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Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-21
Wanted TO Hitch ON.

Rev, John 4. Brooks. in his pres
ent attitude, puts one forcibly in
mind of school hoy going around
with his sled IN search of some We
hicle to hitch ON TO. lie has got a
number of suitable planks TO he in
corporated in some party platform.
with reference to prohibition. and oil
he wants is to find some party which
will allow him 10 hitch on.-Jcffer-
son City .fournoI.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-21

irats parent in the door 10 hi.
clerk, who Is caressing his daughter:
Young man, YOU are not hired here
for that kind Of work. That's so
I'm doing il for nothing"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-21
Young Alrbonso-ssMercy, child

Young AlEhonso-''Mercy, child,
you must not wash your new wax
doll, it will rain it, Infant Terri
ble-"Ruin t, how" Young AL
phonso-"WlY, one drop of water
would spoil its complexion" Infant
Terrlhle-'.Isl't that funny! Ny
doll and my Big sisters both have the
same kind of 'slexions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-21

The most refined anil superb com
pany on The road, organized with
view to elevate Americas favorite
amusement, Billy Riee's megatherian
minstrels and solid gold band, at Op-
era House. Tuesday. Feb. 2s,h.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-21
STATE OFFICIALS.
SUPREME COURT.
~TATE LUNATIC ASYLUM-FULTON

<TATE LUNATIC ASYLUM--FULTON.
Resident Officers.
I H. II. Smith, NJ D., Superintendent and Ply
sician.--Salary 81, 600 per year.
y. Wiikerson, NJ. D., First Assistant hysician.
Salary 81 500 per year.
T. \. Howard, Nj. d.. Second Assistant Ply
sician. Salary ST 800
G.. o. Atkinson, Steward. Salary, 81 200
y. T.. Bailey, Treasurer. Salary, 81 200
i. \. Russell, Book-keeper. Salary, 5000
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-21

The Maine Greenback party held con-
vention recently. He said he felt rather
feeble, but he hoped TO hang on 30 as to
gsther himaef together In 1884,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-21

"A train behind time remarked
Fogg, seeing an elderly maiden trick
ed out in flowing -rnhcs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-21

'tNo one knows more OF the ups
and downs of life than / do says
the elevator man. s
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-21
DIRECTORY.
National and State Directory.
THE EXECUTIVE.


President Chester A. Arthur. Salary, SD, 600
Observation-Disclosures Dayis.... Salary, s., zoo
THE CABINET.
SALARY of each, 80, ,00o.1
Secretary of State--F. T. Frelinghuysen of N j.
Secretary OF War--Robert Lincoln, of Illinois.
1 Secretary of Treasury --Chas. +. FUlger of N Y.
Secretary of Navy--Wm. f. Chandler. of New
Hampshire.
Secretary of Interior--H. E. Teller, of Ohio.
Attorney General--Ben. III. Brewster, of Penn.
Postmaster General--Wa1ter q. Gresham.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-21

If you want good horse bills printed
Cheap, call at LEDGER office. tt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-21

''Do you know why am like the
new bridge at Niagara asked young
Bliffkins Of pretty Miss >nithers.
He expected her To give it up. AMI
then he would have rnng in pun oa
cant-i-leyer, hut she replied: ut
must lie because you are without ,is-
lille means of support
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-21
Walt q Moment.

My son, you have got few thousand
dollars to invest. You are crazy to buy
stocks, or to speculate in wheat or cot
ton, and your days and nights are full of
pleasant thoughts of enormous profts.
J. Gould didn't have your capital TO start
with, and he thinks he owns eleven
states. Vanderbilt only had hundreds
where you have thousands, and yet he
owns eleven of the other states and a
brick house which Is positively rat-proof.
At your age Willard was a poverty-strick-
en- clerk, and Russell Sage was inventing
the three-legged milk stool.
But, go slow, my boy. ANY idiot can
buy stock and futures, but it takes a
long head to buy what is certain to re-
turn big profits. Fight shy of railroad
stocks. Don't think of investing in sill
yer mines. Keep clear d wheat and
corn and cotton. Don't fool with canal
shares, county bonds, navigation stocks
nor flying Be reasonable.
Don't expect to make money too fas,
Go into business with an undertaken for
a year and let the market settle. Start a
corner-grocery and get some idea of how
Goldfish fiuctuates. Establish bucket
shop and learn how to manipulate the
market. Ola iver-pad foundry and
learn patience, humility and how TO skin
yOur fellow-men
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-21
A Terrible Retort.


