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Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

Field Bros. lost their fne two
year old Ortiz Rose colt last Mon
day. 1t was being driven TO a
breaking cart and reared up and
fell and broke its neck. Field
Bros. bought il at the J, G. King
sale, paying s2OO.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

One of our correspondents speaks
Of a neighbor who has a flock of
young chicks, and another person
is mentioned who has tomato
plants ready to set out Spring
is coming even if we did have an
other nigh unto a blizzard Tues
day.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

The stockholders Of the Mexico
Fair Association win hold a meet
ing March 9th when the building
of the new amphitheater win be
considered.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

L. w. Jones and J.R. Edwards.
near Muddauber School house. will
have joint public sale next Wed
nesday Of their stock and farming
implements. Mr.. Jones will move
70 Mexico aud Mr.. Edwards win
move 70 0kIahoma.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

1t was not one of our own citi.
zens that insulted a Mexico woman
on the public street Tuesday, but
it was our whiskey all right.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

The Mexico Fair Association
this next year will give more atten-
tion it is announced to live stock
and farm product exhibits. Good.
That's right. That will catch a
more earnest support Of the farm.
ers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

The State Board Of Railroad and
Warehouse Commissioners win
hold q meeting in this city Feb.26
10 consider the complaint Of Mex
leo citizens that the Adams Express
Co. vas abolished here recently.
Il Is dssired that the oiilce be es-
isbllshed here again.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11
UnIaus Peat Holes.

Unique Peat Holes.
The foreman and his crew Of bridge.
msn were striving hard 70 make an
impression on the select board prOvid'
Cd by Mrs. Rooney az her Arkansas
eating establishment
'Srho old man sure mads q funny
deal down at Pinsy yesterday OBJ
served ths foreman. with Awink 1t ebe
man 20 his right.
'swhatd he dor asked the new man
at the other end Of the table.
swell. a year OF 20 ago thsrs used 70
be a water tank there. but they took
down the tub and brought Il up here 70
Cabin Creek The well went dry and
they covered It ever. II was four OF i've
feet around, ninety feet deep and
pinmb In the right Of way. DIdn'l
know what 20 40 with II Until along
comes an Old loilypoD yesterday and
l gives TIE ola man Is tor Ia
@Tlre dollars FOX what1s asked 1ha
/ now man.
rWeli.T coalinued the focaEn1n. Is
eptlDx tAe iEiNgsqeAieps rihet el1 lel'y
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

The Kansas City Court of APP
peals decided the local option con
test at Columbia in favor of the
drys.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11
- The -
Scrap Book
The
Why We Can slt.

Why We Can Sit
A Boston schoolboy gave the follow
Ing definition Of the spine: '"rhe spine
is a long bone reaching from the skull
20 the heels. II has a hinge In the
middle. 80 that you can sit down; 9th.
erwlse you would have to sit stand
ing"
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

There were two Laddonia drunks
in Mexico police court Tuesday
our whiskey again.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

Are you reading Mr.. Pratt" in
this paperi The story is a catchy
one.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

Prof. S l.. Mapes, superinte nd
ent Of the Martinsburg schools,
was here last Saturday on business.
He says bis school is progressing
nicely
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

@. L. Staples is now proprietor
Of the second hand store in the
City Hotel block. formerly con.
ducted by A. NJ. Tnmble
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

Mrs. Ida Byrns and daughter.
south of this city. have moved to
town.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

Edgar Threlkeld and wife are
thinking Of moving to their big
fruit farm near Sarcoxie which
they recently bought Of G. F.
Clark.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11
a Nc pIstInesIon.

- Ntoe gt9euStteNs
Il fear" said a country curats to his
dock, when I explained to you in my
last charity sermon that philanthropy
wns the love OF our species you must
have understood me TO say Specie
which may account for the smallneBa
Of the collection. You win prove.
hope, by your present contribution that
you are no longer laboring under the
same mistake"
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11
What She Mas Like.

"D0 tell me what Mrs. Tewler "a
like" she asked Of her husband.
''well. she's a woman Of sixty who
looks nifty, thinks she IL forty. dresses
like thirty and acts like twenty"
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

BE looking around for the best
men for the city Offices.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

Mrs. John Ware. southwest of
this city, is reported very sick.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11
A Noisy Eater.

