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Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
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Close to the right bank OF the Pasig
river, about two miles up from Manila
Town, there stood a c~ommodious and
stoutly built "nipa" hut-rather larger
thar the others in the little pueblo"
and bearing a still greater resem-
pianee to an exaggerated hairy bug
inhabited by a stalwart, gray-headed
Filipino" Manuel by name, and his
wife. / had the honor Of becoming
their nextdoor neighbor, and before
mad been long a resident, l grew to be
very much interested in the old couple.
The lady Of the house was evidently
an inyeterate scold, and poor Manuel
came in for a wigging every night,
which generally commenced immedi.
ately after my arrival at home-part.
ly for my benefit, l am inclined to
think, for she invariably started of
In badly pronounced Spanish, q Ian
suage which she rightly assumed ]
understood, relapsing into her native
RAGLAN as her excitement increased
n eliminating with a series OK long
drawn and particularly uncouth yells
at the meaning of which / was en-
abled to make a fairly shrewd guess
for at this point Manuel generally
came out, with a gait and attitude a,
OF one propelled from behind, fire.
quently accompanied by a broom OF
other domestic utensil. Then he woult
light a cheroot and sit on the stepi
with his head in his hands, the picture
OF philosophical endurance, while th'
voice of the woman inside would grad
ually subside.
This entertaining program used II
be carried out with great regularity
and | came to rather look forward Il
1t as rode home after business hours
Now and then it would be varied b.
sounds which were apparently cause,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
%ROOSEVELT'S OUTFIT
WILL GIVE MANY MODERN COM.
FORTS IN AFRICAN JUNeLEs.
Equipment includes a Number Of
Articles Seldom Found in Expedl-
tIons Of This kind-AiI Pur.
chased In England.

New York.-When ex-President
Roosevelt and his party enter the
African Jungle they will take with
them an outfit which will illustrate
the high degree of ingenuity which
has been employed in providing for
the modern hunters comfort. With
the exception of his firearms, prac-
tically all Of the personal outfit of Mr..
Roosevelt has been purchased in Eng
land, and is now on its way to Nom
hasa, British East Africa, addressed
to President Roosevelt" The selec-
ton Of the equipment was intrusted
to several English friends, including
R. ]. Cuninghame, an English natural
LIST, who is TO accompany Mr.. Roose-
welt, and Fred Courtney Selous, Eng
lands pioneer in big game hunting.
Answers" describes some Of the
articles which have been chosen for
the personal comfort of the %ex-presi-
dent while traversing the wilds of
eastern Africa,
Some of the things which his string
of native bearers will carry into the
interior for his use are a special tent
with combination bathtub and wash
stand attachment, light weight bed
ding, folding furniture, compact cook
ing utensils and many minor articles,
such as a combined folding spade and
pick for cutting bitches around the
tent when 1t rains; folding metal boot
trees, hair clippers and safety razors
for use in a country where no imagin
able fee can procure a barber; a port
able scale, for obtaining evidence FOL
hunting tales; a pump filter, for sepa
rating the soil from the water where
the only liquid r%efreshment obtainabl'
looks like mud; a mincing machine, al
alarm clock and a walking stick which
may be turned into a stool for thu
comfort of the hunter when he is ia
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
WHOLE TEAM.
The Wears Watch.

A Joke unconsciously perpetrated by
the vicar of st. Johns, Keswick, ought
to rank high in the annals Of pulpit
humor. Before the service started the
vicar was handed a lady's watch which
had been found In the churchyard. At
ter making the customary announce
ments, says the North Mail, he re-
ferred to the finding Of the watch,
which, he stated, was in the vestry
awaiting an owner, and then solemnly
said: Hymn No. Ito: Lord, her
watch thy church is keeping Chris
tian Register.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

said I would have to be tapped, but I
began using Doan's Kidney Pills in
stead, and the swelling subsidized and
the kidneys began TO act properly.
Now my health Is fine" Statement
made Aug. /, 1906, and confirmed by
Mrs. Johnson Nov. 16, 190S.)
Sold by all dealers, so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
PREpGsTINEo TO THE BAR.
Goldfieid Youngster Had Early
Learned the Value Of bubble.

