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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24


60 the eeward side OF her chair when he Dent
toward her In debating letter
He made the rounds OF the once employees,
asking whether they smelt egg. but all being
too polite TO tell him he had overlooked an Inn
portant point declared they snielt no egg. The
odor stayed with him.
In desperation he ned 20 his private ONCE. NUT
tering as he slammed the door: my heavens,
the whole world smells, and no one knows 1t but
me-"
But that is only a minor point in the adoption
OF a new national food by Uncle Sam With
each year the production OF the hens OF the coun'
try 10 becoming smaller in proportion to the de-
mand for eggs. As q consequence the experts
declare that each succeeding year will see the
price soar beyond expectations. The last months
OF winter and the Arst OF early spring are the
hardest for the esq eaters. for then the cost
scars. there are less Of the precious morseIs and
those which appear are often followers from the
year previous. but even those bring prices rang
ing from 30 to 40 cents dozen.
The time ia remembered by many when the
best eggs brought ~ cents a dozen in retail
stores, and the wholesale price was below that.
So steep has the conventional cost become that
thousands Of farmers are yearly devctinE their
land to the raising Of fowls.
The industry haa already become mighty
factor In national life and within two decades II
the country continues 20 eat eggs at the present
rate OF Increase. the business OF growing eggs
may outweigh that OF cattle and grain.
In the large cities. Chicago for instance. the
high price OF meat compelled the poorer classes
20 adopt the cgE as a means OF obtaining noufish-
meRt The increased demand OF course boosted
the price. but EtiIl the middle and upper GLASSES
cling 70 the fowl product. foul or fair.
In the great marts Of trade the sgs industry Is
perhaps tha most interesting Of all Ono great
cold ntoraEe warehouse IN Chicago dusinR the
last esE famine. unioaded on the maflot close
70 s.oo09oe. and every one wns sold 70 the local
retail ulerchsnts- The egg1 we're said % have
been "a cold storaee for plne moaths. pending IN
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24

well. Mrs. Dennis. what are you
going to give Pat for Christmas this
year," inquired the recipient OF Mrs.
Dennis regular washday visits. one
day at the beginning of the festai
season.
Deed thin. ma'arn. I don't know"
replied Mrs. Dennis. raising herself
from the washtub and setting her
dripping arms akimbo. Il did be
thlnkin' I'd give him a pair Of pants.
but. Lord bless ye. ma'am. only last
night didn't he come home Wild n
pair on."--Success Magazine.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24
WON'T MIX
BAD Food and Good Health Won't Mix.


The human stomach stands much
abuse but It won't return good health
II you give Il bad food.
II you feed right you win feel right,
for proper food and good mind is the
sure road 70 health.
"A year ago l became much alarmed
about my health for / began to suffer
after each meal no matter how little I
ate, says q Denver woman.
Il lost my appetite and the very
thought Of food grew distastsful, with
the result that I was not nourished
and got weak and thin.
MY home cares were very heavy, for
besides large family Of my own I
have also 10 look out for my aged
mother. There was no one 10 Shout.
der my household burdens, and come
what might. I must bear them, ana
this thought nearly drove mo frantic
when ] realised that my health was
breaking down
Il read an article in the paper about
some one with trouble Just like mine be-
Ing cured on Gfape-Nuts food and act.
ing on this suggestion gave Grape
Nuts trial. The first dish OF thls
delicious food proved that had struck
the right thing.
Ny uncomfortable feelings IN stcm-
aeh and brain disappeared CO II By
magic and in an Incredibly short space
Of time ] was myself again. Since
then 1 have gained II pounds IN
weight through a summer OF bard
work and realize am very different
woman. an due TO the splendid food.
lrape-Nuts.s
There's Reason Trial win prove.
Read the fam0us little book. sTho
Road 70 Wellyille." IN pkss.
ems nnDeara ieoaf dina - lfnt1. TIeP
ttt Noeutpe. trurf oAd faif ~ bn11&
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24
chIna PreparIna Dor csnaua.

