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Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05
Saved Maj. Rollins Life.

ooVeO mhJs nOllluS AlI9s
The Centralia Guard, in speak
ing of the sudden death of VIM.
Hickam, near that place last Satur-
day, says:
Bill Hickam has been identified
more or less with Centralia since
and before the war, and was at
various times engaged in business
here. During the war he drove
the stage between this place and
Columbia, and en- the memorable
day when Bill Anderson captured
the town and made the streets red
with the blood of Federal soldiers,
Bill Hickam drove into town with
his stage, in which was Maisr J. s..
Rollins, j. H. Waugh and others,
and it was during the trying ordeal
when the guerrilla Bill Anderson
was putting Major Rollins to such
a severe test to establish his iden-
tity that Hickam's GOODNESS and
presence of mind done more than
anything else to save the life of
Major Rollins, as he unhesitating-
ly corroborated the story that
Major Rollins had invented to de-
ceive the willy guerrilla and pre-
vent him suspecting who he was.
There is no question but that Maj.
Rollins owed his escape chiefly to
Bill Hickam,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05
STARTLING EVIDENCE
o. the Cure Of Skin Diseases when al
other N0theds Fail.

Psoriasis s year., covering f.cs, hssd, md
entire body with white ecAbs. SKIN red
itchy, and bleeding. Hair all ZONE:
Spent hundreds ef dollars.
incurable. Cured BY CutacuEA Remedies.
Ny disease (psoriasi,) nrss broke out on my
left cheek, spreading aa,ross mg nosc, and almost
covering my fsee. It ran into my eyes, and tbs
physician was afraid ! would lose my eyesfght
altogether. Il spread all over my head. and my
hair all fell out, until ! was entirely bald-headed;
h then broke out on my arms and shouiders, until
my arms were Just one iore. Il covered my entire
body, my face, head, and shoulder being the
worst. The white seals fell constantly from my
head, shoulders, and arms; tbs akin would thieken
and be red and very ib.hy, and would crack and
bleed II scratched. Altar spending many hEndreds
Of dollars, I was prcnounccd fncuraole. heard
Of the CurIcuRA REMllDrKs. and after using two
bottles CUTTcURA RxsoxvxNr. I could zee . change
and AFTER I had taken four bottles, I WIS slmose
cured: and when ! had used six bottles Of CUr1.
CUR REsoLyENr and Gne box OF CurIcuRA. and
ons cake Of CurfcURA Soar, I was cured OF ths
dreadful disease from which I had suffered for nye
years. ! thought the disease would lease = very
deep scar, hut the Cu1IcuRA RENpIBs cured It
without any scars. / tsnnot exprsss with z PEN
what ! suffered before itsing the CurIcuKA RENE
DIES. They saved my liza, and / feel Il my duty TO
recommend them. Ny hair u restored - good -
ever, and % IL my eyesSshk ! knew Of 2 numoef
Of different persona who hare used the CufICuRA
RxzHprEs, and Al have received great benefit from
their use. kas. ROSA KKLLYs
Rockwell City, Calhoun Cos Iowa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05
CHAPTER XVII.

M Mi
As Natalie and Lydia were conversine
after their lunch. Dolores, who had gone to
the window, called out:
Little mamma, there is our steamer come
to take us away. Come and look at it.n
Tho tive women, looking up, saw a yacht
anchored OF the shore. Natalie instantly
exclaimed:
SIT IL the sNamovna.' Oh, I hope it has
come for US. II it has, ! shall go now-at
once"
aBut, my dear child, it isn't possible to
start 80 quickly. Can't you wait until to-
morrow morningp'
mo, no. Obi no. Iprefer to go now-I
nsissf.n
Blanche soon appeared, saying that the
captain was ''waiting, and the ladies must
be ready to start by FIVE o'clock sharp"
aDo you hear, Lydia!n said Natalie tri-
umphantly. There is nc alternative. We
nsslsf go.n
avery thing is ready, too, Madamoiselle,''
remarked Blanche. s.Medji is being tsk6
on board, and the sailors are soon coming
for the baggage"
swell, Natalie" said Lydia with unusual
compliance, IF We must, we must. Only I
shall be obliged immediately to go to Desert
Rock and explain matters to the Gulnares,
and send our baggage down here"
/, Precisely at ten minutes to five o'clock the
entire party-Nataiie, Lydia, her aunt,
Dolores, Blanche and the servants-was ct
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05
TANGtBLE
Patiently over the road we fare,

