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ton. Here is shown the best of all
countries, and to see all that is shown
here is to see the best from tho coun-
tries Of all the world.
"As for our country, what could be
more instructive than the exhibits in
our government building? After seeing
it we understand far better than we
could have before both the system and
uses of government. Take the Philip
pine exhibit as another example. A
half days time spent within its walls
is more instructive than a dozen text
books. We are entirely too apt to read
and forget, but when we see we re-
member, and here we see."
Examples that would bear out the
statements of my college friend might
be enumerated almost without end, and
all would but tend to prove that the
Louisiana Purchase exposition is the
greatest educator of the age. We read
the histories of the years to learn Of
the worlds progress, but here we do
not have to read, we see it. In the
Transportation building we sec the
primitive locomotives that pulled our
first railroad trains, and standing be-
side them we see the powerful, intri-
cate machines that perform the same
service to-day. That Is an education
In the progress of railroading. In the
Electrical building we find the first
primitive electrical appliances, and be-
side them the many intricate machines
that are to-day being driven by this
as yet unexplained power. That is up
to-date education in electricity. In our
school Biographies we are taught,
among other things, of the products
of the various countries. Here we see
them. The book learning we forget,
what we see we remember. Take, for
example, Japan. We are interested in
the progress of the island empire, we
wonder at her greatness, we read VOL
ume after volume to learn Of her
progress. Here it is all spread out be-
fore our eyes. We see the same Japan
Commodore Perry saw when he broke
the bars of darkness that shut the en-
pire from the world, and we see beside
it the Japan that is to-day waging war
with one of the greatest nations OF the
world, the same Japan that is an I'm
portant element in the worlds COM
merce. It is an education in the prog
ress of Japan that no books can pos
sibly give US.
And so it goes through all the great
exposition palaces, through the foreigh
government buildings, through the
state buildings, and down the Pike.
Everywhere is new and valuable les
son easily learned and never forgotten,
for we learn it by seeing"
To refer again to the United States
government building and its exhibits
as an educational feature, l want to
quote q part OF a paragraph from the
current number of the Worlds Work
that we'll illustrates the educational
point make. This is It:
watch a party of visitors from
Mississippi valley state, people who
have never seen the sea; as they wan
der through he passages of the battle
ship model or squint along rapid-1re
gun on deck, across an imaginary
ocean. The shine in their eyes betrays
a mixture of excited interest and pa
triotic pride Far though the coast
may be from their homes, 1t 10 yet
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The above is only one of the many
letters I received from various parts
Of the world in answer to a question
asked by my son when he was about
six years old. My own answer to tho
question, together with those of sew
eral others, will be given at another
time.
All communications for this depart
ment should inclose four cents in
postage and should be addressed to
DIR. DAVID H. REEDER,
LapOrte Ind.
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flesh beneath the skin. great care
should bs taken to see that the hurt
does not heal upon the outside before
it does upon the inside, in other words,
the wound must be kept open and
made to heal from the inside, then
there will be no danger of lockjaw. = ,
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fruit. There are towers and pagodas
and pictures and panoramas in corn
husks, corn-cobs, corn-tassels and corn
kernels, tobacco-leaves and tobacco
grains, wheat-straw and wheat-hcads
and wheat-grains; and there are fg-
ures in cotton and butter and sugar
and prunes and nuts There are dec
orations in wavy moss and hemp, in
rice-sheaves and prairie grasses. You
know at last the wealth of each state,
for packed into each of the different
sections is an abundant sample of all
that springs from one states soil
whether it be hill-farm potatoes,
swamp rice, sea-island cotton, bottom
land corn, prairie wheat, desert dates
or irrigated alfalfa. And in the same
way you know the agricultural wealth
of each of the worlds nations, for they
are spread out before you for your in
spection. Everything grown upon the
earth is here, and displayed and la
beled so that the lesson the exhibit
teaches is never forgotten.
And what does it cost to see this
wonderful exposition, what IL tho
price TO be paid for this liberal edu-
cation? 1t may be much or little, just
as a sightseeing trip to any city may
be much or little. There are fashion
able, high-priced hotels in St. LouiA
just as there are IN New York, in CHI
cago, in London or any other large
city, but be it said to the credit CT
these hotels, they are no higher priced
during the exposition than they wero
before it. The masses of the people
are looking, however, for something
less expensive, and it is easily found.
The people Of st. Louis are playing the
part of host in way that will make
friends of the visitors to the fair.
Thousands of homes have been opened
for the accommodation of guests, and
the prices charged for the accommoda-
lions provided are most moderate. In
fact, to judge from what one must pay
for board and room, one would scarce
ly imagine that the greatest exposition
the world has ever known is in prog
ress in the city. Boarding house prices
compare favorably with those Of other
cities, and 81 per day will secure a
comfortable room and breakfast in
hundreds of these hospitable homes.
No one needs deprive himself of the
great education that awaits him at
st. Louis for fear of exorbitant prices.
for they are not to be found.
Two Injuries.
Perhaps the man who maltreats q
book, even by accident, deserves to pay
for it twice over, and logically he may
sometimes be called upon to do it. A
daily newspaper says that borrower =
Gently handed in book at a public lend
ing library, and the attendant thereupon
discovered hole in one of the leaves.
+ 1t was necessary to enter a description
of the damage in a book kept on the coun-
ter. A Clerk entered the title and num-
Der of the book, and the attendant de-
scribed the damage thus:
Page 215, a hole" Then he turned
the leaf and added: Page PIG, an
other hole" -Youth's Companion.
In South Dakota.
"Who is that man she's flirting with
so desperately"
That's her first husband. Caicago
American
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Thinking Of Hard Cider.
She-An apple never produces in
toxication unless 1t is squeezed.
He-The same thing, suppose, might
be said of girl-Yonkers Statesman.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
Free d TwentYsFier' Ladiea.

