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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29
EXPERT TYPEWRITING.
A Reporters Feat That Paralyzed the
Night Editor.

"You remember the case of the
anarchists who were hanged in
ChicagoP'' remarked a newspaper man
from that city across the table at the
Thorndyke. "Wel, in copnectiep
with that gigantic judicial farce a
maryeious example OF expert typewrit-
ing came under my observation, says
the Boston Herald.
"There was fellow named VAIN
wright on the paper l was with at that
time, who had the inside track of all
the preliminary stories. One morning
be game rushing in about half-past 2
with a column of stuff about Md
night convention of the anarchists
friends, and it was a dead cold scoop /;
nobody else was on.
"Of course the paper wanted all he
could write on 1t, and he sat down at
his typewriter and began reeling it off
at tremendous rate. He was handy
with the. typewriter, anyway, and he
used to say he knew the keyboard with
his eyes shut,
Everything went along all right till
ten minutes otter 5, when the night
editor began to get uneasy, and told
him to bite it on pretty soon, as the
printers were almost ready to shut
down. FIVE minutes later the foreman
of the composing room yelled down the
tube that he wouldn't take line Of
copy after a;2Q,
g 'All right, aaid Wainwright, when
the night editor told him. Il can just
finish it in that time.' The words
were hardly out of his mouth when
something happened to the electricity,
and the lights in Wainwright's room
went out,
90 'Rlankety blank SAID the night
editor. 'The story's no good without
the finish, and the printers won't wait.
Fetch the machine out here.'
/" Shut upI' shouted Wainwright,
banging away at the typewriter to beat
all creation. I'm all right leave mo
alone.
"The night editor was paralyzed
with astonishment when the machine
ratified away in the dark as it nothing
had happened-faster, 1t anything.
"Qne minpte, two, three passed, and
then came the whirl of the paper drawn |
from the roll, aud the night editor
rushed the sheet of copy out into the
light There wasn't break in it that |
an ordinary intelligent compositaF
fix, and the end of the story
went up the tube without editing.
"That's what | call expert type
writing" !
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29
Tbings Not GeneraIIy Kuown.


There are $4,000 dogs in Belgium
broken to harness.
1t costs the world annually $3, ,00O,-
600 to pepper ITS food.
Paris expends sl,350,0 900 a year in
sweeping its streets and s40O, 900 in
sprinkling them.
About 1000 people are living who
have been decorated with various
orders of British knighthood.
The Quiches dialect, spoken by the
Indians of Gantemala, is thought to be
the most ancient language In the world,
older even than Sanscrict or Hebrew.
A modern gun throwing a 2,2oO
pound projectile with an initial velocity
of 1870 feet per second developes 24.-
100000 horse power during a period
of 1-100th part of second.
The great Siberian railway now
being constructed by Russia will be
nearly 5000 miles long and will be
completed within four or five years.
Its cost will be $3.50, 900, 900.
A company has just been formed in
Paris to make butter out of cocoanut.
1t has q plant calculated to producs
over 4 1000 pounds day of this bniter.
and will soon be able TO produce twice
as much. The butter will be called by
its name. The nuts will be supplied
from the French possessions of Africa.
One of the principal sources Of the
tea supply in England is from the
sweepings from the floors of the various
docks, wharves and warehouses In
London. These sweepings aggregate
about GA, ,000 pounds of tea annually,
or, with the dirt and other articles
" Inch get mixed with the tea, about
400 tons. The loss to importers from
this source is about Sl25, 900 year.
In annum, an empire occupying the
eastern portion of the Indio- Chinese
Peninsula, with population Of ,000,-
900, men and women wear their hair
in the same way and dress almost alike.
Like the man, the woman wears a
turban, a long tunic, wide, loose
trousers and bright sash, the one
falling below the knees. The physiog-
nomy is almost the same, as the men
are beardless and have their hair done
mp like the women. The only clue TO
them is found in the ear
rings and finger rings, which are worn
bV the women Only
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29
THE REASON WHY.

