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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-01-28

feeling IN the district.
Thomas F. Roden is a candidate
for County Collector.
If you are a candidate, plant
your announcement in the message
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Charles Torbett sold IA acres of
ground just south of Rush Hill to
Henry Barney for 81, 400.
The Skull Lick school house
that burned recently was insured
in the F. & l.. Coop. ms. Assn
for $3.50 on house and contents.
The Board met Monday and al
lowed the claim in full.
Many, who are anxious to see
Audrain Jake an advanced step in
school matters, wish to have the
question of county supervision
again submitted to the people to
vote on at the April election.
Charles Galloway, the official or
ganist for the Worlds Fair will
give a musical recital in Mexico
some time next month. 1t will
be for the benefit of the organ
fund of the new NJ. E. church,
South.
Our Worcester correspondent
says: Folk ia is losing inter.
est, because nobody wants to bet
the other side. To this omBean
Greek correspondent adds another
thought: Every one out this way
seems to be in favor of the prim-
AIRY plan. So let us have it. 1t is
fair, just and Democratic. "
The Live Stock Reporter says:
w. FL. Morris marketed from Au-
drain county, Mo, Of his own feed
ling, All head of 59-pound Mon
taua lambs, that sold at $3.50
Hays & Hodge, of Audrain Co.,
Mo. had in 30 head Of the Star"
Mexican yearlings that averaged
66-lbs and sold at $500.
The MESSAGE is authorized this
week to announce j, NJ. Sipple a
candidate for County Assessor
(second term). Mr.. Sipple has
made a faithful and conscientious
official and his friends think he de-
serves another term in the Office,
Mr.. Supple needs no introduction
to the voters from us, You all
know him. Don't forget him or
primary election day.
The City OouuOil was in regular
. session Monday night, Insurance
4 ratespf the city are unsatisfactory
I and that question was voted to b.
! considered later. j. A. McIntyr,
5 asked for renewal Of saloon Ii
) oeuse. Remonstranoe was pre-
0 sente6 from citizens against paw
1 ing on jackson street. II wa
/ recommended that the Arnol'
+ building be condemned as unsafe
s Bills were allowed to the amour
81 Sl6l .07.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-01-28

Mr.. G. F. Young and Miss Ber-
tina Hadsell, both of this county,
have been granted marriage Ii
cense.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-01-28
TELEPHONES.
Big System to Center at Lad
donna, Rush Hill and
Mexico.

There is to be big meeting in
Mexico Feb. 9th Of all interested
in free toll system of telephones
in the county. There is a move to
center the lines and all their spurs.
There are lines centering into
fdexico, 3 into Rush Hill and IL
into Laddonia. There are AZ boxes
on the Rush Hill lines aud 1872
buxes on the LaddOnid lines.
There are SO subscribers to
new line to be built from Mexico
thru Rush Hill to Ladd0nia
There will be AZ boxes to start
with ON the new maiu line referred
to with its spurs extending north
and south.
If you get in with any one Of
the above liues then you can talk
with almost any of the towns or
neighborhoods about MS.
The meeting will be held in
Mexico Saturday, Feb. 9th, is
called for the purpose OF organic
ing and perfecting u free toll sys-
TEN. The committees northwest,
west and southwest Of Mexico will
also be represented at the meeting.
Rush Hill wOnts a bank,
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. KEENAN,
Hulen, a son.
Born, to MIR. and Mrs. j. 9.
Carter, son.
Q. A. johnson Of Benton City
has bought Frank Ash's grocery
business in Mexico.
G. e Casper of Rush Hill ship,
ped in two car loads of cutie few
days ago from st. Louis.
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Mrs. Jeptha Lake died at Lad
donna this week, after prolonged
illness. She was quite aged.
j. j. McClintic, GU West Lick
who sold his farm few months
ago, will move to Monroe City.
Mr.. G. F. Young and Miss Der
tina Hadsell, both of this county
have been granted marriage ii
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-01-28

j. j. McClintic, GU West Lick,
who sold his farm few months
ago, will move to Monroe City.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-01-28
Consultation and Examination Free.

Office Over Morris & Abbay's
Store, East Side Square,
Telephone No. I66. Mexico, No
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-01-28

Mrs. Jeptha Lake died at Lad
donna this week, after prolonged
illness. She was quite aged.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-01-28

G. e Casper of Rush Hill ship
ped in two car loads of cutie a few
days ago from st. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13
AN OFFICE SEEKER.
Ex-Secrstary Long Tells. What He
Thinks About Him.

