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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02
The Majors Wishes can he Gra,itic,

The Majors Wishes can he Gratiticd.
Hon SPRINGS. S. d.. Oct. %. 1894.
Hon. n. ID. Tillotson.
Chairman Peoples Central Com.
Hot Springs. S. ID.
DEAR SIR:
Your formal communication inviting
Hon. S. u. Wilson. republican nominee
for state senator of the list senatorial
district to meet Major a. II. Anderson
the populist candidate for the same
office. in public joint discussion of the
leading political questions of the day
has Just been received by me. You
name Hot Springs. Custer City and
such other places in the senatorial
district as the committee may agree
upon as being satisfactory to you and
you specify five different subjects that
you wish to present for consideration.
l am authorized by the senatorial
committee to accept your challenge to
meet your candidate in public joint
discussion upon the principles an
nounced by the republican and populist
parties in the platforms adopted at
their respective state conventions and
at the following places. dates and con-
ditions: AT Edgemont. Fall River
county. Thursday, Nov. 1, at 8 o'clock
p. M; at Custer City in Custer county,
Saturday, November 3, at the same
hour. Major Anderson opening and
closing the debate at one of ethe meet
ing. and Mr.. Wilson at the other meet
ing. they to agree upon that point
thereby giving each equal parliament
tary courtesy. Other previously ar
ranged appointments restrict us to the
time and places above given. Hoping
this will be acceptable to you and your
previously formed plans of campaign,
1 am Yours Respectfully,
r. d. JENNINGS,
Chairman Senatorial Central Com.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02
AN ANTI-REPUBLIOAN BOARD.

During 1892 and 1893 the board of
county commissioners consisted of the
following persons:
y. s. Noodle, Independent ordem.
1892 A. \. Powell, democrat.
". H. White, republican.
Us. Noodle, independent ordem.
1893 w. B. Craven. democrat.
~. H. White, republican.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02
.HOW'S THIS.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot he cured by Halls
We, the undersigned, have known i. J.. Cheney
for the last Is years and believe him perfectly
none Table in all business transactions and fin.
ancialiy able to carry out any obligation made by
Nest n Trmax, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O.
Waldiiy. kinnan a. Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gists. Toledo, Ohio. N-"
Hall Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the bloUd and mucns surfaces of the
system. Price 90 cents per bottle. Sold by ali
druggists. Testimonials free. Nov, "a.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02
WHO ARE THE RAsuALs2

The members of the democratic
central committee must be a set of
fools or a gang of knaves; if the former
we desire to charitably call their at
tention to some of their rank mis-
statements, if the latter they should be
shown up in their true light. They
have gotten out what they intended
should be u roorback-a circular that
they intended to distribute among the
voters on the last day before election.
But if they had an idea that their cir
cular would be of Fanny benefit to their
cause they certainly believed that the
voters of the county we're a set of
ignoramuses and could ealily be hood
winked. Here is what they say in their
circular:
According to the records of Fall
River county, thetotal debt that is now
outstanding, and was on January LIST.
is as follows:
County general andpoor fund s 3.637.3 3
Road districtand bridge fund 1O,Os7O8
Refunding funds. ........... 16.OOOM
Total. ......... 8 29,724.4O
Debt outstanding July LIST, 1894:
General neutrality-suspicious.. 8 82,645.1O
Road district and bridge fund l7'l39.94
Pool fund. 5,737.79
Court house fund. ......... l4.O8l.51.
County bonds............... 100000
Total. .......... 15e,6o4.s4
Increase last three months 4 3R51 on
Our present county debt. s163,456.24
Less, cash on hand. ...... 8 21,7O2.3O
Less, unpaid county tax...S 2O.147.57
Total. ......... 41,S42.s7
Those figures are most intelligently
arranged, We must say. 1t was albright
mind that evolved the idea of throwing
those figures together in that manner.
Who a understand what they are
trying to prove? But the most cun-
ming trick of all was to claim that the
indebtedness against the county, asthe
democratic committee attempted to
show as above, was made by Il republi-
can board. They class j. S. Noodle as
a republican, together with j. S. White,
and thereby claim that the republicans
are responsible for the expenses of the
county government. Everybody that
knows anything about the matter
knows that j. S. Noodle was elected as
an independent-now called populists
running against the republican nomi-
nee, so that they had a majority of the
commissioners until this spring. and
consequently their whole tabulated
statement of figures, if it is a damaging
showing Sc far as the commissioners
are concerned, is chargable to the
democrats and pops. The circular is
thus a clear-cut boomerang for the
democratic central committee. They
can take the whole blame for those
figures; they gathered them from the
records, they claim, and THEY ERE
CREATED BY A BOARD OF COUNTY CON-
MIss1oNERs, ONLY ONE OF WHOM WAS A
REPUBLICAN,. Now let them take their
own medicine. It is a queer connection.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02
A Beautiful Book

