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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-08-14

,Ifains No l0l and lUz daily except Sunday.
An other trains daily.
Excursion tickets sold to Kansas City satur-
dav evenings. Sunday mornings. and Sunday
evaninRs at one fare for the round trip. good
for return up to and including Monday morn
ing following.
Round trip tourist tickets on sale to all tourist
points
For further Information call on or address,:
f. F. MATHEWS. Ticket Agent.
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PEORIA, H., Aug. 9.-It is announced
that Washington Corrington, one of
the oldest and wealthiest citizens of
Peoria, has provided in his will for
the establishment of a university at
Peoria. Mr.. Corrington endows the
proposed institution with I,OOO, 900.
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"a sheets good writing paper. ruled Ic
IS white envelopes. . Ic
500 boxes buttermilk soap. large cakes per
DON SC
Jelly glasses. II pints each h.2c &c
Large size glasses, each. ......2c &c
''''-N' -
Tin fruit cans. best, warranted not to leak 28c
Mason's fruit jar rubbers. per dozen &c
Mason's fruit jar caps. each. h........2c &c
Miners dinner pals from Ioc up
Pint cups, each
Granite wash basins. SC size -. Ioc
Granite water pals
Fibre water pals. 23c
Cedar water pals 37c
Grand pas wonder soap. .............-.. &C
Rising sun stove polish SC
Mason's shoe blacking, large size boxes ...... SC
T. NJ. shoe backing, large size boxes &c
DaoNiiiS DiuSheS. ..... .loc
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aAnTA FE ROUTE.

SANTA FE ROUTE.
tt<ia. E.41a k North Lexington:
~ E4|| n ~1.7ft<@f' daily .....--....- $40 a. m
/I1.4. |Fa E.LIn Lexington:
Odlly os%O a. IN
1'ItII+ pass Lexington Junction
GOING WEST.
No. s.. Colorado and Utan Express,
leaves = 0 M .. a.
No. 1, Nexican and California Ex-
press, daily, leaves lS:lO p. m
No. IL Mali and Express, leaves. .12:51 p. m
Trains pass Lexington Junction
GOING EAST.
No. Q Atlantic Express. daily. leaves, a:l0 a. 10
No. Is. Passenger, leaves..-.s-t. 49, lo;3s p. 10
No. q, Chicago Express leaves e;lO p IN
W. j. Black. G. r. A. Topeka. Kas,
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SHOES! SHOES! SHOES /!

Mems oil grain work shoes, buckle or con-
gress.. 9I.o5
Mems dress shoes. coin toe e.....oo ooc
Mems dress work shoes. lace congress. SOC
All ladies'. misses and children's trimme
hats at one-half former price.
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J ARTIN OLD WATCHES (
GENERATION MAKERS DISPLAYED SKILL-RE-
CEIvED FABULOUS SUMS-AN IRON AFFAIR LARGE AS A
SAUCER 81 800 TIMEPiECE S25,ooo-THE
WONDERFUL CLOCKS

1t is something of a curious paradox
that the time of the invention of the
watch, the literal register of time, is
a disputed question. 1t is quite clearly
proven that mechanical clocks existed
in the ninth century, but when and
where the first watch appeared is a
question which authorities have
wrangled over for innumerable years
and in all probability the dispute will
never die out.
Some historians credit King Robert
of Scotland with the possession of a
watch in the year 1910. Who fashioned
the contrivance or how it passed into
the possession of the doughty warrior
history fails to tell.
This is nearly 200 years earlier than
the generally accepted time of the
first genuine appearance of the watch.
Most of the authorities agree that the
honor of creating the first pocket time
piece belongs to a Nuremburg lock-
smith, Peter Henlein by name, who
was born in 1880, and produced his first
watch in 1920. This watch is not a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-14
Parasites in Tropic Forests.

Julian Hawthorne writes a second
paper describing nature in Jamaica,
and this appears in the February Cen
fury, under the title, "A Tropic Climb"
Parasites of all kinds infest the tropic
woods like the twisted cordage Of
wrecked vessels. There is a sort of
silent fierceness about them that is ap-
palling. Often you mistake them for
the tree itself which they are devour
ing, so close and intimate is their ia
tai embrace. Once 1 saw tree dying
thus. and second parasite upon the
back of the first. which it was slowly
devouring. A common sight is the
Llama, vegetable rope, some no
thicker than whip-cord, others inches
in diameter They hang straight down
from unknown heights of tall trees, the
same size from top to bottom, and of
considerable strength. 1 was climb
ing down perpendicular cliff, and had
got to a point where there seemed no
possibility of descending farther and
still less OF returning, and was Won
dering how it would feel to drop 40
feet to the bottom of the cliff, when 1
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-14
Home Comfort Steel Ranges.

