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Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
Food Mnst Be Relished 70 Do Good.

a 49,
People who have been accustomed
from childhood to eating three meals
a day regularly, generally seem to
think that they must continue TO do
whether they are hungry or not.
Three meals a day they have always
been ia the habit Of eating, and three
meals a day they think they must eat,
no matter what the result.
The truth OF the matter is, a person
should not eat except when hungry.
II one rises 10 the morning without
any appetite for breakfast, it is better
to go without breakfast than to force
oneself to eat, or IL noontime comes
and there is no appetite for dinner,
let the dinner go; wait until supper
time, perhaps by that time food will
be ~relisbed; il not, skip supper.
When a meal is eaten simply because
1t is meal time, and not because one is
hungry, the food is apt to do more
harm than good. Food taken without
relish is really a clog and a hindranec
to the body, rather than q nourish-
ment Appetite is necessary to the
digestion OF food, because II the food
is not relished the saliva and gastric
juices will not be freely secreted. That
is the reason so many so.called health
foods are really not health foods at a
health foods at all
II a person does not like a certain
food. but forces himself TO eat 1t be-
cause it is recommended as a health
food, he Is doing himself positive in
Jury. No matter what the food is,
bow plain, how simple,i IL 1t is relished
1t will do far more good In building
up health aud vitality than the most
highly recommended health food that
is so unpalatable that q mnst force
himself to eat IL
Appetite is generally the best guide
as to what we eat We do not near
an appetite that has been perverted
by all sorts OF highly seasoned. rict
aud indigestible foods, out a natural
healthy appetite.
! fone has no appetite OF hunger foI
food be should fast untii appetite re
returns Even SO called ~indfgestibli
foods are not nearly SO apt to disagre'
n they are relished, as is a so-caliet
health food, that is forced upon tn
stomach.
Do not clog the system b. an over
supply Of food. Never eat unlesI
hunrgy. Never force yourself TO eat
food because 1t has been recommended
as a health food. Eat only such food
as are relished. Be temperate II
eating, and there will be little cans
for WORRY as TO the effect u wba
you have eaten. II T.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
HEARST WILL NOT GIVE UP.
The Contest For the New York May
orally to be Continued.

NEW YORK, Dec. % W. *
Hearst has not abandoned his contest
for the mayoralty. This was the EN-
phatic declaration to-day of Clarence
Shearn, Mr.. Hearst's chief counsel
Mr.. Shearn said Mr.. Hearst Is going
to prosecute his fight to the last limit
Probably one the first things Mr..
Hearst will do will be to ask the legis-
lature to appoint a committee with
power to make a recount OF the votes
cast in the last election and to make
inquiries regarding the contributions
to Mayor McCIellan's campaign fund.
MIR. Hearst has also under considera'
tion the institution OF quo warrantc
proceedings TO test the right OF Mayor
Mcclellan to hold Office, but in just
what order he proposes to take-ths
steps be has under contemplation biz
counsel, Mr., sheaJn, would not say to
day,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
WANTS NIAGARA FALLS SAVED
American Association For Advance
ment Of Science Petitions
Congress.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. ga resolu-
tion asking Congress to take imme-
diate steps toward the preservation
Of Niagara Falls was unanimously
adopted by the American Association
for the Advancement Of Science, which
opened tile ffty-ninth annual meeting
here to-day. About 300 delegates
from various parts OF the United
States are In attendance. Former
Congressman Buck, on behalf OF the
governor, Mayor Behrman, and Presi'
dent Craighead, Of Tulane University
made addresses OF welcome. PROBES
sor W. g. Farlow, Of Harvard, the re
firing president, presented bis sue
~cessar In office, Colvin M. Woodward
OF st Louis, After the reception O
delegates the various sections went In
10 session In different balls
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
YOUNG DAVID Stays $3.50
Bows Kills seven.Foot Giant With .
a Small Stone as ia biblical
Tale.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Dec. Pea stone no
larger than a walnut thrown BY Henry
Tomas, an fs-year-old boy, caused p
death yesterday Of Mitchell shadrlck'
known as the Boone County CANT
ShadrIek was nearly seven feet 10
height.
Shadrick had trouble with the Jonas
family, and yesterday the trouble ter
minated 10 and encounter oetwe en-
the victim and two Jonas brothers, as
well as several other farm hanos'
! SbndrIck stuck at one Of the brothers
I'll. A. Jonas, across the top Of q fence
and Henry Jonas took up the light u
| behalf OF his brother.
Jonas picked up small a stone an'
threw 1t at Shadrick. The latter turn
ed bis head to dodge, but the missil
struck him behind the left ear.
The giant whirled about, threw y
his hands and fell to the ground. 4
tired to rise, but fell back and wa
dead within an hour. The missil
left no visible wound.
No CONN could be found 10 Colurfoi
Hong enough 10 contain the body ofth
dead man, and II was necessary for
cNket to be made to order. The VI
tim was considered to be the me-
powerful man in this section Of u
Estate, and bis death is referred to .
the David and Goliath combat brougt
up-to.date.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
F r OF THE lLID."
Consumption Of Beer in Missouri 10
More Than 1000, 600 Gallons
Less in 1905 Than in 1904.

