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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
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What the Bond Call Means.
From the New York World.

For the benefit of persons unfamiliar
with finance the World offers this ex-
planation of what the bond cali means.
The Government wants s100, ,0O0, 900
in gold. It proposes to sell S100, ,000, 900
of its 4 per cent. bonds to the highest
bidders. 1t win receive bids for these
bonds in sealed envelopes from now
until Feb. at noon.
Each bidder must say in his bid how
many bonds he wants and of what de-
500 or $500 or 1,0o0 or $40, ,o00---and
how much he is willing to pay for
them. He must also say whether he
wants coupon or registered bonds. A
coupon bond is one having little in
terest slips attached, so that In order
to collect each quarters interest the
holder has only to cut of the quarters
coupon and deposit 1t In any bank as
80 much money. Registered bonds
have no coupons, and their principal
and interest are payable only to the
order of the person in whose name
they are registered.
The bonds are to be of any size that
bidders want, from $50 up, but each
must be some multiple of $50. Any
person can subscribe for as much of
the loan as he wants, from $50 to
500, ,000, ,000'
The bonds will be payable In coin,
but there is no doubt whatever that
they will be paid in gold, as all the
thousand millions of Government
bonds heretofore discharged have
been paid. They will bear interest on
their face value at the rate OF per
cent. year, payable quarterly. They
win be dated Feb. 1, 1895, for conven-
fence, but all coupons up to Feb. I Of
this year will be cut off before deliv-
cry. As part of next quarters in
terest will have accrued before the
bidder gets his bonds and will come to
him at the end of the quarter, he
must pay the amount of the accrued
interest when he pays for his bonds.
For example, il he gets 500 bond on
the 18th of February he will get q dol
lar interest on 1t on the let of May;
but fifteen days of that quarter will
have elapsed before he buys the bond,
and SO he must pay the Treasury the
unearned 49, cents in addition to the
purchase price.
The bonds are to be paid for by their
buyers at the Treasury in Washington
or at any Of the Sub Treasures in New
York, Boston, philadeiph Baltimore,
Cincinnati, Chicago, st. Louis or New
Orleans. Or they can be paid for in
San Francisco, provided the buyer
pays also the cost of exchange ON New
York.
The buyer must pay one flfth of the
purchase money when his bid is ac-
cepted and another fifth of it ten days
after that until all is paid. Or he can
pay it all at once If he chooses.
Precisely similar bonds to these are
now worth about III, or IL per cent.
premium. AS they have twenty-nine
years to run the man who buys them
now at III will get trifie more than
8 per cent. on his actual investment.
The last clause in the call is impor-
tant. 1t contains q sagacious provis-
lon declaring that If Congress shall
pass the bill now pending in the SEN
ate authorizing the Treasury to sell
bonds bearing 8 per cent. interest, the
will receive sealed pro-
posals for such bonds at the same time
and place.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.
A new bridge over the Rhine is te
be near Worms.


A new bridge over the Rhine is to
be near Worms.
Rice throwing at newly married
couple has been adjudged an assault
by one English Magistrate.
At the Budapest millennial exhibi-
ton next year there will be another
steel tower like the Eiffel tower, but
l,625 feet high, instead of 975.
In bidding for the new first class
cruisers for the British navy there
was but one per cent difference be-
tween the bids of the three competing
firms. About S2,150, 600 win be paid
for each II, 1,000-ton vessel.
When horseless carriages come in
good sanitation, the Lancet points out,
viii be simple matter. Therewill be
an end to the contagion from the
stable pit, and glanders and other dis
eases derived from the horse win dis
appear.
In Stepniak's last book he stated
that Russia stands third among ma
tions in the number of books pub
lished, SURPRISING Great Britain. AS
but little fiction is printed, the enor-
nous output of serious literature is
the more remarkable.
Strassburg University, when it was
opened as German university in
1872, had 212 students; in 1882 it had
s2s; this winter it has 1,oO4, of whom
564 are natives of AIsace- Lorraine and
7s foreigners. Among the latter there
is not single Frenchman.
Capt. Roborovsey, with the Russian
expedition to Thibet, has returned to
Russian territory. The expedition
surveyed a route of 10,700 miles, de-
termined the position of thirty points
by astronomical observations, and
brought back many thousands of
natural history specimens.
A new Greek church in the Rue
Bizet in Paris has just been dedicated
to st. Stephen. 1t was built by a
Greek merchant named Schilizzi, at a
cost of $500, 900, and is one of the most
original buildings in the city. The
iconostasis is of transparent marble,
decorated with paintings by Ludwig
Thiersch.
There are nearly five and a half mil |
lion Catholics in the United Kingdom,
1 100000 in England and Wales, $685.
600 in Scotland and $3.50, 600 in Ire
land. Forty-one peers of England,
Scotland and Ireland are Roman
Catholics, as are 53 baronets, Is privy
councillors, 8 English and 81 Irish |
Members of Parliament. |
At Messene the Greek Archaeology |
cal Society has brought to light great |
part of the agora, the ruins of large |
building with propylea and portico |
and an ancient fountain, supposed to |
be the arsinoe described by Pausa-
MAS. Important Inscriptions of both
Greek and Roman times have also
been found. At Marathon the great |
sepulchral mound of the warriors who |
fell in the battle has been examined
and will soon be restored to its orig
NAL form.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
His Enemies Mad.


