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The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

EfOR E-oLD-ESTABLESHED BUTCHER.
Il snop; apply on premises. 1859 Howard st
Two PROSPECTORS GOING INTO THE
gold helds OF Peru would like to locate claims
ior parties in United States would like to cor
respond with limited nun Der of gentlem en- who
would ike to accompany them: climate very
healthy, with little or no hardships to endure
prospects good. Call or address R. and s.. room 1,
b22 Montgomery St, San Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11
SITUATIONS wANrEp-cont,nu...

Young MAN FROM THE COUNTRY. WITH
some exper rfence in the grocery and liquor ousf
ness, wishes position where he can learn 1t thor
oughly; small wages to start very best references
ADDRESS WILLIA NJ WILKE. 826 Pacific 81.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

| w ILL SELL OR EXCHANGE ELEGANT
| w corner sa.oon: account OF incorporate pro-
prie:or sacrifice. WINSTON de CO, t46 NJ arket.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

DARTNER WANTED-MODERN SHOE RE-
i pairing business; advertiser has all the ma
chinery necessary. Address VIM. 5HANKS, 1878
Lincoln ST., Oakland;
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

ID the BAY; large refrigerator, marble counter
horses wa on. cart, etc: big outside trade; In
vestieate this, STE NIB. RCi tS Co. 632 Market,
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

w ANTED-BY NEW ENGLAND WOMAN
w work in private family; good cook and laun-
dress: 500; city or country. 1z4l19 Market st ,
near Ninth.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

INEXPERIENCED FARMER AND Fruit,
IL grower, understands care OF vineyaros ana
orchards laying out and making of roads ana az
round work man; good references. G. H., box 80,
Call Office.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

EOR SALE - NEATLY FITTED SALOON;
4 cheap on account of death of proprietor. 7S5
Folsom
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

Young WIDOW WISHES POSITION AS
L housekeeper. Cal, at 126 Fourth ST. room 81
second floor.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

DINING-ROOM FOR SALE-35 REdULA X
- boarders; good transient trade; clears 5000 a
month: will give trial. Inquire AIT Mason, rear.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

INDUSTRIOUS GEhMAN WISHES PLACE
i private family: handy man; gardener: milk:
horseman references: city, Oakland Alameda;
small wages: steady place Ger, box 66 Call
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

Ok STANFORD, NEAR SECOND-HOUSE TO
DC let: bar range and boiler; su ted for restaur-
ant or boarding house; in first-cIass order; close
to the Valey-road carshop; no competition
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

COOK, COUNTRY, $25: BuARDlNG-HOUSE
~ COOK $50; housework, Sonoma, $50; Mill
Valley. $40: cook, Modesto, S25: Jose. $50:
Vallejo, SIS; San Rafael, 500, MISS CULLEN,
1923 Sutter st.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

ONE OF THE LEADING RESTA URANTS IN
~ Oakland; clearing 500 monthly; owner leav-
ing; bargain. ANDERSOS IL co. TIT Market St
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

VOUNG WOMAN WISHES POSITION AS
housekeeper. Ills Market St, room 81.
Young LADY DESIRES PERMANENT
place housekeeper; summer resort or widow
er's home preferred. Rooms 4 and s. 234 o Far
rell ST.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

THE GERMAN EMPLOYMENT OFFICE, 45
Third st.-Firs-class male and female help of
ali naJonalities furnished on short notice: private
families, hotels, restaurants etc, supplied coun-
Try orders promptly attended TO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14
COULD NOT EAT.
| Woman's Strong Constitution Wrecked
Effects Of a Trsaehsrous Disease.
Wonderful Case.
nrsm ne Bsaaesfn, Monroe, La.

