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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-12-25
A CHEEKY DINING RooM
Pleasant Table Environments . d
cfded Aid to Digestion.

Pleasant Table Environments . De-
cfded Aid to Digestion.
eff I had to slight every other room
In the house, I would have my dining
room well furnished" declares a sue
cessful home maker. "My callers might
sit ON cane chairs in a p~ictureless re-
ception-room, but my family should
take their meals in a bright, artistic
apartment or 1 would give up house
keeping altogether. My idea is that an
appetizing dining-room makes appetiz-
ing meals"
Yruly, nothing is of greater aid to
digestion than to have ones table en-
vironments of the cheeriest. If Ameri-
cans would cultivate the foreign habit
Of lingering at the table they would
be BEAUTIFULLY as, we'll as socially bene-
flied.
In England, and almost everywhere
In Europe, the diDing-room is a feature
Of weil-equipped homes. 1t is large.
well lighted and tastefully decorated
Old families hang their heirloom por-
traits here and assemble the handsom-
est of tables, sideboards, chairs, etc. 1t
Is natural for people dining amid such
surroundings to loiter after the meal
and enjoy that pleasant table COM
panionship with family and friends
which Is a sadly neglected item of hos
pitality upon this side Of the water.
Since the introduction of the round
table an element of sociability has crept
In even the much-slighted American
dining-room. The oblong style. SO sug-
gestive of clearinghouse methods, has
been banished, along with armless.
straight-backed chairs. Armchairs,
comfortably upholstered. are a welcome
luxury to those persons who desire to
make eating more of q pleasure than a
business. - Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-12-25
A sick Room SUBSECTION.

To keep a sickroom clean where the
carpeted floor cannot be swept, a pro-
%fessional nurse will go over the carpet
with q cloth wrung out of warm water,
in which has been put a little ammonia.
Upholstered furniture is treated in the
same way if that is a part of the furnish
ings. In many new houses a sickroom
is included in the architects plan. This
may be used for another purpose while
the family is unaffected, but in of
illness it is found to be invaluable. It
has sunny exposure, an open fireplace,
and no plumbing directly in the room.
1t opens into an entry in which is a win
dow and from this into the main hall
of the house, thus insuring protection
in cases of contagious diseases. The
floor is of hard wood with only washa-
BILE rugs for purposes of silence. The
walls are painted. so are the ceilings;
there is indeed not an inch of surface
that may not be washed. or that can hold
germs. No upholstered furniture
stands in 1t, cushions covered with linen
slip covers affording cas- in the rattan
chairs and couches. One such built
in a country house had the pictures let
in the wall under glass, similar to a
scheme often applied to a nursery. In
such u room a smallpox patient might
be quarantined without risk to family
or neighbors.-N. y. Post.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-12-25
BICYCLES AT PARIS FAIR.
Large Space to Be Given Up for Ex'
hibitiOn of Wheels.

LaF9e Space to Be Given Up for Ell.
hibitiOn of Wheels.
Bicycles will be given greater promi-
nence at the Paris exposition of 1900
than at any of the exhibitions of the
past. A special building is to be erect
ed in which the space will be devoted
entirely to wheels. A monster cyclists
camp is also proposed. The following
article bearing on the subject is taken
from L'Industrie Velocipedique, OF
Paris:
THE Paris exposition of 1900 will be
thu great triumph of the bicycle. The
portion of the exposition reserved for
bicycles will be q remarkable building,
built according to the plans of Paul
Lemay and unique of its kind. There
will b. no subdivision throughout the
vast Interior; the immense space will
be devoted entirely to the exhibition of
bicycles of all dates and all shapes,
from the first imperfect experiments
and the running machines TO the grace
ful and perfect machines which char
ncterize the end of the century. What
the apogee will be in the manufacture
of bicycles in three years 1t is impos-
Eible to foresee, but no one familiar
with the subject can soy that the con-
Gtruction of bicycles has reached per-
lection. At the present time all the
interest seems to be In motorcycles, and
IL Is increasing In the place of dimin-
ishing, many builders believing that an
electric bicycle is the machine of the
future.
THE palace where the bicycle exhibit
will be held is already called the eighth
wonder of the world. The exact size
of the building is not yet determined.
but the ground floor will hold 9 largo
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crowd. The bicycle will be the domi-
mating. motive of the building and all
the stories; the latter will be circular,
with aislcs radiating from the center
of the building. All the windows will
be circular. with spoke frames filed at
the center with coiorcd glass to repre-
sent the hub. The main entrance will
be shaped like Il gigantic fork with an
immense hnndle of FURNISHED copper
resting upon it. Inside the seats will
be made of the different parts OF BIZ
cycles, and will be commodious and
comfortable; the backs will be made
of handles of different shapes, and a
number OF the seats with bicycle wheels
for backs.
'One OF the great attractions for
wbeelmen is the project of Francois
i'Delonclc, who believes that the constant
spread OF cycling is such that the num-
Der eff wheelnen visiting the eXposi-
ton will reach hundreds of thousands.
If the number in Paris from May to
October is estimated at a minimum of
! 100, 900, where will they store their BIZ
cycles? Certainly not in the over
crowded and extra high-priced hotels.
Mr.. Deloncle proposes to lodge them
in tents. The English have had their
cycling camps. All wheelmen will go
to che Hundred Thousand camp, through
necessity, economy and a thousand
other easons The e n lodgings will
be muc cheaper than the Grand hotel
or smaller carayansaries. They will not
be swindled, for everything will be ac-
cording to published rates. There will
be tents for all tastes and purposes
and all comfortable. 1t is believed the
ideal place has been found on the lie
Puteaux, directly opposite the Bots de
Boulogne, and connected in a straight
line by a splendid boulevard to the cycle
row of the Avenue de la Armee, within
a mile of the exposition grounds. The
camp will have it's attractions, such as
restaurants, cafes, storage, repair shops,
etc."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-12-25
SNEAK OATHS.
Pet Phrasea Which Are Apt to Be
Harmful.

