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Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

THE largest vote on State ticke.
in Audrain county was received by
Judge G. B. Macfarlane. He car.
ried Audrain county by 1872 plu-
rality: next came Hon. Lon V.
Stephens, State Treasurer, who re-
ceived 1860 plurality.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17
Ohio's Mysterious Electoral Vote

COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 14.-Official
abstracts were received by the Secre-
tary OF State to-day from fifteen addi-
tional counties, making fifty-one in
all that have been heard from and
leaving thirty-seven yet to report.
The figures already in do not show
any material difference in the results
as annouced by the RepublicanState
Committee, which conceded nothing
to the Democrats except one electoral
vote. Danford, the first Republican
electoral candidate, leads all the cleo
toral candidates on the ticket DO 1893
votes. Seward, the first Democratic
electoral candidate, leads his col
leagues by 1899 votes. Returns SO
far received do not indicate any
change in the result as already an
nounced, although should the ratio
of gains continue in the thirty-one
counties yet to be heard from there
is more than a chance that Ohio's
electoral vote will be more evenly
divided than at present calculated,
which is Harrison %, Cleveland 1.
There is scarcely any probability Of
the tardy counties changing the al
ready announced result on Secretary
of State, which is the election OF
Taylor, Rep. The Fayette county
tangle has not yet been settled.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.

Mrs. R. A.. Calhoun, accom-
panied by Miss Bertha Mcintyre, of
Fulton, left this afternoon for Kinks
vile to attend the wedding of her
son, Robert, who will be married
there this evening to Miss Vannie
Eller
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

The salary of the prince of Wales
is 5000, 900 yer year; duke of Con-
naught, s125,000; duke of Edin-
burg, 1925, 700, and the duke of
Cambridge, the queens cousin,
100000. The royal family costs
British taxpayers sac. 900 a week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

If the citizens of Audrain county
and Mexico who are interested in
the success of the Mexico Fair will
do one half their duty the asso-
citation will pay its debts and be
again upon its feet better than
auor
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

E. J. Cooper, a colored barber OF
this city, leaves for Black river,
Butler county, Mo. on a fishing ex-
petition next week. He will act as
chief cook and bottle washer for
Hon. Sol. Hughlett, Henry Clark,
DR.. Buck and other prominent Dem
oerata
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

If you see anything sticking up
out of a dreary and deep snowbank,
pull it out. It's the late Lee Barnes,
candidate for Representative on the
Third Party Ticket in Audrain
county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

j.. W. MASON, of this city, is
mentioned as a probable candidate
for United States Revenue Collector
of this district. Mr.. Mason is a
staunch and true Democrat and a
splendid business man.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

The Stoddart Society will meet
with Mrs. II. d. Hunter Thursday
afternoon at 8 O'Clock.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

Hon D. A. BALL, of Pike county,
is candidate for appointment as
United States Attorney of the East
ern District Of Missouri. Mr..
Ball is a staunch and true Demo-
crat, a talented and successful
LAWYER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

UNION THANKSGIVING services
should be held at the Ferris Grand
Opera House so that all the people
Of Mexico can attend and a hand
some donation be made to the poor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

THE county officials of Audrain
county paid a splendid tribute to
Judge Kendall, the retiring Judge OF
the Eastern District.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

THE Mexico Fair Association is
not dead. 1t met with reverses as
many other business enterprises do
but will be found next year brighter
and better for the trials it has gone
throuph.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

COLLECTOR John Atchison is in
the eastern part of the county col
Letting taxes. B. B. Runkle, OF
this office, is accompanying him,
looking after the interests of the
LEDGER. The circulation of the
MexieoLEDGER is close to the 5000
mark, which we want to pass by
January 1899
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17
As we Claimed. ga Grayeyard.v
From the Fulton Sun.

