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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-15

1t is noted that the women Of the row.
a families Of Europe are ON the average
much stronger, mentally and physically,
than the men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-15

CasOarets stimulate liver, kidney,
and bowels Never sicken, weaken
OF griPs; 10 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-15

Probably local showers tonight and
friday; slight changes in tempera-
ture.
The temperature charges have
generally been small and irregular.
A fall Of 8 to IL degrees has oe.
CURED In Colorado and Wyoming.
ana rise Of 2 TO IA degrees is re-
ported from Montsns.
Today's temperature, 20.
G. E. HUNT, Observer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
ORDER OF PUBuClTlon,
In the Audrain Circuit Court. janp,r
Term, 1898.
JAS. T. JOHNSON,
PLAINTIFF,
vs.
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS In vAcA1uK
OF JAS. M. ROUGH,
DECEASED,
DEFENDANTS.

Now, on this day, Oct. q. ~
comes the plaintiff herein and fisi2|
petition verified by afidavik ~
among other things that 10 y u
owner of and in the possession q m
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. real estato. &
wit: Twelve acres in the noft6Hu]
corner OF the northwest quastn II
the northeast quarter OF Hectica n
Township 81, of Range Z Of Audii|
County, Missouri, and the title fhest]
is vested in this plaintiff and has NJ
vested in the parties under whon n
claims for q period greater tim MI
years next preceding this dsto; ri
that this plaintiff believes that thm|
are parties interested in the mhid|
matter of this petition ss the ham q
said James M. Rough, deceased, NsEI
therefore, you, the said unknou|
heirs of the said James NJ. Rou1h, n
ceased, are hereby notified of fAf|
ing of this suit, the object md fsoaA|
nature of which Is to perfectsthe VI
to the above described landk IL
unless you be and appear ct to nj
term of this court, to be begun a
held at the court house In the en- q
Mexico, Audrain County, and ID
of Missouri, on the third MondI 4
January next, 1898, and on Or bGsa|
the third day thereof, answer o. -
erwise plead to plaintiffs pe6mI
herein, the same will be taken = -
fessed and Judgment rendered aooe3
ing to the prayer OF plaintiff. Ann
Is further ordered by the clark ND
copy hereof be published h u
Weekly LEDGER, a newspapef ~
lished in said county and StatA n
four weeks successfully, the ~ ;
sertion to be at least fifteen dayu :
fore the commencement Of ~ =
next term of this court.
Witness my hand and the ~
the clerk of this court hereunte {
fixed this Oct. %, 1897.
GsEAL.1 P. M. MOkkIk
31-4t Circuit Chi
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
HICKS PREDICTS STORMS.
Look Out for Heavy Wintry Weather
and Severe Storms.

Rev. Irl W. Hicks says: Last winter
your representative asked for fore
cast of floods to be in the spring and
summer. We said to him, and 1t ap-
peared in the Chronicle, that call high
water records would be broken"
In the spring you asked for summer
forecasts. We said to you that "from
the middle of August until the latter
part of October heat and dryness will
dominate the country generally"
You now ask: "Watchman, what OF
the future?" We answer: The condi-
lions that have prevailed for months
are nearing an end. The "heavy
storms on the North Atlantic" of
which we warned your representative,
have set in. From now until the end
of December look out for many vio-
lent autumnal and winter storms, with
wicked clashes of winter weather
The conditions are the best for many
seismic shakes, also as the meteoro-
logical order comes in.
Yours truly,
IRL W. HICKS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

Homer Bassford, in the st. Louis
Republic, referring to the country edi-
tors of Missouri, writes as follows of
the Mexico "brethren'':
Early in the course of a considera-
ton of these important molders of
public opinion in Missouri occur the
names OF MI. r. M. W~hIte-better
known as Bob-and Mr.. 8. B. Cook
better known as Sam-of Mexico, up
In resourceful Andrain county. For
two or three months these gentlemen
have been warning through their
newspapers. Day after day and week
after week they have devoted col
umns of their valuable space to edi-
torials that have not been equaled
for ferceness in any other recent
newspaper controversy in the state.
The friends of both men have re-
GREETED the differences, but all of them
are happy in the feeling that the
affair ia at an end without blood-let-
ting or nose-punching.
An odd fact IN connection with TINS
journalistic quarrel is that the two
men are neighbors. Both live in the
southern part OF their pretty town.
not more than two blocks apart. Mr..
Cooks house is a new, spreading
structure with a large ballroom above
the lower rooms of the house. 1t has
q broad lawn about it and close by il
q park. To the east is the residence
Of Mr.. White, n OF the handsomest
and most admirably arranged OF al
houses in the state. 1t is beautifully
furnished from basement to attic
There is a spread of well-kept grount
on every side. House, grounds ant
interior were planned by Mrs. White
one of the cieverest of women. He
library and music room are admirable
examples Of interior arrangement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
From the Columbia Herald.

