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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
Tone culture is Now on Tar,

The cultivation of pretty speaking
voice is a practice growing among
women in this country. One physi-
clan who makes a speciality of treating
the voice is putting his patients who
have this end in view on a diet of
fruits which have very soothing eff
feet upon the throat and vocal chords.
Much of the unpleasant quality noted
in women's voices is due to the effect
of the dampness of the climate.
One of the most valuable of fruits
for this purpose is t he pineapple,
now in it's most perfect condition. For
tonsilitis and quinsy the fresh fruit
or even the canned variety is pre-
scribed.
Tomatoes are thought to help in
giving a smooth, mellow voice. One
or two a day should be eaten raw.
Oranges, lines and lemons are also
effective in rendering hoarse, piping
voice soft and flexible.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
Atmonnherlo Polaonlnn.

The protests against the automo-
bile omnibuses of London have re-.
ceived a powerful reinforcement by
a declaration of Sir James Dewar on
the chemical basis. He is undoubted-
ly among the high chemical authori-
ties Of the world, and his condemna-
ton of the motor buses and freight
vans seems conclusive unless inven-
ton provides innocuous motive power
Sir James Dewar states that the
combustion Of petrol or gasoline in
these motors throws of vast quanti
ties of noxious gases. Some of these
are absolutely poisonous and all in
furious. He holds that the air Of Lon
don is bad enough already without
the addition OF earbonic acid gas. the
sulphurous gases, and, worst Of all,
the asphyxiating carbonic oxide.
Moreover, while he admits that sci
ence can improve motors. he declares
that II Is impossible for it to burn pc.
troll and render the resulting gases
InnocuOus.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
The Central American Soldier.

These barefooted soldiers are an
tagonists not to be despised. Nearly
worthless in attack, they are neverthe-
less tenacious in holding a position,
a trait that comes from their Spanish
descent probably. In the Cuban cam
paign Gen. Garcia is said to ia We said
in reply to the remark of an American
officer: 1.-THE Spaniards never at
tack" This may have been true in
the main, but the defense Of the
trenches at Caney showed that the
Spaniards would hold a position with
as much courage and tenacity as any
other troops. The Central and the
South Americans have not generally
showed much steadiness in war, but
there have been occasions when their
conduct has been conspicuous for
gallantry, and all the virtues which
go to make up the stalwart soldier
N. o. Times-Democrat
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

Screens should never be brushed
with the house broom, as IL has tend
ency to push the wire from the frame,
and cause it to bulge in most un'
slightly manner. A child's toy broom,
or, better, whisk broom, is most use
full for their proper care. The dust
should be brushed from the meshes at
least every two weeks.
Badly rusted screens may be
brushed over with kerosene, applied
with a small varnish brush. II the
frames need staining and vanishing,
the wire may be vanished also, or
painted with any good paint thlnned
with oil
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
Deadly New Rine.

Bullets from the new 3O-caliber
rifles of the United States army whirl
with great rapidity. The riding gives
one revolution Of the Bcliet about its
axis in ten inches. At the muzzle the
velocity Of the bullet is $500 feet
second, which means 2,76O turns
second, assuming that the bullet does
not strip in the rifiing. The circum-
ference of the bullet is .942 OF an
inch, which gives peripheral velocity
of $500 inches each second, or 1900
feet a minute.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

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 If 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, 1906-09-13

One Of the many persona whom the
late Alfred Belt had befriended repaid
him with ingrautude and abuse.
Later the migrate fell ON evil times.
Though down in the gutter, he still
had q little shame left and would not
ask Mr.. Belt for help. The South Az
rican diamond maeeate sent for ono
OF the uniucky ones friends and said:
"Go and see So-and-So. ask IL he wants
any help, and give Il TO him, but don't
let him think It IL from me. have
had a difference with him and per-
haps Il would annoy himi"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
Crucial Test.

Eyes, the prisoner was a woman Of
extraordinary nerve. They tried in
every known way to make her nerv-
GUS"
THAT so?"
Eyes. They shot on gun unexpect-
eddy, yelled 'Fire!' and told her dis
tant powder blast was an earthquake
Still she was unmoved. Then they
liberated a mouse"
'Tll wager a bank roll against a
Btogie that the mouse made her nerv-
GUS"
mot at all. She only stepped on
Il and laughed"
Great Jupiter! Such woman as
that wouldn't lose her nerve II the
earth exploded"
ooh, yes. One Of the detectives
stepped up and whispered in her ear
that her hair had been mussed up for
two hours, and then she collapsed"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
Potato Fritters.

