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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08
Missouri Press Association

Dyer'sN eacs Letter, of st. Louis, says:
t'The Missouri editors last week, In
their session here, had the most pleas
ant time in the history of their asso-
citation and especially enjoyed meeting
the members of the Mississippi asso-
citation. OF course, z. M. White, of
the Mexico LEDGER, was here. Bob
has never been known to miss one OF
these occasions, and he is q large part
OF the life of all Of them. He has q
son, Mitchell, who is going to be just
like him. Mr.. White is one of the most
thorough going Newspaper men in the
West, intelligent and brosd-gauged,
and ~publishes one Of the bestpapers to
be found In Missouri. He IL one Of the
good fellows, and IL blessed by one Of
the most charming Of wives, who gem
orally accompanies him on these trips,
and who does . great deal toward the
entertainment Of the others OF the
Iparty.D
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

Next Sunday 10 old peoples day ut
the First Baptist Church in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

Hon. A. A. LEsUEUR, Secretary of
State, will probably be a candidate for
governor of Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

THE streets of Mexico are going to
be continuously and materially i'm
proved and without bonding the city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

Nj. and Mrs. ]. J. Head, OF Centra-
In, NJ the guests OF the Misses
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

The Plano binder Irvine is the
FERRIS & CAUTHo
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-22
Boycott In Many Languages.

A Petersburg newspaper, The
Petersburgskaya Gazeta, in referring
to the captains recent death, remarks
that not only have words derived from
his name been adopted into French.
(boycotter); Dutch, (boycotten); Ger
man, (boikottiren); and other Euro
pean languages, to express a syste-
matte ''cold shouldring, but that the
term has even made it's way into Rus
STA In the shape Of boycottirovat, ito
boycott. boycottirovanie, (boycotting.
substantivel.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-22
Time for surgical operr.,ons.

In regard TO the best time for CAPT.
tai operations, o writer in Gaillard's
Journal states that in following tho
course OF such cases and OF various
operators for number Of years in the
hospitals of large city, it seemed
that the early morning hour presented
many advantages-that is, good
nights rest, attained artihcinlly il
necessary, an empty stomach, the pa.
tent al ready for alaeSthes.a upon
awakening, the fear aud dread Of what
ia coming being crowded into the few
est possible moments, the whole day
with active attendants constantly NOV
ing about and alive TO every demand
OF the patient, etc, are few of the
points which seem to recommend an
early hour ; on the other hand, il Is
not to be denied that it may be
source of greater task upon the sur
geon's powers, especially il he DO con-
cerned aud anxious, as conscientious
men always must be in regard to CAPT
tai operations, and IL this anxiety in
terferes with the operators sleep.
Even with this disadvantage, however,
the operator is capable of doing really
better work before he has become tired
and annoyed by the various demands
upon him during the early hours of
the day. Consequently, those who
have operated extensively in the early
morning hours never volunteer any
afternoon operations. New York Trib-
uue,
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-22

Landsmen who are slow tn realize
the tremendous force of the sea had
m object lesson ashore in New York the
other day when five large tanks, built
to contain 100, 900 pounds of soap, but
temporarily filed with water, and
situated on the fourth floor Of II large
building on West Fitty-secoud street,
New York, collapsed and completely
wrecked the whole structure, killing
three men and doing largo amount
of damage. The tanks were each ilf-
teen feet high and about thirteen feet
diameter, and contained l61, 7O3
pounds of water. but the floors and
supporting beams proved inadequate
10 stand the strain. A wave of tho
dimensions Of one Of these tanks is
not ut all unusual at sea, and when
such wave breaks on vessels deck
the force OF the blow can only be
estimated by the amount Of damage IT
does in spite of the elasticity of the
water beneath the vessel to ease her
in receiving the shock. Whom the
city hremen state that stream from
hose under fifty pounds pressure
will cut through any ordinary brick
wall, the force Of the sea in u gao
may he, perhaps, better imagined. -
Marine Journal,
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-22
Costly Ballast.

