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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-07
Something About the History Of Needles.
fHardware1

The needle is one of the most ancient
instruments of which we have any rec
ord. The modern needle is a pointed
instrument having an eye, and is used for
carrying thread through some kind of
fabric or other material. It is probable,
however, that the needles of those people
who lived in very ancient times had no
eyes, as instruments of bone, which were
most likely used for this purpose, were
found in caves that were inhabited by
the ancient people of France; and the
needles of ancient Egypt, which are
described as being of bronze, do not ap-
pear to have been made with eyes.
Some writers are of the opinion that in
place of the eye a circular depression
was made in or near the blunt end, in
which the thread was buried. Pliny de-
scribes the needles of bronze which were
used by the Greeks and Romans. These
instruments have been found in the
ruins of Herculaneum.
The first account that history gives of
the manufacture of needles is that they
were made at Nuremberg in 1850, and
while the date of their first manufacture
in England is in doubt, it is said to have
commenced in that country about 1913
or 1915, and it is asserted that the art
was practiced by Spanish negro or ma
tave of India, who died without dis
closing the secret of his process. Dur.
ing the reign of Queen Elizabeth this in.
dustry was revived and has been con.
tinued ever since. Christopher Green.
ing and Mr.. Damer established nee
die factories at Long Credon, near Red.
ditch, in England, 1850, and these were
| soon followed by other London needle
| makers.
Redditch is still the center of needle
manufacture. The eyes of the earlies,
needles were square. Many unsuccess
| full attempts were made to bring out the
80 o-called "drill-eyed' before they were
finally introduced in 1926. Two years
later the furnishing machine, in which
| the eyes of the needle were polished was
| completed. In this machine the nee
dies are strung on steel wire, which ii
caused to revOlve rapidly and thereby
impart beautiful finish to the eye
The process of hardening needles was
for many years accomplished by casting
them, while red-hot, into cold water
By this means a large proportion be
came crooked, and the services of large
number of workmen were required t.
straighten them. In 1910 the substitu
ton of oil for water took place, and a
this caused large number of the work
men to be thrown out of employment
a riot took place at Redditch, and the
introducer of the oil process was driver
out of town. The machinery for max
ing needles has now been brought t.
such state of perfection, that from th'
coil of steel wire to the finished needle
the machiues used perform their vigor
Gus operations in manner that may b
said to be almost automatic.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-07
Happy Marriagss.

NG. T.. Scott IN Shlc2&o 1nouneJ
There is probably no pen 20 originaS,
no mind so morose as to "seof at and
ridicule" the ideal marriage, the ideal
home, the ideal love; would that there
was no pen 50 plastic, no person 80 in.
fstuated, as to idealize the actual mar.
riages and homes of this age.
1 do not deny that there are plenty Of
happy marriages, so called. It all de-
pends upon what constitutes happiness,
the quality being determined By the
soul-development of the individuals;
hence there is an abundance Of the
cheap variety.
Mere physical marriage is happiness
enough for many men and women, being
all that is needed. A home, that is, .
place to live in, this secured by said
partnership, is absolute contentment for
those who never find meal at the best
appointed hotel 90 satisfactory as their
own badty-cooked and ill-sexyed rations,
and never can obtain confortable
nights rest ON any bed ave their own,
even if the substitute be the perfection
of springs, curled hair, and fresh linen.
Then, on the principle that . mans
house is his castle, it is an eminent salts
faction to those, and their name ID legion,
who desire to be clothed in . little brief
authority to have place to "boss" in, if
an inelegant expression can be excused
for terse description of an inelegant fact.
To be able to say who shall cross ones
threshold and who shall not, to have the
privilege of setting all rules of right
management at defiance, to keep house
in the worst possible way, to preserve
remnants of chaos and barbarism in these
centres of influence" to bring just as
many children into the world as one
likes, to bring them up as badly as one
likes, and then turn these undisciplined
rebels into society, to set up these strong
holds against reform, against law and Or
der, against enlightenment and progress,
yes, this is happiness, but to what or.
der Of peoples
Did not the Southern homes preserve
slavery? Do not the Northern homes
preserve the slavishness of women, the
vices of men, the follies and vanity of
the young? Does not the home, almost
as frequently as the dram-shop, give the
first start toward intempersnce, the more
dangerous impulse of the two, as it takes
on the guise Of proper luxury, hospitali.
| ty, ETC.?
1t must be remembered throughout
that l am not speaking potentially Of
homes as they mil ght be, but of homes as
l have seen them, read Of them, heard Of
them, In the average home there are sew
eral pairs of people in q state of complaint
the heads Of the household against the
servants, the servants against their mas
tiers, the parents against the children, the
children against the parents, the hus
band and wife mutually. Disrnptiont
are frequent, ehangs d help hsingA the
minor one, the splitting p6sof the y0nng
er scions into new marriages for the m
acknowledged reason that they can nc
longer stand it to remain at home, and
fondly hope that the fire wil1be more
agreeable than the frying.pan, being tht
| greater one. -.ss-'
Nevertheless, there are few to whom
the experiment offers no attractions. ?
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A LAsly.s Opinion.

