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The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27
RESUME BUSINESS
V. B. & M. Store Open In Mckinley Hall
 Building

< telegram was received from s. A. Temple this morning, announcing that he is now in Seattle and that he will come to valdet on tl.e Saratoga Until his arrival no announcement regarding future plans of the estab- lishment can be made, except tha, the mercantile business will bt opened up as soon as an inventory can be taken.
 The Mckinley hall building has been rented and mon are now a work putting in shelving and fix lures so that the store can l., opened with the least possible d., = lay. An inventory is being take, of the goods in the various ware houses and as soon as that is com pletcd a stock will be moved int the new quarters and the business continued there until arrangemen < can be made for permanent quar- ters.
 The banking department will remain in the present location probably until new building is constructed, although Mr. Hempl' Iray have other plans when ht arrives.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27
To Mine Owners or Others

Wanted By steady, reliable man, a situation as cook. ', Best of feferences if required. Will be at liberty in April next. Apply, per letter to x, care of P. M. Kodiak, Alaska. AS
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-27
Pick1ed Goods.

Always on hand a big supply of plckled Pigs Feet, Lambs Tongues, plckled Tripe, North Sea Mackerel and Kodiak King Salmon Relies. Valdez Market. Phone 29.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24
SUGAR" AND "MoLAssEs. !"
How They Fight in Monroe, and
Then How the Lions and Lambs
Lie Down Together.

The following is from the Paris
Appeal. Showers of olive branch
es aud fiocks of the doves Of peace
now hover over the Democracy of
old Monroe. Read and see:
The anti Folk men named a ma
jority of the delegates and the Folk
men gave them their instructions.
This was the net result of the pro-
longed Democratic convention at
Paris, Monday. Though charae-
terized by considerable contention,
some ill feeling, and much maneu-
vering for strategic advantages,
the meeting ended in complete har-
mony aud an exhibition of good
fellowship that was gratifying to
all who attended. Col. Chas. A.
Creigb, of South Fork, proved
himself to be one of the best fight
ers on the floor aud submitted with
good grace when things failed to go
his way He opposed endorsing
the appointment of Judge Graves
on the ground that the convention
bad already spread Il fine article of
mOlasses on Gov. Folks biscuit
aud ought not to overdo the thing
by adding sugar Pat McCarty,
who served iu the same Confeder.
brigade with the South Fork vet
erau, asserted that he could re-
member when Creigh took sugar,
molasses and anything he could
get. Creigh couldn't deny the
charge and the convention added
the sugar
The main fight was over the
proposition to instruct for Judge
Graves. He was an original Folh
man aud was appointed to his
present place on the supreme
bench by the governor. Senator
! MeAllister and J. P Boyd con
tended vigorously for Judge Davis
of Saline, aud finally asked that
the vote be divided between Davis
and Graves. Hon. J Fl White
cotton took the floor for Graves
and the convention adopted biz
resolution building the delegates ID
vote Tor him first, last aud an lh'
ltime Mr Boyd opposed instrue
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24

tions for RUDE 0glesby on the
ground it would be an affront to
Randolph county, the former
home of 10 Rice, a st. Louis sa-
loonkeeper who is seeking the
nomination, but Oglesby won out
by big majority. Howard Gass,
for superintendent of schools, was
unanimously endorsed.
The resolutions were adopted
without u dissenting vote.
The climax which brought down
showers of olive branches and
flocks of the doves of peace was
reached when the Hon James II.
Whitecotton arose and asked that
the delegates be instructed to cast
their votes for the Hon. Robert
n. Bodine for state commit
teeman. The motion carried with
a whoop, the gayel fell with u tri-
umphant thud, the convention
ceased from its troubling and the
lions and the lambs went forth
with ardent joy to fight and frolic
side by side in the political battle
fields of nation, state, county anC
township. There will be no sulk
ers in old Monroe this time.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24
THE MESSAGE
THURSDAY, MAY "a. 1906.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
A Former Audrain Boy Tells of
His Circumstances in the West.

