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Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-04-12
"a Penny Saved Is a Penny Farued y

"A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned"
Economy is the lesson taught by
this saying. 1t ia true economy to
take Hoods sarsaparilla ct this sea-
son because it purines, enriches and
vitalizea the blood and thus preventa
sickness and puts the whole system in
a state of health for the coming sea-
son. Every bottle Of Hoods sarsapa-
rilla contains 100 doses-positive proof
that IT is economy to take only Hoods.
Constipation is cured by Hoods
pffs
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-04-12

The number OF hogs marketed In
the west the past week was only s7O,-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-04-12
IT WAS A Big HORSE SHOW DAY.
Some of the Best Animals in Missouri
on Exhibition Winners Any
where in the World
1t Was a Good
Show.

V7HE Audrain
SIs County an
nual Horse
Show, held Sat-
urday afternoon
on the streets of
the public square
was witnessed by
q hiU ornm6 lin.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-04-12
Found AI.796 in a Can.

QUINCY, ILL.,, April 5.--Yesterday
in the Adams County Court Charles
Schnellbacher filed an inventory of
the estate OF his mother, Christina
Schnellbacher, who died last month,
showing that she left s2,77S cash de-
posted In the bank. To-day he came
back and reported that in clearing
the cellar OF the family residence he
unearthed q can containing $1,7o5 In
gold coin which no one knew the de-
ceased possessed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-04-12
Necessity is the
Mother of hvenfion. ="

If Suas the necessity for an
honest. reliable blood purifier
and tonic that brought into
existence Hoods .SarSapa-
ril[a. If Is a highly concen-
trated extract prepared by a
combination, proportion and
process peculiar to itself and
efVfne to Hood S Sarsaparilla
rneqnalLed caratfOe poWer.
rs zoadsrfR record of cures hAs made
4 Americas Greatest Medicine.
Rosy Cheeks = " I hsOe good
heaifh and rosy checks. thanks 70 HoOSs
SasszparzA. Il buds me sp and
saves doctor Ens." Mary A. BurAs.
East Gar S.. Indianapolis, nd.
J6od1 SaasgPo'@
asesT Fi,ls cars liver uisi he nunlrTit.tlng sna
- s=7Es-=zI- - al With U1aff HaFsapaflllAI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-04-12

Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. shepherd have
returned to their home In Louisiana.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-04-12

NoTR.-Alum baking powders are low priced, as
alum costs but two cents pound but
alum IS a corrosive poison and it renders the
baking powder dangerous to use Ia food
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20

a member of. your distinguished race; Take
my coffee and buns. too. Mr. Smith. Oh, you
must, YOU really must. insist. offer them
in lieu Of an apology. You will offend mo II
you refuse" -.
lie took up his hat and set the viands In its
place. Then he moved away murnuring hap
PLY to himself, ITO think that i should have
met a man named Smith in this place Won
ders Will never cease.
suddenly turning, he came back with the air
Of one who has forgotten something lmpor-
tant.
by tho way. my dear Mr.. Smith" he said
earnestly, Il must not go without warning
you not to over eat. II Is extremely danger
Gus for a fat should say n person OF rounded
figure TO eat heartily when IN a condition or
mental excitement. Pause and think, scion OF
a noble race, what a loss the world would suffer
family by one number. Pause and think.
Get out" Yelled the smith. .
Il eXude." said the other meehly, Heed
the advice Of your friend and well-wtsher
Good day, Smith"
Cntl the solemn man had made his way out
ciative luncher-, the rate Smith kept a muir
derons eye on him. Then he turned his gaze To
his features. Wha, appetite had been his
was gone. Slowly and with an expression of
deep disgust he left his crowded chair and pass
II was a record check, rs cents. one more
drop Of bitterness was added to the dose as the
foiled lunchcr settled ,
The gentleman you were talking with said
you would pay his score said the cashier
Smith paid, with n few words that are not To
found IN any Of tho notices on the walls OF ne
place. Then he rushed forth mad, INTO the
street There Is reason 10 suppose that he VIII
not become one o! the regular patrons Of The
atclI-aS-catCh-Can lunch room.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20
maple attacked BY them become. badly s1arled

