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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

The National Republican Convention.
The st. Louis Republic gives the fol-
lowing headlines in reporting the re-
suit of the National Republican Con-
vention at st. Louis:
Bolt of Silverites an Event of a Life
time-Of the Twenty Thousand in the
Great Hall, Only a Few Appreciated
Its Signifcance-Party Loses the Sem
ate-Among the Boilers Are Senators
Who Can Block All Party Legislation
IL They Choose to Do So-A Scene
Full of Pathos-More in Sorrow Than
IN Anger the Western Men Speak Of
Their Regret While Renouncing AL
legiance-A Manifesto to the Ameri-
can People.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

Read the advertisement in another
column of the Eczema Specific Co., of
Hot Springs, Ark. They never fail to
cure eczema. 4S / yr.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

The Kings Daughters viii give a
lawn fete on the evening OF July 4, at
the residence of Mrs. Carroll Frost on
East Monroe street.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25
The Wabash Railroad Great Hurry
Tin Tjupv

From Kansas City to ST. Louis, Chi
cago, Toledo, Detroit, New York and
Boston. Leave Kansas City daily $3.50
p. m. st. Louis 2:45 a. m.
Three hours and ter minutes ahead
OF any other line from Kansas City
and all points West to New York and
Boston. Only one change of sleepers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

Ladies, If you desire your boys to
look like other children buy one of
those nobby suits, cut in prices below
all reason, at Turner, jackson & Co.'S.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25
We are anxious to do a little good

We are anxious to do q little good
in this world and can think of no
~pieasanter or better way to do it than
by recommending One Minute Congh
Cure as a preventive of pneumonia,
consumption and other serious lung
troubles that follow neglected colds.
For sale by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

The Populists Of this district claim
that they want free silver, at the aame
time they : organizing to defest the
nominees Of the Democratic party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

The hail storm last Wednesday night
seriously injured crops around Benton
City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

Mrs. Fannie Chambliss is at home on
a visit to her parent, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
j. Rixey.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

On last Wednesday night the light
ming killed a fine colt for Scott Ed
wards, Of this county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

Tornado and fire insurance in Farm
ers' Mutual companies.
w. L. FowLEs,
Office opposite Post Office, Mexico,
Mo. Write or call. q-St
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25
Sehradar Has a Wheel.

A Moberly paper of recent date
says:
August Schrader, the "divine heal
err" arrived in Independence, Mo-,
Tuesday on his wheel from parts I'M
known, and at once set out to obtain
quarters at a hotel. Wherever he
went a demand for cash in advance
was made, and he was compelled to
make other arrangements. Schra-
der's wearing apparel is time-worn.
He wears long hair, parted in the
middle, and over his face is an abund-
ant growth of whiskers, which almost
hide his ford complexion. He rides
an up-to-date bicycle, on which he
carries a sign telling his business. He
stated that he had been touring
through Colorado and New Mexico
and, with tho consent of the Almighty,
he had just come from Liberty to In
dependence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

Ladies' slippers one-half price at
Turner, jackson & Co.'S.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

The following long and explicit let
ter from Hon. A. A. Bennett tells its
own story.
Read 1t:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25
&abash lile&

Z. 8. WILSON, Ticket Agent.
j. CHARLTON. Genera Passenger and Ticket
Agent Chicago q Alton Railway, Chicago.
! ). CRANE. General Passenger and Ticket
Agent Wabash Railway. st. Louis, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

Hon. W. M. Treloar Is home from
Warrington, d. @. From his appear
ance, IL would seem that Congressional
life agreed with him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

Suits, pants, summer coats and vests
at prices that will surely win you at
Turner, Jackson & Co.'S.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

Look elsewhere and then our
clothing before buying; it will pay
you. TURNER, JACKSON & Co.
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-13
Whv There are 50 Many Smiths.

AT the time Of the adoption of
surnames, every artisan whose
work required the striking OF
blows on metal was known as u
smiter or smith, and the commune
ty, therefore, had its blacksmith.
whitesmith. goldsmith. silversmith.
arrowsmith and several others of
the same character. The number
OF Smiths OF the present day may,
therefore, be readily accounted for,
when we remember that each of
the different kinds OF smiths was
rs much entitled to the use of his
trade name for cognomcn as any
other artisan. John. the black
smith, and John, the coppersmith,
werc Both known as John, the
smith, and appeIl:,tion which nat
urallv resolved itself into the fam,
lily name of John Smi;h-Cllfford
Howard in November Ladies
Home Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-13
a ~ eW Cotton Plant.

