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Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-06-05

DR.. W. C. Pipino, physician and
surgeon, Mexico, Mo. Office over
Dobyns & Gibbs. ST..
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-06-05

Mrs. Mary Luskie this week cele-
brated her 84th birthday at the resi-
dence Of VIM. Sims, surrounded by
children, grandchildren and great
grand children. It vas a very pleas
ant affair and the LEDGER trusts that
this most estimable lady may live to
enjoy many more such occasions.
Among those present were Mrs. DR..
T. W. Reed, Of Macon, Mrs. Addie
Blackwell, Of Glenwood; DR.. j. W.
Luckie and family, J. R. Luckie and
family, ". q. Bridgford and family,
C. F. Clark and family and Mrs. Jos.
Potts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-06-05

One of the mysterious disappear
ances of the year 1884 is that Of Col.
Ed. Wright, the leading greenbacker
of this portion of Missouri.
r, s. STEELE. w. C. GAMBLE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-06-05

Our friend, Levi Mccormick,
made US a pleasant call this week.
He informs US that the crops are
looking well and that we will have a
fine corn crop. Mr.. Mccormick,
who is well posted on politics, says
his neighbors are solid fer Robinson
for Congress. Mr.. Mccormick re-
minded Us of a call he made on us
about eight years ago, when just out
of our teens, we embarked in the
newspaper business. He says he
asked US if we thought we could edit
a paper, and we told him we would
try. We are still trying and always
will try. Our readers must be the
judge of our success.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-06-05

R S. STEELE.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09
The Trouble with the Great EdIaces.

The construction of these immense
commercial buildings in this city, which
now awaken admiration. will lead to
difficulty in the settlement of estates
For instance, ID. O. Mills grand build
ing i'm Broad street cost s3,OOO,OOO. In
case of his death il would probably be
brought TO the hammer, and where
could purchaser be found for such a
property2 There, too. is the Cyrus w.
Field building. which cost 81 800, 900.
As long as he lives there is no trouble,
but when his estate is to be settled the
question arises, how will the building
be divided Real estate auctioneers say
that when "A property is worth more than
100000, it is impossible TO get its value
ut auction. Another very important
risk is found in the prospective removal
of the stock exchange. Should this take
place the Mills building would not be
worth half the amount paid for the land,
and the same statement applies to all
those immense structures which now
form such feature in the lower part of
the city. Even a real estate owner may
commit the error of putting too many
eggs in one basket. ~. Y. Letter.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

"A hen of any breed begins 10 fan,
or in egg production after she passes
her third year.
Tomatoes raised on "a poor. light
soil will have less growth than those
raised ON rich soil. but they will ripen
week or ten days sooner. - Chicago
|0UrHdi.
The Rurdi NcO Yorker SAYS sun
Hover seed is not good for horses or
cattle, but it can be fed in small
quantities TO poultry.
Caution is niece ssary in using com
mercial fertilizers in the garden, that il
is not brought in direct contact with
the seed. Thorough mixing with the
soil Is the only absolute safety at all
times. Clcrciam Lcalcr.
"A Western paper advises adding
salicylic acid To cider TO prevent fer
mentation. Any drug that will arrest
lamentations will as eGectuallv pre-
vent digestion, and should be Stunned
by all who have regard to their health,
believes the Rurdt NeW Yorker.
Fireplace Curtains: Fireplace cur
tains can be hung upon invisible wires.
or If preferred upon visible brass rods
beneath the mantclpicce, and made to
draw before tine CRATE. If it is desir-
able TO hide the mantelpicce, they will
serve this purpose also rs they may be
drawn aside just enough TO reveal the
fire. l. Boston Post.
Very handsome wall pockets TO
hold papers are made oil plush. Two
boards are required for this. The one
intended for the back must be a size
larger than for the front. Gilt-head
nails may be put in at the sides, or
rings of brass, and the boards be held
together by ribbons laced back and
forth.
To one ever so little handy with u
pencil it is a comfort and saving of
time TO measure the garden plot and
plan the planting of everything before
hand on paper. A page or two of a
blank book will hold the business, and
the record gives history and furnishes
an increasing basis for garden science
from year to ycar.-M. y. Post.
A Canadian correspondent of TicI,s
Monthly grows excellent radshes i'm this
way: He selects a piece OF ground in
the corner of his garden ard keeps il
especially for this purpose. H. covers
the surface with about two inches of
leached wood ashes every spring, and
spades in thoroughly. His soil is sandy.
His radlshes are not troubled with
worms, and are smooth and brittle.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09
4 SLIGHT MISTAKE.

