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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1892-01-02
MR. pEsLER.s souP.
ne A.e tbs y sh sauce TO The cooks
Great Consideration.


no A.e tbs y sh sauce to tho cooks
Great CONSERVATION.
4 party OF Chicago Burlington &
Quincy officials were out ON a tour OF
inspection mixed with pleasure ,n-the
general managers car aud a fine mus
callongc. which one OF the party had
captured. was 10 be the leadiEg a.trac.
tion OF the dinner. says The Locomo-
tive Engineer. The cook devoted spe.
cial attention TO maxine the ish a tri-
umph OF his culinary art and the most
appctzing sauce known go COOKS was
prepared TO give the m,scalionge u
good sond-on. Whom dinner was
called General Superintendent Besler
sat down and continued The story he
was telling. The waiter carried in 4
dish and set IL down beside Mr. Besler.
who took mp "a spoon and began 10 cat
without letting the act interrupt his
talk. Presently Mr. Harris rang for
the waiter. and said. why don't
you bring the soup for tho rest 81 us?n
Why. Mass'r Harris said tho
waiter, dar's no soup 10 day.
No soup? Why Mr., Bcsler Is eat
ing soup
The startled darky gazed at Mr.
Bcsler and when he could End breath
cNclaimed 70 dc Lud sake II Mr.
Bcsler amt eat ali dc FISH sauce.'
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1892-01-02

When Corean marries. he Is care-
iul 20 present his wife with wild
goose even II no Is obliged 10 hire the
bird specially for the occasion; for
cnce upon time. a wild goose whose
mate was killed returned year after
year 20 the same SPOT 10 mourn her
loss. and the Corean bridegroom wish
Is HE bride TO understand the virtue
OF constancy.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1892-01-02

A pagan" was originally the In
habitant OF pagus or village a
countryman. II came 10 mean
heather because II was chiefly in
the country. outside the town, that the
worshippers OF the old national gods
were allowed 10 continue. A heather
was originally person living on tho
heath.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1892-01-02

a frost insurance company Il being
formed in France and IL promises 20.
be u successful ventura tits estimated
hat the loss 10 agriculture by frost In.
France is about Hl5. 0OO 900. and tho.
compr' Ill insure against thiA
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14
Agricultural News and Notes.

n
There is a rumor to the effect thai
an effort is being made to revive tea
planting in the South.
The late agricultural conference al
Cornell University was largely at
tended by the prominent agricul.
turists of New York State.
Several Astrachan sheep from
Persia have been sent to Californi;
for propagation by the Agriculture
Department at Washington.
As to the amount Of hay in feeding
horses, the rule Of several London
omnibus and delivery companies is
aTen pounds Of hay and four quarts
Of oats per meal"
The increased use of Commercial
fertilizers is indicated in the estab'
lishment OF 400 factories in the
United States that annually place on
the market $40, 600, 900 worth of fer
tilizers.
Secretary Rusk says that the de.
partment has reduced the amount d
deaths among cattle at sea from 1e
por cent. TO / per cent. since the
agitation ii regard TO mistreatmenI
& Ca belzn sofaa len monlhs aeoI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14
Rutland, VT, and L. R. Whitley Of
Mexico, Mo. The three first named

