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Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15

Kidneys Themselves break down and waste
away cell BY cell.
Bladder troubles most always result from
aderangement Of The kidneys and a cure i
obtained quickest by a proper treatment d
the kidneys. II you are feeling badly yog
can make no mistake by taking br. KIimsr',
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver ana
bladder remedy.
hcorrects inability 10 hold urine and scald
ing palm In passing II, and ovsrcomes thsl
unpleasant necessity Of being compelled 10
20 ofien during the day, and to get up man,
times during the night. The mild and ne
extraordinary effect Of Swsmp-Root Is soon
realized. II stands the highest for its won.
dednl cures Of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root Is pleasant to take and sod
By all druggists IN fifty-cent and one-doliaf
sized bottles. You may FsK
have a sample bottle q N@,knEA
this wonderful new dis 2E 1sf
covery Erd ) book that 1tIsAAzAIWo
tails all about Il. both Hsss ~e,sr.-pnos
ssut free by mail. address Dr.. Kllmef & g..
binfhamioH. n. Y. When writing enio
reading his generous oiier Ia this paper.
Dent make any mistake. but remember
The name. Svamp-Root. Dr.. KIlmer's
Swzmp-RoeL and The address, 6Inehsmton
NJ T.. On evsU bottle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15

We desire TO thank Our friends and
nelghb0rs for their kindness during
the illness and death OF our husband
and father, Henry Adkins. He was
born Ia the state Of Virginia, and vas
70 years old. He came 70 Missouri in
an early day and was a member OF the
Cumberland Presbyterian church for
twenty-five years.
A wife, four IONS and two daughters
are left to mourn bis loss.
Mrs AHeKLfEE ADKINS.
". II. ADKINS
JOHN ADKINS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15

Lon Powell has returned from In
dian Territory better pleased than
eve with Mexico and Audrain coun-
~. nTheY all cnme hack.r
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15

The Shakespeare Club met Tuesday
afternoon In business session with Miss
EiizabeeGm The hrst regular meet
ing Of the club for the ensuing rear
viii be held next Saturday evening
with Miss Mamie Davis. This meet
ing will be a social one, TO talk over
the work for The year and to decide
what play VII hrst be taken up for
study.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15

Mrs Frances Clark, Of Topeka, Kan
Eas. Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Elmer
Cunningham. northeast Of town.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15
Is, 10 and 10 Years Ago
This Week.

rNnxrx.FiyE WARS 400 rms WEEK.
a thser s;0ie some iipur anu meat
from The home Of B 7. Rodmad.
Bill Kempcs was arranging u build
on = lot next door y, J. +. Lleselyn.
j. q Stewart was . merchant q
Cehtfaiia.
Tns express ofllcs at Brownsville
was rubbed 81 si.4oo.
The enrolment Of the MesIc Public
sehnol was ass.
T. N Gill purchased ths lots east %
his dwelling from Miss Mollie Ricketts,
for 81, 200,
Mari Roberts conducted . billiard
hall in Mexico.
Nj Riney was building a dwelling
Ia I@adonsa
6 b Gfllam. Of Ashley. Pike coun-
~ Mo-, had q sale Of shotshorn cattle
ii Mexico.
rwrrrr YEARS 400 TINS WEEK.
Harry Bennett bad a position in
Kansas City.
Bob Graham bought the HIT farm
south Of Mexico.
Jack Dyer formerly Of Centralia.
Was conducting the Central Hotel IN
Moberly.
Henry Woodward left for Chicago
to attend commercial College.
There was an enrolment Of $40
pupils IN the Mexico school.
Albert White, who lived south Of
Mexico, was badly hurt by an infur-
lated bull.
A.. 3. Poteet bought the Galbreath
& Green bakery In Mexico.
a little child OF Pat Naughton
fell OF a bed aud broke It's collar bone.
Mrs. Kittie FAINT, wife Of John FAINT,
died in Auxvasse.
N. P. DeJarnatt, al old citizen Of
Mexico, died His remains were in
TERED at the family burying ground
northwest Of Mexico.
Lee Nichols, who had been badly in
jured, died at bis fathers home near
Mexico.
The Loutre township Sunday school
institute was held at Martinsburg.
The following we're on the program:
Rev. Mr.. McClintic.
Prof. Nichols.
DR.. Geo. Nichols.
], p. Stevenson.
Geo. Hewitt.
Henry Overbagh,
]. r. T~orreyson.
Wm. Hamilton.
Mrs. w. II. Taylor.
Ada Oyerbagh.
Matte MARROW.
Maggie Torreyson.
Ella Hayes.
Mtsa Haekina vQas n m,ieie teacher
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15
strayed

