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Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24
STATE Board Of Eonallzation.

JEFFERSON Cry, April 81. = The
State Board of Equalization met to-
day and organized by the election Of
Governor Dockery as president Of the
board and State Treasurer R. p Will
liams as yice-president, State Audi
tor Albert o. Allen is ex-officio secre-
tary and the other members Of the
board are Secretary Of State Sam B.
Cook and Attorney General +. G.
Grow.
The Board meets from day to day on
matters relating to the State assess
ment of railroad, bridge, telephone
and telegraph property in Missouri for
taxes of 1902. A schedule Of dates
will soon be prepared by the secretary
Of the bard for hearings before the
board IL the different companies, and
due notice will be given these COM
panies when their representatives
may appear before the board In regard
to the assessment OF this year.
The board will not likely make pub
lie the result of its deliberations in
the matter OF increases or decreases
until the latter part Of next July.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24
STOCK AND FARM NOTES.

Native cattle receipts on the st.
Louis market were not large, but were
Of good quality. Beef and butcher
steers sold from s4.75 to s6.S5; butcher
heifers, sS.35 to 1925; veal calves,
$3.50 to So.
Hogs-Fair to good heavy hogs, 23O
lbs. average and above, sold at sc. $50
L25;medium weights 100 to $50 lbs, at
Sc. 6.s0(97.20, the bulk at s6.9O(a7. 90;
lights, $50 to 100 lbs, at s6.35(a6. .95,
the bulk at s6.75(969O; light lights,
100 to $50 lbs, at s5.6Od6.75, the bulk
at s6.2O@6.3o; pigs under 100 lbs. at
s4.5O(d6 %; heavy culls at $4,000. 20;
fair to good mixed at s6.75(a6.90. The
top was s7.25 and the bulk Of the hogs
above $50 lbs. sold at se.e0(aT, against
top Of s7.25 and the bulk at $1,000
715 Monday.
Sheep-Spring lambs sold at $500
s.75, mutton lambs at s6.O0a6. rs; cuii
lambs at $3.50; mutton sheep at
s5.25(G5. 75,and bucks at s4.O0(945O.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

O'een wire any width, from = 10 IS
|lg> Best grade Uf Costiaud
|e'n' fERnls & CAurHoRN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24
rnouncsmsnis County Offices.

(. .,nouncements for County onlces in Daily
.rssa a OO; In Weekly LEnoER $500. Cards.
N per thousaEd- An Announcements and
Iris cash with order.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

The Grand COmmandery and Grand
Chapter MaSons met In jefferson City
this week. Among Those who attend
ed from this city were: Hon. w. NJ.
Treloar, j. ]. Steele, Rev. X. NJ.
Deane, John Abbay, F. r. Jesse, A. S.
Houston and I. B. Duncan.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

In the LEDGER will be found the
stock advertisement of Charley Hin,
who lives just north Of this city.
Charley has a fine horse and a first
class jack. He believes that the farm
ers Of Audrain county should grow the
very best stock. 1t is cheaper in the
long run.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24
Advertised Letters

List of letters remaining in the Post
Oiiice at Mexico, Mo-, for the week
ending April "a, 1902, which II not
called for in thirty days viii be sent
70 the dead letter office at Washing
ton. Persons calling for letters in this
list will please say ''advertised;"
Brooks, Silas: Cunningham, Clyde;
Clark, d. W.; Carter, Florence; Dye,
q. n; Firth, @. c.; Graham, Maud;
Hearty, d S.; Hughes, Mrs. e. D.;
Jenkins, John; Lee, Lenord; Martin,
J. r.; Shepard, VIM; Seman, Frank;
Smith, Frank; Smith, Learl; Taylor,
Roy; Schuchman, Albert; Wheeler,
H.; Walker, Elizabeth J..
WIN. TRFI.OAR. Postmaster.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

r cream ffeezers and lawn NOV.
|S1uth side hardware store. d2-wl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

J. w. Moler and family will leave
Slater soon for Bloomington, ILL.,, where
Mr.. Moler will take charge OF an ele-
CANT family hotel tnear the center of
the city) which be has rented.-Mar-
shall IndeI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24
schoeneman. .Hanshild.

Charles Schoeneman, who lives foul
miles northeast Of Mexico, was married
Monday, April I, TO Miss Minnie
Hanshild, Of Dorchester, Ill. The
couple has gone TO the grOOm's farm
IA reside
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24
snlsndid Rrink For Sale.

