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Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
whore NlIneraIs Arc Plenty.

TERRA del Fuego is full of minerals,
among which is no small proportion
Of gold. That there is to be a boom
in mining down in that part of the
world there is no doubt. When the
discoveries shall be made which will
accomplish this result no one can pre-
dict, but there are in movement oper-
ations which at any time may result
in such discoveries as win attract at
tenliOu
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Every Moslem is required to pray at
least five times a day, to give aims
to fast, and to make pilgrimages. They
are forbidden to eat certain meats, and
the use of wine and other strong drink
is strictly prohibited. The Moham-
medans are the most temperate people
In the world, and no man can enter
the house Of prayer without bathing.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Aching backsare eased. Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling Of tbs
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust sedi-
ment, high cOlored, pain in passing, drib-
bling, frequency. bed wetting. Deans
Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel
Relieve heart palpitation, sleeplessneEs,
headache, nervousness, dizziness.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
Their Little came.

Sir Herbert Maxwell at a recent pub
lie dinner told a story illustrative Of
the instructive propensity of British
nature to have little gamble on some
thing. Three officers in the Transvaal
were down with fever, and just before
the doctor went his rounds in the
morning each patient put half-crown
in a basin, and the one whose tempera-
ture was highest took the pool.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

written, although now they have diff
ferent meanings. There was Little
Jack Horner," for instance. Now he
was really a hcIlier little boy than
he IS shown to be in the story books.
That plum which he drew out Of the
pie was really a legal document which
made him the owner Of a valuable
property. the Manor OF Wells The
Abbott Of Glastonbury sent as a pres.
ent 70 Henry VIII. the deeds making
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

A whole lot Of anxiety has been dis
PEELED by the announcement that the
end of the world is not due until 2914.
That leaves us all plenty Of time to
wind up our business affairs and lay
out our best clothes.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

the king owner of number Of
manors. These deeds he put into a
huge pie and sent up for Christmas.
Jack Horner had to carry the pie,
and he did stick in his thumb and pull
out a plum, for he got the papers
which made him lord of the Manor Of
Wells. Little boys and girls of other
countries have their "Ring-a-Ring of
Roses" and Little Boy Blue" who is
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
rrntrrnItr n snelaIlam.

Father Thomas McGrady of Belle
vue. KY, and Rev. George e. Bigeloy,
Baptist preacher Of Lincoln, Neb.,
were speakers at a socialist mass
meeting in Philadelphia the other
evening. Each declared his unquali-
fed Enforcement OF the principles Of
socialism and opposition TO the COM
petitiYe syatem now in operation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

BATTLE CREEK, MICH. - My husband
received the sample of Doan's Kidney
Pills and has taken two more boxes and
feels like O new man He is fireman on
the Grand Trunk r. r., and the work is
hard on the kidneys. Mrs. GEO. CLIFFORD.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
Lady Macdonald Decorated.

King Edward has conferred the dec.
Grafton of the Royal Red Cross on
Lady Maxwell Macdonald, in recognt
ton Of her services in attending the
wounded soldiers during the defense
Of the legations at PelSing in 1900. Sir
Claude Macdonald was then his males
tvs minister in China.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
Hard Luck Of Armenian MaIdene.

A strange punishment Is endured by
Armenian maidens when they have at
tanned their seventeenth year and are
not engaged to be married. They are
forced to fast three days, then for
twentyfour hours their food IS salt
ash. ana they are not permitted to
Quench their thirst
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

t h poor Hushaby. Baby. on the Tree Top.
people of the world had not so many
words to use, so they had to make do
with signs; and the clapping Of
hands was one which they employed
to show that they meant to be friends
with anybody who came to them. And
so it is with other things we say and
sing, whether they be poetry or tales.
In all nations, young and old, savage
or like ourselves in this country,
mothers have always taught their lit
tie ones some such things as we have
for our nurseries.
'Hushaby, baby, on the tree top
is a song that we all have loved at
some time or other, though it has
made us frightened to think of what
will happen to poor baby when the
wind blows and the tree breaks. 1t
comes from all sorts of pretty notions
which the mothers of other nations
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Frank Sallen of Marlboro, Conn,
won a prize of $50 by saving IL cords
OF hard wood in five hours. This is
believed to be the record, but If you
have any doubt about it you cas get a
woodpile and saw and try it.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

