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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14

SO bravcly, and your throne i'll Heaven,
o suffering child Of God, will be built
out of conquered earthly disasters.
What gave John Bunyan such a won.
drous dream of the celestial city? The
Bedford penitentiary. What gave Rich.
ard Baxter such power to tell of the
saints Everlasting Rest" and give
his immortal Call to the Unconvert.
edP" Physical disease which racked
every nerve in his body.
What mellowed and glorified WILDER.
forces Christian c~haracterp A financial
misfortune that led him to write: 81
know not why my life is spared so long,
except it be to show that u man can be
as happy without n fortune as with
one" What gave John Milton such
keen spiritual eyesight that he could
see the battle of the angels? Extinguish.
ment of physical eyesight. What is the
highest observatory for studying the
stars of hope and faith and spiritual
promise? The believers sick-bed. What
proclaims the richest and most golden
harvests that wave on the hills OF
heavenly rapture? The snows, deep
SHOWS, the awful SHOWS of earthly
calamity. And that comforting thought
is one of the treasures of the snow.
Another treasure of the snow Is the
suggestion that this mantle covering
the earth is like the soul after 1t is for.
given. Wash me-" said the Psalmist,
and | shall be whittier than snow"
In the time of Graham, the ~essayist,
in one mountain district of Scotland an
average of ten shepherds persisted every
winter in the snow drifts, and SO he
proposed that, at the distance of every
mile, a pole fifteen feet high and with
two cross pieces be erected, showing the
points af the compass, and u bell hung
at the top, so that every breeze would
ring it, and 80 the lost ones on the
mountains would hear the sound and
take the direction given by this pole
with the cross pieces and get safely
home.
Whether that proposed plan was
adopted or not l do not know, but / de-
clare to all you who are in the heavy
and binding drifts of sin and sorrow
that there is a cross near by that can
direct you to home, and peace, and God;
and hear you LOT the ringing of the
Gospel bell hanging to that cross, say
ing: This is the way, walk We in it?"
No wonder that the sacred poet put the
psalmist's thought into rhythm with
that ringing chorus we have so often
sung:
Dear Jesus, 1 long to be perfectly whole;
I want Thee forever to live in my soul.
Break down every idol, cast down every foei
Now WASH me, and I snail be winter than
snow!
Whittier than snow! yes, whittier than snowi
Now wash me, and / shall be whittier than
snowi
Get that prayer answered, and we will
be fit not only for earth, but for the
Heaven where every thing is SO white
because every thing is 5 o pure.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14
The Eating Business.

1t seems extremely odd that a man
should ever have been constructed on a
plan that requires him to stop work
three times every day and load up.
Meals are pleasant enough when they
are pleasant, but the Inconvenience and
the expense Of them are simply ridicu-
lous. II we were built IN an eight-day
system, or could go out and gorge once
or twice a week and have done with it,
there would be a better possibility of
accomplishing something that would
make life worth while. OF course,
every day brings it's own pleasant pos
sibility that some microscopic may find
the bacillus Of hunger and devise a
lymph hat will eat him.-Rochester
nnipn
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14

Those Blooming FoRs.

I'VE have some pretty good fogs in
this country. don't you think, chappie?"
said Ingles to Angles, who has spent
two weeks in England.
20, yes; but they can't compare with
those we ha e In London, we know"
Are they much heavier?"
"Y-a-a-s; If they wemain any length
of time they become pawsitively moth
eaten ."-Washington Post.
Point for the Swear-offs.-Baggs
Injecting his friend Jaggs in a saloon)-
You here! Last New Year Day you
told me you would drink a drip
Of liquor while you breathed." Nor
do replied the smiling Jaggs. Watch
me; I drink while my breath rests.
Washington Star.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14

There are two Japans. One COM
menced its national life. so says mvthi-
cl history, six hundred and sixty q
before our era, with the accession of the
Emperor Jimmu Tenno. The other,
everybody knows, came into existence
about twenty-three years ago, In the
"the 6rst Of Meiji." Neither of them
can be eve at all completely under
stood even by the most intelligent and
interchangeable foreign observer. You
ought certainly to have been born under
n of the great Shogunates, the last of
which fell amid battle of revolution In
A. d.. 1868, TO comprehend in II init
mate way ancient Japan; and you
should be native-bred, u living part OF
the braud-new order OF things, to nave a
reasonable chance of feeling as this peo-
pie feels and look upon the outer and
inner world with their eyes. Let no.
body, therefore-least Of all a mere
travsler-venture to thsorize too boldly
sssSs japan and JApaAsss.-ssribasT.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14
PARAGRAPHS.