rom Printers Ink.
"What makes you buy that brand of fsoapf"
asked a woman shrewd;
'sSome others have far larger scope"
"Their names 1 here reviewed.
"Wbat makes you buy that certain brandF'
The woman looked scrprised,
And thus she answered my demand
"Because it's advertisedl"
"Why did you choose that ribbon fairf"
asked O little Miss;
"The storekeeper had Others there
Why did you ask for this?"
She gagged at me with pitying eye,
My face she criticized,
Then answered very simply, "Why?
Because it's advertisedP
"What makes you always buy that wInef"
asked a business friend;
'sIt's quite favorite OF mine,
But-why select this brand?"
He looked astonished, and my aim
He had not recognized,
But still he answered lust the same
Because it's advertisedi"
And so you'll find wher'er you go,
Wherever people buy,
The goods that have the greatest show
And on which folks rely,
Are those made known thro' printers ink, 4,
And it may be surmised
ONE merit is, the people think,
because they're advertised"
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29
RavenOus Republicans.


ers-O, no-they just let the Office
seek them, but meantime they lay
awake at nights 10 see that the Office
does not take the wrong trail. The
history of Missouri never furnished a
parallel OF such hungry, grasping,
ravenous, snarliDg set of office-seekers
as the republicans of this state now
present. Every week bring ont a dozen
new candidates for state offices. With
in the past six days three candidates
for governor, one for railroad commits
sioner, two for treasurer, one for
judge of the supreme court and one for
attorney-geperal have found seat
where they can be seen, while the
small-fry are coming singly, in pairs
and squads. They come from the north,
the south, the east and the west, and
all with consuming thirst for Office.
Before the campaign is opened they
will be tramping over each other.
Those who have not announced them
selves are preparing to do so just as
soon as the other candidates will allow
them space in some country republican
paper. One could not throw a rock in
q crowd of republicans and fail to hit a
candidate. When the campaign opens
there will not be stumps enough in the
state to accommodate them, and the
serious question about holding state
convention is not so much a matter of
entertaining the delegates as finding
standing room for the candidates.
Even the deceptive scent of state
patronage is enough to bring the re-
publican office-seekers out on the run.
One chance out of a thousand, and
very uncertain one at that, is sufficient
to whet their appetltes. They are not
only willing to take such chance, but
feverishly anxious, and they act like
lot of stampeded Texas cattle. 1t
seems that about one out of every five
republicans in the state has made up
his mind that he deserves a state office,
or something equally as good. and he
will take a shot at a state Office any
way, and trust in the Lord for a home
in some other direction, if he fails.
As matter of fact, the republicans
have no earthly show of carrying the
state. In 1894 they were merely per-
mitted to view the Promised Land, but
between them and the flesh-pots of
Egypt stands public opinion. They
abused what little power was given
them tn 1894, and the record made by
the house even yet smells to heaven.
But stubborn facts like these will not
keep the office-seekers back. They
caught sight of the lunch counter in
1894, and they are now too blind to
see anything else. They are coming
from the rock-ribbed Ozark and the
sumac hills of the Grand and Charlton
rivers. Like the Excelsior man, they
can't stop. From Cow-skin Prairie to
the North Fabius the boys are tramp
ing. There is a candidate behind every
stump along the Usage, the Gasconade
and Meranec and every corn-shock
north of the Missouri river. What q
mighty gathering of candidates the
republican state convention will
present. The old, the young, the
strong, the weak, the halt and the
blind, will all be there, and everyone
will bring his appetite for office along
with him.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29
LIVING ON TWELVE CENTS A DAY.
Four Young Bachelors Form Club
and Experiment.

