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Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Mrs. John Gregg has been enter
tanning Mrs. James Gregg and son.
Morris, Of 80. Charles.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Rev. A. W. vardeman, of Vandalial
pm preach at the Baptist church Sum
by morning. There will be no preach
BE- In the evening.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Miss Madge Buckner, Of Kansas
bty, is Visiting Mise Elizabeth Rob-
ttsOn, Of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

W. ]. Bolts lie making some SUBJ
Rantial Improvements on his resi-
ence property on South Jefferson
areet,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

N. W. Fry Is home from q business
b to ~Louisiana, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Mrs. Joseph Barth and children,
Kisses Selma and Corinne, r home
EOm Columbia, where they visited
aiando
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Hiss Minnie TomIinaon, 81 ct, Louis,
isiting in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

My guess Of the population OF Mexi.
lie e,s27; Audrain county, 22,s45.
EVERETT L. WILSON.
MY guess of the population OF Next
co Is e,s75; Audrain county, 1876.
q. q. WILSON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Miss Pauline Jones is home from q
bssant visit In Martinsburg.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Mrs. CLARA u. Snidow lie home
m a visit in Moberly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Mr., and Mrs. e. L. Woodson, OF
sst St. Louis, were here Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26
THURSDAY, JULY %.

4. 3. MocuIIy, of Macon, wss in
rn Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

* WIN. Conns and children will
BIZ mends and relatives In Minneapo-
n Kans., this summer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Miss Jesse Karnes leaves Friday
a visit in Montgomery CITY,.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

that John Powers told her that he
would be willing to kill Goebel. She
swors that In > conversation he said
that the Democratic Governor would
never take HE seat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

An odd freak OF lightning is report
b from New Jersey. A baby's skin
be turned black for a few minutes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Robert Thrslksld spent Sunday In
Bntgomery City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Miss Frances Garter viii leave In q
4 days for Colorado.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Joseph ooons will visit the springs
MineoIa this summer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Yrs. o. Poisson is home from 9
basant visit in Bridgeport.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Mrs. Fannie Ohambliss Is home from
i extended visit in Kansas City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Mrs. Ferguson, of West jackson
seet, is quite III with fever.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

D. Orear i homo from q business
= to Kansas City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Miss Florence KEENAN, spent Sun
at Frankfort.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

drs. W. d. Grow guesses the
pulation OF Mexico at 5,1O5.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Miss Linnie Allison 10 home from q
easant visit to friends aud relatives
AZ. Louie.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

CRACKER = JACK
Road WAGON.
FERRIS &
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Prof. Oliver Stlgali, Superintendent
the Ohillicotne Public Schools, was
Mexico Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

j. 7. Dawaon was a Sunday visitor
Am OentraIIa.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

tiss Dorothy Hopkins is home from
nts Anna, Cal,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

william Pollock has returned from
usIness trip 70 the north.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

L. Ferris Is shaking hands with
sxico frisnds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Mrs. o. T. Rosenberg, of Kansas
by, and Mrs. A. Z. squires are Wis
Ing in WellsviIie.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Mr.. and Mrs .J.B. Stevenson, OF Fort
tadisoB. Ia, are visiting in this
bunty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

sUIu Keath, Of chilIicOthe, is visit
4 In MEXICO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

ing friends and relatives in this
vicinity.
Henry Dixon sold a suckling mule
to James Canada for ESQ.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Harry Jacks was In town from
bntgomery City Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

bamss Daley, Of St. Louis, is the
lest Of the family of Harry Wolff.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Miss Mamie Jameson, OF Fulton,
Is been the guest Of Miss Abbie
"A arrta
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Miss Kate Hollopeter lie home from
pleasant visit 10 friends near Rush
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

A nns Jersey COW fresh, with heller
calf. wI-deods v. o. P. KING.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

Light running Weber farm wagon,
FERRIS & CAUFHoRN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

