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Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29
Deaths nolnas.

j. H. Wells died at Louisiana
this week. The remains were
brought to Martinsburg, this
county, for interment.
Marvin Heller, aged %. a cous-
in of Mat Heller of this city,
died at Santa Fe this week. His
disease was consumption.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

The case of T. F. Elliott, now of
Oklahoma, against the c. & A. R.
r., tried in the Audrain Circuit
Court last week for injuries re-
ceived in a wreck at Marshall, Mo-,
last summer, resulted in a YER
dict for Elliott for $500.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

A dispatch from Columbia, Mo-,
says: A carload of 2-year-old
high-grade steers, fed by the agri-
cultural experiment station at the
University, averaging LAG lbs,
sold in Chicago this week at $685.,
which was more than 81 above the
top Of the market for that day and
is the record price for cattle in
any market this year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

Charges were made that nurses
of Bellevue hospital in New York
gave medicines to cause patients
to die at convenient times.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

Seventy FIVE, and maybe more,
Mexico people, mostly Hardin
College girls, will go down to St.
Louis next Saturday to witness the
play of Ben Hur.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

E. S. Wilson, of this city, in
dustrial agent for the G. & A. R.
R., has, also, been given the Office
of claim agent for the western di+
vision of said road.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

Rev. E. T. Drake, of Santa Fe,
who is attending Westminster
College at Fulton, preached at
Prairie View church, southwest of
Mexico, last Sunday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

The G. & A. R. R. Co. recently
placed an order for Is ballast-cars.
This has put some to commenting
that the Alton people in this pur-
chase are only getting ready for
that new short-line from Mexico to
st. Louis.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

Three couples were granted di-
vorces in the Circuit Court last
week-Viola Helm and Otto Helm,
Henry H. Oaks and Mary Oaks,
and Lydia Nichols and Cyrus E.
Nichols.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

The jury gave David Crockett
$500 against the G, & A. R. R.
in the Circuit Court yesterday for
damages received in hurt by the
cars at Rush Hill last December.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

Rev. w. H. Fox and wife have
returned to Fort Collins, Colo,
where they will make their future
home.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

Forty persons in Stratford, Ia. ,
we're arrested for taking coal from
a freight train to relieve a famine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

Mrs. j. V. FAIRIES, who is quite
aged, has been seriously sick.
There is a little improvement in
her condition.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29
Low Rate Excursion to California and thu
Northwest via the Wabash.

February 18th to April Both the
Wabash will sell one way tickets
to many points in California and
the northwest at very low rates.
For full particulars call on or ad-
dress I. M. Richards,
T'k't Ag't.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

john Gilmore, one of the petit
jury, took quite seriously sick
Monday and had to return home,
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29
Y HAPPENED AND HAPPENING. u

Mrs. Q. A. Lockridge of Au-
burn, ILL.,, will move here and
make this city her home.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

Rev. j. j. Griffin has bought
the John Jones property, south Of
the depot, paying 81, 500.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

The following article is from the
Butler (Mo,) Reflex:
It is with regret that we learn
that 1. w. Shantz, who is now in
the hotel business at Mexico, this
state, has already disposed of con.
siderable of his property in this
city aud vicinity, and is now offer
ing the remainder of his property
here for sale at low prices. in order
that he may consolidate his inter-
ests and Investments at Mexico.
He has some very desirable bust
ness and residence properties as
well as farm property, which he
intends disposing Of as soon as
possible. Mr.. Shantz was a very
successful and enterprising bust
ness man, and had acquired large
interests here which we hoped
would hold him as a citizen Of
Butler, but he believes there are
better business openings for him
ID his new home, aud while we re.
greet to lose him aud his estimable
familp, we congratulate Mexico o.
gaining such good citizens Bro
Shantz. il you decide 10 take adj
vantage Of the prodigal act, you
will dnd the people Of Butler
ready with veal and ring, as wei
as q hearty welcome to you an,
yonrs. a@
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

Thomas Fl. Jones, five miles
east Of this city, will have a pub
lie sale Of all his stock and farm
ing implements, Wednesday, Feb.
4. There will be &c head Of steers,
a numberof good horses and mules
in the auction. Mr.. Jones will
move to Kansas City and will be
interested in the buying and sell
ing Of live stock there.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

