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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-31

There was another man who
lived and died in Mexico who set
the seal and impress Of his noble
character upon the town and
whose influence still survives. That
man was Charles H. Hardin, the
founder of Hardin college and gov
ernor of Missouri in the days
when true Democracy, not a ma
chine bearing the name, ruled the
state and shaped its destinies,
l came into Mexico on a Satur.
day afternoon and found the
streets about the square crowded
with men upon the sidewalks and
in the roadway. A glance told me
that these people were country
people, farmers and stockmen. l
wondered what could be the occa-
sion of this until ] saw the head of
u horse above a cluster of mems
hats and heads and heard the
voice of the auctioneer. l knew it
was horse day." day when far
mers come to town to dispose Of
their surplus stock or to trade
their swapping animals. The crowd
was a very large one and strangely
inattentive to the business of buy
ing, selling and trading. 1t was
crowd of clusters and knots and
punches of earnest looking men
seriously engaged in the discus
sion of matters that seriously in
terested them. a man who had
stock to sell commented on the
crowd a triAe impatiently, as fol-
lows;
"Talkin' politics, every dern
man of them, and payin' no ten
shun to nothin else. Reckon me
and you'll get at it,too, if we start
to talkin' afterthe first howdy." I"
Might as well get at it at once,
then" l said. How do your
neighbors stand on the Folk busi-
nessY"
For him strong every time. The
farmers all round are stronger for
him than the town, tho they say
that's sure with him, too"
There was no trouble in that
crowd Of farmers to get men to
talk and tell their opioions. There
was no hesitation or evasion in any
man 1 accosted.I L found many days
ago that the open,sesame to the av-
erage farmers heart and tongue
to state plainly: Pm for Folk.
How are you and the folks around
Where you llVeT"
A poll of the crowd of farmers /
mingled with last Saturday on the
streets Of Mexico would have re-
suited in favor of Folk by four to
one.
The monotony of the hurrah for
Folk tires the Investigator. 1t is
the same everywhere and every
day gets more so. There is GER
tain parallel in the number of wild
ducks that are flying over Missouri
and getting shot at. 1 have never
known wild ducks 80 numerous.
AS a result, at every farmhouse,
hotel and eating house there is
baked duck, broiled duck, roast
duck every day, love duck, and
in the past my opportunities to
eyince the affection has been scant
and greedily seized upon. This
year l am getting too much duck.
Every week day aud then as a
chief feature in a Sunday hotel
dinner makes the duck begin to
pail. So as to Folk, am getting
SOL dodge a Folk man and avoid
a Folk crowd. want to see some
of the other fellows. / know that
they exist but are hard to Aud aud
it is still harder ito get them to
talk since the.St. Louis outrage,
since Dockery came out from under
cover and especially since the conn
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-31


the material Of which men is com
posed. The furnace of the present
time through which man must
pass is essential to separating
the dross from the pure gold Of
character.
In that case the whole universe
will be ultimately inhabited by a
common brotherhood, who will be
fitted for the most sublime fellow
ship thru the ceaseless ages of the
future. Doubtless we shall carry
with us from this world many of
the memories and habits and even
vocations with which we have been
familiar aud which have helped us
to form our characters while pass
ing thru the discipline of the pres
ent life.
Man here is also gaining expe
rience. This experience will also
be valuable thru the endless cycles
of the future. We are learning
here what we may practice after
while. This is the incubating
planet. Being practically in the
center of the universe, physically
considered, it is fitting that the hu-
man race which shall inhabit the
universe should have its beginning
here. 1t is now very generally
conceded that unity of religion be-
comes more aud more evident as
we become better and better ac-
quainted with the history of this
worlds progress. Is it not
helpful solution to the problem of
the future if it can be made proba-
BILE that all the worlds that now
roll in space will be ultimately in
habited by people who have lived,
sinned, suffered and been redeemed
during this pilgrimage on earth7
THE future, after all will not
usher in so great a change as some
imagine. This mortal must put
on Immortality, etc., but we will
hold to the types Of character
which have been formed here. 1t
may be that we take up our future
life very much at the place where
we lay down the present. We GER
tainly have a right to expect that
the life on the other side of death
will be practically an extension of
the present life, tho our spheres OF
action will be carried higher and
our possibilities for development
largely augmented. We are now
engaged in subduing the earth,
bringing all physical forces under
our control. Already the lightning
is made to do our bidding; the
great deep has been bridged over
and has become subject to the bus
mess of commerce, while the very
atmosphere we breathe is rapidly
becoming wings for intercourse
among nations.
I'VE have only to extend this
fact to the spiritual sphere which
will be the next abiding state of
man, and then we may behold in
tercourse between worlds, now un-
known to us, just as there is at
present INSTRUMENTATION be-
tween continents of the earth. +"
DR.. Moore does not expect his
theory will be accepted without
protest by many churchmen. 1t is
a new theory Of the universe and
DR.. Moore expects much criticism
from theOlogians.
DIR. Moore is the author of sew
eral books on secular subjects
which have had wide sale. He
was for years a resident of London
and was the editor of a leading
London church paper. His son,
Paul Moore, has just been selected
to succeed DR.. Garrison as editor
of the Christian Evangelist, pub
lished in st. Louis. The Christian
Evangelist is an organ of the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-31