The graders on the new road
plowed into some collins on the
Kidwell farm. Mr.. Kidwell rem.
embers when the people were bur.
ied--thirty odd years ago. The
collins were ~tolerably well pres erved
and the hair on the skulls looked
nataurl. The beard on one corpse
had grown about five inches. The
remains were reinterred,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child. she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

The gist of the woeful predictions
which some members of the defeat
ed party are making seems to be
that the country is going to be ruin
ed because the Democrats will enact
a free trade law, and, moreover, that
the Democrats haven't courage
enough to enact such a law, anyhow.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

The ladies Aid Society of the NJ.
E. Church, South, will meet in the
pastors study on Saturday after.
noon at 2:30 A full attend
ance is desired.
MRS. j. M. POLLARD. Pres.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

We are the recipient. IS All inyita-
& g p series of balls to be given
under the auspices of the Lotus
Club, Louisiana, Mo. 1t is a very
neatly printed invitation and was
evidently gotten upin Newt Bryson's
fine job printing department. The
Lotus Club of Louisiana is widely
known for the brilliant hops given
| under its supervision.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

THE reputation of Mexico is at
stake. The Mexico Fair Association
mnst not be allowed to die. It's
debts must be paid and the Associa-
ton reorganiZed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17
on q Charge of Briber,

TRENTON, N. j., Nov. 9.-Harris
Baker and William II. Skirm. Jr..
prominent republicans, were arrested
yesterday on a charge of bribery. 1t
was set forth in the charge that they
had purchased votes, paying the voters
personally. Both men gave bail to an
swer. Skirm is the son of the republic
can candidate for state senator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17
Mr.. ROBERT KERR, of this county

Mr.. ROBERT KERR, of this county,
presented the LEDGER with a
cleveland head of cabbage" 1t
is one of the largest w have seen
this year. We don't desire any Re-
publicans to suggest that Mr.. Kerr
thought Mr.. Cleveland had a "cab-
bage head or that the Mexico LED
GER needed a cabbage head"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

Don't fail to glance in at French
& Garett's drug store window and
see the young lady operating her
chewing gum mechanically.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

THE City Council should repair
the inside of the City Hall. 1t
would be a disgrace to any barn in
Audrain county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

Miss Laura Bunton, sister OF j.
7. Bunton, this city, will be mar
ried in Kansas City tonight to Mr..
James Vannoy, a salesman of that
Mace.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

G. o. Browning will superintend
the construction of the sewerage
system. About 700 feet have already
been put down.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

Lizzie Marmaduke Eskridge's lit
tie baby is very i'll at the residence
of J. M. Marmaduke.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

WOMAN is indicated! a Chiago
lady looked under the bed the other
evening and found a man there.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

SENATOR +. NJ. CoCKRELL will be
reelected unanimously without OPP
position.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

Ir is now nearly a week since the
election, and nobody has set up the
claim that Chairman Carter was
drugged.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

HANNIBAL is making an effort to
secure a plow factory. Mexico will
offer splendid inducements for fac
tories of all kinds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

IT must be an added griefto Maj.
Mckinley hat the instruments
wherewith tie victory has been cele-
brated are tin horns.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17
And Always Will,

To the Editor Of the Ledger.
MEXICO, No., Nov. 15.-DEAR
SIR: There is nothing new about
J. NJ. Marmaduke standing on his
head when Cleveland was elected.
He always does. SUBSCRIBER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17
DOUBLY HAPPY.
Harrison Robinson Names His Twins.

To the Editor of the Ledger.
VANDALIA, NO., Nov. 14.-Born,
this morning, a little Grover and
Ruth-both doing well.
B. III. ROBINSON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

Mrs. Maud Fritts-H Holt is down
from Kansas City on a visit to her
parents,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

THE man who carried the country
for Cleveland is coming to the front
in large numbers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

J. A. Glandon's little baby is very
sick.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

Admission to concert at Hiner
Hall on Tuesday Nov. %, 10 cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

For nice Xmas present get a
dozen of Heads fine enameled
photos. dNwlt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17
FarSaIe.

A good paying business requirin,
small capital.
MOORE e HOWELL, Agents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17
THE LEDGER.
THURSDAY, II.

