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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16

All of the members Of the Rebekah
Lodges in the different towns of the
State are cordially invited to attend
the Odd Fellow barbecue on July 21.
All other secret organizations are also
invited to come and enjoy the day.
This will be as one lrraternal day for
Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16

Mrs. J. ]. Rice and daughter, Of
Fulton, passed through Mexico,
Thursday, en- route to Boston.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16

Mrs. @. O. Pore will returned to her
home In st. Louis, Saturday, after a
several days visit with s. L. Robertson
and family. Miss Lena Rouse will
accompany her.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16

cures ulhuC " Ia
Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kid
ney, liver and blad-
der remedy.
1t is the great med
ical triumph of the
nineteenth century ;
discovered d after years
of scientific research
by DR.. Kilner, the
..o.t frtdnaxy and
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16

E. NJ. Watson, Austin Bradford, w.
H. Rothwell, N. Fl. Hickman, Il. D..
Hubbell, Marshall Gordon, and J. E.
Crumbaugh were over from Columbia,
Thursday evening, to attend the Cow
herd speaking.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16

h,adder specialist, and Is wondeIIuiiy
s,,ccessful in promptly curing lame back,
rric n acid, catArrli Of the bladder and
priati,s nisease. which is the worst
-, ~ kilney trogble.
- Dr. :, Kilmer 5 Swamp-Root is not rec
ou,,nended for everything butif you have
t;dnev liver or bladder trouble it VIII De
found lust the remedy you need II nas as
b,..s, tested in so many ways, IN hosp,tai
,sort Dsy ard in private practice, and mas
nroyed so successful i'll every case ina lnai !, q
special IPnee;ai arrangement has been made by
Which ali readers Of this paper, VINO nav a,,e
NOT ~ already tried it, may have , sanlp,l,e aI,,'
hot hot,Ie I sent free by mail, also book tell
mo more about Swanip-Root, ana now y, 70
end @ ont If YOU have kidney or bladder trou- y
HE Me When writing mention reading inns l,,s
generous offer in this paper ana senu yo"
address to DR.. Kilmer 4<msxr=,
q Co, Binghamton, n Ii,a;s;' = :
n Y. The regular y b: 3
6ftv-cent and one -, ~,
dollar size bottles are h0as q 0s,,'p 80. ~.
sold by ali good druggists. Don't MAJ msns
anv mistake, but remember the Isns y nnt
sS swamn- Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp,koo.,
and the address. Binghamton, ~ x" w
every bottle. ..-.--------
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16
LARGE CROWD HEARS CowHERD
Spoke at the Court House Thursday
Evening after Making Four
other Speeches In Audrain
During the Day.

After making four speeches in Aud
rain county, Thursday afternoon,
Hon. W. 81. Cowherd, candidate for
nomination for governor on the DEM
ocratic ticket, spoke at the court
house here Thursday evening to a
crowd that completely filed the coult
room.
Mr.. Cowhord spoke at Vaudalla at
l:30 In the afternoon, and from there
he went to Laddonia where he spoke
again ats o clock At the latter
place Mr.. Cownerd was met by DR., E.
s. Gave, Chairman OF the Audrain
County Democratic central commit
tee, and David Robertson in the
latters automobile After speaking
at Laddonia the party composed Of
Hon. w. H. Cowherd, DR.. e. S. Gave
and David Robertson started from
this city coming by the way Of
Martinsburg- Here the party took
supper, Mr.. Cowherd making short
speech.
A telephone message had been sent
to Benton that the party would pass
through there, and when they arrived
o crowd had gathered to meet them.
When the candidate for governor
reached the court house he found q
crowd Of several hundred people
awaiting bis arrival.
The speaker was introduced by Hon.
George Robertson, Of this city. "We
want a native born Missourian to be
at the head of the State this time, =
said Mr.. Robertson. During the
eighty years of Missouri Statehood
only four native Missourians have
been elected to the Office Of governor
Of this State. We now have an oppor
tunity this time to select one who Ii
to the manor born, native Of ths
country from which he now halls
Against the public record as Mayo
Of Kansas City and as Congressman Of
the Fifth District, there has never
been brought one word Of adverse
criticism.
Mr.. Cowherd spoke along the same
lines that he has for several weeks
discussing the political situation O.
the nation and state, promising thu
people to stand by the party.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16
DO you GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK Z
kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable

