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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30

-Caper spurge tEuphorbfa iathyris1
. upper half OF plant ono third nature
else, b. seed capsule. natural sire. 4
stiff erect stem, and opposite -four
ranked leaves, the lower OF which ar
thick and oblong, the upper, thir
broad and heart-shaped. The flower
are greenish yellow and rather small
The three-seeded frait Is conspicuous
1t Is a common garden plant, sparing
ly introduced into wet ground in Cal
ifornia and Texas, and In the Atlanti
states from New Jersey and West Vir
ginia and North Carolina.
Poisonous Properties.-The fresl
milky juice is exceedingly acrid AM
the fruit is highly purgative and poi
sonous. When used as household
remedy It often provokes seriou
trouble. Women and children are no
infreQuently poisoned by handling tn
plant and getting the juice on the face
Cattle are quite resistant to Its infiu
ence. but they are sometimes overcome
Goats will eat the plant extensively 1
nothing better presents itself, and 1
Ia said that their milk then possesse
all of the venomous properties Of tn,
plant. When applied to the skin tn,
Juice causes redness. itching. pimple
and sometimes gangrene. the effec
often lasting more than a week. Tn
seed taken internally in overdose will
inflame the mouth and stomach. an,
cause intense diarrhoea and vomiting
II the dose is sufficient there will b
nervous disorders. Inconsistencies
general collapse and death.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30
THE MESSAGE
THURSDAY. NOV. 80. 1899.

This is Thanksgiving Day. The
Lord has been good. Be thankful.
Married, at the Christian church
in Mexico last Wednesday night
week, by Ed. s. D. butcher, Mr..
James Carroll to Miss Verde
O'Neal, both of Mexico.
Middletown Chips: John Beal's
Mexico MESSAGE made its appear
ance last week, and is a clever and
clean paper. Chips hopes it may
succeed, and sees no reason why it
shouldn't.
While driving to his home near
Warrensburg, Mo-, in storm last
Wednesday night week, Jesse Bill
lingsly, aged 62, became fright
ned at the aspect Of the clouds and
dropped dead from heart affection.
There was a fresh outbreak Of
smallpox among the colored folks
at Paris last week. The blacks
should be compelled to scrub their
hides, clean up their premises and
made to stay at home for a season.
A little Elsberry girl has three
pets-a pug puppy, Maltese kit
ten and a x-month- old duck
which gets long famously with one
another and which sleep together
every night on the same pallet,
% snug as a bug in rug"
Elijah Galloway died at his home
in Vandalia last Wednesday week
Of heart trouble. Deceased was
u years Of age and was the Oldest
business man in the city, having
been a resident of the place 30
years. He leaves wife and two
sons and two daughters.
William Dowdy, aged IL, son of
the Rev. N. D. Dowdy, of Sedalia,
was accidentally killed one day last
week by Allen Thurman, a play
mate about his own age. The boys
were at play and Thurman threw a
piece Of wood, which struck Dow
dy's head at the base of the brain.
Down at New London, over in
Rails county a woman who couldn't
afford a new five dollar hat went
TO the millinery store, saw the lat
est styles, went home and pound
Cd her old hat for half an hour
with the rolling pin, stuck tur'
key feather thru the band, went
to church the next Sunday the
envy of all the women in town.
A Marion county farmer went in
debt to purchase 1875 acre farm.
he staid strictly at his business
ton years, and at the end he was
out Of debt, and among other i'm
provements he made, built $1,000
barn. He also made a trip to Eu-
rope. He cultivated all of the
land except a small portion that he
used as q pasture. He attributes
his success to the fact that he util.
lied all he possessed without trying
10 over do the thing.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30
AJuiteratsd Beer.

