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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05
MosauIto,s Hum Located.

Tho members of the Royal Society
of Edinburg, reports the Detroit
News-Tribune, were interested, at a
recent meeting, in the announcement
by A. E. Shipley and Edwin Wilson of
the discovery of an apparatus, hereto
fore overlooked or neglected, at the
base of the mosquitoes wings, where
by the characteristic humming Of that
insect may be produced. The species
examined was the anopheles maculi-
pennis, and the apparatus consists Of
a slightly movable bar provided with
a series Of well-marked teeth which,
as the wings are raised and lowered,
rasp across a series Of ridges. The
structure Of the apparatus is de-
scribed as very complex, but the mu-
sic produced. as everybody knows, is
extremely effective.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Dan Kane, an ex-Mo, Pacific
brakeman and convict and scaled
the wall Of the Mo. penitenitary
and escaped last Friday, He hid
two daysin Jefferson City, jumped
on morning train and waved an
adieu to some prison guards, then
went to his old boarding house in
Sedalia. He was recaptured after
two desperate struggles and will be
taken back to the pen.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

David w, Class, formerly of
this county, but now a resident of
Florence, Colorado, came near
losing his life recently, by the ex,
plosion Of a boiler in a saw mill
His sight was injured and his
right leg mangled so as to neees-
state amputation. But Dave is
plucky aud writes a cheerful letter
to Hebron Masonic lodge here Of
which he is still member.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05
Buying and Selling.

c. A. Brown, near Thompson,
paid George Leeper $50 for a white
face ye9rling bull.
Columbia Herald: B.R. Mid
dleton, of Mexico, bought a pair
of mules Monday from Tilford
hurry for $500.
Columbia Herald: Marion
Sparks, representing the j ID. Sim
gleton Horse and Mule Co., Kansas
City, and B. r. Middleton. of
Mexico, bought Saturday Outright
Bros, Centralia, 80 head of choice
cotton mules at 1925 per head.
VIM. Viviou. southeast of town,
had a public sale last week. Here
are some of the figures he got for
stock: A bay mare to w. j..
Cline, 500; a gray mare to Robt.
Lockridge, 500; a COW to J. j.
Byrps, $35; a COW to M. N. Mel
son, $45; a COW to George Bing-
ham, $28; a steer to Clay McClu.e,
$37: three shoats sold for $31,
and two brood sows brought $57.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05
Low Rate Excursion to California and iht
Northwest via the Wabash.

February 18th to April Both The
Wabash viii sell one way tickets
to MANS points in California and
the northwest at very low rates.
For full particulars call on or adj
dress /. n Richards,
Tiki Ag't.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Co Commissioner, j. N. Cross,
went to Excelsior school house
last Saturday where he and Profs.
w. E. and B. F. Cauthorn exam
ined pupils from three schools for
county graduation. Seven pu-
pills received grades emitting them
to diplomas as follows: Hart Me-
Gowan, Vest Proctor, Richard Me-
Gowan, Samuel Rector, Minnie
Sievers, Maggie Walker and Mis-
sic Rector.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Mrs. Elisabeth Quisenberry has
sold her property on East Jack
son to John W. Beatty and is pre-
pairing to move to Arkansas to join
her son, Bruce. Mrs. Quisenber-
ry and Miss Mary have endear ed
themselves to host of friends who
regret to see them leave.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

B. G. Gilmour, eight miles
northeast of Mexico, will have a
public sale Monday, Feb. IL. Ten
head of cattle, 16 head of stock
hogs, all his farming implements,
etc., are in the sale. Mr.. Gilmour
has sold his farm.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Jno. Mclean, formerly Co. AS
SCISSOR of Audrain and one of the
Oldest and best known teachers
in the county, closed his school at
Durham last Friday. He has been
employed to teach the summer
term also. Prof. McLean's many
friends in Audrain extend sympa-
thy to him in his recent sad be-
reavement in the loss of his wife.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05
MORey-Makers.