It's been fully year since saw you, dear
boy,
/, And in all OF that time. do you know.
haven't once heard SO much as "A word
of your whereabouts. Where did you go7
oh, you've been round the world in your
yacht have you, ladI
And you don't know n word of the news
Well, Just you sit there, i'm that big arm
chair,
Aud then ask all the questions you choose.
Engaged to be married? Not bit OF IT, no;
And you heard it i'm Egypt, you say;
Well, news travels fast, but as for this last
Its od-ycs, nine months, IL "A day.
But I'll tell you the truth. man, am not en-
gagged,
And don't mean TO be very soon.
In love with Nan Earlr nice little girl
Who was married. dear fellow, last June.
What kind of "a husband' oh, a rather good
sort
He is not very rich. TO bc sure:
re don own yacht, or "A house and lot,
=, And doubt IT some girls could endure
Ills quiet, his poky and his sober old ways
lpu might vote him stick, old man;
IL wasn't mis- art that won the girls heart:
lie Is much too plodding to plan.
He loved her, he told hcr-at least so have
heard
And as actions speak louder than words,
have not doubt ho said 1t right out;
:, They re as loving as any two birds
10" loved herr Oh nonsense! And she drove
why, her husband knows nothing of this.
she laughed ut your gold! She wouldn't be
Well avery rare creature, that missl
DO think that her husband would mind If
you'd call
Just To pay your respects to his wifc2
Now, how should 1 know You see an old
beau
Is SO apt to enFcnder some strife
1hat IN most cases, Chappic, Id answer you
thus:
You had better not play with the flame;
But were 10 preach and this less IN teach
why old fellow, IL ICoidd be "A shame
30 III do unto you as I'd have you to do,
Ana invite you TO III any day;
Ana II you will come when lam AT home,
why, IN sure Nan will ask YOU to stay
Yes lis who's tho happest man In the
world.
And m not engaged as you see,
FOR she Is my wife. yes all mine for life
Now, old fellow, Congratulate me.
-PhIddelphd Cen.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09
SOME PLAIN FACTS.

Statement of a Gentleman of Rochester,
n. ", Showing the Power OF DIR. David
Kennedy's Favorite Remedy (of Ron
dout, y. W over Diseases of the Kidneys
and Bladder.
No pain which man has to endure surpasses
that of gravel. 81 would rather die" oxclaims
the patient than have such attacks very
often" IL caused the death of Napoleon III
Mr.. T.. Dewitt Parsons, of 27t Plymouth
Avenue, Rochester, n. Y, recently had n ro.
markablo experience with it. He is we'll
knit, fnc-loolIing, hcarty-appearing gentle
man. One day he was Frustrated with pain
from the small of his back to the abdomen
For some time previous his appetite had been
tickle, his bowels inactive, and he had felt sore
above his hips After voiding water he had a
severe pain and gnawing sensation. For
some time my disorder mysti1ed me-" he said
but one day / read of a case very Ike my
own IN paper. | wrote the person whose
pame appeared, and he confirmed IL fully
From that little incident / discovered | had
stone IN the bladder and gravel in the kidneys
! was greatly alarmed then, but the disease
mas lost IT'S tcrrors TO me now, for | am fully
recoyened-curcd 10y DIR. DAVID KENNE-
Db,S FANORITE REMEDY (of Rondout
N. ~, which most cordially commend TO all
persons suffering from kidney disorders pain
IN back, stone or gravel. My wife also regards
u rs especially excellent for women. DR.
henncdy has performed many surgical opera
through the natural channels, and nc has new
or lost a easel
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09
CURE OF RHEUMATISM.
EocKAwAY BEACH, ". Y, ),

