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Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

If you want an easy shave or your
hair cut in style, call at the Palace
Barbershop under new Savings bank.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

r. II. Fowler keeps coal oil ''what
isl coal oil, and those who buy it are
happy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

Buckwheat floor, hams and dried
fruits, at Callaway's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

I. II. Musick is in Washing ton.
He will be home soon if the clogs
don't fall on him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

,Ifyou want to buy or rent a sewing
machine go to j. B. Clark. 34-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

EGGS-actly! INCEST line of gro
ceries in town at Callaway's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06
Renters.

Several farms to rent for the season.
Apply to JNe. P. CLARK & Son,
General Land and Insurance ACTS,
Office over old Bank building. If
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

Temper is a good thing II you
will only keep it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

Report of Doctors oyster supper
will appear next week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

Shea is always on hand when you
have a loss by fire. l1tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

Materials for Wax Flowers at DIR.
Patterson's drug store. 28-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

The beautiful poem written by Miss
Annie Morris, of Mexico, and read
at the Murphy meeting last Mo nday
night will appear in the next issue of
the LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

Fine Perfumery-call at DR.. Pat.
terson's drug store. 28tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06
Try the Little Gossip 5 cent cigar
at Opera House Groce y. 35-tf.

Plymouth Rock cigars at Oyster
ParlOr. "a If.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

CaIIaWay s.
On to morrow, Friday night, the
first dime concert of the season will
be held at the Presbyterian church,
under the supervision of Prof. VIM.
Treloar. The proceeds of the concert
will go for the benefit of the church,
let Everybody attend. The entertain
ment will be a very enjoyable affair
and should be we'll pstronized.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

The incest place in town is the
Oyster Parlor. "a If.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

Take you lady to the Oyster par
Tor. "a If.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

Trimmed hats for so cents at
27-f. Mrs. HARpINa's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

TIL, fellows chin fell as he fumbled
in hispocket and his voice had lone
some sound as he pulled out q small
autograph album and said, swell, if
you emit do any better, I'll have to
be satisfied with your ortergraff.
Please use bluefnk and give me a
water I am so hungry 1
have ho place to stay all night"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

7pounds of Coffee for 81, at
40-tf BARNES g. WNKGARD's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

For reliable insurance, call on
Shea. lift.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

o~NH |
Johnny Clark and lady are keeping
house on Promenade street.
c. T. Quisenberry has a farm of
r25 acres near town to rent.
DIR. Rely is having his grocery
store painted up in fine style.
H. Clay Dean delivered two very
able lectures in Mexico last week.
Last Saturday was stock sales day
and business was lively in Mexico.
L. Phillip is making arrangements
to build him a fine dwelling house.
j. w. Thompson, of Benton City, is
making arrangements to 60 to Texas.
Our thanks are due Geo. A. Clark,
of the Sentinel, Columbia, for favors.
Wood Maddox, of Galloway, at
tended our Choice Social Club Tues
day.
If O want to make money and
be happy, always attend to your busl-
ness.
Some men cannot stand prosperity,
while some men never get a chance
to try.
Dead hens are in demand just now
Tt va" nnf
"When 1 was a child 1 spake as a
child" and often got spanked for
doing it.
J. J. West has been confined to
his bed for the last ten days from
sickness.
Times are getting so hard you can
hardly borrow trouble without giving
security. '.
The Fulton Comedy Company lis
making arrangements to pay Mexico
a visit soon.
The County Greenback Central
Committee meets in Mexico next
Saturday.
Barker, prosecuting attorney OF
Montgomery county, was in Mexico
yesterday.
Not many cases have come to trial
thus far during the sitting of our cir
cult court.
A tack points ~heavenward when
it means the most mischief. Do you
see the point?
There is some talk of moving the
Capitol from Jefferson City to Soda
liza. We think not.
We should not be surprised if we
did not have better order at Murphy
meetings in the future.
The question is not now, what
shall we do with Sitting Bull. 1t is
how shall we catch him.
When a man wants money OF sid
the world is generally very indulgent
and kind, and--lets him want.
Mrs. 1. N. Hathaway, who has
been veryill, left tor the East last
week. She is now much better.
A special meeting of the State |.
Press Association will be held at the
Planters House on the 21st inst, at '
10 a. m. .
E. ID. Graham is not a professional :.
bruise-, and still he mounts and .
touches up, in the best of style, som :.
of the heaviest men. I
If Harry Day would keep his nose
out of the post office department, it &
would be better for himself and those
he endeavors to aid. N
Those in need of young stock and
farming implements should attend D.
d. Bliven's sale On the 18th. B. T. .
Rodman auctioneer. u
Il
, We wonder what the editor of a a
Greenback paper has to do with APP If
pointing postmasters undera Repub- ir
lican administration. ~
Messrs. Scharlacll, Keller and Hinze, Of
of this city, paid Fulton a visit this m
week and were very much pleased tt
Fulton Inequalities.
ID. d. Bliven will have a public
ale OF stock and farming implements m
On Wednesday, the 18th of Feb. on fir
MS farm e Johns Branch. 81
The editor of the Louisiana Press =.
lad better make a bow before he
his teeth. He did not get
lis news about Farewell out of the as
LEDGER, but from the LnteHigencer.
Dur readers win find none but reliable
in the LEDGER. 40
Z1urnU =
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06
MARRIED.

