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Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
STOCK ASD A NOTES

Powell & Mundy, regular shippers
fram Audrain county. bad in q load
Of nice 2os-Ib. hogs that topped tie
market az q. 50-Lf sieck Reporter
Wood Black, Of Hatton, bought s.
stock hogs o. Gland Dunlap, Of Fulton,
last Friday at u cents per pound
Middleton & Smith viii sell % head q
work mules, TO s years Cd. at B. R.
Miidletons harm In Mexico. Saturday,
March :, Iss3-The Hathaway place
or 20 acres lying north Of Auxyasse
and in Audiain. has been leased for a
rear by Fewell brothers, at a rental Of
sl.50a-Wim Lee, the all round horse
man OF Mexico, bought a high-class
saddle gelding OF ]. H. Buchanan in
Fulton Monday. paying sl5 for the
animal. He also bought one Of MI
Brown at s100.-w-H- Fry has sold his
fine stallion. Missouri Rex. to Ben r.
Middleton Of Mexico at $50 As a
high class sire Missouri Rex ranks with
the best horses that have stood IN Cal
away q late years. Galloway produces
the b0rses that bring top priceS-At
the Auxyasse stock sales in April the
Rerior offers q premium Of $ for the
best stallion any age or breed. There
must not be less than five entries
There win be other premiums offered
later on. Watch for advertisements
The horse and stock show viii take
place the second SATURDAY in April
Auxrzsse Rerser.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
An nld Railroad Ticket

Sin going from Mexico to Cenfralia
the other day / used a railroad ticket
that was q years and two days old,
said William CrowsOn, Of Richlznd
neighborbood, to the Gassa< man,
Wednesday. The way Of 1t was when
/ talked Of making the trip Mrs Tom
Hemdon happened 10 hear Of my in-
tention and sent me word that she
had a ticket over that part Of the rad
that she had purchased years ago and
never had used, and further stated
that l was welcome 10 Ii il I could
use Il. OF course | took 1t for as
there was no time limit printed on
the face Of il ! didn't see Why it could
notte used as well one time a anoth-
er. The boys at McCredie, whore /
took the tain. all agreed that il vas
no good and seemed satisfied that a
ticket issued February {, lss2 would
not be h0Bored On February 10, 1893.
but they were all mistaken for when j
left Mexico and the ticket puncheF
came around and ] handed him the
.old-timeE yoa ought to have seen him
smile and take on over the curiosity.
Why, man. be said. 'you ought to be
paid a premium on this. How did you
manage TO keep it so longs' and he
showed 1t all over the car and seemed
TO be terribly tickled over the matter.
The railroad company had the use Of
that accent fare for p years. and the
conductor perhaps thought Of the
compound interest that had piled up
since then when he spoke OF the pre-
MUM that ought to be paid FULTON
Efz1fE
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
Prutectin9 Mlaouri Game

Fr1z re 81 Las A~1t<DzZoer&~
II IS said that the bill pending IN
the legislature relating 70 the pro
Pagan0n. preservation and protection
81 game animals birds ard FISH has
been loaded down with amendments
in order to bring about lis defeat A
policy - s~Ilort-slghted and radically
wrong IS hard toerediL Persons who
oppose such necessary laws. II fond Of
sport. are blind TO their own interest
The present system with Wild animals
in this State IS one uf rapidextermina-
ton By proper rules a perpetual
supply can be insured Buffalo dis
appeared sram the continent with a
s-uddenness that surprised the country.
TerraPin are almost extinct 10 the
east By an intelligent code u laws,
adopted meme to soon, the oyster beds
Of the Atlantic cast have escaped deS-
trgction Properly protected, their
stead annual outpat Is worth millions,
but once exhausted the. mischief done
Is beyond repalr
MlSsoarlS forests fields and waters
need intelligent guardianship, not 10
prevent hunting and fishing. bat %
preserve both forever within intelli-
gent limitations. Much labor has
been put on the bill now before the
legislature. 1t mag not be perfect,
bat il is aa essential step IN the right
direction. Gg-aSyou- please hunting
and fishing viii Sipe out what re-
mains q the once tceming and wouder-
fuzzy varied earas animals in this
State Withmt suitable laws much
of the slaughter il absolutely wanten
mere shooting At . mark for thesaks
Of hitting IL Amendments TO the
bill offered for It's greater effective
ness are to be desired. but amend
menfs designed to kill the bill are an
outrageous oHense against the people
and natures b0untIes of which they
are the trustees. A legislative com
mirtee viii give 4 hearing on this i'm
portant subject to-day. Pass the law
that wiz Afford Missouri more game.
and in p~erpetuity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
Revenge Fools


