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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-10
Vol. XVIII: No. l9

The end is common, the paths
are individual. Sometimes these
paths run parallel for time; ofien
er they run far apart. Sometimes
we can talk by the wav; often there
is no speech between us because the
voice cannot carry across the dis-
tance that separate US.
But below all thugs that keep us
apart there is fundamental unity
which prepares us for perfect com
companionship; as In thousand
schools, pursuing a thousand courses.
we are receiving all education which
liberates us for the freedom in
which we shall possess ourselves
and in possessing ourselves possess
one another.
The Loneliness ct Christ came
from his perfect knowledge of men
and their ignorance of him. He
had reached the goal, and they were
so far from it that they saw it only
as IN rare moments they caught far
and faint glimpses of it in his stain
less and radiant life. He could
speak to them only in parallels
which they but dimly understood,
as children get battling glinpses of
great truths which cannol be made
plain to them; this made his life
Gethsemane. His joy lay in the
knowledge that the disciples were
travelling his way and that the
knowledge that would reveal him
to them was coming day by day.
The light came slowly to them as 1t
comes TO us. and there were many
false dawns; but the day Will break
ia which we shall look into his face
and into the faces of one another
and understand.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-10
LOU TRIES TO RUN
TRACTION ENGINE
Takes c CorrespondenceSchool
Course on Engineering.
Is Employed by Manager Of Threshing Ma
chine Agency to Unload a New Rig.
LOUIS Troubles do not End Un-
1.-The is Back in Laundry.
By H. S. Med.

Twas in the fall of 1905 that
Lou s.. decided that he was cut
out for an engineer. He had been
running a twelve horse gas engine,
in a steam laundry. along with va
rious other duties that fall to the lot
of the man who works at the washee
washee" business, and his ambition
began to inspire in him longing to
conquer new fields. and, forthwith,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-10
SELF--PlTY

Self-pity is the act of of feeling
sorry for yourself. You sit down
and weep because you are not ap-
preciated or worshipped as you feel
you should be. Not beng appre
ciated, you cast about for reasons.
1t is only a step to End them. You
are hated-folkes are plotting
against you. UnconsciousIy, the
self-p pity habit brings indifference.
then pity, then contempt for every
body with whom the individual as
sociates. He would take the bumps
that life sends and regald item an
lessons.
Life is struggle against cur own
limitations. If we pity anyone, let's
pity the folks who have to live with
us. 1t is a privilege to live, to Ell
gage in the struggle for existence.
to fight for the right, aud If nee,
be, suffer aud die for it. To
have pain is proof you are aliy-.
Dead ones have no pain. Those
who are alive are bound to suffer.
This is part of 'be great educa
ton of every individual who really
lives and achievement. TO go
down, and acknowledge you are
down, is the only defeat. When
you indulge in self pity you are on
the slide, reaching for the swab.
Mans business is to surmount, to
arise, to avlate; and when be be-
gins to help himself,he grows strong
and ever, body will help him.
Self-pity Is the first stage of pa
ronia; and parcnia Is a disease of
the brain that comes from continual
thinking of ones ownself. and dwell
ing on slight faucied insults. If we
fail in an undertaking we blame
Others. If we succeed we take all
the credit to ourselves. 1t is very
much easier to blame someone else
than to face the issue; and so we
hide our blunders behind an excuse,
involve self pity, explain the matter
to anyone who will listen, to get
them, if BILE, to help feel sorry
for us.
Self-pity involves hypocrites who
who pretend that they feel Sorry
for us, when the fact is, that down
deep in their hearts, they think less
Of us for every whine, every crouch
and every growl. When we ex-
plain. when we accuse. when we de-
nounce others, self-plty begins to
consume us, and power takes wings.
Garry your chin and the crown of
your head high. Keep your mouth
close !, your eyes open, and breathe
through your nose. Don't bewail
to others.
Time is great adjuster of all
wrongs, and in the course of even a
short lifetime we get all that i, due
us. That is to say. we get all we
give. Is hate my portion just now?
Life is shooting the chutes. Take
your bumps and don't whine. There
IS quiet, safety and rest in silence,
down at the bottom where you are
headed tor; and there will be plenty
of time to enjoy them. too. Let's
be grateful that we are alive. There
are over ninety million folks in
America who never played us a
single nasty trick.-American Mag
azine.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-10

