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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-07-27

We call special attention to the letter
below from Missouri Valley Bridge Iron
Works, A. J. Tullock, proprietor. II the
ladies' can vote or influence the committee
Mr.. A. ]. Tullock will be remembered
when we bnild our bridge.
LKAvENwoRTH. KAN. July "a, 1895.
Mrs. B. X. Ireland, Lexington, Mo.
DEAR MADAM: ! have your esteemed
favor OF July sd, which IL noted, and AIN
very glad to be able to aid you by giving
you an advertisement in the special edi-
ton of your local paper ''The Intelligen-
GER" which l understand Is to be devoted
to the new bridge project. l enclose you
herewith my check for twenty-five dollars
as my contribution, and will leave the
form of advertisement largely TO you. !
likewise enclose one of our cards with ne
Rotiations on back from which you can
get the material usually used In our ad-
Vertisements. / am very glad to have This
opportunity in aiding you In the enter
prise which ! consider a very excellent
one for your city. Your people are enti-
tied to much credit for the enthusiastic
and whole souied manner in which they
have taken hold Of this project and carried
1t along. l have great confidence as to the
ultimate success of the project. and but
for the enthusiastic manner in which the
people Of Lexington have taken hold OF
the subject, both business men aud ladies',
1t would be impossible to carry II out. l
nave the honor to be
Most respectfully yours,
Al. TULLoCK,
Proprietor.
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MUSIC AND ART.
MUSIC AND WOMAN.

emusic has a higher mission than
merely to please the ear. 1t Is the art
which appeals most powerfully to the
heart, and through this, affects the char
acter."-Merz.
Music is a language which properly
understood aud correctly expressed gives
voice to those lOftier and sweeter emotions
of the heart and mind which common
language is powerless to convey. Prose
expresses the thoughts and ideas of exist
ence; poetry advances q step and trans
lates feelings, pleasures and passions be-
yond the scope OF prose- and music
advances vet another step aud becomes
the medium for those dreams, like imag-
inings which dwell 10 a sphere beyond
this ork-a-day world OF ours. Study
alone will not suffice to make q musician,
the music must we'll up from the heart.
'Thn anguish of the singer,
Makes the beauty of the strain"
Art, though it brings into power the
highest OF our intellectual powers, 10
founded upon sensuons Impressions.
while music appeals to the spiritual as
well as the sensual. II il the most
emotional and the most spiritual of all
arts, and in II woman will not only sing
her love song and her lullaby but ex-
press all the emotions of her nature.
No woman has become q great COM
poser; but this Is due, not to her incapa-
city, but la her lack OF opportunity.
Until recently woman has been ex-
cluded from the field Of art, while man
has for hundreds OF years developed his
intellect and emotions In art.
What has been the social position OF
womenY Would her efforts Ia broaden
and uplift her sex have been tolerated?
There has been a George Elliott in litsra-
ture; there has been u Mrs. Browning In
poetry and n Rose Bonheur la painting,
and why may there not be q rival OF the
old masters In compositionf
Woman cannot be expected to accom- =
plish iu q few years what IL has taken
man centuries to perform.
Voice music Is wOman's sphere and in
this she has been successful. How
wretched that home where no gentle
mother luiis to sleep her dear one with
some simple ballsdi What would the
world be without the Henrietta Sontags
aud Jenny Linds?
Many American women have won and
are winning enconiums in the European
cities.
Mrs. Fanny Bloomfield -Zeisler's piano
playing Is spoken OF in glowing terms by
the German press.
Miss Frida Slmonson n Maud Powell
have scored success In their own country
aud very many are the prima donnas who
| claim America as their home.
Who knows ere the new century dawns
what a bright star may arise from out
glorious America. BESSIE BOON.
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OUTDOOR SPORTS AND GAMES.


