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Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
ledge WaXem's Proverbs.

Practickal politicks lacks a good
deel on bein' craftsmanship.
The man that'll give moren the
sallery ov an offs to git the job is
resky and needs watchin'.
A farmer hat knos enough about
politics to be any good at it knos
enough to let it alone.
Too much money is mighty nigh
ez bad as too little.
The candidate that's onest dom
have to tell it.
Money makes laws.
1t would keep Legislatures purity
bizzy eff law had to be made owe
agin every time it was broke.
Legislatin kin pull corks, but it
can't make EN- stay in the jug.
When it comes to appropriashuns
economy don't begin at home.
The fool killer ought to stay
aroung Washington more.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
MIR. HILL Is In IT..
He Will Open the New York Cam
paign-BrOOkIyn the Place.

ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. ct was
learned tonight that Senator Hill
had accepted an invitation to formal,
ly open the Democratic State cam
paign in Brooklyn the latter part Of
next week. He is now at work on
his speech in his rooms at the Del
aven House. Within the last week
he has been overwhelmed with invi-
tations to deliver speeches at certain
towns, but he has no engagements
pending the action Of the State Com
mittee. The Republicans propose to
fire their first gun at Rochester next
Wednesday night, and it is likely
that Senator Hill will follow it up on
Thursday or Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15

the true and tried Democracy have
stood with their hands raised and
their voices lifted in solemn, honest
protest against every Infringement
on the peoples rights-stood like SC
many guide posts to mark the decay
of public virtue and the decline OF
American liberty.
T | am a Democrat because [ am q
Southern white man, and whensom,
ever Southern people quit work.
ing and hoping and fightin and
votin for relief through the Demo
cratic party, the devil will be to pay
and we can jest blow off the dogs
and quit the drive.
| am a Democrat because Democ-
racy stands pledged by its princi-
pies and platforms to right the
wrongs that have been heaped on
the country by the Doodle party,
and the time is comm when she
will have the power to redeem every
promise and every pledge. "Truth
crushed to the earth will rise again.
The eternal years of God are hers"
AGIN THE THIRD PARTY.
Somebody wants to know what
'the Honorable r. Sanders thinks
about the third party" He is agin
it tooth and toe-nail. 1t is a Re-
publican axe with a high protection
handle in it, and they amt got no
better sense than to think they can
come into our Southern woods and
thin out the Democratic forests with
it. But they don't know nothin.
They are pulling the pucker strings
most too soon. Jest wait till the band
strikes up on "Dixie," yankee
DOODLE Oh "Cotton-eyed Joe," or
some other familiar old hymn, and
then you can go and pick out a soft
settin down place and watch the fur,
fly. When we git through with that
third party jack-o-my-lantern there
won't be anything left more than a
grease spot, Or maybe a little pinch
of hair to tell where it stood. 1t is
a Republican scheme. The very sun
shines through it.
Old Ebenezer Blevins, that used
to I'll a little farm over on Caney
branch, was a great hand for trying
new schemes. He had a little
steer calf that he wanted to break
so he could pillow his patches and
haul up iire-wood with him. Butt
he didn't have nothin but a double
and he didn't have nothin to
work with the yearlin. So he fixed
up a scheme of his own. He got
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
Manners In

II we desire children to be courteous
we must treat them with respect. They
Will infallibly copy our manners; so we
must take care that they are the best.
Lei us be as careful of their feelings as
we wish them to be of those of others.
When it is necessary to administer re.
proof, let it be given in private. MANY
chiidren are very sensitive on this point,
ana they feel acutely, although they
cannot put their emotions into words.
10 tell a child in public that it has been
rude, OF lacking in good breeding, is as
unwarrantable as it would be to tell a
guest so. 1t is no excuse to say that we
are trying to teach 1t to do better: we
a do this with greater effect if we take
1t aside at the first convenient moment
and gently point out where the error
was, n what should be done the next
Journal, ~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
His Credentials.

