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Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

kepairing Neatly Done

If you want your watch cleaned
or repairing Of any kind done neat
ly, cheaply and promptly, call OF
T. 8. Riley. Satisfaction guaran
teed. tt T. s. RILEY,
One door east of Buckley & Moore.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20
E. G.. BURKHART, P. N
tirand Picnic at Farber.

The people of Farber and vicinity
have decided to have a big picnic on
Saturday, July %. A grand time
is anticipated, as it is a well known
fact that our Farber friends are up
with the times and never do any.
thing Dy halves. A letter from Wat
Crow states that they expect to have
a huge affair and want everybody
to be there.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20
Children Cry for
Pitchers Casto1ia.

The Moberly Democrat says:
Congressman Champ Clark has
chosen Wallace Bassford, of Audrain
county, but late of the Kansas City
Times, as his private Secretary in
Congress. This Office was created
by the last Congress and Mr.. Clark
has honored a meritorious young
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

AL. that honesty, experience and
skill al do to produce q perfect pill,
has oeen empoyed in making De
Wits Little Early Risers. The re-
suit is a specific for sick headache,
biliousness and constipation. French
4 fSarroff
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

There will be meeting next Sun
day at Olivet by the pastor. LIE
all the members give attention.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

st. Louis is all right. So is hel
banks. The people are conservative
and not like Texas steers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

MIR. Geo. A.. Morris, proprietor oil
the Lakeview herd of Jerseys, brought
his fine young bull to town Satur.
day to show him to Jersey fanciers.
He is a grand animal and was great
ly admired. Ko-ko is a light fawn
with dark markings, perfectly form
ed, and his pedigree back to the
Island of Jersey is full of butter. He
is a grandson of Exile of st. Lam
bert, who sired 80 tested daughters,
Ko-ko's dam is Miss Bingo, who has
a butter record of "a pounds II ozs.
in sever days. His sire also has a
number of tested daughters. In this
animal Mr.. Morris has the finest
bred bull in the west. He also owns
Arcman, another fine fellow.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Orlando Hit, of Trinidad, Colo,
is in Mexico en- route home from
the Worlds Fair and will be the
guest of the Camping Club during
its ontinp-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20
Cannot Paot The Peaple Longer.

| To the kaItof OF tAe Ledger
MEXICO, Mo, July 1a.-in youl
issue yesterday there is an article
in which is regretted the peoples
lack OF confidence ia the banks.
Now, Mr.. Editor, it you will
reflect oyer this you will not serious
~ blame the people, Strange and
unaeeountable as it may seem, the
bankers are either open advocates
of the gold standard or are silent ;
and silence under the present cir
eumstances is rightfully construed
into consent, The people cannot
be deceived in relation TO the vast
conspiracy going on to double the
wealth of the creditor, and double
the burdens Of the debtor, That is
the object of the men who are III
favor OF demoneti2ing silver.
When silver is demonetized the
following results are bound to fol.
low:
The bond of the bondholder viii
be doubled in value.
The government a not pay it be-
cause it will have nothing to pay
with.
The government will be forced te
reissue bonds at a higher rate of in
terest.
The colossal debts held by the
east against the west will be doub'
led in value because of the fact thai
congress has, by solemn enactment.
declared one gold dollar to be worth
two of the present silver dollars. In
terest on money will increase vastly
The factories and iron mills must
cease because nobody will have any
money with which to buy the out
put or build great Improvements.
The ships will rot in the harbors
and the wheat in the fields. The
beef cattle will run wild on the plains
of Texas and Central America. The
auctioneer's red flag will fly over the
commerce OF this land.
Unusual bankruptcy will be the
rule among the people, and nobody
will prosper except the conspirators
of London, Berlin and New York,
and their tools who are in power en-
gagged in making the infamous laws
and forging the chains of slavery for
the people.
If the bankers of the United States
would come out boldly against the
conspirators and in support of the
money of our Republic and the ages
I-silver-eonfdence would be fully
restored; the banks would be full OF
other peoples money; commerce
and industry would roll on undis-
turbed and the people would be hap
Ply and contented. But the people
can not be fooled any longer; they
know their friends and they will not
trust their money with those who
are ready all the time to say it is
not money, and they will keep draw
ing their money out of the banks
Just as long as the danger of demone-
tization is imminent.
1t is a sad thing to see our solid
institutions in the west and the east,
too going down in disaster, and ruin
ing thousands of ~depositors, and
through no fault of the bankers, ex.
cept they have been helping Others
to SOW the wind, and they are gath.
ering a big harvest, but it is the
whirlwind they gather.
JOHN NJ. BARKER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Roy Macfarlane, son of Judge G.
B. Macfarlane, will soon begin the
study of law. He will no doub'
make a very talented lawyer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Wheat was lower Tuesday thar
ever before. No.2 Sept. wheat sole
for 62la cents. At this price whea'
would not sell for much more thar
40 cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