JEFFERSON CRY, Jan 1.-THE state
beer inspection tax yielded so 2s0.2o
less IN 1905 than during 1904, according
to the figures OF the state Treasurer's
office. The State tax on beer Is half a
cent per gallon, and it thus appears
that more than "A. 00o, 900 gallons less
beer was consumed in Missouri during
1905 than in 1904. The beer tax IA
1901 yielded the State a revenue OF
1897. 81. IS, while during the year 1905
but I 5,07237 was collected, showing
the loss Of SO, 2sO. % in revenue. The
1900, 900 gallons shortage would have
retailed at 50 cents a gallon, aggregat
ing a total Of 49, 200, 900, which amounI
has been saved TO the people during
the year 1906. The decrease in tn
consumption Of beer is said to be thu
direct result OF Sunday closing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
WHIST ONCE a CRUDE GAME.
First Known as triumph" Whenos
the Word HTrumps" Is Derived.

First Known as triumph Whence
the Word HTrumps" Is Derived.
Whist WIS first called triumph" .
name which was afterward corrupted
into trump" The eighteenth century
saw whist in Its primitive form, The
whole object OF the game being to win
tricks By leading high cards or by
trumping.
Then came the era Of Hoyle, which
may be said 10 have lasted from 1850
to 1860, and taught players to think
not only OF their own hands but OF
the other hands also. and to take ad'
vantage Of the positions OF the cards
In them. Hoyle also taught that
trumps might be moxa probably en-
pioyed than IN simple trumping and
showed that they might be used to
| disarm the adversary and to obtain
secondary advantage in trick-makins
| By other suits Of less apparent power.
II was not until 1850 that the philo-
sophical era can be said to have DO
gun, and the origin Of the new move
ment was a knot Of young men Of
Cambridge, England, known as the
Little Whist school. This body kept
records OF its games, but no one
thought Of making the data known un
I'll 1861. Conference in the system o
play was still wanting, and this wai
supplied in 1854 with DR.. Poles essa,
on the theory Of the modern scientific
whist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
USES AUTO TO SHELL CORN,
Operates Farm Implement With
High Speed Machine

