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What is Castoria
Modus Vivendi.

How did you come out?" asked his
friend. will she have your"
Her answer" replied the diplomatic
attache, lis partially satisfactory.
Enough so to continue negotiations.
She says if she ever does marry, it will
be a man of good looks. courage and
ability Judge.
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The Cynical Inventor.

A young inventor exhibited a ring
to a jeweler.
"A new type Of engagement ring
he said, that I'm going to patent.
]. will make me a fortune"
"Humph," said the jeweler. What
is there p~atentahle about this?"
It's adjustable" said the inventor.
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In the b Eve.

"Jibway seems quite at home In the
spot light"
why. that man revels in publicity"
"Yes?"
Its a wonder to me how he Sc
cludes himself long enough to take u
bath"
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Are Replantinu Corn.

Pierre.-Farmers in this part OF the
state who tried early planting of corn
are complaining of the necessity of re-
planting. the seed having rotted in the
ground on account Of the wet, cold
weather of the past two weeks.
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F RECKLES
Now 10 the Time to Get Rid of Thess
UkiV SpOta.

There's no longer the slightest need OF
feeling ashamed of your freckles. as the
prescription o~thine--double strengths
guaranteed to remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce OF o-thine-doublS
strength-from your druggist, and apply .
little OF II night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. II Ia seldom
that more than one ounce In needed TO COM
pletely clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
BE sure to ask for the double strength
othine. as this Is sold under guarantee Of
money pack II II fails TO remove freckleA-
Adv.
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LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, the antiseptic powder for the feet.
Shaken into shoes and used in foot-bath,
Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight shoes feel
easy. and gives instant relief to corns and
bunions. Try II today. Sold everywhere,
Zoe. For FREE trial package. Address,
Allen s.. Olmsted. LIE Roy. N. Z. Adv.
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Sorry He Spoke.

Il object to coming alter the trained
balloons
You're right" said the manager.
"Crowaipg similar acts together is al
ways a mistake"
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Reasonable Asniratinn.

II suppose you have high ambitions
for your boy?"
We'll l wouldn't say that exactly;
but ! do hope hat he won't turn out
to be the male assistant to a female
dancing teacher"
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horses are more likely to slip on con-
crete than cows, due to the fact that
they r shod.
A large hay NOW is provided, with
doors running on slanting tracks un-
der the caves.
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How a pretty woman does love to
down the street with a homely
one.
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The proof of the pudding is in the
amount left over.
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The Rule.

You must never forget, my boy.
that about onethird of all success is
pure luck"
But how can you make sure Of this
luck?"
why, by being sucessful."-Life.
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FITS, EPILEPSY, FALLING SICKNESS
toppe Quickly. Fifty years of uninterrupted
s success OF ps. ZINES FEpiieps{y IN Msd.Iins lnsnrss
KLINE COMPANY, Red Bank, n. ADV.
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-05-11
AGAIN URGf USE OF COW
Wet ROAD lABORERS
Highway 0fkcszl Says Prison Labor
IS Cheaper % Roads and Just as
Ge1d zx Other.
THE HONOR SYSTEM is URGED
In illinois, Men Have Beer Worked at
an Expense Less Than Is Cents
. Day and Do Good Work

jefferson City. May 1e.-on road
work in Missouri the cost Of ordin-
airy labor varies from $50 to $500
a day. Conviets can be put to work
building rock roads-under q mzn-
agement imbued with ideas that have
proved correct in other states-at a
cost not to exceed twenty-five cents a
day for each ma so employed, ae-
cording to E. W. Sheets, deputy state
highway commissioner.
Nj. Sheets under the direction Of
Col. Frank W. Buffum, state highway
commissioner, has been making a
study Of convict labor on public
roads. He visited a convict road
camp at Moon. ILL.,, and found il cost
1886 cents a day 10 ARE for the men.
That included transportation, proper
shelter. food clothing and laundry.
Has Cost IS Cents in Missouri
In the few attempts made in Mis-
souri, to use convict labor, the cost
to the counties employing the men
has been in the neighborhood Of sew
cnty-five cents a day per man. That
high cost is due 10 the fact, according
to both Col. Buffum and Mr.. Sheets
that D. C. McClung, warden Of the
state penitentiary, has insisted IN
the employment Of a large number Of
guards.
@Thc experience of those using
convict labor shows it to be equal to
free labor, providing the physical de-
fects of the convicts are carefully re-
garded and sufficient incentive is
given the men through the honor
system and other educational ,fea-
lures" said Mi. Sheets. 'aThe ex-
pense of guards is heavy and offsets
other savings Of the system of build
ing roads by convict labor. The lab
or system on the other hand develops
manhood among the conviets and the
amount of work they accomplish is
increased.
'sThe successe of this plan de-
ponds upon two factors, the person
atty and attitude Of the ma in
charge, and the discreet choice Of the
prisoners for the work. The prison.
ers should be chosen after a close ex-
tended individual study, the govern
ing factor being temperament and
capacity for responsibility rather
than the nature of the crime ans
length of sentence"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-05-11
MARTNsmRe

