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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-05-07
Mays Opened IHigh'st Low'stI Closing
Kansas City Grain.

KANSAS CITY. May 3.-Wheat Receipts
here to-day we're $50 cars; a week ago, 10:
cars; a year ago. 81 cars Sales by sample on
track: Hard, No l. sL07; No 2 hard, sL.O50
i.O6h; No. 8 hard, sL0l61.05: No. 4hard, 9sc0
bL03X; rejected hard, 9209Sc. Soft, No. l red,
nominally 81. 0S; No. 2 red, sL.O54LO7: No. 3 red,
H.O3h6L04; No. 4 red. sL00; rejected red,
nominally 97c9 90 Spring, No. 2, sLO3H6LO5;
No. Sspring, SLOl9l02h; rejected spring, nomi-
nally 95D98c.
Corn-Receipts here to-day we're 81 cars; a
week ago, 10i cars; q year ago. 299 cars Sales
by sample on track: Mixed, No. 2. 32A033Mo;
No 3 mixed. S29326c: No Z mixed. nomlnalIy
s1hc White. No. 2. $50; Nc. 8 white, 32Xc; No.
4white. 8l1c.
Oats-Receipts here to-day we're 12 cars: a
week ago, IS cars; a year ago, 81 cars Sales by
sample on track; Mixed No. 2, 32n032Ac; No
8 mixed, S2hc; No. 4 mixed, nominally Sic.
White, No. 2. S3AG3ic; No. 8 white, 33633Ac;
No. 4 white, nominally sec.
Rye-No. z, SIC; No 8. 56Ac; No. 4, nominally
SIC.
Hay-Receipts here ta-day we're q cars; q
week ago. 83 cars; a year ago. 40 cars. Quota
tinns are: Choice prairie. So so; No. l, taOO; No.
J. g. 6OGs Is; No s G75Gs.OO: choice timothy,
tIo5O1I075; No I. 5000; No. 2, sa.OOGe 25;
choice clover and timothy. No. l, S67549.0 90;
No. 9. 90; pure clover. 81 759sOO; pack
Ing. &7.2a
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constitutional Rights Mt BiIIviIle.


Eyes, Stree" observed Silas Winter
green, "Billville is gettin's too ALFRED
good fer me. In goin' ter move to the
country"
''Why, Uncle Silas, what's the cause
of this sudden determinations in
quired the postmaster.
Its because ] am denied the free
and unlimited speech which is my con
stitutional right"
Tell me about it, Uncle Silas."
well, it was this way. You know,
the other night, some show actors
played Ten Nights in n Bar.Room' up
at the town hall. Well, after the show,
Prof. Drinkwater-he's the school.
teacher, We know-asked me what ]
thought of the villain of the play.
Well, when l expressed my opinion,
don't you know he had me arrested fer
swearing
"You don't tell mel
Yes, Stree, he did. Billville is get
tin too dodgasted good fer Silas Win,
tergreen. When n Teller can't express
his opinion about the opery and sech
things without bein' arrested, / low
that it's time to move to the country
where a Teller can say what he dodgast-
ed pleases louisville Courier-Jour
nal.
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1t was announced recently that a
system of adulterating flour with saw
dust had been discovered at Havre. A
commission agent named Fecat was ar
rested as the author Of the scheme and
five tons of sawdust addressed to him
have been seized at the railway station,
Fecat, it seems, made regular visits to
Paris and purchased large quantities
of s%awdust, which was of very fine quail
ity and especially prepared. Upon get
ting possession of it he delivered it to
various millers, who mixed it with the
flour they sold to the bakers. 1t is es-
timated that Fecat disposed of no less
than 500 loads of this sawdust in the de
partment of the Eure alone. Later news
states that this SCENE of adulteration OF
flour has led to the discovery of other
practices of adulteration with cheap
meals of various kinds.-Mark Lane Elk
press.
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LEROY FARMER, Special Agent.
MOCK
A Curious Custom That Was Observes
I'm the south Before the War.


