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Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

BRECKENRIDGE. the papers say, is
going to contest. Nothing less was
expected. If there had been a ma
jority Of 5000 he would have con.
tested, as he controls the committee.
Owens will be declared the nominee
and will be elected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

THE Peary and the Weilman
arctic expeditions have both failed.
This was not to be expected on the
part of Wellman, who left this coun-
try with the full expectation that he
would climb the arctic pole. What
fool will be next to follow the fatal
iunis fafuus2
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

THE LEDGER joins the general
public in welcoming Rev. E. X.
Miller back to Mexico. We are
sorry to have Rev. O'IIowell leave
but take pleasure in welcoming Mr..
Miller back again. He is one of us.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

II. L
Election of Senators by Popular fo.e.
Walter Clark, Associate Justice OF
Supreme Court of North Carolina, in
the Arena, Boston, September, says:
The present mode OF election viz
tually DISTINGUISHES all the counties
in which the party which is dominant
in the legislature does not control.
Take q state in which either party
has only a small majority in the
Legislature on joint ballot. In such
state half the counties, containing
possibly one half the voters of the
dominant party, are completely dis
franchised. Nay, more las the choice
is usually by caucus, one-half of the
dominant majority, coming from
o~ne-fourth of the counties, select the
Senator. The parties being usually
nearly equal at the polls, the mem
bers of the Legislature who cast the
votes of those counties may thus
represent less than one-eighth of the
voters of the state. Such a system
is not Democratic. That it readily
lends itself to manipulation and to
the influence of corporate and pluto
cratic influences would be apparent,
even if the world was not advertised
of the fact by that unanswerable
teacher - experience. But, it is
argued, that the Legislature represents
the state. But SO do the Government
and the judiciary, and even more
fully, since they must be chosen by
a majority OF the voters of the whole
state, while not unfrequently the
majority of the Legislature is chosen
by a minority of the voters of the
state. Yet who would be content to
have the Senators appointed by the
Governor or elected by the judges Of
the state?
Another objection TO the Senate as
now elected is that while one-third
of the body is renewed every two
years, this affects only two thirds of
the states. In each of the states
there is always four years II which
a change or an advance in public
sentiment has no chance to make
itself felt. This should be remedied
by reducing the Senatorial term to
four years, so that one Senator in
each state shall be elected every two
years. There can be no reason why
a Senator should be elected for six
years and the President for four.
The SIX years term was an expert
ment. 1t has proven too long. 1t
is toolong to trust the average pub
lie mar where temptation to err is SO
great. He thinks that in six years
his offense will be forgotten.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

The Fulton Sun says: w. II.
Davis made thirty shows for pre-
miums at Mexico, Fulton and
Wellsville. He took twenty-four
first premiums and four seconds and
was beaten twice. Among the pre-
miums he captured were the $500
purse at Mexico and the 800 at
Fulton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20
The Mexico Clothiers.

Miss Ida Spencer, of Laddonia,
has Just returned from St. Louis
where she selected some beautiful
styles in hats, ribbons, silks, velvets,
Jets, etc. She will sell you goods
extremely low. Ladies, call and
see her goods.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

BRECKINRIDGE was beaten for the
nomination and Opera House man.
ayers refuse their buildings to Mad
cline to show herself in. Surely,
the world is not so bad rs some
people think.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20
Assignee's Nesice For -
Discharge.

All persons are hereby notiheis
the undersigned assignee Of the q
OF A.. +. Gentry, assignor, will g
hrst day of the September tern
OF the Audrain County, Iissoai !
cult Court for as soon therex1t
can be HEARD make application !
exhibits, to such Court for hs Z
discharge from such trust.
F. Y. GEsfEs
2)-8-t. Assign,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

Married, on the 18th of Septem-
Der, 1894, at the residence of the
BRIDES father, Mr.. John Gallip, by
Thos. c. Hudson, Esq, Mr.. Elijah
P. Robinson and Miss Lou Gallip,
all of AudraIn county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