Is aIndianland and Wonderland" pub.
lished by the Northern Pacific railroad.
It only costs 6 cents in stamps. Send
them and I will send you the book.
CHARLES s. FEE,
General Passenger Agent Northern
Pacific Railroad, st. Paul, MINI.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02

In the course of one of his recent
speeches Major Mckinley said: "The
democrats have reduced expenses
s2.s.o0o.ooo and s27,OOOO,O0O of it zane
from the pension Office" This plan of
reducing expenses is enthusiastically
endorsed by ID. n. Tillotson, populist
candidate for the legislature.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02
Ten Acres Is Enough

To the man that knows where to 90 for
it and how to farm it. Let me know
your name and I will let you know
where it is and how to get it.
CHARLES s. FEE,
General Passenger Agent Northern
Pacific Railroad, st. Paul, MINI.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02
A Statement.

l heard it reported that l was made
a delegate to the republican county
convention through the solicitation
of Mr.. Evans, and by his request 1
presented the name of j. L. Burke to
the convention for county treasurer.
| desire to brand all such stories, made
up and circulated by the opposition to
MIR. Burke, as wholly false. Mr.. Evans
has never said "a word to NE about
politics OF any character, and l favored
Mr.. Burke of my own free will, believ-
ing him splendidly qualified for the
position and that he will conduct the
office impartially and in a manner that
will be for the best interests of the
county instead of in the interest of any
man or set of men The false reports
that John Burke's opposition are Cir
culating about him, of the most absurd
character, purely imaginary with them,
are sure to prove a boomerang, and
thus give Mr.. Burke a larger majority
than he might otherwise have had.
THos. F. FRAwLEY.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02

Keep cool, republicans; we've got EN-
on the run in great shape. They are
now trying to explain things. They
say twas the other fellow that lied.
The chicks are coming home to roost.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02
Jas. Boss
Filled
Watch Cases

are all gold as far as you can see. They look
like solid cases, wear like solid cases, and
are solid cases for all practical purposcs-yet
only cost about half as much as an out.
and-out solid gold case. Warranted to
wear for 20 years; many in constant use
orthirty years. Better than ever sincethey
ere now fitted, at no extra cost, with the great
bow (ring) which cannot be pxAkd or tavtskS
off the case-the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02
Good Pasturase

On Lower Horsehead; running waite,
and good shelter; 100 acres fenced;
entire summers growth Of grass. Rate
70 cents q month per head. STOCK
taken out and returned free Of charge
CARNAN FISHER,
Box 200, Hot Springs.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02

THE PAST guarantees the future.
It is not what we say, but What
Hoods ~Sarsaparilla does. that tells the
story. Remember HOODS CURES
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02

The democrats and pops are doing
their best to create strife and bitter
ness between Hot Springs and the
country precincts, and we regret en-
ceedingly that in some instances they
are succeeding. This course is plain
ly detrimental to Hot Springs and to
the surrounding country alike. Hot
Springs wants the friendship and the
business of the country and the
country no doubt desires a return of
the favor. The underhandedness of
these fellows who are trying to work
up an unkindly feeling is to be deplored
and should be resented. Hot Springs
contains no "ring" in politics. While
IL denial may not be regarded by
some as of any consequence, yet we do
deny it most emphaticallv, and the
residents and solid business men of
Hot Springs irrespective of party will
bear us out in this assertion. The
cry of ''ring" is a musty and thread
bare political wal hoop always raised
by d%isgruntled and disappointed office
seekers to stampede the wavering voter
into their WI ranks.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02
A GREAT RUN.
The New Elkhorn Train Puts Us Right
In Touch With Chicago.