-He-"The Van Alstynes live in
great style, don't they??" Shelves,
they even have a dissipated son."
Soft Sawder-''But / don't call this
a fashionable 'ati' at will soon be.
come so. madam, If you wear itl"-Lon-
don Punch.
A touch OF love makes the most
matter-of-fact man a poet, or, what
amounts to the same thing. makes him
think he Is u poet--Indianapolis Jour
nal.
Particularly the Regrets Maid
"Mr Small couldn't call tonight, and
he sends his regrets and this little pres.
emit" Miss Little-"Thanks for both"
Epoch.
Trembling Yonth--"Madam ] love
you to distraction: will you be my wifsp"
Girl Of the Future-"You may leave
Herald.
Walker newly marricd)-"T hope
you will do justice to my wife's biscuits,
old MANI" Cutting (his guest)-"Wen,
frankly. 7 think they deserve thirty
days."-American Grocer.
my husband is very fond Of an.
imals," said Mrs. Furber. Last night
in his sleep he turned over and said;
Take out something for the kitty
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
-'Seems to me you're pretty rough
on me for an old FRIEND" said the six
dollar clerk as he ruefully looked at his
WORKOUT linen collar. B~inghsrnton
Republican.
THAT was a great scheme of Frank
Inns for getting lightning out of the
Clouds" said Flickens to his slangy
roommate. "Yes," was the reply.
Pretty fiy."-Washington Post.
IL beg pardon, but won't you ask
your wife to remove her hat? | can't
see the stage" Husband Whispering
back)-"Ask her yourself, please. You
don't know her as we'll as do."-Flie-
gende Batter.
-Sweedle-'I can't sec what makes
everybody rush to hat little restaurant
on the corner" Pipes-'The salt-shak-
ers lever clog. Only place of the kind
In town"
Ed Spicer-"A Brooklyn policeman
shot even times at a brother officer and
only just grazed him once" John
Internationally his motto was We
aim to pleased Weeks Sport.
"A Keen Sense of Humor.-Jack ION
his knees)-"O, Ethel, say the word
what on earth are you doing with that
camera?" Ethel-"Don't move, Jack; /
want to show you something funny
N. Y. Sun.
They tell me Miss Rizzls calls you
an upstart," sud u young man to Gus dc
Jay. Yes; but l cawn't blame her,
don't you know. had sat on n pin Jus,
at the time dou't you demonstrating
ton Post.
well, I don't care II she docs talk
about her neighbours, there's one gooc
thing TO be said in her favor. anyhow
Whats that" 'Shc never fooled uwny
her time on a crazy quilt."-Ram'i
Horn.
She Gave Credit When Duc.-Wife
(sternly)-"Was that you singing. MIR
Heavysides2" Heavysides (~mcekly) -
Eyes, dear. I sometimes sing when
am alone" Wife-"You have more
consideration for the feelings of others
Than / had given you credit for. "-Brook'
lyn Eaglo.
-"Brethren." said an old negro
peacher, 1--WE got a three dollar sermon
got a dollar md a half sermon; | want
this indclicatc audience to take up d
collection, and then ] will know which
is the easiest to give you."-United
Presbyterian.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14

Tom They say that Tomson writes
poetry Jack-"But his friends are do
ing their best to contradict the report"
Yankee Blade
The pleasure Of bathing in q Pull.
man car is thus drollv pictured by a
gentleman who has doubtless expert
enced what he describes: The coach
swings and jolts along, and you feel
your way unsteadily to the tiny BATH
room. The portr fills the tub, which is
narrow and deep and more like q barrel
tn n the vessels we use in our houses.
Ten to one, as you sit beside the ap-
paratus to undress, the car will strike q
sharp curve, and all the water in the
tub will leap out and deluge you from
head to foot. If you escape hat luck,
and get into the tub, the curve and the
car are certain to meet, and in an in
slant You ind yourself in an empty re-
ceptacle, while your shoes and stockings
are floating around In the lake that has
severed the floor.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14
Santa so Route.


