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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-06-24

BROKER Chapman is back in Wall
Street and is being made a hero OF
because he went to Jail rather than
to betray the Senators who speculat-
ed in sugar. He will prybably mo-
nopolize the business of specializing
Senators hereafter
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-06-24
Twenty Years Ago This Week.
No. 13.

Js mCbs 1EiuUiO Wao al Virginia oh
a visit.
Hon. John A. Flood, of Fulton, was
very Ill.
w. o. Forrist was court attendant
in Fulton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Vincil were in
Kansas City.
The wind did $1,000 damage inMexi-
co on the Goth.
A war was going on between Rus
sia and Turkey.
w. F. Whitney was a stock shipper
from this point.
VIM. Pollock was putting new steel
boilers In his mill.
]. Linn Ladd, of Vandalia, spent
Sunday in Mexico.
The Missouri National State Bank
went up the spout.
Bolts & Bolts shipped q car of
Stock TO ST. LOUIS.
Miss Georgia Allen was teaching
school in VandaIia.
I'D. Jackman sold his stock of gro
ceries to Mr.. Baker.
ia. Judy was going to Kentucky
to spend the summer.
Miss Lou Hord was attending COM
mencement in Fulton.
VIM. Treloar was rendering Bel
shazzar in Des Moines, Ia.
Mrs. Capt. Currie was recovering
from severe spell OF illness.
d. E. Shea and w. n. Barton, real
estate dealers, dissolved partnership.
The Adventists announced that the
end of world would come on July z,
1877.
Rev. BENZ. Terrill died on the 18th.
He was the father of President Ter
rill, of Hardin.
Quisenberry & Bolts and Judy &
McFadin were building new store
rooms at Santa Fe.
A disastrous fire visited Fulton on
the 18th and destroyed thousands oi
dollars worth Of property.
Charles Gray and Miss L. L. Jacobs
of Benton City, were married by Rev
DR.. B. T. Lacey on the 10th.
VIM. Il. Upton sold his interest il
the Mexico Planning Mill and re-
moved his family to st. Louis.
Lawyer Kennan purchased th'
building known as the LEDGER build
ing from 8. Simpson for $4,000.
A survey between Mexico and Kan
sas City had been completed for tn
proposed extension of the C.& A. RI
q Bob johnson, Jos. Bolts, J. @. Sum
4 ner, VIM. Sumner, w. r. McBrid
!, and Wallace & Mckinney were ship
pers from this point.
THE LAND SALES.
The following real estate sales wer
, made during the week:
r @. McCarty to T. B.Martin, 800 acre
8 10 miles east of Mexico, $4,000.
IL Martin Shea to D. E. Shea, lots
and 4, block 5 In Laddonia. $500.
ell VIM. Pollock to VIM. II. Upton, lo
q 10 Sparks addition to Mexico, $3.50.
;. David Winegard to E. Ahlfeldt, II
acres IA miles south of Mexico, 81 20
VIM. Marshall to r. Marshall, 1:
acres IL miles north of Mexico, $500
al VIM. Marshall to ]. E. Mundy,
r acres 10 miles north of Mexico, $50
CO. Canter to Mary Wells, 2ox
. feet, part of lot 4, block % In Vand
. liza, $3.50.
It CD. Ferris to VIM. Sims, the sto
p room, occupied by Cardwell's stor
/. for $500.
+ d. E. Shea to O. Casey, lots %, 2
l. 25 and 26, Barnes addition to Mexfc
II for 81 900.
"a w. II. Upton to Pollock & Co., on
= third interest in Mexico Plani
" Mill, $500.
l. VIM. M. Sims to G.. d. Ferris, hi
N interest in 240 acres, 10 miles nor
III of Mexico, for 81 200.
is T. B. Hit to VIM. II. Upton, lo
Of s6, 81, 9s and 90, block P, Beatty's a
dition to Mexico, 81, i,760.
Id. Craig to A. M. Harrison, ei
We one half of lot in survey 1858, 500
of Ladd's addition to Mexico, $50.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-06-24

IT is reported from Washington
that for the ten days ending last Sat-
urday the number of applicants for
pensions was 300. A daily average
of 1,43O is more than respectable.
Still, it must be remembered that at
that rate it would take some 122 years
for everybody in the country to get a
navainn
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-06-24

