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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-23
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-23
The NeMuDIscoYerY.

You have heard your friends and neighbo
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ust how good thing IL is. If you have ever
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-23

An attentive observer is. amazed
and shocked at the careless awkward
way in which many guests make their
exit from a crowded drawing room,
showing clearly that they do not
know how leave should be taken.
On entering they seem just as igno-
rant of the proper form to be observed
but the suave, watchful hostess, ever
on the alert to properly greet her
friends, comes to their relief and thus
makes their entrance easier and less
noticeable.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-23
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK.

Remember, that the paymen of Prizes
is Guaranteed by Four National
Banks of New Orleans, and the Tickets are
signed by the President of an Institution,
whose chartered rights are recognized in the
highest Courts; therefore, beware of all imi
tations or anonymous schemes"
Remember t. at the Supreme Court
of the United States has decided that
the Louisiana State Lottery Co. has Con-
tract with the State of Louisiana which
Does not Expire Until January ! st,
1895.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-23
Valuable Remedy.

letter from S. P, Wardwel. Boston, says
81 used Clarks Extract OF Flax lPapillonl
with great satisfaction, ana find it the only
thing have seen which would allay, with.
tout Irritation, the inflammation of the nos
''trils and throat. Its soothing and healing
properties were marked and immediate"
Large bottle sl.00. Clark's Flax Soap fs the
latest and best. Try it. % cents. ASK for
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-23

3134 Prizes, amounting to-. ......... 81 O54 800
NOTE-Tickets drawing Capital Prizes are
not entitled to terminal Prizes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-23
PRESTON,S HE'D AXE.

Judge ]. II. McLeary, ex-Att'y Gen'l Of
Texas and Past Grand Master of Masons, says
ache ever saw" Cures any headache. Fol
sale by all druggists, SOC.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-23
ShiIo,s.Catarrh Remedy.

No.3. Shilo's Catarrh Remedy, a marvel
obscure for Cstarrh, Diphtheria, CankerI-
Mouth and Head Ache, With each bottle there
is an ingenious Nasal Injector for the more
successful treatment of these complaints
without extra charge. Price 30 cents. Sold
by Kalteyer & Son. ID ly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-23

Address M. A. Dauphin,
New Orleans, La
or M. A. Dauphin,
Washington, D. c.
By ordinary lie tter, containing Money Or
der issued by all Express Companies, New
York Exchange, Draft or Postal Note.
~Address Registered Letters containing
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31
SunaI,S 2:06 Gait.

DETROIT, MICH, July 24.-The
remarkable event at the Driving
Club races to-day was Sunol's per-
formance for the half mile.
Charles Marvin was behind the
wonder, and sent her away on the
first trial. No one except those
who saw the trial have any idea OF
what the race was. Like
machine the beautiful filly worked
to the three-quarters without the
whip. At the three-quarter pole
running horse was waiting for her.
Shortly before the distance stand
was reached Marvin began to drive
for all he was worth. A mighty
cheer broke from the stand as il
became apparent that the filly was
doing the fastest half mile thai
had ever been done by a trottine
horse. Like pieces of machinery
worked the clean cut legs OF the
bay marc as she neared the wire
with never break nor skip. Tht
runner was not equal to the gait
and the crowd stood up and yelled
like one man when it became
known that she had made the hal
mile in 1:02 IL.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31

Among the nameless heroes, none are
more worthy Of martyrdom than he who
rode down the valley of the Conemaugh,
warning the people ahead OF the Johns
town flood. Mounted ON . powerful
horse, faster and faster went he rider,
but the food was swiftly gaining, until
1t caught the unlucky horsemsn and
swept on, grinding, crushing, annihila-
ting both weak and strong.
In the same way is disease lurking
near, like unto the sword Of Dsmocles,
ready to fall, without warning, on it,
victim, who allows his system to be-
come clogged up. and his blood pol
soned, and thereby his health endan-
gered. To eradicate these poisons from
the system, no matter whaf their name
or nature, and save yourself . spell Of
maiarial, typhoid or bilious fever, or
eruptions, swellingA tumors and kim
dred disfgurements, keep the liver and
kidneys healthy and vigorous by the
use Of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. It's the only blood-purifier sold
on trial Your money Is returned II It
doesn't do exactly as recommended. A
concentrated vegetable extract Sold
by druggists, In large bottles, at 91.00.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31

