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Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30
owns the plant and charges thirty
five centsfor the same service,

owns the plant and charges thirty.
five centsfor the same service.
A private company furnishes
consumers Of electric lighting al
Ironwood City, Mich, with mean
descent lights at 300 each month
AT Shelby, Mich. the city owns
the plant and an incandescent light
costs thirty cents per month. But
then lronwood people have money
to throw at the birds.
Fairman, Mich, is served with
electric lights bv a corporation
which charges twenty. five cents pei
incandescent light per month. That
is the lowest charge made in the
state byssa private company.
Wyandotte, Mich. owns a mum.
cipal plant and furnishes incandes.
cent lights at a cost of 16% cents
per light per month. That is the
lowest charge in the state made
by either public or private plant,
The public plants average 30.4 per
cent lower charges than the private
ones do.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30
An Audraln Boy.
Rails County Times

James Quisenberry, of Canton,
made us pleasant call last Tuesday.
When we first knew this man he
was the "devil" in the Office Of
the Perry Enterprise. Now he is en-
gagged in the work of saving souls
a Christian minister. Well, it is
only step from printer to preach.
er. The work is almost the same
Elder Quisenberry will probably be
called to the pastOrate of the Lick
Creek church in the near future.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30
Paris Smallpox Situation.

Paris, the county seat of Monroe,
is baying serious time fighting
smallpox. The Appeal saws:
Paris is again placed in an embar-
RAISING position by another out
break Of smallpox among her ne
gro population. The town is
sOrely tried but not cast down.
No time and no expense will be
spared to cOntiue the disease to its
present quarters and no attempt
will be made to deceive anybody as
to the true situation. To the vigi.
lance of the authorities and the
heavy outlay of time and money
by the people of the town during
the past ten weeks, the county as
well as the town owes protection
from the disease. 1t has been q
calamity to Paris, but our people
haye faced it bravely and fought il
resolutely without outside aid
The Appeal feels that the town is
entitled to the good will of the
whole country at this time and We
believe that the town will receive
it. We do not ask for pity. We
ask only for justice. We ask fol
our rea lers to- turn a deaf ear tC
wild and untruthful reports ant
that they discourage any attempt:
that may be made to use our pres
ent misfortune to create any i'll
feeling against the town. Wher
you want to know the true situs
ton telephone to some reputable
citizen whose word is as good a.
his bond. There are scores of mel
in Paris who would not suppress
nor misrepresent the true situation
for the sake of few paltry dollars
Paris has spent thousands of dollar
and lost thousands more in trad
in fighting the disease and th'
country as well as the town hal
been protected. Paris is entitle,
to some consideration and tn
Appeal believes she will receive il
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30
Public Ownership.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.

There ought to be no question OF
the economical expediency Of the
municipal ownership of the filter
ing plant.
The Waterworks Of st. Louis
is we'll managed because there is
no private interest involved look
ing for profit out Of public work
The filter plant should not belong
to a corporation always working
for its own advantage and always
tempted to corrupt the public SER
vice.
Besides, there are considerations
of the plainest utility which are
conclusive. The question of re-
sponsibility, as Mr.. G. H. Ledlit
points out, is sure to arise in case
a private corporation takes the
work.
Let the city take hold. The ten
dency is all against private man
management. st. Louis canno'
afford to take a backward step.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30
OLD MAN JESTER.
A Cellmate at New London
Thinks He VIII Go
Free.

