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Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1889-01-10
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Sacrament.

Ser gelebrte Serfaher oeS Werfea
vSoeialpolitit Der Stride" S. Mlbertua
(ndmtid 6reiberr Dr. SranI SoIepb b.
@ruben, 4beeoroneter gum beutihen
Reitstage, @entrumsmitsliso), BET Be-
tannttih unlduef in &esensburs seffors
Ben 1T, er5dblt in Dem seuannten Berte
iolgsnoe ron ibm miterlebte 8esebenz
beit
vSn eirer Gtabt ant &bein, no ih
mid einise 3eit auftwlt, lernte id einen
Waler @fenner, ben ID, ba id ibm meb.
rere Nuitrdse ;ufpmmen IieB. 6iter Be.
luhte. SD mar In elmer Stride aui
ben Mann aufmerfiam ~eeporoen ourd
feline tiefe Nnbaht Dor Dem heilieffen
Altarsilcranente uno tpunoerte mid
oaber, ols th bon ibm erfubr, bab Ell
Broteifant gereien tpar. SD Dat ibn
I'm Die @sia:ate isiner Gnnperiton,
uns er eradblte mir SolsenSss
vyMeia Batter mar 8eanter in Dres
ben uno lebte In bsIhsioensn 8erbdlt:
niieu. 2sioer berlcr ih beioe Glterr
friibseitig uno erbte rur Elm iebr tleinsa
gapital, ueldes ala @ormunb meia I'M
pteIes dlterer, NIT elmer reifen Srau
berbeiratbster 8ruoer fir mid bernal.
tete, Der mid Bel eiuem 2iibosropbeu
oils 2ebrling unterbradte, mir cine fleint
Dadfube einrdlmte unb 10 oft th Sch
nuttpenois Bate, eab, tpas i@ brouate
ionft fdmmeite CT fi4 nidt Inn mid
SIN bieier 8~erlaHenbeit Bate ih piels
traurige Stunoen. Wenn eS mir MN
10 rsht ihmer um's 6ers mar, gtng id
in bic tattolii te &irhe unb fniete mid
an ben Gtafen bes MltarS nieoer ; benr
obiaon it ME Scenario bariber aeipros
den Bate, 10 tuuBte id bod, baB GDtt
tier In gang anbeser Weiie susesen mar,
als In uafsren protsaantiihen 2irhen,
bic ib reselmdB'g sur Gonnta9spreoiet
bsiudte, hoo mid ober nidts saridbisIt,
tpenn bic @soe besnbigt tpar unb Der
8eians psritummte. gines Cages ers
tldrte mir msin 0ormunb, inbem CT mir
einige Tbaler eiubdnoiote, baB bamit
rnetn Capital erihbpf, feline 8ertpaI=
tuns beenoigt nno ibm bic N5slihfeit
nidt geboten lei, tDeiter iid meiner an
ylnebmen. SD mar tuie betdubt, unters
srIdie msine Sbrdnen uno fdIib Be.
fimmsrt, iiumm anf meire Oahfam.
mer. SD nB nur nod ircdenes 8ruo
su einem Srunfe fi[ten @1fsrs trob:
benz fhuano Die Baarihaft, tpelde
mein 8ermDgen biloete, fhnea oabin.
uno 10 beiab ih zines Wcr9ens MIR nod
Die Mittel, I'm einige Semrrel 81 Tau
fen. 90 tpdre mir unm5Dlih gerueien,
ben sesen mid 70 berslcs 8leiAgiltigen
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1889-01-10
9er muttnerers

