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Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13
How Hustled Used the GayeI,

Il make no secret OF acknowledging
Just where / learned to use the gayel."
Gen. Hustled went on to say. alt was
in the Masonic lodge. l divuigc no
%unrevealed mystery of the order when
l say that the gavel is nowhere SO SUI
preme as in the Grand lodge. 1t il
supremacy itself. To it tho delegates
bend as quickly as privates in a great
army, as the members of every parlia
mentary or deliberative body should
/ remember an incident Ia my caree,
at Albany which is timely here. Ii il
customary when the cxigeucies of busi-
ness-as in the case of the election Of
regents of the university of the state Of
New York or United States senators
call the senate and assembly into joint
session. for the lower to receive the
upper house in its chamber. The
courtesies and customs of these SEES.
sions demand that on the entrance 81
the senate the assembly shall rise. Ga
several occasions before ! first became
speaker of the assembly. | had wit
messed those ceremonies. | recalled
the fac that in each case the speaker,
when the senate was at the door, re-
quested the assembly to rise. To my
notion this was exceedingly undigniiied
and reflected on the department Of tho
assembly. who ought to know its duty
as well as its presiding officer. Think
how a gentleman would feel walking into
a drawing-room to be told that he must
not spit on the floor. 4 resolved that
II 1 ever became speaker, aud | am free
to confess i had nc doubt OF it, things
would be differently douc. During my
FIRST term a joint session became neces-
sary. The iooked-for opportunity was
at hand. On the day fixed and at the
hour the scrgeant-at-arms announced
the arrival Of the senate In tho usual
form. During the pause which fol.
lowed / raised my gavel, and looking
calmly at the house brought it down
three times in succession. The next
moment se~venty-hve men were on their
feet and naturally those who did not
respond at ono arose by inspiration.
A single blow later on, when the senate
was received, brought the whole as
sembly to q sitting posture. After adj
tournament an ex-speaker came to me
to find out how it happened that the
assembly arose without the usual re-
guest. Il asked the members to RISE
l said. No. my ineuisitive predeces-
sor said, you didn't, for not a word
was said But l added, 4 made the
usual request with my gavel. You
heard the three blowsa' Is that Q
Masonic signP' be asked curiously. 4
did not say So was my response The
gavel At any rate had done the talk.
Ing. "-Syrocuse On. ~ Standard
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13
THE CITY OF K

Is live.
Booms.
Has water works.
Has electric light.
Has an iron foundry.
Is confident of her future.
Is proud of her public school.
Can not he heat for enterprise.
Improves solidly and constantly.
Is the daisy city Of the Imperial
State.
Gets there through her board OF
trade.
Has the prettiest cemetery in the
state.
Has a wagon and carriage manu-
factory.
Is the wealthiest town of its size in
the west.
Boasts OF one Of the finest parks in
the state.
Has a population of over five thou
sand people.
Has a fine city hall and an elegant
court house.
Is the center of the finest farming
region in the world.
Shows up better than any town TO,
sidewalks and streets.
Has a baking powder and ciga,
manufacturing establishments.
Has two OF the largest and best
equipped Touring mills in the state
Will soon have gas and severa
manufacturing establishments and I
male college.
Can not be beaten by any femal,
college in the west. Hardin COLLEGE
is complete.
Won't give in to any town in tn
state for fine business houses ant
elegant residences.
Is the center of the finest coal re
gion in the west. The coal fields
almost at her doors-are inexhausti
BILE, and, with the railroad connec
ton, coal will be nominal in price a
soon as developed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13
Pretxel-Baktng.

