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Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
Emir Hassan.

Emir Hassan, of the prophets's race,
Asked, with folded hands, the Almightys
grace.
Then, within the banquet hall he sat,
At his meal, upon the embroidered mat.
There a slave before him placed the food,
Splitting from the charger, as he stood.
Awkwardly upon the Emir's breast
Drops that foully stained the siken vest.
To the floor, in great remorse and dread
Fell the slave, and thus, beseeching said:
Master. they who hasten to restrain
Rising wrath, in paradise shall reign"
Gentle was the answer Hassan gave:
I'm not angry" Yet" pursued the
slave,
Yet doth higher recompense belong
To the injured who forgives a wrong"
II forgive" said Hassan. yet we read
So the PROSTATE slave went on to plead.
THAT a higher seat in glory still
Waits the man who renders good for ILL.,"
"Slave, receive thy freedom, and behold
In thy hand l lay a purse of gold.
Let me never fail to heed. in aught
What the prophet of our God hath
taught"
William Cullen Bryant.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
As It viii Be Soon.

The man OF business saw that
everything was running smoothly, and
then reached for his hat. He had a
ground-hoor office in big building.
Shall I say you'll be back soon II
any one calls?" asked the chief clerk
well. I've got to have about Eve
minutes conversation with Dudley"
replied the man of business, "and you
know where his office is. II catch an
express elevator III be back in about
two hours. but If have to take a local
1t will be afternoon before you see me
again"
Naturally" replied the chief clerk
Hes on the sixty-eighth floor Of this
building, ! believe"
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
Deafness Cannot lie Cured

by local applications, AS they cannot reach the
disea ed portion or the ear. There IL only one
way TO cure deafness. and that Is by consti-
tutional remedies Deafness Is caused by an
infamed condition OF the mucus lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is inhamed
Ing and when It Is entirely closed deafness Is
the result, and unless the infammatio can be
taken out and this tube restored TO its normal
con, lition, hearing win be destroyed forever;
nine cases out OF ten are caused by catarrh,
which Is nothing but an infiamed condition OF
the mucus surfaces
Wewlll give One Hundred Dollars for any cas-
Of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

I must do beior die. Tell me truly,
doctor, what you think?'
"Well, Mr.. Prince, If yo-, have cny
affairs unsettled, my advice is. settle
them at once. You are probably a dy.
ing man, but we will hope for the
best. IL you want to see your lawyer
from the city, can ,and him out 10
you at once"
Thank you, doctor, but there 10 no
one to send for. II you see my VITO
as you go out, please tell her that
want her."
With her heart beating almost to
suffocation, Jennie came swiftly into
the room, and up to the bedside. John
caught her hand. pulled her down to
him, and put both arms around her.
He held her thus moment after mo-
ment, before he spoke. Then he
whispered softly. "My wife, will you
forgive me?"
"Cen you forgive me-" ahz Sobbed.
For answer, he held Ter close to
him and covered her face with kisses,
and all was quiet peacs in their
hearts. A week later when John
knew that he was to live, and not die.
he said to Jennie, ~ said once that
I would never forgive you until my
dying day. VIII you consider last
Wednesday as my dying day-the day
in which | died to all my hardness
and selfishness, and let me live
again, to make you happy? Wear
al n, al 30
new found love. Without thai dress
we should never have known this
happy hour"
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

