davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Miss Courtney Cash, of frankfort,
Mo-, and Miss Jacobs, of Bowling
Green, who attend Hardin, left to-day
for a visit at their homes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Miss Essie Norris entertained the
Salmagundi Club in a most clever
manner Thursday afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Residents in and north of Vandalia
are trying to devise means of building
a rock road running north out of that
f0Wn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Little Miss Grace Morris has just
compiled a very pleasant visit to Miss
Blossom Morris, of East st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

In the proper column of the daily
and weekly LEDGER will be found the
announcement of W. w. Settle, can
didate for Collector of Audrain coun-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Mr.. John H.. Field, Mrs. VIM. Kem-
per and son, Fritz, have gone to Hot
Springs, Arkansas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

In the Daily and Weekly LEDGER
will be found the announcement of j.
M. Barnes, candidate for County
Clerk of Audrain County.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
MANY PEOPLE CANNOT DRINK

coffee at night. 1t spoils their sleep. You can
drink Grain o when you please and sleep like
a top. For Grain does not stimulate; 1t
nourishes, cheers and feeds. Yet It looks and
tastes like the best coffee. For nervous per
sons, young people and children Grain-O is the
perfect drink. Made from pure grains. Get a
package from your grocer to-day. Try it in
place of coffee. 15c and Csc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

3. B. Reighley, of Laddonia, has
bought an interest IN the Ben. James
farm, south of town, and will take
possession March 1.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Mrs. Clarence Davis, of St. Louis,
is the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs, Bast.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Miss Frances Willard, the we'll
known temperance advocate, died in
New York City Feb. II.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Mrs. W. L. Corner and daughter,
Miss Julia, are visiting in Centralia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

After q visit with bis parents, Mr..
and Mrs. B. F. Tomlinson, Frank
Tomlinson has returned to his home
In Slater.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Miss Luther Roberts, of Hallsville,
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. A.
Shipp.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
The Ledeer's spIendid write Tn

The Richmond Conseruator says:
Last weeks issue of the Mexico LED
GER contained a splendid write mp of
that town and county and its pro-
gressiye business men.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
DR.. HALEY Going to Klondyke.

BENTON CITY, Mo-, Feb. 81 will
start to KloDdyke March 1 and will
not return before next fall. I will
leave my practice In care of DIR.
Frank Harrison. All indebted to me
please come in and settle at once.
w3t j. j. HALEY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
Special Edition Of the 49,
AN Right.


An Right. ~
From the Mexico Triau,.
j. A. Barclay, who $3.50.
splendid industrial Edltion = =.
GER leaves to-day for Indsr.-s.s9
Mo. MIR. Barclay id schols.sN
tieman, writes with vieor ~
and has won many friends hs.s.
special edition Of the LIre-
equal to anything Of il -
BY any paper in Missouri.
The need Of . good Bprine
Is Almost universal and HcodsS s9|
saparills exactly meets Il. ,.as
sure to get Hoods.
Mr. and Mrs. 3. B. Talbss NJ
turned from their weddins !
through the North and Fa.t E
klTa+r7r
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Mrs. Annie Shock, OF Montgomery
City, ia the guest of Mrs. CANINE
Brown
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Repairing Neatly Done.
If you want your watch cleaned or
repairing of any kind done neatly,
cheaply and promptly call on T. 8.
Riley. Satisfaction guaranteed.
-. wff 4. -RrrEx
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

o. p. Jones and family have moved
to Mexico and are occupying one
half of the Coatsworth property on
East Monroe street. Mr.. Jones leaves
for klondyke on the first of March.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
Horse Sold

r. e. Hisey and Geo. Lee sold a fine
mare to w. II. Mckinney, of the City
of Mexico, to-day for $500. Mr.. Nc
Kinney formerly lived in Kansas City
and Is well and favorably known here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

j. E. Culbertson, of Santa Fe, was a
business visitor here Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Vandalia has a prosperous Epworth
League library.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

A new depot 1sx75 feet is being
erected in Laddonia. There will be
two waiting rooms, an office and a
freight room. It will be remembered
that the old depot burned several
weeks ago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Always
Proves E,ffectuaI

