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him SO cautiously that presume l
cidn't jerk the rope bit. ! wonder
that l hadn't shouted to him at the
very first, but it didn't enter my head
for me to do anything but hang on and
climb.
.'When | had slowly climbed up we'll
under the car, without thinking what
the effect would be l shouted 'Halloa!
and the next instant was almost jerked
off the rope, for the balloonist gave a
Jump that very nearly upset the car,
and when l caught sight of his face,
after he had turned around two or thrSe
times, trying in ii dazed sort of way to
find out where the voice came from. it
was as white asa sheet. He looked eau
tiously over the edge of the basket.
"'How in the name Of he began,
but suddenly cut it short. Hold on a
minute Ionger!' he shouted.
"And in a twinkling he had made a
moose in the end of piece of rope that
was lying in the ear, and had passed it
down, moose end first, through the wick
er-work bottom of the basket.
"'Put one foot into the loop he
called out, and will tie the other end
of the rope here, to support your
weight. That will take the strain off
your hands till I can get you into the
car
''It was a great relief to have the
strain of my weight taken off my hands
and feet With one foot in the loop I
could hang on very comfortably. But
then serious question arose. How was
/ to get into the basket? An attempt
to climb up over the side might upset
that frail affair.
Wait minute called out the aero
naut. I'll cut out two of the ribs of the
basket, right here in the bottom. and
then, by springing the next one on each
side back a little, guess you can crawl
up through" and this was done mo-
ment later.
81 can tell you I was glad when l
found myself sitting In the bottom of
the basket resting.
How long has it been since we left
the ground 2 asked
THE aeronaut looked at his watch.
Sc Just five minutes he said
"a good deal can happen in five min
utes.
''That," continued my companion,
''was the way came to be an aeronaut."
''The affair created a great sensation.
and / was talked about far and wide.
The owner of the hot-air balloon was
shrewd enough to see that there was.
money to be made out Of so much free
advertising, and he made me hand
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-03

those who practice IL. Educate men
around you to better things by example
and thorough agricultural literature.
Educate the boys to measure them.
selves by the side of men who have
been successful. And if you live in the
country, have at least one good, prac-
tical farm paper in the home.
There are a few old dead heads"
who are in the same boat Admiral Far
ragut was but we hope when they are
out of the way their influence on the
boys will be the opposite. For an OBJ
ject lesson count ten of your nearest
neighbors and find out how many of
them have any agricultural literature
in their homes, and we will venture
TO say that when one gets an idea OF
good-we mean good-agricultural lit
erature in country homes. the wonder
will be that there are not more ruS
farmers.
The boy who sees in print discus
sion of the work which he performs,
though he be ever so slow and dull,
will be encouraged by the attention the
world is giving it, and will feel some
thing of the enthusiasm of the student
as he goes deeper and deeper into the
science of a profession. The discipline
of farm work, of being alone in the
fields, working in harmony with ma
ture, tends to develop an originality,
sturdy and true, which often leads on
to success, when city lads are toe often
content with being a Jolly go,;a fell
low. - Ell omeStead
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RUT FARMING.
There's Many Farmer Who Fails to Live
Up to His Possibilities.


