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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-11-22
Where the Old Maid Comes In.

"Do you know, SIR inquired an
American tourist of his companion,
while doing England, lean you in
form me the reason for the fresh,
healthful appearance of the English
people? Their complexion is far su-
perior to ours, orr our countrymen
over the herring-pond."
"Well, know what Prof. Huxley
says"
"And what reason does he ad-
vance?''
"Well, Huxley says it is all ow-
ing to the old maids"
lowing to old maids! You sur
prise me-"
"Fact, Huxley figures it out in
this way. Now, you know the Eng
lish are very fond of roast beef"
"But what has that to do with old
maids?"
"Go slow. This genuine English
beef is the best and most nutritious
beef in the world, and it imparts a
beautiful complexion.'
"Well, about the old maids?''
eyes. you see the excellence of
this English beef is due exclusively
to red clover. Do you see the
point?'''
Gan but the old maids. They are
still hovering in the shadows"
"Why, don't you see? This red
| clover is enriched, sweetened and
fructified by humble bees.'
''But where do the old maids come
in?" said the inquisitive American,
wiplng his brow YEARLY.
"Why, it is as plain as the nose on
your face. The only enemy of the
humble bee is the field mouse
''But what have roast beef, red
clover, humble bees and held mice
got to do with old maids?'
"Why, you must be obtuse. Don't
you perceive that the humble bees
would soon become exterminated by
the field mice if it were not for"
"Old maids?' ?''
"No, if it were not for cats, and
the old maids of Old England keep
the country thoroughly stocked up
with cats, and so we can directly
trace the effect of the rosy English
compilations to the benign cause OF
English old maids, at least that's
what Huxley says about it, and that's
just where the old maids come in.
Science makes clear many mysterious
things, and don't you forget it,"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-11-22

"Mr. Jipso INDUCES largely in hy-
perboie," remarked the high-schooI
girl to her mother. ..Yes, answered
the old lady; Mrs. Jones told me
he'd taken to drinking I'm so sorry.
for his wife, poor thing"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-11-22
UNITED STATES JUDICIARY.
Chpef .IuStfea
STATE OFFICIALS,

GOvernor-T. I. Crittenden.. Salary, s.. 200
Lieut.. Gov.--Robert A. Campbeil.... S. per day.
Secretary of State-M. X. McGrath. SO, 600
Attorney 6eneral--Daniel III. Mcintyre. s., 600
Auditor--John walker ..... IS, 600
Treasurer--Phil. E. Chappell. S., 900
Register OF Lands--Robert McCulloch. 81, 600
Supt. Public Instruction--W, L. Coleman. .$3 900
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-11-22

NATE LUNATIC ASYLUM--FULTON.
Resident Officers.
T n. III. Smith, NJ. D., Superintendent and Ply
seian.--Salary S, 600 per year.
a. Wilkerson, NJ. D., First Assistant Physician.
Salary 81 500 per year.
I. A. Howard, NJ. D., Second Assistant Ply
sician. Salary 81 500.
c. o. Atkinson, Steward. Salary, 81 200
b. Z. Bailey, Treasurer. Salary, 8, 200
7. \. Russell, BOok-keeper.. Salary, $3.50
Mrs. Gordon, Matron Salary, $500
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-11-22

National and State DIRECTORY.
THE CABINET.

Chester A. Arthur. Salary SJO coo
Fice-President--Dayia Davis. Salary, So, 600
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-11-22

DIR. J. Marion Sims having pro-
nounced Washington the most beauti-
full city in the world, Washington
newspaper says: "Dr. Sims has an
international reputation, hundred
thousand-dollar practice, palace on
Madison avenue, New Yolk, and dec
orations enough to cover his body
with medals and crosses. After the
war, when food and medicine were
scarce and disease plentiful, he sent
his old South Carolina neighbors one
of his fees, twenty thousand dollars,
and his heart acknowledges their
every claim for sympathy.''
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-11-22

THE CABINET.
(Saiary of each, s., ,o00.)
Secretary of state--F- T. Frelinghuysen. ofN j.
Secretary of War--RObert LINCOLN, of Illinois.
Secretary of fTreasury--Chas. +. FOfger, of n. Y.
Secretary of Navy--Wm- E. Chandler. of New
Hampshire.
Secretary of Interior--H. E. Teller, of Ohio.
Attorney General--Ben. H. Brewster, of Penn.
Postmaster General--Waiter q. Gresham.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-11-22
THE JEWS.

