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Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
~DASTARDLY TRICK.

Some u~nprincipled sounded burn
ell the plank that was taken to the
Harrison 1 mic grounds for seats and
platform. 1t is not necessary for us
to give our opinion of such a scoun-
drcl.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
GREAT REDUCTION.

For the purpose of reducing my
stock, l will, for the next 80 DAYS
sell millinery and fancy goods, hats,
hornets, etc., at greatly reduced pri-
ces for cash. Persons wishing bars
gains will do well to call soon and
get the first choice. Respectfully,
na-tf Nj. j. HARDING
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
Lost.

A red or bay mare mule, one year
old. Said mule is supposed to have
followed a team from Mexico on the
day or night of the show as it was IN
town hat day. Any information in
regard to her can be left at the LED
GER office. u
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

BE perfect and you will never
die. No perfect man was ever known
to-St. Joe Reporter.
Will now you please tell Us when a
perfect man lived.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
MuSIC SCHOOL.

MI. w. NJ. Treloar will commence
teaching a class in music early In
September next. Branches taught,
piano, organ, musical composition and
singing. Terms moderate. l6tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
Z GROCERIES,!

We have added to our stock 4. lot
of No. l Groceries. Coffee, Tea, Su-
gar, Syrup, and the finest lot of To-
bacco and Cigars ever brought to
Mexico. Frost's news depot and
fancy grocery, next door to postotiice.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
OF PEACE.

David Reddington submits his name
TO the voters of Salt River township
Us a candidate for Justice of the
Peace at the next general election.
We are authorized to announce
Orlando HIT as a candidate for the
Office of Justice of the Peace of Salt
River township, subject to the pri-
mary election.
CONSTABLE.
We are authorized 20 announce r.
B. Hooton as a candidate for re-elec-
ton to the office of Constable of Salt
River township, subject to primary
election.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

DIR. c. w. Benson's Celery and
Chamomile Pills are prepared ex-
pressly to cure sick headache, nerv-
Gus headache, Dyspeptic headache,
neuralgia. nervousness and sleepless-
ness, and will cure any case. Price
fifty cents a box, 30 pills, postage
free. Sold by all druggists. Office,
No. 1O6 n. Eutaw ST., Baltimore,
Nd S-tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
ROOTS. SHOES, AND HATS.

Rutledge & Trefoar are now re-
ceiving their fall stock of boots, shoes,
hats, caps. and gloves which they are
offering at bottom prices. Latest
style of hats at
I7-tf. RUTLEDGE & TRELoAR's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

If you want to insure your property
call on G. w. Baker, who is known
to have the leading Fire Companies
and who protects his policy holders
IN the event of loss. lift
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

The Perry hack leaves here on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
B. f. Tomlinson, at Insley's grosery
store, is agent, leave your orders
with hun, IL tt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

If YOU want a first class shave or a
stylish hair cut you should call on
Little Mack, the boss barber, in the
Palace Barber Shop under new saw
Ings' bank. If.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15


Decrease. ........... S9,296 81
The tax for the State is 40 cents on
800 the other taxes, exclusive OF
school tax amount to 100 cents on
500, divided as follows: For county
revenue 80 cents, in!cres: on railroad
bonds 80 cents, and county roads 20
cents on 500, making an aggregate
Of 40 cents per $500.
FOR the year 1876 the State derived
81 ,693 $500 from railroads county
revenue, from same source was
S5.742 22-l00; and that of the schools
$3.50 93-l00, making a grand total
of x7.7l3 l3-l00 derived from rail-
roads.
The abe and iudicious mannc in
which our finances are managed will
soon exlricate lis from debt. AL
though the rate OF taxation is not
b~urdensome, our bonded debt will
be II~quidated without Increase of levy
in 1881. When the financial condi-
ton of Audrain county is compared
with others that are contesting, COM
promising and wen regulating
their Indebtedness. its citiZtns have
reason to be proud Of the county
management of their finances.
We are indebted to B, f. Locke,
Esq, our accommodating county
clerk, for above statistics.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
SPEAKING.

f. G. Haley and others will address
the people of Mexico on the financial
issue of the day Friday, Aug. 10th,
at Court House.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
THAT HE REMEDY

