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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
Every Thursday
9 A. M. TO 6 r. M.

We haze cured thous&Hds of patients By ou,
nel0, painless ard &nfattibIe method. Fot,ou
ing are q fetC 53aEses of prominent parties tchO
hare been ctsssd and to aOhom zoe refer:
OF ST. LOUIS, MO.
Messrs, George A. Rubelman, s7 N. Sixth St.,
James Hurley, 371l N. Ninth st., A. r. Flem-
ing, 522 N. Third ST., B. King, No. 10 engine
house, Stephen Case, los Ranken ave-. J.. T.
Firminger. 8l07 Easton ave, Ed. 7. Cook, laos
Burgess, 436l Cook ave. E, G: Linck, s8is St.
H. /. Lupton, Twenty-second and Washing
ton ave-, J. l., Lindecker, Jr. 74 \: Third st.,
Frank Pascal, "Westiiche Post, John r..
Wills, Fifteenth and st. Louis ave-, j. P. Gem
mer, 200 N. Third ST.. Jul. Steinmeyer, s07 Old
Manchester road, G.. D. Angelica, ia N.
Thos. Kroeker, Union Market, Peter Wolf
brinek, 242l Dickson ST.; Henry croissant, East
St; Louis, G; Klaus Aus ,sWestiifhe Post L; ,- J;
Market St, Geo; P Berger, 1lO Missouri ave,
:. Casey sssyt I PEE Fan i4 sSe e. f s,n Ksh r 1 I sc Arsenal
IOG2 Biddle ST.. E. Rinderer, 1928 Lemp ave-,
Friedr. Watson, 2729 N. Grand AVE., John
Frewer, Twentieth and College ave., Oliver
A. Foster, s2 Washington ave-. Otto Fischer,
26Ol LaSalls ST., f. Marienau, 21g Gamble st.,
| VIM. Wrieien, sos Lefingwell ave. B. Bren-
non rnonf ss $: .v TniT Pb,S St;' H SsSTgs k ran : Tow ssI5
Charles %Eihrengsrt. s7sii Adams St. John
| ard St, Karl Zernicke, 1886 Mullanphy ST..
| Fritz EistIup, 2700 Missouri ave-, Joseph Bre-
merich, 1855, Gratlot ST., Geo. a, Kicker, Tower
| Grove and Folsom aves., Charles II. Bailey and
many others.
OF ST. CHARLES, MO.
Capt. John F. Dierker. j. q. Alexander,
Cashier Union Savings Bank, +. Ernst. Mrs.
George Neslage, Fred Tiemann, Henry Wap-
pelhorst, Mrs. Emma Sieverts, George King
hammer, Henry Broker, Carl Bull, Diedrich
Bentlage, Judge John +. Beumer, Henry Kipp,
Il. Dahlmeyer, George Vetter.
OF ST. CHARLES COUNTY, MO.
Peter HUM, st. Peters; James Ackley,
Cottleviile; William Hoffman, Cottleville;
j. W. Howe, O'Fallon; Fritz Kemphoefner,
New MELEE Jacob Sehaefer. PORTAGE, Ger
hard Sonderon, O'FalIon; William RuebEng,
New Nellie; John HUM, Wentzville; Richard
| Hum, WentZville; j. Fl. Rooster Gilmore;
Jerome Mallioux, Portage.
OF WARREN COUNTY. MO.
Henry Wisbrock, Warrenton; Hez. Moore.
J Warrenton; Henry Bockhorst, Pitts; 3, p.
Means, Warrenton; J. Ell. kimmel, .Sendleton.
Fred A. Jungermann, Rush ail, Mo-; A.
Zundt, Jefferson City, Mo- @ga many others
| too numerous to mention,
Dr
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
Stole q Pocket Book.

