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Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23
Sense and Nonsense.


Over all the land the farmers are
heard to say: "Over-production is
keeping farmers poor" "We are
raising too much grain" ave
would be better off if we didn't
have SO much.' Surely the hav-
ing Of too much to sell, especially
of material which will at all times
fetch good money, is singular
cause for complaint. Said a man
who heard granger kicking
against such prosperous(?) adversi-
ty: $50 home and burn a portion
of your grain and see whether it
will increase or diminish your
wealth."
Doubtless the idea of the granger
was, that if the farmers as a whole
had invested less money III plant
ing, according to the theory of sup
ply and demand making price they
would be better off as far a profita-
BILE return on wheat-growing invest
ments is concerned. Statistician
Dodge certainly had bee of this
kind in his bonnet when, in writ
ing an article in the american
Agriealturalist, he re,Earks:
"Wheat-growing in this country
will always be paying business
for farmers if properly managed
and not extended beyond the re-
qui rements of home and fol eign
markets."
Such talk on the part of either
the farmer or statistician Is the
highest of fooli shness. By what
method Of reasoning, or by what
sort of statistical showing is the
farmers to be governed in planting;
and how are they to arrive at an
understanding as to how much
each shall increase or diminish
acreage to suit the times to come -?
To show the absurdity Of such
talk, by hypothesis: Suppose that
our agriculturists figure out the
wants of the greatest consumer of
imported wheats - Europe - by
what she has required in the past
say so much from Russia, SO
much from India and so much from
the United States of America, and
suppose they plant to exactly meet
the demand on us. And suppose
famine should occur in India; a
war should obstruct the outlets OF
Russia, and there should be a
shortage in European products.
Then U. s. and company with a
demand knocking at our doors that
would make amends for number
of bad cereal years, were our grana-
| ries full, would have only a limited
amount to sell at high figures un-
less our home consumers were
forced to war and famine prices.
Another nonsensical feature is
observable in the conduct of grain
producers: They seem to be we'd
ded to the idea that it is possible
to produce grain only at such and
such prices; and in order to make
grain producing profitable the price
must be forced up to the figure by
manipulating the market. They
seem not to think that foreigners
buy grain only as it is demanded
and then only in the market which
suits them best, price, quality ane
circumstances considered. They
forget that it is impossible, by any
sort of scheming known to men, t.
get rid of competition in grai1
growing; but possible to NEE
competition and yet earn profit, b.
reducing the cost of production
prepa ration and carriage to marke
until they can price as low as tn
fIo-aok
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23

Hon. C. F. CLARK is one OF the
committee appointed at the Sedalia
convention to organize permanent
association. After the permanent
organization is effected, which will
be announced to the public in a
few days, there will be chosen q
Vice-President from each congress
sional district. There will also be
appointed a horse man, "a cattle man,
q swine man, a sheep man, a dairy
man and a fair association man
from each congressional district.
These, with the Vice-President,
will form district committee, the
Vice-President being chairman;
and the fourteen district committees,
together with the officers of the
State association, will form the
State executive committee. The
executive committee will be vested
with power to call district or State
meetings at any time and attend to
all necessary business for the State
association. 1t will also be requir-
ed to prepare all bills desired by
the association to be introduced
into the Legislature, and to attend
the sessions of that body and aid
in securing the passage OF such
laws as the interests Of the aesocia,
tlon need and demand. The
Sedalia Gazette, referring to thf
organization, very aptly says;
-'But politics must not be permit
ted 10 enter into its management
nor must it he used in any degree
as an auxiliary TO advance thu
political aspira tions of any man
Then it will be q success; other
wise it will go the way of all or
carnations, the management o
which have fallen into the hand
OF political manipuiators AM
schemers. y
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23

IT'S a shame but tits fact that
there are few politicians in Mis-
souri, who do not want st. Louis to
have the Worlds Fair, for fear
Governor Francis and Col. C. H.
Jones might get some of the credit
for bringing about such glorious
ral,,lfa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23
A Good Move.


