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Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11
ut GEMS strange that he should
lave known that the money was hid
hen under a corner of the bedroom

~ AS mOhOJ "@c AIN~
len under a corner of the bedroom
ge4Yet," said
a rae az reply, aDd / coahhued,
she mf,st have made u desperate
iE1t, AMI uiak The Villains sleeves
aust hc stained"
His eyes went down to his sleeves
as | spoke, but he quickly raised
hem.
i don't know, I'm sure, he said
after awhile. "It's an awful thing,
and I'm so nervous that / a hardly
think of any one thing for a moment
ut q time
Poor boy! it isa hard blow on
you," put in one of the constables,
in a condoling voice.
Tom covered his face with his
hands, and seemed to be much affect
ell; and l told him / had done with
him.
"Hold!" / said, as he was leaving
the house. "Haye you any idea OF
how much money she had hidden
away?"
ono"
SIT makes no great difference" !
went on; II have ascertained there
was nearly q thousand dollars, and
the bills were all fives and tens on
the Ocean Bank of New York and the
Drovers' Bank of Brooklyn"
/ saw he had n look of ANNOYANCE
and chagrin. l had found no such
memoranda, and only judged of the
value of the bills and the banks rep
resented by those left behind.
Well, there was my case. The
young man was guilty, and l knew it /;
but if 1 said so, and made his arrest,
L would have been mobbed. 1t was
the general idea that a stranger had
committed the deed, and it would
have been folly to take Tom on such
evidence Us l had accumulated, much
of it having no weight except in my
own mind.
A couple of old nurses were allow
ed to come in and prepare the body
for burial ; the servants recclled, and
| asked Tom to return to the house,
and guide and direct SO far as he
could. One of the constables went
and fetched a justice of the peace
He followed me over to the hotel and
when We were seated, he asked,
"Well, what have you discovered?"
THAT the crime was committed by
some one living in the village" 1 an
swered.
"lou don't mean that?''
Yes"
"Who is the MANI"
If knew L would arrest him." l
replied. $50 far, l have only suspi-
ciouS; but perhaps before tomorrow
morning We may have the william in
custody"
Il hope SOL" he said. much excit-
ed.
/ then told him tho Y ~n~ col
pass tbel holdlr IT
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

A fearful retribuiion-Fiftee Mol
lie Maguires have been hung in Penn
sylvania for the murder of six vic
tirns.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

Hawkeye: 1t takes 2, 1G0 bees to
fll a pint cup, Notwithstanding q sim
gle bee takes up so much room, in a
fellows summer trousers leg.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

~epreserts the following old and re,is bIo
CompanieS-FIRE AND LIFE:
Liverpool, London & Globe. Eng.
Attna, Of Hartford. Conn.
Hartford, of Hartford, Conn.
i1iEnlx, of Hartford, Conn.
FRANKLIN, of Philadelphia Pa.
Underwriters. OF New York.
"erinan-American, of New York.
PhEnix, of New York.
Niagara, OF New York.
American Central, of st. Louis.
Life Association of America, St
Louis. d.
Mutual Life Insurance COMPANY
Of New York. ''
me above line at Companies i. tba mos,
reliable known. most
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

"How ear / leave thee2 p he was
singing in . very tender tone. He
wssa't very popular with her parents,
m 4 4 xas verGinc on II ociock, ap
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11
KEEP HOME MATTERS pPT
NATE.

Preserve the privacies of you
house, marriage state, heart, from
Iather, mother, sister, brother, aunt
and all the world. You two, Will
Gods help, build your W quiet
world; every third or fourth one Won
draw into it with you will form a par
~ and stand between you two, That
should never be. Promise this to
each other. Renew the vow at each
temptation; you will find your ac-
count in it. You" souls will grow
as 1t were, together, End at last they
Will become as one. Ali, if many \
young pair had on their wedding day
known this secret, bow many maria
ges we're happier than-alas they
are -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

Short dresses, three inches from
the ground, II the latest. Women
vino ''kick DUST in No. s shoes still
prefer long skirts, however.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

America can beat England on the
walk, on the swim, and on the shoot.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

froblematical: If corn in the ear
Is worth fifty cents, what's corn in the
mouth worth?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