The editor OF the Hartford Post has
had a sad experience. "Qne of the
meanest feelings that man ever sut-
fered," he says, lis when he wakes up
from a snooze in church and suddenly
realizes that folks are watching him"
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

A Pennsylvania congregation re-
Gently asked Mr.. Carnegie for $1,000
toward the purchase Of q new organ
In fact, of "liist O. whistles" MIR.
Carnegie's reply was short, sweet and
Scotch: Il Wull."
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Perhaps the ladies', too will take an
interest in the trouble in the Balkans
when they learn that It is sending up
the price of altar of rcses, the max
ing Of which is one of the principal
industries of Bulgaria.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
Why Don't You

enter into the spirit of the times and
progress? No better way to gain a
few live pointers regarding Indian
Territory than by writing for the
May issue of "The Coming Country"
now ready. Address .'
Katy" sos Wainwright, st. Louis, Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
atranne Inherltanon.

"Certainly,2 says q Kansas paper
Dorothy Flynn, just married with so
much eclat Ia Washington, inherits
her amiable qualities, II not her striis
Ing beauty from her father, the Con-
gressman from Oklahoma which IS,
passing strange since the Congress.
man from Oklahoma Is only her step
father Kansas City Journal,
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

The Turks have such an effective
way of doing things. When they "sus-
pect" that q village contains bombs
they simply destroy the place to make
sure.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
This WIN interest Mother.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Child.
rem, used by Mother Gray, a nurse In
Children's Home, New York, Cure Fever
lshness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the bowels and destroy
Worms. Sold by all Druggists, Csc. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Some men don't know enough to
go in out of the rain. and women
whose ankles are becoming to them
sometimes know enough not to go
in out of the rain.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

A feature Of the service at New
York's new g5,OOO,OOO hotel, the Aston
will be an automatic dish remover
walters will waste no time in carrying
dishes from the tables. They will sim
ply transfer the dishes from the table
to the remover" and prestol the
soiled china will be whisked automatic
cally to the washing room.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

had the
Greeks and
Romans, the
EEhiopians ,
a | / h a d
some idea
of the wind
acting a s
the living
friend of
the little
o II e S o r
their mar
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

A New Jersey woman left $50 for
the purpose of jollification over her
corpse. The Publication was duly
held, and the crowd got gloriously
full with the drinks that were ION
the dead"
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Learning that "A Hot Time in the
Old Town" is our national anthem
and battle hymn, Frau Wagner great
ly fears that "Parsifar will be vul.
CARRIED In America.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
boz. Engllsh.s .versatIlIty

The late Dr. Thomas Dunn English
was a man Of very considerable YER
satility. One of his chief hobbies was
mineralogy He left cabinet of speci-
mems of great value and his opinions
on The subject carried much weight.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

ing of the
brave deeds
of knights
and squires,
and t h e
be au tie s
and good
n e S s o I
lovely la
dies, always
told their
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

When the Japan Mail Of April IL
states that the Osaka copper mining
company produced 100000 Kin In the
last half year II says we know not
what, but when It adds that the COM
pany viii declare an 8 per cent d.
giaena 4 apeahs 9 universal tongue.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

trying to
take away
tn e pretty
ideas that
cling to the
stories o +
which we
are all so
fond. Some
Of them
h ap pc ned
as they are
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE.

FOrey-hAghe Thousand Dollars FGaG
for a Fancy Lot OF Tobacco.
The biggest purchase Of high grade
tobacco ever made In the West by =
cigar manufacturer was made last
Wednesday by Frank p. Lewis, Peoria
ILL.,, for his celebrated Single Binder
cigar. A written guarantee was given
that the entire amount was to be fancy
selected tobacco. This, no doubt
makes the Lewis factory the largest
holder in the United States of tobacco:
of so high a grading. Herald Tran
script, Dec. 81, roe.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

William X. Vanderbilt says that In
herited wealth is death to ambition.
Possibly-to men of the type whose
ambition would in any case end with
wealth.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

