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Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-04-02
Grand View
Breeding Stables
M H. SHOCK, Prop'r.
The Canadian ClydesdaIe Horse,
|1hiSdet0rd Tom ll4l,

Will stand the present season at 1.-THE
Grand View Breeding Farm" 10
miles Northwest of Mexico and 5 miles
Northeast Of CentraIia, Mo-, and will
serve mares at $40 to insure q mare in
foal, money due when the fact Is ascer-
tanned or the mare removed from the
neighborhood.
Thistleford Tom (1141l is one of the
best Clydesdale horses in America. In
color he is black, has white star In
forehead, hind feet white, weighs 1900
pounds, and was bred by Mr.. VIM. Nc
Coilough, of Enfield, Ontario. He was
sired by Thistletord (imp.) [279,] 1868,
l4759.) Thistleford Toms dam was
timp.) Second dam Mollie by Nether.
" Gmp.1 Third dam Floss by Sir
VIM. Wallace timp.) Fourth dam On
tario Girl by Grey Clyde Gmp., This
tleford Toms pedigree shows his
grand breeding and persons wishing
services of the best horse in the coun-
try need look no further.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-04-02

How can the people of Mexico
be expected to take the small pox
We have not heard of a single case
of vaccination which took.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-04-02

THrlaE will be no war with Italy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-04-02
w. w. JOHNSON.
Notice Of Yiu., s.,,.u-

Notice Of FINAL Settlement.
Notlce II hereby given that f;na,
ses,ieme1t of the estate of r. n EII;s
VIII be made at the May term OF Pro-
eate court OF Audrain county. Mis-
sourl, to be held at Mexico in Mav
ios5. Ut. WILLIAMS.
a@Sd Public Administratof
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-04-02
Combined Saddle and Harness Horse.
Description and Pedigree

VIII stand the present season at my
farm, S IL miles northwest of Mexico,
Missouri,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-04-02
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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02

young creatures.
"One morning as sat in the drug
store talking Ramsay happened in
and purchased a package of rat
poison. He mentioned casually that
the mice were bothering him, and
stood a moment gossiping with care
less good hnmor and then went out.
''That night the deacon with whom
he was boarding came hurriedly to
my Office to summon me. Rev. Mr..
Ramsay was taken very suddenly i'll.
l put on my hat and coat and went
to him at once. and somehow before
I'd reached his bedside it flashed
over me that he had swallowed the
poison I saw him buy in the morn
ing. The moment / entered the room
l knew that it was so.
He fingered three days, suffering
horribly, but not a word would he
say as to the motive of his deed.
Before he died he showed me a photo
graph he wore upon his bosom-the
picture of q young woman and a
child, each very beautiful and very
like the the other. And he asked that
it be buried with him, and SO it was.
The church gave him q most impos-
ing funeral and erected a fine monu-
ment over his grave, and they have
never ceased, believe, to mourn
their mysterious but dearly beloved
minister. For. d long while they
sought to find out the secret OF his
life, bnt the minutest inquiries failed
/ to reveal single fact. With char
acteristic. forsthqpgtt be had De-
stroyed his papers, leaving nothing
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02
A Queen In Exile.

Silk seems to be the Cinderella of
the tariff. It has been called the
queen of the textiles, but it is very
much neglected just now. Fashion,
more powerful even than statutes,
has turned to other favorites for the
moment, and in consequence there
is anxiety and even dismay at Pat
erson and in the silk market. One
of the largest silk manufactures
dumped / 300 pieces of dress goods
on the market, through the auction
room, and by the help of some good
friends in the trade managed to get
fair prices. But the test will come
when there is to be the largest auc-
ton sale OF silk goods in the history
of the country. Perhaps the largest
millin the United States will then Of
fer $3.50 pieces of dress goods in a
peremptory sale under the hammer.
This means that even the leading
mandatory cannot dispose of it's
goods through the ordinary channel,
and decides to cut the Gordian knot
with the blunt but effective weapon,
the auctioneer's mallet. The out
come of this sale will be watched
with keen interest all over the
country, as it will be proof of the
hard pan value of silk in this it's day
of neglect.-Henry R. Elliot, in
Washington Star.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02

