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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-06
Police Make Raid.

ST. PETERSBURG, September 6.-The
police today raided a private house in the
VASTLY Ostroff quarter. broke up secret
meeting, arrested twenty-one participants
and seized quantity Of arms and revolu-
tionary proclamations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-06
The New Metal Girdle Belts.
ACC. to S.. Worth ST to Sis.

These Grdle Belts will be the fad of the coming
Paris soand the United States will shortly the
The Paais Royal already has 2o3 sample half
price because they the makers financial failures Note
financial failure this instance the Gdles proved
elaborate and expensive to reproduce proftaby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-06
PLANS FOR TOURNEY
MEETING OF FAIRGROUNDS
COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the directors of the public
Fairgrounds was held at 81 street today
at O'Clock to arrange a program for the
general tournaments to be held at the Coli
scum Park Friday and Saturday of this
week. DR.. Henry s. Curtis supervisor of
Fairgrounds, presided.
1t was arranged that the preliminaries
will be held each day at 100 o'clock, the
finals at 2:30. Friday will be devoted to
the colored boys and girls Saturday to the
white children. Reports of the various d.
rectors show great enthusiasm on the part
of the children who are in training for the
tournament
Many tickets have been sold. and the suc-
cess of the interpIaygrounds meet seems
assured About ten banners have been Sc
cured for the various winning teams, and
as many as ninety bronze medals, first, sec
ond and third prlzes, will be given out Two
medals, first and second, are for the high
est individual score.
The children will meet at the various play
grounds and go in teams under the special
directors. Each director Is to act as an
aid IN the carrying out of the program,
having lists Of all competitors for each
event. General instructions were given out
the tournament was discussed. The games
will be as follows:
Summary Of Events.
Twenty-ive-yard dash. for girls under
ten: acknowledgement dash. for boys
under ten; fifty-yard dash. for girls under
thirteen; ffty-yard dash. for boys under
thirteen; sixty-yard dash, for boys under
sixteen; one-hundred yard dash. for boys
under sixteen.
Running broad jump for boys under Ii:
running broad jump for boys under 10; run
ming high jump for boys under 10; running
high jump for boys under IS: standing
broad jump for boys under 13; running
broad jump for boys under 16.
Potato race. boys under 10; potato race.
girls under Is.
Tether ball, for girls or boys under 49,
Base ball, boys under thirteen; indoor
base ball. girls under sixteen: indoor base
ball, boys under thirteen.
There Is. it is said, every prospect of big
audience for this the second general tour
nament, which is the final event for each
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-06
Waists, 1898 to SIS.
Paris and London Autumn Hats.
"A. LISNER.

The ready plain Felt Hats in white gray
Sc for choice Madetoorder Hassampes view-at
$3.50 and So. One English style Hat Silk Braid Turban
with velvet and bird trimming Paris style Hat of silk
braid continental shape trimmings of wings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-06
The Home Needs Sale.
The Great Annual Half-Price

1t comes of the endeavor to
force new patterns on the mar
ket. The makers of Lace Cur
tains, Table Linens and what
not bring out their new pat
terms at this time-and the
Palais Royal secures the So
called "old styles at about half
the regular prices. This great
est and quickest distribution
of the year is now looked for
ward to by a host of patrons.
The sale of 1905 is being talked
of in every home in Washing
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-06
Addicks' Statements Denied.

According to weil-known regular repub-
llcan of Wilmington Senator Alice is not in
Addicks' debt In any particular. why" he
said today. Alice owes Addicks nothing.
and the iatter's statement of last night was,
to say the least. In exceedingly bad taste
Alice. before and after he became senator,
made many converts to union republican,
ism-I may say In spite OF Addicks The
gas man will never go to the United States
Senate from Delaware. There are other
than political reasons why this should not
be. and they are well known to the people
OF Delaware. We would not stand for Adj
dicks as a senator from this state, and
rather than have things that way we would
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17
FROM MODERN VOODCRAFT.'
A. HUGHES