The dome of the capitol at Wash.
ington is receiving a coat of paint,
for the first time in nine years. This
seems to put the finishing touch on
the country's prosperity.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
a. NEw MRxIco. Il received

AURORA, NEw MRxICo. Il received
the free sample Of Doan's Kidney Pills
which ordered for girl nine years old
that was suffering with bed wetting, and
she improved very fast The pills acted
directly on the bladder in her case and
stopped the trouble. j. 9. LUCERo
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

"A dozen college youths smothered
in girls" says a news dispatch from
st. Paul. What have college boys
ever done to merit such sweet concen'
tration?
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

A reward of $1,000 was offered for
the return Of a lost rope of pearls by
a New York woman. The working
girl who found the jewels was given
500, and now she is suing for the re-
manning $4,000. Here's hoping she
may get every cent Of IT,
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Johann Most would tell you that
New York city is going to the devil.
The saloonkeepers there have abol-
ished the free lunch.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

The sultan is fluently making prom
Uses. The trouble is that he isn't gen.
orally so fluent when it comes to keep
ing them.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

The rotation of the water spout at
the. surface Of the sea has been est.
mated by Prof. Bigelow as 354 miles
an hour. or nearly six miles q minute.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

things o f
which men
k no W to-
day. 1t was
a sign, this
clapping of
h a n d s q.
When men
were not so
wise as they
are to-day,
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

II Joaquin Miller denies the rumor
that he is dead his opinion should be
accepted as conclusive. Joaquin is in
a position to know.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

to blow his
h orn to
drive ( h e
sheep from
the corn but
they are all
afraid o T
the subject
Of W hic h
they sing,
for tn e y
think that
there Is q
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Lewis "Single Binder" straight &c
cigar, Made by hand OF ripe, thoroughly
cured tobacco, which insures a rich, salts
flying smoke. You pay loo for cigars not
80 good. Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

But isn't the news that Russia
takes Manchuria" something like the
old joke about the Dutch taking Hol-
land?
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

A special commission will soon have
20 be appointed to untwist the matri-
monial tangles of the Belmont and
Vanderbilt families.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

All Paul du Chaillu's exploring ex-
petitions sink into insigniflcance COM
pared with the one on which he has
departed now.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

No chromos or cheap premiums,
but a better quality and one-third
more of Defiance Starch for the same
price Of other starches.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Keighley (England) authorities have
discharged their mole catcher, mo-
moles having been seen on the parish
farm Tor the last eight years.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Dell bearing the
date 11G9. Every
Shrove Tuesday
morning it is rung
for one hour, and
the custom has
been followed for
centuries, although
its origin is quite
unknown. The PEG
pie of the locality
believe that 1t has
some connection
with the baking Of
pancakes hence
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

It is expected that the socialists will
carry 100 seats at the German cleo
tions, polling over 100000 votes and
securing the strongest position in the
reicLstag.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

The way a woman apologies to a
man is to think up something he has
done which demanded an apology
from him.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Blocton. Ala, is able some months to
pay all the town expenses from the
profits OF the local liquor dispensary.
which profits it shares with the county.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Joaquin Miller, known far and wide
as "the poet of the Sierras," is build
ing in California park designed ex-
clusively for the use Of little chill
dren.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
Do Your Feet Ache ana Burnt

70 Your Feet Ache and burnf
shake into your shoes. Aliens Foot
Ease. a powder for the feet Il makes
tight OF New shoes feel Easy. Cures
Swollen. Hot, Sweating Feet CornH
and Bnniona. At ali Druggists and
Shoe Stores Csc sample sent Bai1E.
Address Alien s. clmated LeRoY, n. y.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

The Reliance has been outsailed in
a trial race, but perhaps they are
merely trying to draw Sir Thomas on.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

THE House
that ] &C k
Built" but
that little
one never
thinks that
it is repeat
ing an En-
glish YER
sion Of a
very o | d
parable be-
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
GRIPPE HURT KIDNEYS.

e lingering results Of La Grippe remain with the kidneys
DOan's Kidney pills this condition.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

