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Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14
Crisp on the Monetary Conference.

WASHINGTON D. c., March 6.-Spea-
ker Crisp shares with the President
the view that the coming monetary
conference 'Elooks like business" He
does not regard his appointment as an
empty honor. In a brief conversation
he said he intended to procure and
read the reports of the proceedings OF
the several international monetary
conferences heretofore held because
he was Sin as great need of informa-
ton and instruction on that subject as
anybody well could be-"
81 have been greatly encouraged by
recent indications of a change of SEN
timent in Europe in regard to silver,
and / have strong hopes that if anoth-
er conference shall be held practical
results may be obtained. For mypart
I would rejoice to see the silver ques-
ton eliminated from the next presi-
Dental campaign"
Judge Crisp has hitherto been in full
sympathy with Bland on this question,
but he does not to share the
opinion of the latter that the PROPOSE
ton for another international none
tary conference is a wicked device OF
"gold bugs to create confusion and
decentralization in the ranks of the
"friends of silver'' and defeat their
| efforts to restore that metal "to its
| rightful place in the money of the
world
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

HE following from the Louisville
urier- Journal is brief and to the
mt: The out-and-out steal of nearly
ry0,0oo of the taxpayers money by
! Senate. to buy a $4,000 house, in
Der to prevent the building of a the
rnear Senator Camera residence,
cstngly caps the record of n body
25noee one denominatipg principle has
su hat no legislation for the coun-
:! b permissible as long as a United
IVES Senator objects, and that nc
hction by the country is permissible
my legislation for the personal
neft of a United States Senator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14
FRAUD OF A MISSOURI DOCTOR
Frightens Many People Into Letting
Him Vaccinate Them.

SEDALIA, Mo-, March An imposi-
ton was practiced yesterday upon
the citizens of Otterville, thirteen
miles east of this city, by a sharper,
who represented himself to be a ply
stefan and a member of the Sedalia
Board of Health. The alleged doctor
said that smallpox had become cpl
demic in Sedalia, and that he had
been directed to visit all the towns in
the county and vaccinate the people.
He was well supplied with vaccine
points, and he vaccinated a large
number of persons at a dollar each.
After filling his pockets with silver ne
took an east bound train. The Otter
vile folks, after learning that there
was not a ase of smallpox in Sedalia
and that the doctor raj a fraud, were
highly indignant.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

ne Louisville Courier Journal, in
attended article referring to the
Extended to the United States by
sRothschilds when specie payment
Presumed, says: "There is much
rtson for believing that the Roths-
ads viii carry out their contract now
hen; and Secretary Carlisle and
scleveland will be as much praised
Il NE end of the next ten years fol
part they took in this important
ater as Secretary Sherman and Mr.
! YES are now for the resumption OF
Nie payments.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14
A NJ

Mrs. Fowler, of this city, was mar
ried last January to her sixth hus-
band, and strange as it may seem,
Ave of them died exactly two
years from their marriage day. Her
present husband has been sick for the
last four months with chronic jaun-
dice, and was given up by four OF our
best physicians; as last resort he be-
gan using Sulphur Bitters, and yester-
day told our reporter that they had
saved his life, smilingly saying that he
guessed Mrs. Fowler would be unable
to take a seventh better half for somc
time to come.-Enchnnae.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

Judge b. Fl. Wilder, Of Laddonia,
No, died Thursday, March !, at $3.50
O'Clock, p. m. Judge Wilder was one
Of Andrain County's most sturdy and
highly respected citizens. He WELD
ed a large influence in the neighbor.
hood where he lived and his death In
learned with deep regret by all who
kuavs him
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14
THE P0pULIST PRoNUNcIAMENTo