Once more the President has spiked
the enemy's guns in such simple,
unostentatious manner that they are
enraged. Just as the fanaticaI press
of all partjeswa reaching the climax Of
Mysteries over being sold to the blind
gold pool or syndicate, the President
turns up his card a popular bond issue
and all the shriekers are dumb. He
has unfanged his financial critics just
as he did the Jingoes. He has done it
without any blnster, just as IL It were
the thing he was expected to do. The
gold syndicate has It's labors, largely,
for its pains. It was lying in wait for
the bond issue to gobble Il up and
make many millions out Of its coun-
try's distress.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

Corpse of Crypt Palmont, an Actor,
Exposed at the Grave.

LOUISVILLE, KY, ,Jan.8.-A distress
ing accident happened at Cave Hill
cemetery yesterday during the funeral
services over Crypt Palmont.an actor
of Stuart Robson's company, who
died here Monday. The services were
attended by the Elks and those of the
theatrical profession at present in
Louisville. In removing the casket
from the hearse to the grave two
handles on one side gave way, and it
fell TO the ground, striking q stone
coping. The casket Lid was burst
open, and exposed the corpse, which
had been turned to one side by the
fall.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
War nm drug Stores.

..sl 1r-RGEoN, Mo-, Jan. S.-Sturgeon
es, W drug stores and only one
u. id the city authorities have
co....sd war on the drug stores
for selling liquor and beer without
prescriptions and allowing the same
to be drunk at and about their places
of business. They have employed f.
r. Jesse, ex-Prosecutipg Attorney Oh
Audrain County, to prosecute for
the city. He was here yesterday
and fled three suits against
William Hawkins and t. S. Davis,
both for selling liquor without pre-
scriptions and for allowing the same
to be drunk on their premises. NOT
being ready for trial, the cases were
set for hearing for next Friday before
Mayor HuIett.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

John G. Eastland, of Danvilie, KY,
has remarkable record as Sunday
school scholar. He has only missed
attending school one Sunday in seven
wears and but two Sundays In nine
wears. This is the more notable, as he
lives Ave miles distant In the country
and has had to brave some pretty bad
weather at times to get to school.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
Gallon-pearl.


Charles r. Gallop, of this city, and
Miss Priscilla F. Pearl, of Prices
Branch, Mo-, were united in marriage
at the parsonage of the Methodist
Church at half past seyen Me.7----l,.- :,
-.-,---v--vsr.NI.Sapp. The Wed-
ding was quiet affair and immediate
Iy after the ceremony the happy
couple repaired to the residence on
1904 West Liberty Street, where they
will reside until Mr.. Gallop builds in
the near future.
Mr.. Gallop holds a good position at
the ssRacket" and is an industrious
and well known young man, while the
bride is a charming young lady OF
estimable attainments. To the happy
pair the LEDGER extends coDgratu-
lations and best wishes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
BITS or INFORMATION.

