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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-23
Stock Bought and Sold.
Paris Appeal.

Paris Appeal.
Geo. Hay den delivered 10 hogs
to Paris buyers Wednesday at S3.65
J. ID. Tully bought two loads OF
cattle from Bud Dooley last week
at $50 per head.
VIM. Mundy bought Is hogs from
VIM. Floyd and six from VIM
Smith, near Santa Fe, at 1919.
w. II. Smiley, of South Fork, re,
Gently sold 40 head of l,0OO-lb =
year old steers to II Warren county
buyer at - 30.
}. W. Trimble, near Santa Fe
sold 44-head of 9Gj-lb. 2-yrar-old
steers to j. II Scott at 1923. G.
&. Heizer sold 32 to the same buy.
er ut same price.
At John Smizer'S sale last week
horses sold at $50 TO $50. Crow
& Bird paid Sl07 for mule; W. T.
Smizer, 500 so per head for u fat
cattle; Fult Sanders, S22.5O pei
head for 10 calves. Cows sell al
so to $40.
At w. l.. Crawiord's big sale on
Soungs Creek Wednesday, John
Maddox paid S3i per head for =,
fine yearllngI and S3l 10 for % 2
year-olds. Thir,y-'hree sheep aver,
aged So, 40; cows S2G to $50; horses
S35 to $40; corn 30c.
Corn is reported aS selling AT 81
cents near Santa Fe.
&. A. Thompson, near Tulip this
county, contracted 5000 bushels OF
corn recently to James Noung al
30 cents IA bushel.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-23
Bankers Meet.

CENTRALIA, Mo, Nov. l5.-The
bankers of the sixth group of the
Missouri Association OF Bankers
met in Centralia to-day. This in
cludes the banks Of Audriin, Boone,
Galloway, Lincoln, Monroe, Mont
gomery, Pike, Randolph, Rails,
st. Charles, and Warren.
Q. G. Daniel, OF Vandalia, is
chairman, and w. II. Reed, of
Wellsville, secretary. The attend
ance was fair and the meeting
very successful.
The speakers on the programme
were j. X. Pool, G. G. Daniel, f.
P. Hays, Geo. Harrison, Jr., CO.
Austen, Joseph H. Alexander and
W. W. Fry.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-23

travelling abroad. Mr.. Stanford
in his frenzy cried, IF my boy is
taken from me there is nothing for
me To live for. y
Do not say there is nothing
for YOU to live for. Live for hu.
mantiy's sake clothe the naked
and feed the hungry" the boy
answered.
That was the beginning, -
says Mrs. Stanford The cor
nrrstone to all our charities was
laid 10y our son on his last day in
southern Italy.
At last we conceived the idea
to build n university and educate
men and women whose parents
couldn't afford to do it, and SO fit
them to become sclf-supporting
That is the way Leland Stanford,
Jr., University came to be- built.
We have 400 students.
ANY girls"
Five hundred. We were com.
PEELED to limit the number of girls,
for they threatened majority,
and that wouldn't do, You know. "
"Whyt"
Because if girls predominatcd
there it would lose it's individuality
as II memorial university to n son. "
DO the women carry off MS
many honers as the mrn''
Indeed, they de" says Mrs.
Stanford warmly, and | wouldn't
have the feminine entirely rlimin-
ntrd from the university at palo
Alto.
Beside, the refining influence
of the girl is wonderful, and there
is II spirit of competition intoduc-
ed that cannot find its way into "a
male college
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-23
School Discipline.

KANSAS CRY, Mo, Noy. IL. As
result Of IA recent death IN Morse
School of Blanche Nippold, 10 years
of age, due to commissions follow.
ing IA mild slapping administered
by the teacher, the city Board of
Education tonight adopted rule
absolutely prohibiting any bodily
punishment in the schoolroom such
as shaking, jerking, showing or
pushing about. The old rule which
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-23