Pet which Are Apt to Be
Harmful.
The natural tendency to exclaim at
whatever surprises, annoys or pleases
grows into an unfortunate habit, which
thoughtlessness does not u
Some people who would be shocked
at an oath, constantly use the words
Mercy" Goodness gracious" and
even such expressions as 20 heavens!"
THE Lord knows" and many others.
This shows something more than a
lack of culture and refinement.
They are often uttered carelessly,
but sometimes with a rebellious wish
to be just a little wicked, and make
as neur an approach to an oath as the
reckless individual dare venture
1t Is sometimes difficult to correst
careless speech. but success in life more
often depends on knowing just what
not to say than what to say.
More often than we think. some fool
ish little remark costs us the respect
and esteem Of some n whose friend
ship we value.
Habits control us, and If we indulge
ourselves in the impulse to exclaim
over every tri11ing occurrence In our
homes, the words will glide from our
lips unawares. and leave an impress
sion on other minds not easily erased.
Perhaps you have never thought your
pet phrases and expressions either
wrong or harmful, but you must ad-
NIT that they III useless. If love, ad-
miration and respect are worth win
ming. guard we'll the door of your lips.
Everywhere.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-12-25
ART OF EASE.
Consists in Appearing Perfectly Nat
uraI.

Consists in Appearing Perfectly Nat
uraI.
Although naturalness, with repose, is
supposed TO be the keynote of elegant
living, one notices with interest the uni
versatility of the only h~alf-concealed pose
attitude of cach aspirant after origin
atty.
This pose is often so thinly disguised
that it seems almost daring in it's inno-
cent a~ffectation. For instance, an ar
tistic home-maker, in arranging a bowl
Of roses on a low table, is impressed by
the beauty of its coloring reflected upon
the dull green of the rooms carpet, and
she Immediately crops a blossom or
two there, as if they had accidentally
fallen from the vase.
In another house the drawing-room
seems to hypercritical femininity to
have a formal, uninhabited appearance.
Presto! A magazine is thrown care
Iessly down on the divan or its arm, or
an open book is laid upon it's table, be-
side which an easy chair is drawn, Civ
ing a realistic impression of a recent
ly-withdrawn presence to anyone en-
tering.
A bunch of violets with their leaves
hat have dried nicely without decay
ing, or a pink rosebud or two in the
same condition, in a low, clear glass
vase, without water, in a young wom-
ans bedroom, among bits of old silver
or old ivory trappings, such as oval
miniature frames. o~dd-shaped candle
sticks. mother-of-pearl inlaid cabinets
and so on, give a touch of subdued color
and strike a vague chord of sentiment
that is as gratifying as it Is studied.
One feels hat n is in the freshly
vacated boudoir of some old-time
French favorite. The face of Recamier
seems to be reflected in the antique
gilded mirror or the laugh of de Broglie
to be echoing among the draperies.
These are acting, toe. in their counter
felt antiquity, but they, and 1t all, are
quite real and satisfying to our es-
thetic senses.-Leisure Hours.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-12-25
LAVENDER BAGS.
Revival of the OId-Fashioned Linen
Perfume.

