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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-05-05

Wri Meen tha n.ahne Nag Act Cronsea oao,
eay the aaayofa.
There would soem % be no snch thing
In this country rs q national holiday
4ss@5ess a1ft that even Labor day.
which was sct apart By ncl Of congress
in 1894 in such mannar us 90 lead the
confdina layman &c snpposo e at t-ast
20 be national holiday. Is not aaoh
outside Of The District Of Columbia an.
loss hy state unnctment Tho creation
and regulation of holidays have been
left entirely 10 the legislatures Of tho
individual states
The aof Of congress concerning Labor
day was approved juno 2S. 1894. u mo-
sides "ihat the first Monday of Sept6m-
Der ia oaoh year. being the dag celo-
bralcd and known a. Labor day. Ia
hereby made icni,i holiday. 10 all in-
scuis and purposes. 81 the sliDo niauuog
as Chfi6imas. Jan. d Feb sg, May 30
aud July 4 ure now made By law public
holidays .
Clearly the proper cnnetruoii0n OF
thia statute can Be arrived ot only By
reference 20 the provisions beuriuR upon
the other holidays named Tho act max
ing hoiidnys of Jan. July Z. Christi
mas ard ''nny day Bppoinied OK recon-
mended By the president Of the United
States a. a day Of public fast OF thanks
giving" was passed IN June. 1870, and
wns restricted ia is effect 20 the Dis
trict Uf Columbia. These days are holi-
days IN tho various states only a. they
are made 50 " the various state leeis-
laturas
The act Of IAN. 81. 1879. makes Fob.
% 4 legal holiday, and the net q Aug.
81. 1883, does the anmo for May so,
and both are restricted in their applica-
sion 90 the District Of Columbia. The
aCi referring TO Labor day says nothing
about the District Of Columbia. bus e
d,'ea aay that tho fret Monday of Sep
teuibeF shall Be legal holiday. ''to al
inionta and purposes. 30 the same inan-
ner IS ChriEtmas, Jan. 1, Feb ~, May
20 and July 4 are now made By law
public holidays "
Tho inienta and purposes for which
and the manner IN which those days are
made holidays are expressly limited 20
the District Of Colun,bin. and 90. by
necessary inference. il the act referring
70 Labor day.
The misleading language Of the Labor
day uot has led 10 prevalent statement
chat the first Monday Of September is .
holiday throughout the Uuitod States
By congressional enaotment. New York
Tribune.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-05-05

some years ago there sfas 40 onlbrcan
of cholera Ga Flaaee. and ia-ifaeiioas
wero forwarded % the mayor Of q csr.
ialn village 10 iako an ueceasarg precau.
tions.as tho epidemic was rapidly eplead,
ing.
At fret our worthy magistrate did uol
know what % DO. After aWhiis. how
ever. he reported that ho WA roadg 90
receive the dread visitor upon iiQulry
being made. Il wua discovered ihai ~
his orders q sufficient humber of eIavpa
had been dug in tho local colao|tty 60
bury llih oniira narish IL leanilt.I -.
Ecrgion.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-05-05

A diapers assistant was showing a
lady some parasols The assistant had
good command ot language and knew
how 70 oxpatiato cn tho good qualities
and show the best points ol gooda As
he picked up q parasol from tho lot On
tho counter aud opencd Il he struck an
attitude of admiration. and holding Il
up 70 tho boal light that could be had
said;
Now, there. isn't II iDvelyl Look at
that silk. Particularly observe the .iual-
ity, the finish, the general oiIoct Feel
Il. Pass your hand over a. Non0nsanso
abont that parusol. IS thereq' be said as
ho handed it over 70 the lady. 'Ain't it
beanlyi''
Yes said che lady 'Thet's ny
oid. ous I 5ust laid il down here q
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-05-05

n ID. d. AZ.
u lsaac s. Tllany Lodge. No 1s meets NJ
odd elbows Hail. Thursday urHnlu ga. Mem
bcfs of the order cordially Invited q HllHnd
C. 5. windfidSs. See.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-05-05

III - coe1Gnche 7sIta 10 q SILVER Ciig. N.
Ieels cleII int and ord Monday nights ~
Red Ien Ilan III b WHfrR.
T. 81 HtHn. Aacncu
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-17
IN THE CROWS E S

