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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25
BILLY SUNDAYS 10 COMMANDMENTS

BUY Sunday IS specific, dIsOayS The fotloao-
ing ten commandments" which he has compiLed.
ne oetaeueS are modern, unnsistdkabLe directions
for right living
I-THoU SHALT NOT GOSSIP
There are three spread new-teIephone telegram
and tell woman The devil afraid of you women
ne wouldn't get within twenty feet of you.
H-THoU SHALT NOT CoyET
Thou shalt not thy neghbor nor his automobile
nor his rubber tired carriage, his private yacht Many
man would like have his nghbos You let her alone
HI-THoU SHALT NOT TANGO
I'm against the rotten icenous hebegotten that
sends more girls to hell than anything in favor of
everything that the devil against I'm against eyerv
thing the devil is in favor of
W-THoU SHALT NOT BE sTINGY
Some woudbe Christians sngy that they would steal
flies from blind spider There so mean that
they sing through their tear on their
false teeth
v-THoU SHALT NOT HAVE TOO MANY BEAUx
It's hard to fool and man doesn't want to marry
girl that's been paved by every young buck the
community The frizzleheaded girl that sits up in dark
parlOr until all hours of the morning with buck after
another is on the way to perditiOn.
W-THoU SHALT NOT BE CoNCEITED
conceited man is like cheapskae restaurant where every
thng In the window and nothing the table but hot
Selfconceit will always be milestone your
VII-THOU SHALT NOT DRINK
The who says drink or let it alone lies No man
ever intended to become dunkard Every started
be simply moderate drinker If YOU believe YOU can
leave it alone, why don't you?
VIII-THoU SHALT NOT CUSS
One of the things that show foundation of mans char
acter to be rotten is to hear him oaths
would not trust profne too far in any
IX-THOU SHALT NOT DODGE THY DEBTS
Some haven't religion enough to pay their Would
that might have hook and for every debt
unpaid might jerk off piece of clothing If did, some Of
would be left with only celuloid collar pair
socks
X-TH0U SHALT NOT FLIRT.
Society takes note of the Irritation the
until the girl has lost her virtue and then
her face wish could make girl who frts herself
others her. If you make at the street he
will pay you back
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

apparently, would rather show any
bellicose propensities they may de-
velop in an effort to keep trade from
their competitor. AS long as this
condition exists just so long will the
"trade at home" movement moult,
and mail order houses flourish.
A town divided against itself will
never grow in a business way. You
can compete with the man who car
ries the same line you sell in town
but that does not interfer with your
cooperating with him against the
common enemy.
There are towns in this country
many of them, that have solved the
"trade at home" problem. Mexico
can do it. But in our present frame
of mind such a thing is not possible.
There are business men here who are
capable and intelligent but take no
more interest in public matters, we
mean personal interest where their
/ personal efforts would count, and
count big, than if they were not resi-
dents here.
1t takes all not few to build
community, to win fight. The soon
er petty personalities and jealousies
are buried beneath friendly unity of
PURPOSE the better for all interested.
The "trade at home" problem is
one of many phases. Each requiring
a different manner of solution. That
we do not settle this problem is a
reflection on our intelligence, busi-
ness acumen and ability.
When a man does not get his share
of the business in a community it is
no ones fault but his own. What is
worth having is worth going after.
Knocking the town is only to disguise
ones weakness.
The present movement should not
be allowed to die. 1t should be taken
in hand and furthered. Not ten or
twenty but ALL of the business men
should lend it active personal support.
Don't say, am with you in what ever
you decide to do" but say an be
there and doing my part with you
toward winning this fight"
Hot air never did anything but
send up balloons and they floated
only short time, turned turtle and
were back on the ground in little
while.
To win "trade at home" campaign
means battling in the trenches from
the very beginning; eternal vigilance;
some one always on duty and no
shirkers in the ranks. Let us show
that Mexico is the best place to trade
and keep it up. If you local merchants
don't buy at home what do you ex-
pect Of others?
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25
HILL-CRAvEN WEDDING
Electric Car Line MOtOrman Weds
Mexico Girl Wednesday

