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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24
DULY.

Nice shower this Tuesday,
morning, which is much needed,
as some Of the farmers are hauling
water.
Arthur Paullin of Bellhower,
ILL.,, is visiting his brother, w. A.
Paullin.
Mr.. Morrall is home from a trip
in western Texas. He purchased
a two hundred acre farm in Low
ing Co.
Miss Lena Hopkins aud brother
Otto are visiting their brother Err.
nest in GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
MIR. and Mrs. Dyson of st. Louis
visited Mr.. Graham and family
last week.
Mrs. Graham and Mr.. Platte
and Iamlly visited Frank brenton
aud family. east of Mexico, Sunday.
Irwin Lambert and Miss Mollie
Cornelius were quietly married
at the home of the brides
mother near Montgomery City,
Wednesday, the 10th, in the pres.
ence Of about twenty-five guests.
Miss Cornelius is one of Montgom-
cry Co.'S most accomplished young
ladies while the groom is a pros
porous young basiness man OF
Mexico. We wish them unbound.
ed success and happiness.
The Missionary Society Of Trim
ity church entertained the ladies
of Mexico, Olivet, and Bethel
! churches at an all day meeting last
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24
Benton City.

Hick Hofsess, wife aud little
daughter are home from u ten
days visit with relatives in lii.
nois.
The drouth was broken Tues
day morning by a nice. gentle
rain.
johnson and Romans shipped
one car load hogs to st. Louis
Monday night.
Mesdames j. W. Douglass,
Martha Billiard aud Bud Dawson
lef: Monday for Bowling Green
Springs for their health.
Elmer Wylde has returned to
st. Louis after a short visit to his
parents here.
Jno. Norris and wife and Mr..
Maupin and sister. ali of Sham
rock, took the train here Sunday
for Mexico to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Ton Board.
Mrs. VIM. Mullins and little son
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

looking fine. They had the pleas
ure of hearing Bro. Pinkerton in
his tent meeting at Strother Sun.
day.
Several from here attended SER
vices at Rock Hill where Brother
Reavis is holding a meeting.
Miss Bennetta billiard is hayinR
q new cellar dug and cemented.
Peach crop is fairly good. The
late peaches are hurt by the dry
weather.
Miss Pauline Powell was the
guest of her cousins, Misses Vir-
sic and Anna Bledsoe of Strother,
Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Tina billiard is not so we'll
at this writing.
Earl Carter delivered some hogs
Monday at $3.50 per hundred.
NJ. N. Powell killed an old
oppossum aud ~ young ones in his
corn field Monday.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

Wednesday with dinner on the
ground, The talks and essays by
Mrs. Smith, EmmOns. Rolhwell
and Reed were very helpful aud
were enjoyed by all present. A
pleasant social time was enjoyed.
We want to thank the ladies of
Mexico for their kindness in giving
a can of orange ice.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24
North Liberty

VIM. G. Sims is having two ten
ant houses built on his farm;
Younger and Johnson are the car
penters.
w. s. Edwards returned from q
visit with relatives in Columbia.
Roy and Otis Devoll were the
guests of Paul Younger and Mrs.
Younger visited Mrs. w. g. Sims
Monday. Mrs. Nora Ravenscraft
also visited Mrs Younger Monday.
John Lockridge and family were
guests of Mrs. John Kessler.
Mrs. b. F James visited Mrs. Will
owings Of Mexico Friday.
Mr.. and Mr.. VIM. Ravenscraft
spent two days with L. j. Atkins.
Miss Bessie Reighley of Mexico
visited Jennie James.
Miss Mayo Tapley returned to
vandalia Wednesday after a visit
with Miss Anna Sims.
Mr.. Bise's foot is worse. Mrs.
Bise was taken i'll Saturday.
Wm.G. Sims win have stock
sale at his farm 4 miles southeast
of Mexico. Friday. Sept. 25. VIII
be lunch on grounds for sale.
Coffee and sandwiches.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

left Sunday for their home in Sig
net, Ohio, after several weeks
visit with relatives here.
Mrs. VIM. johnson aud family
attended the funeral of Mrs. Jas.
Morse in Martinsburg Sunday.
Services at the Baptist church
will continue till Wednesday even.
ing. 1t will then be announced
whether or not the meeting will
continue longer.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24
Miss Elliott to Marry.

