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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11
COW PEAS.
A Chance to Raise Good
Food for Stock.

The Kansas agricultural expert.
ment station has issued II bulletin
which seems timely in view of the
drying up of crops both in Nilsson
ri aud Eastern Kansas. The sta
ton at Manhattan gets its full
share of dry weather, no matter
whether it is Eastern Kansas or
Western Kansas that is needing
rain. Cow peas as Il second crop
are recommended in the bulletin,
which says:
"Cow pea hay is nearly equal to
alfalfa in feeding value and con
tainS nearly one-half more flesh
and milk making material than
clover hay. II is rich in the min
eral matter that is needed in form
ing bone, blood, flesh and milk
These qualities make it especially
valuable for feeding growing cattle
and pigs, dairy cows, and fattcn-
ing steers and pigs The cow pea
cnrichcS the land on which it
grows the same as alfalfa, clover
and soy beans. 1t makes hard soils
mellow and aids in holding loose
soils together and stands drought
well. In Kansas, cow peas can
often be grown as IL second crop
after wheat and oats.
July lG, 1900, +. \. and +. G.
Abbott. Manhattan, Kas., planted
fifteen acres of cow peas on oat
stubblc on sandy river bottom. \
crop Of oats was grown on the
land and harvested. After the
oats were stacked the ground was
listed, the lister opening the fur
rows in the oat stubblc just as it
was left at harvest. The burrows
were run about three feet apart,
and the cow peas were drilled in
the bottom of the burrows with an
ordinary onc-horse corn drill, four
bushels of seed being used to plant
fifteen acres. The drill did not
cover the seed well and the ground
was narrowed to get more dirt in
the burrows. The Whippoorwill
variety was used. The beans were
cultivated twice with an ordinary
two-horsc cultivatOr. This left
the ground nearly level at the last
cultivation. The season was very
dry, but the beans made Il heavy
growth and at the time of cutting,
October I stood two feet high and
covered the space between the
rows.
with the Miller harvester two
rows were cut at a time, the knives
cutting off the plants just below
the surface Of the ground and the
wings above the knives throwing
the vines from the two rows to-
gether in windrow. The vines
were put up in small cocks, where
they were left to cure until dry
enough to stack. The yield of
hay was estimated to be one ton
per acre, possibly little more"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11
Audrain Courts.

CIRCUIT COURT Bird Monday in
January, LIST Monday in June.
3D. Monday in September.
COUNTY COURT-lst Monday
i'll February, LIST Monday in May,
LIST Monday in August, LIST Monday
in November.
PROBATE COURT-2d Monday in
January, I'd Monday in March, I'd
Monday in May, ID Monday in
September.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11
4 Remarkable OctogeaarIln.

The Due. IS OF Cleveland. mother
of Lord Rosebcry, is one of the most
remarkable octOgenarlans in England
society. She can remember every in
cident of the queens wedding. where
she OBLIGATED as bridesmaid, and her
memoirs, should they ever be pub
lished. ought to prove one of the most
fascinating books concerning the so
cial and political life of the Victorian
era.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11
IronImumt InmilN,, Knmninn.

Recently there was he'd at Sails
bury Mass. reunion Of the Pike
family, the first in its history The
family has been represented in New
England for nearly 300 years and has
given TO history several prominent
names, including General Z. NJ Pike,
discoverer of Pixies peak in Colorado.
and Albert Pike, lawyer, author and
soldier.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11

Persons having legal advertise
mcntS, such as final settlements or
administrators notices, trustee :
sales, orders of publication. etc. ,
should remember that they have il
right to have the same published
i'll any paper they may wish. The
MESSAGE will publish them for
YOU at Il reasonable rate.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11
REX MCDONALD.
Carried OFF the Big Gated
Saddle Event.

Jefferson City, Mo, July -
The four days meet of the State
horse show came to Il close tonight
with the $500 purse for gated sad
die horses, which was won by the
gated champion, Rex Mcdonald.
The complete awards of the even
ing are as follows:
Best roadster mare-First, Nan
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11
just About Women.

