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Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

When it started a few years ago was the smallest store Mexico; it is to-day the lam@
1t does not W its elevation to accident or good luck it has Vol its success by A@@
strength of its indispensable bargains; by its straightforward business methods be4
openfacd, cearcut unavoidable prices These were the causes
The effect followed as naturally as day follows night With added strength it constant
grows stronger in is b~galngN1ng powers Day BY day new customers .dNcosa q
supremacy and gsp its advantages Are you one Of them? If not why? M
Study our price and compare our values We know w an sae yu from 10 to 5 81
cent OF the majority of our purchases We guarantee our goods to be worth the pros
If you don think so after you get them home and had me to examine them YOU
at liberty to rdn them and get your money 80
We sell everything (naryegoodss specially intended for the mulhtlde-and sell at bon
ur price A line emphahcany to make a Racket with e.
We propose making 1898 a record breaker In other words we mean to double ours W.
for any previous year Our plans are all perfected and to start the ball rolling y
make the following quotations. 8
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

THE County Court settled with Col
lector DowelI this week and found
his books in splendid shape. Mr.. Dow
ellis collections for last year were
unusually good. Jim has made Au-
drain county q most efficient and
faithful officer and will go out OF
office with the very best wishes of all
our people.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Now Is the Time

To purify your blood with Hood'sS ar-
~saparilla. March, April and May are
the trying months of the year. At this
season your blood is loaded with inn
purities, which have accumulated dur
ing the winter, and these Impurities
must be Immediately expelled. Hoods
Sarsaparilia is the One True Blood
Purifier. It is the medicine which has
accomplished many thousands of
remarkable cures of all blood diseases.
1t is what the millions take in the
spring to build up health and ward eff
sickness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Administrator Notes

Notice is hereby given thst Ie
of administration upon the Ss
John A. Martin, deceased, hsye
granted the undersigned By -
bate Court Of Audrain County,,
souri,, bearing date February 4,
All persons having claims aeS
said estate are requested % 49,
them for allowance TO the sdmnAx
tor within one year after 49,
granting letters, or they may
cluded from any benefit Of s1cn
and II such claims be mot L.
within two years from the -
win be forever barred.
4a.4t. Adninistsaoet
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Diyen-steyenson.

On Tuesday afternoon, March 18th,
at 2:30 O'Clock, DIR. r. T. Diven, OF
C~entralia, and Miss Susie Anna Ste
venson, of this city, will be married
at the home of the BRIDES parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. T. Stevenson. Rev.
A. A. Wallace will perform the cere-
mony. The couple will reside ut Ben
ton City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses
have been issued:
Jas. p. johnson and Iva Postal, OF
Audrain county.
Harry McAlIister, Of Audrain, and
Maggie Clodfelter, OF ST. Louis.
81. E. Bowen, of Farber, and Clara
Chase, OF Pike county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
The New Railroad.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
PERRY, Mo-, March 81 have just
returned home from Mexico, the town
where I first learned to read from the
tutoring of the late and lamented j, Z.
CLARK. While there / made a futile
effort to attend your advertised rail-
road meeting of late date that did not
read the Paris appeal of the fourth
inst. regarding action of that grand
place of my nativity on the EIdon &
st. Louis railroad question, as also the
divine injunction, "Be ye slow to
WRATH" ETC., and of course am trying
to keep my toe in my boot on the
temper question. / love Audrain
county entire, even though you have
some soreheads on the railroad ques-
ton before your people.
II you exchange with the Paris
appeal would 1t not be we'll to place
before your citizens proceedings o : the
meeting that they may look, live and
hustle on this question? "He who
sells his wares must cry them," and
none know what a be done without
effort. But fret take your citizens
committee In tow, az least the dear
brother chairman, apply my 'possum'
fat to his lungs and sufficient to his
knee joints and thoroughly warm up
the whole outfit until they a step
high and yell loud enough to get an
audience after it is announced in the
papers. This course should be adopt
ed If the town clock fails to raise the
natives.
On the night of the 4th inst. at II
o'clock / read with interest of your
intended railroad meeting; and at 7
a. m. of the 9th found myself on the
hurricane deck of my mustang for a
% mile ride southwark to what l had
dreamed was to be the future rail-
road center of northeast Missouri
(Mexico) to be made perfectly com
plete by the next united pull and land
the present Perry branch in your me-
tropolis. Then will the Mexicans be
as happy as CLAIMS at high tide and the
Perryvillians in jubilee, as between
two of the incest little cities, Hannibal
and Mexico, for social purposes, but
grandest OF all, to hand down to pos
terity the inestimable convenience
and advantage OF shipping to either
Chicago or st. Louis markets.
We have s~oreheads among us who
would throw cold water on such an
enterprise. My encouragement is
that in due time the revenue from this
investment will repay any reasonable
outlay. Hoping a word to the wise
will be sufficient, will earnestly ask
your best effort in behalf of the Eldon
& 81. Louis railroad, and later the ex-
tension OF the Perry branch to Mex
ico, where 1t was intended originally
by appropriation of county court Of
Rails county to carry out this prospect.
Then win prosperity come and all be
happy and rich. So let MS now pull
for the Eldon. A straight liue 10 the
shortest distance between two points,
and I am glad to zee the enterprising
citizens Of Paris and central Monroe
county fully appreciate the Eldon rs
their most direct route to st. Louis.
WIN. ARMSTRONG.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
The Kaondykers Heard From