THE late rains did help the late
corn. The Cincinnati Price Current,
which is good authority, makes a
prophecy that the crop of 1894 will
he 1900, OOO, 900 bushels.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

There will be two games of base
ball here next week. Louisiana's
crack nine will fan the wind with our
Browns at Sportsman's Park, both
on Monday and Tuesday afternoons.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

THE season of the year has ar
rived when the ice man looks de-
iected and the coal dealer carries his
head mighty high.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

AUDRAIN COUNTY may be a trltle
short on her corn crop this year, but
from all accounts and from speci-
mems brought to this office we think
no better corn was ever raised IN this
santiOn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

''BREcK" is rounding to all right
and will support Owens if the COM
mittee declares him the nominee,
which of course it will do.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

Co.. HENRI WAITERsoN is still on
top in kentucky. The Col. and the
women had things pretty much their
own way in the Ashland District.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

Democratic leaders at Washing
ton express pleasure in the revolt OF
the Louisiana sugar planters, rs ii
opens the way to free sugar.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

HARDIN COLLEGE is full, but pa
rents are moving to Mexico and
renting houses so they can send their
children to this institution.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

IT is claimed in certain quarters
that the Mexico base ball nine
would win more games if it would
stop playing ball on Sundays.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

THERE was a great deal of noise
made during the Owens-Breckin-
ridge contest in the Ashland (Ky.)
district, but nobody was killed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

THERE are quite a number OF boys
in Mexico who should either be at
work or in school. The penitentiary
is often the final home of such boys.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

Governor Mckinley has consent
ed to come to Kansas in The interest
of Major Morrill,, the Republican
nominee for governor, and he will
make q speech at Topeka Oct. 3.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20
Mansur Appointed.

WASHINGTON, D. c., September
1S.-The President has appointed
Charles Fl. Mansur, OF Missouri,
Assistant Comptroller of the Treas
ury. Mr.. Mansur has held the
place of Second Comptroller OF the
Treasury, which Office was abolish.
ed by the Doekery Commission.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20
Michael see Dead,

New FLORENCE, Mo-, September
Michael See, one of the largest
land owners in this county, fell
dead this morning of apoplexy. He
was 60 years old, and had a large
family OF children. His home farm
consisted of $500 acres of fine
prairie land, we'll stocked with high.
bred horses and cattle.
vii! Wells is home from Chicago,
where he has been for the last three
years, 10 visit his mother, Mrs. M.
+. Wells.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

SETTLES did well. He got enough
votes to keep Breckenridge from be-
ing nominated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20
THE LEDGER.

EVEN the very best education will
not give a person brains.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20
h Enlton Sun ca,

The Fulton Sun says: Mr.. Sims
brought Jo He In yesterday for a
few days rest, and later on expects
TO enter him in the Texas circuit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

Lane and Mckinley are having
granitoid walks put down in front
and along side of their new building.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20
Arnoid-N Northern.

Miss Hattie Northern, daughter o.
Thomas Northern of this city, was
married to Mr.. Robert Arnold, sor
Of r. Z. Arnold, the genial cashier
OF the First National Bank of this
city, Wednesday evening at $50
O'Clock at the Baptist Church by
Rev. A. A. Wallace, of the Presby-
terrain Church. The newly married
couple received many pretty and
valuable presents. They will spend
two months at Hot Springs, Ark.
when they will return to Mexico.
where they will make their home,
They left for the Springs to-day.
The LEDGER extends congratula-
tions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20
SuERTFF.s SALE.

