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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
Couldn't Stand IL

A Raleigh. n, c.. woman not long
ago received into her house for Grain.
ing" a Cracker" girl from the noun.
tains.
Endeavor was made to inculcate in
the girl love for order and cleanli.
ness. but suddenly this discipline
ceased. for the poor white" fed to
her home in the Businesses. Thither
the Raleigh woman traced her after
come difficulty.
why did you leave me. Mary
Jane?" she asked
Mis- Morgan. jes' couldn't stay!"
exclaimed the girl. Il was jes cloyed
with neatness!"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
BOYS GRATITUDE WAS REAL.
Has Long Cared for Grave OF Man
Who Had Been Kind 70 Him
Many Years Ago.

Rev John Henri sattig. pastor Of
81. Philips church. Dyker Heights.
Brooklyn. tells this beautiful story:
I'm Milford, Pa. there is an old
graveyard. neglected, weed grown and
unkempt or all the mounds in that
village Of the dead only one IL cared
for. On that the grass Is neatly
trimmed. flowers bloom and never a
weed appearh. The visitor who looks
upon this evidence OF love and devo-
ton amid so many examples Of for.
getfulness usually asks whose grave
II is, and the sexton answers: The
man whose body rests there had
neither chick nor child. Nearly every
day for the six years since the man
died a boy comes here 10 tend TO the
grave. Winter and summer he comes.
The lad is the butcher boy. The~man
was the only human being who ever
was kind to the boy"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
Well. what II He pIdn,t1

For many years Dr. Francis l.. Pat.
ton. ex.president OF Princeton univer-
sity. wore side whiskers. Whenever
he suggested shaving them there was
a division OF opinion in the family
One morning he came into his wife's
room, razor in hand. with his right
cheek shaved amooth.
How do you like II. my dear?" he
asked. IF you think Il looks well,
will shave the other side, too
Eyerybody's Magazine.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
MAKING SUNSHINE
IL 10 Often Found In Pure Food.

The improper selection OF food
drives many q healthy person into the
depths Of despairing illness. Indeed.
much sickness comes from wrong food
and just so surely rs that is the case
right food viii make the sun shine
once more.
An old veteran of Newburyport,
Mass, says: I'm October, / was taken
sick and went to bed. losing a. pounds
in about 60 days. had doctor after
doctor, food hurt me and had to live
almost entirely on magnesia and soda.
All solid food distressed me so that
water would run out OF my mouth in
little streams.
Il had terrible night sweats. and my
doctor finally said l had consumption
and must die. Ny good wife gave up
all hope. We were at Old Orchard,
Ne. az that time and my wife saw
Grape-Nuts IN a grocery there. She
bought some and persuaded me to
Try t.
II had no faith In Il, but took 1t 70
please her. To my surprise Il did not
distress me as all other food had done
and before I had taken the flfth pack.
age was wen on the mend. The pains
left my head, my mind became clearer
and gained weight rapidly.
Il went back to my work again and
now after SIX weeks use q the food
! am better and stronger than ever be.
fore In my life. 0rapo-Nuta surely
saved my life and made me & strong
hearty man. Is pounds heavier than
before I was takon III.
ing to make afiidavst 70 tho truth Of
thia."
Read 'srhs Road to wellviiio." In
pkga. '-rhsFo's a reason
l1veE rsna the shove IsttsEl A sew
are EeauineI tFees $50 fuii % hNzan1
teteEoal.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
People Talk Abou, Good rhInus.

Fourteen years ago few people knew Of
such preparation as n Powder for the
Feet. To-day after the genuine merits OF
Aliens Foot Ease have been told year after
year by grateful persons, It Is indispens.
able to millions. IL il clcanly whole.
some, healing and sntiscptic and gives
rest and comfort TO tired aching feet
IL cures while you walk Over 5000
Testimonials. limitations pay the dealer
larger profit otherwise you would never
he offered a substitute for Aliens Foot.
Ease, the original foot powder Ask for
Aliens Foot-Ease, and zee that you get Il.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10

Marion st, Manchester Ia. says:
Constant work at a sewing machine
seemed to bring on kidney trouble. The
kidney action was irregular and the
pains in my back and loins so severe
could hardly endure Il. Doan's Kid.
ney Pills made me feel better in a
short time. and took them until en-
tiTely free from my trouble"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. n. Y.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
EnoII.hman,s WItherIno Reply.

