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Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14
Statue of JNHrrsnn.

The city OF Louisville Ia, received 4
handsome gift in the form OF Il bronze
statue Of Thomas jefferson for one OF
Its parks. The statue Will be Of bronze.
nine feet in height. standing on Il
pedestal fifteen feet in height. and the
whole work costing $50 600. The gift is
from two brothers Rcrnhcim, wealthy
citizens Of Louisville, and the statue
will be done by Moses Ezekiel.
resided in Rome more than twenty five
years. and who ha. executed some Of
the finest statues in the United States
The statue and the bronze part Of the
pedestal arc row being cast in Berlin.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14
Raising Hyacinths In Gissscs.

It will soon be time to see about
placing hyacinth bulbs in glasses for
spring Towering. Wash the gle
clean and fill them with water to the
neck-the part which forms a cup to
receive the bulb. Put a few pieces of
charcoal in the water to help keep it
sweet. Where rain water can be OBJ
tanned use this in preference To ordi-
nary tap water. Place the bulbs in the
glasses, so that their bases nearly
touch the water. The glasses should
be stood in a dark cupboard and kept
there until the bulbs have formed
plenty Of roots. BY this time the
young shoots will be one to two inches
long. Henceforth or the doors a
little to admit the light, and when the
white shoots have turned green bring
the glasses to the light to produce their
flowers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14
kCpt Mcll Ills tnith.

An old man, a Buddhist, went to visit
a Wesleyan missionary in Ceylon. lie
was bent with age, nearly blind, scarce
ly able to walk. After little talk he
told the missionary his expectation aft
or death. which he knew must come
10 him soon. II am &C." he said. II
have climbed Adams peak (where
BuGdha is said to have left his foot
Prints twenty-six times; have visited
the Temple of the Tooth in Randy
seven times; ! have had a number OF
Buddhist books copied and given ia
Buddhist priests; | have never killed
an animal, only on a few occasions
have | caught some fish. So you see
have plenty of merit and | shall be
born well in my next life"
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14
The Great Presidential Campaign Of 1900

The politics OF the great political
parties are now being formed and the
candidates discussed The voice of the
people as recorded by ballot at the
approaching Presidential election will
probably decide the policy of the nG-
ton for The next decade. Every citizen
must study the great questions that are
10 come before the people. This can
only b" done thru the medium of a
great newspaper. Now is the time,
therefore, for every voter to subscribe
for the best and most reliable news
paper ohtainablc, The Semi Weekly
Republic covers the whole field of polit
zeal news. While it is Democratic,
it publishes the news in regard to al
political parties without prejudice
Its Geographic and cable news service
is superior to that of any other paper
Its the paper for that large class o
readers who cannot afford or do not
have access to the daily papers.
Attention is called to The Republic
| Sunday Magazine. Its haIf-tone Illus
trations are alone worth the subsCript
ion price. 1t is made up of specia
articles by the best literary talent
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14
Bible Measures.

Bible readers are frequently puzzled
TO know the modern equivalents OF
Bible measures. Such persons will be
interested in the table below given: A
days journey was about thirty-three
and one-fifth miles. A Sabbath days
journey was about an English mile.
Ezekiel's reed was near eleven feet.
A hands breadth is equal to three and
five-eighths inches A fingers breadth
is equal to one inch a shekel of sill
yer was about 80 cents. \ shekcl OF
gold was about IS. A talent of silver
was S53S.30 \ talent of gold was
$l3,S09. A piece of silver, or penny,
was 10 cents. \ farthing was cents.
A mite was less than quarter of a
cent. gerah was one cent. An ep'
hah. or bath. contained seven gallons
and five pints. hin was one gallon
and two pints. An omer was six
hints
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14

The scarcity of fractional silver coin
Is not surprising when it is remem-
bered that only O4,4l6,519 dimes have
been coined, 100000 900 quarters and
27l 100000 half-dollars. This would
allow only four dimes, three quarters
and three and half halfdollars for
each person. AS a matter of fact
probably net one-half of these coins
are still in circulation, the number that
have been either lost or melted down
being enormous. The supply of pen
MES, by the way, allows but three for
each two persons in the country.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14
WANTED!
For Cash only
Hides, Furs,
Horse Hides
Scrap Iron,
Odd London Ceremony.