Whittier, Calf, May 9th, '06.
-EDIToR MESSAGE: Enclosed
please fnd Wells Fargo money or
der for $500, for which you will
please credit me on my old ac-
count one dollar aud send me the
MESSAGE for one year. / have not
received your paper since | left In
dependence, Mo-, one year ago
last September, but | don't think
instructed you to stop sending it
so will be pleased to pay up back
account. Can't do without your
paper any longer. Kick myself
every day for being so negligent in
not ordering it to my address soon
err. but | have been moving around
so much have hardly had place
to call home until the last three
months. Have now settled per-
mauently here My mother is
making her h"m" with me. Have
had an addition Of a boy, now
three months old, to the family, so
you see l have quite a family.
With the exception o. the little
one, which is not we'll at present,
we are all enjoying good health,
the best we have had for years
We never think of going bach
East to live but are glad to hear
from our old friends there, Thu
earthquake was something fierce
in the northern part Of the State
but did no damage around here
Whittier being 20 miles S. E. o
Los Angeles.
This is a nice, quiet old Quake
town of 5000 inhabitants, and
lovely place to live.
Hope this will find you enjoying
good health. aud hoping to re
ceive your paper regularly ftou
now on, l beg TO remain,
J. F. Ridgeway.
Asst Agent $. p Co,
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24

A boy who swims may say he's
swum; but milk that is SKINNED
is seldoh skum, aud nails you
trimYEhey are not trum. When
w6fds You speak, those words are
spoken; but nose is tweaked
but can't be twoken. and what You
seek is never soken. II we forget,
then eve forgotteni but things
wet are never wotten, and houses
let are never lotten. The goods
one sells are always sold, but fears
dispelled are not dispoled. and
what YOU smell is never smoled.
When juvenile top you spun;
but did you ever grin or grun, Of
potato neatly skuni
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24

Low rate Homeseekers' Excur-
sions via Chicago & Alton Il, R..
to certain points in Arkansas, Ok
lahoma, Indian Territory, Texas,
New Mexico and Louisiana, sold
first and third Tuesdays May to
November, 1906, inclusive. For
participant see or write
E. F. MATHEWS,
Tkt Agt, Mexico, Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24
Agt.

About $50 acres at $50 per acre.
A beautiful place to live, we'll To-
Gated. School fourth mile away
church half mile distant. House
one story and half, on high ele-
walton; . barns, wood house,
smoke house. Farm nearly all UNI
der fence with American woven
wire. Also 1917 acres half mile
distant from above tract, all 10
grass Living and eistern waller
Address MEssAnE.
Mexico, No.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24

Homeseekers Excursions via The
Wabash r. R.
To points in Oklahoma, Indian
Territory, Texas, Kansas, Colora-
do aud other States. on sale first
and third Tuesday, May to No
vember, 1906, inclusive. To some
points the rate is less than one
fare and many points carry 30
day limit.
Call on or address
I. NJ. RICHARDS,
Ant
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24
Farm Insurance.

All who want Fire and Light
ming and Tornado insurance should
come to see mel can write you in
the Phenix of Brooklyn, the great
farm insurance company, on most
reasonable terms.
JOHN w. HOWELL, Agent.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24

Kansas City aud return $685.
via Chicago and Alton R. R. Sold
May 18th to 18th inclusive with
return until May 10Th. 1906. For
further particulars write or see
E. F. MATHEWS,
Ticket Agent, Mexico, Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24
Audrain County Courts.

Circuit Court-3rd Monday in
January, LIST Monday in June, Bird
Monday in September.
County Court-1st Monday in
February, LIST Monday in May, LIST
Monday in August, LIST Monday IN
November.
Probate Court-2nd Monday in
February End Monday in May, End
Monday in August, End Monday in
November.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24

The Crystal Ice Co. of Mexico
are hurrying the completion of the
work on their new plant. They
expect to begin ice manufacture in
a few weeks.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24

Joplin, Mo. and return $50 via
Chicago & Alton r. R. on sale
May 21st and 22nd with return
limit May 9th, 1906. For full
particulars write or see
e, F. MATHEWS.
Tkt Agt, Mexico, Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24

J. s. Harper and Leyi German
of Rush Hill were in Mexico Fri
day on way home from Benton
City. They are assisting in the
carpenter work on a fine seven
room dwelling for Mrs. Hicks at
Benton.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence O'Toole
and son, Thomas, of near Mexico,
left last week for Clinton, Iowa, to
see Mrs. O'Toole's father, who
was quite sick.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24

Samuel Kendall is here from
California. He lett Mexico twelve
years ago.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24

Lightning last Friday struck the
house Of Frank Frost, editor Of
the yaDdsIia Leader. But little
damage
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. E. b. Stew
ems of Mexico, last Thursday, il
son
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24
Monuments.