dweregg1E as5s Ct Yale College.
Mr.. Whitley is a graduate Of Central
College, Missouri. With the exeep-
ton of Mr.. Whitley the contestants
had all appeared several times be.
fore audiences at New Haven and
were great favorites, being generally
regarded as the ablest men in the
university. The judges of the con.
test were John II. Peters, Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court Of
Maine, Hon. Albert Matthews, Of
New York, and Hon. William P.
Grape, Of Massachusetts, and they
unanimously awarded the prize to
Mr.. Whitley.
Mr.. Whitley is the son of a Mis-.
souri, farmer, and his early boyhood
was passed as a farmer lad. He
spent two years at college, but other.
wise educated himself. His legal
education was obtained at the Uni
versity of Virginia and at the Law
school of Yale. He comes of a long
line of staunch Democrats and is q
devout worshiper at the shrine Of
Thomas Jefferson. He gained some
newspaper notice recently by refus.
ing to enter a contest at Yale where a
negro was one of the competitors
|TheRepubIie has obtained a copy Of
his prize Grafton, and the full text
follows:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14
BEAVER DAM ITEMS.
Correspondents of the Ledger.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
BEAVER DAM, Mo-, July 49,
Wallace, Northern & Co. have
bought hogs of the following par.
ties: Ed. Jesse, Z head, average
100 at $3.50; Hiram Threlkeld,
so head, average ITO at $4.75; w
B. Wright, average $50 at $4.75;
E. H. Dieus, 8 head, average LIE
at $3.50; R. A. Herring, 10 head.
average 215 at $3.50.
D. K. Crockett, near the heac
waters of Beaver Dam, is erecting {
very cozy residence.
Robert Calhoun is building hal
mile of new plank fence.
Andrew Jackson Hood sold his
fine saddle and harness horse tt
Foote Bros, of Mexico, for $3.50.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. G. H
Crockett, a son.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Williamson
a daughter.
Lee D. Haven, who had a glide
around the world, is back home
on the Valley.
Lon Ridgeway lost a fine JENNIE
last week.
The season for fishing is here,
and the following members Of
Junior club No. s took a stroll tt
Auxvasse last week: J. N. Waugh
and Miss Retta Garner, e. G. Miller
and Miss Guy Garner, Ed. Harrison
and Miss Mary Eller, A. J. Hood
and Miss Annie Wright, R.. B. Price
and Miss Allie Harrison "A. H. Dicus
and Miss frankie Harrison. After
the young ladies had spread a fine
luncheon, which was highly enjoyed
by all, a visit to the Auxvasse rail
road bridge was made and all were
satisfied with the time had. Junior
Club No. 8 always make a success
of their undertakings and this was
no exception.
Irving Calhoun sold to Wallace &
Co. II hogs, weight 200, at 1928.
Lockridge & Lundy shipped to
Chicago Monday one car of SHEEP
and one of cattle. PUELLA.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14
The Townsend Prize.
now 1T WAS CAPTURED Ry A
MISSOURI MAN.
Full Text OF the Prize Grafton on
State Socialism, by Which Il.
r. Whitley Won High Hen.
ors Mt Yale College.
Rrom tbe st. Lonis Repnblic


The distinguished honor OF win
ming the Townsend prize for oratory
at Yale College was carried OIL by a
Missouri man this year, the VIC
tor being Mr.. l.. r. Whitley of Mex
leo, Mo-, and his subject being
estate Socialism," The Townsend
prize is 800 and was established
many years ago by Hon. j. w,
Townsend of Connecticut, to be
competed for annually by the four
members of the senior class of the
law school whose graduating ora
tons the faculty consider the best.
The Townsend prize is the honor
most highly valued by the college,
and the very high standard estab-
lished by contestants in past years
make its capture by Mr.. Whitley
something of which all Missourians
should be proud. The contestants
this year were s. A. York of New
Haven, Conn, w. A. McQuaid Of
New Haven, Conn, w. I. Aiken OF
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14

Ii anyone organizes and arms
bodies of men without the authority
of some State he does what he has
nc right to do. If he and his or.
ganized and armed body attack peo-
Pile and kill them or do them bodily
injury they commit a crime tor
which they are liable to be indicted
and sent to the penitentiary. This
is just as true of the Pinkertons as
it is of an organized body of strikers
who may do bodily harm or seize
property not their own. Ii any one
does the same thing under the pre-
tended authority of a State otherwise
than as UGH sauthority is exercised
with the consent of Congress, both
he and the State are practically in
instruction against the United
States. The constitution of the
United States declares that no State
shall "keep troops" without the
consent of Congress. Congress does
not consent to the keeping by States
of troops other than the militia
provided by law. Organized and
armed bodies of men so employed
that they are liable to come into
armed collision with other men are
troops. No State has a right to
keep such bodies, or to authorize
any of its citizens to keep them.
Whether acting under pretended
State authority or not, therefore,
Pinkerton troops, armed and officer
ed as at Homestead, act without
due authority of law. They have
no more right to shoot people than
any other unlawful organization has.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14
Portean Stanley.
From the Washington Post.

al NA1 y = =
Henry NJ. Stanley was first a Con-
federate soldier then a deserter after.
ward in the Union Navy and again a
renegade. He has brought himself in
to prominence by exploits in Africa Of
questionable usefulness to civiliza-
ton, though of distinct value to the
monarchs of Europe who wished to
locate the portable property they
coveted and intended to seize, and
he, smirched by suspicion and ac-
cusation of such cruelty, both to his
followers and his captives, as would
disgrace the very sayages whose ter
ritory he invaded. The British voter
made no mistake when he sat down
on Henry NJ. Stanley and he win be
wise if he takes effective measures
for keeping him down.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14
MR.. WILFLEY'S EFFORT.
Full Text of the Grafton That WOn
the Townsend Prize at Yale.

