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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-04-28
utnnilLtb 10 unuOllnct
JAMES N. PRICE

as a candidate for reelection Ia the office OF
Register and Treasurer for the city of Lex
ingtou. subject to the action OF the voters at
the jun election.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-04-28

CITY ENGINEER.
We are authorized 10 announce
ADAM wALK
rs "A candidate Cor the Office of city engineer.
subject to the action of the voters Of Lcxing-
ton at the June election.
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S. pound; now 1t can be bought for 81 cent.

SIS pound; now 1t can be bought for 81 cents
a pound
One of its peculiarities is its rghtness. A
solid block OF it, one foot square, only weighs
pound.
1t does not tarDish and acids have no effect
upon 1t. This makes 1t very valuable for sufgi-
cal instruments and for the wires which are
USED In sewing up wounds.
Inc racing men are putting aluminium shoes
upon all TacehorseS. Not only are they very
Ilght, out they preserve the feet of the horse.
I'm Inc Towers. who are always looking t0r-new
boats, nave mad racing shells built of thenew
metal. Iney can be made OF single sheets one
nineteenth OF an inch thick.
Sheets OF lt are also used for roofing houses
III does not have TO be painted like tin as dust
ara dampnesS Will have no effect upon it, For
TINS reason 1t is very valuable in cooking uten-
sus' ana furthermore, added to IT'S extreme
llghtness, 1t has great capacity for holding
neat, and Is almost unbreakable.
The armies OF Europe have begun to see that
aluminium will be very valuable for use In war
Even now they are using IL wherever a metal.
may be USED about the uniforms: II ia an.
strong as iron and as light asehalk
Aluminium has qualities which go beyoDd I'M
aginattOn. BY mixing IL with gold a beautiful
ruby-tiDted metal Is produced, which can be
used in decoration. Vons and guitars are
being made Of ii, as 1t has wonderful tone vibra.
tons.
The ornamental work on the Transportation
building at the Worlds Fair was on fOunda-
ton OF aluminium foil. The Diana on The Niadi-
son-Square Garden tower, in New York. 8
destined to bring about will take place In the.
air. AT last substance. has been discovered
which seems 10 make flying machine posi-
blitY.
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Millinery Ideas.

Gold is very much worn In millinery in
Paris, and very effective it is if people
with red or gold-colored hair could posi-
bly, lie made to abstain from wearing it,.
Gold wants strong contrast. Let it be
for dark women. while its twin sister is
popularity, jet, will look simply divine on
all fair heads; and with jet on one can
always feel so safe. ladylike and stylish.
A very chic bonnet had a gold and black
crown, and ali round the edge were black
roses, with the still favored black MORE
antique bow at the back and wide strings.
Green and gold, when judiciousiy
mixed, is also effective, as was a gold
tOQue, the square crown being of gold on
a moss green velvet ground, turning up at
the four corners 10 show the green. and
lunches of outstanding green and black
mignonette. Notwithstanding the bril-
liant colOrs used in millinery this year, it
is very noticeable that rather quiet shades
are the favortes for dresses. Black,
black and white, drabs ana grays, in ali
shades, are usual; all else is venture"
just now. Green is not having half the
run IL was expected to have; il is only be-
coming to very few, and certainly people
who live in towns cannot expect to have
complexion to stand green.-Philadelph
Timne.
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Washington by express. Before it's value
Is returned we will pay out nearly "a to
$1,000. At Uncle Sans works the bar will
be melted by fercer heat. Then the melt
ed mass will be poured into water, where
1t will form into shot or pellets of gold and
silver and copper. These pellets are then
placed in acid and the different metals
separs ted. No, you can't fool the Govern.
ment Tor minute. Science does the work
In good shape. After this process the
treasury ships gold eagles for the gold and
silver coin for the silver metal contained
In the bar. So you see the old battered
watchcase, broken chain. or out of date
ornament comes back in new coin Of the
realm. Over 100000 worth OF gold bars
Is annually sent from Chicago brokers in
just this way, and not one person in 10, 900
ever sees how the melting is done. OF
course many gold coins are made into
Jewelry, and in course of time are sent
BACK through our crucibes once more.
This is on account of change of style in gold
ornaments of all kinds which is constantly
going on. Any profit? Oh. yes. we figure
all such things. An article pawned means
to us only its weight in the crucible with
the profit deducted. This profit may be
or it may be - per cent. A chain weighing
SO worth of gold we buy for SIS so or some
less. The 81 30 is for profit, handling and
the risk. Yes, it's quite business, and
many family history has been told in the
golden heir!oOms that have fallen into a
loan brokers' crucible"
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Posing for Your Picture.