Almost everybody who reads the news,
papers is sure to know Of the wonderful
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16

Mrs. Rufus Jackson is home from q
visit with friends in Centralia.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16
I h g SICK
Mans Friend.

was doubt as to my recovery.
"My good honest old doctor advised
me to take Peruna, which did and In
q short time my health began to i'm
prove very rapidly, the bronchial
trouble gradually disappeared, and in
three months my health was fully re-
stored.
"Accept grateful mans thanks for
his restoration to perfect health.n
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16

P. H. Cullen is home from st. Louis.
L. N. Clark and wife are visiting
relatives in Columbia.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16

Bryan Nominated on First Ballot
Convention Hall, Denver, July 10.
3:45 q. m.-William J. Bryan was NOM
mated for President by the Demo-
cratic National Convention on the
first ballot.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16

nine the date after
/ name on the margin
srapper Of this paper.
81 are not paid in adj
81 make your remit
B at once. The week.
sdger is 81 per year,
Us in advance.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16

PREPARED INSTANTLY. Simply add boil
ing water. cool and serve. fOc. per package at
all grocers. flavors. Refuse all substitutes.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1908-07-16

Bryan, 1921.
Johnson, 46.
Gray, 59i.
The convention had been 10 session
since O'Clock last night. The DEM
onstration over the name Of the Ne
braskan lasted an hour and ten min
lltAe
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
SICK MAN WANTED CHANGE.
More Than Willing to Make Transfer
with Physician.

A Syracuse business man who, be-
sides being extremely active and am
bitious, has much sense of humor,
was taken sick with a slight attack of
pneumonia. His physician, aware that
It would be a task to keep his high
strung patient in bed sought to i'm
press on him the seriousness Of the
ailment and the necessity of absolute
rest; all Of which the sick man lis
tened to in a bored manner. Never
theless he consented to obey the doc
tor.
But this enforced inactivity ranked
In him; and each succeeding day
found the patient importuning the
medical man attendant to allow him
to get out to business. Then, dis
gusted, he would lie back to cast i'm
precautions at the inexorable physi-
clan.
One morning the physician, after
having been up all night on an i'm
portant case, appeared at his patients
house at the usual hour He had hard
ly stuck his haggard face inside the
door, however, before the man in the
bed gave him a quick glance and sat
up.
"Eh? calculated the patient. Then
showing out his hand to grasp the doc
tors satchel, he added: Doc, guess
you'd better get into bed here and
let me go out with the medicine
| bag"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
The Trade Rat Mine
By Eustace v Bray
Copyright, by Shortstory Pub. Coz
By Eustace v. Bray

the creature did not come, and he
stretched himself in his bunk.
Early in the morning he was up, in
vestigating the rat-hole, which ex-
tended deep into the ground beyond
the cabin wall. There was a little
fresh gravel around the mouth of the
hole that convinced Robb of the source
from which the gold had come, and
he went outside and with nervous
speed dug straight down into the bur
row, which he widened and deepened
as he worked. About three feet from
the surface he came upon as promis-
ing bed of gravel as a placer miner
ever saw. Fortune had surrendered to
him at last!
AS he dug into the deep deposit,
which he knew meant wealth, his
hands trembled and he worked in a
frenzy of exultant hope. Suddenly
there was an upheaval among the rat
tling gravel, a fash Of something
brown, the CLEAN of bright black
eye and the whisk of tail. hobb
was just then thrusting down his
shovel with frantic strength, and. un,
able to check it, the sharp blade
struck the trade rat on the head,
stretching it at his feet.
Horace Robb paused, even in that
supreme moment of gold-hunger. to
raise tenderly the little creature that
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
The Square Deal.