Some of our people may be heard
occasionally making the remark that
''Lexlngton Is so dull' but if they
would participate in the amusements
we have. they would Immediately
change their minds. Our Tennis clubs
for instance, what q lever of excitement
they create, with their tournaments.
All the members practice faithfully,
and consequently play well. Last week
we played an interesting game, and
the small fee of ten cents induced many
TO witness it; and we gave the amount
realized to the great Lexington bridge
fund. Nearly all our girls and boys
(whO are not too ancient) enjoy tennis
immensely, and il certainly adds to the
many pleasures of u young people.
The base ball mines are very numerous
in u good old town, The Razor
Backs and the Swamp Angels, are CON-
posed of the old boys who have not
played for ten years, until this summer.
1t is amusing to watch the aged and
the young, the thin and the c%orpulent,
unite their hot attempts at playing and
with expressions of victory and defeat,
guy each other. Often they are so
carried away with excitement, that
they amuse the spectators by catching
each other, and running from base to
base, or dragging some worn out play
er .shome," and the exciting words,
s'trickey in the box" s'umpire make
up" ego it Mac" All tend to increase
the feverish anxiety Of the crowd, but
the end will come, and the stiff and
merry mines group themselves grace.
fully IN the campus to have their zero.
mos taken by the best artist. Our
girls are a great incentive to the play.
ers. They wear the %colors, give the
yells, and no eve the peanuts and
orange phosphates divert their atten'
ton from the players.
BIRDIE WALLACE.
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WOMAN IN ART.

Never has woman held such an i'm
portant place In the work OF the world
than at present, and each day her horizon
IL broadening.
There is scarcely an occupation that
has not its women representatives,.
Positions that once were thought wholly
unsuited to her, she now hlls without
eliciting surprise or unformable comment.
The field OF art has been NO exception
to his general advance movement.
Up to a comparatively recent date, when
q girl undertook the study OF art, 1t was
not with any intention OF serious effort.
A little decorative work, mi q few
pictures copied from the fiat, usually
ended her artistic education.
1t Ia q sad truth that there 10 still too
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silent, sleeping multitude. h result of
whose work proves hat the influence OF
the past is not a myth, but an active
reality.
So while we rejoice in the successes of
our W time, and while we admire and
low the beauties of today, when we pass
"the e%quinoctial line between the past and
present worlds" let not eur appreciation
Of b things that are passed away, be
dulled.
And as we trace "humanihistory," let us
consider nothing too trifiing to claim our
attention, but let us rather feel that
There Is given unto things of earth, which
time has bent, a spirits feeling
MARTHA CRENsHAW.
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Call and see the medium,
extra long and double extra
length Corsets also Dress
Form and Corset Waists now
on sale at DOME WEBER's.
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INFLUENCE OF THE PAST.


The thought uttered by the old, much
repeated. yet always . new quotation:
mot In vain the nations strivings, nor by
chance the currents how."
Has 10 later yesrs been differently ex-
pressed by TennysOn. He says:
.sThst nothing walks with aimless feet;
That not one life shall be destroyed,
Or cast as rubbish to the void. .,
Did we read Alright the history Of the
past, and see how centuries have i'm
pressed succeeding ages and nations have
reflected the glory OF other nations which
had passed away; how men have felt the
power emanating from the lives OF others
Of different race and time, We, too, would
fiuenced by the past. II for good, the
effect il Purifying, elevating, inspiring;
u for evil, this power chilis, darkens and
blights.
Yet how rarely do We learn Alright the
sS.doa e. t E. p. n so %s sIs%o We 70 revive sns
1t, sometimes give 1t superstious rever-
ence, sometimes forget It, while its les
sons Of self-improvsment we leave, too
often, unlearned.
Napolson's address to that army stand
ing In reach Of the great pyramids 10 an
could be desired. The past, indeed,
looked upon the present. But the nation
which reared that vast structure, the
ruler who ordered its erection, the
architect who planned 1t, do these speak
only to the embattled hosts of q con-
qusrOr? Nay, to the army OF nations II
appeals, to mankind 10 general, and to
each individual, that strange monument
OF the past utters encouragement and
warning.
How few OF our time remember the his
tory of the long extinct Moorso OF southern
Spain, yet they reared that type oil
oriental beauty, the Alhambrs, now cast
ing its shsdowy influence over the mind
Of living man, as softly and distinctly az
real shadows Of that romantic palace are
thrown on earth by the light Of the
southern moo
All along the ages 1t Is the same, but
the effect Is heightened, the power
strengthened, a. we approach the
present.
What, today, Is the influence OF classic
nations upon usf
This subtitle, classic influence pervades
all literature, scientific, historic or poetic.
II 10 stronger here or there, bpt We are oil
under That shadow OF the paG< Helped OF
hindsred, exalted or degra@
Thus we might conttnu{ mnU&6tatinG
the varied glorious me( Of the
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quote from one of our grandest poets,
some eyes are able to see the ideal woman,
beneath the distortions OF time and
circumstance aud such eyes see that
woman once was, And pe~radventure
yet shall be divine"
KATHERINE TUNSTALL.
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LITERATURE And CRITICISM.
soME woMEN OF LEXINGTON.

