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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
The Railroad Situation.

from the st. Louis Globe- Democrat, January
%, 1896.
There are some facts worth think
ing about in the report of I'll. T. New
comb, chief of the section of freight
rates in the Department of Agricul-
ture. He shows from the official sta
tistics that in the last seven years
railroad passenger rates have de-
clined 15R per cent. and freight rates
IA per cent, representing a saving of
S165, 143 ,1s6 to the public ON last years.
business alone. This has the appear
ance OF a gratifying showing, but in
fact it is not. The effect upon the
railroads has been signally disastrous,
and their losses aggregate far more
than the gain to their patrons. Dur
ing the last year, 66% per cent. of all
the railroad stocks in the country
earned no dividends, II per cent of
the railroad bonds brought no inter-
est, and the average return of all
classes of capital was only 81 per
cent. On the 3oth of June, 1894, there
were $4,000 miles of railway in the
hands of receivers, and since then
there have been many other cases of
bankruptcy. 1t will be seen, there
fore, that the large reductions in rates
have taken away the profits of the
railroads to an extent that has Grip
pied the whole transportation sys-
tenn, and rendered enormous invest
ments of capital unremunerative.
The principal trouble, Mr.. New
comb says, is to be found in the fact
that nnfriendly legislation has oon-
PEELED the railroads to do business ac-
cording to unnatural and IMPROVE
dent methods. They might have
stood the remarkable reductions of
their charges if they had been per-
mitted to manage their own affairs in
their own way; but they have been
forced to operate under artificial con-
ditions and in compliance with arbi-
trary rules and regulations, to their
constant disadvantage. Their losses
include commissions for receiving
traffic, cost of maintaining agencies
and solicitors, expense of unnecessary
train service, and the burden of send
ing freight W long and circuitous
routes. When all of these drawbacks
are considered, it is easy to see why
the railroads have been Improbable,
and how SC many of them have passed
into the hands of receivers. The out
look for them>is improving in some
measure, by reason of the general
Improvement in trade and manufac-
lures; but the fact remains that they
are heavily handicapped by legal re-
strictions, and that they can never be
truly prosperous until they are al
lowed TO manage their own interests
according to plans and policies of
their own devising. The theory of
competition is a very pretty on
paper; but experience has demon
strated that the attempt to enforce it
by law is a mistake and a wrong, and
it ought to be abandoned.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

FEMININE human nature always
has been and always will be full Of
surprises; and one of it's most effect
i've inspirations is found in the green
eyed monster. The other day a beau
tiful girl of Creole extraction died in
one of the Louisiana parishes. With
all the wealth of praise that the SUBJ
ject suggests she is described as a
regal creature of magnificent phys
ique, the most charming graces of
her sex, the olive complexion under
laid with pink, and the great dark
eyes that are the common possession
OF her race. She had died q few
hours after a call made by a rival, not
only in beauty, but for the hand OF
the man they both adored. He was
among the most i~nconsolanle of the
mourners. He made no secret of the
love which he had never before pro-
fessed. By his own request he was
left with the puiseless clay, and as he
poured his pro~testations into unheed-
ing ears she suddenly yawned, threw
her arms about his neck, and never
even said that "this is so sudden" An
old crone on the plantation, some
cunning decoction of herbs and the
supreme nerve of the beauty had
done the trick, and the fair rival is
said to be in q bewitching frenzy of
unquenehable anger.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
The Nations Finance System.

From the OhfcaRO Record,
Chauncey M. Depew's enthusiastic
description of the new bond issue as
can elixir of life" sounds somewha,
metaphorical and optimistic, but il
would be idle to deny that at first
blush the successful sale of the bonds
is at once a demonstration OF conf
dence both at home and abroad and
an inspiration to still greater trust.
1t is said that the Secretary of the
treasury will find it advantageous to
place a large fraction of the issue with
the Morgan syndicate, but it is also
believed that the great amount of high
bids from small banks and from indi-
viduals will result in the placing of a
large quantity of bonds among the
people. In fact, the issue has been far
more Like a genuine popular loan''
than had been expected, and this fact
alone Is very gratifying.
The last three years have seen the
country disturbed by a number of agi-
tations naturally tending to unsettle
confidence and make the people dis
trustful of themselves. The finance
controversy, the s'hard times" and
money stringency, the distressingly
uncertain influence of politics, and,
particularly, of congress, have brought
a number of observers both at home
and abroad to the opinion that after
all the nation was in a pretty bad way.
The remarkably encouraging feature
of the enormous over-subscriptiop of
bonds Is that we are still in the thick
of these agitations. At a time when,
il ever, the American people would be
d~istrustful OF their credit and reluctant
to part with their money, they have
arisen in supreme fearlessness and
shown not only that they have money,
but that they like nothing better than
the chance of converting that money
into government bonds.
In one view, of course, this exhibit
bition of faith and demonstration of
the integrity of our credit is a start
ling proof of radical defects in the
national finance system. With such
wealth and such confidence what sort
of system is it that brings the treasury
next door to beggary and forces the
nation to borrow money for a sort of
hand-to-mouth existence?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
The Weekly Ledger.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10.
AUDRAIN COURTS.

