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Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

Joplin.--Sealded almost beyond rec.
ignition by falling into pan Of boil.
ing water. the 2.year-old daughter Of
Mrs. Joseph coryeil. OF the Bankers
land. died after lingering twenty houFa
Il torture.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17
shonta MING and kiImaolf.

Kansas clty.-CraEed with jealousy.
James NJ. Plgs. aged So years. a real
estate dealer OF Deepwater. Mo-, shot
and mortally wounded his wife. lie
then locked himself in a room and
fired a bullet In his breast. II is said
ahAt PlgE viii recover.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

II Cares While You walk
Aliens font-Eass TOT coFns and hanioha hol suuakt
cailous aching feet. sc all Druggists
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

with apologies to the hen. why is a
green hat?
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

Mrs. Langtry is so years old--a fact
shown only by the records.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

Women are almost as absurd a
men are foolish.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17
o o O
No Hurry.

Walking one misty night through a
street In a Scotland village q minister
fol- into n deep hole. There was no lad
der by which he could make his escape
and he began 10 shout for help. la
borer passing by heard his cries. and
looking down. asked who he was. The
minister told him. whereupoR the labor
or remarked; "weel weel. ye medina
kick Up sic a noise. Youth no be needed
day nleht."
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

He who thinks only OF himself hasn't
any too much 10 think about.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

A Texas poet says he is waiting in
the garden for her. That may be all
right in Texas, hut II anybody waits
In my garden right now they will get
ashes thrown on them.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

Sometimes a woman Is known BY
the company she avoids.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

The proportion of ieft-haaded people
II one in six.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17
Z II =

The average business man who has
kept the present business pace for 20
or 30 years. doesn't look upon death
with any great amount OF fear and
trembling.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

Mrs. Whim-You needn't say woman
has no mechanical genius. can do
anything on earth with only a hair
pin.
Mr.. wbIm-well. sharpen this lead
pencil with II.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17
INvALIp's SAD PLIGHT.

After lnfiammatory Rheumatism, Hair
Came Out, Skin Peeled, and Bed
Sores peveloped-onIy cuti-
cura Proved Successful.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

Mrs. Wlnaiow's Soothing Syrup.
For cbildFcn teethng softehs the gums. reduces N
nAmniAIiop. AllAy pAa wtnd cola. b0tsla.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17
" ~ y
On the WAY.

Sometimes you wonder how some
people can have brain fever.
= = =
OF course, II rNay have been 90 in
the shade last summer. but II II was
am sure was one of the ones who
did not kick.
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DO women dress to please menu"
asks a feminine writer. Not on your
life. They dress TO look as good as
the next woman. darn her.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

PILES CURED IN q To IA DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT u guaranteed 10 cure any cas-
Of Itching. HIND, Blrt,dinE OF Protruuing Piles in
Ia IL days OF money refunded. 20.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17
Train Einr. Darn ,Er.

Train up a girl In the way she ahOuld
go, and when she grows Up. she viii not
only jerk Symphonies out OF the kitchen
stove. but she will lay aside the tail
feathers OF the turkey at THANKSGIVING,
save the wire from the baled hay, bay
~ cents worth OF ribbon and construct
a bonnet that win make = forty-doilar
mOnsnosity look ike % esnts.-Iiouston
Post
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

What's the use OF spending money
going to the vaudeville when all you
have to do is to spend I'VE cents for a
street-car ride and watch the girls
with the big hats trying TO get on and
of the cars? A fellow who could
hire a bunch OF these ladies. buy a
Southport avenue car. and take the
whole business on n tour OF the coun-
try districts could make his fortune
by next seeding time.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

An Iowa newspaper tells of a resi-.
dent OF that town finding fire caused
by spontaneous combustion In his
basement. That fellow should rent
himself out as r gas stove.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-12-17

Another poet Is waiting FOR her
where the crickets chirp and call.
That's all right. my boy. but you want
to be careful and pick out one that
will wait for you when the cricks get
into your back and the rheumatism Is
playing the Daughters of the ReyOlu.
ton all over your aching anatomy.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
HIDES LOOT IN ''BABY'So ROBE.
ShOpIifter in Paris Very AffectiOnate
TO Dummy She Carried.

Paris, Jan. 5.-Certainly this young
woman showed the height of the pro-
fessional shoplifter's cunning.
Neatly dressed, respectable looking,
she visited a big department store sew
eral times during the holidays and made
small purchases. Always she bore in
her arms a baby. whose face was care
fully covered with wells. as was natu-
raj it should be to protect it from the
biting winds The young woman dis
played great affection for the baby and
often kissed it, but always through the
wells
Finally suspicion was raised by the
young mothers actions. She was ar
rested.
The baby was dummy It's robe hid
a long cardboard box in which the
shoplifter slipped the articles she stole.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
CANFIELD ON SOCIAL VISIT.
John ". Gates Denies They Are
Planning Partnership.

