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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
Accepts the RebuI(e.

A resident of an English city has
made himself a marked man by in
sisting on saying "nought" instead Of
20" when he calls a telephone num-
Der having ciphers in it. The tele-
phone operator usually corrccts him
when he says three double naught'
by saying Three double o." The
other night he called up central and
said, Hello" and the girl replied;
"Hell-naught." He accepted meekly
the quiet rebuke. Springfield Re
publican
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
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COLD STORAGE EGG INDUSTRY
lnfallible Rule Is for Farmer to Mar
ket Product as Soon as Possible
After Laid.
CBy NJ. NJ. HAsTINGs)

The cold storage egg industry is a
development of the last twenty-five
years. Undoubtedly the industry as
a whole has been of great benefit to
both egg producer and egg consumer
and has tended toward the leveling of
the price of eggs throughout the year
and has resulted in large increase in
the fall and winter consumption. This
means a larger total demand and a
consequent increase In price
Owing to the fact that eggs are
spoiled by hard freezing, they must be
kept at a higher temperature than
meat and butter Temperatures OF
from 20 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit are
used in cold storage of eggs At such
temperatures the eggs, If kept in moist
air, become moldy or musty. To pre-
vent this, the air In a tlrst-class stor-
age room is kept moderately dry,
which shrinks the eggs, though much
more slowly than would occur with.
out storage. The growth of bacteria
in cold storage is practically prevent
ed. II bacteria are in the eggs when
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

Kidney Pills the swelling disappear.
ed and he felt himself again. He says
he has been benefited and blessed by
the use of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew
eral months later he wrote: | have
not changed my faith in your remedy
since the above statement was author
lied. Correspond with Rev. f. Hes
lop about this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, soc. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.
Buffalo, n. Y. Write for Household
Hints. also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
Cipes for dainty dishes. All sent free.
ADV.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
Use Charcoal Freely,

Charcoal should be freely used in
the poultry yard. Pounded fine and
mixed with the soft feed fed to the
fowls. II cleanses the system of i'm.
furities. AS it acts upon the blood II
acts upon the life of the fowl. When
the blood is thick and clotty. dull
sick chicken will soon follow. Thin
blood means vigorous circulation, and
on a good circulation of blood, health
largely depends. II your fowls lack
activity. they need something to stir
the blood out Of it's sluggishness. II
is best to keep the charcoal In a dry
place, and when needed, grind OF
pound some fine and mix with soft
food
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
GRAPES NOT HURT
BY HONEY BEES
Busy Little Workers Never Pune
ture Skin of Luscious Fruit,
Says Expert.

There are some subjects on which
il is impossible to convince our older
farmers and fruit growers that their
Inherited notions are at fault. No
amount of scientific assertion and
demonstration by the highest authori-
ties avail to change their opinions or
to make them hesitate to assert and
reasgert them in their communica-
tons to agricultural journals and in
meetings Of societies where such ques-
tons are discussed
One OF these is that under certain
climatic or other conditions wheat
seed is transformed to chess seed; and
6nother-much vouched for at this
teasOn-is that bees are injurious to
grapes, says writer in the Farm
Progress
Again and again have the most care
iul observers announced In lectures
and published horticultural journals,
That they had never seen honey bee
cut the skin of ripe grape or of any
other fruit
Of course, it was freely admitted
that bees were often seen slipping the
juices of grapes that had been pecRed
by birds or clipped by the sharp Jaws
OF wa5Ds and other insects; and in
this they do no harm, for a punctured
or injured grape is of no further value
to the vineyardist
In an endeavor to settle this matter
beyond dispute. DR. Riley, while en-
tomologist of the Department of Ag-
rculture, authorized one of his assis-
@nts to investigate the matter thor
oughly; and to do this a portion of a
grape trellis with bearing vines en-
closed In the most secure manner un-
Ger wire screened tent of considera-
DIG size together with a hive of bees,
with sufficient honey for their susten.
ahce AS the grapes ripened the clus-
'eFs were under almost constant in
spection during the daylight hours.
ana, though the bees buzZed about
lhem, never once during period OF
several weeks was a bee seen to cut
grape, though when some we're part
F crushed by the attendant, the bees
were Gag for sip of the fresh Juice.
IL would seem that nothing could
D, more conclusive for the excuipation
VI the bees from the charge OF being
uepredators in vineyards, backed. as
" Is by many other observations on
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
NEITHER HAYSEEp NOR ANGEL
5ut There Need BE Little Question
That Young Lady Had Much
Ingenuity.

