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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-03-12
Lack Of Leaders.


on the arid and shifting sands of the
desert, so leader of brains is posi-
BILE only with a party of brains, The
Democratic and assistant Democratic
Journals daily bemoan the pledacar
ment of their party, because it has
no competent leader. Yet when a
possible leader appears, who has ca
pacity enough to move his party or
some fraction of it for or against any
measure. straightway these same
journals begin to belabor him with
abuse, and are not satisfied till they
break him down. Mr.. Bayard led
most of his party in the Senate, and
defeated the Nicaragua treaty; at
once the batteries of detraction ard
abuse are opened on him. Mr.. Ran
dali led enough Of his party to hll
the Bankruptcy bill, and the party is
Immediately warned that it viii go
straight to perdition with such q
leader. It is rumored that each OF
these gentlemen was prompted by
! MIR. Cleveland; at once MIR. Cleve-
land is solemnly warned.
II One thing may be regarded as GER
tain; the Democratic party cannot be
led by New York journals. If the
Democratic papers of this city were
I infinitely ADLER than they are, and If
they were able to lead themselves in
8 any rational path-as sorae of them
4 are not-their attempt to set up gov
+ ernment by newspaper in the party
would fail. For the party has its
II roots in q soil where New York ideas
n and influence cannot penetrate; it
IS gets its strength from men who both
hate and fear New York as they hate
q. and fear nothing else on earth. The
ID banks and the railroads, the capita
III lists and the enterprise of this met
m ropolis, appear to Democrats OF ths
West and South the direfrll source O
an all their woes, and they are neve'
m more united or in earnest than whel
he fighting for some measure designe'
nj, to smash the banks, the railroads ant
to the capitalists of New York.
,er, But the party itself has an uncor
Or querable disposition to stone all il
of prophets. Let any nlan lift himse
ne, above the herd, and show that b
cen has some foresight or practical sens
to and Immediately the whole throng
and kittIe great men begin to cry vii
i'm one accord, "Stone him to death
When the party seeks candidate,
pu begins by ostracizing the men wi
nm are known to have brains. Hayi,
,Ie's elected King Log, it now fears th
e a he may prove to be King Stork, q
with set himself against some Of the ina
stupidities for which the party p
oop- sionately longs. "de Is not LIE
rbo+ ocrat at ALL" some are already 8
: To ing. If he does not eontrive to II
he. larger multitude than 5000, "
ou'd very few loaves and small fishes,
s ofi will soon be made to feel that h
b;ck. not the man for the place.
Mt to This is the party to which the {
bood duct of affairs has been intrusted
poy- four years to come. The couI
t;ons will have to get ON with it as be-
Haunt can. But there is no reason Il
Jerk surprised that such q party h
leadership. If it had large ma
u,os would compel him to act like s
~ one, or be politically put to deaf
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-03-12

II. Schmidt is local agent for
Lemp's beer and Lemp's extract OF
malt is the most healthy drink made.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-03-12

- 49,. 'Fss.F as does its
local agent, Mr.. H. Sclinidt. 472x.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-03-12

r1eS on q DestutlIui hihn-" iaeS osSoeA
and scour-"
sGuess you will,' pulled MIR.
Spoopendyke. I'D like to see my
; wife sitting on measly, pink-eyed
cayuse. You'll wheel the baby-car-
: riage, that's all the wheeling you'll
do, while Spoopendyke holds the
reins of government, and you car
scour the dod- -gasted tin dishes.
"Wen, but that's what 1ndiar
iprincesses always do expostu'atee
g Mrs. Spoopendyke, ''and call th'
II steed Queecha, and they carry bov
and arrow and shoot eagles with II
D. and at night they gather round tn
fire and light peace-pipes of th
en- braves and sing lullabies TO the du'
ky papooses, and"
"Oh, you know all about the Ind
ans, don't you. You've spent yot
~ life on an agency, haven't yous fo
" only need a tabulated statement
~ one end, and to be mailed to a CONN
ing constituency to be report
nth the Secretary of the Interior. y
[el- only want to embezzle a few milii
1ay dollars and keep two bald-head
Of clerks to be an Indian bureau
the Washington. If you were sold
her 20 cents and had plug tobacco
ing. vertisement on your hind cover
Oil. would pass for seaside edition
.;aa- the Last Of the Mohicans. You
and studied the red man, haven't yous
..You say your prayers in Chino
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-27
MankatO Free Press
SUPPLEMENT.
A ADMIRAL.
He Cast the Heads of Thirteen Moors Int
aTub of Pork-Old John Benbow.