Calling one day in 1894 on my friend,
the late venerable Charles S. Taylor, Of
Alexandria, a gentleman of wide infor-
nation and retentive memory, the CON
versation turned upon the practice in
this country 60 or more years ago Of
showing honor to eminent persons, de-
ceased, by having noe funerals. Mt.
Taylor quoted Judge Longstreet, of
Georgia, author of Georgia Scenes" as
saying that obsequies of this sort as q
mark of respect for Washington and
other eminent persons had, to his
knowledge, beer IN He added,
however, a personal reminiscence of
one of such funerals which he had wit
messed when q student of the University
of Virginia, SO striking that, at my re-
quest, he gave it to me afterward in
writing as follows:
"After the death of President William
II. Harrison in 1871 there were mock
funerals held, / think, generally over
the country, by way of giving express
sion to the nations loss and his per-
sonal worth. I remember distinctly
there gathered upon the square in Char
lottesville a band of music, a hearse
q = SAhRLy SOAAAs PoAA oNcA p AAAAiAo
tiers of all denominations, military and
masonic orders, students and professors
from the university, and a large con-
course of citizens; and that there was
formed thence a line that marched to
an open grave in a cemetery near the
town. Rev. Richard X. Meade, of Christ
church, after the coffin was lowered
into the grave, read the committal por-
ton of the burial service of the church,
the soldiers fired a volley, and the ma
sons closed the scene with ceremonies
usual on such occasions.
"Some 20 years after, during the war,
I asked Rev.. Mr.. Meade If l had dreamed
1t, or was it possible the incidents, as
above stated, were true. He replied,
with a smile, they were certainly true,
but that he had hoped the absurd fol
ly had long been forgotten'-thus con-
firming my recollection in regard to
what now seems SO strange. All the
facts mentioned are as distinct in my
memory as of last week"
Some time after this "Reminiscences
was recorded by Mr.. Taylor, he wrote
to his friend and contemporary "A the
university, Hon. John L. Marye, OF
Fredericksburg, on the subject and
furnished me with this extract from his
reply:
"Strange to say, l nave no recollection
of the display in honor Of President
Harrison while we were students at the
university, but 1 do remember distinct
ly when a boy of eight or ten a similar
pageant in Fredericksburg in honor OF
some person of distinction, but of whom
I cannot recall"
Mr.. Taylor thought this person must
have been ex-President Monroe, who
died in 1880, and thence inferred that,
previous to 1s41, such ceremonies were
not uncommon, probably beginning
with the death of Gen. Washington
Alexandria CIV. Va.) Gazette.
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GEIIIN0 TO WEIGhT
jockeys Trying to Reduce InJurs
ThemmelVeH.


The recent death of Daredevil"
Fitzpatrick, but a few years ago one OF
the best Of American jockeys, has called
attention to the pernicious effect OF
entertaining, for there Is but little
doubt that his demise was superin-
duced by this cause, though it was i'm
mediately due to pneumonia.
When one reads of the princely sal
aries paid to jockeys like Sloan, Tsral
and Tommy Burns, one Is likely to
envy them and think them very for
tunate men, indeed, never giving q
thought, perhaps, to the terrible or
deals they undergo season after sea
son in order to keep down their ten
dency to grow and to make flesh. Most
jockeys after a few seasons experiences
in the saddle have a weazened and
peaked expression in their faces. They
look more like manikins than like hui
man beings, and this weakened and
peaked condition Is due wholly and
solely to the fact hat they overtrain
or waste" as the English very cor
rectly call it.
Fitzpatrick career as q Jockey end
ed about three years ago. Do what he
would he could not get down TO
weight" after that, and 20 he aban-
doned the pigskin and turned his at
tention to starting horses instead of
riding them-4n this emulAting the ex-
ample of Jimmy Rowe, who for several
. was the starter for the Jockey
club, F1tz began his career as a WELD
er of the starting flag at Providence in
1894, and he soon became fairly pro-
fcient in this most difficult Of occupa-
lions.
For several years before he aban-
doned the pigskin Fitzpatrick's normal
weight was in the neighborhood of 1870
pounds, but he had to keep down TO
11s pounds to make his services most
valuable. No one who has not gone
through this ordeal or been with men
who have, can have the feintest idea
of the labor, the torment, not to say
the agony, 1t entails ON the unhappy
man who is compelled to daily battle
with nature to keep thin. If 1t were
only for one or two races during a sea-
son it would be bad enough, but to
fight against nature for weeks and
months each year, and to keep up the
nEnp season aIter season, ID as ter
ribls torture as one can well undergo.
Very few systems Ear stand it. and
many a jockey has sown h seeds of
consumption while so entertaining.
A few years ago, n afternoon at
Sheepshead Bay, I saw Snapper" Gar
rison, after winning a race, stagger
rather than walk to the refreshment
room, where he ordered what would be
considered a very moderate repast,
even In Lent. He ate greedily and as
he did so he accused himself, saying:
This is the only food that has passed
my lips since last evening"
"How Is that?" I asked.
Because I had to ride to-day the race
I have just won, and If I ate I could not
make the weight"
Garrison is now virtually out of the
ranks of the jockeys and 10 trying hard
for the position of starter with the
Jockey club. He, too, has found 1t i'm
possible to waste" successfully iowa
days and to retain the strength which
nee enabled him to ride so successful
ly ''the grand stand finishes" which
made his name SO famous.-Louisville
Courier-T0urnal
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-05-07
WOMEN MINT FARMERS.
New business in Which New Yorker
Have Met with Success.