We have sold 32lS2O Home Comfort Ranges to january
1885, in the United States Canada Mexico and other foreign
countries Our ranges better adapted the of house
keepers and give better general satisfaction than any others
manufactured Proof OF the assertion the great number sold
We furnish with this range steel skillets two steel
griddes each steel pot kettle and tea kettle enaeled
side and out and set of steel drip pans all OF
scted designs and furnished only with Home Comfort
Ranges
The end fues of ranges are lined with asbestos board
retaining the heat in the oven where it is required.
Our ranges are constructed almost wholly Of ma1eabe
iron and codroed wrought STEEL nearly ndestructbe
and will last lifetime properly used and protected from
dampness.
Each range has t5galon panished copper
tached to left side aordng ample supply Of hot
additional expense for fue something appreciated by every
family.
The upper warming Ioset, lower warming cosetsi e
tension Shelf duplex CRATE fingered rebox lining, and MALE
able water heaters design and used only with
Home Comfort Ranges Our drop door convenient as
a receiving shelf for dishes pans from the oven.
We refer to testimonials from thousands Of customers
using Home Comfort Ranges
SALESROOn, 80 WEST FIRST SOUTH ST.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
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the cross forming a harmonious design
rich in tint, and to which the sharp,
brilliant edges of the crystal gave a
heightened luster
In this period of matchmaking the
same kind of watch was produced
which is now used by persons afflicted
with blindness, that is, a watch with
raised figures on the face. But two
and a half centuries ago it was made
so that the time could easily be discov-
cred at night. Blind people may have
used 1t, too. but watch history does not
cover that point.
These sixteenth century watches were
elaborate in many ways. One has upon
its face three dials touching each
other on the rims in the form of
Glove leaf, and the remainder of the
oval ornamented with the richest foli-
age intertwinings. This watch Shows
the hour, day of the week and of the
month, the signs of the zodiac, and
the progress of the moon from day to
day; and the back of the case is an
exquisite example of the engraver's
art. AT that period, and indeed. almost
up to the beginning of the present GEN.
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BEACHCoMBERS OF SAMOA.

Nothing directly" was the response;
"but then neither has the frontiers
man, the soldier, the sailor or any other
man whose life has been devoted to
physical struggle. All these however.
have inspired the pens of others, and.
in this way, the beach-comber has done
his share"
Seeing that looked incredulous, my
host continued, with pleasant smile.
THE FIRST BEACH-COMBER.
sThe first Pacific beach-comber. of
whom the world has any knowledge,
was our old friend Alexander Selkirk
He was marooned on an uninha bited
island by a cruel captain. Being put
ashore against his viii, differentiates
him very decidedly from his vast army
of successors. But it was this event
that inspired Defoe to write the i'm
mortal Robinson Crusoe, without read
ing which no boys education is COM
plete It was the same subject that
gave US Cowper's most popular poem
outside John Gilpin.
"A hundred years after Selkirk we
have the first attempt at wholesale
beach-combing in the mutiny of the
Bounty. Captain Bly, may have been
tyrant--most merchant captains were
in those days-but his being set adrift
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The story of this mans life, as out
lined to me. was one of the most in
teresting 1 had ever heard. During his
long career in the Pacific he had been
in a dozen or more islands. and knew as
many languages, and had adopted as
many heather religions. Whenever he
took his departure. he left behind him
children and al least one wife. but
they didn't need much clothes and could
get all they wanted to eat. so that it
didn't much matter where / went" he
said by way of explaining his seeming
neglect of duty.
At this time Brant had wife in the
Famine group of islands. He had come
IN to Honolulu for a change and was
about to return to his last wife and last
lot OF children in few days.
But Brant. as / afterward found, was
too well Travelled, and too intelligent
man to be regarded as a fair type of the
Polynesian beach-comber. The great ma
jority OF these men are ignorant, de-
graded. cruel and in every way immoral.
Their influence on the simple minded and
hosostable natives is of the very worst
character.
The cruelty of captains has. without
doubt. driven many good men to deser-
ton. but my own investigation leads me
TO believe that a majority OF these self
exsied outcasts from the world were in
c--ed to change by a love of ease. a dis
lie for law and hard work in addition
to craving for that form of sensuality
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-14
A JOKE ON BURNSIDE.
A Southern Woman's Quick Retort
to the Union General.

