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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Too Much for senator Allison,

The Senate was discussing the
project of filing in near Ellis island
and making ground for some fmmigra-
ton station buildings. The paragraph
in the sundry civil appropriation bill
read: "a new island near Ellis island"
Senator Kean of New Jersey allowed
that If there were to be any new
islands in the vicinity they should be
ceded to New Jersey. They struck out
the word new" and Senator Allison
read the phrase "a island" THAT
won't do" said Senator Aldrich has
tily. make It an island" Make
1t continent If you like" shifted Sen
ator Allison, whose grammar had been
corrected, but establish your geo
graphical basis and let's get on"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
supreme court Juatlees stroII.

Nearly every pleasant afternoon the
Justices of the United States Supreme
court walk down Pennsylvania avenue
from the capitol to Fourteenth street,
about a mile. Newcomers on the Su.
preme bench are expected to Join in
this parade. Justice Holmes, who re-
Gently took his seat, fell into line real.
fly, being fond Of walking, but Jus.
tice Day, who will soon be one of the
august body, does not like 1t. 1t is
quite likely, however, that he will be
broken in before couple Of weeks
have passed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Birthplace Of Henry IrvInu.

In this month sixty.fve years ago
was born in a village of Somerset
shire, England, John Henry Brodribb,
better known to the world as Sir Hen.
ny Irving. His native place is little
out-of-the-world hamlet six miles from
the nearest railway, and the house Of
his nativity, with an advertisement
for somebody's teas, is pointed out to
the visitor. The last Irvingite relic
disappeared from the village a few
years ago, when gentleman pur-
chased the robes in which the actor
was christehed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
FREE TO TWENTY-FIVE LADIES.

FREE TO TWENTY-FIVE LADIES.
The Defiance Starch Co. will give
rs ladies a round trip ticket to the
St. Louis Exposition, to Eve ladies in
each OF the following states: Illinois,
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis-
souri, who will send In the largest
number Of trade marks cut from a
ten-cent, 16-ounce package of Def
ance cold water laundry starch. This
means from your own home, any
where IN the above named states.
These trade marks must be mailed
to and received by the Defiance
Starch Co, Omaha, Nebr., before Sep
TENDER LIST, 1904. October and Novem-
Der will be the best months to visit
the Exposition. Remember that Def
ance is the only starch put up 16 OF.
"a full pound) to the package. You
get one-third more starch for the
same money than of any other kind.
and Defiance never sticks to the iron.
The tickets to the Exposition will be
sent by registered mail September
5th. Starch for sale by all dealers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25

Although Senator Elllns Of West
Virginia does not often attend the
races nowadays, II was different dur.
ing his early manhood. One day he
and a chum slipped of together from
school and on the way to the. track
came across their professor, who said
in surprise: Young gentlemen, what
does this mean? You should be at
your lessons" Ellins said: "slr, we
wanted to go to lessons and also to
the races, so we tossed for It and II
came down for the races" what
did you throw up7" I'VE threw a lump
OF coal up. II It stayed up we went
TO school; II It came down we went
to the races, and here we re,sir."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
MEN cRoTcHETY AT BREAKFAST
New York Waiter Of Experience
Authority for This.

New York Waiter Of Experience
Authority for This.
"If walters had their way men would
not be permitted in a restaurant be
fore the dinner hour. or at least be-
fore lunch" said the proprietor Of q
cafe on upper Broadway.
why? Simply because they are so
cross at breakfast. No, it isn't the
question Of tips altogether, although
l never saw a waiter refuse a quarter.
But the fact is men are crotchety be-
fore they get their breakfast. If they
have to wait five minutes it seems an
hour to them, and even the morning
paper seems to lose its charms I'M
less breakfast is on the table. There
is no meal in the day where the wait.
ers get so many kicks as they do at
breakfast, and the men are always
more ill-tempered than the women"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
JUST ONE DAY
Free From the slusser Brought Out
Fact.