The best OF US sometimes forget the
beam in our own eyes while We search
for n mote in another's. An American
travelling abroad met an Englishman
with the rather remarkable name OF
Pthorne, which was pronounced
Thorne.
What's the good of the Pr" the
American Queried; you don't pro
nounce II, do your"
The Engllshman gazed at him with
the manner OF one who. while he
pities. is bored.
What's the good OF n in 'orse?" he
questioned. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mo
ments.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
10 check spreaa Of rraehoma.

II has been reported that the ats
ease known as trachoma. or granular
eyellds. has been spreading rapidly
among the Indians. To check this
trouble congress appropriated $4,000,
placing II in the hands OF the commits
sioner OF Indian affairs. for the imme-
date investigation and treatment Of
the disease and to check It's spread.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
A slonI6eant Test.

so you don't think the common
people have the nerve to defy those
who seek n system Of financial op-
pression?"
II am sure they haven't" answered
Mr. Sirius Barker. Look at me. I'm
Just as sensitive to injustice as any
body. And yet never hesitate about
handing a head waiter a comfortable
tip for doing nothing except look
naughty"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
Obecilance.

Prompt and unQuestioning obedi.
ence is the corner stone OF the foun.
dalton OF success in life. No man can
give orders properly who has not
learned TO take them, and save he
serve. no man may rule" It will be
found that the men who have won
their way to positions OF power and
responsibility have invariably been
the men who did not reason or argue
or even respectfully represent" but
who promptly did as they were com
manded without questioning. II is
the large man. not the little man. who
recognizes n superior authority.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10

day. Nine times out
OF ten. backaohe
tells of kidney weak.
ness. The only way
TO ind relief IL to
cure the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills
have given sound
strong backs to
thousands OF men
and women. Mrs.
Wesley Clemens. 81
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
PrOlnInen, Women Aid Good causs.

Prominent Women Aid Good Causs.
a large number OF women occupy.
ing prominent positions in society. or
on the stage. are taking an active In.
terest in the anti.tuberculosis cam.
paign. Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt has re-
Gently given 100000 for sanitary
homes for consumptivea Mrs. Keith
Spalding Of Chicago has erected n
sanitarium for the Chicago Tuberculo-
sis institute at cost of about $780,
900; Mrs. Coils p. Huntington and
Mrs. Borden Hartman have given
largely to the consumption fight. In
Porto Rico. Mrs. Albert Norton Wood.
wife Of n prominent army officer sta
toned at San Juan. has stirred the en-.
tire island through the anti.tuberou.
losis crusade she inauguTated. Nine
Emma Calve is a most enthusiastic
worker. and has given largely OF her
talent and money for the relief OF
tuberculosis sufferers. and Miss Olga
Nethersole has even lectured before
the public on tuberculosis.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
Mar.vel.lounl

At baseball game in Chicago the
gatekeeper hurried TO Comiskey, leader
OF the White Sox, and said:
Umpire Hurst is here with two
friends. Shall pass 'em ln?"
can umpire with two friRnds!"
gasped Comiskey. "Sure!"-Every-
body's Magazine.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
THE HINT ogNTEeL.

Mr.. Saphead-By Jove. it's nearly
IL o'clock. Perhaps had better be
goin.
Miss Smart-Well. they say Never
put OF till tomorrow what you can do
today"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10

He who Is false 20 duty breaks a
thread in the loom. and will find the
daw when he may have forgotten the
causs.-H. w. Beecher.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10

Over fifty years Of public confidence
and popularity. That l. the record At
ard remedy for aches and pains. There's
a reason and only one-MERIT.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10

HE'D. Weak. Weary, wstery Eyes
Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. COM
pounded BY Experienced Physicians. Mu-
rine Doesn't Smart; Soothcs Eye Pain.
Write Murine Eye Remedy Co, Chicago,
for illustrated Eye Book. At Druggists.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10

There are limitations, don't be fooled.
There is no substituted Tell the dealer you
want Lewis Single Binder cigar.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
Not Exclusive.

