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a LITTLE

-"NVhat is an octopus, anyhow
San octopus is a monster which Is
found, chiefly, in political speeches.
Puck.
-She-"Did you see anything in New
York that reminded you of Philadel-
phia?" He-"Yes; the messenger boys"
Harlem Life.
Matter of Conscienee.-''Is it proper
to address an alderman as 'honorable'?'
ut isn't a question of propriety. but OF
conscience."-Chicago Evening Post.
when a man gifts ter feelin' dat dis
world KANT git along wifout i'm" said
Uncle Eben, he giner'ly settles back
an loafs in a way dat doesn't leave no
possible chance oh his being missed
Washington Star.
Getting Suspicious.-Mr. Sprightly
well, you know, my love, even the
devils not as black as he's painted"
Mrs. S.-'I don't know about that, but
I know he's Il good deal blacker than he
paints himself."-Detroit Free Press.
-Charity.-"But. my dear" gently
demonstrated her husband, II thought
L gave you five dollars to buy a sofa
cushion for your fancy table at the
fair, yesterday" why. but, John, dear,
this five dollars is to buy it back
Judge.
Mrs. Newrocks-"Mercy! These
b-aggagemen are very careless!" Miss
Newrocks-"What have they done,
mammal" Mrs. Newrocks why,
they've tori and defaced the labels on
our trunks so thai it is very hard for a
stranger to see we have been to Eu-
rope."-Puck.
NO" said the gentleman in the bald
wig, 81 amt much of a bass singer; but
you ought to hear my brother" Was
he much?" asked the gentleman with
the pea-green whiskers. much? His
voice was SO heavy hat it made him
bow-legged to carry Indianapolis
Journal.
How 1t Got Its Name.-In making
the round of his garden for the first
time, Adams attention was attracted
by a rich-looking, d-own-covered fruit
growing on one of the trees. He pulled
one of the specimens that hung within
easy reach and took a bite Of it. well"
he exclaimed, r~apturously, you're a
nAachI"-Chicapo Tribune.
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ALASKA
A Variety That 10 Said to Beat tAs
WOrld-Gnats, Also.

A Variety That Ia Said to Beat the
WOrId-Gnats, Also.
Not the least of the difficulties to be
encountered by the Alaskan gold seek
err is the terrific warfare waged by the
mosquitoes. They are something aw-
full, and every traveller who has writ
ten anything on the subject of Alaska
mentions them as pests worse than the
locusts of ancient Egypt.
The New Jersey variety is not to be
considered in comparison with these
northern pests, that come in clouds and
envelop man and beast in an embrace,
sometimes OF death.
When the weather is warm-and it
gets very warm during the long days
of the short summer, especially about
Juneau and along the new route to
the kiondike valley-the mosquitoes
seem to rise out of the earth. They
are everywhere, and 40 kind of net
will stop them.
Prof. Dali, Of the Smithsonian insti-
tuition, went TO Alaska q few years ago,
when the Western Union Telegraph
company was considering the practical
bility of running q wire.
His work was SO seriously impeded
by the mosquitoes that he made a spe-
cial report on them in which he said
that they laughed at blankets even,
and were repelled' by nothing but buck
skin. Think of a mosquito sufficiently
robust to sink a shaft through a blan-
ket. Nothing in the way of smoking
or using chemicals seemed to have any
effect on the pests, according to the
learned professor.
Lieut.. Schwatka says that his great
est trouble came from mosquito bites,
and a doctor who accompanied Schwat-
ka declared that the Alaska mosquitoes
were so cunning that two Of them
would hold the legs and wings of a
third fiat against his body in order
to let him squeeze through the meshes
of the finest net. Most people think,
however, that they are too mean to
help one another.
Then there are gnats also. In the
region of Lake Tahco they are espe-
cially numerous and voracious, and
many a traveller who has encountered
an army of them led Toy a few mosqui-
to generals has prayed for the first
time since he left home and mother.
The mosquitoes and gnats will fight
a battle royal over a juicy prospector
from the south, and his life, between
them, becomes a Observation-Disclosures
ENQUIRER,
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Verdi. according to the London
Daily Chronicle, is amusing himself al
Montecatini by writing the requiem fol
his own funeral.
All of the alphabet as far as the
word 'foister" of the Oxford CMurray)
English dictionary is now completed,
and much work has been done on the
letters g, H and K.
In Puerto Rico recently a candidate
who had reached the age of SIS years
without taking his bachelor degree
dropped dead when the examiners told
him he had passed the first part of the
examination.
-Mashonaland natives, who are now
fighting the British, seem to be pro-
vided with small-bore rifles. They are
pulling down the African transconti-
mental telegraph wires and cutting
them up into bullets.
Sig. Nicolini's health has improved
enough for Adelina Patti to begin en-
~tertaining again at Craig-y-Nos. She
has now the prince and princess of
Monaco and Mr.. Isador de Lara, the
composer, as her guests.
-Klondike reports were not believed
in England at first and the newspapers
for a week spoke of the alleged discov-
cries in Alaska. They changed at once
10 ''the gold finds in Canada" when they
became convinced of the truth.
Lord Justice of AppealMacnaghten
lad his watch snatched from his pocket
by a thief in London one evening re-
Gently. Though nearly 20 years of age,
he sDrinfAd cauoht him. within "a annplA
Of blocks and got his watch back.
-Notrustee may legally investmoney
in bonds OF the city Of London, as the
act of 1893. by q blunder of the
draughtsmen, while permitting trus-
tees TO inyestin the debt of any borough
having $4,000 inhabitants, does not spe-
officially mention London, and as the
census takes into account only the
night population, the city has less than
the 10000 inhabitants required.
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A WILD GARDEN.
where the blossoms of wood aAd
Prairie Bloom.

