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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23
EASTERN BOLTS NOT FEARED.
w. j. Bryan's Paper Talks Bravely of
the OBJECTIONS of Gold Men.

OMAHA, NEB., July 16.-The Omaha
World Herald, of which w. ]. Bry an,
Democratic nominee for President, is
editor, said: "Let the Heather
Rage" "With the exception of the
New York Journal, the New York
Mercury and the New York Neics, the
Democratic press of New York bolts
the Democratic ticket. 1t is followed
by various large and small papers in
other towns of New York and New
England. Possibly the Eastern news
papers may imagine that their action
is of large political significance and
importance. They are in error. A
President of the United States can be
elected this year without the aid or
consent of the Eastern States, which
in the past have dictated nominations
and swayed elections. Every time a
gold bug Democrat goes to Mckinley
in New York he paves the way for
two silver Republicans to come to
Bryan in the West. Every time a gold
paper IN New YORK repu-
dates the Democratic platform 1t
renders more certain the reputation
of the Republican gold platform
among thousands of Republicans in
the Middle and Western States. The
New York gold bug papers are prac-
tically impotent. Their efforts to in
jure silver in New York make votes
for silver in the doubtful States. If
New York gold bug Democrats a
abandon party lines to injure silver,
then certainly Western silver Repub-
licans can leave the party to help sill
o 1t SO happens that we need
votes in some Western States, and
their loss in New York will do us no
harm. Let the heather rage"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23
Bottled Up!

Whether in the form of pill powder
or liquid, the doctors prescription for
blood diseases is always the same
mercury or potash. These drugs bottle
up the poison and dry it up in the
system, but they also dry up the marrow
in the bones at the same time.
The supple1ess and elasticity OF the
joints give way to a stiffness, the rack
ing pains of rheumatism. The form
gradually bends, the bones ache, while
decrepitude and helplessness pre1ma-
tareiy take possession of the body, and
IT Is but q short step to a pair of
clutches. TI1en comes falling Of
the hair and decay of the bones,-ac con.
dition truly horrible.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23
William j. Bryan's Character.

Viiiahu u oiydu Sudl dCbCis
The one thing above all others which
should recommend William Jennings
Bryan, of Nebraska, to the people of
the United States, regardless of party
or principle, is his sterling manhood
and his unimpeachable character.
The facts That he is a Democrat and
an advocate of free silver enable him
to stand squarely on the platform
adopted at Chicago, but the one fact
that he is possessed of the highest type
of Christian manhood, forms a pillar
of strength for that platform to rest
on that will dull the axe of opposition
and everlastingly resist the Samson of
Republicanism.
Shakespeare says, "Gnats are unnot-
ed, wheresoe'er they fly, But eagles
gazed upon with every eye," and new
or was this saying truer than a few
days ago, when a score or more rep
r~esentatives of the metropolitan press
of this country searched the little
town of Salem, Illinois-the place
where Bryan spent his early years
to find some tale, complimentary or
otherwise, concerning him, which
might be given to the public.
Not a single inhabitant who had
known the ''Boy orator of the Platte''
in his youth could call to mind an in
stance of his having created any dis
turbance, played any foolish pranks
or in any way over stepped the bounds
OF %propriety. Nothing but good could
be heard of him, and the newspaper
men marvelled when they finished
their search.
Further than this, he has never tas-
ted a drop of Intoxicating liquor, nor
in any way INDUCED in those evil
pleasures which are daily sending
young men to dishonored graves. Nor
did he ever Use profane language.
From the very first he has led a life
which none can condemn and which
all can praise. This fact alone is suf-
ficient to cause his name to be enrolled
upon the highest annals OF fame.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23

The Columbia Statesman says: ''The
Mexico LEDaER's cannon announced
the defeat of Mr.. Bland by not firing.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23
Stone the A. P. A. Nomin

~ OAS At
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 17.-Judge
John B. Stone, of the Jackson County
Court, has been nominated by the
American party for Governor of the
State of Missouri, and mas accepted.
He is the first candidate in the field.
of petitions have been
quietly sent out over the State by the
Committee of the American
and these are nov pouring in
at the headquarters in Kansas City,
covered with the names of the mem
bers of the new organization. One
thousand signatures are on the Kansas
City petition. Last night the Execu-
tive Committee waited upon Judge
Stone and offered him the nomination.
accepted without a moments hes
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23

