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Gunnison news-champion., 1906-04-13

the plank they called out loudly for help,
saving that the box was beyond their
strength. but the other sailors were
busy loosening the sails, and none came
to the assistance of those " no struggled
with the load upon the plank. sho Mai
was about toput forth her feeble strength
in aid when the box broke from the
hands of the men and fell with a crash
upon the rude pier. SO violent was the
fall that one side was broken open and
the astonished Sho Mai saw strange arti-
cles Of gold and silver within.
Alarmed at the great crash, the sailors
from the junk rushed to the spot and,
surrounding the box, attempted to re
place the contents and to bear it on
board the ship. Atlength he whom She
Mai took TO be the captain noticed her.
and as he did SO he uttered a cry as If
onraged.
"te has seen the contents of the box"
shouted the captain; ''he will betray
u.s."
He laid his hand upon a sword which
hung at his side and seemed about To
slay the afrighted Sho Mai, when. sud
denly changing his purpose. he made
sign TO two of the men. who seized the
girl in their arms and bore her hurriedly
aboard the junk. She was locked in
little room in the lower portion of the
ship. when presently she heard sounds
which indicated that the ropes had been
cast OF and that the junk was proceed
ing down the creek.
"Iraly. Thought >ho Mai, Il am now
beyond pursuit. Whittier these men
Will take me in their mysterious ship
know not, but believe that wonderful
sights await me if. indeed, my life is
spared to see them
Gunnison news-champion., 1906-04-13

Mesawhile Sho Mai pursued her way.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23
NoTRE DAME ALWAYS CHARMS
Visitors Never Tire Of Beauty %
Famous Cathedral.

Often as l have seen Notre Dame,
the marvel Of 1t never grows less, !
go TO Paris with no thought or time
for 1t, busy about many other things;
and then, on my way over one Of the
bridges across the river, perhaps, l
see It again on it's island, the beauti-
full towers high above the high roofs
OF houses and palaces, and the view,
now so familiar, strikes me afresh
with ali the wonder Of my first impress
sion. The wonder only seems greater
II / turn, as / am always tempted to,
and walk down the quayB on the LEFT
bank, the towers before me and with
every step coming more and more
completely together, BY the Pont
Neuf, to the island. and at last 10 the
great square where Notre Dame fronts
me 10 It's superb calm. Elizabeth
Robins Pennell. in The Century.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23
Grocer Was GETTING Even,

"That was tit for tat with a ven.
geance," said Walter Christie, the au-
tomobilist, apropos of a quarrel be-
tween two French chauffeurs. ut re-
minds me Of grocer used to know
in Paint Rock. This grocer went over
to the jewelers. one day to get new
crystal put on his watch. The latter
as he. fitted and cleaned the crystal
suddenly flushed He bit his lip and
frowned. His hand trembled so that
ne could hardly go on with his task.
Finally, handing the watch to the gro
Ger, the jeweler said in a restrained
voice: Beg pardon, but didn't just
see you put a couple of rings and a
scarfpin in your pocket?"
" Sure you did, said the grocer,
boldly. When you come to my place
aren't you always putting things in
your MOUTH"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23
oId Rutter.

Nebraskans have discovered a
churn full of butter in a spring, and
claim to tell by the hieroglyphics on
the receptacle that the butter was
made in 1886. They think that's old!
Why, the last time / went butter
nutting down ON the farm I bought
with my cigar money, stumbled onto
an old butter, strong enough to chase
me up slippery elm tree so fast the
friction set fire to my trousers legs!
When first saw the butter it was
standing in spring, just like It was
In Nebraska. There was some hair
there, too, remember that! But Just
then the butter in the spring sprang
at mo and dove for the slippery elm.
A gray squirrel was ascending at the
sane time, but kicked him out of the
way and sccoted to a place Of safety
In Tiny! Tenants who win permit
their butter to promiscuously wander
about the farm, must not feel hurt
when people climb trees to escape fl!
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23
SORES ON HANDS.
Suffered for a Long Time Without
Relief-Doetor Was Afraid to
Touch Them--cured by
Cutlcura.

