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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-02-05
HE SANG EVERYTHING.

An Amuzing Incident I'm a Noted
Preachers Experience.
The following is related by Rev. DR..
Mcintyre, of Chicago: 81 cannot sing,
unfortunately. und so whenever l con-
Quoted revival services I used to take
along q friend of mine named Vincent.
Q great. strapping fellow with q voice
like the north wind. He never had had
any musical training, but, oh, he could
sing. Whenever he sailed into a hymn
the cornfields would turn their ears to-
ward the church. In those days hymn
books were scarce. ard it was custom
airy for the minister to read two lines
grcgation would then sing them, the
tune being generally known.
"On one occasion I read two lines
of a long meter hymn, and Vincent led
the singing magnifcently. Then l next
picked up the Bible and read my text:
is there no balm in Gilead? Is no ply
stefan there?' I laid down the book.
but before I could begin preaching Vim
cents voice arose. loud and clear. and
the congregation followed him in sing
ing the text. Too much surprised to
collect my scattered senses I leaned
over the pulpit and In q stage whisper
said to Vincent: The words I gave you
were the text, and not O hymn at ALL
This time Vincent had a monopoly of
the singing. for the congregation had
not caught the words; but he rever
stopped or wuvered until he had sung
every word of my confidential remark
to him. I sank into my seat. For the
next five minutes I didn't dare open
my mouth for fear Vincent would sing
me down. paid him off that night after
the seryices Times.
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CORSICAN WAYS.

H0Vv the Countrymen Settle Their
Family Feuds.
An enemy in Corsica has q thousand
ingenious little ways by which he can
put o spoke in q neighbours wheel. Why.
a mere accident" In telling a tree may
close the road In front Of your wagon
for hours and make ell your early veg
etables late for the bi-weekly market
boat; or a mysterious hole in your new
fence may let a whole flock of sheep into
your young clover; or the well may be
suddenly "bewitched," with sickly con
sequences to man and beast. Aresolute
new proprietor might declare he would
."stand no nonsense; such accidents
should non occur twice to him." and SO
forth. But surely prevention Is q thou
sand times better than cure in matters
less serious than feuds between country
neighborsi
Seventeen years ago a foreign propri-
etor took up some of the Campo-di-loro
the best and neal Ajaccio. He en-
gagged a Swiss farmer to come with
herds and a staff and supply him with
milk and butter. Cows milk is still
rare IN the island. In those days you
might milk straight into the lactome-
ter, but that instrument would not
ever register zero. though new milk
In the Swiss Alps would mark %. Thus
It will be seen how desirable would have
been a dairying revolution in Ajaccio.
But when everything was In train for
the arrival Of the Swiss farmer, his fam
lily, laborers and cattle, certain Corsl-
CON well-wishers of the foreign reform
er came to him and said; Put 1t tc
yourself; would you feel happy If the
mans hay barns were burned, II his
house was pulled down about his ears,
II be lost his life2" And the well-wish-
ers we're able to convince the foreigner
that there was real danger of such acts
of violence. He countermanded NIL his
arrangements. and IN course of time
was thankful to get pretty good milk
from the farm of q local magnate whose
property is now fairly well managed.
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THE WORLD AS 1T IS AND WAS.
evolution of Animal and Vegetable
Forms.
The earth. which we find to-day bright
with varied hues, vocal with innulner-
able sounds, rich in fruits and fragrant
with odors, lay for an almost incalcu-
liable period of time destitute, or all but
destitute, of color. soundless ave for
the noise of wave md tempest, and with
no promise as yet of the rich profusion
OF vegetable and animal forms that now
diversity Its surface and fill il With the
thrill and manifold activities Of lie.
We often speak of man as "the heir of
all the ages" but not often, probably,
do we pause to realize the significance
of the word. We talk of evolution, but
seldom make any due effort to grasp
the plenitude and grandeur of the
thought. These senses of which we
have the use. and each of which brings
a different world within ourl;en, whence
are they? 1t seems so natural to see;
It seems so natural to hear, to touch,
TO smell, to taste. that we forget
through what slow processes, by what
an incalculable number of slight accele-
rations and delicate notifications these
wonderful channels of knowledge and
sensation have heen made for US. We
go back through the ages. and we come
to a sightless, voiceless world. For a
period probably as long as all the rest
OF geological time the only forms of
life were protocol. Sight was de-
veloped among the wonderful crusta-
ceans Of the silurian period, but us yet
there were no organs of hearing. The
first STIMULATION of an insects wing
was heard (f 1t was heardl, in the De-
vonian age, the birth epoch of the first
vetebrates, fishes; but long ages had to
pass before the first bee humrled over q
flower or the first butterfly nutteredits
wings in the neutrality-suspicious. Pop
ula Science Monthlv.
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Sponge Gingerbread.

