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Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
Rain Worth $1,000 900 an Inch.

An enthusiastic citizen declared yes
terday that an inch of rain in this State
was worth a million dollars. He GER
tainly did not make an overestimate in
this instance. The agricultural pro-
ducts of this State were worth last year
not less than $40, 000, 900. With no
more rain than has fallen this year up
to the 10th of January, only the fruit
crop would have matured. Grapes
would have done tolerably we'll, but the
cereal crops would have been a failure.
Three or four inches of rain, in addi-
ton to what has fallen in the last two
days, will be sufficient to mature most
Of these crops. Now that the rain has
come, it brings a promise of more. 1t
has put heart into the whole cemmuni-
ty. They will shape all their opera
tions for a dry season-one with just
enough moisture to bring forward the
crops where the tillage is good.
After the middle Of January, and in
a dry season, we a not expect more
than four or FIVE inches of rain at the
most. If this is we'll distributed we
shall get fair crops over a considerable
area. Except on irrigated lands wheat
and other cereals will be afailure in the
San Joaquin Valley. Irrigating canals
will be pushed by private enterprise,
and those who can turn water on their
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
Skating Feats.

The record of feats of skill in skating
is unusually full. The famous Chevalier
de St. George, who was marvelously
expert in all exercises of the body, was
able to sign his name on the ice with
the blade of his skate. A certain young
lady, it is said, accepted a challenge to
a correspondence on the ice, and in a
few minutes a question and answer were
written down with an elegance unsur-
passed in handwriting upon glass with
a diamond. There was a Swede who
was able with foot to design por-
traits on the ice. In GERMANY, partic-
ularly, there are many graceful skaters.
Baron de Brincken, who was page to the
King Of Westphalia, was able, while
moving over the ice at a great pace, to
leap a distance Of two yards and clear
two or three hats placed one above the
other, or some of the little sledges
which the ladies use. Klopstock not
only wrote fiery lyrics in praise of the
art of skating, but was an expert at the
exercise yer in his old age. With us
it is within q comparative recent
period that ladies began to skate, but
i'll the countries of Northern Europe
both exe practice the art. In Fries
land most people skate more than they
walk, and skating races, especially for
women, are frequent in all the towns
albany Argus.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
The Toughest GrasshOpper Yarn Of ALI.

A disguised granger who came NO
yesterday from Sumner County, Kas.,
thus described his experiments with
choppers"
"Are the hoppers hatching outP
Well, l should rather think they are!
Why, down where / come from the
ground is all alive with 'em. Don't l
think the late frosts will kill 'em? No,
l don't, and III tell you why. To tell
the truth, I don't think any thing, 'cept
bilin' or burning, will kill 'em. To il
lustrate: Last week | went out into my
plowed field, and dug up a spade full of
earth where / knew the eggs were
thick. l brought the earth into the
house and put it in a box behind the
stove to see how much warm weather
was required to hatch them out. In
two days the box was alive with 'em.
Having heard that cold weather would
kill them, l took the box of live shop
pers'' out of doors and spread them on
a board and left them out over night.
Next morning [ carried 10 the board,
which was carried with white boar
~frost-every thing, as well us the grass
hoppers, was covered with ice. l felt
sure they were dead.
But to further satisfy myself I placed
the board beneath the stove to thaw out,
and I'll be darned if them little hOppers
weren't all alive and skipping about in
side of two hours time. Then I
thought | would try the effect of water
on the little pests. l had heard that
rain had a very unhealthy effect on 'em.
So I put a lot into d wash-tub of water
and put the board on top to keep them
under water. Next morning | seen
them all floating on top, back down
wards, like q lot of dead fishes. l felt
sure / had killed 'em this time, but to
make sure of it, | fished out a lot of the
little corpses and put them on a board
in the warn sun to dry. l know you
won't believe NE, but, as sure as hop
pers is hoppers, 1 seen them little var
minis get dry, and as they warmed up
in the sur they turned over and got on
their feet and commenced to hop and
skip about like nothing had happened.
That's why l rented u my place and
am on my way to my fathers place il
Pennsylvania. "-Kansas city Times
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
PhstOgraphing the Stars.

