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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-15

J. S. Hemenwsy has received
an order for one-hundred of his
gravity machines, or machines to
illustrate the law of falling bodies,
and to be sold in this state at the
round price of $1,000.
This will give Mr.. Hemeway
work for some time to come In
making them and will require
much new machinery in their con-
struction. The prospects are good
for Mr., Hemenway to make q
small fortune on his gravity ma
chine and may lead to the estab-
lishment of large manufacturing
plant in this city.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-15

Albert Brown was arrested last
week by detectives in St. Paul on
charge of stealing wool at Bald
win, amounting to $125. He was
brought over by Sheriff Cave and
arranged before Justice Randall.
He was bound over to the circuit
court, and in default of 81, 900 bail
was committed to Jail. Brown is
tough character, having been
charged with completely in the
Elmo murder, and with other
grave crimes, but by some techni-
cality he has so far escaped. he
is now in iail.-True Republican.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-15

the band feels proud has been
prepared
March, Greeting to Bangor, R.
|B. Hall; Overture. 4"Apollo"
L. p. Laurendeau.
One Act Farce-BoA and Cox.
Caste.
James Cox, (traveling Hatter),
Clarence S. Dodge; John Box,
(trayeling Printer), 0. E. John
son; Mrs. Bouncer, (Landlady)
Miss Marie Jennings.
Scene. A Lodging House.
Serenade, The Lover and his
Mandolin, Jean NJ. Missud; Med
ley Overture, In Gay New York,
5 L. o. De Witt; Recitation. Select
}ed.
Miss Alice Cummings.
Oddly, The Coonville Serenaders.
Laurendeau.
Each musical selection on the
above program is a classic written
by celebrated composer.
The one act farce, "Box and
Cox" is known the world over and
abounds in funny speeches and
laughable situations. Miss Cum
mlngs, having appeared before
needs no comment as all are well
aware of her ability. The accom-
panying cut is true likeness of
leader Holsopple who has promised
River Falls one of the best, if not
the best band in the state.
Everybody come. Friday Feb. 49,
Admission IS cts. Seats on sale
at Taggart & Co.'S. Drug Store.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-15

1t takes considerable to Tease
Allie White, but he was complete
ly knocked out one day last week
when River Falls lady entered
the store and walking up to the
hose department, over which Allie
was temporarily presiding, said III
her very sweetest normal school
manner: "lt is my desire to OBJ
tain a pair Of elastic appendages
capable of being contracted and
expanded by means of osciliating
FURNISHED steel appliances that
sparkle like particles of gold leaf.
and which are utilized for keeping
in position the habiliments of the
lower extremities which innate
delicacy forbids me, to mention. !"
When Allie regained conscious
ness he discovered Pete In the act
of wrapping up the article desired
by the young lady.-Ellsw worth
Cleaner.
Can it be that the old Vassar
girl of the early seventies is at
tending the Normal?
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-15

A little knot of admirers can
be seen at almost any time of day
in front of VT. Kellogg's display
window. The public appreciates
fine photography and never tires
of feasting it's hungry gaze upon
his works.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-15
A Band Concert Will be Given Friday
February Is.

The River Falls Amateur Band,
promises to put all former enter
tainments given by it in the
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-15

Chas. A. Love has purchased
the stock of the Jenninge & Jaeger
Drug Store in Hudson, and has
packed the goods away with the
expectation of starting in for him
self some time in the future.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-15

shade. After under
going a series of re-
hearsals under the
leadership of Mr..
Holsopple, the band
boys feel that they
can guarantee the
citizens Of River
Falls the best enter
tain ment Of It's kind,
they have ever wit
messed. The follow
ing program of which
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-15

Mrs. Elliott who fell while
visiting at George Curriers'. is un-
able to be around. The accident
befell her about three weeks ago.
No bones were broken but one of
her limbs is so she can t move it.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-15

Your doctor will tell you that g
prescription filled at our store can
be relied on.-Barnard & Clough.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-15
From The True Republican.

