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Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
The Galloway County Farm

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"There were raised this season on
the county farm 60 acres of corn, 67E
bushels of wheat, and 30 acres sowed
this fall 900 bushels of oats 200 bushels
potatoes; a considerable amount of
timothy hay and several hundred
shocks of fodder. The expense of the
farm is shown to be as follows: From
February 1884, until February /, 1896.
the total expenses were $685. s; the
sales off of the farm amounted to
$197. 81, leaving the actual expense at
%, 300. Al. During this time the number
of patients varied as a matter of course,
reaching 40 at one time, but probably
averaged a. This would be an aver
age expense of $685. 5 per capita. Fol
the nine months since February 1,
1896, the total expenses have been
s2,416.95; the sales S456.52, leaving
the actual expenses at 81 ,06o.4 {. There
are now only SO patients, IS men and
IS women and children, which is one
of the lowest numbers there have
been here for some time, and the
average expense per capita for this
time has been S54.45.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
Letter From Home"

VICTORIA, Texas, Nov. 15.-DEAR
Bob: Enclosed please find express
order for five dollars to balance ac-
count to Jan. 1, 1896. We enjoy the
LEDGER very much. 1t seems like a
letter from home. What has become
of the correspondent from Cant? !
miss those items very much. Have
him start again. We have just closed
the first meeting of the Southwest
Texas Fair Association, which was a
grand Gee in every way, but we
need more good horses and horse men
to make a good showing. This is a
good field for good saddle and harness
horse raising. Draft horses don't take
here. We want something faster.
Respectfully,
w. G.. RARNES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21

CORN is selling for 81 a barrel and
those who ought to know are OF the
opinion that between now and spring
it will bring SIPS. The corn shippers
at this time, cannot pay any more
than they are without losing money.
The price is so low in the cities that
there is no profit, when the shippers
,op avian al
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21

THE Louisiana (Mo.) Press, after
giving a list of the probable Demo-
cratic candidates for Congess in this
district, editorialIy says: "The Re-
publicans are not speaking of any
body in particular, but if the Demo
Gratis don't raise more harmony and
less hell they will elect anybody they
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21

SENATOR VEST i'm an interview in
Washington City last Saturday said:
''The majority of the party must gov
ern in nation and State. l am a silver
man and have always been one, but
mere are other issues besides silver
upon which l am a Democrat. l be-
lieve in the doctrine of Jefferson, 9
strict construction of the Constitution
equality in all burdens and benefits Of
government, taxation in proportion te
the protection given the property Of
the citizens, and no Capitalization Of
power. shall fight for silver inside
the party, and if a majority decides
against me / will remain a Democrat
and continue to struggle for the doc
trines of jefferson. The Democratic
party is national and cannot exist on
one issue. 1t is coextensive with the
Union and the whole anatomy of our
Government"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
Well. Well.

From the Macon City Mol Times.
Mr.. Bryan spoke for free silver at
Chillicotne Saturday. Congressman U.
8. Hall requested Mr.. Bryan to divide
time with him, but the request was
ignored. 1t is a poor cause that will
not stand discussion from both sides
of the question. Furthermore, it seems
a little discourteous for Mr.. Bryan to
go into Congressman Halls distric,
to discuss a question affecting Mr.
Hall, and refuse b give him a chance
tn ba heard.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21

A PETITION will be promptly circu-
lated and largely signed asking GOV
ernor w. j. Stone to commute the
sentence of Joe Donnelly, who is SEN
fenced to be hanged in Mexico
December 81 for the murder oil sam
uel Turner. Those we have heard
express an opinion about the matter
think that Governor Stone will COM
mute his sentence to a term OF years
in the penitent. airy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters
OF administration upon the estate OF
Margaret Gave, deceased, have been
granted the undersigned by the Pro-
bate Court of Audrain County, Mis-
souri,, bearing date November 4, 1895.
All persons having claims against
said estate r requested to exhibit
them for allowance to the administra-
tor within one year after date of grant
ing letters, or they may be preciuded
from any benefit of such estate, and
II such claims be not exhibited within
two years from the date they viii be
forever barred. e. s. GAVE,
32-4t Naturalization,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
Smallpox at Charlestou. No.

