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Telegram-herald., 1891-12-27

Recently the railroad from Helena to
Ls,la has heen abandoned This news
viii fall with . sioksning plunk on tho
~ OF the tourist. The road ran largely
through dana swamp-a shaggy wal
low IN tho wilsleruesA When the of
ads Of the track sasged, which il In
variably did. uni.Ss the nigh side was
engaged in sagging, the weight Of the
train showed the decayed ties into the
wet. mushy bosom Of she earth and
squirted the mud forty feet high. This
kept the wiuaows Of the cars looking
very untidy. which Is . rare thing in
that vicinity
Il Is said 70 be tho worst railroad ever
born IN captivity. could hardly help
comparing II with the road in Michigan
leading OUT from Manistee. which has
never had dollar Of debt. think. The
stock has never been for sale. the logs
hauled over It are sufficient to pay all
ruaning expenses The only passenger
conductor on tho road In also general
passenger agent. assistant general pas
penger agent. auditor. general western
freight agent, assistant general press
agent aud sx-offic,o president
At Luia we got what we called din
nsr It WA such . meal a. you would
aaturally expect IN = town named Lula
The hotel was run By . sad faced woman
IN middle life who had probably twenty
ysars ago i>shly made . bet that she
eousd snbsiss for twenty years on her
own coskinx would Ike 10 give .
hss At the diifsrenf articles which We ate
there. bat never knew what they were,
and hate 70 describe anything unless ]
Am fully posted regarding Il. What we
Asd In our coffee cups inferred was
osfFee. bat II might have been. for all |
sould see To the contrary. the abandoned
night Of Wy Of the Lula and Helene
sailreadA
During the afternoon we rode through
we epornous and almost continuous
soften ield The negroes tprcnsunced
sigsrsss) were iuss closing up the third
and last picking The Hrrs picking, /
belisvs, occurs in October. but - the
bnlls are not opsn very much the
y,eid n snail A few weeks later the
priRcpal picking takes place: the third
ieilows the nrst heavy fsosk whsa the
psds are fully opened
The cosssn ~ have been riding
lhrsush tsday h spoken Of sArcsstsoaliy
hy . uuHn who sits with ne. md vino
I've % higher ground. ~ bunhlsbrs
sssssa. wAsch b short IN staple and In
kriss IN Quality. The cosaen bayer bas
swsy ~ paJiiax eat q wisp ~ cotton
srom the bAis. and with dexserisy re-
selsin~ frem isas continued practice he
s,naxsH the lcek 1T either end. 80 that hs
b snss to hHew The exscs Ieegth OF tho
sbsr. or staple. measuring IL with his
eye and teiisax yea sccurzteiy what iss
markss vsiWs wouid se.
n rsu6nds ne u Ne wonderful saeNo-
~ Il ~ wAess s1ysr sf The ns<thwes&
whs ru.s ~ hand into . efn 81 wheat.
bsews eas - ehAA. weighs 8 n hIs
hmnA. ssstnaso Ne shvsakses prv oechls.
pissna svns ssea. wild buehwhsat. etc..
Al<o gsn1hng q sad seIisnx yoa sces.
euoaky ths Nsskss vstue 81 ne eue<so ~
he kss ~ sess~ rrofosssa AZ - 80 -.
f'ssshes E.s~ieAws ~ Ne "a pr~l ~escv
~ - eess nrm~a vke takss . psmp Al
ordinary s~<zax rsck essss - a-r-r
hisss h1rst 90 ss ssssss n - . sasn ssss~
- 80 s~s~~r> ss ysss . pnrs>s sss~a
On .. insss fs swss. sssAsaz - sl&es
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-27