C. E.Harrison now has charge oil tne
Harrison Company Brick works He
has for sale plenty Of good handmade
brick. also machine made brick
You can lind no better brick any
where. Al-ooeo"-'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

special discount On trimmed hats
liafalns's. dl-wI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

The committee on electric road met
at the office Of ]. ID. Orear Monday
night and transacted business. De
velopment will be announced later.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24
unRONER.

DNEYl MONEY! MONEY I
you want 10 borrow money ON
\ real estate security or wish TO
e~ or extend an existing loan, we
give you rates that defy cUmpe-
Ion' See US before applying.
LAkKNAN & BARNES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

When You Go Into a Drug Store
to get bottle of Painkiller examine
1t carefully to see lift is made by Perry
Davis, and don't be persuaded to take
something "just as good" because it is
a few cents cheaper. There is only
one Painkiller, "Perry Davis',n Large
bottle 25 and so cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

'treet hats at cost price at Har'
lgs. dl-Nl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24
Ohio Negro Turns Into white Han,

RIPLEY. o., April 81. William
Rankin, a negro living on his farm
near here, has a remarkable case Of
yitaligo He is 2s years old, of fine
physique. Fiveyear ago his skin be-
gan changing from black to white and
now he would be taken for Caucas-
ion, his features being well cut and
face blanched. Some black spots re.
main on his body, but are disappear
ing. His health is excellent and the
disease has never interfered with his
farm wOrlr
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

J.J.F. johnson, shipped from Au-
drain county, Mo-, had cows and calves
and butcher stuff on sale.-Lire Stock
Rep0rter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

John II. Stumpf and Miss Dora
johnson, both Of this city, we're mar
ried at Tulip Sunday, April 20, by the
Rev. James Ferguson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24
SOUTH SALT RIVER ITEMS.

SOUTH SALT RIVER ITEMS.
Correspondence OF the Ledger
SOUTH SALT RIVER, April 2l.-Mrs.
d. A. Mckee, who has been Ill for a
year, is now in a dangerous condition.
Mrs. Roy Cable is on the sick list.
Mrs. Sarah Watts is III of pneumo-
MIA.
Henry Burkett visited at Thompson
Saturday.
William Cline, Of Prairie View,
visited at Mrs. Mary Riceis Sunday.
Mrs. J. S. Atkins, Of vandalia, Wis
tied her parents, MIR. and Mrs. J. E.
Green, Sunday.
Mrs. Tillie Harlow and sister, Mrs.
Jesse, came up from st. Louis last
week to see their mother, who has
pneumonia.
L. L. Walker has gone to Knox
county to see about his cattle.
E. L. Walker recently sold one Of
his Jacks for $500.
Chas. Harrison sold Roy Cable head
Of young cattle at s25 per head.
Victor Wayne, who has been laid ur
for several weeks on account Of being
kicked by horse, is able to be out
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

Annie E. Underwood, by last will,
bequeathed to her husband, P. S.
Underwood, all her estate, real and
personal, and makes him executor Of
the will.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

Mrs. Ian Jones has gone to Califor-
mia to spend a portion Of the sum-
mer. She will visit her father, Mr..
Hayden, formerly Of this city, who is
reported to be quite sick.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

John Abbay was in jefferson City
this week on business
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

Why pay for wind to make soap
float? Why pay for resin to make
bulk? Why not save the expense Of a
washerwoman by getting soap that
will do her work? MAPLE CRY SELF
WASHING SOAP is all soap, made from
Packers Prime Tallow and Cocoanut
Oil,with no adulteration. twill save
you money in the end. Your grocer
is waiting to sell it to you.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24
Marrow Escape for Thos. Roden.

Thos. Roden had very narrow es'
cape from serious injury Tuesday
night.
Mr. Roden was riding horse near
the West End bakery when the animal
stumbled and fell, Mr.. Roden being
pinned beneath the horse's body.
Friends assisted Mr.. Roden from
his perilous position and it was found
that his right arm was badly sprain-
ed. Persons who saw the accident
wonder that he did not receive
great injuries as the full force Of the
fall was on Mr.. Roden's back.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24
Women's Faces on Postage Stamp