lI6 AtUuuyhetS A66tu TKUWs
This morning Mrs. James Marshall
received a letter from her husband,
who is en- route with the Purcell
party to the Klondyks. The letter
was mailed at Tacoma, WASH, and
Mr.. Marshall said that the members of
the party were in excellent health and
In better spirits. He said that the
weather in Tacoma was beautiful and
that the grass was cropping up and
that the flowers were In bloom. He
said that the party were to set sail on
the mornin gof the 7th (Monday.)
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

We are agents for the
celebrated line of Moline
farming machinery. We
guarantee our goods; we
guarantee our prices; we
will not be undersold.
Call and see our line be-
fore buying. Ferris &
Cauthorn, West Side of
Square.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Hardware.
We Have Some .Grnel
Jacks I'm This DEPARTS

We Have Some sCrnesl
Jacks'' I'm This Departne
Saw files, all sizes, Sc.
Flat files, 8-inch, Sc; 10.inch.
12-inch, loo; 14-inch, 20c.
Carriage bolts, lie each.
Braces, 25, IS, 45c, up to e2.6e. -
Claw hammers, hickory hands
%, 50, soc.
Steel riveting hammers, 2bo.
Heavy steel hammers, Is.
Saws, 10, Is, 35c up to t1.36.
Iron squares, 25c.
Steel squares, Soc.
Tri squares, 19c.
Bread knives, butcher knives
pairing knives, ut about one-haIf
usual selling prices.
We have lots of handy things &
department. We sell them at q
and quick profit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Stock Shipments.

The stock shipments out Of Mexico
were especially light during the past
week, being as follows:
On the 3rd: w. W. Mundy, IA hogs
to East st. Louis; r. R. Buckner, II
hogs to East st, Louis.
On the 9Th: l.. B. Barnett, / horse
to st. Louis.
On the 9Th: A. Larimore, 9 mules
to Ottumwa, Ia.
On the 9th: Browning Bros, 20
cattle to Chicago; R. Cook, II cattle
to Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Know Thysalf.

The Peoples Common Sense Medi-
cal Adviser, in plain English, or medi-
cine simplified by r. v. Pierce, Md,
Chief Consulting Physician to the In
valids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y, zoos pages, illustrated,
800, 900 copies sold at 8 80. Now sent,
paper bound, ABSOLUTELY FREE on
receipt of 81 one-cent stamps to pay
for mailing only. Address the author
ma ahnve.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
THURSDAY, MARCH 10.
Railroad Meeting,

There will be on Thursday at 1880
O'Clock p. m. at the Court House a
meeting of the citizens to devise
means to procure the Eldon railroad.
g. F. CLARK,
o. HIT,
l.. PHILLIP,
CLARK BARNES,
Committee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

THE County Court has appointed
H.. P. Warden and B. F. Tomlinson
Justices of the Peace for Salt River
in place of j. M. Riley, deceased, and
j. J. Winscott, who has resigned on
account of i'll health. MIR. Winscott
will take a much-needed rest and will
probably take a trip through the
South to recuperate his strength. The
County Court made no mistake in
these appointments, as both of these
gentlemen will give splendid salts
faction to everybody.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
American Patriotism.