China is preparing to take census
OF her zoe. 0e0. 900 people. From a cir.
cular received in New York city Il ap-
pears that the Job itself Is to be q
most thorough one, and that after
1t Is done the facts and figures are
TO be kept pretty well up to date.
One provision OF the regulations
reads; after the completion OF this
census. all births. deaths. marriages
and adoptions must be reported by
the head OF the family to the local
census once or police station; the rec.
crds OF tina families must be revised
every two months and records OF In.
dividuals every six months. and re.
ports must be made annually to tho
board OF the interior By the directors
general Of the census from the yari.
Gus provinces"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24

increase In price sufficient to yield the spectators
considerable profit They estimated the proceeds
after all expenses had been met four cents the
dozen-S20O 900 on the lot.
Other great egg corners have been manipulated and
the profits doubtless have been even greater, but
they seldom come TO the public because OF the
shekels which are raked in from the enterprise
In the egg corner mentioned above. scores OF men
worked day and night for two days getting the prod.
nct out OF cold storage to place them the market
while the price held up.
The workmen were where they could be called at
once and the minute the word came over the telo
phone to get the great crates out of the cold storage
warehouse. the toilers were set TO work. Two days
later every egg had been sold, the money collect
cd and more than half Of them eaten by the con-
sumner.
II was a great coup and only one of the many
Other enterprises of like nature where the pro-
ceeds have ranged into large figures. have been
told, but the details seldom became public prop
erty. This. by reason Of the fact that the egg
corner" Is today rather undeveloped science
But the monarchs OF other branches OF the pro-
ducins world have come to look upon move
ments of that sort as one Of the money makers of
the days to come
Early this month when eggs leases returned),
bringing only 10 cents a dozen, Wholesale,
the lover OF them felt fairly jubilsnt and barn
yard prognosticators predict that this jubilant
feeling shall prevail for the rest OF the summer
Extra quality eggs were then selling at 23 cents
dozen. while ordinary 'hrsts" brought 10 cents
and "hrsts" one cent more a dozen, prime hrsts"
selling at n cents.
So. with the sway OF the strawberry the price of
eggs dropped on, and before August Il Is said the
cost may 20 lower
With the private producers, who sell only linn.
tied quantities OF eggs 40 cents dozen 10 not an
unheard Of figure for what known "a eggs
laid fresh today" OF course the right TO that Il.
tie must be undIsputed. and often when eggs are
sold. backed by reputation for freshness, high
or prices are paid for them BY the epicures.
However frauds in eggs are as frequent as
swtndies In other Industries. and fastldious per.
sons, who hate cold storage eess worse than they
do paying fancy prices. often taken In by the
farmer" who rides into the city the interurban
buys up large cargo OF eggs In the open market
rents wagon. the mudder the better. and pro
ceeda 10 distribute cold storage eggs for the prod
uct he claims Is laid fresh to-day"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24

fruit from the market at the city by the lake had
TO go eggless Easter
Jim Patterns wheat corner will be a mere baga-
telle alongside OF the movement Of the man who
can corner eggs. Small egg corners are frequent
however. Cold storage men often lay aside sew
eral millions In a semi.frozen state and hold them
Tor nine months or 80. dumping them on the mar
ket WHEN the price is in the clouds.
But the cold storage egg Is Inferior because
the fresh egg advocate argues the chicklet has
q chance TO grow little before the yellow inside
treezes, thus storing up nasal evidence against
the purity OF the product.
For the housewife in the big city there Is an
everyday opportunity to effect a coup, for when
she can IND producer who sells eggs laid fresh
to-day" she considers herself a model OF wifeIy
devotion But as there is no smell on the outside
OF the shell there are often lots OF angry glances
from the male partner in the household. which
are born OF the unborn chick.
The length Of time that egg win keep fresh
- governed by the care which IL taken In its
preservation. They are packed In Ice rs q rule.
ana II packed soon enough after being laid, the
chicken life Is properly killed and thus the an
sfy eye-toeye message IL eliminated
Suitable to the occasion 10 the aged tale OF the
man with the flowing mustache and the time
marked egg. He had II for breakfast-tks egg
and being city man rode down TO his place OF
business In conventional manner. taking no mo-
tee Of the fact that while the seat beslde him
remained vacant there were half a dozen COM
muiers standing nearby.
AZ he aiighted al his destination snln likened
% the odOr OF an egg OF eviI Intentions pierced
his nan&i sense. During ths walk 20 his ONCE
be noticed that the smeil was everywhere. II
was IN ths street. in the rotnnda OF the once
building In the elevator. In the hall on the nine
teenth hoor. and he was startled beyond meas-
pre- g md that on entering he once he smelled
SIX there, too
stepping to the desk Of the head bookkeepor.
bs asked him II be smeli an nnhsaIthy odof.
why, no. replied the knlEht of the daf led
~ casting glance a thq yeilew slgnkk clear
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24
Not That Kind,