AN English chemist recently exam
fined 3.1S5 samples OF beer. Of which
AL were found to have been adultsr-
ated, and the fact was also discovered
that the adulteration OF beer is almost
exclusively confined to London. OF
1877 samples of tobacco analysed, TWEEN.
ty-six were found TO be adulterated.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30
q Buckwheat Is Manure for Turnips.

q Buckwheat Is Manure for Turnips.
From Farmers Review: 1t Is q
common opinion that turnips should
never be preceded In a crop rotation
by buckwheat Some farmers 60 the
length of saying that the latter haf
a poisonous effect upon the land as far
as turnips are concerned. and also
when some other crops are grown. This
opinion was so general and seemed to.
Of tests were conducted to prove the
case for or against. A piece of land
that had yielded crop Of rutabagas
was sown to buckwheat and another.
similar plot was allowed to lie fallow
When the buckwheat was slightly past
the Towering stage 1t was cut. run
through a fodder cutter and then
turned under. Shortly after this a
volunteer crop Of buckwheat appeared
and after growing a few inches was
turned under, the fallow plot being
prepared for seeding to turnips at the
same time. The two plots were. ex-
cept In these respects. treated exactly
alike. The crop Of salable turnips upon
the buckwheat plot was more than four
times as heavy as upon the fallow plot
and they weighed more Individually.
The marketable roots from the fallow
plot were more numerous but smaller
and consequently lighter. This expert
ment seems to indicate that the idea
that buckwheat is not a good green
manure for turnips Is not correct.
NJ @, KAJNS
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30

- N~@8 Wv 80 Ne-s
rel in parts of Monroe county,
Blackleg is among the cattle of
j. d. Power and Charlie Heller,
near Santa Fe.
j. H. Star, near Centralia, has
bought near 1000 barrels of corn
at 81 SO per barrel.
w. L. Crawford, of Young's
Creek, will embark in the hard
ware business at Paris.
The G. & A. railroad management
announces that it has cleared d.
vidend of Z per cent during the past
year.
The old "singin' skewl' meetings
in the country have about had their
day. The song book IN the day
schools is the explanation.
Maj. John A. Logan, who YVES
killed recently in battle in the
Philippines, was related to Mrs.
c. H. WarnOck who lives near
Tulip, this county.
The old fashion debating society
is the entertainment one night in
the week in many localities over
the country. To those who take
part it is always a good school.
&c. Wilkins, assignee for NJ.
Blum & Co., has brought suit in
the Audrain Circuit Court against
Hargadine, McKittrich Dry Goods
Co. and George Robertson for an
alleged over-payment.
The Supreme Court of Nebraska
is asked to GUST the Standard Oil
Company from doing business in
that state on the ground that it is
a trust, and engaged in a conspir-
acy against trade and business.
Yes, the Democratic masses of
this State would not endure for a
day such man as d. II. Francis
at the head of the State Committee.
We want a man in that place who is
sound on all the issues and thorOly
10 to l."
Mr.. Greenville Tomlinson and
Miss Lillian Ragsdale, both of this
city, were married last Thursday
night, at 8 o'clock, in Mexico,
Rev. A. A. Wallace officiating.
Mr.. TOmlinson is the clever fore
man of the cigar mandatory of
@. ID. Stckley.
G. A. Shotwell against John
Bethel and GEORGE Boudurant,
appealed from Justice Jenkins
court at Farber, will be tried in
Mexico at the January term OF
Circuit Conr!. Plaintiff gets a
verdict for $25 IN Justice court,
and defendant appealed.
The Wellsville Optic News
thinks that the Mexico officials
went off half-cocked" in quaran.
timing against Wellsville, Mont.
gomery City or Martinsburg
Don't know, Bro. Mansfield, sup.
pose the tables turn with you as il
has at Parisf What will you think
theni
Dissolution and change continue
among the business firms at Lad
donia. Lately M. l.. Eastman
barber, bought the interest of Ole
Slavens, a barber in the town, an(
just few days ago Ed Ferris
bought the interest of his partner
Cort Ingram, in the restaurant
business in that city.
Robert II. Freeman, 8 miles
south of Mexico, aged GO years
died last Thursday morning. Fol
a number Of years Mr.. Freeman
had been afflicted with cancer Of
the face, from which malady hi
died. He leaves two children, w
B. Freeman and Mrs. Matte Let
Crockett. The wife preceded thu
husband to the grave only about
six months since. Mr.. Freeman
had wide acquaintance in Au
drain Co., and before his failing
health was an extensive breeder
buyer and feeder of stock. Hi
death is a loss to the community
in which he lived.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30

Breeding Worms for Lazy Fishermsn.
A Bangor. Me-, man has gone into
the business Of breeding angleworms
for fishermen who have no time or are
too lazy to dig their own bait.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30
Un,ou. Engagement Ring.

