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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-07-14
Tennessee Crop Condition.

Section Director Bate reports
the general condition of crops in
Tennessee to be as follows for
the week ending Monday, July
IL:
The local rains which fell
almost daily over large portion
of the state, supplemented by
moderately high temperature,
induced continued vigorous
growth of vegetation, but serious
ly hindered the progress of farm
work, such as plowing, haying,
wheat -threshing and the harvest
ing of oats; as a result, the crops
which are still growing are
getting foul for lack of cultiva-
tion, and wheat is being damag-
ed in shock by sprouting; some
of the crop has been threshed
with good results but a consider
able portion of the crop will be
lost.
A fine crop of oats is being
harvested as the weather per-
mits; some good hay has been
lost on account of the wet
weather.
Corn is in fine condition of
growth; most of the crop has
been "laid by" and much of
the early portion is assured.
Cotton is growing and fruiting
well, but the wet weather is
adverse to proper developement.
Tobacco is in good condition
of growth. The minor crops,
such as peas, millet, sorghum,
peanuts and sweet potatoes are
growing well.
Irish potatoes are making
satisfactory yields.
Gardens are in fine condition.
Market vegetables are doing well
except that tomatoes are inclined
too much to vine, and the wet
weather has been unfavorable
for the proper growth of melons.
Fruits are reported generally
plentiful, with good prospects
for fall apples; in some sections
apples and peaches are reported
rotting and dropping. In some
sections the rains were partial
and dry conditions prevail; il
some places the rains, especially
those of the Sth, were heavy and
damaging. A period of sunshine
is much needed.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-07-14
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August, will be of value. In the
same number are excellent
cookery suggestions in the form
of an "Inlandn Seaside Dinner
and many recipes of dainty and
appetizing dishes for hot days.
Recommendations for hot
weather housekeeping will also
prove useful,
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-07-14
Summer Cookery and Entertain
ment.

For the mother who is puzzled
to provide novel and attractive
forms Of holiday and birthday
entertainments for the little
ones an article on Children's
Parties, in The Delineator for
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-07-14

spoils that death has won, yet
we can only say, "Blessed Lord
thy will be done.' He who
giveth also tokcth away, but ere
long we shall see his heavenly
face again in that land of bliss
and happiness, where wen never
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-07-14

say goodby. His remains were
laid to rest in Philadelphia ceme-
terry, on Collins river. The fami-
ly and relatives have the sympa-
thy of the entire community in
their sad bereavement.
DEw-DRop.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-07-14

MRS. GRUNDY-A character in Morton,s
Comedy, "Speed the Plough" the wife of a z
lucky farmer, envied by Dame Ashfeld, neigh 8
Dor, who constantly eXclaims, 'What will Mrs. g
Grundy say" hence, society in general regarded &
as censor of morals.-Standard Dictionary. g
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-07-14

Advertisements must have merit or the,
will not be accepted. Mrs. Grundy has a larg
and increasing circulation. Artistic designs il
typography special feature in our ads. Witl
the latest improved machinery we are also turn
ing out superior grade of job work
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12
Fire At Coal Creek.

The residence Of William Morgan
in Coal Greek was destroyed by hre
Sunday night. and the entire fur
nishings. except two pieces OF furni'
ture. were completely consumed.
The ire occurred At O'Clock from
the explosion Of n hanging carosine
lamp. The building was OF frame
and Adjoins the A. p. EAston store.
The entire interior WAS soon ablaze
and nothing could be saved, but BY
heroic efforts the company store was
prevented from burning. 1t 10 un-
derstood that there WAS no insurance
on either the furniture or the build.
ing.
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12
Cast Il charaesers.

