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Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08
II you sa, It ., PITCHERS MS right.
A Few Words
AS to Cut Glass.

art has never produced anything
more beautiful 10 its way than
genuine Cut Glass, a product in which
America leads the world.
There is real Cut Glass and ''cut'
glass that is pressed, or ~processed.
Genuine Cut Glass costs more than
counterfeit, of course Each piece Of
our cut glass represents the labor of .
skilled artisan, cut in most beautifu'
and fancied designs.
We are now offering 1t at a specia
discount, also our fine China. 1t vii
pay you to get our prices.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this ord
day OF June, A. D., 1905.
Witness my hand and notarial seal the date
last aforesaid Commissioned and qualified fof
a term expiring July II, 1885,
E. p. FRENCH, Notary Public.
C~orrect-Attest. N. NJ. FRIEDMAN,
J. II. ScOTT,
+. +. French,
Directors.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08

THE Mexico District Convention Of
the Epworth League is in session in
this city. Over fifty visitors are In
attendance and a most successful
meeting is being held.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08
Rush Hill Tvs. c. & A.

The train crew on C. s. A. fast
freight, who were arrested some time
ago for violating the speed law wher
passing through Rush Hill, were fined
s25 each Tuesday. The case will bt
appealed. The men fined were L. L
Lyme, conductor, and engineer w. S,
Slater.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08
County Examinations.

The teachers county examinations
will be held in the north side public
school building in Mexico on June q
and "a, 1906, beginning at s a. N. on
each day.
Co. BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08
Gasoline Stoves and Ranges.

The celebrated 'Quick Meal" Case
line Stoves and Ranges are the ones
we carry. They are without doubt
the best on the market.
FERRIS u CAUTHoRN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08

w. Il. Painter, Of the CarrOlltOn
mol Democrat, was in Mexico to-day
en- route TO Fulton 10 attend a meet
ing Of the board Of the Deaf add Dumb
institute.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08

Centralia is the "Pralrie Queen
town. Don't forget the Clark & Hin
man lot sale. June 10. This is a good
investment proposition. You can live
in the country, and stu be within
two blocks Of your business. deod-wtd
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08

DR.. j. II. prItchett. Of Fulton, spent
Wednesday IN this City, attending the
Epworth League Conference,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08
RESOURCES.
LIABILITIES.


STATE OF MISSOURI.
CouNTY or AuDRAIS. We, stephen Der.
tells, President, and II. =. French, cashier Of
said bank, each Of us, do solemnly swear that
the above statement Is true to the best of our
knowledge and belief.
STEPHEN BRRTELs, Pres.
H. p. FRENCH, Cashier.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08

W. T. Wllkerson, lately with the
Fredendall and wilkins Dept. store,
has accepted a position with wilkins
Bros.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08
J. L. shobe Appointed.

]. L. Shobe, Of Laddonia, has been
appointed a member Of the Audrain
County board Of education by the
State Board.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08

JOS. Glandon Jr., has accepted a pos
ition in the Office OF the VIM. Pollock
Milling and Elevator Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08

Miss Albany, Of ST. Louis, returned
home to-day accompanied by Miss
Bessie Russell, who she visited in this
city. Miss Russell will return home
Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08
l0-td

Miss Haglkirk Landman,o of Fulton,
is the guest Of her aunt, Mrs. Thos.
Campbell, in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08

IL you have any kind Of real estate
you want to sell or trade call on OF
address w. HARDIN RIxEY,
Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08

OFFICIAL STATEMENT of the
Financial Condition of the MAR
TINSBURG BANK, of Martins
burg, Audrain County, State of
Mo-, at the close of business on
the 29th Day Of May, 1905.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
State Of Missouri, GO
County Of Audrain.


Wabash Railroad Company, Plaintiff
VS..
John ii. Lane, John w. Musgraye, the
unknown heirs, devisees and gran
tees or assigns Of w. II. Goodrich
deceased, and Robt b. Dickinson
Defendants
Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-08
LIVE o MARKET.
WEDNESDAY, June T.