The farmers of Galloway county
are talking of manufacturing
wagons and agricultural imple-
ments at Fulton. With the proper
men at the head of such an enter
prise we do not see why it should
not succeed. 1t has always been
something of a business mystery to
us why the people of the West
should let those in the East mo-
nopolize manufactures, when most,
if not all, of the material that sup
Plies these factories is our own pro-
duef.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23
LIBERTY NEWS.
Correspondence OF the Ledger.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
LIBERTY, Jan. 22.-Wm. Shaffer
has been to Fulton on business.
Miss Mary Walker has been
visiting in Mexico.
There is a great deal of sickness
in our community at present.
Mr.. John Gilmer is dangerously
ill.
Our school numbers well in spite
of so much sickness and bad
weather.
The open session of our Wheel,
on the 3lst of this month, promises
to be an enjoyable affair.
Lon Smith rented his farm to
Richard Hayes few days ago and
intends to move to Kansas City.
Immediately after renting the
farm Mr.. Hayes went to Monroe
county on visit. We wonder il
this visit signifies ANYTHING I?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23

SEE W. o. Johnson and sub
scribe to the rock road fund. Now
is the time to start an enterprise
which will result in a complete
system of rock roads for Audrain.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23
lowest
Omen Wheel.

There will be an open session Of
the Thompson Station Wheel next
Saturday, January 25th, at 5p. m:
The public is invited. There will
be some good speeches.
r.. P. TIGsLEy,
/, J, SINS,
A. POWELL,
w. R. DUDLEY,
Committee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23

FULTON must be very unhealthy
town. The San gives the names OF
about seventy-five people who are
sick in bed at one time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23

Uncle Sans Farm Reflections.
Overfeeding is as harmful as
underfeeding.
In winter think of what to do in
the spring.
s'Honesty is the best policy"
even on the farm.
Wood chops easier in the winter
time than in hot weather.
Stock, as we'll as people, love
shelter. Animals are thankful for
sheds and barns.
The soil must be sustained as
we'll as cultivated. Resteratives
are invaluable.
Those who do all their work
with their hands are but clumsy
workmen. Brains must help tend
the farm.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23

SEE w. o. Johnson and assist
in the rock road enterprise.
Whatever is done should be done
floW
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23

Kabrich g. Company are now
selling good double width cash
mere at 10 Ia cents good Muslin,
bleach and brown, at s cents !;
good double width Henrietta, 70
cents; good gingham and Cheyiot.
5 cents ladies' and mems shoes
ct $1.m. All other goods in pro-
portion. Remember We sell tor
cash only. 40-7t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23

THE ice harvest promises to be
fine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23
Faithful to the Present.

(Which do you prefer, Mr..
Youngblood, ,brunettes or blondes9''
asked a reigning belle, and be re-
replied:
1T depends altogether on which
I'm with
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23
HOOtOn's Insurance,

W. P. Hooton, about a month
since insured his life with an agen-
cy represented by Kllgore & How
ell for 81, 800. Since he wrote the
letter to his mother about commit
ting suicide the company has
been notified and may cancel the
insurance. He has paid $45.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23
A Sailor in Church.

One of the old sailors on the re-
ceiving ship, Wabash, tells the fol-
lowing story about chum Of his:
"Jim, here, was drifting along by
a church one quiet Sunday, and de-
string to keep up an acquaintance
with his early beyhood friend, he
dropped in to hear the sky pilot
spout. He hadn't done a great
deal Of snoozin' for twenty-four
hours before that, and it was not
long before he was asleep and
dreaming. He was at sea, in his
dreams, ,aloft. Presently the preach.
er talked louder and louder. He
was describing the end of the
world. The end has come!' he
cried, striking the pulpit with his
fist. The words aroused Jim, who
started up and shouted: Then
make, a knot you lubber; make a
knot - The parson afterwards ac-
cepted Jim's apology for the inter-
r,,pfion -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-01-23
ADMIN1sTRAToR,s NOTICE.

ADMIETSTRAT0R's NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that let
ters of administration upon the es-
tate of James n. Millikin, deceased,
have been granted the undersigned.
J. #. Williams, 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 If such claims be not ex-
hibited within two years from this date
they win be forever barred.
IT. WILLIAMS,
42-4t Public Administrator.
Mexico, NO., Jan. q, 1886.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-31
First HeligoIand-Born German.

