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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-11-28

uCUL ldu DGeu CduCCl0U seven IlOQInS
before his death, and that the receipt
would be found in a bureau.
"But | have searched all through
it," protested Madam Marteville.
Ah, " was Swedenborg's rejoin-
der; ''but it has a secret drawer Of
which you know nothing
AT once all present hurried to the
bureau, and there, in the private COM
partment which he quickly located,
lay the missing receipt.
In similar fashion did Swedenborg
relate to the Queen of Sweden,
Louisa Ulrica, the substance Of the
last interview between her and her
dead brother, the Crown Prince Of
Prussia, an interview which had been
strictly private, and the subject OF
which, she affirmed, was such that no
third person could possibly have
known what passed between them.
Saw Peter Assassinated.
More startling still was his decla-
ration to a merry company at Am
sterdam that at that same hour, in
far-away Russia, the Emperor Peter
III. was being foully done to death in
prison. Once more time proved that
the spirit-seer, as Swedenhorg was
now popularly known, had told the
truth.
A decade more, and again we meet
him in London, his whole being, at
elghty-fOur, animated with the same
energy and enthusiasm that had led
him to seek and attain in his earlier
manhood such vast store of knowl-
edge. And here, as Christmas drew
near, he found lodging with two old
friends, a wig maker and his wife.
But ere Christmas dawned he Law
helpless victim Of that dread disease
paralysis. Not word, not a move
ment, for full three weeks.
Then, with returning consciousness.
a call for pen and paper. He would,
he muttered with thickened speech.
send note to inform a certain John
Wesley, that the spirits mad made
known to him Wesley's desire to meet
him, and that he would be glad to
receive visit at any time. In re-
ply came word that the great evan
gelist had indeed wished to make the
great mystic s acquaintance, and that
after returning from a six months
circuit he would give himself the
pleasure of waiting upon Sweden
borg. "Too late," was line aged
philosopher comment, as the story
gOes-'too late; for on the 29th of
March | shall be in the world of
spirits never more to return"
March came and went, and with it
went his soul on the day predicted,
If prediction there was. They buried
him in London, ard there, in early
season, out of his grave blossOmed
the religion that has preserved his
name, his fame, his doctrines. To the
dead Swedenborg succeeded the living
Swedenborgianism.
But what shall those Of us who are
not Swedenborgians think Of the mas
ter? Shall we accept at face value
Il. q 1 ~ n
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-11-28

ana cOnL1nu1ng more recently IN the
United States, and other countries,
Investigations have been set on foot
resulting in the solution of many hui
man problems not unlike the riddle
Of Swedenborg, and occasionally far
more complicated than that present
ed in his case. All these solutions,
in the last analysis, rest on the basic
discovery that human personality IS
by no means the single indivisible en-
tity it is commonly supposed to be,
but is instead singularly unstable and
singularly complex. 1t has been
found that under some unusual stimu-
lus-such as an injury, an illness, or
the strain of an intense emotion
there may result disintegration, or
as it is technically termed, disso-
citation, of personality, giving rise, it
may be, to hysteria, it may be to hal
lucinations, it may even be to a COM
plete disappearance Of the original
personality and its replacement by a
new personality, sometimes of radi-
cally different characteristics.
1t has also been found, by another
group of investigators working prin-
cipally in England, that side by side
with the original, the waking, per-
sonality of every day life, there
co-exists a hidden personality
possessing faculties far transcend
ing those enjoyed by the waking
personality, but as a rule coming in
to play only at moment Of crisis,
though by some favored mortals in
vocable more frequently. To this hid
den personality, as distinguished from
the secondary personality Of dissoci-
alton, has been given the name of the
subliminal self, and to its operation
some attribute alike the productions
of men Of genius and the phenomena
of clairvoyance and thought trans
ference that have puzzled mankind
from time immemorial.
Now, arguing by analogy from the
cases scattered through the writings
of Janet, Sidis, Prince, Myers, Cur
ney and many others whose works
the reader may consult for himself in
any good public library, it is my be-
lief that in Swedenborg we have
pre-eminent illustration, both Of dis
sociation and of subliminal action,
and that it is therefore equally un-
necessary to stigmatize him as insane
or to adopt the spiritistic hypothesis
in explanation Of his utterances. The
records show that from his father
he inherited tendency to hallucina-
tions, checked for a time by the ma
ture Of his studies, bat fostered as
these expanded into pursuit of the
absolute and the infinite. They fur
ther show that for a long time be-
fore the London visions he was in
disturbed state of health, his nervous
system unstrung, his whole being so
unhinged that at times he suffered
from attacks of what was probably
hystero-epilepsy.
Didn't Lose His Personality.
1t seems altogether likely, then,
that in London the process of disso-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13
BODY DISINTERRED.
Established That w. E.
Reed Was Murdered.