The New Elkhorn Train Puts us Right
In Touch With Chicago.
From Mondays Daily.
The Elkhorn train coming in accord
ing to the new schedule, arrived on
time this morning and parties coming
through report the run q most magniii-
cent one. The train left Chicago at
$3.50 Sunday morning having on board
Chas. L. Rhodes. special correspondent
of the Chicago Times; Chas. G. Scyo-
mour, the famous Indian correspond
ent of the Chicago Herald, who has
been all through the hills before; VIM.
NJ. Glenn, of the Chicago Tribune:
Leigh Leslie, of the Chicago Record
and o. +. Andrews of the Inter- Ocean.
The party vas met at Fremont by Gen.
Passenger Agent Buchanan of the Elk
horn and I. w. Blackburn and wife of
Omaha, who represents the Bee; C. A.
Cairnes of the passenger department
and w. w. Cook of the advertising de-
partment of the Northwestern. Peter
Hollenback, superintendent of the
Iowa division of the Northwestern and
his assistant w. O.. Litten rode with
them to Missouri Valley. A Swede by
the name of Gus Anderson leaped from
the train while going GO miles an hour
and was so badly injured that he will
die. The train made the last 81 miles
before reaching Missouri Valley in GO
minutes including a two minutes stop.
This fast mail brings Chicago papers
to Hot Springs at the same time we get
those from Omaha and Lincoln. The
newspaper boys have had an immense
time taking in the plunge and other at
fractions and are delighted with every
thing. They go to the upper hills in
he morning and home in the evening.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02

Speaking about expenses we are not
prejudiced enough to think that any
particular political party is altogether
responsible for the large expense &C.
count of the county. Much of it has
been incurred by the unusually large
number of criminal prosecutions.
Cattle rustlers have been very active
and for the protection of stockmen in
in the county it was necessary to round
them up and punish them, but a. little
matter of about S1.O0Oofit was incurred
i'll the prosecution of two members of
the democratic committee on resolu
tions-the men whoare helpingto direct
the democratic campaign and who are
the instigators of the widely-circulated
circular referred to elsewhere. They
are still under indictment. and it is
therefore probable that the expense
has not yet ended in theircase. Crimi-
nails must be prosecuted always. If
they were not IL society would very
soon become demoralized, degraded,
and denounced by the world ut large.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02

70 sold under positive written GU gaarantee, By author.
led agents only, to cure Weak Memory: Loss Of
Night Losses. Evil Dreams; lack Of Confience::
M !. ,To nna hl;nssitIae; all Drains; Loss of Power
oyer-exertion; Youthful Errors, or Excessive Use Of
TGbaceott o opium or LIQUOR, which soon lead 70
q q box; q for s.: with written guarantee to cure or
refund money: VESTS DUG SYRUP. certain
S Wpea i9r c9Hn sasI c Odds, Asthma thin BFp"nchitis, Group.
Small size discontinued; old. SOC. size, now o5c.; old
Il size, LOW 0c. GUARANTEES issued only by
Hargens IS Tillotson, Druggists, sole agents
Hot Springs, s. d.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-02

Chairman Senatorial Central Com.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-13
Rev. A. Z. Rogers In Columbia

FROM the Columbia Herald.
Rev. A. E. Rogers has resigned
as pastor of the Mexico Baptist
Church. The resignation takes ef-
feet Immediately.
The new Baptist Church at Mex
leo, a handsome and convenient
structure, was built largely through
MIR. Rogers instrumentality. Mr..
Rogers is a popular citizen and
general hustler. He likes a fine
horse and never fails to drive as
good a one as the devil whom he
fights.
In politics Mr.. Rogers is a
staunch democrat. While he never
breaches political sermons he al
ways attends conventions and has
been known even to say good
word for a favorite. The family of
which he is the youngest brother
has long been political power in
Cooper County. Frank Rogers is
postmaster at Boonville and has
been sheriff. Hugh Rogers is one
of the Warwicks who prefer to elect
other people to office. The late
Fred Rogers, as loved as any citizen
of Cooper County, was sheriff.
Congressman w. l.. Wilson, the
tariff champion, is personal friend
Of Rev. Mr.. Rogers. He was deacon
In the West Virginia Baptist church
Of which Mr.. Rogers was pastor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-13

