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Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

The Revised Statutes of Mis-
souri-vol. 2, sec. 692S-authorizes
each State representative to ap-
point a cadet from his representa-
tive district to the military depart
ment of the State University, and
each student thus appointed will
receive, in the way of fres tuition
and uniform, about 500 per year
from a fund created for this pur-
pose. This will be a fine appor-
tunity for some young man OF this
county, and those who desire the
position should consult Hon. c. +.
Clark, who has the appointive
power.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

non,t fail to attend the Auction
lie of lots Thursday afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

la Crosse Lumber Co., wholesale
yard, planning mill, dry kiins, Louis
ana. Nc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

The national teachers conven-
ia in session at Detroit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

ine Hannibal Journal says: ].
Nelson and daughter, Miss
:afy, returned to their home at
|.exico yesterday after a visit with
. Laura Crawford, ON South
daple Avenue.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

Buy your lumber of La Crosse
Lumber Co. at Laddonia, vandaiia,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

Miss Mary Turner, of Montgom-
CITY. is visiting here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

A blast fired at Joe Prices rock
quarry early this morning raised
the people of West Mexico. They
thought it was the booming of can
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

There afe now 5000 registered
~..,mseists in Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

me Jefferson City Tribune says:
lot OF tents and other camp
!a'psgs was shipped from the
Armory yesterday to Mexico
q use as the N. G.. NJ. Encamp-
lsat this week,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

s. Jones shipped one car hogs
n, Louis last night
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10
DEAD LETTER LIST.

MEXICO, Mo-, July 8, 1890.
r IST OF LETTERS remaining in the
LPost office at Mexico, NO., for the
week ending July 10, 1890, and which,
if not called for within two weeks, will
be sent to the Dead Letter Office at
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

rlhert Rouse, of Paris, is visit
Harry Atchlson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

promptly and at the exact hours
specified IN these orders. By or
der of COLONEL COMFORT.
EDWIN BATDoRF,
Cantain and Adiutant.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10
STOCK

0tOck S01pNQ0ntAs
VIM. Harrison shipped to Chi
cago to-day cars Of cattle, and 2
cars of hogs.
Northern & Wallace shipped /
car of mixed stock to st. Louis last
night.
Mr.. Ridgeway shipped last night
to St. Louis ! a of hogs.
Lewis & Householder shipped 4
cars of cattle to st. Louis to-day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

la T. Saunders, Of Louisiana,
4 10 in the city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

Other people save money by buy
ing of la Crosse Lumber Co., be-
sides getting better grades. why
should YOU not do the same!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

The Lacrosse Lumber Co., form
eriy sold lumber deelers, now
gives the consumer through its
many branch yardo, t1e,advantage
OF good grades at low prIees. One
profit saved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

No. Nsuule Fritts Is home from
,vrasse.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10
LleVslIE. $50 The Season, Llnilet.
ProngHisry, SOS the Season, Limited.

VIII not be responsible for escspes
or accidents, but win use care 10 pre-
vent them For further Information
call on or address,
r.. H 7Ak4Es
1fHxiss 1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10
q Tr;mble Is in Laddonia.

rws is as scarce as green Vege-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

aIuxtoH, -. -.
rews J r Lewis Clara
lett Anton Matticker John
s M Michel Nellie
Mrs Nellie O'Brien Mary E
4 Ellen Richerson Mrs E
8 Bleven Smith Henry
slas James Shira Charles
G. M Trimble John
t Emma Thomas j l.
Sue Vivit0r Monthly
A l. Warren Rev
as Mrs Polite Washington Ellen
irix Ira Wise John T
ey Timothy Yarnell Joe
Annie Mccall Katie
son May McGregor p
JOHN w. BEATTY, P. d.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10
Young Men, Attention.

Use Lacrosse Lumber Co. rea
mixed paints. Guaranteed stric
mira
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-13
Must Add CORRECTLY.

