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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14

defective Hearst votes are added.
Upon an honest vote he was beaten,
as his own supporters will admit. He
has really done his best with a diff
cult problem and with the kind of men
he had to work with; he will probably
do better still in the future, but that
makes no difference.
Mcclellan is as able O man as
Jerome; more tactful one, as clean,
as high-minded, as anxious to 60 his
duty. He is richer, more diRniflai
possibly more ambitious, and was more
widely known. The two have Travelled
different paths, Jerome honestly fight
ing bossism, Mcclellan as honestly
thinking bossism inevitable and that
he must make the best of 1t. Jerome
is now the foremost democrat Of his
state, and the Little Mayor" is no
where.
Are there any other democrats, for
future candidates for governor and
president? One of the highest rank,
Edward NJ. Shepard, the beaten can
didate for mayor in 1901. Mr.. Shep.
ard Is a man Of national size, a mag
nificent campaigner, a lifelong foe of
bosses. He was nominated by Croker
because Croker was desperate, but
Shepard made no promises. 1t was his
intention, if elected, to clean out Tam.
many Hall from the inside.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14

try. 1t had been suggested that the
American people were not a home peo-
pie. The ancestral homes of England,
about which poets have sung, do not
abound in this country, and even in
the old settlements of the east COM
paratiyely few homesteads are found
where more than one generation has
lived. On this point Mr.. Babcock de-
clared that the middle west, the great
states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and
Others, were now the great home coun-
try of America.
"Out in this delightful section" said
Mr.. Babcock, you find the home spirit
more deeply established than in the
rich and prosperous east In many of
these states you find a strong German
element, and wherever that is you find
the love of home and the ambition TO
found a home that will remain in the
same family for generations. OF
course the country Is too new to show
any very long established homesteads,
but | can point to you in my own
state and in adjoining states scores and
hundreds Of places where the head of
the household established himself 30
10 and 80 years ago and where the
original estate has been preserved, a
substantial house built and occupied
first by the original owner and then by
his oldest SON. while surrounding the
homestead are the homes of other
children of the family. There are
many of these patriarchial establish
ments and in them think you will
find the hope for the stability and CON
servatism necessary to a safe govern.
ment."
1t is not known whether Mr. Bah
cock has followed the example of the
good people whom he describes, but he
has purchased enough homes in Wash
ington to insure places for all his heirs
If they wish to locate here
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
WHEN CLIMBING STAIRS.
Remember the Exercise Is Most pene-
Aeial When the Right Methods
Are Observed.

Stair-climbing can never be made 20
easy that 1t will cease to be work and
hence a certain amount of II daily is sure
to be beneficial, says Mary Butler, in the
Philadelphia Press.
First, stair-cllmbing is fine exercise
for the muscles Gf the legs, both for
the high fiexors and thigh and knee ex-
tensors, and If judiciousiy used as q
daily exercise 1t win tend to develop the
muscles Of the leg and thigh, reducing
at the same time any superauous flesh
that may have settled there through
lack Of proper use. Hence we use lad
der-climblng exercises in the gymna.
stun for all such cases.
Second, stair-climbing when done
slowly, becomes excellent balance work
and is good for the brain. To increase
this mental effect in the gymnasium we
use ladder rounds instead of steps and
the slower a pupil can walk up the
finer the balance and the stronger the
desired effect.
Third, stair-climblng-is good work
for heart and lungs; weak hearts may
be strengthened by judicious lessons in
it, no other apparatus being necessary
than ones own footsteps.
In all stair or ladder work the weight
is not only transferred from one foot to
the other in succession more or less rap
i'd, as in the walk, but the whole body
weight is lifted from one step to
another by the first leg and then the
other, and this means quite heavy work
at times.
For example, II you weigh $50 pounds
and with the right foot step up one step
(that step being exactly IL inches
high, you have lifted your body-weight
Of $50 pounds exactly one foot higher;
or, as we say, you have done $50 foot
pounds" of work. If the step chances
to be "a inches high, then having lifted
yourself two feet you have done
twice as much work, or 300 foot
pounds.
Thus, when you, weighing Just 100
pounds, climb ten stairs, each step
only 10 inches high, you have done
just 1000 foot pounds Of work, good
strong, muscular work that If done well
will surely do you good and If done bad
ly may injure.
Do you stout ladies wonder any long
er at your breathless condition when
after eating hearty dinner you climb
to the third-story front room to take
your afternoon nap? Do you not see
that with every step you must do from
one.half as much again to twice as
much work as your wiry little neigh
Dor?
You have no right to run up Just be.
cause you can trip up one fight and
not feel it. You perforce must take
1t slowly and should rest after each
flight of steps, at least till the breath
ing becomes quiet and regular once
more.
Believe me, instead of being bad for
you, stair-climbing taken slowly and
properly will do you good, strength
ening the muscles Of legs, abdomen and
spine. stimulating the heart and lungs,
clearing the brain, aiding the circula-
tion and thus improving the digestion:
but there is a correct and an ineor-
rect way Of climbing stairs, a hard
and an easy one, a safe and a dangerous
one.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
SOCIAL REQUIREMENTS.
What Constitutes the Ideal Hostess
and About the Proper Selection
of Dinner Guests.

