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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-11-01
Foreign Gossip,

Cecil Rhodes, the"Diamond King"
and prime minister Of Cape Colony,
says the diamond product during the
past year is valued at $14,OO0,O00.
Five cases Of cholera have been re-
ported at Konigsbura, East Prussia
Three cases are also reported at Elb-
ing.
President Casimir- -Perier conferred
upon Prof. Roux, discoverer OF the
Group serum, the decoration Of COM
mander of the Legion of Honor. -
The manuscripts of hitherto un-
known one-act opera by Haydn has
been discovered at Prince Esterhazey's
castle in Hungary. The opera will be
performed this winter.
Several hundred natives Of Chollada,
| Corea, have risen against the Japanese
at that place A force Of japanese has
been dispatched to the scene Of the tro-
| uble.
The Tageblatt says that the British
steamer Metapedia left Hamburg on
| Wednesday bound for Japan with ten
| English and six Krupp canon and a
cargo Of gunpowder and shells.
1t is known that the opponents of
| l. oelIIIOS nave
over 500 rifles in the rural districts
within a fortnight. The concentration
of troops by Mexico on the frontier
has aroused fear among the people.
While Brazilian soldiers were remov-
ing the contents Of hidden magazine
Of powder and ammunition, near Rio,
the magazine exploded, killing sixty
persons. Vessels In the harbor rocked
at their moorings owing to the shock.
A Madrid dispatch says: The finance
committee of Cortes has decided to
establish gold standard Of currency
for Porto Rico. The Mexican dollar
win hereafter be used only as a basis
Of weight for the value Of silver.
According to unofficial figures pub
lished at Brussels. the recent election
for members of the Belgian chamber
of representatives has resulted in the
following distribution: Catholics, 104;
Liberals, 10; Socialists and radicals,
20.
A sensation has been created at
Hamburg by the sudden and unexpect-
ed dismissal Of twenty-five naval off,
GERS who have rendered long services.
The government maintains a myster-
ious silence in regard to their dis,
charge.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-11-01
WORLDS Fair Commlssfon..

Webster, Iowa, Oct. 81. Typhoid
fever Is epidemic.
The herald., 1894-01-16
Wrecks and Salvage.

Given ship in safe position as re-
CARDS valuable property on board, but
an uncertain position as regards diving
operations, and she may be to the divers
''stand by for years-notablv, for
example, in the case of the steamship
Cadiz, wrecked in 1875 near Ushant, hay
ing on board valuable pig lead and quick
silver in large iron bottles. The Salvage
association had standing contract with
divers, and year after year, when moth
ing more remunerative was on hand, the
diving cutters would sail out from Whit
stable for the wreck
When the news of the loss of this ves-
sci was first received, some chagrined un-
derwriters made known to the Salvage
association that in box in the captains
cabin was q jeweled hunting knife valued
at 81, 600, belonging to Portuguese no.
bleman. The exact spot in which the box
was bestowed was carefully explained to
the divers, but all their efforts to find it
were in vain, or so they affirmed. Lead
they could see in plenty, and quicksilver,
but nothing at all resembling box with
a jewel hilted knife in it. At this stage,
however, they were paid not by results,
but by time, and it suggested itself that
the thickness of the water might be clear
ed by the offer of a special per cent, or
e850, for the recovery of the knife, and,
by singular coincidence, the costly toy
was Immediately found and brought to
the surface.-Westminster Review.
The herald., 1894-01-16
1aIBLE DEATH OF A HORSE.