This is the way lady writes to the
papers concerning social ostracism: $50
long as an unmarried woman has mod
erately comfortable home and works
merely to increase her stock of white
satin slippers, her social position re-
mains unimpaired, but let that home be
broken up, let that same young woman,
from dire necessity, continue that same
occupation or trade in order to earn her
daily bread, and she il Immediately be-
yond the pale"
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"OuidA's" Aphorisms.

Fiction is greyhound, and Truth is q
snail.
1t isn't what you are, but what you ap-
pear to be.
Nothing succeeds in the end like in.
vulnerability.
There is more afFectation in sackcloth
than in silk.
People would rather be insulted, than
be unperceived.
Fame is cone of smoke. Enjoyment
is loaf of sugar.
Familiarity breeds contempt in the
lover, as in the servant.
Those who know themselves strong,
can bear to be submissive.
In love, rs in kingdom, the tyrant
sits upon hollow throne.
A pretty lie is like poison in vase
you die in perfume, but you die.
She did not mind how wicked you
were, if you never were dull.
What weariness will men endure if on
ly it be not in the name of virtue!
When the public voice proclaims it.
love has lost half its mystic charm.
Consider the enormous utility of gen
ius looking now and then like fooli
Conscience is a magic lantern that
throws distorted figures on any white
blank wall.
A woman who thinks for herself Il
weak, but a woman who thinks for an
other, is strong.
The chief otfense of the poet, as of the
philosopher, is that the world as it is
fails to satisfy them.
To be blind with supreme vanity, il
like being shut in a windowless room
lined with looking glasses.
Whenever you do love, you will be fol
few months the most happy, and for
ever after the saddest, of women.
When the world has decided that thu
less said the better, it always proceed
directly to say everything in the utter
most abundance that it can possibly
think of.
1t is one of the privileges of celebrity
that the person celebrated, can nevel
wash his hands or open an umbrella
without being accredited with some &C
cult reason for his proceedings;
Taken roughly it may be safely pre-
dicted that it will always be the highes
nature which will submit Often it il
the jade that rules the hero; the foo
that has his feet kissed by the genius.
Men are always inclined to be pityfu
to the woes of woman when they arr
not woes which they themselves hav'
caused. They will stone away withou
mercy woman whom they thernselve
have wounded, but for the victim of an
other man they are quick to be movet
to tenderness and indignation.
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VOL. XIII

