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Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07
HARDIN COLLEGE NOTES.

Mrs. S. w. Cresson, Of Yates, Mo-,
was the guest of her daughter, Miss
Bertha, last Sunday.
Miss Gaysena Yancey is entertain
ing Miss Leta Hancock, of Blackburn,
Mo-, an Alumna of '92.
The girls had the pleasure of listen
ing to a highly instructive address on
"Religion in China" delivered in the
chapel Monday morning, by Mn. Pain
ter, areturned missionary from China.
There was a recital given in the
chapel Saturday evening by pupils of
Miss Frost, Miss Beard and Mrs. Fos-
ter. Lieutenant and Mrs. Walker and
Mrs. Walkers brother-in-law and sis
ter, MI. and Mrs. Browne, of Florida,
who are visiting them, were among
the audience, the guests of Mrs. Yam
cey. The programme was a good one
and much enjoyed.
The Pilomathean Society met last
Friday afternoon. The President,
Miss Mabel Hathaway, delivered an
address, after which the roll was
called and the minutes of the last
meeting read by the Secretary, Miss
Ethel Bordeaux. A most interesting
programme was rendered, consisting
| of:
instrumental solo "Het Claier
Rack" Miss Suggs.
Reading-Miss Bast.
Dialogue-"Mark Twain and the In
| terviewer," Misses Rhinehart and
Camp.
Vocal solo-''The Tour" Miss Bark
Reading-"Como," Miss Robertson.
The report of the critics was then
given and the constitution and by
laws read. The society elected Miss
Leftwieh sa the Society Editor, Misses
Robertson and Tate as assistants. The
society adjourned; the next meeting
to be held in two weeks. The motto
of the Philomatheans, as given in the
write-up of the societies, contained an
error. 1t is: "Vita Sine Litteris Mors
| Est.
Earthquake Opened the Springs.
SEDALIA, Mo-, November 3.-The
recent earthquake opened up several
springs in this section that have been
dry for weeks. Notably was this the
case at Brown Springs and Forest
Park, where streams of water have
been running ever since the shock
was felt. AS there has not been a
| drop of rain in this entire section for
some time, the fresh supply of water
is attributed whol.yto the earthquake
Two For One.
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wifi Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07
Notice of Final set.,emert

aotice Is hereby given that final set
tIement of the estate of w. p. Can't.
deceased, will be made at the January
term, 1896, OF the Probate Court of Au-
Drain county, Missouri, to be held at
Z on the second Monday in jan
aary,i5so. i. X. CAN'T,
o%M Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07
Notice of Final settlement

Notice is hereby given that final sot-
Element OF the estate of J.E. Kirkland,
deceased, will be made at the January
Term 1896, OF the Probate Court of Au-
drain county, Missouri, TO be held
Al on the second Monday in
January 1895. R.CREED.C CARTER,
OK" Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

ONE of our most esteemed exchang-
es makes the following sensible OBJ
servation in reference to the political
situation of to-day: We differ in pol
itics,o of course we differ in politics; we
differ in religion; we differ in nearly
everything else; but let us bear in mind
that however much we may differ all are
advocating and working for what each
deems the best for all, and that all are
ready to submit to the will Of the ma
jority as expressed at the polls. A
respectable minority will have not the
slightest doubt that the majority is
wrong, but they "grin and bear 1t"
and "pick their f1ints and try it again."
That's what makes a government Of
the people possible.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07
A VEST DfNED.
Informal Entertainment at the st.
Louis Club Last Night.
From the 81. Louis Renuhlic.

From the st. Louis Republic.
United States Senator George G.
Vest was entertained by q dinner
given in his honor by Judge Ell. L.
Priest at the st. Louis Club last NIGHT.
There were present besides Senator
Vest and Judge Priest Governor David
R. Francis, Judge Amos NJ. Thayer,
Judge Elmer B. Adams, Given Camp
bell, Charles c. Matfitt, Chairman of
the State Democratic Central Com
mittee; Attorney Frederick w. Leh-
man, Colonel S. w. Fordyee, Joseph
Dickson and @. W. Knapp. The din
ner was purely an informal affair, the
guests taking their seats at s O'Clock.
At the expiration OF two hours the
menu had been discussed and the
pleasant meeting ended, the guests
retiring to their homes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07
(Signed) "GRovER CLEVELAND.
RICHARD OINEy.
Secretary OF State