" hen a man is ''rooted to the spot
by fear, does he branch out before he
leaves? he
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

45D, oO0 ac:Haated that Missouri has
try. OF this only sa,:jeet to en-
north of the Missouri river. sss lies
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

one ungrateful man does an iniur,
to all who are wretched.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

New oath to be taken by members
Of the House of Representatives
"fon do solemnly swear to keep so.
Der as much az possible, and at al
events not to Use this chamber fol
exhibitory purposes without paying 6
license.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

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! black walnut top table and treadle, all
5 complete, only $25: warranted . years
; kent in order free of charge. Money r
> refunded at once if not satisfactory. :
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: factory machine aver invented for all :
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{ OF a like quality. 1t makes the shut
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same on both sides of the work. Z
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

he who will not reason is a a bioot.
ne VINO cannot is a fool, and he who
dare not is O slave.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

The device on the new dollar is To
be changed. The Eagle, that now
looks so much like a turkey buzzard.
Is to be made over.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

National bankers are gentlemen
who live off of the interest of what
they owe.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

Texas hog weighs one thousand
our hundred and fifty pounds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

Inc motto Of lovers is s.E plura,
bus yum yum"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

night in the house with III,
corpse and wanted his company.
dld not wish to go in until Tom had
retired to his room, and would rotI.
or none OF the servants should see
me. L cautioned him not 10 hetro,
ny intentions, and warned him tho,
tle capture depended on silence and
discretion.
AT 10 O'Clock that night, Mr.. Tar
sons (the Justice) and myself were
admitted to the house by one of tho
ack doors. The servants and Tom
were mp stairs, and three women wer.
watching with the corpse. 1t was .
bright moonlight night, rather cool.
ana Parsons had brought some ci-
gars.
We sat in the room beyond the
dining room, having no light in the
room; but the door was partly omen
"lio d" lamp on n stand in the dining
oom shone in, and the light tell I'D
on a large mirror hanging on the wall
the left of us.
L had to prepare him very gently
or my proposed search, and / did
dare to tell him that | believed
ON to be the original, although he
ouid not help seeing that l way try
ng to fasten the crime on some in. ,
nate of the house.
IL was just three minutes of -
clock, and we had been very ouiet t
'r a long time, both thinking, when
suddenly saw a face in the glass on y
he wall. 1t was Toms, and 1 looked
'ound, expecting to see him in the
'orway. He was not there and as ft
turned to the glass his whole body
me into view, being clad only in a
ght-shirt. The moon was stream J:
. In at the window, falling in a.
over on the glass, and between
'onlight and lamplight the glass WI
s converted into a magic mirror to tn
present what was transporting in the
II OF the house in the yard behind be
IsAl-
kitchen. l turned from door to Il.
So three or four times before T
we'd the mystery, and by that time
sons was watching Tom. is
The young man had 4 small bun. mo
IN his hand, anu after bendipo :
head to listen, and then peerjpo be
Ut, nc advanced several feet, reach loo
up, and his hand and arm won, ia +
ond our vision. There was a
and e il doves had been dis
], brushed something down his who
stepped DaoK out OF sight. prei
He is walking in his Sleep" whis- !
d the amazed magistrate. 450
See herei' ] said, my hand on try
shoulder "when he raised M he nor
hiding something. If it was the ,
will You believe that he COM NJ,
ed that crime?"
Let us look he answered. -
tirns
assed out of the back door u
e was a doyecot on a post near I'LL .
ear end of the kitchen, and 90 gle
i'll inserted my hand andrew fello
bundle. 1t vas the money! 6,
ing up, we San that Tom had s;,,o;
out q his windsw, and WASH
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

Nothing makes the average tramp
so mad as to find q bottle with a Ger
man label on it in tie road. While
he is almost certain that the bottle
contains whisky, there is a lingering
suspicion that it is medicine for 8
sore toe, and between the two doubt.
he goes thirsty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

NJ. Ousquito will soon present his
little bill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