Ths .stiy Animal Goes Mad and Tears
Itself Almost to Pieces.
j. e. Sechrist of this county lost his.
fine stallion Fleetwood in peculiar and
terrible manner The animal was a very
fine one, an inbred Hambletonian, both
powerful and speedy. A few days
ago it was taken with blind staggers,
and its sufferings were terrible. The
climax of the disease was reached on
Tuesday morning, when the animal went
crazy He was tied in his stable, but in
his agony he broke the strong rope hal
ter as if it were thread, and driving
his head against the side of the barn COW
cred everything with blood.
Finally he made desperate effort at
the door, and tearing it from its hinges
went at a run through the field. His
speed was terrific, and he stopped not for
paling board or wire fences, but took
everything in his mad run. He ran
through paling fence six times and
through four wire barbed fence 1S
times, tearing his legs and body in hor-
rible manner 1t was just before day,
and Mr.. Sechrist says that every time he
struck the wire the fire flew, and the
ring of the wire could be heard long
distance. Finally, from exhaustion and
loss of blood. he fell and died. Mr.. Sc
christ valued him at 81. 900 and brought
him from Kentucky zy.-Oklahoma Special.
The herald., 1894-01-16
CrrstaIlizing Flowers.

A writer remarks that the process of
crystallizing flowers is simple and can be
satisfactorily accomplished by any one
who has artistic skill.
Arrange some basket forms of any de-
sired pattern with pliable copper wire
and wrap them with gauze. Into these
tie to tho bottom violets, ferns, geranium
leaves-in fact, any flowers except full
blown roses-and sink them in solution
Of alum of one pound to gallon of water
Wait until the solution has cooled, as
the colors will then be- preserved in their
original beauty, and the crystallized
alum will hold them faster than when
formed in hot solution.
When you have a light covering of
crystals that completely envelops the ar
ticles, remove cheerfully and allow it to
drip for 10 hours. These baskets make
a unique ornament and long preserve
their freshness.-Popular Science News
The herald., 1894-01-16
A Rice Diet.

81 don't know but shall take to eat
ing with chop sticks soon" said Spring
field paterfamilias the other day. We've
got to living on rice at our house. My
little girl goes to cooking school, and her
mother says unless she can practice
what she is taught the instruction will
be of no use to her. They've been hav-
ing half dozen lessons on what to do
with rice, and now we have rice at every
meal. We've rung the changes on rice
soup, rice pudding, snowballs, rice
cakes, rice fritte..s, rice gems and apples
and rice till wonder I'm not jabbering
the lingo of heather Chinese. Spring
field Homestead.
The herald., 1894-01-16
sowLoER TRANSPORTATION.
Some Striking Examples of tho workings
of the Ice Age.

Some Striking Examples of tho Workings
of the Ice Age.
An immense area of the northeastern
states, extending south to New York,
end then westward in an irregular line
to Cincinnati and ST. Louis, is almost
wholly covered with deposit of drift
material, in which rocks of various sizes
are imbedded, while other rocks, often of
enormous size, lie upon the surface.
These blocks have been carefully studied
by the American geologists, and they
present us with some very interesting
facts. Not only are the distances from
which they have been transported very
great. but in very many cases they are
found at a greater elevation than the
place from which they must have come.
Professor g. F. Wright found an enor
nous accumulation Of powders on a
sandstone plateau in Monroe county,
Pa. Many of these powders were gran
ite and must have come either from the
Adirondack mountains, 300 miles to the
north. or from the Canadian highlands,
still farther away. This accumulation
vf powders was 10 or 80 feet high, and
it extended many miles, descending into
deep valley 1000 feet below the plateau
in nes-ly continuous line, forming part
of the southern moraine of the great
American ice sheet.
On the Kentucky hills, about 10 miles
south of Cincinnati, ccnglomerate bowl
de1s containing pebbles of red jasper can
he traced to a limited outcrop of the same
rock in G. 1adt, to the north of Lake
Huron, more than 600 miles distant, and
similar powders have been found at
intervals over the whole intervening
country. In both these cases the blocks
must have passed over intervening val
leys and hills, the latter as high or near
ly as high as the source whence the rocks
were derived.
Even more remarkable are numerous
powders of Heidelberg limestone on the
summit Of the Blue Ridge in Pennsyl-
vania, which must have been brought
from lodges at least 900 feet lower than
the places upon which they now lie.
The Blue Ridge itself shows remark
able signs of glacial abrasion in well
defined shoulder marking the southern
limit of the ice (as indicated also by
heaps OF drifts and erratics). so that Mr..
Wright concludes that several hundred
feet of the ridge have been worn away
by the ice.
The crowning example of bowlder
transportation is, how ever, afforded by
the blocks of light gray gneiss discover
ed by Professor Hitchcock On the sum-
NIT of Mount Washington, over e,00O
feet above sea level, and identified with
Bethlehem gneiss, whose nearest outcrop
is in Jefferson, several miles to the north
west and 5000 or 1900 feet lower than
Mount Washington. R. Wallace in
Fortnightly Review.
The herald., 1894-01-16
PART II-PAGES 9 TO II.
PoRTucUEsE IN NEW YORK CITY.
of the 200 In the United States tho Me-
tropolis Has but &c.