At certain church meeting the subject
of wine drinking was introduced, which
found advocates and opposers. An in
fuential member at last arose, and In
most vehement manner denounced OPP
posers of wine drinking as fanatics. As
he took bis seat a layman asked permis-
sion to speak, who addressed the mod
orator as follows:
''It is not my purpose TO reply to all
that has been said by the last speaker.
Ny object is humble and practical. I
know father who was at pains and sac
rince TO educate a son at college. There
he became dissipated, but after he re-
turned to his home, its genial influences,
acting on generous nature reformed
him. Ineed not tell you, that father re-
joiced greatly. Wen, years passed. The
young man completed his professional
studies and was about to leave home TO
enter upon his life-work, when. in an evil
hour, he was invited to dine with
neighboring clergyman noted for hospi-
tality. At dinner wine was introduced
was offered to that young man; was re-
fused; was offered again and refused.
He was then laughed at for his singulari-
ty. He could Withstand appetite-ridi-
cule he could not. He drank-he fell.
From that time he became a drunkard,
and long since has gone to drunkard's
grave"
Moderator" continued the old man,
with streaming eyes, al am that father;
and he who just addressed you-it was
he that ruined that son.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-21
LOVES TRIUMPH.

'Leonore, you surely do not think
of going to the hall this st. Valen-
tines evening! The whole city
knows, and-had We not best remain
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-18
A

Deep in a vast primeyal wood
My half-decaying cabin stood.
I Wills were messy. and its floor
Win STAIN and mold was darkened oar.
!nerein 4 dwelt, aloof from care.
Alone with fancies sweet and rare
Long after dawn I lay in bed
ANA heard the w~oodpecker overhead
Beat on the roof his rafting call.
ana heard the ~wind-waves rise and fall
whist from altar. worn keen and thin.
RANT memories OF the world came in,
At noon. the wood was strangely still:
NO nuttering wing, no tapping hill.
shadow and sunshine side by sjae
DrowSed in slim aisles and vistas wide:
Even the brooks voice, rich and full.
seemed slowly lapsing to a lull.
when night came on. the owl came. too:
Hoo hoo. hoo-hoO, hoo~-hoo-oo-oOr"
Ana sly. faint footballs, here and there,
betrayed the hesitating hare:
Whist Ia the tree-tops. dark and deep,
The wind sighed as a child asleep.
Daytime. or nighttime. all was well;
with light or dew Gods blessings fell.
for coatser dreams had no room,
My heart was like a lily bloom,
And every song | sang was sweet
As the blue yioletS at INV feet,
But at the last, all
Cniucky bird. L touched the snare,
!, And IN the clty'S meShes wound)
I wv cabin never more L found,
Nor that sweet solitude where naught,
save Nature. helped me when | wrought.
Maurice Thompson, an HGrper's Magazine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-18
The Solid South.

While some courageous Democratic
papers deny that the election of Carlisle
was the result of the work of Southern
Congressman, it is yet very generally
recognized and proven by many occur
rences of minor importance but similar
tendency. that the Southern States will
try their best to continue as q solid
political factor. and that their success
in the election of a Speaker from among
their own people was a manifestation oil
this policy. And the more this factor is
recognized, the more grows also the
feeling in the North that the time has
not vet come to place the Government
in the hands of anybody who would be
advanced by the old Confederacy d.
rectly, or whose actions would be Sc
cretly controlled by it. The very fact
that the South is solid" in all great
political contests proves that it con-
siders its own interests as paramount
and will use its strength in the first llne
for their advancement. That in case OF
a Democratic victory the South would
rule is a matter of the greatest GER
ta;nty. The great Democratic flood
tide of last year brought 1874 Democrats
into the House of Representatives. OF
which one hundred came from the Die
Confederate States, and ninety-fOul
from the North. But of the ninety-fOul
latter many came from strong Republic
can districts, and were elected because
Their Republican opponents were either
personally weak. Or were defeated be-
cause the general clamOr for a moment
airy change did not meet their earnest
attention, and they succambed in many
instances merely because they had too
much reliance on their own and their
party's strength. OF these ninety-foul
Democrats it may then be safely as
sumed that not more than sixty or six
tv-five can ever be reelected. while the
chances are that the number of Southern
Democrats will be increased to one hum
dred and five. The probable proportion
of Southern Representatives to Northern
will therefore be nearly two to one.
In the Senate the South is even
stronger yet. The Democrats have not
got the majority of this body, but they
lack only two votes. Should they gain
these, then the Democratic represents
ton will consist of fOur-fifths Southern
anu aDOu One-uItQ NOTtntTH Llcu, IL
Maryland, West Virginia and Missouri
are counted Southern States. as they
might as well be, considering the spirit
shown on all occasions by their repre-
sentatives in Congress. What power
would a Democratic President from the
North have under such circumstances.
should the Southern majority decide on
legislation favorable to its W inter.
ests?: And would not such a President
by the very nature of things be under
certain obligations to the South which
would have furnished three-fOurths Of
the Electoral Votes necessary to his cleo
ton.
The reign of the Democratic party
under the present circumstances means
nothing hut the reign of the South.
Even should the President. the Vice.
President and the Speaker of the House
be Northern Democrats, still the South
ern Democrats. possessing the large ma
jority of their party in the law-makine
bodies, would make the politics of their
party and decide the course it shall fol-
lOW.--Burin0tOn HdUkeye.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-18

