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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-09-04
TRUSTFE'S SALE

whereas, Charles o. Grimes and Talitha d
Crimes. his wife, by their deed of trust.
dated May LIST, 1871. and recorded IN the office
Of the recorder OF deeds in Lafayette county.
Missouri. on the eighth day of Msy. 1874, In
signed trustee the following described real
estate. situate, lying and being In said Lafay-
cite county. Missouri, to-wit: Beginning at a
point In the southern boundary line of the
first addition 10 the original Gown (now citA)
Of Lexington. said point being five hundred
and seventeen (5IO feet and ten QU) inches
west OF the northeast corner of "A tract of land
owned by one Z. w. Pomeroy on June 2lst,
$50. and adjoining the southern boundary
line OF said first addition tn the city of Lev
Ington tsaid northeast corner of said tract so
owned by sald Pomeroy being ut the intersec
city, with the west line of the "old Indepen-
Hence road, and running thence from said
beginning point west eight degrees variation
Que hundred tlOOJ feet; thence south one
half "a degree east three hundred 600 feet;
thence east one hundred (I0Ol feet; thence
1orth One-half "a degree west three hundred
1900 feet to the beginning, being a part of
northwest quarter of section thirt, -four (34l.
IN township %hfty-one t5O. in range twenty
seven t2IJ; which said real estate was,
together with other real estate, so conveyed
to me in trust TO secure the payment of "a Ger.
ain promissory note in said deed OF trust
described Paid other real estate not herein
described having been heretofore released
from the Hen of said deed OF trustl; and
whereas, default has been made in the
payment of said promissory note, and
the same Is due and unpaid now,
therefore,. the said trustee. nj tho re-,
quest of the legal holder of said note, will,
IN accordance with the provisions of said deed
Of trust, sell the above described real estate
casn in HAND, at the court house door, In the
city OF Lexington. in Lafayette county, Mis-
souri,, ON
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1907,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in the fore
noon and five O'Clock IN the afternoon of that
lay. for the purpose of satisfying said note
and the costs of executing this trust
s2I-td Trustee
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-09-04
BUNDLES THAT PEOPLE CARRY.
Curious Things to BE Seen In the
City's Streets.

Curious Things to BE Seen In the
City's Streets.
"fq Broadway at the lower end of
Park row the other day" said Mr.. Bugle-
ton, ~ met a man carrying q scythe.
1t wasn't Father Time, but q young man
with dark hair and elastic step, who
could swing the scythe in the field. New
York is not what you would call an
agricultural community. In Greater
New York there may be now and then
o farm in the outskirts, bnt the region
where Park row comes into Broadway
Is certainly not a farming section, and it
seemed at first o little strange 10 see a
man walking along there carrying a
scythe, even If it was done up IN paper.
but it seemed strange for u moment
only. You don't meet men every day
in Broadway carrying scythes, but you
meet at one time and another people
carrying pretty much everything.
There is nothing made anywhere that
can't be bought in New York, and peo-
pie come here from everywhere, far and
near, to buy the things, and ooner or
later you are likely to meet EN- on
Broadway carrying mapdolins and guns
and bird cages and innumerable other
things, including scythes.
1.-THE particular scythe that was seen
A. Broadway and Park row was carried
by a man WHO was doubtless on the way
to some downtown ferry bound fer q
place in the suburbs. And that reminds
me Of something that you see every
year, but that still seems strange when
you see It for the first time in a season,
and THAT is the man walking along
Broadway carrying 2 bundle of plants,
the t9ps projecting above the paper,
nedding as he walks. These plants al,
avs look sort of curious here. because
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-09-04
..Pa'S PRAYERS"

From the Omaha world-H-rald
Once upon a time sickness came to
the family of the poorly paid pastor Ct
q country church. 1t was winter, and
the pastor was in financial straits. A
namber of his flock decided to meet at
his house and offer prayers for ii e
speedy recovery of the sick ones and
for material blessings upon the pastors
family. While one of the deecons was
offering a fervent prayer for blessings
upon the pastors household there was
a loud knock at the door. When the
door was opened a stout farmer boy
was seen, wrapped up comfortably.
"What do you want, boyP" asked
one of the elders.
awe brought pas prayers replied
the boy.
drought pas prayersP" What do
you meanP"
"Yep; brought his prayers, an
they're u IN the wagon. just help
me an well get 'em in"
Investigation disclosed the fact that
'spa's prayers" consisted of potatoes,
-four, bacon, corr meal, turnips,
apples, warm clothing and a lot OF
jellies for the sick ones. The prayer
meeting adjourned in short order.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-09-04
Rams Horns.