WAS Il an exclusive party?"
were there"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
For ANY Disease. or Injury 20

the eye. use PETTITs EYE sAI.vE, alb
solntely harmless, acts quickly, 25c. All
druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10

Sometimes the man who looks bs
fore he leaps gives the other fellow q
chance 10 beat him to II.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10

A1ra. WlnsioW'a soothinS syrup.
FoE ehdran tsslhins, s0stsaE The Iuraa reduces -
nAmmAtoa. aAya pain. cares uisa colo. asoa eotta
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10

Lewis Single Binder givesth smober what
he wants, rich, mellOw'tastins cigar.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
BuRpENs LIFTED
From Bent Backs.

A bad back is a heavy handicap to
those Of us who have TO work every
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10

A giittsrins sucesss-ths solitaire
engagement ring.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10

Occasionally q dressEAksr Sivss
her husband Ats.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10

Il takes a hustler TO distinguish the
difference between an obstacle and q
hindrance in his path.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
The srIuht Side.

Does Mr.. Stormington Barnes try
to look on the bright side Of thingsf"
asked one actor.
II should say So" answered the
other. Hes never content unless he
Ia staring the spotlight right In the
face."-washington Star.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
lmnor,nni 10 Aaothara.

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORlA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that IL
Signature sps's &C ot&1%aZlEu
IN Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10

CAAmberlain's 0c Pure Extracts. and Mann
mas Pare Phosphate liakinE Powder
are Pure ana UnRduiterated, containing only
thoae substances recognized and endorsed by
the y. =. Governments. AZ all 0rocers. y. u.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10

With a man money means more To
eat: with a woman more 70 wear.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
uneIa Ioah SAYS;

'raint all cigarette smoke in Turk
ish circles. b. links. is it2
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-10
slLL's AFFLIcrloN.
A Lucky MIsehanee.

A Lucky Misehanee.
AT the last moment Fakem lost his
nerve"
"Then pray kind fate that nobody
else will ever find Il"
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

they cannot do so. They are abdicating their own
kingdom and seeking what they consider higher
and nober tasks. They fail 10 notice that the
most successful men their own offices and shops
besides planning and conducting business deals
managing their families, and mixing IN the big ques-
tionS Of the day
Men not imPressionists. and nine out OF ten
women They have taken woman until now
largely a delightful Joke 50 long she continued
to preside pretty over the teacups while she raved
of the High Think thing
Now she turns her back on the mGnage and leaves
Husband who pays the bills To wonder griTnly. as
he crunches the Charred bones of his invariable
chops why it IS that it is this one department of life
by women and supposed TO be managed by a
woman, is so uniformly lacking, failing costly .
ClriCature what it has been made-by men,
directing men servants, at the clubs.
Ask woman, any lady and We repeat she Will lay it
all at the door of the Cook. But the Cook is a lady
herSelf-and she has retired in triumph from situa-
ton which everything but the dignity of her labor
impressed upon her. For years she was pictured
begerently holding her with rolling PIN ram
pant; but, that she has become a retreating
figure hung with pathOs poetry, and Whistler msts
she looms upon the domestic horizon. symbolic of a
Woman Age when the affairs and the fires We're left
to fade and purple duplex flame, at the end of d
rOllicking meter set hole IN the wall became the
star of Home. Sweet HOmel
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

Aaf tNAANA etAA - AAA III
70 the theater.
Now do not imagine
that everyone of those
grave individuals did
not know every other
mothers son in both
groups and his pedi-
gree for AT least three
generations. The hat
was knocked off as a
formal atfront tobring
about a challenge. In
France the conven-
tional formalltv is
generally a light slap
with a glove. This
! updil IlShtlN lllpped
OFT his encmv's S hat.
IL Is riChi" Said
Burleigh. Il must
have that duel"
Now, Burleigh did
not wish To be a de
lator, 10 peach on
these young men Ii
never occurred 10 us
that a story I'm an
English written paper
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

Burleigh heard of the Cuban
duelS with lively expectations. The
Venezuelan duel was no society
affair; merely Two cabaIleros. OF
more likely just hombres. meeting
with no particular preliminaries
and informally inserting knives
into each other; after that. very
likely two inquests. In Cuba ne
found what externally bore the
earmarkS of the French duel, and
he ached to write one up.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

