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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-08-06

Several Columbus men are anxious
to sell their fingers at 5000 each. A
story once came out OF the KlondIke
that a thirsty. but flush, prospector
paid $4,000 for three fingers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-08-06

In the case Of the Cossacks there Is
no evidence that the free and untram.
meled life Of the steppes inculcates an
appreciation of other peoples liberty.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-08-06

But II we should stop eating meal
what would we do for leather and the
other by.products of the bovine?
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-08-06

Minister WI says that he is going
TO live 200 years. in which time he
probably hopes to find out all he
wants to know.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-08-06

At the ago Of lO4 Kentucky man
took paris green. Bet that the local
paper called Il a rash act
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-08-06
Missouri Educators wife DIss.

centralia-Mrs. Ella Davis. 81 years
old. and the wife OF Prof. William Da-
Wis. died at their home OF jaundiee.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-08-06

Englishwomen are getting splendid
practice. They win know how 10 run
an election II they ever get the ballot
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-08-06

This years crops will be worth
*S.OOO,OOO.O0O. exclusive OF the anna
teur lettuce and radish-growers' har
vest
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-08-06

The shah OF Persia is master OF the
situation In Teheran. but doesn't know
Just how long he'll hold the job.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-08-06

This woman says she was saved
from an operation by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
LenaV. Henry, of Norristown, Ga,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
II suffered untold misery from fo-
male troubles. Ny doctor said an opera.
ton was the only chance had, and I
dreaded IL almost as much as death.
lone day l read how other women
had been cured by Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and decided TO
try IL. Before had taken the first
bottle 1 was better, and now am en-
tirely cured.
EVERY woman suffering with any
female trouble should take Lydia f
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-08-06
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, f5roid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostitution.
Why don't you try itG
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-08-06
q. Iossph MIIlIonalrs pies.

81. Joseph Thomas Tootie. AGED -.
miIiicnsire. pionser merchant and
bunker Of st. Joseph. died here.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-08-06

Delay Meant Death from kidney
Troubles.

Mrs. Herman Smith. so1 Broad
Street, Athens, Ga. says: Kidney
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-08-06
Practical Points.

The combat between David and
Goliath has many points which illus
trste and symbolic the conflict be-
tween good and evil in the world; =
conflict into which every one. old or
young. should enter
There Il q personal conflict with evil
a. when Christ fought the battle Of
temptation in the wilderness.
The church cannot succeed with
worldly weapons.
pavid's preparation for hia great vie.
tory came through daily taithfuinesa
David showed the daring and haro-
lum q faitA
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07
The Riot Act.

What is commonly meant by reading
tbe riot act'' Is better known than the
origin of the phrase. The historical
riot act was passed by the British Par
lament in the reign of George |. in
1714. 1t enacts that felony is commit
led when twelve or more persons I'M
lawfully, riotously and tumultuously
assemble together to the disturbance
Of the public peace, so to continue to-
gether for an hour after being COM
manded TO disperse by the sheriff or
nndersheriff or a justice or the mayor
If the borough.
In the reading of the British riot
act. which is a necessary preliminary
to its being put into operation, 1t is not
customary to recite the whole OF the
statute. which is rather long one, but
only the following proclamation, which
il contains: "Our sovereign lord the
sing chargeth and commandeth all per-
sons being assembled Immediately to
disperse themselves and peaceably to
depart to their habitations or to their
lawful business upon the pains con-
famed in the act made in the first year
of King George for preventing tunults
and riotous assemblies. God save the
king !"-Chlcago News.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07
How He Found Out.