"Once in awhile one comes across pho
tographer who is an artist. but he is the
exception that proves the rule that most
of them are blockheads and ought to be
breaking stones"
The speaker was very cross, and when
one looked at the pictures, 81 the dozen,
that had just been sent home, 1t was small
wonder. She was not homely woman :
indeed, she was so artistic and distin-
guished looking that she passed among her
friends for very pretty woman, but here
every defect of feature had been made the
most OF.
''It will be lesson to me-" said she, as
she quickly cremated them in the open
CRATE. 81 have not mad a picture taken
since l was Is, but Tom begged SO hard
for a new one for the case Of his watch
that L weakly yielded"
Sitting for one's photograph is pastime
which, strangely enough, the hOmeliest
people most frequently indulge in, and as
photographers are no more fond of ugly
models than painter would be, they are
little likely to give much time to the study
of how they can make the best of bad
JOB, but you yourself can do much toward
getting decent likeness.
Prior to YOUR visit to the pho tographer.
place yourself before your mirror, hand
glass in hand, in as glaring a sunlight as
you would be obliged to sit in at the
studio, and study your face-in profile,
three quarters and full face. Notice your
good and bad points, and when you have
decided on the position. bringing out the
most OF the former and conceallng the
latter. you may safely make your visit
New York Recorder.
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As to CompIexion.


