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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-04
Unique American Colleges,

From Leslie's Weekly.
 The American college is every way unique It may be defined In a ward as a school for imparting more general and advanced instruction than can be ob- tained in the various academies and pri- vate schools. The university. however, more particularly comprises number of technical schools. imparting classical lit erature, the arts and sciences, as biology, medicine, surgery, law, theology. me- chanics, and so on. The issue as to which is the most desirable the most useful, has been discussed at educational con gresses, in the public press, and notably in the leading reviews There has been evident in these discussions a tendency to look upon the college as a kind of in- ferior school, which must be given it's place only when there is not enough money to establish the more expensive university. On the other hand, the col lege has not wanted it's stout champi- ons, in whose view the American col lege, with It's concentrated curriculum, the cIoseness of touch between pupil and professor, Is not only an institution that to be conserved, but is one that often, If not always, offers a better kind of edu- cation than is available in the university.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-04
The Day'a Work.

Much of the success of life depends on proper preparation for the days work. Most people work either in the home or oface, and they desire to get the most out of themselves. To rise late, rush through tho toilet and gulpI down a hasty hreakfast is no prepara- ton for a good days work, yet it isl safe to say that the majority of women begin the day in this way. It is just as easy to rise in plenty of lime. if one will only do it. The tendency on walk ing is to stretch and yawn. A few minutes spent in this deep breathing is always restful. This should be fol- lowed by few breaths of fresi5 air., drinking couple giaases of watsrf ex@ ercises that suit the case, thu bath and toilet. This forms q mcntaf attitude consistent with . good days work. Al simple breakfnst-somo take none-- should follow before an unhurried jour ney either to ofaoe or the routine of housework. stand erect. breathe erect think erect. and half the battle of life Is won.-Heusekeeper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-04
CHAPTER XIV.
CONCLUSION

CONCIUblON.
 Y THINK have said enough of the
 spirit and manifestations of the
 simple life to make it evident that A there is here a whole forgotten world of strength and beauty. He can make conquest of 1t who has sufficient energy to detach himself from the fa- tal rubbish that trammels our days It will not take him long to perceive that in renouncing some surface satis- factions and childish ambitions he in- creases his faculty of happiness and his possibilities of right judgment.
 These results concern as much the private as the public life. It is incon- testable that in striving against the fe- yerish will to shine, in ceasing to make the satisfaction of our desires the end of our activity. in returning to modest tastes, to the true life, we shall labor for the unity of the family. Another spirit will breathe in our homes, creat- ing new customs and an atmosphere more favorable to the education of chil- dren. Little by little our boys and girls will feel the enticement of ideals at once higher and more reallzable, and transformation of the home will in time exercise it's influence on public spirit
 As the solidity of wall depends upon the grain of the stones and the consistence of the cement which binds them together. so also the energy Of public life depends upon the individual value of men and their power of cohe- sion. The greatedesideratum of our time Is the culture of the component parts of society, of the individual man. Everything in the present social or ganism leads us back to this element. In neglecting It we expose ourselves to the loss of the benefits of progress, even to making our most persistent ef- forts turn to our own hurt. If in the midst of means continually more and more perfected the workman diminish
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-04
THE SIMPLE LIFE"
\ WORLD FAMOUS BOOK AND iTs
 AUTHOR, CHARLES WAGNER.

What President Roosevelt Says
 About the voIume-Inxeresting Ca
 reer of the Disciple of Simplicity.
 How the Book First Etnde HIt.
 Charles Wagner, author of ''The Sim pie Life" was practically made famous by President Roosevelt, author of 'The Strenuous Life" Early in 1902 certain well known New York publishers brought out very quietly translation of "The Simple Life" At first the book did not attract much attention, except among the literary few, but among the literary few was President Roosevelt. On him the little volume made such an impression that he re- ferred to 1t in one of his public ad- dresses as follows:
 sThe other day l picked up little book called The Simple Life written by an Alsatian, Charles Wagner, and he preached such wholesome, sound doctrine that wish 1t could be used as a tract throughout our country. To him the whole problem of our complex, somewhat feyerish modern life can be solved only by getting men and women to lead better lives. He sees that the permanence of liberty and democracy depends upon majority of the people being steadfast in that good, plain morality which as a national attribute comes only as the result of the slow and painful labor of centuries and which can be squandered in a genera ton by the thoughtless and vicious. He breaches the doctrine of the superiority of the moral to the material, but he insists, as we of this nation should al. ways insist, upon the infinite superior ity of the moral and the sordid destruc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-04


