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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-05-30
A FEAST OF C

There are many reasons that can be
given that should induce parents and
guardians to send their sons to the Went
worth Military Academy in preference to
any other school of like character. The
academy presents superior advantages
han are offered by In other and is con
sequently in the lead of all others. We
call attention to the following statements
and invite a close examination of their
truthfulness:
1. 1t is the oldest military school in the
Missouri river valley. 1t has passed that
stage long since when it can be termed an
experiment. For sixteen years it has
weathered every storm and passed IN
harmed, the rocks upon which so many
schools have been wrecked. 1t has had n
continual increase of prosperity from the
day of its organization, and its warmest
and best friends are those who have been
and are its patrons. The work it has done
speaks it's own encomium.
2. 1t has been under the same manage
ment from the beginning of its history.
The present superintendent has a lease
upon it for thirty-five years, and conse-
quently the academy is not subject to the
drawbacks that sometimes come in chang
ing the management. The curators found
in Major Sellers the highest type OF Chris
tian manhood, and one thoroughly quail
fed for the position. They have the right
man in the right place, and feeling
assured of the continued growth and pros
perity OF the institution they nave com
mitted it largely to his care.
8. The expenses are lower tina at any
other military school of the country. As
said before, the academy is not run to
clear dividends on watered stock.
4. 1t is located in a college town. There
are three fine female colleges here, and in
working in accord, they bring many lee
turers of national repute here, such as
Ingalls,, Waterson, TaImage, GunsauIus,
aud hosts of others we might mention.
Other advantages accrue from being in a
town of colleges.
8. The academy is not a passing affair.
1t is a grand, fixed, permanent i~nstitu-
ton. 1t cannot be sold and closed up. as
others have been, but Is duly incorporated
as the property OF a board of trustees. II
is out of debt.
d. 1t is situated On the bluffs of the
river, and its health record is unrivaled.
z. The thermometer by which one can
safely judge of the academy's worth is the
attendance. OF course II large
is not necessarily a true index to the
worth of a schsoI, but a continually in
In IS94-95 the attendance increased 3S per
cent. over the year before; and in 1886
it increased over the previous year ID per
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-05-30
-MENCEMENT- NJ. A.

Last night the opera house was well
filled, the occasion being the COM
mencement exercises of Wentworth
Military Academy. This popular school
always draws a crowd, for everybody
knows hat when they give an enter
tainment of any kind it will be the
best. The cadets have formed many
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-05-30
Race Meeting.

Kansas City, Mo-, May % to une 26.
b. The Mo. Pacific makes Iow rates of one
fare and o%ne-third for the round trip.
Tickets will be on sale May p, 80 and
June 8, 8, 10, 10, II, 20, "a and % and will
be good for return three days from date of
sale. A. 3. LOOMS, Agt.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-05-30

A modern frame cottage ON Franklin
avenue. Has five nice rooms aud bath
room: hot and cold water in kitchen and
bath room: gas cook stove in kitchen and
gas radiator in dining room and bath
room, and gas fixtures Tor lighting in
each room. Apply at this office or at
McGrew's mill.
It's all the same, a slight cold, congested
lungs or severe cough. One Minute
Cough Cure banishes them. Crist &
Gardner. 1-25'1y
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$50 acres of land known as the Powell
farm, on the Warrensburg road, 6 miles
east of Mayhem. 100 acres in grass,
balance in cultivation. Well improved.
Possession given Immediately. Apply to
Lexington Savings Bank, Lexington, Mo.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-05-30
FnI. Sale

Eighty acres of land for sale; about so
acres in cultivativatIon, the balance in
timber. Three miles south OF Lexington;
uaderlaid with coal; good farming land,
we'll watered.
4-ll-m2 GEORGE L. TRAIL
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A OF

The Board of Curators met yesterday
afternoon and passed resolutions heart
lily endorsing the management OF the
academy, and commencing especially
the work of the past year.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTI1E.