W. B. Peters, of Fulton, was in town
on business Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-06-24

SEVERAL other people would like to
be annexed to the United States II
Uncle Sam would agree to pay off
their debts.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-06-24

Don't thin your blood with sassa-
fras or poison it with blue mass; but
aid nature by using DeWitt's Little
Early Risers, the famous little pills
for constipation, ,biliousness and stom-
ach and liver troubles. They are
purely vegetable. FoE sale by Wool
dridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-06-24

The State Christian Bible School
Convention, in session last week at
Lexington, Mo-, adjourned to meet In
this city next June.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-06-24

Beautiful eyes grow dull and dim
As the swift years steal away.
Beautiful, willowy forms SO slim
Lose fairness with every day.
But she still is queen and hath charms 70
spare
Who wears youths coronal - beautiful
hair.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

With the cheapening in the cost of steel
the limitations OF the architect disap-
peared and the practicability of the erec.
ton of structure Of twenty or more
stories was established. Really, however,
the difficult part of the work is done in
the offices of the architect or engineer
The calculations and details are intricate
to the last degree. All contingencies have
to be provided for before spade of earth
is removed.
The stability and strength of the build
ing depend entirely upon the foundation.
In New York the difficulty of securing an
absolutely safe foundation has been very
great. The Manhattan building rests on
foundation carried fifty-seven feet below "
the surface. and the Washington seventy
five feet. The task of sinking them down
to the solid rock was extremely difficult.
In some Instances as much time was spent
below ground as in the prosecution Of all
the work that was done above.
In San Francisco no difficulty has ever
attended the laying of foundations for
any OF our high buildings. In the lower
portions of the City the sandy formation
abounds to great depth and the archi-
tect asks for nothing better upon which
to erect the most massive structure.
Take the lofty structure that has gone
up on Market and Third streets during
the past year. First came the excavation,
which was made twenty-five feet below
the pavement and extended twenty-five
feet beyond the outside walls. Upon the
floor of this great cavern concrete to the
depth OF two feet was spread. Upon this
bed of concrete steel beams were laid
eighteen in ches apart and concrete packed
in between. This soon became solid and
hard as rock. Thirty iron columns, girded
together so as 10 form practically one
from top to bottom support the super
structure. The base OF each column rests
upon castiron bedplates, which, in turn.
are supported by steel beams LAID at right
angles to each other and built up IN con-
crete, as is the rest of the foundation.
The columns weigh about twenty tons
each. and are handled easily by the steam
derricks, controlled by experienced rig
gers.
The foundations com pleted, the work on
the superstructure rapidly proceeded. The
beams and uprights Of each floor were
connected by steel braces, all riveted to.
gether. the riveters working in connection
with the riggers and frame-setters as story
succeeded story.
A travelling crane facilitated the work,
and the handling of the steel beams was
comparatively easy. At each corner of
the building derrick. controlled by steam
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

In many respects l was very fortunate
little girl, for my lines were for tie most
part cast in pleasant p aces, and my sur
roundings and associations were such that
the picture gallery OF my mind is hung with
portraits the contem mplation OF which is a
great delight to me. AS my mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Akers Allen, whose world-fam-
Gus Rock Ne 10 Sleep, Mother, is perhaps
the best known though it Is by no means
the best of her many beautiful poems, was
successfully engaged in literary work from
early girlhood, the friends even OF my in
fancy were all persons who were notab BILE
in literary Or artistic lines
OF all these the one whose memory is
the dearest is the gifted young sculptor
OF whom all New England was and is so
Justly proud-PauI Akers-whose dead
Pearl-Fisher" is a lasting monument to
his genius.
1t was my privilege 10 live under the
same roof with tn s most lovable OF men
for one brief year and although every mo-
ment of that year which he knew 10 be
his last on earth must have been to him
full OF suffering, both mental and physi-
cal, my whole remsm brance OF him is full
OF sunshine.
He was always gentle and patient with
me, and his studio, from which | was
never shut out was TO me the happiest
spot in all my small word.
Ny rirst experience of this worlds stern
discipline was when that life so full of
promise came to an end, and while the
world OF art mourned for the artist W hose
lofty genius was only beginning to be
widely known and appreciated, [ wept for
the loving hearted man who had made for
me, "a little hindering thing" so much of
happiness.
One of my childish pranks caused him
not little modification, but brought me
only the mlldest OF warnings not 10 ''do
so again"
l delighted IN standing on cricket be-
hind his chair when he was reading and
com bing his hair, and one day the fancy
struck me to braid it in mum Der of small
loose braids, tying the ends with various
bits of bright colored ribbons. l had just
com pleted this operation when Mr.. Akers,
hitherto entirely absorbed in his book,
recolected that he was very nearly late
for an important engagement, and, catch
ing up his hat, hurried away.
When he came home again he brought
me the pieces of ribbon carefully folded
in his pocket. but not word of reproof,
though l afterward heard that he wore
his singular coiffure, with its Haunting
sdornments, all the way downtown and
into the presence of some very stately
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