 ton which comes upon either the na- ton or the individual if it or he be- comes absorbed only in the desire to get wealth."
 This public commendaton from the president of the United States, who was the author of book that seemed the very antithesis of "The Simple Life" aroused public curiosity, and In very short time there was a large demand for the volume.
 Charles Wagner ia a popular evan gelical in Paris, and it seems the height of incongruity that such work should come from such a source. As Grace King says In her biographical sketch: "From the great metropolis and sov- ereign see of modern civilization, from the worlds heart of sophistication, from Paris, the complex city, comes this volume of little essays upon the simple life. A limpid, bubbling spring, 1 fresh and cool from it's forest source, running down one of the bouleyards would hardly appear more miraculous to the eye or more refreshing to the sense."
 l Wagner is a noted man in Paris, the kind of man whom people stare after in the streets Among the dapper and undergrown Parisians he bulks large, with his great height and massive 1 chest and shoulders. There are vart- ous legends, constituting a sort of lit- ] tie mythology, about his enormous physical strength and the feats sup posed to have been achieved by him in his peasant days. For the rest he Is i described as Q man of singular sweet ness and straightforwardness of char acter, with a strong personal charm. i He has wide following, personal as well as ethical.
 The early career of this noteworthy man is interesting. He is the son of Lutheran minister of Alsace, born at Wibersyille, in the Yosges, on Sunday morning, Jan. 8, 1852, while his father was preaching in the village church. 1 He was only seven years old when his father died, and yet he was the eldest ] of five children. The family moved to Phalsbourg, and there Charles labored l in the fields and studied for the min- istry. He was sent to Paris at four teen and took degree at the Sorbonne in 1869. He was a student of theology at the University of Shass ,urg during the Franco Prussian war, and there he underwent a sort of spiritual revolu 'tion, losing his religious faith. Hereac Spinoza and found 'n that philosophel something to compensate for what h' had lost, but two simple incidents let to the restoration of his religious life.
 One was the first sight of the Alps The mountains seemed to him God witnesses. The other event was some thing that has happened to nearly ev erybody--simply the sight of his moth CT on returning home after long ab sence. She was there, loyal to her du ty, doing her daily work with tranquil energy never wearfed and never dis couraged. and the very thought Of hei brought quietude. content, faith.
 He went from strassburg to Got tingen in 1875, and from there he re turned to Aisace and became assistan' pastor at the foot of Ste. Odille noun tain. His native place had been taken
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-26
FIVE PERSONS INJURED
IN PASSENGER WRECK
St.Louis and Hannibal Train Derailed
and Coach Turned over.

Hannibal, Mo-: The Perry extension
train on the st. Louis and Hannibal
was derailed eight miles south OF
Hannibal about o'clock Tuesday af-
ternOon. The baggage car and coach
turned over and several passengers
were pinioned beneath the debris Of
the wreck.
The injured are George Rice of Cen
ter, one leg badly bruised and cut; ;
Vest Elliott of Perry, both legs badly
bruised and cut; S. o. Osterhout of
Hannibal, back hurt severely; w. j.
Walmsley Of Hannibal. body bruised
and face cut; Mrs. Oscar Elsea of
New London, slightly lacerated on
face.
The injured were taken to New Lon
Ion in a box car, and from there to
their homes. The track was torn up
a distance of $50 yards.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-26
MESSENGER FIGHTS WITH
A MONSTER SEA LION
Compelled to Shoot Animal Which
Broke from It's Box.

