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Tame Birds.

| had a jackdaw that used to follow the
carriage for miles when we drove out in the
country, but if we went to the town, about
a mile and half distant, Jack would re
main on the walls of the old castle, outside
the town, until we returned, and then fly
round and round the pOny's head, finally
alighting on the splash-board. If we met
any other conveyance, he always flew off
into the hedge. | likewise had a little blue
tit. who used to settle on the tall trees near
the house, and come down when called,
alighting often on my head and shoulders
A lady, an acquaintance of mine, Lad. she
SAYS, canary SO tame that it used to pull
the hair out of her curls to line its nests
with. This very severe winter has tanned
the wild birds in this neighborhood. Ny
window Is constantly besieged by them :;
robins, finches, sparrows and blackbirds,
come flying up directly if is opened, for |
am in the habit of feeding them during
frosty weather. One, a redbreast, is the
master. He is such a greedy little fellow !;
he eats his fill and then sits on the plate,
keeping all the other birds at bay, and ut
tering such shrill shrieks, am often obliged
to go and drive him off so that they may
come and pick up few crumbs. Ayoung
friend of mine put whole loaf out, half
quarter cut in two, and it was so amusing
to see Bobby, after the birds had picked
out the crumbs, ensconce himself in the
shell, and scream out defiance to all his
companions
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~seingUuder Water.

Vision under water IS attended with some
peculiar cOnsequences-the result of what
is termed internal reflection. An eve
placed under perfectly still water, as, for
instance, the eye of diver, will see exter-
nal objects only through Il circular aperture.
as it were, of 90 degrees, 50 minutes and
% seconds in diameter overhead But all
objects down to the horizon will be visible
in this space-thOse near the horizon being
much distorted and contracted in Gi men
sions, especially in height. Beyond the
limits of this circle Will be seen the hO.tom
of the water, with all subaqueOIs Objtc ;
reflected and as vividly depicted as by
direct vision; and, in addition, the circular
space above mentioned will appear sur
rounded with a rainbow of faint but delicate
colOrs. In the eyes of fishes, the humoTS
being nearly of the refractive density of the
medium in which they live, the acton OF
bringing the rays to focus on the retina is
almost entirely performed by the crystalline
lens, which is nearly spherical, and of small
radius in comparison with the whole diam
eter of the eve
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I Last season, ending in January, 1873,
the exports of green teas from China to
the United States aggregated about 49,
000, 900 pounds, while this season, just
closed, it will not exceed $4,000, 900
pounds; reduction in quantity of
about three per cent. On the first of
January the stock of Shanghai, accord
ing to the mail advices, was only -, 900
half chest, of go pounds weight each or
l ,I20, 600 pounds, and these have since,
according TO the cable advises, been
bought up, so the Shanghai market is
now closed. The short crop has
already advanced three per cent, and
further advances on the present mar
ket prices are indicated by all the large
importers of tea. The quantity of Con-
gou teas exported this season from
China to the United States was less
than 200, 900 pounds as against 2,000,-
900 pounds last season. The cause of
the short crop arises from the policy of
the Chinese to lessen the production.
Tea importers say that the Chinese are
shrewd and longheaded, mo matter what
others may say about them. They
found that large sales did not always
produce corresponding profits, and
that the cheap prices At which tea had
been sold in former seasons had not
pad for the cultivation. They there
fore apparently resolved to lessen the
amount produced, and pay more at
tention to the quality. The result has
been large decrease in the supply but
he fine chops are said to be better and
the quality far superior TO that of for
mer seasons. The unexpected short
supply has caused many of the tea buy
ers in China to find the market closed
without having secured the quantity of
tea required by them. The supply of
Japans, although larger this season
than the last, will not compensate for
the reduction of the crop from China,
Statistics recently received show that
the crop exported this year amounts to
about 2i,O00, 900 pounds as compared to
-N.NNb.bDN lbuhho ANNtlfNu isiNb stHCVAA
At the last mail advice the stock on
hand at Yokohama was very small and
good medium to fine has advanced
from three to five cents per pound At
port. There has been a general ad-
vance on the best kinds of japan tea of
from II 10 10 per cent, and CORES
ponding advance may be expected, and
has partially taken place in the mar
kets. The mixing of teas has already
been adopted by some of the import
ers, and ,japans have been mixed
with China teas to take the place of the
shortened crop. The fact will help TO
keep up the prices of the JapanS, even
if the increased importations had not
been more than counterbalanced by the
reduced supply. 1t is asserted that
many OF the very common tess will not
ap ycar in the market at all this year,
"a, the growers had found that the care
required for their cultivation had been.
TO 4 great extent, thrown away, and
could be turned 10 better advantage by
giving more attention to the growing
and preparing of the finer chops
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Grandfather Lickshiugle's View of 1t.

