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Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
THE GODS HELP THOSE WHO
HELP THEMSELVES.

Ten years ago boy of 16 years of
age was sentenced to SO years inn
prisonment for killing his employer,
in Linn county, Mo. He was poor,
friendless and neglected. No. one
has ever written or visited him since
he entered the penitentiary. He was
as much forgotten by the outside
world as if the grass were growing
over his dead body. He had no one
to ask favor for him; no one to care
whether he lived or died. And yet
such was his determination to do
right, to get Gods forgiveness for
his crime, to merit the respect Of
even his fellow prisoners, that for 10
years he has not disobeyed a single
rule or regulation of the prison, has
never received reprimand, and has
won the friendship and favor of the Off
cials in charge of the place. They,
acting voluntarily, on account of his
uniform good department and exem-
plary lie, appealed to the executive
to pardon him. Consequently on the
Fourth, Acting Governor Brockmey-
er in person delivered the release, and
the overjoyed man stepped out of the
prison gate free being once more.
The prisoners seemed to be deeply
impressed by the incident, and many
resolved to initiate his perfect de-
pertinent. They raised $13 and gave
it to their departing comrade to aid
him in starting his new life. 80
WHY ARE YOU NOT 4 CHRIS
TIAN.
/ am afraid of the ridicule of my
companions.
"Whosoever shall be ashamed of
Me, and of my words, of him shall
the Son of Man be ashamed" Luke
TX. 25. t
lam as good as many Christians.
Every one of us shall give an ac-
count of himself to God" Rom.
XIX, 12.
| am not ready to give up the
world. '-
"What shall it profit man if he
shall gain the whole world and lose
his own soul?" "A
| am too great a sinner.
''The blood of Jesus Christ His Son
cleanseth us from all SINS" / John
|, 7.
am afraid / cannot hold out.
"IIe which hath begun good work
in you will perform it until the day of
Jesus Christ" Phil. |, 5.
i am good enough already.
"Whosoever shall keep the whole
law, and yet, offend in one point, he
is guilty of all" James II, 10.
intend to he but there is time
enough yet.
Boast not thyself tomorrow for
thou knowest not what a day may
bring forth" Prov. XXVII, /.
God is too merciful to punish.
''The wicked shall be turned into
hell, and all the nations that forget
God" Ps. TX, II.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
SOMETHING IN THE BED.

Judge Pitman has a habit of ship
ping his watch under his pillow when
ne goes to bed. The other night
somehow it slipped down, and, as the
Judge was restless, it gradually work
ed its way downward toward the
fsot of the bed. After q bit, while
ne was lying awake, his foot touched
it, and it felt very cold; he was sur
prised and scared, and, jumping from
bed he said:
S'By gracious, Maria! there's a
toad or snake or something under the
covers. touched it with my foot. :"
Mrs. Pitman gave loud scream
and was out ON the floor in an in
Stant.
Snow don't go to hollering and
waking up the neighbors,',, said the
Judge. ''You 60 and get me a
hroom.or something, and we'll fix the
thing mighty quick
. Mrs. Pitman got the broom and
gave 1t TO the Judge, with the remark
that she felt as if snakes were creep
ing all up and down her legs and
back. l
so, nonsense, Maria! Now you
turn down the covers slowly, while I
hold the broom and bang it. Put a
bucket Of water alongside the bed, too
se's we can shove it in and drown
it."
Mrs. Pitman fixed the bucket and
gently removed the covers. The
Judge held the broom uplifted, and
as soon rs the black ribbon of the
watch revealed, he cracked away three
or four times with his broom. Then
he pushed the thing off into the buck
ct. Then they took the bucket to
the light to investigate the matter.
When the Judge saw what it was, he
said:
II might've known that. just like
you women, to 60 screeching and
fussing about nothing. Who's going
to pay me for that watch? It's utter
ly ruined"
SIT was you that made the fuss,
not me-" said Mrs. p. Yod needn't
try to put the blame Off ON me-"
so, hush up, and 60 to bed. I'm
tired of hearing you blather. Blame
me if amt going to get divorce
and emigrate."
And the Judge turned in and growl-
ed at Maria until he fell asleep.-Max
Adeler.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
TWO OLD VETS.

