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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-10
THE RAGE or MINIATURES.
rom Tho Woman at Home

From The Woman at Home
Too many OF our old-tme fashions are going OUT
hut one at least il coming in again speak OF
The wearing OF miniatures. There Is indeed quite
rage for these delicate little portraits just now OF
our farest women and children. You may have
them in any size you may choose; wear them Is
ockets or in buttons. Wristbands. or shoe-buckies
They are charming. too. inserted as medallion on
the cover OF an ivory tortoise shell NOTEBOOK
card case pet volume, Of any kind. And I
imagine a miniature would become the top OF .
lovely scent-bottle upon ones toilet table, Only
the other day heard OF an American millionaire
who gave orders TO a fashionable miniature painter
IN embla zon his watchcase with flowers OF rare
enamel round the cherub heads OF his two tiny
daughters For my part. ! would like on opening
the watch TO see the inside OF the case disclose
The smiling face OF one near and dear TO me-
'Tis such a pretty. dainty art. that OF miniature
painting. 1T needed but that We should walt toc
The revival OF attractive a vogue. our great
and great-great -srandmothers chose to wear TIE
medaiions. suspended by black watered, ribbon
round their necks and fastened with n gold pin or
brooch over the left breast. l doubt not we ehau
be doing likewise In the year OF grace 1877 Great
ladies' and those ladies who like TO follow their
betters are giving orders right and left to mnia.
ture painters. The best ground for the work s, OF
course ivory, which Is practically indes.ructible
But. although we have some clever and careful
artists In our midst. the brilliant and charming
work Of others Of by-gone day Is BY NO @ssae
eQuallcd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-10

meal. and there no effort to get away from
the family We went upstairs to the Mayors
sitting room. and there was another family par
ty. The children snuggled up TO their parents. and
all seemed TO he equally Interested In what was
being said. On his desk in front Of the Mayor
were city accounts and architects plans. Over
these stood the pictures Of his parents and larger
portraits OF the venerable couple hung on the
walls where there also fine oil pa hitting Of
Mrs Hooper. Books and dolls and souvenirs
from foreign countries scattered about In
orderly disorder. and felt that l had taken a
peep into an ideal home"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-10

and then. without warning. burst into tempestuoue
weeping. Just this crisis her father came into
the
why. little one what is ths?' he asked WHAT
you crying for?'
Katie thought for moment. and then, refnem.
bering that the manner Of her punishment nad not
been announced she answered. amid her sobs:
Il don't know. papa: mamma hasn't told me
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-10
THE SLAYER or UACEO.

It was reserved for a young and almost unneaIu'
of Spansh officer to nfiict upon the Cubans tho
most serious blow they have suffered In this war
and to win by a single lucky stroke more applause
in Havana and Spain than either SPANS greatest
general or his successor IN the GovernorGenerai-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-10
KiTIE"S REPLY.

From Answers MAJ, ,,,,o .oou,o,
81 ,s "n no,sessed by spirit OF mischief and before
the aitei 49, Sar mothers patience At last she did
exna a,s,rg so naughty that her mother said;
aThere Katie. l shall have to punish you LOT
that" ,,s ., her for a moment In silenca
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-10

shin has been able 10 win. Don Francisco Cruteda
was formerly a student OF chemistry and phar..
macy He entered the army as volunteer ana
did some service in the Philippines before the
n,esent war I'm Cuba. His name not seen In
The news dispatches until q few weeks ago.. Then
/, was reported that he and his command OK 9
Tow hundred men had been defeated by some OF
Maceo's troopers on ,ne trocha. A few days later
Ga mo the news that Mace0 had been betrayed into
an Unexpected encounter with Cirujeda's forces
and had been killed That made crg,ed a me nero
cent OF SnaIn sent for his wife TO visit her at the
SSaiace and undertook the education OF his Oldest
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
HIS PENSION STILL RUNNING
Samuel Tarwater Provided for by Mis-
souri, for Fifty-Six Years.