Ex-Secretary Long. besides telling of
warlike affairs in his latest book. THE
New American Navy has something
to say concerning his experience with
office seekers. He speaks of them as a
whole in most kindly spirit, as if they
were more to be pitied than blamed. He
says that he has repeatedly seen a
member of congress, himself a man of
wealth and leisure. running his legs off
TO lntereede for some Waterman dis
charged for drunkenness, or some fanf-
tor discharged for theft. Then he tells
this story;
Il remember one good senator who
came now and then with the usual err
rands of his constituents, but was ex-
ceedingly sensitive if, complying with
his suggestions, as was done in all
such cases if practicable and right.
they were referred to as requests on
his part He desired to have it under
stood that he never requested any
thing; and. as it was a matter rather
OF form than of substance, it was easy
to crafty him by the use of the ap-
propriate epistOlary circumlocution. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

Miss Ann is to be an outdoor child"
to quote her father. She is to be brought
up in Indian fashion. She is to learn
woodcraft and life that is outdoors. She
viii be barelegged and bareheaded as
soon as she is able to stand it. She will
learn to paddle a canoe. to swim. to
skate, and to follow a trail through
SHOWS. When the proper time comes
she may sleep in a tepee in company
with other little girls on the shores Of
the lake that belongs to her father One
concession TO cOnVent1Onanty IS all she
may enjoy. Her mother Will never carry
her around on her back papooose
fashion.
PLANS FOR LITTLE ANN"
Mr. Seton, it is no longer Seton
Thompson. or Thompson-Seton, sat in
hts home and discussed plans for little
Ann. The author, naturalist and artist
never seems to grow old. The arrival
of the child has made him look more
like happy bridegroom Of a year than
the sedate married man of eight years
and "A years old, and for the first time
q father.
Mrs. Seton and I are happy" said
Mr.. Seton. The baby weighed just
seven bounds and twelve ounces, and
the first day she lost an ounce. I was
worried. but have since found out that
all babies lose a little weight at first"
CThis IS to show that Mr.. Seton
knows much more about wild animals
than about babies)
Ann is to be an outdoor child. She
will learn to swim as soon as she can
walk. She viii learn to skate as soon
as she can swim. She will go bare
footed in summer, and bareheaded. too,
as Indians do In winter I am not SO
sure. She will be outdoors all the
time. but as yet I can't say much as
TO this attempt a hardness. BY the
results achieved We shall guide our
education OF Ann.
BABY TO LIVE LIKE AN INDIAN
AN Indian life by all means. On
our place at Cos Cob Conn. life Is all
outdoors. We call it Wyndygoul after
the old Scottish place of the familv's
and there we are trying to get as near
primeyal life in the forest as possible
There. after April 1, We will make our
permanent home. coming to town a
month or so in winter.
There little Ann will grow m
When she IS old enough she will sleer
outdoors when the weather is mild.
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It requires thorough medical education
to appreciate and understand the wona-
anly organism.
coNFIDE IN NAN
When a woman has ills and pains she
cannot bear-when life seems dark for
every woman, she should eoufide her
troubles to q physician of standing in
the community, or one who has a ma
tiona1 reputation. Certainly it would
not be the part of wisdom to confide in
an ignorant person without medical edu-
cation simply because she was q zcougaa.
There is every reason why she should
write to a specialist, particularly to one
who has made the diseases of women a
speciality for third of a century, like
DIR. R. V. Pierce, founder of the Inva-
lids Hotel and Surgical Institute, of
Buffalo, n. Y. All his correspondence
is held sacredly confidential, and he
gives his advice free aud without charge.
SINGLE AND MARRIED WOMEN
very often find that it IS repugnant to
their feelings to consult Their family
physician. In such case they can put
perfect confidence in DR.. Pierce, who
has made such a success in the treat
ment of wornan's diseases, for he will
give you the very best advice possible,
and without cost to you. To grow beau
tiful, healthy and happy should be the
desire of every woman. It is than posi-
Bile to hold a husband and make home
happy and bring coutentment to it.
Mrs. H. NJ. Rude, 9 Seigrist Street,
Newark, n. Y, writes: VI am much
pleased with what your treatment has
done for me- 1 suppose you thought
was a fake because did not write to
you before, but have been giving your
medicine thorough trial. Am on the
third bottle and when began to take
it could not walk across the floor nor
get up or down from a chair without
/ help. The doctors here said I would
never be well again that the uterus
had become hard, and unless I had an
operation would never be any better.
went right to taking your Favorite
Prescription and before had taken two
bottles was able to do my own work, ex-
cept my washing, and now do that and
take in boarders, too. I cannot say
enough in your praise, and would advise
every woman who suffers with female
trouble to give it trial, as have done,
for it certainly is a blessing to the sex"
HOW TO KEEP YOUTH AND BEAUTY.
One great secret of youth and beauty
for the young woman or the mother is
the proper understanding of, her wom-
anly system and we'll being. Every
woman, Young or old, should ksI0z0 her
self and her physical makeup. A good
way to arrive at this knowledge is to get
a good doctor book, such for instance as
vThe Peoples Common Sense Medical
| Adviser" by R. v. Pierce, III. D., which
can readily be procured by sending
tAenty-one cents IN one-cent stamps for
paper bound volume, or thirty one
stamps for cloth-bound copy, by adj
dressing DR.. R V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

