Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1886-07-29
SUNBEAMS.

old bird-nest that his sister wanted to
utilize as household ornament.
When he looked into it he saw what
he supposed to be an egg, but On
taking it out he found that it was an
artificial eye that his mother had lost
several years before.
Out in Western Pennsylvania a
number of scientific men have been
in great state of excitement over a
tree, whose trunk is bright green.
Having exhausted themselves for q
satisfactory theory, they suddenly
became objects Of laughter, on the
secret leaking out that the owner had
painted the tree that color to keep
off insects. One of the scientists
went home and painted his dog green,
to save the expense of Persian pow
der, and in three days, the dog and
his little playmate, lad of three,
died Of painters collie.
One day last week, some children
were playing on the railroad track
near Muskegon, when a train came
along at the rate of mile an hour.
In spite of the engineers whist
ling, the children were not aware of
their danger, and went on playing.
Finally, the train got so close to them
that it was impossible to slow up.
When within twenty feet of the chill
dren, the train suddenly shot off the
track, went around the children on a
curve, ran on to the track just beyond
them, and continued as though moth
ing had happened.
A resident of Canandaigua is puz-
zling the medical fraternity to an ex-
tent that is interesting, to say the
least. Some years ago, an excresence
appeared on the top of his head. Not
knowing what it was, he went to a
physician, who was also at loss to
explain it. The excresence was so
soft that the doctor gave it as his
opinion that it contained substance
similar to tallow. He also assured
the man that it was not dangerous,
and would, probably, go away itself.
Not long ago, with the aid of a hand
lance, the man made a small incision
in the excresence, and forced can
dle-wick into it. This he lighted,
and in less than ten minutes the
flame had drawn the substance as il
would the tallow from a candle. He
has not been troubled since.
Nashua, N. H., possesses, among
its residents, man who knows how
to keep his dog at home without 1
chain. For long time the dog ha,
been in the habit of straying off ant
remaining for days. About a montl
|ago, the owner of the dog had
plump spring-chicken broiled, ant
allowed the dog to smell and lick it
until he knew precisely what it was
Then the man thrust the chicken in
to large glass pickle-jar, poured al
cohol on it, and covered the corl
with sealing-wax. He then put th'
jar in front of the dog-house, ant
the dog lies there all day long, weel
after week, and never takes his eye
off the hermetically-sealed chicken.
A man up near Lake Placid has
Queen Anne cottage, standing clos
! to wood. Between the cottage an,
/ the wood he has a tenniscourt. /
few days ago, he forgot to take th
, net in at night, and the next mornin:
. was greatly surprised to find mum
: ber of quail, wild-pigeons and rabit
, caught in it. They had run thei
: heads through it in the dark, just a
shad do through river-nets, and wer
| unable to draw them back. He nov
leaves the net out every night, ant
thus secures more game than he Cal
use.
To the soldier who in the hour O
his country's need, periled his ow,
, life that the nation might live, W
, 'who are reaping the fruits of his sac
rifice owe a debt which can never b
paid in full. 1t does not requIr
frothy eloquence or sounding period
, to wake our sense OF gratitude, or t
d persuade us to the suhSt initial show
I ing of it in the form Of pension
9 But we may, at least, be just whiI
p we are generous. Il may, at leas
= be permitted that we should lnquil
of the applicant whether or not h
G has ever served in the army. W
may fairly ask if he deserted at IL
q first battle; and he allowed to doul
! whether the loss Of several teeth
4 1854 was the result of exposure
the night air in 1864. We may SCI
q aratc the men who fought from Il
- men who deserted. and distiDguis
6 the bnuuty-jumper from the patrio
~ Not TO do this would be to cheaps
. the service of the worthy, and NAL
# of the pension fund only an indi
i criminate charity, unworthy alike
! the giyer and the receiver. Not
"a do it will be to bring public censu
IN aud putlic ridicule upon an Off
- that should he above both. 1t
= honoring the true sol,iier when v
in ask that the would-be pension
Il should prove that he was one. 1t
=, dignifying the pension check whit
&c we ask that it should not be careles
iIy piyeu. 1t is to make it a thing