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Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07
Reconstructed Aphorisms.
disfortunes travel in droyes.

Misfortunes travel in droves.
Universal respect is a good nighteap.
Moderate things endure the longest.
Custom controls men more than ca
son.
Better forget than talk about your
misfortunes.
The slow promiser is a true keeper
of his word.
The vanity of giving is often con-
founded with Hberality.
Money can serve us well, but it is a
dangerous master.
Money wrongly acquired is apt to be
unwisely expended.
No man has yet made a safe that an
other cannot break into.
More virtue is required during pros
perity than during adversely.
If you have any doubts about the
value of money try to borrow ONE.
The worm cheweth up fame quicker
than the sun melteth the snow.
When fortune puts her arms around
a man she frequently hugs a fool.
He who is lenient to his borrower
fatteneth his account i'm heaven.
That investor is the happiest who
can learn from the dangers encount-
cred by others.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07
Our Illustrated Catalogue.

written by q physician Of FORT years exrerieaee
containing. fnii information regarding inc cure
% acnts, chronic and nervous diseases, sworn
been cared, list Of diseases, etc. in Engylsh
or German. ~ii be ineiicd 10 aay address On
EGfSlgt Of {ouE cents 10 cover postage,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Rev. A. L. Rogers is pastor of the
First Baptist Church in Nevada, Mo.
We congratulate that church on Sc
curing such an able minister and de-
voted pastor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

John Cullers, a farmer living close to
Thompson, lost four horses Monday
from their eating late corn. They got
to a crib and ate too much corn. He
lost all the work horses he had, only a
colt Enrvirinn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

The name One Minute Cough Cure
suggests a medicine that relieves at
once, and quickly cures. Its use proves
il. Woodbridge & Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Business men of Mexico are con-
tracing for advertising space and ar
ranging for a largely increased trade
during 1879.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

,untinsaiiF snEcrUd very
raneh i5r the past years
with fiseUsBausaa ia ms
hips. V ben 1 awoa- In
the morning The PAINS IN
my back and hips xsre
and felt
tired even when Teet ng
tn tire sRoFuIuE. zaei-
deEtsily beard - gentle
ulsH Fpaks1e ats0nE tee
Rasd be hssi knGRE yuer
Electric Eelt 10 do Hna 1
EIefsup9a cpaaAEa,sH e.
y ssEd tar ssne- After EeaF
sing IT, EoE eve weeks I
was perfectly cnref-
The Belt seems 10 be ;
livery handy affair 20 s&ga
rfn tire h63sa ftr is
tetsnes. l vas Eu1dsBig
<szksn W7tas severe issaa-
snctss The other evening,
and I applied the l5els to
faw inmates The pain was
Fu-H
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Most people can not afford to ex-
pertinent. They want immediate re-
lief. That's why they use One Minute
Cough Care. Woodbridge & Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Brooks johnson is home from Sioux
City, Iowa, where he has been visiting
his sister, Mrs. Williams, for several
mnnfhs
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

The MontgomeryCity Standard says:
Mexico, Mo-, is getting up a car load
of supplies for the Nebraska sufferers.
Mrs. w. j. Rixey, formerly of Jones'
burg, is experimenting the matter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Mr.. A. c. Hit presented Elder w.
B. Taylor with an elegant gold=hsadsd
cane before the latter departed for
Kaptueky
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Elsberry, Mo-, is sending relief to
the Nebraska sufferers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Rev. Shouse closed his meeting at
Hopewell, near Thompson, Sunday
with "A additions to the church, Al of
them by confession.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Nelson Montgomery, of Madison
County, Illinois, al uncle Of Mrs. d.
S. Burroughs, of this county, died
a few days since. Mr.. Montgom-
cry was born in 1915 and was n of
Illinois most substantial and wealthy
citizens. He left an estate valued at
over aoO0 900
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07
Attention, Printers.

