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Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15
mnshegeason Land Selling Company Cape GlIadaau Missouri

not seen it" as Rip Van Wrinkle used
to say when his wife forgot to scold.
The son was delighted, and cheerfully
paid the difference In price, matter
of $25.
But the tale had sequel. On the
way home the old man met an an
cient friend, a dandifled fellow of
about seventy. He saw the overcoat
also and fell in love with it. Said the
old man, his nose for a bargain in
stantly asserting itself:
well, friend, If you like 1t so well,
better try 1t on. The truth is the
cloth is little too heavy to suit me.
AS an old friend I'll let you have it
at bargain.
1t was tried on up a side street off
the thronged thoroughfare. 1t fitted.
IT'S yours for $780," said father.
That's not what l paid for it, but
you know, of course, that it's always
been a hobby of mine to make people
happy by such sacrifices"
The money was paid over
The next day the son had an inter-
view with Mr.. Green. With a bit of
anger he said: See here, when
said a good overcoat, l didn't mean
one that any old dandy would covet.
Now I'll never be able to put it over
the old man again."
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15
At Night They Sat Out In the Moon
light.

stones of our terrace. He was very
rude.
Throughout our childhood, until l
was sixteen, we leased each other
and fought and quarreled."
This is not loye-affair, Therese, -
said Miss Redmond.
There are all kinds, ma chere, as
there are all temperaments," said
Madame de la blaine. "At Assump-
tion-that is chr great feast, Julia
the Feast OF Mary--it comes In Au.
gust-at Assumption, Monsieur de la
Maine came TO talk with my grand.
mother He was forty years old, and
bald-Bob and made fun of his few
hairs, like the children in the Holy
Bible"
Julia put ont her hand and took the
hand Of Madame de la Maine gently.
She was getting so far from love
affair.
Z married Monsieur de la Maine in
six weeks" said Therese,
"oh," breathed Miss Redmond. Nor
rible!"
Madame de la Maine pressed Julia'a
hand
When 1t was decided between my
grandmother and the comte, / escaped
at night, after they thought had gone
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15
(To BE CoNTINUEDJ
Things That Have Been condemned.

Things That Have Been Condemned.
If We banished from our tables ali
the commodities which - like pota.
toes-have been condemned in print.
our diet would be decidedly monoto-
nous. Food faddists are most aggres-
sive persons" Henry Labouchere once
complained. "In my time have known
them preach that we should give up
meat, tobacco, alcohol. soup, starch
(including bread and potatoes), salt,
tomatoes. bananas, Strawberries and
bath buns. | have also witnessed
movements for giving up boots, waist.
coats, hats, overcoats, carpets. feather
beds, spring mattresses, cold baths,
linen clothes, wooden clothes, sleeping
more than six hours, sleeping less
than nine hours and lighting fires at
the bottom"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15

| the sailors. l wrote about It to Mon
sieur de Sabron, and he answered me
from the desert, the night before he
went into battle"
And that's allY" urged Madame dc
la Maine.
That's ALL" said Miss Redmond
She drank her coffee.
you tell a love story very badly
ma chere."
rs 1t love storyT
Have you come to Africa for char
ity? Voyons"
Julia was silent. A great reserve
seemed to seize her heart, to stifie
her as the poverty Of her love story
struck her. She sat turning her cot.
Teaspoon between her fingers, her
eyes downcast She had very little
to tell She might never have any
more to tell. Yet this was her love
story. But the presence of Sabron
was so real, and she saw his eyes
clearly looking upon her as she had
seen them often; heard the sound of
his voice that meant but one thing
and the words of his letter came back
to her. She remembered her letter
to him, rescued from the field where
he had fallen. She raised her eyes to
the Comtesse de la Maine, and there
was an appeal in them.
The Frenchwoman leaned over and
kissed Julia. She asked nothing more.
She had not learned her lessons in
discretion to no purpose.
At night they sat out in the moon
light, white as day, and the radiance
over the sands was like the snow
flowers. Wrapped in their warm COW
erings, Julia and Therese de la Maine
lay on the rugs before the door Of
their tent, and above their heads
shone the stars so low that it seemed
as though their hands could snatch
them from the sky. At a little dis
lance their servants sat around the
dying fire, and there came to them the
plaintive song of Azrael, as he led
their singing:
And who can give again the love of yes
terday?
Can a whirlwind replace the sand after it
is scattered?
What can heal the heart that Allah has
smitten?
Can the mirage form again when there
are no eyes to see?
II was married." said Madame de la
Maine, when l was sixteen"
Julia drew little nearer and smiled
to herself in the shadow.
This would be a real love story.
Il had just come out of the con-
vent. We lived in an old chateau,
older than the history of your coun-
try, ma chere, and had no dot. Rob
ert de fremont and l used to play to-
gether in the allees of the park, on
the terrace. When his mother brought
him over when she called on my
grandmother, he teased me horribly
because the weeds grew between the
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15
CHAPTER XIV.
The Meeting.