Revival of the OId-Fashioned Linen
Perfume.
The old fashion of pertaining linen
with lavender has been generally re-
vived. In reply to a correspondent who
asks In regard to these sachets we give
several styles. The simplest lavender
bags" are made of butchers" linen.
This Is the coarse quality of linen used
for making butchers aprons. and much
affected by art e~mbroiderers for various
pieces of needlework. 1t costs about
one dollar a yard. Fringe to the depth
of one inch each OF a piece of linen
twelve inches long by ten wide. Sew
it up to make an open sack ~ by IL
inches. Make a tight cushion of strong
muslin about AZ inches square. STUFF
it full of lavender flowers. Embroider
the case of linen with long sprays of
English lavender, done in several deli
cate tints of lavender. and slip the cush-
ion of lavender flowers into the case
and tie up the ends about an inch and
a half from the frings with narrow Law
ender ribbons. The cushion should be
filled with fresh lavender flowers each
season. These flowers are grown in
some of our gardens, but it Is a plant
difficult to raise in this country because
of the danger of it's being winter killed.
The new stock of lavender flowers Is
sen to this country from England In
the beginning of fall and costs about
so cents a pound at trustworthy drug
gists'. The cheap lavender flowers re-
tailed at such low price on the side
walks is generally from the old stock,
Exhidh drtt r0fefo fhrnxru oTtf mr. IfCHaea -
otherwise when the new flowers come
to market.
Lavender bags are quite frequent
ly made of two shades of silk, one deep
royal purple and the other pale laven-
der. The sachet may be in ordinary
bag form. sewed up at one side and
tied with W shades of purple and Law
ender at the other end, which Is left
hanging loose and fringed out-N. Y.
Tribune.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-12-25
hUSTLES FOR HERSELF.
An Ohio Young Woman Who Carries
Mail for q living

An Ohio Young Woman Who Carries
Nail for a Living.
Not many girls would enter into a
contract and furnish a good bond for
the faithful and prompt performance
for four years of a duty to cover 30
miles q day. rain. snow or shine, in de-
livering Uncle Sans mail. Yet this IL
what Miss Sadie Webb. the 2O-year-oId
daughter of Aaron Webb. a wealthy
and prominent farmer Of Porter town
ship. O.. has done. Miss Webb lives
with her parents or their 200-acre
farm and while the two sisters stay
at home and help their mother and her
father till the soil she discharges her
duty as contractor IN mail route Nc
31.277 and probably does more driving
than any other girl in Ohio. She COW
ers 1872 miles per week. 1884 miles per
month and 39,736 miles in the four
years of her contract, a distance equal
to hat around the entire globe.
Early In the day Miss Webb leaves
her home. one and a half miles north of
East Liberty, and passing through
three more own she gathers up the
mail and caves what is to be left at that
place. Besides carrying mails for four
post offices she buys all of the goods for
four general stores located In the
villages along the route that she has
to travel every day of her life. She
has bought articles for her customers
ranging In size from a needle to a
cooking range. She makes a speciality
of the necessities Of life and the resi-
dents along the route contribute liber-
ally to making purchases through her
commission.
Last winter when the thermometer
registered % degrees below zero she
was prompt In all Of her appointments
along the route. That day she wore
a heavy coat and felt boots reaching
to the kness. Her hands were covered
with a pair of elbow gloves while she
drove through the distance, none the
worse for the cold. Her work. although
arduous, IS enjoyable to her and very
remunerative as we'll. She has made as
high as S5.35 in a single day from
sources extra from her stipulated con
tract with the government.
Not only Is Miss Webb a success in
commercial circles. but she is well liked
in social circles as well. Her home is
an ever-welcome place for those who
desire to visit it. She is a handsome
young woman and tool the contract
when she was just is years of age. She
Is an entertaining conversationalist,
has a pretty round fac and under two
dark eyebrows are set two hazel eyes
that know their keepers."-Chicago
Chronicle-
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-12-25
To CALIFORNIA THROUGH
SUNSHINE.

The Great Burlington Route offers
more diverse routes in connection with
Pacific Coast travel than does any other
railroad. Its several main lines Ia
Kansas City, Denver, Billings aud st.
Paul permit an unlimited number df
variable routes for coast travel. No
journey TO the Pacific Coast is Complete
without the Burlington Route as 4 part
of II. No better railroad than the Bur
lington Cat be found IN any journey to
the Pacific Coast.
Drawing room and COMPARTMENT
sleepers, chair cars tseats fTer), and
dining cars. Only line with dining car
service, ST. LOUIS to Denver. 9s per
cent sunshine throughout the veal via
scenic Colorado and SAT- Lake CIV
The Billings Route is In Connection
with Northern Pacihc-- Railroad for
Puget Sound tIavel. Handsomest trains
IN the world between Chicago and 81.
Paul.
Ask your Ticket Agent for the Bur
lingt0n Route on Coast tickets.
HOWARD ELLIOTT, L. w. WAKELEY.
""heiai Manager. Gen Pass. Agt.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-12-25
JOS. L. LONG
Preparing md Cooking D,pk..