Letters of administration ON the estate OF
John {. widening, deceased. were granted
10 the undersigned On the 18TH day OF May,
lss6, by the Probate Court OF Lafayette
county, Missouri.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required To exhibit them for allowance 10
inc administrator within one year after the
date OF said letters, OF they may be precluIed
from any benefit OF such esiaIe; and II such
claims be not exhibited within Two years from
the date OF said letters, they viii be forever
barred.
This 18th day of May, 1896.
WILLIAM j. WHITENING,
o-Ij-5t Administrator
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Notice.

Owing to ill health 1 am compelled to
take a vacation, and would feel very
grateful to all those indebted to us il they
would come in and settle promptly, so
that l will not be delayed. Respectfully
yours. w. MULLENIx.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-05-30
RECOGNIZED BY THE GOVERN
MENT

MEN
Through the Jealous and unceasing
efforts upon the part of Senators Cock
rell and Vest, Capt. A. A. Lesueur and
Mai. Sandford Sellers, the Wentworth
Military Academy has been recognized by
the national government as a worthy in
stitution, and Capt. L. P. Hunt, of the
U. s. army, has been detailed here to
take charge of the battalion. Capt. Hunt
brings with him as a consignment from
the national government ITO latest patent
Springfield rifles, two pieces of heavy
artillery, and all the ammunition he desires.
With all this also comes a consignment OF
carbines from the state. This high recog-
milton undoubtedly places the academy
upon a plane where it has practically no
competitor. With this new and addi-
tional advantage it is safe to predict that
w. M. A. will be the most popular school
in the west for time to come.
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Home Money to Loan.

have on hand some money / will loan
on good real estate security.
2-9-tf II. q. WALLACE. .
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LAST WORK.

There was no less a degree of unrest in
college circles last year than there was in
the commercial world. This unrest among
the college students OF the country was
widespread, and in many colleges, very
serious. There may be differences OF
opinion as to what caused the "open
riots" among the college young men OF
the lane, but that this was a riotous year
a glance at any daily paper would have
clearly shown. In Wabash College, In
diana, Northwestern University, in our
own State University, and in other male
schools OF this state young American
ISM at times boiled above the control OF
faculty and curators. But while all OF this
was going on: while a spirit of unrest
existed in other colleges, not one thing
ever happened in the Wentworth Acad-
envy to mar the years record. The fact
that the cadets at Wentworth passed
through this unusual year thoroughly
satisfied and doing excellent work is due
alone to superior management, and we are
sure this fact will be and is appreciated
by the patrons. The past year., even
against the obstacles which a year of I'M
rest and general depression presented, was
the most successful one in the history OF
the academy. The students did excellent
work and were unusually obedient and
respectful to discipline.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-05-30
FL FACILITY.

The faculty of the academy is a superior
one, each member of it being a specialist.
The instruction the cadet receives is
modern and thorough. A young man who
has a diploma issued from the academy
has something in which he can take q
inst pride.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-05-30
Councilman-Fourth Ward
John Il. Bush.
John NJ. Owen.

Witness my hand as Clerk of the
County Court of Lafayette county, State
of Missouri, and the seal of said court,
this May 10, A. D., 1886.
SEAL SAML j. ANDREW,
5-23-t2 Clerk.
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Buy your hardware and tinware of
Schaw 4 Weis. 4-4tf
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BATTALION DRILL AND SHAM BATTLE.

BATTALION DRILL AND SHAM
The annual battalion drill was wit
messed by "A large crowd on Thursday
evening. The battalion drill vas one
of the most attractive features of the
commencement program. Every one
present last Wednesday saw II we'll
equipped and well trained battalion go
through the manual of arms of the
other features of military drill.
Under the command of Capt. Hick-
man the battalion has been well dis
ciplined, and has SO mastered the
tactics of war that it executes the
various movements and commands
almost faultlessly.
Not less interesting was the battery
drill. Capt. Ryus has done good WORK
in drilling the battery, and the exhibit
ton of Its skill in handling the cannon
was quite intel esting.
That the cadets might be better
versed in the art of war, a sham battle
was arranged for, and each cadet given
twenty rounds of blank cartridges.
This was the most exciting feature of
the program, and il was clearly demon
strated that in actual war the battalion
at ". Nj. A. would be ii foe worthy of
any battalion's steel.
The large audience was loud in its
praise of the work done by the batlal-
ion, and many persons from a distance
were heard to say that it was the best
they ever saw.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-05-30