A beggar in London recently accost-
ed man and whined, I'm paralyzed
in both me lands, mister, an can't
work, for l can't grasp anything with
EN-. Could you spare me a triae, mis-
teri"
I'm deaf" replied the gentleman.
you'd better write down what you
want to say. Here's pencil and piece
Of paper"
Deaf is it." thought the beggat.
Then e didn't ear about the paraly-
sis. So he wrote down: i've a wife
and six children starvtn' at home, an
ham In a dreffull state Of destertush-
ion.n He handed the paper to the man,
who said:
Il thought you said you were par
lived In both hands and couldn't grassy
anything; and yet can write"
Didn't yer say yer were deafr
stammered the beggar.
Eyes, to find out If you were an I'm.
postor, which you are, as | supposed,
replied the man.
'.Well. of all the bloomin' frauds, yen
the biggestl' exclaimed the beggar.
The hidea of yer sayin' yer were deaf
an tryfn' to impose on poor Teller y
And he shuffied off, shifting the air
with righteous indignation.-New Yori
Tribune
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07
NuRR1Ns OF FARM NEWS.

The Oregon potato yield is twice as
large as that of last year and the quality
IS good
The broomcorn crop of Texas county,
Okla, alone will bring the farmers $780,
900 this year.
Tuberculous hogs have been marketed
In La Crosse and consumed there, accord
ing to DR.. H. Roome, United States meat
inspector.
Exhibits from many States were pres
ent at the Minnesota Fanciers' poultry
show in ST. Paul. The class of birds
was finer than ever before shown in Min
pesota.
Timothy hay has sold In Chicago this
season at S21 per ton, the highest price
ever paid there The scarcity is due more
to a shortage in cars than a shortage OF
the crop.
The Minnesota grain inspection depart
ment reports that more than 20 per cent
of all wheat inspected by the State grain
inspection department for the crop year
ending Aug. 81, 1907, graded No 2 or
better.
A band of $4,000 sheep we're driven
from Roswell, n. NJ, to feeding grounds
in Southern Arizona They cleared OF
the vegetation of a strip mile wide clean
as whistle in their progress through the
country.
j. G. Delman of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
has bought 1900 acres of land near Fall
furris, Texas, upon which he will estab-
lish a colony operated as q cooperative
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

half the time in circle. To make mat
ters worse, found my nose was bleeding
from the fall I got over the cord 1t
seemed to me l should never get to my
journeys end However. after time It
grew less obscure, which made me think
I must have got clear OF the Beagle
Woods. which was a comfort; and short
" afterwards heard footsteps approach
Ing. =,
who's there" I called when | felt II
was time to speak, lest l ran into some
thing fresh.
Sam Martin. Be that you, Muster
-Keene?" replied well-known voice.
YES, it is. How far am l from Mr..
Flexmore's house?"
about half a mile keep straight on
by the paling. Thought 1t were you, MI
Keene, by your little squeaking voice.
Shall I turn back wi YET"
mo. Go straight on. I've left tho
doctors trap in the road-horse down
see what you can do with it, Sam Mar
tin. and take care no one else comes into
mischief over il"
Ito be continued.)
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

sums ~ money in connection with the
improvement Of the harbor Of 6avan-
nah. Then began one OF the most
celebrated cases In American criminal
jurisprud. ace. All three men had in
huential fiends. The two contract
ors. Johi Z. Gay - and Benjamin D.
Greene, had large = ealth. All OF them
fought the case nth determination
and every device Of shrewdness, every
tecilnicality, that the ablest lawyers
could devise The army engineer,
Captain Oberlin NJ Carter. after ex-
hausting every legal resource, was con
victed in 1899, and sentenced to a
heavy fine and FIVE years imprison-
ment. Greene and Gaynor forfeited
their ball and fed to Canada. For
years they were able to defy extradi-
zion, and before they could be brought
back to United States soil, their case
was carried by appeal to the highest
British court. the judicial committee
of the privy council The decision OF
that court was in favor OF the United
States, and the men were surrendered
and taken to Savannah, tried, convict
ed. and sentenced to pay fine Of more
than half million dollars each, and
to spend four years in prison. From
this sentence, rendered year ago last
April, the two prisoners took an APP
peal to the Supreme Court Of the Unit
ed States, in the form of a petition
for a writ Of certiorari. Their petition
has been denied. The finding of the
Southern District Court Of Georgia Is
affirmed, and the prisoners are at last
in prison, where they must serve theiI
sentence The celebrated case is set
tied 1t was once remarked by cyni-
cal New York politician that no man
who has a million dollars can be con-
victed of serious crime in this coun-
try The remark has often been quoted,
and perhaps has been believed by
many persons. The outcome of the
case against Greene and Gaynor Will
go long way toward correcting this
pernicious belief; for II ever the mat
ter had a fair test, this case has af-
forded 1t. 1t is one of many cases in
which men of great wealth, defended
by the ablest lawyers, have been con-
victed and punished. The lesson of all
of them is that the arm of the law is
long and It's memory tenacious, and In
the end all men are equal before It
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07
CHAPTER VIII.

