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Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14
TO TEST THE MAUsER PISTOL.
DR.. Griffith VIII Try the New Death
Dealer on Cadavers.

A test Of the new Mauser automatic
pistol will be made In this city next
Saturday for the United States Gov.
eminent, by Lieutenant Colonel J. d.
Griffith and Major W. 7. Stark. o.
davers will be used in the test to de-
termine the effect of the bullets al
various ranges on human flesh and
bone. DR.. Griffith conducted expert
ments for the Government with Krag-
Jorgensen and Lee rifles. 10 a private
test with the Mauser automatic pistol,
DR.. Griffith placed ten bullets In q 12-
Inch circle, at a range Of sixty feet, In
three and oue-half seconds.
The German cavalry is armed with
the deadly weapon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14
Ferris 81 Cauthorn.
SMALLPOX AT R MO
Several Eeighboring Towns Have
Quarantined Against the City.

PARIS, Mo-, Sept. s.-Paris has two
cases of smallpox. The victims are
the wlio and daughter Of Charles San
ders, 3 negro, who died under sus-
picious circamssances two weeks ago.
Sanders had besn In the hospital al
Sedalia, but left IL, and came to Paris
the day before the hospital was quar-
antined on account of smallpox. The
health officers are enforcing q strict
quarantine. Madison, Stoutsvllle and
Monroe City have qua-antined against
Paris. The local schools have been
dismissed until Sept. %. 1t is rumored
that the city authorities will sue the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas road for
damages, as the disease was brought
to Paris by an employee of the road.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14
GILBERT GATES REMAINS.
Reported Finding of His Skeleton to
Be Investigated.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Sept. s.-John W
Gates, through bic counsel, Attorney
W. 8. Forrest, expects soon TO inves.
tigate a report from Paris, Mo-, Of
the probable finding Of the remains
OF his brother, Gilbert Gates, who h
alleged to have been murdered TWEEN.
ty-seven years ago by Alexander
Jester.
Mr.. Gates has been informed that
skeleton was found recently in thu
Allen Creek district, near where Jes'
ter is supposed to have camped OF
Lthe night Of the murder. The skele-
ton was found by laborers who werI
hauling rock. 1t has been supposed
that Gilbert Gates body was thrown
into the creek. The finding OF tn
skeleton may supply valuable evi
| dence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14
Good enough to Take.

The finest quality Of loaf sugar Il
used in the manufacture Of Chamber
Iain's Cough Remedy and the roots
used in It's preparation give 1t a flavor
similar to that of maple syrup, making
1t very pleasant to take. As 4 medi-
cine for the cure of coughs, colds, Ia
grippe, Group and whooping cough II
is unequaled BY any other. 1t always
cures, and cures quickly. For sale by
Woodbridge & Purdy, druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

Mexico was on q boom.
]. +. Stewart was a centrslia mer-
chant.
O. t. Quissnberry was in Marshall
on business.
Geo. D. Bowman was county school
commissioner.
The Greenbackers carried but one
county in Kentucky.
Elder ]. A. Brooks entertained the
Union Literary Society.
W. b. Tucker, Of Galloway county,
was mentioned for State Treasurer.
Brick Fowler felt the pulse Of the
world in the st. Charles telegraph
office.
Garter & Hisey were erecting a
grain elevator near the CLARK avenue
bridge.
AL ouoHb Wnr poiub haauo W c1Aob
lish a building and Ioaa association in
Mexico.
Bishop Ryan, Of st. Lonis, was to
dedicate the new Catholic church in
Mexico on Oct. 10.
BY a vote of 4 to 2 the City Council
granted a elk months dram shop
license to h. Jacobson for $500. E.
Rines vas also given the privilege Of
opening a saloon on the same condi-
tions.
The LEDGER purchased the building
occupied by the post Office on the
northwest corner of the square and
moved the presses into the base
ment, which was connected with the
editorial and composing rooms on the
second with an elevator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14
Chronic Diarrhoea Cured.