Five hundred dollar ore is not COM
monty used for repairing railroad
grades, but $40, 900 was dumped on
the Gulf track near the Arkansas
river, near Pueblo, few days ago,
says the Denver Post. The ore was
in three carloads consigned to the
Pueblo smelter from Creole, and was
turned over TO the Philadelphia smell
ter because the former plant was un-
dergoing repairs.
A carload OF cinders and these three
cars OF ore were hauled out on the
Gulf tracks, and section foreman,
mistaking the entire four for refuse,
proceeded TO strew il along the right
OF way. A day or two elapsed before
the loss OF the ore was discovered, and
the excitement that resulted may be
readily imagined. When il was found
that the ore had been put on high
ground and that water had fortunate
ly not reached II and washed il away.
the rejoicing OF the railroad and smell
ter men was pleasing TO behold.
Practically all OF the valuable stud
was gathered up and saved.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-22
A Bix Panther which Screamed.

Farmers residing in the vicinity OF
Livingston Manor, N. y, are in fear
OF big panther" which has been
roaming about the hillside for some
time and has developed n fondness for
spring lamb.
His last appearance shows a more
depraved taste. While Milton Ward,
Charles Rose and Wesley Edwards
were riding through the woods near
the Eastman estate a few evenings
ago the animal, they say, sprang in
front of the team of horses uttering,
they say, "blood curdling scream"
The animal crouched in the road for
few moments, lashing the ground with
its long tail. Then it leaped over
barbcd wire fence and hid in tho
thickot.
Tho horses ran away and were close.
~ followed by the beast, which every
once in while gave "unearthly
screams. Just as the team neared
the Eastman place and were being
subdued the panther, which was fol.
lowing close upon them, uttered m.
other terrible scream and vanished up
the mountain. New York Herald.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-22
Hone Deferred.

"I'm afraid" said the Arctic ex-
plorer, "we won't find the North Pole
this trip"
"Guess not" replied his shivering
companion. well have to state that
the discovery has been postponed on
account OF the weather"
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-22
Really UnkInd.

Chollie-Do you know, one Of those
phrenologist fellows told me that my
head was almost anexact reproduction
of Henry Clay's?
Maud-What hollow mockery!--
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-22
simpie Cure for Gout.

Potatoes, IL seems, are cure for
govt, The working people in Ireland,
who live chiefly on the potato, never
suffer from this dreadful complaint.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-22
LIES CONVERSATIONS.

FITS going To rain. II will raia-
My dear,
No matter how bitterly we may complain,
My dear;
There are sorrows that every good woman
must bear;
There are grlefs in which every good man
has n share,
II Is only the fool who has never q care,
My dear ,,H
The skies cannot always be clear, .,s,.'
My dear,
Sweets wouldn't DO sweet were no bitterness
here,
Ny dear
There could never DO Joy II there never was
sorrow,
The sobs OF today may be laughter tomorrow,
And there's sadness as we'll as vain trouble
to borrow,
NV dear
s. L. Kiser, in Cleveland Leader.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-22
rhe skies cannu alwnys be clear,

The skies cannR alwrvs be clear,
Ny dear,
The merries, eye must still have its tear,
My dear;
The clouds that are frownlng above us to-
day
Will presently break and go floating away.
And the skies will be blue that are sullen
and gray,
Ny dear!
We can't have just happiness here,
My dear;
You would never be glad II you Ie'er shed
tear,
Ny dear
The sorrow that turks In your bosom, today,
Like the clouds, when you've wept, will 20
floating away
And the skies will be blue that are sullen
and gray.
Ny dear.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-22

larly the trouble they have with. unsta-
BILE foundations of peat and quicksand,
but this is matter.for the engineers and
not for the public.
Let our people take heart and be as
sured that, with the present progress in
our levee building. it is question OF
only short time and our levees will
give them complete immunity from
overflow. Unfortunately, there are so
many who denounce levees because
they have not been made perfect in a
few years. What has taken Holland
fifty years cannot well be done here in
few years. but our progress has been
much more rapid and the end is near.
Rome was not built in one day.
Our lands are the richest in the
world and well worth fighting for.
Land in Holland which was .ya!ueless
before the levees were built is now
worth $500 the acre.
Our levee taxes are very low, in COM
parison with those in Holland. We
pay from 10 cents to 90 cents per acre,
while in Holland they pay from 80 cts
all the way up to 81 per acre annually
With all these taxes, Holland is rief
and prosperous. although they car
raise only grain crops and dairy pro
ducts, while we have much more prof
table crops in sugar, cotton and rice.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-22
Information for the
Public.

