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Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

It is said that Great Britain new
cultivates nearly 100000 less acres
Of wheat than she did twenty years
aco- 3sa3
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

Seven hundred and thirty emf
grants for Southern Kansas passed
owe the Hannibal & st. Joe road q
few days ago. hHf u
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

Fifteen hundred bills have already
been presented to the House this
term 40 yte ri a. ~. 3
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

The majority in the House in favor
Of limiting the army TO 10000 was
only six. 9IolI aeai.1s 20 ~ 1-Es
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

The Democratic majority in Mary
land at the late State election is 30,-
40. ''7 y ''R 90" s'f
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

Col. Harper has refused $50, 900
for Ten Brock,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

Tie gold sharks OF tie East seem
to be much troubled about that silver
dollar. 'D
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

Last Saturday q run was being
made on the First National Bank Of
Reading, Pa 81 YfqsE s.ar IL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

1t is said that some. 500 Russian
Mennomtes left Berlin, q few days
since. for the United States. ''a'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

There is much anxiety for the
steamship, Thames, now % days out
from Liverpool.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

Democratic Ohio and Pennsyiva-
MIA. That sounds so nice.Tslid ga "a
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

fhelatest thing at the bar is Hayes
cocktail, and Conkling punch. eH ~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

1t is said that q large colony of
Of German emigrants have settled in
Hickory county. i. nstsf. :, =
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

The peoples Savings Bank at New
ark, N. 3. has suspended. h %
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

The Toll Sycamore Of the Wabash
looms up in the Senate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

The repeal of the resuption bill will
pass the House by 20 majority. .a8
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

Susan B., a. niece of Mark Antho-
ny, will lecture in Paris. Dec. 4th. =
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

The New England apple crop is
short THE year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

Corn is selling at $l.25 to $3.50
per barrel in New London. gre,I;,s.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

Texas made, this year, 700, OOo
bales of cotton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

De Kalb county is being eaten up
by rats ~ lJfre i~,a 79t zJ5 81
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

Sedalia is wide awake on a new
railroad project.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

The Rails county Jail was empty at
last accountA. f aiph = :.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22
Time
Chicago and Alton z. r,

Chicago and Alton r. z,
rsg GadEd EAST i fel
jefferson ana Fulton Exp. arrives.
lilo d. IN.
accommodation linked train) run
ming only between Mexico and
Louisiana. leaves. ......,3:W p. m
crover Express leaves. goo a. M
-Efiegl, GOING West. A4 -
jefferson aud Fulton Express
leaves. 1910 p. m
Accommodation linked train) run
ming emily between Mexico and
Louisiana arrives-......11:S0 Am
Denver EXPRESS arrives. ,2:30 a m
TDenver Express, leaving
q at. 200 a. m
The only train to Chicago withou'
change of cars. f,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22
Senator Blaine is cionvaisscing.

A warseloud is forming in France
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22
SHERfFF'S SALE on Co..,

By yirtne.ahd authority of &
the clerk Of the. county c,,. ollce 1
train county, Missouri. ret,,r, :, An
the JANUARY term of the eiraaele ii
1873. and to me directed. / n.y.. eeprt
led upon the following deseriaa'se lev
estate, mentioned in said yu 'esI
wit: 4u.ug8 Wat III
-~All of section sixteen ne
ship fifty-two t52,) range seya
west;in Audrasn county, Mis sa
and l will, on ~''seasi:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22


Wednesday, Jan. 80. ls,s
the hours sfSnine
tAestofeneenpa sEk ii
afternoon of that day, at tbs tat'
front door of the court house ens eat
city Of Mexico, county of u Tie
aforesaid, offer the same fo aarall
tracts of 40 acres each, to the h sa,e h
* - @TfRMs or ss1s.
A credit of IL months will be q.
the purchaser 10 give bond s,Isea,
proved personal security and w;..s
terest at the rate of 10 Der snIa
annum, from day of said ala . Der
J, IL ~. GLAscocK, Sheriff
ls-tds EOf Audrain eo,sA
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

Iy.It5T
Fifteen per cent. commission will
be paid to agents on subscriptions to
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-22