A Noisy Eater.
Ex-senator william E Chandler has
an admirer IN New Hampshire who
has ideas on how the government
should be conducted and writes Mr..
Chandler about them at great length.
After Chandler was defeated for tho
senate and before he was appointed
president of the Spanish claims COM
mission the friend wrote, condoling
with the senator.
He said It was n shame that the ma.
ton and New Hampshire should be de.
prived of the services OF so able man
as Mr.. Chandler and closed with this
prophecy: Nevertheless, / do not think
republics are ungrateful. l am con-
fdent that your great merits will again
be recognized and that at no late date
we shall hear OF you feeding again al
the public crib"
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

PrsSenes Of Mind.
One sf Mrs. Hamilton Fish's rules
when her husband was secretary OF
state In Grants cabinet was 20 return
every call she received. Her husband
was continually holding public recep-
tions, and many women would como
who had no desire that Mrs. Fish
should call upon them.
One such woman attended Fish re-
ceptIon. left her card and a little later
was duly honored by a call from Mrs.
Fish.
II was beautiful. mild afternoon.
The Fish equipage, nll a-glitter in the
wintry sunshine, dashed down the mar
row street and halted before the wo'
mans little house with musical jim.
gle Of silver chains. The footman leap
ed from the box and opened the car.
rlage door. and Mrs. Fish descended.
The woman of the house was kneel.
ing on the sidewalk beside a bucket Of
hot water, with scrubblng brush in
one hand and a cake OF soap in the
other. She was scrubbing the front
steps.
Bending graciously over her, Mrs,
Fish asked politely, "Is Mrs. Henry
Robinson at homer
And Mrs. Henry Robinson replied
mo. mum, she amt" and went on
scrubbing.-Lipplncott's,
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-02-11

Her Position.
An applicant for teacher in a coun
try school was asked, "what Is youl
position with regard to the whipping
OF childrenf-
my usual position Is on n chair
with the child held firmly across mJ
knees, face downward" was the reply
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
MUCH INTEREST IN
VALENTINE PARTY
More Than 100 Couples Will Be Seen
On Floor of Rink Fri
day Night.

A great deal of interest is being
manifested among the skating de-
voices of this city in the valentine
party that is to be given at the Aud
itorium Friday night under the aus
pieces of Hart Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution. There will
be over 100 couples seen in the grand
march and many new, beautiful and
graceful figures will be introduced.
The skaters will all be furnished
with colors to wear in the march to
suit the occasion. The entertainment
bids fair to be the prettiest and most
enjoyable event of its kind that has
taken place here this season.
Remember the proceeds will 90 TO
help erect a monument here to the
memory of Joel T. Hart, the worlds
famous sculptor, who was born in this
county.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
UNIQUE CELEBRATION
FOR TURF QUEEN.
Nancy Hanks Will Receive Friday on
Madden Farm.

LEXINGTON, KY, Feb. 12.-The
reception to Nancy Hanks at the
Hamburg Place farm of John E..
Madden today will be the most elab-
crate ever given to a horse in this
country. Nancy Hanks is the former
trotting Queen named in honor of the
mother of Abraham Lincoln. Madden
has sent one Of the engraved invi-
tations to President Theodore ROose-
welt, Secretary of Agriculture, James
A. Wilson, Secretary of War Luke E.
Wright, Gov. Augustus E. Wilson,
and other notables who will partici-
pate in the Lincoln celebration in La
rue county. 1t is believed that some
of those invited from a distance will
arrange to attend the unique cele-
bration.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12

above cur power to add or TO deiract.
The world will little note nor Iona
remember what we say here, but it
can never forget what thew did here.
1t is for US, the living, rather to be
dedicated here to the unfinished work
that they have thus far SO nlbIy car
rieii On. 1t is rather for US to be here
dedicated to The great task remaining
before us; that from these honored
dead We take increased devotion to
the cause for which they here gave
the last full measure of devotion:
that we here highly resolve that the
dead shall not baye died in vain; that
the nation shall, under GCd, have a
new birth of freedom; and that gcv-
eminent of the people. by the people.
and for the people, shall net perish
from the earth.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
BALKS DEATH PLOT.