This to certify that I have had chronic
diarrhoea ever since the war. ! got SO
weak I could hardly walk or do any
thing. One bottle of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
cured me sound and well.
]. R. GIBBS, Fincastle, Va.
had chronic diarrhoea for twelve
years. Three bottles of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
cured me.
s. L. SHAVER, Fincastle, Va.
Both Mr.. Gibbs and Mr.. Shaver are
prominent farmers and reside near
kincastle, Va. They pf cured tho
remedy from MI. w. b. Casper, a
druggist Of that place, who is well ac-
quainted with them and will vouch for
the truth OF their statements. For
sale by Woodbridge & Purdy drug
Qists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14
Liehtnine Set Fire 10 the aras,

6U ~ ~1N - wv NEU177
On Thursday afternoon, during the
thunder storm, lightning struck in g
blue grass field on the LATE Newkirh
place and set the dry grass on Hre.
About an acre was burned and prompt
work Of the neighbors alone prevent
ed a general confsgrstion.
The bolt of lightning tore a Elk
inch hole in the ground for quite a
distance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

VIVA. O.. Pape, superintendent OF
Parks, and a weIl-known Republican
politician Of 81. Louis, was shot and
killed Friday by Henry Frey, a buck
ster, who afterwards shot and killed
hfmaalf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

Mrs. J. 7. Boone, Of Jacksonville,
Fla, and Mrs Carrie Blattner, Of 81.
Louis, who have been visiting ]. Il.
Blattner and family, left for their
homes Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

Postmaster Oily, Of Mascoutah, H.,
received q letter from an old army
comrade from whom he had not
heard in sixteen years. The letter
contained a deed to some valuable
land.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

nrmer hold than ever. I tried q number d
blood remedies, bat their mineral ~ingredisnti
settled In my bones and gave me rhsumaiim
Iwasin alamentahis condition, and after en-
h~austing all treatment. pnsdeclaredineurabis
Seeing 8. 8. 6. advertised as . cure for blood
diseases, I decided 70 try A. Az soon - ny
system was under the enscto Of the medicine
I began 20 improve. and after taking u fol
two months I vas sursd completely. n,
dreadful disease was eradicated from my syp
TEN. and have had no return of
Many have been taking local treat
ment FOR years, and find themselves
worse now than ever. Atriaio Of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

"'Tis worth q bag Of gold" This
applies with special force to Hoods
sarsaparilIa, Americas Greatest Med
ipiua
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

The members Of Mexico Camp, $50,
U. @. ", have secured some neat and
attractive BLOCKING badges for their
reunion at Auxvasse this month.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK

Don't give them Tea OF codee. Have you tried
the new food drink called GRAIN-Of II IL de-
hclous and nourishing and takes the place Of
coffee,. The more dhAlN-O you give the chill
dren the more health you distribute through
their systems. 6RATN-O Is made Of pure
grains, and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades Of coffee, but costs about u
a. much Al grocers sell It. l5c and sc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

81 Montpelier, Ohio
writes; 81 vas sf'
aicted from infancy
with Casarfh, snd M
n can know the
suffering It produces
better than /. Tha
sprays and washes
prescribed By the doc
tors relieved ne only
! temporarily, anc
though I USED then
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

Nj. H. N. Warner. Of Minden,
Neb., said:
In 1894 I was attacked with
paralysis In my left side. You
might stick a pin 10 the head into
my left hip and / would not feel
it. / was unable to do any kind
Of work and had to be turned In
bed. I made up my mind that /
could not be cured as I had used
all kinds Of medicine and had
TIED many doctors. I was ad-
vised to try DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, and com
menced their use last September.
Before I had finished my 6rst box
I felt better, and By the time / had
used six boxes the disease had en-
tirely disappeared, and / have not
been so free from pain since I was
a boy. The paralysis also disap-
peared, and although two months
have passed since l finished my
last box, there has been no recur-
renee Of the disease. "-From tie
Gazette, MTNden, Ne6.
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain, In 4 condensed form, all the ele-
ments necessary 70 give new fife and rich
neg 10 the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfailing specific for
such diseases a. locomotor afaxia, partial
paralysis, ST. Vitus' dance, sciaticA, neural.
Rs, rheumatinm, nervous headache, the
ater-e1ects Of the grip, palpitation OF the
heart, pale and sallow complexions, and all
forms Of weakness either in male or female.
o.. NiiIlans' plak PIils iOs Pate People are never
said b. TIE doish OF hundred. bot aixays N paok.
ages n Ell druggists. o. direct IRON the o.. WI
Iams hediclne compEnY. sehensctsdy. ~ w., 50
cents per boa, 6bexes case.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