Miss Harriet Elliott, daugter of
Mr.. aud Mrs. r. L. Elliott OF this
city, is 90 be married in Chicago
Tuesday, Oct. 6, to Mr.. Harry w.
Boice. The wedding will be at the
Willard Avenue Presbyterian
church. Miss Elliott has many
friends in Mexico, where she lived
for number Of years. For some
time past she has resided in Chi
cagO.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24
day and Monday with hOmefOlks

day and Monday with homefolks.
Richard Harrison was buried at
Beaver Dam Saturday afternoon.
He was raised in this neighborhood
his father being one Of the pioneer
settlers. He leaves four brothers,
John, Tom, Chas. and Elzea, who
have the sympathy Of the commnu-
ity.
Chas. Crockett sold Jack Wool
cry some shoats last week at 4 cts.
per Id.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24
Champ.

Still dry and hot.
Several are talking of having
wells drilled.
Revs. Brown aud Palmer closed
a two weeks' meeting at Beaver
Dam Sunday night. Rev. Brown
preached some flne sermons. They
had no additions. It seems
strange that people eau sit and lis
ten so attentively to the Gospel
and still stay away from Christ.
Jas. Berth returned Wednesday
from two weeks visit with his
mother in Virginia. He is on the
sick list at this writing.
Miss Laura Dean expects to
leave Thursday TO spend the winter
~ Oklahoma and Texas with her
sisters, Mesdames McNeel and Hill.
Crockett Woolery was presented
with a new buggy Saturday by his
father.
Mary Lon Allison, who Is at
tending High School, spent Bnn.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24
Hon. VIM. F. Taft to Speak.

1t is announced that Hon. Wm.
F. Taft, Presidential candidate
against Bryan. is to make a speech
in this city from the rear of train
at Jefferson street crossing at 10: 10
a. M, Tuesday, Oct. 6. Needless
to say he will have a large hear
ing.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

The Ohio legislature has passed
bill providing for the introduce
ton of Esperanto into the schools
of the State. The Missouri legis.
latnre might not do an unwise
thing to follow the same course.
There is talk of the organization of
a class in Esperanto in Mexico
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

When you put your money in n
bank you have a right TO know it
is safe. Bryan's bank guarantee
plan, scheme borrowed from the
constitution of Oaklahoma. it
would make your money safe, aud
bring other money from hiding,
too. 1t is a winner as we see it.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24
Married at Auxvasse.

Miss Nora Cowles and MIR. w.
II. Haines of Kansas City were
married at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. T..
Cowles, near Auxvasse last Mon.
day afternoon, Ed, j. d. Greer of
Laddonia officiating.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

Hot and dusty. Needing rain.
Farmers ere cutting corn and
clover; both a good crop.
T. J. Powell aud wife returned
Monday from several days visit in
Monroe Co. They report corn crop
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

The man who gets mad at what
newspapers say about him ought
to return thanks at least every day
for what the newspapers know
about him and don't say.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

Somebody is going to be run
over aud killed by the cars one OF
these days at jefferson street cross
ing. A boy came near meeting that
fate there the other day. Better
look out for the cars" aud mind
the signals of the guards.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

Pants" Vandiver is all right
now with certain Democrats since
the late drubbing he has been Civ.
ing candidate for Governor Her
bert 5. Hadley.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24
skinner.

