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The suburban citizen., 1902-09-20

We I9' worthy members OF culOulO-
ogical races, that the doubts which
'ertan scientific Investigators are he.
ginning TO entertain with regard to
lie truth OF any assertion that at,ri.
lutes conscious Intelligence to these
little creatures, comes upon our senti-
mental appreciation OF their ways with
something like a shock.
When we consider the wonderful
adaptation Of means to an end. the pre-
'ision and the ingenious methods en-
}loyed by many sorts of insects in
.arrying out the purposes and objects
)f their lives, We are indeed inclined
% credit them with intelligence of a
nigh order. II is only after we are
'orced to recognize the extreme llmlta-
ions of this so-called intelligence, its
nfeNihle nature, and its inability to
ldapt itself to other conditions than
hose under which it is habitually. or
ordinarily exercised, that we recognize
low much is wanting in the behavior
)f insects to furnish conclusive evil
ience of their possession of any intel
ectual capacity whatever.
Light, for example, attracts insects in
general, as it does also plants. but it
ioes not necessarily follow that vision,
n the human sense Of the word. be-
Ongs either to plants or to insects.
The suburban citizen., 1902-09-20

a single pair Of rabbits can multlpr
in four years 20 1,250,000.
The suburban citizen., 1902-09-20

In Prussia, during the year 1900
5257 males and 1403 females committed
suicide.
The suburban citizen., 1902-09-20
JUC Go OGCO CGCCCJJOOJLl
Stories About insect
,. Eating Plants
5coooo0oooOoo3oooooo3oo 1000
BY J. Carter Beard.

L have all of us been accus-
toned to wonderful stories
of the wisdom Of ants and
Of bees, as well as other
worthy members of cntomo.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

She wns worn aud thin, whom
the world condemned for II sin;
they east her out on the kings
hi'way, aud passed her by as they
went to pray. lie WAS a man
more to blame but they spared him
II breath Of shame; beneath his
feet he saw her lie but raised his
hand and passed her by. There
We're people went to pray at the
temple of God on the holy day;
they scorncd the woman, forgavr
the man; it was ever thus since
the world began, Time passed on,
the woman died; on the cross of
shame she was crucfied, but the man
was firm and would not yield aud
they buried her in the pOttcr's
field. The man died, too, ,and they
laid him in II casket Of cloth with
silver rim, and said as they turned
from his grave away, I'VE have
buried an honest man to-day"
Two mortals knocked at heavens
gate stood face to face to inquire
their fate; he carried n passport
with earthly design but she from
love divine. o! ye who Judge
"twiXt virtue ahd vice." which
think you entered to paradisei
Not he whom the world did win,
for the woman alone entered in.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31
GIRL BUNS.
One Gets q Lesson She'll
not Soon Forget.

Kansas City, July 24.-Eva
Beck, Is years of age, Of Van Bu-
ren, Ark, is distinguished type,
an up-to-date twentieth century
girl. Eva rode from Van Buren,
to Kansas City in Il box ear. She
had a friend who like herself desir-
ed to come to Kansas City.
Tuesday was a long, wearisome
day and the wayfarers were glad
enough to sleep when night came.
The interior of the ear naturally
was pitch dark and the girls felt
no hesitancy in removing their
clothing, il being so hot Eva slept
AS soundly aS if she had been IN II
Pullman. When she nwOke yes
terday morning to her surprise she
discovered that her companion had
disappeared. Then 10 her utter
dismay she found that her own
wardrobe was missing.
Traiumen who were at work in
the Sheffield yards about noon yes
terday saw strange sight. A
white handkerchief waving furious
ly, II human hand and just the
suggestion of an arm were visible.
To one Of the trainmen she told
her story. Garments OF many
shapes and sizes were secured and
after much trying ON" the figure
of woman, fully clad, emerged
from the car.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31
Troublesome Days.