In hotel or lodging-house at Mi
Ian, Frenchman and two Jews were
resident at one and the same time.
The Jews occupied q chamber adj
joining that of the Frenchman, who
formed an acquaintance with them in
consequence. He observed them to
be very rich, as they often counted
great bags Of Spanish pistoles in his
presence. This led him to the fol-
lowing guilty device. He cut or tore
of q considerable portion Of . night.
wrapper or gown belonging to him
and contrived not only to leave it II
1.-THE chamber Of the Jews, bat Z
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-11-22

chicago time IL minutes faster than st. Louis
an'e' E. S. WILSON. Ticket Agent.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-11-17
THE EAT STOCK SHOW

Was formally opened at the Exposition
Building in Chicago on Wednesday even.
ing by speeches from Mayor Harrison and
Gov. Hamilton. There are several hun
dred head of cattle, chiefly short horns,
polled Angus and Herelords, on exhibition
entered by some forty exhibitors. There
is fair representation Of Clydesdale and
Norman horses and large show of sheep,
swine and poultry. The exhibition, in
point ofnumbers, quality ofstock and 9th
or attractions Is regarded as far superior TO
any former one England, Scotland, Can
ada, and ten of the Western States are rep.
resented in the pens. There were over
1000 visitors present AZ the opening, and
as the show Is really a mertorious one
the finest and best of the kind ever held IN
the West-lt cannot fail TO be great Sue.
cess. Excellent music Is furnished by a
military band.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-11-17

you early in the day tina, you were too far
out to the front then; that General Pope
had cautioned you against bringing On al
engagement, except under such ctrcum'
stances as he described, and that in any
event you must be prepared TO tall back
behind Bull Run that night where Il
would be necessary for you 20 be to receive
supplies; that from II o'clock of the 29Ih
you were confronted by a force of twice
your own number, OF whose presen &c you
had positive proof, while Gen, Pope did
not know Of il.
This last fact is shown by the working
OF the halip order II directed you 10
attack the cncmy's right aud get into his
rear. Gen, Pope's circular of the morning
of the 10Th said that Gen Lee was advan.
cling by way OF TnOroughlate Gap. At the
rate at which he was moving he could be
up the night of the Both or morning of the
3lst. In his testimony before the court
martial which tried you he said Huder
oath, that he did not know of the arrival
OF Lees command until O'Clock OF the
29lh, an hour and Il half after he had die.
ta,cd the order for your attack.
Ills circular and testimony prove conclu
sively that jackson and Jackson alone was
the enemy he inendcd you to attack. Your
knowledge Of this tact, as well rs OF the
fact that you hat another force, quite
double tina, Oh yours, IN addition in your
front, would have been sufficient jus,ifca-
ton Tor your not attacking, even if the or.
der had been received in time. OF course
this would not apply if battle had been
raging between jackson and Pope. Al
the hour you received the order all was
quiet.
THE very short. hastily written and in.
complete summary shows why and when
my mind underwent u change have mol
doubt now but the change would have
taken place in 1861 if had then made an /
investigation. regret now that tll not
understand your case then as | DO now
Your whole life since your trial, rs we'll
as your services before, d!sprove tie great
burden Of the charges then sustained by Il
court martial. AS long as have a voice
1t shall be raised in your support, without,
any reference to the effect upon me or
others, Your restoration - The army
simplv | Woull rCrArl AS q very made
quatc and unjust PREPARATION. While men
one at least-have been restored to the
army because OF their gallantry and wounds
after conviction and sentence, not only to
be dismissed, but to be conflued in pen
itentiary, and when there Is no d0uo, of
guilt and gwen all their pay for the years
they were out of the service, | can see 10
reason for your having less"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-11-17
NEW STANDARD OF TIME.

