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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-11-25

oottoo There are more new cotton kings and
nrinces today than ever before Practically all OF
these are southerneTs, who have had an expert
ITnou1edpe of this staple. Most Of them have been
cotton pIanters themselves large scale, and all
their lives they have been studying cotton Its
growth and its overwhelming markets.
Almost every day there have been rumors fly
ing about as to what Patten was doing In cotton
But curiously enough there has been never word
said about the real bull leader in the cotton mar
ket the man who has been the biggest Spectator
in this staple and who recently has jumped into
the mulumillionaire class, Eugene g. Scales OF
Dallas Tex. Scales is the most towering BULL
probably that the cotton market ever has known.
Patten is a piker beside him. Even the celebrated
Mr. Suly in his palmiest days never operated on
such huge basis as Scales has been in the last
eight months.
This new and mighty multi-millionaire in the cot
ton market has steadfastly kept himself In the
background. He is no amateur Spectator, how
ever for FIVE years ago he In of the Sully
campaigns and retired from the fight with several
large dents in his financial armor. But now ne
has won back all his losses and lot more
Some among the many others who know cotton"
and have big fortunes through its rise In price
Fergus Reid Of Norfolk, Va; Morris H. Roth
schild of Woodville, Miss; William P. Brown Of
New Orleans and Louis S. Berg Of Mississippi.
Berg had charge OF the Chamette terminals at
New Orleans not long ago and Woodworking
railorad man. little later he pieced together a
lot of small Mississippi railroads and combined
Inem INTO an eueCJlVe ana prOuJaDlS sysIen lnehi
with a modest fortune, he came to New York, and
since then has been making money out Of cotton.
And so the list runs on. Hardly name among
the thousands Of new millionaires is familiar TO
New Workers. They are practically unknown out
side OF the small communities they came from In
the west and south They live in the costest suites
in the most expensive New York hotels Next
summer, If they have setback they will begin
leasing or buying palaces at Newport, Bar Har-
Dor or other places where the socially elect are
supposed to live. Then they will begin trying to
break through the imaginary Enclosure with which
Society" surrounds itself. There are so many of
these millionaires that perhaps like the incur
sion of a new they will oVerwhelm and con
quer the relatively small group of people who have
been priding themselves having their wealth foI
decade or more. At any rate, the names of most
Of these new millionares probably will be read for
the first time In print In the next years books Of
social registry. which form the nearest approach u
the directory Of the peerage that the putoeracy Of
America knows.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-11-25
aaId haada.

Thomas, five years old, came face
to face the other day with an uncle
he had never seen before, and noticed
that this uncle had a bald head sur
rounded by fringe OF hair-such a
head as the cartoonists used to draw
of David B. Hill. This fact, added to
the uncle's extreme height and thin
ness, excited Tommy's comment.
Say, mamma" he said. turning to
his mother, my new uncle grew up
30 fast his hair didn't have time b
reach the TOP Of his hesdl"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-11-25

HIS years big and record
yield of wheat, corn and 9TH
er staples has been heralded
far and wide. But there is
another harvest that has
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-11-25
A Painless Death.

A teacher in the factory district Of
New Jersey town had been giving
the children earnest lectures upon the
poisonousness of dirt.
One morning little girl raised her
hand excitedly and pointed to boy
who seldom had clean hands.
Teacher" she said, look quick!
Jimmie's committin' suicide! He's
suckin' his thumb. Success Maya
zine.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-11-25

sprung up lately through the up
ward sweep of prices in Wall
street. Great corporations, like the
fire and the life insurance com.
panies, have also prOfited stupen'
dously. These tremendous reser'
voirs of money own huge blocks OF
shares in scores of railway and IN
dustrlal companies-lots of from
10000 shares to almost a control
ling interest. The most OF these
are sober, gilt-edged, dividend-pay-
ing stocks that have not been spec
tacular in their advance in price as
compared with some of those that
have gone up like skyrockets. Yet
even these high-priced shares have
been enhanced in value from 20 to
so per cent. in the last IL months.
They were bought at panic prices,
so the published records OF these
companies show, and these institu'
lions now are said to be selling
them off, cautiously and carefully
at the fancy figures that have been
prevailing of late. Unlike the in
dividual investor, they believe In
cashing in their winnings and salt
ing them down until there is an
other chance to buy cheap.
In the commodities there are new
groups of millionaires and multi
millionaires also. Some of these
have won their wealth in wheat,
others in corn. but most of them in
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-11-25
Nauaht But Abuse.