The MESSAGE clips the following
letter from the Rails County Re.
cord, written to that paper by one
Maverick, a cellmate Of old man
testers:
"There are seven of us in here
now, and the usual monotony was
broken the 18th by Sheriffs Jones
and Clark bringing in grandpa
Jester, and l doubt II any Of us
would have kuown Sheriff Clark
from Mr.. Jester, had not our big.
hearted sheriff introduced as to
him. We found in Mr.. Jester a
gentle man of culture and refine
ment, and we are doing
all we can to make him as CON-
Portable as possible. He talks
with us and we find the moments
pass more pleasantly since his arriv.
al. Sheriff Jones and his wife
often inquire how he is getting
along and tell him ii he wants any
thing to let them know. Mr.. Jester
speaks very highly of Sheriffs Mel
son and Clark, but he says this is
the best jail he has been in on &C.
count of the sanitary conditions.
He appreciates the many calls he
has received from the ladies and
gentlemen of our county, and has a
kind word with everyone that calls.
"Sunday morning he went to his
trunk and took the Christian Evan.
gelist which he continued to read
until visiters began to call. Any
one observing the many callers
could see they all sympathized
with the old man who is being
prosecuted by parties who have
millions of dollars behind them
We have never believed this old
man guilty and feel satisfied when
all the evidence is in that the jury
won't be out long before this old
man, now in his Send year, will be
a free man. The papers haye
greatly misrepresented this old
mau, but he uttcrs not word
against them nor his prosecutors,
relying on the Allwise Creator t(
deal with them when all OF Adams
race are called together to be tried
for the deeds done in the body
He reads papers closely for clip
pings that have any bearing on hi'
case, and would feel thankful fOl
any clippings in regard to his case
Again thanking you for your pa
pers, | am yours respectfully"
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30
The Average Man.

Here's to the average man. he is
the best fellow in the world. We
all like great deeds. great learning
and great riches, things that raise
the people above the average in this
world; but so many heroes are hu-
man, so many scholars are pedan-
tic and SO many rich are hard that
one turns with relief back to the
average man. He il restful. You
don't have to do him honor though
he deserves it. You know where
to find him and how to take him,
and you can depend on him. It's
a great thing to be able TO depend
on some one in this world. De-
pendability is one OF the chief vir-
tues. Sometimes one wishes the
average man would average a little
higher, but even as he is, he is the
greatest man going. He has done
the worlds work. All its good in.
stitutions and great inventions and
most practical thoughts are his
We all pity or condemn people
who fall very much below, and
either worship or knock down tn,
heads that pop very much above
the average; it's n way the averag,
man has. But then, in general, h'
il all right. All honor be to him
California (Mo) Push.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30
News and Comment

Christmas comes on Monday
this year.
The Armstrong block has leen
treated to a new coat of paint.
Miss Hansard's for trimmed hats
at cut prices for the next few week.
See Miss Hansard's elegant line
of trimmed hats at special cut
prices for the next few weeks.
For the next few weeks Miss
Hansard, the popular milliner will
offer special bargains in trimmed
hats.
I. J. Sims, of TompsOn, shipped
168 head of cattle to the st. Louis
market last week. Mr.. Sims is a
hustling stockman.
Miss Annie Lupton, daughter of
c. r. Lupton, of Mexico, knows
how to use a gun. Last Thursday
night burglar was discovered on
one story kitchen endeavoring to
enter her fathers window. A
crack from Miss Lupton's gun
caused Mr.. Burglar to flee for his lite.
An Illinois paper gets off the
following on a Missouri whiskey
guzzler: One man has been found
in this world who has genuine
reason for drinking whiskey. He
lives near Blackburn, Saline Co.. +,
Mo. and thinks he has a turtle in
his stomach; he drank it one time
during the war out of a wayside
pool. He says the turtle is now
about four inches across, and often
runs his head up his throat and
nearly chokes him; he cannot
starve it for if he does it bites him.
He says it is very fond of whiskey
and he dares not stop drinking be-
cause of it.
Auxvasse Review: G. f. Rupert
a returned Philippine soldier went
through Auxvasse few days ago
He says the United States is good
enough for him. He tells some
startling stories about the insects
in the Philippines. He says honey
bees are as large as humble bees
here, and aunts of all sorts and sizes
abound everywhere; some so small
that you have to use magnifyine
glass to see them; others as large
as our honey bees. Mr.. Rupert.
home is at California, Mo-, and ht
is a brother to ]. E. Rupert the &C
comodating brakeman on our pas
senger train.
This is on Nebraska justice
A farmer in Riverside precint threw
his daughters lover over tran
som and was arrested by the vic
tim. The justice decided the cas-
as follows: SIT appears that thi
young fellar was courtin' the de
fendant's gal in defendants parlor
that defendant intruded and threw
plaintiff out into the cold heartles
world. Courtin' is necessary
therefore the laws of Newbraske,
will hold that no parent has
right in any room where courtin'
a goin' on. Defendant is fined s.
and cost. and he interferes ag'in il
plaintiffs rights the court will fin
him 500 and give him thirty day
work on the roads
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30
The Great Presidential Campslfn Of 1890.