There are two kinds of rut farmers.
First those who work hard and are
preiudiced in their methods; and sec
ond, those who do not work hard and
are Indifferent in their methods. The
difference in them is this: The first
does not know any better, and the sec
ond don't do as we'll as they know; or,
other words ignorance and Incidence
are the causes of rut farming. Some
men don't want to know it. The man
who doesn't know it we ought to try to
wake up the man who doesn't want to
know it we had better give up, and the
man who does know it will get himself
up. Some men think they are like
Admiral Farragut, who, when asked to
leave his old wooden gunboat and take
command of new iron one. replied
that .she was too old a dog to learn
new tricks Rut farming is simply
falling to live up to ones privileges.
One of the ruts is raising scrub stock
Just because it will rustic for itself and
stand the cold better. We concede that
point. if that is the main object of rais-
ing stock, and when it goes on the
market by the side of blooded stock. as
it must in this age, we always hear,
sits just my luck to strike bad mar
ket. Another rut is leaving machin-
cry exposed to all kinds of weather,
and a hundred similar ruts might be
mentioned. But one of the most hope
less rrts man can get into is .putter-
ing;n it leads to nearly everything that
makes life unpleasant. God pity the
man who is merely existing when he
might be living up to so many golden
opportunities. All men make mistakes,
but mistake is not a rut until COM
mitted the second time. The rut farm
ers are the stragglers IN the great pro-
eeasion, and We only hops that they
will catch. mp bsfor5 that Last Day"
II Ignorance AMI Incidence are the
eausss of rat farming, then the only
ws,y 80 reform it is 70 educate it out Of
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took some time to fill it from the mouth
of an oven-like affair tina t set above a
trench, in which a big fire. was snap
ping and roaring, fed BY pitch wood and
oil soaked barrel slaves.
The drag-rope was lying coiled upon
the ground, and the balloon was held
down by stout ropes carried out on all
sides.
'As the huge affair got larger and
larger and began to tug vigorously on
the ropes, we boys who were looking on
got more and more excited, and when
they began to get the basket ready to
fasten under the balloon, we had
crowded up pretty close to the great
swaying air ship.
Now, boys. keep back said the
aeronaut, as he came into the circle to
make everything ready; keep back, or
some of you will get hurt, with this bas-
l1et thrashing about here;' for by this
time the basket had been fastened on
and the balloon was filed out nearly
full ses a-n ID ~
The balloonist threw into the basket
several bundles of circulars which he
was going to throw out, handful by
handful, as he rose through the air, the
proprietors of various stores in the town
having taken this then original method
of distributing their circulars and
dodgers.
Everything was now ready. The hot
air had been shut off, the mouth of the
balloon had been closed, and the balloon
ist had arranged his circulars ready to
throw out, q dozen or SO at time, as
lie went up
LET go the ropes!' he shouted.
''And the great sphere shot up into
the air, with white paper tiuttering.
out from it on all sides.
''I could never tell exactly how it
happened" continued my seatmate,
"but suppose it was a mixture of boy
ish curiosity and a sudden pressure
from behind, as the crowd surged for
ward; but know that suddenly STUN
hled forward and fell upon the coil of
drag rope that was being rapidly taken
up. In falling. my foot in some way be-
came entangled in rope, so that a loop
in it caught me by one ankle, and quick
as 4 flash | was going up into the air at
the rate of a mile minute, hanging
head downward, while great cry of
horror was sent after me by the peo-
pie below. a~
You may be sure that no more sur
prised boy ever left terra-firma than l
was, when I saw theBearth suddenly
dropping away from me, as it seemed.
Fortunately, did not lose my head
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| though the position was certainly IA
| vorable for: such q result. Instructive
Ely I grasped the rope that was hanging
down beside me and hung on for dear
life.
'tThe aeronaut above me apparently
knew nothing of what was going on
below his ear, for the dry-goods and
se-furnishing circulars continued to
futter down past me in undininished
quantities.
':He had doubtless heard a greatcry
from the crowd. but Interpreted it prob
ably as oceasoned by the sight of a
balloon ascension, which was then
more of Il novelty in that region than it
would be to-day.
"lkftersa minute / was able to get my
foot out of the loop in which it had
an upright position. The balloon was
rising steadily, and there was no more
| Jerking and apparent motion to therope
than there would have been had it
been suspended from a high beam in
a barn, and this alone made it possible
for me to cling to it.
Il now found that could twist one
leg around the rope, and by resting one
foot ON the rope where it crossed the
other foot, could very nearly remove
the weight from my hands, which was
Il great relief / knew then thatI had
chance to get. out Of the fix | was in,
for / could now alternately rest my
5is, RI Y111- faaf q
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some offer to make the aseensions with
him, and promptly accepted the offer.
| was greatly interested in my new
work, and gradually begun to add some
attractions, such as performing on the
trapeze bar as the ascension was made,
and then parachute leaps from the bal
loon, high in air, But never attempted
when | went up hanging by one foot to
the drag-rope. Webb Donneli, in
Golden DAYS.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-07-03
The Cotton Crop.