\ man may be able TO argue
with II woman, but it never does
any good
That's very rough on me- as
the maiden observed, when her
unshavcn sweetheart kissed her.
When woman has Il wrinkle in
her stocking she feels rs ashamed
as if everybody else knew it.
When a knife blade loses its
temper it becomes dull, but when
a woman loses hers she becomes
cutting.
There are three things that can
always get the best of Il woman
politics, pickles and punctuation
Some girls who talk Il lot about
what they would do if men tried to
kiss them couldn't get Il mosqui-
to bite.
y woman enjoys nothing better
than to read IL letter in the pres
encc of other women and smile
occasionally.
The minute a man buys IA home
after scraping and saving 70,
years, his wife begins to wonder il
they can ever sell it.
Every girl under 20 is dreadful.
ly proud of the way little babic,
come to her when holding out hen
hands to them.
What men see in women or wo.
men in men to admire is generally
Il puzzle to those who know th,
men and women in question init
matcly.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11
Bcauty Is blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar'
tic clean your blood and keep 1t clean, by
purities from the body. Begin today to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads.
and that sckly bilious complexion by taking
scarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed. l0c, 25c, 5Uc.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11
Keep Er ShUffIin'.

Ain no use TO to woy an fret.
Keep cr shuttlin' all dc while,
Watch 20 book an you Il get dab yet,
Keep rr shuifin all de while!
Done took some time to build this yealth,
Tears ain in it wild smiles and mirth
Dess button 20 coat an tighten yo grth-
Keep cr shuttln all De while
Ain no use to moan AN to groan,
Keep en- Shuifln' all de- while.
Dem big clouds soon will roll away,
Frost got ter come SO has May.
Roses bloom bme-a'-by some day
Keep cr shufflin all de while
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11
FLOUR.
MADE By THE"
MEXICO ROLLER
CUSTOM MILLS.
lSt Grade, 0. K. Patent.
I'd Grade, Straight Patent
Sd Grade, Standard.
4tl Grade, Eagle.

Special price made on 800 lbs or
over. Highest price paid for
grain. Exchange with the farm
crs II speciality. Full stock of mill
feed on hand. Satisfaction guar
antccd or money refunded.
EUGENE E. JONES, Manager.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11
BADLY Crippled"

Rheumatism at its worst is a sort of
living death. 1t chains man to chair
or binds him to bed, and metes out to
him daily martyrdom At the best
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11

The Wcllsvillc Record is throw
ing out hints for an old-faShion
circus with red lemonade. The
Farbrr Forum suggests that the
Record man should read up ON
ancient history. Red lemonade
had its origin in peculiar way.
\ lady circus performer with one
of the great shows washed her
tights III Il tub of water. The
goods faded out and the water
was colorcd red. Some fellow
with an idea in his head came
along, cut few lemons into the
tub, carried it outside the tent and
sold it out quick.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11

cades, Williamsburg Co, $, {. ~ was badly
crippled Tried many doctors aud two OF them
gave me mp to die None Of them did me much
good. The pains In my back, hips and legs
land At times in my headl, would nearly Kill
me. My appetite was very bad Everybody
who saw me said must die, took 1--WE bottles
Of the Golden Medical Discovery and four
walls of Pellets aud to-day my health is good
amer suffering twelve years with rheumatism"
Doctor Picrce's Pleasant Pellets are
powerful aids to the cleansing of the
clogged system. By all dealers in
medicine.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11

'rdonl. Al the best
rheumatism is .
painful malady, in
terfering alike with
pleasure and bust
ness.
To cure rheuna-
tism It is necessary
to eliminate from
the blood the acid
poisons which are
the cause of the dis
ease. This is effect
ually done by the
use of DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Dis
covery. 1t carries
out OF the blood the
corrupt and poison
Gus accumulations
which breed and
feed disease. II in
creases the activity
of the blood making
glands and sends an
Increased supply OF
rich, pure blood
through vein and
artery 10 strengthen
every organ of the
body.
~ had been troubled
with rheumatism for
twelve years, 80 bad at
times l could not leave
my be d." writes MIR.
X. J. knight, OF
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11
VETERINARIANS

