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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

PEOPLE who never work and have
been spending their time trying to
solve the financial question are now
talking about just what should be done
in reference to the cyclone sufferers.
They criticise everything and every
body and never pay a cent. You find
them everywhere. There are still a
few in Mexico. Stop your tongue and
let loose of your money, that's the
Way to help the helpless.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04
Public Adminlstrator,s Notice,

Notice ia hereby given that letters o.
administration upon the estate OF J. w.
Newkirk, deceased, have been grant
ed the undersigned by the Probate
Court OF Audrain County, Missouri
bearing date May 20, 1896.
All persons having claims against
said estate are requested to exhiDlt
them for allowance to the administers
tor within one year after date Of grant.
ing letters, or they may be precludso
from any benefit OF such estate, anu
II such claims be not exhibited within
two years from the date they win %
forever barred.
J. T. WILLIAMS,
GIT. Public Administrator
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04
".Jo dill" 10 Dead.

CHILLIcoTHE, Mo-, June "A. W.
Jacobs, who wrote under the nom de
plume of "Jo Did," died at his home
here this morning of heart disease.
He had for a long time made trade
editions of country papers a speciality
and had covered q large portion of the
State in his write-ups. He was 81
years old. When Is years old he en-
listed in the First Michigan sharp
shooters and served three years in
many of the wars hardest battles as
drum major.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04
Who Is a Democrat

MEXICO, Mo, June IL notice in
the Mexico LEDGER the following
resolution adopted by the County
Democratic Committee at its meeting
last week:
The resolution was introduced by A.
j. Winscott and unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That all persons known to
be Democrats may be permitted to
vote at this election, and those not SO
known shall be required to pledge
their support to the State, district,
county and township Democratic nom
inees at the November election before
being permitted to vote.
l would like to know why the Ma
tional nominees were left out? Is a
premium to be placed on every man
who will scratch the National Demo-
cratic nominees, but will vote the
State and county tickets? Mr.. Win
scott, who introduced the resolution,
works for Mr.. Cook. Mr.. Cook is
chairman of the State Democratic
Committee. Mr.. Winscott is secre-
tary of the county committee and
chairman of the City Democratic
Committee. What does this all mean?
DEMOCRAT.
The resolution spoken of above was
passed last week before Kentucky
went for free silver. 1t is now con-
coded that the National Democratic
Convention will also be for silver.
Let the above resolution be changed
at once. 1t should have been diff
ferent in the first place. A Dem
ocrat is a nan who votes the ticket
from top to bottom always. The LED
GER is informed that a Subcommittee
was appointed to arrange details and
that the above resolution as passed
was IN oversight and will be changed
at once.-[ED. LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04
Guardians Notice.

Notice is hereby given that ]. y.
Williams, Public Administrator OF An
drain County, Missouri, has been sQs
pointed guardian of the person ne
estate of j. NJ. Mcintyre, adJddged z.
sane. THE appointment dates IRON
May 10, 1896. All persons 1havlnk
against Mi. Mcintyre nv
present them TO the underslgned.
J. r. WILLIAMS,
sat. GuardisnL
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

KENTUCKY has gone for free and
unlimited coinage of silver 16 to 1.
The National Convention at Chicago
will go the same way. Now let every
Democrat in the United States who
was opposed to this policy vote the
ticket, national, State, district and
county. Democrats all believe in the
majority ruling.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

AT a meeting of the Hardin College
Board this week the old officers were
re- elected as follows: Il. b. Hit,
President; ]. E. Ross, Vice. President;
j. A. Guthrie, Treasurer, and G. F.
Clark, Secretary. These gentlemen
have the best interest of the school at
heart and have served faithfully and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

WORDS fail to depict the destruction
growing out Of the cyclone in st.
Louis. The writer visited the devas-
tated district Sunday, and after twenty
years experience in the newspaper
world, found something that even the
most enthusiastic writer could not ex-
aggerate.
THE Nebraska State Journal makes
the following comment of the publish
ed report that forty-four persons
were killed by a storm in Nebraska
last month: "Mistake. Four or five
was the total. The storm belonged in
Kansas, anyway, and these were near
the State line."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

