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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-10-10

A PRAIRIE fire west of the Missouri
river in North Dakota has burned over
a strip of country 800 miles long and
200 miles wide, destroying everything.
The fire was started by u buffalo bone
picker, who found his calling unre-
munerative owing to the heavy growth
of grass.
THE revenue cutter Rush has arrived
at San Francisco. All the British war
vessels have left the Behring sea and
the United States steamers Mohican
and Thetis will leave in a short time.
The Bear will remain until December.
A large number of sealing vessels had
been warned during the season.
A DARING Jail delivery occurred at
st. Louis on the I'd, ten notorious bur-
glars, sneak thieves and ~murderers
escaping.
THREE feet of snow was reporte ed in
Montana on the I'd.
SIMEON RAY, who has been secretary
of the st. Louis Globe-Democrat COM
pany for the past sixteen years, and
connected with the paper for a quarter
of n century is dead.
ANOTHER United States deputy mar
shall has been killed in the Indian Ter
ritory, William Rogers killing r. S.
Taylor in the Usage nation.
THE butter manufacturers Of the
northwest met in Chicago to arrange
for an association to advance the grades
of butter. Examinations for butter
makers are proposed.
DETECTIVES are on the lookout for
Abe Standiford, the absconding banker
of Chrisman, Ill.
THE schooner Frank Perew has been
lost in Lake Superior. The crew of
nine men persisted.
THE deliberations of the Irish confer
enc at Chicago resulted in u decision
to steer clear of the home factions. A
motion to support the McCarthyites
was voted down. NJ. V. Cannon, of
Omaha, Neb., was elected president to
succeed Fitzgerald.
FIFTY houses were destroyed by n
dynamite explosion at Butte, Mont.
Many persons were injured.
THE boiler of the tug C. w. Parker
exploded at Chicago. At least seven
persons were killed and ten injured.
INDIAN AGENT COLE, who went to the
scene of the reported Indian trouble in
the Calispel valley, in Idaho, says there
was no trouble, but that greedy whites
were trying to dispossess the Indians
of their lands.
TERRIBLE forest fires have been rag
ing for over a week in Eldorado county,
Cal, and more than forty square miles
of country have been burned over.
THE Van Camp canning works at In
dianapolis, Ind, have been destroyed
by fire. Loss, $500, 600.
THE. first payments under the law
giving a bounty of two cents a pound
on sugar produced in the United States
have been made in favor of the Chino
Valley Sugar Co., of Chino, Cal, on
$40, 900 pounds of beet sugar. The
bounty amounted to So, 800.
FRANK Goss and Emanuel Rink were
killed near Lima, o. They were driv.
ing n threshing machine when a bridge
gave way under them.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-10-10
PERSONAL PARTICULARS.

EUsToRJIo RAMON, the Rio Grande
bandit, rides a piebald steed-an animal
of seven colors-bay, gray, black,
cream, %sorrel, blue and white in spots.
The Denver News says that Jonas
Carpenter Of that city is nearly one
hundred and fifty years old. lie was
born in Virginia, and the family Bible
gives the date of his birth as 1852. He
is said to be in good health.
ANNIE CoNANT, Il San Diego invalid,
who has been endeavoring during the
past year to collect one million can
celed postage stamps, has succeeded in
accommodating the enormous number of
nine hundred and seventy thousand.
A LETTER carrier in Kansas City,
named jefferson A.. Harlow, fell asleep
near an open window, with the moon
shining on his face. On awakening, he
made the appalling discovery that he
was totally blind.
DEACON PRICE, of Manchester, Mass,
has had a longer experience as u school
teacher than any man on record in this
country. lie is SO years old, and in his
time has taught more than 1,700 pupils
and worn ont IL ane brake in refreshing
their memories.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-10-10
FUNNY THINGS IN PASTE.
Thor Growth Quite II Mystery NineGn'
EeIs IL Foot Long.

