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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04
PRIMITIVE HOOSIER CABINS
Crude Pioneer Dwellings Construct
ed by the Earlier settlers in
Indiana.

IN
uncouth, simple abodes-more genuine
happiness has been enjoyed than In all
tho fine and costly mansions ID the
great city Of New York. Thousands Of
wealthy, respectable men and women
are living to-day who were born, reared
and married In such humble cabins.
And there are millions OF people living
to-day who have no idea how thee cab
ms are constructed.
The pioneer from acme Of the old
eastern or southern states, with his
wife, six or eight children, gun and
dog, would come 10 Greene county In
his covered wagon, which was his fam.
lily abode until be erected his cabin,
which was constructed thus; Cut about
40 logs eight or ten inches In diameter,
20 OF them 10 feet long and 20 OF them
IL feet long; slope The ends of half and
notch the other half TO At; put chunks
in the cracks OF the logs and daub them
with mud. The gables were made Of
shorter logs until reaching what Is
called the comb, the ends sloped down
10 suit the pitch Of the roof. II being
now ready for covering, cut poles Ave
TO six inches in diameter, l6 feet long,
or the length OF the house, notch them
down on the gables about 3h feet
apart. Cut down a large oak tree,
square the butt and saw cuts four feet
long, split them In blocks about six
inches square. take a frow and rive
boards half an inch thick, lay them
%lengthwise on the aforesaid poles or
r~afters, breaking joints, weight them
down with small poles. You are now
ready for the floors. Cut poles six
inches in diameter, length the width of
the cabin, for lower joists, place them
about four feet apart; cut a tree-gen-
orally linn or some soft wood-saw logs
about six or eight feet long, split into
slabs about three inches thick. hey
smooth; with these make the floor.
The door is made Of boards the same
as the roof, only longer; the fastening
is a wooden latch with a string hanging
on the outside. One window, IA BY 10
inches, with CREASED paper for glass.
The ceiling is made with poles for
1oists covered with clapboards.
Now comes the most scientific me-
chanical part Of cabin building-the
fireplace and chimney. Saw out about
six feet wide out OF one end Of the
house. six feet high from the ground.
case up the aperture, extending back
far enough for the back wall OF the
fireplace and as high as the aperture.
Now dig yellow clay. dampen, and with
a small maui beat down and form our
hearth. jambS and back wall. General
~ the jambs and back wall are about a
foot thick. Now split sticks 10 the
proper length for the size OF your chin
ney-the sticks about an inch thick
and one and a half wide. Make a NOR
tar Of the yellow clay and build o u
chimney 10 the desired height This
makes q comfortable dwelling without
a nail, glass or paint. Move in and have
a hoe down."-Linton Call.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04
FLORIDA.
A Superior Through Sleeping Car
Line Between st. Lo ulsand
Jacksonville,

Commencing December nth, 1895. the
Louisville Air Line will inaugurate for
The season the great Through Sleeping
Car Route to Florida. Through s~leepino
cars will leave st. Louis at 8.I5 D. m,
dally' passing Louisville at 100 a, m.
Lexington 1888 a. m, reaching Chatta,
nooga at sos p. M, Atlanta at lO:4O D.
m. and Jacksonville at $40 a. m. second
moInlng(. StOp-overs allowed. This
route is through large cities aud interest.
ing country, and is operated over most
superior and well established lines al
railway. The schedules are fast and
most convenient.
In addition TO the above schedule leav.
Ing St Louis at night, train leaving n.
Louis e;OS a. M, will arrive at jackson.
VILE the next night at $50 D. M. max.
lpg only 2 night out from st. Louis 10
Jacksonville. W
ms line also affords passengers for
Florida trip via Asheville, N. G.. The
sort. To-
Correspondence solicited and informa.
llon promptly furnished. n. A. CAMp.
BELL, General passenger Agent. 81
Louis. Missouri. ~ o.
This Is also the best line TO polnts IN
h~entucky, Tennessee. Georgia and
North and South Carolina. iS.io-sm
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04
A pnintr nIhhnn no..