What people say to us will not
hurt us if is the truth. If it the
truth they have perfect right to
say 1t. If it is not the truth it does
not concern us in the least and the
lie will hurt them more than it will
hurt us.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-10
Mnthrr'H phntnnraph
by H. .. mrH.

mHERES S photograph. hanging my cell.
Of her love more than words can tell:
And when I'm discouraged and tired of life
Her eyes seem to say "Persevere IN the strife;
Have courage my boy. and go on with the fg ght.
For tho all is darkness there soon shall be light;
So | gather new courage and rush to the fray.
Knowing I'll conquer when she leads the way
Altho l be friendess. with none at my call
To aid and assist me to rise when [ fall;
When all have forsaken me. passed on their way.
Leaving me trembling on Life highway;
Or confined within felons CELL
Then turn to the face love 50 WELL
10 gather courage and strength for the fray.
Knowing III conquer when she leads the way.
There many bitfall and snare IN the wav,
There many an obstacle barring the way
And the feet of the traveller stray from the road
As he struggles along meath his heavy load
OF d1scouragement. sorrow. pain and despair
OF which every mortal must carry his share
But wherever he goes on Lifes broad way
He win out If mother is leading the way.
S SS( Sl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
Are Most Eligible.

The Missouri Bar Association has
been meeting and resulting in our
midst this week and, oh, girls, num-
bered among its distinguished mem
bership was the most eligible baehe-
lor in Montgomery County, Judge ].
D. Barnett, who, alas to the everlsst-
ing ehagrin of the coy and blushing
maidens of the Eleventh Circuit, is
content to hearken to the call of the
dinner bells Of the various eating
houses" of the circuit rather than en-
Joy the wine and walnuts over his
own mahogany, says Betty Boyd in
the st. Louis Republic.
Take it from me, Judge Barnett is
"some pumpkins" in country vernae-
ular, for amt he kin folks to the
Drew family, Mrs. Harold Brown,
Mrs. Ephron Catlin and Ann Drew,
who married Jimmy Platt and went
to California to live? But there are
other eligible Judges who ride the cir
cult in Missouri beside the erudite
gentleman who halls from Montgom-
cry County.
There is Judge David H. Harris of
Fulton, too, single by his own desire,
they say, for there are all sorts and
kinds of attractive women within the
confines of the Thirty-fourth Circuit,
h~ighbrows, college girls, college wild
ows and lady farmers of Statewide
reputation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
ORGANIZATION or AUORAlN

Col. VIM. Switzler, of Columbia,
now dead, in his interesting account
of the early history of this County,
states that il was "organized Dec. II,
1880, and the county still retains the
boundaries given to it at its organi-
zation."
On January 6, 1881, when Monroe
county was organized. the Legislat-
ure passed an act defining and desig-
mating certain territory surrounded
by other counties, to be known as Au-
drain county when the inhabitants
should become sufficient to entitle
them to a Representative.
In 1912, t~hirty-one sections were
detached from Monroe and added to
Audrain county.
Reference to original sources dis
closes that what is now Audrain
county was originally in the old st.
Charles District from which all of the
counties north of the Missouri River
and east of the Platte Purchase were
made.
When Montgomery county was or
gained, December IA, 1918, the unor-
ganized territory west of it was at
tached to it for military and civil
purposes. Galloway, Boone and Rails
counties were created, however, in
November, 1920, and for civil and mil
itary purposes parts of what is now
Audrain county, were attached to
each, and when Monroe county was
organized, January 6, 1881, a portion
of the unorganized territory lying
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01

Jeanette Bragg. A two-course lunch
closed a delightful afternoon.
The wedding of Miss Mayme Dom
nelly and Mr.. Harry Winfield Brown
will be solemnized at 8 o'clock We'd
nesday evening at the residence of Fa-
Their Dillon. Only the relatives will be
present and the attendants will be
Miss Catharine Donelly, a cousin of
the bride, and Mr.. Edward Murphy.
After a visit with relatives and
friends in Slater the young couple
will be at home in the viii Lee prop
erty on Breckenridge st. Miss Donnel-
ly is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Donnelly and is very talented with a
lovely disposition and a host of
friends. Mr.. Brown is a son of Mrs.
John p. Brown of Slater and is a very
popular conductor on the Chicago &
Alton R. r.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01

