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Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08

Miss Marguerite DeLaporte of
Laddoniu is one of the faithful
teachers in the Vandalia public
school. She is also teacher in
one of the Sunday schools at that
place, going down every week and
meeting her class.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08

road. The early day crauks in
this country were all ridge roads,
and most Of them are in better
condition now than those winding
around thru hills, with the deep
cuts and numerous culverts, on
which many dollars have been OK
pended.
The ridge road is selr.pro.
tccting. Water runs off like it was
CREASED. 1t don't wash away. 1t
is more even. 1t is not so hard on
teams aud vehicles. 1t is always
above the bottoms, where the mire
is. The detour is little wider
perhaps, but the extra distance is
more than balanced by its Superior
solidity and smOothness. The
best roads in this or any other
county are those following the
ridges.
When a cow or other animal
has a journey to make it always
takes the ridge. Many of our pi,
oneer roads were started over COW
trails. They were in constant ser.
vice until the county began to be
divided up into small farms, and
every fellow wanted a highway tc
run by his front door, without re,
gard to natural conditions.
J 1T would be well for farmers 4
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08
MISSOURI REX 2NTo.

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Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08
CAUSE FOR ANGER.

The maddest business man in Wash.
,ngton was getting little bit Of it OF
Ills mind.
"A week ago last Thursday" he said,
through clenched teeth, Il had to fire my
5teuOgrapher- good man when he'd
work sneaking away from the office
every little while during the afternoon
" get the results Of the races. put an
al. in the next days papers for a stenug-
rapher and typewriter. Didn't specify
whether / wanted a man Ur a woman
Just stcnographcr and typewriter.
y took Oh the first one that came
along on Friday furenuon-anae mic
looking girl, with myupic eyes; but was
too busy to do any picking and choosing,
and when she assured me that she could
DO the work told her to report on Mon
day. Two or three dozen Of them came
along during Friday and Saturday, men
and women. ! took the names and adj
lrczscs Of half dozen Of them, and had
ny Office boy dispose Of the rest.
Il let my correspondence slide on FRI
cay and Saturday, figuring on rafting
it all of in bunch when my new short
hand girl reported on Monday morning,
She got along on time all right, and
Immediately heapod my letters together
and went at EN-.
The girl appeared to get on all right
with the Gicta,.on. sIappirg down her
uCtes in the book Ia 4 way that struck
me as being mighty workmanlike.
Her notebook was full up, forward
and backward, when got through with
the dictatlon just before noon, and IT
was a weight off my mind to get rid Of
that correspondence.
When the girl returned from lunch
she sat down at the typewriter, full OF
business, and l thought she was just
going to eat up those letters. But she
didn't. She got away haltingly,
scratched her nose lot, looked up at the
ceiling and studied considerable, and
then she began running to my desk to
ask me what her notes meant After
about an hour and quarter she had one
ten-line letter finished, and II was all
ba!led up and impossible, at that. l was
noticing her moves cur of the tail Of my
eye, and the conviction grew upon me
that she couldn't read her notes. TO try
her out, asked her to read aloud to me
a letter about in the middle of the dc
tation Well, she only got through the
Your favor Of the I'd received and con-
tents noted and then she broke down.
Her notebook was just a Sanskrit tome
TO her. She flushed when she came 10
the dead halt in trying to read that le'
ter, and said that she thought perha.
she had used too many word signs owing
TO my talking so rapidly. paid her for
4 days work and let her go, and she left
that stuffed notebook on my hands-it
was just as much Greek to her as It was
to me-
Il wired one Of the applicants whose
name / had taken to report for duty at
my office on the following morning
Tuesday-and then dug into that stack
Of letters that had thought was all
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08
A FLINT LOCK NOTION.
The Ways of the Pioneer
Road Builders.

Macon, Mo-. June 3.-"Thous-
ands upon thousands of dollars are
wasted annually on attempts at
road improvement because County
Courts do not follow the simple
rules of the pioneers in passing
upon petitions for new highways"
remarked Judge Granville Good
son, president of the New Cambria
State Bank, who was here today.
When | was on the bench a
a few years ago, the people who
wanted a highway established
across a valley. with cuts thru the
hills. called me a ridge road
crank because no petition was
granted for anything but a ridge
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08
A Don't Get Mad Idea, But