CHARLESTON, No., November 1s.-
Smallpox is fast reaching an alarm
ing state In this city. Three new
cases have developed since Sunday,
among them one of C~harleston's most
prominent pnysicians, DR.. A. Barker.
This makes . total Of seven cases, four
white and three negroes. The Mayor
issued . proclamation to-day, closing
the public schools and prohibiting any
public 1atharfngn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
Assignee's Notice.

Notice is hereby given to-the credit
ors OF Holt &Storr, that on the first day
OF b Audrain county Circuit Court,
January term, 1895, or as soon there.
after as counsel can be heard, ! shall
apply to the said Audrain Circuit
Court for a discharge from my trust
as assignee of said Holt IL Storr.
T. j. HOLT,
S4-tyan 20 Assignee.
This November 20. 3
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
Dress Innings of all kinds at Halls.
Altgeld and Anarchy.

ELoAu thS ~ 2LpuLO alTEtI.
At a meeting in Chicago last Sunday
a nan named Neebe presided. The
meeting denounced the government.
Mr.. Neebe is the man who served a
term in the penitentiary for his par
ticipation in the celebrated Anarchist
riot in chicago. Neebe was pardoned
by Governor Altgeld. 1t begins to
appear as il the only mistake made in
the punishment of the Chicago Anar-
chists was that they were not all de-
hvered yer to the hangman. In no
other country would an avowed ene-
my of society, one who had confessed
his enmity in exploding bombs, amid
police squads, be allowed to air his
views as to the uselessness and tyrapy
OF the laws and the officers thereof.
But then in no other country in the
world could there exist a COM
munity that would elevate to
the highest honor within its gift, a
man who would in pardoning Anarch-
lists servilely apologize to them for the
Inconvenience to which order had SUBJ
1ected them. Altgeld has given An
archy standing in Illinois, but not the
standing 1t should have. 1t only had
the proper standing once-when it
stood ON the trap in the Chicago Jail
on the morning of November II, 1857.
Mrs. DR.. varnon Is recovering from
a severe spell Of Illness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21

THE VIM. Pollock Milling & Ele-
vator Co. advertises in the Mexico
LEDGER to buy white corr at 20 cents
a bushel and mixed for 10 cents. This
company is prepared to buy corn in
large quantities and pay cash. AS the
market price of corn advances Pol
lock & Co. will advance their price.
They propose to pay in cash just as
much as they possibly can and come
out even on their shipments.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
Slowed Wheat on SUNDAY.

Topeka, KAs., Nov. 17.-Al over
Western Kansas to-day farmers have
been busy aeedins and sowing wheat.
The day has been perfect, and recent
rains have put the ground in prime
condition. Passengers who arrived on
late trains from the west say they saw
hundreds of farmers either sowing
wheat broadcast and narrowing it in,
or seeding with drills. In many fields
ONE were out either driving the
team hitched to the drills or to the
harrow. Wheat sown before The rains
is coming up nicely, and that being
sown now will have a fine growth be-
fore the winter freezes come.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
Notice Of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that final set
Element of the estate ofRobert Brown,
deceased win be made at the January
term, 1895, of the Probate Court Of
Audrain county, Missouri, to be held
at Mexico on the second Monday in
January, 1898. ]. e. JESSIE,
32.td Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21

THE immigrants dream of streets
paved with gold has not yet been full
filed in this country, but out in Utah
the sugar factory at Lehi has bull
some excellent roads of it's by product
or molasses. First comes a coat oil
molasses on the roadway, then one OF
gravel, then another of syrup, which
acts as a cement, then another of
fine gravel, and so on, until a road as
hard as any aver macadamized results.
Molasses roads are not a novelty, it is
true, the Utah experiment being based
on some tried successfully by the
sugar factories of California. 1t is
certainly turning a refuse product tc
good account.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given thatfnal set
iement OF the estate of Thos. r Cant,
deceased, will be made at the January
term, 1896, of the Probate Court OF Au-
arain county, Missouri, to be held at
Mexico on the second Monday in Jan
uary 1895. W.P.and I.H.GANT,
oz-bu Administrators.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
NOTICE. Of Final settlement.