The Great Presidential Cdmpslen Of 1899.
The politics of the great political
parties are now being formed and the
candidates discussed. Tn. voice Of the
people as recorded by ballot at the
approaching Presidential election will
probably decide the policy OF tho ma
ton for the next decade. Every citisen
must study the great questions that are
to come before tho people. This can
only be done thru tho medium Of 0
great newspaper. Now IL the time.
therefore. for every votsr to subscribe
for the best and most reliable news
paper obtainable: The Semi. Weekly
Republic covers the whole field Of polit.
ical news. While 1t is Democratic.
1t publishes the news in regard to oil
political parties without prejudice.
Its telegraphic and cable news service
is superior to that Of any other paper.
Its the paper for that large class Of
readers who cannot afford or do not
have access to the daily papers.
Attention is called to The Republics
Sunday Magazine. It's hslf.tone illus
trations are alone worth the subscript-
ion price. 1t Is made up Of special
articles by the best literary talent,
embracing variety Of subjects ofcur-
rent interest. News features Of sb-
sorbing in nterest are illustrated 81. and
enlarged upon. For the benefit of the
ladies the latest fashions are hand
somely illustrated. The Sunday Maya
zine is ALWAYS interesting to every mem
ber Of the family.
The subscription price Of the Semi
Weekly Republic is $l.O0 per year.
The Republic Sunday Magazine Sl.26
per year. Both papers arc now being
offered at the very low price of tt.6O
for one year. To secure this low rata
both must be ordered and paid for at
the same time.
| Address all orders TO THE REPUB-
L1C. st. Louis. Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30
Stock Bought and Sold.
Paris Appeal

Paris Appeal.
Bert Smith, near Santa Fe, sold
2 loads of cattle to j. d. Tully at
1926.
Pryor Dawson sold IL cotton
mules to a Georgia buyer at $50
per head.
R. s. Smith delivered a bunch
Of hogs to Barker and Beaver, Sat.
at $3.50.
Jim Morehead sold four heifers
and E. j. Woodbridge 3, Tuesday,
at 500 per head.
Brashears Bros, near Santa Fe,
sold five yearling steers to j. II.
Smiley last week. They averaged
9S2 lbs.
Dan and Jim Bryan, near Maud,
sold a pair of light 3-year-old har-
ness mares to Chas. Durbin recent
ly for $3.50.
Henry Luttrell, southwest of
Paris, paid $50 for a pair of fine
Berkshire hogs this week. He
bought them in Illinois,
Jim Barker sold 6 3-yr-oId mules
at $75. so per head and 2 cotton
mules at $40 per head Monday. He
also paid S6O per head for 8 mules
2s and 3s-all broke.
T. w. Ragsdale sold a yearling
Shorthorn heifer to W. A. Grimes,
Monday, for 500, and a yearling
bull to Gene Grimes for S125. He
bought a bull calf from w. A.
Grimes for $50.
Thos. W. Ragsdale sent 6 fine
Shorthorn bulls to Columbia last
week to be inocculated for Texas
fever. They were sold to Texas
buyer and will now be in no dan
ger from Texas fever.
Clarence Outright bought load
of horses and load of mules al
Centralia last week. The mules
cost him $50 to $65 and the horses
SIG to Sos. He bought eight mules
from Jim Barker and 9 from Harve
Dawson.
John Rudasil. of Long Branch,
sold five yearling white face heifers
to VIM. Mundy, Sat. at DC. They
averaged TAO lbs. Mr.. Rudasil was
once prejudiced against the Here
fords but now says they are his ia
vorites.
Uncle John Dye, we'll known il
Audrain county, who has a great
reputation as hog melt weather
prophet, killed a shoat the other
day and the following is his prog
nostication as told in the Paris Ap
peal: Expect fair and oper
winter until Christmas, After tina
woe be unto the man with a slim
woodpile. l tremble and shiver a
the thought of the last half of th'
winter. People make mistakes
but the hog melt is infallible, On
year predicted extreme cold fo
the first part of the winter ant
pleasant weather the last half. l
turned out just the opposite. Peo
pie ridiculed the hog melt and
was almost in despair when l dis
covered that the man who hat
brought me the melt handed m
the wrong end. | read it back
wards that was all. This time
however, | got the melt mvsel
and know | got the ends right"
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30
THAT NEW RAILROAD.
To Pass Thru Mexlco-Work
Begun at the North End.