south was attached. January 18th Of
the same year the Legislature passed
a supplemental act defining the boun-
DIARIES of Monroe county, and also
defined and designated a completed
county to be known as Audrain coun-
ty, and as soon as inhabitants suffi-
cient to justify a Representatie, it
shall be organized and entitled to all
the rights and privileges of all of the
other counties in the State. The parts
of aforesaid county shall remain at
tached to Galloway, Monroe and Rails
counties" for civil and military pur-
poses.
Thus it can be seer that when the
counties contiguous to Audrain were
organized, Audrain remained not a
part of st. Charles as enormously
stated by some historical writers, but
an unorganized territory, more the re
suit of the faulty or accidental out
lining of the boundaries of the coun-
ties surrounding it.
This also accounts for its peculiar
form, which is different from any 9th
er county in Missouri.
In 1912 the Legislature passed an
act further defining the boundaries
of Monroe and Audraiu counties, and
a strip of territory n mile WIDEN
all thirty-one square miles, was TAX
en- from the southern part of Monroe
and added to Audrain county.
AS at that time defined, the boun-
diaries of Audrain county have since
remained
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
FOR HOW LoNG7
Mexico Raises a Pertinent Question.

When a neighbor tells us that he
has recovered from a serious illness,
the first question that naturally aris-
es is, "How long will he keep well?"
Temporary relief is one thing, but a
lasting cure is altogether different.
There is nothing temporary about
the work Of Doan's Kidney Pills as
the following Mexico evidence proves
beyond a doubt.
t. Q. Montgomery, shoemaker, 727
S. Western st. Mexico, No. says: II
had an unusually bad attack of kid
ney and bladder trouble, together
with lumbago. l finally began us
ing Doan's Kidney Pills and was cur
ed. / am now strong and well and
free from the disease which at one
time threatened to cause my death.
/ have had no sign of lumbago since.
Doan's Kidney Pills have my praise"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Montgomery had. Foster
Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
RHEUMATISM ARRESTED

Many people suffer the fortunes of
lame muscles and stiifened joints because
of impurities in the blood, and each sue
ceeding attack seems more acute until
Reconnaissance has invaded the whole system.
To arrest rheumatism it is quite as I'M
portant to improve your general health as
to purify your blood, and the cod liver oil
in Scott s Emulsion is nature sgreat blood
maker, while its medicinal nourishfnent
strengthens the organs to expel the
impurities and upbuild your strength.
Seott's Emulsion is helping thousands
every day who could not find other relief.
Refuse the alcoholic substitutes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
FOR A A STOMACH

There are people right in this vi
cinity who find it necessary to be
very careful about what they eat as
they have weak stomachs. Many Of
them would be very much benefited
by the same treatment that cured
Mrs. Ernest Pharo, of Beaver Dam,
Ohio, who writes, II had a weak
stomach and for years certain food
disagreed with me. l would feel un-
comfortable for hours after eating.
| lost weight and became debilitated.
Then I began taking Chamberlain's
Tablets and the promptness with
which they benefited me surprised
both myself and my family They
strengthened my digestion and in a
short time l was sound and well. For
sale by all dealers. adv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
10 MURDERS IN FOUR YEARS

Thirteen murders have been COM
mitted in Boone county during the
Ast four years or the administration
of E. C. Anderson as prosecuting at
torney. The first was killing of Dick
Woods by Sam 0neal, both negroes,
on Dec. II, 1910. The most revolving
and atrocious murder was that of
Mrs. George Moore and Mrs. Mary
Wilson by Lee Moore, son and grand
son on Dec. II, 1912. The other MUIR
ders were: Sciotha Harris by Issac
Jackson, both negroes; Mrs. George
Fenton by her husband, Sept. Is,
1911; Fred Baumheffer by his broth
err, Henry, Dec. 10, 1911; Franklin
White by Jacob Wade, July 8, 1911;
Henry Williams and Ida Schlutter by
William Schlutter, all negroes, Sept
6, 1914; Sterling McClish by Ralph
Dickerson Sept, %, 1914; Roy Hawk
ms by Columbus Acuff, April Ia
1911; Green Martin by Officer D. H
Rowland, June Is, 1912; John Doth
age by Caleb Fenton, jr, Oct. 1918.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01

