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Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14
u Twenty Years Ago -
This Week.
W. Keath was night Waterman.

W. Keath was night Waterman.
Rutledge & Treloar were shoe deal
ers.
Jno. 8. Phelps was Governor of Mis-
souri,.
Brooks & Bell were proprietors of
the Ringo House.
There was a Boston Shoe Store in
Mexico 20 years ago.
Hon. A. 81. Buckner was the Con-
gresham from this district.
q. W. Baker, real estate agent, was
an extensive advertiser.
s. Simpson was buying wool. Office
over ]. d. fuckers store.
Joe Murray was a merchant tailor
on the east side of the square.
Judge w. o. Forrist made a fourth
of July speech at Washington, Mo.
The track of the Chicago & Alton
had been completed as far as CLARK.
L. B. Fetter was in the jewelry bus
mess here. He is now at Roodhouse.
A levy of 10 per cent had been made
on all stock of the Malinda Allen mine.
James Robinson was having a big
barn built on his farm, north of Mexico.
DIR. 8. N. Russell fell downstairs at
the P. M. Morris corner and broke q
rib.
VIM. H. Connell and Miss Josie Hen
drick were married in Laddonia on
July 8.
The c of the Murphy picnic on
July 4th was due James Carroll and
Maj. Allison.
VIM. o. Lakeland, now of Honolulu,
Hawaiian Islands, U. 8. A., was with
j. F. Llewellyn.
Prof. J. P. Blanton, of Troy, was
elected superintendent of the Mexico
Public School.
Judge q. M. Edwards was Central
Committeeman from the 18th Con-
g%ressional district.
The jury In the Farrow poisoning
case had not returned q verdict but
rel expected to at any moment.
Miss Mary Murphy "took the cake"
as the prettiest girl at an entertain
ment at the Kabrich Opera House.
The funny man on the LEDGER
said: Italy is going to have q X
position-one that will make Rome
howl.
On July 18th John Sontag was ad-
vertising Christmas goods and had q
card in the LEDGER signed by Santa
Claus.
Conductor Booker Bishops train
jumped the track while going down
the Louisiana hill, injuring several
stock men. DR.. Humphrey went to
tuo oCouo VI INC Wf6Ck.
On July sth the following directors
of the Savings Bank were elected:
VIM. Stuart, ]. e. Ross, E. p. Cum
bingham, B. F. Harrison, VIM. a.
French, Lewis Hord, Jno. M. Menefee,
8. M. Locke and J. M. Marmaduke.
VIM. Stuart was president, ]. M. Mar
maduke, cashier, and 8. M. Locke,
assistant cashier.
The Fulton and Mexico Gun Clubs
had . shooting match on July 4th.
Fulton scored 81 to Mexico's ~. The
Mexico team was composed Of DR..
Hamilton, w. r. Whitney, Joe MUIR
ray, Mark Pitcher, 8. NJ. Locke, D. T.
Gentry, r. O. Graham and Joe Moore.
Geo. Marsnaii was scorer for Mexico
and Prof. Rice for Fulton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14
Our BOYS Short of Cash.

The Globe Democrats C~hickamauga
correspondent says:
The 9TH Missouri has been kept in a
state of expectancy for the past week,
as a result of the elusive movements
of the army p~aymasters. All of the
regiments in the immediate vicinity OF
the 9th have been paid, but in spite OF
the tall lightning rods of the 9Th it has
failed to attract the government light
ming.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14
FROM PARK.
A Soldier Boy Writes q Newsy Letter
to a Friend IN This City.

