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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04
Honor the Liberty Bell.

After long nap on its dusty shelf
in the State house at Philadelphia the
old liberty bell has been loaded into a
railway truck with honors and cere
monies and dispatched on its way to
Chicago. Once before within the last
quarter of century the liberty bell
has been awakened to the excite
ments of a great exposition. Inquis-
tive and admiring faces leveled star
ing eyes at it during the centennial.
Except for that one interruption there
has been but little to disturb the
peaceful sleep which fell upon it moi
long after it had announced the birth
of a new republic, over hundred
years ago.
There is more than sentimentality
in the feeling with which this early
orator of liberty will be received in
the west. There is wholesome,
praiseworthy sentiment. No one OBJ
ject fashioned by the hands and arts
of man signifies so much to Ameri.
cans as does the liberty bell. II
stands for the days and deeds which
we of a latter time are too apt to re.
gard with indifference.
And if the presence of the relic was
appropriate at the exposition ol
1876 it is not less so now when the
republic has become the celebrant oi
an event of equal historical impor-
tance. Liberty bell deserves and will
get warm welcome on its first visit
| to the west.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

The ultra civil service reformers
seem to have overlooked the fact
that the selection of suitable men to
fill the Federal offices is one of the
constitutional duties imposed upon
the President, or they would not be
silly enough to criticise him for de-
voting some of his time to that duty.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04
HER sEcRET.oUr.
She Would Hare Preferred Death
Rather Than Revelation.
rom tbe I.ouisxille courier.1or,

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
One of the most estimable women
of Louisville and one whose friends
would never suspect her as the one
referred TO below. Is subject to
smothering spells, and confidently
expects to die during one of them.
Several days ago, while sitting at
her front window engaged at some
light needlework, eonversing with a
neighbor, she felt one Of the spells
coming over her. She called to her
friend to summon Dr.-and then
fan her. The friend sent for the
family physician, and in no time he
| was at the house. Meanwhile, the
sufferer was sure she was dying.
"Oh, Mrs." she sobbed hys-
terically, stI know | am going this
time. am dying, l am dying.
Good-by, Mrs." The doctor at
once began the application of the
/ usual restoratives, but they seemed
of no avail. The sufferer appeared
to be gradually losing her breath, and
the doctor believed she was expiring
He tore away her ruching about her
neck and called to her friend: Mrs.
-, take off her shoes, please; We
must enliyen her circulation, some
how" The doctor got her neck free
enough, but when the friend lifted
one foot to remove the shoe the suf-
ferer kicked her friends hands with
the other foot. The doctor did not
notice this, but, thinking perhaps
that the friend could not undo the
buttons he reached down and picked
up one of the patients feet. The
sufferer, evidently in her last gasps,
kicked him also, but the doctor was
determined. "Mrs.-," he said,
'tyour shoes are too tight. They
must come of. - z.z=.z-=sz.
"Don't, DOCTOR" gurgled the patti
ent, "don't, doctor, I'm dying"
''I know it, Mrs." he said,
"but those shoes must come of. ;"
ooh, no, DOCTOR" was the feeble
pleading.
s'But 1 say yes" answered the
now frightened doctor, "and I'll
take them off, too."
"Oh, doctor, please don't, please
don't"-
'I'm sorry, Mrs, but
Raising herself with a powerful
effort, the patient, pale as death it.
self, gasped: "Please don't take
off my shoes, doetor-my stockings
are full of holes"
The effort seemed to bring back
the life to the sufferer, and in halt
an hour she was as well as ever, with
a new pair of stockings on, fully
ready for the next "spell."
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04
Houses Svspt Avay.

CARTHAGE, Mo-, April 26.-A
heavy tornado passed west of this
city last evening about s O'Clock,
carrying destruction with it. Partic-
ulars are meagre. 1t is reported that
several houses were blown down at
Oronogo, and that a woman and
child were seriously, if not fatally,
injured.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

In answer to the numerous in.
quiries as to when the financial
statement of the city will be publish.
ed showing the receipts and expen.
ditures for the past year we would
say that such a statement in detail
will be given to the public on July
1st. The city expects to publish the
receipts and expenditures as required
by law so that the tax payers can
know Just where the money goes.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04
World's Fair Sunday Onaniup.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 26-Snnday
opening of the Worlds Fair came
up in to-day's meeting of the
National C Commission. A resolution
looking to that end was introduced
by Commissioner King of Iowa and
after much debate referred to the
Judiciary Committee. The mem
bers of this committee are opposed
to Sunday opening and this, it is
thought, ends the matter.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04
cs,tral.. Post omes conts..

