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Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
All is Fair in Love and War.

Two hours have passed. So have
seven or eight horse cars, but the one
for which Vivian is waiting finally
comes along and soon lands him at
at the door of Pericles O'Rourke's
house. Ethelberta is sitting in her
bourdoir (hightoned word for room),
sewing some foamy lace into the
back of velvet dress, as the young
man entered.
II have bad news for you, my dar-
ling" Vivian said in sad tones, while
a dom t-bluff- r-you-w,ll-be-called ex-
preston came over his face.
BERTHE nestled her little dimpled
hands confidingly in his. ''Tell it to
me at once, sweet" she said, 'only
with you alive and well nothing could
be so very dreadful.
Vivian looked at her with a won
derful grave tenderness in his blue
eyes.
He was sizing her up.
"My father and have quarreled,
and he has disinherited me. l have
and here his voice quivered slightly
-'been given the G. b. on your ac-
count. 1 am beggar, Bertie.'
1
Her soft, dusky eyes grew wider
and more serious.
"Yes," continued the sucker, 81
am poor. But l wouldn't care if il
wasn't for you, darling. 1t mean:
that l must give you up, for l canno
ask you to share life with me on
thousand year."
| She looked at him with rich erin
isom flush snrging into her cheeks. l
it had been a full Vivian would prob
ably have gone under, but a fius
could never scare him.
"Vivian," she said, passienately
"do you think will let you give m
up? / love you too well for that. !
a beggar Or prince, you are al! III
I same to me-my king, lover
And he folded her to his his hea
with a great, almost speechless ten
I derness and joy.
= "My darling, my precious" !
q whispered.
IL Three months later, on a golde
It December afternoon, with blue 81
as in June, there was grand We
e ding at the O'Rourke mansion. ]
k Vivian and Etheiberta were enteril
e the carriage that was to bear them
sr the depot she looked at him with
5. weirdly precious smile.
'e "And so you w>uld not desert 1
v darling" he said, ''even when "
th thought that I was poor:'
a "No, my precious one" was t
" reply, II learned long ago that
ne sucker once off the hook will ne,
~ bite again, and your father and 7
g. up the job so as to land you lit
1t sooner
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
The Editor.

kind man.
He Is perfectly harmless. You
may go into his den without fear.
But he has his peculiarities. The sight
of a poet makes him wild. He is
then very dangerous, and is apt to
do bodily harm to all within reach.
He is also much wrought up when a
man comes in with little trifie he
has just dashed off.
There is one thing that must be
said in the editors praise. His mind
is so biased by long thinking in GER
tain direction that he dislikes very
much to look upon both sides of a
question. Therefore, if you value
your safety, never approach him with
manuscript written on both sides of
your paper.
The editor usually writes with q
pen, but his cutting articles are the
product of his shears.
And let me say right here that a
good deal of sheer nonsense has
been printed about the editor. He
uses his shears only when composing
an entirely original article.
The editor would make good pub
lie speaker but for his propensity for
clipping words.
The editors hardest task is to dis
pose of his time. His would be a
monotonous life indeed, were it not
for the kindness of the few hundred
people who call upon hum every day
to enliven his dull life with stores of
their grievances, of their bran new
enterprises, and with antediluvian
anecdotes. When you grow up to
be men, women and children, remem-
Der this, and spend all the time you
can in the sanctum of the editor. He
loves company so much, you know,
and sometimes he has to sit silent and
alone for a whole half-minute. Is il
not too bad?
The business of the editor is to en-.
tertain itinerant lecturers, book can.
vassers, exchange fiends and othel
philanthropists. He gives his whole
day to these. He writes his editorial:
at night, after he has gone to bed.
| The editor is never so happy al
when he is writing complimentary no
tees. For ten cents worth of pres
ents he will gladly give ten dollars
worth of advertlsing-an on accoun
of the pleasure it gives him to write
you know.
/ He loves also to write neat littl
speeches, and bright, witty poems fo
people without brains who wish t
speak in public. 1t is SO easy fo
, him to do this that he is sometime
quite miserable when an hour or tw
r passes without an opportunity to d
< something of the kind.
II The editor dimes at all the hotel
2 free, theatres open wide their door
, to him, his tailor clothes him gratis
his butcher and grocer furnish hi'
, without money and without price. l
} short, his every want is provided fol
, He spends his princely salary in built
| ing churches and schoolhouses in fo
S eign lands.
t By all means be editors. Of cours
a it would be better if you could |
;. hod-carriers or dray horses. But
r that is impossible, by all means
}. editors.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