From the Columbia Herald.
The sneak is detestable. The fellow
who works In an undetermined way to
accomplish his objects is a bad citizen.
Sometimes he tries to pull down his
neighbor, fancying thereby to help
himself. He goes at this in a sneak
ing, cowardIy fashion. The result is
that when he is found out nobody has
any respect for him. Sometimes he
endeavors to get a competitors trade
by this sneaking plan and now and
then succeeds. But his miserable
methods are ultimately exposed and
the popular estimate Of the sneak
loses his trade in the long run.
Every high-minded man respects
an honorable manly foe who fights in
the open. The sneak is out of place
in q decent hell.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
Bob Whites Mexico Ledger,

froHh tue Lexington lnSeHuReucef.
When Bob White starts out to do
anything he does it to the "queen's
TASTE" The reports Of the State Bap-
fist Association that appeared in the
Mexico LEDGER were of that superior
order that marks the LEDGER's record.
Bob White is the prince Of newspaper
men and he does nothing by halves.
If he fights, he fights hard. II he
praises, he mixes sorghum molasses,
New Orleans sugar, whitewash and
the English language nice enough to
tickle the fancy Of both saint and
sinner. Bob is an old-time Presby-
terrain and believes "what lie to be will
be-" and among other things he be-
lieves that the LEDGER was ordained
to be the best country paper In Mis-
souri,. And &c 1t is
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

THE Henry County Republican evil
IDENTIFY judges Democratic politicians
by Republican standards and says:
democratic politicians in Missouri
will soon be engaged in preparing the
declaration of principles upon which
they will hope to win in 1898. There
will be three chapters in the book.
The first chapter will be entitled:
How much we will have to pay for
Pops support. The second chapter
will treat upon that great Democratic
principle: Who must pay for the
Pops support. The third and last
chapter will set forth in detail that
vital Democratic doctrine: Who must
handle the cash contributed to pay
for Pops support"
The above is all stuff and nonsense
The fight in Missouri will be for Dem.
ocratic principles and will be a clean:
straightforward, successful battle,
Democrats are not after Doodle o.
Office. They want the grand old prin.
ciples of the party to maintain.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
Teachers Institute.

Following is the programme Of the
Audrain Teachers Institute,
will be held at Benton City
Nov. 5 and 6, 1897.
FRIDAY EVENING, NOV. 5.
Opening exercises, 1880 o'clock.
address OF Welcome" MI. Fl. B.
Painter.
"Response," Mr.. g. O. Woodbridge.
Incorporation of Teachers" Mr..
Moore, of Walker school, Miss Pinkie
Hamilton.
"value of Night Study" Mr.. Cecil
Cahoon, Miss Lena Petty, Prof.
Henry Weber, of Eureka.
sBest Methods of Teaching Ad-
vanced Reading" Mr.. Rodgers, Of
Prairie Lea, Miss Mary Coakley.
ssThe Newly Adopted Text Books"
MIR. Robert Hale, of Rush Hill, Miss
Ida Reavis.
"Hints to Teachers" Prof. French
Strother, Mr.. Lester Rogers, of
Friendship, Sailing township.
SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. 6.
Opening exercises, 9 O'Clock.
aPercentage," Mr.NH. B. Painter,
MIR. D. M. sloankerS Miss Leila
Cohoon.
"Cfvil Government of Missouri"
Mr.. Robert Hale, Mr. Braden.
"Ideals," Mr.. Luther Sallee, Miss
Ella Dowell, Miss Florence Kirkpat-
rick.
SHOW to Teach the Proposition"
Miss Sarah Gibbands, Walker Woold-
ridge, Miss Maggie Torreyson.
The Institute viii then adjourn to
partake of an excellent basket dinner,
given by the hospitabie people OF
Benton City and vicinity.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Beginning promptly at 1 O'Clock.
Query box by teachers and patrons
"Division of Fractions" Prof.
French Strother, Miss Nora Smithy.
"How to Make Bad Boys Good" E
M. Woody, Mr.. Thomas Seal.
"Seat Work." Mr.. Moan Barnes
Miss Wayne Davis.
"Best Methods of Teaching His
tory,n Mr.. II. B. Painter, Mr.. @. G
Woodbridge, Mr.. M. M. Show.
"Bright Children" Miss Mary
CoakIey, Mr.. Lester Rogers.
REGULATIONS by pupils of the Benton
City public school; H. B. Painter
Principal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
BRYAN IN OHIO CAMPAIGN.
Will Work to Defeat Mark Hanna for
the Senate.

