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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-12-29

According to that excellent au-
thority, Mr.. Meehan, the proper way
to prune transplanted tree is not to
shorten in all the branches, strong as
well as weak. but to cut out the weak
er branches entirely and leave the
stronger.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-12-29

CHOICE fresh meats always on
~ hand. Billie" expects TO sen
meat in Mexico always, and so oHefs
none but the best to his customers;
If YOU want tender steak don't 1all
to trade with thr most reliable meat
merchant in Mexico. of-h
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-12-29

In some of the Russian towns the
postman goes around but once q
month, and even in the large provin-
cial cities there is bat weekly mail
delivery.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-12-29

1t is now charged that jeff Davis
at the close of the war stole one quar-
ter of a million of dollars. If so,
| what did he do with IT?
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-12-29

Capt. Mitchell, of Mexico, was in
the city to-day, and informed us that
the sanctified ministers of Mexico
had offered up prayers for BobWhite,
but with what effect he was unable
to say.-Slater Index.
The prayers of the ''sanctified'
availeth much.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-12-29

IL is said that at Harvard Univer-
sity, in the last fifty years, no smok-
ing student has graduated at the head
of his class. The action of nicotine
on the nerves, it is presumed, pre-
vents scholar from being first
class sculler or base ballist.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-12-29

Bismarck says that the next gen.
Grafton will care more for pie than
for glory. And there's a good deal
more in pie than in glory.
Nature seldom makes phool; she
simply furnishes the raw materials
and lets the fellow finish the Job to
suit himself. Josh Billings.
Mexico's Best Cook.
Mexico's best cook wears suspend
ers.-St. Louis Chronicle.
Now, girls, which one of you is it?
Don't all speak at once.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-12-29

The government tax on barrel
of whisky is $50. No wonder some
people complain about the amount of
| their taxes
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06

The COWmDHcr.
The signs of the panic-bOOm are be-
coming daily more ominous. The ad-
yancing rates of interest in the east
ern world is destined to draw the $780,
100000 of gold from our country, con-
tracing our currency more than 80
per cent and prices nearly 50 per cent
The banks of France and England
have already advanced their rates to
1 per cent and the bank of Germany to
) per cent. This is not for gold TO be
sent to this country; but for domestic
use and to meet the pressing demands
of Italy, Russia and other countries.
The effect will be to stop all foreign
importation Of gold TO this country,
while our gold here already finds its
way back until exhausted. Thus it is
only question of time, and somewhat
dependent on the caprice of circum-
stances when our gold shall leave u.s.
Should an emergency arise to increase
the demand still more for gold abroad,
it will leave our shores in steady
stream. The drain of our specie is not
likely to he the only calamity which is
likely to bclall us. The bond holder
has never yet abandoned his favorite
scheme of demonetizing our United
States notes. 1t is Il scheme for which
he has lab0rcd assiduously and unfOrt-
unatCly he has II congress and president
that are not entirely averse to his plans.
How soon ii may be again attempted
we cannot say. There are ominOus
threats Of an assault upon this favorite
currency this winter. Should it be
successful we shall have our currency
diminished more than one half and he
left entirely 20 the mercy of the Ma
tional banks who can issue as little or
as much as will ConduCC to their per
sunai interests. We warn our friends
who are permitted TO vote this fall that
now is the time to register their rebuke
on this financial policy-that they may
check the mal-legislatiOn now in con-
temptation, by their votes this fall.
Voters Of Ohio, do your duty next
October and thus encourage the states
that are TO follow.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06

Congress passed a law allowing the
bondholder to deposit his bonds with
the treasurer of the United States and
receive interest on sixty per cent more
than he invested, which interest came
from tax on honest industry. THIS
WAS ROBBERY. :,
Congress authorized the controller
of the currency to issue ninety per
cent of the face of the bonds for the
banker at one per cent, while he re-
loans it at six to nine per cent. THIS
WAS ROBBERY.
The entire national banking law is
the most infamous system of robbery
that was ever perpetrated upon a free
people. 1t is arobber system.
Legislation which fills the Golfers Of
the few at the expense of the many, is
class legislation, hence, anti-republican
and undemocratic. Legislation which
taxes the many in order to enrich the
few, is despotic, unjust and cruel. That
legislation which takes from the many
the right of redress, or else stigmatizes
them as repudationists, ought to be re-
garded as crime of the first class.
Any party that is guilty of such leg
islation, or upholds it, ought to be con-
signed to eternal oblivion.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06

