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The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01

An exchange states the fol-
lowing truth, which but few
people, and especially the fell
lows who "kuow just how to
run a newspaper, realize:
1.-The fact is worthy of consid-
Grafton that if the newspaper
man should print the contents
of his waste basket there would
probably be riot There
would certainly be trouble in
many homes, arrests in some
directions, shotguns in another
and trouble all around. But
the patron never sees the waste
basket. He only glances at the
beautifully printed page, COM
plains if one letter in five hun
dred is upside down, growls if
one mans name in fifty is
spelled wrong, kicks because
his communication signed Tax
payer has been condensed into
respecta bic English; frowns be
cause the editor did not take
advice about publicly telling
his neighbor about some short
coming, and is generally dis
gruntled. He knows not his
share of the waste basket, but
if he could have one look at the
contribution made to that re-
ceptacle by his neighbors and
friends he would be thankful
for the existence of a man of
sufficient intelligence and cour-
age not to print all he knows
and to temper even that which
he does print.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
Where the Glory Comes in

The old veteran, Ed. Howe, of
the Atchisan Globe, soliloquizes
as follows on the glory of being
a newspaper man:
Every newspaper man ma kes
enemies every issue; it is una
voidable. The mere narration
OF news will make enemies for a
newspaper man every day.
"There never was a popular
editor. There are plenty of
worthy men who run newspa-
pers, but lack of popularity is a
part of the business. Editors
very seldom run for office; when
they do they are defeated.
Horace Greeley was one of the
greatest men this country has
ever produced, yet when he ran
for the presidency he was SO
badly humiliated that he died
soon after.
can editor is not necessarily y
a mean man because he is un-
popular; every man who runs a
paper must expect to be unpop-
ular, and to be dealt with I'M
justly by the people. A certain
Atchison woman come to the
editor of the Globe and request
ed that her husbands name be
kept out of the paper. Her
request was granted. She
came the fifth time and her re
quest was refused, because the
mans offense was a serious one.
Since then the woman has
abused the editor without
sense of fairness. The fault is
woman's, not the editor she
is not grateful for favors grant
ed her four times in succession.
every newspaper that sue
ceeds and secures a large cir
cula tion tries to be as fair as
possible. A newspaper never
is as bad as it's enemies make
out. No decent newspaper
sells its opinions; it simply
could not afford to-hOnesty
would pay better-but every
newspaper is accused of black
mailing. Mistakes in a news
paper are unavoidable, but they
are never made intentionally,
and are corrected as soon as
possible.
THE Globe is often abused
when it does not deserve it.
There is no business in the
world more disagreeable than
running a newspaper, but some
men learn the business while
young and can do nothing else.
Every editor realizes his un-
popularity: every man who
goes into the newspaper busi-
ness must do it with the under
standing that he will be hated. "
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01

"A woman's way is to get the
best of an argument and then
cry as though her heart would
break because she has done so.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.

ADVERTISING RATES.
Display, per inch per month, 81 90; reading
notices, per line first insertion, 10 cents .;
each subsequent insertion, 5 cents: per line
per month, 25 cents.
COMMUNICATIONS
From the surrounding countryEof local in
terest solicited.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-01

Clam chowder is often produc-
tive of the deepest melancholy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
Mammoth Engine.

The mammoth machine for supply
ing power for the Boston Elevated
Railway, now In progress. Is said to
hf the monarch Of engines Its indi-
Gated power at maximum efficiency Is
coo. but this can be varied II to 10
per cent either way. without affecting
it, efficiency, the engine shaft Is %
hollow forged nickel steel. u feet 10
inches in length, 32 inches in diane
ter In the bearings Hnd 81 inches In
the body, with l7ainCh hole through
il length. The weight of the engine
shaft Is 6i,ilO pounds, of the crank
disc 5S.00i pounds, Of the armaturc
l25000 pounds. and of the iiy-whcnl
?G55lj pounds, making n load on the
bearings. aside from the connecting
Gud. pistons. etc, jl3,929 pounds; Ia
pounds per square inch OF projected
area. The diameter Of the ily-whcel Is
- feet, and the main bearings are 32
inches In diameter, ~ inches long and
10 feet = inches center to center
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
THE DAYS OF QUILL PENS.