The people elected Grover Cleve-
land.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

KEEP your eye on the Mexico
Fair Association. It's all right.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

Mr.. Horn and Miss Brown, of
near Martinsburg, will be married
Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

Thomas French is much better
and will be out in a few days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

No less than FIVE candidates are
after the Hannibal post-ofice.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

Miss Myrtle Tucker ia the guest
of friends in Moberly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

much as any one man i'll Missouri
toward raising funds for the estab-
lishment Of this institution.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

Heads enamel photos for Xmas.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-03-08
REpEEMlNa BANK NOTES.
Many Curious Anecdotes of Their Partial
Destruction Are on Record

MANY Curious Anecdotes of Their Partial
Destruction Are on Record
Many an interesting story might be
told of the manner in which bank notes
are sometimes redeemed, writes Harold
w. George in the Chautauquan. They
are sent to the treasury department. In
every conceivable form. Sometimes
men will hide their money in ehimneys,
and the good housewife, ignorant of the
whereabouts of the treasure, will build
up fire that heats the chimney and
sets fire to the valuable contents. Mice
and rats, particularly in stores and
banks, steal the precious paper out of
tills and carry it away to make nests.
Dogs destroy and swallow it; and goats,
which are said to exist at times on
tin cans and back-lot deposits, are on
record at the treasury as having tried
to live on rolls of money which came
in their way. In cases of this kind the
animals are killed, unless thought to
be more valuable than the money lost,
and the little wads of pellets found in
the stomachs of the offending quadru-
peds are rescued and forwarded for + e.
demption. Babies have also been known
to swallow valuable bank notes, -but
there is no record of one having been
killed to make it disgorge what it had
eaten.
1t is rule that no bank note can be
redeemed unless at least three-6fths
of it are presented at the treasury, or
the loser makes affidavit that his mon
ey was lost under circumstances such
as to preclude its recovery. The
strongest kind of evidence is necessa-
ry to make the government officials
redeem lost or destroyed money when
the notes in question are not forth
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-03-08

suuJ-cp rSy pI1SSc uSrr11c nedaacneS, DuJ
after a few days in the factory they be-
come acclimated to the smell, if such
an expression be permissible. But if
they knock off work for a day or two
they are compelled to undergo the ac-
climating experience again.
"a single drop of nitro-gly cerine ex-
ploded upon an anvil with a sledge-
hammer would probably blow the ham
mer thirty feet in the air. l know of a
blacksmith who was repairing nitro
glycerine wagon in the oil country one
day, when there was a loud explosion
and the wagon was literally taken all
apart and scattered about his shop. A
few drops of glycerine had leaked from
the cans and lodged in tho framework
of the wagon. Strange to relate, the
blacksmith escaped injury, but he at
once hung up in his window little
card upon which was written in a
sledge-hammer hand: No nitro-glycer-
inc wagons need apply
Zone day in the Titusville oil field
a nitro-glycerine manufacturer was
standing in front of hotel, absent
mindedly kicking the hagstone walk,
when there was report about as loud
as the snap of o cap. The man few up
in the air about a foot and let out yell
that was heard block away. When
he got back on terra firma again and
looked at his feet the shoe was torn all
to pieces. In working about his glycer-
inc mandatory he had evidently satu-
rated his shoe with few drops of the
explosive, which were set off by the
stamping of bissfoot.v
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-03-08
ovER-sTIMuLATED BRAINS.
Erect OF tho Hothouse Forcing Atmos-
phere of Paris.