Mrs. n A Lsxzs and naos Miss
Mare Wright visited -slzfves Il
Mexico Friasy-Dr- J. C. Bain Ct
wsEzlZls was > businsss visz1Cx here
FridEy[ ?. Frsna, J. Z EngA,
and W. C. PHe were IL Mexius ca
hxDess. THURSDAY. Misses Verz
and Janet Freshman were n Mexico
shoppzaE, SxtEdxy-D1uaM Adds
Of Mexie1, was II tosEn for . few
h1zrs on business. Szsurazy-ArS
Belle Br5<k Of WeTey7lle was the
guest q Miss Margaret Tcrneysgn,
Sandsy-Gy5e Ashury Of Mobeiy,
was IN town between traiEs Sunday
evening e l. Jacob of ST Louis
is home for 3 few days. n Stsph-
ems and daughter, Miss Mildred, went
TO Columbia, Sunday Miss Ruth
CSyington Of Hardin College, spent
the weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. P. CoYington. - Misses
Msyme and Anna Pihale were IN Mex
leo shopping Saturday. A. II.
Burchard Of St Louis, is home for a
few days-R w. Taylor went to St
Louis on business Monday. Miss
Leila Joseph Of welIsyille was the
guest Of Miss Mamie Pike, Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Meyerpeter spent
Sunday Ia Mexico with Mr.. and Mrs.
r. X. Huien. G. A. Brown and
daughter, Miss Altha, were in Mexico
on business Thursdaye-Mr. and Mrs.
II. L. wuIff and family % Slater are
guests Of julius Krieger and family.
Lowell Williams spent Saturday in
Mexico with his brother, Paul Will
Jams. Mrs. Robert Jennings Of Mo.
berly is the guest Of her sister, Mrs
d. A. Lewis-Miss Natalie Friedman
spent this week in Laddonia with hel
sister, Mrs. j. H. Stuart.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-05-11

L ; Eprhsr ear invent lrze games
70 pazy xAik the ehildrsn sire Aing
wxshE and dressed Ehass processes
mzy 60 On more easily.
Il 3 severe hruiz is treated in
nsd1ssly ~ spplyiag cloths vrung
ont Of very hot water there wia be
ne soreness. and il VII not turn dark
An ieft-SFas Of fish can be kept
Ia the Refrigerator without affecting
the other foods By putting them in a
glass fruit jar and sealing tightly.
When knives become rusty, put the
blades in sweet oil for half an our
then plunge them up and down IN
garden soil several times Polish
with fine emery cloth to make the
blades brilliant
A discarded tennis racket is good
for beating rugs, being light and
strong and SO constructed that II
does not destroy the goods. Remove
all the cords from the racket keep
ing the frame.
BY putting an ounce Of sal ammon-
lac in the last water in which muslins
OF cottOns are rinsed, or a similar
quantity in the starch in which they
are stiffened, they viii be rendered
uninflammable.
Paint stains on a floor may be
secured off by soaking them for a time
in benzine or turpentine and then
rubbing them with emery paper or
q little pulverize pumiee stone ap-
piled with a damp cloth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-05-11
"IRllL HITTER
CANE FROM KENTUCKY
First Convert at Kansas City Meet
ing in Kansas City Travelled $50
Mikes Seeking Salvation
1863 CAME TUESDAY NIGHT
He Wept With Joy as He Took a
Seat on the Platform Beside the
Great Evangelist

