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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-05-27
THE LUNCH.

THE LUNCH.
No true disciple of old Izaak Wal
ton ever goes fishing without good
lunch This is the more important
from the fact that the bite you take
along with you may be the only bite
you get that day, unless the mosquito
season is iii bloom. Some folks take
their lunch in bottle, but this is no
good way. The best way to take it
is in n basket. Because, then you
can bring your fish home in the same
receptacle. But it would be a queer
looking fish YOU could bring home in
IA bottle There is another advantage
in taking basket. If you haven't
been very successful, you can spread
a lot of sand and such stuff in the
basket until it is near full, and lay
your two or three little fish on top,
and it will look rs though you had a
basket full, if you uncover and cover
them up with the proper celebrity.
And this showing your fish has good
deal to do with the enjoyment of fish
ing. 1t is all very well to say you
are going fishing merely for the fresh
air and exercise but, all the same,
if you don't catch anything all day,
when You come home IN the evening
you will sneak up back alley in 60
ing home. And if you have some
fine fish you will march ostentatiously
up the most crowded thoroughfares
you can find. Your lunch, too,
needs to be compact, nourishing, and
not too dry, as you are like ship
wrecked mariner, surrounded by
water, but not daring to drink any OF
it. You never by any possibility get
a good drink when you are fishing un-
less you bring it with you.
HOOKS AND POLES.
There are many appliances fol
catching fish, but the best of all, per
haps, is the old fashioned hook and
line, with pole attached. Some peo-
pie fish with spring hook or hooks,
which, on being touched, come TO-
gether with a snap. But these are
liable to one objection. They are
just as good on a stump or a rock as
they are on fish, and when they
catch on anything on the bottom you
can make up your mind to a persona
visit to the bottom OF the pool, if yel
want to save your hooks. Be con
tent with good hook and line, witt
reel attached. Ifyou can get bites
you can have fun. BY the way, yo,
can't have too many hooks and lines
along with you, as, with what yc,
lose, what gets fast in your pocket
, gets tangled up with the lines, ant
lsaaps of ftom being caught in th
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-05-27

What the "Ied:er" Would Like tn Sec.
Coal oil lamp.
An older tree than the elder.
a political log rolling boom.
The man who spider cobweb.
A widow who didn't feel unnamed
A prcttier person than q ''hcllo'
elrl in telephone office.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-13

years he could recite long poems
perfectly, and could talk as plain
iy as an adult He knew all his
letters, and could spell short words,
His father vnd m other were proud
OF their son, and did what they
could to instruct lin. When he
was three and half years old he
was taken with fit, the nature Of
which puzzled the doctors. These
fits came at more frequent inter
walls, and the child began to lose
the power of loeomotion and
speech. When he was four and
half years old he was laid in his
little crib, and has remained there
for the past eleven years, not at
any time being able to even turn
himself over. He now weighs
about twelve pounds and Is SO
inches long. The bones in his arun
are not larger than an ordinary
lead pencil, and the skin is drawn
tightly around them. His head
IL the size of that of any child five
or six years old. He has not spok-
VA q WIN IVA ONCi CtGNtu NcdIcs
and still Is able TO detect the pres
ence ola stranger in the room.
de knows In an in tant his father,
mother, sister or brothers, and
seems to talk with his eyes. They
are large, gray and very express
sive. With them he can beckon
or repel, denote his pleasure or
displeasure in fact, the members
of his family can understand his
most trivial wants by the express
sion of his eyes. The child is Kept
alive by eating, three times day,
abouttwO ounces of liquid or semi
liquid food, and If more than that
amount Is given him IL Is forced up
from his stomach. He IL entirely
helpless, and, of course, cannot
feed himself, not even being able
to chew his food.n
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"Their meaning began to dawn
upon me, and / must have made
some gesture of denial, for the
mother, old and grey haired, sank
upon her knees and seized my
| hands.
she has confessed to us that
she loves you,' she cried; and she
has said. TOO. that you love her
not, and that 1t Is this knowledge
that has bereft her of all desire TO
live. See,' she continued, her
tears scalding my hands see, /
beg; implore you on my knees
to save us our child! She Is our
one eve lamb-our only one! Oh,
If you have any pity, say that you
will love her-that you will marry
her!
"But / do not, cannot" | aus
wered, trying to harden my heart
against appeal.
"At this the father Joined hi-
entreaties to his wife's, and in the
end they prevailed. Lille grew
quickly better. and we were quiet
~ married. Soon after our mar
riage both her parents died. Their
death was great shock to her al
together; her health began to fail.
took her abroad. and we travel
ed from one part to another; but
she grew worse and worse. She
expressed longing to return to
England, SO we came back. This
place was recommended by the
doctor, and we came here. The
rest you know
He pauses, then adds:
II never loved her, but | tried
to do my duty to her, and / think
she was happy. Poor Lille ~
Ada eyes were trimming, but
she makes no comment.
During his narrative he had
kept his eyes studiously averted
from her. When he has finished,
he walks away to the distance of
hundred yards and back again,
and so to and fro once or twice.
By the time he comes to her
side, Ada has regained her COM
pOspre, and rises at his approach.
1T Is time to go home, / think"
she remarks.
II must ask you to spare me a
few minutes longer" he returns.
II have not yet told you my pur-
pose, in seeking you.'
Ada stands still, her heart pal
plating.
81 came to ask you TO be my
wife. You are the first, the only
woman Lever loved! Will you,
Ada?"
A lovely blush creeps to her
brow. Low, so low that he has to
bend his head to hear it, comes
the answer:
uYps - f4 l
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A Human Curiosity.

