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Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

Chamberain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets are safe, sure and reliable,
and have beeH~praised by thousands
Of women who have been restored to
health through their gentle aid and
curative properties. Sold by all deal
ers
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30
GEO. HARVEY AND WIFE
HOME FROM SOUTH.

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Harvey will
return home tonight from the South
whene they have been for several
weeks. They are both coming home
much improved IN health. The Ledger
joins their friends in welcoming them
back.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

Sam Evans has recovered his stol-
eli cloth from Kansas City and says
there must have been two robbers or
enc could not have carried off the
goods stolen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

Miss G~enevieye Bishop, Of Miami,
Mo. Is visiting her sister. Mrs. An
drew Huntsaker, OF this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

G. E. Purnell, formerly a mer.
chant in Mexico, is here from South
ern Texas shaking hands with old
friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30
sW SEED
JUST ARRIVED
sncy Whipporwill
Nv Peas, choice
d CI0ver,new Ger
ii MiIIeE For sale
Sam Morris.


CT or ANNUAL
scH0oE. ELECTION.
lie Is hereby given TO the
led voters a the School Dis
Of the CITY 81 Mexfco in Au-
county, Missouri that an an.
sioction will b hsld in said dis
n Tuesday Apkli 1911. The
viii DO opened and The election
& held at the same voting
as the ehskIon Of city officers,
ich ~eIection tla ioliowing VIII
ed for:
10 choose two members Of
aard of MdusalIon 10 serve fol-
t9l years.
10 vote thirty cents In ex.
1 forty cents 81 The one hun
: olislr vaIsaasIon fof school pur
q 1 II sAELEE,
Sec'y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

NEXT Saturday is Stallion Day in
Mexico and the fine horses of Au'
drain county should all be in Mexico
on that occasion,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30
FARM EQn RENT.

Acres fouf miles south Of Mex
10 acren ID enltivation balance
ne9dow and pasture. Apply to
ShahAn. Mexico. Mo-, Il. F. D.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

We honestly think we are showing
the largest, finest and best collection
OF New Wall Papers ever shown in
Mexico and would be pleased to show
you. Estimates cheerfully given.
cRADDocK's
On The Corner Opposite Ringo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

pave four good jacks for sale;
colo1 and three 81 them old
'gh fox service Apply at once
D. Bates santa ~. Mo.d1wtf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30
Branch office: Mexico, Mo
Bragg Building
City Tel. 624 Mutual "A


w. Il. Jameson, of Fulton, was in
Mexico Thursday night EN- route to
Naples where he will join his wife
and daughter. The Jamesons will
likely return from Europe sometime
early in the fall. Mr. Jamesonss
daughter, Miss Anna, had AN audi,
ence with the Pope not long ago.
Mrs. Clara Snidow and daughter,
Miss Stella, are home from an ex-
tended visit to Florida, and we are
glad to know that Miss Stella's
health is much better.
a. v. DoerrAs is home from a bust
mes rip to Fulton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30
Foleyis
Kidney
pil lis
What They win Do for You

What They VIII Do for You
They will cure your backache,
strengthen your kidneys, cor
rect urinary irregularities, build
up the worn out tissues, and
eliminate the excess uric acid
that causes rheumatism. Pre-
vent Bright's Disease and Dia.
bates, and restore health and
strength. Refuse substitutes,
OTIS PuRpY
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

The Rev, J. O. Edmonston is very
Ill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
Notice is hereby given that the par
nership of Drs. Griffin & Strobe was
dissolved on March 10th, 1911, and
that the accounts of said partnership
are payable at the office Of A. c..
Whitson, over Savings Bank.
104-6t wi Robt. G. Strobe.
Fred Griffin.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30
NORTH MISSOURI TRUST
COMPANY ELECTION,

The stockholders Of the North Mis-.
souri, Trust Company Monday, March
~. reelected as directors A. X,
Luckie, William Pollock and D. S.
Burroughs. The directory OF this In
stilltution IS now composed of the
above named gentlemen and the fol
lowing hold-over directors:
r. M. White
J. b. Harrison
S. P. Emmons
Geo. Robertson
J, f. Llewellyn
w. w. Pollock.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

