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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-06-20
McGrew Milling Co..
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, John Monroe and Leathie Monroe.
his wife, by their certain deed of trust. dated
the 25th day of April. 1891. and recorded in the
recorders office of Lafayette county. Missouri
in deed book number l2j, at page $50. convey
ed to the undersigned trustee the following
described real estate, situate, lying and boins.
in the county of Lafayette. and state OF
Missouri, to-Wit: Lot number one hundred
and fourteen QlD. in Estill Heights addition
to Lexington, Mo. As the same appears ON the
plat of said addition now on file in recorders
office for said county; also lot number twenty
i've (25), in block number one IL, in POmcrOy's
addition to Lexington, Missouri, as the same
appears on the plat of said addition now ON
file in the recorders office for said Lafayette
county, Missouri. which said deed was made
In trust to secure the payment of Al certain
promissory note in said deed described; and,
ment OF said note aud the same remains due
and unpaid, now, therefore this is to give
notice that 1.-the undersigned trustee. by virtue
of the power in me vested under said deed at
trust, and pursuant to the provisions of suid
deed Of trust and at the request Of the legal
holder and owner of said note. will. on
TUESDAY JUNE, I'D, 1896,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in the fore
noon and five O'Clock in the afternoon, of said
day. at the court house door, in the city Of
Lexington. Lafayette county. Missouri, offer
Tor sale and sell at public Vcndue, to the high
est bidder, for cash in hand, the said property
above described, for the purpose of paying the
amount due upon said note, together with the
costs and expense of said trust and sale.
Given under my hand this 18th day of May,
1885. LUTHER w. CRFNsJ w '
D-zDtu Trustee
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-06-20
An Execution.

"Give me Il man that sings at his
work." exclaimed the enthusiastic adj
mirer of poetry. There's n sentiment.
There's IA line that teaches you to read
human mature with both your eyes shut,
if you keep your ears open"
Il guess you were never in the theat-
rical business" said the man with a silk
hat and Il dropping mustache.
Never"
"WclI, possibly the gentlemen you
have met who sing at their work are
very nice people. But | shouldn't adj
wise you to encounter n high-price tenor
on II hard-times pay day. | really
Observation-Disclosures Star.
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His Credentials,

Jay-Halloa, Gay, delighted to see
you, my boy. 1 near you nave n posi-
ton with my friends, Skinner q Coz
Gay-Oh, yes; 1 ave a position as
collector there!
That's ti~rst-rate. Who recommended
your"
"Oh, nobody. l just told them that
I once collected an account from you,
and they instantly gave me the berth"
London Tit-Bits.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-06-20
A Very Reasonable Explanation.

81 don't believe that you love me-"
But, Clara, 1 have given you proof
enough of my love. Didn't 1 offer to
hurl myself out of h fo~urth-story
window into the street,
"Why didn'tyou do it ?"
Why didn't do it? I'll tell you
why I didn't do ii. The weather was
bad outside. That's why. 1t looked
as if it was going to rain"
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1t SOakS
Into the Flesh

right down through the
feVered parts to where
the ;nflam m is
rooted. That is why
Mustang Liniment
"Cures all aches and
pains of man or beast"
If it evapOrated or re"
manned on the skin it
could not cure. That
is why volatile extracts
fail. TheyCan't go down
through the inflamed
parts.
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Papa" (She knelt beside the de-
jected figure and fondly kissed the
dropping head.) Papa, can l not keep
the wolf from the door with my sing
ing?"
lie was without hope, although he
smiled.
My child" he sighed, your sing
ing would keep almost anything from
the door, but the wolf is pretty nervy,
you know."-Detroit News-Tribune.
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Mustang
Iinir11ent

owes its success to it's
power of penetration.
There is nothing mar
vicious about its Cura-
tive powers. 1t is SIM
ply a few common sense
ingredients CON bined
in a way to make PEN
etratiOn possible and
insure a cure.
Mustang Liniment
has been used for one
half a century.
Write for "Fairy Story Book" illus
trated, also "Hints from a Horse-doc-
tors Diary" Both books mailed free.
Lyon Manufacturing Co.,
% South 5th St, Brooklyn. N. Y.
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Special Low Rates Via Missouri
Pacific Railway.

