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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-20
You Hungry !

For bargains? II so il will pay You to take
time To- glance over these prices:
C,nncy. Island Syrup, pure sugar goods, per
gallon. inr.
New Orleans Syrup, splendid for baking. per
gallon, 3ic.
MuscaNadO Caramel Sugar. Der pound &c.
Cod Fish, white and nice, per pound &C..
Nackcrci, new fat fish. per dozen sac.
Portland Herring, large and solid, per dozen
- cents.
Russian Sardincs, Eagle brand. eleven cans
for Sl.G.
Three pound can Table Peaches. per can Iic.
Three pound can California .Apricuts, per
can l6 cents.
Two pound can Preserved strawberries. per
can Ii cents.
Yacht Club Salad Dressing, pcr bottle s0c.
,adchu owe OH, strictly pure, per bottle
- cents.
Apple Cider. pure AMI good, per gallon tie.
Daisy Preserves pure fruit goods. per pound
II cents.
Anchor brand Parlor Matches, per dozen
boxes 20 cents.
Export brand Parlor Matches. per dozen
boxes 10 cents.
Rcmcmbcr That you get n rebate coupon on
every cash purchase. these coupons cntitlc
yuu Ia handsome gifts; silver plated Sugar
Bowls. Cream Pitchers, Spoon Holders :. Butter
Dishes, Cake Stands, Berry Dishes. Chocolate
Sets, SC.
Yours for stnndar goods. low prices. PROMPT
ana polite attention.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-20

Gov. Mitchell says that Corbeit
and Mitchell will not fight on Florida
soil, and the governor is II man who
generally knows what he is talking
about.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-20
PRESIDING ELDERS APPOINTMENTS.

Following are the appointments OF
Rev. j. NJ. Boone, presiding elder Lexing-
ton District II. L. Church, South, up to
and including March II, 1891:
Longwood and High Point. January
18th and 18th. Dover circuit, .%Innuary
2O-2l. Waverly station, January 1928.
Malta Bend and Grand Pass, January
1928. Miami and Mt. Carmel, February
80. alum circuit, February 1O-1l.
Lamont aud Dresden, February 1918.
Montserrat circuit, February 1919. War
rensburg station, February 1922. We'll
lington circuit, February 2i-2j. Sweet
Spring and Blackwater, February 24-25
C. II. Briggs. Elmwood and Bethel,
March "a. Corder and Blackburn, March
Sd. iierndon and Houstonia, March
lo-il. j. NJ. BOONE, y. T..
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-20

STRAYED.-FromIAiacy mines, near Lex
ington, Saturday, January 9Th, 1891, one
sorrel mare, about az hands high with
white spot in forehead aud brand ''22"
on left shoulder. A liberal reward offered
for information lett as 20 her wherea-
bouts, with Mr.. J. Perry, at Macy mines.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-22
A BIG BOA
Makes His Escape by Aid OF q
Curious Monkey.

N4dk0S k1iS CsCdp0 ny hIu Oh u
Curious Monkey.
Washington Post.
BY the aid of a monkey big boa con-
strictor confined in Schmidt's pet ami
NAL emporium, at 1921 Pennsylvania
avenue, made his escape yesterday
morning into sewer in the rear yard
of the premises. The monkey was at
trasted to the boa'S cage by curiosity,
and while investigating he Embossed
the door fastening and the snake
escaped. The monkey was badly
frightened when the snake gave
chase, and there was CONSERVATION in
the room as pursuit continued. The
cries of the monkey attracted the atteu-
ton of Mr.. Schmidt and Nh. Jacobs. his
assistant, and they tried to persuade the
snake to return to his quarters. This
was exactly what the snake was de-
termlned not TO do. Mr.. Schmidt killed
several guinea pigs, rats and other pets
and fed them TO the snake, which ate
them with relish and retired to cor
ner to digest them.
Last night MIR. Schmidt thought 1t
would be an easy matter to bag the
snake while asleep, and with Mr.. ia
cobs keeping disoreetly in the rear, a d.
yanced upon him.
Gliding out the rear door, the snake
espied sewer pipe about four inches
in diameter. How snake seven Inc hes
in diameter could get into four inches
Of pipe was a perplexlpg question. but
1t was solved. With a desperation born
Of despair, Mr.. Schmidt graspsd the
exposed portion of his two-hundred-
dollar snake and attempted to pull him
out. The snake braoed himself against
the sides of the pipe, jerked his tail
loose, flirted the tip In Mr.. Schmidt s
face and disappeared from view.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-22

