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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-10-29

avcuch theM as the principles
by which VIZ are governed, the
foundation on which we build,
md the rules by which we work,
We challenge the most severe
critic, the most practiced moral
list, the most perfect Christian,
to point out anything in them in
consistent with good manners,
fair morals, or pure religion
KEY. This symbol may be
improved to impress upon the
mind of every brother the impor-
lance of those secrets which have
been transmitted through thirty
centuries. amidst bitter persecu-
tons. for the benefit of taaG sons
Of light. AS we have tllns re-
ceiyed them, untarnisheG by the
touch Of profane curiosity, and
unimpaired by the revolution OF
time and empires, let us deliver
them, in all their purity and ger
lection, to succeeding brethren,
confident that they will never be
divulged to such as are unwor-
thy,
KEYSTONE. This refers to
the keystone of the Royal Arch,
called by some The cape'stone,
because they enormously sup
pose that u knowledge of the
principles of the arch is not so
old as the building of the Temple
of Jerusalem. 1t was known,
however, to the Egg ptiaps sever
al centuries before Solomon
| tlourished, as modern discover
! les fully testify.
KING. The first officer in
| the Royal Arch Chapter, com
monty called the First Principal.
He represents Zerubbabel, the
Governor of Judea, at the build
ing Of the second temple.
! KING NAME. The name of
God includes all things, He who
pronounces it shakes heaven and
earth, and inspires the very an
gels with astonlshment and ter
ror. There is a sovereign au-
thority in this name' it governs
the world by it's power. The
other names and surnames of
the Deity are ranged about it
like officers and soldiers about
their sovereigns and generals.
From this King Name they
receive their orders apd obey.
| KINGLY POWER. The king
ly power was restored ir the
person of Zerubbabel, who
sprang from the royal lines OF
David, and the tribe of judah
nor was a vestige thereof again
effaced until after the destruc
ton Of the city and temple by
the Romans, under Titus, in the
year Is OF the present era, thus
verifying the remarkable proph
ecy of Jacob; delivered in Egypt
above one thousand years before
that the sceptre should not de-
part from Judah, nor law-givel
:, from between his. feet, until Shi
! lob came.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-10-29

Mr.. James McCaskill and Katie
Voolfolk are the leading Merchants
Of Summerville, they are kind court
tous aad will trea, you right give
them trial
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-10-29
Fertilizer For Sale

Mr., James Smart IL the man 10 buy
voar Fertilizer from. Any one wanting
fertilizer cannot better themselves any
who're FOR he ia The man who will treat
you just night.
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Continued tram last weeA:

JOINING II any member
shall be excluded from his lodge
or shall withdraw himself from it
without having complicdwith it's
bylaws, or with the general reg
ulatiols OF the Craft he shall not
be eligible to any other lodge,
until thai lodge has been made
acquainted with his former neg
lect, so that the brethren may
be enabled 10 exercise their dis
erection as to his admission.
Whenever a mem der of any
loGge shall resign, or shall be
excluded, or whenever at a fu'
tura time he may require it, he
shall be furnished with a certifi-
cate stating the circumstances
under which he left the lodge;
and such certificate is to be pro
duced to any other lodge of
(which he is proposed to be adj
United member, previous to
the ballot being taken.
,JOPPA. There is an old ira
dit,on among Masons, that the
banks of the river at Joppa were
50 steep az to render it neces-
sary for the workmen to assist
each other up bya peculiar lock-
ing of the right hand, which is
still preserved in the Mark Mas
ter'a degree
JOSEPH. Flepinasoas are ac
customed to esteem Joseph as
one of their greatest lights, be-
slcau3e of his numerous practice.
Virtues. He forgave his broth
rem freely when he possessed
the power of furnishing them fol
their iuhumanity towards him
he succoured his aged father in
his distress, and by his super
ior wisdom and discsrnment, nc
saved a whole people from des
! truction. These are all masonic
virtues of the first class, ane
having been beautifully illustrat
ed in the character and conduc
of Joseph, his example is recon-
mended to our conside ration, a:
an useful lesson more powerful
than precept, and more efflcaci
ops then admonition.
JUSTICE Justice, the bound
airy Of right, constitutes the CO
meat Of civil society. This vir
tue in a great measure consti
tutes real goodness, and is there
fsre represented as the perpstu
al study Of the accomplished Ma
son. Without the exercise Q
justice universal confusion woul'
ensne, lawless force might over
come the principles OF equity
and social intercourse no longe
exist.
JUSTIFICATION We do no
hesitate to appeal to the worl'
IN justification of the purity 0
our moral system. Our Consti
buttons are well known; we hay
Fubmitted them freely to gene'
u investigation. We solemn
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-10-29
Z. s. GARRETT.
NOTARY PUBLIC:

