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Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10
HOW TO Spoil q Husband.
Find fault with him.
Keep an untidy house.

Find fault with him.
Keep an untidy house.
Always have the last word.
Be extra cross on wash days,
Quarrel with him over trifies.
Vow vengeance on all his relatives.
Let him sew on his own shirt buttons
Pay no attention to household ex-
penses.
Give as much as he can earn i'm 8
month for a new bonnet.
Tell him as plainly as possible yor
married him for a living.
Raise a row if he dare to bow pleas
antly to an old lady friend.
Tell him the children inherit all theil
mean traits of character from his side o
the family.
Keep the parlor for company and d.
not let him put his foot in it.
Get everything the woman next doc
gets, whether you can afford it or not.
Let it out sometimes, when you ar
good and mad, that you wish you ha'
married some other fellow you used t
go with.
When he gives you $40 to lay aside TO
a "rainy day." give it to the first ped
dler that comes along for q pair Of 10
cent plaster vases.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10

Those who write for sample copies of
the LEDGER please enclose a postage
stamp, not for publication, but as an ey-
idence that they don't take us for a bald
headed philanthrophist, with gold head
ed a n and an income $4,000 a year,
who Is printing q paper for amusement
and paying the postage on 1t for fun.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10

s.Is your programme full, Miss Beed.
crusher?" asked a young man of
western damsel who had just struggled
out of the refreshment 20 with disap.
pointment in her eye and an order o.
dances in her hand. programme full!'
said the daughter of the setting sun
"waal, l guess not! Ihavn't had moth,
ing but a piece of cake and an ice cream
and that don't go far toward filling m.
programme / can tell YOU"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10

Notwithstanding Tilden is old and
decrepit, and it is almost a physical
impossibility for him TO take his seat
if he were elected, yet, nevertheless,
his friends keep on trotting him out.
This reminds us very much of the
high-strung but poor old lady who
used TO industriously pound a rug
every morning, to convey the false
alarm to the neighbors that she had
beefsteak for breakfast.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10

A Greenback friend says he can
feel it in his bones that his party is
going to be successful in the end.
1t may be successful in the end, but
it will not be so in this world. The
average Greenbacker's sense Of feel
ing is as delicate as that of the boy
who q feel his moustache when no.
body else can see it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10

Heavy losses T being sustained
by small cities all over Missouri and
Illinois by fires. Whole blocks are
being swept away. Every town
should have an organized fire depart
ment. Thousands and thousands of
dollars worth Of valuable property
has been saved in Mexico in the past
few months by the fire department.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10

There are four well defined cases Of
leprosy in the Hospitals at New York,
One of the men is from Norway, two from
| West India and the other a Chinaman
| The disease is incurable.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10

The New York World wants "a
tariff for revenue only" and the New
York Sun only wants "a tariff for
revenue" The difference is big
enough to cause a large split.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10

Sturgeon Leader: j. w. Bush, one
of the substantial citizens of Audrain
county, residing near Sturgeon, was
stricken down by paralysis last Fri
day evening. He lost his speech en-
tirely, also the use of his right arm
and leg. He is some better.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10

Jay Gould is going to make a trip
around the world. He thinks IL he
likes it he will buy it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10
LETTER LIST.

MEXICO, Mo, May 10, 1883.
r IST OF LETTERS remaining IN the Post.
i Office at Mexico, Audrain County. Missouri
and which. if not called for within four weeks
from date, will be sent to the Dead Letter Office
at Washington City.
. Persons calling for letters in this list wi
please say Advertised"
81 ONCE open on Sunday from 4 to 5 O'Clock
in the afternoon.
GEO. A. POTEET. p. III.
Antisdale. Jam es S Knowles. Fernando
Belsbe. John A Metz, S
Bragg, Clayton G Marshall. F William
Britt, Jesse III Miller, V John
BrOkum, Amey Miss Martin. CA
BrOgan, Frank More, Mary Mrs
Boyd, Lizzie Mrs Minor, Augustus
ByrnS, X QuiSenberry, j A Mrs.
Brown. Maggie W Mrs Payne, CD
Emmel, Fent Roberts. Eliza
Fisher, kiZa Miss Sweeney, j r
Gillispie. Ebert Shaver, Leda Miss
Hayden. j F Titus, Lavina
Hartman, A F Tull. Lon Mrs
Jones. VIM Watts, Annie Mrs
Kenyon, Lucy Mrs Wilcox, Lizzie Mrs
KimbOngh, Frank
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10
DESCRIPTION,