The Republican League Club, o.
Mexico, held meeting at their hal
IN this city last Thursday night
This club in the future will be known
as the VIM. Treloar Republican
League Club, named in honor of the
Republican nominee for Congress
from this district. Two hundred
members are enrolled in this club.
Talks were made by Hon. w. NJ.
Treloar, Capt. ID. E. Shea, president
OF this club, and W. S. Hathaway,
chairman of the Ninth Congressional
Republican Committee. While there
Is quite a number of names enrolled
on the Clubs books as members the
attendance is not large and very lit
tie If any enthusiasm is displayed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-13
lnebriety as Disease and Vice.
From the Philadelphia Medical and Surgic
Ranorter

inebriety as Disease and Vice.
From the Philadelphia Medical and Surgical
Reporter.
Only of recent years has science
recognized inebriety to be a veritable
disease. If the former conviction
that inebriety was exclusively vice
is an error, equally erroneous is the
belief of extreme reaction that in
ebriety is exclusively a disease. The
truth lies between these extremes.
Inebriety is ut once disease and a
vice, and appears as either, accord
ing as the one or the other charac-
teristic may predominant. 1t may
exist as u disease with the vicious
element entirely y wanting; as in the
case of an individual whose inherit
ed mental ard physical tendencies
toward alcoholism are utterly out of
proportion to his personal power of
resistance when such tendencies
have been allowed a single oppor-
tunity to gain ascendency.
In this phase inebriety is NOR
bid condition--dipsomania-and is
characterized by the irresistible
obsession and impulse to drink, re-
curing as periods during which the
victim abandons himself absolutely
to the thirst for alcohol. Between
attacks the unfortunate patient may
be totally abstinent; may appear
perfectly rational, and may be able
to conduct all the ordinary affairs of
life without evincing any unsound-
ness of mind. He may even make
most heroic but Intellectual effort to
resist the recurring impulse to drink.
Such a one is undoubtedly diseased
rather than vicious. The dipsomaniac
invariably belongs to the degenerate
class which is characterized by the
so-called psychopathic constitution.
His physical makeup is always i'm
perfect and his mental and moral
balance is never stable. On the other
hand, inebriety may be essentially a
vice, at least in so far as it may
have been acquired and for some
time continued as a vice. Thus an
individual in whom hereditary ten
denotes are not pronounced, or are
entirely wanting, may acquire the
drink habit willfully. Inc briefly be-
gun as the vice, if continued, invar-
iably terminates as the disease.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-13
NEW HARDWARE FIRM.
j. A. Potts Has Purchased the q. l..
Ferris Stock of Goods.

Mr.. J. A. Potts bas purchased
from the Simmons Hardware Co. the
G. L. Ferris stock of hardware and
will continue the business at the
old stand. Mr.. Potts owns the big
brick and will increase the stock oI
goods and purchase a full line OF
farm machinery. Mr.. Potts is we'll
and favorably know to all of our
readers as live, substantial busi-
ness man and we congratulate the
public generally on his going into
business here. Mr.. Percy Hord,
who was connected with MIR. Ferris
for some time, will be associated
with Mr.. Potts. He is a clever
young business man with a large
acquaintance and fine business
attainments.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-13
A MISSOURI PIONEER.
john Reed Of Mexico Celebrates His
Ninetieth birthday.
From the st. Louis Chronicle.

