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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
ALL OF ONE FAMILY.
Deacon Unable to Resist the Demand
of the Tramp.

Deacon Unable to Resist the Demand
of the Tramp.
While the Christian Endeavorers
were in Boston recently holding their
annual convention many incidents &C.
Cured provocative of mirth Among
the stories told to them was one con-
corning peripatetic of the barefooted
variety and a farmer, who was also
a church deacon The deacon was
taking lunch under his own vine and
fig tree and unto him the peripatetic
said:
Sir, I'm very hungry"
you haven't been shaved" replied
the deacon.
mo, but I'm very hungry"
You're very dirty into the bar
gain"
Yes, but I'm very hungry"
We'll, can you say the Lord S
prayer?"
mo, can't"
"Will you say it for a piece of
bread?"
Il will"
The deacon started in with "Our
Father at the same time cutting off
slice as he cnunCiated the words
The tramp repeated Our Father,
then suddenly asked:
Did you say Our Father"
Yes, Our Father"
stop a moment" continued the
dirty man. you mean your father
and my father"
Il do answered the deacon.
Then we are brothers" triumph
| antly proceeded the unshaved.
I'VE are"
Then, for our fathers sake. Gu;
that bread thicker and cut it quicker
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
GRAY GUN-HORSES
Copyright, 1902, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
BY II. 8. CANFIELD

it, only he and his pearl among wo-
men within it's walls.
Sweetheart" he said to her once,
I'VE will be poor for awhile. but only
for awhile. You will not mind, will
you?"
Il could go anywhere with you,"
che answered, land endure anything.
And even IL we are poor we can live
in New York and go to balls and the
tneaters, and come here in the sum.
mer or go to Newport"
He said nothing further then; he
'yas willing to drift.
Mr.. Isaac Potter registered at
Ravens Nest. He was not OF the
upper circles" primarily, but had
loaned money to one of It's members
and brought letters of introduction
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

Maxim Gogan, the Oldest man in
the Maritime Provinces and the
wealthiest citizen along the shores OF
the st. Lawrence Gulf, Is dead at the
age of 108 years and seven months.
He was the grandson of Louis Gogan,
who fought under Montcalm in the de-
tense of Quebec. Louis ran away to
the city before the entry of the British
troops. He and few Of the wealth
lest citizens loaded a schooner with
plate, jewelry and money and set sail
FOR France.
They carried enough voluables to
enable the party to live in luxury for
the rest of their lives. But for two
days the schooner faced head winds,
tiwrence a gale struck the craft,
swept her down the coast of New
Brunswick and ran her on ledge just
outside of Cocagne.
Bearing the Count d 'Hautreve on his
back, Louis Gogan swan ashore at
Cacogre Point He acted as a body
servant to the nobleman until the
count died in 1869 Before his death
he Count told him ebout the great
iches which lad gone down with the
| schooner, particularly describing
hree large BIKES filled with gold
,oins.
This story wes handed down in the
logan family from father to son. and
IN the day of the great equinoctial
gale, Sept. 90, 1885, Maxim Gogan,
Who was then "A years of age, went
| Town along the shore of the gulf and
'ound two of the lost boxes. He would
never tell how much they contained,
)ut as he never did any work after
hat date and drank costly French
vines and brandy for more than sixty
5ears, besides leaving fortune at his
| Heath, the neighbors have inferred
| hat there must have been fully $3.50,
| 300 in the treasure boxes.
| In addition to much money Maxim
! Iogan left eight children all of whom
are living in luxury and surrounded
by children and grandchildren.
| He also left reputation for being
able to drink more liquor than any
other man in the provinces. For more
than fifty years he drank a quart OF
brandy every day and finished up a
night by taking a pint of extra dry
champagne. He spent most of hi:
time out of doors, going from place t.
place to oversee the work on hi:
farms and in his factories, and hi
never seemed the worse for liquor il
the morning.
Until he was 80 years of age hi
could lift larger load than any maj
he had ever met, and when his young
est son beat him by 100 pounds in {
public trial, the old man threatened t.
kill him and had to be led away to thu
nearest barroom, where his ange
gradually abated under the influence
of brandy and soda. When he cele
brated his 10Sth birthday last April h
walked to the spring back of his home
and, hooking his full weight on hi
palms and toes, drank from the poo
without touching his knees.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
GIVES UP A FORTUNE.
One of EngIand's Temperance Re.
toners Is the Son of a Brewer

toners Is the Son of a Brewer.
f. n. Charington. the English tenn
perance reformer, who has conceived
the idea of a teetota paradise sur
rounded by water, has had one of the
most remarkable careers in the his
tory of the temperance movement.
What situation more dramatic has any
work of fiction to show than Char
rington's assembly hall, where the
huge canvas advertisement of temper
ance meetings is almost permanently
hung out in the close proximity Of
Charington's brewery, whence are sup
piled hundreds of public houses in the
neighborhood. Born in 1850, a por-
ton of his education was received at
Marlborough. Rather than go to the
university he preferred, after a con-
tinental tour, to take his place in the
brewery of his father. Meanwhile he
was converted" After some time
spent in assisting mission and evan
gelistic work the irony of his position
overwhelmed him and he cut himself
from the prospect of a vast fortune
with comparative pittance. Il won
der what you get for wearing that
blue ribbon?" said a cynic to him
once. Il am not certain of the exact
amount" he replied, but | know it
costs me 100000 year"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
An Authors Wrath.

