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Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
Hickory Nuts.

James R. Hance, at Montgomery
City wants thousands of bushels OF
small and large hickory nuts. The
crop is abundant and many persons
make from rs cents to $3.50 per
day gathering them. Put them in
sacks and mark them plainly and
ship them to him by freight train.
Mark your name plainly On the
sacks. They are worth from IS cts.
to so cts. per bushel. Merchants
and others are requested to sene
all they can get. Fifty pounds
make a bushel. Write and seno
weights to J. r. HANcE,
29-3t Montgomery City, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
True womanly Culture.

There is no more lovely or beat
tiful sight on earth than a we'll
educated and truly cultivated
young girl or woman. She can al
most always be recognized at the
first glance. 1t is not necessary
that she be beautiful to be attract
i've even to the casual observer.
True culture, culture that included
the heart as well as the intellect,
that elevates and gives self poise
and dignity to the whole nature,
always leaves its impress upon face
and manner. Repose is one of its
essential characteristics /; unobtrus-
iveness is another. The truly cul-
tivated young woman never at
tracts attention to herself by any
striking quality of dress or voice,
except as attention may be attract.
ed by quiet beauty and appropriate.
ness of dress and demeanor. Thai
nature is still in q rude, unreinee
and uncultivated condition thai
enjoys attracting attention by any
striking quality or popularity o.
dress or obtrusiveness of voice OF
manner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
TWELVE HUNDRED MILLIONS
The Estimated Population Of the
Entire World.

There are statisticians in several
countries, the best known of whom
is the learned German, Herr
S~hem, who endeavors to present
from time to time statistics of the
population of the entire world.
lnasmuch as many populous coun-
tries have no census and often
nothing like a census these world
statisticiars cal only put together,
as to these countries, the best at
tainable guesses.
Nevertheless, they probably
make a tolerably near estimate OF
the population of the entire world,
which they put at twelve hundred
millions. The number of men is
supposed to be somewhat smaller
than the number of women.
The number of deaths in the en-
tire world, each year, is placed at
about 35,250,OO0, which would
make nearly 1OO,O00 a day, 4,0OC
an hour and sixty-seven a minute
On the other hand, there are, il
is estimated, SO, 750 1000 persons
born every year, which would make
more than 100000 per day and
seventy per minute.
The average duration of life, in
the world as a whole, is thirty
eight years. One-quarter of the
people upon the earth die before
reaching the seventeenth year
About six of each 1000 persons
born reaches the age of seventy
five years.
Married people live to a create,
age than the unmarried; temporal,
people and workingmen live longe.
than excessive eaters and the indo
lent; and the people of civilized
nations outlive the savage races.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
The Dog Has No Rights.

Owners of vicious dogs may read
with profit the following law in ref
erence to these animals: eff any
person is attacked on the highway
by a dog the party has the right to
kill the dog, and the owner can be
held accountable for any injury in
Hicted by the animal. Even on the
premises of the owner, should a
party be attacked and injured, after
endeavoring to protect himself,
the owner can be held responsible
for damages inflicted, provided it
can be shown that at the time he
was in pursuit of business or on a
friendly visit. If a dog by barking
at passing horses or vehicles, oc.
casions any damage, its owner is
liable for the loss sustained"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

GOVERNOR D. r. FRANCIS is not
a man to allow the grass to grow
under his feet white on the move
and in his work to bring the
Worlds Fair to Missouri he is
thoroughly in earnest. Men who
know Francis appreciate what 1t
means for him to throw his whole
soul into any work, and if he does
not succeed IN this undertaking
it will be something new, and can
not be attributed to any lack OF
good, hard, steady work on the
part of the Governor. But he is
not going to fail.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
History of Shorthand.