Effect of tho Hothouse Forcing Atmos-
phere of Paris.
There is something in the social at
mosphere of Paris that is apt to keep
the nervous system in state of high
tension, says London journal. 1t is
not easy to say what this influence is
whether it depends upon climate, con-
ventional habits, or fermenting ele-
ments of character which affect the
mass; but few people have stayed in
Paris little while without having felt
it. 1t produces feverishness of mind
that makes all rest distasteful if not in
tolerable. Women are probably not
more liable to 1t than men; but, their
nervous fiber being weaker, they have
less power of resistance.
The nevrosees of Paris society have
been fortune to the doctors of late
years. In their case it cannot be said
that literary work has done the mis-
chief. Writing has really very little to
do with the increasing demand for med
ical baths. If authors and journalists
living in Paris are more liable than
other people to fall into that restless,
anxious and sleepless state which is the
sign of an unduly excited brain, and
which, unless arrested in time, leads to
nervous disease, that renders life a
burden and may end in insanity, it is
not to be referred so much to the actual
work that they manage to get through
as to the continual excitement in which
they too often live.
There is so much temptation in Paris
to rush about and to talk, and the work
that has to be done is put off until the
faculties are faded, and need to be
whipped up to their task with strong
coffee or some other stimulant. Then
the effect of the stimulant, and the ex-
element of nervous exhaustion has to
be corrected by sedative such az
bromide of potassium, and more fire.
quently by the narcotic choral or some
other preparation of the soothing but
deadly poppy. The over-excited who
do not have recourse to calming drugs,
suffer all the fortunes of insomnia, and
these must be abated at any cost.
The doctors prescribe complete re-
pose and mountain air. But the fact is
that the majority of jaded writers are
unable to follow the DOCTORS advice,
and among those who can there are
few who win make up their minds to
do it until they feel that the coiling
serpent is crushing them. The success
full author is especially difficult per-
son to deal with. The more his nerves
are excited, the more he feels capable
of astonishing the world with his pow
er, the more he goes on producing
hooks
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-03-08
kINeLY OCCUPATIONS.
Although They Goeern Monarchs Mus
Have Some Diversion.

Although They Goeern Monarchs Must
Have Some Diversion.
Kings are supposed to govern, but,
like other men, some of them have been
passionately fond Of some more COM
monplace employment. Here are few
of the most curious:
Briantes, king of Lydia, was quite an
adept at fling needles, whilst Eropus,
one of the kings of Macedonia spent the
greater part of his time in making vari-
GUS kinds of lanterns.
To come nearer home, says London
Tid-Bits, George.III. gave but little time
and attention to the science of govern
ing, but spent every moment he could
snatch in turning. He had fitted up,
for his own use, in the gardens of his
palace at Kew, a workshop, from
whence he was often brought after
keeping cabinet council waiting for
hours. Poor Louis XIV, of France,
spent most of his time in making locks.
One trade, that Of watch and clock
making, has had two royal followers.
Leopold II. and Charles " were both
very fond of making and mending the
timekeepers of their day. But the
strangest of all occupations for king
was that of Harcatius, king of Parthia,
who spent his time in catching moles
He was considered the most expert mole
catcher in his kingdom.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-03-08
PICTURESQUE AeusE.

An Irish Orator Who Became Decidedly
Pers onn1 In His Remarks.
Congressman ''before the war; were
somewhat accustomed to the exchange
of supplementary language, but per
haps no American legislators were ever
SO practiced in vituperation as the
members of the much-lamented, YAH
ished Irish parliament on College
green. Somehow they contrive to keep
on friendly private terms while treat
ing one another to most picturesque
abuse.
On one occasion, says the Chicago
News, pointing a quivering finger
across the house at his opponent. one
Thaddy Burke concluded with these
words:
"And every nimber of the honorable
gintlemau's fanille is benayth con-
timpt-from the white-lived hound that
is shivering on the fure to the painted
bag that is grinning in the gallery"
How did you know that his sister
was in the gallery" whispered COM
rade as the orator sat down.
'Shure, didn't Thaddy himself tell
me she was going to be prisint when
we were coming down to the house
after dinner?"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-03-08
a MAMMOTH NEWSPAPER.
1t Was 10 by 100 Inches in Size, and Its
Columns Were AZ Inches long.

1t Was 10 by 100 Inches in Size, and Its
Columns Were AZ Inches long.
The Paper World has among its odds
and ends a copy of what is supposed to
have been the largest single sheet news
paper ever published in this or any
other country.
1t was entitled the Illuminated Quad
ripple Constellation, and was issued at
New York, July 4, 1859, by one George
Roberts. The edition was to have been
% 1000; but it is reported that the press
broke down before the full number was
run. 1t sold at so cents copy.
The size of this mastodon sheet was
70 by 100 inches, or almost forty-nine
square feet, eight pages, thirteen col
umns to the page, or total OF 104 coll
umns each forty-eight inches in length.
1t was illustrated with good portraits
OF President James Buchanan, Edward
Everett, Henry Ward Beecher, n. p.
Banks, Edwin II. Chaplin, Horace Gree
ley, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Alex
ander Won Humboldt, James Gordon
Bennett and several others.
The paper contained thirty-six differ
emit poems entire, among them Brad
docks Defeat or the Battle of Monon-
gahela," poem of sixty-four eight-line
verses, occupying one column and a
fourth, or exactly five feet of space.
Among other articles of especial note
published in that leviathan sheet was
the celebrated Moon Hoax"
The weight of the paper required for
the edition of IS, 900 was equal to that
required for printing 100000 copies of
the Morning Journal. The paper cost
the publisher $50 ream and each ream
weighed 800 pounds 1t required the
work of forty persons ten hours per day
for eight weeks to set up and publish
this gigantic edition.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-03-08
ELLlAI DEvoTloN..
The Little Girls soIIcitudc for Fer Baby
Sister.


