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1t IS an old story. that of the two Irish
men who were about to fire on cannon
aud desired t. save the ball They arranged
between them that one should touch on the
gun while the other should stand in front
and hold an iron pot in which the bail would
toe caught. The pot-holder took his pc. ition.
STOPPING forward and bending loy t. got tho
kettle, which hc held in both hands. in line
with thc cannon. ami a. his comradc stepped
up oapply tine torch: Ionh IL or so0iy.
JIMMY e. h. shouted.
This story has often boon told; hut the
scheme which 1t uufolls has never been
regarded a. practicable and wise until. ~
We infer, it fell upon the ear Of Mr.. HAYES (;
for we cannot imagine any other source
from which he could have borrowed the idea
disclosed in his address to n delegation OF
colorcd citizcns who called upon him day
before yesterday. The spokesman, Nj.
JOHN f. QUARLEs, negro gentleman OF
Georgia. said that his people had been sur
pri-cd AT the southern policy adopted by the
now Administration. Nj. HAYES. in response
said that if on a trial of the Now policy, it
was found that Through it the rights of
any man. white or binck. were curtailci in
any way. il would he changed at once and
that the change would lee 80 quick that they
would "bc much more surprised at it than
they could possibly be at the Inauguration
of the now policy
So Mr., HAYES. it seems. IS going to touch
of his new southern policy softly. tn"
negroes, who are to stand IN front, and hold
the pot to catch the ball, II is To Ice hoped
will have a gool time. NJ. HAYES +. t. re-
store the rebel whites 70 power and then ii
! the negroes ilnl the enjoyment Of any OF
their rights impaired Ia IS, in Il twinAling,
to restore the pf'-cnt order of things
Ii Mr.. HAYES Will explain by what littl'
slcight uf hand he expect % put the whit,
rebcls down again after once citing them uI
in authority. hc will cnlighten Tn" public Oh
a subject which is all mystery t. every on
now. lie might ascertain the practicabi.itl
ol his plan with t1lerdble certainty bS
walking down to Che Navy lud and tryina
IN, experiment of touching oil oannol
softly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-03
DR.. C.. McLANE'S
IIV PILLS.

These Pills are. not RECOMMENDED
as a remedy for ali the ills that
flesh is heir to-" but in affections Of
the Liver, and in all Bilious Com
plants, Dyspepsia and Sick Head
ache, or diseases of that character,
they stand without a rival.
AGUE n V
No better cathartic can be used
preparatory to, or after taking Qui-.
nine.
As a simple purgative they are
unequaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar
coated.
Each box has a red wax seal on
the lid. with the impression DR..
McLANE's LIVER PILLS.
Each wrapper bears the signatures
of c. McLANE and FLEMING Bros.
Sold by all respectable druggists
and country storekeepers generally
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-03

Mothers NAV have rest and their babIe:
may have health, if tlqy will Use Csstoria
Tor Wind Collie, Worms, Feveri,hness,
Sore Mouth, Group. or Stomach Com.
plants. 1t is entirely II vegetable rreoar-
alton, and contains neither mineral. NOR
phine, nor alcohol. 1t il As pleasant to
:ake AS honey. and neither gags nor cripes.
Or. r.. Dim"cf of Dapont, O.. SAYS;
II nm using Castoria in my practice
with the most signal benefits ana hanny
result" f'
This is what everyone saws. Most
nurses in New York CITY use the Castoria.
1t is prepared by Me.srs. j. b. Rose &
Co., 46 Dew street, New York. guccessors
Samuel Pitcher, II. ID.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-03
ssGO WAY,