There are no better medicines on
the market than Chamberlain's. We
have used the Cough remedy when
all others failed, and in every instance
it proved ~effectual. Almost daily We
hear the virtues OF Chamberlain,s
remedies extolled by those who have
used them. This is not an empty
puff, paid for at SO much a line, but is
voluntarily given in good faith, in the
hope that suffering humanity may try
these remedies and, like the writer, be
berefted.-From the Chenille, (W.
Va.) Pathfinder. For sale by Wool
Il Purdy, Druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

]. w. Piatt Ia fixing up his store
room on the south side.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-24

Mrs. Henry Sannebeck and son,
Walter, are visiting In Bayiis, Ill.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
NEW MILLINERY.
Fancy BrafLs VIII AdOrn Winter
HeadEear, and Velvet
Will BE Used.

A novelty in fancy braids for hat
trimmings is a production of rice paper,
soft, velvety and attractive in effect,
but plated simply.
Another new material for fancy braid
is a wood-fiber ribbon, intertwined with
chenille cord. The ribbon is crimped,
which furnishes lustrous effect and
gives the name of "satin straw to the
material.
One variety of the new combination
OF chenille cord and wood-fber ribbon
shows the ribbon almost an inch in
width, relieved with chenille dots. in
sizes from that of buckshot to that of
an old-fashioned three-cent coin.
One novel and beautiful fiber which
promises to be used extensively in hats
shows a coarse, lace-like mesh of heavy
silk thread, woven with chenille cord.
A variation Of this is of coarse-meshed
lace. interwiven with double zephyr
wool.
Velvets are to be popular velvet
plain, miroired in fancy colors. polka
dotted. with the royal finish in black
and white, and velvet pressed in an ALL
gator-sl<in design.
new departure IN pressed velv.t,
which promises to be as much of a
favorite as the alligator-skin style. is
a tangle of slender crescents.
One rich variety of velvet IS seeded
with small, heavy satin dots. set around
with little blossoms of heavy SATIN
n Y. Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
kU~o FOR TEE BATHROOM.
These Very Useful Articles May He
| Made by the Restless
Little Ones.

Mothers very often sigh for some
thing wherewith to occupy the restless
fingers of their little girls on rainy days
when play out of doors cannot be
thought of and in the evenings when
the little ones crave for something to
do before bedtime comes.
Why not set them to rugmaking?
Little six-year-olds in elementary
schools love this occupation, which is
worthy Of an introduction into the
home circle, with its pleasant volun-
tary tolls. 2 = 7SS' 5'' '.. >-
The materials needed are knitting
cotton and two knitting needles. The
cotton is to be cut into unit orm lens ths
of about three inches. To cut it an ex-
cellent plan is to wind the cotton upon
a round ruler, then with sharp pair
of scissors to cut the thread along the
whole length of the ruler. r
To begin the knitting, an uneven
number of stitches is cast on and four
or five rows knitted plainly; then on
the second stitch of the row to be
fringed one of the lengths of cut cot
ton is knitted in. The length is sim ply
doubled, and, being placed end to end,
the loop so formed in the cente, is
taken along with the stitch in knitting.
All the even stitches take piece of
cotton fringe on this row. The next
row is knitted plainly; then comes
another fringed row. Thus the rows
continue, one fringed, one plain, until
the strip is long enough. If this strip
is knitted in white cotton the next strip
may be in red cotton, the colors alter
mating until the requisite number of
strips are knitted, when they are
sewed together to make a very hand
some striped cotton mat.
This method of knitting the fringe on
every alternate row, makes a heavily
fringed, pretty and durable rug, very
warm and comfortable for the feet on
stepping out of the bath. As it is alb
sorbent it becomes of great service, espe-
| cially in house where there are many
children to battle. If the rug is desired
lighter than this, so making it easier to
wash when soiled, the rows of cotton
fringe may be placed on every fourth
row instead of upon every second one.
To vary the patterns in different rugs
the white strips may be knitted wide
and the red ones narrow and vice versa.
Again the alternate rows of cotton
lengths may be knitted red and white,
this plan making an excellent mat, or
perhaps white rug with red border
may be liked.
Little fingers grow expert at this
work, and little heads get very inter-
ested in it. The knitting not only gives
finger practice and profitable employ
ment of time, but cultivates the facul-
ties of patience and attention no less
than it teaches the duty of using up all
scraps of time.-Boston Post.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