Free From the slusger Brought Out
a Fact.
During the time l was a coffee
drinker," says an Iowa woman, II was
nervous, had spells with my heart.
smotherlng spells, headache, stom-
ach trouble, liver and kidney trouble.
did not know for years what made
me have those spells. | would fire.
quently sink away as though my last
hour- had come.
For q years I suffered thus and
used bottles of medicine enough to set
up a drug store-capsules and pills
and everything / heard Of. Spent
lots of money but was sick nearly
all the time. Sometimes l was so
nervous l could not hold a plate in
my hands! and other times thought
would surely die sitting at the table.
"This went on until about two years
ago when one day did not use any
coffee and noticed was not so nerv-
GUS and told my husband about 1t.
He had been telling me that 1t might
be the coffee but l said No, l have
been drinking coffee all my life and
It cannot be. But after this l thought
| would try and do without and drink
hot water. did this for several days.
but got tired Of the hot water and
went to drinking coffee and as soon
as began coffee again l was nervous
again. This proved that it was the
coffee that caused my troubles.
I'VE had tried Postum but had not
made It right and did not like 1t, but
now decided TO give It another trial
so Tread the directions on the pack
age carefully and made it after these
directions and It was simply delicious,
so we quit coffee for good and the re-
sults are wonderful. Before, could
not sleep but now l 80 to bed and
sleep sound, am not bit nervous
now, but work hard and can walk
miles. Nervous headaches are gone.
my heart does not bother me any
more like It did and don't have any
Of the smothering spells and would
you believe it2 am getting fat. We
drink Postum now and nothing else
and even my husbands headaches
nave disappeared, We both sleep
sound and healthy now and that's q
blessing" Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Geek. Mich
Look for tho book. The Road q
MELVILLE" q each pkg
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
prevfus NAV Visit Ealr.

1t is announced that Capt. Dreyfus
and his wife intend to visit the St.
Louis fair. He wishes to travel in
cognito, but it is not believed he will
be able to do so. He has repeatedly
expressed boundless gratitude for the
sympathy shown him by the people
and press Of this country in the time
Of his trouble years ago. He thinks
the moral effect Of American newspa-
per talk on his behalf was incalcul-
able.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Chop suey a Popular Dish.

Chop suey, the national Chinese
dish, is growing in popularity in this
country. Over sixty Chinese and some
American restaurants in New York
serve 1t. The base" so to speak, is
Of pork and chicken livers and giz-
yards. Celery, mushrooms, green
peas, chopped string beans, asparagus
tips are placed in a frying pan with
the meat and covered with a gravy Of
peanut oil, heavily spiced.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Names nrouqht ReeolIeetIons.

Two congressman elect from Illinois
Charles E. Fuller Of Belyidere and
H. M. Suapp of Aurora-were being
introduced around the capitol in Wash
ington a few days ago. Someone hap,
pened to refer to them as "Messrs
Fuller and Snapp" and a Southern
Democrat remarked refectively: Full
Ter and snspp? Reminds me of a law
firm in one Of Dickens novels" Per
haps the Southerner was thinking Of
kuirk, Cannon & Snap In Warren'i
Ten Thousand q Year"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Imnertant fo Mothara.
Surely a WARNING.

The late Rear Admiral Frank Wildes
used to be fond of telling this story:
II was born in Boston," he would say
land in my boyhood attended church
there. One Sunday morning a couple
were to be married after the service
The minister made the announcement
in this way: The parties that are
to be Joined in matrimony will pre-
sent themselves Immediately after
the singing OF hymn 245-'Mistaken
Souls, That Dream Of Heaven"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Rich Matrimonial Prlrn.

One OF the richest bachelors in Eng.
land and the richest peer in the house
of peers, the Marquis Of Butte, has
lust celebrated his twenty,third birth
day, and there's not young spinster
II high degree whose family would
DOT like to have her capture the mat
rimonial prize. Whoever the future
marchioness Is she must be Cath
ollie, and this obligation has somewhat
intsi1ered with his lordship's choice.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Lies Sunshine.