KSIeHrsrowS, Ind, Dec. 30.-El-
mer n. Cooper, a progressive farmer
near Cadiz, has found probably more
uses for an automobile than most peo-
ole. Mr.. Cooper is a sort Of automo-
bile fancier. Last summer be gained
considerable notoriety in bis neighbour
hood by owning seven different ma
chimes. he purchased one, and in a
short time became tired OF IT. and
bought another. finding each nearer
to his liking than the previous me-,
Mr.. Cooper has q gas engine which
pumps water all over bis farm. The
other day this gas engine was disabled
and refused to run. Ii was either
pump water by hand, get the engine
fixed or choose some other way out o.
1t. The resourceful Mr.. Cooper back
ed bis automobile up against th'
pumping apparatus, lacked up tn
rear wheels, transferred the belt ane
started bis auto engine going. In
pump worked admirably and the auto
mobile pumped enough water all owe
the farm to water the stock.
Before the engine could be repaired
Mr.. Cooper had to send away for semi
broken parts 1t took some time, AM
10 the meantime the hogs neede'
shelled corn. The shelter, Of course
could have been operated by hand
but 1t was too tiresome a process whsl
one had been used to having II don
By machinery, thought Mr. Cooper,
be hitched the automobile onto ID
shelter and In less time than II woul
have taken the regular engine SKI
bushels of corn were shelled.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
Cammsrcial Club Orpanizes.

LOUISIANA, Mo, Jan. 2-An organl-
zation Of business men Of this city was
formed last night to be known as the
Commercial Club. Edward w. Stark
one OF the principal ownersoft the Stark
Nurseries, was elected president, Frank
w. B6Gum, Of The Lacrosse Lumber
Company, andE A. Parks, OF Parks
Music House, were chosen vice presi-
dents; William F Suda, treasurer, and
P. P. Smith, secretary This organiza-
tion will succeede the Busisess Mems
Association, which secured the location
OF the Fargo& Phelps shoe factory and
shich Is yet 10 charge Of the building
for that concern, which is 0 almost
completed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04

PIKE PRIMARY DATES NAMED.
Democrats Aroused and Preparing %
Sweep the County.

ROWLING GREEN, Mo, Dec. IL
The Democratic Central Committee
az pike County met here Yesterday,
wilt a full representation, and ordered
urinary election for county officers
and members Of the Legislature on
Saturday, May 20
This date was selected to harmonic
with the date set by the Congressional
Committee Of the Ninth District. Inc
object is to save time, trouble and ex'
pense for both county dates and votes
and also to get out the largest possible
vote at the primaries.
Monday, May %, was named as TN
day for a mass convention Of PIX
county Democrats to select delegate
to the various State and district con
! yentions.
The committee passed a resolution
recurring all candidates to pledg
themselves II nominated to devot
Eat least two weeks Immediately pre-
ceding the next general election 70
personal canvas OF the county, \
order to get out a full vote.
Pike Democrats are thoroughly bal
.monious and deeply determined 7
permit no repetition Of the landslid
~ 1904.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04

The Breeders Gazette referring to
the best way to keep boys on the farm
says: "There are several
ways TO keep the boys N the farm, as
suming that 1t is wise in most cases
that they should stay. We know OF
an instance where a runt pig cement
ed a bright lad to the land and laid
the foundation for a distinguished sue
ceess. AS frequently happens an old
sow narrowed more pigs than she could
accommodate. One OF the litter was
a full-fedged ruut, destined TO early
extinction If subjected to the necessi-
ty Of mailing its own way among q lot
OF huskier brothers and sisters. The
owner made a present Of the runt to
his H-year-old-son. 1t was the only
property the lad possessed, and even
In this case be may have had misgiv-
ings as to the p~ermanency OF the GIT.
But the father gave the lad q square
deal; the pig was to be his to have and
to hold, SO the runt under that kindly
lQenerous treatment in which the very
soul Of the boy expressed itself, grew
to be a respectable COW and In due
course a prolific matron. Her hrsl
crop Of pigs, fattened on feeds grown
by her youthful owner melted him $50
The remainder Of 1.-THE story Is more
inspiring and significant. 1t Is enough
to say that the boy acquired love TO
farming and for stock raising. II
sickly scrub pig can keep a boy on tn
/ farm what should be the adhesiv|
mower Of a good pure bred?n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04