| maple attacked by them becomes badly gnarled
and dislgifed II their work Il not checked.
The sugar maple borer tPidgionoius speciOsusl
does more harm To sugar naples, IN lis
quiet way, than any other form of insect life.
Naples which are supposed 10 be dying from
drought, fungus diseases OF leaking gas, ara
very often victims TO this concealed destroyer.
black beetle. II is the grub that does the harm.
This creature burrows under the bark. girdling
the tree. and three of them IN "A single tree VIII
often kin il. They also Kill the great branches
of large trees by girdling them. The pigeon
tremeX (Tremer cOium6d) aids in the WORK Of
destruction by selecting for It's bOrlngS trees
that have already been weakened by the bur
rowing Of the other borer, The only thing TO lie
done With tree badly infested by the sugar
maple borpr Is to cut IL down and burn IT, The
maple tree pruner (Einphid,on rtiiosum, makes
a show ~ doing more damage than II
really does by chiselling of small twigs A. neatly
asa carpenter could do II. II cuts of the limb IL
il sitting on, like the new carpenter from Ire
land and the fallen twig If investigated, will le
fOunC to contain n central burrov Clpv"rly
plugged with sawdust. and in that burrow viii
be found the big-jawed, whltiSh grub that did
tho Chisplling. To n tree that j. CrOWn or exact
the work Of this grub Is detrimental.
but il does not destroy the tree II attacks also
the oak, hickory. and most of the orchard trees
The cottony maple tree scale insect tPuirIuGrld
inHumrrdbilts) Is the minute scaly creature
found on the lower side of maple leaves IN 1880
thousands of trees in Brooklyn were partly or
wholly DESTROYED by its attacks, and in 1905
Complaints Gifts Expectations were heard from
many localities. IHdybirds destroy II in great
numbers and there arc many other insects thai
dovolr il, including Il species of harvest mite.
Kerosene emulsion has been found effective
against IT,
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WITH ELECTRIC VELOCIPEDEs.
Looking Forward to Great Times when Bo-s
Are Thus Provided.

Il am looking forward now" said Mr.. Fa-
therly, and with feelings compounded In
about equal parts of apprehension and inter-
est. TO the time when some inventor shall have
produced an automobile velocipede, or vehi-
Gle of like general character, for the use OF
boys. some c~ontrivance that can be charged
from n wire of the electric light equipment
In the family home. A. Il l. now the boy gets
out Of the velocipcde that he 80 gayly propels
only the speed that he can attM n by the work
ing of his own short leg. but even so he whiris
around corners 10 hi own great delight ana
the imminent peril If the older people who
walk. and AZ times he manages 10 upset him.
self. or 10 come into collision with other velocl-
pcdes similarly driven, and So, take II alto.
gethor. to make even with the low-powered
and comparatively slow-moving machine a
considerable cummutIOn.
But give him, n ] suppose some day some.
body will. an electric velocipede' Now and
then some big gruwn-up electric vehicle ~
tie day. that II would seem ought TO be big
enough, and by thi- time old enough, TO know
better, getN on a tlntrlm. and cuts. up IN 2
manner astonishing To ~ee, aud We think that
the streets Of this great city are Just full OF
life and animation, but wait I'LL the small boy
Cot~ hi- electric y"lOClped" aud the electric
VeIocipede get- him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20

The Clever Way in which the Animal Out
witted a Pack OF Pursuing Hounds.
From The Youth Compdn,o.