AN article going the rounds OF the
press headed "Gold Men Determined
to Capture the Missouri State Con-
vention" is ridiculous. The "gold
men" of Missouri have nothing left
them but to vote the ticket straight
from top to bottom. Their only idea
now is to ''capture" the Republican
party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

THE river and harbor bill is another
striking proof of the generosity of a
Congressman's spirit when the money
he is spending for a few constituents
belongs to the public.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

THE gold men are of the opinion
that the cyclone in Kentucky at least
equals the one in st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

UNFORTUNATELY the edict of the
woman's clubs against high theater
hats is the voice of women who think,
whereas high theater hats are, we
may fairly suppose, worn mainly by
women who do not think.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04
From the Rosedale. Bolivar County. (Miss.l

FROM the hOSeuale, BOiiVar county tMiSS.l
Democrat.
The entire county will sympathiZe
with Col. and Mrs. Green Clay in the
untimely death of their eldest son,
Green, Jr., while the heart of the
community goes out to the widowed
bride in the hour of her ~affliction.
This sad event occurred at San An
tonic, Texas, where Mr.. Clay had been
tenderly and skillfully nursed for
some weeks past, but no human agency
could long avail and he rapidly sue
eumbed in the twenty-fourth year of
his life to a pulmonary trouble, unex-
pectedly developed on his wedding
tour. A young man of marked ability,
handsome and manly, his winning
personality attracted many friends
who will mourn his passing away in
the flower of early strength and man
hood. The merry sound of the we'd
ding bells is drowned by a funeral
knell, reminding us that
"Where the voice of Joy is clearest,
Where the row of hope is nearest,
Where the heart of youth is Iightest,
Where the light Of love is brightest,
There is DEATH"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

THE National Democratic Conven-
ton will declare for silver Is to l and
X. p. Bland, of Missouri, should be the
nominee for President.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04
How 10 kill weeds with disk
OberlsOn's lad tells YOU.
In Memorlam.

From the Greenville tMiss.) Times.
News of the death of Mr.. Green
Clay, Jr., at San Antonio, Texas, is
received. Mr.. Clay had been an in
valid for months, and the fatal termi-
nation of his illness was not unex-
pected. He was a young gentleman
of high and noble character and many
brilliant attainments, and his death,
in the full flourish of young manhood,
is deeply deplored in this and the adj
joining counties, in which he and his
distinguished father, Col. Green Clay,
possess SO many friends. The death
of Mr.. Clay is rendered doubly mel
ancholy by the fact that he was mar
ried only a few months ago to Miss
Louise Campbell, M of the most ad-
mired young ladies of this section and
the sad termination of what SO short
a time ago was a happy and auspic-
ious union Is a source of deep sorrow
to the large circle of friends of both.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

EVERY Democrat in Mexico will
vote the straight Democratic ticket
from top to bottom no matter wheth-
err the county committee asks them to
do IL nr not
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

EVERY Democrat will not only vote
for the State and district nominees,
but will vote for the national nomi-
nees of the Democratic party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

THE next big windstorm will proba-
bly, succeed in clearing away all doubt
as to the different meanings of
"cyclone," tornado" and ''hurri-
cane"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

Among the killed in St. Louis during
the late cyclone the LEDGER notices
Sarah B. Woodroof, aged so years, ct
2743 Ann avenue. Mrs. Woodrufss
husband was formerly a barber in,
this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04
The Final Blow FOR Labor.
From the Chicago Daily Tribune.

Walking Delegate (as the Angel
Gabriel appears)-Before you blow
that trumpet let me look ut It, please.
/ want to see il 1t was made in a union
shop.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

THE only question now is how much
majority the free silver men will have
i'm the Convention at Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04
Watch Lost

On May %, on road between J. NJ.
Atkinson's and my place, a gold filed
hunting case watch, is size, stem
wtnder, No. 426 ,405. Return to LED
GER ONCE and be rewarded.
w. F. ATKINSON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04
Vest to Nom,uata Bland.