Apropos OF examination time, Prof.
Carl c. Petersen OF Dubuque related
at recent dinner some examination
stories.
"once. in a Bible lesson" he said.
II repeated the text:
"'Ariso and take the young child
and his mother and Zee into Egypt
And then ! showed the children q
large picture that illustrated the text
In bright colors.
THE children studied this picture
eagerly. Then they all frowned: all
looked rather disappointed. Finally
little girl said:
"'Teacher, where is the fear"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24

Piles Inter Ne, sImuItaneous-Liks
lrnowed what had took me about
dozen more Of these ornery obiec'a:
on'y heftief. SEEM me at a disadyant-
age, piles inter me simultaneous.
like. Blest II the hull outfit Of melons
hadat slipped Their moorin's and was
bearin' down on me with the inten-
ton Of ploughin' me under the United
States.
-Ef you mudtorties kin imagine at
ye went 20 sleep in a bowlin.ailey
among the pins, and Jest woke up
when tourneyment was in progress,
yen have faint idee how was fixed
on suttin' night IN July. 1898.
I'm pooty good when 81 comes TO
a run. but soon see that ! want in
the same class ~ them fruit, which
likewise they had q good start o. me.
Their was one Teller bout the size
OF a waterbutt. take II, at seemed
ter have special grudge ag'in' me, a.
trippin' Of me up. and then jnfnpln' on
me in the most onffiendly way. Then
eticks my foot IN 4 ripe one. and
the next thug remembers was roll.
In down the hill mixed up with about
a carload OF fruit that would have
made niggaE throw q 1T for ~. A
spell alter some distinguished citizens
OF the place gathers up my remains
and ! retires from public life for some
two weeks.
"when I was able 20 open = eve
! was waited ON ~ q COMMITTEES OF
prominent parties Of the town. After
expressln' their diap'lutnent At find
IN me alive. they pefceded 10 make
remarks caiinted ter hurt the eoslin's.
They axes me. amonN other things,
would prefer sumpin the tewn that
night 81 apenfin' Tie aim future IA
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24

certain informed bachelor. one OF those the
Gateway succeeded In getting the list during
leap year. tells OF one OF the boys who after ct.
tending farewell bachelor supper meandered
home IN a mnddled state late one Saturday night
the stone steps, his hat fell on on his knees and
with head bowed down he sluFnbssed psnoefssilp
He awoho about nine o'eock aud found "a cents. ID
bis hat chafitabiy inclined early eatrchsoezs had
mist4ken him fof besEkf and droDpea ihasr pen
piss into hls nptarns1 hat Is,tmen iza1 Gateway.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24