The coming sale of Short-hOrns
from the herds Of Robertson Bros.
Branstetter Bros. aud w. L.
Wright, Vandalia, Mo-, Thurs
day, Feb ~, 1908, offers an OPP
portunity.
Send for eatalog to w. L,
Wright, yandalia, Mo.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Prof. B. F. Cauthorn closed his
school at Excelsior Jan. Both and
will spend a couple of months at
Quincy Business College. He will
then return and teach the summer
term at Excelsior.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

John Tincher, near Hatton, is
feeding 80 head of stock cattle.
He bought them on the St. Louis
market.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

The MESSAGE has sample of
the coal which has been discovered
on the w. Pollock farm, south
east of Thompson. 1t is a 20
inch vein and is but eight feet I'M
der the surface.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Justus Rubeling. near Rush
Hill, will have a public sale Of all
his stock and farming nipple
ments soon.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Centralia is out of debt and has
5000 out at interest and 81, 900
balance in the treasury. That is
successful municipal government
for you.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

w. A. French has bought of
Lewis Hord the store building
now occupied by Kemp & Pear
son, paying $1,000.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

z The East Monroe Street Party,
consisting of the truly time-tried
residents of this beautiful thoro-
fare assembled to enjoy a pleas
ant day with Mrs, r. H. Ed
monds Tuesday. Mrs Edmonds
served a delicious aud bountiful
dinner.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Tuesday morning the electric
wires of the city were weighed
down with sleet and ice. The pole
at southwest corner of the square
snapped off and all the wires were
down and street traffic was him
dered. 1t kept the linemen busy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Mike Murray of Galloway coun-
ty has a mule 18 hands high and
which weighs about 1850 pounds.
1t is but three years old, and he is
grooming it for the Worlds Fair.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Mexico's two new free rural
mail delivery routes are now in
operation. Fred Boeger and D.
S. MCGEE are the carriers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05
Sell Your
Scrub Cattle

And keep nothing but the best.
The markets demand cattle with
frames for carrying the largest per
cent Of high priced beef. The
feeder demands early maturity.
Cattle combining these qualities
are the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Charles Hereford has moved to
this city from Oklahoma. He will
engage in the real estate business.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Thomas Scott has been nomina-
ted by President Roosevelt for
postmaster at Wellsville.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

John Greed is feeding 20 head of
fine steers on his farm southwest
Of Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

VIM. H. Nichols, of near Halls
vile, and Shannon johnson, his
neighbor, became implicated in a
shooting affair last Sunday. in
which johnson fired six shots at
Nichols, two of which took effect.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

We have it on good authority
that there is to be a wedding at
Thompson Feb. 25th. Now can
you guess who9
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

w. T. Arnall, in Mexico yester-
day from Bean Greek, reports roads
almost impossible horseback.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05
The Comfy Court convened
Monday.

The great demand for Audrain
farming lands still continues.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Abont 200 people from this
city witnessed the play "Ben Hur"
in st. Louis last Saturday night.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Moberly is to have an void
fashioned country fair" September
2.3-4.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

The bottom went completely
out of the roads Monday-the
roads never were in worse condi-
ton.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Mrs. John Young, in her 85th
year, of near Santa Fe, died last
Saturday.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

The City Council is getting
ready to put down sidewalk for
those property owners who refuse
to put down the same in front of
their lots where the same have
been ordered. The cost will be
taxed up against the property.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05
n HAPPENED AND HAPPENING. q

The beautiful aud balmy wealth
er last week-where is it this week7
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs Mike
Shire, of this county, a son.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

There was a terrible fall of rain
and sleet in this section of the
State Monday. Scores of fruit
and ornamental trees in this coun-
ty were either broken down or in
other ways damaged by the heavy
weight of ice that lodged upon
them.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05
Paul Hudson, of Sturgeon, ht
moved to this city.