Kansas City, May 10-Who was the
first to hit the "saw dust trails at
Billy Sundays meeting an Kansas
City when the call came Tuesday
night2 Net a Kansas City man but
a man who journeyed $50 miles to
seek salvation
J B Sanders was his name He
came from Dry Ridge, KY. He is in
the furniture business there, married
and has two daughters. He read that
Billy Sunday was going to have a
revival in Kansas City and he bought
a railway ticket
Il came here to get salvation" he
said, as he wept with joy. Il have
been serving the devil and / wanted
to serve the Lord. I got here this
morning. II seemed that a new feel
ing came over me as soon as / struck
the town. have been praying all
day and / heard Mr.. Sunday this
afternoon and tonight. Suddenly. in
the midst Of the sermon tonight, il
seemed that a great load rolled of
me and a great light came into my
heart. ] found what / came for, ]
am going TO start for home in the
morning, and l will 20 back a new
man bound for heaven, instead Of
hell" There were 1863 converts at THU
meeting.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-05-11
n. N. 4. WHIPS KEnPB
N DECISIVE FIsNIn
6off Strikes Out Twenty.One of i.
kemper Batsman in Couts,
Tuesday.
MoRRELL THERE WITH srJu
And Joe Plosser Reaches Oui Nj
Drives 0ne to the Road On,
Right Field.
MoRRELL THERE WITH sv,cr

Missouri Military Academy did Il.
Kempcr. And IL was to the tu. /
10 10 3. There was no room for AM.
ment; Il was N. NJ. A. all The !,
through.
Golf proved eonclusiyely that i, !
= pitcher, In the nine innings \
struck out twenty-one Of The Esuss
men. He lost three Of these On i
count Of the catcher dropping ii
third strike.
Failure to field iufield balls gos ID
Kemper pitcher in one hole after a.
other. He was constantly In hi
water. In the third inning with tH
men on, Morrell dropped one Ovss
right center for a home run. II was
the beginning Of bis end, for in the
fifth Joe Plosser reached out and got
another homer and scored a man in
front of him.
Browning, the NJ. N. A. catcher
was painfully injured in the third
inning syhen a foul ball split the led
er between his thumb and first fings
on his right hand, Two stitches wa
necessary to relieve the injury.
The game for today with the KirE-
vile Osteopaths was called of Iuss
day BY the 0steopaths.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-05-11
You CA BEAT THE 40
VINCE on DRESS GOODS
By Purchasing From l. C. Gsvc's
Sale You Escape Is Per Cent
Advance czassa By War
Sell AT wHoLEsALE cosr
Unprecedented Opportunity 70 Secure
Bargains at 8 Time when Prices
Are Soaring

ALL KINDS OF WOOL AND GOT
iron FABRICS HAVE ADVANCED
fally Is s. and the end is not yet
IN sight It is openly predicted BY
many jebbsrs and mill agents that
wo0I. SILK AND ALL COTTON
FABRICS viii go much higher with
In the next few months and that they
do not expect a decline on them in the
next eighteen months. II peace
should be restored in Europe within
lsae NEXT month on account Of the
s1ort supply and large demand. ]
bought The Poisson Stock Of Goods at
a discount. ! am willing 70 take this
discount for my profit and expense.
and give you the benefit Of tbs retail
profits ! have sold many thousand
dollars worth Of these goods absolu-
tely at wholesale cost which is much
balow the present wholesale cost. but
I stirl have including the spring goods
that were contracted for and have
been coming in since my opening,
March 18th about $4,000 in this
there is a large amount Of fail and
winter goods. II you can spare the
money supply your needs out of this
stock while you have the opportunity.
These goods will cost you on and
after September LIST from so to 100
per cent more. There is also a large
stock Of goods you need and m buy
ing NOW; embroideries, laees, hos
iery, ladies, misses and children's
underwear, notions Of all kinds silk
gloves, kid gloves, ribbons, handker-
chiefs, umbrellas. ginghams, percales,
lawns, white goods, draperies, cur
tains, portiers, window shades, straw
mattings, floor. size rugs, trunks,
suit cases, etc. These goods have adj
vanced 20 to so per cent since they
were bought and not likely to so
back to the former price within IS
months. YOU CAN BUY THEM
NOW AT THE FORMER WHOLE
SALE COST AND WILL SUPPLY
you WITH THE POISSON PRI-
IvAfE COST MARK so YOU CAN
NOT DOUBT. The stock is all Of
standard HIGH GRADE which many
knew. | may sell the stock in bulk
any day when no doubt the opportu-
nifty to buy at retail prices viii be
a thing Of the past. You will not often
find a mar that will sacrifice ALL
the retail profits even though he
can afford to do SO. If you want
good standard, dependable merchan-
disc at actual Wholesale prices we
win be glad to serve you while we
can.
Yours very truly,
d&wftr L. C. COVE.
Closing Sale Of the Poisson Stock
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-05-11
PERSONAL MENTION.