It doesn't make any difference which
United States senator it was, g long as
the story told Of him cannot be fixed
upon anybody he car get his hands on.
Suffice it TO say it was a United States
senator, and he had come to Washing
ton to be indicted into his high office.
He was out in a committee o with
two or three senators during the pre-
liminaries.
"By the way" inquired one, "haye
you got your credentials?
sYou bet / have" he replied on the
spot, yanking a big wallet out of his
pocket and slspping it down on the ia
BILE.
It was a clean give away, but they
never told anybody except in executive
session, and that is how it leaked out
Detroit Free Press.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
Children Cry fol-
Pitchers CastoFia.
~ m HacUr.p
G.. N. HASKELL & CO..
Carriage Makers and Repairers.

Headquarters for carriage ane
buggy repairing. Carriage trim.
ming and painting. Horseshoeine
and blacksmithing all kinds. We
have also a fine line of buggies, sur.
ries, phatons, carts and spring wag.
ons. You are especially invited tc
call and examine our spring wagons.
We thank you for past %favors. VIZ
are still located at the old stand and
are better prepared than ever to dc
all kinds of work in the blacksmith
ing line. GIN. HAsKEIL& Co.
Southeast corner Jefferson and Lib
erty Street, Mexico, Mo. 2-tf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
A Singular snanra

"Some of the most beautiful things
that i've In the ocean are the sponges of
the great depths, which have often yery
curious and interesting FORMS" said a
naturalist. mot least remarkable are
the SO called sea nests which are In the
form OF spheres Or sometimes ggs shaped.
The outer coat of one of these specimens
Is a complicated network over which a
delicate membrane is spread. An orna-
ent nil adorns the upper part, while
tne owe portion throws out q maze Of
glossy filaments Hike fine white. hairs.
These hairs penetrate the semifiu;d mnd
In every direction, thus holding the
sponge In its place, while a continuous
current OF water is drawn by waving
cana throug.. all parts of the MACS, pass-
ing on by a hole at the top. In this
manner the animal absorbs whatever
food may be afioat."-washinRton Star.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
Why He Couldn't.

A certain literary German whose
manner of speaking was extremely de-
iberate, and who disapproved of impet.
uosity of any sort under any circum.
stances, had an amusing experience in q
restaurant one day.
He was a well known figure among
the patrons Of this particular restau.
rant, as he seldom dined anywhere else,
n he generally was served by a waiter
who had become used to his way OF
speaking; but one day a new waiter
took his order, and brought his soup.
II cannot eat this soup" said the gen
tleman slowly, not looking up from his
plate, after he had summoned the waiter
for the second time. The man seized
the offending dish before the customer
could finish the sentence, and vanished
with 1t. He reappeared In a moment
with another supply of the same soup,
which he placed before the gentleman,
and then stood regarding him with an
anxious face, wondering what could be
the reason the soup remained untasted.
81 cannot eat this SOUP" again slowly
remarked the literary man.
why not sir2 What is the matter?n
stammered the unhappy waiter, who had
been told he was serving an important
person.
II cannot eat this SOUP" said the lit
erary genius calmly for the third time,
'because l have not as yet been provided
with a spoon" And looking up to catch
the expression of relief on the walters
face, he INDUCED in the low chuckle
which was the only expression of amuse-
ment to which he ever gave way
Youths Companion.
An Englishman who, after grumblino
about his native country for more than
half a lifetime, at last made up his mind
to emigrate to New Zealand, was asked
why he chose that far away part of the
world for a place of residence.
why" said he, cit is because nature
has made a much better rrangemen az
h seasons there than it has here"
What do you meanq"
What do / mean? Why, it's a great
mistake of nature, as any one must see,
to have the cold weather come in the
winter and hot weather in the summer.
how delicious it must he to have IL hot
IN December, now, which is the cold.
freezing season, and what a blessing To
get bracing cold in July, when every-
body needs it! Now hats the way they
have 1t in New Zealand, and that's what
1 call a sensible arrangement Of the sea.
sonsf-Youth's Companion,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
Ivory for Buttons.