Courier is IA sure enough hitter.
That Mexico should own her
electric light plant and water. works.
That the MESSAGE was read by
as many AS 4, 900 people last week
That the leonid show last week
was aiizzle, though all the actors
were stars.
That Hardin College got IA splen.
did advertisement through the
nj MESSAGE last week.
That that new railroad from the
north to Mexico will be Il fact
sooner than some people think.
That a fellow must be careful
how he replevins stock in this
county or he'll get into a lawsuit.
That Mexico has a number Of
very small boys who think it smart
to steal INTO some secluded conner
and smoke "A cigarette.
That with 50 much war ON the
horizon OF the world, Gatilngs au-
tomihilr plow is not to be con.
structcd of discarded GatIng guns,
and the fear is that we may run ont
of pruning hooks.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-23
Shingles! +!
Shingles! !
Shingles !
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
News and Comment

Pay your taxes before the first of
the year, or the law requires that
yon must pay penalty.
John Allen, of st. Louis, injured
in foot ball game about ten DAYS
since, died from his injuries last
Friday.
j. II. Starr, near Tulip, this
county, is feeding 5000 sheep, and
2lO head of cattle. Mr.. Starr is
the star stock man of Audrain Co.
Mayor Samuel l.. Jones, of Ohio,
who carried Mark Hanna's home
town for Governor, says that the
election in that State was most
gratifying to him. Jones does not
believe in partisan municipal elec-
tiOns.
Samuel McGee, II years old. I
miles southeast of town, last Fri
day morning was kicked on the
head by horse and his skull was
fractured. At the last report he
was doing AS well as could be ex-
pected.
The Louisiana Press says: A
Centralia man advertised in news
paper for Il wife and his offer was
snapped up by widow who had
business sense enough to know that
when man had enterprise enough
to advertise in the papers he would
be Il success as a husband.
This appreciated mention is from
the Pike County News: We are
in receipt of the Missouri MESSAGE
published at Mexico, Mo-, by John
Beal. 1t is neat, seven column,
four page paper, well filled with
advertisements and local matter,
and if hustling and git-up and gita-
tiveness will bring success John
Beal will succeed. The paper is IA
l6-to-l, dyed in the wool, warrant
ed not to fade Democrat.
An exchange says that You must
not expect every body to be your
friend in this world. There are
people who would sooner see You
make fiat failure in life than sue
ceed. There are people whom you
have put yourself to trouble and
expense to serve who would sooner
speak i'll of YOU than good. Merit
is not always appreciated, even by
ones kith and kin. The 'approv-
ing conscience, " at least, is an ev-
er faithful friend; monitor we
can always afford to heed in sun
shine or shadow.
Abraham Lincoln once said
"W hat constitutes the bulwark of
our liberty and independence? 1t is
not our frOwning battlements, our
bristling seacoasts. our army and
our navy. These are not our reli-
ance against tyranny. All of these
may he turned against us without
making rs weaker for the struggle.
Our reliance is in the spirit of lib
erty which God has planted in us.
Our defence is in the spirit which
prizes liberty as the heritage of all
men in all lands, everywhere. De.
stroy this spirit and you have plant
ed the seeds of despotism at your
own doors"
Mr.. j. II. Fairer, merchant of
Centralia, was married last Friday
to Miss Bessie White, also of that
city, at the residence off. ii. Phelps
an uncle of the bride. They took
bridal trip to Chicago.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-23