| -
The ordinary reader undoubtedly
knows something in q general way
about The bakers art, but In q cosmo-
politan city there are about as many
varieties OF the staff Of life as there are
nationalities. The pretzel is peculiar
to the German table and perhaps the
process of preparing it is less familiar
in this country than that of any other
article of food. There is nothing mys-
FERROUS about pretzel-baking, although
some things about it may surprise tho
consumer of Boston brown bread and
Knickerbocker .tshort-cakes." A good
natured Teutonic baker recently took
q reporter through his establishment
Flour, yeast, water, and a great deal
of salt arc the sole ingredients Of
which the dough u of which the
pretzel is evolved is composed. 1t ID
tough and heavy, and after having
been well kneaded is placed in great
heaps on a long table in front of the
workmen. They grab it up by hand
fuls, roll it out in long. thin strips, and
then curl and tie it up iuto the queer
shapes in which it makes its appear
ance in beer saloons and on cheap
UNDERGRADUATES. "A IoultNy hhdAl bdACE
is expected to make one pretzel every
two seconds. After il has assumed its
definite form it is laid upon a wooden
rack in the middle of the room. Rack
after rack is thus fiilod. and they are
piled one above another. Each one
contains one huadred pretzels. A
thousand are generally prepared tor
the oven before the baking begins.
The ovens are of enormous Size. The
pretzels are baked Very thoroughly,
and are regarded as especially whoie-
some for this reason. Then comes the
most singular part OF the process.
Racks, charged with p~reizsls, are
dipped in q weak solution of I've, the
| effect of which is.to give to their SUR
face a bright and glossy appearance.
After being thickiy %sprinklcd with salt
they are ready for sale. Those that are
intended for shipment oil to be kept for
some time undergo an additional pro-
cess. They are placed in u steam-box
and remain there for two or three
hours. This sort OF cure makes them
proof against mold or souring for
months. One of the greatest pecufiari.
ties of pretzels is their salty taste, and
they conduce to the greater consump-
ton of beer. But so much salt is used
simply for the purpose of preventing
them from becoming stale. They ara
q favorite part of h rations Of the
Prussian army. The amount of pref.
gels made and eaten in San Francisco
every year is almost as important Al
the number of kegs of beer that are
drunk, but the statistician is yet to ba
discovered who can estimate it without
6 vast deal of laborious investigation.
-.S0n Francisco Chronicle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13
A rhibcta. Dwelling.


To BEGIN. and IN order to familiarixe
the reader with the surroundings and
conditions Of life of the people under
description, let US picture a typical
Thibetan house.
The outside walls are generally of
stone, set in a very inferior kind of
mortar, but oftener in a bedding of
puddled mud. When clay is available
tht builders much prefer to have only
tn foundations of stone and the walls
above-ground of well-prepared clay.
which latter they build up between
plank molds. These are removed as
each layer is finished, and then raised
to act as molds for the next layer.
The houses have two stories, aud
frequently there is a shed along one
side of the roof, in which the inhabit-
ants work when the sun is oppressive
A great part of their work is done on
the fat roof, such rs thrashing grain.
etc. The ground-ioor is devoted to
tho cattle-horses and pigs. etc. The
fowls usually roost with tho family on
the first floor. The construction of
the floor of the upper story is suffi-
GENTLY curious. Its main supports are
cross-beams; on these smaller beams
are placed at right angles. on which
are laid slabs of wood; on these again
are laid small twigs like a broom, and
IT, n aeoating of mud plaster is spread,
on which the pianks are finally placed.
A hole is left in this floor for their
primitive ladder Ga piece of wood with
poiches cut in i'), up through which
hole ascend AL the a~tf1luvia from the
animals below!
There is oniy one door for the whole
house. In front of this door there is
q, nerallv a courtyard surrounded by
walls. All the and refuse is
allowed Ia remain ia sta under the
house, and in The court, all the year
through, till shortly before the season
for manuring the fields, when it is ali
collected into a big heap and left to
ferment there from q fortnight to three
weeks, alter which it is spread over
the land.
The larger houses have n or more
wings and n vcranda. The floor form
ing the roof is made in the same way
as the other, only there is an addition
of c%ow-dung to the mud instead Of
planks, and the plaster thus made is
beaten for days with sticks to make il
amalgamate, as in India All cracks,
as the plaster dries, are carefully filled
up with fresh plaster till the whole i:
a good solid roof and floor combined,
and very well adapted for thrashing.-
Charles e. Lepper, in Popular Sctenc,
Monthly for November.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13
A Boston Merchants Experience.
From the st. Louis Republican,

