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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

Thomas Hendricks, bridge lum.
Der, $40.
DIR. f. ID. Nandcyenter, cNamina.
t,on insane, $3.50.
II. ID. Rodgers, account as Pros
cutting Attorney, 220l,S0.
b. w. Riley, bridge lumber, Sll,
4.
G. ID. Tuggle, appointed Com.
missioner Road District No. 3 for
hree y,ars vice j. W. Harris re.
used to serve.
a school fund mortgage of VIM.
I'LL, recorded i'll Book |. page Z
t"cordrr'S Office, having been
i'll in full March s, 1886, aud not
.."a,ed, Us by tn court ord red
leased.
During the present session tn
nnual settlements with the fol.
owing road over>e-rs have b. EN-
ale:
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

\ Laddonia reader sends lis this
.alcntiue greeting: Fl am glad
indeed the MESSAGE is gaining in
reputation and popularity. 1t is
worthy. every whit
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15
Howard Buckley For County
Attorney.
From thr Naudalia Leader.

Howard Buckley, Of Mexico, an
noumccs that he will he IN the race
for prosecuting attorney. Mr..
Buckley is II sterling Democrat,
having rendered the party valiant
service in the last campaign, state
and national. His friends have
marked him for winner.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

sc' ohc nuu iHuulEeu IN pretty plain
speaking. 81 have heard" she went
on. "of your doing kind actions when
you were In the humor OF It. You can
90 them. and you shall in this instance.
You are cross this morning-you know
you are! Hush! no excuse; you are
selfish and irritable and overbearing.
III ] were your mother, and you a lit
tie boy, | should certainly put you in
a corner until you promised to be
good"
MIR. Deane smiled. although he was
getting angry. Olive went on with the
utmost cOmposure.
But as it is. shall only keep you
here prisoner until you have behaved,
and given me your word not TO annoy
my aunt again for rent until she is able
to pay you. Then, and not until then,
VIII yon receive your money. DO you
promise? Yes or no?"
Il certainly shall agree to no such
terms" said Mr.. Deane. tartly.
VERY well. sir; | can wait"
Miss Mellen deposited the key in the
pocket of her gray dress and sat down
to her copying. Had she been man,
Mr.. Dcane would probably have
knocked her down; as 1t was, she wore
an invisible armor OF power In the very
fact that she was fragile. slight
woman, and she knew It,
Miss Olive" he said, sternly, 'let
us terminate this mummery. Unlock
that door"
MIR. Deane will not"
| shall shout md nlarp, tho poi,h-
borhood, then. or call a policeman"
Very well, Mr.. Deane; do So IL you
| please"
She dipped her pen In the ink and
| began on fresh page. Matthew sat
down. puzzled and discounted. and
watched the long-lashed eyes and
| family tinged cheek OF his keeper. She
was very pretty-what pity she was
so obstinate.
Miss olive"
Sir"
The clock has Just struck H."
Il heard IT,"
II should like to go out and get soms
lunch"
Il am sorry that that luxury Is out
OF your power"
But I'm confounded hungry"
Are you?"
And I'm not going to stand this
sort of thing any longer"
"No?"
How provokingly nonchalant she
was. Mr.. Deane eyed the pocket OF tho
gray dress greedily, and walked up
and down the room pettishly.
Il have an appointment at l."
Indeed! What a pity you will be un-
able to keep IT."
He took another turn across tho
room Olive looked up with smile.
well, are you ready to promlse?"
Hang II, yes, What else can
do?"
you promisc?"
II do because cant help myself"
Olive drew the key from her pocket
with softenod eyes,
You havo made me very happy. Mr..
Deane, ! dare say you think me un-
womanly and unfeminlne. but indeed
you do not know to what extremitles
we are driven by poverty. Good-morn-
ing. sir"
Mr.. Dcanc sailed forth with curl
ous complication OF thoughts and emo
tons struggling through his brain, In
which gray dresses, long-lashed blue
eyes ana scarlet ribbons played
prominent part.
'pld you get the money, SIR asked
the clerk, when he walked Into the Of
nee.
MIND your business, sir. was the
tart response.
i pity her husband, thought Mr..
Deane, as he turned tho papers over
on his desk. How she will henpeck
him! by the way, | wonder who her
ne next utl ne Calltu at tne WluOW
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