Port Arthur. Tex, Jan. 5-John ".
Gates says that Richard Garfield, the
New York gambler. who has been his
guest at his winter home here, did not
come to Port Arthur on business mis-
sion Il was purely a social visit, Mr..
Gates says.
He asserts that so far as he knows
Garfield does not contemplate embarking
in the oil business in Texas. He also
denied the report that they are to form
a partnership to engage in the horse
raising business
Garfield has taken his departure from
Port Arthur 1t is said that he is on his
way 20 California. Dir. Gates Will go to
New York about the middle OF this month
on a brief business visit. He says that
he and his son have acquired large inter-
ests in all Of the Texas oil fields, and
that they will give their personal atten-
ton 10 the business.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

f'Hiilil-ttiii sunday Jan. D. lAo-S
winter distribution OF atmospheric pressure has
SET IL generally over the Northern Hemisphere This
seasonal arrangement Of pressure points 20 an early
Inauguration Of more pronounced types of winter
weather iu the United States
\ deep depression over the British Northwest Ter
Hip} VIII be supplemented by the development Of a
depression IN the Southwest This disturbance viii
m"'e rapidly eastward preceded bY rising tempera-
tnre. attended hy rain i'm southern and snow in
nortbem distrcts. and followed by All area Of nigh
barometer with colder. fair weather Ram VIII he
general in the Southwest Monday and viii extend
over me middle and lower Mississippi Valley Monday
ana Monday night. The precipitation area viii ex-
tend over the Lake region and Ohio Valley Tuesday
and reach the Atlantic coast Tuesday or TUESDAY
night
During Monday the wind ON the New England
cnaS' Nlil diminish from the Northwest and become
variable on the Middle Atlantic coast the wind viii
De- ght and variable on the Gulf coast Light easter
~ shifting TO fresh s0theasterly and on the Great
Lakes fresh to brisk from the south and southwest
steamers departing Monday for European ports
VIII have fresh westerly shifting to southerf winds
and fair weather to the Grand Banks
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06

in the uniform Of an American soldier
acting as bartender at an army pos"
As other evidences Of the rise of moral
level, Senator Dolliver spoke at length
on the action Congress had taken with
respect 10 the child labor question; the
undermining of the quarantine laws; the
employers liability act: the pure food
laws. and the Interstate Commerce leg
islation During the financial crisis. he
said, he had seen the people standing to-
gether shoulder to shoulder with every
confidence that everything would come
out right in the end.
Confidence Not shaken.
''The confidence of the country should
not be destroyed 10y the want of money" E"
he continued, and it hasn't been. I
have seen bankers tell their depOsitors
that their banks We're solvent. but that
they could not pay out any money, and
have seen the depositors shake hands
with the cashiers and so away satisfied
that there was no need 10 worry.
Time viii come when every question,
whether Of trust or labor problem, will
be solved by the law of Christ revealed
to the world in the Gospel
This is new ground for hope and
courage. Time is at hand when the world
in law. literature, labor, and in invest
ment Of money shall come to realize that
the world is, after all, the House of
Christ"
Commissioner Of Immigration Robert
Watchorn presided at the meeting and
introduced Senator Dolliver. who WAS
roundly cheeTed. Rev DR. Newell Dwight
Hills. Of Trinity Church. opened the
meeting with prayer
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
DISCUSS HUGHES MEASURES.
Legislators at Albany Are Kept on
the Anxious Seat.

Albany, n. Y. Jan. with no plan
Of action outlined and everybody guess
ing as to what will be done, the legis-
Iature will reconvene tomorrow night.
Aside from discussing the prospects of
the governor succeeding in having enact
ed into law any Of the measures recon-
mended in his annual message TO the
legislature, the principal interest centers
in the committee chairmanships, which
Speaker Wadsworth will announce to-
morrow night
OF the measures recommended by the
governor in his message, several will be
introduced tomorrow night. Senator
George B. Agnew. who introduced similar
measures last year for District Attorney
Jerome, was on hand with anti-race
track gambling legislation. Senator Trav-
is and Assemblyman Green. of Brooklyn,
will put in the permissive direct nomina-
tions bills.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
KILLS WIFE; SLABS HIMSELF.
EastOn Man Driven to Deed by JeaI.
Ousy-OmciaIs Guard Him.

