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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLM
ers Of the lexington and Soldiers Home Railway
Company for the election Of nine directors, to
serve for the ensuing year, VIII be held at the
ONCE OF the company, McGl building, No. 9OS-914
9 st NV, Washington d. c., on WEDNESDAY,
January 9th. 1895, between the hours Of IL noon
and O'Clock pm.
Transfer books will be closed January 7th and
opened on January 10th, 1895.
ID. VI. NEWBOLD, President.
H. X. GRAY Secretary d1t,tofa8
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ON AND AFTER THIS DAY, JANUARY j. 1895.
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MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company,
for the election of directors, Will be held at the
Office Of the company, Washington, on WEDNES-
DAY, the 9th day of January, 1895.
The polls Will be opened at 10 an. and closed
at IL m. Transfer books will be closed on the
I'd of January. 1895, and opened on January TO-
1886 G. T. DUNLOP, Vice President
q. NJ. KOONES, Secretary. d22-l5t
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WASH INGTON MARKET COAfPANY-THE AN
nual meeting of the Washington Market Company
will be held at the office OF the company In the
Center Market In the city OF Washington Mt IL
O'Clock the first MONDAY teIpr the
SEVENTH DAY. OF JANUARY 1895, for the
choice of thirteen directors for the ensuing year
and TO act any other subject within the power
Of the corporation that may be brought before
the meeting.
SAMUEL W. CURRIDEN, Secretary
WASHINGTON ID. @. December "A. 1891 d24fnia7
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
Human Family Statistics.

The estimated population of the
world on January /, 1895 was 1 800, ,00O,
600.
Tai ing the world over, there is an
average of one death and one and one
fourth births per second. Only one
half of all who are born into the world
live to see the age of Il years.
Vital statistics prove that, taking
the world over, there are 109 women
to every 100 men. Out of every nine
sudden deaths reported, eight of the
number are men.
The microscope shows that the hu-
man body is covered with scales, each
scale covering 800 pores.
Only six persons out of each 1000
born live to be IS years old, and only
one out of the same number reaches
the century mark.
Figures by experts in vital statistics
prove that not less than i,S47, 800, 900
human beings die on our globe each
year.
The latest anthropological statistics
prove that in America the daily,
monthly and yearly number of births
exceed the deaths in the ratio , to /.
HuXley's tables show that the hu-
man body is made up of thirteen DIFF
ferent elements, of which five are
gases and eight solids.
The average height of man in the
United States is 5 feet 10l inches; in
England, !, feet inches in France 5
feet inches; in Belgium, feet Ga
inches
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
New Suits.

The following new suits have been
filed with Circuit Clerk P. NJ. Morris,
for the June term of Circuit Court
since last report:
Lavina Baskett vs.. Henry Basket,
divorce.
Matte s. Collins VIZ. $. b. Collins,
divorce.
Weir Plow Co. VS.. WY. Doty ct al,
suit on note.
Robert T. Barnett vs. G. & A. Rail
road, damages.
G. B. Rouse vs. II. l.. Holloway, on
account.
w. X. Potts vs.. Il. II. Arnold ct al,
partition.
Mrs. Julia pocock, well known in
Mexico, is made correspondent in a
divorce suit brought by Mrs. r. n
Gerhart, OF st. Louis, against her hus-
band, Charles b. Gerhart. The even
ing papers of st. Louis give rather
rich and rosy accounts of the doings of
Gerhart and Mrs. Pocock. Not long
since Mrs. Pocock got divorce from
her husband, Harry Pocock. She oc-
cupies about the same position legally
now that her husband did when she
brought her suit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02

Rose Light, 80, sorrel trotter and
road mare, by Lighthall, owned by &.
S. Maddox, Mexico; sold to John
Wilson, Bowling Green, for S172.50,
Bob and Penny, bay geldings, 4 and
5, by Harry Pennington, owned by w.
Fl. Verser, New Florence; sold to w.
j. Bolts, Santa Fe, for $3.50.
Substitute for No. s5, owned by C..
D. Turner, Fulton, Mo-, sold to j. w.
Profit, Frankford, Mo-, for $75.
No. 80, gelding owned by Wood
Maddox, sold to Bob Stone, Kansas
City, for S107.20.
Doctor II. r. Fish, of Gravois Mills,
Mo-, a practicing physician of many
years experience, writes: De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve has no equal for in
dolent sores, ,scalds and burns. 1t stops
pain instantly, heals a burn quickly
and leaves'no scar. Woodbridge q Nc
Arthur
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
THE HORSE SALE CLOSES.
About One Hundred and Fifty Good
Saddlers and Drivers Change
Hands.

