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Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18
SANTA FEE ITEMS.
Wheat harvest is on.

Mrs. Daisy Henderson and son
of Columbia visited with Mrs.
Henderson's sister, Mrs. James
Camplin, last week.
Ernest Smiley and family
moved to Stoutsville Thursday.
Mr.. Smiley will work in the
blacksmith shop for John Back.
Mrs. Bessie Beam and daugh-
ters returned TO their home in
Hannibal Friday. Charley Spears
and wife of Oklahoma visited
Jim Camplin and family last
week. Bob Heller and wife of
Molino spent Sunday with Cleve
Wilson and wife. Brace Bailey
of Columbia returned home
Thursday after a weeks stay
with relatives in town. Rev.
Andrews filed his regular ap-
pointment at the Christian church
Sunday morning and evening.
Will Wilkerson has been on the
sick list. Charley Lucas was a
Mexico visitor Saturday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18
ANTI-HoG CHOLERA.
Prominent Speakers Will Wage
Campaign.

Next week should be desig.
mated as Anti-IIog- Cholera Week
in Audrain county. The entire
week from Monday morning to
Saturday night will be given
over to campaign for healthy
hogs.
The greatest authorities on
hog cholera, its causes, and best
methods of prevention will lecture
at every stop
Meetings will be held and
lectures given at each of the fol-
lowing places, and as nearly as
possible at the time specified.
June %, Monday morning at
10 o'clock in Rush Hill.
June %, Monday afternoon, 2,
Laddonia.
June %, Monday night, 1880,
Hickory Grove school house.
June %, Tuesday morning, 10,
Farber.
June %, Tuesday afternoon, 3,
Vandalia.
June %, Tuesday night, 1880,
~
Pleasant Plains.
June "a, Wednesday morning.
10, Martinsburg. Z
June "a, Wednesday after
noon, 2, Benton City.
June "a, Wednesday night,
z 80, Liberty School House.
June 25, Thursday morning,
10, Beagles School House.
June rs, Thursday afternoon,
2, Molino.
June 25, Thursday night, Z 80,
Naylor School House.
June 26, Friday morning, TO-
Friendship School House.
June &c, Friday afternoon, ..
Macedonia School House.
June 26, Friday night, 7:3O, |
iant School House.
June 27, Saturday morning, 10.
Beaver Dam School House.
June q, Saturday afternoon,
}, Mexico.
The petitions which were hand
ID out during the annual meet
ng of the Farm Bureau were
luite well signed and show that
he farmers of the county are in
crested in carrying on the cam.
'aign. On account of sickness |
allied to get petitions into all
ectiOns of the county as was my
Iesire. This will explain to {
ONE why they did not get
hance to sign the petitions.
ope that you who read this will
lake 1t a point to advertise to
our neighbors the time and
lace of the meeting that is to be
eid nearest to you.
1t will be worth your while to
ny down the shovel and the hoe
or AN hour or two and spend
hat time with us at the meeting
4 your neighborhood or at your II
own. Let us fight hog cholera
onsistently and all together.
n w Rucly
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Charles Simms, convicted of
bootlegging got his fine stayed in
the Circuit Court last week. He
pays the costs of the case and
must pay $3.50 a week on his lnc
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Mr.. and Mrs. James Jesse went
down to st. Louis Sunday in
their auto and spent the day with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r. Jesse at
Webster Groves.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Mr.. Allen V. Sutherland of
Joplin and Miss Hildagarde
Daubeau of Loose Creek, Mo-,
were married in Mexico last
Monday, Rev. s. W. Hayne Off
ciating.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