HNVNhNWAh IIEAIH, n. Y,
Jan. 10. 1884. I
am carpenter. A year ago l was laid
mp with rheumatism i'm my arms which
drove sleep from my pillow, and rendered
life burden. After having tried for three
months III vain all kinds of remedies of
physicians, was induced by Michael Hol.
land, our Postmaster, TO try BRANDRETH's
PILLS. He said they cured him after
year Of suffering. 1 took six pills every
night for three nights; then L took two
pills every night for ten days. At the end
Of fifteen days / was entirely we'll Oc-
casionally | have slight twinge after be-
Ing exposed TO Gampness or wet, but two
pills taken every night for four days
drives it away. JAMES HENRY,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

Boys intending this summerto emu
late the bold hunters of the prairies, who
live on roots when game lis scarce,
should take warning from the boys of
the training-ship Cumberland, stationed
on the Clyde. Ten of them were re-
Gently reduced TO Inconsistencies and
made dangerously i'll by eating bark
which turned out to be a species of hem
lock
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09
The Great Amerlcan Chorns.

Sneezing, snuffling and cougbingl THE
is the music all over the land lust now.
And will be until June. "I've got such an
awful cold in my head" Cure it with ElyJs
Cream Balm or it my end in the toughest
form OF Catarrh. May be you have catarrh
now. Nothing is more nauSeous and dread
ful. This remedy masters il as no other
eYer did. Not a snuff nor n liquid. AID.
piled by the finger to the nostriis Pleas.
ant, certain, radical
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

1T makes every humanitarian sad TO sea
iinvalids seek such relief rs is given them
by the use of bitters, kidney medicines,
and other nostrums. Tho first few doses
may make them feel better on account Of
It's Supplying ingredients, combined with
some strong cathartic and diuretic that are
used in its composition, but they eventual
ly grow worse. The only cure for weak
ness, nervousness, debility, aches, pains,
rheumatism, sores, urinary and digestive
troubles, rs to make the blood rich, red and
pure, by using DIR. Guysott's Yellow Dock
and Sarsaparilla, a remedy widely i'm.
dorsed by physicians who have examined
into its composition and effect.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

A woman should make herself the
center of attraction in her home, and
nothing is TO be despised that will add
grace and beauty TO her appearance;
and in these days when the cheapest
calico is marvel of delicate coloring
and artistic design, it is in the power Of
every woman TO make at least a neat
and tasteful appearance Detroit Post
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

The chance concoctions Of ignorant men
have sometimes broughtdisrepute not only
on their own worthless medicines that de.
serve no credit, but sometimes, with much
injustice, on really reliable preparations.
Ladies should not hesitate about Mrs Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, for this RENE.
dy has beon tried, proven and praised for
years.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

Mr. ID. II. BARNABY, OF Owego, N. Y,
says that his daughter was taken with n
violent cold which terminated W a Pnou.
moniai the best physicians gave the case
up, when friend recommended DIR. WM.
HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS. She ac-
cepted II as a last resort, and was surprised
10 lind marked change, and by persever.
ing permanent cure was sfTecteds
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09
RoCKAwAY BEACH, N. Y,

The statement in the foregoing letter
made by James Henry, know TO be true,
as l, also, know it to be true that BRAND.
RETH's PILLS cured me OF a terrible at.
tack of rheumatism which had confined
me to the house for several months. l..
however, took two pills every night for
month.
MICHAEL HOLLAND, Postmaster,
Oceanus Post Office.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

"TRUsT men and they will be truo to
you," said Emerson. But then this opin-
ion was not founded on keeping the sub
Derrick. IVY
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

SPARTANBURG, $, e., March 70, 1884.
Your most valuable mediciu. (SwIFT's
SPECIYIC) has done me so much good that
feel like saying this for the benefit Of
those who suffer like l did. Twas poisoned
by POISON OAK, and saw not well day for
six years, until used SwIFT's SPECIFIC.
In the six years l used almost every kind
of medicine, but none had the desired effect.
After using six bottles OF SwIFT's SPECIFIC
am restored 10 perfect health-trth not q
sign Of that C,rf,H poison ienl
Yours Truly, DAVID NESBITT.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.
Drawer ,, Atlanta, Ga.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

A WESTERN paper heads an article
crumbs OF Crime" They came from too
much Of a loaf-N. y Grdphfc.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

