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The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31
A LITTLE SUFFERER

Face, Hands and Arms Covered With
 ScrofuIous Humors How a Cure
 Was Effected.
 "When five years old my little boy had scrofula on his face, hands and arms. It was worst on his chin, although the sores on his cheeks and hands were very bad. It appeared in the form of red pimples which would lester, break open and run and then scab over. After disappearing they would break out again. They caused intense itching and the little sufferer had to be watched continually to keep him from scratching the sores. We became greatly alarmed at his condition. My wife's mother had had scrofula and the only medicine which had helpd her was Hoods Sarsaparilla. We decided to give it to our boy and we noted an improve ment in his case very soon. After giving him four bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla the humor had all been driven out of his blood and it has never since returned" :" WILLIAM BARTz, 416 South Williams St., South Bend, Indiana.
 You can buy Hoods Sarsaparilla of all druggists. Be sure to get only Hoods.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31


 Hon. R. J. Williams, of Forrest City, is Il, probable candidate for prosecuting attorney. He is one of the most able lawyers in Arkan- sas and if. elected would prove himself . faithful and capable off |. cial.-White County Citizen.
 The above item is news to The Times. Senator Williams has so often declined to become a candi. date for office, though peristently urged at almost every biennial period, that we have come to look upon him as simply content to put on the harness of a high private and do the hard, and perhaps largely thankless, work Tn the ranks. In this position we have known him for twelve years, and even longer has he been at the dis. posal of hls party to further it's interests. His political ability al- ways meets with recognition and his disinterested, aggressive and untirlng and effective efforts. coupled with tho singleness of pur. pose-the su ucocss of tho democracy has caused him to be recognized as lit and victorious leader. Fearless in the prosecution of whatever was calculated to ad. vance the interests of democracy. he has contributed largely to it's success ia thls county, and deliv. cred tho reigns of government rom tte hands of populism and retublicanism, and from the igno- miny of negro domination. In politics he is an aggressive leader, anu as such meets the determined opposition of the enemy. But he wlil give them battle, if his party calls him to the race, and we ore. diet will come off victorious. We are not authorized to confirm the ramor that Senator Williams will be candidate. Itis highly proba. bIe, however, that he will. He is em nently qualified for the posi-.
 
 tlon. He IS a lawyer of bright mind, and high attainments. and has been eminently successful at the bar, especially in the criminal practice. If chosen for the respon. siole and important position oi prosecuting attorney, his reputa. uon, earned largely in their de, fense, will be a menance to evil disposed persons. whom he will prosecute with his full vigor and talent.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31

When the man who IS constantly grumbling about some ill turn of fortune comes to mako up an in- yen.ory of what he has accom-. plishcd during the past year, says the Arkansas Dem ocrat, he will find little or nothing in his favon The man who says least and whose actions speak for themselves is the man whose accomplishments will stands as a monument to his credit.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31
Crowley Ridge Institute
DEPARTMENT OF EL0CU TON
 Mas. J. NJ. NICHOLS, Teacher.
Terms, $3 per Month.

r, The Lesson Course in the Department of Elocution embraces: Psychological Culture-fOr the Develop ment of Health. Strength and Beauty. The Psychological Pose. Joint Move. mentS
 9 Address Exercises for Grace, Equilib- rum, Repose.
 3 Carriage, Walking. 4. Breathing Exercises giving breath GA pacity. breath control, hence Strength and Endurence. o oo. voice Culture. including Expression, Ofthoepy, Articulation, Accent etc. 6. Gesture, cultivating the Physical part of onr being, so as to reflect certain Thoughts and Emotons.o
 z. Readings and Recitatons. selections be. ing of literary character and for their liter ary merit. Illustrating Phsycho- Physical Training.
 Your patronage is invited For further information call on or address
 MRS. J. M. NICHOLS,
 Forrest City Ark
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31
Hoods Pills easy y Ss to operate. easy 5 cents, .e %

exercise . repulsive action; and this has suggested the theory that the sun Is primary cathode, send ing out cathode rays to immense distances, and that the solid or gaseous nucleus of a comet is a secondary cathode, which sends out cathode rays always directed away from the sun. The secondary rays are the visible tail of the comet. Prof. Goldstein has now strikingly reproduced most ot the phenomena of comets tails, while he hopes to be able 10 ex- plain such other mysteries as the red flames and prominences seen around the ecllpsed sun, with the magnetic storms, auroras, thunder storms and other terrestrial pne- nomena supposed to be influenced by solar action.
 A new mech hanical movement, by Mr. E. NJ. Bowden, of London, consists of a stout inner wire pro- jecting beyond the other at each end through holes too small for the passage of the coil. On pull ing the inner wire out of the coil at one end it is drawn in at the other. Motion may be thus trans mlttcd around the corners or be- tween points not fixed, the flexible conductor hanging loosly or even being tied in knot. The mcchan- ism was originally designed for operating bIcyle brake.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31

