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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

Father Flemming could not be
at the Chautauqua yesterday. He
had Gn appointment at Macon
City. He has a great message
for the Chautauqua platform. we
are told, and many were disap-
pointed to not hear his address.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

Farm for Sale.-16O acres, 6
miles southeast of Mexico. All
under fence with woven wire.
Half in cultivation other half in
bluegrass pacture. Good 7-room
house and outbuildings. Nice
young orchard. $50 an acre buys
it. A bragain. Address j. p.
Newman Mexico Mo. 2w
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

1t seems that Chris Kentze'l IS
still i'll possession of that alliga-
tor. The Snowman refused to
pay for feed, Philip Shire and
NJ. Donnelly the frog men, have
you a suggestion for Chris in this
embarrassing moment?
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

A hot time out at Beaver Dam
next Saturday night-that inter
county debate pro and con Of the
woman's rights question.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

Lost.-At the corner of Love
and Craig SITS, a pair of gold
filled trimmed eye glasses. Finder
please leave at Message office and
receive reward.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

For Sale.-A good Jersey male
calf. Will make a fine service
animal. c. d. Holbrook, Benton
City, Mo. 2t
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Beamer
have returned from a visit to
their son at Burlington, Kan.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

For Sale Cheap.-One ID Burn
er Litchfeld Lighting system,
with 200 feet of pipe, new engine,
gasoline tan kand pump. All in
good condition. For demonstra-
ton of plant call at Abbay & Ad-
ans store.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

WANT ITEMS.

Notices under this head
cents per. line per issue. Count
words to the line.)
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

c. Z. FOrbach, sales foreman in
Malone's Dry Goods Store, is
taking a vacation.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

C. ID. Holbrook of Benton City
neighborhood sold 81 pound, 'l
butter to the Hotel HoXsey tins
week, getting 80 cents per pound
Thinks he has sold butter
amounting to $50 month since
the beginning of the year.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

Old papers for sale at Message
Office.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

l.. +. Austin has made seven
trips with shipments Of pouI'I!
to New York City this summer
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

Father Flcmming says a smile
is worth a million dollars
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-27

State OF Missouri,
County of Audrain, -
In the Circuit Court, Sept. Term
1914.
City of Mexico,
Plaintiff,
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
NR(TIARD
GLrANINGS
APPLES OF SECOND QUALITY
Picking Out Inferior and Wormy
Specimens and Feeding to Live
Stock 10 Good Plan.
CBy r. g. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

(By r. q. WEATHERSTONE)
The question is often asked. How
can we dispose of second quality ap-
pies at profit? The best answer to
this question seems to be to use the
spray pump early and often" to the
end that scabby, wormy, and inferior
fruit may be practically eliminated.
In years when there Is an abundant
crop and at any time when we find
that the trees are overloaded, pick.
ing out the inferior and wormy speci-
mems and feeding them to the sheep
or hogs will often improve the quail
ity of the fruit and save the necessity
of propping up the limbs to keep them
from breaking down.
When we have a large crop and
prices are low, 1t is folly to place any
but first-class fruit upon the market.
Every community should have an
evaporation, where the Gull fruit may
be profitable utilized. II man has
large quantities 1t will no doubt pay
him to own his own evaporation, but
when number Of farmers living In
close proximity to a good location
have orchards, it is usually quite easy
to interest someone to establish a
plant to utilize this waste fruit.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
PROPER PRUNING OF GRAPES
Principles Are Same Whether Vines
Have Been Trained to Four-Arm,
Fan or Other Systems.