LIE LOUIS tufulilele-
MEXICO, NO., Sept. G.-In lit.
tie cottage near the Court House in
this city, lives plain John Reed,
who, on Tuesday of this week, sur.
rounded by his children, celebrated
bis ninetieth birthday. MIR. Reed
was born in Marion County, KY.
Sept. 4, 1904. He has been a
member of the ME-. Church, South,
IS years, having joined in Ken.
lucky in 1919.
Mr.. Reed is the Oldest class lead
er in Missouri, and nearly the old
est Mason. He became Mason at
Concord, Galloway County, in 1887,
John B. Henderson being Master
Mason when he joined. He was
married to bis first wife, Miss Pru-
dence Waller, September Is, 1881.
A day or so after their wedding the
young bride and groom started for
Missouri on horseback, with their
wearing apparel IN their saddle.
bags.
After journeying eight days they
arrived in Boone County, where the
groom had settled on a farm six
years previous. Thirteen children
blessed this union, nine of whom
are still living, six of them being at
the birthday celebration. The chill
dren are Thomas T. Reed, promi-
nent dentist of Macon, Mo-; John
Reed, of Butte City, Mont. VIM. F.
Reed, proprietor of the Merchants
Hotel in Moberly, Mo-; James A.
Reed, Childress, Tex; Mrs. Liza
McMurray, Quincy, ILL.,; Mrs.
Laura Robinson, Audrain County;
Mrs. Margaret Hopkins, Mexico,
Mo-. and Mrs. Ella Chapel, Boone
County.
Mr.. Reeds second wife still lives.
They have no children.
Mr.. Reed relates many interest
ing stories about killing deer, bear
and elk where Fayette, Fulton and
Mexico now stand. He is hale and
hearty and bids fair to be the Me-
thuselah of Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-13
Queer scale of Prices.
From the New York Herald

They do many things that seem
queer to an American in and around
Halifax. One OF the oldest encoun-
tered by a recent traveller was the
scale OF prices adopted by a Sligo
man for selling ale.
This is unique, inasmuch as one
glass is sold for eight cents, two for
Is, and three for quarter. The
size of the glass, by the way, does
not vary in either instance. 1t is easy
to see that this schedule of rates is
calculated to make drinking in conn.,
pany with one man popular, while
placing a penalty upon the person
who invites two friends to join him.
The Sligo man was asked to ex-
plain his rates, but he could not do
so. The only answer he would
vouchsafe the inquirer was, "Weli,
it's the custom here" Perhaps it is
his intention to discourage the per-
nicious habit of treating.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-13

HoN. CHAMP CLARK made grand
speech at the opening of the Demo
cratic campaign at Pertle Springs.
In closing his magnificent address
he spoke as follows favoring a Mis-
sourian for President of the United
States:
Once upon Il time there was q
philosopher who went about star
gazing, looking out for heavenly
beauty. A plain, matter of fact,
.common.sense little girl placed a
stool in his pathway, and he took a
tumble. When he demonstrated
she told him to look around him,
and he'd find plenty of beauties
close to him. The little girls head
was level, and Missourians would do
we'll to act upon her suggestion.
| am sick and tired of going to
distant states for Presidential candi-
dates when we have abundant ma
terial here at home. l am proud of
this imperial Commonwealth, and
am for Missouri and Missourians
against the world. | am in favor OF
agreeing on IL Missourian for Presi-
dent-lf | can't get my favorite, I'll
take somebody else-and giving
him a delegation that will assert
Missouri's claims in such fashion
that others will heed their voice.
The plain truth is that d" It's dis
tance lends enchantment to the
view" whether we contemplate
men or mountains. In 80 cases
out of 100 statesmen are great in
proportion to the square of the dis
tance and diminish as We approach
them. Only a few-very few
stand the severe test of close in
spection and personal contact with
out being curtailed Of their fair
proportions, while some shrink and
shrivei into repulsive nothingness,
like Rider Haggard's "She.''
L repeat, this is Missouri's OPP
portunity. 1t really looks as though
the times were out of joint for her
sole behoof. One thing is cocksure
-''faint heart never won fair lady"
in love, or a great stake in politics; /;
and Missouri will never furnish a
Chief Magistrate to the Republic
unless she eschews her bashfulness,
boldly asserts her rights, quits min
flying her own sons, ceases to
chase Indiana will'o' the wisps and
foregoes the pursuit of New York
ignes fatui.
And when we do seat Missou-
rian in the chair of Washington and
cIothe him with the mantle of JET
ferson, we will not be buying pig
in poke, but will know precisely
what we are getting. His admins
tration will recall the halcyon days
of Andrew Jackson, and the pestif-
erous mugHump will vanish as a
dream.