The Defiance starch Co. Will give
25 ladies' a round trip ticket to tho
st. Louis Exposition, to ave ladies'
in each Of the following states: Illt
nois, Iowa, Nebraska. Kansas and Mis-
souri, who will send in the largest num-
Der Of trade marks cut from a ten.
cent, 16-ounce package of Defiance
cold water laundry starch. This means
from your own home, anywhere in the
above named states. The trade marks
must be mailed to and received by the
Defiance Starch Co, Omaha, Nebr., be.
fore September LIST, 1904 October and
November will be the best months to
visit the Exposition. Remember that
Defiance is the only starch put up 16
OF. e. full ,pOund) to the package. You
get one-third more starch for the same
money than Of any other kind and De
fiance never sticks to the iron. The
tickets to the Exposition will be sent
by registered mail September 9th.
Starch for sale by all dealers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
PLAY TO SPITE HUSBANDS.

sayonne Women in Euchre Clubs Be-
cause .Huhbies Dislike Them.
Some time ago a number of men in
Bayonne, N. j., formed an anti-euchre
society, declaring that their wives
were devoting altogether too much
much attention to the game named.
Appropriately enough, Josiah Kicks
was elected president. The organiza-
ton has struck a nasty snag in the
shape Of an anti.lodge club started by
the wives, who declare that If they
may judge from the midnight stories
told by their husbands Bayonne must
have a remarkably large number of
sick lodge members. They even in
innate that draw poker Is the most
prevalent disease. More euchre par
ties than ever are being given and
clubs which heretofore stopped play
ing in the spring viii hold weekly
meetings all during the summer "just
to show those fresh married men that
they cannot boss us"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
Half Time in Bed.

Mount Hor, Ky, May 9th.-The rec
ords Of medicine in this state do not
contain a more interesting and in
structive case than that of Mrs. Lille
Jacobs of Mount Hor. Mrs. Jacobs
tells the particulars Of her case as
follows:
For six years l had to keep to my
bed half the time. When l did get up
/ was not able to walk across the
house without just gasping for breath.
had kidney trouble in the worst
form, in fact, was a total wreck. 1t
panied me fearfully to urinate and my
back ached all the time.
Now l ain well for Dodd's Kidney
Pills have entirely cured me. l saw
an advertisement of this remedy and
bought one box. I experienced so
much benefit from this that kept on
till was cured completely.
81 can do my own housework and can
walk around as well as ever with per-
feet ease and strength. Just now
am helping to make garden. feel
like q new woman and owe it all to
Dodd's Kidney Pills"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
TRAGEDY CT VENTS DEATH.
His Murder Blot on Cur Present Day
CiViIizstion.