A bad cold Is the surest thing to be
caught on a fishing excursion.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

A woman considers that she has no
clothes at all If some other woman
has more than she has.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

They've got now so that they simply
ask, What's the scorer They know
who lost.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

One OF the important things in the
education Of boy is that he should
learn to keep his lips together.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Apparently the bear that walks like
q man also lies like a gas meter.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

tits a mistake to judge man by
his clothes" That's so;, he ought to
be judged by his wife's clothes"
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

lido not believe Plso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds, JOHN B,
BOYER Trinity Springs Ind. Feb. u, 1909
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Only brute will take kiss from
a girl without pretending he had To
steal it.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

1.-THE Klean, Kool, Kitchen Kind" is tn
trade mark on stoves which enable you t.
cook in comfort in a cool kitchen.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

"He stole a kiss from meH ~'Well.
that was only petit larceny" 1T wasn't
lit was gTand,
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

its name, the Pan
cake Bell" On the last occasion of
the ringing scores of people went into
the belfry to take a pull at the rope
in order that they might claim some
share Of the traditional usage,
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
Pouularity of Summer Camps"

Summer camps" have become so
much of an institution that the New
York furnituremakers this season are
taking notice of them and trying their
Trade
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Carpets can be colored on the floor
with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
RING THE -pANcAkg BELL"

Custom Has Been Followed In Eng
land for Centuries.
In the tower Of st. Mary's church.
Morley, Yorkshire, hangs an ancient
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

Some people are so polite that II
seems as though they want to borrow
money.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
sleep, baby. sleepl
fTl,a IL. L. a41

to
The stars the lambs OF heaven are,
For whom the shepherd moon doth care"
We all like to think of Dick Whit
tington and his fine cat, which ate up
so many rats and mice and made poor
Dick a rich and happy man, so that
he was able to be Lord Mayor of Lon
don. There was once a man whose
great delight was reading Robinson
Crusoe, and when, in his old age, he
was told by a friend that things had
not happened quite as set forth In
that fine book, the old man was al
most broken hearted So 1t is no use
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

ents. The German mother has a love.
ly little song of which ours is not
clever copy, for while in one verse
she sings of happy dreams being
shaken from the branches of the trees
upon sleeping baby, the next verse
goes on:
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11
HaIl's catarrh Cure

q tal1en internally. Ptice. e.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-06-11

sela s9scszhoal ne soFd oglioula Hesdvsnt ~ m
@ent sles sep. Aa iltpois london 81 chasti
s9i kel Atgt e y ftlrl oollqn, ~ e6iumbus -,
uE'aeod iof How - Cure EgeF5 Hnrrevv
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APHORISMS.

Habit is the deepest law Of human
nature.-Carlyle.
Good nature is stronger than toma-
hawks Emerson.
Talcbcarers are just as bad as tale
makcrs.-Sheridan.
Almost always the most INDECENT are
the most gencrous.-Stansl
Those who complain most are most
to be complained of.-M. Henry.
True gcntleness Is native feeling
heightened and improved by principle
Blair.
lie that thinks he can afford to be
negligent is not far from being poor
Johnson.
Persistent people begin their success
where others end i'm failure.-Edward
ESglcston.
He who commits injustice is ever
mace more wrctchcd than lie who suf.
fnrS it..-l'lato.
A friend That you have to buy won't
DC worth what YOU pay for him. no
mattCr what that may bc.--Prcntice.
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Never Touched the Scotchman.

1t is related of the late Shirley
Brooks that he had at one time q very
favoritc pig who, alas, went the way Of
all pigs and was converted into bacon.
Brooks sent some of the delicacy to a
friend, with note as follows:
ellis end was peace, and I send you
q piece Of his end
The joke was related to Scotch
man. who laughed very heartily and
shortly aftcrward having occasion to
Kill pig Of his own sent some to a rel
ativc. with the remark, ellis end was
peace, and | send you a piece of the
pig And he wondered why nobody
saw the joke London King.
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- --s- - -
- - ~ !. -

