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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-04-20

Mrs. w. II. Upham, of the
South Side Music House of Mexico
had read the above circular letter,
and Thursday morning when a
runabOut, drawn By pair Of dark
bay ponies, drew mp in front of
her music store aud the man
bounded out and came in and pro-
posed to sell her some piano covers
the whole thing flashed on her
mind and mentally she branded the
man who stood before her as the
guilty party mentioned by the cir
cular wanted in Kansas. She put
off buying Of him and sent him to
j. NJ. Burhop's and in the mean
time gave her suspicious to the Of
ficers.
While the preliminOries were 60
ing on toward an arrest the strNn-
ger with the woman drove out of
town, evidently suspiciouiuG that
the officers were after them. The
couple had remained over night
here at a boarding house kept by
Mrs. Wakefield aud had engaged
board for Il week.
On leaving Mexico, they drove
out on the road toward Thompson.
Sheriff Johnson and J. IL. Lane
shortly followed and kept on their
track by inquiries Of passersby and
by the track of the fugitives' bug.
gy which was an extremely narrow
tread.
When they saw the officers were
following them then began chase,
but they were overtaken and com
PEELED to surrender. They were
brought back to Mexico and that
night both rested in the county
Jail.
1t was discovered that they did
not have the graphophone men
toned above, but every other de.
tail was up the dot, just as de-
scribed in above mentioned circu,
lar. The graphophone, it was
learned, they had disposed of at
Fulton.
Sheriff johnson telegraphed to
Kansas, telling of the arrest, and
the next day A, Besse, the piano
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-04-20

Ida May Sturdivant has bought
the Robert G. Sturdivant farm of
36 acres, lying southwest Of
Thompson. The purchase was un-
der trustees sale.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-04-20

Miss Stella Snidow Of this city,
teaching near Laddonia, in a play
with some. of her pupils on the
Fairgrounds, suffered Il sprained
ankle. She was Obliged TO return
home to rest a few day. Her sis
ter, Miss Bertha Snidow, took her
place in the school,.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-04-20

Charles II. Ridgoway Of this city
went to Moberly last week to
answer to a charge of embezzle-
ment for 1915, made by the Pru-
Dental Life Insurance Co. by whom
Ridgeway had previously been en-
ployed. The charge came as Il
great surprise to Mr.. Ridgeway,
aud ON full investigation a mistake
was disooycredi no deficit in ao-
counts was found and the case was
dismissed, ...
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-04-20

Says the Centralia Courier:
Readers Of the Courier will remem.
Der the killing of Wash Gray here
10y the Bryan special on October
1, 1901. Gray was working on a
section gang in the east part of
town When tie ANin' hacked over
him. His widow, Mrs. Sislcy
Gray, has filed suit in the Audrain
circuit cQuGt against the Wabash
read fot$2,000 danrges, alleging
that her; husband came to his
death through the neglect aud
carelessness ofthe Wabash com.
piny' employees;
= - = %VEf-s seE7- - ,---=-- ...
john. I3saifod; in the south part
of Mexico, with his family, made a
natl;8F 3rseape, from cremation in
his,Iqlse Iast Friday night. John
tgrs awakened to find his house
full Of smoke aud himself nearly
snffdeated; He bounded out aud
aroused his family anilran nearly
to the City Hall,sa half a mile, to
notify the fire company, In the
meantimeathe' e'neighbors had form
ed a bucket brigade and had extin-
guishedtlle fire, Tho it was a very
hard fight. The fire was found ia
be ina mattress in room which
had not been occupied. How the
fire got there the family cannot ex-
plain.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12
The CatRmnran.

