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Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-11-29
An Elegant Present.

Our better-half wishes to return
thanks to Col. VIM. Waddingham for
an elegant $50 present in the way OF
the finest dressing ase ever brought
to Mexico, and purchased at Dobyns
& Gibbs drug store. Colonel, it is
all right this time, but you must moi
do that way again. You must kind
O. remember the editor too, OF you
might have to fight a duel.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-11-29
Audrain Pensioners.

We are favored from Washington
this week with the names of the AUDI
rain pensioners. They are, as far as
we are acquainted with them, deserv-
ing people, and most of them need
the pensions awarded. They draw
the amounts opposite their names
every month:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-11-29
Dobyns & Gibbs Palace Drug Stol

In this issue of the LEDGER will be
found the mammoth advertisement of
Dobyns & Gibbs, druggists, north
side of square, next to Gill & Garrett.
They are enterprsing young men,
worthy of public patronage. They
have the incest drug store west of
st. Louis. Goods all new-prescrip-
tons carefully compounded day and
night. Call and see Ben and Rem,
they will treat you right.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-11-29

TUE oIiaIiese H"n sHS WIN
POPULAR PRICES OF ADMISSION
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-11-29

Mexico, NO., November $, isss. 3o-f~
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-19
Lady Telegraphers.

The office telegrapher OF the Gl0bt
sat listening to the tick of his instrrI.
ment with peculiar scraphic smile or
his face, when Il reporter interrupted
him with the remark: III bet Ten &c
one there's a female operator on the
other end IF that wire, and what she's
sending is special for you and not fol
the paper
''lt is certainly lady who is sending
the message" said tho telegrapher.
land she is doing it very well, indeed
There are many excellent operator.
among the women, and though they car
not do such haTVl work rs a man. they
send messages in very good shape"
''Are YOU sure just who it is that is
sending?"
Certainly. ] can tell as quickly as
could recognize a friends hand.
writing. Each operator acquires DC,
culiar style of handling key, and there
is not much difficulty in recognizing {
sender when once his style 1t known &c
YOU"
Where TO all the operators come
from?''
The city telegraph operators are
J Supplleu HOSJly DN young men " nc
have learned the business in country
offices. In many casGs the son of :
country ielegraphcr learns the art from
bis father in spare moments, and finally
succeeds him in the business. For !;
time he is satisfied with his position
and the novelty of 'buzzing' femal,
operator in n town thirty miles distant
is very pleasing, but soon he gets Il
talking with city operators over the
wires, and when he finds out what the,
are paid he becomes dissatisfied with hi.
own little salary of matchmaking :
month and find himself, and so desert.
his post for the city. These young fel
lows from the country make very gooC
operators, for rs rule they begin Il
learn when they are thirteen or fourteen
years old, and that an operator shout,
begin young is positively essential TO hi
success. They say a person can nevel
be a good violinist unless he begins
when a child, and it is much the sam,
with telegraph operator. They begil
early and generally leave the business
before they are old; not that they retir,
on fortune, but they drift out int
some other occupation, as most of then
intended TO when they first began {,
handle key. boston Globe.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-19
How to Travel without a Ticket.


A "Traveler" writes to London
Truth: perhaps the following story
may be interesting to. some of your
readers, if they ever should be under
the necessity of travelling without a
ticket: The other day, on the -- Rail
way, man got into one of the car
riages and presently began talking to
fellow-passenger. After time he
asked the gentleman if he had heard
the story about how a man Travelled
without ticket. The gentleman said
he had not; so the man asked him tt
lend him his ticket, that he might show
him how it was done. and began fid-
ding about with it, but pretended that
the story had suddenly slipped out of
his head, but that he would be sure &c
remember it soon. After time the
train got near London, and as the man
still could not remember the story he
returned the gentleman his ticket. This
struck the gentleman as being very Gu
rious, and so he watched the man.
When the man got to the barrier and
was asked for his ticket he said he had
given it up, but the ticket-collector de-
MED it, and after good deal of alter
cation the man pulled some silver out
of his pocket and was about 10 pay fol-
his fare when he suddenly said (produc-
ing small piece of ticket) that he could
prove that he had given up his ticket.
because he remem6erd playing about
with it in the train and tearing off a
small piece, and that if the ticket-col-
lector looked he would find n ticket
With the piece torn of. On looking the
ticket-collector found a ticket with a
piece torn of, and of course immedi-
stely begged the man thousand par
dons.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-19
A Tiny Sheep.

