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Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27
Thousands Of Women
ARE MADE WELL AKp sTReNe
suocsss Of lydia E. P~lnkhsn's tssstskse
csmpsund Res.s Upos the Fact thafst
Realty Dess MAKE Sick Nensn Wen

Thousands upon thousands of Ameri,
can women nave been restored ia
health by Lydia s. pinkham Negets.
BILE Compound. Their letters r % flo
in Mrs. Pinkham's Office. and pyovet tbs
statement 70 be fact and n6ta mere
boast.
overshsdowing indeed is the success
of this great medicine. and compared
with it all other medicines and treat
msnt for women are eSperimehts.
Why has Lydia E. Pinkhamis Vege-
table Compound accomplished its vide
spread results for good?
Why has It lived and thrived and
done It's glorious work for a quarter OF
q century?
Simply and surely because of its ster-
ling worth. The reason no other med.
icine has even approached its success
Is plainly and positively because there
is no other medicine in the world 50
good for women's ills.
The wonderful power of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over
the diseases of womankind is not be-
cause il Is astimulant-not because It 10
a palliative, but simply because it 10
the most wonderful tonic and recon
structor ever discovered to act directly
upon the uterine system. positively
CURING disease and DISBURSEMENTS and
restoring health and vigor.
Marvellous cures are reported from
all parts of the country by women who
have been cured, trained nurses who
have witnessed cures, and physicians
who have recognized the virtue in
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and are fair enough to give
credit where Il is due. If physicians
dared to be frank and open, hundreds
Of them would acknowledge that they
constantly prescribe Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound in severe
cases of female ills, as they know By
experience that il will effect n cure.
Women who are troubled withpainful
or irregular menstruation, baekaches
bloating Tor fiatuleneel leucorrhea,
falling, inflammation o u~leeration Of
the uterus. ovarian troubles, that
T" bearing-down" feeling. dizziness.
faintness. indigestion, nervous pros
tration. or the blues. should take im-
mediate action to ward of the serious
consequences and be restored 10 health
end strength BY taking Lydia 8. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. Anyway
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
for advice. Its free and always helpful
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

The best known guide to married happi-
mess Is 10 hold the husband as you won the
lover-by cheelfuln,ss Of disposition, pa
thence and keeping d youthful looks.
Of course a great many women are handi-
capped BY those ills to which women are
heir. The constantly recurring troubles
which afiict her are apt to cause a sour
disposition, nervousness and a beclouded
mind.
DR.. Rv. Pierce, the specialist in woman's
diseases, Of Buffalo, N. Y, after a long ex-
p~efience in treating such diseases, found
thai certain roots and herbs made into
3 liquid extract, would help the majority
Of cases This he called d.. Pierce's Pa
Write Prescription. Thousands of women
have testified TO It's merits, and it Is put
up in shape to be easily procured and
Is sold BY all medicine dealers. This Is
3 potent tonic for the womaniy system.
50 much fsith has DR.. Pierce IN its merits
that he ofefs $50 rcward for any case of
L~ucouhca, Female Weakness, Prolapsus,
OF Falling Of Womb. which be cannot
eure. All he asks Is fair and reasonable
tnal Of his means Of cure
Mrs 7. Doian. Of Madrid. Perkins Co, Hebr-,
sritrs II was cured cf painful periods BY the
80 q Dr. Hefrts favortte Prescription and
III. Hrtde's uedianes the bed In the words
-Fasuite ~Pfesciptions makes weak
women etfoug sick women well. Accept
no substitute for the medicine which works
sonders for veal ome
Dr.. picfce's Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser Il scHt 6rr On receipt Of stamps to
pay expense Of mailfnE oafF Send ~
ane -csnt Etamns for the paper covered
book, o. 81 zfslaps for the cloth bound
so1ame. Address Dr.. ~ v. Pierce, ca
Aan Street Buffalo. n Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27
.TdynesS Tonic Wrmifu0e , as
oGlves strength to men, women and chidren.0 druggists.
HEN SUIT OCCUPIED
COURT FOR A DAY.
Fifty-Cent Fowl Witness in the
Trail, Which Entailed an
Outlay of 5000.