Denmark, Jr., is a beautiful chestnut
sorrel, nov in the prime and vigor of life,
is z years old, tands 16 hands high, with
as much get-up and finish as any horse in
the State. He is a fine saddler and has q
kind and gentle disposition, and I have no
hesitation in saying he is a good breeder
as has been proven. His pedigree is
without blemish.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10
Fine Kentucky Saddle Stallion,

vii stand the present season (Which has
commenced1 at A. NJ. Harrison's stable,
southeast of Mexico, near brick yard, and
end July LIST.
TERMs.-$5 a leap, money due when
service is rendered; IS for the season,
money due at the end of season; $40 to
insure q mare in fcal, money due and to
be paid when the fact is ascertained or
mare parted with.
Pasturage can be had at reasonable rates.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10
PEDIGREE.

Denmark, Jr., was sired by Billie Crom-
well. he by SCOTS Denmark, ami he by
Washington. His dam was Mason Whip,
a thoroughbred mare.
Care taken to prevent accidents, but
not responsible should any occur.
2-5t 4. II. HARRISON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10

NOTICE OF Observation-Disclosures office
IN is hereby gwen that the firm of Luckie
& Neale is this day dissolved, DIR. Luckie
retiring. ALI parties indebted to the firm
should call at once and settle.
J. w. LUCKIE.
j. S. NEALE.
Mexico, May /, lss3-s-4t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-05-10

ThI. college actually e6ers suycxhA
dncements 10 parents DESTROYS Of TIE n.99f
and finished education Of thetf d19e,-x
thorough course of study n m ~
of Experienced Teachers sp4e
rooms for bosrders. we'll ventilated ~
furnished. Unparalleled HseifA n D
The Scientific, Literary, Musical - -
partments, respectively, second 70 49,
College In the West. T~horoughnsss 49,
Of Home Denartmeut 30 wen esfsblsaS
admit OF no controversy. Terms tess -
other school In the State Offering e93A
tages. Full last session. -s<u 3
49, Il. +. eAlR
1l1 Rusipeo 49,
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iTamCS or Countries.

The following countries, il is said,
were uri,smally named hv tn" phumcj;tis,,
the iratrst commercial prupIr in tine
wor!l. Thr names. in the phuni,.ian
Iangrrlgo si~nirving something char
nctrristic of the places which they dns-
ignatc:
Europe signifies Il country Of white
compIryion. SO named hcra,I4c the III
habitmts were Il lighter conpIcyion tl.an
those of Asia and Africa.
Asia signifies between. or in the nlid-
de. from the fact that the gro%raphrr3
purcd it between Europe and Africa.
Africa SjYniiics the land of corn or
cnrs It was celebrated forits abundance
of corn and all sorts of grain.
Siberia signifies thirsty or lry--Vcry
characteristic.
Spain, country Of rabbits or confess
it was once SO infested with these animals
that it sued Augusta for an army to
destroy them.
Italy, IL country of pitch, from its yield.
my RlGhC luIn'''lth S', 81 'i"'h pl',''
C""''lf'' H'So' I'l 'Ilc N;'l.:, iy"'' ~
"' 'l"'Gfi, I"iic', N,S',,,i;r" i','" -, ~,
i':', II" So'l"" nan '''''' ''''>''' 10
I''I,i'"''IS, ni'1 ~, ILL, e C,,.7,io :. bi,,I,
rni III L'",,a,, ., Io'J r"'IoJ,,' ,nompi,imnns
Iln'' LIES , M"2 :, i''''7''' ''''''''''''',''''
pi|Ei"'" E, -, 'io",t,, ,i'|t or Ioef bohitotion
I',. LII IVnsi ynrJ pLmnicions
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Do Wo Eat too Much,