Senator Vests story about tie
Boston merchant who attempted 30
do two good rs:=gs-to increase our
merchant marine, and develop trad
with South America at the same tin
furnishes a ludicrous comments +
on the working Of the protsc' IN
system. This merchant built two
ships, paying one-feurth more for
them than they would have cost if
built abroad. He loaded them with
modern Yankee notions and sent
them to South America for q market.
The Chilians and Peruvians fancied
the notions and bought them at
prices that left the owner q first rate
profit. He could not bring his ships
back empty, and sc he loaded them
with wool and copper-the only COM
modes the Chilians and Peruvians
had to sell cheap. But when his
ships sailed into Boston harbor, he
found that the tariff laws Of this
country forbade him to sell the car
goes in u markets except by pay
ing import duties on them which
wsuld absorb all the profits on bis
outwardbound cargo of notions. What
did he do under the circumstances!
He sailed his ships acros the ocean
to England, where no such prohibi.
ton on trade exists, and sold hi,
wool and copper to English manu-
facturers.
Mr.. Blaine, the Maine senators
and other distinguished Republicans
have been for years pleading fol
measures to secure the trade of Cen
trail and South America ; and yet the,
plead with no less vehemence for {
tariff system which drives this trad,
away when it attempts to come.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13
Big Survey.

c. L. Rodgers, county surveyor of
Audrain, was in the city this week.
He has contracted. with DR.. Steed-
man, trustee for the Harrison tract
OF land, known as the "Big Survey
containing over 5000 acres, to divide
this land into 40 acre tracts. MIR.
Thomas HALEY did not have time to
do the work himself, but will assis,
MIR. Rodgers. The job will not pro-
badly be completed till sometime in
July, when the land will be put upon
the market-Callaway Gazette.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13
An Impressive Appearance.

The other day Judge Heacock pur-
chased a new and stylish suit of
clothes, and when he put it on and
BACKED his boots and spruced himself
up he was about as fine q looking spec
linen of manhood as vas ever exhibit
ed in astate of captivity. Thejudge had
some business to do at a private resi-
dence near the outskirts of the city On
the highlands, aud went out there
dressed up in his most magnificent
style. When he rang the bell the lady
of the house sent her sweet little f.
year-old daughter to the door. and
the little one soon returned with a look
of the deepest awe on her pretty face
Ibid you 90 " the door. daughter"
the mother asked.
Eyes, mamma, and oh! oh! Oh-h-
h-h-i"
..Why, daughter, what's the matteri
Il there some one thereP"
Eyes, mamma, there is"
.And who Is it. dearP"
I'll don't know, mamma, but I think
it's Godr"
The judge heard the conversation,
and when the lady got to the door she
caught a glimpse Of him as he few
aclo ss the railroad track
An Ancient Receipt for making
Thunder.
In the middle ages, anybody al all
distinguished by knowledge of science
was credited with the art Of flying, and
indeed in many cases did mot scrupie
70 claim it. Albert Magnus was one OF
these. but refused to give particulars
TO the world at large He tells US.
however, how TO make thunder. Says
be: Take one pound Of sulphur, two
pounds of willow carbon, and sir
pounds Of rock-salt ground very fine
In q marble mortar; place where you
please In q covering made of flying
papyrus to produce thunder. The GOV.
ering, in order to ascend and foal
away, should be long. graceful, and
well filed with this powder; but &C
produce thunder the covering should
be short and thick, and half full."--T.
' ". AatAer. in Popular Science Monlbly
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13
Hardin College Commencement.