Two hundred head of short horn
cattle were sold In Kansas City q few
days ago. Prices ranged from SIS
to $500 per head.
, 1877-01-27

indifference. and 90 for the E1s.aru Qlssion.
! IS very wsely az eed ,h4t there wj. ae ajeu
~ OF time 10 d.cuS. 1t aftet the Conference
has BEEN opened Bat tia strange proceed
lngs Of such a celebrity as the Due de GAlliera
present an urgent topic upon which i; is felt
that everyone at all CONNIE u faut should OF
once state his opinions. It seems that tbs
young noblemah in question has fn4lly doter-
mined to reject the inheritance which legally
devolves upon him from his father. He has
long been devotedly attached to the noble
cause of education, which he promotes in a no.
wlss abstract or sentimental, but most practical
manner. He has engaged himself as a r6peti.
teUr, or what We call a q coach, ~ and tolls man
fully at his duties for thu modest recompense of
Is francs a day. With this occupation. moreover,
and with this income he expresses his firm iuton-
ton to remain satisfied, and thus the ~hospitali.
ties and splendours of the ducal house are sup
posed likely, at least for a time. to vaoioh from
the gay scene in which they were lately so con.
spicuous. The loss is the grertsr iaasmuch as
the young heir represents. througl both his
parents, a name dear to Paris. The late duke,
although an italian, had ~acclima'ised himself
to such an extent in the French capital as to be
considered practically naturalised, and it would
almost seem as if fate had taken the same view
Of the matter, for lie was cut off by death at
the very moment when he was about to found
a University at Rome. Ibid.
, 1877-01-27
SLEEPLESSNESS.

Thousands suf,r from wak.fulness who arr
otherwise in good health. To some of them
this becomes a habit, and too often a growing
one. Some resort to soporifo drugs, and this
is how the opium crave is often initiated.
Others find wine or spirits occasionally
e~fectual, and are thus induced to take
alcohol every nigl:. and not a few, it
j. to be feared, have in this way laid
tne foundation Of incompetence. There
h've, however, never been wanting people
wAO have found a way Of going to sleep without
resort TO such m assures. 'Ine mesmeristS Ak
ons time were popular, and from them a ho,t
Of people learnt that looking at any fixed point
stea lily would often succeed in inducing sleep.
In the dark, however. this is not 50 easy but
this difficulty was not felt in Braiiisn, which
consisted merely in closing the eyes and try.
iug to think they were watching attentively
tn stream of air entering and leaving the nos
trils. 1t was asserted that Whoever would
will to see this stream as if it were visible
would infalibly soon fall asleep. We have
known the plan succeed and it is evidently the
same in principle as fixing the attention on any
single visible object. Another plan has Just
reached w, proposed by an Am 4lican physi-
clan, Dr.. O0oke, who tells US that in numerous
cases of sleeplessness it is o1ly necessary to
breathe very slowly and quietly for a few
minutes to secure refreshing sleep. He thinks
that most cases depen10n hyperemia Of tue
brain, and thai 10 this SLOW breathing the
blood supply is lessened sufi oientIy to make
an Impression. Certainly, when the mind is
uncoutrollably active, and 50 preventing sleep,
we have ascertained from patients, whose OBJ.
servation was worth trusting, that the breath.
ing was quick and short, and they have found
they became more disposed to sleep by breath
ing slowly. This supports Dr.. Cookies prao-
tlce. but at othsr Times his plan quite failed.
1t is certainly worth anyone's while who is o.
casiOnally ~sleepless to give it a trial. In doing
80 they should BREATH very quietly, rather
deeply and at long intervals, but not long
enough to cause the least feeling of uaeasiness.
In fine. they should initiate q person sleeping,
and do it steadily for several minutes. Ibid.
, 1877-01-27
EMPLOYMENT FOR WO MEN.
From the N. Y. II raLd)

Women are at o disadvantage in the
struggle for bread, partly because of their
lack Of strength, but partly also because
they are not pertinacious in seeking work.
1t is a half hearted business with most of
them +; and it is this, in spite of all the
talk about the equality of the sexes,
because the sexes are not in reality equal.
They do not start fair. A boy is brought
up to the knowledge that he must make
his own living, and not that alone, but the
living of other persons, women a.d child
rem, wh) are or may be depending on him.
A girl grows up with no such expectation.
Her friends, her parents, her brothers, her
companions, all expect her to marry she
herself has the same outlook into the fu-
ture aud if she is put to a trade the
chances are that she pursues it not as q
boy does, as the business of his whole life,
but as something which will have to be
dropped when at last she comes to the real
business Of life for a woman, which is to
be a wife and mother.
Now, it results from this that the women
wh) do not marry and who do enter the
labour market are in an exceptional posi-
ton; they are disabled by many circum-
stances, and by none more than that there
remains always the doubt in their minds
and that of their employers whether they
will not some day leave off days work aud
marry. 1t is a pity and a hardship that
women should labor under any disadvan-
tages, and the societies which are establish
ed to seek and supply work to women
who want to work deserve the public
aid and sympathy.
, 1877-01-27
CELERY as A
From the European Mail.)