Monroe county is all astir over
temperance agitation. Rev. Faith
er Coffey, the distinguished young
Catholic priest of st. Louis, Rev,
Barclay and Rev. Burton of Ohio
have each been at Paris recently
and delivered addresses in the in
terest of the enforcement of the
temperance laws.
AS TO one feature presented We
repeat from the Paris Appeal:
There is considerable agitation
among the patrons OF drinking
places this week. A camera tiend
connected with the secret service
department of the anti-SalOOn
league made the rounds several
DAYS ago and took snap shots Of
the bars and their patrons. These
pictures will be exhibited along
with several others as stereoptican
views in the illustrated lectures
given by the agents Of the League.
The views are said to show the OPP
posite ends of sOcicty-the upper
crust and the crap shooter, the So
ciety man and the dusky drinker
of alcohol-in the very act of
quenching their thirst. Truly,
these be troublesome days for the
man with a thirst. We are also
reliably informed that during the
past two weeks, besides the evil
dence secured against the Monroe
county druggists, thirteen joint
keepers in Shelby county had been
visited by detectives and evidence
enough secured to put every one of
them on the financial ash heap.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31
HOWARD GASS, A HAT.
Try to Elect Another Editor
From Train.

La Junta, Col, July 25.-There
are 10 members of the excursion
of the Missouri editors over the
Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe.
When the train reached here there
was a commotion, caused by an
attempt to eject +. +. Campbell of
Louisiana, Mo. 1t was asserted
he had insisted on reading to the
editors a hand-written poem by
himself. Campbell hung to the
hind rail successfully despite the
efforts of w. ID. Thomas, of Full
ton, Omar ID. Gray of the Sturgeon
Leader, Robertus Love and John
Knott to make him let go. The
editors have voted a hat to Howard
Gass, of the Missouri School Jour
nal, as being the best looking edi-
tor on the excursion.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31
A Bug in His Ear.

The Middletown Chips gives the
following breezy account of mis-
fortune that befell citizen of that
locality: Didn't hear about Cotty
Rentfro and the bug in his ear the
other night, did youi 1t was af-
ter dark and the bug couldn't see
how handsome Cotty wasn't, so it
may, possibly, have been a kissing
bug. If it was, it lived. My! but
Jno. M. Cotty did howl and raise
the entire Whiteside school district
with his positively last appearance
before the world-alive. Neigh
bors came pouring in from every
direction to see whether it was fun
or murder, and found Cotty pacing
the earth and groaning and clawing
his ear.
Cotty roarad,
And Cotty howled;
He made a lot of fuss;
But, bless your life
He was scared to death,
And didn't cuss.
Die? OF coarse he was going
to die, and the pop ticket not yet
elected and Bob Cole owing him
two days work on swap. He
was inconsolable, especially in the
above and otherwise unprepared
condition. Cotty has an elegant
pumpkin shape on his figure, and
the didoes he did cut would have
stopped a street pa arade. Finally
when he begun to grow weary and
hOarse from his leg and lung exer-
else, some neighbors who had come
to the funeral suggested that they
pour sweet oil in his ear, in order
that he might die a sweet death.
Presto! 1t killed the bug and left
Cotty to live and talk populism
and vote the Republican ticket. 1t
has been charged that "bug"
proved to be a caterpillar, but,
Chips cant think that Cotty goes
a gait that would let a caterpillar or
snail catch him. p. S.-Dr. Bel
lamy got the varmint" out next
morning.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31
Land Exchanges.
morning.

VIM. A. Davis to Il. V. Harper,
9 acres at Rush Hill, $3.50.
Robert Grange and wife to John
b. Schmidt, east half northeast,
14.5l-7, So, 5000.
Aaron Mcpike to Molle Mcpike,
block -, Mcpike's second addition
to Vandalia, $40O.
w. w. Harper and wife to JOS
eph Woodbridge, > acres adjoining
Benton City, 5000.
Joseph ii. Anderson and wife tc
Kouis Phillip, lot 30, Barnes ad,
dition to Mexico, $3.50.
JAS. r. Scott and wife to Jos,
eph Hodnett, south half northeast
southeast 3l-Jl-9, $400.
Jennie V. Beagles and husband
to j. j. Alexander, southeast
southwest, 25-52.7, ST. 100.
Jas. II. Scott and wife to Har'
vey l.. Young, 80 feet west side
lot 4, block ), Laddonia, Sc, 800
Aaron Mcpike and wife to Char
les H. Mcpike, ~ acres in north
east corner southwest, 5-52-5
$500.
r. A. Lisenberry ct al to o f,
Weller, II south % acres cas-
half northeast and northeas
southwest, 2-51-S, $500.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31
QUEER QUILT.
Valued at $3OOO.From cloth.
Ing of Famous
Persons.