If you are thinking of starting a
newspaper write me at once. Ihave
a good second hand plant except
presses) for sale, or will go in with the
right mar if he locates in the right
place. X. NJ. WHITE,
pronrictor of Mexico LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

We now begin to hear hard luck
stories about fruit being killed. 1t is
claimed that ten below zero kills the
naachaG
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Ward McAIlister, the head of the
400 of New York, is dead.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

J. r. johnson cried the Crosswhite
sale at Sturgeon on Friday. A large
amount Of stock was sold at reasona-
BILE prices.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07
FEMALE COMPLAINT.

Mrs. Htigntsesb Griffith. OF f.aiesbuFK, u
- widely kunssu aud rsAsfssffra T.
uho As acknowledge TO tst It's na1
sofrtfrf W ousau al her sRs tu ~ -
Of Illinois Io-gRs. owes lieF lie - \
tsse of Dr. a.. 1sssss'a Electric gseff.
aslestufg. H.. Dee. ., ~
DE- 4 p7ga. re iiae Esrsst. ~ LaB3s. Mo- Il
bsaf SIT I wfau ~ express lay afpTSSsstefsoI
" fSfffeETui gff~rE fHg EIrgGf2e Ep4L u HBFeSEe0l
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Frank Hart, formerly of the Kansas
City Times, is now with the Kansas
CITY Star.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

The hotels of Mexico are all crowd
ed with travelling men.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07
MARRIAGE RULES.

Elegant line of silks for waists at
McLoney's. d&w1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Judge and Mrs. VIM. Stuart are now
at home TO their friends at their new
residence In south Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07
$500 Reward!

WE will pay the above reward for any case Of
Liver Complaint. Dyspepsia, Sick Headache. In
digestion Constipation or Costivensss we caflno
cure with Vests Vegetable Liver Pills, when
are purely Vegetable, and never fail to give sat
isfaction. Su~gar<ioated. Large boxes IS cents,
Beware of counterfeits and limitations. The gen.
uine manufactured only by THE JOHN c. WEST
COMPANY, CHICAGO, Ill.
c. A. Buekner, Druggist Sole As't, Mexico. Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

The rabbit crop is unusually good
this season.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

The post-office at Huntsville, Mo-,
and the two adjoining buildings were
burned on Tuesday night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

W. W. Settle contributes So worth
of baking powder to the Nebraska
sufferers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Yen had dp.,a r.s n5g
niiae. Afteg vslHffy yisit.
ing en- the %eg} zzOEn
physicians Of r8eFft. vino
gave the thFiEFnr,iiaua tn
ali its forms. Qua falsea %
relieve taos haa a5Ddt
Eigeu pD hYe q ever b.
ing cured q IarfHd fdsfr
sac Female ElanptHpt }
carr r. the EI-fHsgBu 10
S~EFefssse OyiS Of your
Electric isglis, an5 hud
HNut made Bp ny mfnd
r. % ~ bat iait dssgyuf-
sges1 sod WgiIed q HerE
81 fgH H-Tc. when the
ssi1as 81 ny iizEk Haa Ia
fsrt, al tHrDrEh tgT 4 ~
teHslse - hH'sBaf AsHt
yu fHr order Ar se0g 50
8nsgrivcd tlgc Belt pUtIb
ur4 and HfsssF spaF81g fpF (
t. lEaETpyE ung!l nFsa 81
again. Ez5Fgs III
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07


