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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-22
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

There are at present living IL eX-
governors of Vermont, including the
venerable war governor, Frederick Hol-
brook.
-Rammin, the originator of the Moor
ish palace at the worlds fair of Chica-
go, committed suicide in the forest of
Keopemek, near Berlin. not long ago.
Miss Mary Abraham, recently ap-
pointed superintendent of factory in
spectors in England, is a very beautiful
woman of the most refined Jewish type.
She was formerly private secretary to
Lady Dixie.
Queen Amalie of Portugal has been
devoting much of her time to an at
tempt to discover an anti-fat pill, in
order to stay the tendency to extreme
corpulence which has been threatening
to disfgure her husband.
Miss Marie Barbara Sem was the
first girl born in her home town of En-
terprise, Kan. She is of Swiss parent
age. At presenet she has charge of the
department of domestic science in the
North Dakota agricultural college at
Fargo.
Some time ago the supreme court of
JAIN aCSAACN bAAb Lie u N- INoplI
son, a lawyer of Cincinnati, could not
be appointed a notary public. She has
now applied to the supreme court of
the United States for a decision on the
question, and the case will be consid-
cred by Justice Harlan.
Miss Winnie Simpson, of Garfield,
Wash, makes quite a snug amount OF
pin money by shooting squirrels. She
handles a gun to better effect than
many of the men of that region, her
average being 80 squirrels n day. She
has also distinguished herself lately by
winning the first prize in an oratorical
contest open to both sexes.
H. A. Latimer, an amateur pho
~tographer of Boston, has just heard
that eight of the pictures submitted by
him to the international salon compe-
tition of the Belgian Photographic so
ciety of Brussels have been accepted.
One of the eight will be included in the
edition de luxe album of 2s pictures
selected from $500 submitted from all
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-22
The first acute tWinge of 4
MRS. GARFIELO's FORTUNE.
The Income of the Widow of the Ex-Presi-
dent Is $4,000 n Year.

The Income of the Widow of the Ex-Presi-
dent Is S21 900 n Year.
Mrs. Garfield is living quietly in her
old home at Mentor, in the suburbs of
Cleveland, and the place has been much
improved. 1t is now one of the most
beautiful and comfortable farm resi-
dences in Ohio. and an ideal place for a
quiet, retired life. 1t is only Is minutes
on the cars from Cleveland, and less
than half an hours drive from Paines-
vile, which is an educational center,
and one of the most cultured COM
munities In the world.
Mrs. Garfield is u rich woman now,
but her wealth came with her sorrow.
Her early days, and, in fact, all her life,
even up to the death of her husband,
were passed in the closest economy, and
she was often deprived of the comforts
and luxuries hat usually pertain to
people of her station. Gen. Garfield
never had anything but his salary. He
was an open-handed man, generous
and careless with his money and was
scarcely ever able to make both ends
meet. But Mrs. Garfield now has an
income of Sic, 900 as interest from the
fund that was raised for her by Cyrus
w. Field after the assassination, and
a pension from congress of $4,000,
which gives her $21 900 to use as she
pleases, and h does not spend one
fifth of it. All of the children are well
fixed. Mollie, the Oldest child, is the
wife of Stanley Brown, the representa-
tive of the Alaska Commercial company
at Washington. James and Harry are
practicing law in partnership in Cleve-
land, and are rapidly making both
money and regulations. James is n
member of the Ohio state senate with
an excellent record. They are both
splendid fellows and promise to be use
full and famous men.
Gen. Garfield had more money a few
days after his nomination than he ever
had at any other time in his life. He
reached Cleveland from the Chicago
convention with just $50 in his pocket.
That represented all tn" wealth he had
in the world except HIS mortgaged home
in Mentor. Knowing this circumstance,
Sylvester T.. Everett, the well-known
Cleveland banker, in whose house he
was a guest, started out one morning
with a little subscription paper, and
came back with ten $1,000 checks, one
of which bore his own signature. He
fixed up a bank book with a package of
bank checks, put them all in an envel-
ope, and at the first opportunity handed
the package to Garfield, with the re-
mark hat there was a little pin money
for his personal expenses during the
campaign. and an exploration that not
a penny of it was to be spent for polite
al purposes.
When the general realized the
o and the nature of the gift he
fell upon Everett's neck and wept like
q child. He said that the greatest load
he had to bear had been taken from
him. for he had been lying awake at
nights wondering how he was going to
meet his personal expenses during the
campaign. He said, too, that he never
had SO much money before in his life
Washington Post.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-22
FORTUNE AS A WEDDING GIFT.
What q Bride Received on the Occasion
of Her Second Marriage.

