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Arizona republican., 1914-06-02

served in the picture of the building. We speak of it now, before it is late in order that may be omitted from the revised plans of the architect There appears the sidewalk approach to what we believe is the Stone front of the building woman being lowed along by dminu tive dog. That is never beautiful and inspiring spectacle and cannot add grandeur the Citizens building
 The architect in introducing evidently sacri- 1ced good taste to novelty, admit that the detail is novel. We have it both in real life and in pictures, but before in the way of in tended ornament. With such a change in the ap- pea1ance of the Stone elevation have suggested, the Citizen building has entire approval
Arizona republican., 1914-06-02
THE WAYS!OE INN STILL STANDS

Many people who never have visited this pretty little town of Sudbury Mass, nevertheless fa- mllar with it's name through their acquaintance with Longfellows Tales of d Wayside Inn" the prelude of which opens it will be remembered with the lines. one autumn night in Sudbury town,
 Across the meadows bare and brown,
 The windows of the wayside inn
 Cleaned red with freight through the leaves
 Of Woodbne hanging from the caves
 Their crimson curtains and thin.
 As ancient is this hosterv
 As any in the land may be-
 Built in the old colonial day
 When men lived in q grander way.
 With ampler hospitality"
 This waysde inn known also as the Howe tav- ern, because kept by members the Howe family for many years stands three miles from the center of the town secluded among the hills Hundreds of visitors still enjoy hospitality and to view the many relics which reveal the customs and man ner of living of other days
 Sudbury is about twenty miles from Boston and only few miles south of Concord. It is on the Sudbury river, which divides it from Wayland and hills, meadows stretches of woods, numerous brooks and extensive orchards combine make a landscape of varied and pleasing charm From the top or Nob- scot hill 1t Is possible to get glimpse of Bunker Hill monument and the house in Boston, It's greenhouse for flowers and cucumbers have been known through this part of the state for twenty five years, while apple orchards strawberries cranberies blueberries and biberries early became d source of profit The ponds have been d delight many for years.
 Sudbury has several schools and churches and a fine library named for John GOodnow of Boston the donor The Wadsworth monument erected in 1852 by the town and state, commentaries the soldiers concerned in April Is 76 skirmish with the allied Indian forces of Philip of Pokanoket and d soldiers and sailors monument, dedicated in 1S96 honors the patriots of the revolution
 The town always has been of agricul- d a though in times past it has put out boots and shoes carriages, wooden and fancy articles Today it manu factures foundry and machine shop products and mineral and soda waters. It incorporated in 1859, and the last showed a population of a little more than I100.-From the Christian Science Monitor
Arizona republican., 1914-06-02
IS N. 1st Avenue

erly mothers, and there were no mothers under 93 The rarity of genius among the offspring of distn- guished parents is attributed the unfortunate tendency to marry late, and Naertng finds that the distinguished men who marry late rarely have any children all Speaking, generally and apart from the production of genius he holds that women have children too early. before their phychc devel- opment is completed, while have children too late, when they have already in the years their highest sychic generave fitness planted their most precious seed in the mud of the ."-1aVelock Ellis in IIarpers Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-02
Thomas A. Edison and fac simile of

Thomas A. Edison and fac simile of
 his letter to Henry Ford.
 That cigaret smoking is highly in- furious both to mind and body is the opinion of Thomas A. Edison. the in- ventor He employs hundreds of men, but not one of them s a cigaret smoker. Edison recently wrote a letter to his friend, Henry Ford. the Detroit automobile man, in which he set forth his views on cigaret smok- ing. Ford is said to agree heartily with Edison.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-02
AN UNPLEASANT POSSIBILITY

Montague Glass lunching with of his cloak and suit merchant friends recently. The sub iect had turned to real estate and one of the cloak and suit merchants was telling of house he had gently bought.
 And the dining room' he explained helping himself salad, lis so big it shall seat 2h peoples-Cod forbid." ."-EVerA body S.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-02
NEIGHB BORlY

"I have eggs as cheap 30 cents ma am. but wouldn't guarantee 'em.
 Well, send dozen, please They'll do to lend the neghbOrs.-Life
Arizona republican., 1914-06-02

A Kansas City has sworn off voting be- cause he has never picked a winning candidate but once The enthusiastic followers of Bryan are made of more heroic stuff
Arizona republican., 1914-06-02