Bsstdes the refinement aud culture OF
'Which old Lexington has SO long boasted
hsroolf there are other reasons why IL Is
an advantage to live among her people.
Chiefly among these reasons IL the intel
ligencs Of her women. No other town the
size Of our: has . greater number OF
really Intelligent women, women whose
chief end In life is not TO adorn her body,
that she may be NO more than a walking
sign for q milliner store, or In the society
Of the world to outshine her neighbor,
but with brains, and women, who have
and do use the minds God has given
them for bstter things. Capable women,
yet all having that womanly modesty
which keeps them shut in from the
pUorid. Among the ladies' who WELD the
tpen, WeRive the first place. to Miss Anna
Gox6tjoy, now on the editorial stan oil
For years she has occupied u position
that required patience, diligence and
above ali, discretion aud kindly indul-
renee and though always loyal to her
convictions, has proven that the Flaw 81
love'' ats all conditions OF life.
Not only do the business institutions OF
our city much OF hei success TO MISS
Mountioy. but the churches and schools
are under lasting obligations. She has
freely advertised the ladies' meetings, and
for the schools toiied until the midnight
hour; not for gain, but from an earnest
desire to bring before the pubic rear
worth. -. ~.
touched the hearts, for inner circles Of
a. M nave been reached .sars her loving
Words OF sympathy to living aud kindly
remembrance OF the dead.
ii IL with pleasure that he ladies' OF
Lexington seize this opportunity, using
The columus OF their own paper to testify
their Q and appreciation. While we
M MANY who shine In their Gown little
corner:D occasionally one or more of these
JSifted women has been discovered and heI
M shinea bevond her own little circle,
W. iooS nsitSer north. south, east nc
Val mi Mere women are among US and
~ "a xmons those who have not been
si,o:sa 10 remsin hidden is our Mrs
i.sisrd vho.s brain and pen have beer
81 ~orE Sor 10 MANY wears, She began
nm ! iittle book. 1.-THE Bunch of Bios.
nS.. > ri. .hs wrote when but a schooI
CI-I -. sccrsidarad worthv nj nub
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The first Chautauqua circle in Lexipg- |
ton was formed at the residence Of Mrs. I.
b. Ciaggett In the fall OF '85.
Mrs. H. NJ. Richardson was chosen pres
ident, Mrs. Il. b. Henry Secretary, and
Miss 6aliie Chambers, Jr., critic.
The ChautauQua work has been before
the ladies of our city since this first Or
ganixation. Fiourishing circles have been
carried on, and the member have found
the work both pleasant and profitable.
To Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. b. r. Ire
land 10 due the success Of the various cir
cles which have been organized In our
midst. Both have received diplomas, hav-
ing finished the four PEARS course. Mrs.
Richardson graduating In 'S6, Mrs. Ire
Miss Ida Hyde received q diploma 10 ~.
The idea of the Chautauqua Ii to edu-
cate; educate all classes, for all ages,
through all the years.
The ~Chautsuquaus received q new i'm
John II. Vincent. He wal the originator
Of the Chautauqua movement, and has
been Chancellor Of the ChautauQua Uni
versity since Its organization. The sub
iect Of his discourse was ChatauQua work.
The discourse was eloquent and intense
to those interested In the work. 1t Ia
hoped that as q result of his visit 4 large
circle will be formed In our city this fall.
Through this medium we Gull from the
best books. and though life may be full Of
duty. we ind time to press forward toward
| the Intellectual heights OF our aspirations.
Out Of . large number who have been
members Of the various circles, two OF the
most faithful, Miss Kate Greer and Miss
Dovie g. Andrew, Rave been transferred
to that upper class In which the advanced
work 10 begun.
T sweet to know that some promoted,
Among the noble. pure and wise.
Are the pupils still In paradise"
LAURA MARGARET ANDREW.
ton IL proud to claim three other fiourish-
ing literary societies. They are the "Sat-
urday Afternoon Club" Central College
Culture Club" and the "Wednesday After
noon Club"
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MARBLES AND HORsEsHoEs.