He Cast tho Heads of Thirtoen Moors Int,
aTub of Pork-Old John Benbow.
From the London Telegraph.
A new war-ship was recently launch
ed in England which was named after
John Benboow, a famous admiral O.
two centuries ago. He was descended
from an ancient Shropshire family
which was reduced i'll fortune by it,
staunch and loyal adhesion to the
cause of Charles /. Hisfather, Colone
John Benhow, died when the future
admiral was very young, leaving nc
other provision for the boy than that
indicated by the words he was "bred
to the sea-" Before 80 he became mas.
ter and part owner of the Benbow
frigate, employed in the Mediterranean
trade, in which he would doubtless
have acquired O comfortable fortune
had not accident brought him into
the royal navy. In 1886 he was at.
tackled upon his passage to Cadiz bya
Sallee rover, against whom, though
fearfully overmatched, he defended his
ship with heroic bravery. Although
the Moors boarded him, they were
quickly beaten out of the ship with
the loss of ID men, whose heads Cap.
tain Benbow ordered to be cut offand
thrown into q tub of pork pickle.
When he arrived at Cadiz he went
ashore and directed his negro servants
to follow him with the heads of the
Moors i'll u sack. Scarcely had he
landed before the revenue officers in.
,quired what he had got in that sack.
"Salt provisions for my own use.'
CURLY replied the gallant tar. The
custom-house officials demanded TO
see them, but Capt. Benbow refused
He was then informed that the magis.
trates were sitting, and that he would
have to 20 before them He wastreat.
ed with great civility and told that rs
the salt provisions were of no conse.
quence, he could not object to show
them.
Caesar" exclaimed the stern old
sailor, turning to his servant, ''throw
them on the table; they are very much
at the service of these gentlemen, il
they like to partake OF them!" The
Spaniards We're so struck ut the sight
of the Moors' heads, and by the mar.
rative of the action in which their
former owners fell, that q report oil
the circumstances was despatched to
the court at Madrid, where Charles
H., then King OF Spain, invited Cap
tam Benbow to pay him Il visit. His
Catholic majesty SEN the gallant
Englishman on his way with q
letter addressed to King James
III. of England in its bearers
favor. On arriving in London
Benbow "a appointed to II commits.
sion in the royal navy and the story
of his action in the Mediterranean be.
cames so popular in the rough time
prevailing in this and every other
country two centuries since, that the
''Moor's Head and the "Saracen's
Head" soon became a favorite signfor
public houses scattered throughout
the length and breadth of the islands.
Such is the first of the inspiring mem.
cries recalled by "Old Benbow's'
name, which typifies the intimate and
cordial connection which has always
suDsisted, and never more than at
this moment, between the royal and
the mercantile navies OF 1.-The mistress
OF the seas"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-27

the authorization for the detail OF ofi1ocrs Of the
regular service as military or naval attaches at
iexations. Some foreign governments do not
matte function. Italy and Venezuela will
only receive the appointee in one of his two ca
pacities-but this does not prevent the require
bilities OF our officer whose duties he
cannot dlscharge-the separated titles OF
consular generals should DO abandoned
l deem 1t expedient that a weli-devised measure
for the reorganization of tbs extra territorial
courts In Oriental countries should replace the
present system. which iabors under the di'ad-
vantage Of combining judicial and executive
functions in the sams office. In several Oriental
countries generous offers have been made OF
housing the legations OF the United States. A
grant OF land for that purpose was made some
years since by Japan, and has been referred to
In the annual mess lges of my predecessors. The
Slam government has made a gift To tho United
States of cOmmodious quarters In bangkok. In
Corea the late minister was permitted To pur-
chase n building from the government for lega-
tion use. In China, the premises rented for the
legation are favored as to local charges. AT Tar
gicr the house occupied bv our rcpreSe nJative
has been for many years the property OF this
government, having been given for that purpose
In 1872 by the sultan OF Morocco. ] approve the
suggestion heretofore made that in view OF tho
conditions OF life and administration in the
Eastern countries the legation buildings in
China japan, COrea. Siam, and perhaps Persia,
should bo owned and furnished by the goveru-
ment with a view to permanency and security.
TO this end ! recommend that authority be
given to accept the gifts adyerted to In Japan
and Siam. and 10 purchase III the other coun-
tries named, with provision for furniture and re,
pairs. A considerable saving In rentals would
result. The worlds industrial exposition held
ut New Orleans last winter, with the assistance
of the federal government. attracted u LARGE
number OF foreign exhibits and proved Of great
value In spreading among the concourse OF WIS.,
itors from Mexico and Central and South Amer
lea a wider knowledge of the various manufact-
ures and pr 'duc:ions OF this country, and their
availability in exchange for the productions Of
those regions. Past cOngresSeS have had under
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-27
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
His First Message to the COngr css
of the United States.
THE VICE PRESIDENTS pEATi