The prayer of the penitent thief was shorter than Mr Mellens purchased petition in furtherance of his New Haven schemes and it did not cost 50 much money
Arizona republican., 1914-06-02

The watermelon is the of more bum table etiquette than the Irish potato served with the jacket on, which has to be impaled the waist line and disrobed before the eyes Of polite company. We don't know which is worse-the who lnliales d vertical section of watermelon with guipng intake like the suction of steam pump or the guest who nervous finger his gums order to round up overflow of green corn. The coarse husband who causes q watermelon rind to be- hind his every tune ne makes pass at it has induced many trusting wife to view the table man ners of the shoat with increasing admiration.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-02
Farm Notes
BY H. L. RAIN

We are asked How can you best tell the age of a hem" There Is only way and that is by the color of the tail feathers at the moutng period A yearling hen wears primrose tail feathers six year-old favors the polka dot effect and the fowl bowed down with age and grief wears hers docked and done up in hair net. The who cant tell the exact of bullet by face face inspec uon of her tail feathers ought to leave the farm and study law
Arizona republican., 1914-06-02

It Is, of course, not enough that public official should be honest. No amount of honesty will avail if he is not also brave and wise.
 Theodore Roosevelt.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-02

A prominent eastern society journal conveys the discouraging information that the mold of fashion New York Newport is about to discard the time honored practice of swabbng a piece of rye bread in the gravy and wipng ones fingers the nearest dolly. The decreees fashion become cruel and arbitrary every year
Arizona republican., 1914-06-02

Many people who never have visited this pretty Httle town ot Sudbury, Mass. nevertheless fa- mllar with it's through their acquaintance with Longfellow's Tales of d Waysde Inn" the prelude of which opens it will be remembered with the lines:
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-26
WHO WAS TO RLAME7


In the little story with the above
title Josiah Aliens wife open name of
Marietta Holley) tells Josiah that:
1T wuz the law and its working pard-
ner. the saloon, that caused young
Tom Nugent, while crazy with drink,
to kill his honored father Judge Nu-
gent" In an agony of remorse Tom
drowned himself in the lake near the
home of his happy boyhood.
In the following excerpt Samantha
and Josiah thus discuss the license
law:
Gould a woman make a more UNI
reasonable. inconsistent law than
this? If you pay a dog tax your dog
is protected by law; If your sheep
gifts killed by wolves or any other
destroyer you have a right to kill
that destroyer at sight, and the law
pays you for your loss. But duz the
law that protects your dog and your
sheep protect your boy? MOI 1t pro-
tects the wolves that destroys the boy,
and worse than that it helps the wolves
to destroy him. makes 1t possible and
profitable, and worse yet, IL goes into
partnership with the wolves, and takes
part of the blood money. Can the law
that protects sheep and dogs pay the
mother for the loss Of her boy after
1t has destroyed him? You told me
Toms father wuz In favor of license"
Yes" SEE Josiah. He felt that 1t
Tu2 for the advantage of the city, and
q help to bizness, and Deacon Bobbett
and | have felt SO and voted for it,
and most OF the smartest of us male
lawmakers have"
Agin groaned and sithed. and Josiah
didn't like 1t, and seq: You needn't
groan over that, Samantha. | tell you
you must do the best you can with
what you've got to do with. You can't
stop liquor from bein' sold and you'd
better let it be drinked openly pro-
tected by law than to sneak 1t into
the back doors and take 1t on the
sly; folks will have 1t. you can't stop
1t, II has always been So"
The first man born into the world
murdered, and there has always been
murderers, but that don't make 1t
right TO license II. Or make 1t lawful
to sell the stuff that made a good boy
like Tom Nugent into a fiend capable
of committing such q crime as this,
and the thousands and thousands OF
crimes equally black and monstrous
that are committed by this cause all
over our broad land every day. You
admit that 1t wuz liquor that did 1t,
If Tom hadn't gone into that saloon
and drank himself crazy drunk this
turrible thing wouldn't have hap
pened."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-26
LITTLE RHODY'S' GOOD WORK
Statement Made That Glory Of oliver
Hazard Perry's Victory Belongs
TO That State.