Parties knowing themselves indebt-
ed to the Famous will please call and
settle at once that we win be enabled
to open up for business again. Thank
ing you for past fsvOrs, I am respect
fully, N. r. WISE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

R~steFhszy declares that after the
trial ct Rsnnes be will reveal all. Then
be may come to the Uslted States for
q lecture tour.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

Consul Sprague at Gibraltar enter
tanned Dewey, who expects to have
entirely recovered his health by the
time be reaches New York.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

Myron Roberts, insane, shot and
killed his demented son in Hannibal,
Mo-, and then attempted suicide.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

Elisabeth. the 1 year old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Shelf Houx, Of Marshall,
died at 1855 O'Clock Thursday night,
September Z. Mrs. Houx was a Miss
BERTHE Rosenberg, of Mexico, before
her marriage.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14
Catarrh is
Not Incurab1e

But Il can not be cured by sprays,
washes and inhaling mixtures which
reach only the surface. The disease Il
In the blood, and can only be reached
through the blood. s. s. B. Is the only
remedy which can have any effect upon
Catarrh; Il cures the disease perma-
nently and forever rids the system Of
every trace Of the vile complaint
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

From tie Charleston H. Courier.
There were % many good features
connected with the Normal dedication
that We haven't been able to mention
them AL yet The ladies' chorus
trained and directed BY Prof. W. A.
Harding, Of Mexico, Mo-, deserves to
be highly praised for their part in the
musical programme rendered at the
assembly room. Their singing was
hne and 9 treat to all who heard
them.
VIM. ksGiaHg was killed in q cot
ton gin 1t Dallas, Tex.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

Born, to Mr. ana Mrs. J. W. Greg
DRY, Of sOuth Mexico, September 7, q
son.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

Born, on Saturday, September 2, to
Mfr. and Mrs. Frank Dorgan, Of this
county, q daughter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-09-14

Sen nusler's sharp ana quick Re-
forts - How General Henderson
Tarnea the Laugh On ~sTvatrhaoE"
Hob 4n-wtniam j. Bryna ana Con-
Eressmau walker = FIippaney ana
Profanity = Much Bitterness oftsa
EnRenaereA.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-04-19

founded the divinity school of that uni
versity with a gift of 100000, and her
sister, Miss Lima, now Baroness Zed-
WITT, added $4,000 to erect a chapel.
She is the third woman to receive the
l.aetare medal since the custom of pre-
senting it was instituted in 1888. Com
ing of family of great wealth and
high social position, Nine. Caldwell
has been prominent in the society of
Washington, Newport and other cities,
and on her visits to Paris she has been
well received. Her father was William
Shakespeare Caldwell, of Virginia, and
her mother was n sister of John c..
breckenridge, of Kentucky. formerly
Vice President of the United States.
While travelling in Europe in 1887
Nine. Caldwell became interested in
university work, and on her return to
America offered the council of Balti-
more 100000 to start the proposed
Catholic university. She has since CIV
en- literally to the institution, her latest
gift, made by herself and sister, being
$4,000 to found n fellowship in honor
of their parents.
AT one time Nine. Caldwell was
about being married while in Paris to
Prince Joachim Murat Napoleon, a de-
scendant of the great Bonaparte, but
they could not agree on financial terms.
Some time later she married MARQUIS
de Mcrinville.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-04-19

picking is about one-third. Then they
are far more careful than negroes and
pick finer grade of cotton. Even dur
ing the rainy fall, when all other cotton
was of low grade, that picked by the
monkeys of my plantation was all mid
ding. And that cotton sold for more
than one-half cent more than that
which was picked by the negroes. in
fact. ! believe that the discovery that
monkeys can be taught to pick cotton is
the greatest that has been made for the
cotton planter since Whitney discover
ed the cotton gin.
People around here laughed at me
when first tried to teach monkeys to
pick cotton, as they always do when a
man tries anything new. But now that
my experiment has proved to be sue
cess. my neighbors are wild about It..
The negroes around the plantation have
sworn that they would kill the mon
keys. They haven't done so yet, how
ever. and apprehend no great danger
in that direction" Mr.. Mangum intends
to import more monkeys from Africa,
and he desires other planters to join
with him in importing lot of them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-04-19
CAREFUL PACKING NECESSARY.
Important Warning to Manufacturers
Engaged in the Foreign Trade.

