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Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-08-20
JUDGE MACFARLANE'S LETTER.


1t has been Haunted in our face
that we would not publish G. B.
Macfarlane's celebrated letter. How
could We publish something we did
not have? We tried to get it, tried
to get a copy of it; but no. 1t was
locked up and when we offered s25
for it got laughed AZ. AS o as We
get the letter We will publish 1t with
pleasure. No wonder we could not
get it. From what we can hear there is
nothing in it. 1t is not what it was
was represented to be while locked
up. The light of day as soon as let
in on it fades it clear away. The al
legged letter was published as a last
resort-a drowning man catching a
straw. 1t is the veritable straw.
The st. Louis Post Dispatch repro
duces some of Buckner's statements
and q portion of Maefarlane's letter
and under the head of ga Crooked
Plea says:
Prosecuting-Attorney Buckner OF
Audrain publishes a card in regard
to malicious attacks on him, and
his appeal to public sympathy as
sumes the prevalence of q remarka-
bly, lax public sentiment in regard to
official obligations which ought to be
kept sacred. He admits that he &C.
cepted an annual railroad pass from
G.. B. Macfarlane, attorney for the
Chicago and Alton, but says that he
took it on the ground that it was in
the nature of a fee for services rem.
dered, not such a '.free pass" as the
Constitution forbids any official to
receive or use, and that he gave ii
back as soon as he found his personal
enemies inclined to make fuss about
it. In support of his confession he
publishes a letter from Mr.. Macfar-
lane.
This boast of the railroad attorney,
that the Legislature has made a dead
letter of the Constitution, is respect
fully submitted to the State Senate.
=
The plain intent and purpose OF
the Constitutional provisions thus
violated was to prevent any official Of
this State or its municipalities from
accepting passes as compensation fol
services rendered or to be rendered
to railroads, and to secure the remov.
al of all officials who thus violated
their official oaths. The legislator
who sets himself above the sovereign
people and attempts to make q deaf
letter of the Constitution they have
adopted, is as much forsworn rs any
other custodian of a public trust who
eoolly sells himself to q corporation
for a free pass.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-08-20

Our contemporary says we made q
mistake once about Grants death.
This week Jas. Pool nails q lie on
them and their report that Mrs. Clay
was robbed is also untrue. "People
in GLASS houses" etc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-08-20

The Mexico LEDGER, and not Bob
White, is standing as 'the champion
of Democratic purity" and it draws
tears from others than "Weimer's
Indian"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-08-20

No wonder our railroads are be-
hind on their taxes and only pay on a
nominal assessment. As long as they
can buy officials, body and soul, they
viii run the country to suit them
selves.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-08-20
Bob White, Of the Mexico LEDGER,

Bob White, Of the Mexico LEDGER,
labored faithfully for the adoption Of
the waterworks ordinance in that city
and the result of his labors was q
vote of 703 in favor of water to 20
against. Bob, let's drop the Sam
Jones racket and shake on the water
works and Mexico's boom.-Madison
Waterman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-08-20
yANDALIA VARIATIONS.

