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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
Carrying Power of the Bicycle.


A freight a weighing 10000 pounds
will sustain a weight of $4,000 pounds,
and, drawn by a forty-ton locomotive,
will travel over smooth rails at the
rate of twenty miles an hour. A two
horse farm wagon weighing 1900
pounds will carry $500 pounds over
good roads, drawn by horses weighing
1900 pounds in the aggregate and
moving at the average rate of five
miles an hour. But a 24-pound bicy-
Gle will carry a man weighing IFS
pounds or more, and, owe a country
road, with a minimum of effort, will
move at the rate of ten miles an hour.
These figures are indicative of a new
era in locomotion and serve to en-
phasize the wonderful results achieved
by the pneumatic tire. A freight car
carries twice its weight twenty miles
in an hour; the bicycle carries seven
times its weight ten miles in an hour.
1t is probable that, with weight,
power and speed considered, nothing
has ever been invented which pre-
sents such results in carrying and To-
connective capacity as are shown by
the bicycle. 1t is only the question
as to whether the principle has reach
ed its greatest perfection in the bicy-
Gle which suggests a limit to the ac-
complishments of the pneumatic tire
and the ball bearings. The minimum
of weight and the minimum of friction
seem to have been attained. Are
these applicable to other than the
tandem wheels which now are so uni
versally necessary to both business
and pleasure.
AS compared with the ordinary
wagon and the ordinary railroad car,
the bicycle seems to present just now
a most interesting suggestion to the
constructors of vehicles of whatsoever
character.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
Proposed Fair at C~entralia, Mo.

CENTRALIA, Mo-, April 1s.-The
citizens of this city and community
met this afternoon for the purpose of
arranging to have a permanent fair
association at this place. DR.. W. A.
McCallister was chosen chairman and
H. 8. Booth secretary. A committee
Of five was appointed to raise 5000
to meet the annual expenses. The
movement is Endorsed by the entire
community and the association will
prove a
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
THE HoRSELESS CARRIAGE.
The Perfect Vehicle Will Come Slow
~ but Surely.
From Cassier, 8 Magazine.

FROM CASTER Magazine.
A little reflection will convince any
one that the use motorcycles, or, in
other words, horseless carriages, will
improve the roads. Gen. NORM, of
France, is authority for the state
ment that the deterioration of COM
mon roads, except that which is
caused by the weather, is two-thirds
due to the wear, of horses feet and
one-third due to the wheels of We
cles. This being the case, if the same
amount as usual continue to be laid
out upon the roads, and the continual
damage decrease two-thirds, then the
amount spent will go to increased
and permanent Improvement, and the
roads will be Gas smooth as a barn
floor"
There are many questions to be
solved, many difficulties to be sur
mounted, before the unexceptionable
vehicles appear. 1t was a long time
before the difficulties OF making sew
ing machines, revolvers, repeating
rifles, typewriters and typesetters
were overcome. Yet, examine them!
1t is all plain and simple, and not at
all marvellous now, and we can hardly
imagine how any mechanic could
spend years of time studying over
such easy problems. So it will be
with the motorcycles. The mountains
of difficulty will sink into molehills,
and the ingenuity displayed will be
found o take the form of judicious
application of ordinary mechanical
appliances, approved by the final
umpire, the common sense of man
kind.
Those who build automobiles must
not permit themselves to think that
they we're born with all the carriage
makers lore inherent in them. A man
may be a first-class theoretical and
practical mechanic and not be able to
make a good vehicle to run On wheels.
The perfect carriage, as we know it
to-day, is the aggregate of the years
of exhaustive trial and experiment
and the improvements on that ex-
p%erience made by 1000 men of genius.
If the carriage-builders bestow up
on the new carriage all the art ac--
quired in building the old, and the
motorcycle men learn the reasons of
the conventionalities of the trade and
adapt their improvements to them,
with reference to the opinions of those
who are not prejudiced against in
novation, they will both work to-
gether in harmony and with one pur-
pose, and, 80 united, they will make
rapid progress in the development of
the inevitable vehicle of the future.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
Another New Wheel.

The biggest wheel ever built in
America outside of the Ferris wheel
will be in operation at Bergen Beach,
q new resort now being put in order
on Jamaica bay, next season. 1t will
be 200 feet high, will be built entirely
of steel, and will be much lighter than
the Pittsburg engineers worlds fair
wonder. From the wheel tourists
who take in Bergen Beach next sum-
mel can command an unrivaled view
of the ocean, Coney Island and near
by resorts and the whole of Brooklyn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
n. p Slatterv Dead.