'Foley's Honey and Tar is the
best cough remedy l ever used as
it quicklystopped a severe coughthat
had long troubled me-" says j. W.
Kuhn, Princeton, Nebr. Just Sc
quickly and surely it acts in all cas-
es of coughs, colds, La Grippe
and lung trouble. Refuse substi
tutes." Otis Purdy.
b. p. Rock Eggs, Bradley Bros'
worlds foremost b. P. Rock breed
ers' stock. S. G. White Leghorl
eggs, wyckoff and young strains. 81
per Is, 3 settings, $3.50. Mrs. II
A. Greer, R. +. d. 4, Mexico, Mo.
II the price cuts any ice" Sc
CRADDOCK for Wall Paper.
! cod q W tt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

jul Hudson purchased Of Dave o.
this week q horse for which he
sell.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30
SWAT THE HOUsEFLY
NOW AND PREVENT
SPREAD OF DISEASE


Among the disease germs
known 20 be carried and dis
! tributed by flies are typhoid.
| cholera. cholera infantum, tu-
berculoss. erysipehs and lsp
/ rosy-Extract from bulletin by
thn R.irnan 81 EnfnmnLnpv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

ODD blue grass pasture. VIII
q IN Stock b. the month. Apply
". II. FuAfe4. nasr Lttleby sta
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

Taylor, stprekeeDer at Hospita
il, FuIon No visited relatives
sxico Sunday
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

,. X LIlAleg. Of Oskaloosa, Ia,
he sstoat d bis daughter, Mrs.
d MelIs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

LEDGER ADVERTISEMENTS PAY
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

Bulk garden seed, onion
is and seed potatoes at
~athaways. M7dwA1
lirs. A. r. bishop IL Miami, Mo-,
TIE gpest og fflt 5 .. Buckner,
! relatives hIs slty.
Iars. Lily Frost. saIs9r Of the Van
b Leader. Says woman
,ps telling her &e as soon as age
ins telling Oil Hill
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30

Mr.. aud Ms c%oalon. Of Hannibal.
3 guests Of m and Mrs. L. H. Han
h.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-30


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The Press., 1911-08-09
Wesley and Tea.

In his younger days John Wesley found it difficult to stop drinking tea He wrote in 1746: We agreed it would prevent great expense, as well of health as of time and of money, If the poorer people of our society could be persuaded to leave om drinking of tea We resolved ourselves to begin and set the example. I expect some difficulty in breaking Off custom of six and twenty years standing, and according ly the first three days my head ached and l was half asleep from morning to night. The third day my memory failed almost entirely. On Thursday my headache was gone, my memory as strong as ever, and have found no inconvenience, but sensible benefit in several respects from that day to this."
 Later in life Wesley returned to the use of tea, as his big teapot preserved in his house in London shows.
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companionship was strong in his yitals. but on this occasion the longing. was tempered by domesticity.
 All that he now wanted were the peace. security and comfort of a home. and these at last were within his grasp. ..
 He had fallen into the habit of mus ing upon the scenes incident to his re- turn ,home-a bad habit for a miner.
 Of all those whose lives depend upon their vigilance perhaps no calling of fers more chances of sudden and un- avoidable death than that of the coal miner.
 And deep in the heart of the mine, a half mile of rock and earth intervening between him and the outer world, Jan Mircovitch, itinerant Bohemian miner. sat and made air castles while await ing car.
 The mule driver, getting no response to his call, went in to ascertain the mat ter. He found d quarter ton of rock pressing Jan'S shoulders between his knees.
 With a pick he got the rock away. And the next car he hauled out con- tained what had been a few hours pre- vious the living body of a strong. able bodied man.
 Thus Jan Mircovitch died as thou sands have died before him, while in throbbing cities tall stacks, tapering skyward, belch forth grimy clouds of smoke and the march of civilization terrible and magnificent, continues.
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Surmn.nAinn q cninin-

Edward Everett Hale used to tell with a rueful smile story of his boy hood, when, like other boys, he occa- sionally mislaid some of his belong ings. His gloves in particular had Il strange way of disappearing one at a time At last his mother, by way of assisting his memory, sent him out one day with a red cotton glove on one hand and white glove on the other mven at this painful crisis. however his wits helped him.
 ''I held one hand in front of me and one behind my back" said Dr.. Hale land it seemed to me that people com ing toward me would think I had on a pair of white gloves, while those be- hind would think I wore pair of bright red ones."
The Press., 1911-08-09
Weldino by Cohesion,

