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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20

but clean-and hungry. 1.-THE four chill
dren really seemed hollow, clear 10 their
boots" as Miss Hannah said afterward.
But that was after she had had the
pleasure of filling them up. Then when
they had gone out into the soft Indian
summer for play, the three elders
drew their chairs together, and talked,
at first hesitantly, then more and more
earnestly, drifting back to the days OF
their childhood and youth, when they,
too, had dreamed and hoped and
planned. And as they talked the tones
grew softer, sometimes even tremulous.
Il should have prayed to die long
ago." the sad-eyed mother said, ''if it
hadn't been for the children. / amt of
much use to them though. Nothing but
al old string that holds them together"
II am not even an old string" Miss
Hannah said, but Sereph, I'll join
myself to you after this, and
We'll tie together" and then some
way, the two wrinkled hands came
together in n long clasp; and then,
presently, there was slipped from one
to the other, the same grimy envelope
Benny had brought.
II never meant to keep it," Miss Han
| nah said. Get comfortable shawl, or
shingles, or anything. And the note,
Seraph; see; it won't ever trouble you
any more" and lifting the stove lid,
| Miss Hannah laid on the Goals a yellow
| paper, that both watched shrivel to
| ashes. you see, Scraph, I'm bound to
have one real Thanksgiving while I'm
| in the flesh. and ever since asked the
| Lord about title seems to open the way
| wider and wider, till most feel as
| though | should be a singer yet and
| player of instruments, I'm getting so
full. Cynthy AIMS going to stay, so I'll
have a face looking out of the window
| for me, and that Ruth of yours must
have some doctoring; and Benny's
bright and will pay for schooling; and
Sammy, too; and as for little katy
well-she's just as cunning as need be.
| Think of her bringing me bouquet.
Out of her own head, too. Seraph,
| guess you've seen your worst days.
When the Lord really calls on Hannah
Litchfeld to help do a thing, She usually
expects TO hold up her end 10 the best of
Ler ability. And she's going to now"
The voices dropped into silence. The
short day was dying in the west in a
flush of golden glory, through which
the sun sent back his rosy promises of
another perfect coming. The children
came through the gate and up the walk.
"And | shall call her Aunt Hannah"
little Katy was piping in her childish
treble. "'cause she's just the sweetest
| lady l most ever see."
Sweetest" and Miss Hannah's lip
curled scornfully. then gently softened
into a smile. "Well, let her think so.
The Lord and a little child may make
her so yet. They have done many a
miracle in this world"
The flush in the west deepened to
purple, then faded into somber gray.
| The mountain side was lost in shadows.
The children, tired with play, dropped
| down on the broad door stone and
talked softly. And within, three
women, worn and weary in many bat
tie of life, sat close together, and each
heart sent up a voice of thanksgiv-
ing for the gifts of Love the day had
brought.-Howe Benning, in Chicago
| Advance.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
DEsR-MICE AS PETS.
They Were Delighted with Home IN
COcOanut Shell.

In ST, Nicholas, G. Rafael O'Rielly
tells of a couple of queer pets that
he caught in the woods. The writer
says:
While rambling one evening in the
woods, / sat down on rock close by
shaded bank all overgrown with soft
green moss and feathery ferns. Not
stump, with hole running in under
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
I.orufc,lov,. Recipe for Health.

In one of the recent magazines there
is a long article on the subject, "How
TO BE Healthy" OF course this doesn't
interest boys and girls very much,
because some OF them are fortunate in
being healthy already, but some of
the older people would like very much
To know the best way of winning back
their health. One time a man asked the
poet Longfellow how to be healthy,
and this is the answer he received:
10y. temperance and repose
Slam the door on the Doctors nose.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
Helping the Heather.

Johnnie" said Mrs. Chaffie, sternly,
"where did you get this dime l found in
your pocket?"
"You gave it to me yourself.S
81 did no such thing"
"Yes, you did, mamma, dear. You
told me to put 1t in the missionary box
and the teacher heard me swear one day
and said was a regular little heather,
so 1 just kept the dime for myself,
N. Y. World.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20