is reviving.
A good corn crop is assured.
The building boom still continues.
The rascals are still holding their
The new brick block is nearing
completion.
The new mill project Is daily gain
ing ground.
Col. Hutton will doubtless effect a
change at Elk Lick.
About sixty dwellings, have been
erected this summer.
The foundation for the water
tower is now being built.
The new coal shaft has about
thirty miners employed. S. d. Ely's
shaft has fifteen.
A merchant who kicks against a
beneficial enterprise will undoubtedly
kick his grandmother.
The increase of population renders
an addition to our school house q
necessity. The increase amounts to
about forty.
Three hundred tons CT flour are
shipped to this point monthly, and
yet some people pretend to say a
first-class mill would not pay.
Read & Coons, the hardware firm,
will occupy the corner brick now
nearing completion, which will be
ready some time IN September.
The colored people had a grand
pic mic here Saturday, about 500
being present, from Mexico, Bowling
Green, Perry and other places.
Our base ball boys played Wells
vile, here, Saturday, a very credita-
BILE game, the score standing, at the
close of nine innings, 8 to 5 in favor
of Wellsville.
The new hotel is not yet assured,
but the matter is at present receiving
a good deal of attention, and we hope.
will finally result in the erection of q
commodious building for that pur.
pose.
Our town has an amateur detec
tive. The mayor should put him or
the track of the central committee
and if he finds the members he will
gain renown, and solve a great mys
terry.
Uncle Baz. Beshears is yet minu:
that 81, 900, stolen from him some
=. time since. Fred Ball, a we'll known
coIored character, was arrested ant
tried here last week, for the theft anl
acquitted.
5 There is no danger of the LEDGER
: %disrupting the Audrain county De
r moeracy by exposing the wrong do
, ings of county officials. 1t should
not be done, however, through per
I sonal hatred or motives. If done il
the right spirit the people will I'm
4 doubtedly show their approval, a
they certainly should do.
= Only that we want honesty in OF
fee, the people of this end of th
l county are not particularly intereste'
> in the muddle in question involving
the prosecuting attorney and tn
LEDGER. But there is one thing ev
ident, that Mr.. Buckner will not 500
3 again occupy an Audrain county OF
, flee.
A young lady, with tears in he
eyes, applied to the mayor Monda
f for ear to convey her to Kansa
$ City, stating that she "a put off tn
| train Sunday night. The citizen
9 contributed and sent her on her wa
rejoicing. She said she came fror
f Quincy. ILL.,, and had a mother at th
former place. Our citizens are mos
!, too liberal with such cases befor
: they know the circumstances. Char
S ty, in the proper place, is well an
good, but cost upon undeservin
subjects, it is worse than throw
. away.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-08-20

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEN1Ms
IN Notice is hereby given that -
next September term, 1855, Of ne y
bate Court of Audrain county, No.
final settlement of the estate OF Grees
Weathers, deceased.
GEO. RORERTSoA
1s-4t AdmiuistfaM
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-08-20

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLENElI<
IN Notice is hereby given that 49,
ecutor of the estate of Mrs. 3. b. 49,
deceased, will at the September -
1885, of the Audrain Probate Court
my final settlement as executor O.
estate. ]. H. STOWE, Execsses
lS-4t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-08-20

If an editors private character is
to be assailed and his life threatened
because he exposes the breakers of
the constitution of the state.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-08-20
Missouri Fairs.

There is something like a revival
of the agricultural fair in Missouri,
which is an encouraging evidence of
a fresh interest in the stock feature
of farming. There will be a fair held
this year in nearly every large county
in the state, with a liberal premium
list and an attractive display of
stock. 1t is stock-breeding that now
is rapidly becoming the leading fea-
ture in Missouri agriculture, and it
is the displays of improved animals,
pure-blooded and grade, that make
the county fairs SO attractive. The
fresh interest exhibited in fairs is a
sign of another thing-the increasing
thrift and prosperity of Missouri
farmers. AS a rule they are out of
debt, and the change from exclusive
grain and tobacco raising to stock
culture and dairying has been found
decidedly advantageous.-St. Louis
Republican.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-08-20

Prof. Blanton delivered an able
lecture at Moore's Opera House last
evening. He is an able, brilliant
young man, who by his own work
and worth has built himself up from
a small village teacher to the head of
the largest aud greatest state normal
in the west.-Nevada Daily Nal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-08-20

We deal in al kinds of grass seeds.
Buckley & MoorE.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24

"Ahl If his daughter had not been SC
prettyp responded the bewildered son
Of Montauban.
''Parbleu! He wished to find hus.
band for herp .f
'Do you think he will retain any ami.
mostly against uss"
"He will laugh over the affair with
you"
l know not II this story will terminate
with marriage. 1t is possible. Al
any rate, the young man from Montau.
ban now remembers that his father was
a former chef Of the prefecture of Tarn.
et-Garonne--chief cook--and thinks
that circumstance sufficient to warrant
him in accepting as his father-in-law an
omnibus conductor, who is twice q
millionaire, and who introduces people
into his house By stratagen.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24
A Night Of Fear.
BY GEORGE d. COX.