A Chicago Times correspondent,
writing from Waupuca, Wiscon-
sin, says: II learned on Satur-
day last Of the severe illness Of
Evan Thompson, son Of our es-
teemed Postmaster, Il. B. Thomp-
son, and CLEANED the following
facts from the boys father: Evan
was born May %, 1861. During
the first three years of his life he
grew the same as other children,
and seemed possessed Of unusual
briliiancy. AT the age of three
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A Double Baby.

There is at present in Bombay,
says the India Times, a living OBJ
ject that may be rightly classed
among the most curious phenome-
Ma OF nature. AT house in MAJ
agon may be seen a pair of female
twins, separate In every respect
but from the breast bone to the
lower part of the abdomen, which
Is closely jointed. The upper
breast of each infant is joined into
the other, the outer skin covering
both trunks. The twins are joined
front to front; shoulders arms,
lower limbs and feet perfectly
formed, and development healthy,
while the heads are well shaped
and the faces really pretty, with
beautiful eyes large and bright.
The twins are six months old, are
in perfect health, and twenty inch
es in height, one appearing but
in very trifiing degree-larger
than the other. Both have vigor-
Gus appetites, and take kindly to
the feeding bottle, are extremely
lively, and appear good tempered.
The pulses beat In unison, they
generally fall asleep or keep awake
together, and their actions are u.s.
ually simultaneous though some
times one would cry while the 9TH
er was quietly drawing at the
mouthpiece of it's bottle. The
strangely united pair were born at
Dapooli, in the Rutnagherr Col
lectorate, the father being Mo-
hamedan and a seafaring man
while the mother had, besides, a
pretty little daughter about ten.
According to the formers account
he called in a native doctor at
Ruthnagherry, whose opinion was
that there was connection inter-
nalIy between the abdomens, 80
that whatever sustenance the one
took portion passed TO the other.
However that may be, the infants
feed separately, each having bot
tie to itself, and drawing vigorous
ly at their nourishment. This
same doctor also declared 1t would
be impossible to separate them
without extinguisbing life. The
twins have up to this time never
grown i'll, and to every appearance
are likely to grow up.
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The entire proceeds arising frors tbse
sale of this work are devoted TO The HOOD
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nurture, care, support and education Of
the ten infants deprived of their paren t.,
last summer at New Orleans, the melags--.
choly incidents of which sad bereavement Il
are still fresh in the public mind. b
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The volume is published in the best sty Ia.
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The author, the subject, the purpose, Rig
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APARTMENTS TO LET.