The resignation of the post
master at Progress and the abolish
ing of the office reminds US that a
great hardship is worked on many
of the farmers of this count, by
the government not paying the
postmasters of little country post
offices anything. Fifty or one
hundred dollars a year would
maintain such an office and would
accommodate a great many peo-
pie. Pay out less for pensions and
more for the accommodation of the
farmers who live off the railroads.
There is a good deal of mail going
to these offices and they should
be kept up by the government.
More money should be paid out in
this direction and less to pension
sharks
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31
A GOOD DEAL of senseless stuff is

n GOoD DEAL OF SenS6loSS Stut is
being published in regard to
where Blanton, of the Paris ap-
peal, got the pa'try sum of money
stolen from his house. We never
could see any reason for editors
wanting the public to think they
were set of paupers. Whiskers
grew on all such jokes long ago.
The newspaper business is q legiti-
mate one and should be so con.
Quoted. A living price is or should
be put on advertising space and
the business should be managed in
a business-like and dignified man.
ner. The day for editors to pose
as paupers, begging living off of
the public, is long since past and
should be forgotten as soon as pos
sible- The public knows and ap-
preclates the dignity and power
which attaches or should attach
to our business as profession, and
we thirk it high time for all
journalists to maintain or endeavor
to maintain their proper place in
all affairs relating to either person
al or public matters.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31
A Novel Rabbit Trap.

J. w. Funk, a farmer, of Hey
worth, ILL.,, is one of the IA, 600 in
venters who are competing for the
prize of $125, 600 offered by the
government of New South Wales
for the trap which may be decided
to be the most likely to be effective
in riddlng that country of its fear
full pest of crop-destroying rabbits.
He has received a letter from
Australia saying that the commit
tee which is to decide the matter
has looked with favor upon
his model, and inviting him to
visit Australia and demonstrate the
working of the trap. He will prob.
ably do so in a few weeks. The
trap is simple and cheap. 1t is a
device to dump the rabbits, one al
a time, into pit by means of
platform swung on pivots below a
suspended bait. In trap of siml'
lar device he caught fifty-seven
rabbits in one night in cornfeld.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31
Labor for his Pains.

The average workingman must
labor two weeks every year solely
for the benefit of government PEN
sioners. 1t is not accurately known
how many weeks he has to work
for the benefit of protected msnop-
olists, but certainly not less than
two, and probably four or five. He
also has to work a couple of weeks
10 cover his share OF the ordinary
expenses of the government ontside
of pensions, which now absorb
nearly half the annual revenues of
the Union. When the Mckinley
bill passes he will have to do still
more work for the protects" and
he will get in return-his labor for
his pains.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31

EVEN when over-production low
ers the price it does not pay any
individual farmer to allow the
yield of his crops to diminish.
The term "over-production'' is not
always general in Its application.
While such a thing as an over
production of a certain crop may
be possible, yet there never has
been a time when there was not a
scarcity in some other direction.
If the market is over-stocked with
one kind of product, the farmer
who grows several kinds of crops
will not feel the effects of over.
production as severely as he who
relies entirely on one crop.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31

THE Democrats of Pike county
will support Hon. R. H. Norton as
cheerfully as they will any one OF
the nominees. Norton will be nomi.
mated fairly and honestly, after a
hot but clean canvass, and there is
no cause for any scratching. The
Bowling Green Times, speaking OF
the groundless rumors af1oat, says
of the farmers of Pike: "They
(the farmers) know that Norton
has stood firm and voted for every
measure that would benefit them
If Norton is the nominee he will
get the votes of the Democratic
voters of Pike county, notwith'
standing the efforts of a few dis
gruntled politicians"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31