CIRCUIT CoURT-3d Monday in Jan
uary, LIST Monday in June, Sd Monday
in September.
COUNTY CoURT-1st Monday in Feb
ruary, LIST Monday in May, list Monday
in August, LIST Monday in November.
PROBATE CoURT-2d Monday in jan
uary, I'd Monday in March, I'd Monday
in May, I'd Monday in September.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
County Court Proceedings.

J.. S. Snidow, County Clerk, state
ment of fees for the quarter ending
December 81, 1895, by the court ex-
amined and approved.
g. n. Bruce, Recorder of Deeds, an
nuai statement of fees for the year
ending December 81, 1895, by the
court examined and approved.
On certificate of DR.. w. l.. Rodes
VIM. L. Ragsdale, adjudged insane, is
ordered conveyed to the Lunatic Asy-
lum at Fulton as a county patient, and
the court further ordered that a war
rant be issued to the treasurer of the
Asylum for s65, advance pay for VIM.
L.. Ragsdale.
Saunders & Kemp, petitioners for
dram shop at Mexico; license granted
for six months from this date.
The Sheriff is ordered to burn pa
pers specified in Sec. 344o, R. S., 1889,
The Court ordered that STATS, I'M
claimed witness fees remaining in the
hands of County Treasury more than
one year, De turned into the county
revenue fund.
A. E. Winn ct al, petitioners fol-
public road; right of way not given
jury for damages.
The school fund bonds of Mary E.
Parsons, Warren Fowles, M. M. Gooch,
Jabez Robinson, Geo. A. Carter, d. K.
Crockett and Cy Scott are by the Cour,
examined and approved.
1t is by the Court ordered that per-
sons who have school money borrow
ed at a greater rate of interest than 6
per cent. be required to pay the rate
specified in the bonds unless they re-
new at the rate of s per cent.
The following road overseers pre-
scented their accounts for annual set
Element, which we're by the court ap.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
Attention. Advertisers.

Those who frequent the court room
during the impaneling of q jury can
readily find out what paper is read by
the citizens Of Audrain county. The
first IA people questioned, ON a jury
selected this week, responded as fol-
lows: Seven of the IA took only the
Mexico L~EDGER,six OF the II took the
LEpGER and one other paper; only ]
ont OF the IA was not a subscriber to
this paper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
Good Books IN the Schools.

F'o" hhu y IOfh ENculus ISL
The plan devised about SIX years
ago to put good literature in circula-
ton in the public schools of Detroit
has borne better fruit than its most
sanguine promoters hoped for. The
object was simply to put into the
hands of the children, by mean of
public library, instructive and enter
tanning literature to take the place OF
the pernicious class of reading be-
coming too common. The only at
tendant expense is that of ~transporta-
ton. Beginning with the seventh
and eighth grades the distribution
was gradually extended, until now
five grades in flfty-two schools are
supplied, the circulation in 1895 being
between $1,000 and 100000. The
books are changed once in eight
weeks, or five times per school year
of ten months. Not only have the
children been benefited, but the par
ents of many of them, notably of the
poorer class, have been introduced
to the delights of pure and ennobling
literature.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
TENNESSEE BANDITS.
Rob a Railway Station and Passengers
in Border Style.