in 1899 it is - %. o the trusts
the precious trusts.
Mountain Grove gets the loca.
tion of the Missouri Fruit Exper-
mental Station for South Missouri
StrOther Underwood has lust
completed the erection of a very
fine barn on his farm near Worces-
ter. The building is i4x6O feet.
MIS-. Porter Il. Norton, a sister.
in-lnw OF eX-Congressman IL II.
Norton, of Troy, Mo-, died last
Friday at her home east of ElIsber-
ry.
The fund for building the Old
Ladies Home in Mexico is mount.
ing up a notch. Mrs. +. J. Mex ee
of st. Louis last week added $3.50
to the fund.
| A. Victor of Columbia was
convicted in the Circuit Court of
Boone County last week on the
charge OF selling liquor to minor.
He was fined $50.
The ladies of the NJ. f. Church,
South, of Mexico, succeeded SO
well with their flower show last
week that they have decided to
make it ali annual affair.
Admiral Dewey has consented to
act rs udge in the Columbia Mis-
souri, lierald's annual contest for
the best letter written by MssOu-
ri boy or girl to Santa Clause.
Frank Bushman has received the
appointment as postmaster at New
London to fill the vacancy caused
by N. +. Cox, who lett October 10,
and ha, not been heard from since.
Mrs. :. A. Hulen, of this coun-
ty, has brought suit against A. $.
johnson and K. } Muir on the
charge of taking a white horse
belonging to her She wants 81 30
damages.
Rev DR.. j j Porter will begin
II revival meeting at the Baptist
church in Mexico next Sunday
DR.. Porter Is a winning speaker,
and all should prepare to attend
the meetings.
The {. 4 A. bridge over Salt
River, just east of Mexico, is to be
replaced. The new bridge will be
II monster, of solid iron
The material is already on the
ground.
That Rush Hill couple last week
got married, all the same. They
secured IA licence at Montgomery
City. Recorder Williams here
would have fixed" them very
willingly if he had not been mott
fled that the girl was not of age.
Charles Bleick, aged 4S years,
a farmer, living near Maryville, Mo-,
took a drink of corbOhc acid last
Thursday evening and in few
minutes he was dead. He had
been drinking, and as a bottle of
whiSkey was found on his person
it is supposed he itnended to take
drink of whiskey, but accidental
ly got hold of the wrong bottle.
The Observation from the Lime
us Bulletin: "The effort of the
Kings Daughters to establish a
home for the aged and infrm wO-
men at Mexico, Mo-, is about to be
crowned with success. The cause
IS noble one and the good women
Of Mexico who are so ably engi-
neering it deserve congratulations
from all parts of the State"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-23
ills whispered About

That you cant keep determin-
ed man down.
That the smallpox excitement
has about subsided.
That We are really to have the
new fire brick factory.
That Editor Pool of the Centralia
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-23
>>>>>eeeeceeeeeececeeece
" IN OLD MISSOURI u
WALLACE BASSFORD

7
Ts the old Missouri that I'm tonight
While the beats window the hickory bright
just a touch of old Missouri and of
IL makes the brings childhood
1t recalls II of little things and faces
The chickens the barnyar and by the door;
The that milking munich the
And all the other homciy that close
There the that crowd the wi trougswinc" they call
em here to-day
yellow
There boys the and dodge behind the
More careless bluelirs
As the haze gathers
There kind of sad that half
A homesiCk feeling that the but helps along
a
'Ts a halla, that sed 10 hear at home
son of one JO Ow O ne IA
But ramDle the
Where played old Missouri, where life abound;
by all that's Iious the Good Book the shelf
That I'll this search of sOrlid Iclf
That III and seek
To live and die yonlerin that favored land of God.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-23
A Profitable Session.


e'' ''S'''"'e 'ie'o ''S 'rS' s'ss'o'
aI Beaver Dalh schooi mousse, Wilcl
is eight miles southwest of Mexico
The following officers were elected
T. NJ Woody pr.s;do,t N;s.
ra,,;, p.u oa,,..
m
ihe eAe''i'eS oes"h '"'"i""S
morning with an invocation 10y
Prof. Strother, after which an ad-
dress of welcome was delivered by
tbe ta..bsr of paov.r nor l. N
Woody Tbo, f,,,owod 9 ,osnorso
nv Prof n NJ Slonnaler of Iih.
ertv scbooI
Tho fr., s,h;ao, "v;,;t;n,
Scho,Is ~ waS .h,v handled h,.
Prof Strotber Misses Iuov ,nJ
Cb,r,ott. J.,so or5 ,,on, u,of,,
and Interesting metboa, woro
hrouvht f,n.yard to aid tbo tooob -
ers in getting narents and d;rectors
to nerform this otto, neolsotod du
ty'''
"I,onp;tuae and Time tho next
subject was exnlained tborougblv y
nv i n Davis Tha eub;sct w,,
also discussed nv other teacbers
Then came tbe snbi.ct of "Scbool
Room Ethics ), which was defined
nv th. ts.cb.rs q, m.ani,o ",,or.
nars md morals oftb. ,.b,ol roo,o ;,
This subiect was ahlv d;scuSs.1 hv
Misses Rau Uonk;ns Stev.,s,r
Ellis and profs Strotbor aud Slon
maker
The pevt Suhie.t "pr;morv
Geogranhv ), was .hly bond,ed hy
prof 7 = po,.tor who +b;,l,, a,,.
nresent tevt hook for beg;nnars =,
fa;,nra ,s do profS rroeS S+rotb-
er and Rurd.tt.
Tho discussion of tbo novt ,uh.
;aot "Advonood Sro,l;no :, wo,
onanad hvE NJ wnodv wbo tho
roughlv axn,,;ned his metb,d ,f
teaching viz. The accommodation
of eoch syllable This method was
ohiectad to NV profs portsr ,nd
Slonnaker ON the pro,nd that if
was too slow profs Strotber
Cross and Miss Iebh;e Rail ON
dorse II NJ Woodv,s nl,n
Tho Jnst;tuta than .di,nrn.d to
q bountiful basket dinner which
had been nrenared nv tbe ladies of
Beaver Dam neigbborhood Most
Of tbe vounp ladies were une,sv
about Prof Strotber berause his
wife had particularly charged hin,
not to eat foo much and 7 can say
for one that he needed sncb an ad-
monition as he WAS amonp the
first at tbe table and the last to
leave, and when he did leave he
took a LOT with him.
After dinnertbe question "Should
Bows and Girls PLAY Together in
Our District Scbools?n was dis
cussed by Prof Strotber who
wound nm by saving that he thought
if proper that tbev should if the
teacher played with them
How 70 Teach United States
History" WAS discussed by Prof
I n Grass in an Instructive and
gratirylhg manner
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-23
THREE.