'I.n'H'N l'IHhutlu,
A chief justice of Il large state, 62
years old, with sixteen years of credit
able judicial service behind him, and a
fair prospect of another term before
him, is in about as secure a position as
American politics offer, and seven
years ago this was the place |. p.
Cmistiancy held when he consented to
become the candidate of the coalition
of the Michigan legislature opposed to
Zach. Chandler. The old man, who
had lived for twenty years in a quiet
way in little town, reading his de-
cisions once a week and presiding over
a still court, came into the Washington
whirlpool to shamble unnOticed about
the senate chamber, to shout himself
hoarse in great hustle, and to pass
headdchy days after long sessions of
the senate. lie aged astonishingly
debts accumulated, and the $4,000 a
year, which looked big when he was
getting $1,000 as chief justice, slipped
through his fingers like water. The
old man, wonted to early hours, and
simple village manners, was unutter-
ably bored by Washington society, and
when bright-eyed, white throated
young woman ran her fingers through
his thin locks he married her. His
years have been full OF trouble ever
since. To economize and get back his
mortgagcd house he let Chandler have
his seat in the senate and went to
Peru. There he has lost his reputation
as Il public man. His divorce suit has
riddled his private character. For
months he has been public mock.
Now his room is broken open and a lot
of iewelry he had taken in trust stolen.
As Solon, the Greek philosopher, said
"Bet on no mans luck until he is
| bOynln
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06
Rights of Prisoners to Mail,

Washington Post.
Mr.. ]. II. Hyde, postmaster at Lew
iston, Fulton county, ILL.,, wrote a let
ter to the postmaster general asking
for instructions in reference to the de-
livery of letters to Thomas Aisbury,
committed to Jail for assault with in
tent to commit murder. The sheriff
demanded that Aisbury's letters be
delivered to him, and Aisbury wrote a
letter to the postmaster demanding
that his mail be delivered to no one
that did not bring a written order from
him 1.-THE prisoner). The decision of
the postmaster general is as follows;
81 T.etters addressed to convict serving
n term of Imprisonment should be de-
livered to the warden or other officer
in charge of the prisoners. Letters ad-
dressed to person imprisoned to
await trial on an Indictment, or pend
ing Indictment, should be delivered ac-
cording TO the order of the person ad-
dressed, at any time before conviction
and sentence. If such person is re-
leased on bail no question would arise
as the law presumes every person in
nocent until convicted by jury, and
inability to give bail ought not to de-
prive man of the correspondence adj
dressed to him through the mail. I'm
til sentence therefore, letters must be
subject to the order Of the person inn
prisoned, unless upon judicial proceed
ings authorizing seizure Of the letters
in accordance with the decision OF
the supreme court of the United
States"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06
CALLING THE ROLL ON HIGH.


Inamemoral service in c0mmemorahon of the mar
iyrcl president ut FarwGl Hail. Chicago the following
'ong written by James McGrlnallan, was sung:
Sadly from the field of battle,
To his rest q heTo's borne,
N0bly hath he stood the conflict,
Now to Christ his soul hath gone.
Bear him slowly, bear him gently,
Lay the mangled body by,
Let him sleep till Christ shall call him,
Call and crown him there on high.
Moan and break, o waves of ocean,
Sigh ye winds across the sea,
While a mourning, weeping nation,
Gathers round the lifeless clay.
Marred and bruised, o piteous story,
lie so good, so soon to die
But with Christ he'll stand in glory,
When they call the roll on high.
Faithful TO the trust accepted,
lie by grace the crown hath won,
Oh, may grace to us be given
In his path to follow on,
BlAyc and true the Lord cOnfessing
Self for Him to cruelty,
Ever ready to give answer,
When the roll is called on high.
Chorus
Let him sleep, calmly sleep,
While the days and the years 80 by
Let him sleep, sweetly sleep,
Till the call Of the roll on high.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06
Mustard.