JEFFERSON CITY, March 17.-In the
appropriation bill Eassed by the House
Saturday was az itam to pay Samuel
Tarwater q $500 pension under an act
passed in March, 1s41. During the
fights that preceded the war with
Mexico he and Absalom Hughes be-
Ionged 10 regiment Of State troops
commanded by Colonel Doniphan.
Both were wounded and the legisla-
ture of 1s41 pensioned them, to Tar
water $500 a year for life and to
Hughes the privilege of running q
saloon at the mouth of Cedar Greek,
in Galloway county, without paying
license of any sort, under State laws,
as long as he lived. At that time the
mouth of Cedar Greek was shipping
point for steamboat trade. By de-
grees a town grew up known as Cedar
City. High license came in due time,
but Absalom Hughes lived on and con-
tinued to retail drinks until 1t began
to be believed in the "Kingdom of
Galloway" that he would never die.
He died last year. Tarwater promises
to outlivo him many years, for he Is
still healthy and hearty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
St. vitus
vanquisI1ed.
What Cured Little Stanley Kiehol Of Chorea.

A letter was lately received at the Office of
the Republieaa-Jownai from Hammond to
the effect that the cure of an extraordinary
severe case of St. Yitus' dance had been
effected ON the person Of little Stanley Nichol,
the eight-year-old son of Mrs. Charles Nichol
of that village.
A reporter was accordingly dispatched in
that direction who, after some inquiry, found
Mrs. Nichols residence about a mile outside
the village. Mrs. Nichol said:
little over year ago my boy, Stanley
Nichol, who is now only eight years old,
alarmed me one day by being taken with q
strange gurgling In his throat. After the
first the attacks became quite frequent.
Stanley did not complain Of any pain, but
said that he could not help making the noise.
At that time there was o New York doctor
stopping in the village who was Q specialist
on throat and nasal diseases. l took my son
to him and after q careful examination he
said that there was nothing the matter with
the boys throat. The gurgling in his opinion
was caused by nervous contraction of the
muscles of the throat. He asked who our
family physician was and said that he would
consult with him before he prescribed.
STANLEY rapidly grew worse. He was
always sickly boy. One day I noticed
that he was jerking his arm up In a very
peculiar manner. A few days later he
seemed to lose control of his legs, first one
and then the other would be pulled up and
then Strengthened out again. He was per-
feet bundle Of nerves and was rapidly losing
ell control Of himself. When ealing at the
table or drinking, his arm would often twitch
20 a. to spill what he was drinking. One
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
JUST HOW IT HAPPENED.
Wrestler Muldoon Describes the Blow
That Ended the Fight.

CARSON CITY, NEv., March IT,
William Muldoon, the veteran wrest-
Ter and trainer, who was standing
close to the men when the fight end
ed, said:
"The men had clinched in the north
east corner of the ring. Corbett, in
stead OF stepping back, as he should
have done, simply leaned the upper
part of his body back. The move
ment caused the bone at the lower
part of the chest to protrude. Fitz-
simmons saw his opportunity, and
quick as fash delivered right up
percut. The blow caught Corbett
right under this protruding bone and
over the spleen. No man living could
have stood up under the pain that
such blow must have caused"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
Paris Municipal Primary.

PARIS, Mo-, March 18.-The Demo-
cratic City Convention was held at
the Court House in this city eo-night
and resulted in the selection of the
following candidates: For Mayor,
T. q. Mitchell; Police Judge, J. j.
Armstrong; City Collector, A. It.
Vaughn; City Assessor, w. g. Reid;
Alderman, First Ward, J. A. Cart
wright; Alderman, Second Ward, L.
w. Rouse; Central Committee men,
T. G. Bassett, A. 8. Buckner, R. O.
Osborne, Fl. P. Long and T. F. Hurd
A resolution TO allow only Bryan
Democrats to vote was defeated afte,
a hot debate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
Where Water Is Water.


A. B. Ellis, while on a visit to As
cension Island, met an old friend, who
shook hands, reached down coat
from a peg and put it on, saying:
"Excuse my not putting on shirt,
will your"
"Of course, Of COURSE" replied Mr..
Ellis. "Take OF more of your clothes
II you'll feel more comfortable"
"N-no; it's not that, but the fact is
I haven't a shirt clean enough to put
on"
Mr.. Ellis could not murmur his sur
prise at this strange circumstance and
endeavored to look sympathetic. The
friend continued: 81 dare say you
think it odd that I don't have them
washed?"
Mr.. Ellis, hardly knowing what to
say, inquired; "Why don't your"
The friend unfolded horrible tale
to the effect that the water supply OF
the island consisted principally oi
what was distilled by condenser, q
small quantity being obtained from
Dampier's drips and Brandeth wells;
that water was always SO scarce that
1t was served out like ration Of rum
only more sparingly, the allowance In
prosperous times being two gallons 9
day per man.
When clothes were sent to the wash
the water for washing them had to bt
sent with them. But the condenser
at that time, had been out Of ordel
for some nine or ten days, and every
body on the island had been put OF
short allowance, 30 that they had no
enough for drinking, much less fol
washing either themselves or theil
clothes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
Gave a Bogus Check.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, March ia
woman giving her name as Mrs. Lena
Dunbar, of Texas, came to Columbia
the first part of this week with the in
eention of purchasing stock. She was
dashing blonde and soon started
negotiations for a number OF cars of
cattle. She bought a car load of cat
tile from Charles Turner and rendered
a check for 5000 on the Exchange Ma
tional Bank. On presentation the
check was refused payment. The
woman can make no explanation of
the transaction and is thought to be
insane. She is handsome, about 30,
and is an inveterate smoker.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
White House Dinners.

