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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
ADVANTAGE of sllencer.

This crash of the bullet makes the
value of the Maxim silencer very little,
so far as military efficiency is con.
cerned, in the way that the fiction
writer imagines the silencer to be use
full, but not to prevent the enemy from
discovering the position of the men
firing as many fancy.
Its value lies in the fact that it
eliminates fully half of the recoil of
the rifle from the action of the gases
in its chambers, and it gives the Off
GERS much better control over the fire,
because of the lessened noise of the
rifles, 1t cuts down the roar of the
Springfield to about the noise of the
$500 and thus the roar of the rifles
at the firing line is much reduced, and
the commands of the officers can be
heard.-Outing.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
A "FlYlnaD MaIadY.

The doctors are puzzled concerning
a strange malady that has broken out
at more than one aeroplane works, and
has in one case ended fatally. The
malady in some respects resembles
yellow iaundice, and it is, rightly or
wrongly, attributed to contact with an
aeroplane dope" or to inhaling it's
odor.
Further particulars need not at the
moment be indicated, but it has been
suggested that the source of the trou-
BILE may be amyl acetate, which is
used as a dope" solvent. Some mys-
terry attaches to the affair, the precise
nature of the malady not having yet
been determined, in spite of close ex-
animation and analysis; and, of course,
until success is attained in this direc-
ton no satisfactory precautions or
remedy can be devised.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18

feet and what did do was by great
effort. / could not sleep at night and
of course felt very bad in the morning,
and had a steady headache.
"After taking the second bottle no
ticed that the headache was not so bad,
/ rested better, and my nerves were
stronger. / continued its use until It
made a new woman of me, and now
can hardly realize that 1 am able to do
so much as do. Whenever / know any
woman in need of good medicine
highly praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound" - Mrs. FRANK
CLARK, 3146 N. Tulip St., Richmond, Pa.
Women Have Been Telling Women
for forty years how Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has restored their
health when suffering with female ills.
This accounts for the enormous demand
for it from coast to coast. If you are
troubled with any ailment peculiar to
women why don't you try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound? It
will pay you to do so. Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
ONE ON SECRETARY DANIELS
Head of the Navy Evidently Not an
Expert as to the odor of
Alcoholic Liquors.

A story is going the rounds in
Washington about Secretary of the
Navy Daniels which may or may not
reflect credit on that official, accord.
ing to the point of view. According
to this story the secretary was one
morning comforting with an officer
and in the middle Of his conference
interrupted the proceedings to say:
This is the second morning that I
have smelled whisky on your breath,
sir!"
To which the officer is said to have
replied: Il beg your pardon. Mr.. Sec.
rotary, it was whisky yesterday, but
1t is gin this morning"
No name has been allowed to leak
out in connection with this story, and
it may be that there is more fiction
than fact in it.-Boston Transcript
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR
DARKENS YOUR GRAY HAIR
Look Years YoungerI Try Grandma's
Recipe of Sage and Sulphur and
Nobody VIII Know.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make it at home, which is
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for ''Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Hair Remedy" You will get a
large bottle for about 80 cents. Every
body uses this old, famous recipe, be.
cause no one can possibly tell that
you darkened your hair, as it does it
so naturally and evenly. You dampen
sponge or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at a time; by morn
ing the gray hair disappears, and
after another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark, thick
and glossy and you look years younger.
Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18

dragging sensation across my loins,
difficulty in collecting my thoughts
and was troubled with short
ness of breath. Dodds Kidney Pills
have cured me of these complaints.
Dodds Kidney Pills have done their
work and done it we'll You are at
liberty to publish this letter for the
benefit of any sufferer who doubts the
merit of 0odds Kidney Pills"
Dodds Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, Dainty Recipes; also music of
National Anthem, All 3 sent free.
Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18

