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Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01
$1,000 For Gold Brick.

Ottumwa, Ia, Oct ~ .-ThOm-
as Doughcrty, wealthy farmer,
residing near Abba, Monroe coun-
ty, was recently swindlcd out of
-, 900 cash by the old familiar
gold brick scheme with slight va
riatlonS.
a stranger who gave the name
of Charles l.. Moore, called on Mr..
Doughcrty Il few days ago. He
told the old man that he resided in
Arizona, and that he was II ncph.
cw. lie said that he had, by ad-
vcrtising and after long search,
finally located him, representing z
that the search was being made in
order that the old man might come
into possession of IA $50, 600 legacy
and much valuable mining proper
ty in the west.
Moore told the old man that it
would be necessary for him to have
- 900 with which to close up the
business of making the transfer,
&c. They came to Ottumwa and
Tn" amount was paid over, Mr..
Doughcrty taking as security two
bars of metal, which the alleged
assayer pronounced gold. y few
days later Mr.. Doughcrty received
IL letter explaining the trick TO him,
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01
AeuinaldO a High Mason.

Denison, Tex, Oct. 26.-J. l..
Britton, Company c, thirty first
United States Infantry, who has
just returned from the Philippines
says:
"Aguinaldo is a thirty-second
degree Mason. He speaks Chinese
like IA Boxer, talks Tagal like Il
native, is fluent in Spanish, Eng
lish, and is smarter than anyone
Uncle Sam has yet sent to catch
him"
He thinks it will take an army
of $50, 900 to subject and hold the
Philippines.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01
Direct Taxation.

An Audrain man is interested
in this work. Read the following
dispatch:
jefferson City, Mo, Oct. %.
An active movement has begun
here for the Introduction into the
Forty-fl'st General Assembly of Il
joint and concurrent resolution
submitting to the people Of Mis-
souri, constitutional amendment
cmbodying the principles Of direct
legislation, otherwise known as
the initiative and referendum.
a number of prominent citizens
from different parts Of the State
met in st. Louis few weeks ago,
and organized a Committee on Di-
rect Legislation, with headqum-
in this ely. Charles Opel, preSi-
dent of the State Single Tax
League, is chairman of the com
mittee. ii. F. Sarman Of this city
is secretary.
The other members Of the com
mittee are: l.. +. Custer, st.
Louis; William II. Pricsmcycr,
st. Louis; William b. White,
Hannibal; +. S. Briggs, Neosho;
John j. Daily, Rolla; j. c. Fuller,
Kansas City; II. S. lluggett, Full
ton, and Henry Kochs, of Laddon-
ia, Mo.
The committee has already be-
gun an active campaign with the
prospective members of the next
State Legislature, and by the time
that body convcncs here each
member will have received Il copy
of the proposed resolution, with
arguments in support thereof, and
a good quantity of direct lcgisla,
ton literature. \ measure Of this
kind was introduced into the last
legislature, but failed to pass,
The declaration of the National
Democratic platform on tile sub
ject, however, has given the friend,
of this principle new hope, and
they expect to encounter little ol
no opposition among the Demo
Gratis of the next Assembly.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01
Gen. Cronj.'s Ancestry.

Piet Cronje, the famous Boer gem
eral, is of French extraction. His an
cestor, Pierre Crognet or Crosnier, was
a French refugee. who left France ow.
ing TO the revocation of the Edict of
Nantes. This Pierre Cognet arrived
in Africa in 1893, and settled In Drak
enstein, where he married Susanna
Taillifor, widow Of Jean Garde. also a
French refugee. lie left six children
Cronje is a Dutch phonetic spelling OF
the French name Crognet or Crosniei
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01
Shot Hlg I.I"lr.

Edward Hull, while shooting over
Lis fathers timber lands in the Allie
ehonies, near Red Oak Knob, Va. shot
large bald eagle. The bird measures
seven feet two Inches across the wings.
When Hull went to examine his prize
he was astonished TO find one of the
eagles claws held drn,ly in a powerful
steel trap, to which was attached a
steel chain five feet long. The trap
and chain have marks of vicious blows
rom The eagles bin, showing how ho
Nainly ,rd avOrod to free himself from
r.r". They had not seemed to inter
rnro with his flight, however, Trap
and chain were new.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01
Care Of Jcwciry.