A few days ago. young man, stud
ent, and, TO be precise. son of the De-
partment of Tanet- -Garonne, born at
Montaubin, having the good looks and
accent peculiar to that locality, entered
the omnibus running from Madelein to
the Bastille, in Paris.
AT the station of the Passage de !
Opera a passenger with high color, and
carefully dressed, uneasy in the stylish
garments he wore for the first time, seat
ed himself beside tho student.
Glitterlng charms hung from his
watch chain, and he had on his arm a
handsome and grave young girl, whom
he installed in front of him upon the
last seat remaining vacant.
The passenger, so brand new in APP
pearance, did not seem to pay any at
tention to the trip, but applied himself
solely to staring at the other passengers
striving to make their acquaintance or
recognize them. After repeated ex-
animation of everybody in the olnni-
bus, he su uldenly turned toward his
neighbor, AMI slapping him on the knee
with his broad firm hand, exclaimed
''Its astonishing how well l like
your
Even though one is from Montaubln,
and has brought from his province an
opinion in regard to Paris that prevents
him from being amazed at anything, one
cannot be slapped on the knee and
spoken to in this way without giving a
start.
81 don't understand" said the stud
ent.
"Tell him, GIRL" resumed the man
with the charms, addressing his daugh-
ter, 'tell him | like him, and perhaps
he will un lerstaEd better.'
The young girl blushed, hung her
head, confused, supplicating, and the
student then perceived that she was
very pretty.
"How can serve you?" he demand
ed in a softened voice of his neighbor.
GAN right, I'll explain" said the
man with the new garments. "TO-mor-
row night have house-warming.
said to myself as soon as saw you that
you should be there. Oh, no ceremony
with me, you needn't come alone il
you're afraid, A young man so CONNIE
iltGut can have only agreeable friends.
Select half dozen of them and bring
them with you. It's agreed upon, ism t
itS Here's my card"
The young man was greatly embar.
rassed; every eye was fixed upon him
The people in the omnibus laughed and
whispered. The only way 10 escape
from the dilemma was to accept the
card and get out. Our hero of Montau-
bin did not wait for the vehicle to stop,
but leaped from the omnibus.
That evening at the table d'hotel 10
the Latin quarter, the young student re-
lated his adventure, and displayed the
card he had received. Lets gor' "No
we won't" They wraogled over the
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24
HAD FORM.

Mrs. Doodleburg attends a fashionable
church, and last Sunday real warm
human Methodist preacher filled th'
pulpit, and filled 1t pretty full. AfteI
the sermon. Mrs. D. was talking TO an
other lady about it.
"Did you hear that old woman oyel
In the corner say Amen when DR.. B
finished one of his appealsP" she said.
mo. l don't believe did," was tht
response.
"Well, ! did, and 1t made me rea
nervous "
"Why should itP She wouldn't dc
any harm"
"Oh, no, ! suppose not; but calling
out that way during service is so very
religious, you know, and at our church
It is miserably bad form for anybody &c
be religious
She had reached her carriage by this
time and the conversation ended.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24
GEN. U. S. GRANTS pICTuREs

DO not read this notice, unless you care 10
read proposition which, II you accept. will
cost YOU something, have an engraving
made from an oil painting by "A celebrated
artist of Gen. Grant, for which he sat shortly
after his trlp around the world. II is il the
opinion of critics the best picture of the
dead Here in eXsiance. The price of th..
engraving. 2lX2S Inches on very heavy steel
engraving board, is one Dollar aud Twenty
five cents (Sl25), postage paid by me. so
thoroughly am convinced of the value of
the ct craving ms work of art, aud its al'-
probation by the public that will mall to
any address In the U. s.. FOR INSPECTION.
one copy. packed In "A heavy paper box, upon
receipt OF Die. in stamps TO pay postage and
packing. upon the condition that the party
receiving same send me ONE DOLLAR
Isl n) upon receipt of engraving If ii Is
satisfactory. or return the picture 70 me II 1t
is not considered worth fully the price asked.
I have also Il very handsome Cabinet Phut0.
oF Gen. Grant. hand finished. which | will
mni On receipt ol 25o. No album is complete
without one. Liberal arrangements will be
made with agents. Write for terms and
price list.
Address WILLIAM DICKSON. Publisher.
Box 32S. Chicago, III. Aug. l5-w-l0.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24
Thousands Saw So,

