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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill a bottle or common glass with
urine and let it stand twenty-foul
hours; a sediment or settling indicates
an unhealthy condition of the kidneys
When urine stsins linen it is positive
evidence of kidney trouble. Too fire.
quent desire to urinate or pain in the
back, is also convincing proof that the
kidneys and bladder are out of order.
WHAT TO DO.
There is comfort in the knowledge
so often expressed, that DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp-Roo the great kidney reme-
dy, fulflls every wish in relieving pain
In the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary pass
ages. 1t ~corrects inability to hold urine
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use Of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to get up
many times during the night to uri-
nate. The mild and extraordinary eff
feet of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
1t stands the highest for It's wonderful
cures Of the most distressing cases. II
you need q medicine you should have
the best. Sold by druggists, price If
ty cents and one dollar. You may
have q sample bottle and q pamph-
let both sent free by mail. Mention
the Mexico LEDGER and send your
address to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing-
N. Y. The proprietor of this
paper guarantee the genuineness Of
this offer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
Lost Appetite.
COULD NOT EAT THE MOST TENP1ING DISHES.
Many Days Without any Food a. AI-ean Eat -Four
Square Meals q Day nex-Ths Cause
Of the Change.
From he Leader, Qeve,and, OHIO.

For the restoration of an appetite which
has been impaired or lost through SICKNESS,
no remedy can compare in effectiveness with
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
This statement Is substantiated by the expe-
rfence and declarations of men and women
with whom these pills have become a house.
hold medicine. Among the many who can
offer testimony to this particular property of
DIR. Williams Pink PILLS Is George Marshall,
Jr.. who lives at No. 10 Norwich Street,
Cleveland, Ohio. Mr.. Marshall is q news
agent on the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railroad, and his territory extends
from Cleveland 10 Toledo. Like thousands
of others who owe their health and vigor to
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, Mr.. Marshall
never hesitates to sing their praises. In his
case it was necessary to use only o few boxes
of the pills to restore him to the full posses
sion Of bodily health. His digestive organs
had become almost useless through a long
and serious illness, but in a surprisingly
brief period, through the agency of this
wonderful medicine, they were capable of
again performing their functions in a regu-
lar and perfectly satisfactory manner. In
narrating his experience with them Mr.. Mar
shall said:
Last spring I was taken sick with infam-
matory rheumatism, and my entire system
was affected. To relieve the suffering 1t
was necessary to paint me with iodine.
After three months treatment l became con-
vale.cent, but the attack had sapped my
strength and left me extremely weak and
feeble. / could scarcely lift an arm or q leg.
This weakness permeated my entire system,
and applied as well to my stomach and d.
gestive apparatus as to my limbs. / soon
discovered that I had lost my appetite almost
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
Has DR.. Patterson Remained in the
Corporate Limits of Mexico
Some Facts.

DR.. A. M. Patterson, in conversa-
ton with a LEDGER reporter this
morning, told OF an uneventful life OF
twenty-five years duration, which, fol
a man in good health, cannot be
equalled In Mexico. The Doctor said:
81 lived In South Missouri before
the war, in which I fought. After the
war I stayed at my old home in Ken
lucky until I moved here in Septem-
Der, 1871, when 1 engaged in the drug
business.
"Since my residence here 1 have
never been outside of the corporate
limits Of the city. 1 have never been
north of Allison's Springs OIL Jeffer-
son street, west of the Public School,
south Of DR.. Rothwell's on jefferson
street OF east of ]. D. fuckers on East
Promenade.
"During this time I have visited the
depot six times and for ten years was
not there at all. For thirteen years
myself and my wife were not away
from home a single night. For over
three years of the time l was never In
the post-ofnce and have never seen
Fleet Academy or the ruins. I have
never been to the old or present fair
grounds"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01

