davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20

Tn CONNECTION with ny general practice I use for the treatment of hrmcD Diseases the
l. ynaHzng Electro TherueuicB Bath, and am pref red to give electro mamc nd gMane
treatment mm m iii Ehuothenpyi now an important Especially IN medrne,a md is used and
recommended by all the first hysIinso fhe day as one of the most valuable therapeutic agents
knowa to the profession. especially for hes successful treatment of ame nhanmatoy or chronic
rheumatism. Dyspepsia aHrh, Diseases of the Skin, Nervous Diseases, Paralysis. Neuralgia
and all nunaionhd arrangements ofhe stomach Bowels Liver. Spleen. Kiinss,B addeI Lungs
Heart etc: Disc e ofhe Genital Sysem and Female complaints; also many nstso of the Eye
and Ear. A Ladies Panor ant Competent FcmaleN Nurse in attendance for lady patients
= Physcianso fhe city md county are cordially invite to call and examine and t the
merits of the Electro ThealeumcC Cabinet Bail.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20
They NJ ust BE Sold.

Bargains at Mitchell's Shoe Store
this eek.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20
Laddonia Lumber.

Bargains at Mitchell's Shoe Store
this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20
"If r ONLY Knew Her Name %

One day last week a man who had
some business with the records, was
asked his wife's maiden name. He
actually did not know it, and she hal
to be sent for. Now, this Is an actual
occurrence, and we will wager that
that that mar don't take his county
paDer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20

Laddonia Lumber
Moore & Kennen Of i.addonia, keep
a complete stock of lumber, and guar
antee that no lumber yard in Audrain
county can undersell them. Give
them a call. 23-tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20

To the Editor of the Mexico Ledger.
VANDALIA, Mo, Jan. 1S-What
is the meaning of the word ''Salt
River?' We hear much of this clas-
sic stream about election time, and
would like to be posted
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20

Land Sales.
Land sales negotiated and perfected
since Jan. /, 1881, by j. Z. Clark &
Son.:
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-17
The Terminus Of the Southern Pacific
noopo
New Orleans Democrat


Mr.. G. P. Huntington, president of
the Southern Pacific, has published, In
circular form, letter in which he dis
tinctly enunciates the policy that will
be pursued by his road. This has
hitherto been sufficiently vague to al
low correspondents opportunities OF
inventing very plausible stories con-
corning the intended terminus OF the
Southern Pacific and the policy 1T
would pursue. Galveston was fattered,
at one time into the belief that it would
receive the immense trade that this
road will bring, and there were other
accounts that spoke of new cities being
built up ON the gulf coast. it has been
understood, however, for some time
past that New Orleans was the favored
point. The circular we have just spoken
of lays all doubts at rest on this point,
and gives the reasons for selecting New
Orleans. The distance from Ell Paso
to the nearest point on the gulf coast
is $50 miles. A survey of the Texas
coast, however, showed no good ports.
But instead a long bar of sand and
clay which shut out the ocean SO that
no good harbor could be obtained ex-
cept at great expense. After thorough
examination of the Texas coast, Mr..
Huntington became convinced that
New Orleans was the nearest available
terminus for his road He found at 1t
every conceivable advantage for such
terminus; a safe and excellent harbor
open to the largest vessels. large pop
ulation. and rail and water communica-
ton with the interior. The distance,
moreover, from FL Paso to New Orleans
was only 1000 miles, $50 miles further
than the nearest point on the gulf.
Having selected the terminus Of his
road, the next point was to decide on
the means Of reaching New Orleans,
whether by the Texas-Paciic, by new
AR line, OF by San Antonio.
The Southern route, while it was
somewhat the longer, offered the adj
vsusAees Of being already nearly built
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-17
WIT AND WISDOM.