Easton, Pa, Jan. 5.-Frank P, Smith,
aged twenty-eight years, entered the
house of his wife, Mrs. Mary Smith, who
lived with her mother, Mrs. George Stem,
at 1850 NesquehOning street at an early
hour this morning. took butcher knife
from drawer in the kitchen, and, going
to his wife's room, reached over her sis
ter, Miss Laura Stem, and stabbed his wife
through the heaTI.
Smith then stabbed himself, but did
not fall. lie went into the cellar and
twice slash2d his throat. but did not cut
the iuglar veiu He is alive and will re-
cover from his injuries. Officials are
guarding him,
He is the son Of City Controller Chester
smith He and his wife had lived un-
happily and had separated. He was ex-
tremely jealous of her.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
HARVESTING PECAN CROP.
San Antonio the Center of Important
Industry An Nufs

San Antonio, Tex. Jan. Harvesting
of the greatest pecan crop in the history
of Texas is rapidly nearing completion,
and the returns to the grower are show
ing up splendid results. P. B. McClurg,
Of San Saba County, Southwest Texas,
showed up one tree that produced $l5s
worth OF pecans.
This is the record for a single tree. but
yield Of SL0O a tree is profitable, since
by planting the trees thirty feet an acre,
forty-nine trees will grow upon q single
acre
At seven years OF age. a grove OF ps-
cans will average 3L00 a tree, and dur
ing that time the land can be cultivated
for other crops. For the next twenty
years the crop increases in value at the
rate OF sl.0o tree for each year. There
are many pecan groves In this section
yielding from $500 to s400 an acre.
San Antonio has the largest pecan
shipping and shelling firm in the United
States and the industry Is thriving one.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
GREAT DEMAND FOR COAL.
Anthracite Operators Say Outlook
for Industry Is Excellent.

WilkesbaTre, Pa, Jan. 5.-However
much other industries may be affected
by the financial depression there is no
indication of any depreciation in the an
thracite coal trade and operators through
out the region say they do not expect
any.
The demand still continues brisk de-
spite the several weeks of mild weather
which usually results in a falling off
in the demand. All the collieries in the
region are turning out their normal out
put and the operators are not reducing
the working time and have no expecta-
tion of doing so.
They say they expect the present
steady demand 10 be maintained for at
least four months.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
STREET CAR HITS AUTO.
Five Persons in the Machine slightly
Hurt by Falling Glass.

New York, Jan. 5,-A. W, Ayres, who
told the police that he lived at 35 West
sixty-ffth street was driving an auto
mobile east through East Nlnety-frst
street this afternoon when he collided
with a south bound Lexington avenue car.
The front axle of the machine broke under
the impact and the glass in the inclosed
body of the car was broken.
The occupants of the car with Ayres
were Mr. and Mrs. Emil Higgins and
their two childEen, Agnes and Stanford.
They We're all bruised and somewhat cut
by the falling glass
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
AImshouse inmates scorn work.

Reading. Pa, Jan. 5.-stewart Hollen-
bach, of the Berhs County poorhouse,
yesterday ordered over fifty vagrants to
the timber land and made them cut fence
posts and rails The cut timber will be
used in rebuilding the county fences. Be
cause of the new order, seven of the ia
mates left the institution.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
CRUISER READY FOR TRIALS.
North Carolina Reaches ROckIand
After Good Run from Norfolk,

Roekland, Me-, Jan. 5-The new ar
mored cruiser North Carolina arrived
here to-day for her official standariza-
tion trial over the Rockland course. The
warship was forty-six hours in steaming
from Nor folk. and during portion OF the
run. when she was under forced draft.
the North Carolina made twenty-five
knots an hour, which is her contract re-
quiremtsC speed.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06