ABOUT 1000 tons of the ivory nut are
brought from South America to this
country annually. Owing to the cheap
ness Of the raw material there Is not
more than $3.50, 900 per annum involved
in the traffic. Perhaps 1900 persons in
New York are employed in the handling
and manufacturing Of the nut and its
products.
The nuts when scraped with q knife
emit a rich odor similar to what is
known as the Brazil or cream nut. Ly-
ing stacked up on the pier they are in
teresting if only as illustrative OF the
great variety of extraordinary things
brought to New York from various parts
of the world and the ingenuity OF those
who have cleverly adapted them to the
uses Of mankind.-New York Telegram.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
MEXICO TO HAVE SEWERAGE.
The City Council Adopts the Plan
Proposed by City Attorney
Buckley and City EngI-
neer CD. Rodgers.

The City Council at its meeting
last night adopted the plan of sewer
age which will cost something less
than So 900. A 81 inch pipe is to
be laid and will drain the business
portion of the city. The route of
the sewerage system is as follows:
Main pipe begins at northwest cor
ner of the public square, runs north
one block to Love street,; hence
east on Love street to southeast cor
ner of BobBaker's property; thence
northeast by Dobyns' property to
branch. First district sewer, paid by
owners of the property along the
route begins at the west end of alley
at Tom Gibson's; thence east and
north to main sewer on Love street.
Second district sewer commences at
east end of alley at Hathaway's and
runs west to main at Houston &
Trimble's office. Third district
sewer begins at alley south of May
fields saloon and runs east through
Ringo and Central hotels blocks;
thence north to alley back of Carter
& Purdy's store; thence east and
north to main on Love street. Dis
trict No. 4 commences at Leake's
hotel and runs north to alley back
of Corners grocery store; thence
northeast to northwest corner of
square.
There was some difference Of
opinion in the council as to whether
the city should be bonded for $780,
900 or $25 900 for a complete sys-
tenn or whether the council should
spend the money they had in
sight for a partial system. The
latter opinion prevailed. AS soon
as practical the council is in
favor of putting in two more sewers,
one IN south Mexico and one in
west Mexico. These sewers when
put in will drain in a different di-
r%ection and will have no connection
with the one just ordered. The
matter was fully discussed in the
council last night and among
the outsiders who made a few re-
marks in favor of sewerage were
J. V. Williams, County Clerk; Mr..
Goodrich, Superintendent of the
Fire Brick Works, and RIM White,
OF the LEDGER. These gentlemen, las
well as all members of the council,
favored sewerage but differed in
reference to the amount of money to
be spent at this time. The City
Council appointed Mayor Lupton
and City Engineer C. D. Rodgers a
committee to go to Clinton, Mo-, to
examine their system of sewerage,
which is something like that pro-
posed here. Work will begin as
soon as possible and before frost
Mexico will have atleast one portion
of the city, the business portion of
the town, thoroughly drained and
We trust inside of two years that
the entire city will have ample
drainage.
The city pays only for the main
line of sewer mentioned above. The
district sewers referred to are paid
for by the property owners in the
districts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15

heard Of the CurIcURA REMEDIES, and after using
two bottles CuricURA REsoLvEsT, | could see q
change; and after I had taken four bottles, ! was
Utmost cured. and when I had used six bottle. Of
CurIcuRA RssoLrEsT, one boz Of CuTrcuRA, and
one cake Of CuTIcuRA Soar, / was cured of the
dreadful disease from which I had suffered for five
wears. I Cannot express with q pen what l So ffered
before using the REMEDIES. They saved my life. and
/ feel IL nv duty 10 recommend them. Ny hair 10
restored "a good as ever, and so ts my eyesignt.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
RUFUS SANDERS

For many years Mr.. B. .Thomp.
son, of Des Moines, Iowa, was Sc.
verely afflicted with chronic diar.
rh9a. He says: cat times it was
very severe; so much so that
feared it would end my life. About
seven years ago CHANGED to procure
a bottle of Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. II
gave me prompt %reliet, and | believe
cured me permanently, as | now eat
or drink without harm anything
please. [ have also used it in my
family with the best results" Fol-
sale by C. A. Ruckner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15

hair all fell out, until / was
entirely bald headed; II then
broke out on my arms and
shoulders, until my arms we're
just one sore. 1t covered nv
entire body, my face, head,
and shoulders being the worst.
The white scabs fell constantly
from my head, shoulders, and
arms; the SKIN would thicken
and be red and very itchy.
and would crack and bleed
II scratched. After spending
many hundreds of dollars. I
xvaa prnpnuucad snrprahh
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
Attention, Mexican Veterans!