FIRST ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF THE
Farmers Mutual Fire and Lightning
Insurance Co. of Mexico, NC.
ms. written to date 1927 1855 90
ms. cancelled to date. ..... $500 90
Insurance in force ....-... S211 $50 90
Premium notes taken ..,-S 1885 30
Premium notes cancelled -. 1909 so
Notes in force ..-...-.... 1885 81
Premiums collected. .......S 1,S43 63
Premiums returned. 6S 80
Total premiums ...-..S l,774 10
Total expenses and losses. 1,049 SO
Cash in bank. ..........-. ia 80
While our policy holders paid us ST.
Tab they would have paid a stock
company SO, 957. II for the same amount
of insurance. This represents q saw
ing of 81, 1s2. 90, besides they have their
interest in the S724.s5 cash on hand.
The two amounts added will represent
a total saving of 81, 906.8 3 for the four
teen months ending January 8, 1895.
w. Fl. KEENAN,, President.
w. l.. FowLEs, Secretary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07
THE BLooMER GARB.
A Young Lady Reader Tells How Anus
ing Some Things Appear.

Special Correspondence OF the Ledger.
MEXICO, NO, January PSI wonder
if any of the readers of the LEDGER
have enjoyed the agitation among the
sterner sex caused by the bloomer
question more than I have.
1t is certainly amusing how heated
some have grown in discussing that
garb, even with the thermometer so
near the zero mark.
And then how calmly the fair sex
seem to take the matter!
They read the article in the LED
GER (and who did not?) Perhaps a
smile is provoked as they read the
different opinions of acquaintances
upon this momentous question.
They all speak with honest eonvie-
ton. But will they convince?
You know '1when a N will, she
will; and when she wont, she wont,
| and there's an end Font"
Just what she ,eiHs in this matter re-
mains to be seen, but we hope she
front.
The masculine world stands aghast
at the inroad fashion has made into
his domain of dress.
Right courteously has he relinquish-
ed the monopoly on heretofore de-
manded articles of dress, peculiarly
his own. But he takes a firm stand
and, in a stentorian voice, exclaims:
advance no furtheri"
The dainty apparel of woman GER
tainly becomes her and man loves to
associate ribbons, laces and the many
"trifes light as air" with the sweet
face of mother, sister or lady-love.
1 imagine a bloomer accepting a
dainty bunch of violets or a box of
bon-bons with the bushes coming and
going as she murmurs her thanks. l
home and sees a bloomer go by and
recognizes smother." | imagine the
demure school teacher taking recrea-
ton in that popular costume.
But we forebar and trust that many
seasons will have come and gone and
will have spent all their fury ere the
boomers will have found favor with
US.
No woman is ever so delightful as
when perfectly feminine in all re-
spects.
Let her indulge her taste in dainty
lingerie, etc.
Let her consider q certain hat ga
love' and "a dear"
Let her inhale the sweet odor of the
flowers that some delightfully."- thought
full friend has sent her. In fact, let
her indulge her taste for all that is
beautiful and for that which will make
a suitable setting for the are jewel
of sweet womanhood,k moving that
in this she will appear to her many
admirers in the most favorable light.
Let the strong-minded woman don
the boomers and also let her cycle far
from the habitations of man.
Woman's sphere is assuredly "wid-
ening with the process of the suns,''
but she must not go beyondher sphere
if she wishes to reign the ''queen of
hearts, 4 READER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

1t cures piles, it cures obstinate
sores, chapped hands and wounds. It
does this quickly. Is there any good
reason why you should not use De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve? Wool
dridpe a Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

You ought to know this: DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve will heal a burn
and stop the pain instantly. IL will
cure badly chapped hands, ugly
wounds, sores and a well known cure
for niles Woodbridge & MeAfthar.-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

E. B. Keath, Jr., of Salisbury, No,
is recovering from a severe attack of
Ia grippe.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

The funeral of Miss Mary Jones took
place Saturday at the residence of
her brother, E. E. Jones. The SER
vices were conducted by DIR. Pritchett.
The pallbearers we're s. p. Emmons,
At. Brown, James wilkins, George
Laforce, George Marshall and A. X.
Luckie.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Owen Electric Belt CO., sc. Pine ST.. St. Ioals. 80.
aenusmen-I la1n cnntln..aIL= nrr.--h .n-s
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