The grand jury is investigating
the killing of w. +. Red. 1t is
said that the autopsy held last
week clearly established that he
was murdered.
There was a severe frac IRE of
the skull. and the intestiues were
ruptured. The body was covered
with bruises. The presence Of
embalming fluid is said to ha, o
made Il chemic analysis of the
stomach impossible.
A heavy club was found leaning
against the Ross feuce the day fol-
lowing the mr'de sud its having
been recently cut from a tree in
front Of the county Jail, where the
officers have traced it by the twigs
and the fact that it fitted one of
the limbs, has gwen rise to the
theory that the murdered man an.
ticipaiing danger, broke the limb
from the tree for a weapon.
The county differs are saying
little. The grand jury will get
at the facts if they are obtainable.
The grand jury is composed of the
following: 4. IL. Marshall. Alex
Carter, Z. +. Clark, j. L. Sims,
Theodore CauthOrn, II. T. Spur.
jig. G. 7. Jesse, j. T. Jesse.
}. T. GlIscock, 3. c. Waters,
J. A. Guthrie, w. j, Bolts, D. s.
Burroughs.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13
A SUICIDE.
John Wagner at Aux
vase Shoots Himself.

John Wagner, local manager
for the Buffum Telephone Co. at
Auxvasse, committed suicide last
Tuesday afternoon by shooting
himself in the heart with a revolt
YER. He was unmarried and about
25 years of age. He had been
with the company about five years.
He formerly resided at Girsrd,
ILL.,, and was young man we'll
thought of.
The cause for his taking his
life is not known, but it is thought
by some that it was the result of
a love affair.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13
WON PRIZE.
Harry Stocks of This
City in a Contest at
Westminster.

Harry Stocks, son Of s. d.
Stocks of Mexico, won $50 cash
prize for his society in an oratoris
cal contest at Westminster Col
lege at Fulton last week. His
subject was, Industrial Morals"
a subject that should interest ev.
cry reader of the MESSAGE, aud
we give here the gist of what MIR.
Stocks said; it is to the point:
We have grown to observe very
high standards Of personal moral.
ity. but in our industrial relations,
especially in cases where personal
contact does not come prominently
nto the foreground. we are not cor.
respondingly exacting. We should
not Unfortunately condemn our
industrial system. because it really
performs an important function
for society. tho not so we'll as it
should. Rather an attempt should
b. made to fix the responsibility,
aud in this it will be seen that the
responsibility rests with the peo-
pie as n whole; the immortality has
been brought about by the lax
standard of commercial ethics set
mp by the people.
A man of affairs should not
countPnance the use of false meas
ures in disposing of his securities.
To effect a reform along these
Lies the public conscience must
he stimulated In democracy
the public is the force which gives
the government its force, therefore
it is to these and not to the gov
eminent that the appeal should be
m ade. Our government was es
tablished that we might exercise
{ b privilege of governing
ourselves. Let us take advantage
of the opportunity which it af-
fords. We may effect substantial
reform along industrial lines thru
a characterization OF our respOn
sibilities aud powers and by the
exercise of the latter thru the all
powerful agency of public opinion
il we will but regard our lives as a
trust to be used in behalf of the
whole people and the furtherance
of the principles of their govern.
ment
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

Prof. B. w. TOrreyson. for
merly principal of the Mexico High
School, mas been appointed aud
commissioned by acting Governor
X. o. Findall of Arkansas to es.
tablish the first of a system OF
normal schools for Arkansas.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

Hog cholera is prevalent near
Madison in Monroe county. The
following in that locality are re-
ported to have lost hogs from the
disease lately: ODE Maxey. 20
head; Joe Goodnight. 80; JEFF
Maxey, Is. and James Elsbury,
.25.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