Ed Shearer has just received the
following letter, dated July 8, from
his friend, Chas. Head, who ia a soldier
boy at Chickamauga:
I have never found time to write
you-since my arrival here and l must
hurry up now as it is almost dinner
time. The lack of time was not due
to any hard drilling, but simply
because have been running to Lytle
almost every day and trying to see
something of the park. Friday I
assembled a tower about one hundred
and ffty-five feet high and from
which it is said that q view of seven
states can be obtained.
am writing this letter in the Y. M.
O. A. tent, situated between the End
Arkansas and 9th New York. The
New York boys were paid off a few
days ago and they have been making
things lively in their camp for a few
days.
Tell Mr.. Luckie that while I write
Fred is practicing some piece on the
organ. He plays every night here and
very often interesting concerts take
place, in which some regimental bands
participate.
James Galloway was the first Mexico
boy I saw when l arrived. He ia now
postmaster for the regiment. Inever
see him drill and, as he rides to Lyle
for the mail, he has a good thing.
Myers and I sleep together and have
four blankets. We sleep like logs.
Sundays they have guards all around
Lytle to keep the boys out, but, as /
had on no uniform, / had no trouble
to get through. To get In Lyle on
Sunday you have to have a written
pass signed by about a dozen of the
big men of the camp. / had Lieut..
McKinley's permission hut no pass.
About twenty members of Company
L were vaccinated this morning. Two
of them got sick and tainted, but the
rest had no trouble.
never g Kafnes drilling; 1 don't
know how he gets out of 1t. We have
plenty to eas-bread, coffee, tomatoes
onions, potatoes, rice, beef, bacon,
etc. We have had bareback only once
since I have been here. 1 drew q pair
OF government shoes the other day
and they are the most comfortable
ever wore.
/ intend to go to Chattanooga and
ascend Lookout Mountain before long.
1 guess had better close. When Won
write let me know how things are
moving in Mexico and what Kind NJ a
time you had on July fourth.
Yours truly, CHAs. HEAD.
Company L, 9th Reg. Mo. Vol, Inf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14
Wool Wanted.
We pay highest market
price for wool. Hatha-
Way-Keath Grain and I'm
plement Co.
Cupid Steals a March.

Late Thomas, Of this city, and Miss
Altha.o wen of Auxvasse, stole a march
on their friends July z and were
quietly married by Judge Edwards.
The only outsider who knew of the
wedding Was Mr.. Thomas sister, Mrs.
Reuben McCord, and the wedding was
surprise to all the friends Of the
young couple.
Young Thomas is but 20 years OF
age and secured his mothers permits
sion to marry. Mrs. Thomas did not
think the permission would be used
until fall, however, and when the
yoong folks went out for q walk
that evening no one thought they were
preparing for q wedding.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14

The Methodist Church, South, has
been exonerated from blame by the
Senate for deception practiced in Sc
curing passage Of a claim against the
Government of $2S8, 600.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14

THE courtesies extended to Hobson
and his men by Cervera should be
kindly remembered by this govern
ment and the Spanish admiral should
be paroled and not be subjected to
confinement of any sort.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14

Miss Grace Holiopeter is home from
an extended visit to 81. Louis friends.
Her many friends in Mexico : glad
to welcome her back home again.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14

Fred Shootman, formerly of this
city, has moved from Pleasant Hill
to Lexington, Ill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14

The Ripgo saloon is open again
Thanking you for past favors and
desiring continuance in the future,
we remain yours respectfully.
d2w-w2t SAUNDERS & KEMP.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14

Theo. Allen won the free-for-all
pace ut Columbus, Ohio, with Palmyra
Boy. Time, 2:osizz, 2:oa1A, 1909,
without hobbies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14

Jim Johnson and Jay Unison, two
of the colored recruits, who left a few
days ago for Columbia, returned home
last night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14

Qninoria 10 guaranteed to cure
cniiis, fever and all maIarial disorders.
no cure, no pay. Sold by Buckner &
whitney.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14
MANY PEOPLE CANNOT DRINK

coffee at night. tt spoils their sleep. You can
drink qrain-O when you please and sleep like
a top. For Grain-O does not stimulate; 1t
nourishes, cheers ami feeds. Yet 1t 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 q
package from your grocer to-day. Try Ii in
place OF coffee. 15c and Csc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14

