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The Conservative, 1902-01-16

the United States only much more
rapidly, because our forest fires
and great mills make away with lum-
Der much more swiftly than did the
axes Of the Sidonians. Let us take
the hills of the Ohio valley. My home
is up there. Those hills within the
memory of thousands of citizens were
heavily timbered, affording protection
and fertility to numerous lower fields.
They were rich with the mould Of a
thousand years accumulation and for
time were extremely fertile wheat,
corn, potatoes, timothy hay and other
farm crops were grown upon their rich,
fresh soils for years.
"What cargoes of farm produce did
these hills and slopes supply, as year
after year many flatboats tied up at
the various landings to bear away to
southern plantations? How are they
now? Rocks of loose limestone thick
ly cover many Of the hillside fields,
while others, embedded in the hard
stiff clay, torment the husbandman
who must plow their surface.
"How long will America continue to
feed the world from her now mex
haustible granaries, after the forests
are destroyed and climatic changes
such as have devastated the lands of
the Orient shall have completed their
work in the Occident?
''The world has had distinguished
philosophers whose names will be
chronicled with high honor so long as
history and civilization exist, who
adopted theories and evolved hypoth-
eses, based upon the knowledge pos
sessed during their age of the world,
which in the light of later discoveries
have proven false, and in many cases
ridiculous. Notably before the laws
of gravitation were known, and while
the earth was yet fiat, and rested up
on impossible animals. Yet they were
quite as firm in their belief as some
of our philosophers, who, because
they cannot understand, assert that
forests have no effect upon climate,
that forests cannot attract clouds be-
cause leaves expire moisture. Yet
that is just what forest masses do,
concentrate moisture already in the
atmosphere and cause it's precipitation
upon the earth.
can illustration of forest influence
upon cloud distribution is found in the
Danish Island of St. Croix, one Of the
lesser Antilles, which group Of islands
form regular crescent from Porto
Rico southwark to Venezuela, and all
are wooded except st. Croix, from
which the forests have been removed.
This island lies twenty miles south of
st. Thomas, and without the regular
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25
Suing Your Neiehbor.

There are many people in Au-
drain who have gone to law in
other days who now wish they
hadn't; they will appreciate the
following from the Fulton Gazette:
Mot once in ten times is "a law
suit justified. Every man has
personal knowledge of a large
number of cases where neither
side gained anything, and where
both sides lost heavily. Still with
precedent as a warning, in spite of
the teaching, "love thy neighbor as
myself" and Notwithstanding the
commands of church and lodge to
amicably settle their differences,
people "fall back on their rights"
and sue. 1t is good for the law
yers and the court officers, but
dreadfully bad for the parties to
the suits. 1t would be a waste of
breath for newspapers to inveigh
against going to law. for every man
knows the fatuousness of law
suits-until he fancies that he has
grounds to sue his neighbor; then,
usually, he is blind to everything
but his determination to "get
justice" Correct living, a recog-
milton of the other fellows rights,
and a disposition to play fair will
stop the law suits, and nothing
else will"
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25
RUSH HILL.

Ed. p. II. Taylor filed his reg
ular appointment here Sunday.
We had some of the officers of
the G. Il ~. Il. Il. here last week
looking after the company's inter
tests.
Our grain dealers have been do
ing Il land Office business, but will
have to shut down, us the mud is
too deep in the fields for the farm
crs to get thru with their teams.
Robert Paisley and Edgar Paris
Of North Dakota are visiting
friends and relatives in Rush Hill
after an absence of four years.
They report good crops and a hap
py prosperous people in Dakota.
We understand that Harry
Carnes, Il student in the telegraph
Office here, has been called to take
charge of the night Office of the
G. & \. at Independence.
John Bethel and family Of Okla.
homa have returned to Rush Hill.
He says Audrain is good enough
for him. They all come back.
Our merchants are kept very
busy waiting on their customers
They all seem to want to please
the little ones.
Casper & Cunningham shipped
III Il ear load Of Angora goats Sun.
day which they expect to feed thru
the winter.
We are informed that Y. i
Ball, the new druggist, has bough
the Odd Fellows building on the
corner, near the depot.
We understand that some o
the victims of the recen
fire in Rush Hill will re
build in the spring. t
A merry Christmas to the Mes
SAGE and all its readers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25
MUST BE FREE.
Thinks Mckinley Meant
Emancipation For the
Flliplnos.