MY love, it is a great deal to me. for
I am quite sure he IS going to propose to
me land how enraged his sister will
be3. And how could | possibly give
him any answer unless l knew some
thing definite in that ~respect?"
..For shame, Angela said the girl.
raising an angrily flushed face and fash
ing eyes. ITO hear you talk is enough
to make one"
But Angela. with a slight, amused
laugh. had disappeared, and presently
Mabelle heard her moving about in the
room above, dressing" for the eXpe-
dition they were about to make.
81 have Il good mind not to CO. NUT.
tered the younger girl. whose fingers.
despite her evident agitation, never
ceased their work.
Mabelle' s fingers were deft in the ex-
treme in all such matters as this; those
of Miss Fairfax refused to bend to any
such servile employ ment.
Really" she was wont to say. when
wishful to appear a very devoted sister,
s.when one has a sister with such in-
gcniOus fingers, it makes n idle"
Il have a good mind not to 60.
believe Angela will break my heart il
she behaves in this way. What is there
in our life to make Ter miserable or dis
satisfied, or to be ashamed of? And to
fiirt as she does with Philip Massey-it
she means to treat him as she treated
Harry Baldwin oh, l shall for
get his face that morning. after papa
had told him Angela wished the en-
gagement broken off! Philip Massey is
so true-he believes in her so implicitly.
| can not bear to see him deceived, but
I can not bear to stay at home and
imagine it ALL"
With that she put the last stitch into
her work, swept up her materials into
a basket, and then a upstairs with
the hat.
'.Only ten minutes to get ready in!
Here is your hat, Angela" said she,
laying it down, and beginning to gel
ready herself.
Are you going in that horrid thick
serge frOck and heavy hat?" calculated
Miss Fairfax, with more animation than
usual.
II suppose l must. unless l decide to
90 in nothing at ALL" said Mabelle, 8
little dryly, and looking with a some
what envious eye at her sisters dress oi
cool white cambria. and fresh black
bows. which her clever little fingers mad
chiefly made.
REALLY Mabelle, you say thing:
sometimes which are absolutely coarse
Oh, the hat looks not half bad, does it:
AHons! Qu'en dites vOus, N. WasSey!'
and she made a reverence to her refec'
ton in the lookingg-glass.
1t was the only thing she did rever'
ence-so Grace Massey has since beer
known uncharitatly to say: but girl:
are given to Judging from appearances
Then Angela went down stairs. and
Mabelle succeeded in getting a view Of
her W face, and of the effect pro
duced by the "hOrrid thick serge frOck,
and heavy hat" both of which looked
decidedly unreasonable attire for
picnic on a very hot day in August.
Il should not mind having Il white
frock and a straw hat" sighed Mabelle;
..but what l have not got l can no,
wear-that's certain. Where's my sun
shade? Oh. here! Now, l suppose.
may as well 60 down"
ITO BE CONTINUED
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-18
A Difference.