Miss Ellie Clendenin, Of Jerseyville,
ILL, Is the guest OF Mexico relatives
and friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14
AWFUL SKIN
HUM0R

My little daughters head and face broke
out in bleeding sores. One of her ears was 90
affected we thought it would slough of. Her
suffering was intense, getting no rest unless
under opiates. The physician tried every
known remedy, but instead Of getting better,
she got worse. Distracted with her condi-
ton, i was advised to try CUTTcURA RENE
Dfgs, Before Che first fceek I noticed that the
little sufferer was beginning to get relief, and
IN less than tro months was entirely cured.
Mrs.JAS. MELTON, S Hayden st ,Atlanta,Ga !.
-sIxKP FOR sxIx-ToErusEp BAsyEs AN Rxr pon
Lzxo A9rakss Ia . ssrrn osth vita crTTcrlA soar,
sAas sn<fe asoirttnz with CrrtcrEx, greasezf on emoL
nents AID pureat Of skin cures This treatment VIII efye
instant seisef. permit rest for parent md slssp for ckild.
nna po,st to speedy, peymsnsat. and canom3cai eur.
I'd asrsaghout ne vsra. PorfEn U. &c. Corr soaa
EFspss osss,1- Aes b Curs Toeudns Hunnoc1, ~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14
A. Fl. r. A.

Sub order A. H. 7. A.. No. 1sl meets Monday
night on or before full moon in each month.
Visiting brethren always welcome.
W. T. LOTT, W. P.
v. ERDEL, JR., W. Secretary. 2-yr
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14
Rapairinr Neatly Dona.

h6p6Iriug Neatly Done.
II you went your watch cleaned or
repairing of any kind done neatly,
cheaply and promptly call on T. 8.
Riley. Satisfaction guaranteed.
WITT T. 8. RILEY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14
GOOD NEWS.

Notice to Our Friends and Patrons.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14

Mrs. Mary L. CLARK is home from q
visit to C%hillicothe.
THE Kansas City Times says: Bob
White Ii now editor Of the Puxico
Inder. He 10 not the Bob White who
advertises Sam Cook, and is adver-
tised by Cook In return, however.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14
Especial Washington letter.

Why is this monstrous proposition
made? Let us be plain and state the
truth though it shame the devil. This
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14

The Fulton and Mexico Gun Clubs
had shooting match on July 4th.
Fulton scored 81 to Mexico's "a. The
Mexico team was composed of Dr..
Hamilton, w. F. Whitney, Joe Muir.
ray, Mark Pitcher, 8. NJ. Locke, d. T,
Gentry, r. O. Graham and Joe Moore.
Geo. Marsnail wa scorer for Mexico
and Prof. Rice for Fulton.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-23
CONSUELO'S GUESTS.
Taking the Kneipp Cure Every Mornin
Mt beautiful BlcnhcIm.

Taking the Kneipp Cure Every Morning
at beautiful BIcnheIm.
Consuelo, duchess of Marlborough,
inherited from her mother, Mrs. o. H.
p. Belmont, the talent of an expert en-
tertainer. Progressive and charming,
eleven and rich she is constantly de-
vising new ways to amuse her guests
and succeeds far beyond most other
hostesses in England For month
back she and her husband have been
amusing themselves and their friends
with what they cali -recuperation par.
country seats In England, is at its love
liest in the carly fall. and just now is
crowded with guests, mostly young
people resting after their designations
of summer and building up against the
yet to come. The Kneipp cure has
many devotees among Consuelos
guests, and every morning they may
be seen walking barefooted on deny
lawn as large as a city square. Some
where near 100 people are staying at
Blenheim, and over half that number
are taking the Kneipp cure, believing
tnal deW upon the ieet III INC inoi AiuS
acts as nerve tonic, freshening up
the entire system for all day. The
time for the dew cure is between 5
and in the morning, for after that
the sun has absorbed the dew. The
walk is taken before breakfast, with
only a glass of milk in the stomach.
The bath follows, then comes break
fast, and after breakfast the Kneipp
girls play tennis. 1t takes only few
days of this treatment to bring back
bright eyes and roses, but whether
improved condition is due to the
Kneipp cure or to the regular life and
early hours which the young duchess
imposes upon her guests may well be
regarded as an open question.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-23
How long have you been out?"