The seeds of virtue grow best when
planted early.
To get money without work has
made all the thieves.
Your acts will not go right while
your thoughts go wrong.
Satan can wax fat in a heart too
small for Jesus to squeeze into.
..Success is costly" Paste these
three words across yonr mirror.
Nothing is more to be dreaded in
church or state than ignorance on fire.
When weeping mothers are given
the ballot their tears will put out the
fires of distilleries.
Solomon took the world for a text
and preached the shortest sermon on
record-''all is vanity"
A sermon hasn't been preached until
it has got into a few pairs of shoes and
gone out on the street.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-09-04
WIT N WISDOM.

"
The Strong-Ninded One.-"My Gear
child, you ought +. join us. You want
u vote, don't you?" The Pretty One
'N-no; | guess a voter will do me-
Cincinnati Tribune.
"A railroad superintendent in Penn
sylvania has issued an orderprohibiting
the throwing of rice on railway prem
Uses. His act is regarded as a covert at
tack on matrimony.
-IIe-"Darling, will you miss me
when I am far away in a foreign land?"
yes, dear, but you will write me often,
won't you? What a chance it will be
for me to increase my collection of for
eign stampsl"-Boston Transcript.
Professional Contempt.-"I hyahs
dat de gemman you wucks fob is er fine
picture painter" "Yas," replied Eras-
tus Pinkley; she kin paint pictures
good 'nough. But yoh orter see
de way he done slop de whitewash
roun' when he tried ter kalsomine de
ceilin'. Star.
Mrs. Grcene-'Tell me, aren't there
any expresses running to your town."
Mrs. Gray-"Of course there are; plen-
ty of them. Why do you ask?" Mrs.
Greene-"My husband has told me that
he has seen your husband almost every
night on his way home, and he always
had more than he could ~carry."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
-Husband-'Did you notice how ILL
tempered my colleague was this even
ing? He was annoyed because 1 have
brought you a new set of jewelry. Now
he will have to get a new set for his
wife, too" Wife-"A disagreeable fell
low that man is. If were you, would
annoy him often.'-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Colonel's Preference.-"I sup
pose" said the girl who affects litera-
ture, that you are fond of something
now and hen in the Scotch line?" "Of
co'se," replied Col. StillweIl. But
isn't the time foh that sort of thing
paste" "You mean it has had it's day,
like SO many other fads?" mo; don't
mistake me. 1 wouldn't think of any
such d~isrespect. There is nothing mo-
delightful in the wintuh months than
an occasional hot Scotch. But at the
present time 1 must say that 1 inclir
to'ds a mint julep."-Washington Star.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-09-04
Gambling as a Fine Art,

| From the Columbia Herald.
The most refined gambling known
at present is dealing in futures on the
stock exchange. The most objection
able is crap-shooting. The first is in
duIged i'll by respectable, c~hnrch-going
gentlemen. The last is resorted 10 by
the ignorant negroes in the back
alleys. We elect the grain gambler to
high office. The crap-shOoter we send
to the rock pile. As for the moral
difference etween the two it is the
distinction between tweedledednm and
tweededee.
Gambling in grain is even worse
than other gambling. The ordinary
gamblers only %injure themselves and
the families dependent upon them.
Grain gamblers speculate on the food
of nations. Upon their nefarious trans
actions depend the happiness of those
who sell grain or buy bread. Some
times, as Just now, the gamblers, with
the aid of accidental conditions, toss
high the price of wheat. This brings
more money to the farmer if-per-
chance it comes when he has wheat to
sell. At other times the price is forced
down and the gram seller suffers. But
whether the price is forced up or down
dealing in futures is bad for the NOR
ality and the prosperity of a nation.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-09-04
Merely a Matter of Loea lii V.

A gent eman from a rural dist n
the vicinity of Bangor, Me-. can e into
town and went to the Bangor House
with z fine load of potatoes, says Il 9
Commercial. The house steward did
not need any potatoes that day, and
the farmer was leaving the place with
his load when \ fresh young drummer
approached. and winking at his COM
panions in the Office, said, 81 say,
partner, how much for your potatoesP"
ssFifty cents" said the farmer, add
ing honestly, '.they are old Ones"
"Why," said the drummer. with an
affected Maine accent, ''if you had
them in New York you could get $3.50
for 'em easy"
The farmer eyed the drummer
sharply. Then he picked up his load
and walked on. remarking sarcastically
as he went:
..Yes, and if had a pail o. ice water
in hell l suppose | could get $40 a
glass for it,"
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-09-04
LETTER FROM KLONDIKE.