Two large potatoes. four eggs, two
tablespoons cream. two tablespoons
sweet wine, two tablespoons lemon
juice, half teaspoon grated nutmeg.
Boil the potatoes and beat them light
~ with a fork. Beat the eggs well,
leaving out one Of the whites. Add
the other ingredients and beat them
all together for at least 20 minutes.
Have plenty OF hot butter or lard In
the frying kettle; drop tablespoon Of
the batter at time into It and fry
until a golden brown. Serve with
sauce.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
GAINED 81 POUNDS
Persistent An8mia Cured BY De
Williams Pink Pills After Other
Remedies Had Failed.

Remedies Red Failed.
"When / began taking DR.. Williams
Pink Pills" says Mrs. Nathaniel Field,
of st. Albans, Somerset county, Maine,
II was the palest, most bloodless person
you could imagine. My tongue and
gums were colorless and my fingers and
ears were like wax. I had two doctors
and they pronounced my trouble Rnemia.
Ihad spells OF vomiting, could not eat.
In fact, did not dare to, had such dis.
tress after eating. Ny stomach was filled
with gas which caused me awful agony.
The backache / suffered was at times
almost unbearable and the least exertion
made my heart beat so fast that could
hardly breathe. utthe worst of all was
the splitting neuralgia headache which
never leftmefor seven weeks. About this
time / had had several numb spells. My
limbs would be cold aud without any
feeling aud the most dentsJy sensations
would come over me.
Nothing had helped me until I began
taking DIR. William3' Pink Pills, in fact,
/ had grown worse every day. After
had taken the pills a short time / could
see that they were benefiting me and
one morning awoke entirely free from
pain. The distress after eating disap-
peared aud in three weeks 1 could eat
anything wanted and suffer no incon-
venience. also slept sOundly. have
taken several boxes of the pills and have
gained in weight from 100 TO 1854 pounds
and am perfectly well now"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills cure an@Tnia
because they actually make new blood.
For rheumatism, indigestion, nervous
headaches and many forms Of weakness
they are recommended even if ordinary
medicines have failed. They are sold by
all druggists, or will be sent postpaid, ON
receipt of price, 90 cents per box, six
boxes for $3.50, by the DIR. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
MI9MoyyK0ebne

Nervous exhaustion invites disease
This statement is the positive truth.
When everything becomes a burden
and you cannot walk few blocks with
out excessive fatigue, and you break
out into perspiration easily, and your
face fiushes, and you grow excited and
shaky at the least provocation, and
you cannot bear to be crossed in any
thing, you are in danger; your nerves
have given out you need building UP
at once To build up woman's nerv-
GUS system and during the period of
change of life we know of no better
medicine than Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Here is an illus
tration. Mrs. Mary l.. Koehne. 571
Garfield Avenue, Chicago Ill, writes
I" have used Lydia =. Pinkham'sVe Vegetable
Compound for years IN my family and it
never disappoints; so when felt that / was
nearing the change of life commenced treat
ment with it. took in all about six bottles
and it did me a great of good. It stopPed
my dizzy spells, pains in my back and the
headaches with which / had suffered tor
months before taking the Compound feel
that If It had not been for this great medicine
for women that should not have been alive
to-day. 1t issplendid for women, old or young
and viii surely cure all female disorders
Mrs. Pinkham, daughter-in-law OF
Lydia e. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, in
vites all sick and ailing women to write
her for advice. Her great experience
Is at their service. free of cost.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

During the fiscal year ending June
80, 1906, there were imported into the
United Stctes uncut diamonds to the
value OF $1O,579,OOO, cut diamonds
valued by the custom-hOuse appraisers
at $24,2S2,000 and other precious
stones TO the amount of $4,247. OOO-a
total of more than $4O,OOO,OOO. And
yet, when the tax assessor goes dia-
mond hunting anywhere in the United
States. these gems, so rich and rare,
do not sparkle for him. Their luster is
dimmed 70 a few thousand dollars in
the forgetful memory Of the tax
dodger,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
MoRE PULoUE BEING Drunk.
Mexico City Gets Away With 100000
LItres Every Day.


The consumption of pulque in Mex
leo city is rapidly increasing, and
the hauling Of the drink is becoming
one of the principal sources of rev.
enue on a number of lines entering
the city.
On nearly every railroad entering
the city a special pulque train is run
into the city daily and many of the
regular freight trains carry large
numbers Of cars containing the popu-
lar drink.
During the month of June three
railroads, the Hlldago, the Mexican
and the Interoceanic, carried into the
city 59,S61 barrels and 1874 skins full
Of the pulque gathered within a radius
of sixty miles of the city. The Ma
tional, the Central and the smaller
lines brought in an amount probably
half as great
Allowing that the population Of
Mexico city is 100000 men, women
and children, the quantity of pulque
brought into the city daily is suf-
ficient to supply almost two liters to
every individual. Do you drink your
share? During the month Of June A.
9S5.290 Hters Of pulque were brought
into the city, as in one barrel there
are $50 liters and in one skin so liters.
During each day of the month an av-
erage of 74s.263 Iiters was brought to
the city.
The amount thus reckoned is ex-
elusive of the pulQue brought to the
city in wagons and on muleback from
the nearby haciendas.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

