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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-12-31
H.redltx and NaturaI selection.

Heredity isNthe tendency of every
organism to produce its like. But
In the production of the new forms
there is, generally speaking, slight
variation in some cases from the
parent form, and it is in the direc-
ton of these variations that natural
selection acts. The variation re-
peats itself and keeps on doing so
until finally the change is so mark
ed that what practically amounts to
a new species results. Thus are ac-
complished by slow results, extend
Ing through ages perhaps, the ends
that man by artificial selection ac-
complishes in . few years.-Ex-
change.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-12-31

John Page Brown. who woald have
been 10l years old January II, died
Dec. 20 at his home in Ludlow OF
pneumunia.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-12-31

The Tauern tunnel in Austria is
to be ventilated by electric fans.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
Her Scheme Went Awry.

At dinner last winter one OF New
Yorks prominent bankers was dilat-
ing on the dangers of deceit. BY way
OF illustration he told of a society
woman who saw in a jewelers. win
dow a beautiful collar Of pearls, which
she wanted very much. Upon in
uuiry she learned the price was six
thousand dollars. Thereupon she gave
her check for $4,000, saying she would
send her husband to see the pearls,
and If he could be persuaded to buy
them he was to be told the price was
only $4,000
The jeweler, being familiar with
that sort of game, readily agreed. The
husband called during the day to see
The pearls, and that evening told his
wife he had bought them, since they
we're evidently such a bargain, His
wife was more than delighted, and
Immediately asked If he had brought
home the collar, to which he replied:
why, no, my dear; / had 1t sent
to my mother. You know 1t is her
birthday tomorrow."-The Sunday
Magazine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
The Oldest PRINTING Press.

Typography, or the art of printing
from movable type, was invented in
Europe about the middle of the fif-
teenth century. Beyond this fact, the
history of this far-reaching industry
is very uncertain. 1t is generally con-
sidered that cut wooden type was first
used then cut leaden type, and that
afterwards cast type was employed.
William Caxton, in 1887, was the first
to practice printing from movable
type in England. The Oldest type Of
printing press which, by this way, is
now in the South Kensington museum,
London, is the actual machine with
which Benjamin Franklin worked in
the year 1880. 1t is constructed Of
hard wood, mortised together; 1t car
ries two horizontal rails, upon which
slides a carriage supporting the frame
of composed type, called the form,
The type was mixed by two large pads,
OF balls, with ink on their surfaces.
the distribution Of the ink being per-
formed by working the pads together
and then applying them TO the forms,
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
Mothers Visit.

An old-fashioned woman from the
country recently packed some fried
chicken, bread and doughnuts in a
market basket and went to see her
daughter who lives in the big city.
She was scandalized when the family
staid up till IL o'clock and decided
that she wouldn't tell pa anything
about it when she wrote home next
day. HE might think we have fallen
into evil ways" she said to herself
as she was going off to sleep She
awoke at her usual time o'clock, and
the house seemed strangely quiet
"Town folks do get lazy" she thought
"and they probably don't get up till g."
She dressed and went downstairs and
watched the clock until 5. Not a
sound; the she waited till 6, and at
z, between hunger and alarm, she was
almost brazed They've been muir
dered in their beds!" she yelled at I"
o'clock from the front steps, and soon
the house was filled with people rush
ing In to see what had happened. The
family we're surprised and indignant
when police, market gardeners, news.
boys, ETC., rushed into their bedroom
and woke them up, and this explains
why the old-fashioned woman came
home that day. Il never expected,
she sobbed to pa, that any girl would
talk to her ma as Jane talked to me"
--Atchison Globe.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
MAN ON HORSEBACK
FEARED AND RESPECTED BY
WILD CATTLE OF WEST.
Bull and Wild Herd Of Cattle Charge
Railway Train and TerrorIze Train
men, but seurry Away When
Cowboy Appears.