LIFE is short-only four letters in II.
Three quarters of it is Gle" and half Of
1T is an "if." Put this on "fle" if YOU
would as "lief."--EGchdnge.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

VALUABLE AND CoNvENIENT.-BRow
BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs are a-safe and sure
remedy for all troubles of the Throat and
Lungs. Sold ORiy ia bOIeS. % cts.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

Don't Die I'm the House. Rough on Rats
clears out rats mice, dies, reaches, bed-bugs l5c
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

"PARALYzED persons permanently cured
Guaranteed by the proprietors Of !Samdrf
tan NerCiue.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

Wells Rough on Corns." i5c. Ask for 10.
Complete, permanent cure. Corns, bunions.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice,
crows, cleared out by "Rough on Rats. "l1c.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Quickly silences distressing cough. Pixies
toothache drops cure i'm one minute.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

Singing, irritation, all Kidney and Blad
der Complaints cured by "Buchu.P alba" IL.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

BEWARE Of the incipient stages of Con-
sumption. Take Piso's Cure in time.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09
POISON

In the blood is apt to show Itself in the Spring ant
nature should 10y all means he assisted in throwing
on swifts SPECIFIC does this effectively. 1t IS pun,
yYegelablc, non-poisonous remedy, which helps mo
ture to force all the poison faint out through the
pores Of the skin.
MT. Robert A; Easley, OF Dickson. Tenn writes,
Endcr datc March TO- 1881: 81 had chills and fever
not ane 70 attend to my business; had tried al.
most every Kind Of medicine, and found no relief A
irlend recommended Swifts Specific. / tried one
Dott anu my health began TO improve. continued
uhi had taken SIX bottles, and it has set mc on my
i9e as sound and well as ever recommended IL TO
Our Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free
10 applicants THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.
Drawers s, Atlanta. Ga.
NY. ONCE. I5o W 2ad ST. bet 9Th and 9TH Avenues.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

Skinny Men. Wells Health Renessr''
restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09

Samaritan NcTUine cured our child's Ats Tho
doctors failed" Henry Knee Nerrilla, Tenn.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18
Fishing With Dynamite.

In England the use--or rather the
abuse-ot dynamite at sea preceded its
abuse on land; and several years be-
fore the worshipers ut the shrine of
O'DonoVan Rosa had forced the Eng
lish parliament to prohibit the clandes-
tine manufacture and possession of ex-
plosive, an act had been passed for
bidding the use of dynamite rs a
'mode of fishing" In Spain, on the
contrary, the idea of blowing up fish
appears to have dawncd upon the peo-
plo as q development of the practice of
exploding bombs in the public streets.
At any rate, the employment of
dynamite in fishing operations" to
adopt the euphemism of the Spanish
government, has become SO general off
the coast of the Iberian peninsula that
law is about to be passed to put an
end to 1t. Whether the food supply of
the sea is 'inexhaustible" or not, the
use OF dynamite is most certainly not n
legitimate mode of fishing. The ex-
plosion absolutely destroys more fish
than it enables the fishermen to Sc
cure, wnilo those that aro captured arc
rendered unfit for food. In the evil
dence given before the commissioners,
appointed to inquire into this practice in
England, six or seven years ago, it was
stated that the fish in the immediate
nelghborhood are so shattered and
bruised by the violence of tho shock
that they are rendered flavorless and
rapidly purify; while those further
away have their air. -bladdors broken,
and struggle away to dio lingering
ieatn; In tho case Of gregarious fish
ilke the mackerel and herring, tho Of
tect OF an explosion is to break up the
shoal and etfcctually drive the fish off
the coast. A few days of unrestricted
..'dynamiting" may spoil the fishing
for weeks aftcrward.-&. Ja1ncS'S Ga
AekkG.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18
"A Mysterious Sense.