LAFAYETTE, IND, July 20.-One
whole day Of a Judges time In the Ben,
ton County Court was consumed last
week on a hen case. The fowl, valued
at so cents, cost 5000 before the litiga-
tion was ended.
The hen itself was In the courtroom
and faced thejury without aquaver. AT
Gilboa, just over the county line from
Tippecanoe, where the case originated
the farmers were stirred over the case,
and 1t is the talk OF the entire com.
munity.
Tom 0'Connor accused his neighbor,
Mrs. Bud Moore, Of stealing one Of his
hens, valued at 50cents. An affidavit
embracing the charge was prepared,
and the case vas brought before the
court was dignity and ceremony. At
first 1t was a nelghborhood joke, but IL
grew to more serious proportions and
when the jury was impaneled to try
the case and h~igh-priced attorneys re-
tanned, the case assumed an aspect
filed with anything and everything
but humor for the accused.
1t developed at the trial that Mrs.
Moore had sold a hen, which O'Connor
said was his property. Bud Moore was
than made a party to the suit. The
state proved that the hen was marked
had Its wings peculiarly clipped and
lacked n toe on the left foot-facts
which no lover of poultry was likely
to overlook.
During the course of the trial the
attorneys became involved In a heated
discussion, and the Court finally end
ed matters by %instructing the jury. In
five minutes the twelve men returned
with a verdict that fully acquitted Mr..
and Mrs. Bud Moore, who returned
home with the chichen.
The jury cost s24.00 to the county,
and there were a dozen witnesses who
were paid for a days attendance at
court The courts time was worth
something, but the attorneys reaped
the greatest harvest from the hen
transaction, and the total amount was
figured up at about 500. Prosecuting
Attorney Radcliffe was among the
losers, as ne received no fee In the
case.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

. SOCIETY A TALK. /

SOCIETY SMALL TALK.
Mrs. S. B. Cook, Of Jefferson City, is
visiting 10 Mexico.
Mrs. A. c. Bush is visiting her sis.
ter, Mrs. S. P. Emmcns
Miss Carrie Ringo will spend the
mouth Of August in Colorado.
Mrs. A. P. Johnston is the guest Of
Der brother In Bowling Green.
w. Latney Barnes left Wednesday
for a two weeks visit To Colorado.
Miss Mamie Davis viii visit to Jack
sonville and Springfield during Au-
gust.
Miss Julia Cauthorn, Of Columbia, is
the guest OF Miss Nell Cauthorn, in
this city.
Mr.. and MrS. E. A. DcarIng left on
Wednesday for and extended trip
through the west.
Miss Victoria Brooks returned home
on Tuesday after a pleasant visit with
relatives In Perry.
MIR. aud Mrs. G. r Gibbs and little
daughter, Emily left Thursday for
Excelsior Springs.
Miss Eliza Gibbs is visiting relatives
in Marshall. Before returning to
Mexico, she will visit in Paris
Mrs Dobyns-Co Cook and Mrs. S NJ.
Buckley left On Monday for 9 months
visit to relatives in Kentucky.
Mrs. Dea Carr Smith and daughter,
Vera, left last Monday for Chatauqua,
n. Y, to be gone till September.
Mrs Homer BasSford and children,
of ST. Louis, are the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace Bassford, OF this city.
Mrs. C. E. Moore and daughters left
Monday night for their home in Iowa,
after a visit in this city with Mrs
Moore's father, Judge S. NJ. Edwards.
Prof. D. A. Mcmillan and wife ar
rived from Asbury Park last Saturday.
After ashort stay in Mexico, they will
go to Colorado for a few weeks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27
Saws Rates Built West.