In the February Century, General
Horace Porter, in his Campaigning
With Grant" describes the visit of his
chief to the home of a Mrs Tyler,
whose husband was a colonel in the
confederate army. General Porter then
tells the following anecdote: We could
see that she was entertaining views
which everywhere prevailed in the
south. The authorities naturally put
the best face upon matters, and the
newspapers tried to buoy up the people
with false hopes. 1t was not surpris-
ing that the inhabitants of the remote
parts of the country were in ignorance
of the true progress of the war. Gen
eral Grant remarked in a quiet way:
General Sherman is certainly advanc-
ing rapidly in that direction; and while
l do not wish to be the communication
of news which may be unpleasant to
you, l have every reason to believe that
Rome is BIZ this time in his possess
sion" The older lady then assumed a
bantering tone, and became somewhat
excited and defiant in her manner; and
the younger one Joined with her in
scouting the idea that Rome could ever
be taken. Just then a courier rode up
with dispatches from Washington con-
tanning telegram from Sherman. Cen
eral Grant glanced over il, and then
read it to the staff. 1t announced that
Sherman had just captured Rome. The
ladies had caught the purport of the
communication, although it was not
intended that they should hear it. The
wife burst into tears, and the mother
in-law was much affected by the news,
which was of course sad tidings to both
of them.
The mother then began to talk with
great rapidity and with no little asper-
ity, saying: 81 came from Richmond
not long ago, where 1 lived in house
on the James river which overlooks
Belle Isle: and l had the satisfaction
of looking down every day on the Yam
kee prisoners. l saw thousands and
thousands OF them, and before this
campaign is over I want to see the
whole of the Yankee army in southern
prisons"
Just then Burnsides rode into the
yard, dismounted, and joined our party
on the porch. He was a man Of great
gallantry and elegance of manner, and
was alwa-rs excessively polite to the
gentler sex. He raised his hat, made
a profound bow to the ladies, and, as
he looked at his corps filing by on the
road. said to the older one, who was
standing near his: II don't suppose.
madam, that you ever saw so many
instantly: Not at liberty, SIR This
was such a good shot that every one
was greatly amused, and general Grant
joined heartily in the laugh that fol-
lowed at Burnside's expense.
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fury, each watch was a work of art
distinctive in its character.
COST ENORMOUS SUMS.

COST ENORMOUS SUMS.
While many small watches were
made, the average sixteenth century
watch was a burdensome affair, about
five inches in diameter and an inch
and a half in thickness. Even these
cost in the neighborhood of 81 800, while
the very small ones cost as much as
SIS, 600.
During the reign of George III an
English jeweler named Arnold, in 1854,
made a watch set in a ring for the
king. The car of Russia offered the
jeweler S27, 900 if he would duplicate
the trifle, but Arnold refused and for
many years King George enjoyed the
much-prized distinction of owning the
smallest watch in the world.
In the middle of the seventeenth CEN
fury there was a great demand for
unique clocks originated by the curious
inventions of Nicholas Grollier de Ser
Were, born at Lyons in 1886, and living
almost to the dawn of the eighteenth
century. Serviere was a soldier of
eminence for 40 years and then he re-
tired to devote the remainder of his
long life to mechanical inventions.
A STRANGE CLOCK.
One of his oldest timepieces was a
clock with an oblong square dome.
raised on six columns upon a base of
the same shape. Around four columns
forming one side there ran double wires
of copper placed parallel to each other
in spiral coil from the dome to the
base. These wires were fixed to the
columns by little brackets, in such a
way that they formed a canal to a ball
Of the same metal, which, by its own
weight, descended all their length. ar
irving at the base, where it then enters
on the thread of an archimedean screw
placed between the six pillars, and
winch divided diagonally the space
between the dome and the base. AS
soon as the screw has received the ball
II turns, and by this means raises the
Dali TO the dome, where it retakes the
road traced by the copper wires. In
this machine the ball is not lost to
sight; you perceive it mount by the
archimedean screw and descend by the
canal, and by these continued move
mentS 1t causes the wheels to revolve
The dials for hour and minute are on
the faces of the base.
AN INCLINED PLANE TIMEPIECE
Another curious work of this genius
was a timepiece consisting of a cylin-
drical box which, being posed with its
curvelinear surface on an inclined
plane, seems TO rest there, against the
nature OF round bodies, which at once
descend any incline. The box in ques-
ton descends its plane slowly and in
time. 1t is made of copper, is about
five inches in diameter, and the plane
on which it is placed is four feet long.
The hours are inscribed on the thick
ness of the incline plane and on the
circumference of the box, which has
hand with two points, which is always
vertical and marks the hour on two
different places, with the upper point
on the edge of the box, and with the
lower on the inclined plane. The clock
has no spring or balance. The dura-
ton of time it works depends on the
length of its inclined plane, and it only
receives its movement from the effort
the round body makes to keep on the
plane against its natural course.
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which it would be an insult to the lower

