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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

Most of the ills that COWS and other
domestic animals suffer are due to i'm
proper feeding. 1t is understood, of
course, that the product of the COW in
quantity, if not in quality. is depend
ent on the amount of the good, nutrit-
ious food which can be eaten and
thoroughly digested. This creates the
temptation to feed too much and too
rich food. This clogs the digestive
organs, and frequently Injuries them
permanently. 1t requires skill in feed
ing to give enough and not too much.
There are peculiarities of individual
COWS that have also to be considered.
1t is not always the largest COW that
will eat and digest the most; but we
think it can be safely said that no COW
was ever good for much for either
milk or butter if she was a delicate
feeder. The best cow is sure to have
a ravenous appetite, and has to be
stintedsometimes in her feed to pre-
vent her from eating moret than is good
for her.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
WHOLE FAMILY POISONED.
One Man Dead and Several Persons
Critically Ill.

MOUND CITY, ILL, March 13.-Dill
Taylor, Robert Taylor and wife and
another son and daughter of Dill
Taylor, living near Craig, ten miles
from here, at noon yesterday were
poisoned from drinking coffee. Last
night Dill Taylor died and the others
are expected to die at any time.
Two younger children drank milk
instead of coffee and are not sick. The
coffee grounds were thrown in the
slop and seven hogs died from eating
it. Where the poison came from is a
mystery. Those who drank the coffee
say it tasted as if there wa pepper in
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
PRAIRIE FIRE IN OKLAHOMA
The Town OF Optima, a Score OF Dwell
Ings and Fourteen Ranches
LAID Waste.

GUTHRIE, OK, March 13.-Reports
received tonight from Hardesty,
Beaver county, the scene of the
fierce and disastrous prairie fire, show
that greater damage was done than
was at first supposed. The fire cover
ed an area OF III miles, and originated
from fire guards set out Wednesday
afternoon by Il farmer named John
McNIains. The fierce flames, famed
by the gale, rolled mountain high and
relentlessly swept everything in their
path. The fire ran southwest to Opt
ma Creek, where it vas checked this
morning. Fourteen rich ranches, the
town of Optima and over a score of
dwellings were destroyed. The loss is
estimated at $500, 900 to ranches alone.
On every ranch was a herd of cattle
and horses, and nearly all were de-
stroyed.
\ remarkable feature of the fire is
the fact that only two lives were lost,
Henry James, a boy of 10 years, who
was suffocated in a barn, and Dick
Walsh, who inhaled the flames while
beating the fire.
An intensely dramatic incident to
the disastrous fire was the heroic bat
tie waged against the raging flames by
Mrs. Caleb Carter, who, for six hours,
battled the fire single handed, and
saved her husbands dwelling and out
buildings, when the awful avalanche of
flames bore down on the Carter ranch.
Mr.. Carter was at Hardesty, where he
had gone to do some trading. Mrs.
Carter instantly realized her danger,
and, tying her two infants to a bed
post, rushed out of the house to the
barns. She released all the stock and
drove them to a creek. Then rushing
a mile distant from there she touched
off the fire guards her husband had
prepared for an emergency. Running
back, she hastily donned a flannel
well as some blankets, in a tub of
water, rushed to meet the fire. She
fought along a mile for six hours, and,
although the Carter ranch was de-
stroyed, the buildings were saved.
When Mr.. Carter reached home he
found his faithful wife lying uncon-
scious on the floor, with her flesh and
clothing badly burned. Physicians
were hastily summoned, but 1t is not
thought Mrs, Carter's burns will prove
fatal. Twenty head of horses which
Mrs. Carter had driven into the creek
remained there and were saved. The
remainder of the stock rushed pell
nell into the flames and were burned
before Mrs. Carter's eyes. She was
overcome more by the fumes of the
burning animal flesh than by the work
and smoke of the flames.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
Written for the Ledger.
THE ROENTGEN LIGHT.

And SO they've found a light
That will pierce all solids through;
| hardly can believe it,
But, of course, it must be true.
Mr.. Roentgep, l want to ask
A thing or two of you,
And find out just exactly
What this cathode ray will do.
Will it photograph the pocket
Of the man, who, sad to say,
Hasn't any money with him,
But will pay some other day?
Will it photograph the stomach
OF the collie stricken child,
And tell us what will soothe him
And make his voice more mild?
Will it photograph the idle thoughts
That rise in "Cholly's' head,
And tell us if he has a brain,
Or none, as it is said?
Viii it photograph the chicken
In the boarding house pot pie,
And diagnose the dread disease
That caused the fowl to die?
And continuing along this line,
'Twould be no great mistake
To ask to see the berry
In the strawberry short cake.
And will it photograph the point
To the funny mans "new" tale,
Who, every time he meets you,
Repeats a story stale?
Will it photograph the "true love"
That comes to Lords and Earls,
When, broken down and bankrupt,
They meet wealthy girls?
And lastly, will it photograph
The politicians brain,
And tell us if he labors
For his country or for gain?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
INTERESTING ITEMS.

