Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-06-28
BoIr WOMEN.

:. -. - % 80 isolaTIs T. vesss. p.
tFa ease handrsd eyoals ladies have
4 fbaansistsd fon thetseasury de-
imrtasut during ske lass f0ur months.
+ Mis-. Lt,Es Desereuxi Bake de-
1 fscfibs wonin MS .sthe grand crown
fact Of creasive power Mr.. Lille
1Deterux Blake,s opinion On % that
point IS not known sai
Miss Rasmasfbls, q an native i've, Of India.
is said to Be the most mos learned woman
i'm tIle world, She IS is twenty " ,I yes years
fold. and can read, write and speak in
1tleus.ss.: 3! 'ss7s7ffsresls sssa sssa te.l
When Patti and Nilsson meet in the
next next world Of course they won't con-
sent to sing at the same time, and
we'd Just like to-know which are to
be considered the off nights.
| tennessee wives are brought up to
know Who runs the house. One tried
to drovn herself the other day be-
cause she had broken platter and
was afraid 70 face her oh man.
# Twiee in her lie . Nine woman
has been struck by ngttning. sed
she Is alive yet. Her husband was
struck once with a poker, and mog-
ument marks his place of soiourn.
Did yon ever notice how suddenly
q timid woman swhois humming an
operatfe air, will switch on on to a
religious hymn when stoeni comes
up, and she hears the first clap of
thunder? .ssss ea
In India the wife cooks the dinner.
the husband eats all he wants, and
then, il anything is left, thewife eats.
This looks hard, bat it sliould be re-
membered that il gives The lady more
time for conversation. ssassh III
+ There are lsofsnale clerks employ
ed IN the Bank Of France, who after
year or two receive an annual salary
Of $3.50. They have rooms apart
from the men and are snperintended
by ofiicialsof their own sex and are
very effectuai workers. 2-
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Hint to Owners of Large Cnlk.,
The street car was chock full. So
was delegate from one of the remote
rural districts who got on laaS and
could not got seat. He was drunk.
He was attired in suit Of ..hand-me-
downs" OF the most approved pattern.
There Was an intermissioa Of about
five minutes between hb vest aud
pants. He handed the driver q silver
half dollar to get changed. He took
the envelope containing the change
and slowed It safely away in . trouser
pocket. II was suggested that be
drop q nickel in the place by the
door. A young fellow wearing
large, open-faced pair Of cuffs. was
Isitting next to the fare box, with one
arm resting in an upright position
against it. The granger, after much
difficulty, succeeded in extracting
two or three niekels from the. change
envelope, and in au unsteady manner,
with an the gravity he could command,
he dropped the nickels into the young
mans sleeve instead Of the box. re-
marking as he did so. that '.the az
rangement was (hie) convenient 1t
was some little time before the young
man with the cspscious sleeves could
shake out the change, o~ing to the
crowded condition Of the car, 1ss
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Re.Union Of the Bias and Gray.
SpRIsGFIELp. Mo-; June 2.-At a
meeting held here tonight, it was de-
terrained to hold a grand Reunion Of
the survivors, of the battle Of Wilson
creek, on the old battle ground, ten
miles west of this city Augsst the 9th.
10th and It'll next. The survivors
of hoth The union and confederate
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