1t seemed to j. A. Stone, ~a-civil war
veteran, of Kemp, Texas, that a
plot existed between a desperate lung
trouble and the grave to cause his
death. 81 contracted a stubborn
cold," he writes, "that developed a
cough that stuck to me, in spite of
all remedies, for years. My weight
ran down to $50 pounds. Then /
began to use DIR. Kings New Dis
covery, which restored my health
completely. l now weigh 178 pounds"
For severe Colds, obstinate Coughs,
Hemorrhages, Asthma, and to pre-
vent Pneumonia it's unrivaled. soc.
and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by Phillips Drug Company.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
USE FOR OLD TABLEcLoTHs.
When Worn, They Are Made Into
Covers for Gard Tables.

One housekeeper has found some
what novel use for her old tablecloths
that are too worn for use; she cuts
them into covers for her card tables.
AS the family is an inveterate lover
of games of all sorts there are num-
Der of the green-covered card tables
in the house. These, soon get so dusty
as to soil light dresses. To prevent
this they are covered each time before
playing with squares made from the
old tablecloths.
1.-The cloth is cut into squares two or
three inches larger than the table, are
hemmed neatly all around and tapes
are fastened at each corner to tie the
cover around the legs of the table.
If one has no old tablecloth that can
be converted to such use, cheap and
attractive covers can be made from
heavy linen, with a narrow scallop en-
broidered around the edge and a mono
gram in one corner that rests on the
table If desired, the corners can be
cut at right angles to make the cloth
fit more easily and prevent it from
slipping up.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
President LinCOln'S Speech at Gettysburg

Fourscore and seven years ago, cur
fathers brought forth upon this con-
tinent new nation, conceived in lib
erty, and dedicated TO the uroposi-
tion that al men are created equal.
Now. we are engaged in great Civil
War, testing whether that nation, or
any nation so conceived and so died.
icated, can long endure. We are met
en- a great battlefield of that war.
We are met to dedicate a portion CT it
as the final resting-pIaee Of these who
here gave their lives that that ma
ton might live. 1t is altogether At
ting and proper that we should do
this. But, in a larger sense, we can
not dedicate, we can not cOnSecrate,
we can not haIIOw, this ground. The
brave men, Iiving and dead, who
struggled here, cGnSeCrated it far
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12

not the most glorious period in our
nations history. Now, however, we
have entered upon an era, we make
bold to think, which would have at
tracted Abraham Lincoln more.
Yes-Lincoln would have been
more at home in the American world
of 1909 than in that of three decades
ago. His was a universe not of brute
things but Of their essence Poetry
was the background of his thought !;
vision and high emotion lay behind
accident and show. He understood
not, the spirit of mortal pride; all he
understood was service. Could he
look down upon his former dwell
ing-place he would behold the I'M
ceasing ebb and flow of justice and
oppression, but he would behold also
labor toward equality, increasing
faith, a secular religion passing over
the broad acres of the States. Many
an earnest student has sought to
spell from Lincoln's words what was
his inner conception of God, immor-
tally, and the destiny of man. Lin
coin could not have told those
thoughts himself. The envelope of
the life he saw was mystery. He
looked to the future as to a vast and
trackless sea; but over that wilder
ness crowded consultations gave un-
renting signals. Of these boundar-
les and misty dreams Lincoln seldom
spoke, save as of poetry. or as of
symbols sanctiening the effort of man
to choose the better part. What we
do know of that lonely figures
thought sheds its light upon the here
and now. 1t brings guidance into the
labyrinth of every day. Lincoln's
country, therefore. now embarked in
good faith upon the quest of right,
draws encouragement from remem-
brance of her inspiring son. To him
she turns when the clouds look dark
above. Him she thanks when reflect
ing that mans hard fate yet is easier
than it was. The reality of him APP
pears in the consistency with which he
seems present, and a help, in the
progress which the world is making
Weekly.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
find their way there.

find their way there.
Books, soaps, perfumery, laces,
silks, furniture, pictures, draperies.
etc.. when largely advertised in the
newspapers attract the heads Of
households or the younger members
of families. Little by little homes
here and there undergo changes, and
dismal, dark interiors assume a
brightness and refinement utterly UNI
dreamed of before the smile of pub
icity beamed upon all concerned.
Homes thus improved become more
attractive, families become more at
tractive and happy, and in short, the
advertiser does an amount of good
which he did not anticipate and in
fuences whole communities while
adding considerably to his bank ac-
cOunt.-EditOrial in Fourth Estate.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
SMART COATS WITHOUT CANVAS.
Fashion Eliminates Weight from the
Skirt as Well as the Coat.

