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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
Assist Nature

little now and then, with a gentle
cleansing laxative, thereby removing
offending matter from the stomach ane
tonlng up and invigorating the livel
aud quickening its tardy action, and
you thereby remove the cause of a
multitude of distressing diseases.
such as headach es, indigestion, bilious
ness, skin diseases, boils, carbuncIes,
piles, fistulas and maladies too nu-
merous to mention.
To accomplish this purpose, DR..
Pierce'sPleasantPellets are unequaled.
Once used, they are always in favor.
Their secondary effect is to keep the
bowels open and regular, not to fur
ther constipate, as Is the case with
other pills. Hence, their great popu-
larity with sufferers from habitual
constipation, piles and Indigestion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
HARD TIMES.

The number Of homicides reported
In the newspapers during 1896 was
10,652, the largest number yet record
cd for a single year. 1t is probably
true, as suggested, that hard times
may have had something to do with
this class of crime. Homicide and
suicide, with other evils, may follow
hard times to q greater or less extent,
but all crime is not the result of pow
ertly by any means. We find among
the poor our very best people and
most law abiding citizens. In fact,
our most sturdy citizenship is born of
poor, but honest parents, while among
the rich we find the most profigate
and depraved criminals. "Hard times"
10 given as the excuse for too much
devilment in this world. Men who do
not pay their debts and men who
elope with other mems wives lay the
trouble to "hard times" Men who
wont work, but will steal, cry 'shard
times" Depraved, cowardly crimi-
mails, who kill their fellow men or
themselves, would be excused on ac-
count of "hard times" AS matter |
OF fact, much Of the hard times is |
caused by crime and criminals. |
Drunkards are not the result OF the |
"hard times'' In their family. The
ahard times" in their affairs is the re-
suit OF their worthlessness and the
spending OF their means for whiskey. |
s.Hard times" has enough to answer
for without being used as cloak for
every selfish, cowardly criminal act
OF all the scoundrels on the face Of |
the earth. Like the thief crying out,
ssstop thief!n many OF those who cry
aloud against sshard times" are direct
" responsible, not only for their own
troubles, but for the "hard times"
brought upon their families and their
friends. Most OF us In this world
make our own beds Cor ought to- and
asvs 20 lie In them. Individual effort,
economy, sobriety and hon
,sty win do much toward driving away
,our hard times. Try It. I
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
Free to Readers of the Ledger.

With view to introducing Colman'f
Rural World into the homes where il
is not now being received, the pub
Usher of that sterling agricultural and
live stock journal offers to send the
Rural World one month free to read
ers of the Mexico LEDGER upon re-
ceipt of your name and address on q
postal card, both written plainly. This
offer is made for the purpose of enab-
ling the thinking and reading farmers
of the State to see what the Rural
World is, how it is made up and the
immense quantity Of serviceabie, ,prac-
tical information it contains in every
issue on the real work of farm life and
enterprise in every one of it's depart
ments; on stock of every description,
on the dairy horticulture and advanc-
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tion this paper. Address Colman's
Rural World, 721 Olive ST., st. Louis,
Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

The House Committee passed ia
vorably upon the new army bill, which
was prepared in accordance with the
recommendation of the Secretary of
War and General Miles In their an
nual reports. 1t provides for 5000
additional men in the army, and two
more artillery regiments to strength
en- the coast defenses. 1t increases
the regimental formation from ten
companies to twelve, enabling divis-
ion into three battalions in place of
two. Thus it increases the number of
majors in the infantry regiment from
one to three, and will produce imme-
diate promotion all along the line for
those under that rank, and will fur
nish actual service for larger num-
Der of cadets graduated from West
Point.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
"The UnpardonabIe Sin"

This was the subject of Presiding
Elder Cooper's sermon at the Meth
odist meeting Tuesday night. A large
audience was present.
The conclusion of the matter, a,
given by the preacher, was about this
Goods Spirit. will not always strive
with man. He may reach such a place
by repeatedly resisting the wooing oi
the Spirit that He will flee from him.
And II by rejecting the Spirit that bids
Us fee from the wrath to come we
are left In such a condition that we
cannot be sorry for our sins and there
is consequently no forgiveness either
In this life or the life to come. Then
1t would appear that the unpardona-
able sin is resisting the Holy Spirit. -
Il would take too much space In
these columns to elucidate this eter-
nal subject. Come and hear the SER
mons. Preaching morning and even
ing. Everybody cordially invited.
n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
Eleven Elected and One Chosen in
Majority Caucus Yesterday.