uDle WHY ulCHS inc
mountain road that led from the church
in the village by four miles of sandy
incline up to his own slab barn. Miss
Hannah. alone on the seat of her high
buggy. gave an occasional flick with
the whip. but in meditative manner
as though out of some inner mood.
They were having IAN uncommon
spell of weather" this fall, so the old
men said. Ii was the Sunday before
Thanksgiving, and yet the soft haze in
the air, the quiet through which an occa-
sional drifting Of ruslting leaf or over
ripe nut sounded softly, made it seem
more like October than late November
day.
There was faint whistle through the
sere leaves of small weedy corntield
she was passing. The shocks were
leaning as though stacked by incom-
petent hands.
Hope Seraphll get her corn in be-
fore snow flies" Miss Hannah grum-
. bled hitting Tom so briskly as TO sur
prise him into an effort ut trotting.
Then she turned her eyes resolutely
away from the rickcty house beyond,
standing half way UP bare. stony
hill, and the faded, sad-eyed woman in
the door looked after her longingly,
and lifted the corner of her apron to her
face.
Hannah amt ever going to forgive
me-" She said, weakly, TO her Oldest, Il
sickly girl of IA.
why, what'd you do, map
ITS mostly guess what didn't do
was the answer. "Hannah's dreadful
smart, and she hain't no patience with
those that amt like her. Thenyour pa
was sckly like you, and died, and she
didn't like that; though | can't for the
life Of me see how he was to blame.
He couldn't helpit. But Hannah called
him lazy. And we owe her, too, you
know"
SHOULD think we did," broke in a
boy of 10. Don't we have to most kill
ourselves every year picking berries to
pay the old interest. Wait till | get TO
be a man and I'll pay off her 5000; see
if | don't"
II guess you will, Benny" said his
mother, admirngly. The boys ambi-
tons were a never-failing wonder to his
mother and sister.
MA, did you know next Thursday is
Thanksgiving day." asked younger
boy.
what difference does that make to
us?" was the mothers weary rejoinder.
Its many a year since I've seen
Thanksgiving day. 1 guess the Lords
forgotten us, or else were too bad for
Him to care for. l don't know what
we've done, for sure. Mebbe it's like
Hannah. He hain't no patience with
folks that's down and good for nothing.
Anyway, He hain't thought of us in a
good while"
Miss Hannah, going on her way,
might have been shocked IL she had
heard these sentiments from the lips OF
her cousin Seraph. She always went
to church, rain or shine, although old
Capt. Skinner snid "Miss Hannah could
hear the greatest amount of sermons,
and not one of them stick to her any
more than water to ducks back"
Yet he would have been mistaken this
time.
There's no use talking" had been
the sturdy words that had pricked
through her armor of selfishness, "of
Keeping Thanksgiving unless you've
got the Lords love in your hearts, and
let 1t run over, as He did, toward those
around you. And you never can make
sure thing of it while you cherish an
unforgiving feeling for human soul,
or hold back hand that ought to be
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20

circle, as shown in Fig. 2. Fasten these
shelves in place between the wall plates
by driving screws through the wall
plates and into the edges of the shelves,
securing them in position, as shown
by the two upper lines of black dots
on Fig. /.
Make a bottom shelf on the same
plan, but much smaller, using Fig. 2 as
the pattern, and fasten it in place, az
indicated by the bottom line of dots
on Fig /, then shape the fourth shelf
and attach it in position, and the wood
work will be completed, save the top
boards, to lend finish to the cabinet
The two top boards can be IL inches
long and six inches high, and need
rot be attached securely to the cabinet,
but they may be fastened to the wall
instead after the cabinet has been an
chored fast in the corner.
The woodwork should be painted OF
stained TO match the woodwork in the
room, or if it is of oak, cherry, ash or
sycamore it can be slightly stained
and vanished.
To the under side of the top shelf q
light rod may be suspended, and on
which small rings can slide in order that
pretty curtains of China silk or other
light material may be hung. y
Under the bottom shelf a hook can
be screwed fast from which n cup can
hang, and, If desired, hooks may be
arranged under other shelves to ac'
commodate cups or small pitchers.
When anchoring this cabinet to the
wall care should be taken to secure Il
firmly, as otherwise the weight of books
might cause it to fall.--Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-24
ATTEMPTED RAPE.

Dover Democrat.
Last Monday morning about ten o'clock
John ouche attempted to rap Miss
Jane Phelps. Miss Phelps is the maiden
sister of ID. s. and c. ID. Phelps, two of
our most prominent armers About hf-
teen years ago Mr.. Q. D.. Phelps took this
boy to raise, and he had lived all this time
with Mr. Phelps and sister. Last Monday
the Phelps brothers and Pouch were
putting up hay; they had use for a ladder
and sent John to the house for IL. While
there he made this attempt on the woman
who for SO many years had cared for him.
He would have accomplished his deed had
she not have made the desperate fight
that she did, and finally gotten away from
him. After Miss Jane Gas she is famil-
iarly known) had broken away from the
boy, she ran to the house of Elder George
Plattenburg, their nearest neighbor, and
reported the trouble to him, he notified
the Phelps brothers who were at work in
the hay field. ID. S. Pheles at once came
to town after the constable, who aftersev-
eral hours arrested Poucher and took
him TO Lexington jail. The boy who at
tempted this awful crime is not very well
balanced in mind, but the Phelps had
not thought that there was any danger in
him. One never knows when the demon
In a man OF unsound mind will assert
itself, and do some hideous crime.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-24

