Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-08-31

or was a sting I'm his Jokes; gentle rail.
lcry was the sweetest thing he ever
attempted. and oven this he did with
so genial n smile and so merry an eye
that word Of his friendly chatting
was worth more than CARLOAD Of
formal praise.
In Love With Living.
! speak what / do know, for he and
! were close friends for many years
before his mtmcly death, and he was
so solic.tous for my welfare and com.
fort that, after he had played father
and mother TO me successfully, lie
couldn't help going Oh till he had he
come my grandfather and grandmoth-
or rs well rs number of sisters and
cousins ana aunts.
don't believe he ever had an enemy
but himself, and he injured himself
only 10y his pcculiarltics OF self dcscrip-
ton. Any one reading his humorous
articles would imagine him an under
sized, scrawny, backwoods invalid,
with an irritable disposition and an I'm.
q Qucuchublr thirst for something else
than water In reality lie was tall,
broad shoullcrcl, deep chcstcd, healthy,
genial chap. 50 Ia love with the mere
fact of living that lac took scrupulous
care Of himself In every way. lie was
rs abHtcmiuus as any Clergyman who
Is not q total uhstaiucr, AMI hc never
lost his temper except when some de-
libcratc sroundrrlism was inflicted up
on him. lie would 20 out OF his way -
whole days journey oGt OF his way,
with all the railway fares and other
discomforts IN such eases made AMI
provldcd-to help friend out of n
siyl, bel o. other trouble, ard he a..
durnd an the tDrmcntS Of Il busy en-
tcrtaincr's season on the road as cheer.
fully as II he We're perpetual holder Of
the record for patience.
His Dog Enlomologist.
People often wondered how he could
go on year after year digging the same
Kind of fun out of the same vein, but
The secret was that he lived right In the
center Of tlSt vein and was merely
digging his way out Of it. lie had Il
full assortment Of polite commonplace
and carried them as gracefully as he
did his full dress clothes, but as soOu
rs no got well acqUa 'ntod with man
and II didn't tuke hin long to get in
side OF amy decent fcllo 5 waistcoat-
he would talk In his characteristic drol
manner all day ana seven days n week
and as much longer as they two tray
elcd together.
As seriously as II he were talking OF
audiences or hotel tables or railway
nuisanccs lie told me story Of dos
he lad owned. 1t was a dachShund
AMI Nyc described him as two and {
half dogs long by one dog high. liz
Ia named tine animal Entomologls
l.. use 1t was a collector of insects
J fact, the dog lived up TO his name
50 strenuously that something had t
H. done A friend suggested soaking
the dog in kerosene, saying:
III It doesn't rid the dog Of lcas +
will rid You Of the dog"
So kerosene was tried, and the dos
passed away. After all was over BIZ
felt so had that he went out for a walk
which did him no good. Returning
home with detected spirits ana scr
rowing soul, he was smlttcn afrcsl
with rcmOrsc when he realized tina
there would hc no little dog awaitir!
him. But yes; surely there was some
thing on the steps. Looking closer, Il,
saw 200 neas sitting there, and the!
all looked up into his face as If to say
when are you going to get us an
other dOgT"