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Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

Eli Hill, Lumber City, Pa, writes:
81 have been suffering from Piles for
twenty five years and thought my
case incurahle. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Saive vas recommended to me as q
pile cure, 60 l bought q box and it per-
formed a permanent cure" This is
only one of thousands of similar cases.
Eczema, sores and skin diseases yield
quickly when 1t is used. For sale by
Woodbridge d Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

We are anxious to do a little good
in this world and a think of no
pleasanter or better way to do it than
by recommending One Minute Cough
Cure as a preventive Of pneumonia,
and other serious lung
troubles that follow neglected colds.
For sale by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
BAD BREATH

Noahing Is 80 unpleasant. nothing so common. a.
bad hreath and in nearly every case IL comes from
the stomach, and can be 50 easily corrected u you will
take SIMMONS LavEk REcuLsros. Do not neglect so
SURE . remedy for this repuisive disorder. IL viii also
improve your sppetae. complexion and general hesiih.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
MlssoURrs DEBTS.
Cash Drawn to Pay Semi-Annual In
terest on Bonds.

JEFFERSON CTTy, Mo-, June 25.-
State Treasurer Lon. v. Stephens to-
day mailed to the American Exchange
National Bank in New York City, the
States fiscal agent, a check for $780,
445, $99,445 of which sun is to pay the
semi-annual interest on outstanding
bonds of the State, due July 1, the re-
mainder, $685., 900 to retire 3s7 Missou-
ri, Hannibal and st. Joseph six per
cent bonds. Upon the payment of
these bonds, the bonded debt will be
reduced to $5,o97, 900, only $1,000 of
which bears s per cent interest, the
remainder 3k per cent. During the
administration of the Treasury by Mr..
Stephens, $4,42s, 900 of the State debt
has been paid. The advantage of this
rapid reduction of the State debt to
the tax payers can be g en when it is
stated that only 10 years ago it re-
quired $311, 900 to pay the semi-annual
interest, and to-day only S99, 445.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
The Pleasant Woman.

Travellers tell of a lonely grave IN a
little country church yard, on whose
simple stone is the name of a woman,
the date of her birth and death and
the statement: "She was so pleas
ant" There is no other record of her
virtues, and she needs none
Could any epitaph be nobler? Could
any of us, dying, wish to leave behind
us a sweeter record? The memory of
such a life must linger in the con
seriousness of all who know it like a
subtle, rare and sweet perfume.
"She was SO pleasant" She had
sympathy for those in trouble, and
that larger sympathy that takes in the
sinner and the sin, and knows those
are the most to be pitied who have
brought misfortune upon themselves.
She was always young in heart, is
this woman who is SO pleasant and
whose prototype some of us are SO
fortunate as to know. She remember
ed all the foolish young desires of the
heart,al the wistful longing for things
We want SO badly at the time and care
SO little for after a while. She knows
when to speak, and when silence is
more blessed than any words.
Sometimes the virtues of our friends
are hard to bear, says the Picayune.
They never make mistakes, they are
always right, they make the proper
investments, they never speculate in
promising-looking things, they never
buy things because they are cheap or
live beyond their income, they tell US
our faults for our own good. The
pleasant woman does none of these.
She knows with divinely intuitive
sympathy that we are suffering for
u folly and she leaves us alone with
that.
Sometimes the world is amazed at
the spectacle of a mans devotion to a
woman with n apparent outward
claim to unusual affection. She is not
beautiful, she is not very clever.
There is nothing notable about her.
But those who know her best love her
best because she is so pleasant. She
does not fret and worry and nag. She
doesn't aff1ict her friends with her
trials, with her servants and children.
Her home is a place of peace, and
quiet and restfulness. Her CONVERSE
ton may not sparkle with wit, or
bristle with epigram, but it is as
soothing rs the quiet hum of bees on
summer days.
Beauty of soul is as attractive as
beauty of face or form, and it flows
in the woman who 10 so pleasant. She
makes her path bloom with gentle
deeds and kindly remembrance of
others. 1t is a little thing, perhaps,
to repress the harsh werd, the ILL.,
natured criticism, to remember to
give a pleasant greeting to the chance
acquaintance, or the servant, or a bit
of kindly sympathy to the beggar.
These are small virtues, but they are
what We mea when We say OF a
woman ssshe is so pleasant
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