Psulins-Bsatrics Hyde.
Fairy Qssen-Lila Smith
Fsiry Princsss-Agpss ashhard.
Gipsy Quess-Liliis Mischell.
Fol--0ladys Eassoa.
Ida Beatrice Robsrts-
Yetsa- Pearl 6ribbts.
Carrie-BlADch Rich.
Ada-Ada Collins.
Leda-Irece Gibbs.
Billy Bissye-Archie Patterson
Tommie LonGwing-Frank Tor
renee.
Brownie soloiss Gordon Roberts.
BUTTERFLIES.
Ruth Gribble. Jessie Mcdonald and
BlAuch harmGa.
WEE WEES.
Alice Kenyon. Virginia McCandies,
Helen Price.
WOOD EYMPHS.
CLARA Gibson. Pearl Mitchell. OlAr
ice Hoeate.
D!rector-Mrs. Ella Wayns.
At the Piano-Nrs. Parpail.
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12

The big steel works are on . more
stable and permanent basis now than
ever before. There was . time when
there was much more in the way of
improvement going on and more men
were employed, but the outlook was
not so promising by any means
Bessemer Indicator.
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12
Don't get careless about your adver.

Don't get careless about your Adver.
tising just because you're beginning
to feel the benefits Of early selling for
ObirstmAs. Don't get . notion that
you are going to do just about 20
much business anyhow. and that 1t
isn't going to make any particular
difference whether you advertise much
or little.
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12
MISCELLANEOUS RATES.

eseA-
Ootsaarsss Se per lIna fos saaA iias over go
inch
tards OF tha nks zoe eseh.
Display sdvsrtisans rssss asAs ksovs -
spplscatsoA-
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12

The American Beet Sugar company
which has been located near Norfolk.
Nebraska. for thirteen years to La
mar. Colo. The reason given 10 the
lack Of acreage.
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12

Frank and Lottie wh!tcomb. who
have been playinR At the California
theatre since its opening. completed
their engagement Saturday evening
and will 60 to Bessemer and open .
family vaudeville theatre there.
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12

Clay Killingsworth, formerly cash
Ter Of the Midland Terminal depot ut
Cripple Greek. has been appointed
agent at the same place to succeed O..
B. Harding. resigned. Mr.. Killing
worth is the soninlav Of DR.. and Nrs.
+ L. Williams of this city.
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12

r. A. Logan. car inspector Of the
F. & O. O. IT this place, has hesn
given . run - fireman and entered
upon his duties Saturday. He 10
succeeded ~ inspector by A p. Bush
ey Of Canon City.
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12

Full line of new Christmas goods
Rockers. dressers. beds. steel ranges.
Prices will beat all competition for
cash. Selling out price ~ have 10
move Jan. Howard Ponder.
97.tf 1877 West Main.
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12

Have You tried Chandler coal, call
MillAr, ''The Transfer Man." Phone
5s. 79.u
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12

New phonograph records and new
Photographs just received by the
Gibbs Jewelry 90. $3.50
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12

Brownie tomorrow. Tuesday night
at the Opera House.
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12

At the recent inspection Of company
A Of this city. E. B. Criddle was
elected Second Lieutenant to fill Va.
cancy. It 10 now Lieutenant Criddle.
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12

Fall line of Ascnsnisal Toys as
Frueau6's- 6i-n
The daily tribune., 1904-12-12

Finch, Pit, Trix, and all the late
card games at Frueauff Bros. 81 II
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

suddenly came out Of her long sleep,
who is really the connecting link be-
tween new and old Japan, has rapidly
come to be considered a power in the
world.
Ito was a boy of Il when Perry ran
into the bay of Yeddo. He was a noble
man, although of the lowest grade,
and, as a consequence, was being
schooled in the matters Of etiquette
and tea ceremonies and to consider
himself one of the flowers OF his be-
loved nation. Being a retainer of the
Shotgun, he was frequently sent on
political missions to Toxic, but instead
of regarding the foreigners that were
commencing to pour into the port as
the dust beneath his feet, he made it
his business to learn all he could about
them and their customs and ways.
When he reached the age of 10 he
was fully convinced that his Govern
ment would never be able to exclude
the foreigners and he resolved to pay
them a visit in their own land. With
five friends he led the way to the
home of a British merchant, one Mr..
Keswick, who had promised to help
him when he was called upon to do so.
After evading the authorities they
finally reached ship, but the captain
stubbornly refused to permit them to
sail with him. He wouldn't run the
risk of breaking the Japanese law and
of being refused an entrance to their
port. Besides he might cause trouble for
his own country. But. though Ito little
dreamed that he would later be Pre-
mier of his country, he displayed the
same forethought that has always
made him stand out distinctly above
his fellows.
Thinking that there might be trou-
bic, he had persuaded his boyish
friends, intent on what they consid-
cred a lark. to cut off their queues.
Japan would no longer recognize them
as Japanese and as noblemen they
would not stand the degradation and
either they sailed on that ship or COM
mitted suicide by the refined code of
hara-kiTi. The result was they sailed.
for the captain was between the devil
and the deep blue sea. Five dead
men would lie harder TO account for
than five live ones.
This was Ito's first lesson with the
outside world. and it taught him that
the noblemen of japan. accustomed
to idling away their time with fans
and being waited on hand and foot.
were no better than anybody else, and
if the truth were told not considered
half as good While they paid their
full fare and went as passengers. the
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

