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Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
Party Papers and Candidates.


No self-respecting paper insists up
on a candidate announcing in it; he is
free, of course, to announce and place
his name before the people, or to go
out and see them personally If he
thinks that IS the best and cheapest
way. Announcements in this paper
costs just s. for county Offices, and we
believe the same is charged in the
other county papers and they are
worth it. There is no coercion about
the matter; the candidate who doesn't
"propose to cater" to the papers
is perfectly free to cater elsewhere or
not cater at all. On the other hand,
to be fair and just, a party newspaper
must donate no more space to one
county candidate than to another, un-
til after the convention; then it should
give the whole paper to the nominees
il necessary for their success. There
are some men though, who think that
q paper should be turned over to
them for their exclusive use, both be-
fore and after the party conventions;
they suppose thao the publisher is
amply repaid by the glory and luster
shed upon them by their august
names.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
MET DEATH IN ALASKA.
Snowslids on the Chilkoot Trall
Kills Thirty or More Men-None
of Them of the Mexico Party.

SKAGUkY, ALASKA, April 8, via Sc
attic, WASH, April Sat about noon
to-day, oil the ChiIkoot trail, between
the scales and Stone House, at least
thirty men met death and q
large number Of others wer0 injured
more or lass seriously in a snowslide.
The dead were crushed under an
avalanche of snow and ice which
came down from the mountain side
upon the left hand side Of the trail at
midway between the Scales and Stone
House.
Fully fifty people wer overtaken
by the slIte and r either buried IL
the snow Dr. scattered along the bor-
ders of the avalanche in q more or
less serio'ls condition.
The point where the slide occurred
Ia some five miles above Sleeps
Camp. The nearest telephone station
Is four miles distant. The telephone
wires ut this point were carried away
by the sliie. This fact makes it diff
cult to obtain further particulars at
this time.
The lasi vestige of the trail In the
vicinity was wiped out Of existence,
and where it led is now q mountain OF
snow and ice, under which are many
dead bodies that cannot be recovered
for many days to come.
Later reports bring the Information
that the bodies of three more unfor-
tunates 'aave been taken from the
an0W - - -.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
THE CORPSE PERsPIRED.
Peculiar Manifestation Which Caused
Funeral to Be Postponed.

VANDALIA, Mo-, April s.-Last Tues
day morning the death of Mrs. Theo.
who lived northwest of Van
dalia, was announced by the attend
ing physician, and preparations for
the burial we're begun and completed.
The interment was to take place at
Vandalia on Thursday. When the day
arrived signs of life were
manifested by the corpse, drops of
perspiration appearing on the fore
head. The funeral was postponed,
and Drs. Bland, Terrill, Manning and
Huddleston were called for consul
tation. The husband was almost in
with grief, and the whole neigh
borhood YVES Mortified by what was
thought to be a SO narrowly averted
of burying alive. After mature
elaboration the physicians announc-
ed the body liieless and the interment
will take place tomorrow. The at
tending physicians are unable to ex-
plain the strange phenomena.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
UNITED STATES AND SPAIN.
A Spanish Military Authorlty's Opin-
ION of the Result of War.

WASHINGTON, March 30.-In the
Madrid paper, La Epocha, Senior Gen.
arc, the famous Spanish military
authority, tells his countrymen of the
probable results of war:
"Suppose hat at the beginning of
the war we sink the whole Yankee
fleet and even lombard with success
two or three Yankee ports, will all
end there? Oh no. The Americans
will no stand it and the nation that
from 1861 to 1865 put in arms more
than 1000, 900 soldiers, raised powerful
fleets, spent $4,000, DOC, 600 and lost
nearly the same amount, will make
such efforts then that, in spite of all
my respect for Spanish patriotism, /
can not believe hat Spain will be able
to stand against it.
"Now, a any man OF n believe
that we can do to the United States
what the Americans a not do to us?
Is il not a ~nonsensical dream to think
of q conquest of American territory?
I am not doubling the courage of the
Spaniards, but I believe that all nations
of Europe together are not strong
enough to a foot of land from
the United States.
"The whole war will be reduced to
this: The Yankees will provide the
insurgents with arms and ammunition,
blockade the ports of Cuba and starve
to death our army there, that subsists
now exclusively on imported food.
"At the start the Yankees might
destroy u whole navy or we may
destroy theirs, but in the long run
they will get the advantage. All other
things will be mere episodes of the
a The p%rivateers on either side
will amount to nothing in deciding
where victory shall rest"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14