The old saying Fear of man rests
upon every beast" must be qualified in
the case Of the herds of half wild cat
tie that sometimes range the semi
arid regions Of the west. 1t is a curl
Gus fact that such animals fear and
respect a man who is mounted on a
horse, but seem to have nothing but
contempt for him when he is on foot.
The following case in point:
A railway train slowly making It's
way through a herd grazing along the
track was confronted by large bull.
He occupied the center of the road,
and with lowered head was believing
defiance at the engine. The engineer
wishing not to injure the animal, stop
ped his train and sent the fireman,
armed with a shovel, to drive him
away.
Now, the fireman had courage
enough, and the job to him seemed to
offer no particular difficulty. So,
boldly and confidently, with consider
able brandishing Of his shovel, he
was proceeding to almost a striking
distance, when with roar the bull
charged upon him.
The fireman sprang aside just in
time to save himself, and when the
bull turned and charged again the
railway man dropped his shovel and
fought safety on the top of a large
bowlder near by.
Unable to get to the man, the bull
set up frightful din that soon brought
some 30 other members of the herd
galloping about him. Quickly encir-
Ming the rock, they began rafting
their long horns against 1t and try
Ing to climb upon it, the man shrink
Ing, and trembling to its very CEN
Ger.
The engineer, thinking to aid the
fireman, sprang to the ground armed
with coal pick, only to be chased
back into the engine by a savage
COW.
Then the engineer began to cast
about for some other means OF
frightening the beasts, when cowboy
came riding toward the train. He was
a welcome addition to the situa-
ton
Taking in the railway mems predica,
ment at glance, he spurred his horse
into gallop, and uncoiling his rope,
began swinging it in graceful circles
about his head.
Soon the COWS spied him, and their
attitude was changed as ii by magic.
With lowered heads and tails thrown
aloft, they scurried away, the bull in
he lead, to lose themselves in the
main body of the herd, while the fire.
man lost no time in regaining his en-
CINE.
Thus one man on horseback accom-
plished in twinkling what two men
IN foot would never have achieved.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
STEEL SAFES ON MOTOR CARS
Fleet.Footed Bank Messenger With
satchel Gives Way to Up-to-
Date Conveyance.

Boston is in advance of every other
city in the country in the extent to
which her banking and financial inter
ests have made use of the motor car
as a vehicle for the transportation Of
coin, currency, bullion and securities.
A number of the Boston banks have
adopted motor cars as a conveyance
for bank messengers and collectors
on their rounds OF visits to other
banks and to business houses of all
kinds. However this innovation
marks the elimination Of a gradual
evolution. Time was, and not so very
long ago, either, when the financial
Mercury, satchel in hand, made all his
trips afoot or on the street cars, but
this plan is now almost obsolete.
One argument for a change of
which certain robberies of bank mes
sengers were perpetrated in various
large cities, when messengers were
traverslng congested thoruughfares
unattended.
The special bank cars do not vary
greatly in outward appearance from
the general run Of high class delivery
cars such as are used by jewellers,
florists, etc, in all the principal cities.
Their distinctive features are dis
closed only by peep into the interior
Each car is, in effect, portable safe,
the body of the car being lined with
steel. Metal lattice work or close
screen mesh has the preference, al
though 1t is declared that there is no
reason why sheet steel of light weight
should not be employed.
However, for all these motor care
are fairly impregnable the bankers do
not place sole dependency upon these
steel cages on wheels. Each car car
ries, in addition to the driver, one,
two or three guards.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
An unIntentIonaI Joke.

Jacob A. Rils tells an anecdote OF
reporter detailed to police head
quarters by a well-known newspaper
His special forte was fires. He is
dead, poor fellow In life he was fond
of joke, and in death it chung to him
In a way wholly unforeseen, The
firemen in the next block, with whom
he made his headquarters when of
duty, so that he might always be with
in hearing of the gong, wished to give
some tangible evidence of their re-
gard for the old reporter, but, being
IN a hurry, left 1t to the florist, who
knew him we'll, to choose the design.
He hit upon a floral fire badge as the
proper thing, and thus it was that
when the company of mournePs was
assembled and the funeral service Ia
progress, there arrived and was set
upon the coffin, in full view Of all,
that triumph of the florists art, a
shield of white roses. with this legend
written across It in red immortelles:
admit within IRE limits only"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
SANITATION in SCHOOLS
Physical Health and Strength Are Es-
sential to Vigorous
Mind.