A Happy New Year to all.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31

A white Christmas foreshado lows favorable seasons for the ensuing year. The Hicks Alamanac, so we arc told, says the drouth circle has passed. and that the south will not experience another lack of moisture at the annual period. VeriIy, we are to be blessed be- .yond our deserts unless all signs fail x
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31

ral precautions dictated by common sense
 When mans stomach and liver get up- set and fail to do their regular work, he can be certain that something worse is bound to follow, if he doesn't look out for himself Headaches, indigestion, biliousness and constipation are simply Natures warnings that the enemy of serious disease is coming to attack him.
 The sensible thing to do is to immedi- ately fortify the system with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It vitalizes aud invigorates the entire constitution. It helps the liver to filter out all billions impurities.
 It gives the digestive and nutritive organs power to extract nourishment from the food and turn it into rich, red, healthy blood It creates appetite, good digestion, and solid, muscular strength.
 It is far superior 10 the mere temporary stimulus of malt extracts. It is better than cod liver oil emulsions because it is assmi- lated by the weakest stomach.
 ." About ffteen years ago" writes MT John Me Michael. editor of the Plattsburg, (Mo) Leader "I was in very poor health, had no appetite was sluggish and so lifelcss ii seemed impossible for and spring this ill-health seemed to affect par ticularly. A friend advised to Dr Pierce Q Golden Medical Discovery asserting that il would restore me to perfect health, and make new man Of me. Finally he induced me to try the medicine. l weighed at the time about IzS lbs. used several bottles, and upon quitting it weighed IFS lbs. Since that time my weight has varied from this to Ie5 pounds.
 sure and permanent cure for constipa- ton is pr. Pierce's Pellets. One Pelletp is gentle laxative, two mild cathartic.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31

by means of vehicles driven on circular railways by sails kept automaticall y trimmed, tho power to be transmitted to an axle and thence 10 machinery. With fairly constant wind, such an apparatus, in connection with dynamos and electrical accumulators, should be efficient and economical. Boats instead of cars could be used for a similar arrangement on water.
 The nerves, contrary to common belief, may live many hours after death of the body, Excilahilitv of tho muscles does not show this. but Nj. d'Arsonval has lately proven it by the myophone, an in. strumont whose sounds reveal the action of the nerves on muscle when they produce nothing more than molecular vibration.
 Our theories of certain pcrplex- ing phenomena are likely to be considerably modified by the re- searches Prof Goldstein is carry ing on at inc Royal Astronomical observatory of Berlin. A fact well known is that when a solid hody IS interposed in the path of the cathode rays in a vacuum tube. Tt becomes itself a secondary source of cathode rays, upon which the primary cathode appears 10
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31

Tho cotton man ufacturers of New England with one accord are moving to the south. Let Arkan- sas offer inducements to these manufacturers. We have the ad- vantages and should call attention 10 them ..-Arkansa Dcmoer
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31

The American Monthly Review Of Reviews for January publishes two remarkable letters of Count Tolstoi on the land theories of Henry George. Che of these let ters was addressed to a Siberian peasant and the other to a German disciple of George.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31

To morrow begins the new year, and good resolutions, with which it is said another place is paved, viil be in order. It's good thing 10 make good resolution, even if you break it, but it is better to make il and keep it inviolatc.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31
SUNRFAMS

Is the best Family Magazine pubIishea in America ane contains reading of interest to tEe entire household. Tsies of travel and ad. venture. bright fiction. ladies' payes. hints on. lashloh ana fancy neediewo ork fine orlyinai. lltustrat sonsa and unexeelied chilfren's d,spart fneht make sunbenms an ideal han,a mn,s, z'ne. The list ot premiums od cred as nrirex pl-te and comprises large numher ,f r,..ti, Naiua1le arueies Send 10 cents for salnuls, copy THE SUNBEAM co
 IFS Fulton Street
 New York City.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31
No Cure.-No Pau-

n, ,.st,,i ,nst is the way all druggists sell GROVES n |, A AsIhLESs CHILL TONIC for Chills and htlarla. II Is simply Iron and Quinine fin "A .asieisss from. Children love it. Adults ore. i.n i.i !. ,o plttsr; nauseaung Ponies. Price H)c
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-31

We wish you a Happy New \ ear.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
JOE DoNNELLY's CHRISTMAS.
Thanks His Friends for Their Re-
membrance of Him.

