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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-01-08

pier shed corresponding to the last
initials on the baggage. The line lead
ing to the desk of the customs officer
in charge forms in a hurry, and uni
formed inspectors rush for the trunks,
now being lowered from the bow of
the ship to the pier.
The search is not so perfunctory as
in the old days, and the women do not
like it. Their lingerie is exposed
sometimes, particularly if the inspec-
tor suspects that there are things duti-
able concealed in the depths of the
trunks.
1t is a great show for the immi-
grants crowded forward against the
port rails. They are mostly phlegmatic
Germans and Slavs. They appear to
view with wonder, not unmixed with
amusement, the unchecked suscepti-
b.lity of the American welcoming his
beloved ones.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-01-08
Essay Prize Committee.

Bishop Daniel S. futile, president
of the Missouri Society of Sons of the
Revolution, has appointed DR.. f. A.
Allen, professor of English in the Uni
yersity of Missouri; Hon. c. b. Rol-
Inns and Walter Williams as com
mittee To pass judgment upon the es-
says submitted by Missouri High
School students in competing for the
society's annual prize, The subject of
the essays submitted is The Women
of the Revolution The prizes will be
awarded and the winners announced
at the annual dinner of the Sons of
the Revolution in St Louis on Wash
ington's birthday.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-01-08

a thousand or more expectant
friends of the voyagers got up at dawn
to greet the liner, knowing that it was
her habit to poke her nose into the
Hook not long after sun-up.
There were husbands waiting for
wives, wives waiting for husbands,
lovers expecting sweethearts, parents
anxious to see children and children
ready to greet parents. Also, there
were persons who were hoping to see
other persons who hoped that some
other persons still might not see them.
A fleet of harbor bantams puffed about
the ship. Presently she headed in,
half a dozen tugs pressing their
matted bow tenders against her star
board quarter to bring her parallel
with her dock. Her cabin passengers
crowded to her port rail on the prom
enade deck and there was an eruption
of handkerchiefs, hats and silken edi-
tons Of the flag. In fact, the waving
had begun long before folks on the
per could make out the features of
those on the liner.
A handsome black-mustached man,
whose family have been abroad, spies
them in bunch at the rail flourishing
handkerchiefs and flags. He hasn't
any bunting himself. but he has two
handkerchiefs, a high hat. cane and
an umbrella, and he tries to wave
them all at once.
Look at papa"
That's what his little girl said as she
made an effort to get over the rail on
which her mother was holding her.
Everybody on the pier looked at
papa, who didn't seem to care, as he
tried to express his joy by waving
everything at once.
A short, blonde man made his black
derby hat express his emotions in a
way that made him center of OBJ
servation for while. He may have
belonged to the Signal Corps.
Instead of waving his hat in the per-
functory way he did the semaphoric
act. He took the hat first in the right
hand, using his arm like pump
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-01-08
joplin to Own Waterworks.

Joplin is preparing to own its own
waterworks system. At a special
meeting of the City Council all Alder
men voted for the purchase Of the
plant of the Joplin waterworks. This
is the outcome of the companys arbi-
trary establishment of minimum
price for water furnished consumers,
which is violation OF the franchise.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-01-08
Missouri University Meetina.

President X. II. Jesse has issued a
call for a general cOnyuCation of the
faculty and students of Missouri Uni
versity on January ., in memory of the
great fire of 1892. which destroyed the
university buildings. Prof. A. b.
Cralghead of the state School at War.
rensburg will be present and deliver
an address.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-01-08
Convention a Success.

Ben Blewc,t, st. Louis representa-
tive on the Executive Committee on
the State Teachers Association who
managed the convention, stated that
This years assembly was the most
profitable gathering financially in the
history of the organization, The pro,
ceeds Of the enrolment were $1,000
while the figures at Kansas City last
year reached only $500. The treasur.
err, II. II, Jordan, of st, Joseph. lef,
st. Louis with balance for the asso
citation of $l4o0 which Is just double
the balance In the treasury last year
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-01-08
Longevity in Boone County.

A report compiled by the Columbia
Herald at the end of the year of the
deaths in Boone County shows that
more than Onc-third who died during
the past year were moro than 80 years
Ct age. The average age of deaths
in Boone County, as shown by the Ia.
BILE, is SO years and months.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-01-08
A Religious Occupation,

Bishop Thomas U. Dudley of Ken
lucky was seated upon a veranda in
Louisville last Easter watching the
people crossing the street The day
was a very nasty one. A friend came
along. "Ah, Bishop" said he, what
are you doing this dreary afternoon"
Merely observing the Passover" re.
piled the Episcopal gentleman
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-01-08
Celebrated Golden Wedding.

