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and that when the platform from which
he dives gave way and he dropped TO the
ground He escaped with two broken
ribs. Desperado's act always closes
the show, and here's how the press agent
announces it: "Now comes the climax
the eliminating and amazing acme of
transcendent and terrific thrilldon."
Pretty classy bit Of allitera ton that
No circus is complete nowadays with
out 4 horse figuring in some aerial feat
and the circuses this year are no excep-
ton to the rule. One of the showiest acts
that Will be seen on the road this year
is that which has to do with Jupiter. a
milkwhite Arabian steed. which has
been dubbed the Balloon Horse
platform which is Just long and wide
enough for a horse to stand upon is
suspended from q balloon. Mile Carroll,
in an Immediately white riding habit,
rides Jupiter upon the platform and
gives q signal to cast off the lines. Slowly
the balloon, platform, horse and rider
ascend until the balloon is made fast to
the highest point in the center of the big
tent At a given signal fireworks which
fringe the platform about the horses
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fish and fish eggs. IN round numbers: Cat
nearly million eggs; white fish. 3S4 ,00O.-
GOO and 100000 eggs; salmon, all va
rieties propagated, over 12O,000,000. and
100000 eggs; trout, ali species propa-
gated, over $1,000 00o, and more than six
million eggs; bass, all species propagated,
over 1.OoO 900; Dream, or sunf1sh, 200, 600:
perch, ali varieties propagated, over 900,-
100000. and 226,000,000 eggs; cod, over
235, 100000, and 100000 eggs. Besides
these there were large shipments In fat
fish, pollock, tautog and Holsters
To supply this enormous demand the
Bureau Of Fisheries maintains fish cul-
tural stations In over % states in the
Union and in Alaska. with some 60-odd
main stations and again as many sub
stations. These latter are often but col
lecting points and are changed yearly.
The whole Is under the direction OF
George NJ. Bowers, commissioner of fish
cries, at Washington, ID. c. Directly in
charge OF the fsh-cultural end of the work
is Robert S. Johnson, employe of the
bureau for many years and but recently
advanced TO bis present position.
The propagation of these fish distributed
SO broadcast over the country is a story
IN itself. fascinating and wonderful in the
extreme to the uninitiated. 1t Is science
to which government experts are devot-
features only can be presented here.
brief description of the propagation of
perch and shad. and trout and salmon will
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owl who boots and boots until the can
niest Scot bushes for mis- race.
As in every circus, those of this year
are provided with a highly entertaining
hippOdrome, and the races, fat and
steeplechase are quite as thrilling and
desperately cOntended as those we see
at the big tracks. The wiser ones in
the audience swear that these races are
fixed and that the contestants before
starting away at the tap OF the gong
know who is to get the coveted bit OF
bunting, but be that as 1t may, It is
nevertheless thrilling and never fails TO
display clever and reckless bits of horse
maDship.
No circus story IS complete without a
word of the clowns, that army Of fun
makers who annually spring upon Us
jokes that are as old as time, yet seem
ingly improved with age. In conclusion
is quoted in rhyme what you are to ex-
pect from the army OF testers when the
circus comes to YOUR town:
Clowns on four legs,
Clowns on two.
Clowns the cutest you ever knew;
Clowns on the earth,
Clowns In the air,
Clowns in the water,
Clowns everywhere;
Clowns in sealskins,
Clowns in hair,
Clowns with whom no others compare:
Clowns in motley,
Clowns with wings,
Clowns that accomplish marvellous
things;
Clowns in dress suits,
Clowns In kits,
Clowns in long skirts,
Clowns on stills;
Clowns that mimic every fad.
Clowns that make the millions glad
Clowns that cause the buttons to fiy,
Clowns at whom you laugh till you
cry;
Clowns of every nation and cline.
Clowns uproarious all the time.
Clowns and more than you ever saw,
Clowns that make the world haw-haw."
1t has often been said that men and
women are but grOwnup children at best.
and 1t is safe to predict that when this
army Of testers is turned loose in the
ring shouts Of laughter will greet their
antics and yours will be the most pro-
longed and spontaneous I'm the chorus.