He was an aged vet, and marched
into our sanetum with the measured
tread of the Old Guard. He had lost
his left arm and part of his left cheek
in trying conclusions with q buzz
saw. This happened previous to the
late war, so that the mutilated patriot
was debarred the privilege of fighting
for the graves of his sires, for his
affairs and his fires, God and his native
land. That is all imaginary, for our
vet. had no altars nor things. He
had only a cheek that bursted the
buzz saw and one arm. The vet. as
he stood before us, had a breath sug-
gestive of half-digested whisky.
The vet. could not go to the field
during the war; The field would not
have him at any price. But after the
cruel war was over he joined the most
gallant manner the Grand Army of
tie Republic, and went into the busi-
ness of strewing flowers. One-armed
and one-leged vets. were scarce In
the Grand Army of the Republic, and
SO tc keep up the stock the few vets.
thus mutilated were tenderly cared
for. Our friend Of the one arm had a
synicure, as he called it, along with
a one-leged vet. who met with his
casulty under an express wagon.
Between Decoration days they did
nothing as messengers at the rate OF
seyenty-tiFe dollars month, and on
Decoration day it was their duty to
stand around with flowers and weep
while John Logan referred to them as
the MANNED, but immortal heroes of
the bloody conflict, with a touching
reference to the ship ofState that had
a helm and man at the helm, and
other beautiful and eloquent figures
of speech and flowers of rhetoric.
"And n0w," said the aged and
mutilated vet. ''pard. and ! are turn
ed out. After all our services we are
told to get up and git, and our places
is given to two bloody Confed's one
from Virgihny and the other frsm
Alabama. My pard. is at this minute
settin' at the foot of your stairs a
sheddin' tears over his one leg. /
want the use OF your facile pen and
valuable journal, sir, to expose this
thing. They call it civil service re-
form! call it HI, | do, and |
want it exposed"
We promised this mutilated soldier
of the G. A. Il. to ventilate his
wrongs, and he stalked out, satisfied
with his appeal through the press TO
an indignant public.-Washington
Capital.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

whether we speak to them or not,
whether we think ON them or indiffer-
ent things, to be near them is all.
The best society and conversation
in the world is that in which the heart
has greater share than the head.
Women exceed the generality OF
men in love, but men have the advan-
tage of friendship.
A man is more faithful and true to
another PERSONS secret than his own ;
a woman, on the contrary, keeps her
own secret better than another's.
Fly him who, from mere curiosity,
asks three questions running, about
thing which cannot interest him.
Love is far from being gay pas
sion. True love is almost always
chagrined, melancholy and ill-humor-
ed.
Absence destroys small passions,
and increases great ones as the wind
extinguishes tapers and kindles fires.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

best for writing your articles on. II
you can tear down an old circus post
er and write ON the pasty side of it
with pen stick,it wonld do still bet
ter.
When your article is completed
crunch your paper in your pocket,
and carry it two or three days before
sending it in. This rubs off the super
fluous pencil-marks, and makes it
lighter to handle.
If you can think of it, lose one
page out of the middle of your article.
We can easily supply what is missing,
and we love to do it. We have moth
ing else to do!-IIawk-Eye.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
FORTY YEARS E4t ,l1lz fiIk1 rUIsLI..
DIR. C. MCLANES.
LIBERATED
LIVER PILLS,
Hepatitis or Liver Complaint.
. DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.
FOR THE CURE Oh