G. w. Russell has opened tin
shop at Benton City.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-31

Earl johnson of Benton City has
located in Colorado.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-31

Miss Nellie Knoble of Benton
City is attending school in Mexico,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-03-31
SOME LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS IN PELLET FORM

Edward Hawkins, of Thompson,
is to move to Jackson county.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-03-12

J. H. Blanchard, who is under
the care of DR.. J. H. Powell for
cataract of the eye, is rejoicing
over the fact that he is now able
to read coarse print, and has
been restored to this condition
from one of total blindness. Mr..
Blanchard lost one eye in 1879,
and last year cataract formed
on the other one. Last Septem-
Der he became totally blind and
remained so until about two
weeks ago, when DR.. Powell
performed an operation and re-
moved the cataract, with the re-
suit that the sight has been re-
stored and the eye is rapidly
recovering its strength. Mr..
Blanchard lacks only few weeks
of being eighty years old, and his
extreme age renders his recov-
cry more remarkable. This is
the one hundred and sixty-third
case that DR.. Powell has success
fully treated for cataract.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-03-12
FIRE INSURANCE.

FIRE INSURANCE. can
insure your property from loss
by fire in some of the OLDEST
AND STRONGEST compan-
les, with rates the same as other
standard com panies.
LIFE INSURANCE. can
insure your life in the FIRST
COMPANY, now active, that
was ever organized in America,
and you will share in the COM
pany's profits as we'll as enjoy
the satisfaction of insurance pro-
lection. The assets of my COM
pany are more than two and a
third times greater than the COM
bined capital of the Bank of Eng
land, Bank of Germany, Bank of
France and the Bank of Russia.
1t is the STRONGEST FINAN-
CIAL INSTITUTION ON
EARTH. Office, HOME SAVINGS
BANK
1-12-3mo J. E. TURNER.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-03-12

At the old Dorminy mill site l
have installed an up-to-date mer-
chant water mill, which is now in
frst-class shape in all its depart
ments. Patronage solicited and
satisfaction guaranteed.
27-3w, M. Dickson.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-03-12

Get busy at something useful.
Get them at the Bazaar Shoe
Store.
See E. A. Russell for Optical
goods.
Some of the boys" were out
late last night.
Turpentine and timber mules.
Luke & Clements. Apr 1
We are glad to report that Col.
D. B. Jay is still improving.
The Fitzgerald Enterprise is
on sale at Ratc1iff Bro. News
Stand.
Remember big sale Monday
and Tuesday at the Cooperative
Store. 1t
The date of the opening of the
Field Millinery Par1ors will be
in the next issues. 1t
Each and every thing in the
Bargain Store will go at cost Sat-
urday and Monday. 3-12-1t
DR.. E. A. Russell will return
home March 18th with a com
plete line Of Optical goods.
Ladies, don't fail to examine
that granite or enamel ware at
the Bargain Store. 1878
Miss Cora Towne returned
yesterday from Abbeville, where
she had been visiting three weeks.
Halsey's Racket Store is now
open opposite the Dem psey hotel
and contains variety of useful
and ornamental articles. 1t
The registration book for the
Fitzgerald district is in the office
of Drew w. Paulk. Go there
and write your name or see that
it is written there.
If it's a bilious attack, take
Chamber1ain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets and quick re-
covery is certain. For sale by
J. H. Goodman & Co.
Miller's Secondhand Store,
north side of Pine street next to
City Restaurant, is filled with
tempting things for bargain hunt
ers. Furniture and hardware
as good as new at half the price.
Rehearsals are ia progress for
cantata to be given at the opera
house in the near future. The
program will Include more than
one hundred children, and prom
ises to be all unique feature in
the season S amusements.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-03-12
A Small Farm Wanted.