How long have you been out?"
only few months; but I'll an
swer your questions better after I've
got outside a square feed and pot
of tea. I'll be bound. I've come q
goodish step today"
Here you are, mattel" interrupted
Tom Baynes. placing a plentiful sup
ply of bread and meat in front Of him.
"Sit down and tackle that, and never
mind their jaw"
The men laughed and went on with
their game. until the stranger, having
satisfied his hunger and lighted pipe,
seemed more inclined for being put
through his PAGES.
ANY chance of a job here?" he
presently inquired of the company in
general.
"Yes, l should think there ought to
be-" answered one. You had better
go up to the house and see the boss in
the morning. He is pretty short
handed since German Charlie and Big
Jack went off to Sullivan's to blow
their cheques"
Baynes was sitting on bench on
one side of the hearth resting his chin
on his hands, and looking moodily into
the fiickering log-fire.
Where have l seen your face be-
fore?" asked the stranger suddenly.
Somewhere, I'll swear"
"I don't remember ever having seen
you." replied Baynes. scrutinizing the
others features; indeed l am sure
be?"
Mines Bob Luke. What's yours?"
Luke" echoed the cook, with a
start
yes, Luke. Anything wroas with
it? You seem to know the name some
how-perhaps you know something
against it?"
NO" said Baynes, l never knew
anybody of that name. 1t was not
that am subject to stitch some
times which takes me suddenly. Know
anything against it? Ha, ha! How
could |? Why, never even heard of
it,"
4 thought perhaps you might, that's
all, rejoined the newcomer. There
was man called Luke-a relation,
too, of mine-and he got into trouble,
but his character was cleared from the
charge. 1t makes man touchy who
happens to bear the same name; and
when l saw you start l thought per-
haps you'd heard about it, and-and
what may your name be?"
Mine? My names Tom Baynes.
I'm Londoner, and a new chum, too,
like you"
(To be Continued)
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-23
A FELON'S LOVE.
BY HENRY W. NESFIELD.
BY HENRY ". NESFIELD.

ious to be invaded. | wonder what
Pshaw-it's only my fancy. | suppose,'
A few weeks passed by, and shear
ing was thing of the past. The sta
| tion hands had settled down into theil
ordinary routine OF work, and the ex
ira men who had been employed dur.
ing the busy season had passed on tc
find similar jobs elsewhere.
1T is very strange" remarked Mr.
Hall one day to his wife, that one
never sees Mrs. Baynes. What car
really be the matter with her? He
tells me that her eye-sight is so bad
that she cannot bear the light"
THAT is odd" replied his wife, for
If her eyesight is so bad. how in the
world does she manage to hem these
handkerchiefs so beautifully? I never
saw better work In my life"
well, that is curious!" interposes
Jack Hall. And shutting herself up
too so persistently in Baynes' hut
makes no end of gossip on the station.
A fellow asked me yesterday when
was over at Bumberra whether it was
true that we had maniac shut up
here. II gossip of that sort is the talk
of place fifty miles away, we shall
soon be getting fine name for our
selves here at Redmount."
"Oh, as for gossip, you'll find that
everywhere!" remarked his father.
And, after all. Tom Baynes is the
smartest cook I've had for many a day.
and pleasant enough fellow, too, now
he's got over that shy sort of manner
which he had when he first came up
Perhaps he is jealous of the other
men, father" suggested Mary slyly,
land does not like them to look at
her.
That's possible" replied Mr. Hall
81 remember man on board ship once
who kept his wife locked up in her
cabin for three months. and carried all
her meals in to her himself"
What brute!' cried Mary do
you mean to say he never let her out
at all?"
"Only at nighttime in fine weather,
and then he marched her up and down
the deck for only an hour or two.
Even on these nocturnal occasions she
was so thickly yelled that nobody
could get glimpse of her features"
Perhaps she was a 'pig-faced lady
that he had married for her dollars"
said Jack; cor she might have commit
ted some crime. and he was helping
her to escape. A murder perhaps
Good gracious, Baynes, how you made
me jump"
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-23
TO BEAUTIFY DOORS.

