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Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-09

The Rails County Record tells
the following story, which is II
regular "holdup:' Rather pc
culiar incident occurred the other
day to the Short Line. As the
Perry train was pulling out of
Hannibal she was tagged at Bear
Creek by IL negro woman, Malinda
Holdup, who, when the train came
to ii stop, quietly told Conductor
Stark that her daughter, who lived
at New London, had concluded to
ride to Hannibal next day over
Mr.. Lambs gravel road in n
wagon, and that he need not wait
at New London with the train for
her. Conductor Stark looked at
her in amaZement and asked: Is
that all!' Yes, sir, she re-
piled, dat is all dis cbening."
The conductor has been running
the Perry train for many years and
many strange things have hap
pened, but he thinks this takes
the cake.
Some Audrain farmers have be-
gun IL boycott on the trusts.
Knock the trusts IA blow whenever
YOU can.
In State primary the direct
power of the people would control.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-09
~ e "BANKNOTE DESPOTISM''
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

government are used for private
again and the true purpose of gov
eminent forgotten.
There is another objection to
national bank currency, namely,
that the national banks are given
control over the volume of credit
money Power to issue money
should never be- intrustcd to priv
ate individuals or private corpor-
ationS. jefferson was an oppon-
cnt of banks of issue. and in one
of his letters declared that his OBJ
position was so persistent that he
had been denounced us maniac
by those bankers who desired to
secure this privilege from the Gov
eminent. Benton, in summing up
the work of Jackson, gave cmpha-
sis to his fight with the national
bank, compared his work with the
work Of Cicero, saving that, when
he destroyed the bank conspiracy.
he saved America as Cicero had
saved Rome, by ovcrthrowing the
conspiracy of Catalina.
Wendell Phillips has so well
dccribcd the danger of ALLOW ing
individuals To control the
volume of money that quote
from speech made my him n few
years before his death:
WENDELL PHILLIPS VIEWS.
In other words, it was the eur
rcncy, which, rightly arranged,
opened Il nations will spring.
found work for willing hands to do
and filed them with bust return,
while honest capital, daily larger
and more secure, ministcrcd to II
glad prosperity. Or it was cur
rency, wickcdly and sclfshly jug
glcd, that made merchants bank
rupt and starved labor into dis
content and slavery while capital
added house to house and field to
field and gathered into its misery
hands all the wealth left ina ruin
ed land. -
The first question, therefore, in
an industrial nation is: Where
ought control of the currency to
reSt' In whose hands can this
almost omnipotent power be trust
ed! Every writer of political
economy, from Aristotle to Adam
Smith, allows that Il change in the
currency alters the price of every
ounce and yard of merchandise
and every foot of land. Whom
can we trust with this despotiSm!
At present the banks and the mon
ey kings WELD this power. They
own the yardstick and can make
it longer or shorter aS they please.
They own every pound weight, aud
can make 1t heavier or lighter, rs
they choose. This explains the
riddle so mysterious to common
people, that those who trade i'm
money always grow rich, even
while those who trade in
other things go into bankruptcy.
The third objection to national
banks of issue is thai he moment
the bank is permitted to issue mon
cy that moment it becomes. for
pecllnlary reasons, the enemy of
any Government paper.
The banks are now urging that
the issue OF paper money is II func-
ton of the banks and that the
Government ought to 90 out of
the banking business. Our an
swer is that the issue of money is
function of Government and that
the banks ought to go ont of the
governing business. The Govern
ment cannot afford to build up II
strong financial interest hostile to
the exercise by the Government of
the right to issue and control both
the metallic and paper money of
the nation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-09
THE MESSAGE
THURSDAY, NOV. 9. 1899.