Doctor Norris of Goldfield, New,
called his e~ight-year-old son into the
library after breakfast the other morn.
ing, and regarded him with a sad
frown.
Harry" he said. why Gre Sps %
often late at SCHOOL,"
I'm late, father" Harry re-
sponded promptly.
Careful. SON." said the doctor. Try
TO remember. Haven't you been late
at school in the last few days?"
mo, SIR"
Then why has your teacher writ
ten me this letter, saying you were
late three times last week."
ooh, I'll tell you. father said Harry,
reassuringly. Il don't know what kind
OF a clock they have at our school,
but I'm always on time. OF course,
they start school sometimes before |
get there. but that isn't my faults
it?"-Harper's Weekly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

The Floyd county commissioners, u
is reported, have ordered ten dozen
suits Of pajamas for the county's con
victs." Is there another county in
Georgia or another penal institution
in the United States that provides
its prisoners with the fashionable
"nlghties?" Who wouldn't rather be
a pajamaed prisoner in that Floyd
county chain-gang than a no night
shirt freeman on the plains of windy
Kansas Savannah News.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

When Bonaparte Bluebell announced
his engagement TO Lily Doe everybody
in the blacksmith shop congratulated
him on winning such a hard working
and forehanded mate. But Erastus
Coke remarked:
"'Peared lax you wouldn't never
speak up, ~Bonaparte. It's going on six
months since you begun to fiddle roun'
Lily"
OATS so" Bonaparte frankly admit
ted, but I didn't lose NAH Job till las
night."-Youth's Companion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
ynssr white goods, in fact, any flns

DuV9f WnIt6 BUuuB, III IHct, any IN
wash goods when new, W much OF
their attractiveness to the way they
are %laundered. this being done in q
tanner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal.
ly satisfactory If proper attention was
given to s%tarching. the first essential
being good Starch. which has sufficient
strength to %stiffen, without ~thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at tina
improved appearance of your work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
Marital

81 suppose" said Mrs. Kawner, you
have saved all the letters your hus-
band wrote to you before you were
married?"
20, yes; sacredly," answered Mrs.
Crossway.
and when he's away from home
you take those old letters out and
read them, no doubt"
mercy, no! John always writes to
me when he's away from home, and
his letters are so much more sensible
nowadays."-Chicago Tribune.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

with kidney trouble,
and finally had to I'M
dergo an operation.
! did not rally we'll,
and began to suffer
s%mothering spells and
dropsy. My left side
was badly swollen
and the action of the
Kidneys much dlsor.
darod Nv doctnru
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
TIRED OF THE REPETITION.
Plausible Argument Advanced by
Youthful Tactician.

Dorothy, aged eight years, was very
fond of going to church, and when a
evere cold made it unwise for her
to be allowed to attend services one
Sunday morning she was disconso-
late.
"Frauline will read the Bible to
you," her father assured her,
Il don't want to hear the Bible
read. want to say my prayers" OBJ
iected the child.
God will hear your prayers just the
same IL you say them at home as II
you were in church." she was told.
But l don't know any without the
prayer-book," argued Dorothy.
why. you know Now lay me
down to Sleep" papa said.
But God has heard that SO often"
she remonstrated.-Harper's Weekly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
The Eternal Marathon.

Man." declared the old-fashioned
preacher, lis a worm"
And" said a man who had been
married three times and who was oc-
cupying a small space in a rear pew,
woman is the early bird"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
The Naxt War PLAY.

What properties will we need for
the battle scene?"
None whatever. The stage will be
bare. The men are supposed to be
wearing invisible uniforms and firing
smokeless powder from noiseless
guns"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
STOCK LYRIC.
(For incoming swains.)

(For incoming swains)
Fair are your cheeks as roses rare
IAN who write rhymes nave SAD TINS
your eyes are bright as stars at n'sh''
"a million girls have read this)
Ahl-(Here insert her name)
Your lips are life's elixirl ..
sav 'Ioye's scintillating fiame,'-
Most either one will fix her."D
c,rl with the fascinating curl.
FIRST lesson, this is simplex
NV heart beats true to none pu' ''u
Nov shy n at her dimpteo
Aht-(Here insert her naIne'l
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

Laundry work at home would Be
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, 1t is usually neces-
sary to use SO much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric 10
hidden behind a paste Of varying
thickness. which not only destroys the
appearance. but also affects the wear
ing quality OF the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as 1t can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
sr strength than other makes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

