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Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30

When the Old North church, Boston,
is opened for any festival occasion,
as 1t is on Foretathers' day, one is at
tracted always by a group of small
Italian boys who are waiting outside
as you appear in the street. eager to
serve strangers in the ONCE of cice-
rones. shall take you to Paul Re
Vere's house?" "Copp's Hill is this
way" THAT house was Gen. Cages
headquarters" These are a few of
their observations,
And before the stranger has reach
ed the summit of Hull street, and for
a surety one cannot resist their eager
and persuasive efforts to make one
60 along in their company, the strang-
er is presently overwhelmed with the
rapid fire of historic facts from these
young lips. The children are only
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
To Save Trouble.

Gov. John G. Brady Of Alaska, is
visiting the Worlds Fair.
A reporter was condoling with Gov.
Brady over the fact that on his ar
rival in st. Louis he had been knock
ed down by a bicycle and struck by a
trolley car.
Eyes," said the governor, ito avoid
the trolley / stepped in front Of the
bicycle. expected one accident, but
not two. l was not so piggish as
John Carr of Sitka.
John Carr" he resumed, "is a Sit
ka character He did a Job OF work
for a shoemaker one day, and in the
middle Of the Job the shoemaker call.
ed him indoors.
"'This is thirsty work you are do
ing, John, said the shoemaker kindly.
4 am going to give you drink.
Which would you prefer, old man, a
mug OF ale or tumbler OF punchT
"T don't wish to be troublesome,
said John. I'll Just take the one whj'o
you're making the other.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
FREE TO TWENTY-FIVE LADIES,

The Defiance Starch Co. will give
rs ladies a round trip ticket to the
st. Louis Exposition, to five 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 win 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., 1904-06-30
"stumpedD the Head WaIter.

Jesse Lewisohn was dining at the
most fashionable restaurant in the
metropolis with a western millionaire
who is very fond of joking. The lat
ter summoned the head waiter and
said:
Il presume everything in this place
is the best that money can buy?"
Most assuredly, SIR" replied the
waiter, with dignity that might have
aroused the envy Of a United States
senator.
well, that's all right, but when
you run short, what substitute do you
use for terrapin?"
For once in his life that head wal.
ter was left at the post" and never
tried for an answer.-New York
Times.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Speak No Words Of LOVE-.

When a Dyak of Borneo makes love
he helps the girl in the hardest por-
ton Of her daily toll. II she smiles
upon him, no matter how sweetly, he
does not Immediately respond, but
waits until the next dark night. Then
he steals to her house and wakens
her as she lies asleep beside her pa
rents. The parents, If they approve,
make no sign, but sleep on-or pre-
tend to. II the girl accepts she rises
and takes from her lover the betel and
sweetmeats he has brought her. That
seals their betrothal and he departs
IS he came, neither speaking nor be-
ng spoken to.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
The End Of All Armies.

We may really be on the verge of
the millennium, for M. Emile Guarini
has come to the conclusion that it
will soon be possible to destroy armies
by lightning. Receiving a shock from
a wireless telegraph apparatus through
an umbrella, he experimental with q
Ruhmkorif coil, and found that shocks
could be transmitted through the air
with moderate currents. He con-
cludes that the energy of 1000 horse
power, at 100000 volts, could be con-
centrated by antennae so as to de-
stroy life at distance of twelve
miles. The present difficulty, which
he believes will be soon overcome, is
that OF controlling and directing the
electric waves.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
WEAKNESS OF STRONG MEN.
NO One Absolutely Free from All Man.
ner Of Defect.