For annual meeting National Ednca .
tional Association, Buffalo, Ny, July
9TH to 18th, 1896.
Annual meeting Baptist Young Peoples
Union of America, Milwaukee, Wis,
July 18th to 18th, 1896.
National convention of Young Peoples
Society OF Christian Endeavor, Washing
ton, d.. C., July 9Th to 18th, 1896.
Home Seekers excursion tickets on sale
June 9th and 23d. 1896.
For further Information please call on
or write, A. s. LOOMS,
Ticket Agent.
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A Great Bargin
For Sale on Liberal Terms
and Payments,
Or Will Trade For Good Farm
Property.

As we have decided to build a large
mill at ~Coffeyville, Kansas, and will
move much of the machinery now i'll
our mill here to C~Offeyville, we will
necessarily have to leave in our present
mill here many of our Machines and the
Mill Building and Elevator. We offer
them for sale or trade. This is a fine
opportunity for any II desiring to en-
bark into a nice, profitable 1ill mt a
small cost, as we will or o out
and move our larger IN. nd
machinery, and Will leas i'll
Building and Elevator sta; with
about enough Wheat Cleaning Ma
chinery, BollS and Boiling Chests, so
that with additional machinery and
small cost a good first-class 200-barrel
mill and corn meal mill can be equip
ped. We have not the time to devote
to both mills, hence we offer a great
bargain to the first one who comes. We
Ear show any one desiring to purchase
or trade that they can make money.
Possession given at once, as we will
o move to COffeffville.
We would join in with the proper
persons and take stock if desired.
MoCrou M;II,~n 70
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Henry-Pd like to get yer to cut
three or four inches off this coat fur
me, Sarah. Short coats are goin' ter
be fashionable this winter.
Sarah-Tn do it when Pm not busy.
Hencry.
"Nnd sav Sarch -. hotter save the
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Il: Cas-; Is; s;::: f; 5; T. Ri ia ISM
sSsss ST. JACOBS OIL :t :$:: s' It '' s as' i: CON i

CLOTH yar cut of, because next year
long coats may be the fashion again
and I'll want you ter sew it on, SOS I'll
be able ter keep in the style. "-Rox-
bury GazStte.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-06-20

Busy people have no time, and sensibl
people have no inclination TO use n slow
remedy. One Minute Cough Cure acts
promptly and gives permanents results.
Crist u Gardner. 1-25-1y
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A COURAGEOUS WOMAN.
The Empress of Russia's Edict Against
the Cigarette Smokers.


Russia's young empress has created
CONSERVATION at the court of ST. Peters
burg by discountenancing the use of to-
bacco by the ladies with whom she is
brought into contact. She is credited
with the observation that n cigarette
in the mouth of IL woman is as bad as an
oath in hat of a n and has requested
that neither her lahies-in-waiting nor
yet the ladies' of the court should APP
proach her as long as there is the slight
est aroma of tobacco about ~theirclothes
or about their person.
Now, nearly every member of the
imperial family, and in natural coll
sequence well-nigh every lady in court
and in society, is addicted to the use
and even abuse of cigarettes, Grand
Duchess Vladimir being conspicuous
among the number. The widowed
czarina, like her sisters, the princess of
Wales, and the duchess of Cumberland.
never favored the use of tobacco by
ladies'; but in spite of all her influence
upon her husband, Alexander Ill, din
not venture to openly object to it on the
part of the members of her court.
That the young empress has had the
courage to do 50 constitutes n PROOF
not only that her influence over her
husband is of n predominant nature,
but also that she will not hesitate to
use it for the execution of her ideas,
irrespective of any prejudices or OBJ
stacles that she might encounter.
There is only one other sovereign in
Europe who manifests a similar aver
sion to tobacco-namely, Queen Vic
toria, who has been known to cause her
private secretary, the late Gen. Sir
Henry Ponsonby, to address letters to
her various cabinet ministers COM
planning of the aroma of tobacco with
which the Official documents and state
papers submitted to her for signature
were Observation-Disclosures Dis
patch.
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An Example.