The Nineteenth Century has been
a century of social progress. The
governmental methods of the age
have been revolutionized. The pen
dulum of politics has swung from
monarchy to democracy and now
threatens to rise to the other ex-
IRENE of socialism. The doctrine
OF the divine right of kings has
been repudiated, democracy is prov
ing unsatisfactory, and the divine
right of legislatures is now clamored
fer. The earlier schools of social
lists hoped to accomplish their ends
by the complete abolition of all
ferns of government. The new
school proposes to equalize condi-
tons by the extension of govern
mental functions. The former theory
was supported by Karl Marx,
Lasalle and Proudhon, who taught
socialism, anarchy and nihilism.
The promoters of the new idea are
Wagner, Chamberlain and Henry
George, and their doctrine takes the
title OF State socialism.
The underlying principle of all
socialism is the dogma of equality,
to which State socialism adds the
proposition that the State can ac-
eomplish for the individual what he
cannot accomplish for himself.
With this hope of equalization of in
comes the advocates of State inter-
ference proceed to the nationalist
ton of industries. Under this
regime, telegraphs; railroads, man.
uflctures, and eventually real prop
erty, are to be placed under the
control of the General Government.
The simple statement Of the logical
results to which such doctrine must
lesd is sufficient to show its absurdity
and impracticability. The greatest
mistake of modern Legislators is that
they look to the immediate results
rather than to the ultimate effect of
legislation, forgetting that laws make
upthe rtiicialenvironme stowhieh
society in its development must con-
form; forgetting that a machine does
notincreasein e itincreases
in size, and that beyond acertain point
efficiency decreases as size increases.
The parts of the governmental ma
chine operate with harmony and pre-
ciaon up to a certain point, and l
msintain that modern representative
g~o,ernments have reached that point.
Already the federal machinery has
bei pme The most potent political fac
~ 81 He f1beafv K ~7fnt4faa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14
D OF puBI1cArIoI
ORDER OF PUBL1cAfloAs5
STATE OF -
COUNTY OF AUDRAIN.
In the Circuit Court for June
Kingman & Co., Plaintiff, Is
VS.. -
8. P. Nichols, Defendant. -

Now, on this, the 18th day.
A. D., 1892, it appearing to IT,
faction of the court that the de-
is a nonresident of this Stat7 {
dered that said nonresident Z
ant, s. P. Nichols, be notified
LEGATION that suit has been COR
against him in the Circuit On
Audrain County, No.. the OF
general nature of which Is . sK6
tachment and q levy made D.
following lands In Audfain
Mo-, to-wft: Forty acres of
part of the northwest quarter
section thirty-four (34l, towns
TWO t52ll, range eleven I'LL, e.
the payment of the balance
note given by s. P. Nichol5 q
man d Go. at Centralia, Mo.,fk
dated Sept ed, 1891, and unIeNE
said 8. p. Nichols, be and apr
term of this court to be held e
leo, Audrain County, Mo-, On
Monday in October, A. D., T.
answer or otherwise plead,
will be given against you. Il
ther ordered that a copy hereof
iished in the "Mexico Weekly
GER" a newspaper published
drain County. Mo-, for four We
required by law.
A true copy.
In witness whereof / set nz3
and the seal of said court thz5
I'D, 1892. BEN g. J0HNh&
tSEAL] Circuit e.
Sebastian d Gordon, atsofl
plaintiffs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14

L. R. Whitley favored the Ep.
worth League, of the M. E. Church,
South, yesterday evening with a
very interesting talk. Mr.. Wiley
spoke principally Of the simplicity
of the Christian religion, %impressine
the young people with its greatness:
though simple. He maintained that
science and religion were not in con
troversy with each other, as some
claim, but that science is a help te
religion. "With one exception,
said Mr.. Wiley, 'sall infidels thai
/ have met are FOOLS" The Lea
que hopes to be favored again soor
by Mr.. Wiley.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14
UNDER MARTIAL Law.
Homestead and Carnegie's Plant Held
by the National Guard.