the memories Of her youth camsrush.
ing back upon her; and in her eyes
Peter Palmer was not at all the
funny, middle-aged bachelor that he
was to thelaughin & school girls, but
just her own old sweetheart who still
loved her.
"Just to think of it'll" cried Lottie
Burns, q month or SO after this.
"Miss Chesney is going to be married
to Peter Palmer, Professor of Music"
WHAT shrieked the other girls.
Honor bright!'' said Lottie. Eve
must have made the match!''
Well, girls" eaid Grace, "for my
part I am gladi has ended this way,
and propose we take up q collection
for a silver water pitcher from the
class as a wedding present"
1t was Lottie who presented it,
and she never knew, nor did any of
the other girls, how forbearing Miss
Chesney had been in not exposing
them.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02
Too Many Dogs.

"S-s-say," said the passenger with
impeachment, making a frantic clutch
the evasive elbow of the brakeman,
at and pursuing him down the aisle,
''s-s-say, I wa-wa-want to get off at
Pup-pup-pup-pup-pup-"
''Pepperell!" shouted the brake
man, opening the door. "Pepperell!"
mono, not Pup-pup-pup-pup-pup-
pup-perell, but Pup-pup-pup-pup-pup-
Point of Pup-pup-pup-pup-Pines."
"Then," said the brakeman, you'll
have to take oil them pups into the
baggage-car and get off at Hollis.
You're on the wrong train"
But the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
was so mad he went on to Gnash
way, six miles further.-Bob Bur-
dette.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02
An Affecting Incident,

The confagration of the scaffold
intended for firew orks for the cele-
bration of the marriage of Louis
XIV is generally known. Amidst the
distracted multitude pressing on
every side, trampled under the
horses feet, precipitated into the
bitches of the Rue Royale and the
square, was young man, with girl
with whom he was in love. She was
beautiful; their attachment had last
ed several years; pecuniary causes
had delayed their union; but the fol-
lowing day they were to be married.
For q long time the lover, protect
ing his betrothed, keeping her behind
him, covering her with his own per-
son. sustained her, strength and
courage. But the. tumult, the cries,
the terror and peril every moment
increased. II am sinking" she said:
"my strength fails. can go no
further"
''There is yet wayl" cried the
lover IN despair, SeC Oh NY SuOul-
ders." He feels that his advice has
been followed, and the hope of saw
ing her whom he loves redoubles his
ardor and strenth. He resists the
most violent concessions; with his
arms firmly extended before his
breast he with difficulty forces his way
through the crowd; at length he clears
it. Arrivedat one of the extremities
of the place having set down his pre-
cious burden, ,faltering, exhausted,
ia tigued OF death, but intoxicated
with joy, he turns round. 1t was
different person! Another, more ac-
tive had taken advantage of his
recommendation. His beloved was
no more!-New York Ledger.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02
Didn't Comfort Him Any.
From the Boston Courier,

From the Boston Courier.
The line in which consultations run
is something unique enough and the
want of tact which some folks dis
play is as conspicuous as is the care
and grace with which some folks
glide out of an awkward situation;
A nice old lady recently related at
much length how complete heart
broken an old man was at the death
of his only daughter.
"He is completely FRUSTRATED" she
said. 'He cannot bear to be sc par
ated from her. and he says that there
was never anybody so afflicted before
in the world"
"But he is so old her nearer respond
ed, chat he cannot possibly live
long. l should think he would think
how soon he will go to her."
eyes," responded the other.
"That is what just told him the
day OF the funeral, and 1 thought he
was offended. At any rate it didn't
seem to comfort him any"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02
LOVES OPPORTUNITY.