Anyone who has upset all her ribbon
baskets, trinket boxes and dressing Ia
Die drawers In search Of the mar.
row ribbons which she uses as draw.
.sring' for her lingerie would hail with
delight 4 dainty little box designed ex-
prsiily for such Is she. The box ~
self IL just big enough TO hold two large
spools, on which are wound satin rib
bor' The box Is covered with inter
WqVep ribbon Of two or more tinta and
llpsd with white soft silk on the innev
side 81 the cover ~ ivory bodkin 10
Fastened The two big spools are wound
with bsbe ribbon, one In blue aud one
" white or one pink and one blue
" both white, according 10 ones fancy.
Not until one has tasted the 10y Of hay.
ing a place especially designed Tor
those lagliHg. elusive, narrow ribbons
snd = bodkln that can be found When
wanted can the comfort and eopyen-
fence OF these pretty tribes be appre-
eiaied'-St.4 ouisQ Globe Democrat.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL

rhs sheriff OF Tennessee county
Furnishes a unique description Of an
ab,eOrdinR bauk cashier. lie says he Is
ssx feet two inches tall and $4,000
short"
An English guide book makes the
curious assertion that a large proper
lion Of those who have made The ascent
Of Noun, Blanc have been persons OF
unsound mind.
Sir Henry Irving carries with him on
his tours his OWE tea-a tine Chinese
variety that comes 10 silk sacks lie
| has his own teakctile, and, after order
ing hot water. sugar aud rolls. he at
tends 10 the making Of the tea himself.
Lord Grimihorpe iS perhaps. the
most distinguished amateur clock
maker in Great Britain. He has one OF
the most complete workshops N the
world, regularly employing several ac-
compllshed journeymen 10 carry out
the rougher part Of his experiments
A Philadelphia servant girl trusted
an undertaken 10 act as her executor.
Her estate amounted TO 81 100, and the
kind executor generously provided for
an $500 funeral, Her remains were ten
DERBY placed in a $500 casket, and this
was an item in the bill, although q
cheap coffin was substituted just be-
fore the interment.
A stuffed bird adorned the hat Of q
lady who was on a visit TO Fort Sheri-
dan, Chicago. A pet eagle belonging to
company B, First Illinois cavalry,
pounced upon the bird, and sank its
beak and claws into It. As the bird
showed no signs OF defeat the eagle
clutched the silent victim and few of
with II and the entire hat.
1t is conceded that Henry Heitfeld,
senator from Idaho. is the finest speci-
men Of physical manhood in the senate.
Tall, stocdly built. fleshy Of form and
face, he looks the rough-and-ready
westerner more closely than any other
man in congress. he has spent most Of
his days on a ranch and In the mining
districts Of the transMissouri country.
Two bright jurors recently figured in
an inquest on a man who had been
drowned in Mansfield. England. Are-
aecting witness Thought II strange
they didn't use a stomach pump to
him" Then the first bright juror re-
marked that "they ought to have given
him a hepidemic." Tie second bright
juror promptly suggested; "You mean
a hemetic."
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04
SHOOTING STARS.
Some Facts Concerning Them which
Have been Ascertained BY
Astronomer.


