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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-11-09
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh that

oOht1hA nv
~ mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering It through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians. - the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catsrrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney q Co., Toledo, o., contains NO
mercury, and is aiken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Halls
Cstarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine.
1t is taken internally and 10 made In
Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. CheneyA Co. Tss-
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists, 76c. per bottle. I'm
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-11-09
Business College Clippings.

Business College Clippings.
Mr.. D.. Bastian, Of Concordia. visited
us Tuesday. He intends soon TO join
nj business community.
The providing musicians who passed
through the city recently caused the
watches Of our boys to be twenty
minutes slow.
Boyd Gilkerson, finding his capital
insufficient to carry on the produce
and provision business, admitted q
partner recently.
Halloween caused j. C. Yates to be
absent the following day.
1t Is reported that John Yates has
lost several pounds in weight. All on
account Of that trial balance.
The report has just reached US that
James, the younger brother Of Our
genial G.. g. Smarr, died at his home
near MAYHEM. Our sympathies are
extended to the sorrowing family.
When we zee 80 many bright young
men wasting their time by loiterina
about the streets. when home institu-
tions Of learning offer them such excel.
lent facilities for preparing themselves
for usefulness In life, this question
presents itself: What will be theiI
future. Someone has aptly said thai
the only thing Of which there 10 On
overprOductiOn 10 dead beats.
We invite the citizens of Lexington to
cell on us. Would be glad TO see you
with us occasionally.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-11-09
BlRTHs.

BIRTHS.
Born, In Corder. Oct. 9. 1895, to the wife
Of Martin PrOsser, . girl.
Born, In Washington township, Oct.
%. 1895, to the wife Of Robt. Ewing, . boy.
Born, 10 H~igginsviile, Saturday, Oct.
20. 1895, to the wife Of 4. B. Gisdish. q
boy.
Born, In HiGgtpsvilIe, Wednesday, Oct.
80, 1895, to b wife OF Gus Schoppenhorst,
. boy.
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TUESDAY, NOV. II, 1895.

And, whereas, the said Bridge company will at that time
give to the public facts and information that is OF great impor-
lance to our city, and OF vital importance as to the building Of
the bridge across the river at this place. And on the action
OF our citizens, in mass meeting assembled, and on the in
structions Of the subscribers and encouragement given to the
shoaEdo Of directors, will largely depend the future Of this the
enterprise ever inaugurated by our people.
Fefore, i, John Taubman, mayor Of the city Of Lex
" U~, request that each and every business house, of what
soever kind, shall close at ? O'Clock, p. M, OF that day, and
remain closed until the adjournment Of said mass meeting.
And / request that each and every citizen, who has the welfare
OF our city at heart, to attend said meeting, and make it a
grand and glorious success.
Given under my hand this 9th day OF November, 1895.
JOHN TAUBMAN, Mayor.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-11-09

Cstarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine.
1t is taken internally and 10 made In
Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney q Co. Tss.
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists, 75c. per bottle. I'm
County Court.
Regular November term. Court all
present.
Court makes order to receive the
county foreign insurance tax fund
money. This order made under the
new law.
School mortgage Of Walter l.. Sitting
ton ordered satisfied.
Road change; James M. Guy. Petition
referred to commissioner.
New road petition Of Geo. Baker
referred to commissioner.
Road, James A. Th0rp, referred to
commissioner.
Road change of A. G.. Dyer referred
to commissioner.
Road change, L. X. FOulds, referred
to commissioner.
New road Of Frank W. Hays. A. C.
Trobraugh, remonstrator. continued to
December 4th.
New road, Robert c. Mabrey, referred
to commissioner.
New road, J. II. billiard, dismissed.
School mortgage Of Robert w. and
Axtel Page ordered foreclosed.
Henry Waehr's erroneous assessment
Of lot s, block A, Hoefer's addition t.
HiggInsville for 1894 corrected.
Double assessment Of strip in Odessa
j. b. S0rrency. abated.
Limburg Brothers, error In assessment
corrected.
A. G. Willie, merchant statement foI
1895, error corrected.
School mortgage Of VIM. Sheppar
satisfied.
School loan granted W. NJ. Sheppard
4. l.. McChesney allowed to pa,
merchants tax Of 1896 at valuation q
100000.
$20.OO county court premium appro
priated for Lafayette county poultr!
association.
j. X. Gray, road commissioners orderet
to examine and report on bridge owe
Davis creek near G.. A. Chamberlain
and Walter Smiths.
j.. X. Gray. commissioner, ordered Il
examine and report on bridges on Mai,
street and Dover road near F. W. Davis
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Mayors Proclamation.

