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The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01

Il have asked Alva to stop with
me here for a few days" she said
formally.
"Alva!" said |, much surprised,
She had not asked one of her own
friends; she had asked a girl she
had met less than two days before,
and that girl my partners daughter.
She was here yesterday morning, -
Anita explained. And | now wondered
how much Alva there was in Anitas
firm stand against her parents.
why don't you take her down to
our place on Long Island?' said l.,
most carefully concealing my delight
for Alva near her meant friend
of mine and an advocate and example
of real womanhood near her. Every
thiIg's ready for you there and I'm
going to be busy the next few days
busy day and night"
She reflected. Very well" she as
scented presently. And she gave me
a puzzled glance she thought did not
seas If she were wondering whether
tn enemy was not hiding new and
deeper guile under an apparently
harmless suggestion.
Then I'll not see you again for sew
eral days" said |. most Dusinesslike.
IF you want anything, there will be
Monsoon out at the stables whore he
can't annoy you. Or You can get me
on the long distance. Good-by. Good
luck"
And | nodded carelessly and friend
lily to her, and went away, enjoying
the pleasure of having startled her
into visible establishment. There's
a better game than icy hostility. you
very young. young lady said to
myself. and that game is friendly
indifference"
Alva would be with her. So she
was secure for the present and my
mind was free for finance"
At that time the two most powerful
men in finance were Galloway and
Roebuck. In Spain | once saw a
fight between bull and a tiger-or,
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01

STRAINED TO CLOSE hOOND
AT AND CRUSH AND CRUSH.
rather the beginning of a fight. They
were released into a huge iron cage.
After circling il several times in the
same direction, searching for a way
out, they came face to face. The bull
tossed tts tiger; the tiger clawed the
bull TaS bull roared; the tiger
screamed. Each retTeated to his own
side of 'hs cage. The bull paved and
snorteG as If he could hardly wait
to get at the tiger; the tiger crouched
and quivered and glared murderously,
as IL he we're going instantly to spring
upon the bull. But the bull did not
rush. neither did the tiger spring.
That was the Roebuck- Galloway sit
nation.
How to bait Tiger Galloway to at
tack Bull Roebuck-that was the prob
lem | must solve. and solve straight
way. If l could bring about war be-
tween the giants, spreading confusion
over the whole field of finance and
filling all men with dread and fear,
there was a chance, that in the con
fusion | might bear of part of my
fortune. Certainly, conditions would
result in which | could more easily
get myself intrenched again; then. too,
there would be by no means small
satisfaction in seeing Roebuck clawed
and bitten in punishment for having
plotted against me.
Mutual fear had kept these two
at peace for five years. and most con.
siderate and polite about each others
rights" But while our country's in.
| dustrial territory is vast, the interests
of the few great controllers who de
termne wages and prices for all are
equally vast. and each plutocrat is
tormented necessarily by jealousy and
suspicion; not a day passes without
conflicts of interest that adroit di-
plomacy couud turn into ferocious
warfare. And In this matter OF mo
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
PRESIDENTIAL ELEcToR CURED

The Hon. Albert Merritt was for
three years a member Of the New
Jersey State Senate, was Presiden-
tial Elector, and is now Treasurer and
General Manager OF the Consolidated
Bag Co, OF $50 Nassau street, New
York City In 1882 he suffered severe
ly from urinary and digestive trouble.
He was sick from head to foot" He
was advised 10 use DR. David Ken
nedy's Favorite Remedy and TT
CURED HIM ABSOLUTELY. lie
said at that time: "Dr. David Ken
nedys Favorite Remedy is honestly
entitled 10 the UNDIVIDED CREDIT
OF TT. 1t went to the very root and
source OF my trouble" Now, in 1906
GA years after. N Merritt writes
that his health stnl CONTINUES
VERY GOOD, and says: 81 cannot say
too much in praise OF Favorite Rem
edy. II is certainly a wonderful medi-
cine" His cure was a permanent one.
There are thousands Of others who
have been cured by Favorlte Remedy
years ago. and they stay cured. Large
bottles s1.00, at all DRUGGISTS.
FREE SAMPLE BOTTLES. Write
DR. David Kcnnedy's Sons. Rondout.
n. Y, for free sample bottle and medi-
cal booklet
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
Hardly What He Wanted.