This crop is now fully under way.
In the more southern portions of the
cotton belt the crop has already been
brought to stand" Further north
the 'schopping out1 is going on steadi-
ly. 1t is better to thin to stand at
once than to attempt the plan of
blocking" or leaving in lunches,
once quite popular. Nothing is gained,
and often the young plants being
crowded, grow tall and spindling, and
this condition causes unnecessary
trouble and delay when the second
hoing comes on, besides retarding
the healthy, stocky development of the
plants. If the land is in good condi-
ton, a harrow run diagonally across
the rows will do rapid and effective
work; any crust which may have
formed is broken, the crop of young
grass is Killed, and the cotton plants
become strong enough to be thorough
ly hoed at the first working. Thus
both time and labor are saved, which
tends to reduce the cost of production,
and this should be the object aimed at
by every cotton producer at the south.
Dixie Farmer.
More In the Man Than in the Land.
It is often remarked with great truth
that ''there is more in the man than in
the land" This is frequently verified
in the history of farmers who achieve
success on lands naturally poor. It is
stated that in Georgia, in the year
1895, a man with a family of nine chill
dren rented a farm. With two mules
he raised supplies enough on the farm
to feed the family and stock for the
year, and marketed IS bales of cotton.
With the proceeds of the cotton he pur-
chased the farm and built a house
thereon. Is there any other business
that will support those running it. pay
all expenses and enable man to pur-
chase the entire stock?
There is great deal more in the man
than in the land, but it is a happy COM
bination when there is something in
both land and man.-Dixie Farmer.
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7
WILL GET THEIR sWAG.
eoldbug Democrats WIN Not BE For-

gotten.
Let the "gold democrats" hold their
peace. Their pound of flesh will be paid
them in due time by the Mckinley adj
ministration. Their claruor for cur
rency reform based upon the Indian-
apolis plan is to have weighty consid-
Grafton by the powers that be. The
Times Herald, Of Chicago, which Is
generally considered one of the inspired
mouthpieces of the s'Advance Agent of
Prosperity tells it's allies not to be
downcast, where two have to ride one
horse, one must ride behind" !" After
those who fried the fat so literally last
fall, in the interests of Mckinley and
his henchmen, get their share of plum
der and of tariff concessions to them,
then will come the day for the anxil-
iaries, who are to reap the reward for
their perfidy to democratic principles,
in the shape Of retirement of green
backs, substituting therefor bank bills
based upon the single gold standard,
standard which is the shuttlecock for
other nations to play with.
The Times-Herald says that Me-
KinIey las expressed his concurrence
with the indianapolis plan, and when
the proper time comes will do his whole
duty towards its adoption" This is
certainly very candid and very fair.
The republican party believes in living
up to it's agreements with those whom
it wishes to make use Of on a future
occasion, and so viii its democratic
allies receive savory reeompense to
their hearts content; if they will but
exercise little patience. - Buffalo
Times.
The Dingley bill went to the sem
ate with raw wool taxed and OUT
rageous duties on woolens, but with
hides on the free list. The cattle trust
did not propose to stand that, and
through two or three western senators
threatened to kill the bin il a duty was
not put upon hides. The republicans
in the senate responded to this holdtup
by giving the cattle trust whatit asked.
So it turns out that shoes and all other
manufactures of leather must be taxed
because wool is to be taxed and the
duty on wooIens increased. Atlanta
Journal.
The manufacturing interests of
the coaantry are rapidly discovering that
the way to baild up a great trade h ~
be freed from customs restrictions Inc
United States cannot do business with
commercial enemy, and protection
makes eneuafes faster than#any scheme
of reeTpr, oity can make ftisntla. KAN
4as City Tines,
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xahHERaRS n a.
1705

Neath England 8 haru, FSleit1eSS SHJS5S
But surely twas not thus to he;
A higher Power ruled over an;
And out of wars grim, wrinkled front
We merged, despite itsalpQnay pail.
AS gallant freemeH fought fof right
And Wisdom's all far-seeing eye
Behold future for our land
For which the patriot dared to die.
Their precious @blood@was freely given,
Upon their country's altar shed;
And now we glory in the deeds
OF our departed, honored dead.
To Washington, the great and true,
And all his brave, victorious host,
We homage pay with glad acclaim,
And in their memory make our boast.
Thus on this day of all the year
Columbia's brightest stars may shine
To tell of Independence won,
While low we bow at Freedoms shrine.
And as the rolling years go by,
And added glory crowns our land,
Still brighter may their memory grow
Who first led Freedoms holy band.
R. E. De Reef, in ". Y. Ledger.
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a Lnr.a One.

His Mother-in-La Why, what's the
matter? You look as gloomy as a new
moon in a fog.
HeNo wonder! Bilkins called me a
colossal ass!
His Mother-in-Law-Well, yor are
Iarge.--Larks
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Consiaernte nncfnr.