March, May, August and November
viii have five Sundays each.
The herd of buffalos in Austin Cor
bins game preserve, on Croydon
Mountain, N. H., now number fifty.
The Gutenberg Bible in the Brinley
collection at London cost sum equal
to $4,000 in United States currency.
At Algona, Kossuth Co., Ia, there
is "roaring" well, 45 feet deer, which
has boiling hot water at the bottom
of it.
Ancient coins, many of which ante
date the Christian era, are made in
large quantities in London, and are
sold all over the world.
That one deer does duty in many an
adventure is proven by the fact that a
deer shot in Weld, Me-, the other day
was carrying eleven bullets In it's
body.
Since the cold weather began one
Connecticut hardware factory has re-
ceived orders for 80, 900 pairs of skates.
The factory win have to run day and
might Il Il "a asfa ~ that iha al the burglars jim
mics in London are made by one man,
who is well known to the police, but
cannot be arrested, as his work is not
contrary to law. Besides, it is very
convenient to be able to trace his Gus
toners.
The pyramids have existed for
thousands of years and puzzled the
ingenuity of the learned to trace their
origin. The most magnificent are
those in the neighborhood of Grand
Cairo; the finest is 12o feet higher than
st. Paul's cathedral.
In Japan the nose Is the only feature
which attracts attention. The nose
determines the beauty or ngliness OF
the face, according as it is big or small.
This is probably due to The fact that
differences in noses constitute about
the only distinction between one jap
anese face and another. In Japan q
lady who has huge proboscis is al
ways great beauty and reigninp
belle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
Being the Continuation of a Now Cele-
brated Literary Passage-at-Arms.
From the St. Louis Chronicle.
CHAPTER V

WHICH IS A SECOND REPLY TO BANK
ER WILSON, OF LEXINGTON, FROM
HARDIN COLLEGE GIRLS.
Synopsis of Previous Chapters The
Young lady students of Hardin Col
lege, Mexico, No., just after Presi-
dent Cleveland's Venezuelan meg
sage, addressed to him commauda-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
CIacher-HesSe.

James r. Clacher and Miss Emma
Hesse will be married on the 18th
inst, by Rev. ]. II. Morphis. 1t will
be home wedding with only few
friends of the families present. Mr..
Clacher, who has just embarked IN the
hardware business here, has many So
cial traits that will make him friends
anywhere. The bride-to-be, who is a
daughter Of Councilman A. A. Hesse,
is lady of rare intelligence and high
attainments. The Leader extends
congratulations in advance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

Miss Nellie Davis, niece of J. M.
Davis and well known in this city, has
recently given an elocutionary enter
tainment in Austin, Texas, which took
the people of that place by storm, and
she has been requested to repeat it
twice. Miss Davis is a charming
hlocufionist
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
Tired Women
elocutionist,

Should stop and consider the dangers
which threaten them because OF their
weakness, languor and lack OF ambition.
Thousands of women find their strength
unequal to the demands OF duty. And
yet there ia no escape from the incessant
round OF care and toll. They must have
strength. How shall It be given? By
building up their systems through puri-
fed, enriched and vitalized blood.
Hoods Sarsaparilla win give them
strength because it, viii make their blood
pure and enable 1t to feed the nerves upon
proper nourishment. Il viii create ON
appetite, tone tho stomach and invigorsts
every organ. II Is " nat tired women need.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

Prohibition Is something OF q gold
mine to the taxpayers of Ft. Scott,
Kan. There are number Of saloons
In the place, and it is customary, as in
a number Of Kansas towns, to haul up
the proprietors every month and in
fiict the statutory fine. This fine
amounts to practically the same thing
as license. Fl. Scott has been grad
ualiy raising the limit, and now the
saloon keepers are each fined s155 a
month, tariff which considerably
lessons the taxes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

The second letter of MIR. Wilson to
the Chronicle, in answer to Miss Lake.
nan, and the comments upon the same
by the LEDGER, were printed in this
paper last week, hence they are not
reproduced here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
Catarrh in the Head.

Is due to impure blood and cannot
be cured with local applications.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has cured hun
dreds of cases of catarrh because it
purifies the blood and in this way re-
moves the cause of the disease. 1t
also builds up the system and pre-
vents attacks of pneumonia, diph-
liberia and typhoid fever.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

The Victoria Texas Times says:
Mrs. F. v. Gentry and bright little
son, of Mexico, Mo. ARE in the city as
the guests of Mrs. w. @. Barnes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

MissEmma Mnndy left Thursday for
Gainesville, Texas, TO spend the rest
OF the winter with her sister, Mrs.
Capt. Bryson, and attend the we'd
dirg OF her nephew.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