All the talk in the world will not
convince you 30 quickly as one trial OF
De Wits Witch Hazel Salve for scalds,
burns, bruises, skin affections and
piles. French 4 Garrett.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20
JOHN NJ. BARKER.
Sam Medium Won His Race.

Foote Bros. Sam Medium, a
yearling colt by Prince Medium,
won the half mile trot at Rood
house Tuesday with ease. Time,
1873, 1879. Hood, the PAGER,
also owned by Foote Bros, was
distanced. He drew twelfth posi-
ton and had to trail in the sec
ond tier on the outside; he was also
run into and broke his harness and
topples. Hood is a sure enough
PAGER and doubtless if he had not
met with the accident would have
won the race Susie B. by Clinker
won the pace. Best time, 2:2O4
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Hopkins & Ricketts,, as agents fol
c. M. White, of Kansas City, Tues
day sold to X. NJ. White two lots ir
Lakenan & Barnes Addition to Mex
loo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Mr.. Paxton, formerly an old resi-
dent Of this city, ia here on a visit
and is much delighted with the i'm
provements our city shows.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

One word describes it-''perfection.n
We refer to De Wits Witch Hazel
Salve. Cures obstinate sores, burns,
skin diseases and II . well known cure
for piles. French & Garrett.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

The remains of the infant child
of MIR. and Mrs. John Asbury were
inferred in the graveyard at Sun
rise on Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Horace Mundy says he only has
fifteen inmates at the poor farm.
He did have twenty-three.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

IT didn't pay to keep the Worlds
Fair open on Sunday. This is the
reason the directors voted it close
cd
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20
t;ood Horses ut the Mexico Track.


"Pick" Hawkins, the DIR liver fol
the Mccormick Live Stock Co., oil
Bowling Green, has in training on
the Mexico kite track several trot.
tiers of gilt-edge breeding. Among
the number is Electant by Elec.
tioneer, the sire of Sunol, 2 :0S4 land
127 others in the list; Miss Cleve.
land, 2:25A, by Aytoun, 2:29A
Red Bird by Jay Bird, the sire Of
Allerton, 2:094; Murtis Wilkes,
by Toler's Ashland Wilkes.
|2:174; Grampian by Gambetts
Wilkes, 1926. They are a grant
lot OF horses and in "Pick's" hands
will develop speed rapidly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Mrs. l.. L. Lee and children are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. r.
Coatsworth, near Laddonia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Judge Flynt says there will be a
very fair corn crop in his part of the
county if the weather is favorable.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20
A Long Life Ended.

Grandma Marcena Green died at
her home on NorthWa alter Street Mon
day morning at A O'Clock. She was
one of the oldest ladies in Mexico,
if not the oldest. She was 81 years
old and a native of st. Charles coun-
ty, moving from there to Galloway,
thence to Macon, thence to Monroe
and located in Mexico about years
ago. Her husband has been deceas-
ed about thirty years. She leaves
the following children: Mrs. A. M.
Harrison, Mrs. l.. Acuff and Miss
Susie Green, all of this city, and J.
B. Green, of Howard county. The
deceased was not a member of any
| church,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Mr.. Ed. Atchison is rebuilding
his residence, which was wrecked
by a cyclone this spring.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