Grandfather Lickshingle threw down the
paper in disgust, and exclaimed:
at makes HE sick, by gracious; il
makes me sick.n
"What makes you sick, grandfather p
asked James.
"Why, here's another coachman runs
away with his employers daughter.
alt is certainly too bad, said James.
"And they get married the minute they
are of sight of her fathers hOuse."
1.-The poor, silly thing"
"Well, | should say the poor, silly
thing,' should also say the sap-nead, the
shallow-pate, the crazy, crack-brained i'm
beetle" continued grandfather, in tower
ing rage.
'The poor creatures are just from boar
ding school," said James," with their
heads full of romantic
"Who's just from boarding schoOl!'
yelled grandfather.
"The poor silly girls are.
Who's talkin' about girlsl" yelled the old
man. a little more savagely than before.
.'It's the coachman I'm a-hittin' at. If
had a son, an he was good coachman,
an he would disgrace himself by runnin'
away with his employers giddy daughter,
I'd spend my pension money in riotous
livin' an | wouldn' leave him one red cent
to rub against another. Now you hear your
old grandfather quote Shakespeare.
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Just in Time.

When Charles HOIlingworth, then only 4
young clerk, married bankers heireSs,
against her fathers will and took her home
to the few poorly furnished rooms he was
able to hire, they were very happy for a
while.
All seemed to 20 smoothly until a small
legacy was left to the young husband, which
was expended in furniture far too fine for
their present condition. and in dresses which
were unsuitable for clerks wife Then,
indeed: the young people began to COM
pete with more wealthy families, and the
young wife never knew into what terrible
debts they were plunging.
Charles went home one evening to find
Rosa in tears.
'I've been so frightened, love-" she said.
"a dreadful crazy creature has been here,
declaring that our great mirrors are not paid
for. | ordered him out of the house, and
he shook his fist at me. He said he would
be paid, and that we owed him for every
thing. What did it mean, Charles 2"
''That he was crazy as YOU say, dearest. "
''Oh, I'm so glad, said foolish little RO-
81, smiling. Il thought there might be
something at the bottom of his talk; and
since it isn't so, you will give me that new
garnet velvet dress that | spoke of, and a
new pearl spray for my hair-pearls be-
come me so well You'll let me have it to-
morrow, Charles, in time for Mrs. Rush
lands dinnerl'
''If / can, Rose" said Charles; ''but
what would you say if | were to ask you to
wear your old dresses this winterin
''What joke ~ cried Rosa ''But you
told grandpa | should never want for any
thing. You can't be growing stingy, love /"
''YOu shall have the money, Rosa, said
Charles.
His face had turned very white, but she
did not see it. After while he arose and
put on his coat.
II must go out a while" he said. Il
have business to attend to- And she saw
him unconsciously take from his bosom the
keys of his Office desk.
''Going to the Office tonight e she
asked.
''No, no. Why should you think so 2
he said, and turned fiery red.
Rosa felt frightened. She could not tell
why. She went to the door with her hus-
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thing of the kind before. Perhaps
your readers will be interested in such
an example of high instinct in spider.
and those who are more versed i'm nat
ural history than myself may be able
TO remember other examples of the
same kind. That the stability of the
web depended upon the weight of the
stone was shown when | put my hand
under the latter. The result was that
as raised my hand the lower part of
the web gradually collapsed, but when
the stone was again suffered to fall
gently the web resumed its proper
shape. The web was about five feet
from the ground. Spider engineering
is most interesting subject, and one
that have spent hours in studying. /
have worked out most of the problems
in connection with it, but the weight
dodge | have not as yet been able 10 ex-
plain. Some spiders will use ties; but
others, of exactly the same species,
will use weight, although the cir
cumstances under which both built are
apparently similar. But how does the
spider raise the weight? This | could
never explain to my satisfaction, as
some of the weights are so large that
1t is scercely possible they could lift
them by a dead lift Besides, they
will put on one, two or more weights
in few hours before wind, to fix their
structures. The industry and ingenui-
ty of the spider passes belief to all
those who have seen them at work, but