A stout and opulent man dwelling in
a suburban town had borne the ex-
pense of the annual Sunday school
picnic, and the superintendent of the
school, out of gratitude, asked the
benefactor to addSess the children
The philanthropist was not much Of a
speaker, but he was a master hand at
poker. When he found himself gazing
into the expectant faces of hundred
and fifty children his embarrassment
almost overcame hrm, but he managed
to stammer out: MY dear children,
what l want to impress upon you is
that-er-er-it pays to be good That
er-er-er-a man who deals from the
bottom of, the pack is generally buried
at the public expense"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22

had piloted him to wealth. He car
ried it to the creek and vainly en-
deavored to restore the life that had
gone. When his days work was sus'
pended, he took time from his hours
of slumber to carefully remove the
skin from his departed comrade.
In five days he had panned out 21
pounds of coarse nuggets, carrying
the gravel down to the creek and
washing it there, and the end Of tht
treasure was not in sight. Still, it
was only a pocket, Of course, and the
end came in time, but not until i
had yielded enough to support man
of moderate desires all the days of hi
life
Some men would have fingered at
the scene of such a success, search
ing for another golden pocket, but
only half of Horace Robb's ambition
was achieved-the gold was but the
means to an end And so, as fast as
his sturdy limbs could carry him, he
fastened to the outer world.
When he reached Sacramento he
found delayed letter from her. Anx
iously he skinned the passages in
which she dwelt upon her long period
of patient waiting, and he turned
white when he reached the announce
ment of her marriage with another
And this is why the discoverer of the
Trade Rat Mine" returned to that
lonely cabin on wild affluent of the
Feather river, and why the great trade
rat, under its dome of glass, is now
in the old mans frozen winter-as it
was in his lusty springtime-his sole
companion there.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
Leoend Of Maopie and Robin.

The peasants of France, In accord
ance with tradition, pierce the head
of a magpie with thorn whenever
they catch one. According to the
French legend, after Jesus had been
nailed to the cross two birds alighted
on the extended arms of the instru-
ment Of death. One was a magpie
with beautiful aigrette on its head
and long waving tail, then the hand
soonest of birds but the wickedest,
chirping insult at the suffering Jesus.
The other bird was a modest little
bird with gray plumage, which ap-
preached the cross timidly, uttering
cries of grief With its beak it tried
to pluck away one of the thorns. A
single drop of the blood fell on the
pitying little gray bird and gave the
robin redbreast.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22

A girl about to be married worries
so much she begins to look like an
old married woman. In addition to
worrying about her clothes and coax
ing her folks to give her a new outfit,
she sits up too late with her young
man, and the result is an anxious,
careworn look a week before the
wedding that cannot bS told from the
look on the face of a woman who has
been married year or two. Look at
the next girl you meet who is soon to
be married, and you will remark that
she has "aged rapidly."-Atchison
Globe,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
CURE AT CITY MISSION.
Awful Case of Scabes-Body a Mass
of Sores from Scratching-Her
Tortures Yield to Cuticura.

"a young woman came to our city
mission in a most awful condition physi-
cally. Our doctor examined her and
told us that she had scabies (the itch),
incipient paresis, rheumatism. ETC.,
brought on from exposure. Her poor
body was a mass G. sores from scratch
ing and she was not able to retain solid
food. Weworked hard over her for seven
weeks but we could see little improve
ment. One day l bought 7ake of
Cuticura Soap and bottle of Cuti-
cura Resolvent, and we bathed our
patient well and gave her full dose
of the Resolvent. She slept better that
night and the next day l got box of
Cuticura Ointment. In five weeks this
young woman was able to look for a
position, and she is now strong and we'll.
Laura Jane Bates, IS Fifth Ave-, New
York, N. Y. Mar. II. 1907"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22