MIR. and Mrs, John w, Carter cele.
bratcd the fiftieth anniversary of their
wedding at their home in Columbia.
They entertained large number of
friends and relatives.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-01-08
Professor Patterson Resians.

Professor +. S. Patterson, County
School Commissioner Of Boone Coun-
ty, has resigned his position as first
assistant teacher in the Centralia pub
lie schools, and has accepted posi-
ton in the public schools of Marshall,
AIo
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-01-08

At last the trunks. turned topsy-
turvy, have been restored in the in
teriors to some dim semblance of
what they were before the inspectors
tackled them. Then there is a rush
for cabs, and within two hours after
the great ship was made fast along
side her pier the tumult of greeting is
n mere memory,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-01-08
THE MARKET REPORT.

A Summarized Report Covering the
Prevailing Conditions.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-01-08
General Produce Prices.

BUTrER-Extra creamery. ...........aN
Dairy Observation-Disclosures. @l@2t
Country store packed.
EGGS-flrm at.,..,. ..2ltG22
HAY-Choice prairie. .... .S1o.OO@l2
Timothy No. ..Sl4. 5O@l5.O)
Glover ..,:',.a:'.'..,l!'S l@,o9~l ?..l
LARD-Good country lard .... .iO@1Oii
LIVE PoULTRy-Old hens. ..........C9
Young Chickens. ................O)
Ducks Observation-Disclosures.
Turkeys. MISREPRESENTATION.
Pigeons per doz. ................S O.Tj
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-04
JAMES e. FREE. M. ID.
TELEPHONE 1851 ~
Certificate Showing Persons Interested
in Guardianship Business.

We, the undersigned, Harry M. Ram
sey, John M. Ramsey and Allen B. La
Mott, all residing in the county OF
Yellowstone in the state of Montana,
the said Harry M. and John M. Ram
sey residing at Billings, and the said
LaMott residing at Roundup, in said
county, do hereby certify that we are
partners doing business in said county
of Yellowstone, state of Montana, with
the principal Office or place of bust
ness at said Billings, under the firm
name and style Of H: NJ. Ramsey & Co.
That the business Of said c%opartner-
ship is buying, dealing in, breeding
and selling horses.
In witness whereof WI have here
unto set our hands and seals, this
first day of September, A. D. 1908.
HARRY M. RAMSEY.
JNO. M. RAMSEY.
1914 ALLEN B. LA MOTT.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-04

Year No. 768, used as a day coach on
the Billings-Red Lodge run, is stand
ing in the local yards and in a silent
way gives testimony of its narrow es-
cape from destruction by fire. 1t was
on the return trip of Tuesday that
the forward end of the coach was
discovered to be blazing in a manner
that threatened dire results. Some one
evidently had thrown a cigar stub
onto the floor of the platform, where
it lodged against the wall of the car,
and, famed by the draft caused by
the speed of the train, the glowing
coal soon burst into flames. Discovery
of the fire was made at an opportune
time and the train was stopped and
holes cut into the blazing woodwork,
after which water soon extinguished
the flames.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-04
G N