EDITED BY ". T. KENDALL, u. V. :.
To regular Subscribers Of the MESSAGE
answers will be- given thru these columns
free. When an immediate reply 10y mail
j., desired. enclose one dollar. Be sure To-
state iu full the history Of the case. loca-
tiun Of the disease and the conditions UNI
der which the animal has been kept lust
prior to aud since the disease appeared.
Give age.
Please tell me what to put ON
horses or cattle to keep off flies!
MESSAGE READER.
Get can of zcnOlcum or chloro
naphtholcum and put about one
and omc-half or two ounces to the
gallon in water and spray your
stock with it once Il day III the
morning.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11

What can | do to heal mp II
wound upon the right side of the
hind foot of one of my work marcS2
She cut herself upon barb wire
about ten days ago, and the worms
are getting into it in spite of my
washing it with extract of arnca
twice day. SUBSCRIBER.
Get two or three drains of Gallo
mel aud dust we'll into the sore
where the worms are. be sure to
get the medicine deep enough.
After the worms are killed apply
the following once or twice Il day:
Raw linSeed oil one pint and one
half ounce of creolim. Mix to-
gcthcr.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11
READER

by the time this is published
your animal may be beyond help.
You ought to have bathed the
limb with hot water and kept hot
water bandagcs on it. If it breaks
and discharges pus, would advise
You to wash it out with il tive-pcr-
cent solution of creoln and water
once or twice II day. Turn him
out to grass that will clean his
blood.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11

Can you tell me what ails my
horse! He commenced to walk
lame in his right foreleg, it did
seem as if it was down in the foot,
then. all at once it changed to his
left forcleg, aud also seemed to be
down in his foot. But in Il day
or So it began to swell, and it is
swelling gradually up higher:
right above his knee it SwelIcd
last night 50 that it seems as tho
it might break open. He is eleven
years old. What can | do for
him, and what is the best mcdi-
cine to clean his blood?
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11

Since Mr. Bryan employs no
canvaSSing agents the only way
You can procure THE COMMON
FIR is from that Office or thru
some paper which is IL clubbing
paper, as is the VI ESSAGE
Wen take your subscription ut
any time
THE MESSAGE
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-11
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COMMONER"

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The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

plain Of If her lord only subjects her to
.nnuGah nhaI,11i n trsastment s for FIVE months she
d!Verce law does not take II worth while
70 attend to her case. SO, If Kentucky
gentlemen will only beat their wives twice
five months at time the divorce LAW
with its attendant loss OF property, need
have no terrors for them.
In Iowa the cruelty must be such as
endangers the. life of the wife before she
can demand her freedom. No wonder
that some writer has called the lives OF
such women the serfdom of the white
slaves"
California and few of the Western
states recognise the fact that women
have sufficient mental development to
render them capable of mental suffering
more acute than physical, and in accord
ance with that the infiietion of grievous
mental su1erlng is ground for relief of
In Vermont 1t is evident that men are
not the sole offenders in regard to cruel
and inhuman behavior, for there the law
either of the parties warrants it in o3en- ~
ing the door of the matrimonial cage and
letting out the henpecked party. PennsvI
wanna also pities the plight OF the victims
OF ferocious fair ones and grants the re-
lief of freedom where a wife bv crueI
and harbarous treatment renders the con-
dition Of husband intolerable."
The horse which has gone to the vUoter
does not have to drink, and despite The
strength of marriage ties they are only
Wish lac,
have but to wink and walk aWaI'' ;f
they choose, so desertion is ground for
either absolute divorce or legal senar. aTl
alton in every State except the aIyTavs
excepted South Carolina Ways
Michigan puts slight upon tho
divorces granted III other States bv call
ing it merely desertion on the part of ~
absent party who seRured it and ofSarine irie
to grant nice home-made ser6rS5i
divorce to the one who stayed at boDa
thereby implying that they were not f'ii' AZ
N~Nr HF1l
Beware. therefore, of "Oyer tho e,z,,
widows and widowers from AIicbjesT, ies+
marrying them and returning there If
might be found that the other partv tbaS -
not secured the entitled ration Ne'u
Habitual devotion to the shrina
Bacchus is not considered ground for di-
Vermont or Virginia; but in all ot6SS,.
States, IL gentleman goes on a snres
lasting moro than a year. he is haIf -
have fallen from HyRen's graces. excent
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