NASHVILLE, TENN, Feb. 6.-Three
masked men entered the passenger
station at Milan, Tenn, this morning
at A O'Clock and compelled several
parties who were waiting for a train
and the railroad express agent, to
give up considerable money.
Major w. 7. Parham, a United
States revenue officer, was relieved OF
$50. The ticket office lost $40. The
amount taken from the express agent
is not known, but is supposed to
exceed 800. A watch and chain were
taken from the ticket agent. When
the robbery was finished, the masked
men mounted horses and rode away.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

There some people who lever wear
dark glasses and yet they never see
anything bright; it's the people who
are dyspeptic and soured. Every
thing is out of joint with such people.
81 suffered many years with dyspep-
STA and liver troubles but have been
Regulator. 1 know others who have
been greatly benefited by its use.''-
James Rowland, Carrollton, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13


List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Mexico, Mo-, for the week
ending February s, 1896, which if not
called for in thirty days will be sent to
the Dead Letter Office at Washington.
Persons calling for letters in this list
will please say 'sadvertised:"
Susie Bland, Mrs. Martins Barnes,
Lille Brown, DIR. Bowling, Miss Maud
Bruckey, Mr.. John Blum, John Crum,
Miss Susie Clark (4l, James Daviden-
son, Miss Maude Daniels, Chester
Doweil, Miss Dora Dryden, William
Herms, W. A. Harris, James s. Hisey,
Luther M. johnson, J. e. johnson,
Mr.. Geo. Jesse, Miss Susie ~Jackson(3),
Mrs. Lucy Marshall, R. B. Metcalfe,
Mr.. VIII New, Mr.. H. Braun, j. FL.
Roweli, Mrs. Fannie McEnen, Miss
Nettie Wilson, MI. w. A. White.
Rlum,s new line of shirt waists have
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
The Very Best Coal Cheap.

/ viii sell coalin any quantity at the
bank or delivered. My coal is as good
as any mined anywhere. defy conn
petition in prices. Give me a chance
before you buy. My coal bank IS II
miles southeast of Mexico. Address
w. w. MCGOWAN, Benton City, Mo.
f5d&wtf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

January IA, %, February II and
March 10, to points in the South and
Southwest at one single trip fare, plus
two dollars, for the round trip. APP
ply to E. s. WILSON,
d&w t Mich 10 Joint Ticket Agent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
For Sale.

A ten room dwelling with barn and
other out buildings. All kinds OF
choice fruits in bearing. With one to
ten acres land to suit the purchaser.
Situated Il mile south OF Hardin Col
lege on jefferson street.
d&vtf w. 8. HATHAWAY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

Piles of people have piles, but De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve will cure
them. When promptly applied itcures
scalds and burns without the slightest
pain For sale by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
To Teachers, Directors and District
Jerks

/ will be pleased to meet you as
County Commissioner of Audrain
county, at Sallee's book store, south
east corner of the Public Square. will
be there the second and fourth Satur-
days of each month from 1 to 4 p. m.
FRENCH STRoTHER,
tilmay1-96 Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY

Almost everybody takes some laxative
medicine to cleanse the system and keep the
blood pure. Those who take. SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR liquid or powder)
get all the benefits of a mild and pleasant
laxative and tonic that purifes the blood
and strengthens the whole system. And
more than this: SIMMONS LIVER REGu.
LATuR regulates the Liver, keeps il active
and healthy, and when the Liver Is in
good condition you find yourself free from
Malaria, Biiiousness, Indigestion, Sick
Headache and Constipation, and rid of
that worn out and debiitated feeling.
Theas are al caused by a sluggish Liver.
Good dlaeofion and freedom from stomach
tfouhle5 Wf1 only be had when the liver
Il pfupefty] u worlx. II troubled with any
-of tbese compl6fntss ny SIMMONS LIVER
REGuEK1o&. The King OF Liver Medl-
cnes, md B<ltef than Pils.
AUvEzkX RACkA<ErsS
H. 1000 q rc6 a. wrapper.
!. rsiian = o., rhtxn,PA
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

EVERY business mar knows that ad-
vertising pays and experience will
teach him that no advertising pays
like advertising in local papers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

t. A. Vaughn, a prominent citizen
OF Pike county, Missouri, has moved
to Mexico to reside permanently. Mr..
Vaughn is an enterprising citizen and
the LEGER ia glad to welcome him to
s,ur nitv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
Remaining Neatly nnne

If You want your watch Cleaned o,
repairing of any kind done neatly,
cheaply and promptly call on It. s.
Riley. Satisfaction guaranteed.
II T. 8. RILEY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