New York, Dec. 21.-President
Jacob q. Shurman of Cornell uni
versity delivered an address to-
night on 1.-THE Problems Of the
PHILIPPINES" to large audience at
Cooper Union. He was heartily
applauded when he stated his be-
lief that the United States must
ultimately give the Philippines their
independence. A vote of the
audience on the question of indors-
ing President Shurman's view
was given almost unanimously II
their favor.
In the course of his address
President Shurman said that in
his talk with President Mckinley
at the time of his appointment to
the Philippine commission he
learned that the President had
acted with an idea of giving eman-
cipation to the Filipinos as well as
to the Cubans.
Asked by a member of the audi
ence if the Monroe Doctrine had
been weakened by the aquisition
of the Philippines, President Shur-
man remarked that Theodore
Roosevelt is at this very moment
asserting the doctrine and assert
ing it hard"
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

The good people of our town are
preparing to have Il Christmas
tree in the Hall for the little folks
in this community. Old Santa
will be there to greet them.
VIM. Ganaway, ormerly of this
place, died in st. Louis last Thurs
day of heart trouble. Remains
were taken to Benton City and
laid to rest. The family have tn
sympathy OF many friends.
Adrian Hagerman is here on II
visit from Fitzgerald, Ga. He
speaks in flowery terms of their
prosperous city built by the &.
"A. II. Colony about six years ago.
1t is now quite city.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25
COnkey's Home journal for
January.

Conkey's Home Journal (Chica-
gO) begins in its January issue a
series of practical lessons in lace
making. These lessons are designed
to teach women and girls the art
of lace making for pleasure or pro-
fit. The Fashion and Pattern de-
partments have been very materi-
ally strengthened by the addition
of page of original designs for
waists. Preparing and Serving a
New Years Dinner" is the subject
of n timely illustrated special arti-
Gle by Ethel NJ. ColsOn. Miss
Finch's Table Talks" as usual,
are replete with information which
is essential to the woman who
would be up to date in table ETH
quette. Nine. Julia gives several
charming designs for "Coiffure
Ornaments" The short storie S
are "a Head of Bronze" by Will
liam Lightfoot Visscher; "a Ter
Thousand Dollar Calendar" by
VIM. III. Handy, and deacon
Potter's Courtship," by Ebe II Il
ReXford. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
contributes II pithy editorial on
"People We Do Not Like" ant
an excellent piece of music for thu
piano is by Daisy Virginia Wilson
A special article entitled "Tht
Greatest Electric Railway in the
World" tells of the progress OF
electrical inventions as eXemplitieG
in the new surface railway between
Chicago and Aurora, Illinois.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25
EAST LINN.

Ben Fennewald shipped cal
load of stock to st. Louis Mon
day.
Stephen Buscher sold seven
head of hogs to Scott and Femme
valid at $3.50 per hundred.
Curren Crews returned to his
home in st. Louis Tuesday after a
few days visit with home folks
here.
Nj. f. Huffman who has been
ill with pneumonia is getting bet.
ter. =.
Miss Pearl Freyer contemplates
spending the holidays with ,rela-
tives in St. Louis. -"
John Adrian who is atten ding
school in st. Louis came home
Friday to spend Christmas.
John Fennewald who has been
attending school at Quincy, ILL.,,
came home last week to spend
the holidays with his parents.
Mrs. Adrian who has been ill of
consumption for over two years is
gradually getting worse.
Ben Buscher who has been in
Iowa for the last eight months re-
turned home Thursday. Ben is
we'll pleased with Iowa. He says
the ground is frozen a foot deer
and is covered with foot of snow;
the thermometer registers - de,
rees below zero.
The Edwards debating society
met Wednesday evening. The lit
erary program was good. One of
the most interesting features OF
the evening was song by little
Jim Scott and Arthur Huffman
The society adjourned to meet
Dec. 81. The subject for debate
is, Resolved, That the signs of thu
times indicate the downfall of the
republic. Affirmative, Herbert
Mispagle, Dave Dowdall, George
Montague, Albert Fennewald,
Ben Hale; Negative: James Mon
tague, Joe Adrian, j. w. Gibbons
Willie Fennewald, Frank Adrian
a merry Christmas aud happy
New Year to the MESSAGE and it.
readers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25
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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
W((~
WORCESTER.