CINCINNATI, o., Oct. 23.-The polit-
ical campaign in Ohio set out with the
lines strongly drawn on the national
issues of the gold standard and free
coinage of silver at Is to 1. Later,
when the Republicans announced
Mark Hanna for the Senate, the DEM
ocrats turned all their guns on him.
Now the silver fight is to be re-
sumed, with William J. Bryan as chief
speaker. The real objective point
after all was the election of a Legisla-
ture which will choose a United States
Senator. The work of both parties is
in doubtful legislative districts. The
campaign all next week will be hot on
both sides.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
constipation, dyspepsia and bilious
ness in the only sure, permanent way.
There Ia nothing violent or irritating
about them; they work mildly though
quickly. They tone and strengthen
the bowels to carry on their functions
naturally. They gently stimulate the
flow of bile from the liver and the d.
gestive juices of the stomach. You
don't become a slave to their use as
with other pills. They make you
regular and then you can leave them.
That is the difference between DIR.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and the
something ''just as good" which a
sharp druggist tries to substitute.
Don't let him do SO with you.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
MlssoURIAN's WINTER o n
r. e. See Fits Up a Shack Near Sheep
Camp-Money IN Packing Freight.

MONTGOMERY City, Mo-, Oct. a.
Two letters were received here yes
terday by Mr.. and Mrs. White Duey
and Mr.. I. O. Uptegrove from Z. Z.
See, brother Of Marshal Ran See, of
the State Supreme Court, who left
here the latter part of August for the
Klondyke in company with three
other men from Montgomery City.
Mr.. Sees letter Is dated September
25, and Is written from his log hut
near Sheep Camp. He says:
81 am moving from the mouth OF
the canyon to near Sheep Camp,
where I have built a log hut, chinked
it with spruce brush and covered it
with heavy canvas, and so have a
dry, warm place to sleep. l am car
rying from so to go pounds at one
load from the canyon to my shack, a
distance of four miles. The other
three boys are at Lake Lindeman, but
I think 1t will be impossible to get
down the Yukon river this winter. 1
meet men every day who have gone
as far as Lake LIndeman, coming
back. They are going to build shacks
on this side OF the pass in which to
spend the winter. I am going to Fix
up comfortably here, near Sheep
Camp, and prospect this winter.
think there is something good along
the Talya river, but the water is too
high now to do good work."
Mr.. See goes on to say that a good
pack train to carry goods from Talya
to Sheep Camp, Finnegan's Point OIL
The Scales would be worth as much
as a good claim on the Klondyke. He
says one horse or mule can pack from
$50 to 300 pounds, earning about s4(
per day. The trail is best from Feb
ruary Is to April Is, and by using
sleds one horse can drag from 400 te
500 pounds as far up as The Scales
thus earning a great deal more. Thii
trip, he says, from Talya to The
Scales, can be made in two days, ant
that he has seen pack horses moi
worth $5 making their owners, cleal
of all expenses, from SIS to $40 PEI
day. He says the reason 30 many
dead horses can be seen all along the
trail is that they were not suited fol
such work and were handled by mel
| who knew nothing about packing.
Mr.. See, though arranging to en-
dure an Alaskan winter on this sid'
of the pass, is very hopeful of sue
cess, believing he will get over Chill
koot all right in the spring, reach thu
Klondyke, and before his Ave year
are up come back with millions o
GOLD.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
Unadultersted Democracy.

EAOhn khc oA1oEV~
Editor Trigg, of the Richmond
Conservation, very sensibly says:
eve don't like Republicans, we
don't like Socialists, we don't like
Populism, We don't like Anarchism,
but we do like old fashioned Democ-
racy as given to us by such leaders as
Jefferson and jackson. Democracy
does not mix with any Of the above
isms enumerated, neither a It,"
Editor Trigg Is not alone in express
ing . strong preference for the DEM
ocracy of the Jefferson and Jackson
brand, which has lately been permit
ted TO deteriorate through the intro
duceion into the body polite of GER
tain incongruous elements.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
They are Still Very Brotherly.