The last day Of each October the city
solicitor of London, with an assistant,
attends upon the queens remembran-
Ger, when, by proclamation, the ten
ants and occupiers Of piece of waste
ground called the Moors, in the coun-
ty of Salop,' are commanded to come
forth and do your service, upon pain
and peril that shall fall thereon"
Then the solicitor chops in halves two
fagots, one with a Ratchet and the
other with bilhook. Afterwards
comes the summons to the tenants,
etc, Of "a certain tenement with a
forge" in the Strand, and the pay
ment OF six horseshoos, with siXty-one
shoe nails. by the solicitor. This
forge has long ceased to be, and the
same shoes and nails are used year
after year, The shoes being at least
two centuries old. York Tribune
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14

The temptation to have "hauf yin"
is evidently too strong for so-called
Good Templars in Scotland, as from
the recent report OF the lodge of that
Independent order, it is seen that many
are the backsliders. No fewer than
9,726 persons have been discovered to
have violated their pledges out of to-
tai membership of 3ISSS; or nearly
every fourth member has been caught
tipping.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14
uunted Stag swan Two Miles.

A stag, hard pressed at run OF tina
Devon and Somerset staghounds in the
Quantook country, England, took TO
the Bristol channel, and was followed.
despite the warning notes OF the
huntsmen. by the whole pack OF
hounds. The stag swan out fully two
miles from shore, completely outdls-
tancing his pursuers. who We're picked
IN by a boat about three-quarters OF a
mile out. One OF the hounds was dead
ana the others were in an exhausted
condition, while the stag died after
being rescued.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14
THE MESSAGE
THURSDAY. DEC. II, 1899.
Subscribe for the MESSAGE.

Subscribe for the MESSAGE.
Read our subscription ad. offer.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.
Johnson, a son.
w. w. Zumwalt, near Tulip, will
move to Laddonia to reside.
1t will be road commissioner in
stead of road overseer after Janu-
airy LIST.
w. II. McCue, near Moline, male
the MESSAGE a pleasant call last
Friday.
Get your name on the MESSAGE
subscription list Read our offer
elsewhere.
Bryan and Hogg, as a Presiden-
tial team, don't you think they'd
take the pen.
Old John M. Palmer denies that
he will vote for Bryan. OF cOul Sc;
we expected that.
Henry Ferguson, near Tulip,
who lost his residence by fire some
time since, has rebuilt and moved
his family in.
The Vandalia Mail and Express
says that q. w. Ridgway, of
western Audrain, is a prospective
candidate for Sheriff
The Triplett- Sims law suit was
an unfortunate affair. 1t even
made bad feeling among the law.
yers-who'll get over it however
The Vaudalia Leader is urging
the municipal ownership of the
electric light plant of that city
The MESSAGE was the first paper
to speak out on this question il
Mexico; the others will now
have to follow.
S. p. Utterback, near Vandalia
will have a specimen of corn at tn,
Paris Exposition. He has the
grain from thirteen ears of hi
own raising which weighs owe
81 pounds. The Thirteen
cobs weigh one pound.
Clipped from the Vandalia Lead
CT: J. b. Botkin was down from
Mexico Thanksgiving to visit hi
nephew, Kent. Mr.. Botkins is ON,
of the most popular Republican,
in the state. He was the only Re
publican ever elected Mayor o
Mexico.
The Laddonia Herald says: }
Il. Shell, who raised 10 acres o
COW peas last season, is enthuse,
over the subject enough to be pre-
pairing to plant even larger croI
next year He thinks it will TAX
over 40 bushels of corn to the acr
to be worth as much as COW pea
for feed and as fertilizer.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14
To Fight tho Trusts.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. THE
wholesale grocers of Missouri, Kan
sas and Oklahoma and Indian Ter
rt DRY agreed to lay, at a meeting
IN the Commercial Club rooms, to
form an Interstate A soc alton. 1t
will include The wholesale grocers
of the two States aud the two Ter
ritori, and will become part Of the
National Association of Whole.
sac Grocers.
w. N. Todd OF Leaycnworth, was
elected chairman and ]. G.. O'Keefe
of Moberly, Mo-, secretary.
The purpr the new org mi
cation is to t h. trusts. VIII CHI
seems be or shng Ia Jobbere
out of existence.
"Ithink the trusts have been won.
dering whether there va. any fl GIT
left in us. They have pushed u
to the very edge. We must fight
or al, y i, the way u veteran tho
has been in the grocery bust
NJ. IN the M s>ouri Val ey since
the Civil War expressed his views.
il Is the avowed intention Of The
organizers Of the association tn It
the organization sAall not cOntr'I
prices or direct what they shall be-,
but to keep the trusts from direct
ing the way business shall be done
The immediate cause of excite.
ment among the jobbers is the re-
cent circular of the Continental
Tobacco Company cutting off job
bars' commits ions. There is "A feel
ing that the growth of trusts mean,
the elimination of the jobber a I
factor in business. The men whc
were at the meeting today, repre-
s nting IL arly every Woe ae gro
Gerry house IN the territory men
toned, did not have any definite
idea as to what can be done to pro
tect their business against trust en-
croachment, but, after II long Secre
session, decided that the first Stel
was to organize. The next move
probably wi be to effect Il comb
nation with the retail groceIs.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14
Income Tax in Great Rri.ain.