"Let apartments !! mamma, you
are Joking!
81 am not indeed. / am in sad,
sober, earnest"
"But to let apartments! 1t is SO
degrading
"My dear, we must live, and 1t
seems to me that this Is the best
way in which we can gain a liv-
ing"
"Oh, it is horrible--horriblel''
II fancy starvation would be
more dreadful
Mamma, don't say such
thingsv -
1--WE must face the truth, dear,
and speak of things as they are.
Our income, or what is left of it,
is utterly insufficient to support
us, SO we must increase it. Can
you suggest better way than the
one | propose p
Ada makes no respones, but
turns to the window and COM
mences idly drumming on the
panes, an expression of angry dis
3 uoo Oh lCk plCttJ loCC'
Until lately Mrs Chantry has
been in receipt of an ample in
come. But it is the Old story.
Three months ago bank failed,
and Mrs. Chahtry is only one
among hundreds of sufferers Per
haps, on the whole, her plight is
not SO bad as many others, for a
small pittance remainsto her; but
tits a pittance utterly inadequate
for the support of herself aud her
daughter.
Ever since she heard of the loss
of her fortune she has been consid-
ering how best to augment their
narrow means This plan upon
which she has at last decided is to
her a very uncongenial one, but
she gives no utterance to her feel
ings on the point, being fearful of
in any way adding to Ada's dis
like.
They live at Fairshore. charm
ing little seaside resort on the
south coast. Their house is large
and we'll furnished, and it is not
long before the apartments are
occupied. The first dodgers fulfill
completely Ada's doleful prognos-
tications. They are couple of
spinsters, who have lived most of
their time in apartments and
whose experience oflodging house
keepers has bred in them an In.
eradicable spirit ofsuspicion. They
are scarcely TO blame. They judge
by the rule instead of the excep-
ton.
Hannah, who has been in Mrs.
Chantry's service for over twenty
years, and who, now that misfor-
tune has Overtaken her mistress,
doggedly asserts her determine
ton "to stay on, wages or no
wages has many battle royal
with the Misses Frimp.
Miss Selma Frimp having on
one occasion expressed convic-
ton that the butter has been tam
pered with, Hannah's honesty is
at once ia arms. Thereafter she
calls attention to every article of
food before removing it from the
table, requesting them to put upon
it.their own private marx, in or
der that they may assure them
selves that it will remain in tact
till next required,
Goods left for them by the
tradespeople she at once presents
for their inspection, and even goes
SO far as to remind them of the adj
visibility of locking all drawers,
desks and other such receptacles,
before she sweeps and dusts their
rooms.
She is exact in the discharge of
her duties toward them, but woe
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The constantly increasing popu-
larity of DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup
Is a guarantee of its usefulness
and effectiveness for children suf-
fering from Wind Collie. Diarrhma
or Dysentery. Price 25 cents q
bottle.
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HARRISBURG TO MARTINSBURG

J. +. BOYD, Superintendent
w. III. SHEPLER, Agent.
November 18th. 1878
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The s. Cent Counter,
ID. w. TIMBERLAKE.
Dry Goods Regulator, MAJ

tinsburg, w. va. ti#N'7t
9, =, BAnwooO, Salesman
ju2s.
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Quality and Prices

and nine times out Of ten you v i'll GET IL
We have recently added to our asaa& ..
new feature,
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The LOVER.

Another spell-'twa not the one at school,
Yet taught me more than aught beside ::
A being like myself,
But unlike mcre-a fner-fairer-
To every tense and thought newer zest
And newer meaning.
How much had been the void
That now was trimming DER
What measures depth could hold it all
Riches untold: world unknown before:
The idol and worshipped.
Twas burning then, was life and love
Brief, brief candle
THE OLD MAN.
'Tis further on: I've staying power
For friends are gone, snHffed out
As though they never had been
Whilst /, who miss them here, live on
alonel
A retrospect on graves,
And just ahead-my own.
There's over all CHASTITY hue
And rosy, golden day no more
As seen with infa nt's, lovers eyes
The fame of life is burning bluel
And dwindling the final flicker
But at its best it gives me handle
To ask If 1t were worth the candle
Brief, brief candle!
&C. J. A., in Scribner's Bric-a-Brac.
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IS LIFE WORTH LIVING ?
raR RARs.

tbs BABS.
Begun and round me glowed
Huge masks, with staring eyes
And smiles alarmed me more
! after saw IN pantomimal story.
had no sensesof time: nor overmuch
A sense of anything:
Iawoke my eyes con fronted with a glory
That made them open more and more,
1t seemed they'd crack to take it in;
Anon a wall of black would supervene,
I'd try to fight it off, and cry aloud =
The light was out =
Brief, brief candle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-30
THE CHARITY BALL.

ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FOR YEARS
THE ACADEMY or MUSIC FILLED WITH THE REPRE-
sENrATIvEs OF NETWORKS BEST socIK1Y-A
LATE BEGINSISG-soME or The GUESTS AND
SOME or THE TOILETS.
The annual ball for the benefit of the Nur-
sery and Child's Hospital. which for many
years has been known as The Charity bal'
and has been crowded by the most fashionable
people of New-York and neighboring Cities
was as successful for 1880 as for previous
years. Indeed it was much more brilliant
than most of its predecessors. The Academy
of Music was filed last night with
Nev-York's best society, and the display
of superb dresses was probably richer than
at any other time since the financial depres-
sion of 1873. The principal features OF the
ball with the names of some of the we'll
known guests and descriptions of some OF
the most elegant toilets are given below
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damio crest of the three leave. of the mslow and the

damio Great OF the three leaves OF the maow and the
frames themselves give evidence whatever OF skill In
decorative design. We assured that Mr. Coleman
has done much better decorative work than these pan
els and certainly, from knowledge OF what he used to
do In his own field OF painting are fully prepared TO
believe 1t. We all the that he should have
chosen these specimens to present to the public. We
look to the real artists 10 show us works which
Will be 10 themselves protest against the awess doc
trnes and the lawless practice of the socaled
decorative artists Of immediate day and genera
tJn particularly in this city of ours where unfedeed
girls and boys, and grown men and women who should
know better. playing such fantastic tricks with
crewels and huckaDuck and buraps and china. before
high heaven land that with journ ais and societies" OF
heir egg them may well make the angels Of
the art world weep. There will reaction set IN soon
against all this ummery, tidal wave that will strew
the shores OF high society and Of the lower middle class
with wreckage; could wish such artist as Mr.
Coleman we're not likely TO he found among the debris
OF thst time He ought 10 be manning lfe-boat.
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DIED.

~
ANDERsoNou Wednesday. January 2s. Mrs Jane An
Relatives the family invited 20 attend hsI
Arrest 3sd-st. FRIDAY. January so at O'Clock
BABBITT-In Manchester, England. Thnrsdav. 29ti
mt Henry Augustus Rabbit, only son OF Margaret ii
ting Lloyl.
BErrLE-At his residence IN Philadelphia January 90
raners at Friends Meeting house. 2th-st below Mar
ket Philadelphia. Seventh Day the olst ipst al
BRIeas-on Thursday January 20 Brighrs disease OF
kidneys, Austin A. Briggs. aged Oh years
NOucr of funeral hereafter
coLGATE-At Paris France. Wednesday January Charles
Relatives and friends invited TO the funsrs the
adison Avenue Bal list Church GO mr. OF 3lsst on FRI
dsg, inuary 80 at 1850 Friends are kindly request
eli TO send flowers
EDwARDs-At jersey city, on Wednesday January e.
Frank A. youngest son Of James b. ana EhzaDetn A. Ed
wards, ~; wars nj IL months 1890 -,
Reaves and friends res9ectfay invited 60 attend ne
parents. 495 Jersey-ave. Jersey city N J.
InteTmen AT Pa ersoD
sAYRE-At Banbrdge. y: y. raesday January 90 1850.
suddenly OF spOplexy William s. sayre ESQ., in the nth
year of hs age.
sORIBNER-At Tarryto sn \. Y, on Wednesday January
Ok 1880 James W. Scrbner d. ~ the oOth year o his
Funeral services Reformed Church Tarytown.
90 "a ;, January 81 1880, at 2SOp. M
Carriages IN waiting at depot at Tarrytown.
sTANToN-sudoenly on Monday morning. January 10 at
$3.50 clock. at the Ebbitt House Wassingo on ID c. 10
seph Warren Stanton. OF sonngton Conn., II the IOth
New-orleans papers please copy
sUTTON-At Croton Lake. on F1fth Day 2 M the 2vtn
as H. wife o. Moses sutton ia the So'h year '
rnSsrs At her ate residence. Frs Day at IL O'Clock.
Conyeyan the Train at MI hiseo whcb leaves
Grand Central Depot atGlo.
uGLOW -On wednesday morning, January % William
Ross OF the late James ugiow. NJ D. ) <. , A. and
grandson of " Iam s. Ross deceased OF Ne"fofk In the
FaSsrsi services FRIDAY SON IIon his mothers
Carriages waiting at depot for $50 train nom NewYork,
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5ueclal Notices.