"They all said l would make splen-
did candidate"
"Well?"
$50 became a candidate"
Again weli?"
And now look what they say about
mel"-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-11-25
ANCIENT METHOD OF HEALING
Laying on Of Hands Is One Of the Old.
est Prescriptions Known TO
Men Of Medicine.

For countless ages among barbaric,
pagan and Christian peoples the belief
was current that individuals diseased
and "curtailed Of their fair proper
tons" could be healed by touch b!
the breath" by words and prayer, by
the wearing Of amulets and tslismans,
by charms" Of every conceivable and
uncomfortable kind. These supersti-
lions. under various aliases are re-
markedly in evidence even in the ad-
Yanced civilization of our day. The
healing Of the sick by the application
of hands Is of vast antiquity IL is to
be found in the records and the prac-
tees Of the early Egyptians and Jews,
the Assyrians and Indians. One Of the
earliest recorded examples is to be
found in the Old Testament. We are
told that Elisha brought to life a
dead" child by stretching himself
three times upon the child and calling
aloud to God.
Readers of history are acquainted
with the supposed healing powers of
the kingly touch"
1t was believed for long time that
living together and breathing upon a
sickly person would produce salutary
as well as harmful effects. Young
children and virgins were supposed to
have the power to cure" by breathing
upon the patient and sprinkling him
with their own blood. This method Of
cure" is mentioned by Galen, Pliny
and Virgil. History tells US that the
great Barbarossa, when dying, was ad.
vised by his Jewish doctor to have
young, robust boys placed across his
stomach, in lieu Of lamentations. The
following curious inscription, cut in
marble, was discovered at Rome by
the archaeologist Gomar:
To Aesculapius and Health,
this Is erected by
l.. Claudius Hermippus,
BY the breath of young girls, livet.
115 years and 8 days, at which
physicians were no little surprised,
Successive generations lead such life. ~
A Teutonic writer, Hufeland by
name, from his vast reservoir of ex-
perience, gravely informs us that
when we consider how efficacious for
lameness are freshly opened animals,
or the laying of living animal upon
any painful affection, we must feel
convinced that these methods are not
20 be thrown aside"
Curing by words" was common in
the early ages. They cast out the dis
ease spirits by exorcism. Ulysses,
mythology has it, stopped a hem
orrhage by words, styptic words, evil
IDENTIFY. Cato cured sprains by the
same means.
Various astrological signs inscribed
upon amulets and talismans-of min
erals or of metals-were supposed to
prevent and to cure diseases when
worn on the body of the sufferer.
Herbs, roots, loadstones, bookstores,
pieces of amber, images of saints,
were also worn for the same reason.
The Buddhists, for instance, had sort
OF religious reverence for the sapphire
They called it the stone of stones Top
timus. QUEEN tellus medica gignit) -
New York Medical Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
Pro.pectIve Plen.ure..

The Monday Bridge club will meet this
week with Mrs. Arthur Remington.
Mrs. Earl Kiplinger will be hostess of
the meeting of the Junior Bridge club. Fri
day.
Miss Amy G/nore will entertain at lunch
con Wednesday, complimentary to Miss
Jeanne Wakefield.
Mrs. William Sears Poppleton will en-
terrain the members of the Original Cook
ing club Thursday at her home.
The Fort Omaha Brige club did not meet
last week, but will meet Tuesday at the
quarters Of Mrs. w. N. Haskell.
Mrs. Herman Kountze will give a lunch
con Friday at her home for Mrs. Brinker
OF St. Louis, guest Of Mrs. c. X. Coutant.
The next meeting of the Kountze Place
Bridge club will be Friday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Z. Mussitt. 2O1s Binney
street.
Mrs. Ira Marks and Mrs. John Bryant
will give a bridge party Friday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Marks, for Miss Emily
WarehAm.
The Gamma Sigma High schoo fraternity
will give a reception on February 22 at the
fraternity rooms. at the home OF DIT. and
Mrs. J. p. Lord.
Miss Edith Patrick has issued invitations
for a bridge party TO be given Wednesday
afternoon at her home in honor Of Miss
Frances schimmelseng Of Warren, Pa, who
is the guest Of Miss Hilda Hammer
Mrs. George Sumner will be hostess at
luncheons this week complimentary to
her mother, Mrs. John b. Berry of Chicago.
The first will be given Tuesday and the
second Thursday.
The Omaha chapter, Daughters OF the
American Revolution, will give a colonial
entertainment and supper on Monday even
ing, February 2, at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Philip Potter. Those who attend are
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