/ New York Jan. 5.-Little Egypt. the
original Little Egypt, the dancer who
( was "a guest of Herbert Barnum Seeley.
/ grandson Of the Snowman, when Capt.
! Chapman made his sensational raid at
! Sherry's, little over ten years ago, was
found dead to-day in her apartments on
/ the top floor of 226 West Thirty-seventh
| street
/ Black marks on her neck and breast
and blood stains on her nisht gown led
! Coroner Hamburger TO believe that she
had been murdered. and he ordered her
body removed 10 the morgue, where an
autopsy viii DE performed tomorrow by
Coroners Physician O'Hanlon
Detectives of the West Thirty-seventh
street station. under Capt Stephen
O'Brien. and Or. N. N. Waxman. Of
/ 259 West Thirty-ninth street. who made
an investigation. reported that death had
been caused by coal gas ssphyxiation
and that there was nothing suspicious.
With Buriesque Company.
Little Egypt. who. in private life, was
| Katherine Devine. had occupied five
room apartment in the Thirty-seventh
street house for two months past while
she was appearing ~ith q burlesque COM
pany IA and around New York She re-
| Gently closed an engagement at the Lon
don Theater on the 'Bowery, and was
soon 10 have opened with THE Merry
Widows" at New Orleans. The manager
Of the show was awaiting her to-day in
Philadelphia where she was To have re-
/ heaTsed with the company before starting
for the South
The black marks on the woman's neck
and breast were caused, Dr. Waxmau
said. by congestion Of the blood. and she
probably had had hemorrnage shortly
before she died The physician and an
ambulance surgeon from Roosevelt Hos
pital said the condition Of the body
showed that the woman had died about
f0rty-eight hours before her apartments
were entered by the ianitor. who became
suspicious that something had happened
TO her
Finds Her Dead in Bed.
Her sister, Mrs. Frank ConneH. of 24l
West Thirty-sixth street had called to
see her several times within the last TWO
days. and when she failed to get any
response this afternoon the janitor went
through the window from the fire escape
and found Little Egypt lying dead in bed
All the windows and doors were closed,
and there was a strong odor Of coal gas
in every room. While Coroner Harburger
was inclined to the theory that the wom-
an had been murdered, the janitor re-
called that only the day before several
tenants had complained to him that coGi
gas was coming through the heaters from
the furnace in the cellar.
The woman's clothes were in the bed
room as she left them before retiring,
and her jewelry and some money were on
the bureau.
Coroner Harburger Believed that Little
Egypt had been strangled, but there was
no evidence of a struggle having taken
place, and her body lay in the bed in
natural position. Nobody in the house
had seen anything of her since yesterday.
Little Egypt became famous the world
over following the sensational Seeley din
ner. and for a long time theatrical man
ayers beseiged her. She was engaged at
fabulous salaries to do a dancing special
Is, and was arrested in nearly every city
in the country,
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
Father at sons Golden wedding.

Reading. Pa, Jan. 5.-The guest of
honor at the celebration of the golden
wedding anniversary Of Mr. and Mrs.
Reuben c. /. Kissinger, of this place,
last night was Mr.. Kissngers father,
who is ninety-one years old. Both Mr..
and Mrs Kissinger are seventy-one years
81
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
Local Temperature.

Midnight, So . a. ~, 81; a. nl.. 80: 6 A. m. g.
a. M. S2i 10 d. m, a; Y noon. %. . n m al
4 p. ~. g; 6 p. NJ, %. D. m. 81. 10 :, -, %
Maximum, 81 minimum D.
Relative humidity-6 a. m. IS: S D. m.. A. Uo.,r.
Of sunshine, g. Per cent Of possible sunshine %
Temperature same date last year-Maxim1m a.
minimum, 81.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
Skeleton that of WcOdsmnn.

Ridgway, Pa, Jan. 5.-By watch and
a bank book found near py the skeleton
of-the man discovered near Hicks Run
has been identified as that of Thomas
scully, Of Dubois. a woodsman. who has
been missing since August
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
JOLLY 7ARS UNITE
Buried Treasure Ring Has
COnViYial Aims.
IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER
Or IL VIII BE, at Any Rate, when
These Good Fellows of the BriDy
of n salt sen Tang, of Pirates
Bold, and OF Treasures Great.

