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Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28
In Lighter Vein.

A preferred creditor-one who
never presents his bill
P. T. Barnum is very rich for a
man who always has had an
elephant on his hands.
cit fills the BILL" remarked the
bantam pullet when she picked up
a large and juicy grasshopper.
The amateur photographer never
takes a rest. 1t is about the only
thing he doesn't take, however.
1t takes more religion to hold a
man level in a horse trade than it
does to make him shout at camp
meetings.
Groom-"A ring around the
moon is the sign of rain." Bride
(sweetly)-"And a ring around a
woman's finger is the sign Of"
Groom (sadly)-"Reign."
All men are everlastingly grind
ing some ak or another, but among
them it's fearfuIly singular how few
ever get hold of the ak used fol
splitting the kindlIng wood.
1t is said that snakes with legs
have appeared in Iowa. 1t is no,
surprising. Iowa is a prohibition
State, and the ''original package
goes about seeking whom it may
dsvour.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28
A Mile Track.
To the Editor of the Ledger.

To the Editor of the Ledger.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. "a am more
than gratifed to learn that the
Board of Directors of your fair as
ISOLATION has under consideration
the %propriety of constructing a
mile track, and am quite sure that
hundreds of horsemen in the State
will hail the effort with unbounded
pleasure. The day of the half
mile track has passed-passed to
be known no more. 1t served the
purpose when trotters were few
and their performances not so
much a matter of moment as
they are to-day. A good mile
track is seven seconds faster than
a half-mile, and a few seconds at
times make a record and both sire
and dam standard. This means
more than a cursory observer could
realize, because it adds dollars and
in some cases hundreds, aye,
thousands of dollars to those thus
made standard. and pays the own
er handsomely to court the new
mile rather than the old half-mile
track.
I am of the opinion, as stated in
this weeks Rural World, that
within the next five years Missouri
will have a dozen mile tracks at
least, and am very certain that the
foremost horsemen will resort to
them as first choice, and measur-
ably abandon the others. If your
association has the grit and the get
up to lead off in this very import
ant matter, there ought to be
no more difficulty IN increasing the
capital stock SO as to compass it
than to get ones dinner at the
Ringo. I am sure 1 but voice the
sentiment of the horsemen of the
State in saying this and in further
wishing you unbounded success in
the effort.
Very truly yours,
GEO. LoNGMAN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28
IN nFofYmouS NOVEL,

a sack In a corner of a disreputable look
ing room, dingy with dirt and faithful
to the memory of bad tobacco.
Then I suddenly remembered what
had occurred. Carr saw that / did 80,
and instantly poured forth an account
Of how we had been rescued from a con-
dition of great peril by the man to whom
the house we were in belonged, to whom
he hardly knew how to express his graft
tude, and who was now gone for some
brandy for me. He told me a great deal
about it. but l was SO dizzy that l forgot
most of what he said, and it was not IN
til our deliverer returned with the brandy
that | became thoroughly aware Of what
vas going forward.
l could not help thinking, as l thanked
the honest fellow who had come to our
assistance, how easily one MAJ be de-
ceived by appearances, for a more for
bidding looking face under its fur cap I
never saw. That of his son, who pres
emily returned with a four wheeler which
Carr had sent for, was not more prepos-
sessing. In fact they were two as vii
famous looking men as / had ever seen.
After recompensing both with all our
spare cash we got ourselves hoisted stifiy
into the cab, and Carr good naturally
insisted on seeing me home, though he
owned to feeling, as he put it, rather
knocked up by his knocking down" We
were both far too exhausted to speak
much, until Carr gave a start and Q, gasp
and said, by Jover'
"WhatY' l inquired
"They are gone!' he said TREMENDOUSLY
-"my ~sapphires. They are gone! Stolen.
l had them in a bag around my neck, as
you told me. They must have been
taken from me when I was knocked
down. say" he added quickly, how
about yours' Have you got them all
! right?'
Involuntarily I raised highland to my
throat. A horrid qRalm passed we me.
"Thank heaven!" I replied with a Sigh
Of relief. 'they are safe at home with
Jane. What a mercyl I might have
lost them"
Might" said Carr. "You would have
lost them to a dead certainty; and mine
are gone" And he stamped and clenched
his fists and looked positively furious.
Poor Carr! I felt for him. He took
the loss of his stones 70 to heart, and I
am sure it was only natural. l parted
from him at my owndoor, and was glad.
on going in, to find Jane had stayed up
for me. Don figured In her eyes as
the hero of a thrilling adventure, while
her clever hands applied sticking plaster
| ad ibitum. We were both so full of the
events of the evening and the letter
which l was to write to The Times about
it the next day that it never entered the
heads of either of Us, on retiring to bed,
to remove Sir Johns jewels from the tea
caddy into which they had been tempo
rarily popped in the afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