What . Bride Received on tho Occasion
of Her Second Marriage.
The widow of the late Thomas e.
Sloan was married to james l.. Bar
clay Under circumstances of a some
what romantic, almost dramatic, char
acter. Thomas C. Sloane was, 80 years
ago, Il student at Yale college IND al
member of a group of young students
who had come from very wealthy fam
lilies. United States Senator Wetmore,
of Rhode Island, was one of them;
United States District Judge Colt was
another; William p. Dixon, now a law
partner of John +. Parsons, was anotb-
er, as was Edmund Coffin, now n very
prominent and wealthy citizen of
Brooklyn. The intimacy of college
days brought these fellow students into
acquaintance each with the others
family, and thus it happened that an
attachment sprang up between Miss
Dixon, sister of Mr.. Sloane's chum, and
Mr.. Sloane.
There were other attractions be
tween sisters of the group of college
chums and their companions. Miss
Dixon, who was regarded at the time as
perhaps the most beautiful young
woman IN New 1Ork, was married. TO
Mr.. Sloane soon after he was graduated,
and their married life was ideal. Mr..
Sloane died in 1892, leaving a fortune %
nearly 1,OOO,O 900, and settling n large
income by his will upon Mrs. Sloane,
but providing, however, in case of her
remarriage, that she was to forfeit
$780, 900. 1t probably was not so much
the thought that in case she yielded to
Mr.. Barclays wooing she would lose
that amount of money rs h remem-
brance of her ideal life with her hus-
band hat caused her for a long time
to withstand Mr.. Barclays urging.
But she Mt last, nearly four years after
the death of her husband, gave her
hand to this persistent sutton, who is
himself n man of large wealth, fine
business capacity and the highest char
ncter. At the wedding among the other
presents was Il remuneration or n t
to Mrs. Barclay of 100000, given by
the person named in Mr.. Sloane's will
as entitled to receive that sum in case
Mrs. Sloane remarked 1t was n touch
ing ribut of affection and respect and
a silent witness of tho propriety and
justification of the second marriage of
this beautiful woman to Il most worthy
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-22
POWDER FOR NNO
A Mixture That VIII Burn Slowly Is
Eecessary for Zig O~rdnmnce.

Necessary for Zig Ordnance.
The great trouble with powder in can
non was soon found to be that it eX-
erted all it's force too suddenly, so that
nIl the strain came on one end of the
gun. When gunpowder is set on fire
it turns suddenly into gas, and the gas
needs about 300 times the space that
the solid powder occupied. The eXplo-
sion of ordinary ~gunpowder is so sud-
den that for n moment that part of the.
gun around the powder charge has to
hold the big volume of gas squeezed
down under enormous pressure until
the shot can make n start to get out of
the gun and make room for the gas.
If, therefore, gunpowder could be made
which would burn n little slower, 50
that it would not all be burnt until the
shot reached the muzzle, the gas would
be more gradually formed and the
strain be distributed all along the gun.
Such a powder was first made in Ger
many and was first called cocoa pow
der, because it rcsembled in color and
general appearance n cake of chocolate.
It's method OF manufacture was kept Sc
cret, but other countries analysed the
grains and soon learned to make iteven
better than Germany. II is made part
~ by changing the proportions of the
ingredients, making them about 70 per
cent. saltpeter, three per cent. sulphur,
and IS per cent. charcoal, but mainly
by using an unburnt charcoal, thus also
giving the powder its peculiar color.
Thus there nrose Il division of gunpow-
der into quick and slow-burning pow
ders.
It was not alone necessary to make
n powder which would burn more slow
ly, but, if possible, make one burn SO
hat more gas would be forming when
the shot got near the muzzle, than was
forming when it started from the
breach, because there is more room be
hind he shot when it nears the muzzle,
it therefore takes nor gas to keep up
the same pressure against it's base.
To accomplish this, and to make the
grains lie so that there should be spaces
evenly distributed among them to allow
the flame to reach every grain Mt once,
causing all of them to begin running to-
gether, grains were made of regular
shape, and ZACH shape was tried to- see
how nearly it gave the desired re-
suits. Thus there have been used
round grains, square grains, sphere
hexagonal grains, cylindrical grains,
and prismatic grains. OF course it is
impossible to make n grain which will
have more and more surface to burn the
smaller it gets, so the best result which
has thus far been obtained is only an
approach to it, and this is obtained with
n hexagonal prismatic grain, about one
inch high, and an inch a half in diane
ter, with a hole, or several holes, through
lit. John N. Ellicott. in St. Nicholas.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-22
in SILENCE.