An interesting copy Of George Mere
dith's Shaving of Shagpat" was sold
in London recently. 1t was the copy
which Frederic Locker-Lampson, the
verse writer, possessed, and 1t bears
some doggerel lines in Mr.. Lockers
autograph. The book had formerly
belonged to Mr.. Wilde, whose name
Is on the fyleaf, and who had Jagged
the edges in the careless cutting Of
them. Thereon Mr.. Locker-Lampson
wrote in his small, neat handwriting:
Who is this Wilde-this graceless
cuss,
Who mutilates Meredith's pages thus?
Who over his barber tales can't linger,
Who cleaves it's leaves with his fat
forefinger?
Would, o Wilde, had the luck been
mine,
To stick knife in that fist of thine!"
A distinguished man who was fond
of fishing tells the following about
the decorations of his country home:
Our fish are all carefully weighed
and those over Ave pounds are traced
out on cardboard, painted, and form
handsome frieze round the sitting
room, the names of the sportsmen be-
ing appended underneath As an en-
couragement to our guests have had
the following inscription painted large
over the entrance porch of my house.
The result is eminently satisfactory:
THE fisherman goeth forth in the
early morning,
Disturbing the whole household.
He returneth in the evening, when
Tho smell of whisky is upon him
And the truth is not in him."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
Rome q Healthy City.

Even the guide books warn strang-
ers to avoid exposure to the sun and
the night air in Rome, and discuss
Roman fever as q unique disease. but
the doctors say 1t is nothing more
than typho- malarial fever and was al
ways due to bad water, bad plumbing
or insufficient drainage. In 1870 the
death rate Of Rome exceeded that OF
Bombay; to-day it is the smallest in
Europe, with the exception Of Stock
holm, Christiania. Copenhagen and
some OF the northern cities.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
Prisoners Not EeueEted.

DR.. Robert J. Irvine, physician in
charge of the Sing Sing hospital, adj
vocates an indeterminate sentence for
criminals, so that those who show
no evidence OF reform need not be re-
leased. He says the present system
sends prisoners out worse morally
than when they go in.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

With him. Mr.. Isaac Potter was 4 re-
tired dealer in feathers by wholesale,
fifty years old, fat, ugly, boastful and
vulgar. He wore two chins and two
watch chains; he fancied himself still
Young and wished to break into
society" He had been told that the
easiest way in which to accomplish
this burglary was to marry a woman
of undoubted connections. He had
no objection to this If the right
woman could be found, and he was
willing to pay the price He regarded
it as a transaction in leather. Looking
at We've and listening to her mother,
he saw that she was the woman.
When a mating of this kind is ar
ranged in France there is a terrible
amount of red tape. There is the
girls dot, and the mans dot, and in
terviews between the relatives and
the services of lawyers and notarias,
a vast amount of argument and nego-
tiation and what not, but we do things
more swiftly in America. Isaac Pot
ter was introduced to Ethel Gene
We've Wynne. At their first meeting
he told her that he was a bachelor
out of business, and how much money
he had. Followed two weeks of drives
and walks. He escorted her clumsily
tut faithfully, while Hendryx ragged
Then he asked permission of the
mother to propose ana got 1t, and the
hardest struggle of that old woman's
life was to conceal her joy. He
moved upon the girl in businesslike
way.
I'm not a youngster," he said
glancing complacently down upon his
stomach and watch chains. I'm old
enough to know what want and to
pay for it. l want you. and | ask you
to be Mrs. Potter; name the day. I've
got ten millions; l made every dol.
lar Of 1t myself; l don't have to tell
you that anything in the world you
wish for shall be yours. can't write
poetry" he added with a snarl, land
| wouldn't II | could, but | can write
checks, and that counts for more, I'm
thinking"
The young woman was light, not
strong morally or intellectually, but
she was not vicious and possibly she
may have had her girlish fancies; fan.
cies will spring in girls mind though
they are choked by the CRIME of May.
| fair. She looked at the red pursy
elderly man who held her hand, shud-
| dered and family tried to withdraw
it. Then she went pale and looked
| down and said:
"l--I-do you think can make you
happy"
Sure Of IT," Potter replied conf.
IDENTIFY and slipped ring on her
finger. He pondered a moment, then
went on:
There's young fellow around here
who seems sweet on you. | guess
there's no harm in him, but | don't
want him loafing around my girl. Just
tell him you're mortgaged now, will
you-tell him to take his clothes and
go. Haw.haw!
He's not anything to me-" she
faltered. Yes, I'll tell him"
Hendryx was not the man to make
scene, He looked at her steadily
when she dismissed him. He had a
sudden recognition of what she was
and 1t is possible that even then he
felt sense Of escape and relief. He
said only:
I'VE have read Kipling together
We did rot read The Sergeant's We'd
ding together, but doubtless you re
member it. II not, read It again."
Then he went away. She did not
remember it, and she did read n
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