january 29th, 1879, j. w. Harris
and Miss A. w. Dubray, both OF this
county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06
Notice.

All who are indebted to G. Ka brich
are requested to pay up, as he must
and will have money, to pay fer the
Opera House, which he has just
bought.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06
Mexico Weekly Ledger.

A Newspaper Of the Present Time,
Intended for the People now On Earth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

If you desire to trade or sell farm
ing or grazing lands in Audrain Dr. adj
joining counties, send description
with lowest cash price to C. w Ba-
ker, Real Estate Loan and General
Insurance agent. Office over New
Savings Bank Building, Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

Sc. Louis Z. 9. B Northern ~ Time Tabla.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

And go in at r. H. Fowler's cheap
store and buy groceries at prices to
suit the times.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

Two cars -four just received, at
Callaway's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06
A SURE CURE.

All kinds of canned goods, at Cal
laway's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

Choice sugars and coffees, at CAL
lawav's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

Best five cent cigar in town, at Cal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

Teas q speciality, at Cailaway's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06

Old-time smoking tobacco, at Cal
laway's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-06
Cheek.

A Missouri tramp does not sit still
and let loss accumulate on his back
while Il the rest of the world goes
ahead A few days ago a genuine
specinei of the iron-plated traveller
of Highways called at a house and
askedfG dinner.
"ND God to SPARE was the reply.
"C,nt you give me an old coat?'
NO.
"Of pair of old boots?"
"NO."
cant you spare me even a pair
of sock
"NoI'
"Nsr a piece of bread?"
kSN
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-05-18
THE WHITE HOUSE.

The White House is the greatest residence
in America. 1t has cost more money than the
Stewart mansion on Fifth Avenue, New York;
or, with it's rebuilding, refurnishing, etc,
about 100, 900. The original cost, in 1892,
was about 1888 900; it was begun in that year,
occupied in 1900, and rebuilt III 1915, reoccu-
pied in 1913, and its porticOes completed as
late as 1929 The east room was finished only
fifty years ago Every one Of our Presidents,
except Washington, has lived in this great
house, and he has poked his horses head into
its portal to look up at the worknen plaster
ing on the scaffold.
An Irish architect, named Heber, direct
from Dublin via Charleston, took the award Of
five hundred dollars for the design, and he
built and rebuilt 1t, and lies buried in the
Catholic cemetery here, and his descendants
are respectable lawyers and citizens OF the
place.
A building for private residence of one
hundred and seventy feet front by sixty eight
feet deep, with one room i'll it eighty by forty,
may yet attract republican attention its vesti-
bule within the front door is alone fifty by
forty feet. Twenty acres of garden and park
immediately enclose it, and, on either side,
each separated by only four hundred and fifty
feet, are buildings which cost seven to twelve
millions apiece; yet, in all its apparent anti
guilty, how new. The lawn is still naked
plain, reaching off to the Potomac, like des-
ert coming to the palace stairs. Like Yer
sailles, in the time of Louis XIV, Washing
ton is a Government creation, and this White
House is hoary only by events. The Presi-
dents Office, which is in the second story, is
also the Cabinet room, and is not q very large
apartment for the White House, although
about thirty five or forty feet in depth, by per-
haps, thirty feet wide and with high ceiling.
A long table is in the middle of the floor, with
leather seated chairs around it; the two win
dows have long lanbrequin curtains of dark
blush gray color. A large map of the United
States is on the wall. The carpet is of red
tint, with large figures. The general effect of
the room as one enters is that of library
without books ITuzhiagton Correspondence.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-05-18