In the very hour in which the German
Emperor performed the historic act Of
taking possession of lIeligoland, the
wife of poor cobbler gave birth to a
boy, says the Leipziger Zeitung. Accord
ing to the Anglo-American agreement,
this boy, being born under German rule,
was the first recruit from tn island won
for the German army. AS soon as this
event became known, several Berlin
visitors issued an appeal, which was
couched in terms both serious and hui
morous, for ''the first German recruit
from Heligoland. The members of the
committee headed the list with con-
tributions of twenty marks each, and
then circulated it among the other Wis
itors to the island, who on that significant
day were equally willing and liberal.
Before sunset the parents of the first
German recruit" were most agreeably
surprised by a present of nice little
sum in grateful recognition of such
Well.timed patriotism.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-31

The identity Of the famous Man in
the Iron Mask" has never been made
known. The mask was not of iron,
as has generally been supposed, but
of black velvet. The fanciful stories
of his wearing an iron mask. locked be-
hind with a paddock, gained credence
during his removal to the Castle Of
Pignerol in 1879. During this removal
orders were given that if he revealed
his identity he was to be killed on the
spot. In 1886 he was again transferred,
this time to the Isle of Sainte Mar
guerite.. During the passage the strict
est watch was kept that he might not
reveal himself. In 1893 he was again
removed, this time back to the Bastile,
his first place of imprisonment. He
died on November 10, 17OS, and was
buried the next day under the name of
Machioti; the place of burial, the old
cemetery of ST. Paul, Paris. 1t is now
generally supposed that 1.-The Man in
the Iron Mask" was Count Matthioli, a
minister of Charles ILL.,, Duke of Man
tua. According to the story, Louis
XIV, of France, had bribed Matthioli,
but finding the latter playing him false,
iured him to tho French frontier, aud
then had him secretly arrested and i'm.
prisoned. St Louis Republic. L.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-31
High sneed on the Ocean.

1t has been said that when the dam
ger of collision arises, if a vessel is
slowed down she will have time to get
out of the way. This, as matter of
fact, is a fallacy, says tho Pittsburgh
Dispatch. The faster ship steams the
more fully she is under command of her
helm, and this is especially true in the
present day of steam steering gear,
when the quartermaster has unlimited
power at his command to put the helm
over quickly Ocean liners will never
60 slow enough to allow them to stop
and go astern in the event of meeting in
fog. Captains will always depend on
tho maneuvering properties of their
ships, and, as already stated, the faster
they go the moro quickly will the rud-
der act, so that speed, which from one
point of view is an element of danger,
has it's counterbalancing advantages.
The opinion of our best shippers inclines
toward the greater safely for their ships
being obtained at high speeds, in the
matter of danger from collision ia case
Of meeting other steamers in fog.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-31
LAZY WHITE FOLKS.
Each Respectable Family in Nassau Has
About a Dozen Servants.

