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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-23
Hard Earned Money.

The saloon keeper. says Arthur
Aull Of Lamar, earns his money
the hardest of any man in the
world. In the first place. he must
tolerate n lot of buns and lot of
fools that come in and spend their
money for liquor, when they have
not enough to eat, let alone any
thing decent to wear. Don't you
suppose saloon keeper. down
deep in his heart of hearts, de-
spises these addle- headed fools,
aud whisky soaked hangers ont
OF course be despises them. Being
human, he can't do otherwise.
Yet he's got not only to
endure this bunch of cattle sixteen
hours in the day. but he's got to
act like he thought they were &C.
tually good fellows. He's got to
let them blow their sickeninR
breath into his face. He's got to
let them drool their poor. maudlin
nonsense into bis disguised ears.
Too often he has to get out and
make a swill tub OF himself, ia
order to boost his business. He's
got to listen to the woes of every
wretehed. busted. hungry. God.
forsaken waif who hits town. for
every one of these people makes q
Decline for a saloon the momeDl
he strikes the corporation limita.
II You do not say bis profits are
low when you think of what he
has 20 endure then you must la
deed have q high regard for money
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-23
Ed. j. H. Coil.

The article below is taken from
a Higgiusville paper. The Rev.
Coil referred to is a brother of DR..
p. u. Coil and Mrs. p. II. Cullen
Of this city;
Rev. j. II. Coil has resigned az
pastor OF the Christian church. bis
resignation to take effect June lst.
> Mr.. Coil has contemplated this for
some time and while the announce
ment was no surprise to a large
number Il was accepted with a
keen feeling OF regret to not only
members Of the church. bnt out
sidera as we'll. Mr. Coil has been
pastor OF this church four years
and eight months. during which
time the church has undergone a
splendid growth and today the
membership Is fully double what
L WAS when be came. The pres
ent church building has been built
during his paHtornts aud tina chnsch
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-23

State Of Missouri lin the Circuit Court
County OF AudraIn To the June terml007
j. j. Moomaw, Plaintiff,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-23

F. l.. McGee of Hollensville
made the MESSAGE a pleasant call
the other day. He was born and
raised over in that neck o. the
woods. Lives near the old Youngs
Creek postoilice. Mayor Vance
kept the post Office there over 80
years ago. His daughter, Miss
Mary, succeeded him, holding the
place until a year or two ago when
it WAS abandoned for rural deliv.
cry. Mr.. MCGEE says the reading
public like the MESSAGE out that
way.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-23

lIshed once week In the Mexico Mis-
souri, Message. n newspaper published In
the county OF Andraln, The same being
the newspaper dSs Ins .o Sy glslnsIs
slvely. the last insertion 70 be at least
ii'ren days before the commencement Of
the next term OF this court
STATE or MISSOURI.
COUNTY OF AUDRAIS.
I,'W. II. Morris, Clerk OF the Circuit
Court OF Audraln County, Missouri, do
hereby certify that the above and fore
going IL full and true copy OF the Order
OF Publication In case OF j. J. Moomaw
vs. w. II Atkinson ct al, as fully as the
same appears OF record In my office.
Witness my hand and official seal, a
Office in Mexico. Missouri. this April %
1907.
lSpArl W. II. MORRIS,
"NoH Circuit Clerk.
CLARENCE A. BARNES.
Atty for Plaintiff.
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TOVaTiOlS Points
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VIA THE WABASH RAILROAD.
HoMEsERRERs' EXCURSION VIA THE
WABASH.
To certain points in Texas, Oklaho-
ma, Indian Territory. Kansas, Ne
braska, Colorado and other states.
On sale first aud third Tuesday of
each month until and including
June, 1907. Return limit 81 and
80 days. Liberal stopovers.
To Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco and Return via The Wabash
r. r.
S54.9O On sale April 25th 10
May Is. Return limit,
July 81, aud on sale June
8 70 Is inclusive, return
litslt, Aug. 81, 1907.
Liberal stopovers.
$50.65. To Mexico City aud return,
On sale May IL TO 18th,
June 8 to 10. and June
20 to July -, 1907.
Stopovers or liberal re.
turn limit.
s $50 To MOberly and return. on
sale May is and 10, 70.
turn limit May %, 1907.
Jamestown Exposition. Norfolk
Via The Wabash z. r.
On sale daily April 10th 10 Nov.
Both. 1907. Round trip season
tickets. s4l.95. Sixty day tickets,
&35. Fifteen day tickets, $28. 40.
Stop over privileges at certain
points.
!. AZ. RICHARDS.
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is free from debt of any kind.
The building was erected in 1904
at a cost of $751; Mr.. Coil has
not decided just where he will To-
cate but in all probability will 60
to New Mexico OF Washington
Mr.. and Mrs, Coil will ,be greatly
missed from Higginsville aud car
ry with them the best wishes of
many warm friends.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-23
LocUsTs HERE.
The Cicada in Audrain
Mr.. B1ineS 7 ellis
About Them.

