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Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
SOCIETIES.

A o. U. W. meets every Tuesday evening at
Z 80. J. A. Spence, p. NJ. W; E. 8. Frost, Nj.
W.; j. j. Winscott, G. F.; X. n. Armstrong q. >;
D. T. Gentry, B.; T. w. Harding, Receiver; s.
L. Mexican, T, s. --
Crusade COMMANDMENTS. s. Craig, Eminent
Commander, meets third Tuesday evening OF
each month, at Z 80 P N.
Mexico Lodge No 20, A. F. and A. NJ: list Fri
day night in each month at P. NJ. j.. NJ. Mann
aduke. w. NJ; l. H. Hightshoe, s; W; j. E
Llewellyn, j. W.; james Carroll, Secretary; e
j. Gibbs. Treasurer; j. Bassford, ). M; j. .
f. Gillian, j. D.; James Olaeher, Tyler.
Mexico Chapter No. 25s Royal Arch, meets The
End Friday in each month s. III. Edwards, III
p, j. NJ. Marmaduke, Secretary.
Hebron Lode No. 354, A. T. and A. NJ. regular
communications 1st Tuesday in every month al
!: so P. NJ. I'M. Riley, w, M, .- "a
]. %. o. F-Mexico Lodge No. so meets every
Thursday evening at their hall in p. NJ. Morris
building. j. N. Riley, n. g.
Audrain County Medical Society meets every
Friday evening at O'Clock. DIR. T. A. Keeton,
President; DR.. W. W. Rodman, Secretary.
Salt River Lodge, No. 1886, Knights of Honor
meets lst and Sd Thursday evenings at Ken:
mans Hall. j. Med. Trimble, Dictator; p.
Harding, Reporter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
FOU Tacks are Made,


The iron is received from the rolling
mills in sheets from three inches to twelve
inches wide, and from three feet to nine
feet in length, the thickness varying, ac-
cording to the kind of work into which
! it is to bemade, from one-eighth to one
thirty-setond of an inch. These sheets
are all cut in about thirty-inch pieces and
by immersion in acid cleaned of the hard
outside finty scale. They are then chop
ped into strips of a width corresponding
the Length of the nail or tack required.
Supposi1g the tack to be cut is an eight
ounce carpet tack, the strip of iron, as
choppedand ready for the machine, would
be elevel-sixteenths of an inch wide and
thirty inches long. This piece is placed
firmly in the feeding apparatus, and by
this arrangement carried between the
knives O. the machine.
At each revolution of the balance wheel
the kniv's cut OFF small piece from the
end of tbs plate. The piece cut off is
pointed 1t one end, and square for FORM
| ing the lead at the other. It is then car
ried between two dies by the action Of
the knives and these dies coming togeth-
er form The body of the tack under the
head. Enough of the iron projects be-
yond thi face of the dies to form tht
/ head, aad while held firmly by them, 6
lever strikes this projecting piece into 6
round lead. This, as we have said be.
fore, isall done during one revolution o.
the wheel, and the knives, as soon as the
tack dpps from the machine, are read,
to cut IF another piece. ssHl
Thes machines are run at the rate o
about so revolutions per minute. Th'
shoe mil machines, for cutting headles!
shoe nils, are run at about 500 revolu'
tions Ter minute, and cut from three II
five nails at each revolution.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
POST OFFICE,
Postmaster

