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Mexico Missouri message., 1904-02-18
Two Cats.
day nights

w. \. Davis, Jr., southwest of
Mexico, who does his own cooking
forgot, pardon us, he told us
not to let the girls know about
that-has two trick cats. He writes
about them as follows:
| have two cats,
Two cats / know
AS white as any snow,
Except heads and tails are gray,
But twas nature made EN- that way.
They will jump or they will stand
Upon their feet just like man
And beg for something good to eat
The like | never saw the beat.
When milking time comes on
They sing this muurntul song:
"Mew, VOW, Marian, we're longing
now
For you to go aud pail the COW,
And get some milk that's good,
you know,
To feed to poor old Sam aud joe"
But us with other cats
The time'll come they'll have to go
To meet their fate of untold woe,
Those two white cats.
BE nice, poor Sam, be good poor Joe.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-02-18
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Why The TWIcea-Week Republic Hes
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Mexico Missouri message., 1904-02-18

hooked forward through seven days
10 Sunday night as The golden time
of the week.
And our fathers did it. Aud our
graudfathers. Aud our great
graudfathcrs. II is AN ancient
custom that did not originate with
our own youth or fade with tour
children do it, in spite of our
fgowus. Aud our grand
children will. And our great
grand children. Generations come
aud go, but Sunday night spark
ing yet remains.
In the face of all this a judge at
Newark, n. j., has just ruled that
an engagement of marriage enter
ed into on Sunday night is VOID.
On this ground he has released
the defendant in II breach Of prom
Use suit from all claims for dam
age.
This is hard blow at cOurtship
OF the KIND that keeps It's weather
eye on breach OF promise courts,
but 1t is not likely to impede the
progress Of that true love which
runs its most even course on Sun
day nights.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-02-18
Girls, Is This True?

One of our exchanges has d.
agnosed the situation as follows:
The Moberly girl, tall and rud-
dy, kisses as though she was tax
ing an impression in her chewing
gum.
The Chillicothe girl kisses in the
Greek style, favored with the
brain bread.
The Mexico girl kisses with as
much care and preciseness as if
she was selecting a new dress.
The kiss of a Fulton girl is as
fiery as the taste of apple- jack, bet
ter known as Galloway bliss.
The little Hannibal girls kiss is
as soft as peach aud makes a fell
low want another one.
A Jefferson City girls kiss is
rich and juicy as a terrapin stew.
The Pike county girl is describ-
ed as possessing the comprehensive
qualities of the Pike county man
she wants all she eau get and gets
all she can.
A Troy girl is said to be like
eating sugar cane.
In st. Charles you are met with
genuine hOspitalityithe girls kiss as
tho Il ey want you to stay.
Remember this is only hearsay
aud we cannot vouch for the truth
! of it. We are from Missouri.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-02-18
Sunday Night Sparkling

Sunday night sparkling is a sa-
cred institution.
But for it life would become at
a certain age not worth living,
race suicide would become in-
deed a matter of serious apprehen-
sion.
The man who has not the tender
memories of taking his girl home
from Sunday evening service and
going in for "a little while" is apt
to be a crusty bachelor, hating
woman because he never knew her
in her most charming attitude.
The man whose youth was never
mellowed by a Sunday night kiss
stolen from not too unwilling lips
has missed half his life
The Sunday nights when the
fire burned low, aud the lamp, too
held a place in the memories of
every hralthful life The low fire
and the low light have east a soft
ened glow that reaches all the way
TO the grave.
We who have grown old and
heart hardened may sneer at it
now and think that Young hearts
should be calloused as old ones are
but time was with us when we
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-02-18
HOmeseeker's Excursion.

The Chicago Il Alton Railway
will sell round trip tickets from
Mexico, Mo-, to certain points in
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas,
Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indian
Territory, Iowa, Kansas, Ken.
lucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Min
nesor", Mississippi, Missouri, Ne
braska, New Mexico, North Caro-
lima, North Dakota, Tennessee,
Oklahoma. South Dakota, South
Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia,
Wisconsin, Wyoming, at greatly
reduced rates.
Dates of Sale: Dec. /, Is;
Jan. 5, 10; Feb. 2, 16; March ],
10; April 5, 10.
For complete particulars, call
upon or address
l. NJ. Richards, ticket agent, at
Mexico. Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-02-18
10 MEXICO.
Private Train Via Wabash
R.R., VIII Leave st. Louis
and Kansas City Jan.
n; One Feb.g2O.

A private train to Mexico via
the Wabash Railroad will leave St.
Louis aud Kansas City
February 20. 1904. The
number Of passengers limited.
Many new features, including Lake
Patzcuaro, Morelia and Ruins Of
Teposteco in Mexico. The Petri-
fled Forests aud Grand Canyon of
Arizona will also be included in
the tour.
Tickets include railroad fare,
Pullman accommodations, meals,
hotels and every expense.
For particulars, etc., write to
q. s. CRANE,
Gen Pas and Ticket Agent,
Wabash Railroad,
st. Louis, Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-02-18

Peach Buds Killed.