PrTTsBuRG, Pa, July 12.-Home.
stead is under martial law to-day
The military arrived at $40 a. m.
-Four trains came in from the east
and several more are expected
Nearly two hours time was required
to land the men at Munhall Station
directly opposite the great steeI
works.
A few hundred workmen gathered
at the station and silently watched
the men fall into line. There was
a curious look on all faces. The blue
uniforms and steady, regular step Of
the men evidently made an impress.
sion upon the strikers that caused
them to fall back at every command
to clear the way.
Homestead, in half an hour after
the troops had landed, was placed
under military control. Where, a few
days ago, a striker stood at every
gate, at corners of streets and for.
babe passage, to-day a hundred sol.
diers asked the public as to their
rights to pass through tie hastily
constructed lines.
The Governors staff arrived at the
same time with troops and was sta
toned on the hills with the men.
Strikers say they are DESTROYS Of
giving the National Guard q friendly
reception. They say they have no
desire to do anything to conflict with
the military rules, and will cheer
fully comply with all rules laid
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14

the leadership and molds the policy
OF the nation with such brazen inn
punity that it has become the shame
and disgrace Unpopular government.
Increase the present army OF officials
ffty-fold and what viii be the result?
Individualism will give way to pa
ternalism and tho integrity OF the
citizen will be replaced by the pro-
fligacy of the parasite. This is the
experience of the European nations
to-day, and in Russia, where State
regulation is carried furthest, says
Mr.. Wallace, a man who has passed
his whole life without official rank,
seems not to be a human being.
Such is the ideal set before the
young men of a nation-such is the
type of society which this system
necessarily tends to produce.
But more serious still, this doctrine
strikes at the very foundation and
involves the elemental principles OF
government. When a structure is to
be erected, two things r to be con-
sidered which are paramount to all
others; first, the kind of structure to
be built; second, the material that
is to be used. And in rearing the
structure of human government,
whatever may he the type desired
it is evident that human beings en-
dowed with the vices as well as the
virtues of existing human nature
must be the material used. And this
vital fact, more than any other, has
been ignored by all social reformers.
Accepting as literally true the alb
surdity that all men are created equal,
they evolve theories and systems that
| are neither founded on nature nor
supported by reason. Plato's ere
public" Moors's "Eutopia" and
Bellamy's docking Backward" are
| but the baseless visions of the dream
er, fit only for the perusal of the
idle and curious. 1t is the height OF
folly to expect or even hope to rear
a perfect structure of government out
of imperfect human nature. "There
is no political alchemy by which you
can get golden conduct out of leaden
instincts"
There can be no dispute as to the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14
other valiant leadsrswko have en-

OH
deavored to hold the order aloof
from politics, have no such evidence
to back them in their erroneous &C.
cusations against these men as the
Wellsville declaration. Our mem
bers have the undoubted right to
vote as they please and to help hold
party conventions when and where
they choose, and we have Third
party men in our ranks who I'M
qualifedly condemn the action of
the Wellsville Union. This fact
gives me hope for the future of the
Union. Every right-minded man of
whatever profession knows that the
preservation of the farmers rights is
the salvation of the country. When
their prosperity wanes all suffer and
yet | meet men every day who are
praying for the dissolution Of the
only order in our country that dares
to attempt to claim equal rights and
justice to the farmer. A bitter
fight has been made against us by
all the moneyed institutions Of our
land and | am sorry to say that they
have been supplemented by hosts of
men whose earnings, coming direct
ly or indirectly from the farmer,
barely suffice to keep their noses
above water. These men with a
deadly bias have helped the pluto
Gratis and a subsidized press to drive
many Of our best men from our
ranks and to render futile our efforts
to secure legislation to better the con-
dition of the producing classes. This
is why we are being left to the
mercy of Third Party partisan poll
ticians. Many there are who secret
ly hope for our ultimate success,
but openly denounce us to curry
favor with the politicians, whom
they regard with an awe wonderfulto
contemplate and disastrous to their
self-respect and manhood.
Respectfully, j. N. Cross.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14