Advices from Atlanta. Ga. relate
that Charles Jackson, "A cotton planter
is in possession of twenty bushels of
cotton seed that, it is predicted, will
revolntioniZe the cotton growing indus
try OF the world.
From these seed. 1t is claimed. stalks
attaining great height can be grown.
that will yield from two tn four bales
per acre On tho poorest sort of land.
The quality OF the product is said to
br remarkably good. and as line AS long
staple cotton. The seedfrom which
the cotton is grown came from Africa
so the dispatch saws. While in the
very heart of that country, Il wealthy
American. travelling for nealth and
recreation. it is said, discovered field
OF cotton plants none of which was less
than twenty feet in height. A bota
mist who accompanied the party cut
from one of the talest Il section of
a.'ont eighteen inches. ard it was from
this stalk that the seed came.
W hile touring the South some years
later. so the dispatch relates. the Afri
can traveller met Mr.. Jackson and pre-
scented him with the seed. At the
next planting Mr.. Jackson determined
upon severe test OF the seed, and
planted them IN the poorest land of
his farm. IL thrived beyond his most
sanguine expectations. so the story
goes. and SO great was the yield that
other growers IN the neghborhood
viewed the product with alarm.
Should the seed become generally
used, they reasoned, the cotton crop OF
the Souti, would so Increase that the
industry wa,sld be ruined. SO great
became the fear among the farmers
that committee was appointed, it is
said. to wait on Mr. Jackson to set a
tine that he send IA sample of the cot
ton stalk for the. investigation of the
board Learning of the New Orleans
correspondence Sc the dispatch says,
the farbers' committee, offered MI
Jackson SIS 600 spot cash. He refused
the offar. it said, and holds out for
higher figures,
Members Of the New York Cotton
Exchange who had heard of this won
derful product spoke gEardediy on the
subject yesterday.
10 Il reporter William Mohr Of Mohr
& Gsnnemann, expressed that if such
Il seed existed it would certainly prove
a benefit to the southern planters, and
rot detriment. / it was possible to
attain such Il crop the cotton acreage
could be CORRESPONDENCE decreased and
the land used for cultiyating other sal
able farm products
y $. Gaaali of Rail- Brothers de
ch,red that such Il yield would mean
cation at 4 cent pound and, therefore,
ruin fof the farmers that raised it. l..
Mandelbaum thought it was yet too
early TO express an opinion.
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-13
Saturday, December 10, 1895,

at he front door of the Court House in For.
rest CITY. ST. trancis county. State of Arkan-
sas, between the legal hours for judicial sales
III public outcry, to the highest and best bid
der, on credit of four months. proceed to
sell the following real estate to-wit:
An undivided two.thirds Interest in lot No.
three CD in private survey No. 23i4. accord
ing to the division of The COVER OF Mrs. NJ. ]
Jones in the estate OF the late VIM. A. Jones !:
an undivided two-thirds interest i'm the frac-
tionai east half OF section seventeen ls); also
east half OF section twenty t2Dl: also east haif
OF the southwest quarter of section twenty
t2O'; also fractional northeast quarter of
northwest quarter of section twenty nine (29) f;
also cast of river fractional west half of
section tweeuty-nne t2O; also east of
river southeast part of southeast quar-
ter OF section twenty-ninc t2W. ali in
township six t6l. north OF base line and I'M
range four ~ east of the fifth principal merid-
ian; also the fractional northeast quarter of
section six 90, in township tour az north. aud
in range four a. east. Nil of said lands situate
lying aud being In the County Of 81. Francis
in the State Arkansas. Also all interest of
SAID W. n. Jones in part OF lots Nos. one %,
two CD ana three ID. III private survey No.
2Ji4. according 10 the division OF the estate OF
the late VIM. A. Jones among his heirs, in
~nship SIX 90 north. and in rauLe four "a
east all IN the County of ST. Francis, in
the State OF Arkansas
Note with approved personal security will
ne required OF the purchaser. ana Il lien will
be retained for the purchase money.
WitHess my hand as such commissioner this
9Th day OF Soyem Der. 1890.
0. y. KILLoUGH Con.
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-13
In MemorIam.
Forrest Camp. No 20.
Woodman of the World.

