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The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-07
Working with q Plan.

1t is almost painful to think how
much valuable time and labor are
wasted in this world every day by
well-meaning, really industrious people
who never work accord no TO any plan.
Some people have most laudable de-
sires tn accomplish many things and
make themselves very useful in the
world, but they are continually meeting
with Notifying failures simply because
they 90 about their work without any
definite or distinct aims in view. They
are generally undecided and irresclute
IN action. and waste n great amount of
time in debating what they should do
next. In consequence. their work, OF
whatever nature, is generally As con-
fused Is their own minds, and seldom
finished as it should be. if finished at
all. Such men, while often laboring
under \ consciousness o. their detects,
are in addition constantly harassed by
their work and seldom successful in
their efforts.
1t is the much better and wiser WAY
to have plans rs far as POSSIBLE. for
every kind of labo-. No one realizes
the va'ue of this more than the farraer.
On his ability to do the right thing at
the right time, depends to n large de-
gree his success in the business. He
begins the year with q plan for esch
week. or month of each season. with
reasonable allowance for such things
as may occur 10 interrupt. and for which
10 provision can be made. He is able
then to proceed inielligently and con
tidently with each appointed task. He
does not feel obliged to slight and b rry
through his work to catch up with
something that should have heen done
a week or a month AGO. Neither is ne
troubled with the III ngs of tomorrow.
Tor he knows with some de rec of Ger
ia nifty what the day will bring forth.
He does not walk as one who knows
DOT where his Journey NAV lead. but
as one whose route is mapped ou b.
fore him as clearly and distinctly as
ANYTHING in the future may be. He
shapes each davis or weeks work in
such a manner that il shall not interfere
with his ?reconcerted arrangements
and 50 throw the whole into confusion.
Tas field to-day and that tomorrow.
this harvest for next week and
that for the week thereafter. Happy
and successful is the farmer who WORKS
after a wise and prudent plan.-N. y.
Observer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-07

Charles Oakley, the oldest native
born resident Of New York City. died
recent of old age, in Norwood. n.
j.. Mr.. Oakley was born in I7s6, in
what was then the country. on the
boulevard nea Central Park, aud
lived there al. his life until . year ago.
he kept his health and his memory I'M
to the day OF his death Beside his
nine sons and daughters Mr.. Oakley
leaves . number of grandchildren.
great-grandchildren. great-great-grsnd-
children and even . great-greatrgreat-
grandchild-N. 7. San.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-07

awkwardly enough
fcssed. that on this
carry an offering b
child, an offering &
that moment, it is
Woodworking wife J
ten, and his frst16
newly-awakened il
radiance like the q
sky. This seemingl
appeared to him I
~hard-headed reason {
the instrumentality 9
his wife. that his 4
was to be realized.
wife has been witt
and had not been 90
honors at his hands.
able, therefore. to
! thought not S
An offering from I
not hard to lind. and
| Shells were thrown I
sion, and shells alwt
| sidercd the time-hq
| the sea. ohells wet
| their a and suitab
of ordinary interest,"
| the first son seemed :
of o than usual
| Dorn's ambition DEF
mo G. just what e
tional offering puzz
some time. AT u
face beamed with sal
| it now. 1t was fiowS
"Be a GOOD girl, Z
sioop till [ come
Strengthening the kin
and turning his face
! ows. Dom be arr
be long" {
Then he went
alone. turning back
10 time TO see that i
no harm. Soon he -
ever, anu Waikc0 on
the right nor TO the
pied manner. his unl'
ward = cluster of bE
n~eighboring bank IA
d~v hsS a~r4s}om ~nAI
ono a~ll-sbsorbine 81
nary conditions 81 n
xigsAQged hon hanl
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The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-07

&c, Tor the
las ihrough
Rn. and not
l ambition
besides his
1any years.
ID to such
be reason
now? He
[surely was
hesitated.
Rgal profu-
e been con
frophies of
&enough in
"a occasions
thc tirth of
Occurrence
ance John
4 something
Is an addi-
a Dorm for
] wrinkle
a. He ha |
keep the
sail he.
u his body
1.-THE mead
~; won't
e marshes
Ifrom time
~ came to
Patty. how
Arashar& 80
Us preOccu-
3 course to-
(wers on q
6nly as the
devotion TO
Under Oldi-
Eould have
IL. avoiding
as
Is laid out
y astraigh:
Pf pools Of
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-02-14

Mems heavy kip boots, sold
everywhere for 81, now $3.50.
Mems heavy kip boots, full
stock, sold everywhere for So,
now 1926.
Mems heavy kip boots, full
stock, sold everywhere for 1915,
now So.
Mems heavy kip boots, %
inch leg, full stock, sold every
where for 81, now 1925.
Ladies' pegged calf shoes, full
stock, sold everywhere for 81,
now 81. so.
Also a fine line Of Childrens'
sold at the same reductions as {
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-02-14
Columbia Dude.