Vest to Nominate Bland.
senator Vest win put Bland in NOM
nation IT Chicago.
The Senator says that the rumor OF
his suppost Of yice-P President Steven
scm 4 INSIDE out Of whole cloth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

Mrs. Ida stul and children, OF
Wellsviiie, are visiting her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. Dave Petty, and Mrs. j.
T. Mcclure,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04
June Calendar.

EVERY gold man, il he is a Demo
crat, will vote the ticket from Presi-
dent to Constable.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04
"Br,ek' Pomeroy Dead.

NEW York, May 3e.-Mark NJ.
Brick Pomeroy, formerly publisher
of the Lacrosse WIS., Democrat and
Pomeroy's Democrat of this city, died
to-day at his home in Brooklyn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

w. J. Semelroth has resigned his
office as State Superintendent of the
Missouri Sunday School Association
in order to become editor-in chief of
the International EpdngeI.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

Mr.. J. Ii. Anderson and wife and
Mr.. j. r. Barnes and wife visited Mr..
Alderson's sister near vandaiia Sun
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

Effects of the Tornado at st. Louis.
A week has gone by since the great
tornado that swept over st. Louis and
the accurate number of the dead and
injured there and al East st. Louis
has at last been obtained.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

Hall shows parasols and umbrellas
with pleasure. He has the goods at
low prices.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04
BLAND'S BOOM

For a Disk misrepresentation
ertsOn-S,.'a1."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-04

The total relief fund to date for
these stricken cities is over one hun
dred and forty-three thousand dollars.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28

HIS STEP-MoTHER Now.-Indiana
is prolific of strange happenings. There
is a pretty young schoolmarm down
there, who is an orphan without broth
er or sister, but who has developed a
wonderful faculty for taking care OF
herself, says the Detroit Free Press.
Among the swains attracted by her
many charms was one particularly at
tentive. In fact, he was practical
monopoly, and what made the matter
more embarrassing to the woman. in
the case was that he never gave any
definite indication of his intentions.
He was as persistent as the weather
and twice as steady, but he never init
mated desire to whisper the magic
words. In the emergency the fair
pedagogue went to the young mans
father, and modestly sought his advice.
The old gentleman was up in arms
at once. No son of his could play
fast and loose or dilly-dally with q
pretty orphan girl. He had a confer
ence with the young man, who serious
ly resented interference with his love
affairs. There was scene, and the
youth was induced to change his
boarding place. The old gentleman is a
widower, and became so interested in
the case that he decided to marry
again, and the schoolmarm will be the
young mans step-mother.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28
WHAT Is DIRT ?-Old DR.. Cooper, o

WHAT Is DIRT ?-Old DR.. Cooper, of
South Carolina, used to say to his
students; "What is dirt? Don't be
afraid of little dirt, young gentlemen.
What is dirt? Why, nothing at all
offensive, when chemically viewed.
Rub a little alkali upon that dirty
grease.spot on your coat, and it under
goes chemical change and becomes
soap; now rub it with a little water,
and it disappears; it is neither grease,
soap, water, nor dirt. That is not a
very odorous pile of dirt you observe
there; we'll, scatter little gypsum
over it, and it is no longer dirty.
Everything you call dirt is worthy
your notice as students of chemistry.
Analyze it-analyze it 1t will all
separate into very clear elements.
Dirt makes corn, corn makes bread
and meat, and that makes very sweet
young lady that I saw one of you
kissing last night. So, after all, you
were kissing ALPHABETICALLY if she
whitened her skin with chalk or Full
ler's earth. There is no telling, young
gentlemen, what is dirt. Though I
may say that rubbing such stuff upon
the beautiful skin of young lady is a
dirty practice. Pearl-powder, l think,
is made of nothing but dirt" "
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28

HE KEPT THE PLUG.-The editor OF
the Melbourne (Australia) Spectator IS
Rev. Lorimer Fison, Methodist min
lister, with some unique traits OF char
acter. He edits the paper with bis
coat and boots off, and a big pipe in his
mouth. He says that just before his
ordination he was sent for by the board
of examiners. "Mr. Fison," said one
of the board, "your papers are excel
lent, but there is one thing we object
to-" Fi,on asked what it was. "4ou
are addicted to the evil habit of smok'
ing" Fison explained that he saw no
evil in it; but, taking a large plug
from his pocket, said: "In Difference
to your opinion, gentleman, l promise
YOU this as soon as have smoked the
plug 1 hold in my hand, l will cease
smoking forever" They were satisfied,
and he was ordained the next day
But as he refills the big pipe, he cEuc'
kles and tells you, "I've kept my word
I've got that very plug yet"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28