]. w. Rutter was in Laddonia on
business Tuesday.
Mrs. 0. r. Dierfeld Of Kansas City
is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. B.
Wheeler, on east Promenade.
5 per tent money to loan on farms.
Optional payments at any time. LAX
enan & Barnes. wit
J. W. Burlington is home from a
business trip to st. Louis.
G. M. Clay is home from a business
trip to New York.
II. james Of Auxvasse, was in Mex
leo Thursday.
Mrs. James QuinIin is visiting in
st. Louis.
Mrs w. T. Lemon of Fulton, has
returned home after a pleasant visit
in this city.
Elon Whitney is home from West
minister on a short visit.
Bonds for the improvement Of Col
umbia schools carried by a big ma
jority this week. The issue was for
SOC. 900.
Alb Harrison Of Benton City, was
in Mexico on business Tuesday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Camp
bell a daughter on Sunday, May Z.
Robert Allison remains about the
same.
Mrs. s. +. Matthews has returned to
her home in Fulton.
Fulton Is oiling the streets of its
residence section.
Mr.. Mutton was in Vandalia, on
business Saturday.
Mrs. G. S. Harrison is improving
slowly.
James Bailey, a prominent farmer,
of Concord, No., was in this city on
business Friday.
Roy Eblen Of st. Louis is visiting
in this city.
Rev. George Washington (coi.) has
moved to Danville, Mo-, where he
will preach.
Mrs. W. n. Mcdaniel Of Three
Forks, Montana. is in Mexico visiting
her sister. Mrs. Jesse Bratton.
Maryville is preparing to hold a
revival with Evangelist scoville in
charge.
Glendye Morris was down from
Slater to spend Sunday with Mr.. and
Mra. 9. B. Morris, his parents.
Foy Dean, attending Westminster
college, Fulton, spent Sunday at home.
Ben Forgythe Of Paris spent Sun
day in this city.
VIM. Leach Of st. Louis was in this
city on business today.
G. A. Devault Of Farber was in this
city on business Saturday.
DR.. Mcintyre who has been i'll for
seven weeks, Is able to be out.
George Marshall Of Westminster
College, Fulton, spent Sunday in this
city.
Orval Fcrsythe Is with the Missouri
Printing Co. aga ''They all Come
Back
Sam cleaver Of Brookfield, MO-,
was a business visitor here Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-05-11
KEEP THE N WELL
Health is Worth Saving and Seine
Mexico People knew How to
Save 1T.

Mary Mexico people take their lives
IN their hands III negisafng the hid
neT zhen they know these organs
need help. Weak hdneyz are respon-
zibls fer : vaTt snears Of suffering
and III hea1th-Ehe slightest delay Is
dzngzFca8 Use Deans Kidney Pills
- remedy that has helped thousands
Of kidney sufferers. Here Is . Mexico
eitizen's recommendation
C. T. Hagar, 2. r. D. No. 6. Mex
leo. says: q wa badly troubled by
, weak aching back. ! procured a
box Of Deans Kidney Pills at Llewel-
Ign & SONS Drug Store and they gave
me great relief. Since then, If any Of
the former symptoms Of the com
plant appear, ! get Doan's Kidney
Pills and always use them with sue
cess
Price Soc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Daan'g Kidney PilIstHa same that
Mr.. Hagar had. Foster-Milhurn Co.
Props, Buffalo, N. Y. adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-05-11
SPARROWs NESTS AND EGGS
SHOULD BE DESTROYED