SIGNING THE DECLARATION.
The signing of the Declaration of In
dependence was a solemn act. The
signerS were subjects of King George,
and their act was treason. Ii the king
could have caught them he would have
hung them, every one, and this they
knew; but, according to the traditions
that have come down to us, this know
ledge did not deter certain of them
occasion with the natural flow
of their wit and humor. The
emarks attributed to them are
not exactly authenticated by history,
but they are too good not to be believed.
1t is said that when John Hancock af-
fixed his bold autograph, he remarked:
1.-The Englishmen will have no difficulty
in reading that" that when Franklin
signed, he said: Nov. we must all
hang together or we will hang separ-
ately." and that Charles Carroll, of Car
rollton, when asked why he wrote
his place OF residence, replied, that
there was another Charles Carroll, and
he didn't want them to hang the wrong
man.
The most enthusiastic advocate of the
great measure, and the one who led the
debate in its support, was John Adams,
of Massachusetts, and when the Declar-
alton was adopted he wrote to his wife
i'll these prophetic words: "This will
be the most memorable epoch in the
history Of America; celebrated by de-
scending generations as the great ami
versary festival, concentrated AS the
day of deliyerance, by solemn acts of
devotion TO God Almighty, solemniZed
with pomps, shows, games, sports,guns
bells, bontires and Examinations from
I'll IL,
from this time forward, forever"
OF all the eloquent words uttered re-
garding the Declaration of Independ-
ence by the orators of the generations
which have succeeded its inception no
more impressive sentence was ever
spoken than one pronounced by Ralph
Waldo Emerson, In an address delivered
in Boston during the civil war. Re-
ferring TO q contemptuous characterize
ton Of the Declaration by certain po-
litical speaker, he said: 1--WE have
been told that the Declaration of Inde-
pendence lisa glittering generality; it
is an eternal ubiquity."
Among Americas later statesmen no
one entertained more exalted regard
for the Decl aration, or mere persistent
ly emphasized its important relation to
legislation than Charles Sumner. He
always held that the constitution should
be interpreted in the spirit of the Dec
laration. He said: "rhe Declaration
of Independence has supremacy
grander than that of the constitution,
more sacred and lnviolable, for it gives
tue law to the constitution. Every word
in the constitution is subordinate to
the Declaration. The Declaration pre-
cedes the constitution in time as it is
more elevated in character. - The con-
sitution Is all earthly body,if you please,
the Declaration of Independence Is the
very soul q elf. F"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-22

National Academy of Sciences reported
to the commission that portion of the
writing had absolutely disappeared,
and that the rest was so badly faded
that restoration was impossible. Mean
while, in 1875, George w. Childs. Of
Philadelphia, and Mr.. Frank
Nd. Etting, In charge of
the historical department of
the centennial exposition, requested
the government to send the document to
the exposition to be placed Oh exhibi-
ton. The secretary of the interior,
Hon. Zachary Chandler, addressed a
letter to President Grant, setting forth
the reasons why this request ought not
was granted, and, OH its huudredth
birthday. the great charter, faded and
scarcely ]egible. returned to the place of
It's birth and was there exposed to the
gaze OF the American people, its pitiful
condition standing rebuke to the ma
tional government.
In 1877, at the close of the exposition,
the common council ofPhIladelphia petit
toned congress for authority to retain
the Declaration, and TO place it in ln-
dependence hall. This request was re-
fused, and the document was brought
back 10 Washington, but upon request
State-the secretary OF the Interior coll
senting-it was again returned to the
state department., where it has since
remained.
A COPY MADE.
While the Declaration was In the
patent office, all excellent photn-litho-
graphic copy, reduced to abaut one-half
Its size, was made by the government
photolithographer. Later full-sized
copper-plate engraving was prepared,
ard the copies printed from this plate
are perfect fac-SimiIes of the original.
1t is believed that in making this en-
craving the original was seriously dam
aged by a chemical application to
restore the fainter lines; but it
may be said that il this engrav-
ing had not been made there would
now be no exact copy of this most I'M
portant document III existence. A
framed copy of this engraving may be
seen in the library OF the state depart
ment, and, what is even more interest
Ing, in frame beneath it is shown
Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the
Declaration, In his own hand writing,
and with all of bis erasures and in
terlineations, just as it lett his hand.
Besides this, in another frame. placed
there to authenticate Jetferson'S writing
in the draft, is the letter which contains
the epitaph which he wished engraved
upon his monument. together with a
sketch and description of the monu-
ment he desired to have erected at his
grave.
In the letter he says: "Could the dead
feel any interest in monuments or other
remembranees of them, the following
would be to my names the most crafty
ing. On the grave plain dias or cube
of three feet, without any holdings,
surmOunted by all obelisk of six feet in
height, each of single stone; OH the
face of the dias single inscription. and
not word more:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-22
THE FIRE FLY.
Written for the Glote.l
In sweet July