IF the Hon. John James ingalls, has
really come to the excellent determi-
nation ascribed to him of inducing the
Kansas Republican State Convention
to nominate him for Senator, and of
making thereafter a atumping pill
grimage through the State, fun is in
store for the sons of the Suuhower,
and for the rest OF articulate speaking
men. There issomething monotonous
in the Kansas landscape, want of
variety which may not be without it's
effect in the production of those some
what excessively numerous cranks
whom the State has had to endure in
the last few years. There is nothing
monotonous about Mr.. ingalls,. He is
a Kaleidoscope with n dynamite at
tachment, a good stock Of .dreworks,
and torpedoes enough to blow up all
underground. Wit, passion, fire, red
pepper and other Ingredients too
numerous to mention, make up his
speeches; and he win stir up Kansas
as it has not been stirred since the in
yasion of the grasshoppers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

Preparations are being made for ex-
sensiye prospecting for oil in ten
counties OF eastern Kentucky next
spring. The indications OF the ex-
tensions OF valuable oil fields In that
region are said TO be promising.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
Is Cleveland a Ruler?
TILT-AT-ARMS BETWEEN HARDIN
COLLEGE STUDENTS AND A
LEXINGTON (MO)
BANKER.
Miss Ruth Lakenan Informs the Bank
er Why They Saw Fit to Refer
to President Cleveland
as Ruler"

Mr. Wilson, the Lexington Banker,
AUers That This Country Has No
Ruler-7HGt 1fr. Cleveland is q Ser
odnt-8fr. Wilson Hard to CaoAss OF.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

Hoods Pills act easily, yet prompt
ly and effectively, on the liver and
bowels. csc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

Misc Claudie Edmonston, of Balti-
more, aid, viii arrive in a few days to
take he position of stenographer for
the tkm firm of Edmonston & Cullen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

Mr.. JoHGs ABBAY has declined TO be.
come candidate for Councilman
from the First Ward. Mr.. Abbay is 81
conserpas.~e~and euterprtsiug young
business man, but cannot spare the
time from his private business to look
after the affairs of the city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

THERE are still few people in this
world who, when they are thoroughly
convinced that they cannot make n
living for themselves, have an idea
that they should be- elected to Office.
Public office is not place to pension
people Men should be elected to an
Office because they are qualified and
not to keep out of the poor house.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
A Hot Place,

The hottest region on the earth's
surface is on the southwestern coast
of Persia, on the border of the Persian
gulf.
For four consecutive days in the
months of July and August the mer-
curry has been known to stand above
100 degrees in the shade night and
day and to run up as high as 100 de-
grees in the middle of the afternoon.
At Behrein, in the center of the most
torrid part of this most torrid
belt, as though it were ma
ture's intention to make the
place as miserable as possible,
water from wells is something un-
known. Great shafts have been sunk
to depth of 100, 200, 300 and even 500
feet but always with the same result
no water. This serious drawback not
withstanding, comparatively num-
erous population contrives to live
there, thanks to copious springs which
burst from the bottom of the gulf
more than mile from the shore.
zr-vrz-zy--=Issrrzzxs
tanned in most curious and novel
manner. "Machadores' divers,
whose sole occupation is that of fur
nishing the people ofBehrein with the
life giving fluid, repair to that portion
of the gulf where the springs are sit
uated and bring away with them hum
dreds of bags full of the water each
day. The water of the gulf where
the. springs burst. forth is nearly
two hundred feet deep, but these
machadores manage to fill their goat
skin sacks by diving to the bottom and
holding the mouths of the bags over
the fountain jets s-this, too, without
allowing the salt water of the gulf te
mix with It. The source of these sub
marine fountains is thought to be in
the hills OF Osmond, 400 or 500 miles
away. Being situated at the bottom
of the gulf it is q mystery how they
were ever discovered, but the fact re-
mains that they have been known
since the dawn of history.
An AFFIDAVIT.
This is to certify that on May 11th,
walked to Melick's drug store on Q
pair of crutches and bought bottle
of Chamberlain's Pain Balm for in
iiammatory rheumatism which ha6
crippled me up. After using three
bottles / am completely cured. car
cheerfully recommend it. Charles Il
] HTetzel, Sunbury, Pa.
Sworn and subscribed to before mt
on August 10, 1894 Waiter Shipman
J. p. For sale at 90 cents per bottle
by g. A. Buckner, druggist.
THE Public Square will always b.
dusty and dirty until the streets ar
paved with brick. Our business mel
had n siepn with, fhe f7rfsf fa-fay
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