VI tDo ~ OTlu.
For the first time we have been called
upon to bow our heads in sorrow in
obedience to the command of the Di
VINE and unerrlng power above, Who
has deemed 1t wise TO call from labor
to rest, our beloved sovereign, Bert r.
Shade. whom no, one knew but to hon
or and love.
His upright christian character, his
devotion to family and friends. his in
tegrity In all the vocati0ns of life, are
zoo well known to require any eulogy
from us.
While We feel that our beloved order
has sustained the loss of one Of its
most valued members, the community
one of its most substantial and honor
ed citizens, the wife most devoted
and loving husband, the sister AN affec.
tionate brother, yet. we submit to our
loss, knowing it to be his eternal gain
The measure of our sympathy for the
beloved family of our departed sover-
elgn, is bounded only by our capacity
TO sympathize with those who mourn.
Therefore. we resolve
L That we cherish his memory i'm
Bind reflections. and remember his
many virtues and acts of kindness, as
were ever shown 10y his daily walk
through life
ii. That these resolutions be spread
on the minutes of this camp, and that
a copy be sent the bereaved widow and
sister, and also a copy be sent TIE
T1AEs for publication.
Tom WRITER'S,
j. 5. THOMAS,
III. 4. KNIGHT.
Committee
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-13
Catarrh Means Danger,

Because if unchecked it may lead directly
to consumption. Catarrh is caused by
impure blood, This fact is fully estab-
lshed. Therefore it is useless to try to
cure catarrh by outward applications or
inhaants. The true way to cure catarrh
~ to purify the blood. Hoods Sarsapa
rlia, the great blood purifier cures catarrh
by its power to drive out all impurities
from the blood. Thousands OF people
testify that they have been perfectly and
permanently cured OF catarrh by Hood :
Sarsararilla.
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-13
Electric Bitters.

Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for
any season, but perhaps more generally
l.,eeded when the languid, exhausted feel
inA- prevails, when the liver is torpid and
sluG 'gish and the need OF tonic and al
terah We is felt. A prompt use of this
med;ei.1e has often ayerted long and per
haps fatal bilious feyers. No medicine
will act n0re surely in counteracting and
and freeing the system from malaraI
poison Headache, Indigestion, Consti-
patton. Dizziness, yield to Electric Bitters.
soc and 81. 90 per bottle at 'ripton's drug
store.
Rev. Jas. Thomas. state president of
the Epworth Leagues. will open the
Epworth League lecture course at the
Methodist church ON Friday night,
November Il. 1885. Seats free and a
cordial invitation is extended to al.
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-13

Messers. Sanders. German and Jen-
nings tris d their hands at quail shoot
ing Monday. Thirty odd birds was the
result. and 20 cause no hard feeling
they were dividsd among the three.
Our thanks are due Jennings fer 2
brace.
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-13

For cheap so-caled Iron Bitters or TONES.
They are only to deceive; but get Brown s
Iron Tonic, the only True Iron Tonic,
which has cured thousands and Will cure
You. j. II. Upton.
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-13
Commissioners Sale of Real Estate

NOTICE is hereby given. that under and hy
~ virtue of y certain decree rendered mt the
Cross County Circuit Court in Chnncery at the
October Term. 1856, thereof, in cause there
in pending, in which benjamin Riuck and 7.
O. Iuzpatrick were plaintiffs and X. NJ.
smith, as executor OF the estate of ". A.
Jones. and Mary Lee Rhodes were defend.
ants. the undersigned will. as commissioner
in said cause, appointed By said court, on
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-13
Cures

Prove the merit Of Hoods Sarsaparilla- posi-
tive, perfect, permanent Cures.
Cures of scrofula in severest forms, like
goitre, swelled neck, running sores, hip
disease. sores in the eyes.
Cures Of salt Rheum with its intense itching
and burning, scald head, tettcr, etc.
Cures OF Boils, Pimpes and all other erup-
tons due to impure blood.
Cures of Dyspepsia and other troubles where
q good stomach tonic was needed.
Cures Of Rheumatism, whore patients were I'M
able to work or walk for weeks.
Cures of Catarrh by expelling the impurities
which cause and sustain the disease.
Cures of Nervousness by properly toning and
feeding the nerves upon pure blood.
Cures of That Tired Feeling by restoring
strength. Send for book of cures by
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-13