I EAliSutLY OkcE NitC fpHl re hatNt
Intent on the end we'd win;
There's q hint OF frost in the misty air,
! And the night is closing in.
But vague and far from the muffed past
Comes q tender, haunting tone,
And we grasp the skirts Of . memory fast
From the land Of our morning blown.
IT'S a faint, sweet sound Of n tinkling bell
Over the pastures borne,
IT'S the lub's low bleat on the lonesome fell;
IT'S q rustic enid the corn;
The scud and rush of the squirrels tread
Parting the withered leaves,
Or the twttter of swallows overhead
In the dusk of the cottage caves.
And once again we are boys and girls
In o round of school and play,
With a mothers hand on our tangled curls
When We Kneei At her lap to pray.
Nothing we reck OF the ring Of gold,
Nor the fall of the dice on Change,
For the beautiful story is all untold,
And the world yet new and strange.
And loi instead OF the masks we wear
In the throngs we meet to-day,
Instead of the shoulders bowed to bear,
And the eyes no longer gay,
Our cheeks are quick with the sudden flush,
We are eager for work and strife,
And never a sorrow has come to hush
Our iubilaut pulse OF life.
We sometimes catch in the crowded street
A dear pet name We knew,
Ere the dance had gone from the childish feet,
Or we'd gathered Q sprig of rue;
'Tis somebody else who claims it now
But the spell of the old-time tone
Brings unawares unto lip aud brow
| The light OF another zone.
Faring apaee to the end-'tis true,
| Yet ever behind US lies
The shimmering pearl and the fathomless blue
OF the lucent morning skies.
| And the wealth we prize as 1rst and best
Is . wealth no scales can weigh,
| For tits not in the East, and not in the West,
And not on the earth to-day.
| N T.. SagQstsr,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05
"AnE rou ANx1ous ro HEAR MY sroRrin

"ARE YOU ANXIOUS TO HEAR MY sToRYin
with the request that no bill of expense be
sent to the Princess family.
Louvait and Leroi were unprincipled men,
but had still a little sense of honor left.
Fairfax appealed to this, and with such
effect that they respected his request,
and never again made reference to the
matter.
Here it may be said, by anticipation. that,
as a result of the promised signature
bolstered document which Fairfax after
ward forwarded to Louvait and to Leroi,
both of these worthless We're eventually
called to Paris and given prominent posi-
tons in the police department of hat great
city, where they are liable, at any day, to
have their ambitions realized.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05
CASTLES IN THE AIR.
Airy Fairy Structures in Whose Ercctie
We Haxa All Taken Part.

Airy Fairy Structures in whose Erection
We Haye All Taken Part.
Who among us has not builded themi
Who, as the long, duh years have melted
into decades, and the silver threads among
his hair lit up the march of time has not
erected these dream-like, unr lbstantial
palaces Of fancy upon the dim, shadowy
corner lots of h i~maginationa
And who ever resided in one of themf
Who would not, for the smallest Of small
considerations, give a quit-claim deed for
all the reality and q clean bill Of sale for the
weird and ghostly structure, furniture and
all.
And yet we all build castles in tho air.
The little boy on his painful way to school,
with a paper of tacks in one pocket and
. mouth harmonica in the other, builds cas-
ties in the air.
The little girl, the wee toddlekins Of the
family, as she smoothes out the folds Of her
dolls pink calico dress, builds castles in the
air. And the youth with the mustsche-
three hairs on one side and seven on the
other-yet to him heavier than q whitewash
~brush-erects these gaudy structures In the
Oriental style Of architecture, with towers
and domes and spircs and minarets; and
the maiden fair, first in war, first in peace
and first in the heart OF the aforesaid heav-
ily-bearded cheyalier, she. too, rears the
fairest Of beautiful fairies homes-all In the
alr.
And the patient wife, humming the old
tunes OF her childhood, and sewing the 959th
button on the fatal shirt, builds large and
imposing castles in the cir. And the young
husband who isis to be-or, for Soma time
back, has been, erects these giittering frag-
mentary edihces on the foundations Of love
.-or on the shifting sands Of defeated ambi-
ton.
Castles in the air, which Of all ediices are
thu easiest built and the hardest to pull
down-magic cities Of the realms q day
dreams, illuminated by the darling light n
Hops. Call not their architects tho de-
voices Of visionary schemes. Hope shines
through Ill the corridors Of these castles IN
tho air, and sheds It's beams far ont on the
rugged pathway Of life. But for these airy
fAiry castles in the air Ambitions hand
might palsicd fall and oil the fires Of
st.ung, impetuous youth die ont to smolder.
ing embers Of : dead, forgotten past-zEa,
1Dsiasa
= obeofyank pArron hns aarsrtsfned -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