himself back at the beginning Of the
world. when the geological formation Of
tho earth was being arranged. and gives
an opinion which mny cost some gentle
pilgrim from Wall street . million Of
dollars.
New Orleans IL doubtless moro agi-
tated at the present time over the state
lottery than she has ever before been. Il
Is national question. however, for the
state and city arc almost hcpelsssly in
its power. ! wondsr that some great
New York psper-a feature paper look
ing for large job Of Internationally
stead Of fighting windmills with . squirt
gun. docs not take Oh it's coat and free
the state OF Louisiana from her pitiful
slavery.
Within fhe last six months a member
Of the legislature died What became
Of his soul haven't the slightest idea,
but on his body was found shirt in
which had been sewcd seventeen $1,000
bills. which represented his savings dur
ing the short session OF tho legislature
presume he saved this amount by go
ing without cigars The amount Of tho
standing bribe offered to tho public
schools by the lottery. and accepted. to
say nothing Of innumsrable bribes from
&c. 900 down TO q vermouth cocktail, does
not prevent profit which. am assured
by gentleman of New Orleans whe IL
thoroughly familiar with the Affairs Of
the lottery, averages $50 per can't. psr
snnun on the investment
My friend. Mr.. Jay 0euld, who Il per.
haps the highest authority On quick sales
and smaIl profits Of any one IN the
United States. said the ether day In ro-
lation to the state lottery Of LouiEisna
that II seemed 10 him like receiving sen
dollars from the ticket hsl1er and put
ting Eve Of Il IN the drawer and then
shaking dice TO zee who should have the
other 6ve.
OF courss the underground mschin-
cry necessary - ths successful operation
Of the lottery II defiance Of the postal
laws - naturally very extensive and
hard 10 break un But with the law and
the ssntinens u tie country against Il
its extsrnination h only . mstter u
time. and the statesman OF The journal
hooking for . job viii do well to consider
shis escsllsat opening. The lottery,
however. has friends whore you would
lsast lsok for them.
A business man of New Orleans ira-
ported clerk from one Of The northern
states not long ago. Within few weeks
he noticed that the clerk was receiving
large quantity Of nail II Kept en- IN
cressing till finally he inquired Of the
ycnng man whether he WA managing .
matrimonial bureau ~ somsthing Of that
nature.
The clerk made clean breast of n
and showed his employer that the letters
contained remittances from his cid
neigh hors ap north. who knew that he
vss In New Orleaas. and feeling certain
that . man night there on the ground
eoaid airao~s 90 and put his hand on the
eapstai prize. hsA sens him IN the awgre-
gas~ larxs sums ~ money. on which. OF
course. he received commission ~ 20
PER e~nt fron fte lottery I prbsiSh
th,s - q p~suser 10 other husfne~s men
sa New ori~sns Who nay he snpplying
ss>~k r~oss sea <siaxy b the a1ensA of
fhe Lo.sssaas s-sss botsery
live rci3 ~ a eu~ iahry %xperiercs
r,y~<f sx a ~ esrs1<si ne sll my
kss- II . ossid fnd tha prop<sesor. -
whsssvsf hs was, | ~sesa ~ % Asm nsw
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-27

and make some sort OF restitution. Il
was many years ago, when was tall
stripping with embossed warts on my
feet and bamboo legs. wore ss,it OF
clothes made on the place--most every
one noticed them. wherever went.
Even quiet, old grassfed horses shied 1T
them. was Of shrinking nature and
the clothes had the same peculiarity.
Thus attended the circus. Connected
herewith was lottery. IL cost q dollar
t&rcome in. and By giving ffty cents.
together with the prize previously drawn.
o1e could keep on throwing as long rs
his securities held out But the boys
had run out Of funds or lost faith in the
institution, 80 the lottery was deserted.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-27

:"
Ne y essusrteA with several sntsr-
pvs-a which he Showed ne aEena
cthesa. . e~tson eompre<a fhn mAr
chino esst t3s. eco. and coet for repairs
kst ysv u 20 vor comcrsasnS the
eottsa ne eosapsay seceivss stasy Avs
censs par bale. sad seventy hales are
eensprsBed in utnuts. therefore the
prstts il the basfne>s ars worth ccnsid-
srfns In fAct. " beats grand larceny.
saS Dos sct involve - much night
wa~k Il ssas-ls rsxt - she Leuissana
state lottery in ths masoR of dividsnds
snf free1oa from insellscsual STRAIN
fsrhavs ! sAeald Cd. hcwpvsr. shse
shss ms<hins = noe b operation We
nest VISITED . large ~ mssshine and bss-
tlina wsrkA The lee machine - alsp ,
vsvy prc6sss1s snserpriss. but II also
w. nos IN opsrssssn- AFsistcisl ice \
rcossxsrt>i BY iswevsnx the tssnpevAfnre
srtsheisliy 70 sneh "a extent thar ordi-
6r<v water b<S>erses a~vissei. Befors
Twisted MS nsxs slns ] was IN nfser sguc-
esncs rr< kras,w the psscez. We vseltsd
r~srai szksx .nteFrr,se- ~ tsresn~e
bus = zfi ne wNsm - es their bssy siAy.
VISITED sss s.izls - the I>e4l sapsr
ma a.1a a ksssgg lnis4s~ s.na talx eth fas
assst. wisss ~ News - ta~ $500
sstsiasse
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-27
@1Alws