Written for the Glote.l
In sweet July
The brown freely,
Heavy winged with evening dew,
viii seek the night
With new delight
To sing TO the stars and-youi
In warm July
The gay FREELY
Must chronicle every fad
To the fairy queen,
AS she rests between
The folds of lily pad.
why. last july"
Sings the wild FREELY
To the star-lit world, the rose
Was all the craze.
But nowadays
My lady the sweet pea grows"
$50 in July"
The bright FREELY
Says: The fairy sprites must lie
'TwiXt sweet pea sheets,
And feed on sweets
That fall from summer sky"
IT'S now July;
The blithe fire-hv,
Though burdened with June's delight,
Will lift his wings
And sing of things
He learns from the Tranquil night!
-Lollie Belle Wylie.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-22

on story of Morley Roberts, who start
ed life by running away from an uncon-
genial home aud serving for many
months before the mast. Morley ROB-
erts is great fav0rite at the Authors
club, to whose members he often relates
his manifold adventures. He is too
much of rolling stone, however, to
make great man. AT present he Is
believed to be in San Francisco en-
plOyed as a detective.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-22
CIVIC MANHOOD.

BY RT. REV. F. D. HUNTINGTON, D. d.
Speech at the annual banquet of the
Business Mems Association of Syracuse,
in reply to the following toast:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-22
A shame.

Hicks-What would you do If, when
you went to the polls, they asked you to
swear in your vote?
Mrs. Hicks-If women have got to
learn to swear in order to vote it's too
bad.
The advocate., 1894-01-31

membrance Of it. II some cOlored
man had been lynChed in one OF the
southern states what a howl there
would have been about rebel out
RACES. But this is different. It is
IN loyal Kansas and in q republican
county too. That must be all right.
1t don't matter whether the men
lynched were guilty of the crime Of
which they were charged or not If
they were not, somebody else prob
ably was, and as such a CRIME could
not be suffered to 90 unsvenged in a
county, 1t was thought
best to hang the first fellows caught,
guilty or not guilty, rather than not
hang anybody. Stand up for Kansas.
The advocate., 1894-01-31

Now, let our readers watch the
great moral American dsilies aud see
if they discover anything said about
anarchy in connection with this un-
provoked outrage. So long as the
clubbing and brutality are inflicted
only upon unemployed workingmen,
aud by the organized police, too,
there is no anarchy in it. Verify, it
makes a difference whose OK is gored.
The advocate., 1894-01-31

LET Us see! Did we hear any Kan
sas republican paper say anything
about lswlessness or anarchy or any
thing Of that kind in connection
with the recent lynChing in Russell
county, We have no distinct re-
The advocate., 1894-01-31
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHOSE
OK Is GORED.