His Murder e eliot on Cur Present Day
Civilization.
With all the associations that sling
around TIE name of Virginia. that
state seems to furnish q strange set.
ting for such a tragedy as that Of Ed
ward l.. VENT. whose body has just
been found near Big Stone Gap in
Wise county. And yet the mountain
country in the western Fart of Vir-
g!nia is as fun Of the mystery Of
moonshiners and feuds and other law
lessness as the adjacent districts Of
Kentucky and Tennessee.
Wentz had inherited an interest in q
great estate of mountain lands that
had never been subdivided for sale
There were many squa,ter inhabitants,
and all Of them ragged against the
young man who came in to develop
the country. as II he we're some usurp-
er or tyrant. oct. IA last year he dis.
appeared, and though his death has
long becl assumed not till now has
his fate really been known.
For seven months his body has
bccl lying on open ground. undiscuy-
cred. Searchers by the thousands had
sought for weeks to find him, and
some Of them must have passed with
in very short space of his body. Now
the place Of his death is found by ac-
cident within a mile of where he was
last seen alive. He had evidently
been killed by his squatter enemies.
This is a tale of wilderness and
desolation, filter for the early days Of
colonization than for the prime of the
greatest Of nations, filter for the far
West than for the hOary East. 1t
gives us at least a sense Of the long,
long time it will yet take before the
growing people will have occupied
the whole land for its own-before
the whole land will be really
Settled"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19

John Findley Wallace of Chicago,
general manager of the Illinois Cen.
trail railroad has notified the Pana-
ma canal commission at Washington
of his acceptance of the post of chief
engineer IN charge of the construc-
tion Of the isthmian waterway.
Mr. Wallace will take up his work
on June 1, at an annual salary of s25,-
600. His headquarters for some time
will be at the national capital. 1t
probably will take two years for pre-.
urinary work. and then the engineer
will go to the isthmus, to remain until
the canal is completed. Nearly $780,
100000 will be expended, and $4,000
men will be employed, besides skilled
labor.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
The aean state.

Michigan has recently riseu from
third place to the rank Of first with
regard to its crop of dried beans. This
nutritious and necessary food product
is chiefly the product Of three states
New York, Michigan and California.
Massachusetts, Notwithstanding its
reputation as a consuming CENTER
does not cut any figure in the pro-
duction. The total annual crop Of the
United States is about 1904, 400 bush
els, valued at $685. $3.50.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
Malaria.

Have you a slow and intermittent fever;
chills creeping Up the spinal column, espe-
cially in the middle Of the day; aching
back and limbs; cold hands and feet;
flushed face with burning sensatioul These
arc malaria symptoms Do not delay, but
begin q course Of treatment TO head of the
disease. Pure blood win Withstand the
attack Of poison better than impure blood;
and as pure blood is the result Of a healthy
condition Of the stomach, you should get
the stomach in order first. DIR. Caldwells
Syrup Pepsin is perfect stomach remedy,
gentle laxative and strengthens all Of the
organs of assimilation. Sold by druggists
and dealers Ia medicines.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
Thinking and GUESSING.