FRANK SANNEBKcK's mary friends
are talking OF him for Mayor. MI.
Sennebeck has had experience as
councilman, and is an up-to-date busi-
ness man, and would make Mexico a
creditable Mayor. We do not know
that either Mr.. Sannebeck or MI.
Buckner will be candidates. The office
of Mayor of Mexico at this time is one
of hard work and poor pay. We don't
think either gentleman would care TO
enter into a scramble for the ONCE,
but feel satisfied that If the people OF
Mexico want either one Of the other
that he would accept the position, on
account of being interested In mexico
and its welfare. Other active bust
ness men, among whom are council
men willard Potts, are being mention
| ed for Mayor. Mr.. Potts, as well as
the gentlemen mentioned before, and
Others who are spoken OF, have the
best interests Of Mexico at heart, ano
we feel confident that when the tint
comes all up-to-Gate business men vel
acquainted with the financial afiair'
of the city and a man in favor Of goot
government in every sense o the wort
will be elected. The positions 0
Mayor and councilmen Of Mexico a
this time are Of the utmost importan
&c to the city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
sroRK VISITS WORTH $4,000


ELDoRA Iowa, Dec. 2S.-ln the ex-
~perience OF George Cramer, a substan-
tial German farmer Of this county,
there is a moral for President Roose-
yelt and all others interested In pre-
venting RAGS suicide. Cramer was very
poor when he settled in Iowa. When
his first buy came he wrote to bis
father, informing him Of the event and
remarking that while he vas proud
of the little fellow he could scarcely
affosd The luxury Of a baby at tina
time. In reply his father MALE a.
check for 81, 900, and promised t. dup
plicate the gift every time the stors
should visit bis sons home As a re
suit the stork has been joyfully recei
ed at Gamers home no less thar
twelve times, and sl2, 900, plus accrued
interest and earnings, repose In tn'
bank here to CrammeTs account
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
ACTORS HAVE U
Whether Ghost Refused to Walk or
Jealousy the Cause is a Mys-
terry Here.

The "Trip to Egypt Company,
which gave a performance at the
opera house in Fulton Wednesday
evening, went out Of business at JEFF
ferson City Thursday on account OF a
wrangle among the managers. While
the show was In Fulton the show peo-
pie consulted attorneys and they we're
only prevented from stopping the show
here by the tact Of Manager Wilker-
son. During the show Wednesday
night 10 Fulton the beligerents had a
fight on the stage duriug the perfor-
nance, and had not Mr.. Wilkerson In.
terfered the show would have come TO
a conclusion In the middle Of the per
Torrance. IL is understood the com
pany will be recognized Fulton
Sun.
The same company appeared here
recently.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
Bovine Babies,

weekly AIrcuAtuful 4fIttths
COLUMBIA, Mo-, Dec. 20, 1905
ing these early winter months viii be
dropped the major part OF the calves
in the best managed dairy and general
farm herds OF Missouri. The best and
cheapest manner Of raising these
ayoungstersr to the age Of "discre-
tom is the aim OF this space taking.
When the calf is dropped allow her
to suck once rarely twice. then put
her into a clean warm box stall or pen.
There is little use In trying to teach
her to drink until she is decidedly
hungry. : At the end OF tw~enty-four
| hours she will be awful glad of a good
chance to learn. Then for three or
four days it will be well to feed three
| times a day With fresh, warm milk
from the mother. After that twice a
day will answer, Right here a grave
mistake is often and easily made. that
is feeding too much. One quart Is
enough at the start. More than this
is liable to give her indigestion and
~scouas. To allow a calf all the milk
she will drink, because she wants it,
on the s~upposition that nature Is the
best Judge as to quantity, is false phil
osophy. The stockman knows Of
should know more about the internal
arrangements and requirements Of the
calf than does the calf herself.
Increase the feed gradually to five
or six quarts q day by the end OF th'
first week. So far our infant has hat
whole milk. From this point increase
the quantity very slowly and gradual
lly substitute sweet warm skim mill
for the whole milk, so that at the emf
4. Of the second week skim milk alone I
: being fed. Theory and practice agreI
5 that whole milk is a complete foot
: aud that skim milk is not complete
n The fat being removed for our purpos
e We must add an equivalent for th
4 calf's purpose. A strong healthy cal
can be raised on skim milk only, blu
& it will not have any fat In its makeup
y Flax seed meal is often recommends
e as a substitute for the butter fat, bu
experience of many OF our best feeder
Il proves that corn meal and later craci
ed corn gives nearly, II not quite
L good results and are much cheaper
RI When our small charge is but te
Ie days or two weeks old she will want
l. begin chewing. Let her chew-nC
climax, but clover and whole cat
y This continued through the whit,
will put her in good condition to NAL
, good use Of the pasture when 1t com
and will do much toward giving h
r. that capacity for taking large quaint
ties Of food 50 necessary In an econor
!. zeal dairy cow. No matter what Il
q breed of acow II she has not had b.
capacity for taking food develops
% during calfhood she cannot be an &c
% nomical producer.
n r. M. WAsHBURN,
. State Dairy Commissioner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
INDEPENDENCE As A MYTH.
Idea 10 a DelusIon Leading to WarpIne
of Character.