I want small farm with only
moderate improvements near
Fitzgerald, Ga, and will pay cash
for same, if suited. Address,
J. w. R. HALEY,
3-1O-t3 Empire, Ga.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-03-12

Mr.. Walter Russell, who has
been attending a business col
lege in Atlanta, has returned
home.
Sch1oss Bros. & Co.'S. repre-
sentative will be at the Empire
Store Monday and Tuesday, 18th
and 18th. 1t
Cleaning, dyeing and repairing
done by VIM. Goeb1er, Central
Ave., least of Empire Store. If
Mr., James Forbes, the capable
manager of the Watt-Har1ey-
Holmes Co., in Abbevi1le, came
down yesterday.
L. w. Meakin has purchased
four lots on east Lemon street,
and intends to commence a resi-
dence on them soon.
FOR SALE-Ten acres; two
story house, 8 rooms; moderate
improvements. Fruit of all kinds.
Located one-ha1f mile from Fitz-
gerald. For particulars address
Lock Box GA. 3-12-tf
If you want a mule or horse
for any purpose see Marcus
Luke at Fitzgerald. Luke and
Clements. Apr 1
Mr.. Jas. L. McCarty
returned from New York last
evening. Mrs. McCarty had been
visiting in Unadilla and Mr.. Nc
Carly, on his return, went by
there for her.
We keep every depositors bust
ness a perfect secret. No one
shall know from us who has mon
ey in this bank, nor how much.
1t is no bodV's business but the
depositor's and ours.
2-18 HOME SAVINGS BANK.
The Epworth League of the
First M. E. church will hold it's
regular devotional services next
Sunday at $50 p. m. Leader F.
H. Knapp; subject: Capacities
that unmake men," Dan. Sis,
1928. Everybody cordially in
vited.
Services still continue at the
Christian church. The subject
of the pastors sermon tonight
is why Preach to the church,"
The state evangelist, Elder W.
J. Cook, is expected Sunday. All
are cordially invited to attend.
FOUND-A 1ady's new gray
skirt in the office of the Phenix
Grocery Co. Owner can have
same by calling at this office and
proving ownership.
Don't fail to see the elegant line
of samples which Sch1oss Bros,
the Great Tailoring People, "
will show at the Empire store
Monday and Tuesday 14th and
18th inst, and let their cutter
take your measure for one of
their elegant suits. 3-1O-t-2
H. L. Beauchamp is again in
the retail meat business in one
of the largest and best equipped
shops in the city, and will well
come his old friends and make
new ones and serve them all with
juicy steaks, nice roasts, fresh
sausage and all kinds of cured
meats at satisfactory prices. st
Mrs. H. A. Burkhart left today
for Cape Girardeau, Mo, to visit
with her mother.
She went sooner than she had
expected on account of her
mother being very i'll, and will
remain there for several months,
when Mr.. Burkhart will join her
and together they will go to the
Worlds Fair before returning
home.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-03-12

Remember big sale Monday
and Tuesday at the Cooperative
Store. 1t
Sch1oss Bros. tailor will have
On exhibition Monday aud Tues
day, 18th and 18th, the comp1et-
est and neatest up-to-date line of
samples ever before shown in
this city. Call and look at them,
and let him take your measure
for nice Spring Suit.
Slot Empire Mer. Co.
Parties contemplating building
would do we'll to see F. M. Ora
ham & Co., at their yard before
buying elsewhere. Corner Pine
and Sherman streets. 3-1O-t3
We pay you to let us take care
of your money. Four per cent
interest compounded quarterly
paid on savings deposits.
2-18 HOME SAVINGS BANK.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-03-12

How often you hear it remark
ed; It's only cold, "and few
days later learn that the man is
on his back with pneumonia.
This is of such common occur
renee that cold, however slight,
should not be disregarded.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
counteracts any tendency toward
pneumonia. 1t always cures and
it is pleasant to take. Sold by ].
H. Goodman & Co.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-03-12

Fine farm mules. Luke and
Clements. Apr 1
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-03-12
Little Folks Reception.