Persons who have a coughing spell
every night on account of a tickling
sensation in the throat may overcome
1t at once by One Minute Cough Cure.
For sale by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23

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., 1896-07-23

DIR. Hutchinson, founder of the town
OF that name in Rails county, has
traded his store at Mt Carmel for a
half interest in a livery stable In VAN
dalia. Mr.. Hutchinson now has the
OF being a gentleman, q
doctor, a preacher and a horsetler.-
Herald,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23

Lyman Osterhout, an old resident of
Audrain county, died at his home in
Farber on July z.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23

Miss Alice Conger, OF Columbia,
Mo-, h visiting her cousins, the Misses
JAckmau.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23

Miss Lutte Cave is spending a few
weeks with her sister, Mrs. ]. T.
Johnson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23

Contagious Blood
~Poison-the curse
OF fnankind-is the
most horrible OF all
diseases, and has al.
ways bafied the
doctors. Their pot
as h and mercury
bottle upthe poison,
but it always breaks
forth again attack
ing some delicate
organ, frequently
the mouth and
throat, 6llingthern
with eating sores.
S.S.S., liz the only
known cure for this
disease. 1t is guar
auteed purelv yeye-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23

North Carolina
On. J. A. MCGILL, 4 Hubbard Court, Chicago
Dear Sir Allow me a little space whersfl
to congratulate you upon this. the greater
remedy the world ever knew for femalo
and to give a word OF sayice 10
wives, mother and daughters. who are suffer
ing the ~tortures of female weakness, to suffer
no longer. but to secure o box of OranR
Blossom and be convinced that It 10 more
than represented-a positive cure for fema4
weakness In any form.
ELSIE NERwIN CuLylRH.
Sold by French & Garrett.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23
Henry Coon Dead.


Henry Coon fell asleep in death in
the early morning of July 10, while
his spirit, we believe, awoke to a beau
tiful everlasting heavenly morning.
Brother Coon was born in the State of
Maryland, Nov. 6, 1916, and was,
therefore, 70 years, s months and 7
days old. He came with his parents
to Ohio and later to Illinois. His first
wife was Miss Elizabeth Bumgardner,
to whom one daughter was born, her
mother dying when she was two years
old. Afterwards he married Miss Mary
A. Snider, March IS, 1s49. OF this
marriage two boys and six girls were
born, four of whom are dead. Those
living are Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Siden-
stricken, Mrs. Hardin and Mrs. Mary
Saunders.
Sister Coon passed away over two
years ago, and now their bodies lie
buried in New Hope cemetery, peace
fully sleeping until the resurrection
morn, when their mortal bodies shall
put on immortality.
Brother Coon was a consistent MEM
Der of the Methodist church for years,
and only two weeks ago last Sunday
attended church services at Groves
Chapel. Many hours of his last days
did he spend reading the Bible. We
sympathize with the loved ones who
mourn his loss, but not as those who
have no hope.
One less on earth.
It's pain its sorrow and its toll to share;
One less the pilgrims cross to bear;
One more the crown of ransomed saints
to wear,
At home in heaven.
One more in heaven.
Another thought to brighten cloudy
days;
Another theme of thankfulness and
praise,
Another link on high our souls to
raise,
To home and heaven.
One more at home.
That home where separation cannot
be;
That home where none are missed
e~ternaliy.
Lord Jesus, grant US all a place with
thee,
At home in heaven.
J. B. @.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23
Eczema
A Cure guaranteed In ev.ry case
or money cheerfully refunded.

"A Cure guaranteed in ev.ry case
or money cheerfully refunded. =
= We would say to those suffering with =
= this most dreadful and tormenting trou- =
2 bic: IL they would like to be cured OF it at =
= once, come Immediately to Hot Springs, g
= Ark, and obtain the much desired relief. e
= Our treatment is a positive cure for all g
= Chronic Eruptions of the Skin, Let it be =
= called by what ever name 1t may. II 1t is =
= not convenient for you to leave yopr home 2
q and business to come here and ptnapefs=
= self under our personal care, send for oaa5I
= Treatment with full directions how to use E
= 1t and cure yourself at home. Each treat
= ment Is both localand constitutional. 1t is =
= sufficient to last Thirty Days, which is =
= generally sufficient to perfect a cure in =
= any case. If you send for the Treatment =
q and after using 1t Ten Days you are not =
= entirely satisfied that it will cure you, you e
= can return what is left of the medicine and e
s. your money that YOU paid for 1t win be =
e cheerfully returned TO You. Hoping that 3
8 you will give it a trial. F.
z Hot Springs Eczema Specific Co..
Z Hot Springs, Arkansas. 8
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23

"Wake up, Jacob, day is breaking"
So said DeWitt's Little Early Risers to
the man who had taken them to
arouse his sluggish liver. For sale by
Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-23
One less on earth.