refuses to cat OF n piece that is tied to
string and slowly drawn along in
front OF him. in this way giving n sug-
eostion Of life to the food. Another
thing very important to know I'm the
care Of an alligator is to exactly under
stand low to make it comfortable. The
best and simplest plan is to secure a
box, any ordinary wooden box, and fill
the bottom with sand, which is then
covered with moss. Also have placed
inside OF the box, which must be kept
in the sun rs much as possible, flow
erpot saucer filed with water. This
must De changed frequently. All OF
which makes the alligator very COM
Portable, for in case it should become
tired Cf the water there are the moss
and sand for it to get out upon. So with
a properly arranged home or box and q
little care as to its diet there is no rca.
Son why the little alligator tourists so
Frequently delight i'm sending their
friends from Florida should not thrive
In captivity. ty."-Washington Post.
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Dan as IL you were looking for some.
thing In the grass and continue:
"The blossoms OF May don't blossom for
me:
Unheeded tho song of the crow;
The old spotted cow is nought to me now
Because OF my heart fun OF woe"
THAT'S 1t, Abe. begin to see."
"Dan will probably stop writing poet
ry to look up at you, but don't give him
any attention. Rest your hand on your
heart and look up at the sky and re-
peat:
Talk not to me Of summer Skies
Talk not CT winds a-blowing;
Talk not OF rlows and drags and sich
And crops that should be growing"
"keep 'cr up. Abe-keep 'er up. I'm
catching on"
''Then you softly side step toward
Dan and carelessly spit on your hands
and repeat:
Arise. arise" the father said,
For glory doth await thee,
Aug ff thou stayest here behind
Thy daddy he viii Skats thsa'e
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WINDOW CLEANERS,
Working In SI>yscrnpc-. III Hard on
Nerves md Stcmucha.

"Thc reason thnt we arc always adj
vertiSnS for window cleaners" said
The foreman Of Il company that cm-
ploys 200 men in this business, lis that
70 many men throw up their jobs after
they have been ut it Il week or So
Some Of them even do not last so long
as that. \ window cleaner can mak"
as good wages rs Il mechanic or Il mo
torman. The work is steady because
nearly all the window cleaning in New
York's big buildings is done by con-
tract
"Any number of likely young fellows
really in need of work who promise
well enough ut tic start give out with
in Il few days. Sometimes it is their
nerves that 20 back on them, hut more
often II is their stomacl,s. We send
away half the men who apply for Jobs
without even giving them a trial. If n
man drinks or is so nervous that he has
to dodge trolley cars lie should keep out
Of this business.
"Whcn we take man on trial the
foreman breaks him in gradually. We
don't put him on skyscrapcr job right
away. A great many private houses in
this city have their windows cleaned
by contract, and we start him in on
that. If Il man Is 10 good at ladder
work it IS no use bothcring with him.
From private houses the beginner is
sent to department stores and finally TO
the tall buildings. Once in awhile we
nnd man who can start in on sky
scrapcr jobs right away without any
trouble.
"'DOn't look down. Look Up all the
time is the constant admonition Of the
foreman. Not one man in ten is able
to obey that order. The temptation to
look down is Irresistible. If man
can't break himself OF tho looking
down habit il is all up with him. He is
sure to come around sooner or later
and give up his job" New York Press.
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Tom rny's Shnrpness. q.

little Tommy Judson is sharp
kid"
whats he done now?"
He always carries dice in his pocket
sos to impress the other kids that he's
real sporting character. Well, he
made the teacher mad the other day,
and she called him behind the screen
and said she'd have to punish him.
She caught him by the collar and shook
him so hard that the dice jumped out
of his pocket. I'll report you.' he yell
ed. What for?' she asked. For shak.
ing dice said Tommy. Then she let
him go."-C!evcland Plain Dealer.
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A COnsidernte Husband.

DO YOU really think | have appen.
dicitis:" said Mr.. Mcckton.
81 must confess that have fears In
that direction"
well. there's one comfort anyhow
1t IL be something for my wife to brag
about to the nciShbors."- Washington
Star
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An Unaccommodntine Person.

Fathcr-This report YOU have brought
ME from school displcases me very
much.
Willic-Ycs. sir. told the teacher it
would. but she's that mean she
wouldn't change It, - Philadelphia
Press