Columbia, Mo-, July "a
Through the efforts of J. f.
Crumbaugh, who had charge of
the Missouri exhibits at the Oma.
ha, Buffalo and Charleston expo
sitions, the directors of the Col
umbia fair have secured for exhi-
bition purposes at this years fair,
which will be held the first part of
August, a curious quilt. The quilt
is valued at So, 600 and contains
POO pieces of goods cut from dress.
es and neckties worn 10y famous
women and men. Each piece is ac-
cOmpanied by an autograp h letter
Among the contributors to the
quilt are: Alice and Phoebe Cary,
John q. Whittier, Ouida, Louise
M. Alcott, Jean Ingelow, Mark
Twain, Elizabeth Stewart Phelps
Charles Egbert Craddock, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, William Black
Henry W. Beecher, w. ID. How
ellis, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Gen.
eral Lew Wallace, Paderewski,
Patti, Rose Cleveland, Mary Cur.
tis Lee, Mrs. Tom Thumb, Mrs.
Gen. Robt. +. Lee, Gen. u. s,
Grant, Gen. John. A. Logan,
Gen. John G. Fremont, Gen. W.
s. Rorecrans, Gen. Sterling Price,
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Grover Cleve-
land, John q. Carlisle, q. q. Vest
Mrs. James X. Polk, Mrs. Jeffer-
son Davis, Gen. Joe Wheeler, Jo,
seph jefferson, Thomas w. .Keene
Sol Smith Russell. Fannie Daven
port, Julia Marlowe, and Ell,
Wheeler Wilcox.
The contributions of Glen. Lew
Wallace and several others wer,
in the form of indelible autographs
on silk. The quilt is the property
of II. M. YOst of st. Louis. The
pieces composing it were collected
by him in sixteen years of trave
abOut the world.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31
MEXICO.

B. X. Cauthorn is spending a
week at Excelsior Springs.
George johnson and wife are
visiting their son, Clyde, at Miles
City, Montana.
Misses Gertrude and Pearl Nor
ris are entertaining their cousin
Miss Miriam Wolfheim, of st.
Louis.
l.. b. Barnett sold four fine sad
die horses last week to a Mr.. Par
ker of London, England. The
horses are to be started on their
journey across the sea this week
Rev. John 7. Mason of this city
accepts his first pastOrate-the
Baptist church for all his time at
Albany, Gentry county, this State
He and his good wife move to AL
bany soon.
Burglars entered the home of j
J.Steele the other night and secur-
ed five dollars from the purse of
Miss Loua Steele, Mr.. Steele's niece
who was staying with the family
that night. Took nothing else,
hunting only for money it seems
Mrs. w. ID. Oldham and two
children, of Kearney, Neb., are
visiting Mrs. Lucy Graham and the
families of Dick Graham and JOIN
B. Graham of this city. Mrs. Old
ham was formerly Miss Belle Fen
tenn. Her many griends here art
always glad to see her. Her hus
band is one of the brightest young
attorneys and most able orators OF
the state of Nebraska.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31
A MONEYMAKER.
If He Gets That Other
Preacher to "Ante-up."