The Salvation army is wanted
at River Falls, they are going to
open up there next week. There
will be a big meeting at Opera
Hall, in this city, Saturday night,
and also Salvation army banquet.
Ice cream and cake will be served.
Come and enjoy yourself.
The River Falls Times publishes
this week comic picture repre-
senting the neighboring towns
trying to get the Normal away
from that city. Ii shows A be
Van Meter with big rope trying
to pull it to New Richmond.
On the top of the building sits
Miss River Falls, holding it down.
The work seems to be home pro.
duct, and as such is quite good,
especially Miss River Falls, who
seems to have gotten up in the
night to save the building. On
her face, also is an expression of
prim modesty over the extreme
delicacy of her attire.
Mr.. Strout, of Mann Valley,
met with an accident in the city
ION Saturday. While driving
through the city a bolt boiling
the seat gave way and let his wife
and two small children fall back
ward on the frozen ground. AS
near as could be judged at the
time they were not seriously hurt.
The new caucus law is attract
ing great deal of attention just
at present and considerable troub-
lie is being experienced In arrlv-
ing at clear understanding of 1t.
Unofficial opinions from the
Attorney Generals office appear to
settle the question, however, that
the new law is in force in all
cities so far as general elections
are concerned, and it may be put
in force in cities of the third and
fourth classes for municipal cleo
tions, should the electors therein
decide by a majority vote on the
question. A petition signed by 10
per cent. of the qualified electors
of the city must be filed with the
city clerk, twenty days before any
municipal elections, praying that
the question of nominating can
didates under the act in question
be submitted to vote of the peo-
ple.-Freeman.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-15

P. A. Perry the potato buyer
of Chicago, has been in the CITY
again and has shipped s cars of
potatoes or about 1900 bushels.
This makes 81 cars in all he has
shipped from here. Twenty one
cars of potatoes are not enough
to feed the people of Chicago for
one day. They use between Is
and 80 cars per day.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-15

J. B. Jones of Hudson, was in
the city recently.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
A Veterans Peril.
AN lRsIDIoUs FOE SEEKS HIS DESTRUCTION.
Foiled by the Timely Interference of a Stranger
A Thrilling Experience.
Rom he carbondalian, oarbondale. Ran.

hacking cough, accompanied by soreness Of
the lungs and chest.
about Christmas a friend and neiehbor.
Mr.. Frank Foster, called to see me. He
advised me to try DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People, a remedy which he had
known TO prove most efficient in cases similar
to mine.
Il concluded to try them. / sent to the city
for six boxes, and took the first dose on Christ.
beneficial results. By the time ! had taken
three boxes | was walking and doing fair JUS
tice To my wifeis culinary efforts.
With the consumption of the fourth box
my appetite was simply enormous. The nights
brought refreshing sleep, the soreness and pain
III nay lungs, chest and bones had left me, and
my recovery from that time on was rapid.
After taking two boxes of the pills, / had
no return of the fever, but the nervous head
aches fingered until / had taken the fourth
box. On finishing the sixth box the cough
had entirely disappeared, and with it, all of
ITS attendant annoying consequences. / felt
stronger, my appetite was better, and my gen.
eral health more satisfactory than it had been
for years.
g shall always cheerfuIly recommend DR.,
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. to any
one seeking knowledge as to their eficacy.n
Comrade Hackett is 81 years old, and looks
to be good for many years Of life to come.
His address is A. b. Hackett, Carbondale,
Usage Co, Kansas.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are sold in boxes fnayer in loose form by the
dozen or hundred, and the public are eau
TONED against numerous limitations sold in
TINS shape) at so cents a box or six boxes for
$3.50, and may be had of all druggists or
direct by mail from DIR. Williams Medicins
Company, Schenectady, N. Y. ~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Three miles southeast of the city of Carbon.
dale, Kansas, in a coy cottage surrounded by
broad, fertile acres, resides Mr.. A. B.. Hackett.
He migrated to Kansas in 1857.
He was active in the Kansas border war,
also served four years in the war of the re-
beilion, lin the LIST Kan. Light Artillery
and at its conclusion p~re-empted the piece
of land which now constitutes his home.
He is beloved by his neighhors and friends,
q mar of sterling integrity, sound Judgment
and a good citizen. The reporter of the
Cdrbondaiian recently had a long and inter.
esting conversation with Mr.. Hackett in
which he listened to strangely fascinating
tales of the exposures, privati0ns and hard
ships incidental with the early settlement
Of the "Sunfiower State"
"But," said Mr.. Hackett, his face aglow
with the flush Of health, though I suffered
much during my pioneer days and army
comparison with the excruciating tortures /
endured in the winter of 1885. About
December LIST, 1895, / was taken sick. / had
no appetite, became very weak, and the
least excitement would cause me to trembie,
My stomach rejected food, and if | did swal-
low q morsel, the constant retching which
followed produced intense soreness across
the bdomen I had daily recurring Pushes
OF fever, followed by aies-acting headaches.
suffered intense pains in the regions of
the liver and kidneys, and every bone in my
body, aehed constantly. l was nervous, could
not sleep, and spent my nights in ~fruitless ef-
forts to alleviate my sufferings and in brood
ing over my unfortunate condition.
"A prominent physician whom I had
summoned diagnosed MY case as the grippe.
He prescribed the usual medical treatment.
but il proved of no avail. My sufferinss
were intensified by the addition of a dry,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