The following is the schedule OF the
Y. q NJ. VR. B., taking effect from
Sept. IS.
New Orleans Divislon-Train Will
leave Vicksburg at $40 am and arrive
at New Orleans 1875 a. m.
Train 81 will leave :yicksburg 800
a. m. and arrive New Orleans $50 p.
m.
Train 6 will leave New Orleans 4:2e
D. m. and arrive Vicksburg II. so P. m.
Train No. % will leave New Or
leans at 800. a. M. and. arrive at Vicks-
burg at $50 p. M.
| Memphis Division-Train No. D VII
leave Memphis at .55.p. IN. and arrive
at Vicksburg at 500 a. m.
No. 23 will leave Memphis at $40 a.
nj. and arrive at vicksburg at Gao P.
m.
Train No. leaves Yicksburg at
i12. OF a. M. and arrives at Memphis at
IL. 10 p. m.
/ iran No. 81 viii leave Vicksburg
at 7:3 a. m. and arrive at Memphis at
$50 a. m.
All trains run daily.
| For information as to rates &c.s
I. write to
w. d. BRENT, C. 7. A.
yicksburg, Miss.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-22

500 feet back from the river.
But, however careful they are IN the
building of their leyees, the essential
feature in connection with their dikes.
and the main difference between our
leyee system and theirs is the protec-
ton they give to their levees. The
river levees are protected wherever
they are exposed to waves. wind or
current. They usually use willow
brush, which they put in layers on the
river slope of the levees. commencing
at the foot of the levee and placing 1t
as high as the highest floodmark. THIS
is then pinned down to the levee with
wooden pins sufficiently long to hold
it down securely. AS soon as the water
rises over this the sediment settles in
and between the brush, filing it up
very soon, after which grass is allowed
to grow over it. This gives an almost
absolute security against wavewash
and is also great protection against
boring animals. OF course, it must be
kept in good repair, or it might do
more harm than good. Wooden reyes-
ments, which are so extensively USED
here, are utterly condemned as soften
ing and of little service. Willows are
growing in great profusion on our
river banks and should not be an ex-
pensive material.
MANY of their levees arc gcaveled and
macadamized and used as roadways,
which they consider of benefit for the
levees. as affording protection against
rainwash. In some parts of Holland
they have interior leyees running
through the fields in all directions thus
dividing the country into different pol.
ders, so that in case of a crevasse only
a part of the country is flooded.
They have an admirable system OF
watching the levees in times OF high
water. A leyee is divided into sections
say two or three miles in length. and
sometimes only one mile in dangerous
places. Each section has at conven.
lent place a small cabin in which i;
stored all such material as would bt
required to close an incipient break
such as all kinds of lumber, sacks
! tarpaulins, nails, saws. spades, axes
hammers, mauls, wheel-barrows, etc
Such section during high water is il
+ charge of an experienced watchman
who constantly patrols his section, ant
. if at any time he discovers a weak o
|, dangerous spot he signals the mex
Waterman, who immediately summon
all the help he can find. whilst the frs
4 one in all haste runs to the tool cabi
and in a few minutes is back TO tn
danger spot. with his tools repairing il
: 1t is we'll known fact that most of on
large crevasses would not havesoccul
: red If help and material had been on tn
! spot IN the beginning. tits considere
: money we'll spent for thus guardin
9 the leyees, as it Is only for compar;
z lively short time during very hig
/ water. The principal expense is Il
: building Of the cabins and providin
!, them with necessary tools.
= If a break is allowed 10 run Il
8 several hours before any help arrives.
= is IN most cases too late and ful
= iledged crevasse is the result.
= A good deal more could be sa
!. about the levees in Holland, partic'
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-22
FOR SALE.