AND REAL EsTATE: AGENT
ready to do all kind. of legal
business that comes in the line
Of his work
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-10-29

DIR. POWELL. y ONs or sOUyH MS
SOURJS ABLkST PHYSICIANS: n IL
WORTHY Or MS PROGRESSION,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17
LIKE AN ENDLESS CHAIN,
Exchange Of Ears May Go On In.
definitely.

Exchange Of Ears May Go On In
definitely.
The man who recently sold his ear
to a western millionaire for $4,000
offers $1,000 for an aural appendage
to replace the one he sold. At least,
SO says DR.. c. " Stebbins of Iron
wood, Mich. A Hungarian miner
from Hurley, Wis, called on the doc
tor and said he had received a letter
from a friend in the east making the
offer named. The caller, whose name
the doctor refuses to diVulge, made
many inquiries regarding the opera
ton Of cutting OF an ear and was ad-
vised that no great danger attended
such a process. The mans manner
indicated that he might in the end
submit to the knife, but apparently he
desired further communication with
his friend in the east before doing so.
Chicago Chronicle.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17

There IS trouble ahead Of tho young
duchess Of Roxburghe, formerly Miss
Goelet. It IS understood that she will
endesyor to assume Her position as
premiere Of the scottiah duchesges,
and should she do 80 she win arouse
the antipathy OF the powerful duchess
Of Buccleugh, whose dislike Of all
Americans Is well known. Il Is
thought 81 England that the new
duchess viii aidiiate with the kihg's
SCI, which is regarded aa lnferior by
the nuccseugh'a faction,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17
No. Started to his feet with cry.

to eat, If they don't come directly"
As if in answer to this remark, Mrs.
Burritt at that moment re-entered the
room. She was flushed and agitated,
and, as was apparent to the most OBJ
fuse observer, on the verge of tears.
Really, cook has been most trying"
she sighed, as she sank into the near
est chair. She almost intimated that
| had done it on purpose. She says,
she has never been used to such ways,
and that flesh and blood won't stand
it, lot alone legs of mutton. She says
she can give US another ten min
utes, but no more"
The ten minutes passed, as the 1re-
viOus thirty had done, and at the end
of that time three very dispirited PEG.
pie sat down to their spoilt dinner
May soon noticed that her brother.
whose attention had been obviously
wandering for some time past, appear
ed to be listening to something from
without. At first her heart bounded.
Could 1t be that they had arrived at
last? Was 1t the click of the gate that
he was straining his ear to catch?
or the sound of footsteps upon the
gravel drive without? So she, too.
listened in her turn, looping to be able
TO distinguish one or the other OF
these welcome but long delayed sig
nails. But the only thing she could hear
was the faint sound of a voice which
, seemed TO be shouting something
in the distance. May also perceived
that the voice was drawing gradually
nearer, and resolving itself into that
of a peripatetic newsboy, who was
vending his wares and shouting out
the most sensational headings at the
top OF his voice. Was that all2 Sin.
he was not yet near enough for her
to distinguish the sense OF the SOUNDS
which caught her ear from time TO
time, as she absently crumbled her
bread. and thought to herself over and
over again, III only father would come
homel"
Mrs. Burritt, as though the thought
had set In motion some electric cur
rent which connected the two brains
remarked at this iuncture. = sup
pose they are quite certain 70 be hero
some time to-night?''
/ Almost before the words were Out
Of her lips, her son. who was sitting
on her right, started 60 his feet witt
cry
What is IL? Oh, what Is it?g ask
Cd his sister. as q sense Of something
terrible about to happen fell upon her
He made no rqply, but with dilat
ing Dyes, stood there With every facul
" absorbed Ia the ono afEort
4 Then be ,Faisea one hend-~the cthe
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17
Omen TO piscueslon.