EDITOR LSi"S..k: ply 5itelibcf
mas been ~ctllc,i to ,tn article in your
asst issue signed j. 4. +. and pur
porting to come from Farher, Mo. ]
10 not know who nsRers to those in
itials, heuce | cannot account for TIE
interest Manifested by the gentleman
But | am sorry to see he does me III
Justice by stating that [ denomlnatcd
DrS. FRESHMAN and Reilly humhngs.
rkis We did not 60, AS any n viii
observe by referring to onr former
article. Neither did we call the rem
edy into question. We simply mad
an cir,rg 10 show that The remedy
was no secret and that the reGrlM
medical profession throuohoutthe Unit
ed States were now availiug themSel-
yes of its use. We made no denounce-
ments against the remedy nor agains;
any one using it. We stated W
our signature what we knew to b.
facts, aud have always been ready to
defend them with the proof at our
command. Now, in regard to the or
iginatiun of the remedy: (%carbolic
acid) This substance was discovered
in 1884 hy Range, in the tar of con!
In 1871 it WAS thoroughly Investigate
ed by Lmrcnt, who, considering il
as a hydrltcd oXi,lc Of a peculiar rad
zeal which he named ''Phenyl,"
&C y, III y described it under the
name of "Hydratef Oxide of Pilenyl."
&C y, III ., O-lIo.) It's acid proper
ties having b eli subsequently recog-
nized, it received the name of "i'hen-
ic Acid or ''Phcnot." Bat chemists
appear disposed out of justice To its
original discoyrrcr to adhere To the
title he gave it of "'C0rholic Acid"
(See United States Dispensatory,
18th edition, Page 1860 Although
this substance came into notice and
employment as long ago us 1854, il
was not until very recently that it YVES
recognized a> an ~Otlicinal preparation.
The first notice | have of its use IN
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

If you want to sell, buy or eXchage
county or town property, call ON u.
f. Shea. Office in Opera block,
Mexico, Nc. III
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

Gents shoes all styles at Boston
Shoe Store, south side square. 9-3m.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

Geo. Cromwell, conductor of the
Cromwell Bus Line, makes calls in
all parts of the town and meets all
rains. IT,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

NEweoRrs! NETWORKS! at Boston
Shoe Store, south side square: 9-3m.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

-Hurrah for God and grecnbacks
Pomeroy.
Yes, Brick, you need as much of
tie former as You want of the latter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

If 0 want an easy shave or your
hair cut in style, call at the Palace
Barbershop under new Savings bank
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
MONEY TOLoAN.

| have constantly on hand, money
TO loanon first-class security in sums
to suit.
j. w. Carson, Southern Bank
32.fsna.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
GRAY HAIR.
The Mysteries of Carboline as q Restora-
tive.

The composition of the human hair has
never been accurately or satisfactorily de-
termined. Chemical analysis has revealed
its main constituents, but, as it varies, es-
sentially in different persons, and in the
same person at different ages, it is impossi-
BILE todetermine with any accuracy exactly
what quality is lacking where a person be-
comes prematurely.gray or what prepare
ton Is best suited to restore the natural
growth and vigor where the hair falls out
so as to produce badness. Hence it is that
all artificial preparations have failed, in
some essentials at least, to meet the re-
quirements of a perfect hair restorative.
There are a number of excellent dressings
and washings, and scores of preparations
that are either indifferent or positively in
furious, and the great multiplicity of these
furnishes an argument in support of the
fact that there is something lacking in
them all. The new article, Carboline, con-
tains all the qualities essential to a perfect
hair restorative, both as regards natural
color and a full. luxuriant growth. The
basis of Carboline is petroleum, and in
that wonderful article, produced in Ma
lures own laboratory, are properties which
the chemists art has not yet been able
to combine, and which act like magic upon
the scalp, the follicles, and the various ele-
ments of which the hair is composed. It's
use as a Embarrassing is the greatest of
modern discoveries, and there is no longer
any reason why the %prematurely gray
and the bald should not, at a trihing ex-
pense, secure to themselves that most de-
sirable and attractive of all personal adorn-
ments, II luxuriant and healthy growth OF
hair. Sold by druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

Your best policy Is to get your
policies from Shea. 1ltf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

For reliable insurance, call on
I1tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

Shea is always on hand when you
have a loss by fire. lift.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
II. C

We, the undersigned, who were
registering officers in and for Au-
Train county, Mo, i'll the year 1870,
10 hereby certify that IL. Glascock
vas not at any time before the Board
If Registration, endeavorinr TO have
". II. White or any one else dis
iranc!used as a voter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
Number of arrests, B

REPORT OF MARSHAL y COLLECTOR
JUNE IUiI To AUG. 10Th, TS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
N.zics Weekly Ledger.