engines, drew the steel frames from below
and passed them to the crane above, to be
set in their proper places.
Perhaps half dozen floors of the build
ing were completed by the frame-setters
before the brick and stone masons began
their work. When these workmen reached
the fourth or iith floor the pipelayers and
plumter began getting the large steam,
sewer and water pipes in place, and fol-
lowing after them came the mason setting
the freproof partitions between the
rooms, and subsequently appeared the
electricians, who sIring the wires for the
telephones from story to story, the con-
duits of which are sun into the partitions
and covered with concrete, so as to be in
visible.
In this massive building there are over
three miles of gas, water, vent, waste and
steam pipes, and fully twenty miles of
electric wires.
Before all the subordinate tradesmen
began their work the painter appeared.
The chief enemy to the high building,
and the source of all subsequent danger,
is corrosion or rust. Every particle of
steel therefore was covered first with q
coating of linseed oil and afterward with
a preparation of red lead. This was done
at the rolling mills, and again when the
steel beams were in place in the building.
AS the structure approaches completion
all of the steel frame is i'm bedded in con-
crete, and is thus practically safe from the
attack of dampness.
The WORK of the mason in filling in the
partitions and setting the concrete floors
precedes the carpenters. who lay the
hardwood floors, set the window-casings
and hang the doors. In comparison with
the other tradesmen the carpenter has but
little to do. The amount of wood en-
ployed is every small.
Then the building is in the hands of
the decora tors and finishers, and when
they have done their part the great struc-
ture is ready for the tenant.
A most important factor to be consid-
cred by the architect in planning these
great structures is the effect of vibration
caused by the pressure of wind upon the
exposed area of the walls. The four sides
of The CALL building comprise $1,000
square feet of surface. With the wind
blowing at only forty miles an hour the
pressure up to the twelfth floor is thirty
pounds to the square foot. and above that
elevation it is fifty pounds. The wind, if
blowing at that velocity, exerts force
equal to 225,000 pounds pressure on one
Of the four sides. Yet the vibration even
at the lantern on the top is not percep-
tible.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

personages before he was made aware OF
the eccentricity of his appearance.
1t was during the frst OF this year that
met with an adventure, the mem ory oil
which even yet causes me to smile, for 1T
was my first and undoubtedly my last ap-
pearance on the Presidential stump"
1t was Just before Lincoln's election,
and Douglas, Breckinridge and Bell were
also in the field as cand idates. We were
at the time stoppiny in the principal
hotel of Names capital city, and one day,
for what reason l did not know, the estab-
Iishment was filled TO overfiowiDg with
sudden influx of strangers, and such was
the consequent noise and confusion that
the regular guests of the house were more
than little inconvenienced and annoyed
thereby.
After luncheon my mother and several
other ladies decided to take long drive
to get away from the temporary discom-
fort and, of course, l was to accompany
them. l was ready IN advance of the
others. ard while my mother was tying
her bonnet-strings | slipped away, desir-
Gus of entering the carriage first. Child
like, l always preferred the main stairway
to the retired Ladies' entrance" and
scanpered straight to it as soon as
escaped from under the maternal eye.
To my surprise, after l had descended a
few steps, l saw that the place below was
simply packed with people, and that they
were all apparently gazing with embar-
RAISING interest at my small self.
l soon realized, however, that it was a
short, heavily built man who stood little
below me, talking very loudly and earn
estly, who was the center of attraction
and not myself: but as | knew nothing OF
politics or politicians l comprehended
nothing of what was going on.
did comprehend though that l could
not make my way through that mass of
people, and turned to go back when the
speaker caught sight OF me.
In an instant l was raised on high in a
pair of strong arms and in full sight of
the asse m bled multitude was kissed sew
eral times In the most effusive and af-
fectionate manner, while roar after roar
of applause rose from the admiring crowd.
It was the Little Giant" Stephen A
Douglas. himself who held me, although
/ was ignorant of the fact until after had
been captured by my rightful guardian
and sternly reproved for interrupting that
gentleman in the midst of one of his
Mr.. Douglas rather welcomed my advent
since it gave him an opportunity to make
a much-applauded ''point" and show
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

