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Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-01

Miss Martha Shea a arrived home
from the lakes, where she has been ali
summer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-01

A fine horse belonging to DR.. Clar-
ence Rothwell fell Saturday on the
Boulevard and received injuries, the
nature of which were so serious that
he was shot yes terday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-01

j. }. Rice, of Fulton, wasin town on
business yesterday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Buckner is the
guest of Michigan friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-01

Quart tin cans SOC a
dozen at Ferris & eau
thOrn's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-01
PRESBYTERIAN Meeting.

G. B. Twyman was up from Louisi-
ana yesterday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-01
National Encampment G. A. r.

When is the chain which surrounds
the Court House to be frightened?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-01

The Farmers Institute win be held
at Laddonia Oct. Sd and 4th.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-01
The Weekly Ledger.
1.
Money! to Loan

We are prepared to make loans on
good real estate security at a low rate
Of interest and on easy terms.
LAKENAN & BARNES,
WITT Mexico, Nc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-01

A. II. T. A. MEETING.
Sub order A. il. T. A. No. isi meets Monday
night on or before fun moon ia each month.
Visiting brethren always welcome.
w. T. LOTT, W. r.
v. ERDEL, JR., w. Secretary. 2-yr
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-01
VERY INTERESTING LETTERS.
Audrain Soldier Boys in Santiago de
Cuba Write Home Of the Sit
uation in That City.

DIR. J. W. Luckie is In receipt of the
following letters from his sons and
Clarence Mcintyre, who are in San
tiago de Cuba:
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. A, 1885,
Dear Mother: We arrived here last
Tuesday nearly tired to death. We
were cooped up on the boat for eight
days and I tell you we were glad to
set foot on terra firma once more. We
had a fine voyage; we could not have
asked for finer weather or a better
sea. We enjoyed the trip immensely,
although we got awful tired looking
at all that water-not a bit Of land
until the morning wem made the landing.
This city is in much better condition
than I expected to find it. Very little
sickness and none but malarial and
typhoid fever-no yellow fever. All
the cases of sickness are among the
boys who laid in the trenches and
none are serious.
We are camped right in the street
and we haven't had our clothes of
since we have been here, but I think
we will move out into the bills to-mor-
row. This is a pretty place to look at
but not much to live In. There are
tall mountains all around on every
side and the harbor looks like a small
mountain lake.
We came right through the channel
where Hobson and his brave men sank
the Merrimac and you can see the old
boat still laying in the water, although
they have got her moved over out of
the channel. We also saw the Spanish
boats where they are sunk and old
Moro Castle. We came right in
under her guns.
1 can't see how a man with any
sense would bring his feet into such
a death trap as this harbor, for the
channel ia 80 narrow that there is only
room for n ship to pass through at
a time. l think Hobson must be n
of the bravest lei living, for when
he undertook to sink that boat 1 don't
see how he ever expected to get out
alive; he surely didn't care anything
for his life.
The boys that we're here during the
battle have some wonderful stories to
tell about the fight. They say it was
hot and furious, and it must have
been, for you can't imagine how well
fortified the place Is. Our men had
everything to labor against to gain the
city. All of the wounded have been
SEN back home and I guess most of
the regulars will be sent back next
week.
We hear peace has been declared
and the war is over, but I guess we
will be stationed here for some time
yet. Maybe we will serve full time
here, but for my part I don't care how
soon they send US home. We are all
we'll and getting along fine; will send
you a box of war relics Just as soon as
I can. We don't get any late news
here, 80 please send us the LEDGER.
will send this as a soldier letter, for
there are no stamps on sale here yet.
Don't be uneasy about US, for this is
not as unhealthy a place as You think.
1 can only write a short letter this
time, as my time is limited and l
haven't a very convenient place to
write. Bill and Clarence will add some
to this letter. JOHN LUCKIE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-01

Frank Sutton is painting q fine sign
for Ferris & Cauthorn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
sAtLApe OF A CITY BOWER.

If bosky dells with brown and silver brooks Pipes numberless perennially shrill For publishment betimes in slightly books Songs breathing righteous praise of bough
 and rill
 These are fair spots, but here Gods gracious
 will
 A stones throw from the city's heart and din Gives me as fair-iet me deserve it still Ny upper window where the elm looks in They love dark things who celebrate the rooka That build in woody places mirk and chill. My neighbor too, misled on sturdy hooks 4 painted cage hangs from his window sill And hears not in it's captiYe's ev'ry trill Pleas for the liberty he may not win. Those are free, lusty threats with tune that
 fill
 Ny upper windows where the elm looks ip. glist ring, turquoise bay 1t overlools, My pleasant bower, and q gentle hill Gilt with wild mustard blossoms. There are
 hooks
 Beyond them doubtless which little skill In ballad making must misprize. To thrill Ehe world with perfect lays let them begin Who can. This theme befts an humber quill My upper window where the elm looks in. When day is over at the rumbling mill And slipped the gyves of office discipline Here is an exorcist for ev'ry ill- My upper window where the elm looks in.
 Edward W. Barnard in Lotua
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
A MORNING GLORY CULT.
This Flower Taking the Place of Chrys-
 anthemums In Japan.