from the Clnclnnatl Enquirer.
Admirers of President Mckinley are
already enjoying in anticipation some
of the state entertainments that will
be given, now that he has assumed the
responsibilities of his new position.
The cost of a state dinner at the
White House runs from $500 to 81, 900,
according to the price of wines fur
nlshed.
State dinners, as a rule, are unin-
teresting aside from their picturesque
ness. The scene, however, is one of
beauty and sumptuous in effect.
The walls of the large dining room
are banked with tropical flowers and
plants.
The table is gorgeous with gold and
silver plate.
The center of the table, which ac-
commodities thirty eight persons, lie
adorned by a large mirror, represent
ing a miniature lake, which is sur
rounded by bank of flowers.
The mirror has a golden frame, and
was purchased by Dolly Madison.
At either end of the board are gold
en- candelabra.
With additions, the table accommo-
dates sixty persons.
The Pr esident's place is at the CEN
ter of the north side, the length OF
which extends from east to west.
The wife of the Chief Executive oi
the nation is seated opposite to her
husband, upon these occasions.
The wives of recent Presidents have
obtained large grants from Congress
for the purchase of costly table fur.
nishings.
The spoons and the forks are oi
pure gold, and some OF the china ID
almost priceless.
The cups, for instance, could not be
duplicated for s10o each.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
In CUSTODY Again.

Wednesday night at 12 o'clocksheriff
Nelson received telegram from Dep
uty Sheriff Mccall, of Montgomery
county, stating that Doc Stevens, col
ored, the man who broke jail short
while ago In company with woman,
was aboard the through Wabash
freight, which goes through here at
1880 o'clock at night.
Sheriff Nelson was waiting for the
negro when the train pulled in, and
saw him when he alighted just west
of the depot. Nelson gave chase,
shooting as he ran. The negro fell at
the second shot and Nelson thought
he had killed the darkey, but when he
reached the fugitive he found him
sound and ready to fight, but the gun
In his face soon quieted him.
Doc Stevens said that he and
the woman, with whom he escaped,
walked to Anxvasse the night on
which they broke jail, and that he
Travelled alone to jefferson City and
then to st. Louis over the Missouri
Pacific railroad. He was on his way
from st. Louis to Kansas City last
night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25

day he scared me terribly by throwing back
his head and rolling his eyes up so that only
the white parts showed. took him 10 our
family physician who prepared some medi-
cine for him. He took il and commenced to
improve. The dose, however, had TO be in
creased and Stanley rebelled against taking
1t. 1t was very disagreeable medicine and
don blame the boy for rot wishing to take IL
Our physician went 10 New York city ON
business and while he was away the medicine
became exhausted and we could get no more.
Stanley was still very bad. About that time
read about q little girl who had been cured
of st. Vtus' dance by taking Dr.sWilliams'
Pink Pills. l thought would try them and
procured q box. / followed the directions
shat came with pills, aud gave only half
pill at dose. did not see much improve
ment and increased the dose to a whole pill.
The effect was noticed in day. Stanley i'm.
mediately commenced to get better and did
not object to taking the pills as he had the
other medicine. He took seven boxes of the
pills and to-day appears to be perfectly well.
lie discontinued taking them some time ago
He weighs nearly fifteen pounds more than
he did and is strong and hearty. A year ago
we took him out of school but he Is SO much
better now that he is going to begin again
this fall"
Dr. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary TO give new life and
richness TO the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are sold in boxes tneyer In
loose form, by the dozen or hundred) at 80
cents box, or six boxes for $3.50, and may
be had of all druggists or directly by man
from DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady. N. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
nanpers nf tha Grim