American amateur champion, so that
the book should be written from a
thoroughly practical point of view.
The Baker & Taylor company will
soon issue Moses Brown, Captain Z.
S. NJ" by Edgar Stanton MacIay, the
first Of series entitled Unknown
Heroes of the Navy; How to Get the
Best Out of Books" by Richard LIE
Gallienne; Social Progress" an al
manac of sociological and religious sta
tistics, by Josiah Strong; The Congre-
gationalists," by the Rev. Leonard w.
Bacon: and Golf for Women" by Gen
evieve Hecker.
Mark Twain 1t is reported, is taking
advantage of his Italian leisure to com
plete a new novel, which was begun
many years ago and laid aside. The
subject of the story is not announced,
but this bit of news is given in regard
to Mr.. Clemens method of work. HaV-
ing written a story to suit himself Re
hands it over to his wife, as he says,
"to edit the hell-fire out of it, The
daughter copies the manuscript on the
typewriter.
Macmillan & Co s spring list includes
a compendious History of the United
States by Henry W. Elson; History
of the United States Since the Civil
War" by William CARROT Brown, the
first of two volumes; The Opening of
Ogg; Roman Society from Nero to
Marcus Aurelius," by Prof. Samuel
Dill; THE Foundations of Modern Eu-
rope" by DR.. Emil Reich; Lectures on
the French Revolution and on Modern
General History" by the late Lord
Acton. and his Letters to Mrs. Drew
Representative Modern Preachers" by
Prof. Lewis o. Brastow; THE Fat of
the Land: The Story of an American
Farm" by John W. Streeter. NJ D.;
'fOld-Time Schools and SchoG<books,"
by Clifton Johnson, with many fllustra-
tions; THE Making of English by
Henry Bradley. joint editor OF the OK
ford English Dictionary; Naples. by
Mrs. Augustine FITZGERALD with accom-
panying plates in color by her husband;
THE History of American Art" by
Prof. John c. Van Dyke; whistler as
Knew Him." by Mortimer Menpes,
with 100 full-page plates in color and
tint; Anthracite Coal Communities .
by Peter Roberts; THE Present South. -
by Edgar Gardner Murphy; and ''Es-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

sermon?" BY that Mr. Beecher meant
that every years work was a prepare
ton for the following years work
Every act OF our present day is de-
pendent in more ways than one upon
the actions of our past.-Rev DR. Frank
De Witt Talmage, Presbyterian, Chi
cago.
FRUITFULNESS OF THEOLOGY.
Theology never saved a man vet and
never Will 1t is q useless waste of
paper and printers ink Any man can
understand the gospel. The men who
write theology do not understand It,
hence the fogs- Turn to the simple
Come" Of Christ Jesus. Come" is
worth more to a human soul than all
the theology OF our great church It
was never intended to be preached.
Who cares for it2 Listen, bishop, ED
ers. Tell your young men to burn their
theologies and take the words of Christ
The fool can't err there Children I'M
derstand--Rev. William B. Leach.
Methodist. Chicago.
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Z MYQF.: 3
NM ~. q
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IN s;
Girls With
Beautiful Faces, or
Graceful Figures.

