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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1898-12-29
The Black Flag

The Black Flag
as easily as you can. Our goods
are marked in plain figures.
Our motto is: "Your money
back il you want it," so you
run no risk. Let the children
learn to trade young.
Here are fesO items that sUil later
est you-only a sample Of the hundreds
| Of others zoe are offering:
chIldren's very heayy rib Hose, sizes to 81,
FsIi seamless Hose, worth I2Sc, at psirs
Boys' wool Nntts, Sc pair.
Boys school Caps, loo and 80.
Girls Tam o'ShAnters, beautiful linei lSo
Boys atwood flannel Mothers Friend wa.sts,
100 ooaen Chlldrsn's and Ladies' Handker-
ehistss initial and embroidered, % each OF
Mems white and oolored border Hsndkef-
chiefs, 4c each or for sc.
Atwood Fasclnators, i5c.
ladies' and Misses nne Kid Mitts, fur tops
SPECIALS bars Laundry Soap, $50.
Besides We have q large line Shoes that We
can save you % 70 Is per cent on your Shoe bill
wan sis S0 1Fgss u wasa
| . nice line and at prices that VIII make You mad
a. yourself for having your Old cooking vessels
mended
p6y- Never mind lUhat our competitors
tell you about Us. We guarantees
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1898-12-29
Christmas Weddinr,

Mise Ida Grim, of northwest Meg
leo, and ]. H. Adcock, of Knobnoster,
Mo-, were married In this city by Rev.
M. F. Grow on Christmas day. Mr..
and Mrs. Adcok viii reside in Knob
noster, where they 60 with the best
wishes of their many friends.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1898-12-29
NeATH Here to HRIl You.

Read our advertisements /;
they win be your best guide as
to prices. Remember, a child
can trade at
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1898-12-29

Mrs. J. @. L4yns and children re-
turnsd to-day froms visit II yandalia.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1898-12-29

Mrs. Joseph Maxwell has about re-
covered from Q spell Of grip.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1898-12-29

Miss Lottie Hall, who has been the
guest Of her brother, Geo. Hall, and
family on Western avenue, was called
to her home in Barry, ILL.,, Tuesday on
account of her fathers serious Illness.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1898-12-29

M. b. GUTHRIE, e. R. LOCKE,
Notary Public. Notary Public.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12
A PIONEER SHOEMAKER,
WORKING At HIS TRADE ALTHOUGH EGHTYFIVE YEARS OLD.
Mr. James MGMIen, Of Champaign Has Followed the Shoemakers
Trade All His eEVary Day at His Bench Working with Appa
enyeS Same VSOT as Young Mana Sketch of Risl Life
From the Ga,ctc Champaign, III.

AT the advanced age of eighty.fve years,
James MoMillen, of liz West Washington
street is one of the most active men in Cham
paign, Illinois. Mr.. McMilcn is pioneer
citizen of the city, and his form is as familiar
on the streets as that of any citizen of the
town. All his life Mr.. McMillcn has fol-
lowed the trade of shoemaker. and every day
finds him at his bench, bonding over his work
with apparently the same vigor he COM
manded when he was young man.
lie has II little shop OH North Wright street.
in the vicinity of the University of Illinois,
aud he is the official shoemaker as it were,
for the students OF that institution.
About q year ago Mr.. McMillen was absent
from his bench for several weeks and his
familiar form was missed along the streets.
Tho llcnl newspapers announced that he
was dangerously i'll. For months he was a
sufferer, but finally he appeared again At
his shop, aud has lost but very fcw days
since then and none, perhaps. on account Of
sickness His friends were surprised to sec
him out again, and they were more surprised
when lie told them the cause of his recovery.
There was no small amount OF local inter
est in his case, and reporter visited him
to have him relate the story
IL feel" said the spry old gentleman
" that owe my life to DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. Something like n
year ago il appeared to me that was almost
y physical wreck. | was suffering from a
disease Of the kidneys thick scurf had
formed on the bottoms OF my feet and my
ankles We're terribly swollen aud iufamed
In fact, they reached such condition thnt /
could not walk, and it looked as though NV
days were numbered.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12