The art Of cutting quill by adept
"quiIl-driy'r5' was dying when ! FIRST
began schooling, says Notes and Quer-
les. steel pens had been known for
some time. but were not in general
use. The goose quill pen died hard
death as commonly used writing
tool. My first sChOOlmaEt"r was a
iirst-ratc hand at cutting a quill, and
he could use 1t with wonderful effects
could hll the FIRST page Of a lads
school book with name, age, date and
iluurishcs in which we're depicted
wonderful swans ana other birds I'm
such q fashion that ron" but experts
like himself could tell where the quill
pen was taken from the paper for
fresh dip, My last master could
neither cut quill nor use one with ad-
vantage. Quilts as pens remained In
use in some houses as the only writ.
ing tool mp To "A dozen or twenty years
ago. Those who can cut a decent
writing quill are now few. People
used to ask for "a quill pen" or "a
qulll, when thcy wanted a pen, ana
both steel and quill were always called
pens" buyers asking for fine or other
"nibs" or 'ncbs." Nowadays nearly all
ask for "nibs" when they require pens.
The word pen" has almost dropped
out Of usage, except to express the pen
and holder combined. Persons in
variably ask for a box Of 'nibs." ap-
pearing to lose sight OF the fact that
nib" or "neb" Is point and that the
points OF pens alone are not to be had.
One would think that in these days Of
much schooling teacers would define
pen" from point" or nib" but,
they, too, ask for "nibs" when thcy
mean pens" Children only know n
pen as a holder and pen combined.
They ask for "nibs" or pen nihs," and
asked II they do not mean pens" the
reply is. mo. nibs!"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
Rule You When Alive; W
so Get You When You Die.

Th" Democratic Congressional Committee gives the
lowing;
Here are few of the reasons why the plain people
inclined to mekly accept the inspired trust
gars and speakers showing what natural necessary
cicnt institution the is
1t requires 30 wheat buy than did in
1896
1t requires twenty bushels buy wagon
in 1896.
1t requires 100 wheat copper
tie than in 1896.
1t requires twice much buy coil rope
1t requires 40 per grain buy plow than
1t requires cent grain to buy hoe, rake
shovel than in 1896.
y set of wheels that 81 in 1896 Sl2
The price of cuvaors other implements gone up
proportionately.
Galvanized barhcd wire per hundred
than in 1896.
1t requires 10 per buy pound of
sugar than in 1896.
You have to 40 per cent for glass than in 1896
Freight rates have climbed back the cXortan prices which
caused popular revolt in legislation Il few years ago.
The prices of OIL coal lumber tools hardware have gone
up from 10 to 100 per cent.
And all these things have been done by the
\ TRUST SLEEPING. DRINKING.
WORKING PLAYING, pYING COFFIN TRUST
GETS
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
Dress Reform Ideas.

Austin, Tex, Aug. 2l.-Thc
agitation of the shirt-waist craze
has at last ocrasioncd activity IL
mong some Of the friends of cN-
Governor lanes IIogg to get him
to renew his efforts to have dress
reform prevail in Texas.
The views of cN-GOvcrmOr llOgg
ON this subject are that women
would be more comfortable in
mother huhbarlS and men in cheap
linen trousers and II cheap shirt,
and his friends now think that he
could win the honor> due him by
throwing himself in advance of
the shirt waist craze and see to it
that his friends views are adopted
to that end. They will call on him
to make campaign along that
line.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
Prohibition Ticket.

The Prohibitionists of Audrain
have put the following ticket in
the field:
For Representatives, Rev. j. b..
White.
Sheriff, 7. :. Fishar.
Collector, Earl Haggard.
Treasurer, j. V. FAIRIES.
Assessor, George Randall.
Coroner, j. w. Rouse.
Public Administrator, &. w.
Petty.
Judge, Eastern District, s. d.
Chase.
Judge, Western District, II. c.
Turner.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
Natures Anti-Fat Remedy.