thing of the past, it Will be considered no
more disgrace for white woman to wed an
educated mulatto than at the present time a
Spaniard or Italian 1t will thus be seen that
under the gentle influences of Reform, the
negro element will cease to be any cause OF
difficulty soon We can lawfully and suf
ticiently bleach it out of existence by the in
PRODUCTION of Caucasian blood Already in
twenty barber shops III San Francisco, IAN be
found colored men possessing education and
cultivated manners that would shame four
ifths of the white citizens of the metropolis,
and it is difficult to say why such men should
be ostracised from genteel society on account
OF little tawny tinge in their compilations.
The simple but powerful wand of Reform thus
reveals the heretofore hidden truth that all
the difficulties the nation has encountered
through the emancipation of our colored
friends, have originated and continue through
the fact that their blood is as yet proportion
ately too black, or, because, in the absence
of the requisite admixtures, negroes have al
ways been, and will continue to be-negroes.
We must be ever grateful to the land of Viii
berfOrce for tina. corrective element in Reform
which shows how mistaken the Republican
party has been in attributiEg Southern trou B.
les to the white Southern gentlemen. 1t was,
in the light of this purer philosophy, dan
gerous experiment for the Republican party
TO pass the Fifteenth Amendment, comforting
the franchise upon the colored folks. The
fact that it was passed at Il time $3.50 when
the nation still shedding tears for the
blood spilled during the inrernecine war, is
more or less its condemnation. We are
sorry that Reform hits such backhanded licas
and severe is Reform, and we must all ''s,and
in.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-05-18

CHINESE SP1RTTUALIsM.-The spirits of the
unseen universe are directly invoked by the
Chinese, chiefly in cases of illness. In mat
tiers which Involve merely pecuniary interests,
such means as planchette and various other
indirect ways of consulting the oracle are pre-
terred, being at once simpler and less costly
to the inquirer. 4 man who wishes to learn
the probable result of all enterprise he has in
view, will drop into a roadside temple and
will lay small fee upon the altar. The at
tendant priest lights a fresh candle, or new
stick of incense, and the suppliant, after max
ing the usual prostrations, reverenHy takes
with both hands a kilney-shaped piece of
wood which has been split into halves so that
each half shall have one fat and one convex
side. These are raised above the head and
dropped to the ground before the altar. and
from the combination which results, namely,
CD two convexes, (2) two flats, or (3) fiat
and convex, afavorable or unfavorable reply is
deduced, being % negative, (2) Indifferent (3)
affirmative The more elaborate method, or
that form known in Europe as Spiritualism,
IS to engage the services OF a medium, gen
ally Taoist priest, whose body is for the
time being occupied by the god. This state
of divine possession" is brought about in the
follow ing manner: The medium takes seat,
while his brother priests or confederates ar
range the altar, light candles, burn incense
and invoke the presence of the deity required.
After short interval one of them advances
toward the medium and performs certain
apparently mermerlc passes, by
which a state of Inconsistencies Is induced, |
the god takes possession of the
unoccupied body. From that
every word uttered by the medium |
is held to be divinely inspired, or, more
the very words of the god, who |
simply uses the medium as mouthpiece. -
ffusers Maqd7iae
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-05-18
THE COLORED FOLKS.
ooP1VULUIIy,
HENRY r. NIGHELs.
Carson, May II, 1879.

