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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-10
An Ingerson "reminiscences.

The Capital gives an interesting ac-
count which it states was obtained
from Ingersoll himself of the prepera-
tion of that gentleman's remarkable
speech nominating Blaine at Cincin-
natl in 1876. According to the Capt.
tai when Col, Bob went out to Cinc,n-
natl, accompanied by his brother,
Ebon c., who was then practicing law
IN Washington, he had not the slight
est intention OF making any speech
whatever in the convention. Two
days before The nominating speeches
were to be made he was asked by
blalne's friends to make the speech
putting Blaine in nomination. At
first he declined, but finally yielded to
their persuasions. He had two days
to think over the points and prepare
his speech, but Cincinnati was lively in
those days, and when Ingersoll went
to bed at midnight OF the second day
he had nos written a line. He saws
he slept sounlly until about O'Clock
in the morning, when he awoke with
a feeling that he had had a nights
rest. His mind was clear, his facul-
ties active. He SAID to himself that
the time had come to prepare that
speech. He got up softly and went IN
to the next room, where the gas was
burning dimly, dressed, sat down,
closed his eyes and pictured to him
co lNIa J., ,,1 -
the next day. He imagined himself
rising to address it when the state OF
Illinois wascalled, and then and there
he thought out the speech exactly, he
says, as he delivered it on the next
day. When he had finished it he open
ed his eyes, turned up the gas and
sat down and wrote it out and put
the manuscript i'll q bureau drawer,
turned down the gas, went to bed and
slept the sleep OF contentment.
1t was about Il o'clock when he turn
ed in the second time. 1t was proba.
bly, 8 o'clock when he felt his brother
tuegng at him to get up and go to
work on that speech. The colonel
teased his brother q little by pretend
ing great Incidence and indisposition
w S,0o tl fAtLCI u Nlllio llc obW luat
his brother was deeply affected and
he rolled out, dressed and said to
Ebon:
"You dent think have done any
thing about that speech, do you?'
"No," said his brother, II know
you have not, for you have been out
constantly day and night"
"Well now" said the colonel, "sup,
pose you sit down over there aud lis
ten to my speech" And standing up
in the opposite corner of the room he
delivered his speech to his audience oil
one just as he delivered it few hours
later to the great convention. His
brother listened critically at first, and
then, carried away by the colonel's elo-
quence, he listened enthusiastically.
As the colonel drew to a close his broth
er rose to his feet and, as the last
sentence fell from his lips, rushed for.
ward and threw his arms around the
colonel's neck, and then they went
down to breakfast.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-10
The Army of France,

see that France proposes to change
the rifles used by its army at an ex-
pense OF $2o,OOO,OOO. Since the
Franco .Prussian war the French gov.
ernment has been steadily undergoing
preparations for another tussle with
Germany, and this is move in the
same direction. The French and the
Germans hate each other, and you
can't get Frenchman to say good
thing OF q German, or vice versa.
France has already a larger army than
Germany, and the Germans admit
that the French have $4,000 more
men in their active army than they
have. The French have SIG more
guns than the Germans but the Ger
man cavalry is superiorto that of the
French. The French army on peace
footing amounts TO about 5OO,OO
men, but on war footing it can call
together over 2, 100000 OF soldiers
who have been fully trained, 100000
more who have been partially trained,
and over half million who are un-
trained. It's army on war footing
would number over 4 4,OOO,OO or full
ly 20 per cent. OF the male population
Of France.
A curious feature of the French army
is their military schools. At st. Cyr
there is a great school for officers of
the infantry. The boys enter between
| eighteen and twenty, and by doing SO
enter upon course OF FIVE years in the
army. There are seven or eight hum
dred pupils here, and these St. Cyr
| cadets are the pride OF France They
are treated rs troops OF the line. They
form the first battalion Of the French
army, are noted for their marching,
| and lead the way at all reviews. Even
the city schools of Paris train their
boy pupils for soldiers. Ali boys be-
tween eleven and thirteen are armed
and drilled, and a guide book of Paris
says that the city could turn out 25,-
600 of such soldiers.
When the war closed, the Frenchde.
clded that every man in the country
should be soldier. There were to beno
| substitutes, and every able bodied imam
between twenty and forty years ofage
was to pass about five years in the &C
tive army, four in the active reserve,
and about nine more in the territorial
army. This scheme was too big
q one to be accomplished, and the
rich Frenchmen. by one method sor
another, were able to evade the SER
vice. Still the French now have one
million and q half OF men who have
served in the army five years, and
they have, all told, 1000, 900 well
trained troops. They have agood In
fantry and seventy eight regiments Of
cavalry. They have thirty eight regi-
nlents OF artillery, and they keeptheir
troops in pretty good condition. The
army OF France is commanded by the
marshals, who are each paid salary
OF about $4,000 a year. There are
| three OF these, and under them are q
hundred generals OF division, and 200
/ brigadier generals. The division gsn.
erals get nearly s4, 900 a year. md
the brigadier generals about 81, 500 a
year. Lieutenants in Franceget 81 800
a year. The common soldiers get
very little. The sergeant-najor OF q
cavalry regiment gets about SIXTY
cents day, and a sergeant Of q line
battalion less than eighteen cents q
day. gs
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-10
When the Earth Will Stop Re-
volving.