There was 40-100th of an inch
rainfall in the vicinity of Mexico
last Thursday morning
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Harrison Brown of this city
'a'e editor of the University Mis-
Sourlan at Columbia, has accept
"a the position to travel for thc
Merchants Trade Journal Of
Des MOines, Iowa.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Mrs. L. G. Robnett of this city
lost the house on her farm east
of Rush Hill by fire Wednesday
night of last week. The loss was
covered by insurance. "Boots'
Stuart occupied the place.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18
Some Views and and Interviews
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the general mercantile busines.
at Nederland, Colo. My wife and
two daughters, Misses Alice and
tEtlie, will go with me. expect
to have grand time fishing and
hunting and resting under the
trees. They have an artificial
lake right there close full of fine
mountain fish. The dam that
holds the water cost million
dollars and 500 men were two
years in the building. Nederland
is a great resort, / want to tell
you.
w. Adams: | reside near Per
ry. My wheat is as heavy as /
ever saw. Corn needs rain but
is not suffering.
j. E. Conklin: I'm not farm
ing very big this year, but !
think | shall raise some corn.
dldn t gather an ear for my la
bors for crop last year. But /
raised it two years ago: | have
300 bushels left over from that
year. | have been feeding hogs
ana other stock too. When | put
in a crop ! do my part--if the
weather man will do his part.
Judge j. w. Beagles: What do
! think of the crop prospects? J.
think it is good for all except
oats. My wheat that / thought
ruined by the hail has come out
wonderfully and / believe | will
make 20 bushels to the acre. My
other wheat, which the hail did
not hit, is the best / ever raised.
Corn looks well.
Robt. McDonough: / have
been repairing Jim Sallee's
house Put in IA windows for
him. Jim lives a good way out
from his place of business and
has walked around the world
several times in the last 30 or 40
years, they tell me-who have
figured it for him-but he has
always kept healthy, happy and
wise, just the same.
Pat Flynn: My corn looks very |
well, but a good rain would be |
to its rescue.
Prof. l.. c. Mccall: Mrs. Me
Call and | and our three children,
Mary Frances, George and VII
liam Hale, are in Mexico on
visit to my father, Mr.. G. Il. Me
Call. We are also visiting Mrs.
s father, Mr.. VIM. Hale,
near Martinsburg. | am princi-
pal of Garfield School, Bartles-
Vile, Okla. | have fine school,
l5l enrolment, thoro organiza-
ion, and everything works
grandly, We think Oklahoma
great country.
Clark Sims; | am near Rush
Hill. My corn looks well. My
wheat is splendid. Oats is done
for.
Carl Lockridge; lost my left
eye by nail striking me in tina
orbit, and later my other eye was
injured in another mishap. 1t
makes it hard luck for man,
but ! was always used to labor
and I'm going to get there if
hard licks against the hard
knocks will do it.
Henry Heincke; / put in 80
acres of Southern old oats. Paid
S1.25 for seed and now | do not |
expect a bushel. My wheat is
good. Corn is still growing and |
looks well.
Ed. Crooks: I'm not a candi-
date on the Republican ticket. |
But I've had lots of fun in the |
Message putting me on that tick
ct. You should have said Ed. G..
Cook. Why, | vote the other
ticket; | voted for w. j. Bryan,
and I'd like to vote for him again.
Yes, fix that item. I'm a Demo
crat.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

D. o. Basket and wife and tlit
o.. ne son, Thomas, of Montgom&r,
Si'y = visited M. B. Bush and fam
"y IN Mexico this week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-06-18

Y. f. Hults, at Dixon, ILL.,, sub
scribes for the Message.
The mirror., 1914-07-23
MERIT WINS EVEN HERE
A Word of Advice to the "Fresh
Fish" Just Entering Prison.
Future Success De-
pends on You.

The average newcomer is apt TO
feel all in" for some little time, and
to think all hope is left behind.
Character, friends, prospects, all
seem TO be irrevocably lost. He
does not understand that, as he
passes through the gate, the past is
buried, and the future alone should
concern him. The officials in charge
do not care about his past; they are
chiefly interested to know what the
life is to be herein the immediate
future.
All are given the same opportuni-
ties, and the same results are ex-
pected. We can raise or lower our
selves by our own conduct, and in
no other way. A newcomer will
note that certain inmates are as
signed particular duties. These are
the inmates who have developed a
progressive and helpful spirit; who
are careful to observe the rules.
Merit Receives Reward
Some who desire positions of the
same character are disappointed be-
cause everything does not come
their way" at once, and soon get
dissatisfied; but they are the class
who have always expected as good
things as the other fellow, whether
merited or not. Our little world"
is much like the greater one outside
merit receives the reward-and
wishing, or whining, does not bring
the things desired.
If you are deserving of a better
position than the one you now occu-
py, you will get it when the proper
time comes. Don't call the other
fellow sucker or "snitch' just
because he has made little better
progress than you have. In one
sense there is but one class in an
Institution of this kind; in another
there are just two-the man who
does his whole duty cheerfully, and
the man who tries to get along by
doing as little as possible. The lat
ter class is not composed of men who
have achieved the greatest success
else where.
Do your best, whatever your work
may be-don't be a crouch. THE
New Era.
The mirror., 1914-07-23
PREACHING AND PRACTICE

There's text that's old and hoary-of,
proclaimed in song and story-and its
meaning is so obvious it's quite within
your reach; do not think yourself a martyr,
if just merely for starter, ask you if you
practice what you preach" When, in
conclave and convention, you get the chairs
attention, and spout an hour or two about
the things you like to preach-when you
leave that solemn meeting, in the worlds
mad rush competing-tell me truly, do you
''practice what you preach" have heard
you loud declaiming, and your fellow-man
defaming, when you thought yourself en-
titled his motives to impeach, but let me
point this question-if it's not 'a base
suggestion-do you ever fail to practice
what you preachi" II. Hatch, in
Insurance Age.
The mirror., 1914-07-23
SOME ODD DEATH REPORTS.