Statistics just completed by the in
come tax commissioners of Great Brit
ain show that out of total adult
male population OF 12,500, 900 more
than 100000 earn less than $500 a
year. The income tax is collected at
the rate Of 16 cents on each s. above
$500, and the total tax, which last
year amounted to nearly 500 100000,
was contributed by not more tn
2,000,00O people.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14
Iron Dukes Battle Dinners.

The Duke of Wellington's cook, Oh
one occasion, when the battle was not
going well, was urged to make his es-
cape, though at the time he was busy
preparir: his masters dinner. He re-
piled that he intended to go on with
his work for his experience of fifty
battles had taught him that the duke
always came home to dinner-he might
sometimes be little late, but he al
ways came.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14

The most secure way Of having a let
ter read by the pope is to address it as
follows ITO his Holiness the Pope
Project of the Holy Roman and Uni
yersal Inquisition," as any other than
the head of the church guilty Of open
communicated, according to bull
promulgated by the Carafa pope, Pau
IN
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14
Mummy of the Rrscuer of Moses.

The discovery OF the mummy of
Pharaoh's daughter, who found Moses
in the bulrushes, completes the coll
lection OF the mummies of the men,
found Rameses H., the Pharaoh OF OPP
preston" and Merenptah, the great
magician. With these mummies writ
ings were discovered which confirm
the story of Moses as told in the Book
of Exodus.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14
Tho Pope's Electric Plant.

The pope takes great interest in a..
electric plant to which he has given
the name of Oficina Electrical Vaticana
Alcssandro Volta, in honor of Volta.
a few days ago his holiness wndc n
special inspection of these plants, and
the employees of the Vatican gardens
were presented to him by the thiel. 80
London Chronicle.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14

An old soldier in Il Michigan town,
who had a leg amputatcd ten years ago,
had it buried in a coffin in the cemetery
and funeral services held over It. at
which he wcpt profuscly, Ever since
then all through the summer months
NJ has placed flowers each week upon
the grave.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14

The colossal statue Of Ferdinand do
Lesseps, which the French are going
to erect at Port Said, is ready to be
sent out, but no French navigation
company appears to be capable of
Transporting it to Egypt, and so an
English or Belgian vessel will have to
be employed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14

Miss Mimi B-rr, f, il the Skin
ner neighbour !, cot + anne II
number f her you : friends la,t
trlda, nh il ,oo,r OF Miss
Vandiver., # Columbia.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14

A Jealous Cow.-A strange piece of
spite on the part of COW is reported
from Slough, says the British Dairy
Farmer The animal belonged to Mr..
Johnson, q farmer, and on valuable
horse being driven into the farmyard
the COW charged at it, and inflicted
such injuries that it died. 4 strange
feature in the case is that after the
COW had brought the horse down she
appeared to relent, and while the suf-
fering animal lay in the stable under
treatment she was constantly at the
door, and resented any attempt to
drive her of Mr.. johnson attributes
the cows strange conduct to jealousy,
AS the horse was often pattod and
made much OIL and the COW. was q
young one which he had reared him
self
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14

