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Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

oss3 bg these who are opposed to
lccaI 0ption are endeavoring 10 leave
the impression that "the farmers
WON'T aome TO q town to buy goods I'M
is6s there are open saloons. AS far
na AnlK4ln county is concerned very
1aH FARMERS come to Mexico to buy
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

ana CneerIulneSS SOon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
thatit is no; uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid,
neys. lfthe child urin>
atee foo oftan II the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

TEN 81 Louis Republic editorially
aRss laoyernor Folk gave Governor
HAthes powerful lift in the latter's
slEak rouse the public conscience
81 2'sN Xefk to the point of doing
A3sz NI1h race-track gambling. What
Is nofe be was able to tell Hughes
Aha Hll9 New Yorkers how the thing
hz5a a1zn done In Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

y0ns Il. GoRDoN,of Lexington, Mo
wis il Mexico this week making the
26Qtainiancs OF Audrain county
fl1odc1Ats. Mr. Gordon is candidate
fpr6aka Auditor, and will have a large
fo.,0~iAa In this part OF Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

JohK HBBAY is administrator OF the
pAktaesahip estate OF Morris b Abbay.
H. Ahbsy is conducting the business
oi the arm at the old stand as usual.
Mf Abbay is q fine business man and
the Ledger hopes he will continue the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

Ten glt9 Council has o meeting
Monday light to consider che side
walk rEoposition, and the Ledger is
informed that quite stretch Of new
Nalks elIl be ordered throughout the
e,zz There should be at least five
miles d new walk put down In Mex
ica, sna tllis work should be done at
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

The Ledger is glad to know that Mr..
and Mrs. B. s. Carrick are moving
from Louisiana to reside permanently
In Mexico. Mr.. Oarrick holds an i'm
portant position with the Alton, and
is great favorite with Mexico
people.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

lS t6 days Ledger will be found the
pr02fknme Of the Mexico chautauqua,
MnI6h pfomises to be most attractive,
z &lpkes, the manager, is doing
eReIyknlng in his power TO arrange for
4 iinAtAtIaes ENTERTAINMENT
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05
R1x IN ADVANCE
ron WEEKLY LEDGER.

i |II"
xqt post ONCE department. has
Inz6e d ruling that publishers can
not ssnd their delinqentsuhscribers
tHs PAPER unless they pay 81 cents
ex5fa 10 the government for post
SSe zach year. Unless you give
<I'Is matter your immediate att
ssatloa win be compelled to stop
gs6r LED GER. The weekly
1sdesr Is only 81 per year, including
pcelsee, when paid in advance. We
as5 ssylng to make the Ledger bet
tez than ever and trust our rsubscriD-
lion lIst will continue to grow. One
dol|af per year is a very close price
iof i iecal weekly paper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

Chas. Tanner, in Squire Bass court
Friday morning, who has been under
arrest for alleged burglary, was given
sixty days for breaking . parole and
fifty days for carrying concealed
weapons.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

'rHn City Council has ordered the
&ilSe south Of the City Hall paved,
s4d t6is work will be completed Us
sd3f IS possible Every alley in the
teei2&ss portion Of the city should be
8zfed kNis spring.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05
Chiokeus For Sale.

Plymouth Rock Cockrels for sale.
Large heavy built fillows.I
Extra fine in feather and form.
Prices moderate. Also q few hens.
Geo. q. White, Route 8. Mexico, Mo,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

L. A. Mcconnell has the thanks OF
the Ledger for late Los Angeles, CALI,
papers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

Alexander 81. Robbins, editor Of the
Central Law Journal, Of st. Louis,is q
candidate for the Democratic nomin-
tion for Judge OF the st. Louis Court
10 Appeals,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

CA. Goodnow, formerly Of the Al
| ton, is now connected with the Chi
| cago. Milwaukee and st. Paul road.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