Frank Heckler, of this city, was
notified this morning of the fact
that his ticket, Nc. 39440, in the
Louisiana Lottery had drawn $500.
Mr.. Heckler offered his ticket yes
terday at the Union Depot for ff.
teen cents, but could find nc
buyers. To-day 1t would take $500
to catch it. Such is luck.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

about two years ago,a after suffering
for nearly two years from rheumatic
govt, being able to walk only with great
discomfort, and having tried various
remedies, including mineral waters,
without relief, L saw by an ADVERTISE
ment in a Chicago paper that a man had
been relieved of this distressing COM
plant, after long suffering, by taking
Ayers Sarsaparilla. / hen decided to
make a trial of this medicine, and took
it regularly for eight months. l am
pleased to say that it effected a CONF
plete cure, and that l have since had no
return of the disease"
Mrs. L. A. Stark, Nashua, n. H.,
writes: Zone year & 1 was taken i'll
with rheumatism, being confined to my
house six months. l came out of the
sickness very much debilitated, with no
appetite, and my system disordered in
every way. / commenced to use Ayers
~Sarsaparilla and began to improve at
once, gaining in strength and o re-
covering my usual health. l cannot say
too much in praise of this well-known
medicine"
81 have taken a great deal OF medi-
cine. but nothing has done me SO
much good as Ayers Sarsaparilla. I
felt its beneficial effects before 1 had
quite finished one bottle, and / can
freely testify that it is the best blood
medicine L know OIL. w. Ward, ST.,
Woodland, Texas,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28
Ayers SarsapariI|a,
PREPARED BY
Or. j. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price q; six bottles, IS. Worth Is . bottlA.
A Card.

"A Gard.
MEXICO, Mo-, Aug. al wish
to say to my friends and patrons
that l am still at my old stand over
Mexico Machine & Music Co., No.
10 Jefferson street. Have not re-
moved my Job Printing Office, and
have no intention of doing so.
Thankful for past favors and solicit.
ing a continuance of same I Am
Respectfully,
EDGAR DuDGEoN,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

John Abbay, formerly one of
Lick Creeks most worthy young
men, and family, of Mexico, came
down last Saturday to visit rela-
tives and friends in this vicinity.
John returned Monday, but Mrs.
Abbay and little daughter are still
here.-Perry Enterprise.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

A letter to this paper from Luke
Emerson, on board the steamship
Denmark" bound for New York,
says he is bringing to his jack
farm at Bowling Green, Mo-, ffty-
four head of the finest Spanish
jacks ever imported to this country.
They are of the very finest breed
ing and will be for sale at reason
able prices. Advertisement next
week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

"Stonewall" John Sto wers, Jos.
T. Williams, Shanks Mckinney
Bunk Edwards. w. H. KEENAN,,
and Strather Under wood, of Au-
drain, and Capt. Phillips and Geo.
Wright, of Boone, took in the
reunion of ex-Confederates at
Nevada.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

Fresh confirma-
ton of this state
ment to
hand daily. Even
such deep seated
and stubborn COM
plants as Rheu-
1natism, Rheuma-
tic Gout, and the
like, are thorough
ly eradieated by
the use of this won-
derful Alternative.
Mrs. r. irving
Dodge, ITO West
125th street, New
York cartities
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

IF you want ballots on which to
vote for your favorite clerk buy
them at the LEDGER Office. Don't
allow yourself TO be imposed ON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

The Keytesville Courier says:
On an average there is much more
corn in Charlton county this year
than was raised last year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

Joe Price will remove mis- rock
crusher to Columbia, where he will
assist in making a lot more rock
roads for s'the Athens"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

THE State Mexican War Veter-
ans Association meets at Fayette
on September %. All members
are urged to be present.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

Albert Gass will build a neat
residence on his place west of town
at once. Architect Campbell has
the contract.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

John W. Rutter and Miss Laura
Squires were married Friday at
Thompson, Rev. D. J. Mayes of.
fciatinp.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

Jessie Gaines, the mare who
trotted the Mexico track in 2:24 10
at the late fair, was third horse in
the 2:26 class in Chicago yesterday.
Keno F. won the race; best time,
OFT
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

Jno. J. Steele has sold the Ship
pee greenhouse and grounds to
Joseph Gelvin, of Upton, this
State. The property will be i'm
proved and a irst.class greenhouse
erected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Becker, of st. Louis, a son. Joe's
many friends in Mexico extend
CONGRATULATIONS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

Billie Lees fine saddle gelding
Is now knewn as "Wonderful
Blunder." He got the name at
Paris, 1.-THE world do move"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

Mrs. C. G. Davis, of this city, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. ". Heller, near Santa Fe.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

THERE'S a town IN Missouri that
has gained in population 100 souls
in SO years. Potosi, in the South
east, had Cos n 1900. Now it has
TOE
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

c. Ragsdale, of this city, was
awarded second premium at the
late fair for the best Berkshire SOW.
Mr.. Ragsdale has a fine stock of
| hous
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