NOW have your hair cut u la Tom
Allen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

hhs.4B n III
chicago and Alton Il. X.
GOING EAST
Jefferson ana Fulton Exp. arrives.
Al. ll:lj a.. H..
accommodation (nixed train) run
ming only between Mexico and
Louisiana leaves. 300 d. m
tcnvcr Express leaves. 200 a. m
G'iNG WEST.
Jefferson and Fulton Express
leaEes ......S:OO p. III.
Accommodation (miHcd train run
ming only between Mexico and
Louisiana arrives. ......ll:30 am.
Denver Express arrives .2:3G a m.
~~Denvcr Express, leaving
The only train to Chicago without
change of cars.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

~ -. NJ" '"uc oI~iH-
Amy, Slate of NiSSou-
'hat my Tanfounded suspicious and
nnJustifiable arrest drove him to his
death.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-04-11

Publishers EARN and Preside" Spring
ield Ohio. But all wishing the W pa
ners for the price of one must apply tc
the publisher OF the LEDGER at once.
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The Bay Mule.
burlington Hawkey'c. !

He was showing the man the new
bay mule that he was working in a
team with the old gray. "ioi var.
rant him sound, and perfectly kind
aud grntie:'" the man said. "Per.
fectly," said farmer John. "My wife
and children drive him and he is a
perfect pet. Comes into the house
like dog easy to shoe p asked
the man. "Well, | guess so; fact
il I never Ind him shod, | don't be-,
lieve in it no works better without
it," said farmer John. Glow does he
act when you pnt tho crnpper on :"
asked the man. Farmer John hest
tated. "We|l, pretty good, guess"
he said "fact is. never pnt it ON
chow does 1t get on ?" asked the
man; "wh" does put it on ?" "Well,
| kind Of don't know,' said farmer
John ; fact is, he had the harness on
when I got him. and it fits him 80
well, an he seemed to he 30 kind q
con,ented in it, like, that sort 2faev-
err took it otf'n him. "And q! ,,1salg
have you had him 2" asked TIN man.
Farmer John chewed q whea straw
very meditatively. }'Well," 70 said,
"n"t to exceed mrfe'n tw1 years,
mehbe." And the MAN backed lit
tie further away, and said hs would
"sort of look~r"und a little further
before he bought, like" And farmer
John never saw him again, even uuto
! this day. +o a..
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'sDead on the Field of Honor"
From the New York Tribune.

The terrible news from the infected
districts comes.to rs with one glimpse
Of cheerfulness and hope-the conduct
of the- noble men, both white and
black, wh3 have gone to nurse the
sick. We want our readers to stop
for lust one moment and look at this
matter. These nurses. who have
gone out If the pure air Of their own
homes to the plague stricken towns,
to handle aud teuder|y Gaze for dead
and dying men who are utter Strangers
to them. need a higher courage than
any soldier marching into the thick
of battle. They gain nothing, neither
pay nor glory. Their victories are not
watched by a proud country for whose
honor they gave their lives If they
die. no weeping nation will year
by year hang Iaurels Oh their graves.
The Howard nurse is only mention.
ed in the papers as zone of twenty
five" arriving on such date, or zone
Of twenty" who a,e dead. His name
nobody knows. If he falls, his friends
only iearn 'of IL 1rcausc tic fails I" rv-
turn, There il no burst Of battle cry
or martial music to cheer his soul in
his last struggle with death; in the
future there is tn be 10 roll-c Of a
victorious army, with proud answer t."
his name. "Drad upon the field of
honor" Ho gives his life for some
poor plague stricken wretch, pr"ba.
Div of less value to the world than
himself, in tho poiSoued air of Il soil
tary chamber, where there ia none
but G"d t." know. He is buried hast
ily iuj u naneless grave, with sbud.
dpring and fear, aud Qnick|ime is
thrown upon his body. This sacri.
fec he makes out Of pure love to G"d
and humanity, and this sacrifice is
now making, not Ly one mat. but by
every one of the hundreds If purses
sent out by the Howard Association.
Every one of them carries his life in
his hand as he goes..
These men, too, he it remembered,
are S"uthe, ners tile people VII" r.
gardpd as our enemies not long ago
and whom we are apt still to regard
az impraclicable, idle and quarrel
some. 1t is worth our while t." con.
slider this thing. The newspapers
lately have contained more tina" the
usual amount of crime and nas'iness
/ Neither foreign politics nor our d."
mpstic records have been calculated
to raise our belief in the nobility u
human nature or t" suggest tresl
waIchwolds of cheer to tho world. l
, is some thing t" know that IN our owl
.. country, among the people OF tin
very States which we have believed
\ given over to corruption and fraud,
uoble deed is done with a modest.
aud silence which makes it all tn
nubler.
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M.ook into me eyes, me darling,
and tell e2you are minr," Gang II
>moo,h-factd stripping beneath the
cottage window one dewy eve in June.
She looked into his eyes seven yeats
latter, about the time he was to we'd
another girl, andvowed to be bis an
less her damaged affections were
p"ulticed up with a thick swaddling
Of greenhacks. How constant is wo-
man First in love, last in peace,
aud always ready Dr > breach 9!
promise snit. s = i.
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Too True.
Shreveport Times.