Jcwclry hardly comes In as brIc-a-
brac but 1t often Is injured by care
lcgsnoss in handling and cleaning.
Washing aud brushing with jewelers.
soap and water Is, as rule. enough,
and may be done where stones are
clear set. When they are backed with
foil, water must not be used or the
foil, after having been wet once, will
bc cloudcd over and cease to be Of any
use. Occasionally gold and silver arti-
clcs hccgmc much tlrnishcd from con
tact with yulcaniZcd rubber, which
cantains a large proportion OF sulphur
Prcclpitatcd chalk. carefully sirtcd
through two thicknesses Of muslin and
mixed with spirit and water, makes an
excellent paste in such cases.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01
More Prosperity.

Here is late special from Will
kesbarre, Pa:
A miners wife shot and killed
herself at Lee, near here, last
night, because she was too much
care for her husband, John j.
Jones.
She was i'll and needed medicine
and rest, but with her husband
out of work the luXuries could not
be obtained. After several days
of:struggling to make both ends
meet she committed suicide.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

James jackson, one of our most
prosperous farmers, is ahead Of
his neighbors in erecting sign
board at his gate on the road, says
the Linn County News. On this
board is painted his name, the
name of his farm, jackson Farm" 1"
direction and distance 10 his post
office. Below this he has IL black
board on which hc may write what
he has for sale. Mr. jackson in
formed us that he has sold one
horse and two COWS and calves
since the erection of his signhOard,
and he thinks the quick sales were
the results of this advertising,
We hope to see more farmers erect
signboards. We all know the val
ne of them in towns and it seems
to us they are of equal value to
the farmers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

Nobody who may be thinking Of
stopping in peace at the Grand Hotel,
in Paris, should ask the maitre d'hotcl
about the American woman who spoke
French with the aid Of dictionary.
says the Chicago News. Although
thcr" was no need Of It. as they all
spoke English, she persisted In firing
off Orlcndordan French at the walters
every moment One sad-cycd knight
uf the apron came down one morning
and asked for leave of absence, and
the mlitrc d'hotcl himself went up 10
solve the mystery. After violent
TRADE against the inciyIlity OF the
garcon she declared that his French
WAS so frayCi out at the edges that he
did not understand what "a bottle OF
embonpont" was And II took the
manager 20 minutes to discover that
she had intended to ask for stout.
How Arc Your kidneyss
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01
Big Eagle.

Centralia, Mo-, Oct. 2j. jacob
Everman yesterday killed an eagle
on his farm, five miles north of
this city. 1t measured seven feet
from tip to tip, and was in the act
of carrying of Il large turkey when
killed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01
Doctor McNutt Dead.

Bowling Green, Mo-, Oct. %
Doctor james McNutt died here
last night, aged II years. He
was well known in this and also
in Saline and Boone counties. The
body was taken to Columbia for
burial.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

G. b. Null, of this city, was
thrown from his vehicle one day
last week by a runaway horse and
sustained broken bone in one of
his legs and was otherwise consid-
erably bruised.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

E. II. Hamilton, near Benton
City, who lost his house by fire
last week, is already preparing to
rebuild. He had but 800 insur-
ance. His loss was 81 800 or ST.
GOO.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

The proposed st. Louis & Eldon
railroad, to be built thru Mexico,
is again agitating few anxious
minds in this county. Guess We'll
all like to see the road come, "the
quicker the better"
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

Farber has debating society.
ID. II. Athcy is president, F. E..
Osterhout, vice-president, Miss
Fannie Cluster, secretary; Miss
Berthae Buckingham, treasurer;
Mrs. F. Il. Osterhout, curator;
George Pearce, sergeant-at-arms
1t is good move. There ought
to be such an organization in ev-
cry school district in the county.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

The Pennsylvania railroad com
pany will establish Il pension fund
for it's employees. The rule goes
into effect January lst and between
l., 600 and $1,000 workmen will
be the beneficiaries.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

The little city Of Orea, in Sweden,
owns and operates a nursery that
brings it an annual income OF $3.50 900
a sum that pays all the expenses Of
the municipality, including free
schools for the children and free
telephone system for the people.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