-
n Grand Outlook Over the Beautiful
Antarctic scenery.
On december Z l sighted the edge of
the ice-park from the crow's-nest, and
shot my first seal, which was of the
white kind, its skin being injured by
several deep scratches. 1t was cold up
in tn" white cask on the maintop that
morning. Before us were the ice-fields,
with the strong ice-blink in the air
above rs; and as we drew near to the
edge, the snow-white petrels became
more and more numerous. They are OF
the size of an ordinary pigeon, but
much more graceful. Their large eyes
are deep black, as are also their bold,
curved bcak and their elegant webbed
feet. They seemed almost transpar-
ent as with spread, quiet wings they
scared in the air about the cr~ow's-nests
where 1 vas hanging on to one end of
n large telescope heavy enough to lift
me in seesaw fashion far out of
the nest every time 1 let it glide too
far oat over the upper edge of the bar
rel.
Like the prfcking of pins the snow
crystals blew against my face, and I
lat COlitiluuiJ W bIy thC hStCSSOpo
glasses with my wooden mitteps. as the
vapor from my breath settled On the
lenses in nuInberless crystals, and
formed an extra sheet of glass. But
they we're glorious, those hours on the
lookout, The air was generally clear,
and the human eye could see, even from
She deck, great distances within those
southern ATTITUDES. Only from the
crow s-nest can one fully appreciate
the supernatural charm of Antarctic
scenery, Up there you seem lifted
above the pettiness and troubles of
everyday life. Your horizon is wide,
and from your high position you rule
the little world Selow you. Onward,
onward stretch the ice-fields, the mar
row CHANNELS about the ship are opened
and cIosed again by current and wind,
and as you strain your sight tn the ut=
most TO find the best places for the Ves-
sci to penetrate, your eyes wander from
the ships % cut toward the horizon,
where foes and channels seem to form
one dense, vast ice-ileld. Ice md snow
cover span and ropes, and everywhere
are perfect peace and silence.
We always observed h white shin
ing reflection of the ice-fields in the cir,
even OF the presence of a narrow stream
of ice or IN iceberg. This jce-bllnk
and the presence of the white petrol
never deceived use. L. Borchgrevink,
in Century,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-17
HOUSEHOLD BREvITIES.

Heat the knife quite hot before cut
ting fresh cakes; otherwise n cake that
is beautifully light and fiaky may be
made quite heavy.
If Il bird or meat is to be dredged
with flour, salt should be put on before
it is cooked, but the rest of the season.
ing is not TO be added until it is taken
from the fire.
In cooking it is we'll to remember
hat soda should never be dissolved in
hot water, because if it is some of the
gases would then be liberated and
wasted, and n greater o of o
would be needed to make good this
waste than if the soda were dissolved
in cold water.
dressing for Fish Salad-One cup of
vinegar, one tablespoon of butter, one
half teaspoon of salt, onc-half teaspoon
of pepper, and of mustard, yolks of
three raw eggs. Put the mixture we'll
beaten together in n dish set in a pan
of boiling water over the fire, and stir
it constantly until it thickens.-Prairie
Farmer.
-Curds and Whey-Add n cupful of
o u milk to q pint of boiling new milk,
and boil h whole up briskly; then
stand the saucepan back on the crate
and let the milk simmer for n few min
utes. when it will be converted into
curds and whey. 1t may likewise be
made by simply adding one dram of
citric acid to one quart of milk.-Liver-
pool Mercury.
-Treacle Sponge Pudding-Mix one
tcaspoonful of baking powder into one
pound of flour; add one-fourth pound
of suet, chopped finely, one-half ounce
of ground ginger, and two ounces of
candied peel. Warm one-fourth pound
of treacle with a gill of milk; beat up an
egg; mix all together, and boil for two
hours. The cloth should be tied quite
loosely over this pudding to leave room
for it to swell,-Liverpool Mercury.
Potato Puff-To every pint of
mashed potatoes add three tablespoon
fuls sweet milk or cream and then the
yolk of two eggs well beaten by them
selves first and afterward in the potn-
toes, to make the latter light. Last,
stir in the whipped whites of the eggs,
heap the preparation roughly upon u
dish that can be sent to the table, and
bake ten minutes or more, until the
a has risen and Drowned nicely
Orange Judd Farmer.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-17

: Hosts of people go to work in
= the wrong way to cure a
: - = e AIN
: when ST. Jacobs Oil y TeS,d e : It'll 4 T. I'll.
Washing Silk Stockings.

