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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-10

Stephen Ryan, the ex-republcan nom-
inee for representative, has made a
number of speeches, while the local
speakers, Hon. JnO. S. Blackwell, j.
ID. Shewalter, w. Il. Wilson, Judge
VIM. Young, Horace Blackwell, Clar-
ence ViviOn, James p. Chinn, DR.. j..
w. McCown and others, have been on
the stump several times preaching the
gospel of Thos. Jefferson.
A canvass has been made of the
county, and basing an opinion on the
returns thereof, it is safe to say that
the democratic ticket will poll some
thing like l 800 majority. The Palmer
ticket will cast in the neighborhood of
sixty votes in the county. There are
more than 200 republicans who will
vote the democratic ticket, and the
populists are returning to the demo-
cratic party in healthy numbers.
The management of the county cam
paign IN large measure devolyes up
on the chairman of the county COM
mittee. This position is held by Mr.
S. N. Wilson, sterling democrat, who
is actively at work organizing the hosts
of democracy for the November VIC
tory.
Lafayette county is well organized
this year. The party is in better shape
and is better organized than it has been
for many years. The clubs that have
been organized are doing most excel
lent work. The clubs organized are ::
1. The Lexington Bryan-Sewall
club is about 600 strong. Its officers
are: w. G. McCausland, president !;
Horace f. Blackwell, first vice-presi-
dent; w. +. Gavin, second vice-presi-
dent; j. G.. Russell, secretary; Jno.
p. Gordon, treasurer, and Albert
Geyer, sergeant-at-arms.
2. The Higginsville Bryan-Sewall
club, of which James p. Chinn is pres
ident, and A. b. Z. Lehman secretary.
8. The Corder Bryan-Sewall club.
w. NJ. Groves, president; Lewis Car
thrae, secretary.
4. The Wellington Bryan-Sewal
club. Jno. A. Lockhart, president
B. c. Drummond, secretary.
5. The Odessa Bryan-Sewall club
w. c. Goodwin, president; w. E.
Ewing, secretary.
6. The Dover Bryan-Sewall club
C. A. Phillips, president; Jno. Plat
| tenburg, secretary.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-10
j. FRANCIS FoRsYTHE.
Tie PeaFE


The pearl is the one gem that comes to
us perfect from the hands of nature,
and to this its great antiquity. as gem II
largely due. Precious stones whose
beauty and brilliance depend on polish
ing and cutting would naturally be dis
covered and utilized later. The dis
covery of the diamond, for instance,
probably dates within historic times.
Though known earlier, it was not gen
orally included among the gem treas
ures OF royalty even as late as the
seventh century. The modern cutting
of diamonds in regular facets was in
vented as recently as 1885. Indeed, il is
quite probable that the pearl was the
first gem known and treasured by pre-
historic men--since the search for food
must have been tho first occupation of
the earliest of the race, and the shining
pearl would thus have been discovered
in river mussels if not in marine oysters>
Certain IL is that the Old Testament and
the ancient written histories allude to
pearls, and that remoter evidence is
found in the tombs and excavated cities
of still earlier eras. The Egyptians,
Babylonians, and Assyrians held the
pearl in an esteem verging on reverence.
-Appleton's Popular Sentence Monthly.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-10
PRESIDING ELDERS APPOINTMENTS
INGTON DISTRIOT-PIRsT ROUND.

INGT0N DISTRIOT-FIRST ROUND.
Malta Bend and Grand Pass (at Grand
Pass-October 10-11.
Waverly Station-October Hip.
Longwood and High Point (at Long
wood-October 17-1S.
Knob Noster and Dresden lat Dresden)
October 24-25.
Lamonte Station-October 1926.
Warrensburg-Octob 81 and Novem-
Der 1.
Columbus Circuit Cat Columbus)-No-
vember 7-8.
Odessa and Marvin (at Marvin)-No-
vember 14-15.
Wellington (at Bates City)-November
1915.
Montserrat Cat rat)-November
2I-22.
Herndon and Houstonia lat Houstonia)
November 1928.
Sweet Springs and Blackwater (at
Blackwater) November 29- 80.
Corder and Blackburn (at Blackburn
December 5-6.
Elmwood and Bethel (at Elmwood)-
December 81.
The district stewards will meet at Hig-
ginsville at 10 a. m, October 10Th.
J. NJ. Boon, p. E.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-10

moving towards victory. Several of
the best speakers III the state have ad-
dressed Lafayette county audiences.
Hon. Frank Z. Walsh has spoken twice
in the county; Col. Sam Davis, of
Marshall, has made two speeches; :;
Hon. David A. DE ArmoEd has made
two; Senator .Cockrrll, one; Lon
Stephens, onei Jpdgc Henry Ess, two !;
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-10
GIANT LOCOMOTIVES.
Heaviest Railway Engine In the World In
Old Mexico.