which 1t would be an insult to the lower
animals to call brutal
It is these beach-combers. rather than
tho natives of any Polynesian island or
missionaries and the PRAYERS of our
churches. They are not only barrSrs to
the progress of these Eden-like lands
but the tendency of their example Is de-
savage
Some day. and that not in the far fu-
ture, the civilized world, when planning
for the religious and commercial better
ment of this rich field, must reckon with
the beach-comber and his increasing or
spring
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saw a two-inch rope hanging down at
my left hand. 1t was a Llama. 1 laid
hold of it and gave it a tug; it was
apparently anchored fast somewhere
above, and it certainly reached to the
foot of the rock. 1t was so preternat
urally convenient that 1 felt some sus
picion of it, but there was no alterna-
tive, and l finally went down it hand
under hand like sailor, and got off
co a
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THE BEACH-COMBER.

SELE-ExILED MEN WHO PREFER SAvAGERY LAWLESS-
NESS TO CIVILIZATION AND ORDER-THEY
POWER IN POLYNESIA AND A GREAT OBSTACLE
OF MISSIONARY EFFoRT-THE
TURE-A TALK ROBERT STEVENSON
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SELKIRK, ROBINSON CRUsoEs HERO,
WAS THE FICTION.
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Adulternted baking powder is dam
EerOus and makes your pastry Bit
ter. Use Hewlett Bros pure cream
tartar Three Crown baking Powder,
1T Will always be light and sweet.
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The Salvation Army in Great Britain
raised s11S.775 during its late self-denial
week. TO. carry on the work of the army
This is an increase of s25 600 over the
amount thus raised last year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-07
IN EXTEND THE INSTITUTES WORK.

A r,asting has been called at the ONCE OF the
BROOKLYN Institute for next Wednesday evening 70
consider the question OF extending the work OF the
Institute IN various parts OF the CITY thos' IN
go ~ s,,end n are a number Of persons who
h.y. l.c,ured to Institute audiences. and some
others interested in the efforts which the Institute
n making in the cause Of popular education the
new movement has been started because OF the
success recently met with from the establishment
OF few lecture and reading courses In the Eastern
District The audiences drawn to All Souis
Church have been gratifyingly large. and betoksn
A genuine interest In that part Of the city Re-
quests have come 10 the Institute for the giving
of lectures in several other neighborhoods. and 4 =
thought THAT may be practicable TO esta !,st
Ward 0ast NsVpsYoekA = The xweuty.ninth WeSu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-07
4 YACHTING AND FISHERIES SHOW.
From Engineering.


During the coming season yachting and fisheries
exhibition is TO be held at the Imperial Institute Il
will be opened by the Prince Of Wales on May H.
and considerable progress has already been made
with the arrangements As the conduct OF affairs
is in the hands of the new assistant secretary OF
the institute, may reasonably hope-remember-
Exhibition 10 success-that the new venture will be
which we have always considered the most inter-
esting exhibition OF special subject ever held. The
paintings. water colors working drawings and pho
rom he dae Of he e uens a o. ss and modo
throne, period which takes in practically the
the great revolution wrought by the coming Of the
America Sir Alfred Jephson. who is a yachtsman
r Of and PIC d It u at s. hops
that those who have objects Of this nature in their
hibtion. They will be we'll cared for and complete
ly insured
the Leading clubs and the racing ags Of celebrated
lions. Tn. Prince OF wales. who is taking a great
deal OF interest in the exhibition, has promised
will apparently form an important part OF the
show for large section g TO be set apart for the
or fishermen. from a marine engine to a marlin.
spike Applications for space have been received
STAINS blocks and many other things. There will
also be collective exhibits from fishing centres,
kingdom being each invited TO send a representa-
tive collection OF the sea fishing Of their district.
a very interesting collection. and. II not beyond
the scope OF the exhibition. Il Is TO be hoped that
foreign countries will be invited to contribute.
AZ the Fisheries OF fourteen years the foreign
courts almost the most attractive part OF the
show and IL would be extremely interesting TO
what progress mas been made In the interval
Among other headings referred TO In the pro-
visional programme pisiculture collections OF
stuffed fish oyster culture life-saving appliances.
boa t-lowerng gear. unsuitable RATS and colapsble
boats cabin fittings and stoves for yachts. pro-
visions. paints bottom compositions and varnshes,
canvas and rigging. nshing nets and lines. yachts
fights and signalling apparatus, bunting and cloth
ne hiioys and beacons charts, waterproof cloth
ing and. In fact. all things that have 10 do With
Ing which we have forgotten to mention. but
wT,ch viii form an important section.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-07
DEATH OF DIR. OTTO L. DUSSELDORF

