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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-23
Chicago, Sept. 2S, 1896"

Senator Sherman has summed up the
argument for the election Of Mckinley
in one conclusive sentence. THE only
way" he says, in which a Republican
administration can correct the evils of
the past is by increasing the revenue
by new tariff law. and this, fear, is
not practicable" In other words, a
Republican administration cannot cor
rect the evils of the past at all. The
supporters of Bryan certainly offer a
more inviting prospect than that.
They at least promise the abolition of
existing evils. The Republicans, as
represented by their ablest financier.
do not even promise anything. They
say that the only thing they could do
Is not practicable. Between a party
that offers to do something and one
that admits it can do nothing there
ought not to be much difficulty in max
ing choice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-23
To Cars . Geld Z. o. nav.

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let's Al druggists refund the N oney
II 1t fails to cure. Is cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-23

Hoods pills act harmoniously with
Hoods Sarsapsrilla.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-23

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-23

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-23

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to consider In bu,in anything. We
make them our speciality in
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
VEGETABLE FREAK.
Wabash People Said to Possess a Most
Remarkable Pumpkin.

A'Wabash, Ind, special to the Chi
cago Tribune says: Mr.. and Mrs. II.
Russell, well known colored citizens
of Wabash, are in possession of q
freak in vegetable growth that is a
marvel to their neighbors. Last
October MIR. Russell bought several
large yellow pumpkins, which, with
joyous anticipations of delicious pie
on Thanksgiving and Christmas, he
stored away in his cellar. Several of
them were consumed, and on Monday
only one pumpkin renamed, and it
was resolved to make that up into
pies for Christmas day. Mrs. Russell
brought the golden globe from the
cellar, cut it open, and vas astonished
to find that, while the flesh Of the
vegetables interior was sound and
sweet, the seeds had sprouted and
were growing at a lively rate. Some
of the leaves thrown out were two
inches in length and of a bright green
color. The seeds themselves had ap-
parently taken firm hold in the meat
of the pumpkin, but how the minia-
ture vine managed to thrive in the
dark, air-tight cavity is a mystery to
all who have seer the phenomenon.
Many visitors called to examine the
pumpkin with the vine On the interior,
and that part of the pumpkin will be
preserved as long as it will last.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
BRECKENRIDGE NOT WANTED.
Faculty of William and Mary College
Request Him Not to Speak at the
Next Commencement.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 3.-W. e.
P. Breckenridge, the silver-tongued
Kentucky orator, was invited not
long ago by the students of William
and Mary College to deliver the ora
ton at their commencement next
June. The invitation was accepted in
the most courteous terms. Mr.. Breck-
inridge would feel honored, he said,
to speak at the alma mater of Jeifer-
son, Madison and Marshall.
But the faculty of the college heard
of the arrangement and decided that
the fluent Kentuckian was not a lit
instructor of youth, and so informed
the literary societies, whose commit
tee had sent the invitation. Inc
young mel were loath to retrace the
steps they had taken, and for some
time refused to do SO. The faculty,
after three meetings, decided that Mr..
Breckenridge should be requested to
break the engagement, or the gentle
men who sent the invitation should be
expelled.
Under these stern conditions the re-
| quest was sent. MIR. Breckenridge
replied that he would gladly withdraw
his acceptance; that he was under the
impression that the invitation had
come from gentlemen, and it had
been accepted on that account; but
finding that he was mistaken in the
matter, he was most willing and anx-
ious that be be allowed to withdraw.
| The students will tomorrow elect an
orator, vice the Colonel, resigned.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
NAT DRYDEN'S A L
On Total Abstinence" and the
Whisky Habit.