The following United States Sena-
tors were elected or chosen in major
ity caucus Tuesday:
George G. Vest Dem.), Missouri.
James K. Jones (Dem.), Arkansas.
Charles w. Fairbanks (Rep.), In
diana.
William E. Mason (Rep. }, Illinois.
Henry NJ. Teller Gree Silver, Col
orado.
Thomas Collier Platt (Rep.), New
York.
Boies Penrose (Rep.), Pennsylvania.
Jacob II. Gallinger (Rep.), New
Hampshire.
Peter q. Pritchard (Rep. Pop. /,
North Carolina.
r. K. Kenney (Dem. }, Delaware.
FL. @. Hansbrough (Rep.), North
Dakota.
orville Fl. Platt (Rep.), Connecti-
rut
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
STOCK NOTES.
From the Paris tMo.) Appeal.

From the Paris tMo.) Appeal.
B. Million, of Woodlawn. last week
bought 3s head of top yearlings from
Ford & Woods at s35 per head,
Albert Kirby was on the Chicago
market last week with two loads of
top light southwestern steers, Thew
sold for s4.15.
Jack English, the Victor druggist.
last Friday delivered to Wetmore g.
Cissell 125 hogs that averaged 15o
pounds at cents.
Gex Bros. shipped a load of hogs
from Paris Saturday. They bought Al
that averaged 265 pounds from VIM.
Wood and 15 from VIM. Force, all at 8
cents.
James Bland delivered 25 fat hogs at
Paris Saturday at $3.07. The cholera
got into the rest of his bunch and he
let As more go at $3.50.
John Rodgers, of Clay township,
says that he has twelve of the largest
and best mules in this part of the
State. One span of his mules weighs
5000 pounds.
AT w. B. Priests sale horses brought
from 50 to s46; helfer calves, $16 to
$3.50; steer calves, $23 to $27; two
year old steers, $46; cd sows, So to
S25.
ID. A. Simpson last week sold II two
year old steers that averaged 1430 lbs,
drifted, at $3.50 and 80 2SO pound hogs
at cents. The cattle sold at the top
on Thursdays market, bringing s5.25
at Chicago.
T. W. Ragsdale on Tuesday shipped
IA thoroughbred Shorthorn yearling
bulls and IL two year old bulls to Tex
as. The lot cost on an average of $50
per head. During the last few years
Mr.. Ragsdale has shipped 900 thor
oughbred shorthorn bulls.
A. A. Howell has brood SOW that
knows what she is here for. Forty
pigs is the record she made in II
months. The first litter contained 8
pigs. Then the financial question was
sprung on the country and to show
her Democratic sympathies she gave
birth to 16 more-16 pigs to 1 SOW.
Bryan was defeated and her last litter
contained only Is.
The best sale of the season was
made by E. L. Major. On Saturday he
weighed up to Barker & Deaver 5s
head of steers that averaged 1856 lbs.,
drifted. For 40 head he got $5 and for
IS, S4.65. Two of the steers averaged
over 1900 pounds. and one of them
weighed a ton. These cattle were
bought from John M. Bodine at $3.75
and put on feed Oct. II. During SO
days they were on feed they took on |
an average of LAG pounds. Mr.. Majors
raised his own feed and turned !
it over to good advantage. The 70i
head of hogs that had been with the
cattle were Jumped off to Dug Tully for |
$500. Although the cattle market was
weak Monday, the above cattle sold |
at $5.35 with four out. 1t was a good |
lot and $5.35 was the top of the mark
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
THE GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI.