By the partial capsizing OF a sail
boat Capt. ID. P. Slattery, capitalist,
Spectator and well knownSt.L ouisan,
drowned Monday morning in
Kings Lake, 81 miles north of st.
Louis. There were no witnesses. He
seen in the boat rowing across
the lake at 1880. Half an hour later
the boat was discovered floating on
it's side, near the shore. The body
recovered at 4 O'Clock.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
Cuba's War Has Cost S134, 0O0, 90,

Cuba's War Has Cost S134, 600, 900.
The autonomist newspaper, La I'm
ion, published at Guines, in the prov
ince of Havana, prints the following
estimate of what the war in Cuba has
cost in a single year:
War expenses ............s 10000, 600
Losses from the destruc-
ton OF the sugar cane
crop. ..... $4,000, 900
Loss by the proprietors of
10000 horses taken either
by the patriots or the
Spanish troops. 600,0 900
Cattle taken by the pa
triots .......,.......... 500, 900
Small towns destroyed. .- 5000, 600
Stores sacked ..... 2,oOO,00e
Destruction of country es-
tates and farms ....... 5000, 600
Losses Of capitalists in
commercial importing
business -. -, 10000, 900
Total s134, oOO. 900
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23

EVERY laboring nan should read
Mr.. Carlisle's Chicago address on the
currency question. 1t was delivered
to laboring men, at their request, and
deals with a question in which the la
boring men are vitality interested.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23

IT is much to be grateful for tina,
there is at loast a Republican candi-
date for President for every day in
week. The list is: Reed, Morton, Quay,
Mckinley, Bradley, Allison, Cullom
and if Henderson and Elkins are
counted, there are enough for a base
bali nine. The more the merrier, al
though some of the candidates don't
seem to be merry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23

THE Mexico Populists nominated a
portion of a county ticket and expect
to finish it. The leaders also claim
they will nominate a candidate for
Congress. The best they can hope
for is to get enough votes to defeat
the Democratic ticket. AT the same
time the only show that they have to
secure the adoption of any of the
principles embodied in their platform
is by way of the Democratic party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
Bargain Sale.

I will have my third semi-annual
bargain sale of trimmed hats Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, May 18th,
sth and 9th. Those who have waited
for my bargain sales in the past know
what this means. l am prepared to
give you better prices than ever be-
fore. I have new and stylish goods
and from now on will make very
close prices, but then the bottom goes
out. Yours for bargains,
d&w1t T. w. HARDING.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
WHIPPING HIS WEIGHT.
The Champion Logger Overestimated
His Flstic Ability.
From the Washington Star

" Nv washington otal
In the logging camps of Michigan
might makes right and the man who
has whipped all corners in fair fights
is king of his camp. =.
One of these, said a logger to a Star
reporter, was very boastful of his ex-
ploits. He had been the victor of a
dozen fights and no one cared to enter
the lists with him, but every man in
the camp hated the champion. Going
into a saloon one day he announced:
'I'm tired Of these babies in camp.
amt had a good fight in Michigan. !
can whip my weight in dogs, wildcats
or anything that breathes for 800.
A meek-looking man took the bet
and arrangements for the fight were
made. 1t was to take place in a closed
room one week from the time the bel
was made.
The day came and the champion
called: "Bring on your animile.'
The man who had bet against the king
of the camp brought his antagonist in
a large sack, which had been deposit
ed behind the stove in the saloon
where the match had been entered
into, the weather just beginning to gel
cold. The gladiator entered the room,
the sack was emptied and the people
crowded at the window to g the con-
test. Out of the sack came three large
hornet nests, the occupants of which
had been revived by the heat.
They issued from the nest in swarms
and Lit all over the man. He fought
them for a minute or two, then with a
yell, jumped through the window car
rying sash and glass with him, never
stopping until he reached the river,
into which he jumped.
"Said he could whip his weight in
anything that breathed," remarked
the meek little man, as he pocketed
the stakes, s'but about Eve pounds OF
hornets knocked him ont in the first
round"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23

MAJ. MCKINLEY has written a letter
declaring that he is ignorant of the
nature of the Y. NJ. l.. Now if he will
frankly confess that he is ignorant of
the financial question he will greatly
"clarify the atmosphere" in his vicin-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23