DR.. Otto l.. Dusseldorf for thirty five years
practising physician in New-York and Brooklyn.
died AT the home Of his son. No 1872 Cnlon-st. on
Friday. Dr. Dusseldorf had been III al the winter
from heart disease and kidney trouble. He had re-
tired from business about four years ago. and went
to live at Bellport. Long Island About week ago
he paid a visit TO his son. DR.. Louis u. Dusseldorf
al No 1872 Union-st.. and last Monday. while there
was taken down with pneumonia. which resulted in
his death after four days Of severe suffering.
DR.. Dusseldorf was born near Hamburg Ger
many, In 1879. and came to America when a boy He
studied In the NewYork Medical College. and
graduated In 1860 He appointed examining
pny sican at the Bureau Of Emigration al Castle
Garden under Governor Robinson, and served eight
years.
DR. Dusseldorf leaves widow and four sons-Dr
Louis NJ and Dr. John Z. Dusseldorf. OF Parkvllle.
Long Island. and two sons who are In the West:
The funeral Will be held Tomorrow afternoon, and
will be conducted by the Rev. James s. Duffy. OF
Al A9ness Church. The burial Will be In Calvary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-07
ART IN STAINED GLASS.
AN INTERESTING EXHIBITION IN THE Ia
pRARy BUILDING OF PRATT INSTITUTE

AN INTERESTING EXHIBITION IN
many BUILDING OF PRATT INSTITUTE
r.on,e Who are interested IN artistic wihoo"s nv
as,s vase- plaaues and lamps may See O."
,,o. ~ this kind OF handcraft in the Library ~
,ry 81 Prat; institute. The exhibition was iOa.u ~
49, ,.rsnv elias. and Decorating Company ana wiz
=. ono, 70 tho public until March e. between a. H.
o,ts, m and and $50 p n.
r.. eXb,hits OF aolored-slass WINDOWS lAusi ~
-. -,oderr return to the mosaic method OF "orA
Two heads Of women by Lydia Emmett attract pa :
.,,,,,,r attention both because or me uia'l'e'.~
- rIr..asntb century ideas OF beauty ana VI tA'
..r,p,ng light effects Above these is another "'n
A.. ytytng the head OF 81. Joseph bent IN thousn'
=. -ravcr The light is subdued In this. LOUIS -
Tiffany IS the artist -, -o-k
Mr. Tiffany is the designer OF much OF III. "olH
,resented A parrot window. and another s'''s -
t,.ar,or view with maiden feeding some nan'Heos
-. ,ba rich pear and metallic combinations u'ae
80 "a produced in stained WINDOWS ...,o Tor
red,ced copy OF j. A. Halzef eidss nioa "a "a e.,
Alexander Hall Princeton ~ d. ndHs Iuetrtea the
I'll n is one Of the panels ana iiius O. ,,n .II
arcb NJ some Greek warriors. BESIDE u Is o...a
sei - the rotunda OF the Chicago Library La SCI
49, 70 COPIES OF some OF the mosaic pdleis. 81,
P0ther EXHIBITS worthy Of note are Masi SSis,
o.. "a a-,ndny giving a full length hgure OF CntIsi
go, the brush OF Frederick wilson lhOea, pa
t Procession of the Prophets. by Joseph LduDe
nc araWing for a mosaic panel Illustrating an
,1si nv LAUDER from a sketch by T. n blas iIIe III.
There are number Of samples OF sass al,u t ~, "a,
,,1rk in the shapes OF vases ana iaInps. "a lawn
80 lamp is especially admired for Its tTacery