A literary anecdote Is told in the
Bookman of a young lady In Provi-
dence, r. l., who was asked the other
day by her uncle to make some pur-
chases for him, Of which he gave her
a written list. The first item was
"Scott's Emulsion" and, after gIanc-
ing att, the intelligent young woman
made straight for a certain large book
shop, where she vas received by an
equally intelligent salesman. 81 want
a copy of SCOTS sEmulsion,'" said
she, casually. "Scott's WHAT" said
the clerk. "Scott's Emulsion" re-
piled the maiden. "Oh, yes," was the
answer; "well, you sec, we don't sell
Scott's works except in complete
SETS"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
Going TO Chicago.

Among those who will attend the
National Democratic Convention at
Chicago from Mexico r Postmaster
Mason, City Attorney CAN'T, George
Robertson, Otis Purdy, E. ID. Graham,
Col. s. B. Cook and quite a number
of other prominent Democrats.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
Takes to the Woods"

The following, from the Chicago
Times Herald, which claims to be an
Independent newspaper, is startling,
to say the least:
The Republicans of Illinois have
nominated for governor John r. Tan
.ner.
The Democrats of Illinois have NOM
mated for governor John p. Altgeld.
God save Illinois!
The Tmes-Heroid takes to the
woods,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

Don't let anyone persuade you to
take anything else instead of Simmons
Liver Regulator. Some merchants
will try to do this but not for your
good. They do it to make a little
more profit on something which is of
an inferior quality, though you must
pay just as mucn tor the bad as for
the good. Be sure to take Simmons
Liver Regulator, and nothing else.
Look for the red z on every package.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
1t Is said that when ex- Congressman

1t Is said that when ex- Congressman
Tom L. johnson, Of Ohio, became in
terested IN Henry Georges gospel OF
the single tax, he did not have time to
investigate it for himself, SO he en-
ployed a lawyer, in whose honesty,
aeumen and learning he had conf
dence to explore the subject. The
lawyer, after diligent research, duly
informed his client that the single tax
was right and just. From that day to
this, Tom johnson has been one OF the
most enthusiastic Of apostles of Henry
George.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
A COUPLE OF STATIONS
Fight Until One Was Killed and the
Other Very Badly Wounded.

VALPARAISO, IND, June 25.-An ex-
citing battle was fought between two
vicious stations in a stable OF the farm
of ID. E. Simons, east of the city, yes
terday afternoon. One of the animals,
a coal black Morgan, broke its halter,
and going to the stall where a hand
some bay Hambletonian was tied,
made a vicious attack on him.
The bay, after being bitten in sever
al places, managed to get loose and
turned on it's assailant. Then began a
battle royal. The brutes went at each
other with all the fury of angry lions.
Although the bay was the more pow
erful of the two animals, it had a very
formidable opponent in the black, and
the two animals fought for over an
hour before the latter succumbed. The
frightful cries of the Infatuated beasts
attracted the owner and a number of
neighbors, but owing to the fury of
the battle they could not interfere I'M
til the black was vanquished, and then
tnoy udu W idsso ouc ody anu pcat
him with clubs, whips and p~itchforks
before they could get him to leave the
body of his foe, which he was stamp
ing into a shapeless has
The black had the flesh torn from
his body in over 40 places, and in sew
eral of them the bones could be seen.
The bay was also terribly bitten by its
vanquished foe. The black died from
its wounds and the loss of blood. The
animals were valued at $500 each.
The interior of the stable after the
battle looked as though a cyclone had
struck it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

A lady, more famed for her looks
than her wit, complained in Sophie
Arnould's presence of being beset by
a host of admirers. "Oh," said Sophie,
sit is easy for you to get rid of them.
You need only talk" A critic of
Beaumarchais' play, "The Marriage of
Figaro" told her that it would be Q
failure. eyes," said she, $50 it will
fail fifty times running" She one day
met a physician with a gun, on the
lookout for game. "Where are You
going in this way?" she asked. "To
see a patient" he answered. "Oh,
DOCTOR" she replied, "you are evI-
IDENTIFY afraid OF missing him!"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