Mrs. Koncistent was sewing when
there came a knock. Going to the
door she found a boy who begged for
something to eat.
"Why don't you go to work.
she asked, with a hard look on her
face.
81 can't get any work." he said.
SWELL, people who won't work
can't expect to eat she testify re-
piled. "And you shan't get a mouth
full here. You are big enough to do
something for a living, but as you
don't you can leave here at M 1
shan't encourage idleness."
And she shut the door in his face,
and went back to her work, proud OF
her fmness, and of the great moral
lesson she had taught.
Three days later another knock dis
tufDSu utT. SHt WeuI W tuC uOOA
and saw a boy with a small tin pail in
hbrsbradisu, anoEer Waited her to
buy some.
$50 away, L don't want to buy
anything" she snapped.
SITS only fifteen cents for a pint"
he saiu.
81 don't care how much it is. /
won't have any peddlers around here
anyway. Go away, i tell you; take
yourself off at once, and doa't let me
see you again"
And with a snort she slammed the
door to and went back to her work,
well satisfied with her firmness in re-
sisting a peddler.
As it was the same boy who came
begging three days before, and was
now on n mission to earn something,
it would be interesting to know what
he thought. However, that doesn't
impair the symmetry of the moral.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-03

of the farmer is to pass dry-shod over
the dewy meadows and burrows of his
field. The Indifferent and unsightly
assess that are now used are to be re-
placed from his farm by thorough
bred stations. His Berkshire pigs
will be sold by him at reasonable
prices to take the place of the sharp
nose blistly Ozark pine grubber. With
perpetual seed time and harvest, corn
five dollars per bushel, coffee the
same, short-horns taking the place Of
Grumpy horn, giving pure butter and
cheese, in place of the thin watery
fluid they now supply to the great de-
triment of old maids and feeble in
fants, and from his superior knowl-
edge of horticulture, and the changes
he would bring about in the temper.
allure of our climate, the young syca-
more and cottonwood of the West
will be so improved and transformed
as to bear the sweet, delicious fruits
oil the tropical South. The oranges,
bananas, and squashes would grow as
large as -four barrels, and strawber-
ries, apples and peaches be only
worth the picking. The poultry, too,
would improve greatly, particularly
the chickens; they would grow so tall
you could scarcely hear them crow at
all.
Under his administration then, there
wonld be no more drought, and our
winters would be changed into per-
petual summer, no more chinch-bugs
or grasshoppers, and the happy far
mer would ever rejoice at the pros
porous condition of having to pay nc
taxes and a perpetual prosperity here
tofore unknown to our own or the
people of any other race. And from
the very shadow of his wisdom, hii
great moral worth would go out to the
people of other States and infuse new
life, hope, and universal prosperity
and happiness that would inspire thu
people and every other living thins
that creeps, walks or talks. Thi
millennium would be sc universal a
) to cause /" the whangdoodle to ceas
7 to mourn the loss Of her first born
The trusty cur will a to rende
3 hideous the midnight hours the lad
E and lassies will learn not to deceiv
each other, and rejoice in the honey
: moon forever and ever. When thi
great day Of prosperity shall hav
3 come, then and not until then will tn
3 millennium have arrived and the bugs
: hoppers, storms, drouths and othe
3 grievances of the farmer be remedied
fl stOZARK."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-03
TO MAKE HENS LAY.

Now there is another man who
thinks he knows how to make hens
lay, and he communicates the process
to one of the agricultural papers. II
is in the food, Of eourse. That's
what all these idiots say.
When will the true nobility of a
hen be understood? Hens are not
machines. They are reasoning,
thinking beings. II there is n
sign more impressive than another it
is a hen thinking. II you want to
make a hen lay get on her best side.
Work on her feelings. This can be
done by studying hof, nature, and
learning her tastes. This accomplish
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-03

ed, 90 to work and show her that you
are her friend, and not o grinding,
grasping leeeh with no higher ambi-
ton than worming eggs out Of her.
When a hen sees that you love her
and respect her, that you are truly her
friend, that you are in active sympa-
thy with her reaching out for the I'M
definable in nature, she will just turn
her toes in, tighten her jaws, and
fairly fill the entire atmosphere will
eggs. You can't lay for a hen will
food tricks. A hen despises conceal
ment.-Danbury News.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-03
Trustees Sale.

