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Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

Mrs. Gus Dillard visited her
son, Carl billiard. in Bowling
Green last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

NJ. V. Frank and family moved
TO Mexico from Bevier, Mo. Part
of the family is assisting in the
shoe factory.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

Otto Byars pushes his Ne, -
subscription date away ~ in.
1910.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13
John NJ. Young

Ben Adams and wife are home
from a trip to Texas. They like
Audrain better and are back tu
stay.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

NJ. l.. Eastman and DR.. +. A.
Lotion of Laddonia were in Mexi
co on business Monday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

George Washington. colored, a
deaf mute, dropped dead at his
home in this city Monday morn
ing.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

= .h = elt rel The beck door
of N..C trc.Scv $ stCre ono J"y.
last wee :nC cyrr.e oil ,bc /
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Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

Mrs. w. Peters of Independ-
ence is visiting her sister here.
Mrs. w. A. Morris.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

Rev. and Mrs. j. j. Griffin If
Montgomery City visited Mexico
friends last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

Mrs. Charles Householder has
been visiting relatives in Co
lumbia.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

Mrs. Paul Il. Coil visited her
mother, Mrs. n. S. Johnston. near
Worcester. last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

Mrs. Frank Stuart is entertain
ing her sister, Mrs. Charles Cort
of Hannibal.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

Mrs. Solomon Fox of Rush Ill
visited Mexico relatives last week
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

Joe Considine at Ttom,sou IS
feeding nine cars OF cattle lor s. zee
market.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

Miss Goldie Quinn of Laddoni.,
will teach il the Crane district.
southwest OF Martinsburp.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

-'r !. ". Smilil visi,c,. friend.
in Marshall LAST week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

i0@i.r" a.t Eli. ,s,,
r.-.,". end .ru.'ls
ir,eaJs la Wand r.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

). Ii. Tanner of Kansas City, IS
visiting his parents at Farber,
Mr.. "ud MIR. c. W. Tanner.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

VIM. Watts aold SAN Aiogr,,
his wool crop at = cent, lh.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

Born, to Mr.. uni Mrs. Wm.
Jourdon, q daughter.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

The baccalaufa for
the Missouri Mllis semy
vii be preaeaea xico
c.ratiaa char bf.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-29
Founding the Grand Army Of the Republic

The Grand Army of the Republic
was organized in Decatur, ILL.,, in
the interests of theCsurviving represen-
tatives of the federal military and
naval forces of the civil war, the fami-
lies of those dead and such objects as
they should deem important to their
association. The membership COM
prises soldiers and sailors of the war,
honorably discharged or continuing
and state militia on active duty sub
ject to call during the war It's pur-
poses are fraternity, the commemora-
tion OF events and the assistance Of
old soldiers and their families. 1t has
been active in establishing homes and
memorials and in educating and sup
porting the orphans of soldiers
To its members the Grand Army of
the Republic is a matter second only to
family and friends They accord itsthe
same LOYALTY and devotion that they
cid to the regiments in which they once
fought. 1t stands for their record. for
their past. and in that is its strength
The Grand Army of the Republic
was the conception of DR. B. f. Ste
phenson and the Rev. w. J. Rudolph.
the surgeon and the chaplain of the
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-29

Fourteenth Illinois regiment. and the
hrst post was formed at Decatur on
April 6, 1866. The idea spread and
at the first encampment, held in No
vember, 1866. at Indianapolis. L de-
partments or states were represented
In 1858 its membership had grown
to 10000, but the time was not ripe
for compact organization. and by
1878 1t had fallen to $4,000. From then
It began to increase rapidly, and it has
since counted more than 400 900 mem-
bers. At the beginning of 1908 225.157
were on its rolls, with 6,05T posts and
death roll for the preceding year of
l0.242. New York had the largest num-
ber OF members. with 25,214. and Ala
bama the smallest. with 125.
Its formal policy since 1859 has been
that it shall not be used in partisan
politics, but the weight of its num-
bers and its stand against curtailment
of pension appropriations have acted
as strong influences in political mat
ters and the forming of platforms.
Meanwhile the Grand Army of the
Republic has passed the point where
il can gain in numbers, and every year
cuts down Its total. No American who
watches the parade at an annual en-
campment can fail to draw inspiration
from the patriotism for which these
men stand, nor can he fail to be sad
dened by the thought that fewer re-
main each time to carry on the work
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-29