Several years ago it was announced
that DR.. Draper, of New York, had
photographed the spectrum of a star;
but, in this country, it is only during
the past year that Mr.. Higgins had sue
ceeded in taking a satisfactory photo
graph. He obtained some in 1868.
The difficulty to be overcome is to keep
the telescope moving with sufficient ex-
actitude to keep the star in the same
spot of the field, as the exposure has to
be for a considerable period. The APP
plication of Grabs method of control
ling the movements of a sidereal clock
has overcome the difficulty, and now
satisfactory photographs have been
made. The importance of this work
will be recognized when it is understood
that the composition of the more bril-
liant stars is now known to be similar
to that of our sur, and all that is now
needed to determine their chemical con-
is to compare such spectra
photographs with the normal solar
spectrum. Physicists are in a position
to predict that no hues will be met with
in the spectra of such stars which are
not within the spectrum of our sun.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22

lands this year will probably find their
account in high prices for pasture, hay
and grain. There is little prospect that
more than twelve inches of rain will
fall in any of the coast counties or in
most of the interior valleys. 1t is rea-
sonably certain that it will be relatively
a dry season. The present rains will
revive the pastures, which by frost and
drought had been nearly ruined. The
grain crops will be brought forward.
In many Instances grain sown late had
not been sprouted; in others it had
terminated and died. Some fields will
have to be sown again. But in most
cases the rain will bring out enough
dormant seed to make a good start.
1t is quite within bounds to say that
every inch of rain which falls after this
date will be worth a million of dollars
to the State; and everyfoot of snow on
the mountains will be worth nearly or
as much more to the miners.-SGn
Francisco Chronicle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
A SOrrOWful Story.

An instance of inhumanity is report
ed from Hartland, Wis. An old man,
"a years old, by the name of Abel, gave
all of his property to his step-son, on
condition that he would be taken care
of as long as he lived. This winter the
old man was put into an old shanty and
an old stove given him, the step-son
furnishing him with a scanty supply of
food from his comfortable house close
by. The neighbors, finuing out how
the old man was treated, called the at
tention of the Chairman of the Town
Board to the case, who visited the shan
ty and found the old man in a pitable
condition. The only covering he had
was an old feather bed, which only
reached to his knees, and during the
severe cold weather his feet had frozen
and were Notifying. The inhuman
son was told that he had got to take
better care of the old man, but his only
answer was, Well, take care of hip
yourself" The Town then hired a man
to take care of him, but in q few days
the old man died. Steps are being taken
to have the migrate punished.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
The Important Question.

Of all loathsome diseases Catarrh stands
pre-eminent. 1t renders its victim as dis
gushing to himself as to others. And the
most humiliating of all is the consciousness
that his presence is offensive to those around
him. If any disease deserves the name Of
universal, it is this. Dietetic errors and the
follies which Fashion imposes upon us tend
to foster and disseminate it. To the pitiful
cry of its victims, is there cny cure for Ca
tariff there is but one answer consistent
with Christian reason. God has never sent
one evil into the world for which he has not
sent the remedy. For the greatest of all
spiritual and moral evils, the Great Physician
has prescribed a potent and never-failiag
remedy. He has given explicit rules
for the treatment and preservation
He is silent in all matters relating to the
physical man. 1t would be an unWarranta-
BILE detraction from His beneficent character
to suppos that He has afflicted the greater
portion of humanity with an incurable dis
ease. The day of plaques is past. The God
of Christianity is a God of Love, of Mercy,
His message is "good will to all men" The
earth and all contained therein, was intend
ed by the great Designer to supply mans
wants: and surely he has no greater wants
than remedies for his infirmities. Science is
rapidly proving that the earth is fitted to
supply mans utternost need. New medl
cinal plants are constantly being discovered
and new properties developed from those al
ready known. For Catarrh, the most potent
remedy yet discovered is DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. It's efficacy has been tested in
many thousand cases with uniform success,
Cases that had been repeatedly pronounced
incurable, readily yielded to it. ~Inconfirped,
or obstinate cases, DIR. Piercc's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery should be taken in connection
with the use of the Catar h Remedy. Full
particulars in pierce's Memorandum Books.
They are given away by druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
The Sole Survivor of the Custer Mas
sacre i'm a New Role.