fst of III principal Executive Judicial Depart mental
anS Dplomatic OF the Umt STATES IN THE rRiB
TNE ALMANAC for 1880 sold 10y al newSceaers. or sent
by mali o receipt OF 20 cents
Past ID ace Notice Fac oreign mails for 91i.
ing m RDAY January 81 1850 Will close a; shis once on
nj EsDAY $3.50 tor Europe. by sc ns1D Montana.
via Queens own; WhDS ESOAl, at 35O aIn Tor europe
nv afasmshp ,alha via Queenstown on THURSDAY. az
gS a. M ior Europe by steamship City OF Montreal via
for Germany and france must
se snecialy <ddresset) IL tor hurODe Ov steam
ship suevia. Plymouth Che. Oodrg aud hanOgig on
SSrURDAf at 1: a for Europe, BY stelp shiD Get.
,apc wa ons town correspondence for Germany and
nd mus special addressed aud az 4S a. H. Tor
Seotand direct b, steamship ~ Opia Glasgow; aud az
nj a. IN Tor Europe by s'lnshp khen, wa 80 itlsmpton
and Errueu The Tor Denmark SWeden AID NORWAY arc
Stnapcsed by Hamburg and only. The
ns Tor Aspinwall south Pacific ports leave Ne"-for<
Iann.ry pa The mails 20 Belize ana Bay i,ancs ea'c
navy oes January 20 The mails for PEER Mqaeon eaye
Nav Work January 2g. Tue mails Tor Havana ieavo rev"
80 isnnarv % nd 81 rae mails Tor NewiOun aDi -2Ve
xsSs.Yors January The u.ails for Nassau p leave
New Work January Tor China and japan leave
San Frsna see February T. rhe mails Tor AUSTRALIA. &c.
ioA'e' THOs. 4. JAMES. PO5tmlstsE
n, oa,ce Now York January "a. 1880
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THE STRANDED SrEA YER LOUISIANA.

NEw-ORLEASs, Jan. 90 Tow-boats report
having movrd the stranded steamer Louisiana some dis
lance last night but she Is shll aground. One barge
load Of her cargo will reacn the city tomorrow. r. H.
Sharp. Of Dorchester Mass. passenger on the Louis
lana, arrived here to-day. lie says the steamer was
stuck in the mud about eleven hours of Sandy Hook.
His Impression Is that che there lost Que blade OF her
propeller. . . =,
Alter passing Tortugas Light he says she encountered
heavy weather. Clouds prevented oDserVntlOns, ana de-
fecOne OF the compass carried the Fesscl many miles
of ner course He mated che value OF freight thrown
overheard at $4,000.
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DIR. DANA HIVES DISAPPEARS.

BosTON, Jan. 29.-The disappearance OF Dr.
S. Dana Hayes. state Assayer Is uunouneea III Is Saiu
MAT alter settling up all ms matters Of business on the
ooh inst he left this part OF the country. leaving
Tartar stating hat he should not return His business
was m "A very prosperous condition, and several Jaw
Grms by whom be was emploYed as an expert viii ue
serinusiy ncouvenencfd by bis depa lure The cause
80 bis departure Is said 60 be domestic trouble