off my hands and wrote brief answers
to the important ones myself with pen,
II was the toughest afternoons work I'd
put in in long time.
THE young man for whom I'd wired
turned up on Tuesday morning. lie was
somewhat seedy-looking chap, with
a puffy face and pouChy eyes, but soon
found that he knew how to write short
hand all right and figured that I'd at
length got IN right as to stenOgrapher
He went out to lunch at 1890, but be-
fore he went he braCod me for some
lunch money-said he'd been out of work
for some weeks and was shy Of change,
| handed him Il dollar He got back TO
the office at a quarter TO two, with va
cant look on his face. lie sat down at
the machine and began hitting three
keys at once. He had just one dollars
worth Of rum In him. which was a.
plenty. ! gave him the quick sack OF
course, and there was three days business
correspondence tied up in shorthand
notes, with no visible chance OF ever
getting the notes interpreted.
81 telegraphed to another Of the ap-
plIcants. This time It was a young WON.
an. She arrived about half an hour after
business began on Wednesday morning,
She was pretty girl, but she didn't look
well. There was panied look on her
face and circles beneath her eyes. She
explained her hardness by saying she'd
had a violent headache all the morning.
| told her | didn't think she'd be equal
to a hard days work, but she assured mo
that she would be.
"Well, she was all right, and could
read her notes after taking them, but
Just when was coming down the home
5tretch Of the dictation, shortly before
noon. she collapsed and tainted. paid
her off for a day and sent her home in a
carriage Then l wired for another.
This one was a staid-looklng man Of
% or so, who knew his business all right,
and we pitched in as soon as he'd hung
his hat up, and did a fierce mornings
work. In the afternoon had the salts
faction Of seeing that staid-looking man
begin to pile the sheets into the type
WIlltI MS ii IL " az d llbppti, anu llt " VI
that he turned out was clean and letter
perfect. He was just getting into the
swing of It and was perhaps half done
with his book full Of notes, when timid
little girl of ten years or so appeared in
the doorway of my Office and beckoned
to my new shorthand man, calling him
papa. He hurried out into the hall to
talk with the child, and when he re-
turned to the Office about minute later
he was looking flustered.
"'Gess I'll have to be trotting along
home and stay there for a day or so, sir,
he said TO me.
That's gloomy news for nae, the way
the work is piling up around this plant
said to him. What's the tTouble?'
"'Oh, no trouble he replied, looking
still more clustered as he went for his hat,
'but-er-I've got three little girls now,
end I'm hoping this one1 be boy
Say" fiercely wound up the maddeEt
business man in Washington, "have got
a crouch a-coming or not?"-WashinS-
ton Star
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08

III a certain home where the
stork recently visited there is a g..
year-old boy of inquiriug mind.
When he was taken in to see the
new arrival he exclaimed: "Oh,
mamma, it hash any teeth! On,
mamma, it hasn't any hairl" Then
clasping his hands in despair, he
cried: Somebody has done u.s.!
It's an old baby"
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08

it were the law of the land that all
main roads should be along ridges.
The work aud expense of culverts
and bridges would be cut down
over half, and a trip along the
highway would be n pleasure. The
old fellows of the fintlocEs had
foolish notions about some things
but they knew the best way to get
across the country"
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08
MAN MISSING.
Went From Home Nearly
Two Months Ago.

The family of Frank Rhoda is
very uneasy about him. lie is a
railroad man and lived in this city
and had employment at FELTON,,
Just east of here. Held member
ship in the Modern Woodman
camp in Mexico, which order is
endeavoring TO learn of his where.
abouts and if he is alive or dead.
lie left Mexico April 10th, go
ing from here TO Hannibal. Was
seeking work and went from Han
nibal to st. Louis. On Sunday
morning in that city, April %, he
met a friend to whom he told his
plans to secure work. lie was GO
ing to a railroad Office that day.
Went Off and was to return to his
boarding place by noon, but none
of his friends have seen him or
heard of him since.
Mrs. Rhoda is greatly distressed
aud fears that he has met with
foul play. Says that Just before
her husband left home he drew
S3G wages, $50 of which he hand.
ed over TO her, saying that would
enable her to get along till he got
work aud was located.
Mr. Rhoda is 81 years of age
and leaves a wife aud four chill
dren. lie is described as follows:
Is ; feet and 81 inches tall,
brown hair, smooth shaven, sandy
complexion and gray eyes. When
last seen was wearing a dark mixed
sack suit, black Fedora hat and
gold watch aud chain.
lOthcr papers kindly cgr"D
Miss Elizabeth Gill of Mexico
will attend the summer school at
the State University.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08
Home Seekers, Excursion Rates

