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Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08

The Conference of the M. E. Church,
South, i'll session at Memphis, Mo-,
expressed itself in favor of paying
back to the United States govern
ment the $2ss 200, known rs the
Nashville claim, and which was paid,
it is alleged, upon Misrepresentation
of the publishing house agents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08

Hawkins & Grow want to buy your
mules. Bring them to Mexico or let
these gentlemen know where they
are. Highest market price paid.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08
The Harvest.
From the St. Louis Republic.

From the 81. Louis Republic.
We have broken the record IN big
crops this year. The wheat crop, the
cotton crop and the victory crop are
the largest In our history.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08

Scrofuls, hip disease, salt rheum,
dyspepsia and other diseases due to
impure blood are cured by Hoods
Sarsspsrilla,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08
GIVE The CHILDREN A DRINK

called Grain-O. It Is Q delicious, appetizing,
nourishine food drink to take the place Of COT
fee. Sold BY all grocers and liked by all who
have used 1t, because when properly prepared,
It tastes Ike the finest coffee, but Is free from
all it's Injurious properties. Grain-O aids d.
gestion and strengthens the nerves. 1t Is not
q sttmulant, but q health builder, and children,
as well as adults, can drink It with great bene-
at. Costs about one-fourth as much as coffee.
15c and &c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08

Senorets cure chronic constipation,
kidney and liver complaints. Price,
Is cents. Sold by Buckner q Whitney.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08

Quinoria is guaranteed to cure
chills, fever and all malarial disorders.
No cure, no pay. Sold by Buckner &
Whitney.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08

Miss Della Tully is home from Van
dalia, where she has been the guest Of
Miss Artie Glascock.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08

Senorets cure chrome constipation,
kidney and liver complaints. Price,
% cents. Sold by Buckner & Whit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08
Plstt's Plot.

From the Washington Star.
II Governor Black refuses to be
hypnotized MI. Platt will have to
sandbag him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08

Bromol1ne will positively cure a
cold in "a hours. No cure, no pay. Is
cents. Sold by Buckner & Whitney.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08

Arrangements are being made for q
tent meeting, which will probably
be held in the Ferris pasture, West
Mexico,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08

Miss Mary Houston Is home after a
few months VISIT In the east.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08

Mr.. J. D. Morris friends are all glad
to zee him out again, after . severe
spell Of Illness,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-09-08

Miss Laura Riley IL visiting in Bow
ling Green.
The sun., 1898-10-09
Distributors Supplies.

Every Distributor needs a kit. No
other concern in the country can
compete with us in the manufacture
of the goods; no other house makes
specially Of furnishing these supplies.
The complete outfit will be sent any
where for IS. 1t consists OF the fol-
lowing necessary articles:
I official schedule of charges S 10
I strap 8 feet long, N inches wide,
thick, heavy webb and strong pat
ent buckle. Made expressly for Dis
tributors. rs
The sun., 1898-10-09

Popular belief associates the )
"King's Evip' with blood poi
soning and it is interesting to
here review the history of this
impression. The Kings Evil
first appears in History just prior
to the Twelfth Century when
Edward the Conqueror imagined
he possessed the miraculous gift
of curing certain diseases by the
simple touch and by pronouncing
a few sacred words. After the
example of Edward, the King of
France, became celebrated for
the skill with which they cured
scrofula, goitre, etc., by his pro-
cess. Scrofula then became unil
versally known as the King,
Evil and is to-day sometimes as
luded to by that name. Such a
methodof cure has been claimed
to be the peculiar attribute of the
sovereigns of England and
France, but history does not SAN
tion this, for it appears to have
been not unfrequently employed
in Scandinavia, and to have been
derived from the mystical prac-
tices of the Divide in curing dis
ease. The exact words used for
the cure of Scrofula by the
French Kings were:-"Le roi te
touche, Dieu te guerisse.
In this enlightened age no.
body would be silly enough to
trust a case of Scrofula to a King
or his words unless it happened
that the King aforesaid, had a
diploma or two from medical
colleges of good repute. At this
writing none of the Kings in our
circle of acquaintance have taken
up the study OF medicine and we
therefore suggest that every man,
woman and child suffering from
this dreadful disease send fifty
cents to DR.. Jonathan G. Tru-
man, Lemon City, Fla, for a
bottle of "Marvelo." There is
but one cure for the Kings Evil
for Scrofula and that one
cure is Marvelo. This marvel
Gus preparation can only be OBJ
tanned of DR.. Jonathan G. Tru-
man, Lemon City, Fla.
NoTE-The Historical informationcon-
tained in these advertisements will be
fonnd to be absolutely accurate and stu
dents of history will do we'll to preserve
them for future use
The sun., 1898-10-09
TONGUES OF THE TRIBES.