New York, Jan. 5.-A new society. the
.B. T. R-it must not be confused with
the B. r T., which has entirely diff
ferent aims-has been organized. with
headquarters at certain delectable hole
in the wall in Front street. near Roose-
welt, and with branches at the most
picturesque gin mills along Manhattan 5
eastern water front below the Swamp,
.B. T. r., it may be explained, is the
abbreviation of the magic words Buried
Treasure Ring.
The Buried Treasure Ring promises to
be the most peculiar and fascinating
society in all New York.
The name of the new organization just
hints at its purpose. without revealing
its possibilities. 1t is not composed of
people weighed down with the secret of
some mysterious fortune hid by Kidd,
Moran. Flint. or any other old time buc-
cancer.
While the names of the members are
secret. il may be said that so far they
are less than a score. Among them can
be found two or three litterateurs in
search of local color for romances Of the
high seas.
Tells of Its Aim.
charter member Of the new society
was induced to-day to describe its pl:r-
poses and scope TO d reporter. Clearing
his throat in deep bass note, he rum
bled forth:
'The Buried Treasure Ring has been
founded by a few choice spirits to pre-
serve the integrity and pristine romance
Of South street and the water front. With
the disappearance of the old square rig
gers and the installment of new horse
car in South street ssme of us old-timers
came to the conclusion that we were be
twiXt the devil and the deep sea
We all prefer the deep sea, but seeing
as how we're here because were here,
we must make the best of ii. The B. T. r.
proposes TO preserve the atmosphere of
South street with its original tang Of
salt water. cargoes from all the seven
seas, and the flavor Of warehouses. the
whole enhanced by the scent Of good rum.
Ro's'n Pipes Them Up.
Our gatherings are held at any time
Of the day or night All hands piped TO
the bar by the bo's'n are expected to join
in hearty singing OF old chanteys. A
quartet then renders Fifteen Men OF a
Dead Mans Chest and after the mate
has read a selection from Treasure
Island conversational intercourse is per
mitted
Each member must tell story begin
ming When / was aboard the Jumping
or some other boat, and We
was in the Gulf of Bombay or some
other sea or port, etcetera, and so forth.
The bo'sn then recounts the latest ex-
ploits of Earl FitZwilliam in search of
the treasure of CocQs Island, or OF some
body else Spinning of yarns is then N
order
plans are formed next for an ex-
pedition in search Of some hidden treas
ure. The mate announces the names of
all ships arriving in port with cargOes
from the tropics since the last meeting,
and a committee is appointed to gather
the news they bring from foreign ports
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06

Temperatures in other cities together with N.
smouHt Of rainfall for the twelve hours ended "A
p. N. yesterday. follows:
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders OF the Anac0stia and Poto-
mac River Railroad Company for the
purpose of electing a board of directors 10
serve for the ensuing year and 10 trans
act such other business as will properly
come before the meeting, viii be held at
the Office OF the company, Fourteenth and
East Capitol streets, Washington, ID. c.,
on SATURDAY, January IS, lS0S. between
the hours Of 1 and p. m.
Books for the transfer of stock will be
closed from January ) TO January Is. 1908,
both dates inclusive.
+. j. WHITEHEAD,
de23-tja1s Secretary.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
SPECIAL NOTICE.
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOT
TTSH RITE

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOT
TISH RITE
The honorary and active paiIbearers
Tor the funeral ceremonies Of our late
brother ALLISON NAILOR. Jr.. 33s
honorary. and members OF the Rits. are
requested 10 meet q the Cathedral OF
the Rite, 1907 g street northwest. at u ID.
MONDAY. January 1905
STERLING KERR, Jr. go X. c. c. d.
...-- Master Kadosh.
JACOBUS s. JONES. 33'.
Master Evangelist Chapter.
F. A. SEBRING. go K. c. c. H..
Master Mithras Lodge.
JNO. H. OLCOTT, go X. c. c. II,
Registrar.
THE WASHINGTON MARKET COW.
pany. Stockholders Meeting-The an
nual meeting Of the stockholders OF tho
Washington Market Company will bo
held at the Office Of the company. in Cen
ter Market, on Seventh street northwest.
IN the city Of Washington. D. c., at II
o'clock noon on the FIRST MONDAY.
being the 6th day Of January, 1905. 10
elect thirteen directors to serve the ensu-
ing year; and TO act on any other matter
Within the powers of the corporation that
may be brought before the meeting.
EDWARD r. TINKER. President.
FRANK O. WILKINS, Secretary.
Washington, d. Q. December II. 1907.
deZZ,24,z6. 28.3lja246
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
Under SurgeOns' Command,

In the Spanish-American war the hos
pital ships Viglancia, Relief, Missouri,
Bay State, and Olivette We're by various
orders Nos 1OS. 122. 1Ss 212, 279. &c.l
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
LITTLE EGYPT DEAD
Actress SuccumbS to Coal
Gas in Her Apartments.
At FIRST THOUGHT A MURDER

Investigation Shows She Was As
phyxiated and thnt Death Took
nous Ten Years Ago at seeIey Din
ner-Managers Were Bcsieged.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
Orders for BLANK Books

to be made TO order executed with ths
p7umptness and satisfaction that complete
facilities alone permit. Hard and flexible
binding, ruling. indexing, &c Prices
compare fav0Tably with any for best
work.
E. Howard, 7I4 18th ST.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
GOOD TIMES COMING
Senator DOlliver Speaks on
"NeW Moral Outlook"
BROOKLYN Y. N. C. A. MEETING

Says school of Criticism Has Exag-
gerated Defects of Government,
of Nation VIII Seen BE at Hand.
Many Critics Among His Friends.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
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