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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
AS THE WORLD
REVOLVES
Possible Danger in the Stirring Of the
Yellow Races.
PERIL IN EASTERN WAR.

Possible Danger in the Stirring Of the
Yellow Races.
Hitherto the white race, from the
remotest historic times to the pres.
ent, has been practically alone in its
position of dominance. SO far as con.
Germs the evolution of civilized man,
It might almost be said that there has
been but one race in the world.
The most momentous of the devel-
opments of the present war is that
for the first time a white nation finds
Itself not only checked in its onward
march by a nation of yellow men, but
beaten by that nation on land and sea.
1t IS too early to say that this situa-
tion may not be reserved before the
war is ended, but there are not lack
ing signs that the races of which the
japanese are the foremost exemplars
have been Weakened already to a sense
OF their latent rower. China and In.
dia have been stirred by the deeds of
the Japanese. Not only the peoples
of these great countries but many 9th.
ers of mixed Mongol, HindoO and Ma
lay descent are wondering why they,
too, may not adopt the arms and i'm
plements of occidental civilization and
deal with the white races on an equal
footing.
Some of the ultimate possibilities
% this vast stirring of the yellow
races may be gathered from the fact
that Of the 1,5O0,000,OO0 or 1,6O0,0 900.
coo people in the world Asia alone has
S62 1874, 600, of whom more than 42O,.
100000 are in the Chinese empire, 55,.
100000 are Japanese and Koreans,
294 100000 are Hindoos, 3O,OOOO00 Ma
layeians, and 1S,OOO.OOO Indo-Chinese.
To group ali the Asiatic people by re.
ligions, there are about 775,O00.0OO
Buddhists, Confucians, Shintoists and
MOhammcdans. as against about 49,
100000 Christians.
That these people. aroused to a
sense of their racial and religious
solidarity and equipped with the tools
of western civilization. may bring new
problems into existence in the worlds
economy is clear. viii the two races
live side by side. vying with each
other in advancement toward higher
civilization and benefiting by the mu-
tual rivalry, or will one strive to. ex-
plot the other? A century or more
may elapse before the result is known,
so far-reaching may be the conse-
quences of the present great struggle.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
Good Reason.

Two little boys and two little girls
were playing house" the boys being
the papas, Of course. All went we'll
until the papas insisted upon coming
home to luncheon, although their
wives repeatedly told them that they
should stay down town in their offices
and kill bears until 3 o'clock. The
argument finally grew so noisy that
auntie came to investigate.
Boys. why do you come home when
the little girls ask you not to. Is
it because you are so fond of them
you cannot keep away"
No. said Tom disgustedly.
us it because you wanted another
look at your beautiful children?"
No" said Rob, with even more dis
gust in his tones. TITS because the
girls eat chocolate for lunch and we
want some"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29

picked II up, glanced carelessly at the
cate and name and ran his eye over
the pages.
The first words that caught his at
tention were Miss Jessie Garden"
John Burt stood like a statue and
read the paragraph which had thrown
Blake into a frenzy of fear.
Every word burned itself into his
Ihrain. Instinctively he drew back like
'one menaced by a blow struck in the
dark Then the enormity Of the thing
came 70 him. Crushing the paper in
his hand, he strobe across the room
and lowered over the figure of the
anan who had requited years of friend
chip with an act of treachery.
Blakes face was turned toward him
tho handsome, clear-cut features or
the one he had known rince boyhood.
For an instant the impulse to strike
this man dead in his sleep came to
John Burt. Then a flood of feeling
checked the swelling tide of his rage.
How could you do such a thing
1im?" he exclaimed, unconsciously
aloud.
For hours John Burt concentrated
mis- mind on the strange problem which
had so suddenly arisen, At times a
wave Of anger swept over him, but
an the end charity won against odds
which seemed overwhelming.
II was dark when Blake awoke from
his stupor. He raised himself on his
elbows and stared wildly about the
room until his eyes rested on John
Burt John laid aside the book he had
made a pretense of reading.
.Do you feel better, Jim?" lie ask
ed. as Blake struggled TO his feet,
and passed his hand YEARLY across
mis- eyes.
Il beg pardon for this foolishness!"
exclaimed Blake looking ruefully first
At John and then at the decanter.
~As YOU know, I'm not given to drink
ing. / felt very bad this morning and
took some brandy on an empty stom-
ach. Are you sure / said nothing to
s.Hend you. John?'
you have said nothing to offend
ne since that day We bad the fight
gear the creek in old Rocky Woods.
aeiurned John. looking Blake frankly
A the face The latter's eyes dropped
fn confusion.
Wen say no more about IT," added
John. Take your bath, and by the
time You are ready, ! win see that
Roberts has dinner served"
During and after the meal John led
IRE conversation back over the veal
aiSy had spent together Bleke was
strangely silent AS a rule he took
4hs Head over his quiet companion on
ench occasions, but this evening Wher
&c attempted to join in the converse
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
EVILS THAT FOLLOW DIVORCE.
Truancy and Waywardness Of Child
rem as Shown in Chicago.