Keeping the skin in good condition
Is so important to the general health
that 1t should receive especial atten-
ton at school. The school lavatory as
well as the home bathroom, should be
furnished with Resinol Soap because
1t removes the germ-laden dust of
the playground and street atmosphere
better than anything else. 1t prevents
the advent of contagious skin trou-
bles and keeps the complexion fresh,
rosy and smooth as that of youth
5hould be. No child should be ham,
pered or disfgured with skin erup-
lions when few applications of Resi-
mol Ointment will cure them. Eczema,
Acne, Rashes, Sores, Pimples and
blotches are quickly cured with this
easily applied remedy, and It should
be kept in every home so that it can
be used at the first appearance Of
skin troubles.
Students who shave will find the
Resinol Medicated Shaving Stick the
best. 1t is highly recommended by
physicians and skin specialists to keep
the face free from pimples and erup-
lions. It's soothing, healing lather
counteracts any irritation or tender.
ness from shaving too close. Resinol
Soap and Ointment can be obtained
wherever the best toilet articles are
sold.
Booklet on Care Of the Skin and
Complexion" sent free. Resinol Chem.
zeal Co., Baltimore, Nd.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
Hardly a Compliment.

In the excitement of the moment
public speakers often say the opposite
of what they mean to convey, and
when Henry Irving gave a reading in
the Ulster hall, in 1875" says Bran
Stoller, in Personal "reminiscences
of Henry Irving" "one speaker made
as pretty an Irish bull as could be
found, though the bull is generally sup
posed to belong to other provinces
than the hard-headed Ulster. In des
canting on the many virtues of the
guest of the evening he mentioned the
excellence of his moral nature and
rectitude of his private life in these
terms: "Mr. Irving, sir, is a gentle
man What leads a life of unbroken
blemish.'"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
UNKIND JOLT FROM ADAM
As II Eve Hadn't Sorrow Enough,
Her Partner Had to Add to
the AffIiction.

Adam had just received his notice
of ejectment
He stared at It long time in
silence, while Eve crouched in a
dusky corner, softly whimpered:
Presently the father of mankind
looked around.
AS Eve caught his angry eye her
whimper changed to a gulping sob.
WELL" he sternly said, you've GER
tainly put us in a fine mess with
your silly curiosity! And yet when |
refused to have anything to do with
your apple scheme you called me a
poor fool. DO you remember that
you called me a poor fool?"
"Ye-es," sobbed Eve.
We'll, there's just one question
want to ask your" said Adam.
What is it," gasped the first
mother.
who's looney now?" he harshly
demanded.
Then he turned away abruptly and
started to pack up the family gourds
and the tent poles.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
END STOMACH TROUBLE NOW
Dyspepsia, Ca, sourness or Indiges
tion Go Five Minutes After Taking
a Little Dlapepsin.

II your meals don't fit comfortably,
or you feel bloated after eating, and
you believe 1t is the food which fills
you; if what little you eat lies like
lead on your stomach; if there is DIFF
flculty in breathing, eructations of
sour, undigested food and acid. heart
burn, brash or belching of gas, you
can make up your mind that you need
something to stop food fermentation
and cure Indigestion.
A large case Of Pape's Diapepsin
costs only fifty cents at any drug
store here in town, and will convince
any stomach sufferer FIVE minutes after
taking a single dose that Fermenta-
ton and Sour Stomach is causing the
misery of Indigestion.
No matter if you call your trouble
Catarrh of the Stomach, Dyspepsia,
Nervousness or Gastritis, or by any
other name-always remember that a
certain cure is waiting at your drug
store the moment you decide to begin
Its use.
Pape's Diapepsin will regulate any
out-of-order Stomach within five min
utes, and digest promptly, without any
fuss or discomfort, all of any kind Of
food you eat.
These large 50-cent cases contain
more than sufficient TO thoroughly
cure any chronic case of Dyspepsia.
Indigestion, Gastritis or any other
Stomach trouble.
Should you at this moment be suf-
fering from Indigestion, Gas, Sour
ness or any stomach disorder, you can
surely get relief within five minutes.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
A Garden Il Friends.