CEsrRALIA, Mo-, April 26.-Con-
gresham Jno. T. Heard spent to-
day in this city attempting to settle
the Post Office contest waging here.
He met the applicants and their
friends, and viii announce his de-
cisinn later.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

Hon. A. B. MEDLEY was in Mex
leo Friday explaining his votes with
which the Farmers Alliance found
fault. Medley says he is not a
member of the Alliance and has not
been for some months. See his state
ment published by request elsewhere
in this issue.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

THERE can be no question about
President Cleveland having been
right in using part of the gold re-
serve fund to redeem notes present
ed. That is just what the reserve
is tor, and if the necessity arises it
should be used, to the last dollar
before a single bond is issued.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04
1t Pays TO Raise Hegs.

Twenty-one hundred and ninety.
tour dollars and fifty-fiva cents was
the exact size of a check Hodge d
Summers gave ]. C. Hit for 124
hogs one day last week. This is a
little more than $3.50 per head.
The nice part about the transaction
on MFR. Hits part is that he raised
every one of the hogs.
They brought the top OF the mar
ket, one load selling for s7.45 and
the other for 81 so. Hodge d Sum-
me,s were the shippers.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

If farmers want to make butter
making profitable they must make
a good article. With a thoroughly
good cow you can always afford to
give plenty of feed in exchange for
plenty of butter. A poor COW will give
Door milk even with the richest feed, J,
while good COW will give good
milk even on poor feed.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04
ACCORDING to the dispatches Il

ACCORDING to the dispatches the
editor and the publisher of the
Trinity Herald, of Jonesville, La,
having grown tired of waiting for
office in Washington, have conclud.
ed to walk home. When they re.
sumo the tripod at Jonesville the
Trinity Herald will doubtless throw
its entire influence in favor of the
movement for good roads.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

MR.. CLEVELAND thanks the panic
howlers for informing him that he is
going to adopt a ruinous financial
policy, but begs to say that he
doesn't believe a word of it.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04
administration could I

The administration could moi
have more strongly demonstrated its
sound democracy than it did by re.
fusing to allow its financial policy
to be dictated by Wall Street. I,
pleases every good Democrat to
know that at last we have peoples 8
administration.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

Mrs. Lucy ]. Pool, the editors
mother, had the misfortune to fall
from the door step last Thursday
and break her arm just below the
wrist. DR.. Berry, Of Thompson, was
called in and set the broken bone
and she is now doing as.well as
could be expected.-centralia Coar-
sor
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

If it be fair to Judge from the
continued demand for gold for ex-
port, America isn't the only country
in which the yellow metal is wor-
shipped.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

THE horsemen who attended the
Clark q Potts horse sale were de-
lighted with Mexico, its enterprise
and hospitality. The oftener they
come the better they like us.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

DR.. Nichols has accepted posi-.
ton with the New York Pharmacal
Association and will start on the
road for this firm the first Of ncxl
week. The Doctors territory will
be Missouri, Kansas and Iowa.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

IT is announced that the Missouri
building at Chicago will look like
the ehateaus of many of the ancient
Missouri families in the south OF
France.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04
Two Republican Judges.

The Interstate Oratorieal contest
will be held in Columbus, Ohio, in
May. The judges are ex-Pre sident
Benjamin Harrison, ex-senator John
]. Ingalls, and Hon. Henry Waiter
son. We are afraid that Missouri e
representative, Rev. w. ]. William
son, will not altogether please the
two distinguished Republican judges
with his subject matter, but posi-
bly, his flights of eloquence will
knock out his Yankee competitors.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04
Murdered br a Tramp.

VIM. Fuhrer, who lives on the
Roden farm, Friday received
a telegram from Pendleton. Mo-,
that Mrs. Buxston, his sister, had
been murdered by a tramp. He
took the first train for Pendleton.
Only short time ago one of Mr..
Fuhrer's brothers was killed by q
train near Warrenton.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

Callie Poteet Dunn, formerly OF
Mexico, daughter Of George Poteet,
postmaster of this city few years
ago, has secured a divorce from her
husband, MFR. Dunn, who will go TO
New Yorkto reside.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

SOME of the evening papers inst.
Louis prophesy change in the edi-
torial management of the st. Louis
Repubic.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

A. L. Cord, of Auxvasse, sold at
private sale Wednesday to Alb. Din
gle, of Moberly, "a 5-year-old bay horse
for 5000. Alb. will take the stylish
animal to his home in Moberly.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04
Died .s ITO.