The present state OF science does
not admit yet Of our knowing whether
the contact Of the shooting stars ana
aerolites has had any effect at all on
Ihs earth's motion. But we can as
sumo that in the process OF time the
mount Of shooting stars aud meteors
Will decrease. For any given group Of
the former 1t Is almost certain that II
was once more conspicuous than n IA
to-day and that It is growing less an
the periodic returns pass on. OF courss
In this assumption we must take into
account variations of density at differ
ent paris OF the steadily moving cur.
rent, variations which can producs
showers that are now more dense ana
now more sparse, For this reason thu
constant enumeration Of shooting ,tsrs
becomes quite important, since mi,
alone will teach us in the long RIM
whether or not the phenomenon ia 70.
any losing In richness, and II II is 10
wat degree and under the SWAY NJ
what laws. wy !"
When a shooting star breaks in,o
name In our atmosphere, the residupm
OF the combustion remains in the air
and can be found in what is known n,
atmospheric dust. The virgin sno,y .,
Inc polar regions was often seen n
be spotted with traces Of dust Will
contained particles Of iron. Like par,i'
cies are found on church towers md
elsewhere. Among the minute boGt"'
mat dance 10 the suns rays there ara
certainly particles OF shooting Star,
Inc sands Of the African desert. wbon
examined by a microscope prsssn,
races OF very small Iron particles
which seem TO have been subjected 70 "
nigh temperature, and the Chnlsno.a
on its remarkable trip In the Atlar,La
found at times in lis drag.net iraS.
men'S OF magnetic iron which we bsS.
every reason to believe fell from tbs
= BIT William Thompson Lord KeI.
VIM and Richter have even seem IN !
aerolites the dlssemlnators ~ he s
germs OF life throughout the unI,er,"
% f. BlGRcn 'S'
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04
SENATOR FRYB's FRENCH.
style By . Fsrfs
Barber.

In q letter 10 his family in Lewiston
senator Frye relates an incident Of ex-
psrsnesi In Paris that takes the form Of
. Joke on himself.
"Mrs. Frye remarked TO me the other
day" writes the senator, shat needed
. haircut. l vas on my way 10 Join
q c the company Of counts, heredI-
tary dukes, noble lords and esrls, and
although 1 don't are 4 rap for all the
q~uarieringS on their crests. I don't
want my hair TO 20 romping over my
coat collar. and that's Just what As.
Frye said II did do. Now, l an . bit
particular about who shears my poll.
know a mar In Lewiston who can sui.
me. i lie back Ia his chair while he
talks fishing and fox hunting and
ndghboriDg news. and be shears II TO
my taste have my ~fayorite barber In
Washington, but In Paris l am not on
speaking terms with many Of the SON
sorial profession. and, a. I said, I am
particular about how II 10 cut
V'1 49, my oooa OF ooa,
,rnSn opc ncur eDo
ua % mal Instructed
w" e. oAI"er . ges .
"n .Nel haircut put IN some
u~e on "e "I' 'nu, oAnisaing az
49,. peSOe "eS'y' SpanasI
nN"Tn"- S'en'ans aonoY-
ques' o. nar
nns me not 70 De
sone 'vus, rouuu W sop ana "eni
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04

Teaeher-Now, then. bow M a
wrote "Macbeth" H
pi 10y No. 1 urembling ylolently)-
Gv know you didn't, but who didY"
with a spasm Of ylrtue,-SpI,...
Sr' cont wanter be n t%elliale, but Il
wa. n0S Buster, over In de corner seat.
Record. ihuA'ra'ed
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04
Women Brieandl Of the balkan.

women OF n baIkana,
The women brigands Of the Balkans
have played as important a role In the
struggle for the Bulgarian and Mon
tenegrin independence as did their
Greek sisters Of Olympus and Plndus In
their conflict with the Turks. Dressed
10 mems attire, the wives OF thu bal.
douts, as the brIgands Of Bulgaria are
called, often accompanied their hus.
bands TO the mountains, farlug like the
rest Of the outlaws, and frequently sbar.
ing their fate-N. Y, Tribune.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04
where ned. Are an Innoxa,,ou

Beds are quite an innovation in
Russia, and many well.to.do houses are
still %unprovided with them. Peasants
sleep on the tops Of their ovens, middle.
class people and servants roll them.
selves up in sheepAkinS and lie down
near the stoves, soldiers rest upon
wooden cots without bedding, and Il
10 only within the last few years that
students In schools have been allowed
bsdS.--spare Moments.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04
FOR
JOPLIN. PlTTSDyRG GALENA
AND WEBB CITY.