What2
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tempt TO follow the contortions, leaps
bounds. somersaults and distortions OF
five sets of eight or ten acrobats each
our brains become added and our eyes
dazzled and we don't know whether we
are standing on our heads or our feet
This is what you are to expect when the
circus comes to town. for you viii see no
less than 10 gayly and Enthusiastically at
tired acrohats with their new assortment
of stunts added to those they learned
from their fathers and grandfathers. 1t
might be interesting to add that circus
people, from the highest paid performer
to the humblest canvasman, as well as
the attendants upon the menagerie, are
all one big family. Trace the ancestry
of the bareback riders, acrobats and other
performers and you will find that their
names have been household words for
generations back 1t Is vertically one big
family and never was a family more
clannish, more united or more loyal than
a circus family
What Is a circus without its long line
OF glittering red and gold wagons drawn
by spanking spans of spotless white
horses? And then, too, who cares to see
a circus under a roof, such as Madison
Square Garden. when he can walk, say
miles. to the big lot at the end of Main
street where thousands upon thousands
Of feet OF snowy canvas Is stretched ana
Haunting from the mastheads Of their
center and supporting poles are the flags
of every nation in the world? And then
the side showi The fat lady and her
husband, the human skeleton. the tat
tooed lady, the wild man from Borneo
and 10 10, the dogfaced boy
In making your rounds through the me
nagerie tent don't fail 10 get a peep at
Bambeeno. She is the cutest giraffe in
the circus fold and the second to be
born in captivity. Bambeeno is only
few months old, but the chilling and
murky atmosphere of Manhattan did not
agree with her and she recently had
seven feet-seven, count 'em-of sore
throat Mary, her mother, was deeply
concerned. but no doubt when the baby
nits the road and takes up life beneath
the spreading canvas she will be restored
to health.
Then again there are three Of the cut
est lion cubs one wants to see. They
are as playful as kittens and just as
pretty Their sober, little wrinkIed
faces reflect a world of knowledge and
they are quite as wise SIS the horned
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flow freely out into the pan. Two fish
are thus stripped into each pan. The
fish is then discarded, or it can be mar
keted, for it has not been injured as food
A male shad is then seized by the back
with the left hand. the right holding the
under side without relaxing pressure at
any point the NIT is forced out with the
thumb and forefnger in a steady stream
into the pan. Water is added and the
pan given a slow, rotary motion until the
milt Is thoroughly mixed and the water
has a milky appearance
Then the eggs, now "fertilized." are
taken to the hatchery and placed in the
Matching Jars where they are more care
fully watched and nursed than eggs In an
Incubator. The eggs are shipped in crates
of 20 shallow trays, the frames Of the
latter being of wood with a wire mesh.
Each tray is covered with cheesecloth
soaked in water, and, after being filed
with eggs, 20 OF them are wrapped in
long cotton-goods apron and strapped to-
gether While in transit the crates OF
trays are sprinkled every hour with water
and kept at an even temperature.
The propagation of salmon is a much
longer and more complicated process.
They are collected from the Goth Of May
until around the 1st of June in "cars"
built especially for that purpose and
planned to give the fish the utmost pro-
lection portion of 4 stream is Sc
lected as an Enclosure for the collected
salmon and wooden rack barriers are
erected across it, nearly a half mile apart,
so that the current is retarded slightly,
but the salmon confined securely within
The salmon are then taken from the
cars" in nets and liberated In the in
closure.
In October the fish are taken from the
barricaded stream and placed in floating
wooden pens u feet long and 4 feet wide.
moored to the bank In front Of the
spawnhouse. When the females are ripe
they are taken out OF the pens and car
ried to the spawnbouse. where the spawn
taker. wearing waterproof clothing and
woolen mittens, seizes them and strips
them of their eggs in much the same
fashion In which shad are stripped.