One hundred and sixty Ian
guages and dialects perfectly re-
produced in a 64-page book. You
can secure copy for Dime. 1t
is marvellous collection, of
rare historic and educational in
terest and Importance. Address
B. c. Lee, Box 81, Wilkes-Barre,
Pa.
The sun., 1898-10-09
CAMERA

You can photograph anything. Instantaneous
or time exposure We prepare all apparatus,
plates, chemicals, etc, you follow directions
Anyone with this camera can soon learn the art
of photography. 1t will be q nice present for
vacation. Get 1t now. Teach yourself. Pre-
pared plates only 25 cents per dozen. Lots OF fun
for cents. BY mail &l.00
OTHER INVENTIONS.
have device for turning music leaves while
playing, very simple. No springs, turns ieayes
either way-a peculiar movement, perfect con.
struction, and only $3.50 by mail. Here is great
chance for agents. Remember, 1t is my own IN
vention, my own patent, my own manufacture,
my own territory and my own price.
-craIs's Common School Question
mail $l.15.
"pRoS. AMP coNs." an outline Of de;
bates on the public questions OF the day. SEND
for Pros and Cons by mail, LIS.
1.-THE SCIENCE OF FINANCE" Do you
want to post yourself on bimetallism, banking,
Postal savings? BY mail 35c. These hooks arc
nv own production. Address,
A. n. CRAIG. Mukw0nago. Wis.
The sun., 1898-10-09

X oNoRRHoEA AND GLEET. CURED IN
" to 10 days with Dr. Stratton's Gonorrhoea
tablets. Send prepaid 80 cents. Scientific Form
ula Company, 80 Green street. Albany. NJ Y.
The sun., 1898-10-09

The action o. the men who had the
circulars printed and sent to the differ
ent candidates on the Republican ticket
is reprehensible. 1t begins to look as il
there was deliberate purpose to try and
defeat the Republican ticket in New
Castle county. All right thinking citi-
zens will not be caught in the trap
sprung for them and will show the
handful of men that party comes first
and self aiterward. The man or men
who would deliberately set about to de-
feat their party because they could not
control its primaries, should be politi-
cally ostracised and ever afterwards
knocked in the head every time they
show it or ask anything before the peo-
pie. The men who so thoughtlessly had
this circular issued have not the good
OF the Republican party at heart. The
efforts Of the men who have been trying
to conciliate the disorganizers and
thought that all the troubles had been
patched up, now find that there are men
calling themselves Republicans who are
bent on disrupting the party to carry cut
their own selfish ends. 1t surely be-
gins to look as if their efforts were be-
ing used to try and defeat the party
which they have been supposed to be a
member of and had hoped for its success
at the polls in November. In other words
it looks as if the Democratic campaign
committee had used money to get these
men to try and defeat the Republican
party. We don't think that enough Re-
publican voters will be caught in the
trap set for them, but when election day
rolls around will cast their vote for the
whole Republican ticket. The threat
that has been made to place anothe,
Republican ticket in the field in New
Castle county can only result in defeat
ing every candidate on it with one OF
two exceptions. Surely Pat Neary has
more foresight as chairman OF the Demo
cratic county committee, than he hat
been given credit for, when he can de-
liberately purchase certain Republicans
to do his bidding under the guise of ask
irg post-mortem pledges from the differ
ent candidates. Don't make a single
pledge is the advice which We would give
to the several nominees. If candidate
is not to be trusted without making ;
pledge then he is not to be trusted if hi
makes them. Every candidate has NOR
or less self-respect and manhood, and h'
should insist on his rights and lot b.
dictated to by any man or set OF men,
Daily RpuJH"an.
The sun., 1898-10-09
You Gan Make

The sourest Vinegar ever tasted at
trifling cost. No fruit no acid abso-
lutely harmless. Send 25c. silver for
receipt. Address,
ESSIG,
No. 109 East Main st., Van Vert, Ohio
The sun., 1898-10-09