Rolla, Mo, July 2G.-The most
sensational suit that was ever com
menced i'll this part of Missouri
was filed at Vienna, Maries county
yesterday, when Rev. l.. ID. Mon
eymaker, Il preacher of the Christ
ian church, sued Rev. John p.
Dillon, an evangelist of the same
denomination, for 5000 damages
for alternating the affections of his
wife.
Rev. l.. d. Moneymaker has
pastoral charge of seven churches
in Phelps and adjoining counties
About year ago Rev. John p,
Dillon, the evangelist, accOmpa.
MED Rev. John Moneymaker on Il
tour of his circuit and held several
revivals. From that time on Rev
Dillon was Il welcome visitor at
the Moneymaker home, and his
visits were frequent. Rev. Money
maker did not think at first that
the friendliness of his wife and
Dillon was of an improper char
acter. 1t finally became so pro-
nounced that his suspicious were
aroused, and from that time on he
kept closer watch.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31
MINORS DEATH.
Saloon Keeper Sued for Sell
ling Him Liquor.

Matoon, H., July &c. F.
Schmidt, a saloonkeeper in this
city yesterday was sued for S., 900
damages by the parents of the late
Sylvan Snapp. Snapp was shot
and killed last summer while at
tempting to rob Warden's cloth
ing store in company with two
other boys.
His parents allege that he was a
minor and committed the deed
while under the influence of liquor,
which he is said to have procured
in Schmidt's saloon.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

The st. Louis Live Stock report
er prints this item: During the
week the following stockers and
feeder buyers secured cattle and
consigned them to points in Mis-
souri,: b. Fennewald, Martins
burg; j. l.. Shotwell, Farber; j.
Smith, New London; Il. A. Rus
sell and Fewell Bros, Bryan: r.
&. Dudgeon, Laddonia; +. $.
Boulware and +. Bailey, Perry,
one load each; X. X. Buckner,
Bryan; II. A. Campbell, Montg0m.
cry, and J. w. Stevens, LaddOnia,
two loads each.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Modern physiology attributes
more than half of the diseases to
which man is heir to fatigue.
Psychologists say that excessive
fatigue is induced by late hours,
immoderate brain work and bad
air, and that men fail to recuper-
ate because they make no effort to
sleep a sufficient number of hours.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Tests made by ii. j. Waters of
the experiment station ut Columbia,
have demonstrated that cowpen hay
or clover hay is superior to timo-
thy as rough feed for fatening cat
tie. He made three tests, using
of different ages each time, and
found that the animals gained
much more flesh on the cowpea
and clover hay than on the timo-
thy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

More elopements in Boone coun-
ty than in any other county of the
State. a marriage item will hard.
ly be inserted in the newspapers
up there without it is an elOpe-
ment.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

An extensive cattle raiser over
in Monroe county advises farmers
to be on their guard against the
poison from weed pollen next
month; hurtful to cattle's eyes and
also keeps them from fattening.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Mrs. AK. Yancey and daughter,
Miss Virginia, have accepted posi-
tions in the musical department of
a college at Magazine, Arkansas.
They will leave for their work in
October.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31
The Fight Is On.

Paris. Mo-, July 23. Father
Coffey, the crusader priest of st.
Johns parish, st. Louis, spoke to
an audience of 900 persons last
night at the Paris opera house, the
occasion being the beginning of
an anti-whiskey crusade in Monroe
county.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Rev. Taylor of Laddonia, say
our Central Linn correspondent,
preached one of the best sermons
on temperance at Rush Hill The
correspondent then adds: We
hope much good will result from it.
Rush Hill needs more along that
line
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Elk Lick Springs, in Pike coun-
ty, once one of the most popular
health resorts in the State, is soon
to he sold at partition sale.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

The Audrain County Democratic
Central Committee meets in this
city Saturday, August 23, to set
date for the county primary for
the nomination of n candidate for
Representative, to succeed Rhodes
Clay, deceased.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Thomas Culbertson, VIM. Baker,
and Curtis Pryor were recently in
itiated into the mysteries of Wood
craft at Thompson.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Miss Able Morris of Thompson
is contestant for one of three
prizes offered by the st. Louis Live
Stock Reporter.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Our Worcester correspondent
says: "Come along, you land buy
ers, all the fine farms not sold
yet"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Joaquin Miller recently paid a
most graceful compliment to Bret
Harte. He said of him, "I think
he was the cleanest man | ever
met. He was always as clean,
modest and graceful of speech as a
girl"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31
DON'T SCRATCH
A Mosquito Bite--Dr. Jor-
dOn's Advice.