in fact almost annihilating, the militia
under the brothers James and George
Clinton.
George Clinton, gathering the rem
nant of his defeated troops, estab-
lished his quarters at this old Falls
house. To this house, on October 10,
was brought a British prisoner upon
whose person was found message
from the British Clinton to Burgoyne
which, If it had been safely delivered,
might and doubtless would have had
the effect to have delayed Burgoyne's
surrender at Saratoga, giving time for
conjunction of the two British
armies. In fact, similar message was
delivered about a week later Bur
goyne, with suddenly revived hope,
hesitated, delayed, endeavored to pro-
crastinate negotiations.
But happily it was then too late;
Burgoyne was compelled to surrender;
Saratoga saw the high tide of British
dominion.
"The suffering of the troops that
winter was most deplorable. 1t prob
ably was somewhat worse at Valley
Forge (for those very words have be-
come synonymous with patriotic
wretchedness), but then the army,
elated by the victory of Saratoga,
was buoyed up by hope of action.
"of the mutinous spirit there Mai.
John Armstrong, aide-de-camp on the
star of General Gates, was the mouth
piece. In letter-calmly considered
now, after the lapse of more than a
century, not unworthy of the occasion
and very masterpiece OF influencing
literature-he portrays the condition
Of the army, their hopelessness and
the supineness of the continental con-
gress. His stirring words must.
think, be recalled by many.
You remember (having reviewed
the wrongs and the just complaints of
the army with what burst OF right.
eous indignation Armstrong ends his
forceful address:
"'Can you consent to wade through
the vile mire of dependency and owe
the miserable remnant of that life to
charity. which has hitherto been spent
in honor2 II you can, go and carry
with you the jest Of Tories and the
scorn OF Wings; the ridicule and. what
is worse, the pity OF the worlds Go
starve and be forgotten!'
''The mutiny was quelled, harmony
restored, equity established in the tenn.
pfc; the letter Of Armstrong was
penned at the Falls house, RACED to
make way for the march OF progress.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18

houses that we're occupied by Wash
ington. First Washington lived in the
residence set apart for principals of
Harvard college. Then he moved to
the house of fugitive Loyalist. John
Vassall. Later this became the resi-
dence of Henry w. Longfellow, the
great poet, and here were written
many Of his works since become world
famous.
Washington had many houses in
New York. None is more beautiful
than the building now known as the
Jumel mansion. This was his head
quarters from September 16 to Octo-
Der FL, 1875. 1t is also rich in mem
cries of Aaron Burr, who married the
widow of Stephen Jumel. Jumel
gained possession of the house when
Roger Morris and his wife fed be-
cause their Tory sympathies threat
ened to get them in difficulties. 1t was
Mrs. Morris, who as Mary Philipse,
George Washington wooed in vain.
At Neshaminy, 20 miles north of
Philadelphia, is a headquarters of
Washington rich in historic memories.
1t is rough stone building, two
stories in height, located near the
bridge over the Little Neshaminy
creek. Here Washington held an i'm
portant council of war, at which for
the first time the young Marquis de
Lafayette took his place as one of
Washington's advisers.
The Valley Forge headquarters of
Washington is justly famed as one of
the hottest shrines of American free
dom. This old stone house was the
residence of the founder at the time
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
HOLY SHRINES
OF FREEDOM
Headquarters Occupied by Wash.
ington Throughout the
Country Are to Be
Preserved.

r through the efforts of the various
y patriotic societies many of the old
houses made famous by Washington
as his headquarters during the wal
of independence, have been preserved
and are now suitably marked for the
information Of posterity. During that
long struggle for freedom Washington
used perhaps a hundred or more
houses for this purpose in various
parts of the country. Many have dis
appeared under the ravages of time,
but about two score of them have
been saved. 1t was in these houses
that he planned his battles and
strategy; it was in them that indepen-
dence was achieved.
Cambridge, Mass, points proudly to
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
is EPILEPSY coNouERuDY
New Jersny Physician Said to Have
Many Cures to Hic Credit.