A newspaper Of the present time!
I,t,.uded for people row on earth!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

Total V~aiuatlon,. ........ 80 ,3US, 333
Which is all increase OF 500, 900
over that of 1877.
TO this mast be added Sl2S,336 # +
merchants stocks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15
FAXES IN AUDRAIN COUNTY
FOR 1873.

ID. REDD NGTO
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-15

We are authorized to announce L.
7. Torryson as a candidate for re-
election AS Assessor of Audrain coun-
~, subject to the primary election.
We are authorized to announce j.
W. Beatty as candidate for Assessor
of Audrain county, subject to the
Urinary election.
Sharp County record., 1878-09-13
The Most Remarkable Duel Ever
Fought.

The famous duel in which 40 or more
gentlemen were engaged, in 1928, is
still remembered in Natchez. Col.
James Bowie, the famous fighter and
inventor of the knife which bears his
name, used to spend great deal of his
time in that city. He was challenged
by a gentleman from Alexandria, La,
whose friends, to the number of 40 or
more, accompanied him to Natchez to
see fair play, knowing that Bowie was a
desperate man and had his own friends
about him. All parties went upon the
field. The combatants took their places
in the center, separated from their
friends in the rear, Or enough not to en-
danger them with their balls. Behold
the battle-array thus: Twenty armed
Louisianians so yards behind their
champion and his seconds and surgeon,
and opposite them, as far behind Bowie
and his seconds and surgeon, 20 armed
Mississippians. Behold the heights Of
Natchez thronged with spectators, and
a steamer in the river rounded to, Its
deck black with passengers watching
with deep interest the scene.
The plan of fight was to exchange
shots with pistols, and to close with
knives, Bowie being armed with his own
terrible weapon. At the first fire both
parties escaped. At the second the
Louisianian was too quick, and took ad-
vantage of Bowie, who waited the word
At this Bowie's second cried "FOul
play" and shot the Louisianian dead.
The second of the latter instantly killed
the slayer of his principal. Bowie drove
his knife into this man. The surgeons
now crossed blades, Whine, with loud
cries, came on the two parties offriends,
the light of battle in their eyes. In a
moment the whole number was en-
gagged in fearless conflict. Dirks, pis-
tolls, and knives were used with fatal
effect until one party drove the other
from the field. | do not know how
many were killed and wounded in all,
but it was dreadful slaughter Bowie
fought like lion, but fell covered with
wounds. For months he fingered at the
Mason House before he fully recovered.
-MorriSt0lUn (Tenm.) Gazette.
Sharp County record., 1878-09-13
The Children.

No home with young children in it
should be without it's " "children's hour. "
The hour after supper can not be used
to better advantage, even by the father
and mother, than to give it up to "get-
ting acquainted with the children. "
Play with them if that is their
mood. What zest it gives to their mer-
riment if papa shares, or better yet,
causes it! Or if stories or quieter games
are desired, how happy and profitable
may be the hour spent around the table.
And then, what famous time for the
little knowledge-gleaners to ask ques-
tions, knowing that they will not be put
off by pre-occupation or the plea of a
lack of time.
The children will grow away from
their parents wonderfully fast if there
are none of these sympathetic bonds to
hold them together If you can not
spare more time, mothers, take off a
little part of the hour and reserve it to
accompany your little ones to bed. Lit
tie fve-year-old Golden-hair and eight
year-old Charlie will get composure
and happiness which shall launch them
into sweet sleep, from chapter read,
or a story told to them after they are
snugly put away in their little cribs.
Scarcely any thing will extenuate send
ing children to bed grieved, Or unhap-
py or angry. Patience is hard; childish
freaks and outbreaks, and even the ex-
uberance of the blessed healthful spirits,
are trying; but coldness, and petulance,
and selfshness, and unhappiness are
worse. Have you "children's hour"
in your daily home calendar? If not,
suppose you try the experiment of set
ting one apart.
Sharp County record., 1878-09-13
A grand old man
4 NEW CINE VRA.