The ideal hostess Will possibly differ
from the points of view of different
minds, but she who comes nearest to
satisfying every taste will cause all
guests to feel at ease and perfectly at
home while in her house. She must
possess great tact and endeayor to
make each one feel Individually the IA
vored guest. She must BE quick to see
everything while seeming to see moth
ing, never looking bored and keeping
the conversational ball rolling without
any apparent effort or even seeming to
do so. An ideal hostess must be en-
tirely unselhsh and let no one be
sighted or overlooked.
Now that vacation days are over and
the world has returned from the sum
mer outing which has possibly been
spent in the woods or where much free
dom in behavior is allowed, be careful
to lnodulate the voice and tone down
actions to fit city life and customs.
No right-thinking mother wishes her
son to choose a boisterous, fippant
wife, so be careful that your love of
fun and the summers freedom do not
lead you too far. AS we have SO often
repeated, be kind and thoughtful and
do unto others as you would that they
should do to you"
A visiting card may be used for in
formal invitations. No call is neces-
sary after tea or afternoon reception,
though very often at home days are
given in the invitation to large re-
ception when call is quite in order.
These at home days are often as elab-
orately prepared for as the original
reception with caterer, but It is per-
fectly admissible to have the serving
done by the house servants. Many
times a caterers service is employed
to relieve the regular help, who have
all they can do in the daily routine.
without anything additional.
1t IS necessary to be most careful in
choosing your guests for dinner party
that they should Ne congenial. Not
necessarily friends or even acquaint-
anees, but Wa Jse tastes are similar.
otherwise your dinner will not be a
success. To make it so the conyersa-
tlen must be pleasant and sustained
and a good story-teller is a great as
sistsnce.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14

In district after district when the
voting was over there were more bal
lots In the box than the registered
names The inspectors threw out
enough TO make the total right; in
theory they do this by turning the
head inspectors back to the pile and
letting him pick out the needed mum
Der; but where the inspectors are al
Of one mind and the Hearst boy has
gone OF with his broken arm and the
Jerome mans teeth have been kicked
out and his ribs broken, there is bare
suspicion that the man may have
peeped.
And getting the ballots into the
box! There is comparatively little
buying of votes I'm the city in proper
ton TO it's size. What there Is is
strung along the Bowery mainly, in
a very little and very rotten region,
ganginfested, crime-cursed. The paid
voters, including several hundred re-
peaters from other cities, all vote on
the carbon paper plan" which is
supposed TO show how the voter has
cast his ballot. The trick is easy to
beat but probably most Of the men
vote as they are paid Three times
during the day the election district
captain gets from hts watcher the
names of all that have not yet voted
Every name IS voted on. II a gentle
man with a very Celtic face who an
swers to the name Of Gonfarone is not
certain whether his first name is An.
tonic or Giovanni, and whether he
lives at No. 1853 or 17S, he swears his
vote In just the same, is arrested, goes
to police court, is liberated and comes
back TO grin through the window at
his challenger.
A mere recount Of the votes as they
stand will not, If ordered, make a fair
contest. Perhaps Hearst doesn't really
want one, now that the first flush of
anger dies away. In the opposition,
but with moral victory, he will be in
a stronger position for successful
journalist than If he were in office and
disappointing people.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
PIPE RACK.