Whereas, Mary :. Leavitt and
Frank y Leavitt, Franklin Collins
and Frances Collins by their deed of
trust, dated the 18Th day OF March.
1869, and recorded in the Recorders
office of Audrain county, at Deed
Book az" pages 220-l-2, conveyed
John l.. Richards, the following 4
scribed real estate, situated in I
county of Audrain, State of Miss,
ri, viz:
The northeast fourth of the sou
west quarter, and the north hah
the southeast quarter of section II,
Der nine (9), and the northwest foul
OF the southwest quarter of scctiC
number ten (l0); all in township tif
one (5l) of range eight (S) west.
Which said conveyance was mad.
in trust to secure the payment of
three notes in said deed described and
whereas the third and last one of said
notes has become due and is unpaid.
now therefore, IN accordance with
the provisions of said Deed of Trust
and at the request of the legal holder
OF said note, | will proceed to sell the
above described Real Estate, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, al
the court house door in the town OF
Mexico, in the county of Audrain.
State aforesaid. to the highest bidder
for cash, at public auction, on
Tuesday, May 10Th, 1877,
between thc hours ofnine in the fore
noon and five in the afternoon of that
day, to satisfy said note, together
with the COS and expense of execut-
ing said trust
JOHN L.. ROBARDS.
April 9th. 1877. 5l-4t. Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-03
HOW TO TELL. AGES.

The following magic table OF fgur-
ss will enable you to tell how old
any person is under So years of age,
that rs if one can get him to tell you
in which column or columns his age
is contained. Add together the
figures at the top OF the columns in
which his age 10 found, and you have
the secret. Thus:-Suppose his age
to be 20, yoa will find the number 20
only in four columns, namely, the
first, third; fourth and fifth, and the
sum of the figures OF these four
columns is 20. This is magictable:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-03
CENTAUR
LINIMEN
Letter from a Postmaster.

Letter from q Postmaster.
"ANrIocH, ILL.,, Dec. /, 1874.
'.Messrs. j. B. ROSE & Co.:
..ssaMy wife has, tor a long time, been
@@fible sufferer from Rheumatism. 81
has t: led many physicians and many rem,
dies. The only thing which has given her
relief is Centaur Liniment. ! am ~rejoiced
to say this has cured her. l am doing
""A' 4 II" " N''' W. II. RING.
This is a sample of many thousand testi-
mOnials received, of wonderful cures
effected by the Centaur Liniment. The
ingr edients Of this article are published
! around each bottle. 1t contains Witch
Hazel, Me=tha, Arnica, Rock Oil, Car
boIic, and ingredients hitherto little
known 1t Is an indisputable fact that the
Centaur Liniment j. performing more
cures of SwelIings, Stiff joints. Eruptions,
Rheumatism, Neuralgia. Sciatisa. Caked
Breasts, I.ockjaw, ", than all other Lin
iments, Embroca.ions, Extracts, Salves,
Ointments, and Plasters now in use.
For Toothache. Earache Weak Back,
tch and Cltmneous Eruptions it is I'D
mirAble. 1t cures burns and scalds with
out II scar. Extracts poison from bite,
and stings, and heals frost bites and chill
hialEs, in II short time. No family car
afford 10 be without the Centaur Lini
ment, white wrapper.
The C.utaur Imminent. yellow wrapper,
is adapted to the tough skin, muscles and
flesh of the aninsl creation. Its effects
upon severe cases OF SPAWN. SW. eny
Wind Gall, Big Head and Poll Evil, are
little less than mary llous.
Messrs. j. Mcclure " Co. Druggists
! corner Elm and Front streets, CincIun natl
O., ssYI
'IR our neighborhood n number o.
tealnsters are using the Centaur Liniment
They pronounce it superior to anything
they have ever used. We sell rs high ~
four to five dozen bottles per month t.
thesn teaul,tarsI". ~, sfmlrar testimo.
aials.
For Wounds, Calls, Scratches, Ring,
bone, 30, and for Screw Worm In Sheer
1t has no rival. Farmers, Liverv-mcE,
and Stock-raiSefs, have in this Imminent =
remedy which is worth Ii hundred time,
its cost.
Laboratory OF J. IL. Rose s. Co.,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-03