A circular has been issued asking
all persons residing In Jehnstown
prior to the food to send in their
names. 1t looks as if. the slate
writing fraternity might get a job
up hat way if all who lived there
at that time are expected to report.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05
Didn't Want ar. American Hus-
hand

D8nC.
A gentleman from Indiana told
the other day a story about Bay
less w. Hanna, now United minis
ter to the Argentine Republic, says
a writer in the ClevelandP Plain Deal
er. Some months ago at Buenes
Ayres a rich Spanish banker gave
a dinner TO some friends, and MI.
Hanna was seated on the right of
the hostess. She inquired as to the
health of Mrs. Hanna, who was not
present, and asked how many chill
dren they had. Bayless, not under
standing Spanish very well thought
she wanted to knew the age of Mrs.
Hanna. and said: "Forty-eight,
madam" To his surprise the lady
threw up her hands and exclaimed:
"Gracias a Dios, que no tengo
espose Americano!" which, being
translated Is, "Thank God, | have
not an American husband!"
The next day the Spanish banker
called on Mr.. Hanna and said :
"You astenished my wife yester-
day when you told her you had
fsrty-eight children" "Why, my
dear sir" replied the minister, 81
thought your wife inquired as to
the age of Mrs. Hanna and I gave
her the forty eight figure. I have
only four children, and they are
enough" The banker went home
and gave his wife the benefit of
Judge Hanna's statement, but the
story got out and the Judge has to
stand up and take the joke frem his
friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Died, at Fulton, Mo-, Aug. %, at
the residence of her son, Chas. A.
Patton, Mrs. Amanda E. Patton,
aged 83 years. Deceased was the
mother of ]. w. Patton, J. E. Pat
ton and Mrs. Fl. P. s. Willis, of
this CITY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

CHATTER
ssThat's Louvaitip calculated Leroi, and
Ehereupon wrote . message that ran as fol-
lows:
aChief of Police, Bal Harbor, Me.
aArrest escaped lunatic arriving Ssppho,
Vestibule express" Here followed a de-
s~cription Of his person, much as given by the
engineer Of $50.
Leroi arrived at the Ferry just q half hour
after the Ssppho had left The little steamer
Electra lay in waiting for him.
Now as to Louvait. That willy individual
certainly didn't propose being caught in any
such trap as he had set SO successfully for
Leroi. As the Sappho approached the wharf
he cautiously reconnoitred the slay Of the
land.n
The tide was low. Passengers all landed
from the upper deck. At the end Of the
igang-plank stood the usual band of porters
and haclmen, reinforced, he had no doubt,
by several policemen in readiness to pounce
upon him.
The boat lay snugiy against the wharf.
From her lower deck he could easily touch
the cross-beams that supported the flooring
LOT the wharf above. Already the passen-
gers were preparing to land, and, with the
ideck-hands n officials, were cOngregated
on the forward deck, but, unfortunately for
ILouvait, just where they could see him
should he attempt to land by way of the
wharf. He went to the other side. Nothing
could be achieved there. Already the pas
sengers were filing OF. II those policemen
END Louvait was right; they soers watch
ing for him On the wharf-should not dis
cove him among the passengers they would
search the steamer.
Snow, or neveri'' quoth Louvait.
Taking q small phial out of his valise, he
went to the side Of the boat opposite the
wharf. Calling to the engineer, he asked
him for q match, and, while lighting a
cigarette, pretended accidentally to drop
the phial, which was thus shivered to atoms
and the contents spilled all over the deck.
Stimulating great perturbation, Louvait
also dropped his lighted match and cigar
cite. In an instant a tremendous sheet Of
fame arose and enveioped that side of the
boat. Both he and the engineer yelled
Sire! frei" and every body came rushing
around TO discover the cause of the outcry.
Louyaat in the general excitement es-
capped, palled on his false beard and other
DISCUSSES, and observing that the universal
attention was directed toward the fire,
lightly swung himself up by the nearest
cross-be,m. Then, hand over hand, he drew
himself the entire length Of the long wharf,
occasionally resting, until he gained the
rocks, upon which he dropped gasping, but
Triumphant, for no one had seen him.
The policemen were now anxiously search
ling the wharf and steamer. But he was
tsafe. He had beaten Leroi again. The
Icoast was clear; the field his own. Now to
ibueiness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

which, next day, Leroi and Louyah em-
barked. At the wharf the caaehman hand
ed each mar q note, Just as the steamer was
about leaving. Being interested In watch
ing the village and the bay, the two travel
ers did not open their envelopes until later
on. When they did so, each man found
therein a sum that more than compensated
him for his exertions and outlay, together
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

MI. l.. c. McCarty, of Joplin,
No., is the guest of his sister, Mrs.
John w. Beatty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05
Printers, Pi.