Editor RURAL WORLD:
Again our hopes of bounteous
crop of this lucims fruit have been
dashed to earth. a careful exam
inalion of peach buds on Jan. 20
revealed the fact that very few
buds could be found that were
alive. The writer has something
like twenty acres devoted to this
crop, so that to him it is some dis
appointment 1t did not come un-
expectedly l have observed that
when tn, p ich sheds buds early
very few peach buds survive the
winter. 1t seems as long ms the
leaves remain on the tree the fruit
buds remain dormant, but as soon
as the leaves fall off, the buds be.
gin to swell whenever there is
moist or warm weather. As Prof.
Written, like myself, has Il tooth
for the peach | would be glad if
he could devise some way to keep
the tree growing late in the fall, so
as to hold the fruit buds back. /
feel sure that there would not be
as great loss from winter killing
the tree as there is now of winter
killing the fruit buds.
j. l.. ERWIN.
Galloway Co., Mo. Feb. ,, 1904
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-02-18
AUDRAIN COUNTY COURTS
CIRCUIT COURT.


Meets third Monday in January.
first Monday in June and third
Monday in September.
COUNTY COURT.
First Monday in February, first
Monday in May, first Monday in
August and first Monday in Nov
ember.
PROBATE COURT
Second Monday in February,
second Monday in May. second
Monday in August aud second
Monday in November. Adjourned
terms are held regularly the second
Mondays in january, March, April
June. July. September, Oetobe
and December.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-02-18
Mrs. Mary Harper,
Secretary.
Binder Irvine.

jefferson City, Mo, Feb. IL
The FIRST consignment of hemp to
be manufactured into bindingtwine
has been received at the peniten-
tiary. 1t consisted of five carloads
of hemp. The building in which
the Irvine plant will be located is
under roof and is fast nearing com
pletion. 1t is believed that the
machinery will be installed and the
plant in operation by April |. The
labor is to be done by convicts and
the output of the plant sold to
farmers only at exact cost of pro-
duction, This enterprise was ere
ated by a bill passed at the recent
session of the legislature.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-02-18
Card of Thanks.

The Kings Daughters, one and
all, wish in this way to thank Mr..
&C. Cleudeuiu for his generosity
giving them HE benefit of the open
ing of the new aud beautiful Elite
Cate. They wish it may live long
and prosper.
The amount received added quite
sum To- the huldIng fund of the
Home For Aged Women. Each
Que agreed thai futheI such gener-
Ous friends would come to their aid
they would not only furnish the
Home, UuL would be able ,perhaps,
to bu,ld one for the middle aged
mru.
Mrs. Il. d. Graham,
ice-leader.
Mrs. Mary Harper,
Secretary.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-02-18
Koohna's Dog sIedee.


The following was written by
little eight-year-old Miss Anna i.
Crawford of Rush Hill, daughter
of Mrs. Nora Crawford, and is
handed the MESS AGE for publica-
ton:
Koohna bad a )g sledge.
One day his ia Ter said TO him,
Come aud | wi show you how to
guide your sledge.n KOohua put
ON his outside suit aud pulled his
hood close over his head, called
the dogs, aud took his long line
aud hitched the wisest dog, the
leader, up aud then he hitched the
dogs up to the sledge He was 20
lug over the field aud per-
haps to the next village.
The Eskimo dogs do not have
but one meal u day, They can go
IA long time without eating. When
they are hitched mp sometimes
tnry don't get to eat
TOR three or four days.
The day his father told him to
go out and hitch the dogs up to
the sledgr, he got in front and his
father got in the back part. He
drove to the next village, many
miles, aud then he went home.
When he got home he gave them II
good supper. He cut off strips of
walrus skins, about eighteen in-
ches long and about eighteen in.
ches wide. If they could steal one
of these strips they would swallow
it whole.
He tried two ways of feeding
his dogs. This is one of the ways
he tried to feed them. He would
slice aud cut them up and throw
them out to the dogs and when
the big dogs would fight the other
big dogs the little dogs would eat
the walrus skins from the big dogs.
Then he tried another way. He
would cut them up So the little
dogs couldn't get any.
He would bring one by one into
the house, and in pleasant wealth
err he would make a snow fence
around the outside. There are
wolves in that country and at
night the wolves will come to get
the dogs VIII EN- they are asleep out
side. The wolves are afraid of the
light aud sometimes they will
keep ii light burning all night.
When the dogs are hungry they
will even slip into the house aud
steal the meat out of the soup ket-
tie and eat it. The big dogs
would knock KoOhna over aud
then roll him over the floor, aud
turn the oil lamps over on him,
aud then be would scream and his
mother would come and could not
find him, aud the dogs might be
going to eat him. The way he
learned to drive he would take his
fathers suow-stick aud the dipper
aud hitch the dogs to it and drive
them around the house. The Es-
klmO dogs are very strong.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-02-18
ALL EYES on ST. LOUIS.