The Memphis Route Kansas City,
Fl. Scott & Memphis X. b. has two
trains daily from Kansas City-botn
trains have through reclining chair cars
lSeats fpe g TO holdeBO Of Grst class tickets).
Night Train leaving Kansas City at $50
has Wagner palace sleeping car TO Jop-
lin, Via PittsbuTg aud Galena. The
Memphis is the only line from Kansas
City ~ all The great lead aud zinc min
ing camps Of Missouri and Kansas
0alena. Joplin. Webb City, Centeryille
and Aurora.
For map and time table folder address
j. h LOCKWOOD, ten. Pass. Ag't.
S-0-9m Kansas CITY. Missouri
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04
NIAGARA. Ice Brldrs nrok.

Niagara Falls, N. Y. Jan. 24.-while
nearly 100 persons were on the great
Toe bridge In the gorge Of the Niagara
river the broke from the banks
at either end. There were thousands
Of Sunday sightseers who saw the
bridge give way,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04

Tbs Missouri. Kaoass q TeEas Railway
%. will sell low fuie round tril tickets
on November lat aud 18th, December 9Th
eud Orh, Win npal limit Of return TO
f~wenty-ooe days from date Of sale. An
sKosIisot opportunity for home seeker,
tourists aud investors TO view for them.
selves the great resources Of the state.
For farther Information address
A. Z. MINER. r. p. A.,
SSdalia, Mo.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04

Nearly everybody smokes in Manila.
IL is a common sight after shutdown 10
see a father out for a stroll with his
wife and children, and every one of
them over the age Of five years smoking
a cigarette.-Chicago Inter ocaap
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04

The Royal Agricultural society n,
England has adopted a resolution for
bidding horses with docked tails from
appearing at Its exhibitions.-Chicnpo
Chronicle. Ns'
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04

Robbers entered the store of O. K.
Skidmore a Son at oolagah, /. T.,
blew open the safe with dynamite and
secured the contents. amounting 70
several thousand dollars
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04

After suspicion is once directed 70.
ward a man II Is difficult TO slde-traek
h'-Chicago Daily News.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04

Mnud- S"mss
love? A married Tor
. S s,os but she fell in love with
r'ch MANI, Y. Journal,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-04

Next few months are times
for Cyclones, Tomatoes and
Hurricanes. Protect yourself
from loss by purchasing an
insurance policy. Rates are
lower now on town property
than ever before. Winsor will
fix up these policies for you.
See
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-14
s-eeeeeNs-es

BAKER sept 14-No--h-
bound Southern Pacific passenger train
No ran into & ca5oose If 3 freight
train AT 10 o'clock last evening 81 Fa-
1850 station Three women were
killed Engineer Z " Wright was
badly burned and scaI5ed- The fireman
3s net expected 70 recove-. and 4 track
walker. name unknown. was also badly
injured One woman was also slightly
injured
The caboose belonged 10 the Porter
vile fre-gtt L vas standing on the
main line when struck. where II had
been switched q short time before. Il
appears that the passenger train vas
going al full speed when IL struck the
Caboose- Faucso IS G flag station. and
the train had 10 occasion 70 sLop there
this evening
The mail and baggage cars we're
badly wrecked and the caboose smashed
ID finders.
Fireman EeeIer Jumped and vas Sc
varely injured Engineer Wright was
piniored against the head % the en-
Etre ard was badly scaIted and mash
81 He may recover. Al unknown
man in the front end Of the cabcose had
a splinter ruu through his wrist
Mrs Maggie Majors was Instantly
killed; also Mrs. Ross, her mother. The
other woman who was killed = IN
known. but she IS believed 70 b Mrs
Larue. who resided in the 1eighborhood
Ct P0rIs-viIlIz-
L appears that the P0rrerviIle train
vas occupying the passengers track
when the wreck occurred yet the PAS
serEzr violated The rules by running
into the station az fun speed
The dispatcher At Kern denied 1Jr
some time that the women had been
hurt. even after the special train had
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-14
GENERAL c. McC. REEVE OF MINNESOTA.