It will be to your interest to see me
before placing an order for mon
ument or anything in the monu.
mental line. Yard and Office,
Glandon Bldg, Mexico, Mo.
Branch office, Vandalia, Mo.
JAMES w. GALLAHER.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24

DR. o. n Wallace Of St Joseph
tie new president Of the State
Medical Society is a brother Of
Rev Al a. Wallace q Mexico
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24
A. M. PATTERSON.

Physician and Druggist, north
west corner Public Square,
Mexico, Mo.
Full line Of Staple Drugs and
Druggists Sundries, Patent
Medicines, Dye stuffs, Etc.
A full assortment Of Homoe-
pathic Medicines always on
hand. These remedies sent by
mail when ordered.
Win do strictly an Office prac-
tice.
ADVICE FREE
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-24
Louisville, Ky, and Return

Account B. P. O. Elks annual meeting
On sale July 10th to 18th inclusive. Return
Limit, August 20th 1906.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
REVIVAL VS..
RAGCIME

IF the Torrey- Alexander revival has
accomplished nothingselse in Philadel
phia it has made one pld man happy"
recently declared William Jacoby. as
ISOLATED with DR.. TorIey in the Moody
church. Chicago. says the Brooklyn
Eagle. This old man. he continued,
was riding down to Broad and Whar-
ton streets on n Fifteenth street car.
He did not know me, but smiled kind
" as he proffered me 4 bag containing
gum drops. l took ore, and he asked
me If 1 would like I'd go to hear DR..
Torrey preach and Mr&zsAlexander sing.
When l replied that WAS going there
myself he became csnfidential. My
homes worth living I'M now he said.
Every one right With God?' inter-
posed.
Yes; we always have been church
MEMBERS he replied, but since Mr..
Alexander came the girls have quit
playing ragtime music on the piano.
You see, for years past the old hymns
and sweet melodies that their mother
and / love got old fashioned to them.
When the revival began, both my girls
joined the Alexander choir, and now
we have the GLORY Song" and other
hymns instead of ''There'll Be Hot
Time and other such stuff. Mother
and 1 had quit trying to sing with our
girls, but now they insist that we join
in the choruSeS.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
Perils in Upper Air

The dangers that go with baIlooning
in America said Charles Levee, the
young French aeronaut the other day
in commenting on the tragic end of the
late Paul NOcquet. the young sculptor.
in the marshes of Long Island. says the
New York Globe. Danger is what
gives zeSt to aerostatics. and Ameri-
cans like danger. A sport which pro-
vldes opportunities for show of nerve
for quick thinking and quicker action.
for GOODNESS in tight places, is bound to
appeal to Americans.
THE thing that may kill ballooning
in America. however, is the unreason-
able prejudice which the people seem
to have against the sport in general
and balloonists in particular. 1 have
run against this very unjust hostility
almost from the day / set foot in this
country.
The people at the railway station.
the farmers in the country, almost
everybody, it seems, look upon an aero
naut with suspicion. The railway peo-
pie handle his balloon as If the thing
most desired of accomplishment was
its destruction. They pull 1t this way
and that. drag it across tracks. kick IL
into a baggage car, throw trunks on
top of it and act generally as if they
had been set to the particular task of
tearing the thing into ribbons.
when you come down with the bal
loon the people are waiting for you
not TO congratulate you on having done
something daring and unusual, but to
mob you. The other day. when Count
de Ia Vaulx. DR.. Thomas and myself
came to earth on Long Island.
thought for time that all three of us
would be lynched and the balloon itself
torn, TO pieces.
1T seems absolutely incredible, but
these people actually resented not be-
ing permitted to carry away with them
n piece of the balloon as a souvenir
They kicked ii. spat on 1t, and when 1
tried to save it from destruction they
cursed me and pushed me to one side.
One man actually struck me. a
stranger who interfered TO save us
from mob violence was kicked and
beaten until he had to run for his life.
DR.. Thomas pulled out an American
flag and appealed to them on patriotic
grounds. but he might as well have
been whistling.
Those who are not actually hostile
are Indifferent. The aeronaut who is
going to indulge his love for ballooning
in America must nos expect any en-
enlargement from the people at large.
In France wherever a balloonist comes
TO earth he confers distinction upon
that man on whose ground he alights.
He is taken in, housed, feasted and
made much of. Here he is an inter-
loper and the dogs are turned loose
on him.
why, after my West Point ascen-
sion 1 came down on the estate of a
gentleman farmer In Kingston. This
man is probably worth 200 900 francs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
Paid For ATTENDING Church.

