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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-08-23
ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS.

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ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS.
We do wish that the American
Government would call a halt on
the Arctic exploration business
For the life of us we cannot see
why our government, or any 9th
er, should want to find the North
Pole. If it was found it couldn't
be brought hither for exhibition or
other purpose, and to pay so much
money and risk SO many precious
lives to secure a passage to it OF
some fellow there to hop round on
freezing feet and with chattering
teeth, and then come back empty
handed to sing into empty heads,
Eureka" is, as Ben. Franklin
wonld say, 'paying too much for
the whistle" But scientists say
there is an open sea surrounding
the pole. Well, suppose there is :;
who cares Should such sea be
discovered, of what practical use
would it be! How could ships be
introduced upon its waters, and if
they were, what traffic could they
engage in! 1t is all monumental,
colossal folly.
We have often smiled at the sto-
~ Of the hunter who vcntured far
beyond civilization, and even game,
and when hunger threatened his
life and that Of his dog, cut off his
dogs tail, made soup Of it, and
gave to the famishing dog the
bone, thus preserving both their
lives.
But, when we read Of the suffer
ings Of the several Arctic eXplor-
ors fitted out by our own and the
English government, and particu-
larly the Greeley expedition, the last
and the one exciting tie most in
terest, no smilc is invoked, but, on
the contrary. the recital causes the
blood to CONCEAL, and the soul to
fill with horror. Who can read OF
men being shot down like buIlocks
for meat, and the thin flesh OF dead
starvelings being cut and sliced te
supply nourishment for their sur
viyiug fellows without eXperienc
ing shudderipg sensations Is sci
cnce So poor that such suffering,
such horrible eXpedicnts to sustain
the lives OF its devotccs, such ter
rib c deaths, and aftcr-dcath muul
atious, should be reoorted to in order
to enable it to hive and thrive? j
so, better by far that science shoe
die. But science does not demand
such sacrifices. 1t is only crank
enthusiasts, who, in carpcted mC
comfortable rooms, sit in uphol
stored chairs, and with procticcC
fingers and gold-tippcd pens, write
articles upon probabilities, tantas
tie and chimcrical, calculated to in
flame others to such action as tho
crratic authors would not them
selves attempt.
1t is all very well to do prais,
and honor to Greeley and his heroi,
companions. They obeycd orders
and iutrepidly performed the dut,
assigned them, but the lives giycl
up, the laying away Of brave form
upon icey beds 10 sink betwocl
frozen columns, " be dcvoured b,
polar bear. or foxes. AMI the con
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-08-23

HENRY WATTERsoN has made IL
very manly statement about the
Democratic plan to devise a scan
dal in Mr. Blaine's early life, to be
used simultaneously in number
OF Democratic newspapers. Mr..
Watterson says this scandal dircc-
ted against Mr.. Blalnc'a early life
i'll kentucky was recently offered
to him to print in the Couraey-
I0UW0i lie said that he refused
to even consider the proposition.
He said that he had the whole
story investigated in the most
thorough fashion by his own rcpor-
tiers, and it was found that there
was absolutely not one word OF
truth in il; that Mr.. Blaine's lite
while in Kentucky was ubsolutcl,
blamclcSS.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-08-23
NUMBER 45.

care of, and who will see to it that
the titles to large tracts of land,
held by pretended grants. or un-
earned railroad grants, are promp-
tIy settled, whereby large bodies
of lands, properly belonging to the
public domain, shall be restored
thereto.
Resolved, that in our Judgment
the Hon. VIM. l.. Rynerson, of
Las Cruces, possesses more of the
qualifications above indicated than
amy of the other gentlemen whose
names are mentioned for the posi-
ton; he has long been a citizen of
the Territory, is large taxpayer
and property owner, i'll our own
and other Counties of the Territory
is identified with the stock, mining
and agricultural interests of the
Territory, and is well known to
the people OF the whole Territory
as gentleman of ability and lnteg-
rity. We therefore call upon Mr..
| Rynerson to become candidate
for the position, and in the event
of his doing so, we hereby recon-
mend our delegates to the Terrific
rial Convention to use all honora-
bic means to secure his nomina
ton" And on motion the report
was unanimously adopted, as read.
On motion the following gentle
men were elected delegates and
alternates to the Territorial Repub-
lican Convention, at Santa Ec,
Aug. 2jth 1854.
DELEGATES. ALTKRSATEs,
W. II. II. Llewcllyn, Juan Sais,
Frank Lcsnet ID. c. TAYLOR.
ID. j. NJ. A. Jewctt, Jesus Sandoval,
G. II. ArmIjo. ID. NJ Easton.
VIM. Caffrey A. w. Kempton,
F. Gonzales, S. McC. Mcpherson.
On motion, the thanks OF the
Convention were rendered to the
chairman, secretary and interpret
er for their prOmptness and ehici-
ency.
On motion the officers of the
conuention were directed to sign
the petition for change of the TT.
Stanton mail route, from White
Oaks to Albuquerque, in lieu of
present route from White Oaks to
San Antonio, in their official capa-
city.
On motion convention adjourned
sine die.
S. MCC. McPHERsoN, Secretary.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-08-23
S. McC. McPHERsoN, Secretary.

