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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19

turbans and gowns and constitute an inn portant element of the community. They were formerly slave traders, and until the British took hold and built the Ur- ganda railway they did a big business in toting ivory down from Lake Victoria and other parts of Central Africa on the heads of slaves, selling both slaves and ivory here at Bombasa. This business has all been done away with, and the ivory now comes in on the railway.
 As to the East Indians, they are mostly retail merchants and traders. There are Parsees, with tall hats, Hindus in white sheets, and other East Indians who wear little round gold caps. gay vests and cal ico trousers. Indian women are to be seen everywhere, and some of them, the wives of Mohammedans, go about clad in yell low from head to foot. I saw two women on my way across the island who were apparently moving without seeing at all Their yellow dresses were fitted over padded skull caps, covering the head and face and falling clear to the ground could not see how the women could make their way along without stumbling until l observed a little veil about the size of two postage stamps sewed over a hole in lIOHl Ol lHe eyes, IneS6 women never go on the street except when so clad and they arc stictest of the Mohammedans.
 The most of the population of Mombasa is African. There are people here from all parts of the interior, some of them as black as jet, with scattering few who are chocolate brown or yellow. These natives live in Euts off by themselves, ad- joining the European and Asiatic quar- ters, and comprise a large village. Their houses are of mud plastered upon framework of poles and matched with straw. The poles are put together with out nails. There is not a piece of iron In any of them, except on the roof, where here and there hole has been patched up with a rusty Standard oil can. Very few of the huts are more than eight feet high and some are so low that one has to stoop to enter them. They are so small that the beds are usually left out side the house during the day time, and the majority of each family sleep on the floor.
 l find this African village the most in- teresting part of Mombasa. Its inhabi- tants number 20,000 or more and they com prise natives of perhaps one hundred tribes, each of which has it's own dress and its own customs. The most of the women are bare-headed bare-shouldered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19

ance in town invariably evoked the fol-
 lowing paragraph in the Paint River Record:
 Walter Stout, the sheep king from Paint River, made flying trip to our berg on Saturday last. Come again. Wal ter; we are always glad to see you" When the thermometer crept below zero
 and the west wind blew a gale of 60
 miles an hour he passed many pleasant evenings with his feet in the oven of s. B. Bates Kitchen stove discussing the
 ruinous effect of sugar beets upon the soil and Kindred other topics of mutual interest.
 Spring had come and a chinook was ex- pected any day, when Uncle Sam Boucher issued verbal invitations for ranicaboo in his log house five miles up the river. Thought maybe I'd take it in,' said S. B. Bates in speaking of it to Stout one evening, and she looked at him rather expectantly.
 Thought likely I'd go myself, re- turned Stout.
 Its a bad road to drive over at night" observed IS. B. after pause. Them road commissioners ought to be , took up,' said Stout. us paying taxes and no work being done on our roads," T haven't been to rancaboo in two years" went on s. B. Bates, ordinarily more than ready to give any county of- fcial verbal hammering. People will begin to think am too old to dance If 1 don't fox up and turn out once in while"
 q suppose your beau will be taking YOU. $. B.. said Stout jocosely. Me? My beau2 I haven't any more beau than a rabbit" There was note of bitterness In her voice which stout did not detect. He was wondering 1T IL were not nearly time for her to bring out the doughnuts. He waited until 9:3o, half hour later than he usually stayed,
 but s. B. Bates knitted stolidly on a
 woolen mitten and seemed to nave auite forgotten that of all her culinary achieve ments none appealed 10 stout quiee as uiu her doughnuts.
 The night of Uncle Sam Boucher's rani-
 caboo was admitted to be chilly, the ther-
 mometer lowering around 10 below, Wltn
 a wind blowing. When Stout drove across
 the pole bridge in his lumber wagon, B.
 R. Bates in a bearskin overcoat and a
 Si Prime cap, with earlaps, was just ledV-
 ing the yard in her lumber wagon.
 Chilly" observed Stout genially.
 Cold replied s. B. Bates, and some
 of the frost in the atmosphere seemed to
 have got into her voice.
 The dance was on when they entered
 and Stout's rowing eye took In the Tact
 that the tall girl from the Half Way
 House was present. The welcome 5. B,
 Bates received upon her reappearance
 into society was all that the most sensi-
 tive and exacting could have desired.
 l"Hello, Batesie!' shouted Bill Barnes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19