"Why is a man who ''c~ottons'to'
his gin too often like "ginned cot
toni" Because both will at times
have q blow out.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-03

The days r about twenty-six
minuets longer than the nights, and
will continue to grow three minutes a
| day for the next two months.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-03
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

STATE OF MISSOURI, COUNTY OF
AUDRAIN, ss.-ln the Probate Court
Estate of Geo. II. Ross, deceased, D.
f.. Shea, administrator.
Now comes ID. f. Shea, admins
traitor of the estate of Geo. Nj. Ross,
deceased, and presents to the Court
his petition, praying for an order for
The sale of SO much of The Real Estate
of said deceased as will paw and sat
isfv the remaining debts due by said
estate, and yet unpaid for want of
sufficient assets, accompanied by the
accounts, lists aud inventories re-
uuirCd hV law in suCl case, on exam
nation whereof il is ordered that all
persons Interested in the estate o.
said deceased he notified that appli-
cation AS aforesaid has been made,
and that unless the contrary he
| shown on OF before the first day OF
ti,, nc~t .rrm OF this Court, to bc
held on the
SECOND MONDAY IN MAY
next, an order will be, made for the
sale of the whole, or SO much OF the
real estate of said deceased as will be
sufficient to for the payment of said
debts; AID il is further ordered that
this notice he published in some
newspaper published in this county,
for fnur weeks before next term OF
this Court, and this cause Is con-
tinued.
a true copy.
s. NJ. EDWARDS.
Judge of Probate.
Dated, April 4th, 1877.
SOFT.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-03

WEALTH. ECONOMY I WEALTH.
S72 TO $50 PER WEEK g
. Horse and Wagon Free to Agents. 2
THE FAMILY SHUTTLB 8
so ; ;;''51
sVOVM lOnilsM :
Mounted upon fine polished or oiled
black walnut top table and treadie,
, all complete, $50 2
The most solid, re liable and salts Z
4 factory machine ever invented for all u
. kinds of family work. An ackDOwl- Q
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: cess, thoroughly tested, and used in x
: thousands of homes. An efficient, ST. -
8 lent, rapid, reliable, aud ever-ready ~
helper to the weary wife or seam &
. stress, that will do the work of a ~
2 family for a lifetime, and costing p
5 less than half the price of machines ),
. of Il like quality. 1t makes the shut =
tie, doubie-thread, lock-stitch 1.-THE :.
= am on UOLh sues Oh tue "OIhBI
:. which received the highest award at 49,
. the Centennial. Tho strongest finest =
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: 1t does more W rk at less cost; ope- z
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2 machine 1t any price,. 1t Is bailt for =
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= fancy work tban any other machine, :
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= with any kind of thread, and run off :
p twenty yards Per minute; uses a Z
2 strong straight needle, and never =
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: thread. The money Cheerfully re- q
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outlast any machins at double the Z
price. Ii you have any other ina e
Z chine, buy this and have a better :
+ one. The ease and rapldity of its :
= motion and quality of It's WORK is its =
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. bv written guarantee to maintain its q
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z quilt. rufle, pleat, fold, scallop.s nfrr, =
? roll, haste, e%mbroider. run up :
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= and it will earn from 81 to IS per 5
: day for any one who wishes to sew {
: fora living, the best end lowest :
q priced machine ever invented. For !
2 testimonials see descriptive books,
mailed free with samples of work. :
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81 IKONO0H 'HLTETA
, 1877-10-05

IA king Something for HothiuH-hIoro DIil1+
tin 0ftlceTs-A DrunkaFd PardonetI-.it L.
bcl clNuit-1seElstrAtIan.