MONTGOMERY CITY, No., Jan. g.
Col. Nat. C. Dryden, the criminal law
yer of st. Louis, delivered q lecture
on ssTotai Abstinence at Ferguson's
Opera House New Years Eve. Col.
Dryden and wife were the guests OF
Father Casey.
Col. Dryden told what whisky had
done for him.. He pictured in a pa
thetic way his condition when he was
lost to his business, his friends and
his family.
He said he had spent $4,000 trying
to learn how to take three drinks oil
whisky a day and then quit, but he
failed, and at last came to the conclus-
ion that II he ever quit the use of II
he would have to quit compromising
with it. He said he did not believe
in prohibition, as 1t made SO many
hypocrites and false pretenders, and
even more drunkards than the pres
emit system.
Col. Dryden says he firmly believes
that the drink habit is q disease aftel
being kept up for any length OF time,
as much SO as consumption.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portions of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
is caused by an infiamed
of the mucou lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube
gets infiamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when
it is entirely closed deafness is the re-
suit, and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out of
ten r caused by catarrh, which is
nothing but an inflamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness Caused by
catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars,
free. F. J.CHENEY SEQ. Toledo, o.
ae Sold by druggists, 75c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
A WORTHY Object of Charity.

Mrs. Maggie Willingham is a worthy
object of charity. Five weeks ago
her husband, "Good-Eye"Willingham
deserted her in Fulton after selling
every article of their household goods
and pocketing the trifie they brought.
Mrs. Willingham has two little children.
She is willing to work if she ear get
employment-she is even anxious to
work. Her desire is to get sufficient
household goods to furnish a small
room. Donations of bed clothing,
chairs, a table, a stove, or anything
that can be used about a house will be
acceptable. The city gave Mrs. Will
bingham aid to-day and the LEDGER
force contributed about $500 toward
buying her some household articles.
The attention of charitably disposed
people is called to this case.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
DR., W. L. Reed.

The Macon City Times, speaking of
the marriage of Miss Allen and DIR.
Reed, says:
The DIR. Reed referred to above is
the oldest son of DR.. T. W. Reed of
this city and is well known by the
people here He graduated from the
Pennsylvania college of dental sur
gerry and then worked with his father,
and from here went to La Plata and
practiced awhile. From La Plata he
went to Mexico in 1888 and has been
there ever since, having built up a
large practice in that city. The couple
will go to st. Louis after the cere-
mony, where they will remain awhile
and then return home by way of
Macon. The Times wishes them much
happiness aud prosperity.
London is to have another Oriental
visitor, the Nizam of Hyderabad. He
rules 10000 900 subjects and 100000
square miles of territory. His high
ness, Asaf Jah, is a man of small
stature, very reserved, but most hos
pitable to all Europeans who visit
Hyderabad. He entertained the late
duke of Clarence with great magnii-
cence six years ago. He is a strict
Mohammedan, and about o~ne-tenth
of the people of his territory belong
to that faith.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
e s; !: e; IS: Fl; :; i. RHEUMATISM
s ST. JACOBS fll : s sSss .an Z. 2 h ashi - s' n
WHAT is WARP
From the Cleveland pIainasalsr

From the Cleveland PIaindealer.
War is impnlsiveness. cit is also
regret.9
War is bravery. ct is also the most
Undesirable savagery.)
War is a glorious privilege. cit is
also a lasting and bitter Sorrow
War is the spirit of patriotic song.
ct is also the signing away of the
young life, alone, beneath stars
War is the exuberaut thrill of ma
tional pride. Ut is also the solemn
and serious problem of the taxpayer.)
War is the defiant tramp OF pomp
and pageantry. ct is also the rumb-
ling of the dead wagon at midnight.)
War is the wild glamor of a boyish
dream. ct is also a sea of desolation
whose shores are lined with shattered
hopes.)
War is something we all like to talk
about. Ut is something no exper-
fenced man wants to see, if it can be
honorably avoided
War is the mothers pride at the
manly march of the beardless youth.
ut is also the laying of a wreath upon
the untimely grave.)
War is the brilliant deed that plants
the banner upon the frowning parapet
| Ut is also the tolling of the bell in the
quiet churchyard.)
War is the grand parade beneath
the flag co%nsecrated by the blood OF
million heroes. Ut is also the willy
| picket shot, the volley, the charge,
the roar of conflict and the desperate
hand-to-hand death struggle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
OUR CONVICT POPULATION.
Warden Pace Has a Total Gain OF
Eighteen Boarders / n the Year.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 2.-The
books of the Missouri State Peniten-
tiary were closed to-day, and Warden
James L. Pace finds hat there is just
a gain of eighteen convicts in the
prison population for the year 1895.
During the year there were received
9O5 males and 2l females, making a
total of 926, while there were dis
charged during 1895, $50 males and 81
females, and 81 males died, making a
total of 90s. On December 81, 1894,
there were 2,17s convicts in the prison
and on December 81, 1895, 2,196. The
general health of the prison during
the year was excellent and much work
in the way of improvement was done
by the warden.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
o 10 CENTS
The Live Ledger.