One of the prettiest corners Of q
certain girls garden is that in which
every plant has been the gift of ZONE
special friend. The sweet old fashioned
flowers that bloom there have thus a
double significance, and their owner
persuades herself that while they
flourish she may be very sure that
she is not forgotten. A fragrant clump
of pinks was set in place by her dear
est school friend, and now that this
friend is living abroad, she likes to
think that every breath of perfume
brings her a kindly thought OIL her old
chum. A garden of friendship is a
pretty fancy and one that gives last.
ing pleasure.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01

specialist gave me up and so did my
home physician. Surprising as it may
seem, was able to leave my bed after
using six boxes Of Doan's Kidney Pills
and for six years have remained free
from kidney trouble I confidently be-
lieve Doan's Kidney Pills saved my
life"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
.Eamln. Architect.


Nine. Harson, the old lady of SO
who died a few days ago at her resi-
dence on the Quai d'Orleans, was in
her younger days the reader and con-,
fldential friend of the Duchess de
Barry, the niece Of Louis XVI, who
Economically attempted to foment
royalist rising In 1882. A still more
remarkable link with the past" was
Charles Famin, who died at Chartres,
January IS, at the age Of 101. He
was the grandson of the last "eche-
VIM" or sheriff of the city of Paris
(17S9), while his mother was descend
ed from Natter, the famous painter
of the epoch of Louis XIV. M. Famin,
his father, was architect to Napoleon
|, and when he was restoring the cha
teau Of Rambouillet, little Charley
used to play freely in the imperial
courtyards. It was on one of these
occasions that the Emperor, passing
by, noticed the yOungster and picked
him up and embraced him. In after
years Charles Famin followed in his
fathers footsteps, took the prize of
Rome" for architecture and lived at
the villa Medicis with the painters
F1andrin and Herbert and the must
clans Gounod and AMBROSE Thomas.
Active to the last, he took lively in
terest in architecture and archaeo-
Iogy, and was over 95 when he defend
ed himself with a vigorous and trench
ant pen against certain criticisms in
connection with the demolition Of
buildings around the famous cathe-
dral.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
IT ReyoIted Him,

William Loeb, Jr., at a dinner in
New York, referred with smile to
the harsher penalties, even to impris-
onment, that are now to be inflicted
upon smugglers.
"They take 1t hard, very hard, these
smugglers," said Mr. Loeb. "Revolted
at the size of their fines, they make
me think of George White, the chick.
en- thief
"'Whatr George shouted reproach-
fully on hearing his sentence. What!
Ten dollars for stealth that chicken
why, Judge, l could "a bought q
smarter hen for so cents!'"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
No Union.

Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont, at luncheon
at the Colony club in New York, urged
on women the necessity for union.
IF we are to get the VOTE" she
said, I'VE must stand together. Toe
many women face this question as
they face all others-like the elderly
bellies at the charity ball.
"'What a flatterer Wooter Won Twill
Ter isl said the first belle.
Why, did he tell you you looked
nice?' said the second.
NO was the reply. He told me
you did,"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01

There is more Catarrh In this section Of the country
than all other diseases put together and until the last
few years was supposed 10 be incurHbe. For great
many years doctors pronounced It local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing
TO cure with local treatment pronounced lncurabe
Science has proven CataTTh 10 be a constitutional dis
ease and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. J. Cheney
a Co. Toledo, Ohio. Is the only Constitutional on
the market. II is taken internally In doses from II
drops TO a teaspoontu It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They offer ont
hundred dollars for any case It falls TO cure. SEND
for circulars and testimonials.
Address; u. ]. CHENEY d CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY

for Red, Weak Weary, Watery Eyes
and GRADUATED Eyelids. Murine Doesn't
Smart-Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists
Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid, 25c,
soc, $1.00. Murine Eye SalVe in
Aseptic Tubes, csc. $1.OO Eye Books
and Eye Advice Free by Mail.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
"Beer" In kansas,

A certain Kansas editor always puts
the word beer" when printed in his
paper, in quotation marks.
why do you do that?" a subscriber
asked him.
1T is for the same reason" he re-
piled, that we put quotation marks
around the word ghost We don't be-
lieve there are any ghosts. Kansas
City Journal.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
The LawYern won.