ing by the British, under Gen. Ross.
in the year 1914. The reconstruction of
the building was begun in 1917. and
completed in ten years. Thus the Cap
itol remained until 1851, when the
House and Senate extensions were be-
iron dome was finished in 49,
Next the historic paintings in the ro-
tunda were inspected, and the Brumidl
friezes; and then the great bronze
doors at the entrance came in for their
share of admiration. They were cast
In Munich and cost our government
s2S,500. But the teachers were delight
ed to hear that the bronze doors at the
outside entrance Of the Senate wing are
much finer and cost $4,000. and were
cast in Chicopee, Mass. Next they
went to the old Senate cham
Der. now the Supreme Court room.
and duly held their breath in that
sanctuary OF departed greatness, haunt
ed by the shades OF Webster and Clay
and Calhoun and the mighty ones OF
our nation. Then the room in the Sem
ate wing, which is set apart foir the
use of the President of the United
States. was visited. 1t is said to contain
the finest irescoes OF any room on the
Western Hemisphere, the choicest of
Brumidi's work. The President usual
ly visits this room out of courtesy to
Congress on the last days of each ses-
sion. Here he signs bills that have
been passed, enrolled and engrossed in
the closing hours. All Presidents have
followed this precedent established by
President Madison, except Mr.. Cleve-
land; he never visited the Capitol but
once for this purpose. during his first
term: and during his second, the only
time he came here was to attend the
funeral of Senator Vance. Somehow.
he seemed to prefer going a fishing, o,
duck hunting, or cruising with his
chums among the Pimlico swamps af-
ter reed-b birds. Then the Vice Presi-
dents sanctum was visited and the ex-
act spot pointed out where Henry VIII
son died when he was Vice President OF
the United States. above which now
stands his bust In Cararra marble. The
guide related the incident of the ink
stand. how when Levi p. Morton wa,
Vice President the secretary of the Sem
ate brought magnificent inkstand,
which cost 5000, and placed It in this
room. II worried Mr.. Morton exceed
ingly. for he deemed It an unwarranted
extravaganza It certainly was; so he
returned the six hundred dollars to the
government and carried the inkstand
away with him. Just then the Senator
from Massachusetts came in, and we
LEFT them surrounding the descendant,
OF the Cahots of the time of Henry
VII. and buzzing for his autograph
FANNIE BRIGHAM.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12

II read in the newspaper testimonials from
people who claimed 10 have been cured Of
kidney trouble by the use of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, and thought that
It would do me no harm to give them trial.
J bought boz of them at the drug store and
began taking them according TO directions.
Il may seem strange, but it ia u fact that I
felt the benefit of them almost as soon as 1
began 10 take them. After / had taken n
few pills my urinal discharges became almost
as blacl, ms tar and | noticed mt the same
time that the pain and soreness were leav.
ing my kidneys.
"a few days later the swelling began to 20
ont of my ankles, aud Mt the end OF five
weeks il had entirely disappeared, taking
with it that terrible scurf which had formed
on the bottoms of my feet and caused me so
much trouble. ! continued to gather my
felt entirely recovered and resumed my work
at the shop. | think took from four to five
boxes of the pills and have taken none since"
Mr.. McMillen's residence on West WASH
ington street. is more than II mile distant
from his shop, hut nearly every day he walks
the entire distance morning and evening,
and he could not do this if that swelling
still existed
Mr. McMillcn has no hackwardness in talk
Ing Of Che merits of DIR. Williams Pink Pills.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain IN condensed form, all the elements
necessary 10 give new life and richness TO the
blood and restore shattered nerves Pink
pills are sold by all dealers, or will he sent
post pnid on receipt of price, 50 cents box, or
six boxes for $50 they are never sold in bulk
Or by tho lOO) by addressing DR.. Williams
Medicine Company. Schenectady, n. Y.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12