Each Respectable Family in Nassau Has
About Dozen Servants.
Oddly contrasted with the happy-go-
lucky life of the shiftless negroes in
Nassau is the indolent dolce far aieate
existence of the well-to-do whites. Liv-
ing in substantial stone houses with
polished hard floors, big windows to let
in the air, and broad latticed galleries
or verandas around the second story,
they are as free from care as if they
we're out of the world. Why should
they labor when the house and tho
street are full of colored broth rem who
will do any thing for them for six
pence?
In a well-appointed Nassau household
there must be ten or dozen servants,
for the cook would not wash dish any
more than the parlor maid would go up
stairs. The cook is the most important
person in Nassau house. Let me in
troduce you to the cook and send you off
to the curious Nassau market with her.
In the evening tho larder of the best
house in Nassau is as bare as the negro
home have described. There is then
not bite OF any thing in the house to
eat. All provisions are bought in the
morning, and enough only to last
through tho day, for in hot climates pro-
visions spoil rapidly and ice is dear.
The cook must attend to this, for no
Nassau lady ever goes to market.
Every morning the cook is given so
many shillings and with this she must
feed the family for the day; if she can
save any thing it is her own. She goes
off to market with big basket and
there she finds every thing laid out in
little heaps; four sweet potatoes in one
heap, three onions in another, and a
third ''soup bunch" made up Of an
onion, small tomato, potato, some
thyme and p rhaps two or three okras.
These heaps cost from "a small cop
per" lone cent? to "a check" (three
cents) each. There are cabbages slic d
into quarters like pie, pigeon peas,
guinea corn, yams, cassava, bird peppers
and many other unfamiliar vegetables
There are slices of green turtle sold like
chops; small melons and delicious Avo-
cado pears; fish by the thousand of all
kinds, fresh out of the water; but if
you want a Nassau delicacy you will
buy only the head of big fish, and have
it served with the eyes glaring atyou.
At meal-time there must be ice. but it
must be bought just as the meal is
served. A boy is sent to the Govern
ment ice-house, and in his unmusical
voice he hurridly demands: "Check
lce!''-three cents worth, one pound.
by the time it reaches the pitcher it is
merely large Observation-Disclosures
American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-31
THE PATENT FIIND.
How He Came Near Getting an Honest
Man Into Trouble.


Man Into Trouble.
There were only half dozen people
in the palace car all day long, and after
dinner, when the man who had been
sleeping and reading in seat No. Il
came over to me for chat, l welcomed
him with open arms. He said his name
was Saunders, and that he had patent
motive. He was going through to Gin
cinnati to have it perfected or adopted,
or something of the sort. He had been
in partnership with mean mana man
who had tried to swindle him out of a
fortune. To get even he had stolen the
patent and run away. He had it with
him in a valise. That was all he said
just then, but later on he confided to
me the fact that at town about thirty
miles away this wicked partner of his
might possibly be on hand to board the
train and attempt to wrest the treasure
from his keeping. He wanted my ad-
vice, and offered to take charge of the
valise. He thanked me with great eff
fusiveness, and as we approached the
compartment.
As the train drew up 1 saw an old
acquaintance on the platform, and while
we were talking posse was hunting
the train for my friend. They didn't
find him, as he had dropped off and
struck out for the country. went on
to Cincinnati, taking his valise along,
and although was there four days he
didn't show up. / arranged to leave it
with the landlord, and it was carried to
the Office, to be opened by meddlesome
clerk. Instead of patent it contained
wedges, drills, a brace, fuse and other
neat little devices for successfully work
ing burglars job, and it cost me two
days of the hardest kind of talk to
satisfy the chief of police that 1 wasn't
in it. l had rode over one hundred
miles with full-fedged burglar, and
one who had made his mark, and must
say he was better talker and more of a
gentleman than any Governor 1 ever
METH. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-31
ROBBlNG HIS FAMILY.
And just Because smith Didn't Want to
BE Considered "Msan."