Topeka, Kan, Aug. 25.-Thc
NcodeSha Sun today claims that
there are living in that town more
thin and lean people than in any
other community Of Loo inhabi-
tantS in the United States. Many
men and women weigh less than
100 pounds. The Sun says that if
the thin people Of Ncodcsha were
dressed in the garb of the wild In
dian they would, if stood up in II
line, make Il picture equal to those
representations of of"Starving India. -
TheS" thin people enjoy perfect
health. Physicians say this CON
dition is due to the great bodies of
petroleum and natural gas which
undcrlic NeodcSha, and that these
products are natures anti-fat rem
cdy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30

ordinary field crops. Similar
studies are being made on Il small
tract of naturally poor land ON
which corn has been grown with
ont fertilizers for the last fifty
years, and from which small yields
of corn are usual y obtained. Dif-
IcrCnt combinations of CONNER
cial fertilizers and BARNARD ma
uurc, and different rotations, in
VOlNing thr use of clover and cow
peas for green manurlng, are be
ing tried with reference 10 their
effect upon the yields of corn and
wheat on this land.
In animal lusbandry, special at
t"ntion is being given To the prop
cr utilization of corn Stovcr. This
material is being compared with
timothy for wiutering steers, and
Investigations regarding the effects
Of Feeding steers with and without
shelter are being continued. The
feeding value, palatability and di-
geStibility, is being tested in cX-
pcrimcnts with steers.
The work in horticulture includ-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
NUMBER 40
CLEANLINESS WITHOUT SOAP.
That tn. iiocrs Don't Use It Doesn't
Prove They're Dirty.

Surely too much Importance Is at
tocnod to the scarcity of soap in the
Beers farm houses. says the London
Truth. People may be very clean and
use very little soap. The Russians and
japanese cleanse themselves with va
por baths. rarely using soap when they
do so. A really healthy skin cleGnsas
itself. Rough inside clothing, which.
l presume, the Beers wear, is a great
skin cleanser. | have known OF doctors
curing skin diseases by insisting on
lingerie de luxe being cast aside and
coarse undergarments worn instead.
The late emperor of the French hard
ly ever soaped his hands until he went
to England. have come across pa
per found in his desk at the Tuileries.
IL contained the instructions OF the
King of Holland to the governor OF his
two elder sons. Among the things for
bidden was for the young princes
hands to be washed with soap. They
were to use bran and n slice OF lemon.
The lemon was to remove ink stains,
and In summer to keep OF gnats and
mosquitoes. Napoleon, whose hands
were good to model and beautifully
white. also used bran and no soap.
unless to shave. never use soap or
any kind without sense of skin dis
comfort which not even deluge OF
quite pure water will wholly remove.
In England, on account OF coal smoke,
soap Is more needed than In countries
with clear air The Beers enjoy, per-
haps. the purest atmosphere in the
world. except when there are dust
storms. | know French ladies' who
have discarded soap for vaseline. They
smear themselves with the latter and
then rub it Off well with a soft cotton
towel. doctor tells me that nothing
Is more cleansing, but that he prefers,
as more tonic. plain cold water. fol-
lowed by the same sort OF rubbing. DR..
Leyds really should not take to heart
what Sir Henry Stanley said about tho
Boers being badly OF for soap.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
The Irish Bar.

Just now there is a good deal OF cx-
element amongst the legal element in
Dublin as to lilling up the vacant
The majority Of the judges
on the Irish bench are Protestants,
and the Roman Catholics are anxious
that one OF their persuasion gets the
billet. From an unjhcial census Of
the Irish bar, which has lately been
taken, it appears that there are 399
practicing barriSters in Ireland. or
these 253 belong to the various Prot
cstant communiOns, $50 are Roman
Catholics, and is a jew Out OF SO
Queens Counsel, l6 are Roman Catho-
les II Is held that If the proportion
Cf each cIced in the profession were
maintained in the Judiciary, 7 Judge
chips out OF the Is should be filled by
Roman Catholics, whereas at present
there are only three Catholic judges on
the bench.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
Jester on a Lecture Tour.