The Writer'S Child-Pa, what IL
penury?
The Writer-Penury, my son, Is the
wages OF the pen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

Your working power depends upon your
health! Garfield Tea ~corrects disorders OF
liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels; over
comes constipation, puri6es the blood
brings good health.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

ChamberlaIn's Zoe Pure Extract and Mann
mas Pure Phosphate Baking Powder
are Pure and Unadulterated, containing only
those substances recognized and endorsed by
the u. s. Government. At all Grocers. E.. d.
Chamberlain Co., ST. LOUIS. Makers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

SIN afraid you're not tall enough
for a nurse" said the mistress inter
viewing an applicant.
"Oh, yes, ma'am," replied the girl.
Its all the better that I'm short; the
children don't drop SO far when they
fall"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

We are ruined, not by what we real.
ly want, but by what we think we
want; it is wise, therefore, never to
go abroad in search of our wants.
Punshion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

A good singer can always make
women cry by singing Home. Sweet
Home" So many people long for a
home, and SO few have one.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

The Bride--I want a piece Of meat
without any bone, fat oil gristle.
The Butcher-Madam, | think you'd
better have an egg.--Harper's Weekly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

Feet Ache-Use Aliens Foot-Ease
Over &, 900 testimonials. Refuse limitations. Send for
free trial package. A. 8. olmxted, lie Roy, MY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

"You say the cook that subbubs
married has left him."
Eyes; force of habit, you know; for
got she was married to him."-Judge.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

You always get full value in Lewis
Single Binder straight Sc cigar. You:
dealer or Lewis Factory. Peoria, III.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

Many a tax dodger would no doubt
hold up his hands in horror If any one
was to call him a thief-but what else
Is he?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
Pettlts Eye saIve First Sold in 1907

100 years ago, sales increase yearly, wonder,
full remedy; cured millions weak eyes. All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

Your lips are like old wine, dear,
COR put-far more sedate and tame
II would that you were mine!" here.S
Love, by yon disc moon high above,
IAN oath's the proper caper)
1 swear you this-a true hearts kiss!
CRY this on scented paper.)
Ahi-(Here insert her name.)
This FASHIONED rhyme must woo you!
Here make a bid for lasting fancy
Who hash" loved meier knew you'll
STACY f. Baker, in Puck.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE."
That Is LAXATIVE BRoMO QUININE. Look fol
the signature of II. w. GROVE. Used the World
over 10 Cure q Cold in One Dag. Csc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

II duty would use a megaphone
more of us might hear the call.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

A man talks about love as though
he felt ashamed Of the conversation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
A CONSTIPATION
REMEDY FREE

There Ii no action Of your daily life
OF greater Importance than TO see that
your bowels move. They should move
at least once a day naturally. and by
that is meant without any helm. II
they do not move at least enc a day
you can consider yourself co~nstipated
and It is time you did something about
It.
You viii be glad to know there IA a
way out Of the difficulty, Lemuel Lam
derdale, an old soldier at Quincy. mi.
Elmer Mcmillan, Of Speed, Mo-. Mrs.
Monahan, OF Stonewall, Miss, and
many others were az you are now.
But one day they awoke to the fact
that DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin was
curing their friends, so they bought it
too and II cured them. To-day. they
are loud in praise Of II.
What Dr.. Caldwelps Syrup Pepsin did
for them IL should do for you. Surely
your constipation is no worse than theirs.
one of whom had 1t since 81. II only re-
mains for you to realize that salts are Of
IA temporary good. and what you want
Is a permanent cure; that purgatiye tab
let's, cathartic pills and such violent
things make a great show OF doing some
thing, but do nothing that Is lasting. DIT.
preparation, a laxatlve~tonic. a mild syr-
upy liquid hat contains ingredients that
not only cure the constipation, but tone
the intestinal muscles so that they learn
again to work without help. A bottle can
be bought of any druggist for the small
price of SO cents, and there is a dollar
size for families who have already found
out Its wonderful value in stomach, liver
and bowel troubles, In old or young.
Send your name and address 10 the doc
tor and a free trial bottle will be sent you
50 that you can test 1t be-
~ fore buying.
II there is anything about
s your ailment that you don't
hcA understand, or II you want
la IN any medical advice, write
~kap TO the doctor. and he will
answer you fully. There Is
~ no charge for this service.
The address Is DIR. w. b,
Caldwell, pol Caldwell bldg,
Monticello. Ill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
Red. wenk. wenry. watery Eye.