Truancy and Waywardness Of Child
rem as Shown in Chicago.
Divorce is the root Of crime and
truancy among the juvenile delin
quents of Chicago. This conclusion
has been reached by w. Lester Bo-
dine, superintendent of compulsory
education, after investigations eX-
tending over a year.
Arrests made by the truant officers
and court records, Supt. Bodine de-
clares, shows that a great majority
of the boys and girls who go wrong"
are the children of divorced parents.
BY testimony taken in his office and
in court, these children have shown,
he says, that they first lose respect
for their quarelsome parents, and
when the parents separate the child
has only the influence of one.
Supt. Bodine, after collecting sta
tistics from court records and other
sources, declares that there are $4,000
divorced women in Chicago and near
ly as many divorced men. A major
ity of these divorced people had child
rem, he has found. On his estimate of
two children for each couple, the num-
Der of children of divorced people in
Chicago would be nearly 10000.
The superintendent quotes statistics
to show that many of the boys com
mitted to the parental school, the
John Worthy school, the Jail, and
other corrective and charity institu-
tions, are half orphans through d.
vorce DEGREES. The same holds true,
he says, Of the girls committed to the
various industrial schools and institu
lions for hayward girls.
Other statistics collected by Supt.
Bodine show. he says, that marriages
and births are increasing and divorces
decreasing among the large and grow
ing foreign-born population, while
marriages and births are decreasing
and divorces are increasing among
the American-born population.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29

known by that name throughout the
South ever since, at the time she re-
fused the title and wrote the refusal
to Mrs. Davis.
She is still first with the southern
soldiers, however, and has been spon-
sor at their various reunions for tour
teen years. Two years ago, at Dallas,
Texas, she was sponsor for the entire
ConfedcraCy. and last year at New
Orleans she had sixteen maids of
honor, selected as the prettiest girls
OF Virginia. The Third corps, ArD;y
of Northern Virginia. of which divis-
ion her father was lieutenant general,
has presented Miss Hill with four dia-
mOnd medals of great value, and they
have erected a monument to her
father that is a landmark Of the
South.
The marriage of the generals
daughter to the generals friend will
take place some time in November at
Petersburg. Va, where her father was
killed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
Submarines of the World.

The submarine boat seems to be al
ready well on its way out Of the ex-
perimental stage and to be now a part
of the regular machinery of destruc-
ton. There are at present about two
hundred of these vessels in existence
and attached to the various navies of
the world. The largest number is
owned by France, which possesses So.
Next comes Russian with "a; the
English navy has 20 submarines, the
Spanish %, the American II, the ItaI-
ian 9, the German 8, the Swedish 6.
the Portuguese and the Turkish 2.
Strange to say, the Japanese navy
has won its recent signal successes
without the aid of this class of ships.
If the submarines live up to their
expectations they will place a new
complexion upon the naval warfare of
the future; but the present Russo
Japanese struggle is hardly likely to
give them the crucial test which is
needed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
Had Fun win PortuoaI,s Monarch

While the Atlantic squadron was IN
the Bay of Lisbon, the band of the
flagship Kearsarge gave a concert at
the Royal Gun Club in the Portuguese
capital. Among the members OF the
club are many leading naval and mill
tary officers. The king was present
Several officers Of the squadron had
been invited to the reception at the
club. A number of petty officers and
bluejackets were ordered there to
give an exhibition, and some of the
tars took their boxing gloves with
them. The king. so the story goes,
after having witnessed a couple of
sparring bouts, grew so enthusiastic
that he put on the gloves himself
with one Of the petty officers. The
latter is a crack boxer, and the light
tattoo he played upon the royal nose.
jaws and ribs afforded unbounded de-
light to the irreverend American tars.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29

