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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-08-27
Norton's Marrow Escape.

Hon. R. H. Norton, a prominent
attorney Of Troy, and who will be
remembered as one of the candidates
for Congress before the Democratic
convention of this district last year,
had somewhat perilous adventure
a few days ago. He was in Idaho
territory and was q passenger in q
stage on the 2Sth ult. which was
robbed by highwaymen at point IS
miles from Blackfoot. In letter to
his wife at Troy, Mr.. Norton says he
was sitting on top of the stage with
the driver, when two men sprang
out from the brush and fired at the
driver, ordering halt. Six buck
shot entered the body of the driver.
The robbers then demanded the
treasure box, which Mr.. Norton was
compelled to hand out. This was
all the robbers took, though Mr.. n.
had considerable valuables with him.
The driver being disabled, Norton
drove to the next station, where q
new driver was procured and the
wounded man handed over to the
physicians. The strangest part Of
the thing is that Mr.. N. did not re.
ceive scratch. though sitting by
the driver who was shot down.
Montgomery Standard.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-08-27
Consistency.

Mamie-Why, Sadie, you have LET
your hair grow dark again. List
time saw you it was lovely blonde
Sadie-Yes, dear, but you know ]
am in mourning now for poor deaI
papa. I'm not wearing light shades
at all.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-08-27
LOVES CRUCIAL TEST.
Herbert Had Care for His Precious
Life Rather Than His Precious
Wife.

Wife,
"Oh, Herbert, dear, you do not
love me! l know it, and the thought
will kill mel"
"But Madge-."
"Why didn't 1 die before 1 found
it out? Oh, why didn't I die two
months ago-yes, before we were
married?"
"But, Madgie, dear"
"Don't say that, Herbert, for you
don'tmean it; 1 know you don't. Oh!
oh! boo-hoo!"
wont you hear me, Madgie? L"
"Oh, Herbert! Bco-hoo!
"Boo-hoo.''
''Precious, what is the nlatter?"
"You don't love me anysmore,
Herbie! Oh, I know you don't!"
eyes I do, darling; better than
ever
"No you don't, Herbie; no you
don't"
Eyes, 1 do, sweet; honor bright,
I do"
Mono; no-no!"
"What put that silly notion into
your head, little girl?"
81 can't tell, Herbie! I've noticed
you, and I see that you don't love me
one bit any more! Oh! oh! Boo.
hoo!n
"What does this mean, darling
What have I done, and what have
you seen that troubles you so? Tell
me at once, or I'll go distracted,
too"
"Oh, Herbie, I've watched you
boo-hoo!"
watched me! Good heavens
Madgie! What does this mean
What are you saying? Speak at once
this suspense is torture!''
"Oh, Herbie! You-you-you-''
"What is it, Madgie? In Heavens
name, speak, before 1 lose my senses,
Out with it. What have I done?"
"Oh, Herbie! You don't-you
don't
"Don't what, darling? For the
sake of all that's precious, tell me
without losing another minute
"You don't eat my bread any more
Herbie! I've watched you, and you
haven't even tasted it for two whole
days; and I worked so hard to make
lit, too!'
"Heavens, child! Do you wan
me to commit suicide?"
"No-no, Herbie but if you loved
me I know you'd eat my bread"
'Love you, Madgie! 1 love yor
as the growing plant does the sun
Ilight-as water does its level, but lif'
is sweet to me, dearest, and haven't
the courage to take such awfu
chances. Yes, darling, I love 20.
with fervor that is frantic; with /.
passion that is madness without you
but 1 can't 60 your bread, my dear
and chance the consequences. LIE
US put it where the neighbors' cat
can find it, and patronize the bake
from this time on, and we can be eve
SO happy! You're an angel, Madgie
till you get fooling around a fou
barrel. Don't do it any more, dar
ling, and you'll always be cherub.
| "But I can't throw it away, Her
bic. It's the first I ever made, ant
haven't the heart to do it. l know
Iyou don't love me, or you'd eat it OF
that account-boo-hoo!"
"Well, there, sis-don't boo-ho
any more, and I'll eat it if it kill
me; and I feel dead sure it will. [Bu
if I outlive this loaf, please don't tr
it again, if you love me" "-Chicag
Ledger.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-08-27
Sam Jones' Short Stops.