The catamaran, made OF followed
log, shares the popularity OF the Mas
soola boat with the iiSl"rncl of Ma
dras. The rickety looking contrlvahce
can weather any storm in the skiiilul
native hands, and letters are sent by
this means to ships in the Oflins when
other communication with the shore Is
impossible. The catamaran requires
steering with paddle through the rag
ing surf, and, though the boatmah may
be frequently dashed out OF the rude
skiff by the violence Of the waves, ne
leaps into his frail bark again with the
efficiency OF long practice, and the cata-
maran. flying over the crest OF the
great pillows which threaten instant
destruction, accomplisLes the periious
voyage In safety.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12
fro sE CONTINUED
"WJi, MS Angler"

This Insignificant Guodeclmo volume
not remarkable for any especial liter
airy merit beyond an easy, cheerful.
chatty good humor. interlarded with
technical information about a strange
" fascinating sport. occupies one or
the topmost inches in the huge tenn
Die OF British photographed fame.
Worth its weight in gold is very
inadequate expression. The number
of sovcrcigns its value represents over
balances many copies. Its companion
volume, the second part by Charles
Cotton. was not issued from the press
until twenty-thrce years later ana nat
uraliy Increases the all eady stupendous
price when found with the earlier
work.
The perennial popularity OF wal
tons Angler" is very remarkable. Sell
dom a year passes that does not Wit
ness lis reissue in some form or other,
either delicate and dear for the con.
noisseur's shelves or commonplace ana
cheap for the travellers pocket. There
is n charm about the book which time
apparently cannot destroy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12
STYLES In Africa.

The women bore hole in their top
lin and gradually increase this until 1t
is able to inclose disk OF wood two
and even three inches in diameter. a
Mubira woman came to call on us
whose disk measured two ana nve'
eighths inches across. The size OF the
wood inserted prOclaims the rank OF
the person. Peasants are only allowed
to wear pieces of stick Of the same d.
mensions as Il match.
The weight of the wood causes tne
lin to fall down over the mouth, ana
IN order to eat it Is necessary to lift up
tnis shutter with one hand while the
other conveys the food to the mouth.
Frequently the lip breaks under the
strain put upon it, in which case the
disconnected ends are carried back ana
tied to the ear.-"On the Borders or
Pygmy Land"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12

b. j. Case says in the Rural New
Yorker that a good bearing orchard
could be sold in Wayne county from
SlOO to $500 per acre according to its
condition, location and nearness to rail-
road station. The value of farms in his
locality varies according to size of the
apple orchards. Another Western New
York man paid $50 per acre for i've
acre orchard. At the end of fifteen
years it had paid back the purchase
money with interest at per cent, new
fence, all taxes, all labor, fertilizers.
etc., and left $3.50 besides the orchard
which had been good source of income
for twenty-five years. 1t is now worth
s2,5OO.. He considers $500 per acre a
fair valuation for good bearing apple
orchard.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12
NUMBER 81.
clutched Holmes arm and pointed up

cIutched Holmes arm and pointed up
ward.
"The shadow has moved" cried.
It was indeed no longer the profile,
but the back, which was turned toward
us.
Three years had certainly not smooth
ed the asperities Of his temper or his
impatience with a less active intelli-
gence than his own.
"Of course 1t has moved" said he.
"Am ! such q farcical bungler, Wat
son, that l should erect an obvious
dummy and expect that some Of the
sharpest men In Europe would be de-
ceived by 1t? We have been In this
room two hours, and Mrs. Hudson has
made some change In that figure eight
times, or once In every quarter Of an
hour. She works 1t from the front,
so that her shadow may never be seen.
Ah! He drew in his breath with q
shrill, excited intake. In the dim
light saw his head thrown forward,
his whole attitude rigid with attention.
Outside, the street was absolutely de-
serted. Those two men might still be
crouching in the doorway, but | could
no longer see them. All was still and
dark save only that brilliant yellow
screen in front Of us with the black
figure outlined upon its center. Again
I'm the utter silence heard that thin,
sibilant note which spoke Of intense
suppressed excitement An instant
later he pulled me back into the black
est corner Of the room, and l felt DIS
warning hand upon my lips. The I'm
gers which clutched me were qriver-
ing. Never had l known my friend
more moved, and yet the dark street
still stretched lonely and motionless
before us.
But suddenly I was aware OF that
which his keener senses had already
distinguished. A low, stealthy sound
came to my ears not from the direc-
ton Of Baker street, but from the
back of the very house in which we
lay concealed. 4 door opened ana
shut An instant later steps crept
down the passage-steps which were
meant to be silent, but which reverber-
ated harshly through the empty house.
Holmes crouched back against the
wall, and did the same, my hand
closing upon the handle Of my revolver.
Peering through the gloom. saw Inc
vague outline Of Il man. shade pl"cR-
or than the blackneSs OF tie o. en-
door. He stood for an instant, and
then he crept forward. crouchlng, men
acing. into the room. He was wit'In
three yards OF us, this sinister fig re,
and had braced myself to meet MS
spring before l realized that he had
no idea OF our presence. lie pas ed
close beside us, stole over to the WIN
dow and very softly and noiselel 'ly
raised 1t for half foot. AS he sank
10 the level of this opening the light OF
the street, no longer dimmed by the
dusty glass. fell full upon his face.
fro NO rONrTNuEn1
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12
DIR. Wiley and the Food Laws.