The eyes Of all The world will be
turned toward st. Louis during
the year 1904. Everybody will
wish to get, from first hands the
news Of the greatest Worlds Fair
which the world has ever seen.
Our readers are advised, there
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Subscribe for the ST. LOUIS
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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-11-19
Can You Boil Water ?

To boil water would seem to be a
very simple thing. and yet the late
Charles Delmonico used to say that very
few people knew how to do it. "The
secret is" he said, Sin putting good
fresh water into a neat kettle. already
quite warm. and setting the water to
boiling quite quickly, and then taking
it right of for use in tea. coffee. or
other drinks before it is spoiled. To let
it steam and swimmer and evaporate
until the good water is in the at
mosphere aud the lime and iron and
dregs only left in the kettle is what
makes a good many people sick, and it
is worse than no water at ALL" Water
boiled like this and favored with a few
drops of lemon juice, Mr.. Delmonico
often recommended to his customers
and friends who complained of lost ap-
petite. 1t is worth trying.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-11-19
A Canal Murder.

Miss Annie Ahern of Oakland, CAL
has written to the local officers regard
ing the murder of her father, which oc-
Cured between Camps 3 and 8 on the
irrigation canal and the body found
later in the Truckee river with the back
of his skull crushed in. His pockets
had been rifed and money and his
watch taken. Miss Ahern alleges that
her father was followed from the saloon
owned by the construction company by
two men employed on the canal. who
drew their pay and skipped out as soon
as the body was found. She also makes
the serious charge that the contractor
and the man who runs the saloon knows
the James of the murderers. An in
quest was held at the time by the
Coroner of Washoe County, and the
jury fixed the crime on two men, who
were unknown.-Virginia Enterprise.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-11-19
b Cry of the Ace.

When has there been an age like this?
When has there been an age that called
So loudly Inc beseechingly
For noble men and noble deeds?
For mighty brains to take and solve
Perplexing problems. mighty hearts
To dare and do and mighty souls
Broad, gen'rous. forceful-to instruct
n lift and lead? From every path
That man has blazed into the wild;
From every highway where the feet
OF thousands press; from every mart
The cry goes up. an earnest call
For earnest meni The world today
Has needs 1t never knew before.
For 1t has passed the shadow, passed
The travail of the ancient void.
Passed from the grip of primal things,
Passed into light and taken there
Its first full goblet from the sun!
That draft has stirred the very rocks
Upon the hills. has turned to power
The wasteful waters, has instilled
A purpose in the truant winds.
The air is pregnant with great ews-
Great news of glories yet to be
When we have answered to the age,
When we have Weakened to the light!
Strong men and true, great men and good
Brave men and wise in simple faith;
Men warm with love n rich with hope;
Men with high aims and lowly hearts.
The age Is calling out for these
Crying along the crowded streets.
Crying along the quiet lanes.
Its voice Is booming from the towers
And whispering from the furrowed fields:
"Give me my strong and earnest men!
Give me my Davids and st. Johnsi"
-Elwyn Hoffman In Youths Companion.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-11-19
Passing of the Army Blue.

A general order has been prepared at
the War Department in regard to the
new uniform Of the army. Among
other things. the order specifies that all
troops serving in the United States,
with the exception of the artillery.
shall wear the olive-drab as a service
uniform, and that officers shall also
wear that uniform in garrisons. Ar
tillery troops in the United States and
troops of all arms in the Philippines
shall wear the khaki service uniforms,
officers as well as enlisted men. The
principal effect of this order is that il
practically does away with the blue
dress uniform, nov generally worn by
officers at garrisons. In the future,
officers Of the army will wear the olive
drab uniform in this country and the
khaki service uniform in the Philip
pines.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-11-19
A Fake Prospectus.

That the phenomenal riches Of Gold
field are attracting the attention of the
outside world is evidenced by the fact
that the Eastern fake promoter is at
last turning his attention to this dis.
triot. One Of the first to appear on the
Goldfeld horizon is the Big Elk Gold
Mines Company. which offers its stock
at Q cents a share. Its prospectus tells
the public that Jumbo stock is to-day
in demand at $4,000 a share. and adds
that ''there is no reason why Big Elk
should not be just as magical and mann
moth a gold mine as Jumbo" The
property Of the Big Elk Gold Mines
Company is situated outside OF the
Goldfield mineral zone. and the repre-
sensations contained in the company's
prospectus are false.-Tonopah Miner.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-11-19
Vote for Sheriff Kinney Attacked.