The tonnage of the whole mercan'
tile steam marine OF Russia, Japan and
Holland does not equal the tonnage OF
the merchant vessels taken owe: b!
the English government as transportN
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

Some men say nothing and saw
wood; they may boast loud
enough, however, about the saw
ING afterward.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

If some people who have their
photos taken would look pleas
ant i'll their homes this might be-
a brighter world.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

The Lawson, Mo, school board
has made ruling that wonld make
good State law, under the title
An act for the non-suppression of
education.' No pupils of the
Lawton school who smokes cigar
etts can graduate from said Law
ton schools.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

a miciIe in your pocket will pay
more than the dollar some fellow
may owe YOU.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

The Nandalia saloon got thru
by one vote. Another killing like
that on Christmas day and we sur
mise it will be more than one ma
jol'ity the other way.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

Seems sometimes tld, tnc fool
kl'ler is Il long ways behind with
his work.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

Look up and help to lift up:
look down and always have moth
lug buc frown and the whole
world will despiSc you.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

Wat" Grow. of Farbcr. is call
ed East Audrain's sweet singer.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

The Shelbyville Herald tells the
following: a young lady appli-
cant for Il school in Macon County
was asked by one of the directors
what was her position upon whip
ping children, The young lady
replied: My usual position is ON
Il chair, with the child held firmly
across my knees, face downward, ="
The young lady was Immediately
employed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

Porto Rico is hereafter to be
spelled Puerto Rico. Hope their
government will be better and
"PuertO.' -
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

This cold weather has kept the
reliable hens ont of business.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

The editor of the Columbia
Statesman objects to being dubbed
"Colonel.'
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

Certainly, II mans money takes
wings when he goes out on IL
lark. -
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

The Paris Mercury saws that
many of the negroes Of that town
are like ,lillies-they toll not, neith-
er do they spin. \ few white men
i'll that list down this way.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

The Chicago University objects
to phonetic spelling. But the
MESSAGE is 'gainSt Chicago again.
If enough will "jine' with MS we'll
spell it fonctic if you like. There
are some idols we do love to see
smashed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

We overheard an aged man eur
sing ii little boy on one of Mexico's 5
streets the other day. The man
ended with the anaihcma, 20,
you're Il -- fool - and the boy
followed with, And there are
others. Both smart fellows, we
thought.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

If YOU don't want to harkslide.
keep a-moving forward.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

y Nandllia gIrl calls her beau
Sweet William. " Hope he'll
always keep sweet.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

y bachelor may have no real
happiness but he may escape a
heap of misery.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

Pity for the truth of it, but
many resolutions are stronger at
birth than at any other time.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

Marshall is to have its Gourth
Democratic newspaper. One BET
ter than Mexico; You see the point.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

Advice is a cheap medicine but
usually II good one.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

PG ttsburg is going to own her
electric light plant. Mexico pco-
pie are thinking along this line
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

The QuakerS are not 50 numer-
Gus i'll Philadelphia us they used to
be, says that conservative news
paper, the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Slater and some of the other Onav
ours recently slipped the town.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15
News and Comment
as,WxsgsS. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The new road law went into eff
feet the first of this month.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-02-15