49, AMERICAN girls have
:. ] ] !: 6 /.
YH #I worldwide reputation for
~ al beauty, but, at the same
Ik I'll time, there are girls IN our
lNA "a cities who possess neither
go beauty of face nor form,
because in these instances
they suffer from nervous
ness, the result of disorders of the wom-
anlY organism. At regular intervals
they suffer so much that their strength
leaves them; they are SO Frustrated that
it takes DAYS for them to recover their
strength. OF course, such periodic dis
tress has its bad effect on the nervous
system. The withered and drawn faces,
the dark circles and crows-feet over the
eyes, the straight figure without those
curves which lend so much to feminine
beauty, are the unmistakable signs of
womanly disorders. The young girl
should study how to make herself more
attractive; how to overcome those bodily
ills that pull her down Mrs. Langtry
has well said: rThe keystone to physical
beauty is perfect health A sick woman
cannot be beautiful woman, nor can
she be anything but what we English
call a poor-spirited woman. To great
extent a woman's beauty is measured by
her vIta1ity-by her health A famous
specialist in wornan's diseases, DIR. R. v.
Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, has always adj
vocated for young women's happiness
absolute freedom from care and anxiety;
at least eight hours sleep out of every
twenty-four, in addition a short nap in
the middle of the day, if possible. Simple
indoor exercises or brisk walks in the
outdoor air. For some this is impossi-
Bile, and mary are confined to a contiu-
ual indoor life because of disease of the
womanly organs. To these is offered
$500 reward if they cannot be cured of
Leucorrhea, Female Weakness, Prolap-
sus, or Falling of Womb. AL Doctor
Pierce asks IS a fair and reasonable
trial of his means of cure.
No other medicine for the cure of
wornan's peculiar ailments is backed by
such a remarkable guarantee as Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. No other
medicine for woman's ills is possessed of
the unparalleled curative properties that
would warrant its makers in publishing
such an offer; no other remedy has such
a record of third of century of cures
on which to base such a remarkable
offer.
There is every reason why women
should not trust their delicate constitu-
tons in the hands of unskilled persons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13
NEW SHELDON BOOK
His Temperance Story, The Narrow
Gate" Is Out.

His Temperance Story, The MARROW
Gate" Is Out.
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon's new book.
1.-THE Narrow Gate" has just been
published by the Advance Publishing
company of Chicago. This is the story
that Mr.. Sheldon read to his congrega-
ton last year. It is temperance
novel and he says in his preface: 1T
contains some incidents which were a
part of the prohibition movement in
the state of Kansas. and none of the
facts are exaggerated"
The publishers say in their announce
menr:
Charles NJ sheldon has already
shown himself a temperance writer of
power. In this wholesome story the
symDathies of the reader are not torn
to shredS- but he is made to see the
devices. the persistence, and the dead
lines of the liquor business. At the
same time some methods Of fighting
this traffic in bodies and souls are
carried to a satisfactory and successful
outcome. The old moral suasion' lines
of effort are most happily blended with
the exercise of all the legal forces that
can be brought TO bear on the subject.
while the futility of certain natural
The story is thoroughly wholesome
and sensible and wisely suggestive
There is quaint little love story with
college favor at the beginning which
develops into a glad married life. in
which the wife sustains her husband
in his long but increasingly victorious
struggle with the liquor power. AS ed
itor of local paper in country town
he leads the fight to successful issue
With pen and types and personal in
fiuence he pushes every advantage,
whether in the line of moral suasion or
legal suasion
1T is sane. helpful book. good for
Old and young"
The book contains 24O pages and is
made to sell at 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13
KANSAS IN ENGLISH NOVEL
Our Divorce Laws Said to Be Lax to
the Point Shocking.