The examinations at the College
will begin about the Goth and will
continue until the 18th. All friends
of the College are invited to attend.
The annual sermon of Hardin Col
lege will be preached by Rev. u. B.
Fuller. Of Sedalia, on Sunday, May
3Oth, at IL o'clock g. m, in the Bap-
fist church.
The College will give an entertain
msnt complimentary to the Press As
ISOLATION, on the evening Of May -.
The entertainment will consist oil
music, recitations, calisthenics, etc,
and will be in the College Hall.
A. Il, YAscY,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13

and got full. Oh. pas a terror.
There goes his bell !; you'd better get
thai cocktail quick. He broke q bell
boys leg In st. Louis. See you
later" and the bad boy wandered
downstairs TO talk with the carriage
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13

Missouri association Of surveyors
and civil engineers sixth annual
meeting, b~eglnning on Thursday
june 3, 1886, will be held ut Colum-
bia, Nc.
G. D.. Rodgers, Of Audrain, will
read a paper on "The legal position
occupied be a surveyor in the State
of Missouri"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13

1t IL asserted that Jay Gould has no.
tasted whisky for over q quarter Of o
century. He took q drink once when
ne was a surveyor. got his figures
pixed IN consequence, and resolved
Asysr 10 drink whisky again
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13

Some time ago q compassionate Ger.
man nobleman bought the favorite old
horse of the Emperor William, Sa-
dowa, and kept it in comfort till ito
death, a short time ago. Now the skin
has been well tanned and dressed, and
h preserved ~ an ornament and 3
relic In the noblcman's country seat
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13
Big Puffs for Little Tickets.

BY JIM @. ANDERSON, RICHMOND DEMO-
Graf.
Early last month / received a letter.
At first I took it for a ''dun," but on
opening it I saw it was a circular letter,
and felt sure it was an application for
space for half column, top of column,
next to reading matter-price 81 gross,
payable in printing ink. Opening out
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13

ever smoked was at MIR. Backman's
breeding farm, Stony Ford, Orange
County, one year ago. He was there
with Gen. Beale and j. b. Houston.
and he spent a very enjoyable day in
seeing the horses work on the track.
After dinner Mr. Backman handed him
q cigar, and before it had turned to
ashes many pleasant ~recollections OF
his experiences with horses were re-
called. 1t was the Generals final
smoke. A few weeks later the ex.
President sent his favorite road mare,
Silver. to Stony Ford to be bred to
Kentucky Prince, q stallion to whom
he took . great fancy. He looked for
ward with some eagerness to the re.
suit, but before the bay mare could
drop . foal the great soldier was laid to
rest
An agent of the Pail Mall Gazette
with . view Of testing the true inward
ness of prison life, caused himself t
be committed to q London prison. H.
relates as follows the beneficent Office,
OF the prison chaplain: 81 had a visit
from the chaplain after / had been in
prison Q day or two, and the interest
ing and edifying interview consisted o.
these questions, as nearly as | can re
member: What is your manner Whs
are your What are you here for? Cas
you read and writer brilliant ques'
ton to ask q man who mad said he wal
Q journalist). What church have yor
been in the habit of attendinga Who
was your fathera In how many days
did God make the world? What die
he do on the seventh daye How many
commandments are therea On whal
mount were they given to Mosesl
What did our Savior come into tns
world forf' After receiving my an
swer to the last the reverend gentle
man remarked: Then how careful w
ought to be to avoid SIM took up hil
hat said good morning. and the in
tervieW was at an end
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-05-13

$500
waltzing out, and struck an attitude.
'Ah-h-h,' howled my pa. Bravo!
Hooray!' and he clapped his hands
and stamped like he was crazy.
"Well. / thought the house would
fall in. The policeman and ma was
not e enough to stop him, and, in
a minute, the whole house was vel
ling perfectly awful. Pa thought
they was chipping in with him, and
yelled louder than before. Then he
took off his hat and hollered for three
cheers. That settled it. About 500
Cinnamon, yelling and screeching,
jumped on pa. The policeman rus
tied ma and me out a side door. Then
he went back after pa. But before
he got in pa came out awful sudden
1t looked as il somebody must have
helped him. He landed clean across
the alley in a fish shop. When the
policeman picked him up he locked
real bad. Ma thought he was dead
and screamed. 1 tell you he looked
like a crazy quilt. All his clothes
was ripped into a hundred pieces
His hat was busted down over his
| oyoS au1 his COLLAR mae rrc1L;o- --.~
it. He wanted to die, but me and
the policeman carried him to 8 hacl
and got home.
"After he was put to bed for thres
hours he felt better and went down
stairs to talk with the policeman.
went to ma and told her I felt sici
and wanted to sleep in her room
That's why he couldn't find me wher
he came up again. So he went dowr
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-16