3vo lovers BY the old front gate,
DO young and an aJonel
The village clock tors. Letsl Late! Latel
Twelve times in solemn tone.
mol Nol'
4 deep voice says aloud.
Sweetheart. don't 60
TIL the moon goes under q cloud"
The queen of night ri6,s high in space
Serenely bright and fair;
Her kisses gild the young swain's face,
The maiden's glossy hair.
IT'S late.
And all their vows are vowed;
Why wait and wait,
Til the moon goes under clou.7
The fair girls dewy lips repeat:
Good night is not good-by."
But love in youth is very sweet,
And village maids are shy.
s. Dear one,
With head 30 sweetly bowed
Don't run, don't run,
Till the moon goes under O cloud.
- George Horton.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02
that would throw light upon his
former history.

that would throw light upon his.
former history.
II often recall him even nov" add
ed the young doctor. land / can't
help wondering ii he was not the
hero of the strange tale he told me.
And in that case was he insane when
he killed himself or did he do it be.
cause of grief for his betrothed? Who.
then was the child whose portrait he
wore upon his breast?
Sometimes I fancy that he had
committed an offense which made
him a fugitive from justice and led
him at last to take his own life in re-
morse. The remembrance of his;
open face and kindly, sympathetic
manner makes this seem impossible,
and yet in this strange world. where
people are such curious contradic-
tory mixtures of good and evil, who
can tell?"--Buffalo Express.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02
An Ancient Mule,

Speaking of ancient mules, this
from the Hamilton (Mo.) News
Graphic is quite interesting: "Jule
a mule now owned by Maj. Robert J.
Williams of Ray county, came into
his possession during the siege OF
Vicksburg. From that time to the
close OF the war julie was one of the
team that hauled the majors meas
wagon and brought him home to
Missouri. She was twice wounded
during the siege at Vicksburg with
MIME. bullets, one of which remained
in her body until a few years ago,
when it worked it's way through and
fsll ont. The mule = quite feeble and
u III her 36tk yea<. she ii tteas11dsrl5
clreI lot III W hef fr&Sefiii 7a oIW =
Ind t6e miesmt er1 u kISS family. . IN -
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02
Lost Specimens.

The man who said jestingly tina
the chief use of going to school and.
college was to get stories to tell for
the rest of ones life was not without
a certain foundation for his words,
since no anecdotes are more con-
stantly repeated than those which
belong to this part of life.
Graduates who left the Boston
Latin school halt a dozen years ago
for instance, are always pleased to-
tell what happened to a preceptor-
there who had awakened much in
terest in his natural history among
his pupils by the use ofthe micro
scope. He was in the habit of bring
ing specimens to school, and one
morning an assistant found him
groveling about the floor, an empty
box in hand and an expression of
the deepest, CONSERVATION on his
face.
"Oh, I've done the most dreadful
thing!'' he exclaimed. "I've dropped
my box and spilled all my speci-
MEMS"
Cant you pick them up?" asked
the other.
ooh, no." replied the naturalist,
with a groan; Il haven't made out,
to catch single one"
"What were they?" asked the as
sistant, obligingly STOPPING down to-
assist in the search.
Forty live feas," was the start
ling answer.
The assistant sprang up like a,
flash.
Don't yon think" he said laugh
ing, chat the pupils may be trusted
to pick up the whole forty, if you
give them time enough?" -Youth's
Companion.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02
A BORN ECONOMIST.

=
Our little Bess has bsen brought mp
In . menags that's modest.
And Jet she does indulge in flights
OF fancy just the oldest
Mamma of course. has taught the tot
Ideas economic:
But Bess applies them in q way
That's oftimes truly comic.
One summers eve when Venus shono
While still the daylight dalIied,
A queen altho' the suns fierce kiss
Had lett her slightly pallid.
We saw that, tho the rest all gazed
Aleft in admiration,
Bess' dainty little features wore
Alook of depreciation.
"A penny for your thoughts" said I.
Then gravely spoke our girly:
81 fink they're 'xtwavagant in heaven
To light lamp SO early!"
& Exchange
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02
In Love With the Letters.
There is family in Charleston

There IS a IdIHlly III CNaEleSIOWnr
Mass, in which are four boys. The
first was named Leon C. Carter. the
second was given the name of Elmo
C. Carter, no thought being given
to the name previously given; later
the coincidence was noted that the
name of the first son contained cx--
actly the letters of the second, and
that also by accident the termi-
nation of the middle name was
''ton." Two additional sons we're
born, and here are the names Of the
four: Leon c. Carter, Elmo C. Carter,
Noel C. Carter, Enol C Carter, the
middle name in each instance ter
minating in ton" We doubt II any
other family can match this comb
nation.-Lawregce AnaeIiean.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02
Bringing Fathers Dinner.