FROM the New York World.
"What is the least sum a fellow can
live comfortably on per daya"
This was recently the subject of
debate by four young bachelors. They
are all clerks with salaries averaging
from 80 to S16 week.
One of them, who has a position in
famous drug house, suggested that
quarter of dollar would be sufficient.
Another maintained that a man would
starve on less than half dollar.
Finally, the practical man in the party
proposed that they club together and
make the experiment..
"Done," said the others.
Then came the question of the selec-
ton of cook. The choice fell on o
young colored man named Chilly"
This son of the South had served in
the navy and knew some "wrinkles''
in regard tq the culinary art. So the
discussion, which began as a joke,
crystalized into practical experiment.
After due consideration it was de-
cided to form themselves into the
ssFive Jolly Bachelors Down-on- Your
Luck club" They concluded it would
not do to spend more than twelve cents
per day each for meals. This would
be the munificent sum of eighty-four
cents per week each.
They fixed the Initiation fee at
twenty-five cents each. This netted
81 .25, which they voted to use for an
oil stove and the necessary utensils.
Then operations began.
awe started in September last" said
a member of the club, "and after the
experiment ceased to be a joke we
kept right on GRtIl We have practically
that it is possible foF
five people to live on twelve cents
day each and have health and happi.
ness.
"The only medicine we have taken,
although right in the line. Is daily
dose of Jokes and laughter over our
sbill of fare We hGYe gn elegant
sufiiciency,' though not all the delica-
cies of the season. Our breakfast and
supper consists of coffee and rolls, and |
ali that goes with them. The follow
ing is the dinner bill of fare for the
week:
Mopaay-Coffee and bread, liver
and bacon.
Tuesday-Chops, French fried gota-
toes, bread and coffee.
Wednesday - Steak and potatoes,
coffee and bread.
Thursday-Ham and eggs, bread
and coffee Ono potatoes).
Friday-Fish, potatoes, coffee and
bread.
Saturday - Lamb chops, potatoes,
bread and coffee.
Sunday-Roast beef, mashed pota-
oes, coffee and bread.
"This includes sugar, milk and
,utter. What we have is of the best
Iuality and plenty of it. We consider
hat we fare better than we would in a
s6 a week boarding house. OF course
he fact that the Lord favors US with
Billy" makes huge difference"
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29
The Affinity OF Contrast.

From Life
Tom Garter and | were just as
different as could be, yet we were
extremely fond of each other.
1 liked most women IN a way, but
not closely, and l never made con-
fident of one.
Tom, on the other hand, was very
fond of them.
Perhaps that's why he liked me,
There is muoh, they say, In the affiity
of contrast.
We differed in many other respects.
Tom Smoked and l didn't; Tom took
nip occasionally and l was strictly
temgerate' Tom was poor and l was
rich; Tom sWOrs sometimes and |
never did, and Tom liked the club and
I didn't.
Still, when there was any place to
go we always went together, and we
always had good time.
He introduced me to all the women
he knew, and never tailed to tell them
that | was the best fellow alive.
liked Tom and he liked me, and good
fellowship doesn't always last for a
dozen years as mine and Toms had.
People, our friends, used to say it
was really rsmarkahle, and oHtaide Of
the hooks they couldn't cite similar
case, but Tom and | merely smiled
and kept right an az we had been
doing.
Surely it wasn't because we were
alike.
Because we were so different,
1t was the affinity of contrast, | am
sure.
Tom was a man and | wasn't.
We had been married for dozen
years.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29
Highest of all Leavenng Powe-Latest u Report
R3>!a:!!I! g! fs%assE RfasiRs
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Changing Mourning Customs.

r. W. Box In the Ladies Home Journal.
One of the surest indications thai, as
a people, we are tearing away from
barbaric customs is found in the
changes which, slowly but surely, have
come over our mourning customs and
funeral emblems. The time is not so
far back when the announcement in q
funeral notice that s.friends will please
omit flowers" was an unheard-sf thing.
When this first appeared people won
dered at il. Now one meets The
request IN numerous cases, and the
effect has been good. "Gates Ajar"
and similar vulgar floral monstrosilIes
are being discarded, and the modest
laurel wreath or cross, or sheaf of
wheat have in good taste snpplanted
them. Flowers for the dead are not to
be decried so long as they ave a mean
ing or carry a message of tender SYM
pathy to the living, or attestHa love,
reverence or respect for the dead. But
when offered missionless, in profusion,
jammed or crammed into every imag-
Unable made-to-order looking design or
device, the custom Cor habit) of thus
remembering the dead become offen-
sive and is best honored in the breach.
Mr.. Box also expresses hearty satis-
faction that the day of big funeral
corteges is passing, and thai the heavy
black Grape at the door Of the home
which death has entered has been sup
planted by simple, unobtrusive wreaths
of green or blossoms. With equal
qualification he notes that the sight of
young children, fairly sitting beneath
the heavy folds of mourning, is becom-
ing more and more rare. In this con-
nection he writes: "I never thor
oughly understood until recently the
depth of affection aud the sure, sane
judgment which prompted that member
of my family, who, when he was dying
asked that his wife and children should
refrain from wearing anything which
savored of mourning ct bis passing. It
was difficnlt to do; the hear. seemed 10
prompt otherwise. But it wnz done,
and the wisdom of my fathers dying
wish has often come home to his sur
vivors when they have seen the custom
followed which has made relatives and
friends somber Just TO look at each
other"
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29