Roy Slaughter sprained his an
kle severely while the sleet was on.
He has been unable to use it since.
Mrs. johnson has been quite i'll
at j. w. Beagles's home.
Chas. Grant arrived from Indi-
ana last week to make his home
with his daughter, Mrs. &. North
land.
John johnson spent several days
in st. Louis recently.
Mrs. Ed Atchison visited Mex
leo relatives the first of the week
Miss Clio Morthland who is
teaching in Howard Co. is home
to spend Christmas.
Otto Hafner and family welcome
the Yule tide at their old home in
st. Charles Co.
Boyd Morthland received from
Silver & Co. of Ohio pair of o.
l. c. pigs last week, paying $4j
for same.
Laddonia Normal pupils of this
vicinity are enjoying a visit home.
They are Bevy Davis, Nicola Pay.
ton, Ruby Hamilton and Anna
Crawford.
Rev. Chas. Lamb of Iowa and
Miss Annie Hofriehter of this vi
entity were qui city married at thu
brides home last Tuesday.
Miss Bertha Wilkerson of Mex
leo High School will spend Christ
mas with home folks here.
Worcester's annual rabbit hunt
may not occur this Christmas.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

George Massey's sale was well
attended Thursday aud everything
sold well. Mr.. Massey and family
expect to start to Oklahoma short
ly after Christmas to reside.
VIM. Mundy of Molino was in
Santa Fee on business Saturday.
Preaching next Sunday m Irn-
ing and night at the Christian ch.
Miss Stella Beemon of Strother
returned home Tuesday after IA
visit to friends in Santa Fe.
Marston Beamer and wife Of Mo-
limo were the guests of Grear Bea
mer and family Sunday.
Misses Stella and Altye Beemon
of Strother were in Santa Ft
trading Tuesday.
Joe Wilson and Bob Beam OF
MOlino were in town Saturday.
Austin wager is on the sick list.
Mrs. Joe Flemmings is no better
at present writing.
The Bazaar was well attended
and everything sold we'll. Closed
Saturday night with refreshments.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

Mrs. Charles league who has
been sick with quimsy is improv-
ing.
Joe Flynn is home on a vaca-
ton. He will likely remain and
farm with his father next season.
f. X. Hagan was out buying
mules last week.
w. u. Flynn bought Il fine span
of mules, coming three year olds,
at Noah Hickerson's sale, east of
Laddonia.
Miss Eilie Thomas visited Miss
Alice Mollet Monday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25
NC CLINTIC.

Amos Harris lost three fine
steers under straw stack last
Thursday night.
The farmers are all busy husking
corn.
George and Fred Doebelin are
thru Smelling corn ut RnSh Hill.
Mrs. Fred Wessler received a
Majestic Steel Range us IL Christ
mas present.
The surveyors for the Iowa 4
st. Louis II. II. surveyed thru
this neighborhood.
Mrs. c. A. Mollet is visiting II
few days near Santa Fee.
Joe Howdyshell sold to Abra,
ham Zemmerman of Rush Hill hi:
40 acre farm.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25
SKIN NJ Err.
It's mud, mud, mud!

IL 1nuu, lnuu, Hluu.
Few gatherings in and around
Skinner.
Good magic lantern show at Du-
ly next Friday night, Dec. 2G.
Russell Squirting contemplates
entertaining his friends some time
Christmas week.
The school entertainment at
Gatewood last Friday evening was
great success. The teacher,
Miss Washington, and pupils
alike did honor to themselves in
rendition Of the most excellent
program.
Judge Henry 7. Squirting and
p. II. Bruce made a trade the other
day in mules. Each party swap
ping one to the other.
The crowd at Bethlehem was
small last second Sunday, and on
account of the very inclemency Of
the weather services were entirely
deferred that night.
Miss Ella Washington was re-
elected to teach our school at Gate
wood the coming summer.
Lots of corn in the fields here
yet. Our farmers take it in the
right way, very coolly, and are
only hoping for time that they
may get out a little more of their
immence crop. Many are not
half thru.
George 7. Baker and family
are spending few days in our vi
entity visiting relatives.
Misses Carrie Moore and Wini-
fred Fox, who attend school at
VIM. Woods College, are home to
spend the holidays.
Octave Ellis attended the funer-
al services of Mrs j. Y. Mclean
at Centralia last Thursday.
John Mcdowell and wife and
son, Albert, for the past fortnight
have been visiting their son and
brother, Johnny H., of Indiana.
Harve Vance says he can't 60 tc
see anybody thought he would put
in a phone, so he now enjoys the
privilege of talking to his neigebors
over the line.
Mr.. Powell marketed some hogs
the other day to III. Z. Cant &
Bro. at $3.50 per cwt.
The b. Y. p. L. meets at Beth
lehem next Saturday at 7 p. m,
provided the weather permits; ev
erybody invited.
John Potts sold $500 Dbl. o
corn to Mr.. Waggener at ST.. {
Dbl.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25
Misunderstood Senator's ympathy.

