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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-02
First publication AprlSt3
ANNUAL STATEMENT

For the Year Ending December 81. A.D.1S9l
of the condition and affairs Of the Modern
Woodmen OF America. of Fulton, Ill.,, or
ganized under the laws of the state Oi Hi
nois made to the Auditor of the state OF
South Dakota. in pursuance OF the laws oi
said State.
Head Consul W. 4. NOrthcott
Head Clerk. c. W. Halves, Principal Office
Fulton, Ill.
Attorney for service ui process In the State
Of south Dakota, +. Il. EanSlike. Madison.
Organized or incorporated May >, 1894.
commenced business January >, 1883.
l. ASSETS or THE COMPANY.
Cash on hand in Office OF Head
Banker NJ. W. OF 4. SlO1, lS2 %
Balance due Assessment No 10
estimated 1000 90
Supplies per inventory 1901 a
furniture and fixtures PIP 80
Asmt No II. called Jan. =. 1895
in hands local camps, estmta 11lOOO 90
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Total nssets

III. LIABILITIES.
Amount losses due and unpaid
Amount losses unadjustCd
Amt of claims for losses resisted
Outstanding orders upon gener-
al fund unpaid
Amt of all other existing claims
against thc.cOmpany
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News has been received of serious
shooting ARRAY which occurred at Wade,
a small mining station on the South Flor
ida railroad in which two men were shot,
one probably fatally. the trouble grew
out of the failure of w. T Pevy, a saw
mill man, to pay some of his employees
their salary. Jack Tyson and j. L.
Dansy, the latter carrying n double
barreed shotgun, approached Pevy and
dem anded their money. Pevy informed
them that he could not pay them at that
time. This was not satisfactory to
Dansy and Tyson, and the latter ad
dressed some insulting remarks to Peyy,
who drew his pistol and struck Tyson in
the face, Tyson retreated, while Dansy
emptied the contents of one barrel of
his gun into Pevy's breast. Pevy re-
turned the fire but missed Dansy the
ball striking Tyson in the back, and he
is dangerously wounded, and his death
is hourly expected. The bullet--a "A
calibre-is lodged in the breast bone,
and cannot be found. Pew is shot in
the stomach with No. 4. shot and,
though his condition is critical, hopes
are entertained for his recovery. Dansy
has not been seen since the shooting,
and 1t is believed he has made good his
escape,
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erately eats up it's fellows in order to per-
petuate the species.
At the close on the motion of Mr..
Wakfeld, seconded by Mr.. Miller, most
cordial vote of thanks was passed to DIR.
Morris for his original and most inter
esting lecture.
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Usual March Weather I.

Usual March Weather.
The following data, compiled from
the Weather Bureau Records at Jackson
vile, Florida, cover the period given for
the month named, and should prove of
value and interest in an icipating the
more important meteorological elements.
and the range within which such varia
lions may be expected to keep for the
month of March:
Month March for % years.
TEMPERATURE.
Mean or normal temperature, 81 de-
grees.
The warmest month was that of 1880,
with an average of SO degrees.
The coolest month was that of 1885,
with an average of So degrees.
The highest temperature was 88 de-
grees on March 20, 1882.
The lowest temperature was 81 de-
grees on March 2, 1890.
Average date on which first 'killlng"
frost occurred in autumn, December 3.
Average date on which last "kllling'
frost occurred in spring, February Is.
PRECIPITATION.
Average for the month, 3.42 inches
Average number of days with .Ol Of
an inch or more, 8.
The greatest monthly precipitation
was 90 inches in 1893.
The least monthly precipitation was
.76 inches in 1892.
The greatest amount of precipitation
recorded in any "a consecutive hours
was 258 inches on March 81 and %, 1885.
CLOUDS AND WEATHER.
Average number of clear DAYS, IL;
partly cloudy days, IL; cloudy days..
Prevailing winds have been from the
southwest.
The highest velocity of the wind was
So miles, from the southwest, on March
2, 1872.
e. r. DEMAIN,
Observer Weather Bureau
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Romance Of Plant Life ~