Some time ago Frenchmsn, Au-
guste valiant, threw a bomb in the
French chamber of deputies, which
exploded and wounded some eighty
of the members. As a matter Of
course, he was arrested and tried for
his crime, and the great papers OF
Europe and America have since been
filed with details, even of the most
trlfing circumstances connected with
the affair. OF course, the bomb
throwsr was an anarchist" and the
dangers threatening the existing Or
der from the growth OF anarchy have
been dwelt upon until the people are
seized with cold chllls whenever the
subject is mentioned.
But a later European dispatch
brings news of another little affair
that is not receiving one. half the at
tentlon by American dsilies that was
devoted to the French bomb thrower.
This dispatch is from Berlin, and is
spoken of as ''s comparatively insig-
nifcant riot" The dispatch is copy
rlghted by the Associated press, pre-
sumsbly to prevent the reform press
from using it. The fact is there was
no riot at all, except by the police. A
large crowd of lsboring men had as
sembled at Lips brewery for a pub
lie meeting to disc1ss questions re-
lating to labor interests. The meeting
was perfectly peaCeable, and no pre-
tense is made that there was any dis
turbsnce of any kind. In the midst
of the proceedings the hall was in
vaded by the police, and the crowd
was ordered to disperse. The men
obeYed promptly and without resist
ance, but the crowd was so large that
the dispersion was not rapid enough
to suit the police, and general at
tack was made upon the working
men. The dispatch says:
The police, mounted and on foot, espeo-
tally the former, Immediately out into the
multitude, slashing right and left with the
fat Of their sabres, while the detectives who
were also present in strong force, used theiE
rubber clubs vigorously.
The crowd, though naturally anRered by
this apparently unjustAabls attack, made
no organized resistance, but simply fled
from the scene Of the disturbance as fast az
} possible, followed by the people, who seem
10 have furiously dubbed the innocent as
Sembly and spectators Of the neighborhood,
as well as attacking the workingmen with
equal ferocity. This clubbing and pursuit
Of the people in the vicinity Of friedrich
shain appears TO have been kept up for an
unreasonable sime, the police actually pur.
suing people into their houses and beating
them, apparently unrsstrained by their OH
GERS, for at least half an hour, during
which period the people Of the neighboF-
hood hastily closed and barricaded their
shops and houses, and sought refuge in the
cellars from the brutality Of the police.
The advocate., 1894-01-31
TIE BOND ISSUE,

tember 2O, Will ind there q predlc-
tion respecting the probable future
policy Of the administration upon the
finance question. We make no pre-
tensions Of being a prophet or the
SON Of prophet but he must be
stupid indeed who cannot read some
thing Of the signs Of the times, and
we desire now to repeat the predlc-
ton made in September during the
?ats special session Of congress. The
issue Of bonds was part of the con-
spirscy which the special session was
called to consummste. In order to
pave the way for them and for the
contemplated changes in the national
banking system 1t was first necessary
to got silver out OF the way. That
done sufficient amount Of bonds will
next be issued to increase to the de-
sired amount the basis Of national
bank currency. These bonds will be
issued under the law Of January Ia,
1876, which provides for the issue Of
bonds for resumption purposes and
this is construed to cover the re-
demption OF United States treasury
notes. Ex-Sscretsry Foster has ex-
pressed the opinion that Mr.. Car
Isle has authority under that law to
issue bonds for the redemption OF the
treasury notes, aud all the ''finSn-
ciers" will undoubtedly agree upon
this subject. The bonds will be
issued for the ostensible purpose of
increasing the gold reserve in the
treasury, but this gold reserv will
not be increased. That is not the
purpose in view. The purpose is the
retirement Of the United States treas
ury notes in order that gold and ma
tionsl bank currency may be the only
money of the country. Watch and
see if this does not prove true.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of Jan u
Sry 2l, gives the following as the
method by which this may be done:
The country is now fully launched upon
new debt.creating period. Five per cent.
bonds are TO be sold, redeemable at any
time after ten years. They are to be sold
at q premium which would make the actual
interest on the proceeds for ten years
equivalent to 3 per cent. or less. They are
to be sold for gold only. The amount
offered for sale at the outset is $50, 900 900.
II asked where the gold is to come from
with which to buy them IL would DO safe TO
reply that IL can be obtained at the treas
ury Of the United States. The philanthrop-
lists who are eagerly bidding against one
another for the privilege Of replenishing
the reserve By the purchase Of these bonds
have only TO make up purse Of $50, 900,
600 in greenbaoks or Sherman notes, and
present them at the sub treasury in New
York for redemption. They will imme-
diStely receive $59,OOo,OOO in gold out of
She $74 100000 now held in reserve in the
treasury for redemption purposes. The
gold thus drawn out Of the treasury can be
Immediately paid back for $50,00O,0O0 Of
bonds at 1lS. The government will then be
in debt $4,000 900 without having increased
the gold reserve to the extent Of a single
dollar. There ia no obstacle to an indefinite
repetition Of this performance 80 long as
- A l.
The advocate., 1894-01-31