Commenting editorially on DR.. Wi
ley's position in regard to cOlOring but
ter, and his recent article in the Ameri-
can Industries on the Inconsistencies in
State Food Laws, the New York Prod
uce Review says: We have hitherto
defended DR.. Wiley as being honest in
his convictions, but neverthess, plausible
as the article under discussion may
seem, it certainly looks as if it had been
written in the interest of the oleOmar-
garine manufacturers in order to attack
the anticOlor law, or secure the pro-
hibition of coloring butter.
We acknowledge the theoretical
justification for the claim of incOn-
sistency, but must maintain that an alb
solute consistency is, from practical
standpoint, absurd.
Take preservatives-even those con-
sidered innocuous by many physicians
it is certainly eminently practical to
prohibit their use in milk or cream
which are used for infants and invalids
and often comprise their entire food.
On the other hand the permission to
use a small amount of preservative in
butter, as is permitted in England, or in
other food products not used by infants
and used only in small quantities by
grown up people, becomes a practical
question of great Importance when we
remember the difficulties In provision
ing the large cities of the world.
If, as We have repeatedly contended,
consumers were duly informed of the
use of such preservatives, it might be
safely left with them to decide whether
they would use the cheaper chemically
"preserved" foods, the more expensive
ice preserved ones or take their chances
of dying promptly from ptomaine
poisoning instead of slowly by the
chemical preservatives.
AS regards the doctors claim Of pro-
hibiting color in oleomargarine while
allowing it in the butter, he knows as
we'll as anybody that it was not until all
other means of enforcing the honest sale
of oleomargarine had failed that the
people rose in unison and demanded
such a law. He forgets that the color
ing of oleo is to enable the dealers te
sell it fraudulently, while the coloring
| of butter is to secure uniformity and tC
please the eye, some demanding light
or, some heavier shade.
With Jersey leanings in the late chie
of the Dairy Division, and with packing
house leanings in the Bureau Of Anima
Husbandry, the Agricultural Depart
ment has not been thoroughly reliabl.
friend of the dairy interest, and it is well
for the National Dairy Union to keep its
weather eye open and call the dairymeI
to arms against any attempt to pass al
anti.color law as regards butter.-Nev
England Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12

The agricultural fair problem is
popular topic for newspaper discussion,
and since the recent statement of the
chief of the district police the subject
has had quite general airing. The
Spencer Leader recently had some re-
Elections drawn out by my utterances in
this correspondence. 1t says: "There
is here and there a stray society which
makes legitimate agricultural fair pay
expenses, but it is the exception.
The general public, not the farmer, is
supporting the agricultural fair, and the
general public must get something for
their money in amusement or something
else, or the fair will have to close up
shop. The state is annu'iiy
paving out large sums in society boun-
ties and the like in good cause.-the
fostering of agriculture-but few Will
deny that much of the money paid tn
the agricultural societies fails TO bring
anv return whatever TO the state or the
object for which the money is Intended.
Now these facts are admitted. am
going to have no quarrel with my friend
Heffrrnan. But what is the remedy?
The answer to this question is compli-
Gated by the law which makes the state
board of agriculture a delegate body,
and makes the right of society to be
represented on the board of agriculture
depend on its having an annual cattle
show. The vaudeville agricultural fa'r
is a part OF the state governmental ma
chine. II we were starting new with
$4,000 to spend annually for the benefit
of the farmers OF the state it would not
all 90 in bounties to cattle shows. The
farmers would get more help by other
uses of some of the money. But the
state is in this rut, each society is jeal-
Gus Of its prerogatives, and the state
board is also jealous of its position, and
very sensitive to any discussion on the
subject. Hence any progressive steps
are difficult. The more l study the
agricultural fair problem the more be-
come convinced that mere superficial
change, a pairing down Of the premium
list to reduce expenses or other surface
reforms, will not accomplish the desired
result. The real trouble is with chang
ed conditions. The modern agricultural
experiment station and agricultural
college, the modern enterprising news
paper, the modern steam and trolley carl
have so changed things that the cattle
show is no longer the great and only
agricultural educator. II state bOunties
are to be paid they should be paid fol
actual agricultural education and moi
for the cattle shows exclusively. If the
state board of agriculture is to continue
delegate body-to have state execu
tive department made up of delegates
from local societies is faulty principle
the right to have delegate shoult
rest on something more substantial thai
holding a CATTLE show.-George NJ
| Whitaker in New England Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12