in which he tells of some vegetabl ~curi.e
osities that he or other ybotanists have
found to be true. He says:
shall present an address, and in my
case shall confine myself to subjects of
special interest that have been more or
less worked out at Kew or lately been il
Illustrated by specimens contributed to
the storehouse of botanical information
in the magnificent museums at Kew. In
plant life, as in animal life. there are
certain phenomena familiar enough at
the present day that at one time We're
utterly disbelieved in. Others, not so
extraordinary, were looked upon with a
certain amount of polite incredulity;
while not few were simply ignored as
not worthy of serious investigation.
COCoANUT PEARLS.
The cocoanut palm is one of the most
striking and characteristic trees of trop-
ical shores. Its uses are too numerous
to mention. You are familiar with the
fruit, hard, brown nut, lined inside
with white flesh, and having a central
hollow usually filed with milk. A CO.
coanut pearl is now in the museum at
Kew. 1t is egg-shaped, perfectly white,
and composed almost entirely of carbon
ate of lime. 1t has, in fact, a somewhat
similar composition to the pearl of the
oyster, and yet there is little doubt it is
purely vegetable product. DR.. Riedel,
of Utrecht, had fourteen cocoanutpearls
in his possession. One of these, he says,
he found, himself, in a cocoanut in 1866.
at Holontalo. Besides these cocoanut
pearls, Rumph describes what he calls
"melate" pearls, taken from the flowers
of jasmine; and a ''tjampake" pearl
taken from the flower of Michelia.
OPALs IN BAMBOOs. ....
Bamboos are the giants Of the family
of grasses. Their ajestic plumes are
the glories of the tropics. The bamboo
stem is usually hollow, divided into nu
merous pockets by plates inserted at the
Joints. This hollow is formed by the
rending apart of the internal. structure
during the process of growth. In the
very young state the cavity is filed with
jelly. When this jelly dries up there,
is sometimes, but not often, a mineral
deposit known to the natives of India as
"tabesbeer." This is one of the most
curious products of the vegetable world;
1t is, in fact, an opal, formed under
somewhat remarkable and anomalous
condition. When heated. it -. becomes
phosphorescent. It'holds as regards the4
power of refraction an intermediate
place between water and gaseous bodies
Brewster summed up his investigation.
by saying that all varieties of ttabesbeer
were in composition and physical char
acter, true opals. +a&.{
STONES IN TREES.
Another remarkable occurrence is the
deposit of mineral matter in the wood of
trees. This is not accidentally included
within the trees during the process of
growth. 1t is deposit from the sap of
the plant, often occurring in some trees
in large and appreciable quantities. The
explanation is as .follows:-Limegis dis
solved by rain water containing carbonie4
acid gas. This is taken up by the plant,
and afterwards when the gas parts CON-
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their juice the property of gelatinising
when cooked.