of the l6, ,O0c In the United Stntes the Me-
tropolis Has but &c.
The other day John Gubbins, Portu-
guese, was held for trial by Justice
Grady at. the Yorkville police court un-
der charge of stabbing a policeman.
There is nothing strange or peculiar
about the arrest Of man charged with
stabbing or attempting to stab a police
man, but the oddity connected with
Gubbins is the fact that he is a Portu-
guese.
How many Portuguese do you think
there are among the 2,000, 900 inhabitants
of New York city? Just rs. There are 76
Of them, and it is said in police circles to
be fact that Gubbins is the first Portu-
guese ever under arrest in this city. This
would be very creditable showing II
there were more than 76 Of them. As tis,
the only wonder is that there are SO few.
In the whole United States there are 49, 900
Portuguese. Nine Thousand eight hun
dred and fifty-nine of them are returned
by the last census as residents of Cali
fornia, 3,051 as residents of Massachu-
setts, 333 as residents of Ehode Island
huu ~ Hs rcnluOuIo VI 4NCW AOih ClbJ.
They are q maritime people, most nu-
merous in such seaport cities as San
Francisco Boston, Providence, New Or
leans and New Bedford, but curiously
enough almost unknown in New York,
the greatest center of commerce in the
western hemisphere.
Emigrants from the lands of Camoens
and the Braganzas are famous as sailors
and navigators. and their descendants
are scattered in many lands, notably in
Hawaii, where the Portuguese popula-
ton is considerable, and the East Indies,
where the Portuguese colonies are nu
merous New York is cosmopolitan
city. Men of every race and nationality
are to be found here. The total imini-
grafton to the United States through
Ellis island from Jan. 1, 1893, to Dec. Is
was 233, 3,597. and toward this total Por-
tugal contributedthealm infnitesimal
total of 70 persons. The Portuguese are,
generally speaking, thrifty, hardy, in
dustrious and matter Of fact. They have
litt,e of the sentiment of their Spanish
neighbors They are law abiding and
undemonstrative, and Gubbins appears
to be backslider, stimulated perhaps to
deeds of upruly violence by New Jersey
whisky or Medford rum. both poor sub
stitutes for the fine wines of the Oporto
district shipped from Lisbon and famous
the world over.-New York Sun.
The herald., 1894-01-16
She Died with the Cat.

Mrs. Allie Spencer of Saltwater was
found dead in her house there recently.
1t was at first supposed to be case of
suicide, but later developments showed
that it was the result Of strange acci-
dent. Mrs. Spencer had said she intend
ed to chloroform an old house cat. The
cat was found lying dead in box, which
also held large sponge. The strong
odor of chloroform in the room told the
rest of the sad story. Mrs. Spencer,
while chloroforming the cat, must have
been overcome by the fumes Of the vola-
tile drug, and having chronic heart
trouble had expired there alone. Lewis.
ton journal.
The herald., 1894-01-16
Exposition Relics.