JOHN SAUNDERS. Postmaster.
z- DAILY MAILS.
st. Louis mail arrives at 2: 10 p. m. and 2 25
8. M. tnight1
st. Louis mail closes IL m. and p. m.
Chicago mail arrives at 3: 50 a. m.
Chicsgo mail closes II and Up. m.
Kansas City mail tby c. A. r. R) arrives at
II IS p. M. closes :10p. M
ST. Louis and Chicago mall WAC. q A. Il. R)
arrives at 3 : 80 a. M, closes Il % p. m.
jefferson City mail arrives at II 80 p. m.
jefferson City mail closes 8: Top. m.
Western mail arrives at 1 "a p. m.
Western mail closes at p. m.
West Hartford and Perry mails arrive at 1 80
a N. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Close
At q. m same days.
Santa Fe mail arrives at II m. Tuesdays and
frldays-departs1 !: 20 p. m. same days.
Young g Creek and Long Branch mails arrive
as IL m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Close q ID 80 p. No. same days.
Medoc and 1ounger's mail arrives at IL .. m.
saturday, Closes at p. n. same day. .
Post Once opens at7 n M; closes at 2 ,. m.
open Sundays from to 8 p m.
.@ Money orders on all. important points IN
me United Statss, Ensaand and Ireland e
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
A Society Innovation.

"My daughter is to be married next
week." he said, as he sat down and re-
moved his hat.
"And you present her with check for
$50 200 of course?" replied the broker.
"well, no, that's Whist I called to see
you about. Ibelieve In innovation"
"You'n give her $4,000 in cash, eh9"
"No, sir. I was thinking that you
might take about $500 and buy about
$75, 900 worth of some sort Of bonds"
LAS an investment for an income7"
ssNo-for show. Get e1 900 bonds,
If possible. Get some that are printed
in red and blue ink, If you can. II they
have big red or blue seals on, so much
the better. II they begin TN the name OF
God, amen,' they will look the more i'm
portant. See that the paper is good, the
printing clear, the signatures In bold,
heroic hand, and send your bill to me
The time has gone by when the public car
be fooled by q check"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
One by One.
r-%~~ %hn Z o.,tsf~na Rarsu htfaan N

From the Louisiana Republican.
We are called upon this week to an
nounce the disappearance from the arena
Of journalism, Of another one of our coz
freres In the battle for Republicanism.
The Fulton Republican is non est anymore.
1t has ceased to was. 1t is niha not muck
am. 1t started out in the bright and
beautiful recently, full Of hope, but the
bung hole dropped out and the hope got
spilled. Therefore was its hence. A
feeling akin to sadness steals o'er US, as
we contemplate the fate Of Republican
papers tn this part Of the state. The
Mexico Republican got over heated and
died. The st. Charles Cosmos saw the
Democratic cyclone coming and tool
refuge ir. the Independent cellar. Ant
now the backward spring has chilled th'
Fulton Republican, SO that it can't com
up. But one solitary ray comes to u
through the gloom, and it is from the Ral
at Montgomery City. Bro. Thompson
| win you please hold our handkeEchie
| while we indulge In few weepsf~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31

A will printed on type writer
has been admitted to the probate at
New Haven, though a Connecticut
statute requires that such documents
be written, the judge deciding that
such printing is writing within the
meaning Of the law.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
He Deserved His Reward.

Another hoop-snake has been dis
covered in this State, but, strange to
say, the gentleman who saw it did
not adhere to the conventional form.
re-, . Sand you say that the snake did
not roll after you," said a man when
the hoop-snake man had concluded
his recital. .s- ry ~ =.
"No, he did not roll after me-"
"You didn't jump behind a tree,
then, just as the snake struck at
you?" ~
'sNo, sir. --5 -ssf .r:-.
stAnd the leaves on the tree did
net wither and die within two hours? p
emo" SIT
"My friend, here is a twenty-dol.
lar gold piece. A man who can de.
fy temptation, as you have done, and
stick to the truth, should be reward
ed - IsE e-r-s
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
County and City Directory
COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Times of Holding Courts.
AUDRAIN CIRCUIT COURT.
Regular Terms---Fourth Monday in January
first Monday in June, and first Monday in
October.
Regular Terms--Second Monday in March May,
September, and January.
COUNTY COURT.
Regular Terms--First Monday in May, August,
November and February.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
An Idyl.

