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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-26

REsIGNED.-Dr. j. H. Willard, physician at the
Crow Indian agency in Montana, has forwarded
his resignation to the Indian bureau, and it has
been accented.
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HIS BILL.-Gen. Ben LIE Fevre, of Ohio, is e1
pected to arrive I'm the city to-day. He has bill
which he will introduce at the first opportunity,
make the head Of the Department of Agriculture
Cabinet position.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

r%o MRS. L. NJ STODDARD WILL PREACH AT
~ German Hall, 11th street. above F. at 3 O'Clock
pm. Tomorrow. Come and hear the gospel. 1t
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THE GARFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FUND
Treasurer Giif1llan has received the following ad-
ditional subscriptions to the Garfield Memorial
Hospital: New York Avenue Presbyterian church,
s242S7: Faculty and Students National Medical
College. 500; Gen. Chauncey McKeever, $25 Union
Meeting Thanksgiving Protestant churches,
1923 North Presbyterian church, $3.50; Ninth
street Methodist Protestant church, So; NJ. N. B.,
$40; Christ church, Christian Hundred, Del $50;
Methodist Episcopal church, Hinckley Ills, s1l 65
Methodist Episcopal church (colOre;D, Geneva,
Ca, $2; African Methodist Episcopal Zions
church Princeton, Ills, sl.3O; Rev. H. r. Johnson,
Brookhaven, Bro! Misf s.; Charles Deckute, Lewis
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NEW JERUSALEM TEMPLE. NORTH CAP
- . ltOl street, near B, Rev. JABEZ Fox pastor
Seats all free. Subject Tomorrow: "Thanksgiv-
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r-nSo SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, REV
| 80 FRANKLIN NOBLE, acting pastor.-Preachng
Sabbath morning at IL Am in the evening at ~
O'clock lecture. with picture, on the Roman Fo-
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UNIvERSALIST CHURCH, MASONIC TEN
S-s pie corner 9th and streets.-Services To-mor-
KENT. Subject: Thanksgiving Thoughts" Sunday
school at q AZ m.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-07
Ono Touch Of Nafuro.
Baltimore Every Saturday,l

The other day a big warehouse stored
with whisky tumbled down and crashed
through the roofs of two small houses
that stood-psxt to it. "Green walls"
say some; Sdkaon Of frost or heat on the
mortar" say others; overloaded" ny
others, but what matters il? Grsat
beams gave way, they bulged and came
down with a crash, and living beings
happy in their homes, were overwheln.
ed, father, mother and little children
buried beneath the ruins. A dead ST.
lence for q moment follows, and then
came the piercing cries of the victims.
There is soon a crowd, hundreds of
strong arms are at work to rescue those
who still live. A father came out with
q child in his arms, and called on the
crowd to rescue his wife. When she
was reached under the ruins, he was
mangled beyond hops, breathed once or
twice the pure air again and then died.
A mother with two Of, her children un-
hurt were taken from a window. But
the third-where was @hef She had
dressed him a few minutes before and he
had started down stairs to play. Just
then the father came up-a working
man, hastily called from his shop q short
distance away. He comes with his face
grimed with work, his apron on, out of
breath with running, his strong face pale,
and the crowd makes place for him. He
is told that wife and. two children are
safe. But 'little Jimmy"- The
father, with husky voice q~uivering, calls
out "Jimmy, Jimmy, where are your
A hush of strange suspense follows.
Every man feels for the moment all the
intense hope, fear and anguish of the
father. The crowd of rough men for the
while united by a single strong emotion,
are like brothers. Then comes the voice
of the little boy from beneath the ruins;
q feeble, half-stifed cry: "Oh, Father,
help me, help mef"~ One touch Of ma.
ture-the pleading voice of a childi
Great heaven! how that crowd set to
work! bricks, stones, timber, were
pitched off in a stream. When man
wearied there were two to take his place.
Hard work too-and not free from dan.
ger-but who thought of that? After q
short work, that seemed however, hours
long, the little fellow ID reached, proba-
bly, hurt, with a thigh broken, but not
dead, thank Godl not dead! And as his
father lifts him up tenderly in his arms,
tears fill the eyes of the lockers on, and
lips tremble. They carry him tenderly
to the hospital, and they say he will get
well again. Jimmy is too little to feel
the support of an idea in his pain, or he
would know that he had thrilled the
chords of humanity that leave men bet.
ter than before, and that his feeble cry
had been the touch of nature that had
made the world kin.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-07
YOUNG'S CREEK, MO.