Across the line on the Kansas side
where the study of agriculture is
compulsory, one of the high school
girls took home her monthly report
card and proudly announced:
Il took the highest grade in the
class in history. English literature
and German"
That's all very vel" replied her
father, critically examining the card,
but how about this grade in agricul,
ture?"
oh, we'll" explained the daughter
I'm no hayseedl"
a little farther down n department
grade, not altogether satisfactory, ap.
peared
And how do you account for this
grade I'm department. he inquired
I'm no bloomin' angel. either"
she rephed.-Kansas city star.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

begin to feed on the pulp of the fruit.
In apricots they make straight for the
center; in peaches and other fruits
they are more inclined to work out in
different directions when fully de-
yeloped which usually requires fort
night or three weeks, they leave the
fruit, which has previously fallen, and
enter the ground Here they soon
change to the pupal stage, and remain
for Il days to three weeks. when they
become transformed into fly,
completing one generation.
The governments of certain coun-
tries have put in force regulations for
the enforced control of fruit flies, and
in each instance the principle follow
ed has been the inspection of orchards
and cleaning up and destruction of all
fallen fruit. At the present time the
United States authorities are expert
menting with the 'poison-bait' meth
cd of controlling the insect, similar to
that tried in South Africa. In that case
the bait consisted of a solution OF FIVE
gallons of molasses, one pound of ar
senate of lead, and 25 gallons of wa
ter This was used in the form of a
spray evenly distributed over the
trees, bushes, prickly pears, etc. Not
only we're thousands Of he flies pre-
vented from reaching maturity. but
the deposition of eggs in the fruit al
ready ripening was almost completely
stopped The fruit on all the late va
rietles of treated trees ripened per-
fectly, and was sold on the market and
guaranteed free from the maggots. On
the trees that were not sprayed the
situation was just the reverse, almost
every ripe fruit being infested by
maggots ranging from newly Matched
to fully developed The pupa were
also present under some of the decay
ing peaches, and there were numerous
flies fitting about the trees. The poi
soned- bait method of controlling the
fly appears entirely feasible in this
country, especially in more or less arid
regions, where the spray cannot be
washed off by rains, and Is not other
wise disturbed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
No Broken Parts.

During the progress of the morning
bath of a few months old infant a lit
tie neighbor girl came into the room
carrying a doll and stood watching
the operation for some time. The lit.
Tie girls doll was much the worse for
hard usage, being minus an arm and
a leg Finally she said to the mother
OF the child:
How long have you had your
baby?"
The child was informed, and, look
ing from her doll to the baby, she
said:
My, but you have kept II nice. -
National Monthly
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
FERTILIZER FOR
GREENHOUSE USE
Many Weed Seeds and Disease
Germs Contained in Ordinary
Stable Manure.

The use of rotted stable manure as
source OF greenhouse plant food has
been the custom for so many years
that more effective forms of plant
food make Roadway slowly: yet this
rotted stable manure has many disad-
vantages. 1t always contains more or
les weed seeds as well as disease
germs, and it supplies plant food in
available form very irregularly
Also by fermentation it materially
influences the temperature Of the
seed beed, a temperature we have no
means OF regulating The ammonia 1t
contains is not nitrated, hence for
forcing 1t cannot be safely relied up
on. For greenhouse work the fer
tilizer chemicals should be used, such
as nitrate OF soda, acid phosphate,
and sulphate of potash. They should
always be used in such proportions
that 100 pounds of ammoniate nitro
gen are always accompanied by 30
pounds of phosphoric acid and 20
pounds OF actual potash.
The quantity to be applied should
correspond to about threefourths Of
an ounce of ammoniSe nitrogen per
square yard Of surface; that is, to
each yard OF bench, use about FIVE
ounces of nitrate OF soda, three ounces
of acid phosphate and two ounces OF
sulphate of potash. A mixture of these
proportions may be dissolved in water
and applied in small proportions every
few days, taking care, however. to
cease applications with those plants 1t
is desired to fully mature as soon as
the desired growth Is made.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