Thor Growth Quite a Mystery Vinegar
EcIs IL Foot Long.
at is not SO very long said Il Scien-
fist the other, ''since it was an accepted
belief that living creatures low down in
the scale ofcxistrnc" were brought into
being und r. certain conditions by what
was called spontaneous generation IN
other words, that, like Topsy, they
just growed.' without starting from
any germs in particular. This was snp-
posed to happen when flour and wafer
were mixed together, for example, and
permitted to stand for a while. Paste
SO made will quickly develop swarms of
little animals, the surface being covered
with small wriGglerS resembling cells in
shape. Not the slightest Indication of
life can be found in the mixture when
freshly made, and yet but Il short time
elapses before it is filed with active or
ganisms, whose term of being is only
brought to a close when the material on
which they feed is entirely consumed.
1t is not surprising that the observation
of such n familiar phenomenon should
have given rise to the mistaken notion
! refer to.
''These little GELS are very curious
things indeed. They are amazingly
prolific, not only having eggs, but
bringing forth their young alive also. 1t
has been discovered that there are four
distinct varieties of them developed in
paste. How did they get there to begin
with is the question, which has been
satisfactorily answered by the very
simple explanation that their eggs, set
afioat by evaporation, are always blow
ing about in the air, like the germs of
countless other species of animalcules.
Some of them fall into the paste, which
affords a suitable feeding ground for
the creatures when Matched, and they
very quickly form a colony there.
eff you will put n small quantity of
good vinegar into a wine-glass and eX-
anime it with the naked eye under a
strong light you will find the fluid filed
with slender t~hread-like bodies in rapid
motion. These are the cells of vinegar,
which, when viewed under the micro
scope, are found to be longer and nor
active than the paste cells, though not
30 thick. They can be seen to great
advantage by inclosing Il drop of the
liquid between two pieces of glass and
casting an image of it, magnified by Il
solar microscope, upon a large screen,
when hundreds of cells, each apparently
more than a foot in length, will be seen
crossing and %recrossing the surface and
darling and twisting in every direction.
Their motions are evidently quiclened
by the glare of the sunlight that falls
upon them through the lenses and
which they try to shun."-Washington
STAR.
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NEOSHo, Mo-, Oct. 5.-Thc prclimi-
nary trial of Terry Campbell for the
murder of his l3-year-old daughter
near Ritchey, this county, last June,
was held before Esquire Crow, of
Newtonia, and resulted in the acquittal
of the defendant. The warrant for the
arrest was sworn ont by two amateur
detectives, one of whom gave his name
as L. NJ. Smith and claims to hail from
New York City. lie is not known out
side of himself, and the arrest of
Campbell was an outrage, and is so cx-
pressed by all who know anything
about the case. His partner in the de-
tective scheme, Woodward, lives
ut SarcoXie, Mo, and is almost
unknown. Smith first laid his ease be-
Tore Sheriff Feathcrston, who refused
to issue IL warrant on such testimony,
whereupon he went before Squire
Miller, of Ritchey, where he met the
same fate, and from there to Squire
Heidledge, who issued papers and had
the unfortunate man lodged in jail at
this place. The 81, 600 reward is still
open to the person bringing the murder
err to justice.
LONDON, Oct. 5.-Mysterious press al
luSions have been made to II certain
high parsonage who had intimate
relations with the Gaiety actress,
Lydia Miller, who recently COM
mitted suicide. These illusions were
understood to refer to Prince Albert
Victor. The coroner-the one who
hushed up the Duke of Bedford suicide
-hal1 n r>ri-nfa in4,nSt in tho anCn of
Lydia Miller and refuses to allow any
one to have access to the dispositions.
CHICAGO, Oct. 5.-On the arrival of
the limited train OH the Rock Island
road from Denver yesterday morning
it was learned that a richly dressed,
unknown young woman from Denver
had either jumped off or fallen from
the train to her death n short distance
outside the city. Her bruised and
mangled remains were subsequently
found at n point where the train was
running at n high rate of speed. She
vas taken seriously ill about 200 miles
west of this city and suffered very Sc
verely.
PARIS, Oct. 5.-The journal dcs De-
bats, in an editorial on the disorders
which took place in Rome Friday,
protests against Italy making the
incident of the insults offered by the
pilgrims to the memory of Victor
Emanuel n political affair. 1t says that
all right minded Italians are aware
that a majority of Frenchmen regard
the idea of the restoration of the TEN.
poral power of the pope as being abso.
lutely chimerical.
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THE COUNTRY EDITOR.
An Important Factor in the Shaping q
Public Opinion.