A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE. E.-He
was brand-new bridegroom from the
"Northern Neck" Of the Old Domin,
ion, SAYS the Washington Post. Iha'
morning he had brought in a far.
faced, shy, blushing, pretty country
girl, and when With awkwark fingers
he put his name "and wife" on the
register, the expert clerk at the Met
ropolitan knew it was case of honey
moon. The day was spent pleasantly
in sightseeing, and after the shades Of
evening fell the groom thought he
would 90 out for short stroll on the
avenue by himself.
He walked up to the office, and tnus
interogated the night clerk:
"Can go out little while? =,
"Certainly you can" said that oblig'
ing functionary.
"And, I suppose, I can stay out tor
a little spell, say half an hour?" -,
"Oh, yes, stay as long as you ilke.
"Much obleeged to you; city folks
are real clever, after ALL"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28
Au,nuruls department.

COVERED WITH Spots AND MORT
GAGEs.-Tbere are tricks in all trades
but ours" remarked the carpenter,
"and we sometimes drive screws with
a hammer" A few days ago, not
more than 1000 miles from Lake
county, a collector called on farmer
for the payment of note secured by
chattel mortgage. The farmer was
obdurate and gave no satisfaction that
he would ever pay the note. Finally
the collector said: "Well, I'll have to
take the II cows named in the mort
gage"
ooh, no; you haven't got mort
gage on IL cows on this farm"
SWhy, yes, have," and the collect
or pulled out copy of the mortgage
and read as follows:
"One red and white cow, one COW
spotted red and white, one red COW
with white spots, one cow with white
spot in forehead, one red cow with
two white hind feet, one white COW
with red spots on side, one white and
red COW, one red COW with two white
fore feet, one white cow with red
SPOT on shoulders, one red cow with
white spots on hips, one white COW
spotted with red. Now, how do you
like that ?" continued the collector.
"Oh, that's all right. I see you've
got II mortgages on my old red and
white COW; there she is down in the
pasture the boys will 60 down and
help you catch her."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28

ADDED In THE DATE.-A Scotch
tradesman, who had amassed, as ne
believed, $4,000, was surprised at his
clerk showing by a balance sheet that
his fortune was s6, 900. "It Gamma be
count again." said the old man. The
clerk did count again, and again declar'
ed the balance to be $4,000. The mas
ter himself counted, and he also brought
out clear balance of $4,000. lime
after time he cast up the columns; II
was still six, and not four, that
rewarded his labors. So the old mer'
chant. on the strength of his good for
time modernized his house, and put
money in the purse of the carpenter,
the painter and the upholsterer. Still,
however, he had q lurking doubt OF
the existing of the extra e2,oooi SO
one winter night he sat down TO give
the columns zone count more"
b At the close of his task he jumped
up as though he had been galvanized
and rushed out in a shower OF rain to
the house of the clerk, who, capped
and drowsy, put out his head from
an attic window at the sound OF the
knocker, mumbling: u,
"Who's there and what dye Want!'
"Me, ye scoundrel !" exclaimed his
employer. "Ye've added the year OF
our Lord among the poons!"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28