SEDALIA, Mo-, Aug. "a, 1892
The 18th annual reunion of the
State Association of Mexican Vet.
Grams will be held at Keytesviue.
Charlton county, on the 18th and
18th of September, 1892. All
Mexican veterans are cordially in.
vited. Veterans are requested to
be at Keytesville on the evening Of
the 18th if possible.
H. M. BLEDsoE, Pres.
THos. P. Hoy, Sec'y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
Farmers, Attention.

We insure grain of all kinds
threshed, unthreshed, shelled or in
the ear, while in stacks, ricks, cribs
or in buildings on the farm, against
fire, lightning, cyclones, tornadoes
or wind storms.
GUTHRIE & GENTRY, Agents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15

Ministers of the gospel are re.
quested to call at our drug store
and we will give them free of charge.
a 50 package of "Cacterine" Or Ext,
of Mexican Cactus which cures ca.
tarrh, hay fever and all throat and
nasal troubles. G.. A. BUCKNER.
0t-Am
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
Children Cry for
Pitchers CastoFia.
A Beautiful Home For Sale on Terms
fa Suif Purchaser

A Beautiful Home For Sale on Terms
to Suit Purchaser.
One of the most beautiful homes
in Mexico is offered for sale on
terms to suit the purchaser. The
owner has left the city to reside and
has determined TO sell at once. The
title is perfect, in a good neighbor.
hood, and located on one of the best
streets in town. The house is new
and the Improvements are modern.
This is a rare chance for anyone who
wants a home. Address
If. DR.. PINCKNEY FRENCH,
9O4 Olive Street, st. Louis, Nc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
How the Pesnut Grov..

The peanut grows in the ground like .
potato. The seed puts forth a small
vine, which in due season hosscms.
From these blossoms little shoots or
pegs a again to the ground, and
the new peanut Is found in the soil near
tne parent seed. Peanuts are planted
about the last of April and are haryeeted
about Sept. 15.-New York World,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
Ftsbes Can Shed No Tears.

The fish has one striking though OBJ
vious peculiarity-its pupils are large, to
absorb all the light they can; but the
eyes are provided with no lachrymaI ap-
paratus, father ocean himself being so
assiduous in performing for them the
washing process that tears are not
necessary.-Chambers Journal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15

The Paper for Spirit Communications.
"Young man." solemnly announced a
long haired individual, gliding up to the
clerk at the stationery counter, 81 am a
medium, and I want some paper on which
to write to the spirits"
."Oh, do your responded the young
man in a tone which was almost spiritu-
GUS in it's freshness. "This is the wrong
counter. Go back to the other end of
the store where they keep the wrapping
paper"
The next instant the medium fetched
him one across the parietal bone with an
old umbrella tied around the waist with
a piece of Irvine, and walked out Of the
establishment.-Detroit Free Press.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
Children Cry for
Pitchers CastoPIa.

Billy Clarence, "just from Cali
f%ornia," arrived in Mexico last
night. He says he was once a resi-
dent of Audrain county and has been
around the world since he left here.
Maybe he has, as he has been gone
tower eighty days"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15

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., 1892-09-15

Capt. w. A. Abbott, who has
long been with Messrs. Percival &
Hatton, Real Estate and Insurance
Brokers, Des Moines, Iowa, and is
one of the best known and most re-
spected business men in that city,
says: 81 ear testify to the good
qualities of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. Having used it in my
family for the past eight years I can
safely say it has no equal for either
colds or Group" 25 and SO cent
bottles for sale by G.. A. Buckner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
PeriIs of New Fashions.