A problem which is attracting to its
study astronomers relates to the earth
as timekeeper. We measure time
by dividing either the period during
which the earth revolves around the
sun, or that in which 1T turus on its
axis. By the first method we meas
ure a year; by the second day. The
earth, according to some astronomers. !.
islosing time. Throughtwo causes, the
suns attraction and the friction, SO
to speak, Of the tides, the earth
each year revolves more slowly on it's
axis. the speculative question which
these astronomers are discussing is
whether in the end the earth will stop
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-10
its revolution on it's axis and win nra-

its revolution on it's axis and will pre-
sent always the same face to the sun.
When that event occurs there will be
perpetual day in one part oftheearth
and perpetual night in another. But
there is no occasion for immediate
cause Of alarm. The rate at which
the earth is supposed to olose time only
shortens the year by half second in
century. There are more than 31,-
900, 900 seconds in year. There
fore, if the earth ever does cease to re-
volve on its axis it will be more than
six thousand million years before it
will stop.-Cooper's Journal.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-10
One day this week, says the San

One day this week, says the Santa.
MariasCal.l Times OF October 1s.
when Mr.. Shuman, on the Gaudaloupe
Road, was gathering his pumpkins, he
placed one on the wagon from which
he noticed bees issuing. Examina.
ton revealed the fact that the interior
OF the pumpkin was full OF honey; IN
fact, it was a veritable beehive. The
bees had gained access through crack
in one side OF the vegetable, and had
taken up permanent quarters. Mr..
shuman took out eight pounds OF fine
honey.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-10
A Cuban Worth $3O,OOO,OOO.


une.
The will of the richest man in Glen
fuegos, and perhaps OF the whole is
land OF Cuba-D. Thomas Terry, who
died Lotlong since i'll Paris--was open
ed in Clenfuegos recently. The will
is not published, but Mr.. Terry is said
to have died worth considerably over
$50, ,O0o,OO 1t is the old story-one
he told of himself. He came here as
a boy from South America, his native
country, and made the foundation of
his great wealth as a peddler. From
step to step he became wealthy, when
he married into one OF the best families
OF Cuba, his wife, also rich adding her
portion. The partition OF the Terry
fortune will be case OF long division,
as there are about ten heirs.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-10

1.-THE following story was written by the
late Santa Louise Anderson, OF San Rafael
who was drowned in the Sacramento river
soine months ago, while attempting to res.
rue q companion, l-san Fstncisco Argo-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-08-09
WHY THEY MARRIED.
Reasons Given by q Number of Benedicts
in New York Town.