Kansas City, Mo: w. H. May. a
Wells Fargo Express messenger, who
arrived here from the West on the
California train over the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Thurs
day, had an encounter while nearing
Kansas City with a monster sea lion
being transported from San Francisco
TO New York.
The sea lion broke from it's box and
made for the messenger at the other
end of the car. Two dogs chained
in the car were set upon the sea lion,
but it drove them of, and May was
compelled to shoot it.
The sea lion turned over dead with
in two feet of the messenger, who had
been forced to retreat to the rear of
the car, where he mounted a pile
of baggage.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-26
laps SURPRISE ENEMY
AND LAND AT KAI-CH0U
Russians Make No Resistance to
Kurolxi's Advance.

Niuchwang, May -(Evening.)-
The Russians were surprised by the
appearance of the enemy at Kali hau,
twenty miles south of Yin.Kow, this
morning.
They were expecting the Yalu army.
Nine transports, assisted by the
navy, landed / 900 troops, and the re-
mainder will land tonight and tomor.
row. The number of the Japanese
force Is not known.
The warships shelled the shore from
early morning until o'clock.
The Japanese are expected here on
Wednesday and the Russians are rap
idly evacuating the town.
Ships Loss Pleases Russians.
st. Petersburg: News Of the destruc-
ton of the Japanese cruiser Miyako
at Kerr Bay was received with intense
satisfaction here.
Il appears that in the course of a
sharp skirmish the cruiser encoun.
tered mine which had been previous
ly laid. The Japanese settlement that
six men were killed is probably cor
rect.
The japanese evidently are deter
mined that there shall not be any fur.
Their rail communication between Gen
eral Kuropatkin and Port Arthur. Of
hcial advices received Monday by the
general staff say the Japanese have
destroyed fifty miles of the railroad
north Of Kin.Chou.
No resistance was made by the Rus
slams who are gradually abandoning It.
On the Japanese approach Colonel
Spiridorof, of the Amur railroad bat
TALON, is seeking to render the rail-
road as useless as possible to the en-.
envy by removing the switches and
otherwise disabling the road.
The Russians are retiring because of
the approach of the Japanese columns
sent westward by General Kuroki i'm.
mediately after the occupation of
Fung-Wang-Cheng. Experts who dis
cussed the military situation Monday
expressed the opinion that General
Kuropatldn will not remain at Lao.
Yang. Their view seems to be borne
out by reports from Liao-Yang announ-
cling the departure of Russian families
from that point
1t is said that General Kuropatkin is
not at all discouraged by the advance
Of the japanese. kilograms received
here Monday from Liao.Yang report
him as being perfectly satisfied" with
the outlook.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-26
ENGINEER KILLED;
TEN HURT IN WRECK
Iron Mountain Passenger and Fast
Freight Trains Collide.

Passenger train No. of the Iron
Mountain Railroad en- route to st.
Louis, and fast freight No. 90. collided,
head on, near Piedmont, Mo-, Thurs.
day morning.
Andrew Keith of Memphis. the en-.
gineer of the freight train, was killed,
ten passengers seriously injured and
eight cut and bruised.
Six of the injured were brought to
st. Louis and were taken to the Mis-.
souri, Pacific hospital.
A misunderstanding of the train or.
ders is given as the cause of the
wreck
The engineer of the passenger train
received his orders at Piedmont. The
order gave him clear track When
the train was between Piedmont and
Leeper, going at a good speed, the
freight was noticed swinging around
a curve.
Brakes were applied, but the pas
senger plowed its way through the
freight.
Four of the injured were placed on
a southbound train and taken to the
hospital at Poplar Bluff
The debris blocked the tracks and
closed traffic until late a night.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-26
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED AT
SESSION OF ODD FELLOWS
G. G. Lydy of Springfield Chosen
Grand Master of Missouri.