From the Bradshaw (Neb.) Republican.
The true American patriot Is to be
admired wherever found, no matter
what his politics may be. The fol-
lowing, clipped from the Mexico(Mo.)
LEDGER, expresses the sentiment oil
true patriotism: ssThe proper author
tiles viii thoroughly investigate the
Maine disaster. The blame viii be
placed whore it belongs and the in
terests of the country win be properly
looked after" There 10 no s'blood and
thunder In q statement like that, but
it thrills with patriotism and shows
unbounded confidence in the integrity
OF our country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
White Goods
A Big Stock,

Dotted swiss, 10, IA, 20 and 25c.
India linens, 5, 8, 10, ID, IL, 90 up to
40c.
Mulls, 10, IA, lie.
Long cloth, 10 and 17Ic.
Satin plaids, 2, 10, IL, lie.
Egyptian, 10 to 14c.
Organdies, 10 to 45c.
Laces and em~broideries to beat the
band at 40 per cent less than You can
buy them in Audrain county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Notions.
Here L. where we save you
money.
Nahinok hoin nina "a. no -a1ca-


money.
Cabinet hair pins, Sc; go else
where you &c
Shoe backing &c; else where...... sc
1 box buttermilk soap 10c; else
where .......... .......-..... loo
2 bottles black ink &c; elsewhere. 10c
1 bottle vaseline sc; elsewhere. 10c
Gold paint 10c; elsewhere 25c
/ bottle mucilage 4c; elsewhere. SC
1 bottle machine oil &c; elsewhere. &c
Skeiu silk Sc; elsewhere. ....... sc
5 boxes carpet tacks &c elsewhere 10c
Rubber hair pins &c doz elsewhere 10c
2 spools 8 cord cotton thread
&c; elsewhere. -. ....... -. 10c
3 spools 6 cord cotton thread 10c;
elsewhere ..... 15c
l spool sewing silk &c; elsewhere 10c
Good ink tablet. ....... .......... Sc
l doz. pearl buttons. .......... sc
1 doz. collar buttons. DC
Gard hooks and eyes. ...... 1c
/ paper pins. 1c
l paper brass pins. .......... Sc
8 doz. nickel plated safety pins. 10c
l box SWANS down powder. &c
1 box borated talcum POWDER. SC
Best sewing needles. .......... &c
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Martin and Deputies Go Free.

Special Dispatch TO the Ledger.
WnKEsBARRE, Pa, March 9.-The
jury in the ase of Sheriff Martin and
Deputies on trial here this week, re-
turned a verdicto of not guilty. Only
one vote was taken, which was unani-
NOUS. Martin and deputies were
charged with killing is or 20 coal min
ers during the strike some time ago.
The trial has been in progress for
1--WE weeks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Store Burglarlzed.

Special to the Ledger via the La Crosse Lum
Der Co. Telephone.
MARTINsBURG, Mo March s.-Bur-
glars entered Meyerpeter's hardware
store in this city last night and Sc
cured about 500 worth of knives,
razors, etc. There is no clew to the
nnrnafratnrE
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

Subscribed and sworn 70 before M, -
day OF March, A. D., 1888.
Witness my hand n notarisi So =
last aforesaid. Commissioned and qnnk
. term expiring May 20, ig0i.t
K. p. FRENCH. NOTARY -
Correct-Attest: N. N. FnIxpnass
Jos. FEpNnSAtps
T.. p. FHEnc1.-a
DhseAss|
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Hosiery.
a full line in

Always n full line in the house.
And we often get big bargains for
this department. We carry a regular
Suez black for 10c that can't be beat
We will give you values for Is, 20,
%, and up to 75c.
iChildren's wear, s, s, 10, and up to
Csc.
Mems wear, 5, 8, 10, 10. Is, 20 and
o5n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Dress Goods and
Dress Skirts.
All New and Up-to-Date.

We have all kinds OF dress goods
from &c up to Soc in plaids, cashmeres,
serges, brocades, plain and fancy.
We carry from so to 100 dress skirts
ready made in stock that we can sell
you cheaper than you a 60 else
where and buy the material.
Our prices on skirts are 81. SO, $2.25,
81. so, 50, 90. so, 81, IS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

SAM JONES announces that he has
withdrawn from the gubernatorial
race in Georgia. Mr.. Jones very
p%rudently pulled out just as soon as
he found he wasn't in il.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

A HAVANA correspondent cables
that "the Name is merely a hell of
tangled steel and DEATH" Then why
try to raise il?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
OF

sT Gogars o as 1lssonai' We, ss.elss
tells, President, Ind II. L. Morris -.
said bank, each OF us, do solemnly 49,
the above statement In true 70 the -
knowledge and belief. So
X. l.. MoRRis, ceess14
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

Mr.. Gale Berry got q letter from
MIR. Marshall, who is with the KIon-
dyke party, written at Tacoma. Mr..
Marshall says they were all well and
left for Dyea last Monday by steamer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

