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Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
A LESSON IN ECONOMICS.

A workman walked into groR
shop and asked the man behind the
bar the amount OF his months bill.
He was told 1t was $11.10. With
hands grimy from a hard days toll
the man reached into his pockets,
drew out ten dollar bill and a one
dollar bill and handed them over
the bar.
Just as he did 80 the saloon mans
son came in and said, Father. moth
er sent me down to say that her new
hat will be done this evening, and she
wants you to give me $12 so she can
pay for it."
Without a word the saloon man
handed the boy the $l1 the customer
had given him and added another dol
lar to II, whereupon the workman.
| pointing his finger at the saloon man.
SAID: rs that where my money goesf
Twelve dollars for a hat for your
wife? Why. only yesterday | refused
my wife 81 for new hat, because 1t
was too much. This is the last time
/ am going to buy clothes for some
one else's family with my hard-earned
money. l am going to climb right up
on the top seat Of the water wagon
and stay there" And he did
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
~ c SOUTHERN ROAD PETITIONS
COURT, PROTESTING SERVICE
COMMISSION RULING.
NEOSHO WRECK QUIZ STARTS
railroad Makes Formal Report OF Dis
aster, In Which only Five Per-
sons Out Of IT Escaped-9,45o
in state institutions.
Jefferson City.


A petition was filed in the Cole
county circuit court by S. w. Moore
and Cyrus Crane of Kansas City. of
the legal department of the Kansas
City Southern Railroad company, ask
tng for review of the team track
storage case, recently decided against
the railroads by the public service
commission.
II was held by the commission, in
brief, that a charge for team track
storage of cars could not be main
tanned by the railroads, as under the
view Of the commission 1t is In the
nature OF demurrage, the charge for
which is fixed by statute.
Il is contended by the Kansas City
Southern that a team track storage
charge is not demurrage, but is a le-
climate charge to cover detention OF
cars by shippers and to prevent con-
signees from using cars for storage
and warehouse purposes on the side
tracks.
The Kansas City Southern asks for
a court review of the ruling OF the
commission, in order that the legal
limits OF the statutory demurrage may
be judicially defined.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
In The MIDST oE BATTLE.

The temperance cause started out
well-nigh alone, but mighty forces
have Joined us in the long march. We
are now In the midst Of the Waterloo
battle, and in the providence Of God
the temperance army will not have to
fight that out all by itself. For sci
ence has come up with its glttering
contingent, political economy deploys
its leglons, the woman question brings
an Amazonian army upon the field.
and the stout ranks Of labor stretch
away as far as the eye can reach. AS
In the old Waterloo against Napoleon,
80 now against the Napoleon of the
liquor traffic, no force is adequate ex-
cept the allied forces. Frances f..
Willard.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
Electricity From the Air.

A wellknown inventor, Julian
Yglesias Blanco Of Madrid, has sue
ceeded in extracting electricity from
the atmosphere by means of anten-
nae and other apparatus. The an
tennae we're mounted in pairs upon a
wooden tower 80 feet high, erected
upon a high hill Senior Yglesias'
apparatus received electricity at a
pressure of 5000 volts, which was
transformed down TO $50 volts. Fiji
teen lamps in a house were easily
lighted and maintained at full pres
sure during the prolonged test, The
experiments will be continued, with
the object Of ascertaining the fun ca
pacity of the installation. Senior Ygles-
las states that he can obtain direct
from the atmosphere electricity in
enormous quantities at will, accord
ing to the arrangement OF the install
lation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
e,lso In State institutions.

In p report filed with Gov. Major by
the ate board Of charities and cor
rectbns are figures showing the cen
sus OF the various eleemosynary, char
liable and penal institutions.
The census covers June. There were
1887 persons in the four state hos
pitfalls for the insane, 2,513 males and
2,0S4 females. During the month 40
we're discharged. Hospital No 2. at
st. Joseph. had the greater number,
1888, and No. 3, at Nevada. the next
largest, with 1882. The Fulton hos
pital had 1909 and the Pennington
hospital 613.
The Missouri colony for the feeble
minded aud epileptic, at Marshall, had
473; the sanitorium for consumptives,
at Mount Vernon, had 143 patients;
the school for the deaf, at Fulton, had
3OS students and the school for the
blind, at st. Louis, 115 students. The
federal soldiers home, at st. James,
and the confederate soldiers home, at
Higglnsville, registered sol. Reform
schools, 739, and in the penitentiary
we're 2,4S4.
The total number registered at state
institutions was $3.50, and the dis
charges numbered ISL.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
He Had Il All.

