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Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
Rnmemhor fha Pear.

There is clamoring, vocifcrous
kind of poverty that makes loud ap-
peals for aid and always gets itself
relieved in some way; very often in so
many ways that it becomes quite
comfortable and easily born.
There are the kind of poor who
seldom suffer actual want, although
they may see very hard times; but
the great sufferers are those who are
too proud to beg, and we are not
overstating when We say that many
honest worthy persons let themselves
die before they will complainant
starving all at once, but losing health
and strength by slow degrees in con-
sequence of insufficient diet, close,
crowded quarters, and prolonged
distress of mind at the bitter pros
poets of their children and them
selves.
The confession was wrung from a
young girl who recently answered an
advertisement for seamtress, and
fortunately obtained place, that her
mother-a minister's wldow-had
just died from exhaustion. My sister
and / would have begged for the
things she needed, but she said, No,
I Was born lady and will die be-
fore [ will eat what was begged.
Aud she did die, in whole city full
of people who would gladly have ad.
ministered to her needs.
| And so we say,-Scarch out sucl
cases, for they will not otherwise
come under your notice; and if you
find giving aims too delicate thing
to do, there are other more graceful
ways of rendering relief that will be
accepted as from friend to friend
But remember that the best help yot
can give Will he Tor you to lind way
for the unfortunates to learn thu
means for helping themselves.
Perhaps by lite self-denial oil
your own part you can afford to MAKE
way to furnish them with even
little work. 1t is praiseworthy in
lady to do her own plain sewing, bu
, perhaps, in these times of enforced
, IIdleness Of those whose avenues o
, selfsupport are closed, it would b
more laudable if she gave some o
these worthy Strengthened people th
Z sewing to do. and make her cash sc
count come out even by purchasing
. fewer clothes. 1t is astonishing hos
a small an outfit people can make them
o selves comfortable with if they Wi
only think SO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
"The Brayest are the Tenderest."

A slender, te-whiskered, brave
faced man sat near the fare box in
the upper end of an F street car this
afternoon. He wore high white
Derby hat upon his head and his
clothes were of black broad
cloth. A high Henry Clay col
lar grasped his neck and pair of
black-rimmed spectacles hung by
string upon his vest. He was chat
ting to a lady at his side and his
black eyes sparkled and most win
ming smile beamed over his weather
beaten face as the conversation went
on. The car stopped and l was sur
prised to see him jump to his feet
and walk rapidly to the door. AS
my eyes followed him they rested
upon little fair-faced hunchback on
crutches who was trying TO get into
the car. She had the face of child
and the body OF mature woman, but
that body contorted and twisted and
dwarfed out Of all human proportion.
| saw this slender, gray-whiskered,
bronze-faced, dark-eyed man bend
over her and ask her where she want
ed to go. She told him and her face
lighted up as he assured her that this
car was the right one. Then address
ing her with as much courtesy as
though she had been the president
new bride he asked her if he might
not help her into the car. She
thanked him, and putting his hand,
under her arms he lifted her up th,
steps and placed her crutches beside
her. He tipped his hat and then re
sumed his seat and conversation
This old gentleman was General Jo
. j Johnston, the great Confederat
| leader. Leader.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
The MeaneSt Man In Ohio.

A bank president Of Columbus, D.,
hired plasterer to do a job, stipu-
lating that the man should forfeit
fifteen dollars for each day which
should elapse over the time in which
the job was to be done The work
lacked half day of being done when
the plasterer, who is a National
guardsman, was ordered TO accom-
pany his regiment to Cincinnati, to
aid in suppressing the threatened
riots. He went like gcod soldier,
and as soon as he got home finished
the job. But the banker held him
to the bargain and deducted ten dol
lars on account of the time lost in
defence of law and order. The fact
that the plasterer was poor man
and had been out of work all winter
had no effect upon the bank prosi-
| don't
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
Dimiuutiye Waists.

1t dosen't seem to me that the To-
dies think they should discard COR
sets or wear them as loose rs posi-
BILE in this hot weather. A small
waist these hot days means bad cir
culation, and that means sunstroke
or vertigo. Just the other day q
friend of mine was sitting in q we'll
ventilated room, when suddenly she
fell IN a faint. She persistently re-
fused 10 come to until hor corBets
were looscned, and then, as her lungs
were given a chance to work and the
blood rushed back to her head, l saw
the poor little foolish thing had lsc I'd
herself cruelty because she was
growing a rife heshy. And yet sh"
had always said: ''Oh, no; / don't
lace tight. - 81. Louis Lady Ply
otpiun
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
How a Nuisance was Abated.