Inc nal money men"bob up serene
~" every year or two under nevp
names but always sticking to the old
Iailacy that the government a r G
ate money. A prominent writer, re-
ierrlng to the new movement along
this line, says: On reading the tureid,
irenzied rhetoric of the s'appeaI, to
1ne people OF the Populists in Con-
gress, ones first impulse is to wonder
"nether the men who signed it really
are silly enough to believe the charges
therein contained. 1t seems impossi-
Die that any sane man can believe in a
conspiracy" begun about 1865. and
maintained ever since, with numerous
members on both continents, to do any
OF all OF the things charged. These
charges we reproduce, with the COM
nonsense answer to each:
L fasterl upon the United States
n burdens OF perpetual debt" The
protective policy of the Republican
party reduced the debt steadily until
the people, in a moment of national
iunacy, put the free trade Democracy
In power, and gave opportunity to
run the country into debt again.
ITO destroy the greenbacksn-which
cost us, from the time of their issue
up to 1875, about a billion and three
Observation-Disclosures times as much
as their total issue.
L strike down silver as a money
metal To save the country from GO
ing to a silver basis, and bringing ruin
upon it in consequence.
ITO deny to the people the use of
the federal paper and silver-the two
independent sources of money supply
guaranteed by the constitution" The
two previous answers cover the first
half of this, and the remainder is a
lie The constitution guarantees
nothing of the sort. Name the clause
which does either!
"To fasten upon the country the
single gold standard of GreatBritain."
The United States was really on the
gold standard from 1854, and has been
ever since; so the Fastening was
done before the conspiracy was
formedl
ITO delegate to banking corpora
tions B" the sovereign control over
the issue and volume of all supple
mental paper currency" The gov
eminent has no more business to go
into banking than it has to go into the
grocery business, and its issue of
greenbacks was the most costly fnan-
cial experiment this nation ever made.
This appeal is the cry of the de-
feated. Once lore it is becoming APP
parent that the intelligence of the
people will save the nation from finan-
cial ruin proposed by a collection of
cranks, as it did at the time of
the greenback agitation. Then the
people rejecGed the doctrine that
''the fat of the government can Gre
ate value, as they will now reject the
proposal to cut the actual value of the
unit of value in half, which would be
the snre result of giving free coinage
to silver at the ratio of 16 to l. The
nation has had enough ofscostly finan-
cial experiments, and the result at the
polls, when the question is tested, will
be the doom of Populism and it's err
rors.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

perhaps you would not think SO,
but a very large proportion Of diseases
in New York comes from carelessnsss
about catching cold," says DR.. Syrus
Edison. sit is such a simple thing and
SO common that very few people, UNI
less it is a case of pneumonia, pay any
attention to acold. NewYork Is one of
the healthiest places on the Atlantic
Coast and yet there are a great many
cases of catarrh and consumption
WHICH haYe. their origin in this neglect
Of the simplest precaucIon brewery
day life. The most sensible advice is,
when you have n get rid of it as
soon as possible. By all means do not
neglect it," DIR. Edison does not tell
you how to cure a cold but we viii.
Take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
1t will relieve the lungs, aid expecto-
ration, open the s~ecretions and soon
effect a permanent cure. rs and SO
cent bottles for sale by Chas. A. Buck
ner, druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

PAVED streets in the business por-
ton of the city would be the very best
investment that could be made at this
time. We are glad to know that at
least one block will be put down in the
spring, and we feel confident that 9TH
ers will follow promptly. Paved streets
are like granitoid sidewalks-the more
you have of them the nor you want.
There is not a business man in Mexico
who would do away with the granitoid
walk for ten times the amount of
money il cost him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14
Henry Truitt Dead

Henry Truitt, a young man aged "a
years, living a mile and Il half south
west OF Benton City, died Thursday,
March 7, of typhoid fever and was
buried at Trinity church Friday after
noon. The young man was well known
and his death Is mourned by many
friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14
Clark Stood Up for the People.

FTOHl tne BOHIDR NfttH IHIVS'
Hon. Champ Clark and family ar
rived home from Washington Tuesday
night. Mr.. Clark has cause to feel
proud of his record of a Representa-
tive. He stood up for the peoples
rights at all times and the Ninth Dis
trict will never forget him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14
Highest of all in Leavening Power-Laest US Govt Report
RakiRs
ABSOLUTELY PURE
County News.
YOUNGERS ITEMS