Voyages between England and Australia
were formerly by the way of the Cape of
Good Hope, South Africa Hence the British
sailors and passengers Of all classes had usually
good opportunities for observing the colored
folks upon their own soil when in port, and
know full we'll that without the amalgamation
of white blood they will ever remain barbar-
ians The British colony at Cape Town carries
OH more or less trade and barter with the
east and west coast of Africa, and any old
skipper will tell Us that the lower class, the
pure Africans, will descend lower and lower
in the scale of human degradation until they
become what their ancestors were, viz: on a
par with the brute creation, unless, indeed
education steps in and saves them from bar
barity. True, their descendants, raised among
white people, lose much of the aboriginal ten
denotes, but they are negro still, and so ever
will remain. The valuable data thus acquired
have their uses in the treatment of Reform
questions which have in later years been i'm
ported and introduced into American politics.
The telescope vision of navigating Reform
pOlutS Jul W us Vi ZIG NofIu, IudI tHe lulSoI-
able condition of the blacks of the South is
not to be wondered at, as it is but repetition
of the state of affairs that followed emanci-
patton of the colored people by the British
Government. 1t causes us to unite in the
contemplation OF the philisophico- historical
fact that although so many years have passed
since the blacks in the West India Islands
were freed from slavery, their condition,
physically and mentally, has continued to
that, left to themselves, and miscegenation
having almost ceased, they have been com
PEELED to associate with themselves only, and
the consequence Is that they have refrigerated
until they are negro and nothing else The
restraining influence of their former owners is
lost to them, and with it the care man takes
of his own property. Reform is, however,
able to descry other and more favorable ele-
ments in the question and does not hesitate
to say that there are many grades of colored
society, and it is we'll known fact that the
educated class are extremely select in the
choice of their associates 1t discovers that
there are hundreds of thousands of men of
have so nearly approached the Anglo Saxon
race as to be worthy to be placed on an equal |
ity with the best, and that sooner or later, per-
haps before the present country shall be q |
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-05-18
TO MY FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC.

Several weeks ago [ suffered myself to be
persuaded to make up for publication in book
form certain odds and ends of q literary sort
which have appeared from time to time from
my pen. AS has already been announced, the
venture has found name and shape in forth
coming Volume to be called Sagebrush
Leaves l am in hopes that the work will be
ready for delivery to subscribers early in July.
In view of the fact that | have been the OBJ
ject of certain persistent efforts and sollclta-
tions, in person and by letter, at the hands of
individuals who would like to take upon
themselves the rather delicate and guardian
like, not to say instructive and condescendlng
responsibilities of authorized and commits
stoned agents for my book, L take this method
of making it known to whom it may concern,
that the projected volume is in the nature of a
private enterprise between me and my friends
and that no book agent 'aeed apply Indeed,
should, as feel make but a sorry beginning
IS a book maker, and still sorrer ending as
a man, if in these my less active or llfe-prom-
Using days, | should be found making business
for the most impairment and intrusive class
of people that ever frotted the edges of liter
ary enterprise. and rn1He the hawking Of let
tiers as offensive as the clock -peddler or the
pack tramp-the book cinvasser OF the period.
My friends and the friends Of nay friends,
and the public generally will be offered all OPP
portunity to pay about double price for vol
ume which q feel misgivings), will prove
rather dear and unsatisfactory investment:
but prefer with the connivance of my part
ner in the conspiracy, to reap the possible
benefits of the gains arising therefrom. At
ali events, there shall be no vicarious swind-
ling in this business with my consent.
have not written anything of late, feeling
constrained TO the quiet courses which as
suage pain and ooviate excitements; but
could not see how, III view, of possible mis-
apprehension Of the nature and intent of my
project | could do less than say this much, III
this way.
should feel guilty of great sefshness and
want of thoughtful consideration, if, after hav-
ing thus shown that can still use pen and
paper, | neglected to thank from the bottom
of my heart the fraternal greetings which my
brothers of the press have bestowed upon my
undertaking, and the very hearty and touch
ing sympathy they have expressed for me and
mine. [ cannot say more, or less, either to
them or my friends who have by their album
dant, prompt and over generous subscriptions
already seemed to assure the sale OF the en-
tire edition now in press.
Respectfully,
HENRY r. NIGHELs.
Carson Nav L. 1879
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-05-18