1T you Receive |
s&'s,sasalss:s s.sN ssxRA,
) News and Comment
na&NSaaSN NwsssSSmxSE
The new road law went into eff
feet the first of this month.
Advice is a cheap medicine but
usually Il good one.
This cold weather has kept tn,
reliable hens ont of business.
Wat Grow. of Farbcr. is call
ed East Audrain's sweet singer.
Certainly, II mans money take,
wings when he goes out on d
lark. "
seems sometimes tld, tnc foo
kl'ler is long ways behind with
his work.
The editor of the Columbia
Statesman objects to being dubbed
"Colonel.'
y bachelor may have no real
happiness but he may escape a
heap of misery.
y Nandilia gIrl calls her beau
Sweet William. Hope he'l
always keep sweet.
John Grow, formerly of Farber.
is realizing handsomely on mining
property ut Joplin.
Marshall is to have its lourth
Democratic newspaper. One BET
ter than Mexico; you see the point.
Porto Rico is hereafter to be
spelled Puerto Rico. Hope their
government will be better and
"Puerto.'
Some men say nothing and saw
wood; they may boast loud
enough, however, about the saw
ing afterward.
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If some people who have their
photos taken would "look pleas
ant i'll their homes this might be
a brighter world.
Look up and help to lift up:
look down and always have moth
ing bu, a frown and the whole
world will despiSc you.
The Nandalia saloon got thru
by one vote. Another killing like
that on Christmas day and we sur
mise it will be more than one ma
jority the other way.
The Paris Mercury saws that
many Of the negroes of that town
are like ,lillles-they toll not, neith-
er do they spin. \ few white men
i'll that list down this way.
The Quakcrs are not 50 numer-
Gus Ill Philadelphia us they used to
be, says that conservative news
paper, the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Slater and some of the other Quay
ours recently slipped the town.
The Chicago University objects
to phonetic spelling. But the
MESSAGE is gainst Chicago again
If enough will zine" with us We Il
spell it fonctic if YOU like. There
are some idols we do love to see
smashed.
Ihc Lawson, Mo, school board
has made Il ruling that wonld make
II good State law, under the title
An act for the non-spprcssion OF
education.' No pupils of the
Lawton school who smokes cigar,
etts can graduate from said Law
ton schools.
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-05
AUTOMOBILE RULES.
In France. the HOrseless Vehicle In
Working q Revolution In Many
Department. Of Life,

The automobile has now thoroughly
entered into the French mode of life;
timorous persons no longer exist; the
sight of an automobile running in the
streets no longer attracts any atten.
ton; and breakdown alone causes
the gathering of crowd, and that OF
much smaller size than one that is COL
lected by the falling of horse. Odors
no longer call forth protests, since
people have got used to them. Horses
have been pleased to put themselves
upon a level with man (and for this
the poor pedestrian should be thank
fulto them), and no longer take fright
or even sny at mechanical or other
street cars that come towards them at
Is miles an hour, and Craze their noses
at such speed. The noise made by pc.
trolettes, motorcycles and quadricy-
cles leaves everybody Indifferent, and
it may be said that the / orse, the dog,
and man are now trained. Another
progress made by. automobilism in its
entrance into our mede of life is seen
in the theater. For example, in a
piece'put upon the stage by the "Vari.
etes," one of the principal incidents is
an accident that happens to the auto.
mobile of the prince, and which is fol-
lowed by q happy denoument for the
latter, the piece and the author.-Au.
tomobile.
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-05
NONGOosE IS BARRED.
Why Uncle san Has Passed 4 Law to
ssssss n.This Creature Oat 01
81 5Ms Wi6e nNIn afna SE5$zs45.t3

6t often that the United
States congress passes Jaw declaring
that animal il . dangerous nui-
sanee, apd forbidding all good citizens
tom bringing it into the country, and
directing all officers at ports to keep
it out, in company with the Chinese
and emigrants who are likely to be-
come burden on the people. This
has just been done to little animal
that has naissed great chance to be
a welcome yisitor in every land un-
der the sun 81 behaving badly when
eversit leayes home.z.
= The aniipal that has made such .
bad reputatiep for itself that it has
been barred 81 Uncle Sam, is the, mon
goose. It issa native sof India where
It was very useful in killing rats along
the wharves ofthAsreatsseaports and
in the storehouses of grain. When it
had finished the rats it went into the
swamps and jungle. after snakes.
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-05
A UNION: JOAN OF ARC,
Nineteen-Year-0ld Schoolgirl Who
Enlisted In the. Army of -.-.
the Cumberland.