'" wv ""P""'""'
In many parts o! tennessee, hunting wildcats
uiIdca, 10 ma ,ricl, NJ ,bo ,ov uo L.. Ian
$50 % !, Nv 90, /" sun
more uoSVeu way oi SUCKING 10 III" thlCkest
cover and the most rugged ground. and when
oyertokcn will penaral,v eyb, oil, boajo,
-" ""
some years ago ! witnessed a wildcat per-
form an act Of cunningquite Us emarka able as any
7 bave heard ot,rihu,.d IN tho Gov vi,h -
"'n NN
o,h"r So9hS men ! WGS camped near me head
bama line, when we determined to try a wildcat
chaHr, ana lor 'hat purl,oN' went 10 n thlCkly
wooded strip OF country wing between the Bqf-
ialO ana on" OF us tributary streams. In The
dense WOODS mere are oc~caSlonuly, small open
lnGT connected by a rev old roads which we
could oo5 a. !T ray ,ri on ~ gI ronG sro onty at the lower
or holes 10 Whlch me wildcats would be likely
10 Ietr'al
Our chase began on a cloudy, d~rtz2ling morn
ing. q capital lime Tor the hunt, for IN such
weather IN" game i easily started and The
trail Is strong Three 81 our party. lnclnd-
INK my sir ,%,I ,r"o N p tGc edsd nS e3 = 's srn ,HT. snoas Of nm, m.
was clenr ot undergr0wth, but set viii taller
trees. The other four, taking the dogs, went
some TWO IiiIe 'r up iHe river TO start me gam"'
on the river banf, or a. : was more likely ,"i 10
dodge the hounds by Winding among the rocks,
and Then doubling on ihelr .trall.
We had waited i,iliy Two hours when we heard
the dstant cry OF a hound. and soon nfterward
a full chorus Of the dogs They were coming
toward our place OF concealment, although
as vet far Oft, and To Judge from their cry the
trail wa growing hotter every moment. After
a run of some twrhly minutes the steady having
was Sllc6n"d"d ny a IAN 81. SNORT, -llarn lNlps. and
then We knew the pack had sighted the game.
We kept perfectly quiet among the bushes,
our guns ready for action and when the hounds
were about n quarter Of n mile distant we heard
q ruAlling among the bushes between us and
the dogs. n succession Of light. Springing leans,
and then an enormous wildcat bounded into tho
clearing.
We should have fired but TINT our curiosity
was reused by IN" eccentric movements ~
the creature. For an instant ne looked back
IN the direction of the hounds. then making
several active springs to the left he returned
10 his trail and made As many springs 10 the
right. Then turning he Jumped upon the
trunk of a leaning chestnut tree, which, having
been blown down. had been broken on some
forty feet from tho root, The break was seven
or eight feet from the ground, and the leaning
trunk was pointing in the direction from which
he hounds were coming.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20
Mustn't Preserve MIX with FormaIin.

CHICAGO, May 1.-THE Health Department.
Of the city has decided that the Use Of formalin
as a preservativn Of milk must be stopred. Ex.
periments have been made TO the satisfaction
of the health officers that fOrmalin is poisonous.
Kittens fed "preServcd milk" died in n few
DAYS, while other kittens from the same litter
fed on pure milk grew plump and fat Guinea
result
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-25
HOW ENGLAND IS RUSHING TROOPS TO TIE TRANSVAAI.
Farm on arlington Estate.

Representa- Va Hsy, Of Virginia,
who was sutho, zed by the commit
tee on Military sffalrs to draw up a
report TO the Rixey bill to get apart
a portion Of the Arlington estate for
experimental purposes and to place
IL under the jurisdiction Of the Sec
retsry Of Agriculture has completed
the report. / says:
Should the bill become law
there should still remain Of the estate
under he coatrOl of the War De.
par,ment for cemetery and military
purposes SIS acres. Tho lands, the
jurisdiction to which is thus sought
to be transferred. adjoin the Potomac
river on the west, and although their
altitude is considerably less than the
other portion of the estate, they can
Lot strictly be called low lands in the
sense in which that term is general
ly used They are sufficiently elevs-
ted above the Potomac river to rem
der them free from the dangers OF
inundation. At present the prom
lses IN question have the
appearance OF an abandoned estate,
with neither buildings nor improve
ments thereon. The surface is much
quilted and cut up from rains and
The flow of water in the small creeks
and rlvulets which cross the same
and empty into the Potomac.
The lands are so located as to be
in full view of the city of Washing
;on, and present an unsightly ap-
pearance. That they are considered
fertile is evidenced by the fact that
when leased in past years to occu
pants for cultivation the rental was
fixed at So per acre annually on these
lands, while the hill land of the es-
tate rented for So per acre.
There is no question but that un-
der the care and direction of the
Secretary of Agriculture the prem
ises now so uninviting to the view
would not only be changed to a
beauty spot but would also prove
to be of much practical and substsn'
tisl benefit to the Agricul ural De-
partment.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-25
She Can Teach Farmers.

One of the best of the census state
ments thus fsrreceived by the Director
ofthe Census came from a woman who
operates farm in Pennsylvania on
her own account. The psper shows
not only the acreage, quantity and
value of each crop, but contains
also q good inventory of live stock
and detailed statement Of the OF
quantity and value of the miseellsn.
eous articles produced. Ii every
farmer would initiate this woman the
agricultural report of the twelfth cen
sus would be marvel Of complete
ness and accuracy to show the pro-
ductive strength of the country.
An official statement from the c, n.
sus Office in Washington, regarding
the collection of manufa aeturirg sta
tistics says that 1000 cities have
been selected from which reports
will be made.
1t is proposed to collect these sta
tistics by special agents through the
machinery OF the Census Office, the
census off cials devOting about thirty
days to the work.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-25
Agricultural Statistic.

