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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-09-10
He Wanted to Know.

At Willis q tired-looking woman,
leading freckle-nosed. tow-headed,
ten-year-old citizen of the United
States, boarded the train and sat down
with a sigh that sounded like the ex-
haust pipe of a tug boat. The boy
stared at the passengers while he
crowded green apple into his mouth.
Having slowed the cholera bomb
shell away in the secret reeesses Of
his internal economy, he screwed
himself around on the seat, looked
hard at persplring fat man across
the aisle, and said:
Say, NAV, why don't the keers
goa"
ssBe quiet, Johnny" said his moth.
er, as she pulled red bandanna from
her pocket and blew blast on heI
nose that went echoing and reechoine
down the aisle, like the glad cry of
full grown Apache with an imported
| case of cholera morbus and two scalp:
in his belt.
ssMaw,w'at's that fat mans names'
stI dunno"
1W'at made his hair cone out
nav. Oh! NAV; there's "a skeete
on his head Does it hurt fat me
when skeeters bite 'emf"
/ The woman took an invoice Q
Isuua, while thesboy squirmed aroun
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Dumdorff, you would" she fired
back. "You want to get that crook
out of your back, that bald head
shingled over, your mouth repaired
and your eyes touced up with paint
brush! I think I see you killing four
villains-ha! ha! ha!n
"Woman, do not anger mel" he
said in deep-toned voice, as he rose
up.
"And don't you anger your Geral.
dine, either!''
"Geraldine! Why you don't know
a sky boarder from fat!
"Dumdorff! And you don't know
sky terrier from big fiddle In the
orchestral
"'Tis we'll! Well have no playing
here!''
"Then you.needn't! When 1 play
Hannah in bakery to let you hug
and kiss the Widow D., or any othel
woman, all over the stage, you'll bt
three or four Count Dumdorffs!"
I'll burn the play, jealous wo
mani"
'1f you don't I will, vain mani"
Then they sat down, and the dis
turbed cat went back to her rug anG
her dreams.-St. Paul Pioneer Press
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-09-10
A SIeebing Car incident.

(Scene-Sleeping Car. Hour-Mid-
mighty
81 beg pardon, sir, but I believe
you are in the wrong berth"
"You will excuse me, sir, but l
know am in the right berth"
II am sorry to trouble you. sir, but
/ am positive l engaged the lower
BERTH"
"There must be some misunder-
standing, sir, for l engaged the lower
berth"
II want you to understand, Sir,
that am a gentleman, and not in the
habit Of telling lies. This is my
berth, sir"
Il wish you to also comprehend
that / am gentleman, and
| Voice from across the aisle: "Well
il you are both gentlemen, why IN tn
thunder don't yer shut up, turn in
and give the other gentlemen AM
ladies' in the keer Q chance ter sleep.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-09-10
In the Cleaning.

Al tuC VAVomtu6s
Maud Muller leaned languidly back
in the luxurious cushions of q 81
chair as Edward Montague strobe an
grily out of the room. "Proud
beauty" he hissed, II hate you'll
Your name is poison to my soul. I
hate you, and some day 1 will wreak
upon you vengeance bitter as death.
Beware!" And he was gone. eta,
ta," said Maud, listlessly. 81 am
glad he's gone. He was so noisy and
quick-tempered. He'll never hurt
anybody An hour later Guy Wal.
lingford knelt at her feet. 'Dar.
ling" he said, passionately, 81 love
you. Devotedly, sincerely; you alone
fill my heart; you are NJ At
this point he ceased speaking, be-
cause Maud, with one sweep of the
broad-ax concealed behind,her chair,
had cut off his neck, staining the
carpet. 81 am sorry" she said, "but
I am too young to,die, and if he loved
me as dearly as he said he did in a
few days he would have shot me
plump full Of holes. know the time
of day and 1 read the papers, and the
present American fashion runs to re.
volvers and sweetheart shooting.
She was saved.
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Lying In Bed.
lFrom the San Francisco wasr,,