tparie fo'n breibdtteI Stnnbde, Bis Der
Serr aReHer fommt unb iaee gum:
uSie peroen etetigf entiduloigen, id
bin Sic bette friet uf mas Meedes GEE
trdten, es mar Elm 8ortemonneb NIT
Snbalt -"
Stu, tparten Sc MIR &c Dosenblid=
hen." meente er sae3 freino!id, der
9err Di.scter mus slei fomnen, ben
mif1en Sie's Direct iibersdten."
49,. iaste it unb iebte mid tpi,-
Der, biz fua nad 'em guten balben
Stinoden Der 9err Direeter rd nu
pirt!i4 tGlnntt. Sd ffsbe alio uff,
mlde m:inen Dtener unb ersdble ibr
M, wie met'ih eesansen is, uno sa6
i& bette frieb uff tpas @ee4eS setrdien
bin."
ut1f tpas iein Sc benn getrdtsr 2"
fraste mid I'LL Der 6err Director.
Sd iaete: ~Nsbuen ge's nidi
uneietig. 9err Dirscter, es tpar d 8orte:
monneb nit 90 Neisroiden 4spiense
i4 tpoate es seboriamit BET Sic absd.
ben."
$50, na ba geben Sic NAL ber,'
meente III Der @err Direetsr uno fragtt
mid, tpie i'd besse.
SD iagte: v0ebn,ani1 unb bn aus
8drne unb BIN Sic bier felt ettpa ore
Wo@en Bel meiner Dohter uf 8eiud
bic Is Sic ndmIi4 bier perbeirat !"
500" 1ast III Der 9err Directer
uSein Sc cean fton anssmelo't uni
baben Sc dne OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 2"
uNee", faet ib untesthdnisf> .ar,
gemelbet Bin ih Sic mid. uno dno Muf
ent9altstarte babe i9 sic ood ntd."
uSa, lieber 6err 2ebmann", iast,
Der 9err Dtreeter, vba muB id Sic II
9 Mart Strafe nebmen, Die f,nnen 81,
ia am gnoe eleia beaablen."
Soft Strambad! i4 bente bod elei
MIDI ioa Der @hs bsiben! Mber tpas
balf's? Sd ;able MI Nplen3 8olen;
meme neia Mart Straie, iase 9doisb
beeanfe mid i9eenites uno trolle gan;
bebsppert beenle su meiner Dodter.
u6eere Du," Jag ih gu ibr, ubs
BIN ih o'r aber iheene 1T be Rdie &c
faaen," unb eradble ibr MI, tpie ih beit,
flieb uf mas Weehes eetrdtsn Bin, tur
bic sonse @ddidts. u6eere Du, bas
madt mid, idalub, in 2eip;ia sefdQ
merih TIL gar MID mebr, id fabre tpie
bsr nah 8drne."
SD fage III 81 r,einen Shuieeeriobl
vbdoieb", Der anfanss mid nibt reiier
lasGn ppQte, uno meme Dodter bring
Mid uf'n Ba9nbof; ih leele mir nj
d 8iaethen uno iude ,ner d ,eat bib
ides 8oupeeden aus.
Qdr'n Sc, tpie ib mid ieke, b.
meent meine Dphter s1 mir: u0etre
8appa, fannf 9u mir nth nieleid
flint Neisrolden fir bic Druidte bor
gen, ih babe bette ftisb mel 8prtemon
neb nerloren z"
vWas?" iaste ia, uOu Daft belt
frieb Dein 8crtemonneb perloren.. $50.
rpar benn BRINE 2"
40 Neisroihen 4 8fense," mser
ie.
u@ott Sirambad", iage i@ - B,
rudt Der Bug NIT eenemal uno for
eebt'S nch Bdrne
Gdbn Sc. bdren sc, 70 fann'8 eenel
gebn. 81 bu l:ebeS Shimmelhen
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1889-01-10
(Ginseianct.)
Berbam, Minn., 20. Sec. '88,