John says: Il am not going to be
dependent upon any man. am so
Ing TO live my own life. In my own
way. as l expect other men to live
theirs. II they Will leave me alone. !
win leave them alone" and John fat
tsrs himself that he Is asserting his
own strength Of personallty-that he
IL emphasizing his individuality,
writes Annie Payson Call in Lesiie's
Monthly. The truth is that John IL
varying himself every day by bis
weak dependence upo@ his own preiu-
dices. He Is unwilling TO look fairly
at another mans opinion, for fear Of
being dependent upon It. He is not
only varying himself by bis indie
~pendence." which is pulled up with the
false appearance OF strength, but he
Il robbing his fellow men; for he can
not refuse to receive from others with
out putting II v Of hia own power 70
give to others. Real giving and receiv'
Ing must be reciprocal in spirit. and
absolutely dependent upon each other.
1t Is = curious and a sad study "a
watch the growing slavery Of such In
dependent" people
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
TERRIBLE DISASTER
Almost g Hundred Badly INJURED
Several Narrow Escape
Prophets Named Jan
end the Day.

These who pose as wise'acfq
know.it.alls have been propnfslps
sar some time that quite a disaster
sa,ld occur on January 2ud, butlhose
most interested laughed them 70 sotn
and refused to listen.
This morning the water Wagon
wb,eh had been grcanIng and striin-
Inu under It's greatly auementeu pas
senper list Of New Years day =
stranded high and dry, and the nqse
Of passengers falling from their u
~carIous positions On the wrecked ssnr
e,a could be distinguished for many
blocks when the strain had become
ron great and the men began dropping
IN, the water wagon was at the corner
~ Hieaball Lane and Bourbon street
Tbe noise frightened the animals
hitched 10 the cart and from tnat Ii'ns
until it stranded on Falstaif stfeel
= SCENE OF such terror and fright has
seldom beer witnessed. In passing
! through Martini square the leit BACK
wheel struck the Budweiser bniiding'
/, causing a numbef 10 lose their nolas'
! A stock Company has been organ.
lied 70 raise the wagon and remodel y
. for next year. More spacious apart
!. ments will be built and stronger hola'
: placed on the sides. ftbe reception
J room will be redecorated and mad
!. more beautiful than heretofore. I'M
walls viii be covered with watefe'
lsilk. a frieze OF whiskey killers extend
ina in fancy festoons, entirely aroun'
the ceiling. In the center OF IN
apartment a fountain o. settler VII
'e play continually, and an orchestra WI
$ render the following selections: Zen
ing Through the Rye" Under 10
d Anhaeuser Busch,n 'Down where th
Sc Wurzberger Flows" There's par
e. Man Coming With q Bundle" and :
g. Won't Go Home Til Morning.
er Prof. Alb. Sinthe Frappe, OF Ohan
ut parne University, Paris, France, wi
n. lecture on "How to Stear Stralgn
When in a Heavy Sea. nDr.l.B. Drum
ly Fudge and Fizz College, London, En-
ur land, will talk upon First Aid to q
ID Half Shot" and deliver his other pc
or ular lecture, s'How to Get a Lar
ee Bundle Into a Dark House Witho'
TX Arousing the Neighborhood."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
OF OLD AGE.
n You Have Them. You May Know
You Are Declining.