In Cuba even the police shun the odium of being
deatorS, or taebearers in respect to one crime
They are never officially Cognizant of a duel There
are many duels, and not in the fashion of France
either. Cuban duels seldom with pistols which
may not hit, or with rapers, a scratch from whose
slender blade IS cause for official termination of a
French duel You may even be spitted To the hilt
by clean raper and II Your antagonist is too much
a gentleman to wriggle 1t Your person as was
complained of some i'll hammered fellows in the reign
OF LOUIS Philippe, YOU may recover and live happily
ever afterward.
But though the championship in small swords
after beng wreSted from the inmemorial possession
OF France by Italy, now belongs TO Cuba the Cuban
duellstS usually fight with sabers II is hard to es
cape dong and receiving some damage when using
sahers Gallant gentlemen not compelled 10 work
Tor living continue to live on their incomes with an
arm Topped off, a hand. some fingers. but not with
the head gone. The police do not know there are
duels- No one mentions them. They occur deco
r"uSy behind closed doors Of a vacant house If one
Is TO be had
RAYMOND Burlegh, of one of the Havana Ameri-
can papers, was new to Cuba. He had lived in Ven
ezuela and Central America and spoke Spanish like
native OF Connecticut He really did sneak II very,
We'll lie knew the customs and mind of several
9panSh-Amerlcan Republics. He erred IN thinking
tuba was like the others Cuba may hate Srain,
but none the less it holds curious pride over its
long connection with the motherland Indeed CON
sdering itself detached bit of Europe it has lone,
heheved its culture superior TO that of the limited
States. The Cuban believes with truth thai tbe
courtly traditions which mitigate the faults of moor
Old SPAN flourish III his country more than in the
Repubhcs that broke away from the old land some
seventy and eighty years earlier
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
How Ii Started

one evening in the fover of the
~ National Theater a group of
sllm young men In evening dress
stood at our elbow, an air of wait
ing about them, calm and Vet
pOrtentOuS
Presently there entered another
bevV ot slim Young men in evening
dress, and a very tall one. detaching
himself from our group. with a
mien at once of respect. Difference
and depreciation. stepped up TO a
very tall one in the other qrour
and with the utmost grace and
delicacy tipped OF his hat with a
slender cane. Each reached to
catch the hat, each with a look of
polite concern, the attacked deftlv
catching 1t and bowing 10 the
aGgreSSOr as If to thank him for
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
Then the Write-up

Then the Write-up
RURLEIGH wrote W the affair IN his bes, ST
IL The cause OF the duel was as follows In Fl
Spanish countries Young men are seldom perm,-a
20 call on Young women. In most Of these cour.-e
calling Is not allowed az all. The parents a-r-
marriages, perhaps begin negotiations before Tie
proposed contracting parties have ever seen e--
other.
In Cuba since the first coming Of the America
some of the old social restrictions have been rey5
which means very little however A few tau.e
allow Young men 20 call. battery Of chaperC1i
trained on them from al sides. Bur. somewhat as
compensation. theE may take certain liberties VI
known among us On the curb. IN stores one ma
breathe raSSIonatelV INTO the ear o- a raSSng sr-
" How beautiful, '-.' (Ienteel enchantress -
Henceforth / am desolated and a number @
other things The girl looks straight ahead and pre-
tends not 10 hear. The mother and father may -'
along, and they also pretend na- O. hear.
In Cuba. sympathetic Is esteemed tol-
mentarv word EVerVthIn1 Is Sy-ur athetc- l--
papers call clubs sympathetlc -UL NJ chters a1d u
alai players. members OF Congress deoutantes' IT
taurantS. negro political >.>t4t,.D> Amos, e'e
thing except Chinese lauudr,yS and mules.
One evening IN the presence ID d clrcle OF irea-
one OF the participants III the duel had been G--.
upon the haCkneved character o- The co1np l-As-+
they were accustomed % utter or -Ctter on me u
as previously noted.
IL IS always the same old rh.-- Now why n
say something new, something .rt-inal -A9-'
sympathetic and there IS pearl Why noI II
them IN a combination novel and ~a-S-ely cn@l---'
and say, 'Sympathetic pearl
The Young man smiled prout.y over MS P1e--
vention, this happy coming OF q ne" phrase o. -
IlIment. and his comrades Choru>et IN adliI~-~
~ How grand how delicate. how sswpathett
hut one of them did and It was recaled ai'e,s-L- -
that he main tanned silence gloVv--rI. ne --~
lnnovatOr were IN love with The same SIL
1t was reported that on the very next atIern.y-
stood in front of the Telegrato Cate hen the s--
her mother were going IN 70 refresh -hernSei'@S So
iceoream and said a voice of Eo.-n>lnt IeneS--
Sympathetic pearl Of course The WseIiog1
ventor of this romantic euconl.uu- regarded '-~
base treaCherv
Burleigh in his article deposej -a4t the borrow
the purloiner. of the verbal 1c"o, CHARMED -, ~
had not spoken as reported that NE had oeC - -
chemistry 10 q friend. and rhar as rae SSr'I'' ~
he happened by pure II unfortunate .''i,TS "
Vent 10 the words Svmratherc HN tNJ
renee had been garlled and u.l>rer resented IN
but the offender refused To- o.u-te- a
Burleigh described the duel Vl,h ddSh ti'[ IA
ness drawing upon his iIu4SIua-..n tor an -
locality, time and those III atJeH,i-nte hC III
Sented 1t as a desperate affair where the p'--tS
carved for hours and FINALLY ceased ITo'' -
tion and because they were dying tor q Si''ON>
A Call on the Reporter
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
Man in the Cookies Age