cases OF DitntiSfia yieiu
Eeveredand Sick Per
SONS refreshed. and
Bed Sores prevent
ed by bathing with
Darhys Fluid.
Impure Air made
harmless and purified.
For Sore Throat il is a
sure cure.
Contagion destroyed.
For Frosted Feet,
Chilblains, Piles,
Chafings, etc.
rheumatism cured,
Soft White Complex
ions secured by It's use.
Ship Fever prevented.
To purify the 1sreath,
Cleanse the Teeth,
it can't be surpassed.
catarrIl relieved and
cured.
Erysipelas cured.
Burnsre relievcdinstantly.
Scars prevented.
Dysentery cuied.
Wounds healed apidly
Scurvy cured.
An Antidote for Animal
or Vegetable Poisons,
Stings, etc.
| used the Fluid during
our present afflic,ion with
Scarlet Fever with de,
cided advantage. 1t il
indispensable to the sick
room. VIM. F. SAND
FORD, Eyrie, Ala.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
An Endemic OF Catastrophes.

The year is only three weeks old,
but scarcely day of it has not secp
some extraordinary catastrophe. The
foods of the German rivers have
drowned more than were burned i'm
the Milwaukee hotel. which calamity.
even, was mild in comparison with
the conflagration of the Russian cir
Gus that burned nearly 800 people to
death. There have been several 9TH
er hotel fires, gunpowder explosion
in Holland killing thirty or forty per-
sons; a steamboat boiler explosion i'm
Wyoming Territory killing seven;
tenement house fire in London re-
sulting in loss of life the destruction
of large rolling mill at Cohoes, New
York, in which the operatives had
narrow escapes from death the col
lision and sinking of the steamer
Cimbria, in which 800 people were
drowned; the drowning of eighteen
Iconvicts by the capsizlng of a fiat
boat H. North Carolina; death in
Milwaukee by the explosion of cal
cium light in the Opera House and
many fires besides, those enumerated
involving total money loss of nj
, least $4,000, 900, TO say nothing Of
, the calculated losses by the floods in
Germany and Hungary, and by the
ssbliZzards" of the northwest. At
1.-THE present rate of depopulating the
world by these extraordinary means,
the danger of overcrowding it is not
, imminent; though it is Il rare year
when so mrcl loss of life and prop
erty occurs i'm so brief time.
G The deepest coal mine in the coun-
try is at Pottsville. Pa. Through its
shaft, 1876 feet i'm depth. 200 cars are
lifted every day. The machinery of
the shaft works as smoothly as a
hotel elevator, but the speed is so
" terrific that one seems falling through
the air. The knees, after a few sec
onds, become weak and tremnlous-
the ears ring, as the drums of these
- organs are forced inward by the aii
pressure, and the eyes shut inyolun,
tariiy as the beams of the shaft seen
. to dash upward only foot or twe
" away. 1t is not trip for a person
Of weak nerves 10 under take,
rs / Married, at the residence of tli'
10 brides father. Campbell 1T. John
:. Boone county. Tuesday. Jau. l6. 1873
o by Rev. Vim. Fisher, Of Caliawa,
or county, Mr.. John 7. McCahe, o
a, Aadrain county, and Mss Maiti
1T. John, of Boone.
MI An article entitled, "IIow 10 Was
it. the Baby is going the rounds o
the press. Persons who read it wi
nd be surprised to learn that the infan
int is washed with water, but is not ru
le- through wriaging machine an
hung out on the l,ne to dry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

DR.. Samuel A. Mudd, who dressed
J. Wilkes Booths wound after the
latter had assassinated Abraham Lin
coin, and for which he was sent to
the Dry Tortugas, died last week at
his Maryland home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
Sheriffs Sale i'm Partition.
Abram Laramore, ct al,
VS..
r. II. Tyler, ct al.
In the Circuit Court of Callaway
county, Missouri.

R1 virtue and authority of a decree
II and order of sale made by the
court, in the above entitled cause,
snd of certified copy thereof. dated
November 18th, 1882, 1 will, on
9TH day of February, 1888,
estween the hours of nine O'Clock in
the forenoon and five O'Clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the front
soor Of the court house in the city of
sa,, Mexico, in Audrain county Missouri,
sel at public yendue, to the highest
bidder, the following described real
estate. viz: Twenty COY acres, east
naf ofthe southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of section f2s}
lWenty-nine township (5D fifty-one.
range t9) nine.
Terms of sale as follows, viz: One
naiI IN six months, and one-half in
tWelre months.
D. D. WOODWARD,
saas Sheriff Audrain county, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
The Wicked Stand on Slippery Places.