n You Have Them, You May Know
You Are Declining.
Here are the three deadly symptoms
Of old age:
selhshness - Stagnation Intoler-
ance.
II we find them in ourselves. we
may know we are growing old-sven
II we are on the merry side OF thirty.
But happily, we have three defenses.
which are invulnerable; II we use
them we shall die young II we live to
be g hundred. They are:
The first Is the hardest to most Of
us, because cur little prison Of Actual
il so immensely important TO Us.
There is no denying the fact that
when you have a toothache yourself.
1t Is hard to have to consider other
peoples aches. But It can be done,
though It generally Involves physical
effort for we must bestir ourselves
and act; the mere feeling of sympathy
expressed by action is q poor, useless
thing; but the Soul, determined not to
grow old, can force the Body to such
physical effort, though there Is no de-
nying that II is hard work.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
habits or HORSE AND DONKEY.
Easily Traced Back TO Their Most re.
mote Ancestors.

The ancestors Of the horse were &C.
customed TO roam over the plains,
whore every tuft OF grass or bush
might conceal an enemy waiting 70
spring upo them. Under these cir.
cumstances they must often have
saved their lives by starting quickly
back or jumping to onc side when they
came without warning upon some
strange object. This is q habit which
has not left the animal, even aiteE
long a OF domesticat.on.
On the other hand. the donkey 70 dc
seconded from animals which lived
among the hills, where there were
precipices and dangerous decliyities,
ana from these conditions resulted his
siowness and sure footedness. His
ancestors were not SO liable to sudden
attacks from wild beasts and snakes
| Besides, sudden and wild starts would
have been positively dangerous "a
them Consequently they learned to
| avoid the very trick which has been
80 useful to the horse. The habit Of
eating thistles. which is peculiar alone
to the donkey, is also descended from
theae ancestors. In the dry, barren 10
calities which they inhabited there
was often little food; hence they
learned to eat hard, dry and ever
prickly plants when there was nothing
else.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-04
WI CHILDREN BORN
FOUR MONTHS Ar
Mrs. Wiltse's Statement Conf,
by Doctor Attending H.r /
Second Birth.

ALBANY. Dec, 26.--Mrs gl
Wiltse, Of sI5 Central avenue. I,
mother Of q daughter, now tbrs !
old, who she insists was born lls !
or less than four months after M
given birth to a son. Her STORY |,
TALLY vouched for by DR.. GeOrvI
Moston, a reputable physician d
GIL Central avenue, who attends
The father is employed in tbs
York Central carshops at wsl|
bany, and both parents are
months over twenty years Of su
Moston said tonight that be NJ
the woman's story, although sd
occurrence, SO far as he knew, N
precedented In authentic medIul|
mails.
"The child Is normal, be said
/ saw the other child, who is ed
ly not more than four mouth|
showing as yet 40 signs Of 4
Mrs. Wiltse told me that no phNl
attended the other birth, thoua|
was sent for, and her only sttsI
was d woman with whom she BID
but whose present address MI
not know Mrs WiltSe'S mOAsl
family all youch for the truth Z
story, and share in the suivtf
cakloned by the phenomenys 1
ally | am satisfied that ,6,v !.
Ing the truth"
Other physicians yof thu N,
sceptical, though ntjue woua I.
night that the occurrence n
possible.