There is nothing connected with
the late war 40 humiliatlng as the
conduct of a few Southern men, who,
after makinga COED record as soldiers,
have deserted their people and ac-
cepted Office as q reward for their
base abandonment OF prinolRl.e''
Among them stand Colonel MO M"y ~.
the great guerri''" c!!'etta'o ,,,"snI.l,ip.
accepted tie Hong Kong coD f"rthest
They should be sent TO l,'o +i -. Gao
,;miis Of tile world, where tu s,,h;ect
hide their shame, and not .a as 10
their old friends and COLI. ..a'come
modification by, their 'uu"0'0
presence. -r. ,y.,tt#:i - Z ~ +. !,
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The White Feather.
--v}5tNJ
New York Sun.

. A distinguished Southern statesman
is 1epolted IT, have remarked, refer
ring t" tho next Presidential election
NO ,chite feather nert time.'
This is one of the most encouraging
signs We have seen. We objected to
the white feather from the beginning
aud all the way through. The South
cru Democrats. were prompt to de-
clare that they had made war once
unsuccessfnlly, and were sick of war,
and were ready to trade for favor aud
tn sneak luto the accomplishment Of
their purpose. Their acts correspond
I'd with their words. They did make
a cowairdly and detestable trade with
HAYES. rsfasAs 312 ~ 'tt-' 49,,
1t is, therefore, peculiarly crafty.
ing to 6nd that the very men ,wbu
were 60 ready to show the white
feather before are sick Of it now. o.
course it would have been mole glori
Gus to have manifested the hatred q!
the white feather they now profess -! =,
an earlier day and alwsys; st'I.. ~ We =,
appreciate tho indications Of q 1ey'v:
ting spirit. n....,r.,. If III,
Nh unite with their So9theri
..y aud elect = Democrat fresl'
e.s ia. mo Zine. he may be SLOWED t
~. sin, We shall feet better g
/ .nr.,d vhsu We $50 il done:
J nse have IlI prle'
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Astonishing Feats Of Jugglery,