And just Because smith Didn't Want to
Be Considered "NIsan."
"Come, on mates. Fill up, boss; it's
my turn" said Smith. Nine boon COM
panions, hail fellows well met; nine
drinks for Smith to pay for; whisky
straight; ninety cents gone out of his
earnings and nine drinks in his fuddled
brain; and so it goes every payday, and
as many more days as the occasion calls
for Result: Smiths children in rags
and half fed; the landlord unpaid; his
wife, wretched, draggle-tailed woman,
a picture of misery.
Yet Smith was not drunkard; he
went to the foundry every day; he did
not get laid off; he was good work.
man, earned good wages, had steady
work; but the rum-seller took nearly
all his earnings, and, not content with
that. being an agent for the political
machine, used his influence and his
score to secure Smiths rate, and sue
ceeded in handing him over to the local
heelers in order that he might vote for
a boodler who would increase his rent
by increasing his landlords taxes; and
all because Smith wouldn't be mean, but
treated the crowd like man and robbed
his family. just how many Smiths
there are it would be impossible to
say, and just how much such men
strengthen the political machine it is
hard to say.
But if Workman Smith will look at
his ragged children, and his bedraggled
wife, and his miserable home, and will
ask himself the question whether he
had not better brave the taunts of his
to their standard, but be just to his
family, methinks when his whisky
fuddled pate gets clear ne will decide
in favor of his wife and family. Now,
Smith, be man; be courageous. First
say to yourself you will stop this treat
ing humbug, come what may. Next
make up your mind to persuade others
to do the same. Call meeting of the
boys at noon, tell them you think this
treating business is perfect folly, and
make motion to abolish it. Never
mind the laugh. They are sure to
laugh at you the first time. Wait
awhile.
Buy good clothes for yourself and
your family; let your little girl take
your dinner down, dressed nicely, which
you can do with the treating money.
Take your wife out on Sunday neatly
dressed. Then when the boys see this
great change they will say: Smith
isn't quite such big fool as we took
him for" Next time you call a meet
Ing, depend upon it you will receive
respectful attention, more especially as
your complexion has improved, your
nose is not near SO red, and your cloth.
ing and general appearance greatly i'm.
proved.
The only way 10 enlancipate the
wage-worker from the rumseller'S power
is to give him better and different sur
roundings and they are within the reach
of working men, who, realizing the ill
effects of the saloon, are willing to
make strenuous effort to tear them
selves away and lead others to better
appreciation of intellectual enjoyment
and their elevating influence on man
hood and ndependence.-Wi Saul,
in Journal of Knights of Labor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-31
FASHIONS FAVORS.
Things That Are Fashionable Even If They
Are Not Very Pretty.


Are Not Very Pretty.
Children and young girls are wearing
white cashmere, embroidered in vari-
colored woods and finished with baby
ribbon in matching shades. One with
vines and flowers of mingled blue, pink,
green and yellow had punches of the
baby ribbon combining all these colors,
and yet the little dress was exquisite.
The p:incesse polonaise has come to
stay, but can only be worn with pleasing
effect by those of well-formed figures. A
polonaise of beige-colored cashmere has
gathered epaulets of bronze silk, on
which are knots of ribbon, and vest,
sleeves and skirt panel of figured silk
canvas in tones of copper, bronze and
beige; the hat of bronze velvet is
trimmed with wreath of shaded velvet
zinnias, and a cord of bronze and copper
edges the brim.
There is revival of the fashion Of
wearing fillets for the hair, and from
the beauty and richness displayed in
some, tG is fair to presume that their
resurrection will be welcomed.
Gray is to be we'll worn this winter in
combination with soft yellow and gold
braid.
New lace-trimmed handkerchiefs have
quarter-inch hens, and are edged with
inch-wide Valenciennes lace.
For youthful wearers there are very
stylish Spanish-student hats of dahlia,
prune violet, and black velvet trimmed
with 20 hn
Nine. de Stael and close box turbans are
very popular, but they are rivalled by
the toque and a new particularly be-
coming English walking hat.
The rage for cane and umbrella heads
of remarkable shape and size, or con-
spicuous, grotesque and costly mount
ings, has gone so far that reaction is
expected this winter, and a modest cane
will be the correct thing.
Lace aounces are greatly used on tho
bottom Of skirts and ruches of silk, or
the materials are placed on the round
skirts, which have no train.
The fashionable method of mounting
the back breadths of skirts in the fan
plated style is chiefly adopted for heavy
fabrics in silks or wool, such as cloth,
tweed, sicilienne or poplin. The front
and sides of the skirt are as plain as
possible, quite round to the center back,
where the fullness is massed in side
plaits. Velvet revers are an ornamental
addition, and an improvement to fig
ure which is not slender. These revers
should meet at the waist, where they
are narrow and widen to the foot of the
skirt.
A favorite style in misses rings is a
band with ribbon wound around its
entire circumference. The rings come
in gold and silver.
Linen collars are again much worn,
the collars high, stiff, straight, with
very small studs.
Shirt fronts are accompanied by white
ties, like mans evening tie, which can
be bought ready, but are far better tied
when on.
The useful and comfortable blouse
waist and its kindred jersey bodice arc
such useful articles Of wear that theil
reign is likely to be prolonged indefi
nitely.-Boston Budget