n MOST uellkhtlut ii'tiN ePAahN'N
Tuesday morning.
Octave r.. Ellis is drilling a well
He is about so feet deep now with |
good indications of water close.
Z. II. Squirting is progressing
nicely with his house addition.
Messrs. Gueugerich and Earnest
Curry are the builders.
Mr.. Holloway recovered bis
grauOry aud patched his barn roof
recently.
A. Bruce has just completed
treating his house to n new coat OF
paint
W. II DeJarDutt is extending
his barn To more than double its
dimensions. MIR. Williams is the
contractor.
!. w. Yeager is building a two
room house ON his farm purchased
Ut Lakenan Il Barnes
r. J. Gatewood is treating his
domicile TO good coat of paint.
Weaver aud Tanner will build Il
new barn 24x26 with II foot
shed
Mrs. Ehret is home from Iowa
where she attended the fatal illness
of her father.
Alvin aud Belle Ehret are home
from Iowa where they visited some
three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Hill are en-.
tertaiuiug their daughter from Hi.
nois this week.
J.R. Crosswhite and Leroy Bruce
are attending the Mexico Business
College.
Ben aud Carl Jesse will attend
the Mexico Business College this
winter.
School opened at Fox Seminary
recently with Prof. Horton as in.
strucior.
Miss Simcoe aud Mr.. Conley of
Tulip were very quietly married at
her home Wednesday.
Chas. Householder will build
another room TO his nlrend! nice
domicile.
The protracted meeting at Lib
erty is progressing nicely under
the leadership of their pastor, Rev.
sc Clair Four additions to date.
Mr.. Bush of Central, low, is
here looking for a location.
Lewis ltudasill and family are
home from Welch and Viuita,
Okla.
james Shuch's house was de-
stroyed by fire Monday at IL IN.
O'Clock. Fire caught from a de.
fective hue in the kitchen while
Mrs. s. was preparing dinner. 1t
was II six room house and was in.
sured only partially for 5000. All
the contents were consumed.
Mary Stcwers and Frances and
Mary Wiley are pupils of Mexico
High School.
Our efficient mail carrier j. ID.
Pulls is back on the route after
taking fifteen days vacation which
the p. o. Department gives all
mail carriers every year. All hail
him with pleasure. However, his
substitute, in the person of his
son, Mason, makes a most excel.
lent servant aud all patrons will
miss his sunny disposition for
long time.
| Prof.E. Dickerson left for Clare
more, Okla, recently to take charge
of the principalship of a school at
that place.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

Hear w. ii. Vaudiv"r on the
political issues in this city next
Tuesday night. He is a good one.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

Joseph l.. Hollidy, a former
Mexico boy. was killed the Attn of
this month in a railroad collision
In Oklahoma. He was a railroad
brakeman and was killed while
making q run on his train.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

The Mexico base ball team will
play the MolinO team on the
grounds of the latter at 3 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

Bryan's bank guaranteeing
scheme, to prevent panics. is .
winner.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

Bryan is going to he elected
President. Got the Republicans
scared this time. sure.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

II you are Democrat join a
Bryan club at once.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

Martin Myers has accepted the
position as clerk with w. G. Will
kins, the shoe man.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

Ed. Spicer Of Macon will assist
Ed. j. d. Greer in a revival meet
ing at the Laddonia Christian
church, beginning tomorrow night.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

Hear Senator Stone 10 Mexico
Friday night week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-24

Mr.. Bruce Pieper and Miss
Minnie Waters, Of the Shoe Fac
tory, were united in marriage last
Sunday afternoon. Rev. O. NJ.
Aker officiating.
Middletown transcript., 1908-04-25
LAMENTABLY DEFICIENT

Reading, writing and spelling, we say
it regretfuIly-are no longer thoroughly
taught in the schools of the land. Young
men and women who seek instruction in
telegraphy, stenography aud typewriting,
although of good ability and general infor-
nation are lamentably deficient in the fun
damentals of the English language. They
especially can not spell. Out of thirty or
fourty words in ordinary use sometimes
one-balf or even tWo-thirds are misspell-
ed. This every newspaper man Will
stand ready to vouch for from experience.
Fhe schools no longer give the common
rudIments the attention they should
too much attention is given the
higher branches before the common ones
have been mastered Especially do they
neglect reading. Girls and boys attend
ing the common schools should be
thoroughly drilled in reading aloud, to
develop the use of their vocal organs not
only in reading but in spelling and reclt-
ing. Young ladies and young men, you
should pay more attention to the common
rudiments.
Middletown transcript., 1908-04-25
USED TO KILL BIRDS

I used to kill birds in my boyhood,
Bluebirds and robins and wrens.
hunted them up in the mountains,
! hunted them down in the glens.
l never thought it was SINFUL
I did it only for fun
And | had rare sport in the forest
With the poor little birds and my gun.
But one beautiful day in the springtime
Ispied brown bird in tree,
Merrily swinging and chirping,
As happy as bird could be;
And, raising my gun in twinkling,
lfred, and my aim was too true;
For a moment the little thing futtered,
|. Then off tothe bushes it few.
( I followed it quickly and softly,
. And there to my sorrow found,
Right close to its nest full of young ones,
The little bird dead on the ground!
Poor brides For food they were calling;
But now they never could be fed,
For the kind mother-bird who had loved
them
Was lying there bleeding and dead.
I picked up the bird in my anguish,
I stroked the wee motherly thing
That could never more feed its dear young
ones,
Nor dart through the air on swift wing.
And made firm VOW in that moment,
When my heart with such sorrow was
stirred,
That never again in my lifetime
Would | shoot poor innocent bird
Middletown transcript., 1908-04-25
ILLS DUE TO SITTING