W oulCu oCco VA eotaSO 0beAaPo
For more than fifty years our gov
ernment has been making postage
stamps. The first issue, in 1917, rep
resented but two values, and on each
was printed the likeness Of a promi-
nent mana policy ever since con-
tinuod. Other nations have women's
faces on their stamps. Why not the
United States? Surely we have rep
resentative women enough. There
was Dorothea Dix, for instance, whose
work for the insane marked an era;
Maria Mitchell, whose pure mentality
and magnificent reasoning faculty
made her preeminent; Frances Will
lard, whose reform work claims recog-
milton; not TO mention our many
noted literary women. There is also
dusky face well worth considering,
face of a woman who holds a unique
position in our history and who had
much to do in keeping alive that
struggling English colony on the
James riyer-why not her face? Why
not Pocahontas? - Julia Fraser in
the Ladies' Home Jonrndl.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

coor send to the Hathaway'keath
seed and Produce Co., Mexico, No, No,
ar your seed potatoes, oats and bulk
GARDEN seed, etc. They have .ne 'alS
ssr stoek in northeast Missouri "
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

naln pumps, both galvanized and
Ol' kERHIs 4 UAuTHuRS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

Grape vines at prices that will move
them at a two minute gate.
NURSERY DEPARTMENT,
Ortiz Fruit Farm.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

Samuel j. Rice, Of Seattle, Wash,
and Margaret Glaseoek, Of Vandalia,
were Tuesday granted license to wed.
The license was granted by wire and it
is supposed that the couple was
married In Vandalia Tuesday night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

Thos. Hughes, OF High Hill, is
spending the week in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

See cur line of run-abouts and other
fine vehicles.
FERRIs & OAUTHoRN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

@. Sid Parker, the well known trav-
cling man, who has been headquar-
tered at Emporia, Kansas, is now
located in Centralia. We are glad to
welcome him back to Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

Asparagus roots and grape vines.
NURSERY DEPARTMENT,
OrtiE Fruit Farm.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

Genuine hickory select split spokes
used In our buggies.
FERRIS s CAUTHoRS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

Screen dourS, all WiotiS' O'
grade heavy dOOrs low prices.
FERRIS S CAVTHoRS'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

Save Money by dyeing your faded
garments with Diamond Dyes l0cents.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-18
SOME LEADING EDITORIALS.
THE NEW DECLARATION.

NrIoW tne Indianapolis SentnelJ
President Roosevelt did not follow the original prece
dent in his Filipino Fourth July proclamation. He might
have made it read like this:
When in the course OF human eventS it becomes
sary for one nation to like the political bonds that connect
with another and among the powers OF the
earth the station to which the laws OF the United States
and its God assign them decent respect for the opinions
of mankind requires that the of the governing
ton should explain why they should be thankful for their
condition.
hold these truths be self-cvidcnt: That all Fpnos
OF the same class created equal and that those who arc
able to make the greatest endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienabe rights that these
are slavery poygamy and the perpetuaton OF hereditary
nobility That to these rights government is insti-
tuted among these deriving its just powers from
in its institutional capacity unhampered by the
constitution of the United States Prudence will dictate
that this be changed for light and tran
sent causes but the members of feel that their
friends and allies are not getting all they want is their
right it is their duty throw off such government and
to provide guards for their future security The pa
rna of the president of the United for these
people under the unlimited powers conferred him by
in addition those he has by the constitution is
unprecedented To prove this be submitted
He has given to laws that he considered most
wholesome and necessary for their good.
He has authorized his American to any
additional laws that they considered desirable.
He has relieved the Filipino people OF any trouble of
making laws of any kind leaving them only the simple
and easy task of obeying laws.
He has officers relieve the Filpinos OF any
annoyance Of governmental affairs
He has sent out army the delusion that
He has promoted the administration OF justice by con
victing number of American rascas by unconstutona
proceedings which the American courts have annuled.
He has made everything satisfactory the sultan OF
Sulu
He has had the water cure administered to number Of
forgetfu people thereby greatly strengthening their
DRY.
He has used the kerosene very sparngy, saving
enough oil revive the illumination in the OF Liberty
Enlightening the World
He has exercised great humanity in military operations
as may be seen by the large number of Fpinos
years of age still in existence.
l. therefore the Representative Of the United States
myscl( personally certifying the ectude of my
do soemnly publish and declare that these islands
and of right ought be, the property OF the United
and that their inhabitants absoved from any incna
ton to segovernmen; that having become appendi>
the United States it is their duty vermiforu
attitude and refrain from anything that will tend
political peryphlits And for the support of this declara
ton pledge the power OF the United States long
am drawing the presidents salary.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-18

souTHsRNlsM AND ITS CRITICS.