Il was on a train out in Iowa the
other day." said a travelling man,
(which stopped half an hour at .
dinner station. A vain and dudish
young fellow with q small handbag
persisted in walking up and down
the platform directly in front of the
coaches and gazing impudently into
the faces of the lady passengers near
the open windows. He was so i'm
pertinent that 1 soon found myself
mad enough to go out and give him
talking to. But before ] reached
that point roguish-faced young
woman sitting near me settled him o
good deal easier than / could have
done it. She stuck her head out OF
the window just as he was going by
and called out to him:
"Say, sonny, are you selling apples
or peanuts?"
There was litter the whole
length of the car, and no more an
noyance fromxhe dudish young man
on the platform.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
,say Eouta'S PRAYER.

Our father, whO art Ill heaven;
Rothchilds be thy name; thy iinan
cial kingdom come in America; thy
will be done in the United States as
it is in England. Give us this day
our bonds in gold but not in silver /;
give us plenty of laboring men S
votes to keep monopoly in power and
their friends in office. We know.
our father. we have done many
things that were wrong: we have
robbed the honest poor and brought
distress 10 many door; we know 1t
was wrong TO demonetize silver; we
know it was wrong to water all our
railroad stocks; but thou knowest we
made money at that. Now, our faith
er, thou knowest we are above poll
tics. It is the same to us whether
the Democrats or Republicans rule,
/ for thou knowest we are able to swap
/ all political jobs in our favor. Lead
us not into the way Of the strikers,
! but deliver us from the hands of the
insane Knights of labor Thus shall
we have the kingdom, bonds. interest
power and gold till the republic shall
end. Amen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
What Can he Done.

BY trying again aud keeping up
courage many things seemingly lm-
possible may be attained. Hundreds
of hopeless cases Of kidney and liver
complaint have been cured by Elec-
tric Bltters, after everything else had
been tried in vain. So don't think
there is no cure for you, but try
Electric Bitters. There is no medi-
cine so safe. so pure and so perfect a
blood purifier. Electric Bitters will
cure dyspepsia. diabetes and all dis
eases of the kidneys. Invaluable in
sffections OF stomach and liver, and
and overcomes all urinary difficulties.
Lsrge bottles only SO cents at j. f.
Llewellyn's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
Candidates Catechism.

The intelligent voter is expected to
every candidate who tack
les him, as follows:
l. Are you married; if not, how
soon do you expect to be, and name
the girl? No bachelors need apply.
2. Do you know the ten COM
and which one do you
violate most frequently? Open con-
fession is good for the soul.
3. Have you got any chewing to-
bacco, Or do you carry cigars.
4. Do you draw a pension? If
not, would you like to?
3. Are you in favor of Civil Ser
vice Reform? If so, how much?
6. If L vote for you this time, do
you solemnly promise to vote for me
when l want anything? Any candi-
date who raises an objection is heart
less.
Z. Can you swim? This is a del
icate reference to Salt River.
g. Which are you for, Dick Bland
for congress or Frank Cockrell for
the senate. Name your man, with
out any evasion.
9. Did YOU win or lose money at
the last game of draw poker you
played? Let us have no evasion: ::
answer yes or no.
10. State the age, weight and
length Of the biggest fish you ever
caught and what respectable man will
vouch for the truth of your state
ment.
IL. DO you drink? If so, have
you any disposition to invite those
present TO imbibe? If not, please
give the date when you quit and when
you expect to resume. Please be ex-
act as to both of these dates.
II. Can you lend me half dol
lar.
13. Do you belong to the ring
If not, why not!
IA. If elected. how many time:
do you expect to run hereafter!
| Is. Are you in favor Of rotation
If so, name the man you want to ro
tate in.
16. Are YOU actuated by the de
sire to serve the dear people, or by
the craving after filthy lucre?
IL. Are you happy:
IS. Would you like to kiss th'
baby?
! II the candidate answers thes'
questions satisfactorily, you can taxi
hi claims into consideration.-Er.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
Uncle Esek'S Wisdom.

