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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-09-24
THE KANSAS CITY TINES.
Western in Location and Sentiment
A Daily Paper Devoted Entirely
TO Western Sentiments
Read This Offer TO
Readers.

Uncle Sans new colonies Will proye n
source Of great interest TO the American
people generally, and particularly with
HE residents of the great southwest-
the chosen field OF the Kansas CITY
Times. The war has Impressed on
nearly every reader the necessity of
having a live metropolitan daiiv news.
paper.
The second invasion OF the philin.
pines, Porto Rico and Cuba by the com
mercial forces of the United States will
Yankee enterprise. with ia comnlement
Si improved machinery and w~ide-awake
business methods, VIII affect as start
a,.is u revoiull9h as achieved by Yankee
sailoIs ana soldiers IN the recent cam
paiSn,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-09-24
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.



Kansas City, Sept iQ-Cattle-Reoeipta /.
Az calves, Ss9, market steady; shipping and
dressed beef steers, ta7S66e Is: western steers.
aHt4bo; cows and helfers, sI.0Odas5: stock
ers and feeders, a@a40 Hogs-Receipt1
2,Ooo; market strong 10 higher at e Baasa'
Sheep-Reoeipts. 6,0g7i market steady; sheen
gW0A0; lambs, l250lA5Q
81 Louis, Sept 10 -Cattie-Receipts. 5000,
market steady for natives and steady 10 a shade
" for Texans; native shipping steers. "a 80
Wh@; light and dressed beef and butcher
steers, aoOatheS; stockers and feeders t9O0
D4bO; cows and helfers, tgOOd4B 40. Te1as ana
Indian steers. "a iOlbAG. cows and helfors.
2O06a0 Hogs Receipts, $500. marie,
strong 70 DC higher; workers., sasSQa95; pack.
ers, 2SOda9O; butchers, ta9nAOQ Sheen
Receipts, 100; market steady to strong. M
tive muttons, @7b04a6; lambs, I oOahsS
Chicago, Sept 10 -Cattle-ReceiptS 10 m0i
best ? m others i0c lower; beeves, s4OOaa rs,
cows and heiferS t2OOOA 70; Texas steers "a IA
CASA Hogs-Reoeipta, 5000; market active
and steady TO shade higher; light, agalGI:
mixed, AWG4lO; heavy, sa55d4WX, rough.
SoSGaN sheep-Receipts. 2g.OOO: marke.
steady 70 loo lower; natives, d. pOaibJ. vest
ems 2SotAto; lambs, AOaaG6
Grain and Provisions.
Kansas City, Sept iR-Receipts OF wbea, N,
cars a year ago. 4l cars Sales by car H..
No ! hard, @664c; No hard, 0Oas9Ho. No a
hard, bshGeihci N O 4 hard, 54naspuc, M =
soft eGe4ei No 3 soft 900; No 4 soft. IA
wye Receipts Of corn. % cars; a year 400 ID
cars; No z mixed, 2TkGsso; No 8 nike. eTil@
27No; No 4mixed. 26de7o; No 2 white oo9eeno,
No. . white, S09shc; No white. eoaq5c b.
ceipts OF oats, ~ cars; q year ago. 30 cars, No Z
mixed sSG2tc; No. 8 mixed. &c, No 4 miycd
eS1Rloi No 2 white. e5025hc; No 4 whi,e
NhDSoo; No 4 white, 24c Receipts Of hav
% cars; timothy, HOoa7es: prairie iaOose ~
alfalfa, bbO; straw, ta5Oa4m Eses
INC per doz Poultry, hens. 7nc ner H.,
b%roiiers, sGsc per Id; ROSTERS, lbo each, ,nr'
Keys oesoi ducks, young, eHo; old. So. goosa
sci gosllngA' OHoi pigeons, Soc per doz But,or
extra fancy, 100; dairy, l6c; store ro.,,ot
lao fotatoes. alG5Oc per bu Sweet notatoas
oc per bu Lettuce, bO69Jc Dor bu onioDs
new, MONO per bu Cucumbers ik7or, ~,
bu Turnlps, Csc per bu Green beans Ssago,
per ou Beets, Sc per bu Celery. gDsl,c M
doE Tomatoes. e0c1si25 per bu Cnhbaao y,
dSDo per 100 lbs W~atermelons 7bcgt .a M ~
doL Cantalpupos, S5d6Oc per bu 0ranos ~ y
122ho per peek; peaches, GOdSne nos 10
Apples, t2bO0 800 per Dbl. T " ou
Chicago, Sept i0-Wheat- Sentemho. n.a
@ho' December, 691GKo: MAY glSIe,naRn
Corh-Septcmbor 2DHO2gKc, Doeombo, ennS
eske' May. 3lk13iHc Oats-sente,n,o- ~,
gslei December, ahQeO.c; NAV. W. s,I
Porh-Septombor, is ley; October ~ M
oember, lhaDbsS 7k. Lard-Septombe, : ~
October, AGiDlm; December 45iiIa ~
Short ribs-septembcr, hg5, Oc,ober n 49,
hai December, lA6iMG4M
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-09-24
DEMOCRATIC TICKET

COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET
JUDGE or ~couKr-LoSG TERN,
WILLIAM q. MARSHALL.
JUDGE or uPREME CORNERSTONE TERN.
LEROY u. VALIANT.
SUPERINTENDENT or SCHOOLS.
WILLIAM T. CARRINuT0N
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER,
WILLIAM Il. MoCULLY.
~coNdREssMAs,
WILLIAM y, COwHRaD.
IuDdR or CIRCUIT COURT,
SAMUEL DAVIS.
JuD0E ~ CRIMINAL couar,
JOHN A. RICH.
REPRESENTATIVE.
JOSEPH II. CHltIsrY
PRESIDING JuDGE.
p. WALKER OSBORN
JupGE-wEsrERS DISTRICT.
HENRY GREEN
JupqE-EAsrERS DISTRICT.
W. A. MCQUEEN.
PRoBArg JUDGE.
JAMES p. CHINN
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
MATT ID. WILSON
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
CLARENCE vIyIoN
JOHN A. F~ULKERsoN
ooLLtcToR.
GEORGE W. RATES
ooUsTY ci.GRK.
FRANK THORNTON
TREASURER.
J.C. BLEDsOE.
CIRCUIT CLERK
HUB CAMPBELL
COUNTY RECORDER.
GLEN TYREE
FOR CORONER.
FRANK W. MANN.
Justice OF the Peace.
Clay township. ....... John A. Lockhart
CJ Miller
Constable-Den Day.
Davis township .......... FL McCord
Jim Hargmye
COnstahle-JC Gum
Dover township ...........J W Tompkins
J A HRrwOod
Constable-Geo Zeysing
Freedom township. $3.50. Robert Matthews
Constable J r Schackelfurd.
Lexington township ..... 90. james G Russell
10 A EdmOnds
TT Duling
C~Onstable-A NJ Gale.
Middleton township .. Nv Il Cooper
RCCauthorn
COnstahle-w Scott Thomas.
Snia-Ilar township ........R NJ TAYLOR
Jas 4 Wilkinson
Constable Harry Gleaves.
Washington township ....J W white
Thus Bnuck
COnstable-lrving withers.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-09-24

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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-21
HOW SAvAGES TRANSMIT NEWS.

Their Ingenious Method accommodating
With Each Other at a Distance.
Travellers in uncivilized countries have
often wondered now some savage tribes
were able to transmit news for hundreds
OF miles with no apparent facilities for
doing so. An interesting light is
thrown on this subject by Jose Bach.
who tells Of the means by which the In.
dams on the Amazon communicate with
each other at a distance, The natives
live in groups of 100 to 200 persons, in
settlements half mile or a mile apart,
In each dwelling there is wooden
drum, which is buried for half it's height
in sand mixed with fragments of wood,
bone and mica and has triple dia-
phragm of leather, wood and rubber
When this drum is struck with a wooden
mallet the sound travels far, and is dis
tinctly heard in tie other drums in the
neighbOring dwellings. 1t is beyond
doubt that the transmission of the sound
takes place through the earth, since the
blows struck are scarcely audible out
side of the house in which the instru
ments ale placed. After a tmaiOcca, :"
or dwelling, has been "Called up" by an
initial blow conversation is carried on
between the two drums. Mr.. Bach's ex-
planaton is that the communication is
facilitated by the nature of the ground,
the drums doubtless resting upon one
and the same stratum of rock. since
transmission through ordinary aluvial
earth could not be depended upon. This
method furnishes an ingenious mOdifi-
cation of the process employed by In
dlans for perceiying distant noises (such
as the gallop of horse), which consists
of applying the ear to the earth,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-21