The very smallest of all the kinds o!
sheep is the tiny Breton sheep. 1t Is
too small to be very profitable to raise
for, of course, it can not have much
wool. and as for eating, why, hungry
man could almost eat whole one at
meal. 1t is so small when full-growu
that 1t can hide behind good-sized
bucket. 1t takes its name from the
particular part of France where it is
most raised.
But if not a profitable sheep, it is a
dear little creature for pet. for it is
very gentle and loving. and, because it
is so small, is not such nuisance about
the house as was the celebrated lamh
which belonged to little girl named
Mary. Ii would need to be very
large little girl-a giant girl, indeed =
who could take an ordinary sheep in
her lap and cuddle it there; bat any lit
tie girl could find room in her lap for q
Breton sheep quite as easily rs for one
of those very ugly little dogs called by
the ugly name of pug.
One of this little creatures peculiari-
ties is its extreme sympathy with the
feelings of its human friends, when il
has been brought up as a pet in the
house, and has learned to distinguish
between happiness and unhappiness. II
any person whom it likes great deal
is very much pleased about anything,
and shows it by laughing. the little sheep
will frisk about with every sign of ioy;
but if, on the contrary, the person sheds
tears, the sympathetic friend will evince
its sorrow in an equally unmistakable
way. A kind word and loving caress
will also fill it with happiness, while a
cross word or harsh gesture will cause
it evident distress. John Il. Corycll, tn
| st. Nicholas
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-19
A Nautical Curiosity.

John Crankshaw, Jr., an ingenious
young man of Frankford. has construct.
ed a curious little canoe with heavy
muslin and barrel hoops. The craft i
fourteen feet long and twenty inches
VIDE in the center. The stem and stern
posts are sawed out of pine knee knots.
and the lateral slips over which the
RIBS are fastened are also of pine. The
rest of the little boat is constructed en-
iirely of muslin and ordinary flour bar.
rel hoops, the latter being one-quarter
OF an inch apart and fastened TO the
lateral slips, which extend from stem
TO stern. Over this skeleton the mus.
lin, having been thoroughly soaked in
OIL, Is stretche' Two water tight com.
partments are made fore and aft. by
stretching the oil soaked muslin entire
~ over the canoe, thus making n deck
which can not be penetrated by the wa
ter The paddler's place contains =
small seat, and space enough to clear
the occupants legs and feet. A light
board floor keeps the latter from knock
ing holes in the crafts muslin bottom.
When the canoe had been completed.
but not painted, il weighed only six.
teen pounds, but has since been Given
several heavy coats of white lead. and
now weighs thirty-eight pounds. 1t has
been successfully put to test, and its
owner. with his double-bladed paddle.
uses it almost every day on tie river
Philadelphia Record.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-19
The Baseball Umpire.


"Who is that man with the barry
trousers standing behind the catchcr?'
That the umpire, dear"
docs he enjoy life?'
'Oh, YES, occasionally
"Whcn?'
"Whcn he is not umpiring n bal
game.
"What are his qualifications"
They are supposed to be honesty anC
ability"
do they send out detectives to fine
such men, or do they select them from
Government oilicos2'
Neither; umpircs obtain their posi-.
tions through influence
What is intiuence?''
"lntlucnce is the wife of power"
ut is good To have honesty and abil
ity. isn't it?'
"ios. in the case of n Clergyman oil
bank cashier; but an umpire is toe
honest to want both. and is contcn
with either one or the other"
What quality prcdominatcs?"
"The other one"
'Why are the spectators Kissing tn,
umpirc?'
.'Bccausc he is trying to be impair
tial."
eff he were nOt?" ....
"He would be- abused by both play
ers and spectators"
elias he no rcdrcss?'
"Yes; when u player insults him an,
calls him liar and . hOrse-thief n,
sometimes fines the player as much n
five dollars
why not fifty dollars, or ever
morcP'
because he SHOWS when the seasoI
closes the player will find him alon
some dark night. and punch hi
head.
"Aro the spectators ever impartia
critics?n
individually. seldom; collectively
never" ...
Where do they get their knowledg
of basc-ballP"
MOSTLY from the morning papers.
what il an terror column?f''
The column in n newspaper devote
to baseball reports"
lis the umpire n married man?"
Casually -.
"ln which city does his wife r,
''My child, let us go and cut watei
melon. '--9nlcrtcdn Sports
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-19
The Egyptian Army.