Red Bank, N. J. Especially .--Advices
from every direction fully confirm pre-
vious reports that the remarkable
treatment for epilepsy being admins.
tered by the consulting physician of
the Kline Laboratories, of this city, is
achieving wonderful results. Old and
stubborn cases have been greatly bene-
flied and many patients claim to have
been entirely cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy
should write at once to Kline Labora-
tories, Branch 4S, Red Bank, N. J., for
supply of the remedy, which is be.
ing distributed gratuitously.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
Find Live Duck In Fish.

A strange specimen of the angel
fish was caught by Captain Palmer at
Sound Beach, who removed from it
two ducks The wicked fish had
stolen the ducks from ]. Kennedy
Tod's Innis Arden estate. One was
alive.
The fish was struggling in the wa
ter when seen by Captain Palmer,
and was landed with a pair of ice
tongs.
The fish is yard long, and its
mouth is 6 by 8 inches. 1t was frozen
in cake of ice at the Maher ice
plant and is exhibited in the window
of market here. Greenwich,
Comm Dispatch to New York World.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
Played GREAT
HISTORIC PART
Destruction Of Falls House, Of
Revolutionary Fame, Some
thing to Be DepIOred
by Patriots.

4 + THE British spy Taylor had not
! been captured in the Falls house
the United States of America in all
probability would never have existed
as such. For it was in this house, on
October 10, 1777, that the emissary
sent by General Clinton carrying dis
patches to General Burgoyne was
trapped and searched.
1t was in the Falls house, in those
days known as Woods tavern, that
many famous letters were written by
Major Armstrong, one of which is a
vivid portrayal of the condition of the
continental army, then in sore straits.
1t also was the headquarters of New
York's first governor, Clinton.
Historical societies of Newburg and
surrounding towns agitated for the
preservation of the Falls house But,
with no available site on which to re-
erect it and small funds with which to
put through such project, it had to
be abandoned.
Something of the history associated
with this typical tavern of revolution
airy days is related by William ]. Roe
of Newburg as follows:
"The autumn of 1777 saw the plight
of Americas arms, endeavoring to as
sert the right of self-government, at
their lowest ebb. From the north Bur-
goyne was advancing, while from New
York Sir Henry Clinton, urged by the
necessity of effecting junction with
Burgoyne, had already captured Forts
Clinton and Montgomery, dispensing,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
Her Trauels.

Two little Los Angeles girls were
talking about the bis cities of the
United States. Rosie, who had trav
eled a great deal, and had been in
many of these places, was telling
Goldie about them, at the latter's re
quest.
Il want to go to Mexico very much,
concluded Rosie. q have never been
out of the United States"
Haven't your" asked Goldie, in
tones of superior pity. why, l have
have been in San Francisco and Ne,
braska"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
DISTRESSING PIMPLES
Removed by cutIeura Soap and ONT
ment. Trial Free.

Smear them with the Ointment.
Wash OF in i've minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes, Repeat on
rising and retiring. These fragrant
supercreamy emollients do much for
the skin. and do It quickly.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept Ky,
Boston. Sold verywhere.--Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
Free to Our Readers

Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago, for
4spage Illustrated Eye Book Free. Write al
about your Eye Trouble and they will advise
as to the Proper Application of the Murine
Eye Remedies in Your Special Case. YouI
Druggist will tell you that Murine Relieves
Sore Eyes, Strengthens Weak Eyes. Doesn'
Smart, Soothes Eye Pain, and sells for SOC
Try Il in Your Eyes and in Baby's Eyes fol
Scaly Eyelids and Granulation. Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
Not Much Acquainted With Him.

TNOE NIuNII FNNVUuIIItCU WIFI TITTIIs
Your husband" said the caller, sym
pathizingly, was man of excellent
qualities"
Eyes" sighed the widow, 'he was
a good man. Everybody says so.
wasn't much acquainted with him my.
self. He belonged to six lodges"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
Exact Copy of Wrapper.
AM Old Contention.