Not1ce 10 hereby given that final set
liement OF the estate of Mary Inflow,
deceased, viii be made at the January
term, 1895, of the Probate Court of Au.
drain county, Missouri, TO be held at
on the second Monday in jan
-, ioso. J.T. WILLIAMS,
oz-u Public Administrator
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
Notice Of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that final set
iemen OF the estate of William Pow
en-, deceased, viii be made at the jan
uary term, 1895, of the Probate Court
on Audraan county, Missouri, to be
Q az Mexico on the second Monday
In january, 1895.
SIMEON BRENToN,
oa-A Administrator,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER q.

JUDGE E. NJ. HUGHES could be elect
ed to Congress from this district by
an old time majority, and his nomina-
ton would be worth at least two
thousand votes to the State ticket in
the district.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21

In reference to the rumors circulat-
ed that Mr.. j. g. Bassford will be a
candidate for Mayor, that gentleman
authorizes the LEDGER to say that
under no circumstances will he be a
candidate for this Office. Mr.. Bass
ford served as a Councilman of Next
co for something like ten years. He
was also Mayor of Mexico for four
terms. He was a faithful and efficient
public officer, always workingfor the
hest interests of Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
Notice of Final Settlement

Notice Is hereby given that final set
cement OK the estate OF J.E. Kirkland,
aeceased Will be made at the January
scIm,isse o I the Probate Court OF Au-
county, Missouri, TO be held
- on the second Monday In
January, 1885. R.CREED. CARTER,
oS'M Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
PLANS OF THE POPULISTS.
Senator Allen Discusses Future Gen
eral and Senatorial Moves of
the Party.

OMAHA, Neb., November 16.-Wil-
liam V. Allen, Nebraska's senior
United States Senator and the recog-
nized leader of the Populists in both
Houses of Congress, who has been
here for two days, previous to going
to Washington, said yesterday: ''The
Populist party will have a Presidential
ticket in the field and it will be the
only n of the old parties that will
be outspokeniy in favor of the free
coinage of silver at 16 to 1. AS to the
reorganization of the Senate, l don't
think the Populist Senators will cut
the figure that has been predicted for
them. / believe that Republicans and
Democrats will agree upon a plan of
organization that will not depend
upon Populist assistance. 1 do not
believe the Populists will care to en-
ter into negotiations for a division of
the Senate spoils. The Populist Ma
tional Committee will probably meet
in January and arrange for the Pop
ulist National Convention. 1 am
in correspondence with Chairman
Taubeneck to have the meeting take
~l--e- Wseh;no4on.e 90 thatthe Pom
ulist delegation in Congress may be
consulted on the questions to be de-
cided. I am in favor of holding the
convention after those of the Repub-
licans and Democrats. The conven-
ton will doubtless go to some West
ern city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21

Mrs. T. J. Cornett has returnedf from
Kansas City and left her sister, Miss
Mamie Dix, doing well.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
Saw. Mr. Farmar

When you have a nice dressed hog
or two and want groceries for them
please call on us.
81 2t OWEN q WofTz.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21

j. A. Giandon is putting new win
do'Fs In the Knights of Pythias hall
antt q ether ways improving his busi-
nesis property,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21
TIE Tigers Victorious.

All kinds of ladies' and children's
underwear at Halls.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21

me best sc yarn mittsns At Halls,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-21

Mrs. DR.. Varnon Ia recovering from
a severe spell OF Illness.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-08-29