II allowed to go unpruned, grapes
are likely to be ill-shaped and unde-
sirable. 1t makes no difference, says
the horticultural department OF the
Nebraska university farm, whether
the grapes have been trained to the
four-arm system, the fan system, or
to any other; the principles Of prun-
ing are the same. In doing this work,
1t is important to remember that the
buds which produce the crop should
be chosen from the canes a year old.
growing on two-year-old arms. Gen
orally from thirty to forty buds or
eyes" distributed over four or five
canes, may be saved, but this depends
upon the vigor of the vine. Never
save water sprouts or canes growing
directly from wood more than two
years old, as these do not produce
fruit. Buds for renewal may be Sc
cured by choosing cane located at
the base of one left for bearing fruit
and cutting 1t back to spur of three
or four buds or eyes"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20

She was not satisfied n he missed an
essential bit of detail. She would
make him go back and read that over.
Then she spent hours explaining vari-
Gus things about the sea to him. things
that just were touched upon in that
sea story.
That school teacher fed that boy on
books until there was nothing In all
the neighborhood about that she want
ed him to read that she had not Dor.
rowed for him.
Became Expert Printer.
When he was fourteen he got a job
in printing shop in Black Earth.
Wis. He took naturally to types and
presses. When ne had been In the
shop a year and half or two years
he knew as much about the establish
ment as the people who owned it.
When he was sixteen he went to Chi
cago, commissioned to buy a complete
printing outfit for the firm. When he
was seventeen he was foreman. He
stayed in the printing business until
he was nineteen. Then he bought a
half interest in little machine shop.
He always had been interested in me-
chanics. He loved to tinker about
boilers and fiywheels and engines, and
he could take anything apart, whether
it was a watch or a stationary engine,
repair 1t and put 1t together again.
That machine shop was just to his
liking and he and his partner had
fair amount of business and excellent
prospects. He had been in business
for himself for about a year when one
day, in 1878, friend who had gone to
Leadville at the time of the first ex-
element in that great camp, wrote
him one of those letters that make the
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20

Then. ~ he was to got out this pa
per twice q week, II was q double
header on that account. The engineer
editor got out i've or six issues OF the
Double Header and then he turned 1t
into daily under the name of the
Pueblo Daily Press.
II would be very pleasant to say
that the PueblosDaily Press was sue
cess from the start. But 1t was not.
Hill worked on that paper the best he
knew how. He never was shy on any.
thing In a news sense and he had q
high reputation as an advertising So
licitor. Yet the Pueblo Daily Press
was rather sickly. Hill ran 1t for nine
or ten months, then he sold out and
went back on the Denver & Rio
Grande as an engineer. For nearly
two years he pulled the throttle over
the mountains. At the end of the
division he usually sat down and did
bit of writing. He wrote Mighty
well and the things he wrote abrvf he
knew thoroughly.
Bought American Machinist.
One day he got letter from tie
owners of the American Machinist,
which was published in New York.
Many of the articles he had written
had been sent to this publication and
the owners had been impressed SO
that they wanted to see him. They had
decided to start a railroad magazine
called Locomotive Engineering. After
a conference with Hill. they asked him
to be its first editor. He accepted
and assumed his duties on January l.,
1888 He made the publication go. He
was its editor for three years. Then
he made proposition to its owners
for it's purchase. He had to take in
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20

blood of adventure run riot in the
veins of youth. The man in Leadville
pictured what Hill could make in the
mining camp as a machinist. 1t was
fabulous. Nothing like II In the way
of pay had been dreamed of by the or
binary machinist.
Hill read the letter over just once.
Within an hour he had sold out his
half interest in that machine shop.
That night at nine o'clock he was on
his way to Leadville.
Success and Failure.
His friend had not overdrawn the
picture very much. Hill went to work
putting up machinery in the mines. He
worked all sorts Of hours installing
pumps, boilers, etc. He did the work
of two men and the gold rolled in on
him. 1t was glorious while 1t lasted.
But after a year in Leadville he had
the mining craze as bad as anyone. He
went off on an expedition across the
mountains into western Colorado pros
pecting. He hunted for gold and he
hunted for silver. He did not get
either, but he spent all the money he
had earned in all those days OF hard
toll in Leadville.
In the fall when the snow was In the
mountain passes and things were look
ing very bleak for him, he drifted into
Pueblo and got job firing an engine
on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad.
He was fireman for year and then
he was promoted to be engineer. From
the latter part of 1880 until 1885 he
handled an engine on the Rio Grande.
There hardly is turn In the Grand
Canyon of the Arkansas that Is not as
familiar to him as the fingers on his
hand.
The Double Header.
II is all very we'll to run a locomo-
tive in a scenic paradise, but 1t will
not do for an ambitious man. The
things Hill had read in the books
Mrs. Mann furnished to him had awak-
ened his soul and he wanted to give
expression to some of the thoughts
he had in his mind. Most Of these had
to do with the affairs that we're imme-
diately before him-the railroad, the
locomotive, the men. He left the Den
yer & Rio Grande and started little
paper In Pueblo which he called the
Double Header. The title was a
happy one. IL took two engines to
take train of q few cars up the ter
rife grade of the Grand Canyon, and
1t took two engines. also, to hold the
train from running away when com
ing down the hill.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
PRESSED HARD.
Coffee's Weight on Old Age.