Important Warning to Manufacturers
Engaged in the Foreign Trade.
John Fowler, our consul Mt Chefoo,
has written to the State Department,
complaining bitterly of the damage
done to American foreign trade by the
carelessness and ignorance of many of
our mercantile houses in the packing of
goods intended for the export trade. He
gives Illustration after illustration of
orders of merchandise that have come
to China from the United States, which
have been broken, soiled or otherwise
damaged, simply because the goods
were not packed in way to sustain
transshipment and handling, often
rough handling, without injury.
OF course, goods which were received
in this condition in this country by one
merchant from another or by a GUS
toner from merchant, would be i'm
mediately sent back as unmerchant-
able, but there is no means of sending
goods back that have been sent 5000
or 5000 miles beyond our frontiers, and
the loss consequent upon a purchase
of this kind commonly falls upon the
purchaser, who makes an inward re-
solve that he will not again run the
risks Of purchasing American wares,
no matter how tempting may appear to
be the price. This may seem a small
matter, but 1t is of vital importance If
our export trade Is to receive healthy
development, because an experience Of
this kind is like throwing stone into
a pool of water.
The foreign customer talks to his
neighbors, and the circle of influence,
extending all through a foreign COM
munity, affects the goods not only Of
one house that carelessly shipped
them, but American goods of all kinds.
The Germans, French and English un-
derstand this business far better than
we do, and pack the wares that they
send abroad in such manner that they
are not likely to be injured, no matter
how rough the handling may be to
which they are subjected.-Boston Her
Md
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-04-19

Imaginable to teach the monkeys to

imaginable to teach the monkeys to
pick cotton.
The training was Mt once begun. The
males weigh about no pounds and the
females average 80 pounds each in
weight. Bags were made for each
monkey that would hold twenty-five
pounds of cotton, and bag was placed
over each monkeys shoulder. 1t was
surprising how fast the monkeys learn
ed to pick cotton. Baskets to hold the
cotton were placed at each end of the
was necessary TO take the cotton out of
the sacks and put it in the baskets pro-
vided.
The female monkeys proved much
better pickers than the males. For
they not only picked cleaner cotton, but
they also picked more of it in day
than did the males. In less than month
after the twenty monkeys We're started
they could pick 300 pounds of seed cot
ton day. They picked in weather
when negroes would not have picked,
and always Il cleaner grade of cotton.
The cost of picking was. of course. in
finitely less.
This first experiment proved to Mr..
Mangum that monkeys could be used
with great success as cotton pickers.
So. in June. 1898. he gave an order for
500 monkeys of the same breed to an
exporter of monkeys from Africa. with
the understanding that the greater part
of them were TO be females. About the
first of September of this year the new
batch of monkeys arrived, and the SER
vices of the old trainer were again en-
gagged to train the new lot. But this
was not such an easy task as was at
first imagined. for many of the mon
keys were wild and untamable at first.
Finally, with the aid of the twenty old
monkeys. who were of great assistance,
and great deal of harsh punishment
and of reward, the new gang of mon
keys was trained by the middle of last
October.
Cotton planters throughout the South
have watched the experiment with a
great deal of interest. Many have WIS.,
tied the plantation near Smedes to see
the monkeys at their work On the big
plantation the rows We're filed with
monkeys. each with her little cotton
sack about her neck, picking away
quietly and orderly and without any
rush or confusion.
AS fast as the monkeys got their
sacks full they would run to the end
of the row, where n man was stationed
TO empty the contents of the sacks into
baskets. Then the monkeys would
scamper back along the row and would
Immediately resume their work. The
monkeys seemed actually TO enjoy pick.
ing. Each monkey was protected from
the rays of the sun while picking by n
cotton cap, which was tied under It's
chin with Il piece of string.
Mr.. Mangum is enthusiastic over the
success of his experiment. THE in
PRODUCTION of monkeys as cotton pickers
means more to the South" said he, not
long ago, than a cotton picking ma
chine: for the monkeys are Il success
as pickers, while the machines. so far,
have been failures. The monkeys are
In every way superior TO negroes as
pickers In the first place. the cost Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-04-19
pleasant PRospEcI.
Astronomers Say the Moon Is Getting
Ready to Fall.