William Hill and Miss Vesta Craven
both of this city, were married We'd
nesday afternoon at two o'clock at
the home of George Hill on West
Monroe street by Rev. o. o. Green.
Mrs. Hill is popular young lady
of Mexico and has many friends. Mr..
Hill is motorman on the Mexico and
Santa Fe electric line and is popu-
lar young man. The young couple
left on the afternoon train for a short
honeymoon trip after which they will
make their home in Mexico.
The Ledger extends congratulations
to the happy couple and wishes them
a long married life.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25
APTTERNS COST MORE
BECAUSE OF THE WAR
Architectural Designs for WOmen's
Cloth Have Advanced Two Cents
in Price Since War
SHORTAGE OF PAPER CAUSE
New York Paper Issues Announce
ment Limiting Number of Issues
of Its Sunday Edition

Mems clothing will advance about
$500 a suit, shoes for everyone from
SOC to $500 a pair, fabrics for dress
es have gone up and in most cases the
quality and the color no longer car
ry a guarantee. However, the latest
announcement regarding the raise in
prices due to the European conflict is
that milady's patterns have SCARED
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

Fulton is placing dummy poles in
the center of its intersecting down
town streets to regulate traffic. If the
plan is success the city will likely
install poles similar to those used in
this city.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25


THE seizure at Laredo of. great
pres of ammunition Consigned to
PRISONS in Mexico of questionable
tanding should lead presently to
pmething else, II would not require
Elective work of unusual skill to
lscoyer the names and addresses Of
Pc men who bought and shipped
nese supplies. With that informa-
on in possession of the Government
le authorities would have little diff
Guilty in placing the responsibility
" a border outrage or twos
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25
NO KISSES AND Hugs

Boston, May 18.-Kissing is to be
tobooed in business offices and the
gentle caress must be foresworn by
employers in the future if the "clean-
up" campaign launched by the union
of stenographers, bookkeepers, ac-
countants and office employees in
Greater Boston has its desired re-
suits.
1t is the charge of the union that
the wages paid to the average affice
worker and stenographer are not suf-
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

ficient for the girls support and that
the attitude of employers toward
their girl stenographers and clerks is
at times improper. They claim kis-
sing is submitted to frequently in
order to hold positions, and that
many employers swear at their fair
subordinates.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

a former student at M. M. A., figur-
ed in double elopment with another
Missouri University student and two
Christian College girls, Tuesday.
Miss Evangeline Canada was mar.
ried to Harry C. Shuttee and Miss
Mary Margaret Linney became the
bride of Carl Med. Spitzer. The
young women were chums in college
and the young men are members of
the same fraternity, the Kappa
Alpha.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

An epidemic of black measles is
raging at Milan. Between 200 and
300 school children are down with it
and hardly one-third are in attend
ance in the lower grades.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

THE accumulation of gold in the
inited States has reached the enor-
lous total of two billions of dollars
greater amount than was ever held
eefOre. bye any two, nations together.
|rd still there are. people who say
hat the Democratic party has not
sTen us business administration
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25
Readers of the Sunday World

:are requested to place their or
der in advance with their news
dealer. This is the only way to
be sure of getting a copy reg
ularly, as the Sunday World is
is sold out early.
Owing to a shortage of news
print paper, the newsdealer' or
ders are limited to actual sales.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

two cents and can no longer be pur-
chased for lonely dime. This is due
to the shortage in paper. Just think
of the H. C. of L. affecting the archi-
tectural design of your summer suit.
The Mexico newspapers have al
ready felt the increased expense due
to the discontinuance of importing
wood pulp into this country for the
manufacture of paper. We are pay
ing almost double the price of year
ago. The Stoddart Society of the
Presbyterian church and the local
Equal Suffrage league are both col
lecting old papers and magazines to
sell to the paper mills in the fight
against the shortage of paper.
Perhaps one of the most signifi-
cant phases of this country is experss-
ed in the following announcement
upon the first page of the New York
World.
=. =. -.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

EUROPE has been fighting nearly
boyears now and has not gotten any
Ihere. No wonder it is beginning to
lok with some eagerness to Presi-
Ent Wilson for succor.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

/ We imagine the New York hus-
binds are behind that women's
hrment strike. At any rate they
Fe behind it if they have particle
gray matter in their domes.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

,AL0T of men who have never rails
4 their voices for preparedness will
be ones to send frantic appeals
heir Congressman asking for pro-
kt0n if war comes.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25
Mrs. Sarah Clanton Dead

Mrs. Sarah Clanton, sister of Mrs.
G. E. Bell, of this city, died at the
hospital in Fulton early Monday
morning. The Ledger extends sym
pathy to the bereaved.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25
Porch Rugs.

