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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
TO STUDY GOVERNMENT.

Mexico now has a well organized
political economy club. In no presi-
Dental campaign in the history of the
country has there been presented 80
many important questions as in the
one of 1896. In addition to the para
mount issues of monetary standards
and tariff taxation, there were those
of governmental ownership of rail-
ways and telegraphs, the government
al regulation of trusts, corporations
and monopolies, and many others in
volving the fundamental functions of
government. AS result there seems
to be revival throughout the coun-
try of the study of the science of gov
ernment and the history OF political
Institutions. We look upon this as q
favorable indication, for so long as the
people love to study the principles of
government, we need apprehend no
danger from the tyranny of legislature,
the despotism of demagogues or the
aristocracy of wealth. With all its in
convenience and depressing effects
upon business, our system of swift re-
curing political contests possesses
one great advantage. 1t arouses pa
triotism, stimulates investigation and
inspires the people to stuoy of eco
nomics and the principles of govern
ment. But for this our people would
soon become the victims of crafty
demagogues, and, like all great Re-
publics of history, ours also would re-
suit in failure. The failure Of Repub-
lies has always been due to the ignor-
ance of the citizen. An unenlightened
Democracy is mere mob, even
though it be spread over the whole
continent. The first necessity for a
great republic is education How does
our republic differ from others that
have sunk beneath the waves of dem
agogism and despotism? Simply in
being the first In which liberty has
been united with education.
The recent campaign teaches most
clearly that the enlightenment of the
citizens is the most important of pub
lie duties and an indispensable condi-
ton to the perpetuity of our institu-
tions. 1t is the duty of every one to
contribute to that education which
widens the scope, not of the license
urged on by some and the utopias
painted by others, but of liberty regu-
| Io4 To- 4 in, h
mony with the teachings of history
and the dictates of reason. For this
and many other reasons the LEDGER
is glad to know that Mexico has an
association for the purpose of taking
up and studying in dispassionate,
nonpartisan manner the great ques'
tions which are pressing themselves
upon the American people for solu-
ti0n
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
Ocean Frozen Off Couey Island.

NEW YORK, January 27.-For the
first time in years the ocean is frozen
off Coney Island. Ice has formed from
close to the shore for quite distance
out to sea to the southwark of the Is
land, near Sea Gate, Norton's Point.
The bell buoy, about third of a mile
from shore, was frozen fast in the ice
this morning and was rigid. Ice foes,
long white masses of broken cakes of
ice, were frozen into the smooth sur
face of the sea here and there.
Gravesend Bay is completely frozen
over from Norton's Point to Fort
Hamilton, but the ice is not yet thick
enough to make travelling on it safe.
Curiousiy enough, the temperature at
Coney Island is from to 9 degrees
warmer than in this city. At no time
since the cold weather set in has the
thermometer registered less than 10
degrees above zero there.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
FAMINE IN INDIA.
Distress Not Acute IN the Western
Portion-Relief Funds.

LONDON, January 26.-The special
representative of the Associated Press
who is travelling through the famine
districts in India, accompanying the
governments party of inspection, sent
a dispatch to-day from Kolhapur. He
says that the reports which have been
sent to England and the United States
of the acute famine said to exist in the
Southern Maharashtra states have
been exaggerated, so far as his OBJ
servation has extended. A scarcity
of grain does, indeed, prevail in the
extreme eastern portion of this re-
gion, but the people there were able to
escape want by migrating, most of
them going to the fertile Kancon
plains and elsewhere, where the short
ness Of the grain supply is not felt.
Rice is plentiful and means and meas
ures for the relief of the hungry are
pronounced adequate.
The Maharajab, in an interview on
the prospects of his people escaping
starvation, said that his state expect
ed famine every five years and were
therefore not taken unawares or un-
provided when it came. They were
prepared, he said, to spend five lacs
of rupees for reliefin the territory.
The British representative was also
interviewed, and confirmed the state
ments as to the situation, adding that
the relief organization was most eff
cient in the Bombay presidency, and
that the difficulties from famine ard
of securing and distributing relief were
lighter than in former famines. The
representative summed up his views
as follows:
"My observation has been, in trav'
cling over the whole western side
that the famine is not severe there
though it may increase toward June
But in the district in which I have
travelled 1 have not heard of single
death from starvation"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04