Small in size, but great in results.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers act gently
but thoroughly, curing indigestion,
dyspepsia and constipation. Small
pill, safe pill, best pill. For sale by
Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
It would he hard to convince a man

1t would be hard to convince a man
suffering from bilious collie that his
agony is due to a microbe with an un-
pronouncable name. But one dose of
DeWitt's Collie and Cholera Cure will
convince him of its power to afford in
slant relief. 1t kills pain. For sale by
Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

Robert Allen, one OF Audrain Coun-
TVS most prosperous farmers, says
that the oat crop is going to be very
light, but that the outlook for corn is
Splendid.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

A story is told OF Russell Sage to the
effect that a lady went to him a few
days ago with a subscription book and
asked his assistance for a worthy char
ity. Mr.. Sage took the book, ran
quickly through the list Of names, and
saw that Mrs. Russell Sage was down
for s25, 80 he promptly took his pen
in hand and put "Mr. and" before
Mrs. Russell Sage.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
j. C. HIT Nominated.

The Populist convention Saturday
nominated j. @. Hit, of Centralia
township, for representative. No
other nominations were made.
Mr.. Hit is a level headed farmer
of more than ordinary ability as a
public speaker, and is thoroughly con-
versant with all the questions of the
day. Should he be elected he would
represent the county with marked
fidelity and ability. He is a good man
and we regret TO see him on the
minority eide.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

According to the late Eugene Field,
Senator Horace Tabor was once dining
with Roscoe Conkling. When the
fruit and nuts were brought on Tabor
endeavored to crack q large pecan be-
tween his back teeth. "Why Horace!"
exclaimed the amazed New York SEN
ator, "Where r your crackers?" 81
ate them in my soup an hour ago, twas
Tabor's reply.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

How many suffer torture day after day, making life
. burden and robbang exfxtenre Of all pleasure, owing
% the secret suffering from Piles. Yet relief is ready
20 the hand of almost any one Who ~iIl use systeuad-
eAly The remedy that has permanently cured tlsou-
aads. StMMoss LrvEx REGULATES Is no drassic,
vso5snt purge, bat = gentle assistant TO nature.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
PURELY

The Cheapest, Puresi
and Best Family Medi-
cine In the world
An EFrEcruAL SPEcIrIc /
for all diseases oi the '
Liver, Stomach
and Spleen.
Regulate the Liver
and prevent CHiLLs
Arm FEvRs, MALARi-,
ous FEvKss, BOWEL.
ConPLAINrs, RESTLESS
NESS. ~AuSDicz AND
NAUSEA
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

w. w. Fry and wife and Miss Min
ME Fleet viii spend the summer visit
ing Eastern cities. They will attend
the Confederate reunion at Richmond,
Virginia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

Pass the good work along the line.
Piles can be quickly cured without an
operation by simply applying De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. For sale
by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

Look elsewhere and then our
clothing before buying; it viii pay
you. TuRNER, JACKSON & Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

Leo XIII, while filing the office Of
Nuncio at Brussels, was deeply offend
ed, while dining out, by a baron who
passed him a snuff box on the lid Of
which was enameled o feminine figure
en- dishabiile. Admirably controlling
his annoyance, his future holiness re-
every pretty! Is it your
wife9n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

The little two year old daughter of
Fred Longe, of near Thompson Station,
this county, died last Friday. The par
ents have the sincere sympathy of
neighbors and friends. "Of such is the
kingdom of heaven"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

"Wake up, Jacob, day is breakingl"
So said DeWitt's Little Early Risers to
the man who had taken them to
arouse his sluggish liver. For sale by
Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
TEN GOOD STORIES.
From the .Argonaut.

Henry Ward Beecher was once the
subject of q cane presentation, and
stood while the Spokesman of the do
nors made q speech that ran into an
elaborate Grafton. A friend afterwards
commented to the famous preacher on
the length of the speech. eyes," re-
turned Mr.. Beecher, che didn't want
me to have the cane until | really
needed it."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
Sold by druggists, price 75c.