ner OF petect.
Those who are seeking through
study Of superior men to make them.
selves at least less inferior are often
puzzled and bafhed by the discovery
Of characteristics that seem absolute.
ly incompatible with greatness. There
is hardly great man whose life is at
all accurately known in whom there
was not weakness that would de.
stroy an ordinary man-sometimes
mental weakness, Gs utter lack of
judgment; sometimes moral weak
ness; again, physical weakness.
But is there on record a single case
Of great man who had not through
his character a certain toughness of
fiber which made him free from the
common weakness Of whining and
rushing about for refuge at the first
black lift of adversely? Is not that
fundamental sense of insecurity, or
inability to stand alone, the great err
envy we all have to fight? Is 1t not
the enemy that drives some to the
false courage Of drink, others to stink
and crawl along the byways Of indi-
rectlon and crime, many, many others
to resign the guidance of their desti-
MES to some master or masters with
hardly an effort to thing or do for
themselves?-Saturday Evening Post.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
52kSZzE C2RRESaoNok09E9

at all, but things were strange in
those old times. We are more civiliz-
ed now"
The patriotism of the children in
this part Of the city is due not so
much to their surroundings and the
tablets which marked historic spots
as to the teaching of the public
schools. To teachers at the North end
the eageTness OF these youngsters is
nothing new, for they know that by
comparison with other parts Of the
city the children here make more prog
ress in their studies than in any other
district.
"The Italian children are so spon-
taneous," say the teachers. ct is =
pleasure to teach them. While the
Hebrews may outstrip them in num-
Der work and English, in their Ameri-
can history the Italians are especially
apt. A hearty interest is always
shown by them in the patriotic, exer-
cises which in this part of the city
are made much of for the very reason
that the children may not learn it at
home. Their parents may not know
the language. How can they know
the history of the country? But the
children absorb it from their school
life. Hence you find Frank Reggie
reciting Paul Revere's Ride with fer
vor. They learn to feel, ever as they
learn to sing and to recite, the patri-
otto songs and poems"
ut is the people from the West and
South said the custodian, "who seem
to take the greatest interest in visit
ing the North end, the old church and
the graveyard. l never saw anything
like them, the way they will hang
around those stones. They would not
miss coming here on a first trip to
Boston. Sometimes when they are
here on a short visit in the middle Of
winter a storm will not interfere with
their coming. l have known them to
walk around when the snow was two
or three feet deep. l mean always to
keep the main paths clear, bue last
winter 1t was sometimes impossible,
but they would come around just the
same.
1.-THE number of visitors I could not
state exactly, for we keep no register,
as they do at Faneuil Hall, but we
must have had as many as $4,000 or
10000 last year. Interest in historical
places seems to be increasing, for
know many people who have lived in
Boston all their lives but only recently
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
ANSWERED GALL FOR PAGE.
Speaker Cannon Rushed From His
Private Room In a Hurry.

Private Room In a Hurry.
Down in one corner of the speakers
room a bell rings when he is wanted
in the legislative chamber. There is
a push button within reach of the
member presiding in the house which
sets the bell going.
The other day Representative Per.
kins of New York had been called to
the chair for his initial experience in
welding the gavel. Speaker Cannon
was in his private room across the
rear lobby. He had tilted back in his
easy chair, and was taking things
comfortably, when that little bell in
the corner rang with such violence
that he jumped several feet. AS it
seemed to be a hurry call the speak
er rushed at double quick for the
hall Of representatives, with his COM
mittee clerk, Mr.. Busbee, and several
members in his wake.
Inside, however, everything was as
calm as a summers day. you wanted
the speaker" observed Mr.. Busbee,
In an inquisitiVe tone Of voice, 10 hav-
ing managed in some fashi~ Ne
the first to reach the scene.
"Oh, no." answered Mr.. Perkins
nonchalantly. 81 rang for a page
Boston Post.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
important Announcement TO Rectal
8ufferera