From first to last the children must be
accurate and reasonably rapid in addi-
sion. The business man Is the power
behind the public confidence in the
school. The doctor and the preacher
say more about the school. but the
loyalty of the manufacturer, merchant,
and banker counts for ten times as
much with the city fathers who make
the appropriations. The business man
has no respect for a school system that
turns out youth at fourteen or sixteen
years of age, who cannot add prompt
" and accurately. This ability signi-
fies as much with him as the correct
use of the spoon in a plate of soup
does with his wife's estimate of the So
cial standing of girl of seventeen.
This is not high view to take of the
subject, but it is practical view.
There is justice. also. in his demand.
1t signifies much. Ii is skill easily at
tanned. Good teaching secures such
reliability and rapidity with unvarying
certainty with nine tenths of the chill
dren, and with no great expenditure of
time.
Start right. Use objects at first, but
urop tnelu very SOON. LOO long use
of objects is responsible for much of
the inaccuracy in adding. The lower
third of the class should have five min
utes' practice daily to the end of their
public school course; the second third
should join in this practice twice a
week, and the upper third once a week.
We know Chicago school in which
we rarely find an incorrect answer in
the practice of either of the fundamen-
tai rules, and it results from a little
practice every day until graduation.
There is character in such work, also.
The habit of accuracy and rapidity is
contagious. 1t permeates all the work.
1t has its bearing upon speaking easily,
writing correctly, learning definitely,
and thinking clearly.-Jourmat Of Ed
ucdti07s.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-13
He Had The Documents.

We were waiting at Trenton for the
cross train to Long Branch, when a
lame and sorrowful-looking man began
to circulate among the people and
solicit aims on the ground that he bad
just buried his wife after long illness,
which had, coupled with ill-health, re-
duced him to poverty.
Look here, sir!n said the third
man he came to, you are liar and an
impostorn'
'But l am not" quietly replied the
man.
''But you are! You told me this
very same story in Buffalo year ago."
''And he told it to me in Pittsburgh
about two years agor" added a second.
'And he related it to me and got
money in Patterson three months agor'
exclaimed third.
Gentlemen, am a truthful mani"
protested the beggar.
But you are telling mighty old
story"
No, 1 amt. My last wife died four
months ago."
Your last? How many have you
had?"
uT6e. LOlQ This SUOTV III buIIal0
because | lost my second one there.
Please read this document
1t was doctors certificate of the
cause of death, with a newspaper notice
pasted thereon.
''But you told it to me year previ-
Gus in Pittsburgh" said the Pennsyl-
vanian.
'.No doubt of it, sir. Please read
this. 1t relates to the death of my first
wife"
1t was some such document as the
other, and its genuineness could not be
doubted.
'.And the story you told me at Pater-
son relates to the death of the third,
SUPPOSED" queried the third accuser.
1T does. Here is the document"
That paper was also straight, and the
first accuser scratched his head, looked
puzzled, and finally said:
''Well, | take it all back. You are
not an impostor, but excuse me and ac-
cept this half-dollar, when l rise to re-
mark that you are stopping in house
next door to fool"
And the thrice bereaved was sent
imping away with a purse of about Sc.
N T. Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-13
SPORTING GOSSIP.