There exists considerable diversity
oi opinion about the national character
ot the fellahecn, but on one point all
authorities have been hitherto arrcpd--
That the fellah Is one of the most I'M
warlikc types of mankind and heartily
tetests military service. ANY one who
travels in Egypt during the time of the
consumption must be painfully inn
pressed with this fact In the villages
he may he often reused mt night by n
violent alteration outside, which begins
with grufl. bass male voices and cu1mi-
mates in shrill, historical, falsetto tones.
The first time he is so disturbed he
PROBABLY assumes that it is case of
burglary or manslaughter, and rushes
out with the intention of supporting
vigorously the party of law and order,
out he finds to his disappointment that
II Is nothing more serious than the
capturing OF n recruit for the khedivial
army ana though 1t may be quite true,
rs the women declare. that the village
Shelkh IN making the choice of his VIC
TIM mas been influenced by considera-
t,ons OF oaksheeSh, the arguments pro-
iuccd pro and con Involve such contra
lctory statements of fact and such
N'hphNaNtu CONSIDERATIONS OF law and
morals that as stranger he can hardly
feel justified in interfering with the
action OF the authorities. In the prin-
siPal towns, where the recruits are col
lected. similar scenes take place on a
larger scale. The conscripts are
brought into the public square under an
sscort OF kayasses, armed with sticks
and switches, to be examined by the
medical officer and the military auihori-
ties. Among them are n good many
representatives of the halt. the MANNED
and the blind, and these. after being
separated from the others. are allowed
% return to their homes. OF the re-
mainder few conduct themselves with
he apathetic, dignifed air of the true
Mussulman, but the ma ority en-
7eavor to prove by wordy arpu-
ments, solemn asseverations. express
I've gestures. or revolving contortions.
that they arc totally untitled for mill
tary service and. when arguments fail.
mportunate entreaties, heartrending an
peals. or indignant protests are en-
ployed. In vain the kavasses. with the
aid of their sticks and switches. en-
teavor to keep order and impose 81
Ience; the Obstinately impOrtunate per-
hstently break from the ranks and have
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-19
A 1t. LOuis MelOdrama.

A story comes from st. Louis having
all the elements of n thrilling melo-
drama. A young boarding school miss
wanting her watch repaired went to Il
small establishment near by. There
were two men present, one of whom,
apparently the worse for liquor, was
resting his head upon the showcase.
She handed her watch TO the other man
standing by. giving directions rs tC
what should be done with it. He, APP
parently on purpose, let it fall. break.
ing the crystal; but on his promising &c
make it good she left it with him and
departed.
Subsequently she returned and asked
for her watch. The proprietor, who
proved TO be the man whose head was
resting on the showcase. denied hav.
ing it. The man TO whom she handed
it had disappeared. and had not re.
turned, The proprietor gave her an
other watch, which she was to keep I'M
til she recovered her own. Dissatisfied
with the arrangement, the police were
called in. The proprietor of The store
| insisted that the watch was not in hi:
! possession, but had been taken away
| by the man TO whom the young
lady handed it. Pressed TO eX
plain, he admitted that the missing mar
was Il friend of his, but that he haC
proved false and treacherous. Wher
the young woman came TO his store
and found him leaning on the show
case he was nearly insensiblc. In com
rany with his friend he had been drink
ing good deal and subsequently h,
smoked cigar with him. Inc eliza
was drugged. He became stupeiicd
and while in this state his friend ha,
not only taken the young lady's watch
but had robbed the money-drawcr of il
change, the safe of two hundred dol
lars, and his pockets of their contents
The proprietor awOke next mornin.
from his bed in y room adjoining hi.
shop, and found himself stripped o
much of his property, with his frien'
missing. He has not seen him since
He made, he said, the best separation il
his power by giving the young lad,
a watch rs valuable intrinsically a,
hers, although rs it was a memento O
her dead mother, it possessed valu
which nothing could replace.
If his explanation Is true it is rs no
mantle as play or Il story; if untrue
it does equal Justice To an imagination
which could invent it so rcadily.-Ds
trOH Free Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-19
A joke on a Thief.