VIENNA, April 17th.-One OF the most
original medical opinions advanced In
many years is that which has just been
put forward by DR.. Istyan Bacu Of Te-
mesyar, Hungary, who claims that every
ailment to which human flesh IS heir
comes either directly or indirectly from
the habit Of sitting. DR.. Bacu would
abolish the natural position OF sitting en-
tirely.
He advises people to stand when they
work and while at their meals. Il tney
feel they desire rest, says he, let them
stretch themselves out fiat upon their
backs.
To begin the new mode Of life, be ad-
vocates every person to recline for sew
eral minutes every hour, finally getting
to two minutes every two hours. he
also advises lots Of refreshing sleep, ana
claims that under those conditions there
is every reason why one should be tree
from all illnesses and live to . ripe oio
age.
Middletown transcript., 1908-04-25
N0-LICENsE WORK

Plans are being made by the Anti-Sa-
loon League for thorough re-organiza-
ton of the temperance forces throughout
rural New Castle county and every hum
dred in the county will be furnished with
q committee to take charge of the work
during the coming campaign.
An executive headquarters committee
is now being selected. 1t will in time as.
sumo the responsibility for the work in
this section. The committee will be COM
posed of prominent professional and busi-
ness men, who have already been promi-
nently identified with the work.
Several meetings were held in New
Castle county last week, being addressed
by Peninsula Superintendent John NJ.
Arters.
On Sunday Mr.. Arters, accompanied
by Caleb E. Burchenal, visited Worces-
ter county, Nd, and made addresses and
Monday night Mr.. Arters and William H.
Anderson, superintendent of the Mary
land Anti.Saioon League, addressed a
meeting at Snow Hill.
Middletown transcript., 1908-04-25
NEW MARRIAGE LAW IN EFFECT
Attention to Papal Document Drawn to
Laity on Easter Sunday

1
With the dawn of Easter the Cstholic
Church in this country adopted the new
legislation on marriage contained in the
recent papal document, "ne temere."
In every church, chapel and mission,
the pastor directed the attention of the
laity to the prescriptions of Plus KS de-
cisions relating to the sactity of the mar.
riage state. Cardinal Gibbons and Arch
bishops Ireland, of st. Paul; GIennon, of
st. Louis and Ryan, of Philadelphia, sup
plemented the Pope's decree with special
instructions that interpret its significance
for the Catholics of the United States.
Archbishop Farley addressed an Of
fcial document to the clergy of New York,
saying:
THE action OF the church is but another
striking example of the wise and prudent
policy she has adopted with regard to the
holy sacrament of matrimony, ever in
resting this sacred union of man and
woman with solemnity of law and form,
timely and suitable to conserve the dig
nifty of the marriage state. Christ has
placed in the keeping of the Church the
seven sacramento, and of the seven
matrimony is the most exposed to suffer
from men and women, perverson of its
noble purpose through carnal passion,
desecration OF its sanctity by martial in
fidelity and violation of its life-bipdiug
union by divorce"
Then the Archbishop makes known the
provisions of the new legislation 1t em-
braces the betrothal or engagement, what
marriages are valid in the eyes of the
Church, when priest may valdly per-
form the marriage ceremony and prescrip-
tions regarding marriages between Cath
olics and non-Catholics.
THE new legislation does not impose
on people about to marry" the Arch
bishop declares, 'an obligation to make
formal pre-nuptial engagements in writ
ing and before witnesses as prerequisite
for marriage. They may be married, as
heretofore, after simple verbal promise
Of marriage given TO each other"
This is liberal Interpretation of the
clause "sponsalia" of the papal decree,
which directs that, to be valid and canoni-
cal, engagements should be "drawn up in
writing, duly signed by the parties con-
tracting sponsalia, attested by proper wit
nesses."
'The Decree" the Archbishop says, "ef-
fects very radical change in our present
discipline with regard to mixed marriages,
which, after Easter, will not be valid uu-
less contracted before a priest having
jurisdiction over marriage in the place in
which the marriage ceremony is per-
formed. Even when a dispensation has
been obtained, the marriage to be valid
must be performed by priest having such
jurisdiction.
Limitation of jurisdiction of priests in
this respect is one of the chief clauses
and Archbishop Farley has especially d.
rected attention to that clause. No priest
can go into another city, town, village or
hamlet and perform marriage ceremony
validly-unless he has first received
authorization from the episcopal authorl-
ties or the administrators. The only ex-
ception is where the circumstances are
such that marriage is necessary to re-
tinvo nnusninnpp -
Middletown transcript., 1908-04-25
SPRING FURNISHINGS
NEw YORK. Anril l5th. 19

