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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

THE editor of the Chillicothe Consti-
tuition has $4,000 damage suit on his
hands. He published an article alleg-
ing that certain sums of money, col
lected for charitable purposes, were
appropriated by somebody and used
to swell private bank account. No
names were mentioned in the article,
but somehow the gossips connected
Mrs. Fannie Hawkins with the publi-
cation, hence the libel suit. The LED
GER is sorry to see the Constitution
mixed up in such trouble, as it has al
ways taken high place in the field OF
journalism.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

Is there a tickling IN the
throata Do you cough a great
DEAL especially when lying
downs Are you hoarse at
timese Does nearly every cold
you take settle IN your throats
These "throat coughs" are
very deceptive: Don't neglect
them. Troehcs, or cough
syrups won't touch the spot.
You must take remedies that
viii enrich the blood, tone up
the nerves; and heal the IN
famed membranes.
SCOTS EMULSION Of
Cod-hver Oil with Hypophos-
phites contains sueh remedies.
It has wonderful nourishing
and healing power. The Cause
of the cough Is removed; the
whole system is given new ife
and vigor; and the danger
from threatening lane trouble
Is swept away.
Book aboct Il free.
For sale BY an druggists at Soc. and
$t.Oo.
SCOTT q BOVINE, New York
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

SOMEHOW Mr.. Mckinley and Con-
gress seem to be equally skittish of
that monetary commission idea,
which the executive committee of the
indianapolis convention of last winter
has been trying to push to the front
in Washington.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

ABOUT the worst shot we have seen
at the "yellow journalism of New
York City is a quotation from a New
York clergyman, who said to an in
terviewer from one of the yellow
journals who called to get his views
on the subject: "Hell, in my opinion,
is the place where the Sunday edition
of your paper should be published and
circulated" And, like good report
er, the young man wrote 1t down and
published it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

A MOVEMENT is on foot to move the
stock sales away from the Ringo
House corner as the crowds there
obstruct the sidewalks and keep peo-
pie from going to business houses in
that portion of the city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

Miss Allie Locke, daughter OF Dep
uty County CLERK P. e. Locke, is home
from an extended trip through Texas
and Old Mexico. Miss Locke made a
delightful tour through the Republic
OF Mexico, visiting all tho prominent
cities. While she saw much that was
wonderful, ancient and weird, she still
prefers Mexico, Mo-, to Mexico Re-
puhlic
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15
THE WAY IT'S DONE,
The Process of Ice Making Explained
by s. R. Moon-An Interesting
Description.

AhoAo oAo " NCIy low pcOpl0 III
Mexico who will appreciate the
amount of trouble which will be taken
to furnish them with ice to use in
their hot drinks during the warm
months this summer.
Mr.. L. r. Moon, of the Mexico Crys-
tai Ice Company,tcld a LEDGER man
all about it.
"The principle of ice making" said
Mr.. Moon, ,"is simply the absorption of
heat. The freezing effect is produced
by the compression and expansion or
evaporation of anhydrous ammonia
in heavy iron pipes but in no case
does the ammonia come in contact
with the ice or water and therefore
there is no chance for the ice to be-
come tainted in any way.
"To make ice, ponderous machinery
is required, which demands an inn
mense outlay of capital. The water
Is pumped from the well into the
boiler in which it is converted into
steam which is delivered to the steam
engine which furnishes power. After
passing through the engine it is con-
densed into water by special appa-
ratus, after which it is boiled again in
what is called the reboiler; this opera
tion expels all the air and purities the
water. 1t is then passed through a
cooler which cools it, making it ready
to pass through the two charcoal
filters. By this time the water is clear
as crystal and absolutely pure; all OF
the magnesia, bugs, microbes, etc.,
have been disposed of. On leaving
the charcoal filters the water is de-
livered to another cooling and storage
tank from which it is taken to fill the
ice cans and be frozen into blocks of
crystal ice."
"The above description embraces
the aistalietion and manifestations OF the
water; the freezing is done as follows:
A large iron tank is placed on the
ground and the outside wall insulated
all around; this tank is fitted inside
with heavy iron pipes absolutely tight
through which the ammonia circulates
in a gaseous state; the tank 1s now
filled with salt water, this brine sur
rounds the iron cooling pipes through
which the ammonia gas is passed. The
ammonia absorbs the heat contained
in said brine, making it extremely
cold. Now the galvanized ice cans
(into which the distilled water is de-
livered) is placed in the cold brine
and in 4S hours the can contains cleal
cake of ice. There will be two hun.
dred and ten cans used in this plant
After the cans are frozen there is q
300 pound cake taken out, which ID
ready for delivery"
The managers of the plant are look
ing for the machinery to be used in
the manufacture of ice to arrive In
Mexico every day. They expect tc
be in operation about May /.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