A young man from Columbia was
in Mexico Monday week ago, cut
ting a big swell. He thought he was
paralyzing the boys and mashing the
girls. He got away with his share Of
t'election juice. He rushed into
Collins saloon in a hurry, just be-
fore he left, and in very consequen.
tial voice demanded:
s.Have you any champagne on
Ice?"
"We haye,'' answered Dave Steele.
in his most dignifed manner.
"Mumm's extra dry!'
ssYes. SIR
"On ice?"
"Yes, SIR" s-s
.sWell, please give me small piece
Of the ice."
Then Dave commenced looking
around for the lemon squeezer and
the thoroughbred" took o toothpici
and walked thoughtfully away toward
the Athens of Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-02-14
Boots and Shoes.

We Headquarters the above articles and everybody
knows that sell Boots and Shoes for noey
house in Mexico We will give you few of specaes
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-02-14

woman than 10 be 5adgered, bullied
and tortured for months at time ly
set of brutal ruffians, whose parents
employed her for the sole purpose of
enduring this martyrdom.
So when Alice locked the school,
house door that evening it was with a
mingled feeling Of relief and humilia-
ton that she started to offer her res
ignatiOn to the directors. AS she
left the school-house that day she saw
Jim Turner few yards ahead of her
walking rapidly towards home. She
called his name and he stopped and
respectfully waited until she had over
taken him. "Mr. Turner,' she
said, II am going away in the MORN
ing and l wish to thank you for the
brave defense Of me at school to-day,
and to ask your forgiveness for the
punishment L SO nnjustly inflicted on
you," and infller earnestness Alice
held out hertli.tle> trembling hand
and Jim instantly grasped it.
II have nothing to forgive" said
he; ''ysu could not do otherwise and
neither could L; but you surely are
not intending to quit the school?"
"Yes," answered Alice, 81 would
rather die than pass through three
months of such scenes as l have had
to-day"
but you will have no more trou-
bile now, there is no one in the school
that would be likely to give you any
trouble, except the Brindley boys,
and as long as I am there I will an
swer for their good behavior"
At last Jim's eloquence prevailed,
and Alice finally consented TO teach a
week longer, and at the end Of that
time she decided to stay, for never
did school move along more nicely.
At her request Jim was allowed to
remain during the term, and as soon
as it closed he went to college.
Alice taught the Bear Creek school
successfully for three years, but in
the end Uncle Zeke's prediction was
verified, for jim Turner came back
and broke up the school.
He married the teacher.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-02-14
Letter Frem Texas.

To the Editor of the Ledger:
LoNGvIEw, Texas, February 81
DEAR SIR: Knowing that to receive
from your subscribers a letter from
away-off with years subscription
enclosed), makes the hearts of the
noble force of the "Great Religious
Weekly" feel a kindred tie towards
their many distant friends and pa
irons, will endeavor to contribute
to that act of kindness by writing a
brief letter. In the first place, 1 will
thank you for the favors Of the past
year-or, since have been a SUBJ
scriber to your worthy paper. We
have become so attached to it, that
we anxiously await Its day of arrival
as we would the arrival Of some dear
friend, and Mr.. LaMertha says it is
helping him to get we'll, as 1t is a
great enjoyment for him to peruse its
newsy columns. But 1 forgot to tell
you of my husbands mishap: The
engine he was running jumped the
track near Forney Station, and turn
ed over, like the wreck at Glasgow,
Mo-, and he was at first thought to
be fatally hurt, but thank Providence
he is improving. Enclosed 1 send
you an item from Longview paper
about his being brought home hurt:
Engineer LaMertha who was so
badly injured IN the Forney accident
on the L. & p. R. r. last week, was
brought home Saturday on 4. He is
not expected to live. His head is in
jured and several of his ribs broken. -
Longview, where we reside, is the
terminus of the First and Second Di-
visions of the T. & p. R. R., in East
ern Texas, and is the county seat OF
Grlggs county. 1t has population
of 1000, and has healthy, mild cli-
mate. During your late cold spells,
around dear old Audrain, we we're
quite comfortable here. We have
had one light snowfall here of an inch
or so, which laid on the ground for a
day or so. We have had one freeze,
which made nearly an inch of ice.
The Texans thought it very cold.
We are having such nice weather
now-so mething like autumn in Au-
drain. People and farmers are pre-
parlng for spring, and all are busy.
Hoping the present year may prove
to be one of financial success to the
LEDGER, l remain, respectfully,
Mrs. III. 7. LAMERTHA.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-02-14