A nice butcher shop for sale. New
fixtures and tools complete and best
location in Mexico. Everything
clean and new and ready for business.
Gold storage plant included-slaugh-
ter house fixtures, delivery wagon, ETC.
Good reasons for selling. For par
ticulars apply to v. OIL King. d9-wl
The Epworth League Convention,
of the Hannibal District, Missouri
Conference, will be held at Laddonia,
July "a and %. Rev. J. ]. Hicks and
others from Mexico will be in at.
tendance. Mr.. Hicks viii read q pa
per on "Ohristian Stewardship and
Tsthlng."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26
WATCH US FOR WATCHES!
THE MISSOURI MILITARY ACADEMY.
A. K. Yancey,


ETeAfoehts
Graduate University OF
Virginia; two years prin-
oipal OF Blue Ridge High
School, preparatory 10 the
University OF Virginia; six
years President Alabama
Central College,; twelve
years President OF Hardin
College.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26
whose Names Appear BELOW.

Mexico Music Co.
Fred A. Morris, Groceries.
Joe q Vic Barth, Clothing.
Smith Brothers, Groceries.
G. ID. Ferris, Shoes.
Brown q Smith, Dry Goods.
Victor's Up-to-Date Dry Goods House.
Y.O. p. King, Hardware.
@. II. Lupton, Furniture and Undertaking.
Buckner& Whitney, Drugs.
Woodbridge q Purdy, Drugs.
Glendy g Calhoun, Racket Store.
Paul w. Weber, Bakery.
r.. ]. Kelso, Ice Cream Parlor, Candy Kitchen.
4. r. Roden, Groceries.
-, A. Sannebeck, Meat Market.
Me5dames Hopkins q Brooks, Millinery.
WIS Ragsdale, Harness and SaddleFy.
Alfred Larsen, Photographer.
VIM. Pollock MN and Elevator Co.
This contest opens Monday, June IS, 1900, and
closes October 8, 1909. An votes must DO sent 10
E. Locke, Deputy County Clerk, within Q days
from the date OF ballot. They must also bear
signature OF the merchants by whom they
are issued. No ballots accepted after October
1890, at noon.
The Piano will be delivered
FREE to the winner on Octo-
Der 10, 1900.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
A DOG WITH A SALARY.
ae Is Regularly Employed as B street AdYertisIng Agent

One of the familiar sights about the business section and one attracting much admiring attention is hand- some black, curly dog, which walks along with sedate dignity, wearing a nat on his head. speetacles on his nose 9 pipe firmly clenehed between his teeth, and bearing a large advertising sign on his back. This canine adyer- tising agent, who attends to his busi- ness with a diligence, perseverance and decorum which many of his human rivals might do worse than initiate, is named Chester, and is the property of Ernest Jones, who usually accompanies him and who has trained him to the work Chester is about five years ct age, and is partly Newfoundland, part ly Gordon setter. He has the long, in- teiligcnt face of the setter, with almost human soft brown eyes, and the black, curly coat of the Newfoundland, the white an his breast being the only white bout him. He is quite accom- plished, though his training dates but a little before Christmas. He can open doors, goes obediently and intelligently on errands, can climb a ladder, jump through hoops, and play leapfrog like boy just out of school. He understands the sign language. and will obey command communicated to hin by his masters fingers without a spoken word He is not only docile, but ex- ceedingly affectionate, and is very po- lite. But he is not without spirit, as he showed one day when mischievous news5oy tried to take away his pipe, and succeeded in kno ,kfng it out of his mouth. He eprang upon the scared urchin and protested so vigorously and foreibly against interference that it took a policeman to rescue his tormen- tor from him, the sympathy of all the bystanders being with the animal. He has deep sense Of the proprieties, and will not go out of doors without hls hat. He has cause for his digniffed pride and evident self-respeet, for he earns regular salary. Now he has eompanien in younger Newfound- land, who is also learning the adY IT, Using business. This is a handsome dog, about IS months old, named Gro- yer Cleveland. He is being broken to hat and spectacles, but does not take to them very kindly as yet, while Ches. ter rather resents the loan of his old hat, which he is compelled to make the newcomer. The pair made a striking team of workers in their novel yoca- tion.-B Baltimore American
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
ZMttfn Erect.