Women are the real heroes of the
world. Thousands oufhousanls of tlicm
endure The dragging torture of the ills
pc culiar to womaukind IN the silence of
hot &c. They suffer OH and on-weeks,
mon his, years. The story of weakness
and ,orture is written in the drawn
features, IN the sallow skin, i'll the list
less eyes, in the lines of care and worry
on the faIc.
Unborn n;odesty seals their lips. They
prefer pain 70 humiliation. Custom has
made them believe the only hope OF
relief lies III the exposure of exalrina-
ton and "loca. treatment"
Take ten cases of "fcmale weakness"
and III nine of them "lccal treatment"
is unnecessary, There is no reason why
modest, sensitive women should sub
NIT to X. ElcEE .EREE9S
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-13
WsME OF CAHDUB

is vegetable wine. 1t exerts wonder.
fully healing, strengthening and sooth-
ing influence over the organs of woman
kind. Ii invigorates and stimulates the
whole system. 1t is almost infalfible in
curing the peculiar weaknesses, ire
gularities and painful arrangements Of
woman. Year after year, III the privacy
of home-away from the eyes of every
body-it effects cures.
WINE OF GAEDUG is solo sor er.0O a
Bottle. Dealers in saetiicine Rezs Ii. Five
bottles usually c1re slse worst cGso5.
Smyrna times., 1896-11-25

yet to see the Church revived and sim
ners reclaimed by the power of the
gospel.
A strong Evangelical movement is
now beingattempted in Philadelphia by
the Evangelical Alliance. In an ad-
dress at one of these meetings Sunday
Hon. John Wanamaker in advocating
the need of the people in church work
said:
while there is much for the laws to
do IN the matter of relieving distress
and uplifting the country, [ feel that
this is the great moment for the Church
OF God. | feel that the time has come
when Christians of our land must stand
together that the land may be preserved.
Sin is rampant and infidelity has sent
wave over the country that is fearful
to contemplate, and l verify believe
that unless the Church of God stands
firm at this time our country will go
backward.
81 often wonder if the Church really
realizes what a wave of infdelitv Is
continuing to pass over our land.
Think of the thousands who have re-
Gently grown careless in their duty to
God and to mani Think of the number
who allow themselves to be distracted
from divine service by sports and
pleasurers! believe a man can say his
prayers riding bicycle, but l also be-
lleve that to be truly in the spirit of
prayer he should be at his church,
where thoughts of Heaven inspire him
and where all about him are the hymns
of praise, the words of truth and
wisdom from the minister and the
prayers of his fellow-b beings to make
him strong and good.
Smyrna times., 1896-11-25
The People Need The Church.

The two weeks of evangelistic SER
vices which closed at the Methodist
Church Sunday evening were not at
tended by the success desired. The
acknowledged need of greater religious
power, or rather the lack of it, has been
burden on many hearts for long
time, and on none more than the
pastor and his wife. But his earnest
efforts have thus far been without
avail. The minds of the mass of people
in the church, and all out of it, appear
to be in another direction, nor does
there seem to be any power to awaken,
kindle or direct thought in the de-
sired channel.
The Rev. DR.. Poulson, of New York,
preached on Thursday evening a SER
mon of unusual practical directness
and pathos, but with no different re-
suit from those of the pastor. He de-
plored the worldliness that is every
where manifested, the indifference of
the masses to the churches and the
absorption of religious truths, and ex-
pressed the opinion that except that
done in the home, the church will have
to go out after the people in in
dividual and social impressment. The
history of the Christian church
showed, he declared, that God always
works through human instrumentality.
In summing up the effort at the final
meeting last week Rev. Mr.. Stengle
stated that while a number of the
membership had attended regularly
and in harmony with the purpose, there
We're still others who had not been
there at all. The fact was also noted
of the indifference of the class they
want to reach, in evangelistic meetings.
The announcement of an extra or pro-
tracted meeting used to call the worldly
people out, but now they keep out of
the way, or do not attend, manifesting
the utmost coldness and indifference
at every effort at their betterment. He
had done all he could to awaken a
deeper religious thought, and hoped
Smyrna times., 1896-11-25