Fer n years Drs. Thornton & Minor.
the well known Kansas City rectal Spe-
ciallsts, have been treating Piles Fis-
tula and Diseases of the rectum on a
positive guarantee, which required no
money till cured and we are pleased to
announce that this famous institution has
now opened a branch office at 1868 Olive
St., st. Louis. Mo. The st. Louis office
Will be fully equipped to administer the
wonderfully successful Thornton e Minor
system OF treatment, and one of the
members OF the firm with two assistants
WHY be stationed at st. Louis perma-
nently from this time forth. Those who
have not investigated the Thornton q
Minor system OF treatment should write
at once for their 232 page illustrated
treatise on diseases OF the rectum, which
Is mailed free and postpaid to all ar
hicted. They also mail n los page book
for ladies', and as these books contain
the names of thousands OF men and wom-
en- prominent throughout this section of
the country. who have been cured by
Drs. Thornton a. Minor. It would certain
~ pay any one suffering to get these
books and thoroughly investigate by
writing TO some Of the many people who
have been cured in years past. They
positively accept no money until the pa
uent is satisfied that a permanent cure
has been effected. Read their advertise
ment In another part OF this paper and
write to-day for the free books.
Address Drs. Thornton e Minor. 1859
Olive st., St. Louis, Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Indians Neat Retort.

One Of the most richly deserved re-
torts have ever met with was that
of a Sioux girl at the Hampton Insti-
tute not long since. A silly visitor
to the school went up to the mag
nificent red.skinned belle and said:
Are you civilized?" The Sioux rails
ed her head from her work slowly
she was fsshioning q breadboard at
the moment-and replied, mo; are
your"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
HAD NO MONEY TO BURN.
How John D. Rockefeller Cured EN-.
ploye Of Smoking.

thsW tpHn W. hocketciIcF Cured Ems
ploye Of Smoking.
Il worked for John D. Rockefeller
once" said a well-known landscape
gardener Of this city. zone morning /
was out in the grounds doing some
work among the plants and flowers,
and as l worked l smoked. Pretty
soon the old man strolled out that way
and when he came up to where was,
said In quiet way: 4 never had any
money to burn didn't tumble for a
second, and he stood there looking at
me. I have managed to put away q
few dollars he continued, but never
had any money to burn It came to
me all at once what he meant and
threw the cigar away. Next morning
when he came around there wasn't
smoking. He came up with a smile
on his face and said: We'll, the stove
isn't going to-day. '"-Columbus CO.,
State Journal
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Church WhlstIera.

Whlstllng in church, once regarded
as a proclamation. now bids fair to be-
come a regular feature Of the service.
AT one of the New York churches Miss
Louise Truax has introduced the nov
city of whistling the offertory. So sue.
cessful has this been in attracting the
congregation to worship that many OF
the most fashionable churches in the
city are now bidding for her services.
New York Letter.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
500 Reward SIOO.

The readers Of this paper win be pleased TO learn
that there IL least dreaded disease that science
has been able TO in all lite stages and that IA
CAtarrh. Halls CRtArrh Cure IA the only positive
now known to the medical frAte Tnlty. CRtarTh
being a constitutional disease requires o cunEtitu'
tiOnRl treatment. Hairs CatRrrh Cure Is taken I'm
ternally acting directly upon the blood and mucous
Iurface1 Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
Ing nature in doing its work. The pr0prietorS have
30 much faith IN its curative powers that they ohe
One Hundred Dollars for any case that II falls u
cure. Send for list Of Testimonials,
Address +. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, Use.
Take AGIl's Family Pills for constipation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Not Alone.

When our dear ones leave US
One by one,
Never on the strange path
Do they go alone.
Swift as light from heaven,
Swift as love.
Comes the Lord TO meet them,
Hasting from above.
Little child, or pilgrim
Worn and old
DO not have to wander
Looking for the fold.
For the Christ who brought u
Heavens grace
Tahss their hand and guides them
10 ais dwelling place.
AlaTKnret b. sangater. n Every where
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Friday In History.

On Friday Shakespeare, Washing.
ton and Napoleon were born. Queen
Victoria was married, the battles Of
Bunker Hill and New Orleans were
fought. America was discovered, Mos
COW was burned, Richmond was evacu.
ated, the Bastile was destroyed, the
Mayflower arrived ard the declaration
Of independence was signed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Crushed MouId.he Poet.

A retort which hit hard was made
upon a would-be poet at his club. a."
said he, have written a great number
of poems, but l do not propose to
have them published until after my
death" "Hurrah!" shouted a chorus
of friends, raising their glasses,
here's long life to you. old mani"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Revolutionary Episode Forgotten.