Via the Chicago & Alton or Wa
bash X. r.
On the first and third Tuesday
of each month, to and including
December, 1905. Home Seekers
excursion tickets will be on sale to
points in many States and Terri
tories at rate of one fare plus So
for the round trip. Return Limit
81 days from date of sale. Liberal
stopovers.
1, NJ. RICHARDS,
Ticket Agent.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08

Miss Grace Boyd of Mexico is in
Quincy attending the nurs es' TRAN
ng school.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08

Madison Times says: The physi-
clans of Madison inform the peo.
pie this week, through the Times 9,
that no more whiskey prescriptions
will be given by them except when
absolutely necessary. The new law
rcG1ires that all whiskey prescrip.
tnAs must be filed with the circuit
CLERK the first of each month. If in
the future a man is found intoxi-
Gated and no prescriptions is found
corresponding to this date the man
who violated the law will suffer the
penalty.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08

Miss Elizabeth Gill of Mexico
will attend the summer school at
the State University.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08
State Factory Irvine.

jefferson City, Mo-, June "A
shipment Of binder Irvine aggregat-
ing $4,000 pounds was sent out
from the penitentiary yesterday for
distribution in various parts of the
state.
This is one Of the largest ship
mcuts made by the state binder
Irvine factory,
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08

Miss Ethel Thornburgh, stenog-
rapher at Hardin, left Saturday
for Quincy, where she will take a
special course at Gem City Bust
ness College.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-06-08

Major Rolla Mcintyre, of the
Military Academy, was married
this week at Jerscyvillc, H., to
Miss Laudon. Miss Grace Me-
Intyre of this city, sister of the
groom, attended the wedding.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23

Furnished Room To Rent.
Modern furnished front room to
rent. Steam heat, Telephone service.
1884 Calumet ave.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
ST. THOMAS.

The Rev. Father Ghere of Trinity
church. celebrated the Holy Euchar-
list at s a. m. and said morning
prayer and preached a very interest
ing and helpful sermon at IL a. m.
There are no evening services at pres
ent. but the Sunday school is called
at p. m, and on next Sunday even
ing at 1880 they will have their Christ
mas exercises. Madame Kellogg
Davis Is to give a number on the pro-
gnmme She is teacher in the pri-
mary department. There will be a
high mass at IL O'Clock Christmas
evening will be omitted this year but
the regular 1880 celebration will be
at 8 every Sunday a. m. According to
dance runner Father Massiah Of De
troit is elected to Arch Deacon of this
Diocese and will be Priest Of St.
Thomas's will build a $4,000 edifice
and establish other mission work
Father NASSAU will come to Chicago
the latter part Of January.
Calendar Of Week.
Sunday Dec. "a. Eve Of Nativity.
CColor White)
Monday Dec. 25. Christmas Day.
(Color Whitley
Tuesday Dec. 26. st. Steven. Red.
Thursday Dec. %. Holy Innocents.
(Violet.)
Friday. Fast.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23

Last Sunday Rev. Father Edward
A. Kelly, the eloquent Pastor Of st.
Cecilia's church, Forty-Firth street
and Fifth ave-, celebrated his silver
jubilee, marking the twenty-fifth an
niversary Of his ordination to the
priesthood
On that pleasant and memorable oc-
casion he was presented with a silver
cigar case bearing this inscription:
From Friend to Friend. He also re-
ceived a mahogany writing desk at the
same time. The donors Of these two
tokens Of friendship gave him a richly
engraved loving cup, with the follow
ing inscription: Souvenir Of Silver
Jubilee Of Ordination to Priesthood Of
Rev. Edward A Kelly, St Cecilia's
Church, Chicago, Dec. Is, 1905. The
names Of the donors was wrought
upon the cup, they were: ]. Ogden Ar
mour, W. ]. Brinkman, E. W. Burke,
A ]. Graham, ]. T. Harahan. ]. P.
Hopkins. Nicholas Hunt, T. N. jamie
son. D. ]. Kinsella, A. G. Leonard,
William Lorimer, NJ. B. Madden, A. ].
Moore, A. R Porter. P. ]. O'Keeffe,
Harry Powers, W. ]. Raymer, John A.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
ST. MARK LITERARY.