AREFULLY cut out the game board
y and mount it upon stiff. nat piece
of cardboard Allow it to dry with
some fat weight upon it.
Next cut out the counter. Fold this
on the dotted lines and paste the flap.
While your game board and counter
are drying cut out the men indicated
for playing the game. When this is all
done your game is ready to play.
Any number of players may play this
game, but as the paper game board is
small it is better that only few go to
the circus at once.
Players who wish to go to the circus
toss up the numbered triangle in turn.
The first to gain admittance must buy a
ticket-in other words, he must turn
up the mo l. before he can enter the
circus grounds
Each player must visit two side
shows before he can enter the circus
tent. so he must make the round OF the
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-29
What the Juniors Can Make for
Memorial Day

Badge. For which viii be required
sheets of red. white and blue paper.
scissors and paste.
Cut circle three quarter inches in
diameter out of the red paper Cut
also from the red. white and blue
sheets strips OF two by five inches.
Paste the three strips together at the
upper end like ribbons, letting them
spread a little apart at the lower end.
Paste the circle at the upper end TO
finish of.
Another style may be made by pIac-
ing the three colors so that one lies
directly above the other. In this case
the blue is Eve inches long. the white
four inches and the red three inches
Fasten to dress or coat with a safety
pin.
II would also be well on this day to
read some great piece of patriotic lit
erature, either prose or poetry, which
viii help the older children to realize
the great debt which we owe to the
preservers OF our country. to whom we
dedicate this day. Lincoln's Gettys-
burg address should be read Also
LowelPs The Present Crisis"
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-29

business so l could look after things
while he was gone. But then the gov
ernor OF the state, who had known
your grandpa for many years. sent for
him and told him he wanted him TO
help him in the great work that had
come upon him with the breaking out
OF the war So he went TO the state
capital and stayed for some months.
Stin he felt that he ought to go out
and help fight the battles. and at last
the governor appointed him major in
one of the regiments
He came home to tell us all good
by. and then went back 10 the capital
But the governor did not want to lose
him and begged him TO reconsider his
resolution to go. There are plenty
Of men,, said he. who can go into the
ranks as soldiers but there are not
many who can help here at home as
you can. I need you all the time. /
can depend on your honor your quick,
reliable judgment. and I know you will
not fail me in emergencies. Your duty
is here, and you can do much more
good for your country than if you were
killed on the battlefield
SO. very sadly. your grandpa gave
up the thought OF going into the army.
and put all his mind and strength into
the work before him. Oh. but those
were busy. anxious days, The volun-
there were regiments to organize and
officers to appoint. and supplies to be
ordered. remember hearing your
grandpa say, years after, wnen General
Grant was president of the United
States, that he had made out the com
mission which gave Grant the ap-
pointment as colonel in a regiment at
the beginning OF the war.
Then. later. after the terrible battles
along the Mississippi river. there were
hospital boats to be fitted out with
doctors and nurses and medicines and
your grandpa and your at-grand-
father, who was secretary of the ssni-
tary commission, which looked after
the soldiers in the field. took these
wounded soldiers and brought them 10
their homes or sent them to the hos
pitfalls in the north.
All through those bloody four years
your grandfather stood at the side of
the governor. aiding. counseling and
contriving the best way to do things
for the soldiers and their families, and
when at last the war was over and
peace was declared he had the salts
faction OF knowing that although he
had never worn the blue, he, too, had
helped to win the battles for the pres
ervation of the union. If you had
lived in those days. dear. you would
know that IL was much harder to stay
at home than to go out with the
soldiers. so l think he was brave
man TO give up his own wishes and do
what seemed right and best
4 knew he was brave" cried little
Mamie, clapping her hands. and 1
am going to make him the biggest
wreath of all"
DO you remember poor Amos West.
who was buried not long ago?" con-
tinued gra ndma.
He was old and poor and no account
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-29