permitted corporal punishment of
incorrigible children after notifca-
ton of their parents, still stands.
This rule provides that such pun
ishment shall not be in the presence
of the scholars, and must be wit
messed by principal or two other
teachers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-23

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 Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-03
BY ALI MEANS. KILL IT.

The board of aldermen Tuesday referred
to its committee On streets a project
which it ought to have killed without
further ado. 1t was an ordinance giving
the privilege of maintaining boxes for
waste paper at the street crossings for
period Of ten years.
on its face the scheme would Indicate
that the pair Of gentlemen mentioned are
two sanitarians who are so deeply con-
ccrned in the cleanliness Of the city's
Streets that they propose to maintain at
their own expense 4 receptacle for waste
paper ana like cast-off material at each
street corner. On examination, however
TIE project is found 10 be simply another
bill board horror. To compensate them
for nr"Viding a receptacle for waste paper
which any person desires to find a recon
iacIe for they propose 70 turn their recon
tacles into public advertising SIGN IT.
is said that some time since an an+or-
irisiaS concern besouSht the same priy-
i'ege OF the city Offering to pay a given
s'nn f7r il, Il was. VIC believe, denied.
Nos i: IS proposed that the privilege
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-03
SELF-CONVICTED,

The Glob has already called atten-
ton to the strange condition of things
which enables the authorities of the
city of st. Paul to prosecute private
citizens in the criminal court and sub
ject them to fine and Imprisonment for
the commission of acts which the city
itself is daily engaged in performing.
Our local police court has decided that
under the existing city ordinances a
business man or his employee can be
punished for allowing smoke to be
emitted in large quantities from a CHM
ney or smoke stack. 1t is quite plain
for all purposes that any man who fires
his boilers with soft coal alone must, In
the nature of things, violate the pro-
visions of the city ordinances which de-
fine the sO-called smoke nuisance. AS
long as no devise has yet been discov-
cred which will secure a complete COM
bustion of bituminous coal, any person
using it in large quantities for business
purposes within the city limits is neces-
sarily committing nuisance under the
terms of the ordinances in question.
The Globe has alleged that the city
tinuously since the enactment of these
ordinances in committing the nuisances
which it defines and provides punishment
for. Lest there should be any doubt
On this score the evidence has been
furnished, fittingiy enough, by an en-
ploye of the city government who is
perfectly competent to testify.
Discussing a possible coal combination.
whereby the city has been, or may be.
called upon to pay such price for it's
coal as the coal companies dictate, Mr.
Gerlach informed the committee which
purchases supplies for the city schools
that only about 400 tons of anthracite
coal was used last year and it was
possible to get along with the soft coal
rather than pay the price demanded
for the former. About 5000 tons OF
soft coal, added Mr.. Gerlach, were used
in the city schools last year.
Mr.. Gerlach, as is well known, is the
! mechanical superintendent of our pub
lie schools. He is charged with super
vision of the work of securing the coal
supply, and he speaks of knowledge
concerning the use in our city schools
OF soft coal. Now, it is physical i'm
possibility for any janitor, fireman or
engineer to fire the boilers of a city
school building with soft coal without
a resulting violation of the ordinances
defining the smoke nuisance. 1t has
! been possible for any citizen up to the
| close of the last school year, during five
days of the week, to secure all the evil
! dence necessary to convict the board of
education Of maintaining a nuisance in
| each and every city school building. And
it Will be possible, at any time after cold
weather sets in, to secure such evidence
during the coming school year, if the
school trustees attempt to save the
| public moneys by buying soft coal. Thus
will we have presented once more the
amazing spectacle of a city doing itself
with impunity what it Furnishes it's tax
| payers for doing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-03

