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Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
washington's Centennial.

JEFFERSON Cry, Me-, Dec. g.
The Governor has just appointed
as commissioners on behalf of the
State to the centennial Inauguration
of President Washington the fol-
lowing prominent persons:
Gen. D. NJ. Frost, ex-senator d.
Ell. Armstrong and ex-Gov. Il. o.
Stannard, St. Louis; Gen. Ferman
A. Roster, Ste. Geneveive Capt.
C. B. McAffee, Springfield Ben
Tureman, Mexico; Gen. e.. b.
Boone, Clinton; Hon. Rufus An
derson Hannibal Mayor Kumpf,
Kansas City, and Dir. u. A. Done
Ian, st. Joseph.
The anniversary takes place in
New York on Auril 40. next.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

W. w. Johnson, of this county,
and Miss Ida Woods, of near La
Plata, Adair county, were mar
ried at the home of the bride last
night. Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson will
reside in Audrain.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

fyou don't call on Chas. Buck
ner and get prices on Xmas goods
before buying elsewhere, you will
regret iI. wit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
Carriers Christmas Goods.

Ifyou anticipate buying anything
for Xmas it will be we'll to call and
examine E. II. Carter's elegant and
sensible line of goods before pur-
chasing. Next door to Ringo Hotel.
Orpheus Harding left this after
noon for his home in Garden City,
Kansas. He has been here two
weeks.
DIR. G.. II. Nichols Is i'll at his
home on East Jackson Street.
The editorial tourists are on their
way home from Old Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration upon the estate of
5. n. Russell, deceased, have Teen
granted the undersigned, J. G. Trimble
by the Probate Court OF Aadrain G. un-
ty, Missouri, bearing date Oct. IS, 1888.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them
for allowance to the administrator
within one year after the date, or they
may by precluded from any benefit of
such estate, and if such claims be not
exhibited within two years from this
date they will be forever barred.
3I-4t j. G. TRIMBLE,
Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
The Best and Truest.

TFDT1 IJF % JIdTItS NtWNt
The Mexico LEDGER is one OF
the best and truest Democratic pa
pers that comes to our table.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

w. I'll. French and Wallace Har-
per left yesterday for Eureka
Springs, Ark.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

Editor r. NJ. White of the Mexi-
co LEDGER, has been elected a
member of the National Executive
Committee. He will make an
active member and do good work for
the associatien.-St. Charles Nems.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
Best Strains of Recorded
Poland China Swine.

My entire herd is dark in color and
faultless in style; stock not akin. Stock
of all ages and of either sex for sale.
| Fancy males a specially. For prices and
| particulars address,
T. j. SMITH,
| p. q. Box 81. Pleasant Hui, Illinois.
L IN m
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
Order Of Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURL,l
COUNTY OF AUDRAIN.
In the Circuit Court, Jan. Term, ls0s
il. Heller, Plaintiff,
W. E. White, Defendant.

W. E. White, Defendant.
Now, on this day, comes the plaintiff
and it appearing by the petition andI
affidavit herewith filed, stating amonr
other things, that the defendant, w.
e. White, is q nonresident, and thu
service cannot be had in the ordinsrY
way, it is by the Clerk ordered, In vaca.
ton of the Court, that publication d
made, notifying said w. <. White thai
a suit has been commenced against
him, by attachment, to enforce a lssd-
lords lien, and that his property hu
been attached to satisfy said Claim
and, unless You, the said w. E. Whit
pe and appear at the next term Of said
Court, TO be holden atlthe Court Horse
N b City OF Mexico, Audrain county.
Missouri, the
Fourth Monday in January, A. ID.
1889,
and on or before the 9th day thereof
answer or otherwise plead to said bed.
ton, Judgment will be rendered Y.
cording to the prayer of the same. It'll
further ordered that a copy hereof y
published in the Mexico Weekly Lrp-
GER, a newspaper published In ssia
county of Audrain, for four weeks sur.
cessively, the last insertion to be Y
least four weeks before the. commenca.
ment OF the next term OF said Court.
[sEAL.l In witness whereof / hereup.
to set my hand and the seal o fofice n.
fixed, this the 9th day of November. al.
D., 1888. BEN. q. JOHNSON.
l3.4t Circuit Clerk
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
They Mean Tt.

Be sure and call at Blum's if you
want a nice plush dress or nice
wooden dress. They have the
largest line and the lowest price in
town. d&wtf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
The Editor of the Herald
Makes the Forty-Second.