up his tirade with the words: But he is beneath my notice, and I despise him. then the writer convicts him self of very great folly. If he had really despised his antagonist, he would not have wasted time. temper, ink, paper and postage on him. Men despise Gods goodness, when they pay no attention to 1t; do not concern them selves about it-ignore it.
 Voltaire did not despise the gospel. Had he depsised it. he would never have had the temper to say that twelve men had set Christianity up; but he would show the world how one man could pull 1t down. This was a clear case of hatred.
 If a poor drunken wretch meets a high-toned gentleman on the streets and calls him a swindler and a scoun- drel, it is not at all necessary that the gentleman should fly into a passion and fight. Nor would 1t be in place
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19

for him to lay up a grudge against the poor drunkard, and hate him there after. The proper thing would be to despise the whole matter and pass on his way as if nothing had occurred. Don't rob your mother tongue by us- ing the word "despise" in the sense of 'hate."
 The word reckon" is another good Biblical term whose meaning has been sadly perverted in our popular speech. southerner says reckon" where d New Englander would say guess, and one of these expressions is usually about as correct as the other, that is, not at all correct. To reckon" is not to suppose, nor to think, nor to inn agine, nor to believe. It is more ex- act and specific term than any one of these. When a man "reckons' he does about the solidest and most exact thing that the human mind Is capable of doing. When Paul says that he reckons that the sufferings of this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19

table of King Edward at that feast It is to be stuffed with steak and roasted on a split in front of an old-fashioned and blazing fire.
 Its taste is supposed to be something between that of a goose and a hare. Sen- timent Is a strong ingredient on all fes- tai occasions, and it Is supposed those who partake of the swan will feel that the luxury of the dish distinctly adds to its pleasure.
 To the worlxgirls of Bomondsey, how ever. has come a Christmas pleasure which is not to be rivaled by the par taking of royal dish. A live princess sat surrounded by young women, chat ting about their amuscments and their work, with familiarity and a kindness which long ago had won their hearts.
 It was a dreary night and the rain was pouring down. and probably the only per- son who did not enjoy that hour was the chauffeur, who had to wait outside for the return of his royal mistress, but the tall princess with an ermine stole was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19

TT is sad thing to rob ones mother
 tongue, but when good, honest "A words have fought their way to an established place in our language; when they have taken on a fixed and rec ognized weight and value like the cur rent coins of the country, the intelli- gent person, who deliberately vitiates them by using them in a false sense. is guilty of kind of robbery akin to that for which we arrest and imprison the counterfeiter.
 It is a positive nuisance to a preacher when he is on the point of speaking of the awful realities of the judgment" to be suddenly reminded that on his way to church he heard Miss Arabella St.Clair ask Miss Selina McFadden where she got and who trimmed that awful pret- ty bonnet?" The preacher feels that he has been robbed of what Mrs. Nal aprop was fond of calling her parts of speech"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19
ROYAL CHRISTMAS DINNERS By Lady Henry SomerseD

absorbed in the conversation of her guests
 What have you been doing? You must be awfully tired" she said "So am ]. Let us sit down and talk about everything v
 And then the princess told them that the club which she had just opened was all theirs that they were to dance and sing there and be happy At the close Of the evening. Princess Louise Augusta or Schleswig Holstein shook hands with every one of the working girls, and left them to the enjoyment of the new Prin- cess club which she had founded. The object of the place Is to give comfort able and cheerful home to the girls who have no place in which to spend thelr evenings, somewhere where they can ob- tain cheap meals and wholesome amuse- ment.
 Princess Louise. whose unhappy mar riage has wrecked her life while still In early womanhood. Is learning the lesson that the way to find happiness Is to be- stow it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19

A ROYAL swan for the Christmas A dinner sounds to our modern ears 4 A like something out of fairy taie' and yet the swan is always an item on the Christmas menu at Sandringham. It is connected intimately with English history
 Richard the Lion Heart is said to have introduced the swan into England, and for many centuries this fowl was regarded as royal bird, and no one was per- mitted to possess swans except the mon arch himself who kept fine flock on the Thames for his own use.
 During the reign of Elizabeth, the priv ilege was extended. and 300 noblemen and gentlemen were allowed to keep swans.
 And so the swan has come to be re- garded as appropriate eating for king on Christmas Day, and the largest young sygnet is to be selected to grace the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19
When He Slapped,