WEDNESDAY, June. Il
Hogs, 2S,OO0. steady
Left over, 1926.
Light, ~5.25d5.45
Mixed 52Og5 As.
Good heavy 5.20(g5.42.
Rough heavy, 4eOG5.lo.
Cattle, 10000. 10 lower
Sheep, 15,00O. 10 higher
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-06
Rirminuham's Books.

The building of city with future
is no slight task. The men of Biz
mingham are busy on their own indi-
vidual affairs, but some of them at
least are looking ahead. Some of them
know that free library is a necessary
part of modern city.
Superintendent ]. H Phillips and his
corps of excellent teachers have laid
the foundation for a public library.
They have gathered about 10000 vol
umes, and the city authorities have
comfortably housed them in the City
Hall.
The work done is, however, but a
beginning. The library is not free,
and 1t is inadequate. 1t does not meet
the needs of city of 100000 people,
for that Is the number in Birmingham
and its suburbs today. Tomorrow
there will be more, and there will be
no more books which they can read
without money and without price.
The task before us is to supplement
the work of Superintendent Phillips
al his co-workers. They have done
well, and we should initiate their ex-
ample. The city has treated the library
handsomely. There is room in the
City Hall for $4,000 volumes.
How best can we increase the Ii.
brary, and render 1t free to all? Men
of Birmingham, the question is before
you.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-06
VIII Be Help to Cotton Growers.

Il am very much interested in the
coming meeting Of the Southern Cotton
Growers Protective association which
meets in New Orleans on the oath of this
month";" said w. T. Hand. well-known
cotton planter o. Chiffon county yester-
day.
Il have always been an interested at
tendant a. these meetings and 1 believe
they will result in much good to the
farmers dependent on cotton growing for
a living. AT the coming meeting we in
tend to take up the question of govern
ment statistics and will discuss the vari-
Gus plans for arriving at accurate infor-
nation as to the cotton crop from rear
to year. l believe 1t Is absolutely neces-
sary to the prosperity of the farmer that
he should be kept well informed on these
matters as it will enable him in advance
to make more accurate arrangements as
to acreage.
"The last meeting of the association
was held in Shreveport and resulted in
much good. AS soon as the farmers of
the south become thoroughly conversant
with the objects Of this association it
will grow to be one of the largest organ
izations of it's kind in the world"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-06
Two States Instead OF Four.

The Senate has authorized the re-
port of bill admitting Oklahoma and
Indian Territory under the name Of
Oklahoma, and of Arizona and New
Mexico to become the state of Arizona.
This is to be done on purely partisan
lines. 1t is an effort to cut out four
Democratic United States senators,
and as such 1t may be put through,
although all tho people affected are
strenuously protesting against it.
The proposed Mexico-Arizona state
will be nearly as large as five Ala
bamas, and its population in the cen
sus year was 31S,241. The new Okla
homa is bigger than all New England,
and it contained four years ago 790,391
inhabitants.
All sorts of provisions have been
placed in the bill by the republican
senators who have been handling 1t.
No intoxicating liquors are to be sold
within the Indian reservations for ten
years if the Lii goes through. In Ari.
IONA all state officers must under the
proposed bill speak, read and write the
English language.
No territory can be compelled to
become a state, and the people of the
four territories will be called upon to
vote on the device of the republican
senators. The present indications are
that Arizona and New Mexico will re.
ject statehood on the terms proposed,
and it is not clear that oklahoma and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-06
BRYAN ON A NEW PARTY.

w. ]. Bryan in The Era Magazine for
January.
IT do not believe that 1t is necessary or
even wise to organize new political
party, but / do believe that it is neces-
sary for reformers to give their opinions
and their reasons therefor in order that
from an exchange of Views the wisest
policies may be selected. l am anxious to
see the reform element encouraged in
all parties. In 1896 the so-called "conserv-
alive element in the democratic party
helped the republicans to win a victory.
I believe the time is not far off when the
reform element of the republican party
will help the democrats to win victory.
while the new parties will be helpful NOT
only in indicating the tendency in radical
ism but in calling the attention of the
people to the evils of present republican
policies"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-06
Street Car Book.