lIHEREAS, The Lexington Bridge and Terminal Com
pany have called a mass meeting of the subscribers
and citizens OF Lexington and Lexington township, to meet al
the court house.
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Look out for the bridge. something is
going to be done.
WANTED TO RENr--A good piano. Will
pay good rates. Call at this Office.
Every business man who knows his
business will close up at 2 O'Clock next
Tuesday.
am prepared to furnish turkeys dressed
to order ON short notice.
1922 q. r. EDMoNDs.
Every farmer within q radius OF six
miles of Lexington should come TO the
meeting next Tuesday.
Catarrh can be successfully treated only
by purifying the blood, and the one true
blood purifier is Hoods Ssrsaparilla.
Capt. X. 8. Crispin died at his home in
Richmond last Friday. He was one Of
the most prominent citizens of Ray
county.
The hunting party, OF which mention
has been made before, will leave next
week for the "happy hunting ground" of
Arkansas.
Losr.-Between l.. ID. Neer's and Mr..
Chiicots's sawmiil, a black pocketbook
containing between IS and %; also a
Scrub OAK Alliance badge. Please leave at
his Office.
MIR. w. T. Bell has returned home from
Q four weeks visit 10 Nevada, Sheldon,
Carthage aud Neosho. Mr.. Bell was partly
on a business tour, looking over his bust
nasn tntareata nj Nevnda
LosT.-On Thurrday, Oct. "a. between
Bour's store aud Jack Siusher's, on the
Dover road, u right AND wrong side striped
shawl, very pretty. The honest finder
will please leave same at this Office.
The county court this week ordered
Sheriff Wright 70 stop work with the
prisoners until spring. The prisoner,
have done some good hard work for thu
county and Jail life has o been with
them q pleasant summer resort.
log vocal music In IN eastern university
has been highly complimented by tn,
director Of music and has, by him, beer
Invited to sing at q c0ncer which will b<
given In Chicksring Hall 10 New York.
Everybody In Lexington seemed a
much interested Ia b result Of the cleo
ton - II It had been here. Nearly ever,
one stayed up to get an evening paper
Many heard the result as 1t was an
nounced al Fagau's saloon. Mr.. Faeai
made arrangements with the Western
Union Telegraph Company, by which 81
the news was taken on the wire and rsat
10 hts saloon.
now 10 full blast. The poles are beini
set for the forty arc lights, the residence
are being wired and the building In which
shA plaDt Will be located IL under cours
1As passt VA GO.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28

a warm welcome. For the latter to cover
the engine cab and each door and side of
each coach or sleeper would require force
Q! men TOO great IN numbers to make tne
dlylde" profitable. Besides the greater the
number OF accomplices or principals the
greater the chances of a capture and the
possibilities of some one turning States
eVluence. Under such an arrangement
IN the makeup of train should the rear
or express-car be the sole point OF attack
tnen the flrst step would be to cut this car
loose from the train and then loot it. The
automatic air brake would give the alarm
TO the engineer, and he, in turn, to the
coaches; or, better still, the concealed cleo
trlc WIRE couid be so arranged as to sound
the alarm when the car parted from tho
train. Should the engine as in the past,
be the hrst point of attack, then the crew
and passengers (armed) have the advan-
tage OF being between the forces of robbers
and, with every proba ability, can throw the
greater number in the fight, and, Napoleon
like, repulse or defeat in detail. Under the
present order OF things, the crime OF
holding up trains has become one of al
most daily or weekly occurrence. And
Whyr Because two, three or four men can
successfully effect il, and the ill-gotten gain
are large. Render the act one more diffis
cult and dangerous of accomplishment,
and the attempts will be less frequent. 1t
matters not how inyulnerable the car, so
long as it remains in the train near the en-
CINE 1t will offer but slight resistance to the
robber and his stick of dynamfte.-North
American Review.
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Tape TYRANNY in France.