Correspondence. of the Mexico Ledger. =
YoUNG's CREEK, July 2.-Farmers
in this section Of the county can hard
ly get into their fields on account of
the recent heavy rains. Corn looks
we'll and is growing finely; chinch
bugs are more numerous than at last
writing. Several farmers we're ready
to lay by their corn, but so much
rain will set them back four or five
days. Several farmers have already
begun moving grass. Wheat harvest
is owe, and the yield is about one-
third of a crop. Oats are about
ready for the sickle-will yield from
20 to 25 bushels.
A grand picnic is to be held at
Long Branch ford, 4 miles southeast
ofSanta Fe. A big time is expected ;
a moonlight party at night.
There was a happy little group of
youngsters of this vicinity gathered
near Squire Ellis last Saturday, and
had a remarkably nice time; every
one enjoyed themselves hugely.
Miss Mamie Whitley, one of the
lovely daughters of John Whitley,
who has been attending school at
Fayette has returned, and her friends
are glad to see her home-especially
the young men ito see her home"
The school at Weaver school house
closed July l.
Where are the sheep buyers, there
are plenty Of fat sheep in neighbor-
hood and no buyers?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-07
Hanging Too Good.

The weather is too warm for a first
class sensation, and we have to re-
cord a disgusting and disgraceful
seduction near Thompson Station,
this county. AS nea as we can learn
the facts, q man named Dr. Bond ais
accused of seducing his own daugh-
ter, aged about.15 or 16 years. DIR.
Bond lives near Thompson. Station.
He Is late Of Pike county, but orfgi-
nally from the East. He is a renter,
and has been in this county only a
short time. The papers are out for
his arrest, and parties are watching
for him, but it is thought he has
skipped out. 1t appears that he
went to a neighbours and slept all
night yith his daughter-two nights.
This neighbor inquired into tie natr-
ter, and fonndp sufficient proof to
have him arrested. He has q wife
living with him, bat she will mol talk
The girl says she will tell what she
knows at the trial. If he - guilty,
We hope he will be caught and pun
ished to the full extent OF the law
We cannot imagine q more revolving
disgusting or disgracefal, inhuman
and more beastIy crime than a man
seducing his own daughter. 4tl :
-.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-07
Going to u Party.
tHarper's Young Peopie,l


l remember that when / was quite
young going to a party was nearly as
much a trial to me as a pleasure. Being
difident. l dreaded entering the room,
and e%ncountering the eyes of the people
already assembled there; and once fairly
in, l was overshadowded all the evening
by the dreadful necessity of, by-and-by,
retiring. Besides, l felt a sense of re-
s%ponsibility which vas very oppressive,
and VAS 50 afraid of not doing or saying
what was expected of me, that ! uaoved
and acted awkwardly, and ne Ioubt
looked perfectly miserable.
Perhaps some of you may have had
experiences similar to mine. Now let
me tell you that l have lived to laugh at
my foolish shyness, and to be very sorry
for boys and girls who suffer from the
same thing.
When you are invited to a company,
the first thing in order is to reply to the
invitation. This is polite whether you
accept or decline, and it is imperative if
you decline. Send your answer as 500
as possible, in some such simple phrase
as this: "Harold," or "Florence,
thanks Mrs. - for her kind invitation
for Thursday evening, and accepts it
with pleasure" or declines it with real
regret" as the case may be.
will be directed to the proper place for
the removal of your wraps, and the ar
rangsment of your toilet, and then you
have only to proceed to the parlor,
where your hostess will relieve you from
embarrassment by Meeting you at once.
She is, Of course, the first person whom
you are to greet. Having spoken to
her, you are at liberty to find other
friends.
Do not think that people are looking
at you, or noticing your dress or your
looks. They are doing nothing OF the
kind. Engage heartily in whateve,
amusement is provided for the occasion,
but do not put yourself needlessly for
ward. If spoken to, reply modest1y but
intelligently, ever though for q moment
there may be q hush in the room.
If you really wish to enjoy yourself,
seek out somebody who seems to he more
q stranger than yourself, and try to d.
something for his or her pleasure. For
get that you are not acquainted with
eVeTyDOuy, anu IeHleHiueT Iuat lGAS your
duty to help your hostess in making hel
party q success. Should yeur greatest
enemy be present, you must of course be
perfectly civil and agreeable in you,
manner to him for in your. friends
house you are both under flag of truce
When you say goodnight to your en-
tertainers, be sure to thank them for the
pleasure you have had. Do not stay Toe
late, but avoid being the first TO %; or
if you must leave early, do it Is quietly
as possible, lest your withdrawal should
be the signal for other to leave, thus
breaking up tue party too soon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-07
Some Facts About Undertaken.
New York Tribune.1