From my place on South Jefferson
street, one black barrow hog, weight
about 175 pounds. Any information
concerning the hog viii be thankfully
received. d. M. koBERTs,
w Mexico. NO., Sept 6.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15

Miss Estelle Boatman, OF this city,
is teaching at Naslor school.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths

prevailing In ihi
$ because SO decep
tive. Many suddei
deaths are caused b
t. heart disease
pneumonia, hear
failure or apoplex,
are often the result
Of kidney disease. \
kidney trouble is al.
lowed 10 advance tn,
kidney -poison
blood win attack TIN
vital oroaue - Al.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15
NEGLECTED COLDS.

Every part Of the mucous membrance
the nose, the ears, head and lungs
ETC, are subjected to disease and
blight from neglected colds. Ballard's
Horehound Syrup is a pleasant and
effective remedy. &c, 50c, sl.O0. W.
Akendrick, Yally Mills, Texas, writes:
~ have used Ballard's Horehound
Syrup for coughs and throat troubles;
II isa pleasant and most effective re-
medy." Sold by Woodbridge & Purdy.
The Vandalia Leader says that
Moses MaydeId, Of Mexico Is afraDg.
ing to open a tailoring establishment
In that town.
Col. VIM. Tincher, representing
attorney Of Callaway county, is in
Mexico ON business. Col Tincher
owns fine farm near Hatton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15

" p Roberts, formerly of t5,.
", now q successful mercb.ssaui
es@sala~n Rails county. Mo !. 2
ing hands and visiting rels, 7 snss
and around Mexico. 'ss y
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15
WIN. McPheeters Dangerously Iniure

VIM. hcPheeters Dangerously Injured
William McPbeeters, uf Concord,
fell from a car in st. Louis Tuesday
and was dangerously injured.
J. w. Rudd. at whose house, 1859
Sc. Ferdinand Ave, St Louis, Mr..
PbeeteTs was staying during visit TO
the Fair, is visiting in this vicinity
and be was bottled OF the accident by
members Of the family, who did not
give the particulars, but who's l that
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15

Miss Mary Jurgenson is entertain.
her sister, Miss Agnes, OF Macon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15
4 ann STOCK MOTIF.

3 R naetner. Mexico. Mo, an. :,
n Midas, vanaalia, Mo- reports Sa q, :
mule oonsienments Live stS"s VIZ \
porter. k b
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15

On account OF throat trouble Mitch.
ell White viii remain in Boulder,
Colo, al winter, and win attend the
University Of Colorado.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-09-15

James Shuck, Of neal Romney, Ralli
county, committed suicide.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06

tunately it does not seem to have oc- prtne trust.--New York Mail and Ex- press.
 In spite of the fact that dispatches from the far east are very warlike to- day, We have not given mp hope that the rest of this deadly struggle will be conducted through the telephone.-To- ronto Star. ..
 Boys might be induced to, remain on the farm and raise wheat if it were selling at harvest time for the prices it reaches when board of trade clique gets hold of a visible supply
 Chicago Tribune.
 The city of Waterbury does a pru- dent thing when it offers a standing reward to any person, not q city em- ploye, who shall report q case of ty" phOid or other similar disease on the city watershed. A similar reward for the discovery of dead animals would also serve to compel closer attention to their discovery and removal than IS sometimes given by the officials Hartford Times.
 The collection Of the poll tax, small though it is, proves rather hard task ! in every community, and the results, despite the threats of enforcing pay nlent by prosecution. do not square with the efforts made. If the tax can nor be collected, and the farce is to be repeated each recurring year, it would be far better to repeal the law and preserve the dignity of the state.--- New London Day.
 Tho Connecticut republicans are too sensible to get at loggerheads over lit rln local iSSl1oS when Upnafpp NariOuRi issues are at stake. They have yet to make a reputation for snarling over a
 bone while a foe runs away with the meat. Whatever differences Of opin- ion there may be among republicans in this state prior to the state con vention will be settled there, and i'll November the party will roll up Tor
 Roosevelt one of those Mckinley ma jorities which were so surprising TO
 the democrats. Norwich Bulletin. A few weeks ago we inquired where all the Iowa coal has gone. We have found a load of it. 1t came ill as h. linois soft. at 5.75 per ton. 1t is black CT than home made thunder and has q barrel of smoke to q bushel Of coal. It will take an hour to get 1t burning and ten minutes more for it. to go out. It is La Sale third vein, from Fort Dodge, via Chicago. It will fill q 1 stoyepipe in three hours so it looks like the ceiling of hades. Where. oh. where, is that old-fashioned Iowa coal
 that burned with q clear flame ana didn't make ten bushels of smoke. hve l bushels of soot,, and fifteen bushels ot 1 ashes to each hodful? Echo answers, sold in the east for Cape Breton soot- ! less."-B1itt, Ia, Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06
NO THIEVES THERE.
Iu Bermuda They Ceuldn't Dispose ot PIuMder If They stole--An
 I6vs1ic Conn nammsty.