British red-tapeism is bad to beat. but
the record just now is with Paris. There
the front of the Ecole DIES Beaux Arts is
adorned with statue of Puget, the once
famous tenor. -Four years ago passer-by
made the discovery that the statues nose
had come off. He called the attention of the
policeman on duty to the fact. The police
man reported to his brigadier, who reported
to the commissary of the quarter, who re-
ported to the Prefecture of Police. The
Prefecture of Police decided that the nose
had dropped off the statue and had not
been maliciously knocked off; the matter.
therefore, concerned the Prefecture of the
Seine. 1t was then August, 1891. In Oc-
tober a committee of three was appointed
to decide which department had to put the
nose on again. The committee inspected
the statue in January, 1892, and reported
in December that they were unable to re-
port.
In February, 1893, this report reached
the department of public works. The
head of room found it in June and made
the lives of his subordinates so many bur-
dens to them with it. Somehow or other
1t got into print that, but for this jealous
official, there would be hardly statue in
France and in Navarro with it's nose on.
In July he was decorated for special
services. Somebody else took up the re-
port. Between January and December,
1894, it had got into Parliament. On Feb
ruary %, 1895, the House sat upon it, and
MN. Jaures and Carnaud got off some
virulent attacks upon the Government for
its want of public spirit. The next day the
same passer-by who had reported absence
of the nose happened to pass by again. He
discovered that the nose had not been re-
placed. He reported to the policeman on
duty, who, etc. The nose of Puget is in for
another round.-Pall Mall Gazette.
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CABINET MEN RESIGNING.
Peculiar Upheacat ia the Political Circles
of Ontario.

Peculiar UphearaL in the Political Circles
of Ontario.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, March 27.-There
has not been as much stir in political
circles since the news was received here of
the sudden death at Windsor Castle of Sir
John Thompson as there was to-day. That
there are serious diSsensions in the Cabinet
goes without saying.
There are two causes for want of har-
mony. One is the passage of the order in
Council recommending the Manitoba Gov
eminent to grant remedial legislation to the
Catholic minority; the other is the de-
cision of the Cabinet to hold a session of
Parliament before going to the country.
This decision was bitterly opposed by
Hon. George Foster, Minister of Finance.
1t is announced that Mr.. Patterson. the
Minister of Militia, has resigned his port
folio owing to i'll health. By many per-
sons the plea of i'll health is regarded as a
mere subterfuge. Mr.. Patterson Will ac-
cept the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Mani
toba
There were rumors to-day of a more
startling event. 1t is known that
Sir Charles Upper has rendered his resig-
nation. He has not attended Cabinet meet
ings for the past three days. His resigna-
ton was brought about by two causes.
In the first place his advice that an i'm
mediate appeal should be made to the
country was disregarded, and his clair to
lead the House of Commons was denied.
1t is customary for the Minister of Justice,
which portfolio he holds, to lead; owing
10 his youth and jealousy of older mem
bers the leadership was given to Mr..
Foster, Minister of Finance.
The leader of the House has the first
claim TO the premiership, and as Sir
Mackenzie Bowel is an old man Sir Charles
Upper is anxious to have the right OF
succession.
In addition to these definite facts there
is very pronounced rumor to the effect
that Finance Minister Foster and Mr..
Clark Wallace, the Controller of Customs,
will also resign. Should this prove true
1t means that the French Catholics will
have preponderance of power in the
Cabinet, thing that Ontario will not
agree to. Those best posted predict
trouble for the Bowel Cabinet.
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Carbon Brown,s Nugget.