anthemums In Japan.
 Miss Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore has an article on s"The Wonderful Morning Glories of Japan' in The Century. Miss Scidmore says:
 As a floral sensation the chrysanShe- mum may be said to have had its day, the carnation is going, going. and seek CTS after novelty among flower fanciers are signing for new flower to conquer. It is hardly known, even to foreign res- idents in Japan, that that land, which has given us so much of art and beauty, has lately revived the culture of it's most remarkable flower, the asagao, our morning glory. For size, beauty, range uf color and illimitable variety there attained this suRx se flower precedes all others until its cultivation has become a craze, which is likely to spread to other countries, and-who knows-per- haps there introduce the current Jap- anese custom of o'clock in the morn. ing teas and garden parties.
 Asagao, the morning flower, is more especially Japan own blossom than the chrysanthemum, which, like 1t, came from China as primitive sort of weed, afterward to be evolved by Jap- anese art or magic into floral wonder of hundred varying forms
 We who know and grow the n>~1n- ing glory as humble back yar~ vine on a string-a vine with leaves like those of the sweet potato and puny little pink or purple fowers-are as far in the floral darkness as the Chinese, who know it chiefly as wild thing of fields and hedge rhws, the vine of sthe little trumpets' or the dawn flower, !" that is entangled with briers and bushes for miles along the top of Peking's walls. The old poetry and the old art do not seem to be permeated with it, as in Japan, where the forms of vases, bowls and cups, the designs and paintings of the greatest masters, repeat the graceful lines of vine and flower, and scores of famous poems celebrate the asagao in written characters as beautiful to the eye as is their sound to the ear.
 The asagac was brought to Japan with the Buddhist religion, that partio- ular cult of early rising. Scholars and priests who weut over to study the new religion brought back the seeds of many Chinese plants The tea plant came then, and Eisai brought the seeds of the sacred bo tree, and Tai Kwan, the Chi nese priest at the Obaku temple in Uii, who may have introduced the flower to Japan, was one .f the first to sing of the asagao in graceful outas, classic poems which scholarly brushes repeat today. "Asagaos bloom and fade so quickly, only to prepare for the mor- row s glory. is Tai Kwan's best known verse
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
THE MODERN MANGLE.

Ironing Machines With Daily Capacity
 of Many Thousands of Pieces.
 Mangles ill one form and another have been used for hundreds of years, but the steam mangle of the present day is es- sentially laodern machine. Steam man. gles are made of various sizes, with rolls ranging in length from AS inches to 120 inches One of the rolls is of hollow steel and heated with steam The auxil- iary rolls are of iron, covered with cot ton cloth and blankets or felting Steam mangles are made also with two hot rolls. In ironing such things as sheets and tablecloths by hand, it is customary to iron one side only. Steam mangles with single hot roll iron in that man. ner. With two hot rolls the steam man. gle irons with smooth finish on both sides
 Manages are used only for fat articles; for things without buttons pr buckles; for sheets and pillow cases, tablecloths and napkins, towels and handkerchiefs, and so on. Mangles of the largest size will iron of hotel s washing, taken just as it comes, Ii, 900 pieces in day; of small pieces, such as napkins. they will iron four times as many pieces in a day
 From the washing machine the things go to an extractor to be dried TEe ex. tractor reyolves at a high speed. and the moisture is whlrled out by centrli agal action. From the extractor, just damp enough to work we'll, the things go to the mangle. Such things as sheets are fed into the great ironing machine by two men, each holding a corner. There is fixed table, as long as the rolls. at tached to the machine on the other side. Two men receive the sheet there and fold it h ironing small pieces like napkins and towels on such machine they would be fed in by row of girls standing on one side and be received by another TOW of girls on the other side. On the largest machines there would be six or eight girls on each side. Amer. ican steam mangles are used not only in this country, but they are sold in all the countries of Europe as we'll
 A great many mangles are made wirh wood rolls of polished maple Such mangles are sometimes operated by power, but commonly by hand. They are used in hotels and laundries and res taurants and for household work Man gles with wood rolls are exported to the various countries of Spanish America and to South Africa and Australia. New York Sun.
 Gems of Truth Cleaned From the Teach
 ings of All Denominations.
 Never fan any mans evils so that they shall consume him, but inflame every mans goods until they shall mas ter him. Rev. W. l.. Demorest, Con- gregationalist, Chicago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
The Force of Imagination.