Heaviest Railway Engine In the World In
Old Mexico.
The heaviest locomotive in the world
was made at Providence, r. l., and is
in daily operation on the most difficult
and mountainous section of the Mexi-
can Central railroad. 1t weighs 260, 900
pounds, or 100 tons, and is especially
designed for mountain climbing.
The railroad men call it q Siamese,
because it is, in fact, two locomotives
permanently united. 1t is used for the
purpose of freight trains, and is unique
in the mechanical world.
The locomotive was designed by +.
w. Johnston, and his professional rivals
said that it was impracticable. The
same was said of the first railroad loco
motive and of the pioneer steamboat.
The locomotive is double in all it's parts,
in fact, two locomotives end to end,
with n single cab in the center. One
single stiff frame carries the two boil
ers and driving mechanisms, each ma
chine resting on three rollers which are
placed close together. The difficulty
of running this colossal engine on COM
paratively short curves is met by so
arranging the fore and rear parts that
they accommodate themselves to the
curves. The engine, therefore, despite
its great length, can go around much
shorter curves in safety than the ordi-
nary single locomotive.
The mechanical arrangement of the
driving wheels wns the chief difficulty
met with by the builder. The crank
shafts of the driving wheels are provid-
ed with immense ball joints near the
cylinder heads, so that when the driving
wheel assumes an angle other than 90
degrees in reference to the frame the
crank SHIFTS connecting with the cylin-
der heads and the driving wheels follow
the movement of the wheels without
injury to the en@ine.-N. Y. Journal.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-10
Alonzo Barnes treasurer, and H. J.
Groves secretary.

AlOnZO Barnes treasurer, ana IL. D.
Groves secretary.
Having attended to all matters per-
tanning to the nominations of candi-
dates, and all of the nominations hav-
ing been duly made, the county COM
mittee met in this city some four or
five weeks ago, and arranged for open
ing and conducting the campaign.
A tour of the county by the various
nominees was arranged, and a week
set apart for the unfurling of the demo-
cratic banner in every township in the
county This tour was wisely arranged,
and wherever the candidates went and
mingled with and talked to the people
they made votes, created enthusiasm,
buried animositles that might have ex-
isted, and created genuine, good
democratic feeling all over the county.
Hon. William S. Cowherd and Major
Chas. Vandiver accompanied them and
attended to most of the platform ora
tory.
Since this round of the nominees,
the campaign has been constantly
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-10
THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN.
How and by Whom it is Being
Conducted This Year.
THE POLL FoRETELLs VICTORY
The Majority in This County Will
Exceed 1, 800.

The democratic county machinery is
composed of Il committee of twenty
four members, of which three members
represent each of the eight townships.
Twenty-four as good democrats as ever
cast ballot are members of this conf
mittee. They work in perfect har-
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-10
Special Low Rates Via the Mo. Pacific

Special Low Rates Via the Mo. Pacific.
st. Louis, one way, $3.50. Tickets on
sale October to inclusive.
st. Louis, round trip, S6.95. Tickets on
sale October 4 to 8, good returning Octo-
Der IL.
Kansas City, round trip, $1.30. Tickets
on sale October to 10, good returning
October IL.
st. Joe, round trip, $2.7O. Tickets on
sale October to IL, good returning Octo-
ber IL.
Sedalia, round trip, $1.7O. Tickets on
sale October IA to IS, good returning Octo-
ber 20.
Train No. @, leaving Lexington at a.
M, runs through to st. Louis without
change.
Train No. 4, leaving Lexington at 7:45
p. M, has through Pullman sleeper to st.
Louis, A. 8. LOOMS,
Ticket Agent.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-10
WALL STREET AND WORKINGMEN.