Berbam, Ninn., 20. Sec. '88.
@elddster .@anberer'! Sir Ieier
10 niel in oen 3eitunSen bon peridisDe
men Stdoten uno 2anoz @egsnoen> cir
ieoes mill oaB bette ietn, zines probieri
oas anoere su iibertufsn, zines prabll
nod mebr wie baB anoere, nieles III
rpabr, aber Bel ben meiiten fino bi;
Sdnis er6Ber als bie4epfsl, tpie es eber
seuDbnlid gsbt, jeos SHUTTER lobt ibrs
eigene Butter. Son perbnm lit biz
Dato nod niAts geiast wOroen, nihi
berahtet, ntht gelott. 9as t6mml
neil bic 2eute bier 3~ufrieoen iinb, unit
neil uniere @eBenb ni4t beradtet tuer-
ben fanit, itno bes 2obes niht beoari
Qerham lit Elm Stdotden BON 700 Sin:
wobnern, mei!ens Deutihen u. &atbo.
l,ten. gs lieet In Der Nitte elmer ifb'
aen unb ftudtbaren grairie, umseber
NIT prdttiaen flsinen 9uscln, beosdl
NIT @aloungen. GQe @atlunsen Sol,
iinb az baben IN unmittelbarer Ndbe.
Der Neo Giper Of ibe Nrrtb, 3tpei Mtsi
len Noro unb OF bon bier. RleBt burdJ
cine Gette Der prddtigfien Gates, pelhs
tuimmein bon sebn berid;eoenen Sat.
tunsen BON GiIdsn. SIN ben Walbun:
gen gilt es 0ilspret aasr art. Dis
Stabt bat spei er0Be gIs1atp-s nit ei:
rler Gapaetdt pons1O0, 900 Duibels
@eisen, cine Mab.mlihIe mt elmer Ga
pacitdt bon ;rei BIS erei bunoert BuibeIs
per Ta5. Observation-Disclosures 8u.
ibels BON unIers Np. l 6drb Meiaes
perben iabr!id n1h 3uIutb perianoi.
Nud tperoen 9tsil 8oao Giss uno Gart.
bol3 in ~eoloialer Wsnge bon BIER Der.
ianot nat ben arrnen bOI3loien @esen,
ben in 9afcta. Die Stabt Eat utebrers
i45ne 8adfsin- 6auisr, tbeils &c.
ihdfts=, tbeiIS Nobn : !6duIer, 10 tpie
aud Gin lDIioes 8odifsin : SHalbaus.
Beitsr haben mir stusi fattoIiIde Sir.
den. cine 8Olaiihe unb cine Deutlhe,
nebit einer faitp!iiAen 5Gueitsrni4ule,
mo ! mir uabrbaft tOl3 oarauf fno.
5erner BADEN mir cine adis $ Tabrit,
2unbere uno acblen s.0anoel. nnisre
Tarnner iamt Gelhdfts : 2euten lno In
guten financielen gerbdltnifen. Gi.
rise Garrnsr baben bas psflihe 6ieber
bsiommen unb Dffsrieren ibre Saruis
gum getfaaf fnr $1,000 pr Gdsr,
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1889-01-10
Ser 0eIobentet.
Gin lu1iser Beridi

9dr'n sc, ba In 2eipis is msr'a
NAL ndrriid gegansen! Sd babe Si,
ndmlin ba me Dohter berbeirat't. I'm,
neil nter mel Shrteseriobn f9on I'M
ner eeidrisben batte, id ioate NAL nuf
tomumer, ni, ba ma9t' id NAL Genes
ideeuen Cages, in piersebn Fasen pilt
Sie's grade bret Woden, nuf mad
2eibs'g.
0dr'n Sc, tpis ih sic ha NAL Genes
Morseus gum 0aus riaus trdte, unit
poGte mein DeppHen trinfen. bdr'r
Sc, % trdt ih sic uf mas @eeGes,
unb mic ia mid bide, oa Is Sizes e.
8ortemonnsb nit 30 Nsi5roi4sn 4
9Iennise.
SD bldte. baS sib'fe uff Der Nolese
ab, uno gebe I'LL FIN uno iase gun
Germ SHanoarm: v0dr'n Se", Jag
i9. .iiehmen Sie's nidt ungietia. if
bin Sic uff mas eetrdten, ndmlih uf
&c Bcrtemonneb uuo bl5 noQt' id BEL
Ste do9doen.
uSdeene", iast Der Sdaubarm.
vieten sc iid, Der !6err Snlpectcl
muB Sic eles4 tcmmsL fa8en Sea
benz"
SD tparte sic MI ee Weilben, piel.
leiht ion areertbalb Stineten, oo
tommt Der Ssrr SnipeetDr ib iiebe uf
unS iase su'n: ~gntiduloisen Sic er-
ssteaa." iase is, y0crr Snipsetor,
is bin Bette frieb uf waS Bse3es ge.
trdtsu, es mar d B~or:empnneb, nnS %
rpullt' i'd mir aieii9if e,lauben, IN te
Sic absd6en."
u@ut," uieents Der Saipsctor, yipar'
ten sc, Bis Der Gfeher tonn,t, nebmer
Sc d Beitden 4las, er mus gleif
fcmalen."
Sb isse mid M aliO niebsr, uni
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1889-01-10