SAVE HN.-We remember having read, in
letter from tourist, description of the
difficulty of shooting the rapids and the slow
process of polling up stream again. Two of
the settlers undertook to dispense with the
usual boatment, the boat was upset, and the
two adventures were swept rapidly down the
river. A tall, gaunt shop keeper ran down to
the pier, crying: ''Save the red-headed one!
For heavens sake save the one with the red
head p This started the people to work, and
they saved him. The tall, gaunt man waited
to see that life was not quite extinct, and
then turned away with the remark, ''Wouldn't
have had that man drown for consid' rable
He owes me SIG"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-05-18

IT must have been an Irishman that said of
his deceased employer, ''Hs as a koind mais-
ter he was He thought If me afore he died.
And in his will he said 4 leave to my son
William both them sheep wot was lost last
week, if they gets found. And in case they
doesn't, I leave 'em to my faithful servant,
Joseph. Sure, [ hopes they won't get found"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-05-18

The London papers are noticing favorably
the achievements of Mademoiselle Nevada, a
new American Star from the West, in Vienna
salons. Mademoisele Nevada is no other
than Miss Emma Wixon, daughter of DR.. w.
w. Wixon Of Austin, New.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-05-18

THE negroes working in the Sutro Tunne
have been admitted to full membership in
the Silver City Miners Union.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-05-18

THE Brilliant Mining Company have re-
scinded the assessment Of 20 cents share,
levied April rs.
The Portland daily press., 1879-07-24
The Mount Washington Excursion


On Saturday last, at 12.45 p. m, a company
OF eighteen left Portland, via the Portland &
Ogdensburg railroad, and after a pleasant ride
through the Notch and over the Boston, Con-
cord q Montreal and Mount Washington rail-
ways arrived at the Summit House at seven
O'Clock III the evening, The view in ascend
ing the mountain was most beautiful; the sun
set never finer; the evening lovely, the lights
on Cape Elizabeth, off Portland harbor ana
Isles OF Shoals, being distinctly seen. The
party visited the signal station and were the
recipients of many courtesies from the gentle
men there employed. After a good nights
rest they rose at half past three to witness the
beautiful sight which must be seen to be p
preclated, sunrise on Mount Washington.
After breakfast they took a stroll around the
Summit and by the aid of friend Doyng's
magnificent glass the dome of the City Hall in
Portland, vessels in the harbor, Isles of Shoals
Off Portsmouth, and Mount Belosil near Mon
treal were distinctly visible. The day was
charming, the thermometer standing at 80 de-
grees and the wind blowing 10 miles an hour.
During the forenoon twelve members of the
party visited Tuckerman's ravine. Several,
determined to see all the beauties, passed I'M
der the first snow arch, and one more venture
some than the rest attempted the second arch,
but found it impossible. Thanks to a kind
and efficient guide, all reached home in safety
and felt fully repaid for the trip.
We are under many obligations to our host
ess, Mrs. 1. w. Dodge of the Summit House,
Tor attentions paid to our party. The house is
hrst class and as good as any house around the
mountains. Rooms are spacious and steam
pipes pass through the halls and every room is
heated by steam, making. on q dull or cold
day. cheerful home for the traveller Too
much cannot be said of the conductors on the
+. q o. r. r., who are obliging. ever ready to
point out to the traveller the places of inter-
est ON the road, and to Mr.. Ferguson, the gen.
tlemanly conductor of the Mount Washington
railway, who was constant in his attentions,
and by showing the many noted beauties of
the mountain scenery added much to the
pleasure of the trip. @*
The Portland daily press., 1879-07-24
Sale of PAINTINGS

Those of our citizens who are interested in
pictures will find in the collection now on ex-
hibition at No. 263 Middle street many paint
lngs OF great beauty, and more than ordinary
value, as works of art. Among the more no
table are Haselton's Fishing Boats" a splen-
did study of Italian sky and a fleet of Venetian
fishing craft, Victor Leclaire's 'Flowers," a
large painting and of rare excellence; Charles
Linford's ''Woods in june" which took a
medal at the Boston exhibition last year; w.
Haseman's punch and Judy" whose group
ing, figure and coloring is very effective Isaac
L. Williams of Philadelphia, has two fine
landscapes. Church is represented by his Cen
tennial picture cine Old MILL whose gloomi-
ness disappoints at first sight. 1t would be well
nigh impossible to name all the beauties among
the $50 pictures, hardly one of which is beneath
notice. The better way is to look for yourself.