YOUNGERS ITEMS.
Correspondence of the Ledger.
YoUNGERs, Mo-, March 9.-The
farmers are preparing to make an ex-
ira effort this year. We humbly trust
they may reap q bountiful harvest
from the fruits of their labor.
DIR. Dee Mcdonnell has a child very
sick with pneumonia.
Miss BERTHE Boatman closed a very
successful school in Grand View dis
trict a few days ago, and returned to her
home in Mexico. Miss BERTHE made
many warm friends who regret very
much to lose her from their midst.
viii Younger is building on the land
he purchased from his father.
DR.. Davis and lady, of Benton City,
and Mrs. VIM. Moore, were the guests
of their father, Mr.. Elias Davis, last
week.
Lee Cox and wife moved to their new
home last Tuesday.
Aunt Betsy Leach, who has been sick
for several days past, is now conva-
lescent.
Miss Mamie Riggs, of Sturgeon, who
was visiting friends in this locality,
returned home q few days ago.
Elder T. ]. NARROW breaches at
Hickory Grove every third Sunday,
and Saturday night before.
We learn that the safe of Jasper
Roberts and the Pest Office at Halls
vile were robbed last Tuesday night,
and $3.50 taken.
Mr.. F. Schooler took possession Of
his new farm a few days ago. We are
glad to welcome such neighbors to our
midst.
Mrs. Jennie Mildred spent Sunday
with her father, Judge Flynt.
Miss Mary Riggs, who has been
teaching school at Harrisburg, re-
turned to her home a few days ago.
Horses and mules continue to die
from eating too much fodder.
Shan and Bob Brown attended the
sale of Pat Radican's in Galloway last
Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

ne farmer in Indiana who is re-
.nhed as having gone 1852 days and
pts without closing his eyes in
", Is said to have taken IA nap or
= recently. If the old gentleman
u well we would recommend that he
DIV all prescribed narcotics out OF
window and taKe-:o reading the
!. 1gressional Record. A brass band
4 DE back yard could not keep him
LIKE
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

! i really very kind of those dis
.nisbed English women to come
!, here for the purpose of reform
|. ~ men, but, if the question isn't
s~asrsonal, have all the men in Eng
sh.au reformed?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

M, II was unquestionably umpar-
.mentary for Senators Hill and Mar
IL refer TO Senator Chandler as a
,ysua', and a "buzzard;" but it can
s~tuthfully be denied that Chandler
acharacteristics which justify the
IL The applications.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

: begins to look now as though
nething might be accomplished in
i0ftr OF bimetallism by an interna-
nj conference. The extreme sill
dtes, il they are in favor of bimet-
I'M, will take q more conservative
.x7use and make fewer threats thar
y have In the past. With an inter,
Honal agreement silver will take it;
a per place in the currency of the
and the financial question viii
,i1Ireatly simplified.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

EcRETARY CARLISLE took some OF
o~stonceit out of some members OF
osgress when he wrote, in answer
3 House resolution: 81 do not
rrtpgnize the right of the House of
presentatives to require the Sec
xry of the Treasury to state the
N sons for making removals, ap-
N htments or reinstatements,n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

i seems that Joha ]. Davenport,
/ j lost his dirty political job by the
,Nsl of the Federal election laws.
kh was one of the many good things
R by the Democratic Congress, has
? "a putting in some of his time max
Hove to other mems sweethearts.
sof the other men gave John a
ID humping the other day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

n / perhaps just as well that the
al a foreign title with the possess
,brown in has raised to $1,000, 900.
i bulk of our American girls will
hold TO this side of the ocean in
.,uriug their matrimonial alliances.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

NAT was a triumph of craftsmanship
The part of the New Jersey Legisla-
Bwben it passed a bread law the 9TH
BY. Itmade no provision for quality
price, but enacted that every loaf
A weigh a pound. 1t is nothing
10 r less than placing the tempta-
1 before the baker to make heavy
-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14
Sham B~imetallists.
FROM tne Kansas S1ty star :