When people realize the injurious
effects Of coffee and the change In
health that Postum can bring, they are
usually glad to lend their testimony
for the benefit of others.
MY mother, since her early child.
hood, was an inveterate coffee drinker,
had been troubled with her heart for q
number Of years and complained Of
that weak all over feeling and sick
stomach.
Some time ago / was making q
visit to distant part Of the country
and took dinner with one of the
merchants of the place. noticed q
somewhat unusual favour Of the cot
fee and asked him concerning 1t. He
replied that It was Postum.
II was SO pleased with 1t that, after
the meal was over, bought a package
to carry home with me. and had wife
prepare some for the next meal. The
whole family were SO well pleased
with 1t that we discontinued coffee and
used Postum entirely.
Il had really been at times very
anxious concerning my mothers con-
dition, but we noticed that after using
Postum for a short time, she felt SO
much better than she did prior to its
use. and had little trouble with her
heart, and no sick stomach; that the
headaches were not so frequent, and
her general condition much improved
This continued until she was we'll and
hearty.
Il know Postum has benefited my
self and the other members of the fam
lily, but not in so marked degree as
in the case of my mother, as she was a
victim of long standing" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum - must be we'll
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
IN q cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar. makes a delicious bever-
age instantly. soc and soc tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds Is
about the same
There's . Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
HINT EASY TO UNDERSTAND
English Farmer Had Made Old Mis-
take Of Counting Chickens Be-
fore They Were Hstched.

An old farmer In the Midlands was
anxious to marry, but could not make
up his mind between the charms of a
certain comely widow In the neigh
borhood and her equally charming
daughter.
At last he resolved to let chance
solve the problem.
I'll ak tn one / fust sees a-goin'
in" he muttered, and of he started on
his amatory errand. But when he ar
rived both mother and daughter were
sitting In the doorway.
Dang it," he cried. Here was I
comm to ak one o. zee to marry me,
an i swore the fust 'un should ha'
the chance. But there We both he
together. I'll shet my eyes now, an
the one as doan't want me mum go in
doors. TIL one as stays is my wife
to be-"
Shutting his eyes the old farmer
counted ten solemnly; there was q
subdued chuckle, but when he opened
them both women had gone.-London
Tit-Bits.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
COVERING FOR CUT SURFACE
Any Substance Not Detrimental to
Growth VIII Prove Satisfactory
Shield for Wound.

No artificial medium can be applied
to the surface of wound made In
pruning tree which will induce 1t to
heal more quickly. The activity of the
healing process depends upon the
character and position, and the time Of
the year when the wound Is made
rather than upon protective coverings.
A large number Of wakes, paints
and washes have been tried, and the
conclusion of the whole matter may
be summarized In the statement that
any substance which Is not corrosive
or detrimental to growth. which will
protect the heart wood from the at
tacks of rot spores. will prove salts
factory covering for a cut surface.
Among such substances may be men
toned white lead. yellow ocher. coal
tar and grating wax.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20