celery compound is the discovery of a
great physician, who knew all that the
school and text book could teach him,
but more than that, he knew sick men
and women, as few physicians in any
age have known them. Prof. Edward
E. Phelps, M. D., LII. D., of the Dart
mouth medical school, was able to
drive out disease from the system,
because he knew where the disease
was lodged and how to help the ex-
cretory organs, instead of confusing
them as so many illogical remedies do
in their effort TO cleanse the blood.
Paine's celery compound encourages
and strengthens the kidneys, and en-
ables them to cleanse the blood of its
waste, poisonous matters that III the
direct of d~rowsiness, l~istless-
ness, melancholia, blood diseases,
wasting sicKnesses, headaches and
that general ssrun down. condition
that opens the door to definite organic
diseases of the heart, kidneys OF stom-
ach, especially when a person is ad-
vanced in years and no longer pos
sessed of the abundant energy that
characterizes youth alone.
Paine's celery compound makes the
blood a bright red color, increases it's
volume in the arteries and quickens
its circulation, and enables a nerve-
tired person to sleep eight or nine
hours at a stretch. Every man or
woman whose nervous strength is at
all overtaxed, or whose life Is a
busy one in many directions, will feel
the invigorating, vitalizing effect of
Paine's celery compound, and see his
or her health mend from the first use
of this greatest OF all known invigor-
ators and remedies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14

"The doctors treated me, bot the reid
they gave did not last.
II was a physical wreck, when my eye
fell on an item In the local paper describing
how Ms. Evans, Of West End, had been
cured by Er. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. Her suffering was like mine.
u hope other sufferers who read this
account will have the faith | had when I
read Of Mrs. Evans.
My husband bought me one box of the
pills. The change they made in my con-
dition was encouraging. ] took another
box; then bought six more boxes.
"AlithE time l gained m health, strength,
hope, nerve fotce-steadiy, sarelyt
Before l finished the eighth BOX ! ceased
the treatment. felt perfectly well, and the
Doctor said / was entirely cured"
To add weight to Ler story Mrs. VANS
ley made affidavit to its tcath before John
F. Resell, a Notary Public Of Greensburg.
Neuralgia of the heart Is only one Of
many serious evils that grow oeto Of derange-
ments Of the nervoas system or of the blood.
The remeSy that expels impurities from
the blood and ssppiies the necessary mater
iafs for rapidly rebuilding wasted nerve It's
sues reaches the rootcf many serious diseases.
It IS these virtues that have given DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People their
wondstfa1 cafativc powers In diseases that
at FIRST glance seem widely different.
This famoas remedy is for sale by AFT
druggists for SO cents a box, or six boxes
for $50.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
A Serious Runaway.

At 4:10 O'Clock Saturday Mrs.
Orpha Roberts, of six miles south
west of town, was thrown from her
buggy by a runaway team and quite
seriously shaken up.
The runaway team was going
northward on North CLARK avenue
and struck Mrs. Roberts buggy near
the side of the Windsor Hotel. The
buggy was overturned and Mrs. Rob-
erts was thrown to the ground, where
she lay unconscious until carried to
the Windsor Hotel parlors.
DR.. W. r. Rodes was called and
revived Mrs. Roberts and pronounced
her condition not dangerous.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
WANTS TO COME HOME.
Some of the Mexico Klondykers Sick
of the Trip"-Montgomery
Boy Writes Home.

Chas. E. Wright, OF Montgomery
County, writing to the %Jonesburg
(Mo.) Journal from Dyea, Alaska,
says:
"We make from 10 to 40 dollars per
day hauling with a team. The outfit
cost us s427. so. Hay is $40 per ton;
oats &c per pound. / am going to stay
here a while and il there is any chow
for a poor man I think I can make it.
I have two dogs I am going to sell il /
IAN.
Siam between two mountains, which
are covered with snow and ice, but it
is warm enough in the valley. Agood
horse here would sell for $3.50. 1 think
this country is all right. OF course,
all can't strike it rich.
"Purcell's crowd ia here. l think
they are going to Dawson City. Some
Of them are awful sick of their trip.
I was sea sick for about a minute. I
am 800 miles from Dawson City. I
was on the ship from Sunday until
Saturday. 1 brought provisions
enough to last me six months. 1 got
-four in Oregon at 80 per hundred;
1t is "a per hundred here.
There was church here yesterday,
but we made $24. One hardly has
time to write here.
CHAS. e. WRIGHT.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14