"Annie Laurie reports to the
Mexico LEDGER that there are
twenty-five gentlemen and sixteen
lady applicants for the Laddonia
post-olfice. Gentle "Annie''
seldom jokes, but she told a whop-
per that time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

THURSDAY, DEC. 6, 1888.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

/ want a few more good winter
apples at 25 and 30 cents per
bushel. w. S. HATHAWAY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

Chas. Buckner sells the best
truss in existence. wilt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06

Ed Woodroof left st. Louis Men
day night for the East, SO he told
Officer Gregory, Of the st. Louis
police force.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-12-06
Order of Publication.

STATE OF MIssoURI,)
COUNTY OF AUDRAIN.
In the Circuit Court, for January Term,
1889.
Patrick Reynolds, Plaintiff,
, 1888-03-04
In a French Insane Asylum.

The discovery Of paralysis as tho orig
innl cause of 80 many forms OF mental
alienation is the most important event Of
the century in psychintrie, and it may be
called the chief feature OF the now school.
Since this discovery tho insane are no
longer considered beyond the domain of
~Bcicnce, and the belief Strengthens daily
In n correlation between mental and
physical disturbances. Puerperal, cardiac
and hepatic insanity have been recognized
In their turn, and tho modern movement
tends to the conviction that there is not q
point OF he human economy which, II
wounded, cannot produce a psychic
trouble, especially In those subjects pee
pared by an hereditary faint To use tho
picturesque expression Of DIR. Falret, the
celebrated a~lienist, the physician consents
no longer to be the secretary of his
patients, to write droll stories under their
dictation. Instead, no searches the phys
ical structure to ind where repairs are
needed.-Pnris Cor. New York Post
, 1888-03-04

Stage tricks and illusions have an I'M
dying charm evcn when the veil Of
mystery is raised. 1t was the celebrated
family of Ravels that invented the fat
man trick, and now we have an exposi-
ton of the AM in which that SEEM
ing marvel was accomplished. One of
the actors in tho pantomime sits at n
table and ~ravenously eats dish after dish
of food that a servan brings on to him.
Presently the man, who like most raven
GUS caters was rather thin and scrawny,
begins to grow plump. His clothes fit
swells out under the very eyes of the
audience.
All the while he is eating like n sau-
sage machine. In n few minutes he has
grown TO DO a giant eight or ninc feet
tall, n with the proportions of an in
flated balloon. Tho food eaten Is all
property food, made of tissue paper,
that the actor chews up into little balls
and takes out of his mouth whom occa-
sion offers. His clothes are all of rubber
and made to fit air tight around the
wrists and neck. In sitting down he
puts the heel of one boot over n little
trap in the stage. An assistant below
Immediately couples u tube running
from a bellows to n hole in the boot heel.
Then he blows him up. By the time
hat the suit has grown SO big that the
%inhabitant has to have n lantern to move
around in 1t, the wind supply is cut off
and the boot heel is plugged up. Then,
by an ingenious arrangement of springs
under the actors feet the height is ac-
quired. -Detroit Free Press.
, 1888-03-04
Character in Autographs.

Recent statements about the economic
and wise mother of Napoleon show that
he, while always speaking to her in Italian,
wrote to her in French. How she ever
contrivcd to dccipher his manuscript, if
that also developed corresponding contor-
ions of his signature, we cannot divine,
unless, indeed, rs often happens, there is
n WY of reading with the understanding
heart rs well as the affectionate eye.
VIGOROUSLY bad writer's like Choatc,
Greeley and Balzac have always some
body contemporaneous who can readily
interpret their hieroglyphics, and when n
noted western editor furnished copy that
any printer might suppose to be ancient
Egyptian, there was born into the world
n compositor in hat town who preferred
it to copper plate inscriptions and set it
up with CELEBRITY and dispatch.
Tracing n mans character by his hand
writing is deceptive unless we know the
mans career by heart, and then we di-
vino h is not hidden. At the same
time it is not n little curious to follow the
commissions Of Napoleon's signature from
the obscure time of AN artillery lieuten-
antcy TO the victory of Austerlitz, the re-
trent from Waterloo and captivity on that
lone, barren isle in the midst of the
ocean" We may not agree with the de-
auctions made from the specimens given,
but curiosity will be provoked and graft
fed in a peculiar way If nothing else
Baltimore American.
, 1888-03-04
SOME CURIOUS LIABLE MANNERS.