II was certainly pleased today when l
received my 1905 pass book from the Bir-
mlngham Railway. Light and Power
company" said a man who does not
have to pay street car fare. "Of course
any man would be pleased to receive a
street car pass. but that is not the only
cause for joy that I felt.
"All last year the carriers of pass
books were annoyed by a bulky. cumber-
some book which contained tickets
which were a great annoyance to him
self and also the conductor. This year s
ticket book is neater and occupies much
less space in ones pocket.
THE tickets in this years book are
also of much better quality than last
years tickets, and I am sure that the
conductors will be pleased.
II was very much amused at one of
the conductors when he was handed the
first 1906 pass book. The fact that the
new books were in use had not been bull
letined and he was doubtful about ac-
eepting a ticket from one of them. My
book happened to be No. and also the
first used. so more than once the con-
ductors were puzzled whether to accept
the tickets or not"
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Poor rogues and usuers' men!
bawds between gold and want!
-Timon of Athens.
Campaign Funds.

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat dis
cusses at length the statements OF Mr..
Lawson relative to campaign subscrip-
tions. He had stated that the Standard
OIL crowd raised five million dollars
In 1896 ito turn" five doubtful states
TO Mckinley and against Bryan. The
Globe-Democrat is not bit shocked
by the statements. After reviewing
them in their various aspects, 1t says,
in conclusion: "The S5,000.000 story
of 1896 cannot be used now by the
democrats, and it will be forgotten be-
fore the next o.mpaign comes, even
Ivy those who believe it."
This manner of disposing of the SUB
ject of Standard-Oil campaign funds
nay be satisfactory to some republi-
cans, but 1t will not be approved by
all of them, and the subject cannot be
1t will come up again and again, and
in the end the whole truth will be
told.
Senator Stone has presented a reso-
luton recalling the charge that Ger
tain well known capitalists" had raised
a large corruption fund in 1896, and
that numerous corporations had done
likewise in 1904, and directing the judi
ciary committee of the Senate to in
Testigate the charges and the tendency
to corrupt tue electorate. The COM
mittee is asked to sit during the vaca-
tion of the Senate, to send for persons
and papers, and to report by bill or
otherwise to the first session of the
next Congress.
What will the Senate do with Sena-
tor Stones resolution? Will it ignore
or piget n-hole IL? If SO, it will be
taken as confession of the state
inents made by Mr.. Lawson, and 1t will
tend to confirm the general suspicion
which envelops the subject like a
cloud The disposition of the resolu,
ton by the Senate will be watched by
the public, and it will be a convincing
indication {, the manner in which the
republican party proposes to treat the
entire subject of vast and corrupt cam
paign subscriptions drawn from cor
porations and trusts, chiefly of the
Dingley sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-06
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH JUDGES

From Harper's Weekly.
The London Spectator says our judge
lack the standing and prestige that the
dare not openly defy the law in England
as they do in America. There is some
truth in that. Success in money-making
has overshadowed all other kinds of dis
tinction in this country in the last forty
years, and besides that, there is not the
same reverence for official power and
place in this country that there is in Eng
land. England is still an aristocracy,
where interiors instlnctively look up to
their superiors. Part of the prestige of
the British judges Is due to the habits OF
mind of the population they help to rule.
Our democratic communities will hardly
be induced to regard with like awe the
judges who serve them, however worthy
they may be of the highest respect. Our
judges, as it is, unquestionably make
themselves respected, but we think it Is
true that an American judge is not, rela-
lively. las big a man as he was forty
years ago. Men are heard to say: ut
doesn't take much timber now to make
Judge" An able lawyer does not give
up practice and accept even the s72o0 SAL
airy which the state of New York pays
to it's supreme court justices without
usually-a considerable sacrifice o. in
come. Considering the moderate induce
ment that we offer our judges, we get
very good men.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-06
Arrests Here and in Atlanta.