Wednesday afternoon, while Miss
Sappington was engaged in weighing
up a load of coal in Guthrie's coal
yard, August Taylor, a 12-year-ol
colored boy, sneaked in the Office and
carried off Miss Sappington's pocket
book, which was lying on the desk.
1t contained $12.9Q. Suspicion fell
upon the colored boy and after a Sc
we're sweating Marshal Lane com
PEELED him to admit that he had given
the purse into the keeping OF his
sister, who works for DR.. Winans,
Taylor was arrested.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

When you cannot sleep for cough
ing take Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. 1t always gives prompt relief.
1t is most excellent for colds, too, as
it aids expectoration, relieves the
lungs and prevents any tendency to-
ward pneumonia. For sale by Wool
bridge & Purdy, Druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

The Kansas City Star says: The
Mexico LEDGER has succeeded In re-
viving in that town the good old
custom of New Years calls, and many
of the society women there will keep
open houses on January /, 1898. The
LEDGER hasn't said a word about
egg nogg but then Bob Whites a dea-
con in the Presbyterian church.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
Marriage Licenses,

Owing to the fact that the County
Recorder keeps his records from the
reporters in Mexico, the following IL
censes have been issued in Mexico
without notice from the papers. They
run ten days or two weeks back:
Samuel Henry and Fannie Henry,
Of Audrain.
j. ]. Wakefield and Laura F. McCue,
Of Audrain. .
James g. Harrison, OF Linn county,
and Mary II. Chalmers, of Audrain.
Edgar Marshall and Allie Richard
son, OF Audrain.
a. 3. Gibbs and Goldie Richardson,
Of Galloway. s.
James Thomas and Maggie Moore,
OF Audrair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
Notice Of FINAL settlement.

Notice is hereby given that final ~.
Element of the estate OF Margaret
Cave, deceased, will be made at re
January term of the Probate Court 9!
Audratn County, Missouri, to be bed
at Mexico, Mo, on the second Mondsy
in January, 1898.
T. 8 GAVE AdminisfratQrs
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

Mr.. Elisha Berry, of this place, says
he never had anything do him SO
much good and give such quick relief
from rheumatism as ~Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. He vas bothered greatly
with shooting pains from hip to knee
until he used this liniment, which af-
fords prompt relief.-B. F.. BAKER,
druggist, st. Paris, Ohio. For sale by
| Woodbridge & Purdy, Druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
Sheriff's Sale as Trustee Il
Real state.

S katS 49,
Whereas, Edwin w. Corner ~
Mamie F. Corner, by their certsis
deed of trust, dated the 30th dav ~
September, 1898, and recorded "a -
Recorders Office of Audrain Countv
Missouri, in Book II, at page $50. ooss
veyed to F. L. Schofield, as trusfse
the following described real eetsss
situated in the County of Audrain ~,
State of Missouri, to-wit:
The east one-half % Of lot mr.
bered Twenty three (23), of city snes
vey numbered forty-eIght (4sl, q f.
City of Mexico, being located q ~
north half % of Section Twenty-ri,
(26), Township Fifty-One (5ll. Rsn-l
Nine co. west of the Fifth (5thl r
Which said conveyance was msd~
to secure the payment of the Severn
sums of money mentioned, and ~
provided in a certain promissory ~.
or obligation in said deed of trust srs
forth and described.
And whereas, default has ~.
made in the payment of the said ~.
erai sums of money monthly and vksnI
due, and of the fines assessed on ~.
count thereof as provided In M
promissory note or obligation; ~
such default has continued for NOR
than six months, and the month";
payments now due thereon are in -.
cess of all monthly payments therein
provided for the period of six month";
And whereas, said deed of trmf
provides that in cas- Of such defaulk
and the absence, death, or refusal q
act of said trustee, the (then) actns
Sheriff of said Audrain County ahs6
act in his stead; and whereas, the mid,
trustee is absent and has refused "a
act as such.
Now, therefore, at the reouAsk a
the legal holder of said prominrps
note or obligation, and in accord ~,
with the terms of said deed q trrss
notice is hereby given thSt Il ~
undersigned Sheriff of Auo..ain dor.
ty, Missouri, will, on
Friday, the Thirty-yirst Dsy 4
December. 1897,
Between the hows of nine o,cIora
In the forenoon ard five O'Clock il ~
afternoon, at the east door of IN.
Court House in the City of Mexico. r
Audrain County, Missouri, proceed /,
sell the above described real estato
or so much thereof as may be necse,
sary, at public vendue to the hIghsu
bidder for cash, for the purpose O
satisfying said debt so secured a
the costs and expenses OF ~executlnl
said trust.
M. N. NELSON,
Sheriff Audrain County, Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
Notice Of FINAL settlement.