The virtues Of celery are vaunted in the Jour
saI Of Chemistry as being greater than folks
think of. Nervous people, who shook like as.
pens, and other deplorable cases, have been
radically cured by a moderate daily use Of the
blanched footsialks taken as a salad. ! have
known others cured of paIpitajion eff the heart,
says the writer. Ii fact, everybody engaged
in labour weakening to the nerves should use
celery daily in the season, and onions in It's
stead When not ia season. 10 this We may
add thnt a prominent New York dfuggis; draws
N winter from his soda fountain hot extract Of
celery, mixed with Liebig's meat extract, under
tho name of OK celery. 1t is a nourishing
drink at lunch time, far better than coffee OF
sea. and is doing a great deal in this neigh
bourhood to promote temperance. We give
celery almost daily to our canary birds, and it
cures them Of fits they are little animals, with
very delicate nerves, easily frightened, and
therefore they need such a remedy very much.
and the relish with which they take it is a proof
that their instiGct guides them to eat what is
good for them. A manufactured of perfumery
Of our acquaintance some years ago commenced
10 prepare an extract Of celery seed, put up in
bottles, and intended to give strength to old or
exhausted persons, who, by over indulgences.
have reached such state as to require restora.
Gives,
, 1877-01-27
THE BR AIMS OF CRIMINALS.
(k'rom the Times.)

In our last issue we published a very
interesting letter from our Vienna Cores
pondent. in which a brief ummary was
given of Professor Benedict's researches
on the brains and skulls of criminals.
The subject is an important one. both
from physiological aud a psychological
point of view. and it is to be hoped that
more extended and more precise inquiries
will be made upon it, for the results
which DR.. Benedict has obtained, though
very important, are not suffi ;ientIy numer-
Gus to warrant any large induction.
Up to the present time Dr.. Benedict has
examined the brains of sixteen criminals,
all of which, on comparison with the
healthy brain, he finds to be abnormal.
Not only has he found that these brains
deviate from the normal type, and ap-
proach towards that of lower animals,
but he has been able to classify them,
and with them the skulls 10 which they
were contained, 10 three categories.
, 1877-01-27

These consist IN III absence of sg.uNa
W the two hal 0s The ce-a
~ an excessive obliq ly ateaa @Ac-..o.
part of the brain or ska, ~ fat CO..
tinuation upwards Of W at we term 4
sloping forehead (3) a distinct lesseoing
of the posterior part of the skull in its
long diameter, aud with it a diminution
in size of the posterior cerebral lobes, so
that, as in the lower animals, they are
not large enough to hide the c3rebellun.
In all these peculiar;tie3 the criminals
brain and skull are distinctly Of a lower
type than those of normal men, aud the
Interesting question ari ,es, how far are
the evil acts of the criminal to be attributed
to this r~etrograle development. DR.. Watts
can pardon the vicious propensities Of
e" bears and lions" on the ground that
"God hath male them So" If he had
foreseen these new inquiries he might
have felt less hopeful wln h blla his
little readers not to I" les th3jr angry
passions rise" Tn3 results Of D
Benedic.'s researches, if c)35rasl by
furthc5 examinations, will 10 much 70
shake many beliefs now firmly fixed.
, 1877-01-27
PHOTOGRAPHY AND MUSIC.
(E4P. MaI.l