Last Sunday afternoon a great
crowd came out to the st. Mark Lit
crary to witness the programme. Mr..
A. H. Roberts delivered the address,
subject Booker T. Washington and
His Foes" Mr.. Roscoe Whaley spoke
on The Work Of Tuskegee." Among
those who took part in the heated
discussion were Mrs. Ida B. Wells
Barnett. Mrs. S. D. Brown, DR.. D. R
wilkins, editor Of the Conservation
Messrs. French, Hoyt, Henry Con,
Fowler, whaley, Jefferson and others.
Next Sunday the subject will be
'sThe Literary Aspect Of the Bible"
The speakers will be Messrs. R. G.
Bell, L. A. H. Caldwell and B. F.
Smith. The address will be short In
order to give time for the discussion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23

Spoor, Roger C. Sullivan, John R
Walsh, C. o. Young, Daniel Moriarity.
Sunday evening, after Father Kelly
had put in a busy day in receiving
the hearty congratulations Of his hosts
Of warm friends, he and the follow
ing celrgy dined at the home Of At
torney and Mrs. P. ]. O'Keeffe, 1912
Michigan avenue: Rt. Rev. P. ]. Null
doom, Very Rev. DR.. J. T. O'Connell
Of Toledo, Revs. P. ]. Tinan, T. F.
O'Gara, NJ. ]. Dorney, ]. NJ. Scanlon,
P. C. Conway. ]. NJ. Dunno, S. Malo-
ney, J. ]. Jennings, ]. F. Callaghan.
z. Byrnes, ]. ]. Morrissey, J. ]. Den
nison, ]. F. Green, L. A. Campbell.
Rev. E. F. Rice was master of cere:
monies and the graceful and accom-
plished hostress saw to 1t that the roy
al feast was all that could be desired,
and each and every one seated around
the festive board expressed the hope
that the popular chaplain Of the Sew
enth Regiment and the founder of
st. Cecilia's parish may live to cele-
brate his golden jubilee.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Entered Vt the Post Office AZ Chicago.
n. a. Seeood-elas Mates.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS CENTRE
sos2 WABASH AVENUE.

There will be a Christmas song
service at 3 p. m. In charge OF Prof.
N. Clark Smith. The singers who
will take part are Miss Anna Gar
1ett Mrs. Della Blake Ridgeway, Mr..
Charles Higgins and Prof. Smith. The
program also includes an instrument
tai selection by the orchestra. Read
ing of Millions Nativity Hymn by
Mrs. Woolley.
Thursday evening at p. m. the
class in Sociology studying Ruskin's
Unto His Last will meet. All inter
ested in the study Of this book are
cordially invited to attend. ID.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Douglas Club Dancing School.

Yourself and friends are cordially
invited to attend the fashionable
Douglas Club Dancing School, S516
Ellis ave.
Every Friday evening for the pur-
pose Of learning The New Three Step
miss Daisie Hoggett and Prof Thomas
Russell will see that all Of our patrons
are properly taught
A private place where you may meet
with your friends to enjoy a social
few hours. All respectable people.
Full orchestra Mrs. N. C. Smith,
Manager; Prof. N. C. Smith, Musical
Director.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23

J. B. Dismuke, at thrifty farmer Of
McDade, Tex, Is the father Of 81
children Of which one dozen pair are
twins. He Is in his S5th year. weighs
more than two hundred pounds and
has outlived two wives, and is putting
his third one to the bad who has
borne him twevle children It Is safe
to say that he is the father Of more
legitimate children than any other man
in the United States.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
WISDOM COMES BY READING.

Before purchasing books, etc., for
the HOLIDAY SEASON, I cordially
invite you to visit my store and exam
ine my assortment consisting Of all
the NEW and POPULAR COPY
RIGHT BOOKS by FAMOUS AUTH.
oRs Of the RACE Remember the
place
4 81 FAULKNER's NEWS AND
BOOK STORE. s1O4 STATE ST,
CHICAGO.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
A Christmas
Genius

Q. A. BoGGS. JR.. the
scion Of an aristocratic
house, stood on one
leg, about which he
twined the other. At
same time he twisted
his small body into
graceful curves.
Say, pop" he in
qulred, indifferently,
while still In that atti-
tude. give me some
Christmas money, will
you? / got to have
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
A Christmas
Angel
By DOROTHY DEAN

He angels name was
Rosy. Most days she
was Just an ordinary
little girl, but on
Christmas eve she was
to be an angel. Nate
Downey brought her to
the door, and then went
OF to his brother
Toms. He had some
business to talk over.
Toms women folks
would be at the church
tonight; 1t would be a
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23