It's pain its sorrow and its toll to share;
One less the pilgrims cross to bear;
One more the crown of rausomed saints
The advocate., 1896-05-06
4R Lincoln County Wells.

In the Saline valley, west Of Lincoln,
at a depth varying from Eve to twenty.
five feet, is found q gravel bed, the
depth Of which is unknown, but 1t is
flled with water. So far as we have
ever heard of no one has ever drilled
or dug through it. No finer wells are
found In the country than are fur
nished by this gravel bed, and Rev. 7.
NJ. Strange, who has sunk more wells
in this section than any other man In
the county, informs US that when this
bed Is reached, all the men who could
work with ropes, buckets and pulleys
were utterly unable to sink the well
more than two or three feet after strik-
ing the water. These wells thus far
have proven unfsiling. The water In
this bed Is supplied by Lost and Spill
man creeks, which in dry times lose
themselves soon after reaching the
gravel.bed area. 1t is probably further
supplied by the Saline river. Its great
value for irrigation cannot be ques'
oned.-LinCoEn Beacon.
The advocate., 1896-05-06

only because these same despots have
controlled our government, and our
people can never end their slavery
until they hurl from political power
the organizations which have given,
and now give, to usurers the control of
money. Mr.. r.. M. Widney, banker,
said in 1891: "a corner on money is q
corner on all other corners combined,
and can control the social and political
as well as the producing labor and
property interests of the nstion." F."
This is the testimony of every honest
statesman and of all human expert
ence. We must have a financial sys-
tenn which will place the control Of
money forever beyond the power Of
any combination or class. The remedy
must be adequate to the occasion, and
a system which will destroy usHry ID
the only one which can meet the de.
mands of this hour.
San Francisco, April l, 1896.
The advocate., 1896-05-06
color Of jersey Cattle.

A person often wants to know what
color calf will be at maturity, for
color often, in fact generally, changes
somewhat as they grow older, In
writing on this subject In the Breeders
Gazette, George Jackson says: "If the
shading of color in the young calf be
dark, at maturity, without exception
and sure, it will be black or dark
brown; If q lighter hue is present In
the beginning, then one OF the many
shades known az fswn may be conf
IDENTIFY looked for. Itmay be altogether
gray, silver OF creamy gray, or possibly
orange fswn, but reliance can be
placed In the certainty Of color deVel-
opment according to this rule. A
gray or black Jersey cow was never
that color at birth, but all alike were
fswn in color of one degree or another. :"
The advocate., 1896-05-06
Biz Cattle Must Go.

The big steer Is now receiving bis
finishing blows at the hands Of buyers
in leading markets. For years past
the Gazette has been warning breed
ers, feeders and shippers that the tai
loWy monstroslties, such as originally
carried away champion prizes at the
fat stock show, were losing favor at
the hands Of slsughterers, and the day
of reckoning has at length come. The
great corn crop Of 1895 and the excep-
tionslly low price Of cattle for some
months past has resulted In flooding
the market this spring with SO many big
steers that the rspidly-grOWing preju-
dice against them has had ample Op.
pOrtunity to develop itself, and now
finds expression In q dearth Of bids
which is sending the 1000 pound bull
locks ACROSS the scales daily ct Q price
The advocate., 1896-05-06
GOLD AT CRIPPLE CREEK.