Silk stockings ought to be dried
within doors. The best way to wash
these stockings is to make a strong
lather of borax soap and lukewarm wa
ter. Wash the foot of the stocking
thoroughly with the hand. Then lay
the stocking On a board and scrub it
thoroughly with n piece of white
flannel, rubbing it with the flannel and
lather of soap. If the stockings are
black or dark in color, put a teaspoon
full of OK gall in the lather used to wash
them. When they are washed, rinse
them thoroughly in three waters. Blue
the last water, if the stockings are pearl
white or black. but not for delicate
colored silk. Dry the stockings indoors
by pinning them wrong side outward
on Il sheet before the fire. When they
are half dry turn them, put them on h
ironing blanket and rub them the direc-
ton of the nap with n har rooler made
by wrapping a small piece of hard wood
in flannel. This makes them look
smooth and is far better than ironing.
N. Y. Tribune.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-17

STATE OF MlSSOU III, l..
County of Lafayette. 90
In the Circuit Court, ut Lexington, in Naca-
ton, December Term, lS9j.
The Morrison-w Bank, Plaintiff,
william i. KcrdolH. Mary J. AIstqdt, Kate
Davis, william Il. kcrdolT, Jr, Lula Paxton,
Edward G.. KcrdoltT and Matte l.. Pierpoint,
Now, at this day, in vacation, comes the
plaintiff herein, by its attorney, and files It's
petition, alleging, among other things, that
defendants, Mary j. Alstadt, Edward G.. ker-
dolff and MIttie L.. Pierpnint, are unn- residents
of the state of Missouri: w~hCrcupuu, il is
ordered by the clerk of said circuit court, that
said defendants be notified 10y publication That
plaintiff has commenced Il suit against them
in this court ny petition. the object aud gem
cral nature OF which is to foreclusc Il lien Of
the plaintiff, bank, on twenty fsOl shares of the
capital stock of said MOTrison-Wcntworth bank,
plaintiff herein. issued by said bank to william
Il. KerdulI; and that said court will order
and adludse the cancellation of said shares,
and order and direct that ali tine rights. title
aud Interest of the defendants, and each of
them, In and To- the same, Toe forever barred;
and that the said stocks, or 50 much thereof as
may be necessary, be sold to pay the said
judgment ANA costs: ana TINT said defendants,
and each of them, be ordered and required to
surrender up the certificates of stock foI can
collation.: and that unless the said defendants.
Mary j. Alsta1t, Edward &. kcrdulH and Mat
tie |. Pierpuint, he and appear at the next
term thereof, 10 be begun and holden mt the
court house, in the city of Lexington, in said
county, ON the seventh dag OF December next,
und Ou or before the third day uf sad term, IL
the term shall 50 long continue, aud II not,
then on or before the last day of said tCFm,
answer OF plead To- the petition la said cause.
the same shall be taken rs cSufcssv'i, and
Judgment will be rendered aocurdiagly.
And il is further ordered, that a copy hereof
be published. according t. law, in the Lex
inatpn tntclli2cnccr, u newspaper published in
SAIL Cuinty OF Lafayette, for four weeks sue
crSsiVclN. published az least once ii week. the
last insertion t. he AT least Fifteen day = before
the first day of said next December term Of
this court.
a trus copy. Attest;
g. l.. EWING. Circuit Clerk.
by +. LEE WALLACE, Deputy.
ShewaltCr ana Wilson, Attorneys for Plain
tin. lC3-5t
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-17
STATE OF

STATE OF M~ISSOURI-SS.
l, ALEXANDRA a. Secretary OF
State of the state of Missouri, hereby certify
that the foregoing are full, true and complete
copies of the concurrent resolutions of the
Thirty-eighIh general ASSEMBLY of the state o.
Missouri-First constitutional amendment, en-
tit ed: CONCURRENT RESOLUTION sub
hitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an
amendment to the constitution thereof. pro-
Viding fOI the removal of the seat of govern
ment from the City of Jefferson To the city ~
Sedalia Second constitutional amendment.
entitled: CONCURRENT sub
hitting to the qualified voters of the state Of
Missouri an amendment to the constitution
thereof, concerning the judicial department."
Third constitutional amendment, entitled:
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION submitting to
the qualified voters of the state of Missouri an
amendment to the constitution thereof, con
corning education, free schools and school
ages" and Fourth constitutional amendment,
entitled: CONCURRENT RESOLULUT1ON
submitting to the qualified voters of the state
of Missouri an amendment TO the constitution
thereof, relating to watrr-wOrks, electric or
other light plants and public sewers in cities
of thirty thousand inhabitants or less" as APP
pears by comparing the same with the original
rolls OF said concurrent resolutions now on
file, as the law directs. in this Office.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I hcFeunfO SET
my had and ailiX the GREATSEAL of
the state OF Missouri. Done mt Office in
tSEALl the City CT jefferson. this fifteenth day
of September. A. D., 1896.
a. A. LESUEUR,
Secretary OF state.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-17
THE MAST.
One of the EIost Dangerous Posts on q
KIan-or-Wer When in Battle.