One Of the latest novelties in a2p}iel
%sci3nc}, it s9em', is to Photograph mI'i0Il
tones, aud in this way to reed by i{nt
sounds tina: are u'u'lly appafens only to
thu ear. The at Of photography has al
ready worked 50 mlny wonders that few
probably will be astolish3I at any further
feats il may be able to accomplish. At
Greenwich for Il lolg tins past the mag
netic pulsatious of the earth have been
automatically written down by that most
faithful and trustworthy Of clerks, aid
at the Kew Observatory We hear Of daily
records being secured of thu SUI, whsn.
ever that Of late rather bA3hful lunilary
car be prevailed upon to show u9 its tac3.
The movements OF the barometer anl Their.
mo are also notel nowAd, yS by tue
retlnl OF a sensitive plate, aud doctor, mlY
employ the sane infaIIibIe and sharp eyed
te l-taIe to register the pulse beats OF their
patients. 1t is, perhlp', only in the natu-
raj course Of events, therefore, that notes
and sounds should be tou1d capable Of
being written down by the same wo lder.
fuI agency. Dr.. Tynd. Ill shovel US some
years ago how fumes were influenced by
SO Inds uttered in their INN ,diate neigh
b)urhool, and how they were capable Of
approaching various intonltions in a very
marked d3gre3 ; indeed, if we remember
rightly, one fun, that he exhibited was so
sensitive that, like a deliclte-minded per-
son, it Invariably went out when some
particular word or vowel was mentioned.
NJ. K)enig, of Paris. has alroa1y essayed
to record by photography the change that
overcomes fumes from this cause, but u Ger
man physicist, DR.. Stein, has suc c~esstully
accomplished the autobiography OF tones"
by a much more direct method. His plan, it
appears, is simply to fix upon a violin string
al upright disc or screen OF mica, with
a hole in it. A brilliant ray slight IS made
to pass through this little hole o. to a sansi-
tive Photographic plate, which moves
along at a rapid pace. OF course. it the
disk an the tiny oriice in IL remain per.
fectIy stationary while tho Photographic
plate is moving, ell that will be produced
il the end upon the plate is q long and
even line, where the ray OF light has acted.
But as soon as the string vibrates-as
soon, that is, as the violin bow is drawn
across 1.-THE little disk also trembles
and vibrates, moving up and down with
great celebrity, and the ray Of light redsct-
ed upon the Photographic plate behaving
In q similar manner, a curved line 10 t he
result and the number of these curves
denotes the number Of vibrations. which
are thus made visible and so easily count
ed. All ordinary musical tones, it is
said, can be photographed in this way.
and DR.. Stein has been able to register
several tones together, by fixing the discs
attached to a series of strings like those OF
Q violin. one above anoher. so that foug
curved lines are written down at oncss
, 1877-01-27
THE LUXURY OF EARNING A
. LIVELIHOOD.

The very large section of Paris society
which lives chiefly upon small talk is far less
surprised and interested by the collapse of the
Ministry and the crisis in the E lst than by the
eccentric conduct of the young Duke de Gal.
lisra. The substitution of one Ministry for
another is an event which has ling been borne
by the non political world With tho mos. stoic
, 1877-01-27

Midbat Pasha has declared to the repre-.
sentative of the Council of Foreign Bond
holders that he has resolved to give his
attention as promptly as possible to the
question Of improving the stat OF the
finances, and that he will not endeavour to
subordinate that subject to the solution Of
the present political complications IBID.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1877-06-20
LET THEIR PREsBYrERY DECIDE.

A month ago we called attention to the
statement published in an editorial article of
the Christian Observer, which was to this eff
fect-tbat the Rev. E. T. Baird, D. D., as
Secretary of Publication made contracts with
himself, as a printer, TO do work for the Com
mittee of Publication. OF course, such a
thing could not be done without the knowl-
edge of the Committee itself; aud if done
with their knowledge and connivance, it would
be shameful and wilful abuse Of their trust.
The Observer not only declared that DR..
Baird did make such contracts with himself
that is, fred the price of has Darn aCOrk, but
that this fact was notorious.
1t becauN our duty to pronounce this IN
lust and Injurious statement to De totally un'
true. Having an opportunity to do SO, we
gave it a public and emphatic contradiction
on the floor of the last General Assembly
and in the hearing of one of the editors Of
the Christian Observer. Il is also formally
contradicted by the whole Executive Com
mittee in their last annual report. 1t was
Justly characterized in our article before re-
ferred to as a Islander.
To this the Christian Observer has replied
in style suited to its own taste. Instead
of proving its allegation or retracting it, the
only answer it makes is to the effect that itf
subscription list is in satisfactory condi
ton! For years past when, in repeated in
stances, the veracity of that journal has beer
placed successfully by every newspaper il
our Church in most unenviaOle and dam
aged light, this same reply has been nearly
always its unfailing refuge. 1t certainly if
not our purpose to enter into controversy
after the fashion set in the Observer article
But there is one plain path open. The %
server has uttered what is absolutely untruc
and what is absolutely a Islander. This We
were obliged to declare, as public duty. L
has not retracted it-but aggravates it. Nov
there must be some limit to this kind O
work-it has been in operation long enough
and We feel it to be proper, under the circuu
stances to say that the attention Of the Lou
isville Presbytery viii be formally called t
this matter az its next stated meeting.
i
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1877-06-20
BOOK OF CHURCH ORDER.