a partner to finance the deal, but after
1891 he was not only editor, but part
owner.
He worked like Trojan. Locomo-
tive Engineering had steam up all the
time. 1t made such speed financially
that three years after he bought 1t he
and his partner we're able to buy the
American Machinist. Next year he and
his partner separated, his partner TAX
ing Locomotive Engineering and he
taking the American Machinist. Since
then he has gone 1t alone. In 1902 he
bought Power, monthly publication
that was comparatively old, having
been established in 1880 and having
very fine reputation. He paid $780,.
900 for It. That was the highest price
ever paid up to that time for a trade
journal.
Then he bought the Engineers Re
view Of Cleveland and the Engineer OF
Chicago, merged them with Power and
made Power a weekly.
BY this time he had become a big
figure in the mechanical and engineer.
ing world. But he was only getting
into his stride. In November, 1905, he
paid more than 100000 for the En-.
cheering and Mining Journal. which
was older than Power, having been es.
tablished in 1866. In 1911 he started
Coal Age, taking the coal department
out of Power The same year he
bought Engineering News, paying the
highest price on record up to that time
for that publication-s1, 900, 900.
Growth OF His Enterprises.
With buying and merging great
properties his field of expansion was
not sufficient. In 1911 he started an
English concern for the printing Of an
English edition of the American Ma
chinist. In 1910 he started Maschinen-
bau in Berlin. Maschinenbau is the
German edition of the American Ma
chinist In 1909 the McGraw-Hill
Book company was formed. This was
consolidation Of the book depart.
ment OF the McGraw Publishing com
pany and the Hill Publishing com
pany. It publishes textbooks for col.
leges and universities and scientific
books without number.
The locomotive engineer who was a
failure-or pretty close to being a
failure-as newspaper editor in
Pueblo is the most successful editor
and publisher In the engineering and
manufacturing field In the world.
There has been no check to his prog
ress from the day he went to New
York
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
Theatrical Screen Room"

The green room, which Is now prac-
tically obsolete, fourished for many
years. 1t was the room wherein the,
actors assembled to await their call"
to the stage. and 1t took the name
from the green walls of the original
apartment behind the scenes in Drury
Lane theater set apart by David Gar
rick when he assumed the manage
ment of that historic house.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
Uaes Of the Chin.

The newest theory regarding the
chin and the one which seems the
most reasonable yet advanced is that
the chin is purely and simply a factor
In the mechanical force exerted by our
lower jaw In chewing our food, and
in speech. According to this theory
the chin is situated at the outer end
Of the jaw lever, where the momentum
Is greatest, and Is made up Of heavy
mass Of bone and flesh In order that
it may help give greater force to the
jaws motion.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
Improvement on the Saw.

The efficiency of the saw has been
greatly increased by the recent inven-
ton OF Frenchman. The teeth OF
the new saw are arranged In alternate
groups--four pointing forward and
then four pointing back. For cutting
metal the new saws are almost twice
as efficient as saws Of the usual pat
tern. They last six times ns long
The blades do not break easily. They
cut either WOOD or metal and o>o
mad n : great variety q shapes 80
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
oIdtIme NeedIework.

Needlework is so rapidly becoming
lost art that II Is In the nature Of
a fairy tale to explain that something
like half a century ago little girls,
not especially precocious, either,
learned the fundamental principles Of
threading needle and pushing 1t
through the fabric at the age of two
and one-half years, and by the time
they were three, pegged away at
squares OF patchwork, ultimately com
pleting quilts" for future use.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
Lion Always Foe Of Man.

The lion is an implacable foe Of
man and has been as far back as his
tory records. Born In captivity. never
having known freedom, trained for
years by one man and apparently
either fearing or admiring his trainer,
Hon may turn on his trainer at any
time and kill him as cruelty az he
does In the Jungle.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
Gradual Advance In Artillery.