Ev v6RT citizen Of Mexico is interest
6d ia the question OF street paving
1ufinfle0s. This is no time for Mex
los 10 take a step backward.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

urine scalds the flesh or Il. when the child
reaches an age when Il should be able to
control the passage. 1t Is yet afflicted with
bed-weitng. depend upon It, the cause Of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment OF
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble Is due 10 a diseased condition Of the
kidneys and bladder and not 10 habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect o.
Swamp-Root is soon realized. II Is sold
by druggists, in fifty fSlEs~--
cent and one dollar MsAf Il s:::s3$t:sl
sizes. You may have &!
sample bottle by mail ~ gals y u
free. also pamphlet tell Home Of Swamp Root.
ing all about Il. including many OF th'
thousands Of testimonial letters receives
from sufferers cured In writing DR.. Kline
8. Co.. Binghamton. N. r., be sure am
mention this paper.
| Don't make any mistake, but remembe
| the name, Swanip-Root DR., kilmer'
| swamp-Rooi. and the address, Binghamton
] n. r., en- evesy eottla-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05
An Invoice Taken.

An invoice Of the merchandise Of
the firm Of John Abbay and ]. D.
Morris, deceased, was taken Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

English Spawn Liniment removes Hard,
Soft OF Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from
horses; also Blood Spavns, Curhs. Splints.
Sweeney, Ring Bones, Sti1essSprains. swollen
Throats, Coughs, etc. Save 80 by use OF one
bottle. A wonderful Blemish Cure. Sold by
j. r, Llewelyn, Druggist 5O-SBt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

4'zF ledger is glad TO know that
fps gisg COuncil is moving In the d.
xest|oa 9i paving our streets and al
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

Mrs. John d. Orear is home from o
visit with Hannibal and Palmyra re-
latives and friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

Mrs. Charley Graham is the guest
Of relatives In Kansas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
snurages and lessons ambition; beauty, vigor
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

L. L. Brown, Of Foss, Oklahoma
pays for the weekly Ledger to January
1, 1910. "Go Thou and do likewise.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

ITCH cure in 80 minutes by wooltord
Sanitary Lotion. Never falls. Sold By ]. "
LleWellvn. Druggist. 90-2et
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05
What Shall we Have for DESSERT

Try JELL-O, the dainty. appetlzing, ,eeonom-
fcal dessert. Can be prepared Instantly sim
ply add boiling water and serve when cold.
Fiavored Just right sweetened Just right;
perfect in every way. A l0c package makes
enough dessert for a large family. All grocers
sell it. Don't accept substitutes JELLrO
complies with ali Pure Food Laws. havors--
Lemon, Orange, Raspberry, Strawberry,
Chocolate, Cherry, Peach.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

Il pertain if you take Hoods sarsaparilla
This great medicine cures those eruptions
1innples and boils that appear at all seasons
cures scrofula sores, salt rheum or eczema
dspis itself equally well to, and also cures, dys
xs<Hia and all stomach troubles; cures rheu
:'s,ism and catarrh; cures nervous troubles
,lSk'iity and that tired feeling.
I <1ffnfa ke-For those Who prefer medicine IN tab
W I1. Hoods SaIsapafilia Is now put up IN ehoco M.
tablets called Sarsptabe, as well As IN tno usual
I1SI form Sursatabs have idencally tho same much
IIc properties as the liquid form, besides accu Win,
1e n Dose convenience loss by ovap- little
|.i breakaRe leakage Druggists or promptly appel
81. ..<tI (l Il Hood Co. Lowell. Mass. siren
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

Henry N. Gary, Of the Detroit Free
Press, is now managing editor of the
st. Louis Republic.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

BY druggists, In fitty-
cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have a
sample bottle by mall
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-05

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
FOOD AND TEMPERAMENT.

From the Boston Globe.
 In London not long ago at meeting held "to hear proposals for a new de- partnre in the movement toward a more rational and humane diet" one of the speakers, Dr. Forbes Ross, said that flood is matter of temperament" pr. Ross was in favor of the propaganda of the National Food Reform association, which had brought the meeting about, but he cautioned his hearers to slide gently into a non-fesh det''
 In a limited sense, food is indeed a matter of temperament. but perhaps in no fundamentally different meaning than certain passions and prejudices are matter of temperament. All sensible persons are engaged in the effort to cor rect the delinquencies and deficiencies of temperament, even as one man may en- deavor constantly to subdue a tendency to shortness of temper or another to over come a disposition to magnify in narrative his observations and experiences.
 So in diet, it Is not unreasonable to suppose that temperament may be trained and brought under control. "Eat what ever you like" is sometimes wise advice, but man ought to be certain to deter mine what he really likes, what, in other words, he will like after he has eaten it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
TOday'S City Primary