You are likely to vote either for Mr..
Handy or Mr.. Hoffecker for Congress.
Mr.. Handy having served term can be
depended on as to what he is likely if re.
elected to do. He will vote for more
money and better times. He has been
doing that and will keep on at it. He
believes that things have not been going
right financially here and wants to get
back to the order that gave our fathers
ease and wealth. In our judgement he
is perfectly horizontal in the views
which he has advocated with zeal and
ability as Congressman. There is
another thing or two about Handy that
makes him seem generally desirable
about Washington lie doesn't care fol
anybody and has stock of assurance
that looks little like impudence. Il
appears that we have onl y one Congress
man in several hundred there and are
not likely to get more. We ought tt
have an all around soggy fellow.
Uncle Hoffecker has lived good while
pretty respectfully, but he has managed
in age to get the CIaymont yoke firmly
fastened on him. He was an Addcks
man two years ago and he says he is th,
same man yet. If he is elected he viii
vote against monetary relief and in favo
or lower wheat and corn and labor. Hit
platform binds him to this and he is no
the kind of man to 60 back on his prin
ciples. He would make very fair Con
gresham for the bankers OF which h,
is one himself, but the man who il
husk ing corn would have to husk a lift |,
The sun., 1898-10-09

''For what length OF time have the
Union Republican members OF the Gen
eral Assembly been governed by rule
compelling them to participate in and
abide by the result Of caucus for United
States Senator? Certainly no such rule
The sun., 1898-10-09

Some of the city fathers, who are
Democrats, took steps on Saturday night
last to have the Single Takers arrested.
What fools these mortals be! Single TAX
is about as taking as free silver, little
more so than Kent county Democracy. -
state Sentinel.
The sun., 1898-10-09

NoTE-The Historical informationcon-
tained in these advertisements will be
fonnd to be absolutely accurate and stu
dents of history will do we'll to preserve
them for future use
The sun., 1898-10-09

Republican control of Sussex county
has given the people an object lesson Of
what republican mismanagement means.
The spectacle of the county orders being
hawked about and discounted should
alone drive every self respecting man in
the county to vote against the party that
is responsible for such conditions. No
individual in his business would for a
moment tolerate such methods, and these
same individuals will see to it that no
longer will be tolerated such methods in
their public affairs. Republican rule in
Sussex county is near its end.-,Smtord
Npus
The sun., 1898-10-09

Now that the Regular Republicans
have been chased to the blind end of a
long alley by the victims of the recent
joint primary elections, what do they
propose to do about it? We believe that
it was the Duke Of Wellington who said
that the only thing which exceeded a
great victory in horror was great de-
feat. Our Regular Republican friends
can appreciate the truthfulness of the
declaration of the man who fought q
hundred battles and never met defeat
Ereuing Journal.
The sun., 1898-10-09

"Oh, dear! what can the matter be?
Pats down off that big tree" sang one of
the Windlords yesterday, when he had
been told that the "Tackyites' had
routed Democracy tooth and nail and
that they we're the monarchs of all they
surveyed in the vicinity of Fifth and
Shipley streets as far as "meetin's" were
concerned.
Now be ready for the next sensation;
but First Citizen Hilles won't spring it,
For the fun of the thing just imagine
Parson Willis occupying seat in the
United States Senate. He would quote
Biblical terms so frequently that there
would be no space left for the amen.
That row is one of the best political
cards that ever happened.
Browne says to Knowles and Knowles
says to Byrne and Byrne says to dupont
and DUPONT says to Mckinley, says he
All eyes will be on Kent and Sussex
counties this week, for p-o-l-i-t-i-c-s are
hot in those storm-bound sections of the
state.
BE sure and send in your political
gossip.
Oh! where was Hoffecker when the
"lunch" was served.
Senator Stewart and the clique back Of
him have been "Called Back"
Vote for tenders and take the strain of
the minds of the motormen.
Republican nominees who refuse to
give the Union Republican pledge will
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-25