As soon as the spawn of n single fe-
male is taken and deposited in the large
tin pan a male is seized and the milt ex-
pressed upon the eggs The pan is then
swayed until the milt becomes well dis
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into the same pan The pan Is then
shaken, with a rotary motion, for a mo-
ment and water is added. This process
IS called dry" The eggs are then ready
for the glass jars. AS soon as the eggs
have been hatched out into young fry
they are distributed as described above
The taking and fertilizing of the shad
eggs is quite similar, though it is all done
By hand, that is-the dry process only
is used. After a female shad is caught.
the spawntaker lifts her with his right
hand at her back, near the head. and his
left just above the tail. The head is then
carried to the left side under the arm and
retained by the arm. the tail being bent
slightly upward with the left hand. This
leaves the right hand free to remove all
slime and loose scales By passing over
the fish two or three times In quick sue
cession.
The dsh is held firmly over a moist pan
and, with q moderate downward pressure
of the right hand, the eggs are forced to
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convey a general impression, at least, of
the manner in which Uncle Sam obtains
his Good-Fairy gifts.
The perch are caught and placed In live
boxes kept In creek near the station.
At regular intervals the boxes are opened
and the spawntakers dip out the spawn
from the surface of the water with small
wire dipper-nets made for tnat purpose.
In these boxes the female perch deposits
her spaw n. or row, at suitable time. and
the male does likewise with his milt. The
coming in contact of the two "fertilizes''
the eggs. This is known as the wet"
process. They float to the surface, are
dipped out and carried TO the station
where they are placed in the glass Jars
each holding 10000 eggs-until Matched
out.
A variation OF this process is to seize
the female perch, when in spawn, expei
the spawn from her gently into a tin
pan made for the purpose; then seize a
buck. or male. perch and expel the milt
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n the language OF the immortal press
a agent, the most gorgeous. glittering,
y slaring. gayest galaxy Of talent ever
q gathered beneath tent will soon be
on its way to afford fun and thrills
for millions Of Americans who annually
look forward to the coming of the circus
with the same enthusiasm that assailed
them when they were no bigger than the
babe in the arms they viii lug to see the
Greatest Show On Earth when il pays its
annual visit TO their town this year.
Yes, the itinerary is mapped out and
TOUR town is included so. gentle reader,
you need have no qualms or fears. This
notice Is given in advance to give you
an opportunity to frame up an excuse
other than that frazzled old: "Of course
care nothing for circuses myself, for
Z you see one you see all, but my boy
IS coming along now and he wants to go,
go. either his mother or l will have to
take him. and / suppose ! will be the
goat"
Perhaps you don't know that the circus
business. like many other mammoth bust
ness propositions, is a trust. trust 1t
Is and o pretty big one at that. for one
family has cornered the market and there
are but two really big shows touring
the country today. Six brothers. Ring
ling by name form the circus trust, and
steadily they have grown from owners Of
a little one-ring horse circus. in which
they each played some musical instrument
81 the circus band. IT, controllers Of the
Ringing Bros Circus; Barnum and
Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth and the
buffalo Bill Wild West and Pawnee Bill
Wild East Shows.
After they became powers In the circus
world. John. Alfred T.. Albert, Otto.
Charles and Henry Ringing set to work
to get an interest in the Barnum and
Bailey Show. Failing in this they did
the next best thing and bought the Fore
paugh-Sells Shows Shorty after their con-
sOlidatiOn. When James A Bailey died
the Ringlings got control Of the Barnum
and Bailey Show from the latter's heirs
and that gave them control of the hIsi-
ness in America The interest Of Mr..
Bailey in the Buffalo Bill and Pawnee
Bill Shows also were taken over by the
Ringlings and then they consolidated the
Two Bill Shows.