There are men, and women, To, in
this word whose mast highly deysl-
'oped, keenesl sense 10 that Of revenge
TkeY are continually searching for
some excuse for being offended The
least little udense will cause them 10
'aare up" and become your biiterest
enemy. and from that time forward
they lie awake at night, use time that
might he valuable, in deYising some
method TO get eYen.n The man who
"cat OF his nose 10 spite his f2ses' vas
a revenge fool. The revenge fool,
What 3 pItiable creature he Isl He is
always in an irritable condition, al
ways mad at somebody OF something,
wasting his energy aud his time
searching for a method Of injuring
someone towards whom his ennity Is
directed. Look around and note the
men who have made successes; note
those wh0 have gone up and begund
the common herd; men whose brains
and energies have enabled them % ac-
emulate fortunes or to accomplish
other important results; and you
viii find not one who could Be called a
revenge fool" They have had no
time for revenge-they have had other
and more important work to DO. Had
they wasted their tine and energies
In this war, they would still belong to.
tie mediocre class. They would not
have bad time to deTelope the mental
and physical characteristics essential
to the attainment Of success. Donit
Be- 4 revenge fool. There are other
and more valuable methods Of using
time and brain II is not Only fmpos-
sible for the revenge fool to make a
saceess q life, bat happiness Is foreign
70 him. His entire life is emblttered
By the gan Of his own mentality. Do
yor MT realize that every tine yOu
harm another, q waste your energy ia
50 mach Is 3 wish to harm him. vou
are narrosing and embittering your
osn mind Jour own eharaclers You
~ letting ali that Is snail and mean
impede Jour progress, Instead Of open
Ing the way for Influences that broad
eu and strengthen, and bring success
and happiness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
PrOat-sharing in the United States
Steel CORPORATION.

Tie saeoEd Or direct proftsharing
part q tie Steel Cosporation piaa Is
also based ca the principle q demo
eracy. When the yzriOus companies
we're merged into aDe gigantic car
| p0rztion, the subsidiary concerns were
managed. usually. b men who had :
very large personal peeuniay interest
in them, and who gave to the affairs
OF the companies not only their time,
but the best Efforts d Which tbey were
capable In devisiHg this plan, the
aim vas to maintain the sane i'm
poTtznt incentive, bat, Instead Of
having it center in comparatively feu
nen.so to distribute It's effect through
] ont the corporation that every man
would feel he had again become a
partner and would work from that
Of view. In other words the purpose
is 10 stimulate individual initiative
and to overcome that tendency to IN
ertiz and stagnatioE which many have
feared may ultimately work the des-
tructiOn Of such vast organizations.
The COMPANY nog proposes 70 dhtri-
butte au8ong It's responsible and faith
fal men l per cent o. the net earnings
If the net earnings during the present
year shall exceed SO, 10000 and be
less than 100000 and to Increase
the SUM distributed oue-dfth Of one
per cent for every ten million dollars
added To the net earnings II during
this year, as is not unlikely, the net
earnings reach the total Of sIA000,0O0
the sun distributed among the men
who have helped 20 make that great
success viii be s3,18,oe0. This Is
prOHt-ghzring ca . great scale. The
corporation reserves the right 70 make
the distribution according TO the
Judgment Of the Finance Committee,
As a reward Of merit and not pro rzfa-
At the present time, there are in The
employ Of the Steel Corporation and
its subsidiary companies approximate
~ I.z0 men who receive salaries In
excess q 1850 > rear. divided as
follows:
Twelve with salaries Of 81, 700 al
year ard over. including the 500. 0oe
salary q the president Of the corpora
ton itself.
Fifty from $1,000 to 1900 a year.
Two hundred from 5000 TO sl0.e00l
. year.
Fifteen hundred from 500 tol
5000 q yezE-FUm THE Steel OR
P0rzti0n Points the Way. > By Waiter
WeIlman, in the AmeroaA MoAfhlg
Reukr q Reuacs for March.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
Canawa1s aooa Record.