Albert Douglas, who will succeed
Congressman Grosvenor of Ohio in the
next house, is not waIguted down with
Worldly goods, and VAS rather startled
by an experience hs hal while looking
around Washington iol quarters. At
one of the good hotels he was shown
suite consisting OF bedroom, parlor
and bathroom. On inquiring the
monthly rent he was informed only
81 900 for yourself and wife" Recov-
ering his breath. which he managed to
do without showing 1.-THE of his as
constituent. he said with great calm.
ness, IN write my wife all about the
rooms and let her know beforehand
what comforts we shall have when we
come here TO live. So until l hear
from her you need not mark me for
this suite. She MAJ think from the
price that your hotel IL not the kind
we ought to live in"
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
ONLY HIS JUST DESERTS.
Editor Had Good Reason for Publish.
ing Name Of Contributor.

For six months or more the drug
gists assistant had occupied his leis-
ure moments by writing verses for the
village paper, in the poets corner"
III which publication they appeared an.
Onymously every Thursday. On
opening his copy Of the Weekly Bugle
one morning, and turning first. as was
his regular habit, To that particular
corner, he was surprised and gratified
beyond measure to see his name in full
appended TO his latest poetical out.
break.
He FASTENED to call at the efice of
the Bugle.
"Mr. Stires, he said to the editor,
Il want TO thank you for signing my
name to my poem in this weeks pa
per- 1t encourages a fellow when he
gets proper credit for his work"
"oh. that's all right, Johnson" 20
sponded the editor We thought II
was about time TO place the RESPONSE.
bility for that poetry where it be-
ionged. Youths Companion.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
AWFUL NEURALGIA
Pain Turned This Woman's Hair
White but She Was Cured by
Or. Williams Pink Pills.

Do not seek relief from suffering
simply, but free your system from the
disease which is the cause of your
suffering. That is the message which
a former victim Of neuralgia sends TO
those who are still in its grasp. Hot
applications, powders that deaden the
senses and others that reduce the
heart action may cause temporary re-
lief but the pain is sure to return vita
greater intensity.
Mrs Evelyn Creusere. who has a
beautiful home at S11 Boulevard
West, Detroit, Mich, suffered for
years with neuralgia until she tried
this tonic treatment. She says:
"My trouble began about six years
ago and l did not rest as / should
have. but kept up about my many
duties. After a time | became so
weak l could not do any work at all.
had severe backaches and such
dreadful headaches in the back part
and top of my head. My eyes were
easily tired and at times l saw black
spots before them. consulted sew
eral doctors but without tie slightest
benefit. The pains were so intense
that my hair turned white.
Il lost continually in weight and
strength and was almost in despair
when y friend recommended DR.. VIII
liams' Pink Pills. tried them &C.
cording to directions and soon began
TO feel relie'. At the end OF three
months | had gained ten pounds in
weight and had no more trouble WITH
my nerves. have been In perfect
health ever since and can heartily
commend DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent postpaid, on re-
ceipt OF price. so cents per box. six
boxes for $3.50. nv the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
THIS is WORTH SAVING.
Valuable fdvice and Recipe by Well
Known Authority.

tt following simple homemade
MKT. ''' 20 relieve any form of
RheumaL-- achache, also cleanse
and strengthe.. ne Kidneys and Blad-
der, overcoming all urinary disorders,
IL taken before the stage of Brights
disease: Fluid Extract Dandelion,
one-half ounce; Compound Kargon,
one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsa-
parilla, three ounces. Mix by shaking
we'll in a bottle and take in teaspoon
full doses after meals and at bedtime.
a well-known authority states that
these ingredients are mainly of vege-
table extraction. and harmless 10 use.
and can be obtained at small cost
from any good prescription pharmacy.
Those who think they have kidney
-trouble or suffer with lame back or
weak bladder or Rheumatism. should
give this prescription trial, as no
harm can possibly follow its use, and
il is said to do wonders for some peo-
Dle.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01