Ducks. in point of quality. fhnr I
follows: Canvasback, redhead. n,aflat
and teal. The canvasback probably cd
ranks everything in the way of game
the estimation of good iivers. No So
sonings or spices are used in its coDt
ing; none could add to its perfect flav1r
Pluck. SINCE and draw the birds. wip a
out the inside with a cloth wet in al
water, V washing, truss. dust liget
ly with salt (inside and outside). ihc
bake 25 minutes in a hot oven. B.st'
often in melted butter and hot watr-
one part butter to three of water. II
preferred rare conceded the beer
way), cook only 20 minutes. In serving.
pour Owe the liquor yielded the cox
ing.-Ella Morris Kretschmar in Vom'
ans Home Companion.
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sHERIFF's SALE IN PARTITION
Tyre, Plaintiff,

-AAbCAA ~ I q I III
versus
Elizabeth Hartman, Glenn Tyre. William p.
1yrte. Nellie foungs. nee Tree. aud ElmeI
founHs. her husband, aud NtClla Vickars
nee ,Tyree, ana James 5. V,kars, her hus'
band, Defendants.
BY virtue of an order of Ale issued from
the uf1c of the clerk of uhicircUft court al
Lafayette county. Missouri. h favor pf said
Albert Tyree plaintiff. and aains said Eliza
beth Hartman, Glen TyTpe, VILLAIN p Tyree,
Nellie Yuungs. nee Tyree, am Elmer YounRs,
her husband. and Stel a Vittars, nee Tyree.
and james y. VickH s.. her husband. defen-
dants. to me directed. and ,sturnable TO the
December term, lSg7, of sal, circuit court If
SUI Lafayette county. MssnuOri, l, the
undersigned. sheriff. will on
TUESDAY, JANUARY nth. 1893,
between the hours Of nine o'ceck In the fore.
noon and five O'clock In the aJeTnoon OF said
day, and In front of the C )uT house door, in
the City OF ] ext Rton. In Lfayette c0untv.
Missouri. curing the session of said circuit
e, urt at its said December ten. sell public y
at auction. to the highest hLdeT for cash m
hand, all the right. title. Unrest, claim and
estate of tue said plaintiff al defendants I'm
said order OF sale I'm and 4 the following
described real estate. situate. ytnR and being
IN the county Of Lafayette, nd state Of Mis-
souri,, tu-wit; the southweSJquartor Of the
north vest quarter of + sectIi I. township ~.
range 20; alsp the southe1 quarter OF the
Loftheast quarter of s%ecIio.t, In said town
ship 10. In said range g6
Glven d my haud b 10th DAY OF De-
Sheri6.
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Deformed Fingers In Criminals.


THE fingers of criminals" says a
medical man who has studied them,
'are, in nine cases out of ten, in some
way or other deformed. People who
are constantly being convicted of theft
are found to have long. thin fingers, a
wide space separating the first and Sec
ond, and the little finger crooked. In
murderers the fingers are short and
thick; the thumb is long. and the hand
altogether powerful. In cases where
excessive brute force has been used the
little fingers on both hands have been
found to be weak and deformed. Knotty
fingers are prominent where c~raftiness
Is exhibited. Among habitual crimi-
nails, especially burglars. the fingers are
found to be thicker It the tops than
near the knuckles. Out of 5000 Grim
inals recently examined, 90 per cent
were found to have deformed fingers
London Answers.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-12-25
stuged Ler of mutton.

Choose a small leg, beat it we'll. and
remove the bone, being careful not to
disfgure the joint. Prepare a mixture
with some rice, breadcrumbs, chopped
herbs and onions, all previously par
boiled in a little stock-this must not
be too moist. Put the mixture In the
place of the bone, tie the joint round
t a presentable shape. and bake in the
oven or stew till tender. - Leisure
Hours.
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FIummery.