THERE must surely be some exag-
geration in the reports that come to
us of the famine in India. If there is
not, this is one of the most horrible
things in all the annals OF time. The
New York Mail and Erpreass says that
1t is estimated that an aggregate pop
uiation OF eighty millions OF people
will be affected by the famine before
this years crop is harvested; that
more than five millions Of people are
now receiving public relief and as
many more are in need Of it; that ii
will require fully fifty millions of dol
lars to even partially relieve this dis
tress, and without the help of the
world millions will surely perish.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
TRYING TO SAVE DUEsTRow.
Attorneys for the Missouri Wife Muir
derer May Be Punished for
Contempt of Court.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2S.-There was much
discussion in legal circles o-day over
the proposed motion for new hear
ing for Arthur Duestrow, sentenced
to be hanged Feb. 16. The point at
issue was whether Duestrow's attor-
news could claim that division No.
of the State Supreme Court had ig-
nored the record in the case without
running the risk of being in contempt
of court. Some thought that the alle-
cations in the motion were too broad.
Others took an opposite view.
"The attorneys for Duestrow cannot
possibly be in contempt, provided
they can prove what they claim" said
said Judge Chester Fl. Krum. "Other-
wise, think they would be running
large chances"
Ex-Judge Thomas B. Harvey did not
think that any serious results would
follow the motion. 81 do not think
the attorneys are in the least danger, }"
said he. "The law provides that the
record in a case shall be read by the
appellate court. This, the attorneys
for Duestrow claim, was not done.
Their contention is that the courts
opinion was from the statement OF
facts presented by the counsel for the
State. 1t is said that some testimony
not in the record, but set forth in the
statement made by the State, was en-
bodied In the opinion.
The Supreme Court judges refuse to
be interviewed on Ex-Governor John.
sons charge in the Duestrow case
They will not talk, saying they do moi
allow themselves to be interviewed ir
regard to their official actions.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
Tramp Froze in the Ice.

BOSTON, MASS, January N.-The
frozen body of a miserably dressed
man, with matted hair and beard and
a figure emaciated from want, was
found frozen in the ice of the reser-
voir pond of the wool securing works
in East Weymouth this morning. No
one knows how long it had been lying
there. 1t was necessary to chop it
free from the ice with axes. In one
pocket of the ragged coat was found a
total abstinence pledge, such as Fran
els Murphy, the temperance apostle,
ls distributing at his meetings here.
The name signed to the pledge was il
legible. In the other pocket was a
half ipint bottle, partly full of rum.
The man was evidently a tramp.
While intoxicated he had fallen down
the bank into the pond and was
drowned. When the recent cold wave
came the body was incased in the ice.
Some people thought they recognized
in the gaunt figure Morris Connell,
once a shoemaker here, who went to
the bad and wandered away some
years ago. The body will be buried
by the town of Weymouth.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
50 Years of Cures.

Mckinley on the Inaugural Ball.
President elect Mckinley writes as
follows to the committee having
charge of the arrangements for the
inaugural ball:
"CANToN, Jan. 23.-Inaugural Com
mittee, Washington, D. C.-Gentle-
men: 1t has come to my knowledge
that you propose to expend something
like $50, 900 for what is known as the
inaugural ball, to be held on the even
ing following my inauguration. While
I appreciate fully the spirit that has
prompted you to project ceremonial
of such magnitude, allow me to say,
with the sincere hope that I will not
be misunderstood, that it is unbearable
for me to think of such vast amount
of money being devoted to no more
substantial purpose than display and
pleasure when there are millions OF
our brethren throughout the world
actually suffering, starving, dying
from the lack of food, clothing, shelter
and medical attention. beg of you,
then, if your desire is to arrange an
observance of Inauguration day that
will be pleasing to me, and give i'm
pressiveness to the event, that you
abandon your pretentious plans for the
ball, and, with the approval of the
citizens who have subeorlbed the
money, devote SIS, 900 to the organ
lied alleviation of wretchedness in the
great cities of the United States, $40,
600 to provide food and shelter for the
persecuted Armenians of Turkey, and
OIL, 900 to relieve the horrors of plague
and famine in India. Hoping that you
will share my views of the manner in
which the funds can be applied with
the most gratifying results to our peo-
pie and with the greatest credit to oul
impulses as a Christian nation, seri'
ously and earnestly solicit your par
ticipation- in this act of sacrifice and
elf-forgetfulness. am, gentlemen
yours very cordially,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
Sine Has Al Fingers and Toes.