at snow birds.
Custom is the law of fools, and is
running this country.
Red liquor and christianity won't
stay in the same hide.
It's no use for man to get reli-
gion if he don't quit lying.
You don't believe what you don't
see. Did you ever see your back
bone?
Many a man imagines he's got re-
hgion when it's only liver complaint.
Inever saw pretty man that was
worth hlling-except your husbands
addressing some ladies.)
'Be honest and pay your debts.
There's too many men in the church
boarding with their wives.''
More people are going to be damned
on account of their money than for
anything else.
"Will honest men starve? God
will feed an honest men If he has to
put the angels on half rations."
Heaven is on a dead level with
every good man, and every good man
will be provided for in some way
When I first started out I was
afraid would hurt somebody's feel
ings. Now am afraid I won't.
Society is a heartless old wretch,
and if you don't get out of it you
will 60 to hell with it.
1t takes less sense to criticise than
to do anything else. There are a
great many critics in the asylum.
Idon't think much of dignity. My
observation is that the more dignity
man has the nearer dead he is.
A Christian that will do things in
New York that he would not do al
home is very poor Christian.
Heaven is the spiritual center Of
gravity for all good things; hell is
the center of gravity for all things
evil
I have known women too poor te
own O pair of shoes, but I never knew
one too poor to own a looking glass
When you find a man who is first
class for some one thing, you vii
find him pretty good for anything
else.
''Some preachers are so ~elegan
that they speak of hell as the ''burn
district" but this sort Of dignity il
the starch of the shroud."
You don't believe what you don
understand. Do you understand VIII,
some COWS have horns and some ar
muley?
In a Georgia town a number o
girls married men to reform them
and now the town is full of littl
whippoorwill widows.
"What is culture worth if its moth
ling but whitewash on a rascal? T.,
rather be in heaven learning my
B C's than in hell reading Greek"
| And when you 60 to swap horse
(significant pause and scratching hi
head) well, I don'tknow which woul
be the right side there; the devil j
on both sides of horse trade.
'I'm tired Of hearing these liquo
dealers. and bar tenders abused, be
cause if these Methodists, Baptist
and Presbyterians would quit drinl
ing half of the saloons would close.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-08-27

The NenItor Man-Col. g. B. Kelly.
An old newspaper man writing a
very interesting article speaks IS fol-
lows of G. B. Kelly of the Moberly
Monitor.
That man you see there with blue
eyes, light hair, blonde moustache,
and such a pleasant yet determined
look on bis face, is g. B. Kelly him
self. He is everywhere about the
Office. Not a type is picked up, q
job worked OF, a paper printed or
mailed, but what is under his quick
and watchful eye. He has worked
himself up to his present position.
He is always ON hand and is the main
stay and staff of the establishment.
When it comes to the decisive blows
of political journalism, or the diff
cult and rushing parts of Office work,
you will find him here with his shoul-
der to the wheel. He has learned all
the points of his business, and rarely
makes mistakes. He is strictly .
wide-awake, live and rustling bus
mess man, and is held in highest
esteem by all his printers and en-
ployes. Business men honor and re-
spect him for the good he has done
them, and the labor put forth for
their interest and the city. He is not
afraid of work. He believes in "no
excellence without labor" and that
hands were made to soil and blister,
as we'll as brains to plan and execute.
We knew him, Sammy, when he was
a boy like you, and we we'll remem-
ber when his old mother smoothed
back his golden hair and tied the
little bow of blue around his white
throat, kissed him goodbye" and
started him to the old printing office
in Independence to learn his trade.
Many who started out with him on
life's road are dead, lost, or gone to
the bad; but he is here-thanks to
the teachings and influence of mother
and home, with the same deep earn
estness that characterized his youth
and boyhood. His has been a hard
fight, but his early training, backed
by indomitable will, has taken him
over obstacles that would have over
whelmed less courageous hearts. He
will be on top in q few years, and
his life is a good one for you to
"copy" after, Sammy.
Well, while we were talking, We
have reached the folding and mail
ing room, where you see several men
and boys wrapping and mailing the
Monitor as fast as they come from
the press. Here is the head Of the
house again, giving orders and in.
structions to the mailing clerks, all
of whom respond promptly and rs il
it were q pleasure. They know him,
and respect him. He treats them as
ifellow-men, and pays them well and
promptly. The last paper will soou
be printed, and the mailing over.
with, and you and ] will go, leaving
lplenty for another lesson nexi
Wednesday night. Now go home te
your ma and tell her that you have
met all the printers and what you
have learned this Wednesday night.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-08-27