Can you give me any information
concerning the population of this
town." asked the stranger who was
looking for place in which to estab
fish a great factory.
Mister" replied the man with the
frayed trousers and the turnover
shoes. Il can give you all the infor.
nation there is to be given about the
population Of this town. I've been
hangin' around the livery stable for
nigh onto thutty years now"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13

resorters won't stand to have her rant
and rave on hot night in one of your
dramatic things. Give them some
thing light. Well frame up four-act
vaudeville bill. That will let her out.
see?
Algy-I like the idea, sly.
Dad Wadell-Why not give some OF
my Shakespearean offerings on the
lawns at the summer places. On a
moonlight night 1t would be pictur.
esque, indeed.
Al DEMONSTRATING doing.
Mona Wells-Do as | say, Al. can
open the show doing my single. Then
you can do your speciality: then Algy
and l will do a double singing and
talking act: then Dad Wadell can do
blackface, and we'll close the bill
with a comedy act for you, Algy and
me-
Maude Fabre-I have devised way
to get along without Miss Wells, the
trouble maker, AL. You, Algy, Dad
and can put on short dramatic pieces.
Give them something high class, 80
they'll keep us over a day.
AL Barnes-I don't want to leave any
Of you here to die. want to take you
all with me.
Maude Fabre-There must be but
one leading lady. and her name shall
be Fabre.
Mona Webster name will be
Wells or nothing.
AL Barnes-Listen. My plays all
call for six people-two ladies and
four gents. Have a little sense, girls
Because you were both engaged to
Van Ness Is no reason to quarrel
That's the kind he was. Getting en-
gagged to every pretty girl he met, and
then giving her big diamond engage
ment ring. Then his heart would
waver when he met someone else. But
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13

the girls were always the winners. He
never wanted or wouldn't accept his
rings back. He told them to keep 1t
as memento of a star.
Dad Wadell-I heard a story OF Van
Ness and his rings. 1t seems that on
southern tour he picked up a guam
tity of whitish stones called Mexican
diamonds" which looked to the I'M
learned like the real thing. They cost
him so cents apiece. AS a publicity
move he had them set in 75-cent gold
plated bands when he returned, and
he passed them out to his personal
| friends and admirers. They thought
they were getting rich token from a
rich man. Therefore, | say, you two
young ladies are foolish to quarrel
over baubles the cost of which was
$1.25 each.
AL Barnes-Well, that's like Van
Ness. I'll bet he got % bucks from
that poor reporter.
Algy-No wonder o could afford to
take I'm to Louie's.
Al Barnes-Well, girls, you aren't
going to quarrel over Van any more,
are you?
The Girls-No, AL!
Al Barnes-Then it's us for the tall
| sycamores this afternoon.
Booking Agent (entering)-So long,
everybody. Be good!
Copyright, 1914. by W. C. Chapman)
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
sprlnafleld Banner City.

The Missouri state bureau OF labor
is out with a series of bulletins set
ting forth the advantages of various
Missouri towns as manufacturing cen
tiers, and this week 1t is Springfield.
With a population of 35,205 in 1910,
Springfield has made enough gains
since then for it to be stated that the
population Is now in the vicinity Of
10000. A period of IA years has seen
the manufacturing output Of the fac
tories of this furnishing Ozark cen
ter increase from s4,126,S71 in 1900 to
approximately $S,25O,OOO in 1914.
In the bulletin 1t states that the
figures gathered in 1913 show that
the manufacturing then was worth
SS,107,S95. In 1890 the total worth
was only S3,062,095. The gain since
1900 is a little over 100 per cent,
which would be a remarkable show
ing if it were any other city beside
Springfield but 1t was to be expected
Of this metropolis because of the
thrift and energy of it's inhabitants.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
TWENTIETH CENTURY POLICY.