III the shade of an old New Yorker who
left this vicinity early in the 70's should
revisit the city and have free access to the
interiors of its dwellings, he would be as
tonished at the changes that have com
about in household furnishing. His was
the day of heavy carpets tackled firmly to
the floor to be taken up at intervals vary
ing one to two years, for what was then
considered thorough cleaning, beating
and brushing by hand power in the open
air, very poor substitute for our me-
chanical methods where suction and
steam, do the work of renovation. The
bare floor, that was in his day sign of
poverty, has become the rule with those
able to afford the best, and capets in rug
form are used by people of all sorts. He
would miss the old stuffed furniture and
probably consider the lighter pieces of
to-day very poor and fimsy, though if he
should rest his poor old bones-if shade
has bones in one OF the wicker arm chairs,
he would probably have to confess that
he had never found one more comfor-
table. Not even the old "SleepY-hollew"
that he smoked and dozed in before his
fire of glowing anthracite and which
modern hygiene has pronounced dan
gerous receptacle for all sorts of horrible
germs.
Middletown transcript., 1908-04-25
HARDNESS OF DIAMONDS

4 word as to the hardness Of diamonds.
They vary much in this respect. Even
different parts Of the same crystal differ
in their resistance TO cutting and grind
ing. So hard is diamond in comparison
to glass that a suitable splinter of dia-
mond will plane curs off glass plate as
carpenters tool will plane shavings off
deal board. Another experiment that
will illustrate its hardness is to place
diamond on the fattened end of a conical
block of steel and upon it bring another
similar cone of steel. IT 1 force them
together with hydraulic power, I can
force the stone into the steel blocks with
out iniuring the diamond in the least.
The pressure which have brought to
bear in this experiment has been equal
to ITO tons square inch of diamond.
The only serious rival OF the diamond
in hardness is the metal tantalum. In
an attempt to bore hole through plate
of this metal diamond drill was used.
revolving at the rate of 5000 revolutions
minute. This whirling force was con-
tinued ceaselessly for three days and
nights, when it was found that only
small point one fourth of millimeter
deep had been drilled, and it was a moot
point which had suffered most damage,
the diamond or the tantalum.
After exposure for some time to the
sun many diamonds glow in a dark room.
One beautiful green diamond in my col
lection when phosphorescing in vacuum
gives almost as much light as a candle,
and you can easily read by its rays. But
the time hes hardly come when we can
use diamonds as domestic illuminants.-
Sir William Crookes in North American
Review.
Middletown transcript., 1908-04-25
PREVENTED TEAMS PASSING

The Maryland Legislature at the late
session passed an act prohibiting the
hitching of animals on the streets OF Thigh
man, the home of Representative Jack
son, who had the bill passed. The rea-
son why the bill was passed is given as
follows: In that town, which is near
Easton, there is one long street, about
mile in length, with the houses scatter
ing, and for some time certain OF its in
habitants have been in the habit OF tying
their COWS with long rope on one side
of the road to Craze, and while so grazing
the COW would 60 to the other side OF the
road, thus stretching rope across the
road, which made it very inconvenient
and dangerous for teams going through
the town, as many times horses would be-
come frightened. Frequently persons
travelling along the road have been COM
PEELED to get out of their carriages to
drive the cow across the read before they
could pass. as the rope hitched to the
COW would prevent them from getting by.