Heu1 WeuK1 WeHFyy WHttEy EYE
Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. Com
pounded by Experienced Physicians. Mu-
rine Doesn't Smart; Soothes Eye Pain.
Write Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago,
for Illustrated Eye Book. At Druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

A mar ought to know a great deal
to acquire a knowledge Of the I'M
mensity Of his Ignorance
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
TWO YEARS OF FREEDOM.
No Kidney Trouble at All Since Using
Doan's Kidney Pills.

Mrs. J. D. johnson, ITO Wee St., Co.
lumbia, Mo, says: II was in misery
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
PILES CURED IN 6 TO IL DAYS.

PAZO OINTMENTis guaranteed to euro any case
of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrudlng Piles In
Rto IA days or money refunded. 500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

Kentucky May Grow Turkish Tobacco.
Turkish cigarette manufacturers
want Kentucky to grow Turkish to-
bacco, imports Of which have grown
from $4,000 to s4.000.000 in only IL
years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

Love is not blind, but those whom
1t affects are.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

It's easy for a mans wife to dress
well II his creditors can afford Il.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

Ambition makes a man feel that he
could do something, If he only knew
how,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

Your photography is twisted, Alonzo.
A woman is not a padded cell.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

Newfoundland Lakes.
There are 10000 lakes in Newfound.
land,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
BUSINESS FIRST.

Here is a little present for you--a
superb $4,000 necklace"
ooh! How nice of you'll"
that l will let you have for ST.
OOO."
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-22
INCREASE IN VOLUME OF GOLD

In the enormous increase in the
world g stock of gold one may find the
chief cause of that advance in prices
which has been observed in the last
ten years, and which some persons
lave ignorantly attributed to the tar
iff.
1t will be recalled that in the cam
puign of 1896, Mr. Bryan charged that
prices were too low because the volume
of money was inadequate to the bus
ness needs of the country. The quaa-
titivc theory of money was invoked
and the gold standard arraigned by
the bimettalists. And SO far as the
relation between level of prices ana
volume of money was concerned, they
We're right.
That the prices did not remain at the
low stage OF THAI day or even sink low
er was due to the great increase in the
volume of money which subsequently
occurred The gold mines of Cripple
Creek, the Klondike, and more than
any others, those of the Rand district
of South Africa, poured their product
into the channels of trade and prices
responded by rising. That they have
greatly advanced is not strange ir
view of the fact that the world S
stock of gold has since that time been
Increased by 80 per cent. There is
more available gold in the world now
than ever before in the history of civ
| ilization, and the advance in prices has
been AS unavoidable as the continued
operation of the mines.
| The error in the position os Mr..
| Bryan was the assumption that the
production of gold would not increase; !;
and subsequently he displayed great rp-
consistency in refusing to acknowledge
that the advance in prices of which
he complained in the last presidential
campaign was due to the fact that that
increase in gold production had taken
place Instead of standing by the log
| ic of his argument, he shifted his
ground and charged that the advance
was due TO the tariff. For such states
manship no man can have any respect.
| But the fact remains that the secret of
the advance in prices lies in the fact
| that there is so per cent. more gold in
the world today than there was ten
years ago.-Denver Republican.
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-22
ALL OF OUR FARMERS
SHOULD KEEP ACCOUNTS

1t may be necessary to give up all
cherished hopes for our life work rs
planned and partly entered upon, and
bctake ourselves to farming to get the
outdoor life and activity which is d.
manded if we expect to remain in good
heath. We are like boys at school
now, and must endeavor to learn how
to do everything required in the best
possible way. If future conditions de-
mand less detail in any of our meth
ods, we shall cast out what is useless;
and on the other hand, greater ela5-
oration and more care may be found
requisite to Attain the ends desired in
a satisfactory way.
We are determined to learn all we
can by experience, and from the exper-
ience of others. For whatever we DO
in the years to come in the line of out
door work, be it truck gardening, light
farming, raising violcts, or other flow
ers, keeping poultry, or breeding live
stock, it is our intention TO be thor
oughly business-like and aggressive to
the extent that changed conditions of
health permit. Whatever we do shall
be done according to approved stand
ards-and there is no better guide to
profitable activity for the aggressive,
ambitious business man than an eff
cient method of accounting, as simple
as circumstances will permit.
Many farmers who are now strug-
Cling to pay the interet on their heav-
lymort gagged properties might be hap
py and prosperous and owe no man if
they could be brought to the point of
willingness to learn the significance of
the terms Hdebit'' and Credit" and
of ronsing themselves up and applying
the knowledge to the business in hand.
George F. Brown in 1.-THE Book
Keeper
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-22