go! can you help me? I'm suffer-
ing terribly all night long,
eyes," responded the delightful
editor to the pale beautiful damsel
who had dashed so unceremoniously
into his office, THAT is just our line
to relieve the afflicted, to bind up the
wounded"
80! thank you; you are too kind.
For three days 1 have not tasted food /;
for three nights 1 have paced my
ROOM"
"That's it, smiled the editor. 81
had it too, but never so bad. But
grew thin and pale, and finally they
sent me South. 1t cured me.''a -
''How strange" she murmured ;
II never knew change of climate to
effect
"Just the thing. A nice trip
South; roses and roustabouts and
other children of nature divert the
mind. Our trip to San Francisco,
or sea voyage, that is now the prop
er racket. Is this case hopeless
Can we not save
''No, no." she moaned, growing
paler each instant. aThere is but
one cure, 1 fear," and she fell into a
chair.
90 say not so," pleaded the ten
der hearted editor, his eye glistening
with the tear of sympathy. $50
young, so fair, to speak thus hope
lessly of life"
81 do not quite despair of life, and
yet it is not worth living if this pain
must continue.
s'Might Itry my hand at curing
you? When it comes to a delicate
little matter of this kind, I f1attel
myself s5.fs, r SssEF = ,A<
"Oh," she muttered, ''pa has every
confidence in you. Money IS no OBJ.
ject with him, and he says you are SC
skillful that you can replace the
Old"
"Bless him, bless him. blurted
the delighted editor, a vision of para
disc floating before him. "Where
did he learn so much of me? True
Pm only poor toiler, but rich in The
wealth of affection-''
affection, affection" snapped
the young lady, starting up, "who ii
talking Of affection?" \ eH.1
"Why, WHY thought-you said
that is you"
asked you to extract = tooth tina
has ached for week., Pa directed
me to Dr.. Dedman as d careful den
tist. .
aIsbeg your pardon I-''
But only blank walls answered tn
pleading of the desolate young editor
while a very mad young lady founcet
down stairstthree steps at time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31

ty-nte per cent, and 1t Is no wonder
that money loans here readily at from
twelve to twenty per cent. There
are men here in the sheep business
worth $25, 900, who commenced empty
handed twelve years ago. Wages for
farm hands average thirty dollars, al
though some get forty. Money don't
drop into peoples laps here, but what
they cali "rustlers'' here can get good
pay for their work. A young man or
woman either can preempt 160 acres,
build a ten-dollar shanty on it, and
go to it once in awhile fer home, and
work at thirty dollars q month, and
the woman at three or four dollars a
week, and in six months prove up on
the land and pay $3.50 an acre, and
sell for four or i've dollars. That is
what the railroad sells its lands for in
some localities. They thus make
from $3.50 to o. on land. At the
same time they can take a timber
culture, and that claim can generally
be sold in from six to twelve months
for from 800 to $500; or if ten acres
be cultivated in timber, q title is
given by the government in eight
years. After your preemption is
settled you can homestead 160 acres
more, and get title in five years Of
land that will be worth $25 an acre
in ten years.
Everything that comes from the
East is about twice as high as there ;
but people buy everything they want,
and they trust everybody that goes to
farming nearly. The climate is fully
as good as Audrain, and I like it bet
ter. Although it was so below zero
here last winter, it was not windy,
and there does not seem to be such
changes and so many of them as there,
and the annual rainfall is only about
half what it is there. The society il
as good as / ever lived in, and the
men are about the average intelli.
gence, enterprise and sociability
There does not seem to be as mucf
rowdyism and hard characters a.
characterize new southern countries
Waitsburg has from 500 to 700 popu
lation, and two of its leading stores
claim to carry from $40, 900 to $50,
600 stocks Of goods, and make annu
al sales Of $3.50, 900 each. They sci
on credit, and only expect pay once {
year; and yet the largest store i
owned by a young man who claims Il
buy for cash, is out Of debt, an,
came here eleven years ago with moth
ing and clerked two years. I di,
think that I would move to Mexico
and help Ben Tureman do the heav,
setting around on the southeast COZ
ner of the square, but I can't stan
the pressure. Tell Bill Sims ther
are farmers here that best 10 per cent
I will be home in July or August,
expect.. L1LLIs F. SMITH.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND
THE TARIFF.
What the Democrats Have Affirmed
Touching Protective Taxes in
all Their Party Platforms.
From the New York World.
1900.