Some thirty-two years ago, in North
ern Indiana, with q company of per-
haps o haf-dozen men and boys, was
on hot August forenoon binding
small piece of grain that had lain sew
eral days in swath to dry after being
graded. At that season the mas
sasauga (the small brown and white
rattlesnake of the region) is said to be
blind, and does not rattle when ap-
proached. The snakes arc quito apt to
crawl under swaths of hay and grain,
and to lie there long time if not dis
turbed. For somo reason-perhaps it
looked like rainfall hands were set to
bind and shock this little patch, and as
something was the matter. with one Of
my hands so that 1 could not bind. /
raked up tho bundles for two others to
bind.
Having heard of tho propensity of
Ghe massasauga to hido under swaths
at this season and TO keep quiet, was
careful in rolling up the swath into q
bundle, always to rake the bundle off
the swath before leaving it, lest n
binder should gather up snake in his
arms.
patch the two who were binding after
impossible to get n bundle raked up
and off tho swath before the binder
would be ready for it. Still managed
until the last, and was very strongly
impressed that l must not let tho bind
er-who was jumping to get it and
bind it before the other finished his
catch it up before l raked it quite off
the ground: Ho had his band all
made and was just stopping, when 1
said: "Hold on, Jimmy! There's n
snake under this!'' "Nonsenser' said
he, and gave me shove so that he
could pick up the bundle. But SO
sure was L that there was q snake
there-although we had not met one in
the feld-that l struggled with him,
each showing the other, until got q
chance to reach out my rake and pull
the bundle off the swath. There lay
coilod massasauga about three feet
long, with his head up and ready for
business, land saying not wordp'
q few steps away in corn field was
hoe, tho snakes head was quickly Sc
vercd from tho body, and my cousin.
the owner of the field, picked the snake
up by the tail to pull off tho rattles,
which, by their number, showed that
tho reptile was seven years old. Tho
moment he began to pull the bleeding
heck flew up as quicl@ as flash and
struck him on the under side of the
wrist. Had the head been thoro the
poison fangs would probably have
been buried in one of the veins of the
wrist. My cousin dropped tho body,
and was so faint with fright that he
had to lean against tree.
Some interesting questions suggest
themselves: First why had / such n
certainty that thero was snake under
that last end of the last swath, al
though we had found no other in tho
fieldP Was there anything like tho
telepathy of which our English friends
arc beginning to talkp
Second, what was the mysterious
sense of direction that made that
hcadlcss neck strike so swift and
straight, just as it would had tho head
been on itp Is there less necessary
connection between the brain and the
rest of the nervous system in cold
blooded animals than in other vcrte-
bratosP-M. Y Posi-.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18
To Beautify tho Fair Sex.

"One of Dan Bryant's jokes, and one
that always broug ght down the house,
was his prize conundrum What is q
womanP But were he living now do
not believe he would PROFOUND it. No
body could guess it. Ali would have to
give it up" and with an inward chucklo
tho photographer, for he it was who
lTouchsafed the above to reporter for
Tile NeaO York Mail and ErpreSs, turned
onco more to his nitrate of silver bath
and collodion.
81 should imagine from your actions
and statements, however, that you
could answer the question:"
"Once l could-but now-well times
are not what they once were. Why, q
lady ca1ne in here to-day to sit for her
photograph, and, do you believe me,
she had false lips"
"WhatP"
"Pon my honor. And that was not
all. She had false eyelashes, and an
artificial neck and throat"
ooh, you must be mistaken"
$50 l thought until was convinced.
The beautiful tinted shells, skins, or
covers, whatever you may call them,
for arms, face throat, and neck are
made of very thin rubber. The neck
and bust is fitted closely over tho
natural neck, and the edges made up
after the manner of tho actors painting
out their wigs. When tho false front,
l should call it, fits undcr the chin q
black velvet ribbon is worn over it.
The proper degree of froundnessis is given
to the improvement after adjustment
by initiating it with air.
"Well, that may all be so, but tho
lips and eyebrows you speak about 1
can not believe"
"No; then [ will provo it to yon."
Hero he took from case small deli
cate-looking little bit of rubber that
had moro the appearance of tho finger
of surgeons post mortem glove than
anything else. "Hero, you see, is q
full red under-lip. 1t was givon to me
by the lady who had the sitting to-day.
She is the agent for these improve
ments. If you notice. the fullness is
in the center. Toward the corners tho
lip is merely filmy skin of gutta
percha. This is capable of being held
in its position by the tightness of it's
edpesn