John Dyke has bought the
plumbing establishment from Muir
ply, who will 60 to Springfield, Ill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

Born, to Commodore Wlnn and
wife, a con. Weight, 54 ounces.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

Thomas J. Goodwin and family
left Friday for their home in
Tampe, Ariz., after a visit of sew
eral weeks to Mrs. Goodwin's faith
er, VIM. Armstrong, of near Perry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

r. B. Worrell has donated $50
towards the ex-C Confederate Home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

Joseph Seller, who lives near
Liberty church, 2 IL miles north
west Of Thompson, will have a
public sale of stock on Tuesday,
Sonf OH
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

McConkey, the man arrested at
Pacific, Mo-, for the train robbery
at Otterville, proved to be innocent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

Lee Bros.' roam horse "Rose'
took first premium in the sweep
stake saddle gelding ring and sec
ond in the buggy gelding ring at
Paris Yesterday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28
The st. Louis Exposition opens
3.

Mrs. Polly Boaz died Saturday
at 3 O'Clock of general debility.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28
A Fact

yNORTH knowing is that blood dis
w eases which all other remedies fail
to cure, yield to Ayers Sarsaparilia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28
The Police Gazette

Is the only illustrated paper In the
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to be without 1t. 1t always makes
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Mailed to any address in the United
States, securely wrapped, ID weeks for
$1.00.
Send five cents for sample copy.
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Franklin Square. New York City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-08-28

EDGAR DuDGEoN,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-30
WILLARD AND DEPEW RACE.
One and Then the Other of These Promi-
nent Men Lead in a Sprint.

One and Then the Other of These Promi-
nent Men Lead in Sprint.
E. S. Willard is rather a unique figure
among the men who are talked about in New
York. He is nearly 6 feet high, with clean
cut profile, plenty of color. and hair that is
turning gray He is an indefatigable walker.
and on pleasant weather he regularly reels off
10 or IL miles day.
A few days since, says Blakely Hall in the
BROOKLYN Eagle. he was walking up Fifth ave-
nue. at smart pace when a stoutly built man
came around the corner of Thirty-ninth street
and fell in behind him. The stouter of the two
men was Chauncey M. Depew. who is, by the
physical exercise as Mr.. Willard. After they
had held their relative positions for a block
Mr. Depew put on squirt and passed Willard
with ease. For another block or two they were
only separated by yard, and then Mr.. Willard,
yielding to some subtle promptings to lead, tri-
umphantly passed the greatest of Americas
after dinner speakers. Before they reached the
Windsor, however, though trif1e flushed, Mr..
Depew forged ahead again and disappeared
into the hotel.
The men were evidently not known to one an
other and their race was an unconscious one,
They were strongly immersed in their own
thoughts and walking hard and fast. The
driver Of a numbering old stage kept along be-
side the two distinguished walkers the whole
amused at the sight of the two very well
dressed and dignitied looking men plowing up
Fifth avenue as though their lives depended on
winning a race.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-30
THE RIGHT OF STANDING UP.

The body which has been organized in
Philadelphia under the title of the Rapid
Transit Commission, and which in its rela-
tions to securing actual rapid transit has
presented an admirable example of the prin-
ciple of how not to do it, at its last meeting
witnessed an attempt to secure in material
form what has often been discussed as an
abstraction. 1t was in the form of a resolu-
tion to the effect that admitting more pas
sengers in a street car than it Will seat shall
be made subject to a legal penalty.
There is no doubt that the resolution was
offered in good faith or that the proposition
is one that the public will assent to in the
abstract, and then proceed to utterly repudi-
ate in actual practice. The American citi-
zen who hangs on to the straps in crowded
car and scowls at his fellow passengers as
they tread on his corns in the effort to get in
or out, will give an unqualified indorse-
ment 10 the principle that the company
ought to furnish him with a seat. But the
same citizen when he is forced to submit to
the practical operation of the principle by
standing on the street corner while car after
which there is vacant seat, will regard such
q rule as a direct attack upon his personal
liberty of standing up if he chooses to.
1t is true that the rule of forbidding the
entrance of more passengers when public
vehicle is full operates satisfactorily on the
Continent; but that is due to differences in
national characteristics. The difference is
not, as is often alleged, that the American
submits to abuses more easily than the
European; for the European bears quietly
the insolence and perversions of privilege
which would be impossible in this country.
The real difference is that the European is
willing to occupy good deal of time in the
effort to get as much comfort as possible out
of what he pays for; while the primary pur-
nose of the individual American, unlike
such collective bodies as the Rapid Transit
Commission of Philadelphia, is to get there
in the promptest manner. The actual opera
tion of that purpose may be seen on our
cable lines in the unspeakabie wrath OF
those who see the cars glide past them with
out stopping and with only the injunction
from the gripman to stake the next car"
1t is a further question whether, after all
this Yankee characteristic does not show a
keener appreciation of the way to get the
most either of achievement or enjoyment out
OF lie than the European trait Of waiting in
placid expectancy until the uncrowded We
hicle comes along. The Yankee is keen
enough to perceive that there il no more dis
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-30
PERSONAL MENTION.