In taking his seat Mayor Woodward
of Atlanta delivered a long address
in which he declared that the idea of
1000 cases or arrests, brought be-
fore the recorder in the year just
ended, was appalling to him. 1t was
appalling because every one of the
1900 cases thus hurriedly disposed
of involved the liberty, the rights, and
the dearest interests of that many citi-
zens Atlantas new Mayor declared
that the best officer is he who "keeps
the best order with the fewest number
of arrests" He calls therefore for a
cessation from frivolous, unnecessary
arrests, and he also asks that many I'M
necessary penal ordinances be re-
pealed. He stands on the broad ground
that 1.-The personal liberty of the citi-
zen should be restrained as little as
possible" He goes on to say:
II am Informed that many policemen
keep a record of all the cases they make.
the amount the prisoners are fined and
whether they pay the fine or work 1t out
in the changing. That they are led to be-
lieve that the more arrests they make
the better officers they are, and that they
can show that they are earning their sal
airy and are entitled to retention on the
force and probable promotion in the flu
ture If this is true, and I have every
reason to believe that 1t Is. every such
man should DE summarily dismissed from
the police force, be he officer or patrol
man, and as a member of the ,oard for
the next two years. 1t will give me pleas
ure to vote to lay aside any such man."
The Woodward feeling and policy
Is applicable in this town also. We
are however, doing better. We are
cutting down the number of arrests,
but there is still large margin for
Improvement.
Mayor woodward contrasts the ar
rests in Atlanta possessing 100000 in
habitants, with those in st. Louis,
where there were In the exposition
year 100000 people. Instead of there
being seven times the number Of ar.
rests In st. Louis, there were much
| less than twice the number. Atlanta
is about to reform itself, however, and
Birmingham will be caught mapping Il
| 1t does not more rapidly lessen its
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-06
From the New York Tribune.


- UROPE.-The new year prom
p) Uses to be a singularly mo-
mentous one for the chief
nations of Europe. Russia will
continue her war with Japan and
will seek to solve the domestic prob
lens which threaten her with revolution.
The United Kingdom will have on hand
the perennial Irish question. Mr.. Cham
berlain's great tariff reform campaign and
a general election. France will probably
fight to a finish" her conflict with the
Vatican. The political storms which for
years have been gathering in both parts
of Austria Hungary will come one year
nearer to a crisis, II they do not actually
break In revolution or dissolution of the
empire. Germany will doubtless continue
her course of restless expansion and her
efforts to form new and epoch making
political combinations. In the Balkans we
are likely to see another period of strife
Italy will proceed with her renascence.
Spain will have to struggle with the
growing forces of disorder, and the minor
states will continue to seek in CONNER
cial growth the distinction that is denied
them in the realms Of diplomacy and war.
ASIA-The struggle between Japan and
Russia will doubtless continue to be the
dominant feature of Asian history for
another year. with prospect of its con-
siderable enlargement as the year pro-
ceeds. Second only to it will be the set
tlement of the Tibetan question. China
having to decide whether she will acqui-
esce in the British opening of a treaty
with that Forbidden Land or will de-
MUIR and yet have the accomplished fact
forced upon her all the same We shall
probably see some interesting develop
ments of British trade routes and trea-
ties in Persia. and pushing of the Ger
man-British railroad schemes in Asia
Minor and Mesopotamia.. 1t will be of in
terest to watch the effects of the war up
on China, and to see to what extent the
awakening of that colossal congeries of
villages which men call an empire shall
be promoted by the militant example of
Japan. The Japanization of Korea will
doubtless proceed apace, and japanese
rule will be temporarily established In
Manchuria. The Dutch will continue their
interminable war in Acheen. India bids
fair to remain tranquil.
AFRICA.-The question whether the
Congo State is the scene of civilization
enlightening barbarism or Of sordid op-
preston out-barbarizing barbarism seems
likely to be brought to the point of de-
termination before another twelve months
have passed. Germany will have to go on
with her costly and savage war with the
Hottentots. the penalty of evil admins
tration in her colonies. The late Boer
states and all British South Africa will
probably continue their rapid progress in
the ways Of rehabilitation. consolidation
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CONDITION OF THE WORLD
AT THE BEGINNING OF 1905