Norman, Ok, Aug. 25.-AleX-
andcr Jester left here Thursday
night on lecturing tour in Nor
thern Oklahoma, Kansas, MiSsou-
ri, Illinois and Indiana under the
management Of his attorneys. He
will describe his adventures in the
West and give Il history of his tri-
al for the murder of Gilbert Gates,
which resulted in his acquittal.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
Cured OF stnmmering.

A very important operation was late
ly reported to the French Academic de
Medicine by Prof. Jonnesco (of Bu-
charest. who asserts that he has COM
pletely cured n boy OF thirteen OF
confirmed stammer by craniotomy. His
theory IL that the cause of the impedi-
mcnt Is often n hattening of the left
side OF the head. which prevents the
proper development OF the skull, ana
consequently compression OF the
brain at the very place where Broca
Thought that he could localize the fac
ulty of speech. lie therefore cut away
such portion of the tissues as appeared
to contne ut that part the dura mater.
and found the experiment completely
successful. One wonders whether this.
too, was known to neolithic man. Many
neolithic skulls have been found from
which small circular piece of the
bone has been removed, evidently dur
ing life and 1t has also puzzled an
thropologists to assign a cause for this
primitive kind of trephining. But II
we assume 1t was done to cure STAN
mering all difficulty would vanish.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
SCiE NTISTS FIND
That Typhoid terms Arc Tired In Oys-
ter. by Sewage.

y scare was caused in England some
years ago by the statement that oys-
ters were active disseminators of ty-
phoid fever The consumption in Lon
don of what are Invariably referred to
in the country papers as luscious bl-
valves" thereupon fell off 80 per cent.
The cockney, alive to his opportuni
ties, refused to buy oysters for his
sweetheart. on the ground that they
were dangerous. As oysters are very
expensive in Great Britain anyhow,
people were easily convinced OF lneir
nwholcsomenCss. The reduction In
consumption caused rapid fall In
prices. It also injured the American
expectation of Blue Points to England.
rrofs. Herdman and Boyce went to live
among oysters of Lancashire to find
out II they are really so dangerous.
They looked into the cause of the color
OF green oysters. The green hue"
they picturcsqucly say in their report.
lis equally familiar to the man who
raises them for the market, to the one
who raises them from their bed with
a pair OF rakes. and also to him who
raises them out of their own juices
from the half shell by means OF n sill
yer trident This coloring has been
attributed variously to metals, vcge-
table colorlng matter, bile pigment and
the pigment of diatoms." The invcs-
legations of the learned oyster sharps,
however. yield the fact that the green
color is not always due to the same
cause. One variety Is caused by cop
per. This appears true of the Ameri-
can green oyster. In other varieties
iron is found. while diatom. or moss,
is suspected as a cause to still others.
The American green oysters are fro
qucntly thin and have shrunken livcrs.
The contamination OF oyster beds by
Sewage and the results of experimental
feeding of oysters with matter laden
with typhoid fever germs are taken
up. Oysters from the vicinity of sew
ers contain bacteria. Those that have
imbibed typhoid bacilli have In them
germs which can be cultivated from
them fourteen days after Infection
New York Journal
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
Largely Attended.

Vandalia, Mo-, Aug. 23.-Thc
picnic held at Hcaton's Grove, s
miles south of here, yesterday was
largely attended. The Bryan and
Stevenson Club Of this place at
tended, accompanied by the local
band. Capt. Allen and Rhodes
Clay, of Mexico, We're the orators.
The former spoke for more than
three hours, handling pending is
sues in Il mastery manner. Most
of the east end Of Audrain was
represented.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
g. A. RS for Bryan.