Our compliments to that German
prince who has made an offer for
Miss Goelet, and we beg to say that
our girls never marry unless they
think they love, although, in the
case Of titled foreigners, they some
times act on insufficient evidence.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

When a woman So years of age puts
a valuation of $40, 900 on her heart In
q damage case it is no wonder that
the hearts of 17-year-old maidens are
regarded by many as priceless.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
Raising Tobacco In Connecticut.

The new method Of cultivatin8 to-
bacco in Connecticut by inclosing the
fields entirely within cheesecloth COW
ering costs $3.50 an acre; but the to-
bacco thus raised sells for more than
twice as much per pound as that
grown outside
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

sonnets to her eyebrows and she read
them, saw that they rhymed and put
them away among milliners' bills.
Hendryx does not deserve sympathy,
because he was happy, and many men
have walked the road he was walk.
ing. He took little thought OF the
future. He knew, not being a fool.
that he could not support himself and
wife of Vieve's kind on $1,000 a
year, but a magazine editor had ac-
cepted some verse5 with kindly
note. He saw fame and fortune
ahead and had visions Of life in cot
tage, all OF the world shut out from
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

Conan Doyle has been elected life
member of the Nova Scotia Historical
society Gin recognition of the service
he has done the British army in writ
ing THE War in South Africa; Its
Cause and Conduct"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

Gen. Corbin recommends that
American soldiers be taught to sing.
He doesn't go so far, however, as to
advise the use of the piccolo or the
yellow flute.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

T. PAY" O'Connor has undertaken
TO give a list of the great men who
have been unmade by their wives.
This is n much easier task than to
name those who have been made by
their helpmates.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
Dickens Granddaughter Married.

Enid Dickens, a granddaughter OF
Charles Dickens, was married in Lon
don recently to Ernest Bourchier
Hawksley, a son Of Cecil Rhodes
solicitor. The young woman has won
fame in literary and art circles.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
Sensible Housekeepers

will have Defiance Starch. not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money, but also because of
superior quality.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

A piece of pie has formed the basis
for divorce suit down in Indiana
Pie has been guilty Of many mlsde-
meanors, but we do not recall that
it ever before tried to disrupt a fam
lily.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

Prof. Garner says that monkeys do
not use grammar in their language,
so that bad grammar cannot, after all,
be called monkeying with ones Eng
lish.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

The Count of Flanders. who has
given mp his claim to the Belgian
throne, may he one of those people
who can look far enough ahead to
see that the Belgian throne isn't going
to be worth much to the claimant
after awhile.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

An Iowa editor has been robbed OF
his revolver and his money. That is
what comes of carrying a revolver.
A mar without one may be robbed,
but the result will not be quite so
humiliating.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

The people down around the 18TH
mus could have blasted ditch across
with the powder they have burned in
popping away at each other in the last
thirty or forty years.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

These men who are offering prizes
for love letters ought to have gump-
ton enough to so ont and earn them.
They are better when they are secured
that way.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

Bridgton, N. j., has a vigilance COM
mittee, formed to introduce union
hours for Sparkling" Lovers are ex-
pected to knock off work at IL p. m.
sharp.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

Lieut.. Won Eichel Stribber Of the
Third uhlans, German army, recently
wagered that he could drink a quart
bottle of brandy in ten minutes. He
did so and was buried with full mill
tary honors
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

The people who believe that wis
dom will die with them might have
different op!aion If more of it lived
with them.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

Some of the people who think they
were born to command do not dis
cover their mistake until they get
married. Puck.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

A New York man who is seventy
two years of age has inherited SIS.
100000 He ought to be old enough
not to let little thing like that
start him agoing.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

A Russian princess claims that she
has discovered the secret Of perpetual
youth. Hope it will be catching like
the Russian influenza.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
In Winter Use ALIENS Foot.Ease.