Michael Clancy, a New York con-
tractor who has become rich. bought
some race horses and entered them at
the recent Saratoga meeting. He
runs his horses for fun and seldom
bets, but one day he had good thing,
SO he backed It for $40. When the
horses got away Clancy stood in the
grand stand Watching them through
his field glasses. Some of his friends,
knowing OF his $40 bet. crowded about
and began to joke him. Where's
your horse now" Clancy was asked.
Clancy surveyed the field carefully.
Il CANE make out" he replied. "wheth-
er he is last in the third race or first
In the foufth.'
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17
CHAPTER VI.
rhs searoh for : Father.

The Search for a Father.
What happened after this no one
ever knew exactly. Before Mrs. Bur.
rift had begun TO grasp the Idea that
something was wrong, her son lad
rushed from the room.
After what seemed an age of wait
ing, but was really very short time,
he returned. In his hand he held a
copy of the newspaper which he had
Just bought Mother" he said, put.
ting a strong restraint upon himself.
81 am afraid there has been. an acci-
dent on the line. You mustn't be
alarmed, for though some people
have been injured, there is no reason
why my father should not have es-
capped, and very likely the affair has
been greatly exaggerated"
"Ted," said his sister, in a voice
almost as calm as his own, though
her face had lost every particle Of
color. and seemed to have suddenly
become years older, Let us know
the worst" And she held out her
hand for the paper.
The worst!" he answered, with a
sound like strangled sob in bis
voice, why should there be any
worst? And as for the paper" crump-
ling it up in his hand, you cant place
the slightest dependence upon that.
I'm-I'm going up to town by the next
train, so as to be on tho spot, and
He may be hurt in some way, you
know" he added, slowly, by way of
preparing their minds for whatever
might be the result. He may have
come of with a broken leg. or some-
thing of that sort. You can hardly
expect bim to have got off scot free.
But whatever it is, I'm going to find
him out and bring him back home.
Take care of mother"-this to his sis
ter-and he wGs gone.
But before he could leave the house,
while his hand was yet upon the latch,
he found himself confronted by the
girl. Goodbye" she said, slowly and
sadly. You will do your best-but
/ have no hope-none!"
He caught train which was on TIE
very point Of starting, and leaped
into the first carriage he came to.
Then be took out the paper which he
had kept so carefully from the sight OF
those others at home, and began to
study r-ore earnestly the brief but
terrible announcement which II con.
tanned.
ITO be continucd.)
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17

81 am in full accord with the an
Client Spartan law which compelled a
man to marry by the time he attained
the age OF thirty-siX."'
William Astor Chanler, former con-
gresham. African explorer, author
and millionaire, thus announced three
years ago his views on man and matri-
mOny
In his thirty.sixth year he took unto
himself a wife in the person of Miss
Minnie Ashley, who has won fame by
her beauty and cleverness on the
stage. being formerly a member Of
the San Toy company.
Mr.. Chanier met his bride while he
WIS al Harvard She was then on the
stage in Boston Miss Ashley has a
handsome home at Great Neck, L. L..
where she has spent the greater part
of her time lately. as it is about year
slnce she was seen on the stage.
II is announced that Mrs. Chambers
stage career Is forever ended. Hence
forth she will be a member Of society
and win be received by reason OF her
marriage into the inner circle Of
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17

which Mrs. William Aston is the CEN
trail figure
There will he family dinners in her
honor on the return of the pair from
their honeymoon trip. The first Of
these will be given by the near rela-
tives Of the bridegroom.
William Aston Chanler Is a son OF
the late John Winthrop Chanler and
a grandson of John Jacob Aston. He
is one of the most picturesque, by rea-
son of his active and varied career, Of
the young generation in New York.
He was not content with being a
cotilliOn leader and the central figure
at dinners and receptions; instead, he
is well known In the world Of politics;
was prominent during the Spanish
American war. and spent twenty-five
months in the heart OF Africa, In re-
gions never before penetrated by white
men.
AS an explorer he is honored by
scientific men at home and abroad,
and as a traveller by geographical So
cleties; as a sportsman he has often
faced death in pursuit Of big game.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17
- problem 81 Edueatlon.