Tho Coed Old Days When Knives and
Forks Were Scarce-Thc. SaItceIInr.
1t was late in the Fourteenth century
when the first evidences of art in the
shape of silver cups were noticeable on
the buffet. The dishes were made of
pewter or wood and spoons of bone,
wood or silver. Knives were rare, and
on that account guests invited to feasts
carried their own knives. Forks came in
general use still later, and for long years
after their introduction they were con-
sidored ridiculous afTcctation and foppery,
and not nearly so convenient as ones
own fingers. The lord and his lady
dipped their fingers into the same plate
and slipped their wine from the same cup.
Even the queenly Elizabeth, with all her
elaborate ideas of etiquette, was content
TO carry her food to her mouth with her
fingers, and at first despised the newly
invented forks as unseemly and awk-
ward.
Very gradually the dining hall grew
in comfort and splendor. Dishes of gold
Inc silver were made, and 80 eager were
the mobiles for them that they would sac
rifice anything TO possess them. The
saltcellar was for n long time the article
of highest importance on the board. 1t
was a great affair, and it stood directly
in the center of the table; it was tho di-
viding line; the mobiles were seated above
the salt, the commoners below; hence
grew the proverb, Below the salt" The
passing of salt was n ceremonious custom,
the guest throwing a pinch over his left
shoulder and murmuring IA blessing.
The saltcellars were of the most curl
Gus device. Sometimes they represented
huge animals, sometimes n great, full
blown flower, or u long, slender stem,
n again they were in shape of n chariot,
mounted on four wheels, on which they
were easily run down tho table.
The first glass cups came from Venice
during the Sixteenth century, and from
that time on society began to lose many
of its primitive ways, and became, in a
sense, moro refined.
Henry VIII was born with luxurious
tastes. He had his banquet chairs sup
piled with velvet cushions, and about
this time the parlor or 'talking room,"
as it was called, was introduced, and
here it was that tho DANES took refuge
when the dinner had advanced beyond
prudent limits, rs it invariably did before
the finish.
The cook that presided over the kitchen
in those days was not the counterpart of
our Nineteenth century Bridget, but he
was an artist, and generally a man of
quality. The ladies of the household,
even those of noble birth, attended to
many domestic duties, making the
bread, preserving the fruits, while to
understand the proper use of starch was
considered n great accomplishment
TIlie May Forney in Woman.
, 1888-03-04
Life Among tho rarnscans.

"Onc thing Mt u timcr is the principle
of life among the Tarascans. Perhaps it
IS carried to exnggeration, but 1t produces
wonderful results. If of n Sunday morn
ing you saunter down the road leading up
from the lake to P~atzcuaro you will meet
thousands of the Tarascans coming to
market with their wares and products to
sell. Each Tarascan, or family of Taras-
cans, will have n stock of one thing. 1t
may be e~arthenware; it may be the fiat
pancakes called tortillas; it may be fish; it
may be feather work. Whatever it is the
quality will surprise you.
The traveller sees n good deal of the one
idea principle in other parts of Mexico.
Going down through the heart of the ia
bic land from FL Paso to the City of Mex
leo he IL in a striking manner.
AT Leon he is beset to buy the woven
wraps called serapes. The numerous
peddlers have nothing but serapes to sell.
A few hours further down the road, at the
Btation of Queretaro, the stock in trade of
the platform vendors is opals, nothing but
opals. At Celaya fifty men and boys
thrust boxes of "dulces" in ones face and
Will not take II refusal to buy, as long as
the train stops. The dulces are sweet,
paste like compounds, favored with pine,
apple and other fruits. They are offered
i'll little, round wooden boxes, and are
of oil sDrts of colors. The round
boxes are assorted, according to
f~lavors, md packed in long boxes of
varying liz s n prices. Celayi Is
known NIL c ger the republic 70 !, its sweets.
Within two hours rid of Celaya is Ira
puato, where Strawberries can bc bought
Mt the station every month in the year.
The peddlers have nothing but stra~ber-
ries, but they always rave them put up in
quart, two quart and three quart home
made baskets of willow-great, luscious
berries. Probably the fruit could be cul-
tivatcd with equal success elsewhere, but
1t isn't. Irapuato has the monopoly of
Strawberries. Even Mexicans, passing
through md going 500 miles beyond, buy
n basket Of strawberries at I%rapuato, just
MS they always get Off Mt San Juan del
Rio, further down the road, to buy lari-
ats There is n little rope walk in front
OF nearly every house Mt San Juan del
Rio, and the people do scarcely anything
but manufacture lariats the year round.
Cor. Globe-Democrat.
, 1888-03-04

The center Of population Of the United
States, according to the last census, is
near Louisville, Ky. 1t has steadily
moved westward for q century, Baltimore
having been about the center at the be-
ginning Of the century. No doubt the
next census will show TINT It has moved
considerably further west, probably to
come point In Illinois. AT this rate It
will not be long before this point will be
to the west OF the Mississippi river.
When all of the territories nre admitted
there will be twenty-one states west Of the
Mississippi and twenty-slx 10 the east, 30
that no matter what may be the increase
in population of the west the east will nj
ways have a majority in the sennte.-Ex.
change.
, 1888-03-04
Tho Legion. Iron plsclplIne.