The Montgomery County Lead
er publishes the following inter-
esting railroad news:
The st. Louis and Eldon railway
supposed to have been dead. Is now
showing signs Of life. Work ON
the north end in grading the road
is said to be actually going on. /.
Thursday morning q crop Of sur
veyors, abont ten in number, b.
gan permanent survey southwest
Of Americus, starting ct . point
Dsar the old Autenreith place and
runningin q southeastsrly dipsc-
ton down Modoc creek. The
plan is to cross the river above
Rhineland, extend on to Union,
Franklin county and there to Join
the road already built out from
st. Louis. t
County Surveyor L. l.. Cardwell
left this morning to aid the survey
ors in their work thru the county.
George Cardwell 10 also helping
them.
This road proposes running from
Eldon, In, to st. Louis, thru the
towns Of Paris, Mexico, Williams.
burg, Rhineland, etc.
There is a well-founded report
in circulation that this road has
secured ample funds to complete
its constructions. The surveyors
near Americus to-day are aiming
to secure a new route from Will.
iamsburg to the river.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30

i'iO 10 oohhc I'o'h Pit"ChihS
from the Montgomery City Repub-
lican: The newspapers all over
the state are holding up their hands
in holy horror at the blood curdling
crimes of Mrs. Bamberger, the
midwife of st. Louis, who has been
arrested for the murder Of several
young women who went to her
home to hide their shame by sub
hitting to criminal operations. Of
course there is no justification
for the fiend, Mrs. Bamberger, but
if it were not for the vicious, degen-
crate and damnable fiends in human
forms in almost every town and
hamlet in the country that lure
these unsuspecting girls into ruin
worse than hell itself there would
be no work for Mrs. Bamberger
and her kind. Let the newspapers
come out with their double headers
and call for the blood of the man
who ruins young girl, call for it
by law, but if not by law
then by lynching, shooting or
burning at the stake. The fiend
who commits an assault upOn a
woman is usually disposed of by an
outraged community. No less is
he fiend who stealthlly lures to
ruin a sweet virtuous girl and sends
her and her offspring into the
world with a curse upon their
heads that hundreds OF years of
virtuous living cannot remove. No
wonder that girls in their des.
peration, flee to such women as
Mr.. Bamberger for help or death.
Mrs. Bamberger is no worse than
the men who make it possible for
such as her to live on the money so
damnable practice brings.
There are several bonds of sym.
pathy between the American peo.
pie and the Beers. The term bOer
means farmer and farmers the
world over are lovers OF liberty.
The Beers, like our American far.
mers, are very mnch opposed to
having the English pawnbrOker's
system of finance forced on them
and this is why We see so much in
the English and American gold.
bng papers about their government
not being up to modern require
ments. In other words, the Boer'
prefer to regulate their owl
financial aff,irs rather thar
have them regulated in Lombard
street. But the strongest bono
Of sympathy is in the fac
when we We're fighting Englant
in our war for Independence, ant
trying to convince King Georg'
that we knew enough to govern
ourselves, the Hollandish ancestor
of the Bores loaned our forefathers
money to buy powder and bullet
with, when we could not raise
loan from any other nation OF
earth. The English jingoes seen
to think We ought to sympathiz
with them in their attempt to sub
due Republicanism in Africa be
cause they took our side in tn
war with Spain; but they will fin
that no genuine American has an
sympathy to spare for people VIII,
have not yet learned that all jus
governments rest on the cOnsen
of the 'gOverned.-Valley Demo
crat.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30

Miss Handsard will make spec
ial cut rates on all trimmed hats
for the next few weeks.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30

w. @. Burks, the timer, IS now
in his new quarters in tho West
building on Washington street. He
will enlarge his facilities for doing
tin work.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30

Harry Cole Of Mexico will en-
bark In the hotel business at James
vile MINI.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-11-30

This is where we can
suit any one, as we car
ry a FULL LINE of all
grades---White Pine or
Red Cedar---and AT
PRICES THAT WILL
SUIT.
La Crosse Lumber
Company.
The times., 1899-09-03
The MnIInce shows.