The amount Of nopriahmont which n
person nbctlo groatly depends on his con
Rhtl'ti0h, state of health, habits, and
Work. A scdentary man requires less
than ono whose duties dcmonl thY
exercise OF his jousclt8, Ind BRAIN
worker nerda moro than an idlcr. But
mtucstionably the majority of lis tako
moro than 60 need Indeed, food aud
work nro distributed moat iincoually.
Tho man Of lotsuIc is also the man of
means, and, accordingly fares sumptu-
0usly every day; while the laborer tolls
for eight hours, and finds 1t difficult TO
get enough to rcpair tic waste OF his
h$Suce, VT Chinaman or Bcngalcc
viii toll under q tropical sun, and find
few pico worth of rice or jowrah sufficient
to sustain his strength. A Frcnchiiirn
will not eat .hrlf what IN Englishman
pnenSc;t In the same work will demand,
and n Spanish laDorcr, content III ordinary
times with watermelon and n bit of
black broad, will toll in the VINEYARDS
md grow fat on g. dietary OF onion por-
ridge nr1 grapes. 1t is true that Mr..
BfasSry, when building the continental
railways, found that ono English navy
was worth acOuplc of rc-fcdforcigncrs
But, on tho other hand, The British Co.
irmbjan md California gold -diggcrs,
h'Nn whom 4 more magnificent set of
athletes does not exist, live in the remote
mountains of the far west mainly on
beans favored with few cubes Of pork.
But they also obtain tho best of water
and tho purcst of air, and their outdoor
HE and active exercise enable them to
uhgcst every ounce of their frugal fare.
The English soldiers, though better fed
than those of any army except tho
American, do not get onc-half the amount
OF solid nutrimcnt which tho idlcst of
club-loungers considers indispensable for
his Sustcnance. An athlete in training is
allowed even less food; yet he prospcrs
on the limited fare, and prolongS his life
by the regiment to which ho has been
subjected. King Victor Emmanuel WAS
monarch of the ost robust physique;
yet he only ate one meal per day, aud it
is manifcstly absurd for any man to
require three moro or less wcighty meals.
md an afternoon cup of tca to support
the cxertion OF walking to the club, riding
an hour i'll the park, writing Il note or
two, and dancing n couple of miles
around n ballroom. The ancicnts had
their ''amcthustoi, or "sObcr stones" by
which they regulated their indulgence at
table. The modcrns have not oven this.
But they have their gout and their livcrs
TO warn them, when it is too late, that
nature has been overtasked. London
Standard
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WIT AND WISDOM.