1t was two o'clock when | got INFO
the doctors gig with the new will. My
house was just on the outskirts of the
town: Flexmore's was two or three miles
beyond on the other side of Beagle Woods.
The mist had been thick all the morn
ing. but it was thicker than ever when
| started, so that | could not see three
wards ahead with my glasses on. How
ever. knew | could trust TO the intelli-
gence of the doctors nag. who took that
road every day in the week, and nights a.
well sometimes; and with my collar well
mn. and my nose well down in comfort
er, off | started.
logged along pretty comfortably I'M
til we got into the Beagle Woods; there
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07
TRAMp,s IDEA OF SQUARE MEAL
Hobo Calls a Blur and Slows Away
Considerable Grub.

Hobo CnIIs a BLUM and Slows Away
Considerable Grub.
John Mendel "panhandled" man OF
Main street, Des Moines, and the mar
approached thought he smelled whisky
on the tramp's breath, so he said:
81 will buy you all the food you car
eat, but will give you no money"
Lead me to It," replied the tramp,
and the pair entered a nearby lunch
room.
"Can order all 1 can eat?" asked
the tramp, skeptically.
Eat all you can and III pay for It,,
was the reply.
Then began gastronomlc feat.
"Six chicken pies, half a dozen eggs
on bread. three orders of beans, and a
cup of coffee" said the tramp.
In ten minutes the first order was
gone and the tramp inquired hungrily :;
Can 1 order more?'
Eat all you cam replied the host.
-Four soft boiled eggs, three cups OF
custard, and a couple more chicken
pies, and a glass of milk" called the
tramp. and some toast, well butter
ed" he said as an afterthought.
1t took quarter of an hour more fol
the hungry man to dispose of this or
der, and then came another.
Gimme whole pumpkin pie and a
lot of cheese, and some of those apple
fritters, about half a dozen will be
enough"
By the time he had finished with this
the lunchroom was crowded with spec
tators. Then he slowed away big
plate of bananas and cream, two pieces
of apple pie and another cup of coffee
SIS that all you want?" asked the
Samaritan, who had begun to count his
money.
"Just one more piece of that pump
kin pie" said the tramp.
The bill amounted to S3.S5.-Des
AIoines Capital.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

After fighting for five hours against
intense cold and a high sea the Nan
tucket life-savers recently rescued a
woman, baby and seven men from a
wrecked boat. These life-savers re
ceive $50 a month and are forced to
take slxty-day vacation without pay
every summer. They have appealed
to Congress, with little hope of sue
cess, for higher wages. They deserve
1t, but-they have little or no political
influence they get It? How many
congressman would duplicate the feat
of the Nantucket crew for ten times
$50-but that, of course, is aside from
>he issue.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