THE Galloway Gazette says:
The fact that Judge Macfarlane
of Mexico, was the leading can
didate at the recent Democratic
Judicial Convention shows a high
appreciation of that gentleman's
ability. Judge Macfarlane is in no
sense a politician; he is too modest
for that business, but sometimes
the people recognize true worth
without having it thrust on their
attention. The Judge is a Gala
wegian and has never lived far from
his native heath.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14

:: c. c. MAFFITT, of st. Louis, chair
man of the Democratic Committee, is
prominently mentioned as Democrat
ic nominee for Mayor of st. Louis.
Charley Maffitt is a substantial citi-
zen of the State and a dyed-in-the
wool Democrat and a man of fine
executive ability. With Charley Maj
fit at the head of the Democratic
ticket the city of st. Louis should go
Democratic by at least 10000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14

IT is surmised that an elaborate
succession of dashes and exclama-
ton points would most discreetly IL
lustrate the remarks passed by Col.
John C. New when he got the news
of the little unpleasantness at Car
negie's steel works.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14
CROSS CRITICISM.
He Severely Condemns the Recent
Action OF the +. L L. Union ut
Wellsytlie Fer Its Viola-
tlon of The Orders
Principles.
TO the Editor of the Ledger.

TO the Editor of the Ledger.
MExIco, Mo-, July 11.-DEAR
SIR: In the Daily LEDGER of June
18th you published the resolutions
adopted by the F. g. L.. Union Of
the Ninth Congressional district at
Wellsville, and ask what the Au-
drain county f. & l.. Union is GO
ing to do about it. | thought some
one else would answer the question,
but rs they have not done so | viii
venture a few thoughts. Thetenets
of the f. & l.. Union do not con-
template nor admit partisan action.
To interfere in any manner with
partisan politics constitutes good
grounds for revoking the charters Of
such unions. The Wellsville Union
had no more right to recommend
the nomination of q Peoples Party
ticket in each county of the Ninth
Congressional district than it had to
agree to support the Republican or
Democratic ticket, or to propose a
new creed for the Methodist church.
This Union has transcribed its
constitutional prerogatives and help
ed to weaken the nee formidable
structure. The proper thing for the
Audrain county F. d l.. Union to
do is to repudiate the action of this
body. If it does not do this it will
not be entitled tofurther confidence.
Myself and others have strenuously
opposed any innovation upon our
basic principles, declaring, both i'll
public and private, that the order
could not and would not be used to
further the interests of any party.
If we cannot make good this dec
laration we shall be placed in All
unenviable position, and this lack
of good faith will drive all right
thinking men from the order. Evil
IDENTIFY there has been a strong in
| huence exerted for the last eighteen
months to carry the Union into the
Peoples Party. The men who
have howled themselves hoarse
about the action of U. s. Hall and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14
New Suits.

The following suits have been flee
for the October term of Circuit Court
e. s. Mansfield vs.. j. III. Craw'
ford TIP. Rothwell and Ella Steven
son, dover.
Caroline Berger and Henry Klee'
kamp vs.. George Horton, damages,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14

A press dispatch from Memphis,
Tenn, of date July 10, says a man
named William Hartley murdered
a Mrs. Annie Goodwin, at Fort
Pickering, a woman with whom he
wasliving. It is thought possibly that
the murderer is the Hartley who
killed Mastin Wiley near Benton
City, this county, some years since
and who, about two years ago, was
pardoned from the penitentiary
where he was sentenced for life,
His brother, Leslie Hartley, of this
city, has written to the authorities
at Memphis to ascertain if tits VIM.
Hartley, formerly of this county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14

THE saddle rings at the Mexico
Fair will surpass any ever seen in
the interior of the State. The Asso-
citation has offered big money for
saddle horses which will bring in
competition for honors the best in
the land.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14
Administra.or,s Notes.


Notice is hereby given thst
Of administration upon the q
E. A. Neyius, deceased, ha{x
granted the undersigned, b9
bate Court of Audrain county
II, bearing date May "a, 1857
ALI persons having claims
said estate are required 20
them for allowance to the ad1k
TOR within one year after
granting Of letters, or they
precluded from any benefit
estate, and il such claims b
hibited within two years ~
date they will be forever IT,
VIM. NEftN
13-4t. AdminIsng