PEOPLE have very short memo
ries, particularly when they don't
want to have any. When Ben.
Hill and the brigadiers brought up
the Mulligan letter charges in con-
geess. that old Democratic veteran
Jere S. Black, took hold of the
matter to olnvestigato it, and help
them out. But Jere, after gong
over the case, told them it was all
labor lost, and that they had better
drop it. This is the way he eX-
pressed it: "Mr. Blainc's letters
prove that the charge is not only
untrue, but impossible, and would
so continue to prove until the Gre
gorian calendar could be turned
around and October made to pre-
cede April in the stately procession
Of years. We give this by way
of refreshing dormant memories,
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-08-23
County Republican Convention.

Convention was called to order
by chairman of County Central
Committee.
On motion of Hon. Jas. 4. Tom
linson. Col. d. j. NJ. 4. Jewett
was elected chairman, and ON mo-
ton of Frank Lcsnet, S. McC. Nc
Pherson was elected secretary.
At suggestion of Jas. y. Tomlin-
son, Demetrio Perea was appointed
interpreter by, the'chair.
On motion the char appointed Il
committee Of five on credentials;
j. A. Tomlinson, DR.. O'Rourke, s.
S. Terrell, G.. l.. ulrick and G. G.
CAM were appointed such commit
tee.
On motion the following com
mittec Of three, on resolutions, was
appointed by the chair: W. II. II.
Llewellyn, Jno. \. Brothers and
S. McC. Mcpherson.
On motion a recess Of 10 min
utecs was taken to enable the com
mittees to report.
On rcassembling the committee
on credentials reported the follow
ing delegates entitled to seats in
this convention, viz:
LINCOLN: r. II. Evan, Alcario
Sais, j. G. Weldon, Charles Bell,
j. a. Tomlinson, lgnatio Sena,
Anselmo Pacheco anc Juan NJ. Lu-
cero.
Souru FORK: c. II. Armiio, w.
II. II. Llewellyn, Francisco Rive
IA, Augustine Davole7, Juan Sais,
j. II. Blazer, NJ. j. O'Rourke and
Geo. G.. GAM.
PENAsco: j. b. Mathews and S.
Nee Mcpherson.
BoNITo: S. S. Terrell, Martin
Nelson and Peter Lanham.
WHITE OAKS: Jno. A. Brothers,
&. L. UIrick, d. j. NJ. \. Jewett,
II. S. Comrev, Peter Reid, NJ. II.
Bellomy, John McMurchy and \.
w. Kcmpton.
/ RuDoso: S. j. Slunc and Frank
Lcsnet.
NoGAL: NJ. NJ. Gaylord, l.. H.
Rudisille and Nat Moore
Las TABLAs. Scipio Salazar ant
/ Pablo Chavez.
SAN PATRlcIo: Elorcncio Coma
les aud Frank Cole,
On motion report, as read, wa.
adopted,
Committee on resolutions report
ed as follows:
THE Republicans Of Lincoll
County, \. M, III convention as
scmbled, remembering the almos
unlimited wealth and resources o
the vast southwestern territory, 0
which our grand county forms ;
part, and that recognition o
these facts on the part OF Congress
would lead to a more rapid devel
opment OF our resources than W,
have yet known, do hereby cXpres
4 desire that our delegates to tn,
Territorial Convention, which vii
meet at Santa Fe, Aug. %, 1884
for the purpose Of nominating
Delegate to represent New McXic,
in the 10Th Congress, shall insis
upon, and do all in their power t,
secure the nomination OF dele
gate who, by reason Of continue,
residence, business, and propert,
interests, and tul! knowledge @
its resources and necessities,
thoroughly identified with, and ds
voted to, the best interests of NeN
Mexico.
A Delegate who by virtue Z
knowledge Of legislation, acquair
tancc with public men, and recoa
nized ability, will carry our cas-
before Congress and present 1t i
such manner, as to secure for Ii
such friendly legislation as is rC
quircd to build up and foster on
great and increasing stock GROWN
interests, not only Of cattle but ,
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-08-23