cold storage. From the looks OF these
gents see they would prefer choose
the latter. Materially ! axes the chief
Of these he-b'ars wherefore they was
80 eager to play II dirt on a orphan.
and they obleegingly shows their
keerds. II seems at the night my farm
took 20 the road Their were a. enter.
tainment in the basement OF the meet.
in'house give by The Lambs o. Zion
for the benift o. suthin' or other. The
chapel sot at the bottom o. my hill,
and the revelry was interrupted
mighty suddint when the front door
busts open an In sashays bout four
dozen o. them iron-clad watermelons
full o. business and mixes up with the
company permlscus. Them what
couldn't git in the door come tumblin'
In though the winders. which hap
pened to be open on count OF the
warm night. Wal. yed imagined they
he'd he'd special invertations. 10 see
the way they made themselves to
hum.
Now II happened they was two
cliques 'mong the Lambs O. Zion. an
when this fruit invades the place they
each accuses the other Of putin up
the job. Words few back and forth.
and soon the melons too. In ten min.
utes ] was told the place looked like
slaughter house. IL must ha' ben
sight
Thar was one lady there doln' the
Rebecca at the well act what got took
back of the year by a green 'un. Here
she leaves her duties and disappears
in the lemonade bari. Bein' a sour
party, II don'tsweeten her dispersition
none. She makes onkInd remarks to
the gent what fished her out, and they
exchanges compliments and other
things. The room meanwhile was a
loadin' up. The hull ten acres seemed
to have fixed on that meetin' room for
a rendywoo. an the sociable folks was
gettin' ter be anything hut social.
After a spell Their was a stimuli.
taneous move for the door. but the
melons had the right OF way on the
stairs. which the same was narrer.
When all did manage to scrunch Their
way out hear the remarks made was
tur'ble, and II was varlously suggested
by interested parties that burnin' at
the stake and boilin' In oil would be
shown angelic mercy to. the caty.
mount that injured their clothes and
feelin's.
"Sich was the theory the fust citi
Gems onloads on me. They fu'ther re-
quests me ter pursue my farmin' oper.
atoms dozen states away--the fu'ther
the better. insineratin' at II ! didn't
see II In that light, a. improved meth.
cd OF plantin' would be shown as a
illustration OF what might be done
In that line.
Now the ideeI" exclaimed the pa.
triarch. looking around the room for
sympathy with a snort Of indignation.
."blamin' a man cause his farm had
took to the road an was runnin
amuek. Never heerd sIch foolish.
ness.
They says orter ha' hnowed not
to plant SIGH heavy vegetable artillery
on steep hill 'thout chainin' II down
or gittin' a shepherd TO watch II by
night with a dog, SOS Il couldn't SIT
away and hold up the town.
Course. see II was no use TO
argify with them mushrats. so II
slings my hand and quits the game.
Since then. gents. buys no land on
I'll gets all the p'ints from the last
Teller what squatted there"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24

operation. I had
already had two
operations and
they wanted me to
go through a third
one. / suffered day
and night from In
fammation and o
small tumor, and
never thought Of
seeing q well day
again. A friend
told me how Lydia
II pinkhamiaVQ0.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24
THIRD
OPERATION
PREVENTED
By Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etabIe Compound

Chicago, Ill - "I want 10 tell You
what Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for me. was so sick
that two of the best doctors In Chicago
said / would die IL / did not have an
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24
Noe 4 close llkensss.

II believe that In time OF peace a
nation should be in ono respect like
q well-bshayed young lady.
For goodness sake. what respect ia
thatf"
maintaining proper reserve"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24
NEVER DONE.

Slimkins-I-I hope you didn't
mind my putting that little matter OF
IS in the hands OF the bill collector
yesterday
Podger-Not ut all; borrowed a
dollar from him.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24
yhe 9,ife Of n1an

lake TO the failing Of q rtar.
Or ~ the flights OF eagles are,
Or like the fresh springs Eaudy hue.
Or silver drops OF morning dew,
Or like wind that chafes the food.
or bubbles which on water stood
Zen such n man. whose borrowed light
IL straight called In and paid Tonight.
Ths Wind blows out, the bubble dies.
The spring entombed In autumn lies.
This dew'a dried up. the star Ia shot,
The Night IL past, and mans forgot
Francis beaumont.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24

900 n year
Every man. woman aud child in the country con.
sumes n lntle over an egg and a half each day. II
you personally dislike for food there is some one
else Ia part Of America who puts three away as
a foundation for his or her breakfast coffee.
Easter week. the biggest egg occasion the year
round the consumption OF about two billion
violet pink crimson, purple yellow and some green.
That the egg will dsplaco all others the national
food tidbit the prognostcation Of those who
their lNngs by raising chickens. Chicago alone. with
less than million population Easter week last put
awny GOOOOOOO eggs. so greedy the Windy city
about this article diet that lots of other portions Of
the United States which the. allotment of hen
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-06-24
flzTTNlBEDBS by the
BILLL[IOEN gyN4AAa0naAoavoN 81

UNCLE SAM is the heaviest egg eat.
or In the world. In fact. 80 fond is
the old L. s a. of the hen product
that another century may see the
deposition Of the bald.headed eagle
and the crowning Of another feath-
cred monarch.
These United States eat 10000
eggs each day. OS0. 100000 a week
- i.G2O, O0O, 900 a month--56. 16O. 000..
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-09
DRUNKENNESS IN RUSSIAN ARMY
authorities Are Planning a Fight
Against the Vice.