Mhere the nlOnsONnn OF oo1 &Aa
Prairie Bloom.
It has come to be quite the thing
nowadays TO have a place in our garden
for the wild flowers, So popular has
this kind of gardening become there
are florists who make q specially OF
such plants, and their trade in supply
ing the public demand is good. But the
great pleasure, ! think, is the seeking
them out ia the woods for ourselves.
4 thing that we individually have dis
covered, and have had to work for 10
procure, is always more precious and
valuable to us in our estimation, 1t is
true, however. that everyone is not
successful at first in changing the life
of these plants from the woods to our
gardens. Plants are not like people in
not always being able TO adapt them
selves readily to new and strange en-
yironments. II they cannot have some
thing OF their old home life they COM
mtnce TO pine, and in time will sickep
and die, and all this usually comes from
our not knowing how to make them feel
at home, at once. In their new quar-
tiers. Therefore we should study 10
transfer with them as much of their
old home life as possible. For instance.
plants hat have been used to growing
IN tha shade, OF in a particular kind of
soil, should not be set out in the open
sunlight. or iH soil altogether different
from that 10 which thsy hayF always
been accustomed. As an illustration
OF this point take the Epigaea rfpfpf,
or trailing arbutus. over which there
"a aa haAn So much 6fSanGSfan Canaaa,
pAatically claim it can be transplanted
10 onr gardens, while others declare
With an equally strong nositiXeness that
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it cannot be fausferred. Known eX-
periences. however. have proven that
it can be successfully removed if right
Is done. and so it is with all the wild
flowers.
At the same time while some plants
require such careful handling it is not
true of them all. as all the wild plants
are not always found to be growing in
the best possible places for them. A
change of location. and nutriment,
often improves and benefits. In fact.
the large majority of u native wild
flowers adapt themselves readily to gar
den culture. so we do not necessarily
have to, in all respects. continue with
them the same kind of soil. light and
shade. Many that are grown in the
shadow are improved when given the
sunshine. as also heavier soils improve
them occasionally. Many of these
plants change so materially for the bet
ter under cultivation they are hardly
Observation-Disclosures Home Mag
aZine.
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AN OPEN LETTER