Let in a little sunshine
Each day on some dark life;
The worlds IN need OF light, let thine
Clean brightly through the strifel
A gentle word Is better
Outlines than gift of gold:
A smile may break the fetter
That long some heart did hold.
Few rarer gifts are ours
Than hand-clasps warmly given;
And kind deeds are the flowers
That make Of earth a heaven.
SO let each passing day
Record some kind deed done;
60 smiling. giving, all thy way;
Be OF thy world the sun.
Leigh Mitchell Hodges.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
eAsrlNe rROusLE ON ANorAER.
Gov. Chamberlain Relates Clever
story 70 the FlIlplnos.


story TO the FlIIplnos.
Gov. Chamberlain of Connecticut, at
a dinner in Bridgeport to the Philip
pine commissioners, condemned the
practice OF extricating ones self from
trouble by casting the trouble upon
another's shoulders.
Don't be like the man with the
RAM" he said. And then, as no one
seemed to understand the allusion, he
went on:
"The man refer to stood in the
middle of a lonely road, holding by
It's massive. crooked horns a huge
ram.
Will you oblige me- he said to
passing youth, by holding this ram
till open the gate behind me? It is
fastened on the inside, and 1 find I
must climb over It.
Sartin, stranger said the youth,
and he took firm grip on the rams
enormous horns.
"The man backed of, smiling
strangely.
THANK you, he said You will
perhaps be surprised to hear that l
never saw that ram till to-day. The
brute attacked me an hour ago, and
we have been struggling here ever
since. AS long as you stand in front
Of him, holding his horns firmly, he
can't hurt you. Good-by. hope you'll
be as lucky as l have been in getting
rid of him.
Then the man vaulted the fence
and disappeared. The youth, clutch.
Ing the rams horns desperately, look
ed up and down the road. He had
never seen a spot so desolate and
lonely"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
stafferdahlre Houses.

The fancy for Staffordshire houses
still continues, and ladies have taken
to lighting up their drawing rooms
with them. They put a tiny lamp In
side, so that the light shall show
through the windows of the diminutive
house or castle. These houses were
first made for candlesticks, and later
on were chiefly used as pastille burn
ers in the days when people thought
1t unhealthy to ventilate a sick room.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Threw Away His Chances.

President Fish of the Illinois Central
railroad tells the following tale of his
college days: Some of his classmates
went to spend the week end" at Gar
rison's, and amused themselves on
Saturday evening with little game
Of poker. On Sunday they we're all
assembled in the Fish family pew
when the rector assembled the pulpit
and gave out this text, "And EphraIm
went out with a full hand"
One of the young collegians leaned
over to Mr.. Fish and whispered:
Say, Stuyv, what a id fool Eph-
rain was."-New York Times.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
sToRY WITHOUT 4 MORAL.
Debauehery Laid the Foundation for
q Compstenee.

Debauohery Laid the Foundation for
q competenee.
In a prosperous town in Mexico
lives a merchant whose wealth grew
out Of a combination Of good luck anS
drunkenness. An uncomfortable de-
sire for drink cost him position after
position, and he drifted down to Mex
leo and became a news agent. He
sold lottery tickets. He had to report
on drawing day what unsold tickets he
had and forward them. He got drunk
the day before one of the big draw.
ings. Two days later he sobered up
and found himself in possession Of
several hundred dollars worth OF un.
sold tickets. He did not possess $40
in the world. He examined the list
and found that a number Of the un.
sold tickets had drawn prizes aggre
eating $4,000 in gold. He collected
the winnings, paid for the unsold
tickets and took an oath Of perpetual
total abstinence. That was years
ago. He has never touched liquor
since, and is to-day a wealthy man
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
prranmnknr - nlnht -

a dressmaker at the Chicago cuRu
vention complains bitterly that IN hrf
arst year Of business she accumuIafo0
$1,000 worth Of unbelievable a.
counts. mo matter how beautiful thal
gown we can make, IL our business.
does not bring adequate financial ~.
turns for the time and money sxponG
ed we cannot account Il success. ?
said abe. She seems to have the rfgzs
idea.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25

King Carlos Of Portugal has the
reputation OF being a great athlete.
His skill at tennis was recently dem
onstrated when he defeated Lieut.. q.
W. Mcintyre OF the battle-ship Iowa
during the VISIT Of the North Atlantic
fleet. The king also gave an sxhi-
hitlon Of his ability as a plstol shot
Tor the entertainment Of hiA American
gsalforg, who were astouiahed with
he accuracy of are.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Rate on the STAGE.