Mrs. Stephen Robbins 10 the wife Of q
prominent farmer living on q large and we'll
Kept plantation just at the edge of Monroe,
La They ave resided In this community
but two years, having moved here from lii
nois. The change was made for the benefit
ing advised her that it was the only hope Of
her ever regaining her lost health.
"Three years ago this last winter" said
Mrs. Robbins, at was very sick with that
most treacherous disease, the grippe. / had
o very severe time with ii, but was able to
get out after being confined to my home
several weeks. I think I went out too
soon, for I Immediately contracted q cold
and had a relapse, which Is q common occur
weeks / was confined to the house; and after
this I did not fully recover until recently.
/ was able to get out again, but / was quite
q different woman.
"My former strong constitution was wreck
ed, n / was q dwindling mass of skin
and bones. My blood was thin and I had
grown pale and sallow. My lungs were 30
affected that / thought I was going into con-
sumption. During my illness | had lost thirty
strength and former good health by trying
different medicines and physicians, but moth
ing seemed to help me. Ny appetite was
gone, and when I ate The food 1t would not
stay on my stomach.
1.-THE only thing my physician said for me
to do was to tak o change of climate, and on
his advice I came here. At first l seemed
benefited, but to my sorrow it proved to be
only temporary, and in q few months ! was
cheeks, I had no energy, and life was a
misery. l had become q burden 10 myself
and family. Finally I happened to read in
Q newspaper of how DR.. Williams Pink
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14
WHAT n INDICATES.

Nothing 80 interferes with ones
plans Or ambition like sickness OF
poor health. Have you ever thought
that your kidneys may be the cause
of your sickness? You can easily find
out by setting aside your urine for
twenty-four hours; a sediment OF
settling indicates an unhealthy con
dition of the kidneys. When urine
stains linen it is evidence of kidney
trouble. Too frequent desire to uri-
nate or pain in the back, is also con-
vincing proof that the kidneys and
bladder are ont of order.
1t is a source of comfort to know
that DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is the
great remedy for all kidney and blad-
der complaints. 1t relieves pain,
stitch or dull aching in the back, diff
cult or painful urination, frequent
desire to urinate, scalding or pain in
passing 1t, and quickly overcomes
that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to get up many times dur
ing the night. The mild and extraor-
binary effect of Swamp-Roo is soon
realized. Its action is gentle, yet i'm
mediate, the relief is speedy and the
cures permanent. At druggists fifty
cents and one dollar. You may have
a sample bottle and pamphlet, both
sent free by mail. Mention the Mex
leo LEDGER and send your address to
Dr.. Kilmer & Co., ninghampton, N.
Y. The proprietor of this paper
guarantees the genuineness of this
offer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14
CLARK AND COOK.
A Big Democratic Meeting at Mont.
gomery City Thurday Night-A
Packed Court House Full
of Enthusiasm.

Hon. Champ Clark and Col. 8. B.
Cook we're booked for speeches at
Montgomery City Thursday. Several
Mexico people were present to do
honor to the occasion. The meeting
was held in the big court house, which
was packed until standing room ceased
to be available. Scores were turned
away, and in the town where Mr..
Clark got but fifty-three votes in the
primary N 1892, he was applauded to
the echo.
Col. Cook made the opening tafk,
which was devoted to the state cam
paign Of last fall and to the present
condition of affairs In Missouri. He
was well received. Following him
Mr.. Clark spoke for In hour and forty
minutes. He devoted all of this time
to the financial question, which he
handled in his usual strong manner.
Such a political meeting in an of
year is q good indication of the amount
of heat that will be developed when
the next campaign opens. 1t was
enough to make a citizen of Mexico
blush for the poor crowds that turn
out here.
One-third of the audience was COM
posed OF ladies, who gave close atten-
ton and took a deep interest in the
proceedings.
A remarkable thing about this crowd
of Montgomery county Democrats is
the fact that not a single Individual
left the hall until the meeting was
adjourned.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14
LA CROSSE M B co.
Never Fail to Please.
Race-Track Gambling in New Jersey.
Rroro +ha rb;oauc No..