The mother deer hides her fawn
from wolves in a thicket. That was
what woman did for ages. Now she
is out in the open hunting the wolves.
She started out for the saloon keeper
and she has come home from millions
OF square miles OF territory with his
scalp at her belt. She prays, of course.
but she keeps her powder dry and
shoots at the monster to kill. Her
success has established &er ability to
conduct an aggressive warfare against
the evil OF the world. And there need
be no doubt that this aggressive pol
icy will continue until the world has
become far safer for the young than
IL ever has been.-GTapho, in the Con-
gregationalist
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
THE PRINCIPAL CAUSE.


THE PRINCIPAL CAUSE.
The Umpire is a paper published in
the East penitentiary Of Pennsylva-
MIA. Its pages contain frequent testi-
mony by the convicts to the influence
of drink In the wreCking OF their
lives, Writes one: Seventy per cent
OF crime is attributed to drink Why
not make an effort TO burn our
bridges and cut of the principal
cause of our being here? A petition
signed by l,400 men and women in
this place would carry more weight
and be ten times as effective as any
petition signed by a similar number
of people on the outside Liquor is
the cause OF 70 per cent of us being
here. II is the cause Of So per cent
of parole violations. Let us add our
little weight to the temperance cause,
as a selfish precautionary measure. IL
for no better motive"
Says another: MANY men are So
cial outcasts through the use Of liquor.
II was the cornerstone OF my undoing.
Through 1t l gained acQuaintancea
and lost friends. Sacrificed the wear
ing OF good, comfortable clothes to
buy 1t, slept in barns and open fields
rather than buy a comfortable nights
lodging, and called myself wise
guy while the saloonkeeper. the lob
ster,' went to warm bed, and good
victuals. a coy home and loving wife.
taking with him the earnings of a
poor man. 1t was the cause Of lead
ing me often to beggary. 1t is causing
men to go to jails for villainy. II Ia
wife's woe and childrens sorrow
and neglect It makes a self-murderer
out of man who drinks to another's
good health and robs him OF his
| own"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
Neosho Wreckine Quiz On.

An investigation OF the wreck near
Neosho on the Kansas City Southern
railroad. in which 80 people were
killed and 20 injured, was ordered by
the public service commission and is
being conducted by Commissioners
Frank p. Wightman and \. b. Shaw.
A report OF the wreck was received
from the Kansas City Southern by
the commission. but no report has
been received from the Missouri &
North Arkansas.
The Kansas City Southern report
was formal in character and contained
no details beyond those published in
the newspaper accounts.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13

l do not yearn to own the earth; 1 long
Not for the envy OF the toiling throng:
My wants are few and modest; all 1 ask
Is freedom from the necessary task;
A cottage OF. say, fifteen rooms. or more.
Upon some pleasing hillside, looking DER
A verdant valley with a winding brook,
And peace wherever may care to look.
do not ask for much; n sloping lawn
Begemmed with CLEANING dew drops at
the dawn:
A gray garage. n rakish looking car,
A city's towers shimmering afar;
A spacious porch with vines TO furnish
shade;
A dearly loved one in white gauze ar
rayed
To run her graceful fingers through my
hair,
AS peacefully linger dreaming there.
I do not covet what the greedy crave,
He that would gain II all is but a slave;
An income OF ten thousand yearly, say,
For which will not need TO toll away;
My peaceful herds and flocks on grassy
slopes,
Sweet freedom from the pain of blasted
hopes,
Ice always in the cooler: fame we'll won.
No duty ever waiting to be done.
Mine is a modest wish, as I have shown:
I would not claim the whole earth as my
own;
have no longings such as fools retain
Who crush their brothers for n little gain;
Let me have peace far from the money
mad
with one whose youthful beauty makes
me glad
To run her soft, slim fingers through my
hair
When I am pleased TO llnger dreaming
there.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
aY AL MEANS EDUCATE!

It is the thoughtless vote Of the I'M
educated and misguided masses that
enables the enemies Of personal lib
erty TO deprive Americans of the in
heritance left them by the fathers OF
this republic. Educate the masses and
liberty will return to all of us!-The
Brewers Journal.
by which, We suppose, you refer to
the fact that Cambridge, Evanston and
9berlin won't tolerate a saloon and
Chicago's slum wards have them On
'verY corner-The Vindicator.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
OUT OF 1T.

But" her IA
Their objected, you
have never shown
that you are cap.
able Of supporting
a wife"
"Oh," the young
man replied, IF
you want her to
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
Willing to Let Him Keep That.