MARBLES AND HORSESHOES.
1t has been we'll said, 1.-The minds of
the old dwell chiefly on things Of the
past" but we have discovered the fact
that they no only dwell there, but
thoughts are put into practice in this
city. The Bald Headed club" (no
disrespect, we simply with to Indicate
their stage in the journey Of !ife). may
be found most any afternoon collected
back Of Dr. FulkersOn's Office. Now
we do not wish to insinuate that the
young gentleman who owns this Office
has any connections. or is ut all i'm SYM
pathy with this club. On 90 hats and
coats, and after the usual squabb!e of.
II bid to 20 fiist;' get out OF the way
and let . fellow have u fair start, :" etc.
ETC., q game Of marbles or horseshoe
throwing is begun. After playing until
truly realizing their youthful days are
past, they 90 hObbling home late to
supper, and enjoy some little extra
dainty from the hands Of sympathiC
wives, who declare that the amount OF
business required OF their husbands Is
entirely too much for their age.
LAURA II. IRELAND.
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FISHING.

Quite a favorite sport with us is fish
ing. Being more fortunate than many
cities, about having good places to 60,
scarcely a day passes that some of US
do not 60 out to spend a quiet time.
Our favorite places are Hoffman's
and Ainsworth's ponds, both very neal
Lexington.
After providing ourselves with good
rods and lines, ami of course the big
lunch basket filed with good things,
we start but and soon find ourselves
under the big trees very enthusiastic
owe what w hope to catch.
Bessie Huston.
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Paints, Oils and Varnishes,
Glass, Putty, &. Pure Wines and
Liquors for medicinal use. Dive
Woods and Dye Stnfs Generally.
Medicines warranted genuine,
and of the best quality. Our stock
is complete, comprising many
articles it is impossible here to
en"merate, and all sold ut mod
crate prices.
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DRUGS

The New Bridge will make
Lexington a new town, and in
order to keep up with the
procession l have remodeled
my store from top to bottom,
and am prepared to show a
complete line OF everything
carried in a h~rst-class Drug
Store, at prices that will con-
vince you that l want your
trade.
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BRIDGE!

To make up the deficit
caused by your bridge SUBJ
scription, buy your Groceries
OF Thomas Paxton. His stock
is always fresh, and his prices
the lowest.
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Or the banks OF q river
Where noble cliffs rise,
And the forest trees whisper
While echo replies,
Where green willows bend
To the cool dimpiing water,
And wild blue bells sway
As II dancing In laughter.
The advocate., 1895-07-24
MIDSUMMER DULLNESS."

From Dun's review of trade last
week we take this paragraph:
The weeks news is not entirely snoOur-
aging, but is all the more natural because
there are signs of midsummer dullness.
Quite true; the midsummer dull"
ness" seems to be the main trouble
Just now. This midsummer dullness s
was preceded, however, by a mid
spring dullness, and that by Md
winter dulIness and that again by
midautumn dullness; and there
doesn't seem to be any great differ
ence in the kind of dullness peculiar
to the different seasons. To the man
who is out of work and whose family
is suffering for want Of the necessi-
ties of life, it makes little difference
whether his enforced idleness is a
result of midsummer dullness or
midWinter dullness, except that his
necessities are greater in midWinter
than in midsummer.
This firm of Dun & Co., has been
for years issuing its weekly bulletins
in every one of which we have been
told that we we're just upon the eve
of an era of unprecedented pros
perity. Every week there has been
some little seemingly unimportant
circumstance which was just for the
moment retsrding the dawn of this
glorious period, but which would
soon disappear like the mists
before the morning sun and leave
not a cloud behind to tell Of
The advocate., 1895-07-24