The Perry Enterprise says Mr..
and Mrs. Marion Richards gave a
lawn party last Saturday night in
honor of Miss Lena Moss, one OF
Monroe City's most attractive and
popular young ladies. The one
whose lemon contained the largest
number of seeds received a prise;
the guest whose lemon contained
the smallest number received the
BOBBY prize. They were awarded
to Miss Mary Nelson, Of Mexico.
and Will Sailing; Billie, of course
receiving the BOBBY prize.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31
GENEROSITY THAT PAID.
This Narrative Is VOuched Fol
as an Actual Recent Occur
renee In Gotham.


Young Mr.. de B. is q broker,
aud like most men of his walk Of
life, generously disposed. As he
left his Office one day last week he
was accosted by a rough looking,
raggedly dressed man who re-
quested the gift of fifty cents with
which to purchase dinner.
"Why should I give you fifty
cents for your dinner?" asked
young Mr.. B. "What claim have
you upon me2"
"None," said the beggar. "Tha,
is, no more than the hungry and
penniless always have upon those
who have something to spare"
"Do I look as if I had something
to spare?"
"You are a broker" returned
the aims seeker. 81 never knew 9
broker who had nothing to spare
to hungry man."
"Why don't you go to work."
"I may have to if you decline te
assist me-"
"That is strange. What is your
work."
"I'll tell you. 1 am a pick.
pocket, and l have just this after
noon been discharged from prison
have no money, no friends.
am, as I have said, hungry. You
see VIII at I am brought to. Starva'
ton or crime. If 1 can get a good
dinner I may be able to stave of
the other alternative for a while. y
Young Mr.. de B. was impressed
Naturally so, I think. Putting
his hand into his trousers pocket
he drew forth a half dollar ant
handed it to the ex-convict.
"There," he said "there is YOU
dinner. l shall be glad if / Car
save you from crime even for . lit
tie while"
At this young Mr.. de B. started
on his way, but the beggar was a
his elbow.
~ say, my FRIEND" said he.
| "Well?"
"Would you mind telling me th'
timer"
"There is the clock in Trinity
steeple."
81 know that-but your time
What is it?"
Impatiently Mr.. de B. felt 70
his watch. 1t was gone.
81 have been robbed!" he cried
"Precisely," said the ex-con
vict. "And here is the watch,
taking it from the pocket of hi
greasy coat. 81 took it while yo
were hesitatlng about giving m
the half dollar. The Lord help
them that helps themselves, bu
he also helps them as helps others
Take your watch. I don't nee
it. You got it cheap"
| And SO saying, the beggar turne
and walked down the street, an
was soon lost to view.
/ Then young MIR. de B., replat
ing his time-piece in his pocket
sauntered homeward, thinkin
deeply all the while, and thankin
his stars that being broker, b
was, like most men in his walk {
life, generously disposed.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31
Cleveland and the Tariff.
From the Kansas City Star.


Apparently the Hon. Roger G..
Mills has been asleep for severa!
months. He is now reported as
being in Missouri, making elabor-
ate speeches Gin eulogy of Cleve-
land,' with arguments for ''tariff
reform" in the Cleveland sense of
that term.-New York Sun.
"Tariff reform in the Cleveland
sense of that term," as the coun-
try-with the exception, of course,
of Charles A. Dana-understands
it, means the abolition of the un.
just inequalities of the present
system, not to speak of the more
fragrant determinations of the Nc
Kinley bill. The Cleveland idea
of tariff reform is reduced taxation,
free markets, fair competition. and
the emancipation Of the people
from commercial bondage. 1t pro-
tests against the tribute which pro.
lection levies upon one class fol
the benefit of another, and insists
that every man shall have the right
to buy where he can get the most
for his money. That is the doc
trine that Mr.. Mills advocated ir
Missouri, and the people heare
him gladly and never lost an op
portunity of manifesting the CRATE
full remembrance in which they
hold Mr.. Cleveland for the grea
service he has rendered to tn,
country in bringing to light the in
iuuity of protection.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31
Farmer or Politician ?