From The time the collateral inheri
lance tax iaw Became effective until
December l. 1899 a period q three
years and four months, s7,l9Ls7 vas
collected under It's provisions 10 Gala.
way county- The only counties ia
the state in which larger SUNS were
collected Here Buchanan, Jackson and
s. Louis The collections in Boone
and Audrain counties, close nelghbors
Of Galway, were, for example, s4oS35
and s5sz2, respectively. In view Of
the fact that Galway Is the twenty
fnt county 10 the State In point Of
Population. this is ! remarkable show
ing for the 'old kingdom and indl-
Gates that II contains more than its
fair proportion q wealth are we to
acribe is extraordinary aainence to
is unequaled prediction Of the tune
fol mufes
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12

March Is the harlequin Of the year:
Many q wtE. mad prank pays he
Satly he bends whzre TIE i8 lis
Gear
orsE the brooks with their dream q
The SEA
Bidding them waks in the name ~
the sprinv.
And. wben tRsy break from tae frust
kings hands
He rsSely SlIlls the glad song they
Si1g
Bindh. them arss with his iey
hands
March 5 the harlequin a TIE pear.
Borrowing AprEss snood q bl1e,
Aping ner ynice, 70 81 nature dear,
He'll woo the birds with his voEs
untrue
Tomtit ard robin return to ind
Field and branch with no hint Of
green
And, shed with nifth al bis ruse I'M
kind,
March laughs 0ud at their cheated
mien-
March IS the harlequin q The yrar,
Arn1ed With kiss When Is sweet As
Nays
Softly he fits To the er0ens bed near
AMI On thar eyeiids the token las
Up from their Eintry sleep they start,
Reused By his Stolen smile and kiss,
.Only 10 meet tie frost ard suart
He has reserved for a prank like
this
March is the harlequin Of the gear,
Who ever season cur faith betayS;
And, though his arti6oe iscle1r,
We are deceived By the uicks be
plays
He Is q creature a change and wbim,
Yet we are glad when the rogue
aNzEeS
For the sweet sisters who follow him
Mend al the bsOken v0ss he makes
He Is the herald o. sunny days
May queens VIII dance where his
trust has lzinl
50 we. 10 spite o. his iaithlcSs vars
Welcome the h2rlequln's stormy
reign.
Dyer in Boston Transcript
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
BURGLAR FRIGHTENED AWAY.
Secured Geld WAteA azi Chain Froul
". P Szish Bsiars Leaning
Loal Talent

4 burglar forced SO entrance into
the beane q ". T. Smith on East
Nonroe street 4 member q the ern
% Smith Bucs. Fn1ay night about
nIdnieht and sscAnei 3 solid gold
watch ard chzin. = pair q uousers
and a vesf oeE1-e being frightened
away.
Entrance Was made by forcing ;
window IN a FRAT rom and the
burglar then zent int NE. Smiths
bed room ard secured the articles
named He m1st have made sumo
noise, IS Nh. Smith was awakened as
be Was leaving. A bunch Of keys was
foznd near the house SON after, but
ths burglar had entirely disappeared.
Nh. Smith particularly regrets the
los q the watch and chain because Of
the fact that it was q family heirloom
and was = valuable umspiece besides
Ii is thoughs that the work was
DINE hv fcai talent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
The Star Dreamer.