Walter Burch, of this county,
attending the law department of
the University at Columbia, made
a rousing Democratic speech at
the rally at Martinsburg last Tues
daY week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

bud" Fox was tried in Justice
Clusters court here last week on
the charge of wife abandonment.
He was fined 800 with a 60 days
Jail sentence. The ease will go to
the Circuit Court.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

Assessor Taylor Berry has gone
out to his farm, near Ioungs
Greek, for months absence. He
is pulling thru with the work of
his Office at a rapid rate.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

The Standard Oil Company re-
Gently attempted to carry things
with as high hand in Russia as
it is doing here. The czar did not
do a thing to the oil trust except
to appoint an auditor of its accounts
with instructions to allow the
trust a fair profit on its products
and turn the balance into the pub
lie treasury. But we are so brill
liant in America that we have just
contributed $23, 900, 900 as a quar-
terly dividend.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

j. q. Lakenan and J. A. CLAN
don, of this city, are two directors
in the proposed Eldon & st. Louis
railroad. These gentlemen think
the road will be built and that con
struction will begin next spring.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

Mrs. Ruth Haynes is suing her
husband, B. r. Haynes, for di-
vorce. Case will come up at the
January term of Circuit Court.
The charge against the husband is
nOn-suppOrt.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

John S. LippincOtt, late of Lad
donia, this county, but who two
years since moved to Washington
State, is coming back to Audrain
to live. He will make his home
with his daughter, Mrs. G. A.
Frank, of Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

w. w. Bolts, of Vandalia, one
of Audrain's S ablest and most con-
scientious young lawyers, is max
ing speeches for Democracy in
Montgomery county.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

John Greenberry, of near Lad
donia, lost his silver watch in one
of the stores at WelIsville recent
ly. He put his vest down to try
on a suit of clothes and afterwards
the watch was missed and it is
still missed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

a saloon at Kirksvillc closed re-
Gently on account of poor patron
age. People are quitting their
guzzling.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

VIM. Pitts is nursing some very
sore toes on his right foot. He
had his foot in the way of a bowl
ing alley ball and it fell upon it.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

f. s. Arnett and n. X. Ridg-
way, northwest of Mexico, will
leave in IL short time for Washing
ton State to reside.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

Stephens female Baptist college
at Columbia has been freed from
debt.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

Luke NJ. Emmerson, of Bowling
Green, II life long Republican, AN
nounces his intention to vote for
Bryan.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

Mr.. II. +. Fields, of Mexico,
and Miss Nirgic Adkins, of Ben
ton City, were married last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

j. ID. Orear, city attorney of
Mexico, is making Democratic
speeches in ST. Louis this week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01
The New Florence saloon keep
er has quit business.

Guy Burkhart, of this city, will
spend the winter in Hannibal.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic. euro constipation forever.
ioc, 2oc. II c. G. G. fail druggists refund money.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic i0c or 25c
II c. g. G. fail 10 cure druggists refund money.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-01
How Are Nour kidne,

Dr Hobbs sparagus Pills cure all kidney ills. sam.
pie free, Add sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or NY.
The times., 1900-12-30
A Century of ProEre.s.

(From the Saturday Evening Post)
The mere figures Of the growth OF this country
stagger the understanding
In one hundred years while the population OF
the world has doubled, the population Of the
United States has increased fourteen-fold. The
wealth has increased fifty-fcld.
In 1900 the largest fortune In the United States
was $4,000 Today there are several fortunes
Of more than $500 &C., coo. In 1900 the settled
area consisted OF 305. 10s square miles To-day it
is over 100000 square miles
The centre of population has moved from a
position cast of Baltimore to a point well with
in Indiana.
Only per cent OF the people lived in cities
one hundred years ago. To-day the proportion is
over thirty out OF every hundred Of population.
Our agriculture, which amounted to hundred
millions a hundred years ago, Is now rapidly
approaching 5000 10000 year, and the value
OF the farms of the country is almost SIS, ,0OO-
0oo.0oo -ss
We have more than forty branches of manufac-
ture which each turns out, annually. more than
s5Oo0o,0oo worth of products; and OF the forty,
five turn out over 5ooooo.0oO- each.
Our metallic products are approaching the $500
OoO, 900 mark and the other mineral products are
nearly sioO.0oo.ooo per year
Our foreign commerce of exports and imports
has total OF almost 5000 Ooo, 600 annually
In our banks of all kinds Is a capital OF some.
thing like Sc. .000, 100000.
Thus the story goes-a record of millions be-
coming billions, and a story OF increase beyond
rom
The times., 1900-12-30
Unnecessary Noises.