There are more than one hundred and
seventy-fve undertakes in the city Of
New York, and the number is swelled
to two hundred by the, addition of coffin.
dealers and furnishers of undertaken
goods, hardware, etc. The undertaker'a
lot is not generally looked on az a happy
one,b but the men in the business are not
apparently gloomier as a class than those
Of other trades. The undertaker's work
does not seem repulsive to him, however
it may appear to other people.
What does his work consist Oft He
first makes his bargain. Then he pre-
pares the body for burial. This done, he
places it in the coffin. Frequently he is
called upon to Insert the funeral notices
in the papers. He furnishes candelabra
when desired; he gives notice to the
minister and sends . carriage for him ;
he PLACES the invariably ~squeaking camp
stools in position; he seats the people; he
sees the body laid in the grave; in fine,
he superintends the entire funeral.
But does he weep with them that
weep? No, for he is simply earnir g his
livelihood. He becomes hardened to
tears and mourning; in fact, he is com.
placent and happy, though through con.
slant practice he wears Q long. face; he il
earning his money and r~ejoices in the
prospect of speedy payment. But this
prospect is not always realized.
Undertakes have printed forms which
they fill out and place on file. These are
not cheerful documents to contemplate,
recording, as they do, particulars az te
the place of death, age, security, "cas
ket," coffin, plate, number of handles
opened or closed hearse, carriages, fer
riages, location of grave, shroud, icing
body, board or box, name of dead, mum
Der of grave, date and place of funeral.
But the undertaken reads over thest
woeful words with calm indifference
And, when preparing collins in his work
shop, he whistles as lightly as dees tn.
schpolboy trudging past his door; oc
~casionally pausing to shout to his assist
ants in an adjoining such question:
as these: elias that ice been sent Il
No. Sixth venue yeti" or, "Wha
was that last measurement" Receivin,
an affirmative reply to the former in
| quiry, and the answer: give feet anl
a half, sir" to the latter, he continue,
to whistle and hammer as before.
One of the tricks of the trade" Is tn.
placing of the wrong plate and inscfip
ton upon the cofin-fid. This is onfy
done where great haste must be made
and the persons present at the funeral ar,
likely to be illiterate. There being M
time to engraye q plats, some ancient ant
cast-off one, bearing a totally different
inscription and culled from a pile o.
store rubbish is substituted"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-07

our latest private kilograms from
washington City, lead us to believe
,h., President Garfield will recover.
us is resting easy, and every hour
!. t;ves ia q new lease on life. Let
:. hope and pray. See supplement
Sr~ particulars.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-07
Express Themselves In Regard to the
Attempted Assassination Of h
= NsstaAss Raler.