Perhaps the largest and most valu
able of literary treasures the world
has lost was the Alexandrian library
The collection, the most remarkable
of the ancient world, is said to have
contained in its most tlourishing
period 100000, or, according to others,
100000 manuscripts. It's royal founder
collected from all nations their choic.
est compositions. We are told that
one of his successors went SO far as
to refuse to supply the Athenians with
wheat until they had given him the
original manuscripts of Aeschylus,
Sophocles and Euripides. When
Julius Caesar laid siege to the city
the greater portion of this library was
destroyed by fire. 1t was later re.
placed by the collection presented to
Queen Cleopatra by Marc Antony.
But it was not destined to endure
long. When Emperor Theodosius the
Great in 391 A. D. ordered the destruc'
tion of all heather temples within the
Roman empire, the Christians, led by
Archbishop Theophilus, did not spare
that of Jupiter, in which were kept
the literary treasures. From this gen
eral destruction about 1000 manu-
scripts escaped, only to be buried in
$40 A. D. by the Saracens under the
Caliph Omar.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
First Aid to Farmers.

A farmer in Ohio wrote to the de-
partment of agriculture that he had
struggled for 20 years on an S0-acre
farm heavily mortgaged, but had been
unable to reduce his debt or rise above
poverty that made the bringing up OF
his family humiliation. He asked
if there was any hope for him upon
the farm, or If he might as well give
up the fight. The department request
ed that he make detailed report of
his farm and its soils, and upon this
it based plan of farming which he
was recommended to follow to the let.
ter. There was a profit the first year
of $4,000, and the department believes
that ultimately the despised 80 acres
can be made to yield $4,000 year
World To-day.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
WANTED 1T OVER WITH.
Game Youngster Preferred Drastic
Action in Punishment.

Youngsters are pretty philosoph-
ical," observed Wallace Knight, and
then he went ahead to set forth the
point of view of a small daughter at
his house.
The child was sent to bed early
the other evening as punishment for
some act contrary to rules and regula
tons
After she had been tucked in bed
for some time and was supposedly
asleep, the youngster called her ia
ther and told him she wished he would
60 ahead and spank her and have it
over with, instead Of sending her off
to bed that way. This lying in bed
never's going to make me any better"
she said, land good spanking would.
Besides it makes me so mad l can't
sleep and so what's the use Of it?"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach the dis
eased portion Of the ear. There Is only way to
cure deafness and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness Is caused by nflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachan Tube. When this
tube is infamed you have rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing and when 1t Is entirely closed Deaf
ness is the result and unless the Inflammation be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal cond
tion. hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases
out of ten caused by Catarrh, which is nothing
but an inhamed condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any OF
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
i. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75C.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
NOT A MIRACLE.
Just Plain Cause and Effect.

There are some quite remarkable
things happening every day, which
seem almost miraculous.
Some persons would not believe that
a man could suffer from coffee drink
ing SO severely as to cause spells of
Inconsistencies. And to End complete
relief in changing from coffee to Pos
tum is well worth recording.
II used to be a great coffee drinker,
so much so that it was killing me by
inches. My heart became so weak l
would fall and lie unconscious for an
hour at a time. The spells caught
me sometimes two or three times a
day.
my friends, and even the doctor,
told me 1t was drinking coffee that
caused the trouble. would not be-
lieve it, and still drank coffee until I
could not leave my room.
"Then my doctor, who drinks Pos
tum himself, persuaded me to stop cof-
fee and try Postum. After much hest
tation l concluded to try it. That was
eight months ago. Since then have
had but few of those spells, none for
more than four months.
"I feel better, sleep better and am
better every way. l now drink moth
ing but Postum and touch no coffee
and as I am seventy years of age all
my friends think the Improvement
quite remarkable"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
arc genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
Work of Zambesi Missions.