Astronomers Say the Moon Is Getting
Ready to Fall.
1t is not likely to happen just yet
awhile, but many astronomers are pre-
pared for the fall of the moon at dis
tant date.
1t is probable that eventually the
moon will be drawn well within the
sphere of attraction of the earth. At
present she is just far enough off to be
kept in tow, so to speak, and to whirl
round and round us as we'll as spin
herself.
But when the inevitable time comes,
and she is drawn far into the attrac-
ton radius, she is likely to be pulled
right down and fall onto the earth, for
her attraction is, of course, much
weaker than ours. She is in more dan
ger of this at one time than another,
and the danger is increasing gradually
but surely. 1t may be 10000 or $1,000
years yet, but when she does fall there
will certainly be terrific bump, and
the whole system of the earth will be
badly jolted.
1t is calculated that, taking the most
dangerous epoch of the year into con-
sideration and her consequent position,
she is likely to fall on the northeastern
part of Europe, and will entirely wipe
Russia and Germany from the map.
Tidal waves and all sorts of horrors
will occur, and the fallen moon will
probably break up. The entire climate
of the world will be altered, and Eng
land will probably be more or less i'm
proved. according to the scientists.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-04-19
provided a bounty not exceeding IS

provided a bounty not exceeding As
cents per acre per annum to the owners
of forest lands maintaining at least
fifty trees per acre in sound condition;
the trees to measure not less than eight
inches at n height of six feet from the
ground, and no individual to be paid on
more than fifty acres. Provision was
also made for the acquisition by the
State, for forestry purposes, of three
tracts of land, of 10000 acres each, at
the headquarters of the Delaware, the
Susquehannu and the Ohio. Another
provision, copied from the Minnesota
act, established fire warden service.
Considerable progress has been made
in the purchase of lands for the pro-
posed reserves, and the fire warden SER
vice is declared to have given satisfac-
tory results. Attention is called to the
great advantage which may accrue to-
Pennsylvania through the reforesting
of cut-over and other areas with trees
adapted for the manufacture of wood
pulp, an industry which is yearly as
Stunning larger proportions. A pulp
wood forest started now, with suf-
fcient area under scientific care, would
in the next generation become source
Of vast revenue to the State.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-04-19
MONKEY WORKERS.
FIVE HUNDRED TO BE USED FOR
PICKING COTTON.
Mr.. ManEum's Experience May Revo.
1utionize the Cotton Industry in Our
Southern States Monkey Slaves to
Be Imported from African Forests.

Monkeys are developing Intelligence
rapidly along some lines of human en-
deavor and soon may become such Il
factor that labor unions will have to
recognize in them formidable element
in the sphere of manual labor. The tan
sled forests of Darkest Africa, which,
III the early days of the nation, supplied
the Southern planter with slaves 10 cul-
tivate his cotton fields and to gather his
crops, have again been drawn upon by
the farmer. whose ingenuity is equally
great. whether he devotes his energies
to the manufacture of wooden nutmegs
III Northern States or of liquid moon
shine in the South.
This time the demand is for monkeys
good. able-bodied monkeys. who shall
be equal to heavy days work in the
cotton fields. For that is the scheme
which the willy Southcrner has planned,
and which he has found 10 be practical
Die. He will set monkeys at work pick
ing his cotton crop. according to our
Veracious correspondent in Nicksburg.
And why not? Monkeys have been
used in some parts of Asia to fetch and
carry, and they learn rapidly all that is
required of them.
Scores of them have been working on
the plantation of w. w. Mangum in
Mississippi since the fall of 1897. Man
gum attended the Vicksburg fair in
1896 with Prof. S. NJ. Tracey, and
watched the antics of number of
trained monkeys who We're performing
various tricks under the supervision of
their trainer.
AS sure as you're alive, MIangum."
said Prof. Tracey, those monkeys can
pc taught to pick cotton better and far
more cheaply than our negroes do, and
perpetual fame will be the part of the
man who tries the experiment and finds
il success"
Magnum laughed at the suggestion.
but the more his friend talked to him
about the matter the more inclined he
was to try the experiment. In Septem-
Der, 1897, he hunted up the owner and
trainer of twenty trained monkeys in
New York City and made arrangements
both to buy the monkeys and to get the
services of their trainer, who assured
him that 1t would be the simplest thing