An extraordinary stage novelty is
announced at Vienna. Count Stagard,
who is to play shortly the character
Of the Pied Piper Of Hamelin, will
have as realistic accessories a thou
sand tame rats, who will follow him
on the stages as he pipes.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
WakInn.

oh, the long drawn, the weary endless
When sleeps oblivion Is torn away
From love that died with dying yester'
But stih unburied In the heart lies onI
oh, the sick gray. the twitter in the
The sense of human waking DER the
earth;
The qpiyering memories of loves fair
Now stf6%n as deathless flowers DER its
deceased
oh. the regret, and oh, regretfulness,
Striving for soyranty Within the soul!
And Immortality but make Il lessl
Gale Young Rice In the Century.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Good Advice for students,

A college professor, whose expert
ence covers half century, says that
among students there is LESS shame
and fear of being in debt" than for
merly. Members Of entering classes
had best begin their series Of resolu.
tions with the declaration of principles:
An unnecessary debt is a form Of per-
sonal MISUNDERSTANDING Companion.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Are EnemIea No Lonnar.

An interesting feature of the funeral
Of Col. William L. Heernance, which
took place at Yonkers, N. T., last
week, was the presence Of Col Benja-
min f. Medina. formerly OF the con.
tederate army, who engaged in an i'm.
promptu duel with Col. HeernAnce
with cavalry swords before Chancel.
lorsville. in which both were wounded
and in which Col. Heernanee was t.
ken prisoner.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Some Facts on Education.

Education" said the impassioned
orator, begins at home" That's
where you're on" said the calm spec.
tator. ut begins In the klndergar-
ten, is continued in the boarding
school, football field, Paris. London
and Wall street, and ends in either
Sing Sing or Newport. Life,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Beware of Ointments for catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury win surely destroy the sense Of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous surfaces Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip.
lions from reputable physicians, the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
curry, and Is taken Internally acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system, In
buying HalNs Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine II "a taken Internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. 8. Cheney q Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halle Family Pills for constipation.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
GIGANTIC RENTS IN LONDON.
Owner Asks $1,000 Each Annually for
Seven Telephone Booths,

OWIlSE ASKS PlfESV EdCO annually TOT
Seven Telephone Booths.
He is indeed a lucky man who owns
building property within the four-mile
radius of London, for he can COM
mand a small fortune in the way of
rental for his houses, shops or Of.
fees, as the case may be. Singularly
enough, 1t is not in the west end
Of London, as many people imagine,
where the highest rents are paid, but
near the Old Lady or Threadneedle
street.
Some time ago one room near the
Royal Exchange let for between &c.,
900 and $4,000 a year, while a house
agent who advertised certain proper
lies in Throgmorton street asked
$1,000 yearly rental for each Of seven
telephone boxes. For a suite of three
rooms on the mezzanine floor So 900
year was also asked and $4,000 re-
quired for six rooms on the first floor.
For shops and business premises
In the Strand gigantic rents are paid,
although, Of course, Bond street is the
dearest thoroughfare in the world
with regard to shops. Many shop.
keepers between Charing Cross and
the old Lyceum theater pay between
$4,000 and $4,000 rental, exclusive
of rates and taxes. Perhaps one
might be able to obtain a very small
shop for $4,000 or $500 per annum,
but such a price would secure very in
different accommOdation-probably
only the one room which faced the
street.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
CLERGYMAN Drew the Line.