1 have advocated their pensions when
ever under the law In Justice they should
have them. 1 have never found II agree
able to make opposition to an honest
claim, but l think It is high time, and
possibly not Inappropriate, that where
bills are brought in promiscuously for the
removal of charges OF desertion We should
Investigate these things and see whether
these men are the kind OF men who are
entitled TO exist upon the nations gem
crosby and receive its tribute or whether
they might not be standing in the way
OF those men who have never had the
charge of deserton made against them
and who are more entitled to the nations
favors.
Is IL wise. my distinguished friends,
with the condition OF the treasury becom-
ing more and more in a state OF deficit.
when you are taxing the people and doub-
ling their burden, when you are putting
interest into the hand of the hondholder
and fortunes into the hands of the con-
tractor. while you are allowing the nation
to be pillaged on the one side and dis
graced on the other, that you should for
get in an hour like this the patriotism OF
such eminent commanders as those you
have on the sea, whose glorious cause no
man has risen here to praise or applaud?
One word OF encouragement or cheer may
mean much in a desperate conflict.
Why not, / pray you, stop and reflect
when they shall be looked after, when
shall they be prepared for? If you pay
out all the money you have in the treasury
now wrongfully to contractors, jobbers
and bondholders, are you not prohibiting
and preventing those who may come here
after from receiving just and proper allow
ance from a generous and grateful ma
tion?
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-25
BIMETALLISM.
From Speech OF Hon. w. @. Jones in
the National House.

"A nation which possesses a commercial
and Industrial power five times greater
than it's greatest competitor ought to De
the clearinghouse OF the world"
Mr. Speaker: Not long since Sir Henry
Hucks Gibbs, governor of the Bank OF
England. was asked the direct question
whether England could restore the parity
between gold and silver by opening her
minis to the equal coinage of the two met
ais and he replied without hesitation:
ANY great commercial nation can do it,"
Why does Sir Henry say any great
"commercar' nation? Because. Mr..
Chairman. II is the commerce of coun-
try which creates the demand for money.
China and India are great In population:
Russia is great in naval and military pow
err, but none of them is great commercial
". None OF them produces or consumes
any considerable proportion Of the worlds
products, and consequently they transact
only an insignificant part of the worlds
business.
None Of these nations Is OF sufficient
commercial importance to be included by
Mr.. Mulhall. even with Spain. In his cata-
logue of great nations. Such nations do
not create a great demand for money. Mr..
| Chairman. because they do not transact
much business with money. and It may
be conceded for the purpose OF this ar
| gument that none Of them. nor even all
| of them combined could create a sufficient
| demand for silver to restore 1t to parity
| with gold by opening their minis to its
| coinage, though such action on their part
would greatly lessen the disparity between
| the metals.
| Either France. Germany or England
| could, however. in the opinion OF this
| eminent English economist, restore the
| parity between gold and silver by admit
| ting them on equal terms to its minis.
But where II the United States in ths
| catalogue of great nations? You, Mr..
| Speaker, in a burst OF patriotic eloquence.
| have shown that. measured by the pro-
| duction and consumption of manufacture
| ed goods, we are equal TO one-third OF the
civilized earth and are five times as great
| as Great Britain. with all her Wanted and
| overyalued greatness. Manufactured
goods Mr.. Chairman, include the steel
and iron. copper and lead. gold and sill
| yer. zinc and tin. cotton and wool, rnen
| and leather OF which they are made and
| the machinery and fuel 1t takes to pro-
duce them.
| In addition 10 this we have already
4 shown that OF the great staples. cotton,
| copper. steel iron and lead. we produce
| considerably more than one-half as much
| as all the rest Of the world combined But
| production and consumption do not alone
| measure the volume OF n nations COM
| merce, nor the demand which the people
| of that nation create for money. Where
| producer and consumer are neighbors
their exchange OF commodities can be eff
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-25