Very many persons, in taking a seat. use the edge of it only, with the result that in a very short tinie they seem to be doubling up, the head bending forward over the chest. The easiest method of sitting erect, and in a grace ful oosisiea. $ .c see.sy tss.e chair sa such way that the lewese part o7 shs spine or backbone touches the back of the seat; then, by causing the shoul- ders also to touch the back, the whole body is erect and maintains itself, not only without an effort, but with feel ing of support, relief and rest, and that, too, without any appreeiable ef- fort. Any position maintained by the aid of brace is forced, and is secured by an injury done to some other part, which not only has to support itself but aid in supporting parts not intend ed, hence must in tine itself need aid from other sources, and thus the mis. chief goes on.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
MODERN DEh rIsTRy
Artistic and Intricate Gold Fiiiings
 Thing Of the Past.


 Thing Of tho Past.
 "The modern dentist need not be nearly as skilled a workman as his father was," said one of the craft yes- terday, as he merrily knitted up foot or two of nerve with his little crochet hook, entirely disregardlng his patients means. You see, there are no beau tiful and artistic gold filings put in nowadays. As soon as a tooth gives an opportunity for showing skill in fili- Ing, presto! it is cut off and crowned or bridged with gold. A gold tooth is considered not unbeautiful, 1t seems hut nowadays porcelain filings are preferred to metal cnes for conspicu- ous places. The porcelain comes in a powder, an impression of the cavity is taken, the filling made, baked hard, in serted, and secured by the cement with which the cavity has first been padded. As all shades of porcelain are to be had to match the different tints of teeth, these filings are quite inconspicuous. There are few people still who don't mind showing gold mine when they open their mouths, and among these are colored people, who seem to think they gain a certain amount of distinc- tion from such display. Among the most curious requests that l have had In regard to work was one from an ac- tress to extend a cavity she had in a front tooth so that 1t would form J, and fill it with gold. She explained that she was going to marry man named John, and that she thought 1t would be perfectly lovely to have his initial in evidence whenever she talk ed. finally dissuaded her from this original project by pointing out that it might be embarrassing in later years, If she should chance to marry a man named Thomas or Richard. She evi dently saw the good sense of my re- marks, but she relinquished her re- markable idea reluctantly. Women generally very sensibly want to make the fact that they have had to resort to art to preserve their teeth as imper- eeptible as possible, so, as I said be- fore, there's no really beautiful work done at present in the way of intricate filings, and that's a Baltimore News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
THE RAISING OF osTRIcHEs.
Five Farms Now Carried on Tn the
 United States.

Five Farms Now Carried on m the
 United States.
 There are now five ostrich farms iD the United States-two in California, one in Texas, one in Florida, and one in Arizona. The last named, although the youngest, is the largest and mos: honr1shing in the country. It is To- eated near Phoenix. and the Salt river valley seems ss1l adapted so the Af- rican ostrich. No protection whatever is required for the birds during the winter. They graze the entire year in the fields, the same as horses and cat tie, and are healthy and thrifty. The man in charge of the Arizona farm, who spent b years handling ostriches tn South Africa, says the birds do just as well in the Salt River valley as in Africa, and that the climatic and other conditions surrounding them here seem as we'll adapted to their requirements As those existing, In their native home After the birds attain the age of tour weeks there is little danger Of tSeir dying from natural causes for many years. lt is not positively known how long an ostrich will live under normal conditions, but there are birds on South African farms which are believed to have reached or passed the century mark, many of them having been in captivity there over fifty years. Most people have the idea, obtained, prob ably, from their old geographites when they were children. that the female ostrich. after laying her eggs n nest seooped out of the desert sands, cov- CTS them up with the sand and leaves them, trusting to the heat of the sur to hatch them. This is not the fact The birds always pair off during the breeding season, the male bird making the nest by resting his breastbone on sne sand and turning slowly round and round, scratching the sand away with his feet until shallow hole is made, some three feet in diameter and about a foot deep. The female then lays. usu- ally, 15 eggs, and the birds take turns sitting on them. the female sitting during the daytime and the male at night. except that the male allows the female about an hour in the middle of the day to feed. when he takes he, place on the nest.--Boston Herald
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
 rue Changing Geysers.