and peace, and the Cape to- Cairo rail-
road will be pushed many leagues toward
the sources Of the Nile. The unsurpassed
beneficence of the rule established in
Egypt by Lord Cromer will go on, bless
ing that ancient land and profting all
the commercial world. In Morocco the ag-
gravated abuses of many generations bid
fair to eliminate in an enforced revolu-
ton, which will make the Shereefian SOW
ereign a mere figurehead before the same
enlightened and successful French rule
that has redeemed Algeria and Tunis from
state which was as bad as that of
Morocco.
America--Under the title deeds of the
greatest popular verdict in our history,
the republican administration will con-
tinue it's well-defined policies in this coun-
try. Our insular possession will be re-
tanned and governed for their own good.
The work of cutting the Panama canal
will be pushed. The questions of tariff
revision, of the regulations of trusts in
both capital and labor and the settlement
of the race and suffrage issues in the
southern states will be to the fore Can
ada will continue in the ways of pleas
antness and peace in which she has so
ably been led by Sir Wilfrid Laurier,
and Mexico, under the rule Of Porfirio
Dlaz, shows no signs of departing from
her admirable courses, unless to confirm
them by adoption of the gold currency
standard. Nothing appears in the visible
future of the other American states but
a continuance of growth and culture. ac-
cording to their lights. in most of them.
and a continuance of restless rascality in
few. until it shall have reached an in
tolerable climax and have provoked some
action that shall not only mend but end
1t for all time
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Feast of the Epiphany.


In the church calendar today is the
feast of the Epiphany. It occurs on the
twelfth night after Christmas, and is in
tended to commemorate the journey of
the wise men Of the east to Bethlehem to
pay homage to the infant Jesus The
least had its origin in the eastern branch,
OF christendom, and in the Greek and
oriental churches It continues to be
the day Il 1aptisms and the blessing of
water.
In Rome and in all the Catholic coun-
tries OF Europe Epiphany is celebrated
very extensively. In the Eternal City it
is much bigger day than Christmas.
In England the eve of Epiphany is called
Twelfth Night, and In Germany Three
Kings Night. In early times the eve
was the occasion of great frolic and jubi-
lation
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-06
Daniel j.. Sully on His Feet.

while 1 was in Noy York the other
day found out that Daniel j. Sully, tho
once famous cotton king, who startled
the speculative world by his gigantic
failure, is getting on his feet again"
said n cotton man yesterday.
According to my information Sully
was cotton bear during the recent
slump and picked up several thousands
Of dollars. This has made him tempo
rarily comfortable and 1t is the general
impression that he is going into the mar
ket as leader again. l am told that
Sully will probably get on the bull side
of the market in a few weeks, and when
cotton starts upward. as many of us
expect, he figures that he will get rich
again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-06
THE BoYHooD OF MARK TWAIN.

Clifton johnson in Outing.
When I returned to Hannibal met
other old-time acquaintance Of the hui
morist. According to two ancients whom
I interrupted in an endless series of
checker games at the back Of store,
Mark Twain is 1.-The most overrated man
IN America. There's about as much truth
in those sayings in his books was in
formed, "as there is in a Decent novel.
His brother Orion. who was a printer,
knew more in a minute than Sam ever
did know; and yet Orion never made no
reputation. AS boy Sam was just like
other boys. except he might have been
a little slower. He was considered
blamed dull, to tell you the truth. 1t
was his peculiar drawl and accent that
made him famous, I'll be logged II 1t
want
But another man, one of the authors
old schoolmates, discoursed thus: "He
was a mighty still stort of a boy. He
was distant, and had as a rule rather
be by himself than with the rest of the
boys. Most of us used to like to get In
skift after school and go off f1shin'
We'd have our poles and boxes o. worms
all ready under the school house and
we'd grab EN- out soon as school was
done and go off across the river to the
slues and ponds and stay till dark drove
us home. But l never ricolect of Sam
a-goin' fishin' with us or a-huntin' with
U.s. though he liked to go down to the
cave.
He was a good talker and had the
same slow way o. speakin' he's got now.
II he was to come along this minute and
say Charlie, let's me m you go down to
the cave. I'd know him just by the tone
of his voice.
Whatever he talked about, he'd talk
so talk to make sport. He'd tell things
In a different way from what the rest of
us could, and it sounded funny. He used
to tell us tales, and we loved to listen
bian Nights'-that no one else had in
town. and Sam would get us boys to-
gether of nights and tell us stories from
that book, and we'd have been glad to
listen at him all night
In the spring of So he went on the
steamboats, were more interestin' than
anything else, and you found people from
all parts of the world travelin' on 'em.
1t amt that way now. Our river up
here is played OUT