At prices that will defy competition.
My motto is, "Fair Grades, Fair
Prices, Fair Dealing'' Come and
look at my stock and get prices before
buying, and satisfy yourself.
l am also selling the celebrated
John Burg Wagon at prices that will
suit any honest man.
OFFICE-On the corner of Main
and Hickory streets.
J. B. SCHROLL.
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LOVE OR MONEY,

saw them last night in box At the play
Old age and young youth side by side
You might know by the glasses that pointed that
way
That they were groom and bride;
And you might have known, too, by the face oi
the groom,
And the tilt Of his head and the grim
Little smile of his lip, he was proud to presume
That We men were all snvying him.
Well. she was superb-an Elaine in the face,
A Godiva in figure and mien.
With the arm and the wrist Of a Parian "Grace"
And the high-lifted brow Of queen;
But thought, in the splendor Of wealth and ol
pride,
And in all her young beauty might prize,
should hardly be glad il she sat by my side
With that far-away look in her eyes.
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TIME TABLE.
IoIrIS & PACIFIC.
CHICAGO 6 ALTO
|y,ssAR OF THE WEST"
,,.olN COL LEGE, MEXICO, MO

" & T. bAIi;Hant Pres. Board Directors.
III s,bool and a desirable home. Be
glssS,aIsaTH sIH annual session September 9Th.
|esSSS 80 Actually Offers Superior In
ps s.s eslsfIs Io parents deslrous Of the Thor
6aasss ,Sf s.a%a g, sF sna aaEn an
|r AInJaef AIasy Of Experienced Teachers.
ipr ! f,sadi ,S"dings and extensive grounds: Ele,
sS rOOms for boariers well Tenflla5eh
Il Hfrt t.asar a death in the school and rarely
.sis; Zines es The Scientific, ,y Literary. Mn- s
Fsp ppof ~ instruction. Correctness of
essssssse .sssse a and Exeeilence of Home depart
esapshaa ,n as aSy I" ad. afhar 81 senoS aS IN
sesS,. atering equal advantages; Full last
R sSse s.S indications for the ensuing session
nsds saIy sr to olnsr nSa!e ad
Hfof ii. T. BAIRD,
- Business Manager.
ssH
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Reading Alosd In the Family.

"Why do you never read aloud, Ma
ris% asked Mr.. Jones of his wife. "The
Scientific Advance says that reading
aloud is one of the bonds that cement
families together; wonder you never
thought of it."
II think Of it, Mr.. Jonesl Why
didn't you think of 1t yourself?"
swell, you see, am often hoarse and
tired, and then want to smoke at night;
but you have nothing else to do. Sup
pose we try it; you read and I'll listen."
"Very well; when will we begins'
"Why, tonight, now I'll smoke and
listen. This is comfortable, can tell
you. After all, there's no place like
home"
"Mrs. Jones was pleased, and said,
"No, dear" and took up the paper.
She turned it over once or twice, but
finally, in clear, distinct voice, she be-
gan: wedding bellies"
"Stop, Maria!" said Mr.. Jones; "read
the markets first" A long rustling and
turning over the paper. II can not
find them, dear; but here's lovely
murderW So Mrs. Jones read the "Hor-
nble Murder of an Entire Family"
which recital made Jones SO sick that he
threw away his cigar; and then she
came to the Boston Woman's Deposit
Company" which Jones was anxious to
hear about, but when she had read about
three lines she said. 20, pshaw! No
woman would act that way; there isn't
a word Of truth. in it," and read an &C.
count of q baby that was found on the
doorstep. and an opening of fall milli-
merry. Jones was sound asleep by this
time, but she did not knowit Then she
| turned the paper again, and Jones was
suddenly aroused by firm grip on his
shoulder.
"Hey, halo! what time is it, Maria
It's too early to get up yet"
"Mr. Jonesw shouted his wife; she
stood over him like All avenging angel
and held the paper before his dazed eyes.
"Who - cut that piece - out--Mr.
Jones?" Yes, there was quarter of q
column xcnt cleanly from the paper.
Jones had done II, but, to save his life
the. wretched man could not tell what
for. She stared at that empty place in
the paper until it seemed to her that she
must die if she did not know what was
there. Then she broke down and sobbed
"Aud .you-you-said there was nc
place like home, and-and-new--"
"There isn't?' shouted Jones, as he
look his hat and plunged into the dark
ness. "For pure, undiluted misery
there is no place like itp ssp ..l
Reading aloud is not encouraged il
| the Jones family any more. Mrs. Jones
bought a duplicate copy Of that papel
the next day and found out that it wa
only stupid old list of sales in real es
tate, and Jones says any other kind o.
cement for keeping families together il
preferable to reading aloud.
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REACH YOUR HAND no ME.