Women are the real heroes of the
world. Thousands on thousands of them
endure the dragging torture of the ills
peculiar to -womankind in the silence of
home. They suffer on and on-weeks,
months, years. The story of weakness
and torture is written in the drawn
features, in the sallow skin, in the list
less eyes, in the lines of care and worry
on the face.
Unborn modesty seals their lips. They
prefer pain to humiliation. Custom has
made them believe the only hope of
relief lies in the exposure of examina-
ton and "local treatment"
Take ten cases of "female weakness"
and in nine of them local treatment"
is unnecessary, There is no reason why
modest, sensitive women should sub
nit to it. NFcEU REEsS
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-22
FEAR AS A MOTIVE.
A Power That Should Be Used with CT
ton Over

A Power That Should BE Used with eau
ton Over Children.
Fear is the motive usually most OPP
erative to rouse debased or sensual ma
lures to n consciousness of their evil
doing, and make them desire to turn
from 1t. Fear of mental suffering, fear
of the natural punishment of vicious
living, fear of h law of the land
these are the only motives that can
touch some sinners. And since they
must be reached somehow it is evident
fear has it's use and it's place.
And in these days men are becoming
apprehensive of the workings of a spir-
itual law, which some of them are be-
ginning dimly to perceive. The man
whose wicked life has resulted in ma
terial success no longer feels secure
that with him everything is as it should
be. He realizes that he is not safe. He
breads q possible, if long-delayed, retri-
button. AND although he may scoff at
the thought, the fear of his heart is
convincing proof that n mans reaping
is as sure as his sowing. And if the fear
drive him to repentance, it has done n
good work.
But fear is a power which those in
authority W other minds and souls
hould use with caution and careful
discrimination. There are natures too
degraded to be governed in any other
way but by fear, but it is wise to take
a lesson from our WI spiritual expert
ences and try love first.
If love does not succeed, take moral
suasion; II that fails, try mental force.
Only when everything elese is inef-
fectual use fear.
There is one contingency where the
use of fear as n motive power by those
in authority is always dangerous. 1t is
in the case of little children. If a child,
when too young to reason or under
stand, breaks a nursery law, 1t may re-
ceive corporal punishment.
1t should never be frightened or
threatened or suffer any mental fear of
possible consequences for n repetition
of the ~offense. 1t is better to punish n
child bodily than to threaten it or
brighten it, always, because in the first
case the fear appeals to the child's body,
and not to its mind. When n child is old
enough to understand n threat, it is
old enough TO understand a moral mo-
tive for its actions. Better yet, it can
appreciate an appeal to its love for its
mother or nurse.-Harper's Bazaar.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-22
ODD SILVER FOR THE TABLE,