James Clacher, Jr,, has a nice
position with a leading hardware
firm of Bowling Green, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Than take in any other form Is what
many people think and Parks Tea ia
made for just those folks. It cures
constipation, and though not q cathar.
tic moves the bowels every day. Sold
by Woodbridge & Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Little vegetable health producers:
De Wits Little Early Risers cure ma
larious disorders and regulate the
stomach and bowels, which prevents
headache and dizziness. French & Gar.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Frank Russell, formerly of Mex
leo, was in town to-day while on bis
way to Fulton. He was returning
from Montreal, Canada, where be
attended the international Conven-
ton OF the Christian Endeavor So
ciety.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Congressman U. S. Hall was in
Moberly this week hooking on TO the
sentiments Of his people.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Mr.. James Beagles, of Nevada,
Mo-, is the guest or relatives IN Mex
leo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Mexico is rapidly gaining in pop
ulation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Tom Riley has moved his head
quarters to the room just east OF
Buckley & Moore's grocery store
where he will be located perma.
.nnnflv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

The Delmonico hotel closed to,
day. Mrs. Mckee will go out OF
the business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. C. B
Langston, a girl.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20
county.

MIR. and Mrs. Frank Frost are
home from Arrow Rock, Saline
county,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

II you can afford to be annoyed by
sick headache aud constipation, don't
use De Wits Little Early Risers for
these little pills will cure them. French
A. G~arraft.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

B. w. Torreyson is home from
Virginia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Recorder Minor has an unlimited
supply of marriage licenses. He
reports business dull in this line.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Miss Shirley Fenley, of Coving-
ton, KY, arrived today and is the
guestoi Miss Polly Bryan.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Read DR.. Lanoix's card in the
LEDGER. II.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Nothing drastic in TUFTS Pills.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20

Hoods Pills are easy totaks easy
in action and sure in effect. Csc. q
box.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-20
Are Tea Nervous

Are you all tired out, do you hav:
that tired feeling or sick headache!
You can be relieved of all these symp.
toms by taking Hoods Sarsapar.
lila, which gives nerve, mental and
bodily strength and thoroughly pur'
ifes the blood. 1t also creates I
good appetite, cures indigestion.
heartburn and dyspepsia.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10
The ChIckndee as a winter Friend.

Set forth a feast of suet on the window
sill, and he will need no bidding to come
and partake of it. How daintily he helps
himself to the tiniest morsels, never cram
ming his bill with gross mouthfuls as do
his comrades at the board, the nuthatch
and the downy woodpecker They, like
unbidden guests, doubtful of welcome or
of sufferance, even, make the most of time
that may prove all too brief, and gorge
themselves as greedily as hungry tramps;
while he, unsecured by your face at the
window, tarries at his repast, pecking his
crumbs with lesurely satisfaction. You
half expect to see him swept from your
sight like thistledown by the gusty blast,
but he holds bravely to his perch, unruflled
in spirit if not in feathers, and deties his
fierce assaiant with his oft-repeated chal-
lenge.
AS often as you spread the simple feast
for him he will come and sit at your board,
a coniidng guest, well assured of welcome,
and will repay you with an example of
cheerful life in the midst of dreariness and
desolation. In the still, bright days, his
CHEEKY voice rings through the frosty air,
and when the thick veil of the snow falls
in wavering slant from the low sky its
muflled cadence still heartens you.
What an intense spark of vitality must
it be that warns such a mite in such an
immensely of cold; that floats his little
life in this deluge of frigid air, and keeps
him in song while we are dumb with shiv.
ering If our huge hulks were endowed
with proportionate vitality, how easily we
might solve the mysteries of the frozen
North !-Atldntic Monthly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10