From the 81. LOUIS oiobe-LNAsoefss'
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, January 2S.-
Little 4-year-cid May Hill Ia one OF
the queerest human freaks In the
matter of fingers and toes that q per.
son sees in lifetime. She was brought
to Fort Worth by her father, J. w.
Hill, who, with her mother, is carry
ing her back 70 their homo In Cass
County. The child has on her left
foot nine toes, one growing from the
top of her foot, and on the right foot
eight toes. She has nine fingers and
three thumbs on the right hand, and
seven fingers and FIVE thumbs on the
lett. Each hand is divided into two
phalanges, each containing several
angers. The thumbs grow on the hand
where one thumb Of normal persons
grows. The fingers are grown togeth-
er like webfeet. In all, the girl has
forty-one toes and fingers.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04

CONSTANT repetition of an adver-
tisement-heeping it running in the
newspapers until it has become famil-
lar to every newspaper readers a
style that Is not without merit. 1t has
been used with good results by some
ofkhe best known and most successful
advertisers in the world. But it is now
generally admitted that frequent
changes are calculated to produce bet
ter results. What proved successful
quarter of n century ago is not neces-
sariIy the best for to-day.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri. Thursd
MOTHER AND SON.
The Boys Thirst for and His Desire to
Impart Information.

From the San Francisco Wave.
They were mother and son. She,
womanly little woman, about q years
of age, while he, the spoiled and only
child, aged abont 6. AS they seated
themselves in the cabin one could
easily observe that the mothers
thoughts were not of her surround
ings, but elsewhere, while the child,
probably it's first trip on ferryboat,
was restless and most observing.
The child said nothing, but did con-
siderable squirming in his seat until
the gong rang in the engine room for
the boat to start, when, with awe in
his voice and his large brown eyes
opened to their full extent, he said in
a stage whisper that could be heard
by everyone in the cabin:
aWhat's that?"
"That'o the gong for the boat to
start"
"What make the gong go?"
"The Captain"
"What does he makes the gong go
for?''
$50 the engineer can start the boat" I"
"What does he want to start the
boat for?"
$50 we can 60 to the other side."
"What do we want to got to the other
side for?"
"Oh, don't ask SO many questions.
Look out of the window and see all
the water.''
(After q siIence)-"Ma?"
"Yes, dear"
GLOW did all the water get there?"
"God placed it there, my dear"
"What did He put it there for9
Didn't He have any other place to
put it2"
"I'm sure don't know"
(After a moments thought)-"Oh,
1 know why He put it therel"
"Yes?'
/ ayes, so the boats could run across" "
/ (After a long silence, looking in
tently at his mosher's hat)-"Ma?"
"Well dear?"
"You trimmed that hat, didn't you?''
"Sh- -sh-sh!"
"Well, you did,"
"Keep still and don't bother me OF
shall be compelled to whip you"
"You did trim it, cause I seed you.'
i CAS- she jerks his arm)-"KeeI
still!"
"But you did trim it, just the same
and you know it."
"Will you keep STILL"
Il Between his sobs)-"Well, didn't
; you trim it?"
"I'n whip you good if you don''
keep STILL"
]; "Wen, you trimmed it, just th'
same"
AS the mother boxed the child's ear
, and dragged him onto the deck, WI
, could hear through his boo-hoos
,faweH, you did trfm u, sfsss.yea knos
you did, cause seed YOU"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
Honesty Rebuked.

From the Chicago Times Herald
After a cable car conductor had
passed me several times without ask
ing for my fare touched his arm and
gave him a nickel. A few minutes
later as left the car found him on
the rear platform alone. "Don't ever
do that again." he said. ''If a con-
ductor misses you don't hunt him up.
He doesn't want you to do it. If
miss a passenger the chances are
about even that no one will notice il
except the fellow himself. But when
he rushes up to pay fare have
missed everybody notices the fact that
I have been negligent, and If there is
a tspotter' aboard I lose my job. The
next time save your nickel; it may
help me save my position"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04