lFrom the San Francisco WasT.i
One of the most useful yet neglect
ed of all the arts is that Of lying in
bed. The damage that is done by
persons getting up is past all reckon
ing. All the mischief and crime, the
counterfeiting and forgery, the muir
der and theft,are perpetrated by par
ties who persist in getting up. Not
only individuals do wrongly by leav-s
ing their beds, but rivers a. well do
an immense amount Of damage. What
man was ever dunned by a creditor,
had his eye put in mourning by too
close proximity with some ones fist,
broke his leg on slippery pavement,
was run over by an omnibus who lay
in bed?
What great achievements have been
accomplished in war, in poetry, in
literature, by genius abed Coming
events cast their shadows before
one OF the most memorable lines in
the English language-originated
with the gin-loving poet. Tom Camp
bell ,one morning before he had risen.
Longfellow thought out that exquisite
poem, "This Wreck Of the He's
perus," after he had retired. Ben
Franklin said, .Early to bed and
early to rise makes q man healthy,
wealthy and wise" There is the fatal
mistake. People who rise early are
sure to catch the malaria. The ground
! is full of half-hatched poisonous
garnis; the sun is not up and had not
warmed them into life, given them
wings and set them adrift. Poor,
mistaken man, he arises, ,inhaIes them
all /; they fruclify and poison his en-
tire system; hence, ehills. fever,
malaria, and half the ills tha. human
flesh is heir to.
| Rise before the sun,
And make breakfast Of the morning dex,
Served up by nature on some grassy hill
| You'll find 1t nectar.
Was ever more arrant nonsense
writtens Fancy man getting up on
a cold, rainy morning and climbing
high hills on an empty stomach. and
leaving his French coffee and hot
rolls, poached eggs and oyster stew
to eat-what! Why, devil How long
would that fellow Iasti Wouldn't he
be fit candidate for Lone Mountain.
and no questions asked? But the
early bird catches the worm. Yes,
, but the sharp boy knocked the delus.
ion on the head forever and eternalIy
. when he said: ssFather, there's the
point what in the thunder did ths
? worm get up 50 early forsa He tri6ed
: with destiny he tempted fate b
!, should not bare done it. That bo,
was q benefacter to the human race
He was sound on the ie-a-bed ques
tion.
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begun over again, under ell the dis
advantage Of a sudden social revolu-

begun over again, under all the dis
advantage Of a sudden social revolu-
ton.
1t is not necessary to dwell upon
this or to heighten it, but it must be
borne in mind when we observe the
temper of the South, and especially
when we are looking for remaining
bitterness, and the wonder to me is
that after so short space of time
there is remaining 80 little of resent
ment or of bitter feeling over loss and
discontinue. I believe there is not
in history any parallel to it. Every
American must take pride in the fact
that Americans have so risen super
ior to circumstances, and come out of
trials that thoroughly threshed and
winnowed soul and body in temper so
gentle and a spirit so noble. 1t is
good stuff that can endure a test of
this kind.
A lady, whose family sustained all
the losses that were possible in the
war, said to me-and she said only
what several others said in substance:
ave are going to get more out OF
this war than you at the North, be-
cause we suffered more. We were
drawn out of ourselves in sacrifices,
and were drawn together in tender
er feeling of humanity; l do believe
we we're chastened into a higher and
|purer spirit"
| Let me not be misunderstood. The
people who thus recognize the moral
training Of adversely and its effects
upon character, and who are glad that
slavery is gone, and believe that 8
fnew and better era for the South is
at hand, would not for a moment put
; themselves in an attitude of apology
for the part they took in the war, mol
confess that they were wrong, mol
join in any denunciation OF the lead
ers they followed to their sorrow
They simply put the past behln'
them, so far as the conduct OF sh'
present life is concerned. They dt
not propose to stamp upon memorle
, that are tender and sacred, and the.
cherish certain sentiments which ar
|: to them loyalty to their past ana U
the great passionate experiences o
their lives. When a woman, who en-
listed by the consent of jeff Davis
whose name appeared for four year
upon the rolls, and who endured a
the perils and hardships OF the con
fiict as q field nurse, speaks OF "fres
t ident" Davis, Whist does it meant J
is only sentiment. This heroine 9
, the war on the wrong side had IN IN
j Exposition . tent where the verteran
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-09-10
Busting q Drama.