Ladies' heavy shoes. full
stock, sold everywhere for $3.50,
now 81.
Ladies' French calf shoes, sold
everywhere for 81, now S1.5O.
Ladies' goat front lace shoes,
sold everywhere for $1.50, now
81 90.
Ladies' goat button shoes,
sold everywhere for $1.75. now
M.25.
Ladies' glove top kid button
shoes, sold everywhere for $3,
now 81.
md Misses shoes, which will be
ne above.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-02-14
CoHyinciaG,

The proof Of the padding is not in
chewing the string, but in having an OPP
pertunity to test the article direct. Dob
yns & Gibbs, the druggists, have free
trial bottles Of DIR. Bosanko's Cough and
Lung Syrup, for they give away bottle
free to all who are suffering with
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Consumption or
any Lung affection.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-02-14
READ THE FOLLOWING !

The best calico at Be a yard.
Good gingham, worth 8 1-3c,
at 9 1-4c;
Best Amoskeag gingham,
worth IL 1-2c, at SC.
Best Indigo-blue calico, worth
l0c, at 8 1-3c.
Good cheviots, worth 8 1-3c,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-02-14

at &c.
Best cheviets, worth 10 lac,
at 1Oc.
Good Canton flannel, retails
everywhere for 12 1-2c, at 10c.
Best Canton flannels in the
city at 10 1-2c, sold everywhere
at 15c.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-02-14

We have the LARGEST STOCK Of these goods in the city
and offer them at ere9tngly loao prices An all
Blanket worth IS they bound Comforts from
Toe up to $250-the very best.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-22
Tired of the Ten commandment.

Undertones, in San Francisco Chronicle.
am aweary of the Ten Commandments, any
way. l doubt their divine authority. They
were written by a mana man who made a fail
ure as a sinner. They are the most brilliant
and e~pigrammatic prescription of all the pleas
ures Of life. There is nothing that ordinary
human nature enjoys doing that they don't for
bid. They were written by Moses, 1 think
among the bullrushes on the Nile was calculated
to dampen all his after life, but I really think
that aman who began life in a wicker basket,
and owed his continued existence to an academia
alton For p"i human nature What Ito I object to i
that they only touch female weaknesses at one
peint-''Thou shalt not bear false witness against
thy neighbor." l saw a German play at the
California, a few weeks ago, which was based
upon this curious fact that, while the Tenth
Commandment forbids us to covet our neighbors
wife, it does not forbid our wives from eovesine
our ~neighbor's husband.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-22
A Silent Parting.

Why is it that l am denied the power
To speak the feeling that so fills my heartl
Why is it that I so much dread the hour,
And yet am silent when at last we part!
My eyes the windows are through which my soul
Looks at your spirit in it's chamber bound;
And, though you speak not, 1 perceive the whole
OF love and friendship that may there be found.
The hot blood coursing through your finger tips
Tells more, by far, than any words can tell
That last kiss, taken from your trembling lips,
More plainly speaks, but does not break the spell.
I know not what my eyes to you portrayed
I know the feeling that my soul possessed;
1 know not what your heart within you said
Irest content with what your eyes expressed.
1 do not ask for words in sadness spoken
They only mar what we would have them tell.
I ask no more than this one sacred token
Remembrance of your silent, sad farewell.
FRANKFORT, Ind, March Is. J.F W.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-22
The Danger of Ambition.