things separated speedily from the
fishermen who had brought forth
the body of the old colOred man.
And yet he says he has no appetite
for catfish even till plum now. And
he also told how it was unfashion-
able and impolite for one Chris
tian in former days to go to an
other church for worship; how a
parrot had escaped from the long
voyage to this country and hid in
the belfry above the pulpit Of a
church, and while the preacher was
expounding the word land poundin5
the pulpit the parrot said, (he
had learned it aboard Ship
"you'll go below" At the third
saying, the braye CD pastor liked
for the door, followed by. his par.
ishoners. All were out except
an old lady on crutches, with sun
bonnet covering her gray hairs.
But she hobbled for the ozone out
side, and just Us he got to the door
the parrot thought it time to dis
miss himself, and lit on the old
lady's shoulder, saying as 1t did
so, You'll 60 below" The old
mother in Israel knowing she
could but perish if she tried was
resolved to argue the matter, and
said: Mr.. Devil, you are mistak =
Ell; | don't belong to this church;
| was visiting here because my
pastor is not at home today; you
are mistaken, let me 60" But
thanks to enlightenment and race
this state of affairs does not exist
largely in Mexico at the present
writing. Not that there are not
bigots, no, no, they will always
abound, but they are much muz
zlcd and like Rip Van Wrinkles
drink, don't count"
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17
University Religious Life.

When man enters the Uni.
versity the first man to greet him
will be wcaringa Y.M.C.A. la1g..
The first matter lie will receive VIII
be a handbook telling him where
he can find his church and the as.
ISOLATION of Gods people. When
he makes out his necessary entrance
blanks to the University he will
state his religious preferences, and
the paste" of his church will be
notified so ms to properly look af.
ter him. The first student gather
ing he will attend will be one given
by the Christian young men of tue
University, in a University build
ing and there he will be made to
feel that he is among Christians
who believe in applied Chl istianity.
Every morning before be goes TO
the class room he will be given an
opportunity TO attend a prayer
meeting at the University building.
Every Sunday afternoon he will
be invited 10 attend a meeting OF
devoted Christian young men, both
faculty members and students.
Every night there is.a.class in de-
yotional Bible study somewhere
about the University. at any of
which be will be welcome visit
orr
James y. CraiS Popular Blnif,
No.. IL ne Christian Evangelist.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17

second marriage. He'll get along.
The Lord only knows how-but
the editor will get there somehow"
In these piping times of insur-
auce competition it is a genuine
pleasure to meet with a gentleman
in the truest sense of that words
meaning. Such an one is our
brother fraternalist. Hon. NJ. A.
Hornback, of Palmyra, Mo-. State
Organizer Of the Married Mems
League, headquarters Hannibal,
Mo. The Married Mems League
has promptly paid two losses in
this city, and does that very thing
with all its losses. It is an honor
to the fraternity aud the
system at large wien it is
represented by such men as Bro.
HOrnback.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17

1t was the peripatetic Joe Nun.
dy, cX-playwright, preacher aud lee.
turcr, that gave our people, Chose
who heard him, rather,) two lee
lures at the Mexico court house
lately. lie is engaged in II most
lludable work-the rescue of and
assisting fallen girls and boys. lie
is indeed Il mimic. and aside from
his grave manner, demeaned him
self as a humOrcst of no little
measure. In showing how one can
become prejudiced beyond reason,
he related a fish story" of how
when a young man he went with a
party of youths to a fishing place,
aud TO their delight and astonish-
ment, obtained a large draught of
catfish which was made into courses
galore, catfish entente. After
feastiug till too full to eat more,
they thought best to cast in the
net again, and The cry was raised
that sturgeon as big us a man"
was illtthe meshes, and extra help
was called to land the fish. Yet,
as Sam Patch said when he
jumped over the calls, SOME peo-
pie eau jump, and Others" the
fish proved 10 -be poor old 'Uucle
'SfIas, an epileDtic negro, upon
whom the catfish had ealelr- fan
several weeks. From his words
relative to this matter | infer that,
like as fool and his mouey ar,
soOu parted, 50 was the fsh, and
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17
The EDITORS Lot.