rather hear, my boy, hat you are
III the habit of telling falsehoods. This
erievcs me to the heart. Always tell
the truth, even though it may bring
suffering upon you. VIII you promise
me?
Yes, sir"
Very well. Now go and see III ia
knocking Mt the door. If 1t is Bingly,
say I'm not at Observation-Disclosures
Sentinel.
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died suddenly. Ills fIieHdS would all
feel sorry, but nothing could be one to
help him. Two seancn are always on
watch in the bow of the ship and two
more in the foretop. Twice as many
are on the lookout in thick weather.
Observations are taken every two
hours. In the good old sailing ship
days the captain WIS content to take
the sun III noon every day. If the sky
was cloudy for LAY or two it really
didn't matter much, for he could jog
along on dead reckoning. But on an
ocean greyhound. rushing over the
course between New York and Europe
at the rate OF more than 20 miles an
hour, it is highly important that the
ships position be known all the time.
Fog may come down ut any moment,
observations may not be obtainable for
ten or twelve hours. The positions of
more than 100 stars are known. BY OBJ
serving one of these the ships wherca-
bouts can be aScertained in a few min
utes. OF course, the road" becomes
more or less familiar to n man who
crosses The ocean along the same route
year after year. Yet this familiarity
never breeds contempt or carelessness.
No man knows all the Influences thataf
feet the currents OF the ocean. You
may find the current in one place the
same 40 times IN succession; on the 41st
trip it may be entirely changed. Some
times n big storm that has ended four
or five hours before the steamship
passes a certain place may have given
the surface current n strong set in one
direction. There is no means of telling
when these Influences may have been at
work, save by taking the ships position
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ronnd Table.
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UnIIlndly Put.

Ethcl-Have you any very expensive
tastes. Charlie?
Charlie-Wcll. I don't kEow-Tm
very fond of you.-London Tit-Bits.
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Maud-He is dying to be introduced
to her. II is n case of love at first sight?
Mays he Observation-Disclosures.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-06-20

For the annual needing Of the Missouri
State sunday School Association at l.
myra, Mo-, June 1Ith TO 19th, the Eio.
Pacific railway MAKES the low rate of one
fare Tor the round trip. Tickets on sale
June 18th to 18th, with hnnI return limit
June 10th. \. 5. Looms, Agent.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-06-20
ADMINISTRATORS NOTIOE.

Letters Of administration ON the estate of
john IL. &. WilkcuinE. deceased. we've granted
to the under iGued uu the iS'h day al May.
lo!6, by the Probate Court of Lafayette
county, Missouri.
Al persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit Them for allowance Ia
the administrator within one year after the
date Of said letters, or they may be p~r'chnde'
from ANY benefit ct such estate; and II such
claims ur NOS exhibited within twp ears from
the date of said letters, they viii Ice forever
barred
This 18th day of May, 1895.
WILLIAM J WHITENING,
52i-5t Administering.
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'"'0NH. u.
M ENUTE
COUGH CURE

cures quickly. That is what it was
made for; Prompt, safe, sure, quick
relief: quick cure. Pleasant to take.
Children like it and adults like 1t.
Mothers buy 1t for their children.
Prepared by e. O. DeWitt & Co., makers OF
re Wltt's Little Early Risers, the famous
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-28

else, dredges a river, it does not take
the trouble to dredge it four feet further
TO one side than is told in the charts.
So it comes about that one who ia sail
ing ships in narrow channels must keep
in the channel or go ON the dry land,
which is manifestly impossible. owing
TO the peculiar construction Of the ships
of the present day.
When the pilot missed the calculations
by the four feet, as above sat forth, Nor
ma, who minds her rudder, went on to
the bar, whore she lies hile this lettsr
Is written. If there had been heavy
wind, and if the sea had been running
heavily, there might have been a very
serious accident. 1t was serious enough
as it was, The ship listed to port. which
means that she lay over on her left side,
but careful examination of the bottom
of the river showed that she was lying
in soft place, and that she could take
no possible harm unless severe storm
should arise. at the time of the ACCT
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-28