ne meeting.
Under the sun, under the starry
nights fremont, with his burden, jour-
neyed toward the north. The halts
were distasteful to him, and although
he was forced to rest he would rather
have been cursed with sleeplessness
and have journeyed on and on. He
rode his camel like Bedouin; he grew
brown like the Bedouins and under the
hot breezes, swaying on his desert
ship, he sank into dreamy, moody and
melancholy reveries, like the wander
ing men of the Sahara, and felt him
self part of the desolation, as they
were. ..-
What will be, will be-" Hammet
Abou said to him hundred times, and
fremont wondered: "Will Charles live
to see Algiers?"
Sabron journeyed in litter carried
between six mules, and they travelled
slowly, slowly. fremont rode by the
sick mans side day after day. Not
once did the soldier for any length Of
time regain his reason. He would pass
from coma to delirium, and many
times fremont thought he had ceased
to breathe. Slender, emaciated under
his covers, Sabron lay like the image
OF soldier in wax-a wounded man
carried as a votive offering to the
affairs of desert warfare.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15
WAS "Too POOR TO BE HURT"
Injured Street Sweeper Fatally Hurt,
Struggles TO Return to His Work,
but Death Claims Him.

Frederick Birkmer, street sweeper
Of New Rochelle, N. Y, ito poor to
be laid up by an accident, che said,
was knocked unconscious when struck
in the back in the Pelham road by
motorcycle ridden by Frank Purdy Of
Port Chester. Birkmer, still uncon-
scious, was being lifted into an ambu-
lance, when he regained his senses,
struggled to his feet and staggered
toward his broom.
Cant afford to be hurt" he NUT
tered.
Purdy and hospital surgeon forced
him into the ambulance. At the hos
pital his skull was found fractured. He
was prepared for the operating table.
A moment later he sprang from bed,
tore off the banGages, and, struggling
with an inferno, strove to reach a
doorway.
II must go back" he faltered.
Then he fell unconscious and died.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15
Every Good Farmer
Should Take an Educational Trip
to Southeast Missouri

Now in full bloom. Come
see our magnificent wheat
crop. Threshing it every day.
AS fine clover and timothy
as you ever saw. Alfalfa
and corn you cannot beat
in Illinois or Iowa. See
them all now. $4,000 acres
of good, rich, alluvial cut
over bottom land, both
drained and undrained, level
as the Illinois prairie, rich
as the Valley of the Nile; no
rocks. hills or gumbo, but
mellow sandy loan soil al
ways works well, short mild
winters, long growing sea-
sons, abundant yields of all
staple crops. TWo crops a
gear off of the same land.
Land owned by Himmel-
Disqualification Lumb er
Company, largest hardwood
manufacturers in Missouri,
largest land owners in South
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15
.SHREWD OLD DADDY
Age Had in No Way Dimmed His
Keenness for Bargains.
Sons Really Neat Little Scheme Frus.
trated, and It lie Not Likely He
VIII Have a Chance to
Work Il Again.