An immense bald eagle, measuring
seven feet from tip to tip of its wings
was captured alive near Middlefork
Ind, a few days ago.
There are at present about 1866,
600 acres of forest in Maine, valued at
$50, $50, 600. Two or three New Eng
land States could be hidden away in
Names woods.
Orange growers in one section OF
southern California are advertising
their products by offering 800 reward
for any frosted orange discovered in
fruit shipped by them.
Another load of redwood has just
been shipped from California to Muir
emburg, Germany, for use in making
lead pencils. The cedar forests of
Europe that formerly supplied wood
for pencils have been practically ex-
hausted, and experts sent to search
for a substitute reported that the Cali
fornia redwood appeared to be the
best available material.
Bunco has been rubbed into a
wealthy farmer of Fayette county, Pa,
in a most exasperating way. Three
years ago he was buncoed out of 49,
600 in a fraudulent land scheme. Last
week he was buncoed out of $500 by
an alleged detective who represented
that he had tracked and could lay his
hands on the bunco men who first
victimized the farmer.
Nelly Mailer, a negress, died at
Manassas, Va, last Friday at the age
of 1O6 years. She was in excellent
health up to within a few weeks of
her death. She was a nurse for the
most part of her life, and had served
in many prominent Virginia families.
She was more than usually intelligent,
and her remarkable memory made her
a most interesting person.
The dark cell in the city Jail at
Phoenix, Ariz., seems to be an unusu-
ally unpleasant sort of a place. A
lazy tramp prisoner was placed in it
the other day, and the fact that was
noted in a local paper that he would
not get the chance to loaf he might
expect, because of the spikes driven
upward through the floor, which pre-
clude a prisoner from sitting down.
There is room for the occupant to
stand up between the spikes with some
degree of comfort.
a shower of dust fell on the deck of
the ship Scottish Dales when she was
far out at sea off the coast of the Ar
gentine Republic on a voyage which
ended at Tacoma, WASH, last week.
The captain says the dust was very
fine and of a light buff color. AS the
dust storm blew toward the ship it
looked very much like snow. The
dust fell thickly over the deck and
rigging of the vessel. The captain
supposes it came from some volcano
in active eruption.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

J. w. Pierce, Republic, Ia, says:
~ have used One Minute Cough Cure
in my family and for myself, with re-
suits SO entirely satisfactory that l
can hardly find words to express my
self as to it's merit. / will never fail
to recommend it to others on every
occasion that presents ITSELF" For
sale by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

All last winter Mr.. Geo. A. Mills, of
Lebanon, Conn, was badly afflicted
with rheumatism. At times it was SO
severe that he could not stand up
straight, but was drawn over on one
side. 81 tried different remedies with
out receiving relief" he says, "until
about six months ago I bought a bot
tie of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. After
using it for three days my rheumatism
was gone and has not returned since.h
For sale by G. A. Buckner, druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
An Earlv Morning Blaze.

The fire department was called out
about one O'Clock Friday morning to
the residence ofMr Duke south ofHar-
din College. The house was entirely
destroyed. The cause of the fire is
not known. The house was owned by
W. A. Morris and valued at 5000. It
was insured for 500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

Prof. J. P. Blanton, of the State I'm
iversity, has been invited to deliver a
school of pedagogy of the University
of Minnesota. This is a special honor
as the school has an attendance of
over twelve hundred teachers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
AUDRAIN COURTS.

CIRCUIT CoURT-3d Monday in jan
uary, 1st Monday in June, Sd Monday
in September.
COUNTY CoURT-lst Monday in Feb
ruary, 1st Monday in May, LIST Monday
in August, ist Monday in November.
PROBATE CoURT-2d Monday in jan
uary, I'd Monday in March, I'd Monday
in May, I'd Monday in September.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

]. T. johnson says stock brought
splendid prices at the Bob Dyer sale.
He sold thirty shoats averaging
about thirty pounds to Wood Maddox
for $2.S5 per head. One extra good
Celding brought S243.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

Don't invite disappointment by ex-
perimenting. Depend upon One Min
ute Cough Cure and you have imme-
date relief. 1t cures Group. The
only harmless remedy that produces
immediate results. For sale by Wool
bridge q Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