ters, which are brought up out of the
bottom of the river. From this place
they ara taken in carts to Easton, and
from there put on the general market
This Is only one of the thousands of
little depots which dot the innumeratle
inlets of the Chesapeake, and from these
oil aces come the oysters which are the
best that come cut of their beds to feed
the people of the universe. Here are the
very best, and nyone who has not eaten
oysters as they come out Of their beds,
fresh with the smell of the sea, does noe
know what real oysters are like.
So we went over to the station and sat
on the boats Of the men who dig the oys-
tiers cut of their lairs. and they gave us
a treat such as would give new sort Of
thrill to an epicure. Then the people
who were in the launch Joined US and we
held political meeting. The Kid got
up on a barrel and made a speech, and
the Doctor told some stories of other
campaigns, and we sat on the sand and
played like children. There was little
child there, too, and We got him to play
with us. de said his name was Robert,
and that he cried salt tears when his
mother left him alone. Then we went
with him to find his mother, who was
sitting further up the beach.
Afterward went back to talk to the
oysterman-an old man who said be had
been working in the oyster beds since he
was very small boy. asked him how
he got the oysters, and he told me that
he got them up with pair of tongs,
which he showed me.
"Some folks calls it tongin',' he
said, land some folks calls it gredgin'.
but call il grudgin'. Grudgin' is what
it is, just plain grudgin'.
The Kid and I went out in the boat
with him, and he worked the tongs.
There were but few oysters caught,
but there were a lot of shells dragged up
with the curious looking rake. And this
10 what most of the tongers get 1t Is
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-28
Women and Newspapers.

Frances Willard urges women to read
the newspapers. Talking on the subject
lately, she said, Women are a set Of
passivities on that subject as class, y
and adds: I am never more annoyed
for my sect than when the newspaper
boy goes trotting through at full speed
f he finds the car contains chiefly wo-
men, never dreaming that they may
want paper. clutch his sleeve with a
Vim and buy one Of every variety he
has. and ask him what he is thinking
bout to lose patronage in that way.
GOSSIP is nothing but small news, the
ilekels, pennies and dimes, while the
newspaper deals in dollars and VS. and
KS. So it widens the mind more to read
he newspapers than to gossip about the
neighbors y
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-28

bat the bottom Of the river proved to be
SO soft that the anchor would not hold,
and the experiment was given up. This
was at the tins when the tide was rather
low, and it was decided that until high
water came there would be no use of try
ing TO pull the ship off, but that she
would float Of her own accord as the pilot
had said.
We had been SO excited over the
wreck in the sand bar that we had for
gottsn what we came up the river for,
but toward evening, after everything
was quieted down, we remembered, and
the launch was lowered. Some of us
thought that we would like to explore
the unknown country of the famous
Eastern Shore of Maryland, and went
out in the dingy. This was too much
for the Others and they followed in the
launch and landed at the oy ster houses
at Double Mills. Here is nothing but
the houses for the receiving uf the oys-
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-28
ON TIE cRoPT

The Comomdore. however, assured US
that there wns no immediate danger,
chiefly because we were already OH the
bottom.
So we went back to our lunch after we
had boon told by the pilot that we would
surely float again when the tide set In
and high water came. The weather was
beautiful. There was no wind, and the
sir felt like that of a June day.
Norma lay in the river just few miles
mot more than two-from where we
had intended to anchor, SO it was not so
bad. We were within easy rowing dis
lance of the shore on either side. and al
though there WAS hardly sign of life
visible in the fat country which bounds
the riv er, we knew that we were not
out of reasonable distance from oiviliza-
ton.
Later in the afternoon the dingy WAS
lowered and an anchor was taken away
out into deep water and thrown over
board. To this had been attached q
bawser, with the other end at the wind
lass on deck. The men tried to shift the
position of the ship by means Of this.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-28