MACON, No., April 26.-Wmd
was received here to-day of the death
of old Uncle Billy Edmons of Col
lege Mound, who has well-autherl-
ticated record of having lived ITO
years. His wife,a few years younger
than he was, is still living
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

WALL street shows its patriotism
BY demanding and trying to compel
an issue Of sovernment bonds.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

PRESENT indications are that for
eign noblemen will outnumber the
American colonies at the Columbian
Exposition.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04
VOL. XXXV.

As good as goid-President Cleve-
lands position on the financial
question.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04
When POstmasters are Changed.
From the Bowling Green Times.

From the Bowling Green Times.
Hon. Champ Clark is back from
Washington. Being asked as to what
are really the rules governing the ap-
pointment of postmasters, he said
that it appears to be the settled pol
icy of the Government to live up to
these rules:
/. No ex-postmaster will be ap-
pointed where any other competent
Democrat is willing to occupy the
office.
2. The post-office must not be
kept in a business house, when the
salary justifies keeping it in sep
crate building.
3. Fourth-class postmasters as
we'll as of Presidential rank will be
permitted to serve four years, except
where charges are made and proved
of gross malfeasance, incompetency,
neglect, or indecent partisan activ'
ity.
Mr.. Clark also states and we re
state it for the information and ben
eft of the public, that be has NJ
charge of public documents or gar
den or flower seeds until Dec. be
cause by immemorial usage and (
well established rule the outgoing
and not the incoming Congressman
has the documents and seeds unit
| Dan
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04

IT seems that the center of Chi
cago has suddenly shifted to a point
about seven miles south.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1893-05-04
MAY WEATHER.
Statistics From Observations Taken
During the Past Twenty-Five Years.

The following date, compiled from
the record of observations for the
month Of May taken in st. Louis
during the past twenty-five years,
may give the public an idea of what
may be expected during the coming
month: The mean or normal tenn
perature during % years was &c de-
grees; the warmest May was that of
1887, whose average temperature
was 70 degrees; the coldest May
that of 1892 with an average tenn
perature of 60 degrees. The average
date on which the last ''killins"
frost occurred was April 2.
About A. 10 inches of rain and
melted snow is precipitated during
May, the greatest monthly precipi-
tation being 7.87 inches in 1886 and
the east 0.95 inches in 1879. The
greatest amount of precipitation re-
corded in any twenty-four hours was
$50 inches on May IA and Is, 1886.
There is generally about ten cloud
less days, twelve partly cloudy and
nine cloudy.
The prevailing winds are from the
south. The highest velocity of any
wind during any May was 60 N. w.
miles on May IS, 1878.
The record-union., 1893-08-17
TAN IN DISGTTISR
The Chinese said to Be Stiu Playing
Their Favorite Game.

The Chinese said to Be Stiu Playing
Their Favorlte Game.
Captain Bradley, who has been en-
ployed by Sheriff O'Neil to arrest gamb-
lers, was patroIling Chinatown last night.
He's looking for tan games, and they
are going on right under his nose" said
a gentleman who has considerable deal
ings with the Chinese, addressing a REC
oRD-UNIoN reporter.
''How do you make that out ?p asked
the scribe.
why, I know the game, aud besides
the Cinnamon told me about il onlv to-
night. You see when the Sheriff started
after the tan players they simply changed
their methods Of playing the game, and
that is why Bradley IS at sea now. The
regular tan game is played with beans,
and Is on the principle OF odd or even.'
Now, instead OF using the beans, the
Cinnamon use dice, counting the spots
odd or even, you KNOWN place Of the
beans, as formerly. Then, too, they have
no money in sight. They claim that they
can play the game this way all they
please, and nobody can prove that they
are playing tan, or that they are gam6-
ling at all. -As matter Of fact. they are
playing the game openly, as you can see
Tor yourself"
The record-union., 1893-08-17
ANTI-sILvER FORCES.
They Claim n Majority for Uncondi-
tionaI Repeal.