The Post-Dispateh predicts that
in the event Col. Jasper N. Burks
resigns as chief grain inspector,
Hon. U. s. Hall, lecturer of the
Farmers & Laborers' Union, will
be appointed.
This is quoted from the Fulton,
Mo-, Gazette, and is reproduced by
the Rural World for the purpose of
saying that it does not believe the
story. Mr.. Hall is either farmer
and engaged in his present work as
such for the benefit of his fellow
farmers, which we have always
maintained; or he is lawyer who
has pledged his troth to farmers
organization for all there is in it in
the shape of Office which we have
no reason to believe. Mr.. Halls
future conduct will aid in telling
the story and the press of the State
will help him,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31
THE following editorial from the

THE following editorial from the
New York Star may, perhaps,
throw some light on the kind of
returns we are getting from Wash
ington in regard to the census Of
Mexico:
"Porter, the Depopulator, has a
machine that does the work of COM
putting the returns at the Wash
ington office of the Census Bureau.
The ease with which this machine
counts up the population in Re-
publican communities and counts
it down in Democratic cities is
something wonderful. 1t has a
positive genius for work of that
kind. While they are about it the
Republican consplrators might do
worse for themselves than to add
this machine to the Fraud and
Force Election bill. Judging from
its record in the hands of Porter, it
would be able to count in a solid
Republican Congress in a way that
would make Davenport, Reed and
their subservient allies aghast with
enyv',
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31
From Mills PIattsburg Speech.

From Mills Plattsburg Speech.
In my honest opinion, outside of
the four years of civil strife, there
has never been time when it was
of more Importance for the Ameri-
can people to confer, to counsel
and to work. The time has come
when we must tread beneath our
feet all prejudice and untruth and
follow the lamp of truth wherever
it may lead. Tie country to-day
is depressed. The sad evidence
comes to US from vale and hill,
from mine and factory and from
field and household. Who is re-
sponsible? For more than two
hundred years previous to 1890 the
wealth of the nation was distribut-
ed around the humble hearthstone,
where it should be, contributing to
the human happiness and human
comfort. God reserved the rights
of the people to work for their in
dividual wants. The results of that
labor is now rapidly concentrating
into the Golfers of the few. Up to
1860 there were but one or two
citizens who could call themselves
millionaires. Two hundred years
of Democratic principles resulted
in this continuous distribution of
wealth. Thus wealth was diffused.
To-day the one-half of the entire
wealth of 100000 600 people is
owned by $1,000. Poverty and
distress is the inheritance of the
masses, while wealth and palaces
are the inheritance of the wealthy.
Who is responsible?
"When I was young the farmers
used to come to me to loan me
money. To-day they are mort
gagged for all they can stand, un'
able to pay their debts, unable
to supply their wives and childrer
with the usual comforts of life
! Who ia responsible? Thank God
can look into your faces and 50,
Won are not"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31
Mills on the Force Bill.

Speaking of the federal election
law now before the Senate, Hon.
Roger @. Mills, of Texas, said to a
st. Louis Republic reporter;
Speaking Of the federal election
law, which the Republicans threat
en- to pass in the present Congress,
Mr.. Mills said: 81 do not know
whether they will pass the bill or
not, but I do know that it will
create terrible state of affairs in
the South if 1t is passed. We had
military law down our way once
and we don't want it any more.
We have had elections IN the
South when We were not permitted
to count the ballots after they were
cast, operating as the ferce law now
contemplated by the Republicans
is to operate. I remember one
election of that kind and its re-
suits. The Democrats counted
noses on election day. They got
out all their votes at a great ex-
pense. When the polls closed we
knew we had won the election by
over 1000. The votes were count
ed by the opposition and they beat
US just 20. That sort of thing will
not be tolerated by the young men
of the South now. We older fel-
lows who have been shot down
three or four times are trifie con.
servative and we will, of course,
advise against violence and blood
shed, but I predict that if that bill
is passed there will be a great
many lives lost on account of it.
My idea of opposing it after it be-
comes a law is to have it enforced
in the northern States. These
fellows up north will not take
kindly to system of conducting
elections that permit United
States officers to step in and count
ballots for all State and local off.
GERS. I told the Republicans in
Washington that if they poisoned
the cup with such an infamous law
I was willing to drink it down, bu,
I wanted it understood that
should advocate it as part of the
Democratic party policy that
the northern Republicans be made
to drink from the same cup. If i,
ever becomes a law it cannot live
long. The Anglo Saxon blood will
assert itself and the Law will not be
permitted to exist. No party OF
set of men can keep themselves in
power by any such methods. The
Republican party, in the passage o.
the federal election bill, strikes al
the liberty OF the people. THAI
cannot be done successfully under
our system of free government"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31