the reclamation department visit and
obtained the assurance of the recla-
nation service that Governor Shat
roth S recommendation would be fol
lowed. -
The fact of the whole ma.ter is that
the government was the first to take
hold Of the matter, at least in one
place in its article the News says as
much. Shafroth was asked if the land
could be restored and made subject to
entry under the Cary act. He said
eyes, and the government agreed
that it should be done. Governor
Shafroth and Congressman Taylor play
ed second fiddle in the affair.
There are people who are bending
every energy to place the wrong I'M
precision before the people of this state
when the subject of public lands IS
brought up. They wilfully try to make
black white, but the people are fast
learning that the government is on the
right tracF, and that the kickers have
been playing for votes regardless OF
the cost. 1t has been said that the
democrats would carry this state as
long as the present forest reserve pol
| icy was continued, yet during the past
| few months there have been scores OF
people who have found that the kick
ers were making grand stand play
This was disclosed during the last ses-
sion of the legislature, when the anti
forest men lined up with the corpora
ton gang in Denver and refused t1
keep a one of their pledges to the peo'
pie.
Senator Guggcnhei1n took up the
Colorado land question with the gov
ernment several weeks ago and in a
letter to .he people of the state, an
n,unced the lands he was seeking
to have thrown open to entry under
tie Cary ac. 1t was at least three
weeks after he made the start that
Governor Shafroh took a step and then
he did so only after his attention was
| called to the lands by the reclamation
department at Washington.
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-22
WHERE Is THERE A
GREAT DEMOCRATIC PAPER7

Throughout the east, the north and
the northwest, if there IS any Large
daily paper that calls itself Democratic
except the one in Buffalo owned BY
Mr.. Mack, the Democratic national
chairman, it does not force itself on
the memory. The New York World
would Indignantly repudia.e the label
Democratic. The Baltimore Sun
left the Democrats last summer. In
Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Gin
einnati, Cleveland, Chicago, lndianap-
oils. st. Paul, Minneapolis, Seattle or
Portland, where is the paper that calls
itself Democratic 20 Colonel Wat.
terson g Courier Journal is still ortoh
dox, and Congressman Hitchcock runs
the Omaha World Herald as a Demo
cratic paper. In the south there are
papers that are Democratic-in the
same sense rs most of the congressman
who voted against free lumber. They
have nUt rebuked their congressman
for breaking faith.-Mark Sullivan in
Golfers.
The Glenwood post., 1909-05-22
TWO WAYS OF HEARING

Someone has said there are two
ways of telling n story, and that IS
true. Yes, and there are two ways of
hearing a story, as witness the follow
ing:
The w. C. Il. U. convention held in
this city last week was a success. One
of the delegates from Grand Junction
EXPIRE sed herself as proud of the vic
tory they won in their town at the
spring election and she said: "'We had
the best general the saloon men ever
had to work against, and / tell you, he
was a general The lady was speak
ing of j. II. Richardson, of the firm OF
O'Neil x Richardson. The lady said
Glenwood Springs had the reputation of
producing pretty smart folks from all
walks of life Avalanche.
Now, that ism II what the lady said at
all. The lady referred to is Mrs. Eliza
beth Smith of Grand Junct tion, president
of the Woman s Christian Temperance
Union of the second district. The Post
man heard Mrs. Smith make the state.
ment to which our contemporary evi-
IDENTITY refers, and the Avalanche editor
did not hear her, or if he did, he did
has not quoted her correctly. Whn.
Mrs Smith did say in substance was as
follows:
"We have just won n victory in
Grand Junction, and oh, such victory.
Such a grand, glorious victory! A vic
tory for righteousness, victory for the
boys and girls, for home and for ma
tive land. But l do not want you to
imagine that the victory came to US
without an effort. 1t took great effort
and great determination. 1t required
the efforts and the prayers of the best
people in Grand Junction, and the sur