you are probably dying man."
OF surprising him, for in any event
he will know by night, all about It,"
The brown flannel came off and the
silk was put on. How nicely 1t fitted
her slender figure. Surely John
would not harden his heart toward
her when he saw how beautiful 1t
made her appear!
With faltering step and failing
heart, she crept down the stairs,
across the sitting room and through
the dining-room until she stopped in
the kitchen door.
John had just hung up the towel.
He turned and looked at her. His face
lighted up with pleasure. Her heart
gave a great bound and with joyful
cry, she took step or two toward
him. He then saw for the first time
that the beautiful dress was silk, and
his face changed to the fiinty express
sion which she SO much dreaded.
Jane Prince, where did you get
this dress?" he said, Selling her by
the arm.
Il bought It,"
you bought 1t; and where did you
get the money!" sarcastically.
"I-1-picked-the geese-and sold
-the-feathers," she said. much as II
she had been reading her death SEN
tence. John pushed her from him.
Jane Prince, you may wear your silk
dress, bought by trickery and with
stolen money, but you can no longer
be my wife. I'll not forgive you until
my dying day for this base deceit.
III not turn you out of the house, for
you've been good wife to me In the
years that are gone. I'll use the west
bedroom and you stay where you are
But don't speak to me again until my
dying day. Then and not till then
| III forgive you"
The days came and the days went;
how. Jennie scarcely knew. Eact
seemed harder to endure than the
last. She cooked the meals, placed
them on the table, and then went to
! some other part of the house while
John and Andy ate.
Often she longed to throw her arms
about his neck and beg for forgive
| ness, but was afraid of doing so, lest
sic should be denied the measure Of
| pleasure she had in serving him.
John, too. afte. his temper cooled
and he had time to think the whole
matter out, came to realization Of
how meanly he had acted Il. many
| things toward his wife. He thought
CT all his acres and acres of land, Of
the money which they brought to him
every year, of the barn and buildings,
of the machinery, of the horses and
cattle. which he had bought for his
own pleasure, and then he thought
of all that he mad denied his wife.
| Thus the summer and autumn
passed. Early in December, John be-
came violently Ill. Jennie immedi-
ately sent for the doctor, who pro-
nounced 1t pneumonia, Jennie nursed
him day and night, but he grow rap.
idly worse. He had now and then a
few lucid moments, one of these &C.
curing during the doctors visit.
John grasped the doctor's hand and
begged him to tell his condition.
Doctor" he said. Il want to know
Just what you think Of my cas,. Am
u dying? There is one thing which
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
Beware the Bore With Anecdotes

There is man at my club, a pleas
ant, amiable person, whom We all fly
from as though he were stricken with
plague. He is travelled. highly edu
Gated, the soul of honor, courtesy per
sonified but he has the mania OF
speech.
once dropped coin on the floor;
he obigingly Joined in the hunt and
found it, and told me the tale of a
coin he had dropped-O, in the 6es!-
and swear that IL he were by me,
and dropped my wife's umbrella
surely the most precious thing a man
can be entrusted with!-I would pass
on and resolutely dlsavow ownership.
The King.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
GLASS DISEASE" THE LATEST.
Peculiar Malay Has Affected Win
dows Of English Cathedral.


Lately it has been found that
peculiar glass disease" has broken
out among the windows of York
cathedral. Indeed, il is stated that
some of the thirteenth and fourteenth
century glass in the edifice has been
removed in order to arrest the dis
ease" The outbreak Is ascribed to
fungus, but the exact nature of its
attack upon the glass is not describ-
ed. The glass appears to be perfor-
ated to such an extent that portions
OF the glass yield on the slightest
touch. Moreover, the transparency Of
TIE glass has to great extent disap-
leared-in short, the glass here and
there exhibits no longer the proper
ties OF glass. 1t is evident that some
Kind of chemical action has been es-
tablished. due, perhaps to the life and
habits of specific fungus. Organ
isms are known, of course, which
assimilate silica. The gradual, but
sure crumbling Of the cement used in
water reservoirs has been traced to
the operation Of countless tiny organ
isms. The action was at first regard
ed as being due to the solvent prop
erty Of carbonic acid and other SUBJ
stances commonly present in water.
Under the action of the bacteria the
cement slowly resolved into soft mud.
The attack is made by the ubiquitous
nitrifying organism, which conducts
20 large extent the great work Of
publication throughout nature. The
action ceases in the absence of
nitrifiable material. and the view is
that nitrous acid is produced which
acts upon the cement lining Of the
water Observation-Disclosures Lancet.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
HER BLACK SILK.
an BY JULIA FELT KNEELAND.
(CorYpIoHT, 1909 Br DAILY STORY Publishing Coz