The first Democratic platform was
adopted by the party, then called the
republican," as distinguished from
the Federalist party, in congression-
al caucus at Philadelphia in 1900, the
year in which Jefferson was first elect
ed to the Presidency. 1t demands:
6. Free commerce with all nations,
political connection with none, and
little or no diplomatic establishment.
1886.
The next Democratic platform,
knowni as the "Locofoco" platform
of 1886, was adopted by the first na-
tional convention for nominating can
didates for the Presidency. 1t pro-
claims:
Hostility to any and all monopolies
by legislation, because they are vio-
Iations of the equal rights of the
people.
The true foundation of republican
government is the equal rights OF
every citizen in his person and prop.
erty and its management.
1910.
The next Democratic platform was
that of lS40, adopted by the Presi'
Dental Convention at Baltimore, which
contains these resolutions:
Resolved, that justice and sount
policy forbid the federal government
to foster one branch Of industry tt
the detriment Of another, or to cherisl
the interests Of one portion to the in
Jury Of another portion Of our com
mon country.
! Resolved that it is the duty Of ever,
branch of the government to enforc'
and practice the most rigid econom.
!. in conducting our public affairs, ant
that no more revenue ought to be re
! quired to defray the necessary ex
lpenses Of the government.
!, 1874.
. The democratic convention OF lS4
: reaffirned the fourth and fifth resolu
r tions of the convention Of 1910.
I i84S.
II The democras;c convention Of 1S4
Il Resolved that it is the duty Of ever
= branch Of the government to enfore
and practice the most rigid econom
in conducting our public affairs, an
!, that no more revenue ought to b
!. raised than is required to defray tt
b necessary expenses Of the goyerI
, ment, and for the gradual but certai
: Iextinction of the debt created by tf
" prosecution Of just and necessal
q war.
e And that the results of democrat
e legislature in this and all other ina
cial measures, upon which issues ha'
6 been made between the two polite
o parties Of the country, have demo
'e strated to careful and practical m
!, Of all parties their soundness, safe
sr and utility in all business pursuits.
.p Resolved that the fruits OF the gre
q, political triumph Of 1874 have fuifl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
- MEXICO, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, NAY 81 1883.
slipped over the edge and carried me
down a fall Of 1000 feet.

Safely past this, the worst point,
the remaining curves were easy. Thus
far there had been no time to think.
My actions were more instructive
than reasoning. Ny mind was a
mild, confused whlrl of sensations
and fears.
But now, as 1 shot down the last
steep incline, suddenly I experienced
3 terrible mental shock. Itxas caus-
ed by hearing the tinkle of bell far
below, and seeing the spark Of Ian
tern such as the mine teamsters car
ry in front of their wagons. There
was a team, perhaps a, train of teams,
coming up the road! In a few sec
onds I should be upon them. The
shock made me think, and that clear
ly. If the teamster was walking be-
side his team, he would be on the in
side, next to the mountain wall, and
the team would be in the middle Of
the road. If he was riding, the team
would be kept near the mountain wall,
and at safe distance from the outer
edge of the track. Either way my
best chance was to pass on the out
side. As I approached, therefore, 1
ran close to the outside edge of the
track, and flew by in salty hearing
the teamster shout as did SO. Here
it was lucky that I was going at such
great speed, for the teamster saw the
red light Of my lantern when + was
nearly mile distant, and recogniz-
ing it, he started his team toward the
outer edge of the road, so as to give
me the safest passage on the inside,
but I was upon and past him before
the team could be driven over, other
wise should surely have run into
them. -
And now the wheel ran along the
level at the bottom of the mountain
still my frightful velocity did not
perceptibly diminish. l ran out past
the works and into and along the vii
lage street. Luckily the street was
covered thinly with sand-not enough
to make it bad riding, but sufficient
to gradually stop coasting wheel.
My speed slackened perceptibly.
Still I ran nearly through the village,
and then managed to turn broad
corner and run up the slope Of a side
street, which finally checked my
speed so that ventured to drop my
feet cautiously and take the pedals
after touching them as they came VI
for number of revolutions, to help tt
check the machine.
And so finally stopped and leapet
to the ground exactly in front Of DR.
Cameron's house.
On mounting at the mine house
had looked at my watch, after
habit had; and now, from tn
same habit, I looked at it again.
was not astonished to find that I hat
made the nine miles from the mine t,
the Doctors in few seconds les
than thirteen minutes. Allowing sI
and quarter for the first two mile
before the brake gave way, and
must have made the last seven mile
in less than six and three-quarte
minutes. 1 firmly believe that l GOV
cred seven miles in less than six ant
q half minutes, incredible as sucl
lspeed seems. "
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
Don't You Forget It'll