Owing to the prevalence Of drunken
ness In the Russian army It has bean
decided to abolish the traditional eff:
OF glass OF vodka on certain gaia
days and replace it by glass of Cau
casian wine.
Gen. keppen affirms that 20 per
cent. OF the crimes committed by sol
d1ers are done when under the iutiu-
ence Of alcohol. Another authority
goes as far as 95.4 per cent Twelve
per cent. of the confirmed drunkarls
In Petersburg begap6t \. drilik in the
army. The reasoi Z, ) said 10
be the excessivly low temperature
(ten degrees Reaumer)' in the bar
racks. The commissariat try to econ
omize.' 1t is conclusiveiv proved
that in one OF the Petersburg bar
racks, where six pools (2S pounds) OF
wood dag are assigned for heating
the building, only 30 pounds, or one
fifth is used. The soldiers are cold.
and therefore try to warm themselves
with vodka ...
This reform, if it may be so called
VIII cost the government, which has
t'@ oPilI "ohopOly, SOOuIy sum.
One regiment alone spends over %, 900
rubles annually on vodka. If this is
replaced by wine private people will
get the benefit Of the change. But as
one general remarked: You can no
more teach Russian soldier to do
without vodka than you can teach q
duck not to SWIM" So there is little
hope Of fighting successfully against
the vodka fever"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-09
The Conjurer confesses.

mat the hand is quicker than the
eye 1s one Of those accepted sayings
invented by someone who knew meth.
ing OF conjuring-or, as is more likely,
oy some cunning conjurer who aimed
st1ll further to hoodwink a gulIible
public. The fact is that the best con.
Jurer seldom makes a rapid motion,
lor tfat attracts attention, even
though it be not understood. TLC
TRUE artist in this line is deliberate j."
every movement. and it is mainI; /.
MS actions that ne leads his aud: : X,
10 look not where they ought. bu il.
an entirely different direction. Mr.
DaVld Devant, who for a number o,
consecutive years has entertaire {,
London with his ingenious tricks. b..
SAID: THE conjurer must be an actor
by the expression of his face. bv hi.
gestures, by the tone Of his voice. il.
short, by his acting, he must produce
his effects."-St. Nicholas.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-09
Queer Old English Ceremony

The restoration of the old parish
church at Cardynham. Cornwall. Eng.
land, which has been accomplished at
cost cf G1 400, recalls a cTriou; GUS
tom, said to date back to thu No man
Conquest. Widows who held land I'm.
CT the manor of Cardynham forfeited
their rights If they deviated from Ger.
tain rules of life, but could again re-
cover them if they submitted TO a
penance which consisted of attending
the manor court, riding upon b ..ck
sheep, and, while in this position. con-
Tossing their error in a slang dogrerel.
and praying for the restitution of thcir
lands. This ceremony having hrcn
performed, the steward was bound by
the custom to readmit the wom:n 10
her free bench. 1t is stated that the
ceremony was last observed abou. q
century ago.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-09
Where Germs Breed.

The waving hat feather is sais to
be good breeding ground for mi
crobes, and for this reason those who
are afraid of them are discardine all
flowing ends Of this sort. On the
other hand, it is stated in the millinery
journals that Paris has the feather fad
worse" than ever. and that in the
spring the tails will reach half a yard
OF more from the hat. Persons who
wear such lat ornaments should not
lI"' i. Htl Get cars. because the ryo.
leciing plumes are All annoyance to
those who sit behind them, and also
because there is much more danger
OF the willy germ seeking them out
as good roosting places and then
breeding consumption, typhoid fever,
dlphtheria and other equally unpieas-
ant diseases. There is also the fear
that the oriental rugs are responsible
Tor much promiscuous germ breeding
IN this country, and buyers are de.
manding that they be made pure be.
fore sold.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-09
Eggs Found In Old TempJs,

Sig. Rava, italian minister of public
instruction, communicates the partic.
ulars OF an archaeological discovery at
Glaniculum, where excavations have
been going on since last June. Sew.
eral statues, fragments of columns
and bronze objects hava been un-
earthed and now a cell. evidently be-
longing to temple, and large altar
or triangular shape, have been dis
covered. The apex is turned towards
the east. 1t is built of bricks, covered
with some sort of concrete. In the
middle Of the altar well is sunk. Il
was covered with tiles. 1t was opened
In the presence of Sig. Rava and Prof
Bernabel, and was found to contain
bronze statue Of the god. Kronos,
with serpent wound round the body,
while around were eggs in an excel.
lent state Of preservation. The dis
covery shows particularly that the site
was place Of sacrifice.