Almost every great world fair that
has been held in this or In other coun-
tries has left some permanent legacy
to the city in which it was held-a
public building or other enduring mon
ument. The jamestown Exposition is
not to be an exception, although in
this case it is the national government
rather than the city or state. which Is
to benefit. The great pier which was
-built by the army is to be retained by
the Navy Department 1t has been
found that the pier will hold one hun
dred thousand tons of coal, and be-
tween it and neighboring pier large
fleet of Golfers can lie fully loaded,
ready for an instant start, and safe
from storms The pier will therefore
be retained by the government as
coal depot. in part payment for the
money advanced TO the exposition COM
pany from the national treasury.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

Although for twelve years the con-
stitution of New York has forbidden
pool-selling, book-making, and all 9TH
er kinds of gambling, race-track gam
bling has continued under law which
is a dead letter because the penalty is
frivolous. The governor, In his recent
message to the legislature, called upon
that body to enforce by proper legisla-
ton the constitutional prohibition.
All friends of the race-tracks denounce
the proposition, but labor leaders have
commended the governor for his at
tempt to prevent young men from
wasting their earnings by betting on
horse-races
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07
From the Chronicles. of Plum Hollow

From the Chronicles of Plum Hollow
"Yep," said the native, ''he wuz
mighty fond O. maxim jokes. An he'd
take no end of trouble to work 'em up
good an proper"
He paused and pulled at his corncob
pipe.
do you remember any joke in par
ticular that he perpetrated?" inquired
the visitor.
"Why, yes, l do. One Of tn best Of
'em was a sort O. quotation Bill had
seen somewheres, an in order 10 work
it out he had to keep com'ny with girl
named Iibbie Tinglefoot. One day we
wuz all sittin' round HI Bascom's stove
when Tom Barlow spoke up an says,
Better look out fer tibet gal of yours,
Bill. She's pooty flirtatious.' That
wuz Bits chance. Eternal vigilance is
tn price of Libbie T. he says. Porty
dern good, wasn't it?n-Houston Post.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

400 Richard II, King X Eassas4
murdered
1919 Cortez sailed from Cabs y lnvass
Mexico
1850 William and Mary eathrsnsd p
England.
oO-Ths British war.hip Rami1lisa,
with crew Of 700. sailed from Ply
mouth on voyage that ended b .
wreck and the loss Of al on board
except two.
|63 French and Indian war ended b
treaty Of Paris
70 Chatham presented his motion t.
Parliament for conciliation with
America.
20 Col. Pickens, with force Of Caro-
Lima militia, defeated the Tories west
Of Broad river.
% The British, under Sir Henry Gin
ton, began their attack on Charles
ton, 8. G.
Eileen Greene abandoned North Car
olina to the British.
O1-John Marshall appointed chief jus-
tice of the United States
O4-New Jersey Legislature passed an
act for the gradual abolition Of slav-
cry.
1908 Russia declared "" against
Sweden
1s15-Fort Boyer, Mobile, surrendered to
the British.
1878 Congress of Ai1-la- Chapelle OPEN
ed
lS44-William williams of Pennsylvania
became Secretary of War.
tS56-President ordered dispersion Of
armed invaders of Kansas.
ts63-F federal prisoners first confined at
Andersonville, Ca
1S67-A civil service reform measure In
troduced in the House of Represent
atives.
1873 Abdication of King Amadeus Of
Spain and proclamation of repub-
lie.
lS78-First telephone patent granted to
Alexander Graham Bell.
lsT9-Chair of the Senate occupied for
the first time by a negro Senator,
". DTuCt u utSSlSSiPPi..
House appointed a committee to in
vestigate alleged purchase of pres!-
Dental electors in behalf Of Samuel
j. Tilden.
ISS9-Great fire at Brandon, Man..
Constitution of Japan proclaimed.
1890 University buildings at Toronto
burned.
's95-Chinese feet surrendered to tho
japanese.
S9S-United States battleship Maine
blown up in Havana harbor, with
loss of 260 lives.
President Mckinley signed the
peace treaty with Spain.
-9O0-Relief of Kimberley by Gen.
French.
9O2-Anglo alliance announced
903-Great demonstration of London's
unemployed in Trafalgar square.
Northwestern States swept by Sc
we're blizzard.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