Nothing but the most intricate
and scientific adjustment Of rates with
each other, so ~skilfully arranged as To
overcome the inequalities OK distance
and the disadvantages OF location, has
given to the great prairie states, Hi.
nois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Wiscon.
sin and Minnesota, and to the wheat
fields OF North and South Dakota the
marvellous prosperity they have attain.
ed and the position which they occupy
10 the markets u the world. To build
across the channels Of their commerce
the impediments Of constantly in
creasing distance from the market
would be to render desolate and bar
rem the garden spot OF American
agriculture,
In these ringing words Al. Earling,
president Of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railway, sums up the threat
which the proposed a~nti-railway legis-
lation holds owe the farmers and
manufacturers Of the middle west.
His views on federal rate-making are
expressed in an article which appears
in the May goth issue of Harper's
Weekly.
81 have seen this western prairie
country develope as the railways have
opened up its resources" says Mr..
Earring. "The company l represent
has always been identified with its
development Therefore / may be
pardoned il | look with no small de-
gree OF apprehension upon the threat
OF serious impairment of the interests
of this large and important section OF
the country which a distance tariff
would inevitably make"
After an illustration Of the effect
of federal rate making upon the
great lumber Industries of upper
Michigan and Wisconsin MIR. Garland
forciblY states the threat against gen.
eral prosperity thus:
Under the distance tariff system,
with the consequent increase in tran
sportation rates which must result
from government rate making, the
mill which is nearest a particular
market will have an advantage 10
every other market. In other words,
the results Of fixing transportation
rates on a distance basis will be a
charge from the present board, gener-
al, competitive markets to narrow,
restricted local markets, with the
inevitable increase in the cost to the
consumer.
Freight rates that are determined
by the surveyors rod, measured out
to the industry Of the country merely
by the mile, will not only arrest the
commercial development and agrlcul-
tural growth Of the country, but will
require such read ustment to
untried conditions as cannot fail
10 be productive Of the most serious
and lasting harm TO the railways and
to the people"
This article, coming on the heels OF
the adjournment Of the Senate Com
mittee on Inter State Commerce, is
most timely. The opinions come from
a mar who worked his way to the head
OF a great system from a telegraph
operators desk. Those who know him
best say that his greatest ambition is
to further the growth Of the middle
west. The fact that he predicts such
dire results for government rate max
ing is a S enough for deep thought
on the part Of every man.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27
Got His Dates Mixed Again.

A scrub team from the Galloway
brush larruped the Mexico Browns on
their own diamond last Friday 10 the
tune Of Is to- How the mighty have
fallenl-Centralia Courier.
Gness again, the scrub team was
from Mexico and the trimming took
place at AuxyaSse. Anything else?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27
Drs. SHALLEkBERGER & JONES
4627 Cottage Ave. ST. LOUIS
BENTON CITY STORE
ROBBED THURSDAY NIGHT.
Establishment Of J. W. Hines, Of
Benton City entered and robbed
NO Clew TO Perpetrators.

Sometime after midnight Thursday
night the general store owned and
operated by J. W. Hines in Benton
City was entered land over a hundred
dollars worth OF merchandise stolen.
The county oficials were notified
Immediately after the loss was discoy-
ed but as yet they have no trace OF
the thieves.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27
GEM CITY BUSINESS COLLEGE,
Quincy, Illinois,

Write to-day for our beautiful g.
page Illustrated Catalogue FREE 1t
contains school.room views, groups Of
students, portraits of students in posi-.
lions, testimonials, specimens Of PEN
manship, graduating class, and list Of
400 students in attendance,
This elegant Catalogue also contains
rates of tuition, cost OF books, board,
etc, with much valuable information
for any young person DESTROYS Of pre-
pairing for a situation as stenographer
or bookkeeper. Address
D. L. MUssELMAN, Pres't,
l3-St Quincy, Illinois,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27
Improvements on Episcopal Church.

Work Of improvement was begun
Thursday upon the Episcopal church
and grounds. The fence surrounding
the property is to be removed, the
lawn sodded and a granltoid walk
built on the east side. The building
itself viii be completely renovated,
painted, new windows will replace the
old ones aud several other improve
ments Of minor details will be fin
ished.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

A well-dressed man who registered
at a hotel 10 St. Joseph, Mo casually
remarked that he never travelled with
out his own fire escape, at the same
time exhibiting the continuance which
be carried. SIN case Of fire." he said,
81 can let myself down from any hotel
window The landlord said, gravely:
sour terms for guests with fire escapes
are cash in advance"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

The management Of ~
Ledger has secured anotha
large supply of the Ledss
Maps of Audrain County aD'
will continue the Extrsodln
airy offer, which is fully e
planned in other column"
this issue. SOC pays for map
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27
Bessie Barnes Funeral at Ceptralia

CEETRALIA, Mo-, July l9.-The fun
eral Of Miss Bessie Barnes, who was
shot and killed last Sunday In st. Louis
by Mrs. Mary Carder, was conducted
at the Baptist church in this city this
afternoon by Rev. T. NJ Smith before
a large audience. This was the form
err home Of the dead girl, and she was
highly respected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