Not content with eliminating weight
from the waist, the fashions demand
that the coat should be as light as
Shetland wool. Canvas is now elm
mated except for customers who de-
mand it. Whether or not this is quite
pretty on the American figure is not
the point here; the thing is that the
coat has been considerably lightened
by its omission.
The coat is not cut in what is known
as skeleton fashion. 1t does not pre-
tend to fit the figure. The rule is to
canvas, put in lambs wool for inter
lining, and adjust it to the wearer. If
her figure isn't just like the coat she
at least gives the semblance of per-
lection, because the lines of the coat
may deceive anybody.
Lambs wool gives the greatest
warmth in the lightest weight, and
this is the decided advantage for it's
use as an inter-lining. Therefore prac-
tically this lightweight costume rests
on the shoulders, which are better able
TO stand weight than any other part of
the body. The sleeves themselves have
all fullness eliminated in the coat and
are reduced to mere handful of net
on the blouse. Therefore weight is
taken off the arm.
One can easily see how restful is
the modern costume by a summary
Of its advantages. Women have car
ried around too much weight and had
too little freedom of muscles for their
comfort. Now they are rejoicing in
the Grecian freedom the modern cos
tune gives. They say they will never
change. This they have vainly said
too often for it to sound sincere.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
Sam Noticed ,he Distinction.

A rich man once visited his stables
and watched an old groom curryine
a favorite horse. "Yo on have worked
for me long time, haven't you. Sam?"
queried the rich man. Yes, sir re-
piled the groom. ME an this boss
have worked for you II years" "Ah
and hope you have been we'll treat
ed, SAM" said the employer. "Oh, ]
amt complainin' none" said Sam.
"But me an tn boss was sick at til
same time, an / noticed that while
you hired a doctor for tn boss you
locked my pay for tn time l lost"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
HATS ARE TO BE SMALLER.
That Seems to BE Millinery Forecast
at Present.

There is a system among milliners
of making up brilliant spring hats in
January for the people who are going
south. These hats are supposed to
be the forerunners of the coming
styles.
II they are, and even the milliners
cannot prophesy surely so far ahead.
this season, the hats that are worn
as the warm weather comes in will
be smaller than the enormous affairs
of this winter.
They are still large enough, follow
ing the sailor shape, but the brims roll
more, especially at the right side.
Flowers in great quantities are used
as trimming, especially the huge
shaded roses. Touches of gold ribbon
or gauze are put in among these.
The new touch, however, is the
wide ribbon placed at the sides well
back of the ears They begin in
rosettes, are drawn loosely over the
brim and tie carelessly under the chin
in wide bow and ends,
Black velvet ribbon is often used,
but all the new cOlors in satin are
drawn upon for this purpose.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
A Journalist Is Born.

You cannot teach a man 70 be
Journalist, for he is born, not made;
and the real journalists spring at once
like the late G. w. Steevens-into
their place A lecturer on journalism
would bore one Far beyond the limits
Of this paragraph. For the journ 'st
is the man who is interested il g
and wants to share the interest with
other livers. And lecturer in .
crowded classroom would not heir :
London Chronicle.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
You will have the time of your life
at the Valentine Party Friday night
at the rink. 2-l0-3t.
Chief Justices Golf STROKE.

The lord chief justice, on circuit at
Birmingham, had a curious experience
while playing golf over the Edsbaston
course with Walter Whiting, the local
professional At the second hole bis
lordship drove into a bunker, the ball
lying badly under the bank. Taking
his niblick, ne hit hard. The ball
jumped into the air and dropped into
his right-hand jacket pocket.-London
Standard
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
ADVERTISING.