THAT SLENDER WHITE THRC
tempt them. Thus, was forced TO
conclude that | must possess a
strength of which / was unaware, and
which stirred even Roebuck's fears
But what could II be?
Besides Langdon and Roebuck and
me there were six principals in the
proposed Coal combine, three of them
richer and more influential in finance
than even Langdon,, all of them ex-
cept possibly Dykeman, the lawyer,
or navigating officer of the combine,
more formidable figures than |. Yet
none of these men was being assailed.
why am l singled out?" ! asked
myself, and ! felt that If | could an
swer, | should find | had the means
wholly or partly to defeat them. But
could not explain to my satisfaction
even Langdon's activities against me
felt that Anita was somehow, in part
at least, the cause; but, even so. how
had he succeeded in convincing Roe
buck that | must he clipped and
plucked into grounding?
1T must have something to do with
the Wanasquale Mines" decided
II thought I had given over my con
troll of them, but somehow I must
still have a control that makes me
too powerful for Roebuck to be al
ease so long as am afoot and armed.
And | resolved to take my lawyers
and search the whole Manasq -ale
transaction--to explore it from attic
to underneath the cellar flooring
Wen go through II" said |, like
ferrets through a ships hold" AS
was finishing breakfast, Anita came
in. She had evidently slept well. ant
J regarded that as ominous AT hei
age a crisis means little sleep unit
decision has been reached | rose
but her manner warned me not tC
ad ,ance and try TO shake hands will
hes
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0D9zm77 ERQ5 81 as AQR25 Ixz2aN o21azT59

Yes" she answered. LAS before. "
| ignored this. Think il over, An
ita,' | urged-she seemed to me so
lige a sweet spoiled child again.
longed TO go straight at her about
that other man. | stood for moment
with Tom Langdon's name on my lips,
but ] could not trust myself | went
away to my own rooms
thrust thoughts OF her from my
mind. | spent the night gnawing upon
the ropes with which Mowbray Lang.
don and Roebuck had bound me. hand
and foot. | now say they were ropes
OF steel-and it had long been broad
day before ! found that weak strand
which is in every rope of human
make.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01

the kidneys I have been told had a
floating kidney. | had intense pain in
the back, headaches and dizzy spells
and the action of the bladder was very
irregular About three years ago I
tried Doan's Kidney Pills. and found
such great relief that | continued, and
inside a comparatively short time was
entirely rid Of kidney trouble"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box
Foster MIlburn Co. buffalo. n. Y
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
THE WEAK STRAND.

No sane creature, not even a sane
bulldog, will fight simply from love of
fighting When a man is attacked,
he may be sure he has excited either
fear or cupidity or both. AS far as
could see. IL was absurd that Gu
pidity was melting Langdon and Roe
buck against me. | hadn't enough to
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
Poetess Iiiehlx Honored.

Mile. Andre Corthis. whose poems In
the volume entitled "Gemmes ct
Moires have won high praise, has
been chosen poet laureate of France
for the year past The honor is one
conferred annually by vote of emf
nent literary people on the most dis
tinguished poet Of the year. Mile.
Corthis is still a young woman.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
VERY BAD FORM OF ECZEMA.
Suffered Three Years-Physician Did
No Good-PerfectIy Well After
Using Cuticura Remedies.

81 take great pleasure in informing
you that l was a sufferer of eczema in
a very bad form for the past three
years. consulted and treated with
a number of physicians in Chicago,
but to no avail | commenced using
the Cuticura Remedies, consisting Of
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills.
three months ago, and today ] am
prefectly well. the disease having left
me entirely. cannot recon mend
the Cuticuta Remedies too highly to
any one suffering with the disease
that have had. Mrs. Florence e.
Atwood, IS Crilly Place. Chicago, H.,
October 2, 1905. Witness: L. g.
Berger"
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
$500 Personally Conducted Excu'
ei0ne

Colonists' one-way tickets Chicago
TO the Pacific coast. via the Chicago
Union Pacific and Northwestern line
are on sale daily during March and
April at the rate OF $500. Core
spondingly low rates from all points
Double berth in tourist sleeping cal
only 500, through without change to
San Francisco. Los Angeles and Port
land. No extra charge on our person
ally conducted tours. Write for itin
erary and full particulars to S. A
Hutchinson. MANAGER Tourist Depart
ment. 2l2 Clark Street, Chicago. III.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
Didn't Hurt.

The ladies of our congregation"
said the minister's little boy. ARE
very fond o me. A good many OF
EN- gave pa some slippers on his birth
day"
II thought your pa always used a
slipper to spank you with"
That's just II. The slippers the
ladies gave him are the soft kind
that's made out o. wool"
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
Demand for cocoanut Meat.