Wn0n COOKED.
In Ceylon there is plant called Kessi-
pissan, which holds mucilage or pectose
in it's leaves. I was much struck with
an experiment made with this plant soon
after my arrival in the island. A friend
took some leaves and crushed them in
water. Within few minutes the water
was so thoroughly gelatiniSed that it
could be taken up in the hand and
thrown about like compact mass OF
jelly. This impressed me at the time
as very remarkable. After describing
the Para para, of New Zealand, which
may very well be called the bird-l;me
tree, which captures birds by it's viscid
fruits, the lecturer proceeded:-In ia
maica described many years ago a
grass-like plant, bird-catching sedge,
that possessed the most effectual ap-
paratus for the purpose. Here is slen-
der plant, not more than eighteen inches
high, with narrow grass-like leaves
The flower heads droop over the the
streams and rivulets near which it grows
If carefully examined it will be noticed
each t1oret is furnished with hig My spe
clalized bristIe attached to the base of the
fruit. The upper part is furnished with
wonderfully formed hook, so elastic
and tenacious that once it takes hold it
cannot be removed, except by carrying
away the fruit attached to it. The OBJ
iect of the hook is no doubt to secure
the distribution of the fruit. If large
bird or animal passes within reach the
hooks Immediately attach themselves to
it, and the fruits are carried to fresh To-
calities. If, however, the bird is small
it is unable to detach the hooks from the
plant, and it is etfectually caught. The
object of the plant in this case is de-
feated, and the bird dies. | saw several
small birds ('grass- quits'') caught by
this Jamaica sedge, and released them
by my own hands. The plant is album
dant in mountain places In the West
Indies or Central or South America, just
in the line of flight of migratory birds
passing north and south. The hooks
evidently do their work most effectu-
ally in assisting to distribute the seeds.
Catching the small birds must be re-
garded as the result of accident rather
than design, for the plant does not profit
by it. While preparing notes for the
present address, by a strange coincl-
dence, there were sent to Kew some
Mexican jumping beans, about which
had alreado gathered some information.
These beans may already be familiar to
some of you here There are, however,
several new facts connected with them
of considerable interest. The beans are
obtained from one place in Mexico only.
They have been found nowhere else. A
traveller arrived at Southampton bring
ing what he considered to be great
curiosity, and upon which he set very
high price, namely, some jumping or
moving beans, obtained from the coast
of the Pacific. They had excited great
interest among the passengers OF the
steamer, and many weary hour had no
doubt been lightened by witnessing their
gambols and specializing on the cause OF
motion. Sometimes the motion was con-
+inuod (alwavs in ierk) for some min
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Line ulOSt reudThAUIo VI b1cSc ID plduC
known in India as Mera-Singi. This
was brought into prominence some time
ago by. a distinguished. yice-president of
the Richmond Athen@um, Sir Mount
stuart Grant Duff, late Governor of Mad
ras, who first sent some of the leaves to
Kew! The plant is stout, woody
climber, and the roots have been long
esteemed as one Of the numerous RENE
dies for snake bites Edgew orth dis
covered that chewing the leaf destroyed
the power of the tongue to appreciate the
taste of sugar; powdered sugar taken
Immediately after, tasted like so much
sand. The .Mera-singi has, therefore,
been recognized as most interesting
plant. If sugar is taken in combina-
ton with other food, as for instance, in
ginger-brea the pugency of the ginger
is alone detected, the rest is tasteless
meal.
In q sweet orange the taste of the sugar
is SO suppressed, and that Of the citric
acid so developed, that in eating it re-
sembles lime in sourness. The inf1u-
ence of the leaves strangely enough does
not affect saline things nor astrlngents
and acids. 1t does, however, affect bit
ter things, for quinine tastes like so
much chalk. Such plant might posi-
bly, be employed for masking the taste
of nauseous medicines; but we do not
yet know how far the Mera-Singi may
counteract the properties Of the drug.
AT the opposite pole of the taste spoilers
may be placed the taste improvers,
plants that possess the power of render
ing sour or acid substances perfectly
sweet. Of these the1'miraculous fruits"
of West Africa are very striking in
sances. Some are borne by a tree be-
longing to the same family as the gutta-
percha tree. IL flowers In June or July
and produces fruit bout the size ofSmall
sloes, first green and afterwards dull red.
They are covered with a scottish pulp
that tastes at first slightly sweet only.
The strange part is that this pulp. al
though slightly sweet In itself, possesses
the power of imparting so extraordinary
an impression to the palate that the
most sour and acid substances become
intensely sweet, so that citric or tartaric
acid, lime juice, vinegar, and all imma-
ture fruit of sourish character lose
their unpleasant qualities and taste as
if they had been solely composed of the
sweetest sugar.
COLORING THE SKIN.
Before. leaving this class of plants |
may mention that the pulp of a wine
palm, in some parts of America, affects
not the organs of taste but the. color. of
the skin of persons usingit.1 A, regular
drinkjis an emulsion prepared from the
pulp favored with sugar. If used at all
literally the skins of the natives become
deeply tlnged with beautiful yellow
color. During the season., when the
fruits are plentiful, the natives acquire
the yellow tlnge almost as regularly as
the birds their nuptial plumage. Astill
more pronounced effectis produced in
Jamaica on horses, by feeding on the
leaves Of the wild tamarind. They lose
all theirlong5 hairyin' their mains and
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JELLY-MAKING PLANTS.

The peculiar mucilage just noticed in
the taste improYers recalls the presence
Of . somewhat similar, but not an iden-
tical substance in other plants. There
is pectose or gummy substance found
in the seeds of ounce. but more
familiar to as in the lnseed. tits also
present in ripe fruits, and it imparts to
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
KuIi Ralaasad


AL l.. hhit, who got into trouhie i'll
this city about two weeks hack and
procured bond, returning IL his FIRMS
headquarters iii Chicago, has been re-
leased, Ills trial waa to have come
up III this city Monday.
", w Fry. AIR, hull's attorney,
procured the dismissal OF the case
against him ny the MoheFiy man, MIR.
liiggs, ON account OF the warrant be-
ing iasued here and the ofense-that
Ut obtaining money under false pre-
tenaes being committed in Randolph,
County, The warrant was issued out
side OF the jurisdiction OF the county.
MIR. kulra wife, who lives in Quincy,
III, and who in said tn be II all esti
Unable family, got nlm cut uf the
acrape with ", l.. tiennolds, of this
city, by settling up all financial mat
ters here and paying Rennolds what
he lost through kull,
kull says he is going out of the
bucket shop business.
The amount that kull procured
from itepuoids traudulently was about
Sltu. The bond was cancelled.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
Shoes.
AND SE1E U.s.
w. w. HARPER.
Recommendation From Bean Greek.