Full particulars a 10 the detaiis of tho conditions govern
ing the awarding Of these prizes viii be published IN THE
CHICAGO RECORD. The principal rules are as follows:
l. But one solution can be entered hy a reader, II Is i'm
raatrra! whether the reader sutsCr hes for the pauer dirct 10
the Office Of publication, OF whether ii is boughf from the local
newsdeaIer. The contest is open, under the specified ccpdI-
tious. 10 all who read the paper.
> The explanation Of the mystery may - made in the
readers own words, in the English Language and without any
stteinpt az " fine writing" simply giving as many of the facts
that 20 70 make 2 complete and absolutely correct solution Of
the entire mystery as the reader Tlay be able TO discover.
4. The $4,000 will be awarded, under tn. conditions an.
nOuncsd, according To the best Judgment 0fthe Judges appointed
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

Soothing, healing, cleansing, De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve is the enemy
to sores, wounds and piles, which it
never fails to cure Stops itching aud
burning. Cures chapped lips and
cold-sores in two or three hours. For
ale by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
The Clark 81 Potts Sale

Books are now open to receive en-.
tries to Clark & Potts sale of fancy
saddle and harness horses, which win
begin April 81, and continue four DAYS
Send in your entries and get your
horses ready. 4s-wIm
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
In Memoriam.

- az 8AA
written 10y a relative In indianapolis, Iud.
In loving memory of John G. Will
fey, who departed this life March ,,
1895.
One long year has passed away,
One long year since that fatal day,
When the one we loved and dearly
priced
Lay cold in death before our eyes.
What pang on earth is there so great
AS that which pierced our hearts SC
sore,
When our dear father bowed his head
And was on earth no more?
But cheer up; we know that he is
waiting
For his dear ones evermore,
And is singing with the angels
On that bright and golden shore.
Mrs. c. A. G., JR.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
The Very Best Coal Chean.

l will sell coal in any quantity at the
bank or delivered. My coal is as good
as any mined anywhere. / defy COM
petition in prices. Give me a chance
before you buy. My Coal bank is IL
miles southeast of Mexico. Address
w. w. MCGOWAN, Benton City, Mo.
15d&wtf
A Missouri man sues his wife for a
divorce on the ground that she is 4
E'new woman" He discovered this
fact when she kicked him. At first
he thought it was a mule, but when
he had no difficulty in seeing his mis-
take.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

Geo. Runkel has some tine Irish
setter pups, whelped IN Feb. 9, by
SagaX Tearaway, out of his famous
Rose of Claramont.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

There is one true specific for diseases arising from impure blood and a
debiitated nervous system, and that is Paines celery compound, so generally
prescribed by physicians. 1t is probably the most remarkable remedy that
the scientific research of this country has produced. Prof. Edward E. Phelps,
NJ. d., Ii. d., of Dartmouth College, first prescibed what is now known the
world over as Panes celery compound, a positive cure for dyspepsia, bill
iousness, liver complaint, neuralgia, rheumatism, all nervous diseases and
kidney troubles For the latter, Panes celery compound has succeeded
again and again where everything else has failed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

j. D.Dillon,o of this city, has accepted
a position as travelling salesman for
the Wallis Manufacturing Co,
of Dubuque, Iowa.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
Repairinr Neatly Done,

N6pdIIIHS fOdtIY OUHO'
If you want your watch cleaned or
repairing of any kind done neatly,
cheaply and promptly call on T. S.
Riley. Satisfaction guaranteed.
If T. S. RILEY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

Dr. J. A. McGILL, 4 Hubbard Court, Chicago
Dear Sir Allow me a little space wherein
to congratulate you upon this, the greatest
remedy the world ever knew for femaio
weakness, and to give a word of advice TO
wives, mothers and daughters, who are suffer-
ing the tortures of female weakness, to suffer
no longer, but TO secure q box of Orange
Blossom and be convinced that it 10 more
than represented-a positive cure for female
weakness in any form.
ELSIE MERwIN CULvKRS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

The Vandalia Leader says; j. D.
Lewellen last week butchered a g.
months old hog from which he secured
10 gallons of lard. He sold this week
to j. w. LeweIlen two runts of the
same litter that weighed $50 pounds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