"A Philadelphia paper says that cof-
fec IS a failure in Ceylon. This 10
travelling n long ways TO get an item
which could have been furnished by
any Philadelphia boarding house. De
'roH Post.
The meancst man on record Is the
one who promised his boy pair OF
skates if he would not cry for week,
md when the time was nearly up, and
tho boy felt certain of the skates, took
him into the shed and thrashed him.
"A poor lrishman offered an old
saucepan for sale. His children gath
cred around him and inquired why no
parted with it. "Ah, my honeys," an
swcred he, 81 would not be afther part
ing with it but for little money to buy
something to put in it.
did you get any ordersP" asked
the boss Of tho drummer, who had just
returned from his first trip. Amy or
dcrs>n echoed the tyro; chats the
trouble; that's all [ did get. was Or
dcrcd ont of every shop | went into be-
fore | could sell thing. Oh, yes, or
do"s enough. if that all fellow wants"
- HOStOm POST
"A callow youth asks tho Philadel-
pha 1Tn'sS ''whero he shall put his
kiss" If he could get ten dollars for
il, he would put it up the spout at
his "unclc's." When young man
doesn't know whore to put kiss, he
should keep it in his head. if it doesn't
make too much noise rolling round in
the vacuum. --NO1vtSto,On UcrGtd.
--"Can you tell me-" said frugal
wife to thc head of the family as she
| han led him II pair OF trousers of her
own manufacture, "can you tell me the
difference between your wife and an
Irish pipcr?'' "Go on. dear" was tho
rcoly; "procccd, and do your worst"
"Thc difference is that ono makes tho
daddv's pants and the other makes the
raddics dance" I he man fled. .-PHts-
GHTyh Iciryraph.
--" Gomez" said Brown, "you must
give something for our fair. Why. even
StodliinS came down handsomely. +!
didn't expect anything from him. Eh
has 4 very bad name, YOU know. bA ~
charity covcrcth multitude of N1nlt
Come now. what shall ! put you down
forP' Wcll,' rcpl ed Fogg, 81 guoss
! don't care to have my sins covered
up: no hvpocritc about me Day-day,
Old boy. ~ Boston Transcript.
An Austin clerk is in the habit OF
drawing his salary for several months
in advance. A few mornings ago he
came down to the store half Al hour
later than usual. "What makes yor
so lato:' asked the proprietor II
WAS SO cold, didn't like to get Up
~ don't see how you come to find il
cold,' Growloh the boss. "IOu drew
your salary for next June yesterday. -
| ICrUS SitIiVVS.
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Observations.

No line can hc drawn between common
knowledge Of things and scientific hnowl-
edge, not between common reasoning and
scientific rcasoning. In strictnesS all ac-
curatc knowledge IS science, and oil exact
reasoning is scientific reasoning. Tho
method of observation and experiment
in which such great results ore obtained
in science is idcntically the samc as that
which is employed by every one every
day of his life, but refined and rendered
precise. If Il child acquires n new toy,
he ol',crvcs its characters and expert
mCnt8 npnu It's properties, and we are
all constantly making observations and
experiments upon one thing or another
But those who have never tried to Oh
serve accurately, will he surprised to find
how difficult q business it is. There is
not one person in hundred who can de-
scribe the commoncst occurrence with
even an approach 10 accuracy. That is
to say. either he will omit something
which did occur and which is of import
ancc, or he will imply or suggest the oc-
currcncc of something which he did not
actually observe, but which he rmcUn-
sciouSly infcrs must have happened
When two truthful witnesses contradict
ono another in Il court of Justice. usually
turns ont that one or the other, or some
times both, are confounding their infer
cnccs from what they saw With that
which they actually saw. A swcars that
Is picked his pocket. 1t turns out that
all that \ knows is that he fclt hama in
bis pocket when B was close to him, and
that b was not the thief, but G., whom he
did not observe. Unframed observers
mix up together their inrcrcnccs from
what they see with that which they act
ually see in the most wonderful way. and
even experienced and careful Observers
arc in constant danger of falling into the
samo error. Scientific observation is
such as is at once full, precise and free
from unconscious mfcrcncc.--Irotc&$0r
LitLrLly
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Pig'Stlckins in Morocco.