The Best Way to Get There is Over the
Santa Fe Route.
The fabulously rich gold mining dis
trict Of Cripple Creek, Colorado, is at
tracing hundreds Of people. Byspring
the rush bids fair to be enormous.
That there Is an abundance of gold
there is demonstrated beyond doubt.
Fortunes are being rapidly made.
To reach Cripple Creek, take the
Santa Fe Route, the only standard
gauge lire direct to the camp. Through
Pullman sleepers and chair cars. The
Santa Fe lands you right In the heart
Of Cripple Creek.
Inquire Of j. p. Rowley, city ticket
agent, A. 7 & s. F. R'y, Topeka, Kss.
The advocate., 1896-05-06

that must make feeders wish they had
sent them to market long, long ago.
The ripe Yearling or 2-year old with
quality is the animal the buyer seeks,
and the sooner the farmers and feeders
of the corn States shape their course
accordingly the better. breeders Ga
zetke.
The advocate., 1896-05-06
A Look Through South Missouri for 4 Cents

The Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
Railroad Company has just issued a mag
nifcent book Of sixty or more photo
engraved views Of varied scenery in south
Missouri. From these views an accurate
knowledge can be obtained as to the pro-
ductlons and general topography Of that
highly-favored section that is now attract
ing the attention Of home-seekers and in
vestors the country over.
The title Of the book is "Snap Shots in
South Missouri" !" 1t win be mailed upon
receipt Of postage, cents. Address
J.E. LoCKWooD, Kansas City, Mo,
The advocate., 1896-05-06

beyond the fondest dreams Of RVsrlce.
Chemical bank stock rising from 500
per share to $4,000 per share. First
National John Sherman's bank from
500 to 800 per share, and numerous
Others rising from 500 to 800 per cent.
In value.
Again, we see that usury rolls wealth
so rapidly into the hands of the few
that they cannot find investment for it
all In loans. It has absorbed sll rail
roads, telegrsphs, coal mines, oil fields,
lumber, forests, and similar industries,
and by the enormous advantage Of Inn
mense combined capital has consoli
dated the manufacturing and similar
branches Of business into three hun
dred gigantic trusts all controlled by
the few. 1t has thus swept the smaller
operators out of business and turned
all profit from such business to the
usurers. This Oligarchy, with control
of banking, transportation and the
trusts, increasing It's income so rap
idly has but one other outlet. 1t
turns to absorb all valuable sgricul-
tural land. To this end it raises firmly
its inVincible weapon, the gold stand
ard, by which it can force prices of
land and products ever lower, until it
has, by foreclosure of mortgages or
otherwise, swept all such land to the
hands of plutOcrscy, thus destroying
all independent American farmers, re-
duCing them to renters and wage
slaves, who in rags must toll side by
side with Cinnamon, and fast hurrying
all branches of labor to Asistic condi.
tions, where q pure despotism of cap
itsl shall grind ever deeper into the
dust of despair, slavery and misery
the once happy and hopeful millions
of our land. With wages ever falling,
the masses become more Wretched, the
army of unemployed Is greater. The
usurer despots object to giving to labor
the means of life by public employ
ment Of the unemployed while they are
yet outside of jail, but favor driving
the laborer first to imprisonment
where he may work as the slave of the
State. To this end they enact 80. called
Vsgrsnt laws, by which all men with
out means Of support become crimi
mails, and when arrested and forced tt
prison for the crime Of poverty, the
usurers favor furnishing public EN-
ployment in prisons to the victims
whom they have forced to that posi-
tion.
This is the situation, and the prob
lem we are called to face in the yea
1896. Therefore we are now face Il
face with the crisis Of the ages. W.
enter upon this irrepressible conflict
from which we are to emerge with vic
tory and industrial freedom, or in de
feat and hopeless slavery. If we vii
rise to the occasion the contest csnno
be doubtful. The usurers have frsnki
, stated the process by which they haV
! ensIsved the people, In the fsmou
4 Hazard circular, issued by the Londol
; capitalists to the New York banker
=, In 1882, which said:
"SlsVery is likely to be abolished b
the war power, and chGttel slavery de
). stroyed. This l and my Europes
Q friends are in favor Of, for slavery
The advocate., 1896-05-06
THE IRREPRESSIBLE CON
FLICT.
BY THOMAS v. GATOR.