Melt q piece of butter the size of n
hens egg; mix with a pint of molasses
q tablespoonful of ginger and a quart
of -four. Dissolve a heaping table
spoonful of saleratus in half a pint OF
milk; strain and mix it with the rest
Of the ingredients. Add sufficient hour
to make 1t roll out easily, roll half an
inch thick and bake on flnt tins IN n
quick oven. II good Orleans moiasses
is used this cake will be very light and
spongy.-Good housekeeping.
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25l5lLl5sL3iSINM
MISREPRESENTATION


Trains will pass lexington Junction on
the Wabash as follows:
Going east-No. 20. local freight. 9:2Oa.
n; No 2. Eastern Express, 11:1o a M;
No IL. Eastern Exorrss, II: 08 2. m ; No.
! Mail ard Express, 7:45 p. m (; No. 4,
atlantic Express. 10 :0I p m.
Going west--N z. Mail and Express
i:O2 a. m; No rs, Kansas City Accomoda-
8:02 a. m.
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Through TOURIST SLEEP RS to
Portland, uregOn. For Puget
Sound and Alaska Travel.
P ION ST. LOUIS v ! .~Jt11SerOH ROUTE.

Personally conducted tourist sleepers
via h Burli gion ltnute from ST. Louis
% Portland. Oregon, will be established
They le We st. LnuIs at S:45 y IN.
Wednesdays; Kansas City, 1910 a M.
thursdays; st. Joe. 1910 81. M Thurs
days, and run via Lincoln. Denver.
scenic Colorado and ) sit l. ik- City.
The current lowest rates 10 S-s'tfa.
Tacoma and Puget Sound ports apply
via this route offering an u"u-ual chance
TO max steamer arrangements either at
Portland, Tacoma or Seattle.
Ask your ticket agent or the UNDER
signed for special folder contalnItG 81,
details.
l.. w. WAKELEY, Gen. Pass ACT.
= st. LOuIN. NO..
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1t heals everything except : b.oken
heart, may be said of Do Witt's Witch
Hazel Salve. Piles and rectal diseases,
cuts, burns, bruises, letter, eczema and
all skin troubles may be cured by IL
quickly aud permanently. Day q Shelby,
Leading Druggists. i-15tf
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n. ticr 70 Krldce Cnn1raernr.

] Will Let tn the lowest AID beat bidder, on
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY y lsas.
Ht 10 O'Clock Il. N ~ hridr O site, The constrio.
tiun uf une N OGDEN Bruse, about y, feet in
length "a Truss, over a branch on A nurfh
and ~UuIh road, uear th.i in,ur onAI mine in
section Z, township 4 r tngO ~. and about "A
miles wesr of HIgVih vtits
Plans aud sPecihca 10 Is q Dc teen At time
OF letting.
Contractors must give bon as required By
the, right to reJeo an or all bids ia re-
J K. GRAY, = &
A1eNS1 -. .GoI6nIssiOner.
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DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
The Kind of Christians That Are
Needed in the World.
Half-and-HaIf Christians the Greatest OBJ.
stacIe to Church Advanoement-HOw
to BE Qualified for Christian
Duties.

Dr.. Talmage, in his latest sermon
shows the style of Christian character
required for the times in which we
live, and pleads for more heroics. The
text is Esther, Ala: who knoweth
whether thou art come to the kingdom
for such a time as this?r
Esther, the beautiful, was the wife
OF Ahasuerus, the abominable. The
time had come for her to present a Pc
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FINAL

Notice is hereby given 70 all creditors and
other persons INTERESTED in the estate OF
klrnora kellermAn. deceased. that thO under1
signed Hdu inisrrHU'r VITO the will annexed
VIII apply TO make IA Huut settlement OF
>Iid esinte. Z the February term. 1904. OF
the prot att ouIrtr If LufaA cite COUNTY, Mis-
enutl, TO be IN guu ana held at toe r,,bato
court NJ m. in the CIty ~ Lexington, on TIE
second Monday In February. lsBs.
I.l5t5 FREDkltICk W. VOGT.
Administrator VITA tie Will annexed. ,
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AN OPEN LETTER