Don't scratch a mosquito bite or
the sting of any insect.
1t is dangerous and may cost
you your life.
Fatalities from blood poisoning
are not infrequent from such over
sights and serious results are al
most of daily occurrence.
The above are suggestions given
out by Chief Dispensary Physician
Jordon of st. Louis.
Dozens of such cases, some of
them severe in character, have
been treated by the doctors at dis
pensary headquarters in st. Louis
recently.
This DR.. JOrdon said to a st.
Louis newspaper the other day:
"The great trouble with a ma
jority of people when they are bit
ten or stung by an Insect is that
they insist upon scratching the af
fected spot. This is wrong, and,
not only that, but exceedingly dan
gerous as well. incubation is
very easy and highly probable un-
der such circumstances.
1.-THE finger nails are highly poi
sonous, because they come in con-
tact and retain so many different
deleteriOus substances.
ut is just as easy to inOculate
with a finger nail as it is with a
vaccine point.
"Instead of scratching, gently
rub the spot with little campho
pheniqe. If this is not obtainable,
use salt water, camphor or two
per cent solution of carbolic acid.
Among the many dangers are
lockjaw and blood poisoning.
Some attacks are fatal and not q
few cripple the sufferer for life"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31
Misprints frequently

Misprlnts frequently are
followed by peculiar results. Re-
Gently the following item appeared
in the Norborne Leader-Jeffer-
sonian under the head of Bingham
Notes: "Anyone having a surplus
of eats will oblige Joel Stemm by
taking him bushel sack full"
Of course Joel wanted oats. He
got twenty-three eats, twenty of
which were Toms instead.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Twelve large stacks of wheat
stand on one field from crop
raised Oh farm just northeast of
Rush Hill.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

"Dick" Dalton was turned down
by the Republicans at Montgomery
City; didn't get the nomination.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Miss Eva Belts Hageman of st.
Louis is spending the summer with
her parents near Laddonia.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Wellington Wilcox, Thomas
Kennett, and w. p. Ball, all of
Rush Hill, have sold their farms.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Grover Smith, near Rush, Hill is
recovering from n wrestle with the
typhoid fever
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

The wheat crop in India is far
short of the average; promise of
more famine for that country.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Barton Hubbard at Laddonia
raised ten acres of oats which
yields him 80 bushels to the acre.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Rev. j. s. Jesse has been called
to the pastorate of the Laddonia
Baptist church for another year.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Miss Sallie Nandeventer of Lad
donia is in st. Louis where she will
spend the summer studying music.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Thomas Bruce, of near Skinner,
will be the new clerk at Barth $, in
this city.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

The man who sighs for the happy
day
When a barefoot boy he ran
Is the same old boy who used to
say:
III wish | wuz a man."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

VIM. West, a veteran city fire
man of st. Louis, lost his right
leg from the effects of a mosquito
bite recently.
= Several weeks ago a mosquito
bit him and he scratched the af-
fected part until the blood came.
Blood poisoning resulted and the
doctors had hard time saving the
mans life.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Democrats and Republicans in
number of Kansas counties are
nominating women for Office.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31
After the whisky sellers over in
Monroe-take their pictures.

G.. w. Moomaw, of near Hutchi-
son, is thinking of locating in Ok
lahoma.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

That Rolla preacher named Mon
eymaker should be careful how he
sues another peeacher for money
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
ioc. 25c. II c. G. c. fail, druggists refund money.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-31
A dispath from Warrensburg says !:

A dispath from Warrensburg says:
A maidstone was successfully ap-
piled here last night to George
Franklin, IL l3-year-old boy Of
Southwest City, Mo-, who was
badly bitten by dog Friday. The
stone belongs to j. A. Hamrick, Il
Warrensburg merchant, and it has
cured dozens of poisonous bites.
j. A. Glandon, of this city "let
fly" a coop of hOming pigeons last
Sunday morning at five o'clock
They had been shipped here from
Chicago only the Friday before;
they reached their Chicago home
in just six hours and ten minutes
after their start from here. That
beats IA railroad passenger train
from here to Chicago about foul
hours.