fraulein B., Of the corps de ballet
belonging to the Court opera house. one
morning quite unexpectedly called TO
see her colleague. Frau!ein S., whom
she found at her dressing table.
''Whati' said the first named ballerina,
lyon have already gray hair!"
"Yes," Miss s. replied. siightly en-
barrassed. lit turned gray in single
night in consequence Of sudden grief"
Next day Miss B. paid her friend
another visit. This time. however, she
had completed her toilet. and thanks 10
an application OF Fan des Fees, her
hair was now beautiful black.
"Ah! fnaliciously exclaimed the WIS.,
itor. to-day your hair has regaincd its
original hrc."
Yea" was the reply. lit has turned
black again in "a single night in conse-
qucnce Of sudden ."-pahcim Kali
ender.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-27
BILL N.Y. IN THE south
md HlS SOME GREAT EXPERIENCES
With . Ciseus Mss asa . Lssssry-Be
Lesrss All Abous the lssids work.
tsgs Of IN Abandessd Railroad
and nsk~s C~apsrfses.


We hsvs been riding al the afternoon
IN Ne cottca growing country Of Missis-
sippa. At Helena. A<k.. NV the largest
quantity al bsLsd csstsn. think. that
have ever seem At Greenwood. Miss.
We stopped for three or four hours In
order - make what " called Q southern
close csnnscrua. Greenwood b boom
town; il w~s sho~n u BY . man who
had charge sf the oeom and whose buxi-
psr~ " n. occasionally. 70 STR Il up with
= long psls - make Il squsaL
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-27

dressed and refined Ioc> ng gentleman
From what he said aud the way he
kicked large holes in the ground and re-
fused 10 give rie my circus ticket. |
Judge that he felt hurt about something.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-27
XMAS Is PAST

You expect to buy CloaKs
for a little or nothing. We
know it. and We are the
People Who Can and Do
Fulfill your wishes. You
will not be disappointed by
calling at
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-22

And now years and years rolled by.
A beautiful little city blossomed out at
Santa Barbara, only twenty miles away
from the lonely woman on her silent
little island. A huge stone cathedral,
still standing there with its frieze OF
human skulls set in stonelike cement,
was reared by the hands of the con
verts and the captives; but she saw
nothing, knew nothing of this. For
her there was no change day after day,
year after year. The same rise and
fall of the sea, the same solemn march
of the seasons, the same silent march
ing and countermarching of the stars
above her and about her on the edge
of the sea, the same endless, awful
monotOny of the rising and the going
down of the sun and the moon and the
stars. And that was all. 1t seems i'll
credible To think that any set of human
beings could have been so entirely
brutal as To leave this woman there all
these years SO utterly and so desolately
alone. She did not even have the goats
of Robinson Crusoe, to say nothing of
his man Friday and like creatures.
She had only the dogs. And they be-
came so numerous and so wild, as we
shall presently see, rs to be the great
est terrors.
But it should here be explained as a
sort of Justification of the Jesuit faith
ers that they had hardly got their re-
ligious settlement solidly founded when
they were recalled by the King OF
Spain, or at least made powerlesS 10y
the confiscation of nearly all their priv
ileges and their property. And SO
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-22
"DictiOnary English"

DIR. Brombaugh says, in his ''(iiean-
ings for the Curious: - "Dictionary
English is something very different, not
only from common colloquial English,
but even from that of ordinary written
composition. Instead of about 10000
words, there is probably no single
author in the language from whose
works however voluminous, so many
as 10000 words could be collected
OF the 40, 900 words there are certainly
many more than one-half that are only
employed, if they are employed ut all,
on the rarest occasions. We should
be surprised to find, if we counted
them, with how small Il number OF
words we manage to express all that
we have to say, either with our lips OF
with the pen. Our common literary
English probably hardly amounts to
10000 words: our common spoken
English hardly 10 5,OoU.r
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-22
Art of Making Tea.
Consular Letter from China.