PerllS OF new EhSHAOHbs
Little Son-Pa, you'd better not dis
turb ma.
Pa-Why not?
"She's in an awful temper"
"What about?"
81 don't know"
"Where is your mar" e
Cup stairs in the ROOM"
"How does she act!"
"Oh, awful. She's ravin round, turn
ing over chairs and moving furniture
and banging things about awful, and
she keeps saying, 'Beshrew it. 'Consarn
it. and 'Electrocute it in the awfalest,
maddest voice l ever heard, only it aint
loud"
"Poor dearl She must have lost hel
collar button again."-Good News.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15

T. K. Wilson has opened up a
new shoe shop in the room vacated
by H. FRANKIE, near Creasey's sec
ond-hand store. He kindly asks
for public patronage. d2tW2t.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15

out his yoke and hooked himself up
with his little steer, sayin how he
would mosey around through the
old field with him till he got used to
the riggin. Then he called his old
lady and got her to tap the steer with
a switch and start him off. But the
steer didn't move off slow and easy
like old Ebenezer was eountin on.
Hecurls his tail and lifts his backbone
and lifts his tail and away he went
down through the woods like a storm
on wheels.
And old Ebenezer he was hollerin
at the top of his voice with every
jump and sayin:
"Somebody bead usl Head us
Head usl Goldurn our fool souls
We re runnin away. Head us! Head
usl"
| am not goin to put my head In
one end of the yoke with the third
party at the other end, then let the
Republican bosses hold the lines
and handle the whip. Not much,if
any, and, in fact, none at all scarce
Iy. l want to warn my friends
everywhere if you yoke yourself up
with such a team as that it won't be
long before you will be hollerin for
somebody to head you. No good
Democrat, no true Southern white
man can afford to bite at the third
party bait.
SANDERS CREED.
| thank God every night and
mornin that | came from a race OF
farmers from the aristocracy OF hon,
| est hearts and hard knuckles, from
a long line of ancestors who never
turned the back to friend or foe.
1 am a hardshell Baptist, a nat.
ural born Southern gentlemen; g
farmer from Farmersville and q
Democrat from my youth up.
l worship God, | adore mother
and the baby, I love my country
and my people, and ! pin my faith
and my hopes to the white flag Of
Democracy.
Agin every movement and every
scheme hat seeks to mislead the
honest voters, to cripple and weaken
the Democratic party and keep the
| shackels on the hands of her repre-
sentatives in the halls of Congress
agln demagogues and place hunters,
and political shysters and Ishmaeli-
ties and hypocrits; agin the men
from every quarter who hope to fill
their pockets or build up their polit-
ical fortunes through the wreck and
ruin of the Democratic party, who
now wear the sleeps fleece while
the VOLTS teeth peep out-agin
them all, the whole kit and bilin,
each separate and particular son-of-
a-gun. | have set my face as a
flint, and by the eternal iim-jams
III fight 'em till | die.
RUFUS SANDERS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
The Kansas CITY Times saws: Her

The Kansas City Times says: Her
bert Tureman, the young son of Col.
Robert w. Tureman, a well known
capitalist with interests all over Mis-.
souri,, is rapidly recovering from an
attack of typhoid fever, which at one
time threatened seriously. Young
Mr.. Tureman is a student of the Mis-
souri, University, having been grad
uated from the Missouri Military
Academy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15
Renairing Neatly Done.

Ii you want your watch cleaned
or repairing of any kind done neat
~, cheaply and promptly, call on
I. S. Riley. Satisfaction guran-
teed. T. S. RILEY.
At Beck's Jewelry Store.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15

Mexican Cactus was thought tc
be worthless until it was discovered
that it would cure catarrh. "Cac-
terine" is the remedy for sale by C.
A. Buckner. 21-4m.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-09-15

Annual ~Encampment q. A. H., Wash.
Ington, d. G., Sept. 20, 1892.
For this occasion the Chicago &
Alton and Wabash r. r. will sell
tickets to Washington and return al
a very low rate. Tickets will be
sold Sept. Is to 20. Good for re-
turn passage until October 10, 1892.
For particulars apply to E. S. Will
son, joint ticket agent. d&wt2O
"Cacterine' for catarrh. For
sale by G.. A. Buckner. 21-4m.