inches. Holeman threw the base ball
three hundred and five feet. The
tumbling and all-around work of Steele
and Grubbs was excellent, and they
deserve much credit for making the
day a success. Steele was awarded
first in points in lightweight boxing;
Grubbs took first in lightweight wrest-
ling. On the parallel bars Steele,
Grub and Owen did excellent work.
Grubbs was awarded first place. On
the whole the day was a success, and
the boys were well applauded by the
apprecIative audience of college girls
and own people. Speed and agility
is surely in Wentworth, and what we
var is the disposition to bring it out.
BATTALION INSPECTION AND REVIEW.
Wednesday afternoon at 4 80 O'Clock
a large number of the friends of the
academy assembled on the parade and
witnessed the battalion inspection and
parade before Capt. Hunt, Upon this
inspection Capt. Hunt will make
his first quarterly report to the u. S.
department of war.
The cadet companies, under Cap
taIns Kirk and Stoughton, presented a
most excellent appearance.
The w. NJ. A. battalion, which is
ably commanded by Capt. Hickman,
is one of the best drilled we have ever
witnessed. 1t Is excellently drilled in
the manual of arms, and soldiers eve
carried themselves more erect in line of
march.
Capt. Hunts report to the war
department cannot but be highly fiat
tering TO the academy.
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For Sale or Rent.
For Sale at "A Bargain.

8 N. wilson, J. [. WOThhIUM, s. I. WeHIWOV1, U NJ CaIVH' '" II "aW-
Mniam j Morrison, Edw. Marks. John Morrison. Rums Young.
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Howard Williams.
David H. Lyons.
VIM. III. Stevenson.

Leroy Farmer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-04
WORSE THAN FAMINE YEARS
FIFTY Kansas Enthusiasts Are Anx.
ious to Retarn From Jerusalem.
Their Leaders Appeal.

Topeka. Kas., June 25.-Three months
ago a colony consisting of about fifty citi.
zens OF Smith county. Kansas. started for
Palestine, their destination being Jerus.
ilem. They were seized with a religious
mania which. the leaders told them, indi
Gated the end of the world in September
next. They were told that the Savior
would max his appearance in the Holy
Land. and that only such OF his people as
were found there on resurrection day
would enter into joy everlasting. Accord
ingly. this little band started on the long
journey.
In the parry was Miss Nellie Brown
who was bethrothed to a rich young farm
er of Smith county. named Stewart. The
young lady did not want to go, but her pa
rents compelled her to follow the band
After the colony had arrived at Jerusalem
and found to what depths of wretchednesi
they had descended, Miss Brown parent:
gave consent for the girl to write the story
to her lover. This she did. The mex mai
,ack carried sufficient funds from yount
Stewart 10 pay the girls way back tt
Kansas. She Is expected to arrive at New
York this week, where she will meet ano
marry Stewart.
]. A.. Dixon, an old soldier, who led the
Kansas colony into the wilderness, wat.
heard from yesterday. He writes tina
Kansas in her sorcst hour of distress from
crop failure has been as a land flowing
with milk and honey compared with th'
desolate plains Of Palestine. He continues
II am waiting for a remittance to &c
home with. If am compelled to stay her,
/ want some money to pay my board bill
SO I will have my pension to live or wheI
/ get IL. If have TO wait for 1t i dom
think I will last long here"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-04
The Storms Actual Work.