Nothing is SO beneficial to the face as
steaming. You can do it at home over q
saucepan of boiling water. Be sure to
! bind the eyes, as hot water is Injurious to
! them"
| Use pure cold water to insure fresh
rosy skin. Hot water is a sure producer
/ of wrinkles; for example. look at a wash
/ erwoman's hand. Steaming is very injurl-
| ous, as it makes the skin loose and flabby."
"Bathe infiamed eyes with hot water"
1.-The simplest and most harmless prepa-
ration to smooth the skin is glycerine and
rose water; two parts glycerine and one
| part rose water"
Never use giycerine on the face. 1t
draws powerfully and infames the sur
face"
Use cold cream or some soft cream of
roses on the face before retiring. The
skin must be fed"
Avoid the use of cold cream and all
unguents on the face. All grease. vaseline
or glycerine has tendency to fill up the
pores and produce down on the face"
Squeeze out blackheads after bathing
the face in very hot water, then use some
soft cream"
Never squeeze out blackheads with the
nails; it bruises the tender skin and Gu
larges the pores; rub them out with a
coarse towel"
Never rub the face with a coarse ma
teriaI; wipe gently on soft linen towel"
soap is injurious TO the complexion by
reason of the alkali in 1t.
Wash the face well in a lather of h OF
water, and good, pure soap; rinse with
dash Of cold water"
Employ the best masseuse you can find
aud let her rub the face for half an hour
every day The skin will net vigorously,
and wrinkles will vanish like magic"
Massage treatment is ruinous to the
face, though beneficial to the body. 1t Is
sure producer of wrinkles"
the nose"
Rub under the eyes toward the nose to
drive away crowsfeet"
Tine face mask is the surest beautifier
in the world, send for one and become ten
years younger"
Face masks ruin the skin, making it
leathery and yellow and producing look
of premature age"
Lemon juice will remove tan and
freckles"
Never use an acid on the skin. A few
drops OF toilet ammonia in the bowl
freshens. cleanses and purfies the skin"
The daily use of ammonia is a prolific
source Of evil 10 the complexion"
Cold water and plenty of nourishing
1000, with exercise IN the open air. is a
regimen that will insure a good COM
pleXion."
Never use perfectly cold water on the
race; avoid long walks; always wear a
tDln veil in the sunshine"
Columns could be filed with these con-
Trajectory and absurd directions read and
practlced with avidIty by foolish women in
the nope OF becoming beautiful. Comment
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white paint to the same, and it now stands
weighted with collection of blue aud
white china.
10 the right of the mantel stands white
SIDE table, fashioned from a small kitchen
table, with leaves. In one corner turks a
round, white tea-table. with a blue and
white teacloth and a choice collection of
blue and white cups are grouped about the
usual paraphernalia of the tea-tabla, all in
blue and white. In another corner is a
three-cornered hanging cabinet. a most
simple affair, made TO order and then
painted white after il was hung. The buff
fet. or what answers for it, was made after
home design, and consists Of three wide
shelves, supported at each corner by a
round post about the size of curtain pole.
This was made and painted by carpen-
ter for q small con slderatiOn.
The walls of the room are hung In plain
blue cartridge paper, with a deep frieze in
white, and upon the frieZe here and there
hang old blue plates, or an approach to a
delft plaque. a palm in blue and white
jar mods from the end of the white window
seat while the curtains cf the window are
of blue and white japanese crepe, trimmed
with white tasseled fringe. At the doors
hang respectively a heavy old blanket in
dull blue and white, and a japanese bead
curtain of blue.
The dark polished floor has Japanese
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return to the sweet old custom, now at a
variance with the stiff, ornamental ca BIZ
net. A quantity severe little pair of
shelves contain The newest and brightest
as well as one or two 0ld-time fayOrites in
books. mahogany desk, the Inevitable
tss-ta bic. with its singing kettle. the wide
eouehes curvlng In conformity with the
shape of the Enclosure, and piled up with
protusion OF down pillows, covered in
dull green and cream, all green, or cream
cretonne or satin damask. all add to the
harmony and Testful comfort of the place
.. An. interesting addition in the way Of
ornamentatiOn is the chain link in dull
bronze which outlines the panels Of the
Enclosure, and extending from the upper
corners for the support of tasteful hang
ing lamp. This Enclosure can be curtained
off in comparative secluson, or left open,
as here shown.
White and gold is a good scheme of dec
Grating for an apartment of this style. or
1T may be fitted out in East indian, Turk
ish, Persian, Japanese or Moorish style
with equally satisfactory results.
The window is the most important thing
to be considered in the decoration of a
house. The eye naturally turns to the
opening by which light enters the room,
and in the ideal home the view from that
opening. and everything that serves to
frame il, should be attractive, but nine
tenths of human habitations in civilized
countries are so placed that their windows
overlook scenes very different. Glacier
window decoration will add beauty to a
window.
More and more notice is being taken of
East Indian manufacture. Their quantity
cOloTed hangings and ODD devices for dec
GRAFTON form an attractive feature in the
furnishing of some apartments.-Stan
Magazine.
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cash money already set apart as an en-
dowment of the Institution by William H.
Webb have been fixed in the trust deed at
$4,000. 900. vet recently in addition TO this
Mr.. Webb transferred to the trustees large
parcels of high-Tent paving property on
Manhattan Island. his idea being never to
permit the institution either In its educa-
tiODal or charitable features 10 seek assist
ance beyond the limits of his personal for
tune.
The dedication exercises were conducted
by the Right Rev. Bishop Potter, who
by Joseph III. ChOate. Charles s. Smith,
president of the Chamber of Commerce,
and others Identified with the maritime
interests of this port.
The main tower of the building is 100
feet high. The depth of the building is So
feet. while the facade is 16S feet long.
Granite was employed for the body of the
building. Cloisters run along the southern
and eastern sides, and the rear is left in
such a condition that the academy can be
extended. should more room be required.
The institution is the outcome of Mr.,
Webb's own experience during his boy
hood, when he found great difficulties
while seeking to acquire theoretical. as
well as practical, knowledge of ship
building.
The chief aud unique feature of the in
stitution is that from the day student
enters the institution, bent upon securing
the highest education in marine architec-
ture and steam engineering the world
affords, he need not expend a penny.
There is hospital attached TO the institu-
ton for the sick, and there are homes for
aged and decrepit shipbnilders and their
wives free of expense.
The managers, professors and few stu
dents have been at work for the past few
weeks.
Mr.. Webb was born in New York City
in 1916, and was educated at Columbia
College. Before he was 10 years old he
built raddle-boat. Up to 1872 he had
built $50 vessels of all classes, and was the
largest owner of tonnage in the United
States. Warships, armored cruisers for
Russia and Italy, packet-ships in the
China trade, and Sound steamers, were
some of his notable achievements.
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THE CARS PHYSICIAN.
One of the Most Eccentric Men in
the Whole of Russia,
British Medical journal