he studied law. For some time he fol-
lowed the legal profession, but again
changed this in turn for the field oP
commerce. One Of the most fortunats
events in his life, he says, was his meet
ing at Gsllipolis with Miss Auna R.
Halliday about this tims. They were
married in 1876, and their two boys and
two girls compose "Coin'S" family school.
From Ohio, where he had met with
signal success, he went 90 Denver, and
setting up the sligo Of "Rasl estate and
lawyer" at time when silver was boom
ing, he rsalizsd on his investments with
such shreWdness and success as to be-
come fairly rich man. He was now
40 years old, when he openly declared
what he calls "the greatest danger Of the
country, the gradual but sure establish
ment Of plutoCrscy." Looking around
him he saw that men were vague inSthsiE
financial theories, and believing that
there was q great work in the field for
some one bold enough to master the
problem, he gave up his business for Q
time and travelled far and wide to money
conferences, studying the question OF
finance, especially Rs 1t Affects the silver
states, in thorough practical manner,
and eventually settling down with his
family in Chicago.
II will be remembered that General"
Randsll's industrial army was thrown
into jail at LIS Porte, Ind. Mr.. Harvey
started for the scene on receipt Of the
news, and secured q speedy release for
all the men. II was the last spur
needed to Convince him that the money
question was at the bottom Of the en-
tire industrial trouble, and he oct TO
work on his now famous yelloW-CoVered
book.
From the first he was confident Of
success. and assured the agents that the
sales Of the book would be certain to
roach a million copies. Scarcely 8 year
has elapsed since it's publication, and
his expectation has been fulfilled.
The advocate., 1895-07-24
WRONG AGAIN.

The Capital, in its issue Of June
20. undertakes to answer some ques-
tions Of a correspondent relative to
the free coinage of silver, and either
through ignorance or for some other
cause makes the customary misstate-
ment of matters of fact. For in
stance, it says:
The silver men, who always insist thab
the amount of silver in a silver dollar is a
dollar, regardless of what che market says,
maintain that the sO-Called ''seigniorsge"
is 80 much clear cash to the government,
etc.
Now the silver men insist upon no
such thing as the Capital states. On
the contrary, they insist that the
amount of silver in a dollar is not q
dollar until the government puts the
stamp upon it which declares that it
sbaU be dollar. They further in
Bist that the amount of gold in a gold
dollar is not a dollar until the gov
ernment stamps it as such. The
very thing the silver men are kick
ing about is that the government
freely puts its stamp upon all the
gold brought to the mints thereby
converting 1t into dollars while it re-
fuses in like manner to convert their
silver into dollars.
The fact is the Capital is simply
applying its own theory of money to
the silver men and then ridiculing
them for entertaining such nonsense,
The Capital insists that the amount
of gold in a dollar is a dollar, but
that nothing else is or can be. Sill
YER men know better than that. They
know that dollars are made; and
that they are not a product of ma
ture. In other words, they know
that it is the stamp of sovereignty
that makes dollars, and therefore
they insist that the stamp shall be
put upon silver as we'll as gold. See?
The advocate., 1895-07-24
NOTES. AND COMMENT.

A syndicate Of New York bankers has
been formed for the purpose of buying
the island Of Cuba. They expect that
when the revolution reaches q crises
they can buy the island for 100 million
dollars.
A horse named Goldbug occupies q
high place among the trOtters. In
writing up a race the other day a re-
porter who had got his Instructions
mixed up called the horse "Honest
Money"
Horse meat ia being osnued in large
quantities by the Western Packing
company at LinntOD, Ore. Most Of the
demand for their product at present is
from foreign countries, but they expect
q good trade in American cities soon.
It is reported that j. A. Wsylsnd has
turned his paper, The Coming Nation,
over to the Ruskin Cooperative colony,
and retired from the sditOrship. The
paper will out q very small figure in che
field of reform iteraturs-unlsSs there
is just as good q man TO take his place.
Carl Browne, the windy common
WSsISr" iS sending out miROgrsph cIEcU'