A unique ring made Of emerald. with
the center followed out for n finger to
so through, was the token OF betrothal
given recently by the maharajah Of
Cooch Behar, India, to the mahranee
New York Tribune.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30

Have the roost fixtures movable. %
the droppings will not always fall In
the same place. The air can then dry
them out
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30

Ceper Spurge.
Bulletin SO, u. s. Department
Agriculture says: This plant IL call
also garden spurge. myrtle spurs
mole plant, mole weed. mole tr'
gopher plant, antfgopher plant. wi
caper. caper bush, VOLTS milk, al
sprlngwort.
Description and Where Found.-Tf
is a smooth. herbaceous. ky-iuic
perennial, two to three feet high, wi
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30

Last Years Big Copper Output.
The copper production of the United
States In the year 1898 was the larz.
est ever recorded in a single year.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30

Mites suck the blood OF the fowls
and are frequently the cause OF the
non production OF eggs.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30

BY proper feeding some eggs may be
had the year round.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30

Daily inspect the poultry house for
red mites 1t Is better to get the start
OF them than to have them get the
start Of you.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30

Cheese Industry In the West of Eng
land-The dairy farmers of Cornwall
are pushing on with their cheese-mak-
ing In the far west. 1t was only last
year that few cheeses were made as
trial at the Technical Dairy School
near Penzance. and this summer for
the first time the Industry has been
commenced on business lines. The
first cheeses ever exhibited in Corn
wall was made in the county were
shown the other day at the Royal
Cornwall show, the price at which
they were offered being at the rather
fancy figure of Tod. per lb.-Dairy
World
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30

Retaining Muck Land.-The rec
lamation of muck land has been the
subject of study among agriculturists,
as they recognize the productiveness of
such soils where 1t is possible to bring
them into state Of cultivation. AS
muck soil settles greatly In drying out,
underdrainage by means OF tiles should
not be attempted, as the tiles have a
tendency to rise to the surface, and
consequently fail to operate. The pre-
iiminary work OF drainage should be
done with open bitches at frequent dis
tances. Then when the soil has be-
come moderately well drained the tiles
should be placed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30

Remedy for Gapes.-I have seen and
tried a great many remedies for gapes
in chickens, and all to no effect. | will
give one | tried this year (my own.
1t has proved successful with me, and
that is saying a good deal, for l have
raised, or tried to raise, a great many
chickens for a great many years and
have always lost many with the gapes.
l mix up some corn meal and best mill
bran, sift a little oyster-shell in it;
then cut up one or two green onions,
tops and all. and mix them with the
other feed. wet this up with hot
water every morning. have not been
troubled with the gapes this year, and
the chickens are running over the
same ground as before. and have had
the same care, with the exception Of
the onlons.-John Marriott, in Country
Gentleman.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30
Feed for Size.

Horse breeders cannot make a
worse mistake with their foals than
to shut them away from the dams be-
fore they can eat crushed oats and
bran. Size must be obtained In these
days, and II a youngster is allowed
to lose time during the first winter
OF Its existence, no amount Of forcing
will make up for 1t afterwards. 1t
is not necessary or even desirable to
confine them in a small yard, and
stun them with cooked foods of va
rlous sorts In order to cover their ribs
with a lot of fiabby fat. Plenty Of
room, with sound, natural food, Is the
best way to produce horses with good
constitutions
The above paragraph, taken from
the London (Eng) Live Stock Journal.
teaches the soundest kind of doctrine.
1t has often been pointed out In these
columns that calf flesh" II once lost
can never be regained, and this ap-
plies with equal force in the growing
of colts. The dollhouse" system Of
forcing is rightly denounced, for 1t be-
gets a host of evils for the days of
maturity however much 1t may tend
to beautify young stock. Natural
methods and natural food are the Sc
cret Of success. The former provides
abundance of outdoor exercise, with
its fresh air and sunlight adjuncts,
which go SO far in the production of
healthy constitutions; the latter
means good, heavy oats. brans car
rots and sweet, well-made folders,
rather than continental foods and
forcing stuffs. Commence feeding
the sucking foals on crushed oats,
bran, etc, and they will stand wean-
ing without loss of flesh and progress
upon good rations until they mature
| into large, sound, profitable horses.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-05
A FARM FOR A DRINK.
Gave go Acres OF Fine Land For n
Bucket of Water.