Hon. Jawback Johnson Before the Lime Kiln Club.
"Bewar' of ambishun. l doan' mean dat any
and "a leetle more cash in bank, but doan' banker
fur to be great an powerful Seller was am
bishus, and whar am he nowl Nero was am
bishus, and de grave in which he sleeps cannot
eben be found. Roscoe Conkling was ambishus,
and at one fell swoop he was knocked into de
center oh las week. Ben Butler was ambishus,
an to-day he would be forgotten except for de
pictures of his face on tobacco packages. De
mint ambishun seizes any one of you heah befo'
new rnS, @ ens hrnes S1' s srSH i %on To " Gra{or ry"f fr6 5nFe ds
Speakers desk in Congress you am a goner. A
tree can't be all top. Oar has got to be som
roots an lower limbs. While de top may show
off a leetle mo, it am allus de fust to be damaged
in q gale
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-22
At Vanity Fair.

AT Vanity Fair, as we bow and smile
As we talk of the opera latter the w%eatherl,
As we chat of fashion, and tint, and style,
We know we are playing a part together.
You know that the mirth / wear | borrow;
/ know your smile is a mask to sorrow.
We know that under the silks and laces,
And back of beautiful, laughing faces,
Lie secret trouble and dark despair
At Vanity Fair.
At Vanity Fair, on dress parade,
Our colors are bright and our sahres cleaning,
But you know my uniforms worn and frayed,
And know your weapons, despite their seeming,
Are dull and worthless and badly battered;
That close inspection will show how tattered
And stained are the banners that haunt above us;
That comrades hate, while they swear they love US,
That ROBBED like pleasure, walks gaunt-eyed Care
AT Vanity Fair.
At Vanity Fair, as we strive for place
As we push and jostle and crowd and hurry,
We know the result is not worth the race
We know the prize is not worth the worry;
That in fighting for self we must wound each other
That much of our gain means loss for another;
That the crown of bay leaves fades while it presses
The brow of the victor, with thorns-not caresses;
That honors are empty and worthless to wear
At Vanity Fair.
Yet, at Vanity Fair, as we pass along,
We meet brave hearts that are worth the knowing;
'Mong poor paste jewels that deck the throng,
We see a solitaire somewhere glowing,
We find grand souls under robes of fashion;
Meath light demeanors Turk strength and passion;
And fair, fine Honor, and god-like Resistance
In halls of pleasure may have existence,
And we find pure affairs and shrnes of prayer
AT Vanity Fair.
Ella Wheeler. in Vanity Fair,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-22
CURIosITIEs OF NATURE.
II Jumping Gall, the Acrobatic Bean and
Seeds that Explode.

Seeds that Explode.
New York Sun.
Here is a curiosity" said a botanist. 1t was
a little ball of wood or fibre that when held in
the palm seemed endowed with life, rolling over
and over and flying into the air.
I've had people come to me with these" con
tinued the speaker, land say they were be
witched. One man believed he had discovered
spontaneous generation; another wrote an ex-
haustive paper which he tried to read at all the
learned societies, showing that here was the be
ginning of both animal and plant life. 1t fact.
the little gall, for that's what it is, has attracted
a good deal of attention"
$50 it is only a plant, said the reporter.
Not exactly a plant, but the unnatural
growth of vegetable matter on trees, bushes or
shrubs, caused by the secretion in the bark of an
insect egg that matches and causes the growth.
In this case, you see, the gall is little larger than
a mustard seed.
"The gall is produced in this way: The eggs of
a very small dark coloredinsect, knowna as cynips,
are deposited in the leaf, and. from some Secre-
ton introduced into the wound, the vegetable
matter entombs the insect in a ball of fiber sepa-
rate from the leaf, from which it finally drops.
The larvas movements in restraint create the
curious activity.
'There are many kinds of gals. and though
they are injurious to trees they are invaluable
to man, and are staple commodities. The Or
binary oak gals of are made by q
cynips. When they are green, blue, or black,
the insect is in them, but when white it has es-
capped. England is the center of the trade, and
receives gals from Germany, Turkey, Egypt,
China and Bombay. The gals are used for a va
riety of purposes. One sort of blasting powder
is made of powdered gals and ehlorate, but the
most valuable product is ink. This is made from
them almost entirely.
Seeds often jump about in the same mystic
rious way. In Mexico strangers see a curious
seed known as devils bean, or jumping seed.
In appearance it is a small triangular body. The
first time l saw these seeds l was sure that they
were arranged with mechanical springs, as they
not only rolled about, but jumped several inches
in the air. But open one of the seeds and the
mystery Is explained. The shell is followed out,
containing nothing but ii white larva that has
eaten out nearly all the interior and lined it with
silk. Its motions occasion the strange move
ments.
''Some seeds move by an entirely different
process, that of exploding. A friend of mine got
some seeds in India, once, and placed them on
his cabin table. All at once came an explosion
like that of a revolver, and he received a blow on
the forehead that drew blood, while a looking
glass opposite was shattered. The seeds had be
come heated, ard all at once the covering ex
ploded, scattering the seeds in all directions.
That is their manner of dispersal, and a large
number of plants have a similar method of scat
tering their seed"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-22
A Perfect Gentleman Described.