wardens' draw regular salary from the
commission, and put In all their time
looking after the game of their locality.
Reports have come in to my Office"
said Mr.. Beutner yesterday, form all
over the state indicating that the prairie
chicken crop will be large this year, and
in some localities they are especially
plentiful. Our warden at Detroit says
thai chickens have been so numerous
and ducks and all other small game are
equally prolific.
Il feel constrained to say a word about
the report that big game is being slaugh-
tered in Northern Minnesota. If the peo-
pie who circulate these reports are tell
ing the truth why don't they report the
matter to this office. Any man who is
a true sportsman will not stand by and
see game ruthlessly slaughtered as has
been reported without being willing to as
sist in a prosecution. These people know
where my office is, and all they have to
do is to report the matter, and L stand
ready to prosecute the guilty parties.
have sent several men into the locality
where the reports come from to assist the
warden there, and we will know shortly
whether the stories are manufactured for
political capital or not. Mr. J. V. Brewer
recently returned from the northern part
of the state, and he told me that he had
been in the woods for three months, and
there had been less violation of the game
law than ever before"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-03

shall be conferred without money and
without price on two very estimable gen
tiemen whose sanitary operations hereto
fore have been mostly confined to politi-
cal life.
The project is radically and irredeem-
ably bad. What demand is there that
such receptacles shall be provided that
justifes the establishment at every street
crossing of an advertising signboard-for
this really is the milk and all the milk
in this particular cocoanut? None what
ever. 1t simply involves such an extern
sion of the billboard nuisance as would
greatly add to the present unsightliness
of the city streets. If these gentlemen de-
sire either the sanitary or aesthetic well
fare of this people they might engage
themselves in making it a misdemeanor
to maintain any of the faring signs on
the business streets which now constitute
a waking nightmare to every person
whose tastes have not been hopelessly
blunted. Since the board of aldermen did
not have the courage, good sense or
good taste to put a prompt ending to
this little affair it is to be hoped that it's
committee on streets will discharge the
needed office.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-03
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.

The band played on the stage at the
Metropolitan yesterday for the matinee
performance of the Neill company in
Sweet Lavender" the orchestra pit was
filled with matinee girls, every seat in
the house was sold and all the available
space in the aisles was taken by eager
pIay-goers, who were compelled to be
satisfied with standing room only" The
popularity of Pinero's charming comedy
was forcibly demonstrated by the size Of
the audiences yesterday afternoon and
evening.
For the remainder of this week, COM
mencinG tonight the Neils will present
Lady Windermere's Fan" the famous
English society drama, one of the strong
est productions of the Neill repertory;
this drama was one of the biggest sue
cesses of the company's engagement in
Cincinnati last winter Mr.. Benjamin
Howard, the latest addition to Mr.
Neills forces, will appear in the role of
Lord Windermere. Miss Lila Vane as
Lady Windermere, and Miss Chapman as
Mrs. F'rlynne, the remainder of the cast
bringing cut the full strength of the
company. This production will be notable
fer its scenic and costume accessories
The play deals with fashionable life in
London. Next week "A Bachelors Ro-
nance and Alabama"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-03
washington time q p. m. st. Pa
PIT 1T WHERE 1T BELONGS.


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III 'Hi"''sn me chamber d commerce. is
Responsible Tor the reduction in valua-
tons Tor me de1eal OF the tax increase
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Il 0ei0hSS' Mr. corning Is IN favor OF
carrying on the schools on the basis of the
'''se' uoi"i''eo &c the council so long
as me money tlat may be voted by the
council VIII carry them. and then TO shut
'i'e SCHOOLS up MI McN4f says he ap-
proves inc suggestion Mr. Frye seems to