The Clark & Potts Combination
Horse Sale is over. The last animal
was Knocked off a few minutes past II
O'Clock Thursday. There were not so
many buyers present as there
were the other two days, but the bid
ding was tolerably fair and fast, and
the horses went in a way satisfactory
to all. This, the eleventh annual sale,
was one of the most successful ever
held. Messrs. Clark & Potts are bust-
lers, and as proprietors and managers
of q sale cannot be excelled. Most of
the horses sold well all through the
sale, and much more extensive ex-
change of such fine saddlers, harness,
coach and carriage horses never took
place in the West.
Next years sale will be better than
ever, for Missouri, and especially Au-
drain county horses, are coming more
and more to the front every day.
There were about $50 animals sold al
together, publicly and privately. This
sale has been worth many dollars to
Mexico. Crowds of strangers have
visited our city and have left money
here. These sales are ''good things"
so "push 'em along"
The animals sold Wednesday after
noon between and 6:15 O'Clock, after
press time, we're as follows:
Lady Florence, 63, bay saddle and
harness mare, years old, owned by
Lee Bros, Mexico; sold to J. E. King,
Bowling Green, Mo-, for $50.
Ruth c., 81, dark bay harness mare,
4 years old, by Harry Corbin, owned by
J. J. Rogers, Monroe City, Mo-; sold
TO Frank Holtzclaw, st. Louis, for
$50.
Ned, 20, iron gray saddle and har-
ness gelding, 8 years old, owned by
Frank Beagles, Worcester, Mo-; sold
to Geo. Cline, Pontiac, ILL.,, for s67.50.
Cap, 73, seal brown road horse, by
Nutritious, owned by Lee Bros, Mex
leo; sold to J. b. Thomas, Albany,
Mo-, for S11O.
Rose Calhoun, SO, chestnut saddle
mare, by Ruby Montrose, owned by
K. T. Freeman 4 Son, Mexico; sold to
r. T. Freeman, Mexico, for S21o.
Catalogue No. 9s, reserved for G.. s.
Maddox, Mexico, was filed with a
good horse, which was sold to John
Wilson, Bowling Green, for 1890.
Extra, No. 105, mot cataloguedl, 6
year old gelding, owned by Mr.. Yer
ser, New Florence, Mo-; sold to ]. E.
King, Bowling Green, for s115.
Extra, No. 106, mot cotalogued) +,
owned by w. H. Verser, New Flor
ence, Mo-; sold to Frank Beas,les,
Worcester, Mo-, for S102.50.
The sale this morning began at $3.50
O'Clock and up to noon the following
animals were auctioned off:
Extra, No. 107, mot catalogued,, a
span of bay mares, owned by T. NJ.
Davis, Bowling Green, Mo-; sold to
N. F. Hayworth, Moberly, Mo-, for
s235.
Extra, No. 10s, (not catalogued1, a
Shetland pony gelding, owned by j.
A. Potts, Mexico; sold to r. r. Ar
mold, Sr., Mexico, for s36.
Extra, No. 100, mot catalogued) a
Shetland pony mare, owned by J. A.
Potts, Mexico; sold to Clark & Stone,
Kansas City, for s44.
Substitute for vanetea, 49,, owned
by w. N. Graves, Woodlawnviiie, Mo. /;
sold to R. L. Stone, Kansas City, for
$50.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
GEN. HARRISON SILENT.
When He Has Anything to Say on
Political Matters He Will Speak
Publicly.

CINCINNATI, April PA represent
ative of the Times Star called on eX-
President Harrison at Richmond, Ind,
yesterday. In response to questions
concerning the silver situation, Gen.
Harrison said:
"I like to see my friends and talk
with them and have a special liking
for those of the newspaperSpress, but
| must warn you that / cannot be in
terviewed on any political question.
This 1 have had to state repeatedly.
The effort is made frequently, but
deny all alike. When desire to say
anything on the silver question or re-
garding other political matters | will
say it in public speech and not in a
newspaper interview"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
The Weekly Ledger.
Definitions of BimetalliSm.
Is,,7,, th.. Tpla,1p RialA
THURSDAY, MAY =.