An Important Factor in the Shaping OF
Public Opinion.
The country editor deserves n good
deal more consideration than he gener-
ally receives. He renders service OF
surprising valne, for which he rarely
or never gets reasonable credit. There
is no other man in the community who
does SO much work for so little pay, or
who is SO willing to subordinate private
interest to public necessity and advan-
tage. He lies awake of nights to devise
means of making himself useful to
his town. His paper is a source OF
constant benefit to its readers as an adj
vocate of everything that is calculated
to promote their welfare and prosper
ity. 1t is out of the question for him
to acquire wealth, or even to put away
a moderate surplus for II rainy day. He
is content If he can make a living.
When he does more han that the bal
ancs goes to the improvement of his
paper, and so the people get the profit
after all. lie Toes not expect Il Just and
fair return for his labor, like men en-
gagged in other kinds of business. The
force of custom and tradition obliges
him to be everybody's servant in n GER
tain sense, and to seize every chance of
assisting other people In their various
enterprises and ambitions. He must
study to please his patrons by making
himself a practical help to them. This
is the test of his ability and the measure
of his popularity. In short, he is the
best existing illustration of the theory
800 .I.N An1Y -. 40 &c - x.r,,
reward.
There is another side to the matter,
however. The country editor is not a
prophet without honor in his W local
ity. He yields u decided iniu ence and
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SOME HISTORIC HOT SPELLS.

IN 1908 and 1904 the Rhine, Loire and
Seine ran dry.
IT seemed as if New York was on fire
in 1858. The thermometer ranged from
02 to % degrees for five or six days.
During the week 214 persons were killed
in that city of sunstrole.
IN France in 1918 many shops had to
close. The thcaters did not open their
doors for three months. Not Il drop of
water fell during six months. In 1878
the thermometer rose to 11S degrees.
In 1900 Spain was visited by a swell
tering temperature that is described as
fearful. Madrid and other cities were
deserted and the streets silent. Labor
ers died in the fields, and the vines were
scorched and blasted as if by a simeon.
THE heat in several of the French
provinces during the summer Of 1905
vas equal to hat of 4 glass furnace.
Meat could he prepared for the table
merely by exposing it to the sun. Not
n soul dare venture out between noon
and four d. III.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-10-10
Weekly ~Intelligencer.
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News
WASHINGTON T

WILD rumors were in circulation in
Washington that the white squadron
and other vessels were to be sem to
Chill, but these stories were i%nconsist-
ent with Secretary Tracy's statement
that no more vessels were to be ordered
thither.
IN the case of Deputy Marshal Glenn
Lee, convicted of carrying a concealed
weapon, Justice Lamar, of the United
States supreme court, has handed down
n decision hat a federal deputy mar
shall has no right to the possession of IA
weapon outside of his jurisdiction,
even when following n suspected Grim
inal from one state to another.
MIR. FOSTER expresses himself salts
fed with the result of the AZ bond con-
%tinuances at 2 per cent.
THE president has committed to one
years imprisonment the sentence of
Arthur Campbell, of Utah, convicted
of adultery. The original sentence
was eighteen months Imprisonment.
THE secretary of the interior has de-
cided to keep one ofthe allotting agents
for the Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands
on duty in the Indian territory in the
field until the small balance remaining
of the appropriation of SIS, 900 is eked
out in paying his salary and expenses.
By direction of the president a re-
quest has been sent to the governor
general of Canada for the postpone
ment of the reciprocity conference.
The reason given for the postponement
is the continued illness Of Secretary
Blaine.
THE president has ordered the return
of Chong Sam to China, instead of TO
Canada, unless habeas corpus proceed
ings were Immediately instituted.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-10-10
KISSES AND SQUEEZES.

A GENTLE HINT must be going"
he said, consulting his watch. 81 have
a business appointment, and time
presses" "Time presses?' she echoed.
"Good for Time!"
HE-"I don't see why you think young
Snibbins such a superior fellow at fish
ing. He catches very few fish" Eyes,
but when he's with me he catches those
few with one arm and one hand"
A WHIsKERLEss DISQUALIFICATION
do you like VIII Wishlets without his
mustache?" Millicent-"I don't like
him one bit; I'd just as soon be kissed
by a statue of the Apollo Belvedere."-
Brooklyn Eagle.
CLARA" said Mrs. Van Jenkins,
don't you think hat Charley Slamm,
who called on you last evening, is
rather rough?" 'Oh, yes, indeed,
mamma" replied Clara. "He has to
shave every day."
If Al FIRST You DON'T SUCCEED, ETC.
Miss Willing-"What do you think,
Ethel, Harry Smartleigh tried to kiss
me last night" Miss Ethel-(signifi.
cantly)-'And did hep" Miss w. (indig,
nantly)-"Of course not" Miss Ethel
why not?" Miss w. (hesitatingly)-
she didn't try hard enough."-Wash.
inptOn Star.
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PARAGRAPHS.