The individual who has grown accus-
toned to turning languidly aside when the
races begin at circus, feeling secure that
the results have all been "cut and dried
beforehand, has a novel sensation in store
for him this week, il one may believe the
press agent of the Wallace Shows, which
exhibit here tomorrow and the next day.
The Wsliaces seem especially proud of the
horses and riders they carry with them
a1d are confident in stating that the hip
podrome" portion OF their entertainment is
conducted on the same principles that gov
ern any well founded track ia the country
IL is said that their jockeys receive no in
Etructions before beginning that part of
the performance and that the swiftest
horses and tke best reinsmen invariably
reach the wire first. The list OF races fur
nisbed includes many OF special interest
Besides the usual bareback running, the
hurdle jumping, and the remainder of the
ordinary displays, several excellent
events" are TO be arranged for trotters
and steeplechasers. Two Roman chariot
races are also On the programme and il is
announced that each will be driven with
as much courage and skill as Ben Hur
showed when he defeated MESSIAH in Gen.
Lew Wallace's story. Altogether the hip
podrome" Of this circus will probably prove
10 be great end of q great show and may
be powerful incentive 10 attendance
The times., 1899-09-03

If Washingtonians have spent the great
er portion of the past summer in wonder
ing where 10 GO amends viii be made
this week. and the general current Of
thought changed from where" TO
which" For tomorrow. which is practi-
calIy the first dag of the local season, will
marlcstbe addition of two theatres to the
one already in operation. the presence of
what promises to be monster circus, and
the continuation of business at the only
one OF the local river resorts which has
been Offering footlight amusement. In de-
Gliding from this list of places a majority
Of folk will probably choose the Wallace
Shows. which pitch tents here tonight. No
like performances have been given during
the year in this city and the advent of the
aggregation win doubtless call forth re-
marlzable audiences. Much interest will be
excited. too, in the beginning of the enter
Ia5nmen1 term at the Academy, where ].
X. Emmet and Lottie ellison are to bring
Fritz in a MadhOuse." The Bijou's primal
date was postponed from yester-evening
until Monday and viii command much at
tention. Then. the College Alumni Club
comes 10 Glen Echo and last but not
least, the Metropolitan" Burlesquers are
10 hold the boards al Kernans, where the
Moulin Rouge" organization did fairly
Well last week As is generally known. the
Lafayette and Grand throw wide their
doors on September IL. while the Columbia
follows suit with the National On Septem-
Der is. The season is only a fortnight
2WaVf
The times., 1899-09-03
B5tou-yaudexiIIe

Such a bill as few houses can afford and
fewer still present is announced for the
Bi3ou, when that rejuvenated and redeco-
rated theatre is opened TO the public to-
morrow. Mcintyre and Heath. two burnt
cork comedians who are prone to making
audiences laugh until they are black faced
as their human incentives, are 10 act as
headliners in which duty they viii be
assisted by Flo Irwin and Walter Hawley
both Of whom are great favorites in Wash
ington. Miss Irwin, as is generally
known, has starred in legitimate work.
and is almost as capable q coon" singer
es her celebrated sister. Collins and Col
lins, parOdists; The Raymond Musical
Trio" voealists and instrumeataiists;
Maud Mcintyre, serio-comic, and Joe
Hartman, monologist. will help in fill
ing out the programme. the first number
on which viii be contributed by the new
Bijou Burlesque Company. Manager
Grieves' theatre has beeen completely re-
fitted during the hot weather and his
patrons should be altogether satisfied at
the arrangements made for their recep-
tion. both on the stage and off