This Is Birmingham's real election day, and the day in September is but a ratification formality made necessary by the laws of the state. The choice of the people will be made today, and that choice will be final and conclusive.
 All who take an interest in city poli- tics, especially all who propose to dis cuss and criticise city affairs, should go to the polls today. The non-voting citizen has no moral right to discuss matters that he refused to act upon at the polls.
 All, however, will be apt to vote to- day. It is no ordinary election. The man selected to become mayor, the man selected to become president of the city council and the men selected to fill seats in the board of aldermen will organize the Greater Birmingham and the task of benevolent assimilation calls for the selection of the best men in sight, the best available men. Let every qualified elector keep the fact in mind that when he votes he is not vot- ing for officers of Little Birmingham but of Birmingham that is to cover 42 square miles and that will hold al the end of ten years 100000 people and importance of the subject before you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
Business Improves

Business conditions continue to im- prove. There was substantial i'm provement in the industrial world two months ago, but croakers refused to admit it. Conditions have been grow ing better steadily, but the most ap- preciable improvement has been within the past ten days. Even would-be pes simists have to acknowledge that the situation is more favorable.
 The things that have concurred 10 bring about a business revival are the bumper crops, a reaction against pop ulistic politics, and a return of confi- dellce Capital is again seeking invest ment in the south, and the outlook for the near future is indeed bright Every hrc of trade promises to be fairly active this fall and winter, and all in- dications point to a high degree of prosperity in 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
Decrease In Immigration

In January of the present year 27,220 new citizens came to this country as against 54,417 one year before. In Feb ruray the arrivals were 23,3S1 against 65,541 one year before, a reduction of nearly two-thirds. In March they num- bered 92,517 against 139,11S one year before, less than one-fourth. In May 36,317 came in-one year before the number was 1S4,SS6l
 To sum up the six months of tho calendar year immigration was 192, ,656 against 743,952 in the first six months of last year, 673,94S in the first half of 1906, and 62S,176 in the similar period of 1905
 Exact figures of departing laborers are not furnished by the government, but it is known that more left these shores in the first half of 1908 than came to them. An actual decrease Of the foreign population, made up mostly of laborers, has been going on this year This district supplied some of the Italians who went back home. but none are going from this district Tt present
 Labor does in fact regulate itself in these days of cheap steerage tickets It lends itself as readily to exportation as to importation according to the condition of the market for it, thus lessening congestion and reducing th5 suffering ushered in by industrial de- pression. Fluctuating waves of labor are made possible by the steamship and in some respects they serve in that way the entire country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
CANADA TODAY.
From the Washington Herald.

II lOil lllt W lOl
 The area of her IA provinces is 3,745.- 574 square miles; little more thar that of the United States proper, with a second set of the 12 southern sta .es added.
 Her population is 6,0oO,O0O; approxi- England states.
 Her six principal cities, with the.- population, as given by the census of 1908, are:
 Montreal. 2s77so, about equaiins Newark, N. J. N,
 Toronto, 2OS.O4o, about equalipS Louisville.
 Quebec, ss.S4O about equalins Oak land, Cal.
 Ottawa, 59,s2s, about equaling Evans- vile, Ind.
 Hamilton, 52,ss4, about equaling Wilkes Barre, Pa.
 Winnipeg, 42,6s4, about equaling Akron, o.
 For the nine months ending March 31, 1908, Canadian imports reached a total of s25s,7S6,0o7, of which tn !, United States sold her about $17s,Ooa,- 900. For the same period her exports aggregated s205. .277,197, the United States taking nearly 5000 900 worth The four main items of export wer,: Wood and wooden manufactures s34,o97,s47; cheese, $22 ,0o6,5s4; whea |. s20,597 629; cattle and livestock, $10.- 932.b30.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
Mail Order Houses Indicted