The Keytesville (Mo.) Signal says:
B. B. Runkle, foreman and business
manager of the Mexico Daily LEDGER,
who was here visiting his brother-in-
law, j.. A. Snyder, of the Hotel Syder,
was a pleasant caller at our sanctum
last Sunday afternoon. Mr.. Runkle is
connected with one of the Invest news
papers in Missouri, and its editor, Bob
White, is known and quoted all over
the land. BY aremarkable coincidence
the editors of both LEDGER and Signal
claim the same alma mater, grand old
Westminster College. But we would
not for that reason dare to compare
our new and inexperienced work in
journalism with the thorough knowl-
edge to which he has attained by 20
years of patient toll in the harness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09

About 40, 1000 pounds Of prunes
were produced in the Santa Clara
valley, California, this year.
j. A. Potts was in jefferson City this
week on business with Governor
Stens.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

1t is said the bond issue may be
held back for a week yet.
Three men were fatally burned by
an explosion of gas in a mine near
Shamokin, Pa.
The Leadville ice palace was opened
to the public yesterday. The carnival
will continue thee months.
Governor Morton, of New York, has
formally announced his desire for the
Republican nomination.
A "Rocky Mountain News'' special
train was wrecked at Malta, Colo.
The engineer and fireman were killed.
III. I'll. Hinde, member of the Mis-
souri, Legislature, and Miss Leila
Craven were married at JeffersonCity.
A strip of land in Franklin county,
Missouri, sank SO deep that trees
which stood upon it disappeared en-
tirely.
Republican leaders of Kentucky
decided to present GovernorBradley's
name to the st. Louis convention for
President.
During 1895, for the first time in the
States history, the gold production
of Colorado exceeded that of silver in
value.
Friends of w. ]. Carpenter at Ne
vada, Mo-, sang a hymn at the station
upon his departure for his new charge
in Florida.
Much interest is being taken in the
approaching State Convention of
poultry and produce dealers to be held
at Macon, Mo-, January 8.
Willis Walker was shot and killed
by G. Thorp at Lark, l.. T. Walker
was in Thorp's henroost disturbing
the peace of the fowls there.
Mrs. Della Gibson, an old woman,
was burned to death at Houston, Tex.
She had rubbed turpentine on her
arms for rheumatism and it caught
fire.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Kansas is talking OF Justice Brewer
as a candidate for President.
Six persons were ~snffocated by
smoke in a burning house at Column
bus, o.
Police Magistrate Blume, of Chica-
go, killed a man who attempted to hold
him up.
Albert Woodley was hanged at
P%ittsburg, Pa. He murdered his
sweetheart.
Three Indians escaped yesterday
from tbe. United States prison at Fort
LeavehGorth.
Friends of Carter H. Harrison, Jr.,
have decided to urge the late Mayors
son to run for Congress.
The statement of receipts and ex-
penditures for December shows a sur
plus of S947 900 in receipts.
Mrs. J.. Nj. Madison of Altoona, Pa,
found her husband, who had deserted
her 10 years ago in Tennessee, with
wife No. =, and five children.
The public debt statement for De-
cember shows the debt, less cash in
the Treasury, to be S947 100000,
a decrease of S1,179,00O during the
month.
COUNSEL General Crittenden has
been highly complimented for the
bringing about of a better state of
friendship and commercial feeling for
the United States in Mexico.
Cyrus Newkirk, president of the de-
funct Sedalia First National Bank,
may forfeit his bond for declining to
answer to the charges against him in
court next Monday on account of al
legged illness.
SenatorSherman made a long speech
in the Senate on the financial ques-
ton and arraigned the policy of the
administration in strong terms.
Delegate Flynn, of Oklahoma, has
again introduced his Oklahoma state
hood bill.
Special Uuited States Attorney Matt
Reynolds has been called to Washing
ton to conduct the new Mexican land
grant cases before the SupremeCou
Congressman Long introduced a
bill giving a pension of S12 to every
veteran of the Civil War.
Richard Mansfield has announced
that he will retire from the stage and
60 on the lecture platform.
Arrangements for the elevation o.
Archbishop Satolli to a Cardinalate at
Baltimore have been completed.
The S~paniards have declared mar
tial law in Havana and Pinar del Ric
provinces.
NJ. Jules Coutant, member of the
French Chamber of Deputies, was
shot and wounded by a nan who sus-
pected the deputy of intimacy with
his wife.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09

A new drop curtain is being made
for the Opera House.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
READ-UP IN THE NEWS.
How Some Women Read the News
papers, and What They Learn.