ing one of his revolvers, he opened
fire upon the crowd.
Two men fell.
At once there was a general scat
tering, and although there were num-
Der of shots fred, Tom was only grazed
once.
Shooting scenes like this were fa-
miliar to most of those that witnessed
it., and one heard in the crowd that
soon collected around the wounded
men such EXPLANATIONS as:
"He's good one"
"After his money, hey ?"
"served them right. Where's the
rest ?"
II say, stranger are you hurt?"
"No."
"That's lucky"
AS soon as Tom could get rid of
some of his questioners, he asked:
"Where's the gurl I was with ?"
"There, yonder, by the man you
shot. The other ones dead and I
reckon that one is near being ditto"
Tom moved up to the side of the
dying man, and heard the girl say:
"Oh, father, don't say that What
will become of me2 What shall do P"
And, although Tom knew that she
was directly connected with the rob-
bers, yet no harsh feelings had he for
her.
He moved up at once to the side of
the dying man, the crowd giving way,
and STOPPING down, said compassion
ately:
"Luck's ag'in yer; ken 1 dew any
thing fur yer ?"
ayes, it is. Close shave for you. If
my girl, Katie, here, hadn't lost her
nerve, you'd have been singing with
the angels now."
At that moment the blood gushed
out of his mouth, and he became un-
conscious, and doctor, who happen
ed to be present, and who was
bolding his hand, said:
"He's only few minutes to live."
At that Curley-for it was this noted
leader of robbers-opened his eyes and
beckoned for Tom to stoop close.
81 know I can trust you, Tom. My
name is George Jackson. Live in
Springfield, III. Father is a minister
there. Send my girl to him. Forgive
Katie; l made her do it. Will you P"
As Tom pressed his hand in assent,
Curley became unconscious again, and
remained 80 until his death, which
took place few minutes afterward.
Tom fulfilled his promise-took
Curley's daughter Katie to her grand.
father-and, time having softened
things, at the end of two years brought
her out again as his wife.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28

A QUAINT SCOTCH CHARACTER
The following example of a quaint
philosophic Scotch character is related
in The Scottish American. The season
had been an exceptionally bad one for
farmers, but in country church, not
100 miles from Arbroath, the Office
bearers had resolved, according to
custom, to hold the annual harvest
thanksgiving service. 1t was noticed
that on that particular Sunday Mr..
Johnstone, regular attendant and a
pillow of the church (whose crops had
turned out very poorly, was not in
attendance. The minister in the course
of the following week met Mr.. John
stone, and inquired of him the reason
for bis absence from church on such an
important occasion.
"Weel, sir" replied Mr.. tombstone,
~ didna care about approachin' my
Maker in a speerit o. sarcasm"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28
For All Ailments.

McCLELLANDvILLE, s. G. Aug. IA, 1895
Dear Sir-I purchased 'Poise in Feb
ruary '93 and it cured me of chronic bad
cold, and now I hardly ever take cold.
1t also cured me of lumbago and dis
ordered liver. use it in my family num-
hering nine persons for all ailments.
Have only paid in physics and physi-
clans fees during the time $l.5O. Would
not be without it for many times its.cost.
Respectfully, A. W. LEWLAND.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28

ORIGINAL OBsERvATION.-The great
est book of worship is the pocket-book.
In leap year girls are liable to jump
at any chance.
Most actresses can paint better than
they can draw.
Some people are very Incorporate in
their temperance"
Young man, if you want to cut fell
low out, sleigh the girl.
The miser is man who can extract
sweet scents from dollar.
"All flesh is grass" That's the
reason why grass widow is such
lovely bale of hay.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28

sH A botanist took party of ladies
and gentlemen over his grounds
pointing out the rarest among his
plants and flowers, and explaining
their virtues. One of the visitors was
an elderly miss, who appeared to take
infinite delight'in declaring, whenever
she had chance, that the plants and
flowers in her own garden were al
least as beautiful as those in the bota'
nist's. Just as they were passing q
giant cactus, she exclaimed: "Oh
that is nothing extraordinary. I have
a much larger cactus at home. Indeed
I planted it myself !" "How strange!
the professor observed. "This plant il
already 63 years old, and if yours j:
still larger" Here the lady changed
the subject.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28

s@ A gentleman in New Eng land
was called on to address a Sabbath
school, and during his remarks he
seemed much moved but no one else
appeared to experience the slightest
emotion. The speaker continued to
wipe away the tears which chased
each other down his manly cheeks,
when a boy in one class said to his
neighbor, "Say, Charlie, do you know
what he is crying about? ?" "Well," "
said Charlie, "if you had to make q
speech, and hadn't any more to say
than he has, you'd feel bad, too"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28
A Cure All.
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-28
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