An article copied from one of the ST.
Joseph papers has been going the
rounds of the press for several weeks
purporting to be the statement of the
"last living survivor of the Custer mas
sacre." Well, the hero of this interest
ing story left st. Joe and honored Kan
sas City with a visit. The City Council
and Board of Trade had not been mott
fed of his coming, hence there had been
no particular preparation made for his
reception. But he was made the guest
of the City as soon as he was recog-
nized, and he has been Hospitality en-
~tertained ever since. He says his name
is Henry Lepper and he is the only liv-
ing white witness of the Custer mas
sacre. In substantiation of this fact he
exhibits a mutilsted breast, which has
been scarifed and cupped for some
disease. But the veteran asserts that
it was shot all to pieces by Indian
bullets and arrows. The veteran
was very modest on the first night
of his arrival and slept with the bal
ance of the city guests on the soft side
of the board in the room assigned to
the homeless. Next day he started
forth to view the. city and relate to the
credulous the oft-told thrilling story of
how Custer died. At night he returned
to his lodging just in time to meet Chief
of Police Speers. The recognition be-
tween the two was mutual and instan-
taneous. The Chief did not appear to
be pleased to meet the old impostor,
and the latter was SO sorry he had
come back that he went forth to drown
his sorrow in the fluid which intoxi-
Gates, at five cents a drink. The police
took him in late at night, and yester-
day morning the old impostor was sent
out to the work-house to board. And
now every day may be seen, in the
street chain gang, the hero of a well
told fiction, "The Last Survivor of the
Custer Massacre. ''-KansaS Cttu Times.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
Cose NJ R se., ,,. for . Grand su ..,,su,

Conspicuous among the highest examples
of success which the present century can
show is sHastetter's Stomach Bitters. The
record of its triumphs over disease is TO be
traced in the written acknowledgements OF
thousands who have experienced hts benef-
cent effects, and the evidence of its popu-
larity is to be found in the vast and grow
South America, Mexico. Guatemala, the
West Indies, Australia and Europe. The
reasons for its unparalleled success are Co
gent ones. TIL accumula ted evidence of
nearly thirty years shows that it is a certain
remedy for malarial disease, as well as it's
surest preventive; that it eradicates dys-
pepsia, constipation, liver complaint and
nervousness, counteracts a tendency to govt,
rheumatism, urinary and uterine disorders;
that it imparts vigor to the feeble, and cheers
the mind while it invigorates the body.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
THE GREAT REPUTATION
WHICH yEeETINE has attained in all parts Of
w the country as a
GREAT AND GOOD MEDICINE,

And the large number of testimonials which are con-
stantly being received from persons who have been
cured by its use, are conclusive proof Of its real value.
Ii is by physicians and apoiIecarieS.
AS Blood-Purlher and Health iestUrer it has no
equal.
NEGETINE is not prepared for a fancy drink made
from poor liquors, which debilitafes the system and
tends TO destroy health instead of Testorl ng it.
Are not the many testimonials given for the differ
et complaints satisfactory to any reasonable persons
suffering from disease that they can be cured? Read
the different testimonials given, and no one can doubt.
In many OF these cases the persons say that their pain
and suffering cannot be expressed, as in cases of Scrof-
MA. where, apparently. the whole body was one mass
ofcOrruption. II VEGETINE will relieve pain, cleanse.
purify and cure such diseases, restoring the patient 10
perfect health after trying different physicians, many
remedies, suffering for years, is ii not conclusive
proof. If you are a sufferer, you can be cured? Why
Is this medicine performing such great cures? 1t
works IN the blood. in the Circulating fluid. 1t can be
truly called the Great Blood Purifier. The great
source of disease originates III the blood: and no med
icine that does not act directly upon ii, 10 purify and
When the blood becomes lifeless and stagnant. either
from change of weather or of climate, want Of eXer-
else. irregular diet. or from any other cause. the VEG
ETINE viii renew the blood. carry OF the putrid
hunors. cleanse the stomach, regulate the bowels and
impart a tone of vigor 10 the whole body. The con-
Vlction Is. in the public mind as well as in the medical
profession, that the remedies supplied by the ISgetd-
bic Kingdom are more safe. more successful in the
cure of disease, than mineral medicines. VEGErINE
is composed of roots, barks and herbs. 1t is pleasant
to take and is perfectly safe TO give an infant. Do
you need it? Do not hesitate TO try ii. You will
never regret ii.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
GOD KNOWS"
BIZ BENJAMIN #. TAYLOR,