REACH YOUR HAND TO ME.
Reach your hand to me, my friend,
With its heartiest caress-
Sometime there will come an end
To its present faithfulness-
Sometime I may ask in vain
For the touch Of il again,
When between US land or sea
Holds it ever back from me.
Sometime may need il 50,
Cropping somewhere in the night,
1t will seem to me as though
just touch, however light,
Would make all the darkness day,
And along some sunny way
Lead me through an April shower
OF my tears to this fair hour.
o, the present is too sweet
To 60 on forever thusi
Round the corner Of the street
Who can say what waits for us!-
Meeting-greeting-uig and day
Faring each the self-same way
Still somewhere the path must end
Reach your hand to me, my friend!
II. W. Riley in Indianapolis Journsl.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-08
WOn1an's Wisdom.

She insists that it is of more impor.
tancs that her family shall be kept in
full health than that she should have
all the fashionable dresses and STYLES
of the times. She therefore sees to il
that each member of her family is
supplied with enough Hop Bittsrs, at
the first appearance of any symptoms
of i'll health, to prevent ct of sick
ness. with its attendant expense, care
and anxiety, All women should exsr-
else their wisdom in this wsy.-Ed.
ol2w2
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-08

A patent medicine advertisement is
headed "Women never Think" But
let one find perfumed note, written
in feminine hand, in her husbands
coat pocket, and she will think, with
all her might and main for upwards of
considerable.-Norristown Herald.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-08

Troy boasts of citizen who had his
hair cut, his photograph taken, was
measured for suit of clothes and had
a tooth extracted all in one day with
out saying milldam.-Detroit Free
Press. Oh, you're right, it wasn't mill
dam he said.-Boston Post.
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ADvEprTsrNG Hsrps

line.
Local Notices, ten cents per limo each Insertion.
and all notices continued ior three months on
longer, discount Of IS per cent
Advertisements uuaccompanicd by written NJ
verbal directions viii be published three months
Advertisements, under contract, ordered out be
tore expiration OF time will be charged full rates
No paper discontinued until all arrearages are
paid, except al the option OF the publisher.
Transient advertisements must bo paid in sd.
vance.
bSJ- Terms, CASH PAYABLE quarterly.
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The Pennsylvania Legislature has
passed a bill "to prevent the selling of
explosives to Minors" and old Mrs.
Wiggleton thinks it is very good law,
for now there will be fewer miners get
blown up in mines and quarries. Nor
ristown Herald.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-08

1t is proposed to change the Ian
guage spoken in Boston to modern
Greek.-New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser 1t is proposed to change the
language spoken in New York to Eng
lish, if the New Workers can be re-
fined up to it.-Boston Post.
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gate the use Of swords and loaded can
non and rifles, there would be fewer
able-bodied men rush off to Canada to
see their uncle Reubens when draft
is ordered for the next war.-Norris-
town Herald.
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Many woman dusts billiard chalk
off her husbands coat, and big tear
stands in her eye as she thinks how late
he works nights at his desk by the
whitewashed wall.-N. Y. People.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-08

In Russia "hello" is rendered "Tzi-
jakanfitkrajanjanzki," hence the tele-
phone can never be introduced into
that country.-Modern Argo.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-08

One artist claims to have got $40
different positions from the same model
"a man. Presume the model had a
boil.-Boston Post.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-08