Before the year 1920 mustard was
little known, according to the Grocers'
Journal, at English tables. About this
time an old woman Of the name of
Clements residing in Durham, began to
grind the seed in n mill, and to pass
the flour through several processes
necessary to free it from its husks,
She kept her secret to herself for many
years, during which time she sold large
quantities of mustard throughout the
country, but especially in London.
Here it was introduced to the royal
table, where it received the approval of
George l. From the circumstance of
Mrs. Clements being a resident of Dur
ham, it obtained the name Of Durham
mustard. The manufacture of mustard
consists in simply grinding the seed in
to a very fine flour, a bushel of seed,
weighing sixty pounds, yielding twen-
ty-eight to thirty pounds of flour of
mustard. A false taste, however, arose
for having an improved color, and the
flour of mustard was introduced from
which the oil had been abstracted,
Hence other materials, such as capsi-
cum powder, tumeric, terra alba,
wheaton flour, &c., are added to bring
up the flavor and TO increase the bulk,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06
thou art, breathe on us thy benedlc


London Standard.
History has, indeed, been ratherhard
on the conventional heroines Of ro-
nance. The late NJ. Edouard FORMER
spent a synical life in upsetting figures
which uncritical chroniclers had set up,
and in showing that half the sharp
sayings attributed to celebrated men
were never uttered by them. The first
American romancer has not even been
spared evisceratiOn. In the parish reg
lister of Gravesend is an entry which
every year the "good American" reyer-
emily peruses. 1t relates how, in "16l6,
March q, Rebecca Wrolfe, wylfe Of
Thos. Wrolfe, gent, a Virginia lady
borne, was buried in the chanceD." !"
This, of course, refers to the Princess
PocahOntas, or MatOaX-Which was
her real name-oue of the numerous
family of POwhattan, the Indian EN-
peror of Virginia" who saved the life
of the doughty Capt John Smith,
married John-not "ThOmas"-Rolte,
WAS the sensation Of ihe EnrIisb conrt
If now turns out that so far fran bn.
ing the innocent vonng barbarian Of
the novelist She was 9n imnish and
not very weII.behaved litfle gonow
well known in the conrt vorI of the
English fort ot Jamestown Shc even
scandolizcd thc free and easy Virginia
DANES Inv hecoming in cariy iira fhe
brevet snonse of one Cookbam \ cnn.
tain of voInntenra and snhseonentIv
was "marriodn to John PoIfr simnIy
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06

..tyha, money ID lcgoI tcnIprg We're
,o Io,"onJ .'", W., moyca ic@ol tcrdcrg What
r,,r ,,.o. tio Jnfo cr thn nct domoneti2inr
silver %i,, y',v and Nv, Whom was if remone,i2od ,"
,y.u.vr
,., - i,,,,,,.;,.,s itS, W r.I' ~, ,or Of
~ @ o'lnel H,2 1, "I5'oie.,%'" I5 io7% -. - ns "U
Congress \ CO., 49, II'D, G,.,.s l., Ion T,,' 30
h9ile''"tu " 'lCV VI , oo.,5.G'' ,t uT' 80 1o
700. -l' ~ G,''S sii i'G .,c ,,ioT, " CS so so
uei' VIZ 'o'I % n,.;oI ,' ,v Stnii"s .' G IL, roIo
IONS .. ,,,o itjoa'e" '''''''''' ." ''"'
V'oi' W '''v Sov.pyJC,0''>-. r...,,,, I'LL ,r
9E, IIGN 'oIi Ii, w. M iI ,",IS" tn6Iar hI,r ~ ;r
'.', SlIyel ool',o 'S ,'it, ol'"' wv ''7"' ''''' "
p"S,ng"SS ., . Sey % H'oSTi Mo ro,J cain, or tho
1rni,oj gtntos oLnm In Inr,I.irrdpr at
Cnlteu states Sll8u oa igs"',.o''ya t La,,,,. q.
their nominal .alIG' WI mi' ,i,it tIoo os 4Cio" toIo,
IlIc Stlluttu "g,sIv @ ".'V em ,,''tI o VI s;n,io
i'ce PLoE'utu W ,',,I i''m ~, -; vmG ,oitbt 1o
P'cce' anu ".l5., t1",,G' 5 toinr,noS n %o9 shoI
low suy'i S'S,lu"i" ,ioti, "''W t2m' im ,ro,,"r
Do lcs"'-.oit,'ei "' ,"a",siJ'' '.;.ht ~ l'0
'lon 10 'Ile-t ac'Tri "ets., ,,,,, or ho
SEC, 92oo' Li'G S'l'el 'I uT'',o Tt .''t
Ghiteu aJaIeS sll'il W .'B,'V,,,,o, I't
Iheir honI!laL yuluS ,i ion %la' o,,, ",'0,,o "mo
i'oO eAcec"I''S N'c "o'''''' III ""' o''0
payment ,,,,,,,,o1 j., u,o
lniS section We M,So S,l,uliuJ" 1,,,, ~ tho @
act OF July - 100 CiScoiSlliuli,S ,I. tiio
legal tender qliity Oh ti,e 5S 'IS9e-oo,,%i io1e %
and ny lhe ACT OF feo' 20, 30 10, ~. in"n n
ing lhe silver uo.l"l " ivS",.G,t"'t III 5o,t ,,,S "S
It's nominal Vaiue loL %'i "oo'' """
dues puollC anu PllvH.e' ,,,,. ,c .,,o
SEC 5.oon iIG IllIliTL ,, cG',is ,o,. " 'n1 al
Uh!ted states sliltL W ies"r,e,toi, 80, q,
Their lace value ior any ".lO,'iD ,i,, d,,o iio'
exceeding twenty-five Genus III any oAe
| payment.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06
Silver.