Poor, bleeding Kansas! Her name is
used in song and story to point a
moral and adorn a tale"
In reading The Danvers Jewels a
novel by Mary CholmondeIey, the writer
was painfully surprised to discover Kan
sas being held up to scorn in the eyes
of the BTitishers as place of low
morals and lax divorce laws, says Chas
F. Scott in the lola Register
Two men, the hero and an interloper
named Dare, love Ruth Deyncourt She
finally accepts Dare's suit out of pity
ana sense of duty only to learn later
that she loves the hero. OF course some
drastic measure was needed to solve
this problem without doing harm to the
pure English conscience. The story at
the proper point introduces a little
woman with a very bold pair of black
eye and a somewhat Iaced-in figure -
With great nerve and poor English, she
announces herself the wife of Mr.. Dare.
Dare, 1t seems, in his calloW youth.
had come to America and fallen a vic
time to the wiles of Mrs. Jasper Car
roll OF Neosho City, Kansas. She was
supposed to be a widow and she eagerly
married the green young thing from
England. After two years they were
divorced by mutual consent because of
incompatibility of temper. But in the
English law such a divorce, In America.
is not recognized, and when Dare con-
suited his lawyer he was told this:
Marriage is slipped into and out of
again with gratifying facility in Amer
lea and Kansas is notorious for the
laxity prevailing there as regards mar
rage and divorce"
And so 1t requires the most astonish-
ing feats of English honor to accom-
plish the bringing together of hero and
heroine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13
AMONG THE BOOKS
Ernest Thompson Seton Talks
of Little Daughter.
She Is to Be Brought Up Like
an Indian.
AN OUTDOOR LIFE.
It Has Been Decided Upon By
Her Parents.
Items of Interest to Lovers of
Books.

A special dispatch from New York
says
Struggled away in a basket Of laces,
silk and linen is Miss Ann Seton, weight
ten pounds, age II days. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Thompson Seton, no hypen, please. by
order of the supreme court OF the state
OF New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13
Perfect Confidence.

Where there used to be a feeling Of I'M
easiness and worry in the household
when a child showed symptoms OF group,
owing to the uniform success Of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy in the treatment
OF that disease. Mrs. NJ I. Basford OF
Poolesville, Md, in speaking of her ex-
perience in the use of that remedy says
II have a world of confidence ii Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for L have used
II with perfect success Ny child Gar
land is subject to severe attacks of crour
and it always gives him prompt relief "
For sale by all druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

p. Phillips Oppenheim, author of "a
Prince of Sinners has written a new
romance entitled, Anna, the Adven-
turess," TO be published in the snr5ne
by Little, Brown & co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

Houghton Mifiin & Co. will publish
this spring a volume of louisiana
Purchase Papers containing, among
other valuable documents. a paper by
THOMAS Jefferson on the Boundaries of
louisiana, and the famous Journal of
William Dunbar, which gives the reIa-
ton Of his journey up the Red and
Washita rivers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

have read about people curing them
selves of consumption by living and
sleeping outdoors. even with the Their
rnometer below zero I hardly think
we win let little Ann sleep outdoors
for a while yet. under the zero con-
ditsons."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

Rarnes-"Met Townsend just now
Seemed to be glad to see me; offered
me a cigar Shedd-"Can it. then. be
possible that there is a cigar on the
market so bad that Townsend won
smoke it?'-Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

Miss Josephine Daskam's Memoirs
OF Baby is completed in Harper's
Bazar for February, and. with Miss
Corys charming illustrations. will soon
be published in book form.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

To the Bookman Biographies of
James Pott & Co. will be added Ten
nyson,' by G. K. Chesterton and Rich
ard Garrett; Browning by James
Douglas; and "Thackeray," by Mrs.
Chesterton and Lewis Melville.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13
says in Heredity," by Prof Karl Pear

son.
over the Border is a new zook by
Robert Barr, just published by the Fred
erick A. Stokes company. It is nearly
two years since Mr.: Barr has given q
in the general style of "TekIa." which
has had an enormous sale and is sim ac-
tive. It is a dashing story OF adventure
in the, time of Cromwell full of love,
fighting and intrigue, and told in Mr.
Bars breezy and entertaining way It
gives a good picture of the stern old
protector in his more kindly mood. the
closing scene showing him bestowing the
hand of the heroine on the hero and Civ
ing her away himself Through Zercher
Book and Stationery Co. Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

A Child Thrust-'You never saw my
hands as dirty as that" said mother.
reproachfully, to her little eight
year-o1d girl " Cause I never saw you
when you were a little GIRL was the
prompt answer. Glasgow Evening
Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

Three new volumes of ScribnArs,
handsome Kensington edition of
Ihackeray are out, containing Pen
Dennis"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13
BOOK NOTES
Various Items About Books That Are
Attracting Attention.

A "Source-book of Roman History. .
by Dr.. ID. G. Munro, is in the press of
d. c. Heath & Co, Boston.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

A man. A crazy man. How do you
know he is crazy? He is headed for
Wa-me-go. Do you know where the
man got it? Yes. He was a reporter
and one time he was assigned to a
meeting of the federation of wom-
ems clubs. Very sad case indeed.