The Centralia Courier says: The
Mexico LEDGER is preparing to issue
a mammoth souvenir edition some
time during the present year. We pro-
nounce it a daisy in advance Of its ap-
pearance as Bob White never does
ANYTHING by halves.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

absolutely guarantee oF Electric Belts to rrmcca gemm ecuent OF eetncnya and pass same m}
entire system, stimulating cnultond your blood and Ahnng" out every symptoms Of your paead a
Remember VIZ cam cure you even ahrh he physician land his meicn hast failed Read the worn bsdmn
YOU. SEND FOR QUIZ AlHSIRATD CATALOGUE which will be mailed tree soon as we bear iron YOU
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Take a dose of DeWitt's Little Early
Risers just for the good they will do
you. These little pills are good for
indigestion, good for headache, good
seesasszn~o4zzYs@sas, ss~ss~1ses~ssfs~s'
ton. They r good. Woodbridge &
Macarthur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

BGK, HEaRT DISEAsE, nRuHTsn DISEASE md EIDNRYY TROUBLE soa ny "a In sRy1s pRosT3
kTR0IRLEs HEADACHE. EtTARRH PAIPTTAT0S TaBAG0 PiRNYsE. DySPEpSi ssT0nS
TROUmKsF FAILING WON FHHLEC OMPLNsT I4RC0CEE WHTES1 al PTm@ i mn i smX
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07

Proprietor of Mexico LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-07
DR.: OWENS ELEeTR!e BELT and APPLIANCES


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w have cured noep people in the haHny years with m Belts than all the doctors in Sr State combine
We can cure YOU and YOU send for our Catalogue YOU Twill never u1r
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

hard and unsentimental love to remember
the day by some little token, to indicate
that ST. Valentine has left traces of his
love in their hearts.
Perhaps you have heard the legend Of
st. Valentine, but il you have not, here
it is in as small nutshell as such saint
could be well condensed: st. Valentine
lived long ago. An emperor ruled him,
and the emperor, whose name was Claud-
ius, became very jealous of st. Valentine,
or FIR. Valentine, as he was then called.
And one day Claudius cut FIR. Valentines
head off, and banshed his remains, so
that nobody should know that he had
been beheaded.
"Now, why did Claudius do this?" you
ask. Well, he did it because FIR. Valentine
became so great a favorite with young
people that Claudius was not in their af-
fections at all.
"But how did Valentine make himself
such a favoriteY" you still query. Why,
how, indeed? How do you suppose? How
does any man, or woman either, for that
matter, become solid with young people ?
Why, by helping along their love affairs,
to be sure, and by giving them every op-
portunity to be alone and talk it over
Now, FIR. Valentine was a born match
maker, and he was always busy making
matches. If he saw two young people
looking at each other with sheepish eyes,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14
The Climber system.

Shoe sellers assert that the majority
of women will not try shoe that is the
right size. They nearly all want them
to be too small. 1t often happens that
a woman buys shoe which she has
declared to be the most comfortable
that she ever put on her feet. Then she
gets home and sees the number, or sees
1t before the purchase is wrapped up,
and If it is shade larger than she has
been in the habit of buying, she will not
take the purchase. On this account
there has grown up custom of mark
ing shoes with a cipher system, which
only the manufacturers and dealers can
understand. The result is that many
women are more wisely shod than ever
they were before.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14
VALENTINES FRANKS.