A curious illustration of woman's
tendency to lose things is furnished by
the collection in the lost and found bu-
reau of the Columbian exposition. There
remain in it 600 women's wraps, $50
gloves, 25 wells, score of portmanteaux
and handbags, to say nothing of 800 um-
brellas, good share of which were left
by women, and 200 pairs of spectacles,
most of which no doubt belonged to wo-
men. They lose things when away from
home because they are more likely than
men to be carried away by new scenes
and to forget everything except what in
terests them for the moment. Pittsburg
Times. 9 sta.
The herald., 1894-01-16
A Public Spirited Woman.

Mrs. Matilda Gross MacConnell has
given the city of Pittsburg five squares
of ground for public park. She is the
third woman in the city who has given
land for park purposes; thus helping to
remove from Pittsburg the stigma of
being perhaps the only town in the
country devoid Of open squares, plazas
or public lawns. Yet these public spir-
tied women cannot vote.--Pitt5burg
Letter.
The herald., 1894-01-16
A Coincidence.

One of those condolences that are as
mysterious as they are interesting oc-
Cured in connection with the death OF
John Nolan. an officer of the superior
court of New York. One day recently
he took notion" to make his will, and
as he was in excellent health was chaffed
by friends whom he asked to witness it.
1t was signed and sealed that afternoon,
and the next day he died of heart dis
ease.-New York News.
The herald., 1894-01-16
Grand Wolf Hunt.

The farmers of Kossuth county, Ia.,
had grand wolf hunt on Christmas
day. They have lost hundreds of sheep
this winter through the depredations OF
wolves and propose TO exterminate the
pests The county was secured by par.
ties of horsemen, who swept the Dcs
Moines valley from one end Of the coun-
ty to the other. The scalps are worth
SIS each, and hundreds of them were Sc.
ssSed.
The herald., 1894-01-16
Rsxo,t AGAINST Round Fsst.

The Bridgman School For Girls at Pc
king has recently determined to re-
ceive no more girls with bound feet.
The native Christians at Peking, as the
result of an enthusiastic meeting, have
formed an anti foot binding society
Ram ;. Horn.
The herald., 1894-01-16

When clumsy man has stepped OF
a lady's trailing skirt, before he begin
to apologize he should always get OF
tho s.sirt
The herald., 1894-01-16
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria isso well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me- H. A. ARCHER, NJ D.,
III So. oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-05-10
Mark TMain's PHILOSOPHY.

Nothing so needs reforming as
other peoples habits.
Behold the fool saith: "Put not
all thine eggs in one basket''-which
is but a manner of saying: "Scatter
our money and attention." but the
wise man saith, "Put all your eggs
in the one basket and watch that
basket"
If you pick up a starving dog and
make him prosperous he will moi
bite you. This is the principal diff.
ference between a dog and a man.
We know all about the habits oil
the ant;we know all about the habits
of the bee; but we know nothing al
all about the habits of the oyster. Il
seems almost certain that we have
been choosing the wrong time fol
studying the oyster.
Even popularity can be overdone
In Rome, along at first, you are full
of regrets that Michel Angelo died
but by and by you only regret tina
you didn't see him do it.
July 4th. Statistics show that W,
lose more fools on this day than il
all the other days of the year put to
gether. This proves, by the humble
left in stock, that one 4th of Jul,
per year is now in adquate; tn
country has grown SO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-05-10
Advertising Rates
DAILY AND WEEKLY lrDo