To the Editor OF the Ledger.
MEXICO, No., Aug. 29.-At our
house we have apple pie, peach
pie, plum pie and most every other
kind of pie, except printers pi.
We don't know what that is. Will
you kindly tell us?
Brother AND SISTER.
Yes, we viii tell you, and to
those who have never visited the
composing room of a printing Office
and who do not know what printers
pi is, a brief description of that
article may be of interest.
Every letter and character on the
pages of the LEDGER represent a
piece of type metal about three
quarters Of an inch long, and these
pieces, thousands in number, are
held together in an iron "chase"
by thin strips of brass between the
columns, and wedges are driven i
all around. the page to keep the
matter IN proper position: 1t is
while carrying the chases contain
ing the pages from the stones to
the press in a careless manner that
sometimes an accident occurs and
the 'sform" falls and the thousands
Of pieces of metal drop like water
out OF a sieve and the conglomerated
mass is what is called printers pi.
A frame or chase full of type is very
sensitive and has to be handled
with extreme care if pi would be
avoided. To straighten out a pied
form costs a deal of money and
trouble, therefore printers do not
like pi as well perhaps, as "Broth-
er and Sister" There has been
but one form "pled" in this Office
in many years and that was the re-
suit of an accident. 1t took several
weeks to fix 1t up. Sometimes
visitors make trouble for the
printers. When a stranger comes
into a printing Office he is quite
liable to become inquisitive and
ask some one ifhe thinks it ia going
to rain, and while waiting for an
answer becomes tired and leans
against one of the imposing stones
on which rests a page of freshly set
matter that the foreman is about to
send to the press. The stranger
brushes his elbow over the page of
type and it is strangers pi. 1t is
the custom in most offices for the
foreman, after dumping the stran-
ger out Of the window, to call the
police and have him ssrun in"
If a stranger who hasn't any par
ticular business to attend to, feels
an irresistible desire to visit the
green-room offs printing Office to ask
some one the price of butter and
runs his elbow through a page of Sc
lect reading matter-it he feels
that desire, we say he had better
smother it, otherwise he might get
his own form pied.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

"a new theory has been started with regard to the use of soap
on the face. Women who for years have been careful of their COM
plexions would never, under any circumstances, wash the face in
soap, as ii was said to roughen and coarsen the skin. Now, that
Ivory Soap has been invented, this idea is exploded, and a we'll
known physician in the metropolitan profession recommends his
women patients to use it freely every day, lathering the skin well.
He states that none but the most beneficial results will be effected
by this method of improving the skin
He holds-with considerable plausibility-that the pores of the
face become as much clogged by grease and dirt as the hands or any
other portion of the body. And if soap is considered a necessary
purifier in the bath, its needs must be felt equally on the face. By
an abundant and regular lathering the facial pores, he claims, are kept
open, clean, free from the clogging matter that produces unsightly
~blackheads, acne, pimples, and a pure, healthy, fresh and brighter
complexion is the resultant. Not mincing matters, he says that the
trouble with most women who have salow, pasty skins is, that from
years end to years end they never have a really clean face"
WE#4%@ M--# -Bwek1n Eagle
A WORD OF WARNING.
There ire many white soaps, each represented to be Just Is good Is the
ivory, !" they ARE NOT, but like all counhrets, lack the peculiar and remark
able qualities Of the genuine. Ask for Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting Il.
Copyright 1885, by Proctor & Gamble.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

A Sunday School girl in a coun-
try village out West was asked who
made the beautiful hills around
there, and she said she didn't
know, as her parents had only just
come to live in the neighborheod.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05
Post-O Office Changes.

6oSt-0nC0
Tie following changes in Mis-
souri, fourth class postmasters has
been made:
Ashland, Boone county, Fl. J.
Stevens, vice w. P. Tuttle, re-
moved.
Centralia, Boone county, c. w.
Pelsue, vice N. l.. Smith, removed.
Hallsville, Boone county, Alex.
Hunter, vice R. F. Hullet, remov
ed.
Midway, Boone county, j. c.
Henderson, vice w. s. Hart, re.
moved.
New Bloomfield, Galloway coun-
ty, J. P. Herring, vice John viii.
son, removed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Ed. Bowman vas given a pre-
liminary trial at Fulton Friday, and
bound over in 500 bail till the
next term of the Circuit Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Mrs. N. A. Baldwin, of Grand
Island, Neb., is the guest of her
sister. Mrs. J. w. Town.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Misses Lou and Cora McBee, oil
Mexico, are the guests of Miss Min
ME Hobb, of the East side.-
Moberly HEADLIGHT.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