.H
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
nAIN in the right side, under the
edgeof the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimesth the paints inthe left
side; the patient israrely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain
is felt under the shoulder blade, and
it frequently extends to the top Of
the shoulder, and is sometimes miss
taken for a rheumatism in the arm.
. The stomach is affected with loss of
appetite and sickness; the bowels in
general are. costive, sometimes alter
native with lax; the head is troubled
with pain, accompanied with dull,
heavy sensation in the back part.
There is generally considerable loss
ofmemory, accompanied With apain-
full sensation of having left undone
something which ought to have been
done. A slight, dry cough is some
times an attendant. The patient
complains of WEAKNESS and debility;
he is easily startled, his feet are cold
or burning, and he complains Of a
prickly sensation of the skin; his
spirits are low; and although he is
satisfied tina. exercise would be bene-
fetal to him, yet he can scarcely
summon up fortitude enough to try
it. In fact, he distrusts every rem
edy. Several of the above symp-
toms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex-
listed, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DR.. {. McLANE's LIVER Pills,
IN CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, are productive
of the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory
to, or after taking Quinine. We
would advise all who are afflicted
with this disease to give them A
FAIR TRIAL. ..4..
For all Bilious arrangements, and
as simple purgative, they are un-
equaled.
BEWARE OF IMITATIoEs.- .-as
The genuine DR.. c. MeLANE's
LIVER PILLS are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on
the lid, with the impression DR..
MoLANE's LIVER PILLs. 80
The genuine McLA&E's LIVER
PILLS bear the signatures of c.
MeLANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
wrappers.
Bg~ Insist on your druggist or
storekeeper giving you the genuine
DR.. {. McLANE's LIVER Pills, pre-
pared by Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Sold by all respectable druggists
and country storekeepers generally.
To those wishing to give Ds. c. MoLARxs
LIVER PILLs trial, will mail post paid To any
part If the United States, one box Of Pills for
twenty-five cents. ..f -.H
FLEMING EROS. Pittsburgh. Pc
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
CENTAUR gig
..... LINIMENTS,
Letter from a! Postmaster
"AsTrocR, ILL.,, Dec. /, 1877

'Messrs. j. B. ROSE IL Co.: -a
"My wi fe has, for long time, been a
terrible sufferer from Rheumatism. She
has t. led many physicians and many reIne-
dies, The only thing which has given her
relief is Centaur Liniment. l am reioiced
to say this has cured her. am doing
what can to extend its sale.
w. Il. RING.
This is q sample of many thousand testi-
monials received, of wonderful cures
effected by the Centaur Liniment. The
ingredients of this article are published
around each bottle. 1t contains Witch
Hazel, Meatha, Arnica, Rock Oil, :ar.
bolic, and ingredients hitherto little
known 1t Is an indisputable fact that the
Centaur Liniment is performing more
cures of Swellings, Stiff joints, Eruptions,
Rheumatism, Neuralgia. Sciatiea, Caked
Breasts, Loek-jaw. &c, than all other Lin
iments, Embroca:ions, Extracts, Salyes,
Ointments. and Plastsrs now in use.
For Toothache, Earache, Weak Back,
tch and Cutaneous Eruptions it is ad-
mirable. 1t cures burns and scalds with
out scar. Extracts poison from bites
and stings, and heals frost bites and chilli
blaiHs, in short time. No family can
afford to be without the Centaur Lini
ment, white wrapper. =
The CAntaur LIniment, yellow wrapper,
10 aphSd ~ tHe sklis muscles anu
flesh of the animal creation. Its effects
upon severe cases OF SPAWN. Swt ehy,
Wind Gall, Big Head and Poll Evil. are
little less than mary llous.
Messrs. j. Mcclure IL Co., Druggists
corner Elm and Front streets, Cinc4nnat
o., say:
"In our neighborhood a number OF
teamsters are using the Centaur Liniment.
They pronounce it superior to anything
they have ever used. We sell as high as
four to five dozen bottles per month to
these teamsters."
We have thousands of similar testimo-
nials.
For Wounds, Calls. Scratches, Ring:
bone, &c, and for Screw Worm in Sheep
IL has no rival. Farmers, Livery-men,
and Stock-raisers, have in this Liniment
remedy which is worth hundred times,
its cost.
Laboratory of j. HI. R osG Sec,
46 DEY STREET. NEW YoRK.3&
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
ADVICE TO CORRESPONDENTS