There was man on the State Fair
grounds Yesterday who was SO tickled
that he set dozen people round him &c
laughing, and when asked the cause OF
his merriment it was some time before
he could answer:
'.Such joke-it nearly kills mer'
"A joke on whom?"
''On thief-a pickpocket. / car
Just imagine hiS-ha! ha! ha.-feel
ings,'
.How was it?''
"Well. YOU sec, brought fifty dol.
lars here with me. About an hour age
a stranger asked ME TO change 9
twentv-dollar-bill for him, and in 50
doing he must have seen how much
money had. In fact, / mentioned the
sum tn him. and / took notice be
watched where put my wallet. i felt
sure he was thief, and | determined to
give him a little surprise-ha! ha! hal
did you have him arrested on sus.
picion?"
ARRESTED, No! But fixed plan
to take him down n little. He took me
for 4 greeny. and wanted him TO find
out that / had my eyes open. Well,
sir-ha. ha, hal and he laughed un.
til the tears came.
"How did you do it?"
why, | slipped around in the crowd,
took the money out of my wallet and
showed it down my bootleg, and then
went back and rubbed around him.
pretended to be gawping around like q
hayseed, and pretty soon we got into q
Jam. Then the chap pressed me hard
and lifted my old wallet and dug out
like a flash. He thought he had that
fifty dollars. sure, and how his jaw
must have dropped when he found-ha'
ha! ha,-when be-oh. but I'd have
given ten dollars to see iti''
''Was there nothing in the Wallet"
asked a man with a squeaky voice.
why, of COURSE
His grin died away all of sudden,
his eyes began to bulge out and in a
! minute his chin couldn't keep still. He
looked around in a dazed way, and
when the question was repeated he
slowly replied:
II had a mortgage and six hundred
dollars worth of notes in there and for
got TO take 'em QUIT Where are the
police?''
Everybody laughed and laughed. and
one man fell down and choked and
kicked in bis delight, but the par who
had saved his fifty dollars never ever
smiled. He SIMPLY grew pale and
breathed hard and glared around hin
until friend offered TO take him out &c
the cattle pens and kick him four hun.
dred times. Detroit Free Press,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-19
The Weight OF Great Men.

A curious letter is Just brought t.
light by the Bangor (Me.l Wig ana
Courier. in Which j. FeporIled iht
weight IF certain revolutionary officers
who were together ut West Point hun.
dred'years ago, The letter was writer
by Joseph May TO General David Cobb,
OF Revolutionary fame, and is rs fol
lows:
BOsToN, August IL. 1890
Hon. David Cobb, Goudsborough
My Dear General: Your letter of 2Stt
March. written when confined TO your house
by lndisposition. made me, for moment, fee
unhappy-twuS painful-but have too much
respect for you TO indulge weak tears, when
see you passing the allotted limit of human
ME; and tho you find some labor and sor-
row; and tho the fiockS and the herds aiTOrt
less pleasure than formerly'~eynt you rejoice
NJ tho Vctnal Sun-YOu are chcered 10y tn,
voice ut friendship. and when not exercised
ny hctual pain, YOUR book affords high en-
p'oyment, and enjoyment, which the stranger
lntermCddles not With. We are marching to
u better country, my dear General. where
after well-Spent life. we may hope again &c
associate with the wise and good whom w,
nave known herc-whcrc and how il is TO be
am not anxious to know; certain of this i
VIII be the fittest and best that infinite wis
uom and infinite goodness can provide.
our friend Hayes has lately visited us. He
spoke of you repeatedly as of n man whom he
loved and respected. Looking together ovcl
some papers in General Jacksons pocket
book we found curious paper, of which
give you copy:
Weighed at the sca'ds dt wesrpoint, 10 Au
gust. l1SS:
General Westinghouse pounds.
General Lincoln-22l pounds.
General knoX-2S0 pounds.
General Huntington-l32 rounds.
General GreatOn-166 pounds.
Colonel Swift--2l9 pounds.
Colonel NJ. Jackson-252 pounds.
Colonel II. IRcksor+-230 pounds
IleutvnRntCOloncl Huntington-232 pounds
Lieutenant-Co onel Cobb--lS6 pounds.
observation-disclosures Humphries-22I pounds
i send you couple of pamphlets which ma!
0muSc you.
Yours, affcctiOnately, dear General,
i. MAY.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-19
Personal AND LITERARY.