From the Kansas City World.
KLoNDIKE, ALASKA,
date Forgotten), 1897.
Dear Billy promised to write you
A line fIom this far northern cline,
Aud 30 l sat down to indite YOU
A bit of cold, frost bitten rhyme.
Pm here in this new Eldorado,
Where clusters of gold grow on trees,
Where the ground hog meier looks for nj
shadow,
For there amt any sun, il you please.
A big cake of ice is my table,
A blanket of snow is my seat,
And l tell you it amt any fable
To saw | don't suffer from heat.
The breeZes blow ten miles a minute
They'd freeze the nose of OF your phiZ-
Old North Dakota amt in it
For billiards. that know how to bliz!
Our grub? o, we're like princes
On the best the land can afford;
MY stomach at times fairly winces
To think it must scrap with such board
Fresh dog is the leading attraction
Broiled, fIicaseed, roasted and fried,
With soup of pale, sickly complexion
OF peas that our ancestors dried.
For dessert we have snow balls with dress
ing
OF glitteriug frost, and our drink
Well, our stomach ain't drenched with nj
blessing
OF coffee or tea, / don't think.
Ice water for breakfast and dinner,
Ice water for supper, and, when
We eat night lunch, Pm a sinner
II il isn't ice water again!
And yet upon frequent occasions
/ sit at a sumptuous board,
Around me the rarest "provisions"
The market can ever afford.
l feast upon meats sweet and tender,
% pastry OF daintiest bake,
Till my appetite make me surrender
And begs me desist-then ! awake.
Tom Smith who, came with US is lying
At rest in a grave in the snow.
He called me up to him when dying
And said: 81 am lucky to go;
o will be sitting and blinking
Ar a fire that's eternally bright"
Tom wasn't q saint, and Pm thinking
He sized the thing up about right.
And Uncle Jimmy McCarty,
The CriI pie Creek miner, is gone
He fell Dy the way when the party
Was h~oofing it up the Yukon.
And Dick, with the starchy shirt side
Around his long neck. and Big Ike,
We stuck up in snowdrifts as guide
boards,
To point out the trail to Klondike.
Dock Bufington weakened at Juneau
Passed out In advance of the draw;
And LordI how we cussed him, for you
know
He always lacked sand in his craw.
But now. when inclined to be talky,
Aud sit here discussing the past,
We freely admit that old Docky
Had q damsite more sense than the rest.
Goodbye, 1 am all in a shiver;
OF the gold 1 have nothing to say
Save this; you bet il / ever
Get back to old env PHI stay.
Where one makes a strike there's a
legion
Will wesrily rawhide it back,
And curse this ice sepulchred region
Like Hessians.
Yours hungrily, JACK.
p. S.-You may read her this letter
You know who / mean-Mary Ann,
And tell her / think she had better
Tie onto some other young man.
And tell the old girl net to below
Because / am hid in the fog.
Well, good bye again, dear old fellow
l must go and help butcher a dog.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-09-04
FASHION NOTES.