A. q. hartley, of Magic, Pa, writes:
I fee it a duty of mine to inform You
and the public that DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve cured me of a very bad
case OF eczema. 1t also cured my boy
of a running sore on his leg. Wool
bridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07
Notice of FinsI Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that finalset-
Element of the estate ofRobert Brown,
deceased will be made at the January
term, 1895, of the Probate Court of
Audrain county, Missouri, to be held
at Mexico on the second Monday in
January, syo j. E. JESSEEt
32-td Administration.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

In 1896 the Democrats of the United
States must present a solid front and
redeem the States, which they have
lost to the Republican party. 1t car
and will be done.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07
Notice Of FinaI settla,nan.

Notice is hereby given that finaI set
ieinent OF the estate of Mary InIoy,
deceased, viii be made at the January
term, 1885, of the Probate Court of Au-
Drain county, Missouri, to be held at
Mexico on the second Monday in jan
uary, iosd. J. T.. WILLIAMS,
a2-td Public Administrator,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

Miss Berdie Kremer and Mrs. Cham
bliss will entertain Hardin College
girls at the residence of Mr.. Kremer
Saturday afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

The Boonville Democrat says: Mrs.
Nancy Swan died at her home in Aux
vase, Mo-, September "a. She bore
the distinction of being the oldest per-
son in Galloway County. She was
born December %, 1897, near Stamp
ing Ground, Scott County, KY. Mrs.
Swan came to Missouri in 1884 and
has been a citizen of Galloway County
sixty-one years. Her children, grand
children, great-grandchiidren and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. number
about 1s5. She has ten great-great-
grandchildren. This 10 the second
death in the Swan family in seventy
years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07
Wool and the Mckinley Tariff.

FFunu tut Jt15fsUu City lfIDufr-
An Ohio paper says what is not true,
that sheep and wool are selling now
for half the price at which they were
held under the Mckinley tariff. But,
whether that is true or not, the fact is
that clothing, carpets, hats and caps
and everything else made of wool can
be bought now at one-half the rate of
Mckinley prices. II it we're true, as
stated by the Ohio paper, the wool
grower would make money by selling
sheep and wool at the reduced price
and by buying wool products at the
reduced price.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

THE Democrats of Missouri should
study the election returns closely ana
get together.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

It's just as easy to try One Minute
Cough Cure as anything else. It's
easier to cure a severe cough or cold
with it. Let your next purchase for
a cough be One Minue Cough Cure.
Better medicine; better results; bet
ter try it. Woodbridge s. Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

THE LEDGER's roosters will make
that much more noise in 1895 tor De-
ing quiet to-day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

Quite a number of cadets from the
N. M. A. attended the play at the
Eerris Grand last night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

THE farmers of Audrain county are
building large corn cribs and VIII noio
their corn for a better price.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

Jesse Cleveland, who has been very
i'll, is some better.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

1T will pay you to read the adver-
tisements in the Mexico LEDGER,
daily and weekly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

The little daughter of Mr.. FredWeb-
Der, Holland, Mass, had a very bad
cold and cough which he had not been
able to cure with anything. / gave
him a 25-cent bottle Of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, says W. p. Holden,
merchant and postmaster at West
Brimield, and the next time l saw
him he said it worked like q charm.
This remedy is intended especially for
acute throat and lung diseases such
rs colds, Group and w~hooping cough,
and 1t is famous for its cures. There
Is no danger in giving it to children
for 1t contains nothing injurious. For
sale by @. A. Buckner, druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

THE St. Louis Globe Democrat not
only trotted out all of its roosters, but
used the following headlines over it's
election returns:
Republicans VictoriouE-Democracy
Routed in Nearly Every State Where
Elections Took Place-Returns indi-
cate the Selection of Bradley Over
Hardin In Kentucky-Asa 8. Bushnell
Defeats Campbell In Ohio by Over
$1,000 Piurality-Gorman's Man Hurst
Beaten In Maryland by Lloyd Lowndes
New York State Ticket Republican,
While Tammany Takes the City
Greenhalge's Majority In Massschu-
sets, 20 ,000-John w. Griggs Elected
Governor Of New Jersey by 10000
Majoraty-Drake's Majority VIII Be
$4,000 In Iowa-Hadley Defeats Lane
in the Eighteenth Illinois District
Cummings Elected In the Tenth New
York DISTRICT.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