The celebration OF Perry'J victory on
Lake Erie recalls that the northwest
was not only settled very largely by
emigration from the New England
states, but that those great and pop
ulous states were very probably saved
to the union in the second war with
England by the enterprise and valor
OF New England sailors, the Boston
Herald observes.
Oliver Hazard Perry, then a com
mander in the navy and much discon-
tented because the duties assigned
to him offered no opportunity for prov
ing his mettle, was a Rhode Islander
in charge OF feet OF gunboats guard.
ing Narragansett bay in the winter OF
1928. Possessed, he said, by an
ardent desire to meet the enemies
OF his country" he applied for service
on the lakes. On The very day that
the order came for his transfer to
Lake Erie he sent forward fifty men,
the second day he sent fifty more, an
other party started on the long jour
ney the following day, and Perry him
self started on February %. taking
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-26
BOOK II.
CHAPTER vII.-contInued.

WHAT e NlIs-NONIlnuGus
The operation. manifestly, was not
very satisfactory. for by and by he
uttered another groan. tossed away his
half-smoked cigar and once more sat
upright.
What" he began, but his COM
panion promptly checked him.
Now you stop right there" com
manded Tom. IF you want to fire any
more questions, suppose you try 'em
out on Uncle Theodore. Ring him up"
The other smiled wanly, and spark
of his customary sprightly humor
flashed again.
Bright boy" he said IF | pos.
sessed your practical mind would not
be so Woody over this thing. But you
are an inspiration, Tommy-why
didn't | think of it before? Fother-
lfngill must be one Of Uncle Theodore's
lagents,"
After some delay. Uncle Theodore's
Ivoice came over the wire. He also had
receiyed the cryptic message, but GER
tain portions of 1t obscure to Rudolph
were more or less clear to him.
The surmise respecting Fotheringill
had been a pretty shrewd one. That
gentleman, It appeared, was a member
of the firm OF Hirschfield G Sons. bank.
,ers, the Man Of Irons principal Brit.
ish representatives. He had been In.
structed TO send all messages in dupli.
cate-one for the elder Van vechten's
information, the other for Rudolph's
guidance. The latter learned further
that all other information likewise
was to be sent to him.
Lord. Uncle Theodore." Rudolph
lamented into the mouthplece, the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-26
SYNOPSIS.

Rudolph van Vechtcn. a young man Of
leisure. IL astDuishcd 60 see man enter
No. 1873. q house across tho street from
thc Powhsten club long unOccupled and
fTal persons vt regular intervals enter
No, 1873 Won NCchtcn expresses concern
90 his friend. Tom Phinney, regarding the
whereabouts ~ his cousin and h1ncec.
from the house Van Vechton and Tom
follow the man and ind him dead IN tho
street Van Vechten ~ attracted by the
face OF a girl IN the crowd or onlo0kers
surrounding the body. Later hc dlscoy-
ers the girl gazing at him with a look OF
scorn from tho windows OF the mysteri-
GUS house Detective Flint calls on Van
'Vechten TO get his version OF the trag-
tedy. Tom Phinney goes alone on yacht
ing trip, He recognizes among some per
cons In a passing motor boat two men
whom he had seen enter the House OF
iMystery. He sees ono Of them. Mr. cal
lls. on shore later and follows him Tom
is seized, bllndfolded and taken to a
house. He hears a girl named Jessie. evil
IDENTIFY the daughter Of the man Ia author
fty, question his captors. A sweet-yoiced
Rtrl later protests against the roughness
Of his captors Van Vechten calls on his
uncle, Theodore Van Vechten. big man
In Wall street and known as the Man OF
1ron." In search of Information regarding
the whereabouts OF Paige Carew. Detec-
tive Flint shows Van Nechtcn gold
mesh purse found In the House OF Mys-
terry. Van recognizes II as belonging to
Paige Carew. The sweet-voiced girl helps
Tom Phinney escape. Detective Flint
tells Van Vechten no has a theory that
Paige has been kidnapped Messages are
sent to Europe In an effort to trace Paige
Tom tells Van Vechten ne is I'm love and
relates mis- adventure. message from
london reports that two ladies resem-
ping Mss Carew and her companion
hrs DevereauE. sailed for New York
zone time previously. A reward Of $3.50
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-26
WORKING IN A POULTRY YARD
oVerfeed'ns, overerowdlns and Lack
OF Fresh Air Cause Much Iosa
Sell Surplus Stock.