The annual meeting of the Missouri
General Baptist Association in Mexico
last week should have had a restrain
ing effect on Sam Cooks hard feelings
against Bob White, but one of the
clergymen made a motion that the
LEDGER be complimented on its excel
lent reports of the meeting and that
made Sammy feel SO bad that he
bumped up his back and now there's
no telling when the exchange of
epithets that these two have been in
dulging In for the last two months viii
come to an end.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
Executors Notica

Notice is hereby given that ~
testamentary upon the eeeae
James d. billiard, deceased, -
date of Oct. End, 1897 haye
granted the undersigned by ~ u
bate Court of Audrain County, ! !
souri,.
All persons having claims -.
said estate are requested p -
them for allowance to the IT.
within one year after data q
ing letters, or they may DO Pre-
from any benefit of such ese.aa ~
IL such claims be not exhibl1ed
two years from the dste they ~
forever barred.
r. H. MARSHALL
28-4t. Exec9Ns
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

THERE is no reason why we should
not have a one day big free fair on
the public square some time during
the latter part of October every year.
We call your attention to Mr.. Pol
lard's suggestion published elswhere
in the LEDGER. Such ar enterprise as
he suggests would receive the hearty
and cordial support of all of our bust
ness men.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
WENT INTO THE HUDSON.
Express on the New York Central
Plunges Into the River-Nine-
teen Persons Killed.

NEW YORK, October 24.-The most
horrible disaster in the history Of the
New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad occurred about $40 this
morning between the stations Of Gar
risons and Highlands, about two and
a half miles below West Point. The
engine and seven cars of the Buffalo
Knew York special were plunged into
the Hudson river. How it happened
is a mystery. The foundation of the
track before the disaster occurred
was a substantial mass of earth, re-
enforced by a stone embankment,
more than three feet thick. When
the wreckage had been cleared away
it was seen that the entire embank-
ment, stone and earth, was gone,
apparently as the result of some ter
rife explosion.
Nineteen lives were lost in the
wreck and cores were injured, seven
seriously enough to be taken to hos
| pitfalls. The Chinese in the list killed
were in the smoking car when it went
into the river, and were drowned like
rats in a trap.
The scene which followed the crash
was a wild one, The survivors, those
who escaped unhurt and those who
were only slightly hurt and had gotten
ashore, ran here and there In a frenzy
of terror and excitement, shrieking
and grooming. People from the
neighborhood came fiocking to the
scene, and many of them became
seized with that same nameless fear,
which strikes all but the bravest a
such a scene of horror. Soon, how
ever, the fevered men and women
brought to their senses by the groanl
of the injured and the shrieks of those
still penned in the partially submerged
cars, began to work toward the reliet
of the endangered. Axes, crowbari
and heavy planks were brought int
requisition, and openings were cut II
the tops of cars, and the passenger
released from their frightful imprison'
ment. Aid was telegraphed for, ant
soon relief trains were coming a
break-neck speed from Poughkeepsit
and Peekskill, and wrecking tug
were sent from this city post haste.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
Good Health,

If you want to keep your health and
strength without consulting the doc
tor SO often, the best thing you can
do is to write to the Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N.
Y, for a copy of DR.. Pierce's great
book, the "People's Common Sense
Medical Adviser" Send 81 one-cent
stamps to cover the cost of mailing
only. 1t is a large book of zoos pages,
with over 300 illustrations. 1t is the
same book of which $50, 900 copies
were sold at $3.50 each. The only
difference is in the binding, which in
the free edition is of strong manila
paper. There is no other such complete
family doctor book in the English
language. 1t is a veritable medical
library, complete in one volume
Send NOW before all r given away
They are going Off rapidly, therefore
do not delay sending immediately If II
want of one. The above generous
offer is limited to SOC, 600 copies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

In Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia
and America, the five CREST continents,
Shaker medicines are being used by
suffering humanity for the cure OF
sickness and disease.
Never was there such a universal
demand-never such wonderful re-
suits.
Shaker Digestive Cordial, a cure
for indigestion, is prepared from
herbs and roots, and is a natural REM
edy, which cures by aiding nature and
not by fighting her.
Shaker Digestive Cordial makes
fat, who have become thin by not di.
costing their food.
1t restores the spirits and the appe-
tite of those who are detected and
tagged out from the wearing ef-
feet of indigestion.
1t relieves the symptoms of dyspep-
STA, and, after using for q reasonable
time, finally cures the complaint.
Sold by druggists. Trial bottle II
cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

The press all over the State Is
throwing bcquets at the Mexico LED
GER for the way 1t handled the Baptist
conference. Missouri newspapers are
showing more and more enterprise
every day, and the LEDGER is one Of
the most enterprising In the bunch.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

Is THE Democratic party to be de-
livered to the Populists in order that
one or two Democrats may get their
names on the ticket? Not much!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

THERE should be a Democratic club
in every township in Audrain county.
They should be called Democratic and
should be at work for the party and
not used as machines to forward any
mans personal schemes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

WALTER WILLIAMS, of the Columbia
Herald, says: ga man is known by
the company he keeps. 1t is different
with a woman. She must occasionally
90 with her husband.''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
No Reason For Alarm.