1t was about 30 years ago according
to ex-Lieut.-Gov. George T. Jester,
that a crowd Of frontiersmen from of
the Brazos came to Corsicana on a
trading expedition. Corsicana at that
time was not as great q town as II is
now, since it threatens to rival the
most productive oil region of Pennsyl-
vania, but was a typical frontier viii
lage or trading post. The grandfather
OF Gov. Jester was a Methodist circuit
rider and lived at that time In Corsi-
cana. He occupied two-story double
log house. His house was a rendez-
vous for people from far and near, who
came trading. In those days land GER
tificates were used as circulating me-
dunn, as money was rarely seen.
On one occasion a whisky drinking
character from off the Brazos arrived in
town, got on a drunk, and at night
was put to bed In the second story Of
the Jester mansion. About / O'clock
in the morning he awoke with a terri
bic thirst No water was in the room
and he couldn't find the way down
stairs. Sticking his head out of the
window, he saw some men asleep in
the yard. He called to them to bring
him drink Of water, but no one an
swered him. A second and a thirC
time he called with no response. Fin
ally he yelled out:
"One OF you fellows bring me n
drink az water and I'll give you 800
acres OF land" This aroused one OF
the sleepers, who called back that lie
wouldn't climb those steps for 800
acres of land, and the offer was raised
TO G40 acres. The man under the tree
drew bucket of water and lugged it
upstairs and offered a dipperful to the
topper, but he pushed II aside "Give
1t to me out of the bucket Ike "A
horse" he said, and he put about half
the contents Of the bucket under his
belt.
In those days a Texans word was
his bond, and this fellow kept his word
about the land. Next morning he made
his benefactor a deed to $40 acres OF
Brazos bottom land. This land still
belongs to the descendants OF the wa
ter-caT"rier, and is one OF the finest
farms to be found in all Texas. 1t is
now worth from $35 to $40 per acre
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-05
Hose water and Rain.

Flowers know the difference between
:. rainstorm and IA drenching from the
garden hose You may deluge them
with barrels from the hydrant and
they will at best simply hold their own.
Generally they Wither in the long,
dry seasons and that without regard TO
the artificial wetting they may re-
ceive from the gardeners. But let n
little shower. however brief, fall upon
them. AMI they brighten visibly.
The difference is that the rain brings
down with IL through the air or col
lects in the air Il chemical quality that
the vegetation needs. The rainwater
may be as like that in the lake rs two
volumes Of water can he. but when 1t
has rid len the upper levels of the at
mospLorp. when il has travelled
lhrou d the various stages of vapoi
al T. ~ and has tumbled down
through that retoit of the air. il has
become charged with elements that no
Ian can give il. and the flower knows
aEl rcco MICS IT, as the first field
foWU. recognize il i'm the beginning.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-05
Rejected by the Germans.

The people of Coburg-G otha are
having a hard time in getting some
one to rule over them. 1t is now an
nounced that the Duke of Connaught,
Queen Victoria's third son, has de-
clined the honor in favor OF the little
Duke Of Albany, one of the Queens
grandsons, and that the people Of the
German duchy are not pleased at the
prospect. Leopold, Duke of Albany,
has always been delicate, and the
Germans think they ought to have a
healthy English prince if they are to
have any. The young Duke, who is
now only 10 years old, inherited a
weak constitution from his father.
Before his death, however, he had
shown much ability as a scholar, and
in 1878 he was elected president of the
Royal Society of Literature. In 1880
he visited Canada and the United
States. His death occurred In 1881,
two months before the birth OF his
son.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-05

Kansas Town Were Women Are Ruling
with Decided Success.