Senator Ckauncey NJ. Depew was
visited in his committee room at the
Capitol recently by New York farm
er whom he had met on one of his
campaigning tours through the west
ern counties of the state, says the New
York Times.
The Senator, as Is his wont, ex-
hibitcd a lively interest in his con-
stituents health, and, thus encour-
aged, the visitor began to unburden
himself as to his family troubles, and
the warm-hearted Senator showed
much sympathy when the man related
how his wife drove him out of the
house in her temper.
Il feel deeply for YOU" said the Sen
ator in his most sympathetic voice,
and he grew eloquent in his efforts to
comfort the disconsolate farmer.
Why" said the Senator's visitor,
astonished at this outburst Of feeling,
ARE you married, too!'
The Senator's mirth pretty nearly
overcame his sympathy for his un-
happy constituent.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25
SANTAFE.

Will Fairbain made a business
trip to Paris Thursday.
Jim Featherston is visiting home
folks in Middle Grove.
Miss Gertie Dull entertained n
few of her friends Tuesday night.
Walker Quisenberry and Jim
Beamer who are attending school
at Quincy returned home last week
to spend Christmas.
Lloyd Mason of Strother was in
town Wednesday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

Concerning the question of con
solidation of schools State Super
intendent Darlington speaks of an
experiment in Jasper county: "The
people concluded last summer to
consolidate the schools, build a
nice four room brick house, grade
the school and maintain two
years high school course. Here
is evolution. Graded rural schools
are coming in Missouri. This con-
solidation of schools should be en-
couraged and division of districts
discouraged by giving directors
authority to arrange for transpor-
tation of children who live more
than two miles from school"
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

The question of municipal own
ership of the electric light plant
in this city has come down to just
two points, should we 60 in debt
and can the city manage an enter
prise ofsuch (greatD magnitude
We think it could manage it just
as easily as a private corporation
can or just as easily as the Mex,
leo school district manages its
school affairs. The only question
left then is the question of debt.
We don't like that phase of the af,
fair, but under present conditions
and contingencies it is the onl
way to get Mt the matter. But W,
need not perpetuate the debt; let's
see a way out of it, and follow that
and begin to practice what We
preach, buy at home and pay at
home; if we are sending out ofthi'
community $4,000 or $4,000
every year to a foreign corpora
ton for light, seems to us it is
high time that we find means t.
stop that leakage. That none.
should be kept ut home.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25
MARTIN BURG.

The trade in town has been
great for some days. Our mer-
chants could hardly serve the
crowds that thronged In with tur-
keys, etc. Turkeys ought to be
fine eating this year, our mer-
chants have paid as high as II
cents on foot.
Mrs. John HILBERT is on the
sick list.
Misses Minnie Ellis and Ara Nc
Grew visited Mrs. ;Percie Eckler
Saturday and Sunday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

Home-scckers Excursions via
the Wabash on first and third
Tuesdays Of each month. Home
seekers tickets will be sold to
many States and Territories for
one fare plus 81 GO. For further
information call on nearest ticket
agent.
|. NJ. Richards, ticket agent.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

Imprisonment for debt is a
back number and there is no law
permitting you to shoot into an
others yard and house because he
may owe you little money, How
ever, seems to us that this is where
Great Britain and Germany got 9
little too previous down at Vene-
zuela few days ago. That debt,
too, was not owed to either gov
ernment, but to individual specu-
lators and Shylocks of England
and Germany. Barbar Gus and
shameful act. AS to
this whole waiter, Uncle
Sam has more than the Monroe
doctr inc to look after.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

Stone, Stone, William Joel Stone,
look ont and keep your supporters
together up at jefferson City. Re-
member you are not the Stone,
"cut out of the mountain and
rolled down into the valley"-you
have not filled the valley yet with
a body of supporters.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