The six-days go-as-you-please race in
Detroit wa. finished March 1st The dis
tances made We're; Guerrero, sos miles,
taking first money; Noremac, sos, second:
Cartwright, 479, third; Heran, AIT. fourth;
Messier, fifth. making ATS miles The
winners divided over $1,000
Duncan G. Ross defeated Donald Din
ME In mixed wrestling match at Mel
bourne, Australia, Jan b. Actual wres-
Ting time, l hour and 26 minutes Ross
won at Gr8co-Roman and catch-as-catch-
can, and after a tedious struggle conceded
the bout wrestled in Scotch style to his OPP
ponent.
Lou Shaw is in New York, and chal-
lenges any man in the world to play him
at three-ball finger billiards for $500 to
81 900 side, ''Yank'' Adams, proprietor
of the Chicago Sporting Journal, preferred.
There was meeting of the Madison
City Base Ball league, last evening, and
schedule of games for the coming season
was nearly completed. Officers were elected
and business of minor importance trans
acted. The clubs are to be uniformed and
the men selected from the best base ball
material the city affords Much interest
is manifested In the matter and the season
promises to be one of unusual interest.
Jim Collins, professional sprinter, we'll
known In Madison. recently won the Shelf
field handicap In England after an excit-
ing race. There were four entries, namely,
J. Collins, America, J. jackson, Hayrick.
G. Ashton, Newton Heath and S. Peet,
America. The Sporting Chronicle thus
describes the contest: Little time was
lost in preparing for the struggle, and
when the runners were poised upon their
marks silence reigned supreme, whilst
the spectators on the stand all dotted their
hats so as to afford each other a good view
of the race. Wilkinson fired the pistol to
splendid start, all getting off, Jackson,
with the advantage, made the running
from Collins, with Ashton third and
Peet fourth but, try as he would, Jackson
could mel keep out of the way of Collins,
who drew up, and dozen yards from the
tape they were close together. 1t was ex-
pected that Jackson, who is good finish
err would beat Collins in the last few
yards, but this did not prove to be the
case, as the Yankee finished slightly the
fastest, and won one of the most exciting
races ever witnessed on the post; in fact,
no one except those directly in line with
the tape could say who had won, and
there was considerable doubt until the
referee ran and placed his hand on Col
Inns as the winner. Ashton never got any
nearer to Collins, and finished yard in
the rear of Jackson. with Peet yard be-
lshind Ashton"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-13
THE LAST HEAT.
The Climax in the Lottery Situation Grow.
ing Near.

BISMARCK, n D., Feb. 10 The in
terest In the revival of the lottery scheme
is general today. If the session termin-
ates March Is the bill must be re-intro-
duced tomorrow to make it possible to get
it through Attorney General Goodwin
said he would send in his opinion today
upon the duration of sessions. If he in
cludes the holiday recess the session term
mates ON the 18th and if he does not it
terminates Mayo. If he is satisfied of the
lottery bill coming up he may decide the
legislature can remain In session IN order
to beat the BILL
There is the best of reasons for believing
the lottery bill will be taken from the table
tomorrow or Wednesday, in order to get
a test vote on it. As it requires a two
thirds vote to take it from the table, that,
if secured, would be enough to pass it over
a veto. If the motion carries, new bill
will be introduced. making the annual tri
butte $3.50, 900 instead of S75, 900. while the
price of the charter will be raised from
$4,000 to $4,000 and $4,000 will be
paid at once into the state treasury The
seed wheat question will be used with
powerful effect
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-13
The Reading Tastes.