A powder. Your feet feel uncom..
Portable, nervous and often cold and
damp. II you have sweating, sore feet
or tight shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores,
26 cents. Sample Gent free. Address
Allen 8. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

The names of the new submarine
torpedo boats are not particularly ap-
propriate. Neither the adder nor the
moccasin is water snake.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

Out in Kansas, whenever the young
men appear to be rather shy the girls
make traps and call them literary
societies.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

The Count and Countess de Castel.
lane may have to pinch n little, but
they will somehow manage to live on
100000 IA year.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

This is the season when a pretty
miss, ready for a kiss, Is always near
him who has the red ear.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

Sometimes the impossible happens
A cat so frightened a New York wo-
man the other day that she dlslocated
her jaw screaming.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

Paris is taking to educated cats.
II will be a fine thing II the cat can
be taught that back roofing is bad
form.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

The insurance companies think par
Of.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

London dispatches say It will cost
500 a day to see the Indian durbar at
Delhi. That will bar most Of us.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

Dealers say that as soon as a eusto-
mer tries Defiance Starch 1t Is Inn
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch. 1t can be used cold or
hoitaS
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

"She seems to have lost her head
over that young man." Yes, saw it
on his shoulder"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

The Molineux murder trial cost the
public half million dollars. Justice
is an expensive luxury.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

The Romanoffs have lodged too
many bombs to permit a member to
Introduce a Pistolkoff into the family.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

Senior Sagasta is far behind in fill.
ing King Alfonso's orders for new
Spanish cabinets.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

In Denver some of the lovely wo'
men are now referred to as beautiful
repeaters."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

The problem of what to do with our
millionaires is being rapidly solved by
the automobile
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
To Look After Soldiers Feet.

Lord Roberts approves of the ap.
pointment Of one chiropodist for each
battalion.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

Let us hope that no recently elected
legislators are getting new pockets
sewed into their clothes.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

II you analyze love you may find q
motive that will take all the concsit
cut of you.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
Southwest coIonist Excursions.

Low one-way and round trip rates
to Kansas, Indian Territory, Okla
homa and Texas. on the list and 30
Tuesdays of each month. Write for
particulars and observation-disclosures
Barker, Genr Pass. Agent, NJ. X. E.
T. Ry. sol Wainwright Bldg, st.
Louis,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
SONG.

Long long
the birds the
the
How we linger he he
Kissed and
Parted laggard DOT and I
what pretty word
DRESSED In
Tonga M
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
ENJOYED LONG LIFE
REMARKABLE FRENcHMAN DEAD
AT AGE OF 1903.

Maxim Gogan, the oldess Man In the
Maritime Provinces, succunbs to
Old Age-AthIetic and Happy to His
Last Day-Tales Told Of His Prov.
ess.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

When you are lonesome you realize
what poor company you are.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25

WHEN you BUY STARCH
70 cents. Once used. always used
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-12-25
He Won His Wager.

Mrs. Winsi3w's Soothing syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces IN
fammaton allays pain cures wind cOiic Csc bottle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-17
Would You Like to Buy a Mountain?
sNoWDEN THE "oUEEN OF WALES" TO GO UNDER THE AUG.
TlONEERs HAMMER-IT RIVALS THE ALPS IN
BEAUTY AND is HISTORIC LORE.

lighted by electricity, the power for
the plant being supplied by water
falls in the neighborhood.
Many an English king has stood
on the summit of Snowden and
watched the progress of wars that
have devastated Wales, in the early
days of its history. In fact, at one
time Snowden was the natural ram
part of Wales. Henry II. stood one
time upon it's heights when it was
attacked by his enemies, and mar
rowly escaped death. The men of
Snowden, with their glittering
shields and helmets, were famous
warriors, and at one time they held
sway over three Welsh counties.
There are climbs on and about
the mountain as difficult as may be
found in the Alps, for the complete
ascent of "Slanting Gully" has been
accomplished but twice in history,
and has been the scene of several
fatal accidents to foolhardy adven-
turers. Silent" and Central" gull
lies have also claimed their victims.
Altogether, Snowden is one of the
most interesting spots IN all the
British siles, and the folk around
are wondering to what use its new
owner will put the pride of their
| country,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-17
DICKINSON.
Much Speculation About
His Successor.

The retirement of Edward Dick.
enson as manager of the Union Pa.
cific railroad leaves vacancy
which is causing much speculation
in the railway world.
Who will succeed Mr.. Dickinson
no one seems to know, but among
the many names mentioned prob
ably E. Buckingham will be Sc
lected.
1t Is understood that Mr.. Burt
under the Dickinson management
was assigned to the financial part
of the great corporation and that
Dickinson was in full possession OF
the operating department.
Now comes the rumor that Presi
dent Burt will abolish the Office OF
general manager and create the pc
sition of general superintendent.
There is a strong belief that E
Buckingham, now superintendent
of transportation, will be appointed
general superintendent 1t is also
mentioned that superintendent R
w. Baxter of the Nebraska division
with headquarters at Omaha, is in
line for the position.