Race-Track Gambling in New Jersey.
From the Chicago News.
New Jersey has stamped out the
race-track gambling evil by prohibit
ing it by constitutional enactment.
That state has been disgraced of late
years by the widest license of gam
bling In connection with horse racing.
The people rose and put a stop to the
evil for the time being. In order to
make its repression sure a constitu-
tional amendment prohibiting gam
bling and pool selling, and making it
unlawful for the legislature to lessen
the punishment therefor, was sub
mitted to the people and voted upon
last Tuesday. The interest in the
matter on the part Of the opponents
OF gambling had somewhat subsidized,
with the result that the vote was
small. The race-track interests had
been active, however, and the first
announcement was that the anti-gam-
bling amendment had failed to carry.
1t is now known that the amendment
did carry, though by a small majority.
The result is cause of qualification.
The progress that is being made in
the repression of gambling the coun-
try over is encouraging. The great
lotteries have been driven out of the
United States, and race-track gam
bling is rapidly being outlawed in the
different commonwealths.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14
The Mayfield Sanitarium
eI2 Taylor Avenue or Southeast Corner
Taylor and Belle Avenues. st. Louis, Nc.

Home and hospital established and contro,,ad
by bapetsts. but admits Of sick and afRicfed M
al denomtnattOns or Of ne dissemination. The
|medtcai STAN 70 composed OF some Of the best
Known. physicians OF h city and yho ar
recognised authority tn their special Hues ~
work. Any physician Of good standinS car
treat his m patients In this Ganitarinm mi
patients can choose their own physician n thev
20 desire. II has . nurse's training school ana
, Woman1t board OF charity. The location ~
the santtaEtumi = good and with fts many ofher
superior Advantages, without o doubt, makes n
cne OF tbs most attractive and deairable fnstj.
tud0nD OF it, kn IN the West, md there sre
hundreds Of pattenfs who need Treatment and
yot they heettAke 10 come becsuse they ars mt
acquainted with aauitarium methode. IN All
such We vfl say that the NAyneld 8snttsrfum
10 Christian Home and ron WIN feel That won
are with friends; wfl be tenderiy cared for NV
trained nurses and WIN receive such skffIed
medical and surgical treatment a. each indf-
vtdual case may require. and We soiicit Your
patronage. EleGAnt accommodation furufshed
p " ", no . ia per week. Nursing a a m
TO u Per weak. Medical and surgical 1870
reasonable OUx Aims in thfs new sanifarfurn
are Just tbe same - when No frst eutersd the
work twelve Sn1 ysa1s go. A. fn the past,
Hes receive free professional treatment. Also
no charges Tor pFofeog6onsf serv ices RENDERED
indiaent persons whose board and nurse bdiIs
are pasd b ehurches. iodsss, DC.
y. h NAY IELD, II. D..
Maudeh SanttaIium. St. Louis, No.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14
STOCK ITEMS.
From the Centralia Courier.

From the Centralia Courier.
George Faddis shipped q load o
hogs and one Of cattle the first Of tn,
week.
Mcbride & Son shipped six loads O
cattle, one Of sheep and one of hogl
Monday night.
3. O. Peck brought in four loads Of
2-year-old Kentucky cattle Monday,
he brought them here to sell.
Fountain and Green shipped three
loads Of the J. M. Fountain cattle
Monday. Weight, 1888; price, "a .5o.
VIII Brown shipped two loads of L.
644-pound cattle to Chicago the first
Of the week. They were of his own
feeding and sold at $3.50.
Geo. Booth, of Sturgeon, shipped
the four loads Of j. M. Fountain
boys cattle Sunday night. The cat
tie weighed 1852 and were bought at
e4.35.
J. O. Hit sold 81 sheep IT. L. Nc
Bride Monday for $40. Mr.. Hit also
delivered 60 hogs Monday to Mcbride
& Son. Weight, $50; contracted at 4
cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14
AUDRAIN COUNTY GIRLS,
A Good Showing From This County
at Hardin College.