Crex grass rugs for your porch
bought 12 months ago, before the ad-
vance and we will give you the ad-
vantage af these low prices. All
Co 141-2w1t
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

Clay County had a recent estimate
made by a government official as to
the cost of 199 miles of rock roads.
The figures ran a little above $780,
900.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

rHE Italian campaign has at least
own that the Italians are among
! greatest mountain climbers the
Ina has ever known.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

Il THERE is a vast difference be-
been a store keeper and a merchant.
store keeper just keeps his store;
lhile a merchant sells his goods.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

lin Is an unfortunate and perhaps
..tOVU coincidence that our little
his viii Germany and Mexico have
Me- cone about the same time.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25
A REASONABLE EXCUSE

From the Missouri Mule)
DEAR Teacher - Kate couldn't
pme today; she got wet in the A. M.
hd cold in the P. M.-Mas. Go.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

-NCLE JOE CANNON has reach
he mature age Of 80 but we fear
viii never be old enough to know
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

lT least Villa and the Crown
Ice have proved that dying is not
tly so fatal as it once was.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

HINDER President Wilson's ad-
suiarstion wages in this country
n, reached the highest point in the
s.iory Of the world,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

MANUEL G. BLYTHE tells us that
L,ggerated ego" is a national
.linpp in Mexico. So different in
Il country.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

4 h "Uncle Sam" is to intervene in
kyco, he should do his work
|.rOughly and as expeditiously as
As;hlp
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

has Sanford is home from Ames,
where he completed some resi-
les started by his brother, Jim.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25
ORGANIZED CHARITY

FOR MEXICO
, ihE Ledger is glad to know that
s4e Federated Clubs of Mexico are
''A'ng hold of the organized charity
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

W. W. Pollock and Abe jackson
have gone to st. Louis to attend the
State Bankers meeting.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

|EW YORK pastor who calls the
4 blessing in disguise must admit
,he disguise is a wonder.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

bsTICE HUGHES silence is get
50 intense that it can be distinct
heard all over the country.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

In exchange says that Villa can
.ely read and write, but does not
.rtion what college he graduated
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25
In never heard dressmaker
.tbat figures crnnd lie.

here may be a Machiavelian
behind the Carranza whiskers
/; n Is not Carranza's.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

i summer furs are to be in style
In they might well be worn by
ne men addicted to the sport.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25
Latest STYLE Waists

Crepe de Chine, Georgette Crepe,
waists, newest styles at greatly re-
duced prices.-Ricketts g. Emmons D.
G. Co. 141-2w1t.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

Sam Morris is home from a busi-
mes trip to Moberly.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

Miss Lisbus SouEup went to Colum-
bia Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-05-25

Sunday World Edition
Limited to Demand
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-16

and beat until light; add two cupfuls
of -four, sifted, with two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder and half cupful
Of water, beat two minutes; flavor
with grated lemon rind or orange
rind and bake in sheet.
Ribbon cake.-Put two tablespoon
fuls of butter, cupful and half OF
sugar, an egg and two yolks of eggs
into warm bowl and beat until light
then add two and half cupfuls Of
flour, a cupful of milk, and three tea
spoonfuls Of baking powder; beat
again hard for two minutes; favor and
divide, pour into three tins, and re-
serve the amount for the last tin to
add tablespoonful Of cocoa, tea
spoonful each of cloves, nutmeg and q
half cupful Of chopped raisins. Pour
the layers together with the dark one
between; spread with boiled icing.
Chocolate Gems.-Take two table
spoonfuls of butter, cupful OF sugar,
two teaspoonfuls OF cocoa, fourth
Of teaspoonful of cinnamon and two
eggs, not beaten; one and half cup
fuls of -four, a teaspoonful of baking
powder; beat we'll and bake in gem
pans; frost with powdered sugar and
cream
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-16
KEEPING WEEDS OUT OF LAWN