Mr.. Curzon's Irish peerage is the
twenty-fourth Irish peerage created
since the union.
Two slate-roofers quarreled recently
on roof in Boston, and both fell to the
ground and were killed.
Nine. Patti dislikes the scent of VIC
let's, which she declares has decidedly
injurious effect upon her voice.
A Milwaukee judge recently granted
divorce, with the provision that the
wife pay the husband alimony.
A clergyman in Wyandotte, Kan, has
been arrested for kissing Il girl who was
q member of his congregation. The
complainant testified under oath that
1.-THE kiss was so cold it made her
SILVER"
While President McKinIey's great
uncle Francis was fighting under Hem
~ Jay McCracken in the Irish reyolu-
ton of '9S, a grandfather of Senator
Hanna was captain in the opposing
English force.
Capt. Lee, of the British army, says
that Gen. Chaffee, lieutenant colonel OF
the Third cavalry, who commanded a
brigade in the attack on Santiago,
comes nearer his ideal of a soldier than
any other man he has seen in the
United States army.
The body of a woman buried in Win
chester, KY, 33 years ago was recently
exhumed and found to be petrifed.
The body was buried in metallic
casket. The face had natural appear
ance, and in one hand was a rose which
was perfect in it's petriied shape.
A rancher in Arizona has posted this
startling warning on a cottonwood
tree near his place: ''My wife Sarah
has left my ranch when I didn't Doc a
Thing Too her. Any Man as takes her
in and Keers for her on my account
will get himself Pumped So Full of Led
that some tenderfoot will locate him
for mineral claim.''
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
and of charging half fares for those be.
tween the ages of five and twelve, often

and of charging half fares for those be-
tween the ages of five and twelve. often
results in statements from the parents
which are as trying to normal con-
science as the atfidavits made by many
tourists regarding duttable goods
among their belongings. says the New
York Sun.
Sometimes these answers result i'll
unpleasant controversies between con-
ductors and passengers. but usually
our national tact and good nature help
along the adjustment without undue
friction. In parts of Europe they have
a way of fixing this matter so that no
one has cause to quarrel about it. Is
Instead of going by child's age, as
to what rate of fare it shall pay, they 90
i by size. The collector is provided with
4 fve-foot rule, and he rates the chill
dren by this. Any child under "a inches
in height travels free, while those who
measure between "a inches and 81
inches pay half fare. All who meas
ure more than four feet three inches
pay full fare.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
Discovery of q Crnnnox.

About a mile east of Dumbarton rock,
IN the Firth of Clyde, dwelling on
piles, or crannog, has been discovered
below high-water mark, some so yards
from the low-water mark. It is 1874
feet in circumference, the outer circle
# piles being of lakewood. sharpened
with stone axes. The transverse beams
and floor are of oak, willow, elder and
branches of fir, beech and hazel, with
Eracken (ferns), moss and chips. In
the refuse heaps outside of the crannog
were found the bones of stays, cows,
sheep, signs of fire, many frestones
and milestone or hone. Near by was
canoe 81 feet long feet wide, hol-
lowed from single trunk of oak This
crannog is the first yet found in an
estuary, and it evidently dates from the
stone age; therefore, it seems earlier
than others yet found in the British
isles.-London, Public Opinion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
LONG DRIVE FOR WAGER.
An Indiana Man Rides to Portland,
Ore, Behind = Span Of Year
ling Ponies,

A rather unique looking procession
wended it's way down the main street
of Barker City, Ore, recently, on its way
to Portland. The outfit consisted OF
three covered wagons, followed by q
carriage drawn by a pair Of thorough.
bred yearling ponies. It was the latter
that attracted the most attention. says
the San Francisco Examiner.
In the carriage sat an old man.
whose weather-beatenf face showed the
influence of the effects of sun and wind
To reporter he said: my name il
H. H. slyter. My family and self
started on April II from Howard coun.
Ity, Ind, to cross the country to Port.
land. We are travelling on wager
and this is what the wager is. Do you
sec this team of ponies. They're thor
oughbreds.
"A man in our county in Indiana said
that that team of yearlings couldn't
cross the country to Portland and live
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
A MODERN JONAH.
The Yacht That IL Being Built In
land by Man In Mary
land.