vented the war Now We all agree 10
the proposition that the fnsurrectiOn must
be suppressed. but in the beginning 4 COT
CiIiat0ry course was net adopted General
Otis unfortunate proclamation Of jan
uary I rendered Cancellation almost i'm
possible He adopted the policy of igccr-
ing the natives OF treating them as half
civilized savages- No indication was given
to the FiIipinos as TO the future Intentions
OF the Government. In August, Septembe
and October Immediately following the
capture OF Manila the F'uipIuos kept in
qufrfng what We were going To do and our
authorities replied. We cannot tell until
the Paris Commission gets through The
F'IIipinos would ask. What will you do #
You acquire the Islands, And still no
hint was given 20 them by General
Otis until Il was too late He fg-
uored them completely. At every step
Of the peace negotiations he stipulated
that nothing should be considered until
the FTfpinos laid down their arms. Here
IN is where the natives mistrusted the
Americans The Fffpfnos had many les
sons from Spain in the folly Of laying
down arms. They were not able to com
prehend the difference between Spanish
and American promises.
While AguinaIdo was seeking TO
obtain from General Otis some outline
CT the future policy Of the United
States the war party in the Cabinet,
headed by General Luna, was gain
ing strength daily. Instead Of Aguin-
aldo controlling those who demanded
absolute independence the parties
making the demand succeeded in get
ting him under control.
Admiral Dewey entertains a high opfn-
ion OF the industry and Intelligence Of the
natives. He employed many OF them 10
Cavfte Arsenal and spoke highly OF them
The natives expressed great admiration
for the admiral He holds 10 the opinion
that the FfIfptnos are capable Of seif-gov-
eruuent and in my Judgment he firmly
believes that the war could have been
houCrabIy avoided by an enlightened pol
icy. Of coucfIiatiou in dealing with the ua-
tfves The Filipfnos are much better ht-
ted for independence and seIf-g0vernmeut
than are the Cubaus. It is my under
standing that Admiral Dewey has on sew
eraI occasions stated that the F'iupfnos
were capable Of self-goverument and that
a wise policy OF Cancellation would have
averted the war against the natives"
Doubtless the American public
would read with much interest a dis
patch which Admiral Dewey cabled to
the President last December in re-
sponse to a message wired by the
President requesting the adniraps
views Of the situation in the Philip
pines.
Regarding the apprehension that the ua-
tfves were bent on piIlage, riot and murder
IN Manila, General Reeve said there never
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-14

