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Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25
chieago's
Population

There is probably no City of importance 10 the wo ie 3 ,r 2 z bx
FIRE. To-day its population is about 1850 "a nj it r rease All thai q
large number Of his personal friends, as wei, as scores Of IePtes sa I've
nan brongbon. the Northwest with whom he had conVeTsea upon us
suhiect, had found s.. Jacobs Oil a pain-enrlng and heaiing rSp heus "
h. I'm oet raordin efficacy. Its the Great Remedy 10 kheuHa-
ism Geuraigia, Sciadea, Backache, Bruises, Burns, Sweiiings etc.
.a cnv Of the Official Posfoioo of the Worlds Colunbia1 Exposition 6eana,Iaagy
Illustrated IN Haer color effects will b sent to any ADDRESS uRoa sseSfN " ~" f~e
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

w. l.. Atkins, formerly of Au-
drain county, is here from Chicago
on a visit to his relatives. He stated
to a LEDGER man to-day that he
could actually live in Chicago right
now cheaper than in Mexico. 81 can
testify that everything is being ex,
aggerated. You can get a good
meal for 25 cents and a good bed
for so cents.'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25
MIstoek Him for n Lunatic.

Ex-senator John J. Ingalls, of
Kansas, was walking in the woods
near his home one day last week
AID happened to stumble upon a
school mistress at work in her school
room. Upon TIP appearance of this
distinguished Kensan, the young
lady took to her hess, thinking him
a lunatic. Some neighbors inform
ed her of her mistake, but when
she reached her sehoSl room the
visitor had departed. TIE Atehlson
papers want to know wsether the
young lady was really m1staken Oh
not.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25
Parks Cough Syrup

Has been so highly recommended to
us that we have taken the agency for
it and now ask our friends who are
suffering with a cold to give it a trial
and if it does not give satisfaction your
money will be refunded. Every bottle
is sold on a positive guarantee. Price
so cents and 81. Sold by Woodbridge &
Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25
ReDairjnp Neatly Done,

If you want your watch cleaned.
or repairing of any kind done neat.
ly, cheaply and promptly, call or
L. S. Riley. Satisfaction guaran
teed. tt I. S. RILEY,
At the Mexico Laundry window.
Allen Moore, A. M, Phi. D.,pres,
ident and proprietor of the Chilli
Gothic Normal School, actual bust.
ness institute and shorthand college.
Chillicothe, Mo-, called on the LED,
GER to-day. Mr.. Moore reports bis
school in a prosperous condition. Or
June 6 will begin a six weeks re,
view term for teachers at this popular
institution of learning. The mod
crate sum of $3.50 will pay fol
board, tuition and furnished room
for the entire six weeks. This six
weeks term will be a grand educa,
tional revival. 1t will close before
the county institutes begin, and will
fill you with enthusiasm for the
work, aud enable you to be a leader
in county institutes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

Mr.. G. B. Gray, of Farber, was in
Mexico this week. He brought his
fast pacing mare, Plow Girl, up to
the Foote breeding farm to be bred
to Prince Medium, 1926. The foal
ought to be a good one, las Plow Girl
hits the earth like lightning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

MI. Willie Ross and Miss Julia
Spencer were marred at 80 at the
Turpin House Thursday. They de.
parted on night train for Laddonia.
and will reside on a farm near there.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25
Hopkins & Ricketts, as age

Hopkins & Ricketts, as agents
sold for John Cowan a house and
two lots in MuIdrow's sub-divis.
ion to Charles w. Criswell fol-
$1,05O and Mr.. Criswell sold the
same property to w. FL. Potts at q
neat profit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25
TRIED AMI TRCE

Friends are scarce, but if you are
suffering with that horrible disease
scrofula, you will find Sulphur Bit
tiers will cure you as it did me, after
suffering eight years, and after pay
ing out hundreds of dollars to doc
tors and druggists. -JEANNETTE
HANsCoM, Troy, N. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

A Minnesota man traded John
Heether, of Huntsville, Mo-, $40
acres of Texas land for five setter
pups, and the other day traded GAO
acres more land for the mother of
the pups.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25
The Farmer correspondent OF the

Bowling Green Times says;
The seythe OF Father Time has
cut down another one OF our good
citizens. Rev. Samuel Murray after
an illness of seven hours, died at
the home of Mr.. John +. Farmer at
Estes. Heart failure was the cause
of his death.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