From the valley there came cloud
Of dust and a distant rumble. The
man of the stone age rushed up the
mountain and perched himself on the
highest peak.
"Shucksl" exclaimed the fugitive,
az be slipped down to the valley again,
'it is only a poor dlposaur roaming
about for his breakfast From the
noise thought It must be an auto
mobile"
And the man went back to his
peaceful occupation Of hewing an
apartment house out Of a solid cliR.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
GOOD AND HARD.
Results of Excessive Coffee Drinking


It is remarkable what suffering
some persons put up with Just to sat
isfy an appetite for something.
A Mich woman says; Il had been
using coffee since / was old enough to
have a cup of my own at the table,
and from It have suffered agony
hundreds of times in the years past,
my trouble first began in the form
OF bilious collie, coming on every few
weeks and almost ending my life. At
every attack for years suffered in
this way. used to pray for death to
relieve me from my suffering. had
also attacks of sick headache, and be-
gan to suffer from catarrh Of the stom-
ach, and Of course awful dyspepsia.
For about yeah lived on crack
ers and water. Believing that coffee
was the cause Of all this suffering, /
finally quit 1t and began to use
Postum Food Cofree. It agreed with
my stomach, my troubles have left
me and / am fast gaining my health
under itS USE
mo wonder condemn coffee and
tea. No one could be IN q much more
critical condition than was from
the use OF coffee. Some doctors pro-
Dounced It cancer. others liberation,
but none gave me any relief But
since stopped coffee and began Pos
tum am getting well 30 fast can
heartily recommend It for ali who
suffer IS I did Name given by
Postum Co, Battle Greek. Mich. Read
the little book 1ha Road y Wen.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

Although many other industries
flourish in this country, the manufac-
ture of paupers seems to be on the
decline. According to a report Of the
bureau OF the census, the number of
paupers in almshouses In every hun
bred thousand of the population has
decreased from 1872 in 1880 to a frac-
tion more than 101 in 1908. Eng
land and Wales had, in 1905, almost
700 indoor paupers to the hundred
thousand of population, or almost
seven times the proportion of the
United States.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

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, 1906-09-13

Starch, like everything else, is be-
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market % years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est Iscovery-Dehance Starch-all in-
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition Of another Ingredient, In.
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never APP
preached by other brands.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

The largest and costliest building
thus far undertaken in New York, the
city of immense structures, is the
magnificent $1O,OO0OOO Episcopal Ca
thedral of st. John the Divine, now be-
ing erected on Morningside Heights.
This will be the greatest edifice in
America, and the, fourth in import
ance in the world.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

A Texas railroad has ordered that
nc boys are to be employed in the
company's shops who have not COM
pleted eight grades of school, while
none are to be taken for clerical work
who have not completed a high school
course. Compulsory education laws
would become mighty nearly obsolete
If similar rules were adopted by all
business and Industrial concerns.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

Mrs. Humphrey Ward is coming to
this country, perhaps for the purpose
Of finding out whether she stated the
case strongly enough when she said
all Americans were insufferably vul-
gar. Incidentally she will lecture the
vulgar things and get as much of their
money as possible.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

A Kansas lady insists that woman
can never hope to be mans equal I'M
til she is able to open a telegram as
calmly as she is able to open a can OF
corn. Why not give her chance?
Let her have equality as soon as she Is
able to open a telegram as calmly as
a man opens a can of corn.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
cnrlnadn Of MhlaI.v Lo.t.

Among the few other things lost
In the shufie during the earlier relief
proceedings in San Francisco we're
nine carloads of whisky, and, despite
strenuous efforts, the whisky has not
been traced yet.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
European Neatness.

In q thousand miles Of Europe an
observer saw only one rubbish heap
some old metal cans at Carlsruhe.
Everywhere else was q complete abb
sence of all waste or carelessness.
and above all, of DETACHMENT and
roadside mcleanliness.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
resting Peaches.

