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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24
FUNNY STORIES HURT TRADE.
Humorists Scare People from New
York's Famous Hotel.

The managers of the st. Regis
hotel, New York, complain that news
paper humorists are soaring people
away from the house with their
stories of the enormous expense Incl
dent to living in the new hosiery.
Among the funny paragraphs printed
are these: Waiter, bring me a plate
of st. Regis ice cream, if it does not
cost more than $414." Il regret that
we are all out Of that, sir. The cheap
est thing is a chocolate eclaire, aC
$500 per half portion" You can live
nicely at the Hotel st. Regis for $780,
900 a year. 1t is a caravansary whose
cachet will be so unmistakable that
none save those of the largest means
and the most unmistakable social
standing will care to be among its
patrons, so icy will be the reception
to others"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24
LEARNED MUCH IN CHINA.
celestials Taught New York Surgeon
Meaning of Contentment.

meaning OF SoHteHtWSnts
A New York surgeon, who has been
aSs@ehed to a hospital in Soocbow,
China, for some time, is home on
brief visit. A friend asked him what
he had learned in China and the sur
geon replied: "Cheerfulness of mind
and stoical contentment. In New
York my chief trouble was trying to
forget that other men had more
money than /. No matter where
turned it was to be brought face to
face with the ostentatious display of
riches, and / tell you it was mighty
hard to be cheerful in my poverty.
Poverty, of course, is only compare
tive. In China 1t is easy to be cheer
full and poor, and no trouble at all to
feel contented. Since making the
intimate acquaintance Of the Chinese
/ accept my lot in life with happy
philosophy and indifference. ! am
not tormented by unreasoning ambi-
ton and have forgotten the meaning
Of envy"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

The mild and immediate effect Of
Bwamp-Root the great kidney and
bladder remedy is soon realized. It
stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
ewamp-Root will set your whole system
eight, and the best proof OF this Is trial.
s. COTTAGE ST., MELRosH, MASS.
DnAR SIN; JAN. 18th, 1904
Ever since was 10 the Army, I had moro OF
less kidney trouble, and within the past year 10
Became 90 severe aud complicated that I
suffered everything and was much alarmOd-my
strength aud power was fast leaving me / saw
e. advertisement OF SWampRoot and wrote
nRldng for advice. l began the use OF the
nediclne and noted q decided Improvement
after taking Swamp Root only short time.
I continued It's use and am thankful to say
ahat An entirely cured and strong. In order
- be very sure about this, had doctor exam
fns come OF my water today and he pronounced
u all right and In splendid condition.
know that your SwampRoot is purely VeGe'
table and does not contain any harmful drugs
Thanking you for my complete recovery and
accommodating Swamp-Roo 70 all sufferers
AM" Very truly yours,
1. Q. RICHARDSON.
Swamp-R is not recommended for
everything butt promptly cures kidney,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24
A GREAT INSTITUTION,

tits unusual that a single institution in
city Of 600 people will oVershadow In i'm
portance every other interest, but such is
the case with the American School Of
Osteopathy, and A I. Still lnhrmary at
kirksVille, Mo.
A stranger in Kirksville is Immediately
Impressed with the idea that the town Is
sustained by this institution, in fact,
kirksville has been made what It is to-day
by DIR. Still and his famous School and
Inhrmary. 1t Is the largest patronlZed I'M
endowed institution Of its kind in the
United States.
DR.. Stills school enrolls over 700 students
yearly and each student Is required 70 at
Tend four terms OF five months each before
completing the course OF study. There are
over 1900 graduates and they are prac-
ticing in every state and territory OF the
Union. About two-thirds Of the states
have passed special laws legaliEing the
ecieuce.
This school teaches every branch taught
IN medical colleges except drugs" and
osteOpathy IS substituted for that. So
thorough Is the teaching 10 anatomy that
over one hundred human bodies are dis
socted yearly by the students
At the Infirmary, patients from every
part OF the country and with almost every
form Of disease are constantly under treat
msnt. For the past fifteen years almost
every train coming 70 Kirksvtlle has
brought some new sufferer hoping 10 find re-
lief by the science OF OsteOpathy. BY the
thousands who have left the institution
benefited BY the treatment, the science has
been hernldsd 70 the world as safe and
rational method OF cure. Several years age
. free clinic was established In connection
with the practice department Of the schoO
and this Is stlll In operation. Hundreds OF
the worthy poor, who are unable TO pay ioI
treatment, are treated every afternoon By
the senior students free Of charge.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24
SAID TO BE OLDEST MASON.
New Hampshire Man Vigorous in His
Hundred and Third Year.