S. W. Buckley returned from Gem
tralia to-day, where he had been on
IauaI buainaEa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

Price johnson is home from a BUSH
ness trip to Columbia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

MISSISSIPPI, at least, went Demo-
cratic by a good majority.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

THE following Is an extract from a
Telegram explaining <A~ee~anion of
the Populist party in Indiana at this
time. Prosperity Is death to Populism,
and SO, when the Farmers Mutual
Benefit Association, representing a
membership of thirty thousand, gath
cred at Indianapolis a faw days ago, a
motion to forever dissolve relations
with the Populist party was carried
with practical unanimity. The signih-
canoe of this action will be understood
when IL Is known that the association
has heretofore afhJiated with the Pop
ulist party, and officially Endorsed the
candidates, calling upon subordinate
associations to do likewise. Hereafter
there will be nothing in common be-
tween this leading farmers society
and the Populist party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07
WAIT until 1896.

THIS is an off year, anyway.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

George Maxwell has returned from
. few days visit In St. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07
TORE HIS ARM OFF.
Horrible Accident to a Farmer at a
Corn Husking.

ALTON, Ill, Nov. 2.-While oper-
ating a corn husking machine on the
farm of Mr.. John S. Gully, near Foster
burg, this morning, Alvin Waerker, a
farm, met with q horrible accident.
His hand got caught in the machinery
and before help could be given his
arm was jerked completely out of
its socket. His fellow-workmen sick
ened at the awful sight and Wuerker
fell unconscious to the ground.
To add to the horror of the scene,
the member passed through the ma
chine and came out in shrewded bits
flesh and Clothing
Wuerker is in a ~precarious condi-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07
nick nation a Candidate,

NJ. j. Bass has moved from Middle
Grove, Mo-, to Centralia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07
HARMONY.

VIM. Pitts and family are visiting
Mr.. Pitts father in Morrisonville, Ill
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

Mr.. J. F. Llewellyn says that 1.62
inches of rain fell.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

Miss Bessie Reed, OF Moberly, is
Waiting In Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-07

Wuerker is in a precarious condi-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21
Washington sometimes Dependent.

1t is the fashion to speak of all who
have succeeded in writing their names
high on history's page as though they
never gave way to the temptation to be
respondent Yet if the facts could only
be known it is the very men who have
within themselves the ability to finally
win the victory that are apt at times
to become most deeply involved in the
sloughs of despond, Washington himself
was subject to periods of the most in
tense depression, as witness this passage
from letter to friend, written at Val.
ley Forge:
THE history of the war is history
of false hopes and temporary expedi-
ents. Would to God they were to end
here"
In another letter he said after most
gloomy recital of the reasons he had for
being low spirited:
'"ro me it will appear miraculous if
our affairs can maintain themselves
much longer in their present train.
But Washington possessed the power
of recovering from these fits of the blues
and of putting forth every effort, after
they were over rs if they Lad never
fallen to his lot, and therein lay the true
secret of his final triumph and his i'm
perishable glory.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21

HEADQUARTERS AT VALLEY FORGE.
ture in whose veins there circulates q
fluid more like rainwater than the strong
and virile blood of healthy manhood.
When Washington was at Valley
Forge, the people for whom he was
fighting theibattles that should weld the
colonies into one of the chief nations of
the earth occupied, and but sparsely,
only narrow strip of territory along
the Atlantic coast. 1t was but partially
subdued There were no roads worth
speaking of nearly all manufactured
products had TO be brought from abroad,
the institutioastof learning were feeble
and widely scattered, Of culture there
was great lack, and the beginnings of
art and literatare on this side of the At
lantio were yet to be made.
Now-now the United States is one
Of the dominant powers of the whole
earth, and if there is serious lack in any
direction of human progress whatever
it is only because mot qHite time enough
has yet elapsed since the first blow for
American independence was struck. In
all considerings Of the growth and evo-
luton of this land and nation it should
be remembered that the nation is not
yet quite ll8 years old and that at its
birth more than nine. tenths of its terri
tory was wilderness absolutely untrod.
den by the white man.
George Washington's dream at Val
ley Forge would have been of nation
of 10000, 900 souls, or more than 90
times as great as the population then,
for in 1880 there were, according to
the first federal census, bnt 3, 070, 900
inhabitants here He would have been
vastly amazed no doubt by the fact that
in less than 100 years the residents Of
the United States We're to bear the nu-
merical proportion of to when COM
pared with the population of the Brit.
ash isles. He wonld have maryeled at
the wonderful urban growth Of the ma
tion he was founding, and the fact that
beside round half dozen Of the cities
that were to be in tho TTnited States the
London Of that day was small town
would have seemed Incredible.
He could not but have been amazed
by the territorial growth Of tho country
as revealed in his dream, for among 9th.
er things he would have seen that all
France could be put down within the
area of the largest state Of the Union Of
the future and leave sufficient vacant
space from which to lay out a country
as large as Turkey in Europe Yet the
tigures Of such a dream would have been
more than true. for the area Of Texas is
265. 7s0 square miles. that Of France
204, e92 and that of Turkey in Europe
but 81. 400, SO that even after taking
France and Turkey from the Lone Star
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21
WASHINGTON CHRONOLOGY.
Born in westmorelsnd county. Va