evcrlastingly harrow them, and
render future existence periods of
unspeakable, uncomfortable distress,
darkens the picture, and cries to
God and man that the continuance
Of the senseless, lmpracticable, haz-
ardous scheme Of discovering the
North Pole and its surroundings be
abandoned. Let no more of the
peoples money be squandered in
the fitting oat Of other expeditions
We close this ,artic'e with the
following affidavit made by the ply
sicians VINO eXhumcd the body Of
1t. Kislingbnry's body, which was
recently buried at Rochester, Ny.
The deceased 1t. was one of the
Greeley expedition. Let those who
can, read it without endorsing what
we have said above. After dcs-
cribing the taking up, inspection,
and the laying away Of the body
again, the physicians under oath
said :
The body III weight approx
mated, in our opinion, about fifty
pounds. On examination Of the
head no signs of wounds or iniu-
rics were visible. The skin was
not broken and the ears and nose
were intact. The skin and mus
cles Of the anterior portion Of the
face and neck were intact from the
upper portion OF the sternum and
clavicie to the lower portion Of the
fifth rib on the lett side the skin
and muscles had all been removed
down to the ribs on the right side.
The skin and muscles down to the
lower border Of the last rib were
gone. There were two openings
between the fourth and fifth inter
costal spaces, into the thoraclc cav
ity. The skin and muscles on the
anterior portion Of the abdomen
were intact to the crest of the Ill
um orpelvic bones. The muscles
and skin OF the anterior and poste
rior OF the thighs were entirely re
moved except the skin on the ante
rior portion of the knee Joints. The
muscles and skin Of the left leo
were removed to within three inch
es Of the ankle Joint On the right
leg the skin and muscles were re
moved to within five inches of tho
ankle joint. Both feet were intac
and the toes OF all present. There
was no vestige Of integumcnt OF
muscles on either arm, including
the muscles of the shoulder blades
to the waist oints, except on the
right forearm the intcrosseus mem
brane remaining. The flesh anc
muscles of both hands were intact
TIE examination OF the posterio
position of the body showed tia
the skin and muscles OF the bacl
from the seventh ccrvical vertcbr;
had been dissected or cut complet,
4 ly away down to the bones, witt
the exception of pieces Of skin from
two to three inches square ON eacl
side OF the upper portion OF til,
sacrum. The pelvic bones wer
completely denuded, All the eN
tremities were attached to the bod,
by the ligiments only. No frac
tures OF the body were discovered
We found all the organs of tn
thoraX and abdomen present. -
There was evidence OF recent intla
nation OF the stomach and bowels
The large intestines were distendeO
with hardened Jumps Of fucal mat
ter in which there was hair, moss
or woody fiber. In our opiniol
the flesh removed was cut ava
with some sharp instrument. Tha
remaining on the feet, hands an,
face showed no signs of decompc
Sition."
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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-08-23

lNGErsoLL declines taking the
stump for the Republicans this
year, for the reason that Blaine
ha, q walk-ovcr.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16
Crushed Again.

The Keepitups had had a matinee for
members of the family only, with more
than usual spirit, and old Keepitup was
tired of life. He dashed up stairs and
came down in q minute with a coil Of
rope on his arm.
''Do you see this?" he shouted.
"Ido," she said, very coolly. "What
of it? Are you going to strike me
with it?"
mo-" he replied, with forced calm
ness. 81 am going to let you have your
own way from this time henceforth. I
am going out to the barn with this rope
and hang myself with it."
Mrs. Keepitup gave a quick searching
glance at the rope, made a sudden jump
at him and captured the deadly weapon.
A fierce triumphant light shone in her
eyes.
"Not with the rope YOU don't!" she
shouted holding it behind her. back.
..Not with a new clothes line that cost
me a dollar and twenty cents only a
week ago you don't hang yourself! Not
whilc I'm alive and have the grit of a
woman you don't! You get along out
to the barn and take an old plough line;
that's plenty good enough to hang bet
ter men than ever married into my
fathers family. And be quick about it
tool" she shrieked out of Che door after
him as he fled away to the barn, unbut-
toning his collar and tearing it OF as he
ran. 0'You be lively about it because
if there's going to be an inquest about
tits house I want il over and out OF the
way before baking day
Old keepitup didn't do any hanging
but he went down town and shot him
self nine or ten times and came home at
dark so drunk he let himself into the
hen house and his own dog. that bithim
five times before recognizing him. had
three whisky fits before morning.-Bur-
lin0t0u KDWhaye.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16
How We Live.