made in the histrionic line, though pain
full to herself and her many friends, was
not at all surprising.
While was still in my short dresses
the powers that governed my young lie
Transported me to our National capital,
whore saw many OF the foremost mill
tary heroes and politicians of the time.
Having been 'bookish" child from
bookish atmosphere, / was, however, far
more interested in literary celebrities.
Among the nota BILE persons with whom
1 was on terms of delightful friendship
were John Burroughs, the eminent
ornithologist and writer, and his unusual
iy pretty young wife, and John James
Piatt, the poet, and his "twin SOUL" Mrs.
S. M. B. Piatt, whose tender, fanciful and
always charming poems are SO well
known.
Here. too, saw Jane Grey Swisshelm, a
woman of considerable note in those days.
She was a somewhat eccentric person,
with a rather small head and prom
inent nose, a nervous. unreposeful nature
and a two-edged tongue, which made her
feared by such of her associates as fsll-a
frequent occurrence-under the ban of her
displeasure.
In Washington I also saw Fanny
Fern" (Mrs. James Parton), whom 1 had
learned to love through reading her
Fern Leaves" in which her warm
mother heart spoke q welcome to all
children. was a little disappointed at
first sight of her. for had imagined her
10 be as lovely in person as she was in
disposition, and her face was undeniably
plain. She had, however, extremely beau
riiul hair, full of the prettiest crinkles
and ripples magma BILE. and her manner
was most charming-ingenuous. unaf-
fected and able-and her love for
children was a predominant trait in
most truly sweet and womanly nature.
Or ali whom 1 knew and admired in the
tracted me the most strongly and whose
memory is by me the most warmly cher
ished was Walt Whitman-"the good gray
poet"-whom, with his strong, dominant
ways, his flowing hair and beard, his
trio garb, his sonorous voice and his
wonderful powers of conversation, I
almost worshiped.
The genuineness of the man-his out.
spoken hatred of all manner of cant and
hypocrisy and sham-the broadness of his
views and the spirit OF truth that was in
him and looked forth from his earnest,
keen. yet kindly eyes and spoke by means
Of his sturdily brave and honest tongue,
all impressed me forcibIy, although I was
too young to realize then where his
wonderful attraction lay.
He used to put his large hand on my
slender shoulder and look at me, gravely
smiling. as he asked me questions about
my reading and my studies, my likes and
dislikes, and possessed himself of my
small opinions concerning weigh:y mat
ters. He must have found much amuse-
ment in my answers but he never laughed
at me opsnly, as he was too true and
noble man to be careless of the feelings
of child.
Indeed. through all his long and wor-
thily spent life, "the good gray poet''
was always tenderly considerate of those
who were in any way weaker than
himself, and though he might, and
did. ride rough-shod over prejudices,
theories and beliefs which did not accord
with his own, he was always broadly
generous to the mistaken soul who advo-
Gated them.
FLORENCE PERCY MATHEsoN.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
AS A LITTLE GIRL
SAW CELEBRITIES,

The writer Of the following sketch little girl when
Walt Whitman Charlotte Cshan, Paul Akers Stephen A.
Douglas Artemus Ward Fred Douglass Anna Dickinson,
John Burroughs and T. Trowbridge in their prime
She all of them and formed impressions of them through
childish eyes which still abide with her. and which she herein
sets to paper with lingering loving touch Most of these
people were visitors the home of her mother Elizabeth
Akers Aen who the least of the famous company
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
CONSTRUCTION OF
TALL BUILDINGS

Many articles have been written about the appearance
and the composition of tall buildings but is recalled that
any hitherto have been written describe how the construct
ing DONE Many Of us have gazed in Of the
lofty rising away into the sky and have vaguely
wondered how marvellous thing could have been gotten
together and raised high 1t is the purpose Of this article
set forth clearly how and why where when these
all buildings made which novel may interest
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-20

Lyon County Tmes:-In our last
issue was an item in regard to the
number of poll taxes paid in Lyon
county. The statement was made
that only 29o people had paid taxes.
This was mistake, as it was the nun
Der that had been paid to the Tax
Receiver, and did not include those
paic' to the Assessor personally. The
poll taxes paid to the Assessor, in adj
dition to those collected Ky the Tax
Receiver, make the whole number
45O, which is pretty fair percent.
age Of the voters of the county.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-20
Feoundity OF a sparrow.