by gum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Defoe were at home
the other evening. There had been
long period of silence, when Mr..
Defoe suddenly exclaimed as above.
"What is it, dears" she responded.
'Say, we've got tired playing
games, and what do you say to pri-
vate theatricalss Well get three or
four of the neighbors to join in and
We'll meet at each others houses and
have regular plays"
"That will be splendid" she
gasped.
Hanged if it won't! Twenty dol
lars will get US all the scenery We
want, and each one can furnish his
own wardrobe. By gum! we've got
the idea now!''
"What sort of play could we
plays" she asked, as he marched up
and down with tragic step.
II have it-aha!' he exclaimed, as
he stopped short. ''Don't you re-
member I started to write a play
about FIVE years ago9 I'll finish it and
we'll bring it out. Now let's see how
the characters run. There is the
Count Dumdorff, who is in love with
Geraldine the fair. I'll be the count,
of course, as he is the hero. He kills
four men, reseues Geraldine from
several dangers, and there is a good
deal of kissing and love making, and
a happy marriage"
"And I'll be Geraldine
"You! Oh, you couldn't play that
part. She must be young and vivac'
ious. Let's sect I think I'll cast
you for Hannah, who keeps a bakery
near the park in Paris
'Td like to see myself playing Han
nah, in a bakery, I woulda" she de
family answered. 'If you can play
IDumdorff I know / can play Gerald
l1ne."
''Oh, no you can't, my love; yor
are little stiff IN the knees, and how
you'd look throwing yourself in m.
arms as the villains pursue. I shal
cast that little widow d. for Gerald
ine.'
| sThen there'n be two Geraldine
of us. If you can play Dumdori
with your lame back and catarrh :
know I can play Geraldine with thi
little lameness in my left knee"
! 'sNow you listen to reason, MIR
Defoe. You aren't built for Gera
dine; you are too fat; your feet al
too large; you haven't got the voic
for it"
"And you'd make a pretty CouI
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-09-10
The Mischief q Newspaper Paragraph
Wrought to Five Married Men.

The Mischief Newspaper Paragraph
Wrought to Five Married Men.
Five strictly pious citizens of Nash
vile agreed to have little game Of
poker one night last week at the Of
fee Of one of the party. The game
ran smoothly for some time and about
eleven o'clock had become intensely
interesting. The FIVE citizens be-
thought themselves of the waning
hours and each knew that he ought
to be at home with his wife. Each
mentally strove to fashion a wicked
fib that would in "a measure assuage
the grief Of the partner of his joys
and sorrows when she should meet
him on the family threshold, but they
were about to give up in despair when
the telephone sounded. One Of the
gentlemen answered the call and
presently announced to his companions
with sorrowful face and pathetic
tone that Mr.. Blank had just died.
All of the party were personal friends
of Mr.. Blank and each exhibited
much pain and sorrow at the an
nouncement of his demise. By un-
animous consent, however, the game
proceeded, and only ended when the
east was tipped with the roseate hues
Of dawn, for, without saying word
about it, each Of the party had men
tally agreed to tell his wife at break
fast Of poor Mr.. Blanks death, and
how as his bosom friend, he had con-
sented to sit up with the mortal re-
mains during the night. OF course
each wife was greatly shocked to
learn of the fate of unfortunate Mr..
Blank and readily agreed with her
husband that he did exactly right in
remaining with the corpse Of his late
lamented friend. Breakfast over, five
respected citizens sought their couch.
es for a snooze, and five devoted
wives and mothers, their household
duties over, sought the newspapers.
A little paragraph way down in one
corner caught the eye of each of these
wives. That paragraph read some,
thing like this.
The numerous friends OF Mr.. Blanl
will be greatly rejoiced to learn that th'
physicians report perceptible improve
ment in his condition since yesterday AN
hopes are now entertained Of his speed
recovery.
Five good and true wives arose q
one and proceeded to the couch O
her husband, and five husband
awoke on the instant that they fel
!, soft and tender fingers yanking thei
, tufted locks. Each of those wiye
| held . newspaper In one hand an
> pointed to the paragraph with th
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of the Confederacy recorded their
names. On one side, at the back Of
the tent, was a table piled with touch
ing relics Of the war, and above it a
portrait of Robert E. Lee, wreathed
in immortelles. 1t was surely a
harmless shrine. On the other side
was also a table, piled with fruit and
cereals-not relics, but signs Of pros
perity and peace-and above it a
portrait of Ulysses S. Grant. Here
was the sentiment, cherished with an
aching heart, maybe, and here was
the fact of the Union and the future.
Charles Dudley Warner, in Har-
per's MAGAZINE.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-09-10