Nhe sport par excellence, however,
OK the country is pigsticking, for which
expeditions are periodically organized
by Sir John Drummond Hay, the Brit
ish Minister to the Court Of Morocco; :;
and owing to his kindness and hosptali-
tv, was enabled to see good deal Of
this pastimc. The other method Of
boar-hunting is by the battue system,
the guns being posted in front, and the
game driven up to them. This, if not
equal to pig-stickin@, is likewise excel
lent iun-tho shrieking and uproar Of
the bcatcrs, accompanied by the bark
ing OF dogs, the braying of horns, and
the discharge of guns, rendering it very
exciting. The curses and imprecationS
mingled with tho most biting sarcaSms,
that arc showcrcd on the unfortunate G
animals, are enough to ouSt the most
stubborn boar from his lair. An Arab
oath is very elaborate affair, being
sustained through Il number of parcn-
theses and subordinate phrases to an IN
definite lcngth. "May Allah burn tho
ashes of your great-grandfather, who
was the miserable offspring of brother
and sister," etc, may serve as an cX-
ample. They imagine the unclean ami.
NAL to be the abode of iins, or evil
spirits, and maintain sometimes q run
ming conversation with him, every word
of which he is supposed to understand.
There is q curious ceremony connected
with the sport, to which all successful
noviccs arc subjected. After killing my
first pig the chief hunter came up and
took away my gun, and, ring being
formed, the piece was put up to auction.
After it had been hidden for q whilo
you have to buy it in yourself at GER
tain price, say four CT five dollars. 1t
is a way of paying tie beaters, who 9th,
erwiSe contribute their services for
nothing. Boar-hurting has its dlsad.
vantages, for it is unqueStionably dan
gerouS amusement. There arc pcrils
OF the pig, which, if wounded, will turn
and rcnd you; porls of the gontlomun,
who will ride with his lance in rest in
stead of carrying the point in the air, OF
of tho no less objectionable individual
who shifts from his post and fires wildly
down the line; of the ambushed Moor,
who shoots impartially in any direction
while, unless you are well mounted, YOU
have q very tolcrable chance Of breaking
your ncok. EdihbIrgh M0Qa4iRe.
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Burglars and Savings Banks.

"Thc fact is" said old Mrs. Phippa,
who is down to Frisco on visit. "tl.J
tact is, my dear Mrs. Skidmore, I had
the narrOwrst escape from being ruined
the other day you ever heard Of"
"Oh, how nice," said Mrs. S.. pour-
ing out another cup. "How was it ?"
"Why, you know sold our house and
lot last month, and had tho money all
ready to deposit in the savings bank tho
next morning, which was tho very day
of It's failure"
"GOod gracious |"
"I slept with my money under nv
pillow, and the next morning when T
got ready to start for the bank the money
was gone. Some burglars had taken It
during the night. An hour afterwnrd
the bank burst. Did you ever hear of
such n piece Of god luck ?"
"huck? Why, you lost your coin all
the same"
"Yes, but don't you see they caught
the burglars, and, on condition Of nv
not prosecuting them, they returned me
fifty cents on the dollar. The bank
pannod out only twenty-five. There's
no use talking, Hannah, between savings
banks and robbers, III tako my chances
with tho burglars oVery time. ."-iSun
Francisco Posi-
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They Carried Her Up and Down