Last Friday was the slipperiest day
that ever was. The rain came down
and froze as it struck, and the whole
earth was as smooth as ice could pos
sibly be made. Almost everybody
had little experience on ice A
Monroe street woman started out to
the summer kitchen with a couple of
quarts of milk which she wanted to
''set.'' Well, she ''set'' before the
milk did, and though she did not
raise much cream for coffee, she
raised the neighbors. Both feet went
from under her at once and at the
same time, and very suddenly, too.
considering the size of them. One
foot struck the pump spout and the
other struck boiler. her back hair
struck the top step, her elbows struck
the ice and slid along, taking the skin
off, the small of her back struck the
bottom step, and the large of it struck
the ice in a ten fold ratio. She said
she thought the world had come to an
end. Well, the world had come to
one end. And the milk. The pan
Of milk went up about eight feet, and
tumbled over and came down just as
the Monroe street lady had fairly set
down on the ice, and there wasn't a
drop of it lost, as it all went on her.
She looked as though the whitewasher
had been working around the house.
If it had been man, he would have
sworn.
The worst case of slipping, however
was that of Capt. Frost. A customer
had bought can Of kerosene, bo,
of baking powder, two quarts of mo
lasses, some salt pickles, a peck O
potatoes, twelve eggs, two rolls o
butter, some ground coffee and {
securing brick. The goods were pu
in a basket, and he took them out t.
put them in the delivery wagon. HI
said as he started out of the door
people make too much fuss walkin
: on the ice. All a man had to do wa
to go right along, and jab his heel
down, and he wouldn't fall. This
pious man, Deacon Dunbar, wa
watching, and he rolled his eye
up and said, "Let him that thinket
he stand take heed less he stand q
his ear" And the Deacon reache
under the counter and took chew ,
Frost's tobacco just as the Captai
struck the sidewalk. There was
sound as though Boston crack
had drapped, and the Captains pist
lpocket was ON the sidewalk, one Il
', was run through between the spok
:. of the forward wheel of the deliye
wagon, and his head was foatll
/ around on the ice. When he beg,
! to fall, he let 60 Of the basket
order to use bis hands to let hims.
,down carefully on the sidewal
The basket flew up to the top
the awning, and it began to rain gl
!. ceries and provisions on the Captai
The first invoice that came was t
potatoes, followed by the eggs, all
which struck Frost. except one ee
The tive rolls of butter went to
bosom, and the ground coffee a
" molasses went to his head. T
pickles and securing brick came alo
;. in due time, and when Frost got
he looked forsaken. The crowd Il
had collected expected to hear
address ON the subject of s'the Pc
wave," but that plous man only sa
as he brushed the ground coffee I
ne Of his eyes: 1T is pretty id 81
at perry, sin't it, Bob.''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
| |Diphthsria
Prevented.

The physicians here
use Darbys Fluid very
successfully in the treat
mens Of Diphtheria.
! A. SToLLENwERcK,
| Greensboro, Ala.
letter dried up.
Cholera prevented.
Ulcers purified and
healed.
In cases of Death it
| should be used about
| the corpse 1T will
| prevent any unpleas-
| ant smell.
The eminent Ply
sician, j. MARION
SIMS, M. D., New
York, says: "I am
convinced Prof. DarbyS
Prophylactic Fluid is a
valuable disinfectant."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
SMALLPOX
and
PITTING OF Small
Pox PREVENTED

A member ofmy FAM
lily was taken with
Small-pox l used the
Fluid : the patient was
not delirious. was not
pitted, and was about
the house again in three
weeks. and no others
had it. ]. W. PARK
ISsos, Philadelphia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Almost every Northern city has
one or more artificial butter factories.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