Never write with pen or ink. 1t il
altogether too plain and doesn't hold
the mind of the editors and printers
closely enough to their work.
If you are compelled to use ink,
never use that vulgarity known as the
blotting-pad. If you drop blot OF
ink on the paper, lick it off. The in
telligent compositor loves nothing SO
dearly as to read through the smear
this will make acress twenty or thirty
words. We have seen him hang over
such piece of copy half an hour,
swearing like pirate all the time,-
he felt that good.
Don't punctuate. We prefer to
punctuate all manuscript sent to us.
And don't use capitals. Then We
can punctuate and capitalize to suit
ourself, and your article, when you
see it in print, will astonish even if
it does not please you.
Don't try to write too plainly. 1t
is sign of plebian origin and public
school breeding. Poor writing is an
indication of genius that great many
men possess. Scrawl your article with
your eyes shut and make every word
as illegible as you can. We get the
same price for it from the rag-man as
though it were covered with copper
plate sentences. .
Avoid all painstaking with proper
names. We know the full name of
every man, woman and child i'm the
United States, and the mercst hint at
the,nane is sufficient. For instance,
if you write a character something
like u drunkeHsGgureasfS," ands then
draw a wavy line, dnd the letter M
and another.waying line, we will know
at once that you mean Samuel Nor
rison, even though you may think
you mean ''Lemuel Messenger. 1t is
a great mistake that proper names
should be written plainly.
Always write on both sides of the
paper, and when you have filled both
sides of every page trail line up and
down every margin, and back to the
top of the first page, closing your ar
ticle by writing your signature just
above the date. How we do love to
get hold of articles written i'm this
style. And hoao zoe aeoutd like to get
hold of the man acho sends them !
ALoNE!! IN THE WOODS, WITH
A CANNON IN OUR HIP POCK-
EFT +! Revenge is sweet; yum,
yum, yum.
Lay your paper on the ground
when You wii:e; the rougher the
ground the better.
Coarse brown wrapping paper is the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
EXCERPTS.

A man who does not possess a par
ticular talent, satisfies himself by
despising it; he removes this obstacle
which stands between him and merit,
aud by this means he finds himself ON
a level with him whose labors he is
afraid of.
To be in company with those we
love, satisfies us; it does not singnify
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

! assi 1aa. AND PREssEBala aq aait y
In the latest and hest styles. Thank
full for past favors, we would ask, a
continuance of your patronage.
Bring your old Hats and save your
money. Residence and shop on Mssn-
roe street. soutl1fof old fair grounds.
MRs. NANCY C ROsAMONDa
VIM. IN. TsosamSnd, agent for the
Walton Tub Wasetng Machine and
Centennial Wringer. .gss3 ~sss
Mexico, NevsfSO, .lazS.na2-tf .s II
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
PITCHERS
CASTORIA,

Mothers may have rest and their babies
may have health, if they will use Castoria
tor Wind Gallo, Worms, Feverishness,
Sore Mouth, Group. or Stomach Com
plants. 1t is entirely vegetable prepar-
alton, and contains neither mineral, NOR
phine, nor alcohol. 1t i. as pleasant to
take as honey, and neither gags nor gripes.
DIR. K. Dimocb of Dupont, o.. says;
,u;. u 81 am using Castoraa IN my practice
result"
This is what everyone says. Most
nurses in New York City use the Castoria.
IL is prepared by Messrs. J. B. RosE &
Co., 46 Dey street, New York, successors
Samuel Pitcher, NJ. ID.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
A NONEL.

1t was terrible night. The bowling
winds, rumbling thunder, and the fr-
rious, fast falling rain were enough to
terrify the stoutest heart. The light.
nlng, sometimes one continuous sheet,
at others forked and jagged, flashed
through the blackness, but to make it
appear still darker.
A pale-faced girl sat at window of
an uptown residence gazing with
yearning eyes out into the storm.
Her face grows paler as she listens
for his step. Would he never come ?
s'Katie.'' .-
1t was some one spoke her name.
She knew it. She also knew the
speaker.
'' Billy, me darlint, what the divil
made yez so late. The missus is in
bed this blissid two hours, shla-
pin like top, and the tay is cold, but
the illigant lunch have for yez will
taste better wild wine. Come in, me
bhoy, and we'll make note of it.
Bad cess to the creakin' dhoor.
About this season the thin young
man with lofty brow, melancholy
eye. and the general appearance of a
dyspeptic undertaken, tits back the
sub-editorial chair and murmurs,
"Lemme see! Lemme see! Green
peaches, strawberries, plneapples-
guess its time to waltz out that cucum-
Der paragraph"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

1t is little troubles that wear the
heart out. 1t is easier to throw a
bombshell mile than feather
even with artillery.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-24
HOUSEHOLD.