Alexandria, Mo, May IL. Dur
ing the closing days of May there
will appear in the wooded dis
tricts Of Missouri, except in the
northwest counties, the periodical
cicaka. or. as it is commonly called,
the locust. This will be the great
brood Is. which has been so well
studied and its native districts
we'll recorded 10y United States
Entomologist G. w. Riley. The
appearing of the cicada will be
governed by the latitude and the
conditions of the weather. For
Clark county and the north coun.
ties Of the May 20 to 20 will be
the average time for their appear
auce. On hill lands the dates will
be u little earlier than ON valley
lands.
The cichda will appear in the
forest lands of the following coun-
ties Of Missouri: Audraiu. Boone,
Galloway, Macon, Marion. Monroe,
Pike, Rails. Randolph, Saline,
st. Charles, Warren and about
fifty other counties of the State
The following data as to the pc.
riodical cicada's presence in Clark
county IN its former appearance in
1891 were recorded by the writer:
Brgan to appear on the lowland:
May %; were most numerous and
depositing eggs. June 3 to 10. be.
gan to disappear June Is; had
practically disappeared June %
Found a newly Matched cicadG
August 8; eggs Of cicado had al
Matched August 10.
Since 1894 | have made a study
of the cicada in its slow growth
aud have seen them in various
stages of their development from
the size of a small grain of wheat,
all the way up to their full larva
size, just before their wonderful
transformation when changing t
the winged or perfect state. Tn,
life development of cIcada is an
interesting history. Afte" halch
ing from little missions made ia
the terminal branches nf trees
preferably fruit or other trees o
sweet juice, the little cicada fall
. to earth and at once falls to cart
and at once begins it's life OF sloy
digging in search of nourishmen
from tree roots at various depths
For years their development in siz
is very slight. G. V. Riley esti
mates that the cicada sheds it
skin some twenty six times.
When attaining full size, tn
work of returning to the earth
, surface begins. During Angus
of last year l found that the cicad
had worked through the hard. dr.
earth and were within a few inche
> of the earths surface.
When hindered by mats of heav
leaves or piles of brush, curiou
little chimneys are built by tn
, cicada to insure their safe exit.
have furnished such specimens
state museums. After reachiu
e thewiuged condition, but littl
$ nourishmeut is required for th
cicada's brief life. The alarr
: about the sting" of the so.calle
. locust is pure imagination and ha
s no place in fact. The periodict
e cicada belong exclusively to tn
territory of the United States, an
is the longest lived of all insects
being - and II years, respeC
3 lively.
IL JAcpEp RTrNyrc
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-23
Audrain Courts.