night.
Hon. Champ Clark is in Wash
ingtOn, ready for his duties when
Congress meets.
Presiding Elder Poland preach
ed at the First M. Il. church in
Mexico last Friday night. DR..
Poland is one of Missouri's finest
pulpit orators.
The MESSAGE is ON the south
west corner of the square, head of
the stairs, kabrich building. We
want our friends To be free to call
on us mt any time.
Yellow fever guarantees are
being raised all thru the South,
the result of frost and low temper
ature. Public schools are again
opening. The fever is still raging
more or less in some localities.
The following auctiOnecrs erie
the ShOrthOrn sale for s. u. En-
mons in Mexico last Friday: j..
N. Stevens, j. Il. Johnson, j. w.
AtchiSOn and j. II. Brown, all of
this county, and +. NJ. Woods, of
Lincoln, Neb.
The Philippine Commission
stood to the line in one thing,
ii refused to indOrse McKinley's
unamerican policy of Philippine.
annexation. Now the matter goes
to Congress; will that body dare
to indOrse the Presidents
Gabe Blum is travelling for IA
clothing company. He will
make a trip into Nebraska next
week. He returned recently
from New York and trip thru
Ohio. Mr.. Blum says the mer.
chants boast of good times down
in YankeedOm.
An interesting item from the
Standards account of the Mont
gomery City street fair: "Rev.
}. M. l.. Hoyle put in the exhibits
white counterpart made by the
mother of M. L. Cope in 1906,
when Is years old. She pulled
the flax, spun it and did all the
work herself
Judge Edwards says that the
MESSAGE man will be caught in "A
church congregation one of these
days and in the absence of Ed
lsom Roberts he'll be called upon
to preach, land ID of a preach
it'll be too" That Beal looks
like RObertS-how d0es the Elder
take it!
The Wcllsville Record saws:
John Beal has severed his conncc-
ton with the Laddonia Herald,
and on Nov. 9 will commence pub
fishing the MISSOURI MESSAGE, Il
staunch Democratic paper at Mex
leo. Mr.. Bcal is Il frSt-class
newspaper man aud we wish him
much success.
j. Il, Williams is loaded with "A
legal paper so big-big in two
ways-that no pigeonholc will
hold it. 1t is a deed of trust on a
loan of S40,0O0,0OO against the
Chicago 4 Alton railroad. The
paper is i'll pamphlet form and
contains So pages. j. 4. will have
fun copying it into the records.
The document has 100000 in rev
enue stamps upon it. A contri.
button toward "beneVolent
assimilation" for You,
And worse than IA trust Ehas got
in front of the sculptors-they are
likely to lose there job entirely. A
Swiss chemist has discovered a
method to oSsify dead persons. |
You can keep your dead relatives
at home or stand them out in the
yard rs statues. This will relieve
overcrowded cemeteries also. In
deed it seems the sculptor and his
chisel have seen their day.
Joseph j. Brady, an active DEM
ocratic politician, leading lawyer
and prominent Freemason, died at
his home at Pennington, Mo, last
Thursday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-09

Plums for Central Illinois.--At IN
Illinois convention the question was
asked: What are the three best plums
for planting In Central Illinois, Pres.
ident Foster answered: German plum.
Moors'p Arctic and Lombard.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-09

Practical Foresters.-Practica for
estcrs In the United States are scarce.
In fact about the only ones are the
lumbermen, and their forest training
is all in one line. The forester of the
department OF agriculture, Mr.. Clifford
Pinchot, is arranging to take for
estry class with him into the forests
OF the far west for the purpose OF
studying forest preservation. Their
expenses will be paid by the govern
ment and they will be utilized by him
as assistants, at the same time receiv-
ing practical instruction in lines Of
work for which there is sure to be a
demand in this country as the question
OF practical forestry comes more and
more to the front and the need OF for
est preservation is realized.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-09
Dairy Notes.