Charles Anderson, at Missoula,
Montana, renews for the MESSAGE.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

The county camps of the Mod
ern Woodmen are eleeting dele
gates to the county convention
which meets in this city some time
in the spring, and this convention
elects delegates to the State con-
yention, which in turn elects
delegates to the head camp, where
the proposition to reconstruct the
rates Of insurance will be deter
mined. Mexico elects her dele
gates to the county convention
Friday night, Feb 6,
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

Capt j. @. Buekner, Audrain's
OK Circuit Clerk. and who filed
that office SO ably, has accepted
position with the New York Life
Insurance Co. aud viii have an Of
fee over J a. sallee's book stor q.
He has had tempting offers to go
on the road but he chooses to have
a business with headquarters in
Mexico. where be can be at home
and among old associates His
many friends over the county will
be glad 70 hear of bis choice
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-01-29

The City Council was in ses-
sion Monday night. They have
ascertained that the electric "fran-
chise" is not perpetual. One of
the important actions was the
adoption of motion moving the
stock sales from the public square.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-19
The Henrichenburg Canal Lock.

A novel and unusually powerful
elevator for lifting canal boats and
barges from one level to another is
situated at Henrichenburg, on the
R9rtpund-E Ems Canal, in Germany. 1t
de- rauble of lifting a canal boat Of
,I;nn fact burden a distance OF about
Of a ne w feet in slightly over two
and b bine The elevator itself, that is
tnat trough in which the boat floats,
is about 800 feet long and twenty-eight
feet wide 1t is raised by a 150-horse.
power electric motor, which rotates
four vertical threaded shafts, one at
each corner Of the lift, and on each of
which is a threaded travelling block
supporting the trough. AS these shafts
are turned around by the motor the
four blocks are drawn up along the
threads, and carry the elevator along
with them. Five floats in q tank be-
meath the lock on which the elevator
rests balance the weight Of the trough
and the water it contains, amounting
in all to some COCO or 1000 tons, so that
the energy expended in raising and
lowering Is little more than that re-
quired to overcome the friction, The
lock-gates are operated by electric mo-
tors. The electric generating plant is
situated alongside the lock on the canal
bank.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-19

] should have succeeded. too. Theie
. no doubt about that But IN un.
looked for accident again banled me.
Before l had time 10 sag a word.
Charles suddenly exclaimed:
~ say! BY Joye! don't you know"
Those We're his precise words.
Neither more nor less. Not much IA
them Is thcre7 But somehow. like
Mercuto's wound. they served. He
took me In his arms.
II was Ike leaving out all the proof
In one Of Euclids props" and jump
ing straight from the hypothesis to the
@. H. j.
But the Q. e. d. was reached? True.
Yet see in what a position It placed
me. 1t destroyed forever my prospects
as a practical reformer in the field Of
matrimonial selection. / could not
propose to Charles, being already en-.
gagged to him; nor could 1 Gor the
same reason decently propose to any
one else.
And, on thinking the matter over,
have come to the conclusion that, IN
the present backward condition of hui
man affairs, my scheme of reforma-
ton Is, after nll premature.
So long as a man can propose intel
lightly by merely exclaiming: 81 say!
BY Joye! don't you know" whereas a
woman may make remarks ten thou.
sand times more suggestive, and yet
fail to suggest anything; so long, I
say, as this irrational state Of things
obtains, the female proposer is simply
handicapped out Of it. 1t is Ubiquitous.
But it is the fact I therefore advise
my sisters, Ike wise women, to accept
the fact-and the male proposer.-
Truth.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-19
TIE ORCHARD.

To have clean, smooth-barked trees
whltewash them.
A good place to put the ashes from
the wood stove Is around the apple
trees.
Small grains, timothy or blue grass
should never be grown In the orchard.
If trees from the nursery get frozen
in transit thaw them out slowly in
cold place.
If you did not cut out the borers
from peach, ounce or apple in the
summer or fall, do it now.
Believe me, a light coat of horse ma
nure now on the orchard will put the
trees in better heart; then in April or
May 600 pounds of some good potato
manure will be just the thing
Have you drawn away the brush
trimmed from the apple trees last win
ter? If not, do it now before other
work presses. Whether you plow or
NOW the orchard, brush is a decided
nuisance If left under the trees.
A peach tree in rich ground should
have its branches shortened in June; in
poor ground, where there is a less Wig
orous growth, pruning should be done
now. Take off half of last years
growth. This is the rule for peaches,
and same will apply to plums.-Farm
Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-19
BIG BORE RIFLES AND SMALL.
The Small IL No Doubt Bstter For All
Round Purposes.