THE Laddonia Herald unloads a
lot Of billingsgate about the Mexico
fair, the Mexico LEDGER and the
sham battle. The editor evidently
knows nothing at all about the
matter. The Lord never intended
him to know much about anything.
The Mexico tair had no more to
do with the sham battle than it
has with Sam Jones, who is now
showing in Moberly.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31
SALOONS ON WHEELS.
Original Package Wagons Do
Good Business In Kegs Of
Beer and Flasks
of Whisky.

FORT DODGE, Ia, July 25.-
The original package wagons just
put on the road by local agents of
8 Milwaukee brewery are apparent
ly filling long-felt want in this
vicinity. The wagons were origin
ally designed for country trade,
but have found good business in
the towns. Each wagon carries .
complete stock in trade, consisting
of all qualities of beer in kegs and
bottles, and also q quantity Of pint
bottles filled with whisky. The
"pony" keg of beer Is the most
popular package. It holds four
gallons and retails for s1.25. The
wagons cover regular territories
and have already worked up regu-
lar trade in some localities. All
the empty packages are collected
by the drivers. In some cases
night routes are made, and many
are the rumors circulated among
the neighbors of some good prohi-
bitionists about the sound of wheels
being heard round their premises
in the dead hours of night. The
wagons in different localities meet
with widely different receptions.
In some cases the agent is received
with open arms and invited in to
have something, while others are
refused admission and warned not
to come near the premises again.
In one strongly dry neighborhood
a gang of boys plastered the wagon
and its driver with bad eggs and
were warmly seconded in the affair
by their families. The local deal
ers say that the new business does
not affect their trade, and that the
sales from wagons are sales that
otherwise would mot be made.
However this may be, the fact
remains that the 80. p" wagons
| are doing q big business and the
origlnators of the scheme are well
satisfied with its workings.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31

From the Jersey Bulletin we learn
that BENZ. F. Dobyns has sold
and transferred to Geo. A. Morris
two finely bred Jersey heifers,
Willentina 65169 and Juliet n.
65l70. These heifers were bought
dirt cheap by Mr.. Morris and still
they sold for price four times %
high as could have been obtained
for heifers of their age of any other
breed of cattle in Audrain county
a one-sided argument in favor of
the jersey.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31
He is Getting There.

A colored man in South Carolina
watched a white mans bee-hives
pretty close and one day when
there were signs Of a swarming he
left his old mule with q bundle OF
hay on his back in the right posi-
ton and the swarm which settled
on the hay was safely walked of1
with and hived three miles away.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-07-31

aarx
ssskRsoR CAMPBELL, of Ohio,
sasiy SAID: ! do not know how
~ people look at it, nor do l
-. now it would work in the
u.a, but l say unhesita,ingly
Me attempt to control the
s,'0n OF congressman in the
l oy 3 force of deputy
'saais armed with bulldog re.
's1s and composed of the scum
: !. .o .oouspourings of hell-such mer
,ss;sm 80 made deputy marsnals in
mia s1sa In the election in 1854
elHs a result il bloedshed at ever,
place In the north,