Eyes, sir, that there machine will
do the work of a halfdozen men, and
do 1t quicker and better. I'll have my
alfalfa stacked before the neighbors
have theirs in the cocks" and John
Prince complacently surveyed his
latest purchase.
His wife-poor, tired Jennie-stood
in the kitchen door, looking at the
new stacker in dissatisfied manner.
Every year when John went to Den
yer with his cattle he brought her
new dress, but IL was never a SILK
one. She had asked him again and
again for the much-coveted article,
but was always refused on the score,
that "a farmers wife had no need for
q silk dress" When she went to
church she always took note OF the
silk dresses, most of them belonging
to poorer people than herself.
AS she stood thus, in the bright
morning sunshine, flock of nearly
hundred geese issued from the barn
yard and marched past her, on their
way to the irrigation ditch.
John came leisurely up from the
barn.
1T is nearly time those geese were
picked" he remarked. YES" she an
swered listlessly. 81 believe we will
have fifty dollars worth Of feathers
this year, unused John.
Jennie started. Fifty dollars!
Why that was just what Cousin Kit
TVS silk cost-making and all! Fifty
dollars" and as Jennie looked and
thought n sudden plan formulated it.
self in her brain. She would have the
money for the feathers herself. Hadn't
she set and tended them? Hadn't she
watched and fed them during the
cold winter? And now she was ex-
pected to pick them! Surely she had
earned the money!
Early Monday morning, John start
ed on q twenty-five mile horseback
ride. to buy calves, and drive them
home. He would be gone all week.
This was her chance. AS soon as he
was out OF sight, Jennie called Andy,
the hired man, and with his assist,
ance the geese were one by one talk.
en- from the poultry house, and
robbed of their pretty coats. Hour
after hour they worked-all other
work for the day being neglected.
When night came a row Of wheat
sacks filed with feathers, stood on
the barn floor.
Tuesday morning saw Jennie and
Andy driving to Emporia, with the
sacks of feathers piled in the wagon
behind them. Arriving at Emporia,
they drove Immediately to produce
dealer, who purchased the feathers
What bound Ler heart gave when
the dealer counted the money into her
hands. Fifty-five dollars!
With a smile Of exultation Jennie
started for Cousin Kitty's. telling
Andy to return home and come after
her on Thursday.
kitty. can you go shopping with
me this afternoon" Jennie asked at
dinner.
why, certainly. l should be glad
to go. Are you going to get spring
dress?"
mo, not exactly. I'm going to &c,
q black silk"
"A black silk" in great astonish
ment. HAS John really given you
| the money for 1t, at last?'
mo. He didn't give 1t to me.
| earned It."
"You earned It? Howl" But Jen
ME seemed embarrassed over Kitty's
questions, and only said, "Tll tel
| you about 1t some other time. Let's
go down to the city right away
| When she started for home OF
| Thursday afternoon the dress was
we'll under way. with the promise
| IL
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
Stops the Cough and
Works OF the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Price 25c.
Kaiser's Naval Chart

Emperor William has placed in the
German reichstag building three statis
teal naval charts designed by him. The
emperor shows that the United States
have thirty-one battle ships, eleven
first-class cruisers and twenty-six ar
mored cruisers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
Valuable Pointers About Texas.

A 144-page book, profusely illustrat-
cd, of present day conditions and
prospects in the Lone Star State. 1t
is worth your while to get a copy;
free on request.-James Barker, Genl
Pass. Agent, NJ. X. & T. Ry., sol Vain
wright Bldg, St. Louis.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

Michael j. Dady, the Brooklyn con-
tractor, has been bunkoed out OF $l0-
900 in Havana, but in simple justice
to the Cubans 1t must be said that the
operation was performed by man
hailing from Chicago.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
Memorial for Missionary.