- HE population of India is made
up Of multitude of races and
tongues gathered from many
lands. representing many ereeds.
divided. diseordant. oftentimes hating
each other. and. until recently, doing
all that they could to prevent assimi-
lation into one people. There are the
aborigine, now driven back into the
forests and mountain Businesses, the
Dravidian, who came into India long
before the coming of the Aryans. and
for a time occupied nearly the whole
of the peninsula. though later driven
southwark. the Aryan. who came down
through the northwest pass about 2000
3. c.. and who at once asserted and
has since maintained his superiority
over the other races: and the later
comers. Jew and Arab. Scyth. Tartar.
and Mogul, each maintaining so far as
possible his separate life. and refusing
to blend with his neighbors.
And yet these divergent people are
now being drawn together and fused
into sone nation. The Hindus and
Mohammedans have for centuries been
enemies. and yet Surendra Nath Ban
nerji. a Bengal babu, at the outbreak
of the Swadeshi movement. addressing
the Mohammedans at their great Bakra
Id festival said: We are no longer
Hindus and Mohammedans. we are
Indians a sentiment which would
have been Impossible FIVE years ago.
No people can unite TO form nation
unless they have q common language.
This India has never had. the last cen
sus giving as many as l6 different
languages. each spoken by from
1000. GOO to 10000. 600. while more than
$50 minor dialects are recognized. A
sible a common language English is
now the language OF instruction in ali
the high schools ana colleges through
out the empire; il is also the official.
as il is fast becoming the commercial
Ianguage \ visitor from America
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-29

and nobody grieved when he died. but
I think you must give him some flow
ers, too. / have often heard your
grandpa tell how, when the soldiers
were camped all around here. waiting
to be sent to the front, and so many
of them were sick with fever and there
were no hospitals to take them to and
no nurses to care for them. this Amos.
who was not old enough TO enlist used
to carry cool water from the spring or
milk from his mothers cow all day
TO the sick men and bring them flowers
which he would search the woods for
And he was always ready TO run
errands or rush away flies, or go for
the mail, or do anything for the men.
And when some of them died and We're
laid in the village cemetery he kept
the weeds of the graves and planted
flowers there. So / think he helped.
too, though he never was a soldier.
And then there was Uncle joe
You remember him. Mamie. the old
negro. who used to walk past our house
and every time he saw you would take
off his cap and bow, and say Howdye,
III missy, hows yo' MAJ
Well, old Joe was slave down in
Georgia at the time of the war. He
heard about the battles and how
Massa Lnkum wanted to set all the
done. So whenever the union soldiers
were made prisoners by the confed-
crates. as they often were. and man
aged TO escape. II il happened any
where near where Joe was he was al
ways on hand to pilot them through
the swamps and thick woods by night
showing them where TO hide in the day
time and dividing with them his lit
tie store of corn hoecakes and bacon.
ho
up their wounds with poultices of
herbs. as the old mammies had taught
him, and managed TO get them in
sight of the union lines in safety.
Many a bluecoat owed his life TO Joe,
and many a whipping Joe got from the
overeeer of the plantation because he
could not keep up his fun stint OF
work the next day after an all night
tramp with the men he was guiding to
liberty. OF course. II he had ever been
suspected of helping the union soldiers
he would have been killed.
But all through that terrible time
Joe was the friend of the northern SOL
diers and risked his life many times in
assisting them. He served his country
just as faithfully as though he had car
ried gun and worn uniform in the
ranks Don't you think so?''
Joe shall have a wreath, too said
Mamie. I'm so glad you told me.
grandma
They also serve who only stand and
wait" quoted grandma softly. as the
little girl danced out of the room.
And this was why Nannie's grandpa s
grave and the graves of Amos West
and of Uncle Joe" were covered with
beautiful flowers on Memorial day. And
as Mamie grew older and knew better
the meaning of all these things, she
realized that. like the women whom
Jesus commended, these men and many
others like them had done what they
could
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-29
A Cozy Corner Chat
With The Girls