The matter Of a recount of the votes
of Ormsby County will be in the courts
as fast as the demands of the law can
be complied with. The object will be
to test the vote for Sheriff. the official
count giving it to Kinney by a majority
of 10. A number Of ballots were
counted in both wards where six, in
stead of three, Presidential Electors
were voted for, and q number Of badly
marked ballots were counted as good in
Empire. In fact. it is stated that every
ballot cast was counted in Empire pre-
cinct. The official result is so close
that it is quite within the range of pos
sibility that a recount and selection of
the ballots by the courts will change
the result.-Carson News.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-11-19

Nothing 90 touches the heart strings as
the loss Of q favorite child. Anyone who
has experienced such . misfortune will SYM
psthize with Mr.. N. ]. Lewis Of Newberry,
Florida, who writes: al am so thankful
that l have found a cure for dysentery. For
three years / have been troubled with this
disease. Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy was recommended TO me
and has effected acure. When it comes back
one dose is all that is necessary to set me
right. / only wish / had known about this
remedy a year ago when my dear little baby,
one and a half years old, took dysentery and
died in three days. The doctor tried to
stop it but failed, and / buried my very
heart strings with my child. No household
should be without this valuable remedy"
For sale by Mrs. II. NJ. Schneiders q Co.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-11-19
NEW
Sun Denies Harrison's Statement
That Rich Strike Has Been Made.

lHuI kMA&A
Tonopah Sun, Nov. o: In the in
terest of the truth and to protect the
nonresident public. the Sun hereby
emphatically denies the statements
emanating from Major Duncan B. Har'
rison that the New England-T onopah
Mining Company has struck a rich de-
posit Of free milling ore. This com.
pany has struck nothing, and Major
Harrison knows it. His only object
seems to be to fool the public into buy
ing the stock of that famous wildcat
company.
The Sun refutes the unwarranted
statements published on the inspiration
of Harrison, mostly in the Reno Ga
zet.e, that a rich strike has been made
in the New England Tonopah.
That statement is false.
Even though the campaign is over it
is necessary for the truth to prevail.
It is q matter affecting the eternal
honor of Tonopah. It will not do for
an undenied story to go broadcast that a
so-called strike of the kind has been made
when it has not. and especially for
such a statement to 60 unchallenged.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-11-19
Royalty.

That regal soul / reverence In whose eyes
Suffices not all worth the city knows
To pay that debt which his own heart he
owes:
For less than level to his bosom rise
The low crowds heaven Inc stars; above
their skies
Runneth the road his daily feet have
pressed:
A loftier heaven he heareth in his
breast,
And Ger the SUBMITS of achieving HES.
With never a thought of merit or of need:
Choosing divinest labors. through a
pride
OF soul that holdeth appetite to feed
Ever on angel heritage. naught beside.
Nor praises more himself for hero deed
Than stones for weight or open seas for
tide.
David A. WATSON.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-11-19
MANY ELECTION SURPRISES.

There were many surprises In the
election of Tuesday, says the Salt Lake
Herald, but one was greater than that
offered by Missouri. Missouri seemed
as safe for the Democratic National
ticket al Mississippi. Itgave a majority
for the Roosevelt electors. The defec-
ton of Missouri makes Judge Parker a
very much worse beaten man than
Bryan was in 1900. The overwhelming
nature of Judge Parker's defeat is
understood from a glance at the per.
centages.
Bryan in 1900 got 34.67 per cent Of
the total electoral vote, to So. 80 per cent
for Mckinley. This year Roosevelt
gets 72.08 per cent of the total, while
Judge Parker gets just area per cent.
Parker is not a badly beaten as was
Greeley, for Greeley got less than 20
per CEN of the electoral votes. 1t is
safe to say, however, that no Demo-
cratic candidate for the Presidency for
years to come will be SO tremendously
slaughtered as Judge Parker has been.
Another surprise was the election of
Douglas, the Democratic candidate for
Governor of Massachusetts,. Although
Roosevelt was given a plurality OF
nearly $4,000 votes, Douglas won
out with a plurality of upwards
Of $4,000. The Massachusetts,
returns show that the people there
know how to scratch their ballots. The
same thing is true of the Missourians.
who elected Folk by a plurality OF more
than 5000. The election of Folk is the
best thing for Missouri that has hap
pened for a long time. 1t is unfortu-
nate that he is not to have a Demo.
cratic Legislature to work with, but he
will be able to accomplish a tremendous
amount of good for his people.
The election of La Toilette in Wis.
consin and Deneen in Illinois by rous-
ing majorities will cause little sorrow
among the Democrats, at least, Demo-
Gratis who do not live in those States.
Both La Toilette and Deneen are first.
class men. They have made splendid
records in the offices they have filed
and there is no reason for believing
they will not continue to serve their
people we'll