Tie sentinel
Some ten years ago there was con-
certed action among certain European
nations principally England) to drive
silver out of the monetary world.
The cooperation of the United
States was needed to carry out the
scheme.
Mr.. Ernst Seyd was employed to
come to this country with corruption
fund of SJ00,000 to "induce' congress
to demoneti2e silver. The "induce-
ment" proved sufficient and silver was
demonetized.
1t is true that the people rose in
their might and indignation and COM
PEELED congress to re-monetize it-not-
withstanding John Sherman's white
house puppet, Nh. Hayes, vetoed the
bill.
Still these European powers did not
abandon their scheme of procuring a
general demonetization of silver.
But times are changing. The eX-
elusive gold shoe is beginning to pinch
not only gOuty John Bulls feet, but
the feet of other nations.
There arc strong advocates of BIZ
metalism in Europe to-day, where only
a few years ago none but golditcs
dared to show their heads.
In a recent number Of the London
Economist Mr.. Edward Ca2alet pub.
fishes a letter in which he says:
First, that to climate silver from
circulation, and throw upon gold the
work Of the two metals would cause a
very large advance in the value Of
that metal; which means a proportion
ate fall in the prices Of commodities,
land, he might have added Il proper
tomato addition to the burden Of ey-
cry debt payable in gOld.) Second, that
if India and China arc TO be the only
markets left open to silver, that metal
must largely decline in value, since
those countries can not absorb the
worlds product and what additional
amounts Europe and America will
lltNt " NlNlNIoN VI llbIl NNlpAtllfS otONNo
at the price now maintained.
Mr. .CazlleL further declares that us
the goldles succeed, the value of debt
paying money will bcso enhanced that
| il will be followed by "Uniycrsal pan
ic and distress
He recognizes evidence Of his as5er-
tions in the struggle which England is
making to retain her gold by the pro
cess Of advancing the rate Of discount
to S and 10 per cent.
Concerning the money slrngency in
England Mr.. CazIlGt says:
"The truth is, and it is well that it
Should be understood. the present is Il
currency crisis and nothing else 1t is
caused by the demonctizatiun 0fSilycr,
| and the necessary consequence that
gold has TO do the work Of both met
Tabs. We maintain that il is possible
| to avert these evils, and that it is cs-
ppcially the business and the duty Of
/ English statesmen, who represent the
greatest commercial nation and the
largest international mercantile inter
csl5, to grapple with this question ma
10 solve it,
Go ahead, gentlemen. You are
beginning to learn ali..le something at
last.
There Is hope tlat in time you will
4
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06
Bells on Sheep.

Mr.. James S. Glinnell, writing in
the Springfield Republican of bells on
sheep as a protection against dogs,
gives this illustrative experience:
"a good farmer Of Leyden, who
keeps about dozen excellent South
down ewes, always belled, was gffeyed
and surprised one morning to find
that dogs had raded his flock, killed
two, mangled others, and scattered the
rest. On collecting his little flock into
the yard after a days search, he found
that the tongue was lost from the bell
This was replaced, and never since
have his sheep been worried The eX
pertinent is so simple and cheap that il
is worth trying"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06

past the agony, past the conflicts of
power, back TO that quiet time where
saw him in his home with his mother,
Irealize how this would meet his feel.
ing. He is beyond our aid. But there
comes before me clearly the bright,
frank manner of his saying-"Thank
you for giving a pleasure to my moth
er." JESSIE BENTON FREMONT.
September %, 1881.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06
Keep it Before the People.