Pretending to desire a plain straight
forward statement of principles on the
financial question in the next Presi-
dental campaign, a number of Demo-
cratic Congressman who failed to Sc
cure a reelection have issued an ap-
peal to the free silver Democrats of
the United States, asking them to
strive to get control of the party or
~ganization and place it on record Sin
favor of the immediate restoration OF
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the present legal ratio of 16 to l, as such
coinage existed prior to 1873, without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation, such gold and silver
coin to be a full legal tender for all
debts, public and private"
Everybody recognizes that no polit-
ical convention in many years has
adopted a plain and honest declaration
on this question. The money planks
and platforms of both parties have
been framed for the purpose of per-
nisting all shades of belief to be rep
resented by them.
The declaration which the free silver
men desire to incorporate in the next
Democratic platform is plain enough;
but it is not honest. 1t is a bundle of
platitudinous contradictions. The
adoption of free and unlimited coinage
of silver as it existed prior to 1873 is
an impossibility, for the reason that
prior to 1878 silver was more valuable
for commercial purposes in this coun-
try. From 1898 to 1873 less than seven
million silver dollars were coined by
the minis of the United States. A good
deal of silver was coined into half
dollars and smaller pieces during that
time. But it was not coined free. 1t
was bought by the Government just as
silver was bought under the Bland law
and the Sherman law. The law pro-
viding for free silver coinage prior to
1873 was a dead letter. What nom
sense, therefore, to talk about restor-
ing free coinage as it EXISTED prior to
1868.
This proposed declaration of princi-
Piles involves the pretence that gold
and silver will circulate side by side
with the United States minis open for
the free coinage of silver at the ratio
of 10 to /. The men who put it forth
claim they are bimetallists. They pre-
tend to believe that the edict of a
single government, in violation of the
commercial usages of its own people
and of all other people in the world,
can in a single instant double the value
of thousands of millions of property
scattered in every part of the world.
There is not the remotest probability
of the people of the United States be-
ing hoodwinked by any such p%retense.
These defeated Congressman may as
well be honest and announce them
selves as simple silver monometallists.
They are nothing else. Their pro-
posed declaration in favor of bimetal-
ism is a sham and a pretense, more
FdisgraceruI THAI une uecIarauiuns GER
orally adopted by pelitieal-oonuan=
tions, because everybody recognizes
them to be mere attempts to dodge
the straight issue, whereas this one
pretends to be honest and it is not.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

gar Democrat and LeUer OF Platts-
= Mo-, have consolidated and I'M
the management of Robertson and
imam the Democratic rer will be
!, ~ the most influential and pros
ana newspapers in Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14
Annual Horse Sale.

The Clark & Potts regular annual
sale of fancy saddle and driving horses
viii begin April %, 1895, and continue
from day to day until the stock is all
sold. Books are now open. Apply
for entry blanks at the hardware store
of Potts & Hord, Mexico, Mo. As At
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

IL In not a miracle. 1t won't cur
everything, but /; will cure piles.
That's what DE Wits Witch Hazel
ealve win do, because It has done h In
hundreds Of cases. Woodbridge &Mc.
Arthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

w. Fl. Jones & Co., of Elliott, Mo-,
have leased so acres of ground, just
north of the Davis coal mine and be-
tween the C. & A. and Wabash Rail
roads, from Robert Lawder. This land
has been leased for three years and
Jones & Co. will at once prospect for
coal. If a vein is found mining will
be pushed in an extensive manner.
Mr.. Lawder gets 2 of a cent royalty
on all coal that is sold at home and a
of a cent for all that is shipped. There
is splendid coal under Mexico and we
are glad to see, that live parties, who
have money and understand the BUSH
ness, are taking hold of the matter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

IN Jones says he is after the devil
Z. louis. 1t is a question whether
! really chasing the devil or the
.xhty dollar.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

The Rails County Record says: w.
T. Darlington was in New London
Wednesday. He is now working In
the interest OF the Fleet Military
School at Mexico, II was the first
time we had the pleasure Of meeting
him, and the more we talked TO him
the more we were convinced Of the
error made by the voters OF Missouri
In not making him School Commits
ainfrar -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14
Arrested on a Serious Charge,

TORONTO, ONTARIO, March Early
Saturday morning the house workshop
of Arthur Dicks, upholsterer, No. 226
st. Helens avenue, was destroyed by
fire and his wife persisted in the flames.
Dicks and his four children escaped.
The Coroner's inquest developed the
fact that during January and February
Mrs. Dicks life had been insured in
various amounts aggregating $4,000.
1t was also shown that Dicks and his
wife had applied to the Equitable Life
and other companies Io- an additional
$4,000 on her life, but the applications
were refused. The police have dis
covered evidence that the Dicks build
ing had been fred, and arrested Dicks
tonight on the charge of numbering
his wife.
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

i WASHINGTON paper says Con-
.srman Bailey, of Texas, when ask
vhether he thought Congress
id fool the Lord by taking recesses
sunday instead of adjourning, re-
al; 81 don't know; this Congress
siooled so many people it's liable
IDOL even the Lord"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14
THE bestinvestment