According to a paper read before
the recent meeting OF the Library
Association, shorthand has -four
ished more or less for 1000 years.
Cicero's famous writer, Trio, is
known to have had rivals in his
own time, and Cesar's feats in
debating several letters stimuli
taneously while travelling still re-
main unequaled. But shorthand,
as now understood, is the product
of the present century. 1t is com
puted that the literature relating to
the subject would fill no fewer than
1900 volumes, and England alone
has given birth to 307 different
systems.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends and
neighbors talking about it. You
may yourself be one of many who
know from personal experience
just how good a thing it is. If you
have ever tried it, you are one oil
its staunch friends, because the
wonderful thing about it is, that
when once given atrial. DR.. Kings
New Discovery ever after holds q
place in the house. If you have
never used it and should be aflict.
ed with q cough, cold or any throat,
lung or chest trouble, secure a bot.
tie at once and give it a fair trial.
It is guaranteed every time, o,
money refunded. Trial bottles free
at j. F. Llewellyn's drug store.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
A Thriving Industry.

Farmers living in the vicinity of
a corncob pipe factory are exceP-
tionably fortunate. Although
many millions ofcobs are burned or
allowed to rot every year, the price
for pipemaking purposes keeps up.
A farmer living near Washington.
NO., recently sold 100 bushels Of
corn for $50 and got $27 for the
cobs. This is at the rate of fifty
seven cents a bushel, and if only
sufficient Missouri meerschaums
were smoked to make the demand
larger farmers would soon be rich.
Corncob pipes are manufactured by
a very simple process. and are in
fair demand all over the country.
Some were recently shipped to
Europe, and more were ordered
soon after their arrival.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

ALI the merchants are in a good
humor over the good fall trade.
The farmers also have mighty good
reasons for congratulating them
selves. We will probably have
some nice weather now that will
make good pasturage for stock.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

A FARMER, who knows just what
he is talking about, hits the nail on
the head when he says that moth
ing pays better than good roads. II
costs something to secure them
but they are the arteries that con-
meet city and country along which
the life currents of comfort perpet.
ually flow. Bad roads, full Of
chock holes, kill time, team and
temper. Be sure then that money
thus intelligently expended is
wisely invested and sure to realize
future results.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
Early Iowa.

Little Rudolph falls desperately
in love with Ida, who is in the
girls department of the same
school, SO he squeezes the follow
ing billet-deux into her hand at re.
cess:
"Dear Ida: love you so much.
Won't you marry me 2"
Ida's reply was as follows:
"My Dear Rudolph: I love you,
too, but 1 can't marry you, as there
are already too many children in
our family"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
SyruuS Of FIGS.

Is Natures own true laxative.
1t is the most easily taken and
the most effective remedy known
to Cleanse the System when Bilious
or Costive; to dispel Headaches
Colds, and Fevers; to Cure Habit
ual Constipation, Indigestion
Piles, etc. Manufactured only by
the California Fig Syrup Com.
pany. For sale in 30 cents and 81
bottles by G. r. Gibbs. d&wtf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

1t is claimed that a new and GER
tain remedy for hydrophobia has
been discovered in Spain. Pita is
the name by which it is known,
and it is the flower stalk of the
aloe, a plant common in that coun-
try, as well as in Mexico and the
southwestern part of the United
States. 1t is claimed that all that
is necessary is to eat the stem OF
the plant and swallow the juice
thereof. The remedy is said to
have been discovered by a man
who was suffering from hydro.
phob1a falling in a fit upon an aloe
plant and biting the stem in his
frenzy, whereat his friends were
surprised to find him recovered
from the attack.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
Badly Mixed.

There lives in Union Township
Indiana, a family that can boast
of the most curjously complicated
relationship. Some years ago a
widower named Hogan, who has a
grown son, married g. widow who
had a grown daughter. After q
while he and his wife secured a di.
vorce. His son then fell in love
with his fathers divorced wife and
married her. The father got mar
ried to the daughter of the woman
from whom he had been divorced
Each couple has children and the
two families are terribly mixed al
to their relationship.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
BuckIen's Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world fol
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter. Chap.
ped Hands, C%hiblains, Corn ano
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required
1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded
Price Is cents per box. For sale
by j. F. Llewellyn. If
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
Norton and Burks.