was taken from the poster made BY an
Omaha artistic.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
weadings and Engagement..

Mr., and Mrs. Amos Snyder announce the
engagement of their daughter, Miss Mabel
M. Snyder, to Rev. Charles f.. Cobbey Of
Beatrice. Neb. The wedding will take place
In June.
One OF the larger weddings of the month
will be that OF Miss Jeanne Wakefield.
daughter Of MI. and Mrs. John A. Wake
field. TO Mr.. Harry L. Street OF Chicago.
which will take place Saturday evening at
All Saints church az s o'clock. A recep-
tion will fellow at the home OF the bride.
The wedding party will include Mrs.
Thomas Martin spofford of Kansas City.
cousin of the bride. matron Of honor; Miss
Ella Mae Brown. maid OF honor; Miss
Agnes Street, cousin Of the groom. and
Miss Margaret Street. sister of the groom,
bo<h OF Chicago, will be the bridesmaids.
Mr.. Norman A. Street, brother Of the
groom. will be best man, and the ushers
will be Mr.. Douglas Street. cousin Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

Mr.. r. LaBook, the well known ladies'
tailor and furrier OF Omaha, has greatly
increased the facilities OF his fire depart
ment, and in the future this branch of the
business will be known as the firm OF La
Book & Yost, %furriers. Mr.. YOst also needs
no Introduction to the ladies of this city
and vicinity, having been associated for
the last three years with Mr.. A~ulabaugh,
the furrier OF Douglas street. Mr.. Yost has
an Acknowledged reputation OF long ex-
perience as IN expert and A No. l %furrier,
and has already won the confidence OF the
many lady patrons who are connoisseurs
in this line.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
ProfessionaI Mourners.

The professional mourner who can be
hired In many European cities TO follow In
the funeral procession and look grief
stricken is usually secured through burial
societies. These furnish men or women,
dressed In keeping witt the desire of the
family OF the late lamented. They also
weep TO order. At homes where self-control
is deemed a virtue there Is no loud demon
stration OF sorrow, but where the real
mourners are emotional and give way 20
weeping they are usually outdone by the
professionals. An undertaken In Delaware
furnished mourners several times recently,
and the experiment was so successful, the
stricken families were so we'll pleased
with the maner In which the mourning
parties had been augmented, that the
funeral director has determined TO enter
the professional mourner's business, with
hopes for success.-New York Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
BE Ny valentine,

LadFitf the face divine.
F4fyt of the ~furbelows,
woFy you be my valentine7
What a zen that would incline
To describe you. dear, in prose-!
Lady OF the face divinel
You who all the charms combine
OF the lily and the rose,
Won't you be my Vaientine7
May / call you Lady Nine
As to love my friendship grows,
Lady OF the face divine7
Read my, love In every line
That ] haltingiy compose:
Won't you be my Valentine2
Rhmyes like these look simply fine
With q picture. Well-who knows?
Lady OF the face divine
Wont you be my Valentine? Elk.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
GOVernment OwnerEhip.