In Ben Buffers safe at the Capitol saloon
Is gold nugget, notable as being the first
precious metal discovered on Rich Hill,
that strange deposit of treasure in the
Weaver mining district which afterward
yielded over 81 ,000, 900.
Jack Swilling found the nugget, and was
no less surprised than have been hundreds
OF more pretentious geological theorizers
since.
The nugget is about the size of ones
three forefingers from their first joints to
their tips, and weighs nearly five ounces,
being actually valued at 500. Caribou
Brown finally got possession, and would
not now part with it for any reasonable
consideration.
Caribou himself is an interesting char
acter. Fifty of his seventy-five years have
been spent on this coast, and for forty
years he has experienced the vicissitudes
OF those whose fate depends on the turn OF
card. But no matter how disastrously
the game may be going as he sits on the
lookout chair of a faro table, the person
yet remains to be seen who can induce old
Caribou to part with that precious nugget.
1t has been his friend, silent, yet potent, in
emergency for thirty years past. He will
cling to 1t, doubtless, until the dealer in
life and death wins his last chip Phoenix
Gazette
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The Holy Inanisitinn.

The Holy Inquisition was established in
12O6 by Pope Innocent III in Languepoc
for the suppression of the Albigenses and
Troubadours. From its establishment in
Spain, five and twenty years later, it rap
idly spread all over the Continent It gave
the deathblow to the Knights Templar; in
1881 1T drove the Jews out of Spain. At this
time the famous Torquemada was Grand
lnquisitor. He was short, stout man, lit
tie suggestive in appearance of bigot II
is possible that his ravages are exaggerated
but even when we allow for error in this re-
spect, the number of persons who were put
to death under his inquisitorship is enor-
nous. His harshness was so unbending
and his punishments so rigorous that he
was several times obliged to account for his
conduct to the Pope.
Throughout the long, bloody record OF
the Santa Hernandad there is no trace OF
any redeeming action. 1t was established
earnestness it did its work. The Inouisi-
ton was omnipresent; it followed in the
wake OF the Conquistadores into Peru and
Mexico; 1t descended upon the unhappy
Netherlands in the van of the Duke oil
Ava. In the reign of Philip II the Inqui-
sltlon reached the summit of its power
Tor 1t had become recognized Spanish in
St and the people were no more
shocked at an auto da fe than at bull
tight. But with the growth of civilization
the Inquisition declined. 1t continued to
linger on, but it was only shadow; and
when the soldiers of Napoleon entered the
1nquisitorial prison they found few prison
ers to liberate. The rack and wheel had
grown rusty, the cords and pulleys were
rotting on the beam.
Poe's terrible nightmare tale of the
torture by the pendulum is centuries be.
hind its time; the pendulum was there,
but the knife was blunt and dull and the
mechanism was broken and useless. An
attempt was made to re-establish the In
QUESTION in 1914, and many persons were
imprisoned. but the time for even the
mummery of persecution was past. The
people broke out into revolt, burned the
prisons and drove away the familiars. liz
1920 the Holy Inquisition was blotted out
Chambers Journal.
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NO END TO THE HONORS.
BISMARCK CONGRATULATED BY
THE PRINCES OF PRUS-
STA.
THESE, However, ARE ONLY Pre-
LIMINARY TO THE COMING BIRTH
DAY CELEBRATION.

FREDERICKSBURG GERMANY, March
27.-Prince Henry of Prussia, brother
of Emperor William, accompanied by
his six-year-old son, Prince Waldemar,
arrived here at IL o'clock. He was followed
by the Grand Duke of Baden, Prince
Hohenlohe, Chancellor; Prince Alexander
cellor; the Baden Ministry and Count
Wilmonski, chief of the Imperial Chan
cellory.
Prince Bismarck met his visitors on the
threshold of his castle, greeting them
warmly. At luncheon Prince Henry of
Prussia proposed the health of Prince
Bismarck, adding: "May God still long
preserve YOU"
Prince Bismarck does not seem to be any
the worse for the fatigues which he has en-
dured during the past three days. The
visit of Prince Henry of Prussia was quite
unexpected. He cordially congratulated
Prince Bismarck, and the latter presented
him with his photograph.
Prince Hohenlohe presented Prince Bis
marck with joint letter of congratulation
from the Federal Council and the Frussian
Ministry. The Prince, after personally
thanking Prince Hohenlohe and asking
him to convey to the Federal Council and
Prussian Ministry his warmest thanks for
their kind message, added: sit was al
ways a pleasure to me to work with you,
and l am the more pleased that you, as
Chancellor, should be the bearer of the
congratulations"
Prince Bismarck parted with the Grand
Duke of Baden and Prince Hohenlohe at
the railroad station
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Scientific skunk-Rajsinr.