A steam launch IS feet long, being
built 21a miles from water, is the .un-
usual sight which may be seen on the
road from Pomona to Quaker Neck,
Kent county. The boat is building
within few feet of the public road, and
many of the original timbers have
rotted away during the tedious con-
tinuance of the work. About Is years
ago, says the Baltimore Sun, Capt. A.
Judson, man who had gone down to
the sea in ships" for many years, came
to Kent and opened store. After mer-
chandising for short time he bought
a pretty little home near the village Of
Pomona and started q sawmill. Finally
the old sailor conceived the idea of build
ing his yacht. The keel was laid, the
ribs slowly assumed position, and win
ter and summer the work dragged on.
Years passed. The first timbers began
to decay, and before the completion of
one part the timbers were of necessity
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
IT, SIee y ! 1lllls
sssss@e3a 8 q.
SURRENDER AND VICTORY.
(Read Before Press Association at Sp
kape.l

Read Before Press Association at spo.
kane.)
Lord, we have made an honest fight
And won the victory; ..2
We fought as men who love the right
Fiercely and fearlessly;
And now we turn aside and give AF
Our trembling thanks to Thee.
Lord, 1t is not for us to drink
The salt cup Of defeat,
And victory Is glorious,
And victory Is sweet :
Yet still we bow our heads and lay IS
Our laurels at Thy feet.
1t is not for Americans
To boast that they have slain
The heroes who have fought and bled
For their beloved Spain;
Nay-help us to remember, Lord,
That they have died in vain.
Not sweet can it be, Lord, to Thee,
But grievous in thy sight,
For nations to rise up in wrath
And man with man to fight
Each thinking his the only truth.
And his the only right.
But. Lord, the need was; an( we Tough
Fiercely and fearlessly;
And still less sweet would 1t be now
More grievous-unto Thee
For US to blow the trumpet loud
In boastful jubilee.
So check the tumult of our joy,
And hush the rising cheers.
We have the splendid victory,
An they the blistering tears
For us the laurel-wreaths; for them
Defeat that burns and sears.
It is the time for thought; the time
For noble silence, Lord;
To-day the mourning dove OF peace
Thro' all our land is heard.
To thee alone Americans
Kiss and give up the sword.
Mrs. Ella Higginson.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
GAMBLING ENGLISH WOMEN.
An Evil That Is All Too Common and
Destructive to the Social
Fabric.

Of course, for years it has been
recognized fact that certain section
of London well-to-do society folk spend
day after day at each others houses,
Having little flutter," beginning with
carefully drawn-down blinds at about
four in the afternoon, and going on
till midnight. When one pauses to
think on what these women ought to
be-and might be-one is absolutely
astounded at their complete loss, first,
of self-respect; second, of the opinion
of their better friends; third, of their
self-government. The fever often be-
gins in casual little rounds at half
penny dozen-to develop into the
ruin, the destruction of the victim. 1t
is universally known thing, that, after
winning little, it is very difficult to
draw the line. They do not seem to
remember that in winning, they are,
especially on the race course, taking
money from those who cannot afford
to lose-orw who are playing with money
that is not virtually their own. Who
has not seen the horrible flushed faces
Of the young girls and women with the
convulsive twitchings of the facial
nerves, when the horses are flying over
the course at Kempton? And when one
thinks that they are women-those
who have the bringing up of innocent
little sons and daughters, one trembles
for their contribution to the men and
women of the next generation. They
are throwing away, as worthless, their
great influence for good or evil on the
men in their set. in their sphere; they
are influencing their husbands. broth
ers, cousins, to think that gambling is
the proper thing to do. Talking Of
races reminds me that what is done by
the women Of the aristocratic classes at
Kempton Park is done sub rosa by their
servants at home.-London Society,".
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
replaced by new, and yet the pet scheme

replaced by new, and yet the pet scheme
was not abandoned. and now the dry
land ship is nearing completion. The
yacht is to be IS feet in length, II feet
beam and feet hold. She will be pro-
PEELED by steam, and, the captain says,
will turn off 20 miles an hour. A cabin
As feet in length will be built and fitted
up for long cruise, the intention of
the captain being to revisit many scenes
of his early sailor life. The puzzling
question to the casual observer is: How
is this craft to be gotten to the Chester
river, more than two miles away The
captain says that with one horse the
launch will be quickly and easily moved.
The boat now has the deck on. and it
is expected that the launch will be
made next summer. The launching day
will be made memora BILE. and the spon-
sor for the novel craft has already been
chosen
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
Rock C0kpx