The world little imagines how largely
it is indebted to the laborious researches
of scientific medical men for many of
the most important truths relative to
human health, happiness, and life. As
population increases and the value of
food is enhanced, the knowledge which
chemistry has elected is becoming moro
and more valuable in a practical point
of view.
Some kinds of food are more nutri-
tious than others, and if it should be
found that articles which are cheapest
have the most nutriment and give the
highest ability to labor, then knowledge
becomes money to the poor. Tables
vary, but some Of the general results are
as follows: One pound of rice prepared
for the table, gives eighty: eight per cent.
of nutriment, and consequently a rela-
lively proportional ability to labor, COM
pared with other articles of food. A
pound of beef. costing fifteen cents,
gives only twenty five per cent. of nu-
triment. Yet countless numbers of the
poor in New York strain a point daily
to purchase beef at fifteen cents q
pound when they could get a pound of
rice for one-third of the amount, the
rice, too, having three times as much
nutriment as beef, making a practical
difference of 800 per cent, aside from
the fact that boiled rice is three times
easier of digestion than roast beef, the
rice being digested in about one hour,
roast beef requiring three hours and a
half. There is meaning, then, in the
reputedfa fact that two -ftths of the human
family live on rice.
We compile the following table for
preservation, as being practically and
permanently useful. All the economist
requires is to compare the price OF q
pound of fool with the amount of nu-
triment which it affords:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

There are AZ, GA widows in 6engal
under ten years OF age.
1.-THE grand horse total of Germany
: Nv the last return, 2,417, 1888; that
~ AMustro-H Hungary, 3.40o,o0o.
.-Holland, it is said, has only one
...t, who IS also a woman. This is
Wl,;sa S~tratenus, who is described as
1sht .,r both as poet and as q
-I,Assistance P%ublique, of Paris,
took charge of 94S .'bad children in
W.. W. vear: 767 surrendered by parents,
15S sent by the police, and IS committed
-. MAGISTRATES. These children are
u sr, to industr' al schools, and assisted
o. the Government until able to make
aliving.
William Nowland, known as the
King of the Orkney gypsies, died re-
Gently at the age OF 1O2 years, leaving a
WIDOW whose age is over 80. Now
lands age is said to be q matter of
record on the island of Westray. At
,be time of his funeral his widow
coolly smoked her pipe when prayers
we're being said over her grave.
From the "'English Wife eater's
MANUAL it is ascerlained that recently
sentences were imposed varying from a
fine of half a dollar to short terms of
nenal servitude. among which are noted
The following: A~ssaulting a mother;
rushing a woman on the fire; strik-
Inc a mother-in-law; throwing the
contents OF q slop-pail onto q
wife; striking q woman on the nose;
for beating, half-starving, knocking
out the tooth of a child and forcing a
quantity of hot porridge down her
throat; knocking a sister down and
taking running kicks at her; trying to
cut his child into four quarters. The
list is one of infamous brutality.
1t is a mistake to suppose that the
Princess of Wales is the leader of fash
ion IN London. Were she so, crino-
lettes, high shoulders, and inordinately
high heels would never have been seen,
nor loud combinations of color and
elaborate head gear. The Princess is
celebrated for being always dressed in
quiet and perfect taste. She goes in for
rather a severe style of tabernacle gar
ments just now. Of course she is imi-
tatcd. If she appears in a gray or pink
uat, Ah'AJ ~ SA"J UuN PihA hOoHAo
to be seen; but for one who will follow
the Princess quiet, ladylike style, TWEEN
ty will follow the lead of some eccen-
trio, original or celebrated actress.
At a banquet in London the other
day Mr.. Parnell connseled his country
men to cultivate patience and reliance
and remarked: "Do not rely upon any
English party do not rely upon any
English section do not even rely upon
the great English Democracy, even if it
may be supposed they are favorable to
your claims. But rely upon yourselves,
upon the great power which you have
in every industrial center of England
and Scotland, upon the devotion Of the
sca-divided Gaels. wherever they are
found, whether it be under the southern
sun or across the wide Atlantic and
above all. rely upon the devotion and
determination OF old people and upon
the old soil at home"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16