Almost every regiment owes more to
the help of women than they can ever
hope to pay, and it was not always
or alone in the way of nursing, either,
said war veteran at the Chicago
reunion to q Tribune man. There
were women scouts and spies, and
more than once woman fought
alongside the men in the ranks. One
of the queerest cases ever heard of
was that of a young woman from
Brooklyn, N. Y, only 10 years old
and just out of school. It was in
1863, when the cause of the union
was darkest. She was an ardent
union girl, and as result of much
study and worry she conceived the
idea that she was born to be the
Joan of Arc of the union army. She
wanted to 60 directly to Washington
and ask President Lincoln for the
command of the federal forces. Her
parents did what they could to re-
strain her, and finally sent her out
to Ann Arbor,- Mich, in the care of
a maiden aunt. There her ~delusion
became even more pronounced and it
was at last found necessary to put
her under restraint. She was not al
lowed 10 leave the house excep: when
accompanied by her aunt. One day
she disappeared. The greatest detec-
tives in the country were employed
to search for her. but they found
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-05
SOLDIERS WATCH cHARx.
In His Ankle since the bat.
tie OF Antietan.

sNearly 40 years hsye gone BY since
;athsff1 first gun MasAred u Fort SUM
Ter. and it would seem that ali the
Incidents srelat ting to. thu war which
followed have been aincs told and re-
told, several times. butSSa fresh one
came to light few days ago through
an accident. says the Washington
Star. @-e
Capt. Crowley, stopping at the Ia.
koma hotel. slipped while coming
downstairs recently and the jar
loosened from gits place q bullet that
had been located beneath his ankle
hone since the: battle of Antietam.
The leaden missile had troubled the
captain at different periods since, but
the accident <precipitated climax.
The foot Immediately began to swell
and the next day he decided to 20 to
. hospital On hissway to one of the
local institutions Capt. Crowley hap
pened to glance over a paper and
noticed that his old division surgeon.
DR.. Woodall, had but recently re-
turned from the philippines and was
stopping in Baltimore. Without fur
ther discussion the captain was taken
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-05
THE DESTRUCTIVE MONGOOsE.

Possibly because there are always
plenty Of rats and snakes in India,
Mr.. Mongoose confined himself strict
ly to a rat and snake diet, and was
thought much of. Other people heard
of him, and wanted him to come and
make him home with tnem. In the
island of Jamaica the rats were un-
usually troublesome since they every
year ate half a million dollars worth
of sugar cane in the fields and in the
sugar houses. The planters sent to
India and got five. pairs of the mon
goose and turned them loose. They
were pretty little creatures, something
like weasels in size and shape and
habits. .. ssagsg.s-ssssssss
In less than no time they had
cleaned out the rats in SJamafcas and
brought up big families that had to
be fed. When the snakes were gone,
too, the families had u grown ssstill
larger and were just ass hungry as
ever. Then they got to killing little
pigs lambs, puppies. kit
tens, birds, frogs, turtles, land crabs
and eating every sort of eggs.
Z These furnished only the first course
Of Mr.. Mongoose's generous dinner.
For dessert he ate bananas, 5pineap-
pies, sweet corn, cocoanuts or any
fruit or vegetable that happened to
be in season. The people ;of2 Jamaica
would now give good dea4 for some
animal that is warranted to eat the
mongoose," or the would gladly trade
off all there are on the island for
the rats they used to have.
That is the reason Uncle Sam has
tried to; build a law as tight and high
as wire: chicken fence all around
the coast to keep Mr.. Mongoose out.
Little Chronicle.
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-05
stopping by the Waysidc.

Bicycle riders have right to stop
by the wtyside and leave their wheels
standing at the curb, and when so left
it is the duty of drivers to refrain
from running over or against them,
and the person so neghgently injuring
bicycle will be liable for the damage
so caused. This right must, however,
be subordinate to the necessary use
of the highway for public travel, and
there are doubtless many instances in
which the narrowness of the way or
the press of crowded street would
put the burden of proving ordinary
care on the person leaving his wheel
at the mercy of heavy traffic. The rule
is less strict with the bicycle than with
horse and wagon, for the former is
not only smaller in bulk, but cannot
take fright and collide with others.
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-05
!. CUNNING AND CRAFTY. !.
No Animal Excels the Fox In shrevvd.
ness or In Its Ability to Take
Care of Itself.