Peter Paulson OF Cashton- Wis. must
drive ten miles TO church every Sun
day for fifteen years or lose an inner
itance of $1,000 left him by his mother.
Mrs. Mary j. Paulson. says st. Paul
(AIinn) dispatch to the Chicago Trib-
une. The case involving the construc-
ton OF the woman's will was argued
before the circuit court at Lacrosse
last year and was appealed to the su-
preme court. 1t has been decided by
the latter court. upholding the decision
Of the lower court Mrs. Paulson gave
her son 500 year for fifteen years,
on condition that he attend a certain
church all that time, unless sick or pre-
vented by other unavoidable occurrence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
PAGES 9 TO 16.


It takes his literary pills with gold
coating.
One of the best things the monarch
Of iron ever said was TO a rather de-
generate Englishwoman who boosted
Of her family.
"You. madam" he said, fare proud of
your descent. /, on the opposite tack,
am proud Of my ascent"
1T is evident from the above that as
a high finance funny man the iron mas
ter has Rogers, Hartman and Rookie
Teller dashed TO the mast and yelling
for mercy.
Carnegie is not only a humorist, but
an Ill. u. He did not achieve this
greatness. however. 1t was thrust up
on him.
The steel king has habit of max
ing a big gift, then going off and for
getting about II. Many people who
have tried to thank him found that he
did not remember what they were.talk-
ing about.
Theodore Roosevelt once hit Car
negie off very weAl when he said 'that
he was equally far from two prime
vices OF the American people-''hard-
ness of heart and softness OF head"
J. A. EDGERTON ,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
.ydze's 6Oafer Wagon

ncit the orders and attend to the de-
livery and other details Of the bust
ness.
The Yale Mercantile association has
been doing business on the Yale cam
pus for some time. and through this or
ganization employment is secured for
a large number Of college men who
have to pay a part of their college ex-
penses.
At the junior promenade held in New
Haven the latter part of last January
number Of the Yale men did big
business as amateur florists. During
this festival week every year about
200 900 violets are sold to the Yale men
for their fair guests. The Yale men
made a canvass of the campus weeks
before the Yale prom. and. armed with
big orders, went into the floral markets
of New York and brought back to New
Haven a ton. more or less, of flowers,
which they sold during the prom week.
They cleared enough to carry them
comfortably through the rest of the
year Hereafter violets for Yale
events. like the football game and the
promenade. will be retailed by the Yale
men on the campus.
The yale water wagon is the last
commercial enterprise of them all, and
although of recent date Is already do
ing a thriving business. The water
dispersed by the water wagon Is drawn
from a spring outside of New Haven.
While plans are as yet immature, an
other new enterprise will be launched
as soon as college closes this summer.
This will be a moving and storage
company. which will look after the
worldly possessions of the Yale under
graduates while they are home for the
summer.
The first two weeks of the fresh
mans stay at Ya6e he is apt to be
visited every evening by from one to
ten solicitors, who have everything to
sell from suit of clothes to a cigarette.
The advantages and necessities of
class pipes, tobacco, cigarettes, BAN
ners, the college paper and various
knickknacks are brought to the green
freshman by the knowing upper class
man, and he invariably succeeds in
dumping a large consignment on his
victim. He will apparently hapeen
into victims room just as sophie
more Is putting him through some
stunts and will Immediately rescue the
new man and sell him a class pipe.
which the gullible freshman feels oblig
ed to buy. In the course of couple
of years the bunkoe1 freshman himself
squares accounts by operations on the
new men coming to college.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13