The chief statistician of Wiscon-
sin, in examining death certificates
filed by physicians with the state
board or health, has discovered and
disclosed some of more than local
interest. They reveal such aberra-
tions of sense and science in the
diagnosis Of disease and the causes
of death, as to merit consideration
from reformers who wish to put
nearly every act of human life un-
der medical supervision.
A few instances must serve to il
lustrate the nature of multitude.
One report is this: Went to bed
feeling we'll, but woke up dead"
Another says: DO not know the
cause of death, but patient fully re-
covered from last Illness" A third
reported: Last illness caused by
chronic rheumatism, but was cured
before DEATH" Still another: De-
ceased never had been fatally sick. :"
And this: Died suddenly; nothing
serious"
Some reports are mere absurdi-
ties, such as: Kicked by a horse
shod on the left kidney" Died
suddenly at the age of one hundred
and three. To this time he bid fair
to reach ripe old age" Deceas-
ed died from blood poison. caused
by a broken ankle, which is remark
able, as the automobile struck him
between the lamp and the radiator" ;"
A mother is reported to have died
in infancy"
The significance of these reports
lies in the fact that they emanate
from the members of learned pro.
fession, dealing with the practice of
that profession York World.
The mirror., 1914-07-23
TWO YEARS, OR LIFE?

The Joliet Prison Post says: "A
man may commit crime for which
he serves two years in prison. He
may at the end of that period of
time be no more fitted for freedom
than when he came to prison. So
ciety has the right to protect itself
against the presence of such mau,
but it has no right to continue to
punish him. yet it may restrain him.
Continuing man in the peniten-
tiary is more than restraining him.
The man may never be able to give
evidence that he is safe to return to
society. as it is constituted. Does
that mean that he must remain in
prison all his life?"
The mirror., 1914-07-23
INNOCENT SUFFERERS
The State Should Recompense
All Innocent Men Sent
to Prison.-A Case
In Point.

After seven years in Jail, during
portion of the time in the shadow
of the scaffold, New Jersey man
convicted of murder has been excul-
pated by the confession Of the one
who committed the crime
Such cases are rare-so rare. in
fact, that the question naturally
arises whether society should not
do something for a person peralized
unjustly in such a manner.
In this particular case, the unfor-
tunate is still a young man of twen-
ty-six. 1t he has the right stuff in
him, he has plenty Of time to make
good.
Yet, he starts life with burden
on his shoulders that every man and
woman recognizes as unjust. He
has suffered for another's misdeed
and will go from Jail branded as a
convict" though wholly innocent.
1t would seem that when such a
grievous miscarriage of justice oc-
ours, the State should take steps to
recompense the individual. 1t
would be no more than fair to give
him aid that would offset the loss
sustained bv his long incarceration.
Public Regret
Such step would be merely an
attestation of the public regret at it's
error-an evidence of its earnest
hope that the unfortunate will be
enabled to resume his place in soci-
ETY. whence he had been taken by ali
honest, though mistaken law.
To turn this man loose at the pris-
on gate after taking a toll of seven
of his life's years, is manifestly un-
fair. A pecuniary settlement would
not wipe from his mind the memory
of those long ages of confinement but
it would give him new courage and
would take some of the burden of
condemnation from the public
conscience.-Seat Times.
The mirror., 1914-07-23
KEEP CHEERFUL
Forget the Mistakes You've Made and Start
Hopefully Afresh.