NNN hampshire wan NlHoI0la W MS
Hundred and Third Year.
James Bellows McGregor, of North
vile, N. H., who recently celebrated
his one hundred and third birthday. is
believed to be the oldest Mason in
the United States. Five generations
Of his family Joined in the celebra
ton. His one hundredth anniversary
was observed by 200 of the Masonic
fraternity. When above 80 Mr.. Nc
Gregor painted the belfry of a church,
climbing to the top TO finish the fob.
His health is still excellent, his figure
erect, his appetite good and he eats
what he likes. He is a great drinker
Of coffee, but never uses liquor OF to-
bacco. He makes his home with a
son and grandchild in the old house
where he was born. Not long ago he
walked to the village store with his
granddaughter, Alice McGregor, aged
% years, and on returning home old
age and youth were obliged to ascend
a hill. When the summit had been
nearly reached the centenarian turned
laughingly and yet with a serious
meaning to his young companion, re-
marking: Am walking too fast for
your"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

EDITORIAL N0TR.-In order to
prove the wonderful merits of Swamp
Root you may have q sample bottle and
q book of valuable information, both
cent absolutely free by mail. The book
contains many Of the thousands upon
thousands of testimonial letters re-
oeived from men and women cured.
The value and success of Swamp Root
are so we'll known that our readers are
advised to send for a sample bottle. In
sending your address to DIR. Kilmer q
Co., BinghAmton, n. Y, be sure to say
you read this generous offer in this
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24
oymnaslum on Liner.

On the new North German Lloyd
liner Prinz Eitel Friedrich, which
leaves Southampton for China and
Japan, is gymnasium, twenty-five
feet long, twenty.one feet wide and If
teen feet high 1t contains machines
for rowing, swimming and cycling.
machines that win exercise every
muscle in the body, and two Swedish
electrical health machines.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24
Too Rusy 70 Be PYramIds.

The Westminster Gazette reports
the case of an English oficer who was
stationed for two years at Cairo and
who never took the trouble to go out
to look at the pyramids In explain
ing his failure to see those landmarks
of progress he said: what with polo
and parties and bridge and cricket /
never had a minute to myself"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

battle of the Little Blue. When he
was mayor of Leavenworth during the
stirring days of the border wars his
life was sought several times by irate
Missourians, but his quickness with
the pistol saved him.
He was married Jan. 21, 1864, to
Miss Annie e. Osborn of Edgartown,
Mass. They had several children.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24
NS5 Z5Z0O2E kEL5H

Rush, leading lady in "Glittering
Gloria" was caught by an immense
wave and carried into deep water. AS
sistance was at once hurried to her,
but she was unconscious when
brought to shore. Every means pos
sible used to revive her were in vain.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

Weak and unhealthy kidneys responsible
through neglect other kidney trouble permitted
continue,
other need atteDOnbut kidneys
because they 10 n first.
badly" begin taking DE-. Kimer's
kidney liver bladder remedy
kidneys begin better
other organs health A trial Will convince anyone.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24
Girl studsnta Celebrated Election.

Girl StudentB Celebrated Election.
The girls of Wilson college, Cham
bersburg, Pa, celebrated the recent
national election. There were torch
light professions Of both republican
and democratic students, the burning
of red fire and the display of transpar-
encies. The paraders marched to a
gymnasium hall, where Miss Helen
Parett, an Ohio girl, represented
President Roosevelt and Miss Ethel
Ball, a daughter of Judge Ball of Will
mington, impersonated Judge Parker.
Miss Mary Schultz was Charles w.
Fairbanks and Miss Clara Lee of Phila-
delphia Henry G. Davis.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24
Ask Your Druggist Tor Aliens Foot.Eass.