W Washington, January % The
Department Of Agriculture has made
public final estimates of the acreage,
production sLd ynluo # the crops Of
1899
rhe wheat acreage was II SOP ,jlG
tho production, 5i7 1903 SIG bushels,
and the value, $3l9,5lj ,2j9, the av.
erage yield per acre being - 3
bushels aud tho average farm price
per bushel ou December lst, So /
cents.
The corn acreage was 81 l08 507,
he production 2.07S l43 933 bushels
and The value $G29 2l0, 10. the aver
age yield per acre being % 3 bushels
Al Il he average farm price per bu-
shell on December /, 80 cents.
TIE acreage in oats was % 34l $50
the production 796,l77 7l3 bushels
ard the value $l95, ,l67, ,97j, the aver
age yield per acre being 3O2 bushels
ard the average farm price per bu-
shel on December l, 81 9 cents.
The barley crop is estimated al
70 3Sl ,563 bushels, the rye crop at
% 9Gl, ,74l bushels, the buckweat
crop at II 094 ,473 bushels, the pota.
toe crop at DDS 793. 233 bushels and
the hay crop at $3.50, 7j6 tons.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-25
The Separate Coach Bill.

The Index Appeal says it opposed
the Jim Crow Car Bill as impolitic
ard unnecessary in dealing with the
coored people of Virginia as a whole,
and as putting useless burdens upon
the railroads. 1t regretted it also
on account Of the large number of
colored men aud women who are
making an earnest effort to elevate
themselves and their race uuder many
difficulties, ard who sorely neeG in
their work the sympathy and active
aid OF the white people. The meas
ure is not aimed against this class Of
colored people, though they must suf
fer in common with the rude and un
msnnerly class, just as the whites
must suffer by contact and associa
tiOn with the same class Of whites.
In the end, the law may serve to
emphasize ia the minds of educated
and respectable colored people the
necessity Of even still greater Efforts
on their part, by precept and ex-
ample, 20 elevate aud reform that
class Of their race that has made the
stigms of the Jim Crow Car pos
sibIity in Virginia.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-25
When a Woman Weighs the Most


1t will come as revelation to most
women that they vary in weight during
the twenty-four hours to the extent Of
about three pounds. The feshy woman
who wishes to convince her friends
that she weight less than they think.
should be weighed early in the morning
and the slim woman, by mounting the
scales Immediately after dinner, can
add three or four pounds on the indica.
tor.
This loss and gain Of pounds in
flesh is thus figured out by Know
LEDGE"
900 A. NJ Before breakfast, 100
lbs g. ounces losing during night. lbs
q
1000 A M After breakfast, l57
lbs. 4 oz. gaining l ID IL oz
1900 noon-BSfore luncheon, 1876 lbs
oz. losing Il OF
100 P. M.-After luncheon, l57 lbs
or, gaining ID.
800 P. M-Before dinner, 156 lbs,
10 OF losing 10 OF
6:l5 2. III After dinner, 1853 lbs IA
oz gaining 2 lbs. 2 o.
By these it will be seen that there is
loss Of three pounds six ounces be.
tween night and morning; that a gain
Of one pound twelve ounces by break
fast about fourteen ounces is lost before
luncheon. that luncheon puts on an
average Of one pound that there is lost
during the afternoon an average Of ten
ounces bat that an ordinary dinner to
healthy persons adds two pounds two
ounces to their weight What would
be the result of a big dinner9 1t is
easier to imagine than to describe. -
New York Mail and Express
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-25
The Beer Generals.
(LOndon TRUTH

was asking friend Of mine who
had been on intimate terms with
many of the leading Beers, what was
the opinion entertained by them Of
their respective generals. He said
that JOubert was considered the best;
that CODje was the most trusted by
the men, because he preferred to
fight in the old Boer fashion, and
would almost rather be without az
tillery than with il; and that Schslk-
Burger was deemed somewhat too
cautious, but in all else good com.
mander. Ny friend doubts whether
French and German strategists are
being welcomed by the Boer generals.
Foreign officers are, however, en-
ployed in all matters appertaining
TO artillery, about which hefore the
war the Beers knew very little. Ia
the Boer ranks, command is very
seldom heard. The men Of the coz1.
mand keep their eyes on the Held
cornet, and the field cornet on his
superior, and all directions efe given
by means Of movements Of the arm
and hand.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-25
6,52o New Pension Claims.