There is an unusually large number
OF students at Hardin College and
several states IRE represented. Au-
drain county makes q good showing
this season, as the following list from
our home county shows:
A.
Misses Annabel Arnold, Lizzie Arm
old.
Misses Selma Barth, Ida Bibb, Ruth
Bassett, Irma Barnes, Alice Brooks,
Lillian Barker, Ethel Barker, Nellie
Burhop, Flossie Bishop, Grace Boyd.
O.
Misses Lutte Cooper, jamie Clay.
ID.
Miss Nina Dashner.
E.
Miss Juanita Eagon.
G.
Misses Bessie Griffin, Anna Griffin,
gary Gardiner, Edith Gary, Bios
som Goss, Emily Graham, Mary Gar
trell.
Misses Elizabeth Helm, Mary Helm,
Nettie Harrison.
Miss Mary johnson.
z.
Misses BERTHE Krsmer, Florence
KEENAN,.
Misses Mary Linn, Nellie Lewis,
Ruth Lakenan, Allie Locke, Edna Linn,
Alma Linn, Maggie Llapton.
M.
Misses Grace McIntire, Grace K.
Artie Mason, Bessie Max
well, Anna Marshall.
P.
Misses Nellie Pitcher, Maxie Pitt
man, Laura Pearce, Matte Petty.
r.
Misses Madge Robertson, Lizzie
Mary Ricketts,, Leila
Misses Bessie Sims, Estelle Sears,
Kate Smithey, Zenobia Settle.
T. |
Misses Della Tully, Rosa Tate, Gus
'ie Tate, Mabel Tate.
Y.
Miss Virginia Yancey.-5s.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14
LA CROSSE LUMBER co.
Have q large Wholesale Yard.
j. j Dashner.

ASAh tAC -
The hand of misfortune has been
laid heavily again on our friend, ]. J.
Dashner, Of Mexico, Mo-, formerly of
South Fork. A year ago he lost by
death his oldest daughter, a most
lovely young lady. Recently he
moved to Mexico to educate his son
and remaining daughter. Thursday
night his son, Charley, aged about 10,
received injuries which resulted in
his death the following day. 1t lie said
that the injuries wer received in the
side while the young man was practic-
Ing In q pair of rings at a Mexico
livery stable. Thinking nothing of
the injury at the time, he drove to
Victor, this county, that night to a
party. He was taken i'll while there
and drove back to his fathers farm,
near Santa Fe, where he died the fol-
lowing day. He vas buried at Santa
Fe Friday. The sorrowing father and
mother indeed have tie sympathy of
all in this their latest bereavement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14

Pills for Pale People had effected Q miracu,
lous cure with the same disease which q
neighbor of mine had In Illinois.
ron the strength of this testimonial / de
cided at once to give the medicine q trial.
accordingly sent for Q box of DIR. Williams
pills a thorough trial. fdid not notice any
change till I had tried the second box. !
was discouraged q little with the result Of
the first box, but knowing that I should NOT
expect q sudden cure of such q chronic case
as mine, / tried the second box with the re.
suit that / Immediately began getting better.
I used five boxes of these pills and was com.
pletely cured, as you see me to-day, weigh.
ing more than ever before"
story Mrs. Robbins volunteered to make
the following sworn statement:
Il hereby affirm that the above statement
is every word exact and true"
mrs. STEPHEN ROBBINS.
Monroe, La, March 2, 1897"
Subscribed and sworn to before me, q
Notary Public in and for the Parish of Winn,
State of Louisiana, this the I'd day of March,
1897. AMOS r. JRssUPs, Notary Public. 4"
DR.. Williams Pink pills for Pale People
contain, in a condensed form, all the e1e-
ments necessary to give new life and rich.
ness to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are an unfaifing specific for such dis
eases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis,
st. Vitus' dance, ~sciatica, neuralgia, rheuma-
tism, nervous headache, the after effect of Ia
grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and
sallow compilations, all forms Of weakness
either in male or female: Pink Pills are
sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid
on receipt of price, so cents o box, or six
boxes for $3.50 lthey are never sold in bulk
or by the 1907 by addressing DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14