Father was very rich and very par
simonious, to use a long word that
sounds better than the short one which
means the same thing, and the son at
times was chagrined because father
did not look as we'll as a man in
his station might be considered to
have the right to look. Father had re-
tired from business some years before
and folks said that under the boys
management It would speedily go to
the dogs. They declared:
THE boys a tiptop fellow, and we
all like him, but he hasn't got the
nose for profits and deals that made
the business for the old man. He
doesn't really care whether he makes
money or not That is not the way
to get ahead. When we were young
sters without a dollar" and a lot
more to the same effect.
The old man with his nose for
profits had accumulated a lot of hab-
its that did not desert him when he re-
tired from business. Ho was sure.
of course, while he had an income
that might have made a Wall street
broker happy, that it was necessary
to care for the nickels, and he spent
as little on raiment as decency and
the climate would permit. Char, ad-
vice and sarcasm did not move him a
particle.
Now, the most cherished article in
his wardrobe was a certain old over
coat, which, like the bag that Henry
Ward Beecher carried with him when
he went on his lecture tours, must
at some time have been new" The
coat now, however, was faded and
worn and far from handsome. Every
new man at the club was called into
a corner and told yarns about the
coat and its wearer. Father, for that
matter, knew all about this, but he
cared nothing for laughs and jibes.
The son tried and tried again to
induce the old man to buy a coat.
At length he resorted to strategy.
One day when the father was con-
fined to the house the son took the
coat to tailor.
Look here, Mr.. Green" he said,
Inv . 6OI u hdf6 d new
coat, and there's got to be found a
way to make him buy it. think
that If he saw a coat for sale that
looked like bargain he would take
1t, for the sake of the bargain, If not
for the sake of the coat. Now you
measure this one up, and make new
one to measure, put the new one
in the window at bargain price, get
him into the shop and sell it to him.
Get what you can out of him for It,
and I'll pay the difference"
In a week or so there hung in the
window of Green's place a smart new
coat. 1t was marked:
"Bargain-$25."
Father saw it. 1t fitted. The price
obviously made it a bargain. He
took it. At the club he was given a
regular ovation. Everybody con-
graduated him. The telephone was
kept busy summoning members to
come over and see the new garment"
They came and saw and went away
laughing and declaring that they
wouldn't have believed 1t if they had
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15

east Missouri. Men who
have in the last Is years
sold over 100000 acres Of
this same kind of land to
over 1000 different people,
all of whom have made good.
They haze neUer forecIoSed
on a purchaser or taken back
an acre of the property.
Sales during May, 3,641
acres to 81 different people.
Sales from February first to
July first, 9,454 acres to "a
different people. Can you
beat it? In tracts of 40
acres up, 1919 cash, 10 an-
nual installments with SO
interest. Warranty deed
backed by over $2,OOO,OOO
assets on the payment of
only 1917 cash. Can you
equal it2
Write for full information
and free map. Address Dept.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15

In Scandinavia the peasant won.
en- who worked all day In the fields
have had their fireless methods OF
cooking for long time. While break.
fast was cooking. the pot containing
the stew for dinner was brought to
a boil then placed inside second
pot, and the whole snugly enscoD.. ed
between the feather beds. still warm
from the nights occupancy. Some Of
these women had a loosened hearth.
stone and hole banar.th,
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15
Some Ioat Mntlon

Philadelphia mathematician has
figured it out that the telephone COM
panies lose 1875 hours work every day
through the use Of the word please"
by all operators and patrons. Another
has discovered that the froth on the
beer pays the freight But as yet no
one has estimated the total horse
power wasted in swallowing cigarette
smoke and forcing it through the nose
instead of blowing it from the mouth,
Newark News.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15
raklnn Mo Chances.

$50 you're leaving to get married,
Mary?"
yes, num-"
"And how long have you known the
young MANI"
"Tbree weeks, num-"
isn't that a rather short time?
Don't you think you ought to wait
until you know him better?"
mo, mum. I've tried that several
times, and every time the man changed
his mind when he got to know me
better"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15
Gloomy Observation.

do you think the world is getting
better?"
81 don't know anything about it."
replied the melancholy observer. at
seemed to be doing very well for a
time, but, judging from the European
news, should say it is suffering a
terrible relapse"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15
Prize DRAWING.

