquisite delight:
Would you care il your breast
N'i''re my shelter ~ thea,
i"al if YOU were here
"did you Kiss me again.
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A Tale of Woe.

From the st. Louis Republic
A young lady once had beauX.
With corn on the end OF his teaux,
And when it did peign,
Bad language did reign,
While his words were not purer than sneauX
One evening he called with sleigh
And impOred her to then run aweiyh;
But the old man was theighr,
And at once pulled his haighr,
While the girl on his collar did pegh.
He would not cen short answer deign
When brought up to the judge to be sleign (;
SO they made him leave tOughn.
And when he had fioughn
The girl got q new beaux ageing
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PROGRAMME.


TUESDAY, A. NJ, JUNE 4th.
Called TO order.
Prayer.
Address of welcome and response.
Presidents address.
Roll call; appointment of commit
tees; applications tor membership.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
Address by Hon. c. HI. Jones, of the
st. Louis Republic; subject, "Journal-
ism and Journalists"
1.-The Country Editor,"-W. l.. Reid,
Monroe City News. Discussed by Mrs.
Il. d. Bogie, of the Richmond Demo.
crat, and Adam Rodemyre, of the Cen.
tralia Guard.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9TH.
Legislation affecting newspapers
W. o. l.. Jewett, Shelbina Democrat;
discussed by j. West Goodwin, of the
Sedalia Bazoo, f. A. Weimer, of the
Stanberry Sentinel and Walt NJ. Mon
roe, of the Upton Times.
Newspaper piracy,"-S. B. Cook,
Mexico lntelligencer; discussed by o.
p. Caylor, of the Carthage Democrat;
w. ID. Crandall, of the Brookfield Ga
zette and E. b. Ewing, of the Jefferson
City Tribune.
"Advertising"-E.W w. Stephens, OF
the Columbia Herald; discussed by
Theo. Fisher, of the Pennington Times
and j. G. Kirby, of the West Plains
Gazette.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Regular business of tue association.
Election of officers, etc.
The citizens of Nevada will welcome
in a most hospitable manner all who
attend. There will be present a num-
ber of delegates from other associations,
and it is hoped that Hon. Henry Wat
tersOn, of the Louisville Courier Jour-
nal, who has been invited, will deliver
an address. Thursday aud Friday,
June 9th and 7th, will be spent by the
association at Excelsior Springs, near
Kansas City, to which special train
will be run for the convenience of the
members. Applications for member
ship, transportation, etc.. NAV be made
to r. b. Speed, corresponding secre-
tary, N, vada, Mo.
WALTER WILLIAMS, President,
BOOnville, Mo.
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Trains marked will stop on signal. Trains
marked will not stop.
Local freights run daily exceptsunday. Other
| sraIns daily.
Coupon tickets on sale to all principal points
| In the United States and Canada. Baggage
checked through to destination without extra
charge. j. Is. SHlFFLETT,
Agent ut HigginByllle,
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XENOPHIDN RYLAND.
ENRY @. WALLACE. WIN. II. O.
WALLACE L. CHILES.

A TTORNEYS AND COUNsELLORS AT
n Law. Lexington, Mo. Olhce, front room
over the Lexington Savings Bank, " opposite
the court house. Will practice in the courts Of
Lafayette and surrounding counties, and also in
ne Supreme court of the state OF Missouri, and
sIe u. s. Circuit and District courts for the
Vertr .' .tricI.1 M,Isuurl.
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ATTORNEYS.
Lexington and Public AdmInistrator
Kansas City. | and Notary Public.
sHEWALTER A. VIII a.

A TrORNEl s. AT-LAW, Lexington, Mo. j.
n ID. shewalter having opened an ofice in
kansas City (American Bank Building, Eighth
and Oelaware), will be in Lexington on Satur-
day OF each week. dec2Dtf
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JOHN :. BLACKWELL.

4 TTDRSEY AT LAW. Will practice in al
"A IL courts OF the state. Prompt attention
mice In Mason,c h,ii5, ,a, orar Ts0 ~ y Shio1dSs q
lore. lanlOyl
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MEDICAL.
DRs. MCDONALD & CRIsT,

physicians AND SURGEONS, LEXING-
/ TON. MISSOURI. Oniceoyer MOu njoy 4
IrelhndIh shoe stOre. mCh23
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FLOR ENCE N. HAMlSFAR, M. d.,
IIOMGOPATHIST. Women and Chldren's 8
II Diseases u specially. Office on Franklin
Avenue, opposite courthouse apr2ln3
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-17
THE WEEKLY PRESS.