No. 1. comprising the principal ag-
rlcultural district, Is composed OF
the following counties: Asotin,
Columbia, Garfield, Klickitat.
Spokane, Walla Walla and Whit
man. Group No. 2, comprising the
principal timber district. Is COM
posed OF the following counties:
Chehalis, Clallam, Cowlitz, Island,
Kitsap. Lewis, Mason, Pacific,
Snohomish, Thurston and What
com.
1T will be seen by referring TO
the supplemental schedule marked
b. that the total assessed valu-
alton OF all property In the seven
agricultural counties amounted TO
s54.020.s24. and that the valuation
of all the property in the eleven
timber counties amounted to s54,-
653,769 or practically equivalent
sums. Let us now see how they
divide:
"1n the agricultural group. land
and railroad tracks were assessed
at but s3l.77s.345 while the same
items OF property in the timber
group reached s43,6S ISL, a value
over 81 per cent greater than that
in the agricultural group.
Personal property and improve
ments in the agricultural group
reached the sum of s22,241, 479,
while the same items OF property
in the timber group did not ex-
coed $40 $3.50, $751; a value over 50 per
cent less than the same classes
of property in the former group.
crrNf,yADv
Had personal property and i'm
provements been exempt from
taxation, 1t not only would have
resulted in a great saving to the
taxpayers generally. and have en-
cluded from the scrutiny of the
Assessor the only class of prop
erty in connection with which per-
jury is so often committed. but
would have reduced the total val
uatlon OF the property in the ag-
ricultural group over Al per cent.
while II would not have reduced
the total in the timber group but
a trifie over 20 per cent. and would
have affected the state tax as
follows:
'It would have lessened the
total amount of state taxes to he
paid by the counties in the agri-
cultural group from s2S6,310 TO
s24o,62. a saving of s45,6S3, nearly
16 per cent. while 1t would have
increased the amount to have been
paid by the counties in the timber
group from $3.50 e5 to $780, 9e, n
sum s90,l65 greater than that
which would have been levied
against the AGRICULTURAL prOun
THE exemption from taxation
of personal property and improve
ments would. therefore. relieve
the producers of wealth from an
excessive burden now borne Oy
them, and place 1t upon those
whose sole occupation is the fore
stalling Of progress and prosper
fly.
us Il not time that we cease
taxing Industrious laboring men
for the benefit of idle. non-produc-
ing speculators7
Shall we frame our revenue
laws in the interest of those who
live and labor within the borders
OF our own state, or shall we so
frame them as to create a nom
resident landed aristocracv and
state teeming with tenants?
''w. D. JENKINS,
Secretary Of State.
ROBERT BRIDGES.
commissioner OF fublic Lands"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-25

ITO the Honorable, the Legis,a-
ture OF the State of Washington
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned
members of the State Board of
Equalization, hereby direct your
attention to certain facts In rela-
ton To, the assessment and collec-
ton of taxes in the State of WASH
ington which we deem OF suf1i-
Client importance to warrant a
most careful and impartial inves-
tigation by your honorable body,
with a view to the making of
such changes in the constitution
and laws OF the state as are nee
essary to eliminate from their OPP
Grafton not only grave inequalities
and injustice, but great pecuniary
inducements to downright lying
and perjury. which characterize
the enforcement OF our present
laws.
'As Hon. f. u. Benson. one of
the Superior Judges in King
County, in his report to the hon
cradle Judges OF the Supreme
Court OF the State OF Washing
ton has well said:
"dth tIspiidi pTOpeTIN at
present escapes taxation unlav-
fully. 1t is impossible to prevent
such escape, and were II prevent
ed the injustice would be increas-
ed rather than diminished. 1t is
hard to make any one believe that
1t is just that he should be peri
odically taxed heavily because he
is industrious and honest, and
less heavily In proportion as he il
unthrifty and dishonest. Yet. our
revenue laws plainly act as a fine
upon thrift and industry. and are
standing invitation and Induce
ment to unlawful concealment and
perjury
But let US view this question
from a fiscal standpoint and de-
termine whether or not the tax
ing OF personal property and i'm
provements is In the interest Of
those whose honesty. industry,
and presence among lis have given
to this commonwealth it's present
enviable position in the sister
hood of states.
Schedule A hereto attached,
shows. by counties. the total as
sessed valuation of all property
in the state, as equalized by The
State Board. the combined valua-
tions OF land exclusive of inn
provements) and railroad tracks,
the combined valuations OF per-
sonal property and improvements,
the total amount OF state and
state school tax levied against
each county for the year 1897, all
as shown by the report of the
STATE Board OF Equalization OF
that year, together with percent
ages.
"a perusal of the schedule will
show that under the present sys-
TEN much heavier tax for state
and state school purposes Is levied
against those agricultural coun-
ties In which an abundance of la
Dor and capital are annually ex-
pended in the production of
wealth. than In the timber coun-
ties, where shrewd spectators
are monopolizlng the natural op-
portunities and forestalling the
production OF wealth. than would
prevail IL personal property and
improvements were not taxed.
For the purpose of bringing
this point out more boldly two
groups of counties have been ar
ranged for comparative purposes.
selected from the whole number
of counties in the state. Group
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-25
Schedule " a."

Schedule
and
provements had been
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-08-25
N~~NNNNOO
REPORT OF THE !
Board Of Equalization 5
LEGISLATURE OF 1899.

kns Secretary State Neal Chham
Legislature before