Miss Lucy Lee Hill daughter of
the famous Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill
of Virginia, and herself loved daugh-
ter Of the South, after a few years of
standing face to face with the prosaic
business world of Chicago, is about
to come into her own, like the Prin-
cess in the. fairy tale. Her marriage
to Gen. James L. Magill, wealthy
planter of Pulaski, Va, will take her
back to her own country, where up in
the Alleghennies she will be mistress
Of Cleremont. Gen. Magill's old home.
In Chicago she has been examiner
for the civil service.
Gen. Magill is a division command
or of the Virginia Confederate Vet
Grams association, and was well
known officer in the army of Gen.
Lee.
Miss Hill went TO Chicago from her
home at Petersburg, Va, during the
Worlds Fair in 1898 in the capacity of
lady commissioner to the worlds
Fair. Her mother and her sister, Mrs.
Russell Hill Hale, then went to Chi
cago and Miss Hill took the position
in the city hall.
Shortly after this. and upon the
death of Miss Winnie Davis, Jefferson
Davis daughter Miss Hill was Offer
ed the title Of Daughter of the Con-
federacy," and although she has been
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
Reason for Marrying.

They were talking about a friend
of hers who had married a bishop
stationed in Kamchatka or Tlmbuktu,
or some other heather land.
81 never could understand why she
married him." said the young woman.
She seemed the last girl on earth to
marry a bishop. She cared so much
more for having a good time than she
did for church work and sewing cir
cles!"
"Girls are pretty wise nowads rs, ("
said the young man, "and they aeAer-
ally have a good reason for marrying
the way they do. A girl friend OF
mine married a doctor so she could
always be we'll for nothing; and may
be this girl married the bishop so SIC
could be good for nothing. New
York Tribune.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
RoekefeIIer,s zinc eardens.

A floral garden, which will be filled
with roses, rare shrubs and foliage,
is now being laid OFT at Pocantico
hills at a cost of $4,000. The plans
OF the gardens-there are really three
gardens, connected by a terrace and
odd stone steDs--were drawn by John
u. Rockefeller Jr., for his father. after
ideas furnished by the latter, and
when they are complete there Will be
nothing like them on any private es
tate in the country, with the possible
exception OF those of George ?.
Gould's Georgian court. All of tbn
servants have been instructed to gipe
out no information concerning the
new mansion on Kybuit mountain. and
even tha- lips Of the stable help are
sealed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
lNFERNo Ar PoRT ARTHuR.
Civilized Methods Of Warfare spurned
by Both Sides.

The Geneva convention tried to
take some Of the hell out of war. 1t
was thought it had succeeded. How
ever, if Prince Radziwill, who has
just come from Port Arthur, is the
bearer of a true story, both the Japa-
nese and the Russians are invading
the devils domain for old-time war
methods.
The prince, who is an officer of the
cars army, declares that the Geneva
cross and the flag of true have lost
their significance and that the wound
ed under the one and the parley seek
er under the other are shot down as
ruthlessly as If they were Haunting
hostile flags in the face of the enc
my. Radziwill is a Russian, but he
tells Of Russian disregard of the
Geneva rules of warfare, and he in
Inmates that the departure from civ
ili2ed methods was made by both
sides practically simultaneously.
Possibly the Port Arthur horrors
will hasten the peace day whose dawn
ing is looked for. One way to stop
war is to make it horror of horrors,
and if the cars officer tells the truth
the combatants at Port Arthur are
employing every means to this end.
Men who have thrown down their
arms in surrender are shot in their
tracks, hospitals are made the mark
for artillery, and the dead are left I'M
buried that their putrefying flesh may
be a means of offense.
The lesson that the situation
teaches is the one taught again and
again, but never learned-the lesson
of how hard thing it is to subdue by
rules the passions Of fighting men.
1t may be said that the Russians and
the Japanese have in them streaks of
savagery that do not show in the men
of other civilized peoples. When It
comes to war at close quarters, how
ever, men of all countries are pretty
much alike. This does not tighten
the situation at Port Arthur nor re-
lieve the shoulders of commanding
officers of the burden of a RESPONSE
bility for shame. The commanding
officer is supposed to keep cool head
and a humane heart. Neither quail
fly seems to be in evidence at Port
Arthur. The story of the siege Is
another Inferno.-Chicago Tribune.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
Chaplain subdues Bully.