New Business in which New
Have Met with Success.
The suburban woman has hit upon a
new and pleasant way of adding to her
store of pocket money. This is by
means of the mint farm-nn idea
which originated in New Orleans and
has spread rapidly to northern and
western cities.
"a lady of my acquaintance recent.
ly started a mint farm near Flushing,
J.. L." said a New York hotel manager
land she has made of it n really re-
markable success. All the chief no
tells and restaurants of New York and
Brooklyn are on her list of customers.
While the growing of her mint inter.
feres but very slightly with ordinary
household duties, its sale proves highly
profitable. OF course, her principal
trade is during the summer months.
:'Then she does q rushing business.
Last season most of the big hotels
bought each from $3.50 to s3.25 worth
OF mint every day from her farm. so
much money did she clear hat she
was enabled to live in luxury all
through the cold weather, besides lay
ing by a comfortable sum for rainy
days.
THE mint farm is carefully Guilt
waited. All inner are removed, and
each sprig grows erect. Fol about
five dollars, or even less, enough plants
of the spearmint botanical name men
tina viridis) may be obtained from any
nnrseryman to start a fair1siZed mint
bed. The soil should be somewhat
sandy, and, in the northern states it is
we'll to choose a spot protected from
the wind, and with as much sunlight
as possible. Mint needs plenty of sun.
Beyond keeping it free from runners
and weeds, the mint bed calls for little
attention.
"A light wagon which can make the
rounds of the hotels and restaurants
early each morning is all hat is neces-
sary for the distribution of the aromat-
&c plant. 1t is possible, also, to grow
the peppermint, or mentha pePerita,
with profit. Two unmarried ladies of
Philadelphia are making money just
at present by selling peppermint to
the wholesale druggists, who manu-
facture from it carminatives, aromatics
and stimulants of different sorts.
"a New Orleans woman, who pos
sesses a farm near the fair grounds,
a I am told, the pioneer mint cult
vator of her sex. The pursuit is by no
means q crowded one, and there are
enough hotels and cafes in Greater
New York alone to keep several mint
farms going."-Boston Globe.
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EAGLES IN THE CHAIR.
They UnwiseIS Chose Live Wires TO
nm and Coo Upon.

mn and Coo Upon.
Two gigantic eagles by a strange nc
cident were el~ectrocuted on the thick
copper wire by which the electric pow.
er is transmitted for IS miles into Fres
no from its mountain source. They
were burned to n cinder.
These wires are strung from the
three vertices of n frame shaped like
an e%quilateral triangle and are q
inches apart. The two top wires art
on the same level, and the great birds
found themselves quite close together
when they alighted.
1t Is evident, however, that an at
tempt was made at closer companion
ship. Probably the lordly male leaned
over TO whisper some ''sweet nothing
into his mates willing ear Be that as
it may, their heads came close enough
together TO establish what electrician
call a "short circuit" and II, 900 volts
of electricity flashed from the body OF
one eagle to the other.
They fell forward across the wires
dead. The intense heat generated by
the passage of the powerful current
from one wire to the other melted the
copper like SO much wax, although the
wires are thicker than III ordinary lead
pencil. Both wires fell TO the ground.
the great birds clutching their Sigh,
but fateful perch In the grip of death
The contact with the ground again es-
tablished a circuit, and though it could
not have lasted more than half a minute
both birds were almost completely in
cinerated. Only the charred skulls and
the big talons, with a heap of ashes, a
bit of the wishbone INC one or two
feathers, remained to show the cause
of the trouble to the patrolmen who APP
peared n couple of hours later to repair
the damage.
1t is known that the birds were eK.
posed to the electric current for only
a fraction of a minute, because imme-
diately upon the breaking of the wires,
automatic alarms were sounded at the
power houses at both ends, and as
quickly as possible the current was
switched to II set of reserve wires, leav-
ing the broken wires free.
The linemen gathered the portable
remains of the eagles, cutting the wires
so as to leave them in the grip of the
talons, from which the muscles had
been burned and showing the ends of
the half-copsumed leg bones. - San
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The Light Harness Stallion
RUSTIC =.