-"Iiow's that z / gave you. Isn't
it n ~dandy?' at is indeed. Pretty and
dull."-N. y. Herald.
Have you heard the cight-year-old
violin virtuoso?' 80, yes. Twelve years
ago in Vienna. PLATTER und Bluthen.
An Oregon man wants to trade a
mule for a wife. Some mcn eve know
when they are we'll of.-Tcxas Siftings.
AT the Seaside.-Gracc-'Charley
had an idea floating in his head the
other day. Bcllc-"Nor' Grace-"Yes;
the doctor told him it was only water on
the brain, though."-N. Y. Ledger.
-~Grecn-Eyed Jealousy-Fannie-"T
wonder what makes Harry stare at me
so much?" Minnie-'Ive heard him say
that he is a lover of works of art
Yankee Blade.
-Suitor-"l have come, sir, to ask
PaterfamiliaS-"NVhy, sir, when | last
saw it, it was in your possession."-
Harper's Bazaar.
Ethel Fishing for n compliment)-
81 wonder what he saw in me to fall in
love with" Clarissa - That's what
everybody says. But men are curious
creatures, dear."-N. Y. Press.
Young Bohrer (diffidently)-"Yes.
Miss Lucy, they do say that | am clever
at baseball" Lucy (yawning) -" 81
should SO (yawn) dearly love to see you
make a yawn) home run."-Pittsburgh
Bulletin.
Il told DIR. Wray the other day
that believed | was the only living TX
ample of his patients" WAS he en-
barrassed?" ''Not Il bit; he acknowl-
edged it." ''What-did he say?" Said
he was sorry to say / was."-Elmira
Gazette.
1t Will BE Chilly for Him.-IIunker
(who wants to proposc)-"Miss Scadds,
let MS go out on the porch. Shall [ get
your wrap" Miss Scadds-''Thanks,
but l shan't need it. You might put or
your overcoat, howcver."-Epoch.
-Inquiring Youth-"Pa, what word
in our language has been most recently
coined?' Pal can tell you, my son,
but if you'll just listen when your
mother and I get into an argument
you'll hear it. She always has the last
wore. "-Chicago Herald.
Young lady to clerk ut drug store
"Can you give me ten cents in exchange
for a dollar?" Clerk(trying to be
funny)-''Do you want common sense?"
Young lady-"O, no., 1 wouldn't ask you
for what you haven't got"
One of our exchanges Says that a
little Boston boy, at whose house there
was Il new baby, vas asked if it was a
girl baby. The little fellow hesitated.
~ have not made up my mind, he said,
whether it is proper to say girl baby
or a baby girl"
Room at the Top. Ambitious
Youth-''Do You know of any way by
which Young writer's like myself can
make money in literature"' Magazine
Editor-"Um-thcre is one" II am de
lighted to hear that" keep a news
stand"
-Crusty bachelor latter silent half
hour Of piano ugony)-"Miss Florclla,
| should think you would hate to be SO
far behind the styles" Florclla (get-
ting rcd)-"What do you mean, Mr..
Tart?" Crusty Iiachelor-'NNhy, | saw
in some fashion paper that low short
bangs were all the rage Baltimore
American.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-10-10
FRUIT FOR WINTER.
Some Suggestions About Canning an
Preserving.

Some SuggcstiOns About Canning and
Preserving.
Peaches should never be scalded to
remove the skins, but pared with a
sharp, thin-bladed knife and halved.
Five or six pits should he distributed
evenly through the contents of each
quart jar us they add greatly TO their
flavor.
If pears are halved and the seeds left
in, they have u much better flavor; if
this is objected to, tie the cores in a
small piece of muslin and cook them in
the jars. Seckel pears make delicious
preserves when pared whole, the blos-
som end cut out, the stem left on, and
cooked in clear water fifteen minutes
before the sugar is added.
In making preserves always skim out
the fruit when it is done and boil the
syrup until thick.
If the skins are not removed from
plums, pierce each one with n steel fork
to prevent their bursting. To remove
the skins, put a few at a time in Il wire
vegetable basket and dip quickly in
scalding water.
The parings and cores of ounces
should be covered with cold water and
slowly boiled until soft, and to the
liquid strained from them should be
added the sugar. Ounces should al
ways be boiled until tender in clear
water and then cooked in strap made as
above, until they take on n rich, red
color.
Sliced lemon OF 4 little green ginger
root cooked in the sirup in which pears
are preserved prevents an insipid flavor.
Those who do not like the mild flavor
of the ounce can add n pint of vinegar
to each four pounds of fruit.
After citron has been prepared for
preserve it should be boiled twenty
minutes in strong alum water, and then
cold water before being boiled in clear
water until it has changed color. A
sliced lemon and Il small piece of ginger
root should be allowed for each pound
of fruit and cooked in the strip before
the fruit is added. Seeded raisins are
also delicious in citron preserves.
Spiced or picked peaches are best
when vinegar il seasoned, heated scald-
ing hot and poured over the fruit. Re
peat this, after allowing them to stand
twenty-four hours, and then cook until
tender.
Preserves keep perfectly in old glass
jars that are not air-tight, if the top is
covered with parafine, as for jelly
Country Gentleman.
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A Summer Story.
HOW WE GROIN OLD.
Deteriorations of The Secreti0ns of til
paSs1a Body.