CHOOL life is your time for getting
- ready so that when you enter on
more Independent season of life you
around scholar OF the present will one
day be the all around woman in busi-
ness. in a profession in society. or. best
of all. in the household. The all AROUND
scholar is. the one who is equally good
in geography, botany, algebra. spelling
and all the other branches. and not just
successful in spots. We all know the
girl who has talent for English liter
ature. She is always at the top of the
class, and pursues that study with arr
dor, but she has no special turn for
mathematical study and has to be
dragged through it by main force An
other girl with a passion for figures
finds them absorbing and easy. and
without much effort carries off ali the
honors. One girl should devote less
time TO literature and more 10 figures
while the other girl should give less
time to mathematics and more to the
other studies, and not be contented
with a mediocre standard in any.
The fact Is the object of your school
life is simply preparation for tomorrow.
and the knowledge you gain today is
by way of foundation for tomorrow's
building. Only little while from now
you girls will be in the doorway of a
bright and charming future. with all
sorts OF opportunities pressing upon
you. Your tomorrow will be right and
glad. full OF duties, full of pleasure and
full of responsibility.
Examinations loom large in school
life, because they are tests of prog
ress. When the school year is at an
end and you look back over its course
as over a journey from one point to
another. the examinations stand out in
memory like milestones on the road.
In some schools there are weekly tests
in others reviews come monthly, and in
nearly every school. there are half-year-.
Iy examinations which very fairly show
the work that has been assigned and
demonstrate the faithfulness with
which IL has been done.
A student whose work is fairly well
performed every day. who never brings
half learned lessons to "a recitation.
who never shirks task or accepts help.
instead of working ont problems for
herself, need have no dread Of exanli-
nations. They will take care of them
selves
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-29
The Perpetuation Of American Principle
An Appeal to the Children OF the Public Schools

They lie before you as a virgin page
You can inscribe them as you will
The future of your country rests with
you. The happiness of posterity de-
pends upon you. The fate Of human
ity may be in your hands. That plead
ing voice choked with the sobs of
ages, which has so often spoken TO
deaf ears. | lift to you today. ask
you to be brave benevolent, consistent.
true to the teachings of our national
history, Proving your divine descent
by worth divine 1 ask you to be
virtuous, to build up public virtue By
private worth seeking that righteous
ness that exalts nations. 1 ask you
TO be patriotic. loving country and flag
before all other things-her happiness
your happiness. her honor your honor.
her fame your fame. I ask YOU in the
name of Justice, in the name of char
ity, in the name of freedom. in the
name of God, be true Americans.
Here on the threshold of your citi-
zenship LET me not plead in. vain. There
shall be darkness in the days to come,
danger for your courage, temptation
for your virtue. doubt for your faith.
suffering for your fortitude a thou
sand shall fail before you and ten thou
sand at your right hand The years
shall pass beneath your feet and cen
tury follow century in quick success
sion. The generations of man Shall
come and go; the greatness of yester-
day shall be forgotten today and its
glories shall vanish before tomorrow
sun; but if you, the oncpming genera
tion of American citizenship, Will but
be true TO the fundamental principles
of human liberty America will not per-
ish, but endure because the spirit of
20 and '61-'e5 animates the sons and
daughters of the republic.
May God make true and pure and
brave and patriotic the children of our
country. Revere the memory of our
noble dead who freely gave their
lives for the land they loved" Emu
late the lives and purposes OF that glo-
rious galaxy of American statesmen
who have ever stood for liberty to all
the people. Love the flag, twine each
thread of the glorious tissue of our
country's flag about your heart strings,
and, looking upon your home and
catching the spirit that breathes upon
you from the battlefields of your faith
ers. resolve, come veal or woe. you will
in life and in death. now and forever
stand by the flag of our country That
flag that has been unfurled from Can
ada TO the gulf. in the halls of the
every sea, everywhere has been the
luminous symbol OF resistless and
beneficent power-the flag that has led
the brave TO victory and TO glory. TT
has floated over your cradle; let it be
your prayer and your struggle that IL
shall float over your grave
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-29
An Appeal to the c
By L. w. SIMMONS.
Patriotic Instructor Department of CAL
ifornia and Nevada, G. A. R.