The Fulton Sun says: We learn
that the body of DR.. Howard McCue
has been recovered. The report is
that he was in a skiff, fishing in a
river and the boat turned over. He
lived at Bristol, Texas, and was raised
in this county,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

Girls in a number of towns are
getting up sun bonnet picnics, every
girl present wearing the old-fashion-
ed sunbonnet. Girls always look
prettiest in sunbonnets.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25
Rather St ,ep

Than take in any other form is what
many people think and Parks Tea is
made for just those folks. 1t cures
constipation and though not a cathar.
tic moves the bowels every day. Sold
by Woodbridge & Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

w. C. Barnes, of Victoria, Texas,
orders the LEDGER to his address
and adds, "Roasting ears and fried
chicken are ripe here"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

The importance OF small things
should not be overlooked. Is a pill for
sick headache important? Is a pill for
biliousness important? Is a pill for
constipation important? Then DE
Wits Little Early Risers are impor.
tant. They are small. French & Gar,
rett.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

You have time to read, time to think,
but not time to be sick. Read about De
Wits Little Early Risers and you will
think it is better to take these little
pills than to suffer from sick headache
or constipation. French & Garrett.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

We are informed that Mr.. f. G..
Kennen will not remove to Mexico
to reside but will remain at Lad
donia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

1t is not what its proprietors say
but what Hoods Sarsaparilla does,
that tells the story. Hoods Sarsa.
parilla cures.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

Piles of people haze piles, but De
Wits Witch Hazel SalUe aoiU cure
them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

Nettie M. Ridgway has been ap-
pointed Postmistress at Rush Hill
this county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

~. W. Jamison has been appoint
ed Postmaster at Vandalia, vice w.
T. Pritchett, resigned.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

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.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

There is nothing | have ove used
for muscular rheumatism that gives
me as much relief as Chamberlin's
Pain Balm does. | have been us.
ing it for about two years-foul
bottles in alias occasion required,
and always keep II bottle of it in my
home. | believe | know a good
thing when | get hold of it, and
Pain Balm is the best IMMINENT |
have ever met with. w. b. Denny,
dairyman, New Lexington, Ohio.
50 cent bottles for sale by c. A.
Buckner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25
g Bad
81 Blood

Impure or Initiated blood is nine times out OF
ten caused by some form of constipation or In
digestion that clogs up the system, when the
blood naturally becomes impregnated with the
efrete matter. The old Sarsaparillas attempt to
reach this condition by attacking the blood with
b drastic mineral potash" The potash theory
sold and obsolete. Joy Vegetable Sarsaparilia
Is modern. 1t goes to the seat of the trouble 1t
arouses the liver, kidneys and bowels to health
full action, and invigorates the eireuls.isc-.. and
the impurities are quickly carried of through
tho natural channels. Chas, Lee, at Besmish's
Third and Market streets, 8. F.. writes: 81 took
It for vitated blood and while on the first bottle
became convinced OF its merits, for I could feel
1t was working q change. II eleansed, purified
and braced me up generally, and everything 10
now working full and regular"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25
They Married i'm Kansas.

Mr.. John Wisdom, % years old,
and Miss Lulu Turner, 16 year:
old, were married in Kansas We'd.
nesday and returned to their future
home near Centralla last night.
They both erstwhiie lived with theil
parents near Centralia and the rea.
son they went to Kansas was be.
cause the brides mother objected to
the union.
"Uncle'' Hiram Engle, of North
Mexico, died Wednesday afternoon
about six O'Clock afteE q linger
ing illness. Mr.. Engle was vel
advanced in years and was a good
man. The funeral was preached
Thursday at II o'clock and the re-
mains were taken to the Littleby Bap'
fist churchyard for interment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25
Garden, Farm andFIe|d.
BY JOHN J. GILL.
The Pear.