as completely as though I never had one.
l had no desire whatever to partake OF any
nourishment, and the natural result was that
my convalescence was extremely slow, and
my parents feared that | was going to suffer
q relapse or fall prey to another ailment on
account of my debilitated condition.
"Many a day I would not k any nour-
ishment, and whenever l did the quantity
was too insignificant to materially hasten
my Improvement. Tempting dishes were
prepared for me, but / could not touch them.
/ began to become more or less alarmed as
did my parents, and one day my mother sug:
gested the purchase of some of DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for me. They had been recon-.
mended to her by q %neighbor who regarded
them as nothing short Of miraculous, and
dwelt SO enthusiastically on their excellent
qualities that mother was persuaded to try
for / don't look like o man who cannot eat
three or four square meals q day, do II
"Three boxes Of DIR. Williams Pink Pills
fixed me up sound as q dollar, and they will
do the same for anyone else, l nm sure. 1t
was not long after / began to use the pills
that I could feel myself improving. My
strength began to return and so did my ap-
petite, and I was on the road again in q short
time. That Is my experience, and i am glad
to give 1t for the benefit of others who may
have lost their appetites through sickness"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain all the ele-
ments necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are sold in boxes (never in loose form by
the dozen or hundred) at 30 cents a box, or six
boxes for $3.50, and may be had of all drug.
gists or directly by mail from DIR. Williams'
Medicine Company, Schenectady, MY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
A Storm at Paris. Mo.


PARIS, Mo-, June 25.-A destructive
rain and wind storm passed over this
place last night. A large barn belong
ing to James Young, is miles south
west of here, was totally destroyed,
and his fine surrey was blown over
and damaged. A barn at Granville al
30 was destroyed. The roof of the
school house at Madison was blown
away. Fifteen hogs and two head Of
cattle at Santa Fe 9 killed. Many
fences and trees all over the county
were destroyed. Much damage was
done to fruit and to growing crops. In
some sections whole fields of corn
zero blown down. In this city many
shade trees, chimneys and fences were
destroyed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Resolution Adopted Asking That Prof.
Page Be Retained As President
of Lincoln Institute.

No one attending the North Missouri
Baptist Convention and noting the
very excellent work being done by
this body can 60 away In doubt as te
the advancement of the negroes Of
this State. Much is being said re-
specting the intellectual, moral an6
religious training of the colored youth
and some very important steps are
being taken to support the Western
College, a religious school, located al
Macon, Mo. The committee on edu.
cation reported that the Western Col
lege at Macon, Mo-, was doing excel
lent work for higher christian edu-
cation and highly eulogized DIR. E. L.
scruggs and his efficient corps Of
teachers. The committee recon.
mended that the convention take steps
for the advancement of the college
and approved the action of the CON
vention in voting five per cent. pc,
capita which has become a constitu-
tional provision. The subscription
plan for the college was recommend
ed, to be paid annually and to be sent
TO Rev. Mark Thompson, Macon, Mo-,
by August 80, 1897.
A resolution was adopted asking
Gov. Stephens and the Board of Re-
gents of Lincoln Institute at Jefferson
City to retain its President, Prof. I. E.
Page. The resolution states that the
convention is thoroughly satisfied,
after examination, that the reports
that Prof. Page has been making
political speeches is not well founded
and believes the rumor to be false. 1t
states further that his removal from
the presidency of the Institute would
be a serious loss to the educational
interests of the State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
THE FREE SILVER MOVEMENT.
Governor Stephens Says Bryan Will
be Nominated in 1900.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 24.-Durine
his visit here Gov. Stephens had thii
to say on national politics:
"The free silver men are going to
start In right away to organize for the
next campaign. Free silver clubs are
to be organized all over the country,
The whole OF the United States will be
organized before the next campaign
just as Missouri was organized during
the last campaign. There is no danger
Of the free silver movement dying out.
It is growing stronger every day.
Each of the clubs organized will con-
tribute q small amount each month to
aid the cause, and by the time of the
next campaign we will have over ST.
000, 900. We will win next time. There
is no doubt about It,"
BRYAN IN 1900.
Speaking of VIM. j. Bryan, the Gov
ernor said: "The next nominee of the
Democratic party will be William ].
Bryan-by reclamation. No one else
will ever be mentioned. Bryan is grow
ing stronger with the people every
day. There was q time when / feared
he would wear himself out-that he
would talk himself out, as 1t were
but he will not. He wears better than
any man who is before the people.
He can go right on making speeches
and growing stronger all the time, but
he is the only man in the United States
who can do this"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01