The Little Girls solicitude for Fer Baby
Sister.
She was tiny little girl, says the
New York Mail and Express, with
dirty, sun-tanned hair, blua calico
dress and bare feet. She carried in her
arms baby half as large as herself,
and the baby was SO heavy that it
sagged down in the middle, giving the
infant the appearance of being held by
the feet and the nape of th>. neck.
There was some excitement around the
corner of the next street. and Che chill
dren were hurrying forward Ike mad
from all directions. The little girl
tried to run, but the baby rvas too
heavy, and her breath gave OUT. Said
/, in spirit of badinage:
'Drop the baby, sis, and go see what
the trouble is.
She stopped and stared at me.
II say, put the baby down on the
sidewalk and run"
Eyer must take me fer fool, mis-
ter
"Why2p
Zoos, this is our baby"
"Well, suppose it is? III st.sS here
and watch it for you"
mo, you won't, mister. You might
carry it off.
.'What if did2 Amt you tired car
rying it around and making your back
ache?''
'.Naw, amt. Say, mister, this is the
only little baby we've got, and if yer
only knowed how she can crow and
laugh yer wouldn't want me to do no
such thing This baby hain't got no
ma. 'cept me, and pa and me couldn't
do 'thout her. She sets up in a high
chair at the table and crows and kicks
while me and pa eats, and at night |
rock her to sleep like ma used to do.
When ma died the baby didn't know no
better but just laughed and shollered,
and cried SO couldn't keep her still.
Put her down on the sidewalk! Fool
killer II git you, mister, eff yer stay
around here long,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-03-08
CALLED FORTH The EVIL ONE.
How a Convivia1 Company Rid Itself of
an Objectionable Member.

How a Cornwall Company Rid Itself of
an Objectionable Member.
One night not long ago group of
kindred spirits were gathered in an up
per room at the house Of one of the
number, the women of the household
being absent for the evening. The tide
of merriment was flowing genially when
they were joined by an undesirable
young man who may be called Brown,
as that was not his name. They cast
about among themselves as to how they
could get rid of him without giving
/ offense, and one of the number suddenly
bethought himself Of a masquerade cos
tune he had constructed, with much
labor and thought, to represent the
Father of Darkness. Hastily whisper
| ing his plan to his friends, continues the
| New York Tribune, he quietly slipped
away from the house, and hurryiEg
home donned the suit and returned.
Knocking at the door, he inquired Of the
person who answered the summons If
Brown was within
eyes; step upstairs and you will find
him, . was the reply. With much clank-
ing Of chains and gathering of hoofs he
slowly mounted the stairs and entered
the room where the company was gath
cred, inquiring for Brown. There was
q scene of indescribable confusion, the
well-simulated terror of the rest rem
dering the uninitiated young man al
most helpless from fright; all he was
able to do was to roll under the table.
At last the others made rush for the
window and, one by one, dropped to the
ground below. AS the last one climbed
through the window Brown, who did
not desire to be left alone with his Sa-
tanic majesty, made a dash at him,
caught him in his arms, and with the
strength Of terror drew him back and
flung him across the room. T4en leap
Ing himself from the window he started
for home at rate of speed which a
sprinter might well envy. At every
stride he would cry out until his voice
was lost in the distance:
please, Mr.. Satan, don't take me yet;
please don't take me just YETI
The jolxers returned to the room weak
with laughter, and they have never
since been troubled by call from
Brown, who still persists that the evil
one in person had sought him on that
| occasion