From the Toledo Biade.
There are n great many people talk
ing about bimetaIlism who do not un-
derstand what the term really means.
Probably the larger number of these
use the word in the sense of the Use
of both gold and silver rs money.
This is a very broad definition, and
under it the United States is at present
a bimetallic country, for we give both
gold and silver money full legal tender
powers.
France is often spoken of as BIZ
metallic country; yet it is no more SO
than is our own. In fact, the status
OF silver in France is analogous to its
status in the United States. There
have been for many years 10 addi-
tions made to the volume of her legal
tender silver, and though the coinage
ratio is,l5l2 to /, the silver is held up
to parity with gold in practically the
same way that we hold it to the same
level.
The movement in Europe toward
bimetallism does not use the word in
the sense i'll which it is used by the sill
yer men in the United States. They
take the term to mean an enlarged use
of silver, leaving the gold the stand
ard, as it is now. This is certainly not
what the silver party in the United
States desires, for we already have
this in operation.
The word as used in the United
States means the double standard
that the gold dollar and the silver dol
lar shall both be basic money, shall be
of equal value, without holding up one
metal to the level of the other.
No doubt the very great majority OF
the people of the United States are in
favor of the largest possible use of
silver, and would be glad to have
bimetallism, if it could be accomplish
ed without a arrangement of values.
The real controversy is not between
monometallism and bimetallism, but
over the method of reaching the latter.
The Warren (Ohio) Tribune, in
speaking of this subject, takes the fol-
lowing view:
Bimetallism is a misnomer from the
standpoint of the silverites. 1t is a
fraud used in working upon the pref
udice of the uniformed. Everybody
believes in both gold and silver as
money. II that is bimetallism, all
right, but everybody does not believe,
by long shot, that the two metals
are of equal value now, or that they
could ever be made by legislation
alone; everybody does not believe, by
a great deal, that it is possible TO have
two standards of value, any more than
as has often been said, it is possible to
have two yard slicks. One or the other
of the money metals is bound to be,
and will be the standard; in fact,
whatever the legislation may be- as
long as one is worth more as uncoined
metal than the other. Just as the
buyer wants his calico measured to
him by the yard stick that measures
thirty-six inches to the yard and not
twenty-four inches, with equal self
interest and selfe protection will peo-
f. pie demand that their dollars, in pur-
chasing power, do not fall short of one
hundred cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
w. w. Johnson.

EDWARD Slime, of WeIlsville, Mo-,
came in this week and subscribed for
the weekly LEDGER. lie said he
could not do without it any longer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
j. r. WAYNE.
Post-Oflce Box 799. Mexico, Mo
THE FINE SADDLE STALLION.
DIAMOND MONTROSE, JR, 5OS.

~ ~ stand the season Of 1896 at my stables 10
miles north of Mexico aud Ial uileg yvest nj No.
tlto, ~ slE 70 insure living colt slg to insure
mare N toal; y for the season; S. a lean Money
due when Facts are ascertained, more parted
with or removed from the refghi,orhood
baIn2nd MontrOse, .jr Jri, was sired hy Dia-
lhohI lh9ntrose 215, he by Old HOntrose, first
lam py Jack Sportsman, Jr. he by Carriers
Jack SPortlr1an, he by La Blanche ne hy Bel
AR tor further particulars sec Turf Register.
DAmonn Mnhtrpse, Jr., r. years old h now
Iuii 10 hands high. coal black with two white
seet' stands up well and il a model horse
FOR Sls VIII insure as good or better colt from
saf mare that has a colt by her side from Old
living horse The owner Of the colt shall he
the Judge. '"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
MISSING LINKS.