st. Louis: C. G. Lyiy of Spring
field. Mo, was Wednesday elected
grand master of the Missouri Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows, which met in
annual session at the Cd Fellows
building. L. J. Eastin OF ST. Joseph
was elected grand warden. The ses-
sion adjourned Thursday.
The contest for the offices was spir-
tied, there being four candidates
for the position OF grand master and
twenty-four for that OF grand warden
The report of the grand secretary
showed that a net gain of 4.830 had
been made in the membership of the
order during the year. There are now
622 lodges. with a total membership
of 1851.
The Rebekah State Association OF
Missouri. which held it's annual ses-
sion in the Century building, elected
officers at Thursdays session.
Thursday was National Rebekah
Day at the Worlds Fair, Visiting
delegates visited the grounds, accom-
companied by delegates to the Odd
Fellows convention. and dedicated the
Regekah apartments in the Fraternal
building,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-26
SECRETARY WILSON
ON GOOD ROADS
Urges Agricultural Colleges to Make
Subject Part of Study Course.

st. Louis: The good roads cOnven-
ton met Thursday morning in the
state assembly hall of the Missouri
building at the Wordlds Fair. 1t was
most successful, both in point of at
tendance and in the enthusiasm dis.
played.
Secretary of Agriculture James Will
son, who came on especially for the
occasion, made the principal address.
Secretary Wilson in his speech advO-
Gated the idea of agricultural col
leges making the subject of road MAX
ing part of the study course, stating
that much depended on the soil.
The secretary received an ovation
after his address and Mr.. Moore, the
chairman, then introduced the next
speaker, Gov. NJ. ]. Bachelor of New
Hampshire, president of the national
grange.
Gov. Bachelor spoke of the great
need of good roads and their import
ance, especially to the country people.
He discussed the best methods for i'm
proving roads and how people could
best be interested in the subject. The
interest once aroused, he said, would
not wane, as 1t was a subject in which
all classes are interested
A. w. Campbell, director of public
works in Toronto, Canada, followed,
and told of the work in Canada. The
best engineers in the country, he
said, were employed in the larger
cities of the Dominion, and the move
ment for betterment was steadily
growing.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-26
GILLESPIE KEEPS OUT
DAMAGING EVIDENCE
Prisoner Ordered to Treat Officers
Better or Be Shackled.

Rising Sun, Ind: The trial of James
Gillespie. Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Barbour
and Mrs. Belle Seward for the murder
Of Miss Elizabeth Gillespie last De.
cember is attracting wide attention
over the entire state. Sensations have
marked the trial since it opened, eight
days ago, and more are promised.
Immediately after court opened
Tuesday Judge Downey told the at.
torneys for the defense that he was
not pleased with the way Jim GILES.
pie acted toward the officers while in
jail. and said that such actions must
cease or the court would have Giles
pie shackled. The attorneys promis-
ed that Gillespie would behave him.
self.
The first witness Tuesday morning
was Marshal Overley. who told of the
refusal of James Gillespie to produce
his shotgun for inspection. Overley
and Sheriff Rump Vent after the gun.
Overley stated he had made inquiry
and found no other 16-gauge gun but
Gillespie's. The defense objected to
the testimony because the inquiry for
the gun was broad enough and asked
that the answer be stricken out. The
court ruled in favor of the defense
on every question, with the result that
this important testimony for the state
was shut out of the record.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-26
Girl Tries 70 KIN the car.

Berlin: The Breslauer Zeitung pub
lished Wednesday, the details of a plot
against the life of the car on May II,
while he was reviewing troops in st.
Petersburg, The alleged would-be
regicide is Mile. Mereschowsky, 20
years old, daughter of a very dis.
tinguished physician and privy coun-
'cillor, who was with the imperial
party. A bomb was found concealed
under her cloak. She acknowledged
that 1t was her intention to assassin
ate the car Her fate is not known,
but it is understood that she was con-
,demned to death.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-26
WllI Pay indian claims in June.

Washington: Acting Commissioner
of Indian Affairs Captain Tonner Wed
nesday said that the payments on the
Usage Indian traders claim would be-
gin early in June. He said that there
are now in the hands of the depart
ment $4,000 toward the payment Of
this claim against the Usage Indians
OF Oklahoma. There is at present an
outstanding claim of $4,000 against
the Usage Indians. most of which is
due to Kansas City and st. Louis mer.
camille houses. Congress at its last
session made provision for the pay
ment of this claim out of tribal mon
eys secured as above mentioned.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-26
FELLOW-SERVANT ACT
is INTERPRETED
Train Dispatcher and Fireman Accept
Common Danger.