II VICE RESIDENT DEATH.
To the Congress of the United States: Your
assembling is cloudcd by n sense of public
bereavement, caused by the recent and sud
len death of Thomas A. Hendricks, vice
president of the United States. HIS distin-
Suished public services, his complete IN
.esrity and devotion to every duty, and his
personal virtues will find honorable record
n his cuuutry's history. Ample and repeated
proofs of the esteem and confidence In which
le was held by his fellow countrymen were
manifested by his election to offices OF the
most important trust and highest
lightly, and ut length, full of years
md honors, he has been laid at
rest amid universal sorrow and yeneration.
The constitution which requiresthose chosen
20 ~legislate for the people 10 annually meet
N the discharge Of their solemn trust, also
requires the president to give to congress
information OF the state of the union, and
recommend to their consideration such
measures rs he shall deem necessary and ex-
ocdient ut the threshold Of Il compliance
with the constitutional directions. 1t is well
FOR us to bear in mind that our usefulness to
The peoples interest will be promoted by a
earnest appreciation OF the scope and the
shul W Jul iNSl'NSiNS Ne'N' my
relate 10 federal legislation while the ex-
scutive may recommend such measures rs he
shall deem expedient The responsibility for
legislative actions must and should rest upon
hose selected by the people To make them.
4 contemplation OF the grave and RESPONSE
bic functions assigned To the executive
branches of the government under the CON
,~titution will disclose the partitions of power
between our respective departments and
their necessary Independence, and also the
aeed for the exercise Of all the power en-
trusted to each in that spirit OF comfy and
cooperation which is essential to the proper
Iulhllment of the patriotic obligations which
TEST upon us as faithful servants of the Deo-
pie. The jealous watchfulness OF our con-
,tituenc;es. great and small, supplements
heir suffrages. and before the tribunal they
establish, every public servant SHOULD be
Judged.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-27
Why They Do Not Marry.

The Pail Mall Gazette, some time
ago, suggested a subject Of inquiry to
it's readers which is OF interest 10 ev.
cry part of the world. 1t is asked:
"Why are young Englishmen OF the
g~entler class so unwilling to marry
and why are young Englishwomen OF
the same class so willing?" The query
brought a shower of letters from both
parties, which revealed a good deal OF
the inner workings of English social
and domestic lie. The principal rea.
son alleged for the dislike of men to
give up club for family life was that
they knew nothing OF the women sub.
mitted to them for approval beyond
few glimpses OF them in full dress. A
itish matron, wrote one bachelor,
~ wishes to secure n bon parti for
p lughter manages that he shall
VI With her at n ball, invites him
licr us at her own house, then to
uanoI rec dinners. Then it is time
" p" make up his mind as to a
W. lie will see her nc more
y hen goes on to statehow
lIopH3 ua+ for n man to 90 INTO
closeiy. ;ti lily; how he wishes to
cir"".o Lin. Ut home waiting on
sucn ynd;dnta ants to know how
pee az ;atbar or or,lOoks when her
y 49, Lar u her gown, etc.,
brother sets hisfoot o.
etc. a. Ill Of
All OF which is very ret tne elrl al
inst. But why should no. ~tIVeyoke,
so demand to see the prospe, eSelue.
fellow when he is not en- gram ~ no
Why must she be SATISFIED TOT hiSeie
man who waltZeS with her or iior
- -, hon. ~nnnlnnDlO. us
i;fa and never get glimpse OF hin. u
Le annears at the club among men,
aben he has drank his nightly ailow
. "nco2 WHY, in short, is the man 70
choose and the woman to be passlveiy &.
choseng Every letter published III the y,
Gazette from both sexes taKestneiac Il
for granted that the average Enslsh cI
oman stands ready to marry the y
" y who can give her q handsome -
m. tenance without regard TO ms :.
moin :, habits, or morals, while the a
tanne, aits until he has weighed inc v
mnn ", ,refully in tie balance ana @
woman c. ct wanting IN any OF Iheso Il
found her uors mi !
o. az Tim, y preceded his chapters
81 Iottaro wbic FRIED life shows us q
on Ca cbionoble ma welled motherhood
DellOlllCcl anu D'lCs o,
ing up her innocent ". hlhah 80
scllherto agross EngliA we may yuoso
Turk. The practice, Ii common IN
from the Gazette, is more lacKernS .
England now than IN Il. re. dno
lay. 1t is not common h, Us. one
American woman has her fau. menu
is often bold and slangy, vehe. iree
she likes, when she is young, to be cn
to 90 where she will and ilirt as mI
AS She pleases; when she is oldshelike.
and generally takes her own way. bnt
She IS seldom for sale. With all the 4
exceptional power which money gives it,
in this country, with all the struggle NJ
whichis made for it in every class ltl mr.
only among the most fashionable set SC
nat marriages de CONVEYANCE are rec 1,
,pnized ms iustifiable and decorous. di
II these statements in the Gazette in
;oirlv represent English social lie we v,
are y less merccnary people thanthey; VI
he dollar will buy more that's sacred Il
and pure and dear there than here b
where it is supposed to be almighty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-27