Fred A. Morris, OF st. Louis, spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. A. Morris. Fred IL looking well
and likes hi position in st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

In the event of international COM
plications," asks an inquirer, "who
declares war;" The special CORES
pondents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

The Jackson School District Bryan
Club will meet at Jackson school
house on Friday night, March 18th.
There will be a large number of can
didates for county Offices present and
some lively debating will be engaged
IL
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Millinery
Three reasons why we ear -
you cheaper.

you cheaper.
First-We don't depend On ~ 4
partment to pay our expenses " a.
year round; therefore we can me-
them at q regular profit.
Second-We don't buy Of weGlGf'
jobbing houses. Our goods cou4{
rect from the importer and ID &e0x
ers, ribbons and shapes we can IN
you big money.
Third-We sell for cash ard ~
don't have to pay for acme . ek6A
hat.
For these reasons We have put fRo|
bigger line than ever and We ~ ~
ing to do some killing Of prices II 40
department. Can't quote you pin
here, but cordially invite you - -
and see what we can save you.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Went tn

There were nine members of the
Masonic lodge who went to Auxvasse
Monday night to witness degree work
in the Auxvasse lodge. They were
Joe J. Weimer, John Graham, ID. G,
Wright, a. s. Houston, J. T. Mason,
@. ID. Null, Rev. MIR. Gibbs, Gabe
Blum and DR.. W. A. DeBerry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Notice.

Having been appointed to the office
of Justice of the Peace to succeed
J.J. Winscott, who has recently o.
signed on account of i'll health, those
having business with the court dock
cts heretofore held by Justice j. j..
Winscott, will please call upon me at
my office over the Mexico postoffice.
II. P. WARDEN,
d2t-w1t Justice of the Peace,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Clothing.

We DONt Handle Suits, BU1
i'm Shirts. Pants and OveralIs
We Can't BE Beat.
We have overalIs at 80, 4S, so, 60,
65, 75c.
We have pants at so, SO, 70, soc, 81.
We have work shirts at %, 80, 4S,
CSC.
We have Numbered shirts at %, 35,
45, so, 75c, 81.
We have boys' knee pants at 25, 35.
so, Csc.
We have duck coats at soc, $1.25,
81 so, S1.75, 81, 81 so.
Wehave white shirts, Numbered and
unlaundered, at SOC to 81.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Attention.

All members Of w. 8. Hancock Post
2se are requested to meet ct hall
room Saturday evening, March u, at
1850 sharp. r. II. KEKSAN, r. g.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

In the meantime, it will be noticed
that the fighting editors, to a man, are
in favor of bloodless beliigerency.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

THERE can't be any truth in the
statement of that Delaware physician
who says that kissing cures indiges-
ton. There is too much dyspepsia in
this country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. v. Williams went to
vandalia yesterday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Williams' brother-in-
law, J.. K. Smith, who died in that city
Wednesday,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
. DR.. Coombs Reinstated.

Special Dispatch to the Ledger.
FULTON, Mo-; March s.-Dr. ]. 7,
Coombs was unanimously r~einstated
to-day as Superintendent OF the In
sane Asylum by the Board Of Direc.
tors. w. D. THOMAS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

j.. 7. johnson sold 51s head of cattle
Of ali ages in Fulton last Monday.
Prices ranged from $40 to $50.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
Passed The Senate Also.
THE BILL APPROPRIATINu FIFTY
MILLION DOLLARS FOR OUR
COAST DEFENSES.
It Now Goes to the President For HIS
Signature, Which He Will Place
Thereto Immediately Upon
Its Presentation.
Special Dispatch TO the Ledger.

Special Dispatch to the Ledger.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 9.-The
Senate to-day passed the fifty million
dollar defense bill without debate and
without a dissenting vote.
All pairs were broken and seventy
six Senators voted.
Yesterday the bill passed the House
and not a vote was recorded against it.
The bill needs only the signature of
the President to become a law and, as
the measure was instigated by the
Chief Executive, he will attach his
signature promptly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

OFFICIAL STATEMENT Of
Financial Condition Of the IA
TINSBURG BANK. ct Martt
burg, Audrain County, 6tate
NO., at the close Of buslnsse
the 18th Day Of February, 16od
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

Mrs. James Lockridge, who lived
southeast Of Mexico, died o. Thure-
day, March 8. She leaves two daugh-
tiers, both married. Mrs. Lockridge
wss . member OF the Christian church
ana took m active interest in all
church work. The LEDGER joins
friends and relatives In extending
sincere sympathy to the bereaved
family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

Joseph Arnold, who has been in
Texas for some time, has returned to
Mexico not much improved in health.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

Rev. George M. O. okes viii preach
at Wesley Chapel next Sabbath.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

Choice line OF new indispensable to
41.9-just received al the Famous.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

J.. W. Coggins, Of Benton City, was
In Mexico Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10

Mrs. Claude Asbury 10 visiting rels-
tives IL Centralia,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
CHAMP CLARk'S LETTER
Present Congress Making
a Ruinous Record.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
Republicans a Second Time Hoo
dooed by McKinleyism.
OUTRAGEOUS BANKRUPTCY BILL.