Circuit Court--3rd Monday in
January. LIST Monday in June, Ord
Monday In September.
County Court-1st Monday In
February. LIST Monday in May, LIST
Monday in August. lat Monday in
November.
Probate Court-2nd Monday in
February, 2nd Monday in May, 2nd
Monday in August. End Monday in
November.
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Going wesf.
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only liz 7pm
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| IL Is p m
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21
CHAPTER VII.
THE

The Port Edes had gained the name
OF an unlucky ship. She had slain three
men In her building, she had crushed
another to death the day she left the
slips. n though only three years in
the water she had already manned
enough hands from various crews to
mak her q full complement. Some
vessels are this way. From no explain-
able cause there seems to be a diaboli-
cal fatality about them.
1t is rot to be supposed that sailor
men rush to join a craft of this sim
lister reputation. They may be asses in
the bulk. but they are only asses in
berths. But because there are not
enough of these to go around, and
because. thanks to the Dago, and the
Dutchman, there are not sufficient
berths of any sort whatever to supply
all aspirants, it is always possible to
man any vessel which a board of trade
official will pass through a dock gates.
Just as no man is ever successful in
anything without due course, so per
contra few sailormen are down on their
luck except through some peculiar
trait of i~ncapacity, SO that on your
unpopular ship. be she tramp steamer
or ek weeping wind TANNER, you do
have to put up with what other people
have left, and it uoes not take you
long to ind out that your beauties
have not been rejected for their ex-
cellencies.
1t was this way on the Port Edes.
Forward n aft, engine hold nd pam
try, each man on board Of her had his
private sea failing. Between them they
lack wakefulness, eyesight, decision,
strength of language. seamanship and
common sobriety. Among the deck
hands there We're virulent sea lawyers;
in the stoke holds there We're ames
damnees wanted by several govern
ments. The engineers We're skilhul in
gaining the smallest possible knottage
per ton of coal: the mates We're all
slipshod navigators, Enthusiastically
even to correct a ompass and useless
to drive a truculent crew.
Over all was Owen Kettle, master
mariner. II whatever his fai1nGs
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21
INVENTOR OF ARTIFICIAL PEARLS
silvery Lustre on a Pond That Set a
Bead Maker Thinking.


From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The string of artificial pearls was
very beautiful. But for. the regularity
of the beads anyone would have
thought 1t a rope of real pearls worth
a kings ransom.
I'll tell you" said the jeweler, as he
wrapped up the deceptive necklet, "how
the wonderfully perfect artificial pearl
came to be invented.
"A rich French Observation-Disclosures
Jaquin-he lived in the seventeenth
century-found a pond in his garden
covered one morning with a lovely sill
very luster. Amazed. he called his
gardener, who said it was nothing
some albettes had got crushed, that
was all.
.Albettes were little silver fish
bleaks-the Leuciscus a%lournus. The
gardener explained that If you crushed
them they always gave the water a
pearly sheen like that. Joaquin put on
his thinking cap.
For six years he worked with beads
and hlenks, wasting millions of both.
But finally he achieved success. Ee
learned how to extract the pearly lustr,
from the bleaks' scales and to cover a
glass bead with it.
What he did-and his method is still
used-was to scrape the scales from he
fish, wash and rub them and save the
water. The water, decanted. gave Off
a lustrous fluid of the thickness of oil,
a veritable pearl paint, IL magic fluid
that imparts a lovely pearly sheen to
everything it is applied to.
ut takes 1000 bleaks to yield an
ounce of this pearl paint"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21
Pun UP hAY sAEDs

II IS splpsitAs how lnsay slaG efae
h tise w.tstetul RrlcttVe OF stacklus
both timothy ANA clover hay nat ia tMe
llelds When lltl1.s were euaap, OF
When prairie lltads Mere moved that
might have been some use Tor H..
but with good hay selling from st2 to
$50 per ton II is wastetut 70 say the
least. to stack where much OF the crop.
Is wasted. II the barns wtll not take IN
the crop, put up sheds. These need not
be expensive. The main thing is to
have a good water proof ROOF. The
sides may be protected. but get a roof
over the hay by all means. Arrange a
track with carrier and fork. II the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21
A Sailors Advice.