The play Of some persons at whist
reminds one Of the following school
boy story: The teacher asked the boy
to name the capital of New York.
Said the boy, 81 guess 1t is Albany"
And the teacher gave him black
mark. Telling his mother of this
when he got home, she said to him,
you were right; the teacher probably
gave you the black mark for saying
guess instead of think" But" said
the boy, Il wasn't thinking, was just
guessing"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19

The appoiatce was born at Fail Riv-
er Mass, and graduated as a civil en-
gineer ar Monmouth university. Mon
mouth. ILL.,, Of which his father was
the founder. He entered railway SER
vice in 1869 as rodman and ten years
later became chief engineer Of the
Peoria ard Pennington railway, the
construction of which he supervised.
In 1887 he became bridge engineer for
the Santa Fee. and in 1892 was ap-
pointed chief engineer OF the Illinois
Central During seven years he held
this position. in 1898 became assistant
second vice president, in 1907 assist
ant general manager. ana in SeFtem-
Der, 1902, general manager Of the
system.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
CARDINAL FOND OF WALKING.
Head Of Roman Catholic See " 5alti
more a Pedestrian.

Head Of Roman Catholic See " ealti.
more a Pedestrian.
Though far from being q robust
man Cardinal Gibbons is a great walk
er. Not only is he known as such in
his home city of Baltimore, but he has
acquired that reputation among his fel.
low prelates at Rome. The cardinals
and archbiships there with whom he
has made friends say laughingiy that
to start out on a mornings walk with
their American brother is like doing a
severe stunt Of penance. The cardi-
nal is too delicate in frame and health
to make anything of a show as a pull
pit orator. Knowing his physical lmi-
tations, he is very retiring in manner,
and when he does appear before
congregation he Is quiet and unassum-
ing in his delivery. not trying TO be
impressive. He wisely husbands all
his strength for his administrative
labOrs.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
unlaue MemorIaI Of kaIrer

What seems an instance of almost
excessive hero worship, even in the
subjects of the kaiser, is reported
from Berlin. A memorial stone is
now being erected in schorfeide near
zehdenick. on the spot on which the
emperor stood when he killed his one
thousandth stag. The stone, which
weighs some fifty tons, bears the in
scription; sour most ilIustrious mar
grave and lord, Emperor wilhelm u.
stood here on the 2Oth Of September,
Ammo Dominl 1898. when staying bis
one thousandth stag Of twenty timex.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
Work Of BUILDING societles.

The magnitude of the work carried
on by the building societies in the
United Kingdom may be appreciated
from the fact that during the fnan.
cial year 1900 the receipts Of 1907
societies, with a membership of less
than 100000, amounted to s37,771,.
262. OF this sum G36,586,776 is set
down to the credit of 546,3 1888 Eng.
fish members. Scotland has R674,.
S43 for 96,075 members, and ireland
511,145 for 1851 members.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
Naval Veteran 10 Retlre-

Chief Master at Arms Timothy Muir
ray, and the only one of the $4,000
participants in the battle of Mobile
bay still in active service in the navy
has applied for his retirement. For
some years Murray has been station
ed on the cob dock at the Brooklyn
navy yard and is a familiar figure at
the local station. He has shipped in
every vessel but one in the old navy,
has touched at every port of any i'm
portance in the world and is person
ally acquainted with more officers and
men In the navy than any one else.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
Long East indian Names.

Mercantile clerks with many letters
to write to India tradesfolk are to be
pitied The following, picked at ran
dom from the books of a London firm
doing business in India, are not at all
a bad specimen of the general run of
names throughout the empire: Joga-
vajala Seethasamachendrudu; Manthri
Pragada Suryanarayana, Vangar Pa
thangy Observation-Disclosures Con-
jeeyeram Muttukumaraswamy Mud
liar, Poonamalie Shunmugasundaram
Mudliar, Keduramangalam Subraman-
list Chidembera Iyer, Peruvayel Coo
maleeswarenpettah Rajaruthna Mood
liar,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19

Kidney Pills, which have made thou
sands of permanent cures.
Frank ID. Overbaugh, cattle.buyer
and farmer. Cstskill, N. Y, says:
Doctors told me ten years ago that
/ had Bright's Disease, and said they
could do nothing to save me. My
back ached so could not stand 1t to
even drive about, and passages Of the
kidney secretions were so frequent as
to annoy me greatly. | was growing
worse all the time, but Doan's Kid
ney Pills cured me, and have been
well ever since"
A FREE TRIAL OF this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Overbaugh
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all dealers; price 80 cents per
box
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
ANerane Manes.