ItOrnfa anu -NCFdod, n. X.
~ 3 the patriotic Instructor of the
N Grand Army of the Republic,
Department of California and Ne
vada. it is my privilege to assist your
teachers in molding Your thought and
fixing in your hearts such principles
of patriotism and national righteous
ness as shall enable you to perpetuate
that liberty, that love of country and
flag. those fundamental principles of
national greatness for which the Grand
Army went forth to do or die in the
dark hours when the life of the ma
ton hung trembling in the balance.
With the history of the war of the
rebellion you are all familiar-the
names of Lincoln. Grant, sherman.
sheridan. Logan, Meade and a hundred
others of immortal fame Every day
YOU meet some gray-haired. battle
SCARED veteran of that great struggle
for human liberty and you are PROUD
of the country that these men have
saved for you; but, children, 1t is ques-
tion for YOU now, not of the founding
of a new government. not Of the sup
preston of a rebellion not of the ex-
tinction OF human slavery but of the
preservation of a government already
established and already saved to you:
not of the formation of national
power. but of the publication of a na-
tion's life; not of the conquest of a
foreign foe. but of the subjection OF
yourselves.
The capacity of man TO rule him
self is to be proven in your day. not
by the greatness of his wealth. nor
by his valor in the field of battle nor
by the extent of his dominion, nor by
the splendor of his genius. The
dangers of today come from within.
The worship of self, the love of power.
the lust for gold, the weakening OF
faith, the decay OF public virtue. the
lack of private worth-these are the
perils that threaten your future; these
are the enemies you have to fear;
these are the traitors that infest the
camp.
Remember that the danger was far
less to Rome when Catiline thundered
at its gates than when he sat smiling
in the Roman senate. You viii meet
these enemies daily, face to face-in
the walks of virtue, in the road to
wealth. in the path of honor on the
way to happiness There is no peace
between these enemies and your safety.
nor can you avoid them and turn back.
1t is not enough to rest upon the
past. No man or nation can stand still.
You must mount upward or go down
You must grow worse or better it is
the eternal law; &ou cannot change it.
The coming years are all your own
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-29
THE 5AcRE1 zANT OF. ULMAR. IMDIA.

who may happen to attend the national
congress will perhaps be surprised to-
see the 10000 or more delegates, splen-
did fellows from all over the empire.
holding dignfied conference over the
various problems that present them
selves; but he viii he stiIl more sur
prised TO find that the proceedings are
all conducted in English, the one
language that is common amOng the
delegates.
The question may be asked as 10
what part America is taking in the
work OF creating a new India3 Moth
ing. so far as political influence goes.
and practically nothing commercially.
for Americas trade with India is in
significant. The only way i'm which
America is directly Influencing india -
through her missionaries There are
about 1.10O American men and women
engaged in mission work They have
gone out with a few simple things
packed away in their trunks-the
bible school book. a few tools and
implements of industry. and with the
American idea Of a fair chance to all
and d helping hand 20 the one who is
in need they have scattered out into
the cities and villages and out OF the
way places and there they have set
themselves TO the task OF helping in
the redemption of India Wherever
they have gone they have organized
schools and in the school is crystallized
much OF the best that America has.
In addition considerable number Of
the 159 newspaper and ma gaziues now
published IN India are published by
American missionaries 1t is small
work That they are doing c0mpare6
with the much larger work Of the
English. but il is something. and some
thing too. for which India is grateful.
and an the more so because there is
no possibility OF political interest back
of it, Already India is sending some
OF her choice sons to America to study
American institutions and methods OF
industry. and soon many more viii be
coming for the same purpose.