If sheets of plate glass be piled up horizontally to a considerable height without the precaution of separating them by sheets of paper the glass in certain places adheres as tightly as if 1t were cemented. so that it is neces- sary to remove it bit by bit This is due solely to cohesion. which is the prop erty of bodies to adhere as soon as their molecules are in contact. It is al- most impossible to make surfaces so smooth and to exert pressure so great that the molecules of the two surfaces will actually be in intimate contact. but in certain machines this does occasion ally take place with both steel and lead. effecting sort of welding so per feet that even the microscope cannot detect the place of union.-New York World.
The Press., 1911-08-09
NOT A LOST CHORD.
Bach Had the Melody In Him and Just Had to Get 1t Out.

The Duke of SaXe-Weimar once in vited John Sebastian Bach. the Nestor of German music, to attend a dinner at the palace. Before the guests sat down to the feast Bach was asked to give all improvisation. The composer seated himself at the harpsichOrd and straightway forgot all about dinner and everything else. He played so long that at last the duke touched his shoul- der and suid. We are very much obliged, master. but we must not let the soup get cOld.'' Bach Sprang to his feet and followed the duke to the dining room without uttering word. But he was scarcely seated when he sprang up, rushed back to the instrument like one dementcd. struck a few chords and returned to the dining room, evidently feeling much better. II beg your pardon. your highness," he said. "but you interrupt ed me in series of chords and arpeg- gios on the dominant seventh, and [ could not feel at ease until they were resolved into the tonic. It is as if you had Snat"hCd glass of water from the lips of a man dying of thirst. Now I have drunk the glass out and am content"
The Press., 1911-08-09
Sympathy With Sufferers.

Probably nothing is more stimulat ing and genuinely tonic to sufferers, especially those with chronic ailments than the feeling that in spite of theil own helplessness they themselves can still he helpful to others. The Shut-in society in this country has made life more bearable for many persons who are confined to their rooms or their houses. Nothing disturbs a certain class of patients so much as to be con- stantly ill contact with those who are in good health and strength and whom they can scarcely help but envy. To be brought into. touch with those. for whom they themselves can feel is a precious source of consolation and up lift Pity is luxury to be enjoyed. but no human being likes to be pitied or to feel that he is an object of pity. To be conscious of some advantage in ones situation over that of others is Of itself an aleviation for many sick nesses.-Journal American Medical As SOciatiOn.
The Press., 1911-08-09
A POET IN A PANTRY.
The Surprise That Awaited Tom Tay-
 Tor, the Playwriqht.

toTy Hno FIay"TISnH'
 Writing of Tom Taylor, the famous playwright and former editor of Punch, Leslie Ward in "Forty Years of Spy :" says:
 At dinner his appearance was re- markable, for he usually wore black velvet evening suit. A curious trait of the dramatist'S was his absentminded manner and forgetfulness of conven- ton. Sometimes when walking i'll the street with q friend he would grow in terested and to emphasize his remarks turn to look more directly into the face of his companion, at the same time placing his arm around his waist. In the case of a lady this habit sometimes proved rather embarrassing. -...t
 MT. Tom Taylor was man of un- bounded kindness in helping every body who was in need of money or in trouble. One day Mr. and Mrs. Taylor returned from walk to be met by a startled parlOr maid, who announce ed the presence of strange locking man who was waiting to see them., Her suspicious being aroused by his. wild appearance, she had shown him into the pantry, fearing to leave him in the drawing room. On repairing to: the pantry with curiosity not unmiXed with wonder they iscovered-Tenny- son!-quite at home and immensely tickled by his situation.
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 could go out that afternoon at sharp. Thereat Jan returned to the saloon and bought package of tobacco.
 In the afternoon he found several oth- CTS of his ilk at the employment office. according to appointment. A dapper young man herded them into a street car. and they were of to the mine.
 Once clear of the city the country presented a bleak and barren aspect Rugged, rocky hills were on all sides The land was poor. the grass growing sparsely and yellow.
 From the car window they could see 6 number of smudges of smoke on the horizon. distant mining camps similar to the one for which they were headed
 After five mile run the car stopped amid group of houses on the hillside. and the dapper young man led his gang out beside the track. The car departed.
 cadaverous man, whose features were dry and expressionless from years of office work, came up. relieving the dapper young man of his charge.
 They followed the worn official dumb ly. as oxen following the leader.
 They came to place where bridge like structure lowered across the rails, passed on behind along q miniature railway track and encountered a spare built. muscular man wearing overalls and equipped with a miners cap and lantern.
 The worn official introduced them wearily to the pit boss as gentlemen seeking employment and left them.
 The pit boss looked over the group with cold. critical eyes, sizing them up like q mule buyer. Then, having ascertained the old hands by question ing. he requested them to follow him.
 At the small, square entrance of the mine they paused to await the coming or the motor train, whose warning rumble could be heard.
 Presently it emerged, an overalIed young man upon squat electric mo- tor pulling long string of tiny cars. each holding about one ton of coal.
 Then they proceeded into the main tunnel of the mine For some distance they walked up- right. Then the ceiling became lower. and they were forced to continue ei- ther stooping or with head on shoulder Far ahead of them they could see the gleam of lights. They reached the lights and passed on into a branch of the main tunnel
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kiIIino a Bull without a weapon