The little scene in the Sabbath con-
vention this week between DR.. w. r.
Crafts sand Elder r. c. Porter, in which
the former told the latter gentleman
that if he was Seventh Day Advent he
had no business in the convention ex-
cept as a spectator, Injuries the cause or
religion and leads a large number OF
people to look upon Mr.. Crafts as man
who needs a little more infusion OF true
gospel End Herald.
After diligent inquiry the Irish Stand
ard is of the opinion that the somewhat
sensational matter contained In the city
dailies of Thursday morning concerning
a meeting of Irishmen on the East side
Wednesday evening, called through the
arrest of Alexander Sullivan, of Chi
cago, for completely in the Cronin
murder. was the veriest rot. There was
no such meeting beld-iAlaginary or
real. Our daily contemporaries are to
be commended for their enterprise, but
it is going little too far when you
draw on the Imagination for something
that is not backed with the least particle
of fact.-Irish Standard.
If Mr.. Lowry's franchise does not in
clude every right in the gift of the city,
MesSrs. Anderson q Douglass PROPOSE
ton should be accepted and the good
work allowed to go on. Competition i'll
the business of street railway service
would, among other things. prevent a
recurrence of the forced marches the
citizens were obliged to indulge in this
spring.-South Minneapolis News.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-17
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULEs.

The June festival chorus will 'rehearse at
Dyer's this evening.
The Odd Fellows met yesterday to arrange
at the Exposition.
The funeral of Cyrus j. Wright occurred
yesterday afternoon from his residence. cor
ner Ninth street and First avenue north.
ia reception in honor of w. H. Sayward.
secretary of the National Builders associa-
ton, will be given tonight at the Builders
exchange
The ladies of Maternity hospital wish to
return thanks through the GLOBE to the
Chamber of Commerce and Millers' nine,
who played ball for their benefit Wednesday,
netting $62.
The Ancient Order of Hlbernians will, in
all probability, hold grand picnic or excur-
sion in the near future wherein all the divis-
ions in Minneap polts will participate, and in
which the divisions of Anoka, Ramsey and
Washington conn ties will be invited to join.
The following Minneapolis Sons of Vet
Grams left last night to attend the fifth en-
campment: Lieut.. Col. G. w. Knowlton,
Capt. A. P. Courtney, Capt. E. W. Young,
Capt. j. G. Rogers, Walter Small, A. j. Wes-
ser, w. j. Stratton, G. W. Morey, W. L. Drake
and NJ. F. Brown. T
All societies belonging to the C. T. A.
union of the diocese of st. Paul will hold O.
gigantic picnic at White Bear lake Oh the
Fourth of July. A committee has been ap-
pointed, consisting of members OF the uuion
from different parts of the diocese. and the
preparations are already under way. The
proceeds will be given to orphan asylums at
Minneapolis. ~
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-17
MINNEAPOLIS.
ALL SORTS.
A "thoughtfui Republican" Tim.
There's no monkey work about him,
But cabinet sit

A "thoughtfui Republican" Tim.
There's no monkey work about him,
But cabinet sit
Is juicy tid-bit
For which his chances are slim.
Some taxpayer shonld send a marked
COPY of the latest issue of the East Side
REGISTER to each of the disinterested
gentlemen who compose the police COM
mission.
At length the reform administration
has commenced to reform. A bakers
dozen Of young men playing stud-poker
for the drinks were captured ana
locked up by the police without shot
being fired.
Milton Pickett, of the Pioneer Press,
who has been enjoying scholastic va
cation in the heart OF classic Cambridge,
is expected TO report for duty this week,
and Stiles =. Jones will take Whlrl at
loating. He won't find it such change,
though. as Pickett did.
Whenever suburban pond now De-
comes stagnant instead OF ordering tne
street commissioner to clean it out, the
people petition the park board to make
park of it, and they get there nearly
every time.
There is some danger of tall young
man yclept Ryder becoming stoop
shouldered from the burden of reSpon-
sibilitv for municipal administration he
assumes.
Michael Kavanagh, the poet OF the
milling district, has composed song
which has been published, entitled
1.-The Day Left Ireland" 1t is said to
be companion piece to the beautiful
ballad. "And Somebody Moved the
RridgeH
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-17
requirements, but esteems them all di-
vine since they are all His.
TRINITY SUNDAY.
Faith in the Bible Should Not Be
Tested Too Far.


Trinity services were held at Gethse-
name Episcopal church yesterday. Rev.
A. r. Graves preached from Revela-
tions, iv:s.: "They rest not day or night,
saying, holy, holy" l9G
The three great feasts, he said, up to
the present Christian year, have already
been kept-that of Christmas, the feast
of Easter and Whit-Sunday. Hav-
ing declared in each of these
feasts, glory separately of the
Father, Son and Holy Ghost, now on
Trinity Sunday we weave these three
giories into one glory, and declare the
three persons to be one God. 1t is right
for us to study and learn what we can
about the nature of God. But in this
study we have only such light as shines
forth from the holy Scriptures. Here
great truths and facts are stated to us.
but they are not always explained. From
these facts we may draw certain infer
ences. but it will not do to wander far
from their plain statements in building
up theories or explanations Of our own.
When we in the Scriptures come across
some plain statement of some great
truth, and in another portion find an
other equally plain statement OF Its
counter truth, like the statements that
there are three persons and yet only one
God, we would do well to stop rev.
erentially right there, and not try to de-
fine or explain to others, or even to
ourselves, the mysteriesIor the truths OF
these seeming inconsistencies.