When pears are fully ripe they are
delicious. They are equally attractive
when baked, canned or preserved.
The pear is a native of Europe, and
its best varieties are sports, perpet-
uated by grating and budding. 1t
requires a deep, rich, moist and well
drained soil. Pear trees should be
set out about fifteen to twenty feet
apart each way. During its first
year the pear has a tendency to grow
only in two or three leading shoots.
All but one of these must be pinched
off. Later that must also be pinch
ed back and forced to produce later
ais. In forming a head the branches
should distributed along the leader.
Great attention must be paid to pre-
vent their growing more on one side
than the other. The pear usually
bears good crops in from four
to six years after planting. Its va
rieties may be divided into summer,
autumn and winter, but they are
not as numerous as those of the ap-
pie. Summer pears r small.
Doyenne, Osband's, Graphs, Bart
lett, Flemish Beauty, Louise Bonnie
and Seckel are among the best of
them. Duchess, Sheldon, AniouI
and Keller are among good autumn
varieties OF large size. Lawrence is
q good winter sort. Pear trees are
also standard and dwarf. The stand
ard are the most abundant bearers
and longest lived. Standard trees
ought not be forced but the dwarf
being grated on ounce stocks can
stand almost any amount of COM
posted manure. A little ashes is good
for pear trees. Dwarfs are some
times transformed into standards by
having soil heaped about them above
the graft which often throws down
roots Of its own.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25
3

The raspberry is a very popular
fruit. 1t is of two colors-red and
black. Of these the latter is the
harder and more abundant pro-
ducer. The red is propagated by
shoots from its roots, the black by
the ends of its canes bending over
and down to the ground and taking
root. The red are best set out in
the fall, the black in the spring.
They should be planted in rich, moist
soil in rows five or six feet apart and
distant about three feet from n an
other in the rows. Large crops
should not be expected from the
raspberry unless it is well cultivated,
highly manured and thoroughly
mulched during the ripening of its
fruit. 1t requires constant pruning.
After bearing fruit all old stakes
must be cut off close to the ground
and removed. 1t is a good plan to
support the e growth with stakes,
but this is not absolutely necessary
as if it is watched and pinched off
when two feet high it will throw out
laterals and become stocky and self
supporting. The laterals ought also
to be pinched back to prevent them
from becoming too long. During
some seasons two or three pinchings
may be necessary, to give the plants
the close compact form that requires
no support. OF the red sort Turner
is the leading early and Cuthbert
the popular late variety. Both IRE
hardy but neither stands shipping
long distances. However, they
usually find ready home market. Of
the black sorts Soughegan is the
best early and Gregg the most de-
sirable late variety. The former
ripens after strawberries are over
and is followed by the latter.
BLACKBERRIEs.
The blackberry is a native of this
country and abounds in almost
every section of it. 1t is noted for its
medicinal qualities. When grown
wild it is a valuable addition to
summer fruits, but when cultivated
it is greatly improved and becomes
a delicious dessert. 1t happens often
that by being neglected after having
been introduced into gardens it be-
comes a nuisance hard to get rid of.
With proper management this
should never come to pass. The
blackberry is naturally propagated
by shoots from its roots and for all
practical purposes this way is sufli-
cient. Nurseries, however, general
ly use root-cuttings and these make
the most desirable plants as they
are the most easily handled. In the
fall the roots are dug up and cut
into pieces of about four inches.
These may then be put into rich soil
in the open air or kept in sand in
cellars to be planted in the spring.
Ii the roots are set out in the fall
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

Lieutenant Peary proposes to
start for the north pole in July. The
expedition will cost him a great deal
of money, but he will save his ice
bill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25
ANNOUNCE

81 ES1AL "NOONC8
We have made arrangements ]
J. Kendall Co., publishers Of q
on the Horse and his Diseases
enable all our subscribers to ODD
of that valuable work free by su|
address enclosing a two-cent
mailing same) to DR.. B. T.
Co., ENosBURGH FALLS, VT. /
is now recognized as standard
upon all diseases of the hoo
phenomenal sale attests, over I'd
copies having been sold in fhd
years, a sale never before reach1
publication in the same period
We feel confident that our p
appreciate the work, and be a
themselves of this opportunity q
a valuable book.
1t is necessary that you ne
paper In sending for the "Treati4
offer will remain open for only q
No-2l3tw
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25
TIE SHERMAN LAW.
President Cleveland Wants II Repeal
I'd ut ANY i'riGe.