One of the Host Dangerous Posts on a
nTan-or-Wsr When in Battle.
In that coming naval battle between
the steel fleets of two tirst-class naval
powers. to which nautical authorities
have been looking Onward ever since
modern battIeships became the mighty
engines of p~roblematical forces that
they are. the military mast and fighting
top will play a deadly part and be the
station of danger and hcroism.
As everybody knows, the old mast,
the mast Of yards and sails, has van
ished from the modern ship of war.
The Newark is the only modern ship in
the United States navy which has sail
carrying masts. The place of the mast
that was erected for sail-carrying pur-
poses is taken on the modern warship
by a steel tower, which rises from the
deck to support one or maybe three or
four circular galleries, where rapid-fir-
ing or machine guns are placed, which,
in time of action, pour their hail of bull
lets at the decks and ports of the hos
tile ship.
The object is to kill the gunners, for
it is self-evident that the most power
full gun is powcrless if its crew is dead.
Take the 20 rapid-fire guns distributed
along the supe%rstructure of the Indiana.
From a fighting top uch n storm of
lead could be driven upon these great
guns as would make it impossible for
men to work them. Therefore it will be
one of the first duties of the warship to
shoot away with its heavy guns h
military mast of its adversary.
As one well directed shot will send
the mast tumbling, it is not probable
hat any ship will come out of an en-
gagement with it's military mast stand
ing. The shooting away of the mast
will of course mean the death of every
man in the fighting tops. Men sent
there will know as they climb the dark
ladder to their stations that they go to
almost certain death, and will have only
one duty before them-to kill as many
of the enemy as they can before the
crash comes.
Men who in turrets and sponsors be-
low handle the great guns nave every
hope of life and victory before them,
but the men in the tops go to their duty
with no such hopes and expectations.
To man the fighting tops in action will
be a kind of martyrdom especially hard
to endure.
To perform deeds of valor in the face
of c~ontending armies or to suffer with
fortitude in the gaze of admiring thou
sands is one thing; to climb up calmly
inside a steel post and work away at
such an unpoetical mechanical device as
n rapid-fire or machine gun until such
time as it may please the enemy to blow
one into "kingdom ONE is quite an
other thing.
Yet the modern man-of-warsman is
enthusiastic over the advantages of the
military mast, and would obey an order
TO man a gun in a fighting top as readily
as he would the bugle call which sum-
mons him to his meals.-N. Y. Press.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-17

works and electric or other light plants Cr
cities containing 10000 inhabitants or l@s-,
when such cities elect to own same. and 10
provide "a proper sewerage Tor such cities, the
rates of taxation herein limited may be in
creased and the purpose for which IT. is in
tended shall have been submitted to n vote of
the people. ard two-thirds of the qualified
voting at such election shall vote therefor.
The rate herein allowed to such county shall
be ascertained by the amount of taxable prop
erty therein, according to the last assessment
Tor state and county purposes. and thu rate
allowed to each city or town by the number of
inhabitants, according to the last census taken
under the authority of the state or the United
States: said restriction as to rate shall apply
To taxes of every kind and description, whether
or special, except taxes To pay val q
Indebtedness now existing, or bonds which
may be issued in renewal of such indebted
ness.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-17
Franklin Avenue is selling
ROASTED COFFEE
John Powell.
D OF PUBLICATION,

In the Probate Court of Lafayette County,
Missouri, adjourned August term, first day,
September LIST, 1896
Estate of Charles Erskine, deceased.
Now at this day comes Lee Blakemore, adj
ministrator of the estate of Charles Erskine,
deceased, and presents his petition praying
for an order for the sale of so much of the
real estate of said Charles Erskipe As will pay
and satisfy the remaining debts due by said
estate and yet unpaid for want of sufficient
assets, accompanied by the accounts, lists
and inventories required by law in such cases.
On examination whereof IL is ordered that
all persons interested in said estate be notified
that application as aforesaid has been made,
and that unless the contrary be shown on or
before the first day OF the next term Of this
court, to be held on the second Monday in
November, 1896, an order will he made for the
sale of the whole or 50 much of the real estate
of said Charles Erskine rs will he sufficient
for the payment of said debts.
And il IS further ordered that all of the heirs
of said deceased, residents OF said Lafayette
county, be personally served with notice of
these proceedings according to law.
And IL is further ordered that this notice be
published in the Lexington lntelliaencer, II
newspaper published in said county for four
weeks successfully before the commencement
of the next term of this court.
A true copy. Attest:
WILLIAM YOUNG,
Probate Judge.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-17