IA Pounds Of Sugar for Sl.00.
Younger & Jessee sell IA pounds
of grannlated sugar for 81. Cheapest
grocery house in the city. 18Th
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-08-27
His Hair BristIed Up.
From the New York Clipper.

ooAico, mo-, ana dropped IN at the
town hall OF opera house, where the
Mexican Typical Orchestra was billed.
just before the performance began a
long, lean and leering individual,
clad In a representative suit of MIS-
souri, linsey-woolsey, stalked down
the aisle, and, with an air of myster-
ious satisfaction shining forth from
his weather-beaten visage, took a
seat in the fourth row from the front.
When the orchestra had commenced
the first number Of the programme it
was observed that the man with the
linsey-woolsey suit retained his hat
and a big, straw-rimmed straw one at
that-cn his head, and, to augment
the impoliteness thereof, he had it
tilted on the back of his head, rem
dering> it almost impossible for the
spectators in his rear to perceive any
thing on the stage. Taking In the
situation at glance, an usher hur-
rled down the hall, and, tapping the
offender on the shoulder, informed
him that he must take off his hat.
''It will only be worse if I do," re-
piled the countryman, as he calmly
gazed at the musicians, without re.
moving the tile. A murmur of indig.
nation went up from the auditors, but
the usher, who was a lightweight, in.
ferred that discretion was more va.
lorous, and hastened back to the
door, where he unfolded his tale te
the manager of the company, Seno,
Gonzalez. Gonzalez, who is an irri.
table little fellow with pugnacious
inclinations, rushed down to where
the man with the hat was sitting
Grabbing him by the arm he ejacu
lated: "You'll have to take off thai
hat or leave the house." sit viii
only be worse if I do," was again The
response. "Take it off, anyhow, ,
replied Gonzalez, who was very in
dignant. "All right said the guy
and, with an expression of cool in
difference, he carefully lifted his hat
when his hair, which was thick ant
long and of the consistency of bris
ties, leaped forth from its temporary
imprisonment and netted out on al
sides of his head for a distance O
twelve or fifteen inches. 1t surpassed
in destiny the hair Of any Circassia,
''queen' 1 ever saw, and made mat
ters far worse than before. Annie
the outburst of laughter that greetet
the phenomena the voice of tn
"freak" was heard all over the house
"Didn't l tell you it would only b
worse?" "You will have to take
back seat, my friend-this is no dim
museum" said Gonzalez, and arm Il
arm they strobe to a seat near tn
door, the orchestra appropriated,
playing "When Johnny Comes March
ing Home" I am now negotiating
for the appearance of this wonde,
who is "Only Farmers Son." a
an attraction for the circus for mex
year. Last weeks business of ou
show was excellent.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-08-27

Why don't you buy VIM. Wetter',
celebrated Dicks beer. 49-H
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-08-27
A CONSTANT READER,