voted myself more to outside readinp
than to my studies. j was Il member
of the literary society and for a time
was the editor of the college paner
Contrary to the usual custom | wrote
short articles instead of long ESSAYS
and from this got the nickname OF the
Short Article Editor. | wrote, [ SUM
pose, much for the pleasure of seeing
myself in print"
THE TRAINING OF A NOVELIST.
THAT must have been very good lit
erary training" said /.
II suppose 1t was" replied Mr.. Page
81 did II more for the pleasure of writ
ing than for anything else. ] was very
bashful in those days, and | know thar
] trembled when first got up to speak
in literary society. 1 had chum at
college who Is now one of the most
famous lawyers of the country. He
excels as Il debater. He was also bash
full, and during our college days he
Joined with me in a method of iinprov-
ing our oratorical powers. We would
get together in a room, and, having
closed the doors, would debate with
each other upon some question. One
would stand on one side OF the table
and one on the other. and we would de-
claim away, each having a fifteen min
utes' speech and like time for answer.
This practice helped me materially in
my work as lawyer. It enabled me
to think upon my feet.
What did you do after leaving
SCHOOL," l asked.
"AIy first work was as a teacher. I
was employed as the tutor of q private
school in Kentucky not far from Louis
vile. l taught there for a year and en-
joyed 1t very much. After that l went
home, and later on went to law school
at the University of Virginia"
HIS FAILURE TO GET INTO THE
NEWSPAPERS.
"Did you do any writing while in
Kentucky"
81 tried to-" replied Mr.. Page. but
could get no one 10 publish what
wrote. The great paper of the region
in which / lived was the Courier
Journal / had great ambition to see
some of my articles in its columns.
was at this time much interested in
TX. Marvels books. and / think | wrote
some essays along that line. / wrote Il
story or so and sent them to the Cour-
ier-Journal The editors did not pub
lish the articles nor send back the
manuscript. Later on, after some of
my stories had been published in a
Northern magazine. i happened to sit
one evening next to Ballard Smith.
then editor of the New York World, at
dinner. He asked me some questions
MS to my first literary work, and told
him that n number of my first writings
had been submitted to him when he
was editor of the Courier-Journal, but
that he had rejected them. OF course,
he did not remember them and 1t may
be that they very deservedly went into
the waste basket"
WRITING STORIES ON STATES.
After leaving Kentucky Mr.. Page
went back to Virginia. He spent a
short time at home and then decided to
become lawyer. He kept up his liter
AIRY work while at the University Of
Virginia, writing articles for the COL
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12

special Correspondence.
washington, ID. c.. Feb. 4, 1874
Ae'er'iailng scource OF interest to
tourists In Washington Is the myster-
"us Whispering gallery" away up I'M
usr The great dome Of the Capitol, near
-V feet above the freest one floor of
ne central rotunda. Bridal parties al
Ways stray up there to do little
uihng and cooling, and lovers in search
secluded spooning place; but few
VINO pay court at that shrine, under the
,p'thuid canopy made famous by
hru'nidfs brush. are acquainted with
Us secrets, and consequently many
awkward surprises and ludicrous in
adents are every day developed. Like
The Tabernacle OF the Saints in Salt
Lake CITY Irtab ,ha oanua,t.
ues n, ~, t''e aeous''o proper
d,n,riu are such that the
,pp"s Vi pm can be distinctly
heard across the wide space. and two
persons, standing with tbei, hacks 90
each other nm ott,,,
no.. oh elther SIDE oil the cham
WI can converse in whispers and hear
every word the other saws. This 60
what puzzles the nrov,rc,aI o., mo II, 10
any wom ' .ne provincial and gives
to Il. N o chance to spend an hour
MS own great entertainment. Among
the anecdotes related OF tho nlaco 10
one Of a neulv n"s,e 49, u .he piace is
obd da'' nemis "edded pair whose Sec
sau uay was spent in Washington. OF
course they visited the cani,o, ond
little narrow doo, ' ,,. them to the
SHINING Of the way to the dome, and
' ,aey couldn't resist the Impulse to see ,
ascent and W mere They made the
uns on bench, resting and Gazing in.
Present wag at onca Eyes tna,,, me omni-
dluation INV 'uthpied To the
I'd a opposite aSs side, he turned his I Back !.
'SsD s9e at atmosphere. He pleaded with
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12