Mr.. sickly-NoW, doctor, tell me, can-
didly, n what condition do you find
my lungs?
pr. soonover hey are IL pretty bad
shape, but there is no tfaf.ser of their
not lasting as long as you liye.N. y,
World.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-16

260.03; permanent county, township
and district school fund, 81, ,912, ,692 SO
total permanent school fund, $l2, 1885,
49l19.
The total enumeration of school chill
dren for 1895 was 944 935; total re-
ceipts, So, ,282 1881; total eXpendi-
| lures, $6,45I, ,S7S.17; average length
of school terms in days, 40; number
of public school houses in state, 10 900 a;
total enrollmen of children for 1890,
644 ,577; value of public school prop
erty, $15, ,9:93. .445.
The Statt' University, located at Col
umbia, stands at the head of the great
educational system of the state. The
university is divided into the following
departments Academic, normal, ag-
riculture and mechanics, law, medi-
cine, enginec.rill military science and
tactics, mining and metallurgy. Each
one OF these departments occupies a
splendid bl ikding especially designed
for the purpose 1t fulfills.l
Total nu nIber of students last year
66l. The state has three normal
schools located, at Kirksville, War
rensburg and Cape GIrardeax. These
institution W ere established and equip
ped to prepare teachers for the public
schools.
For the year 1895 the totai enroll
ment at the normals was l,SSS. LIN
coin institute, located ut Jefferson
City, the capital of the state, was
established as a normal school for the
exclusive purpose of training colored
teachers, but it also has an Industrial
department. 1t has become college
for the higher education of colored
boys and girls The institution is doing
a good work and is well supported.
LOW RATE OF TAXATION.
The eleemosynary institution con-
sist of three insane asylums, located at
Fulton, St. Joe and Nevada; school
for the deaf and dumb ut Fulton; Il
school for the blind mt st. LOus; the
reform school for boys at Boonville,
and the industrial home for girls at
Chillicothe These institutions are
literally provided for by the state, and
are in the forefront as to scientific and
economical management.
The government of Missouri is con-
servative and careful, guarding with
Jealous care the credit OF the slate.
The bonded debt of the state, which
was over $4,000, 900 in 1878, has been
reduced to $5,097 900, and Missouri
81 per cent 500 bonds sell at pre-
MUM. Taxation is very low, the state
tax being but 25 cents on the 500
valuation upon n low assessment.
Ten cents of this levy is for payment
of interest and principal of bonded in
debtedness cents GoeS to the common
schools, so that tax of 10 cents on the
800 valuation pays for all the govern
mental expenses, including what ap-
preparations are made from the revenue
fund for the university, normal schools
and eleemosynary Institutions No
state can show greater results for the
small amount of money taken from the
Taxpayers.
Missouri has four cities which manu-
facture largely-St. Louis. Kansas City,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-16
A STRAIGHT COURSE.
Pointed Ont TO Those Who Have
Catarrh in Any Form.

You have got chronic catarrh, have
YOU? You have had it some time? And
could not find cure? Well, there are
thousands more like you in this country.
If the slightest vestage of the catarrh
remains over during the hot weather 1t
will begin to make itself felt now. If
YOU really want to get cured this is the
way to do it. Get a bottle of Pe-ru-na
and take teaspoonful before each meal
and at bedtime. When you have con-
tinued this for thirty days sit down and
write a letter 10 DIR. Hartman, Column
bus. Ohio. Tell him exactly your symp-
toms; how long you have had catarrh;
what effect the medicine has had on
YOU. He will answer your letter
promptly, telling you what to do further
lie will make no charge. And if you
will continue to write to the Doctor,
following faithfully the advice he will
give you, you are sure to get cured.
Some cases take longer than others.
Perhaps the average length of time it
takes to cure genuine case of catarrh
is three months. Some get cured much
quicker than this. Stubborn cases may
require longer treatment. Time or
trouble ought to be no barrier to one
afflicted with this dreadful disease.
All people who are interested in know
ing about catarrh can get an instructive
illustrated book on chronic catarrh in
ali stages and location, free of charge.
The book was written by DIR. Hartman
and will be sent for a short time to
anv address by The Pe-ru-na Drug
| Manufacturing Company, Columbus,
Ohio.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-16
THE LEXINGTON BURGLARIEs.
Two Young Men Arrested, Charged
With Attempt to Burglarize.