But back to the thrills There are so
many OF them included on the days pro-
gram that to avoid giving rise to any
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professional jealousy-for let Il be known
circus performers are just as Jealous of
their regulations and the size type their
names are exploited in as the most pub
licity craving prima donna of Grand
Opera fame-that we will present them
as they come to mind
First, then, in order is that daredevil
youth who styles himself Desperate"
ats no misnomer either. for of all fool
hardy. hair raising, breath catching, heart
clutching acts ever witnessed bis Is the
most startling. Desperado's act consists
of climbing to the very highest perch In
the center of the big stent and there
pcising on a little platform which, to the
audience looks like the lid of a cigar
box He then dives into space, curving
outward and downward until he strikes
the upper surface of a long, steeply in
clined board 60 feet below. This he
strikes at terrific speed and his body
shoots down it until he strikes the wide
curve at the end, so feet away, which
again hurls his body into space. He
turns a somersault and lands on his feet
thirty feet beyond upon a mat where
three men are lined up to halt him as
he fetches up in their midst
Desperate is a German and he jeaIously
guards the secret of his identity. He re-
sists OF leap each at the afternoon and
evening performances. The act was sug-
gested to him by the now famous loop
the loop" but it is ten times more thrill
ing and a thousand times more danger
Gus Should he misealculate his distance
one fraction of an inch he would strike
headforemost upon the upper edge of the
upright plank upon which he dives. or
else he would dive short of it, or worse
still, over it, and in this way crash head
foremost to the ground Be 1t remen-
bered no net or mat is used In the act
save the padded covering 30 feet beyond
the inclined plane. upon which his body
is projected.
The young Teuton told the writer that
he does not know the meaning of the
word fear and that when he dives for
ward he is practically certain of striking
the incline at the right angle. He added,
however, that frequently in his descent
his body twists a little to one side and
that makes his landing the more hazard
Gus and difficult. In this case he is tossed
out of the shoot at an ugly angle and very
often his back is badly wrenched in the
fling" He has had but one accident
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NE NCLE SAM as a GoOd-Fafry 10 Dish
q ermen is a rather unusual concept
81 3 Of the character which personifes
~ the nation. Yet he is-and one who
showers his gifts upon the disciples
of Isaac Walton not by the piece, or by
dozens, or even by hundreds-but by the
biIlionsi Did he not play the part of the
good fairy ench year, the followers of
the rod and line and the commercial fish
ermen all over the country would long
since have been compelled TO abandon
their attacks upon the inny creatures, for
lust as the forests have been depleted so
have the fish In our rivers and streams.
But Uncle Sam foresaw such a calamity
a number of years ago, and straightway
took steps TO prevent It.
Each year now he plays the part Of
the Good Fairy In the conservation Of the
country's FISH supply. For several years
past he has propagated over three billions
d fish annually and scattered them broad
cast over the country In its rivers,
streams, ponds and creeks Right now
he is busy In shipping the results of the
seasons work at the various hatcheries
to nearly every state in the Union He
has raised and nurtured hundreds OF thou
sands of young perch, shad, trout, sal
mon, whitehsh and even Holsters by
hatcheries, and is distributing them with
u lavish hand for the benefit of fisher
me.i His first concern, however, is the
So - Of the large rivers OF the eoun-
. 80 D hnny proteges in order that
Ia. - .acrease and multiply and thus
be Jrse element OF conservation. After
that lie is more than willing TO send out
the young ish to whoever desires them
provided the individual can show the hon
eSty of his intentions and his ability 10
care for the fish
The vast amount o. fish thus disposed
of easily totals over two and one-half
billion fish a year. For example, the
other year Uncle Sam propaganed and
distributed at large over the country
some eighty million young shad, almost
four hundred million whitefsh, nearly
eleven million trout, a little less than a
million bass, almost eight hundred million
perch and hundreds of thousands of eggs.
fry and ''dngerIings" Of these and other
species.
Among the fishes most extensively cul-
tivated for distribution in private and
public ponds. streams, lakes, fishing pre-
serves. etc, are the landlocked salmon,
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ENCLE SAM as n GoOd-Fafry 10 Dish
4 81 ermen is a rather unusual concept
81 8 Of the character which personihes
"a the nation Yet he is-and one who
" Il. 1880 he rrif+r rnn-, tho dirrinloa
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26


beauty, and for this reason, and
because Of our unquestioned stabil-
ity, we aek larger patrousRe,that
this home may soon materialize.
Such a structure should stand as a
monument to our progress, a
guarantee for your insurance and
a testimonial to the work and pos
ition Of the company.
1t will be the property of the
policy holders, yet cost them moth
ing, as it is to be constructed from
the savings and reserve which 9TH
erwise would be paid Ito foreign
companies.