Few men in this country who have
lived to "clear the ight-barred gate
which not, many come in sight OF, and
fewer 60 over" have enjoyed more OF
the blessings of a long, active, we'll
spent life than Patrick A. Donahoe,
the founder of the Boston Pilot.
In every city, village and hamlet
throughout the several states and ter
ritories Of the Union, where the Irish
American people have settled, the
name Of Patrick Donahoe is spoken
with respect, admiration and affec-
ton.
More tnan half a century ago Mr.
Donahoe established the Pilot. In 1870
he engaged John Boyle O'Reiliy, who
was its brilliant editor for twenty
years.
To every good cause and to every
charity he has been a generous SUBJ
scriber. Scarcely a Catholic church
in New England that has not been q
recipient of his bounty.
Mr.. Donahoe is now eighty-six.
The following open letter, sent to
Wells, Richardson & Co. is, in fact,
addressed to the thousands of friends
all over the land, in whose hearts and
homes Patrick Donahoe has found SO
large a place.
recently suffered from prostration
brought en- by a p~rotracted illness of
a very trying character, and at the
suggestion of friends who were be-
LEVERS in your remedy (Paine's celery
compound) I was induced to give it a
trial. am happy to say that the re-
suit was most satisfactory, and I felt
its good effect Immediately. Hence I
am able to recommend its use in cases
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14

With q view to introducing Colman's
Rural World into the homes where it
is not now being received, the pub
Usher of that sterling agricultural and
live stock journal offers to send a
sample copy of the Rural World free
to readers OF the Mexico LEDGER upon
receipt Of your name and address on
a postal card, both written plainly.
This offer is made for the purpose of
enabling the thinking and reading
farmers of the State to zee what the
Rural World lie, how it Is made up and
the immense quantity OF serviceabie,
practical information 1t contains liz
every issue on the real work Of farm
life and enterprise in every one OF its
departments; on stock Of every de-
scription, on the dairy, horticulture
and advanced agriculture generally.
The yearly subscription IL only s1.oo.
Please mention this paper. Address
CoLMAN's RURAL WORLD,
Chemical Building, Eighth and Olive
Streets, st. Louis, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14

Few bodily Affections are more terrible
than heart disease. To live In constant
dread and expectation Of death, sadden,
instant death, with last farewells unspoken,
IS for most people more awful to contain
plate than the most severe lingering illness.
The slightest excitement brings great
Suffering and danger to people so afflicted.
Such was the experience Of the wife Of
a we1-known clergyman. She tells her
story for the sake Of doing good to others.
u feei,' she said, speaking carefully and
weighing her words, that Dr.. W1liams'
PINK Pills for Pale People relieved me Of
lifetime of sickness and sorrow, and / cheer
folly recommend them"
This grateful woman Is Mrs. Wamsley,
wfe Of the Rev. c. e. Wamsley, who lives
on West Sheridan Street, Greensbure, Ind.
She continued,
"Myheart became affected after the birth
Of my youngest child, about six years ago.
"The pain was constant. Frequently 1t
grew 50 severe ] would be forcedto cry out.
II could not endure any excitement.
ut would increase the pain so / would
scream and fall down IN a state of collapse.
In this condition ! was helpless.
"These spells would come on me at
home, In the street, OF anywhere / might be.
" could not sleep at night. ] ate very
little.
Different doctors were called in. They
said / had neuralgia Of the heart, resulting
from nefvoas prostfation. .
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
Stock Of Seed Exhausted.

10 tnb EuItUr OF the IeuEer.
WASHINGTON, d. O., April 6.-WiIl
you kindly make the statement that
my quota OF garden, field and
flower seeds for free distribution is
entirely exhausted3 Also, that it has
mot been within my power to choose
the varieties sent out. l cannot fur
nish particular kinds on order, as 1
only give the names to the Depart
ment Of Agriculture and the officials
do the rest. Respectfully,
CHAMP CLARK.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14

| like mine, where the nervous system,
from any cause, is run down and needs
a reliable tonic.
1 am happy to state that two mem
bers of my family have used Paine's
celery compound with the most graft
flying results. My daughter-in-law,
Mrs. P. M. Donahoe, has received the
most pronounced results from its use,
whilst my SOD, ]. Frank Donahoe, the
organist of the Cathedral, is loud in
it's praise, having found it a great help
in regaining his strength from over
work in his profession.
Yes, l believe in Paine's celery
compound.
PATRICK DONAHOE.
Three-fourths of all the aches, pains
and disabilities that aged persons suf-
fer from arise plainly from retarded
circulation. The slow blood stream
gets choked with an accumulation of
waste matter that declares its pres
ence In twinges of rheumatism, lum-
bago, neuralgia and inability to sleep.
All these unnatural conditions car be
corrected and permanently done away
with by vigorously cleansing the blood
and regulating the tardy circulation.
Paine's celery compound is pre-emi-
nently capable of doing this beyond
any other remedy.
There is nothing vague about the
sort of "good health" that is promised
by Paine's celery compound and
vouched for by men and women who
have used it. 1t means, among other
things, firmer nerves, completer d.
gestion, sweeter breath and more
regular bodily functions. Paine's cell
cry compound u these where
other remedies fail, because Paine's
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
Then he made n
The Mexico Ledger.