The Atlantic takes its name from
Mount Atlas
1t costs SIS to change the tunes of Il
street organ.
The crown worn by Queen Victoria
weighs forty ounces.
Gold which is absolutely pure is said
to be 24 carats fine.
The crocodile's egg is about the size
of that of the goose.
! The polar currents contain less salt
than those from the equator.
! Herodotus says that Croesus was
the first ruler to order gold coins made.
| At the Bombay Zoo the skin of a sea
serpent sixtyfour feet long is on ex-
| hibition.
| Sea water is said to contain all the
soluble substances that exist in the
earth.
| The banks of the United States dur
ing the year 1894 lost over $4,000, 600
| by theft.
| McCreary Opposes Free Silver.
| LOUISVILLE, KY, April 25.--In an
interview with Hon. JamesB. .McCreary
to-day he declares himself unaIterably
opposed to free silver. This utterance
was brought out by Senator Black
| burns stand in favor of free silver
Mr.. McCreary has prepared long
statement of his position, giving a re-
sumo OF his action and votes in Con-
gress. lie says:
81 favor an international agreement
consistent with sound business meth
DDS, bat 10 throw open the mints of
this country to the world is simply
prcposterous.
The statement of McCreary adds
| greatly to the interest in the senatorial
race, and expressions of the views of
Gov. John Young Brown and ex-Goy.
Simon y. Buekner are expected at an
early date. Buckuer favors gold and
Is bimetallist. The senatorial fight
viii be for and against silver.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
Blue Racer Snakes in a Well,

HiiLsBoRoUGH, Iowa, April 23.-
The stock well on the farm of Joe Pope
literally swarms with blue racer
snakes. Many of them have been
fished out and killed. They average 5
feet in length. The dry weather of
last fall drove them into the well.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
THE BOSTON STAR

says DIR. Kaufmann's great book on
diseases, Its causes and home cure,
with fine colored plates, is the best
work ever published. A copy will be
sent free to anybody who sends three
2-cent stamps, to pay postage, to a.
p. Ordway & Co., Boston, Mass.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02

Fine Horse and Two Jacks.
The fiue harness stallion Linwood
Wilkes and the two good jacks will
make the present season at my stables
in southeast Mexico.
=-Im A. NJ. HARRISON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
SHORT STOPS.

Lake Superior miners expect to ship
10000, 900 tons of iron ore this season.
The ship canal between the Baltic
and the Black Seas will be completed
in five years. 1t will be a thousand
miles long and will cost 100000, 900.
According to the Electrical Rerie1r,
copper wires are used for Mexican
telegraph lines SO that they twill hold
the weight of the birds and monkeys
which crowd them ut night"
Jesuit priests cannot preach on pol
itics in Austria Hungary. The Super
ior of the order in Vienna removed
a priest who broke the rule recently,
and made the reason public.
In France the act of opening letters
addressed to another person is penal
offense only when perpetrated by All
official connected with the postal SER
vice. This restriction has led to so
much abuse that the Government has
recently submitted to the Chambers a
bill providing severe punishment for
everyone, whether postal official or
not, who is guilty of tainpering with
correspondence addressed to others.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
Mexican
Mustang


tor
Burns,
Caked s Inflamed Udders.
Piles,
Rheumatic Pains,
Bruises and Strains,
Running Sores,
InfIammations,
Stiff joints,
Harness s. Saddle Sores,
Sciatica,
Lumbago,
Scalds,
Blisters,
Insect Bites,
All Cattle Ailments,
All Horse Ailments,
All Sheep Ailments,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02
n tire Same Place, the Fine Yossg Jaek,
ABE IARIMORE

ABE LARIMORE,
AT 81 ts to insure a fviug colt Money aue sy
atlpoye. IL paid by November / 1855 win give
uls.nnnt OF IN per cent. on horse and iack
" ~ serve 1ennets at S2J % FOR iask colt and
sl2 % for jennet colt $50
bills. " ''' 9o anu sa'h 80"
,n.h * pNStnfc mares from distance at 81 per
M are taken 70 prevent accidents. but
horse and jack % '''' -
" " .Toh~-@-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02

Have you ever noticed how your
system seems to crave special assist
ance in the spring? Just the help re-
quired is given by Hoods Sarsaparilia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02

Thomas BoswelI,o Benton City, was
in town to-day. lie and Neal john
son got into difficulty near Benton
Tuesday and Johnson hit Boswell with
a stick, breaking the latter's arm,
Prosecution may follow.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-05-02

J. A. Richardson, of Jefferson City,
Mo-, Chief Enrolling force 3sth gen
eral assembly of Missouri. writes: l
wish to testify to the merits of One
Minute Cough Cure. When other So
called cures failed, obtained almost
instant relief and a speedy cure by the
use of One Minute Cough Cure. Wool
bridge & Macarthur.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-11-05
Prof. 6arnard's Work.