TGAIsg EEEIvS
!! 3. e.. iE@n jsNIuF.In ustCrou ana essi.
La %. 49, to- "a Kansas .t,s and = ..-s.
i:!H 10. -. iG-.B kichmUnd.
81, %. GA ron, Lexington ! nctt)u an. sEst
TRAINS LENrE
7:e. : ~ Tor Nt0s's I',y. Richmond au6 east
l2;S5 =. e.. Tor BiCrclOnd.
4:Ca = ~. Tor Kansas jig ana 81 Joe
%" .. ~. lnr EichTu1n.. Chicago snd eat.
ID - 'GaVr- city oliCe, Corna. 5ar -ru AiFi-
'trs Il, sr'y minutes earlier,
JOHN a Em.~ r.--
J~eiisT5onA sPoHnT s-t~ r. ttazG..
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14

-1rammerers, when whispering,
rarely show any impeachment In speech.
On this fact a new m2thod of treatment
has been advocated, which is as follows:
In the first ten days speaking is pro.
hibited; this will allow rest to the voice,
and constitutes the preliminary plan
of treatment. During the next ten
days speaking is permissible in the whis.
pering voice; and in the course of the
next fifteen days the ordinary converse.
tional tone NAV be gradually employed.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14
Love's Young Dream.

Wouldn't It be nice, Henry dear,"
she whispered, as the sleigh started off,
and she drew the robe up, ST we could
always 60 through life together this
way?"
"Yes," he answered.; 'the coal bills
would be little enough; but, great
Caesar! Alice" he continued, after a
little thought, think of the livery billl'
-Harper's Bazaar.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14

Local freiRhts'' VIII run 81 .rISre ,.as.z
betwetn SedalIa and LeXIngtol .a. .yti
re,gbt trains between Lcxingtor ast IpIt.r.-
ienre
Ef-To follow the time OF ira a.. M v.st'
read from top OF column DOWN nrt,i fol, ..arf
going east read from the bottom ..rn SEA.
ward. a. S. sfl..'a.
Agent SIS 4e1 aEEHr.
II. J. EEn.f.
AgeUtHra irHrlE.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14
The Popular Notion of Liberty.

To do what one likes with ones own,
and to have S much as possible of ones
own to do what one likes with--that, l
take it, Is the ideal of life usually set
before themselves by those who are
commonly accounted men of under
standing. That Is the liberty where
with we are made free by the much
boosted civilization Of the nineteenth
century, which has so largely converted
business" into schemes OF gambling
called speculation, and into processes of
fraud on the windy side Of the law"
And if we pass from private life TO the
public order, the most common and
popular notion of the State is that 1t is
a machine for securing person and prop
ertv, in the unfettered employment of
which. at ones own will, liberty is held
To residc.-FOrum.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14
FOR SALE.

A good. fresh Jersey oow-eA!L, nsa r--,-EA
n days old. hav. 100 u yny e5,S- E1SsaI
ana VIII eel at very I aSol aa's lgG}e TtH
lAnSiI JOHN ELAIINlS~
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14
SCROFULA CURED.

| nav" "a SISTER younger than myself whose
whuln b dN vas covered with s~rrufula sores,
from htai Ipi.,I. ~h" could not lie down al
uiuut una had no pence by day. a friend nd-
NI7od ucr - try thu CutCura itCmcdles. Sh,
did 50, aud they cured heI.
DORA u. ERVING,
Rusns! IvAnia, Ohio.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14
FOOT HEUNIEh,
EJDr r. F-s,

:oI .sh Py-
q l. do o. Gaa no.
I'y Ii has v-rpETe 9
nagELpcturSrF va lsr'
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14

The first soIid-head pin was made in
1891. in England, by Lemuel w. Wright,
an American. In 1882 DR., John |. Howe,
a Connecticut man, invented a machine
for making solid-head pins. 1t was the
first successful machine, and completed
the pin by a simple process. The old
head was soldered on to tbs shank q
the pin
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14
D&.S GERBn.-
Ar z gssE
FOR SALE

Mn to sell ny nve room gGnsc 49,
L Ann cottage. on Main s.-raT. II to 49,
good sta, l.. buggy house. cuEi HorsS, 49,
&c, and Is q desirable pltce lr ,ys7f pa,Gsg.
lar, The neighbothood IL nu.D 2 i4v H.t w. b.
only IN. r rem . sou no on s,sso r1iY
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14
NOTICE,
EDES RAE