L. A. Embree, for a nunOa
years connected with secret sef's
department OF the Wabash at MO-.
ly, and well known in this city
opened a secret service bureau 10 -
st. Louis, Ill. Mr.. Embree Is IVY
qualified for this line Of business
Ing had seventeen years e1Periens
and Is = pleasant and enlerpfH'
gentleman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

Now is the time to buy Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. 1t is certain to be needed
sooner or later and wb,n that time
comes you will need it ~badly-you will
need it quickly. Buy 1t now. 1t may
save life. For sale by Buckner &
whitney.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27
Good for Stomach Trouble and Con-
stipation.

"Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets have done me a great deal Of
good" says G. Towns, Of Rat Portage,
Ontario, Canada. being a mild
physic the after effects are not un-
pleasant, and | can recommend them
10 all who suffer from stomach disor-
der For sale by Buckner & Whit
new.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

La Crosse Lumber Cos Ready Mixed
Paints; guaranteed strictly pure. Over
100000 gallons sold to date, sales in
ereasing, which is a self-evident fact
that our paint is all we claim.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

Imitation is the sincerest fattery,"
hence all other roofngs are made to
look like Ruberoid. Get Ruberoid and
you get the best La Crosse Lumber
Co. sole agents.
We make good mill work
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

T. NJ. Ford, has returned from
Southwest Texas where he spent a
very pleasant winter. He thinks
Texas is a great county and is much
pleased with it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

Its pretty hard to get lumber now
but we bought early and have good
stock, but we had to hunt from the
Lakes to the Gulf and even out on
the Coast. We can supply you with
most anything You want in that line.
La CROSSE LUMBER co.
We make good mill work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

Harry Hutton, formerly Of this citF,
and lately with the secret service de-
partment Of the Wabash, is now a
special agent for the Illinois Central.
with headquarters at East st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

Hannah Jackson vs.. Fred Boeger ct
al; ejec.ment
Edward Householder vs.. e. j. Neal;
on account.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

Little George Anderson, the IL
months old child of Rev. DR.. John
Anderson formerly Of this city died at
his home in Gait, Missouri, the first
Of the week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

Irhcse having news for The society column
Of 1.-THE EveEiag LEDGER win please eomEunt-
cate with Miss Esther Houston At her home,
just vest OF Tie Episcopal chu-sh. on West
Promenade street,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

Born. on Wednesday, July Nv
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Haggard, oil H0'
west Mexico, a son.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

Mrs. S. B. Cook is over from Jeffer.
son City on a visit 70 her father, Col
L. Hord, who is not we'll.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

Mr.. Clement, of Salisbury, Mo-, was
in Audrain this week the guest OF
friends and relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27
Mill Wnr

Mill Work, we have the best. We
operate our own factory, and know it
to be the very best.
La CROSSE LUMBER co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27
Speer's Port & Burgundy
WING.

The Finest Wine in the world from
his So Acres of Vineyards, where
the soil is rich in iron, imparting
tito he0porto grapeand the grape
TO the Wine-causes the dark, deep
rich color, and . blood-making,
propertyo OF this life-giving Wine.
The Iron in it. This is the Wine
that beats the world in its valua-
bic medicinal qualities, for family
use and evening parties it IS
especially beneficial for females.
invalids and aged persons.
The Port Wine is nine years old
and the Burgundy, arieh dry wine
years old.
The claret equals the finest French
Product.
Druggists and Grocers Sell IL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27
n 9. OWEN TO PAVE STREETS
WITH MEXICO BRICK
city to Build Brick Walk on West
Side of Hitch Lot-sew Uross'
ings and Sidewalks Ordered