By virtue and authority Of Sk
cution for costs issued from he i
of the CLERK of the Circuit Court
drain County, Missouri, retuvnai
the September, 1894, term Of
Court, and to me directed in Isl
Ben Middleton and against ri
Shearer as principal, and Il
kracke, f. W. Niles and A. nj
mons as sureties, l have levied
and seized all the right. title, mi
and claim of the said Henry hi
one of the above sureties, of, fn,i
the following described real estai
wit: Lot one ~. block fourH.
rico's Highview Addition to b.
Mo-, all lying and being in th
County and State of Missouri:
will, on
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

uncongenial time. But it will all
come round in years to come; it is
only an interrogatory of time. And
when in the journey of modern sd-
vancement the people of this section
lose sight of their starting place and
its surroundings, and can only view
the goal in front, no longer looking
backward, their eyes straight to the
front, We shall find the sold Domin-
ion," in regard to industrial pur-
suits and intellectual accomplish
ments, nearer first than last.
TT Fl. l..
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20
Friday. the 5tEI Day of /
her. a h 1901

ut being the nth day OF me ii
Court of said County,, betweaf
hours of nine O'Clock in the fofi
and five O'Clock in the aftefns
that day, at the Court House ds
the City of Mexico, County ofAI.
aforesaid, sell the same, or %
thereof as may be required, ut il
Vendue, to the highest bidderfd
in hand Subject TO all prior lieai
judgements), to satisfy said exsl
and costs.
2i-tds. J. n. STEPHEN
Of t,Hra;o Ha,ntr
Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-09-20

Grand Excursion to jefferson City Sept. ..
Leaving Mexico at s a. m. and
arriving at Jefferson City 10 a. m.
Returning, leave Jefferson City
1880 p. N. Only one dollar fol-
the round trip to Cedar City and
ten cents round trip from Ceda,
City 10 Jefferson City.
E. S. WILSON, Tiki. Agt.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03
The InvaIids' Home.

/. Speaking of Mr.. Abbott's Shakespeare
Iecitals, to be heard in this city next
week, the Bangor Wing says:
MIR. E. G. A bbott of Boston gave his
first Shakesperian recital at. the Opera
House last evening before good-sized
audience, composed of the most cultured
people or the city, Mr.. A bbott read
Julius Caesar from memory and depict.
ed the characters very cleary from the
first to the last scene. Marc Anthony's
Grafton was rendered in mastery man
ner, and the fire and pathos and tender
ness were brought out in manner that
the audience loudly applauded. The
quarrel seen was given in as strong a
manner as the Grafton. There are but
few public readers in this country who re.
cite a whole Shakesperian play from
memory, and Mr.. Abbott is, fortunate in
possessing the power of voice and gesture
that enables him to do it, as it presen IS
unique entertainment, that is both
entertaining and instructive to all who
love the plays of the great Bard OF
Avon.n
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by CORES
pondents of the Press.

Sebago.
The new coat shop of Henry W. Blake,
East Sebago, has been Completed and
work has commenced.
Frank Ward will have TO drain the eel.
lar which he commenced digging on the
schoolhouse lot, as the water came into
it before it was completed. The heavy
thunder shower of Wednesday night
and other rains make it very bad work
ing.
Mr.. Weston, the drover, has been in
town buying oxen. There is quite q
trade in cows. Several buyers on Tues.
day. Peter Sawyer sold one for S3S.
Within about week past. R. Haley has
trapped eight foxes and nine mink.
BE-. Osgood, of Hiram, was in town
Tuesday selling beef and buying chick.
ems and also trading cows.
Verv little interest is manifested abopt
who will get the Portland Custom House
appointment. All are looking toward
New York's election of governor next
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03
Tuesday, and are anxious to hear how