The Sunday train is to be taken
off the branch q. & A. r. r. be-
tween, Mexico aud jefferson City.
There is new law that railroads
must run at least one passenger
and mail train on Sunday. Suits
are to be filed against officials of
the Alton if they refuse to- obey
the law.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

T. U. Stuart has 35 head of
hogs contracted t Roy. johnson
q Co. at 6 cents TO go middle OF
September.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

Mrs. Permelia Holloway of this
city celebrated her Goth birthday
last Thursday. 1t was q pleasant
time, and the following of her
children aud grandchildren were
presents Mr.. aud Mrs. w. N.
Buatman. MIR. and Mrs. j. d
Miller. Mr.. aud Mrs. NJ. s. Carter.
and Mr.. and Mrs. James Watts of
this city; J ID. Boatman of Dallas.
Texas. and Il. p. Watts and wife
snd son aud daughter, Russell and
Wilma. of Rothville. Mo. j. Robt.
Boatman and wife of British Hon
d. r were 9 Iyed in their com ng
hut will be here this week. Mrs.
HALFWAY is enjoying good health
far nnp # Ter age
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

Mrs. Robt. l.. Mcclure, south
east of Mexico. lost 81 young
chickens. most Vt them frying size.
the other night by a skunk, or his
close relative, getting into the hen
house. They were fue Wyandotte
birds. but Bob got the varmint. all
right. and that's some consolation
for the loss.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

= Attorney +. r. Jesse has been
awarded the contract for revising
the Mexico city ordinances.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

The State Board of 0steopathic
Registration held meeting yester-
day at the Office of DR.. w. +.
.Traughber in this city.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

Frank Canada shipped ten cars
of sheep to market a few days ago.
From the same animals he sheared
81 100 worth of wool this spring.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

Mrs. Mary J. Pearce and her
daughter.in-law, Mrs. VIM. Pearce,
cslled on the MESSAGE Tuesday
They send the paper to Mr.. q. IL.
Pearce ut Farber.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

Mrs. Fannie Roberts returned
home Sunday after a few days
visit to her daughter. Mrs. w. $.
Edwards, in Liberty district.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

Mrs. NJ. J. Nichols of Auxvasse
is the guest of Mr.. aud Mrs. John
Kemp of this city.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

The Citizens Band of Columbia
will make music for Mexico's
Fourth OF July celebration.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

Prof. g. A. Ross has sold his
residence in this city to S. j.
Buckner.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-06-13

Mrs. Barbara Sho, p is reported
q" lite III.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-08

There Is many a man to-day who
| chooses solitary course because in his
estimation matrimony Is too expes -
i've.
His argument Is the well-thras I'd
out and too generally accepted one tnat
girls expect too much for the ordinary
individual to supply.
With a srrug of his shoulders he
pushes all thought of marriage into the
background of his mind and resolves
not to think Of it again until he is in
the 40's and master of a big fortune.
The fear Of settling down is not con-
fined to the professional man nor to
the merchant; it attacks the Individual
who earns a regular salary quite as
virulently. and, indeed, extends its
baneful influence over all sorts and
conditions Of men, 1t is bogy that
Is real menace to the happiness and
prosperity of the community.
And what Is so annoying and vexa-
tiOus to the observant Is that 1t Is a
| chlmera, supposition, a theory that
will not stand firm before an hours
sound argument. The real reason 50
many men remain single Is that they
want all the money they can amass for
their own self-gratiication and shrink
from sharing it with wife.
But there are others who would mar
ry If they could be convinced that such
| 2
| ity instead Of a curtailment of the good
| things Of this life. They are timid
souls who fear to make any change In
! their existence In case 1t should be a
| change for the worse. Little do they
guess what a difference for the better
happy marriage would exercise over
| their bank account or how much fuller
and more really contented their lives
would become.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-08
WILD AsrERs OF CALIFORNIA.
Snowy Flowers Peculiar to NIo5avc
Desert end Sserrns.