Notice is hereby given that fnas
settlement of the estate OF Georg0
Coughlan, deceased, will be made stthe
January term of the Probate Coun
of Audrain County, Missouri to be he1d
at Mexico, Mo-, on the second MOB
day in January, 1898.
JOHN CALLAHAN,
AhmInfafrafQr.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
MARRIED UNHAPPINEss.
Two Petitions to the Circuit Court
Asking That Marriage Ceremonies
be Annulled-Husbands' Pc
tition in Both Cases.

Chas. A. Shotwell, of Laddonia, sues
his wife, Martha Shotwell,'' of no fixed
place of abode" for divorce, on the
grounds of desertion.
The couple were married or Dec.
%, 1886, and lived together until Oct.
q, 1895, upon which date the plaintiff
alleges that the defendant, wholly dis
regarding her duties as a wife, absent
ed herself from his home.
To the union there YER born four
children, who re-: Blanche, aged 10
years; Owen, aged s; Leona, aged 6,
and Clyde, aged 3. The custody of
these children the plaintiff asks by
reason of the fact that she abandoned
them and that she has no fixed place
of abode, thereby not being a proper
person to have charge of children.
E. G. Kennen, of Laddonia, repre-
sents the plaintiff.
DUNCAN VS.. DUNCAN.
Through his attorney, John M.
Barker, Robert Duncan has sued for
a divorce from his wife, Emma j.
Duncan. Both parties are colored.
In his petition plaintiff states that he
married defendant on or about the
21st of Nov, 1888, and that until Au-
gust, 1896, at which time they sepa-
rated, he always treated her with the
kindness and consideration due a
wife, but that she did not 80 treat
plaintiff. That during the month of
June, 1896, defendant committed adul-
terry with a person in Mexico (Mo.)
whose name plaintiff will give if re-
quired. That she afterward slept or
occupied the same bed with another
man, not her husband, and plaintiff
charges she committed adultery with
him also. That at the time of separa-
ton she deserted plaintiff without
reasonable cause. That he lives in
Mexico and that she resides in Perry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
Notice Of FINAL Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that maj
settlement of the estate OF j. n.
Pollard, deceased, will be made at ne
January term of the Probate Court 2!
Audrain County, Missouri, to be helo
at Mexico, Mo, on the second MONDAY
in January, 1898.
J. T. WILLIAMS,
I'd Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

Mrs. NJ. b. Ford, RuddelIs, ILL.,, suf-
fered for eight years from dyspepsia
and chronic constipation and was fin
ally cured by using DeWitt's Little
Early Risers, the famous little pill
for all stomach and all liver troubles.
For sale by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
Shootman-Huemphfner

On Saturday, January /, 1898, at s
O'Clock in the evening, Lee Shootman
will be married to Miss Isabel
Huemphfner, at the BRIDES home in
Laramie, Wyoming. Lee is a son OF
L. T.!Shootman, of this city, and has
a good position with the Wabash, with
Headquarters at Moberly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

Miss Alice Hughes, Norfolk, Va,
was frightfully burned on the face
and neck. Pain was instantly re-
ileved by DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Halvc, which healed the injury with
out leaving q cal. 1t is the famous
pile remedy. For sale by Woodbridge
4 Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

Mrs. Stark, Pleasant Ridge, o.,
says: "After two doctors gave up
my boy to die, 1 saved him from
Group by using One Minute Cough
Cure" 1t is the quickest and most
certain remedy for coughs, colds and
all throat and lung troubles. For sale
by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

Notice is hereby given that nnaI
settlement of the estate OF Mataoe
Berry, deceased, will be nlade =
the January term of the ProDets
Court of Audrain County, Missouri, e
be held at Mexico, Mo-, on the secona
Monday In January, 1898.
j. r. WILLIAMS,
I'd Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
MeCau-NapeI.