RULER" OR NO RULER ?"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

II. L. ROBINSON, of the Maryville
(Mo.J Republican, il prominently
spoken of as candidate for Secretary
of State. Mr.. Robinson is very
clever gentleman, but will never be
Secretary of the State of Missouri be-
cause he is a Republican. A great
many of the readers of the LEDGER
will remember that Mr.. Robinson il
the gentleman who had to come to
Mexico and place himself at the dis
posal of the editor Of the LEDGER for
"a hours when Cleveland was elected
President of the United States. The
editor of the LEDGER viii now make
the proposition to Mr.. Robinson that
if the next Secretary OF State of Mis-
souri, is not Democrat the editor OF
this paper will place himself at the
disposal of MIR, Robinson for "a days
instead of "a hours.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

As the roads get better business in
Mexico increases. The business men
of this town are dependent almost en-
tirely upon the farmers for trade, and
for this reason, if for no other, the
roads around Mexico should be i'm
proved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

THE people OF Columbia, Mo, are
again going to vote on the high school
proposition. 1t should carry unani-
mously. What in the world the peo-
pie of town like Columbia mean by
voting down a high school is unintel-
ligible even to man in the adjoining
pnuDty
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

TIE LEDGER would like for the cit
izens Of Mexico and AudTain county
to write letters on questions of inter
est, barring bitter personal or political
letters. There are a great many
questions besides politics which are OF
interest to the public. The LEDGER
always welcomes an expression from
the public on any question of interest
to il.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

REPUBLICANS III Congress are fall
ing out on the financial question. The
Senate caucus split wide open on the
silver matter. The Western Republi-
cans will have free silver coinage or
the Eastern Republicans will get no
tariff. The breach is getting wider,
and if the Democrats will rally and
stand firm they play yet be victorious
in 1885. 1t we Will nominate our bes,
men we can surely carry the country
THE st. Louis Chronicle, in publish
ing an account uf tn Joaes-P Pulitzer
law suit to control tin. ST. Louis Post
Dispatch, referring To letter write,
by Governor w J Stone to c. H
Jones, says:
ain she letter Gov Stone pointed
out the necessity OF Jones running III,
P.-D in the interest of the Stone fac
ton. The Governor said, bowever,t
give him a dig occasionally, in order
that the public might not catch on"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

TnE question of building a Court
House in Columbia is being agitated.
Every citizen of Boone county should
vote in favor of Court House. The
idea of the State spending thousands
and thousands Of dollars in q county
that has worse than no Court House
at all. The people of Boone county
owe it to themselves TO act promptly
in this matter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16
An AmdavIt.

THE Public Square viii always be
dusty and dirty until the streets are
paved with brick. Our business men
had a siege with the dust to-day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

WAR news IL in the breeze, no matter
from what direction of the compass it
blows England, Germany, United
States, Canada, Cuba, Venezuela,
South Africa, Abyslnia, China, Japan,
Turkey or Cores. And the end is not
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-16

IVE IIdIt4IH OUII5SG O4IIo'
The st. Louis Chronicle wrote its
Mexico correspondent to secure the
picture of Miss Ruth Lakenan but she
stoutly refused to have her likeness
put into print.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-29
MUsT BE FORTY FEET.
Board of Works VIII Have No Narrow
Streets Down Town.

The original mile square is causing the
members OF the Board of Works many mo-
ments of worry and possibly the loss of
some seeD. Ever since the board declared
that it would improve all the streets with
in the mile square before going outside
TO any great extent. people have been sit
ting up at night trying to devise some
plan to defeat the action. Remonstrance
after remonstranee has been presented. Resi-
dents OF New York street want 10 defeat
the action OF the board on the claim that
they want block pavement instead of as
phalt. The people on East street are not so
covert in their effort to defeat the boards
action. They fled long remonstrance yes
terday. signed by forty-five people. many Of
whom were not resident property owners
within the meaning of the law, protesting
against any kind of pavement for which
they would have to pay. The remonstrance
reads:
1--WE. the undersigned resident owners of
property in North East street. are unalter-
ably opposed to the Improvement OF North
East street with either asphalt, brick or
any other kind of Improvement for which
we will ever pay"
They are not at all backward in their
claims and do not attempt TO hide their
real object by asking for something the
board will not give them. 1t is probably
the first remonstrance that ever reached the
board in which the purpose was so plainly
stated.
Some of those who did not sign this re-
rnonstrance were before the board and
asked that the street be made thirty-fve
feet wide instead of forty. This point was
argued for some time, but the board de-
cided tina. it would not change its original
plan to have all the streets within the orig
inal mile square not less than forty feet
wide.