For a long time I suffered with
Bores on the hands which were itch
ing, painful and disagreeable. 1 had
three doctors, and derived no benefit
from any of them. One doctor said
he was afraid to touch my hands, SO
you must know how bad they were;
another said never could be cured;
and the third said the sores were
caused by the dipping Of my hands
In the water in the dye-house where
l work. saw in the papers about
the wonderful cures Of the Cuticura
Remedies and procured some of the
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
IN three days after the application
of the Cuticura Ointment my hands
began to peel and were better. The
soreness. disappeared, and they are
now smooth and clean, and am still
working in the dye-house. Mrs. A. e,
Maurer, 2S40 State St., Chicago, ILL.,,
July /, 1905"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23
August

rhe August days are full OF haze,
OF dancing sunbeams in blaze,
OF swimming boys and babbllng brooks
OF pleasing, paper-covered books,
OF bees And trees and ecstasies,
And fragrance racing with the breezel
oh, August days so filled with haze,
love to dream beneath thy gaze
Just lazy, languid and serene
no bnsk beneath thy golden sheen.
Your mood is food, your attitude
With rare contentment IL imbuedi
Oh, August days replete with maze
OF light and shadow an a7glaze,
You calm the fretful striving song
That in mans being runs along,
And Groom tune OF rosy noon
THAT dulls ambition with its rune.
Oh, August days, ] han thy lays
OF drowsy, droning, halcyon ways,
/ bask. dream, 4 close my eyes
And open them ia Paradise,
Such days, such ways should last a.
ways
The lazy August days of haze!
R,-ss Wo.s.4.
"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

Baron won Sternburg, German am
bRssador to the United States, in an
address at the University of Illinois,
showed that all the great leaders of
nations. such as Frederick the Great
and K'ang-Hi, the greatest Chinese en-
peror, have taught the same principles
of citizenship. He drew an interesting
parallel between the teachings of
K'ang-Hi in the Holy Edict' and the
Dubiic utterances Of President Roose-
veit Il Is a truth familiar to ali stu
dents OF comparative literature that
under similar conditions men OF moral
purpose have much the same ideas.
Devout scholars have always delight
ed In the fact that the nobIest senti-
ments Of Greek philosophy are not un.
like those OF the Bible.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23
AN OLD pAINrER,s IpEAa.

The autumn season is coming uaors
and more to DO recognized as a most
suitable time for housepalnting. There
IL no frost deep in the wood to make
trouble for even the best Job Of paint
ing, and the general seasoning OF the
summer has put the wood into good
condition In every way. The weather,
moreover, is more likely to be settled
for the necessary length Of time to
allow all the coats to thoroughly dry,
very important precaution. An old
and successful painter said TO the
writer the other day: House owners
would get more for their money II they
would allow their painters to take
more time, especially between coats.
Instead of allowing barely time for the
surface to get dry enough not to be
'tacky,' several days weeks would
not be too muoh) should be allowed
so that the coat might set through
and through. 1t is inconvenient, Of
course, but, IL one would suffer this
slight inconvenience, It would add two
or three years to the life OF the paint"
All this is assuming, of course, that
the paint used is the very best to
be had. The purest OF white lead and
the purest of linseed oil unmixed with
any cheaper of the cheap mixtures.
often known as white Lead" and oil
which has been doctored with FISH oil,
benzine, corn oil or other of the
adulterants known to the trade are
used, all the precautions of the skilled
painter are useless to prevent the
cracking and peeling which make
houses unsightly in a year or so and.
therefore, make painting bills too fire.
quent and costly. House owner
should have his painter bring the in.
gradients to the premises separately,
white lead OF some well known relia
BILE brand and linseed oil of equal quail
ity and mix the paint just before ap,
plying 1t. Painting need not be ex.
pensive and unsatisfactory II the old
painters suggestions are followed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23
A WINNING START.
A Perfectly Dlsested Breakfast Makea
Nerve Force for the Day.

Everything goes wrong If the break.
fast lies in your stomach like a mud
pie. What you eat does harm II you
can't digest tit turns to poison.
A bright lady teacher found this to
be true, even of an ordinary light
breakfast of eggs and toast. She
says:
Two years ago contracted very
annoying form OF indigestion. My
stomach was in such a condition that
a simple breakfast Of fruit toast and
egg gave me great distress.
Il was slow to believe that trou5ls
could come from such simple diet
but finally had to give It up, and
found great change upon cup OF
hot Postum and Grape-Nuts with
cream, for my morning meal. For
more than year / have held to this
course and have not suffered except
when injudiciously varying my diet.
Il have been teacher for several
years and find that my easily digested
breakfast means a saving OF nervous
force for the entire day. MY gain Of
ten pounds in weight also causes me
20 want to testify to the value OF
Grape-Nuts.
~erape-NutS holds first rank at our
table"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek Mich.
There's reason Read the little
book. "The Road TO WeilyiIle." n
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are Numbered, this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory IL proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