There are firms in Chicago that are
selling what they call frst-class but
ter below the Elgin prices. An inves-
tigation reveals the fact that much Of
this butter is process butter. Some OF
the men that have been buying 1t have
found samples OF 1t that We're very
rank. In one case, on n sample being
returned to the retailer, he replied that
he had no objection to taking 1t back,
as he could always get rid of 1t at the
boarding houses. no mater how rank
cess butter Is not by any means
the thoroughly converted article 1t
processes to be.
Our readers will take notice that a
new preparation is being pushed onto
the too trustful ones of some Of their
hard earned money. The preparation
is set forth as having wonderful prop
critics, by which rancid butter is made
sweet and delightful to the taste. The
men that are advertising say that it
I'll luht lut NOlSl DulNtl anu llibht II
pure, sweet nice and elegant" The
manufacturers only ask that the far
mer shall trust them sufficiently to
send So and they in return will forward
enough of the preparation to treat 500
pounds of poor butter. Let 1t alone.
No honest man can afford to touch
| such goods, and no chemical has been
discovered or can be discovered that
will make sancid goods into first-class
butter.
Temperature is of immense import
ance in the making of butter. Too
high a temperature is bound to deteri-
pect to make a good marketable prod
uct If he churns at so degrees or above
as Is sometimes the case In the summer
! time. A low temperature is necessary
to ensure good grain and excellence in
other respects. The old method used
! by some Of our grand-mothers of pour
ing in hot water to raise the temper
allure and make the butter come gives
us grease. 1t may be all right on the
farmers table, because 1t is home
made, but the expert buyer of butter
| to be placed before people that are will
ing to pay good prices for it, insists on
having grain that Is unhroken.
Among our best butter makers it is
the practice to cool the milk to about
| 90 degrees before churning, and then
keeping the churning room as low az
that in temperature so that the temper
allure of the cream will not rise during
the churnlng process. This applics 10
cream that has been raised by the shall
low setting process and to separator
cream where the per cent of milk with
the cream is very small. I he larger
the per cent of milk in the cream the
| higher must the temperature be to do
the best work. Where cIeam is mixed
with say one-fourth milk the temper
ature will need to be as high as 60 de-
, grees at this time of year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-09
OTHER REASONS.

Sccond-If the individual buys
II bond at par, he will lose the ust
of his money and must content
himself with the 3 per cent inter
est. If u national bank invests its
capital i'll bonds at par it can de-
post the bonds and secure bank
notes to the face value of the bonds
thus securing Il return on its invcS-
ment, and III addition to that il
can draw 3 per cent interest upon
the bonds. In iothcr words, the
individual parts with his money
and draws interest, while the ma
tional bank gets its money back
and draws interest besides.
The individual must eat his cake
or keep it. The national bank
both eats his cake and keeps it.
This is favoritiSm that ought not
to be tolerated in a Government
which recognizes he doctrine of
equality before the law, The
moment the Government begins to
confer special privileges, those in
II position to profit by favoritism
begin to clamor for legislation
Immediately in their interest, and
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-09

The MESSAGE editor sewers his
business relations ut Laddonia with
II thousand regrets, The town is
near our birthplace and We shall
always feel inclined to call it our
home, The many dear friends
down there, God bless everyone of
them. A better community of peo-
pie never lived. Again. may IA kind
Providence ever continue to smile
upon Laddonia and the com munity
surrounding.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-09
High-Minded and Honorable.
Nandalia Leader.

l.. a. Bird, who has been con,
nertcd with the Leader for the last
two years or more, left Tuesday
for Mexico, where he accepts the
position of foreman of the MES
SAGE, John Beal'S new paper. Mr..
Bird is well Informed in all lines
of the newspaper business and is Il
daShing and pleasing writer. Be
sides, he is II hustler for news and
business and is always on the alert
for the festive scoop, so dear to
the heart of the newspaper man.
Mr., Bird is II moral, high-mindcd
and honorable young man and the
Leader cheerfully recommends him
as such to the good people of Mex
leo
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-09

Introducing Date lms.-Secretary
Wilson states that the department of
! agriculture will likely spend $4,000
during the next two years in buying
date palms for the southwest. One OF
the expert vegetable Psychologists O.
the department, W. T. Swingle Is now
in Morocco making a close study OF
the African date and selecting the very
finest varieties and those supposed 10
be best adapted to this country 1t has
been found that date palms, under IT.
rigation will grow as well in Arizona
as in Arabia. Early Mormon settler.
In the territories proved this many
years ago; but the trees were not of
the best varieties and date growing
never developed as an industry. The
department, as Secretary Wilson indi-
Gates, is prepared to push the expert.
ment on an extensive scale Each date
palm will be shipped in its own tub
and should arrive at its destination
without material if any injury.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-09
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Ornamental Hedges.