BEAUTIFUL FIVE ACRE LOT. having
a front of two chains and sixty-six links. on
the lake road. next to the property OF MT.
J.C Bass. This is beyond a doubt the
finest five acre building lot 10 East Carroll
parish
For terms. apply 10
MILLfKIN & HAMLEY.
Real Estate Dealers.
Lake Providence, La.
Y.r,,arv VI seq 4
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-22
JURY LIST.

List of the jurors drawn for the June 1897
criminal term OF the Hon. 9TH District
court for East Carroll parish, La.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-22

anthrax vaccine, for Charlton,
at the Guerard drug store.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-07-23
Distances from juneau.

To Haines (Chilkat0 80 miles; head
of canoe navigation, LOG miles, sum
nit of Chilkoot pass, LIS miles; Lake
Linderman landing, 124 miles; head
of Lake Bennett, 129 miles, boundary
line between British Columbia and
Northwest territory, 139 miles; foot OF
Lake Bennett, 155 miles; foot of Carl
bou crossing, 1853 miles; foot of Takou
lake, It's miles; Takish house, 179
miles; head of Mud lake, $50 miles
foot of Lake Marsh, 200 miles; head
of Canon, 225 miles; head of White
horse rapids, 22S miles; Takeena river,
24O miles; head of Lake LeBarge, 256
miles: foot of Lake LeBarge 2S7 miles
Hootalinqua, 800; Cassiar bar, 347
miles; Little Salmon river, 800 miles
Five Fingers, 451 miles; Pelly river,
$40 miles; Stewart river, $50 miles
Forty Mile creek, $50 miles.
Other distances: Sitka, 100 miles
Wrangel, 148 miles; Tacoma, 500
miles; San francisco, 1886 miles,
Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-07-23

A KENTUCKY court decision will
wipe out the building and loan associ-
atoms in that state and it is a ques-
ton whether the same rule would not
hold good in other States if the ques-
ton we're tested. The Kentucky
court holds that all interest and even
dues in excess of 6 per cent. are usuri-
Gus and cannot &c charged. The dues
are held to be interest, and the bor-
rowers who have been paying from II
to II per cent. in dues and interest
are declared entitled TO TO recover or
be credited with all in excess of 6
per cent. interest paid.
The Olympia post Office plum has
fallen and w. 7. Cavanaugh's basket
gathered it in, which appointment is
a satisfactory one to all the Olympians
except several who were aspirants.
Such is life,-when there isn't enough
good things to 60 round.
Two million dollars has come into
the Northwest since last fall for young
cattle, which were taken to Kansas
and adjoining states to be fattened,
and make the surplus corn crop valu.
able. 1t is probable that this state
will feel the drain on its market cattle
and prices raise another notch.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-07-23
DELINQUENT Tax Certificates.

In noting the sale of several certifi-
Gates of delinquency to an Eastern
trust company, the Olympia Standard
says: "After November Goth these
certificates will issue more rapid y.
AS no provision is made for advertis-
ing the property assessed before their
issue, it will behooves the taxpayers
to be on the alert. We have under
stood that an effort will be made by
moneyed institutions to quietly sneak
in and get the property of the unfor-
tunate delinquent. Whether this
practice will be countenanced by the
officials we elect, remains to be seen"
The old democratic war-horse seems
to be in q combative humor nova
days and is using much of his heavy
ammunition on the follies of his own
fusion crowd, for which he seems to
have but little use. The clause doing
away with the delinquent tax adver-
Using was aimed at the newspapers
but it will do the most damage to the
counties because possible buyers will
have to look over the tax rolls for de.
sirable pieces of property, while if ad
vertised, the attention of many per.
sons would be attracted, and the
money realized from much of the
property for the use of the severa
counties. It's bad any way you may
take it, as are most of the more i'm
portant measures of the recent aggre
CATION.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-07-23