British Medical Journal
Professor Zakharin of Moscow who attended
the Car during his recent serious Illness Is
almost as well known in Russia for his eccen-
trleit1es as for his eminenee as a physician
When he is called to attend TO patient special
arrangements must be made IN the house; all
dogs must be kept out OF the way. all clocks
must be stopped, all doors must be thrown
wide open. The professor on entering begins
a process OF gradual undressing leaving his
furS IN the hall, his OVercoat In the next room
MS golosbes in the third, etc. He insiStsO on
perfect silence on the part of the afflicted rela-
yves, except In reply 10 his questions when
thelf speech must be literally yea and nav
He has theory which he expresses. in the
maxim. "Iake rest before Won are
every eight or ten steps he takes. His
demeanor toward doctors with whom he hab-
pens to be unacquanted makes him greatly
reared DS them, and some eight years ago a
klnd OF pubic agitation was got up in OppOsl.
lion TO MIN In which manyshundreds of doctors
look part. RESOLUTIONS we're passed and adj:
dresses were presented and echoes OF the gath
erlng storm made themselves beard In the
press These manifestations of feeling were
speedily repreSsed in wav characteris of
russia. Inc then Generate Governor of Moscow :.
Frlnce Dolgoruki, sent for the editor of the
medlcal journal in which the addresses were
printed and told him that if he published word
more ABOUT ZakDarln he would have to leave
MOSCOW I'D tweuty-ionr bOurs time. His eccen-
tflcltleS, however, cease at the bedside OF his
patent; there be Is courteous and censidera.e
most painsraking and minute In his examine.
tlOn, and very thorough in his treatment So
successful has lie been in his profession that he :
Is oeheVed 10 be worth some half-million ster-
ling.
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WONDERS OF ALUMINIUM.
What Has Been and What Is Being
Done With the New Metal.
rhe Argosy.


For years, ever since 1927, men have known
that there was such metal as aluminium.
A scientist named Wohler, who experimental
upon earths with electricity, discovered several
metals unknown previously. Among them was
calcium. which costs $500 an ounce on account
OF the difficulty in separating IL from the sub
stances found with it, although every human
skeleton contains about $500 worth of il. But
OF all these metals aluminium is the white queen
1t has number OF wonderful qualities which
make II very valuable, aud nature when her
time is ripe, evidently intends that it shall be
the most useful agent known, as she has
created 4 more aDundantly than any other
metal It forms almost half the substance OF
the surface OF the earth. Every clay bank is
1ull OF II and all rocks are beds of it,
But thus far it has been possible to take
aluminium out of only two substances cry-
QUITE" mineral found In Greenland, and
Oanxite,' another mineral lately discovered
IN Georgia and Alabama. In 1888 there were
% pounds OF aluminium produced in the United
otaIeS; In 1892 we used 260, 900 pounds and
ten years hence We shall doubtless use more
than as many millions
when the aluminium cap was put on the
washington monument IN 1885. the metal cos
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Our corner for the man of the house"
brought out such flow of earnest requests
for one similarly treated for madam" that
we give this charming sketch in answer.
= The hall here shown was very large. with
deep window let into the wall, and fin
isbed at the top by semi-circular tran
som. Another wide. shallow aperture
forms welcome opportunity for tasteful or
nRmentation IN the side wall. The deco
ration here shows an improvement upon
the much-used but still popular white and
gold. The woodwork Is a rich cream
done in high-glaze enamel and innocent
of those misplaced lines of gold, which,
like the Irish girls lamb. are well inten-
toned, but not just right. The coloring
appears IN the bronze rods which run ont
at sweeping oval from the side walls.
The hangings are delicious old green,
very soft and subdued as to tint, and of
soft velOurs texture, lined with a deep
cream.
The mantel is of the same cream as the
other woodwork, and has an oval mirror. a
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An Apartment Dining.Pnnm