am booming, and selling grocer
les cheaper than ever. i buy for
cash, and can't be undersold. Bring
in your country produce. Highest
price paid. ID. 0'CALLAeEAs,
6-h Thompson Station, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
4 LIGHTNING BICYCLE RIDE.
Down a Mountain Side at the Rate Of
. Nile Minute.

Our mine, the Spondulix, of Colo
RADIO, was the highest on the range.
It was 2,670 feet above Silver Brick
Station, and nine miles distant from
the village. From the works up to
the mines there is a broad, hard,
smooth road, used for carting ore
down from the mines and hauling sup
plies up. The average grade down
the mountain was 800 feet to the
mile; in some places it was considera-
bly, sleeper, and at intervals almost
level. The road was made partly on
the bare rock, and wound up marrow
gulch; presently it climbed outside the
chasm, and here at several places the
road-bed had been blasted out of the
solid rock, or GU. into the perpendic-
ular side of the mountain; but every
where the road was almost as smooth
and hard as floor. Knowing that a
loose stone might cost the lives Of
both teamster and team, where some
times the brakes would not entirely
check the descent of an oar-wagon,
until one of the nearly-level places
had been reached, the teamsters were
careful to keep the surface Of the
road clean and smooth.
By constant practice I managed at
last to ride my 52-inch university,
roadster up the whole slope to the
Spondulix, of course resting at levels,
but my chief delight was the coasting
down again; it required skill, good
deal Of nerve, and a firm grasp of the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31

tSalary of each, ss,OOo.)
Secretary of State--F. I. Frelinghuysen, of n J.
Secretary of War--Kobert Lincoln, of Illinois,
Secretary of Treasury -Chas. f. Folger, of n. Y.
Secretary of Navy--Wm. E. Chandler. of New
Hampshire.
Secretary of Interior--H. E. Teller, of Ohio.
Attorney General--Ben. Ell. Brewster, of Penn.
Postmaster Overwhelmingly o. Howe. of Wis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
SUPREME COURT.
STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM--FULTON.
Resident Officers,

Resident Officers.
I .R. III. Smith, NJ. D., Superintendent and Ply
sician.-Salary 50, 900 per year
A. WilkersOn, NJ. D., First AsSis tant Physician.
Salary 81, 500 per year.
7. A. Howard, NJ. D., Second Assistant Ply
sician. Salary 81 500.
c. o. Atkinson, Steward. Salary, 81, 200
B. z. Bailey, Treasurer. Salary, 81, 200
I. 4. Russell, BoOk-keeper.. Salary, $3.50
Mrs. Gordon, Matron. ..Saiary, S6OO
W. ID. Kerr, A. NJ, Sup't....; ...Salary, 81 500
James K Shelley, Jr., Steward. Salary, 81 GOO
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31

National and State Directory
THE EXECUTIVE.
THE CABINET.