The city Council met Friday night
in adjourned session with Mayor Jones
nresidine and all members present.
Tbe statement Of receipts and ex-
penditures Of the good road fund,
which was referred TO the finance
committee, showed a balance on hand
Of 81. 52s 10.
On motion, the city attorney was
ordered to draft IN ordinance making
the tax levy for the year 1906.
The following walks were ordefen
constructed: Along the property o.
Mrs. d. D. Armstrong, George Rohii'
me-. and John Kunkel, on jackson
street; G. A. Barnes and 7. ]. Cornett,
an Monroe street; Mrs. Wise on north
jefferson; the Wabash Railroad on
Liberty street; and crossings were
ordered on the west line Of Jefferson
street. from corner Of Wm. stefins 70
Mrs, wise's property; and the south
line Of west Liberty stseet between
the property OF L. Hord and George
Hail. And the following walks we're
received. On Jackson street, along
The South Side Public School,
j. +. Griiree, corner Jackson and
Calhoun, william Steflns, J. z.
Emmons and J.. w. Woolery, on the
west side o. North Jefferson street.
An ordinance, accepting the exten'
tion Of the Clark avenue district
sewer was given two readings.
In the matter OF paving soutn
Jefferson street from the railroad
crossing to the Boulevard and Prom
enade street, from Jefferson to wash
ington Avenue, the bids we're opened
and found to be as follows;
SQUARE foot curbing
Likes sl.49 ~
d. G. Owen sl.44I 40
And on motion, Mr.. Owens bid was
accepted, it being the lowest.
Mr.. Owen has 10 days In which to
file a bond, Double the amount OF the
contract price, and 30 days after filing
the bond In which to begin work.
Mr.. Owen has for a number OF years
been street commissioner of Mexico
and is we'll qualified to give the city
some first class pavement. He will use
Mexico brick from the kilns OF the
Mexico Brick and Fire Clay Company
in the construction of the new streets.
The street and alley committee was
authorized to buy the necessary brick
and rock to construct a sidewalk on
the west side Of the hitch lot, after
which the Council adjourned and will
meet In regular session Monday even
INN
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27

Mrs. Geo. +. Clark and daughter are
visiting In CarrolltOn, III. They will
be absent several weeks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-07-27
HOW TO HOLD A HUSBAND.

John Hook, Of Paris, ls'in town,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-25
ODD BURIAL CUSTOMS.

The custom Of burying without cof-
fms was formerly very prevalent on
the continent. A sheet was the only
covering used.
The feeling In favor OF burying on
the south side Of a church is probably
a traditional one, dating back to the
time Of u worship.
The South American negroes have a
queer way Of decorating the graves of
their dead friends. 1t is the custom
down there TO make a border around
the grave Of the medicine bottles used
during the dead ones last illness.
A very curious old custom is associ-
ated with intermenis in the cemetery
CT Labruck, Conuemara, Ireland. A
box of pipes-short clays--is brought
with the coffin, and a pipe with tohac-
co is served out to each mourner. The
pipes are smoked IN silence after the
earth has been filed in and a mound
of stones raised above the grass, the
ashes are solemnly knocked out on the
top and the pipes are Lroken or left
behind.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-08-25
Compulsory Education
and Child labor
BY FRANKLIN III. GIDDINGS,
Professor of Sociology Columbia University.

permitted TO deal as he will with his child, or whether he is compelled,
as in most American commonwealth he is compelled, to withhold his
child from gaInful employment and keep him in a school or otherwise
to provide systematic instruction for him, during certain weeks OF each
year. Child labor itself is a kind Of education which, according to its
nature and extent, may be consistent or altogether inconsistent with other
kinds. The labor that American boys and girls had to perform
on the farm, a generation or more ago, was often an invaluable dis
cipline Of mind and character, fitting them for self-reliant and useful
careers quite as effectively as their meager school training did. Such
labor did not necessarily unfit the child for the enjoyment Of the highest
educational advantages. Exhausting confinement in stores, sweat shops
and factories is child labor of an altogether different sort 1t is antago-
nistic to the cEilds mental and physical development, and it cannot be
combined with any sound educational policy.
Compulsory education by the state, and the prohibition OF child la
Dor, are policies undoubtedly sociahstic in character. They assert the
supremacy Of the states interest nhe child as against any opposing in
terest Of the parent. The American people has never been afraid Of
socialism to this extent, and within the last ten years IT has greatly ex-
tended both compulsory education and the prohibition Of the labor Of
children between 10 and IA years Of age. 1t would not be Inaccurate TO
say that public sentiment at the present time in New England, in the
northwest and In most OF the north central states, demands an increasing
ly strict enforcement Of child labor legislation, and that a similar senti-
ment is rapidly growing in the SOUTH