1T had read, as illustrations of the force of the imagination, said Mr
 Billtops, "the stories about people get ting fresh air by opening window that really opened into an adjoining room, and about their getting up and break ing a window that they discovered in the morning was the window of book
 case and all that sort of thing. felt a terrible draft the other day in a street car, and glancing over my shoul- der saw that window at my back was open. l didn't want to shut it my self. didn't want to take the trouble to ask the conductor to shut it. 1 just simply shifted over to the other side of the car, and from there l saw that the window that l had thought was open was in reality closed But l was not chagrined by the discovery On the con- trary, l was amused enough over 1t to smile, and ttat relieved the tension and disslpated tie draft. New York Sun
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
Origin oi a We'll Preserved Joke.

Nasica, having called at the house of the poet I.lnlus, and the maidservant having to!a him, on his inquiring at the door, that Ennius was not at home, saw that she had said 1o by her masters or der and that he was really within, and when few days afterward Ennius call ed at Nasica's house and inquired for him at the gate Nasica cried out that he was not at home "Whati" says En- nius. Do l not know your voice?'' You are an impudent fellow, " rejoin- sd Nasica When I inquired for you, believed your servant when she told me that you were not at home, and will not you believe me when tell you that l am not at me?'-Cicero's "De Ora tore"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
For sheriff.

The GRAPHIC Is authorized 60 announce Mr. EDGAR BREWSTER as d candidate for Sherln and Collector of Jefferson county, at the ensuing election. subject to the action of the democratic primaries
 We are authorized to announce MT. THOS, N. PHILLIPS as a candidate for Sheriff and collector of Jefferson county, subject to the actien of the Democratic primaries
 To the emocrats of Jefferson county:
 Believing that can serve the best interests of the Democratic party as effectively, and discharge the duties of the office, If honored with the same, as competently as any who may aspire thereto, hereby announce my self as a candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject to the action of theDemocratic party. pledgiug myself to make faithful officer. If 7onored with the sutfrages of the people,:
 H. A. MC0Y. We are auteorized to announce MT. MA PHILpOT as a candidate for ShoriT and Collector suSj ject to the action Of the emo cratic primaries.
 We are authorized to announce Maj. W. H.. DAVIS, of Altheimer, as a candidate for Sheriff and Collector, subject to the action Of the Democratic primaries.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
For R4nreseniarIve.

Tc the Democrats of Jefferson Co.
 Being fully sensible of the honor confered by your partiality in selecting me as one of your Representatives in the General Assem- ply Of 1Sa7 would presume again to offer raY name for the nomination as a candidate for the honorable position of Representative for Jefferson county in the next General Assembly: subject to the action of the Dem cratic primaries. Hedging for the future as was my effort in the past, q constant and vigilant attention to the trust imposed and an earnest effort to foster and protect the in crest of our county and State am
 Respectfully,i
 Feb. s, 1898. NIGH. WILLIAMS. We are authorized to announce Hon. k. F. FOSTER as a candidate for Representative Of the State Assembly, subject to the action of the Democratic primarie
 We are authorized to announce Mir. H K. TONEY as a candidate fof Representative subject to the action of he Democratic par ty
 We are authorized t3 announce Hon. GEO l.. BLACKWELL as a candidate tor Repre- sentative subject to the action of the Demo- cratic party
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
Earned His Pleasnra.

A little darky sat on the horse block pounding his thumb nail with a ham, mer.
 "Why do you do that?' asked man riding past.
 Cause" he whined. " cause it do feel so good when I stop "-Lewiston Journal
 A Portrait of Wordsworth. One of Charles Lamb s friends said to aim that he had never seen Wordsworth. Why. you've seen an old horse faven't you?" asked Charles Lamb. Yes, suppose so. .''
 Then you've seen Wordsworth. "-- Pall Mall Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
For Circuit Judge

We are authorized to announce Hon. A. B. GRACE as a candidate for Circuit Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District. subject to the action of the Democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce Hon. JOHN M. ELLIOTT as d candidate for renomination and reelection as Circuit Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District, subject to the action of the Democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce Hon c. fl. HARDING as candidate for circuit Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District subject to the action Of the Democratic party,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
For Prosecnting Attorney.