Reasons Given by Number of Benedicts
in = New York Town.
We lately sent out postal cards to
the married men of small town in
Western New York with the inquiry
"Why did you marryP" We give a
few of the responses:
"That's what I have been trying
eleven years to find out. X"
married to get even with her
mother, but never have. w."
Because l was too lazy to work.
II. ""
because Sarah told me that five
other young men had proposed to her.
&C."
II was lonesome and melancholy,
and wanted some one to make me
lively. N. B.-She makes me very
lively. D."
81 was tired of buying ice-cream
and candies and going to theaters and
church, and wanted rest. Have
saved money. j. c."
"Please don't stir me up. j."
because l thought she was one
among thousand; now l sometimes
think she is thousand among one.
'.E."
81 think it was because was cross
eyed; now l am afflicted with two
pairs of cross-eyes daily. PETER"
because did not have the expert
ence / have now g."
1.-The governor was going to give me
his foot, so l took his daughters hand.
IN"
al thought it would be cheaper than
a breach-of-promise suit. A. c."
THAT'S the same fool question that
my friends and neighbors ask me.
&c. H."
because had more money than 1
knew what to do with. Now have
more to do than have money with:
''B. D."
81 wanted q companion of the OPP
posite sex. P. S.-She is tillopposdi,te
Had difficulty unlocking the door
at night and wanted somebody to let
me in. Bob"
IL was embarrassed, and gave my
wife the benefit of my name so that
could take the benefit of her name
signed to check. SCRoGGs.
because it is just my luck.
| Up. j."
II didn't intend to go. to do it.
IS"
"Iyearned for company. Now we
have it all the time. KARL.
Have exhausted all the figures in
the arithmetic to figure out an answer
to your question; between multiplica-
ton and division in the family and dis
traction, in addition, the answers hard
to arrive at. OLp MAN"
ii married to get the best wife in
the world. SIMON.
because asked her if she d have
me. She said she would. l think
she's got me. BLIvINS"
-TId-bitS.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-08-09

Since the substitution of gas for the use
Of coal Pittsburgh, Pa, Ia said to be the
cleanest city in that part of the ccanlrv,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-09
Trustees Sale.

WHEREAS, on Nov. 26, 1884, j. w.
w Plumb and Virginia Plumb, his wife,
made a deed to James T. Bartee, trustee,
recorded In book X, page 1913, of tlust
records of Audrain county, Mo-, to secure
the payment of q certain note therein de-
scribed, by which they conveyed the fol-
lowing described real estate, situate, lying
and being in the county of Audrain and
State of Missouri, to-wit: The south half
of the tract of land commencing eleven
0I) links west Of the point at which the
center line of Promenade street, Extend
ed, intersects the west boundry Of the
southeast fourth Of the northwest quar-
ter of section twenty-five (25), township
ffty-one (51), of range nine (9), running
thence east along the center of ssreet i've
(5) chains and ~forty-three (43) links,
thence north nine CO. chains and twenty
one cd links, thence west five 90 chains
and forty-three (43) links, thence south
nine (9) chains and twenty-one (21) links
to the beginning, containing in all two
and one-half acres, and also twenty-seven
and one-half (2zk) feet on the west side
of the above described tract and bounded
on the west by John NJ. Gordon premises.
And whereas said note is unpaid and due;
and whereas said trustee refuses to act.
Now, therefore, /, John W. Atehison,
sheriff of Audrain county, No, at tbs re-
quest of the holder Of said note win, on
MONDAY, OCTOBER IL, 1856,
between the hours of 9 O'Clock q. m. and
4 O'Clock p. m. Of that day, at the east
front door of the court house in the city
OF Mexico, county OF Audrain, State Of
Missouri, sell to the highest bidder, for
cash, said land to pay said NOTE, interest
and costs. JOHN w. ATCHIS0N,
a2-tds Sheriff Andrain Comfy, Nc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-09

There's nothing in this world like
justice pure and simple. In a little
Connecticut town lived two brothers
who were actuated by a noble desire
to divide their interchangeable old
farm-house-with strict impartiality.
So after much discussion, in which
all the neighbors kindly joined, and
a great deal of arbitration, they took
a cross-cut saw, and, beginning at
the top of the great stone chimney,
sawed the house in two down to the
ground. The division was a just
one; but the chimney never drew
afterward. When the brothers Cap.
ital and Labor have divided the
house, will the chimney draw?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-09
Political stua.