The above liberal offer is made to
advertise the old reliable Diamond
Dyes, and to get their book upon home
dyeing into the hands of women who
want to dress well by making their old
clothes look like new.
Diamond Dyes have special dyes for
cotton, different from those that are
used for wool, and are the only pack
age dyes on the market that can be
relied upon to give coiors that will not
fade or crock. The fact that Diamond
Dyes have been the standard home
dyes for nearly twenty years and that
their sale increases from year to year,
is proof positive that they have never
had an equal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14
IS T. G HooRE A BIaAHIsrf
Is q Question Which VIII Be Answer.
cd at the January Term Of
Court-He Was Married
Twice.

Mrs. Sarah ]. Moore, Of 1467x
O'Fallon street, st. Louis, who wss d.
vorced, by default, from her husband
on September %, 1887, is slightly In
clinsd to raise q disturbance with hez
former husband, Thos. O. Moore, q
brick layer of this city.
The case IL this: Moore applied for
a divorce from his wife on the ground
that she was filthy and slovenly and
addicted to the use OF intoxlcants.
He wound up the petition by saying
that his wife had deserted him and
was then q nonresident Of the state,
thereby making it necessary for an
order Of publication
On Thursday, Sept. %, during the
last term of court, Moore was given =
decree of divorce, by default, from
his wife. The divorce was granted ct
9 O'Clock in the morning and Moore
married Miss Ella WhItworth, of st.
Louis, at 1880 the same afternoon.
Now come Edmonston & Cullen,
attorneys for Mrs Moore No. !, with
an affidavit from their client to the
effect that Moore secured his divorce
from her through fraud in that he
well knew her place Of abode and
knew that she was q resident of Mis-
souri, thereby being 80 near that papers
may have been served upon her. She
said in q letter to her attorneys that
the first intimation of the divorce be-
ing granted was by seeing q notice OF
it in the Mexico LEDGER, therefore
she asks that the court set aside the
decree of divorce. The motion win
be passed upon during the January
term of court.
Now comes the question, will Moore
be guilty of bigamy, II the decree of
divorce Is set aside?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14
LA CROSSE LUMBER co.
Operate their Own Mandatory.
Luncheon or Dinner Service.

Luncheon or Dinner Service.
Some charming arrangements in
orchids and lilies of the valley are
seen ut some of the early fall lunch
cons
Dinner favors are seen in the form
OF miniature college students, clad in
cap and gown, and wearing formid-
able. looking s~peetacles, doubtless
designed to give the true B~ostonese
air of intellectually.
The most beautiful jardinieres for
the table r cut glass, of oval form,
held aloft by graceful cupids of bronze
of the new golden tone.
Pretty salt spoons now come in the
shape Of miniature snow shovels, with
handles Of Russian enamel. These
are fortunately intended to restore to
ms the salt cellar capable Of holding
enough salt to satisfy the wants of the
average man, instead OF the tiny,
inconvenient salt cellars of the past
winters.
Attractive sets of sterling silver,
containing q single butter plate, q salt
celier, q pepper shaker and q tiny
silver salt spoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14
STOCK SOLD WELL.
At j. W. Montague's Sale Friday
Large Crowd Of Buyers Present
and Good Stock Was Sold.