The following letter from Joe Dom
nelly, who is in the penitentiary for
the murder of Turner, to j. G.. Fiken-
scher, son-in-law of A. F. Reid, will
be of interest to many of our readers:
PENITENTIARY, JEFFERSON City,
December %, 1S96.-Mr. and Mrs. j.
G. Fikenscher: Your box received
all o. K, and believe me / am very
grateful for same. 1t gives me great
pleasure in two ways: The satisfac-
ton I a derive from the box and
the contents within itself, but the
knowledge that am not forgotten al
together by my friends is possibly of
more benefit to me. A man (try as
hard as he may to prevent it, is at
times bound to become discouraged
in mere, and at such times a message
of remembrance from his friend is of
great benefit to him. 1 do not need
anything now. A person does not
need much in here only encourage
ment. But if I need anything I will
avail myself of your kind offer. I
hope that you and your kind wife
may enjoy many a merry Christmas
and happy new year to come. Thank
ing you again for your kindness, re-
main, yours truly,
JOE DoNNELLY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
HUDDLED IN TREE TOPS.
Two Hundred Missouri Wood Chop
pers Pass a Terrible Night-En-
tire Families Driven From
Their Homes by Floods.

LOUISIANA, Mo-, January 5.-While
there has been but q slight rise In the
Mississippi to-day the same cannot be
said of Salt River, which, since last
night, has increased upward of 2 feet
and spread over the already inundat-
ed prairie lands, adding further hard
ship to those who exc a livelihood at
farming and wood chopping. Upward
of 200 u~nfortunates passed a night of
untold hardship, some in trees, others
on the roofs of their cabins, while
many were huddled together with
their belongings on strips of land not
yet reached by the water and there
remained in the bitter cold and strong
wind until daylight, when they were
rescued from their position by the aid
of skiffs and RATS.
At Reading Switch, about FIVE miles
north of this city, the water covers
the st. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern
railroad track to a depth of 4 inches,
extending north to the bridge across
Salt River, with indications of a great
er sweep expected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
To Have the Law Changed.

A petition is being circulated in Au-
drain county asking Hon. James Brad
ley to use his influence in having the
game law changed. The proposed
change will be to have the lawful time
for shooting quails from October LIST to
January LIST, as it formerly was, instead
of from November 1st to January LIST,
as 1t is now.
The sportsmen in this vicinity claim
that the change was brought about
through the work of the southern
sportsmen in order that they may kill
the birds, which will have reached
southern Missouri by November list,
and of which, by the old law, the
northerners would have killed o part.
The agitators here claim that MI.
Bradley will enjoy the help of all
northern Representatives in the
movement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
o HALF PAY
Oregon's Governor Practices What He
Preached.

PORTLAND, Ore, January mayor
Pennoyer may be very eccentric, but
occasionally his eccentricity takes a
practical form for the benefit of bis
feilowmen. When he entered upon
his duties as chief executive of this
municipality in July last, he express
ed the resolution to accept only half
of the salary allowed him law, which
ia 81. 1000, as he considered it excess-
i've. He has subsequently proved
his sincerely by officially turning into
the city treasury one-hali Of his legal
salary, which he declined to accept
OF the ground that the duties OF his
office were not worth it; and direct
ing Auditor Campbell to draw a war
rant for the other half, amounting to
about $3.50, to the order OF Secre-
tary walpole, of the City Board OF
Charities, to be expended for the re-
lief of the needy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers
have been made in Audrain county
since our last report:
w. L. Fletcher to Wallace bearing,
81 acres in 32-51-9, $3.50.
Henry F. Winkelhake to B. F. White,
100 acres in 1s-52-10, 5000.
Dalzell s. Bland to Albert B. Hale,
lots s, 6, z and 8, Block N, Laddonia,
$435.
Baker Barnes to Edward 8. Arnett,
northeast southeast 11-51-1O, $1,000.
Sallie Luckie to W. r. Price, 80 acres
north part northwest northeast 2s-51-
s, 5000.
Adrian Hageman to Simon @. Hage'
man, east half northeast 3O-51-6
$4,000.
James V. Davis to Bradford Fl
Trip, So acres in 35-51-5, $1,000.
Elijah 8. Chrisman to Robert II
Chrisman, south half northwest 31-50'
10, $3.50.
Bertha M. Furber and Eta M. Oar.
nell to Warren Furber, west hal
northwest IA and east half northeast
1885, 1888.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
Deafness Cannot be Cured