General Mcclellan viii hereafter
i've in Washington
Henry Phillips. aged sixty-two, and
Hattie Olmstead, aged fifteen. were
married at Greig, NY. recently.
George Alfred Townsend has writ
en a novel, 1.-The Eutailed Hat"
which the Harpers have accepted.
Sturgeon, the famous London min
SER. has but two children twin sons
land they are both Baptist clergymen.
Will Carleton has written a poem
On a mortgage. 1t is easier to poem a
nortage than to mortgage poem
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Bartholomew Tarney, of Bath.
Steuben County. New York, signalized
lis one hundredth birthday the other
lay by walking three miles.
Miss Maud Banks, daughter OF
General n. p. Banks, goes on the plat
'orm this season as an elochtionist. She
3as been studying in Europe.
Mr.. w. ID. Howells; the novelist. is
forty six years old. He loves quiet and
home and shuns society and field sports
His revised and interlined proofs are a
terror to the printers. T. Ne'oS.
Mr.. Walker, the colored lawyer
appointed by Governor Butler to the
bench of the Charlestown City Court, Is
n Roman Catholi,, belongs to the choir
Of ST. Vincent Church, and has "a white
wife Boston Post.
DR. Mary Walker must find some
compensation for the sings and arrows
Of outrageous fortune in the $4,000 lett
her by the VII of an eccentric Massa-
chusetts man who died the other day
Indianapolis Journal.
1t is reported that throughout one
of his books John Morley insisted upon
printing the name of the Deity without
capital. Whereupon ono of his review
| ers published his eritique with frequent
mention of the author as "mr. john
morley -
The first newsboy who ever sold 6
copy of the New York Sun in tho
streets of New York became famotis
and rich. He was ten years old, and
from Cork His name was Bernard
Flaherty, but he was afterward known
as Barney Williams, the comedian.
Julius Nathan, member of the
New York Stock Exchange. has had hi:
: nHnie changed to Ju1itis Newton. He
has done this because, az stated. many
people abroad wanted to know if he wa,
in any way related to the Nathan fam
ily, that was made unfortunately con
spicuous by the death of the late Benja
min Nathan.-N. Y. Times:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-19
HUMOROUS.

In Burdette phraseology: What
has went with all the cooking clubs?
If brevity is the soul of wit. there
is a good deal of fun in dudes coat,
tail,-Cdrt PfetZerS Weekly
-''Why are you so distant?'' said d
tramp to beefsteak in the restaurant
window. - Chicago Herald.
1t has been suggested that fitting
epitah for Captain Webb would be: 'He
was not a favorite in the pools. "-Aer-
chant TrdUclicr.
-''What are you writing such q big
hand for. Pat2" "Why, you see, my
grandmother dafc, and I'm writing d
fond letther to her. '-Dctr61 Post.
Miss Kate Field believes in hot
water as Il cure for dyspepsia. Well,
YES. You let man get into hot
water and he'll forget all about dys-
pepsia. Boston Post
What is that's 1t d circus aero
bat? Oh, no, my son, that is man
who is kicking himself. What makes
the man kick himself? He has been tc
masquerade. party and llirted with
his wife all the evening Toronto
Grip.
An attorney, about to furnish bill
pf costs, was requested by his client, q
bakef, ''t5 make it as light rs pbssible.'' -
"Ah!" replied the attorney, that s
what you may say to your foreman, but
it's not the way make my bread. y
N. T. Graphic.
-"Come here, Matilda, and keep
these guinness frum burning while I &c
and make up the BEDS" said ali ifidul.
gent mother who had been stirring the
boiling fruit for some minutes while
her daughter stood idly considering the
lily and the sunhower in the front yard
"Nc, mother, shan't STIR" replied the
languid maiden, who had recently been
feading over some secondhand puns in
an ancient almanac. Y0nker'S States
man.
The Professor, from his official
chair-''Wc who ourselves dedicate to .
noblt career find necessary % the COM
plete fulfillment of our mission q large
development of the body as well rs a
powerful unfolding of the intellect. Oul
duties are laborous and painful. We
must accustom ourselves TO perform
them without helps eXtraneous or arti.
fetal, The good engineer, like the
skillfdl mariner, must be able to shave
himself in the dark without looking
glass" A pupil-"But. if jim the dark,
low might looking-glass aid him?"
The Profcssor-''Silence the mouth, sir.
You come here to learn. - City Of Mer.
leo Monitor.