The PeninsUlar NeaOs quotes a para
graph from the TINES about the well
grounded belief that the court has
reached a point in violations of law
where little favor will be shown to
steal a whole county, and declares sit
is as bad to count out illegally" The
denunciatory style of the News, It's
"warmwOrd and GALL method of des-
cussing an issue with a cotemporary
has well nigh put it out of the pale of
decent journalism but since it ap-
proaches this subject in language that
Is respectful, we take it up briefly, for
it is a matter that hardly calls for dis
cussiOn, when we look at the position
the Netos has sustained to it.
There is hardly an iota Of difference
between the party methods Of two
years ago and the late election. The
Net0s did not denounce vote buying
then or counting in" as the editor
calls it now, and there was no paper so
caustic in its structures on the Court
for what it claimed was a deliberate
steal of County and State, backed
up and shielded by a partizan Court
that was a party to a debased trans
action when it should have been a dis
penser of justice. It's language was no
less pointed against the Court than
against Anthony Higgins eight years
ago for party usurpations, or that it is
to-day against J. Edward Addicks for
an absorbing ambition to be Senator.
The premises Of our contemporary
are right when each party is working
on moral and constitutional grounds
but since there has been a wide devia-
tion from these lines by parties, why
was not its objection raised two, four
six or even eight years age when Mr..
Higgins, whom it now idoIizes was
made Senator.
There has been law against vote
buying for years but has the Nesos
Smyrna times., 1896-11-25

ever denounced it except when it was
to benefit Mr.. Addicks? And, if it has
been the political practice for years,
one party as we'll as the other, why
should it loom up all at once when the
figures have got on the other side, as
to make it the occasion to set we'll de-
fined laws at defiance and seize the Of
fees without regard to the voice of the
people as expressed at the ballot box?
If one is guilty and the other is not,
the former should have condign punish
ment meted out to it, and if both are
guilty then both should be punished,
but there is no Jurisprudence. civil or
moral, where both parties are guilty,
to give all the Offices to one and all the
punishment to the other. Is it possi-
BILE that our cotempOrary is suffering
from a malignant case of strabismus?
The TINES does not justify vote-buy
ing though in a certain sense they vote
as theyplease and their vote is counted,
nor does it Justify striking names off
the assessment list or counting out or
throwing out whole precints to make
the vote of a county elect a certain
ticket Both parties used money in
buying votes at the late election: one
had the machinery and used money
besides, the other had only money but
because they had more of it, the Ne,CS
wants them punished and the offices,
by parity Ofreasoning, given to those
who had both the machine and money.
The time however is ripe to call
halt on all unfair, illegal and disreput-
able methods. If not, it will lead to
dire results. The public mind is get
ting weary at political crimes. They
dlsturb.the old, bring distrust to the
active pal Elephants and foster corrup-
ton in the minds of the young. The
law should know no determinations in
chicanery assessments, registration
boards or returning boards of inspec-
tors, and it is to be hoped that the
trainers of the new Constitution will
make the instrument strong enough to
catch all offenders.
Smyrna times., 1896-11-25
On Thursday, the 26th Day Of this
month of November,

THE Court room at Dover at the
special sessions the past week has been
filled as perhaps fever before, with
aarger watchers of the Mandamus case
to compel the Inspectors to tabulate
and sign the returns, so that the parties
elected by the voters of the county, as
has always been the case heretofore,
can be duly commissioned to enter
upon the duties of their respective
offices. The Republicans believe it an
unlawful method to cheat them out of
offices to which they have fairly sue
ceeded by the popular vote, and the
Democrats seem equally determined to
keep the offices in their control. The
public feeling has consequently been
very intense.
We hear that at the opening of the
session this morning the Court refused
to quash the Mandamus, Judge Grubb
dissenting and the lawyers are now
arguing the case on its merits.
Smyrna times., 1896-11-25

The advancement of Education in
our State is one which merits the at
tentiOn of every good citizen. Our
attention has been called the past week
to the meeting of the Teachers Insti-
tutes in our three Counties which from
an educational point of view have been
gilmore than usual interest. In fact the
Institutes have become an important
promoter of Public School work, and
that our teachers may become more
proficient, it has been the aim of Sup
intendents Smith, Tindal and Knowles
Of our three counties to procure the
best talent available. To do this
specialists in each line of Public
School work are sought and the In
stitutes made entertaining as well as
profitable. About the same speakers
addressed each county gathering and
they included such men as DR.. Byron
w. King president, Kings School of
Oratory, Pittsburg, Pa; DR.. Chas.
De Garmo, president of Swathmore
College, DR.. Nathan c. Schaeffer,
State Superintendent of Public In
struction, Harrisburg, Pa, Supt.
Twitmyer, Bethlehem, Pa.
In the evening such attractions were
given as to both amuse and edifv.
There is Col. Geo. W. Balm and Col.
L. F. Copeland both orators of popu-
lar fame. Taken as a whole the Insti-
tutes this year were of an order that
shows improvement on all lines of
Public School work and no teacher
who attends can have an excuse for 90
ing to their duties, not feeling bene-
fitted by the excellent talks and ad-
dresses OH uYrtaut subjects
along err.