We Americans don't know the first
principles of making tea. The deli
cate leaf should never touch metal 1t
should be kept IN paper, wood, glass
or porcelain.
To make it, put small quantity in
Il porcelain cup, fill the latter with
boiling water, cover it with IL porcelain
saucer and let it stand three minutes.
Then if you desire to be an epicure
drink only the upper layer of the gold
EN- liquid, throw the rest away, rinse
the cup and begin drawing de novo.
Don't use sugar any more than you
would sweeten Chambertig or pour
molasses into Mumm's extra dry.
Don't use milk. 1t ruins the flavor
of the tea and Injuries the stomach
The clOudiness produced by adding
milk to tea arises from the action of
the tannin upon the casein, and is,
chemically speaking, pure leather. An
old maid who drinks dozen cups of
this mixture q day swallows hundred
pairs of boots and section of extra
long leather hose during her lonely
life of 30 years. Above all things, don
boil tea. The heat drives off the per
fume, spoils the flavor and extracts
the tannin, the astringent principle. If
the boiling be done in tin or iron pot
the tannin attacks the metal and makes
the liquid black. This fluid is simply
diluted ink. Never let the tea stand
except in a tightly closed porcelain pot.
Standing changes il from Il delicious,
wholesome beverage into an ill-tastinS
and bitter liquid. Rather make il in
small quantities and make it often.
Methinks | hear many good house
wives say, SIT needs no ghost to tell us
this and yet there are thousands who
do need advice on this simple subject
In summer when you want TO cool off
quickly, sip the tea boiling hot with II
slice of previously peeled lemon, or,
nicer still, of orange without the rind,
floating in it. In winter, especially
when you have cold and require Il
sodoriiic, add wineglassful of arrack
to it, and drink it down as hot as you
can stand it. 1t will bring out Il pro
fuse and healthful peIspiration, when
punch or hot Scotch fails To thaw YOU
out
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-22
More Facts for the Alliance.

hufDeT tbuhtS NNhiStiS) ihucA
Last weeks Crcsset, under this cap
ton, says:
There We're farm mortgages released
in this county, during the month OF
July to the amount of go, ,0i0. The
amount recorded was S3,062.
There were city mortgages released
to the amount of $500 and none re-
corded.
OF the above sum the district clerk
released Sl7 800, and he informs Us
that il took just 30 farms To make the
release. The lands were sold by the
Sheriff, and bought III by the mort
gage holder, and of course the mort,
gage was extinguished; but in every
case the farmer has lost his farm, and
in nearly every case there is a great
big balance against the farmer on hi>
unsatisfied note. The local editor OF
the Cresset has worked in the office OF
the district clerk long enough to war
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-22
An AlbinO 'POSsum.

The Hon. John j. Falvey of the Park
Commission captured few nights ago
II remarkable albino opossum, with
pink eyes and Il perfectly white coat of
hair. IL is IL rare specimen of the genus
'pOSSum, and was treed about thirty
miles from Atlanta, in North Georgia,
by Mr.. Falvey and Joel Chandler Har-
ris, both of whom are genuine lovers of
the old-time 'possom hunt. They were
offered $50 for ii by prominent White
hall street dry goods merchant as an
attraction for his window, but instead
have presented it to the Zoo at Grant.
Park, where it will he known rs '.Fal-s
vcy Harris
Quite a party of gentlcWen from
Sonora were invited by Mr.. X. $.
Hardy, who is one of our most sue
cessful and enterprising farmers, to an
immense watermelon cutting Thursday
afternoon. When we arrived we saw
twenty melons that would have weigh
cd more than 800 pounds. and three
melons taken from one vine weighed
POI pounds taken together. They
were of the celebrated Hardy variety,
and were finely ilavored.-Atlanta
Ga.) journal.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-22
same Thing.


"rhe reason why we shall have to
raise the price of COAL explained
Baron Anthracite to the humble vassal
who had ventured to make an inquiry
about it, sis that an immense amount
of coal will be required when it be-
comes necessary To move the enormous
crops tins year
"But suppose dry weather and early
frostS Kill the crops" suggested the
humble vaSsal. .What them?''
elm that case" replied the baron,
II look of pain stealing over his
noble face like the shadow of cloud
chasing the sunshine across field of
clover blossoms, .'in that case coal
would 90 up, of course, with all the
urceSSaricS of life. -
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-22
A COpperhead Bites a Dog.
Hannibal (Mo.) Couricr-Post.