Yesterday ~afternoon, in response
toa .csal fromsAIsyor Bassford, a
large mass meeting of our citizens
was held in the court house yard be-
tween 4 and 6 p. m. The object of
the meeting was ''tO express pro-
found sorrow for our unfortunate
President and show our most bitter
indignation for his brutal assassin"
Mayor Bassford called the meeting to
order. Ex-Goy. Hardin was elected
president, and Judge Clark and DR..
Ready vice-presidents Maj. Lawder
and James Carroll we're elected Sec
retaries. Gov. Hardin stated the
object of the meeting in a few we'll
timed remarks. He then appointed
the following committee on resolu-
tons: w. O. FORREST, ]. f. Hut
ton, M. Oliver, G.. B. Macfarlane and
Josiah Wright. While the commit
tee was out Rev. z. j. Gooch. j.
Med. Trimble and Rev. T. j. Wheat
were called on for speeches and re-
sponded as beftted the occasion.
Mr.. Trimble went On to show that
there was y great difference between
q fanatic and a 'lunatic. A fanatic
being a man who had become mad
through hatred for some cause and
should be punished. A lunatlc be-
ing a man utterly irresponsible and
crazy. He thought public senti-
ment could be educated to such a
point that no man would ever allow
his hatred to make q murderer of
him. The committee reported the
following resolutions which ere
adopted by the meeting, which then
adjourned:
Resolved, That this meeting, COM
posed of and representing the citi-
zens of Audrain county. Mo-, with
out regard to party, names or atfili-
tons, declares the recent attempted
assassination of the President, James
A. Garfield, was, and is, u crime
against civil government and the gen.
ius of Republican institutions ; the
enormity of which is intensified and
its malignity characterized in the
light of. the pure character, broad
and liberal statesm anship and wise
and patriotic administration of him
who is the victim a crime which we
denounce as abhorent to the heart
and conscience Of every American
citizen. f
Resolved, Further, that we extend
to President Garfield our sympathy
in the painful and trying ordeal he is
now undergoing, and trust that in the
good Providence of God he may be
spared to execute the high trusts that
have been assigned him by the voice
of the people.
Resolved, To the end that the Pres .
ident and his family shall be fully
advised OF our sympathy and prayers.
it is ordered that the record Of the
organization of this meeting, together
with the foregoing expression OF
sympathy be engrossed, signed by
the officers and forwarded to the
President.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-07
The Past Versus the Present,

We often hear past ages compared with
the present, to the disparagement of the
latter. The Lockport IN. W Journal
discusses the question whether the peo-
pie of to-day are happier and better of
than were the people of the past, and
the conclusions to which that paper A.
rives are as comfortless as a ~dyspeptic's
dinner. The main part of its dismal
philosophy is as follows:
We may admit that We are In some
respects better off than our fathers were;
thatEwe have . thousand sources of en-
joyment not dreamed of . century ago.
But are we happier? Do the men and
women of to-day really enjoy life better
than their predecessors, or even as.well?
If we answer in the affirmative it II
with much doubt about our ability to
prove it. The trouble is that We fail to
enjoy what We have because Of our senx-
iety to enjoy something We have not. A
mania for rapid acquisition possesses us,
and the tranquil happiness of modera.
ton is lost sight of in q feverish ambi-
ton for some imaginary happiness.
y The fact ia we live in IN era 81 temp-
stationt to monopoly; i an era full of e
duction to avarice and to great enter.
prises. The railway and the telegraph
afford ear of rapid communication and
opportunity for the contamination Of
great schemesAnknown . generationf aKo.
Again, it may be true that the inves-
LEGATIONS of medical men have acq TAINTED
Us with the means Of preserving heath
and prolongipg life. feven and other
epidemics are, it Is true, no longer feared
ss they once were, but equally danees.
Gus foes 10 human life hsyeAtaksa t6eir
place. IF, H. ST..
Worry and excitement, e which no
physicians art a prevail, find . score
Of Victims in these 'days Wherein the
good old times" they found n Sui.
eide by overwork Is another of the grow
ing evils OF the day, and it often hap
pens that the most successful toilens, If
they do not actually die at once, are 10.
tally untitled for the enjoyment of their
wealth by the time it is gained.
Are we tier, ga people, hapftef thaA
wefe ut-f33thAfsf We eresacc1storAed
toscoG az men who talk r6ournfully Of
the "good old times" that are gone, but
are the SCOTS dsseFvedf Lis true we
might be happier If we wuuld;; the
means of enjoyment, multiplied . thou
ard DID O. sers, anpt ysfaifH
xsSsStssssssbea M .rel4M
for wealth or social station, OF ofRcial
distinQti0A: The majority Nail~in the
struggle, and tHAef1~-that sa6esed~do %
to find that what they sought aGosds
them no real enioyneRfy ~ .fas- -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-07
nW0rds, Words"