and fixed his eye on fashionably at
tered lady who was engaged in the
classic pastime of churning hunk OF
gum. His lower jaw dropped two
inches as he gazed,an then he poked
his maternal ancestor in the ribs and
inquired:-
"Maw, is that woman chawin' ter
backer7 Wy don't she spite You
aller spits when you chaws terbacker,
don't yer, maws Say, maw, Wy
don't the keers got"
The woman took another invoice
of snuff and remarked:-
"Shut up! drat ye, or I'll bust YEP
That settled him-for four sec.
onds.
Then he gazed at theifat man and
asked:-
"W'at makes that man so fat,
NAV? Oh! nav; he spit On the floor!
If this was your house you'd peel him
fer it, wouldn't you, maw? Watts
'e readin' in that papera 'Spose he's
readin' bout Injinss Say, nav; wy
don't the keers go!"
Then he twisted around, got down
and bumped himself over the arm oi
the fat mans seat and said:-
"You amt my pa"
..No, blast you!" howled the suf.
ferer; "if l was, I'd shoot you! Now
you go and sit down, and don't you
say another word or I'll eat you!"
The boy winked hard, shufied hi.
feet upon the floor, sidled back into
his seat and remarked
"Maw, wy don't the keers goa"-
Houston CaH.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-09-10
The Temper of the South.

One of the strongest Impressions
made upon Northerner who visits
the extreme South now, having been
familiar with it only by report, is the
extent to which it suffered in the
war. OF course there was extrava
gance and there were impending bank
ruptcies before the war, debt and
methods of business inherently vic
ious,and no doubt the war is charged
With many losses which would have
come without it, just as in every crisis
half the failures wrorgfully accuse
the crisis. Yet, with all allowance
Tor these things, the fact remains that
the war practically wiped out person
81 property and the means of liveli-
hood. The completeness of this loss
and disaster never came home to me
before. Iu some cases the picture of
the ante bullum civilization is more
roseate in the minds of those who
lost everything than cool observation
OF It would Justify. But conceding
this the actual disaster needs no
establishment of the Imagination. 1t
seems to me, in the reverse, that the
Southern people do not appreciate the
sacrifices the North made for the
Union. They do not, I think, realize
the fact that the North put into the
war its best blood, that every battle
brought mourning into our house.
holds, and filed our churches day by
day and year by year with the black
garments of bereavement; nor die
they ever understand the fearful en-
thusiasm for the Union and the flag
: and the unselfish devotion that under
lay all the self sacrifice. Some tint
1.-The Southern people will know that il
ives love for the Union, and no
hatred of the South, that made heroe:
Of the men and angels of renuncia
hon Of the women.
Yes, say our Southern friends, W,
can believe that you lost dear one'
and were in mourning; but, after all
me North was prosperous; you grew
nch; and when the war ended, Lift
vent on in the fullness of materia
Prosperity. We lost not only ou
mends and relatives, fathers, SONS
efothers, till there was scarcely
household that was not broken up
se lost not only the cause on which
We had set our hearts, and for whiel
We had suffered privation and hard
snip, were fugitives and wanderers
md endured the bitterness of defea
y the end, but our property was gone
We we're stripped, with scarcely
nome, and the whole of life had to b
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-09-10
A ChiId's Dilemma.

tits a pathetic sight to watch the
meanderings of the childish mind
through the intricacies of English
grammar. Little Jane had repeat
edly been reproved for doing violence
to the moods and lenses of the verb
:'to be-" She would say Il be" in
stead of 81 am," and for a time it
seemed as if no one could prevent it.
Finally Aunt Kate made a rule not
to answer an incorrect question, but
wait until it was corrected.
One day the two sat together
Aunt Kate busy with embroidery
and little Jane over dolls. Presently
doll society became tedious, and the
child's attention was attracted to the
embroidery frame.
sAunt Kate said she, "please tell
me what that is going to be9"
But Aunt Kate was counting, and
did not answer. Fatal word, be! Ii
was her old enemy, and to it alone
could the child ascribe the silence
that followed.
"Aunt Kate" she persisted, witt
an honest attempt to correct her mis-
take, 'please tell me what that IS going
to dmP'
Still auntie sat silently counting
though her lip curled with amuse
ment.
Jane sighed, but made anothe
patient effort.
'sWill you please tell me what tha
is gong to are?"
/ Aunt Kate counted on, perhaps b.
this time actuated by wicked desir
to know what would be next Tn
little girl gathered her energies TO
! one last great effort.
i s.Aun't Kate, what am that goin
Ito are?"
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other. Five husbands swore at the
reporter who wrote the paragraph,
while vainly protesting their in.
nocence, but explanations were de-
clared out Of order by the chairman
of each of the conventions and the
conference adjourned status quo.-
Nashville Banner.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-09-10
He Took the Hint.