For the year ending June 80. 1906.
the exports of copra (dried cocoanut
meat from the Philippine islands
amounted to 145.s51,9l3 pounds. of
which FRANCE took sS.SS6,35O pounds.
or asssut 81 per cent. The next most
important buyers were Spain and Ger
many.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01

just like thous-
ands OF others.
Mr.. Martin says:
81 think / have
had kidney dis
ease ever since
the war. During
an ngagement
my horse fell on
me, straining my
back and iniurlng
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01

Richard Harding laws. strange 70
pie and in the midst OF his work will
send downstairs for a quarter section
every hour or two.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01

Booth Harrington when at work
rises at FIVE o'clock in the morning,
drinks little cocoa and writes till
nine. Nearly all his best passages
have been written at sunrise.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
zehra WnuId Rn Ilseful.

or all wild animals the zebra would
be most useful TO man IL domesti-
Gated. II is not liable to horse fever
OF tsetse fly.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
HARpsHlPs OF ARMY LIFE.
Left Thousands Of Veterans with Kid.
ney Troubles.

The experience OF David w. Martin.
a retired merchant OF Bolivar. Mo-. is
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
rILrs cuRrD roI4DAYs

PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed 10 cure am case
at Itch ng. Niud. bleeding or Protruding Piles In
5to 10 days Or fnOrey refunded. bOc
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01

Many man sows wild oats at his
leisure that his children must reap
In haste.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-01
Practical Points.

Jesus sees the good and the evil in
S, as the angel of Jehovah did when
he came to Abraham's tent and to
Sodom.
The wicked have within them the
elements of their own punishment
their moral natures. memory. con
science. bad character. remorse. These
are often dormant till Gods outward
punishment sets them afame.
May the young see the doom of
many men around them from afar OF
rs Abraham saw the names of Sodom,
and not suffer the doom as the
= aomites did, nor escape as dill Lot.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-03-28

be. She said she did not want to
depend entirely on her father for
support, and perhaps would do
something for herself
This morning Mr.. Prosser was
recalled to the witness stand and
asked several questions. He ad.
mitted that Mrs. Prosser had
s., 900 in her home. lie denied
she often had To call upon her
father for money to pay her bills,
but admitted that at one time she
borrowed 800 from her brother,
Sam, to meet a dressmaker's bill
and milliner bill in st. Louis. lie
stated that he repaid the money
as soon as he got it.
He stated that at the present
time he did not have dollar and
estimated that he owes about
s3, 900, which he is unable to pay
at this time. He said he had been
a faithful husband aud often when
they had no cook he had gotten up
and prepaeed breakfast for his
wife aud children. He ugain de-
MED having cursed his wife. but
admitted having called her n liar
Denied having told his wife at th,
time of the death of one of theil
children it was visitation SEN
upon her.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-03-28
Hon. Waiter Burch.

The Columbia Daily Herald pub
fishes the article below heading H..
Better Stay in Audrain:"
We hope it is not true that Wal.
ter Burch will leave Mexico for
st. Louis. he Is an honor to the
bar of Mexico aud while he would
succeed we'll, we doubt not, in the
metropolis we do not like TO see
the best talent of the country go
to the big cities
No representative returns from
the general assembly with better
reputation than Walter Burch. He
had a most trying position, chair
man of the house committee on
appropriations aud served upon
other important committees. He
was at the same time one OF the
democratic leaders upon the floor
of the house. He never lost his
head, he voted his convictions, he
studied the right and wrong OF
every question. The speeches he
made were strong, clear aud con
vincing and he knew enough
which many public speakers do
uot--to keep silent upon proper
occasion.
Walter Burch belongs to himself
aud the new Missouri. He did
good service to the state in the
recent session of the legislature
He will do more, whether he re.
mains in our Oeighbor town or
goes to a wider field.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-03-28
"Uncle" Jeptha Lake,