Revolutionary Episode Forgotten.
The anniversary of what is known
az the Paoi massacre, when Gen.
Wayne with 1900 men was set upon
by 5000 British on September 20,
1777, twenty-one miles from Philadel-
phia, was unobserved this year for
the first time since the Revolutionary
War. A high granite monument now
marks the site of the battle.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
OFLondon Foo,

A Frenchman was paying his first
visit to London and was walking
through Hyde Park on one Of the
many foggy metropolitan mornings
with an English friend. Fog! Ha,
ha, mon fren,' calculated the French
man. Now l understand vot you
mean ven you say re sun nevaire set
on your dominion. Ma fol, 1t does
not rise.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
LondonIs Old Roman WaII.

Parts of London's old Roman wall
have been laid bare by the house
breakers now engaged in the demoli-
ton of Christ's hospital, Newgate
street,
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Insist on GETTING Il.

Some grocers say they don't keep
Defiance Starch because they have a
stock in hand Of IL OF. brands, which
they know cannot be sold to a custo-
mer who has once used the l6 OF.
pkg. Defiance Starch for same money
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Motor Cars In seotIanc.

The motor-car terror is said to
have struck Scotland severely on &C.
count Of the number Of rich tourists
who VISIT that country. In one case
heavy racing automobile, running very
rapidly at night. plunged into a flock
Of sheep being driven to market, and
killed and mangled quite a number Of
them.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
More EIexIbIe and Laatlna.

won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better re-
suits than possible with any other
brand and one-third more for Same
money
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Methodist Church Of Canada.

The Methodist church OF Canada has
291 1875 members, a net increase Of
1888 for the year, or 1859 for the
last four years, or 122,O92 since 1888,
when the various Methodist denoni-
nations united.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
A Practical PhIlanthronv.

A large factory in Jena. Germany,
utiliEes its surplus hot water in such
q way AZ 10 afford the laborera nearly
q thousand baths = week
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30

EITe permanently cured No sor nervousness aftsr
VS. nrut days Of Dr. Elines Great Nerve ResoIs
an iSs ~ ~ SS .sl so;si sPS sSSfetsS
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Russia Buys PersIan Land.

Extensive purchasers Of land on
Bahrein Island. in the Persian gulf.
are reported to have been made By
the ausaian consul ct Bushira.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Limit Of Welaht for Soldiers.

The result Of recent tests carried
out in the German army proVs that
6s pounds is the outside weighs the
average soldier can carry on a days
march without inJuring his heart.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30

Horses In France and Germany
In 1900 France exported 8 1000 horses
more than she imported whereas GeYN
many had to import 10000 more than
Bhe exported,
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Renders Power of Endurance.

The reindeer can endure more than
any other draught animal except the
camel. A reindeer has been known
to pull 200 pounds at ten miles an
hour for twelve hours on end.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Taose Who Have Tried II

will use no other. Defiance Cold Wa
ter Starch has no equal in Quantity
or Quality-l6 OF. for 10 cents. Other
brands contain only II OF.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30

No chromos or cheap premiums, but
better quality and one-third more
II Defiance Starch for the same price
Of other starches.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Worklno Women PoorIx Pald.

Working Women Poorly Paid.
Among the working women in Bel
GUM there are 10000 who earn less
than 30 cents a day. Only 5000 earn
more than so cents and only 395 more
than so cents a day.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30

PiBo's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of as
Apough cure.-J. W. oBRIEN, s22 Third Ava,
a., Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. g. 1900.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Immenee stores OF Tobaeeo,

Over 100000 hogsheads of tobacco
are now in store in Liverpool. which
has the largest tobacco warehouse in
the world.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
rh,ov Omen MlIIIons, Of Aeres.