state Of affairs, strange as 1t was,
lasted until the revolution in 1868,
when the Shogun's power was pitifully
shattered and the Mikado reinstated in
his all-supreme position.
OF course the two courts of the rul-
ers could not help hut differ greatly.
The attendants Of the Emperor were
the old court mobiles, descended from
the imperial line, and lille many of
them possessed anything but ample
means, their rank was recognized by
all classes. On the other hand the
court of the military leader was vastly
different. Instead of birth, ability
counted and the men who were noted
tor their warlike skill and great terri
torial possessions were the ones who
found favor
This in itself gave rise to the feudal
system that was inaugurated in Japan.
The powerful territorial mobiles were
called the daimio and the petty nobility
the latamoto. The latter, about $4,000
strong, resided constantly at Yeddo,
but the daimio were forced to come to
the city only at stated intervals, and
castles in their provinces. One thing
they were obliged to do. however, to in
sure their good behavior, and that was
to leave their wives and families be-
power Of the Shotgun became more and
more strong he slowly but firmly placed
restrictions and terms upon the daimio,
until they were treated solely as feudal
vassals, with host of regulations that
they were forced to follow out.
Instead of being a united empire
that acknowledged the Mikado as its
sovereign, japan was portioned out
into any number of fiefs, that were in
reality petty Kingdoms. Each fief was
councillors and few other officials, but
the daimio was supreme in his own fief
and settled such matters as taxes and
the Issuing and valuation OF paper
money.
Such a rule was thoroughly bad
in more ways than one. A per-
son travelling was put to a great
deal of inconvenience, for his money
was not good outside of his own terri
tory, and it put him to an endless
amount of trouble and expense to make
an exchange in order that he might
travel comfortably and in style befit-
ting his rank Again, the power to tax
was frequently turned into abuse. In
some cases, to be sure, the position of
the wretched peasantry was duly con-
sIdered. but the great majority of times
the ruler cared little how much he
wrung from his miserable serfs as long
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

n the progress o. Russ m pane
~ the il tim between Francis 9th DC d
X lie h fey al n o he r
import have peel fought O ar
doraphco a o
b for ua
is hour Inference n d h is @ 0 SUI for 0 n
nigh il I nc d t ( ION Omgn nPu
in by
M yrfnen crnathc ent
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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

as he was able to live life of ease and
luxury.
But this state of affairs couldn't go
on forever. Petty jealousies and quar-
rels were constantly arising among the
daimio themselves, until finally the sa-
cred palace of the Shotgun was desc
Grated with bloodshed and strife. Every
person in Japan, whether great or SIM
pie. rose simultaneously, and the revo-
luton in 6S was a complete restoration
of the Mikado to his rightful own.
The Shotgun was declared an usurper
and the only thing that was left for
him to do was to retire, which he did
in 1867, to the province of Suruga
with only the title of lord of the
empire, and with his passing the
ancient form of government returned
and the feudal system that had been
such a powerful factor was entirely
destroyed.
From a nation that was in seclusion
from the rest of the world and that
hated outsiders to such an extent that
any of it's inhabitants were forbidden
to leave its shores under penalty of
death, Japan suddenly walked up and
the progress that she has made has
been something truly astounding. She
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-10

CUPTpls CAPTURES

Miss Edna Baker and Mr.. E. M.
Oliver Of Selma, Kansas, were
married at the home Of the bride
in Sturgeon this week.
Father j. j. Dillon at the Cath
Ollie church in this city Tuesday
morning united in marriage Mr..
Arthur Stewart of Perry and Miss
Essie Moore of Laddonia.
The following marriage licenses
have been granted; A. T. Stew
art Of Perry and Miss Essie V.
Wood of Laddonia; Phillip Hern-
don and Miss Bertha Cottle, both
of this county; Lutte Barnes and
Miss Ethel Cottle, both of Au-
drain county; Grant Fickliu and
Miss Virgie Williams, both of
this county; Charles B. Miles and
Miss Leila Wiley, both of this
county.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-10
PUBLIC SALE.