The fox Is a cunning, crafty animal.
You can see it plain enough in the
bright eyes of the little fellows in the
picture.
They are on the alert for something
possibly tender young chicken
they know is fattening in farmyard
near by.
Foxes live in burrows, which they
scoop out of, the earth by the aid
of their strong digging paws, taking
advantage of every popularity of the
ground, and contriving, whenever it is
possible, to wind it's subterranean
way among the roots of large trees
or between heavy stones. In these
'earths," as the burrows are called
in the sportsman phraseology, the fe-
male fox produces and nurtures her
young, which are odd little snub-
nosed creatures, resembling almost
any animal rather than a fox. She
watches over her offspring with great
care, and teaches them, by degrees, to
subsist on animal food, which she and
her mate capture for that purpose.
The color of the common fox is a
reddish fawn. intermingled with
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-05
What the Bicycle Does.

Bicycling develops the muscles, ex.
pands the lungs, trains the eye and
the hand, and cultivates alertness and
self-assurance. It combines pleasure
with duty, the neglect of which brings
down in the end heavy penalties upon
the delinquent. But exercise taken in
excess is an evil at the other extreme,
and should be carefully guarded
against. tits better to walk steep
hill than to ride it if the riding over
taxes the bodily powers. 1t is better
to fall behind ones companions than
to keep pace with them and overhead
the blood or impose undue labor upon
the heart or lungs. The wisest course
for one to pursue is that of modera-
tion, to the end that he may conserve
his vitality, improve his health and
prolong his days of usefulness.-Gold-
en- Days.
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-05
NOTES ON AUTOMOBILES.


The horseless carriage is Of interest
to- many people besides the man who
owns it. Inasmuch as it is liable to be
encountered on the highway by all
who drive or walk there, it is coming
to be commonly observed all through
the better settled portions Of the coun-
try, more particularly in the neighbor-
hood of large cities and fashionable
resorts, like New York, Newport, Mar
ragansett Pier and Long Branch.
Those who are liable to meet auto
mobiles on the road have occasion to
view such vehicles with something
more than mere curiosity. Now and
then an automobile makes such q
racket as to alarm q nervous horse.
An animal that will stand serenely
near a putting locomotive is not like
ly to view an automobile calmly. The
electric automobile makes rather less
noise than one which uses gasoline or
steam for propulsion, but nearly all Of
them, regardless of the power en-
ployed, clank more or less. Now and
then one, is as noisy as a mower or
reaper; and if, in addition to having
this fault, they also emit a lot of
steam and makes kissing noise, it
will be well to keep on ones guard
while driving past them. Caution is
the more desirable, since automobiles
often run over good road at rate
Of 20 or 30 miles an hour.
Automobiles which use gasoline,
either as fuel under the steam boiler
or to be exploded inside the cylinder
OF regular gas engine, ere obliged to
carry a supply of liquid in storage
tanks, just as so-called naphtha
launches do; and if the tanks should
leak and the escaping and rapidly va
porizing stuff should take fire there
would be an explosion. An accident
of that kind occurred in New Rochelle
harbor on naphtha launch, and the
owners son and wife were instantly
killed. The man himself was badly in
jured, but may survive. In like man.
ner an automobile at Lenox, Mass,
blew up while standing in the stable.
A man standing near by was hurt, and
the building was set on fire. The
farmhands rescued six horses and
nearly all the other carriages in the
stable before it was destroyed. Event
ually, when people acquire habits of
greater caution the automobile will be
as safe as locomotive engine, but
while it is novelty and is not con-
trolled by law there is some danger OF
accident both to owner ana to other
people,-N. Y. Tribune.
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-05
NEWEST BICYCLE TRACK.

path is condensed into a very small
space. At the same time the con-
tinual rotary movement in one direc-
tion is avoided, thus preventing dizzi-
ness. AS will be observed from the
diagram, the rider moves in steadily
decreasing curves toward the center,
and then returns over increasing
curves until he reaches the outer ter
mination of the track. The word
termination, however, is properly
speaking q misnomer, because loop
at that point carries the bicycle back
to the place of starting.-Philadel-
phia Saturday Evening Post.