Col. Horne, editor of the Marshall
(Mo.) Democrat Nears,a true and loyal
free silver Democratic paper, editori-
ally says:
In the Globe Democrat Of Oct. 22nd
is a statement purporting to have
been made by Hon. Sam b. Cook,
chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee, in which he ap-
pears to take rather a pessimistic
view of Democracy's chances in 1898
in this state. But to give himself
cause for any sort of scare he assumes
that there were 10000 former Demo-
Gratis who voted for Mckinley in 1896.
Then, too, he assumes that $4,000 free
silver Republicans voted for Bryan,
making the swap a stand-off between
the two parties. He thinks the Popu-
lists have 10000 votes in Missouri and
bases his scare on these "supposes":
"Now, suppose the Populists should
run a ticket of their own next year.
If 30,000 Populists voted for their own
candidates that would cut the Demo-
cratic majority of $4,000 squarely in
two. Then, if 15, 1000 or one. half of
the free silver Republicans should 60
back to the Republican party, and the
sc, 900 gold Democrats should vote
with the Republicans, we would see
the Democratic and Republican par
ties break even in this state"
Now, to arrive at this scare, one has
to assume that the impossible, nearly,
must happen and that Tom Watson's
assertion that s'the Populists have re-
turned to their original elements and
that as a party they have prac-
tically gone out of business" is un-
true.
No man who voted for and believed
in bimetallism in 1896 will vote for
gold monometallism in 1898. On the
contrary, thousands of Missourians
who voted for the single gold standard
last year will forever desert that
standard at the first opportunity.
The Populists inSaline county reached
high water-mark in 1892; then theil
candidate was a resident of this
county and a popular gentleman, and
they polled a little over 600 votes
Since then they have become weaker
and weaker, numerically, until now
they are almost all persuaded to g
back to their first loves, ana that be-
ing the case, the Democracy will ge
four ffths of them.
There is not the least particle o
danger for Democracy in Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
Rev. n. L, Bibb's Call.

WINDSOR, Mo-, Oct. 24.-The Baptist
church of this city issued a unanimous
call to Rev. M. L. Bibb, of Mexico,
Mo-, to fill the pulpit for the ensuing
year. The church has a membership
of over 800, and has been without a
pastor since the resignation of Rev. T.
G. Hendrix, who went to Ell Dorado
Springs several months ago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

ALTHOUGH there we're entries from
quite a number of adjoining counties
in Pollard's corn show, Audrain car
ried off first and second prizes. Au-
drain county is one of the greatest
corn counties in the entire country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
GOLD IN MISSOURI.
Quartz Assaying $40 Per Ton Discov'
cred Near Wentzville.

ST. CHARLES, Mo-, Oct. 22.-The
little town of Wentzville, st. Charles
county, is greatly excited over the
prospects of gold in the vicinity. For
several weeks workmen have been
digging in a quantity of rock, which
has been assayed and found to con-
tain the precious metal, ranging from
s2 to $40 per ton, and the citizens
have employed an expert assayei
from st. Louis to make a thorough
Investigation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

THE LEDGER would like to have
short communications from citizens in
reference to the one-day October fair
and any other enterprise which will
help make Mexico a city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28
TRY GRAIN.O! TRY GRAIN.O

Ask your grocer to-day to show you q pack
age OF 6RAIN-O, the new food drink that
takes the place of coffee. The children may
drink &c without injury as well as the adult.
All who try IL, like Il. GRAIN-O has that rich
seal brown OF Mocha or Java, but 1t Is made
receives It without distress. u the price OF
coffee. lSc and sc per package. Sold by all
grocera.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

NOVEMBER 4th will be Eugene
Field Day in Dur schools. The LED
GER hopes that the Audrain county
school children will subscribe liber-
ally to the monument.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

THE Mexico LEDGE would like to
have our citizens write short and
pointed communications to the LED
GER suggesting enterprises which
would make Mexico a city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

GOVERNOR LON V. STEPHENS made
a splendid address at the Tennessee
Centennial on Missouri Day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-28

OHIO has sever tickets in the field
this year-Republican, Democratic,
Prohibitionist, Liberty, Socialist, Labor
and Negro Protective. All OF these
have nominated full State tickets.