The following rates for ADVERTISING m ttz%
leo LEDGER VIII be strictly adhered raj ~
We guarantee the eireuiatiu., of Aha -
to be at least double that of any othar nsnx
Hshed in Audraiu county. @fet#
legal advertising. legal rates.
Locals o cents a line In Daily, 10 cents .MS
Weekly.
Liberal reduction on large adyertisan,.s.
long time contracts. Nz
than ten lines. one-haif rate.
Preferred position for advertisements -
cent. extra.
No discount allowed to any adyerrisin~.Z
No advertisements to he changed mos r
once q month. except hy special contract.
NO advertisements changed unless rss-.
change Is sent to the Office before Weipsss
DISPLAY advertising IN the Weekly IEcS.
an men Tor he hrst insertion and 20 d.
men ior each insertion afterwards st<eisit
TO advertisers making yearly contract
Rates for display advertisement IN pssirr
GER % pen cent. less than in Weekly Lrnss9
Four inSa advertisement ingle colafas
$40; in Daily alone. 81.
Double column advertisement .foarn acha
year. Daily and Weekly, Si0g: in weekir -
$50; in Daily alone. $50.
The Weekly LEDGER has the largest civ
ton OF any country newspaper in the STATE :
Weekly is SIS a year. in advance; the ~
OF cents q month. Correspondence solci.e=
SPECIAL RATES.
Until further notice We viii carry an aa 8
less than 10 inches for a period Of not less i
one month at the rate of 80 cents an incs-
week in the Daily and Weekly LEDGER.
JOB PRINTING.
The facilities of the LEDGER Job roems|
d best in this part of issouri. We am +
pared to turn out the finest job work on &
notice, Our prices are reasonable. W.,
duplicate the prices and STYLES of any frsf@
job printing establishment in the State. ana
guarantees satasfaction: r. "a. WHITE:
Editor and Pennies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-05-10
MiIiington-Fox.

Little was thought Tuesday morn
ing at 3 40 o'clock, when a vel
dressed gentleman stepped out oil
the Windsor Hotel bus and walked
up to the register and signed "H.L.
Millington, Chicago" and asked
for a 7 o'clock call, that he was to
take away one of Audrain's fail
ladies. A livery rig was ordered al
10 o'clock and he drove away; but
he returned at about 4 p. M, and
registered "H. L. Millington and
wife," To the surprise of many he
had captured Miss S. A. Fax young.
est daughter of John w. Fox, one
of our most prominent and respect
ed farmers in this vicinity. The
kuot was tied by Rev. w. M. Sapp
Mr.. and Mrs. Millington will Fisit
in this section a few days and ther
return to their home in Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-05-10
Champ CIark's Views.

The Republic sent out requests to
all prominent men of the Democrat
ic party asking their views on what
action the State Convention should
take, and here is what Champ Clark
said:
"While | feel some hesitancy in
complying with your request to
formulate in precise words, for pur-
pose of publication and discussion,
two resolutions such as | think the
State Convention ought to adopt,
| feel that | would be recreant to any
duty not to express my honest
opinion.
Missouri is the largest, richest and
most populQus state habitually
Democratic. The Republic has
thoroughly indoetrinated the country
with its correct idea Of ga Western
man or bust" Now is Missouri's
opportunity to assert her political
primacy among the states. Others
look to her for a clear and brave dec
laration of the Democratic faith
which is in her. If she sounds the
right sort of keynote others will
follow her lead and victory will be
ours; if she hesitates or falters in a
double sense all is lost. Missouri is
the hope of Democracy.
1t seems to me that the platform
ought to declare unqualifedly for
the coinage of the standard silver
dollar as it was coined prior to the
decentralization act of 1878; for a
tariff for revenue only; for the pass
ages of the Wilson bill as it left the
House, including income tax, or if
changes are to be made they should
be in the direction of deeper cuts;
for the unconditionl repeal of the
civil service laws, and in favor of an
economic administration of public
affairs.
That would be SO plain that no.
body could be deceived; and on it
We would sweep the states and give
heart to true Democrats every
where" CHAMP CLARK.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-05-10
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Randall's Chicago Commonweal
Army has got down to the level of
a Chicago riot.
Senator Vest submitted amend
ments modifying the income tax
feature of the tariff bill.
Morrison's St. Louis army Of
Coxeyites reached Trenton, ILL.,, and
was met with a brass band.
Times are red-h hot at Lexington,
Ky, where Colonel Breckenridge
opens his campaign to-day.
All the miners of the Blooming
ton district have quit work and
there is a coal famine in that city.
The Illinois Prohibitionists COM
pleted their labors at Bloomington
by the nomination of a State ticket.
There are now about 80 cases of
smallpox at Atchison, Kas., and
the citizens are becoming frighten-
ed.
Senators Hill, Allison, Voorhees,
and Morrill, commend the objects
Of the London Bimetallic Confer
ence.
Thursday was the last day on
which Chinese could register. 1t is
believed the law was generally OBJ
served.
Democrats are highly pleased over
the prospect of a speedy settlement
of the tariff bill, now that the Sem
ate Democrats have come to an
understanding.
A man named Flora at Ponca
City, Ok, tried to sell affidavits
charging the Kansas Railway Com
mission with crookedness to the
Populists and was told to go to the
Republicans.
About SO, 1000, 900 in gold will be
shipped from New York by to-day's
European steamers. A good por-
ton of this shipment was withdrawn
from the Subtreasury in violation of
the bankers agreement with Sec
rotary Carlisle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-05-10
Children Cry for
Pitchers CastoPla.