-Conundrums in Spoons and Forks Now
Seen in the jewelers. Window.
1t would take an u~p-to-date person
indeed to pilot himself through the
maze of a course dinner and not make
any mistakes as to the intended service
of the various Instruments that are now
displayed by the jewellers. For instance,
there is a trowel-shaped affair with a
row of curved bristling teeth on one
side. 1t looks something like n garden
rake and hoe combined. woman look
ing at the article was given three
guesses by the salesman to tell what it
was.
Potato LITTER" was her first guess.
"No."
"Fish boncr and knife combined"
"No."
at looks something like n lawn
SICKLE" was her last venture; perhaps
it is a lettuce knife"
"NO," said She clerk. "it is n macaroni
garbler." Twenty-Five dollars was the
modest price asked for this useful G?
Notwithstanding the box.
Among the unique objects made to
pave the way to the pastime of eating,
II new and appropriate article at pres
ShS - NHC ,AhtbiAibfi SCI WI. 1 llt DONl
is perfectly fiat and is fashioned some
thing like an egg heater of open work
filigree, either silver or gold. It costs,
"box included" only six dollars.
A marrow knife makes an interesting
present, because no one could ever pos
sibly CUES what it is intended for and
would not know how to use it. 1t is n
cross between n dental instrument and
a crowbar. BOX included" the price
is $3.50.
Cake forks, in place of cake knives,
are now proper. They have long, fat
tines, four in number, and the handles,
which are extremely fancy, are long
and curve slightly upward. They are
presumably intended to lift the cake
from the plate after it is cut.
An article looking for the world like
a three-tined pitchfork in miniature,
is intended for toast.
A monster SPOON, the bowl as big as
a goose egg and weighing over n pound,
m under the general head of a
platter spoon
All sorts of fancy forks, with enam-
eled handles and tines like a Tyre, are
used for all manner of salads and vege-
tables.
Spoons with open work bowls are
variously used for sugar sifters, tea
strainers and so on.
A trunk" of silver is the correct
thing for n family which can afford it.
One was exhibited in n big establish
iment recently containing 315 pieces
and costing 5000. Fortunately a cata-
logue goes with these articles, telling
what each is to be used for.-Chicago
Tribune.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-22

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

of Lafayette county. Missouri, made of
record July 3lst, Is9G, | have taken charge of
the estate of = AIRY \. Wlthcrs. deceased.
All persons having claims against said
estate are required To exhibit them for allow
ance tothe administrator within one ycaruftcr
the date of said letters or they may he pre-
cludcd from any benefit of such estate: and
il such claims he not exhibited within two
years from the date of said letters they will
be forever barred.
This 3lst day of July, 1896.
:. N. WILSON,
S-l-jt Public Administrator
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-22
WINE OF CARDUI

is a vegetable wine. It exerts a wonder
fully healing, strengthening and sooth-
ing influence over the organs of woman
kind. 1t invigorates and stimulates the
whole system. 1t is almost infallible in
curing the peculiar weaknesses, ire
gularities and painful arrangements of
woman. Year after year, in the privacy
of home-away from the eyes of every.
body-it effects cures.
WINE OF CARDUI f. sold for sI.OO q
bottle. Dealers I'm medicine sell fL. Five
bottles usually cure the worst cases.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-22
For Sale or Trnhn.

A large two-story frame dwelling hOnse
nine rooms-with barn and o~uthou9es,
gas, electricity and water; on two lots in
residence part of Lexington, Mo. Price,
50, 500. Will sell on easy terms, or trade
for a farm. II. w. WINsoR. 7-2j-4t
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-22
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, Rufus W. Mccormack and his wife.
Sarah j. Mccormack, by their certain deed of
trust, dated the I'd day of June, ISg5, and
recorded in the recorders office of Lafayette
county, Missouri, in deed book l29, AT page
l2S, conveyed 10 the undersigned trustee the
following described real estate, situate, lying
and being in the county of Lafayette and
state of Missouri, To wit: Lots number sixty
nine tGD and seventy six G6l in the original
town of Lexington. Missouri, as the same
appears ON the plat of said town, ON file in the
recorders Office for said county, which said
deed wus made in trust To secure the payment
of II certain promiSsOry note in said deed
described, and whereas. default has been
made in the payment of said note and the
same remains due and unpaid, now, therefore.
this Is 10 give notice that |, the undersigned
trustee, by virtue of the power i'm me vested
under said deed of trust ANA pursuant tn the
provisions of said deed OF trust, aud ut the
request of the legal holder and owner of said
note, will, on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER eth. 1896,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in the fore
and five o'clock IN the afternoon of said
day, at the court house door, in the city of
Lexington, Lafayette county, Missouri, oiIer
for sale and sell AT public vcnduc, 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 expenses of said trust and sale
Given under my hand this 2nd day of July.
lS96. LEROY FAliNEIt,
It'd Trustee.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-22

In nature there's no blemish but
the mind; none can be called deformed
but the Observation-Disclosures,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-22
In No Danger.