duCers of the nation are being de-
stroyed by an Unsuitable monster
USWry. If this demon survives, the
masses must perish. Though de-
nounced by God, reason and expert;
ence, this flend has left the earth, In
every age and CLINE, whitened with
the bones of It's victims. This word
usury means TO gnsw, to bite, aud Is
so defined because it eats up, or sb-
serbs the product Of the labor Of Others
But hard as the iron task master has
been In the past, there has been no
period when it was so powerful, so rs-
paCiOus, so cruel and sll-deVOuring as
at present. Within the last half CEN
tury it has submerged the United
States beneath an ocean Of interest
bearing bonds and debts, such as no
previous age or civilization ever faced
or contemplated. Mr.. Harvey estt-
mates the public and private debt at
40 billions of dollars. Other writer's
have placed 1t at 80 billions Of dollars.
Hon. j. H. Walker, Republican mem
ber Of Congress from Massachusetts,,
author of the proposed new national
banking act, stated in Congress in
March, 1892, that the debts of our
people, public and private, amounted
to 81 billions of dollars. If we accept
his figures, the interest at 6 per cent.
each year would amount to 81 1850, ,OOO,'
600. This is more than the total value
Of all the following commodities, viz:
wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, buck
wheat, potatoes, hay, tobacco, gold
and silver produced in the United
States in 1894, which, according to
government reports, were Of the value
of 81, ,7OS, 1873, ,4SS. If we add to this
usury on debts the amount paid yearly
for taxes, federal, State and munich
pal, which is S80O,OOO,0OO, then we
have the following burden:
Annual usury lS6O0000OC O
Taxes ..........,...,.....'...'.' oOO'VVVOVV
Total taxes and usury ....... .S2,66O0 600, 600
This is q sum far In excess Of the
total wages paid In the year 1890 to
4,7l1,8S2 persons, engaged In all the
factories of the United States, who re-
ceIVed 81, 1885,, 1923, 1855. The total value
Of all property In the United States in
1890 was 66 billion dollars. The shrink
age in values since 1890 has been in
excess Of the added value, so that We
may safely say the total property does
not at present price exceed go billion
dollars. But this debt of 81 billions is
owed by the masses, and is owned and
held by the rich. Now In 1889 we fint
that 100000 families owned GAG, 200,
100000. They certainly own as much
or more now. and when this Is de
Quoted from the go billion dollars CthI
present value of all property, we fine
that there remains less than Is billioE
dollars in the hands Of the remaining
lS million Of families In our country
and at the rate Of present sccumula
ton, all this must be swept into tn
hands Of the few in q very short time
While debts have increased, the mean
of payment have decreased. The as
certained losses on the following crop
during the past twenty-five years b,
the fall In prices since 1870 have beeI
as follows:
Cation ....................S5 s 5179,0O0 90
Wheat ........................ 2Jooy VOOOU
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
Az ENTERTAINING WILL CONTEST.
DIvERTING TESTIMONY IN BEHALF OF THE HEIRS.
THIRTEEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

DIvERTING TESTIMONY IN BEHALF OF THE HEIRS,
THIRTEEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
There was hearing in the Surrogate's Court
yesterday in the which thirteen brothers and
sisters are making the will OF Mary Holmes. n
colored domestic. who lived with Mrs. Lyons nj NO.
a. Pierrepont- IT and who died In 1873. Tho Will
was executed on July Q 1886 The contestants aver
that after the will was made the testatrix married
John Styles and that the will was thus made void.
Mrs Lyons kept the Will for long time ana then
gave II 10 lawyer named Mahen. who died soon
afterward The estate amounting to A.e" was lett
TO the children OF Joseph brother Of the tesatiix
Samuel Colburn. a gray-haired negro. who said mat
he divides his time kalsom!nlne and preach
ing the Gospel testified that in 1885 John Styles
introduced him TO Polly Holmes and said that he was
going TO marry her. The witness stood behind the
couple when ttev were married In the Brluge-'':
church lie remembered that It was in the fall O;
the year. ~,
How do you know" asked Rufus l. Perry
Fruit was tcs; comm In. was the response
Doesn't fruit come in In May
1T was watermillions my noble counsellor
Ever eat watermillions in June?
Il can't tell.
Ever eat them in May?
That's got nothing 10 DO with the case
You must answer my question. So
We'll then. many time. my nome Ioru &C.,
Didn't you know that Styles had VIE III 'rey-
town Central America .,, ..
Never heard II before. my learner couhseHor'
Don't you preach sometiInes7 ,,,
II say a word for the Iori once IN awhlle
Didn't you tell me that the marriage was IN
Mos, noble lord. swear by the eternal God J
Further hearing was adjourned