ANouhu II uAposohs
The old dispute between big bores
and small bores is meaningless now,
because the most killing guns are the
high velocity nitro guns, which are
all small bore compared with the black
powder guns. The best all-round rife
is now the thirty calibre nitro, not be-
cause it will do all that is claimed for
it, but because it makes so much fat
ter line to everything within reason
able distance than any black powder
gun can DO. The ball goes too much
to pieces on some shots, and all that
I have tried throw ten per cent. of
balls wild, five slightly wild and five
badly so. But the swifmess of the
ball oyerbalances the other defects,
An all-round rife is almost impossible,
and some sacrifice must be made.
Sacrifice for fiat trajectory is not al"
ways a sacrifice of accuracy, but often
one in favor Of it. Between seventy
five and two hundred yards, the place
where most shots on open ground fall,
no black powder gun small enough to
be carried with comfort can make
up in accuracy what it loses in curve
of trajectory as compared with the
thlrty-calibre nitro rifle. 7 refer to the
high velocity shell and not the smoke
less cartridges of the same strength
as black powder. The soft-nosed bullet
driven with the high power nitro is
the most killing form in which a ball
of equal diameter can be made for all
round work. Those Of copper or steel
do not make a large enough hole for
most shots on the softer parts of the
body.-From Handling the Rifle on
Game, from Outing.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-19
,svsae rr.-
Slo2rICUETURAas..
8NES5 -~Is
IN ORCHARb CROP.

Growers Of peaches are using COW
peas in the orchard. The vines shade
the land and may be turned under
when the pods are nearly ripe, or may
remain as a mulch I'm winter. II is
more profitable to use the vines for
food for cattle, but at the same time
II a mulch is required, It Is well to
grow the mulch, especially when q le.
gumlnous plant answers so well. One
advantage in growing the COW pea IL
that 1t is almost a sure crop, and lime
or wood ashes may be used as a fer.
ullzer with It. The peach orchard viii
In no manner be injured by. growing
the cow pea as long as the land IS
given the benefit Of the crop from the
manure or by blowing under.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-19
Knew where the whip Came From.

Signor Marconi, Of wireless" fame,
is fond Of dogs, and used to own a
cocker spaniel Of unusual Intelligence
The young inventor says that one
day he took this dog to a saddler's with
him and bought there a whip. That
afternoon the animal was dlsobedient,
and he punished it with the whip he
had just purchased But in the even
ing, when he came to look for the
weapon again, it was nowhere to be
found.
Just then there came a ring at the
bell. It was the saddler, the whip in
hand. "Your dog, sir" he said,
brought this to the shop in his mouth
this afternoon and laid it on the floor
and ran OF quickly. New York Trib.
une.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-19
A HANDY IMPLEMENT.

The cultivation Of long rows OF
plants is an operation requiring. time
and skill, and if care is not exercised
the plants, as well as the weeds, may
be uprooted and destroyed. While the
gardener has used the hoe for this
work for years past, and in addition
thereto employed the cultiyator to good
advantage, there is a promising field
for the wedding and cultiyating imple-
ment presented in the accompanying
picture. It's lightness permits it to be
easily manipulated by hand covering
the ground much more rapidly than
could be done with an ordinary hoe,
while the adjusting mechanism per-
mits the implement to be readily &C.
commodated to the size of the plants in
the row. The invention is especially
designed for wedding, blocking out and
cultivating beets, onions, cotton etc,
and by loosening the bolts which clamp
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-19
WHAT MANURING Will DO.