CRY OF NAsHINGTos May LIT
is interesting to know that the price
President Cleveland offers to pay for
the repeal Of the silver purchase act
is the repeal Of the tax on State
bank circulation, but so far he has
; not received mucheuGauragement to
believe that the free silver majority
III the House would accept such a
compromise.
In this relation it is interesting to
know that d movement is on foot
looking to d complete and thorough
reorganization OF the Committee on
Coinage Of the House of Represent
atiyes. Mr.. Bland Of Missouri, who
has been Chairman IT that Commit
tee in every Democratic Congress for
a number Of years, is to be displaced
or saddled with an adverse majority,
1t is also SAID, but not on SO good
authority, that the Committee on
Banking and Currency is included
in the scheme OF reorganization and
that both committees are thus to be
brought into harmony with the pol
icy OF the administration in regard
to financial legislation, whatever that
| policy may turn out to be.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

While Mr.. T. J. Richey of Altoona,
Mo-, was travelling in Kansas he was
taken violently i'll with cholera NOR
bus. He called at a drug store to
get some medicine and the druggist
recommended Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Dlarrhoea Remedy so
highly he concluded to try it. The
result was immediate relief, and a
few doses cured him completely. II
is made for bowel complaint and
nothing else. 1t never fails. For
sale by G.. A. Buckner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-05-25

Phil. Shire, who was in town to-
day, says he invites his friends to
come out to his farm next Saturday
and see him test the new patent
double row rotary hoe. The prin-
cipal object of this implement is to
cultivate Two rows of corn at a time,
thoroughly pulverizing the soil and
destroying young weeds immediate
ly around the plants, which part is
generally left uncultiVated.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-10
aIatr.nr,os,nr..

The following advertisement an.
peared recently in japanese news.
paper, and suggests that the land of
the Mikado may be q good place for a
matrimonial agency; also that the
Ideal she Of one man, at least. has
distinct limitation: Wanted, a wife.
II she, is pretty, she need not be
clever Ii she is rich, she need not
be pretty. If she is clever, size need
mot be perfect in form (provided, al.
ways, that she is not concelted). Her
station in life is no object; neither il
the remoteness Of her place OF abode,
whether in country or town. She
ought to be in the neighborhood of
twenty years of age, more OF less.
The would-be bridegroom is an artist
of Osaka, occupying medium posi-.
tion in society. Ladies desiring q
union are requested to attend at the
office OF Osaka Mainichi Shimbun by
the twenty-flfth instant, where tull
particulars will be given"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-10
Curiou. r.,Kh,hos.,..

The most extraordinary oi all
British lighthouses is to be found on
Arnish Rock, Stornoway Bay--a
rock which is separated from the
island OF Lewis by channel over
five hundred feet wide. On this
rock conical beacon is erected, anu
on It's summit u lantern is fixed,
from which, night after night,
shines light which is seen by the
fishermen far and wide. The way In
which this peculiar lighthouse is
illuminated is this. On the irland
Of Lewis, five hundred feet or SO
away, is lighthouse, and from a
window in the tower a stream of
light is projected on to a mirror in
the lantern on the summit OF Arnisb
Rock. The consequence is that, to
all intcnts and purposes, light
house exists which has neither lamp
nor lighthouse kecrer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-10

Monterey as she will appear when armed
and ready for sea. She is $50 feet lonu,
30 feet breadth of beam, and will have
mean drilt of Ii feet 6 inches of water.
She will carry two 12-inch and two 10.
inch high powered steel rifles, mounted
i'll turrcts on her upper deck.
The sides of the vessel and the circular
turrets are protected by American made
armor-plates of solid steel thirteen
inches thick. The armer known as
'nickel Steel" on account OF containing
in its composition about three per centum
of nickel, is of the kind which has been
proved to be vastly superior to that
adopted by any other navy of the world.
The Pinch guns of the Monterey are
about thirty-seven feet long, weighing
forty-fve tons, and fire Charge Of 1926
pounds of powder and shell weighing
$50 pounds. The weight of the pro.
jectile, it will be observed, is just twice
that of the powder charge; and this
relation between the weights of the pro-
jcctile and charge of powder may be said
TO be approximately true of all our mod
ern naval cannon.
The Monterey's IL inch guns will per.
forute at close range twenty-iour inches
of solid steel, and, if fired for extreme
range, would throw their shells dis
lance Of about twelve miles. The Mon
tercy is expected to be able to maintain
speed of sixteen knots per hour. In
addition to her main battery of heavy
guns, as described, she will be armed
with secondary battery" consisting
of SIX 6.pounder and four 4-pounder
rapid-iire guns, two gatlings and several
tubes for discharging torpedoes. She
will carry crew of about 200 men.
-Picayune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-10
suit us a preventive OF small-ro..