MALARIA or whisky is the dilemma Of
the Washington man. He generally
takes the dilemma by the horns.
PRESIDENT Arthur weighs 215 pounds,
David Davis, 3l5. Total, $50. The
government is now on solid founda-
ton.
ONE lively flea can scratch mp and
scatter more seeds Of religion than het
most eloquent divine can SOW in whole
forenoon.
WARS the difference between the
Prince of Wales and water in foun-
tain? One is heir to the throne, and
the other is thrown to the air.
"THERE's no place like home"-un-
less it is some nice young girls home,
when. the old folks are at class meeting
and the match box is empty.
PRETTY young lady; "How much is
this yard?" Smart young clerk:
"Only one kiss" Young lady: Il will
take six yards, and grandma will pay
you"
EARLY TO bed aud early to rise makes
. nan health, wealthy and wise; but
early to rise and tardy to bed makes
mans nose turn cardinal red.
AN Illinois lawyer, who charged q
widow s25 for making out a bill Of sale,
reduced his bill to 50 after the widows
brother had taken Off his coat.
Two successive editors of an Idaho
newspaper were shot and killed in the
same sanctum. The present editor has
posted up the following sarcastic sign:
@No shooting allowed in this room"
As rule, newspapers are what their
readers make them. The responsibility
of the subscriber is.as great in its way
as that OF the editor. The surest way
Of kecping.,he standards Of cur jour
nalism high, ..and Of raisiDg them, is for
that portion of the public which knows
the valne. and necessity Of dignifed
and able press to withhold its support
altogether from newspapers which cater
to depraved tastes and are reckless of
the truth, and TO give it 10 newspapers
which can be safely taken into the fam
ily, and are not only decent bat just
Neu York Tribune.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-17
Jay GOuld's Power.

Jay Gould's movements are watched
more intently than those of Vanderbilt
because he is considered the man Of
destiny. Coming down the Hudson
River road lately I noticed in one corn
er of the car q countenance on which
many a glance was concentrated. There
was a massive black beard, parrot-li G
beak, pair of jet black eyes piercing
and intense in expression. Aired hand
kerchief encircled the neck, and the d.
minutive body was encased in a plain
oyercoat. Such was the last appear
ance of Jay Gould before he went south,
and since his return he is more eagerly
watched than ever by the Specializing
crowd. He now CONTROLS half dozen
railroads, and will probably add few
more to the list before the close of the
year. Gould has a peculiar faculty OF
concealing his purposes until the time
of development. No one has ever been
in his confidence. He uses his associ-
ases to Derve his purposes, and they, as
a matter Of course, share handsomely in
the profits but as a business man he
-dxells apart and may therefore be
termed the hermit king Of Wall street.
He is now rebuilding the conservatory
recently Destroyed by fire. and is deter
mined that Il shall exceed anything Of
the kind in Anerica--NeU York
Letter.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-17
Editorial Work aud Writing.

As with private letters, SO with edi-
torials; sometimes it gives one real
pleasure to write them, while at other
times the question uppermost is What
shall say next?" Usually the profess
sional writer, like the well bred lady
who may be compelled to entertain a
bore, can coneal his disinclin alton and
emptiness by well-selected stock OF
words, and, as papers are read with
very little care, most anything will pass
muster. The fact is, newspapers are
too cheap to be highly regarded, and
yet the brightest gems of literature and
the. mightiest thoughts have first
appeared in this humble garb. To do
good newspaper work requires not
merely pecuniary but reasonable
amount of moral encouragement. One
ought to feel that the reader does not
measure his mental efforts with the
yard-stick- Precisely as vulgar rich
people purchase the largest painting
with the finest frame, Ind pass by with
contempt the genuine gem because it
Is only few inches square, so ignorant
people are apt to judge the newspaper
BY the size. and the square yards of
reading it contains, without regard to
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-17
The Southern Pacific as an Immi.
grant Line.