The funeral of Luther Sansberry
took place at Salt River Church
Saturday. Young Sansberry died
Friday night oftyphoid fever, at his
home in the western part of the
county. Deceased was 20 years of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

j. B. Miller has sold his farm
of 100 acres, 9 miles north Of Mex
leo, to Lee Mundy, fer $25 an acre.
Mr.. Miller will go out West on a
prospecting tour,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

"Uncle'' Jimmy Beagles, of this
city, while on his way to his farm,
IA miles northwest of town, several
days since, with some hogs in q
wagon and q mule colt tied to the
team he was driving, had q runa-
way. The wagon wheels passed
over the mule, breaking both its
legs and the colt had to be shot.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Miss BERTHE Guthrie visited
friends at Guthrie this week, as did
also Misses Matte Nichols and
Ella Scott.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Miss Gussie Turner left for Stur-
geon this afternoon to accept u
position as teacher in the schools
of that, nlace-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Mr.. Adam Weimer and family,
of this city, will leave tomorrow
for Carrollton, ILL.,, where they
will reside.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Mrs. Tom Slack, of Fort Worth,
Texas, is visiting her brother, Mr..
J. M. Riley.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

John Preston, aged %, died
Friday at 10 O'Clock at his home
north of Moline. The funeral took
place at Mt. Zion Church at II
o'clock Saturday. He was q
young man Of excellent character
and wall known hers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

In the 2:37 class trot at Higgins
vile yesterday, Billie Carter's
Ayres' HambIetonian won first
money, Bee, of Kansas City,
second, and Ham of Upton, third.
Best time. 2:3S 3D..
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Will LaDew, a brother of Mex
ico's famous pitcher, has signed
with the Kansas CITY club.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

John Hill, of the firm of Ciacher
& Hill, has as good a road mare
as there is in the county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Sam Morris offers a reward of IS
for the return of a photograph
taken from his place of business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Rev. Broaddus, of Bonnyille, is
travelling in the interest of Hardin
Collepe.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

A colored boy named Wilson
was to-day fined s11.S5 for jump
ing a freight train in the wards.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Keath desire
to return thanks to friends and
neighbors for kindness extended
during the fatal illness of Mrs.
Belle Slower, Mrs. Keath's sister.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Elder 8. M. Martin, of this city,
State Evangelist, delivered the
sermon at Fayette Fridap night be-
fore the Missouri State Convention
ofthe Christian Church.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Robert Rysdyk and Dick Smith
are entered and will be driven in q
stake race at Lexington, KY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Mrs. Laura Crawford, of Ken
lucky, is visiting the family of j.
7. Nelson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

The Misses Poague, who have
been in California for a year, will
return to Mexico in a few days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Miss Lizzie Aulger, of Marshall,
Mo-, is the guest of the family of
T. V. Campbell, in West Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Miss Carrie Lakeland spent the
week visiting Miss Lizzie Fyfer, of
Columbia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

c. F. Clark's Robert Rysdyk
won second place in the free-for.all
trot at Higginsville.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

Dewitt Shoots and Riley Rich
ards will dance a clog for $50 and
the championship of Audrain
county, at a grand ball to be given
at the old A. 0. u. w. hall Friday
evening, Sept. s. There will also
be a "eake walk on the same
evening.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

DR.. Adams, of Farber, will take
DR.. Murdock's office when leaves.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05
Pete Dudley has rented the Dr..
Murdoch house IN West Mexico.

Misses Sallie and Carrie Wade
are visiting relatives In Sturgeon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05
CHAPTER xxvI.-corrrNUEp.

I~cnpyightsd, 1887 By @. ". Dillingham; Al
Rights Reserued.1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

J. D. Thurmond, a prominent
citizen of fulton, has been in the
city several days visiting relatives.
In speaking of farmers, organize
tions, Mr.. Thurmond said he
thought it would be a good thing
for farmers if they would all join
the Farmers Alliance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

The National Editorial Conven.
ton closed its labors at Detroit
FRIDAY. Boston was the place
agreed upon u which TO hold it's
next convention. C. A. Lee, Of
Pawtuckett, R. l., was elected
President, g. B. Fletcher, Of Nor
ris, Ill, uce-Presidsnt, and E. W.
Stephens, Of Columbia, No.,
second Hce-Presidsnt.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-09-05

MISS Myrtle Tucker, of this city.
has returned from Moberly where
she spent several days very pleas
antly visiting Misses Lilybell and
Kate Thompson, two of Moberly's
accomplished young ladies. She
was accompanied home by Miss
Kate Thompson.