The captain of large steamer was once
filling up his crew for long voyage when
a seaman came up and said:
81 want to sail with you, sir"
"All right, my man." replied the cap
tain. "Where have you sailed before?"
'P. and c., sir, to Australia"
''What countryman?"
can Oirishman," was the ready re-
Spouse.
"Well, you must get a character"
The discharge was obtained, and as the
Irishman was presenting it another sea-
man came up and said he wanted to join.
'What line were you on before?" asked
the captain.
"Cunard, sir"
"What countTyman?'
"English, your honor"
can right Go forward"
Shortly after, as the two were swilling
the decks in heavy sea, the Englishman
was swept overheard, bucket and all. I'm
moved, Paddy finished his job and then
went to the captains cabin.
"Come in," responded the officer to his
rap. "What is up now?'
''Do you remember Bill Smith, the Eng
lishman and Cunarder?" queried Pat.
Certainly, my man."
"YOu took him without a character?"
81 believe so; what of that?"
"He's gone overheard wild yonr bucket"
Chicago NelUS Record.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10

the cage, followed by the Entellus monkey
amid the screams of the others. BY the
time he would reach point where he could
attack his little tormentor, who would
show some signs of resistance and cause
him to pause for moment, another brown
monkey would seize hold of the long tail
and swing like a prize boy at Sunday
school picnic.
have watched this game for an hour at
time, and been as much amused as the
little monks themselves. | observed that
they took their turn in catching the tail
with almost the same regularity as base
ball players take their turn at the bat.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10

SWELL" asked the casual caller, 'what
is going on?'
"Hoop skirts, fear" answered the
married man.
And the two strong men bowed their
heads and wept.-LndidndpOlis Journal.
'Dld you ever get back the umbrella
that you lent BrasherP" eyes" "How?"
~ borrowed it again" "From BrasherP"
"No; from the man he lent it to-
Washington Star.
VisitOr-"Don't you think it possible
that a pardon may be procured for the
poor man? His offence was not great, and
further confinement will kill him."
Warden-"Pm afraid it is impossible
The crime he committed was not sufficient
ly atrocious to interest the public in his
case."-HGrper's Bazaar.
Little Dick c. got into trouble with
a school-fellow the other day, and agreed
with him to shave it OUT before school
next morning. That evening when Dick
knelt by his mothers side to say his
prayers before going to bed, he delivered
himself as follows, after the usual "Now /
lay me:'' "And, o God, please make me
strong as lions an things, cause 1 got to
lick a boy in the morning-Amen !"-NeD
York Tribune.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Fearful Cyclones
Destroy Towns I'm Mississippi and Geor-
gIa---Many People Killed.

Destroy Towns In Mississippi and Geor-
gln---Mony People Killed.
A tornado swept over eastern Mississippi
and western Alabama Friday night The
town of Toomsuba, Miss, was swept from
the face of the earth. Only two houses
were left standing, and ten people were
killed. At Marion, Mississippi, every
house was blown down, several persons
were killed and several injured. The
cyclone struck Barnetts station, Miss,
wrecking every building in the place and
killing IL people and injuring 20 others.
The family of Daniel Barnett, eight in
number, were instantly killed.
After destroying Marion, Ala, the tor
nado cut swath through the swamp until
reaching Good Hope church, which il
wrecked, also destroying four settlements
of negro cabins. Three persons were fatally
hurt. Pachuta, Miss, was also visited
The Northwestern depot, the Baptist
church and residence were destroyed and
boy was killed. The Methodist church
and several stores and dwellings were badly
damaged.
Many pranks of the winds fury are re
ported. The water was blown out of the
tank at Barnett, while the tank itself wa:
not damaged in the least. A fine Jersey
COW was blown mile at Pachuta, and
alighted in the Baptist church uninjured
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10
monkey, PraetIeaI Jokes.

That simans have a deep sense of hui
NOR no one will deny who is familiar with
their conduct and motives. l have wit
messed in many instances, writes Mr.. Gar
ner, practical jokes worthy of human
beings. In large cage in the Philadel-
phia garden were kept at one time about
twenty monkeys. Among them were two
Entellus monkeys, which species is quiet,
sedate, rather wise-lOoking, with gray
beard and hair and the mien of a stole.
He has a very long, straight tail, and a
habit of sitting high up from the ground
and allowing this long tail to hang at full
length. In the same cage were three or
four brown Cebus monkeys who devote
much of their time to exercise and fun.
While an Entellus monkey would cling to
the side of the cage or sit on perch some
ten or twelve feet from the ground, one of
these little brown monkeys would steathily
creep up to him, and suddenly grasp the
end of the long tail and swing with all his
might. OF course, the Entellus monkey
could not lift his tail because of the weight
of the little monkey clinging to IL, nor
could he reach it. The only thing that he
could do was to climb down the side of the
cage with his unwieldy caudal burden I'M
til he reached the floor.
During this operation the brown monkey
kept swinging until his own tail touched
the floor, at which instant he would release
his hold and spring for life to the top of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10
OId-Time College Examinations.