Mrs. Mary B. Beagles Of this
city received a letter from Mrs. B.
o. Sims who with her family late
ly moved to Weleetka, 1, 7. Mr..
and Mrs. Sims are delighted with
that. country. They are building
fine new r. room house. Their
two sons, John and Oris, are in
the lumber business there. Mrs.
Sims says chickens sell for 15%
cents pound down there, and
she wouldn't care if some good
Audrain friend would ship her
down a coop, even if they are at
quite a high figure here also.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-02-05

Charlie Beeby of Farber, son of
G. j. Beeby, of that place, has
lost his mind and was taken to the
asylum at Fulton this week His
mind affection was brought on
thru sickness. 1t is sincerely
hoped that he may soon recover. y
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-24

The proposed fine for an infringement
of this pending law is not to exceed
$40. The corporation of the city of Lon
don has already issued notices, whose
display, however, is voluntary, calling
attention to the hygienic danger in
wolved in expectoration, and request
ing Pedestrians to desist. Many omni-
bus lines and public buildings have
been using these for some time. DR..
Alfred Hitler has raised more or less
discussion by advocating the use of
pocket spittoons. In France also this
Subject is at last being seriously dealt
with, especially in the schools, and the
French minister of public instruction
has issued a circular setting forth the
dangers Of this unclean habit.
"A beyond seas hostess has invented
a pretty way of hushing the chatter
that will arise at every musical or priv
ate concert wherever the class of peo-
pie known as we'll bred are congregat-
ed. OF course the conversation that
accompanies the music at the Metro
pOlitan opera house, in this city, has
come to be as much part of the per-
Torrance as the singers themselves,
but in London society inclines to TAX
ing it's music more seriously. At the
musical in question the hostess gave a
plain yet entirely charming hint that
she wanted would be chatterersA to lis
ten to the music by having the word
"Silence" inscribed in small pink Bios
SONS across some tall mirrors which
faced the audience. Among the per-
formers were NM. Plancon and Salig-
nae and Nine. FRITZ Scheff, and, hav-
ing paid pretty penny to get them
there, the. hostess had no mind to have
the brilliancy of her programme multi
fed by a continuous undercurrent of
gossip and Irritation. 1T would be an
unquenchable talker indeed who would
not heed silence sign like that.
Statistics show that there is more
drinking done in France in proportion
to the population than in any other
country in the world. In some parts
of Normandy, SO per cent of the con-
cripts, it is said, are unable to enter
either the naval or military arm of the
service on account of degeneration due
to drink, while of the 10000 deaths
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-24
PERSONAL.

Miss Florence Ryan, of Laurel ave-
nue.. will leave the first of next week
for visit of two weeks in Duluth.
Miss Timberlake, Of Arundel street.
Will spend the summer in the East
Mrs. c. P. Hill, of Laurel avenue. has
returned from Greenwood, Mimi
Miss De Lambert, of Grand avenue
left last week for a visit in Seattle
Mr.. and Mrs. Rukard Hurd, of Sum
NIT avenue. have gone to Frontenac for
the summer.
Mrs. S. Shepherd, of st. Louis, who
has been visiting Mrs. McNair, of Lau-
rel avenue, has returned home
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ware are spend
ing the summer at Lake Chisago.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mccartney, of the
Moore block, have returned from a Wis
it in Chicago and Michigan
Miss Kalman, of Summit avenue,
Will leave tomorrow for visit in
Frontenac. fe a,5+ e.-eys+e,-o.,f
Mrs. Robert Wight, of Croc1ls Hill.
and Mrs Eden, 7of Seattle, will leave
soon for trip to Alaska.
Mrs. L. L. c.. Brooks, of Western
avenue, has gone East.
Mrs. Marian Leland left last evening
for her home in New York city She
will spend the. summer at the seashore
with relatives.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-24

common, Is the matador shape 1t has
wide, round brim. upturned at the
edge in the slightest curve. with low
beehive crown. around which is a stiff
wreath of foliage or flowers. or
wreath of ribbon loops. while flowers
are massed at the back. where the hat
is turned up sharply. Except in the
lovely satin straws in rich shades of
royal blue, purple or cerise. coarse
straws are little seen; fine chips in del
icate pastel tints. or Leghorns or Tus-
can straws are most fashionable. The
true mushroom shape has. indeed, made
Its appearance in millinery, without
any notifications to soften its some
what trying outlines.
But though we dearly love all that
is quaint and retrospective at present,
this decided legacy from the past must
be carefully dealt with. 1t must be
raised off the head with a bandeau of
flowers. which widens considerably to-
ward the back. One in mushroom
brown straw had clusters of wide old
rose pink ribbon under the Grim all
aronud, with a white gull with out
spread wings stretching from the front
around to the side. and on the crown a
knot of pinky- brown velvet. with it's
loops spreading out toward the deges.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-24
Will Her Widowhood End?