Tuesday, and are anxious to hear how
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel L. Paine went to
Boston Thursday, Nov.1st. "
the barbed wire last week. Init nnt nor ~
| badly.
Fred Fitch's colt was cut Short
| time ago in the same way,
Yarmouth.
phiIins. has been transferred ~ annth.r
nosition. and Mr.. ChurchilI taIao he
place at Yarmouth.
Rev. VIM Bragg, of West Cumberland
will supply the pulpit of the Methodist
church on Elm street next SUNDAY at
Mrs. CIV. Hammond arrived from Bos-
ton Wednesday at Camp Hammond.
Miss Alice B. Thomas has inst arrived
from Boston, where she has been at
tending the fall openings.
The following announcement of
Golden Wedding Reception has been re-
iceived by many Yarmouth people this
week:
1874 1894
Rev.and Mrs. John @. Stockbridee.
At Home
Wednesday, November fourteenth, from
II am. to 10 p. m.
251 Benefit Street,
Providence, Rhode Island.p 4
A cable dispatch received here last
week announced the arrival of Capt. f.
L. Oakes, ship McLaren, at Singapore,
China after a passage of ~ days.
Mr.. Hermon Sea bury has contracted to
build house for Mr.. John Moriarty,
who has purchaseda lot adjoining that
of Mr. Lewis Garney's on Portland street
Mr.. Horace Ross has commenced the
work on the cellar.
LIB. Cook has "a fine assortment of
chrysanthemum potted, and cut flowers,
from John Burr, also fern and rex
begonia.
A tiny alligator in F. W. Rucknam's win
dow is attracting agood deal of attention
this week. He is pretty savage, and nips
finger when occasion offers.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03
CHINA'S SORROW.

The northern dialect is SO different
from that of the south that the natives
themselves are often compelled to COM
municate with each other through the
written characters, or still more strange
ly, through pidgin English. In the
north the word no means river, and
hoang, sometimes incorrectly spelled
wang, being yellow, we have the title
Yellow unexpectedly 'China's Sor-
row. from its devastating floods and
because it sfoweth where it Iisteth, )
it's present mouth being some three
hundred miles from one of it's former
points of discharge. The name Yellow
is derived from the muddy color of its
waters, which in turn discolor the Gulf
of Pe.Chi-Li and the Yellow sea. The
mud has also made the gulf shallow,
and with. that from the Pei-ho, has
caused the mud flats near Ta-Ku, which
brought disaster to the English in their
first attack upon the forts there, when
our flag officer. Tattnall, stretched an in
Sensational point and said that Blood
is thicker than water La the south.
kiang is the word for river, and Yang
TIE is, translated, Son of the Ocean.
OF course Yang-Tze-Kiang river is
tautologous though it has been SO writ
ten. Peking being very sacred capital,
lien Isln, on the way to it along the
Pei-Ho is Heavens Gate. according to
reading.
Among the words most commonly
used with the names of towns are three
descriptive terms: Foo, in old times,
meant city or district of the first class;
Chow one of the second order and Tsien
OF the third: and formerly chow con-
tanned about $500 families; but as towns
orr in, Ri
even in. China while the language is said
to be immutable, these titles do not now
express a very exact meaning as to the
size of the places. 1t may assist also to
note that keou or kow is mouth or gate:
geographically. chan lis island. and
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03
A CHINESE PUZZLE.
The Difficulty in Locating the Places
Mentioned in War Dispatches.

Significance of Chinese Geographic Names
! as Explained by Naval Officer-Out-
come of the War;.
| Perhaps some who are trying, to fol-
low the so far brilliant campaign of the
japanese in the war with their colossal
enemy" said a naval officer to Star
reporter" have been puzzled to find the
whereabouts of many of the places men
toned in dispatches. 1t is no wonder,
for the spelling of those names has been
carried out under two distinct systems,
the continental European and the Eng
fish, and a few have been further man
gled by the telegraph after the cores
pondents have transmitted them. For
example, the old fashioned geographical
word spelt chow by the English, may
by others, and it was reduced to ju by
the cable the other day in at least one
case Weiju, which may be found in
some aliases as Y-tcheou. Reference has
also been made to the imperial palace at
Je-nol, which has been marked on maps
unpleasantiy suggestive spelling is
misnomer for the Hunting Park, though
the name does mean hot river.
When in doubt it may be well to try
all names by both the continental and
English systems of pronunciation. and
to search the maps for either spelling. 1
"A few random notes may add interest
to our inspection of the rather Indifferent
maps we possess, and may show that in
China, as elsewhere, names have mean
lngs, and in some cases entertaining
ones. 10 begin with the cardinal points:
north, south, east and west are, respect
lively, Peh, Nan, Tung and ST; SO that
the Important city which we generally
call Fe1in Is in fact Peh-King, and
means northern capital; or in another
way lofty ten lions, which exceeds
our expression upper-ten thousand it
also bears, to the confusion of outside
bar bariaus, the title Shun-Tien Foo, al
luding to the experimenting hand which
directs streams of all things. Marking
used to be the southern capital before
the present Ta-Tsing or sublimely pure
dynasty removed to it's existing quarters.
rhe two provinces, Shan-Tung and
Shan-Si, are, respectively, east of the
hills and west of the hills, the character
Shan being corrupt form of the original
pictorial representation of three noun
tain peaks. The province which con tains
the capital is Chilli, meaning direct
rule, beca use Picking, the source of
Liau-Tung, also called Shing-King, be-
tween theYa-lu river and the g reat wall,
has the appropriate meaning remote dis
lance
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03
LOYAL Women.