An Arab went TO his ncishbor and
said; Lend me- your rope"
y can't said the ncighbor.
Why can't your"
Because | want to use the rope
myself"
For what purpose?" the other per
sisted
= want to tie Up Eve cubic feet Of
water with it,"
How on earth" sneered the would
be borrower, can you tie up water
with a rope?"
MY friend" said the ncighbor. al
lah is great and he permits us to do
strange things with n rope when We
don't want TO lend It, Boston Eve
ming Transcript.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
Was Not GuiltY.

"Mordecai Judson," reared Colonel
White, who had been aroused in the
middle of the night by a suspicious
noise in his poultry house, is that
you in there, you black thief?"
mo, sah," humbly replied a fright
ened voice. Dis is muh cousin, Ink
Ju6son, dat looks so much like me
aud steals everything he kin lay his
dog-gawn hans on. Abs at home dis
minute. sab, a-sleepin' de sleep O.
de jest Puck
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
Situation Vacant.

The rich bachelor sighed and look
ed fixedly at the beautiful girl.
Things with me- he said, are at
skies and sevens. | feel the great
need of q woman in my home - one
who would straighten out my tangled
affairs and make life worth living
once again.
Her soft glance spoke her excite
ment and expectation.
"Yes?" she queried gently.
DO you know" he continued. "of
any good, able-b bodied woman whom /
could get to clean the house?"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
Good Pasture Requirement.

Time was when the hogs were sup
posed to have had excellent care when
they had all the graiS and slop they
wanted in an Sx10 pen. Nowadays q
good pasture of clover, alfalfa or rape
is considered an indispensable ad-
junct in the hog raising business by
all farmers who are interested in eco
nomical pork production.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
Simple Taste.

Something mentally wrong with
Kenworthy, don't you think
why so?'
Il asked him to come over and play
auction bridge with us last night,
and he said he would rather waste his
time playing bean-porridge.hot or tit
tattoo"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

the actions OF bees in the open; and
yet the same charge is made, year
after year, by grape growers who ex-
perience loss in having their clusters
nutilated, and who seem determined
to consider the harmless bees as the
principal source OF the trouble.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
Turkey GROWING.

Turkey growers in middle Tennes
see report a very poor crop this sea.
son. Not 20 per cent. of the poultry
Matched were raised. owing to the
longcontinued, cold while the poults
were very young. All told. there viii
be scarcely half an average crop.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

ing was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least eXer-
ticn. Hands and
feet We're cold
and he had such
a dragging sensa-
ton across the
loins that it was
difficult to move.
After using s
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
A cLEReYMAN-s TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wig.
ton, Pa, suffered from Dropsy for
year His limbs and feet were swol.
len and puffed. He had heart flutter-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softeus the gums, reduces inhamma
ton, ailays pain cures wind collie, csc bottle ~
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

Probably a woman tells secrets so
that she won't forget them.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

Occasionally a couple marries in
haste and live happily ever after
they secure a divorce
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

If a girls arms have pretty dimples
in them she'll get them sunburned.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

There are limitations, don't he fooled. Ask
for LEWIS Single Binder cigar, 30. Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

Some men go lame when it comes Il
minding their own business.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

Now the farmer is being informed
that the safety of the country depends
on his vote.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

YOU CAN CURE CATARRH
BY using Coles Carbolisave. 1t is most
effective remedy. All druggists. rs and SOC. Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
Contrary GAUGES.

why did links break up bOusekeep
ing?"
Because his wife broke down"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
So Like Strangers.