AS Admiral Bunce was coming out of
the Boston navy yard one day he encoun-
tered q sailor very much the worse from
liquor
The admiral. being in citizens dress, was
not recognized by the sailor. who endeay-
ored to embrace him affectionately.
Sir, said the indignant officer. 10 YOU
know that | nm an admiral?',
The sailor pulled himself together, made
a drunken salute. and said: so your are
an admiral, ara you? Well. you've gnt a
blame good job, aud my advice to YOU is
to keep sooer and hang onto it."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21
PRuNE THE TREES NOW.

Show the boys how to prune. Take
them out into the orchard and go over
the apple, pear, plum and cherry trees.
and explain why you do things. If
your trees We're properly trimmed when
shape without much pruning. But, go
over the trees every spring, using a
sharp knife and pruning shears. Make
clean, neat cuts, and if large limbs are
removed use a saw. Cut out crossed
limbs, hin u the top, but don't cut
off too many lower limbs. Keep the
head as low as possible. A beginner
u prune with a good deal of care.
The aim should be TO keep the trees
shapely, and keep the fruit as near the
ground as possible.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21
Touch.

II wish to complain" said the Easte.
bride haushtily, about that flour you sold
mo. 1t was tough"
Tough, ma'am?" stammered the grocer.
Yves. tough. l made 4 pie with it and
my husband could hardly cut it."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

Fresh cows, especially heavy mixers,
should be mililed regularly. Wrequent-
~ leaky teats result from compelling
d COW to go two or three hours over
her regular milking time. There is
also danger of Inflammation when the
adder beconle too full.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

We nave beeM growing such big
grain crops for three or four years
that we have y .scted to raise young
stock. There i a scarcity of colts.
calves and pigs. Make the next few
u oEt,s count il the breeding of ali
,.!nds nj stock
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21
FARM FACTS.

Some people get into the habit of al
ways putting off every piece of work
for a day or two. There is one best
time for blowing, narrowing and seed
Ing. If this time is passed by, it is not
likely that conditions will be as favor
abel again.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

April was a fatal month for young
pigs. About the quickest way to lose
money is to neglect the pigs when they
come during chilly weather. Every pig
saved until it is one week old is worth
$3.50. Just up and see how
many you have lost by not having good
quarters for them.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

Push the lambs now for the early
market. Corn meal will fatten them
up quickly and make nice meat. There
is a flavor about meal fed lambs that
is not produced by any other feed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

never fails. l. is the business that
invariably follows when other bust
nesses so down. Corn growing and
wheat growing in many sections is be-
coming less profitable. y good herd
OF COWS, kept on these farms for a
few years, will set things right again..
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

1t is surprising how many farmers
are guessing the worth of their COWS.
No other business could stand such
methods for any length of time, and
we are nov coming to a point where
no dairy farmer can stand it. Feed
costs too much and we are buying too
much feed 10 not know just hi re-
suits we are getting.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

Many who would like to make butter
for market during the summer months
find that their product arrives in poor
condition at destination. 1t is difficult
TO ship butter any distance without ice,
and this, OF course, the small shipper
cannot get. If there is not a good home
market, the safest plan is to sell cream
To the factory.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

A neighbor of mine is trying for a
bumper corn crop this season. The
ground is sod, last fall. In
stead of planting in checks he has
grains in a hill. eighteen inches apart.
This is rather thick planting, but as
this ground is strong. with plenty Of
moisture. it ought to make a big crop.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

With the great increase in popula-
ton and the rapid rise in land values,
the time is not far away when farm
ers must handle 5000 acre land and
make a profit from it. That will call
for closer methods, better COWS, and
more definite knowledge of breeding
for results.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

Nagging a team is a poor way to get
more service out of it, and tapping
horses with the lines or whip does no
good. The thing to do is to teach the
horses to walk fast. Dc this and they
will give you all the work you want
without urging
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