Washington. Jan. 18.-A large
number of claims for pensions are be-
ing received by the Pension Ofics as
a result of the Spanish war. The
battle Of San Juan was selected by
the bureau as basis for calculations,
as the greatest number Of casualties
occurred there. There were 1872 regu-
lars killed, l.097 wounded aud 55
missing. Claims of pensions from
the regular army number 1852 At
that battle 81 volunteers were killed =,
III wounded and 45 missing. The
claims for pension from volunteers
number 1868. 0ne of the nine vol.
unteer regiments lost none in killed,
wounded or missing, but has 4l9
claims for pensions pending.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-25
Sugar Industries.

Sugar beet factories are to become
part of VirginiA's numerous indus
lIies. Oae large plant is already
urder way at fredericksburg. an
oth,r is to be built soon on James
river, near Richmond, ard one at
West Point.
Ii is very encouraging to the VIr-
ginis farmers to know that these
plants will be established.
Next spring the fields will be yerdsn'
with the beet product Every farmer
who can will raise sugar beets. 1t is
~ell-known fact that 60 per cent. OF
the sugar used in this country comes
from sugar beets. They are source
Of annual revenue IN many States in
M aSOu, amounting to millions of
dollars.
The sugar beet growing and indus
tries in Virginia will turn at least
5000 900 yearly inte the hands of the
farmers aud lsboring men of the
State.
A great test on the various farms
will be made this year in regard to
sugsr-beet raising.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-25
The Warning Democrats.

The time in which Senator Will.
liam Stands was allowed to file aft
davits in support of his clsim to a
seat in the Democratic caucus ex'
pired Saturday. Mr.. Stands has re-
ceived very important affidavit from
former Constable a. r. Whitehead, 4,
of Isle Of Wight. That gentleman
asserts that Colonel r. E. Boykin,
.Uho ran against Nc. Stands, entered
into coslItiou with the Republicans.
He had heard the Republican post.
master at Smith6eld say that the &C..
ton of Boykin in having names of
negroes restored to the registrst on
books was worth thousand dollars
to the Republicans Of the Second
Congressional District.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-25
Immansa Paach crchards.

Mossrs. G. P. Miller, L. p. Miller
and Il. w. Miller. of the Allegheny
Fruit Company, of Cum berlsnd, Md,
with |. H. c Pancake, Of Romney,
W. Va, have the largest peach or.
chards in the world. During the past
year they have cleared | ,73j aces Of
virgin timber land in the heart OF
Allegheny Mountains and planted
LAST fall Isl 900 peach trees.
With their bearing orchards, from
which they shipped over 100 carloads
Of peaches and plums two years ago,
they now have over 80 900 peach
and plum trees.
Professor Johnson SAYS these are
the most remarkable orchards in the
world, as thay represent an enormous
ouilsy Of money. General views OF
these orchards an conditions have
been sent to tho Paris Exposition.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-25

w C. Meyers, an old expressman,
of Burlington. II. j, was taken
mortally i'll several months ago. He
was supposed to be very poor. At
last he bethought him of his dsugh.
ter-in-law, who lived in fsr.away Vir.
ginis. A message was sent to her and
she went to him at once. She was IN.
remittiug in her attentions to the old
man, and gently smoothed his path
to the grave The neighbors we're
in error as to his financial condition,
for by his will he leaves this daugh-
terin.law, in gratitude for her devo'
ton, the sum of $l5, 900. Her sur
prise was very great when informed
of her good fortune.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-01-25
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ARE BLocD
DIsEAsEs-.cURED BY E. B.B.
Bottle Free to Sufferers.

lt i ihe deep-seated. obstinate cases
If O.brrh and Rheumatism that b b
b Botanic Blood Balm cures. l.
matters not wha. other treatments, doc
tors. sprays. liniments. modicated air,
blood purifiers. have failed 10 do. B b.
B always promptly reaches the real
cluse aud roots cut and drives from the
bones, joints. mucuOus membrane, and
entire system the specific poison in the
blood that causes Rheumatism and
Oatarrh. 3 Il b. is the only remedy
s.i.ns nigh to do this and cure and
aud so there c'n never be return to
the symptOms i,v-,'t give no hope,
but tfy b b. 3 (Botsuly Blood BAlm)
or Bs
For sale by druggist and X Nelson
Goolrick in Fredericksburg Va, at 81
per large bottle (fnll treafmen) s..
To prove our faith in b b B we Will
sent Trial Bottle Free aud prepaid
10 sufferers, so they may test the remedy
1t our expense Address BLOOD
BALM co. l79 Mitchell Street, Atlanta,
Ga,