Born In Westmoreland county, va,
Feb. 22 (old style Feb. 11), 1889.
Made commander OF the northern
military district of Virginia by Lieu.
tenant Governor Dinwiddie when but Q
years of age, in 1861.
Sent TO warn the French away from
their new forts in western Pennsylvania
at the outbreak of the French and In.
dian war in 1853
Made commander in chief of all the
Virginia forces in 1755
Commanded the advance guard Of the
expedition that captured Fort Duquesne
in 1858, shortly after which he married
Mrs. Custis.
Wrote concerning the 'nonimporta.
ton resolution, " which had just reach.
ed him, advising opposition to the policy
of the ministry April 8, 1859,
Appointed as one of seven delegates
by the Virginia convention to the conti-
mental congress in INA. His national
career may be said to have begun with
this appointment. He had previously
served as a member of the state legisla-
ture for several terms.
COMMISSIONER tblllllldllNlbI III Cultl VI
the continental troops June 15, 1775,
after the fight at Lexington and Concord.
Reached Cambridge July 2, after the
battle of Bunker Hill, which occurred
June II.
Jan. 2, l776, Washington hoisted the
Union flag, consisting of seven stripes,
like in the flag Of today, but with the
crosses of st. George and st. Andrew in
the field of blue in the corner.
After nearly a year Of the most try
ing sort drove the British out of Boston,
March H. 1870. After this Washington
went to New York, signed the Declara-
tion of Independence, which was adopt.
ed July 4, and had the document read
to his soldiers July 8, 1776.
Battle of Long Island Aug. 2S. Evac-
uation of New York by Washington.
Crossed to New Jersey, was pursued
across the state into Pennsylvania, re.
crossed the Delaware Christmas night,
captured Trenton and 900 Hessian SOL
diers. Battle of Princeton, Washington
victorious, Jan. 3, after which his head
quarters were established at Morris
town, n. j.
After various maneuvers, lasting
through the spring and summer. and ac-
cepting the protfered aid of DeKalb,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21
IF HE HAD DREAMED
THE PROPHETIC VISION THAT MIGHT
HAVE VISITED WASHINGTON.

The Federation Was to Grow From an
Insignificant Power In the wilderness
to One of the Most Powerful and, Ex-
tensiva Nations of the Earth.
Suppose George Washington had
dreamed of the future greatness of the
popular empire he was so instrumental
in founding.
Suppose that when his heart was most
cast down, when he and his little army
of ragged continentals were freezing
and starving through the short days and
long nights of the winter at Valley
Forge, he had lain down to sleep and
been privileged to behold prophetic
vision. 1t would have been one Of the
most wonderful dreams that have ever
visited mortal man. 1t would have Civ
Ell him new life, new heart, new strength.
Not many of those who will peruse these
lines have the slightest idea Of the mar
vels that would have been unfolded to
the Father of His Country in that vision
even though they daily behold them.
All Americans know abstractly the
progress of the republic has been un-
eXampled in the history of the world
and the race, but few have any compre-
hension of the glorious facts, which are
really so notable that he who can con-
template them without an accession Of
patriotic feeling is poor CO0t, crea.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21