"Socalled Southern novels distinctly disappoint
ing said the Atlanta Constitution recently, and pro
ceeded to lament the lack of novelist who would paint
true picture of the South Apropos of this the Con
stituton remarked:
There has been from the settlement of the colonies
cult of civilization these shores that is movable by
other name than Souhernism. 1t bears the birthmaks of
divine sentimentam 1t Graded in purple and carried
silver spoon in Its mouth was nursed independence,
trained in authority and endowed with barona bearings
II grew III region Of romance II inspired poetry from
amethyst mountains and sunshot streams and
II learned its lessons Of history under genealogical trees
whose branches overpread the known world from the t
pirates to the Thames and thence Jamestown and Savan
nah 1t had the music and badnage Of the moeker bird
ITS lips It had the spirit of aposteshp IN its heart and the
blood OF Crusaders in its veins II huded civilization
bosom Of battle 1t has febuded another stronger cvza
ton after the modus of Nehemiah and today stands forth
full panoped with the prestige and predictions OF
unique personality among the sons OF mena new Saul in
the midst of his brethren.
Now the Nashville American calls this somewhat
highly colored pastel and at it "a perfumed
peroraton" Colonel Henry watterson in the Courier
Journal calculates "sllibub" and the New York Sun
ironically exclaims Bravo! bravissimo" The Wash
ngton Post calls it "a pretty little trckle of thin
mush."
We hesitate to maintain a contrary opinion when so
many doctors agree but the excerpt from the Constitu
ton has many elements of eloquence. 1t is howery to
be But it is sincere There is passionate pat
riosm about 1t which, in spite of the rhetoric which
ofends coIdblooded hypercrtca critics is commend
able The comparisons of the South to "a Saul
in the midst of his brethren" is fine.
Let every man and every paper sound the praises
OF it's country. The Washington Post is on the
borderline. The New York Sun is in the North and is
sort of grandmotherly kind of journal anyhow.
But the Louisville CourierJournal and the Nashville
American should have feeling for the South than
to roast the Atlanta Constitution for it's paeau of
Southernism which, in spite of some extravaganza of
language is on the whole nohly conceived and elo-
quently written.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-18
SOME PosrscRIPTs.

Recent experiences in Colchester, England have once
demonstrated the value OF anttoxin remedy for
dphthera In total OF $50 patients, only per of
the antoxn died while OF those treated by
methods. $50 per cent succumbed.
The height of Mount Etna the famous volcano of Sicily
has long been fixed os66 feet The height has recently
been accurately measured by gonoetrca
and the elevation is found be 1885 The main
has width of 7aS feet and depth Of sac feet
A writer in the Lancet says that children should be
taught the nasal douche when they taught use
the tooth brush II the organ daily ceansed says
with slightly astriugent douehe such weak solution
salt colds and germ diseases would be much less
frequent
The British Office publishes annually a almanac for
the of the Some years during of its
Egyptian campaigns, the army suddenly startled by
total eclipse of the for which troops were not pre
pared To prevent the possibility of another surprise
which might have had grave consequences the almanac has
since been regularly produced
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-18

was This speech though intended cast ridoue on an
item in an internal Improvement bill in congress in the
early 7os afterward printed as boom eafet by ou-
luhians and they have named small city for him also
Walker Allen Hofar who put up the first stationary en-
CINE in Knoxville, Tenn Is still living there aged 90 years
He the grandson of Frances Alien granddaughter OF Cap
tain John Alien of Washngton's staff
Mrs tawcet in recent lecture before the Womens LID,
known fact in Pretoria that Mr.. Kruger far from desert
ing his wife, tried to induce her accompany him. but she
refused AZ the last he again TO her putting
at her disposal safe escort TO the Portuguese frontier Hef
reply was No, will remain where am 1t is you who
have kindled this fire and ought and put out
She died heartbroken at the last because of the death OF hVe
out of six beloved grandchildren dysenery while they
staying in her house.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-18
HOUSTON DAILY POST. FRIDAY MORNING. juicy la 1902

while her child survives That is not 50 good u Is .he
pathos Of accident He sends the miners in TO see ne
That good He makes the presence OF the eniu
wear clean shirts in order be worthy OF the chhd
good art Finally he browns the child and MS ,
ers in dcuge Of nelodramate sentiment inat = Id
Gorky on the other hand keeps rgdy within the bouno
of plausibity He makes young girl the one seam VI
deasni in the life OF obscene bakers Shaving IN cea
but he does not pretend that ancya made them wash tne
faces ard wear clean shirts He simply shows that into 'n
foul misery of these wreches came gmmer OF romance
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-18
BRITISH VIEW OF OUR PHILIPPINE POLICY