A pamphlet recently issued by An
drew Murray gives a brief survey of
missions south of the Zambesi. There
are 81 different missionary organiza-
tions at work, ministering to over 10,-
100000 people. The student volunteer
movement in South Africa has put "a
young missionaries in the field since
1896.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22

grip left me with a constant agoniz-
ing backache. Doan's Kidney Pills
helped me quickly and in three weeks
time there was not a symptom of
kidney trouble remaining"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22

Kidney Pills, kid
ney dis e a S e W a s
slowly poisoning me.
Dizzy spells almost
made me fall, sharp
pains like knife
thrusts would catch
me in the back, and
finally an attack of
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
A PROGRESSIVE.

Madame, dot girl of yours make
great progress NIT her moosic. Before
she was always two or dree notes be-
hint me, and now she is always two or
dree notes ahead"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces in.
iammation alays pain cures wind collie 25c bottle.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22

Aliens FoOt-Tase, u Powder
For swollen. sweating feet. Gives instant relief The
original powder for the feet. 25c ut all Druggists
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
CONSIDERATION.

And many a man attributes his fail
ure to his inability to start at the top.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
THREE WEEKS.
Brought About a Remarkable Change.

Mrs. A. ]. Davis of Murray, KY,
says: when l began using DOan's
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22

A man isn't necessarily a fisherman
Just because he is a liar.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22

Debtors usually have better memo
ries than creditors.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
FLY YOUTH,

The Bcss-Where did you work
last?
Boy-On a fly paper.
The Boss-A fly paper! What's fly
paper?
Boy-Wot! Don't you read the Daily
Balloon?
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-02-20
Telephone 79|

more power than the president and
while the presidents power and influ-
ence are diminishing daily, Mr.. Can
non holds his own and gains. 1t was
characteristic of him that while being
attacked by Mr.. Shackleford in COM
mittee Of the whole he sat at desk
before the orator and seemingly enjoy
ed the assault. 1t is characteristic,
too, that much as the Democratic side
VI the chamber denounces his methods
the members sitting there like the
man. He has pleasant humor which
has made him popular wherever known.
One story Of him, not new one, illus
trates his quaintness Of expression.
They tried to nominate him for vice
president with Roosevelt in 1904. With
his cigar tiptilted and his inimitable
drawl, he said to correspondent who
asked him about it. "My boy, at my
time Of life don't intend to let them
pin a peacock feather on the tail Of
my coat and then watch me break my
neck trying to admire my decorations"
Washington, d. c.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-02-20
Save Money by Buying Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy.

You will pay just as much for a
bottle of Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy as for any of the other cough
medicines, but you save money in
buying it. The saving is in what you
get, not what you pay. The sure-to-
cure-you quality is in every bottle of
this remedy, and you get good re-
suits when you take it. Neglected
colds often develop serious conditions,
and when you buy a cough medicine
you want to be sure you are getting
one that will cure your cold. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy always cures.
Price 25c and SO bottle. Sold by
Evans Drug Co.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-02-20
A Fatal Austrian Flag.

Once there was an epidemic Of plague
at Odessa, in Russia, which lasted
more than year. 1t had a most re-
markable origin. being due to fatal
flag. An Austrian vessel arrived at
Odessa, bringing one Of the crew who
had died during the voyage. The sail
or was duly inferred in the Catholic
cemetery at the port, and at the fu-
neral the Austrian flag was carried by
two seamen. On their way back to
the vessel the men entered a great
number Of saloons and laid down the
flag while drinking. A very short
time afterward the sailors who had
carried the flag died. and before long
it was found that people were Ill in
all the houses where the men had call
ed with the fatal flag. Soon the plague
spread throughout Odessa, filling all
with terror and claiming frightful
toll. There is no doubt that the flag
contained the plague bacilli in the
folds and so spread the disease
Baltimore Sun.