Recommendation From Bean Greek.
BEAN CREEK, May lit is hereby
certified that Mr.. E. NJ. Woody is
Thoroughly qualified to teach school,
and haAshown satisfactory evidence
of good moral character and has
taught three successive and successful
terms of school in our district. He
stands high in social circles and is a
young man of sterling business quail
ties. We, the undersigned patrons
and school directors, of this commun-
ity, do heartily and cheerfully rec
ommend him wherever he may chance
to go. Names of directors:
J.T Robinson, r. j. Armstrong and
R. H. Stuart, district clerk.
Names of patrons: Henry Luebke,
Sefe Eubanks, James Quinlan, Rev.
August Jennrich, W. II. Kysar, J. d.
Thorpe, Ned Eubanks, Matthias Blum,
Hara Eubanks, G. B. W~illingham,
VIM. H. Byrns, A. H. Blase, Joseph
Armstrong, j. P. Ridgeway, Joseph
Mangler, j. V. Baker, j. w. Spots
wood, Kit Ellington, James Ellington,
Mrs. j. NJ. Martien and James Jones.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
A FAVORITE AMONG LADIES.
An Abusing Incident That Happened
in the House at Jefferson City
How Mcintyre Got There"

Hon. Stonewall Pritchett, Repre-
sentative from Howard county, when
he risitedhere recently ,toldt to bunch
of friends among whom was a LEDGER
representative, Il little incident that
occurred during the first session of
the present Legislature, in which our
Representative, Hon. Thos. A. Me
intyre, figured conspicuously. 1t was
the last day of legislation and all mem
bers were jovial and in the best of
spirits over the prospect of returning
home and entering upon that Repre-
sentative's unlimited rest, which they
then supposed they would enjoy, not
having in'nlind the thoughts of an ex-
ira session. The gallery was full of
ladies', the\steady admirers of the
gallant representatives. 1t was during
the discussion of some trivial question
that Mr.. Mcintyre arose suddenly TO
his feet and addressed the Speak
cr. lie was unnotiCed. Again the
walls of the chamber echoed the words,
Mr.. Speaker" louder than before.
The Speaker was seemingly busily en-
crossed elsewhere and did not look in
Mclntyre's direction. Strengthening
out his frame and with a gesture of the
hand likened unto the swoop of bird
of prey,ou champion again Numbered
out "Mr. Speaker so forcibly that
the weather vane on the dome of the
Capital quivered for al instant and
turned its arrowhead across the river
towards Audrain.
Receiving recognition Mr.. Mcintyre
proceeded: "Mr. Speaker, | move
sir, that this honorable body invite
the ladies in the gallery to the lower
floor that they may enjoy the pro-
ceedings of this House at closer
range He was heartily a~pplauded.
His motion was seconded and carried
and he was appointed a committee of
one to invite the ladies to the cham
Der floor.
This accomplished, the single man
from Audrain again arose, addressed
the speaker and continued: 81 have
here two comfortable seats, II on
each side of me, and | desire, sir, that
two of the prettiest young ladies in
the House shall occupy them The
Speaker suggested that "the gentle
man from Audrain" should make his
own selection.
1t was only a moments time until
Mr.. Mcintyre was again in his place
with his young ladies and a crescent
smile of seIf-satisfaction and gratifi-
cation on his face.
The House roared in appreciation of
the Audrain mans ability as a ladies'
lion and again resumed business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
AS to Cottonwood Springs.

10 the Editor or the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, April give wish to
say a few words in regard to these
popular springs. Sunday was a per-
feet day and in consequence many
visitors called and ~quenched their
thirst. The spring is free to every
n Call and help yourself. When
you visit the springs bring your cup.
The manager came very near making
an assignment last season, caused by
having to buy SO many cups. When
the proper time arrives we will give
you many attractions, but i'll the
meantime go out and enjoy yourself
and don't forget to take your cup.
Yours, &c,
REUBEN Dill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
YOUNGERS ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
YoUNGERs, April 29.-Mrs. Bette
Bratton is suffering with rheumatism.
One of u bachelor friends, Roe
Buckner, was very agreeably surprised
last Sunday when he returned home
from church and found about fifty of
his neighbors and friends assembled
and tables grooming with good things
to eat, it being his birthday. OF
curse Roe did justice to the chickens,
Among those who attended church
at Hickory Grove last Sunday were
w. II. Brink and wife, John Hulen and
wife, of Hallsville, and Miss Rebecca
Riggs, of Centralia.
Quite a number of farmers in this
locality will finish planting their corn
this week.
Jerome Jeffries, who was called tc
the bedside of his sick sister in Iowa,
has returned and reports her much
better.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
Prices are lower than ever on wall
paper at E. II. Carter & Cos.
Death Of Wood Trimble's Mother