1t is seldom that the door of a room
Is made decorative feature. Too
often it is hidden behind a portiere-
an altogether meaningless arrange
ment when we consider that if only the
door were well made and skillfully fit
ted it would successfully exclude all
draught, and the addition of another
screen would be quite unnecessary.
Since the fashion of hiding the door In
this way has been adopted the archi-
trave has not been regarded as of any
Importance, and consequently the
modern door is, as a rule, badly pro-
portioned and by no means we'll de-
signed.
During the periods from which we
take many of our present best ideas of
decoration-namely the Louis XIV,
XIV. and XVI.-doors We're treated with
the utmost care and skill; not only
were they carved or painted, but their
locks and hinges were beautifully de-
signed and finished-so much so that
an old French lock or hinge Is of value
as a work of art. This is as 1t should
be. The door should receive equally
as much attention as the fireplace or
window. 1t need not be elaborately
carved, but it should be we'll designed
and furnished with appropriate lock
and hinges. Then, again, the door
should always be hung in such man
ner that the part of the room in which
the occupant usually sits is screened,
and it should open into the room to
facilitate the entrance, and also give
the impression of hospitality.
The hall door should be more sub
stantially built than that of the room,
and looks best If plain in design and
solid in color. 1t should have bold
architectural holdings. but no elab-
crate decorative detail, and its lock,
hinges and handle should be skillfully
wrought in suitable metal, such as
iron or bronze. In every case the
metal work should be appropriate to
the door, as, for instance, wrought iron
or bronze with oak, copper with ma
hoeany and brass with walnut,
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-23
IN THE RIFLE PITS
Bpaniards' Flags of Truce Amused tho
Men In the Trenches

The days that followed July Sd were
filled with innumerable visits to the
Spanish lines under flags of truce,
writes Richard Harding Davis in
Scribners. To the men in the plts.
who knew nothing of the cXigencies
or diplomacy, these virgin flags were
as offensive as those of red are to the
bull. The men had placed their own
flags along the entire line of trenches.
and though they afforded the enemy n
perfect target. and fixed our position
as clearly as buOys mark out n race
course, the men wanted the flags there
and felt better at seeing them there
and so there they remained. The
trenches formed horseshoe curve
five miles in length, and the entire
line was detiantly decorated with our
flags When they fiuttcred in the
wind at full length and the sun kissed
their colors they made one of the
most inspiring and beautiful pictures
of the war. The men would crouch
for hours in the pits, with these flags
rustling above them, and felt well re
paid for their service: but when they
saw crawling across the valley below
the long white flag of truce their
watchfulness seemed wasted, their
vigilance became Il farce. and they
Knocked ana scoifed at the white flag
bitterly. These flags We're sent in so
frequently that the men compared
them to the different war extras of n
daily paper. and would ask. Has that
10 o'clock edition gone in YETI" and,
rs this the base ball edition coming
out now. or is 1t an cNtry?"
One of the regulars said to me, in
great pcrplexity: II can't make out
this flng-of-truce gag. 1t reminds me
of two kids in n street fight stopping
after every punch to ask the other
fellow If he's had enough. Why don't
we keep mt it until somebody gets
hurtcd?"
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-23
CHAPTER VI.