On the anniversary of her tenth
birthday last week, little Miss
Lulu Terry gave reception at
her home on south Grant street,
to bakers dozen" of her par
ticular friends. Miss Flora Brat
ton assisted in entertaining, and
by her apparently limit1ess store
of games and fairy tales, made
the hours fly merrily for the
little guests.
Cakes and oranges we're serv-
ed, and late in the afternoon the
happy children dispersed, wish
ing that Miss Lulu might have a
birthday every week.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1904-03-12

RESOLVE that henceforth
you will not spend so much mon
ey, but place it where it will be
safely kept for you and where it
will be earning interest. The
Home Savings bank pays you
four per cent interest on your
money. No matter how little,
how much; YOU can get a bank
book and an account started for
the asking. 2-18
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-13
MAN AS SEEN BY NOVEllSTS

Success serves to sweeten the average
man: u%nsuccess is the heroical test of
heroes Eden Philpotts.
He who does good on the spur of the
moment usually ows Il seed of dissen-
sion in the trench of time.-Seton Mer-
riman.
A woman without illusions is the
dreariest and most difficult thing to
manage possible. Author of ELIZA
beth and Her German Garden.
Have something TO say; say it; stop
talking; give fools the first and women
the last word; the meats always in the
middle of the sandwich.-G. II. Lori
mer.
Happiness falls TO II share in sep
arate detached bits, and those of us
who are wise content ourselves with
these broken Observation-Disclosures Har-
raden.
Noisy fellows arc always welded TO
their " opinions, weak fellows to
the opinions of others. The perfect
man, conscious of his intellectual lni-
tude, is content with aspirations.-Har-
old Begbie.
With Ihen you must take your choice
liberty for your mind and a prison
for your body, liberty for your body
and a prison for your mind. Nearly all
people choose the latter. We know
what becomes of the few who do not.
james Lane Allen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-13
COURTESY I'M THE HOME.
1t Is Essential to Happiness In h
Family Circle.

There is no place where there Is
greater need Of true, refined, everyday
courtesy or where 1t will be more
greatly appreciated than in the home
circle. Yet in how many households dc
we see an entire lack of it.
The husband m In tired and sur
ly, hurries down his meal, gives the
cat IL kick and departs without one
kind word or gracious act TO any one.
The children are noisy and quarrel
some. The mother, tired and nervous,
has only sharp, discriminating words
for her husband, the children and the
servant. The whole atmosphere APP
pears surchargcd with the very quint-
essence of disturbing and dishearten-
ing elements.
Let Il visitor come in to make n
n~eighborly call, however, and how
quickly everything is changed. Both
husband and wife welcome him with
the sweetest of smiles and courtesy.
When the visitor departs, he is bowed
out with the most charming grace and
in silver tones invited TO call again.
This is cminently right and proper,
but why should not the same consid-
Grafton prevail among those who are
bound to each other by ties of family
relationship-"our own. whom we love
best?' Why should not the wife, the
child, the servant, whom you meet cv-
cry day In the most intimate relations
why should they not, | ask, be
vouchsafed some couI tcsy as well as
the guest who calls for Il brief hour?
Charity begins ut home" we are
told, and | think courtesy should too.
No one, be he man or woman, can
stand weeks and years of continual
fault finding or habitual discourtesy.
You bow TO your next door neighbor
when you meet her in the street and
give her a kind or cordial word. Why
not be respectful to members of your
own family? Try it. You will find
you will be happier for it. Your home
will become IN ideal one, and every
one will be influenced to good by the
light which will radiate from it.-Pitts-
burg Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-13
CURE FOR H~lCCOUGHS.
Simple Scientific Remedy That Gives
Immedinte relief.