IN to-day's LEDGER will be found
an interesting letter from G. M. Wood
ward, of st. Louis, ex-curator of the
State University, in reference to Elder
James Bradley's communication in the
LEDGER regarding the University En-
doWment bill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

THE Lebanon (Mo.) Rustic, owned,
edited and published by Col. ]. T..
Bradshaw, is always a good paper, but
last week it was unusually well printed
and cleverly illustrated. The Rustic
is oneof Missouri's best country news
papers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15
A Point to Remember.

If you wish to purify your blood you
should take a medicine which cures
blood diseases. The record OF cures
by Hoods Sarsaparilla proves that
this is the best medicine for the blood
ever produced. Hoods Sarsapariiia
cures the most stubborn cases and IL
is the medicine for you to take II your
blood is impure.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

The Mexico LEDGER, one of the
best papers In Missouri, and the Madi-
son Times, which has improved stead
iiy under the skiIlful management of
Marx Leftwich q Son, each entered
upon q new volume last week. May
they continue to foat serenely upon
the sea Of public favor, and ride high
the promised wave Of prosperity when
1t strikes us squareIy, Observation-Disclosures
ly" or any other way.--Huntsvilie
Herald.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

1T will be neither Mckinley Bill
nor Dingley Bill when the Senate
gets through with it, but whether it
will be less or more obnoxious re-
mains to be ascertained.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

THE management of the Mexico
LEDGER will pay SO cents copy for
one issue each of the Weekly LEDGER
April IL, 1877, and April &c, 1877.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

FINDING that the office seekers
would not leave Washington, Mr.. Nc
Kinley ran away for rest of several
days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

Col. FRED GRANT has the satisfac-
tion of knowing that there are other
sons of dead great men who failed to
win out.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

Justin MCCARTHY says when an ac-
cusation was made against Gladstone
or Disraeli OF having shown spirit Of
favoritism I'm some public appoint
ment, the charge was easily disproved
and indeed would not have been seri-
ously believed In by many people In
any case. DisraeH was once, while in
Office, charged with having given
some small appointment to political
supporter. He was able to prove at
once, first, that the recipient Of the
place was the man best qualified for
it's work, and next, that the recipient
Of the place had been a steady oppo-
nent of Disraeli.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

EX-SENATOR PETER might increase
the circulation of his paper by having
John J. Ingall to conduct his fighting
department.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

Miss PHOEBE COUSINS has delivered
a far better lecture than she ever ad-
dressed to the woman's suffrage peo-
ple,in another lecture to her sisters in
which she advises them to get mar
ried and quit their nonsense, study
the art of housekeeping and let the
suffrage go. 1t is pity that Phoebe
did not get onto this some fifty years
ago when she was young and had a
chance to practice her own prescrip-
iinua.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

A correspondent Of the Louisiana
Neps at Ashley thus descants on the
degeneraey OF q well known physician
at that place, DIR. Sherman, who re-
ceived a fne setter pup from Mex
leo party last week:
His family paper he would not buy,
Times were 30 hard he would not try;
For economy's sake he gave Il up,
And then gave $40 for q setter pup.
TILE gtatta IInive ersifv and the nnhiio
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

COLONEL FITZsIMMoNs will open a
school in New York and teach the
young idea how to slug.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15
At Rest.