IT will be interesting observe the sort of states
: me1i politicians. merchants. and finanCierS the
Cookess Age Will turn out. And it will be fascinating
10 study with the growth of time, if the Hotel
Woman going in for Votes, beauty and German
salts figure will actually hold the affections of man
more surely than she who doped him with her sur
passing coffee and kept him sOggy with her pie
Men must be fed, They may To capitulate
u the twO-burner dinner but who knows, in secret,
what deep and terrible revenge they will execute?
The Correspondence School for Husbands will prob
W ha%e oS snd i hgh 2 SIGNS to- bnd them no @
brotherhood of revolt
Women haughtily claiming that they do not wish
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

her suffragetting, tall thinking and canned living
1t was the Cook, of course who revOlted first
Mistress will always take the from maid, In
the days of dreams and old Southern Cooks the lady
did not dsdan to wash the silver and the china to
put UP her own iellies or gather flowers for the
breakfast table. She proud of her biscuits the
modern woman IS of her rope of matched pearls.
Under this rule. homes fiOurished and the nation
prospered and produced great men. notably from the
home sections And most of these men, mighty with
the Hypnotsm of Beef, have been notable for mate
rial appettes with good old fashioned dishes at the
head of the list.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

the attempted courtesy of trying 10 catch his hat
trouble that he the attacked, had happily been allie
70 spare hm. Then each Young man presented a
IN IN previous ignorance of the presenter's identify
lhen up stepped two other Young men who ex
changed cards with each other and the TWO princi
pals, and then the two groups behind tb, -, ,',1,
ther hats and bowed profoundly FIRST 10 the forlr IN
i tte center and vet again as group To group. Then
the cards were slowed with extreme care IN W. =,
side pockets of the vests of those who bad 4vb -,
them, and all went III ''"S'
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
A Gail on the Reporter

ONE afternoon ten davS or so after the ar'Nt
~ appeared as / sat visiting bur'eEh We W.,
the sound of many wheels I'm tav street oe.o@
large and grave company OF SLw Young iilSH iilSHoF ~
barking from an arrav of cabs The otilSe Wa tt
stone throw from the hotel arcade tdie' 81 - -
Central Park where they must have to"','
move upon Burleigh. tut they had ridden y
at "a cost of eight centavos each. They ni1l ~
stood about BurIcigh "a silent and solemn 'O-''
as about "a bier ss-
II was the dueIing party. part 81 H. W.
httlc queer when the spokesman WIN d' = p'r,,s
arti,lc the police had been compelled TO tassi .i .
nizauce OF the duel and they haj III been ~. ~ $,
hundred and twenty-five dollars caeh. We yca,
quecrer when we learned Jh1t the N,iA'lVS f-,s g.
man who had partl,T aJed m tins r'"''s
C-c-s.t- -c --ss -5
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

would excite the attention Of the police # indee
We for moment thought that Cuban duel was
all serious. anything bur a farce me authonlF
didn't even bother to wink at