Moses lips when he was youth in the
royal court of the Nile. One of the period
of Caesar humble piece of pottery, may
have refreshed Joseph and Mary in their
flight into Egypt. Where we sat we were
in touch with 1000 years of history. The
very site of the palace may have felt the
feet of Alexander, Ptolemy, Cleopatra,
Mark Antony, Bishop Cyril and Napo-
leon. Through an open door we could
catch glimpse of a matches prize dieu,
and in its center a wonderful cruci1xion
carved by a masters hand looked down
upon the place"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-21

% doz. Ladies Heavy Ribbed
Winter Undervests, worth Csc.
Big lot of children's silk and
wool Tam O'Shanters. worth
25 cents, for only. ......
Mems and boys golf caps, very
handsome, worth 25c, for only
A large lot fine dress goods,
worth from 30 to SOC, your
choice for ouly. ........ i
A small lot beautiful plaid worst
ed, we'll worth 15c, for only.
A lot beautiful brOcaded satin, IN
black only, we'll worth 75c, a
A lot of beautiful black brocaded
silk, worth SOC, for only. 49,. 4
Fine all silk black taffeta, nice
quality, sold everywhere
at So cents, only.
Heavy black gros grain silk,
worth 81 yard, for only ....... /
Best silk velvet, worth 81 every
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-21


palms nodded and huge Persian rosebushes
thrust their glorious branches into the
windows Listless fellahin scowling
Bedouins stalwart Sudanese, crafty Ar
menians and sinister Levantines passed to
and fro On the corner Tommy Atkins
in scarlet coat and with bayoneted rife
stood on guard, making the traveller thank
God for Great Britain There was a
Christmas dinner with an eastern finish
The turkey was stuffed with pistachio
nuts and Indian spices, the soup was null
hgatawny, the fish was red mullet the
entree was a dainty Turkish piIau, the
coffee was the same Mocha as the khe-
dives, and one of the wines came from the
same Alexandrian vineyard which sup
piled the Caesars. There was plum pud-
ding imported from England, and, most
wonderful of all, corn bread, New England
mince pie and canned stewed terrapin
from Philadelphia. In special honor Of
the day we drank from cups of which the
youngest may have seen Mahmoud the
Terrible and the Oldest might have touched
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-21

It was at pleasant dinner party at a
famous New York hotel, when the con-
versation turned to the approaching
Christmas. The guests were of various
oallings, but all were qualified to join the
Travellers club, having visited at least
three continents.
what was the oldest Christmas you
ever spent?" asked one at a pause in the
general chat.
II certainly can claim the most norther-
ly one, " said Captain Leonard Smith, for
merly of New Bedford. ''It was when
was whaling in the arctic seas and my
ship was icebound in the pack about 100
miles north of Alaska. 1t was beautiful
day, clear, quiet and intensely cold. The
stars looked like sharp points, the moon
like clean cut silver disk and the heavens
as black as sin. Scientifically it was day
but as a matter of fact it was pure mid
night. Our bin of fare was wonderful
We had seething punch, tea and coffee
Our meats were corned beef, corned pork,
and, best of all, some polar bear meat and
seal blubber. / will not recommend seal
blubber for these ATTITUDES, but in the far
north after many months on salt horse
and canned goods, it's as delicious as
boiled chicken. We had potatoes, carrots,
yellow turnips and gingerbread pudding
with real raisins in it. There wasn't a
dish any one here would look at at the
present moment, but all on board vowed it
was the finest banquet they could recall"
If did not have the most southerly
Christmas, | had certainly the hottest"
remarked William Fender Mclean, once
editor Of the Hongkong Telegraph, but
now Gothamite. 1T was at Port Oar
win, in Australia, which, next to the No
have desert, is probably the hottest spot on
earth. December there is equivalent to
our June, and the weather of their Christ
mas is that of our Fourth of July.
ION account of that frightful scourge,
the white ant timber cannot be used in
house construction, so that the roofs are
made of iron girders and corrugated sheet
iron galvanized. This makes a house a
veritable oven. The thermometer was
way over the 100 mark, and every one in
our party was picture Of Precipitation
and discomfort. But we were determined
to celebrate Christmas in good old fash
Toned style.
1--WE had Christmas tree, wreaths and
evergreens, and some one hung up a
bunch of what he called mistletoe Luck
lily we had an ice factory there, and so Sc
cured small blocks of comfort at Or 8
cents pound. Every drink, excepting
the punch was iced, and every food ex-
cepting the turkey and plum pudding.
was cold
"One poetic youth shook belt of sleigh
bells to arouse the imagination and an
other read aloud Dickens immortal
Christmas carol. We tried to picture the
nipping cold enjoyed b. Scrooge and Mar
ley ghost, but the effort proved futile.
Yet the awful heat could not weaken the
Christmas spirit and both dinner and day
were unalloyed delight"
1.-The oldest Christmas of my expe-
rience," observed DR.. Edward Bedloe,
United States consul at Canton, China.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-21