Mary Gertrude Harrison, daughter
Of Jas. A. and Elizabeth Harrison, On
tered into that sweet rest which re-
mains for ali the children of God on
March %, 1897, at the age of 1s years.
Her life was spent mainly in the en-
dearing circle of home, where she
loved to dwell, surrounded by those
who loved her and gave direction to
her beautiful life, and whose sad duty
it was to smoother her pathway to
the tomb. She professed religion at
the age of 15 and united with the
Methodist church. Her faith rested
on the blessed Jesus, whom she loved
so well and who was her constant sup
port in all her suffering.
Gertrude became as Jesus required
her to be, as a little child, that she
might enter the kingdom of heaven,
under the Christian care and instruc-
ZION or a loving father ana mother.
She was not subjected to the tempta-
tions, charms and destinations of a
wicked and sim -burdened world. She
was child of faith, a child of love, q
sunbeam of heaven in her home, an
object of tender love and affection, the
idol of parental hearts, the eldest sis
ter and gentle guide to her younger
sisters, Nettie and Ella, who loved her
SO dearly. Her dying admonitions will
be held in precious memory by these
loving sisters. She had not to be told
that death was near, but recognized
his presence without q shudder and
resigned herself to God with q COM
posure born of heaven. Such death
is not to be mourned. 1t becomes
rather q source of rejoicing, since a
bright, pure spirit has been liberated
from the mouldering tenement OF
earth; a soul uncontaminated by the
world has passed up and entered the
Fathers house "not made with
hands," eternal in the heavens. She
Is with God, Christ and the angels
Why weep9 The parting is as but fol
q day, so to the weeping ones we say:
Dry your tears and prepare to follow
May the God Of all grace comfort
your hearts by faith, and may you sc
live that your end will be like hers
tranquil, serene and sweet.
The funeral services were held a
the Methodist Church, South, con
Quoted by Rev. Fielding Marvin in al
impressive and instructive mannel
before large concourse Of sympa
thizing friends. The frail body wa
laid to rest In beautiful casket ladel
with flowers In the Mexico cemeter.
to remain In quiet repose until tn
resurrection morn. II.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

MERIwETHER's friends are going to
try to make him the next Governor of
Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

PoPULIsTs in refusing to vote
against the Dingley tariff bill show
clearly that they are not Democrats.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15
The Ledger One Of the Best.

FEOiu tIt stufBeVH LtautI'
There are no better country news
papers In Missouri than Bob Whites
Mexico LEDGER, which has just cele-
brated its seth birthday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

A new gravel road will be built east
from Columbia to the twin churches
in Boone county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

ONE Of the arguments a reporter of
the LEDGER overheard this morning
in opposition to public schools and the
State University was made by an Off
cial, in a running conversation, who
said: "Have you ever noticed how
many OF our young men have been
ruined while at school?" The gentle
man who made this statement is able
to write his name, but he is much
more proficient when it comes to col
lecting fees.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

THE latest popular drink is called
the "high balP' because of the curves
that 90 with it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15
Old Iedpers Wanted

The LEDGER will pay so cts. each for
copies of the Weekly LEDGER dated
April IL, 1877, and April 26, 1877.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

POLITICAL bosses, when posing as
reformers, make monkeys of them
selves.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15
Politics Not the Same Now.