Snowy Flowers Peculiar to No5aTc
Desert end SIerrms.
In all the world there are about 800
species of asters, which, by the way,
does not include the common garden
aster, which belongs to the genus cal
listephus. Our subjects are true asters
and very closely allied to the garden
sorts, all being worthy of a place in
the front yard.
One Cf our ShOwieSt asters Ga. tortt-
follus) is peculiar to the Mojaye des-
ert, whore 1t grows on stony hills, or
even in rocky crevices. The flower part
of the stem is so woody that this spe-
cies might almost be called a shrub,
and, like most Of the desert shrubs, Il
is rather an unsightly one. But 1t
bears, each swaying on n long slender
Stem, great towers two inches in diam.
eter, with bright, golden Centers, and
a circle OF rays of an uncommon and
very handsome shade Of lilac | have
heard it called desert daisy" but
there are other desert flowers for which
that name would be more appropriate,
and n better name would be "MOiaVe
aster" 1t is exceptional in the genus
In Its time of Towering, which is spring
and early summer.
Anderson's aster Ca. Andersoni) Is
equally beautiful. but in a different
way, and It's home is the very opposite
of that Of the desert species. 1t has
really strayed to us from the northern
Sierras, and the only place where
have seen it In southern California Is
in the high valley of Tauquitz, In the
San Jacinto Mountains. Here 1t stars
wet subalpine meadows with its bright
blossoms, each on its own stem of a
span In height, Just enough to lift it
above the grasses amid which 1t grows.
Los Angeles Times
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-08

hook on the mans face as he Followed
his wife outside, and he wondered what
1t oil meant. 1t seemed strange house
hold. He could not but admire the way
the place was kept. Everything was
so clean and tidy: there was no waste
or disorder anywhere, though it was
evident to his practiced eye that it must
be hard fight to make a living here.
There did not seem to be one unneces-
sary thing; it was poverty naked and
unashamed inside the house and out
"You must work hard" he said, with
unwilling admiration, IF you and one
man keep the place like this"
Grant is half dozen men," she re-
piled. "There is nothing he cannot do
He is stableman, carpenter cook, plow-
man-everything by turns" Her tone
was almost enthusiastic.
at must be n hard life for you"
II have got used to it. Mercifuly
one gets used to anything In time. At
first" she threw up her head as though
something choked her. "at first
thought | should never be able to en-
dure it. You see we came up Just be-
fore the winter, when there wasn't
enough to do. That was mistake for
him and for me-"
But your husband doesn't look fit to
do much surely 1t was a mistake to
come here ut all In his condition? l
beg your pardon" he said the next
moment; "of course, it is no business
of mine, only felt sorry to see him
like that"
She had flushed holly Mt the reproach
in his tone and the worn face lost its
hard, repressed look. But she answer
ed quite calmly the next moment.
Perhaps it was a mistake l think
so now sometimes myself. But 1t is a
mistake we cannot afford to rectify.
Dinner will be ready when you are"
she added, as having given him all he
wanted she turned back to the house.
When Drummond went in a big red
Scotsman was putting the dishes on
the table whom his hostess introduced
as "Mr, Grant" He was rather puz-
zled at the mans appearance and man
ner. 1t was nothing unusual on the
prairie to find gentlemen working as
farm hands and doing any "menial"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-08

labor as it would be called elsewhere.
But this man made no pretension to be-
ing a gentleman, though neither was he
rough or uncouth in any way. 1t was
impossible to treat him as an inferior,
though one might not consider him an
equal. He conducted himself with per
feet propriety, and when he did speak
which was seldom-he spoke with
knowledge, and was worth listening
TO-
Two things struck Drummond, who
was an ObServant man. One was that
his hostess turned instinctively to Grant
in any little doubt or difficulty, and not
to her husband. The other, that the
man looked at his mistress as a dog
looks at its master-as at a superior
being, eager to anticipate her wish, to
obey her slightest command.
a curious thing happened when they
were sitting at dinner. \ neighbor rode
UP. saying he had been into town for
letters and had brought their post with
him. He tossed a small packet down
on the table and was gone almost be-
fore they could thank him. DrummOnd
noticed that the host stopped eating
and was looking eagerly and furtiyely
at the letters, but did not attempt to
touch them.
The woman stretched out her hand
and took them up. Among the letters
was a small parcel addressed, as Drum
mond could not help seeing, to AZ.
! Crawford, Esq" Another name which
he did Aot see was printed at the head
| Of the label. To his establishment, his
| hostess, after brief glance took up the
little packet and deliberately dropped
| it into the stove, where fire was
smouldering.
"Helen!" her husband cried in anger
and entreaty, stretching out his hand.
But she took no notice.
For a moment he looked as though
he would have said and done some
thing more, but the Scotsman's eyes
were on him-steady, scornful, COM
manding-and he got up without an
other word and went out of the room.
As he went Drummond saw-and grew
hot with indignation-that his eyes
were full of tears and his hands trem-
bling. There was an awkward pause,
and then on the excuse that he wanted
quietly to smoke his pipe be too left
the room. AS he was strolling about
outside. wishing that he could do some
thing to help his unfortunate host, who
seemed at the mercy Of his wife and
servant, Crawford himself appeared.
Come away from the house, where
we shan't be overheard" he whispered
Il want to speak to you, and that brute
Grant Is always watching me. I am
never safe from him"
II saw you felt sorry for me lust
now" he went on. You will guess
something of the awful life lead.
have no voice or say In anything / am
nonentlty in my own house-worse. q
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-08
JAPANESE START A coLoro
Quietly Building a. POW