st. Louis Republic.
The loss Of property caused by h tor
nado, according to the official estimate
OF Mr.. Frederick, president of the board
of assessors, based upon a careful in
vestisation by expert assessors, is $40,
23o, 900.
This is An enormous loss. but II repre-
sents a gratifying reduction from the
estimates hastily formed a few days
after the tornado and sent out in news
reports over the country.
But to the general public the part OF
the report which ives a better idea OF
the extent OF the damage is the state
ment OF the number OF houses damaged
n the space they would flll. The num-
Der of houses totally destroyed was 321.
Placed side by side they would cover one
side of a street for a mile and a half.
The total number Of buildings damaged
was SSH, a row thirty-three miles long.
Counting only five persons to the
house this number Of houses would
make a city Of 10000 inhabitants. Ordi-
narlly a town OF that many houses
would contain not less than $4,000 peo-
pie. II the damage inflicted in st. Louis
had been inflicted on a town Of that size
not a house would have been unscathed.
1t seems preposterous to rejoice over
such results. yet considering the demon
strated fury Of the storm and the num-
Der OF houses damaged st. Louis has
cause for rejoicing that the loss of both
life and property was not greater. We
got out OF the hands of tina. wind demon
with remav kably little hurt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-04
THE WHITE MARBLE PRIEST,
by President j. E Rankin, Howard
University.

While passing through the rotunda OF
the capitol the other day two little Irish
lads asked me where was the Marble
Priest i sought the proper official and
took them to the statue of James Mar
'quctte, Wisconsin's Gift TO the United
states. The incident gave rise to the fol.
lowing lines:
NO room IN your hall for the white marble
9 long boosted Ian Of people oppressed
Aour race full OF t%errors. your heart full,
The man has been lead full two hundred
years!
Ashamed to confess that you owe him a
You've room for Columbus. but not for
Marquette.
twelve millions Of people. part OF your
With Macs and Maloneys on your pay roll;
ihey help fight your battles and help build
yruf roads.
They help pay your taxes and HELM bear
your loads.
Ashamed TO confess that you owe him o
You've room for Columbus, but none for
Marquette.
You have room for DE Soto. the man OF the
sword:
No room for the priest, with the word of
For he stands in his robe. with his cross
and his beads,
Afraid of.Pater Nosters, of his rites and
his creedsi
Ashamed to confess that you owe him a
debt?
You've room for Columbus, but none for
Marquette.
You have room for the Pilgrims. as forth
they embark,
Gods. rainbow above them, In Freedoms
frail ark,
NO room for the freedom OF speech and OF
thought
Thai, over. the wave OF the ocean they
brought?
Ashamed to confess that you owe him a
debt?
You've room for Columbus. but none for
Marquette.
o nation first Graded In the bosom OF
God.
o nation whose fathers the martyr-path
trod,
o fear not the bible that fostered your
youth,
And fear not the churches the pillars OF
truth.
Rise up and confess that you owe him a
debt.
You've room for Columbus. make room
for Marquette.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-04

a
- htleben, who went around the world
bicycles, gives the following account
vi one of their experiences in TuRkes-
tam:
One of the chief incidents of our
pleasant s%ojourn was afforded by Gov
ernor %Ivanoff. We were invited to
head the procession of the Cossacks on
their annual departure for their SUMMED
encampment in the mountains. After
the usual religious ceremony. they filed
ont from the city parade-ground. Being
u~navoidably detained for a few mo-
ments. we did not come up until some
time after the column had started. AZ
we dashed by TO the front with the
American and Russian flags fluttering
side by side from the handle-bars, cheer
after cheer arose from the ranks, and
even the governor and his party dotted
their caps in acknowledgment. At the
camp we were favored with a special
exhibition of Workmanship. BY a sim
gle twist of the reins the steeds would
fall 10 the ground. and their riders
crouch down behind them as IA bulwark
in battle. Then dashing forward at
full speed, they would spring to the
ground, and leap back again into the
saddle, or hanging by their legs. would
reach over and pick up a handkerchief,
cap, or a soldier supposed to be wound
ed. All these movements we photo
graphed with u camera.
OF the endurance of these Cossacks
aud their Kirghiz horses we had a prac-
teal test. Overtaking a Cossack courier
in the early part of a days journey, he
became so interested in the .velocipeie,
as the Russians call the bicycle, that he
determined TO see as much of it as pos
sible. He stayed with us the whole
day, over a distance of fifty-iive miles.
His chief compensation was in witness
:ng the surprise of the natives, to whom
he would shout across the fields to come
and see the tomasha, adding in expla.
nation that we were American gentle
men who had ridden all the way from
America. Our speed was not slow, and
frequently the poor fellow would have
to resort to the whip. or shout, Slow
ly. gentlemen. my horse is tired; the
town is not far away; it is not neces-
sary to hurry so.' The fact is, that 10
all our experience we found no horse Of
even the famed Kirghiz or Turkoman
breed that could travel with the same
ease and rapidity as ourselves even ever
the most ordinary road.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-04
Proving the Point.