This spring has reawakened no end
of rumors concerning Mrs. Ladenburg.
1t is said she will soon end her widow
hood, although she is equally insistent
that these rumors are not to be be-
lieVed. However, mystery has yelled all
her movements, and for some unknown
reasons she has given the Meadow
brook set the go-by. Formerly one of
the ardent horsewomen, she would hunt
and ride and watch polo in the rain Just
like the other sportswomen of Long
Island. But this spring she has tar
ried in New York. She lived so quietly
in her Murray Hill house that no one
heard of her, and finally her name ap-
peared on one of the ships sailing lists
This was not unusual. A European
trip was always one of Mrs. Laden
burg's summer events. But the pas
sage has been countermanded The
man is said to be the brother n-law
of Mrs. Benjamin Guinness, but Mrs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-24


lions. dragons, pelieafls, groups of pen
gums. with outsfretched s.ffippers;;"
pert monkeys. playful cats eomical
dogs and canaeis Wifh~ sg1fles on their
faces and ink bottles on their backs.
These grotesque curios are a decided
Improvement on the hideous china cats
that took the fashionable fancy a year
agoo And they are quiet the other ex-
IRENE in coloring-as soft and Subdued
as the eats were bright and gay.
Walking skirts Of accordion plated
alpaca in black, blue and cream are to
be. bought for $40. a
A froek of white India silk, with
bands OF dead white crochet lace on
bodice and skirt. is to be had for,
$1L50.
A black and white silk shirt waist
suit for $13 is BARGAIN to be found in
one Of the costume shops. -
A novelty in brooches is low bow
knot with short loops. covered solidly-
with diamonds, while the long ends
are merely outlined with sfirelike stones
set on an invisible wireas No gold is to
be seen at ALL 81 &c
Parasols and en-toutr cas- (sun UNI
brellas) only await the suns COM
pla1sance to show how many and va4
riede, are their attractions. Some of
the prettiest are of gauged esprit net,
edged with a full ruch qof rose petals,
and lined on the inside with multi
tudinous little frilts and narrow VAL
enciennes lace. Equallyy pretty. though
of a simpler nature, are, those of plain
spotted muslin or coarselys embroidered
linen. lined with a blush rose batiste
or shade of cool-IookiI7g green These
have rustic wooden handles, and are
intended to, accompanying linen and
tussoref gowns of the season. The rich
chine silk parasols make effective.
touches of color to toilette. and these
nave richly jeweled handle crystal
balls inclosed in a network of gold or
jewel or delfcately enameled tops. 2
Several of the most fashionable mill
liners are selling out their spring and
summer hats at from SIS to 500 Among
them are remarkable bargains. A pert
little hat bought for Sc and worn to the,
Suburban on Thursday was of white
straw, trimmed with huge black bow
and huge black buckle Becoming
and smart, although already getting
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-24

This seems to be a great year for
WIDOWS. Mrs. w. E. Dodge and Mrs.
Lewis M. Rutherford both married
again. Now comes the rumor regard
ing Mrs. Ladenburg and also certain
widow of Tuxedo whose husband was a
renowned architect. The alleged f1ance
of the Tuxedo woman is a lawyer on
Broadway and an old Knickerboclser
Who lives across not far from the home
of j. Pierpont Morgan. The widow is
Wildly indignant that her name should
be used by the gossips in this way,
because her husband is not long dead
and her grief after his demise was
seven day wonder. Her Grape wells
fairly swept Fifth avenue. and the Dor
der of her mourning handkerchiefs was
as broad as her as" Her brother
proclaimed her sorrow to everyone and
she was deemed inconsolable. Sudden
ly she appeared in Cocoanut Grove in
Palm Beach, with her Knickerbocker
swain. She is not a young woman,
and since her husbands death her hair
has changed from iron gray to lus-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-24
Smart Set Gets RATING.

