Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1877-10-25
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rHE RtDDLE-DTNNERs---LOsT SUNSHINE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS II
WOULD Do-woMAN's DRIvNG-A
LITTLE TRUTH-rHIs WORLD SONNET
ODD THOUGHTS.
THE RIDDLE.
'sEyery one knows what whippings
are, but no one has yet made out
what love is. Some natural philos-
piers have asserted that it is a sort
sf electricity, which is not impossible,
for We sometimes feel that an electric
fash from the eyes has penetrated the
heart, Such lightnings are the most
of all and + viii honor,
above Franklin, the man who viii in
vent conductsr which win sprotect
us against them. But / fear, It is not
so easy matter to rob Cupid Of his
arrows as Jupiter of his lightning,
and tyrants of their sceptres. Be-
sides, every lows does not work in
the lightning style; many a time it
is hiddeAlike snake amid roses,
looking Sbr the Arst crevice in the
heart wherein to nestle, Often it is
only word, a glance, which, falls
like asesd, and the little grain shoots
up into . flower. whose perfume be-
numbs the brain.
But NO matter! so live. Life is
wondrous sweet, and the world beau
tifully bewildered. Oh, woman
laugh at me, mitten me! but let me
live ?"-Heine.
''It seems easy to give q pleasant
dinner, but too much reliance must
not be pleaced upon few men, who
mostly dislike one another, and whose
spirits depend upon their digestion.
There are men and women who GO
out to dinner as they would wash
their hands, or read family prayers.
1t never occurs to them that they are
expected to be vivacious or enter.
tanning.
No man dimes out to sit between
two men he would much prefer thu
club, where he can order his dinner
und get Tree play for his legs. 1
possible, the arrangements in the arl
should be initiated, and each mall
lead female to dinner. This pair
ing must be with proper regard t.
| age, and the lamb must not be givel
. to tile wolf. The wolf may like it
, but the lambs mother will be discon
solate.
II Above all, be ware of the late eS
cuses, which result in row of fou
r men sitting next to one another.
81 LOST SUNSHINE.
! Darling child, you ask me why,
Whine I sing, I still must sigh,
II What can grieve me SO?
Fair spring was mine, and it woul
not stay; .-t f.leg
Bright youth was mine, and 1 dream
| ed it away; .-. H -f.r- r...
t True love came to me one golde
| day
Smiling, I let it go.
The morning hour was sweet an
cool,
had no thirst when my cup brim
RI med full;
II Careless, I Tput it by.
. Laden boughs were over my head,
Fair frait clusters. purple and red,
Summers glories all round me spreai
Yet nothing held my eye.
!, Ny heart is withered. and cold an
deaA; Ba 81 5ai ,-lT
Shows Of winter are on my head;
ltravei my weary way;
Fair and sweet were my springtim
!, flowers,
Rich ana full were my summer hour
Laden with gold my autumn bower
Il lhave nothing left to-day.
. axBNoRIEs. II '.--
"The dearest memories in life, al
not Of things said, but things dor
and felt. A look may be ininitel
more precious than a word. We Il
: member certain indelibie impression
: an atmosphere of kindliness, rein
"a taent and sympathy which years ca
not abate or modify. We recall
: few meetings in life, when by cor
:, mon, mysterious impulse, strange
a walk forth from the walls and defe
7 ses of reserve, the big, black clou'
of trouble rolled away, showing 81
= clear and blue, where shadows We
- all unk iown.
n ETioUETTE. hst
s'The slight and agreeable vari
:, tions in the usages of well-bred pc
:. ple may be compared to the difsere
:, parts of a melody. Etiquette p
"A vents the agony of uncertainty a
!, soothes the pains of bashfafness.
!, is like a well, built up around us,
"a protect us from disagreeable peop
who refuse to take the trouble to
80 civil" tfa
WHAT WOULD DO.
"a III were . 10y again I would h
"a no dealing with tobacco in any foi
- I MY friend Pipes tells me he is sue