Bred and owned by Joseph Il. Barnett, pro
prietor Edgrfeld Stock Farm, Lexington, Mo.
Will make the season of lsaS. at his farm eight
miles southeast of lexington, near I'raiIic
Church, nj Sl5 for the season, with return
privilege, money due as soon as fact is ascer-
tanned or mare parted with.
Rustic IL. is five years old. sixteen hands
and two inches high, dark bay with black
points, good size, with both style and speed
combined. good name and tail.
hustle II. was sired by Newcomb, 1903: he by
Nutwond, No. GOO, record 2:lSl5 he by Bell
mont No. u; N~cwcumb's first dam, Maggie
wilkes, dam of three in the list. 10y George
wilkes, recnrl 2:22; Rustic BIS first dam,
McrtriN, by Merchant, No. 500; he 10y Bcllmont
NJ. 81; second dam 10y Al West, No. lI.37l; he
by Almont. No 33; third dam by Marmndukc,
No. 9os3; fourth dam 10y Idol, No. III: he by
McmbriuO Chief, No. H..
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Kansas CITY Produce.

KANSAS CITY, May 8 Butter - Extra
fancy separator. 16Xc; frsts, I3hc; dairy. ITO
I4c; country roll. lie; extra fancy, I3c: store
packed, lie; fresh packing stock, 8GIOc.
Eggs-Strictly fresh, 90 per dozen.
Poultry-Hens, ohc; brOilers, &0O94OO per
1oz; ROSTERS, l6c each; ducks, &c; geese,
&c; hen turkeys, Sc; young toms, &c; old toms
Sc; pigeons, Use per dozen.
Apples-Fancy Missouri Pippin, s3.0OG3 SO.
fancy Ben Davis. Sa0O032 5; choice to fancy,
t275DaOO; Winesaps, s. 5O04OO; Willow TwigS
sS50G4O0 In a small way varieties are selling
at 40Go5o per half bu-
Vegetables-Cabbage. g. 90 per lOO-Ib. crate
Beets, 2504Oc per bu. Green and wax beans,
t.50dS 90 per crate. Navy beans, hand picked,
H.50 per blu. Onions. S5c1s1.60 Lettuce, home
grown, ei.Oo per bu Spinach, home grown. ~
G75c per bu.
Potatoes-New, Texas, saO1 per bu.: old
northern stock, fancy. sacked. Burbanks. 20
870c; choice to fancy mixed, bulk, 60165c;
Minnesota and Dakota, bulk. 6547Oc; Colorado
stock, fancy, sacked, 75Gs0c; home grown,
sacked. 4O65Oc. Sweet potatoes, 6OG75c. Seed
potatoes. northern grown. Early Rose, 75c;
Early Ohio, 75c; Red river stock, SOa
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just the other WAY.

Tho nan who had built up the new
town and was showing a prospective
settler about the place, pointed with
pride to a pretty little church, just COM
pleted.
do you belong to the church," asked
the visitor.
st should say not" replied the head
man of the burg, with an air of injured
pride. "the church belongs to me-
Detroit Free Press,
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TALMAGE'S SERMON.
A Proclamation of Revolution in the
Name of the Lord.
ChristianIty's Revolution In the Family. in
Commercial Circles and In the Church
The Day OF Gods TrIumph-An
Appropriate Discourse.

This discourse of DIR. Talmage is rev
dictionary for good in families and
churches and nations, and especially
appropriate for these times. Text,
Acts 1T:6: ''These that have turned
the world upside down are come
hither also"
There is a wild, believing mob
around the house of Jason, in Thes-
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FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice * hereby given Ia all creditors and
other persons Interested in the estate OF Cornc.
iius II. burgess, deceased. that the undersigned
public administrator viii apply 20 maxi Il final
settlement of said estate, At Tive May term,
lsIS, Of tie probate court of Lafayette county,
Missouri, 10 he hcgun aud held ut the probate
court room, IN the city of Lexington, ON the
second Monday in May, lsgS.
:. y. WILSON,
4-gtj Public Administrators.
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st. Louis Live Stock.