When we consider that the intes-
tines are about five times as long as
the body, we al realize the intense
suffering experienced when they be-
come in1amed. DeWitt's Collie &
Cholera Cure subdues Inflammation at
once and completely removes the
difficulty. For sale by Woodbridge &
Purdy.
The Columbia (Mo.1 Herald says:
DIR. and Mrs. III. K. Hinde leave this
week for Mexico to reside. No citizen
of Columbia would be more missed
than DIR. Hinde. He can always be
found on the right side of every
righteous cause.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

Hon. G. F. Clark is home from
Texas, where he sold some fine horses
at good prices.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

Ex-County Recorder j. FL. Minor
and little daughter, Mary, will attend
the ex-C Confederate reunion at Rich
mond, Va.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

Read the advertisement in another
column of the Eczema Specific Co., of
Hot Springs, Ark. They never fail to
cure eczema. 4s 1 yr.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02

"Big" drive in clothing. Every
thing slaughtered as never before
heard of at Turner, Jackson & Co.'S
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
WE'LL Welli

The Mexico Tribune, a Republican
organ, in trying to explain why Hon.
E. s. Wilson, n of the most promi-
nent Republicans in this part of the
State, refused to vote for Treloar for
Congress, says: -"And being a rail-
road man he naturally works in the
interest of the companies he repre-
sents." Is it possible that because
Wilson works for the railroads that his
vote belongs to the railroads? Is it
possible that his not voting for Ire
loar was in the interest of the rail
roads? The Tribune should furnish a
key with it's editorial mysteries.
Persons who have a coughing spell
every night on account of a tickling
sensation in the throat may overcome
it at once by One Minute Cough Cure.
For sale by Woodbridge s. Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
]. v. Bakers Address.

j.. v. BAKERS ADDRESS,
win some one send the LEDGER the
address Of J. Y. Baker?
The herald., 1896-02-09

Is coming from them for American
cotton and other raw materi ais pro-
duced in this country. They are not
in the business OF giving, but of trad
ing. For every dollars worth OF their
goods we take we must send dollars
worth OF our goods either to them or
to some other people they owe.
Ii we pay then in money,
we do not escape the obligation
of furnishing them goods for they
only take the money because it is in
the nature of sight draft for goods
which in due time they demand. If
the proposition that exports always
succeed imports. that when we buy
something abroad we also sell some
thing abroad, could be driven into the
tripls-plated skull of the protectioEist,
his salvation would cease to be hope
less matter.
The herald., 1896-02-09
Saved by the Girl

A story comes from Los Angeles to the
effect that Albert Scarf, the well-known
newspaper man who was for long time
city editor of the Morning Leader, came
near losing his jewels and family silver
last Sunday night when two burglars en-
tered his house, packed up his diamonds
and sterling silver in five or six big gunny
sacks and were preparing to board dray
with it when they stopped long enough to
empty couple of bottles of Pomery Sec
that AL had left on the kitchen table for
the use of the hired girl and her Monday
night beau, as has always been Ais gener-
Gus custom. The familiar clins of the
bottles reused the girl while all others
slept, and she softly crept down the stairs,
armed with a solid silver curling iron that
the bold burglars had overlooked. Once
in the kitchen door she leveled the weapon
at the burglars and commanded them 10
drop the bottles on penalty of death for re-
fusal to obey the command. In their hurry
TO accommodate the girl the robbers left
the sacks of jewels and silver behind also.
The girl is now in great demand and AL is
having some difficulty in keeping her, be-
ing obliged to raise her salary every day to
keep her from accepting tho terms of some
other wealthy newspaper man.-Port Town
send Leader.
The herald., 1896-02-09
A Non.Part;san Ticket

The handwriting on the wall seems to in
dictate that the estimable gentlemen who
hold forth at the court house must be con-
tent with a two years. term of office. Of
course, all of them will be candidates for
reelection if they can get on the Repuhii-
can ticket again, That ticket will be
elected from head to foot unless the oppo-
siton organize, throwing, for the time
being, politics to the winds, and put non.
partisan county ticket in the field If they
will do this. there Is some chance to wipe
out the political ring now in control of olr
county government and place new men in
every office to be filed. This is what we
believe should be done in the interest of
good county government. But the partisan
spirit seems so strong in the ranks of the
opposition that it will be an almost hope
less task to unite them on any issue. The
trial. however, might be made. The De-
mocracy, we have no hesitation in saying,
are willing to make the initiatory move
ment in that direction.- Cham
piOD
The herald., 1896-02-09
The Vinayprd Maid