John"
Yes, dear"
Would you be willing to give up
everything In the world for me?"
That's a queer question for you to
ask. How could it ever possibly be
necessary for me to give up every
thing for your"
We'll, would your"
DO you mean my family, my clubs.
my friends, my position, my"
"Oh, no, not your position-every.
thing else but that"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
N. p. inspection Deferred.

Because of the movement of the
wheat crop now under full swing, ].
+. Murphy, general superintendent of
the Missouri Pacific, requested the
public service commission to post
pone its inspection of the company's
lines until later. The commission
made an order postponing the inspec-
ton until Tuesday. Sept. l. Frank
Wightman, member of the commits
sion, had arranged to inspect the
right-of-way and track Of the Missouri
lines this week and had mailed his
schedule to the operating officers of
the road.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
Beer inspection Revenue.

state Beer Inspector T. s. Mosby is
surprising his record of last year in
the collection of beer inspection fees.
AZ the close Of business in his office
$l'2sr67 more had been collected for
the first seven months of this year
man was collected by Mr.. Mosby dur
ing the same period last year, and
last year broke all previous records
IN the history of the office.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
Service Commission RuIInu.

In a ruling prepared by Chairman
Atkinson of the state public service
commission, in a complaint filed by
the mayor and other citizens of Webb
City against the waterworks company
there, it was held that the commits
sion not only has power to regulate
The rates of these utilities, but also,
when public conditions demand as
much, require them to extend their
systems.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
Hints to the Young.

You cannot make the weather warm
BY kicking Ike a steer;
You cannot stop the raging storm
BY getting on your ear.
You never can improve your case
BY letting gloom o'crsproad your face
And grumbling never helped to chase
Away foolish fear.
You cannot make your spirit clean
BY delving into slime;
You cannot make a hateful scene,
BY tretting, seem sublime;
il never helps TO sit ana bawl
About your bruises when you fall;
TO butt your head against "A wall
Is but waste OF time.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
Lumber gyms Slow Pay.

Ten lumber companies, fined a to-
tai Of s135,000 by the Missouri SUI
preme court in the custer proceedings
instituted by former Gov. Hadley
when he was attorney-general. are
delinquent in the payment of S67,50o
in fines.
Under an order the supreme court
entered on July 2, the companies
we're directed to pay one-half OF the
amount OF their fines within 80 days.
The 80 days have elapsed. Fourteen
other companies, with a total OF
$226,0o0 In fines against them,
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13

20 mamma, | saw daddy today, and
he was with a very beautiful lady, who
was holding to his arm"
Dear me! | wish / had asked for
twice as much alimony as | did"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
DISCOURAGED,

What's the matter with Bards-
leigh? He looks discouraged"
He worked for three years on what
he thought was going to be luminous
poem. The critics are publishing their
reviews of It under the head of Light
Verse"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
NO POoRHoUsEs.

We have practically no poorhouses
in our state. Out Of 90 counties, ~
have none at all, and in the other six
the poorhouses are more what might
be called county hospitals where sick
old people are cared for.--Goy. l.. B.
Hanna
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
To Beat Unit Law.

Secretary of State Roach is check
ing up the signatures on the petitions
for the submission of the two road
amendments, the origin of which is
,surrounded by mystery. So far his
clerks have discovered only inconse-
quential errors, none of which will at
feet the validity Of The filings.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
New Duties for Commission.

The new barge line operating on the
missouri river will come under the
jurisdiction of the Missouri board Of
public utilities, and in order TO meet
water competition the railroads may
withdraw their request for an increase
In freight rates.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13

Ruth-Well, l think every woman
should have the right to choose her
husband.
Zeke-Wa'al, in that case there
wouldn't be princes enough in Eurou'
to 20 round here in Podunk -Jud.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
Nolen Eseapea Trial

STATE Land Reclamation Agent John
a.. Nolen will not be tried on a charge
OF hunting without a license, as the
cnarge against him was dismissed. The
question Of the legality OF a state
license remains unsettled.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
Missouri Board of Health Wins.

The Missouri state board OF health
mas won its fight against William H.
liarris' director of the government
census, and presumably all will be
peace between the two departments
In the future
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13

marry a widower I'll have to confess
that | can't qualify"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-08-13
Senator Stone Nominated.