On Thursday evening, Dec. 16, at s
O'Clock Robert 8. Mccall and Miss
Louise Nagel, both of Montgomery
City, were married. Both the bride
and groom are well known in Mexico
and have many warm friends here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
Over q Bluff.
From the CeutraIia Guard

From the CentraIa Guard.
Sam Knox met with a peculiar acct
dent Tuesday evening. While at
tempting to ascend a hill nearY oungs
Greek, owing to the slippery oondi-
ton of the road, the wagon went over
. blur perhaps sixteen feet, taking
with 1t the team. The wagon turned
completely upside down, burying be-
meath It . call, which was tied therein.
The team, although falling in a heap,
escaped with but q few scratches. Mr..
Knox escaped by jumping. 1t was a
narrow escape.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

J. A. Perkins, of Antiquity, o., was
for many years needlessly tortured by
physicians for the cure of eczema. He
was quickly cured by using DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the famous heal
ing salve for piles and skin diseases.
For sale by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

The Kansas City Star says: The
poundmaster in Mexico took up o
lame horse, sold It for eighty cents
and then asked the city council to
give him IS for Keeping the animal.
He didn't get the Eve.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

THE Odd Fellows celebrationThurs-
day was one among the large at
tended gatherings Mexico has enjoyed
within the past year or two. There
were something over three hundred
visitors here,all good, substantial men
from this and other sections of the
State. The Windsor Hotel enter
tanned four hundred and twenty-five
guests at the banquet, and the whole
affair passed of satisfactorily and was
q big advertisement for Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
A TEXAS
TIo1I,o G~No% n,r4@xrAr~

A WONDEh
Halls Great Discovery.
One small bottle of Eall's GreatDis-
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cures dia-
betes, seminal emission, weak and
lame bacs, rheumatism and all irreg-
ularitIes of the kidneys and bladder
in both men and women. Regulates
bladder trouble in children. If not
sold by your druggist, will be sent by
mail on receipt of 81. One small bot
tie is two months treatment, and will
cure any g above mentioned.
e. W. HALL,
Sole manufacturer, P. o. Box 21s,
Waco, Texas.
READ THIS.
CLANToN, Ala, March 3, 1877
certify that I have been cured of kid
ney and bladder troubles by Hall's
Great Discovery of Waco, Texas, and
I can fully recommend it.
Rev. L. B. POUNDS.
All orders promptly filled. Send
for Texas testimonials.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
Good Farm For Sale.

A good eighty acre farm with al
kinds of fruit trees in bearing, two
and one-half miles south of Mexico
For further particulars call on Joe B.
Mcdonald, living on farm.
34-5t j. B. MCDONALD,
Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

After visiting Mr.. and Mrs. H. @.
Eagon, Miss Myrtle Prewett, of Mar
shall, haa left for Denver, Colo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

Mrs. ]. ]. Weimer is entertaining
her sister, Miss Ada Mallory, of
Washington, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
hi is easy to catch a cold and inst az

1t is easy to catch a cold and inst as
easy to get rid of it, if you commence
early to use One Minute Cough Cure.
1t cures coughs, colds, bronchitis,
pneumonia and all throat and lung
troubles. 1t is pleasant to take, safe
to use and sure to cure. For sale by
Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

Have you seen Grad
docks books, bibles and
albums? Oxford full
leather bibles, new con
cordance, maps, etc.; reg
ular price $3.50, only ST..
No such value ever before
offered.
rRADDOCK
Uuts the price,
opposite Post Office, Mex
leo. Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