Gold Standard Men Say LabOrePs
Should Not Buy Meat and Flour
Hanna Would Have Morgan
and Belmont to Manage
Our Finance, ROckefel-
Ter and Carnegie
Would Tend to
the Tariff.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-10

''Boys will be boys" but you can't
afford to lose any of them. Be ready for
the green apple season by having De
Wits Colc and Cholera Cure in the
house. Crist q Gardner. 1-26-ly
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-10
working over Stale candy.

Stale candy can generally be worked
over by reboiling it. In the case of acid
candies. such as lemon drops, the candy
is boiled, the acid is Withdrawn by the
use of lime or chalk, and the sirup may
then be used in the manufacture of that
or any other species of candy.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-10
COVERED
WITH
! SCALES

Eczema made Its appearance on my head In
its worst form, and It continued spreading
came q horrid sight. Ihad fine head OF hair,
seven years' growth. and had TO sacrihceit. /
was In despair. The physicians had failed
even 10 relieve me, when one recommended
CUTIcURA soar. My father procured a set OF
CUTICURA RRMEDIES, and In three weeks tho
scales left my face and the skin lost Its n0rid
hue. In sis toseks ! ioas entirely cured. My
face was smooth and my complexion clearer
and finer than it had ever been before
4 Miss MARION A. SMITH, Sunbury, Pa.
! 6PEEDY CURB TREATMENT Warm baths
with CUTIoURA Soar, gentle applications OF
CUTIoURA (olntment). and mild doses OF CUrI-
cURA REsoLvnNT. greatest OF humor curea.
Bold throuRkoul ne World. Price, CuTIcUlA, eoes
Soar aSe, RIsoLN sHS, 800. apd o. PoTTRn DRU0
4 aB-" Hou V Cure he Woss, esssmet mAisa neA
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-10

If you enjoy good cup of coffee, try
Aull & Wilson. 4-25-tf
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-10

Aull & Wilson are he Idquarters for fine
teas and coffees, 4-25-tf
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02
PERSONALS.

Herr Heinrich Won Levay. the only
JEWISH member of the House of Mac
mates at Buda-Pesth, has been ba,g,iysd
and now intends TO resign.
P!or Olin ~. Curtis. formerly Of ,ba
Boston University School of Theology.
mas been chosen To succeed Prof. John
Mley as professor OF systematic theology
III Drew Theological Seminary.
William G. Wills. the ramatis.. died
nearly SIX years ago and his grave i'm
,t'oiiipi"a Cemetery IS still unmarked.
~ was poet Of mora than rsspcc.abla
EitS, a playw!ight of large technical
SKIN. devoted 10 his craft.
The subscriptions il England 70 tha
l)rummond Castle relief fund amount 4,
tl6.c63 l2s. i0d This sum. add-d II ca
w" Is. al. raised by che South Africa n
Merchants Committee AMI tine African
REVIEW, makes n total of Gl9OOS las "a
The Rev. Or. y. T. Rose. who.c death
In Rangoon. Burmah. is announced. went
TO that country as a Baptist missionary
IN 1893 and labo:ed continuously in the
mission field until his death. lie was
born in S;euban county. New York. ana
was graduated from Madison (now col.
Sa;e) University.
Mgr. Clarl. Bishop OF Viterbo. whore
Leo NH. received his frs. communion.
has been received by the Pope. to whom
he stated talt the subsc.ip tson for the
restoration of the Church of 81. Ro.a. i'm
commcmorat.on OF the event. was We'll
advanced. In V!terbo alone 15,O00f had
been collected.
The English papers say that many we'll
known military men have taken 10 wheel
ing. Lord Roberts IS devoted wheel
man, unlike Lord Wolsrley, who will not
learn, saying that so long as he can
mount morse he much prefers il as a
means OF progression. But Sir Evelyn
Wood the quartermas:er general. NAY
be seen any afternoon, when Office hours
are over mounting his bicycle a; tue
door OF the war Office and making off al
great speed.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02
"IF CUT ADRIFT FROM EUROPE.