TIE report on this subject indicates IN
mistakably the course which the matter will
take. 1t was not expected that the book
would be adopted last spring; it was not sent
down specifically for that purpose, bue, in
general terms, for the g action of the Pres
byterians. That action, while varying in
form, has been in substance siDgularly unan-
imous.
We take occasion to say that our whole
Church is under obligation to the Rev. DR..
Armstrong, chairman of the Committee in
the last Assembly, to whom were referred the
reports of the Presbyteries. To coltate and
digest them was task of great labor. Il
was most skillfully and ably done, and car
ried through the Assembly in manner most
satisfactory and gratifying
Frou the first we have steadfastly favored
the idea of revision it was needed, and it
will be decided benefit to the Church. But
we have constantly advised careful and de
Iborate work, and no definite action until
there was evidence of such harmony as would
show that the Church was ripe for it. This
is now manifest. There are certain alterna-
tive propositions sent down which will of
course be debated. But the discussion has
done great good and nobody has been hurt
except few who have hurt themselves
There has been steady progress towards
agreement from the first, and next year the
whole matter will be settled.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1877-06-20
For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
PUBLICATION CAUSE.

In the present critical condition OF this work, ii
is felt to be important, and due to the Church, that
It should be fully informed of the action of the
Executive Committee, and that at the earliest pos
sible moment an exact statement OF Its financial
condition should be laid before our people. This
statement cannot be made until the financial COM
mittee appointed by the late General Assembly
shall have completed their investigation, when
it will be their duty to publish the result.
Tie Executive Committee have, however, al
ready entered upon an earnest effort to carry out
the instructions of the General Assembly.
The Publication House has been placed in the
hands Of Real Estate agent for sale if it be pos
sble to dispose of it without too great sacrifice.
The necessary investigation as to the practica-
bility of selling our publications by contract will be
entered upon at once, and if it be found possible TO
effect an arrangement, such as was contemplated
by the General Assembly, on any admissible terms,
it will be done.
In the meanwhile the Executive Committee have
adopted plan of retrenchment which will reduce
the current expenses Of the work at least 40 pei
cent, and that too as is believed without serou;
detriment to its efficiency.
If the continued liberality Of the Church shall
restore the Treasury TO is condition before Tho
cent loss, there seems to be no reason why, with
an economical management, the work cannot be
sustained and prosecuted without further embar
rassment, and with increased efficiency and power
JAMES K HAZEN,
Secretary of Publication.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1877-06-20
Report Of the Auditing Committee.

The Auditing Committee have examined
carefully and labOriously the books and &C
eOmpanying vouchers of the Treasurer of the
Assembly's Committee of Publication, which
have been quite recently submitted TO them,
but have not been able in the short period al
lowed them to attain result entirely salts
factory to themselves. The manner in which
the books were kept has rendered the task of
examination more difficult than 1t would other
wise have been, and your Committee would
commend some more simple method of book
keeping to those in charge Of these trust
funds Of the Church.
Your Committee iad the receipts. i1clud
ing balance from last year, of 81, S3S0 o. to
be correctly stated in the Treasurer's report
at 40,20L68. They find the am0un5 of
disbursements substantate4 by vouchers to
be ST., $50 90, and tha5 the Treasurer should
have in his hands. instead Of the balance Of
three thousand four hundred and sixty do
lars and eighty-twO cents (S3, 460S2) which
he places upon his report, che amount of
twenty-five thousand eight hundred and for
ty-One dollars and seyeRty-two cents, %,
o4I.Iz( that being the QlHerenGe between
the above stated total receipts and the total
of those disbursements sustained by vouchers
as ascersained by your Committee. Il is
proper to state in this connection that the
accounts of the Treasurer of Publication ap
pear to have been fully youched, when they
we're examined as they appear to have been
by the Committee in Richmond, but the
vouchers, except as stated, have not come
into the hands of che Auditing Committee
The Committee also report that che balance
due the Treasurer on account Of the Pub.
fishing House is correctly stated to be three
thousand sixteen dollars and thirty nine
cents, (S3,01639)
Respectfully submitted,
1. CHARLES INGLIS.
JAMES SORLEY.
JOIN A. MIYNIECE.