Mrs. Minks (sevcrely)-George, there
Is an account in the paper about a bust
ness man leaving his wife and running
off with n pretty typewriter girl.
Mr.. Minks-Indeed.
eyes; and it's the third account of the
kind I've seen this week"
THAT doesn't interest me-"
at does me. You have q pretty type
writer girl in your office"
mo, we haven't My partner eloped
with her last week."-N. Y. Weekly.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-05
WHAT ABOUT HANNA.

Supposing that Mckinley Is elected
as claimed. what is he going to do Tor
Hanna?
Mr.. Hanna, piloted Mckinley through
his financial difficulties some years ago.
and IS said TO hold sllS,OOO Of Mckinley
unpaid notes. II was Hanna who or
ganized and iran" the ST. Louis convea-
ton for Mckinley. 1t was Hanna VINO
raised the immense corruption fund'
which got Mckinley the votes OF several
doubtful States on Tuesday.
Services so great as these will have
TO be rewarded. VIII Hanna be made
Secretary of the Treasury? BY some it
is surmised that he will be. In case Nc
Kinley pulls through all right. Some
others, however. think that Mckinley Will
hardly give Hanna that great place. but
will slate him for Postmaster-General-
the position that Wanamaker held under
Harrison.
We pretend TO no information on the
subject. Hannas distinction Is that of
a manipulation of conventions and votes,
and he can give no strength to and confer
no honor upon a Presidents Cabinet.
McKinley's administration would be less
unsavory with Hanna left out; but, alas.
what base ingratitude that would be TO
Hanna!
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-05
WHY BRAG!

We know of some of our friends who
voted the Mckinley ticket. who are
taking to themselves great credit for not
taunting the stalwarts with defeat.
Well, now. let's first see what have these
so-called victors to brag about? They
didn't carry Richmond or Virginia for
the Republicans. did they? Not much.
What have they done for Mckinley?
Nothing. What thanks does he owe
them? We can't imagine.
Now, If they choose TO brag about
having done the Democratic party of
Virginia a good deal of harm, we cannot
contest their claim. They have helped
to raise issues in this State which will
not down foi a long time to come. They
have reorganized and revivified the Re-
publican party of Virginia. They have
prepared the way for very hot State
campaign in 1887. They have estranged
some leaders from the party and the
party from some of its leaders. All these
things, we admit that they may-if they
choose-boast of. but they cannot lay
claim to having given one single electoral
vote TO Mckinley and Hobart. Under
these circumstances, we can appreciate
their modesty in not wishing TO offend
the ears of stalwart Democrats by too
much brag.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-05

were with us; they had no wish 70
embrace McKinleyism. were Disguised
at the spectacle OF so-called Democrats
mastering negro hordes to strike MS
down, and preferred TO share the for
tunes OF their old comrades. rather than
consort with the Republican tribes. That
among these stalwart Democrats were
many who did not agree with our party
as 20 some OF the planks OF its platform
we freely admit. but this only makes
their loyalty TO party stand out all the
more conspicuously and honorably.
The Democrats OF Richmond who
helped TO win the victory which was
achieved here on Tuesday did a good
days work for themselves and for Rich-
mond. We know OF not one Of them who
isn't proud Of the part he took In ad-
ministering to our enemy the wholesome
check that they received on Tuesday. NO
Virginia Democrat can have aught but
praise for Richmond. Credit VIII be
cheerfully awarded us by our brethren
for having done our duty well. NO man
can get up and say that when the time
came for Richmond to choose between
the country Democrats of Virginia ana
the Palmer Democrats and Mckinley
Republicans, we abandoned our ola
friends.
We are on the side whittier loyalty
called we are on the only side which
has it in its power TO save this Common
wealth from "the negroes and their mean
white allies; we are in excellent COM
many beinp with the overwhelming ma
jority Of the white voters OF Virginia