She was an only child, her name was GineVra
Alexandrina Blanche Clarissa Jones,
And In her fifteenth year became bride,
Marrying an only son, Francisco Doria,
To whom her parents betrothed her at her
birth,
His father being well heeled with prospects
excellent.
Great was the Joy; but at the nuptial feast,
The viands beingOn the tableismOking,
And all sat down, the bride herself was want
ing
Nor was she to be found Her father cried,
"AieXandrina Blanche Clarissa, come to din
ner
This minute, or you won't pet bite?
And filled his glass to all, but his hand shook
A great deal more than usual,
And soon from guest to guest the panic
spread.
twas but that instant she had left Francisco,
Laughing, and looking back, and flying still,
Her ivory tooth imprinted on his finger,
Where she had bitten him, in turn for pinch
ing her.
But now. alas she was not to be found,
Nor from that hour could any thing be guess
L Il 1t shefSas not thetcl -f'
w,...y of life Francisco
Flew TO st. Louis andw sunstruck;
The father lived, and long might you have
seen
An old man wandering as in quest of some
thing.
When he was gone the house remained a
while
Silent and tenantleSs,
Then was sold at sheTitfs sale,
And went to strangers.
Full fifty years had passed and all forgotten,
When on q day, day of cleaning house,
An old chest was noticed, and twas said,
"Why not remove it from it's lurking place,
And scrub behind itF'
Twas done as soon as said, but on the way
1t burst, it tell and 10 parchment,
Upon which in trembling hand was written:
Francisco DOria may be a very nice boy,
But not my style is he. long have loved
Another-AlgernOn r. Duzenberry,
Who even now is waiting for me
With q coach and four,
At the corner of John and Market Streets,
SO please excuse haste and gold pen.
Yours truly, Ginevra."
oil Cftu Derrick
Sharp County record., 1878-09-13
rony caught at a car and fell back

Tony caught at car and fell back
ward.
1t was about noon, and the loyeliest
October day, huShed something like
that day on which Tony was baptized.
l heard his shrieks over here; both
limbs taken off below the knee.
Dreadful to hear about, isn't it?
1t wouldn't harmonize, maybe, with
your reverieS in this plush-covered easy
chair or your dreams over cream-tinted
pages; but had you sat here that beau
tiful noon, you would have heard Tony's
screams Just the same, even though you
had finished the most eloquent period
upon the divine tenderness.
The boy recovered, but Julie lived
only a year or two. She died suddenly.
1t may have been heart-disease, or it
may have been something else. The
doctor didn't seem to know.
Tony fingered two or three years. He
died from this very room.
Blodgett didn't die. He went out OF
the "saloon business" and removed to
a city where he wasn't known. He is
successful and respectable, fat ndjolly,
and has forgotten the past.
Now, shall leave you to finish your
sermon, but just remember not only that
you are to speak to people who've form,
ed their opinions from life, but possibly
to people such as Hammerston once was.
-EkzQ6eh 4. S. Chester.
Sharp County record., 1878-09-13
JOHN HAMMEBSTONo
IN illustration DralrrAse,s life.

An Illustration Dra~f'Aff5iy, life.
On Eternal Punishment, ebI That's
the fashion just now. But don t,J'u go
to being pert, Rob, and telling, D. wkRt
I think" )" and according to my iitE,', "
and twisting Scripture to suprks 'ESur
ideas. Just remember there'if nen
and women to hear the serS' q, Who
formed their opinions before Cstal 5oy
were born, and formed thenffe, We,
too. An opinion taken froy1 me IN h
different affair, Rob, from ~ w -,
up by a company of good-nayathereo-
logues, adopted, perhaps beH the
{Rbeoys RpoITsso. =. %uf dry old felbfv yJe az you
wouldn't like 70 ren' IRS"ifb5ful ey%a[,
IL 1y ss theological Se hn Heays ysowe w1sih here ere
'visiA ST XII Eed sB6aaend-cak;e and
-eal-\ with such worldly relish is
you'vea good deal of sentiment, a good
deal of fsympathy and some vanity, and
you'd rather stand and be shot at-by
each other at least-than to be called
"narrow,n or " blue" or " sectarian. "
Not fair? Love of truth, ehP There
are mysteries in life, Rob, and neither
you nor l are going to solve them all.
You've seen that little soft curl | cut
from jules head the day after her
mother died, and your uncle and | took
her home with us; but l never told you
much about her.
She was only 19 when she was mar
ried. A day or two before the wedding
she and I and Mr.. Hammerston went
down to look over the house.
Hammerston had planned it himself,
and of all the strangely constructed
dwellings that ever wasin that was the
queerest; but he thought it very supe-
rior. and when she suggested a few
changes, he came down in his over
bearing way, and remember just how
the pink in her cheeks crept out to her
ears and up to her forehead. After that
she praised every thing, and Mr. Ham
merston expounded his theories. He
had theories about every thing, from the
Sharp County record., 1878-09-13
GRANSIR.