Congressman R. H. Norton
writes as follows to the ''Saline
County Kickers" in regard to his
endorsement of Jasper Burks:
Troy, Mo-, Oct. 3.-HoN. 1. c..
WITHERs, Marshall, Mo.-DEAR
SIR: Your favor of September
Both, concerning the appointment
of Jasper N. Burks as Chief Grain
Inspector OF Missouri, and request
ing the withdrawal of my endorse
ment of him, has been duly receiv-
ed. In response l will say that l
am compelled to decline because, in
my judgment, IA compliance with
your request would be unfair and
unjust to Mr.. Burks. My endorse
ment of him to the Board of Rail
oadCommissioners was made with
out the solicitation of Mr.. Burks
or any one else, and now that he
has received and accepted the ap-
pointment and arranged his business
SO as to proceed under the provisions
efthe law it wouldbeimproperinm me
to request his removal without very
great cause. I have a very high
appreciation of Mr.. Burks as a man.
| know him to be a sterling Demo
crat, and one who on all occasions
has given his best efforts to the
cause of democracy, and whom I
thought then, and still think In
every way deserving. AS to his
qualifications for the place, l know
nothing outside of the fact that he
is regarded by those who know him
as a clear headed, sensible man and
of first class business ability, and
that the people of his own and
adjoining counties have fully en-
dorsed him as worthy and well
qualified to fill the position. l
think 1t but fair that Mr.. Burks
should be given a fair trial and a full
opportunity to demonstrate wheth-
er or not he can successfully COM
ply with the requirements of the
law. If on such trial he shall be
found in any way incompetent I
shall readily and willingly join
with your committee in asking for
his removal. Respectfully,
r. H. NORTON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
ADMINIsTRAToR's NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration upon the state of
Teresa Ellis, deceased, have been
granted the undersigned, ]. 7. VIII
1ams, Public Administrator, by the
Probate Court of Audrain county,
Missouri.
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 be precluded from any benefit Of
such estate. and IL such claims be not
exhibited within two years from this
date they will be forever barred.
24-4t T.J. WILLIAMS,
Public Administrator.
Mexico, Sept. Is. 1889.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

Frank J. Bowman, of st. Louis,
the notorious attorney, was killed
Monday afternoon. by B. NJ.
Chambers, near Ferguson Station,
st. Louis county. Bowman was
at Chambers house for the pur.
pose of levying on some property,
when he was shot dead. Bow.
man has had many ups and downs
IN life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
Prof. Bob Rodgers Acquitted

CEsTRALIA, No., Oct. 19.-Prof.
R. D.. Rodgers, of the Centralia
Public Schools, was tried to-day
under State warrant on a charge
of numerically and cruelty whip
ping a 14-year-oid girl pupil. He
was acquitted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
The Usua:

Eighty-two persons have been
killed in the United States during
the past six months by boiler ex-
plosions, and in no one case has
any one been held legally response
BILE for the calamity. This ought
TO encourage tin peddlers to run
o
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
Hibbard'S.

Ne
THROAT AND LUNG BALsAM GIVES
INSTANT RELIEF.
RHEUMATIC SYRUP CO. Jackson, Mich.
GENTS: I have used your
Throat and Lung Balsam in my
family during the past winter and
find it the best remedy that we
have ever used. 1t gives instant
relief. GEORGE CONNER,
oil South D Street, Oskaloosa,
Iowa.
John F. Ochran, Of Sigourney,
Iowa, says his wife used Hibbard's
Rheumatic and Liver Pills for sick
headache, and they entirely cured
her.
Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and
Liver Pills are remedies of great
merit. We take pleasure in
recommending them. JOHN W.
ELLIS, druggist, Sigeurney, Iowa.
For sale by C. R. Gibbs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

The Third Glass Charter was de-
feated yesterday by a vote of 3O6 to
139, making a total vote of 455,
which is exceedingly light, not
over two thirds of the voters having
voted
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
billiard Hail.

W. r. Carter has reitted and
refurnished his billiard parlors
and they are now among the best
in the State. Everything new and
neat. Ian Jones has charge of the
business and would be pleased to
have his share of the public's pa
tronage. ct
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

Warm quarters are in order now,
and all winter preparations should
be made as soon as possible. The
less wind and cold that comes into
the stables, the less food required.
Every dollar expended in shelter
lessons the expense of feeding. The
animal heat must be provided by
feeding the stock literally, but the
greater the exposure the greater
the loss of animal heat. Shelter is
indispensable to economical man.
agement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
ApMINIsTRAToR's E0TICE.