A letter from Kokomo, Ind, to the In
dlanapolls Journal says the skunk-farming
industry has been re-established in Porter
County by Messrs. Harbrecht & Seivert, a
mile north OF the town of Porter, near the
banks OF the Little Calumet River. Speak
ing OF the business one of the proprietors
says:
''The skunks are confined in an in
closure OF several acres, a woven wine fence,
resting on a wall of masonry three feet
under ground. the latter to keep the ami
mails from burrowing out. In the in
closure boxes are placed under ground.
These are sectioned off into stalls for the
females to breed in separately and care for
their young, the apartments being pro-
vlded with straw for bedding. Skunks are
easily cared for and thrive on almost any
kind OF food. They prefer offal and eat all
kinds OF animal matter. They breed very
rapidly, having two filters every summer
OF from four to twelve each. We started
with ffty-three females and five males.
All surplus males are killed off as soon as
they attain their full growth. Skunks
raised in captivity are as tame and playful
as Kittens, and are handled with impunity
by their keepers. Wild ones were cap
tured for starting the industry. The ami
mails mate in February. The furs of
domestlcated skunks are much finer than
those OF wild ones, and are not mutilated
by trapping. and shooting They mature
In ten months. A skunk when full grown
VIII yield quart and a half of oil, which
SENS for Us gallon, and the hides sell at
so cents to 81 IS each.''
Messrs. Harbrecht and Selvert expect to
increase the business until the annual kill
reaches 1000 skunks.
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AN OFFICIAL ANSWER.
SAYS the Wheel of Progress
Will Not Be Turned
Far Back.
WAR OF CHURCH AND STATE
Something Serious VIII Occur in
Canada Before the Contro-
VerSy Closes.

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, March 27.-The
remedial order on separate schools does
not come up in the Legislature until to-
morrow night, but nevertheless it was the
topic of the day. Both Government and
opposition are holding frequent caucuses,
and what the outcome will be is difficult to
predict.
One thing certain is that the Manitoba
Government will resent interference by
Ottowa in educational matters The news
paper organ of the Government has this
official statement under the heading, ''Man-
itoba's Answer"
1--WE are asked to restore the school sys-
tenn that was in operation previous to 1890.
Let Quebec and Ottawa rest assured that
the restoration will never be made. Man.
itoba has too keen a sense of Justice, too
much regard for truth and equity, to recog-
nize as religious aristocracy an element
OF its population by no means the most
worthy.
"As civilized people attempting to
realize IN measure the idols of the nine
teenth century, Manitobans will not
silently submit to the demand that they
should turn back the wheel of progress 800
years. 1t is struggle as to whether the
idols of the nineteenth century or idols
of the dark ages shall prevail.
Anyone who believes that all citizens
are equal in the sight of the law and what
is good enough for one is good enough for
another must stand by the act of 1890.
And this is our answer to Quebec: We
shall not allow the state to support relig-
ion we shall not allow the church to con-
troll the state; we shall not return to the
civilization of the dark ages; we shall
not recognize Rome as better or in any
way different from others; we shall hold
to the principle of equal rights for all, and
that principle shall be dearer to US than
confederation itselfn
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28
How to Repel Train Robbers.

1t may safely be assumed that the point
OF attack is the engine and then the ex-
press car. Why then not separate as much
as possible by putting the express car the
last in the train? Have alarm bells in
each coach and sleeper, which can be rung
rected or requested, at this unusual time
and place, to open the door of the car. In
each coach and sleeper have, in glass
front case, similar to those now in use for
the ak and saw, two repeating shotguns,
each magazine containing five buckshot
cartridges, thus giving from six to twelve
most effective weapons into the hands of
the tram crew and passengers. The alarm
bells should be electric, though it is be-
iieved that the ordinary cord bell could be
made to serve the purpose. When the mes
sanger sounds his tocsin of war, there
would soon be sufficient force OF brave
men at the express-car to give the robbers