where, for only..............
Fine black silk warp henrietta,
40 inch. wide, worth 81, for.
Fine black silk warp henrietta,
45lnch., worth 81 % yd, for. =
Nice quality taffeta lining, yard
wide, worth 10c, now.
Best percaline, all colors, regu-
lar 15c quality, now only.
4 2 or 8 hundred yards of black
brOcaded Saline, worth 15c yd.,
now only, ............. -.
, Mems all wool camel hair under
wear, shirts and drawers,
worth $l,0O, each.
A lot of ladies' beautiful ready
made skirts, all wool, worth 50
world over, each .............
Another large lot Of those en-
broideries just received, from
4 to Is inches wide, worth from
10 to SOC. for only............j
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-21
y BY
WILLIAM E.S. TALES.
Copyright 1893. By the author

try near Singapore. The climate there
was wittily summed up by the great gov
ernor Sir Stamford Raffies as consisting
of two seasons, the wet and the dry In
the latter it rains every Is minutes; in the
former all the time Christmas eve it
was shower, shower, shower During the
night it poured Christmas morning the
landscape was like a mermaid's paradise.
Phe road was a line Of unbroken water,
the river not far away seemed a moving
deluge, the fields were sheets of water,
broken by bushes and trees in mathe-
NAUTICAL patterns and the uncultivated
land was an overfowed marsh.
1.-The air was full of warm steam, and
you could almost feel the vegetation grow
ing. The table linen and clothing were
damp. The water condensed on furniture
and trickled in little streams down the
walls. If boat had sailed into the draw
ing room, it would have caused no sur
prise Ny host had blazing fire in his
fireplace, a poor imitation of the real ar
ticle, bat it cast ruddy glow in the room,
and, what was better still, made pleas
ant draft We did not think of snow or
Ice or any other form of water. We had
too much of it around US everywhere. "
My oldest Christmas was in Egypt,
told the writer Il was the guest of dear
friend, DR.. James T. Love, pasta, who
was attached to the khedive's staff. His
homo was palace similar in architecture
to those in Italian cities, but colored in
Arab suggestions Within it was truly
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-21

Why do you complain Of Indigestion
constipation and liver ills when Begg's
Little Giant + ills are within such easy
reach? They are today without a supe-
rior, do not grippe or grip, and can be
reiSd upon to effect speedy cure when
all others are without the least avail.
Be sure and ask for Beggs'. Take no
substitute. For sale by Sale Davis Drug
Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-21

Constipation prevents the body from
Kidding itself of waste matter. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers will remove the
trouble and cure sick headache, bilious
ness, inactive liver and clear the com
plexion. Small, sugar coated, don't
gripe or cause nausea. Sale-DaYis Drug
Co,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-21

Coo yd 36 doz. crush anc alpine fur hats
worth 75c and 81, your choice
SEC yd for only ..,........ .......
Ladies' knit underskirts, regular
76c yd 75c kind, for only ............
A lot ladies' fine tan shoes IN
sc yd lacceSonly, black patent leather,
trimmed, 81 kind, for. .,
&c yd SO or IS ladies' all wool newmark.
cts and cloaks, fine goods
worth from 81 to $40, slight
64c yd ly OFT in style, your choice (for
SOM 81
Mems Guyot suspenders, sell for
SOC Csc everywhere, for only I
We still sell best oil cloth 1Oc Y,
S5c Best soda 21ac pound, best oil y
gain, best starch &c pound, best sn
SOC pound, Big Soap, bars for
& lOc Rabbits Potash &c can and so on.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-21

dropped from the calendar, so that you 90
to bed Wednesday night and wake up Fri
day morning. In going east, you reverse
the process and repeat the day
by extraordinary luck this happened
TO me, as l said, on Christmas, so that
had two Christmas days the same year.
The captain of our good Pacific Mail
steamer told us that the event had never
happened before in the history of the COM
pany aud to the best of his knowledge
had never happened before to any craft.
If that be true, the 60 passengers and $50
crew may well boast of their experience.
But two consecutive Christmas DAYS
are not a success. The dinner OF the SEQ
ond day seems insipid by contrast with
that of the first, and the merriment of the
latter is succeeded by WEAKNESS on the
fermer. 1t is a curious place, that one
hundred and eightieth degree of longitude.
1t plays havoc with grammar and time.
According to the way you are going
you can say truthfully: Tomorrow is to-
day and today was yesterday. Today was
Yesterday and tomorrow will be TODAY.
tomorrow has no yesterday, and yester-
DAY has no tomorrow Thoughts like
Shese are confusing, to say the least"
Il can claim credit for the wettest
Christmas a" cheerily voiced Walter Hutch.
1nson, the travelling agent of a great Liver.
pool house. 1T was in the Malay coun-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-21
VWVVVVVVVVWWVWVVWVV1