They Claim n Majority for Uncondi-
tional Repeal.
WASHINGTON, Aug. l6.-The Executive
Committee OF the anti-silver forces in the
House, appointed at the conference last
night. held a meeting this afternoon for
consultation. The poll of the House has
been practically completed by the can
vassers in the interest of the auti-sllver
faction, which is said by one Of the leaders
to show a majority Of twenty-seven in
favor of the unconditional repeal of the
purchasing clause as provided in the
Wilson bill. Harter estimates that if the
House successfully passes what he calls
the danger point Of the vote on free COIN
age at ratio of twenty to one, the ma
iority for the Wilson bill, which will pre-
sent the naked question OF repeal or no
repeal. will be 100 more.
On the other hand. Bland saws there are
Representatives who may vote against
the coinage of silver at any specific ratio
who will not vote to wholly abolish the
use of silver as money metal, which
would be the effect, he tsays, OF passing
Wilson'S bill.
IF there are any representatives from
the silver districts VINO would thus vote"
said Bland, they had better make terms
with the Administration, for they cannot
do it with their people"
Har;er's doubt as to the result of vote
on the proposition 10 coin silver at a
ratio OF 20 to is said to be due to infor-
nation conveyed to the Anti-Silver EN-
ecutive Committee that there are upward
Of forty Republicans who viii vote for
the establishment OF coinage at that ratio.
Bland, however, believes the ratio OF I6
to Will be stronger in the House than
any other, despite the reported forty Re-
publican votes for 20 to l.
The repeal Democrats readily concede
that they must have Republican votes to
succeed, and have asked the Republicans
to come to their aid in the discussion now
progressing.
The record-union., 1893-08-17

land; J. X. Noeder, City: George T..
loway, Courtland.
A very pleasant and quiet wedding Oc-
Cured at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Furry, on Fourteenth street, on yester-
day afternoon. Charles Bailey was mar
ried to Miss y ellie Furry, niece of d. NJ.
Burns Of san Francisco, by Rev. w. S.
HOskinson, in the presence Of a number
Of friends. The bride was attended by
Miss Nellie Reardon, aud tho groom by
J. Dierssen. The happy couple took the
afternoon train tor San Francisco. From
there they will go to Santa Cruz. and af-
ter few weeks visit will return to make
their home in this city. Many friends
join in wishing them a long and happy
life. Those present at the wedding were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Traver, Mrs. Hopkins, Mr..
Surah, J. Dierssen, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan NJ.
Burns, Miss Burns, Mr.. and Mrs. Wat
kie, Mr.. and Mrs. Day, Mr., and Mrs.
Wolfe, j. Wolfe, Mir. and Mrs. Reynolds,
Mrs. e. f. Boyle, Miss q. Boyle. Mrs. y.
Douglass, Miss Warner, Miss \. Rear
don. DR.. Laine and wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. Gamble, Mr.. Franklin and wife, Miss
+. Dunn, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard, Mrs. r.
Furry, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Pittman, Mr.
and Mrs. T. Burns, Mr.. and Mrs. Eoag.
Mr.. and Mrs. White, G. Hildebrandt, /.
Iiildebrandt, +. Sermonet, Mr.. and Mrs
Daniels, 7. Steward, Mr.. Cook, Mr..
Chandler, Mr. Baldwin, H. Mcalaud.
Charles Furry. j. Wilson. Miss J. Me
Clurg. Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Colby, G.
Yuhre, Miss l.. Yuhre, Miss P. Schoen-
bachler, Frank Christophel Mrs. L.
Schoenbachler, Mr.. aud Mrs Carter, Miss
Maude Carter, Miss Laura Carter, L. j.
Dierssen
The record-union., 1893-08-17
THE TROUT WE'RE COOKED.

And Ills Friends Had to Content
Themselves With Only half.
A well-known young lawyer and his
party are havingi1ine sport in the mount
aims, and he is endeavoring to fill con-
tract he made before starting to supply
his friends with trout.
on Monday he prepared to send nearly
two hundred down, but his attention
being engaged in another direction for a
short time, the cook, thinking they were
intended for home consumption. made
an inroad on them, and knowing from
experience the appetites Of the party for
whom he was catering, he cleaned and
cooked nearly half Of them before the
lawyer found out what was going on. He
vows now that the next time he sends
trout he will see that they start consid-
erably in advance of the dinner hour.
What his friends are wondering about
most, however, is-Who caught those
trout?
The record-union., 1893-08-17
Rosal snkisse alnanhe4.