The correspondent of a distant journal
asks:
Is it not possible to have ''boiled
down" editions of the words of all the
great thinkers whose writings are to be
read for ideas rather than for style? I
should like to have the essence of what
Herbert Spencer and Darwin have writ
ten. l should like to have the same Of
Profs. Huxley and Tyndall, and scores
of others.
There are things which do not shrink
In the boiling. The more they are boiled
the more they expand. My Lord Ham,
let's reading, "words, words" applies
particularly to speculative philosophy.
Isolated scientific facts may be express
ed by a few sentences or symbols, but
analysis and generalization applied to
them grow from what they feed on.
AS regards metaphysical science, SO
called, it is as old as the history Of hui
man thought. According to the old
philosophers, it treats Of the nature,
essence and qualities of being, the
science of the world, the laws of matter,
the motions by which life is produced,
and the powers of man, including the in
tellect and soul; disembodied spirits, the
existence and attributes of God-every-
thing, in fact, which men a compre-
bend or imagine.
All these topics have occupied the
speculations of mankind from the begin
ming, and seem destined to do SO to the
end of time.
Many people settle down, satisfied
with some peculiar theory, but Others
continue their Investigations and specu-
l%stions. often involving themselves in
deeper doubts. \
With respect to theological specula-
tions, the Ten Commandments and the
Sermon on the Mount outweigh them'as
a few ounces of gold outweigh all the air
and ether between the earth and sky.
In the early part of the present century,
writers in the British magazines were in
the habit of loading their contributions
with Latin and Greek quotations, under
the supposition that nor but college,
bred people read them; but at present
plain English, ineligible to all who are
educated in the common schools, is the
prevailing style.
The very name of science repels many
readers who are most interested in it. A
physician, examined as an expert in a
trial in Kentucky a few days since, was
asked to define science, and did 50 in two
words, established truth" Facts estab-
lished by experiment or competent proof
are the essence of science, and are nearly
always capable of being explained in
terms adapted to the comprehension of
persons of ordinary intelligence and
education. Yet it is complained that
some of those whose duty it should be to
adapt scientific truths to the comprehen-
sion of people engaged in the mechanic
arts are attempting rather to obscure
than popularize them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-07
MODOC 8.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
Farmers in the vicinity of Modoc
are blowing their corn the last time,
while some are planting v e ''chinch
bug" districts. Among the latter,
we noticed Bob and John Brown,
who say all wishing early corn the
coming year had best apply at once,
as the demand will surpass their
quantity. Chinch bugs ''hold the
fort,'' and cannot be suppressed, and
unless we are favored with some
heavy rams great will be the damage,
as some fields have already been
cleaned up. Prospects are that We
will have an abundance of corn
should these pests get drowned.
There will not be more than half a
crop of wheat at best.
Prof. Joe Hits school will close
next week. Quite a number of the
fair sex contemplate visiting the
school at its close. Prot. Hit made
a deep impression in the ''big road"
during the recent rains. 1t IA a
fall full length.
The building boom still continues.
Shan Brown has just completed a
nice residence, and also Samuel
Northern. A great many more will
be built this fall. Among the many
are Robinson & West, Nick Ridgway
and j. &. Hit.
The weather has been so warm the
last few days, Mr.. A. c. Hit was
noticed looking around for the wing
Of q house to fan himself with, moth
ing short Of q cyclone would accom-
plish the feat. BIG INJUN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-07
Oh. What (xeaxh

viii you heed the warning. The signal perhaps
Of the SURE approsch. Of that. ncres terrible dis
ease Consumption. Ash, yourselves II you Can
risk and do nothing for IT.. We know from ex-
perience shat Shlloh's Cure will cure your cough.
1t never fails. This explains why more than a
million boatles were sold the past year. Ii ne
fevcs Group and Whooping Congh ut once.
Mothers do not We without. il, EOfs lame back,
J.. McDearmon, Mexico, and j. d. Hsislip, Mar
tinsburg. f--- ~ 5-eow
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-07
Ledger Supplements.

=. Feeling that our readers In the
country would like q full account of
the attempted assassination of Pres
ident Garfield we furnish each OF our
subscribers d supplement. 1t is our
desire to spare neither work 0
money fn~giving our readers the
news. For particulars of the assassi-
nation e accompanying supplement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-07

Now / tell you there's nothing par.
ticular about me" said the fat man. 81
amt one Of those kind who is always
finding fault with my victuals, and that
sort Of thing. So long'sa meal is we'll
cooked, and served hot, aud there's
enough of 1t, and it's nice and rich, I'm
satisfied, and I don't 60 growing around
at the women folks. I'm one OF those
kind of men that can put up with any
thing in the shape Of eating, 80 long as
It's good and nice"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-07

The Mexico Fire Company took
their engine down to Conger's' pond
last week and pumped his new mill
boiler full Of water. Mr.. Conger
promptly pumped the company full
Of lemonade. The engine is in fine
fix. If the city council will name D
day the boys would be pleased to ex-
hibit 1t 10 them,