The welfare of the nation is to a
great degree dependent upon its ad-
vertisers.
AT first thought this would appear
to be an exaggerated statement, but
the more it is examined the more true
it seems to be.
Advertisement of the past we're de-
cidedly crude in every way, but they
are daily becoming more artistic,
attractive and more educational.
Consequently they are creating an
impression upon the juvenile mind
which time will not efface.
But outside of the impression made
upon the younger generation by ar
tstic advertisement, the observer Of
such matters, should take into con-
sideration the influence which we'll
built ads. have upon that large class
Of people who are swaved, more or
less, by all they read and who turn
to the advertising pages of a news
paper as the most attractive part
Of a text book.
Many people only glance at the
regular telegraph, cable and local
news of the day and then plunge
deeply into the news set forth in the
advertising columns. In these they
become deeply absorbed.
This is not the case with women
alone. They take to the advertise
ments as naturally as a duck takes to
water. Business men and others of
the commercial turn Of mind are con-
.tinually on the watch for opportuni-
ties to make few more dollars, to
improve their homes, to get a new
automobile to add to their real estate
holdings, to select a place of amuse-
ment, and so on.
To many people there is more news
of interest to them personally in the
advertising columns of their favorite
paper than in any other part of the
paper.
Under these circumstances is it not
safe to assume that advertisements
have a great influence upon readers
of all ages and classes? In fact the
great object of advertising is to in
fuence. If of an artistic and educa-
tional nature it must, it would appear
have a beneficial effect upon the pres
ent and rising generations.
Good advertising tends to ttlm the
character of the people, to soften and
refine home life, by introducing into
families articles of luxury and arr
objects which otherwise woEla not
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
hit. STERLING PLANS
new SEWER SYSTEM
Mayor Has Appointed Committee of
Three TO Investigate
and Report.

MT, STERLING, KY, Feb. PA
committee has been appointed by
Mayor c. w. Harris for the purpose
of securing plans for a sewerage
system in Mt. Sterling. The commit
tee is composed of w. c. Hamilton,
w. A. Samuels and r. G. Kern. If
the plans are approved a vote on an
issuance of bonds to cover the cost
of the system will be submitted to the
voters.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
New Phone No. 81.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY ~, 1909.
LINCOLN.

Man is a breath, and history
span; yet in our little universe of
dream there are values infinitely real,
and distinctions infinitely worth while.
We Americans are occupied this week
IN celebrating one of those natures
who have helped to confirm our be-
liefs; who have helped to build foun
datiens, upon which future genera
lions might take their stand, so la
boring that existence might have more
of brightness, of meaning, and of
dignity. Abraham Lincoln lived and
died, and into the vast mystery of the
world there was injected, and remaip
ed, something that was noble and be-
yond denial. So to have lived and
died that the world is distinctly richer
by a goal made clear. a cause made
eloquent-su is the most welcome
destiny that can await any infant
born into the light. On the rolls of
fame is inscribed no name which
stands more uncontrovertibly for JUS
tice, sympathy, and growth than the
name Of Lincoln; none which from
leach succeeding year gains perma
nence better earned.
Abraham Lincoln followed one
beacon throughout his ffty-nine
years upon this earth, and that beac
on was the Truth. He was devoted
to her; he trusted her, ever and en-
tirely; she was his. He had no other
mistress. Now it must needs be that
the man Of truth is a man also of
sorrow. Sympathy, by the very
structure of the word, means suffer
ing, and sympathy is the only road to
truth. Lincoln suffered, but it was
with the sorrow which none would
yield for happiness. 1t was with the
sorrow which contains in itself the
entire galaxy of our mortal virtues
insight, and kindness, and wonder,
and clear Imagination. Sweetest
among the beneficial goddesses, who
watch above us is this same fair
yisaged daughter of the fact, this
Sorrow, who takes all the spiritually
great into her keeping, and who was
seldom absent from Abraham Lin
coins side.
What is to be the future of the land
which gave Lincoln birth; and to
which he returned in such fulness the
debt he owed? For a time after the
mighty struggle it looked as if the
tone of public and private life had
sunk. No stirring moral and intel
lectual differences kept men keyed
high in helpful strife. The manufac-
ture and sale of material things, the
development of physical resources
and the rapid exploitation of them
these activities seemed untempered by
unselfish principle, and the conse-
quences were not good. The twenty
five years which followed the surren-
der at Appomatox Court House were
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-12
MOVING PICTURES.

There will be 5000 feet of the best
moving pictures yet seen at the Opera
House next Saturday night. Man
ager Dinelli has arranged to make this
a regular thing Saturdays Admis-
sion 10 cents. 2-1O-3t.