Mrs. Isabella Trimble died in Lewis
County, Mo-, April 80, 1895. Her
maiden name was Isabella Sterrett.
She was born in Augusta County, Va,
and was married to James w. Trimble
in 1s1s. They moved to Missouri in
1857 and settled on a farm Lear Santa
Fe, Monroe county, where she lived
until Il short time since, when she
went to Lewis county to live with her
daughter. Her husband, James w.
Trimble, died in January, 1891. She
was about % years old and a the
mother of six children, all of whom
survive her. Rev. w. S. Trimble, Pat
tonville, Mo-; Mrs. Mary McCutchaG,
Bunker Hill, Mo; Geo. S. Trimble,
Santa Fe, Mo-; John w. Trimble,
Santa Fe, Mo-; j. W. Trifnble, Mexico,
Mo, and r. r. Trimble, Texas. The
deceased was a lifelong and earnest
member OF the Presbyterian church.
The remains will be inferred at South
Fork, near Santa Fe, on May ,.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
County News.
BENTON CITY ITEMS,

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
BENTON CITY, April 3o.-Corn and
potatoes are up nicely, but are need
ing rain badly. There Is some appre-
hensioD OH account OF the great mum
Der OF chinch bugs.
Woodson shipped "A car load OF cat
tie and sheep each 10 st. Louis last
week,
Mrs. John Douglass and family, of
Aartinsbtirg, have come TO Benton to
reside, they having rented property
here.
! number OF Me4ico's young wheel
men rolled silently and rapidly
through Benton Sunday eve and pre-
scented II very pretty picture. Some
OF our young swells are taking lessons
in bicycle riding and the picture they
present we leave to your own imagin-
alton.
Contractor Hagans, of Mexico, has
recently completed a e residence
just north of town for John Cowan.
He is a first class workman and gives
satisfaction.
DR.. Ian Rodes passed through here
not long since on a professional trip
to Martinsburg.
Preaching at Unity has been chang
ed back TO the fourth Sunday in each
month. There will be a children's
service at 9 o'click at the next APP
pOintment.
The memorial services of Henry
Truitt, who died on March 7, we're
conducted at Unity Churchthe third
Sunday by Elder Coffee. a large
crowd vas IN attendance and all were
deeply moved by the earnest and
eloquent sermon.
Rev. Sanders, of AuXvasse, filled
his appointment at the Baptist Church
Sunday morning and evening. All
seem well pleased with the new min
lister.
We are glad to learn that William
Painter is improving and is able to go
out riding.
John Sallee has again opened his
lunch counter.
J. C. Woods and family, of Liberty,
visited in Benton Sunday.
Benton is at present the stopping
place of one of Mexico's defeated can
didates for office. He says he gets very
much confused because our streets are
not numbered and has got lost on sew
eral occasions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
Bass Kranse Horribly Mutilated.

MoBERLy, April. -. Bass krause'
aged -. of Armstrong, was instantly
killed by the cars on the Chicago 4
Alton road ats IIigbee on Saturday
night or Sunday morning. His body
was found horribly mutiIated at day
light. Three, and possibly four trains
had passed over him, He either tried
to board a train aud fell under the
wheels. or lay down on the track and
went to sleep, He was drinking
slightly aud wns on The road to NJ
! Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
Coin" Makes Another Confession.

From the Chirago Times Herald.
"COin," in your article last Thurs
day in the Times Herald, you said:
at will be observed that HamiIton's
suggestion of two units, Il gold unit
and a silver unit, was not adopted and
Jetferson's position was adopted OF Il
unit on silver only"
Did you really mean that?
Yes.
You mean, then, that we did not
adopt a bimetallic system having a
unit in both gold and silver?
That is what ! mean.
Then, "Coin," you must be exposed.
You are guilty of another attempt to
deceive. You know that both gold and
silver coins were q legal tender for
debts in the ratio OF Is to ! in coin by
the act Of 1922
Yes.
Then, OH page 10 Of your book, You
said, in speaking of the period prior 10
1873: THUS silver aud gold were the
measure OF values"
YES, / Sa4u thAt- anyone a filid
the passage.
Then you do not agree with your
self. Which is Philip drunk and which
is Philip sober! To which can we ap-
peall Both statements cannot be true.
1t cannot be true that only silver was
the monetary unit and yet that both
silver and gold were the measure OF
paine.