No. @r5bts Sabreanten rmS Ndauers pon ateior In Der gpet.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1889-01-10
Oie
ct. 8amL minneapolis ttto
Manitoba G~iicnbabn

Mamitoba Giienbabn
lift bic
oirecie rnS beliebtsite 2inie mad ben
9auttpuncten in
2Ntnne(otG, Dafota mn0 SNentatG
ebenfo mad
ct. Saui nab WinneaboIis
na9 allen Puncten Giolih u. Oeftlih.
Die ein5ige 2iuie, tpelhe Die 3
grDBen Stdote Montanas
Greet SAILS,
9elena unb
Suite
beriibrt.
Die vWontana GrpreB" tptrb am
|. 0ob. In Dienif eebraSt NIT elmer
uniibe,tteif1iden gusftattung ton Tags
@aggons, 9alait S9lofpagaDns> freie
SGlofwae9ons far Golonifen un6
speties8 og8cns.
u@Gniteba 8aciTc @oute"
mad benz 9uset Sunb
bietet bi0igere 6abrtraten al8 trseno
cine opoere. S&neIe 3eit, freunblihe
8ebanoluns.
9ieie @eieaidait Fat gum 2omo=
8ertauf In Minneiota 1000, 900 &ere
alase3eidneten 5arm', @eioes unb
6oisz 9ances su iebr niebrisen 9reiien
NIB ieidten 8e6inennsen.
SIR Ganota,ten uno allgemetne SIN:
formation ns1bet gu9 an gurer Tidet
4genten coer
s. 8ootpolter, s. z. @bitnep,
2ano Gonn. o. g. & 6. Mot.
U. Manpel, @. g. gteranoer.
g. g. & @. SO. @. Sd.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19
Mexico Gets the Most.

The saloon license in Springfield
is 1880 a year; Mexico, Q 400;
Joplin, s1,35o; Rolla, $3.50; Pacific,
81, 100; ST. Charles, $3.50; sedalia,
$3.50; Maryville, $3.50; Bnonville,
s1,40S; Poplar Bluff. 81, 800; Mar
shall, 81, 800; Fulton. $1,000; Pierce
City, SLIGO; Savannah, 81 250. In
Springfield the eighteen saloons
pay Greene county. which is q
'.dry'county, $3.50 each or s13, 500,
and the city LOCO each or SIS, 900,
aud the State $500. In Sedalia the
twenty-seven saloons are taxeds15,-
600 by Pettis county, by the city
$4,000 and by the State $3.50.
The Ave saloons in Mexico pay TO
t.le city IS. 600 or 81, 600 each and
to the county 50 0 In Moberly
the city receives $4,000 from the
saloons.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19
VERY REALISTIC.
A Ledger Representative Takes
an Underground Trip But
Has no Poetic Feel
ings.