The taste for good reading is usually
acquired. 1t is the result of education
or patient training. We have no right
to expect or demand that child love
good books unless he has been aided
effectually by teachers or parents. We
hear people attribute the lack of love
for good reading to natural weakness
or depravity of the child, when it is
really the weakness or neglect of those
whose business it was to establish the
habit and create the taste for good
reading. A child must learn to love
good reading by practice in good read
ing. There are many ways in which
he can be made or tempted to read
good books until he does enjoy them.
Almost no child likes to practice upon
the piano for an hour day, but the
parent in so anxious for her to use her
fingers skillfully that she hires, leases,
coaxes, and if need be requires her to
sit at the piano for an hour day and
thump away upon the instrument.
The child prefers play out of doors,
prefers her companions to the solitude
of the music room, but she is made to
see the advantage of being good
player, and how impossible that is
without practice. And then teacher
is employed once week or oftener to
give her an hours lesson for her to
practice on for another week, and she
does it whether she likes it or not
Now, how much more important, even
it is that a child be taught to like good
reading. How much it would mean
through life for child to have an ex-
pert teacher come to the home for an
hour once a week and talk to the child
about some first-class book; tell all
about the man who wrote it; about the
way he came to write it, what men
have thought and said about it; how
much good it has done; what good it
will do to know all about it; read the
preface to the child; talk about some
of the leading characters; read some
descriptions of the leading characters
and prominent scenes, and talk about
the special truths to be emphasized by
the book. After that the child might
be called to read aloud by himself, or
before the family if he chose, for half
an hour day, and at the next lesson
the teacher could talk about it, and if
he had not gotten hold of it, he might
read it over again as he would reprac-
tice piano lesson.
1t would be a comparatively easy
matter for any child to acquire taste
for good reading if the parents were
earnest in their desire that it should be
acquired, But it is not necessary that
expert teachers of reading be employed
for the average child. The school can
and should accomplish this. 1t is not
the teachers work merely to hear chill
dren read, but rather to secure taste
for good reading. 1t is more import
ant that a teacher be an expert in
securing this taste than that he do any
other part of the school work well.
Normal schools. summer schools. and
institutes should devote themselves es-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-13
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Mrs. Y. Collerette and her seven chill
dren were burned to death in her residence
four miles from Montreal, Quebec.
Chas. Williams, blind, and having but
one arm, and his 12-year-old son, were
murdered in the suburbs of Galena, Kas.,
while asleep.
One hundred and fifty general passenger
agents of the railroads of the United States
and Mexico whose objective point is the
City of Mexico, where they will attend the
American Association of General Passenger
and Ticket Agents on March Is, left Chi
cago yesterday.
Sir Peter Coates. of the well-known
thread making firm of j & P Coates, died
at London Monday.
Mr.. Lincoln denies that he will resign
his foreign mission on account of the death
of his son.
The crockery warehouse of B. C. Clark
at Kansas City was destroyed with its con-
tents at a loss of 100000.
Fire destroyed property in Detroit,
Mich, to the amount of S150,000.
There was considerable furry in the
New York coffee market on account of the
situation In Brazil. 1t advanced from so
to IS points before noon.
Chicago postofice distributors McDevitt,
Weidman and Nelson died yesterday
died from the genuine grip, hav-
ing contracted the disease from handling
the Russian mails.
Patrick Grove was given preliminary
hearing at Chicago yesterday for the
shooting of Officers Briscoe and Linville
End printer Call and Annie Hall and held
under 81 900 bonds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-13

ment found it necessary to take steps to
render the effects of the articles IN America
as nearly as possible nugatory.
With this object in view the govern
ment lately sent to the United State
fifty agents, charged with the duty of en-
deayoring to modify the impression made
by the articles, and also to secure the
passage of an extradition treaty looking
to the return to Russia of fugitive
political offenders. These emissaries
are under assumed names, and are
known only to the secret police at ST..
Petersburg. The ostensible object of
their visit to America is to lecture on
Russian subjects, which discourses will be
supplemented by the publication of
articles In the various newspapers lauda-
tory to the car and his government. Al
ready three of these emissaries have ar
rived in America, two ladies ard a gentle
man of high4 social position. One of the
ladies is delivering lectures on Russia in
the western states, and the other is sim
ilary engaged IN southern states, while
the gentleman is in Washington cultivat-
ing desirable acquaintance writing oc-
casional newspaper articles, and taking a
general survey of the field pending the ar
rival of his colleagues
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-13
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

The senate committee on privileges and
elections today considered the motion of
fered by Senator Char der regarding the
Interpolation by Senator Call of certain re-
marks in his speech on the murder of
Deputy Marshal Saunders in Florida The
committee decided that the record shall
contain the report of Senator Calls speech
according to the official reporter. -.
The question to omit the debate within
parliamentary bounds the committee will
recommend to be referred to the committee
on rules for definition. The committee
will also ask that the committee on rules
be requested to report an amendment to
the rules by which the columns of the rec
ord be protected from any interpretations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-13
ASKS FOR DISSOLUTION.
The Credit Mobi1er Company Has no Out
standing Obligations.

PHILADELPHIA, March S.-Charles R.
McMitchell today made application to the
court of common please in the matter of a
petition of the Credit Mobilier: company Of
America for dissolution. The accounts
show that the corporation is possessed of
books and papers used by it, which are of
no value. and that the corporation has no
outstanding obligations of any kind
Treasurer Ham AYERS that prior to 1872
and since, the corporation had no assets
or property except claims to certain lands
in Iowa and Nebraska and claims against
the Union Pacific railroad company, and
its successor, all of which claims were con-
tested. All the various claims and suits
have been adjusted. Judge Williamson
took the matter under advisement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-13
Secure Attention.