ST. LOUIS. May 3-Cattle-Receipts, 2. 200:
market steady for natives, Texans slow
and lower; native shipping steers, "a. 30
ab25i light and dressed beef and butcher
steers, sSe004 70; stockers and feeders, $4,000
45O; COWS and heifers, 81 O0G4 20; Texas and
Indian steers, "a 1904 60; cows and heifers, g. 20
4375.
Hogs-Receipts, 1000: market 5 to 100
higher; workers., S. 1903 30; packers, So 5a4OO
butchers, a. O004I 10.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000: market steady: native
muttons, s40o0465; lambs, s4.5O0SOO for
springs
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MONEY TO LOAN.
AN OPEN LETTER

To the Citizens of Lexington and Tclnlty:
We take this means of announcing
that mills are now in operation,
grinding out the very 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 on 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 be 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 Inc patron
age, we are respectfully,
GRAVES BROS.
N. B.-Our goods for sale by all gro
GERS in city.
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FINAL =

Notice IS hereby given To all creditors and
other persons Interested in the estate OF John
IL. G.. Widening, deceased. thHt the under,
signed administrator Will apply To make u
iiuat settlement Of said estate. IL the MAY
term, lS9S. of the probate court uf Lafayette
county, Missouri, 10 he begun ana held AZ Inc
probate court room, in the city of Lexington,
On the second Monday in May, ls9S.
WILLIAM j. WHITENING,
4.0-5t Administrators
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The Office Boy-Say, 1 believe the
shippin' clerk is thinkin' about mar.
ryin' you.
The Typewriter-Why, the ideal
"0n the dead, l do. l heard him ask
in the bookkeeper how much salary
you got."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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willing 10 Part with Him.

Benham-The paper tells of a man
who was killed while playing football.
Mrs. Benham-Why don't you learn
Che game?-N. Y. World.
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Bergen, Norway, boasts u paper
church large enough to seat 1000 per-
sons. The building is rendered water
proof by a solution of quicklime, cur
died milk and white of eggs.
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Bridget (watching her mistress as
she packs a missionary barreD-An'
Bhure, mum, yez musht put in tn ham,
mer, so they'll hov somethin' t open it
wid.@Judge.
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MARKET REPORTS.
Kansas City Live Stock.

KANSAS CITY, May 3-Cattle-Receipts sine,
Saturday. 3, 269 cattle; calves, 10; shipped Sat.
urday, 3I9 cattle; no calves. The market wa:
steady to Zoe lower. The following are repre-,
sentative sales:
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FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons Interested in tn" estate of David
Groves, ST., deceased, that the undersigned
executors will apply to make a final settle
ment of said estate, at the May term, ls'e, OF
the probate court of Lafayette county, Mis-
souri,. To be begun aud held at the probate
court room, in the city of Lexington, ou tho
second Monday in May, lsgS.
j. L. GROVES,
WM. NJ. GROVES,
4-o-5t Executors.
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JOS. e. BARNETT
FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
other persons interested in the estate OF John
j. Hall, deceased, that the undersigned
administration will apply To make n final set
tlCnent ut said estate mt the May term,
lsgs, OF the probate court OF Lafayette county.
Missouri, To be begun aud held at the probate
court room. in the city of Lexington, Lafay.
in May, 1898.
II. Il. LANDRUM,
80 IT Administrator.
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CHICAGO. May Seattle Receipts, 5000;
market weak and generally I0c lower; beeves,
S8 cows and heifers, 81 2594 so; Texas
steers, 40; stockers and feeders, 80 ron
a.75.
Hogs-Receipts, $780,; market active and SO
higher; light, % S504O7h; mixed, $39O04 Is;
heavy, IS. rough, S3 9004O0
Sheep-Receipts, %, 0O9; market weak to 100
lower; native, SS.209435; western. So 75044 40;
lambs, e. 75G540
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Letters of administration on the estate OF
George I. Odell, deceased, were granted
To the undersigned on the 9sth day OF April.
1872, by the probate court of Lafayette
county, Missouri.
All persons having claims against said
estate are required To exhibit them for allow
ance To the administration Within one year
after the date or suid letters, or they may be
precluded from any henett OF such estate;
aud IL such claims he not exhibited within
two years from the date of said letters. they
will be forever barred.
This 18th day OF April. 1888.
L.. @. PHETZINa,
i-8j73t Administrator.
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Thirty-h five years make a generatIon1
That Is how long Adolph Fisher, OF
Zanesville, o., suffered from piles. He
was cured by using DE Wits Witch
Hazel Salve. Day q Shelby, Leading
Druggists, a.2tf