There Is no way OF telling a cling
from a freestone peach except by
breaking the fruit Whether they are
sufaciently ripe for table use can be
readily distinguished, for the skin
should be yellow perhaps with tlnges
Of red on spots that have been ex.
posed 10 tho direct rays OF the sun,
and firm % tie touch. though not ~
hara hey ege aea green
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

Boston's school board has announced
that the marriage of a teacher will be
considered equivalent to her resigna-
ton. There has for a long time been
a general superstition thai Boston
school teachers never married.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

The trusts are At il again monop.
oIizing This time, however. It ap.
pears to be litigation, or prosecution
ID the courts, OF which, they are rapid.
" acquiring the monopoly.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

The discovery of a lot of new coal
in Pennsylvania will not especially In
teTest the consumer. A find Of this
Kind does not exert any effect on the
price.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

Neither Alfred Belt nor Russell
Sage had 100000 900, and some day
we may learn that even Rockefeller
mas been worrying along with not
much more than half a billion.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

The New York World publishes an
article under the title Of New York
Minds Its Own Business" 1t does so
probably because 1t refuses to recog.
nIze the fact that there is any other
business
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

The Candymakers' association has
retained a medical expert to investi-
gate instances Of candy poisoning.
After diagnosing eight cases in Brook
Ign, the deaths were attributed ito bad
milk" OF course, the milk dealers
physician will promptly shift the re-
sponsibillty to breakfast foods.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

The boy who was logged by the
driver of an ice wagon for jumping
on the step behind and taking a splin-
ter of ice, should have remembered
that, at the present rates, fragment
big enough for a cooling mouthful is
a valuable piece of property, the TAX
Ing of which is almost grand larceny.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
New Llfe o. John sherman.

Congressman Theodore E. Burton,
of Ohio, who was in London as q
delegate to the interpaFliamentary
union, has written life Of John sher-
man, which will be published this
fall. !.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

To prevent that tired feeling on
ironing day-Use Defiance Starch
saves time-saves labor-saves annoy
ance, will not stick to the iron. The
big 16 OF. package for 1oc, at your gro
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

A Gloucester. Mass. man has been
'bitten 20 times by a pet bulldog"
There's no accounting for tastes In
the matter Of pets.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

Immigrants are arriving in New
York at the rate of 5000 a day. This
win to some extent onset the sum.
mer travel from America to the cap
ltals OF the old world.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

A seacow is feet long ard which
cost $4,000 has been added TO the New
York aquarium. The trouble with
these seacows is that they give salted
milk
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

Tho English are objecting serious.
ly TO the smell of the American cigar.
ette This international bond of unity
IS growing.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

Ivy does not make a house damp;
on the contrary, It's small roots ex-
tract every particle of moisture from
the brick OF stone to which It clingA
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

There is nothing revolutionary ~
modern proposals. to tax bachelora.
Two centuries ago every celibate In
England was paying tribute TO the
exchequer for neglecting his duty to
support another mans daughter"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

The billionaires have at least lived
70 see the end OF all that business
about tainted money every time q
benefaction WEs suggested.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

A Tennessee man wants congress TO
pass a law against peek-s-bOo waists.
He must possess an unholy desire to
get congress to hunt for trouble.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

The daughter OF a Standard OIL
magnate has announced her engage
ment to a chauffeur. Who will be the
first heiress to marry her fathers
aeronaut?
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES, are fast
10 light and washing and color more goods
than others. l0c per package.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

It's unsafe to bury the dead past
better cremRte Il.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
A HEALTHY Old AGE.
OFTENTnE BEsTRART0FLFE
help for Women Passing Thfough
Change OF Life

Providence has allotted MS each ~
least seventy years in which TO fulau
our mission in life, and Il is generally
our own fault II we die prematurely.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-06-07

Mrs. Chas. Car 'e who has
been the guest of relatives in
this city for several days, left
for her home in Pennington,
New Mexico this afternoon.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-06-07
We have some bargains in
men shoes lace and congress
In odd sizes.
JnO. Sullivan, Jr.

H. w. Clover, of Elmdale,
presented The Times with two
boxes of Strawberries this NOR
ming which are certainly fine.
They are the large "Dunlaps. :"
Mr.. Clover is winning a reputa-
tion as a berry raiser in this vi
cinity, ard if he keeps up to the
the present standard, his fame
is bound to spread.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-06-07
The Eire,1,el,.

The tiremen are having their
big time in Mapleton today.
This morning a special train
started from Woodbine, at
which point some fifty firemen
and a band embarked. At Lo-
gan they picked up some forty
tiremen and a band of Is pieces
and at Mo. Valley the following
representatives joined the fire
men:
w. ]. Burke; VIM. Neufind;
John Huntsinger; j. N. Fitzgib-
bon; and George Gumb. The
train was absolutely dry" con-
sequently no accidental injuries
are likely to be reported.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-06-07

Mrs. George Scofeld and
children Of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, will arrive in this city
Sunday, and will be the gu ests
OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ethan Cole, during the summer
months.