IAN eInigrant ship recently foupdered IN d
ster m, and Of the a20 who went down, only one
was laid at rest from her troubled baptism some
body asked the question, " What name Z" and
the reply was. God knows" A gentleman
stone to be erected bearing only this ''GoD
KNows."l
An emigrant ship with a world aboard
" ent down by the head on the Kentish coast,
No latter of bunting at half mast lowered.
No cannon to toll for the creatures lost.
Two hundred and twenty their souls let slip,
Went staggering down in the fonndered ship!
Nobody can tell it-1ot you nor 1,
The frenzy of fright when lightning thought
Wove like q shuttle the far and the night.
Shot quivering CLEANS through the long forgot
And hshted the years with a gh "a glare
Mid surges of watel. and gasps of prayer.
The heavens were doom and the Lord was dumb,
The cloud and the breaker were blenu in one,
No angel in sight-not any to come!
God pardon their sins for the Christ His Son!
The tenn est died down as the empest will, D..
The sea in q riyulet browse lay stiii,
AS tame as the moon on q window sill,
The roses were red On the rugged hill
The roses that blow in the early light
And die into gray in the mists of night.
Then drifted ashore i'm a night-gown dressed,
A wRif of a girl with her sanded hair,
And hands like a prayer on her cold blue breast,
And a smile on her mouth that was not des-
pair.
No stitch on the garment ever to tell
Who bore her, who lost her. who loved her well,
Unnamed as a rose-was it Norah or Nell?
The coasters and wreckers around her stood
And gazed on the treasure-trove upward cast,
AS round a dead robin the sturdy wood,
Its plumage all rent and the whirlwind past.
They laid q white cross on her homemade vest,
The coffin was rude as a red breasts nest,
And poor was the shroud, but a perfect rest
Fell down on the child like dew on the West.
vi.
Nobody to bid her "'GoOd- night, my bird"
Spring waited to weave a quilt Of red clover,
Nobody alive had her pet name heard.
SWhat name?" asked the preacher. "GOD
KNows!" they said,
Nor waited nor wept as they made her bed,
But scuiptured ''GOD o wS on the slate at
her head.
The legend be ours when the night runs wild,
The road out of sight and the stars gone home,
Lost hope or lost heart, lost Pleiad or child,
Remember the words at the nameless tomb!
Bewildered and blind the soul finds repose,
Whether cypress or laurel blossoms and blows,
Whatever betides, for the good GOD KNOws!"
"God knows all the while, our blindness His
sight,
Our darkness His day, our weakness His might
-NeD York Tribune,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22

A meek-eyed married man sug-
gested as a test at q spiritual soance
that the medium name the articles in
his wife's upper bureau drawer. The
medium said the spirit would repeat the
contents of Webster's Dictionary, or
any other light task, but that life was
too short to attempt the task proposed,
and the rash proposer was hustled out
of the hall.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22

S~ANFoRD's RADICAL CUR FOR CATARRH
is local and constitutional remedy, and is
prepared by distillation. Not a particle Of
woody fiber or caustic chemicals enters into
its composition. 1t thus differs from all
other Catarrh remedies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22

1t is made known that B. l.. Far
jon. the English novelist, is to H.arry
Miss Margaret Jefferson, eldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. Jefferson. the eminent actor.
The family, now in Europe, will return
to this country next
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
vEGETINE
CANNOT BE EXCEELED.