Would not bring happiness 10 the person
suffering with dyspepsia, but Hoods
Sarsaparilia hah cured many thousands
OF eases Of this disease. II tones the
stomach, regulates the bowels aud puts
the machinery Ct the system in
working order. II creates a good appetite
and gives health, strength aud happiness.
Hoods pills act tremendously with
Hoods S~arsapaTiila. Cure all liver Ills.
% cenLa.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-17
SPANISH QUEENS NOBLENESS.
Warm sympathy Shown for the Family
of . Dying Girl

Warm sympathy Shown for the Family
of . Dying Girl.
A beautiful act of the queen of Spain
Is being very favorable commented
upon through the entire Spanish press.
The queen was riding in her carriage
with her brother, Archduke Eugene of
Austria, through the Pasco de Areneros,
one of the finest streets of Madrid, when
they met a priest carrying the holy
sacrament to O. dying girl. Both the
queen and her brother stepped out of
the royal carriage, surrendered their
places to the priest and followed the
carriage on footto Galilee street, where
a young girl, Maria Louise Fuentes, the
daughter of the well-known actor of
the same name, was in the throes of
death.
The queen showed a great interest in
the family and assisted at the ceremony
of administering the extreme JUNCTION
to the girl, who died o afterward.
When the priest left the house the
queen and her brother returned OF foot
behind the royal carriage, in which tho
priest rode, to the church of Nuestra
Sonora de los Dolores, where the priest
d~ismounted and thanked the queen for
her Kindness.
When the population of that quarter
of the city learned of the noble act of
their queen regent the enthusiastic
demonstration seemed meyer to end.
When the queen had reached the palace
she sent II of her adjutauts to the
house of the dead girl with q purse
containing n round sum of money to
help defray the expense incurred by the
illness and death of the girl.-Philadel-
phia Times.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-17
HIGH KITE FLYING IN 6osrc@


Success OF Experiments on BIuo Hiii-
Features of tho Sport.
The details IF the high fight of kites
1T Bluc Hill observatory show the eX-
pertinent to have beer a success in other
respects than the altitude to which it
was possible to send the kites. This,
it has been stated, was upwards of n
mile and n quarter, the instrument
reaching a height of 1900 feet above
the level of the country surrounding the
hill. As the meteorograph is suspended
quite a distance below the upper kites,
they, of course. reached an altitude 200
or 300 feet greater. The kites were
three in number, all of them on this &C.
casion of the Eddy pattern, two OF them
being at he end of the line and the third
some hundreds of feet below. The kites
were of large size, two of them being
six feet in their largest dimension, and
the third one Il monster of nine feet,
presenting some 65 square feet Of sur
face TO the wind. This varied from is
to 81 miles per hour at the surface, and
the pull of the wire which held the
kites mounted at times to upwards of
125 pounds, quite as much as Nh. Clay
ton and his assistants, Ferguson and
Sweetland, care to handle.
The instrument which was sent mp
was a meteorograph of three elements,
giving continuous readings of air pres
sure, temperature and humidity, and it
was maintained at its greatest height
for upwards of ahalf hour. The readings
of the thermometer show a fall in tenn
perature of about 10 degrees between
the surface and the upper air. a short
distance above the earth a cloud was en-
countered, through which b kites
rose, coming out into clear weather
above. In the midst of the cloud, as
might be expected, the humidity rose
TO 100 per cent, This being the reading
of the ~hygrometer, and above the cloud
the air was quite dry, more so than at
the surface. The RECORD of the instru-
ment, in its variations of humidity, nf-
fords a tolerably accurate measure of
the thickness of the cloud, which from
the estimate made seems to have been
about $500 feet. The flight fairly taxed
again the of the observatory,
for to secure this great height it was
necessary TO put out 2H miles of wire.
Moderate kite-hying is a portion of the
regular duties of the men at Blue Hill,
lot MI ROUGH has IeCOBIlZtu bh1 Ndiue
of this means of securing information
about the weather conditions Of the
upper air, but these very high flights
are n little out of the regular order. An
attempt to eclipse the record will, how
ever, be made later in the week, hen
Prof. Harrington and Mr.. Archibald
can be present, and again later in the
season, when it is probable that Mr..
Eddy will be once more with the kite
flyers on Blue Hill.-BostOn Transcript.