Mistakes are to be laughed at. If
one were to take seriously every lit
tie mistake he made, life would be-
come burden to him. Laugh al
your own little mistakes and do not
feel grieved if others laugh at them.
Laughing will help you remember
to avoid them another time quite as
we'll as giving away to serious re-
grets. Some people are forever TAX
ing themselves to task for some
shortcoming. They are the over
conscientious ones. If we act fool
ishly on the impulse of moment it
is right to look for the error and ac-
knowledge it. If one has wronged
another he ought to confess it and
be more careful, and then put it out
of mind. To grow morose and SOL
emn is to commit a second fault.
No one is doing any good to himself
or others by constantly eating the
bread of penitence. The only time
to remember a mistake is when one
is tempted again to the same fault.
Daily and hourly keeping up self
reproach, one is worn out. This
does not mean never to listen to the
warnings of conscience, but to see
the fault, start afresh, and keep
cheerful, and Observation-Disclosures
Journal.
The mirror., 1914-07-23
THE SECRET PLACE
By Richard Burion

When shake of the outer things
That, thronging. drag me fifty ways
The busy needs, the little stings
That hum about my usual days
Icome into a secret place
And meet my true self. face to face
Quiet removal from the press,
A breathing 7oom wherein the soul
Knows love and loves own tenderness,
And in dream desires the goal
There wholesome thoughts and sweet confer
Like garments laid in lavender.
Anew feel that belong
Alien and outcast though be-
To the great Spirit whose far song
Makes an ineffable harmony:
And. with rhythm in my feet.
fare me forth my fate to greet.
The mirror., 1914-07-23
MEETINGS OF PAROLE BOARD

We have received number of inquiries
concerning the meeting of the Parole Board.
No regular time is specified for these meet
ings except that they shall be held as soon
after the first of the month as convenient.
The board met at the old prison last month
on the 3rd, and at the new prison on the
23rd. This month it met at the old prison
on the 7th and adjourned to meet here at
the call of the chairman. lust be patient
boys, everything comes to he who waits.
The mirror., 1914-07-23
THE TEST
By Edmund Vance Cooke


What is failure? It's only spur
To man who receives it right,
And it makes the spirit within him stir
To go in once more and fight.
If you never have failed it's an even guess
You never have won high success.
What is miss? It's practice shot
Which we often must make to enter
The list of those who can hit the spot
OF the bull's-eye in the center
If you never have sent your bullet wide.
You never have put mark inside.
What is a knock-down? A count of ten
Which a man may take for rest.
1t will give him a chance to come up again
And do his particular best.
If you've never been humbled in a rattling GO
You never have come to the scratch, know.
The mirror., 1914-07-23
KIND WORDS

Ever so often find editorials in the Pris-
on Mirror, that most interesting sheet, pub
leshed behind the prison walls, which ap-
peal to me so strongly that want to give
them place in my column, but seldom am
permitted to do so, as space is not so plen-
tiful in the Union to warrant it.-Anoka
Union.
The mirror., 1914-07-23
RE-ARRESTED
By Julian Hawthorne

With joyful convict wakesat the day
aside prison yoke and the trail for home
Farewell steel bars lowered WALL be the
living lived through evil,
Farewell number and the STRIPED The garb of honest
Shall cohe him seek his home again!
There wife and friends children with welcoming love-
Has paid debt Law Sate-body and SOUL
Yan the dark lets him pass; fresh wind bah his eyes,
Fair shines the and grass birds sing their melodies
One he makes, free!-then deanng grasp
Falls his he gives sbuddering gasp!
Steel bracelets slip his thin wrists sheriff smiles;
'Ths calls years along with
No now Stand skate The FAST
For him the cell and keepers convicts home last
The mirror., 1914-07-23

The next week will see many familiar
faces here from the old prison. Most of
the remaining ones will be here by Au-
gust 1st.
The mirror., 1914-07-23
Loqu0cioltS
Diplomats

- tenance of CoRDIALE with
the several world of by this tme
Fred Wams but lately appointed to that spot of the
continent where the mouerng embes of the late Balkan
fagraon still give smoke Insofar per-
sonalty of Mr. Williams is regarded, exceptions be
registered 1t is sufficient say that Mr. Williams is from
the HUB and born of the purple it naturally follows
that he endowed with the eudton and scholarly polish
which permeaes the waters of the Charles But
alas Harvard profound and rocrbbed center of culture
ncucate the classics ngrat the mysteries of the fifth equa
ton, and nsti that distinguishing mark which gives the
which the peban admres in the finished gaduate
butHarvard helpless mpart golden and discreet ence
essential root in the making of the successful diplomat
Undoubtedly the conditions obtaining in that submerged and
vibrant volcano of Europe which Mr. Williams pictures
such unmasked words, very In fact many of
followed the concerning that quarter
of creation know to be Also, Mr. Williams true Amer
revos the dissimuaton with which the old world
powers endeavor minimize the actual state of aars he
naturally takes his from his superors at Washington whose
every of foreign policy opposes the assembling tactics of the
but the tradition of the centuries still holds in it's grip the d
pomacy of the world and falacy hope loosen that
grip during the infant period of constitution of free
DOM" Perhaps it would not be amss suggest that
prospective appoinees foreign abassadorshps be given
of training such for instance successfully
red amongst here, remedy and preventative
their loquaciousness.
Our American humorsts running wild abroad Led by
fat TrvnU
The mirror., 1914-07-23
p Post Impressions.
As Presented From the View Point of Marco Polo
Europe having great laugh at our
at the expense of diplomacy and candid enough