edge with any pretty furniture gall
loon, or else sew a silk cord round.
A good firm ribbon, rather more than
an inch wide, should be used for the
strap; it is caught down to the COW
ering by few arm stitches at regular
intervals, If wood is used for the
small brass tacks could
be used for fixing this instead of sew
ing; nnish each end by a bow Of rib.
bon, sew ribbon to each end to form Q
loop to hang it up by; in the center
of this loop put a bow.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
TO RENovATE OLD MuFF.
Fancy Ones Are in Good style-old
One May Be Satisfactorily
Remodeled.

Muffs are to be purchased In every
kind of fur and in q variety OF pat
terms and shapes, and are very largely
used, but the adjoining sketch shows
an excellent idea for the renovation OF
an old one, which can be built unon
80 as to look completely new, the worn
out muff merely serving as a founda-
ton for a fresh outside.
The old lining must first be removed.
The interlacing strips depicted might
be of one of the many kinds Of velvet
now to be obtained, such as miroir,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
Relaxed Facial nrnsnlea.

Relaxed muscles of the face may be
toned up by bathing the face with a
mixture Of equal parts OF milk and
whisky. First wash the face thorough
ly, then apply the lotion with soft
cloth. This may have to be used for
six weeks or three months before good
results are noticeable. hut 1t win re-
ward the persevering woman IN tire
end for the time expended.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14

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round and the directors, as much men
Of fashion as Of wealth, rule strictly
upon applicants. Money alone cannot
procure place in the Golden Circle.
Very well. Money win buy boxes at
the horse show, where they are auc-
toned of, more than $500 being paid
for the best. The opera is not the
only golden circle. Wasn't there
something said about the need of
National theater, an-er-palace Of art,
where-er--good plays by native au.
thors, and all that sort of thing, don't
you know? Let's have one!
So II is to be done. A beautiful
building is to be erected, q company
hired aud good plays given. They will
undoubtedly be good, for Herr Direk-
tor Conreid will not stand for bad
work. And there will be seats at low
prices for the truly earnest--all OF
which Is like the royal theaters and
operas on the continent. The little
joker Is in the innocent statement that
there are to be 80 boxes. Practically
the 30 box owners are to finance the
show, build the theater, guarantee the
expenses and-sit in the boxes. Their
names will be printed In the program,
just as the names OF the opera boz
holders are printed In that program;
and always think that feature Of
opera is funnier even than fat tenor
But the names will not be the same
names.
Thus, art for arts sake is justifiod
Of her lovers, and the great problem
Of eleyating the Stage as It Is done In
other lands % solved perhaps
OWEN LANGDoN
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14


turns. No New York paper has
printed the facts; Mr.. Hearst's
because they have been too
busy with hysterical shrek.
ing, the others because 1t is not their
eight. Besides, the New York editor
is apt to think election fraud an old
story. So 1t is. Still
For once Tammany was deceived by
its preliminary secret canvass, usual.
ly q marvel of accuracy. The lead.
ers thought McClelland was safe by a
fair plurality. So they made little
more than the usual preparation for
the voting. OF course, they did not
neglect the ordinary precaution of
planting" about a hundred of their
men among the Hearst watchers.
The real uncertainty, Tammany
thought, wes Jerome. The leaders
knew that the people wanted to vote
for him; they thought that the diff
culties Of a split ticket would pre-.
vent most Of them, but this was not Ger.
tain. That was why such a deter.
mined effort was made in the daytime
10 peat up the jerome watchers
These were a magnificent body Of
men, gray-haired business men and
lawyers with more than a sprinkllng
Of college athletes who went to the
fighting districts. 1t was a bloody day
for many of them. During the day the
Hearst men were not much molested
because they were not believed to be
dangerous and because so many were
Tammany men in disguise.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14