Put into basin cne-half pound of
-four and large tablespoon of sugar.
then rub well into them tablespoon
of butter or carefully clarified drip
ping; now stir in four ounces of we'll
washed and dried sultanas, then tea
spoonful of ground ginger, sifted with
a teaspoonful of baking powder; then
work it to stiff and barely wet dough
with well-beaten egg mixed with two
or three spoons Of milk; lift portions of
this paste with fork and drop them
on creased and warm baking sheet,
leaving an inch between each cake, and
bake at once for ten minutes, sitting
a little sugar over the cakes as you
place them in the oven. The secret
is to make the dough as dry as possible
consistent with working it.-Boston
Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08

through the trip. We are not limited as
TO time, and just took our own time to
make the journey. We followed the
Union Pacific to Granger, and from
there to Rawlins. Wyo. From Rawlins
we came across country to Boise, and
from there to this city. We are taking
it easy, still we cover good many miles
in day We have had some pretty
tough experiences; yet. to take it al
together. we got along all right. At
one time this team I'm driving travelled
10 miles without hay, yet you see how
they look.
whats the wager? Well, that's be-
tween me and the man that made it.
lreport to his agent when get to Port
land. I'll win the wager, then me and
my folks will 20 farming"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
A PARADISE FOR WATERS.
In Vienna They Can Seize Upon q
Customers Baggage for
Their TIPS.

This question has just been decided
in the affirmative by the higher court at
Vienna, which not only confirmed the
judgment of the lower court in curl
Gus action referred to it, but also as
serted the right of hotel servant to re-
tain passengers luggage in case sufi-
cient gratuity is not forthcoming.
The suit, which proved again the
''law's delay" arose out of dispute, in
August of 1896, between gentleman
who had passed considerable time at a
summer resort as hotel porter. A
Mr.. D., who, with his family, had
stayed for 80 days at the hotel, pre-
sented the servant who brought the
luggage to the station with pourboire
of six forins, about ten shillings. This
the man emphatically declined to ac-
cept, demanding instead ten forms. On
the departing guest declining to give
that amount the servant refused to part
with the visitors luggage, which, after
scuff1e, he carried back to the hotel
and deposited with the manager. Mr..
D. then brought, through the public
prosecutor, a charge of extortion
against the servant, accompanied with
threats and injury to property.
The lower court acquitted the servant
on all the counts when the case was
brought before it in March, 1897. Then
the suit was carried to the higher court,
which confirmed the previous decision.
The charges of threats and injury to
property the court considered improved
and declared that the servant, who're
ceived no wages, was thrown for his
subsistence upon the generosity of the
visitors; that of this Mr.. D. was
IS days, according to the local usage,
at ten kreuzers a day, amounted to at
least IL forins, to which the man had
a legal claim, and that he was quite
within his rights in retaining the lug
gage to secure himself from pecuniary
loss.
The custom of feeling everywhere and
everybody is so general in Austria that
the only surprising part of the affair is
that anyone had the courage to resist
the ''local usage" Cabmen, conductors,
servants, porters, guards, walters, all
expect gratuities as a right, and this
tax is a considerable drain on q small
income in Austria. The astonished for
eigner soon yields to the inevitable, and
regularly provides himself with suffi-
Gent number of small coins to carry
him serenely and comfortably through
the dav, at the same time inwarG1lv re-
GREETING that Austrian traditions do
not allow all charges incurred to be en-
tered in the bill.-London Telegraph.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
His Quandary.

An old Irish laborer walked into the
luxurious studio of William Keith. the
artist. a few days ago. and asked for
money to obtain meal. He explained
that he had just been discharged from
the county hospital and was too weak
to work. Mr.. Keith gave him quarter,
and he departed. One of four young la
dies. art students. who were present,
said: MIR. Keith, can't we hire that
old man and sketch him." Keith ran
out and caught him, and said: IF you
can't work and want to make dollar,
come back to my rooms. The young
ladies want to paint you" The Irish
man hesitated. so Keith remarked: ST
won't take long, and it's an easy way to
make dollar" '''Oi know that" was
the reply: "but Oh was a vrunderin' how
tn divil Old git tn paint of afther-
ward. San Francisco Argonaut.