British pluck seems something more
than a phrase when one reads of the
diversions of the boys in Bernardo
Orphanage at the East End Of London.
All these lads are physically defect
I've, yet they box. swim, make ardent
use of the apparatus In their gymna-
stun, and this winter capped the eli
max by organizing football-team. OF
course they play a modified form of
the game, boy who has no legs being
permitted TO handle the ball, and
cripple being allowed to "kick" with
his crutch Even so, however, they
must needs display the same qualities
of nerve and courage that, outside the
football field, have enabled our race
to score many a goal.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

The Countess of Yarmouth has Sc
cured a divorce and the restoration Of
her maiden name 1t will be hard for
other heiresses to understand why she
didn't insist on clinging to the title
sfter paying so much for It
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07
An E.timate and /. Hope.

you've heard her, you say7" re
marked Mr.. Dudley. "Ah, she certain
ly has the gift of song"
well, l hope that's what 1t is" re-
piled Miss Knox. 81 should hate to
think she paid anything for it."-Phil-
-adelphia Press.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

A Montana judge has ruled that the
right to labor is God-given right and
ever, there are doubtless a number of
hoboes in Montana who will offer no
desperate resistance If they are de
prived Of it
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

Harry X. Thaw has been acquitted.
This, it is to be hoped, will cause
rapid decline Of Thaw publicity. The
most desirable future for the Thaws
ls one Of the strictest secluslon.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

A New York man has been sentenced
to prison for mot longer than his nat
ural life" 1t must be relief to him
to know that he will not be expected
to hang around the place after death.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

isn't it strange that so few men
discover the secret of success In life?'
Yes but it's stranger still that the
secret is still secret Surely some of
the men who discovered 1t must have
told it to their wives. Philadelphia
Press.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

This is the year 1905 In the Chinese
calendar, which shows that the Chi
nese began to keep count much farther
back than our oldest inhabitant can re-
MEMBER
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

Russia and Turkey are preparing for
war, but we are glad to report that
Switzerland and Luxembourg are peace
ably attending to business.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

The new system of religious thera-
peutics" Is curing good many people
who would get fighting mad If told by
doctor that nothing allied them.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

Ten years ago 1t was discovered that
two wealthy contractors and United
States army engineer had consplred
To defraud the government Of large
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

There is nothing to make one afraid
Of the future, aays James }. Hill. We
might say 30, too, II We had Jim Hills
money
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

A few more weddings to women Of
Vanderbilt family and the Hungarian
nobility viii At least have enough to
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

We can't hey wondering who docs
the work in til homes OF those Eng
'ish suffragettes?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

This world would be mighty lone
some If all great questions could be
permanently settled at once.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

Thens IS = rae. horse named Maga-
Eipe. Wonier IL he is four-fifths ad-
vertisements too.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07

1t is easier for q man to acquire a
bad reputation than 1t is for his chill
dren to live it down
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-26
A Mayors Testimony

wv. N. Woodson, Corning, California;
A dry town attracts the moral element,
and that's the kind we want. Since the
town voted out the saloons, | have re-
ceived through my extensive correspond
ence flood of congratulatory messages
from prospective homeseekers, but not
one adverse criticism. In the last four
months, | know of fifty families that
have come to Corning because of its
being dry They have brought with
them an average of $4,000 apiece, and
that has been spent in this neighbor-
hood for land, lumber, etc, meaning
$125,000 for this community. I never
knew of one dollar to be driven away
because the saloon was not here and l
have known many people (before we
voted out the saloons), men with certi-
fled checks for large amounts in their
pockets, to say, 81 like your country,
and feel that it has a bright future be-
fore it, but | can't stand your saloons"
You can say for me that Prohibition is
bringing dollars into my pocket, and into
the pockets of this town right along"