Father Reany chaplain of the Uni
ted States receiving ship Hancock,
moored in the Brooklyn navy yard,
is fine specimen of the muscular
Christian--a skilled boxer and all
around athlete The other day he
found it necessary to teach the ships
bully a lesson. The fellow, a new
importation, had been tyranniziag
over some small apprentices, when
the chaplain stepped up and sent him
sprawling with a handsome Jolt on
the jaw. One such caress was quite
enough Tor the bully, who picked him
self up and hurried out OF reach. Then
the clergyman went aft and reported
himself to the officer in charge as
having been engaged in a squabbIe
forward. The bully made no com.
plaips 50 that was the last Of 1t.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
CHAPTER XVI.
HawkIns Makes q pIseovery.

Hawkins Makes a Discovery.
John Hawkins strobe into the office
OF James Blake & Company at an
early hour the following Monday
morning. and after greeting the nomi-
raj head of the firm was shown to
John Burt's room.
Mighty glad to see you, my boy,
his deep voice rumbled as he laid a
giant palm on the shoulder OF the
younger man.
They talked for several minutes on
commonplace topics. Mr.. Hawkins
studied the face Of the younger with
n scrutiny which did not escape John
Burt.
In your new disguse-or lack Of
di5gu.se-you strangely remind me
OF some one" said Mr.. Hawkins sud
denly. you told me once. as I re.
member. that you were born in Massa.
chusetts, didn't you?"
Il did" replied John, land I also
told you that Burton was not my
right name. Now. I'm going TO tell
YOU who am, though you must guard
my secret for a while yet--a short
while, hope"
John Burton is good enough for
me-" asserted the magnate, grlmly.
Il know you're all right. and Ill bet
a million on it. Don't tell me, my
boy, If you run any risk by doing So"
There is no reason why should
not tell you" said John, after a mo-
ments pause. Here is an advertise.
ment recently ran across in a San
Francisco newspaper Read It,"
John Hawkins adjusted his glasses
and real the following:
ITO John Burt Of bingham Mass
All rewards offered for your arrest by
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
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cHAPTER xxv.-contInued.

Tho valet opened Tia door and John
Burt entered.
For moment Blake did not recog-
Eize him. The moustache and beard
had disappeared. and the strong regu.
mar lines of John Burt's face were in
perfect harmony with the keen, calm
and discerning eyes.
Hello, Jim; what's the matter with
youg"
Mall right. John, OIL fellow: mall
right! Glad TO see ye. dear Of John!
Have a drink, John! Glad TO see ye!"
Blake swayed and fell into John
Burt's arms. His flushed face and
Eeeking breath told their own story
without the help Of the emptied de-
,rantcr. Dlake weighed two hundred
pounds, but John picked him up and
'laid him on the couch as II he were
q child.
You're knocked out jim" he said.
Take a nap, old man. and you'll be
al right when you wake up"
With a dull smile on his lips Blake
sank into a deep slumber.
The minute hand Of the little clock
srnwled half its way around the circle
before John Burt left the side of his
friend. His eyes were fixed on the
motionless figure, but his thoughts
wandered far away.
Blake groaned and mutterci in his
sleep. At first his words were inco-
herent, but as his excitement grew his
voice became distinct, and in a higher
key he exclaimed:
This is awful-awful! What shall
n do; what shall do? love her! /
Hove her. and no one shall stand be.
ltween us, no one, by God! no one,
IL OF even" The sentence ended in
mban and again he sank into quiet
Slumber.
Pacing up and down the room John
stepped on a crumpled newspaper He
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
DUTCH RULE IN JAVA.
Elaborate System of Etiquette In.
sisted on by Conquerors.