Carrie Careless History of the Low
ing Saing-A Picnic for the Girls.
Valentines are provided for all. Like
the rain, they may descend upon the just
and upon the unjust. They are 10 be
found in every style and every variety.
Beautiful valentine souvenir spoons are
seen, and they are out of the ordinary
run of spoons, in that the end of the ham
die is in the form of cupid, and cupids
chase each other around the twisted wire
of which the handle is formed. In the
bowl of the spoon fancy letters give forth
the legend, "The Saint of Love-" and
upon the reverse of the bowl there are
engraved the initials of her who gives
the spoon and her who takes it.
Very few peopl-, writes Carrie Care
less, so through with the old form of val
entine sending, and there is little use,
then, for the display of the fancy colored
paper with the pretty verse within and
figures done in fancy paper work upon the
outside. But ever so many people who
have not permitted themselves to grow
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

Pretenders TO European Thrones.
Among the many pretenders who
congratulated the new Emperor or
Russia on his ascending the throne
were the ex-King of Naples, who lays
claim to the throne of Italy; the Duke
Of Parma, now grandfather, and who
was deprived OF his sovereignty at the
early age of 8; the former Grand Duke
Of Tuscany; the Duke Of Cumberland,
who claims the sovereignty Of the
Duchy Of Brunswick; the various
Princes Karageorgevicz, each Of whom
claims to be the de jure King Of Servia;
Prince Couza, who has pretensions to
the crown of Roumania; Don Miguel,
of Braganza, the legitimist pretender
to the throne Of Portugal; Prince Vic
tor Napoleon, the Duke of Orleans, the
soi-disant Duke of Normandy, and
General Francis de Bourbon, self
styled Duke Of Anjou, each signing
himself as sovereign de jure Of France,
while from SPANS pretenders there
were missives from Don Carlos, his
son Don Jaime, and last, but not least,
the Duke Of Medina Coeli.-San Fran
cisco Argonaut
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14
NETTIE'S PARTY.

"Stop! Stop! Wait minute! I'm go
Ing to have a valentine party" shouted
Nettie Small. to attract the attention of
the girls and boys swinging their book
bags. talking and laughing on their way
to school.
ooh. oh! How nice" from the girls.
"Hurrah! What fun!v' from the boys.
cts going to be real cute! Mamma
says we might try TO make somebody
happy on that day and all the year; and
she's going to help us. She says that
each one of us must write on little
piece of paper what he would be willing
to do, real truly, you know, and send 1t
to my house before the party, and-well
I'm not going to tell you any more about
it."
But I'm afraid that the idea was not a
pleasing one generally, for on st. Valen-
tines eve only four boys and three girls
appeared at the party. But they made
more noise and fun than a regiment,
Aunt Patty said.
Mamma Small had prepared the party
room, and a little later the door was
thrown open.
In the center stood Grandma Small's
great "Swifts" filed with eight skeins Of
yarn, the ends of which were held In
grandma's hand, and on one side was a
table with such tempting dishes Of or
anges, cakes and goodies as to make the
hungry boys cast very longing glances
toward it.
First the yarn must be wound, and Bob
Murch, being the oldest, was invited to
select one from the many threads held in
Grandma Small's hand. Then he began
to wind-backward, of course.
What awkward work he made Of IL!
The girls laughed at him. The boys called
him old Poky! He dropped the ball, and
1t rolled around all the table legs. Bob
crawled after it, and bumped his head
right under the orange dish. OFF tumbled
the yellow balls, and what a scurrying
catch the precious things.
The "Swifts" were upset and there was
danger of breaking up the party, but for
tunately Mamma Small came 10 the res
cue and helped Bob to the end of his
skein, where was tied his valentine"
Mamma Small opened it, and read for him
aloud:
az will do lame Sally Bonny's chores
In the mornings!"
ooh, dear-if faint too coldv' cried Bob,
rubbing his bumped spot and looking rue
full, for be disliked to get up early.
If faint too coldv No, no! you've got
to, anyway, cold or hot, so therew shout
ed Tom Parsons.
Then 1t was Toms turn. He was deft
of hand, and soon came to Valentine
number two.
II will learn to sew and knit and be
handy, so to help mother. She has to
work SO hard for mer'
"Girlboy! Girl-boy" shouted Bob.
II don't care, j will-see If l don'tv'
declared Tom, stoutly.
Now Nettie took an end. Her skein
was snarly, but her patience held out,
and ut the end was the promise:
II will try to keep a soft tungW
Good! good" cried grandpa, pounding
his cane on the hearth.
Nan White next whirled the Swifts
and got:
II will not quarrel at home and abroad,
and keep my hands Clean
So the Swifts spun round, amid dancing
and shouting, bringing to Sukey Aliens
hand the valentine:
81 will waite upon gramma and grampa
without grumbling."
To Tim Akers:
81 will lead blind Johnny Rich to church
every pleasant Sunday"
To Milly Flint:
SIN a-goin' to turn over a new leaf
and be 50 good that nobody will know me
no mora"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14
To Avoid Colds.