Hoods Pills are the best after din
ner pill; assist digestion, cure head
acha 25c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15
FROM SILVER TO GOLD.
Standard of Value in Japan May Be
Changed.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The Secre-
tary of the Treasury is in receipt of
information from the United States
Minister at Toxic, Japan, to the effect
that during the present session Of the
Japanese diet a government coinage
bill will be presented for considera-
tion Of that body, which will, IL pass-
ed, change the standard of value In
Japan from silver to gold. 1t is pro-
posed to fix the government ratio be-
tween the two metals at thirty-twe to
one. The unit of value will be gold
yen, which will be one-half the weight
and value of the old Japanese gold
yen, which is of the same weight and
fineness as the gold dollar of the
United States. The proposed unit Of
value will, therefore, be the exact
equivalent of fifty cents in United
States money, and approximately of
the same value as the present unit of
value in Japan, the silver yen, which,
at the current rate of exchange, is
worth about fifty-one cents In United
States money. 1t is proposed that the
smallest coin minted shall be Ave-
yen piece. The further coinage Of
silver will be limited to subsidiary
coins. The silver yen now in circula-
ton will be maintained at par with
the gold yen by the government be-
ing prepared to redeem them In gold
whenever called upon to do SO. 1t is
generally believed that the govern
ment bill will, in perhaps modified
form, become law. 1t is supposed
that the principal object the govern
ment has in view in bringing about
the change is to enable it, should such
q measure become necessary or ex-
pedient, to negotiate a loan In Europe
on better terms than would be possi-
BILE, as they belfeve, II Japan remained
on silver basis.
The information given above came
to the treasury department Saturday,
but the Associated Press cable dis
patches have contained news later
than that of the department and stated
that the bill had passed through both
houses and been sent to the emperor
for approval.
Mrs. Samuel Stamm, Loganton, Pa,
bore her thirty-four years OF suffering
with courage and fortitude. Her
trouble was rheumatism in the knee.
In consequence her limb had become
so stiff that she could hardly walk.
MIR. Stamm Is a we'll -to-do merchant,
and had spared no pains or expense to
relieve her, but with little success, ,un-
til one night when it grew 80 painful
that she could hardly endure 1t, he
persuaded her to try Chamberlain's q
Pain Balm. The effect was magical,
the first application relieved the pain,
and its continued use has removed all
stiffness and given her the free use OF
her limb once more. IL you have
friends who are troubled with rheu-
matism insist on their giving this
remedy trial. You can do them nc
greater favor, as it ia sure to give
prompt relief, and II they are q little
patient 1t will effect cure. For sale
at 25 and so cents per bottle by O. A,
Buckner, Druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-04-15

THE State University and the public
schools go hand In hand.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-12-23
and interest of deposits, as is in
deed the case in every country
having the postal savings system
in operation Chicago Record.
HOT STUFF!
From a Man Who Went East, But
Wishes He Had Remained
IN South Dakota

Tracy. l.. Peck, writing to his old
friends and neighbors from Poeken-
skill, N. Y, thruogh the Washington
Times, says:
Again take my pen in hand to write
you. This is a warm pleasant day, but
we have had some cold rough weather
ately. This is the worst country for
rain and slop ever lived in, it is
one bit like Dakota, and can tell you
there isn't any better country on earth
for fine weather than Dakota. rather
hayeit any time than this wet. cloudy,
dreary weather. 1t rained too much
this summer for the good of our crops.
My crops were poorer than ever got
in Dakota, except my hay crop, it was
good. MY corn was poor. / didn't have
enough to fattentwc pigs, had 80
bushels of oats. | planted 10 barrels
of potatoes and got Is barrels. the rust
struck them just as they were setting
and ruined them. Potatoes are worth
$500 per barrel, but us farmers haven't
many to sell, and that's what makes
them high here. The potato crop IN
this country is about the same as the
wheat crop out there. it is the crop we
farmers have to depend upon to pay
our debts, and when potatoes fail we
are hard up, so you can see that we
have failures here as we'll as you have
In Dakota, and there are ten poor.
devils here to one there who depend
upon days work for a living, Here we
have lots of men who depend upon
their wives to get living for the
family making button-holes for shirt
factories in Troy. Some Of them are
so d-n poor that they choke their
children off sfrom eating as much as
they want. We never saw anything
like it in Dakota. Any man with
money is all right here but for a man
like me, Dakota is thousand times
ahead of this country. would like to
get back to Dakota and you can bet
your boots Ii II wasn't for my wife /
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-12-23
PROF. LAUGHLlN's PLAN.
He Likes Belgian Idea Of a Commits
sion to Make Postal Bank Loans.