Columbus co. Home Gazette.
The editor of the Champion, the Chicago
liquor organ, declares that the saloon keepers
are just as respectable as any other class of citi-
zens. Some peoples ideas of responsibility are
rather queer.
who is that man who has Just gone out!"
asked a traveller of a bar-keeper in Deadwood
City the other day.
That, replied the gi njerker, chats a per-
feet gentleman-one of the most perfect gentle
men in the camp"
Indeed" said the surprised stranger.
you bet he is! Why, the other night, over
at Jack Bowie's game, he killed a man for some
thing or other, and the next day he paid the I'M
dertaker's bill out of his own pocket and sent the
widow a barrel of flour. It's true he made a big
winning. and all that; but how many men do
you meet nowadays with a great big heart like
that! He's a perfect gentleman. SIR
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-22
Beautiful Things.

Beautiful faces are those that wear
1t matters little if dark or fair
Whole-souled honesty printed there.
Beautiful eyes are those that show.
Like crystal panes where heart-ires glow,
Beautiful thought that burn below.
Beautiful lips are those whose words
Leap from the heart like songs of birds,
Yet whose utterance prudence girds.
Beautiful hands are those that do
Work that is earnest, and brave, and true,
Moment by moment the long day through.
Beautiful feet are those that go
On kindly ministries to and fro
Down lowliest ways, if God wills 1t so.
Beautiful shoulders are those that bear
Ceaseless burdens of homely care
With patient grace and daily prayer.
Beautiful lives are those that bless
Silent rivers of happiness.
Whose hidden fountains but few may guess.
Littells Living Age
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-22
1t Was a Lass.

1t was q lass for love a-seeling,
In every heavy red rose peeking-
All, well a-dayl-
To see if there he might be hiding,
And all the while herself a-chiding
For shame that She desired him SO,
And sought him If she would or no.
All, well-a.day!
And when, by chance, a laddie meeting,
Shed blush and give him trembling greeting
All, wella-day-
And shyly in his eyes be peeping,
To see if Love lay in them sleeping;
And if to wake he gan to stir,
And dazzle at the sight of her
All, well-a-lay!
1t was a lass for love a-hunting,
So still, for fear OF him affronting-
All, well-a.dayl
At last one eve, with tears and signing,
She spied him in her own heart lying,
And nowhere else, fereer and aye
All, wel-a-day,
All, well-a-dayl
Mary e. Wilkins, in the Century.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-22
Massachusetts, War Governor.

Every Other Saturday.
Governor Andrew was a religious man, a
student of the Bible. a man of prayer; but he
was chOleric, impatient Of contradiction and
highly emotional. In the recent memoir of him
it is said that in the trials and embrrassments of
the war, especially in regard to matters where
there was ineficiency or neglect of duty, the
Governor would occasionally give a place to Wig
erous expletives not found in the New England
Primer. But the circumstances were always
such that it is safe to say these expressions
formed no part of the recording angels page.
Indeed, they were entirely out Of the Governors
line; but, when resorted to, they were chosen
and applied with the skill of a veteran. and were
used with such fervor, and fitted so well, that,
as Longfellow says of Miles Standish:
Sometimes it seemed a prayer, and
Sometime it sounded like swearing"
On one occasion the Governor received a set
down which afforded great amusement to those
present, including himself. Oneo his proclama-
tions fell into the hands of a distinguished
French statesman, who was so pleased with it
that he wrote a tlattering letter TO the Governor,
expressing particular appreciation of the religious
tone of the paper. When that letter came to the
Council chamber there happened to be quite a
crowd present. and the Governor was so pleased
that he requested a clerk to reaG it aloud. At
the conclusion there was applause and then
silence, which was broken by General John H.
Reed, a particular friend of the Governor and
one of his aids. what he says about the relig-
lous tone of the proclamation, Governor, is all
very well, but he ought to have been here and
heard you swear While you were writing it,"
Renewed applause. in which the commaader-in-
chief heartily Joined.