IT is a noticeable fact, says an ex-
change, that many good items are lost
to the newspapers every day by the
modesty of the people who hesitate to
tell the reporter matters concerning
themselves. The right thing to do is
to tell the newspaper man on the
street or any other place you happen
to meet him, and tell him that you
have been on a visit, have relatives
visiting you, that your wife entertain
ed friends, or anything that Is in any
way a matter of news. II you have
done anything mean, of course you
can keep that to yourself. Others
will make it their business to tell that.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
A Vagrsnt Dogs Bad Habit.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2s.--observant
pedestrians going down Chartres
street yesterday afternoon about 9
o'clock might have witnessed Q queer
sight. This was q cigarette smoking
dog. The dog, q black and tan, ID
pretty well known In the neighbor-
hood, and his smoking propensity Ia
Of sufficiently long standing to be now
q habit with him. He acquired 1t, OF
course, in the old way, that is, BY
keeping bad company. The dog seems
TO belong to no one in particular, and
runs about the street chasing rats in
the cutters for . living. This Bohem'
ian existence has made him the prey
OF evil ways. Picking up the cigar OF
cigarette stumps tossed In his way
BY Idle or thoughtless smokers ha,
given him q taste for the weed, anf
when his find happens to have tbt
necessary fire at one end he seems u
enjoy his smoke equal to the mos
confirmed nicotine devotee.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
AMONG THE EXCHANGES.

u.v p,,os wbo has heen sssistinp
p.v Denver In nis meetin0. returned
to h;s home in Rowling Green the last
=, tho weak THEW now have with
thar. Rav sbouse' Of Mexico, who is
= sns srrsaohar--Farher Forum.
Our jolly fr1end' coi. AD. Dinglo. ~
Moberiy, was snaking nanas WIN sne
poys nero wednesday. Ao
only good Judge OF MS own Samples,
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A 1850 -. a.. n-.,+.r ay,v
go q e-s,at - Montcomerv
n,.. w.ara.dav v.lnaa n sa0, =.
wa,i.y;,Ia E n,,,ic- Ne,ns. y ssEesssl
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Tne mexico free Silver Oiup pa's0o
ringing resolutions rev Gays egg
heartily endorsing W. '. bryan ior
Fresident IN iso. o'ay WIN n'''
poys'-hals oouney heco'a:
The Centralia Courier saye: Another
Audrain boy goes to the front--they
can't keep 'em down. This time It's
G.. l.. W illiams, son Of !. J. Williams,
just over the line in Audrain. Young
Williams has been cashier OF q BANK
at Higbee since 1890 and married In
that burg shortly afterwards. Now he
has been appointed bookkeeper In the
ctsta troasnrv hv Frank pitts At n
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
INDICTED
Are West Virginia Capitalists for Not
Returning Property for Taxation
$500, 900 Escaped.

CLARKsBURa, w. Va, January 26.-
For several years it has been no.
torious fact that wealthy people of
this county have been making returns
of their personal property to the
State Assessor far below the real
value. In one instance one of the
oldest citizens returned his personal
property at $500, and since his death
it has been shown that he possessed
over $3o, geo In realty.
The Grand Jury made an investiga-
ton at this Court, and returned true
bills against T. M. jackson, President
of the Traders National Bank; w. B,
Maxwell, Director of the same bank,
and one Of the largest owners In Gen.
tral West Virginia; Leaman Maxwell
his brother, and Mrs. Myra Camden
widow Of Judge G. d. Camden, uncle
of ex-senator J. N. Camden, and sew
eral other less prominent persons, IN
all amounting to over $200, 900, which
has escaped taxation for past years
The Assessor is supposed to require
all persons to make oath to their re-
turns, and it is question now wheth
or any one will be prosecuted for per
jury or simply be required to pay thu
penalty of 5 cent on the property no
assessed and back taxes for 10 years
On account Of the Grand Jury re
fusing to serve longer, q large mum
Der of cases are yet under considera
ton, including Deputy Sheriff's case
In which he returned to the. .Assesso
81 800 and then made oath on goini
on the High Sheriff's bond that b.
was worth $4,000. Further investi
cations will be made.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
TO A CHILD.