ON or. Moreover, he. held his job for
forty five years, and only relinquis he'd
his task when death stepped in. But he
made good star t, and when his success
SIR. the noted 81 alley, assumsd the task.
in 1920, the G reenwich Observatory was
an established fact. Although 221 years
old. the institution has had only eight
chief astronomers, which Incidentally
goes to show that the study Of astronomy
ust tie conducive to longevity.
Christie, the present chief, was appoint
ed in 1881, aud in all probability will
continue in the honored position for
many years.
The observatory buildings are located
in the center Of Greenwich Park, a
beautiful piece of ground 200 acres in ex-
tent. They are curious mixture Of the
ancient and the modern, and they tell
the hi story of the growth OF the place
more clearly than mere words. Within
the last few years great additions have
been made to the observatory under the
direction of Mr.. Christie. These include
the putting up of fresh buildings, which
are just now In the course OF completion
and equ1pnenu.
The visitor to the observatory, there
fore-and the visitors are extremely few.
strangers in the place causing Interrupt
ton to very careful and delicate business
finds himself confronted by the old and
the new portions, the former, with it's
quantity picturesque gables and roughly
tiled roofs forming strong contrast to
the new erection with it's central tower
capped by dune, and its four wings
adjusted to the four points of the COM
pass.
The first thing that strikes the visitor
on entering the gate is the humble aspect
OF this temple of science. What he sees
gives no evidence of the uses to which
the buildings ale put, except what inay
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-28

1t consists of large telescope, the out
side of which is not unlike great can
non and it is of solid iron. This instru-
ment is supported by trunions, which
allow the TELESCOPES to be elevated or de-
pressed, to point north or south, and, in
fact. to make a mplete revolution, but
never to diverge from the north and
south line. The magnifying power of
this instrument is not very great, but it's
field OF view is large, SO that it admits
plenty of light, for it is not intended ia
searcher after or for gazing at oeles tial
objects, but for noting the exact time at
which stars and planets pass south and
north OF Greenwich.
Upon looking through this telescope
the observers eye is first arrested by
vertical row of what seem to be iron
bars placed at equal distances from each
other. They are, however, neither mere
nor less than spiders webs, the center
one passing through the focus Of the
object glass being the meridian line.
by observing the time at which the
O'clock stars' pass over these web lines,
or "wires, as they are called, is sidereal
time regulated. The adjustment of the
instrument has to be- extremely exact in
order to obviate error. The slightest
thing will put it out, even SO small
matter as too much sunshine.
On one occasion the correction for a
level error in the instrument having be-
come inconveniently large, towing appar-
emily to subsidence of the eastern sup
port, about'a ton weight of stone was
placed ON the western pier.
But this having no effect, ths stones
were removed and sheet of very thin
paper was placed under the support on
the eastern side, by which means the
error was corrected. This will give some
idea of the dslicaoy of adjustments neces-
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-28
FIFTY CENTS,

address by mail for 80 CENTS 4
MONTH. 1t Is deliveredhy carriers
IN Portland and vicinity atthe same
rate.
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sary for the perfect working Of this

sary for the perfect working Of this
ponderous instrument.
The hands Of the sidereal clock are
said. to be at zero when the frat Fpoint Of
the conste llation of Aries, or that point
where the ecliptic and equator cross, rs
on the meridian, aud, if the clock does
not vary in time, Its hands will indicate
exactly the rate Of the diurnal motion
of the heavens. Every degree of the
equator will mark fonr minu of time.
and every fifteen degrees will mark one
hour, and so on, in proportion with the
twenty four hours and the 800 degrees of
the great circle.
An astronomical clock will beat SO, 400
seconds in twenty-four hours, when
going to its utmost, exaesitu de; but as
no mechanism is absol utely perfect, 1t
may be either second under or a second
over this numb Der, and it is this varia-
ton which the astronomer has to disooy.
and allow for.
All Of the chronometers used in the.
British navy are first tested in the OBJ
ssrva tory. the test lasting eight months
Q From January to August are the best
months for making the test. Those iu-
tended for use in the tropics are placed
for weeks at time in ovens heated by
gas, and 1t takes first class chronome-
ter to withstand this ordeal.
Prior to 1883 each country had it's own
meridian of time-France at Paris, the
United States at Washington, and the
others at their capitals. This led to seri-
GUS differences In navigation, and
compromise was effected by which the
Greenwich meridian was settled upon,
with uniform allowances for the dis.
tanoes of various countries.
HORACE HOWELL