A North Missouri editor had
bad month of collections, ate too
much for one meal and penned
the following:
1t takes wind to run "a newspa-
per; it takes gall to run a newspa-
per. It takes "A scinlilluting, aero.
batic Imagination, aud n half
dozen white shirts and a railroad
pass to run newspaper. But
money-hcavens to Betsy and six
hands round, who ever needed
money to run newspaper! Kind
words are the medium of exchange
that do the business for the editor;
kind words and church social tick
cts. When you see an editor with
money, watch him. He'll be pay
ing bills and disgracing the pro-
fession. Make him trade it out.
lie lives to swap. Then when you
die, after having stood around for
years and sneered at his little
iim-crOw paper, be sure and have
your wife send in for three extra
copies by Que of your weeping
children. aud when she reads the
generous and touching notices
about you, forewarn her TO neglect
to send in Is cents to the editor.
1t would Overwhelm him. Money
is cOrrupting thing. The editor
knows it, aud what he wants is
your heartfelt thanks. Then he
can thank the printers aud they
eau thank the grOeers Dun't
worry about the editor. He has a
charter from the stale 10 act as
doOrmai for the community He'll
| gerthe lBdper mt s0mehowi aid
stand for son when sou run for Of
lleeaud lie Hbnut your pigeon toed
daughters wedding and blow abohi
J your big footed boss when they
get 81 week jib, and weepovel
your shriyeled soul when tits re-
leased from your grasping body,
aud smile a. your giady .wife'D
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17
WABASH RAILROAD.
MEXISo.

Going East.
No 4 Atlantic Expr's- 3 05 a m
No IA 4 10a m
No 10 Moberly Accom- 05 a m
No 20 st Paul Lin 10 SO am
No IL st. Louis Exp 32Opm
No 2 EasternMail & Exp 8 90 p M
No 6 Mail & Ex------ 10 As p m
No 20 Local FIT lex. Sn) 8 so m
Going West.
No z Pacific Exp l 80 a m
No Is Kansas City Exp IL 35 a m
No B" ~ Is p m
No 9 Kansas City Mail 5 Is p nj
No 5 Moberly Accom- 902 p m
No l Pacific Exp 10 25 p m
No II LocalFr't( ex- Sun)4 % p m
l. M. RICHARDS, AGt.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17
Telegraph to Jesus.

Several years ago was travelling
in the West. Among the passen-
gers in our car was a young moth
er travelling alone with her first
baby. There was also a fashiona-
bly, dressed lady with two children,
the elder a boy of about twelve
years, and the other a rOlicking
little chap of four. The latter was
so cute and merry and restless that
he attracted universal attention.
AT noon our train stopped at u
station for dinner, and all the pas
sengers left the ear except those
of us who had lunch with us.
A few minutes later the conduc-
tor came through and ordered MS
to move to the car forward, as the
train was TO be broken into sec
tons. After some switching about
our train was made up, and the
bell began to ring as signal to
the absent passengers.
All at once we were startled by
n loud scream, and turned to see
the young mother rushing franti-
cally through the car, followed by
the conductor and brakeman. She
had left her sleeping baby and lug
gage in the car we had formerly
occupied, and had foolishly gone
away to dinner without asking
anyone to watch over the child.
Consequently, in the hurried
change of cars, it had been unnU-
ticed, and now the car and baby
had gone.
Our train was held while the
trainmen and passengers hurried
about searching for the lost child.
Several trains had pulled out of
the station, and the chances were
that the missing car had been at
tached to one of them.
He was standing mp in one Of
the foremost seats of the ear, his
cheeks flushed aud his eyes shin
ing with excitement. In an inter-
val of silence his clear baby voice
fioated down the car;
why don't they telegraph tC
Jesusl That's what I'd do if thai
was my baby"
Tears started from my eyes a
these words of childish wisdom
His faith had turned to sur,
source of help and deliverance; anC
l do not doubt that many tele
grams" went up at once from tina
crowded car.
In few minutes the baby wa
found and delivered to its mother
the trainmen returned to thei
posts, and our journey was re
sumed. But the seed sown b.
the wayside" by a baby's han'
had surely sprung up aud brough
forth fruit" in more than on
heart, Mary McCrae.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17

It its Cardinal Manning who re-
lates this incident as having hap
pened to himself. One night l was
returning to my residence in West
minister when met a poor man
carrying a basket and smoking a
pipe. | thought over this. He
who smokes gets thirsty; he who
is thirsty desires to drink; he who
drinks too much gets drunk he who
gets drunk endangers his soul. This
man is in danger of mortal sin. Let
us save him. affectionately ad-
dressed him:
"Are you a CathOlici"
"I am, thanks be to God"
"Where are you FRONT"
"FrOn Cork, you reverence.
"Are you a member of the Total
Abstinence Society,""
No, your reverence"
Now" said |, THAT is very
wrong. Look at me; am a mem
ber."
Faith, may be your reverence
has need of it,"
shook hands with him and left.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17