IdE dUVEhNUh UF M1SSOUHl.
Governor Stephens inaugural was
most admirable address and was
cordially received by the people of
Missouri, but the Governors special
message to the Legislature in refer
ence to cutting off the fat fee sys-
tenn from the offices of Excise Com
missioner and Coal Oil Inspector in st.
Louis and Kansas City, was especially
popular with the masses and shows
very clearly that Governor Stephens
is going to give this State just what
his friends promised, and that is
plain, clean, business administration.
He is not going to build any ma
chine, big or little. He is not going
to have any Deputy Governors or
deputy bosses, big or little. What he
does will be done for the best interests
of the people of this State, as ne sees
it, and not with an eye single to max
ing himself solid with this politician
or that boss. He is not looking be-
yond what he thinks to be his duty.
The Legislature will most likely follow
his advice and do away with the fee
system, and there is no reason why
the Excise Commissioner of st. Louis,
the man who collects the saloon
licenses of that city, should get from
S25, 900 to 10000 per year-the man
who collects the whisky tax getting
eight or ten times as much pay as
Supreme Judge or the Governor of the
State. If the Excise Commissioner
was paid according to the work he
does he would get less per year than
he now gets per month. This is not
business. 1t is corruption, nothing less
than corruption, and everybody knows
it. 1t is no excuse to say that this
money is freely spent for the "good of
the party" The party would need
less money if it had fewer offices of
this kind. Public officers should be
paid and paid well tor their work, but
their salaries should be fixed by law.
Fee fiends are the worst fiends in the
world. They are never satisfied and
the public is never satisfied, and the
sooner the Democratic party of Mis-
souri, puts stop to this evil the better
it will be, not only for the people but
for the party as well. Money can be
raised for campaign purposes in many
other ways that will bring about much
better results, and when you get
clear of this class of officers you
wont have to maintain standing COM
mittees of investigation and SMELL
ing" But it is not necessary to 60 into
details. There is no reason why the
affairs of the State cannot be run in a
clean, dignified, honest, business like
manner without paying $4,000 for
$1,000 worth of work. The State ought
to have the difference. The politicians
who have been bowling for reform
along many lines seem to have over |
looked some of those oil tanks which |
grease their machines. Governor
Stephens recommendation will be
acted upon by the Legislature and the
people will rejoice.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
SHERIEE,S Sale.

BY virtue and authority of trans
cript execution issued from the office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Audrain County, Missouri, returnable
at the January term, 1897, of said
court, and to me directed in favor of
A. L. Robertson and against Charles
Stewart, have levied upon and seized
all the right, title, interest and claim
of the said Charles Stewart of, in and
to the following described real estate,
to-wit: The east half (1s) of the
northwest quarter % and west half
Cd. of the northeast quarter (k),
section thirty-four (34), township
hfty-three (53), range twelve (t2),
Audrain County, Missouri, all lying
and being in sain county, and State OF
Missouri; and will, on
Friday, the 22d Day of January, A. D.,
1897.
between the hours OF nine O'Clock In
the forenoon and five O'Clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the Court
House door, in the City of Mexico,
County of Audrain, aforesaid, sell the
same, or so much thereof as may be
required, at public vendue, to the
highest bidder for cash in hand (sub-
lect to all prior liens and iudgmentsl,
to satisfy said execution and costs.
j. N. STEPHENS,
tds Sheriff of Audrain Co., Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
DO0KERY'S WORDS OF PRAISE
Fee System Must Go and a Fixed
Compensation Be Established
for all Public Servants.

WARRINGTON, January 1s.--Gov-
ernor Stephens assault on the fee
system is highly pleasing to Missouri
ans here. Predictions are made that
IL the Governor persists and succeeds
in having enacted reformatory legis-
lation, his administration will be i'm
mortalized.
MIR. Dockery, discussing the Gov
ernor's attitude, said:
"Upon the threshold Of his admins
tration Governor Stephens has chal-
lenged the confidence and approval
of all the people by urging abolition
of the fee system as applicable to the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
GREAT SALE OF ILLINOIS HOGS
Fancy Prices Paid for Breeding Stock
at Springfield.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, Jan. 16.-Wha
is declared to have been the bigges
hog sale ever held in the United
States took place to-day on. the Hin.
ois State fair grounds. 1t was under
the auspices of Councils Poland Chins
hog sale of Williamsville, Ill.
Fifty-four head of Poland Chins
hogs brought the high average Of
S251.50 each. The highest price paid
for single hogs was for SOW bred in
1895, which brought $3.50.
The following states were repre-
sented at the sale: Missouri, Missis-
sippi, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Wis
consin, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebras-
ka, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

THE people of the Western and
Southwestern States may be more
illiterate and less wealthy than they
are in New York and some other East
ern cities, and while these disadvan-
tages are not to their liking, they are
content to remain SO if the possession
of much book learning and abundance
OF money carry as an inevitable
sequence the condition that their
giddy youths and gay old bachelors
shall give dinners with "couchee-
couchee" dances sandwiched between
the courses.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
Trustees Sale.