IA king Something for Nothiug-nIoro 3lill.
tin Oflcers-A UruIkAFd Pnrdonet-.A L.
bol olNutt-1seelstrAtl0p.
Spe11t EspateA 10 7as CAfea1o Trtbun<
srRISoyIELp, ILL.,, Oct. t.-Thc Temperance
Mutual Benedt Association Of Brooklyn, a,a
insurance society which proposes 10 inaure
tcetotallera only, requests Of the Auditor per-
mission to do busincsa In Illinois Without
complying with the Insurance laws requiring
adepostt 10 secure polic5.hollers. Tile Auditor
replies tn this, a In al other sin'llar cases,
That tAe Company must deposit thu sl01ooo
Of additional militia ufIlcers-the sIau and Inc
officers Of the Thru Regiment, uu,i tho
Captains Of the Cowter Guards, Mount
Vernon Guards, and Mason City Guards.
uoy. Cuilotu to-day pRrduncd james Farley,
recently sent to the County Jail here ~ 4 habit
ual urupkaTd. Ccmeucy was asked bY tho
prisoners vile, tho Justice Nt.u sentenced him,
and numerous leading citizens, who Represent
that Farley has fcturuIet1.
In thu libel suit OF William Andrews, locu]
Democratic politician, against tho {Ntaots Ss,.fe
Journal for publishing him a. '.an intoterablo
nuisance" tllc jury tv.day brought In verdict
awarding Que cpfit danlaEes. Fiyp thousand
dollars were claimed. Tho dctcuso outcrcI a
motion In arrest uf judgment, md, 1t new trial
is not granted, will arpcal the case, probably.
Secretary Harlow, In response to an Inquiry
by tho County Clerk OF peura County, state4
that the repatriation of voters Ia not Necessary
At tLis fall election, a. It Is nut State election,
no State officers lelng voted Tor, aud the law
only requires reRlstertng IN general election.
, 1877-10-05

TIE RGsTC1iEK COMMANDMENT.
LONDON, Oct. "A fsutttil,,k special OF Oct.
3says: Tic renewal Ut the honl,ardment by
the Russian batteries at tiiurgcvo has In1lttcl
enosmous damage upo', the Town Of ltuatciluH.
A great proportion OF tho houses arc Ia utter
raina Only II few remain entire. The tnsfcnch-
1aents, however, remain Intact. The health of
thu garrison and Inhabitants Ia good, md tho
casualttea arc few.
4 Belgrade fpecial sayk tho militia l!avo been
or1tere4 10 assetns,lc By tue 6tlI Inst.
sCLEixAN.
II Is announced from Constanttnop'e TINT
eutc.mnn Pasha l,as arrived Mt Kasgvad.
MONTENEGRO.
The princr Of Montenegro Inns decided to con-
slider this years campaign terminated
with the occupatiou OF the district Of I,an]an,.
Thu PrIncc has written the Car that
lie llnd kaccecdrd In obtaining Ills principal OBJ
1cct, namely, tic uciycrancc OF tic population
M Upper 1tcrzeRnyinu, ami lid not intend to 90
l@yond tho llau}ant country. The Prince con-
clrslcd with tue request that tho Car would, In
the cycnt II conclusion Of the war, consent to
tho Incorporation of tho district Of Danjanl with
Montenegro.
, 1877-10-05
WHITE EARTH.