There are a few golden rules of
housekeeping, which every woman
ought always bear in mind: Be
cleanly, be regular, and never suffer
an inferior article in your larder;
poor ones are always the dearest in
the long run. In making coffee,
clear it with isinglass, and not with
eggs; and serve with it, in addition
to the ordinary jug of boiled milk, a
small pitcher of cream. Do not cover
jam, except with rounds of tissue
paper, dipped in brandy, and pressed
close upon the top of each pot. If
the preserve has been properly made
that is, equal weights of sugar and
fruit, and boiled sufficiently-it will
keep well for twelve months, without
being what is termed covered down !"
of course, we mean provided it be
kept in a dry place. Broil steak
without sailing, as salt draws the
juices; and cook over a hot, clear
fire, turning frequently with tongs.
Beef, which has a tendency to be
tough, can be made tender by stew
ing very gently, for two hours, with
pepper and salt; letting out about a
pint of liquid when done, and allow
ing the remainder to boil into the
meat. After taking up, make gravy
iof the liquid saved. If your cooking
fire is slow, throw On little salt: i,
will help very much. In making pas
try, do not spare butter, and let it be
of the very best. In icing cakes, diI
your knife frequently into cold water
, Wee Johnnie was riding on th,
. cars with his mother and dropped Oh
the floor one of the peanuts he wa
eating. After he had finished tn
, others he began to climb down to ge
the one on the floor, but his mothe
, stopped him, saying that he could no
, have it. He knew that his mothe
: would not change her mind, and h
:. sat still IN silence for several minutes
But he could endure. it no longer
and soon a pitiful little voice pipe
:, out: Mother, can't / get down 0
/, the floor and look at that peanut"
In town not many miles froi
Boston a man stepped into a neigi
boris house. where he saw the hea
of the family lying upon his back @
the floor, and bis wife standing ovs
:. him, as he thought, with a threate'
ing air. He was about to withdra
when the PROSTATE man shouted
IS "Come along in, Steve: she is on
;. tchalking me ont pair of pants
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.-
AtNotlee is hereby given that l, as admin
Etrator of the estate Of Frank Russell, de-
ceased, win, at the March term, 1883, of
the Audrain Probate Court, make my final
settlement as administrator of said estate
JOHN STRAHAN,
4l-4t Admir- Est Frank Russell, decd.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01
DARBYS
PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID.
A Household Article for Universal
Family Use.

For Scarlet and
Typhoid + evers,
Diphtheria, Sail
vatiOn, liberated
| Sore Throat, Small
pow Maa slssS and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

Married, at the residence OF flie
brides father, Campbell St. john.
Baone county, Tuesday. Jsu. Ii. 1888,
by Rev. Vim. Fisher, Of Galloway
county, Mr.. John +. McCahe, Of
Aadrain county, and MISS Matte
1T. John. of Boone.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-02-01

An article entitled, How 10 Wash
the Baby is going the rounds of
the press. Persons who read it will
be surprised To learn that the infant
is washed with water, but is not run
through wriaging machine and
hung out on the l.ne to dry,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-05
TIE ARMY And NAVY.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The leave of absence
on surgeons certificate OF disability granted Second
Lieutenant Alonzo l. O'Brien I'd Cavalry, November
IT, 1882, has been extended five months.
Leave OF absence from January 2. 1888 or from such
dae thereafter rs he may be relieved from his present
duties until February D. 1888, with permission TO go
beyond sea, has been granted Colonel George Thorn,
Corps OF Engineers
The following changes in the stations and duties OF Of
hcers the Corps OF Engineers have been ordered:
Colonel Charles L. Blunt will take station at Port.
land Me- and relieve Colonel George Thorn OF his duties
in connection with the works OF river and harbor i'm
proyernent in the states of Maine aud Newhampshire
leved from duty with the Engineer
Battalion wllles Point, N. Y, by the commanding OFF,
Ger of the battalion and Will take station at Boston,
Mass aud relieve Colonel George ThOm OF the charge OF
river and harbOr works under his direction In the
state OF Massachusetts. Captain RAYMOND Will also re-
ieye Colonel Charles L. Blunt of barge OF the works
OF fertilization under his dir in tho State Of
and will report by etter TO the secretary
of the Treasury for duty engineer or the FIRST and
second lighthouse districts, relieving Colonel BuDt.
The superintendent General Recruiting Service viii
to be prepared and forwarded, under
proper charge TO Fort ConoIo, Tex via Abilene the
Texas aud Pacific Railroad for assignment ~ the 10th
Infantry. -
the training ship jamestown. Lieutenant James X.
Selfridge detached from the Portsmouth and
10 temporary duty recorder of the Regulation
Hoard Cadet Eaglneer T. 4. Carter has been granted
leave OF absence for three months
The ironclad Pinta now being lifted up NJ the NOR
folk Navy Yard will Join tue Pacific station anu cruise
in the around Alaska relieving the United States
steaInship Adams, now Oh duty In that Territory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-05