Heretofore the practice has been to re-
gard the meridian as the standard OF time,
making due allowance for variations as
calculated by the astronomers. The result
has been that clocks were last at the rate
OF about ) minutes for every 100 miles
going westward and slow at the same rate
going eastward. This, especially IN the
running OF railroad trains, was the source
of constant annoyance and often serious
accidents.
To overcome this difficulty all the rail
roads ccntering in Chicago, with one or
two exceptions, have agreed upon the
adoption of new standard of time. The
plan Is to divide the whole country land
ultimately the world into "a sections of
one hour each, reckoning eastward from
Greenwich, and starting from the true as
Economical meridian, turn the clock on one
hour at the crossing of each of these new
section or time meridian lines the time re.
naming the same over the whole inferno.
date space Thus, suppose one Of the
true meridian lines strikes Pitsburg, the
next westward would be in the vicinity of
Des MONIES, ami ut all points between these
lines every clock would strike the same
hour at the same instant; beyond Des
slant be an hour later and cast Of Pitts.
burg 40 hour later. Practically, at Ottawa,
on the adoption of the new standard OF
the railroads on Sunday evening, wnen 1t
is to go into effect, all necessary to b. done
to conform to it, Will be TO turn our clocks
(such ms arc correcO back about 9 minutes,
The advantages of the change are said
to be many and great The cities of Chi
cage and St. LOUIS will have the same
time for arrivals and departures of trains,
~ we'll as other business, instead of being,
as now, ten minutes apart. The cities OF
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and
Washington will in like manner have bu,
one time, and the watch set 10 the legal
time in either of these cities will show the
established time in each of the Others as
well AS for every other place in the United
States east OF the Alleghenies, ana that
Eastern time vii! differ from our own Ito
be called Central tlme'D by just one hour,
it being precisely 4 o'clock IN Chicago and
81. LOUIS, Madison, st. Paul, Milwaukee,
Springfield, Bloomington, etc, when it Is
lust O'Clock in the Eastern cities. Inas.
much as the countless errors and delays in
making train connections are nearly all OF
them questions of minutes, they will be
avoided IN large part by the adoption Of
the new standard.
The railroads throughout the country
once having adopted the new standard, mo
tells, shippers and many other business
classes will be obliged to follow perforce
and this no doubt will rapidly lead TO its
adoption universally IN all business a:
well as scientific and social relations.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-11-17
TIE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK.

Just importance is always attached to the
election preceding the presidential cam.
paigD, u. it Is always more or less true
test Of the position the voters have made
up their minds TO occupy the coming year,
In this view there Is certainly nothing IN
the outcome Of the late elections to give
the democrats the least discouragemcnt.
They carried every state they expected to
carry, New York, New jersey Maryland
and Virginia, all considered fighting
ground, We're carried by majoritics large
enough IN proportion 10 the vote pollcd.
1t Is only necessary to carry the same
states next year to elect u democratic prcsi-
dent AS the books now stand posted, the
states sure TO 90 democratic next year are
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-11-17

EARLY WINTER.-The November Arc
tic wave seems TO have fallen on England
and the continent with quite equal severity
TO that shown on tins side. A London
dispatch Of Tuesday says: Great frostS
have set in everywhere throughout Ing
land, and q heavy snow storm has fallen
ia Dorset and surrounding counties. a
dense fog, which still hangs oyer the Clyde
and the Mersey, has stopped traffic for
more than twelve hours. Several collisions
have occurred, but there has been no loss
of life"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-11-17
GRANT ON FITZ JOHN PORTER.

There Is nothing more honorable to the
head and hear, of Gen. Grant than the per
sistence with which he insists that the I'm.
Just sentence against Gen. Fiz John POr-
ter, to which he himself gave effect, shall
be reversed. In view of the fact that the
Congress to meet in December is demo
cratic and will be more likely than any
hitherto to give Gen. Porter far hearing
Gen. Grant has written another letter to
Gen. p, evidently intended to AID HIM IN
his appeal to the next congress. The let
ter, which is quite lengthy, has just ap-
pearcd in the New York city dailies, In
1t Gen. Grant tells Gen. Porter that al
though he had approved the sentence of
the court martial that condemned HIM, he
took its finding rather on trust than from
never, however, believed that Gen. Porter
was a traitor The worst he had believed
of him was that, with many other army
officers at the second battle OF Bull Run,
Gen. Porter had such contempt Tor Gen
Pope that he had intentionally contrib
uted to bring upon him that disaster. Gen,
Grant however, has the manliness 10 say
81 was first shaken in my views, how.
ever, when such man as Gen. Terry
who untes the lawyer with the soldier and
man of high character and ability, and who
had believed as had and possibly worse
after many weeks of investigation, should
entirely vndicate you, and be sustained,
too, by men of the known ability of his
colleagues on the board
"Unul, in 1881, r,-examncd for my
self, my belief was that on the Goth of Au-
gust, 1862, a great battle was fought be-
tween Gen. Pope, commanding the Union
forces, ana Gen. Jackson, commanding the
Confederate forces; that you, with a corps
of twelve or more thousand men, stood IN
position across the right flank of Jack
son, and when you could easily get into
his rear; that you received an order to dc
50 about or 5la O'Clock, which you re
fused to obey because of clouds of dust IN
your front, which you commended indicated
an enemy IN superior force to you, thai
you allowed Pope to get beaten while you
stood idly looking on without raising ar
arm to help him. With this understand
ing, ard without doubt as TO the correct
ness OF it, condemned you.
Now, on full investigation of the facts
l find that the battle was fought on the
S0th OF August; that your corps, comman
dcd directly by you IN person, lost a great
er percentage than any other corps en-
gagged that the 4l9 order of the day before
did not reach ysu until nightfall; tina,
iyour immediate superior had cautioned
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-11-17