The Star Dreamer" is by Agnel
and Egerton Castle, authors OF @Ths
Pride Of Jennico, etc.
]. 1t is the most romantic low
story that these authors have written
III. Its heroine is a beautiful youns
widow, Eilinor Marvel; its hero-ths
Lord of Bindon-the astar dreamer
It's arch plotter, Lady L0chore, Z
wOmanof fashion.
III. The plot IS unusual, absorb
Ing, and at times thrilling.
~. Its period is that when George
III. lay dying-when Bath was in il;
be yday.
V. 1t is net an historical novel, 4
sex novel, or 8 problem novel.
VI II is the first new Castle
novel since 1901, and should have a
warm welcome because its author.
have waited 10 offer q polished and
perfected work.
VII. Its vein is that Of 1.-THE Light
OF Scartaey'' and "Young April
rather than Of The Secret Orchard. ;
Size, 43x7t inches, SIS ID. Blue
cloth and gold, with fr~ontispiece q. 50.
For sale By all booksellers OF sent
postpaid.
Frederick A. Stokes Co., 5 and Z,
East 18th Street New York.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
a woxEx DUG GRAVE
he Dxzghtss Of . Virginia Pkyi-
Gan Cared FIR . Little Snail
pen Victim

Frzna rhe ErerHx& gTA1 Ezex
The same hsr8lsn that INSPIRED the
WOMEN q the oo1fese-zcy has been
recertly shown b. two daughters a
d.. Fskz, Of Rchnacd co1nsy who
TfSked death frun smallpox and bis
tered their lands with spades and
khovsk il order that a little child
might have tender nursing z1d :
lChristixn burial The incident n
calls the b1rizl q Lstsne. tire gallant
young o&cer wh0 kst his life IN sta
arts famous ride xruuDd NcClellans
army, and whose burial, at which the
service wZ read By awu1s1n, took
pace just acrus the RaPpahznnock
river FROM The spot where the Misses
Fisher assisted their father in the
burial Of the little child who had
fallen 3 victim to smallpox last week.
1t was in the family Of Mr.. Decker,
a n1Ttherner. VINO has only recently
heated near welfoEds wharf, in Rich
n08d c0untF. that the smallpox made
its appearances in the northern Neck.
Dr.. Fisher took charge Of tie cases,
but after Mr.. Decker died from the
disease be had great 6iG5culty in get
ting some o1e 70 nurse the patients
The wife, who had nGrsed the bus
hand, was stricken; and Mrs Elliott,
who vas nursing her. broke out with
the disease The physicians two
daughters heard Of the plight Of the
unfortunate family and volunteered to
20 and nurse them.
All q the patients have done well
save the little child Of Mrs Decker.
When il died no . could be found
who would bury the child or even
come 10 dig the grave Dr. Fisher IN
dertook the task and bis tEO noble
daughters assisted him After dig
ging the little grave one OF them read
the burial serVhe, and then the lit
tie mound vas heaped up over the
child.
The y0ung ladies have raised a tent
in the yard q the Decker residence,
and 10 that they sleep and rest during
the time that is not spent in admins
teEing % the sick
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
DEMOCRATS WIZ BIG VICTORY
Sweep Nearly Every Ward in Loul'i'
ana. Missouri

Lorr9AxA, No, March 2-Ihe
Democrats uon ! sweeping victory 10
tke city election here to-day, and nc
u~ropoSgtion for q Carnegie library
carried by , big vote
me Democratic candidates for the
cc1nea in the First. Second and Third
uaras we're elected ~ follows J. ID
Nertwether, C. NJ. Davis and Oilh
BENIN. William JaeDecke and Martin
gossngreen tied in The Fourth.
ms is the lirsE time IN Ten yeAn
|ahat the Democnts carried the Third
ward AID c. ". Davis carried inc
Second Ward By the largest vote :
Democrat ever received, which make
him. In an probability, the nex'
Democratic candidate for Mayor
George T. Lynett and B. H. Camp
bell were elected School directors am
the Increase ia the levy o. the school,
carried By = big vote
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