,.,o, Feb. s, 1S9S-Durins IL
vail ali upon Mr.. Thos. Nelson Page
reeen' him a number OF questions
asN st. literary work. He has just
aoou, "a hia novel, Red Rock" the
eo'nP', .,,ars of which were published
mrs. January numbers of scribner's
ID VI" This is Mr.. Pages first long
:, will run In the magazine
s'ors' ,,a yenr and will be pub
thtoue -. .nrm about next Christ
llshed III DV'' -, ,,a racop.
mas. The story ~ u'e
madam days, and II mas throushout
su eoyor of the South. The sub
stiohs ao,,co,a one and Mr..
feet is Nei' enc novel
page tells me thht ne re"io'e
,oyeral times before 1t reacheu us
sbone He is, however, very
pies1"" ,,,ro,c. IN all matters con-
modest In releru'ee W 90
c.rning himself and his work ne s"yS
y. ,,a,,ol embodies the best that Is In
ihe nv -, ha connot tell whether
him, pu' 'n''' ,,,o ,,,,ii,.
the book Is really Boou ui''' '''N
,,ys nassed upon II.
,,,,r, rttoMAs NELSON
CHAT pACE
TO-, , ,,,,
/ wish / could reproduce ior YOU '''
,orversatlon with Mr.. Page. Iie Is one
'V",s ,,ost daliehtful of takers. His
OF 'he "'o9' - ,o,oaioua md his
voice is soil anu -,
manners are simple anu ui"iie'..''
- 10 ro,hlnr of the literary egotlst
lhei. "a 4, ,vos only in response
about MN anu H., sror,
to many questions tna' u'e"
him the story of his life. lie Is now just
"lar, fortv-fiye years of age. He was
aoO s an his fathers plantation, Oak
ooid Va in 1888. and at the time the
iAa. olossd he was twelve years old.
va, VA ,o,hcr was an eminent lawyer and
h,s - ~ means. but the war impov-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12

The time to cure them is the minute
they start. The remedy needed Is the
best one made. Billiards. Horehound
Syrup is the most prompt, certain and
harmless remedy for all Throat, Lung
or Chest Troubles. Mr.. A. l.. Arm
strong, Clinton, Mo-. prominent
druggist, says: II sell forty difrerent
cough remedies. but never In my eN-
perience have l sold somuch of any
one, as OF Billiards. Horehound Syrup.
All say 1t is the most perfect remedy
for Coughs, Colds, Consumption. Etc"
Price. Is and so cents.
Sold by z. c. NJ. l. Drug Depart
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12

There are times when the
variation of a pulse beat
tells the practiced physician
whether the scale will 90
down and mean death or up
and mean life. But suppose
the medicine he prescribes is
not the medicine which your
child is taking, but some
thing the druggist thought
would do just as WE'LL Who
is going to regulate the bal
ance thenf A druggist who
will offer you something else
when syou ask for SCOTS
Emulsion will do the same
thing with his prescriptions.
Get what you ask forl o
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12

When the liver is sluggish all other
organs are involved. You suffer from
Constipation, Biliousness. Jaundice.
Headache, Indigestion, Pain I'm Back.
Chills and Loss of Energy. You will
never know how promptly these
troubles can be cured until you use
Herbine. 1t cures quickly when other
remedies utterly fail. Regulates the
Liver Purifies the Blood. Herbine is
Harmless Vegetable Remedy thar
gives new life and energy almost from
the first dose. Price, 20 cents.
Free Trial Bottle at z. c. NJ. l.
Drug Department.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12

are those that know what Billiards.
Snow Liniment will do. No soreness
from stretched sinews or strained
muscles. Quick recovery when mis-
hap befalls. No liniment penetrates
like this one. 1t has all the virtues of
other llniments and peculiar merits of
Its own. Cures where others only re-
lleve. Banishes rheumatism, Neu-
ralgia; relieves Strains, Cuts, Burns
and Frost Bites. Pain and lnflam-
nation simply can't stay where 1t is
applied. Your money awaits you II
1t fails to satisfy. Price so cents.
Sold byZ. c. N. /. Drug Department
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12