81 tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
~, and have just bought another supply. II
has cured my corns, and the hot, burning
and itching sensation in my feet which wa
almost unbearable, and would not be with
out 1t now.-Mrs. w. ], Walker, Camden,
n. j." Sold by all Druggists, $50.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24
Ennland We'll Watered.

Including rivers and canals, It IL
estimated that no part of England is
more than fifteen miles from water
communication.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24
Smallest FIowerlno Plant.

The smallest towering plant is q
kind Of Indian duckweed known 90
Wolfia microscopica. Each plant has
two flowers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

liver and bladder troubles, the symp-
toms Of which are--obliged to pass your
water frequently night and day, smart
ing or irritation in passing, brickdust
or sediment in the urine, headache,
baokache, lame back, dizziness, poor
digestion, Bleeplessness, nervousness,
heart disturbance due to bad kidney
trouble, akin eruptions from bad blood,
neuralgia, rheumatism, diabetes, bloat-
Ing, irritability, wornout feeling, lack
Of ambition, loss Of flesh, Ballow COM
plexion, or Bright's disease.
If your water, when allowed TO re-
main undisturbed in a glass or bottle
for twenty-four hours, forms a sediment
orsettling or has a cloudy appearance,it
Is evidence that your kidneys and blad-
der need immediate attention.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and
is for sale at drug stores the world over
in bottles of two sizes and two prices
fifty cents and one dollar. Remember
the name, Swamp-Root, DIR. Rilmer's
Swamp Root, and the address, Bing-
hRmton, N. Y, on every bottle.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality OF Defiance Starch makes II
next to impossible to sell any other
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

being one of the famous Breckenridge
family Of the blue grass state. When
a little girl she inherited from her
father a fortune of 100000, and at
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

The new courthouse (rathaus) at
Leipzig, Germany, is among the first
buildings in Europe to be constructed
according to modern American meth.
ods-that is, its component parts are
principally Of steel, or, as one German
magazine calls it, Chicago construc.
ton" The plans were furnished by
the noted architect, Hugo LIGHT, who
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

Don't you know that Defiance Starch
besides being absolutely superior to
any other, is put up 16 ounces in pack
age and sells at same price as IL
ounce packages of other kinds2
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24
Finest Rock CRYSTAL Ball.

The finest rock crystal ball in the
world is in the Boston Fine Arts
museum. 1t measures seven and q
fourth inches in diameter.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

''YOu Democrats seem to be all at
sea" We'll, not quite as far out on
che Bry8ny deep as we were"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

Lewis Single Binder" straight 30
cigar. The highest price SC cigar to the
dealer and the highest quality for the
smoker. Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24
Rushela OF Truth.

One generation makes money, the
next burns 1t, and the next lives by
sitting the ashes.-Puck.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

Tdo not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN f.
BoYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1900.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

"Is he a utterateur?" "oh. dear no.
why, he's able TO sell the stun he
UTites."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

has produced what is called a fine ex-
ample of the German and English
Renaissance, combined with modern
treatment. The building, which cost
$2,500,000, contains a number of spa
cious halls, notably the "ratsplenar-
saal," and a festival hall. Leipzig,
which is the center of the German
book trade, has a population of $780,
900.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-11-24

paper. The commences Of this offer Is
guaranteed.
COUPON.
Please write or fll in this coupon with your
name and address and DR.. Kilmer b Co., will
send you PFee SumpiO Bottle 81 BWamp-ROot
thS Great kidney Remedy.
Name.
81. and NO....'..
City or Town. ....'....''''''.'..-
State,
Mention this paper.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-13
SUNDAY
BASE BALL
-
Women Start a Movement at
North Bennington.
TO STOP SUNDAY GAMES
Threaten tc Prosecute the OIymp-
les if They Continue Sunday
Playing.

North Bennington, July l3:-At the
regular meeting of the WCTU held at
the home of MRS II. T. Cushman,
Wednesday of last week, interesting
reports of the county convention held
recently at Rupert, were given by the
delegates who attended. The state
convention will be held here this fall
probably some time in October.
The State President Mrs Reed ex
poets to come to North Bennington
soon to make arrangements for the
meeting. At the meeting of last We'd
nesday the subject of the Sunday ball
games here came up and a committee
was appointed to investigate the mat
ter and have them stopped as public
nuisance.
North Bennington has always been
proud of her "Olympics" and been
ready to help them in many ways, but
if they persevere in desecrating the
quiet of the country Sundays they viii
certainly have nothing to gain, and
much to lose is the general opinion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-13
Law Suit over Beer Brings
up Old Law.
COMPANY WANTS MONEY
For Beer Said TO Have Been
Bought when Prohibition
Was in Force.