by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the a
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infiamed condition Of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed deaf
ness is the result, and unless the in
fiammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness (eaused by
catarrh)that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars,
free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
p-Sold by druggists, Toe.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
The Home Forum Order.

The Home Forum Benefit Order,
No. 610, Mexico, No., met in regular
session last night and installed the
officers for 1897:
Pres, P. w. Harding.
v. p, Mrs. E. j. Miller.
Asst V. P, ]. s. Snidow.
Treas, J. E. Blattner.
Sec., Miss Matte M. Key.
Hist, Noble Barnes.
Asst. Hist, ]. G. 0ffutt.
Orator, G. L. Corner.
Asst. Orator, Mrs. A. M. Riley
Porter, F. 8. Riley.
Guard, Walter Squires.
First Chaplain, Bro. Fox.
Second Chaplain, Bro. Hook.
Third Chaplain, Bro. Erwin.
organist, Miss Flora Squires.
Directors, 8. p. Emmons, w. l..
Kent, P. E. Locke.
Medical Examiners, Ora. Nj. Z.
Crawford, @. r. HALEY, N. n. Rodes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
Dr.. Pierce,s Pleasant Pellets Gu
Advertised Letters.

List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Mexico, Mo-, for the week
ending January 9, 1897, which If not
called for in thirty days will be semitic
the Dead Letter Office at Washington.
Persons calling for letters in this list
will please say s'advertised:"
Jerry Angel, Carl Brown, d. Brown,
Annie Berry, Garry Creag, L. T. Coop
er, Lee & Delmore, Chas. Davis, Helm
@. Helm, j. G. Hagan, VIM. Hall, Hall
Jones, Homar Burton, Mrs. Henry
Nelson, Prop. st. Nicholas Hotel, W.
T. Smell, Sallie Semi, Mrs. Mamie
Franitor, Mollie Thompson, Fannie
Wright, j. B. Weaver.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
Call and Get Your Fees.


Fees for the following named per-
sons were turned into the County
Treasurer's hands January 2, 1897,
where they may call for the same:
Ed Brown, Jno. T. Bringer, P. Con-
sidine, T. w. Crigler, ]. Dewitt, w. L.
Dougherty, G.. d. Duncan, A. K.
Dick, jeff Eddleman, Jay Gibson, ].
f. Hedrick, J.. H. Hatton, j. G. w.
Hunt, Rufus Hisey, o. F. Hesser, Sam
Harris, jesse Irvine, ]. w. James,
Mrs. E. johnson, May johnson, j. W.
Jamison, Mack Kisor, J.. T. Mason, G.
l.. Mccall, VIM. Mcdonald, w. T.
Mcdonald, Jessie Mcdonald, Bate
Rice, Will Steele, R. Taylor, j. F.
Turner, Henry Trail, T. Wright, Fred
Watkins, James Wilkins, Howard
Wiggin, G. F. Yancey.
P. nj. NORRIS, Clerk.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
To Close Out

My entire stock of Cloth
ing | will sell at PRIME
COST the whole stock of
Clothing, which consists
of Mems and Boys Suits,
Knee Pants and some odd
Pants. Also, a few Over
coats left. This stock is
new-made in the fall of
'96-and they are bought
right, so you will find the
Clothing is good and all
right for less money than
you ever saw it before. |
have not got the room to
handle Clothing is the rea-
son | close out this line at
the price. Don't buy a dol
lars worth of Clothing be-
fore inspecting the line at
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
BENTON I ITEMS.