The Mexico LEDGER has started on
the last cycle of its fortieth year,
which gives Bob White a double score
of years as apower behind the throne.
The LEDGER, like its editor, is big,
newsy and entertaining.
From the Martinsburg Success.
With it's issue of last week the Mex
leo Weekly LEDGER entered upon its
fortieth birthday. The LEDGER is
one of the ablest edited and most
instructive country journals in the
state. Its weekly gives all the i'm
portant national, state and county
and is blessed with a large circle
of speculative readers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
Going to Norfolk.

Rev. N. K. Pittman has returned
from st. Louis, where he attended a
meeting of the Missouri Board of For
eign Missions on Monday and Tuesday.
At this meeting Rev. N. r. Pittman,
his son, Alfred D., and j. E. Jesse
were appointed al delegates to attend
the Southern Baptist Convention,
which will meet at Norfolk, Va, on
Nav 9Th,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE.
Appointments for Speaking During
March and April.

The candidates for the Democratic
nomination for the various offices IN
Audrain county win, between now
and the primary, meet the people of
Audrain county, as follows:
APRIL.
Crawford, Thursday, 14th.
Burnham, Friday, 18th.
Naylor, Saturday, 18th.
Skull Lick, Monday, 18th.
Duly, Tuesday, 18th.
Prairie Lea, Wednesday, Goth.
: Cedar Grove, Thursday, 21st.
Erisman, Friday, I'D.
Mexico, Friday, 10Th.
Speaking at all points to begin
promptly at 1880.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
How to Stop Your Paper.


Some brother editor, In writing of
his own paper, uses the following Ian
guage, which so clearly expresses the
Times position that we reproduce it
verbatim: "This paper Is like mer-
chandlse-it is for sale. If you desire
to have your part of it stopped, come
and say 20. We do not look upon q
man with undying hatred If he wants
to stop his paper and does it like a
gentleman; and we don't big him to
continue it, either. 1t is a straight
matter of business-you pay your
money and take the paper. If you
pay up all you W on back subscrip-
ton and order your paper discontin-
ned 1t will be stopped as cheerfully as
II was begun. When you hear a man
blowing about not being able to stop
his paper you bet your suspender
buckles he owes back subscription"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
Martinsburg q Good Town.

Martinsburg is located in the very
best section of Audrain county and the
State Of Missouri. The farmers, as a
rule, are In good financial condition,
and largely interested in live stock
interests and, as a result, our town
will continue to prosper in the future
rs 1t has in the past. The Success is
glad to be located among a people
who are both able and willing to give
ID a hearty support. 1t requires a sue
cessful community to make a success
full newspaper, and we are pleased to
state that we have both.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
Another Horrible Example.

William Dunlavy, an orphan boy,
aged 81 years, was fatally wounded on
the Wabash road east of C%entralia on
Friday morning, April 1. Young
Dunlavy, who worked for f. P. Pool,
east of Centralia, had come to Mexico
and was cumming his way back on
the Wabash when the accident oc-
Cured. He claimed that a brakeman
hit him on the head with a rock. His
injuries and the shock proved too
much for him and he died Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
County News.
ITEMS.

4l4o M
of the Ledger.
STRNeTowN, Mo-, April 7.-Candi-
dates are hustling around.
The rain last Sunday kept the boys
at home.
The Bible school ct Hopewe ell church
was organized last Sunday.
The wet weather has delayed the
farmers in putting In their oats, only
a few being sown yet.
Miss N ELLIE Bruce visited her cousin,
Miss Sallie Griffin, last week.
VIM. kIhepman left for Moline last
week, where hs win probably work q
month d: two.
Jesse tirifin, OF Moline, was in this
vicinity on business one day last
week.
Hal Haley was ut Pleasant Green
Hin ON tusiness Saturday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
Arrested on SUSPICION.