Notice Is hereby given that let.
tiers of administration upon the es.
tate Of James w. Heller, deceased
have been granted the undersigned
]. T. Williams, Public Administrator
by the Probate Court of Audrair
County, Missouri.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit then
for allowance to the admipistrato,
within year after the date, or they
may be precluded from any benefit O
such estate, and If claims be not ex.
mbited within two years from this date
they will be forever barred.
1T. WILLIAMS,
AIT Public Administrator.
Mexico, Mo-, Sept. 10. 1889.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
Sorrowful Census-The Buffaloes

SorroWful Census-The Buffaloes
From the Washington Post.
Twenty years ago there roamed
over the PLAINS and mountains of
the far West nearly 5000. 900 buff
faloes. To-day there are less than
500 head of the animals in exist
ence. There are but IS head of
wild buffaloes, 3O4 alive in captivi-
ty and about 200 under the protec-
ton of the government in Yellow
stone Park. There is also said to
be about $50 head In the British
possessions, north of Montana, but
this is rumor.
Of the IS head of wild buffaloes
which are known to exist, 25 are
in Texas, 20 in Colorado, 26 in
Wyoming, 10 in Montana and 4 in
Dakota. The statistics have been
carefully gathered by the officials
of the Smithsonian Institution, and
it is absolutely known that the
number stated comprise all the
wild buffaloes of the world. The
skeletons of the numerous herds
of a score of years ago are bleach
ing on the Western plains, a trib-
ute to the prowess of the American
| nimrod,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
Moore & Nelson have a ne,

Moore & Nelson have a new
typewriter. 1t is the latest thing
out, being a Yost, invented and
patented by Geo. w. NJ. Yost, the
inventor of both the caligraph and
the Remington machines. 1t only
weighs sixteen pounds and is a
model of mechanical art.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

In our report of the trotting race
at Vandalia last week it seems we
printed the wrong time. We
should have given it SOL, 3:03,
3:OS, made by Dan Backman. We
gladly make the correction.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

TRULY the trotter is king. Dur
ing the present season Acolyte has
been sold for $40, 900, Stamboul for
$4,000, Bell Boy for $4,000 and
now the 3-year-old Axtell is bought
for $105 600. Here are four stall
lions which average s61, 800, each
and all of them practically sires
which have yet to prove their abil-
ity in the stud.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
Give Them to Henry George.

~ NV thhEN
There are SS7 deserted farms in
New Hampshire, with buildings
upon them in a fair state of repair,
or that might easily be made fit for
occupancy. This information has
been received in reply to an official
circular of the State Commissioner
Of Emigration making inquiry OF
the selectmen of 100 towns. These
deserted farms are within easy
reach of the busy factories of New
England. They have a "home
Market" with all its attractions;
and are a sample of the way the
home market enriches the hus-
bandman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

IT is q mistake about Mexico
wanting a third class charter, a
paper mill or the orphan school.
Mexico is satisfied with its hole in
the ground, Board of Trade and
street car line.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

Mrs. Will NJ. Smith will go to
Springfield, Mo-, the latter part Of
this week to attend the marriage Of
her TREND, Miss Brella Sherwood,
to Edward s. Finch. formerly Of
Mexico, No., which takes place
next Saturday. The bride is the
eldest daughter of Judge Sherwood
of the Supreme Court of Missouri,
st. Louis Republic.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
"That Derned Old Tune

0NoN
1t was observed at West Point
Thursday that Gen. Sherman's
eyes were full of tears. Possibly
he wept because the band would
play "Marching Through Geor.
gia." Some years ago the General
attended a gay and festive occasion
at which hundreds of school chill.
dren waved little flags and sang
marching Through Georgia.
The old soldiers face betrayed the
emotion that found vent in the
words, sits too bad to make all
those little children sing thai
derned old tune"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
One Dollar tor
WEEKS

The POLICE GAZETTE will be mail
ed, securely wrapped, to any address In
the United States for three months on
receipt of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal dis.
count allowed 10 ~postmasters, agents 2
clubs. Sample copies mailed free. Ad.
dress all orders TO
RICHARD X. FOX,
Irsakiin Square New York Cto
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

Justus Ruebeling will have a
public sale at his farm, 10 miles
northwest of Mexico on Thursday,
November 7th.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

CALLAwAY county Jail prisoners
are now making rock roads in that
county. The Audrain and Gala
way prisoners ought to be made to
urnlsh a gravel road from Mexico
to Fulton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
Girls In Alaska.