During the early part of their miss
ing word contest Schi11ing & Co. Of
fered $500 for the largest number of
coupons turned in by June 18th, in
tending that the prizes should go to
consumers. Two Frisco grocers had
the largest number and got the money,
but the company, also gave two con-
sumers having the next highest num-
bers, similar sums. The firm will do
what they say-better try for the $1,000
prizes.
Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy
to operate. Cure indig estion, bilious
ness. Csc.
Somebody, somewhere, sometime
has given the following very good adj
vice: "Drink less, breathe more, eat
less, chew more, ride less, walk more,
clothe less, battle more, worry less,
work more, waste less, give more,
write less, read more, preach less,
practice more"
HUMoRs IN THE BLOOD, boils,
pimp1es, scrofu1a sores, are promptly
eradicated by Hoods Sarsaparilla, the
One True Blood Purifier, nerve tonic
and health builder.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-07-23
An Elephant Story.

Once there was man who sold pro-
duce to a travelling circus. The circus
stayed in his town for week, and as
the proprietor could not pay for the
produce, he gave mortgage on the
elephant. When he could not meet
the bill the produce dealer foreclosed
on the elephant, and proceeded to
lead him home by a rope, whereas the
villagers gathered about, and asked
him what he was going to do with the
elephant, and where he was going to
put him. He replied that he should
put him in the chicken-coop, and
keep him. Now the chicken coop was
pretty big for chicken-coop, and
even compared favorably with the
house and barn; but when the ele-
plant stood by its side its proportions
assumed changed aspect, and the
elephant wouldn't fit. The elephant
strayed about in the yard and ate up
produce and everything else, for a
week, and then the holder of the new
ly acquired luxury sent word to the
former owner, "Come and get your
elephant at once. 1 have a family to
support"
1t isn't always such an easy matter
to get rid of an elephant; and when
you have accommodations for chick
en- only, it isn't wise to invite an ele-
plant to dwell with you. And vet we
all do this CONTEMPLATION Gle
plants That Burden U.s." in Demon
erst's Magazine for August.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-07-23
Col. Mary Demands the Price.

BY the way, says the Seattle News,
it is not generally known that sCol."
Mary E. Hobart, has begun suit
al ainst ex-senator Watson G.. SQUIRE
aid several of his henchmen for money
for services rendered. Last winter the
military lady of Whatcom was con-
slncuons figure during the senatorial
fight at Olympia. 1t seems that she
was in the employ of Senator SQUIRE.
When he was defeated he waxed ex-
ceeding wroth and refused to pay sew
eral OF his vassals-among them this
populist saint. She has begun suit in
the justice court, making DR.. Calhoun,
Frank Stevens and Paul d'Heirry CO.
defendants, as it was by their pursua-
sion that she was induced to work for
Watson Carbossa.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-07-23
Advertised Letter List.

Following is list of the letters remaining in
the post Office at Shelton WASH, at the close of
the month of June 1897. Persons calling
for any of the same will please say advertised
Richard B. Beal, Dave George, Joe. Simmons,
Hendrick Sederlof, Bob. Stapleton, T. G. Tay
lor, Thomas Taylor. AL. ]. MUNsON, PM.
Post office regulations against accept
ing foreign coins are disregarded along
the Canadian border, where the Cana
dian twenty-fve-cent piece has a wide
and free circulation on this side the
line and is accepted without hesitation
by postmasters. They accept even
Canadian bank notes, and there seems
to prevail a thorough international
comfy as to money. Postmasters and
merchants are astonished when visitors
from regions further south hesitate at
accepting Canadian money in change.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-07-23
The tin plate business is pronounce,

The tin plate business is pronounced
success and in few years everything
used in that line will be made at
home and when the time comes that
we can say as much about sugar it
will be happy day for the people of
this country, is the opinion of the
Kent Journal. It is said that the SUI
gar imported from Cuba is full of dis
ease germs, while the Chinese sugar il
made in such filthy manner that no
one would touch it if they could see
the process of manufacture. Besides
# war should break out with some
first class nation the people would nav
more in . single year of overcharpes
than it will cost to put US in shape 70
produce every pound of sugar consum-
ed IN our own country. The tin plate
lesson has been valuable one to ev-
cry American, but the price has been
heavy, for if every lie has been entered
on the great book there will be MIGHTY
few free traders live long enough to
atone for tie falsehoods retailed about
the tin plate business.