During waking hours this fore
mood, a reporter for this paper
found himself in the vicinity OF the
Salamander works. An uncontrol-
able desire grasped him to see
some of the internal working of
mother earth. He proceeded to
investigate. That shaft is a Shiny,
gruesome place. You can hear
the water dripping in a morgue-
like way as you descend Sc feet.
Below we were received with open
arms by MI. James T. Marshall,
the foreman of the mine, whose
man Isaac pulled the car toward
him, at the same time bringing our
back against the wall. This made
a very decided impression upon US.
He thought We were roofing tim
Der.
Mr.. Marshall has eight men un-
der him at present and they are
all jolly, accommodating fellows.
One bearded toiler of the lower re-
gions handed us a lamp. 1t was
about 2 IL inches high, shaped
just like an old fashioned coal oil
can Out of the spout projected the
wick. The whole was of tin and
was two inches in diameter at the
base. On the side opposite the
wick was a brass hook, which was
placed in a hole in a piece of leather
protecting the hat. Here good use
was made of the street railway
iron, for it seems a greater sue
than terra frma. One
could imagine a street car was
bearing down on him when he
hears the car containing 1000
pounds of clay come rolling along
the track. There are several hun
dred yards of passages four feet
wide by six feet high, each n of
which passages, or rooms, as they
are called, was furnished Monday
night With a narrow guage rail-
road. Each man has his cars and
the number of thousands of pounds
of clay he sends out each day is
recorded above" As the man
rolls the car rapidly along the
track his lamp is hung on the front
OF the a to show him any OBJ.
structions. If a miner be in the
way he must hunt the entrance OF
one of the cross cuts. A stove is
continually kept burning to keep
the air in circulation. It is elight-
~ warm at this depth and breath
ing is not SO easy as it is on the
surface.
A much wider shaft is being
sunken up near the works, and a
tunnel is being dug from the old
shaft that will connect with the
new. Passenger and dining cars
will probably be run up and down
the new shaft. We emerged once
more and found our clothing hardly
and pure."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19

calling; she must not know; and with
her busy mind full Of beggars turning
into Princes, she ran.
And now before we proceed further let
US examine u characters. Miss Merritt,
q maiden lady, the eldest daughter Of
Henry Merritt. When her father died,
and she~was yet in mourning. news came
OF her sister marrying q young man,
poor, yet who loved her. She begged
her sisters forgiveness, IL not for her
for their little child. Miss Merit sent
. letter, cold and chilling, denouncing
them all.
II am your sister, you should have
asked me-" she said; "a marriage Of
love, indeed; for such I have no honor.
And" she continued, 81 shall never
love or befriend the wife or child Of
Horace Montgomery"
And SO she wrote words cold and I'M
feeling. The picture painted Of his
wife and his little child with golden
hair did not prevail on her. But three
years later, when they brought Helen's
little girl to her, she took the little
orphan and promised to love her. Who
could help 1t?
1t was q cold winters day-the day
before Christmas. But ahi how differ
emit from the usual festive days, for
there had been no snow, although bleak
winds had been blowing for . week.
Suddenly some n said fire"
"Where?"
"At the Merits"
Alasi too true; in a minute the whole
house was abIaze, The fame was creep
ing higher ana higher.
sis every thing here9 Yes, thank fort
une."
Where is Florence9'
"Oh! heavens, where Is she?.
The words went from lip to lip. Flor.
ence stood in the top-story window.
"Who will venture to get her? Three
thousand dollars reward" No one an
swered. Oh, should the little girl only
be an addition OF fuel to. the flames?
MOL Some one started forward. It was
the tramp" He climbed the ladder,
now he held the child in his arms, he
descended, but all below wa flames.
He sprang out of the way, took an awful
leap into the apple-tree. and fell sense
less to the ground. Savedi The rest
no n who were there remember it.
but somehow they found that the tramp,
Horace Montgomery, had Jared hard,
had been in that town and looked for
work, seen his child and meant to claim
her, when he had had a violent attack OF
fever. / can tell you 1t was . happy
Christmas, and also that Hannah Merritt
was very sorry she eve said ''None for
tramps."-Reinette Magyar. In Chicago
Saturday Evening Herald.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19
BIG CHRISTMAS TREE,
At the Court House for the
Poor of this City.
NOT ONE TO BE FORGOTTEN BY sold
SANTA CLAUS ON THIS GREAT
CHRISTIAN ANNIVERSARY.
Charitably Disposed People Come to the
Front Nobly and Premptly-A Huge
Affair Promised-Everybody
Expected to Lend Aid.
''He That Givsth to the Poor Lendeth
to the Lord"
fl hat Givsth to the Poor Lendetl
to the Lord"