How did she happen to decide that
he was her soul mater"
He was demonstrating a new dance
at her house and broke a costly vase"
Il don't see how she figured that
out"
Neither do l, but there is a great
deal in the philosophy of women that
can't be figured out"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18

compound 4 was IN d
dreadfully rundown
state of health,
h ad internal trou-
bles, and was so ex-
tremely nervous and
Frustrated that if /
had given in to my
fe elings l would
have been in bed.
AS it W as / h ad
hardly strength at
times IN he IN pnu
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
WashlngtOn's birthplace Gone.

Washington was born February 90,
1892, at Bridges Creek. Westmoreland
county, Va. The home in which he
was born burned down in 1885. No
vestige remains, only stone placed
there by George Washington Parke
Custis 20 mark the site OF the 'old
low-pitched farm house
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18

refreshing. / felt
heavy and sleepy
after meals, was
always nervous
and tired, had a
bitter taste in my
mouth, was dizzy,
h ad foa in g
specks before my
eyes, was alwGy s
thirsty, had a
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
The onIv one

There goes Rev. DIR. Fourthly, one
of our most prominent ministers. He
stands on pinnacle alone"
Because of his great sanctity?"
mo. He's the only minister in
town who hasn't preached an antitan-
go sermon"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Mr.. F. c. Case of Welcome Lake,
Pa, writes: Il suffered with Back.
ache and Kidney Trouble. My head
ached, my sleep was broken and I'M
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
Speaking Of the War.

PATIENCE certainly am foolish
girl
Patriee-What now2
Why, | followed that advice. See
America First. and now there's hard.
ly anything left In Europe to see!"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
So Paw Saws.

Lite Lemuel-Say, paw, what is
a philosopher?
Paw-A philosopher son, is a man
who bears with resignation the tooth
ache of another man.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
PerpIexed.

Inquisitive Incubator Chick Say,
do they figure your birthday from the
day you're laid or the day you're
Matched PUCK
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18

when the fortunes of the cause went
to their very lowest.
On the Hudson is the venerable
structure that did Washington service
at Newburgh. This had military
use. 1t was situated on a blur that
overlooks the river for eight miles to
West Point.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
Verv Mueh So,

Didn't you think the operate prima
donna had an unusually high voice?"
Il should say she hRdl My seat
cost me 1--WE dollars"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18

The man who knows himself knows
how selfish other people are
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18

Stubborn Colds and irritated Bronchial
Tubes are easily relieved by Deans Men
tholated Cough Drops-5c at Druggists.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
WOMAN WOULD
NOT Give UP
Though Sickand Suffering; AT
Last Found Help in Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BE Compound.

Richmond, Pa. =" When I started
taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-18
Fit Frame Of Mind.

"How did the prisoner act when you
accused him of arson?"
HE showed fiery Indignation"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-09
BoLLlNGER BABY CASE
HAVING UNDESIRABLE SEQUEL

At the time the Bollinger baby case
in Chicago was the sensation of the
hour, the News suggested that, how
ever wise the action OF the surge n
in that particular case may have been
the publicity he had given the affair
was quite likely to prove harmful
This is proving to be true, in the op
inion OF this paper, For scarcely 2
day passes but the press associations
tell OF some other parent, rivallins
Mrs. Bollinger, turning thumbs down
when the life of some infant might
be saved by an operation. The latest
case is that OF a six months old baby,
burned IN an accident, whose mother
decreed it's death rather than to per
init an operation which would leave
the baby crippled. In this instance,
the baby was perfectly sound men.
tally, Surely, parents or physhicians
who yield to a passing fad in SO
grave a matter are assuming a tire
arJsndous responsibility, and one
which IS not sanctioned either by the
laws of God or man.-Aberdeen News
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-09
GRACELAkD