Uganda is to build cathedral. For
foundation stone the grave stone
Of the Rev. Mr.. Pilkington, who was
killed by the Baganda some years
ago, has been used. He was gradu-
ate of Cambridge, where he disting-
uished himself as an athlete.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

The New York Tribune thinks that
che result of the Molineux trial ought
to put a stop TO the practice Of hiring
handwriting experts" at $50 a day
and expenses to swear away mems
lives
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

The Kansas judge who has deliv.
cred the opinion that a man has the
right to bury his wife alive appar-
emily has no fear that he will ever
be in position to need the equal suf
frage vote.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

A beautiful young American woman
who was not satisfied with the shape
OF her nose Is now likely to lose 1t
entirely because she attempted to
have it changed. AS rule nature
understands better how to do these
things.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
Horseshoes in tho Orient.

The type of horseshoe common In ene
Orient is a plate fitted so as to cover
the entire bottom OF the hoof, with a
perforation in the center. The weight
of the average horseshoe is three
fourths Of pound. The native smiths
usually cut these plates from sheets
Of wrought iron and rudely shape
them for the purpose in view.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

The decision of Montana judge
that an abusive cartoon of Senator
Clark is not libelous should not be
taken, however, as applying to all pub
lie men.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

Mr.. Carnegies former private secre-
tary says that the chief characteristic
of the great philanthropist is his
egregious vanity" We beg to differ.
II is his egregious bank roll.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

The action of the German students
in joining in a movement against pis-
toll duels is unreservedly to be com,
mended. There is always POSSIBLE
fly that somebody will get hurt in n
pistol duel.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

organs until too late.
81 had terrible pains along my
spinal cord for two years and suffered
dreadfully. l was given different
medicines, wore plastcrs; none Of
these things helped me. Reading of
the cures that Lydia Il. PinlSham's
Vegetable Compound has brought
about, / somehow felt that it was
what l needed and bought bottle to
take. How glad l am that l did SO
two bottles brought me immense re-
lief, and after using three bottles more
1 felt new life and blood surging
through my veins. 1t seemed as
though there had been a regular house
cleaning through my system, that all
the sickness and poison had been taken
out and new life given me instead. 1
have advised dozens of my friends to use
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Good health is indis-
pensable to complete happiness, and
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has secured this to me-"
-MRs. LAURA L. BREMHR, Crown
Point, Indiana, Secretary Ladies Relief
Corps. $4,000 forfeit II original Of above letter
pyouing 0snuinsnsss cannot be produced.
Every sick woman who does not
understand her ailmcnt should
write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass. Her advice is free and
ALWAYS helpful.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

The turtle who had initials carved
on his back thirty years ago at Nan
tasket has just arrived at New Jer-
sey coast resort, where he hopes to
play his shell games unmolested.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
Construction of Ancient Roads.

The construction Of the Carthagin-
ian roads differed so materially from
that OF the Roman highways that it is
an easy matter for antiquarians to
distinguish between the two.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
Young Prince q Fearless Rider.

Prince Edward of Wales. who is Q
great favorite with the queen. seems
to be getting on. He is only seven
years old, but is learning to ride with
a skill and fearlessness which do credit
to his strain Of Danish ancestry.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

Mascagni has discovered that an
American cocktail makes music. Two
or three Of them. however. are apt to
create q discord.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

Both the man who invented the
"Cardiff giant" and the man who
carved it are dead and neither had
anything left of the money Of which
the public was defrauded.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

Sarah Bernhard denies that she is
german. 1t seems ridiculous, taking
hA' past into consideration, that Sarah
must make personal declaration of
her Frenchiness.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
TRANSFORMATION.