SIDNEY COOPER, the famous British pair er
is now 81 years old. He still possesses excel
lent health ind gives five or six hours day to
painting. He sleeps hours out OF the "a and
lives abstemiously.
SENAToR.ELECT GORDON. at the battle of
Seven Pinee received three bullet wounds and
at Antietam he got two bullets in the leg, one
in the arm, one in the shoulder and one in the
right cheek. He also had horse killed under
him, the butt of his pistol smashed, his can
teen pierced and his coat torn with bullets.
HELEN LEAH REEDS translation of the
twenty-ninth ode of Horace, as published in
this months Scribne,'s, has secured for her
the Sargent prize offered by Harvard Uni
versity this year. She had l6 male competitors
for the honor, but easily won the laurels by her
most graceful translation of bit of very diff
cult Latin verse.
MCCLUN0, of Yale. the hero of the football
game at Eastern Park, is striking figure. No
one who saw him in that contest will ever for
get him. He is short and stocly in build, and
bis sharp-featured little face, surmounted by a
rough shock of long black hair, his prominent
nose and twinkling black eyes, give him the ap-
pearance of wild Com anche Indian on the
warpath when he once gets into the heat of the
battle.
Mr.. NILoHAI, one of the typical London
war corresponds ats introduced by Rudyard
Kipling in his first continued novel. 1.-THE Light
that Failed" now being published in THE DIs-
PATCH, is easily identified as Charles Williams,
of the Standard. Nilghai is always talking of
the Balkans, and Dick 1.-THE hero) asks him3
"Well, how are the Balkans and all the little
Balkans?" Charles Williams has the same Pc
culiarity.
~ NOTICE" said an English Gladstonian now
in New York, THAT people here speak of the
short REM an of Gladstone's life' But when
1 saw Gladstone last summer he looked as
though he had the stuff in h'm for ten years OF
work yet, and he can do mt re business at this
time than most men who have not lived half his
years. 1 would not be surprised if the tree
chopper of Hawarden should be a leader in i'm
perial politics till the close of the nineteenth
century"
SPEAKING of Birchall, the murderer, Prof.
Goodwin Smith says: Had he, instead of be-
ing sent to college, been kept steadily at work
at some useful calling, he might have gone de-
Gently and perhaps creditably through the
world. Sending him to college, where, having
no literary tastes, he was sure not to study,
and where, being idle, he was sure also to be
dissipated, was a mistake which sealed his
doom. That no boy should be sent to college
who does not show decided inclination to
study is lesson which Birchall preached to us
from felon's grave"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-30
PITTsBURG. SUNDAY, NOV. 50, 1890.
No DANCER OF BELLAMYIsM.

The view of the Farmers Alliance move
meut, its political results in Kansas, and
the forecast as to the policy which will be
outlined at the convention in Ocala, as
given in special dispatch from Topeka,
Kansas. in this issue, is full of interest.
The statement there that the election OF
Republican Senator may be possible if
Ingalls, withdraws, but if be continues in
the field it will mean the election of an
Alliance Democrat, will probably give new
light TO the adhereGts of that party who are
urging the Kansas Senator to stand by his
guns until the last shot is fired. The ad-
vice Is probably unnecessary in ingalls,
case; bat it may produce different view
among the Republicans to learn that Sem
atorshlp can be saved, if that defeated can
didate can accept the back seat which has
been assigned to him by his own people.
With regard to the ultimate purposes of
the Alliance leaders the statement of the
latter that the radical element of the Farm
ers' Alliance has adopted sure Bellamyism
must be due TO a mistaken idea either of
Bellamvism or the A AIliance. The Alliance
like most such movements, is open to the
contagion of wild theories. 1t has adopted
certain features of Bellamyism. as the gov
ernment control of railways and telegraphs,
because it regards that as the only adequate
remedy for the corporate abuses of the
present time; but if there is any quarter of
the land where the Bellamy idea of abolish
ing private property and concentrating all
production under socialist control will al
WAYS be sure of rejection, it is among the
farmers who make up the strength of the
Alliance.
That remarkable movement may be
wrecked on the shoals of initiation, and is
more likely to be perverted by the influence
ofgreatcorporations, which, in Georgia, act
ally tied the Allan TO the wheels of cor
poration candidate for United States Sena-
tor; but it can be counted on as perfectly
safe from the socialist theories that would
result in taking away from the farmers the
control of their own property.