absence of Bourke Cochran from the
anti-silver mems meeting at Arlington
last night, and the appointment of GEN
eral Tracey as Chairman of the Execu-
( tive Committee in his stead, have occa-
stoned rumors to be started that the dis
tinguished Tammany orator had taken
umDrage, and would no longer seek to
lead the forces who are for unconditional
repeal. An additional surmise was ven
tured upon that Mr.. Cochran would be
found eventually siding with Senator Hill
in favor of a bimetallic standard.
BAIETALLIc CONVENTION.
DENVER, Aug. I6.-The Executive
Committee of the Pan-American Bime-
tallic Association has issued a call for a
convention Of representatives from Old
Mexico and all the States thereof OF all
the countries Of South and Central Amer
lea, and of the United States, to meet at
St. Louis, Tuesday, October 3, 1898.
SILVER OFFERS.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-The amount
of silver offered to the Treasury Depart
ment to-day aggregated 100000 ounces at
SO.13 TO S0.74 per ounce. All were de-
clined, and s0.72G0 rendered.
THE SITUATION N INDIA.
NEW NoRK, Aug. lG.-LonGon cables
received in Wall street this afternoon re-
port that the Indian Council had receded
from the position it took when it closed
the Indian mints to free coinage of silver
and were selling Council bills below the
arbitrary fixed rate Of l54d. Advices
were lneager and did not state whether
the mints had been reopened.
in the absence Of definite news it was
supposed the Council had been unable to
maintain the rate of exchange on India
at the price fixed. Few persons under
stood what further changes might be ex-
pected or why the reduction had been or
dered. 1t was the original action of the
Council in fixing rupee price and closing
the mints that sent silver from eighty
two 10 siXty-two cents an ounce.
The record-union., 1893-08-17
Berlin COUGH cnre.

For coughs and colds ard all lung and
throat affections this article has superior
merit. 1t Is perfectly harmless, gives
immediate relief and cures the worst cases
in from two to three days. Indorsed by
our best physicians. Try bottle and you
will always keep it. Price, 50 cents
bottle.
c. C. Liniment, the best remedy for
aches and pains.
Compound Sulphur Powder, the most
perfect laxative and cathartic known.
Gives instant relief in cases OF eonstipa-
ton, Indigestion, piles, biiiousness, liver
troubles, rheumatism, gravel, etc, etc.
A great blood purifier and pleasant to the
taste. The W. Fl. Bone Company. San
Francisco, sole proprietors. Kirk, Geary
q Co., Sacramento, sole agents.
The record-union., 1893-08-17
HOME TO STAY.
Reporter Liggett Returns, and Says
lie VIII Anchor Here.

Reporter Liggett Returns, and Says
lie VIII Anchor Here.
John Fl. Liggett, a well-known clerk
and newspaper reporter, who went East
about year ago, returned last night.
He says: Il guess Pll stay right here in
Sacramento"
Mr. Liggett was in Ypsilanti, Mich. a
short time ago when a genuine cyclone
struck the place. at was a regular
twister," ne said, land tore out brick
walls as if they had been made of paper"
Mr. Liggett was also witness to the
burning of the cold-storage building on
the Worlds Fair grounds, and says he
can never forget the awful sight Of the
hremen going down into the seething
flames like SO many rats.
The record-union., 1893-08-17
Eound Her Diamond.

Early last evening two ladies were
passing along Fourth street, going north,
between \ and }, when one of them
screamed:f"I have lost my diamond pin!p
Her companion, who seemed to be afraid
that the loser would faint, patted her on
the shoulder and said: Don't get nerv-
Gus; if it's lost, you can advertise it,"
The ladies reJraced their steps, and there
lay the solitaire in its bed OF bar gold and
q whole lot OF people had neglected to
step on it. or worse. 10 nick il m
The record-union., 1893-08-17
NYnnted Ii OnkInnd.

Word was received by the police last
night to look out for German woman
named Fisher, who left Oakland at 5
o'clock bound for New York, en- route to
Germany, and to relieve her of watch
which she had appropriated
Officer Talbot boarded both the over
land express and Portland trains. but
there was no woman on either answering
the description.
The record-union., 1893-08-17
BRIEF NOTES.

Officer Burke has lost his brindle bull
dog. Whoever has the "critter'' had bet
ter surrender him, as sooner or later the
dog will kill him if he doesn't do so.
Complaint is made that the electric
light at Ninth and j streets goes out
every night about o'clock, and leaves
the street in darkness.
The record-union., 1893-08-17
A Report Denied.

The proprietor of the saloon at Twenty
first and o streets denies that he retails
liquors, wherefore he claims he does not
need to pay tor retail license.
His statement, however, is quite differ
ent from that OF other persons who claim
to have observed what is done there.