THE supreme court says William
Taylor must hang for the murder OF
Gus Meeks and his family, April 80,
and tho People of Missouri are enter
ing no vigorous protest.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that final set
Element of the estate OF Lewis Farrah,
deceased, win be made at the May:
term, 1895, of the Probate Courf
OF Audrain county, Missouri, to b.
held at Mexico on the second Monday
in May, 1896. l.. J. FaRRAH,
I'd Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice Is hereby given that final set
Element OF the estate of T. n. Robnetf,
deceased, will be made at the May
term, 1896, of the Probate Court of An.
drain county, Missouri, TO be held At
Mexico on the second Monday in Missy,
1895. E. G. KESNEN,
I'd Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice In hereby given that final set
Element Of the estate of r. b. Worrefi,
deceased, will be made at the May
term, 1896, of the Probate Court of An-
drain county, Missouri, to be held Mt
Mexico on the second Monday i'm Mag,
1896. X. ID. WORRELL,
I'd Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23

THE st. Louis Republic editorially
says: The Populists of Boone Coun-
ty have declared against Bland. Bland
happens to be honest and consistent.
1t is natural, therefore, for the de-
serters from the party of honesty and
consistency to turn against him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23

OFFICIAL STATEMENT of the
Financial Condition of the MAR
TINSBURG BANK, at Martins
burg, Audrain County, State of
Mo-, at the close of business on
the 18th Day of April, 1896.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23

Subscribed and sworn 20 before me, this 10Th
day of April, A. D., 1886.
Witness my hand and notarial seal the date
last aforesaid Commissioned and qualified for
a term expiring May -, 1877
e. FRENCH. Notary Public.
co~rreet-Atisst: N. NJ. FRIEDMAN,
j. II. scorr,
T.. r. FRRScH,
UrsafofH.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
Chas. Beyans Commits Suicide,

QUINCY, ILL, April 20.-Charles
Bevans, 80, a Canton, Mo-, dry goods
clerk, committed suicide here by
taking morphine early this morning
at the fremont Hotel. 1t is said that
he had been dissipating.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23

MEXICO is full of strangers and Wis
itors to the horse sale. The Clark &
Potts sale and the Mexico Fair always
bring the people to Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23

A WIFE has no business sewing for
the heather when her husband wear
a heavy long-tailed coat in summer to
avoid embarrassment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
Notiee of Fiual Settlement.

Notice 10 hereby given that final set
Element of the estate OF q. g. Ecton,
deceased, win be made at the May
term, 1896, OF the Probate Court OF An.
drain county, Missouri, to be hold
at Mexico on the second Monday in
May, 1896. ALICE ECTON,
ia Administrative.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
Peculiar Death of E. c. Haywood.

SALISBURY, Mo-, April 20.-News
reached this city at n late hour this
evening of the accidental killing Of E.
O. Haywood, who met death in a
strange manner, about 10 miles north
OF this city to-day. He was driving
home from q neighbours, when a run
away team came up behind him, the
pole of the wagon striking him in
the back OF the head, crushing the
skull and killing him almost instant
Iv. He was an influential citizen of
Ree Branch Township, in this county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
DR.. Hinde Nav Not Accent.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, April 21.-Dr. Fl.
X. Hinde, of this city, formerly pres
ident Of Howard Payne College at
Fayette, Mo-, has been unanimously
elected president of Centenary Col
lege, Palmyra, Mo. He has not sig
nified his acceptance of the position,
and, it is believed, viii not do SO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
81

SIAIE OF
COUNTY OF AUpRAIs. We. stephen Ber-
tells, President. and r. l.. Morris, Cashier of
said bank, each of us, do solemnIy swear that
the above statement is true to the best of our
knowledge and belief.
STEPHEN BERrELs, Pres.
r.. l.. MORRIS, Cashier
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23

Il Corousr's inquest In r1mnco
- shs body Of : man named Robin
1000 twelve wore named smith,
-ssas The other two were Jones ana
Brown.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
70 Be Addressed By Champ CLARK

COLUMBIA, Mo-, April 17.-Ex-Con-
yre.sman Champ CLARK, Of Bowling
Green, has accepted thelinvitation Of
Ire senior law class Of the State Uni
ysrsity to deliver the annual address
hesore the Law Department on Mon
a.v. June /. President w. r. Harper,
- tie University Of Chicago, and Rev.
Dr. CHARLES H. Psrkhurst, OF New
CITY. have also been invited to deliver
sadree.ae here during University
.ommenCement week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23

ALLthe visitors speak in the highest
terms of Mexico as a live city and a
horse center,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
April Calendar.