"Oh, isn't it interesting, Julia, about
this Venezuelan trouble?" said a
woman on the elevated train the other
morning, according to the New York
Erening Snp.
"What Venezuelan trouble?" asked
the other woman.
"Why, don't you know? We're like
ly to go to war with Venezuela, and
it's all on account of-well, ] declare,
I've forgotten just what it's on ac-
count of, but it's something Or other
to do with the tariff or the income tax
or the silver question. Cuba's mixed
up in it somehow, and SO is Samoa,
and | wont be sure but / think Eng
land has something to do with it. You
just ought to read the papers. On,
they're awfully thrilling. And Julia,
wont it be exciting if there really is
war, you know? l suppose We shall
spend all u time picking lint and
knitting socks and singing 'Rally
Round the Flag, Boys the way my
mother says they used to do in war
times. On, Fve always been so sorry
that | wasn't living then! And to
think that there's actually going to be
a real live war after ALL"
when will it begin?" asked the
other woman.
"Oh, they're not certain yet. But
it'll be very AS | say, l think
England's mixed up in it somehow,
and, you know, Englishmen are dread
fully slow. don't believe they'll be-
gin to really scrap until the holidays
are over"
"My, what a lot you know" cried
Julia, admIringly. 81 just wish ! was
as we'll posted IN politics as you are.
DEAR
81 have to be well posted replied
the first woman. "You know Pm
chairman of the politics committee in
our woman's club, and once a week
have to tell all the others about what
going on all over the world. Why
when our club heard of this Venezue-
Ian affair, they at once postponed the
meeting for the consideration of i!
Browning Sincere in His Portrayal Of
Lordello?' and appointed me to pre-
pare a paper upon The Political Stu
alton and How 1t Affects Women,
Clubs" My dear, / did nothing but
read the newspapers all day yester-
day. That's the reason, Julia, that ]
know so much. You'd be just az well
posted, too, if you'd studied into the
matter as / have"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
AUDRAIN COURTS.

CIRCUIT CoURT-3d Monday in jan
uary, 1st Monday in June, Sd Monday
in september.
COUNTY CoUKT-1st Monday in Feb
ruary, 1st Monday in May, LIST Monday
in August, LIST Monday in November.
PROBATE CoURT-2d Monday MAN
uary, I'd Monday in March, I'd Monday
in May, I'd Monday in September.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
Assignee's Notice.

Notice is hereby given to the credit
ors of Holt &Storr,that on the first day
of the Audrain county Circuit Court,
January term, 1896, or as soon there
after as counsel can be heard, / shall
apply to the said Audrain Circuit
Court for a discharge from my trust
as assignee of said Holt & Storr.
T. j. HOLT,
34-tJan. 20 Assignee.
Thfa Novanober 40 58a5
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
A Gard of Thanks

The following card of thanks az
peared in the Atchison Globe recently:
"Aif. and Mrs. Joseph Matleby desire
to express their heartfelt thanks to
the curious friends who attended the
funeral of their daughter, and hope
their curiosity was fully satisfied
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
A BIG Land Sale.

Hopkins & Ricketts, sold for j. T.
johnson and w. J. Bolts the old VIM.
Stuart farm, consisting of 4s9 acres,
situated 18 miles northeast of Mexico,
to the Brahears brothers, of Monroe
county, for s25 per acre. This is a
low price for such good land and the
buyers certainly got a bargain. The
LEDGER takes great pleasure in vel
coming these gentlemen to Audrain,
the best county in the State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
Knights OF Pythias.