To the Citizens Of Lexington and Tclmtty:
We take this means of announcing
that our mills are now in operation
grinding out the veIy best grade OF
Flour, Meal n Bran. We nave located
our mills here as a permanent Lexing
ton institution. and expect to make il
one of our objects. TO build up and ada
20 LeXington's commercial interests
We shall not attempt To do business
4oiely on X local pride' basis. but pre-
4ere that u products shall be judged
56lely by the standard of merit. Appeal
ing TO your local pride we ask YOU to
give u goods IA fair trial. Should They
prove as good as other mills are making.
we hope aud feel that you will be ON
patTOns.
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
ang 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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FINALe

Notice is b, rsby given ~ all credit rs aud
other persons liner sled m tn. estate Of James
w, McGirl deceased, that the undersixned
Hdministrtt'r will Apply 40 make a n Iat set
tlrment of said estate AZ the February term.
ls.S. Of the ptOh3tt- eUuri OF Lafayette county,
Missouri, 10 be begun ANA held at the pryb tto
elite county. Miss uri. on the second Monday
in February. 1895.
JAMES MILAN,
l-1'to AdminiSt rHtnT.
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Texas Winter Resorts.

Are rivallng those OF the southeast.
Send two cents postage for handsomely
illustrated pamphlet. D. J. ROE,
g. P. A., l.. & g. N. r. r
l2.2-3m Palestine, Texas.
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REPORTS.


KANSAS CITY Feb. Cattle Receipts
since Saturday. 4.9CS cattle; 2sS calves: shipped
Saturday. LIE cattle; . calves. The market
was steady to strong. The following are repre-
sentative sales:
SHIRpINa An naEasEn nEEE srEEal
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ST o Feb. L-Ca. tle-Reoelpts. 1901:
market steady to strong: native shipping
steers. g. % t6-25; light and dress ID beef aud
butcher steers. } 4S5: stoekers and feed
ers. $50 44); cows and h ,ifers. faC0 430;
Texas and Indian steers, as IS gAS5; cows and
heifers, 20 AG3 30.
Hogs-Rsceipts, 600: market strong to q
shade higher; light. 81 COCA rs; mixed, sS7ol
ass: heavy. s 70 439l
Sheep-Receip;s loo: market steady: ma
tive muttons, 4Oo145O; lambs. "A 6oGaeo.
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tition to her infa-
nous husband in
behalf of the jew
ish nation, to which
sshe had once be-
'longed. She was
afraid to d err
take the work., lest
she should lose her
own life; but her
cousin, NJ o rdecai,
who had brought
her up, encouraged
her with the sug-
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Only ESQ per quart for Baltimore oys.
tiers At Cafe Haekker. I2-4tf
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Feb. l. Opened Hlgh'st Low'st Closing
Knnsa. CITY Grain.