mayor Ramsdeu Is again Mayor of
Lynn.
Two years ago he was elected by the
combined Peoples party, Democratic
and Citizens Reform party. He was
again nominated by reclamation by
the Democrats to succeed himself as
Mayor of the busy modern city, and
was again elected by a rousing MAORI
ty last month.
Mayor RamsdelPs present high posi-
ton is the legitimate reward of his
ability and his ~fearlessness in defend
ing his opinions. He has never hesi-
tated to declare his convictions in
public, o has he been slow to espouse
the cause of the shoemakers and other
wage earners. In 1894 he was candi-
date OF the Peoples party for Con-
gress. A hard worker, a ~conscien-
tious official, Mayor Ramsdell has
more than once been pushed to the
limit of his strength. At such times
of extreme v tension and over
work, he has saved himself from
breaking down by taking Paine's
celery compound.
Mayor Ramsdell's honest opinion of
this great remedy cannot be mistaken
by any one who reads his letter that
follows:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

WeIs q Rlchardson 20. burlington, VT.
Gentlemen: A previous experience
with Paine's celery compound, as a
restorer of exhausted energy, induced
me recently to take it again, the many
duties of the Mayors office having
taxed my slight physical resources
greatly. I made no mistake. In one
week 1 found my appetite improved,
the feeling of WEAKNESS disappearing,
and my nerves becoming steadier.
Paine's celery compound has thus
been a friend in time of need, and 1
like to say a word for a friend.
Yours Truly,
WALTER L. RAMSDELL.
November 5, 1897.
In every city, in business houses,
banks, newspaper offices-wherever
the friction of worry is wearing out
the nerves and reducing the nutrition
of the body, Paine's celery compound
is proving its inestimabIe value. 1t
invariably insures sound sleep, and
thus gives the overstrung nerves their
natural rest; it corrects a constipated
habit that SO commonly goes with
occupations, and frees the
blood of poisonous humors, that at
some time or other develop into grave
disease.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
Childers-Sims.

AT high noon on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 10, Jephtha Childers and Miss
Efie L.Sims were married at the home
of the BRIDES parents, 4 miles south
east of Mexico, in the presence of q
select company of relatives and
friends. The bride lie the accomplished
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. william
Sims, and was tastiIy dressed In green
brocade, trimmed ia changeable green
silk and braid. The groom, who is a
promising young man, sober and in
dustrious, was handsomely attired in
the conventional black.
The impressive ceremony making
them man and wife was performed
by Rev. E. W. Reynolds, OF the M. e.
church, South.
After the ceremony and congratu-
iatioHs all were invited to the dining
room, where q sEmptuous dinner was
served. The bride was the recipient
of some beautiful and useful presents.
We wish for this young couple an
abundance Of happiness, prosperity
and Q long life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
HddrsssW .H.LEHIH RUPTURE CURE co.
HOLLAND BUILDING. ST: LOUIS.
A Mexico Testimonial.

In the month OF September when DIR. Navsr
first came To Mexico l began taking treatment
Tor 2 large.sized rupture from which i suf-
fered considerable. I was told by some phy.
sicfans that all l could do for il wal 10 have
II operated on. but knowing the great danger
OF such an operation ] refused 20 dc 90. I
when read In the Mexico papers that DR..
Mayer does cure Rupture without pain, with
out delay from ones occupation and without
pay unless one is cured. But / can 1iadl, say
% my trfsnds and the public that DR.. Mayer
ne cured me perfectly in three months
60 70 Al my we-k, filling q large contract
which bad with 4. r. Buckner for hauling
~ covering several hundred bushels q
corn whnout any Interference whatever. All
nad 20 DO was 10 caii at the Ringo Hotel once
z wesE 1or treatment. I can chserfuiiy recon-
[lsLo 1T. Mayer OF the W. A. Levin Rupture
Sonpany 70 al those who suffer from rupture,
Mexico, No.. December 10, lss7.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
How's ThisI

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case Of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props, To-
ledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
f. ]. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
In all business transactions and finan-
cially able to carry out any obligation
made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, U.
WALDING, KrNNAE & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Hall's Catarfn Cure 10 taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimonials free.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
Ladies' may be treated at their
residences if preferred.