Trains No. 1Ol and l02 daily except Sunday.
Ali other trains daily.
Excursion tickets sold to Kansas City Satur-
day evenings Sunday mornings, and sunday
evenings at one fare for the round trip, good
for return up to and including Monday morn
ing following.
Through tickets and checks 10 all points.
Bound tFip tourist tickets on sale to all tourist
points.
For further information cali on or address:
8, A. VERMILLIoN. Ticket Agent.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29
SANTA FE ROUTE.

Trains arrive at North Lexington;
Especial passenger daily ............ $40 a m
Train No. So. local freight, daily
except Sunday 2:4u p m
Trains leave North lexington:
Especial passenger" daily .....:.:.. 7:45 a. m
Train No. 81, local freight, daily
except Sunday ....."...-. 900 p, m
Trains pass Lexington Junction
GOING WEST.
No. /, Mexican and California Ex-
press, daily, leaves. .......--.. ll:33 a. m
No. 3, California limited, leaves 7:46 a. m
No. 1S, Kansas City passenger, daily
except Sunday. leaves ............ $500 g. IN
No. IS, local freight, daily except
Sunday, leaves. es..-...-.....-... 100 p. m
Trains pass Lexington Junction
GOING EAST.
No. Q Atlantic Express. daily, leaves. S;lS u. m
No. T. Chicago limited, daily, leaves. 1850 p. m
No. 20, Marceline passenger, daily
except Sunday, leaves. ..-......... 500 p. m
No. 81, local freight, daily except
Especial passenger train leaving North
Lexington at 7:46 a. M daily and runs through
to st. Joseph without change; also makes
close connection at Lexington junction for
all points east and west.
]. d. EASTER, JR., Agent
Geo. T. Nicholson, G, P. A, Chicago.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29
Farm for Rent.

100 acres, mile and aene-half east OF
Kansas City on good road. 50 aorsss choice
culti waiting land, aood house, good
orchard. Splendid chance for market
gardener. Apply to
2-22-tf JAMES PEAK.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29

Don't forget that Jos. L. Long keeps the
finest home made hams, breakfast bacon
and lard in the land; also everything first
class in the grocery line. 1-1s-te
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29
For Sale.

Farm of 200 acres. 2 miles south of Lex
ington, near fair grounds. for sale on easy
terms, Address Box SO, MARSHALL, Mo.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29

SECOND QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE LAFAY
AND JOHNSON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, TO BE
AT KlNGSVILLE, MISSOURI
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-29

It not only is so, 1t must be 80. One
Minute Cough Cure acts quickly, and
that's what makes it go. Crist d Gardner.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-24

design, but for some pieces of work IL
should, eff course, be omitted.
For a small linen dolly allow a bow
knot for each corner and only single
flower spray for the middle of each
side, connecting all with the ripping
ribbon. Use Asiatic flo floss In wild
rose tints for the flowers, tender olive
green for the leaves, and darker
olive, or golden yellow, for the ribbons.
Or work the whole with single shade
of any pretty color that will harmonic
with the rest of the table appoint
ments.
For the border of a linen center cloth,
work the design solidly in satin stitch,
with Asiatic twisted embroidery silk,
which is the best silk to choose for emf
broidery on any piece ofwork made of
medium weightgoods, neither very fine
nor very heavy.
For felt or denim table cover or a
lounge cushion, outline the design with
Asiatic Roman floss, which is effective
for such work. A big cushion of yeltow
denim with the border outlined uporrit
with black Roman floss, edged with q
frill of black satin with scattered vel.
low dots worked upon it with the same
floss, would be strikingly handsome
and in the best style.-American Agri
culturist.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-24
WEATHER BULLETIN.