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Suddenly the lone woman akowe and pressing a button flooded the apartment with light. In the full glare stood a burglar.
 q don't wish to alarm you.' she said to him, but in just minutes the hour of midnight will strike
 He did not seem impressed.
 Are you aware" she continued, that the coming of the hour will usher in the new year?'
 Still he stood mute.
 And that it will be leap year at that?" she added.
 Then it was that he fled into the dark ness.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30
Said Of C. F. Clark

The Centralia Courier comment
ed as follows last week:
We notice that the papers are
mentioning Hon G. F. Clark for
representative over in Audrain.
If Mr. Clark will consent to make
the race he will probably have no
opposition. There are few better
qualified men for the srduous dut-
les of a revision session of the leg
islature than Mr.. Clark. he is
one Of the best posted men in the
state, is a man of ability and in
tegrity, and has had Legislative ex-
perience. Audrain could not do
better than to send him to the leg
islature and the House could not
do better than to make him Speak
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30
Big Fire Averted.

A fire which might have result
ed in a great confagration and the
loss of thousands of dollars in
property was checked just in time
last Friday afternoon.
1t broke out in a most inaccessi-
BILE place, just back Of the old
Central Hotel, snd had it not been
for the quick work of the fire de-
partment perhaps the whole busi-
ness block would have been swept
away.
The fire started in the kitchen Of
the Barnes Bakery. but just how
it originated is not known. II broke
thru window and famed up the
building wall 20 or 30feet, but il
was soon under control when the
fire boys got att with stream Of
water. The damage to the bakery
property and the building is per-
haps a couple thousand dollars,
but outside of this the fire did but
little damage.
The fire boys deserve a vote Of
thanks for their quick work. Had
they been delayed a few minute from
any cause after the call was turned
in the fire would have gotten be
yOnd control.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30
Mr.. ]. D. Jackman Dead.

j. ID. Jackman, aged S5 years.
after an illness Of several weeks,
died last week at the home Of his
daughter in this city. Mrs. Paul st
Vrain. Mr.. Jackman's wife pre-
ceded him to the grave last Sept
ember.
Mrs. john v. Able Of st. Louis,
whose husband was raised IN Lick
Greek neighbOrhoOd. this county.
is one Of the children. Another
daughter. Mrs. John Nebel. resides
at High Hill. and Mrs. Paul st.
vrain in this city. A con. Will
liam Jaekmau. also resides here,
and another son. Paul O. Jsekmau
il located at Washington, D. g,
The funeral service was held
Thursday afternoon. conducted b,
Rev. G. n. Aker.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.

The Hallsville News refers to an
item told of by the Cant cores.
pondent to the MESSAGE last week:
Brooding over her poor health
until driven to desperation Miss
Lillian Fowler, residing eight miles
northeast of Hallsville and FIVE
miles southeast of Ceutralia at.
tempted to end her life late Friday
afternoon by swallowing a teaspoon
Of carbolic acid. The attempt,
however, proved unsuccessful.
Every indication is that she will
recover.
Miss Fowler who is between
eighteen and nineteen years old
lives with her parents on a farm
near Cant. Late Friday afternoon
she went to the pasture to drive
up the cows; and not returning a
search was made for her. She
was found in the pasture very i'll
from the effects of poison. Upon
being questioned as to the cause
of the attempt TO take her own life
Miss Fowler refused to answer.
Several Of the family had been vic
times OF consumption and il is
thought she had a horror of dying
as did her relatives.
Miss Fowler 10 a sister Of ToI
Fowler. n prominent Hinton, Miss
Ouri, citizen.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30
A TEMPERANCE LESSON.