Deteriorations of the Secretions of the
nssssa Body.
Anatomical researches respecting the
influence of age upon the bodily tissues,
have in recent years revealed some very
interesting and important facts. 1t has
been observed that in of
advancing age. after middle life the
capillary vessels of the body gradually
diminish in number, through the with
ering and ob~literation of many of these
small vessels, until, in advancing age,
the number of c~apillaries. and hence
the area, of this portion of the circu-
lation is very greatly diminished. An
other change also begins after middle
life, which is of still greater impor-
tancc. Up to about the age of forty
years, the pulmonary artery. the large
vessel which carries the blood from the
heart to the lungs. is larger than the
aorta, the vessel by which the blood is
distributed to the body in general. The
consequence of this excess in size of
the pulmonary artery over the aorta, is
IL high blood pressure in the lungs, and
consequently Il more complete puriiica-
ton of the blood from its gaseous i'm
pnritieS than would otherwise occur.
After middle life, the pulmonary artery
decreases in size, and the aorta in
crcases. This fact, together with the
increased resistance which the blood
meets i'll consequence of the diminished
capacity Of the pulmonary vessels, re-
suits in Il gradually increasing accumu-
lation of carbonic acid gas in the blood,
which reacts upon every organ and it's
sue III the body, lesscning its activity,
and causing Il deterioration of every Sc
cretion.-Dr. j. II. Kellogg. in Good
Health.
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N~ecessaries, delicacies, luxuries-all
such words have different meanings in
different ears and under different cir
cumstances. When MIR. Seward was in
Alaska says his son, the people were
naturally very DESTROYS to treat him
handsomely.
Some amusement was occasioned at
table. II day, by the remark of one of
the ladies that they had been much
disappointed ut obtaining no beef by
the last steamer, as all were looking
for steaks.
$ we can offer you nothing but the
fare of the. country, Gov. Seward" she
said.
But that is excellent answered he.
go, 10; we have nothing but venison,
and grouse, and wild ducks, and salmon,
and trout
One of the army officers remarked
that this reminded him of n mutiny
among the soldiers at q Florida fort,
against being served with green turtle
soup more than once Il week.-Youth's
COMPANION.
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SIFTED FROM "SlFTINGS."

THE toughest roads are those we have
not travelled over.
You can size up an orator by the di-
mansions of his mouth.
THE man born in Il cabin may some
day name Il cabinet.
MANY handkerchiefs are moistened by
sorrows that never occur.
IN diving to the bottom of pleasures
we bring up more gravel than pearls.
HoPE builds n nest in mans heart
where disappointment matches its brood.
MINDS of moderate calibcr ordinarily
condemn everything which is beyond
their range.
A LITTLE learning in Il fool, like
scanty powder in a large gun, will
sometimes make considerable noise.
VITAL statistics show that men bear
pain with less fortitude than women,
hat they die earlier and oftener, and
are Il scurvy lot anyhow.-Texas Sift'
ingS.
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TRIALS.

HIS ONLY CHANCE.-"You talk a great
deal in your sleep, John" said Mrs.
Henpeclt. Its the only chance ! get"
said John, meekly.-N. Y. Herald.
81 WANT you to understand, madam,
that ] alone am the head of this house
"Sir?" 81 mean, my dear, that | am
the head of the house when | am alone.
When you are not here, you know
indianapolis journal.
VIsIToR-'Is Mr.. lienpeck at home?'
Domestic-"Yis, sorr; but ne is en-
gagged on important business at prisint,
an don't think he'll be able to see
anywan whin he's finished. The missus
is thrashin' him, sorr."-Rochcster Tai
isman.
DEAcoY-"Will your father take the
Sunday-school class to-day, Willie?"
William Nope" Dcacon-"Father
under the weather, WilIie"' William
Nope; lie was under the bed when /
left home. lie had a dispute about
Solomon, an ma had the flat-iron."-
Judge.
Saturdays cold a brought the DUN,