I have found out what manuring will
do for land Some manure was placed
on land which had not been so treated
previously for fifteen years and which
had been steadily cropped with berries.
In 1901 corn that had been planted on
it grew three feet high but did not ear.
I then drew on twenty-five loads Of
manure from a livery stable and plant.
ed to raspberries and corn between the
rows. From the eighteen rows Of corn
eighteen rods long, 1 husked sixty-hve
bushel baskets, which though light in
weight made thirty-hve bushels Of sew
enty-two pounds. The raspberries are
a good stand with canes four feet high.
The land is very light, there being q
forty-foot depth Of sand.-A. Seydell,
In American Agrlculturist.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-19

the blades in place. the latter can be
adjusted in relation to height and dis
lance apart, thus bringing the cutting
disks as close together on either side
OF the row as is desirable.-PhiladeE
phia Record.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-19

The trouble with idle rumors is that
they are never idle.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-03
THE. JAMES TILLMAN TRIAL
Evidences Of Witnesses Who Were
With Gonzales After Shooting.
The Defense Objects To the Aduals-
sion of GOn1ales' Ante-M0rtem
Statement to j. A. Hoyt.

Lexington, s. c., Sept. 3O.-In the
Tillman trial, Wednesday, DIR. F. H.
Mcintosh testified that he rode in the
ambulance with Mr.. Gonzales to the
hospital after the shooting and that
they were alone in the ambulance.
Asked IL Gonzales said anything to
him during the ride in the ambulance.
DR.. Mcintosh said that Gonzales asked
him to state frankly If he was mortal
ly wounded. Witness said he told him
he was afraid he was, and that Con-
zales said: "Yes, I think the fellow
got me-
The doctor then told of the course of
treatment pursued and said he believed
death to have resulted from the gun
shot wound.
J. A. Hoyt, of the editorial staff of
the Columbia State, saw Mr. Gonzales
in the State Office about Is minutes
after the shooting. He was then suf-
fering intensely, witness said, but ral-
LIED. He was with him continuously
then until he was removed to the hos
p:1al.-
"Did he say anything about his con-
dition?" the solicitor asked:
''Yes, he said he was afraid he would
| die before his wife got there" witness
| replied.\
Asked If Gonzales made any state
| ment to him, Mr.. Hoyt said he had
/ told him all about the shooting.
Objection was raised by the de-
fense to the admission of the state
ment which Mr.. Hoyt said Mr.. Con-
zales made to him regarding the
shooting and a lengthy argument en-
! sued.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-03

A St. Louis Grain and Securities
Company Raided by Order OF
Circuit Attorney.

St. Louis, Sept. 30.-Under instruc'
tions from Circuit Attorney Folk, in a
resume Of the investigation of affairs
of the Rialto Grain and Securities Co.,
a raid was made on the concern
Wednesday morning and all the books
and papers showing the business of the
firm were conf1scated.
Six members and employees of the
firm, including President Hugh c. Den
mis-, were taken to the four courts in
patrol wagon.
Mr.. Folk said that it appeared that
the operations Of the company were
similar to those of the Ryan turf in
vestment company, except that Ryan
speculated on horse races and the
'Rialto Grain and Securities Co. in
grain and stocks.
The trend of the investigation, he
said, was along the line of a company
securing money under false pretenses.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-03
CUSTOMS INVESTIGATION
Customs Service In New York
- ~>.- Have Made Report.

New York, Sept. 3O.-Four special
agents of the treasury department, ap-
pointed by Secretary Shaw to make an
Investigation of the customs service at
this port, have completed their in
quiry and submitted their report to the
secretary. During more than four
months the commission has busted it.
self in the various departments, exam
lining employees, looking over the books
and, on several occasions, appearing as
witnesses in cases before the board of
general appraisers, whereas In the re-
cent discovery Of diamond undervalua-
tions they were especially active. The
only result Of their Investigations so
far made public has been the recent
displacement Of Examiner Of Drugs
Jewett.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-03
KNOWS BUT CAN'T PROVE IT
Mayor Harrison of Chicago Says the
City Hall In Full of Graft, But
Legal Proof is Lacking.

Chicago, Sept. 30.-'If could fire all
the men l suspect of grating they
would be jumping out of every window
in the city hall. This hall is full of
grant, big and little, and you know
it and can't prove it.
Il have got eighteen months left, and
I will get some of them YETI
With these and other frank declara-
tions, Mayor Harrison has expressed
himself ON the subject of municipal
service. He asserted that his hands
were tied; that convincing proof could
not be secured to establish guilt, but
that in the remaining months of his
administration some means would. be
found to clean out number of the de-
partments.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-03
BY SIX MASKED ROBBERS.
Saloon i'm One of the Main Streets Of
Salt Lake, Utah, the Scene OF
a Daring H0Id-Up.