To the. Citizens Of Lexington and Ttclnaty:
We take this means of announcing
that our mills are now in operation.
grinding out the veTy best grades of
Flour, Meal and Bran. We have located
our mills here as a permanent LeXing-
ton institution, and expect to make it
one of our objects, to build up and add
to LeXington's commercial interests.
We shall not attempt to do business
solely OH a local pride basis, but pre-
fer that our products shall be judged
solely by the standard of merit. Appeal
ing to your local pride we ask You to
give our goods a fair trial. Should they
prove as good as other mills are making,
we hope and feel that you will he our
patrons.
To the Farmers:
We will do an exchange business with
you and guarantee satisfaction.
Thanking the citizens for the encOur-
agement given our institution, and hop
ing to merit your confidence and patron
age, we are respectfully,
GRAVES BROS.
n. B.-Our goods for sale by all gro
GERS in city.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Letters OF administr. ton on the e-tate OF
MalSina Ray deceased, were granted to the
undersigned on the fourth day OF October. lsD7,
Missouri.
All persons having claims against said estate,
are required to exhibit them for allowance tn
the administrator within one year after the
date of said letters or they may he ~precluded
from any benefit of such estate; and II such
cIaims he not exhibited within two years from
the date OF said letters they Will he forever
barred.
This fourth day OF October, 1897.
ISAAC W. RAY,
IO9i5 Administrator.
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Trains No. lOl and lz daily except Sunday.
All other trains daily.
Excursion tickets sold to Kansas City Satur-
day evenings, Sunday mornings, and sunday
evenings at one fare for the round trip. good
for return up to and including Monday morn
ing following.
Through tickets and checks 10 all points.
Round trip tourist tickets on sale to all tourist
points.
For further information call on or address,:
II. y. SrIDHAM, Ticket Agent.
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FINAL LEM EMF

Notice Is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons interested In the estate OF Cath
crime Tyler. deceased, that the undersigned
administrator will apply 10 make a 1nal set
Element OF said estate ut the November term,
1897. of the probate court of Lafayette county,
Missouri. 10 be begun and held at the probate
court room. In the city OF Lexington. Lafay-
cite county. Missouri. on the second Monday
In November. 1897.
CHARLES TYLER,
lC.1.t5 Administrator.
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NOTICES.
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons Interested in the estate OF viii
liam Sechrest, deceased, that the undersigned
admini-trator will apply TO make u rnal settle
ment Of said estate,a at the November term. 1887
OF the probate court of Lafayette county. MIS-
souri,. 10 be begun and held at the probate
court room, in the city of Lexington, Oh the
second Monday in November. 1897
CORNELIUS n. SECHREST.
lOg:d Administrator.
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Final,

Nu,.ce is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons interested in the estate OF limo
thy NoOnan, deceased. that the undersigned
Executor will apply TO make u final settle
ment of said estate. 1T the Noyemberterm, 1897,
souri,. 10 be begun an6~heid at the probate
court room, In the city Of N~ingtOn, ON the
second MONDAY in NoVemberls9I
j. LILLY,
Ilo-5t Executor.
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FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons Interested in the estate of VIII
ed executrix will apply to- make a final settle
ment OF said estate mt the November term
leH7, of the probate court OF Lafayette county.
room. In the city of Lexington, on the second
Monday in November, 1885,.
MARY HpSCHRR,
lO-qfI EyecutFiN.
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FINAL

Notice Is hereby given TO all creditors and
other persons interested in the estate OF Charles
Erskine deceased. that the undersigned
administrator will apply to make a final
settlement OF said estate at the November
term. 1897. of the probate court OF Lafayette
county, Missouri, to be begun and held at
the probate court room In the city OF Lex
ington, ON the second Monday in November,
1897. LEE BLA
Ioo-.t administrator
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Tbat Eastern Trim.

Gong East, take the saata Fe Itouti
as far as Chic go.
Most direct line from the Southwest
generally, and thirty miles the shortest
between the Missouri river and Chicago
which insures quick time and snre con
n~ectiOns. Track is straight N rock.
ballasted, with very few crossings al
grade. I'll.
latest pattern PullmaGs and free chair
cars. Meals in dining cars served a Ia
inGuire of nearest agent. or address
W. ]. Black. G.. =. A., A.'T.&S =.
Ry., Topeka, Kas.
J. D.. EASTER, JR., Agent
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FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice h hereby given IL all creditors and
other persons interested in the estate al
Martha CuIron deceased. that the under
signed executor will apply To make n hnal set
Element of said estate al the November term,
1897, of the probate court OF Lafayette county,
room, In the city OF Lexington, ON the second
Monday In November, 1897.
JAMES +. CATRON,
40 81 Executor.
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FINAL.