Forecast for San Antonio and
vicinity for the "a hours ending at
s p. m. July "a, 1896:
Fair tonight and Saturday.
WEATHER NOTES.
The disturbance, mentioned over
Southwest Kansas yesterday morn
ing has moved southwark to
Western Texas. Cloudy weather
prevails to the northeast of the
storm center aud light rains have
fallen at the following stations
Denver, Dodge City, Omaha, New
Orleans and Vicksburg.
Decidedly cooler weather pre-
walls over Kansas, the temperature
fallf, ranging from IA to l6 degrees.
LOCAL RECORD.
Maximum temperature yester.
day, 50 degrees.
Minimum temperature In past "a
hours, 70 degrees.
Mean temperature, 81 degrees
normal, SO.
Temperature at Z a. M, this
date, IS degrees.
Relative humidity 81 per cent. /;
weather clear; and wind blowing
at the rate of s miles per hour from
the east.
s. B. PFANNER, Observer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-24
ABOUT SHIRT WAISTS.
rhey WIN BE as Popular This seasos ~
They Were Last.


The shirt waist of the season has de-
seloped wonderfully in variety since
the first installment of this necessary
garment appeared in the shops, ana
lawns, batiste, and dainty waists are
quite as plentiful as those made of
cambria. These range from the simple
cotton waists which can be bought for
rs cents up to the lace-trimmed blouse
which may cost $25 or $50. The long
ascent in price is graded with every
imaginable kind and price.
The shirt waist proper is made with
a narrow-pointed yoke in the back,
and with or without yoke in front,
and the collar and cuffs may be of the
eame material or of white linen. DIM
tiles, lawns and batistes, plain, striped
and patterned all over in Persian de-
signs, make the daintiest shirt waists,
and these usually have a soft turn
back cuff of the same, and either a
white linen collar or colored satin
stock with a white piping set in the
edges and narrow satin tie to match
is tied around the neck over this.
Sleeves of these thin waists sometimes
are tucked in one cluster at the top,
or in two, one being well down toward
the waist. Swivel silks, ginghams and
the heavier cotton cheviots are also
made up into these waists, but the
batistes seem to be the favorites this
season. The light colors look pretty
with white muslin collars and cuffs
trimmed with lace, and ecru batiste
waists are trimmed up and down or
6cross with innumerable frills of mar
row valenciennes lace. Another style
has a yoke of ecru embroidery. Very
handsome are the dotted Swiss muslin
waists, lined with silk and trimmed
with lace and ribbon. These
usually have elbow sleeves and wide
collar of muslin, with yellow lace on
the edge.-N. Y. Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-24
Marriages That Are Always Happy.

With true marriage there is no doubt
and no difficulty. The parties to it may
be as far as the east and the west asun-
der, but when the hour strikes for their
meeting the whole circumference of the
world will not keep them apart. Some
happy accident-for we all call Gods
part in the affair an 'accident"-will
bring them face to face. and as soon as
they meet they look, they love, and then
tell each other the reason why. Such
marriages are always happy. They may
not be always prosperous, but they are
happy. Poverty does not kill this love,
personal faults make it more patient,
sickness more tender, death more pure
and enduring. Whatever is predesti-
mated is good and right, and these mar
riages arranged by president love and
wisdom-though not without the sor-
rowsincidentt to the condition-have the
strength of the predestined. They bring
forth love and joy. united hopes and
double Lappiness.-Amelia Barr, in Con,
gregationalist.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-24
FRIGHTENED AT A CARCASS.

The horse attached to city garbage
cart No. IA, died yesterday afternoon
on the road to the garbage dump,
near the county poorhouse, and the
driver, Riley Irwin, it is reported, left
the carcass lying in the road all the
night and till 10 o'clock this morning,
before it was hauled away. While
lying in the road last night it fright
ened the team of a Mexican farmer
named Valdez, which ran away. An
old German, named Schmidt, was al
so driving by the carcass when his
horses SHE'D and he was thrown from
his wagon and falling on his head,
was severely injured.