H WALL. Misses Carrie and Jennie PcrSius,
!! Wallis, west side.
\ DALY.-D. T., DAILY, late travelling salesman
for VI. ". Bach d Co., has accepted similar
position with j, L. Porter.
i WN.-Wm. Senneth, one of the best men
in The great army Of clerks employed by u.
I!ecnan & Co., Of Sucator, was in town on
! Monday.
Mc.--Capt. }. l.. Mccormick, OF Peru
made Us Il friendly call on Wednesday. The
captain at the age Of -, is as active, hale
aud hearty MS most young men Of 80,
| CoN,-lIon. Geo. W. Armstrong, Of Scre.
Ga, WAS one Of the trainers OF the constitu
! tlon Of 1877, and will no dGub, attend the re.
union Jan. Sd, at Springfield Few men
have been more useful 90 illinois than Mr..
Armstrong, and his place at the reunion is
10y right Il leading one.
TYro.-D. +. Lillis, late of the Peru Nucs,
goes to Chicago to day to work IN q large job
Office, just starting. George B. Richardson,
who commenced us trade in Peru twenty
years or more ago, and late foreman fov
knight & Leonard, Chicago, will be superin-
tendcnt of the establishment.
SMAsH.--R. f. skinner, of this city, re
ports being in Il railroad accident which oc-
Cured on Friday last on the road running
from StreatOr to Dwight. A locomotive was
wrecked and the trucks under the coaches
were more or less injured. Fortunately
none of the passengers were ,iniared, the
place where the accident occurred being on
a level grade.
Mr.. G. L. Frizclle, who for q year past had
so acceptably filed the post Of station agent
of the c., r. !. e P. railroad at ottawa, left
accepted position in the Office Of the Lake
Shore IL Michigan Southern Railroad. Dur
ing his brief charge of the depot at this city
Mr.. +. had won the kindest regards of our
shippers and business men by his accommo-
dating spirit and uniformly courteous bear
ing, while his many gentemanly qualities
made him favorlte in our social circles
The kindest wishes OF host of Ottawa
friends attend him in his new position.
SlZEn-Our former townsman was last
week elected clerk of the District court OF
Lancaster CO., Neb., by 3093 majority. Tho
Lincoln NtirS, in speaking of the preliminary
canvass, says: observing of special mention
is the canvass of the county made by Ed. H.
sizer-frieud and foe bow in acknowledge
ment that il was the most thorough and best
organized campaign ever conducted, AS his
nomination by reclamation fully proves-a
triumph unprecedented in politics. Physi,
cally disabled aud with The Cdds against him,
he Systematically foughthis way step by step
20 the proud position he reached yesterday.
His friends walked Off with all the honOrs Of
the convention, and the men who started
with such flourish of trumpets TO accomp
lish his defeat drew in their nets with abso-
lutoly nothing in them" And his work on
election day appears to have been equally
satisfactory. 1t is a cold day when an Otta-
we boy gets left if he means Unsness,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-11-17
surely republican {;

Counting Indiana, ID votes, as the only
doubtful state, with the chances lndispula-
bly, in favor of the democrats. Bat even
with Indiana, the republicans would be 8
short of enough to elect, as it will require
POI to elect while without Indiana the de
mocrats will have votes to spare. The
upshot of it is that there is no hope
tor the Republicans unless they can steal
or Upy up the great state of New York.
With majority OF 10000 against them on
any fair estimate based on the last vote, can
they hope to do this?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-11-17
s., 81, IS and So, buy good serviceable
mems overcoal at the great clearing out sale
of 4. Frank 4 Co.
providence and Purpose"

providence and Purpose is the subject OF
the sermon to be preached by Rev. Geo. 9
Young next Sabbath evening in the Metho-
diet church.
Services in South Ottawa at 3 Z. NJ. There
will be a congregational meeting after the
service. full attendance Of the members
10 desired.
Rev. Madison c. Peters subject to.morro"
will be, in the morning: The Railroad Ae-
cident." In the evening: as Christianity a
Failurem
Rey. Madison c. Peters will deliver h~
lecture on "Shams" at Sheridan, next Thurs
day evening.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-11-17
THE NOVEMBER BLIZZARD,