A recent writer on ethical laws as ap-
piled to everyday life makes a gentle pro-
test against the infiiction of unnecessary
noise upon ones fellow beings. He points
out that while one may shut ones eyes
upon unpleasant sights, there is no way
of shutting ones ears to racket, and
pleads for less noise in the city. the home
and the business house.
This is matter which really ought to
receive more attention than it does. The
racket of the average city is not a natu
raj thing, and. like all artificial condi-
tions. 1t produces peculiar nervous tIou-
bles, and requires the development of new
faculties to meet it, II is not natural fer
a human being to live in the midst of
confusion of sounds so insistenr that he
must shout in order to make himself
heard by the companion at his side. A
person OF perfectly balanced nerves can
endure it for time, but the effect is
much the same as that of straining ones
eyes TO read print which is too fine. Good
eyesight can endure the strain for a time,
but after awhile it will not be good eye
sight any longer
The city of the future. 1t is predicted.
will be well provided with noise-deadsn-
ing devices, and destitute of horses, while
the clatter and bang of gongs and the
clang of church bells, will be relegated
to oblivion or small towns. Moreover,
It is to be hoped that the civilized hur,an
being will, as time goes on, develop
sensitiveness to noise which viii lead TO
quietness of behavior. One of the tests
of good breeding even now is the self
possessed quiet which does not annoy a
companion with unnecessary sounds. 1t is
a curious thing, but there is a decided
difference between the business houses of
Washington in this matter of the noise
producing ability of their employees. In
at least two or three shops of the better
class, the clerks wait upon customers with
quiet, respectful attention, taking the or
der without unnecessary words, and wait
ing in self-possessed dignity till the little
formality of sending the package to be
wrapped and the bill to be changed, has
been concluded. There are others-and
this is a WEAKNESS to the flesh and to
the spirit well-where things are diff
ferent. The clerk is voluble and persist
ent, and insists upon selling the custo-
mer not what the latter wants, but what
happens to be at hand. This is particu-
larly exasperating at a book counter,
since few people care to be told what they
want in the way of books or ma gazinos,
or advised to buy the Dolly Dialogues
when they are looking for Balzac.
The times., 1900-12-30
Colonial Systems.

From the New Orleans Times -Democrat.)
The Republicans want TO pledge this country
to n colonial system; but such system which
docs not recognize racial differences and that laws
suitable for people not adapted for an
other must inevitably prove failure. Great Brit
ain has recognized that the jury system however
well adapted to England, will not do in India;
and Russia allows each OF its subject races 10
retain their customs, ideas. and laws. The United
States will have to recognize the same principle,
instead Of declaring the Cubans and Porto Ricans
and Fiipinos incapable OF selfgovernment be-
cause the Cuban elections are different from ours
because the Porto Rcan Assembly does not follow
the model OF American Legislature or be-
cause the Filipino has ideas OF his own about
politics. We have got to learn a little more
charity; also, that different political ideas pre-
vail in different countries and many institutions
which work well with and are cherished by
US viii not work we'll elsewhere.
The times., 1900-12-30
The Responsibility Of the Rich,