Arrangements have about been
completed by the LEDGER for a
grand distribution to the poor of
Mexico. young and old, from the
Court House on Christmas. The
presents Will all be from Santa
Claus, but they5will be for the old
as well as young, and there will be
more clothes, bread and meat than
there will be toys. The following
committee of ladies will have n
tire charge of the affair:
Miss Belle Morris, Southern
Methodist Church.
Miss Mittie Buckner, Presby-
terrain Church.
Mrs. John Hoban, Catholic
Church.
Mrs. J. H. Simmons, Liberty
Street M. E. Church.
Mrs. Joe Barth, Jewish Church.
Miss Polly Bryan, Christian
Church.
Miss Martha Sullinger, Baptist
Church.
Mrs. DIR. Rothwell, Monroe
Street Baptist Churh.
Mrs. R. NJ. White, Episcopal
Church.
The above committee will have
charge of the distribution and will
select any assistance they may
need. We would especially ask
that they e that the poor who are
identified with no church are not
overlooked. Contributions in
money or goods, clothes, meat,
bred, ETC., etc., can be made to any
of the above committee, or to the
LEDGER Office. The LEDGER has
rented a room across from our of
flee, where goods can be stored free
of charge. Those who want to as
sist in this matter should take hold
at once. The time is short and the
poor are many. The ooject is to
see that none are forgotten.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19
A CALAMITY near at hand is car.

A CALAMITY near at hand is car.
tain to seem more serious than one
remote IN time or distance; hence,
it Is very natural that as any year
draws to a close, n should be
tempted to think it marked by
more than the usual proportion Of
disasters. There seems this year,
however, good reason for such a
view. Johnstown's terrible aoci-
dant, worse than any other the
civilized world has known in
modern times, the fires at Seattle,
Tacoma, Lynn. Boston and Min
neapolis, and a succession of fatal
abroad wrecks, combine to make
q terrible record.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19
A Pure Invention.

y etFN NNA9&4AfCS AEaucf. lt==Ha
EDS. Lader.-I hand you here
with 8 letter received by me from
Senator Vest and also q short de-
NAL Of an article which appeared
in the Statesman recently, which
you will please publish.
A. w. ANTHONY.
WASHINGTON, D.. G., Nov. a.
MY DEAR ANrHoNy:-A friend
sends me the inclosed clipping
from a radical paper In your town.
OF course there 10 not q word of
truth in it. Please get the Leader,
your Democratic paper, to publish
the within.
When it comes to s~quare-toed
poker and faro exercise, we set
United States Senator, George G.
Vest, ABIDE as the worlds champ
ion, the John L. Sullivan of the
age. Not long ago he won a saloon
In Jefferson City at faro, from q
poor unfortunate fellow who had
all his worldly surplus invested in
whiskey and gambling devices.
After Vest had won and taken pos
session of the saloon he and hin
Democratic friends and bummera
filled up on forty rod tear paunch
whiskey and had an old-fashioned
Democratic jubilee. Vest then
sold the saloon back TO the parties
from whom he had won ii, after
he and his friends had emptied the
bottles end barrels of the fiery fluid
upon which the hopes of Demoera-
cy r ever based. As u saloon
keeper and knight of the cloth,
Vest takes the Lead. +. Mounts
in Versailles Statesman.
The writer of the above is the
champion lisr even in this age of
lies. No such occurrence ever took
place. 1t is without the shadow
of truth, and a pure invention.
The Republican penny a liners
who publish it, know it's a lie, but
it serves their purpose as a malic-
ious Islander and some ignorant
persons may believe it.
q c. VEsr
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19
1890.
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19