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
BENTON CITY, January e.-School
commenced yesterday, after q two
weeks holiday.
Prof. Fl. B. Painter was the recip-
lent of q handsome present from his
pupils.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billie Sa1lee visited
friends west of Mexico last week.
Miss Nellie Slavena spent Christ
mas with home folk near Martinsburg.
She was accompanied home by her
sister, Miss Carrie.
DIR. r. III. Diven WA in town during
the holidays.
A number of our young folks at
tended the entertainment at Martins
burg Saturday night.
Miss Berthe Douglass spent the holi-
days at homs.
Mrs. Ridgewsy and her guest, Mrs
Brashears, went to Mexico last satur.
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
Exposure to Disease

Does not necessarily mea the o
traction of disease provided the sys-
tenn is in a vigorous condition, with
the blood pure and all the organs In
healthy action. When in such a con-
dition contagion is readily resisted
and the disease germs can find no
Judgment. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the
best medicine to build up the system
because it makes pure, rich blood, and
pure blood is the basis of good health.
In cold weather it is especially neces-
sary to keep up the health tone be-
cause the body is subject to greater
exposure and more liable to disease.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the safeguard of
health.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
HARTLEY SHOOTS KEIsER.
The Second Attempt--Hartley Lived
Here for Some Time.

The following was taken from the
| Globe Democrat:
DELTA, CoLo., January "A man
named Hartley shot j. keiser tnrougn
| the back of the neck at 3 O'CLOCK tnls
afternoon in the office OF King q
Robertson, where they. were attend
inc a meeting of the stockholders of
ne Surface Creek Ditch and Reser-
voir Company. The bullet struck the
base of the skull and glanced, coming
out at the back of the neck and
through the partition into the Delta
Town Company's offices. Mr.. Keiser
had his wounds dressed, but is in a
serious condition. Both parties form
erIy lived in Clinton, Mo-, where Mi.
Keiser was at one time Postmaster.
MIR. Hartley had some trouble with
his wife several years ago, and she
then secured a divorce, and afterward
married Keiser. Since then Hartley
has constantly Swallowed them, and
once before shot Keiser three times,
and was then sent to an insane asylum.
He was afterwards released, and since
then followed Mr.. and Mrs. Keiser to
Sedalia and Delta. He has repeated
" expressed his determination to kill
one or the other of them. While the
meeting was in progress Hartley,
without a word of warning, pulled his
gun and fred. Sheriff Mower placed
Hartley under arrest, and now has
him in custody.
A LEDGER reporter took the above
clipping and asked Leslie Hartley, the
shoemaker over Buckley & Moore's, il
1t was his brother. Mr.. Hartley said
it was and told the reporter In con-
nectiop with the matter the following:
"My brother, Levi Hartley, was
born in Pennsylvania, after which he
lived in Illinois, and then about 1856
came to Audrain County. He was 9
union soldier and an inmate Of several
prisons, A~ndersonville among them,
In '6s or '69, while Levi was working
in James Harrison's hay field, he sud
denly became insane and tried to kill
some of his fellow workmen, after
which he came to me in Eureka, ILL.
and 1 brought him back to Missouri
and had him put in the asylum at
Fulton. After he was cured and re-
leased he married afMiss Laura Van
Vacter, who lived south of Benton
City. In the '70s he moved to elm
ton, Mo-, at which place he again
showed signs of insanity, and after
deciding all of his property to his wife
he was removed by ]. Keiser, the
man he shot, to the Soldiers Home
Asy lum at Fl. Leavenworth, Kansas.
After my brother was out of the way
this Keiser married Mrs. Hartley af-
ter she had secured a divorce, and af-
ter Levi was released from the asylum
he returned to Clinton and demanded
half of the property he had decided to
his wife. This was refused him and
he threatened to shoot Keiser and his
wife. He did shoot Keiser three
times in the st-office of which Kei-
ser was master and was sent to the
asylum again. After being released
he came to Mexico and lived about q
year with me Il had been appointed
as his guardian) and left here for
Colorado August IL, 1896. He had
been an inmate of the Nevada asylum
three times"
Mr.. Hartley had heard nothing OF
the shooting until the clipping was
handed to him by the reporter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

One of the most remarkable cures
of rheumatism on record is related by
Mr.. ]. M. Thompson, postmaster at
Decker's Point, Pa. as follows:"While
out driving n day last winter / was
caught in a cold rain. The next
morning 1 was unable to move my
head or arms, owing to an attack OF
infiammatory rheumatism. My clerk
teIephoned for a physician, but sug-
gested that I use Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, there being a bottle open on
the counter. He rubbed the affected
parts thoroughly with Pain Balm and
built up a hot fire. 1 dozed off to sleep
and when / awoke about half an hour
later the PAIN had gone entirely, and !
have not been troubled since. Peo-
pie come mere from many miles around
to buy Chamberlain's medicines"
For sale by @. A. Buckner, druggist.