All political parties are made up
of foxes anl gepse--uhout five
thousand geese TO one fox.
The great beauty of charity is
privacy; there is sweet force even
in an anonymous penny.
I ain an uncompromising Radical
up to date. but wh, n | reach the
other world [ can he Conservative,
if it is the best thing to do.
Men of great genius should not
forget that their failings, or vices,
are more apt to he noticed, and even
admired, than their virtues.
All Conservatives have once been
Radicals. and their virtue consists in
having found out that half loaf is
better than no bread.
My friend. if you must keep pet,
let il be one of the serene kind ia
rattlesnake or swapping turtle, for
instance): this will exercise your
caution and strengthen your genius.
know of nothing that will test a
mans true inwardness better than
to feel like the devil, and be obliged
to act ike a saint.
NJ dear boy, If you must part
your hair in the middle, get it even il
you have to split hair to do it.
Independence is q name for what
no man possesses nothing, IN the
animate or inanimate world, is more
dependent than man.
/ It isn't so much what q man has
that makes him happy, as it is what
he doesn't want.
/ There are many comfortable peo
pie in the world, but TO call any man
perfectly happy is an insult.
There is nothing so valuable, and
yet so eLeap as sivil!ty; you can al
most buy land with it.
The great mass of mankind car
only gaze and wonder; if they under
take to think they grow hstless, anC
soon tire out.-The Century TO
July.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
Date OF Missouri Fairs.

Mexico, August l0-5 days.
Brownsville, August l6-6 days.
Columbia, August 17--5 days.
Fulton, August 24-5 days.
Shelbyville, August 23-5 days.
HigginsvilIe, August 24-5 days.
Platte City, August 24-5 days.
Hannibal, August 24-5 days.
Marshall, August 800 days.
Edna, August 80 days.
st. Joseph, August 800 days.
Kahoka, August 30-5 days.
Memphis, September ii days.
Shelbina, September IA days.
Mobcrly, September ID day.
Newark, September l3--5 day.
Kansas City,Septembcr l3-5 days
Williamstown, Sept. l3-6 days.
Paris, September li--5 days.
Montgomery City, Sept. li-4 days
Washington, Sept. 16-3 days.
LaBelle, Sept. 2l--5 days.
Springfield, Sept. 81 &c days.
LaGrange, sept. 28-I days.
St Louis. October 4--G days.
KeytesviIle, October j--5 days
Cape Girardeau, Oct. 12-5 days
Palmyra, October l2-5 days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
Fred's Resolve.
BY KATE GALA.

"Oh, Freddie, can't / 60 with |
your" begged little Nellie Dudley
as she saw her 12-year-old brother
starting out one pleasant simmer
morning with his fshing-rod and
lunch basket.
NO, indeed, Dot. You're too lit
tie, and I'm going long way"
''But I can walk ever SO far
most mile," pleaded the little one.
"Run back to mamma, Nellie;
that's good girl"
"Nellie don't want to be q good
girl She wants to CO.
''There! stop teasing right away"
said Fred; and, without even q good
by kiss, he went whistllpg down the
road.
Nellie's lip quivered. She dearly
loved her brother, but she was
sweet tempered little thing, and was
soon playing merrily with her kit
tens.
Fred did not forget so readily.
"Of course 1 could not take her," he
said to himself, ''but then / needn't
have been so cross about it. It's a
pity if a fellow can't be good-natured
to such mite as she is! Suppose I'd
never had sister, or, worse still,
suppose we should lose Nellie, as the
Harkers lost their baby!" and Fred
brushed away mysterious drop of
water on his cheek. 'I'll tell you
what it is, Fred Dudley, you get cross
pretty easy nowadays, and it's time
you stopped. What are you going
to do about it?''
/ do not know whether Fred was
a strange boy, or whether all the
boys who are not like him are strange
but he was never ashamed to pray
Moreover, he knew that praying did
not necessarily mean saying the
Lords prayer or Now I lay me, -
or even kneeling down to talk tc
God. So then and there, as he walk.
ed along, he told Jesus all about it
and asked his help. When he came
home toward supper time he found
his father and Nellie and little play
mate of hers in the sitting room
Nellie was saying, "Oh, papa, won'r
you come measure Inc and tell IN,
how soon I'll be a big girl?''
Saying Fred, she cried, "Pap'
says I'm most three feet tall. Won
l soon be big enough to go will
your
Come here and I'll tell you
secret" Then he whispered"
shouldn't wonder if you'd be bi
enough by tomorrow to 60 with m
to the south meadow aud pick violet
for mamma He could say no more
for the little arms around his nee
nearly took his breath away.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
TRICKERY WINS.
Hutton Beat Ont of ST. Charles County.