now governed
But why will il be necessary to 90
through the formslity Of drawing the
gold out Of the treasury and paying
it back again. There is a shorter
cut to whip the devil around the
stump than that. It will only be
necessary to present the greenbaCks
and the treasury notes Of 1890 and
take the bonds. The little matter OF
conforming to forms Of law will not
stand in the way, and what will be
the difference anyway? The ultl-
mate result of the transaction will be
the exchange of these various forms
of treasury notes for the bonds; and
it does not matter about the method
by which this result is reached.
Now what of the probable amount
of these bondsG There are still $780,
100000 of grsenbscks reported in
circulation. OF course many Of these
have been lost or destroyed, and no
such amount is still outstanding.
Whatever amount there may be, the
process Of issuing bonds as above in-
dicated may continue until these are
all absorbed. Then there are treas
ury notes issued for the purchase Of
silver bullion under the so-cslled
Sherman law of July IA, 1890. 1t is
a matter of great uncertainty how
many of these are outstanding, ..as
they have been redeemed in gold
whenever presented. Whatever there
may be, however, they may also be
taken up by a further bond issue. 1t
is probable that altogether Mr.. Car
Isle may be able to accommodate his
Wall street friends with between $,-
100000 and $5,OOO,OOO of these Sc
curities.
The next step will be to authorize
national banks to issue currency up
to the full amount of the bonds de-
posted with the treasury department,
and this will fix things about as the
"fnsnciers" want them. Having
taken all of these successive steps we
may then look for an increase of the
currency to some extent and a partial
revival of business. Il is not difficult
for the pirates who are manipulating
public affairs to see that present con-
dltions are approaching uncomfort-
ably near to the danger line. The
people will not abide in peace under
existing conditions for q great length
of time and period of temporary
relief is becoming absolutely neCes-
Sary in order 10 give time for public
sentiment to become quisted. We
predicted last September that this
would be done and We again repeat
the prediction.
After the purposes of this tenn
porary revival of business have been
served, the screws can then be re-
applied and turned down a little
tighter even than they are at present,
and the people will submit more
readily after such period of relsxa-
The advocate., 1894-01-31
A REMARKABLE MAN GONE,

a 499ABAAAAO10 WhN
A brief note in the ADVOCATE last
week announced the death, in this
city on Monday, January %, of j. G.
Hebbard, former associate editor of
this paper. Mr.. Hebbsrd was man
far above the average in native abil-
ity, and of very superior attsinments.
He possessed a most remarkable
memory, and was noted as one of the
best informed men, especially in his
toricsl and statistical matters, in the
country. He was sometimes spoken
of as the walking cyclopedia. AS q
statisticisn he had no equal in the
state, and his work always COM
msnded the respect Of all who knew
him, irrespective Of party.
It is proper for us at this time to
speak Of his work upon the ADVOCATE
in the early days of the Peoples
party. II will be remembered that
the republican party in Kansas made
the reelection of John J. Ingalls, to
the United States senate the one
great issue of the first campaign
against the new party. The Peoples
party accepted that issue and the
battle was conducted chiefly for the
election of members of ths lowe
house Of the approaching legisls ture.
There were many people engaged in
that memorable contest who are en-
titled to great credit for the service
they contributed to the defeat Of Mr..
Ingalls,. Whatever claims may be
set up on this subject the credit be-
longs to no one individual. But If
there was one person who can Justly
be said to have contributed more
than another TO that first victory of
the Peoples party, that person was
j. G. Hebbsrd. 1t was he who COM
piled from the official records the
history of Mr.. Ingalls, stewardship.
The historical matter prepared by his
pen, and published IN the ADVOCATE,
carried conviction to all who read it,
and presented the facts in convent
ent form for effective use by our
speakers upon the stump. He, above
all others, contributed most to that
first victory of the Peoples party.
He continued his connection with the
ADVOCATE until the spring of 1892
During the winter of 1892 he was
in Washington, and served as spe-
cisl correspondent. His work in
every capacity was thorough and re-
liable. His statements could always
be confidently repeated without the
necessity of verifcation. He was a
conspicuous character in Topeka. He
was consulted by all parties concern
ing statistical and historical facts
that were in dispute, and 1t was sell
dom necessary for him to consult su-
thorities. His memory never failed
him, and he could furnish any de-
sired information without a moments
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