The discovery of new methods, and ASEPSIS
and ANTISEPTIC measures in the practice Of
medicine and surgery has been taken advantage
OF, and what but a few years ago has been con-
sidered and stil is by some physicians an i'm
possibility, is NOW an absolute fact, as dem
onstrated by us in The past five years, that we
can cure the most chronic cases of reducfble
Hernia OF Rupture, and we prove this claim by
not asking any FEE in advance. We can refer
you to hundreds Of out patients who HAVE
been cured by us. Some OF the foremost ply
sicians and surgeons of st. Louis who have in
vestigated the matter and saw our patients,
pronounce It n wonderful and great success.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Frank Sherwood was down town to
day the first time since he had his tussle
with The cholera morbus. He says he
drove thirty miles after he was taken
and never came 30 near dying in his
life. After this, when he goes out in
the country he will take a bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy with him.-Mis-
souri, Valley, Uowa) Times. For
sale by Woodbridge & Purdy, Drug
gists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
%Twenty Years Ago -
This Week.
liH4'i4i~'4Ip'4'iIr"p'flp%'l'H

e. Rines was in st. Louis.
e. Phillip was in New York.
w. T. Cardwell was very sick.
John M. Clark was In Chicago.
josh Billings passed through Mex
leo.
Miss Rosie Bennett, OF Fulton, visit
ed in Mexico.
George Marshall and Will Sumner
went to Texas.
Plans were being drawn for a 5000
hotel in Fulton.
Josh Ward, of Laddonia, marketed
100 head of cattle.
The farmers q opposed to "fund-
ing" the county debt.
Mrs. D. w. Crawley was very sick
at the Martin House.
John Salmons sold his farm in South
Wilson to Judge McTarlan for %, $50.
The Aetna Life Insurance Co. paid
out to policy holders $50, 253, 225.
Mr.. Poteet was assistant local
freight agent for the North Missouri
railroad.
The Russians took Kars for the
fourth time. Dates, 1928, 1884, 1856
and 1877.
Willis 8. Turner and A. j. Purneu
were married by Elder Wiggington on
the 14th.
Street Commissioner Robinson made
made many repairs on the street
crossings.
Anderson Coffinan, of Cedar City,
was murdered by "Boy" Oliver, who
was released on $500 bail to await
action.
Fl. @. Duggen, of st. Louis, and
John Oils, of Bloomington, Ill, want
ed to locate an iron foundry and ma
chine shop in Mexico.
The Citizens Association appointed
r. FL. Fowler, j. e. Hutton, VIM. Pol
lock and M. Y. Duncan a committee to
confer with the @. & A.. authorities IN
regard to making Mexico q division.
Those talked of as candidates for
Office were as follows: For Mayor, r.
Fl. Fowler, VIM. Pollock, D. N. Evans.
For Recorder, Sam Buckley, ex-Re-
corder Daniel, Squire Gillian. For
Attorney, Geo. Robertson, T. B. Buck
her.. For City Marshal, W. K. Potts,
Mr.. Winscott.
The following were on the roll of
honor In room No. 2 at the public
school: Misses Virginia Cromwell,
Julia Macfarlane, Mary Morris, Ellen
German and Messrs Vassa Bush, Hol- |
lis Fields, James Gass, Chas. Settle, |
Toney Buckner, Marion Baldwin and
Willie Tolle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

In a recent letter from Washing
ton, d. O., to an old friend, MAJOR G..
A. studer, for twenty years United
States Consul at Singapore, says:
"While at Des Moines / became
acquainted with q linimene known as
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which I
found excellent against rheumatisms
as well as against soreness of the
throat and chest giving me much
easier breathing.) / had q touch of
pneumonia early this week, and two
applications freely applied to the
throat snd chest relieved me OF it at
once. I would not be without it for
anything" For sale by woodbridge
q Purdy, Druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
Thomas Paine's Religious Bellef.