Notice Is hereby given to all Creditors and
other persons Interested In the estate of CiaTs
W. Robinson, deceased. that the undersigned
administrator viii apply to make a final settle
1887, OF the probate court OF Lafayette
county. Missouri, to be begun and held a;
the probate court room, in the city OF Lex
ington, on the second Monday In November,
ls9I JAMES i. CATR0N,
CREED c. SLUSHER,
InQLt Administrators,
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FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons interested in the estate OF John
w. Whddell, deceased. that the undersigned
administrator will apply to make a final settle
ment of said estate. at the November term,
1897, of the probate court of Lafayette county,
Missouri, To be begun and held ut the rebate
court room, in the city of Lexington, on the
second Monday in November, 1897.
WALTER Is. WADDELL,
lO-Q-t5 Administrators.
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FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice 10 hereby given TO all creditors and
other persons Interested in the estate OF Sam
uel q. Hammer deceased, that the ungersign'
meDJ of said estate, AT the November term.
1897. of the probate court OF Lafayette county,
Missouri. 10 be begun and held at the probate
court room, in tho CITY of Lexington, on the
second Monday In November. 1887.
CHARLES II. HAMMER.
N ~anaRn
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1876

Certainly you don't want to suffer with
dyspepsia, constipation, sick headache,
sallow skin and loss Of appetite. You
have never tried DeWitt's Little Early
Risers for these complaints, or you would
have been cured. They are small pills
but great regulators. Day 4 Shelby
Leading pr1ggiste. s-2S'u
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N FE ROUTE.

Trains arrive at North Lexington:
Special passenger" daily .....-..... $40 "A. m
Trains leave North Lexington:
Especial passenger daily............ 500 u. IN
Trains pass Lexington Junction
GOING WEST.
No. f., Colorado and Utah Express,
leaves. ............ ......... 7:45 n. IN
No. l., Mexican and California Elk
press, daily, leaves .......... o.. 1910 p. m
No. II, Mail and Express, leaves. -. .l2:51 p. m
Trains pass Lexington Junction
GOING EAST.
q. 9, Atlantic Express, daily, leaves. 9:lO a. IN
q. Is. Passenger, leaves LOEB p. IN
No q. Chicago Express. :...leaves.. $40 p. m
j. ID. EASTER, JR., Agent.
w. j. BLACK, G, r.. A, Topeka, Kas,
chicago and Alton Railroad.
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Not "a Matrimonial bureau

This is a gent.eman's furnishing
store, / believe" she said to the spruce
clerk.
Eyes, madam. What shall | have the
pleasure of showing you?"
samples"
samples. certainly. Samples OF
what, please?"
Samples of the gentlemen you fur
nish."-N. Y. World.
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FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons interested in the estate OF Mary
FRANKIE. deceased, that the undersigned admin
istrator will apply tn make a final settlement
of said estate, at the November term, 1897, OF
theprobate court OF Lafayette county. Missouri
to he begun and held at the probate court
room, in the city of Lexington, ON the second
Monday in November. 1897.
s. n. WILSON,
1896 Public Administrator.
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FINAL

Notice is hereby given To all creditors and
other persons interested in the estate OF j.
Richard Johnson, deceased. that the under
signed adm illustrator will apply to make a
final settlement OF said estate. II the Novem-
her term, 1887. OF the prohats court of Lafay-
cite county, Missouri, 10 be begun ans held at
the probate court rom. in the city OF Lexing-
ton, ON the second Monday in November, 1881.
TH0S. G. WALLER,
mr. q. 6mIniGfrofOP
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FINAL

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons interested in the estate OF
Lee Moran, deceased, that the under
signed administratrix will apply to makea final
settlement of said estate at The November
term, 1885,, of the probate court of Lafayette
county, Missouri. to be begun and held at
the probate court room. in the city of Licking
ton, Lafayette county, Missouri, ON the second
Monday In November. 1897.
ELIZABETH
In-nEt AdminiStratriN.
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COcOanut Pie.

Peat three eggs with a cupful and a
half of sugar; stir into it 3h cupfuls of
milk and a cupfuI 10 shredded cocoa
nut; flavor with lemon or vanilla. ora
mixture of both. Bake with a lower
rust only.-Detroit Free Press.
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FINAL

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons interested in the estate of viii
liam and 5. h. " h'tsett, partnership, that
the undersigned surviving partner will apply
to make a final settlement of said estate, at the
November term, 1897, of the probate court of
Lafayette county. Missouri, to he begun and
held at the probate court room, In the city or
Lexington, on the second Monday in Novem-
Der, 1887.
WILLIAM WHITSETF.
10 Dt5 Surviving Partner.
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LoNDoN.s Dog CEMETERY.