ieets came increasing opportunities Of profitable Ia
Dor and great increase In the population
large IN ,e otes had begun to grow In Eng
land had only twelve cities and towns with popu.
ation exceeding 10000 AT the close OF the nr ,e
decade of the last half century she had thrty-o
cities and towns OF 10000 pOpu ation ana upward
Lancashire, Yorkshire, Staffordshire and Warwch,
shire, with London, are the most densey populateo
regions of England, and contain IN the aggregste
nearly twelve millions. or half the population o.
England and Wales Manchester and Saiiord, when
at the beginning of this century numDereaa d haI by
100000 have increased TO nearly 60O0oo; DIT,
mingham from $4,000 to over 400 600; Liverpool
from 100 coo to over $4,000; Leeds from ooouo
to 100000 But this great CROWN OIL io ood P fpr
the unemployed cannot be looked upon rs an IN
mixed good. 1t has been recently SAID Dy ~ wei,
known English essayIst that the development OF
industrial England has proceeded with rapidity
altogether unprecedented in human history ms
is true but this enrichment cannot be attrlo-
ued to free trade: Inc insrd mastery in an
almost imme asurable ratio during the last genera
ton. Railways, telegraphs, ocean steamers, sup
marine cables, have brought the peoples Of inc
world toge her and increased the weath-producing
capacity of man. England stood rea iy for the race
at the start. Professor sumner sald before tne
Tariff Commission that Protection had put England
back century. What particularly erroneous ms
tory OF British commerce has the FRO essor rss9
With the change in the whole tide of human ahairs
no legislation could have kept England DacK ceH-
tury Here IL what an English reviewer says OF TINS
period "W e English, very hgh ly handicapped III
the race, with our cheap COAL Win our eeusety
crowded cities and socialIZed workshops, Win the
first fruits of mechanical ,nveDtlon win accumu-
latei capital at our command, had the heels Oh inc
rest Of he world from the start. During the who're
of this period from 1S4S to 1873, we nau aiinoe,,
undlsputed control of the markets OF the GLOBE
But at the same rme "the leaps and bounds Oh COM
MERGE have given far more wealln 10 the upPoI,
classes than comfort or well-beng TO the lo"er.
stndv. ROBERT T. PORTER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-05
THE KENNEDERUTCHIASoN CASE.

The examination in the Kennedy Hutchinson
case was continued yesterday afternoon before Referee
LYMAN In Room No 81 OF the Post Office Building.
Elihu Root was the counsel for G. II. Brouwer, g. W.
MoGown and +. c. Mitchell, and Mr.. Sewen for Mr.
Hutchinson. The only witness was George Ii. Brouwer
who testified that he had not deposited Hannibal aud St.
Joseph stock with Bloodgood & Co., and read list OF
charges against the firm OF Kennedy Hutchinson Co.,
among winch were 800 for flowers Mrs. Hutch
inson S25 for flowers Mrs Kennedy S25 for flowers
10 Mrs slayback and SO FOR flowers to Mr. Duff his
birthday lie could not explain why Mr.. Duff didn't
have as expensive flowers Mrs.. Hutchinson. Several
sums Of money had been drawn out by Mr. McGown,
amounting In oil TO $275. Mr. McGOwn said
after he had drawn the money that he had done it, and
said he had done because he had been charged too
much COMMIT by firm and wished TO repay him
self in that way The witness had told him that he was
evading the law and must pay back the money. Mr..
MctIown aftorward did so In part by paying $3.50 :or
certain service expenses OF the rm Mr. Brouwer
said that these service expenses were incurred ne
cause had learned that OF its private DUST
ness WAS being disclosed He admitted that at that time
the quarrel with Mr.. Hutchinson had begun, but said
To get information which would lnturo Mr. Hutchinson
Mr. Root then examined the witness, who said that
while changes had been made IN the books for tho ben
eht OF individual partners to the deriment OF the urm
there had also been changes TO the detrnent OK ndvd
uals and 10 the benefit OF the iirm Referring
to the firms books no pointed out transae
lions where changes had been made by
which OF $3.50 given TO himself instead OF the
hrm where 500 profit had gone to the firm instead OF
TO Mr. McGown, where a loss OF $50 had gone TO him
self where $40 profit mad been accredited TO the nrrn
ana where 900 loss had fallen upon himself by reason
OF changes In the books instead OF upon tie nrm ane
that the firm had promised Mr. STAY baok 10 give hn
good security against posslble disaster 10 the hr
Tho examination will be continued on January IL az