A Chicago federal grand jury has re- turned indictments against 29 mail order houses, because they had used the mails for the purpose of defraud- ing people. Their illegal profits are reported to have been about $5,O0O, ,OO0
 The wires do not furnish names or particulars, and it is impossible to say who has been hit among the mail- order houses of Chicago and who has not been. A consumer who orders goods by turning over the enticing pages of an illustrated catalogue is almost sure to suffer loss. Goods can not be bought in all prudence in that way. They never have been and they never will be.
 The particulars in the 29 indictments returned in federal court in Chicago are awaited with interest. These mail oraer houses do not advertise in the newspapers, and their operations are conducted as rule with great secrecy. The customers of mail order houses will do well to watch the news from Chicago in connection with the indict-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
HOGAN LATE Upo PRlzEFIeHTER.

W. E. Lewis. in the New York Tele-
 graph.
 had a speaking acquaintance years ago with a bartender who served drinks in a Battle Row saloon, in Main street, near the old Central police sta tion in Kansas City. This bartender, who bore the martial name of Hogan was a monomaniac on the subject of whipping prizetighters. He hated the professional .pugilist and never over looked an opportunity to take crack" as he expressed it, at one of the fraternity. If a fighter ever came into the saloon Hogan always whipped him before he got out. and if he heard of pugilist going around the streets, he'd take a day off, hunt him up ah1 assault him. He met Paddy Ryan once near the Junction, and it took the com bined efforts of two policemen to pro- teet Paddy.
 When William Muldoon and John L. Sullivan were showing themselves in 'classic poses" in a Kansas City thea tre. Hogan arose in the first gallery and offered to back himself to Tick Sullivan rough and tumble"
 One sunny afternoon a stout man built on the order of a gorilla and look ing not unlike that formidable beast en- tered the saloon in which Hogan he'd sway. The stout customer had all the marks of a prizefghter. and Hogan looked at i'm with much dislike.
 Give me some whisky" said Enc stranger.
 Will you take 1t now or wait ti'l you get it?' asked Hogan, extensively.
 "Dodnt get funny; give me tho drink" said the ma n.
 show your money first" shouted Hogan.
 Drink 1t yourself, you big loafer said the man, as he left the place.
 Another stranger standing in the sa- loon said: You took big chance then That man might have hit you. That's Mike Boden, the Jersey trial horse, a noted second rate prizefghter."
 "A fighter!" calculated Hogan, as r.. literally hurled himself over the bar and rushed out on the street. He caught up with Mike Boden in throe jumps and dealt him a furious blow in the back of his red neck. -H
 Take that" yelled Hogan, "just be cause you're a prizefighter."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
Counting By the Wireless

The New York papers print pictures of couple who were married on the Heights of Jersey City. The bride groom Is chief officer of the American liner St. Louis. He met his bride six years ago, and their long courtship has chiefly been conducted by wireless tele- graph in a secret code. No matter what vessels or land stations picked up their love messages they could not decipher them, for the two alone held the key of the code.
 They were to have been married on a Saturday, but the liner was envel- oped in dense fogs in the Channel and off the Banks, and the code was used to postpone the wedding one day be- cause the ship could not reach New York on Saturday,
 To have kept the romance fully up Ito date they should have arranged to spend their honeymoon in a Zeppelin airship, or else they should have gone to Africa to hunt big game, but per haps they were content with the serv ice the wireless telegraph had been t. them, and preferred to lapse back into old-time methods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
HUNTING FOR WORK.

One Sunday night l told 100 men that the reason they had no work was that they were loafers and didn't want work" says Alexander Irvine in the August Me- Clure's. in writing of bunk houses and bunk house men. This was in accord ance with my theory-the prevailing the ory-that poverty is the child of sin, that lack of work is the fruit of shftlessness. I offered to change clothes with any man in the house, and to go out in the world and show him how to get a job. The challenge was accepted instantly-by an Irishman.
 From the want columns of the morn- ing papers we selected a few bits of labor bait We ran them down, failed to find anything, and turned to the shops and factories on the West Side The answers were monotonous. Full up,' they said. In one place. I remember, I said, For Gods sake The superintendent laughed and waved us away.
 The harrudest work, for sure. is no worruk at al at alll' said my companion by way of sympathy
 Becoming desperate by mid-afternoon, MT. Irvine went to drug clerk and got cents worth of oxalic acid on a credit.
 "Oxalic acid eats away rust If I had 5 cents worth, I could make dollar an hour-I know I could" he said.
 After he had succeeded in making enough money by cleaning signs to meet their temporary needs, Mir Irvine asked his companion what he thought of the scheme.
 Well, it takes to do that thrick what most av us hevnt got; ut takes brains. sor-ut takes brains.
 Why don't you have brains, then?
 "He looked dumbly at me, and hung his head.
 1" T dunno-I dunno he muttered."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