The Farber Forum prints the
following article, which will be of
much interest to many early set
tiers of Audrain:
Bro. Jeptha Lake was born in
North Carolina, Jau. Is, 1916;
died March 6, 1907; aged 81 years,
] month and 16 days.
He came to Marion county, Mo-,
in 1919. Here he lived. 36 years
when, in 1854, he came to Rails
county where he resided 26 years.
He came to Audrain county in
1880 and moved to Laddonia in
1895 where he lived mp to the
time of his death.
Bro. Lake was married to Miss
Susan Elizabeth Brown. March
rs, 1841. To this union were born
two children. George A. who sur
wives, and Susan Elizabeth. de-
ceased.
On idly 8, 1856. Bro. Lake wal
married to Miss Sarah Yarbough
To this union were born ten chill
dren, five boys and FIVE girls al
follows: j. W., l.. NJ. J. B
(deceased). r. A.. j. F. (deceas
ed), Mary A.. Lucy j.. Sarah Y.
Ida Il. (deceased), Katie NJ.
There are 30 grand children, 81
of whom are living.
\ All Of the children lived 10 b
the heads OF families and were al
Christians. also all Of the sons'in
law and daughters-in-law.
Bro. Lake united with Old Bethe
Baptist church, IN Marion county
early inlife; later Salem, IN Rail-
county. aud last, Laddouia, wher
he lived consistently until death
he has two brothers who sur
yive him and one sister, e0rg
Lake. New London. No.; Lapal
Lake. Monroe City. Mo-; MIRA
Elizabeth Holt. Of Slater, NO. ii
members Of the Baptist church
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-03-28
DIVORCE WON.
Judge Barnett of the
Audrain Circuit Court
Renders Decision.

st. Charles. Mo-, March %
The Prosser divorce case come to
an end this mornir" vt 9:3J
o'clock, when .Ind':" Barnett
granted the WITT. Mrs. Daisy X.
Prosser. divorce on her cross
bill and gave her the custody of
their three minor children for the
present.
The court, in rendering its de-
cree. stated that much of the testi-
mouy had been regarded by the
court as not covered in the petit
tons. The court held that much
of the wrHngling in the family had
been caused by both husband aud
wife being to blame, both of them
being high-tempered.
The court announced that If il
could see any hope of reconcilia'
tion it would be inclined to refuse
either party a divorce, hut could
see no hope OF final reconciliation
and the weight of the testimon!
was with the defendant aud d.
vorce was granted on her cross
bill.
The court stated that plaintiff
had no settled place of abode n
this time, aud the children wOult
he provided for by their grand
father. MFR. Mulvane.
The question of alimony wa
taken up and the court announced
that II had not sufficient ligh
upon the subject to act upon tn,
alimony at present.
After a consultation of the ut
torneys for the plaintiff aud de
PENDANT. II was agreed that Mrs
Prosser should receive the home il
this city. which is valued a
el2. 900. and she is TO assume tn
payment Of debts amounting T.
$3.50. and she is to have all o
the furniture aud other propert.
in the home. The costs in tn
case were adjudeed against Mr.
p0sser.
Mira. ProaseF, when asked |
she expected 10 make her home /
st. Charles. stated that she woul
for the present. but she did no
know Whist her final plans woul,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-03-28
EXecutor's Notice

Notice Is hereby given that letters ties
tamcntary upon the estate Of Bartholo-
new Washington, Sr., deceased, have
been granted the undersigned by the
Probate Court Of Audraln .county. Mis-
souri,, bearing date March 9Th, 1897.
All persons having claims against said
estate are requested to exhibit them for
allowance "a the executor within one
year after date OF granting letters herein,
or they may b. prccluded from any bene
tit OF such estate, aud II such claims be-
not exhibited within two years from tn,
date hereof they will be- forever barred
BARTHOLOMEW WApDINGroN, In.
Executor.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-03-28
NEIGHBoRH006 NEWS
BEAVER DAM /.

g. V. Wayne and wife were
shopping in town one day this
week.
Walter Riggs aud Virgil Dixon
near Centralia were visiting their
friends Frank and Turner Atkins
last week.
Mrs. George Mayse is on the
sick list, but is better.
Harold Black of near Hatton has
just returned home from Texas
and Indian Territory and several
other places, but he says there il
no place like old Missouri.
Arthur Deus has almost com.
pleted his new house.
Sam Bise of near Benton City
bought a horse of b. j. Atkins.
X M. Price who has been on
the sick list is better; also biz
wife, who fell in the cellar and
was hurt very badly is improving
nicely.
Carl Crockett of Beaver Dan
made a flying trip to Columbil
last week.
Turner Atkins is getting to b,
the hunting sport. Last Tuesday
morning he made u sneak on
pond and out of six shots brought
four wild geese to the ground.
j. X. Dunlap is back to his saw
mill again.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-03-28

Oral Soldiers, whose parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Soldiers,
used TO reside in the Nick Smith
ueighborhoOd. this county. owns
two big stores at CentraIia and Co.
lnmbia. Mr.. Soldiers recently
bought the stock OF goods Of j. II.
Hollenshead at HollensyiIle. out
northwest OF Mexico. and will
move the same to his Centralla
and Columbia stores.