III Ha8nA2 0SsI0t . AIAsA0As
From the New York Sun.
1t was in the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton depot in Cincinnati one day
when one of the men employed to-
oil the cars as they came in, acct
dentally fell under the wheels OF
moving coach and had his right leg
and hip crushed in horrible manner.
He was picked up and laid on some
coats spread on the platform, and.
a doctor was soon on hand. He
must have suffered intensely, but
after the doctor had examined him
he coolly asked:
doctor, how bad is it?"
every bad, indeed"
evil l live?''
"Not more than 10 minutes; 20.
are bleeding to DEATH"
"What time is it, JIM" asked the
man of a fellow employe.
"Eleven-fifty-five," was the answer.
"The children will bring my dinner
atsharp IL. Some ofyougo and stop
them. They mustn't see me die.
Poor motherless children-orphans
nOw!"
/ went to the door, with others,
and we were just in time to send
boy OF 8 and girl of 6 from coming
in. Each had hold of the handle OF
a basket containing fathers dinner
and they were smiling in anticipation
of the greeting they would receive.
We sent them away with a false
story about his having gone home,
and the eyes of both were filled with
tears disappointment. The echo OF
their footsteps could still be heard.
on the pavement when the father
breathed his last.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02
A MYSTERY.

I'D you ever bump
up against an in
dividual who bamed
your curiosity by
drawing q veil of Sc
crecy over his past?"
queried the young
doctor. whenit came
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-09-10
Train Robbers Use Dynamite.

ST.. LOUIS, September PA special
dispatch from Del Rio, Texas, to the
Post Dispatch says: "Telegraphic advi-
ces from Samuel, Texas, small station
on the Southern Pacific Railroad, located
in 8 thinly settled section, gives an &C
count of daring train robbery commit
ted by six masked men at that place
shortly after midnight last night. All the
money and valuables in the safe in the
express car were seized by The robbers, as
we'll as several sacks of mail and register.
ed packages from the mail. The amount
of money obtained cannot be learned, but
will doubtless reach into tens of thou
sands.
The train was just pulling out from the
station when six masked men simultane>
ously mounted the engine, mail and ex-
press cars, two men for each of these po-
sitions. Over forty shots were fired, lite
rally perforating the baggage and express
cars without injuriug anyone, when an
unexpected mode Of procedure was
adopted, that of exploding dynamite
cartridge against small window in the
express car. The effect was to tear out
the window and damage the express car.
The express messenger was stunned, but
he recovered in few minutes only to be
overpowered by the robbers and made to
give up his safe key. The train WAS de-;
layed several hours.
The robbers took their time in doing
the Job, showing the utmost GOODNESS and
exhibiting great nerve. Horses were in
readiness for them and on the completion
of the work the bandits rode rapidly
away and are now in Mexico, beyond the
reach of the authorities. The sheriff of
this city was telegraphed to secure posse
and give pursuit, reward of $3.50 per
capita being offered for the capture of the
robbers. He left at 10 o'clock this morn.
ing.
ST. LOUIS, September A special
from San Antonio, Texas. says that the
bandits who robbed the Southern Pacific
express, train at Samuels on Tuesday
night secured more booty than frat re-
ports of the robbery stated. In each
Wells. Fargo express car there are two
safes, one for local business and the other
for through business. The latter is lock.
ed at Houston and opened here; relocked
here and not reopened until it reaches
San Francisco. The messenger does not
know what the combination is, and the
contents are generally very valuable. 1t
was this safe that the robbers blew open.
The loss is therefore much heavier than
at first reported. Instead Of 1000 it will
reach $4,000 and may 60 even higher.
The manager of the Texas division admits
that the amount secured is over ten thou.
sand dollars.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-09-10
Cotton and Rice in Carolina.