M~anitoba's first year under government
ownership OF the telephone system shows
a surplus Of G6O.0OO. and the second year
opens with promises OF reductions In rates
plant was bought for t.O0O.OO0 from the
Bell Telephone company. Throughout the
Canadian west public ownership OF natural
monopollss Is a very popular policy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

asked to appear IN colonial costume and to
bring the sum Of 50 cents. which will 90
toward the fund being collected for the
continental han TO be built in washington.
Mrs. Robert L. Hamilton will give a
bridge luncheon Tuesday at her home for
Miss Jeanne Wakefield, whose wedding
to Mr.. Harry l.. Street Of Chicago took
place Saturday evening.
Major and Mrs. Bradner ID. Slaughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lottridge and Mrs.
Amelia Gilmore will give an s O'Clock
coffee Monday evening. February q, at
their home In KountEe Place.
Miss Katherine Moorhead and Miss Eliza
beth Moorhead will give a valentine card
party Thursday at their home for Miss Colt,
guest Of Mrs. Joseph Gohn, and for Miss
Kittson. guest of Mrs. George e. Ball. all Of
Fort Crook.
The Visiting Nurses association will
give its annual birthday party next Friday
afternoon at the Kountze Memorial Luth-
eran church. from 3 to s O'Clock. No invl-
tations have been issued and everybody
will be welcome.
Captain and Mrs. George Z. Ball will
have as their guests Miss Lucille Kittson,
Miss Miriam Patterson, Lieutenant Neal,
Lieutenant shallenberger, Lieutenant and
Mrs. White and Captain and Mrs. Grim
minis will also entertain at dinner Monday
evening, when their guests from Omaha
will include Miss Mary Galbraith, Miss Jo-
sephine Young and Mr.. Sidney Smith. DR..
and Mrs. Mcmillan will have as their
guests Miss Amy Gilmore, Miss Louise
Kennedy, Mr.. Paul Beaton and Captain
Chandler.
One Of the larger dinner parties pre-
ceding the german at Fort Crook Monday
evening will be given by Captain and Mrs.
Joseph Gohn. Their guests will include
Lieutenant and Mrs. Morrison, Miss Johns
ton, Miss Gilbert, Miss Colt, Miss Shallen-
berger of Lincoln, Miss Agnes Burnley,
Miss Marion Connell, Miss Katherine Moor
head, Miss Eugene Whitmore and Miss
Edith Thomas, MIR. C. d. Fowler, Mr.. B.
w. Capen, Mr.. Ward Palmer. Mr.. Herbert
Daniel. Mr.. Conrad Young, Lieutenant
Drury and Lieutenant Fooks.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
SOCIETY KEEN ON COTlLLION
Tired Of Bridge and Teas, Fashion.
ables Try Dancing.
TEN DAYS MORE AND THEN LENT

Calendar Does Not Indicate People
VIII Make Most of Remaining
Days-maiority Of Parties
Will Be small.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

groom; Mr., c. w. Folds, DR.. r. II. Harvey,
all Of Chicago, and Mr.. II. e. o'Neill and
MIR. Stockton Heth.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

Violets touched the high mark Saturday
and the young woman who receives such q
valentine oday may count herself favored
indeed. Two dollars. t2bo. g and $3.50 a
hundred. n the supply limited. vas the
situation that confronted the purchaser
Saturday afternoon. Some Of the florists
ran short and had TO arrange their supply
in limited punches 70 avoid disappointing
their regular customers. while others were
unable to fill all their orders.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

-
The following verses dedicated ITO a lit
tie sirl who wanted TO marry me years
ago" and OF which a young woman very
is the heroine. appeared recently in one OF
the New York papers In a department con-
Quoted BY their author:
OH, oTToLAl
oh, Ottola, when YOU were six
And ! was only ten,
said j would not marry you,
For I was foolish then,
You told. your mother what I said;
You told your father, too;
And added that when | grew up
I'd beg to marry you.
oh, ottola. how could / guess
what future years would bring
The grace of which they sing
Who only sing Of angels bright
Give me that chance again.
You see, in those days you were six
And I was only ten.
Although the State university IL a few
hours distant. many Of the college pranks
are extended to Omaha. During one OF the
recent vacations a fraternity man met the
Japanese cook from the frat house." who
was also spending the vacation in Omaha.
The cook was decorated with two fraternity
pins. and the college man Immediately con-
fiscated the pin Of his W fraternity, but
allowed the Jap to continue wearing the
other.
The same college man proved that he
could think quickly on another occasion.
He was calling at a sorority house. shortly
after a number OF new girls had been in
itiated. and noticing a strange young
woman passing down the hall. he asked IL
they had a new cook. The young hostess
asked quickly what he had said. Realizing
his mistake, he promptly replied, IL asked
II that was Miss Cook"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-25
TRAGEDY OF GREEN BATHING SUIT
A REAL DRAMA AT ATLANTIC CITY
Merry Crowd Takes After Brilliant Costume and Puts Its Weare RotSe
Takes Refuge in Hospital Tent