"The States Duty" Is probably Al
much quoted az any other magazine
In the country. It's May number ii
full of interest. Official notice il
given OF the Good Roads Convention
to meet In st. Louis In October. Col
Albert A.. Pope, of Columbia bicycle
fame, the pioneer of good roads and
good streets, contributes an article on
estate Roads of Massachusetts" "A
New Levee SYSTEM" by Guy M. Wal
ker, whose article on "Road Legisla-
ton" attracted such wide attention
last month, outlines q plan for federal
supervision and development of the
Mississippi levees without expense to
the general government. General
Brinkerhof, United States delegate to
the International Prison Congress, in
an article on "Prison Reform In Louis
iana," declares Edward Livingston to
have anticipated everything that has
yet been accomplished In prison re-
form. Short sketches, bright reviews
and strong editorials on Defective
Sanitation and other public questions
complete the issue,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
Oircuit Court proceed,nos

OlIculg COufC fr0c660lQgS.
French VS.. O. & A. r. R.; plaintiff
takes non-suit.
billiard VS.. Johnson; appealed.
School District, s, So, 10 and II, 25,
VS.. Neal; appealed by defendant.
School District, 5, 81, 10 and II, 20,
VS.. Shouse; appealed by defendant.
Crigler vs.. City of Mexico; appealed
by plaintiff.
A. G. Turner vs.. R. P. Hopkins
ct al; judgment as per petition for
plaintiff.
Continental Fire Insurance Co. VS..
Baker & Logan; jury still out.
French by Jesse VS.. O. & A. Railroad
Co.; nov on trial.
State vs.. Jamison, No. 1; fined 800.
State vs.. Bevan & Morgan, No. 2;
fined 800 each.
State vs.. Green; fined $50.
State vs. Riney; fined $50.
State VS.. A. T. Brown, No. 1; fined
$50.
First National Bank of Mexico vs..
E. B. Gregg; verdict for plaintiff for
s., 499.
Mclaughlin VS.. Riggs; motion to set
aside nonsuit sustained.
State of Missouri VS.. Beshears; plea
of guilty and fined $40 in each of 8 cases
and other cases dismissed at defend
ants cost.
State of Missouri VS.. Glen Thomas;
pleaded guilty and fined $40.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
SOME STOCK NOTES.

From the Paris Mol Appeal.
w. L. Burks sold this week, a lot OF
lambs to ODE Vowel at $3.50
Helm & Murphy bought a span OF
right nice horses Monday, for which
they paid $500.
Hugh Sproul delived two fat COWS
to one Of our local butchers Friday, at
$3.25 and $50. They were good ones.
T. Vanlandingham recently sold to
W. e. Wright, of C~entralia, "A head of
yearling steers at 1910. They aver
aged 700 pounds.
James W. Warren delivered 55
head of hogs to Smizer & Mccain, on
Tuesday morning, at $3.50 per hun
bred pounds. They averaged 100
pounds.
Davis & Jackson bought 20 head of
extra good fat 2-year-o old heifers over
In Audrain county Wednesday, for
which they paid q little over 8 cents q
pound.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
The Mayfield Sanitarium,
9l2 Taylor Avenue or Southeast Corner
Taylor and Belle Avenues. st. Louis, Mo.