Items of Interest for Ladies' Who
Dress I'm Style.
Kid belts are worn with all sorts of
frocks, and they come in charming
colors and with beautiful buckles. In
white they arc as soft as glove kid, and
are strapped tight about a waist with
charming effect.
The newest vinaigrette is made of
agate. The stones polish beautifully,
and those of red and green are particu-
larly popular just now. The tops OF the
~vinaigrettes are of silver, gilded, and
are usually embellished with a stone
OF the color that predominates in the
agate.
Grass lawn seems to have taken a new
lease of life, and bids fair to become a
greater f~avorite even than it proved
last summer. 1t appears in so many
beautiful effects hat it is certainly
hard to pass by in making a selection
of summer textiles. Fine sheer grass
lawn is to be worn over daintily colored
glace silks, many of which are first
accordion plated.
A fashion hat seems to hold its own
indefinitely is having the corsage diff
ferent from the skirt. 1t is both econom-
ical and serviceoble, as well as becom-
ing, which is doubtless the secret of its
success. Whatever may be the cause,
we are content, for it increases our
wardrobes twofold. Whether in the
shape of a fancy silk top or a muslin
lingerie blouse, it is worn with a linen
collar and a smart cravat of some kind.
Very many of the organdie and flow
cred and dotted muslin dresses have
plain tinted batiste or lawn for the
foundation skirt and waist lining. in
stead of t~affeta, on which they were
formerly mounted. The batiste lining
makes a cooler gown, and a more dam
ty, If a little less rich looking one. and
this soft lining can be had in all the
pretty shades of pink, lilac, yellow,
green, or other tints that form the back
grounds OF agured muslins.
Scarfs of point d'esprit or of fine
net edged with lace are used for cravats
with fancy bodices, wound twice about
the throat, and knotted on one side.
Real lace scarfs are used in the same
way, and butter-colored lace of the
many pretty imitation patterns is used
upon bodices, upon which both black
and white ace is lavished. Black net
blouses with applique motifs of white
lace are charming with n girdle OF vivid
green silk, a black skirt, and a cravat of
butter-colored lace.
A dainty chemisette to be worn with
jacket fronts was made of pink crepe
de chine, accordion plated from the
neck. A two-inch band of cream satin
ribbon started from under the chin,
ending in n handsome knot at the
waist. This band was embroidered in
solid stitch. with Asiatic flo. the de-
signs being clusters of pink arbutus,
buds and leaves. The stock of pink
ribbon. the same width, had n bow at
back, and n a little to the left of the
chin, and was edged with a narrow
doubled plating of the crepe.-Chica-
go Inter Ocean.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-09-04

After the fatigue of reviewing the
vast procession that followed him
"home," and of leading the promenade
at the Inauguration ball, the president
is left alone in his glory, the first mani
~festatioH of which is q stack of boxes
reaching halfway to the ceiling, filled
with applications for Office, Nov he
is president indeed, Those preliminary
boxes, nearly every caller, letters by the
thousand, and large willow trunks full
of papers delivered with regularitytfrom
the departments, remind him that the
United States expect every president
to do his duty by the party which
elected him. With a large experience
of this sort of thing, extending over n
longer series of years than ever before
fell to the lot of an American executive,
Mr.. Cleveland began his second term
with months of labor, broken each day
In the small hours of the morning. BY
his effort the path of ~Xecutive duty
was merely opened, and the harrass-
ment Of phieeseekers slightly abated;
bpt the gaia TO thp president was, as 7
rule, a matter of minutes at meaI time,
and n half hour with his family after
dinner, with a-Eeturn to his desk be
tween nine and ten in the forenoon,
while the midnight oil continued.-Cen-
fury.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-09-04
WON HIMSELF IN A RAFslE.
Missouri Man, In Great straits Pm
Himself Up as a Prize.

Missouri Man, In Great Straits, Put
Himself Up as a Prize.
81 encountered the strangest man 1
ever knew while L was doing some gov
eminent work in Missouri said the
retired contractor. HE was smart
enough, so jolly that everyone liked
him, and apparently in the best of
health. But he made a few bad deals.
Had to mortgage some of his property,
and just seemed to throw up his hands.
He vowed that he had ceased to be his
own man, and would drift until he
found out what the world wanted to do
with him.
HE never tried to dispose of any of
his possessions by auction or private
sale. but nearly every day held a rattle,
at which the chief attractions were his
jokes and odd sayings. At this time he
was not trying to earn a dollar, and in
a year or so it was thought that he
had come to the end of his string.
"When he had disposed of the family
clock, and there seemed to be nothing
left, he coolly announced that the next
day he would rattle himself. He didn't
know whether the boys would care to
buy chances, but he meant business,
and would work faithfully for the man
who drew him. Tickets sold for good
figures, but there were two left. and
he laughingly said that he would take
a couple of shots at himself. When the
drawing came Off he held the lucky
number.
"Well sir. the fellow turned loose
and went to making money hand over
hand. He became one Of the greatest
hustlers in the west, paid off the mort
cages. bought everything there was
money in, and is rs rich now as the
river-bottom farm. When he drew him
self at the rattle he made up his mind
that he was his own man again, and,
besides, he had agreed to do his best
for the winner. 1t was a strange case"
Detroit Free Press,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-09-04
PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENT.
A Gift of Magic Possessed by Some
HouRekaaDara