II Tom Reed gets n quorum at st.
Louis, he'll have to do his W count
ing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
LIABILITIES.

Capital stock paid n..............-.... $40, ~ 60
Surplus funds on hand. ......,........ 2,aa 81
Deposits subject to draft at sight by
banks ana bankers -t.---
individuals and others -, Il, sss 81
Deposits subject to draft at given dates 10 ~
Bills payable and bills re-discounte5..
-
Total. .S45, i357 81
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
RESOURCES,

Loans and discounts undoubtedly good
on personal or collateral security 81, 2ld p
Loans and discounts undoubtedly gooG
on real estate security. ...-...-.... .-..-
Overdrafts by solvent ustomers.-..-. AS o.
United States bonds on hand ..-...... IN.
Other bonds and stocks at their pres
ent cash market price--...-.-..-... ......
Real estate at present cash market
value 2.l63 10
Furniture and fixtures. .-.....-- Ga no
Due from other banks, good on sight
s,927 %
Checks and other cash HENS. ii U1
National Bank notes ,legaltender Unit
ed States notes and gold and silver
certificates. -. 2,675 "a
Gold coin. tfst On
Silver coin Az 10
----
Total -. .Si5, 357 81
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
Taylors' Rehearing Refused.

JEFFERSON CITY; Mo-, April 21.-Di-
vision No. 2 Of the Supreme Court this
morning refused to grant the Taylor
brothers, convicted of the murder of
the Meeks family and sentenced to be
hanged at Carrollton on April 30, a re-
hearing of their case. A motion to
transfer to court en- banc was also
avarrulad
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
BUILDING THE scAFFoLD.

CARRoLLToN, Mo-, April 21.-The
news from Jefferson City this morning
saying that the Supreme Court had re-
fused the Taylor brothers a new hear
ing was not a surprise to the people
here, as they expected it.
An attempt will be made to take the
case to the United States Supreme
Court.
Sheriff Stanley will not wait any
longer, but is proceeding to build the
scaffold. He has made arrangements
with Sheriff Pratt of Palmyra to get
the trap door used on the scaffold on
which Nelson was hanged about six
weeks ago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23

Miss Mamie Davis will entertain
friends on Friday evening.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23

w. w. Settle is home from a bust
ness trip to Vandalia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
ABE LARIMORE,

AT 800 to insure a living colt. Money due as
above
Will serve jennets at $50 OF for a jack colt and
S10.50 for q jennet colt. ~
For extended pedigrees of horse aud jack see
bills. #
Will pasture mares from a distance at 81 per
month. Care taken to prevent accidents, but
not responsible should any occur. ~
Will give a liberal premium TO the hest colt of
horse or jack.
In all cases colt stands good for service fee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
A az

Total.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-24
RETURNED To LIFE TO PREACH a SERMON.

boys. In homespun and dreadlully III
fitting clothes. made from garments
formerly worn by their elders, were
there. silently watchful, and there
we're also there the "unco AUDI feeble
in step and with marks oi time set deep
around their lus,erlcEs eyes Every
body was awaiting the new minister.
Some one approached. and there was
Gutter throughout the entire church.
The minister stepped 20 the front OF
the pulpit and every eye was fixed on
him with a solemn expectancy. lie was
an old man, who has been almost a
lifelong contemporary with DIR. Hawk
ms. and It was naturally expected that
either before or after his sermon he
would offer some remarks about the
departed brother Besides, there was
the announcement OF the funeral which
vas 10 he made. and, altogether, It was
a momentous occasion Tor the little
country church.
There was a pause after the frat
hymn had been sung. and the minister
taking up a roll OF paper, coughcd
slightly and advanced again to the
front OF the pulpit At this point an
extraordinary occurrence happened.
AZ the door OF the meeting house, and
walking mp the aisle came Rev. Heze-
kiah Hawkins In person, his face dead
Is male. but bearing hlmseslf with calm
ness ana a dignity almost supernatural
Every face In the church was immedi-
atey turned toward him, every eye
spellbound with terror. There was no
mistaking that form AMI figure, the
] long hair falling back IN venerable
waves over the sllgatly stopped
shoulders. He advanced TO the pulpit
steps. mounted them and turned to the
congregation. and the startled people
noticed for the Grst tine that he car
rIed IN his hand a large roN Of written
manuscript evidently the notes Of his
farewell sermon.
For few moments nothing was said
The people were SO stricken with
amazsmont and fear that they dared
noi even test their voices In expression
Of wondormont while as for their be-
loved old minister, he seemed trans
figured with a strange surrounding Of
almos, ghos,ly serenity. suddenly his
powerful and naturally sonorous voice
was heard reaching every nook and
corner Of the building, falling on The
listeners with a cadence not entirely o.
this world and chilling them With hi
deep solemnlty Of It's tone.
Il am the resurrection aud the life
saith the Lord; he that believe.h In re
though ne were dead. yet ,lhall he live
and whosooyer llyeth andAs lleveth Il
me shall never die"
The beautiful and musical chant o
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-24