The Paris Appeal says that a
we'll known mau. past sixty years
Ofage, was found in the road south.
west Of Paris at l O'Clock on last
Saturday morning, almost lifeless
from cold aud exposure. 10 Mitch.
ell had been nut to party that
night and while returning home
at l o'clock found the unfortunate
man. de summoned his father
ID. g. Mitchell. aud Chas. Grim.
The old man had been upon the
ground so long that his hair and
clothing were frozen to the road &.
He was without hat or gloves. Al
the home OF Mr.. Mitchell restora.
tive were applied aud by daylight
he could give an account of him.
self. lie fell from his horse about
six O'Clock, be said, and was thus
helpless in the mire for seven hours,
Mr.. Mitchell regrets that every
ycung man in the county could
not have witnessed this sight
That'old man, like many a boy
today once thought he could drinI
when he pleased aud let il alone
when he pleased. He found to hi
sorrow. an many others will find
that he was slave to the habit in
stead Of its master. and now in hi
declining years it has robbed hin
of his money. his health aud hr
usefulness as a citizen.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30

Katherine GOOdsOn, the renowr.
ed English pianist, win give a
piano recital at Hardin College to-
morrow night. President Million
tells US that Miss Goodson is the
abIest pianist to appear In Hardin
College Hall sluee schsrwsnka.
The occasion will be = great treat
to the music loving people OF Mex.
leo.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30
PROFITABLE CATTLE FEEDING.
Prominent Feeders Of Audrain
Give Their Experience
in a Bulletin.

lne MlsbOuri EXPERIMENT st0tl0n
at Columbia has Issued a very
elaborate and handsomely illustrat.
ed bulletin on the most successful
methods Of fattening cattle, by
Dean Il. ]. Waters.
This bulletin summarizes the ex
perience aud conclusions of about
1000 of the most experienced aud
successful cattle feeders of Missouri,
Illinois and lows, and contains also
a summary OF the results of large
number of tests with different
kinds of feed, different ages of eat.
tie, ETC., conducted by the Expert
meut Station at Columbia.
1t considers such practical ques-
tiOns as the most profitable age to
fatten cattle, the proper weight,
the best season of the year, the
best method of preparing feed. the
best sort of shelter, the markets
demands, the best sort of rough.
ness, etc. II is illustrated with
cuts of different types of beef tat.
tie, including excellent iIlustrat-
tions of the fat steer herd exhibit.
ed by the College this season at
the Interstate Fair. Kansas City,
the Missouri State Fair, Sedalia,
the American Roy al, Kansas City.
aud the international Live Stock
Exposition, Chicago. These steers
won 8 championship prizes, II
first prizes, l6 second prizes, Z
third prizes, aud 2 fourth prizes.
Every steer won at every show, ex-
cepting one steer at one show.
The experience of the following
we'll known cattle feeders of Au-
drain county is given:
B. Fenuewald, Martinsburg,
Stephen Bertels, "
/ j. Il. Scott, "
Jos. Fennewald, "
j. j. JobstOn, p"
W. e. Hale, -
II. Youngblood, "
r. G. Carter, Rowena
Chris Marburg. Laddonia.
j. II. Llewellyn,
CIV. Karney,
! J. r. johnson, Mexico
| G. W. Lewis,
T. ]. Sims. Thompson.
! j. N. DOwell, Benton City
G. @. Turner, Sailing.
j. T. finder. r"
This bulletin Is for free distri.
button aud may be had for the ask
ing by any farmer or citizen. The
Station has other bulletins for fres
distribution on such subjects as
Cowpeas. Alfalfa Growing. the
: most profitable way to winter cat.
tie, etc.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30
AUDRAIN
The Baptist church at Auxvasse
is without a pastor.

A Sturgeon man Is now strongly
in favor of charity that sticks near
home. He sent Fat turkey az a
Christmas Rifi to Il relative in Okla
homa and the latter wrote back
complaining that the express
charges were more than it was
worth.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30

Rob. Moore. a good natured
granger who lives on Mrs. Sue
Blacks farm, 10 Liberty township
bought q steers of RID. Simpson.
of Audrain county, at ~ cents a
pound that averaged s25 pounds,
says the Fulton Gazette. He also
made a deal with Brown brothers.
Of Audrain county, for 20 head Of
l15 pound hogs at "a cents a ID.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30
A Good FeIlOW

The Farber Forum said las
week.
o. w. Peterson was down from
Mexico Tuesday on business. Char
ley always has good word for
everybody and has lots Of friends.
Mr.. Peterson and family resided
at Farber for many years. He
says that Albert, who is quite a
young man now, is attending a
business college at Mexico and
takes great intesest in his studies.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30