In Delhi, India, we saw the celebrated
basket trick, which is sometimes ptpry
initiated by professional magiciaDst, 81
this country. A native produced" las'
ket and a blanket, and, after permitting
us to see that they contained nothing,
inverted the basket on The ground and
covered it with blanket. We paIdn
attention to bis lamentations, but lept
our eyes fixed on the h"sk"t and tho
space around it, resol + no boy
should be Struggled IT. mt u 1t
without seeing him. What IDa,lqf the
feat still more wonderful VIA th TACT
that the performer stood in clear tpace,
and we could look down upon him as he
proceeded. He went through tho ans'o7
mary act of thrusting sword Though
the interstices of the basket, Wb.~- h'
cries Of q boy wero heard as Il = .", =
pain issuing from the basket 'n' ar |
It over, there was boy with appua-
emily unhurt and seemiyly .l,'Sm.ss
the fun. Restoring the basbt, a'u ,; '"'
blanket over it, to it's folneroelll1""r,
With the boy underneath 'th aSAa
went through with sohe in,,@ sn "t ths
and then, running. bis sword "e r,rn.
blanket, tossed it away from !: Ia ho
ing over the basket, no bosas ~ W. %o
o "H.arvod thsra was M nossi place in
which tho little fellow co, No wv
cealed. ,:.,. va
mother feat quite as aslssn'us. . ~"
saw performed in the street, Co us"'oa
tinople.a An itinerant me,Aan suo o'', ~.
us cane which had ti4sppeafTS,"';"s' y.
being wood and very Btty' tn'' ond
tossed in tho air as high p hs conlE, a 4ha
when it struck the grduil IL tooA avn. ,m
form of live serpent VT ,olaz'nS ~; ~
and rapid movements. lokeIt ;"% Inv ~
dangerous specimen, an one wn. ro cn
man in bis senses would ke to apptro, , Wv
Catching, mp this mofter, tae , tttG IT,
coiled it around bis nod and to I ',o W.
while it writhed and eihoited the , h;',%
veuomous qualities. 3lrow,ng l.. * ~, ,Sa
up in the air, it fell I. the sf'sn ~ o .%S
same cane which We bid handIeo ~ Nv. nv.
ease. 1t WAS this tricAwh,on As'I ". p md
formed in Egypt wheulhe turned e: Nv, ma ,ui
4 into a serpent, and tho Egyptian m"s'
clan did the same thing in imitation .
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Young Hickory.
~ ~
y o. Picayunr.

1t is evident that Senator Thurman
has not attached undue impor.
tamcc to the tvis "t the national
banking sytrm. H. knows aud has
shown shy nearly all capitalists in.
tcres'ad in national banks must unite
and perpe'na,r their privilege. Il"
has shawn it up as dangerous and
corruptlng factor in politics and leg
islati"n. He has shown how the
gains Of bankers arc losses to the
people. He has shown why national
bankers are interested in bonds which
is a national debt which is "nationa|
curse" He has proven that the notes
of national banks are not needed in
the general circulation and that legal
tender notes may 10 substitute for
them uith"nt Inconvenience, to the
great advantage Of the Government
I'D he -rriicf of ,t.s p:.:*n,s u al
this Ne has interpreted and formula
ted tie latent sentiment of the mass
rs Of American voters. He has or
ganized an attack on the money pow
z, wbicI, Expresses the masses and
binders public prosperity. He has
armed a battering ram OF destroying
energy with a massive adamantint
head and aimed it at the wall Of the
enemy. He has declared a war which
the power Of tho Democratic masses
will prosecute to a victorious Issue.
As the immortal Jackson rallied De-
mocrats to battle against the old
United States Bank, 50 Thurman raj
lies the patriots of another generation
against dynasty of money mongers
vastly more potent and more danger
OuS.
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EuNFTT's FL pyTS0NER.-A

Euurrr's EABSososE R.-A Dub.
lin, Ireland, letter, pdtli9 'ed in New
York IN the Goth, says thvt on Mon
day, Aug. 5tE. an extremely old man
died in the work house at Ballina,
May" county, aud two days later was
consigned to a pauper's grave. His
name was Barney Moran. He was a
native of Dublin, and so long as he
was able to tramp about he made a
livelihood as a professional ballad
singer. He believed himself at the
time Of his death to be about ninety.
nine years Of age. He made sio-
gular revelation to the master and
chaplain Of the workhouse. He told
them he was one of the band Of SOL
diers, who on the night Of May l6,
1908, accompanied Maj SIR and Swan
to the house of Nicholas Murphy, a
feather merchant, where Lord Ed.
ward Fitzgerald was c"ncea led, and
effected the capture of the rebel chief
tain. Barney Mora" avowed iu that
terrible business he faithfully dis.
charged his duty as loyal soldier to
the British crown, but his most start
ling revelation was that 10 WAS also
the +xccutioncr of Robert Emmett.
This confession has been c"rrob"rated.
Moran's il|-gottpn gains did not pros:
per. He Quilted the army, ana after
a wandering life of hardship and pr''
vatiun for half GENTRY, exactly
seventy. five years after Emmet's. his
executiourr has found pauper's
death and uamelesS grave.