On the 2jth day of June last, at
his home in Moawequa, Ill.,, Mr..
ThOs. Hudson, Sr., father of Mrs.
A. Hughes, this city, departed this
life, full of years GO pasD and
homors. He was a native of Bir-
mingham, England, and one of ma
lures best productiOns-An hon
est, charitable, deeply religious
and much concerned man after the
welfare of his fellows. In his de
cease the world is made poorer and
heaven richer.
In the death of Mrs. II. L. Tru-
rX and Mrs. A. w. KOkendoffer
this city has lost two most estima.
bile ladies; women who had the
welfare of their homes, the church
and all that tends to the better
mcnt of mankind at heart. They
wrought well, aud left a rich herit-
age to those who wait yet a lit
tie while" May the good example
SET by these dcvout women he an
inspiration to all who knew them
may they take fresh courage re.
mrmhrriug That it is not all of life
IT, live, nor all If death to die;
| that soon we must leave this tent.
life aud depart for the Great Be
yond. Let Us, AS did the disciples
of John, bury the body and go
aud tell Jesus"
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17
Monuments!

It will be to your interest 10 see ne
before placing an order for mon.
ument or anything in the monn.
mental line. Yard aud Office,
Glandon Bldg, Mexico. Mo.
Branch Office, Vandalia, No.
JAMES W. 0AJLAHER. {.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17
R. ". PEARSON.
Tells About Early MethOdism in
Audrain County.

At the prayer meeting service of
the Mexico Methodist church the
otner night r. w. Pearson, one of
our oldest settlers. read the fol-
lowing paper:
The Methodist Episcopal church
South, was organized as near as l
can find out, in 1882 by Robert
Younger at the home of John C.
Martin ~ miles northwest of
Mexico. Some of the character
members were: John G.. Martin
and wife and John Allen and wife,
Allen Martin, Nelson Martin, Hen
ry Keeton and wife, Thos. KeetOn
aud wife, Roland McIntire and
wife, Gideon Williams and wife,
and perhaps others not now re-
membered and our first meeting
place was John C. Martins house.
At that time there was not a
church or schoOlhouse in the cOun-
ty, this church belonging to the
Paris circuit; and as late as 1910
there was not a Methodist living
in Mexico Alfred Cauthorn, de-
ceased and his wife becoming the
first members of the town.
Meetings were kept up at pri-
vate houses for several years until
1910, when we had preaching in
Mexico at the house of Alfred
Cauthorn; and when the Court
House was built, services were held
there The MethOdists next bought
a log house which stood just
west of the present Court House.
Preaching, prayer meetings and
class meetings were held there un-
til about 1915, the house was sold
to c. A. Ward for a dwelling, then
the Court House wasagain used I'M
til late in the fall of 1851 when the
first brick church was finished,
which stood on the same site of
the present City Hall.
This building was used until the
two. story brick structure on Prom
enade and c o | e streets was
erected in 1871 by Bishop Mather
Marvin.
Some of the early pastors were:
Robert Younger. from 1882 o
1888; John Thatcher, 1910; James
NJ. Green, John Granville, Jesse
Stritton. John Young, John F.
Gray, Danile Penny, W. A. May
hew, Robt. IIatton, Robt. Baldwin,
VIM. Jordan, j. r. Taylor, Hor-
ace Brown, NJ. McIlhenney, w.
G. Miller, John w. Cook, A. P.
Linn, j. F. Shores, S. f. FOres-
man, w. q. Ellington, 7. S. GoOch
S. B. Vincil, p. D. Vnndeventer,
W. II. Lewis, j. S. Smith, T. G.
Whitney, Il. X. Miller and j. A,
Mumpower.
The presiding elders were: Will
liamPatton, JesseGreen, NC. Berry
m a n, W. w. Redman, Andrew
Monroe, Tyson Dimes, b. H.
Spencer, w. &. Copely, James
Robinson, S. w. Cope.
This is a brief history OF TIT
church mp to 1870. Some names
may have of been left out.
The Methodist church grew aut
prospered. Camp meetings were
held from lS43 to 1858 nearly ev-
cry fall; the first near the creek
north of the b. r. CauthOrn home
stead the other about one mil,
northeast of Mexico, on the j. j
West land; aud during these meet
ings the Lord was with his peopl
in a wonderful degree and man!
souls were made happy in the Saw
iOr's love.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17
Man as a Soil RObber.