The greatest danger from La Grippe
is Of it's resulting in pneumonia. II
reasonable care is used, however,
and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
taken, all danger will be avoided.
Among the tens of thousands who
have used this remedy for Ia grippe,
we have yet to learn of a single case
having resulted in pneumonia, which
shows conclusively that this remedy Ia
a certain preventive of that dread
disease. 1t will effect permanent
cure in less time than any other treat
ment. The 25 and so cent sizes for
sale by @. A. Buckner,. Druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
SEVENTY-SIX DROWNED.
Only Four Of Eighty Passengers or
the Wrecked Steamer Vile de
st. Nazaire Survived.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE steam
er Vile de st. Nazaire, which left this
port March 9Th for the West Indies,
was wrecked the following day of the
Carolina coast and, as far as is known,
only four of the eighty persons who
took passage on her survive. These
four were rescued by the schooner
Hilda, after having spent nearly a
week on raft, without food or water,
in the most intense cold. With them
In the boat were four dead men.
Three other boats launched from
the Vile de st. Nazaire have not been
heard from. There is hardly doubt
that the passengers and crew in these
boats we're lost.
The st. Nazaire sprang a leak one
day out, in the gale of March 7th, and
foundered Ill a few hours. The end
of the vessel came SO suddenly that
the survivors are unable to tell the
complete story of the wreck. All they
know is that there were about so per-
sons on board and that they are the
only known survivors.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
ALUMNI WESTMINSTER COLLEGE
There Should Be Large Attendance
at the Alumni Meeting In Fulton
in June-Brief Address by
President &. NJ. White.

Alumni and Old Students Of Westmin-
ster College Greeting.
MEXICO, Mo-, March IS, 1907
There should be an unusually large
gathering of the old students of West
minister College at the approaching
commencement in Fulton, Mo-, May
80 to June 8, 1897.
Wednesday, June 2, will be observ-
ed as Alumni day and it is to be hoped
that as many as possible of the sold
boys" from all parts of the State will
make it convenient to attend the re-
union at that time. It will do you
good. 1t will do your alma mater
good. The annual meeting of the as
sociation will be held at 4:30 p. m.
for the election of officers and the
transaction of other important busi-
ness. At night there will be an ad-
dress before the literary societies by
Judge Fl. s. Priest, of st. Louis, and
You all want to hear him. Later in
the evening there will be a reunion Of
ex-students, young and old, and a
most joyable occasion is anticipated.
According to the action taken at the
last annual meeting all ex-students of
Westminster College are eligible for
membership in the general college
association az well as in the local asso-
Citations. All are cordially invited and
your president insists that you be
present at the meetings referred to
above. Those who expect to attend
are requested to send their names at
once to Prof. E. H. Marques, Fulton,
Mo.
Earnestly desiring that our annual
meeting may this year be brilliant
success, and with best wishes in be-
half of the Alumni Association, I am,
very respectfully, r. NJ. WHITE,
President Alumni Association, West
minister College.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
Burned HIS House

Harry Richardson, colored, pur-
chased q piece Of ground 10 miles
southwest Of Mexico short time ago
and began building house on 1t for
his family, a wife and FIVE or six chill
dren. The place was finished Tues
day and that night some unknown
persons set fire to the house and burn
ed it to the ground. Richardson, who
is Woodworking and honest coIored
man, would have moved In next day,
and feels the loss heavily. 1t Ii thought
that the work was done by someone
who objected to a colored man NOV
ing into the neighborhood. It was an
outrage.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
From Cripnle Creek.

After the big fire in Cripple Greek,
took very severe cold and tried
many remedies without help, the cold
only becoming more settled. After
using three small bottles OF Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, both the cough
and cold lett me, and In this high alti-
tude it takes meritorious cough
remedy to do any good.-G. B. HEM
DERsoN, editor Daily advertiser. For
sale by @. A. Buckner Druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
A Grand THING