COLUMBIA, S. O., September 5.-Ac-
cording to the report of the State weather
bureau for the week ending to-day the
cotton crop has been seriously injured by
the excessive and continued rains almost
daily in August, and for the past week.
The condition has not been improved by
the low temperature and little sunshine.
The early cotton has shielded it's fruit
bolls rotted, and seed in the open bolls
sprouted, thereby greatly injuring the
staple. Scald and rust was reported in
many sections. In stiff clay lands the
cotton crop has not been 30 materially in.
jured. The young cotton has grown rap.
idly, shedding most of its fruit. The in.
Jury to the crop is variously estimated at
from 20 to 80 per cent, some farmers
putting it much higher. Four and eight
one-hundredths inches ofrain fell here
yesterday, the heaviest for years and
the indications are that the rain has
been general throughout the State, in
which event the injury to the cotton
crop will be more than stated above.
Corn crops are fine, the rain having
done them little or no injury. Reports
from the rice districts assert that the rice
crop has been seriously damaged by the
rsins. In some localities cutting has be-
gun, ard considerable cut rice has lain
two weeks or more in the fields waiting
for sun enough to dry it before housing,
rotting and sprouting meanwhile. The
consensus ofopinion estimates the losses
on the rice crop resulting from the re-
cent rains at from 15 to 20 per cent.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-09-10
A Bonfire Of Corsets,

KINGSTON, ONT, Sept. ga few
weeks ago the Free Methodists began
series of revival meetings in Sydenham
and made many converts. Women
seemd particularly anxious to be gather
ed into the fold. As the number of con.
verts increased the excitement grew, and
the meetings, which we're held in the
town hall, grew 80 noisy that complaint
was made to the authorities, and the
revivalists were notified on Tuesday that
they would have to hold their meetings
elsewhere.
Nothing daunted they left the place,
after putting out scouts to advise their
friends where the meeting was to be
held, and adjourned to large vacant lot
in the edge of the town. Here they
were addressed by J. F. Frssier, a reyi-
valists, who sailed into the prevailing
mode of female dress and said women
are born beautiful and die misshapen be-
cause of the gearing of corsets. Frasier
is an earnest and powerful speaker and
his words created great excitement among
the women present.
"Throw off the accursed invention !' he
cried, "throw it off and go to God as you
left him! Burn them rather than burn
yourselves in everlasting fire."
This suggestion struck a responsive
chord, and be had hardly ceased speak
ing when an enthusiast piled up mate
rial for bonfire and applied match.
It was weird scene, the dusky evening,
the crowd ofreligious enthusiasts, culver
ing with excitement, surrounding fire
which shot up long tongues Of fame,
"Throw Off thu garmeutI' SHOUTED the
reyivalist.
"Burn them !" hysterically cried fem.
mime voice in the crowd, and pushing
and painting young woman of 25 forced
her way to the centre near the bonfire.
She was tugging at her dress. There
was sudden CLEAN of white shoulders in
tie glare of the freight and she flung
her corset into the flames, saying she
would die as God had made her and not
as she had made herself,
Her example was contagious, and in
less than half an hour not woman in
the crowd wore e corset, and nothing re-
mained in the blaze but a mass Of gro
tesquely twisted corset steels, amid which
the flames playfully fickered. The ex.
citement was 30 great and the nervous
strain 30 tense that several women grew
faint, but they haye burned their corsets
and were happy.
The Free Methodists consider the
revival great SUCCESS and talk of carry
ing the war into the States.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-09-10

the Secretary Of the Treasury has pre-
pared \. pamphlet in regard to the vol.
surne Of businesss in which be says: "1n
.respons . to many inquiries from different
sssctionIIof the country as to the amount
sof yariMs Kinds of money in circulation
sin the United States at the present time
and in former years, tables, showing the
Facts for each year since 1860, have been
prepared under my instruction and are
publish ed for the information Of the peo-
pie Of he United States.n The table is
2smbodle cd in 8 pamphlet showing the
amounliof money per capita which formed
the cr rrency of the country, and the
amoans sof circulation per capita for each
year from 1860 to 1891 inclusive. The
smallest amornt under each head was in
1852, icing, $40. .ss and s1o.2 % respective.
sly. Tie largest amount Of currency per
capita Was in 1885,. being ss4.S9, when
Che circulation was s22S3. The largest
scircula ion per capita is credited to the
present year, being $2S.45, while the
amoun'; of currency !s32.SS, the pro.
portions for the years 1883 and 1891 be-
ing rev srsed.