Dr. Louis Duncan declares in a
magazine article that in this country
technical education is too technical.
There Is too much instruction. he
says we should not attempt to
make mental storehouses Of men. but
mental factories. The ability OF a
man TO work out any specific problem
depends upon his being able 70 make
a mental plot Of the problem and keep
f. constantly before him This re-
quires az imagination that has been
developed and not suppressed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17
As She Understood IL.

lie was telling a poker story, but
she oaly caught this sentence: AID
then. OF course, | called, and
She interrupted him reproschfully
and also with some Ssperity.
I've caught you. John Henry" she
exclaimed. Here I've been trying to
get you to call on the Joneses for the
last three months, and you wouldn't
do it-said you didn't like TO make
calls, then you go out and make one
by yourself or else you go calling
with someone else. Yes; that must
be it? What is she, John Henry?
Who is this person who can get you
to make calls when you wca't make
them with your wife?'
John Henry looked at his masculine
friends and Winked slyly.
shall tell herr" he asked.
Might as well, they said.
"In this case" he then told her,
three ladies induced me to call"
"Three?"
Yes; but" he fastened to add, IF
you came across them in the pack
you would probably call them queens. "
It was great joke--his masculine
friends assured him of that--but he
hasn't succeeded in explaining the
matter to his wife's satisfaction yet.
Chicago Post.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17
cHAPTER Iv.-contInued.

my dear James" interrupted Mr..
Burritt, hastily, you must know very
well that Il isn't that. But the truth
OF the matter is, I've a great aversion
to firearms. still, II you will assure
me that the weapon isn't loaded,
I'LL
I'm assure you OF that or anything
else that will add to your peace Of
mind" was the somewhat equlvocal
reply. AT any rate, Il isn't loaded
now: and, what is more, / will also
give you my word that will not at
tempt TO blow out my brains during
the iourney--cr," he added. as a sort
Of afterthought. anyone olse's."
When Mr. Burritt and his friend ar
rived at the station, the latter took
a considerable amount of trouble TO
insure a separate compartment to
themselves-in fact. Mr.. Burritt rather
fancied he saw him give something to
the guard, who thereupon locked the
door upon them, and consigned them
to solitude.
The carriage in question, It may be
worth remembering, was the fourth
from the engine.
Il wonder" thought Mr.. Burritt to
himself as the train steamed out OF
the station, (which is the pocket he
carries the revolver in?" Then his
thoughts wandered away from the
actual present. II suppose shall find
them all right at home Dear. dear,
anyone would think | had been away
a month. What an old fogey I'm get
ting. By.the.by. wonder what James
Is thinking about? he looks uncom.
monty gloomy | wish he'd say some
thing instead of staring out of tho
window in stony silence. Somehow.
one doesn't like the notion OF riding
alone with a man who has shed
another mans blood, especially when
he carries a revolver. wonder
whether he's thinking of that. or
what?"
If Mr.. Burritt could have read what
was passing in his companions mind,
he would have been amazed to find
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17
I'D. Peter Rememhered

A poor son of Erin died and was
landed as very good man by all his
nelghbors. Arriving at The Gate he
found his way barred by Saint Peter.
Before ye can enter" says Saint
Peter. will ye tell me ye are not
guilty OF any great sin?"
Il am not" said Paddy.
Think again" said Saint Peter.
well" says Paddy, thipking hard,
II remember once using bad language
over an ould rooster we had"
That was great SIM" said Saint
Peter. "and yez can't come in"
Paddy turned sorrowfully away, but
before he had gone for Saint Peter
recalled him.
1--WE been thinking" said Saint
Peter. and think ye must have had
great proyocaton. and that your Ian
guage was perhaps excusable, Ys can
come In. remember once had
trouble with the same sort OF bird
myself"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17
HgReERr spENcEa IS DEAD.
Was One Of the intellectual eianto Of
the Nineteenth Century.