johnson are home from a visit in Co.
lumbia.
The Mexico Ledger would like to
know the present address of Steve
Loupe, late of Boise, Idaho.
Mrs. J. w. Hines Of Benton City is
assisting Mrs. j. W. Blum in her mil
linery store during the fall business.
Punch Cason, colored, was fined
$500 and costs in the city court Fri
day, for violating the local option law.
Mrs. ]. R. Boatman spent Friday in
st. Louis with her husband who is in
a hospital on account of an injured
eye.
Miss Lena Crews has returned from
a visit at New Florence and was ac-
companied by her sister, Mrs. Ollie
Davidson and little son.
Delaporte Johnson, the little son of
County Superintendent W.. Clyde
johnson, underwent an operation
for adenoids Saturday, the 26th, and
is getting along nicely.
Jake B. Schroll, Of the Old Soldiers
Colony, at Fitzgerald, Ga, formerly
in the lumber business at Farber, is
visiting old friends in this county. Mr..
Schroll says he's 81 years old, but he
doesn't look over 70. He is well pleas
ed with Georgia, but enjoys getting
back to good old Audrain county.
j. N. Crebs is in Columbia where he
will attend a meeting of the CONNER
cial Club directors to go over the de-
tails of a proposition to conduct a no.
tel in that city.
After four years in the penitentiary
Herman A.. Kretschmar of st. Louis
a brother of Mrs. Kretschmar, who
formerly lived with Mrs. Geo. Nor.
ris in this city, who shot and killed his
business partner, Clarence N. Jones
February 3, 1909, is prepared to star
life anew in his 66th year. He ha'
been promised a good position as sool
as his health permits him to accept 1t
Mrs. Jay GIL and two children of st
Louis are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ton
Gill.
A marriage license vas issued Sat
urday to Fred Patterson of Monro
county and Miss Bertha Cunningham
of Pike county, Both are well know.
: in Mexico.
| Mrs. W. F. Crews, Mr.. and Mrs
( Cochran and little daughter of Ne'
Canton, ILL.,, are guests of Mrs. W.. 1
t Ecton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
D E A T H S


Mrs. Susan NJ. Upton, 81 years
old, of Farber, died at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. E. R. Taft, in
Waddingham Park, Thursday after
noon, after a weeks illness. Mrs.
Upton came to visit her daughter
about two weeks ago.
The funeral was at the Meth
odist Church in Farber, Friday after
noon and interment was in the
cemetery there.
Mrs. Upton is survived by her
husband, S. P. Upton, who is in the
grocery business at Farber and three
daughters, Mrs. Taft, Mrs. w. H. Be-
der and Miss Freddy Upton, of Far
Der. She had lived in Audrain u
ty about IL years and had a host of
friends who will mourn her death.
The Ledger joins other friends in ex-
tending sincerest sympathy to the
bereaved.
Mrs. Theresa White, II years old,
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs
D. W. Dearinger, Friday morning, af-
ter an illness of more than two
years.
The body was taken to Beethoven
Friday afternoon. The funeral will
be at Brush Creek church Saturday.
Mrs. White is survived by two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Dearinger and Mrs. L. F.
Harper Of Beethoven. The Ledger
joins other friends in extending SYM
pathy to the bereaved.
r. Z. Van Ness, 80 years old, a
prominent merchant for the past 4C
years in Jonesburg, died Sunday af'
ternoon at 2:30 after a three weeks
illness from stomach trouble. This
was the first illness in his entire
life. He was the father of Franz
Van Ness of this city and George
Van Ness and Mrs. E. M. Ferguson
both Of Jonesburg.
The funeral will be Tuesday a
$3.50. Mr.. Van Ness was a fine MAJ
of high character and his death viii
be a great loss to Jonesburg. The Le'
ger joins friends in extending sym
pathy to the bereaved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01

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L,ackawanna, N. Y.
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Women who suffer from those dls,
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
d FRY

Judge W. W. Fry, jr., and c. A.
Barnes are home from st. Louis,
where they attended the meeting of
the Missouri Bar Association. Judge
Fry was reelected a member of the
General Council, the ruling body Of
the organization, from the 18th Judi
cial District. He says this was one Of
the most successful meetings the as
sociation ever held and lawyers from
all over the State were in attendance
Chief Justice Henry Lamm, of the
Missouri Supreme Court, was elected
president.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
LITTLE GIRL R