The prosecuting attorney in the
breach OF promise case thought he would
make life a burden to the unfortunate
young man who vas the unwilling de-
PENDANT.
"Do you mean to say" he asked after
q lot of embarrassing questions, "that
after you had been absent for an entire
month you did not kiss the plaintiff to
whom You were engaged to be married
when you first saw her on your return?:"
Il do" responded the defendant firm
ly.
"Will you make that statement to the
jury?"
Certainly, II necessary"
"Do you think they would believe
youe"
"One of them would, / know"
"Ah, indeed. And why should he.
pray?'
Because he was present when / first
saw her. He was at the gate when I
rode up and she stuck her head out OF
the second-story window and l told her
how dye and said I'd be back to sup
per in half an hour. I'm no giraffe"
and everybody in the courtroom smiled
except the attorney.--Detron Free Press.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-04
In the Open Air.

Awhe"l and away from the smoky town,
To the countryside. where the earth
blooms fair
down.
For a brac.ng run ~ the open air.
Spring into the saddle with ferer,zh haste.
Keen ~ in the heart and q laugh for
care.
Away where tho branches ar. interlacej
With the glorious blue II the oI-n air.
The soul grows lean in the narrow streets:
The spirit heIrkcns 10 grim despair.
AWheel and away whore tho rarr9' sweets
Scent every breath Of the open air.
The soul shall expand and the heart grow
light
In the distant lane whore the C.ty's blIre
Is lost like a phantom of the vanished
night.
Awheel ard away to the open air,
Frank Putnam.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-04

ford.
"Adeane--Coloncl Adeane. But we,"
with a sigh. have always called him
'Frankrh
AT this point an awful thought came
Into Julia Howatd's mind, an awful recol.
lection OF what her sister had told her OF
certain circumstances connected with
Miss Lavinia Staunton'sdeath. How War.
ner had bent down 10 hear her mistress
murmured words when she had partially
recovered from the fainting ut with which
she had received the news of the robbery.
"Oh, Franki Frank! { o think that You
should have come to this. Oh, my God! I
think IL will break my heart
During the few minutes which elapsed
between parting with Colonel Adeane aud
their reaching the house, Julia sat buried
IN thought, turning the new idea over and
over in her mind, until she felt as IL she
could more easily take a leaf out of poor
dead and gone Miss Lavinia's book, and
relieve her mind by going of into violent
Mysteries than she could take off her hat
and, in her state Of burning curiosity, 20
through the long and formal luncheon
which was then awaiting them In the din
ing-rOom.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-04
A Poster Poem.

Therts a land Of umpish gloof,
BY the g%rabous. burbling Bloof.
Where the dnkey-ding grows grunkey
on the trees
Where the pumbkins on each kiss
Standby Sind along the briss,
And the gee hawk slowly snackles fai
away.
On the clay. stumbling night
Fails the wOotls Of the hite,
as he shizles oogiins near his ousley
mate.
And the bambTel OF the squeed
Sends a yellow Ger the mead,
n the Eee-hawk slowly snackles far
away.
Hark! What spaden klum boblakcs?
All the urnph like silivel shakes.
And the willig whistles madly round the
beam:
On IL comes like ooz.ne mcak-
Gait, alJsi the h%ornink's broke
And the %gee-hawk r9wly snackles far
away.
-WashtnRt1u Times.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-04
THE MODERN BEAUTY

Thrives on good food and sunshine, with
plenty Of exercise in the open air. Her
form glows with health and her face
blooms with its beauty. If her system
needs the cleansing action Of a axative
remedy, she uses the gentle and pleas
ant Syrup OF Figs. Made by the Califor-
~f~ hi~ sxratp company.
- os~rssro~n or tDs Snas@s ~ sa.a-
land who CAV his fortune OF 500. 600
TO charity has just died in the Mar
ket Bosworth w~orkhouse. He had nee
been curate Of the parish.