me people who are accustomed to
Feadlng about the currency question
rarely have any other source of infor-
nation on the subject other than what
the advocates of either metal chose to
give ana in many cases the writer
argues from standpoint more often in
Keeping with his individual wishes than
otherwise. 1t Is not meant to saw.
however. that writer on the
subject would willfully prevent
Facts that his side OF the case
might be strengthened, but that he is
mere apt to write on lines in keeping
with his hopes and desires than Oh
those OF his opponent, and. therefore.
1t is that the average reader has little
opportunity to hear the question treated
DIV disinterested authority. The Lon
don Financial News is one of the fore
most financial journals in the world and
lis treatment of the currency question
appears to be without faYoritism. TO
all who feel any concern in the matter
the following from that paper will be
read with interest:
There is plain moral in the remarl;
that If the United States would venture
to cut herself adrift from Europe and
take outright to silver she would have
all America and Asia at her back and
the command of the markets OF both
countries. The barrier of gold would
be more fatal than any barrier OF n Gus.
| tom-house. The bond OF silver would
be stronger than any bond of free trade
There can be no doubt about it that II
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

1t takes the moon exactly i252i min
utas t;wcntynine days twelve hours
anu 10 rlinutcS) 10 make its revolution
round the earth.
The fern is Indicative of fascination.
In Sa%ony the present by lover to his
sweetheart of 4 handful OF fern is equiv
a!rnt % proposal.
y widow of Kent. England. has six
sons serving in the British army. and III
Il month or so her seventh and youngest
son viii enter the service.
Mustard Is in general use, yet il would
be better To coniine it to the realm of
medicine only. Its use is good in cases
OF throat and lung trouble.
Recent Austrian observations In the
Mediie.fahean sea prove that the deep
est hody of water in chat spot is . 400
tathoms, or neatly three miles.
the village of vicnholz. near Brlenz.
N the Bcrnese oberland. has been partly
destroyed by subsidies and landslips.
caused by natural springs. The inhabi-
tants have been compelled TO dcser; the
place entirely.
New York. already rich in great and
luxurious hotels. is to have another. 1t
VIII occupy the second block north of
me fleral building, and will be l55y 1870
lees besides the L." l; VIII be fifteen
stories high. and will cost s.. 600. 600. The
Hobart estate is the builder.
The gigantic lily is. perhaps. the most
maSnit'cent of Australian native flow
crS. From II cluster Of gracefully bend
lng leaves rises Il stalk to a height Of
from 10 TO IL feet, crowned with about
dozen crimson flowers. forming n kind
OF natural bouquet about a foot in di
2mster.
lii a discussion on the liquor traffic in
L"AI"h. ireland some time ago. q
speaker made much of the fact that ii
was manly from the whskcy tax TIA.
the British government derived thn
FUNDS wherewith il paid soldiers. police
spies ;a:icis and so forth to rcpre.s
ana punish Irish patriotism and keen
inc County in subsection.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02

II. Keep the nations money as good
Is gold.
80. Provide for local currency to sup
ply local wants. by repeal OF the tax
U5oa bank issues, and allow such banks
20 be Instituted by each State with no
o1h=- safeguard than the several States
impose.
e. Advocate the Democratic doctrine
81 q ta:iff for revenue only, whose ul-
innate perfection will be upon the al
vaio-em basis. with no free list ana no
protection.
=. Impose tax upon incomes"
The Herald presents this as sample
o; what the conservative sentiment of
the South favors."
The Journal Is of the opinion that This
IS first class platform. ana that 1t re-
fleets credit on the man who wrote It..
ana in truth it Is. with one or two ex-
ceptons. However, 1t is safe to say
inat the Southern people do not want
any more Republicanism on any plat
form.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02

the United States were to adopt silver
basis tomorrow British trade would be
ruined before the year was out. Every
American would be protected, not only
mt homo. but in every other market. OF
course the United States would suffer
to a certain extent through having TO
pay her obligations abroad in gold, but
the loss of exchange under this head
would be mere drop in the bucket
as compared to the profit to be reaped
from the markets OF South America and
Asia. to say nothing of Europe. The
marvel is that the United States nave
not long ago seized the opportunity. 1t
has been piece of luck that IL has never
occurred to the Americans to scoop us
out of the worlds markets by going on
n silver basis
The London Financial News is n great
newspaper, and the foregoing from its
columns is the result of study and OBJ
servation and it's views have the appear
nnce of correctness.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02
DANGER FROM A NEW SOURCE.