The Canadian Pacific railway will
shortly place the enormous amount
OF 20, 1000, 900 acres of land on the mar.
ket for settlers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30

Superior quality and extra quantity
must win. This is way Defiance Starch
is taking the place OF all others.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30

no YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW
II so, use Red Cross Ball Blue. 1t will make
Them white as snow. OF. package cents.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30

Mrs. windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces m
aAmmAtiOn, Aays pain, cures wind eoo, 2oo bottle
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30

Clear white clothes are a sign that the
housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue.
Large OF, package, 8 cents.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30

First built Of wood In 1855, OF stone In
1749. The portlco was added some years
later, this cost being met partly by the
proceeds OF an oratOrlo given by the
church, General Washington was pres
still parish church, now In the hands
OF the Unitarians.
antique spelling wherever 1t occurs.
Then he takes you to the Mather
tomb and talks 30 glibly Of Increase,
Cotton and 80 on you wonder If he
understands.
"Who was Cotton Matherf" you ask.
''He was a minister. He condemned
people for witehcraft. It was very
foolish. The people we're not witches
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-06-30
Importnnt 90 Motharn.

Examine carefully every bottle Of CAsToRIA,
safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that It
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-31
Proper treatment of Pneumonia.

Pneumonia is too dangerous a dis
ease for anyone to attempt To doctor
himself, although he may have the
proper remedies at hand. A physic-
ion should always be called. 1t
should be borne in mind, however,
that pneumonia always result from u
cold or an attack af the grip, and by
the proper treatment Of these diseases
q threatened attack of the grip may be
warded of. There is no question
whatever about this, as during the
thirty years and more that Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy has been used,
we have yet to learn of n single case
oil a cold or an attack of the grip hav-
ing resulted in pneumonia when this
remedy was used. IL is also used by
physicians in the treatment OF pneu-
monia with best results. DR.. w. j..
Smith, of Sanders, Ala, who is also
druggist says of it: II have been
selling Chamberlain Cough Remedy
and prescribing it in my practice for
the past six years. | use it in cases
of pneumonia and have always gotten
the best results" Sold by A. FL:
Roberts
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-31
About Des Moines.

The Des Moines city library build
ing is partly completed so that it is
being occupied now. This building
is not a Carnagie building, but has
been erected by the city. A visit to
the building now reveals the fact that
1t is going to be an elegant and
roomy library, beautiful in construc-
ton and we'll adapted to its purposes.
The interior has rotunda, stately
columns and is of artistic and beauti-
full construction and finish. The IL
brary rooms and reading rooms are
capacious and we'll lighted. Many
thousands of volumes are already on
the shelves. 1t will be great bene-
fit to the city, helping its learning
and culture. The second story con-
tains among other rooms a ladies'
club room with small stage and nice
furnishing. The third story is occu-
pied by Prof. Chas. A. Cumming as
an art school. Prof. Cumming is not
very we'll known in Iowa. He is on
the Capitol Improvement commission
with A. b. Funk and A. =. Schoent-
gen. He is an artist of ability and
of extensive education and training,
having travelled and studied in sever
al European countries as well as in
America. He is now conducting in
those rooms the only real school in
the line of painting from life models
that there is west of Chicago. He has
number of pupils and seems to be
succeeding. lowans will not now
have to go to Paris or Venice or
Rome to study art.
We had thought some time to give
our readers description of the State
Historical building but now can do so
only briefly. We presume many of
our readers have visited it. 1t receiv-
es hundreds of visitors almost every
day, young and old and from every
walk of life The student in state
matters finds information there be-
yond power to value. The veteran
legislator, editor and citizen Charley
Aldrich has built this up. There are
hundreds and hundreds of autograph
letters and documents there written OF
signed by men in public life including
all our presidents and most of oui
leading men in national and state his
tory. There are documents and mo-
mentoes showing the pioneer day:
and all of which are becoming more
and more valuable as time goes on
There is u large number Of splendid
paintings, life size of the leading mel
of Iowa, including all the governors
To any one loving Iowa and her his
tory, it is rare treat to spend FEY
hours in this delightful building.
The legislature is trying to adjourn
by April but the chances are that
will be nearer April 10. There ar
several important subjects to conn
up yet, among them being final actor
on the appropriation bills for the in
| situations.