Total. 5000, S22.376 so
The following are given as prominent articles
OF import during the year, with their values and
ton.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-27
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT..

CoNDillON VI II rlNdNCEo.
The report of the secretary of the treasury
fully EXHIBITS the condition OF the public
finances and Of the several branches Of the gov
eminent connected with his department. The
suggestions Of the secretary relating to the
practical operations Of this important depart
ment and his recommendations In direction Of
qualification and economy, particularly OF the
work Of collecting custom duties, are especially
urged upon the attention OF congress. The
ordinary receipts from all sources for the fiscal
wear ended June 30. 1885. were 1922, 600. 7O6.-
80. or this sum. $lSl,47l. 1913 "a was received
from customs and SHEDS 725.5i from inter-
nal revenue. The total receipts as given above
were $2i 500, 63.5i less than those for the year
braces a falling Off of $l3. 595. 800 AZ In the re-
ceipts from customs and $9.6S .3i6. 81 in the
receipts from internal revenue. The total ordi-
nary expenditures OF the government for the
fiscal year were $500. 226, 935, leaving q surplus
in the treasury at the close of the year of S63,-
49,, 77l.27 Z. This Is $40. 929, S5i.3 30 less than
the surplus reported Il at the close OF the previous
year. The expenditures are classified as fol-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-27


Some of the principal exports, with their val
ues and the percentage they respectively bear to
the total expectation, are given as follows:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-27

lows:
For civil expenses. ..........S 23,S 26,9 42 IL
For foreign intercourse ........ 5,430, 600 IL
For Indians. 6,552. i9i 63
For pensions. So, lO2, 2G7 40
For the military, including river
and harbor improvements and
arsenals 42,67O.57S At
For the navy, including vessels,
machinery aud improvements
OF navy yards. ................. 1902, O79 90
ments. 81, 1886, 256 Al
For the District of Columbia. d. 3,439, $50 %
For miscellaneous expenditures,
including public buildings,
lighthouses, and collecting the
revenue. 81, OJI 81
The amount paid on the public debt during
the fiscal year ended June 80. 1855, was H.
993, 235. 43, and there has been paid since that
day and up to Nov. !, 1888, the sum of S}63,-
S2S, leaving the amount Of the debt at the last
named date, $l,515,475, S6O.47. There was,
however, at that time IN the treasury, applica-
BILE to the general purposes OF the government.
the sum of $6G. SlS, 292. 80. The total receipts
for the currcn, fiscal year, ending June 80, 1886,
ascertained to Oct. !, 1885, and estimated for
the remainder of the year. arc 900: the
expenditures. ascertained and estimated for the
same, are $245,OOO,O0O, leaving a surplus AT the
close OF the year estimated at 100000 900. The
value of imports from the United States to
foreign countries during the last fiscal year was
as follows:
Domestic merchandise. ..,.......S 726, So. 9f6
Forclgl merchandise. ............. lo,oOo,SuJ
81 ,SJz
Total 1871 loJ pSn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-01-10
FEIGEING MADNESS.