President Chester 4. Arthur. Salary, $50, OO
Vice-President-- david Davis.... Salary, SS, ,00
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
UNITED STATES JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice.
Morrison R. Waite, of Ohio. Salary Sl0, so
Associate Justices.
STATE OFFICIALS,

GovernOr--T I. Crittenden. Salary, IS 200
Lieut.. GOy.--Robert A. Campbell.... S5 per day.
Secretary of State--M. K. McGrath. ..S3, 900
Attorney General--Daniel II. Mcintyre. So 600
Audltor--John w alker. 3,OOO
Register OF Lands--Robert McCuloch. o., 600
Supt. Public Instruction--W. Z. Coleman. .S3 200
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31
TABLE.
St. Louis, Wabash s Pacific Ry.
IT
CHICAGO & ALTON.

y d. HENDERSON, Ticket Agent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-31

AsDeg your paIuoh'
But only blank walls answered the
pleading Of the desolate young editor,
while a very mad young lady founced
down stairsthr steps at q time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01
Order of Publication.

STATE OF MICHIGAN: NINTH JUDICIAL CIR.
CUIr-IN CHANCERY.
Suit pending in the Circuit Court for the Coun-
~ OF Van Buren,, IN Chancery. at Paw Paw
on the 22d day OF May, A. ID. 1888.
Helen Allard, complainant, VS.. James Allard
defendant.
in this cause II appearing from affidavit on
gle, that the defendant, James Allard, cannot
be found within the State OF Michigan, after
dligent search and inquiry, but is resident
of the State OF Nebraska.
On motion OF Benz. +. Heckert, complainant
solicitor, it is ordered that the appear
ance OF said non resident defendant, James
Allard, be entered herein within four months
from the date OF this order: and in case OF
his appearance he cause BIS answer TO the
bill OF complaint to be fled, and a copy
Thereof to be served on the compliments solicit
tor, within fifteen days after serycs on him
OF copy OF said bl! and notice or this order
and in default thereof. ssId biz be taken rs
confessed by said non resident defendant,
And it Is further ordered, that within twenty
DAYS the complainant cause a notice or this
Order TO be published IN the True Norherner
a newspaper, printed, published aud crculat-
ing in said county. and that said publication be
continued therein once IN each week for SIX
weeks in succs9Ion, or that he cause a copy OF
this Order to be personally served on said non
resident defendant at least twenty days before
the time above prescribed for his appearance.
A true copy. John j. SHERMAN,
Circuit Court Commissioner.
CHAs. l.. HEATH, Van Buren, CO Mich.
Register. 70t7-o-7G
BENZ. F. HEcKERr. Compiainants Solicitor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01
Legal Notices.
STATE OF MICHIGAN, sc
COJryTy OF VAN RURFN.

At a session of the Probate Court for the
county OF Van Buren,, holden at the Probate
Office in the village OF Paw Paw, on Wednesday
the 9th day OF May, in the year one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty-three: Present
Hon. Orrin y. Hilton, Judge of Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF Bowman
Hanold, deceased.
On reading and fling the petition, duly yeri-
fed. of Russell w. Mentor executor OF the last
will and testament OF said deceased, praying
for reasons therein stated, that a certain in
strument purporting to be the last will and tes-
tau ent OF said deceased, which Is now on file
in this court, may be admitted to probate, and
the administration OF said estate be granted "a
said petitioner named, as executor IN said will
or to some other suitable person.
Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday. the 4th
day or June, 1888, at 10 o'clock In the fore
noon, be assigned for the hearing Of said petit
ton, and all persons interested in SAID estate
are required to appear at a session OF said court
then to be holden ut the Probate Office, in the
village OF Paw Paw, aud show cause il any there
be, why the prayer or the petitioner should not
be granted.
And it is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said es-
tate OF the peldency Of said petition, and the
bearing thereof, by causing copy OF this order
to be published in the True Northerner, a news
paper printed and circulating in said county OF
Van Buren, for three successive weeks at least
previous to said day OF hearing. 68t4-o-7l
ORRIN n. HILTON. Judge OF Probate.