The Graceland Ladies' Aid Society,"
will hold their annual sale OF needle
work on Friday. December 18th. a
the Danish Hall and a chicken pie
supper win be served al Csc per plate
"A cordial invitation Ia extended t.
yGa all.
Rev. D. G.. Radcliffe and Mrs. Carl
Bauman called at the c. Vogt home
Saturday afternoon.
Tony Wiesshaar and family visited
at the Strofus home Sunday.
Mrs. Hans Hansen spent last week
at the home of her daughter. Mrs,
Oscar Swanson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hansen and
children spent Sunday at Garden City
with the ~latter's parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. d. Mckay.
Mrs. Albert Scott and Lyle, Mrs.
Elgie and Miss Agnes. Mrs. Carl Han
sen, Edward Jorgensen, Chris Christ
i..naen and Henry Hansen and family
were Wa.ertown shoppers Thursday,
The Kittlcson family visited at the
Frank Swanson home Sunday.
Miss Ruth Mckay has returned to
her home in Garden City, after spend
ing the summer here at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Henry Hansen.
Miss Anna Henningson spent oevr
Sunday with home folks.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-09
FRIENDSHIP ALWAYS WAIVERS;
CEASES TO BE SWEET IF

Friendship always wavers ceases
to be sweet, if you're asking favors
every time we meet. When / sit
a~7basking by my cottage door, neigh
bors come up asking favors till I'm
sore. II would like to borrow your
alfalfa stack; early in the morning /
will send it back "Over ait my shan.
ty there is much to do: will you lend
your auntie for a week or two??'
Hard times make me holler, | am
short Of tin; car you spare a dollar
till my ship comes in?' May the
gods defend me for I'm stricken hard,
and II wish you'd lend me seven
pounds Of lard II haye4supped with
sorrow more than other men, and I'd
like to borrow your old setting hen"
will you kindly loan me sundry hoes
and rakes?. SO they come and bore
me till my bosom aches. Borrowers
are chronic when they once begin,
and ! need a tonic for my cheer.up
grin. Borrowings a habit that will
make your friends scamper like a rab-
bit when his way you wend. Borrow
ing viii make you lonesome al your
dags, for your friends will shake you
and denounce seur ways-Walt Ma
son.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-09
THE BEST SELLERS.
The Bible Still outranks All others
as a Seller. c

The Bible Still outranks All others
as a Seller. c
American publishers Of Bibles re
port an increase of about so per cent
in business we the best previous
year. This does not mean that war
has multiplied readers of the imper-
ishable book.
For generations the Bible has been
an assured and secure best seller"
Its sales int to 10000 copies a
day, in 'y.asa. In the course
of the i injury, 800, 100000
copies, ind partial, were
sold. Among mere novels, a total sale
Of $4,000 copies is considered very
good. 1t took Ben Hur" twenty-odd
years to get beyond the million mark,
and Uncle Toms Cabin appears
only to have doubled, in its long ca
reer, the mark made by General Wal
lace's book.
In spite of war, with its disasters,
Establishments and s%hiftings Of en-
tire populations, the Bible retains first
place on the selling list.-New York
World.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-09
AN OBJECT LESSON.
The ~Prayer OF a Horse" Shown In
the Movies.


At the movies last Thursday even
ing q couple OF reels were run, illus
trating THE Prayer OF a Horse" II
showed the animal at the home OF its
FIRST master-fat, SLEEK, and contenteG
in luxurious pastures. Later the ami
NAL was sold to a man who shame,
fully abused him. Again ne was sold
to q peddler who was still more cruel
Finally, the horse. poor in flesh, with
sHi'it broken, vas purchased by its
original master and again turned into
good pastures. The faithful animal
had not forgotten his first master, and
endeavored by every mean in his
power to make himself known. At
last the opportunity came, and the
man suddenly became aware that the
horse was the same one he had for
merly owned.
Some people tell US that horses
have no feelings. cannot discriminate
between being properly treated or
being abused. We don't believe it.
The horse is the best animal friend
q man has, and in many cases is
possessed Of more wisdom than the
driver. How a man can SO far forget
himself as to beat and maltreat a
horse is beyond our comprehension.
We wish every driver OF a horse in
Gary could have been present at the
movies last Thursday evening. 1t
would have been presented to them
that could not have been otherwise
than benefcial.-Gary Inter State.