Judge Bells Mastery Arrangement OF
This Monstrous Measure of Blackmail
and Oppression - How the Republican,
VIII Lose the House-Attorney General
Griggs o Fool of Plutocrats-More CeIe-
brated In Gastronomics Than In the
Law
The Somerset reporter., 1898-03-17
Killing Witch Grass.

This is problem which puzzles many
farmers and method for ridding land of
this troublesome plant is vouched for In a
communication recently published in the
Mass. Ploughman:
had an acre and half of land that was
all witch grass. and in talking the matter
over with an old farmer, he advised me
never to touch it. but decided to expert
ment with it. first powed it in the fall,
and the next spring planted 1t with corn
for the silo. AS soon as the corn was of
plowed it again and sowed it with win
ter rye. which | cut green the next spring
and led out to mich cows when it had
grown large enough. then Immediately
plowed it again and sowed it with barley,
which can be fed out green or made into
hay. This repeated the next year and
found that the land was entirely free from
witch grass, there not being spear OF it
to be seen anywhere. This was years
ago. | have raised roots on it for four
years in succession since, as it was the
cleanest land l had on the farm.
NV experience has fought me that keep
ing the ground continually covered smoth-
ers the witch grass. Sowing oats and
peas would have the same effect as SOW.
ing with barley. The land should be well
manured and the grain sowed quite thick.
1t costs nothing to clear land OF witch
grass in this way. Now when hnd
witch grass showing itself in any part OF
my fields. l 60 over it as stated above and
it never fails.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-03-17
After Seeding Wheat.

According to Orange Judd Farmer, 1t
is often a good plan to harrow the
ground after seeding il it has not been
fined enough before the wheat was
sown. It will not hurt the grain to har-
row the ground after the wheat is up.
Wheat that is four inches high will not
be injured by narrowing with q peg
toothed harrow. II it rains after the
wheat Is seeded and before it is four or
five inches high, narrowing the ground
after it has dried sufficiently will usual
ly prove beneficial. In that case the
harrow loosens the surface Of the soil
and prevents the loss Of water by evsp-
grafton at time when the wheat is not
high enough to mulch and shade the
ground we'll.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-03-17

The distance bees 60 to forage 10 one
Of the difficult questions to settle, and
authorities differ in regard to the mat
ter. The editor Of The Bee Keepers Re-
view says: Forty acres Of buokwheat
were once sowed early In the season
three miles from my little apiary. The
owner intended to plow 1t under to en-
rich the soil, but finally changed his
mind and allowed it to ripen. 1t bloomed
two or three weeks before any other
buckwheat, and my bees worked upon
it and secured little more than enough
for their immediate needs, but when
the buckwheat bloomed near home the
combs filled up with a rush. p"
Commenting on the foregoing the
Iowa Homestead says: "This may be
good evidence, but not necessarily so
for it is possible that the time when the
bees were working ON the distant buck
wheat they would have accomplished
no more il they had been only 40 rods
away. 1t is we'll known that buokwheat
as we'll as other plants does not yield
honey to any extent sometimes, and
plants have more or less their proper
time for blooming, 30 it is not at all GER
tain that blossoms two weeks ahead of
the season would yield nectar after the
usual manner.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-03-17

Experiments at the Missouri station
show that by shallow tillage the mois-
ture within the first foot Of soil is larger
In dry seasons than in similar deep till
cd plots. This 10 presumably due to the
fact that the mulch formed by shall.
low tillage implement Il more evenly
distributed over the surface, more uni
form in depth, more perfect, and there
BY more effective than from the ordi.
nary deep tilling oultivatora When these
deep tillage implements are used, the
fine earth that should be spread evenly
over the surface 10 instead thrown in
ridgeA and the burrows are left bare to
evsporate the moisture.
In the best corn growing sections Of
Missouri some form Of shallow tillage
is almost universally praotioed now,
whereas ten years ago this system was
ridiouled by the most experienced corn
growers,