~ commercial traveller tells the Wash
ihSton Times of q conversation he had
win n noted physician in New York the
other day when the man of medicine
EXPRESSED the belief that the spread of
many diseases is due to the leather
hoid-on straps in street cars" He said
mat these are always more or less moist.
ana are the best germ traps on earth.
IheS are liable to become covered with
microbes that will easily pass on to
me hand of the next that touches them.
ne SAID he contemplated inventlng "A
strap with metallic handle TO it. The
handle will be of brass, and each day
can he washed In some kind of an anti
septic to prevent the spread of conta-
Gion.'
This is danger from n new and en-
tirely unlocked for source but to the
iaSmans mind the idea advanced by the
physician is altogether reasonable.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02
OPINIONS AT THE SOUTH.

The Boston Herald says that It has
recently seen two letters from two
highly intelligent merchants of the
South. which discuss the present condi-
tion OF affairs from a Southern stand
point. Both writer's are Democrats; are
gold standard 1nen; yet both intend TO
vote for Pryen and Sewall. These
Southern merchants give the reasons
which impel them to support the Dem
ocratic nominees in spite of the fact
that they do not approve the platform
on which they stand" "They, like all
other Democrats in the South who can
remember the reconstruction era and
VINO have observed the subsequent con-
duct of the Republican party toward
this section, says the Atlanta Journal
from which the above is taken, want no
more Republican rule either in State or
nation. They have more faith that the
Democratic party will come around
right Than that the Republican party
Will give the country fair adminis.ra-
Hion. One of the writers to whom he
Boston Herald refers proposes the fol-
lowing as safe plan of action and on
these principles he believes the Demo
asacy will be united at no distant dag:
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02

gain room in hurry in the Annex the Stock Relief Unload
ing Sale rusfes them out at only Thirty-nine Cents
| In The Bargain Price of Nobby and Stylish Chldens
In Straw Gaps TO close them out in hurry the Stock
Relief Unloading Sale quotes the price, less than half
only Eleven Cents
99n Stylish ChiIden's Fancy Straw Hats-regular value
IyOU1 more than double. The Hats must be sold and
Three Cents
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02

IA For Washable Knee Pants Suits made from extra
UGz good quality Brown Duck Doube-Breasted Jackets
= with Pearl Buttons, Pants tapped and are made with
all OF the best improvements
CO.. Buys the Chldens Wash Suits with Wide Sailor COL
VJGH lars handsomely embrodeed regular dollar values
1GN The Gut Price of Chldens Knee Pants soaty made
&EGH with Patent Bands and Tapped Seams.
RGA Mothers Friend Patent Band Fancy Percale Waists
JJGs Standard Seventy-ve cent values everywhers To
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02
EIGHT PAGES.

Hoke Smith Will be one OF the speakers
ut the Bryan and Sewail ratification
meeting in Augusta on Angus; u.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02

Hon. Cauncey NJ. Depcw mas returned
from Europe and brought his mouth
back with him. remarks the Wilmington
IN. CT Star.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02

Taxes were paid last year on 10000
BICYCLES in France, against 10000 in
1882. 1t is calculated that the bicycle
riders in that country number about 400
TO every 100000 inhabitants.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02

The Rochester Post Express says
women who are in sympathy with any
of the political parties are cordially in
vited to trim their tailor-made suits
with campaign buttons.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02

The bank statistics OF Ireland for 1895
are the most satisfactory ever recorded,
and show that Ireland has but to be let
alone to attain thoroughly sound eco
monic condition.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02

The tenor OF all the dispatches from
London on the Venezuelan question
shows that England, while anxious 10
be on friendly terms with the United
States. is not anxious to recognize the
Monroe doctrine.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02

The New York Journal publishes com
munications from ali over the State OF
New York. and finds strong sentiment
in favor OF silver in the interior coun-
ties
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02

II William challenges William TO de-
bate. and Teller Sherman, what's the
matter with Mary Ellen calling out
Hanna? SAYS the Philadelphia Times.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-02

"A Russian loan has just been taken
In France. 1t was for S20O,o 900. II
was subscribed for twenty-five times
over that is TO say, the French people
offered to lend Russia So 600 O0O, UO0