We are authorized to announce Mir, WAL TER B. SORRELLS as a candidate for Prose cutting Attorney of the Eleventh Judicial District, subject to the action of the Demo- cratic party.
 We are authorized to announce Hon. SMITH O. MARTIN as candidate for re- nomination for Prosecuting Attorney of the Eleventh Judicial District, subject to the action of the Democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce Judge B. F MERRITT as a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of the Eleventh Judicial District. subject to the action of the Democratic party.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
For Constabie,e

We are authorized to announce MR PETER M, BRIDGES as a candidate for Constable of Vaugine township, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries.
 Weare authorized to announce MR. E. H. COIHDUER as a candidate for Constable of vaugine township, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries.
 We are authorized to announce Mir. AL. J.. STEWART as "a candidate for Constable of Vaugine township. subject to the action of the Democratic primaries.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
For Assessor.

We are authorizea to announce MT. CHAS. ~. HARRIS as candidate for County Assessor, subject to the action of theE=emo- cratic primaries.
 We are authorized tC announce Mir, NJ. A. HUDSON as a candidate for County Tax As- sessor, subject to the action of the Demo- cratic primaries,
 We are authorized to announce NIT. ]. T. Assessor. subject to the action of the Demo- cratic primaries.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
Pneumonia Cured.

Mrs. A. J. Lawrence, of Beaver, Pa, says: Brazilian Balm brought me out splendid shape. It is wonderful rem- edy for coughs and lung troubles. Also, for outward use, for burns, cold-sores, and chapped hands and face, it cures like magic. It is invaluable n the family"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
Cured in One Night.

Charles H. Connelle, Esq, leading lawyer of York, Pa, says: ''Your Bra zilian Balm cured me of one of the worst colds I ever experienced, in one night. I think 1t the greatest medicine in the market, and you can use my name any way you like.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
1up11-

be active and keen. If you feed the brain cells on impure blood, you are sure to have weak, sluggish brain cells. If you pump bad blood into the lungs, you will nave weak lungs. Pump bad blood into the liver, and the result is toTpidity ot the liver. Feed the heart on impure blood, and the consequence is weak heart; Nourish the skin with impure blood, ara Che result is all manner of unsightly skln diseases.
 The best of all known blood purifiers IS pr. pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. IT makes the appetite hearty the digestion perfect, the liver active and fills the arterie= with the rich, red blood of health. It Is the great blood-rnaker and hesh-bullaer. It cures all forms of eruptive skin diseases. It cures e8 per cent. of all cases ot con sumption. 1t cures bronchitis, weak lungs, spitting of blood, obstinate coughs and Kindred ailments It gives vigor and health to the muscles and activity to the brain. Thousands have testified to the benefits derived from the use Of this wonderful medicine. All medicine stores sell it.
 Mrs. Ella Howell, of Derby, Perry Co, Ind, writes: "In the year of 1894, was taken with stomach trouble - nervous dyspepsia. There was coldness in my stomach and weight which seemed like rock. Everything that ate gave rue great pain; had bearing down ridge around my right side. and in short tune was bloated was treated by three of our best physicians but got no relief. was so weak could not walk across the room without assis- tance. I took Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical DiS- covery and one bottle of the Pleasant Pellets | began to improve very fast after the use of few bottles. It cured me and thank God my cnye is permanent"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
For Circuit Clerk.

We are authorized to announce APT. N. I, ROBERTS as a candidate for Circuit Clerk, subject to the action of the Democratic pri- maries.i
 Weare authrized to announce MR. ;. A, LANGroRD as Candidate for Circuit Clerk, subjebt to the action of the Democratic pri- marieE.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
For County Treasurer.

We are authorized to announce Mir. JAS. Y SAUNDERS as q candidate for reelection to t office of Treasurer of Jefferson county bject to the action of the Democratic pri mariPa
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Congress,

We are authorized to announce Hon. JOHN s. LITTLE as | candidate for renomination kansas. subject to the action of the Demo- cratic party
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
Feb. s. 1898.
For County Clerk.

We are authorized to announce NIT FRANK B. FLANDERS as d candidate for County and Probate Clerk, subject 1 } the action of the Democratic primaries
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
For County udge.

We are authorized to announce MIR. ". D JON as a candidate for County and Pro- bate Jrdge. sub iect to the action of the Dem ocratic primaries.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04

THE PAST guarantees the future
 IL is not what we say, but wh., Hoods Sarsaparill. does. t'lat tel. the tory. Rec. ~ssr S s1f1 CJRe
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-04
This Is the picture Of

a III a Il " h 0 l 5 h. a1thy, clear headed, success ful and impartial Lord Herschell,
 tn e E Il or d han e1lor of
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 may be very sure his blood is pure. | The man who suffers from inn 1 fpure blood isn't elikely to achieve eminence in any walk of life. You cannot pump inn pure blood into the brain, and ex-
 pect the brain to
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