Will Rixon is reported as being quite
sick with enteritis.
Mrs. H. B. Segur and daughters are
back from Lombard, where they en-
joyed a brief outing.
Mrs. Charles Retallick has gone to
Miles City to join her husband, who
is at present employed there.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Snidow left
Wednesday morning for a visit to
Clarence, Mo-, their former home.
The Reverend and Mrs. J. J.. Bow
ker are entertaining Mrs. J. Meager.
of Butte, who has arrived on a visit
for a couple of weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Newman are
receiving the Fluctuations of their
friends on the birth of a daughter, who
was born Tuesday morning.
l.. l.. Fuller, Burlington agent at
Edgar, Neb., arrived from the south
yesterday on "a short visit to his
friends Of the Nebraska colony.
A message received from the Rev.
erend W. W. Clark states that on ac-
count of his serious illness he will
not be able to return to Billings this
week.
Mrs. e. M. Mowre, aunt of Police
man G. E. Mowre, has arrived from her
home, Melford, Utah, and will visit her
nephew and other raletives for a cou-
pie of weeks.
Preston Booker, who has been one
of the delivery clerks of the Donovan
Mccormick company, took his depar-
ture Wednesday morning for New
York via Montreal.
Mrs. j.. J. and Miss Alice Walk have
gone to Hunters Springs, where they
expect to remain a few days and then
proceed to Helena to spend several
weeks visiting friends.
Miss Jessie Railsback departed
Wednesday morning for Watertown,
Mimi, at which place she has been
engaged as teacher in the primary
department Of the public schools.
Tomorrow the annual picnic of the
Baptist Sunday school will take place
in the grove below the power house
of the water company. The start will
be made at 9 o'clock from the church.
H. l.. Calhoun of Columbus spent
several days in the city attending the
sale of the Montana Horse Sales com
pany, he having a band of horses to
dispose of. He returned home this
morning.
A telegram received by his sister,
Mrs. James G.. Fraser, states that a
slight Improvement is noticeable in
the condition of Frank Mickey, who is
at Tacoma suffering from an attack of
paralysis.
= A contract has been entered into by
the board of school trustees and the
Rocky Fork Coal company for the sea-
sons fuel supply. The price to be
paid by the district is $685. a ton in
carload lots.
w. H. Donovan, formerly senior
member of the DonOvan4McC ormick
company, but now engaged in business
at Seattle, arrived from the west last
night and will spend a few days visit
ing his old friends.
At the Baptist church Sunday,
preaching at II a. m; subject, DUTY
to Our Neighbors." Sunday school
at 1915 p. m; B. Y. P. U. meeting at
z D.. m, Sermon at 8 p. M, subject,
"Sin, What Is It?'
James Logan, the youth who was
badly injured by a kick from a horse
last Tuesday, is reported as being
out of all danger and on the high road
to recovery. His father arrived from
Bismarck Wednesday.
C. M. Chaffee had the pleasure last
Wednesday of a visit from Mr.. and
Mrs. John Walker of Grinnell, Ia,
who were on their way home from q
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-04
cA..t-.u,. Employment
\0CkWH Bureau.
76o7h Mont. Az
Bell Phone sea: Mofett Phone 1s1.
No Charge for Male Help.

Help Wanted.
Competent girl for general house
work, country, $500.
Girls for general house work. city
and ranch.
Waitress.
Hay hands.
Men for railroad construction, west.
Ship every night.
For Rent.
One nicely furnished ROOM, ground
floor, IS per month; good location.
Three rooms furnished or unfur-
nished; suitable for housekeeping;
north side.
For Sale.
Small house and lot near south side
school.
Two-year-old short-horn Durham bull
16 head heifers and mich coWss
will sell all or in part.
One work horse; 2 ponies.
NH ITA
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-04

Christian Science services, room IA,
Belknap block, Sunday at II a. m.
Subject, Substance" All are cor
daily invited to attend.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-04

The regular services of the Episco-
pal church will be resumed on Sun
day next at II and 7:45. Sunday
school at 1915. Miss Moss will be
the soloist and Miss Fay Logan will
accompany the organ a. violinist.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-04
For Fent.

21O N. 2Sth rsteet, to two gentlemen,
large front room furnished; electric
light and bath; two blocks from de.
pot.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-04

American beauty and other choice
roses every day at the Billings green
$1.5O per dozen. 32tf
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-04

Alfalfa hay for sale by B. w. Toole
Call phone ISM. Boz
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-04
EssELsTYN AGAIN JAILED FOR
PASSING WORTHLESS CHECK.
sum OBTAINED IS SMALL
Released In the Morning, Is Rearrested
At Night For Like
Offense.