A writer for the New York Recorder
furnishes the following description of a
fashionable uptown dIning-room In the
Empire city:
The woodwork is white, and there is a
round enamefed dihing-ta6le and number
of. high-backed white chairs. These were
originally stained cherry chairs. but for a
consideration they were turned to white in
the establishment where they were pur-
chased. The mantel in this room was one
Of those deadly affairs in gray stone and
gilt, but the painters. with few washes
of white color, made hat attune 10 white.
and over this is the most simple of cabi-
nets, running the length of the mantel.
This also was made to order, and designed
by the mistress of this little apartment.
her own hands applying sundry coats Of
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gray velvet, fashion much approved of
by French dressmakers. The bodice worn
with this skirt is a changeable silk one of
blue and gray. 1t is made with a yoke
OVERLAND with gray passementerie, and 1t is
confined at the waist by a belt of gros-
grain ribbon.
The sleeves fall below the long shoulder
seams in a puff of the silk and are then
shaped into deep cuffs fitted to the lower
parts of the arm. and also overlaid with
passementerie. The hat worn with this
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The Beauties of Millinery.

Two women were buying a hat. Said
one of them in despair: II do wish
could get something to wear on my head
that would be snowy and yet NOT cost
fortune"
Get a few gray hairs" suggested the
other woman. They are the most snowy
things l know of. They stand further out
and can be seen at a greater distance off
than anything you can purchase by way of
ornament. just ask anybody who has a
few and tries to hide themn
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ANSWERED..

She stood by his grave and ask cd him.
Hast thou forgiven me?"
And he from the dark grave answered:
al have not forgiven theei
For who can forget,
In = day or year,
Though lost forever,
The things that were dear
The smile, the tear,
The pleasur e, the pain.
The lips that he kissed,
And would again?
Not /, false one. not l.
have not forgiven theeW
She wrung her hands and asked him:
"Hast thou forgotten me ?"
And he-or the dust of him-snswered:
81 have forgotten thee
For who would remember,
a day or an hour,
The pitiful weakness
That seemed to be power
The faded flower,
The dead desire.
The cold, white ashes
That once were hre2
Not |, aud so, good-by-
i have forgotten theel"
r, h. SToDDARD, in the Century
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Roll an Umbrella.

IF half the citizens of the world" said
a young woman who works on umbrella
covers, "only knew such a simple thing
as how to roll up an umbrella most Of
the umbrellas brought to dealers 10 be
mended would never have needed repairs.
"Tbe right way TO roll your umbrella is
TO take hold of the ends of the ribs and the
stick with the same hand and hold them
tightly enough TO prevent their being
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twisted while the covering is being twirled
around with the other hand. Then your
umbrella will be as nicely closed as when
you bought it, ana the only wear and tear
will be on the cloth.
''It is twisting the ribs out of shape
around the stick and fastening them there
that spoils most of the umbrellas Never
hold the umbrella by the handle alone when
you roll it up and yOn will find it will last
delphia Times.
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New Idea i'm Curtains.

A new way of solving the curtain ques-
ton that is certainly convenient. and by
no means ugly, is to have two sets of sash
curtains, one for the upper and one for the
lower half of window. Both are hung
on rods. and consist of two parts. so that
they can be parted 10 the middle. The
upper set should be made long enough to
fall about an inch over the top of the lower
set. They may be made of muslin, silk or
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Those BuIIet-proof Jackets.

1t was prophesied when the little tailor
of Mannheim invented jacket cloth which
could not be penetrated by rife bull
bullets at a distance of 125 yards
that ne would eventually make a
great fortune out of his discovery. The
inventor stood up and allowed ali sorts of
rmed experts to blaze away at him with
rifles, and when they get through he took
off his jacket and showed that he was
practically uDharmed.
A source of income which he did not
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look for has been brought to his at
tention by agents from France, who
have offered him extraordinary sums
for his jackets. The question ha
arisen whether these men are Gov
eminent agents. Secrecy was used in ap-
preaching the tailor, but such extraordl-
nary sums were offered for even a few
yards of the cloth that it is doubted if the
money comes from a private purse. There
Is reason to believe that the party is work
ing In the interests of the French Govern
ment.-New York Sun.