"You know that my namo Ii rather
unusual. y said New Yorker, the other
day. "Thcre are scarcely n score OF the
the same surname In tho New York d.
rcctory, while, with the Christian
name, II makes combination that one
would consider unique. Yet there Is
o man who, although no relation, hap.
pens to be named after my grandfather,
az | was He has been getting his name
in the papers recently In connection
with a legal matter, and cannot per-
suade people that ! am not the now
rather notorious parsonage. ! have a
cousin in New England who Is also
named after my grandfather, and he Is
suffering from the same mix-up OF In
diyIduality. The man Of the same name
who Is 40 relation gets my letters and
receives invitations intended for me
and have no remedy. There ought tc
be a law against people naming thell
children after persons of the SAINT
name who are no relations"
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spectfully begged that Mrs. Grey would
follow him.
Guess we're not in it," staggered
Gregson, IAN as I'm not wanted to dc
the introduction, | guess III go back to
the Bulls Head and whit orders.
amt achin' for an interview"
Frank gladly excused him.
Meanwhile Elsie Grey stood in the
great library facing her grandfather
stood on the same spot where twenty
years before her mothers uncle had
made the infamous compact that had
condemned her childhood to the care Of
humble strangers.
She looked nervously at the tall
STOPPING figure before her How diff
fcrent he was from the man she hat
pictured. His face wore SO sweet N
expression, his voice was so low am
musical that all fear fed from her OF
the instant.
my child my dear, dear child3 he
faltered.
Grandfather" Elsie cried, with quiv
ering lips, as she flew to his arms.
Again and again he kissed her, an'
it was long before the first passion o
the meeting had subsidized and thei
nerves were sufficiently under restrain
to enable them to sit and converse lik
rational beings.
1t seemed long time to poor Frank
who all deserted sat in the great draw
ing-room devoured with anxiety abou
his glrl-wife, who had disappeared
alone into the lions den. In fact h
had half made up his mind to rush t.
the rcsslc When the door one. ed. am
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Elsie appeared leaning lovingly on the
arm Of her grandfather
"And this is my husband, Frank
Grey" she said proudly, "You must
be fond of him for my sake"
"Nay, for his own sake, | am sure,
said Sir Gordon lIillborough, grasping
the young mans hand warmly. but,
he added with a little stare'of astonish-
mcnt. 81 had been told he was an
American,
"And so am, sir" Frank declared
stoutly,
"Yet, really now You look
"Oh," cried Elsie. mcrrilv, II do be
lievc grandfather expected to see NJ
American of the stage, with swallow
tail coat and nasal drawl, who Noult
seduce him into buying wooden nut
megs and sawdust hams
II am reproved, my dear but surel,
this young man Is not u type of hi
countryman is he, child?7
"No, sir" Frank interrupted, laugh
ingly, there are tens of thousands o
better men than lam in the land | cam
from"
"TnERE is NOT ONE" said Elsie
THE END.
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grove scandalized his niece by scizina
the baron's hand and Sinking it heart
ily and assuring him Of his pleasure IN
meeting him
MY husband, Mrs. Grindlay!" Elsie
tlushingly ventured, standing aside
that Frank might come to the front.
"Ah, Mr.. Grey said that lady all
smiles. II am delighted to meet one
Of whom | have heard so much. Per.
nit me to make you known tony friend
Count Won Thun.'
The baron, who had scarcely conde-
scended to glance at the new acqusint,
ance and expecting the same provincial
heartiness he had experienced at the
hands Of Mr.. Woodgrove, held out his
hand, when, to Elsie's horror, Grey,
who mad half-advanced his own, drew
it back, bowed, and said:
"Sir, we have met before.'
Had a bombshell exploded, it could
not have caused greater CONSERVATION
among the little group
The barons face turned livid WITH
rage. Elsie, whose brain was full Of
duels, pistols and I'LL sorts OF foreign
denominations, felt on the point O
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Tome, smear me. NoSI don't think we
must be too rough on Schlossingcr."
So the end Of it was that the German
went his way contented with fairly
full pockets, and Mrs. Grindlay regis
tered a vow that she would never again
put faith in living man, much to the
satisfaction Of her friends and children
CHAPTER XXI.
HOME.
Deep in a wooded recess on the banks
q. the Derwent, in merry old England,
lies the little village OF letherton,
slumbering in the MONDAY sun as ii
did when we saw it last twenty years
ago.
Can YOU not see 1t? Abroad common,
yellow with buttercups, q few farm
houses. an ivy-clad parsonage, an an
cient Norman church, dozen resi-.
dences Of small gentility, a street with
quaint shops, bow windows with dia'
mond panes, ruined monastery, a
Saxon stone cross and the Bulls Head
inn with its big swinging sign, and you
have the whole scene before you.
There Is hustle to-day about this Old
hosiery, for there have arrived ayoung
couple from far-off America, whose adj
vent has set every tongue a-wagging'
"This is reversing Rip Van Wrinkles
slumber and waking up hundreds OF
years ago." says the young gentleman
glancing around with honest admira-
ton at the old-fashioned room with It's
oaken panels, waxed floor, and an
tique furniture But two weeks ago,
Elsie, we were in the New World and
now"
"We are in the old-oh, doesn't It
seem like dream, Frank?'
"What a well-groomed country" Grey
cried, going to the window and gazing
with all the ecstasy Of an American on
his first sight Of rural England. Zone
would think they combed the grass and
brushed the trees"
But her voice with more enthusiasm
burst forth in perfect song OF delight;
ITO me it is vision Of Paradise tinged
with the hallowed essence OF home
Then Gregson came and spoiled the
picture. lie had Travelled In hot haste
from London to meet them at this rem
devious, and was, if possible, more OBJ
iectionable in dress and manner than
ever,
Elsie will never forget that little drive
to scarsdale Abbey, She used to de-
clare that in that short half-mile she
had at least dozen originals of the
daintiest riqnettes that ever graced the
pages Of the English poets own paint
ing
Atlength the park gates were reached
and the carriage swept up the hroat
drive under the elms, startling the deer
and when the old Elizabethan housl
rose to view, the enchanted girl coult
not repress cry of pure delight.
Servants met the carriage as it dashed
under the broad portico and thcy wer'
ushercd intoa dlawing-room there t.
await the pleasure of the old man a
whose request they had journeyed 81
far over land and sea.
Nor was their patience tried for er
long an old servitor entered and re
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GLASS pApsR.