There is a wide difference between
wanting to lead and wanting to be
ahead in the worlds highway; but it is
a difference which is often lost sight of.
The man who wants to lead knows
where he would like to 90, and why.
and he has a good IA for wanting
others to follow him in that direction.
But the man who wants to be ahead,
cares less for the direction he takes
than for his position in the column when
it is finally in motion. His chief con-
cern for others is. that they all be be-
hind him. and that they recogniz, his
leadership. The one man is willing TO
start off all by himself, if need be, and
to be found fault with by everybody to
begin with, if only in one way and another
he can ultimately bring others to his
way of thinking and moving. He would
even prefer that somebody else should
be ahead of him, and have all the credit
of leading, rather than that the move
ment should fail in the direction of his
determination. But the other man
wants to wait until there is a general
agreement as to an advance movement,
and then, when the procession is
formed. lie would like to be waited on
by a committee. and asked to take the
head of the column; for he prides him.
self on his modesty and his unreadiness
to occupy a foremost place unless it is
pressed upon him although he
ders. sometimes, that his fitness for
leadership is not more generally recOg-
nized. The man who wants to lead
more commonly succeeds in his pur-
pose than the man who wants to be
ahead; for the world is waiting for
leaders, and at least nine men out
of ten would rather follow than
lead. But by the time an advance
movement is fairly under way some one
has shown himself its leader, and then
those who are following him are not
likely to g , outside and hunt up a man
to show off aSits figure-head. The man
who wants TO lead is likely to be more
earnest, and to be happier. than the
man who wants to be ahead; for his
mind is set on his life work, while the
other man is discontinued, and prone
to grumble, because of the community's
failure to perceive his right to pre-
eminence. To which of these two
classes do you belong? DO you want to
lead? If so. whittier? and why? If you
would lead. you must struggle for lead
ership. If you are worthy to lead. you
will be willing to struggle. Do you
want to be asked to take n foremost
place in an advance movement which
you have not organized and led? If so,
that desire of yours proves your uufitness
for the place you crave; and YOU will
probably be measured at your true
wOrth.-S. S. Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-18
A Remarkable Canvass.

The Democrats are giving themselves
a good deal of needless trouble about
the prospects of a hot contest in the
Republican party over the Presidency.
The chances for q bitter contest are
lust now all with the Democracy.
There are Pendleton and anti-Pen6ie.
ton men in Ohio, Butler and anti-But-
Ter men in Massachusetts,. Tilden and
anti Tilden men in New York, and
radical differences of opinion on impor-
tant questions among the Democratic
leaders at Washington. When the
BourbOns adjust their own differences
and escape from the embarrassments Of
~quarrels and feuds of long standing il
will be time enough for them to o N
Germ themselves about the prospective
quarrels among Republicans:
In the meantime, the Republican
party is giving attention, as usual, to
the issues before the people, and is
graphing with such new questions as
| come to the front. The indications are
| that when the question of nominating
a candidate for President comes up in
order, it will be disposed of in a way to
| give the Democrats a greater amount
uneasiness than they now affect e
| the prospect.
So far as the discussion Of possible
candidates is concerned the Republicans
| have the advantage of the Democrats in
the matter of courtesy. Very little is
| being said of candidates, but that little
is in good spirit. Even the marked
| changes in opinion of the hot partisans
| of 1880 do not afford that amount Of
| amusement they would were not the ex.
| preston of opinions clouded q little by
the suspicion that strategy was at the
bottom of the business.
The truth is that in its preliminary
| stages the present canvass is one of the
most remarkable in the history of the
Republican party. If there are animos-
tiles they have been adroitly hidden.
If there are pronounced preferences for
candidates they have not been ex-
pressed. If candidates themselves ara
in training they are working in secret.
The spirit of the canvass is in marked
contrast to the whitehead work of 1880.
Then every man had from the beginning
his candidate. for whom he was ready
to do and say almost anything. There
was no hesitation in. taking sides. There
was a sort of eagerness to get into the
hottest of the fight,
That all this is changed now means
that Republicans are thinking more Of
a candidate for the party than of their
own individual preferences. But be-
cause they are doing this must it be AZ.
sumed that there is in the party an ele.
ment of weakness not present four years
ago? Common sense would say that
the very opposite was true.-Chicags
| Inter Ocean.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-18
ton Of country, attempted to secure BY

ton Of country. attempted to secure BY
violence what had been refused it at the
ba%llOt-box.. Then, as now, the Demo-
cratic party of the North winked at
the unlawful acts of these fellows in the
South. Now. as then, the Democratic
party of the North is confidently calcu-
lating on carrying the next Federal
election by means of sectional issues
predicated on q South made solid by
means that no honorable man a de-
fend and no conscientious man refrain
from cOndemning.-Ind. Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-18

Novel ideas do not all originate in
New England. A Frenchman is to be
credited with a good one. He was recent
ly burned out by a fire originating in the
apartments of his neighbor, a widow.
and well insured. 1t was shown that the
fire was caused by her carelessness. So
when she received her insurance money
he brought suit for damages and won
his case. If this principle is to obtain.
we shall hear of fewer accidental fires.
Indianapolis Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-18
CHAPTER vi.