no more profitable day can be spent by
a young engineer than day after a
storm in path through the gorse
watching spider reconstructing its
web. This is the legitimate way of see
ing the work done, but there are other
dodges, such as breaking down the
webs, and watching the poor devils re-
construct them.
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/ band, and watched him down the street
Then she went back to the parlor, and pick
ed up the daily paper. The first paragraph
her eyes fell upon was the arrest of the con
fidential clerk Of a certain firm for embeZ
Element
''Hle was honest until extravagant womer
made him their prey" added the writer.
''EXtravagance is the road to ruin. "
The paper fell from Rosa's fingers. Sud
denly flood of light seemed to illuminate
the darkness of her life.
II am an extravagant woman, she said.
81 am driving my dear husband to ruin.
Tonight he may do something to supply
my foolish wants that will cover him with
infamy and part us forever will follow
him"
a great waterproof cloak with hood lay
on a chair near by. Rosa seized il and
wrapped it about her, and few out into the
street
She turned her steps as if by instinct to-
wards her husbands place of business 1t
was large building, and the janitor stood
at the door,
''Aly husband is in the office, is he not l''
she asked. ''Tm to meet him here"
''Yes. Walk up, ma'am," said the old
man, and Rosa flew up stairs. She opened
the door. The gas had been lit, and its rays
fell over the head of her husband as he sat
at his desk. She crept softly up behind him
and peeped over hiSshoulders. An empty
check lay before him, and opposite stood
paper bearing the signature of his employ
er, which he with careful strokes was COPY
ing letter for letter.
''Charles :" shrieked Rosa, and her white
hand descended upon the paper. "Charles,"
The man started to his feet.
God led me here, Charles" sobbed his
wife. ''Oh. Charles, is this the first
time Z"
''The very first, Rosa, said the man.
''lt is my fault - said Rosa. ''NIy ex-
travagance has maddened you. Burn that
paper and come away"
In moment more the check was little
heap of ashes, and Rosa sat upon her hus-
bands knee, hiding her head on his shOul-
der.
''We will sell all the furniture, all that
we own. The rest we will give back Ny
jewels shall 90. | will wear calico. We
will be honest and forget our vanity" said
she, ''and will be true helpmate to YOU
instead Of being your bane and curse, as /
have been"
Then they went home together
Neither ever forgot that evening. And
though people pitied the bankers daughter
for her humble surroundings. she was hap
pier than she had ever been in her life
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Fifteen Cents On.''

\ Detroiter who dresses well and has u
reasonable share of good looks had Occa-
sion recently to make a trip 10 the country,
and one night he found himself at a farm
house at which a party was to come oil.
He was invited to participate in the fes,i-
vities, and after he had consented the old
farmer took him around the corner Of the
house and said:
The young folks are mighty fond Of
any game with kissing in it. They'll get
up something and fix it to make YOU kiss
the handsOmeSt gal in the room"
"Weil, I'll kiss her, was the prompt
reply.
'.YeS, bat hold on a little continued
the old man. There's my girl Emma.
We think shes as purity as any Of 'e,n, but
certain folks around here kinder sniff at her
cause her nose crooks a bit and her hair is
a trifle hi-h-colored. Now, want YOU 10
kiss En- for the handSOmest gal in the
room. I,'il DO the old woman good. do
En-. good, and kinder set these ere sniffcIs
back little. | don't ask You to kiss her
for nothing. but if you'll do it I'll throw
fifteen cents off'n your bill in the morning.
What dye say
The young man said he'd do it, and the
father continued:
That's the checker. Don't have any
make-believe about it, but kiss her right
pop up, so that we kin all hear the smack.
The game was played, the Detroiter was
''fixed, and he kissed I'm. like the
pop of pistol He felt all the happier for
it that night, seeing who greatly the old
woman was pleased, but next forenoon as
he logged along he had to run the gauntlet
of a score of farmers sons, waiting in fence
corners to lick him because he passed their
gals" by for EN- He was struck by
thirteen stones, six clubs, and about a
bushel Of potatoes before he got out Of the
neighborhood, and when he came to figure
up he realized that fifteen cents was no in
dUcemeut all all
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CIock-Eace.