The American Sentry.
In 1868, Congress, at the instigation
of the Bankers Committee, put the in
famous exception clause on our green
backs, which resulted in depreciating
the peoples money upwards of sixty
per cent TuIs WAS ROBBERY.
Congress passed law authorizing
the executive officer of the government
to accept that deprecated money at
par for our, bonds-thus enabling capi-
talists to buy a dollars worth Of bonds
for forty cents. THIS WAS ROBBERY.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06
Bogus Certificates.

1t is no vile drugged stuff, pretending to
be made of wonderful foreign roots, barks,
&c., and puifed up by long bogus certih-
Gates of pretended miraculous cures, but
simple, pure, effective medicine, made of
well known valuable remedies, that fur
nishes It's own certificates by its cures.
We refer to Hop Bitters, the purest and
best of medicines. Sec another column
Republican.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06
Mrs. Garfield's Support.

Special touc CucEulu Gazette.
The last meeting at ElbuOu between
Mrs. Garfield and the wives Of tho
members of her husbands Cabiuy, ia
described as Il very touching scene.
1t took place on Tuesday evening WHEN
the ladies' called, as had been their ul3-
tom during the weeks since the pc5i.
dent was struck down, TO do what
they might by words of sympathy to
sustain her in her trials. She said
that their presence had been 4 constant
support to her and had helped her TO
maintain the fOrtitude 50 necessary du-
ring the illness Of her husband, and al
though she had not always hCan able
to see them, yet the knowledge Of their
presence had been always hopeful. She
spoke Of conversations with her hus-
band before that fatal Friday when
she had referred in warm terms to the
relations between the members Of his
official family and their wives and him
self. lie did not know much about
the relations between his predecessors
and their cabinets, but he was sure
that no administration had ever existed
with stronger ties of personal friend
ship between those upon whom the
executive responsibility rested. They
and their wives seemed more to him
like brothers and sisters than like Oil
cial associates. He loved them, ana
felt sure that they loved him. lie had
spoken more than once Of the pleasures
of the coming years Of his administra-
tion by reason Of his tender relation,
ship. They had, Mrs. Garfield said,
painted their future in colOra too bright
and suffered themselves to anticipate
too many of lifc's best blessings. IIel
own sorrow at this trying hour was
lessened by the remembrance Of the
ties strengthened by such trying events
yet her regret was deep that such ties
must be sundered.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06

An indianapolis exchange mentions
that st. Jacobs Oil cured Mr.. J. II,
Mattern, a letter-carrier of that city
of severe sprain, contracted in the
war.-DetrOit (Mich) Western Homl
Journal.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06

Official statistics show that during the
past ten years the annual production Of
buckwheat in the United States has IN
creased about 100000 bushels. Barley
has increased 100000 bushels and rye
100000 In the same period.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06

Sincerity is no sign of security. A
stream is never so smooth, equable, as at
the instant before it becomes cataract.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06

From the Wilmington Del) Repub.
Bcan: Mr.. j. NJ. ScoOt, corner Third
and Madison streets, had a remarkably
fine horse cured of the scratches by st.
Jacobs Oil.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06
Re-appearance Of Bright Star {,
nartnH

1VIllIIIU lIIIVTIOtIII
A mysterious star called the Pilgrim
which was observed in 945, 1864, and
1872, is expected by astronomers to ap-
pear before long. 1t was described in
1872 as brighter than Jupiter, and
"such was its brilllancy that persons
were able to detect it at noon in a
clear sky, and at night when the sky
was so overcast as to hide all other
stars" If it appears it will probably
be visible for several weeks in the con-
stellation of Cassiopeia.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-10-06

7 -TTTT y 0TWT7 -1TT1
NJ. A. b., of Atlanta, Ga, asks:
"What money is legal tender? Were
the demand notes legal tender? What
was the date Of the act demonetizing
silver and when was it remoneti2ed?'
The Bossier banner., 1881-06-09

% About a generation ago, when
a bare-footed gamin in Shreveport,
we had our ''picture taken" by Mr..
Moses. The same gentleman now
has a gallery there in connection
with Mr.. Anderson. That picture
of our youth is we'll preserved and
reflects credit upon the artist for
its durability. Everybody, old and
young, should have their photo
graphs taken for future reference
they are pages in the history of
life, and are invaluable household
treasures. Go to Moses & Ander-
sons, Texas street, Shreveport; they
take photographs in one second.