When Charles Croker, President OF
the Southern Pacific Railroad, made
the remark, shat when the road is COM
pleted through to New Orleans and
Galveston, he would fill Southern Cali
fornia and the velley of San joaquin
with immigrants, if he was compelled
to transport them across the continent
for SO apiece" the San Francisco
Commercial Herald tells us, she struck
the keynote of prosperity for California.
There will then be no Union Pacific
and the many other draining forces at
work to take from us our rightful inner
;tance of the better class Of foreigners
who come to our shores to establish fu-
ture permanent homes. While there
will be other sources to feed the west
ernmost portions of the country,
with less impediments than are at
present presented, We can most assured
II look to this one southern direct
route as the most advantageous of all,
since if will be 50 connected as 10 give
ms the best and surest benefits to be
derived from the influx Of overcrOvded
Europe.S
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-17


Attention. childrcni" ssii che prin-
cipal entering the cl@riccm, followed
by stranger; .this gentleman will ask
you few questions in arithmetic. He
is the Superintendent Of Schools at
Mule Gulch. Nevada, that great West
ern State Of which you have so often
heard" fsi tfsf
switch his name are Dodd,' said the
visitor, and, mounting the platform, he
drew q bowie.kniie from his boot leg
and tapped for attention on the desk.
I'VE will now proceed 70 do a sum in
simple addition. A gentleman who has
q head on. him from Last night met
another gentlemen in the Dew-drop
Inn, who put . head ON him. How
many heads did that gentleman have
on hims 'Threei' Now you're talking.
We will next proceed to satisfaction.
wall.eyed Bob had Ave fingers on his
left hand tincluding His thnhb) whom
he injudiciously called Buckskin Joe .
jumping mule. Buckskin Joe drawed
his eleven.inch toothpick. and the bar
keeper subsequently, swept up two 6n-
gers. How many fingers had Wall-eyed
Bob lefts 'Threer YOU'RE right and
I've $500 herein the . little pocketbook
that says you are.'
Eve generally do this sums in ap-
pies and other domestic fruits says
the principal, timidly. s
@Quite right, quite right said tho
gentlemen from the Far West, shut my
plan is univei sally admitted TO be moro
national patriotic. TWAS criH-
cised some at our last convention at
Gallows Forks, but q majority favored
it, and the gentleman who opposed II
walks with crutch yet. Now then,
kids, hump yourselves for problem ID
multiplication and addition. A gentle
man held full at social game Of pc.
ker-three mines and two sevens. How
man spots was on his cardss Forty
one!" Surely Mister, your class Is no
SLOUGH Of class at 'rithmotic. I will
Just give the kids one more easy
one. Five boss thieves had operated
for five days before the Vigelantes hung
them, and had stolen twenty-eight head
Of stock. How many bosses day did
each boss thief steal9 Zone and three.
twenty-ffths of hossl" Right, and Il
any man says you amt don't take it
from him, if he's as big as o grain ele-
vator. Now, mister man, trot out your
class in moral philosophy.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-17
Charactetlsties Il The Jersey Cow.

T. ,VntIaCNcHlblltS " ING veInOy 1--WE
i A description Of the Jersey COW in
the Journal Of the american Agri.
tultural association, by Richard
Goodman, il, Of Lenox, ssachusetts,
contains the following points:
( First The Jerseys are thorough
bred and we'll established stock.
! Second They possess as. fully rs
any breed the power Of transmitting
their desirable qualities to their off,
spring. eas@ gov
Third-Having smaller bodies than
any Of the leading breeds, they require
less food to build up and develop their
bodies while they are growing, and
they require less for the repairs Of
theirbodies when they have reached
their full size.
Fourth They come into profit year
earlier than other breeds, and thus
make saving to their owners OF q
years food, housing and handling.
Fifth-They have shown power
unequaled by any other breed, OF adap-
ting themselves to the various climates
and to the varieties of food Of all parts
of the United States. W
Sixth-No cattle in this country are
more quiet, gentle, hardy, prolific or
long lived.
SeventhxThey are the most persist
ent mixers of any breed. They seldom
go dry for more than six weeks; many
instances are on record of cows giving
half a dozen calves in as many years
without ceasing to give a good yield OF
milk.
They make more butter from 3 given
amount of milk than COWS of any other
breed.
nth-They will make more butter
in twelve running months than will
the COWS of any other breed.
Tenth-Their butter has higher
color in winter, as well as in summer,
than that of any other breed except
the Guernsey.
Eleventh The milk, the cream and
the butter of the Jersey has richer
taste and a more lively and agreeable
flavor at all times of the year than that
of any other breed.
Twelfth-The butter of this breed,
in texture and grain, has no equal Its
firmness, and freedom from a salvy
character in the heat OF summer, is par
ticularly noticeable.
Thirteenth-Therei is no breed which
has been crossed upon the common
stock of the United States with more
immediate or satisfactory results.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-17