Washington: The Supreme Court of
the United States Monday laid down
the principle that a telegraph opera
tor for a railroad company and fire
man on a railroad engine are fellow
servants" and that the negligence of
the former causing the death of the
Latter in the operation of trains was
a risk that the fireman assumed and
was not a ground for damages against
the railroad company.
The case was that of AlTine A.Dixon
against the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company for damages for the death
of her husband, c. A. Dixon. a fire
man on the road, killed in a collision
caused by the negligence of a tele-
graph operator.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-26
HOW TO PAY FOR
HIGHWAY BUILDING
National Good Roads Convention Dis
cusses Financial Side Of Question.

st. Louis: Senator A. c. Latimer of
South Carolina opened Wednesdays
program at the Good Roads Conven-
ton in Music Hall with an address
on National Aid" He was followed
by Hon. Winthrop r. Scarritt, presi.
dent of the Automobile Club of Ameri-
ca, who spoke on Roads, Automobiles
and Civilization"
Other addresses on Wednesdays
program were "Roadbuilding in Cuba, 4"
by Hon. Manuel Dionisio Diaz of the
Department of Public Works, Havana;
Roads and Rural Delivery" by Frank
e. Nevins of the United States mail
service; Good Roads--a State and
National ISSUE" by Hon. w. d. Van
diver, member of Congress from Mis-
souri,.
An address by Gen. Nelson A. Miles
on "Roadbuilding from a Military
Standpoint" was the feature of Tues
days session. Gen. Miles said the sub
ject of good roads was one of para.
mount interest to the entire country.
He advocated the reduction of the
army lOIC6 vi mounted men ana
the employment of a large force of
infantry in the improvement of the
most important highways, and said
that at least S5,OOO,OOO expended an.
nually on the army for monotonous
camp life could be used in the better
ment of public roads.
A. w. Campbell of Canada, repre-
sentative of Great Britain, said that
the science of making good roads con-
sisted of three principles: % drain.
age, (2) drainage, 90 drainage. He
did not favor imposing the whole bur
den of good roads on the farmers,
wnen everybody would be benefited.
He advocated a system to begin with
the neighborhoOds or townships for
financial aid, and finally to seek ma
tional assistance.
Capt. Helmer Bernhard of the royal
staff of highways and public parks
of Sweden is in st. Louis and will adj
dress the convention later in the
week. He has received an enthusiasts.
tic welcome
Secretary Wilson of the Department
of Agriculture addressed the con-
vention Thursday. The sessions Thurs
day were held in the Missouri build
ing Of the Worlds Fair
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-26

Toxic: The batleship Hatsuse, one
of the three largest vessels in the Jap
anese navy, was sunk by Russian mines
off Port Arthur May 10, and all but
300 of her crew of about $50 were
lost
Immediately afterward, sixteen Rus.
sian torpedo boats and destroyers
rushed from the harbor and gave bat
tie, but were driven away by the cruis-
ers, who had come to the assistance
Of the Hatsuse.
Only a few hours later, while a
dense fog obscured the sea, the cruiser
Kasuga rammed the cruiser Yoshino,
sending the latter to the bottom.
Ninety of her crew of about 300 we're
saved.
These disasters were made known
Thursday through an official report
from Admiral Togo.
1t appears that the Hatsuse was
cruising about ten miles southeast Of
the harbor entrance and she struck a
mine which, it is thought, had been
laid in the last few days by japanese
torpedo boats.
Signals for help were given at once,
but almost at the same time another
mine was struck and in half an hour
tn great vessel had gone to the bot
tom.
Among those saved were Admiral
Mashiba and Captain Nakao.
It is understood that one of the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-05-26
To Investigate State institutions.

Bloomington. ILL.,: At the ffty.fourth
annual convention of the Illinois State
Medical Society, which opened here
Tuesday, over 500 doctors were pres
ent. 1t was decided to appoint COM
mlttees to investigate the State in
situations and medicine and hygiene as
applied by the boards of health in
the various cities of the State. Many
interesting papers were read. Tuesday
night President Black of jacksonville
delivered the annual address.