Out of weakness comes strength
when the blood has been purified, en-
riched and vitalized by Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
A Trick With Sugar,

tlOLA u L pa tiEAN -NtNNs
Get some Jumps of sugar and dip
them for just a moment into a weak
collodion solution, such as photo
graphers use. Then expose them to
the air for a few days, so hat all the
ether in the mixture will evaporate,
leaving only the thin envelope OF col
lodion behind.
Now give your friends at the table
some Jumps of this sugar for their
iced tea. They will drop them into
the cups, and, to their CONSERVATION,
the Jumps will rise to the surface in a
few moments, refusing to be coaxed
down again with taps of the tea
spoons.
The secret is that the real sugar is
melted and only the envelope of col
lodion remains, which filled the inter
stices of the Jumps. Being much
lighter than was the sugar, this
''ghost" of the lump floats on top of
the tea. The illusion to the eye is
perfect; but if the spectral lump is
taken up between the fingers a slight
pressure will destroy its form and
leave only a gelatinous mass.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

a marriagel license has been issued to
Mr.. Collins and Miss Few, of Mont
gomery county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

w. II. Garrett and family moved to
Centralia Saturday, where Mr.. Garrett
will go into the hardware business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

1t not only is SO, it must be SO, One
Minute Cough Cure acts quickly, and
that's what makes it GO. For sale by
Woodbridge s. Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

Quick in effect, heals and leaves no
scar. Burning, scaly skin eruptions
quickly cured by De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve. Applied to burns ,sealds,
old sores, it is magical in effect. Al
ways cures piles. For sale by Wool
bridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

Miss Sara Armistead has returned
from a visit to DIR. Rothwell's family
at Hallsville, Mo. Miss Reba Evans
accompanied her home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
High Mountains and Deep Gorges.

High Mountains and Deep Gorges.
A friend of the LEDGER handed us
the following clipping from the cdi-
torial columns of an Arkansas paper:
1--WE have mountains so high that you
can tickle the feet of the free silver
angels in Heaven, and gorges so deep
that you can descend to their base
and hand down ice to the gold bugs
in the Internal regions"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
S10O Reward S1O0.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment. HALLS Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and as
sisting AZURE in doing it's work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testi-
monials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
EeSFHSold by druggists, 75c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
Only Women and Girls nav Guess.

By THE CHICAGo RECORD. and they viii halr eompIot. ,1r
troll AMI final decision, bey0mt aHy appeal In ul matters r;4f
ing to this unique contest.
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

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per, and its daily instshtnent OF a high-raie serial s.ory is Z
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ing the further condition Is made thst the $50 80 IN prizes zbaF
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

A sample of hay was brought to the
LEDGER office to-day by B. R. Mid
dleton, which had been stored in
Lamartine Lackland's barn for Is
years. The hay looked about Il year
old.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

TIE CHICAGO RFcozD II Chiezeos leading morning dsHy.
r. faet, with q single exception, 1t has the largest morning err
euasiien in Ameres-isaGoo a day. II Is R member Of The
Associated Press ard prints all tie meas from ali the world ~
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isi;tfal i'm paFfiaITy, free from the taint Of craftsmanship II /.
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AFTER a wide comparison with the journals Of many states and
esansFies. ttat THE cTrIcAso EEg)HD comes IS nesr being the
ffpaI daily journal a. we are for some time likely to find on
these mortal shores"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19

The journalists class paper. published in Seu Ygre. eagri
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-19
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Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
WEATHER BUREAU WARNINGS.
They Save the People Millions of Dollars
Each Year.

They Save the People Millions of Dollars
Each Year.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 25.-Chiefl
Moore of the weather blTeau has made a.
special report to the secretary of agri-
culture with reference topthe actual mon
ey value of cold wave warnings to the
IEsople of this country, with special refer
enee to the cold wave of January 2
and ) of the present year. That was one
Of the unusual severity. spreading over
tina, entire country east @f the Rocky
mountains with the exception of the
weather bureau station throughout this
region tine cold wave fag was displayed
and tire warnings were distributed at
least twemty-four hours Before the cold
wave. occurred. Reports received from
1O2 stations indicate that these warnings
were directly instrumental in saving
from destruction property exceeding 3d.
5OE80G0 iEs value.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-02
The Capitol Dome.

The Capitol dome at Washington is
the only considerable dome Of iron in
the world. It is a vast hollow sphere,
weighing 5000, 800 pounds. How
much is that?" More than 1000
tons, or almost the weight of 1900
full grown persons, or about equal
to 1000 laden coal cars of four tons
each, which if strung out one behind
the other would occupy q mile and a
half Of track. On the very top Of the
dome the categorical figure america, y
weighing 1895 pounds, lifts it's
proud head high in the air. The pres
sure of this dome and figure upon the
piers and pillars is Il, At pounds to
the square foot. It would, however,
require q pressure of 755, 1856 pounds
to the square foot to crush the sup
ports of the dome. The cost of this
immense dome was little short OF
81 100000.