BROWN FLoUR-Every good house
keeper should have some Drowned
flour to thicken gravies with. This is
easily prepared by placing some flour
on tin plate. Set on the stove or in a
very hot oven and stir continually.
until evenly and thoroughly Drowned
through. Placed in covered vessel for
future use
HAsTY PUDDING.-Let the milk be
boiling, then thicken with wheat flour
until as thick as corn mush is gener-
ally made, salt lightly, and stir all the
time after it is thickened let it boil
five minutes, then dish up a la yer of
pudding and a layer of any kind of
stewed fruit. to be eaten with sweet
eEed cream.
SQUAsHEs, pumpkins and all that
class of vegetables require First, an
absence of light second, dry tenn
perature not exceeding As or 60 degrees,
and third, to be SO placed that one does
not come in contact with another. We
have always had success in keeping
them we'll into spring by placing them
In cool, dry chamber until freezing
occurs, and then removing them to
closet for safe keeping over win
ter. Thus Hubbard and other hard
shelled varieties may be kept until
May and even June. For use until
February, they will keep tolerahly well
IN dry cellar placed on shelves.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-24
CROOKED CARR.
The Station Keeper ut Clinton Junction
and Three Accomplices Detected in
Pilfering Railway Tickets.
Chicago Inter Ocean.

chicago inter ocean.
All the wickedness isn't in Chicago.
OF course it is not pretended that any
fellow ever said it was, but to prevent
any one even thinking so the remark is
made. There's been some crookedness
up at Clinton Junction, Wis, of late,
and it's somewhat gratifying to know
that if parties in that charming little
town will get themselves tangled up it
takes Chicago hands and brains to I'M
ravel the skein. The Northwestern
Railroad depot at Clinton Junction is
in charge of "Doc" Carr, q young fell
low who has officiated there as telegraph
operator for some time past. With
him was formerly associated William
Hooker, who is now an employe of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail
road, us are also his brother Edward
Hooker and a mutual friend named
James Perrine. These four friends, it
now appears, turned accomplices and
entered into a plan by which to enrich
themselves at the expense of the North
western Company. Yesterday morning
Detective JAY Scott, having got an ink
ling of some crooked work in railroad
quarters, kept a sharp lookout. Before
long he found a young man trying to
dispose Of genuine tickets over the
Northwestern Railroad to San Francisco
and Denver. 1t is not thought he sold
any, but at Mulford's he exchanged a
Denver for Buffalo ticket. This
party's name is VIM. Hooker, and he
was promptly run in. Later on Edward
Hooker was gobbled, and the two were
then given Il good, square talk. They
squealed, and gave away these points:
That the four had entered into an
agreement to steal the tickets, and that
Carr actually took them from his sta
ton. The value of the property is just
about $1,000 There were six tickets
to California and four to Denver taken
They were distracted from the rear of
the bundles, and the ticket stamp alt
cred so rs to date them Oct. 13. The
Hookers were to sell them in Chicago,
and when this was done they were to
telegraph the words " Go to Waukegan, !"
to Carr, who on receipt Of the same
was to understand that everything was
lovely; that the tickets were sold and
his divvy awaiting him, and he was then
to sack and generally break up his
office, SO as to make out that the place
had been burglarized. On William
Hooker the Go to Waukegan" dispatch
was found, but of course it was never
sent Carr was arrested at Clinton
Junction yesterday, and his place is re-
ceiving a thorough overhauling to see
if any other tickets have been stolen,
and Perrine will be looked after.