Good lumber at low prices at Early's
lumber yard. 7-17tf
Umbrellas, canes and combination sets
cane and umbrella-at w. B. Bolton's.
Warm weather has come and with it
swarms of flies. Tanglefoot fly paper for
sale at Musgrove & Co.'S.
Read Tom Early's add in this issue.
His prices are down at bed rock and his
lumber as good as the best. 7-17tf
HOUSE For RENT-Two story six rooms
frame house, two blocks of courthouse.
Apply to Winkler Furniture Co. 5-22-tf
MIR. Thomas j. Kincaid, OF near We'll
Iington, was adjudged insane by the
county court last Monday and ordered
sent to the asylum at. Nevada.
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph G.. Chinn celebra-
ted the for~ty-seyenth anniversary of their
wedding last Sunday. They were mar
ried July IS, 1850 by Elder Thomas N.
Gaines.
The lawn social given in Mrs. Wilker's
yard Tuesday evening by the members of
the band was we'll attended and the boys
realized a neat sum from the sale Of re-
freshmeuts.
Mr.. VIM. B. Schultz has accepted a po-
sition as salesman with the Standard Oil
Company, OF Kansas City. The position
is a good one and Mr.. Shultz will prove
the man for the place.
Mrs. Jennie Vaughan, studio OF china
painting and water colors. Glasses, We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday morning,
firing Saturdays. 112O Main street, Lex
ington, Mo. 6-26t4
The following low rates to Nashville.
Tenn, from Lexington, via the Mo.
Pacific railroad are now in effect: One
way, $3.50; round trip, $27.15; good to
return until Nov. L. A. s. Loomis, Ag't
The Lafayette County Medical Society
met mt Higginsvllle last week. Those
present were: Doctors Fredendall and
~Straughn, of this city, r. +. L. Hit, of
Dover; Carthrae, of Corder; Goodwin. of
Odessa; Daley, OF MAYHEM, and Carter
Webb, Seeber, Braecklein and Fulkerson,
of HigginsviIle. Doctors Seeber, Harri-
son aud STUMBLE were elected members
and DIR. Clarkson, of MAYHEM, an honor
airy member.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-24

DEATHS
Died, at her home in this city, Wednes-
day, July 81, 1897, from the effects of as
surgical operation, Mrs. Matte E., wife
of Mr.. Travis Buford, aged AZ years, 4
months and 8 days.
Mrs. Matte E.. Buford was born in this
county March u, 1853. She was the
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Lynn &. Cor
don, and was united in marriage to Mr..
Travis Buford November Is, 1873. Two
sons came to bless their union, Lynn b.
and Manville, and their mother lived to
see them grow into stalwart young men
and respected citizens of this community.
She early united with the Christian
church and ever after led a consis-
tent Christian life, trusting all things to
the Savior. When hours OF sorrow and
darkness came to her, as in all lives they
will come, she was able to place her trust
in a loving Savior and see u silver lining
to even the DARKEST cloud.
Her beautiful and Christian character
has stamped upon the minds of her sons
and moulded into their characters the
principles of a true Christian life and in
the years to come in which they must
meet the temptations of the world they
will be guided Alright by the memory OF
the sacred words that fell from the lips of
their mother.
Mrs. Buford had been an invalid for five
years and during that time her suffering
was severe. She wa afflicted with a can
Ger M during the last few months of her
illness she steadily grew worse until in
the hope of saving her life an operation
was decided upon. Drs. p. S. Fulkerson,
Emmett Fulkerson and G.. w. Fredendall
of this city and Doctors HALEY and
Frick, of Kansas City, performed
the operation and all that was posi-
BILE to save her life was done, but she
| grew weaker until Wednesday night the
end came peacefully.
Death presents no terrors to the dying
Christian whose life has been as pure as
hers, and when the end came she was able
to put her hand in that of the Master,
whose teaching she had followed so faith
fully here on earth, knowing that He
would lead her to her home in Heaven.
Hers was only a change from a life full
of sickness and sorrows to a better and
more perfect sphere where cares and sor-
sows are unknown. There the weary oul
may find eternal rest and bask forever in
the SUNSHINE Oh GOuS raulduL COuute-
nance. She has crossed over deaths
dark river to enter upon the shores of a
beautiful eternity.
The bereaved husband has lost a true
and loving companion whose many little
ministrations of kindness were wont to
smooth ava and make easier life's many
sorrows and cares. Her IONS are left to
MOURN the loss OF a tender and affectionate
mother whose every thought was for their
welfare and happiness and whose in
huence for their good will ever follow
them through life.
The funeral services were conducted by
Elder Goode at the family residence yes
terday morning at nine o'clock. An I'M
usually large %concourse of friend fol-
lowed the body to it's last resting place in
Machpelah cemetery. The INTELLIGEN-
GER extends its most sincere sympathy to
the bereaved family.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-24
SnecinI Notice.