In some of the Central Western States
particularly there is such a violent pref
udice on the part of the law against
unions with pretty sisters Of deceased
wives that the marriage is declared to
be void and Of no effect without legal
proceedings by either party. In other
words, the mere act of moving into such
a state and living there long enough to
become citizens would dissolve the mar
rage If 1t were not for the general pro-
vision of the law which recognizes as
valid that which is legal where per-
fomed.
IT, however. a man living in such
state nave so great fonuness for the
memory OF departed wife that nothing
VIII 40 him but another of the same kind
then II sister-in-laW Is willing they may
SKIP across the border and marry, to re-
turn and live happily together ever after
oflSss of Is; It happen that they were residents
or virginia, where the suspicious law
is looking for just such attempts, and
says that if parties who are affinities
leave that Stale for the purpose of mar
ry1nS IN another which has legal OBJ
1ecuons to their union, in such event the
lex loci contractu does not apply and the
couple would find themselves welded but
not married.
Union except seven of those which face
on the Atlantic Ocean conviction of a fell
ony Is ground for divorce for the free
party. and In Maine sentence to imprison-
ment for life does of itself dissolve the
marriage without legal proceedings for
that purpose.
In Missouri a conviction of felony pre-
vious to marriage is ground for divorce
afterward If unknown to the innocent
party at the time of marriage.
Every State in the union except Virginia
and South Carolina either grants absolute
divorces or legal separations on the
ground of cruelty. and it is shameful to
say that most divorces, whether granted
for that reason or not, have counts of
cruelty in them.
Remedies are not usually provided un-
less the evil to which they are directed Is
in eXiS Stence, and the statutes of every
State and Territory are laws which grant
relief to wives who have borne:
Violence attended with danger to life
or health"
Cruel or barbarous treatment"
Attempt on life by poison showing
malice
In Kentucky 1t is considered by the law
that 'inhuman treatment for six months
Is little enough time for wife to COM
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06
The Worn ans Side of the
[ ivorce Question.
Dy G. G.izabe,h cady Iianfon,
in Mot fa finer. can Revisw

EOR an entire revision of the laws
on divorce the state proposes a
committee of learned judges, the
church another of distinguished
Bishops, to frame national lay
which shall be indorsed by both
church and state. Though women are
as deeply Interested as men in this
question there is no suggestion that
they shall be represented on either
committee. Hence the Importance of
some expressions of their opinions
before any changes are made.
The States which have liberal di-
vorce laws are to women what Canada
was to slaves before emancipation.
Husbands can leave the country
snd invest their property in foreign
lands. Laws affect only those who
respect and obey them. Laws made
TO restrain unprincipled men fall
with crushing weight on women.
Because an inexperienced girl has
made mistake, shall she be denied
the right to marry againp
We can trace the icy fingers of the
canon law through all our most
sacred relations. Through the evil
influence of that law the church holds
the key to the situation and Is de-
termined to keep it.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

the marriage relation or its discontinu-
ance.
Then, too, the people of some States
are much more sensitive than others In
New Hampshire it is necessary that a
man shall beat his Wife almost to DEATH
or at least until there is danger of her
losing her reason, before she can be
released from him by divorce. In Cali
fornia the law is so nerciful that if cruel
man even puts upon his dainty partner
such slight affront as shall hurt her
tender feelings ard cause grievous mental
suffering, then will the chivalrous law
give her freedom and besides that, in the
discretion of the court, take all of the un-
feeling brute's property away from him
and bestow it upon her to soothe her
anguish.
United States, where the palmetto waves
over the rice fieios, there is a regular
lovers paradise, or hades, whichever 1t
may prove to be. There the iron chains
OF the law re-enforce the lacy links which
Hymen weaves, and only grim death has
power to part when hearts once beat in
unison.
There in South Carolina, not for the
love of money or for the lack of it
either is divorce to be had. No divorce,
absolute or otherwise; no separation, no
alimOny, none of those dreary funerals
Of love when the divorce lawyer comes
in as Cupid's undertaken. Cupid may die
in the house, but he cannot get death
certificate nor permit for Christian burial
IN South Carolina 1t is against the law
Of the land.
OF course, where for any reason the
marriage was void alb initio, that is
where the parties had not power to con-
tract owing TO existing impediment such
as corsanguinity, then the courts of
South Carolina will declare that a mar
rlage never existed. But if once the
parties were properly Joined, then no
subsequent misbehavior is ground for
either divorce or separation. II is an
ideal condition from clerical point of
view and is, according to clerical be.,ef
the only way to make a strong. sound
nation.
There is a general similarity between
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