There was an interesting suit before
Justice Edmond LaFranchise, in the
Office of E. j. Hall Tuesday afternoon
brought by the Kennedy Il Murphy
Mailing and Brewing Company TO re-
cover bill of Sl99, for liquors and
ales alleged to have been sold to
James j. Morrissey.
The sales are said to have been
made partly in Vermont and partly in
New York state, during the years the
prohibitory law was in force, when ac-
cording to that law bills for liquors
could not be collected in Vermont.
1t is claimed that a chapter in the
old law relating to the payment of
bills contracted for spirits etc, was
repealed when the present license law
was passed and it is under that pro-
viso that this suit is brought. If de-
cided in favor Of the plaintiffs there
are said to be Others in the place who
will probably be affected. The justice
has not yet given his decision.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-13
North BENNINGTON


Mrs Charles Z. Galusha and daugh.
ter Maud of Bennington, spent Friday
in town calling upon friends and rela-
tiyes.
Miss Alice yelling has returned
from a somewhat extended visit with
relatives in Allentown, Penn
Mrs r. b, Carter of Akron, Ohio;
arrived in town Saturday to visit her
mother, Mrs NJ. c. Huling.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Fox have COM
menced housekeeping in town.
Mrs Peck is again stopping with
her son, Rev Charles H. Peck, after
spending the winter and spring months
with relatives in New York city.
Mrs Heman Spafrord is entertaining
her sister Mrs Uline and niece. Mrs
Stillman both of Troy.
Miss Helen Evans of Troy is visit
ing her sister, Mrs w. r. Mattison
and aunt Mrs A. w. Hawks.
Miss Mabel Loomis and Miss Lena
Percy have been spending a week
with her friend, Miss Winona Davis
in Bridgeport, Vt.
Miss Alta Tozer and her friend, Miss
Grace Straight returned Thursday
from Silver Bay, Lake George, where
they attended Students conference.
Mrs Frank Ripley returned last
week from Sandgate. where she was
called by the serious illness of her
mother.
The address delivered at the Con-
gregational church Sunday morning
by William Pickens was very inter-
esting and instructive.
L. NJ. LOOMS, proprietor Of the
Lynn shoe store, advertises a closing
out sale preparatory to going out of
business.
The EZ waist shop resumed work
Monday morning after a weeks va
cation.
Miss Mary Henry "Howe Benning"
is quite i'll at the home of her brother,
B. T. Henry at Riverside.
Paul Cunningham suffered two
shocks of paralysis Monday and is
in very critical condition.
Mrs Betsy Welch is i'll with stomach
trouble at her home on Main st.
The condition of Mrs B. T. Henry
of Riverside remains about the same
as during the past few weeks.
A new bulk-head is being put in at
Walbridge's shop.
Mrs Henry Roster is camping out
in Woodfcrd with j. Ed. Walbridge's S
family of Bennington.
Bert Colvin had the misfortune to
have blank cartridge explode in his
hand. DIR Gleason treated the wound,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-13
We Dearly Love a Train.

Where is the person with soul so
dead. who never to himself, herself or
it hath said. 81 dearly love to see
the train go by?" We love action,
life movement, speed, and find them
all in limited or unlimited express.
Apropos, one of the exhibits at st
Louis fair is fac simile of the EN-
pire State Express of the New York
Central, creation of George H. Dan
iels. Nothing in the entire show at
tracts more attention, for this train
has been advertised throughout the
universe, It has been on our postage
stamps, and that's the only way it
ever got licked, says Mr. Daniels. On
June 18th, by actual count, 1922 per-
sons walked through the splendid
coaches and hovered about the loco
motive. Alongside is the ancient relic,
the De Witt Clinton, with its three
quaint cars the first train ever placed
on the Central road. The contrast Is
powerfully appealing and instruc-
tive. .--Fr ON son the Tip of the
Tongue" New York Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-13
STRIKE NOT
A SUCCESS
Marble Workers Fai! To Cripple
Employers.