CHARLEsTowN.
H. R.. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-This is TO certify that l have used your
Blood Preparation" in my family for several years.
and think that, for Scrofula or Cankerous Humors
or rheumatic affections. it cannot be cxcelled; and as
q olood purifier and spring medicine it is the best
thlng L have ever used, and | have used almost every
thing. l can cheerfully recommend it TO any one In
need of such a medicine.
Yours, respectfully,
MRS. a. A. DINSMORE, 10 Russell street.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22

Mrs. Fanny Hodgson Burnett, au-
thor of "That Lass O. Lowrie s." is an
Englishwoman, but now married to a
young doctor of Knoxville, Tenn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
VEGETINE
WHAT rs NEEDED.

BOSTON, Feb. Is, 1871.
H. r. STEVENS, ESQ:
Dear one year since I found myself in a
Feeble condition from general debility.
was strongly to me by a friend who had
been much benefited by its use. l procured the arti-
Gle, and, after using several bottles. was restored 10
health and discontinued its use. | feel quite confident
that there is no medicine superior to it for those COM
plants for which 1t is especially prepared, and would
cheerfully recommend it to those who feel that they
need something to restore them TO perfect health.
Respectfully yours. U. L. PETTINGILL,
Firm of S. NJ. Pettingili g. Co.,
No. 10State ST., Boston.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
vEGETINE.
ALL NAVE OBTAINED RELIEF.

SOUTH BERwIoK Me-, Jan. Il, 1SH.
ID. K. STEVENS, Esq: 80 5
Dear Sir-I have had dyspepsia in IT'S worst form for s
the last ten years, and have taken hundreds or dolnars
worth of medicines without Obtaining any rellel. IN
september last | commenced taking the VEG BrlNE,
since which time my health has steadily improved:
My food digests well and / have gained fifteen POUNDS
of flesh. There are several others in this place taking
VEG nTINE. and all have obtained RELIEF.
Yours truly, THOMAS Il. hOOItE,
Overseer Of Card-Room, Portsmouth Co.'S Mills.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22

An emigrant ship with a world aboard
Went down by the head on the Kentish coast,
No latter of bunting at half mast lowered,
No cannon to toll for the creatures lost.
two hundred and twenty their souls let slip,
Two hundred and tw enty with speechless lip
Went staggering down in the foundered ship!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22

Nobody can tell it-not you nor L,
The frenzy of fright when lightning thought
Wove like q shuttle the far and the night.
Shot quivering CLEANS through the long forgot
And liz hted the years with a CHASTITY glare,
A second q year. and a second to spare!
mid surges Of water and gasps of prayer.
, 1877-03-05

is against your own inclinations, but it must be
decided here and now. This woman DECIDED IT,
aud pressed on to where Jesus was. t wns
necessary Tor her to touch Him, and this she
dM!, and as she came nearer and at last reached
Hin slle 1ell 4oWn. and reached out that thin
trembling hand, and laid it upon the garmenf
and straightway sue felt within herself that she
nient she touched Him she cot what
she came for. She beloved it, and she got it.
II you believe this rccorl-that Jesus died for
sinners-aud II you believa He died for you
anu hus got the power to save you and forgive
your sins, and It you are willing to come to
Hin and ask Him to do it, you will then re-
ccire by faith what you come for. See the dit-
ference III this wouan's touch and the touch OF
those around her. It is all the difference be-
tween true child Of God and nominal church.
member. She touched Jesus with definite
purpose. That was faith-the personal ap-
propriatfon Of SO much OF jesus power
believe iu Christ They believe about Him.
that Etc came into the world, suffered and died
On the cross, aud was the Son Of God. You
may believe all Of that and still be lost. must
believe lle died for mt; that He was an atone
mcnt for me; that Ho gave Himself for me;
and that I, a sinner, must take Him for my
Savior
Maj. Whittlc then spoke Of the woman's con-
fession Of what she had doue, and urged upon
his hearers The duty Of confessing their Savior
BY their testimony, by their works, by sitting ut
clusion te told Two very touching stories exhtb-
iting the power Of faith, and called upon Mr..
Physician IS passing.n
After the song and q closing prayer by Mai.
WhittIc, the services were over.