The following officers were installed
in Office Thursday night by D. d. j. ].
Weimer, assisted by Geo. Steele and
Howard Buckley:
B. f. Haskell, c. G.
o. L. Martin, V. G.
A. B. Smith, Prel.
j. G. King, NJ. of A.
E. S. Cave, NJ. of w.
T. J. Kelso, M. of F.
J. d. Mckee, M. of Elk.
T. J. Hoxsey, I. G..
S. Mckinney, o. G.
E. F. Kunkel, K. of r. 81 S.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09

A southern paper thus describes a
night scene at the Atlanta Exposition:
Sand while we watch the hundreds
of incandescents that diadem the dark
as if the javelin of some god had made
SO many glittering p%unctures in the
black robe of the night, a serpent of
flame winds itself about the white
tower of the lake, the water shares
the dazzling aspect of the land and the
bed of Clara Mere seems strewn with
diamopdsD
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
Fill this out and put over your bed.
Kallnsyer For State Auditor.

NEW FLORENCE, Mo-, Jan. Am
nouncement was made here to-day of
the candidacy of a. r. Kallmeyer,
cashier of the City Bank, for the
Democratic nomination for State
Auditor. MIR. Kallmeyer has been
prominently connected with politics
in the Ninth District for many years,
is a German and proposes TO make a
thorough of the State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
Mr.. and Mrs. C. K. Allen.

c.. K. Allen and bride, of Mexico,
Missouri, were in Columbia this week
upon a visit to Mr. Aliens sister, Mrs.
F. P. Miller. Mr.. Allen formerly re-
sided in Boone County and attended
the University. He was married
two weeks ago to Miss Ringo, daugh-
ter of James Ringo, of Mexico, and
one of the ~prettiest girls of that town.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
Assipnee's Notice.

Notice is hereby given to the credit
ors of B. and G. Calbreath, that on the
first day CT the Audrain county Circuit
Court, January term, 1896, or as soon
thereafter as counsel a be heard, /
shall apply to the said Audrain Circuit
Court for q discharge from my trast
as assignee of said B. and G. Cal
breath. W. f. CoRNETT,
36 t Jan. 20 Assignee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
Prrtal pIavinp

The principal of the female semi
nary was kind but firm.
thereafter" she announced, ad-
dressing her students, "foot ball is for
hidden by the faculty. Yesterday two
young ladies had their sleeves crush
ed"
A murmur of horror arose from the
a~ssemblage.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
lean Francois Blondin. the fam

Jean Francois Blondin, the famous
rope-walker, who crossed the Niagara
Falls on a rope, carrying a man on
his back, has quite recently married
again. The last week of November
the wedding occurred at London, the
aged rope-walker marrying a pretty
brunette. Blondin is well off, and
lives in a pretty country house, which
he calls the Niagara house.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09

The huge Bruce telescope started
Saturday from the Harvard observa-
tory on its long and hazardous jour
ney to the observation station in
Arequipa, Peru. This is the famous
Photographic telescope, the largest
and most efficient instrument of the
kind ever constructed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
Boston's Lack of Patriotism.

BosToN, Mass, Jan. president
Cleveland is said to have written a
letter to a personal friend in this city
in which, referring to the Venezuelan
matter, he is quoted as follows:
81 am sorry that monetary or fnan-
cial Boston thinks unkindly of me. I
am surprised that Boston places its
pocket-book above it's patriotism
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
Seyenty-six years is a good age

Seventy-six years is a good age for
a schooner. The Julia Ann, of Win
ter Harbor, Me-, has been in active
service for that period, and is said by
her captain to be even as good as she
ever was. The insurance companies
back up the captains statement, too
In her long life the schooner has
sailed over a good part of the worlds
salt water, and is well known in every
harbor on the Maine coast.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
For Sale.

A ten room dwelling with barn and
other out buildings. All kin6s OF
choice fruits in bearing. With one TO
ten acres land to suit the purchaser.
Situated 4 mile south of Hardin Col
lege on Jefferson street.
d&wtf w. 8. HATHAWAY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-09
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that final set
Element of the estate of Alex. Ander-
son, deceased, will be made at the jan
uary term, 1896, of the Probate Court
of Audrain county, Missouri, to be
held at Mexico on the second Monday
in January, 1886. r. B. KERR,
35-td Administrator.