It Is said that the recent visitors to the Yellowstone Park have discovered that the famous geysers there are gradually subsiding. One newspaper believes that if their force continues to diminish in the degree in which 1t has diminished in the last four years, the geysers vii probably become ex- tinct within a decade. This is V hat these recent visitors claim to have dis covered: That Roaring Mountain, although still ejaculating steam, no longer roars, and therefore, 10 longer deserves it's name; that Black Growler. sn Norris Basin, is in feeble state. and that Fou,4tain Geyser, in the Low CT Basin, and the Splendid and Bee hive Geyser, in the Upper Basin, are practically dead. We have seen To evi- dence to prove that these reports are not true. Certainly no one could de~ rive any benefit from their deceitful manufacture
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
TO THE Residents of Pine BIJ AND VICINITY l

The City Market will rem.
 Monday, October I, to retail \ clusively a high grade Of Nes] Morris & Company's wssts
 dressed fresh meats, fine sausas''
 canned meats, packing house js| cacies, Lard, Breakfast Baen| Dried Beet and Sugar cp,,| Hams, A. C. L. Haase & so| Smoked, Salted and Picked Fs| also Fine Fancy Fresh Fish tra] Lake, River and Ocean, Kalan,| zoo Celery, New York Coup1 and Baltimore extra Select Ovs| CTS, Dressed Poultry. Wild DneI| Quail and Rabbits in seasoa Pickles, Potatoes, Cabbage all Cauliflower. And expect courteous treatment, intellipe1 service, prompt delivery s| charging reasonable prices, \ merit a continuance of your gaa ed patronage.
 R. P. HOLMES, Prop,
 2Io West 2d Al
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
An Eu.raordin.r, Occurrence.

An extraordinary occurrence was re- ported in Leicester, England, recently. Special intercession services for sol- diers fighting in South Africa are be- ing held daily in Broughton Astley church. While the bell was being rung, however, and the congregation enter Ing the church, strange visitor-ar- rived. It appeared that the Atherstone hounds had met at Ullesthorpe, found two foxes at Frolesworth Gorse, and followed one across the fields to Broughton Astley. Here the fox, being hard pressed, and seeing the church door open, sought sanctuary there. but the hounds, being close to his heels. followed him Into the church, caught him. and there and then dispatched him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
c A e TT e RIA. Bears the Inc kInd You Have Always Bought ''sIa'''' of MeHA1zMx
<ined With Boiling Acids That Eat
WONDEHr uL LAKE

Boats to Pieces
 A strange lake exists In the center of Sulphur island, off New Zealand. It is 50 acres in extent, about 72 feet in depth and 15 feet above the level of the sea. The most remarkable char acteristic of this lake is that the water contains vast quantities of hydro chloric and sulphuric acids, hissing and bubbling at temperature of 11G degrees Fahsenheit. The dark green. colored water looks particularly unin, viting. Dense clouds of sulphuric fumes constantly roll off this boiling caldroni and care has to be exercised in ap. preaching this lake to avoid the risk of suffocation. On the opposite side oi the lake may be seen the tremendous blow-holes, which, when in full blast present an awe-inspiring sight The roar of the steam as 1t rushes forth into the air is deafening. and often huge powders and stones are hurled out to height of several hundred feet by the various internal forces of na- ture. A boat can be launched on the iake, and, if proper care be observed the very edges of the blow-holes may De safely explored Some idea of the strength of the acid-saturated water of this lake may be gathered from the fact that boat almost dropped tc pieces after all the passengers had beer landed, as the rivets had corroded un deT the influence of the acids.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
4 Cats Long Jump,

New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dispatch: How far can cat jump without hurting itself was partially exemplified in Brooklyn. pretty white cat ran Up a tree to get away from dog, and at last crawled out on small branch at least sixty feet above sae ground. The branch was not much more than 2 twig, and the cat could not turn around She sat up there on the swaying limb and meowed. At last ele twig broke, and down came the cat She alighted on the ground on her feet, looked around for moment, and then bounded away. Which shows that sixty-foot drop does not hurt Brooklyn cat, whatever it might do to cats of other places
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
Dining Room lQscess,...

are here in o,.. variety. We have a fine st,s'' s''' tables, chairs and sideboards' s'1 \ are making special prices .. ' a quartered oak sideboard ..l a'| ed glass mirrors By exap;s''| sS;s our sideboards you will ses .| bargain we are offering. Bluff City Furniture (.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
A New Buliei-Proof Shield.