There is nothing that adds greater
beauty to the home surroundings than
a well-kept hedge OF either evergreen
or deciduous shrubs. adapted for hedg-
ing purposes, says Wallaces Farmer.
There are several evergreens that can
be used and are admirably adapted for
hedging, # one has moist, retentive
soil; al d the American Arbor Vitae is
the best tree to plant, planting the
plants about two feet apart in the row.
If the land Is dry, the Red Cedar is the
best evergreen for planting. They
should have the best of cultivation for
"a couple of years from planting; at
which time, they should be cut to a
uniform height of 21a to feet. After
this, the only pruning that hedge will
need will be shortening back Of the
long growths so as to induce a thick
ening up of the branches. In pruning
hedge after it has got some age, II
Is best to use some pruning shear
adapted to that use. The evergreen
hedge should be trimmed at least once
year, and this during the first week
in July. 1t is necessary in pruning the
hedge, that you do not cut back to
where you did the previous year, as
there must be little of the last year 9
growth left so as to stimulate and give
health to the hedge. The best decid-
uous shrub that we have is the Ber-
berry. By planting a hedge of this,
you will have two varieties: The Pur-
pie Leaf and the Green Leaf They
make a beautiful hedge, by planting
them alternately of each variety; and
aG or years old, they will make a
hedge that is 3 feet high and feet
through. 1t is easily kept In shape by
pruning, and is adapted to either low
or high exposures. as 1t is very hardy
and we would recommend its planting,
as we know of no plant that will make
as great an effect as the above two
sorts, planted as we suggest.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-09
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The Lamar register., 1899-07-12

lag than al the time ot the democratic
national conyeatian In 1896. AS every
one knows he waS strong fgnre be-
fore the convention. At one time there
was Belief that he stood a strong
chance To become the nominee, Al
that time Mr. Bland was al his home.
tao miles away from the town OF Lee
haaon. He Ind no teiesraphie or tele-
phonls connection from his comfort
able home to the town near which he
lived. Instead OF remaining close to
means OF direct communication with
the exciting sesneS In Chicago. he con-
tinued to pursue his daily habits on
IN. farm. Along toward the evening
OF one Of the most exciting days Of the
convention there were signs that there
would be a Bland landslide, In the
minds OF the knowing ones in the con-
ventlon I, may be that this vas not
so but this impression got abroad and
was felt 10 most parts OF the country.
Every telegram that reached Lebanon
said something about IT, The same
thlnx An A moderate way. had hap
psned number of times In the Two
or three days proceedings. Each
time there had been a rush for Bland,
and each time he astonished the ruao-
ers by showing them that his concern
was much less manifest than theirs.
On this particular evening an effort
yas made TO make Mr. Bland come to
town. He had been In for the mail ia
the afternoon and had purchased some
groceries but he announced to MS
friends. before starting for home, that
be would not come back except under
extraordinary conditions. Some one
told him that the conditions were eS-
traordInary, and that his nomination
was imminent. Mr.. Bland shook his
head and smiled. III am nominated
tonight" he said. 81 will hear about 1t
In the morning"
Accompanied by two or three OF the.
children he climbed slowly into his
not too gorgeous equippage and drove
out the dusty street in the direction OF
his home.
Mr.. Bland had another reason at
this time for sticking close to the
Farm. Help is scarce down that
vsy. and at that time Mrs. BANDS
"h,red girl" had left her, leaving only
The Lamar register., 1899-07-12