Being "in love- Is very dln"reht
from loving and may be only selfish
emotion. which is the direct opposite
of loving. Being in love without low
ing Is bondage-sometimes pleasant
and sometimes painful, but always
bondage. says Leslies Monthly. True
loving means freedom-freedom both
for ourselves and, as far as 1t Is In our
power to give it, for all whom we love,
for when we truly love another human
being we love him for the sake OF his
best strength, his best use and his best
happiness, and not at all for the SAKE
of ourselves.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12


to the house which l had come to see.
A tall, thin man with colored glasses.
whom l strongly suspected of being a
plain clothes detective, was pointing
out some theory of his own. While the
others crowded around to listen to
what he said. got rs near him as l
could, but his observations seemed to
me to be absurd, so l withdrew again
in some disgust. AS I did so l struck
against an elderly, defOrmed man who
had been behind me, and l knocked
down several books which he was car
rying. / remember that as / picked
them up observed the title of one of
them, "The Origin Of Tree Worship"
and it struck me that the fellow must
be some poor bibliophile who either as
a trade or as a hobby was collector
of obscure volumes. / endeavored to
apologize for the accident, but 1t was
evident that these books which had
so unfortunately maltreated were very
precious objects in the eyes OF their
owner. With snarl Of contempt he
turned upon his heel, and saw his
curved back and white side whiskers
disappear among the throng.
NV observations of 427 Park lane did
little to clear up the problem in which
| l was interested. The house was sep
arated from the street by low wall
and railing, the whole not more tnan
| five feet high. 1t was perfectly easy
therefore, for any one to get into the
garden. but the window was entirely
| inaccessible since there was no water
pipe OF anything which could help the
most active man to climb it. More puz-
zled than ever, retraced my steps TO
Kensington. l had not been In my
study five minutes when the maid en-
tered to say that person desired to
see me. To my astonishment 1t was
none other than my strange old book
collector, his sharp, wizened face peer
ing out from frame of white hair, and
his precious volumes, a dozen of them
at least, wedged under his right arm.
you're surprised to see me, SIR,
| SQlQ lie Ill u StTuuSCs SAoonihS 'o
| acknowledged that was.
"Well, I've a conscience, sir, and
when l CHANGED to see you go into this
house as came hobbllug after you, l
thought to myself I'll just step in and
see that kind gentleman and tell him
that II 1 was bit gruff in my manner
there was not any harm meant and that
| I am much obliged to him for picking
up my books" >,
"You make too much Of trihe," said
IL. "May ask how you knew who
wasT
ayes, sir. If it isn't too great a liber-
ty 1 am a neighbor Of yours. for you'll
| find my little bookshop at the corner OF
Church street, and very happy to see
you, am sure. Maybe you collect
yourself, sir. Here's British Birds
and 'Catullus' and The Holy War'-a
bargain, every one Of them. With five
volumes you could just FIJI that gap on
that second shelf. 1t looks untidy,
does 1t not, sir?"
| I moved my head to look at the caDi-
net behind me. When turned again
Sherlock Holmes was standing smiling
| at me across my study table. rose to
my feet, stared at him for some sec
onds in utter amazement. and then II
lappears that I must have tainted for
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12
Silage for Baby Beef.