a fortune for both him and his pub
uahors. 1t was pat out at the low rate
OF 81 per copy, and more than 100000
copies were s0ld,nctting Bryan the neat
sum OF 10000.
LEW WALLACE AND THE GREAT
AMERICAN NOVEL.
General Lew Wallace has new
novel In hand. 1t Ia an American story,
ana though he does not say SO, | have
an iden he hopes TO make Il the great
American novel. l had u chat with
General Wallace not long ago about
his work He rcviges and rewrites some
OF his novels many times. He tells
me that he likes to keep his literary
efforts In cold storage at least
SIX months before completing the draft
which is submitted to the publishers.
By this method he is able to Judge of
his manuscripts coolly and to revise
them more impartially than when the
work Is NIL done at once. Gen. Wallace
made n grent fortune out Of "Ben Hur."
but he did oven better from the
Prince Of India" He is very Indignant
at the pirates who have made a store
optioon lecture on the basis Of ben
Hur' and who have been exhibiting
pictures OF the scenes therein described
oll over the country. He told me once
that these people have made about fifty
thousand dollars ont of their piracy
ana thnt he hopes to be able to got
damages for their infringement of his
copyright. I see. however. that the lee
lures are sim being used.
MRS. EUGENE FIELD AND MRS.
BILL NYE.
The statement recently published that
Mrs. William Edgar Nye Is In destitute
circumstances, owing to the foreclosure
Of mortgages which "Biu Nyc" had
given In making certain investments
in New York Is, [ am told untrue. Mr..
Nye left n good estate and his books
are still selling. Mrs. Eugene Field IL
also doing well. When Eugene Field
died he lcft nothing but his copyrights
and HIS library. He had no business
Instincts and never was a moncy-saVer.
After Mr.. Fields death, however, one
of Mrs. Fields friends gathered to-
gether his literary effects and put them
In shape. New contracts were made
with the publishers. and the result. |
ting more than twice a congressman's
salary every year out of her husbands
books She still holds Eugene Fields
library. although 1t is said she was
offered fifty thousand dollars for It by
the Field Museum shortly after Mr.
Fields death
l understand that ex-President Har-
rson's book on THE United States
Government" is selling very we'll He
received thousand dollars page for
the articles when they were published
IN the Ladies' Homo journal, and his
royalties viii probably double his origi-
nal compensation.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12
THOMAS NELSON PAGE.
,,rb tho Virginia Novelist About Himself and His
"A VIZ Literary Work.

lie Wrote % Practice
h novel, of and other About
life Of Gran Memoirs
Lew and
=, Harrison Literary Profits Etc
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-16
Openings for Young Men.

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
There are going to be some fine bust
ness openings in Ponce and San Juan,
Puerto Rico, u. 8. A. The young men
years that they had q poor show in
this land, unless they had some cspitnl
to start with, and that in amounts not
too limited. They might have brains
and energy, but even these, when
backed by sterling worth, were not al
ways fully appreciated by grasping en-
ployers. There may have been some
truth in the story, and 1t may be more
serious than appears on the surface.
Now, however, there are new fields
for the young man with energy, hon.
esty, push and brains, and tina. is why
we call attention to the islands soon to
be full part and parcel Of this country.
They will be great winter resorts
within q year or two. Next winter
even there will be lines of steamers to
and from these islands. They will
carry many passengers going for
health, pleasure and business. To &C
commodate these visitors in an Amer
lean way offers q good chance. They
will want the best of food, prepared in
the American style, and they may want
can way. They will spend money for
triukets and keepsakes of the island.
Some of the men will want American
drinks prepared by an American
blender who knows his business. Ice
cream and ice cream soda will take
we'll, and American bathrooms will be
wanted by he visitors.
In addition to the visitors there will
be large garrisons of American soldiers
and their officers stationed there. They
will have to be catered to, and they are
good spenders of American money.
There will be railroads and common
roads to build, and people will want to
be transported over them. In short,
the young man who gets in, and gets
in on the ground floor on these new
possessions, will have no reason to COM
plain of hard times.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-16
Little Items From Live Papers.
TEXAS.

Bailey and our Bob went down bS q
vote of 72l to 1874, and now we don't
know what Bob will do with that Mar
lin utterance.-Belton Journal.
There will be worlds OF sor yhum
syrup made in this country this season,
lots OF peas and potatoes, a large and
uperabundant crop of corn, and doubt
less good turnout of cotton.-Center-
vile Democrat.
Most farmers are busy gathering
corn so as to be able to devote their en-
tire time to the gathering of the cotton
crop which will soon require all the
attention which can be given it.-Kar-
mes County News.
Farmers over the county report that
unless boil worms work on the cotton
land there are no signs of any yeti it
will make bale per acre. Foard is
the best cotton county OF the vest
Foard County News
Texasis worrying more about the
boil worms now than she has ever
worried about the war. II Texas can
bring her great cotton crop to market
this fall without accident it will be a
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The work OF threshing Denton coun
tvs million-bushel wheat crop is