Rev. Dr.. Kerr and wife are expected
to arrive here to-day.
DR.. Cooper VIII preach at the Fourth
Street chapel tonight.
G. Watson James, D. L., Of the
Dispatch, went to the Warm Springs
yesterday.
Oscar Honaker was received at the
penitentiary yesterday, for one year, for
malicious shooting.
Mr.. Joseph Hall, who has been quite
sick for several days, was considered
better yesterday.
The Richmond and Allegheny Ex-
press Company now display westher-
signal flags from their wagons and Of
fce-front.
Mat. Pearson, the colored man who
was hurt ut the Petersburg depot night
before last, was sufficiently well yester-
day to go to work again.
Rev. Percy G. Elsom, Of Fulton Bsp'
hst church, who for over . week has
been i'll with fever, is much better, and
expects to occupy his pulpit next SUP
day also to be at his meeting tonight
Senator William Z. Gaines, Of Not
towsy, Republican candidate for Con
gress in the Fourth district, was IN the
city yesterday. He expects to get tbs
solid vote OF his party.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-16
YOTSG RLAINE FORGIVEN.
His father Allows IIim SI.sO0 Year
ana Scnus Him &c ReiOin His Wife.

NEW W oAA
Air. James 6. Blaine, Jr., the young
bridegroom from Maine, returned T.
this city early yesterday morning, and
registered at the New York Hotel, 10
big, bold, school-boy hand, Mr.. aud
Mrs. James g. Blaine. Jr., Maine.
lie passed the day with his wife
family. AL day Monday bis brid,
was with her family prep Iring be-
trousseau. The temporary feeling OF
indignation experienced by her parent
had passed away, and they fully acql'
esced in her marriage. She had eyi
dently counted on their agreeing T.
that proceeding, for since she was {
mere child she has been the head Of the
family.
Whether Young BlAine's family have
accepted the situation rs che 'riuLy q
Mrs. Blaine's parents is not known. /
is certain, however, that the young ma
will not enter the college for which b
has been preparing himself, but will
once enter some mercantile business.
General Martin Z. McMshon SAL
last evening that everything had been
settled, though be did not know what
arrangements had been made. The
feeling against the young people wa
merely one Of temporary soreness, which
had passed now, and would not again
arise. Theyou couple were al right
now, and would be looked sfser IN some
way or another.
AUGUSTA, September BIAS.
Tuesday night, after the marriage, Nj
Blaine. Sr., arrived in tn city on the
night Pullman at IL O'Clock, and Mr.
Blaine, Jr., reached here from New
York at 2 the next morning. lie IN
formed his father on Wednes lay. o.
the Governor" as he calls the ex'
Secretary Of State, that be had been
married in New York two days bsioTe.
His father was amazed at the informA-
tion thss impaired 10 him by his nine
ieen-year-old boy. He dispi 'ched his
Oldest son Walker from Washington to
New York, and was informed by tnai
young gentleman that the marriage was
bona fde. Yesterday be Determined
upcn q course Of action, VII cs he be-
lieyes viii be best for al concerned
he told Jimmy that he had deter
mined upon allowing him 81, 800 sysa'
with which TO support himself and hi'
wife, and that he must at once join her'
wherever she was. Mr.. Blaine, ST.,
not inclined to invite the couple 70 re
side with him. The society people 0
the city are very much exercised owe,
what they term q hishly-sensstiona.
affair. Young Blaine, now that DO !
married, has given up the idea OF enter
| ing college. which his father intenoe'
J be should 90 this fall.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-16
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