(By PROF a. s. ALEXANDER
BE careful in handling fowls. mar.
ucularly ducks and geese. Ducks have
very weak joints and 1t ALWAYS in.
jures them more or less to catch Thorn
by the legs.
Overlooking, overcrowding and lack
of ventilation cause much loss among
amateur poultry keepers. A large ner
cent. of the chicks die and those that
survive are runty and understood
Forgetting to provide grit causes in.
digestion and after n while It turns
to cholera.
Fall is the best time Of year 10 MIR.
chase geese for next years breeding
Geese do not mate as readily as
other fowls and 1t is therefore adyis.
able to procure them several months
before the laying season arrives II
possible, buy stock that Is at least
one year old and mated.
AS a rule one should engage the
stock sometime in the summer. Have
the birds shipped after the weather
gets cold. This gives the birds time
to get accustomed to their surround.
ings
Send all surplus poultry to market
as soon as the fowls are in proper
condition.
Unless one understands the process
of forcing, it is seldom wise to walt
for prices to go up.
Gull out the backward looking pull
let's, keeping only the best and most
prominent for egg production.
Even in cold weather be vigilant and
use the whitewash pail and brush at
least once a week. The mites are busy
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-26
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
0(-

with him the boy OF his famous paint.
Ing, his brother, aged twelve years.
The wilderness trip was hard and
tedious one, and the lake was reached
on March o. All the men who had
been under his orders In Rhode Is
land had volunteered for the service,
so attached to him were they.
There Is good reason to consider the
operations that followed on Lake Erie
as part Of the history OF Rhode Is
land. The interruption OF commerce
by the war had thrown many captains.
mates and seamen out OF employment,
and many OF them had taken service
with Perry on the Narragansett
fiotilla. Thus 1t came about that
Rhode Island had in the battle of
Lake Erie not only Perry himself, but
four of the nine commanders. a ma
jority of the sailing masters and
mates. large number OF the remain
Ing officers and great many OF the
sailors. besides the men who superin-
tended the rigging 0hd arming Of the
feet.
The centenary celebration, there
fore, Is tribute to the prowess of a
New England state. II was said years
ago by historian that there never
was an expedition OF Importance to
the country which was made up so
largely OF offcerg and men from a
! single stats.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-26
REVENUE VERSUS WELFARE

Any revenue which is derived by
any government from sources which
tend to degenerate and degrade any
portion of the people is bad. Every
source Of Information, medical, socio-
logical and economical, tends to prove
that the consumption of liquor is dan
gerous and that it depreciates the
physical vitality of the consumer, his
mental capacity and his economic eff
hciency. This being true, It follows
that our governmental revenue from
the liquor traffic should be cut off,
Prof. Franklin Hickborn of the Uni
yersity of California.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-26
while van vech,en tried his hes. to

While van vechten tried his best "a
recall the associations which the name
all but evoked, Mr.. Flint sat shrew6ly
contemplating him.
81 give IL up" declared the young
man at length. 60 on and tell it
why you jumped 80 when you read the
message. What's the answer"
Il said that IL was a pretty spot
the mans deliberation was provoking
AN ideally desirable location for O
home-regular old.fashioned English
country home, you know-gables
chimney.pots, ivy, deer-park, hedges
and all that sort of thing For In.
stance"
"Confound you, Flint! Out with IT,
MIR. Temple Bonner's."
For a moment the two young men
sat staring speechlessly at the un.
moved detective. Then Van Vechten
smote the table with his fist.
by George!" calculated he, vehe
mently but not loudly. That's 1t!
The very thing that's been chasing
round in my SKULL" He proceeded
more calmly:
But, Flint. admitting that one OF
the two ladies mentioned here is my
cousin'@tapping the cablegram-"the
fact that you found her purse in a
house which happens to belong to
Temple Bonner. and that also she has
been mysteriously sojourning near his
home in England, presents only a co.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., perhaps, but i'm.
material"
Maybe SO; but do not lose sight
OF the other lady-her companion. She
was a Schuyler. believe"
TRUE"
do you know that before Number
1913 came into Mr.. Bonner's posses.
sion It belonged to Compton Schuyler
Mrs. Devereaux's father?"
The expression that now fitted
across Van vechten's face was one OF
bewilderment. He had no comment to
make
Furthermore" continued Mr.. Flint,
instead OF the present owner being
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-26