The Philippine problem has been discussed from
many points OF view. The most frequent in America
is that of the changes that likely result on ac
count Of the addition Of colonies colonial and an i'm
pernl policy to giant republic which, on account
Of it's very greatness is the likely be subverted
and perverted from its original character and ideals
There comes, however. from a British writer in a
recent article In Blackwood's Magazine entitled "Proh.
lens OF the Pacific reason why the United States
will fail in the Philippines which is very striking The
writer expresses his wishes for American success He
is British mperalist and thinks American imperial.
ism good thing The experiment, he says has from
the watched not only with interest but with
sympathy by Englishmen." But he believes that 1t is
foredoomed to failure and that the Americans viii
eventually withdraw from the Philippines
The reason given for this belief is because the best
Americans will not into the colonial service the
best Engshmen do. because America not oyercrowd-
ed England Is The prime requisite for the
full bearing Of the white mans burden is says the
writer as Mr. Rudyard Kipng expressed it in his fine
poem to ''send forth the best you breed"
Now the writer insists that not only Americans
making the mistake Of trying to transform the Filipino
Thy machinery into white man.. but they sending
the OF the worst class. THE rank and flo
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-18
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

A young Indian woman pleaded guilty to forgery \
district court OF Ellis county and was given two y
the penitentiary.-BdliiHger Barner-Leader.
The poor wretch is victim of too much cvi,ai'a =
assimilation She doubtless now realizes that the pa
mighter than the pen.
The Tribune is in receipt of communicated from y
writer failed to send along his real name substituting I
of "Crawhsh" Second the it contains is 50 ka
that no respectable newspaper would publish n--lA'
Tribune.
"Crawfsh" must in reality he lobster.
Say, now, are you watching Houston grow'--naa'
Post. Mi
Say. now, do you know you are infringing eopynsS-
Orange Daily Tribune.
How? In growing, in calling attention to the ''''
4 4
The State convention that is assembled in Galveston \
has been given good advice by the party papn
Texas than will give heed to- II it sticks to s's =
1t will save future troube.-Sdn .4nfonio Lish'
And there's some more advice. 81
young in the East writes the News thai ss da
employment in any capacity in which there is enani II
vance If he had the observation Of age ne wou sn
there is chance to advance in any line, for the yoas
who will not stand still--Ei Pdso Daily Meas.
The young who will neither stand still moi a''.
is just bound to advance.
While it was so dry we did not have the face 70 s
ADVERTISEMENTS, Dut now since the ram dl W.
that have dropped out should fall into line again.
Enterprise.
Glad the rain had so beneficial an effect on your '''
= 4 ~
Today ceiling fans have been placed in the ~
making the place all the comfortable, IN ns h,
be used during the performance as we'll as between -
they are noiseless.-Bedumont Enterprise LAX
That charge is one that has never been brousn' w.
baseball fan.
y
Admiral Dewey testified before senate comm'Issn
the attack Manila sham, agreed on oetwes In
the Spanish commander, who wanted some excu us III
rendering General Anderson denies this, ana 80 ma
bona hde fight. 1t is question of veracity between y
and the army.-Fort Worth Register .,.as
The gentlemen should be compelled to arbitfau a's Il
ference according to rules in vogue in the on'''
senate
Nobody appreciates this cool weather quite iI q
the man who has to. stay at his desk whether nc ""
-DeniSoa Herald.
Which cool weather.
The Milwaukee breweries are in trouble 81. ~, IN
allow employees four quarts of beer apiece esen ,s
men declare it is impossible to live on suen II
Brenhdm Banner. .,a
We should think il was Through such ne'. :. I,
that TIL beer tibet made Milwaukee famous is ps
her infamous However, shall not declare ~
we receive further notce-4lkdh Eye. "a
The democracy is busiy looking for stanossc rt.a
While men NJ for both position as candidate A k be-
are not as thick as heas Texas sand bans 49,.
party 10 not without great ability---lNSysfofs
:. And stability.