mere slip OF child TO assist In the
large amount OF general work and the
care OF the children So 1t became a
part OF Mr.. Bland's duty to assist about
the house when he could. and this
duty he performed.
ABOUT that time some friendly biog-
rapher wrote to him thus:
Though he wears socks. he does not
wear collar except on Sunday He
wears knee-high boots. and his trous-
ers are two or three inches too short
He chews a quarter of pound OF to-
baeco day. He Is poor. honest and in
dependent. He lives on farm near
Lebanon, which. he says. he would sell
for the value of the Improvements. His
house is built OF red brick and is two
stories high. His family consists of
wife and six children. His oldest child
a girl OF 20. is at school in Washing
tor The younger children run around
b7Tefooted and are healthy and happy.
Mr. Bland is 81. and his wife. who is as.
has the placid. quiet face OF a Madun-
na. She believes that Fsr husbands
chances OF landing In ths white house
are slim. and SO far as she is concerned
she would rather continue to live on
the farm She does all the housework
herself. One hired man Is kept. and he
eats with the family. The great silver
agitator Is plain-looking He has a
plain. sallow face. with square fore
head. running into baldish expanse
surrounded by blonde hair, He has
rough. brown beard. slightly touched
With gray. cut in the p.a!Eest way. and
the hnarse voice which Genes over 1t
has a sort OF twang In it which car
rles out the plainness OF Its owner
Bland dresses plainly. and he prIdes
himself on being one OF the plain peo-
The Lamar register., 1899-07-12
ASK Mr.. HOPES ADVICE.

empt the feminine fancy. The little
woman and Eer one helper were kept
busy the first few days and Miss Jane
aot SO unfounded as to be ridiculous,
'or money flowed freely into her cof-
,ers. But after the first excitement
srade settled down considerably and
there was plenty of spare time for
breathing.
For the first time in her life Miss
lane learned what it cost to live. Hay-
ng lived most of her life in the coun-
Try, where things were had for the
.aIsing." groceries gotten in exchange
,or country produce and no rent to
pay, even the amount 1t took to run
ler little establishment was alarming
10 her Anxieties would creep il occa-
;ionally. If the fall trade was not
good how was she to get through the
ginter2 Such thoughts worried her
often through the week, but on Sab
baths, being a good Episcopallan. she
dismissed them and, prayer book in
hand, wended her way devoutly to the
chapel.
front of her and sometimes when his
pew overhowed with his grandchildren
Or other guests he sat by Miss Jane
and held her hymnbook while they
both sang At such times she felt
delightful thrill of excitement. but tried
10 repress it and say her responses rev.
,rently and place her thoughts on spir-
ltual things. But she was always glad
when Mr.. Hopes pew overfiowed.
Fall came on apace and the little
nilliner found it necessary to consult
he banker again. This time she told
him she had s100 in money. but not
another penny. Would he advise her
The Lamar register., 1899-07-12
PRIMITIVE CHRONOLOGY.
In Mexico Months Are Named After the
Arrival of Birds.

In Mexico Months Are Named After the
Arrival of Birds.
The most primitive method in chro-
nology is that which enables man to
orient himself in the world of time by
associating particular lurations with
vicissitudes of weather, with seasonal
aspects OF vegetation. and with the
constantly changing sights and sounds
OF the animal world. says Popular Sci
ence Monthly. In the calendar of the
Crees, for example. we find such desig-
nations as "duck-month.' frog
moon" "leaf-moon." "berries-ripe
MONTH" Collaborating moon"
leaves entirely changed" leaves in
the trees" ''hsh-catching moon"
moon that strikes the earth cold,''
coolest moon" "ice-thawing moon."
"eagles-seen moon" So in the calen-
dars of Central America and Mexico
the months are named variously after
the arrival of birds, the blossoming OF
flowers. the blowing of winds, the re-
turn of mosquitoes and the appearance
of fishes. The Greeks constantly used
the movements of birds to mark the
seasons; the arrival of the swallow and
kite were thus noted. Hesiod tells us
how the cry CT the crane signaled the
departure of winter, while the sitting
of the pleiades gave notice to the plow-
man when to begin his work. The In
cas- called Venus "the hairy" on ac-
count of the brightness of her rays,
just as the Peruvians named her the
eight hour torch or "the twilight
lamp" from the time of her shining.