TUE store room IN trar
i has been occupied by
lately deceased, 10 Tor rent.
OF good grocery store.
Ubl6ti II D
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14
80 A>rs4siun IiuIs
Time Table ofthe LexlnFtoa orauGh
of the Mo. P. B y

westward. JF.tNr-t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-12

occasionally sweep the country with the fury
of hurricanes demolishing everything in their
path. But pamperos, like other climatic ills
have their season. and before tho time of their
annual recurrence the Indians retire with their
focks and herds TO Los Sorranos, the dense
forests that line the eastern base of the Andes
HUNTING osTRIcHEs.
The principal industry Of Patagonia-if
such a term can be applied to the slovenly
habits of lndians-is hunting guanacos and
ostriches for the skins Of the former and the
feathers of the latter are valued articles of
commerce. and the flesh Of both serves for
food. For US time never hangs heavy in Punta
Arenas, Notwithstanding the dearth of what is
generally considered ''good society and how
ever closely We may be confined indoors BY
bowling gales and storms OF sleet, for there are
ostrich hunters to be interviewed people who
have been brought up, as it were, among those
ungainiy birds and have spent the best years
of their lives in pursuing them. Our interest
in the subject mover flags, and evening after
evening we sit at the feet (fsurately speaking)
OF a grizzied American, who hailed originally
from Maine, believe, but has lived in these
parts more than thirty years and has come to
be considered authority, par excellence. on
ostrich lore. wish could reproduce for you
his funny drawl and way-down-east express
sions, but space will not permit more than
condensed statement Of the main facts have
CLEANED concerning American ostricheR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-12

wouldn't allow her. Thanh heaven know the
resources OF our mother. tongue, and poured
them forth upon her head with orstorical
rapidity:.
"The fellow'sa boor." continued, raising
my voice as went on; "a peasant, q clown. a
hind. clodhopper. Never shall see you
talking with yokel like that, q Philistine, q
cockney, pumpkin. a chaw-bacon. He's q
Goth, vnndal, a Hottentot, . yahoo; q COM
mon, mean, low, base vile, snobbish, scrubby,
beggariy, uncivilizcd Beotian. A loot who
strews his hi all over the floor. An outcast,
savage, a tramp, a vagabond-and you call
him Hugh! It's disgraceful! It's preposter-
Gus II you choose to associate with the mob,
the herd. the scum Of society. the dregs Of the
people, the ignoble vulgar. the british pro-
ietariate, the riff-rat. the rout the rag-tag and
bobtail, you may do as you like; but dont't
try to drag me down with you in
your fall to the dunghilL The mans
mushroom, BOBBY, lout. absolutely desti-
tute OF taste. or sense, or education, OF feel
ing; an underlined snob, and forbid you TO
speak to him. So you know my wishes"
with which last remark, fired sideways at her
mead, l went over to the door, I will admit, in
dition.
Sylvia rose as went and stood up to her full
helght in her long silk train and pretty even
Ing dress. won't deny that she looked beau
nini' and qneeniy. and indignant Her nos
Papa" she said vehcmently, like SELF
wiiied puss that she is, Il love him, adore
MIN And say what you will, mean to marry
1 shut the door behind me with perhaps
some little Unnecessary force-not to put too
me 8 point upon it, in fact. I believe
slammed it-and went of in high dudgeon to
my own bed room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-12