The proceedings of the Wentzville
convention last Saturday had a fit
ting prelude in the primary held in
st. Charles the Saturday previous,
and did not add lustre to the names
of the conspirators who engineered
and manipulated the convention by a
majority obtained by fraud and trick
cry, and which is not binding on the
Democracy of this county. Honest
defeat may be borne with compla-
cency and accepted cheerfully, and
the victors lauded for superior man.
agement, but a victory accomplished
by the disgraceful methods used last
Saturday must bring a blush OF
shame rather than a glow of pride to
the cheek of the victor.
The details of such convention
work had better be left untold, TO,
it was not relieved by a single ac1
to which a Democrat could point
with satisfaction.
'Tis true the delegates selected to
to the Congressional convention are
mainly, reputable and honest men
but were selected simply because i
was expected that they could be ma
nipulated by those who had some ent
to gain or crafty, but we do no
think they, or the instructions the,
received, represent the will of tn
majority of the people of this county
but of that we will speak later on.
The work of the convention wa
decidedly harmonious; too much S
for the welfare Of the party. Th
silence was that which precedes th
storm.-St. Charles Neecs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
The New SYslem.

jacob said an Indiana farmer
to his hired man the other day. 81
see that some Of the railroads have
adopted the "a o'clock system, and
Tn thinking Of trying it on the farm. ="
"That is, you want me TO work
twenty-four hours right along with
out stop:"
"Well, Jacob, that's the idea, but
being it's you, and being you are u
purity willing hand, you might take
out ten minutes for each meal and
make it up on SUNDAY"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
Army Signals.

The Army and Navy Journal con-
tains an interesting article on q new
method of signalling in the army,
called the photographic system. It
says:
The instrument used almost ex-
clusively is the heliograph, or a plane
mirror, by means Of which a strong
flash of sunlight can be thrown to q
distant station. To this mirror are
attached suitable adjusting screws
for keeping the fash for any length
of time in one direction, potwith-
standing the movement Of the sun.
BY means Of key, like a telegraph
key, attached to the back, the glass
can be moved through a small angle
and the flash thus thrown OH or off
the distant station. The Morse
Alphabet is used; the dot is q short,
quick fash made by a moipentary
depression Of the key; the dash is q
long flash made by holding the key
down for few seconds. The instru-
ment is particularly adapted for use
in cloudless country like Arizona
Though theoretically there is no
limit to the distance over which the
heliograph may be used except the
rotundity of the earth's surface, there
is no advantage in having stations
very far apart. The average distance
is from twenty-five to forty railes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JULY Is. 1886.
BEAVER DAM ITEMS.


Correspondence of the Ledger.
BEAVER DAM, July l4.-Mr. John
Byars is erecting n new bridge across
Beaver Dam, on the upper Mexico
and Fulton road, the old bridge
having been condemned by the road
overseer.
Jabe Adair will teach the young
ideas how to shoot--paper balls
and how to place the bent pin where
it will do the most good at Beaver
Dam the coming winter.
Dan Roberts and wife had few
words and parted, she going on a
pleasure trip to Illinois to be gone a
month.
The Dam has a case that deiies
ioor-locl;s and gunsmiths, and veri-
ties the old saying,
When the cats are away
The mice and rats will play.
j. II. Wayne is thinking seriously
of taking Horace Greeley's advice to
young men, "Go west and grow up
with the country" May his shadow
never grow smaller nor his feet larger
is our sincere wish.
Well, we want to be an honored
guest at the correspondents banquet
But Mr.. "Senor" must have his life
insured for he will die when he at
tempts to place his arm around the
winsome waist of "Annie Laurie" anG
imprint a soft kiss upon the ruby
lips of Country Cousin" Won,
he, sister Annie? Oh, the cheek O
some of those horrid men is too
utterly awful! COUNTRY Cousin.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
Sam Jones OH Dancin' and Chewin'.

sam Jones Oh DancIn ana CneWln.
I've discovered another thing: To
the pure all things are pure. A young
girl will waltz around in the german
with the arm of one of those lecher-
Gus ballroom bucks around her, and
if I preach against dancing she is
awfully shocked and turns up her
nose; but modest, virthous girl
says preach splendid sermons. You
say Im vulgar, do you: l came of
the best stock in the south, aud when
I preach vulgar sermons let myself
down to level with any crowd.
The good old sisters used to tell
me if FL give up chewin' tobacco ia
90 right To heaven. Bless your heart,
I've had more hard things said about
NE since l quit chewing than ever
did before. The use of tobacco is
not moral question. Why, it's no
more hmm ia the sight of God to
chew tobacco in Georgia than it is to
pick your teeth. The best man ev-
er knew chewed tobacco, and the
! biggest rascal never touched it. A
man can't be a gentleman and chew
! it. but he can be a Christian and
chew it. | know, for I've tried it.
They ask me why l don't preach
against tobacco. | haven't got that
low down yet. There are SO many
things / see that are worse, | can'i
lower myself to the plane where III
denounce tobacco. There is negative
goodness and positive righteousness
OF the two characters | prefer The
positive. Now, I'd rather be a gooc
church member and get off on a bis
old drunk occasionally, than be one
of those fellows who is never good OF
anything.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15