English photographers avoid the strain
on the sitter's eyes, which usually result in
ghastly stare, by having a clOck-face as
the point to which they are directed, the
eyes being allowed to travel slowly from
the figure MI. all around. The rotary
moment of the eyeball in adapting itself,
step by step, to the figures upon so small II
circle at such distance, is so excessively
photographic process. The eyes are excl
lently well defined, even to the iris, and
the pictures have marked superiority over
those previously taken in the manner in
which the details of the over are reproduced.
The sitters have expressed themselves as
not having had any strain upon their eye
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Advertising Cheats.

1t has become so common to write the
beginning of an elegant, interesting
article and then run it into some adver-
tisement that we avoid all such cheats
and simply call attention to the merits
of Hop Bitters in as plain honest terms
as possible, to induce people to give
them one trial, as no one who knows
their value will ever use anything else.
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HOW THE PARSON BROKETHE SABBATH

On the grave of Parson Williams,
The grass is brown and bleached,
1t il more than fifty winters
Since he lived and laughed and preache
But his memory in New England,
No winter SHOWS can kill /;
OF his goodness and his drollness
Countless legends linger still.
And among these treasured legends
Most Orthodox. on grace,
When sound of distant thunder
Eroke the quiet of the place.
Now the meadows of the Crosby's
Lay full within his sight,
As ne glanced from out the window
Which stood open on his right.
And the green and fragrant haycoeks
By the acres there did stand
Not meadow like the cescon's
Far or near in all the land
Quick and loud the clars of thunder
Went rolling through tie skies.
And the Parson saw his Deacon
Looking out with anxious eyes.
New my brethren" called the Parson,
And he called with might and main.
I'VE must get in Brother Crosby's hay.
'Ts our duty now most plaini"
And he shut the great red Bible,
And he tossed his sermon down
Not a man could run more swiftly
Than the Parson in that town.
With will they worked and shouted,
And cleared the fields apace;
And the Parson led the singing,
While the sweat rolled ywn his face.
And it thundered fiercer, louder;
Ana dark grew east and west;
But the hay was under cover,
And the Parson had worked the best.
And again in pew and pulpit
Their places took composed;
And the parson preached his sermon
To- fifteenthly," where it closed.
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Heln1bold's Buchu
InvigorateS the Stomach,

And stimulates the torpid Liver, Bowels,
and Kidneys to healthy action, In cleansing
the blood of all impurities, and impaftinS
new life and yigor to the whole system
A single trial will he quite sufficient 10
convince the most hesitating of its valuable
remedial qualities.
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4 SPECIFIC REMEDY FOR ALL
BLADDER { KIDNEYS.

For Debility, Loss of Memory. IndispOSi-
tion TO Exertion or Business, Shortness of
Breath, Troubled with Thoughts of Disease.
Dimness of Vision, Pain in the Back. Chest,
and Head, Rush of Blood TO the Head, Pale
CoHntenance, and Dry Skin.
If these symptoms are allowed TO go on,
very frequently Epileptic Fits and Con-
sumption follow. When the constitution
becomes affected il requires the aid of an
inyigorasing medicine to strengthen and
tone up The system-which
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PRICE 81 PER BOTTLE
Or Six Bottles for IS,

Delivered to any address free from observa-
tion.
Patients may consult by letter. receiv-
ing the same attention as by calling, by
answering the following questions:
/. Give your name and post-office address,
county and State, and your nearest express
Office
, Your age and sex-
J. Occupation?
L. Married or single.
s. Height. weight. now and in health:
q. How long have you been sick?
:. Your complexion. color of hair and eyes! I!
4 Have you a STOPPING or erect gait?
9. Relate without reservation all you
know aqout your case. Enclose one dollar
as consultation fee. Your letter will then
receive our attention. and we will give you
the nature of your disease and our candid
opinion concerning a cure.
Competent Physicians attend to CORES.
ponients. All letters should be addressed
TO Di.pensatory, 1917 Filbert treet, Phila
1elphia, Pa.
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SOLD EYERYwHERF
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Headache. Pain in the shoulders, Cough;
Dizziness, Sour stomach, Eruptions, Bad
Taste in the Mouth, Palpitation of the
Heart, Pain in the region of the Kidneys,
and thousand other painful symptoms,
are the offsprings of Dyspepsia.
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II. T. HELMBOLD,
Druggist and Chemist,
Philadelphia, Pa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-03-13
On and ON Sweeps the Good
Work.