Boil n cupful OF red raspberries
and n pint of water ten minutes. Add
a scam cupful of sugar, and when it is
dissolved stir in three tablespoonfuls of
cornstarch moistened with a little cold
water. When it thickens, pour into
cups to mold and set in a cold place.
SSrve with sugar and cream.-Ladies'
War1d
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-12-25

Trains No. lOl and IO2 daily except Sunday
All 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 10 to and including Monday morn
Ing following.
Through tickets and checks 10 all points.
Round trip tourist tickets on sale to all tourist
points.
For further information call on or address,
II e. STtDHAM. Ticket Aaent-
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An OPEN LETTER

N"h Nttt~Sto " LeNtHytbit uUU Y tCtfktty.
We take this means of announcing
that our mills are now in operation.
grinding out the veiy best grades OF
| Flour, Meal and Bran. We have located
our mills here as a permanent Lexing-
ten institution. and expect to make il
ANne OF our objects, 10 build up and add
~ -Lexington's commercial interests.
FNe shall not attempt To do business
holely on a local PRIDE basis. but pre-
Ter that our products shall be Judged
Isblely by the standard of merit. Appeal
ling 10 your local pride we ask YOU to
1give our goods "A fair trial. Should they
prove AS good AS other mills are making,
kVe hope aud feel that you will be our
hatrong.
20 the Farmers:
We will do an exchange business with
4ou and guarantee satisfaction.
tThanking the citizens for the encour.
akement given our institution, and hop
i{y TO merit your confidence and patron
abe, we are respectfully,
GRAVES BROS.
Z. B.-Our goods for sale by all gu-
GER in city.
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EAST BouHD TnAIN5
X fE ROUTE.

Trains arrive NJ N0uhteNipGtQnf go
Express (Excep SundatI |IN
Express CEXceps 5uiltE|
Trains leave North EN1
No 20. Express tBtceo
Ex press (E 'cept Sun1d5L ~ .
Aaiu line trains pass lexington JuuctI1I
GOING EAST.
No. 2. Atlantic Express daily, leaves. e;hS q. m
No. IL, Passenger, leaves...... co.. y so,a a a.
No. a., way eight----...... .......Il .zOa m
No. &. Chicago Express. go. leaves. sslO y. M
GuIso WEST.
No =, Colorado and Utab Express,
NO /. urXican and California Ex-
press, daily. leaves .......... =. 1870 p. m
90, way Freight 49,. 90 -. lE-o1 pm =
Train No 20 connects ut Lexfpntvn 7 uppieRm
win train No. Is TOR St. Joe. dalF -.
day.
In ESQ.
WI Black, G.. T.. A .Tupsk ~
Chicago and Alton Railroad.
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Pick carefully from the stems, allow.
ing a pound of sugar to two of fruit.
put them in a kettle. heat slowly, add
the sugar and mix very gently. Do not
let boil, but keep very hot for 20 min.
utes. then put in a n and seal.-House-
keeper,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-12-25

Steam or boil the plant for 15mintes,
remove from the stove and cut infvo.
When cool enough to handle. 5000 out
the pulp (without breaking fhek IN or
shelly. which mash and sask well
with salt, pepper and a heapiuk able
spoonful of butter; add net 'cant
pint CT grated bread crumbs, teIa9oon-
full of onion juice and a welI,eat e egg.
Fill the shells with this msture-Spd
bake until Drowned on to-Leisdie
TTon-S
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WaIter B. WaddeI
LEX NcToN. MO.
BREi ia OF -
fM3'e Bred {
Hereford Cutie.

Tn Largest Herd in the county and
as gmd rs IN the Central West.
Particular attention invited to the
uniformly high character OF my COWS
and letters, which are from the follow
ing sizes:
Druid 1858.
Rnsslind OSLO.
DON Carlos SS734, second premium.
world fairl
Don Quixotte S72O5.
SpaTticus 5lS42
Lamtlighter 1854, (ayst premium at
worlds talfl
Chesterfield 56697.
HesioI 81 4O679.
Chjef stock sire In service Senator
ee6ai hy Beau Brummell 5lSl7.
For Sale-Two bulls ready for service
and others for contract.
a.27-lH W, b. WADDELL.
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Women nnd the Homestead Laws.

Women and the Homestead Laws.
The officials at the head of the ma
tional public land bureau do not adj
wise ONE to take up government land
with the idea of living and establish
ing homes thereon, both of which on
ditions are imposed by the homestead
act. The public lands are parceled out
at from SIPS TO $2.50per acre in tracts
of from 40 to 16o acres. The good. we'll
located farm land has, however, all
been taken up, and of the millions of
acres remaining to be disposed of but
a small portion can be made productive,
except through the aid of expensive ir-
r:gation.-Ladies' Home journal.