'a'SSH ioi NSneiiatiOT.
taking the life from the bodies Of our
best layers and louse.infested hen
will not lay.
Some people make the mistake Of
selling all the good birds and retaining
the poor ones.
Stop up cracks in walls and doors
and do not allow drafts to blow in on
the roosts. Top ventilation is the
best, for foul air rises and IL there
Is an outlet it will escape.
The ventilator should be opposite
the end where the roosts are.
When the snow comes there should
be paths shoveled down TO the ground
for the fowls to walk without getting
into the drifts.
Give warm water twice a day and
empty the water fountains every
night before they freeze.
Potato and turnip Feelings boiled
and mixed with the morning feed are
excellent for laying hens.
Sweep up the hayseed and spread
on the floor where the hens take their
sun baths and let them scratch for
the oats, wheat, buckwheat and corn
sprinkled there. 1t will make them
busy and warm and make the egg
basket heavier, and the old hens will
not grow so far. Regularity is an
essential in the feeding Of fowls.
Cold water tastes good In winter;
just remember that with the chickens,
and note how they will leave the best
food nd ha fnnnfoin
Skimmilk has a high value in egg
production. Don't waste a bit
Fortunate are they who grow their
own feed. Much of the imported
ground meal or bran ia poor stuff
When you get your own oats and
corn ground you know you are not
feeding sawdust. II you have screen
ings feed them and count yourself
just that much ahead. But It is rare
ly economy to buy them as much or
the weed seed is worthless and even
the grain is so imperfectly developed
as to furnish little nutrition.
If the hens do not eat with a relish
something is wrong 1t is up to you
to find out what, and that in short
order
The chick once stunted never fully
RECEIVERS.
Weed out the culls even II they
must be sold at what may seem to be
a sacrifice, and by thus getting rid OF
all but the best avoid having culls the
next year.
Let the turkeys have some range
even when fattening. Feed literally
all the grain they will eat three times
a day, and they will lose less flesh IN
the little exercise than they would
while chatting, under confinement.
Never leave a broken egg about the
poultry house. Not only will 1t IN
duce the egg-eating habit, but 1t IL
a breeder OF lice.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-26

ignorant that such shabby parcel Of
property is a part of the estate, it's
purchase was prompted by a senti-
ment growing out OF a romance more
than thirty years old. So, you see, the
coincidence begins to assume proper
tons that must signify something
something that would be of value to
us If we could only grasp its meaning.
There Is where l hope you may help
me-"
This is rather staggering, Flint"
said Van Vechten, as soon as he had
collected his wits, but still the cir
cumstances are merely coincidence
to me. can read no meaning into
them, nor are they Informative. I fail
to see where l can render the slight
est help. Tom here is in position to
supply you with something much more
to the point, for by the purest acct
dent he stumbled upon our sandy-com-
plexioned man-to say nothing OF a
ripping adventure. His name is John
Calls"
The detective favored Tom with a
look Of interest, and then his eyes
smiled
"One thing at time. gentlemen, .
said he, "one thing at time. You
can't excite me. Let us first get
through with the point we were dis
cussing"
ut is entertaining enough for me-"
agreed Van Vechten. 81 trust it will
prove profitable. You see, while /
am acquainted in a general way with
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-26
MORE LIGHT.

We want the liquor question pre-
scented In its true aspect" says one of
the trade journals in protest against
the announcements OF the traffic by
temperance speakers and writer's.
Temperance people say amen to that.
So do all who are seriously consider
Ing the question and are working to.
ward solution of this national prob
lem. We want the truth concerning
alcohol from the time the grain is d.
verted from its natural and legitimate
use-and its life-giying elements con-
verified and perverted into death-deal-
Ing poisons-to the hour when, spark
ling and hooking, 1t lures men and
women to destruction and recruits
the ranks of paupers and criminals.
We want the truth concerning the re-
iation of strong drink to social and
economic conditions. We want moth.
ing but the truth concerning the
liquor question In any of its aspects
physical. moral, financial, political.
Men, women and children are learn
ing the truth today as never before
The public is being shown the real
nature OF alcohol-and there can be
but one result.