KANSAS CITY, Feb. L-R sceipts OF wheat
he. to-day were 1913 cars; q week ago, 81
cars; a year ago, 80 cars
Sales by sample on track: Hard. No. 1. nom-
inally sS6s9c; No 2 hard. 1 car 6llh SOC, 1
car ssHc, 2 cars ssc. Gears ,s-lb. SIC, $500 bushels
to arrive 8iSc, quo bu 4hels Ssc, $500 bushels
s7hc; No. 5 hard, 1 car 55h-lb S5c. 9 cars SIC.
l car s3c; No. I hard. nominally so 1850: re-
jected- nominally 75G73I Soft wheat. No l.,
NORMALLY CSC; No. 2. nominally s5 s6c: No. 3.
nominally % 49,; No. 4, nomInaily s719Jo: re-
Jected, nom n lilly 81 ss6c. Spring, No. 2
nominully "a 70 &c; No. 3. nominally sl9sSe;
rejected, nominally 7Sgs0c.
Receipts OF corn here to-day were 24s cars:
q week ago. l67 cars; q year ago, 46i cars
sales by sam 1le on track: Mixed. No 2.
e cars SIC, I car 24Ec. Is cars S4kc No. 8. I car
2Ixc, 2 ere 2tHc: No. 4. nominally 24o; no
graue, nouinally 23u23Hc White, No Z, z
cars 2i4c, Q cars 25Mc No. 8, = cars 2ohc:No. I,
I car 2jHc
Receipts of oats here to-day were % cars;
q week.ago. az oars; a year ago. 2'cars
Sales oT samp.s on track: Mixed. No 2.
1 car 2.H :, l car a.c; No ,. ! oar 2 :xc. l car red
2 40; No. 4. nominally 2ie White. No 2,
nominally 23hQ24,; No. 8, 4 cars ESQ; No {
nominailv go
Rive. No. :. nominally 4s9Ac; No s. noml-
ma ly ~: No 4. nominnlly Ale
Receipts Of hay here to-day were IS cars: q
week u 20, 30 oars: u yea. ago, 20 cars Quota
tons are; Choice prIlrie. td7SGzOJ; No L,
s650 90 70; No. :, .5.Tl 60I: No. s. 500 ba6l:
CnOlcO LlLnotnY, ooILS ": NO u 1IoOIo W.
No. :. 6D17 IS: chol,e clover. mixei. ,675 b
ZUo: No 1. 65G5D No Z, $50 "a o.; pure
clover. s55J0A5o; pacSin 3. $45l
Kansas iy Proiuce-
KANSAS CITY, Feb l -~Butter-Extrs fancy
separator. l7i; hrs:s lie; dairy. fan y. 40;
choice, LIS; country roll, l0c; store packed. 80
l0,; fresh packing. stock. So
~Eggs-Strictly fresh. Is; per doz
Poultry-Hsns, &C: broilers. &c: rocsters. 19x
@I5c en- h; ducks, exc; gees ;. Be hen turkeys.
&c; young toms, 7hc; old toms &c; pigeons. $40
per doL
Apples-Joaathan. S.0N0a0)i in a small way;
Bsllefeur. in car lots. "A ODl0 per Dbl: fancy
Missouri Plppin, 3 z5GIOE fancy Ben Davis.
s3Co0 $50; WInesaps. 81 .50i25; Willow Twigs.
S2769LoI; Hin sman 'Favorite. e40l In Q
small way varieties are selling at 4OG35c per
ha I bu
Veg 'tab!es-Cabbage. northern stock. sL2s
per Io0-lb crate. Be stS, % 14)c per bu Green
and wax beans, s2.s01l o par crate Oni ms,
new Spanish sL019I3 per crate; others. sUa
s5c- per bu
Potatoss-Gre eley stooS. fancy Rural. 7'c per
ba.; choice Pearl, $50 par bu Iowa. 55GeI9
,per bu Sweet p%otltoes. b0a o. per bu
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Chicago Live stnok.

CHICAGO. Feb L.-Cattle-Reeeipts. l4,001;
market strong to 10, higher: beeves, IS IS D
b.45: cows and heifer5, 2. - 44B: Texas steers,
$3.50 t43p:stoc ers and feeders. 80. IS "a 81.
Eo2s-ReceIpts 40.U0O. market fairly active.
strong to sc higler: light 40 30; mixed.
a. go l921z; heavy. SS650395; rough. saa50
$40.
Sheep-Receipts. $4,000; market strong: na-
tive, l8OJGS60 90; western, t25JG455; lambs t4Co
@a76
Chicago Grain and Prnvi.Ions.
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S~neep-hecslp $ since Saturdays l8i: shipped
Saturday. 2S9. The marxet was steady. The
following are repr sentative sales.
81 nat lbs .IW $50 rs o Tsx lbs. Of "a
4Ol Ut sh....h9 All I36O w. sh. ....l n4 AS
S3l sheen 100 As al Texas ....lOI 4m
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Mount Lebanon, from whose sides
we're cut The cedars for SoIomon's
temple. is believed to be the highest
elevation In Syria, 1000 feet.
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Administrators and executors, curators and
guardians are required to- make settlement ON
the day for which they arc docketed.
WILLIAM YOUNG.
Judge OF Probate.
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THE WORLD as 1T IS AND WAS.

A postal brings n sample c, Ply.
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was Horrified to Find Quantity Of Human Reroins