to admit that we are cutting sorry
figure among the trained and brilliant
representatives of the powers. Our
latest ENFANT TERRIBLE in the coterie
accredited and charged with the main
tenance of our ENTENTE CoRDIALE with
The mirror., 1914-07-23
ZnNOceNtS
AbrONd
RediUiUlIS

fed important adenda that MASTERPIECES appeals with
all the to those of who familiar with the
ect with which he dealing But indeed, there nothing
esoterc in what he writes ofyou do have be initiated
in the familiarity which personal travel aordsyou just fol-
low him closely and while enjoying good hearty laughter you
will imbbe reliable knowledge which discounts your Badaeck
ers, Cooks and Raymond Whtcombs. Then there's Sam
Blythe with his treatise upon continental railway travel
every American who has joined the ranks of the demagogc
raners who forever harpg upon the imaginary rapacous
of the railways of his country could but get the
socaed of most lines the continent both
service rates. he would become abd supporter of
system which he has fallen into the habit of asan
be willing gve only the modest five per asked by
the railways advance present rates. but hundred
times more and consider it cheap. Follow these gentlemen
closely their peregnatons if you learn the superb
ority of the article which you have at home.
1t accepted theory born of present day and
methods that the busy of affairs should surround him
The mirror., 1914-07-23

self with the requirements that not only
doubles the sphere of his activities, but
as well, confers upon him that badge of
distinction which marks him as dyna-
mic unit among his fellow humans. We,
minor units of the farm machinery in
The mirror., 1914-07-23
The Badge of
Distinction

dustry of this institution have felt in the past that dis
ngushed and genial superintendent whether from modes
the panopes of outward show has failed
give strict observance essential requirement. and thereby
have been long down and ad for it has been CALLING
witness the swift approach of visiting heads of departments
rounded with the smelly atmosphere of gasoline ponder
upon the fact that good superintendent has conented him.
self with the pleban street But oh oy this is all past
and rejoice that in the future longer need give heed
long Of wheey Fors and athsmatc Overands
The Cadillac which endeared chief kicks the dust
the face of trailing cars, is dandy.
Salmon excellent teachers ethics The live travel
upstream while the dead ones all float down.
The mirror., 1914-07-23

Evening Post) they are giving us many
a merry hour, and incidentally teaching
us we'll deserved lessons. Our immor-
tai Mark Twain gave us classic in his
''Innocents Abroad" and Cobb's serial
of up-to-date impressions may be classi-
The mirror., 1914-07-23
L0Snl0ppe

The can't survive. 0DS'0'0F>f>0
Broader chests and broader foreheads
ready replace him.-Herbert
Kaufman.
The why are authority apparent
many but if given chance big desk they would soon
find out
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-10
HARD LINES

What are we paying taxes for?
They say if we got in a war, we'd
be looser; tho loudly we our trum-
pets loot, we have no cannon that
will shoot, and no torpedoes that
will scoot and sink cruiser. In
congress now the statesmen rise,
disgust and fury in their eyes. and
roast our navy; foreign foe would
surely mock the cheap old ships we
have in stock, and he from Uncle
Sam would knock the bloomsng gra-
w. Our army truly is the stuff, but
then it isn't big enuf to cause
much trouble; our volu n-
teers in whom we trust, before
the foe would bite the dust, and
all their fair renown would bust
like any bubble. Our guns are
mostly out of date, and can't be
used for shooting straight, our
swords are rusty; our aeroplanes
that cleave the blue are we'll enuf,
but, they are too few; our gener-
ais and colonies, too, are stale and
musty. If we should e'er be forced
to fight, so say the statesmen in al
fright, our name is Trousers; If in
to war we should be hurled, we'd
tremble soon. with banners furled,
before the wardogs of the world,
the snarling Towsers. So loosen up
and pay your tax! Your country
needs a battle-ax, and bow and ar
rows! Oh, when your country calls
for mon, to buy a new breechload-
Gun, I pray you, do not then, my
son, be mean and narrow!
WAR Mason.