In Alaska a girl is ready for
society as soon as she enters her
teens. 1t does not require many
years in that country for a girl to
grow up. The dress ofthe average
Stickeen River maiden Is not very
elaborate. A plain cotton garment,
long and loose, envelopes her per-
son, and a Turkish bath towel is
wound about her head. When she
goes out a blanket of bright colors
is thrown around her shoulders.
The wife of a missionary in that
section says the young women of.
ten go barefooted, but that after
they see the boots and shoes oil
white women their great desire is
| to have q pair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

THE New York Herald says Mr..
Harrison paid a very high price for
the soldier vote last autumn. No
Mr.. Harrison offered a very high
price, which the taxpayers had to
nav
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

GREEN B. RAUM has been APP
pointed to Tanners old place. One
thing is sure, Raum's mouth is not
as big as Tanners.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

MEXICO don't want a Third
Glass Charter. We are not in favor
of forcing people to take good
things when they don't want them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

OF course Mexico don't want a
Third Glass Charter. Who ever
heard of a first class town wanting
a Third Glass Charter!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

The county committee failed to
give us a tariff reform meeting, now
suppose the city committee takes
hold of the matter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
Administrator Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration upon the estate OF
J. G. Douglass, deceased, have been
granted the undersigned, Jacob w.
Douglass, by the Probate Court Of Au-
drain county, Missouri, bearing date,
October 10, 1888. j..
All persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to pre-
sent the same for allowance within one
wear from the date Of said letters, and
IL not presented within two years from
said date they will be forever barred.
2s-4t ]. w. DOUGLASS,
Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

A LEGAL voter should always
vote at every election, no matter
how unimportant the election is to
him, and should vote his senti.
mentS-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

AN extension of water mains and
a good system of sewerage will, we
presume, now engage the attention
of the Council.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

THE Third Glass Charter was
voted down. We would rather be
defeated than be wrong.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
A Ship Canal Across India.

An English exchange says that
san Asiatic chip canal is proposed
to connect the Brahmapootra River
in India with the Yang-tse-Kiang
River in China. 1t is stated that
the canal would enable good-sized
steamers to 60 direct from Chinese
ports to Calcutta and would greatly
shorten the new route from Eng.
land to India via the Canadian
Pacific Railroad. The chances
that China would be willing te
open the Yang-tse-K iang for inter.
national navigation, however, seem
to be very remote"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

Mrs. G. E. Purnell has been
wired to come home from st. Louis
on account of the sickness of her
husband.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

Mr.. j. M. Pollard. of Mexico,
Mo-, was in the city on the Sth
inst, making his fall purchases.
Mr.. Pollard expects a generous
share of his fellow towns mems
patronage, and judging from our
acquaintance with the gentleman
and from the care he has taken in
selecting his autumn stock he fully
deserves it.-Chlcago Jewelers'
Journal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

No county in the State can show
finer looking or more intelligent
juries than those who serve in the
Audrain Circuit Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

Ii the people of Mexico want
sewerage let them say so and the
Council will give them a chance to
vote on the matter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

HANNIBAL just voted $4,000 for
sewerage. Mexico should do like
wise.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
Waiting and Watching.

Mexico officers are waiting and
Watching for their Darling, whose
first name is Edward, and who
sought but failed to obtain a paying
position as short stop Tor the noted
Mexico Browns, and who then got
even with the Mexico community
by forging and passing checks ag-
gregating 500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24

Hathaway keeps the best -four
no the market. Manufactured by
the Diamond mills of Louisiana.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
NAT G. DRYDEN,
AT LAW,
MEXICO, MISSOURI.

VIII practice in the State and United
States Courts.
Special attention paid to criminal
cases Of Importance.
OFFICE: South Side OF Square. over French
& (iarretts drug store.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-24
!. N. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
THURSDAY, OCT. "a, 1889.

THE Sunday School Convention
was a success.