Dr.S.C.Adams showed LEDGER re-
porter through the elegant apartments
he uses as reception and lounging
rooms in connection with his institute.
His offices are in the Fowles building,
on the corner of Cole and Jackson
streets. In the third story he has a
laboratory. The doctor successfully
treats inebriety, also the morphine,
cocaine and tobacco habits. The re-
porter knows several of the out of
town patients which the doctor has
permanently cured and they are all
loud IN their praise of the doctor and
hia fraatmant
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
WHEAT REACHED A DOLLAR,
It Is the Highest Price Paid in This
Market Since 1891.
From the St. Louis Republic

from the St. Louis Republic.
The most conspicuous feature of the
wheat market yesterday was the con-
summation of the prediction, made
several months ago by the bulls, but
which has been secuted by the bears,
that wheat in this market would sell
for a dollar. The realization of the
prediction caused considerable COM
ment and no little excitement among
the traders on the floor, and when it
became known the question was in
everybody's mouth, "Who sold the
wheat, and who was the purchaser?n
1t was learned that this record break
ing price for nearly six years was OBJ
tanned by Messmore, Gannett g. Co.,
through their representative upon the
floor, T. B. Morton, and the purchaser
was q representative Of the Southern
Illinois Mill. There has been an urgent
demand for No. 2 red wheat, the
grade sold for long time past, and
millers in and around st. Louis have
found the greatest difficulty in OBJ
tanning sufficient supplies to keep
their mills running on full time. ow-
ing to this scarcity outside milIers
have been compelled to come to this
market for supplies, and the result
has been that the cash situation here,
owing to this fact and scarcity of the
grade desired, has been strong and
steady one for some considerable time
past.
Cash wheat has not sold as high as
81 In this market since August, 1891,
when Sf.o2 wss obtained. The high
est point last year was in De-
cember, when siAc was paid, end the
highest this year previous to this sale
was Tuesday Of this week, when 9sc
Tas asked.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
Poor
Blood

When a horse Is poor IN flesh,
a new harness won't give him
strength. If a housc Is cold
new furniture won't warm 1t.
If your strength Is easily ex-
hausted, work a burden;
nerves weak; digestion poor,
muscles soft; IF you are pale
and worn out, the trouble Is
with the blood. It Is not so
much IMPURE blood as
POOR blood. Pills won't
make this blood rich, nor will
bitters, nor iron tonics, any
more than a new harness viii
give strength to the horse, or
new furniture viii make q
house warm. For poor blood
YOU want something that will
make rich blood.
SCOTT'S EMULSION ct
Cod-lives Oil with EIypophos-
phites Is the best renaedy in the
world for enriching the blood.
We haye prepared book tefling yoa
more abo0t tiae subject. Sent Free.
F0salebya1 Druggists al .0c. & $t.m
SCOTT q BOVINE, New York.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-03-25
ALLEGED WIT.
The Funny Man Of the New York Post
Falls All Over Himself,

The Bryan Free Silver Club of Mex
leo, Mo-, thanked Almighty God ON
the evening of March 5 that the
American republic, "although some
what disfigured, still lives" Then it
produced two columns of whereases
and resolves, one of which, 1t must be
admitted, displays financial strategy
of high order, and goes straight to
the root of the whole money difficulty.
1t is this:
Resolved, By the Bryan Free Sill
yer Club OF Mexico, Mo-: First. That
the adoption of the English financial
system by the people of this country
low rates of interest"
Are not English consols paying only
about 2 per cent. INTEREST," And
would not a swelling tide OF prosperity
at once visit Mexico, Mo-, If every
Populist there resident could borrow
all he wanted at per cent, and no
questions asked about security? FL
nancial enthusiasm ran high In the
meeting, until President Potts made
what the reporter strangely called ga
timely speech" 1t seems to US most
untimely. He reminded the club that
it owed "some $50 to $75," and that
the creditors Qocal blood suckers)
were pressing for payment. Treas
urer Jones, with more exactness than
President Potts, stated that there was
just $1s.13 on hand. The need of
English rates of interest was at once
apparent. A collection was ordered,
resulting in "about S3.n Then the
club began to doubt If even English
rates would save it. But every mem
ber vowed, on adjournment, to de-
vote himself anew to the holy cause
of freeing this fair land from the
shackles of foreign money-lenders.
Local money-lenders were to please
let their shackles stay on the club
little longer, without resort to the
courts.-New York Weekly Post.
The alleged funny man of the New
York Post should come again. A man
who thinks the world is confined to
New York City and who has never
been west knows nothing of the con-
ditions governing financial affairs in
this part of the world. While it is
true, the LEDGER thinks, that politi-
cal clubs very often pass more resolu-
tions than the exigencies of the occa-
sion call for, at the same time the re-
marks of the New York Post in refer
ence to the resolution quoted are fully
as uncalled for as any resolution the
Bryan Club has passed within the
knowledge of the LEDGER.