Elaborate System of Etiquette In.
sisted on by Conquerors.
The government clerks in Java are
probably the best educated civil ser
wants in the world. They are all
Dutch, of course, for Java is owned
and governed by Holland, and every
mothers son of them is and must by
law be a graduate of the University
at Delft.
Special courses are maintained
there for those who expect to go out
to Java in the government service,
and none can crafty the ambition to
do so unless he has mastered French,
German, English and at least two of
the four languages spoken in Java
enc of which must be Malay. The
higher officials and the judges must
speak three of the native tongues.
1t is forbidden to a native to speak
Dutch, or high" Javanese, to a supe-
rior, and no superior would think of
using anything but low" Javanese to
an inferior. Servants must always
appear before their masters with
covered heads. Javanese, except OF
high rank, may not smoke in the pres
ence of any European. The Dutch say
that If they did not insist on native
recognition of their superiority they
would not be able to attain their au
thority at all, The etiquette of rank
as insisted upon among the Jayanese
| themselves is ever more severe than
that imposed by the Dutch upon the
natives.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29

prosecution az our hands.
"(Signed)
Randolph Morris,
Arthur Morris"
John Hawkins read il slowly and
looked searchingly into the face of the
young man.
so your names Burt? Ever have
a relation by the name of Peter
Burt?"
My grandfather's name is Peter
Burt" replied John
Was he a whaling captaln?"
"He was captain and part owner of
the whaler 'Segregansett,' answered
John.
Hawkins vented his surprise in
strange EXPLANATIONS, and John Burt
was silent. in puzzled amazement.
John Burt, grandson to old Cap.
tain Pete Burt! This is too rich! My
hoy, there's a feud between the houses
Of Burt and Hawkins, but it shall not
extend to your generation. Wen bury
il right now! Did the old man ever
mention the name of Jack Hawkins
to you?"
Never"
Il suppose not. II isn't likely he
would" and again Mr. Hawkins seem
ed vastly amused. well, | was his
first mate on the Segregansett Cap.
Burt was nearly sixty years old then,
! and | was about twenty-siX There
was an idea abroad that no man who
| rod a deck beneath an American flag
could lick Jack Hawkins, and. barring
one man, guess they had the facts
rized up about right. Do you see that
SCARF"
| He ran his fingers through the iron
/ gray locks and pushed them back
from his forehead. There showed a
liyid mark with four black circles.
Those round black marks are the
! Prints of your dear old grandfather
kauckles," he said. letting the hair
drop back into place. They've been
there thirty odd years. I'll tell you
how It happened. Captain Burt was a
very religious man, according to his
own standards. He was particularly
down on swearing. A cuss word drove
him crazy and I've seen him pound a
man nearly to death for a harmless
damn
I'VE had q sailor named Bilson,
continued Mr.. Hawkins. "He was one
Of those clumsy, aggrayating fools
whose very looks we're an incentive
TO profanity. It came on to blow oRs
right and sent Bllson aloft, He man
aged to foul the fore-royal clew lines
and when yelled at him he laughed
in his idiotic way, and l was boiling
mad all over. While | was relieving
ny mind | felt a hand on my shoul
der, and Il wasn't a gentle one, either
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
Noted EnaIIsh Journallnt.

William Maxwell, now in the far
East as war correspondent for one of
the big London dailies, is perhaps the
best all-around journalist that London
possesses to-day, Maxwell was with
Kitchener to Khartoum and has the
medal with clasp for omdurman. He
went to South Africa and was present
at all the preliminary lighting. in.
Guiding Elardslaagte and Lomhards
kop. He was in LadyspitA during the
siege.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
PersIaIs RuIor Dee0rates American.

A. A. Rutis, manager Of the foreign
department of the Iron City Trust
Company Of Pittsburg, has received
notice from. the Persian government
that the shah hss bestowed upon him
the Order of the Comradeship of the
Lion and the Sun, said to be one of
Persias highest orders. Mr., Rutis has
been instrumental in increasing i'm
ports of rugs and carpets from Persia.
He has sent many buyers to Persia
with letters to the Persian authorities.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29

with Vie riotous strikers, who were
melted by socialists and anarchists to
a point where they threatened insur-
rection against the throne. The i'm
proved condition of the strike has
enabled the premier to make his post
pOned visit to Piedmont for the pur-
pose of acting as. crown notary 20
record the birth of the Italian heir.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-09-29
New YOrk Woman wears MonOoIe.

The woman with q monocle has
made her appearance in New York,
creating quite a sensation on Broad
way the other afternoon. She was
dressed in English-made costume, but
evidently was an American. She didn't
seem to care that nine out of every
ten persons she passed turned to get
a second look at her eye gear; in fact,
she appeared to enjoy the attention
she attracted, One woman observer
offered a ray Of hope. ut may be
smart" said she, but, really, doubt
II many women in New York will
wear monoclcsP