On Friday there was q large crowt
of buyers present at the ]. w. Mon.
tague stock sale at his place 8 milei
southwest of Mexico.
Auctioneers ]. 7. Johnson and ], r
Brown sold the stock with 8. M. Locke
acting a clerk. The stock which sold
in punches was as follows:
To Ed Harrison, 8 heifers, at $3.50
per head.
To @. W. Lewis, IA steers at 942 and
IA steers at $685. 5 per head.
To ]. r. Brown, 4 red h~eifers, q,
$14.50 per head.
To E. W. Roberts, 8 red heifers, at
$3.50 per head.
There were 2 horses, 8 sheep, / buck
and AZ COWS, many with calves, sold
to various parties at good prices.
j. T. johnson bought q surrey for
$50.
The stock put up at the sale was of
the best and those buying made good
Investments.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14
FARMERS HEAVY LOSERS.
Drought Proving Costly All Over
the Country.

CHICAGO, Oct. THE drought
which has prevailed throughout the
northwest for the last month has
been followed by disastrous fires on
the prairies and in the forests of In
diana, Michigan, North and South Da-
kota, Nebraska and Canada. Lesser
fires have prevailed in Illinois, Ohio
and Wisconsin.
In several instances entire villages
have been swept away by the flames
and q number of human lives have
been sacrificed. Much live stock has
also persisted.
The loss to the farmers has been
very heavy and reports show that
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of buildings, grain and hay has
been destroyed. The heaviest losses
seem to have been sustained in Michi-
gan and Indiana. Advices from De-
troit and Indianapolis indicate a
serious condition of affairs in the
rural districts tributary to those cities.
AT least ten lives have been lost in
the fires which are raging along the
Canadian border just north of the
Minnesota state line and three per-
son persisted IN the Ottowa river
valley.
In many places the settlers were
compelled to fee for their lives and
many narrow escapes are reported.
Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Arkan-
sas r also suffering. The Missis-
sippi and Missouri rivers have not
been 80 low in ten years.
The northern part of Iowa is not SO
seriously affected.
Chicago, standing on the threshold
of the twenty-sixth anniversary of
the great fire, is i'll prepared to fight
another conflagration. In portions
Of the city, where residents depend
upon cisterns and wells for their
water supply, the situation Is alarm
ing. These districts would be utterly
helpless In case of fire and the dread
of q holocaust is intensified by the in
termittent prairie fires that are rag
ing day and night within a compare
lively short distance of Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14

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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-10-14
FRANCHISES.
Ex-President Harrison Favors Munic-
ipal Ownership.

From the New York World.
Former President Harrison talked
Interestingly yesterday in a formal
way about Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy, a
member of his cabinet, but what he
said to one of his visitors in the
course of the afternoon in an informal
way is of much more importance.
While a resident of Indiana, he is,
first of all, a citizen Of the whole
United States, and he is watching
with great interest the problem Of
municipal government going forward
in this city at the present time.
Gen. Harrison has given q great
deal of thought and attention to mu-
nicipal ownership of public franchises,
like street railways, gas and water
supplies, and the rights of citizens,
and he told this visitor that he was
inclined to consider municipal owner
ship the best means Of securing to the
people the best and cheapest service.
"How the millions of Greater New
York shall govern themselves is a
tremendous problem OF a thousand
factors" he said. "What machinery
shall be constructed to collect from
each citizen no more than his snare
of tribute and return to each his full
share of protection and privilege, is
a great proposition in governmental
engineering.
"Of special importance are the safe
guards to be thrown about the grant
ing of franchises to the promoters of
great schemes for the public service.
SIN this respect there are valuable
lessons to be learned from late for
eign experiments. Some of the prin-
cipal cities of Scotland have assumed
each the control of its street railway
systems and it's lighting plants as well
as its waterworks.
"The results of this public owner
ship of great public enterprises have
been exceedingly satisfactory and in
.structive.
81 am inclined to consider munich
pal ownership the best means to Sc
to the people the cheapest and
best service. OF course, the effects
of competition between private en-
terprises are not to be lost sight of as
far as they increase quality and lower
price.
"But the usual methods of selling
outright or receiving for
them a royalty seldom give to the
people more than a 1.-THE of what the
people themselves later return.
"The bigger the price, the larger
royalty-the greater the cost Of a
ride or a gas jet. 1t is a species of
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