WHEREAS, Martha F. Allison and
her husband, Nathaniel Allison, by
their certain deed of trust, dated
August 1, 1876, and duly recorded in
book L, page 29s, in the Recorders
Office for Audrain County, Missouri,
conveyed to the undersigned trustee
the following real estate, to-wit: The
north half of the north half of block Q
and all of block IA, both in the addi-
tion made to the town of Mexico by
the County of Audrain to secure the
payment of certain notes in said deed
OF trust described. Default having
been made in the payment of said
notes, though long since due, notice is
hereby given that will, as such trus-
tee, proceed to sell said real estate at
the east front door of the Court House,
in Mexico, Missouri, on
Saturday, the 23rd Day Of January,
A. D., 1897,
to pay said notes and cost of execut-
ing this trust.
M. Y. DUNCAN,
tU-bub. Trustee
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Executor's Not,ce

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary upon the estate OF Jas.
Ciacher, deceased, have been granted
70 the undersigned by the Probate
Court OF Audrain County, Missouri,
bearing date December 10, 1896.
All persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to pre-
sent the same for allowance within one
year from the date of said letters; and
IL not presented within two years from
said date they will be forever barred.
VIM. STEPHENS,
4o-4t. Executor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
CRIMINAL COSTS BILL.
Measure Proposed by Senator Ander-
son, Of Boone County.

JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, January 49,
One of the most important question:
to come before the present Legislature
is that of criminal costs. The Cover
nor, in his message, called attention
to the necessity of legislation on the
subject.
Both houses of the Legislature have
added standing committee on crimi.
nal costs, which will specially dea
with this question.
Senator Anderson, of Boone, ha.
prepared and already introduced ir
the Senate most important bill OF
this subject.
The first section provides for the
assessment and collection of a pol
tax OF 50 per annum upon all the male
inhabitants over 21 years of age.
Section creates what shall be
known as the criminal costs fund, ant
all the moneys collected from the pol
tax therein provided for, and al
moneys received from delinquent
personal taxes, after said personal tar
has been returned by the Collector al
uncollectable, and for which he has
taken credit in his final settlement
shall be set apart and credited to the
criminal cost fund, two-thirds ol
which shall be paid into the State
Treasury, and one-third INTO the
County Treasury, for the payment OF
criminal costs.
Section 8 provides that all criminal
costs bills shall be certified in the
same manner as is now provided by
law, but instead of being paid to the
various circuit clerks to be distribut-
ed by them to the claimants, they are
to be paid over to the County Treas
urers, who shall record in q book the
names of all persons to whom fees
are due, stating the amount due each.
Section provides that the County
Treasurers shall pay out all such fees
to the proper owners, as the same
may be called for.
Section provides that witnesses
duly summoned who shall fail to at
tend shall be deemed guilty of con-
tempt of court and fined not less than
So nor more than 800.
Section requires the prosecuting
witness in all prosecutions instituted
before Justices of the Peace for any
trespass against the person or prop
erty of another to give security for
the costs,a in all other prosecutions
before Justices the prosecutor may be
required to give security for costs as
in civil cases.
If the funds provided for by the act
shall be insufficient to pay all criminal
costs, the balance shall be paid as now
prescribed by law, but if it exceeds
the amount necessary the balance
shall be paid into the common school
fund.
There were about CSC, 1000 votes cast
at the last election, and it lie safe to
estimate that this bill would yield fully
$500, 600 for the poll tax alone, besides
more than s1oo, 200 annually could be
collected from parties indebted to the
State on account of fines and delin~
quent personal back taxes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
Advertised Letters.