The capture of the two negroes in this city charged with having footed a jew elry shop in Hamilton. Bermuda, will be .the chief topic of conversation for the winter in that idyilic community, says the New York World.
 Bermuda Is not accustomed to thieves. No experienced BermudanHwill enter the profession of pilfering, at least of talk ing things that cannot be immediately eaten.
 For what can be done with them? If any property is taken the officers of the law have only to watch the steamship docks The stuff cannot be disposed of on the islands. They are too small and everybody knows everybody.
 It is Bermudian legend that once a bicycle was stolen. It was the talk of the town. The next ensuing problem oi the thief was how to get any good of it. He did not dare use it; he could not send it out of the country
 That he finally gave it up'' was proved when six months later a fisherman brought up the missing wheel from fairly deep water upon his hook
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06
WHAT DICKENS DID
 FOR LITTLE CHILDREN

With Dickens, the arch creator Of dream children, it is again, as with Wadsworth, always the lonely child, and with what love did his great heart go out to the little beings his imagination has made immortal. What an almost divine pity he has for the fears and bewilderments and hardships Of their dependent little lives, so at the mercy of grim elders. and the sport of all manner of heart less bullying forces. Poor David Copperfieid and that dreadful new father-in-law of his, with the black whiskers- how ones blood runs cold for him as MT Murdstone takes him into a room and sternly ex- pounds to him, in ogreish words, fhe iron discipline to be expected for breaches of the law in that sepuichEal household. Children are not beaten nowadays I am told. If not, the change is largely due to Dickens, who has certainly done much to mitigate the former severe lot of the child ill 8 regime where the father was lit tie more to his children than the stern policeman and executioner Of nome, the dread Rhadamanthus of the pest pa11or. who must on no account De tnsturbed by childish laughter. and to offend whom was to invite swift and certain doom.
 How much has Dickens done to mt igate the lot Of the schoolboy by his savage satire of Dotheboy's Hall ard the lot Of all poor boys whatsoever oy the pleading figure of Oliver Iwlst. There are few strokes ill literature so trenchant in their tragic laughter, so irresistib1y comic in their shattering criticism of hunan nature, as that scene which has passed into the prov cribs of the world-the scene, Of course, where poor little starved OH- yer asks for more. The astonishment on the face of the cook is positively Olympian in it's humor. A charity boy ask for more ! Why, the very walls of the institution rocked, and the earth quaked at such & request, and the rumor of it passed like thun- der from room to room, till even the board Of directors, then in session. must have heard ii. Great heavens |. "Oliver Twist has asked for more.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06
HOW THEY COLLECT BILLS.
Indians Have & Delicate Way of Ap. proachfng Their Debtors--Their
 Dunning sticks.

The aboriginal debt collector literally goes after his victim with sharp stick Perhaps the phrase may have originat. ed from the manner in which some Indi- ans realize on bills due them. The Nushinan Indians of California may have seen the disagreeable habit prev. alent among whites of sending bills When one Indian owes another it is con. sidered bad taste for the creditor,to dun the debtor. He proceeds with more del. icacy. He procures certain number of sticks, according to the amount oi the debt, and paints ring around tht end of each. These he carries and tosses into the debtors wigwam and then goes away without & word. The debtor in. variably pays the debt and destroys the sticks, as 1t is considered reproach tt have the January dunning stick throwr into the wigwam. Indeed, the creditor never uses them except with hard GUS toners.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06
ALoERNoN sMITHERs.