of cold weather These were made of
SUCKS driven into the ground, around
which branches. tWigs, roots and
brushes were interviewer like a basket.
The spaces in the walls were covered
with mud or with the material used
in, the construction of the white ants
nest In cold weather the huts We're
lined with emu and kangaroo skins,
and they are much more comforta bic
than can probably be imagined from
my description.
frequently the number of these huts
gathered together in one place forms
a large village, though at other times
the communities split up into tribes of
twenty or thirty families each. Each
FAMILY, ON the average, consists of one
man, three women and five or six chill
oren. so that even a single tribe makes
a very considerable gathering
While nv natives did not, as rule,
such as corroborees, initiation ceremo-
MES and other festivities, they paint
and decorate themselves deliberately,
each tribe having it's own design of
decoration, and even a geometrical de-
sign for each ceremony. The pigments
used in decoration are of many colors,
but chiefly yellow, red white and
black
Ordinarily the only clothing known
consists of coating of greasy clay,
mixed with charcoal. This serves
many purposes. 1t keeps off the cold
during winter and is also a protection
against the attacks of insects. In sum-
mer special kind of pigment is used
to keep off insects, and this material
is scented with a kind of pennyroyal.
They occasionally stick on to this
clay clothing the feather down from
cockatoos, geese, ducks, turkeys and
other birds. This serves as a further
protection, and when they want to inn
prove upon the touches of red, they
use blood obtained from the arm of a
man.
Other ornaments are the wing and
tail feathers from all the large birds,
such as the emu or native companion,
these being worn in the hair usually.
They also make use of feather TUFTS on
the breast and shoulders, while the
bones and teeth of animals are made
into jingling necklaces. From this
brief description. it will be evident that
my subjects presented a most fantas-
tic appearance on full-dress occasions,
and it must be added that they are
cannibals.
Cannibalisn prevails to very great
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the RoVeDous Sharks the Water With
Reached the Unconscious CostaWoys'

hopes of reaching Somerset at Cape
York, a settlement of which l had
often heard the pearlers speak. Thus
| was obliged to make the attempt by
land, and l started with my wife about
October, 1867, intending to travel due
east to the Queensland coast
After six or seven months travelling
at first over a fat coast land diversi-
fled by isolated hills and then through
an elevated and very broken country
| reached a desolate and waterless re-
gion covered with spinifex, where we
both suffered terribly from thirst, and
but for the skill OF my native wife in
nnding water and procuring food
should probably never have come
through It,
We soon found that we had come
considerably farther south than we in
tended, and so we struck due north
and eventually reached a flooded river
flowing eastward, which presently led
US to the sea. This river was probably
the Ropa. entering the Gulf of Car
pentaria, but as / did not know of the
existence of such a gulf l believed we
had reached the Queensland coast, and
1 at once inquired of the tribes we met
for the nearest settlement of white
men. These natives, by the way, were
the most savage and hostile l ever en-
countered in all my wanderipgs. They
NSt"S'>CH a. night, Dul having De6n
warned by my native wife, we retired
from our gunyah or shelter of boughs.
and slept in the bush without a fire.
In the morning we would find our shell
ter riddled with spears In reply to NV
inquiries, for these people were appar-
emily friendly in the daytime. they
pointed to the southeast and to the
northeast, indicating that settlements
were to be found.
Then. after staying a few weeks with
the tribes living on the islands near the
mouth of the Ropa, probably the
Pellew Islands, l set out in frail
dug-out, borrowed from these tribes, to
ascend, believe. the Albert River. but
on account Of the floods which at
that season affect all the rivers on
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six months waiting for favorable winds
we set out together in boat built from
the wreck of the schooner, and l landed
with my companions on the coast of
Australia in the year lS66-the exact
locality was Cambridge Gulf, on the
northwest coast OF course I made
many excursions in various directions,
always with the hope of reaching civil
Iization. either overland or by sea.
Eventually, however, ] drifted into the
center Of the continent, and only
reached civilization in 1886 after an ex-
lie of upward of thirty years.
When / first landed on the Australian
main it may be necessary to bear in
mind that l was absolutely destitute
without clothes, tools or instruments of
any kind, except harpoon, stiletto
and a steel tomahawk. l had no book
except a New Testament in the French
ant English languages; all maps and
charts had been swept away by the
heavy seas that preceded the wreck. l
had no writing materials whatever; 1T
was therefore impossible for me, even
If at that time l had had the wish, to
make any scientific observations, or to
record my Wanderings. For time.
however. l did make notes on the blank
leaves and margins of the TIES ament
using blood for ink and quill from a
wild boar as pen. This book was, I'M
fortunately, lost after my return to
civilization in the wreck of the steamer
Matura. which was lost in the Strait
of Magellan in the present year of 1898.
When / landed on the continent !
believe vast tracts of it were unex-
plorei and certainly my own knowl-
edge of Australian geography was very
small and vague. If had known even
the exact outline of Australia it would
tarr hi
and years of suffering.
AS I have already said, I landed on
the east side Of Cambridge Gulf, as
nearly as I can. now remember. that
Is to say, Queens Channel, which was
the home Of my native companions,