""S h"'iding a Town on ;,
Upper Mississippi. me
The Invasion Of the NIlssiss,nn, :,
ley by japanese is proceeding at ,ol'
prising rate, but so quietly thai :, sui.
scarcely observed, says the New w.,
Times AofK
At present Bay City, Wis. s,n.,
town on the Mississippi River ahom.
ninety miles below st. Paul. is tbo ~,
lying place of the japanese. Thar -"
small colony has bought several &C
or land on lake shore, includinc N.Y..
tlcally all of the beach and the noin.
making out into the river, and local..
famous as one Of the best fishing ,loaa.
on the upper Mississippi. A score 90
japanese have been at work For an
eral weeks cleaning this land and e.,
beach and In the spring a landsc,na
gardener will arrive from Janon ma
lay out the property in true Jonposn
style, making of it beautiful ana nm
usual summer resort.
But the japanese are not 70 no cor
tent with an industry that Is nroftah,o
only in the summer. They have bouobt
the Bay City roller mill and are no.
gotiating for other properties in and
near the town, evidently with tho unr.
pose Of establishing a manufactures,
center. 1t Is likely that the first build.
ings put up will be a canning factory
and Il picking house. These will ho
some distance from the resort
DIR. II. Kuma, who Is at Bav CIV
with his wife and children. is directmo
the work. He Is well-educated Tan.
anese of middle age and engaging man.
ners. Last September he went to PAY
City to deliver an address in a leo.
ture course, and remained several DAYS.
ostensibly for no other reason than flat
he enjoyed the rest But few weeks
later he returned, began negotiations
for property and made several bur
chases. Then several young Japanese
came and took up their homes in houses
DR.. Kuma had bought. Now there are
more than a score of characteristically
industrious and reticent japanese in the
town. Evidently they are well educat-
ed men, Of good families. and the Amer
leans In the town have received them
cordially. Among the newcomers are
several japanese who had worked as
hellboys in Minneapolis and st. Paul
hotels for many months, learning to
speak English, and some Of them study
ing in the schools or colleges.
1t is understood that the Bay City
colony will number at least 200 next
summer and that DR.. Kuma intends to
established other colonies Mt favorable
points in the upper Mississippi valley
when this one IS we'll under way. He
appears to have good financial backing.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-08
Happiness and Joy.

Remember that happiness is one
thing, and joy. which We often confuse
with II, another. We are so snt 70
take these words that differ. like fancy
and imagination, merriment. and glad.
ness, and use thsm indiscrlmInatelv IN
our talk. But JOY is a serious. sober
inward thing. | question If any bur
God can create JOY. 1t springs from
the depths Of this mysterious soul
which only the finger of deity can
touch. True Joy IS often far too deem
for laughter; but often far too deem
for tears. But happiness is that which
happens TO us. Ii haps on US, lights
on US from without. Joy rises In the
soul like a spring Of water. Happi-
ness comes like a swallow to the caves.
Joy grows from a hidden seed planted
within; happiness meets US like music,
like a friend. Hence to create joy is
the science OF God; but to foster hap.
piness may be the art of man.