Nell-Bob Brown and Dolly Smith
are engaged
She--Indeed? | thought they were
better acquainted.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
The Language.

so the FIRMS gone under"
yes, am sorry to see them going
up"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

For over seventeen years Resinol hns been
prescribed 10y doctors safe and effective treat
ment for skin affections, ~ well as for piles,
burns, wounds, sores, ulcers and bols, aud IL
proves an ideal household remedy for all these
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

troubles. Try It yourself, by sending to-day for
. liberal sample of Resinol Soap and ResinOs
Ointment Address Dept. TAX Resinol Chem
teal Co, baltimore, Nd. Sold by all druggists.
Resinol Soap, 25c, ResinOl Ointment, bOc and o..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
UMPIRE FITZSIMMONS SAYS
 ELBERFELD IS FINE FELLOW

Although many have taken the great est of delight in dubbing Kid" El- berfeld, who was recently signed to manage the Lookouts in 1913. disor- ganizer and an undesirable, there Is one man who does not believe 1t. He is Umpire Dan Fitzsimmons. When Elberfeld was signed. the papers de- clared that Clarke Griffith said he un- dermined his position in New York and threw the Washington club into a bunch of disgruntled men The um- pire says that Kid" is one of the fin est players he ever knew, and that he has always proved to be a gentle man when he was around.
 They can say what they please of Elberfeld. declared the umpire, but I can say that he is one of the finest fellows l ever met. He is a hard work CT and all of his caliber are willing to fight and to contest every point in a hattie However, when l got into trou- - ble at Montgomery Elberfeld showed the man he is. If he is a rowdy actor he has not shown it.
 SI suppose you remember when the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
'sSPIDER" KELLY TO REFEREE
 THE FLYNN-MILLER FIGHT
By w. W. AUCTION

San Francisco, September 1.-(Special)- They have chosen Spider" Kelly to ref cree the Jim Flynn Charlie Miller glove contest at Daly City Monday. At first blush it looks like taking a great advan- tage of Spider.
 If there is anything on earth Kelly loves, it is to sit outside the ropes and comment on what is passing in the ring in words that are frank and forceful.
 When acting as a second or a coach Kelly never becomes violently abusive. His real loyalty is fraught with the wit that descended to him from Irish forbears and Is simply meant to jolly the man of his choice and cause the other fellow to think that his fighting is legitimate subject for ridicule.
 And now the Spider" is to contain himself during one hour and half, maybe, of the kind of boxing that thrills to the marrow. Possibly he will be re- o,ired to wear tuxedo. He must be- mean himself in dignified manner, while his cronies down in the box are cracking their throats and tossing up their hats.
 It is an awful burden 10 place upon a man of the Spider temperament. and 1t would not surprise some of his friends if after the first exciting rounds he yells to the management, Here, send up an- other man and let me get down with the gang"
 There is rumor around even now that Kelly dreads to go through with the or l. -te To Grath. will be among the spectators and that Tim may be inclined to comment upon passing events in his breezy. inim- itable style.
 From the reports to hand from the camps tonight 1t is evident that Flynn and Miller are in shape to do themselves proud. Miller, who as a matter of fact has undergone the first complete course of preparation of his career, has taken of world of weight. He was inclined to overdo things. but his trainers have watched him closely and the curb has been applied to the giant motorman dur ing the past few days. Miller, to quote his own words. is feeling bully and has become such an advocate of the training grind that he thinks fighter should en- gage in it at regular intervals, whether he has match in view or not.
 Flynn also is in> fine fettle. It is such a comparatively short time since he put in long seige of training for the bout with Jack Johnson at Las Vegas that he needed but little work to put him on edge. Jack Curley, after szfng up Flynn, is confident that his man is in perfect condition.
 Flynn continues to head the betting market. the price against Miller being to l. Even money that Miller will last l. rounds is being freely accepted What Oakes this . favorite proposition with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02