Comprehend snakes are said to be
very plentiful south of the city. One
bit dog belonging to David +. Wade,
living three miles below the city, the
other day. The wound was on the Lip
and in Il few moments the head of tn,
poor beast had swollen TO such an eN,
tent that it was unable to open its eye
and il became dormant as if dead Mr.
Wade decided to try an experiment
He gave the animal ii dose of ammoni;
internally and applied mixture o
ammonia and carholic soap to the
wound. The following morning the
swelling had disappeared and tn,
animal was As lively as if il had never
been bitten.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-22
A Sunken Lake.

. A remarkable freak of nature is
found among the hills of Delaware
county, New York, in Il sunken lake,
covering about three acres of surface,
which lies between two parallel ridges
not far from the New York, Ontario
and Western railroad The whole sur
face of the lake is covered with thick
growth of moss, whose stems extend to
an unknown depth, but certainly
further than the arm can reach. Each
tuft of the moss is of different color
from its neighbor, so that the surface
looks like that of beautiful colored
carpet. In walking over the velvety
surface the foot sinks down few
inches without encountering the water,
which is at least two feet below the
surface. Near the shore, IN few
places, the water comes to the top
The buried pond is Il wonderful natu,
raj curiosity.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-22


Lexington Lodge, No. l57, X. p, meets every
Monday night at their hall over pOstoifce.
Sojoilrning knights cordially invited.
George Price, G G.
John l.. JakOwsky,
X. of X. and :.
MASONIC.
Lexington Lodge, No. li9, A. f. & A. NJ
Tuird Monday i'm each month.
Royal Arch Chapter, No lO-first Monday III
each month.
DeMolay Commandery, No. 3, X. t. Fourth
Monday In each month.
10. o. F.
Orion Lodge, No. 45.-Every Tuesday night
Itaska Encampment, No. 6-Every second
Friday night in each month.
Guttcnburg Lodge, No. as3-Every nrst ana
second Wednesday night in each month.
%. u. W.
Lexington Legion, No. los, Select Knights
and Harmony Lodge, No. 81, A o. u w
Second and fourth Thursday in each month.
K.OFL.
knights of Labor-Evcry Monday night
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-22
The Growth of Christianity.

If we sum up- the encouragements to
hope, founded on the success of Chris
tian work, the figures are as follows:
Three centuries after Christ there
were 5000, 900 Christians.
Eight centuries after Christ there
were 80, ,UOO, 900 Christians.
Ten centuries after Christ there were
81, ,000, 900 Christians.
Fifteen centuries after Christ there
were 100, ,OUO, 900 Christians.
Eighteen centuries after Christ there
were Ia ,uOO, 900 Christians.
Now there are 450, 900, 900 Christ.
ianS.
The following are the three religions
Confuclanism, buddhism, and Taoism
all combined are less in number thai
the Christians alone.
Including the largest division o
Africa among the European powers
about fOur-iifthS of the land of tn,
world is under Christian rule.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-22
A Liberal Proposition.

Who has not heard of that paragon of
family papers, the enterprising and pop
ular Weekly Detroit Free Press? For
generation its name has become a syno-
nym for all that is excellent, pure and
elevating in journalism. 1t is delight
fully entertaining, without resort TO
cheap sentimentalism. instructive with
out being prosy or pedantic. Combining
the literary qualities of the expensive
magazine with the bright, breezy char
acteristics of the newspaper. it leaves
nothing to be desired by the average
reader. 1t is looked upon as welcome
visitor by every family who reads it,
while thousands regard it as indispensa-
BILE and would on no account go without
it. An enormous circulation of i25 900
copies per week attests its wonderful
popularity. Recognizing the fact that
there are those who are unfamiliar with
its surprising merits as a home paper,
the publishers offer to send The Free
Press to them for the balance of this
year lover live mOnths) for only 30
centS-a club of four for Sl.W or club
of ten for $500. All our readers should
subscribe at once. Sample copies free.
The lNTELLIGENCER and Free Press
will be sent to one address for the re-
mainder of the year for Sl.OO.