John Burroughs, the great natural
ist when asked recently to tell what
suburban towns can and should do
for their bird inhabitants, said: "of
course the first thing for an individual
or a town 70 do toward attracting
birds is TO get rid Of the English or
house sparrows. That's one bird that
nature did not plant for our conti-
nent Man meddled with natures
scheme Of American bird life, and cur
native birds have had TO suffer the
consequences. / suppose IL there
weren't any other birds in our land
should be glad Of the presence Of the
sparrow, but we have plenty Of beau
tiful and useful birds, and we owe our
allegiance 70 them. So / say emphat-
ically. Get rid Of the English spar
row" The native birds will soon
come back and nest in the village
streets and suburban gardens"
by an efficient patrol Of all nest
ing places. Policemen could, and !
think should. be compelled to aid in
this work in securing sparrows eggs.
Breaking up the nests as fast as the
sparrows build is not a good way to
go about it. The birds win simply go
elsewhere to nest and rear their
young.
Let them build their nests and lay
their eggs then secure the eggs be-
fore they have time to hatch. There
il nothing cruel in that. The sparrow
il a persistent and prolific creature.
Another nest Of eggs viii soon be laid
and they also must be secured. The
patrol fer eggs should be kept up
from April til fan. for one pair Of
s~parrows viii sometimes produce 4
or five nests Of eggs during the SUM
Ener. A vigilant patrol for two or
three summers win rid a neighbor-
hood or an entire town Of these lit
tie pests and such work is well worth
the effort. It is really constructive
work, for IT means the preservation
Of our beautiful native birds"
Mr. Burroughs was asked If the
feeding Of wild birds did not tend to
make them dependent and helpless
as il has our city squirrels.
Feeding our bird neighbors is not
only a very great pleasure, answered
the naturalist, @but it is really a duty.
The building Of cities and towns, the
cutting downs of forests and the
draining Of pools and swamps have
deprived American birds Of THEN
original homes and food supply. II
America wishes to preserve her birds
we must help supply what civilization
has taken from them. In summer
they need from US only fresh water
for drinking and bathing, but in whit
en- they need food. One Of my
neighbors has been successful in keep
ing a pair Of thrushes near her home
all winter BY placing o her window
sill bits Of chopped fruits, such al
r~aisins, dried currants or dried apples
Insect eating birds like suet and the
seed eaters like cracked grain, chick
feed and crumbs during periods when
snow or Ice covers up their natural
source Of food supply.
Helping the native birds pays Us
in every way, for they are helpful al
well as delightful neighbors. Boys
especially should be taught to know
and protect the birds. All boys are
incipient savages but their enthus-
iasm may easily be made TO serve the
birds instead Of preying upon them
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-05-11

Sam Morris this week bought thirty
five wool fleeces from Taylor Berry
paying sSc a pound, amounting TO
$s3.6s. That doesn't look much like
hard times.
The barn on the W. w. Fry farm
near this city was discovered on fire
shortly after three o'clock Saturday
morning. 1t with the contents Of hay
corn and harness, was burned compile
tely. Fortunately the stock was in
the paStnre at the time or several
head right have burned.
S. G. Courteen and w. A. Lohr Of
Milwaukee are in Mexico buying
horses.
Fletcher Sims, a prominent young
Audrain county farmer, has just com
pleted putting in 70 acres of corn.
He always raises extra good corn by
the way.
The Chicago & Alton has leased
100 miles Of its right-of-way to farm
ers at the rate Of So a mile and the land
is now being planted in corn and other
grains. The lessees agree to keep
down the weeds, thus saving the road
considerable expense in this direc-
ton which was incurred in former
years. The great increase in the
price Of land in Illinois and the adj
vance in rentals caused a growing
demand for the railway .right-of-way
and a large portion that is suitable
for cultivation has been leased. Other
railroads Of Illinois are also encourage
ing farmers to rent their ri~ght-of-way
and, with larger systems, the annual
rental aggregates a large sum.-St.
Louis Globe-D Democrat.
The Martinsburg Commercial Club
is making arrangements to hold d
Corn Carnival q Farmers Institute
some time the latter part Of Sep
TENDER or the first Of October.
Charley Householder. II. T. Spuri.
ling and ]. w. Blum, prominent Au-
drain county farmers and stockmen,
marketed 1862 -fleeces of wool at
Paris last Friday. The price receiv-
ed vas soc apound. The fleeces
averaged about 5 IL pounds. They
were from ~yearling lambs that were
bought in Omaha last fall. T. O.
Bassett was the purchaser. Mr..
Householder had 644 fieeces. His
lambs cost him 1906 per hundred
pounds last fall. They averaged 60
pounds apiece at the time and will
nov average about so pounds. MT.
Squirting had COS ~fIeeces. His lambs
were bought at the same time and
|at the same price as Mr.. Household
er's. Br. Blum had 312 fleeees. His
lambs averaged 90 pounds apiece and
cost 8 lie a pound last fall. All Of
them will make COED money on their
investment. They came to the Paris
market because It was the best they
could find Mr.. Householder planted
30 acres Of corn last week and viii
put IN 40 acres more. Mr.. Squirting
has planted go acres and win plant
so acres more. Mr.. Blum win devota
80 acres to corn. MIR. Squirting Il
feeding 81 calves for the fall market.
Paris, Mo-, Appeal.
SAM Morris says that we were
wrong In blowing about wool being
zoe a pound, because he Is 4payinr
ssc and making money at that
BRITISH TO RESUME BUYING
The British government which
stopped buying horses at the Nation.
lal stockyards last November, will r..