Ex-Governor Hoard in his ad-
dress at the White banquet in Chi
cago recently, brought this against
the farmers generally: That all
the migration from Atlatnic to Pa.
cific had been a migration OF soil
robbers, which is true; no truer,
however, with regard TO farmers
than any other class Of people.
The race has been a race Of timber
robbers, of coal robbers, aud rob
bcrs of every good thing, robbers
even Of health. The young man
man sows his wild oats; he squan-
ders. wastes the energies which, if
conserved, would have tended i'm.
measurably TO promote happiness.
He usually does not realize it I'M
ill il is too late; neither does the
farmer realize what soil-robbing
means until the soil rebels, refuses
to Yield mp its stores of fertility.
The Young man destroys his health,
complains of hard luck and the
world being against him. The
farmer who has abused his soil
claims that the weather aud sea-
sons have changed, or that there
is something wrong with the gov
crnmcut. Both are simply yield.
ing to the memorable law that
wrong doing brings with it the
penalty
We scarcely expect to get sub
scription from some men until the
yellow clay spots begin to appear
on the hillsidesi until the land
crusts in a dry time and puddles in
in wet time; until the owner
finds out 10y experience that there
is nothing wrong with the soil but
with himself and his methods of
farming.
Then hc begins TO think and
study, gets over his foolish preju-
dice against book farming, and
gets il pounded into his head that
good farming, after all, is simply
obedience TO moral law. Both nat
ural and moral law have the same
origin, and similar penalties FIR
penalties for their violation.
The farmers in a new country
are sOil-rohbers. They will waste
in thirty years of grain farming
the fertility stored up for ages, to
the full extent that the Lord will
let them, and wisely lie does not
let them 60 beyond n certain limit.
He puts the soil, or rather allows
them To put the soil out of physi-
cal condition, ond thus locks up
the fertility which is kept in store
for children aud grandchildren.
No land really good to begin with
can be permanently exhausted of
its fertility. 1t will always re-
spond to the man who understands
s)ils aud climates and grains and
grasses. 1t is kept in store for
just that kind Of fellows.
We have seen this going on
from our boyhoOd. The complaint
of wOrnout land was quite com
mon, as we remember it, fifty OF
sixty years ago, and farmers were
even then going west for new soils
tOIob. 1t will be so in every
country. The first settlers from
the Atlantic to the Pacific have
made living, then moved on,
The second class of settlers were Il
little better. With the third class
came the farmer, and he restores
the land to its original fertility,
and more, and will continue to dc
So a, long ms he farms right, tul
hundreds aud hundreds of years
THIS good land was not made tC
be worn ont in twenty years, on
fifty. or five hundred.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17

They had just moved into n
new house, and they stood survey
ing the situation. Il wish, she
said, that the carpet was velvet. "
Il don't, Responded the husband,
unfeelingly, IL wish it was down. "
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17
Wood for Sale.

Wood furnished by the cord on
orders. Call upon or phone q.
G.Sims on Pollock line, or r. W.
d. route No. 5, Mexico, Mo .t25aug.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17

Name your price, check week
ly, for permanent work. " Such
was a request made to a man of
Mexico this week. Another, take
work at -" (naming II lovely
city, "and a large salary is yours. "
Both offers were of necessity re-
fused.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17

DR.. W. IL. Traughber has gone
west, and will so public announce
ment declares, become benedict
in California next month. WOoD-
CRAFT, with many others, join in
wishing him and his bride long
and useful career.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-08-17
A. M. PATTERSON.

Physician and Druggist, north.
west corner Public Square,
Mexico, Mo.
Fail line of Staple Drugs and
Druggists Sundries, Patent
Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Etc.
A full assortment of Homoe.
rathic Medicines always on
hand. These remedies sent by
mail when ordered.
VIII do strictly an Office prac-
tice.
ADVICE FREE
Arizona republican., 1905-01-03
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