The Loyal Women will meet at the house
of Mrs. J. R. Libby..i tlo9s Danforth street,
Saturday afternoon, November 8, at three
O'Clock.
Rev. Mr.. Lindsey will address the meet
ing. Persons not members of the society
who have friendly interest IN their work
are invited to be present.
A meeting of the directors will be'held at
the same place Immediately after this
meeting
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03
DEERING.

The fall term of Westbrook Seminary
is more than half gone. 1t closes Friday,
December Z. for three weeks vacation.
The winter term begins Tuesday, January
list.
The Deering Toothpick Company will
start their works at Morrilrs Corner next
Monday.
Morrills, las received call from the
Winthrop St. Universalist church of Au-
gusta. 1t is not known whether b 9 will
accept or not, but if he does he will be
very.much missed.
Mr.. C. F. Seaman, formerly with the
Deering Toothpick Company, has leased
the old handle factory at Morrills and
will establish toothpick factory. He
expects to have tin running order in
about month. 10 b.
Miss Brown, the matron of the Per
manent Invalids Home at Woodfords, has
resigned. Is yf
Mr. Harry Kimball of Andover Theo-
logical Seminary. has been visiting his
father, Mr.. Carlton KimbalI, of Pleasant
street.
Mr. Harry B. Peters has returned from
Fryeburg.
Wednesday evening the W. VIC. met
with Mrs. j. M. Adams.
MN. D. Hanson, of Portland, lis to
occupy the house which Mr.. A. C. Marks
is building on Grant street.
The Free church in 1Deering is having
quite boom, il such a term can proper
ly he applied to church. There has
been large increase in the attendance
atall the services. since the return of
the pastor. The evening services espec-
tally are success, judging by the num-
Der that attend. Two weeks ago there
were so many that the vestibule had to
be used for standing room. Last Sun
day there were nearly as many. A glance
at the church notices will show what
the services are to, be for tomorrow.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03
Female Proyident Association.

The annual meeting of the Female Provi-
dent Association will be held at their room
in the City Building, on Monday, November
9th, at 2.30 p. m. ELLEN B. LITTLE
FIELD, Secretary pro tenn. oot29dlw
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03

Presaue Isles oldest and most attractive
homestead, the Phair mansion, one of the
village landmarks, has been pulled down
from it's commanding knoll and the knoll
has been levelled away to make room for
the new B. & A. railroad station.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03
CABINET BEDS

are our hobby. and we have a line on
which we can ride over all other lines
com bined in the city.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03

But we find it hard to do SO when all
our goods are at cut prices. We are
offering goods, good enough for the rich
at prices SO low that the poor, can have
them.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03
WILD FLOWERS OF AMERICA.

This series consists of colored plates and de-
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containing at least sixteen plates, and to
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to bind with the volume These ''Wild Flowers
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There are Is parts, all OF which are
ready. One OF the coupons printed below
and 15 cents will secure part one and two
issned..
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for q EO 0SNAA
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The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03

The fall term of Westbrook Seminary
is more than half gone. 1t closes Friday,
December z, for three weeks vacation.
The winter term begins Tuesday, January