The Hon. Abram S. Hewitt has recently
made some interesting remarks on the
duties of the rich TO society. He asks
fatty If any man has right to take
large fortune and do with 1t as he pleases,
ignoring the evils created in its produc-
tion. and he adds:
III these terrible tenenents, these overcrowtled
districts these dark and foul dwelling PLACES
II all these nurseries must attend industry then
would to God that every industrial centre could
be destroyed were Sodom and G.:SafTsii OF
old, and that could be driven back TO the
heids where they can at least have the breezes
and the green grass and the sunshine and can
look up to the blue of heaven"
There is no question that the tenement
house. the sweatshop, and the dive are
evils accompanying. and created by, the
amsssing Of great fortunes. The point to
be considered is, whether they are neces-
sary accompaniments. Industrial progress
is necessary for the good of the Com
nnonwealth, and for Industrial progress
large fortunes are required. though 1t is
not certain that they need to be as huge
as those accumulated by the monopolists
and the trust magnates. But this wealth
brings with IL peculiar responsibilities.
and among them is certainly the duty of
housing and feeding the producers. No
one, of course, can prevent men from
wasting their wages. or from being
Idle and earning less than will support
them comfortably. Put there is no use
IN lodging the fact that thousands and
hundreds OF thousands of people in
America today, hard-working, sober, and
shrewd enough to support themselves In
comfort under proper conditions. are
forced to live in quarters unfit for
human being and cannot get enough money
for their work to enable them to clothe
and feed themselves properly That is
the situation for which the rich man is
peculiarly responsible. and the crying need
Of civilization today is the solution of
this problem created by modern Industrial
Conditions.
The tenement-house evil is a thing
which concerns the rich; not the poor
or the middle classes. The clerk on a
salary of $1,000 a year does not own a
tenement house, and he can do nothing TO
reform it beyond useless protest Even
men, cunning evasion or bold disregard
II municipal regulations may nullify all
The times., 1900-12-30

When Mr.. Hanna returns from his, tur-
key and cranberry sauce hunt in the wllds
of Cleveland he win be called upon to de-
eide whether TO withdraw his subsidy job
or see the Army Reorganization bill killed
thereby forcing an extraordinary session
A sufficient number of Senators are in
league against the Hanna bill to ensure
its failure, and if they have to make the
fight will incidentally prevent the consid-
GRAFTON of other important business. In
less the Army bill can be passed before
adjournment the Administration will be
placed in a position of painful embarrass-
ment. There is no time to waste even
under the best conditions, as a new army
must be enlisted, drilled, and transported
TO the Philippines fast enough to land the
last volunteer regiment now in the archi-
pelago in the United States and muster it
out before the first of July next. The
troops in the Philippines will not re-enlist
and there may be extreme difficulty in
getting fresh recruits willing to serve in
those regions.
The times., 1900-12-30
CREWS FOR SUBMARINE BOATS
4 Proposition to Secure Them by
Special Enlistment.

The Navy Department expects that the
six submarine torpedo boats OF the Hol-
land type. now under construction, will be
finished in April or May. 1t will be neces-
sary to man them, and the Bureau of
Navigation is giving consideration TO the
question of securing competent crews.
There appears to be general concur
renee of views among the naval officials
that men who enlist for service in the
navy should not be assigned TO such dam
gerous work as that OF operating sub
marine boats. without their consent, and
the Navigation Bureau will recommend,
therefore that special service enlistment
for these vessels be authorized. It has
been ascertained that Congressional legis-
lation is not necessary to create this class
of enlistments. and that the President has
ample authority in the matter.
memorandum explaining the neces-
sity of enlisting men especially for the
hazardous work is being prepared by the
Navigation Bureau, and 1t will be submit
ted to the President by Secretary Long.
The memorandum suggests that the men
receive additional pay. The Holland. LOW
in service. has one officer. three gunners'
mates. ore chief electrician, and one war
rant machinist to operate her.
The times., 1900-12-30
A Diresome Possibility.

" 'iS 49, f0-sN'--t' ~-N~' S.-e-f
II would be possible to arouse the vast Chinese
population against all the white races now seek
ing to dominate them. Suppose, in addition that
the other Asiaties and the African races could be
melted to engage in grand simultaneous move
Inent against the whites in their respective coun
tries; is it not conceivable that the white races
could be driven from the places they occupy
in all the Asiatics and African countries or be ex
terminated? All that Is necessary is the concert
of action The Europeans in those countries are
in such small numbers by comparison. that they
could be destroyed by sudden, a general, and
ferocous attack by the natives and il this were
done in every country it would not be possible
to draw troops from one to reenforce another.
II is not likely that there will be any gen
eral uprising OF the dark against the whites.
but il is at least possible. The possibilities are
tremendous and full OF horror.