Since the twenty-sixth day OF Novem-
ber, fifteen successful and unsuccessful
attempts to burglarize Lexington stores
have been made. Beside these, several
residences have been entered. In only
two cases have the burglars secured
enough to pay for their trouble. At
Mr. Robert Taubman's they secured
three gold watches and over 5000. At
Crenshaw 81 Young's drug store they
once got about S22. At the other points
their booty would not in the aggregate
amount to s..
The following are the stores at which
burglars have entered or attempted to
enter:
Musgrove Il Co., twice; Watt Aull,
once; Geo. King, once; Chas. Loomis,
once; G. IL. Schaefermeyer, once; 'Jno-
Powell, once; f. Braun, once; f. G.
Loomis, once; McCausland & McCaus-
land, twice; Crenshaw & Young, twice;
Jos. Long, once.
Every effort has been made by the
authorities to catch the burglars. Extra
policemen patrOled the streets and
guarded the stores, but success did not
crown their efforts. A score or more
have been suspected. All kinds of plans
have been laid to catch the guilty
parties, but up to last Friday night no
arrests were made.
Mr.. w. G. Musgrove was led to sus-
pect that his store was the next on the
docket, and he so informed Deputy Con-
stable Smith Benedict. Mr.. Benedict
took charge of the case, and with Mr..
Samuel Drysdale "stood watch" over
the store last Friday night. About one
o'clock two young men came to the
front door and attempted to push it
open. Failing in this, they tried a
bunch of keys, but none would fit any
of the doors They carried a dark
lantern and threw light into the store
from the front, but failed to see Bene-
dict and Is-ysdale, who were secreted in
the rear. After trying in vain the front
doors and one of the doors in the rear of
the store, they went to the other rear
door. They then threw the light from
their lantern into the store from this
door. discovered the guards, and ran.
Messrs. Benedict and Drysdale ran after
them and captured them on College
street. On their persons they carried
KEYS, a saw, dark lantern and other
instruments. The boys were lodged I'm
jail. On Tuesday they waived prelim-
mary examination, and were bound
over to the grand jury on $500 bond.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-16

St. Joseph and Sprlnfeld-beside a
number of thrifty and progressive
minor cities st. Louis, which now
has a population of 100000 people, is
the third manufacturing city in the
country.
It has often been asserted, and the
assertion can be maintained, that in no
country on the globe can a greater
variety of industrial pursuits be made
profitable than in the state of Missouri.
Its resources are practically inexhaus-
tible. They are greater in variety than
those IN any other state of the Ameri-
can union.
Their development is in its infancy,
and yet sufficient has been learned in
regard to them to show that it is safe
and profitable to invest money. in n
thousand avenues to assist in her enter
prises. In all walks of life-upon the
farm, in the workshop, in the Office
where intelligence, sobriety and indus
try have prevailed, success has crowned
the efforts of her people. Her farmers,
her merchants and her professional
men are her bankers, and her finan-
cial institutions are among the strong
est and most conservative and the
most safe in the union.
During the recent financial depres-
sion which visited the country her
metropolitan city not only passed
through the panic without bank fail
ure, but was sufficiently strong in gold
reserve 10 offer millions to the govern
ment to aid it, shold 1t need them.
1t Is q land of schools and churches,
of education, refinement and culture,
land flowing with milk and honey,
where the lack of bread is something
unknown, where hospitality, kindness
and fraternity prevail, where the laws
are strictly and impartially enforced
by pure and fearless judiciary, and
where happiness and cOhtentment pre-
vail as nearly rs they do in any country
upon the earth. A. A. LESUEUR,
Secretary of State.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-16

Commencing Sunday, Nov. 10Th. 1896,
trains will pass Lexington Junction ou
the Wabash as follows:
West bound-No. 5, Kansas City and Des
Moines express, 5:10 a. M; No. Z, Denver
limited, 7:40 a. m; No. 3, fast liue, 4:5O p
M; No. II, local freight, 4:35 p. m.
East bound-No. 2, New York limited,
HOS a. m; No. 8, Chicago and Toledo fast
mail, 7:45 p. M; No. 4, st. Louis and Des
Moines express, 10:41 p. m; No. 20, local
freight, 800 a. m.
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