The Rev. Edward Everett Hale, in his
paper on "My College Days, in the March
Atlantic, describes the entrance examina-
ton of his time:
"The examination was quite as severe
as it is today, though there are one or two
subjects which it did not. touch, such as
French, German, and English literature.
No Latin school boy had any more doubt
then that he should pass than boy from
the same school has now. But then, as
now, there were some questions as to hon
ors' and conditions For me, had new
er read the Greek Testament, which we
were examined in; but, like other we'll
bred boys of that time, | knew the four
gospels nearly by heart in English, and l
neither expected nor had any difficulty
there. BY absence from the school for the
whole summer of 1884, had missed read
ing the first six books of the Kneid. l
had read the last six, with good deal of
care, under Mr.. Dllaway. / remember
that on a pleasant Sunday afternoon in
September, the Sunday before we were to
be examined, | went upstairs and sat on
the ridgepole of the house, while | read
those six books through in the Latin. |
do not remember that have read them all
at any other time, from that day to this.
son the fatal morning we were to report
at University hall, at Cambridge, at six
o'clock. The examination lasted until sew
en- that evening, and from six until two
the next day. Such absurdity is now
eclipsed believe, by three days eXami-
nation. But | think the culprits are not
now under fire all the time, as we were.
Maternal foresight had provided for me- as
Mrs Gilpin provided for a more festive oc-
casion. DR.. Hale, my uncle, had lent his
horse and chaise for the solemnity, and my
brother drove me out to Cambridge My
schoolmates had dubbed together with
other boys and engaged the omnibus to
run at 5 o'clock. | should not mention
this detail but in illustration of the simple
customs of the time. For it was thus that
it happened that arrived among the very
last of the candidates, and my name was
on the list among certain flag end of boys
who had ridden considerable distances that
morning Among these were Francis
Brown Hayes and Samuel Longfellow,
each of whom had come from Maine in a
chaise driven by his father. l think Hayes
aminations began.
versity hall. As l said they were over at
two o'clock on the second day. We then
loafed around the yard, waiting to be call
ed, one by one, to learn our success. You
went up to the corporation room,' in Uni
versity hall, and there were the president
and the faculty sitting around a mahogany
table. You bowed to the president, and
he told you your fate. / was admitted
without conditions, one of six boys who
passed so satisfactorily out of more than
7On
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10
A Section Of Georgia Devastated.

a terrible wind-storm swept across sew
eral counties so miles north of Columbus,
Ga, Friday night. At Greenvlle, the
county seat of Merriwether county, IS
stores and dwellings are reported TO have
been blown down, and but three business
houses in the town were left intact. Odessa,
a small town near Greenvlle, was com
pletely destroyed. Six persons were killed.
Many are reported to be seriously wounded.
At Molena, Pike county, Ca, church,
academy, planning MILL two stores and sew
eral residences were blown down. -Four
persons were killed. AT Piedmont, only
two houses out of 20 remain standing. AL
most every one in the town was wounded
to some extent.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-03-10
bad News from Russia.

Advices received from the province of
Astrachan, in southwestern Russia, ad-
joining the Caspian sea, are to the effect
that strange epidemic, of character as
yet unrecognized, is killing thousands of
people in the Transcaspian region. 1t was
partly by this route that cholera entered
Russia last year. The news has created
CONSERVATION on the European shores OF
the Caspian sea, and there the question is
being considered as to whether later and
fuller information may not show the dis
ease to be form of cholera more deadly
and rapid than usual in its effects.
The persistent lingering of cholera, and
the appearance of sporadic cases at num-
erous points in Europe throughout the
winter causes grave fears that the plague
will spring into renewed activity with the
coming of hot weather