Through the kindness OF my son
I have been well supplied with all of
your Colorado papers, and I have
been a constant reader of your Den
yer City papers for some years, and
while l admired them exceedingly
for their beautifully neat typograph-
ical appearance and newsyness, I still
did gain but an imperfect idea of the
beauty of your young city. I have
listened for hours at time to tour
lists and travellers who were extolling
the charms Of the city of the plains
and the State of Colorado. But
still was not prepared for the sur
prise l enjoyed upon my arrival. And
to unexpectedly find my son here
awaiting my arrival was an addition
al pleasure to me.
II have now been out of the bus
mess of publishing for ten years. I
was publishing for forty-seven years
continuously. / am now on my way
to visit my son, in his mountain home
in Paradox Valley.
81 want to say the Lord has been
good to me, and further manifesto
ton of His pleasure would be to al
low me my present good eyesight, to
the end that may carefully peruse
the poor mans library-the newspa'
pers. I am now in my seventy.
fourth year, and if it was a choice OF
good breakfast or good morning
paper, 1 would go hungry until din
ner. I hope, while you enjoy all OF
the privileges of your scientific Bull
lock inventions, you will not forget the
fact that to some extent we early
pioneers in the, newspaper business
can be thanked for the immense
patronage which you new enjoy.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-08-27
ADVERTISERS, TAKE NOTICE
IL. VI. WHITE, Prep'r.
RIB. RUNKLE, Foreman.

A- Advertisers will do well to note
this statement. SereRteen Hundred aud
ftg copies of the LEDGER printed
every week; at least ten persons read
each paper, making the circulation about
1880, counting extras a grand total of
100000 readers In month. Everybody
reads the ssGredt Religious Weekly :"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-08-27

"Oh, Herbert dear, you do not
love me! 1 know it, and the thought
will kill mei''
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-08-27

but Madge-.
"Why didn't die before found
it out?. Oh, why didn't I die two
months ago-yes, before we were
married?
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-19
FOB DUB YOUNG READERS
uTTeRFL,e

at the butterflies! Purposesess thinn,
How idly they float On their gOssAmer wings.
Over the poppiee and over the grass.
Light a. the down Of . thistle they pass.
Where are they going. and Why are they here
In the heat Of the day and tire noon Of the
year.
They fiutter awhile in the brightness. and
then
They are gone from our sight ana they come
not again.
Whatever we do. IL must te 81 = cost:
We hear. as wc journey. the dropping OF
tears:
We bear on our sorchesds the stamp Of the
year,.
Hut look at the butteTnics-beaufifui thinRs-
Before Us and over Us flashing their wings.
Ii may be the Maker who fashioned them
thus
Has sent the gay creatures on errands 90 US.
Perhaps We 60 slowly. when We should De
sw.ft
To follow the scent OF the roees. that drift
Their pink snow about US: more of we might
play,
And yet rniss our tasks by the end a the
dag.
oh. blers are the eyes that are clear To behold
h wOnderfu, glow of the butterflies gold.
ith leisure to follow their flight n they pass
So gracefully. silently, over the Rrassl
-Eusa n n. Gates. IN 50. Nicholas.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-19

and Straightforward warriors r0ared Que these
words n the simplest usage TO express their
most instant and impu.eive expression Tor Ill
that men ~ patriots should die for. ] bel eve
that II q crow ned mother stood To them ss the
representative Of the.r national ~. their
rights. their honor. umming up IN their per-
their country and their countryis cause. They
formulated In their expression, rexe noStro.
the sentiment which Louis XIV. taught IN the
words: IL Etat cest moi" They proved
this, for they fought and many OF them did
die: and men do not deliberately die for =
beautiful. weeping woman, though they love
to swear TO that effect sometimes. unless there
be some wOrth.er object To b.. gained BY their
self devotion. But whether nv idea OF this
be fanciful or not, whether II be calm and log
zeal. whether IL be good criticism. ! do not
aflirfn that the American mother. who TO day.
be ny pressed on every side by the aggression
or King Alcohol. confronts American men.
the infant In her arms her only sceptcr. the
motherhood on her brow her only crown.
and CT es To them for the protection OF
her kingdom, the home carries I'm he. cry an
M And ] dare afirn-fOr. thank
GOd it il n spectacle which all may witness
that stalwnrt warriors, pulling FROM their
scabbards trnsty swords, admit tbnt cry 20 be
! win hght for our King" For We ali have a
King. even doctors. There 10 = majesty OF
r ght, a royalty Of truth. which In manifold
forms claims our allegiance and argues IT'S
claim God sees In the fearful CRY of the
bruised and bafhed mother. sister, wife, Hts
own argument for the utter extinction Of In
toxicating b~everages-the suppression. root
and branch. of the liquor tafnc. Aud In that
cry He makes His argument to men.
A ChanceliOr's philosophy, grasping In its
mighty sapience cults and sciences which We
poor women can not even name, has as yet
tailed 20 apPrehend that chemistry Of Heaven
VIII ch dlstiils from u Christian mother . tear
the first drop of that mighty gather Dg storm
whose full and final outbreak shall sweep
away for ever all refugees of Lies which, . H.
| cerc or insinccre. buiwark the liquor trafic.
And the children Of Israel sighed by reason
Of bondage. and their cry came UP unto God
and God beard their grOaning. and God ne.
membercd His covenants; and God looked
upon the children OF Israel and had respect
unto them" ELIZABETH CLEVELAND.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-19
A PURPOSE.
He StudlOus. and Resolve to He . Gestit
man Come What VIII.