Sparrows are the rabbits OF the
feathered world in point of multiple
cation, frequently producing more
than twenty young ones in season,
three or four brooGs Of six or seven
each being not unusual. In six
years the progeny 81 one single peir
of sparrows will amount to millions,
as evidence the alarming rapiCity
with which the Uo;ted States, New
Zealand and Australia are now in
tested, the number originally taken
over by emigrants being very small.
Complaints from American, Aus
tralian and New Zealand agricultur-
lists of the ravages committed by the
bird are even more bitter than those
of English farmers. The total num-
Der of sparrows are out Of all proper
ton to those Of other species of Dir de
Boston Traveller.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-20
A KINGS APPAREL.

The Crown, One SILrt, One Pair OF
Epnulettes and Three Feathers.
An order which has been received in
England from duslty monarch in q
British colony, for his regal robes and
crown, indicates that civilization is
making very rapid progress in. West
Africa. The kings who were content
to be clothed solely in q top hat and a
pair of anklets, if they have not actual
~ all gone, are fast disappearing, says
the London Telegraph.
Instrumentation of the articles asked
for will no doubt be of interest as show
ing the clothing of a king-in West
Africa. They are>
One pair trousers, black superfine
cloth, embossed In rich, heavy silk
One shirt, black superfine cloth, en-
bossed with gilt, straight lines of gilt
braid.
One mantel to design, lined black silk,
embossed all around edge in gilt oak
leaf, with fixtures for epaulettes.
One gilt nine-inch crown.
One pair epaulettes, with gilt tops
and gilt fringe.
One cap to design (star in .center).
Three feathers for ditto.
Sig yards silk lining.
1t is circumstance worthy Of note
that cap (star in center), with three
feathers, is an indication Of royalty in
Africa when the crown (gilt, nine-inch)
is absent, and also that his majesty is
the proud possessor of one shirt and one
pair of trousers.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-20
q cuRloys pookEr. PlgcE.

Railroad EngfAeefs TIansforn Mick.
els Int0 Buttons.
A Union Pacific engineer has a fashion
OF making unique pocket pieces for his
friends, says the Tacoma Ledger. He
runs passenger engine west, and
when oiling previous to'a run he drops
c nickel five-cent piece into the brass
oil cup on the cross head Of the piston
rod. His run is 400 miles. When he
reaches his destination he unscrews, the
top Of the oil cup and takes the nickel
out. 1t has been metamorphosed into
curious little button with an evenly
turned rim, within which, on the one
side is the countersunk head of Liberty,
Invested of her stars, and on the other
side the v and the wreath. The edge of
the crown is as perfect as if it had been
pounded on an anvil by an expert silver
versmith.
The perfection of this is due to the
even vibration the coin has been SUBJ
jected to. The motion of the piston is
horizontal and it travels 4S inches, back
and forth, with. every revolution of the
wheels. The interior of the oil cup is
round and the edges of the nickel as it
travels back and forth in the oil strik-
ing the sides of the cup, are turned over
and pounded into perfect roundness.
Sometimes a nickel is left in the cup
during the round trip of GOO miles.
When taken out it is a nickel bullet, a
perfect polished sphere. Who discov-
cred this unique method of turning the
edges of nickel is not known, but
many engineers know of it.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-20
To Mining Men.

Every newspaper takes pleasure in
publishing reliable mining news. For
ourselves, all information showing
progress of miners work, develop
ment, discoveries, improvements,
sales or any facts. of general interest,
are most willingly given. Mining
men outside look for such items, and
every paragraph having any real news
value in this line and appearing in
any paper is republished far and
wi 10. This editor can only give such
items as reach him. If any good
property remains unknown it is be-
cause the owner, by intention or
otherwise, fails to let the news
paper know. ... ....'"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-12-20
A Household Necessity.

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