Uncle Sam should get out of Gu
ba. Gen. Wood recommends it.
Tommy Britton, the fine stall
lion, sold in New York the other
day for $4,000.
Arthur Denmark and Miss
Loula Grievcs, north of Laddonia,
are sick with typhoid fever.
ED. w. p. Dorsey, Of LaddOnia
is the new pastor f the Christian
church at Midway, this county.
The farmers better take care OF
Their farm machinery this winter
put il out Of the weather. Farm
Implements of all kind, vii be
much higher in pr,cc next sprng
Albert II .".-no. near Benton
CITY, il is ...H Dpd will be ia tive
race Tor Cull again. He made
tine race two years ago, bu, wen
down with IA number of other BOYS
hat Mr.. Leeper might win. Mr.
HARRISON is IA whoIe-soul,d fellow
and Is entirely worthy OF any go {
thing he might ask al the hands
OF the people.
The Perry Enterprise saws thaI
Col. Robert Graham IN | Jane;
Hinton were huntins IN Rl ;
County Thanksgiving day AMI XII
ed squirrel that was gray from
old age, but his long life was H.
correctly estimated until in skin
ming the animal, it wa discover ,
that around his neck was fas en- {
IA metal tablet on which Wa
stamped: "rhjs squirrel wa
taken from a hollow log that wa
cut in 1926 to build a cabin for on
OF the first settlers The gentle
men thought that they ha an elr
bud spring specimen until the
undert ook to eat him.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14

WIZ. DeJanrtt, If ne,r Skin
ner, IS r'portrd laid up from IN
effects Of ery,ipelas.
Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14
HER FEELINGS HURT.
Miss Roberts, Daughter of
the Mormon Congress
man.

Auan IL. RODcftS, UaupnIcr Vi lIe
Representative elect from Utah, is
not cnamored of the east. She
had never been futhcr from her
home than Denver before coming
to Washington as her father sec
rotary and companion.
Her description of the capital
and its inhabitants will not make
pleasant reading for those who
boast of Eastern culture and refine
mcnt. She thus describes her eX-
perience:
In my home in Salt LakeCity |
was very unimportaut parsonage.
| came and went iii Die city. |
visited throughout che State, went
to Denver and ether places, aud |
was never regarded as freak or
something to be stared at,
During my short stay IN Wash
ington ! have been several times
extremely embarrassed. have
been followed on the streets and
snapshots been tried at me.
Time and again | have over
heard rude remarks concerning
myself and my father. In elcva-
tors, in the corridors of thc Capt.
tai, on the streets, have been made
the subject to open comment rs II
| were an object of exhibition.
These people seem to have no
fear that their remarks might be
distaSteful to me. On the con
trary, | know that on several oc-
casions they were much gratilicd
by the knowledge that | heard and
understood the significance of the
jcSts.
Were | among the men of the
West, not even the bittcrcst cncm.'
of my father or of any cause would
permit me to be so prosecuted.
Men of the style of the fashions of
the East do not flourish in the
West. There is vigorous man
hood there which would not stoop
to hurt any womans feelings.
Il believe it is customary to
say that women delight in the suf-
fcring of their sisters. Surely this
proverb has grown up in the East.
] am proud to say that no matter
how bitterly my sisters of the West
might oppose my father, or any
policy which he in part represents,
they would never make me the vie
tim. The East is as different tC
me as ii foreign country.
/ went into Il store the Other
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Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-14

Under above head the Northwestern
Creamery journal says: Many but
termakors, at the creamery and home
dairy. fail - receive remuneratiye
price for their product, the reason be-
ing that they DO not supply the mar
ket requirements as 70 quality. As the
art Of ALTERNATING advances-and II
has made wonderful progress during
the past two years-the public taste
for something better has kept pace
with 1t. until today butter that will
grade first and extra is in demand.
Poor butter cannot be disposed OF eX-
cepting in limited quantities, and at
q low market price. It is an undeni-
able fact that although ALTERNATING
at the creamery has reached high
degree Of perfection, buttermaking at
the dairy has shown little or no i'm
provement. Every farmer who owns
q herd OF dairy COWS would find 1t
much more profitable to ,alie his milk
to the creamery than 10 attempt to
manufacture q high grade Of dairy
butter without the machinery, uten-
sis and facilities for go doing. Too
many attempt the latter, and as re-
/ suit. the common barrel Of the country
| store finds most Of the so-called but
ter. In time through the lessons
taught by individual dairymen, there
may be an awakening along this line,
| but the progress is discouragingly
| slow and there are few dairics whose
product can equal that manufactured
at a frst-class creamery. These few
find that dairying pays good dividends.
If you are DESTROYS of financial benc-
fit through the keeping of dairy herd,
make up your mind to do one OF two
| things
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-07
81. pArRIcK's PARTY
Great Arrangements Have Been
Made For the Event.