! OF A GUILD
1.-TWO years ago my little girl
caught a hard cold which went to her
lungs and she coughed almost con-
stantly. l got her a bottle of Cham
b~erlain's Cough Remedy. The bene-
fetal effect of this remedy was
promptly demonstrated and this one
bottle cured her." writes Mrs. Lena
Kennedy, Huntington, Ind. For sale
by all dealers. adv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01

never fails. That's why millions of
people are using HGETS-IT" today
and throwing away their fussy plas-
tiers, sticky tape, ~toe-eating salves.
and wrapping outfits that make q
bundle around the toe and choke II
into pain by pressing either on or
around the corn. There Is nothing
to stick to your stocking. nothing to
cause Inflammation or rawness. nothing
to press on ornround the corn. You apply
1t in 2 seconds. No more knives. razors.
scissors or files, with their blood-poi-
o dangers. Try "GETS-IT" for that
corn, callus, wart or bunion.
"GETS-IT' is sold by druggists
everywhere. Csc a bottle. or sent di-
rect by Il. Lawrence & Co., Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
COURT.

In the suit of j. Johnson & Co. of
st. Louis, VS.. J. w. Woodbridge, Of
Benton City, judgment was allowed in
the Circuit Court Saturday for $237
for the plaintiff and SIG on a coun-
ter claim. The suit grew out Of the
sale Of a car of potatoes by the
Johnson Co. to Woodbridge. Woold-
ridge claimed he bought only 300 bu.
and the Company claimed he bought
$50 bu. Judgment for 300 bushels
was allowed.
Willie White and Elwood Crump,
two negro boys, pleaded guilty to lar
ceny Friday afternoon and were Tined
$40 each.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
A G DEMOLISHED

A team of a horse and mule, driv-
en- by a young man named Berger
who lives north of Mexico, became
frightened on North Jefferson St.,
Thursday about noon, and ran off
tearing up the wagon to which they
we're hitched and knocking over a
telephone pole. The wagon was load
ed with sacks of wheat, which we're
thrown out in front of the residence
of E. C. Gamble. Neither the driver
nor the team was injured.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
collie AND DIARRHoEA CURED

No one who has used the prepare
ton will doubt the statement of Mrs.
Jennie Brown, Logansport, Ind, who
writes, "Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy has been used
by members of my family and myself
for the past twenty years. For
cramps and summer complaint it
cannot be beat" For sale by all
dealers. d
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01

After holding down the job as post
master for 80 years at Hamburg, Hen
ry Seib has given way to his son,
Theo. Seib. Young Seib was the only
applicant who took the Civil Service
examination. His father held the dis
tinction of being the oldest postmas-
ter in point of service in the United
States.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
Money to loan on farm lands
Reasonable rates. See Williams
& Sharp. Mexico, Mo. 2s-4s
Mystery Is Cleared.


Final settlement in the estate Of.
John Butler, one of wealthiest inhab-
itants Of Boone County, known as the
King of Blackfoot, has been made and
Mrs. Samuel Vantine, Of Paris, Mo-,
has received $1,000 as her share. Mrs.
Vantine is the daughter Of Butler, by
his first wife, Jane Gordon. This wo-
man was arrested by Federal officers
during the Civil War and brought to
Mexico because she threatened to kill
E. T. Wetmore of Paris, who refused
to give up Mrs. Vantine. then a baby.
Mrs. Vantine was given to Mr.. and
Mrs. E. T. Wetmore, Of Paris, when
a baby. They reared her as If she
were their own child and it was not
until she was grown and married that
she learned she was a foster child.
After an investigation she learned
she was the daughter Of Butler, who
died in 1906, and in 1908 she filed suit
to break his will, which made no mem
ton of her, claiming one-sixth Of the
estate, worth about $4,000 at that
time. The suit has been in litigation
for six years.
The proof of identifying Jane Cor
don as Mrs. vantine's mother was by
a scar on her arm, a mark resulting
from a wound suffered when Butler
knocked her into a fireplace. Mrs
Wetmore testified the mother of hel
foster-child had such a C
The case created quite a sensation
throughout this state and Mrs. Van
tines victory not only gives her I
share in the estate but ~conclusivel!
clears the mystery Of her family re
lationship. Butler was married fou
times.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01

Rule: These duties should be per-
formed every day for sever days.
"If the child fails to perform these
tasks for one day in the week, he
loses the points made previously in
the week and must begin a new week
on the following day.
parents will please furnish a writ
ten report of work done and points
made at the end Of the seven days"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01

Last weeks New London Record
contained advertisements of AZ Han
nibal firms. Looks like New London's
trade is appreciated by the Hannibal
business houses, and no doubt the adj
vertising is bringing them results.