Salt Lake, Utah, Sept. 3O.-Six men,
all masked and armed, entered sa-
loon on one of the main street of this
city, Tuesday night, and after COM
pelling the seven men who were in the
place to face the wall with their hands
elevated, appropriated all the money in
sight, amounting to about $3.50.
Ben Friese, the proprietor, attempt
ed to resist, but was promptly knocked
down with blow from one of the rob-
bers' guns and seriously injured. An
other man turned slightly around
while the robbers were going through
the till, and he too was given a blow
over the head with a revolver.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-03
The EMPERORS KISSED.
The Gar of Russia and suite Ger
daily Received NY Francis
Joseph at Elenna.

Vienna, Sept. 30.-The car, accom-
panied by numerous suite. including
Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, arrived
here Wednesday. and was met at the
railroad station by Emperor Francis Jo-
seph and the archdukes. The greetings
of the monarchs were of the heartiest
character. They kissed each other
twice. A royal salute was fred as the
emperors left the station. Their majes-
ties were driven to Schoenbrunn cas-
tie the route being lined by troops and
enormous crowds of people. The state
luncheon at the castle was attended by
the employers, the archdukes, the arch
duchesses, Count Lamsdorff, the Austri-
an-Hungarian foreign minister, Count
Goluchowski, the Russian ambassador
the Austrian minister. and others.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-03
A WELL-KNOWN POLITICIAN.
Sudden Death of w. ID. Hamilton,
One of the Best KNOWN Demo-
Gratis of North Missouri.

Gallatin, Mo-, Sept. 30.-W. D. Ham,
ilton dropped dead from heart failure,
in this city, Tuesday afternoon.
He was one of the best-known demo-
Gratis in north Missouri. For several
years he served as prosecuting attor-
ney of Daviess county, and was acting
in that capacity at the time of the ia
nous Frank James trial in this city.
He represented Daviess county in the
Fortieth and Forty-flrst general as
semblies, being prominent candidate
for speaker of the Forty-first general
assembly.
He served as chairman of the judi
ciary committee, and a member of the
revision committee of the Fortieth as
sembly, and chairman of the appro-
priation committee of the Forty-frst
assembly. He was nearly 81 years old.
Two children survive him.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-03
WAS FOUND IN CHICAGO.
Oliver Anderson, Missing From st.
Louis, Found by i" scarcher
In Chicago.

Chicago, Sept. 3o.-Oliver Anderson,
secretary of the Scruggs, Vandervoort
Barney Dry Goods Co., of St. Louis,
is detained at the Central station
awaiting the arrival of friends who
will accompany him back to his home.
Anderson was taken into custody
Tuesday afternoon at the instigation
of Henry Hambecker, who says he is
a carpenter in the employ OF the st.
Louis dry goods firm and who for sew
eral days has been In Chicago search
ing for the missing man.
The police have been told that An
derson is slightly demented. In his
cell Tuesday night he talked in ra-
tional manner, although he appeared
to be worrying over some imaginary
crime. i; i.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-03
At New York.

New York, Sept 29-From 11.7Oc.
13.2Oc. was reached, the market closing
at that figure, or net Is points higher.
The advance in September since the
close of business on Saturday is mat
bale. This gain is considered purely
the result of the relationship of longs
and shorts in that position, and that
the temporary as we'll as speculative
character of the gains were evidenced
by the action of the rest of the market
OF course, the predicament of Septem-
ber shorts served to unsettle the con-
fldence of those who had sold the lat
ter position, but after an early gain,
which carried the prices to about last
nights finals, they eased of again and
ruled we'll below that level, although
the weekly report of the weather b,l-
reau was considered bullish factor
and was followed by a slight advance.
On the other hand, receipts were
heavy for the day, estimates for to-
morrow's movement full and the
weather considered generally favora-
BILE.
General market closed barely steady,
net Z to 16 points lower, that being
practically the lowest Of the session.
The New York spot market was
marked up ITS points to 13c, in ac-
cordance with the advance in Septem-
ber.
Sales of futures estimated at 400,-
900 bales.
The spot market closed dull. with
middling at 13c.