The University Press, at Oxford,
England, prints books In 150 different
languages.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23

The defender" VIII Give A Grand
Free Ball.
Wednesday evening, December q,
The Defender VIII give q Grand Free
Ball at the Coliseum Annex. Upon
that occasion an artist has been en-
gagged to take q fash light picture Of
the grand march Complimentary
tickets can be had at al the news
stands and at its once. 1895 State St
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
Small spuda

In Greenland potatoes never grow 10
b larger than marbles.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23
sa1ors Lost

Each year seven sailors IN every
loo are lost at ssA
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-12-23

weeks vacation tour through Michi-
gan.
The Triangle and Inner Circle
Clubs will be pleased to meet their
many patrons on Xmas night at the
Armory.
Mrs Henry L. Flick. IS w. 18th St,
presented her dutiful husband, Alder
man Flick, with an elegant diamond
ring as a Cristmas gift.
The Triangle and Inner Circle Clubs
are at the Armory on Christmas
night N. Clark Smiths Orchestra.
The price is so cents.
Many of the parlor car porters met
in New York City the first Of the
week and organized the American AS
ISOLATION of Railway Employees. which
is for Colored men only.
A. C. Harris at the meeting Of the
Appomattox Club Saturday evening
was elected President, and Capt.
James 8. Nelson, was chosen treas
urer.
Samuel d. Howard, who has been
sick for a long time with tubercul-
GUS. died Tuesday. Funeral service
were held over his remains Friday
afternoon at Grace Presbyterian
church.
Mrs. Frank Cole passed away the
first of the week after an operation
at Provident Hospital, at the home
of Mrs. Kate Garner, 4O13 Dearborn
street. Her remains were laid to rest
Thursday in lakewood. }
1t is reported that the Hon. Thee
dore W. Jones contemplates touring
the country in the interest Of the so
called Frederick Douglass Memorial
Exposition, which is supposed to be
held the first OF May, 1905, at Wash
ington, d. c.
Attorney John A. Irrmann, Unity
Building. 70 Dearborn street, is still
unable to transact his law business.
owing to his long seige Of sickness,
but to the delight Of his many friends
he is regaining his health and by
the first Of the new year expects to
be able to resume the practice Of law.
Edward NJ. Lahifi, Secretary Of the
Democratic Central Committe Of Cook
County, has been confined to his home
through illness for the last three
weeks, but at the present writing he
is much improved and his friends in
the near future hope to greet him
again at his desk, 20 Washington st.
The Municipal Ownership Democrat
ic Club of the 31st ward held a rous-
ing meeting Sunday afternoon at
Lundquists Hall, 61st and Ada SITS.
Its President Frank ]. Ryan, Com
mitteemen Edward Carroll, Justice
John Fitzgerald, Doctor H. Reiss and
other speakers addressed the meeting
which went on record in favor Of up
holding the arms of Mayor Edward F.
Dunno In his fight for better street
car service in Chicago.
Republican prosperity struck John
r. Walsh and his three financial in
situations. the Chicago National
Bank. the Equitable Trust Company,
and the Home Savings Bank, Monday,
and they disappeared like chan before
the wind, and If it had not been for
the fact that the members of the
Clearing House Association guaran-
teed the full payment to his deposit
ors, 1t would have been a mighty
gloomy Christmas for them. Over
S26,00O.OO0 was involved in the fail
ure and it remains to be seen whether
or not this high frenzied fnancier
will be imprisoned for violating the
Illinois and the national banking
laws.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-09-01
AN u N clio

Dspsrtsmento del Interior de Puerto
Rico. Bureau de Obras PGbllcas.
Oaciua del Su perintsndento
San Juan P. R. Agosto IS DE- 1905.
ProposicIones en- pliegos cerrsdos
para la adjudication, en- compete 1cis,
de 3649 metros c6blcos de piedra tritu-
rads, por Totes, con dsstino q las ca.
rretsras: no 2, Secci6n Aguadills Ca.
muy; no 3, Ssccl6n San German Yauco,
no Ponce Gusyama, no I Secci6n
Rio Piedrss Fsisrdo. Kms. 80 So, Sc
admitirsn en- esta ofcina hssta las 10
3. m. del dia 5 de Setiembre de 1905.
Todos los informes neSesarlos So
bre Ell particular Sc dar4n en- esta
Ofcins, donds podrsn obtener los llcl.
tadores los modelos de proposiciones
que han de preSentAr.
No se consideran proposlcionss