S. s. Esselstyn seems to be the
victim of an uncomfortable mania for
writing checks on banks in which he
has no deposit and passing them on
unsuspecting persons.
A few weeks ago he was arrested
for uttering several such worthless
pieces of paper and committed to Jail,
being unable to give the required
bond for his appearance in the district
court. He was permitted to remain
there until last Wednesday morning,
when he was released.
The man has eminently respectable
connections in Carbon county, and
out of regard for their feelings those
whom he victimized consented not to
appear against him, conditional that
they were reimbursed for their losses.
On this basis a settlemert was eff
fected Tuesday and the case against
the prisoner was dismissed. In order
to keep him out of any possible trou-
Bile, at the request of his brother, Els
selstyn was kept in Jail until the fol
lowing morning, when he vas to be put
on the Red Lodge train and sent
home.
Shortly before the time for the de-
parture of the train arrived the mar
was taken to the sheriff Office, where
he was to wait until the sheriff could
Sc him aboard and headed for home.
On the pretext that he wanted to e
a man on the south side, he left the
office, promising to return in a few
| minutes. AS an earnest OF his in
tention he left his coat and several
other articles in the possession OF the
| sheriff.
Taking the man at his word, Sheriff
Hubbard permitted him to go, eX-
pecting him to be back in time to
| catch the train. Instead of returning,
however, Esselstyn went into hiding
and kept out OF sight the remainder
of the day. In the evening he APP
peared on the south side and played
his old game, finding a victim in the
person of the proprietor of the Mon
tana saloon, upon whom he passed a
| check purporting to be for $40 and
drawn on Yegen Bros bank, where
he said he had a deposit. Later on
the saloon man learned that he had
been taken in, and on his complaint
| Policeman Baker arrested Esselstyn
and placed him in the city Jail.
He was still there yesterday, no
formal complaint having been lodged
against him, as it was believed that
the matter would be compromised.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-04
Is Free Again.

Esselstyn's usual good fortune did
not desert him on this occasion, for
c more he escaped prosecution.
Friends came to his rescue last
evening and upon reimbursing the man
who cashed his worthless check, the
wronged party consented not to ap-
pear against Esselstyn. AS no formal
complaint had been entered against
him, the compromise was easily eft
fected.
Esselstyn was retained in custody
until this morning, when a policeman
escorted him to the Northern Pacific
depot and remained with him until
the Red Lodge train departed, when
he was sent home, a ticket having
been furnished by his relatives.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-04
Room for Rent.

Inquire at 3105 Montana avenue.
1868
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-10-16
still Another Case,

Franksville, Wis, Oct. 12th.-Many
remarkable cures are being reported
from all over the country but there
Is one right here in Franksville which
is certainly worth publishing, and
which has not as yet been given to
the public.
Mrs. Louis Markison Of this place
had been a sick woman for quite a
long time and could not find anything
TO give her any help. She suffered all
the painful symptoms of what is gen.
orally known as female weakness.
Every woman who reads her story
will understand these distressing con-
ditions which combine to make the
lives Of many women one long bur-
den OF weakness and suffering.
Mrs. Markison CHANGED one day to
hear OF new remedy called Dodd's
Kidney Pills, that was said to be a
splendid medicine for women's weak.
ness. She determined to try some
and soon found herself getting better.
She kept on with the pills and was
cured. Speaking Of her case. Mrs,
Markison says
81 can and do praise Dodd's Kidney
Pills as remedy for female weakness
They are the best medicine I have
ever known, and have done me 8
great deal Of good"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-10-16
q q q
When d. Tu'tIes Bite.


Up In massa's bayou war d. turtles bite.
Leaves is tu'nin' yaller in d Autumn
Muskrat Is a diggin' un'a'neath d ledge.
tabs edge;
suface. like mirrah war d culews
Hear dat red-head peclSin' on a hollah
All dis world am dreamin in d. harvest
Now Sc hooked futile! Niggah. watch
Down he takes d bobbah wifi maddish
Cane pole is strainin'; golly, dis am
Gee, but him's a whoppah! See him's
Eighth 'U lake hims KNOWN him's about
Shell is o had and slfpp'ry. red him's gap
Ketch a futile aIways-tain' agin d. law!
Clean up t. d. landtn', splashin' lake
swal!ahed half d beefsteak-Ketoh i'm
Flop h Rim out a. watah on him's a'kard
CANT tain ovah nevah, dat am stab
Git a Crooked crotch-stick, run UNI down
Gotta cit tit'' dat hook back-Dinna do 'at
Put him in d sack hyer-tu'tle soup +
poan S't git near him's snapper, even in d.
Cain' t1S yo' hear him hissin, mad as he
Bait ' Yo' hook hoo agin, boy; turtles in de
Jes' as big an lunky as him in d. bag 90
rom d. snag! ., !, ,,,e,,t
TTisbin' in d. bayou, clean up a. tII!{iaSs
} JSs' d. bes' fun goin'. when q tu ties
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-10-16
TWO MODES OF HAIRDREssINe
Customs of Abyssinian Dandies and
Warriors.