could now be classed as typical south
erners In dress and manners, with the
exception Of Bailey, Of Texas, a COM
paratively young man, who affects
even more than his seniors the old
style southern dress. This uniform is
the long-skirted black coat, low-cut
vest and black SLOUGH hat
The other senators from the south
cannot be distinguished from their
northern colleagues and look, for
the most part, like prosperous bust
ness men and usually attend the ses-
slons OF the senate dressed in business
clothes. on state occasions the whole
senate dresses in the black Prince AL
bert coat, although the cut Of the gar
ments worn by the old southerners Is
not so stylish as that of the other
members. This uniformity of black,
closely-buttoned frock coat adds very
much to the appearance Of the senate
and the body seems to lose some of its
dignity when in every day routine Of
work senators appear in sack coats
getaways and other styles of garments
Of various colOrs.
Another decade will probably see the
last Of the ante-bellum type of south.
erner in Washington. The numerous
railroads that bind the south to the
north and the interchange of commerce
has done wonders in matchmaking the
sections and destroying the distinctive
types of citizens. This is nowhere so
apparent as in the congress of the
United States, where men from the
most remote sections of the south and
uaaf mat
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
A CASE FOR THE PIPES.
A Quite Effective Rack May Be Made
at Home and Not Involve
Much Outlay.

Either a piece of board or very stout
cardboard should be used for the foun.
dalton of this rack; it should then be
covered with art serge, cloth or vel.
veteen. The foundation may, Of course,
be made any size to hold any number
Of pipes, but for one such as we illus
trate, about Is inches In length and
eight in depth will be sufficient. The
covering should be cut with one-inch
turnings, which may be glued down at
the back Of the foundation. Trim the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14

about 10000 copies printed and ready
Tor distribution as soon as the impor-
tant document has been read in CON
greBs. This Is probably the most i'm
pOrtsnt message the president has ever
cent to congress and is the longest. 1t
contains from 10000 to $4,000 words,
which is an unusually lengthy com
munication for an executive to send to
congress.
AS the country knows pretty gener-
ally. Mr. Roosevelt makes railway leg
islation the chief feature of his mes
sage. When congress adjourned last
winter without doing anything on this
subject the president announced that
he would take every opportunity to
keep it alive and he has done so. In
his own speeches he has told very
clearly what he will ask congress to
do and Secretary of War Taft and Sen
Ator Knox, Of Pennsylvania, former at.
tOrney general, have aided in promul-
eating the administration policy. The
president proposes that congress au-
ihoriZe the interstate commerce COM
mission or some other governmental
body TO declare when a railroad rate
ia unreasonable and then to fix a rate
which is reasonable. The railroads are
TO be given recourse to the federal
courts if they are not satisfied.
The president will treat of a great
number OF subjects in his message in
addition to railroad matters, prominent
among them being federal control of
insurance companies, the Santo Domin-
gan treaty, the Panama canal, preserv-
ing the Niagara falls, our relations
with foreign governments, but it is
said he will not have any observations
TO make ON the tariff.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
Keep Nonth clenn

The mouth being the gateway to the
entire system, as prominent physl.
clan puts 1t, the matter OF absolute
cleanliness here cannot be made too
important. Teach the small child this,
and her health win be established &C
uOrdinG
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
"Wise Man OF the Fast.N

4 O4N ud }
within it's Borders
this winter a very
distinguished East
Indian in the per.
son Of Mr.. Raman-
athan, his Brittanic
majesty's solicitor
general of the is.
land Of Ceylon. In
the religious life
of India Mr.. Ra-
manathan is class.
fled as a Jnana
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14