HOUSE IN WHICH THE FAREWELL WAS WRIT
TEN.
Kosciusko, Pulaski, Steuben and Lafay-
ette, Washington engaged Howe at
Brandywine Greek, Sept. IL, 1777. At
tackled British troops in Germantown
Oct. 4, but was driven back, after which
headquarters were established in Valley
Forge.
Suffered great hardships with his men
all that winter, was plotted against,
but not abased, by his rivals for the place
of commander in chief, fought the bat
tie of Monmouth early June IS, 177S,
and after a summer and autumn devoid
of any great battles in which Washing
tom took part went into winter quarters
near Middlebrook, n. j.
Seventeen hundred and seventy
was marked by no special battles in
which Washington was commander, and
the same was true of 1880, but it was
his firmness and everlasting watChful-
ness that forced inaCtiOn on the part Of
the British. The capture and execution
of Andre and the flight of Arnold the
traitor, occurred III $780, and both years
there were notable successes on the part
of the continental troops in the south
and elsewhere.
Surrender of Yorktown and Glouces-
ter, Va, by General CORVALLIS to
Washington, Oct. 10, 1871.
British evacuated New York Nov 25,
1888. Washington as commander in
chief bade farewell to his officers Dec.
4, and resigned his commission as com.
mander in chief to congress Dec 2S, aft
en- which he returned to his home at
Mount Vernon.
Sent by Virginia to the constitutional
convention held in Philadelphia III May,
1897.
Elected first president of the United
States by the unanimous vote of the
electors in 1889, he was formally inau-
gurated iu New York April 30, 1889.
He was reelected in 1892 and retired
from the presidency III 1897.
+ Made commander III chief Of the pro-
vincial army, raised in expectation of a
war with France, in l19S.
Died, after brief illness, Dec IA,
1893
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21
InvestIgatIng nrooklyn,. strIhe,

BROOKLYN, Feb. 1G,-The legislative
committee appointed to investigate the
causes of the trolley railroad strike has
begun its labors here. NJ J Connolly.
the manager Of the strike, stated the
case for. the operatives. He alleged
that the principal cause of the diff
Guilty was that the companies had failed
to put into practice what is known as
the l0.hour law, the men being re-,
quired 70 work over ten hours a day
and in some instances as long as II
hours and 20 to 10 minutes, while the
law specified that they should be re
quired to work but ten hours within II
consecutive hours.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21
The seventh Day Adventure.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Feb l6. The
general conference of the Seventh Day
Adventists is in session at the Taberna.
Gle, the president, Elder o, A, Olsen.
presiding One hundred and twenty.
five delegates are present, representing
more than 40 state conferences and mis-.
sion fields President Olsen's address
stated that the membership Of the de.
nomination has increased over 5000,
while 81 church buildings have been
constructed in various countries, includ.
ing the organization of five churches in
Melbourne, Australia, and its suburbs
He thinks Australia is one of the most
favorable fields for labor,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21
WASHINGToN'S scHooLD&Ys.

He Never Learned to SpeH, but He Got
Solid knowledge of Mathematics.
AS matter of fact little is known
about George Washington's sohooldays.
His first teacher was named Hobby, and
he was sexton as we'll as pedagogue of
the Virginia parish in which the Wash
ington family settled, Hobby was not
man of wide information or Of deep cul-
ture. 1t is to be inferred that he knew
how to write legibly and to teach the
art skillfully, for the one pupil of his
school who was destined to be illustri-
Gus wrote q clear plain hand. Bat, judg-
ing from the letters and other writings
of the immortal George that are now
extant, the teacher knew very little
about photography At least he taught
young George very little, for his spelling
would drive modern schoolmaster to
drink. Possibly it was his pupils inabil-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-02-21

RoMNEY, w. Va, Feb 16.-Judge 4.
Boyd Faulkner, sitting on the circuit
court bench, in place of Judge Daley,
sentenced Daniel Shawan to hang on
March 30 for murder. On June 81.
1898, Absolom Iser, brother in.law of
Shawan, quarreled with Shawan. An
hour later, as Iser and his wife and
child were driving home, sitting to-
gether on the seat of a wagon. Shawan
stood in his door, and, taking aim at
was tried and convicted, and the su.
preme court decided the trial fair, and
remanded the case back last week Ac.
cordingly Shawan was sentenced. This
will be the first legal execution in
Hampshire county for 40 years.