Prof. e. e. Barnard, of Lick OBJ
servatory, California, has concluded
an important bit Of astronomical
work which represents the most
patient and wonderful labors. This
work consists in the measurements
of the four largest asteroids. For
many years Vesta was considered
the largest, Ceres next and then
Pallas and Juno, but by the means
of the Lick telescope and micro
meter, Prof. Barnard puts Ceres as
leader with diameter Of, 485 miles;
Pallas next, with 304; then Vesta,
248. and Juno, 118. Vesta got the
credit for its greater size in the past,
because it is four times brighter than
Ceres. tH4
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-11-05
stanton's Ode.

Frank L. Stanton's Atlanta expo
sition ode was produced under the
most unpoetic of circumstances. 1t
was written on the hottest night of
the summer, and the half baked
poet, destitute OF coat, vest and col
lar, pencil in one hand and a fan in
the other, wrote away and forgot
mosquitoes for four hours. Then,
thoroughly exhausted, he fell asleep.
In the morning he gave the copy to
the printers without looking at 1t
and with the remark; stake it away.
| neverwant to see it again, Let it
90 as it is" And yet it was one Of
the best pieces OF verse the poet
ever did
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-11-05

posing you are decent member OF
society with a big S)--you can de-
vote yourself to any sport you fancy,
from cricket to croquet. You dine
at seven o'clock, and go to bed any
time from nine to eleven o'clock
the earlier, perhaps, the better.
Thus ends your day.
Life in the jungle is, of course,
entirely different. You will prob
ably have to put up with three or
four servants. and in some places
will not have the opportunity of see
ing white face for months. If you
delight in sport, there are ready to
your hand the elephant, the rhinoc-
eros, the tapir, the buffalo, the deer,
the hog, the tiger, ct hoe genus
omne. If you prefer the beautiful,
you may chance across the large and
gorgeous peacock; or should you
have prediction for snakes, you
can take your choice from the
python, cobra, and anaconda, down
I
ward. OF insects there are myriads,
andit is nouncommon occurrence to
sit down to dinner in the jungle with
tablecloth absolutely covered with
varieties which a naturalist would
find some trouble in designating.
Rubies you will find, If you travel
further north, and Irawadda ola
dark, viscous fluids also rather
doubtful product. OF little pagodas
there are multitude, and the great
Shway Dagon pagoda, in Rangoon,
which has been described time and
again, is a sight never to be for
gotten. Lepers - some with rot
ting arms or ears, others with
stump for leg, or toes all eatsn
away--line the stairs which you
ascend, and pour forth their en-
treaties for aims until you wonder
in your innocence why such beings
for they are beings" say what you
will-were ever created.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-11-05
NO PROOF OF HIS POWERS.
The Young Woman Practiced Upon
Was Too Easy Subject.

=
Was Too Easy Subject.
''Ethelr'
eyes, papa.
'I believe you told me once that
young Litewait claimed to be ,hyp-
notist."
"Oh, he is one, papa. l. know
he is.
''He's proved it to your satisfac-
tion, has he?"
eyes, indeed. "
"Was he trying to demonstrate it
when l saw him kissing you in the
Conservatory"
The beautiful girl blushed.
Eyes, papa, she said
"You considered that satisfactory
proof, did your"
"Yes, papa. I"
"And you're sure it was hypno-
tism?"
Perfectly certain, papa"
"You wouldn't try to deceive your
poor old father in matter of that
sort, would you?"
"No, indeed, papa"
The old man shook his head doubt
fully.
Il think it would have looked
more like a genuine case of hypno-
tism if he had kissed your mother or
me-" he said However, we'll not
discuss that. have made up my
mind, though, that all hypnotists
must keep away from here.
"Why, papa2"
my observation convinces me
that you are too good subject to
make it possible for any of them to
demonstrate any real hypnotic pow
er to my satisfaction. AS for young
Litewait, you may say to him that
feel certain that / can hypnotic
him so perfectly that he would never
know what hit him. Chicago Post.