All women work; Soma in their
homes, some In church, and some in
the whirl of society. And in stores,
mills and shops tens of thousands are
on the never-ce easing treadmill, earning
their daily bread.
All are subject 60 the same physical
laws; all suffer alike from the game
physical disturbance, and the nature of
their duties, In many cases, quickly
drifts them into the horrors OF all
kinds of female complaints, tumors,
liberation, falling and displace-
ments or perhaps irregularity or
suppression, causing backache, ner-
vousness, irritability and lassitude.
They especially require an invigorat-
ing, sustaining medicine which viii
strengthen the female organism and
enable them to. bear easily the fatigues
of the day. to sleep well at night, and
to rise refreshed and cheerful.
How distressing to see . woman
struggling to earn livelihood or per
form her household duties when her
back and head are aching, she is So
tired she can hardly drag about OF
stand up, and every movement causes
pain, the origin of which is due to
some arrangement Of the female or
ganism.
Miss F. Orser, Of IA Warrenton Street
Boston, tells women how to avoid sucI
suffering; she writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham.-
g I suffered misery for several years with
female irregularities. My back ached; hat
bearing down pains, and frequent headaches
Lydia &. Pinkham's Vegetable Con
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

II could not sleep and could hardly dag
around. consulted two physicians withoub
relief, and as a last resort, tried Lydia 70.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and to my
surprise, every ache and pain left me, I
gained ten pounds and ann in perfect health
Miss Pearl Aclers, of S27 North Sum-
mer Street, Nashville, Tenn, writes:
Dear Mrs. Plnkham.-.-
at suffered with painful periods, severe
baclIache, bearing-down pains, pains across
the abdomen; was very nervous and irTita-
BILE, and my trouble grew worse every month.
My physician failed to help me and l
decided to try Lydia b. Pinhham's Vegetable
Compound soon found it was doing ms
good. All my pains and aches disappeared,
and no longer fear my monthly periods"
Lydia e, Pinkham's Vegetable Come
pound is the unfailing cure for ell these
troubles. II strengthens the proper
muscles, and displacement with all its
horrors will no more crush you.
Baekache, dizziness, fainting, bear
ing-down pains, disordered stomach,
moodiness, dislike of friends and society
--au symptoms of the one cause--wi1
be quickly dispelled, and it will make
you strong and well
You can tell the story OF your suf-
ferings to q woman, and receive help
full advice free of cost. Address Mrs.
Pinlham, Lynn, Mass. The present
Mrs. PinlSharn is the daughter-in-law
of Lydia e. Pinkham and for twenty
five years she has, under her direction
and since her decease, been advising
sick women free of charge.
pound Succeeds Where others Fan.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

Sitting Bull Jr, son of the famous
Sioux warrior, is umpiring amateur
ball games at summer resort in
Iowa. AS he is a large Indian, when
he makes a decision it goes. ANA
teur teams that are troubled with an
inclination to kill the umpire" fire.
quently during the game might find a
remedy in engaging young Sitting
Bull, as no player has been discovered
this season with an insane desire to
kill him off.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

That an article may be good as well
as cheap, and give entire satisfaction,
is proven by the extraordinary sale OF
Defiance Starch, each package con-
tanning one-third more Starch than
can be had of any other brand for the
same money.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

A bulletin recently made public at
the census bureau, in Washington,
shows that 19,624,757 copies of daily
newspapers, or one for every four per
sons, are turned out each week day in
the United States. On Sundays the
number printed is 11,539,521. The to-
tai amount charged for advertising in
1905 was $145,5S1,S11. The capital in
vested in printing and publishing is
$3.50 OBJ. $50.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23
FINEST TROUT IN THE WORLD
Found In Small Stream In the High
sierras, Says Expert.

The finest trout in the world, says
DR.. Barton w. Evermann of the bu-
reau of fisheries, is to be found in a
little stream of the high Sierras in
southern California called Volcano
creek. The trout is named the golden
trout" and in beauty of coloring
gameness and delicacy Of favor it has
no equal.
So far as is known, it exists only
in this stream, which is about 20
miles in length. President Roosevelt
recently called attention of the bureau
Of fisheries to this unique specimen,
with the result that DR.. Evermann was
sent to California to study its habits
and environment and to Gee whether
it might not be introduced elsewhere.
He reports that the trout Is in dan
ger of determination and that fishing
in the stream must be prohibited by
the state of California for three years
If the trout is to be saved. Or. Ever
mann has also recommended that the
bureau of fisheries undertake the ar
tiflcial propagation of the trout and
cooperate with the state OF California
in transplating 1t to a number of bar
rem streams that can be easily
eached.-National Geographic Maya
Gina
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