II, u. d. KsuuAlo, DhLy LCASOE.
MEXICO, Mo-, Feb. I7.-Sir: AS we
have heard a good deal from the pull
pit within the last few days about the
infidel Paine, and yet have been told
really nothing about him, l have had
my curiosity excited to know lust
what was his religious belief. Did
Paine believe in a God? I have quer-
led the" question box" but as yet have
not been answered. / have been re-
ferred to you for information and
hope you can enlighten me. Can a
lady with propriety read Paine's works
and where a they be had? Please
answer.
LADY READER OF THE LEDGER.
Thomas Paine was a Deist, which
means the belief IN one God and a
Divine Providence, but rejects revela-
ton.
here let Paine speak for himself
and quote from him rs follows:
II believe in one God, and no more,
and / hope for happiness beyond this
hfe. 1 believe in the equality of man,
and I believe that religious duties
consist in doing justice, loving mercy
and endeavoring to make our fellow
creatures happy. But, lest it should
be supposed that I believe many other
things in addition to these, 1 shall, in
the progress of this work, declare the
things / do not believe and my reas-
ons for not believing them. do not
believe in the creed protested by the
Jewish church, by the Roman church,
by the Greek church, by the Turkish
church, by the Protestant church, nor
by any church that ] know Of. My
own mind is my own church. ALI
national Institutions of churches,
whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish,
appear to me nc other than human
set up to terrify and en-
slave mankind and monopofise power
and profit. Iden't mean by this dec
laration to condemn those who believe
they have the same right
10 their belief as I have to mine;nand
then Paine goes on with his Gage of
Here was Paine's conception of the
500 we want to contemplate His
power? We see it in the Interchangeable
order by which the incomprehensible
whole is governed. Do we want to |
contemplate His munifcence? We
zee it in the abundance with which He
ills the earth. Do we want to con- !
'emplate His mercy? We see it in His
1ot withholding that abundance even
rom the unthankful." |
"Can a lady, with proprIety, read
2ainess works9" Upon this question
here Is a diversity Of opinion. The
orthodox claim Paine's theolog-
cal writings r unfit to read, while
he more liberal minded aver there ia
nothing in his works to shock the
nodesty of anyone. OF this you must.
your own Judge. |
Rev. Moncure D. Conway is Psspe's
b~iographer.
In affairs of state Paine was a ma
ional figure both in America and in
France, and did valuable service to this
country In freeing it from the tyran-
,ical yoke of Great Britain. In France
he was a member of, the National AS
'embly and took an active part in the
revolution. He wrote the first
BART of the Gage of Reason''in prison
when he was in hourly expectation of
BEING sent to the g~uillotine, for he had
condemned to death. After his
he Was returned as a mem
Der of the French Chamber of Depu-
B. B. RUNKLE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

In the proper column in the daily
and weekly LEDGER will be found
the announcement of j. E. Sims, can
didate foa presiding Judge of Audrain
county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

As a result of a ~protracted meeting
at the Rush Hill Christian Church
Elder ]. w. Coggins baptized twelve
in the Laddonia Christian Church on
Friday, Feb. IL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

A. H. Houston and d. A. Mcmillan
are home from Kansas City, where
they attended a meeting of the Board
of Commissioners of the Omaha Ex-
position.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
Weather Seryices For CANT.

Weather Services For CANT.
Arrangements have been made so
that the weather services will be tele-
phoned at IL a. m. every day by the
Mexico LEDGER to Cant, Audrain
county, where the flags will be dis
played.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
Frever-KIarenhach-

William Freyer and Miss Bertha
Klarebach, both of near Laddonia,
were married at the home of the
BRIDES parents, 5 miles southwest Of
Laddonia, on Wednesday night by
Elder III. B. Rice.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Ask for the G. D. Corset and take
no other, for they are the best. For
sale at the Famous.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

DR.. R. W. Berrey is moving from st.
Louis TO, Youngs Creek, this county,
where he will practice medicine. We
1are all glad to have DIR. Berrey with
us again.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Twenty-three additions was the re-
suit OF a protracted meeting at the NJ.
e. Church, South, at Vandalia. Pastor
Rev. Mcdonald did the preaching.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

The Laddonia Herald says: Mr..
Marcy died at his home on Cuivre
Wednesday night. The funeral was
preached at New Providence by Rev.
%. 2 Middleton Friday morning.