A. under n
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nd 81
For
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In how
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

Express messengers are warned
that Harry Apgar. aged eleven, has
left his home in Gotham with the in
tention Of becoming an outlaw like
Jesse James.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

After refusing food for four years
the captive turtle of Prof. Lee OF
Bowdoin college has died. Maine al
ways was a healthful state.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

An Illinois inventor is urging the
substitution of printed slides for the
brakeman's voice in the announcement,
of stations in MOVING trains.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

Which do you suppose is the mad
der. the burglar who blows apart a
81 900 safe and finds 1898 in 1t, or the
owner of the safe when he views the
wreck the next morning?
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

An u, S. patent has been granted
for an midobenzoflavine produced by
transforming the Understandable
ylphenylmethan OF amididitolyphenyl.
methan into ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
methan. An infringement seems i'm.
possible.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

Uncle Sam is now at peace with
all the world Both Crazy Snake and
the sultan of Bacolod have promised
to be good.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

II you don't get the biggest and best
it's your own fault Defiance Starch
is for sale everywhere and there is
positively nothing to equal 1t In quail
ity or quantity.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

Buffalo Bits retirement from the
show business will rob many OF our
most carefully educated Indians Of
congenial vocation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

The North Missouri father who has
an 1S-ounce pear in his orchard and a
12.pound boy in the nursery Is glad
that the boy isn't a pair.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
witty Pun on Buelow's Name.

Recent anti-British remarks by the
German chancellor have resulted in the
revival Of the skit: Man wants but
little Herr Buelow, nor wants that
little long"
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

High noon is the proper hour for
wedding in high life. When 1t comes
to divorce any old hour Is good
enough.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

School girls have reason to rejoice
because the price of sugar has be-
come lower at tho very beginning of
the fudge season.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

NJ. Marconi is still trying to accom-
rlish results without the use OF wires.
What If he should get into politics?
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

A prominent Mexican boasts that
he owns 100000 cattle, 100000
sheep and 100000 horses. He is a
hog.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

To ascertain just how many OF us
there really are cost the census
bureau about $4,000, 900, or 1916 per
capita.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

Another duel has been fought on
French soil; fierce combat nobody
killed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

Hawaii's latest scandal proves that
Honolulu is making a desperate effort
to get in the st. Louis class.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
DEFIANCE STARCH

should be in eve-v household. none so
good, besides OF. more for 10 cents than
any other brand Of cold water starch.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds. JOHN +.
BOYER. Trinity Springs, Ind Feb. Is, 1900
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

The American heiress whose name
was not on that European syndicate's
list must feel very cheap.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

THE BEST RESULTS IN sTARCHIN0
can be obtained only by using Defiance
Starch, besides getting OF. more Tor
same money-no cooking required.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

Gray hair is the fashion IN Parls.
The dye Is cast-aside.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18

HIS lace changed 20 the Hinty express
sion she so much dreaded.
that she could have It Saturday after
noon. She spent the intervening time
planning how to present the matter
to John.
At last Saturday afternoon came.
and Andy drove her to town In the
buggy, procured the dress. and then
drove home as quickly as possible.
Jennie fearing lest John should arrive
fr,t Andy was instructed not to tell
Nr. Prince of her visits to Emporia
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-12-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

Agents grasp this opportunity We now sell celebrated
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-25
Made to Apologize.

Washington, Sept 24.-The singular
circumstance reported by the German
merchant in the above cablegram was
explained by the reception of two ca
kilograms from United States Minister
Bowen at Caracas at the Department
of State this afternoon. The first dis
match stated that the Venezuelan gun
boat Restaurador had approached Gu
dad Bolivar flying the American flag.
She did not lower the flag until she
was very close to the shore, when she
onened fire upon the insurgents from
her position there, creating great con-
sternation. When the Restaurador re-
turned to La Guayra the fact was re-
ported to Minister Bowen, who indlg-
nantly demanded a complete apology
from the Venezuelan government and
also that the flag of the United States
be saIuted by the offending ship.
The second cablegram from Mr.. Bow
en- reports that the Venezuelan gov
eminent promptly acceded to these
terms. made a suitable apology, and
the comn14nder of the Restaurador
hoisted the American flag and fired
a national salute.
The matter is still under consldera-
ton between the State and Navy De-
partments.