II one gets a good set of grass in
the beginning and keeps the ground
fortified by coating of stable ma
nure or commercial fertilizer every
spring there will be little trouble with
weeds in the lawn. If the lawn is kept
properly moved.
Some claim that there are weeds
that cannot be clipped with the lawn
mower. We have found this COM
plant true where the revolving mower
was used, for It will bend and not cut
wiry stems. as of crab grass and
some other troublesome plants.
Tho only way of getting these is by
clipping OF with mower that has q
sickle similar to hay mower. The
guards OF these machines raise up the
stems and the sickle cuts them of
without MASKING down or pulling.
There 10 no need Of uring the hook
10 much II one Ii careful. when get
ting : mower. to set one that cuts
ahead Or the wheels, ana q vide O
the extreme distance apart ~ the ont
side Or the wheels. This VIM not leave 4
thS STRIP along 10 borders that III
lashsd down ~ ~ wheels: D.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-16
PLANTS AROUND THE HOUSE
BY LIMA r. ROSE.

A great deal of discriminating care
should be exercised about the plants
located close to the house. Those set
in such manner as to hide the foun-
dation of the house and relieve the
baroness should be plants that do not
grow much higher than the wall.
Some of the best plants for this sort
Of adornment are the herbaceous spi-
reas, dicentra and perennial phlox.
Such ANIMALS as ten weeks stock, as
ter, nicotiana, nasturtium and core
opsis can also be used effectively.
Gladioli furnish a brilliant display
in midsummer and the tuberose is q
fragrant plant that also should have
place near the house.
Scatter bulbs for early blooming all
through the lawn and close to the
path. Old-fashioned plants are always
a happy selection because they pos
sess genuine merit and have been
proved.
Make homes instead of houses by
the good taste exercised in your plant
ing around the home grounds and dis
play your originality along conserva-
tive lines and make your planting ar
rangements artistic.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-16

the day and night he would not have
destroyed as much money as Mr.. Nc.
Kenna is adding every fortnight to the
national debt"
Selling Their Estates.
Mr.. Hirst's view is fully borne out by
the men who are in close touch with
the landed gentry. A member of IA
nous firm of estate agents through
whose hands most Of the sales of prop
erty of this description pass told me
that hardly week goes by that he is
not called on to arrange the sale of
some large country estate and that the
smaller estates are being placed in his
hands for disposal by the score.
"The country gentlemen of Eng
land" he said, simply cannot live un-
der the new conditions. Most of them
are dependent absolutely on their rents
for their income. A man has a couple
of thousand acres which have been in
his family for centuries. He let's the
land out to farmers, many OF whom
have been on the land as long as him.
self. The rents were fixed years ago
when agriculture was depressed and,
although times are good for the farm.
ers now, it is too soon to raise rents.
"No one knows whether the present
high prices for agricultural products
will last, and at any rate the farmers
have good many bad years to make
up. The squire simply cannot raise the
rents and he cannot live on his income
in the old style. The taxes now take
more than a quarter of it, and the
death duties, if the property should
happen to change hands two or three
times in quick succession, as may we'll
happen and has happened recently in
many cases in these days of war, eat
up the capital. What is the man to
do but try to get rid of the property.
which instead of source of income
has become burden to him?
$50 far there has not been much diff.
dculty in finding purchasers, for there
are many people in this country who
have made money out of the war, and
the Englishman who makes a fortune
is always in a hurry to acquire coun-
try seat. There have been a good
many American inquiries, too, and
some purchases by Americans, but not
so many as one would have expected.
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several. thicknesses Of. paper under
the cups. Put boiling water into the
pan until it reaches half way up to
the CUBS. Set into a moderate oven
and cook gently until the custard Is
firm. Serve ice cold with small choco-
late cakes.
Vanilla Souff1e.-Scald a cupful OF
milk, seasoned with fourth OF tea
spoonful of salt in double boiler and
mix in two tablespoonful OF flour ana
two of butter, creamed together.
Cook while stirring for ten minutes.
Beat we'll the yolks Of four eggs and
three tablespoonful Of sugar; pour
over the mixture In the double boil
or, Flavor with orange rind and set
away to cool. Cover closely and
half hour before serving time fold IN
the etifiy beaten whites Of four eggs;
bake in a moderate oven 30 minutes.
Serve with chocolate sauce.
Cream Of Almond Puddina.-Cook
together two tablespoonfuls OF corn
starch, three teaspoonfuls of sugar.
three cupfuls of milk and a dash OF
salt: cook ten minutes. Add fourth
of a pound of almond paste, rubbed
smooth with little of the hot mix.
ture; add the whites of three eggs.
beaten stiff and pour into buttered
mold: set in water to bake In q mod
crate oven about 80 minutes.
Sponge Puddino.-Take a pint OF
milk, q fourth of cupful OF sugar,
cupful OF flour, Tablespoonful OF
butter and three eggs. Mix the sugar
and flour together, then add little
of the milk while cold; stir 1t into the
remainder of the milk boiling hot,
and let it cook five minutes. Cool and
add the butter and egg yolks; fold in
the beaten whites and place In q
buttered pudding dish set in water to
bake half an hour. Serve with q
creamy sauce.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-16
BULLETS YEARS IN BRAIN
One Was Above Evans Right Eye ane
Ono Was Behind His
Right Ear.