Mr.. T. w. Atkins, Glrarl, Kan,
writes: Il never hesitate to recommend
your Electric Bitters to my customers,
they give entire satisfaction and are
rapid sellers" Electric Bitters are the
pnrest and best medicine known and
will positively cure Kidney AMI Liver
complaints. Purify the blood and regu-
late the bowels. No family can afford
to be without them. They will save
hundreds of dollars in doctors bill every
year. Sold at fifty cents bottle by T..
d. Thomas.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24
THE DAY Is GONE.
LONGFEI.LOw.

LoNGFEILow.
The day Is done. and the darkness
Falls from the wing of night,
AS feather is waited downward
From an eagle in his flight.
1 see the lights of the village
Clean through the rain and the mist;
And feeling of sadness comes o'er me
That my soul cannot resist.
A feeling Of sadness and longing.
That is not akin to pain,
Aud resembles sorrow only
AS the mist resembles the rain,
Come, read me some poem.
Some simple and heart felt lay,
That shall soOthe tlis restless feeling.
And Danish the thoughts of day.
Not from the grand old masters,
Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo
Through the corridors of time.
For, like strains Of martial music,
Their mighty thoughts suggest
LIES endless toll and endrAvor,
And tonight | long for rest.
Read from some humble poet.
Whose songs gushcd from his heart,
AS showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the cyclids start;
Who. through long days of labor,
And nights devoid of ease,
Still heard in his soul the music
OF wonderful melodies.
Such songs have power TO quiet
The restless pulse OF care,
And come like the benedction
That follows after prayer.
Then read from tn" treasured volume
The poem of thy choice;
And lend to the rhyme OF the poet
The beauty oi thy voice.
And the night shall be flied with music
Aud the cares that infest the day
Shall fold thciI tents like the Arabs,
And us silently steal away.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24

"A Canadian judge declares that no
matter what rate of interest man may
agree to- pay there can only legally be col
lected 6 per cent per annum. The suit
was to recover per cent. per month,
which the borrower had agreed to pay.
Two lots of ground await an enter
prising man who will put up S15, 900
brick hotel in Pomona, Cal.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24

Thousands of men fail in life for pure
ly physical reasons. They are not tor
mid but their liver is. and their liver
blocks the way. They are bilious, vel
low skinned, headachy and miserable,
all because that great gland declines tc
do its work. The medicine that can re.
store to this organ 20 its natural power
will add one hundred per cent. to the
available force of this world We know
Of but one thing able to do this-Dr
Kennedy's Favorite Remedy.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24
Bucklen's Arnica salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rhucm, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblands,
corns, ami all skin eruptions, ani posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satsfac-
ton, or rmoney refun led. Price 25 cents
per box, at L. d. Thomas.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24

-Unlressed kid is the favorite ma
erial for slippers, says fashion journ-
al. 1t may be added that slippers are
not a favorite material with the un-
dressed kids.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24

The Emporer of Russia has given
the imperial palace In the holy city of
Kieff to the Grand Duchess Alexandria
Petrovna, who intends TO make 1t her
principal place OF residence. This pal
ace was built within the last twenty
years by the late Car.
The discovery of a new gold field Is
reported to have been made six miles
west of the San Pedro and Gila rivers
In Arozona.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24
Dr.. Frazier s Root Ritters

Frazier's Root Bitters are not dram
shop beverage. But are strictly medi,
cinal in every sense. They act strongly
upon the liver and kidneys, keep the
bowels open ani regular, cleanse the
blood AMI system of every impurity
Sold by druggists, Sl.00. At Thomas
drug store.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24