20 be no tickets Of admission A squad
Of police is 70 be assigned 70 keep or
der outside the church As the body
Is carried into the church the orzanist
viii play Chopin's- funeral march The
following named honorary pail bear
ers viii walk behind the coffin: John
Hone. George r Fearing Chauncey
NJ. Depew, J. Pterpont Morgan H B
Ledyard. Frederick Bronson Samuel
2. Barger. W Bayard Cutting. George
A Crocker ard George MacCuIIoch
Miller
The music al the church viii De fur
nished by choir Of sixty voices In
mediateIy after the service the caskec
VIII be taken TO the foot Of Forty-sec-
ond street, where a boat is 70 be IN
waiting 10 convey the funeral party TO
Staten Island for the burial at New
dorp in the Vanderbilt tomb. The
party is 10 be numerous enough 10 III
twenty. coaches.
Senator Depew tonight denied the
report which had gained currency that
Mrs Vanderbilt was dangerously i'll
Mr. Depew said that she had suffered
from shock. as was natural. but was
in good health tonight
A death mask was taken tonight by
4 representative Of Augustus St. Gau-
deus, who VIII make q bust
There has been no word from Alfred
G. Vanderbilt. who was cabled 10 at
Yokohama. Japan
Mr. VanderbiIt's death will have no
effect on the Vanderbilt properties
said Mr. DepeW to-day. William K
Vanderbilt, with his brothers consent,
took his position at their head Two
years ago. Nothing viii have To be
sold in the settlement Of the estate Mr..
Nauderbilts life was not insured
The friends Of the family are yet IN
ignorance Of the provisions OF the will
Mr. Depew said thai William K Van
derbfIt is in charge Of everything. a.
he is the head Of the family
A gentleman familiar with the Van
derbilt interests said to-day. No one
knows the exact value Of Cornelius
VauderhiIt's estate Although he kept
his properties carefully iteuiZed he
could not tell their value, as the values
fuctuated- His estate increased about
Oue-third IN value during the last eight
cen months I do not think the gen
ersI public viii be made familiar with
the items OF his estate. Some time the
gross value Of IL may be known, so as
TO comply with the law concerning the
inheritance tax but 1 don't believe the
estate Of Cornelius Vanderbilt viii be
laid bare as was that OF Jay Gould II
is also probable that several trust funds
have been formed under the will. so
that the estate may be eutailed for at
least two generations Mr. Vanderbilt
left some large sums To charitable pr0-
jects. undoubtedly. and these figures
may be made public I would not be
surprised II a special trust fund had
been formed for the benefit Of the in
faut son Of Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.''
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-14
THREE WOMEN KILLED IN A
TRAIN WRECK AT FAM0S0
NOrthbOund Southern Pacific Passenger Train
Crashes Into a CabOOSe While Running
at Full Speed.

left for the scene with physicians.
Later reports say that Mrs. Majors re-
sided at Santa Monica and was going
home with her mother. Mrs Ross. The
fireman was badly injured The IN
known man IS 4 track walker; he IS
unconscious and may die. The dead
and injured were taken 70 the depot
Beds we're made for The injured. and
they were resting wen when the ply
stCIans arrived
Mrs Majors and Mrs. Larue were
both dead when taken from the wreck
but Mrs. Ross vas still alive. although
she died about midnight The bodies
oS the three women were friEh-fulIy
uangled and bruised. thar OF the wo-
man supposed 20 BE- Mrs Larue having
hardly whole bone left \ railroad
physician happened 10 be aboard the
passenger train and superiuteCded re-
uovaI Of the injured 10 the depol wait
ing room. where they were made as
comfortable as possible until the ar
rival Of the wreCErg train bringing
physicians from Bakersfield
! sad feature Of the accident IS the
anguish % the friends and relatives OF
the dead ladies' who were awaiting
their arrival 81 P0rCerviLue. Mrs Ma
j0rs had been absent nearly Z year and
her arrival vas 10 be Che occasion for
Z reception in her honor.
Engineer Wright has z family living
IN Fresno and he VIII BE- taken there
Fireman Keller came here but recent
" from Los Angeles and * thought %
be unmarried. As he IS quite q YOUNG
man
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-14
AUDIENCES WITH POPE
TEMPORARILY STOPPED

LONDON. Sept I3.-A special dispatch
from Rome says the Pope is only suffering
from cold. uuacCompacted by fever. but
as = precau utIouary measure his audiences
have been temporarily suspended
ROME. Sept I3.-An official note an
c0ElCes thai the Pope viii be unable 70
grant separate audiences 10 the immense
number Of pilgrims expected 10 come u
Rome during the holy year. but as he y
anxious not 20 deprive them Of the
benefits If the apostolic becedicti0u be
VIII follow the example OF his preisces-
scrs III similar circumstance and VIII
pronounce q solemn b=uedicJiou in the
court Of BeIvlders or elsewhere. as may oe
convenient.
TIE arrangement. which comes into
force forthwith caused various comment
Il IS supposed that the decision Is due 20
tn advice Of his physicians Oue Of the
first effects viii oe that the Pope viii not
receive the French pilgrimage that is due
here next week In this way Cardinal
E-lCPClLa PapL Secretary Of State viii
gain his desire that the Pope shall not
speak publicly on the Dreytus affair