'How much salary are you getting
now?" asked an inquisitive and gos.
sipy young scribe, addressing an old
veteran of the newspaper he Was on.
81 am now receiving seventy-three
dollars and fifteen cents o week, in.
cluding my board, bottle Of cham.
payne at dinner, all my expenses,
cigars, sixteen suits Of clothes q year
a trip to Europe in the summer, and
no night work. On the whole, 1 can
not complain but why do you ask 2
The question was not answered, d
the young man stood not upon th'
order of his going, but gone.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-09-10

Says the Sturgeon Leader: School
will commence at Pisgah next Mon.
day. Prof. s. T. Davis, teacher. The
Prof. has been attending his county
institute at Mexico this week and is
prepared to 60 TO work with renewed
energy. Institute teachers are the
best.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-09-10

IL Pounds Of Sugar for SLIGO.
Younger 6 Jessee sell IA pounds
of prannlated sugar for 81. Cheapest
grocery house in the city. lS-tf
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-09-10
THE LEDGER.

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
-BY-
R.x. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
AT $1-5O a YEAR
ALWAYS IN ADVANCE,
OFFlCE-Lsdger Building, Northwest Corner Square.
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eseah..
of EH
$50 Mems Genuine Irish Linen Shirts
"
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Secure them whley
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-01-15
AN AGED BAPTIST MINISTER.
Two More Important Cases.

Your agent being in Columbus, Ga, few
days ago. and meeting the venerable brother,
]. H Campbell, we asked him for the news.
His reply was. II have two more important
cures effected by Swifts Specific to report. I"
This venerable man IS known far and wide
for his unremitting iabors of love in the be-
half OF the poor of Columbus. Ii will be re-
membered that the Swift Specific Co. has
donated quite an amount of their famous
medicine, to be distributed by Mr.. Camp
bell among the poor of the city; hence his
remark He said:
II have Just seen q lady who has been
greatly annoyed by a letter in one OF her
hands It had given her much trouble and
pain She said she had been treated by
several physicians during the past three or
four years with the old remedies, but with
out giving any relief. / suggested Swifts
Specific and she took four bottles and is
now apparently perfectly well. Her hand is
smooth and not a single sign OF the disease
left. 1t is marvellous how this medicine
renovates the system
What about the other case?"
We'll, that was lady also. She had heen
affected with the eczema for four wears.
Her face, hands and arms, as well as her
body, was covered over with sores and
scabs. II was one of the worst cases of this
terrible disease that have ever seen. The
suffering of the poor creature was beyond
expression. She tried every rgmedy ri com
mand, including mercury and iodide OF
pOttoAif Jul hlAS Oili4 S.tW worse. Sle WAS
in this condition when I first saw the case,
l soon had her taking Swift's Specific, and
she has now only taken two bottles but
every mark of the disease has almost en-
tirely disappeared. Her strength and general
health have greatly improved. Il is one of
the most emarkable cures that has come
under my observation
Mr.. Campbell. yon have had long and
varied experience in mingling with men,
and observing their affections and the
remedies used-what is your opinion as 10
the merits of Swift's Specife?''
In ministry OF sixty years I have
mingled with every class OF society, and have
observed closely the variety of diseases
which aifiict humanity. Blood diseases are
the most numerous and the most difficult 10
remove 1t is my deliberate judgment that
Swift's Specific is the grandest blood
purifier ever discovered. There is nothing
cOmpsrabie 10 It. There is nothing too good
TO say about SWift's Specific"
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co. Atlanta. Ca Ia IN
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-01-15

CANADIAN COURTS are disposed to
take hand in the business of protect
ing people from incompetent physicians.
A doctor was sued for damages because
patient under his care died by reason
OF ignorance and negligence. The man
was wounded last April and died from
septimia. The physician being OPP
posed to antiseptic dressing, treated the
patient according to ancient usages.
The lower court gave judgment for dam
ages, holding that every practitioner
should keep himself informed on the
accomplished progress of science and
have an exact knowledge of modern
systems of treatment. If these had
been employed the PATENTS life might
have been saved; hence the liability for
negligence" The doctor appealed and
the court of appeals has just affirmed
the judgment, thus compelling the
physician to pay for his stupidity, stub
bornness and dogmatic clinging to old
notions. The Interpretation of the law
which compels doctors to keep up with
the times seems about the proper thing,
and should be encouraged on this side OF
fha