From the day the cotton crop begins
TO open the work Of cotton picking
should be pushed As rapidly Al possible.
The most important confederation con.
nected with the cotton harvest is the
damage that. results to the cotton when
left exposed in the fields to the winds
storms and dews. From this source
great losses annually occur. When the
bolls are opening rapidly aud hands
are few in number the pickers ought to
be encouraged to work rapidly, even
though the result be some trashy cot
ton. The injury resulting from rain.
storm when the staple is hanging we'll
out Of the hollis is infinitely moro seri.
GUS than is the presence Of hulls and
leaves in cotton otherwise desirable.
From this advice it must not be infer.
ed that careful handling Of cotton and
an avoidance Of trash is not an import.
ant point. Every planter understands
that clean cotton is recompensed BY .
higher price, but the gain in q price il
not proportionate 70 the loss .tesulting
in injuries to, cotton exposed In the
hollis to rain and wind. After frosts
and rains it is almost impossible to
gather any but trashy cotton, cotton
hopelessly mixed with leaves and stems
and deteriorated in color from undue
moisture. .5j'sa .E
During the early season when first
grades Of cotton are being picked,
many planters follow the practice Of
dividing the force into two gangs, q
plan especially to 90 commended when
the area to be gone over is extended
and the force o large one. The first
gang take the lead, rapidly gathering
the fair, clean locks hanging from the
upper branches of the plant, while tho
second gang follow to CLEAN what re-
main in the hollis, on the bushes or on
the ground. Care is observed by the
first pickers not to gather dirt or leaves
into their sacks or baskets. As baskets
expose to view any trash that may fall
in, and thereby afford opportunity for
its removal before it has become incor-
porated in the mass, they are being
employed in many plantations in place
of the sacks; those Of smaller size are
set between rows and as fast as filed
are emptied into the larger baskets. A
plan adopted in some stations consists
in each hand carrying four rows across
the field and the same time, which is
done by placing the basket between
the four rows, then picking two rows
by the basket as far as the cotton can
be thrown in, then crossing over to the
opposite two rows and pick these
back. In this manner the four rows
are CLEANED beyond the basket and the
picker is ready to move on.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-17
The James Boys.

4ue uOWo Uuu IUAuoSvO%Ae VI WAC
James boys for many years past has
been within fifteen miles Of Dardstown.
Nelson county, Kentucky, bordering on
a fork Of Salt river, in . heavy wooded
region surrounded by rocky hills, and
barred by deep ravines. Although
within fifty miles Of Louisville, the
outlaws were perfectly secure in the
retreat, and they made for il after each
raid. There their horses wers trained,
their booty divided, and they were sur
rounded by friends who punished an
intruder with death, and kept up q sys-
tenn Of guards extending to Louisville.
Any sign of . detective campaign was
promptly reported to the James part
ners. Don Penz, sheriff Of the district,
owed his life to the James boys during
the war, and he vowed he would never
20 back on them. The wife Of Jesse
James brought her children and took
mp her quarters last summer at Don
Penz's house, where she was recognize.
ed, and then disappeared from the
neighborhood about four days before
the Winston train robbery. Shortly
after the train robbery on the Chicago
& Rock Island road in last July, q party
consisting OF the James boys, John Jar
rett, Ed Miller, Jim Cummings, and a
man named Leith, were seen moving
toward the Bardstown hills. Captain
Bligh, chief of the Louisville detective
force, was posted on these matters, and
on the 22d of August was told that the
gang were in Salt River Hills, contem-
plating the robbery Of pay train COM
ing from Louisville to pay the work.
men on the extension from Taylorsville
to Bloomfield. The tracks we're laid as
far as Smileytown, not far from which
some armed men, the James gang, were
seen asleep in the woods. Captain
Bligh determined to set o trap, and o
pay car was attached to the passenger
train on the following day. In it were
placed fifteen armed men from the
Louisville force, and the train steamed
down to the end of the track, awaiting
the robbers. They, however, had been
warned, and watched the train from the
hilltop. The mission failed OF its pnr.
pose and the armed force returned to
Louisville. The gang, becoming con-
vinced that it was unsafe to remain in
the immediate vicinity, disappeared
It is believed that Governor Critten-
den had knowledge Of many Of the facts
detailed in this account prior to his in
terview here with the railroad Officials
which resulted in the offering Of the
larger rewards some months ago.-St
Louis Republican.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-17