DR.. e. s. Cays OF this city ia
quoted in the st Louis Republic as
being 10 favor Of j. w. Folk for
u. s. Senator and w. s. Cowherd
for Governor. DR.. Cave apd Mr..
Cowherd used to be In school to-
eether.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30

Quite a Diversion was caused by
a little boy in a. meighboring school
district recently in Pike county.
During the school hours the teach
er and pupils were suddenly elec-
trihed by the sharp. shrill note Of
a whistle, none being more aston.
ished thereby than its innocent
author. The dismay on the eoun-
tenance Of the hoy easily indicated
the cnlprit. he was promptly
brought up before the school tc
explain the unusual performance
and breach Of decorum. Ia re
spOnEe to the solemn and anslsr'
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30

The Ceutralin Guard says; Mr..
and Mrs. B. +. Miller are spend
ing the week with their sister, Mrs.
j. F. Betz. They were enroute to
their home in Mexico. after a three
months visit to Bakersfield. Cali
fornia.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30

inquiry of the teacher as to why
he did so. the bright little fellow
stammeringly and with tears steal
ing furtively down his cheeks said,
II don't,-I don't know how it
happened. | just wanted, wanted
to sneeze, aud just wan wanieo
to cough, aud my mouth-mouth
got mixed mp in a whistle" +"
1t is needless to say that this ex-
PLANTATION was eminently satisfac-
tory.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-30
Thinks Liquor Traffic IN Missouri
Is About Ready for the
Coffin Lid.
BROUGHT 1T ON THEMSELVES
The Baron Brewers" have Dared
the Laws until They Have
DiSgusted Decent
People.

One uhy last week Cne OJ. Louis
Globe Democrat contained the fol-
lowing important item:
The st. Louis Sunday lid is
as full of holes rs a sieve, accord
ing to the Rev. Father James T.
Coffey, who lectured last night be-
fore the young Mems Sodality of
st. Xavier's church at Sodality
Hall. Is North Grand avenue. This
assertion was made during an
excoriation of the baron brewers"
of the city and the House of Dele
gates, who, he said, do not repre-
sent the people, but represent their
own pockets, for the most part.
The lid is not on in st. Louis,
declared Father Coffey. In spite
of the police, the governor, the
courts and the excise commissioner,
who are doing heroic work, the
liquor elements are defying the
law. In my neighborhOod which
is one of the best in the city, you
can get anything you want on Sun
day in the saloons attached to the
grocery stores, and all you need is
basket to carry it away.
Every blue law you have was
put on the statutes by the brewers.
They have tampered with the laws
until they have made them blue.
The decent people did not try to
stamp out liquor, but wanted TO
regulate it. Every move made in
this direction was opposed by the
saloon element, and the result has
been the wave of prohibition that
is sweeping the land. The brew
cries and saloons have controlled
st. Louis for 40 years.
"'Our house of delegates is not
a credit 10 US. have seen young
men who have gone into politics
through desire TO aid their city
fall under the influences of their
associates. We do want good peo-
pie TO influence for good, but it
would require a whole army Of
good men TO elevate the tone of the
House Of Delegates. There is no
7th commandment in their cate
chism.,
I'm concluding the talk Father
Coffey predicted the death Of the
saloon in Missouri. The liquor
element has repented too late. 1t
wants to be regulated now. The
brewers have brought about al
the evil. To them is the RESPONSE
bility for the wine, rooms and al
the other evils. They have driver
the independent saloons out o.
business. Now it is the coffin lid
for the liquor traffic. f"
Relative to the above the follow
ing dispatch was published il
many of the leading daily papers
thruout the country;
st, Louis, Jan. 22-Father COf
fey, an eminent Catholic divine, il
an address last night delivered
stirring rebuke to the saloon ant
brewing element. Among othel
things esaid;
THE liquor element is so bal
that no respectable citizen can en-
dorss it. We are going to hav
prohibition in Missouri. You ma,
call II bigotism, fanatieism, 0
what you will--it's coming, an'
the brewers and liquor interest
in general brought in upon them
selves. They put their feet upo
our neck, and said: Stay ther
until we get ready to take il on.
IT'S OF now, and Il viii stay d
many a year. Americans are gc
ing 10 the extreme IN reUnrd {