Teachers are told what to do and
what not to do until they get tired of
it, but there is one point in school
work upon which little has yet been
said. In order to teach a child, his at
tention must be gained and held. The
reason many are not successful as
teachers is because the school-room is
like graveyard. There is no life;
nothing to cause the child to smile, to
feel desire to learn 1t is dull, dry
lesson, few cold, barren facts devoid
of interest, and the pupils wade through
because it is lesson, and both teacher
and scholar are glad when it is over.
You have seen the same. How can it
be remedied? The eyes of the sleepy
boy will be opened suddenly when he
is aware that story is coming. A
little talk on something to the question
in hand, aside from the book, will
start new life into class. A promi-
nent educator not long since said to
the writer: Il do anything in the
world that is reasonable to gain atten-
ton, a story, sometimes a
joke; again, perhaps change from the
Topic in hand to something else for
time, only TO return when all eyes and
ears are attentive, but anything l can
to make them think of the work in
hand"
Teachers in district schools are not
usually blest with large classes. It
is difficult to keep the attention of a
few. The same thing is true of large
classes. But in either case the same
methods can be employed. The writer
has had classes from one to fifty, and
it is as difficult to interest the one as
the fifty. But in any case, gain the
attention, hold it. then the rest is easy.
IN. j. Elr0d. Bloomington. I'll. II.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-13
RUN DEPOSITS OF SILVER.
Steps to Work the Silver Mines in Florence
County.

FLORENCE. Wis, March 10.-Brighten
& Williams of Iron Mountain, formerly of
Montana, have applied for an option upon
John Romans silver exploration. located
ON the northwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of section q, 40. 10, town of
Commonwealth. and will soon take pos
session of the property, which is owned
In fee simple by Mr. Roman. The Iron
Mountain men named recently visited the
property for the purpose of drilling and
testing with view of ascertaining as far
as possible the extent and value of the
Roman find. The parties, who are ex-
perlenced silver miners, obtained speci-
mems of the vein matter and pronounced
it true fisher vein, and as result of their
Investigations, entered into negotiations
with the owner for an option upon the
property. The vein is three and a half
feet wide upon the surface, and laying be-
tween the two walls is quantity of soft
chloritic decomposed matter six inches
in width which is saidto indicate on I'M
usually rich deposit of silver, small guam
titles of gold and silver have frequently
been found in this country during the
past ten years, clearly indicating the
presence of true veins of the precious
metals somewhere. Mr.. Roman has long
been confident that he has located one of
the deposits
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-13
LAND GRANTS.
Plumb's Bill FavOrably Passed Upon by
the Committe on Public Lands.

WASHINGTON, March THE senate
committee on public lands this morning
agreed upon and Senator Plumb subse-
quently reported general land grant for
teiture bill, framed on the same lines as
the bill passed by the senate during the
last congress- The bill forfeits to the
United States lands opposite to and coter-
minOus with that portion Of any railroad
not now completed and in operation, for
the construction und benefit of which the
lands have heretofore been granted. 1t Is
provided, however, that this shall not be
construed as forfeiting any lands hereto
fore earned by the construction of any
portion of a railroad under any act of
congress making a grant of public lands.
Persons in possession of any forfeited
lands under the title derived from the state
or corporation to which restored lands were
granted, are given the right to purchase
lands from the United States In quantities
not exceeding three hundred and twenty
acres, by any person at the rate OF 81 rs
per acre, at any time within two years
after the passage Of the act. Where per-
sons or corporations hold land to which,
under the terms of the act they cannot OBJ
tain title from the United States, they
are given six months within which to re-
move the growing crops or improvements
which may be made. A clause added to
this section provides that it shall not apply
to any loans in Iowa on which any person
In good faith, has made or asserted the
right to make presumption or homestead
settlement. The bill repeats certain sec
tions of several acts in regard to land
grants in Iowa and Minnesota, which con-
fict with its provisions. In the homestead
entries of forfeited lands the parties to be
given credit for the time they have already
been on the lands.