Great are the arrangements that have
been made by the members OF st. Pat-
rick's parish for the opening of the gar
den party this evening in Bramhall Park,
opposite the church. Every member OF
the several committees has manifested in
creased interest In the event. No stone
has been left unturned to make this the
most successful affair of its kin held in
the city. Not a parish in the city has
such desirable pleasure grounds for such
an event.
Bramhall Park is situated in a delight
full neighborhood. and enormous shade
trees fill the pretty grounds. The park
embraces the block bounded by Ocean and
Bramhall avenues and Clerk street. Every
c~ontrivance which goes to make a garden
party successful is on the grounds. Novel
ties too numerous to mention will be on
exhibition.
The feature will be the breaking OF
ground for the new parish hall. Each
person purchasing a how for a dollar
will be allowed to turn over the earth.
The first shovel will be auctioned by the
pastor, the Rev. l.. c.. NJ. Carroll.
All the booths will be gayly decorated
and all kinds of refreshments will be for
sale tha is Notwithstanding. Dancing
there will be. if any can summon nerve
enough this s%corching weather.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-07
VAN RlPER-HART.
Pretty Wedding So1emnized Il
Trinity Church, Hoboken.

A fashionable wedding was solemnized
at Trinity Church, Hoboken. last even
ing, when Miss Edith Hope Hart and Mr..
John Terhune Van Ripper were married.
The bride is a daughter of Colonel B.
FRANKLIN Hart, and a sister of Lieuten-
ant B. F.. Hart of the Battalion of the
East New Jersey Naval Reserves. She
is a f~avorite with the smart set" in
Hoboken. The groom is a resident of Pas
sale.
The Rev. James Clayton Mitchell tied
the knot. Miss Eugene Hart. of Pas
sale, was maid of honor The brides
maids were Miss Elizabeth B. Brensinger,
Miss Irene Bear, Miss Arathusa Perry
and Miss Beatrice Hart. Clarence Nc
Kenzie was best man. The ushers in
cluded A. l.. Hart, Walter J.. Greschen,
George w. Hart and Fred D. Bates.
The bride was attired in white %organdie
and she carried white roses. The brides
maids were also gowned in wife. They
carried pink roses. A reception at the
home of the brides parents, No. $40
Bloomfield street, followed the ceremony.
Among the guests were-H. Hart of
Brooklyn, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Simpson,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Durrand. Mrs. E.. w.
Hart of Passaic, Mrs. E. A. Mcdowell of
New York, r. Hart of Passaic, B. F.
Hart. Sr.. and B.. F.. Hart, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Ripper left on a honey
moon trip to the White Mountains.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-07
JUNE 7. 1889.
THIS d is Democratic IN principles
and Is Independent in its riews on all local
questions.
Closinx The Schools.

We are told that some of the crank ele-
ment are criticizing the Board of Educa-
ton severely for closing the schools hall
a day. daily, on account of the great
heat. One offensive humbug sends to
1.-The News" for publication, a screed,
from which the following is ar extract
The parents of the scholars n the tax
payers in general think that the teachers
have vacation enough. n 1t is no more
than right that the schools should DE
kept opened until the time for the clos
ing arrives. No doubt the weather Is
extremely warm, but not any more sc
In school than at home. AS there are
"a. 400 scholars in the public schools, there
are Just exactly %. 400 half days lost &c
the young minds that can never pc re,
called. The Board of Education shouio
investigate the matter, and see tnat no
more days are lost than are absoluteiy
necessary.
We believe, on the contrary, hat the
public, and especially parents. will heart
fly approve the action of the School Di-
r~ectors. 1t would be wanton cruelty 10
keep the children crowded in hot, stuny
class rooms on such days as these. They
could learn nothing, n no doubt many
of them would suffer seriously in health