The remains of quarry worker who
died Of injuries received In a fight at
Kintore on coronation night, have
been removed from the village church
yard at Allenvale cemetery, Aberdeen.
This has been done at the widows in
stance, as the clergy refused to permit
a tombstone bearing the inscription,
Vengeance is mine, will repay, saith
the Lord"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25

German Orientalists now at work
in the ruins Of Babylon report that
Nebuchadnezzar's thing beats the
world. And of all his tiles we ven
ture to say that he had neither plug
nor Panama.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Food Examinations.

The cattle, sheep, and swine In
Denmark have to undergo a rigid
veterinary examination both before
and after they are slaughtered. Be
fore meat can be removed from the
slaughter.house 1t must be officially
stamped as first or second class food.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.--N. w. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. Ia, 1900.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
What a roreador Earns.

During the last season a popular
toreador in Spain took part in sixty
FIVE fights and killed 1873 bulls. His
net profit was 100000 and the only in
juries he sustained were a bruise on
his foot and a rather bad wound in
the leg. Sometimes one will be badly
gored, but a week or two in hospital
will generally set him on his legs
again.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Pasteur institute for South Africa

Pasteur Institute for South Africa.
At the request of the British South
African Company the Pasteur insti-
tute has just appointed one of it's
members to go out and found a branch
institute at Buluwayo. DR.. Loir, the
former director Of the Pasteur insti-
tute at Tunis and chief of the labora-
tory at Lille, has been nominated to
llll this mission.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Two pI.tInauIahsd stsne paonI..

Maud Hobson. an English actress
who Is being touted as the ao1t
beautiful woman In the world" haa
arrived in New York. On the sumo
steamer came an English actor, Her.
bert Sheath. who is called the richest
actor in the world. He sticks 10 the
stage because he likes It, Sheath Is =
crack polo player, a clever jockey ana
has many rich friends In this country.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
A City Of Zinc.

Bareira. in Portuguese East Africa,
Is the only zinc city in existence. Zinc
Il the only material capable Of With
standing the peculiar climate. II took
the some thousands Of people who
make up the population six months to
build the place. Hospital, church. ar.
senal and every dwelling is Of zinc,
the dead are buried in zinc COINS
snd even most Of the railway cars are
NJ zinc throughout
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
spanish Women and Their DoIIa.

A correspondent in Madrid writes:
"Senora Valdes, wife of the celebrated
Spanish novelist whose books are well
known in England, naively asked me
to take a photograph of her with her
doll 1t will seem curious to many
persons to find women of mature age
still interested in their dolls, but It
Is quite the usual thing in Spain"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
AZ to sliahts.

Take no note of sights and small
offenses. 1t is a sorry day for majes-
ty when an eagle forgets his might
ness and sets out to hunt flies and
takes revenge upon gnats which he
might soar away from and forget
amid the clouds.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Proof Of Old Saving.

Dear me, john" called the cob
bler's wife. ARE you never going to
stop work? It's most IL o'clock"
Whats the difference" answered the
busy man Of the last. TITS never too
late to mend."-Philadelphis Evening
Bulletin.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Nine. Janausehek's Portrait.

The Berliner Tageblatt, in acknowl-
edging the receipt Of a sum Of money
for the paralyzed actress, Nine. ia
nauschek. calls attention to the fact
that her portrait is generally known
in Germany, It being on one side Of
the thaler pieces coined at Frankfort.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
conneatIon bal RrItlah ckY.

Birmingham, England, has upward
of 10000 back-to-back houses and g..
900 courts, which are entered by tun-
nels from the street, states the city's
medical officer,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
10 Naunh ID nnllnNe.

~Six feet In his bootsl" exclaimed
Mrs. Boeswax. What win the inso-
lenee. Of the world come to. wonder2
Why. they might as well tell me the
man had six heads in his hRtl"-Pear-
aOn'a
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
what Makes Malaria Contagious.

While malaria is not contagious
from person to person, it is never
theless advisable to keep infected
persons from healthy places, because
they infect the mosquitoes that bite
them, and these, in turn, infect other
human beings,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Largest Salmon Ever Caught.

In 1927 q salmon weighing SO pounds
was caught in the Tay. This is the
record British fish. The largest
American salmon on record was 80
pounds. 1t was caught in 1898 In the
Columbia river.