Having sold my farm | will sell
my live stock, one mile west 81
Wellsville, Mo-, to the highest
bidder, Monday, March IA, 1900.
to-wit:
4 Coon BLACK JACKS, work
mules, brood mares, workhorses,
driving horses, ~ head two year
old steers, milk COWS aud
calves and COWS to calve
soon, and many other articles too
numerous to mention.
Terms; 3 per cent off for cash.
8 months, bankable notes on sums
over $40.
Auetioneers, Coils. Dock Biggs and
Greenwell. Lunch on the ground
J. p. WILSON.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-10

investments among which find fundamental four:
There credit this market The universe cash
business with all her patrons.
The honestly patrons. we get just
what bargain for-nothing nothing less.
g. Here elsewhere capital well invested grows
A. Uninved capital depreae and slips through
the fingers of the holder.
Upon adequate appreciation and obedience these depend
moral and religious prosperity just much does industrial
commercial prosperity.
The fourth law alarming "Unnvested capital dpreciates
and later slips through the fingers Oh my friends this
would be awful umblme is sad limb par
ayzed by disuse misuse Alas could the shrved
the BRAIN the atrophd organs of the heart the wed faculties of the
soul Could the lives generous things that
have become Osed for of exercise the minds that capped
dark that occupied apartments full of windows open
ing the sky would stand appalled, the awful evidences this
righteous of God being unncngy
will allow his subjects o retain talents
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-10
- NM
THE GRIM REAPER


Mrs. Jeanette Boyle, well known
in Mexico, a daughter of Gen. Odion
Guitar of Columbia, died at her
home in st. Louis last Saturday.
Mrs. Mark Stevenson, aged 50,
died at her home in Mexico Sun
day Of cancer. The husband and
one child survive her. Ed. w. H.
Hook conducted the funeral Mon
day.
The fifteen year old daughter,
Helen, of Mr.. and Mrs. Valentine
Erdel, near Worcester, died Mon
day. The funeral and burial
were at the German church, north
east of Mexico, Tuesday.
Mrs. Michael Jordan of Mexico
died of consumption at Fort Collins
Colorado, last Friday, where she
had been for some time on account
of her health. The husband was
at her bedside. Mr.. Jordan has
been lrailroading between
Mexico and jefferson City for
several years. The remains Of
of Mrs. Jordan were brought to this
city Sunday for interment. A fun
eral service was held at the Catholic
church by Father j. j. Dillon and
the lnterment was in the Catholic
cemetery. Deceased was a sister of
Mrs. Clyde Gelvin of this city.
Besides the husband one child, lit
tie daughter, two years of age sur
wives her.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-10
COnundFums.

Why should a compliment from
a chicken be an insult! Because it
would be fowl language.
What is that which lives in win
ter, dies in summer and grows
with its root upwards An icicle.
Why is a fish dealer never gener-
GUST Because his business makes
him selfish.
How many soft boiled eggs
could the giant Goliath eat on an
empty stomaehl One.
When is a COW not a GOVT When
she is turned into a pasture.
Why is a fish hook like the let
ter FL Because it will make an
eel feel.
Why is a man taking a nap like
a man reading a paperi Because
he's enjoying his(s)nooze (news) .
What holds all the snuff in the
worldl No one nose.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-10

in every schoolroom who could be
kept in order only by an occasion
al laying on of hands. The brief
use of the switch or ruler or a gen.
eral shaking had a wonderful eff
feet in clearing the atmosphere
and encouraging all the pupils to
walk in the paths of peace and
learning. How the modern teacher
manages to keep a room in order
without an occasional resort to thu
time-tried remedies is one of the
marvels. For the child of to-da y
doesn't impress the observer as
better behaved Thy nature than
was the youngster of gen
Grafton ago.
These reflections are put for
ward with some difidence. for
they are conspicuously out of har-
mony with the times. Yet it is
believed that they sometimes must
occur to benighted persons who
have not kept pace with all the ad-
vances Of the up.to-date educa-
ton.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-10
Notice for Increase Of Capital Stock.