Cayetano, a famous Spanish tOreadOr. once was strolling across a meadow with couple of friends when his at tention was attracted by an old and infuriated bull which was gallOping toward them with lowered head and erect tail Cayetano had no weapon. not even a cane, but he seized a dust coat which. one of his friends was car rying ever his arm. As soon as the bull! got close to them CayetanO badc his companions make their escape while he engaged the animals atten- ton. Using the coat as a capa, he drove the bull crazy with fury, step, ping aside with the deftest agility at each of the animals charges. In this manner he caused the bull to turn sharply in the midst of its onward rushes until finally an ominous crack was heard. and the bull fell in a heap with it's backbone broken by the sud den wrench given by the animals ah rupt swerve.
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Needed Inventions.

A rocking chair that will murmul Step to the right" when you are about to fall over it in the dark
 An electric collar button that will au tOmatlcally light up when it escapes you and disappears under the bed.
 X Iatchkey with a magnet attach ment that will invariably find the key. hole.
 A square brimmed straw hat that may blow off. but will not roll away Iudge
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AN ENIGMA FOR posTERITY.
The Secret Dynamites Chamber of the:
 .catskill Aqueduet. *

catskiil Aqueduct. <
 The Catskin aque>.uct system is re,, markable as an engineering feat. One of the most curious eXpedients that the engineers contrived was the cham Der for storing dynamite. They had to have a large supply of explosive at hand, yet the law sternly prohibited any such accumulation within the city limits of New York, where 1t might endanger life or property. . Finally in the dip between the One | Hundred and Tenth street and the One Hundred and Twenty second street shafts, 450 feet below the surface, q l chamber was blasted out of the solid rock. You entered this chamber from the tunnel by door that was always left swinging half open and then fol lowed a zigZag passage that turned more than once at right angles. From that passage you stepped into huge vaulted cavern.
 A single electric bulb was suspend ed over the threshold. A capacious iron bound chest, not unlike a sar- cophagus, contained the dynamite. There was nothing else in the silent and gloomy chamber. If the dyna- mite had at any time exploded tlAe immense volume of released gas would have rushed first against the unyield- ing walls of rock and then, seeking an outlet it would have broken with diminishing force against those of the l zigZag passage.
 So carefully had the engineers calcu- lated the force of the explosion that they believed that what remained of it on reaching the tunnel entrances would automatically close the half open door. No explosion took place to test the theory, and experimental proof would have cost the city $5.OOO worth of dynamite.
 The passage from the tunnel has been closed with solid concrete, but the huge cavern is still there, hidden deep ill the rock on which the great city is built. Slowly, very slowly, it will fill up with a silent, motionless pool of water. never to reflect the faintest gleam of light. In time, no doubt, the existence of the cavern will be forgotten. A thousand or twof years hence it may be rediscovered Clearly it will be seen to be the work of man, but as to its purpose scientific brains may puzzle themselves fruit lessly, for that will have become d secret held inviOlate by the unspeak- ing rOck.-YOuth's Companion.
The Press., 1911-08-09
Daytine Aurora.