In the matter of wages there is a
marked divergence in the different
sections Of the country. The aver
age of tie North Atlantic states is
1853 per worker. In the North Cen
tral states the average is SAB. The
lowest wages are paid in the South
ern sates-S334 per worker in the
South Atlantic states. The Western
states show the highest average,
REG
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
Grim LABOR IrouhIc.

One of the FIRST cases to come be.
fore the New South Wales arbitra.
ton court is that of the undertakers'
assistants. They want their hours
fixed at GO per week. The master
undertakers reply that, owing to the
habit people have of dying at unsea-
sonable times, and of remaining alive
one week and then perishing in
patches the next, it is impossible to
fix hours.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
Some Pollnh supsrntltlons.

Poland is the land of many quaint
superstitions about animals. The goat
Is very lucky, but the crow, wolf or
pigeon are harbingers of bad
fortune. Here is curious pre-
scription: ITO cure cataract in
the eye, take a black cock, make him
look at the sun, look at him yourself,
then throw the cock to the ground,
jump on q fence and crow three
times"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
IN AN OLD TRUNK.
Baby Finds a Bottle Of carboIle Acid
and Drinks II.

Baby Finds a Bottle Of Carbole Acid
and Drinks It.
While the mother was unpacking
an old trunk a little IS months old
baby got hold of a bottle of carbolic
acid while playing on the floor and
his stomach was so badly burned It
was feared he would not live for he
could not eat ordinary foods. The
mother says in telling of the case:
''It was all two doctors could do to
save him as 1t burnt his throat and
stomach so bad that for two months
after he took the poison nothing
would lay on his stomach. Finally /
took him into the country and tried
new milk and that was no better for
him. His Grandma finally suggested
Grape-Nuts and am thankful adopt
ed the food for he commenced to get
better right away and would not eat
anything else. He commenced to get
fleshy and his cheeks like red roses
and now he is entirely we'll
81 took him to Matamoras on a visit
and every place we went to stay to
eat he called for Grape-Nuts and /
would have to explain how he came
10 call for It as It was HIS main food.
"'rhe names OF the physicians who
attended the baby are Dr. Eddy Of
this town and DR.. Geo. Gale Of New
port, o., and any one can write to
me or to them and learn what Grape
Nuts food will do for children aud
aroWn-ups too" Name given nv
Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
Look in each PKG for the famous
little book. "The Road to WellYule.e
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
EXPENSIVE.

yes" said the man, with the hob
by, the cultivation Of prize flowers is
a very expensive fad, but the results
are worth all the trouble. Why, I've
got single blossom in my collection
that cost $40" Rem kable, sholy."
said Col. Bluegrass Of Louisville. but
l have a blossom on my nose, sub,
that cost mo- than youah entiah con-
seryatory"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
A Dramatic Suicide.

What part are you going to play?"
asked a brother actor Of Arthur Shap-
ley when the latter arrived for re-
hearsal on the stage of the hartford
(Eng) theater, recently. This is
the part l am going to play" he re-
piled, ard drank from q poison bot
tie, which he drew from his pocket.
Shapley, who has since died, had
quarreled with a woman friend.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
Martinique Ground Rents.

Land in St. Pierre, Martinique, is
not very profitable" said the intel
ligent compositor. "Oh! don't
know" answered the sub on the next
case. There are certainly assures
enough there" What do they sig
nify?" he was asked. "A flssure in
the earth made by a seismic disturb
ance is sort Of ground rent, you
know" was the answer.-Bradford
Era.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19
A Flower Without Roots.

On the mountains of California
grows a very wonderful flower. 1t is
a twining hyacinth, which climbs up
some bush until it reaches the top,
and after resting awhile to make sure
it has a good hold breaks loose from
its root and spreads out its lovely
blossoms just as though it received,
nourishment from its roots.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19

Former President Jiminez Of Santc
Domingo has arrived in New York
He has not announced whether he
will establish a fruit stand or become
a St. Louis fair attraction.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-19

II a merchant could subtract from
the sales OF any day OF the year the
business brought to him through ad.
vertising, that day would be easily
the dullest day Of the year.