ANGELAS REASONS. FOR AND AGAINST.
When July comes to an end the col
leoes and schools of Irkford break up
for their holidays. and there ensues a
regular stampede of teachers and pupils
and parents to the lakes or the seaside,
continent or country-'anywhere, any
where out of the town"-away from its
dust, its smoke. its close and sitting
heat. from its rolling carts and omni-
buses, its dingy streets, out into the
fields if possible. or to the fair seashOre,
or amidst the cool and mighty lakes
and mountains.
When August has fairly set in Irkford
is wont to look empty; the squares are
deserted, the shops little troubled by
customers, whilst the young women be-
hind the counters droop and look limp
and white and bleached like every other
living thing in the unwholesome heat
of a town.
1t was the beginning of August in this
particular year of which l am writing.
The day was Monday. and it was a
bank holiday. The heat in the town
was sitting: not a cloud was to be seen
in the dull blue sky, save the dun-col-
ored shroud of smoke which encircled
Irkford, and through which the sun
glared unwinkinGlY, like a ball OF mol
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-25
EEOyS in Bat! shape.

Philadelphia Call
Political Striker-''Yo are Mrs.
Lockwood, the candidate for president,
amt you?
Mrs Lockwood-"I have that dis
tinguished honor"
Well, | amt working for nobody
in particular this campaign, and Just
thought I'd call around and strike
YOU for flyer"
Strike me? Oh, dearl You'd not
strike me, would you?
Only for a flyer"
What on earth is a fver?
"You know-a divvy, a little Doodle
to set EN- up with the boys, you know,
and make EN- solid
What in creation are you talking
about? I thought boys were pretty
solid anyhow I'm sure they're as sol
ia As girls"
II" Oh, no, mum, they amt solid at
all. They're all split up. That why |
want 10 set 'em up.
oh, horrors, How did it happen?
Run right around 10 the hospital after
an ambulance, while | get some band
ages ready. Hurry, quick! "
lie left in Il daze
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-25

The Evening Wisconsin publishes
the following on the tobacco crop Of
Wisconsin; "Few people appreciate
the magnitude which the tobacco rails
ing industry Of Wisconsin has attain
ed within the past few years This
year it is estimated that $4,000 acres
are planted to the weed, and that the
average yield has been three cases Of
800 pounds each to the acre, making
total WELD Of p, 100000 pounds. If
this sells from grower hands at an
average of only ten conts per pound,
it will realize the handsome sum of
S2,250,O00. Tobacco can bo raised in
this State from Milwaukee to Prairie
du Chen, and from the Southern
State line north as far as Baraboo. At
present, however, the bulk of the crop
is grown in Rock and Dane counties.
and very little indeed i grown out Of
their immediate vicinity. 1t was not
until about five years ago that Wis
tobacco began to occupy 4 respectable
place i'll the markets and to command
good price. Previous to that time
the Wisconsin growers had planted
Connecticut seed. The change to the
exclusive use of Havana seed which
they then made quickly placed Wis
consin tobacco in commanding pos
ition, and it now has the preference
oyer that produced in other States for
cigar wrappers. The weather in Wis
consin this year has been exceedingly
favorable to the growth Of tobacco,
and the crop is the largest and best
that has ever been raised in the State.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-25

The Albany Argus demands the
disbandment of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and the St Louis Republi-
can Dem seconds the motion. The
old soldiers of this country constitute
the only titled aristocracy we have,
and their ranks cannot be recruited by
any power on earth. Old Father
Time is playing a game Of freeze out"
with the boys, and when the last man
of them all goes down at his appoint
ed hour, the grave will close over the
last representative of the grandest
army and noblest legion Of patriots
that the bright sun has ever shown
upon in all the courses he has run
ssn:e time began.-Recorder.
4 diabolical attempt was made to
wreck the train carving Gen. Logan
and party as they were on their way
to Peoria, H., last Wednesday, At Il
point one mile west of Knoxville, on a
curve, four ties had been placed across
the track. and could not be seen by
the engineer until close upon them.
The engine passed over two Of the ties
before it could be stopped. Such acts
are not calculated to make votes for
his opponent.