An aurora seen in the daytime is de- scribed by H. B. Collier in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. The writer was at Viking. Alberta, in latitude B degrees north. and observed the aurora half an hour before sunset on April 22 It's visibility was due to the fact that cloud hung above the horizon, serving as curtain or screen against which the aurora could be seen. The observer states that numerous bright, hay. milklike streamerS, appearing to have their source just below the cloud. darted upward. rising about fifteen degrees"
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The TOil of Progress.
 Story of a Civilization Build-
 CT Who Perished at His Task
By GUS SEEL
Copyright by F. A. Munsey Co.

Late one night big Jan Mircovitch thrust his pOnderous body through the open door of an empty freight car bound southward out of Denver.
 The second morning following he emerged in RatOn, bruised and stiff from the jOlting. musty and disheveled from lack of water, resembling hi bernating bear leaving winter quar- ters.
 His cheeks were swollen, his eyes watery, and he stumbled awEwardly across the cindcred railroad tracks in quest of refreshments and food.
 Two weeks previous he had drawn the whole of the two months back wages due him at a coal mine in north ern Colorado. The comforts and de lights of the city called him. and he drifted eastward into Denver.
 The saloons, the gambling halls. the pool rooms. the shows, found him a congenial patron. ever ready to invest hard coin in what they had to offer.
 At the end of fourteen days the resi- due of the one hundred and fifty odd dollars amounted to two bright silver dollars. a half dollar, a quarter, d few nickels and dimes and a penny or two.
 Jan was vastly pleased with himself and the world. He had had his fun; now he would go to work again. He had no fear of hardShipS.
 He had never found it difficult to capitalize his POO pounds of brawn and bone, and besides, he was versed ill living cheaply. Two dollars was sui ficient to keep him from want for quite awhile.
 For several days Jan lived a quiet and Observant life. And at length, when seated ill box ill the Arcade saloon, he thrust d hand into the pock- tt of his overalls and could only discOv- CT three nickelS. he decided to go to work.
 From the date Uf his entry in Ameri- can ways and customs, twenty years before. he had followed one system in seeking employment.
 He left the saloon, walking a few paces down the street to where knot of rudeIy clad men were gathered about a blackboard placed conspicu- uuSly on the sidewalk. Jan ran his eye slowly and carefully down the list. He was not familiar | enough with English to select the es- pecial item he desired at once. He read. Twenty teamsters at $3, | five muckers ut $2JO. thirty carpenters | at $3, forty hard rock men at $4, 100 | Iaborers at $2." and so on until he read. | Fifty miners. San Francisco" Then he entered the door and pre- | scented himself at hole in the wall | through which he could see a neat and | orderly office force at work. A young man answered his call. He was told that the San Francisco work was four feet, free picking. He
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Prize Story .BriIliants.

Gems from d recent short story prize cOmpetiti"n:
 "Oh. if my poor old mother could sit up in her cold. cold grave and see me- how happy she would ber'
 Madeline seated herself at twilight on the wisterized piazza"
 "Ethel decided to prepare something appitable for her husbands supper"
 Adelaide was accustomed tD have her fractu"ouS horse brought around every morning before breakfast. so that she might take an exhilarating gal. lop through :he Paris bourse. Book man
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or weeks of high, riotous living, and then the grind once more.
 Every spree, he promised himself, would be the last. but the end had not yet come.
 In philanrhropic hour he had bought ten acres of ground near a small town where his children might obtain schooling.
 Therein he installed his wife and children, which were not a few, and allowed them to shift for themselves.
 Some time, when he had got enough money, he would return to them and set up as a respectable farmer.
 For five months Jan worked steadi. ly in the bowels of the Frisco coal mine. He had been unusually fortu- nate and had saved something like $500.
 At the end of the month he promised himself he would quit and go back to the wife and children. The hunger of
The Press., 1911-08-09
Should Be Welcome.

'l see you state that certain citi zen was ninety years old today"
 'Well?" said the editor. ''Is that item of any great impor- tance?''
 Maybe not. But it Is a sort of re- lief from the casualty news. Pitts hurgh Post
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Soma nn Naru w.II

That girl has to wear her sisters old clothes"
 That's shame. A girl can't make anything pretty out of leftover stuff" "All depends. Look how beautifully tutumn dresses on summers hand-me iowns.'-Chicago News.
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A Messaoe to His ova

First Barber-That was bad cut -ou gave that old man while shaving him. Second Rarber-Oh, there's a req son for that. I'm counting his maid md the cut will let her know that I'll meet her this evening" Boston Tran script.