Mr.. MCKINLEY might persuade
the Canadian authorities to run a new
boundary line that would take in
enough of Maine to includeMr. Reeds
birthplace, thus making him ineligi-
BILE as a presidential candidate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

In the proper column viii be found
the announcement of Nolan V. Ellis,
candidate for Surveyor of Audrain
county; subject to the rules and usages
of the Democratic party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

Ed. Atchison viii not be in the race
for the Democratic nomination for
Sheriff OF Audrain County.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

De Wits Little Early Risers for
b~iliousness, Indigestion, constipation.
A small pill, a prompt cure. For
sale by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13


There is more Catarrh in this sec.
ton of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be in
durable. For a great many years doc
tors pronounced it a local disease, and
prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treat.
ment, pronounced it incurable. Sci
ence has proven catarrh to be a con-
stitutional disease, and, therefore, re-
quires constitutional treatment. HALLS
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. ].
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
1t is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonsul. 1t acts d.
rectly on the blood and mucous r
faces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address,
f. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.,
aasSold by druggists, 75c.
Frank Beagies, formerly at Worces-
ter, Mo-, now in business in Laddonia,
is q staunch friend of the LEDGER. He
has been taking the Weekly ever
since he has been taking any paper at
all, but is not satisfied with receiving
the LEDGER once a week and in the
future viii get the Daily. Frank knows
q good thing when ne sees it and viii
help s'push it along"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
Passing Of an Octogenarian

PARTS, No., Feb. Mrs. Mary E.
Wilson, an old and highly respected
resident of this city, died here to-day
OF pneumonia, aged so years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
L.anvshan Chickens for Sale

have some pure-bred Langshan
chickens for sale; large, fine birds.
Prices reasonable.
dSwtf Mas. JNo. H. FIELD,
One mile East of Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

The jury in the cast of State VS.. B.
F. Miller brought in a verdict for the
plaintiff Friday afternoon and fixed
the amount of Nliller's fine at SIS for
common assault. The jury was COM
posed of Logan Robinson, NJ. NJ. Daw-
son, r. E. Beasley, e. E. Jones, Henry
Weber, A. III. Huntley, j.. NJ. Harri-
SON, L. T. Paisley, Stephen Bertels, It.
NJ. Ford, s. p. Carter and e. 7. Smith.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

Born, on Tuesday February 4, to Mi.
and Mrs. E. r. Kunkel. a bouncing
boy. Mother and son are doing nicely.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

MIR. and Mrs. E. B. Crowel, of
Blanchardville, Wis, are the guests OF
w. H. Perry and family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

Do not daily with rheumatism. Get
rid of it at once by purifying the blood
with Hoods Sarsaparilla. Be sure to
get Hoods.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Photographs have been taken of the
sea fully 500 feet below the surface.
At the age of 40 a man usually at
tains his greatest weight; a woman at
so.
The number of eggs annually i'm
ported into Great Britain exceeds
500, ZOO.
Asia is the most populous quarter of
the globe; it is reckoned to contain
SOC, Ooo, 900 of people.
The different countries of the world
now use Is, 400 different kinds of post
age stamps.
The Swiss government made a profit
of about f20O, 900 last year on its mo-
nopoly in spirits.
There are 81 1000 women telegraph
operators in the United States, and the
number is constantly growing.
Many kinds of fish see equally well
in every direction, their eyes being so
prominent as to command a wide field
of vision.
Bricks made of petroleum, solidiied
with sawdust and pitch, make a cheap
fuel, and are used for steam engines
in France.
Massage treatment in Japan is adj
ministered almost entirely by blind
persons. The reason is because the
sense of touch is more delicate than in
persons blessed with sight.
The Dwight Manufacturing Co., of
Chicopee, Mass, has just started what
is said to be the largest cotton mill in
Alabama at Gadsden. 1t has $1,000
spindles and will employ 800 persons.
A form of clothing known as knee
cuffs is said to be used quite generally
in France by all classes during the
winter. 1t is a wooden cuff for the
knees, much the same as in England
is worn round the wrists.
During a recent thunderstorm in
Berlin an interesting effect on an cleo
trio train was noticed at night. All the
electric lamps inside and outside the
Carriages were extinguished every
time the lightning flashed, and the
passengers remained a few minutes
in complete darkness. Then the lamps
rekindled.
The youngest sea captain in New
England, and perhaps in the country,
is Capt. John A. York, of the schooner
Charles ]. Willard, of Portland, Me.
He is just turned Is years of age, and
he has had command of the vessel,
with a ere of six men for a year. His
boat plies between Maine ports and
New York.
One of the English judges in India
was an expert on the typewriter, and
it occurred to him to use it for the
of judicial notes. The machine
was conveyed into court, and the
Judge kept notes for the proceedings.
The prisoner was found guilty and
and he promptly appealed
IN the ground that, instead of listen
ng to the evidence, the Judge had
vhiled away his time by playing on a
musical instrument!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Reb-
man, Feb. s, in Jefferson City, an
eleven pound Democrat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