II hear Jack has fooled us all and
got married"
Eyes, he went way down to New
Orleans for his bride. 1 understand
he had known her only very few
days"
sort of Louisiana lottery for
Jack, eh?"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15
On Her Part It Was.

so Alice married the rich Mr.. Gil
der. Was it love match?"
"Yes. Alice loves money"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15

You may have observed that fancy
hosiery covers a multitude OF shins.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-07-15
Their Effect,

What was Elma giving her father
such warm thanks about?"
"Her new summer furs."
The Washington times., 1915-06-22
1914 Pyrite Product of
u. S. Valued at ST ,283, ,346

The production Of pyrite in the United
States in 1914 was 336.662 long tons, val
ued at $1.2S3,3i6. according to w. c. Pha-
len, of the United States Geological Sur
vey. In 1913 the production was 34l, 1888
long tons. valued at 81, ,2s6,0S4
Virginia leads in the production and
value of pyrite. The output of that
State diminished slightly in 1914 as COM
pared with 1913 The output in Califor-
MIA showed a slight gain. There was a
substantial gain In New York, which.
though ranking third in production.
stands second in value. In Illinois, where
the pyrite Is a by-product obtained in
connection with coal mining, the output
more than doubled. In Wisconsin, Ohio,
and Missouri there was a decreased pro-
duction. In Gerogia there was a slight
increase. In Indiana, where, as In IL
linois and Ohio, the pyrite Is obtained
in connection with coal mining, there
was a slight increase.
The imports of pyrite for consumption
during the calendar year 1914 were
1.026,6l7 long tons, valued at A,797, ,326.
These figures are q notable increase
compared with the importations of 1918,
which were S5o,592 long tons, valued at
81, ,611. 1877.
In 1914 the production of sulphuric
acid In the United States was 3.7e2, AT
short tons of 80 degree acid. valued at
$A, 1881.
The Washington times., 1915-06-22
j. S. .REQUESTS|TALY
TO FREE AMERICAN
Action Brings Out Discussion Of
Dual Nationally BY Lodge
and Lansing.

Secretary of State Lansing has cabled
the American embassy at Rome direct
Ing that the italian government be
asked for the immediate release Of Ugo
da Prata. a youth born In Boston after
his father. a native italian, had become
a naturalized American citizen.
Senator Lodge interceded for the
young man. Letters were exchanged
between the Secretary OF state ana
Senator Lodge involving the problem OF
dual nationality" Mr.. Lansing retter-
nted the recent warning Of the depart
ment to persons born abroad concerning
the claims which may be made on them
If they venture within the jurisdiction
of their native lands in war time.
Senator Lodge wrote that he could not
assent to the doctrine of dual citizen,
ship. He stated that this country had
succeeded In compelling the acceptance
Of the American view Of "indefeaslolc
allegiance" by all countries except Rus
sia and Turkey
Secretary Lansing replied that dual
nationality was not theory OF the
State Department. but an inevftabio re-
suit of conflicting laws OF dinerent
countries. and that the state depart +
ment In It's warning had simply fol-
lowed d practice of years.
The Washington times., 1915-06-22
10000 PROMOTIONS
FOR POSTAL CLERKS
Automatic Salary Increases
Available on July ! BY
ComptroI|er's Decision.

Announcement was sent to Postmast-
ers throughout the country today by
First Assistant Postmaster General
Roper to the effect that 1900 clerks
and city letter carriers. in the United
States, are to be automatically pro-
.moted on July l.
This announcement followed immed-
lately upon the heels Of decision by
Comptroller of the Treasury Downey to
the effect that these promotions could
be made II expenditures were held with
in the bounds of the continuing ap-
preparation which will be available on
July 1.
1t was first thought that failure Of
Congress to pass the postoffice appro-
priation bill, and It's continuance Of the
present years appropriations for the
fiscal year 1915, would operate to pre-
vent any postal employees from receiv-
ing an advance in salary.
Through economies made by reorgani-
zation and the one division plan in the
big offices, quite a sum has been saved
however, and under the Comptroller s
decision individual salaries can be In
creased as usual as long as the ag-
gregate will not exceed the aggregate
of the appropriation.
The 1900 promotions will be effec-
tive from July !. though 1t may be
later before some Of them are an
nounced.
The Washington times., 1915-06-22
GRADUATES
ITS CLASSES TODAY
Dr.. Abram Simon to Deliver
Address-AWards Also Will
Be Made.