b local HrpIcaa5na. as hey e1znos rsacA th'
disease poru5n q ne ear. zasre Is o1ly on
wzy z care dsztnsss, and GEt IS b cosstItu
tonal remedies. Deataessi = oaassd b. AZ In
1z7s4 oo1dIao1 q ne uzeoas llaing Ct III
Ezszschlza Tzbe- whs1 As tubs gets iEa1n.
e1 ycz have ! nzbliag so4na Or fzpertsc'
hs1rlzz, ezt EAs1 Il Is eztirsly closed deafness
ste reszt sn9 1aisss The fzfkzstaz can b.
fAksn cat ard MS sEbs restored to Ia norna
cozdzn01s 1sarDS VI te Destroyed for
sTsrs strs Gases cat q ten are tzse4 b. eatsrrh
which Il nossszg tqi szin1amed coasiifoa Of ths
E1coas Ezrfaos.
We IA are o-s Hrnzrsd Dollars for sry
case q Deafness fossssd b eatzrTss tat car
sot bs Cured b. Hsnis Czlsrsh Care. ssad fcs
clTtrisTs. free.
F.g CHENEY a Co. Tc,sao o.
Pnra 70 per bssis-
Ha1a Panty Pms are tks hest
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
INSANE CRIMINALS ESCAPE


FrLroS, March G-Teu criminal
insane patients 81 the hospital for the
insane made 8 desperate attempts 70
esczpe from their Keepers while going
% breakfast this mcEuing.
Benjamin Richardson. who uas zd-
nitted 10 the Iaststatson from toe
STATE penitenfizry February - zss
serFing a sentence q for years fer
grand larceny. ard had been il the
meantime Sentenced 70 The penifen-
tizry for % years for killing a dep1tF
sheriff in Ozark cosuty. cut the Nrist-
lets q The ten patients and they tried
70 oTerpoHeF thar keepers Richard
SUI used : shoe knife, similar to Thoe
used ia the penatentiary. has bow be
came in possession Of Ii IS . mystery.
In the Struggle after the men were
liberated by RicbzrdS5a, Supervisor
Thomas Steers made a brave Ezht and
Was considerably injured osher en-
ployes came % his assistance and I've
men we're prevented from getting
away
In addition TO Richardson the ial-
lowing men escaped: c. E. MorIidge
admitted from jackson county, c01-
victed Of grand larceny in 1879 and
sentenced toseven years IN The pens-
Tertiary; VS. Wilson, from Jzckson
county, admitted December 81 lsG
and sentenced 10 four years in the
penisentiary fer grand larceny IN 1901;
Harry Edwards from Platt county,z6-
mitted December 8 lS2 and sen
fenced to the psnitentiary for ten
years on q charge u burglary.
AS son as the liberated patients
wiso had not escaped we're restrained
a posse was sent 10 pursuit ofthe
missing men. bat up to ate tonight
no trace q them bad been fo1nd.
Richardson is considered a dangerous
man
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12

TWENTY YEARS Ago THIS wEkE
Alexander r. stephens died.
NJ L Everett vas principal Of The
Rush Hin school.
Z. Mann, C. s. a. bridge carpenter,
was painfully injured.
veds May. daughter Of G. Vi. and
Rosa Woolwine, Of Laddonja, died
Married-Jno w. Crum ard Sarah
J. Martin, both Of Audrain County.
Rev. James f. smith and wife cele,
brated their golden wetidingat Hardin
College
Richard wiIiingham, aged S years,
died. lie was enc q the oldest settlers
u Au5rain.
c ". Brandt, an attorney at law.
|of wellsxilie, fell dead on the street
q this city.
The faIIoHlng we're the oficers q
the Mexico Fire Cg
D. Z shea. president
T. ". White. vice-presdent-
A G. A~rastr0ag. secretary
p. f. BrophE, treasurer
D. z shea, chief.
y Il uwAFs. rta-t~a-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
25, 20 and 10 Years Ago
This Week.