4 grand old man,
Built after the Olden plan;
4 muscular body, a massive head,
man to value the longer ne llNes,
\ man to remember when dead,
/ wish YOU could see nm
Sit back at his ease
awake or asleep, as you please),
WSilc he whifts, and he whews
And read him the news.
"WhO's killed to-day"
He asks in his ancient way;
"And what have they stolen this time my
lad?
The rascals they thrive like 'pusley' in peas
Bad works, boy, bad-very badW
Then for that iudicrous perch of the eye
While the pipe gets a slide
To the other side,
Where he puifs and poohs,
Keeping up with the news.
A character!
When he begins, " tell We, sir''-
'Tis worth whole book of your modern talk
Then the silence after his "say"-
The solemn shuttle of his walk
And tamping of his cane.
You may put down
When YOU see that frown,
And the dim gray lights unusually clever,
He's about to settle some subject forever.
He's so complete
From his head to his feet,
Inside aud out so made to keep!
There's no one feature before the rest:
He makes you laugh and he makesyou weep,
He stops the hole inyOur soul;
He sOftens the tough
An leaves the rough,
As he snOOzes and smokes
And breaches and jokes
His children and wife
Have gone to the rife,
And not Il companion is left;
But he says; They've only the start-thate
ALL"
And YOU never would think him berett
He wears the calmest face on the farm,
And with genuine stamp of joy
Often declares he's "young as boy"
Still he smiles andhe smokes
Between sermons and jokes.
A grand old man
Built after the olden plan;
A muscular body, massive head,
man to value the longer he lives,
A man to remember when dead.
Years yet may he timber his cricks,
This peerless old son of the past!
And may ] be the last
While he whitfs and he wheWs,
To listen or read him the news!
--Jotn Tance Cheney, in Sunday afternoon.
Sharp County record., 1878-09-13

The experiment of using supcrheat-
cd water for locomotives has been sue
cessfully tried on the tramway connect
ing Revel and Marly-le -Roi, France.
The engines are charged with water
heated to $50 degrees c., which is al.
lowed to vaporize as fast as required !;
and by doing away entirely with furna-
ces in the locomotives, the dangers of
explosions, as well as the cause of ter
ror to passing horses are easily avoided.
A locomotive propelled in this manner,
aud attached to two carriages, ascended
q gradient Of five miles and a half in the
hundred at the rate of 16 miles an hour.
Sharp County record., 1878-09-13

Charles G. Leland, the l1 ,1Diobi
man" of old times in PhlIau"5s iau IspI
who is now living in LonSUn1 ngl,,no,it1 i1
ed England at the Paris E1Pta@r, 1Iis5sr,
delegate to the Congress e'sra, s VET
ternationale. His confIelUo
Taylor and Blanchard eaIm1Ssricir
quite a surprise to the ne A I'd irbi
gates to recognize Their O'1
land as an Englishman'
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-01-19

Fin France tout est calme. Mac.
Mahon a fait sa somisslon. Gam.
betta est parti en- ltalie conferer
avec lie nouveau ministere en- vue
sans doute du nouveau conclave ct
de la question d'Orient. Bismark
triomphe en- Allemagne ct reussit
a faire expulser ct emprisonner ses
adversaires. lGuillaume veut de
nouveau lauriers ct poncle ne veut
pas roster en- reste ayec son neveu.
Les denx empereurs sont prets a
Sc ruer sur les depouilles musul-
names. L'Angleterre arme, mais
cue fera.t-elle contre deux pareils
colosses :? lie temps de Ia sainte
alliance nest plus 80.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-01-19

Nous avons lu ayec attention le
Message du Gouverneur. Inha.
biles en- fait de commentaries, nous
nous bornerons a dire que le mes.
sage sent le patriotic qui Ia dicte.
LIE Gouverneur recommends nne
revision de la constitution actu.
ellie par vote d'amendements. Lcs
elections devant avoir lieu en- no.
vembre proclaim, on pourrait, sans
frais, soumettre les divers amende-
ments a la ratification du peuple.
En- outre le Gouverneur conseille
une revision attentive des lois sur
lassessement ct Ia perception.
L'Etat pourrait, a peu de frais EN-.
ployer les sherifs ct rcvenir a Pan.
Glen systeme. LIE Gouverneur
par!ant des emplois unitiles au.
raft du snggerer celni-la. Les bu-
veurs d'eau, c'est-a-dire les tempe
rants seront sans doute satisfaits.
car on va imposer un lonrd impot
sur la vente des liqueurs alcooli.
aues.