The firm of Cammell & Co, the well. Known stee'makers o1 ST efheld, s've made bullet proof shield " ch weighs no more than seven pounds, and affords complete. protectio' to the soldier against the service riA % yards range. Fl hield is ned to the rifle by ial band can be detached as ky as unAse T a oayonet It is h. ed by t.e inven,ors that by the use of this shield, trenca- ing operations will be largely avoided; and the often vexatious delays of pick and shovel work will be often rend red unnecessary
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
You Ought to Make Up

your mind right now what you are going to have in your home this summer; then you ought to come right along this way, and look over this stock of ours. Are you going to enter tain your friends in the same old chairs. at the same old table, and on the same old carpetsa Why not have things fresh and newl Needn't buy all at once. Get a piece now and a piece little lat CT. If you buy here, the first piece will be as good as the last piece.
 BLUFF CITY
 FURNITURE co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
BLUFF CITY
 FURNITURE co.
Arkansas Midland RaIIIoad laud'

5o,ooo acres of good timbe, lands for sale. 2,ooo acres of cleared lands for sale, along the line of the Arkansas Midland Railroad. Free sites for factories and mills. dress,
 G. T. UPDEGRAFF,
 General Freight Agent,
 Helena, Arkansas
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
ORIGIN OF THE SLED.
aeems te Have Come from Country
 Where Snow Is Unknown.

aeems te Hav0 Come from Counts5
 Where snow Is Unknown.
 Dr. Karutz, an original scholar of Lubeck, has jast completed some val uable Investigations relative to the ins yention of the sled. After long study he comes to the conclusion that prim. itiye man probably arrived at the idea of the sled from seeing trees slip and slide down the mountains. In Madeira, for instance, where there is never any snow, sleds drawn by oxen are used just as they are in the Philippines. It is development from the idea of a man dragginG burden along the ground, when it was too heavy for him to lift 1t up and carry it. He at first hftched his dog to the deer that he had just killed and both dragged it toward the cave or hut in which they lived. When he saw logs slide down the mountain side the idea of using smooth logs that would slide over the ground easily when drawn by himself or one of his animals was the next step in the development of the sled Primitive peoples like the Malays of sne Philippines, and the unprogres. siye peasants Of Madeira, still use the sleds invented by their ancestors thou sands of years ago. In countries where sce and snow are found it is probable that the very fact of man slipping on the ice showed some inventive per. son that there was an easy way tc carry what be wanted to transfer from one place to another, and so first pull ing branch along over the frozen snow instead of carrying it, he thought of putting other things on the branch he trimmed of the twigs and leaves tha; caught in the stumps and other ! trees, and the beginning of the sled had come. The joining together of two logs, and shaping them were only steps In the perfection of the earliest method or transportation which antedated the intention of wheeled vehicles by nan, ceE ceEturies.-Detroit Free Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
Dddites in New York Sames

II you keep your eyes open while riding around the streets of New York on the surface cars you can see many odd combinations of the names of busi. ness men and their trades, some of which are here given: Ashman, h tel; Burns, coal; Best, groceries; Burnham, real estate; Cook, fish and oysters; Coffin, beer and liquors; Coffey, teas and sugar; Forester, real estate; Flood, rubbers. boots; Gutter, pawn broker; Goodrich, carriages; Herb, doctor; Katz, butcher; Love, chemist; Mcclean. shirts, etc.; Moves. ~sYar. Proudman, diamonds; Pitcher, milk Rich, perfumery; Silk, dress goods; Swindel. teas and spices; Sickman, fish and clans; Wood, building mate- rials.--New York Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-03
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 Rays Find False Teeth

Albert Brown, an aged and paralytio citizen of Paterson, N. J., was out and in set of false teeth for two days. He swallowed them Sunday, and as he could not speak the whereabouts of the artificial grinders was a mystery. It was decided that since he could not have walked away with them and could not have thrown them away be-. cause of his paralyzed condition, he must have swallowed them. The K rays discovered ths missing set of mouth upholstery snugly reposing in the upper part of the esophagus. They were successfully rer7 and clamp ed to their proper pos.ss. ss.-~New York Journal.
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