An Ohio feeder who carried bunch
of 400 Hereford calves through last
winter with silage as the main ration
saws in National Stockman: The calves
uniformly did we'll, there not being
a single one in the whole bunch but
that Is fleshy and thrifty. They are the
thriftiest, finest looking lot of young
cattle have ever had the pleasure Of
seeing and again demonstrate to our
entire satisfaction the great value of
corn aud soy bean silage for steer
feeding purposes. The calves when
turned to grass looked as sleek and
smooth and mellow a. II they had just
come of fine blue grass pasture in the
fall of the year.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12
By A. CONAN DOYLE.

A minute examination Of the circum-
stances served only to make the case
more complex. IN the first place, no
reason could be given why the young
man should have fastened the door
upon the inside. There was the possi-
and had afterward escaped by the win
dow. The drop was at least twenty
feet, however, and bed Of crocuses In
full bloom lay beneath. Neither the
flowers nor the earth showed any sign
of having been disturbed, nor were
there any marks upon the narrow strip
of grass which separated the house
from the road.
Apparently therefore 1t was the
young man himself who had fastened
the door. But how did he come by his
death? No one could have climbed
up to the window without leaving
traces. Suppose man had fired
through the window, he would indeed
be remarkable shot who could with
q revolver inhict so deadly a wound.
Again, Park lane is frequented thor
oughfare. There Is cab stand within
u hundred yards Of the house. No one
had heard shot. And yet there was
the dead man and there the revolver
bullet, which had mushroomed out,
as soft nosed bullets will, and 80 in
flictcd wound which must have caus-
ed instantaneous death. Such were
the circumstances of the Park lane
mystery, which were further compi-
Gated by entire absence Of motive,
since, as have said, young Adair was
not known to have any enemy, and no
attempt had been made to remove the
money or valuables in the room.
All day l turned these facts over in
my mind, endeavoring to hit upon
some theory which could reconcile
them all and to find that line Of least
resistance which my poor friend had
declared to be the starting point Of
every investigation. l confess that
made little progress. In the evening
strolled across the park and found
myself about 6 o'clock at the Oxford
street end of Park lane. A group of
loafers upon the pavements. all staring
up ut particular window. directed me
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12

Fruit conditions are similar to those
of last report. Berries of all kinds are
plentiful and continue to come in in
large quantities. Peaches are ripening
and being marketed. Pears and plums
will be fair crops. The apple crop
shows . poor outlook. Cranberries
show q normal condition, and no dam
age has been reported from any source
whatever.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12
A Novel Way to Start Bushes

Uncle David tells us his way to start
currant and gooseberry bushes. He
boils potatoes until they are nearly
done, then let's them cool, after which
he takes gooseberry or currant cut
ting and sticks it in the potato, then
puts 1t into the ground. Every slip
sprouts and will grow well all sum-
mer. Try this method next spring.
Cor. in New England Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12

How wonderful to have q God who
il sympathizing and sympathetic, not
coldly powerful A heather woman
said, "That Jesus that you tell about
must have been Q woman"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12

"By Jove," said country squire VINO
had got the worst Of an argument WIN
Sydney Smith, III had son who was
q donkey I'd make parson OF him
straight away"
"Possibly," returned the Wit. "put
YOUR father was evidently Of different
mind"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE PLOw."

on practical agricultural topics
Is solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY D..
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12
Orange Field Meetings.

FAULTY AGRICULTURAL LAwS-TOO
MUCH HARD wORK-CArTLE SHOW
PROBLEM AGAIN-A QUESTION OF
PROFITS.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12
The Adventure OF
the Empty House
No. l of the Series

(Cs,,risai. 1908. BY Il. Conan Doyle and collisr''
Weskly)
yoOS L. M<cJ,r. pb;II., ~ Ca
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12
NOTICE.
NOTICE.

ON the highway, either labor or material We
want presented for payment on or before the iss
day OF every month
Respectfully,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-12
WAN %.

Peeled Pulp Wood, Spruce, Fir, Hem
lock and Poplar, delivered on cars at
any X. X. Station from Pownal to Bethel,
the coming year.
E.w. PENLEY, West Paris.
JIM. DAY, Bryant's Pond.
May 80, 1904.