List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Mexico, Mo-, for the week
ending January %, 1897, which If not
called for in thirty days will be sent to
the Dead Letter Office at Washington.
Persons calling for letters in this list
will please say "advertised:"
Miss Mable Bowman, Miss Dellva
Burk, Mag w. Brown, W. R. Beck,
Miss s. Grow, R. A. Duaiey, Sam
Guthrie, E. E. Huff, r. Il. Hubbard,
Cora Hubbard, Mrs. L. M. Ham, w.
A. Howard, W. r. Haddock, Henrietta
Jesse, ,Lucritia Jamison, Laura Lugena,
Evalina Payne, Walter Richards, j. B.
Richards, Miss Jennie Smith, Mrs. 8.
A. Spers, Freeman Smith, a.. O.
Vaugher, Matte Vickers, 8. E.Wright.
LUKE MORRIS,
Postmaster.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
S306, ,315,032 IN OUR FAVOR.
Foreign Trade For 1896 Shows the
Largest Balance in Our Favor
on Record.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-The Treas
ury statement for December shows
that the exports of domestic merchan.
disc for the month were $116, ,12s, 1874,
and for the year, $3.50, ,s71, ,256. This is
gain of about $25, ,052, 900 as COM
pared with December, 1895, and a gain
for the year of s179, lbs, 900. The inn
ports of merchandise during Decem-
Der were s57, 1856, ,oOs, and for the year,
$3.50, ,556, ,223. OF the amount for the
year, 1921, ,s51, 1926 was free of duty and
$35S, ,604, ,707 dutiable. The gain for the
month is about 81, 200, 900, and the loss
for the year about $121, ,113,O0O.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21
An Interesting Front Door.

The 'front.' door OF the White House
What stories it could tell of grief as
well as joy. Through this door Abra-
ham Lincoln was brought after he was
shot by John Wilkes Booth. Step with
me to that side window and will show
you an old man who was one of the
White House messengers at the time,
and who is still stationed at the door.
His name is Pendle. He told me once
how little Tad Lincoln came running
to him the morning after the shooting
and cried:
"They have killed my papa; they
have killed my papa!"
He will tell you how he picked up
Tad and tried to comfort him and how
he carried him up stairs to his room
and talked to him until he dropped of
to sleep.
1t was through that same door that
Garfield was brought after he was shot
by Guiteau. He had been but few
weeks in the White House and tired
and worn out by fighting with the
office seekers and the Senate, was just
about to go to Long Branch for few
days of much-needed rest. He came
out here and took carriage for the
depot, not half a mile away, and was
waiting for the train to start when the
assassin's bullet brought him back. He
was carried in through this door, and
lay here for weeks, racked with excru-
ciating pain. During those days he
said to Steward Crump, who nursed
him, that he could not see why Gui-
teau had shot him, and he thought he
might have at least waited until he
returned from his little vacation.
Arthur, the doorkeeper of the private
secretary's room of the White House,
whom we must meet to- day if we call
upon the President, was here then. He
told me that Guiteau came day after
day to the White House to see Gar
field, but Arthur thought he saw dam
ger in his eyes, and would not allow
his card to be taken in. Guiteau in
tended to kill Garfield in the White
House. Failing in this, he stationed
himself in the park just opposite, and
was there seen watching this door the
morning tnat Garfield was shot. He
remained there until he saw the White
House carriage come out, and then,
taking a street car, he reached the
depot and performed his bloody deed.
Since then the White House has been
more carefully guarded than before.
We passed policemen when we came
into the yard. They patrol the streets
about the White House night and day.
There are now more than a dozen on
duty within the White House grounds,
and President Mckinley will be watch
ed almost as carefully as any king.
There are guards within the vestibule
on the other side of the door. There
are guards in the basement, and the
who conduct you from
room to room, though they look very
have by long watching be-
come expert detectives. and can tell a
crank almost at a glance.
There are only four hours of the day
when strangers without urgent busi-
ness can be admitted to the White
House. This is from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.
After this, if you cali and ring at the
bell you will see guards face at a
little round hole filed with plate glass
in the mosaic window OF the door, and
l pair of sharp eyes will examine you
before the knob is turned which lets
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

IT turns out that the Princess of
Chimay's husband is not the accom-
plished violInist who appeared at the
watering places in America, but an
ignorant gypsy who does not read
music and is a mere fiddler. 1t is as
serted that he can neither read nor
write. Perhaps it is well enough for
his peace that he can't read, in view
of all the newspapers are saying about
him
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

IN to-day's LEDGER will be found
detailed statement from B. r. Cau-
thorn, president of the Mexico Cream
cry. 1t makes good showing. Our
farmers should study this statement
closely. The more thoroughly the
advantages of creamery are under
stood the better it will be for the COM
muuitv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-21

THE bicycle business has grown to
be very important industry in this
country. 1t seems that during the
last year our manufacturers of bicy-
cles exported So, ,OOO, 900 worth of goods
and they expect to do a great deal
better this year. Now let us have the
horseless carriage perfected, and cur
typewriters, bicycles and horseless
carriages will make quite a credit for
us in the balance of trade.