exercise his maleyOlent influence upon
the jury system and the honest sport
OF the land OF the freeg' At least fifty
Chinese have been sent back To China
within the past year 90 the result OF
their having served a term In state
prison. Little Pete was convicted OF
jury bribIng and sent 10 Folsom. aud ol-
though he succeeded In recurring his re-
lease before serving out his term. he Is.
nevertheless, an cX-conyict Bat the
federal law has loopho'e In g. Little
Pete has escaped the deportation clause
through a techn.cality. An amend
mont to the Geary act prohibits the Is
suance OF laborors' certificates TO con
victs. and the lack OF the certificate "a
the crime for which they are sent ont OF
the country. Far from Il. He has
never Teen known 10 soil his hands
with hard work. since the days when he
was a small. cunnlng-looklng Chinese
youngster In Chinatown. being cdu-
Gated carefully by well-molning Chris
tians for a successful criminal career
lie "a a merchant and merchants are
not required by law to have laborcrs'
certificates. They are not required
to register In this category and conse-
quently a criminal record deba-ring
them from registering does not aftcct
their status. So little Pete Is secure
from deportation. he says he does not
mind being excluded from the BAY Dis
trlct track. rorhaps net lie cnull
well AFFORD 10 rest on his oars.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-24

third. the impossibilliy ~ "fouling'
the gun. Since the cartridge contains
nothing but the projeetllo itself. there
Is no danger In handling them. and
considerable space and weight are thus
saved to the hunter or soldier. The
reservoir carried with the gun con-
tains sufficient compressed gas for two
thousand five hundred discharges. The
force OF a shot SURPRISES that OF the
presen; repeating rife one and one
half times. and fiiy shoir may be fred
without interruption THO new gun
has been patented IN all countries.
and rs extensive manufacture is being
provided for.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-24

neighborhood The reverend gentle
man was going 10 preach HIS farewell
sermon. and was preparing for Il when
he was taken m. Everything was done
for him. but his condition did not inn
prove. and on Good Friday he apparent
ly died and was placed in his coffin.
Another minister was 10 occupy the
pulpit In the church.
Old men and young men. mothers.
wives. girls In their teens. the old peO-
pie with that look which solitude and
repression stamp on the human phyBi-
ognomy; brown. furrowad faces, mark
ed with inefiaceably mournful lines;
the faces OF children, almost, In that
still look In their deep-set eyes. the
faces Of statues nearly In stony indiiier-
ence OF look. Peering from their
queer. old-fashioned hats we're the
faces OF the men. A little vague curl
oslty In the gaze perhaps. and a great
pathos In their scanned and sunburnt
faces The women were dressed gen
orally In rusty black. with here and
there an impossible looking flower
spray or a totally incredible repre-
sentation OF fruit The llt,le girls and
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-24

tie well-rememborcd words came CON-
fostingly and assuringly 20 the hearts
OF the listeners and dlspelled for
moment their fears. The minister
paused az the opening invocation was
delivered. and. a rare thing with him.
smiled. il was a quaint smile, holding.
within Il suggestions OF much
knowledge. suffering. forbearance and
sweetness: bringing charity with 1t
and much humility. The smile that
some Of the disciples might have greet
ed the master with. 80 iranght It was
with faith and love everlasting. Then
he took up his well-beloyed Bible, and
fixing his compelling gaze on the con-
gregatlon. he again. though slower
than before. commenced impassively'
Il am the resurrection and the HE.
saith the Lord: he who believeth IN
me. though he were dead. yet shall he
live: and" Al this juncture hls
hand fell. he tottered. and this time. be-
yond all possibility Of trance, even
past the questioning Of his Maker the
old preacher fell back In the arms OF the
visiting minister. dead.