FL Paso, Tex, Aug. 25.-One
hundred and twenty-nine members
of the &. A. Il. passed thru here
last night en- route from California
to the reunion at Chicago. Com
ing into FL Paso Bryan's chances
for election were being discussed,
and at the suggestion of one of
the party vote of the delegates
was taken.
The vote resulted in 93 for Bry-
an and 36 for Mckinley.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
HenderSOn'S View.

Raqucttc Lake, y. V, Aug. 22
-EX- Senator John +. Henderson.
of Missouri, may support Bryan
for president. His letter among
other things, says:
"Thc United States is no longer
a republic. Two wars-onc against
the Philippines, the other against
China-are being wagcd without
any constitutional sanction. The
Russian Emperor claims no greater
power than that which is exercised,
almost without protest, by an A.
merican president.
American troops without n pre-
tense of law are to be placed under
the command OF the German En-
peror, who openly proclaimS u
gainst the Chinese army, the war
of Israel against the AmaIckitcs.
Won the successful entry of the
allies into Pekin will begin the
struggle of ravcuOuS beasts over
the prey. And if our people fail
to protest at the polls in Novem-
Der next, we also shall be one OF
these beasts,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
Amazing Expansions of Great Britain.

In 1880 the area OF the British for
eign possessions outside and exclusive
Of the British Isles, but including Can
ada, the West Indies, and India, may
be set down as about az millions OF
square miles, with a population OF less
than two millions OF white people and
perhaps forty-nve millions of colored
races. These figures. though little as
Compared with those Of 1899, are yet
quite respectable. They were vastly
greater than other nations of that time
could show. Indeed they are greater
than any nation can even now show
for foreign possessions, In 1899 the
British empire contains over II mil
lions OF square miles and 40 millions
of population, of whom 55 millions are
white people. that is 40 millions in the
mother country, and 10 millions in the
colonies, while the remainder are OF
CoIored races. This represents about
nearly one-third Of the habitable globe
and shows an amazing expansion with
I'm the hundred years.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
A Boy CamDaigner.

The following special" was
sent out from Macon City, Mo-;
After the band that had been
chartered for the Republican dem
onstration at New Cambria yester-
day had got thru serenading Jo-
seph Flory and the other orators
Of his party it went voluntarily to
the home of young Walter Good
son, a boy of p, who had debated
with Flory on the issues of the
day.
Some of the members of the
crowd cheered for Bryan.
Goodson is a recent graduate of
the law department of the State
University. His encounter with
Flory and w. =. Beach, the Re
publican nominee for representa-
tive, was his first attempt at Il pub
lie political speech and the band
boys evidently thought, as did the
crowd, that the points Of the day
We're rightfully his.
The aggressive Republican cam
paign in Macon county received a
side jolt ut New Cambria and the
committee will have to pick its
flint and try again if it wants to
accomplish anything here.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
A Dead Horse.

Carthage, Mo-, Aug. 2S. Ben
McGrcgor, a famous stallion be-
longing to Il. kncll, took cold
from sudden change of tempera-
ture and died today. This horse was a
half-brother to Crcssius, the fast
est trotting stallion in the world.
Mr.. knell paid $1,000 for him.
This is the third valuable horse he
has lost lately.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30

Master w. II. Cross writes the
MESSAGE from Brunswick, Mo-:
"Well, we have been to Excel
sior Springs and are on our way
back to the world again. Never
saw such corn, weeds and other
farm products as grow along the
bottom-lands of the Missouri Riv-
er."
Willie has had big times and
will tell us about it when he gets
home.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-30
unh NInnr rIncIicnI Ihrhs.

John Stackhousc Bailey, the sun dial
maker OF Centerville, Bucks county,
was one of the first Pennsylvanians to
appreciate the aesthetic and financial
value OF the tall hall clock, the spin
ming wheel. the Dutch stove, the four
post bedstead and the other colonial
ana precolonial furnishings that used
to litter the attics OF old farmers. The
farmers then used to send for him and.
working off, say. magnificent old
table OF mahogany for SIS, would
laugh to think how they had bested
him, when he. week or so afterward,
would make a profit OF about 500 per
cent on the purchase.