This is the season when many trou-
bles come to the butter maker. Those
who supply private trade andsship in
wooden packages get complaint of mold
just as soon as warm weather strikes
US. Soak the wooden packages in a
strong solution of brine before filling.
This will check the mold and retain the
flavor of the butter.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

bumper corn crop his season. The
ground is sod, MANFRED last fall. In
stead of planting in checks he has
grains in a hill. eighteen inches apart.
This is rather thick planting, but as
this ground is strong. with plenty Of
moisture, 1T ought to make a big crop.
There is really no excuse this season
for keeping old hay. Prices are very
cleaned up and sold. 1t is a good time
also to clean up the old stack bottoms.
Make a fresh start. Get rid Of the hay
worms.
The collars and saddle pads should
be cleaned every day to remove the
filth. If they are left all gummed up
they soon gall and make mean sores.
Dust and sweat will ruin a horses
shoulder in two or three days.
The first cultivation does more to
make the crop than all subsequent
ones. This is the only time when the
shovels should run up close to the hills.
Lift up the shield and allow the fine
dirt to sift around in the hills and cover
up the weeds which are just starting.
Trim up the orchard now. This is the
time to cut out dead limbs. Trim to
ASS III ~ S0lly "a Jul SlOo5Cd " d.lCllcS
Proper work dom in the orchards now
will show in the better quality of the
fruit.
The proper handling of 16O acres of
land calls for thought as we'll as work.
Most farmers know In a general way
that corn Is the crop to put on sod
ground. and that oats should not be
sown on too rich ground. But when to
omit one crop and put in another, get
ting the maximum yield from each
crop is a big proposition. 1t is we'll
worth While to study every field and
every crop. $50.
Some men work like troopers, but
they never accomplish much. They
never take time to think and plan, and
their hustling is really lost time.
Nagging a team is a poor way to get
horses with the lines or whip does no
good. The thing to do is to teach the
horses to walk fast. d. this and they
will give you all the work you want
without urging.
Keep all the birds, all the chickens
and turkeys, and in fact anything that
will eat bugs out in the orchard. They
will find plenty of picking now.
It's bad business to crowd too many
filters Of pigs into one feeding pen.
Pigs and sows need plenty of room,
end out in the pasture is now the best
place for them to rum.
Don't scatter coarse manure on the
meadows. Last summer a neighbor of
mine spoiled his hay crop by scatter
Ing coarse manure early in the spring.
When he came to rake off the hay he
raked up all the trash and ruined his
hay for baling. Keep meadows clean.
April was a fatal month for young
pigs. About the quickest way to lose
money is to neglect the pigs when they
come during chilly weather. Every pig
saved until it is one week old is worth
$3.50. Just GUN up see how
many you ave lost by not having good
quarters for them.
We nave beeN growing such big
grain crops for three or four years
TIA, we have y .ected to raise young
stock. Thee i a scarcity of colts.
caivfs and pigs. Make the next few
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

The collars and saddle pads should
be cleaned every day to remove the
filth. If they are left all gummed up
they soon gall and make mean sores.
Dust and sweat will ruin a horses
shoulder in two or three days.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

Some men work like troopers, but
they never accomplish much. They
never take time to think and plan, and
their hustling is really lost time.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

Don't scatter coarse manure on the
meadows. Last summer a neighbor of
mine spoiled his hay crop by scatter
Ing coarse anu early in the spring.
When he came to rake off the hay he
raked up all the trash and ruined his
hay for baling. Keep meadows clean.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

The first cultivation does more to
make the crop than all subsequent
ones. This is the only time when the
shovels should run up close to the hills.
Lift VI the shield and allow the fine
dirt to sift around in the hills and cover
up the weeds which are just starting.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

There is really no excuse this season
for keeping old hay. Prices are very
high, and everything should now be
cleaned up n sold. 1t is a good time
also to clean up the old stack bottoms.
Make a fresh start. Get rid OF the hay
worms.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

Trim up the orchard now. This is the
time to cut dead limbs. Trim to
let In the sun; cut out crossed branches.
Proper work done in the orchards now
will show In the better quality Of the
fruit.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

The only way to kill off the renovated
butter plants is to quit making such
poor stuff that 1t has to be sold to these
factories and worked over before it is
fit to eat. When creamery butter Is
selling at 25 cents per pound, one ought
to be ashamed to have to sell 15-cent
Stuff