The Los Angeles HERALD publishes a
picture called The Vineyard Maid. 1t
represents an entrancinGly beautiful girl,
"togged ont to kill" She is daintily clad,
with ribbons in her hair and on her shoul.
ders, pretty dress and a snoS-whlte
apron. She stands in a tub filled with
grapes, bare-footed and with her clothes
raised, displaying the fair proportions of
as dainty pair of le-beg pardon, limbs
as ever graced the ballet. Her dress is
gathered in both hands, and is held so as
to afford what is doubtless intended to be
a ravishing glimpse of lace-trimmed lin
gerie and articles of wear usually hidden
from view. She is supposed to be "tread-
ing out the wine press" and of course the
juice squeezed out by her pretty little
tootsy-wootsies is presumed to be of very
high quality.
This is ali very pretty. But years ago
the writer saw some of these same ''vine-
yard madens" down south, and the actu-
ality was far different from the ideality as
given by THE HERALD. The vineyard
maidens' we used to see were not white,
nor were they particularly clean.
They were copper-colored and dis
tinctly dirty. They had no ribbons
in their hair nor on their arms, no white
aprons, no dainty dresses, and so far as
casual observation disclosed land only that
was neededl, no lace-trimmed or any other
kind of lingerie. In fact. to be brutally
frank, they usually wore but single gar
ment. Their limbs were as graceful and
swelling as those of a mule; their feet
were-well, the tracks they left before get
ting into the vat of grapes looked as if a
grizzly bear had been tramping around.
There was a tub of dirty water by the side
of the vat and into this the fair "vineyard
maidens stepped for a moment, laving
their delicate pedals, which to all appear
ances had been guiltless of water since
that first immediate post-natal plunge to
which each Indian infant is treated.
From this water tub they stepped
into the vat of grapes, and
after gathering their one garment we'll
up about their waists, they trod The wine
press knee-deep in the crushed grapes for
hours at atime-presenting about the most
uninviting, unappetizing and altogether
disgusting picture one can imagine-a veri-
table object lesson in temperance.
OF truth, there are vineyard maidens
and vineyard maidens-thoseo on paper and
those in reaiity.-Bakerstield Californian.
The herald., 1896-02-09
Libel Suits AGAINST New,,,psrs

1t costs the newspapers OF the United
States nearly $250,000 year to defend
themselves in libel suits in which tho
plaintiff RECEIVERS nothing. In some in
stances the laws of the different states
plainly make unjust discrimination against
the newspaper publisher in this class of
cases.
A year ago the International League of
Press Clubs took up the question in behalf
of newspaper publishers and editors. The
aim is to secure uniform and equitable
legislation and to remove the disabilities
from which publishers suffer when libel
suits are brought against them. The an
noyance is at present 50 great from this
cause that correspondents and reporters
are often seriously interfered with in their
efforts to obtain news which justly belongs
to the public.
Atits last meeting in Atlanta the league
passed a set of resolutions which are to be
urged on the attention OF newspaper men
and legislators everywhere. The resolu-
tions demand that the libel suit shall be
brought only in the county in which the
paper is published. Furthermore, puni-
tive damages, or damages in excess of the
amount of that actually sustained by the
plaintiff, should in no case be allowed, in
the judgment of the members of the
league. One very important point the
resolutions insist on is that when the pub
lication is proved to he substantially true,
it shall not be considered libel and no
damages shall be allowed. This is GER
tainly justice, whether it is law or not.
Another point made by the resolution is
that when the publisher has printed a
libelous article and it has been shown that
he done so, then in case he fully retracts
the article and prints the ret:acton as con-
spicuously and prominently as the original
article was printed, he shall only be liable
in civil damages to the amount of actual
pecuniary loss sustained by the plaintiff
and not criminally liable at all.-Pasaiena
News.