Ia tho Editor of the Ledger.
MExIeo, Mo, Sept. 7, lss6s-In
last weeks issua Of your paper ] no
tiead a card from II, A. Byrns, giving
his views In regard to the eorn crop,
eet,, also In regard to the Democratic
stating that the Clay men were
all boilers, and that i've Locke men
were satisfied" l think II. A. Byrns
ia mistaken. As for boilers, there 10
not but one In this (Union) district.
and ! suppose he is known through
out the county by this time. Why
does he say we Locke men when
he did not vote for Locke for first
choice? If he was n Locke man why
didn't he come ont and vote for him
like a man, and not whip the devil
around the stump? There were but
two votes cast for Locke for first
choice. Now he (Byrns) claims there
were % votes for Locke, which there
were for second choice. Now, if
these were all Locke men l would
like to know where Mr.. Byrns gets
his Clay men. 1 voted for Mr.. Locke
myself for second choice, still he says
l am a Clay man, (Which l amy, and
counts my vote as a Locke man.
Now, every N knows this is too
thin; it won't work. Now, as to
boilers, this same r. A. Byrns argued
with me before the primary that a mar
could scratch one of the nominees
and still vote the Democratic ticket
straight. Now he says if a man does
scratch one of the nominees he is 8
bolter. See how suddenly he changes
when he gets whipped at his owl
game. Now, as to the report going
the rounds that the Clay men held {
meeting in the woods the morning o
the primary with l.. 2. Payne a
chairman is as base a falsehood a
was ever gotten up.
JOHN S. ATKINS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-09

MANY people are forever seeking
to find out what God alone a know,
what he never intended they should
know, what they may rest assured
they never can know, and what would
not be of any advantage for them to
know. Not being able to fathom the
unfathomable they become anxious
and unhappy, and are apt to think
that they are shut out from the
kingdom of God. One of the great
est blessings one can possess in this
world is the gift and application Of
common sense in the treatment o.
spiritual and supernatural things
There is a vast amount Of uncommon
| sense, but that is poor stuff.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-09

The surprise which the verdict In
the Chicago trial caused the Anareh-
lists may be inferred from the fact that
they had called netting TO celebrate
the acquittal Of the accused, so sure
were they that such would he the 70
suit. BY the time the meeting had
convened on Friday evening the truth
was known, and what vas intended
to be an occasion of rejoicing VAS
suddenly converted To int of disar-
pointment and wrath, The speeches
that were made certainly evineed no
change of heart ON the part Of the
speakers or the manner in which they
we're received on the part Of the
hearers. The Chicago convicts were
Landed rs martyrs ii = righteous
cause. and the policy of resisting the
''police and the capitalists with
deadly weapons whenever interfered
with was urged with emphasis.
Notwithstanding that the warped
intellects Of these men prevent them
from taking the right view of things,
and that the claim is made that they
are acting upon honest conviction,
the good of society requires that ii
should be thoroughly understood by
them that those who commit or abei
overt acts of violence will be utterly
crushed by the strong hand of the
law. Whether they find ground fol-
self-approval in their distorted con
sciences or not they will be relent
lessly dealt with. Ii they murder
their convictions may ease theil
journey through the final gateway
but they will not interfere with thei
passage. There is a grim and unal
terable determination in the minds o
the American people that this nun
derous fanaticism shall be stampe,
out whenever it dares to show it
head. Never was the operation o
law more heartily indorsed by
whole people than its course in tn
Chicago court. The decision of th
American Republic was expressed il
the verdict, and there is no changin
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-09

The Congressional convention was
in session Ave days and nothing was
accomplished. 1t adjourned till the
21st of this month, when the same
delegates will meet at the same place,
and, in the same monotonous tone,
cast the same vote for the same can
didate. Each delegation, Of course,
ID anxious to secure the nomination
OF liz fayorite son, and will be salts
Ged With no other. The delegates
ere oil men OF sense and judgment,
and the people hare = right to expect
that after . two weeks thinking
spell they will be able to make .
r
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-09
Ed. H, McDiarmid and the Debate.