dow, says a London cable dispatch TO
the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Il have a great respect for Herr San
dow" Mr.. Shaw said at q meeting of
vegetarians, but whenever / so to
hear him lecture he Is always saying.
Why don't you get to be like meT
And 1 look at him, and l see mag
nificent man, so muscular that he can
hardly walk Well, l want TO walk.
And perhaps he points out another and
says. You're wretched, etiolated crea-
ture. Look at this splendid fellow
here and then he hits him Il blow in
the stomach and the man apparently
does not mind. But" Mr.. Shaw went
on with great earnestness, Il don't
want people to hit me in the stomach.
You will see this man with board on
his chest containing, say, twenty peo-
pie. three elephants, grand piano.
sofa and things of that kind. Undoubt-
eddy that Is very remarkable thing,
but don't want to do things like that.
1.-The object of my life, instead of &C
cumulating these things on me, is to
keep them off me. Here Is Herr San
dow going through life seeing how
many of these heavy things he can
pile on top of himself, so 1 go through
life seeing how many / can get rid of.
As a matter of fact, object to carry
ing q brown paper parcel. l contend
that the highly developed man does
object to brown paper parcels. ] re-
sent all these attempts to make me
muscular person. J. want to be a deli
cate person. One of Mr. Wells Mar
tians,' for whom everything physically
energetic Is done by machinery-that
Is the sort of person / want to be.
Daniel, we read, was favored by
God because he gave up meat. After
some time he became handsome. That
struck me very much indeed Indeed,
am not sure that 1t did not persuade
me TO adopt a vegetarian diet. But un-
fortunately the Scriptures have fallen
into dis.epute, and if you mention
Daniel nowadays people don't know
whom you are talking about l, as
literary person, am saturated with the
Bible. My style is very largely formed
on the Bible, but / find that if quote
it nobody understands. l believe it is
one of the rules that censor in this
country England shall not allow long
passages from the Bible to be spoken
on the stage. But in my plays L take
whole chapters. word for word, and
the modern censor, never having read
the Bible. doesn't know it"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
parxee Burial Customs.

A Bombay correspondent, writing &
the burial customs of the Parsees, says:
1.-The approach of that transition we
call death is a signal for the relatives
to leave the presence of the dying one,
the priest alone remaining to whisper
Zend-Avesta precepts into his ear. He
in turn passes out of the room and adj
mits dog, who is trained to gaze
steadily into the face of the dying one.
A dog is accounted the only living
creature that can terroriZe the evil
spirits, so the 'sas-did,' or dog stare,
is the last sight the Parsee has on
earth. No human shadow must inter
vene: otherwise the guardian virtue of
the dogs gaze is annulled."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
To serape an Acquaintance.

'TO scrape an acquaintance" was
originated by the Emperor Hadrian.
Once when visiting the public bath he
found an old veteran scraping himself
with piece of broken crockery In lieu
of an iron or copper scraper. Hadrian
gave him n sum Of money TO provide
the necessary materials for n bath and
on his next visit TO the institution
found 1t of veterans scraping them
selves with potsherds. "Scrape away,
gentlemen. but you shall not scrape an
acquaintance with me-" was Hadrian's
comment as he went out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-13
MUST BE SHOEMAkERS.
Why Chicago millionaire Shoe Man
VIII Not Leave His Sons Money.

MOI I-cfNe HIS Sons money
Believing that money and idleness
are the most dangerous enemies rich
mems sons have to contend with,
Charles Rupert Chieago's millionaire
shoemaker, will not leave dollar In
currency for his two sons, William and
Charles, Jr., at his death, says the Chi
cago American.
But he will leave n State street sky
scraper which he will have built for
them and the great shoe business he
began laying the foundation for in
1871, when he occupied building that
cost $3.50 81 week rental.
Mr.. RUPERT recently closed n ninety
nine year term ground lease of the
property at the northwest corner of
State and Quincy streets. Mr.. Rup-
pert expects to be able to begin the
erection of a modern steel building of
probably seventeen stories by May l.,
1912.
II am not looking out SO much for
myself in this transaction as for the
generation to follow said Mr.. Rup-
pert recently. 81 have got two of the
best and most sensible sons in the
world, but / wouldn't do them the in
jury of leaving them simply wealth. l
want them to be on the firing line,
making and selling shoes"
Mr.. Ruppert's father and grandfather
We're shoemakers in Germany, and both
his sons, each of whom is in charge
of store, are practical shoemakers.
Mr.. R1pper is now fffty-one years
old. He has Travelled around the world