Many assertions continue to take place
from the French army in Tonkin. All
the deserters Who are r~ecaptured are shot
without conjunction. Lately eighteen
soldiers Of tho Foreign legion ran away
from Southay with a lot of arms and ac-
couterments. They were caught in the
mountain defles after q chase which
lasted a considerable time, and the eight
cen were condemned to be shot at once.
1t is said that when the men were drawn
up in single file in front of their graves
the adjutant who was in charge of the
firing party cried out with an oath, on
seeing some of the doomed men fall
slightly out of their alignment, Cant
you fellows keep your dressing better than
that2 Eyes right Dressl" No sooner
was the command given than the prison
ers with parade like punctuality straight
ened themselves up and obeyed rs if they
were on the drill ground or ct n review.
Then the fatal command was given, and
the eighteen men went down before the
terrible volley. The adjutant's words
If they were ever uttered, and it is prob
able that they were-show that an iron
discipline still prevails in the French
Foreign legion.-London Telegraph.
, 1888-03-04
Strange Sights In Cuba.

In Havana bay there are certainly 1000
lighters constantly in use, so that 5000
men are thus employed md Mt least 10, 900
souls thus comfortably sustained. Most
of these folk live over at Regla, Just back
of the Santa Catalina wharves or the still
quRintcr Gale Baluarte quarter, and in the
narrow streets and through and about their
queer old abodes some of the strangest
sights you ever witnessed will be seen.
Children of all colors and caste and ages
disport naked among hairless dogs, ag-
g~ressive goats, demure donkeys and all
II of fowl, with the utmost limo
ccnCe, content and good nature. Little is
needed to sustain life, hence happy hearted
ness among them is universal. Night or
day, for nearly all the year, the only real
effort is made to get outside of clothing;
and last Sunday morning, when l was
wandering in the vicinity of the little
old Regla market, l actually stepped over
fourteen naked sleeping women and chill
dren lying in all sorts of pastures on land
ings, along galleries and at the doors of
little alcobas. Some of them opened
their handsome eyes n bit, but none
moved or seemed in the least disconnected
by the intrusion .-Edgar l.. Wakeman's
Tnttpr
, 1888-03-04

hRvo IN acquaintance who earns n
handsome living, with money TO spare, by
inventing new devices Of oil kinds likely
to catch tho capricious public fancy. He
has invented toys, bats, advertisements,
inks, pens, pencils and l know not what
else, and is now concentrating his energies
upon q novelty in stationery. The de-
mand for new styles and shapes in fancy
stationery is constant. Any oddity, how
ever eccentric in color, size or form that
It nay be, ia certain to go. What he pro-
poseJ is to p~rcsontably put upon the
market black paper and envelopes, to be
written on with n white ink. He has per-
fected his device, he nvers, and expects to
reap n handsome fortune by II. For per-
sons in very deep mourning, especially
those who have lost wealthy relatives
who q remembered them In their wills,
It should certainly possess unusunl
attractions. AS we have had every other
color in stationery but black, nothing
will, l suppose, remain after 1t but for him
to invent somo substitute for paper to
write on.-Trumble In New York News.
, 1888-03-04
watering the DIvaivos.

always have your oysters opened
while you wait, " said n Brooklyn dealer.
''Whyf Because, although you pay five
cents n quart more for them, you will
save money. 1t is the custom of oyster
dealers who open oysters the night before
they are sold to throw them into water.
An oyster will absorb about one-third its
weight in water, and SO the purchaser
pays one-third of his money for water,
which he can add to the oysters himself
II he wants his bivalves watered. New
York Evening Sun.
, 1888-03-04