Inc
gd atro Christmas Davso
nave TO goods will
Sod NO reasonable
ALL FINE GOODS O'' O00D'' ''A"'' SnOeS AND
We Quote Only Few Prices Charged These Feur
Here They Are
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-21

was in 1892, while cross
ing the Pacific ocean to
San Francisco. On the
evening of Christmas day
we reached the one hun
dred and eightieth degree
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-12-21

THE HOTTEST CHRISTMAS.
CHAN rugs, lion and tiger
skins, servants yellow
brown and black. Lux
ury, almost languor,
oy-orvvv-boro O,,+r: A. -,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20
The Troopers.

We clattered into the village street, and up up to
the Rose and Crown,
And we roared a toast to the Tory host as we
tossed his liquor down:
Long life to General Washington" He S gen
tleman, trowi
But death to a thing like tyrant King, and his
vassal, my great Lord Howe"
Then we DOTTED the hat as down we sat, and babe
him fatten the board
And when he whmpered and wheezed and
whined we gave him a clank of the sword;
BY his own wide hearth twas matter for mirth
to see him bend and COW,
This cringing thing to a tyrant King, and his
vassa my great Lord Howe
we had ridden fast we had ridden far, and
under the stars had slept;
Out of the night for the foray fight we into the
dawn had crept;
Long and late we had laughed at fate and had
hungered oft, and now
Twas goodly thing to feast like a King, and
his vassal, my great Lord Howe.
We had kissed our mothers and kissed our wives
and kissed our sweethearts true;
AS grain of sand we held our lives in the work
we had to do;
We were Rebels all, proud name, God wot!
because we would not bow
Our heads to a thing like tyrant King, and his
vassal my great Lord Howe.
ITO saddle lads!'' was the word heard leap
blithe from the captains tongue
So we raised rouse for the Tory house as out
of the door flung
Long life to General Washington. He's gen.
tleman, trow!
But death to a thing like a tyrant King, and his
vassal my great Lord Hover
Clinton Scollard, in Lesie's Weekly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20

There rolls through the universe song
The sweetest that mortals have ever heard;
Its melody; waited and borne along
BY the breeze, was caught by a warbling bird:
And he sang to his mates in the leafy trees
This wonderful song that for years and years
Had echoed the heavenly melodies
Ills the tabled song of the spheres!
Beneath the tree where the warblers sang
Sat youth and maiden, hand in hand;
Their hearts were thrilled with the joy which
rang
Through the silvery notes of that minstrel band
And they sang the song light and free,
Their voices blending with those above,
Re-echoed the heavenly melody
The song the song Of love!
Though millions of years have passed and gone
The song that was caught by the bird in the
tree
That was sung by the stars at creations dawn
Still rings through the world-the symphony
Still thrills the heart OF the stammering youth
And the blushing maiden-by and by
The world will learn the eternal truth;
Ills the song OF love-it can never die!
Huntingdon, Ind. Fan Boyd Heiny.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20
Grand-Fanny Rice.

Recently Fanny Rice played a successful
engagement at the Grand, appearing in AT
the French Ball. and she will return to
that theater for a special holiday matinee
and night performances On Tuesday. In
the Tuesday night performance songs and
jokes will be Introduced BETTING the at
tendance on that occasion of the University
of indianapolis students. The matinee will
be at popular prices.
Fanny Rice. though she is the heroine of
many artistic triumphs, did not score her
greatest success, according to the best crit
acs of America, until she appeared as Nancy
in 1.-THE French Ball." In this play Miss
Rice appears as Nancy Patch, the wife of
a poor shoemaker. Becoming anxious to
get a look at the world of fashion, she
starts on an eXpedi tion TO deliver three pairs
of shoes to her husbands customers, the
first being a rich brokers' wife, the second
n priIna donna and the third a dancer Her
adventures make up an evening of innocent
fun. She extricates people from embarrass-
ing situations of various descriptions, makes
a half dozen changes of costume, sings some
of her characteristic numbers, and finally
prepares TO go home, with a radically re-
vised conception of true happiness.