Prescnt State Of the Indlnn Troubles at That
Agency.
Special Rfsr1&ch n Ttk Chfca1n tribune.
er. Paul, Num-, Dct. IA telegram to tho
Difateh from detroit says Col. Baics' company
Of infantry arrived there from White Earth last
evening to take tho train for Fort SLelltng, hay
Ing left a stnnll detachment at the Agency to
remain until the annuity payment, trouble br-
Ing feared from Chiefs whusc subsidy is to 10
retained and divided per capita with other an
nultics: also to assist in Gn!ctina anY t1Istur-
bancc which may arise frou. tue arrest Of Father
Io1nnzln should he rcappcar Mt his mission.
hnnors say tlat Tonazf11, after a conference
viii. Cot. Bates. instead Of leaving tho reseryA-
tton. vas concealed By some Of Ills church rco-
pic. Intending 70 return TO the ,nftsion
had Withdrawn. Ills trieni. are very hitler, and
do not cease to utter n'urlcrous threats II be IL
removed b. forrc.. As to tho subsidy to tho
Chiefs, 1t Is explained here TINT, utlder the
treaty expir!nE next ycar, tue Chiefs ofbands Of
CASH not cxcecdiug 4l5D IN the discretion 0! the
Indian Bureau. The Indians consttuo tho
treaty to pledge an annual surplus, the amount
betes es h. s4bst .nt 70 ~ They claim
Chiefs without providing thctn any other form Of
scIl.govcrnmcbt, OF any other recognized
mtdiam Of protection against the acttoas at an
Agent whose power fs unrestricted as far as
they arc concerned. 4 military guard will evil
IDENTIFY 30 required not only tttl after tho pay-
!ncnt, but all winter. The danger If col.
lsfon Is Increased by the people II Draincsd-
VIII, have bccn annoyed for yeara By hundreds
OF struggling Misunderstanding neaalres to force
stFaggscrs to 60 to their reservations without
waiting for tue State or national authorities to
net IN the tnstter This increment Il directed
ruly Of all the Chtppewns.
MA:sAcNE nr ArAcnEs.
, 1877-10-05


HINT PROM GERMANY TO THE FORTE.
VIENNA, Oct. 4.-Trusty reports from, Berlin
statr TINT. nv Emneror Williams tnecfa, o,,1cr
,,.,e ~. - ;',a sa, -, C"a.,s.,.,s, o.us',
''''o t'he uteu gu. !" eon''a'''."of'c 7els
ras1cat'y urging that principles OF humanity
should BE- no longer violated. The toto docs
not exnetty threaten TIM Turks. but Icaycs M
,tout of tho ,,,rI, intor,+ton III and ,f,a, I'm
~ ~ .st a"u INV ,, .'se ~,
defsnt' toferitnent Goes not intend silently
and ,uditIcrcntIy to look On.
cnrELrirs or THE rrRKs,
1ospoN, sent. aa,-1ht 7Ymr,, Theran,s cor.
-o.no.',sn, 49,. .,.. ,s.t,,.. ...s.'i.1a W.
Ruumel1a will not send the taueseisotIs TO Con-
etanttuoplc, because tltcy nle afraid their lives
would he spared. This apprehension Of tho
Kounaniau iNllftury authorities. wltrl, fs in ac-
cordanee ;s!t' tue opinion generally entertained
0ueschol1a aEe iun.'ccnt, for the 'rurks arc nut
tus: HOW tIspDaed to eht,Y utrcy townr.I Eul-
, 1877-10-05

f,attallonk, assumed the offensive Thcv Storm
cl 0iaIl-DHgtt, n,n], aEtar five hours lighting,
pursued the Russians 10 Arpatcl1at. Night
stoppcl l!lc conflict. Both sides maintained
thsfr positions. s{nkhtar I'asl,a estimates tho
Russian loss nj h90. Thu Turkish loss Is un-
known. FALL Pasha waA wounded.
There was TO fighting on Thursday except
near KariJa of which the dispatch gives no de-
tails.
The rumor that two RUSSIAN Generals wcrc
Killed Is unfuun,ie,i.
The rortc, I'll dispatch 10 its REPRESENTATIVES
abroad, claims that Atuhltar gained an orcs-
wl,eltalng victory.