MEXICO, Mo, Feb. "a, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that there will
be a meeting Of the Ruth Katherine
Mining Co. held at the Office Of c. A..
Witherspoon in Mexico, Mo-, on the 9th
day Of April, 1904, at . a. m. of said da
for the purpose of voting on PROPOSE
ton to Increase the capital stock OF said
corporation from $4,000 to the amount OF
$4,000
Witness our hands this Feb. "A, 1904.
c. A. Withcrspoon,
c. G.. Holland.
+. 3. Haggard,
j. X. browning,
Directors.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-10
Telephone Meeting.

There will be a meeting of all
parties interested in country tele-
phone lines in Audrain and ad-
joining counties held in Mexico,
Mo-, Saturday, April End, at 10
o'clock a. M, at the Court House.
All lines centering in Mexico, Rush
Hill, and Laddonia are especially
requested to be represented by at
least one delegate. ct.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-10
It's Gambling.

Kansas City, Mo-, March T.
The Kansas City Court Of Appeals
decided to-day that the grain spec
ulative trading on the Board of
Trade is simply gambling and that
gambling is the real object of the
sale of the put" contractor.
The privilege granted is not to
contract for actual delivery in the
future Of wheat, the court holds, but
merely to speculate upon the rise
and fall of prices.
The decision adds:
The transaction from its incep-
ton contemplates nothing more or
less than a gambling in differences
and is, therefore, a stencil in the
nostrils of the law"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-10
Things Are Stirring.

Rush Hill, Mo. ,Marchs6 1904. -
EDITOR OF MESSAGE: I inform
you, from business standpoint,
that 1 have recently sold my farm,
four miles northwest of Rush Hill,
to Henry Beekmani price, one
hundred and ten (S11O) dollars
per acre, and have rented the Hen
ny Myer farm, one mile north of
Rush Hill, on which Mr.. Meyer is
erecting a new house and other
necessary buildings for a good
farm. Our little town of Rush
Hill isfloOded with immigrants
who have rented farms in this vi
cinity and will make this their flu
ture home, There are from two
to three car loads of personal prop
erty of these people arriving daily,
We read the MESSAGE with in
terest every week.
Yours respt.,
j. d. LOTT.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-10
Public Ownership Town.

Macon, Mo-, March 5.-Chair-
man Thomas Jobson of a citizens
meeting held last night appointed
today S. G. Brock, j. w. Patton
aud Adam Gilstrap committee to
overhaul the books of the city Off
Gals. Macon is a public ownership
town and the people want to see
how their money is being handled.
There is no suggestion OF Off
cial corruption" remarked Mr..
JobsOn. The taxpayers merely
have curiosity to see whether the
funds have been employed in a
wise and businesslike manner. The
committee will have an expert to
assist it, aud think / have APP
pointed men whose names are a
sufficient guarantee that the work
will be thorough.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-10
J. D. LOTT.

Hardin College Faculty and the
Seniors will entertain this month
the NJ, M.A.boys aud other young
gentlemen and friends Of Mexico.
The ladies of the Christian church
Aid Society have charge of the re-.
freshments,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-10
Life'S IUeStment
BY REV. JENKIN LLOYD JONES,
Pastor Of All Souls Church, Chicago.

Business capital, investments. Those are
the three commanding words of our day and
place. If they are not written in letters of gold
in every mans counting-room they are stamped
i'll letters of iron in every mans and every
woman's workshop. They are words that can
not be dismissed or ignored. So to-day let us
accept them and interpret them, if possible, in
terms not only of the life that now is, but of the
life eternal.
The world is a great market place into
which every one of us is carried by the chariot
of birth, with more or less capital to invest
This investment is subjected TO the same ire
vocable laws of exchange as govern all other