Pure blood 10 absolutely necessary
for perfect health. Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla ID the one true blood purifier and
great health giver.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

VIM. Woelwine, of Welisville, is
circulating apetition for the pardon
Of his son, Henry, who was sent to the
penitentiary from this county about
two years ago for criminally assanlt-
ing . Miss Middleton, Of Rush HIN.
The petition 10 being numerousay
signed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
Remaining Neatly Done,

If you want your watch cleaned or
repairing Of any kind done neatly,
cheaply and promptly call on 7. 8.
Riley. Satisfaction guaranteed.
WITT T. s. RILEY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bick-
ley, Dec. II, a daughter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

Mrs. Elizabeth Minor, of Louisiana,
returned home to-day, after a visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. @. G. Davis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
TRY GRAIN.O! TRY GRAIN-0

Ask your grocer to-day to show you q pack
age of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that
takes the place of coffee. The children may
All who try 1t, like 1t. GRAIN-O has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made
from pure grains and the most delicate stomach
receives 1t without distress. Y the price of
coffee. 15c and Csc per package. Sold by all
QrOCors.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-05-25
sEOR WOMAN,S GOOD.
Noble seif-Sacrifce OF the Sisters of the
Good shepherd.


Good shepherd.
s'The hermits OF old forswore al!
the pleasures OF life that they might
devote themselves entirely to- rnedita-
tion ard prayeI-the Sisters OF the
Good Shepherd, in this nineteenth cen
fury. rcuouncc all the material benefits
of life and shut themselves UP in ClOi.-
ters not for themselves alone, not siiu-
ply to avoid the world and all It's vain
pomps, but FIRST and above all for the
preservation and redemption OF worn
anhood. Gods creatures first--rnprO-
tccted girlhood and crriDg, Borrowing
wonanh ood-the salvation OF thes"
constitute the life work of the Sisters
of the Good Shepherd. For this mobile
and Christian end they leave home ard
friends. ease and luxury, and renounce
tire world as completely as ''thc hermits
of old"
No one can join the order 0f the Good
Shepherd unless her reputation and the
reputation of her family Is free from
all bicmish. And yet these spotless
women not only bury themselves alive
-ios the love of the God they adore, but
they gladly give themselves heart aud
soul to the preservation and redemption
OF their less fortunate sisters.
Deep within the stone walls Of the
rnausoleum which they call their
-'housc" they work earnestly and low
iny,y, with willing hands, cheerful
hearts, ana dauntless energy. from four
ina the morning. till nine at night, day
in and day out, year in and year out,
from the day they take their vows
pledging themselves to God and their
special work 30 the day they lie in their
cells dying-and all for womanhood;
for her preservation, il she is virtuous
hut help less; for her salvation il she
is fallen.
Fallen woman, when the'world turns
from her in scorn, when she drinks the
hitter dregs of humiliation and degra-
,lation, when all is lost but life and the
power of suffering, fallen woman in
her last extremity can always find n
home and u refuge beneath the sant
roof as the pure, self-sacrifcing Sister
of the Good Shepherd.
TO this beaven-inspired sister there
IS no world, and there never will be any
but the dreary world within the cold
stone walls around her; no society but
that of helpless innocents or wrecked
unfortunates; and yet she goes through
iher life cheerful and happy conteut and
Joyful If she save by gentle precept and
exemplary conduct a few ont OF the
t.housands to whom she deyotes her vir
tues, her iutellectunl accomplishments
her patience and her life.-Chicagc
Tribune.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-05-25
Wonderful Results.

Mr.. O.. T.. Melodies, connected with
the Salt Lake Ice Company, and resid-
ing at No. S5s West Eighth South Street,
SILT Lake City, says
II suffered with indigestion and a
very bad liver for three or four years
and lots OF the time it was big job for
me to just walk around. l took one
bottle of G.. w. Shores Kidney and
Liver Care and am like different man.
This splendid medicine stopped my in
digestion entirely invigorated me, and
feel good now and can work with more
ease than have for years | was run
down in strength and flesh, but in a
very short time 4 gained ten pounds in
weight. For Sale by T. J Wadsworth
chi, Utah.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-05-25
The Ernorts of Ch.o.e.