A Joliet, ILL.,, special Of Thursday reports
an exciting affair at the State penltentiars.
A red headed, ugly looking convict named
Mike Fannery, who has been frequently
punished, left his shop without permission,
and ran to the deputy warden's oihce' "nere
he stated that his foreman wanted To XIII
him. He was sent back with repr1mano,
but instead Of going to his shop he went
charging around the prison yard like mad
p,an, exciting general attention. supposlng
had gone crazy the officers caught hlm
and took him to the hospital. The physl,
cia n was absent, and the convict, raving all
the time, was taken to side cell. L>eing a
Catholic it was thought if he was put IN
with a fellow Catholic he could quiet hfm
so he was put in with convalescing coo-
vict n AIMED Van Alta. 1t was not long be-
fore the guard was called to the cell, where
be fo..nd that Flannery had got into Van
Alsa's bunk behind him, holding him in
wise lil:e embrace, with sharpened knlfe
to his throat. Being weak, Van Alta
could h'ot resist him, and every time he
moved the maniac would job him in the
back with a fork. The guard ordered Elan
merry to get up, but be refused, and threat
ened that the moment any one atte mpted TO
open the cell door he would cut Van At
las throat from ear to ear. Flann'ry b:
cunningly got behind Van Atlas, 81 that the
officers could not shoot bim without shoot
inp both. The warden was sent fu" but bl:
persuasive powers had no effect. Fianuery
nad been to confession last Sunday and the
idea of sending for the priest occurred to
the warden. This was done and The prl's
soon had the savage on his knees before
him, praying like saint. Fiannery Was
carefully examined next morning oy ply
sicap, who, however, came TO he conc'n'
sion that he was feiguirg insa uity in order
to get sent to the asy lum aud make bis e.,
cape. FIannery is now in punishment, ano
it is hoped be will soon De ready aud an1lous
to 90 to work
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-01-10
THE LIFE OF A BRAKEMAN.

If there was law compelling the COM
panies to pay for smashing brakemen you
couldn't find link and pin coupler in the
country. Dangerous! l don't suppose you
have any idea of the dangers of a brake
mans work on freight train. He's got
to have muscle, activity and judgment,
and if ho fails In one of these for mo-
ment-why, they just shovel him up in a
blanket. Married men won't couple cars,
except when they can't get any other job.
It's sll done by young fsllows-poor boys
who can better afford to get killed. Some
day the poor boy is helping make up
I-Iong train. Hes 200 yards away from
the engine There's the conductor on
top of the train passing signals with his
hands to the engineer. The engineer don't
want TO kill anybody, but be can't SEE the
whole length of the tIain, and it's hard to
tell by the motion of mans hand just how
much more to back. The brakeman gets in
between the cars, holding pin in oae land
and waiting to lift the link with the other.
Along comes tie train like the hammers o.
hades the drawbar gives way, retreats clear
to the head, or the Brakeman loses his foot
ing in the shock. They carry him home,
tell his folks that Johnny got killed on the
road, and get another brakeman.
Then in the winter there's ice and snow
on top of the cars. Everything is slippery
and it's awful easy to miss step and go
down between the cars Overhead bridges
break good many heads too. It's dangerous
work, and we get paid Sl.S5 for ten hours
work.
1t costs brakeman $50 year for 81 .OO0
life insurance, about six Times whatit would
cost you. In some parts OF the country
The brakemen have associations, and
when one gets killed the association pays his
! widow or his mother or his sister S2,OOO. There
| is no association like that here. l wish there
Was or that the compaH les had to pay for US ne
only coupler that will ever catch them will DC
! one that saves money. That may sound rough
but it's Gods truth.
let up a pier that doesn't cost much more
tba,, e link an! pin and doesn't lose pins and
rnn, have 'cm. Let me tell you why. The
.verays toss of pins is Eve year to each frelght
car kovs steal em for junk, and they get loSC
IN q hundred ways. Pins cost % Cells each, that
;s 81 a car per scar. There are nearl ' l,t!Oo,'
iIuo freight cary il this country. That's Ooo
900 worth of piuN lost every year. Looks n'g'
dou,ti,? Well, knock off third for pins that
are recovered and YOU will have a sum worth
,aying. Show the railroads self coupler that
Toe-o'I cost more than 80 st the most. and saves
pins, and the brakeman will get oetree sno" ios
his life than seven chances In e'snt.