There are few neighborhoods that do
not have their smart man. At least they
have a man who, in his own estimation,
embodies the brains and information of
the world. No occupation pleases him
better than the asking of catch questions
queries that he has given his whole at.
~tention, to the exclusion of more useful in
formation that would in general have
added largely to his influence If not to his
income. Nothing pleases him better than
to find some one who has earned n reputa.
ton for a depth and width of learning re.
moved from the ordinary unable TO an.
swer some simple question that has been
learned and forgotten ten years before.
Such a mnp, in speaking Of n mutual &C,
quaintance, said to a reporter; do you
call that man SMART Why, / asked him
something that he could not answer. " The
scribe looked Mt him and askedi 'How
many of Mother Goose's melodies can you
rcpeatfh He was Observation-Disclosures
Call.
, 1888-03-04

Little Gertrude, in the course of her
four years Of existence, had never seen a
colored person. Therefore when Pro
fessor Cicero Potors-whose speciality is
legion, and who whitewashes one day and
puts down carpets the next, thus making
extremes meet-camc to her house in
spring cleaning times, her first sensation
was awe, which gave way to curiosity
when she perceived that the dark hued
visitor, so far from being an ogre, was
disposed to be n big playfellow. After
the professor had laughed and joked and
told stories, Gertrude ventured upon a
startling personal inquiry:
'Mr. Peters, have o any little tar
babies at homer
To say that Professor Peters laughed
would but family describe the effect OF
the question. Dentists show windows
seemed to leap up In his mouth in rapid
succession, one after another; md for
hours afterward he was heard to ejaculnts
'tah babies" Mt five minute intervals -
Boston Transcript.
, 1888-03-04
INFANTTLE
SKIN DISEASES.
Don NJ. DICKINSON,
Postmaster General.

Our oldest child, now six years OF age, when
an infant six months old was attacked with a
virulent, malignant skin disease. All ordinary
remedies failing, we called our family physician
who attempted to cure 1t bnt it spread with
almost incredible rapldity, until the lower por-
ton of the lit. &c fellows person, from the middle
of his back down to his knees, was one solid
rash, ugly, painful, blotched. and malicious. We
had no rest ut night, no peace by day. Finally
we were advised to try the CUTICURA RENE
DIES. The effect was simply marvellous. In
three or four weeks II complete cure was
wrought, leaving the little fellows person rs
white and healthy as though he had never been
attacked. In my opinion your valuable remedies
saved his life, and to-day he is II strong, healthy
child, perfectly well, no repetition OF the disease
having ever occurred.
GEO. B.. SMITH,
Atty at Law and Ex-PrOs Atty, Ashland
REFERENCE JIG. Weist, Druggist, AShland,O
, 1888-03-04
Rheumatism

R Is an established fact that Hoods Sar-
saparilla has proven an invaluable remedy
in many severe cases Of rheumatism, effect
ing remarkable cures By Its powerful action
in correcting the acIdlty OF the blood, which
is the cause Of the disease, and purifying
and enriching the vital fluid.
IT Is certainly fair to assume that what
Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for others 1t
will do for you. Therefore, II you suffer
tho pains and aches Of rheumatism, give
this potent remedy a fair trial.
A Positive Cure.
81 was troubled very much with rheuma,
tism In my hips, ankles, and wrists. ]
could hardly walk, and was confined to my
bed n good deal of the time. Being rec
commended to try Hoods S~arsaparilla, 1
took four bottles and am perfectly well.
/ cheerfully recommend Hoods S%arsaparilla
as one of the best blood purifiers in the
world."- W. F. WOOD. Bloomington, Ill.
For Twenty Years
Ihave been afflicted with rheumatism. Before
1888 found no relief, but grew worse. / then
began taking Hoods S~arsaparilla, inc it did
me more good than all the other medicine I
ever had" II. T. GALcoM, Shirley, Mass.
al suffered from what the doctors called
muscular rheumatism. 1 took Hoods Sar-
saparilla and am entirely cured" j. v. 4.
PRoUpFooT, letter CARER, Chicago, Ill.
We shall be glad TO send, free of charge.
to all who may desire, a book containing many
additional statements OF cures by
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Bold by all druggists. 81 six for IS. Made
only by c. 1. HOOD s. CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
, 1888-03-04
MAIL LETTINGS.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT.,
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,

February ], 1888.
PROPOSALS will be received at the Con-
tract Office of this Department until 4 p.
IN. Of April l0,lSSS, Tor carrying the mails
Of the United States upon the routes, and
according to the schedule of arrival and
departure specified by the Department,
in the Territory of Wyoming from July
/, 1883, to June 80, 1890. Lists of
routes, with schedules of arrivals and de-
partures, instructions to bidders, with
forms for contracts and bonds, and all
other necessary information, will be fur
nished upon application to the Second
Assistant Postmaster General.
Don NJ. DICKINSON,
Postmaster General.