lAlgie Smithers came accounting,
 Came a-courting Kitty Gray; IAlgfe SMithers, slow and steady,
 Came accounting many day. Many a day she used to wonder <, What was Algies last intent, But by none of her devices
 Could she learn what Algie meant Not word of marriage said he,
 Never tried to hold her hand; And when she made her coy advances.
 Didn't seem to understand. Still hs kept a-coUrttng Kitty
 In his own peculiar style; Had fit If Kitty ever Gave another man smile Once he took her on the river, And somewhere along it's banks caught a, turtle which he gave her.
 She received the same with thanks. Home she took the turtle with her,
 And she named fl Algfe--Oh, How her friends ali laughed with Kitty And at Algie, don't you know. Aagie listened to the laughing
 Listened long before he spoke Then he asked them, quite indignant:
 Say. I gay now, what's the joks?" William J. Hampton, ia N. Y. Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06
One Ass ct Had Been Overlooked

H. Gerald Chapin, editor of "The
 American Lawyer takes considera-
 ble delight in telling how he was once
 foiled by q woman whom he was eX-
 amining as q witness in supplements
 " proceedings.
 ''I had been admitted to the bar but
 short time. and was fair specimen of the average. theory-stuffed. prac- tice-wanting. law-school graduate. How ioyously were the commands of the commanding clerk obeyed. Here
 was the looked for opportunity to demonstrate my ability in the noble 1 art of searchfngly examining q recall citrant witness. Of the two l fancy. however, that it was the lady who was the more self possessed when the proceedings opened She was q dressmaker and had just been sued by dry goods firm. The examination dragged its slow length along reveal ing no assets, until finally came the omniun gatherum query asked as g l finisher.
 Have youAany property of any kind or nature. real or. personal. or any right or interest i'll property ! which you have failed to mention|
 Perhaps ii was my tone she dis liked. At all events her eyes snapped.
 "'Well. I've got what perhaps you | wouldn't can an interest, but it's all
 most as good It's an expectation. Must I answerg &. s. If you please '"we1l, you see, ft's. tdis way. I've 1 got two sisters and both of them have married finely, now neither of them begins to be as good looking as l I am' 'p "'Yes 1? :Hs@ 1 "'Weil 1 really don't see why I ! shouldn't have the same show 1 ssNeedless to say no receiver was appointed to administer this asset ] Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06
THE BELTS OF 1904.
Every Kind of Leather Is Used and There xs a Stock
 to Match.

There are new things coming in with the new year, and one of the newest of all is the wide leather belt which is something like three inches in width and is very stiff. It is not a crush leather lyn Eagle. Nor is this belt cut as q dip. It is straight round and round and is fitted out with three or four little leath- CT straps and buckles.
 Another new belt is the wide thin leather crush belt which is at least six inches wide and, in many instances, is much wider This belt.is unlined and is no thicker than heavy satin, certain ly no thicker than velvet. It is caught in the front with gold harness buckle and the popular colors are white, mole skin gray, black and brown.
 There are many belts made of leather this season, more by far than last. And every kind of leather and all degrees of tanning are used. The leather belts upon which the natural hair is left are novel, ties and the spectacle of calfskin belt with the red and brown and white colors of the calf showing, is one that is to be seen this year. The hair is about 8 quarter of an inch long and the belt must be brushed the right way every time it is put on.
 The dip belt will remain popular for it gives woman a nice figure and when a belt. does this woman can be depend ed upon to like it. One of the showiest of the new dip belts is a wide strip of very bright red leather, thin and soft with very long and very narrow buckle run through the back of it. The front is fastened low in pointed ornament.
 Dame Fashion wears stock to match her belt. no matter what kind of 8 belt it may happen to be. And, in this man. ner, she shows her good sense for she manages to look smart, which is impos- sible when all of ones articles of cloth ing are attuned to different chords of harrnpny +,,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06

As one result of the struggle be- tween Clark and Daly ill Montana, says an exchange, there rests today i'll the hands of the Montana legislature the sum of S1O,0o0. Nobody knows. Or rather nobody will tell, who owns it. Eventually it will probably be used for the school fund While the legislature which ultimately sent Sen stor Clark to the senate was in ses- sion, a member walked up to the speakers desk and handed him the sum of $10,000 in cash. This money he declared he had reason to believe was offered him as a bribe to vote for Clark, but from whom he had re- ceived 1t he refused to divulge. Opin- ion on this extraordinary happening was divided. Many thought the money came direct from Clark, others that Daly furnished it, hoping to cast tAe odium on his rival-outsiders will never know, but the incident shows how they do things in Montana.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06
vARIcosE VEINS OF THE LEG.
rheir Causess Methods of Preven~ tfon and How They Should
 Be Treated.