Home and hospital established and controlled
~ Baptfsts, but admits of sick and afdicted OF
an denominations or Of ne denomination. The
tneolcai STAN is composed Of some Of the best
known physicians of the city and who are
~cognize authority In their special lines of
work. Amy physician Of good standing can
treat his W patients in this sanitarium aud
parents can choose their own physician II thew
SO desire. II has q nurses training school and
g womnn's board OF charity. ThS location Of
the sanitartum is good and with its many other
superior advantages, without O doubt. makes IL
one OF the most attractive and desirable insti-
buttons of its kind in the West, and there are
hundreds OF patients who need Treatment and
yet tney hesitate to come because they are mot
acquainted with sanitarium methods To All
sucn we Will say that the Mayheld sanitarium
10 a christian Home and You will feel that vol,
are with friends; VIII be tenderly cared FOR nv
framed nurses and viii receive such skiIled
meolcai ana surgical treatment as each indi-
vldual case may require, and we solicit vour
Patronage: Elegant accommodation furntshed
atso, ~, SlO and $l4 per week. Nursing Al u m
70 " per week. Medical and surgical ~services
s ses dnas Our aims IN this new sanitariuin
ans 2nst the same as when we first entered the
VOL Twelve ll2l years ago. As In the psst,
ministers OF all denominations and their FAINT,
Ies receive free professional treatment. AIso
charges Tor professional sery fees rendered
lndigent persons whose board and nurse hills
are paid ~ churches, lodges, &c.
ror further fnfOf nation address
w. II. MAYFIELD. M d..
haynefd Sanftar1um, st, toufs. Mo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
AUDRAIN COURTS.

CIRCUIT CoURT-3d Monday in Jan.
uary, LIST Monday In June, Sd Monday
in September.
COUNTY CoURT-1st Monday in Feb
ruary, LIST Monday In May, LIST Monday
In August, 1st Monday in November.
PROBATE CoURT-2d Monday in jan
uary, I'd Monday in March, I'd Monday
in May, I'd Monday In September.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
Who il Joseph Roberts?

The st. Louis Post Dispatch says:
The name Of Charles Magher, charged
with grand larceny, was on Judge
Zachritz's docket Friday morning.
Magher was in court until two min
utes before his case was called, when
he was seized with q thirst and crossed
the street to . saloon. He did not
hear his name called and Judge
Zachritz ordered his bond OF $1,000
forfeited.
Magher was charged with having
buncoed Joseph Roberts out Of e63.
Roberts came from Mexico, No., and
thought he knew a. much about dice
"a did Magher. It cost him all the
money he had to learn mis- mistake.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01

At the offices of the Water Works
and Electric Light Companies last
night a queer and unique sign attract
ed a great deal of attention. A deep
shade containing an incandescent light
was sealed up where the globe passes
through the shade and the whole was
inverted and the shade filled with col
ored water, and was painted on the
globe in a way that the sign read
"Light and Water"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
THE BOND QUESTION.
The Judgment Of the Voter appealed
to on the Main Local Issue Of
the Day.S
Correspondence OF the Ledger.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
MEXICO, No., June 24.-It Is re-
marked by many Of those who favor
the bonding of the city that there lie q
certain class here who sit down on
any measure for the benefit and ad-
vancement Of the town. They seem
to forget that there Is another class
who think any sort of il-advised and
dangerous legislation which would
afford work for the space of a month
or two to idle men would be In the
line or Improvement, advancement
and prosperity. They say it is dam
gerous for the government to issue
interest bearing bonds for any pur-
pose during times of peace, but ap-
pear to think the small town of Mex
leo is SO much bigger than the gov
eminent and possesses such superior
facilities for raising revenue that to
float q few bonds for the syndicates
and sharks would be a wise measure.
Those who oppose bonding the city
for any purpose, while the revenue is
insufficient, with no immediate pros
pect of increase, while there is a large
possibility of a decrease, are at least
consistent and don't advocate one
day that which they condemn another
day. There has been more than $780,
900 spent upon macadam already in
the city of Mexico and the progressive
party says, 1--WE have none; we're in
the mud" Then, If this be so, $780,
900 more expended in the same direc-
ton would help matters but little, as
shown by their own statistics. But
this Is not by any mean the worst of
1t. Everyone, even a boy of 10 years,
knows that to buy feed 20 years for a
horse which worked six months and
then died would not be 81 good states
manship as was evidenced by one
who loaded a Krup gun to kill a jay
bird. No, our worthy friends; we
don't wish to question your desire for
some great good, but it is your judg-
ment we would inspect. You surely
know that the things of yesterday
would soon be forgotten, and many,
yes, nearly all of you, would be lament
ing inside Of two years that the city
had been loaded down under a noun |
of debt for twenty years and that
you could not Q much more ma
cadam than we had before. Then how
you would 60 for the City "Dads" or
any aged patriarch who started the
bond bah rolling. Have you forgot
ten how the water works scheme car
ried and how you "cussed" immedi-
ately after you found it out? Yet,
that horse Will live to be twenty years
old, even If he II a little "broken
Pause and reflect before
you make up your mind. Show at
least as much good sense in public
matters as you do in your private af-
ANTI-BoND TAXPAYER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
Gain In mar
Gain in value o..