4 lady recently applied for admission
to the towcro Of the lighthouse at Atlantic
City, but was too weak to ascend the
stairs. The gallant keeper, who bears
the inappropriate name of Major Wolf, al
onco offered to carry her up 228 stops
tho tower is 1874 feet high. She gladly
accepted the offer, and the Major taking
her i'll his arms, the start was made. The
woman weighed 175 pounds, and when
tho top WAS reached the bearer of this
burden was as nearly played out as he
could be and maintain his perpendicular.
Whom the invalid was ready to come
down, Major Wolf did not feel equal tc
the task of carrying her. SO powerful
colored man, n waiter in one of the
hotels, was pressed into service, and in
his arms the lady was borne down 10 the
ground,
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P"oF. LE1DY has lately made micro
Scopical examination of the blood of the
last victim in herd of COWS owned by
farmer i'll Salem, N. j., whcro thcro had
been several deaths. The animal was
well to appearance, milked as usual at
evening, md died The next morning.
The blood from the spleen was found
terming with batcric of the form known
as bacillus anthrax. They were more
numerous than the blood corpusClcs.
The first thought il that milk sent to
market foH hours before such death
must carry the bacilli, capable Of giving
conta2ion. to which medical journal
adds: eli the fat from tho carcasses Of
such animals fluids it's why to the nearest
olcomar8orino mnnufactory-a this sui
stance IS rendered only at temperature
Under 100 by the patent now supreme
we leave our readers to draw their own
conclusions respecting tho results when
such unCookcd animal produce is used
ns an article Of diet-remcmbcring that
the death point of bacilli is far above
12O."
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The death of John Brown, tho old
Scot VIII" has been the devoted person.
al attendant of the Queen, will make
an English sensation. This John Brown
was ono of the most obstinate and fanat-
ical of men. and his attendance upon tho
Queen has bo en- so persistent, and n
times obtrusivo, that it has boon cf-
fensive, ane takon rs the basis of gossip
not worthy of mention. Brown was tue
favorite servant of Prince Albert, and he
has been for moro than twenty years
constantly on guard for the Queens
protection, ready to give his life at any
moment to defend her. His fierce de-
votion has been like that of noble dog
for a child.
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4 Ecyicc 10 &nYc q ChiId,s Elrc.

Speaking of the desire of some people
to rid" free, reminds IN" Of II LITTLE Incl
dent '.hiCh occurred on n Cunada South
crn TRIM, few days since. At Detroit
u IlcShy German woman, with little
girl of ahout6 years, boarded the train for
Toledo. When the conductor came
through, the woman was sitting on the
edge of the seat with hcr elbows ON the
one i'll front of her, and the child, oh, ,
where was she? That was the comm
drum but it was too easy one for that
Canada Southern conductor. After go.
ing through the train, he returned to
0ur heroine, who still maintained her
uncomfortable position, and appeared
much Interested with the passing
scenery. Laying his hand on her
shoulder, the conductor asked where the
child was, but only received for IN an.
SWcr: "Too shmall, too shmall "
Again repeating his inquiry, and again
receiving his "ToO shmall " answer, he
d"Gldcd to investigate the matter. Com
pcllmG the woman to sit back in her
seat, he found tho little girl doubled mp
IN heap IN the corner, where she had
nccn Obliged to keep as quiet rs a nous
I"r nearly half nm hour, covered by the
not .too'clcNn garments of the inhirman
ih0tiier, VINO was trying to save her fare.
All the time the investigation was 20,
m& on the woman kept up her plea OF
"Too shmNll, too shmau /" until th,
conductor, becoming disgustcd, re.
marked: IF she is too small to Dov
fare, she is certainly too small for Tni,
to sit on. Fare. please. ."-RaiIyoaiIcr.
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THE disturbed ttato Of affair, in Paris
IS partly due to the fact that great
Number Of men nro out Of work. Th1
Paris correspondent of the london Tjtses
estimates the unemployed III sixty thou
sand. Under shch circumstances it is to
be expected that there will bo demonstra-
tons OF threatening. character. Tho
dissatisfaction turns agGinst tho noyorn-
ment for the reason thet largo amount
of public work has been stopped. Serious
disturbances have only been avcrtcd lay
II strong arm, which brouRht the Bervi 'cs
of tho solliery es wall ns of tho police
intorcQuiBition. Tho success Of the Gov
ernment in thus quclling tho disturbance
seemed to strengthen il, but NJ. Paul dc
Cas9eRnoo, in his speech in the Chamber
OF Deputies, said that whilo riot hnd
given the Government powcr, hy 4 riot
it would fall. TO FtenGhmcn with sjxly
thousand hnn8ry mon in the streets his
wnrd6 were full of meaning. Tho con-
tract which has since been entered into
for the erection or dwellings, will have
the double effect Of reducing riots and
giving work to portion Of those out of
enploymHnt. 1t is much moro likely to
otiorl the Government pDrmauent
strength than any display Of soldiery.