Rutland July l3.--The anticipated
mai BILE workers strike became fact
yesterday in this section and num-
ber of the marble workers in the city
stand silent md deserted. The en-
ployers say but little about the situa-
tion. The strikers are confident that
they will succeed in their demands.
Some dissatisfaction is already mani
fest in the ranks of the strikers es-
pecially among those with large famil-
les dependent upon them.
The following plants are completely
shut down, Columbian Marble Quarry
ing Company, Temple Brothers, w.
r. Kinsman of this city, the Rutland
Florence mill at West Rutland and
Fowler are partially crippled, and the
finishing department of the Vermont
Marble Company at West and Center
Rutland, as well as at Proctor are in
a measure affected also.
The Vermont Marble Company en-
ploys 2000 men. The Columbian Mar
BILE company has 400 men. Temple
Bros, have thirty, and w. r. Kins-
man about the same. The average
monthly payment to the men are
about Sl45,00O to say nothing about
the amounts expended for supplies of
all kinds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-13
EIGHTEEN COWS KILLED.
Charlotte Farmer Lost All But -Four Of His
Herd by Lightning.

Eighteen out Of herd of twenty-five
COWS owned by Roderick Emo, a far
mer of Charlotte, we're killed by light
ming Monday afternoon. Sixteen were
killed instantly and two others were
so shocked that they died later,
The cattle were in the pasture and
when the heavy shower came up went
under some trees for protection and
were so close together they were near
ly all affected by the shock. The loss
will be from s40O to $500. 1t is not
known whether there was any insur-
q npa
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-13
JAPANESE
REVERSE
Russian RumOr of a Great
Victory.
10000 JAPS KILLED
Report Says Fight Took Place
Near Port Arthur and Was a
Distinct Russian Success
10000 JAPS KILLED

LONDON, July l3.-Adviccs from ST
Petersburg say that, according to intel
ligence received from Mukden, the
Japanese last night attacked positions
near Port Arthur and were repulsed
with enormous losses. not less than
10000 being killed or wounded by Rus
sian mines.
A Tokyo dispatch says that the Jap.
anese Takushan army is mOving north
west from Siuyen. 1t has fought a
series of small battles with the Rus
slams as it moved forward. The army
is divided into two columns for its adj
vance against the Russians. When the
first column approached ChikuanchinG
the Russians retreutcd southwest
through the valley, but at uightfall
they took up n position on the heights
west of Cbouchiachang
The Russians were diSlodged by the
second Japanese column when it ad-
vanced along the road toward Tong
chis They attacked the advance line
of the Russians near Siutanglaku. The
Russians We're re-cnforced and COM
PEELED the Japanese TO withdraw.
At dawn both columns attacked and
dislodged the Russians from the height
west of Cinchiaku. The japanese pur-
sued them and again attacked Il strong
position held by the Russians at stu
tehikou. After a desperate fight the
japanese occupied the position After
occupying Kaichou General Okus army
moved northward. The Russians
have strong defenses at TapingShan.
Nangmatai, Chinghishan and camps
near Kuochlauao. General Oku will
attack these positions as soon as his
troops are rested
A St Petersburg special dispatch
says that the japanese advance TO
Tatchekiao is shrouded in mystery. 1t
Is thought there that the Japanese will
not attempt to take Yinkow before they
capture Tatchekiao, ms otherwise they
would be liable to an unexpected at
tack from the Tatchelliao force which
is within easy striking distance, thanks
to the railroad.
The japanese advance north will per-
haps be delayed for some days until
the southeastern columns converging
at Shndian compel Major General
Mistchenko to draw off. leaving the Siu
yen road clear to Tantchie and Tatche-
klao.
AS soon as the japanese troops enter
Yinkow and succeed in removing the
mines from the mouth of the Liao river
the japanese gunboats lying along the
coast will come up, but ii is not be
lieved that the Japanese will venture
to land considerable force or to send
war material so long as the Port Ar
thur squadron is able to come out
whenever it likes.