"In women we trust seems to be the
motto OF Beattie, Kas., and If the city
ever decides upon coat OF arms Ii will
In all likelihood be engraved upon II,
says the Denver Times. They have
'petticoat government">in the pretty
and thriving town and seem to like II.
The mayor, five councilmen and the
city clerk are women, and, though they
never held office before and only took
up the reins OF government one month
ago, they have shown such a capacity
to comprehend the public's needs and
ability to fulfill them as to assure them
long reign.
The first thing Mayor Totten and the
city council did on assuming the reins
OF government was to tell the saloons
to close. They demurred, but obeyed.
The men, when in power, had always
declared IL was impossible to suppress
the saloons. The women have showed
them how to do 1t. The same thing
was done with the gambling dives and
now the male resident of Beattie who
wants to drink hard liquor or sit in a
little game of draw has to go to some
other community to crafty his inclina-
lions. The streets have been cleaned
also. and are being kept in that condi-
ton. The women feel that they are on
trial and are determined to justify
their selection.
Mayor Totten is a serious-minded
woman, with quiet vein OF irony. She
parts her gray hair in the middle, at
ter the good old fashion of our grand
mothers. Her husband, Charles Tot
ten, operates a large farm near Beat
tie. They have three children living.
New York was her birthplace and out
of the natural genius of New York pol
iticians for government she thinks that
fate has led her to become the female
Croker of Beattie. She removed, when
young girl, from New York to Illi-
nois, where she taught school, and lat
er came TO Kansas.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-05
Bound to Go to War.

Major Whlpple, OF the Second Mas
sachusetts regiment had been a soldier
and an officer in the civil war, and in
the meantime had seen much service
In the Massachusetts militia. When the
Spanish war broke out he wished to
90 TO the front with his regiment
But all the officers, as well as men,
had to undergo a physical examination
at Worcester. Major Whipple was u
man of great bodily strength and per-
feet health and activity but the lapse
of time had left him little deficient
in the matter of teeth. An examining
surgeon proposed to exclude him on
that account.
Then the major, who could not stand
being shut out from the chance to
serve his country In such n nemer-
gency, waxed wroth.
Look here" he exclaimed, "I'm GO
ing down there to shoot Spaniards!
don't propose TO eat themv'
We do not know what answer. by
word of mouth, the surgeon made to
this protest. but the fact is that the
major went to the war and distin-
guished himself in IL, even eating his
share of bareback with the rest, and
escaping all the illness that fell to the
lot OF younger men.-Youth's Compan-
lon.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-05
Beggars.

party OF Americans returning from
Europe were comparing the methods to
obtain money employed by the beggars
of different nations.
II find the Neapolitan beggars the
most difficult to deal with" said one OF
the gentlemen. "They are rich in de-
formlties which they lay bare. or they
writhe as If in an agony Of starvation,
rubbing their stomachs, with bowls OF
'Macaroni! until you are forced 10
empty your pockets"
Il found it easy to close my pockets
and heart against the European men
dicants," said another. at was the
Swiss who took all my spare cash.
They never begged, but they crowded
alongside of the diligence with clean
and merry faces, holding out fruit or
bits Of rock or flowers to sell. or turn
ing handsprings for some distance be-
side us. They were irresistible"
1T was the Tuscans who vanuuish-
ed me-" said third. "Srhose laughing
sOft-voiced Florentine beggars. who
when you refused to give them money.
bowed and said, Another day, perhaps.
signor? God be with you till thenp and
turned away smiling"
The Americans all agreed that there
was too much of "Stand and deliv-
err air in the manner of the working
man Of England when expecting his
tip. "our people," they said, spoiled
them by giving too large gratuities.
Now II they expected less, they would
get more"
THE Irish people," said one lady.
now as rule turn a look OF meIan-
choly suspicion on the world; but their
Deggars are still ready with quick. witty
answers when money is goven them. I
gave an old woman in Cork some pen-
MES. May the Virgin drop good tuck
down on your she cried. Then | threw
her shilling. AIR she shrleked. may
God rain His blessings on your
Michigan Farmer to Jan lst FOR only
l5c on trial.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-10-05
FmIIncy About Cheese.

Cheese said some wiseacre long
ago, "digests everything but itself -
Never was there greater error per
petuated by popular proverb. 1t aids
in the digestion of nothing, and, being
almost totally indigestiblc, simply adds
another burden to IN already over
burdcned digestive system The feel
ing Of comfort produced in n person
Of robust digestive faculties by parta&-
ing Of little-a very little-cheese is
due entirely to the cXcitation of the
How Of digestive lluid provoked 10y the
ingcstion of completely indigestible
substance National Druggist.