The years stretch far before thee,
Thy past is but a day;
Fair skies of Hope spread DER thee
Love watches by the way.
As closely now l fold thee,
Safe in fathers arms,
So may my prayers enfold thee
Ever through life's alarms.
The tasks of Duty call thee,-
Youth has not long to dream;
In whatsoever befaIl thee
Be thou the man thou seem
Hypocrisy will try thee
With promises that shine,
But keep thou Honor by thee
And happiness is thine.
The gauds of life may pass thee
And lowly be thy lot;
The pen of Time may class thee
With mortals soon forgot.
Grim toll may long enslave thee
Ere Nature claim her debt,
But He, thy God, who gave thee
His work, will not forget.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04

The Farber Forum says: The stock
firm of Burch & Freels, of Laddonia,
shipped two car loads Of fine cattle
to Chicago from this place Thursday.
The cattle were purchased from w,
o. Hostetter, OF near town. Mr.
Burch says 1t is the finest bunch oi
cattle he has bought this season. The
average weight of the cattle was oveI
1,5OO pounds. Twenty-six head were
export cattle. One weighed ove1
! 300 pounds and two yearlings aver
aged over 1 200 pounds.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04

IN the daily and weekly LEDGER
will be found the professional card OF
Rhodes Clay, attorney at law. Mr.
Clay has his office with w. w. Fry
and will give his careful and prompt
attention to any business entrusted to
his care. Young Mr.. Clay has thor
ough education and is in every way
we'll equipped for the practice of law
He is we'll balanced young man
ambitious, energetic, and will succeed
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
THE BRADLEY-MARTIN BALL.
Mrs. Mary e. Lease Goes Further
Than DR.. Rainsford on the
Costly Function.

NEW YORK, January 29.-Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Lease, who is visiting friends
in this city, was asked to- day for her
views on the subject of the Bradley
Martin ball as means for putting
wealth in circulation.
"The argument that such affairs do
good in that they put money into cir
culation," said Mrs. Lease, sis based
on long exploded fallacy. The
stewardship Of wealth, though a for
gotten doctrine, is yet an awful veri-
ty. All the ministers, including DIR.
Rainsford, have treated this matter In
most cowardly light. They do not
attack the methods by which people
of thiselass have accumulated their
immense fortunes, but they criticise
their methods of spending them. DR..
Rainsford says: 'Now, it's all right
for you to have this money, and I
don't know or care anything about
how you got it; but don't you think
that it is better not to make so much
display of your wealth at time when
there is SO much poverty and suffer-
ing?'
"Such position is disgraceful. II
these people wished to put their
wealth into circulation they would
choose some other method. Let them
follow the commands of the Scrip
lures, concerning the stewardship OF
wealth If they wish to be prosperous" !"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04

THE soil of Oklahoma must be fer
tile and the breezes congenial for the
production of the sophomore orator,
II for nothing else. Here is a gem
from a speech delivered by member
of the Oklahoma Legislature: "Okia-
homa is the happy land where King
Cotton and corn and wheat grow side
by side in the same broad fields, where
the stately cottonwood and magnolia
wave their laurels from the same
green grove, and the honeysuckie and
morning glory form Eden bowers
around the humble cottage of the un-
terrified sooner, and the iark's early
song awakes the gray dawn OF morn
and the redblrd and the robin close
the dewy eve Of Sunday with loyfu
praise.n
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04

Or course, Mrs. Bradley Martin has
q right to spend her money In any
way she chooses, and at the same
time the people have a right to their
opinion about any one spending q
quarter OF q million OF dollars for q
ball while thousands are suffering for
the actual necessities of life. Mrs
Martin claims that she puts that much
money into circulation and In that
wey helps the poor. 1t would Do .
great deal better taste u she wouio
put 1t into circulation with less pomp
and display. The money could be
spent In such way as to do much
moro good and cause much less COM
ment. Perhaps Mrs. Martin wants to
get the worth Of her money In COM
ment.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04

If the disgraceful affair called the
Seeley dinner, which took place in
New York City, had occurred in a
western town the eastern newspapers
and the eastern preachers would have
killed us alive. AS matter of fact,
the affair would have been a disgrace
to Sodom and Gomorrah. The In
dians of the West have more shame
than those who participated in the
Seeley dinner.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-02-04
Gold in Saline County, No.

MARSHALL, Mo-, January 2s.-For q
number of years the presence of gold
has been known to be In the hills on
the Spates farm, near Arrow Rock, in
this county. Specimens Of the ore
were recently sent to St. Louis to be
assayed. 1t proved 30 rich that a par
ty of miners came up from that city
and are now endeavoring to develop
the mines. Their success so far has
been kept q secret.