We would be pleased too have
you join US and quit allowing your
money to flow TO Stock Companies
of the east and pay them a profit.
Build mp your own company.
Truly and Mutually,
w. l.. FowLEs, Sec.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
THoMPsoN NEWs.

Misses Kilgore and Kavan-
augh Of Columbia were here last
week, the guests of Miss Mabel's
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. X. Thomas
have been in st. Louis the past
week, buying goods for their
store, which will be completed
in a short time.
Mrs. II. T. Squirting visited her
sister, Mrs. Joe Pickett, of Lad.
donna, last week.
Miss Eddie Wright Of st.
Louis is here, the guest of her
aunts, Mesdames Tinsley and
Cogswell.
Charlie Powell shipped one car
of hogs TO StA Louis Monday
night.
Mrs. r. p. Tinsley spent few
days in Mexico last week, the
guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Franklin.
Mrs. f. V. Boone is entertain
ing her grandmother, lIrs. Baker,
for few days.
c. II. Davis and wife of Mex
leo and father-in-Eaw, Mr.. Sim
mons, of Buckner, No, are here,
tie guests of Mrs. Martha Davis
and family.
George Laforce of Mexico was
here on business one day last
week.
Eddie CreaSey of southwest
Missouri is here spending a few
days with his father.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
A Serious Charge.

The paragraph below is quoted
from the Paris Appeal. Tulip
community, referred to, is just
over the line from Audraiu, in
Monroe county, a little over 20
miles northwest of Mexico:
A dozen prominent citizens came
to Paris Monday and called Prose.
cutting Attorney Fuller's attention
to the alleged illegal sale of liquor
at Tulip. Before they left town
Mr.. Fuller had fled information
against DR.. @. H. Classify and Civ
en- assurance that the matter would
be vigorously pressed. John
Young qualified as prosecuting
witness by making affidavit that
on two specified occasions the Doc
tor and his brother John had sup
piled him with whisky by the
quart without prescription. The
price paid was $3.50 a quart.
Rather than delay the matter un-
til circuit court Mr.. Fuller fled
che information in Esquire Brooks
court at Middle Grove. A trial
cannot be long delayed. The pen
atty, if the accused parties are
found guilty. ranges all the way
from a nominal fine to an assess.
ment of $500 and a year in Jail.
But for the fact that somebody in
Tulip or vicinity sold liquor illegal.
ly last Friday, the citizens say,
Aaron Lights awful death would
not have occurred. Be that as it
may, the matter should be sifted
to the bottom and a penalty com.
mensurate with the offense inflict-
ed in the event of conviction. DIR.
Classify has no regular drug store.
he has Office rooms in his home
and generally compounds prescrip-
tions from his own little dispen-
sary. His standing as a physi-
clan has generally been consider
ed first-class. Monthly reports on
file with the county clerk show
that he has been issuing a consid-
cradle number of whisky prescrip-
tions.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-26
Miss BOatman to Marry.

The Centralia Courier said last
Week.-Mrs. Boatman referred to
is a granddaughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. N. Boatman of Mexico:
AT an elegant six course dinner
party given by Miss BERTHE Boat
man at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Boatman in
east Centralia Tuesday evening,
she treated her many friends to a
pleasant surprise by announcing
her engagement to Mr.. Frank c..
Mitchell.
A suit case labeled THE Man
in the Case" and used as place
cards gave every one present a
hint Of what to expect. But the
announcement proper was upon a
carnation in the center of the table
connected with each person by a
lavender ribbon. The suit case
contained the picture of Mr..
Mitchell, while upon the flower
cards we're the initials B. NJ.
Miss BOatman is the acknow-
lodged belle of Centralia, being a
most sensible young lady. She is
a graduate of William Woods Col
lege and an accomplished vocalist,
while Mr.. Mitchell is the SON of
Mr.. aud Mrs. j. T. Mitchell, and
is connected with his father in the
Bank of Centralia. He is a young
man of excellent character and
ability and is one of the most pop
ular young men of the town.
The wedding will occur before
the early fall.