The largest line of Percales ever
brought to this city at Bium's. Come
and see them. d&wtf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

Messrs. G. E. Brown and John De-
Witt, practical horse trainers of this
city, have Leased the half mile track
at Laddonia and will move to that
place about March 1. These gentle
men will handle harness horses ex-
clusively. They have had years of
experience in the business and Mr..
Brown owns several good ones which
he intends to campaign this year. Mr..
Dewitt has driven several horses to
low records.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

On the 9Th the s. p. Emmons Wool
Company shipped 26,5oo pounds OF
wool to Philadelphia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
Homeseekers, excursion

Via Chicago & Alton and Wabash
Railroads.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

Thomas Helm recovered the fine
mare he had stolen during January.
He received a letter to-day from the
Sheriff of Boone County stating the
animal had been found. This is the
horse Davidson says he turned loose
in Boone County.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13

One Minute Cough Cure Is a popu.
lar remedy for Group. Safe for child
rem and adults. For sale by Wool
bridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
Advertised Letters.

Blum's have a new line of ladies'
ready-made wrappers. d&wtf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
SAND IN ITS
Horse Dies and It's Peculiar and Puz.
zling Ailment Is Explained.

NILES, Mich, Feb. "a valuable
horse belonging to a Van Buren, Coun-
ty farmer was recently SO peculiarly
afflicted at to puzzle the veterinary
surgeons. The horse died, and the
post mortem showed that there was
over a peck of sand in the animals
stomach. The sand is supposed to
have been swallowed with drinking
water, and, accommodating in the
stomach, caused that organ to burst.
Mr.. H. p. Davis,a prominent livery
man and merchant, of Goshen, Va,
has this to say on the subject of rheu-
matism: 81 take pleasure in recon-
mending Chamberlain's Pain Balm
for rheumatism, as / know from per-
sonal experience that it will do all
that is claimed for it. A year ago
this spring my brother was laid up in
bed with infiammatory rheumatism
and suffered intensely. The first ap-
plication of Chamberlain's Pain Balm
eased the pain and the use of one bot
tie completely cured him. For sale
by G. A. Buckner, druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
B. r. Miller Fined S1S.

Blum's new line of shirt waists have
arrived. Come In and see them.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-10
THOSE HARLEM BRIDGE APPROACHES.

Tho Legislative Committee OF The Board OF Alder
men gave q hearing In the Council Chamber yes'er-
dav ON a petition TO have the approaches 10 the
Harlem Bridge changed. and large number OF men
who own property along upper Thiri-aVe were pres
en, The speakers included Assistant Corporation
Counsel Rlandy W H. Payne. ". ID Martin. state
son,tor GUY Henry T. McC;owan and Colonel Joseph
A. Gos!den They declared that the plans FOR the
approachcs for the bridge. adopted by tn" Bridge
Commission failed comply with the act OF The Leg
lslature which declared that the bridge should unite
the TWO ends of Thrd-aNc.
The plans snow approaches az the south end ol the
h-ide. which are intended TO divert travel from
rhird-av. to I.-xington-nNc. and S.cond-tN".. ana
m. soeakers argued for a direct approach 10 the
hrlde. I'm Thlrl-aVe Tn. arguments indicated that
IN, failure 10 have such direct approach IN mira.
ave was due To the fact that tn" approach would
Interfere with the elevated railroad structure ana
Tho tracks OF the Thirl-av- railroad IN Third-ave
between One-hundrct- and twenty nnth-si, ana the
south ond OF the bridge The speakers declare" max
would be better put The railroad companies 10
some frouble IN changing their tracks than ruin
prouerty worth millions OF dollars IN upper Third
,.-..-..t.. -,
The committee VIII make personal Inspection o.
the approaches the bridge and then have another