Sacramento, Cal.-Carrying in his
brain two bullets that were fired at
him by a posse in 1893, when he and
George Sontag, train robbers, terror
lied the people of Fresno and Tulare
counties, Chris Evans, who has been
on parole from Folsom prison since
May, 1911, walked into the county hos.
pital here recently and asked that the
doctors remove the lead and relieve
him of pain.
Accordingly, Evans, who is now sew
enty years old, was operated on by DR..
w. J. Harris, superintendent Of the
hospital. The bullets were causing
his right side to become paralyzed.
One bullet was in the brain above the
right eye, and the other behind the
right ear.
Evans, on obtaining his freedom
from prison, worked for time as q
city Waterman at Portland, Ore.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-16

would have been dead by now" the
surgeon told him.
Eariy In the war an officer who wore
projection of this kind would have
oeeh 1rowned on by his fellows as
unsoldierly A type Of corselet of
small plates of highly tempered steel
joined together by steel wires is be-
ing more and more worn by officers.
us structure adapts itself to the
movements of the body, it weighs only
FEW pounds, and. fitting snugly as
a vest, 1t is not cumbrous. If the son
or Lord Shaughnessy, president Of the
Canadian Pacific, who was killed re-
Gently, had been wearing one, his life
would have been saved. Since then
Canadian commanders have strongly
urged all their officers to buy corse-
lets. This is at any rate better
Than no protection against bullets, un-
less they are spent. Such Is their
power of penetration that they go
through the thin steel, mushroom.
ing and making a larger wound than
If nothing had been in their way. But
IN the trenches, unless one shows his
head above the parapet and in moving
about in the shell zone in the rear of
the trenches, one is rarely exposed to
bullets. When an officer goes into a
charge in face Of machine gun and
rifle fire he takes off his corselet.
On average days in the trenches
the main danger is from shrapnel bull
lets and fragments from shell explo.
sions, which may inflict ugly and fatal
wounds preventable by comparatively
thin protection to such a vulnerable
substance as human flesh. Together
q corselet and steel helmet pretty we'll
shield vital parts from missiles of low
velocity.
The use of the corselet is practical.
ly limited to officers, who pay for
them out Of their own pockets. The
expense and labor Of supplying all
ranks Of q great army with them
would seem out of the question.
But gradually all the British sol.
diers are being supplied with the
steel helmet after their successful use
by the French, who first introduced
them. The French pattern is quite
gracef Il beside the British. which is
round and somewhat the shape Of a
toadstool. The British is heavier