rwESTI-zvE WARS AGO THIS wEEx
wGk cCuneaced cn the eKseassos
q the Chscag0 s Alton f. T.
III GIN w4s oorT@pauding secre.
tzrT Of Citizens Associ4iiun q Me1
sa
Rev. W. Pups YeAnzn, ID. 2.
accepted ths p1sso-zte u ths Bapttsi
church At Glasgow.
Masdans Clark zn5 Maidrex ssrs
70 open ; military and fancy store Al
Edgar Frsts I'D stand
Dr. Kerr, q Fulton. vas appointed
On she Boar5 Il Dirert0S II The FaI-
ton Insane Asylum VICE Or. Macfzr-
lane q Mexico. resigned
The resi3enoes q Nh. InlaE and
James Bush beth q this city, were
broken into: $40 was taken from I'M
former and 8 from the latter place
The following were the teachers in
Mexico Public School D. r. Gully,
superintendent. Misses Jones, Garrett.
florist. HaFord, Cautbom. NcCue,
ina P. GAS and G. D. B5snmzn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
Waksful Children.

For . iODg time The t~Eo-yezr-old
child q Mr.. P. L MePherson, 20 n.
Tenth St. Harrisburg, Pa, would
sleep but two o. three hours 10 the
early part d the night, which made
1t ve1 hard f0E Der parents Her
mother concluded that the child had
stomach trouble ara gave her half OF
o1e q Chamberlains Stomach and
Liver Tablets, which quieted her
stomach and she slept tie whole night
through Two boxes q these Tablets
have effected . permanent cure and
she Is noE well and strong. For sale
By al druggists
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
Ples Of Prom Rahhsn

Many thousands u dead abbits
aioug the union PzciHc suoxdrift
fences between Cheyenne and Ogden
have attracted wolves from all ever
the plains ard the sight and s5uud
amazes the thTough passengers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12

II y01 are ia need Of anything in
the way Of farming implements,
wagons buggies or harness, IWUuld be
glad 70 have yua call and see ne
an making . speciality Of this line Of
goods lam agent for the John Deere
PloEsas vel as their fun line Of i'm
piements- / would like 70 have yoa
exaniue the Edge drop planter. Con
sideFed The most perfect drop that has
ever been applied toa planter. Dont
fail to call On ne Fourst0ry build
ing east side Sauare IA. Porn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
EARLY MARcH

The warning hoats Of Winter and !,
Spring
Are hnrliiDg DER the plains.
All night | heard their little clarIoo,
ring,
And lnf the wind0,s panes.
The arrusy sleet Is mttling on u.
glass
The SKY a saalt AZ stone.
The nntimely SHOWS besiese n.
sproHtlng grass
The elm trees toss and moan.
Christopher P. cranch
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
MISSOURI FARMS.
Great Demand for Then By Northern
Farmers Galloway County
Experiences a Rush

FULTON, No. March 3-NeyeF Be
fore in the history Of Galway county
have the real estate transfers reached
such enormous proportions as thoe
reported On Saturday and Monday,
when seEenty-nva transactions we've
c1nsgmBzsed, entziIing a considez.
ton q s55s0gs. OF these deals txen.
ty-nine were reported On SATURDAY
and forty-six ca Monday. The aggre.
gate number q zcnes changing owner.
ship Va II,S7, Of which 8,7B acres
sere transferred 90 SATURDAY and
657z acres a Monday. The move
neut q moDey in Fulton % MONDAY
shoss that deposits expanded ap-
Fortunately ss59.O00. or greater b.
nearly $1,000 than for any correspond
ing day in the history o. the banking
Institutions q the city. Many farm
ers from IOsa and other states north
Of Missouri have bought Galway
farms and are moving into the coun-
., and the general business outlook is
brighter than ever 10 the hlstory q
the county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12

Daring the electrical, wind and rain
storm Friday night wines Of the clec-
trio light plant and the telephone
system became crossed IN tEo places
and 81 Ere % the terminal box On
the pole In front Of the telephone
CENTRAL putting % phones out q
baFines& The damage vas repaired
- ate SATURDAY affeunau
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12

- J. wilkins and wife are lome
fro1 Chicago vheEe Mr. Wnkins pur.
ch1sed . large stock q gods far tie
frm a Fredendzn & wilkins
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12

Jea D. EliS vh0 lately moved frum
An1ni1 coau . Aussoeec /. T., Is
n Hexics ca busineR Mn. ElBk
neeting with success IL his neu home