'I've cheap and safe remedy 70.
smallpox" said the doctor-miner.
''My father was physician before
me, and lie used 1t successfully. 1T,
sure, too, in cholera and yellow-fever.
Now guess it, gentlemen. It's Il sim.
pie article--onc you've all used from
childhood. No, you can't? Well,
sirs, it's salt-common, plain, every.
day salt Salt, you know, preserves,
prevents putrefaction. The diseases
we most fear, according 10 eminent
medical authorities, are due to putre.
faction in our system. Here's where
the salt works like charm. Now,
don't smile, hut try II. If you take
Two teaspoonfuls of salt in Il glass of
water, say, three times day you'll
not have TO be vaccinatcd during a
smallpox cxidcmic, Stunned during
Il cholera scare, or nurscd during q
ycll0w-fevcr plague. Put Il little
vinegar in the glass to make the dose
palatable and keep it up a week or so.
Salt is prescrver of life, gentlemen,
and if you are ever in Il position to
test It's efficacy you'll remember this
trip and conversation" The doubt
ers in the smoker looked skcptical,
but the carncstncss OF the medical
mineralogist gave weight to his re-
markably simple remedy. -Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-10

weather. His robe alone is worth the
price of two good bullocks. In domcsti-
cation his meat is equal to any range
beef. One good animal will yield each
year fur sufficient to make blanket A
taxidermist will give from 500 to $500
for his head, aud if Mr.. Jones's big bull.
Jumbo, were put on the market he would
bring $1,000.
What the possibilities of domestica-
ton may be is yet to be determined.
The two big bulls of the Omaha herd are
driven to n cart by the owner, audwhcn
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-10
Cross Currcntn.

"Cross Currents" by Mary Angela
Dickens, tells us of the vicissitudes
nj q young and beautiful actress in
her upward career. She is welded
10 her art, but finds a formidable
rival in young cousin whose love she
returns Her struggle TO relinouisb
her art and settle down to quiet do.
mesticity proves Intellectual and she
ibandons herself to a professional
future. Through the help Of her
fathers oldest friend-a successful
actor and manager-she is brought
before the public both as talented
actress and society belle. Flattery,
Adulation ana popularity gradually
produce the inevitable result The
woman and artist deterlorates into
nothing less than fashionable, self
conscience beauty. She is brought to
realizing sense of her position by
chance remark and thenceforth lives
for the perfection of her genius.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-10

1t is considered that their agility is re-
markable for the size of the animals,
that their strength is tremendous and
that they have the speed of the average
horse, this means something. This novel
chariot, with perhaps the whole herd,
will form one of the attractions at the
Worlds Fair at Chicago.
Mr.. Jones is more than an adventurer
or Spectator. He has become an en-
thusiast on the subject OF bulfaloes, and
no man ever rode u hobby more honestly
or earnestly. When he began capturing
these animals he knew no more of their
peculiarities than other plainsmen, but
his association with them has filled him
with love for the great. shaggy nrutes
and zeal for their salvation that is
quite sublime in its way
In beginning the work of subjugation
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-10

Jones wears IL winter an overcoat mad q
OF 1t and trimmed with the glossy fur OF
the catslo, and Undertaking, stockings
and other garments have been woven OF
the same material. He presented one of
the blankets to the Prince of Wales for
use as lap robe, aud has received q
grateful acknowledgment of the unique
gift.
In his several expeditions Mr.. Jones
captured 130 buffaloes, eighty-two of
which survived. Full grown animals
taken wild invariably die in captivity.
He had no success saving any over six
months old. Many animals, even among
the younger ones, died apparently in fits
OF anger. When they found themselves
prisoners they went into fearful rage,
stiifened their limbs as though in cramps,
lay down and died. Others broke their
necks in trying TO escape.
On his first expedition Mr.. Jones cap
tured eleven outfaloes, but saved only
four. He was 200 miles from ranch hav-
ing COW, and he. had to feed the little
fellows on condensed milk, which did not
agree with them. On his third trip he
took COWS with him to the staked plains
OF Texas, aud out of thirty seven buff.
faloes saved thirty-two.
Most of the animals that survived were
from three weeks to four months old.
The buffalo calf is of n tawny color, re,
sembling the hues of the sand and the
grass and the shrubbery of tho great
plains. For the first three weeks of its
life it is hiddca by its mother, aud its
color blends so closely with its surround
ings that wolves and other enemies may
pass within n rod of it without discover.
ing its presence.
Mr.. Jones has furnished buffaloes from
his herd to parks all the way from the