The Oldest tripiets are claimed hy
Manchester, York county, this State.
They are Mr.. David Strickler and his
two sisters. Mrs. Mary Good and Mrs.
Lena Quickle, now sixty-nine years
nll
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24

Two weeks ago the Superior Civil
Court, Of Boston, for the first time in
the history of the Commonwealth, it is
said, abandoned the old custom of open
n; the court with proclamation. 1t
was opened with prayer,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24
Rabbits. which have been a mo

Rabbits, which have been most
destructive pest in Victoria, New Zea-
land, and Tasmania, are now threaten
ing to oveT-run Queensland.
Not death has occurred In Homer,
Banks county, Ca, for the past three
years.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24

Natural gas has been discovered In
Sumner, w. T.
"A little over five inches of snow
fell at Mount Washington during last
month.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24
DR.. Fraaer,s Magic Ointment.

A sure cure for all boils, burns, sores,
cuts. flesh wounds, sore nipple, hard
and soft corDs, chapped lips and hands.
Price so cents. Sold by druggists. VIII
liams Mfg. Co., Props, Cleveland,
o. Sold by Thomas. the druggist.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24

"oh! Cast That Shadow From Thy Brow"
You can't do it If you have liver COM
plant or dyspepsia. The darkened
countenance tells the story of inward
conmotion and woe. Clear your stom-
sch, strengthen your digestion, regulate
your liver, tone your nerves, and then
away goes the shadow from your brow,
and you are happy because you are well.
Mrs. NJ. J. Aston, of Littleton, N. c.,
says, 81 recommend Browns Iron Bit
ters TO the nervous and debilltated. II
greatly benefited me-"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24

Some remarkable cures of deafness
are recorded of DR.. Thomas Eclectric
Oil. Never fails to cure each case.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24

AT convention Of New England
roller skating rink managers, held in
Boston recently, a resolution was passed
"denouncing female polo playing in
Kinks and masked parties as demoraliz-
ing and injurious to the profession"
"A scarcity OF sailors at wages rang
ing from sixteen to eighteen dollars
per month is reported from Bangor, Me.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24
A chalk mound from which smoke

A chalk mound from which smoke
and heat issue in several places is the
latest discovery in the Santa Ynez Val
ley, north OF the town of Santa Barbara,
Cal.
San Francisco inelegantly styles
women who speculate in mining stocks
mud fences"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24
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HOTELS AND ElRY
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The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-02
The Weight of the Sun.

An astronomer gives us an idea OF
the relative weight OF the sun and the
earth, as follows: ''Let us, to start
with, weigh the sun. Suppose we have
a balance gigantic enough for the pur-
pose, and the sun is resting on one of
scales. Now put the earth in the OPP
posite scale. You might as well weigh
yoar head against one of the towers of
East River bridge. Pile a hundred
thousand earths. into the balance, and
the sun does not stir. There lies the
colossus immovable. But get together
another hundred thousand. and then
another hundred thousand, and stack
them up in the pan against the sun.
Three hundred thousand worlds piled
up on one side of the balance and still
the sun keeps them up. 1t would take
thirty thousand more or 33S, 900 earths
to make the beam even against a single
sun, and six sextillions is. the number
representing the weight of the earth
in tons, a mass which is shooting
through space at the rate of eighteen
miles in a second.-N Y World.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-02
A Lucky Man.

Mr.. D, R. Francis, just elected Mayor
of st. Louis, is a man of luck. He is
hardly forty years OF age, and not long
ago was commission merchant in st.
Louis with not very large capital. He
married Miss Perry and secured the
backing of shrewd and wealthy father
in-law. He operated boldly on Change,
and is now worth nearly a quarter of q
million. He became the candidate for
President of the Merchants Exchange
and was elected. Then, dabbling in
politics little, he went as delegate to
the convention which nominated Ceve-
land for President. There was dead
lock in the recent Democratic Conven-
ton at St. Louis, and Francis got the
nomination largely because he had
never run for otfice-N. Y Post.