There is one very simple way Of
avoiding colds-keep your mouth shut
while out of doors. The man or woman
who comes out Of an overheated room,
especially late at night, and breathes
through the mouth, will either catch a
bad cold or irritate the lungs sufficient
ly to cause annoyance and unpleasant
ness. If people would just keep their
mouths shut and breathe through their
noses, this difficulty and danger would
be avoided.
Chills are often the result Of people
talking freely while out Of doors just
after leaving room full Of hot air, and
theater goers who discuss and laugh
over the play on their way home are in
viting illness.
1t is, in fact, during youth that the
greater number Of mankind contract
habits of Inflammation which make
their whole life tissue Of disorders.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14

is the one which plays most sweetly upon
the henrtstripgs Of all. In the postofiice
one sees many a maiden and many n ma
tron, many a young man and many a
banker stopping for moment in front of
the parcel window to drop in a package,
all too precious to be intrusted to the care
less hands of messenger and Office boys.
1t is the girls in this progressive age
who do much of the giving. The young
men do, of course, the greater part of it,
but it is not considered unwomanly for a
girl to make her admirers presents of
small mementos, and, therefore, the
girls go to the full latitude which is al
lowed in this direction.
In sending valentine mementos, the
dear girls prefer to disguise their hand.
writing, because valentine gift Is
love gift, and no mistake about it. And
so, with papa's stub pen in hand and one
of Jacks big plain envelopes, they direct
the little token which carries with it the
pretty little message which no man, who
Is a man at all, would misconstrue or take
advantage of.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14
Modern Catches.

Wonderful are the ways Of the street
"fakir." A friend told me that fellow
tormented him to buy book Of three
hundred and fifty songs for dime.
After having paid the money it struck
him that the songs rather fell short of
the number mentioned. He counted
them. There were just forty-seven. So
he turned back and demanded the bal
ance of three hundred and three lyrics
and an explanation. THAT'S all right"
said the ballad seller; 81 didn't say
three hundred and fifty; / said three
under fifty. Seer This evidently be-
ing a case where one should not believe
what one hears, my friend submitted
meelxly to the imposition.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14


Now, Mercury wears suit of gray,
And his twisted stick he has given away
For bag slung over his shoulder,
While the feathery wings have left his
feet,
Yet he hurries along on his daily beat,
Though the weather grows colder and
colder.
He brings me letter from her to-day.
Now what in the world will my lady
say?
My mind is in wild disorder
As tear the dainty paper apart,
When out falls a blood-red velvet heart,
With row of pins for border!
Well, pick up the pretty, useless thing,
And love it, for here did her fingers
cling;
Yet l cannot choose but wonder
Is it an emblem, symbol true;
Will she pierce my heart so, through and
through,
Till its depths are torn asunder?
1 think how a harsh word hurts and
stings;
l think of thousand hard, cruel things;
For one gains with love- and loses.
Then l think of my dear ones sweet,
pure face,
And my heart again at her feet place
Let her plant there just what she
chooses!
And her pin-cushion-why, without a
doubt,
The pins were meant to be taken out!
How blind l have been, and stupid!
So this is the message she sends to-day:
She will take each sting from my heart
away,
And undo the work of Cupid!
Bessie Chandler in Harper's Bazaar.