DR.. Charles Wardell Stiles, 10
ologist of the agricultural depart
ment at Washington, has dlscov-
cred that laziness is a disease with
a hook worm for a parasite. Are
any in this town i'll with laziness
and hook wormsY
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

Butter is 20 cents a pound on
the Mexico market; eggs 20 cents
q dozen; hens 8 cents pound;
geese 12La cents a pound, and tur-
keys Is cents pound. Audrain
poultry raisers are on the ground
floor this time.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

en- Medical Discovery cures the diseased
stomach and enables the perfect digestion
and assimilation of food, so that the
sluggishness, irritability, nervousness and
sleeplessness which result from innutri-
ton are cured also.
III was taken sick nine years ago with fever
writes Mr.. NJ. NJ. Wardwell, of I.iuwood, Leaven-
worth Co, Kansas. "Had the doctor and he
broke up the fever all right, but took diar-
rhoca right away; he couldn't cure II and it
became chronic, and then he gave UP the case
/ got so weak with it and had piles SO badly
couldn't lie down, nor hardly sit up. Was
that way two or three months; thought would
never be weH again., but picked up one OF Dr.
Pierce's Memorandum Books one day and saw
your description of catarrh of the stomach.
thought il hit my case. We had bottle OF Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery i'll the house
that was got for mother. You recommend 1t for
Catarrh OF the stomach, 50 l went to taking 1t.
The one bottle nearly cured me. / got two bot
ties next time and took one and one half and
/ was we'll. l haven't been bothered with diar-
rhoea since"
DR.. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

S. Z. Barnes has resigned as
ticket agent at the union station in
this city. |. M. Richards holds
the place at present. He is ge-
NAL and accommodating gentleman
and the public will be pleased if
he is retained.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25
PUNISHMENT.

Social progress has done away with
great many forms of punishment once
administered under the laws of enlight-
ened people. But nature never changes
or modifies her penalties. She still has
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

A man at Salisbury sold five fat
hogs, weighing 52S pounds each,
which brought him $50.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25
Legislature meets in two weeks

Sheriff James has no harges al
the county Jail.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

No prisoners in the county Jail
Wish it might always be thus.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

Most any kind of an old ROAD
has to satisfy you now.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-25

the sa III e punish
ment for the man
W h o neglects or
abuses his stomach
as she had in the
far off days "wllen
Adam delved and
Eve span"
The physical dis
comfort, dizziness,
sluggishncss, irri-
liability, nervous
ness and sleepless-
ne 81 W hic Il are
NlSlleu u pom l nc
man who eats care
lessly or irregularly
have been from the
beginning the cvi.
dences of disease OF
the stomach and its
associated organsof
| digestion and nu-
y triton.
DIR. Pierce's Gold
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-16
ALDERMEN CUT THE APPROPRIATIONS

good use for it after it ceases to be used by the tire department. 1t is un- derstood that the board of public safe ty is thinking of dividing the city into police precincts and if such a thing as this happens the old engine house will come in handy for. lookup.
 Another matter the board of public safety is considering is how to transfer prisoners from Waterville to the police station. One would naturally inquire how they brought them here before consolidation, but that is not here nor there now. The Waterville people were told that they would be used we'll Tn case they should not oppose consoli- dation and the fathers of the measure want to keep faith with them. As matter of fact but few arrests are made up there any way, and if the off, lenders have been as bad as represent ed they should, when taken in charge, be compelled to leg it all the way to Harrison avenue.
 The following streets were desig- mated where coasting may be indulged in: Central avenue, Liberty street, Ridge street, between Baldwin and Mill streets; West Porter street. Ridge street, Luke street, Walnut street, Sperry street, Frederick street, Pearl street, James street, Third street, Sil-. yer street, south end of Railroad Hill street, Baldwin street, between Luke street and Stone street; Washington street, between Sylvan avenue and Dublin street; Maple street
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-16
Tower of Kootuh Minnr

The most beautiful of all the ruins of ancient Delhi is the leaning tower of Kootub Minar. The majestic column is 47 feet in diameter, and tapers off in diminishing stories, marked by beau tiful external galleries, to a height of 23S feet. The lower portion is of rich red sandstone. and from the third story to the top the ribbed and futed tower is built of white marble, which darts like 2 shaft of light into the infinite blue of the radiant heavens This tower was erected by an emperor of Delhi for the use of his only daughter, in order that her eyes might rest upon the sacred Ganges when she performed her daily prisons at the summit of the lofty tower Detroit Free Press.