Yankee chcese-makers appear to he
letting Canadian cheese-makers get a
monopoly of the foreign trade. Dur
ing the fiscal year ending July I, 1895,
Canada exported cheese to the value of
by the United States was S5,4o5,539
The value of the Canadian exports of
cheese increased s. 100000 year since
1soO.' Our exports, on the contrary,
show falirG OFT.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-05-25
tube for stassiop straw.

Pneumatic tubes have many uses, but
one of the latest is attracting a great
deal of attention from it's novelty. This
~ the tube for stacking straw. 1t is
built in sections and is controlled by
metal straps, pivots and arms. The
straw is drawn into the tube, carried
through it with great velocity, and, by
a tnrntable and swinging arrangement
like crane. is evenly distributed ON the
Stack.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-05-25
MUM d CO.,
361 Broadway, New York.
Catarrh Means Danger,

Because il unchecked it may lead direct
ly to consumption. Catarrh is caused
by impure blood This fact is FULLY
established. Therefore, it is useless to
try to cure catarrh by outward appli-
cation or inhalants. The true way to
cure catarrh is to purify the blood.
Hoods Sarsaparilia, the great blood
purifier, cures catarrh by it power to
drive out all i'm purities from the blood
Thousands of people testify that they
have been periuctly and permanently
cured of catarrh by Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-05-25
Rising Generation.

Papa" inquired the EDITORS only
son, what do you call your Office"
We'll, nay son, | believe the editorial
Office is generally known as the sane
tum sanctorum."
The small boy was thoughtful for one
moment, then he burst out; Il suppose
that mammals office is the spanl<um
sPanktorum, isn't it?"-N. Y. Journal.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-05-25
Even Up.

Husband (at the close of hearted
Argument on women's rights) NO, Ma
ria, they're not going to allow women
ard geese to vote yet awhile.
Maria (calmly)-Well, that let's us
both out. any oy.--Twinkles-
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-05-25
Perfectly Correct.

Il joined Il fly club while was in Bos
tom said lfosdicll
''Why do you use such slang?" asked
Keedick, who is 4 pur'St in language.
oh that isn't slang in his ease. The
club alludc TO is the Boston Aeronaul-
zeal socicty.'-tp-to-Date.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-05-25
no Cure Constipation Forever.

Take Casearets Candy Cathartic loo or 2Sc
AZ Z. G. G. fail 10 cure, druggists refund money
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-05-25
Wanted Idea $1s ST. S s . 5s'5s

Protect your ideas; they may bring you wealth
Write JOHN WEDDERBURN & CO, Patent Attor
neys washington. D. e., for their 81 40 prize OfeT
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
A PHARMACY LAW.
Why There Should BE One and the
Points Ii Should Cover.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
An impression is prevalent that phar-
macy laws are designed especially for the
benefit of persons engaged in the drug
business. No law of the kind was ever. in
justice. enacted upon this theory. Law
making bodies have no right TO legislate d.
rectly in the interest of any special class or
profession of men. Representing the people
in general. they are bound to consult only
the interests of the people, and II is this
principle alone which should dictate the
provisions OF all pharmacy acts. and which
should exclude any clause not required for
the protection of the public. For druggists
10 ask legislation upon any other principle
would be a species of pure mendicancy 10
which legislature could not yield without
disqualification and a betrayal of its
trust. That pharmacy laws are essential
TO the public health and safety admits OF
no denial. That Incompetent persons should
not be permitted TO defeat the purpose OF
intelligent prescribing. and bring death and
sorrow to anxious homes. is iself-evident
that every precautiOn should be taken 10
insure the utmost skill. knowledge, expert
cnce and conscientiousness in these mat
ters closely related 10 the dearest asso-
Citations OF earth. SO vital 10 the preserya-