ATLANTIC CITY. n. J., July 25.-
Bathed in tears OF rage. started when
mob Of youngsters took it into their
heads to force her to lead a beach
parade, a pretty and shapely girl IN
brilliant green bathing suit made
scene on the beach this morning when
she dashed along the strand and into
the beach hospital tent to escape her
tOrmentOrs.
A thousand bathers, who followed the
excitement. surrounded the tent while
sympathetic officials fixed the chagrined
young woman up with long cloak and
she was held a prisoner for nearly an
hour before beach police could break
up the crowd and start its members
on their way.
The incident, which started IN fun
when the girl appeared In her full out
ft. which included evening shoes, hose,
and a bathing cap Of the vivid green,
developed into a scene Of wild excite
ment before its finish
According to the tearrul story Of the
girl, she was promenading the lower
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-25

beach and attracted an the attention
due TO her brilliant bathing plumage
when a score of lads started in 10
amuse themselves. Armed with sticks
as swords, the youngsters "fell in" be-
hind the damsel whose startled dis
covery that she was leading a CON
stantly growing procession came along
with thc same discovery on the part Of
grinning boardwalk thousands
Before the imprompu parade reached
Youngs pier it had been joined by "a
big crowd of young men in bathing
suits, some Of them accompanied by
girls who had been their bathing com
panions
The worried girl made several at
tempts 20 elude her tormentcrs, who
made their pace to suit hers. and then
suddenly broke into a run. The cheer
ing crowds followed and when, with a
final rush, the girl dashed into the
beach tent they enjoyed a hastily-ar-
ranged war dance.
Beach officials claim that the girl re-
fused 10 give her name, but as a couse-
quence she promised to lay away her
fancy outfit rather than risk another
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-25

similar adventure with the fun-loving
crowd.
Another bathing suit tragedy occurred
this morning when a pretty Camden
matron, who had failed to insure as
TO the effect OF salt water on a fancy
brand Of silk which went into her new
bathing suit, made the discovery that
there was no guarantee that silk would
stand the pounding of the breakers.
Rips suddenly appeared ia the skirt and
waist OF the costume that but mo-
ment before had been the owners pride
and the fearful young woman was
forced to hustle her husband out for
sweater and cloak before she could
leave the water.
Big crowds of new arrivals logged out
in the height of summer fashion came
an on morning trains today and were
quickly swallowed up in Che throney
which filed up the hotels last night. The
promenade started long before noon,
while batheTs started I'm by scores and
ran into the thousands by the time the
life guards had taken their stations to
guard the visitors from harm Reports
that sheepshead had appeared on the
shoals of shore started out big crowd
Of hook and line disciples Autoists
in slasEing cars are making tine best of
the big seashore day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-25
BOSTON PRELATE
BECOMES BISHOP
Hundreds Attend Impressive
Ceremonies Led by Arch
bishop O'Connell.

BOSTON, Mass, July 25.-The Rt,
Rev. Joseph c. Anderson. diocesan vicar
general and pastor of St. Paups Church
was raised to the dignity of the bish-
opic of the Catholic church and con-
secrated as coadjutor bishop of Boston
today by Archbishop William n. O'Con-
nell i'm the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.
The ceremonies were attended by hun
dreds of clergymen and friends Of the
new bishop who filled the huge church
10 an overflow
Archbishop O'Connell. the cousecrat-
ing prelate began the celebration with
solemn high mass. The archbishop
was assisted ia this ceremony bv the
Rt. Rev. George A. Gaortiu, bishop of
Manchester, n. H., and the Rt Rev.
Daniel s. Fehan. bishop Of Fall River.
Mass, while Mgr. NJ. J. Splain acted
as master of ceremonies.
After the close of the ceremony, the
bishop. with those who had assisted
at the ceremony, passed through the
cathedral impartinC the Episcopal bless
ing for the first time to those present.