and . week ago they had had such good
pudding at Mr.. Lanes.
Il Am not q tramp; see here" and the
man swung gracefully by the Limb Of an
apple tree on to the plank sidewalk Eve
feet distant.
"A circus man then" was the prompt
answer. Miss Merritt held circus nen
at the "bottom Of the heap" - the say
ing Is, and the young mans gymnastics
did not impress her In his fsvor.) "Go
away" she continued, skip" He
turned and walked away, q strange look
on his face. He murmured something;
perhaps .show blessed we mortAls be-
Miss Merritt did not notice the look Of
strife and trouble on his pale face; the
color and expression OF his eyes 30 Hike
the one dearer to her than all else.
But from Florence's sunny chamber .
full view wa commanded, and fesling
sorry for the man she stole out with Q
piece Of bread. Overtaking the man ut
the corner, she offered him the bread,
saying: Here, sir, please take this"
He drew back, saying haughtily: ST am
not q beggar" But, looking into her
soft brown eyes, now SO full Of pity, he
uttered q little cry and started back:
"At last, at lasti Thank God"
Florence was astounded.
F1ossie's golden head was crowded
with confused ideas. Aunt Hannah was
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19
How He Lost Them.

Lady Of the House-'.How did
you lose those two fingers from
your left hand, my poor manfn
Tramp-"They were cut of,
num-"
81 suppose that was when you
we're working, and that their loss
disabled you from further manual
labor. Tell ne, was ii in a mill?''
"No, mum. It wuz in q hen
coop. I had to Gu. 'em of or steal
the trap.-Eew York Sun.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19
Encouraging Extra,aganee.

John Forth, a Minnesota man,
was digging a we'll, when it caved
in on him. Two men offered to fill
up the we'll for So, and the widow
sat down and figured the funeral ex-
penses at S14. She told them 10
60 ahead, al 1t would save her sc,
and they were at work wien her
neighbors interfered and Compel.
ed her to go to the extravaganza
of exhuming the body.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19
A Clean Paperl.
The LEDGER
e pre-eminentiy . family paper. Il
is CONSERVATIVES and pure in tone.
Nothing Of an unclean nature
ever gets into its columns.
The LEDaER has the Largest
Circulation Of any paper
In the county.
BIG OPENING
One-half of the Mexico Roller
Mills For Sale.

VIM. Pollock offers his half of
tho Mexico Roller Mills for sale.
This is one of the best pieces OF
property in the State and should
meet with q ready sale. Mr.. Pol
lock says he has been in the busi-
ness for moro than 20 years and
wants q rest.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19

n. w. Hastings, Of Triplett, No.,
IL said to want 10 come to Mexico
and embark in the grocery bust
ness. The business In not overdone
here. Can not some of Mexico's
merchants make the gentleman an
offer?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19

bearer With Are.

"You seem to have q strong attach
ment for that old o~yercoas,r said Crab
ley, rs they walked through the nor
towards the restaurant where they were
10 take their Christmas dinner.
Eyes" replied Jack; "is grows dearer
and dearer to me the more ! wear IL.
Only last month ] had to pay eighteen
per cent. interest 10 get q chance to
wear it.r-udge.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19

Billy Carter, Of Mexico, the
well known driver of "Diek
Smith" informs us that he will GO
to st. Louis shortly with a string
of horses ard work them. Billy is
%anguine over the future of"Dick."
Fulton Sun.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19

Ff1tf fssF FsAH~ha NHk3 1tNfs
There viii be q military depart
men. connected with the Male Coli
lege at Mexico. Cadets In q town
always freshen up society.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-12-19

II any stray WORK,
mAam%
"No, and no .
for tramps." re-
sponded Miss Mar-
rit, awaking from
her dream OF
recipe forplum pud-
and sad med
ttattons; for ave
years ago that day
they had brought
home her only sis
ter cold and life
less, with her little
nnhau