To the members of the "Old Mems Club" of
Lafayette County, Mo.
The annual meeting will be held at
Odessa, Mo-, September 4, 1897.
Information is wanted on the following
points:
1. Concerning the death of any MEM
bers of the club in the last two years.
Give age, date of death, aud any other
important facts in the life aud family of
the deceased.
9. Any important or interesting incl
dents in the lives of living members,
especially matters in early life. Give
your personal "reminiscences, &c.
g.. Any important events in the early
history of the county.
A. Any information that will assist in
getting up the history and the annual
address for the ensuing meeting.
Please send as 500 as possible.
REV. IL. NJ. SYDEEsTRICKER,
Marshall, Mo.
loo N-
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-24
BATTLE OF LEXINGTON.
Thirty-SiXth Anniversary VIII be
Celebrated i'll Fitting Style.

The Battle of Lexington will be Gele-
brated this year as it has never been cell
ebrated before. At a mass meeting Of
citizens at the courthouse Thursday night
it was decided to make the celebration on
the 36th anniversary the greatest affair
in the history OF Lexington. Several plans
are being considered and it is very proba-
bic that William j. Bryan will be here.
A strong effort will be made to get him to
come.
The following executive committee has
been appointed:
Mayor John Taubman, chairman; j. NJ.
Crowder, Philip Keller. IL. j. Groves,
Horace Blackwell, Frank Bowman.
This committee has been given full au-
thority concerning the celebration. 1t
will meet at Mayor Taubman's Office next
Monday evening at s o'clock to consider
plans for the ce ebratiou.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-24
Shoe Store.
Main St, Opp. Court House.
LOCAL sHORT-sToPs.

kSunshades a shade lower at w. B. Boil
bn,s than elsewhere. 7-17t1
Go to Early's for your lumber. He sells
rst class lumber at bed rock prices. II
|EThe Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros.
&rcus combined will be here October 2.
wall paper, latest designs and pref
sst patterns at the lowest prices. A.
HeN 5-1-lOt
AulI & Wilson keep the choicest teas
Id conees on the market. Give them a
kIL. 5-22tf
Z Wall paper from five cents to twenty
bents. latest color and designs, at A.
ss'e,s- 6-1-1Ot
4 By the death of his brother in Australia
WIN. Robertson. of Higginsville, has fall
len heir to : 1000.
John Morrison repairs umbrellas, fans,
locks and keys and warrants all work.
Rive him a call. 6-26tf
The proper way to build health is to
3pake the blood rich and pure by taking
hoods ~Sarsaprilla, the one true blood
purifier.
When in need of anything in the gro
tery line, call on AulI & Wilson. They
Eeep only the best and sell as low as the
bwest. 5-22tf
The members of the Methodist Sunday
SCHOOL held a picnic Thursday at Affords
grove that was greatly enjoyed by the
Soung folks.
The transfer company keeps a call book
it the Mammoth livery stable, and one at
he Grand Central hotel. Leave orders at
Shese places. 1O-27-tf
Something for house-keepers- 1t Will
DO everything. Use it once. You will
hever do without it. G. C. c., at Eggles-
ton & Ewing's. 5-16tf
If you would be cured of constipation
and all its evil effects, take "Forker's
Electricity Pills." No nausea, gripping or
Eveakening effects. All druggists sell
Them. 4,3tf
Mr.. Arthur Young, son OF Mr.. A. A.
Houug living a few miles south of town,
lost a fine horse Sunday. He rode the an
|mal TO Prairie church and hitched him to
Me rack. He had been inside of the
church only a short time when the horse
pulled back and choked himself TO death.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-24