quality. Sometimes ws dream that the
Newspaper Of the future will be that
which values the space..oi line moro
highly than gold, and which will prune
until the best, most useful and beauti-
full remains. But what con single
hand accomplish, with three papers per
week on his hands, and an Unsuitable
demand for local trivialities to supply ?
1t is only at rare intervals that he can
strike his best gait. o
Growing older we become more de-
termined to please ourselves rather
than others. A serious defect this
doubtless is, and yet it has compensa-
ton. The paper is pervaded by .
strong individuality. instead Of being
acolorless transcript, and the intellect
.pal quality is tested by the introduc.
ton and treatment Of all sorts Of topics,
out Of the common channel. Every
one can say something about that Of
which all are talking, but contributions
to general knowledge are the result Of
a, vide course Of reading and obserya-
|tion.-AD sniso,s (I0toa) .RsUieac.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-04-28

htbptCIlUIIyi d. v II Q LII
Aawrenceburg, Anderson Co. Ky.
This remedy speaks for itself One bottle will
satisfy the most skeptica. There is not a single
symptom of consumption that it does not dissl-
pate at once and it will break up fresh cold in
"a hours. $3.50 per pint bottle. Address, BRAD
DOCK & Co., 1882 Race ST., PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-04-28

1876. Amount of salt marked at
station, two car loads. In 1877,
farmers began to use salt on their
worn out wheat lands (about $50
to 800 pounds to the acre., and the
result was, as compared with SIM
liar land, not sailed, an increased
yield of eight to ten bushels per
acre, and of better quality.
The chinch bugs Stunned the
sailed land, and the crop matured
seven or ten days earlier. This
caused an excitement and revival
of wheat culture from year to year,
so that during the year 1880, Eagle
station disposed of about fifty car
loads of salt, and up to the second
week in December handled ofwheat
delivered there by farmers, about
200 car loads since August, 1880.
The testimony is uniform among
farmers in that vicinity, that the
effect is marked from the start and
continues through the season. 1t
has caused business to boom up
considerably in that old worn out
section.
Realizing the Importance OF this
matter, especially as the spring is
so late, the G. NJ. & St. P. R'y Co.
are doing all they can to bring the
remedy within the reach of every
farmer along their lines OF road
They have made arrangements
which will enable farmers to pro-
cure at their stations, either from
their agents or from grain buyers,
agricultural salt at cost, adding the
bare cost of transportation. ltmay
be had in barrels or in bulk-the
latter, however, only in car loads.
In view of the lateness Of spring ii
is deemed particularly important
that it be used for the coming crop.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-04-28
SYSTEM ON THE FARM.

System on the farm is essential
to permanent success. Whatever
branch Of farming is selected should
be stuck to, if only moderately sue
cessful. A man is constantly learn
ing in a business to which he gives
habitual attention, and this knowl-
edge is part Of his capital, just as
much as the money invested in
stock, tools, or buildings. The man
who makes wheat a leading crop,
by studying to lessen the cost Of
production, by experience in the
best methods of preparing the soil,
the use of manure and the cultiva-
ton of the crop, can raise wheat
cheaper than his neighbors, and,
though selling it at the same price,
will realize profit where they bare
ly escape loss. On the other hand,
the man who is ever ready to
abandon his usual practice, in order
to follow something that pays ex-
ceptionally we'll at the moment
such as sheep husbandry Or hop
culture, when mutton, wool or hops
are fetching high priests pretty
sure to lose money in the long run,
either though ignorance Of the best
methods in his unaccustomed occu-
patton or an unforeseen fall in the
prices of the products. Such ven
lures are of a speculative nature and
the steady going farmer cannot
safely afford to be a Spectator.