Brief but complimentary notices
of the concert at Hardin College
last night and the Field Day exer-
cises of the M. M. A. were publish
ed in the Kansas City and st.
Louis papers this morning. The
Mexico correspondents to the st.
Louis Globe Democrat, Republic
and Chronicle and the Kansas
City Journal and Times, as we'll
as the great Chicago Tribune,
Inter. Ocean, Times and Herald,
have always treated Mexico and her
institutions with meritor1ous recog-
milton, whenever they could do so
without violating their instructions.
Matter sent to these papers must be
of more than local importance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-05-10
NJ. NJ. A. FIELD DAY.
A Good Crowd at the Fair Grounds to
Witness q Number of Exeit-
ing Events.

The cadets of the NJ. M. A. held
their third annual Field Day exer-
cises at the fair grounds Friday
afternoon in the presence OF about
500 people. The judges were Messrs
]. G. Trimble, E. II. Carter and
Frank Spence; of this city, Cadet
Duncan officiated as starter.
The day was cloudy and cool and
was nearly perfect for an athletic
exhibition, with the exception Of a
light east wind, which blew directly
in the face of the runners. The
weather was a little threatening and
this probably accounts for the light
attendance. Gold medals we're given
in all of the events, with the excep-
ton of the three legged and potato
races, which were run for prizes that
the average cadet would rather have
than a gold medal-a fruit cake.
Some exceptionally fine time was
made in the ~sprinting events, Hutch
ison's 100 yards in 10 Is seconds
and so yards in 5 1-5 seconds, plae-
ing him at the head of the list of
Missouri's amateurs.
The summaries are as follows:
First event, 100 yard dash.
Hutchinson first, Brown j. second,
Peterman third; time, 10 Is Sec
onds.
Second event, putting 16 pound
shot. Wilson first, distance 81 feet
5 inches.
The third event, a bicycle race,
was changed into a 80 yard dash,
which was easily won by Hutchinson
in 5 is seconds.
Fourth event, running broad
Jump; won by Walker, distance.
10 feet 3 inches.
Fifth event, 900 yard dash; won
by Hutchinson; time, % Is seconds,
Sixth event, throwing 16 pound
hammer; won by Larrimore; dis.
lance, sc feet Z inches.
Seventh event, one-half mile run
won by Bradley; time, 2;25.
Eighth event, three-legged race
won by Pegram and Sisson distance
so yards; time, 7 seconds.
Ninth event, pole vault; won BY
Hutchison; height, 8 feet 4 inches
Tenth event, one mile run; wor
by Peterman; time, 5:37 10.
Eleventh event, running higl
Jump; won by Lindsay; height
feet 81 inches.
Twelfth event, potato race; wol
by Pegram; time 43 seconds.