fans of Montgomery went after me after the game with Memphis They said that l gave the Billikens a bad deal and Memphis won the game in the last inning. Following the game it was evident that the fans were going to give me trouble. Kid Elberfeld saw this and when the crowd started over the fence after the game he was tho first to approach me
 Come with me, Fitz,' said Elberfeld
 Tor this crazy bunch might try to hurt you. know you are not afraid of them but there are too many for you to handle and if any of them go after you they'll have to get me, to- 1 walked with him and he kept back the crowd A great many of the players would not have protected an umpire but would have willingly stirred the crowd To go after me.
 The decision given was fair one in my estimation, but it hurt Montgom- ery's chance to win. If any man had q right to be sore and go after the um- pires it was Elberfeld for he was di- rectly connected in the play. However this fellow demonstrated his true self to me and l think the Kid is one of the best fellows l ever met.
 Reports are not always correct.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
GILBERT TO FIGHT BOB BROWN TONIGHT AT THE JEFFERSON
BARONS MEET THE PELS THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GILBERT FIGHTS BROWN-B. A. c. SWIMMING MEET-OTHER SPORTS TO ENTERTAIN

Tn the world of sport today will be a large one All over the United States matches, ball games and other forms Of amusement to the lovers of sport will be held Locally the Barons and the Pelicans meet in a twin conflict, one Ill the morn- ing and the other in the afternoon. Tonight Fighting Dick Gilbert meets Bob Brown at the Jefferson the atre, while this afternoon at East Lake a swimming meet will be held under the auspices of the Birmingham Athletic club.
 The biggest attraction will be the bal game, where two record breaking crowds will assemble to view the efforts of the leaders of the league and the New Or leans club, which is making fine progress in an effort to win second place from the Mobile Gulls. The clubs are evenly matched and two excellent battles of ball should ensue.
 Southpaw Bill Foxen is slated to twirf for the victorious Barons while Jimmy Dygert, who has lost but one game since his return to the Southern league, ls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
LATEST NEWS AND COMMENT OF THE SQUARED RING GIVEN
 BY CRITIC JEFF THOMPSON
By JEFF THOMPSON

are whipped into shape Johnson will be too old to fight.
 It is possible, however, that one of the two westerners may take the cham pionship from Johnsons successor. As Johnny Kilbane has refused to go to England to box Jem Driscoll for the featherweight championship of tho world at the National Sporting club. | Driscoll Is coming to this country.
 Driscoll says he will box Kilbane here If tho latter will agree to 126 ringside, | but there Is every reason to believe l that the American champion will not go above 124. Drlscoll and KiIbane
 would put up a corking go and the bout
 would draw a ton of money.
 Bouts like that between Jeannette and Madden, the other night, shoud not | be permitted. When one man is ob viously overmatched before the fight | begins, the bout is not only of littlo interest to the spectator but 1t tends to
 bring the game into disrepute.
 l A suggestion has been made that tho color line be drawn in boxing in New | York, that no bouts be arranged be- tween white men and negroes It will hardly be acted on. The color of a | fighter cuts nightly little ice with the average fan. If two men are evenly
 matched, whether they be black or
 white, makes no difference, but 1t is true that a bout like that between Jean nette, a burly negro, and Madden, a much smaller white man, who had no chance to even defend himself, last week, Is offensive to every spectator and arouses race antagonism. If Is no more pleasing to see a skilled white boxer beat a negro who is no match for him in strength or science. I met an old timer the other day who was bewailing the decadence of the modern ring fights Tn the old days" he said, men fought, now they play and call 1t fighting. They box with pollows instead of the bare hands or skin tight gloves, and there Is no reason why so-called prize fights might not be added to society functions. It's all very pretty, but I wonder what the modern fight fans would say if they had an opportunity to see battle like that between John l.. Sullivan and John Flood say. I expect some of them would faint I don't know what some of the latter day champions would do if they had to defend their titles in such battles as the three Jacks, Sulli- van Dempsey and McAuliffe, used to fight"