Professional metreOloglsts, like Mr.. Brit
and Sir John IIerschell have tor years
noticed, as regularly recurring phenOmO.
non, the rushing down from the artlc re
gions in November OF "A great billow or
mountainous breaker OF frosty air, which
sweeps across the whole Western and Euro
pean continents" Sometimes compare
tive light and other times very severe, ITS
character in this respect is no indication
of the coming winter. "ln 1881 and 1882"
says the me,ereologist OF the n. \. Uoyald
'the first November SHOWS fell IN the Mid
die States as early As the 4th Of the month
and IN the former year eight inches OF snow
was reported on that day from Friendship,
in this State. In the three successive years
from 1876 to 1878 the first November
SHOWS reached the Middle States between
the 9th and llh of the month. But though
this suggested the probability of an ensu
ing cold winter, the reverse was the case,
and even the mean temperature for that
month IN the South Atlantic States was
above the normal"
The November wave this year seems to
have reached Montana, Winnipeg, Dakota,
etc, rs early as Saturday of last week,
where, as on Sunday here, 1t was preceded
by thunder, lightning and rain, rapidly
followed by furious cold winds, and in
many localities by snow fall, varying
from to 10 inches in depth. The wave"
reached lake Michigan early on Sunday
morning, and increasing rapidly IN VIC.
lence, by Sunday midnight had attained
avelOcity Of 60 miles an hour at the Chi
cago crib, and 80 miles, 1t is said, at Mac
kinac. While at Chicago it was equal to
the big blow IN May last at Milwaukee
and northward, 1t was the fierccst blow
since October, 1890.
Up to Sunday the weather all over the
country had been unusually mild As we'll
at Mackinac as at Chicago the ,hermome-
ter on Saturday night WAS in The tifties.
The cold wave came with such pressure
as to force its direct way entirely across the
continent and far out into the Atlantic, and
to spread latera!ly from Winnipeg to st.
Louis
Onlakes Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario,
and the st. Lawrence down to the sea there
was an unusually large amount of Shipping
afloat under the treacherously genial sky,
and the sudden and intense flerceness of
the gale led to irightful series Of disasters
Wrecks. accompanied with heavy loss OF
life are reported all along the lake coasts,
1T Chicago, Milwaukee, 81. Joseph, Mack.
nae, Port Huron, Cleveland. Buffalo, Os
wego and along the Atlantic coast from
Halifax to Ha,teras
II was Monday before the wave reached
New York and Tuesday when 1t struck the
coast of Maine. but It's character over the
whole WIDE expanse was the same. On
land in many places houses were blown
down or unroofed, and on water shipping
foundered, stranded or wrecked In many
localities, such as Minnesota, Northern
Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, portions
Of Pennsylvania and New England, there
was snow Gall OF from TO 10 inches; bu,
over most of the region, as here at Ottawa
the sky was clear, the temperature falling
rapidly and the cold snap" steadily in
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-11-17

creaslnr In intensity, varying trom.l3 below
zero IN Manitoba to 10 above at Chicago
and IL at st. Louis. For three days the
papers from Maine to Colorado have been
iull OF accounts of the great blow and de-
tails Of it's attendant disasters. Yesterday,
however, there seemed TO be a let up, the
wind veering to the south, and the Their
momcter rising so rs to give promise OF
another mIldcr spell.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-11-17

There has been a wonderful tumble IN
the price Of steel rails, The Lackawanna
Steel Mills at Fittsburg, Pa, have Just con.
tracted 10 furnish 80 600 tons Of them al
$3j ton. President Potter, Of the North
side Chicago Rolling Mills says that, il
the freight to Chicago were added, II
would make them cost only S31 80, winch
is less than cast IRON rails would costherc,
while foreign rails land down here cost
Sij. Perhaps free trade organs can dem
onstra'e In this low prlce Of home manu-
lacture how the tariff Expresses American
railroad corporations Bareau Copaty Re
p0Jlictd
Perhaps protectionlsts can demonstrate by
these figures how tariff OF $lS per ton on
steel rails builds up and sustains the Amer.
can steel rolling mills If TIE Plttsburg
steel mills can afford to pay their work
men decent wages and make steel rails at
S3j a ton, what must the pi,iable wages of
the workmen have been compared to the
millers' profits when they were getting
$50 ton for steel rails?