Askit-old skinnerd left quite q
large estate, did he not7
Noitt-Yes; but some of his rela|
tives contested his will
Askitt--Was there much left after
It got through the courts?
Noitt--Nothing but tse heirs.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
He Never Shaved AaaIn.

Marmaduke-What do you suppose
that wTetched barber said when he
shaved me?
Bertie-I don't know.
Marmaduke-He said It reminded
him of game he used TO play when
a boy called Hunt the Hare"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01

yes, we found our S2ok was pass
ing lot of our domestic supplies
through hole in the back fence"
You discharged her, of course?"
Discharged herl No. indeed. We
nailed up the fence"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
Feminine Loulc.

Her-A woman is always right.
Him--How do you figure that out?
Her-Well, a woman is, isn't she?
Him-Yes, I suppose so.
Her-And Pope says: Whatever is,
Is right" See?-Chicago News.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01

AS gold is tgied by the furnace. and
the baser metal is shown; so the hol-
low-hearted friend is known by ad-
Versity.-Metastasi
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01

months / was helpless
In bed with kidney
trouble. Kidney secre-
tions were painful, my
head ached terribly
and my body bloated.
l ran down until l
weighed but 80 pounds
and everyone thought
| had consumptlon. A
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01

Rheumatism, Neuralgia and Sore
Throat will not live under the same roof
with Hamlins Wizard Oil, the best Of
all remedies for the relief of all pain.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01

A quarrel merely proves that one Of
the parties to it hasn't any more
sense than the other.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
Imnortnnt TO Mothara
A HeIuht Unreached.

Byron was writing Roll on, thou
dark blue ocean, rolf"
why not make 1t steam roller?"
we asked
Pleading ignorance of politics, he
stuck to the shallower subject.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01

Smokers find Lewis Single Binder Sc
cigar better quality than most lOc cigars,
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
WEIGHED ONLY 80 POUNDS.
How a Severe Case Of Kidney Trouble
Was Finally Conquered.

Byron Bennette, 1918 st. Clair
Ave-, East Liverpool, O., says: six
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01

1t is no use preaching on the father
hood of God so long as you do not like
boys.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01

His FriGnd-I fought you wus goin'
to commit suicide, James?
The Rejected wus! but when
got to de river l remembered I'd for
got me swimmin' tights.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
render Youth Protected.

In Spain boys under sixteen are not
allowed to lift or carry moro than 10
pounds or push or draw heavy loads.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01

The charm of the unattainable is
long drawn out
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01

Too often a piano stool is the sea;
of discord.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01

Nurse-Hivins! The baby swal-
lowed a bottle of ink an not a bit of
plotting paper in tn house!
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01
Church Must
Disarm
Criticism

EV. JAMES H. M'LAR-
EN-, pastor a. the Cen
trail Park Congregational
church, Chicago, de-
clared in a recent ser
mon that the church Of
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-01

Mira. Winsiow's Soothing syrup.
For children Jsethng softens the gums, reduces In,
uammauon. AllASa main. cures wind collie. c bOttla
The Washington times., 1910-11-14

English military team are Irish The
English team consists of Col p. A.
Bennett. aide-de- camp to King
George. lieut. GeOnrey Brooke. Lieut.
Walter Brooke, Lord Decies. Lieut.
Arson Thornton. and Lieut. c. F. Wal
wEn-
In the saddle classes, Henry r Rea,
a Pittsburg millionaire. who has a num-
Der OF entries. promised TO uphold
Americas laGTels even against the for
Tnidabie competitio1-
The program today will not termin-
ate until after 9 o'clOck tonight. In the
judging of hackney fillies and hackney
mares, the first two numbers OF the
program. first nonOrs went 10 the VII
Iisdeu farm, at New Centerville. Pa, :.
new exhibitor. Re ginald EandeTb ilL
got second honors.
The numbers on the program IN
Guided judging of hackney stations, hun
tiers and jumpers over four successive
jumps FIVE feet high; four ponies IN
harness. international event in which
eighteen army officers rode in uniform
for the Plaza Cup; teams Of ponies and
heavy draft horses, and, finally. an in
ternaIiOHai contest with teams OF army
officers competing against each other
upon the course