That Would he u More Accurate n,signa-
tion Nowadays than sandppee.
One Of the most important operations
in the fabrication of sandpaper is the
pulverization Of the glass into powder
of the different grades Of likeness.
Commonly an iron mortar is used for
this purpose, a heavy iron pesile being
the crushing instrument stamping
machinery is better. It consists Of a
stout box, whose iron side walls serve
as base for the stamping machinery
In the box, which can be closed by a
wooden door TO prevent waste of mate
rial and also injury to the workman,
are two iron cylinders in which play
the stamps. These crush the glass,
turning on their own axles as they
work.
For grading the powder several
shifting cylinders are necessary COW
cred with gauze of different mesh.
Beginning with the coarsest the work
ingman proceeds gradually to the
finest, RESTING each time that which
passes through the net work.
The paper is cut into large Sheets
spread on work tables, fastened down
and then painted, by means OF large
brush, with a thin, even coat of hot
glue. II the glue is too thin and tht
paper of bad quality, the glue soai'
into the paper so that which remain
Is not of sufficient consistency to hole
the glass. Thus results sandpapel
from which the glass easily rubs OH
or which, in places, has noglass at all
or not enough This is notably thu
case with the coarser varieties, II
which the layer Of glue must be put OF
with exceeding care that the relative
ly large fragments Of glass which eal
in no manner be soaked with the bind
ing material may be held fast in 1t
On the other hand, If the layer OF glu'
is too thick Or the consistence to'
vscous, the outer part hardens to'
quickly, SO that the glass powder cal
not embed itself in it.
When the glue has been spread OIL
the paper the powdered glass must b.
sifted on through an appropriate sieve
This operation also requires consider
able skill, though not SO much as tn
spreading Of the glue. For the glas
must not be. sifted merely in such
manner as 10 use given quantity to
sheet, but SO that each sheet may b
covered evenly, Even then all tn
powder will not stick and some OF Tn
particles lie upon others without touch
Ing the glue; these can be shaken Of
by a slight movement OF the paper
When the superhuous glass powder ha
been removed wooden roller is passe
lightly over the paper to press tn
particles Of glass as firmly as posslbl
into the glue, and to form perfect.
even surface. PHILADELPHIA Inquirer
A RECENT article in the PopuIa
Science Monthly presents some stritin
figures concerning the present cost
transportation as compared with tn
mid-century. The reduction In freigh
rates on coal since 1852 has been frol
rs to so per cent, In 1867 2si bnshel
Of wheat could be carried from Chicag
to New York for the export price OF II
bushels, and In 1894 $40 bushels coul
be carried for the same amount