Nearly complete returns from the
Missouri primary out in the state show
the wisdom of the Missouri Democratic
congressman in remaining in Wash.
inston to support President Wilson in.
stead of returning home to fix their
fences.
Everyone has been renominated, it
is believed.
Senator Stone was renominated by
great plurality. A statement issued
for him at Jefferson City places this
at 100000.
Support Given Elvins Balm.
Polite Elvins, Republican candidate
for the United States senatorial NOM
nation, had the promise of the sup
port of 20 out of % of the Repub-
lican city committee, but lost st. Louis
by decisive vote to Thomas j..
Atkins.
1t is conceded that Judge James T.
Blair of Maysville De Kalb county,
one of the supreme court commission
ers. has won the nomination on the
Democratic state ticket for Judge of
Division No. / of the court.
Chairman ID. c. McClung of the Dem
ocratic state committee won a com.
plete victory in the fight for control
of the DSpocratic committee in Cole
county anu will be returned a member
of the state body and reelected its
chairman.
A very small Republican vote was
cast in the primary out in the state
and the Progressive vote, in the light
of the primary figures, appears to have
dwindled to practically nothing.
Official returns of the primary will
not be cast up by Secretary OF State
Roach until some time next week, as
none of the returns can be opened
until the last county has reported.
The following list gives the names
Of the successful nominees for con-
gress so far as at present can be ascer-
tanned:
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-30

Mayrss wonderful Stomach Remedy
IL known all over the country. among
people who have tried It and foand its
merit Thousands have used It with
success. Their grateful letters are
proof. People all over the country are
having just such experiences as Mr..
Surtala-
This wonderful remedy clears the d.
gestive tract. removing mucoid accre-
tions and poisonous matter It brings
swift relief to sufferers from ailments
of the stomach, liver or Intestinal dis
orders. Many declare 1t has saved
them from dangerous operations: many
are sure that 1t has their lives.
The wonderful success OF this remedy
has caused many imitators. SO be cau-
tious. Be sure it's MAYR'S. Probably
it IL known among your own neighbors.
Go to Arnold Drug Co. and ask about
the wonderful results 1t has been ac-
complishing-or send to Geo. III. Mayr,
Mfg. Chemist, 154-156 Whiting St.. Chi
cago, Ill. for free book on stomach ALL
ments and many letters from grateful
people who have been restored. Any
druggist can tell you its wonderful eff
fects.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-30
ENDS DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION, GAS
ssPape's Diapepsin" Cures Sick. Sour
Stomach i'm Five Minutes-StOp
Starving Stomach!

"Really does put bad stomachs in
order-"really does" overcome indiges-
tion. dyspepsia. gas, heartburn ana
sourness in five minutes-that-just
that-makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar
xest selling stomach regulator in the
world. II what you eat ferments into
stubborn Jumps. you belch gas and
eructate sour. undigested food and
acid; head il dizzy and aches; breath
foul; tongue coated: your insides filed
with bile and indigestible waste. re-
member the moment "Pape's Diapep-
SIM comes in contact with the stomach
all such distress vanishes. It's truly
astonishing-almost marvellous, and
the 10Y is its harmlessness.
A large ffty-cent case Of Pape's Dia-
pepsin win give you a hundred dollars
worth Of satisfaction or your druggist
hands you your. money back.
It's worth its weight In gold to men
and women who can't get their stom-
achs regulated. 1t belongs in your
home-should always be kept handy in
case Of a sick. sour, upset stomach
during the day or at night. It's the
quickest. surest and most harmless
stomach doctor in the world.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-30
CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUP OF FIGS
nauseating, violent ''physic'' into
your sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the ''dose'' mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel. cathartics How
you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different Moth
ers who cling to the old form of ply
sic simply don't realize what they do.
The children's revolt is well-fcunded.
Their tender little '.insides'' are injured
by them.
II your child's stomach. liver ana
bowels need cleansing. give only deli
cious california Syrup Of Figs" It's
action is positive. but gentle. Millions
OF mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they. know children
love to take It; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweeten
the stomach. and that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sicf child tomor-
row.
Ask your druggist for a 5O-cent bot
tie Of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies children
OF all ages and for grownups plainly on
each bottle Beware Of counterfeits
sold here. See that it is made by "Cal-
ifornia Fig Syrup Company Refuse
any other kind with contempt.-Adv.