AS Jack Hall was speaking, Tom
Baynes happened to be passing the
ana aisifas. AID t1fese ne Suddenly let
fall with a crash upon the ground.
Dear me-" cried Mrs Hall, how
dreadfully careless of you, Tom! How
are we to replace them? What could
you have been thinking about?"
Il am SO very sorry, ma'am." he re-
piled. II must have slipped on some
thing-I really don't know how" and
he leaned up against the veranda-post,
looking as though but for that,support
he would have fallen down.
"Weu, there-dont look so scared,
mani" said Mr.. Hall good-naturedly.
"Pick up the pieces-why. the lad
looks quite frightened There are
worse accidents than that at sea-ay,
and on shore, too. for the matter Of
that!"
Baynes did as he was told, but he
had turned white to the very lips. AS
he walked away with the broken
crockery in his cooks apron, he re-
peated to himself
"Ay, and on shore, too, for the mat
ter of that"
After few months Mrs. Baynes' re-
tirement ceased to excite much curl
osity. She was an idiot she was too
ugly to face the daylight, she was any
thing that could possibly be suggested
whenever her name was mentioned;
but Baynes was voted by all hands TO
be an obligng fellow and a capital
cook, SO the men soon ceased to worry
him about his wife.
One day Baynes asked permission to
he allowed to repair and occupy an old
hut which stood in bit OF neglected
garden upon the hillside some two
hundred yards or more from the mems
quarters. Mr.. Hall told him he might
do as he pleased, so, with the assist
ance of one of the men, he took pos
session of the place, and veny soon
managed to make it snug and com
Portable.
Thieher he removed his few goods
and chattels, including Mrs. Baynes;
hut at what hour he made the exodus
was never known, for the first intima-
tion the station had of his having left
his old quarters was the smoke issuing
from the chimney of the renovated hut
early the next morning.
Mrs. Hall had. by her husbands ad-
vice, ceased to offer to call upon Mrs.
Baynes.
"The woman is queer, or great in
valid" he remarked. Her husband
suits me well enough. and she does
YOUR needlework. Why worry about
her? Leave well alone is my ad-
vice"
Mrs. Hall found it extremely con-
venient to have a woman upon the sta
tion, even if she did choose to remain
invisible. As Tom Baynes had at first
stated, his wife was not quick at her
work, but was wonderfully skillful
needlewoman. and she saved Mrs, Hail
many weary hours darning.
One evening in the middle of April,
some five months after Tom Baynes'
arrival, he was sitting in the kitchen
with some of the men, when swags-
man carrying bundle slung on stick
walked up to the door and asked for
a nights lodging.
Looking for job, mate?" asked
one of the men, as he glanced up from
his game of euchre.
Yes"
What lay are you ?'-"Knock-
about hand"
New chum?"
"Ay; not very old one anyhow,
governor
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-23
tn, World. supply of wheat.

An English expert claims that the
wheat producing soil of the world is
unequal 10 the strain that will he put
upon it,. Even now when the food sup
ply Is ample, thousands die because
their disordcred s,0machs fail to digest
the food they take. IIostctter's Stom-
ach Bittcrs strengthen and tone up the
stomach and digestive organs.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-23

wild Animals / Have Known" b,
Ernest Seton Thompson. is the title OF
beautiful book recently published by
ohhrIcs Scribncr's Sons. Mr.. rhomp.
son is IL naturalist of wide reputation
ana the author of numerous books of
recognized authority. The aim of the
book is TO implant in the minds of the
young more sympathy and love for
their dumb friends. All the stories are
voucncd Tor rs true, and the animals
described We're real characters Some
OF them lived in Manitoba and some in
New Mexico. but they all met with ad-
ventures that will hold the absorbed at
tention of the reader. young or old.
There are thirty-eight full-page illus
trations and over two hundred smaller
drawings.