Marshal Lane arrested R. A. Will
liams, colored, "wednesday, April 8, on
suspicion of having stolen a gold
watch in Wellsville. The negro sold
a gold watch to Mark Pitcher for St
and did moi give a proper account OF
himself, therefore the arrest. Mr..
Lane informed the officers at Wells
vile and Montgomery City of the ar
rest. Williams is held to await theiE
ron1y
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
tTwenty Years Ago y
This Week.

Dr.. Lee moved to New Orleans.
Shelf Insley ran a grocery store.
Tom GIN finished his new house.
Joseph Botkin was city weigher.
A light apple crop was predicted.
Allison's Springs was quite a resort.
L. Phillip was appointed City Treas
urer.
DR.. Hill, of Fulton, vas not expect
ed to live.
81 Rainey was telegraph operator at
the RIngo.
H. W. Gleason conducted a hard
ware store.
J.. sontag returned from a visit in
Hot Springs.
Harvey Cordner imported two fine
draft stations.
P. P. Kelly was appointed Sexton of
the Cemetery.
Bishop Robinson preached at the
Episcopal church.
Mrs. 8. L. Dobyns returned from a
visit in Kentucky.
J. W. Carson left for Philadelphia,
New York and Boston.
The City Collectors bond was $751;
600; Marshal's $1,000; Clerks, $1,000.
Mrs. DeJarnstt moved her millinery
establishment to the Savings Bank
building,
Mesdames Muldrow and Clark ran q
millinery store on the southwest cor
ner of the square.
Mrs. BalIew married her brother in
law, Mr.. Ballew. Rev. Maple per-
formed the ceremony.
Sam Armstrong was going to Chi
cago to take a position as bookkeeper
for the Grand Central.
O. Ell. Hardin and Capt. d. Fl. Nc
Intyre told of the advantage of rock
roads at Duly school house.
Dick Bells was arrested and placed
under 1880 bond for threatening
Brit Ringo, of g Santa Fe, with a
revolver.
The st. Louis Times contained the
following item: ga number of Au-
drain county bonds changed hands in
Mexico on the 3rd inst. at IA prem
ium-higher than gold in New York
on the same day."
The new City Council made the fol-
lowing appointments: Street Com
missioner, A. J. Stasey; City Weigher,
r. Hisey; City Engineer, T. w. Gar
ter; City Assessor, J. Gillian; Presi-
dent of the Council, VIM. Pollock.
The Mayor appointed the following
committees for the ensuing year:
| Ways and Means: E. D. Graham, VIM.
Pollock and j. W. Lnckie. On Claims:
A. @. Barnes, E. D. Graham and VIM.
Pollock. Streets and Alleys: VIM.
Pollock, E. d. Graham and A. @.
Barnes. Printing: W. E. Bridges
and Jos. Murray.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
Farm ~Irmulements.

We intend to devote all our trade
faculties to the Field and Garden Seed,
Feed and Produce business. There
fore, we will close out our entire
stock Of Farm Wagons, Flows, Har-
rows, Disc Cultivators, ETC., at prices
that defy competition. Call and see
US before buying any farm implements.
WIT HATHAwAY.KEATH G. & I. Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
Mexico Ledger Free.

The Mexico Weekly LEDGER will be
sent four weeks free to any resident
of Audrain county, who is not a sub
scriber and who will make application
at this office either in person or by
mail. This offer is not made to get
your name on the book but in order
that you may have a chance to read
the Weekly LEDGER for four weeks
in the hope that you will become a
permanent subscriber. The paper
will positively be stopped at the end
of -four weeks unles you order it con-
tinued.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14
A TEXAS WONDER.
HALLS Great Discovery.

One small bottle of Halls GreatDis-
covery r all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cures dia-
betes, seminal emission, weak and
lame back, rheumatism and all irreg-
ularities Of the kidneys and bladder
in both men and women. Regulates
bladder trouble in children. II not
sold by your druggist, will be sent by
mail on receipt of 81. One small bot
tie is two months treatment, and will
cure any case above mentioned.
e. w. HALL,
Sole manufacturer, P. O. Box 21s,
Waco, Texas.
GONZALES, Texas, July This is to
certify that I have used Halps Great
Discovery for kidney and bladder
troubles, and / am satisfied that / have
been very greatly benefited by it. ]
can fully recommend it to others
similarly afflicted.
JAS. F. MILLER,
Rankar and ex-Conoreaanan.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-04-14

THE Greenyille (Miss.) Clarion evil
IDENTIFY is nursing q grievance, albeit
one to make Lindley Murray grieve.
1t says: "When some people owe a
person a bill, when they meet them
they look off as though they did not
see them. How lie this, Phil Will
liams?" That ought to attract the
attention of Mr.. Williams unless he is
a homeless case.