IN real estate > to Keep bulId-
ings well painted. Paint protects
the house and saves repairs. You
sometimes want to- sell-many a
good house has remained unsold
for want of paint. The rule should
be, though, 1.-THE best paint or
ropap Tbat p,aapc
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

For CoLoRs,-Nafsonal Lead Co.'S
Pure White Lead Uniting Colors.
These coIors are sold in one-poHnd cans. each
can being sufficient to tint as bounds OF Strictly
Pure White Lead the desired shade; they are 81
no sense ready-inixed paints. but a cotuhi;saton
of perfectly pure colors in the hlndiest form 10
tint Strictly Pure White Lead.
A good many thousand dollars have teci
saved property-owners by having our BOOK scI
painting and color-card. Send US Il postal ,aGd
and get both free.
NATIONAL LEAD Co.
St. Louis Branch,
Clark Avenue and Tenth Street, ST. Loa-3
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

fE bill to separate the College of
rcuiture from the University pass
klhe House by a vote of 10 to 40 and
1ains the following clause: ''The
reultural College shall be located
~ near some town or city in the
10 Of Missouri that has at least one
1k or main line of railroad, and on
net of land not less Than 500 acres,
srally well adapted to farming and
.a-prowing.u
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

Maryville has only four cases of
smallpox and they are closely quar-
antined. The schools have closed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

THE farmers of Audrain county are
arranging to put in an unusually large
acreage of pats and corn. Stock has
wintered well and with good crops
this seaso Audrain county will be in
a better condition than it has ever
been before.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

The Sigma ri society of Hardin Col
lege will give an open session Friday
evening, March Is. Miss Frances
Howe is president Of this society. The
omen session win be held in the music
hall of that institution.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14
Strictly Pure
White Lead

You cannot afford to use chrap
Paints. To be sure ofgetting Strict
ly Pure White Leaf, look at the
brand ; any of these are safe:
Southern" Red Seal"
Collier"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14
Extra Session of CONGRESS Considered


WASHINGTON, ID. c., March IA
Cabinet officer, it is said, Is authority
for this statement, the accuracy of
which would be questioned were 1t not
for the source from which it ZONES
He said:
'sThere is a general assumption that
1t is definitely decided that there will
be no extra session. The decision In
erroneous. Whether there will be an
extra session or not depends on cir
cumstances. The public is not aware
of the fact that the President almost
decided last Sunday that there would
be an extra session. The subject was
considered by the Cabinet. The i'm
mediate cause vas the sundry civil
and deficiency appropriation bills. The
President was very much disposed to
veto both. At one time he had nearly
decided to do so, but he concluded
that it would be better to- allow the
country to have rest for a time and to
await the progress of events and not
call an extra session now. But II there
shall be a run upon the Treasury gold
and the Treasury reserve shall be de-
pleted in spite of the arrangement
which has been made to protect the
gold, the President will unquestion-
ably the next Congress az
soon as that fact shall be made clear or
probable"
This statement is Of much signih-
canoe. The result will be that the
public will watch the Treasury goldre-
serve with increased interest.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

The Laddonia Herald says: y. ID.
Beagles, the young man who bought
the stock OF drugs Of W. III. Logan,
comes of a good family and N that is
known all over the county for energy
and business prosperity. He is the
youngest son of J. NJ. Beagles, Of Mex
leo, and no doubt inherits a good share
of the business qualities of his father
and older brothers. J. o. Richart vii
remain with him in the drug store,
while Mr.. Logan will give his a.ten-
ton to the general merchandise bust
ness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

For seven years or more Mrs. w. ID.
Louder, of Quincy, KY, was subject
to severe attacks of cramp collie. Mr..
S. r. Morse, a druggist of that place,
recommended Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which
has effected a permanent cure, saving
her much suffering besides the trouble
and expense of sending for a doctor,
which was often necessary. For sale
by Chas. A. Buckner, druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-03-14

Major H. A. Ricketts,, who owns the
Windsor Hotel, is always in favor of
progress and is the kind of a man that
helps make Mexico a city. Major
Ricketts, has contracted with Bristow
Bros, of Moberly, Mo, to put in
fixtures so that the Windsor can be
heated throughout with steam. The
Windsor Hotel is one of the most
popular and best managed hotels in
the State, and with steam fixtures
will be equipped with all the modern
improvements necessary to make the
hotel popular with the travelling pub
lie.