Herbert Spencer, author and phil
osopher, and the last of the great
thinkers OF the Victorian age, died
Dec. 8 at Brighton, England.
Mr.. Spencer was SO years of age,
and his death was due to old age. He
was the contemporary friend, and CO.
worker of such intellectual giants as
Darwin, Huxley, Tyndall, and Lyell.
He was born at Derby, England, April
81, 1920. In 1912, when % years old,
he began the publication in q paper
called the Nonconformist of a series
OF letters on The Proper Sphere of
Government"
In 1S4S Spencer secured a position
upon the Economist, of which paper
he afterward became subeditOr. He
held this post until 1852. The fol-
lowing two years he wrote Social
States" dealing with social prob
lens in an original way, which was
considered radical by many Britons.
This work brought him into contact
with Prof. Huxley and other prom
inent literary men and women, includ-
ing George Eliot, the novelist, to
whom, it is eaid, Spencer proposed
marriage.
Spencer began his connection with
the Westminster Review about this
time, and it was in these pages that
he began the publication of elaborate
essays, which marked his entrance to
the philosophic world. In 1855 he
issued a treatise on The Principles
of Psychology" and in 1860 Spencer
began his great work, Synthetic Phil
osophy," which he completed in 1897,
after nearly forty years hard labor.
He revised the great work in 1900.
Spencer lived and died compare
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17
Good oualltlss Of Anaehe.

One of the most admirable charac-
ters among all the Indians in Okla.
homa is iaiche, the war chief of the
Apaches. It was largely through his
influence that Geronimo became a
church man. Naiche is a kngly fell
low and in natural ability would be a
leader among educated white men. He
has fine sense of honor and is Iowa
BILE and gentle in disposition. He has
been a member of the Dutch Re
formed church about three years, but
the temptation of whisky causes him
to stray out Of the narrow path coca.
sionally.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17
CHAPTER V.
The 1880 Train.

Dinner at Magnolia Lodge had been
ordered for a quarter to eight, in or
der to suit the convenience Of the trav-
elers, who were expected to arrive at
about that hour.
AS the time drew on, Mrs. Burritt
suddenly became troubled again in her
mind concerning the soap dish.
Il do wish, after all, l had ordered
the best spare bedroom TO he got
ready, though I've generally consid-
cred the second best good enough for
a single gentleman, and l suppose he
is a single gentleman. But for all
that"
Here they are!" suddenly cried her
daughter May, who was watching from
the window.
well, it's too late to make any
change now" sighed her parent, half
relieved at having the matter sum.
marily settled; "and perhaps he won't
notice the crack do hope my cap is
on straight"
The said cap was, as usual, consid-
eraoly out of the perpendicular; but
as 1t happened, its lack OF roetitude
was, in this instance, Of no particular
consequence, for the alarm proved
false, and the cab, which had at first
appeared as though about 70 draw up
before the house, resumed its snail
Ills crawl and gradually disappeared,
Then came another spell of waiting
They must have missed their train
at London Bridge said Ted Burritt
perhaps the other one was late. I've
looked Ia Bradshaw, and see that it'l
dus in town at seven o'clock II so
thay ought to be here BY this time"
The next half-hour slowly tucked
Itself away without bringing any
change in the position OF Affairs
They were all vacantly conscious Of al
| increasing sense of anxiety and de
preston within. Why aid they no
come? Surely. II they had misset
one train, there had been plenty o
time to catch the next? Then IN,
clock chlmed the half-hour, and. at IN,
same moment. an interruption tool
place. The message ran:
III you please. m, cook wants 4
know what she Il to do about dinneri
1 Mrs. Burritt started nervoualy. I'm
sure. don't know. Jane" Then, -
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-12-17
40 Lonelv chrlstmas Dlnner.

Alanson Penny, captain OF the life
saving crew at ShinnecoelS, Long
Island, has been in the coast guard
service for seventeen years. but never
during oil that time has he, been able
to spend Christmas with his wife and
children, His station is about TIRE
miles from tho mainland, across shin
necoek bay. and on his days OF al
Christmas for seventeen years the
intervening water has always been im-
passable because OF broken ice Of sea
too heavy for anything but a larger
boat than is available.