The races at Higginsville yesterday
were we'll attended. A number of our
citizens went down to witness them. The
races were unusually good and many fast
horses were entered. Quite a large crowd
intended to go down his morning from
this place.
Ex-Sheriff Zach. w. Wright was in
Lexington yesterday. Mr.. Wright had
just finished threshing out the wheat
raised on one hundred acres OF his
farm and the yield was 200 bushels.
Twenty-Five bushels to the acre is a large
yield especially for this year. MIR. Wright
is one of Lafayette county's most success
full farmers and owns n of the best
farms in the Missouri valley.
Richmond Conservator: Rev. u. NJ.
Williams, of Gallatin, Mo-, the newly
elected principal of Central Female Col
lege at Lexington, has secured the servi-
ces of Mrs. j. b. Menefee, of this city, to
be mat, on for that college during the en-
suing school year. Mrs. Menefee is an
excellent woman aud particularly fitted
for such a position, and Rev. Williams
should be congratulated upon securing
her services. Miss Berrien Menefee will
accompany her mother to Lexington and
study music in that college. They will
many friends in this city will regret to
zee them leave, but will wish them I'M
bounded success in their new home.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-24

John w. Field and wife to s. A.
Vermillion, lots 5 and g, block
+, McCord's addition to Hig-
ginsville. 49,. ...... 500 OC
Jno George to James II. Cole, lots
6, z, 8 and 9, block 8, in Odessa. 500 0C
ID. II. Via and wife to II. G.
Booton, lots l and 2, block 81,
st. Thomas addition to Wa
very ..-.-.-..... ..-.--..-. ooZ oU
Forest L. Shelby and wife to Kas-
per Kramer, a part of lot 2, Cor
der's addition to Corder. ........ 425 0C
II. +. Kleinschmidt ct al, trustees
ofschool district No. 4. to Kasper
Kramer, part of lot 2, Corder's
addition TO Corder -. ........ % 0O
Henry Torluemke to Laura Tor
luemke, lot 10, and north half
of lot l, block 4, Corder's addi-
ton to Alma, -. 1000 90
John George to A. W. Sandring a
part of lots 6 and z, block z, in
Odessa ................. 1000 &C
job w. Price ct al to j. b. Here
ford, part of lot 10, block 10, in
Odessa e. DAG Sc
Thos. b. Powers and wife to w.
L.. ~Cheatham, a strip of land in
block 1, Lees addition to Odessa 200 0C
Joseph Weber and wife to school
district No. 4, lots 8 and TO-.
block +, Corder's addition to
Corder... 80. 325 OO
w. J. Lesser and wife to Joseph
Weber, lots Is and IA, block b,
Lesser addition to Corder ..... 225 90
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-24
Left Home

On Wednesday, May 9th, 1897, my son,
William K. Kennedy. Was last seen the
day following at the union depot, Kansas
City, Nc. Told the man who saw him
that he was going to Topeka, Kansas. He
Is Is years old, rather tall and slender in
build, fair complexion, sharp featured,
blue eyes, small and bright, brown hair.
He is quiet and reserved in manners, two
upper front teeth broad and prominent,
has a white scar made by lance on left
arm, midway W wrist and elbow.
No trace has been had of his whereabouts
since leaving Kansas City. l will pay a
reward of $50 to the party locating my son
and giving me rmation as to his
whereabouts that l may see him.
AMUEL KENNEDY,
Richmond, Mo-.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-24
TRUSTEES SALE,

Whereas, Adolphus Carpenter and Mary
Carpenter, his wife, by a certain deed of trust
dated the eleventh day of October, eighteen
hundred and ninety-four, and filed for record
in the office of the recorder of deeds i'm and
for Lafayette county, Missouri, ON the
twentieth day of October, 1884, and duly
recorded in said office of the recorder of deeds
of Lafayette county, Missouri. in book lis, ut
page l54, conveyed to the undersigned the
following described real estate situate, lying
and being in the county of Lafayette and state
of Missouri, to-wit: The northwest quarter OF
the northwest quarter and the east half of the
of the southwest quarter, all in section ~, in
township As. of range 20, containing 100 acres
more or less, said conveyance being In trust
to secure the payment of an Indebtedness in
said deed of trust described; and whereas.
default has been made in the payment thereof,
now, therefore, public notice is hereby given
that i, the undersigned, trustee. at the request
of the legal holder of said Indebtedness and
deed of trust, and in pursuance of the terms
of said deed of trust, and by virtue of the
power vested in me by said deed of trust,
will on
MONDAY, AUGUST 9th, 1897,
mt the court house door, i'm the city of Lex
ington, in Lafayette county, Missouri, pro-
coed to sell and will sell the property herein
before described, or any and every part
thereof, at public auction. to the highest
bidder, for cash, between the hours of nine
O'Clock Il. III and five o'clock u. m, of said
day, to pay the said Indebtedness aud interest.
and the cost and expenses of executing this
trust.
J. o. LESUEUR.
TlI-td Trustee.