A Gift OF Magic Possessed by Some
Housekeepers.
Most women have domestic tastes
and n genuine love of home which en-
able them to bring out the hidden
possibilities in things and create n
home from the most meager begin
nings. A kind of magic gives them the
power to give to any place where they
may dwell, for however short a time,
the air and atmosphere of home. No
one but a woman would have evolved
a comfortable chair out of a cast-off
barrel, stuffed out with the excelsior
of packing and covered with simple
cotton cloth. No one else could have
created with a little paint q stand or
bookcase from a deal packing box. Yet
many an army quarters or settlement,
SO distant from civilization that the
furniture van never reaches it, has been
temporarily fitted up with these ma
terials, which were left from unpack-
ing. A few prihts have been hung on
the bare board walls, a few womanly
trifles scattered about by way of dec
grafton, and, behold, the lares and
penates of home have found q resting
place. The rude surroundings have
become domestic. A bit of drapery has
been hung here, and the light shaded
there, and a certain air of elegance has
been impaired to the rough frame
work from which the entire picture is
built.
Because a wise woman can evolve an
orderly arrangement for a distant post
from these rude materials it does not
kI,o4 - l. l.
employ them when, with a very little
excrtion, anyone with ordinary ability
can earn money enough to buy good,
serviceable furniture. Such makeshifts
are only excusable in the wilderness,
where time often hangs heavy on ones
bands, and there is no other furniture
to be had. Many a woman has pounded
her fingers and wasted much valuable
time in the effort to make a barrel into
a comfortable chair, when, with the
same mount of eXertion, she could
earn money to buy a much better chair
from a dealer. When comfortable, pref
~ chairs can be purchased at rs cents
each, and other furniture at equally
low prices, it does not pay to spend
much time in using up barrels and old
boxes for furniture.
1t does show a lack of sterling good
and a lack of self-respect to be
content with such makeshifts, when it
is SO easy to procure substantial furni-
ture at a price which any American
workman can pay. 1t is foolish to feel
disturbed and ashamed because your
house is simple and unpretending. Get
the necessary articles of furniture first,
and get them of as substantial char
meter as you can. Show and shallow
pretense are always expensive. No re-
fined woman, with the womanly gift
of arrangement" ever tolerates sham.
The camping furniture described, made
from the crude materials on hand, has
a certain rude grace in harmony with
the simple surroundings of frontier
life. In it's place and way st possesses
a dignity which is utterly wanting
when 1t is introduced where it is not
a necessity. A barrel fashioned to imi-
tate an elaborate upholstered chair,
with materials hat cost more than the
price Of a good chair purchased OUT
right of a responsible dealer, is a vulgar
thing.-N. Y. Tribune.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-09-04
Popular LOw-Triee California
EYenralnnq

The Santa Fe Route daily excursions
to California in tourist sleeping-cars are
deservedly popular. The service pleases
everybody who tries It.. Cars are of
newest pattern and very comfortable,
having all necessary convenieDces.
These excursions are ~patronized by
many OF the best people, and the ticket
rates are low.
The Santa Fe'a California line 10 ~
markabiy picturesque, ats middle course
across the continent avoids extremes OF
heat OF cold.
For descriptive literature, address W.
J, Black, G. u. A., a. II. Il :. r. Ky.,
Topeka, kas., or g, y. Higgins, A. c..
+. A, Chicago.
j. D.. EASTER, JR., Agent,
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The New Excursion Rates

On September 7th the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas Ry. will offer extra inducemen ts
for parties desiring to visit Texas and
witness the unprecedented crops har-
yeited and maturing in that section. See
for yourself the products and take early
advantage OF location for settlement.
Cheap lands, fine water, healihful climate,
every iuduGement offered to settlers, at
the present time, to derive the benefits on
an Investment.
For further information, apply at the
nearest local ticket agent, or address
A, q. MINER, Il. z. A,
Sedalia, Mo.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Letters of administration on the estate OF
David Muir, deceased. were granted TO the
under iRned on the 18th day of August,
1897, by the Probate Court of Lafayette
county, Missouri.
All persons having claims against said estate
ire required to exhibit them for allowance Ia
the administrator within one year after the
late of said letters, or they may be precludec
rom any benefit of such estate; and IL such
claims be not exhibited within two years from
the date of said letters, they will be forever
barred.
This 9Th day of August, 1897.
JOHN MUIR,
Sll-5t Administrator.
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