When the smart set does get a rating
it certainly gets a good, hard one. A
new Watterson has been at the 400,
and of that gay and festive clique he.
says: THE smart set proper is the
cult of the utterly inane. Nor
is it in any sense the half world be-
yond the fact that it is philosophical1y
tolerant of the demi mondaine with
proper credentials. It's constitution is
in the main plutocratic, yet it has
curious artistic and possibly Bohemian
bias which leavens it at times in an
unexpected degree. 1t is, so far as it's
feminine side is concerned, the outcome
of artifciality and hyper ciyiliza ton,
based on a shallow foundation of mall
education with neurasthenia superadd-
ed; yet it is not wholly rotten, mas
much as it has at times curious reac-
lions in favor of the more primitive
and natural instincts. 1t is, in short,
phase of social development, possibly
transitional and probably decadent.'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-24
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.

The marking of table linen is an OPP
Grafton that often bothers the average
housekeeper. If she be well to do, she
can hire other women to embroider
the initials or monogram in the solid
white embroidery that is so handsome
and so expensive. Or she may sim
ply stamp her table napkins and tow
els with a stencil and India ink. This
looks cheap, as 1t is. Spool embroid-
cry. which is novel; easy and pretty
when done. offers happy medium be-
tween the two. One woman who does
good deal of it says the first step is
to select a spool and draw a circle
family around 1t on the article to be
marked. Start at the bottom Of the
circle and brier-stitch around nearly
half way. Then start again at the
bottom and stitch around the other
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-24
RACE SUICIDE THERE
IT. is THE ONE BIG QUESTION
WHICH WORRIES FRANCE
Prominent Frenchman Says French
Women Are Too Frivolous to En-
cunber Themselves With Large
FamiIies-No Children Is the Usual
Rule.

A prominent Frenchman, Fredegic
G. Gruen, a member of the Frerrh
chamber of deputies and president of
the Bank of Versailles, passed through
New York last week on his way to
Quebec to establish a branch bank.
While in New York he was interview
ed. Asked if President RooseVelt's re-
cent utterances anent race suicide"
had awakened any interest in France
NJ. Gruen replied that they had fur
nished a basis for much healthy dis
cussion among French people of all
classes.
1.-THE people of France" he con-
tinued 'have long been Indifferent TO
the threatened depopuiation of their
country, but the remarks of your pres
ident on marriage have stirred them
up to take action to prevent. If possl-
BILE, the continuance of race suicide
among them. Only a month ago M
Plot, the senator for the department of
the Cote dor, aroused public attention
to what we call the national danger
the depopulation of France - and
through his efforts an extra parlia-
mentary committee is now studying
the subject in all its phases. NJ. Plot
has further proposed a scheme to the
government, which consists in the in
stitution of an order of merit, with
cross and ribbon, for the mothers of
large families in France, as a recogni-
ton of the cOuntry's Indebtedness to
them and as an encoUra cement to
young married couples"
Replying to the question whether ne
could give an explanation for the grad
ually decreasing population of France,
NJ. Gruen said, without hesitation:
Our women. The majority of them
nowadays in my country are too friv-
olous. They object to shouldering the
responsibility and care of large famf-
lies. 1t is not by any means that they
dislike married life. Most of them,
should say, marry for love, but as a
rule they seem to have an aversion TO
children, or a fear of allowing them
selves to become encountered with a
family. The existing conditions of So
cial life in France today-its ever in
creasing gayety and passion for
amusement-are to a great degree re-
sponsible for the increasing dislike
French women entertain for the home
and the higher duties it entails.
IF the American women were to be
transplanted to France, 1 feel we
should have nothing to fear from what
you call race suicide 1t may, by the
way, surprise you to know that my
wife is an American by birth and lin
cage. She is the only daughter of the
late John Hood Crawford, a cotton
planter in New Orleans. My wife and
l do not believe in race suicide We
have a family of eight. On the avenue
in Versailles where we live we enjoy
the distinction of having the largest
family in the neighborhood. Not one
of our married neighbors has more
than three children, and the majority
have none at all"