. -
To the Editor of the Ledger.
FULTON, Mo, Sept. 6.-On the oath
of August I sent a letter to Elder
Fl. McDiarmid, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
informing him of what l would pub
lish in the LEDGER of August 26th,
and asked him to reply through the
columns of that paper of September
ID. Instead of that he replied to
me in a private letter.
Elder McDiarmid declines to come
tosMexico TO meet me in an oral dis
cussion unless he is invited by the
Church of the Disciples in Mexico"
He refuses to have me deposit money
to assure his expenses.
His letter is dated Aug. 81, 1856,
and he says: at would be improper
for me to offer my services to the
Disciples in Mexico, especially wher
I am personally unknown to them
If 1 should be called upon by the
Church in Mexico, l will see that 6
reputable man. is found, to say the
least. Nothing more need be said
about the travelling expenses" Sc
it seems that it depends at last OF
the Church of the Disciples in Mexico
as to whether we have any discussion,
Elder McDiarmld's proposition t.
meet me any place in Missouri and
discuss the same questions we de
bated in Canada, was made publicly
through the papers, and I do hope
the "Church of the Disciples" il
Mexico will give him a chance to re-
deem his promise. McDlarmid is 6
reputable gentleman" in hie owl
denomination. He is on the edito,
rial staff of the Christian Standard
and may be addressed at No. 80 Eas'
Ninth street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Lei
the Mexico Church write for him an6
we will have G discussion yet.
I. GALLAHER-.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-09
.sTHE WHEELERs."

Among the few new things which
are appearing in these days in the
field of nol,ties Ii the organization
known an Wheel" II il agsieultar
al In character, and evidently a new
manifestation OF Graagerism, Its
hub is in Arkansas, and spekes seem
to have been driven in from Texas,
Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky,
II aspires 10 be a national institution,
and tho work IF construction prom
ises to so on until the component
parts are all i'll place. Whether the
pun that il will he tired when ii is
finished is allowable depends on flu
ture developments, In Arkansas the
Wheel has nominated n full State
ticket. Its forces are drawn from
both of the great political parties in
that State, but AS there are more
Democrats in the region to draw
from the Republicans, the former
have furnished the greater share OF
the material.
J The object Of the Wheel is to ad-
vance the interests Of the farming
community. Indeed, it is stated that
none but farmers are admitted to
membership. As the ends aimed at
arc laudable, and as farmers as n
class have acquired a wide reputation
for honesty, it would ill become fair
minded people to assail or impute un-
worthy motives to the "Wheelers."
But it is none the less rather a pecu-
liar condition of things to find a pc.
litical party composed wholly OF
members of one calling in life. TIC
have the whole people governed al
together by the farmers would hardly
be a representative government. Ger
tainly the farmers are the only class
of people following one occupant who
stand any chance of thus prevailing
and they, we think, stand a very poo
chance.
The farmers suffer particularly
from the evils of monopoly and dis
eliminating system Of taxation. The
cost of getting their products to par
ket falls mainly upon themselves, ant
where IN this traffic there are over
charges to pay dividends on fictitiou
capital it is they who pay it. The.
receive no benefit to speak of in tn
present regulation of protective dutie:
] and labor under some disadvantage
in consequence of them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-09

THERE are a few gentlemen around
Mexico who can find time from their
business to look after other peoples
affairs. A few weeks since some OF
these parties got up a petition to get
Carter off the track, and tried every
way to create q dissention in the
Democratic party. They got left.
The LEDGER did all it could to assist
them in getting left. Since that time
we we're informed the LEDGER was
to be suppressed by these gentlemen
that they were circulating a petit
ton getting signers from parties to
stop their LEDGER. The petition ar
rived by mail today. The gentle
men who took 1t around did not
bring it up. We wish they had. We
would love to thank them in person
for the advertising they gave the
LEDGER and assure them that we ap-
preciate their efforts (although we
don't think the committee was very
industrious during their months
work or else the LEDGER is more
solid than we thought) and ask them
why they did not collect the dues
from some of the parties they called
upon. 1t is not hard to guess the
reason they did not call. We have
received twice as many new sub
: scribers this week as this committee
, were able to get to withdraw. Wher
we first heard of the move WI really
thought maybe this committee would
be able to suppress the LEDGER ant
0 that in glorious old Audrain a Dem
e o%cratic paper was to be wiped off tn
s face of the earth for supporting tn
k ticket, but we feel relieved. TIL
e LEDGER will continue, the ticket vii
be elected, and next week we will re
view the petition and give it sue.
If consideration as we think it merits
One gentleman, especially, who owe
3. us for his announcement in the las
n campaign and for his paper for som
years shall have due consideration.