Queer Inscriptions ON Beautiful
stOnes-NO Race Prejudices.
Near Victoria gate in Hyde park
there is an Enclosure reserved as q
burying ground for dogs. Life is al
ways full of contrasts. IN one side
mere We witness the pleasures and the
joys of life, and on the other we find
the vanity of all existing things. That.
at least, was the opinion of the old keep
er who brought me through the bury
ing ground confided to his care. The
dogs gravedigger is an honest fellow
| with a face marked with wrinkles. The
place is about 30 metres in length and
20 in breadth, and granite and marble
with the names and char
acteristics of the departed are very nu-
nervous. h respect for animals pre-
sents an unexpected aspect in which
the touching is strangely mixed with
the g~rotesque. There are about 200
tombs in the Enclosure. The plots are
given gratuitously. The stones and the
inscriptions are put up at the expense
of the bereaved families. Some of the
Inscriptions are worthy of notice.
The first stone that meets the eye
of the visitor is erected to the MEM
DRY of Beloved Roby, died Goth of Au-
gust, 1896, aged 1914 months"
Then comes Flick, a faithful friend,
and Maudie, an old friend"
On another tombstone are the words:
'Dear old Priny."
But real grief is silent, or nearly so,
marble slab doubtless covers a heap of
regrets.
Further on there is another superb
tomb, upon which the name of the dog
is inscribed in very small letters and
that of the master in enormous let
tiers. 1t is as follows: "Pompeii, the
favorite dog of Miss Florence st. john"
And under this is the following quota
ton from Byron:
In life the frmest friend.
First to welcome,
Foremost to defend.
But here is u still stranger inscrip-
ton. 1t is to the memory of Dearest
Topsy, the firmest and most devoted of
friends and companion of her mother"
Another is to the memory of "Our
dear treasure Jock. a Scotch collie, died
31st of August, 1895, aged IS years.
He was the most intelligent, devoted,
tender and affectionate dog that ever
lived, with the best of tempers. He
was adored by his devoted and afflicted
friend, Sir H. Seton Gordon, Bart"
Here are others:
Dear and afrectionate Duke, and T1ppy.
his Beloved Grandmoth
Dear Little Peter. who died suddenly.
On the tomb of a she dog is the fol-
lowing:
She brought q ray Of sunshine into our ex-
istence.
But. alas! she carried It ava with her.
"Adored Spot" Our Friend, Darling
Chin Chin" and Sweet Carlo" lie close
to each other.
"Dear Minnie, brave, intelligent, sing
ularly beautiful, loving and loved" has
a splendid monument.
But, as if to prove that race preju-
dices necessarily disappear with death,
In this cemetery of dogs there is a
stone erected ITO the memory of our
dear little cat. Chinchilla, poisoned
July 21."
During my visit a live dog somehow
got into the cemetery, and was chased
away by the keeper for irreverently at
tempting to bury a bone on one of the
graves of his fellow creatures.-Paris
Figaro.
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BY virtue of an order OF the probate court
of LAFAYETTE county Missouri. made OF record
August 10. 1897. have taken Charge OF the
estate of Sarah X. Hopkins, deceased.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required To exhibit them for allowance tO
the administrators within one year after the
date OF said letters or they may he %precluded
from any benefit Of such estate; and II such
claims he not exhibited within Two years from
the date Of said letters they VIII be forever
b Ired.
This FIRST day of October. 1901.
n. y. WILSON,
lO-.-5t Public Administrator
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PuRLlc ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

by virtue Of an order of the probate court.
made on September ~, leH7, ] have taken
charge OF the estate OF Casper Kllngenburg,
deceased, and will proceed 10 administer On
the same.
All persons having claims against said estate
are REQUIRED to exhibit them for allowance tO
the administrator within one year utter the
date OF said letters, or they may be precluded
from any benefit OF such estate: aud II such
claims be not exhibited within two years from
the date of said letters, they will be forever
barred.
This a9th day of September, 1897
NJ. ID. WILSON,
Public Administrator. de bonis non. with the
W IA annexed l0-4-5t