Varlcose veins occur in various parts of the body and are always due to an im- pediment which obstructs the return circulation. They occur on the lower extremities more commonly than else where, says Youths Companion, for the reason that any impeachment of the cir culation there is magnified by reason of gravity, which acts in itself as an impeachment to the return, that is, the upward circulation in the lower por- ton of the body.
 Varicosities are always the result of considerably prolonged strain on the vessels, growing worse from year to year if the cause is continued, and for this reason are most troublesome as age advances
 The return circulation from the leg is aided most of all by alternate contrac- tions and relaxation of the muscles of theleg. Persons whose employment is of an active sort are less likely to suffer than those who merely stand for long periods with little occasion for moving about. Those who are obliged to spend much time standing should especially avoid circular garters and all manner of wearing apparel which causes tight ness or construction at one part of the leg more than at another; for the added strain which such constriction entails is nearly always sufficient when operating over long period of time to dilate the vessel below the constricted point.
 AS method of prevention, loose clothing, especially the disuse of garters, and certain amount of physical exer- else, particularly walking, are to be recommended. Early on the appear ance of enlarged veins of the leg the use of an elastic stocking, or even of tight stocking of the ordinary kind which fits tightly from the toes to the calf. will often he found sufficient to overcome the condition, provided the original cause is removed
 Walking as a means of prevention should be indulged in before rather than after such hours of standing as may be required by reason of the individual's g occupation. Very little benefit can be derived from exercise indulged in at the close of the day unless the person has meanwhile had an opportunity to lie down in order to relieve the veins of their already distended condition. Persons whose occupation keep them at home may often largely overcome the condition by occasionally lying down for few minutes during the day, by which means the overdistention of the vessels is temporarily relieved. Tn this manner the overstretched muscle-fibre in the walls of the vessel also have op- portunity to recover their contractility. In severer cases the elastic stockings made especially for the purpose may be worn on alternate days or weeks. It is rarely desirable or necessary to use | them continuously. @ H5a Neglected cases in which the veins 1 are tortuous or associated with ulcers may require the surgeons intervention 1 to relieve them permanently.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06

It is, of course, Impossible to pre- dict what demands a war between Russia and Japan will make upon the worlds money markets. says Banker Henry Clews in his weekly letter. The uncertainties Of war are proverbial. Yet the chances are that these de- lnandg will not be serious. Both countries have thus far made very extensive bellicose preparations with out unusual outside borrowings;t~ both countries have far from exhausted their own monetary resources, and, while the last Russian budget was a poor one, both Russia and Japan could, if necessary, carry on hosttli- ties for B considerable period with out heavy borrowings. In all prob ability, however, one if not both of the contestants would put out u loan to relieve thes pressure of taxation at home, the amount of which would be largely governed ny the eXigencies and length of the struggle. Experts SeneThuy agree tnaI the WILL WILL De of short duration, and that decisive victory at sea would quickly bring it to an end. There are some, whose opinion is entitled to much weight, who expect peace considerably with in year after the outbreak; but, as already said, predictions as to war are notoriously unreliable; for ex- ample, the late Boer war, which ev- erybody expected would prove only a matter of . few weeks. lasted over two years. The conclusion to be de rived. however, from such compari- sons is that no heavy demands from either Russia or Japan are in imme- diate prospect, and the chances of q short struggle materially diminish the probability of serious disturbance in the international money markets. A further fall on the declaration of war might be expected i'll foreign, ss- curity values which would be partial ly reflected here: though, on the other hand, 1t might develop fhaf the situa, ton had been partly discounted in advance.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-06
FIG Hated CIock..

Herbert Spencer hated clocks which strike, especially out-of-door clocks. When staying in lodgingsin Berkshire village he sent a request to the owner of the principal house there that the stable clock, which struck the hours. might be stopped. He was not a good companion to go out for & drive with, as, if he did not feel well, he would ascertain how fast his pulse was beating and if 1t were not satisfactory would instantly give the order to return home.