A constable who arrested four men
on . country road in England the
other day for gambling told the mag
istrate the men played cards as they
walked along, stopping to deal.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

While the county is paying boun-
" on the head of every sparrow
killed, the city authorities are not try
ing to do the work Of these same spar
rows by taking steps to prevent the
multiplication of insects, says the De-
troit Journal. Anyone who has
watched the sparrow revealing in a
meal Of flies which have gathered
around some decayed garbage left in
the streets can form an idea Of the
value of the little fellows.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

u win bother Berlin to get up a.
great . worlds fair a. that at St
Louis, but the German metropolis 10
big town, and 1919, the year Of the
fair, Is q long way on. The world will
grow good deal during the next six
years. The United States, OF course,
viii have a large exhibit at the fair,
and St. Louis will be well represented
there. The advertisement which this
city gained from its own fair will give
special prominence to any exhibit
which It will make in any interna-
tional exhibition hereafter.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

A Toledo balloonist whose alrship
caught FIRE at q height Of 1000 feet es
capped BY reaching a roof, but the
lames caused the complete destruc-
ton Of q honse Bailooning 10 the
pole may turn out to be tanner than
he general average.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

This report that English cigarettes
are being made of chrysanthemums
and cascarilla bark is interesting, but
it affords no light as to what some Of
the all-tobacco cigarettes sold In this
country are made of.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

A newly invented fuel in Pennsyl-
vania is said to be much cheaper and
better than coal. The composition is
to be kept secret, which is the trou-
BILE with the whereabouts Of the long
lost brIQuettes.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23
Woman.

She had dozen dresses made,
In countless hats she was arrayed.
Her wraps were numbered by the score,
And still she kept on buying more.
Her gloves were purchased by the box
To match her many-colored frocks.
Her shoe bill simply was the deuce,
But still 1t wasn't any use.
She couldn't to the fair repair
''She didn't have a thing to wearT'
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23
ANYTHING FOR FILTHY LucRE
Writers Cynical Justification Of Mean
Piece Of Work.

A certain gifted writer of whom It
was once said that he wouldn't recog-
nize his wife If he met her on the
street wrote a charming love story
not so long ago, and it was printed in
a popular magazine. His friends and
all those of the circle in which the
author moved recognized the story as
an exact and recent transcript from
the life of the writer, involving very
beautiful young woman, also well
known in the same set. One man,
coming across the author, took him to
task for 1t.
what in the world did you write
up that affair with Miss Blank for?"
he demanded.
The author looked at him unmoved
and with the same exquisite calm and
clearness that characterized his work
replied:
II needed the money"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23
Smokers Shown by Handwriting.

Mr. Saunders, former schoolmas-
ter told the British house Of lords
committee on juvenile smoking that
he could detect smokers by their
handwriting-tha of boys who smoked
being a loose, flabby kind Handwrit-
ing, lie said, was cinematograph Of
the heart.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

Gen. Stoessel once boosted that the
garrison Of Port Arthur might die, but
that Il would never surrender He is
probably regretting now that he
didn't atlck . his earlier plan.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

The new automobile law n New
Jersey restricts the speed to ~ miles
en hour except on roads with houses
at least 400 feet apart, where the ratio
may be Increased to 20 miles A anS
q IRON $3.50 70 $500 u the penaIts
wiib Jepsy justice % enforce 1t
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

The Atlanta Constitution quotes an
English physician as saying that ISL
lence will cure nervous women and
delay the coming wrinkles" The
quotation may be authentic, but we
are of the opinion that some editor
made it up for purposes of his own.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

The British lion has also Jungle
to roar in.
The United States mint in 1880
struck off a few four-dollar gold
pieces called "stellas." Few are
known to be in existence, but one Of
these few brought $500 at auction in
New York recently.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

The London Tid-Bits says that the
GEAR has the habit of spending more
time in his study than almost any
other ruler in the world. Well, he has
q good deal more to study over.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

Henry Phipps, Of Pittaburg, pays
100000 q year for the use OF deer
park IN Scotland. Other Pittsburg
milli0naires have shown that he might
put his money to worse use.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

There should be something doing
when Prince August William returns
to the paternal mansion after three
years In an American college.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

In New York the skyscraper line
has been drawn at 40 stories. Even
that amount OF vertical transit strikes
the suburban commuter as too much
supplementary travel.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-08-23

All oreameries use butter color. why
not do ~ they dO-use JUNE TINT
BUTTER COLOR