in Tennessee, where he is excused II he
contracted the habit before marriage.
In Colorado, Florida, Maine, Mississippi
and Rhode Island the adage that all Is
lair IN love and war is recognized by
law, and the good cid way Of getting a
sway and a wife so obtained cannot seek
relief on the ground that she did not
consent.
Evidently girls are hard to get there.
Tor force ana fraud in getting a wife is
ground for divorce everyWhere else in the
wide land, and as he who takes what
ism his n when he's caught goes straight
to prison" if it happens to he An mani
mate jewel or a living beast why should
ne ce excused fer stealing a living jewel?
Because OF his good taste perhaps?
But what of the lady, If she did nor
want to be stolen?
OF course it is something of an implied
compliment to be the subject of larceny
as indicating value, but the wretch who
CeIrdudS ADDS the insult Of deceptfOn fG
the injury of infiiction of his companF
upon his victim. a
A marriage made while there is another
husband or wife already in existence is
VOID ab initiO, makes the offender liable
Tor Digamy and is an offense which, all
the country across, gets no sympathy
from either law or lady
insanity IS not considered cause for
separation in Colorado. Connecticut or
1eXaS, although 1t is in every other State
and Territory
The. intermarriage Of blacks. whites.
prevented by law in the Western, Sont6I
and Southwestern States, where tbe
color line is drawn around Chinese
Indians and negroes TO prevent them
from spelling the color of the white race
Curiously enough this objection fades
away as the East is reached, and in
European countries is almost unknown
Wherefrom result some, to US, apparently
strange misalliances. which are thera
looked upon merely as bizarre and, inter-
esting.
Youth is no hindrance to marriage In
Colorado. Florida, PennsVlvaDia Ebo5o
Island and South Carolina bur in an
other States there is an age limit running
from u to Il years on the part of females
Failure to provide for wife and farni1v
is not deemed a sufficient shOrtcornine- ~
give cause for divorce in over one-tRird
of the States
RemarTiage is permitted by all excsA
few States. And so Is the story ~
same in the end when it began. zoe
divorces usually end in marriages.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

the divorce laws of the different groups
of States, the New England, of course,
leading with the harshest measures. most
restrictions ard oldest age limit under
which it is lawful to marry. The Gulf
and Southwestern States place less re-
strictions upon marriage and less obsta-
cles in the way CT its obliteration.
The laws Of every State and Territory
in the Union, excepting South Carolina,
agree upon the fact that infidelity is
ground for absolute divorce, and a single
offense is all that is necessary, except In
North Carolina and Texas where the hus-
bands overt acts must be continued and
notorious 20 constitute a cause for action.
No such latitude Is allowed to woman
anywhere, and Maryland and West Vir-
ginia insist furthermore that she shall
have led a perfect life before marriage
as well, else are the terrors of divorce
ever before her, if her past be discov-
cred.
West Virginia. all bys itself, takes the
palm for having enacted a statute which
puts men and women on an even footing
as far as purity is concerned. 1t requires
that men should have led exemplary lives
before marriage, or failing in that they
must have confessed and received for
giveness from the woman whom they
would marry.
all States agree upon as ground for dis
solution of marriage, but while blood re-
lationship Is held by all as a bar. mere
affinity or connection by marriage, step
relatives, that is, or such as the sister of
deceased wife, may be married in near
ly half Of the different States. In Cali
fornia no unions are prescribed except
such as are within the third degree of
consanguinity, aunts, nephews, ETC. The
of l,,, IA.
being permitted in about half of the
States, it follows that d man falling in
love with the sister of a deceased wife
and marrying her in State where It was
legal, would find perhaps on going to an
adjoining State that their relations were
only recognized in obedience to that
courtesy of the law which provides that
an act legal in the country where per-
formed shall be recognized everywhere.