An attack of hiccoughs brings its vic
tim less sympathy perhaps than almost
any other ailment, the main reason be-
ing that, except in very rare cases, 1t
Is not attended with fatal results and
that in most cases II attacks otherwise
healthy persons. Still, 1t Is one OF the
most annoying and most obstinate Of
difficulties. While the effort to cure 1t
is being made 1t generally disappears,
yet it resiSts the most vigorous effort
of the will to control its ~vagaries.
A hiccough is n quick, involuntary,
respiratory movement of the dia-
phragm, brought suddenly TO n stop
by an involuntary closing of the glot-
It's. The muscles that control these
two portions of the human anatomy
are incessant workers. They wait on
every breath without being guided by
the will and even work while we sleep.
While they do their duty life passes,
tranquil. calm and pacific, but If from
any cause n disturbing element enters
into their bailiwick they rebel, are be-
yond the control of the will and, hav-
ing no guide, as II were, run away, and,
like any runaway, have no care for the
damage done. The effort to remove
the disturber Is the cause of the hlc-
cough, and the following method of
treatment arrests these muscles In their
wild escapade, brings them back to
their duties, and, like the patient serv-
ants they are, they resume their work
and life becomes rs placid as before;
First, eXpel all the air from your
lungs very, very quickly, The portion
of the body they attend to is, ms 1t
were, collapsed, and now commences
the next and concluding part of the
cure.
Second, commence to fill your lungs
with air. but do so very slowly, but
steadily. Fucker your mouth, and II
possible leave an opening of your lips
no larger than n pin, and through this
inhale the air. Fill your lungs, raise
your arms and throw out your chest,
and when you are full these muscles
resume their regular duties and the
hiccoughs are gone.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-13
THE UNISON WEED.
Probably n Legacy to lis From, south
America or Asia.

|"
America or Asia.
Once upon Il time the nan of James
town must have been very sharply
shortened. Within the memory of
many people now living James was
pronounced "Jeems;' in fact, we be-
lievc that that was the accepted pro-
nunclation of our Nirginian forefa-
theirs. But Jim must have been the
diminutive of "Jeems," MS well IA Of
James; at least we Judge so because
what is popularity known as 'the jim
son weed" really is the jamestown
weed.
Nor is there any reason TO suppose
that this contraction was made jeer-
ingly or sneeringly. More probably it
grew into use Jess So" and we find
intelligent Americans to whom 1t has
never occurred that there Is any con-
nection whatever between jamestown
and Jimson. All the same, the au-
thorities say that ''Jimson' is short
for the name of the place where the
English made their first permanent set
Element in what is now the United
States and where the Old Dominion's
first capital was located.
The jimson weed, however, is not a
native plant, but probably came to us
from South America or Asia. 1t Is a
question how it got to jamestown, but
we believe it is conceded that 1t is not
indigenous to Virginia. If it was de-
liberately and designedly imported, it
must have been because of its medic
inal value; certainly not for its odor,
which is vile; certainly not for its flow
ers and leaves, because they do not
compare in beauty with those Of scores
of native plants. And, while this weed
is now recognized as having some me-
dicinal value, it may not have had that
reputation then" with Europeans. The
Chinese, however, use 1t to some ex-
tent incidentally and may have done
so from time immemorial, that country
being little given to the acceptance Of
new ideas or new remcdies.-Richmond
Times-D Dispatch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-13
CIaddngh wedding Rings.

The Claddagh wedding rings are alb
Bolutely different from the ordinary
plain gold finger band which n cynic
once declared TO be "the sign manual
of n mans impertinence and n wom-
ans folly" Those used by that pic
turesque colony, the Claddagh fisher
folk, are in the form of two clasped
hands holding a heart. 1t is a quaint,
pretty and symbolical design, and, odd
ly enough, the very old specimens are
thought to be the most valuable.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-13

A lover of books will always take
good care Of them. He never holds
the book by the corner of the cover,
W turns down leaves, never lays
the book down open, either with the
face downward or on its back, and
never breaks the binding by opening
the book too forcibly. lie turns the
leaves one by one, taking great care
not to soil or tear them, and uses the
volume gently. 1t makes no differ
ence if the book be cheap or worn;
he always handles it gently.