Yogi, which means literally, "a wise
man of the east" This title will in
sure him great consideration at the
national capital.
This distinguished parsonage, lawyer,
statesman and philosopher was in
vited to this country by a number of
American scholars and students who
are interested in the religion and phil
osophy of the orient He expects to
deliver few public and number OF
private lectures while here. He comes
from long line of high-caste Hindus
and his family for many generations
have been the leaders of Ceylon in
wealth, education and social require
ments. He is reputed to be the best
equipped Hindu lawyer in southern In
dia.
The position Of Mr.. Mammalian aud
his family in the religious life of Csy-
Ion has been even more important than
in the secular. His father erected the
chief temple or cathedral of Colombo
in which six daily services are per.
formed, besides the monthly festivities.
He has made a life study of various
religions, with view of reaching a
harmony OF the eastern and western
religious ideals. He has made a criti.
cal and expensive study of the Chris
tian Scriptures in addition TO the sa-
cred books Of the Hindu religion, While
In Washington this winter he will en-
deayor to find time to translate into
English the original Sanscrit and
Tamil, the celebrated Indian OpIcs,
known as "The Maha- Bharats" AID the
"Ramayana," which are considered, the
gems of the spiritua! literature OF the
Ayran race.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
WASHINGTON LETTER
rHE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE A
MOST IMPORTANT ONE.
RAILWAY RATE PROMINENT
Diminishing Number Ex-Confeder-
ates in Congress-Passing Of Dis
tinct Southern Type-Home
Spirit in Middle West.

A S HI N G T U NJ
President Roose-
welt has his an
nual message COM
pleted, a finely en-
crossed copy ready
for filing away and
carefully typowrit-
ten copies, tied
with ribbon, TO be
presented TO the
house and senate
and read before
those bodies and
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
Art and Thirty Boxes.

1h new NdLlOuAl
theater" II
seriously If you
like, but have a
sleeve handy to
chuckle in.
The opera is the
great show place
of wealth and
fashion. Boxes
are in demand by
the newly rich,
but there are not
e Ough to 90
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14

1W YORK. - B e .
cause Of its bear.
ing not only upon
the next campaign
for governor.
but even upon the
presid e n cy, /
make no apology
for the following
recital of what
happened on cleo.
tlon day, as re-
vealed in consid-
Grafton Of the re-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
Yokes Abound.

Everything points to a return q
yokes.-yokes Of all sizes and shapes.
curiously contriYed, involved Iookine
affairs, or Just the simple embryonic
yoke itself.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14

removed an old-tlme and old-style
Boutherner from public life. There are
not e great many Of this type left.
Money, Of Mississippi; Morgan and
Pettus. OF Alabama; Berry, of Arkan-
sas; McCreary, OF Kentucky; and Nc
Emery, Of Louisiana, are about ell who
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14

~ OF the results OF
the recent cleo
tons, it is said.
will be the retire
ment of Senator
10 Blackburn, Of
X e II t u C ky. His
term expires in
1907, but the con-
test this fall has
shown that the
control of the leg
islature is in dan
ger Of passing
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
Our "HomeD Country.

mr. great MlSSlbblp-
pi valley and the
middle west is be-
coming the section
Of A m erica n
homes" said Mr..
Babcock, of Wis
consin, the other
day in comment.
ing on the changes
that are being
worked by the in.
creaslng popula-
ton Of the coun-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14

1 II the uTSI TO
turns tho amaz.
ing plurality of
Jerome was APP
parent, and orders
W e n t forth to
count him out.
Half an hour later
it was apparent
that Hearst was
elected, in spite of
the way in which
his extemporize1
machine went to
pieces, in spite of
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
The Old sOuthsrners.

HE retirement of
Senator Blackburn
reduces still fur
Their the group of
senators from the
south who have in
these modern days
retained many of
the characteristics
and mannerisms
ante-bellum days.
The death Of Sena-
tor, Bate, Of Ten
neggan last anrinp
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
The Great Democrats.

lhb d suuuGu can
die Mcclellan
goes out in the po-
litical darkness.
Two years ago he
was one of the
most promising
young democrats
in the state. He
got over so per
cent. of the count
ed vote. This year
he gets 80 per
cent. of It II the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
Length Of Coat

The extra tall woman can wear .lei
coat 70 the knees; the short wonIaS
wants to have Il touch the hem.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-12-14
What Was the vOtsp

HAT really would
the vote have
been If honestly
cast? For Jer.
ONE not less than
$4,000 to spare in
a vote of 100000,
when he was not
on a single party
tick ct For
Hearst, perhaps
10000 nothing
like the figures be
has been claim