t Gns, not always being able to perform
enese TO the satisfaction of her nerae-,
sutors, they used. she atirms, to switch
t;on severely. and certainly the condi-
tsn;u Oh inc girls legs bear testimony to
tne.. having undergone very harsh
.reslment. The man, who is now in
prison, ALT Ajneeah, is a we'll known
desperate character. Before this he
nas successfully engaged in the enter
Ilise OF carrying OF women for the pur.
pose OF sellingthe to the inhabitants of
.ne mountain villages, and be has also
Ceen guilty of various murders, among
oIhers that of q young native woman,
VINO resisted him in his attempt al
1orclble abduclion.-LomGon News.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16
Cancer for Twenty Years.

MI. w. R. Robinson, D%avisboro. Ga,
writes, under date Jan. !, 1884: II am get.
ting on finely, the ulcer is gradually heal.
ing. I feel that Swift's Specific will cure
the horrible cancer which has been feeding
on me for. over twenty years."
MI. O.G.Barron, of Banning, Ga. writes,
dated March 8, 1884: THE soreness has ali
gone out of the Cancer, and my health has
greatly improved. l have taken six bot
ties of SwIFT's SPECIFIC, for a Skin Cancer,
which I have had for years."
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16

N hundreds of instances where Hot
Springs and other treatment failed'to cure
'scrofqla and syphilitic disorders, the suf-
ferer has sought and found a cure in DIR.
Guysott,s Yellow Dock and ~-Sarsaparilla.
1t enriches the blood, Strengthens the uri.
nary and digestive organs, and quickly re.
moves all indications Of llhealth and blood
disease, from a pimple to a running sore,
from q headache to a rheumatic pain. Its
superiority over all other blood purifiers
and strengthening medicines is admitted
BY all who test its curative effect and in.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16
A Popular Fallacy.

n AOPuf8r T@II6cys
Many people think that Rheumatism can
not be cured. 1t is caused by a bad state
of the blood which deposits poisonous mat
ter in the joints and muscles causing lame
and excruciating pains. Kidney-Wort will
certainly effect a cure. 1t acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels, stimulating them
to a healthy action, puriies and enriches
the blood and eliminates the poison from
the system. Go to the nearest druggist,
buy Kidney-Wort and be cured.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16

Dr.. NJ. Il. H1NsDALE,K enawee, ILL.,, says:
"a neighbours wife was attacked with vio-
lent lung disease, and pronounced beyond
help from Quick Consumption. The family
was persuaded to try DR.. VIM. HALLS BAL
sAM FoR fl LUNGS. By the time she had
used one-half dozen bottles she was about
the house doing her own work."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16

-Dennys7iue, Me-, has no railroad,
and in sixty wears not Il building in the
town has been burned. Liquor has
not peer sold there during sixteen
years, and in that time no person ias
died between the ages Ct one n TWEEN
ty.-B0st0n l0sa
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16
- WUUV Ul
Kind Of food. DEGENERATION.
Prof. Goodwin Smith saws Of

Prof. Goodwin Smith says Of the
United States and Canada: 1.-The two
countries not only lie closc to each
other they project into each other;
they are dovctai cd together. Their in
forests are the same, and they should he
permitted unrestricted commerce with
each other"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16

H-Keep This in Mind. In the Diamond
Dyes more coloring is given than in any
known dyes, and they give faster and more
brilliant colers. 1Oc. at all druggists.
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, VT.
Sample Card, 81 colors, n book Of direc-
tons for &c. stamp.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16

No EFFORT has ever been made to adver-
tise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound outside our own America; yet fire.
quent calls from other parts of the world
show that good news will spread. Pack
ages of this medicine have even been sent
from Lynn, Mass, to China.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16

A SUPREME COURT decisions: eyes, dear;
but of course you must speak to pa."-OI
City Derrick.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16

DARWIN says there is a living principle
in fruit. We suppose he refers to the
worms.-IndidnapOlis Scissors.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-16

"H1GH, fat crowns are most in favor"
An American girl will take almost any
kind OF crown and not complain.-N. Y.
GraDhic,