FROM NEAR RUSH HILL.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
NEAR RUSH HILL, July 13.-Our
wheat is fine, our oats is good
our flax is good, our hay is not so
good, say % crop; potatoes never
better. I will name some few vino
raise wheat: E. Feutz, so acres !;
Ed. Cook, % acres; Mr.. Hits, %
acres; Ed Kendall, 40 acres, and
Joe Able 100 acres. There are sew
eral small crops of from 5 to Is, all
good. Our corn is not so good as
we would like to see it. We have
had too much rain for corn.
Ed. Kendall has his fine house
nearly completed. Mr.. Peters is the
contractor.
We had a nice picnic at Canter.
berry's ford on the 3rd. Candidates
were scarce there. 1t was the first
picnic we have seen them scarce fol-
sometime. w. Il. l..
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
LIMEKILN CLUB.
Some Things That Are u Mystery OF
Brother Garder.

II has been walkin' round on top
dis airth mighty high my allotted
time," said Brother Garder, as the
band ceased playing, ''and yit some
things are jist as much mystery to
me as when / was twenty"
"How does it happen dat de folkses
who am head-ober- heels in debt put
on de moas style?''
"Why am it dat da man wild a
head full of brains mus play second
fiddle to monkey wild a pocket full
o. money!"
How does it come dat while we
purfess to lub our naybor, nothin'
tickles us mo- dan to h'ar be has re-
ceived setback and mus take
cheaper house?"
'sHow am it dat de man wild de big
gest di'mun pin, an de woman wild
de moas' real lace on her dress, git
shet of der counterfeit nickles SOON
er dan anybody else?"
''Show me a party of fifty pus-
sons gwine to make trip to Yurup,
an Ill pint out thirty-five who am
stavin' off creditors to do it.
"We complain dat servant gals
doan' know DER duties, an we ed
dicate our darters to ignore house
work as beneaf EN-. De hired gals
of de next ginerashun won't be to
blame if dey mix bread in de bath
tub an mash taters wild beer-bot-
tle."
Seems to me, as lean on de fence
an look ober de landscape, dat a
good sheer of dis world am wrong
eand to. De shine of brass keetches
de eye whar' silver am unnoticed. A
loud voice gathers crowd sooner
dan sweet songs. Society demands
q dress coat an a white shirt, an il
dat demand am satisfied nobody will
AK de wearer whether he has bin in
State prison or de State Legislachur
Let us now purceed to dispatch de
routine bizness of de eavenin.'"
Shindig Watkins desired to cal
the attention of the meeting to The
fact that there was a shoal in Lake
Huron which had been set down OF
charts by the Govement surveyors a
':Nigger-Head Shoal." He for ont
felt it to be reflection on his race
and he hoped the club would for
. ward its protest to Congress.
"Brudder Watkins, do you cal
+ yourself nigger?'' blandly inquire'
3 the President.
mo, sah-no, sab In use l don't
lie a Guild man, sah!''
Zactly, Brudder Watkins, an S
am I an all de res of de crowd. ]
p dar' am any niger who wants t
\ complain about dat shoal let him g
. ahead it am none of our funeral"
- Brother Watkins sat down, but b
q didn't look exactly like a man VIII
had gained a barrel and a half c
: valuable information for nothing
I Detroit Free Press.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
G.. A. R.-Short Line 10 San Francisco.

Round trip tickets to the Grand
Army of the Republic Encamplnenl
at San Francisco, Cal, via the Wa
bash Short Line, viii hc on sale ON
and after July Sd, 1886, at all Wa
bash ticket offices. Rates only one
fare for the round trip to Kansas
City or Omaha and $50 for the rouud
trip from Kansas City or Omaha to
San Francisco. Free reclining chAi,
cars and Palace sleeping cars Oh Il
through trains. For full information
apply to + 5. Wilson,
Union Ticket Agent. Mexico,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15
A Reliable Article.

For enterprise, push and desire
to get such goods as will give the
trade satisfaction. Dobyns & Gibbs
the druggists, leads all competition:
They sell DIR. Bosankos oueh and
Lung Syrup, because its the best
medicine on the market for coughs,
colds, Group and primary consumt-
ton. Price so cents and S1-O0.
Samples free. eow-ly
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-07-15

The music of the steam threshers
can now be heard in every direction.
Nor is it an unfrequent thing when
travelling on the highways to meet
traction engine drawing its train from
one farm to another, sight which If
our ancestors had seen they would
have taken to the woods. The Won
ders OF this age will engross the
pages of future history.