II one were to take the whole list of
securities on the Stock Exchange the
increased values would run up into the
thousands Of millions, but great as the
sum would be 1t does not overshadow
the one presented In the Improvement
In real property of every description.
When we look from the hopefulness
and security Of this June to the gloom
and apprehension of one year ago the
change Is most impressive. One year
hence there promises to be material
for another equally suggestive com
parison.-Exchange.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
Mt. Pleasant Brothers Union

As ASe1oAu DAobAO4o oAlUna
The body known as the Mount
Pleasant Brothers Union met Thurs
day night at the Monroe Street Bap-
fist Church to confer together and
devise some way to further missionary
work.
They met next morning at 1880
O'Clock and were led in devotional
exercises by Elder James Bradley,
after which Rev. Burnham, of Ten
nessee, preached an interesting SER
mon at II o'clock.
On Friday afternoon the pastor of
the church, Elder James Bradley,
preached a sermon. Text, Luke "a;
46-47. "Thus it is written and thus it
behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise
from the dead the third day, and that
repentance and remission of sins
should be preached in His name, be-
ginning at Jerusalem"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
Irl r. Hicks Paper 5 Months for Csc

Irl 3. Hicks Paper 5 Months for Csc.
The publishers propose to send a
copy Of Word and Works FIVE months,
from June to October inclusive to new
subscribers only as a trial order, for
Is cents, and in addition thereto, give
each trial subscriber free, q copy OF a
little book of "a pages, which contains
select chapters of a work by Rev. Irl
R. Hicks, which is to be the browning
work OF his life. This is a rare oppor-
tunity for anyone to study the storm
forecasts throughout the coming sea-
son, besides the many other good
things In Word and Works Of interest
to each member of the family. The
regular price of this little book alone
is % cents. Send Is cents and your
address to Word and Works Pub. Co.,
2201 Locust street, st. Louis, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
There Ara 0thers."

Is an apt expression when applied
to railways. There is only one, how
ever, which during the last half cent
ury has passed through the crucible
Of q travelling public and come out
free of dross.
Ever alert to the best interests OF
its patrons, the management of the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Rail-
way have unquestionably succeeded
In establishing 1t as the leading and
most ~deservedly popular through
route to all points east.
For tickets via the Baltimore &
southwestern Railway, apply to
Ticket Agent In the West.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01

The good roads movement In Mas
sachusetts has passed from theory in
to a very practical form, and the leg
islature of that state, before adjourn
ing, made an appropriation of $500, 900
to be spent upon the roads of the
state. This sum of money will be used
to help those neighborhoods that
are willing to help themselves, and
In every township 1t is understood that
the people will locally raise ss much
as the state will donate. Nothing
will so enhance the value of agricultur-
al lands as a system of good roads,
and the people of New England have
not been slow to learn this truth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01
A Good Calf Story,

A calf story Is having a great run In
Missouri weeklies, says an exchange.
The case is where a man pastured a
calf for a neighbor until the bill
amounted to about the price of the
calf. The owner called one day and
asked: swell, what about the calf?''
81 have been thinking about it," was
the reply, "and have concluded that II
you would let me have the calf we
would call it square," "No, 1 wont
do that; but I'll tell you what i will do.
If you will keep the calf two weeks
more you can have it."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-01

AT the Laclede Hotel, st. Louis, last
Saturday there was organized an as
ISOLATION Of Missouri editors, pledged
to the agitation of the cause of bimet-
allism. They propose to push the sill
yer movement as far as possible in
both State and National campaigns.
The officers elected are as follows:
President, John Knott, Hannibal Jour-
nal; vice. President, W. @. Biggs,
Qneen City Leader; Secretary F.
A. Leonard, Chillicothe Consultation;
Treasurer, Cornelius Roach, Carthage
Democrat