In the first place it should be understood that
two distinct species of ostriches stalk over
these plains and that each species has its
range, confined within certain limits. Thus
the great struthero rhea, which more nearly
resembles the African ostrich, roams the north
ern pampas but never comes below the Chuput
river, and the smaller struthero Darwinii in
digenous to the neighborhood OF the straits, is
not found upon the pampas. The northern
variety is hereabouts known az "avestruz
moro (gray birds), their plumage being uni
formly gray. while those of the south have
brownish feathers tipped with white. Both
build the rudest kinds Of nests-merely o shall
low hole scratched in the ground under the
shelter OF bush and softened by wisp Of
grass. The females are evidently the LATEST of
birds, for one nest serves for several Of them.
who all deposit their eggs in it and then go
gsdding about, leaving their husbands to hatch
the chicks There are usually from thirty
70 forty eggs in nest. and as
each egg is about equal in size to ten
hens eggs, it requires considerable spread to
cover them. The period Of Incubation aver
ages twenty-five days, and it is a fact that the
male bird squats patiently upon the nest day
after day until all are patched, and then he
looks after the babies till they are able to take
care of themselves. During rainy weather the
faithful father never leaves the eggs for mo-
ment and has been known to stick to them
week or more without feeding. When the
weather is fine he strays away an hour or two
toWafu tNehiES tc stfetch MS long legs and get
something to eat. II fox or other animal in
trudes and steals or breaks a single egg during
bis absence he knows it the instant he returns
and then his rage knows no bounds; he will
dash the remaining eggs to pieces and dance
around the debris like a lunatic.
OSTRICH EGGS As FOOD.
After the Matching period the females lay
their eggs promiscuouslt about the plains
The natives call these ''huatchos." and the
women and children spend good deal of time
bunting them. They Keep fresh for half q year
(fresh enough for a Patagonian). and one egg,
being equal to eight or ten hens eggs, is con-
sidered the fair quota for one persons dinner.
The Darwinii ostriches are extremely shy, and
as their vision is remarkably acute it is BY no
means an easy matter to capture them unless
the hunter has weli-trained dogs. The Ameri-
can bird has many habits in common with his
African cousin One OF these is that he scoots
ahead in a straight line when pursued and al
ways against the wind If he can. Aware Of this
habit the PataSo nians chase him on horseback.
first placing some of their party in ambush in
the direction which he is likely to take. They
then gallop ful tilt up to the line of flight and
either intercept the ostrich altogether or
"ho2ple" it with pair OF bolas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-12
wOMAN's BRUTALITY TO WOMAN.

9ome severe Criticisms on Her Manners Nc-
specting Others of Her Sex.
GIFTS SURPRISING HOW DISCOURTEOUS
Awomen are to women" said . Washington
physician to a writer for THE STAR. I'm my
own Office they are continually disputing un-
reasonably over the question Of precedence
Only yesterday something occurred which was
merely repetition of what has happened
many times before. The door OF my sanctum
was opened for the next patient, and two ladies
in the waiting room engaged in dispute as
to who was first They referred the question
to me for arbitration, but am too wise in my
generation to get into o scrnpe Of that sort.
So did whatI always do under such circum-
stances and said:
"'Well, ladies' I shall have to leave you to
settle the matter between yourselves
Then turned to the person who was third
and escorted her into my private Office, where
upon the two disputants both went away in
huff.
Usually this sort Of trouble comes about
through Misunderstanding Of one Of the most
ordinary rules relating to precedence. A lady
will come in, find number of patients wait
ing and 60 out again. Later she will return
and expect quite as q matter Of course, to
resume the place in respect to turn which she
would have had if she had remained. She
says:
"'Why, I was here an hour ago.
''Such claim inevitably gives rise to con-
tention. never interfere. My policy il al
ways to let them fight it out.
Il will assert with confidence that women,
although nominally Of the gentler sex, are not
nearly so courteous in their treatment Of one
another as men are. The reason for it, think,
Is that men are afraid to treat each other with
disrespect. You may remember the story of
the tenderfoot in new city out west who re-
marked that he had never seen such polite peo-
pie in his life before. The reply was:
why, stranger. the fact is that when one
man knows that another man carries a pistol
and is dead on the shot he finds it healthy not
to be imperlite. Everybody here goes loaded
and it pays best to be civil
Take notice when you ride on the street car
and you will observe that the women, who ex-
pect 80 much courtesy from the men, show
little or none to their own sex. They spread
themselves over the seats 80 as to prevent
others from sitting down, the excuse being that
they are anxious not to have their dresses
crushed by crOwding. and if they have children
permit them to wipe their feet all over
the next neighbor. In the shops they
notoriously lack constituencies for the
clerks, crowd one another outrage
ton. On board Of sleeping cars they are
apt to exhibit the utmost Indifference to each
others comfort. two or three occupying the
washing quarters by the hour, to the exclusion
OF the rest. 1t would not be bad idea, should
Imagine, to introduce in the training Of little
girls slightly more vigorous discipline re-
speeding the consideration which they ought to
show for their fellow-beings in petticoats.'