We see by a Lewiston paper that
John Geiger, editor Of the Aledo Dem
ocrat, was confidenced out Of $50 while
on trip to Quincy last week.
You should read the papers Mr.. Gel
ger, and keep posted as to the devices
of the wicked But, hold on here
Editor? Fifty dollars? Oh, nonsense.
Modern Argo.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-08

The War Department proposes to
abolish the bayonet in war. Now, if
it will 70 q few steps further and abro-
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-08

In speaking of rats, the Boston
Transcript says the rattlesnake a wo-
man out of her seat in an instant.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-08

Mr.. Rust has been arrested in Chi
cago. Rust in irons is, however, no
new thing.--Courier journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-08

A medical writer says children need
more wraps than adults. They gener-
ally get more.-Wit and Wisdom.
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uuvH n Yourselves by making money when
HblE EHi golden chunco is offered. thereby
hE PHlwUys keeping poverty from your
HIaIh door. Those VINO always take advan.
NJ k IA n tage of the good chanccs for making
money that nre offered generally be-
come wealthy, while those who DO not improve such
chances remain in poverty We want many men,
women, boys and girls to work Tor us right in their
own localities The business will pay more thun ten
times ordinary wages. We furnish expensive out
fit and all that you need, free No one who engages
fails TO make money very rapidly. You can deN ote
your whole time % the work, or only your spare mo-
ments Full information and oil that is needed sent
free. Address stiuson Co, Portland, Maine 4s9yi
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Did you ever see q lemon-aide-de-
camp ?-American Queen.
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WIT AND HUMOR.

There was an old maiden OF Rome
Who very much wanted home;
So she asked her friend Harry
II he would hot mrrry;
Ho blushed, and said solemnly, "No'm !!
Andrews Queen.
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81 say, Jenkins, can You tell young,
tender chicken from an old, tough
one?"
"Of course l can"
"Well, how ?"
"By the teeth"
Chickens have no teeth"
eyes, but l have"
"Good morning."-Ex.
What made Byron ?-McGregor
News. Probably Bul-wer after him.
Modern Argo. No, lark Lytton him.
Cambridge Tribune. But he got off
Scott free.-Philadelphia News. The
Dickens he did.-West Chester Repub-
lican. Yes, with Payne.-York Dis
patch. A paragrapher will Macauley
can out of this.-IIarrisburgh Tele-
graph. But he shouldn't make Hogg
of himself-Lancaster Intelligencer.
Poe, Poel Either stay Homer stop
such nonsense.--Stilson Hutchins. As
for newspaper, I'd rather Burnett
than put it to such use.--Crosby S.
Noyes. Your Bacon Burns already,
no doubt.--Bob lngersoll. refuse
to take any Parton such foolishness.-
Fanny Fern. Hewitt makes me laugh
to read such things.--George w. Adams.
BY the way, did you ever see Shake
speare anything George c. Gorham.
Foolish man! you and Conkling are
biting OFT more than you can Chaucer.
james G.. Blaine. Disraeli too bad
that you are Gibbon to such nonsense.
| nebber scotf at Tennyson Of genius.
Brother Gardner. Such being the
case, brother Gardner, I'm off for the
Greenwood.-M Quad.
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TINE GREAT
BURLLNGTOW ROUTE.

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ynda' New Mexico, hrizora, Idaho, Oregon and
Tho Shortest, speodest and Most Comforta.
BE Route via Hannibal 90 Fort Scott, Denison
Dallas Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Calves.
ton and all points IN Texas.
Tho uncqu3led Inducements offered by this
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Steel Track aud Superior Equipment, COM
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Try IT, and you viii End travelling luxury
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Through Tickets via this Celebrated Line
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All information about Ratios Of Faro, Sleep
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General Manager, Chicago
5O2wsO
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Is it q crime to hook fish e?
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uu-7 n4rr7 rzya ttgx@p.
- -
u'nl f1lal 1al-fs W-3esla.{
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Il say, Jenkins, can You tell young,
tender chicken from an old, tough