The greatest change In artillery
came about the time of our Civil war.
when the rifled gun was brought out.
1t increased the range and power. At
a later period the gun carriages were
improved, SO that the recoil was alb
sorbed instead Of being allowed to
throw the gun back after each dis
charge. Since 1860 constant improve
ments have been made until the pres
emit efficient artillery has been pro-
duced.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20

The squirrel Is able to tell a good
from bad nut, man has to bite into
the nut and get a bad taste before he
knows Of his error. The squirrel al
ways stores up food for the winter he
knows Is coming. Is that INSTINCT
If so then 10 per cent Of the men of
today should go back to instinct. and
not 60 to the wall every time anything
happens that turns their regular in
come in the wrong direction.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
HANDY LADDER FOR ORCHARD
Central Shaft Attached to Trunk Of
Tree and Arms Are Fitted at the
Top and Bottom.

Ordinary ladders when used foi
picking fruit from tree often damage
the tree, and to overcome this a new
form of ladder has been adopted by
some orange growers Of California,
says Popular Mechanics. A central
shaft is dashed to the trunk of the
tree, while horizontal arms are fitted
at the top and bottom so that they
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
Seems to Prove Reason In poo.

Frequently dogs and cats awaken
sleepers who are in danger. In case
of fire, for instance, instinct would
tell the animal to get out Of danger at
once, but reason must tell him other
wise. Instinct should tell dog to-
keep away from dangerous waters, but
he strikes out boldly when his hui
man friend is in danger of drowning,
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20

may be swung about in all directions.
Notches cut in the tops of the arms
provide support for the rungs of the
ladder at varying distances from the
tree. With this device, every part OF
the tree may be picked without dis
turbing a branch.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
DR.. Miles Nervine

has proven it's value in nervous dis
orders for thirty years, and merits
trial. no matter how many other
remedies have failed to help you.
Sold by all druggists. n first bottle
falls to benefit your money Is returned.
MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart, lad.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
DR.. Miles Nervine

advertised in the papers and I at
once began to take It. continued
to take it for some time and now !
am WE'LL"
If you are troubled with loss of
appetite, poor digestion, weakness,
inability to sleep; if you are in
general run down condition and
unable to bear your part of the
daily grind of life, you need some
thing to strengthen your nerves.
You may not realize what is the mat
ter with you, but that is no reason
why you should delay treatment.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20

Since the War Broke Out.
What's become of the great basso,
De Celeri?"
Hes honking for an auto livery"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20
Woman Finally Recovers
From Nervous Breakdown

Impoverished nerves destroy many
people before their time. Often be-
fore sufferer realizes what the
trouble is, he is on the verge Of .
complete nervous breakdown. Il
is of the utmost importance to keep
your nervous system in good con-.
dition, as the nerves are the source:
OF all bodily power. Mrs. Rosa
Bonner, 825 N. 18th ST., Birming-,
ham, Ala, says:
II have been suffering with nerv-
Gus prostration for nine or ten
years. Have tried many of the best
doctors in Birmingham, but they all
failed to reach my case. would
feel as if was smothering; finally
l went into commissions. My little
girl saw
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-11-20

Any man can borrow trouble with
out bank references or security.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-08-13
ALL GERMAN PORTS
HAVE BEEN MINED
ENGLISH CHANNEL ALSO Rem
OEREO DANGEROUS TO NAVl-
CATION BY GERMANS.
United States Notified by Germany
That All Ports Which May Be
Made the Base Of Hostilities
Have Mines in Them.

ngton.-Germany has official
" notified the United States that alt
German ports have been mined. Tho
information was received from En-,
bassador Gerard at Berlin. who stat,
ed that Germany has given formal no.
tice that 'all ports which may ba
made the base of hostilities" have
mines in them This is understood
to include ports of the enemy in
which Germany has been able to lay
mines.
From another official source, not
made public. the state department re,
ceived information that the Germans
have placed mines in the English
channel. Navigation through tho
channel. is. therefore. perilous by
either the northern or southern route.
AS the channel is where the British
navy is chiefly operating against Ger.
many. naval experts consider this
mining OF the high seas" by contact
mining a justifable war measure
Following the news OF the mines
the state department officials con,
cluded that there is little probability
that relief ships sent from America
or leaving Europe will depart with
American refugees through any Ger.
man port.