fast rules concerning what the individual should wear. as to dictate what he should eat He must learn by observation what suits his personality, just as he must learn what suits his palate. Truffles and sweetbreads are deleetable to some mouths, but they taste as ashes to him who dotes on grilled chops.
 Know what becomes you and dress ac- cordingly-that is the secret of feeling and looking fit to your finger tips. Avoid the fleeting fad and adopt the matured mode. Cultivate an air" a boise, an ef- feet in dress that are subtly expressive of your own personality. Don't be an echo, a. trailer, "me-too." Strive for the positive in color Positive colors are usually strong-neutral colors are gener- ally weak.
 The young mans Idea in dress is the college boy, and with minor exceptions, he is a capital pattern to follow Most fashions for men, and certainly all ex- treme ones, have their birth in the great universities. Dress is to the average man a thing apart-'ts the college youths whole existence. He darts after each fresh fad as a hungry fish darts after crumb and his preference and prejudices powerfully influence young mems dress the country wide.
 What Is a gentleman? Since the day of Cheops this question has been the sport of idle pens. Philosophers have answered it welghtlly and paragraphers wittily. According to the tailor's fash ion plate," a gentleman is a simpering noodle who carries himself like stick. According to Reggie Rattlepate, gentle- man never carries himself-he is helped upstairs by his valet.
 According to the maid of sweet 16, gentleman is a human slot machine that losses out bonbons and bouquets Ac- oording to MT. Get-Rich- Quick, a gentle- man is a personfied checkbook. Accord. ing to Mir Social Climber, a gentleman Is a person who drops his .'h's" and scat- ters his KS"
 But after all. old definitions, like old friends and old songs, are best. A gen. tleman is simply gentle man, who is slow to take offense and slower to give it. He compels consideration from others by showing consideration to them. He is clean-minded, clean-limbed, clean-cut from head to heel.
 He dresses well, not because others like him better for it, but because he likes himself better for it. He believes that a healthy, symmetrical body deserves intel ligent care and he sees that it gets it. He avoids shams in dress, because he scorns to see what he isn't. He makes the most of himself his looks his gifts, his opportunities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
ONE WISE NEGRO.

From the Washington Herald.
 Deal Jackson is a negro farmer who lives In Dougherty county, Georgia. His home is located a few miles from the pretty city of Albany and no man in the community stands higher than he He is respected by all, and Is especially well thought Of by his white fellow citizens.
 Jackson has Just marketed the first bale Of cotton In his state, and the first in his entire section of the country, for that matter This Is the seventh time he has performed this feat He takes pride In his farm; he hustles to get that first bale on the market-and he gets it there regularly.
 Jackson ha5 relied entirely on his own efforts all Of his life He is independent, and asks no man odds. His credit Is good for whatever he wants at any store or bank in Albany. He has never been known to want more than he might req sonably be expected to pay for; that is the keynote of bis character He does not concern b'mself at all with politics or politicians. He hasn't any pull anywhere, save such as Is legitimately due him as reward for his honest en- deavor. He has reduced cotton-raising to an exact scence he knows just what the plant will do under given conditions. He has generally managed to get his first bale in a little ahead of his white com petitors, in spite of all their efforts-in- deed, he broke all of his own previous records this year.
 Jackson's great card Is attending to his own business. and doing 1t we'll.
 Nobody ever heard of Jackson's being mixed up in trouble of any variety. Bus mess men value his opinions on things agricultural.
 It is pity there are not more colored men like Deal Jackson. If there were, there would be no race problem, real or imaginary. His example Is uplifting. It is worthy the study and emulation of any man, no matter what the color of his skin. The negro race needs more Deal Jacksons.