The audience room was crowded
Monday night at the Murphy meeting
and the deepest interest manifested
in the proceedings. Judge Forrist
the chairman of the executive board.
reported that s. pressure was being
brought to bear upon the board, to
have them call a County Mass Tenn
perance Meeting, to appoint a county
executive bOa!d, but he did not feel
like acting in the matter without in
structions from the organization. a
resolution was then offered by Jas.
Carroll requesting the board to call
such a meeting, which was carried.
Miss Leona Williams then gave a reel
tation. Subiect-''Thc Saloon Keep
er's Sign" She rendered it in a
clear and distict tone of voice and
admirable manner Miss Haffards,
the reader of the evening, then came
forward and read in that excellent
manner that betokens culture, train
ing and practice. Verify, verify,
Mexico has just come to be proud Of
her lady readers, and those ladies
that have read before and marked
their success in the minds OF the peo-
pie must make room for another, and
that other is Miss Haffards. Prof.
Williams, of Kansas City, was then
introduced and in that elegant. REIN
ed and mastery manne that beto-
kens the cultured christian gentle
man, delivered the address of the
evening, Which was a decided sue
cess and received as such by the large
audience. A motion was made and
carried that he be requested to re-
.uce his speech to writing and fur
nish a copy for publication. Then
prince of Professors, w. M
T~reloer, supported by three mem
bers of his choir, Miss Lizzie Silver,
Miss Fife Laforce and Geo. Laforce,
favored the audience with q song.
Anything our old choir brings for
ward is always acceptable and appre-
Miss Belle Ferris also sang
q song which was well received
Thus the good work goes on and on,
reaching higher, expanding, growing,
developing itself into agreat and last
ing power for good.
Programme for next Monday night:
Address,. b. Cake. Subject
ga Man Wanted" Reading, select
sonps- &c-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-03-13
The Fulton AsyIuEns.

There are in the Insane Asylum at
Fulton 40 patients, of whom 253
are male and 157 females,-an in
crease of 60 in two years. There
have been under treatment in that
time 687, and have been discharged
277, of whom Ga died, 331 were adj
mitted during the two years. In the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum there are
now $50 pupils. The cost of main
tanning each institution, not includ-
ing salaries of those in charge, is
about S35, 900 per annum.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-03-13
ELECTION.
Tuesday, April First, 1879.
PLACES OF VOTING.

PLACES OF VOTING.
First Ward-Council Chamber.
Second Ward-D. N. Evans shop
Third Ward-Court House.
Fourth Ward-Ofice of Lees old
lumber yard.
Fifth Ward-Ohce Of Wright's
old lumber yard.
Sixth Ward-Gordon's law office,
JUDGES OF ELECTION.
First Ward-Hugh Wilson, Ben,
johnson, Jos. Lupton.
Second Ward-David Hubbell,
Thos. Day, j. N. his2aefee.
Third Ward-Jos. Terry, 6. nj.
snnkel, Geo. Kabrich.
Fourth Ward-Joel Guthrie, T. j.
VIM. Wells.
Fifth Ward-E. J. Gibbs, B. Bald
M. r. Stansbury.
Sixth Ward-J. j. Gill, c. Rags
dale, j. A. Guthrie.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-03-13
Fire.
songs,

Yesterday at noon, the buildings
adjoining the hay press, near the
bridge over the rgilroad were set on
fire by some small boys playing in
there. The buildings were full OF
baled hay all of which were destroyed.
If the wind had been in the east in
stead of the west the hay press and
machinery would have burned. The
fire company was promptly on the
ground, but as the fire had good
Roadway and no water was near
and nothing could be done. The
wind blowing from the southwest
somewhat endangered the Martin
House, but as the blaze although
furious was short, no adjoining build
ings suffered.