He Studious. and Resolve to h . Gestie.
man. Come What VIII.
Young man. have . purpose IN your
heart Now. what is your purpose in
life? Is it that, under all circumstances.
you will do what you think is right?
Or is il to become rich at the expense
of principle and right? The first pnr-
pose you should have is e care for
yourself. Young men nowadays don't;
and when the body is wrecked, they
hObble through life. making everybody
about them miserable. Find u what
diet best agrees with you. and adhere n
it. Daniel began by abstaining from
wine. This would be q good start for
You. young man
Next, take are of your intellect
Study, if You have iutelfect-there are
sOme young men who don't know
whether or not they have any intellect
improve it. Many Woodworking men
have acquired profound educations by
being studious during small intervals
Of leisure. Get An hour a day il you
can get no moe Devote half Of il to
study Of the Bible. and divide the re
naming thirty minutes say between
astronomy. botany and geology. DO
this me year. and you will be sur.
prised At what you have accomplished.
Then take carr Of your manners. The
manners Of Americans are degenerst.
ing. There was . time when > young
man would not offend . lady by putting
cigar smoke into her face. Now I see
il done on the street-esrs every day.
Initiate the sweetness and genfleness
Of Daniel. BE aifabse. suave. courteous
and kind. Never utter = thoughtless
word that will pain. Start in life with
the principle: tn be . gentleman.
come what will-"-m. II u. Scssdder.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-19
One higher.

Two men. strangers to each othef.
sat side By side in the Brush street de-
pot the other day. O.e was . corpu.
lent. pompous man. and the other under
sized and manufacturing. A third
man approached. and without looking
directly at either one inquired:
Say, Major. Will yo9 tell me What
time the Niagara Falls oain leaves thu
side.e"
Both men pulled out their watches
and made answer in chorus bu; ~ they
did - the pompoos man turned in HE
seat and said:
Il supposed he was addressing -.
- he mentioned my titla"
Did yoa say Asjor:' asked the IL
tie nan q tie inquiries.
Il believe I did"
Oh-ah! beg sthonaasd pardoaa
l understood you - say ColoneL and
supposed. of course. you meant ne"
The big man 1ost 6ftaen pounds al
flesh in the next tWO minutes. and Il
took twenty minutes hard stalking I'M
the freight sheds 10 cool him or
Desrp1 Fra Press
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-19
TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

MORE than one-half Of the towns Of
Massachusetts, voted no-license Al their
late elections.
The Massachusetts, Total Abstinence
Society during the year 1884 pledged
over one hundred and fifty thousand
children in the pubic schools of the
State. Ii also circulated over sixteen
and a half million pages OF Temperance
literature.
CONCERNING fac Scientific Temper
ance Law in New Hampshire. Prot
Patterson. State Superintendent Of In
structiou, says: The Temperance law
is . saccess. II has been complied with
generally. and ! have examined glasses
in several towns which arc doing ID,
mirable work IN the new books"
DIX. JAMES EpMUNDs. Of London. ID
an address before the British Womea's
Temperance Association. spoke of the
change in public opinion within the last
twenty years in the position Of tho total
abstainer socially FORMERLY. il he re
fused wine al dinner he was immedi-
ately involved in long argument as to
his fanatickm; bot now he found that
the excuse was rather on the sids q
those who took wine