Customs of Abyssinian Dandes and
Warriors.
In Abyssinia one method Of doing
the hair that is adopted by warriors
is to stroll into the market place, buy
a pound Of butter and, putting it upon
the top of the hair, stand still while
the sun arranges things. When the
hair is thus dressed with melted but
ter the Abyssinian knows that fate
cannot Cor will not) touch htm-he is
a picture of welI-dressed elegance
done in oils. Another style is to tress
the hair and every tress means some
thing. A young warrior with head
Of hair untressed is of no account; he
has not yet killed a man. When, how
ever, he has done SO all his hair Is
shaved of except enough to make one
tress, which Is of the same signiflca-
ton as a notch on pistol stock. AT
ter that every man he kills entities
him to add another tress, until as a
conquering hero OF 100 tresses he Is a
formidable men to try conclusions
with.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-10-16
"IIoT ON THE TRAIL"

toward the setting sun for sight OF
the missing herder, corraled the bleat-
ers and sat down upon the threshold
of his shack to mediate.
Soon a bedraggled pedestrian, mud.
stained and weary, doomed into view.
It was Pegasus, but his breath was
labored and he threw himself upon
the grass with that entire abandon
which denotes complete exhaustion.
'I-I-had - had - the-(whew!) -
the hardest race OF my-life!" he
painted rolling onto his back and
stretching out like a mink-skin on
drying board, II run-run 'em in.
thought run-'em in!"
run what in?" demanded Goober,
splitting a food of tobacco juice at q
tumble bug in the grass. Run what
inf"
"The-lambs!"
''They amt no lambs in my fock!"
said Goober, doggedly. whats the
matter of you anyhow, Peg? Nary a
lamb"
AS Pegasus led him to the corral
door there was a sneer ON the west
erner's face.
There are yer ID lambs!" ex-
ploded the sprinter pointing a waver-
ing finger as he leaned against the
corral for support. There's six Of the
fastest running lambs in Arizonie!"
| Goober took one look!
Jack rabbits, by Halifax" he
! shouted. Jack rabbits!"
And it was indeed thus!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-10-16

-Four Roads to Paradise" is the t.
tie Of novel by Mrs, Maud Wilder
Goodwin which is to appear in The
Century Magazine, beginning with the
November number. The title was sug-
gested by this passage from the Tai
mud: -Four men entered Paradise:
one beheld, and died; one lost his
senses; one destroyed the young
plants; one only entered in peace"
1t is a love story of New York peo-
pie, with the principal scenes in New
York and Florence. In character
drawing, observation of life, wit, and
literary finish, the conductors of The
Century confidently believe that this
novel will place Mrs. Goodwin among
the foremost storywriters. of America.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-10-16

Newfoundland, according to the cen
sus of 1901. has a population Of 220,-
9S4. The main industry is fishing
The seacoast along which most Of the
people are settled is the most sterile
and unproductive portion of the island
where only potatoes, turnips, cabbage
hay and oats are raised.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-10-16

diabetes. dropsy, rheumatism, Bright'u
disease. Doan's Kidney Pills cure all
kidney and bladder Ills. Read the fol-
lowing case:
veteran Joshua Heller, of 706 South
Walnut street, Urbana, ILL.,, SAYS: en-
the fall of 1899 after getting Doan's
Kidney Pills at Cunningham Bros ,
drug store In Champaign and taking
a course OF treatment I told the read.
ers OF the paper that they had re-
lieved me Of kidney trouble, disposed
OF a lame back with pain across my
ioins and beneath the shoulder blades.
During the interval which had elapsed
l have had occasion to resort to Doan's
Kidney Pills when I noticed warnings
OF attack. On each and every occa-
sion the results obtained were lust as
satisfactory as when the pills were
first brought to my notice. l Just as
emphatically endorse the preparation
to-day as 1 did over two years ago."
e A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr. Heller will
be mailed on application to any part
of the United States. Medical advice
free; strictly confidential. Address
Foster-Milburn Co., Bunalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists, price so
cents per box.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-10-16
Tennessee Mountain Preachers.

Tennessee Mountain Preachers.
The oratorical gift of the preachers
OF mountain regions of Tennessee is
much admired by their simple parish
toner's, If somewhat too forid for So
verer tastes. Residents Of that part
Of the country relate many anecdotes
Of their eloquence, as we'll az tn cir alb
surd interpretations OF Scripture. 1t
Is the hight of every boys ambition to
be a preacher, although 1t is an affec-
tation among the horny-handed por-
ton Of the population to pretend to
despise those who do not engage In
manual labor.