J. Laurence Laughlin, head
professor Of political economy in
the University of Chicago, ard
Illinois member of the sound-cur-
rency commission, has been work
ing earnestly in the latter. capa-
city for some time in helping to
formulate plan of carrency and
banking reform that will be satis-
factory to the business and COM
mercial interests of the country.
While he has been giving particu-
liar attention to this subject Of
late, Prof. Laughlin recognizes
that business men are not the
only members of the community
in need of better barking facili-
ties. He appreciates the need
that persons of small means have
for safe places of deposit.
When asking for an expression
| OF opinion on postal savings
banks Prof. Laughlin said he was
greatly in favor of whatever
tended to encourage saving and
habits of thrift. He spoke in
praise of the savings banks of
Massachusetts,, and said the sys-
( tenn in use there and in a few
other states was very satisfactory.
But many states he believes 70 be
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-12-23

sadly deficient in savings facili-
ties for the small deposiIor. The
very fact that in some states the
savings institutions are all trust
worthy, while in others many of
them are not, is, in Prof. Laugh
Inns opinion, a source of confus-
ion to depositors that is likely to
cause them loss. A workingman
moving from a state like Massa-
chusetts to another state in which
savings banks are not so good is
likely, as the result of confidence
already established in savings
banks in general, to be caught in
the downfall of unreliable con-
Germs that promise better than do
the we'll established banks.
Prof. Laughlin would have the
postoffices made use of for the
purpose of collecting the small
deposits. But the work of caring
for and inves ting the funds he
would leave entirely to commits
sion of high-grade men, to be ap-
pointed by the president. This
commission would be to the pos
tai bank what the board Of trus-
tees is to a savings institution
organized under the laws of Mas
sachusetts. 1t should be simply
the agent of the depositors in
handling the funds, and could
with propriety invest them in
other than government securities,
the same. as do the trustees of
mutual savings banks, or as do
the managers OF life-insurance
companies. The rate of interest
to depositors would not be fixed,
but would be whatever the profits
from investments made possible.
The payment of neither principal
nor interest, under this plan,
would be guaranteed by the Coy
ernment.
Prof. Laughlln thinks no presi-
dent would dare appoint other
than high-grade men upon such
. commission, and that the public
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-12-23
would go mighty quick, but she gets

would go mighty quick, but she gets
awfully red-headed mad when 1 talk
about going back. / have wished q
Thousand times that | had stayed there.
would have been better off. If ever
you pull up and leave Dakota, think
ing you can find a better place just be-
cause some d--n fool tells you SO, you
will miss it as | have. Now Just re-
member what tell you, Dakota is the
best country for a poor man to live in
and believe it is a dandy place for a
rich man also. There is one thing, it
don't rain out there seven days IN the
week and when man goes out to plow
he don't have to bunt up against stone
every foot. A neighbor put in one acre
to wheat this fall and he did more
work on that one acre than l
ever did Oil fifty acres in Dakota.
You people think it tough to be obliged
to pay SO much for coal and complain
because your fire costs so much, the
people here depend on the west for
their flour and it costs me as much for
flour here as it did coal there, so we
are as bad off one way as the other, and
besides If we raised wheat here we
wouldn't be in it at all as there isn't a
flour mill where we could getitground.
When was in Dakota had an easy
time of it sitting by the fire winter
days, here have got to chop cordwood
like cuss all winter. A poor fellow
who lives in my house keeps one COW
and he had to pay $500 for pasture
last summer and he had to beg like a
thief to get man to let him put up
hay on shares to winter his one COW
and then he had to NOW among rocks
for most of it and did all the work with
a scythe. When hear of people leav-
ing Dakota l just say to myself anoth-
er darn fool gone wrong and was one
of them when left and when look
back it makes me think what an ever
lasting fool was TO leave that coun-
try. If / was back on my old farm l
would stay there until Gabriel blew
his horn and my wife and all Of creation
couldn't persuade me to leave it. You
people complain about not having some
things, well there are some drawbacks
I'll admit. but you eau buy them as
cheap as we can here. and you don't
have to pay any more for dry goods
and groceries than We do here. We
used to get good prices for farm pro-
duce here but we don't any more and
when Ksk why they tell me the west