Commencement exercises OF Central
High School will be held at 430 this
afternoon at the Belasco Theater. The
exercises of the four-year class OF
BUSINESS High School will be held this
evening in the school auditorium.
The Rev. DR.. Abram Simon will de-
liver the principal address to Central
graduates this evening. The Rev. DR..
Forrest ]. Prettyman. chaplain OF the
Senate, will pronounce the invocation.
Ernest L. Thurston, school superintend-
ent. will announce the awards of
scholarships, and prizes and diplomas
will be presented by Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes. of the Board of Education.
At Business, Franklin Roosevelt.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, will
be the principal speaker. Mrs. Rhodes
will preside. and s. e. Kramer, assis-
tant superintendent of schools, win pre-
sent scholarships and prizes. Diplomas
will be presented to the graduates by
w. T. Galliher. Of the Board of Educa-
tion. The Rev. Hugh T. stevenson will
deliver the invocation. Music will be
furnished by the Business Hing School
Orchestra.
The Washington times., 1915-06-22
LABOR MEN URGED
TO ADVOCATE PEACE
Congressman Buchanan Ad-
dresses Central Union on
War Matters.

The influence Of the laboring men
OF the District in preventing this
country from becoming embroiled IN
the war was sought in addresses made
at the meeting of the Central Labor
Union last night by Congressman
Frank Buchanan, Of Chicago, and
other speakers. who are here to at
tend a conference Of peace advocates
, in the auditorium of Woodward &.
Lothrop's.
. Congressman Buchanan vigorously
Arraigned those who are urging war
declaring they do so merely because
they have implements of war to sell
to the Government. He said the Eu-
ropean war had demonstrated the in
adequacy of battleships since the de-
velopment OF the submarine
Accompanying Congressman Bu-
chanan were a committee of Chicago
labor leaders. including L. b. Straube
Fred Lohn. T. P. Riordan. w. H. New
meyer, F. ]. Owens. and II. Robert
Fowler
To determine II there is any justif1-
cation for the Commissioners pur-
chasing fire apparatus from a plant
employing nonunion labor. the union
has instructed w. w. Keeler. John II
Torch. and William Clark to visit the
officials and ascertain why the order
was given despite a protest from
Washington laboring men.
The Washington times., 1915-06-22
"GYM" BAR MAY BAR
AN HONOR STUDENT
Most Popular Senior, Salutatorian
Of Trinity, Likely Not to
Get His Degree.

HARTFORD. Conn.,. June 22.-Because
he has not been able to fill the freshman
and sophomore year elementary fexer-
cises in the gymnasium. principally hori-
zontal bar and horse figures Thomas
Herbert Robinson. salutatorian In the
senior class and one of the brightest
and most popular men in college. may
be barred from being graduated and de-
livering the honor Grafton at Trinity
tomorrow. ar
This will happen unless. at special
meeting today. the faculty rescinds the
vote, taken Saturday. not to confer a
degree on Robinson, despite the spirited
protest of two professors
A petition, signed by about half the
graduating class and headed by the
physical instructor of the gym" was
presented to President Luther, who
later said that, though every year some
student was In straits because of gym
nasium deficiency. this was the first
TINY an honor man had been dis
qualified.
Robinson is at the home of his
father. william K. Robinson, in Water
bury, and says he will enter another
college, probably Brown or Harvard.
the latter not requiring gymnasium
work,
The Washington times., 1915-06-22
AGED DCOUPLE STRUCK
DOWN BY MOTOR CAR
Mrs. Sarah BesIey, IT, and
Daniel E. Hoornbeek, 70,
Painfully Injured.

Run down by an automobile while
walking in Seventeenth street. near e
street northwest. Mrs. Sarah Besley.
seventy-seven, Of Mclean. Va, is at
the Emergency Hospital suffering from
a fracture of the collar bone. cuts and
bruises on the face and body. and prob
ably Internal injuries.
Daniel e. Hoornbeek. seventy years
old of 1927 Nineteenth street northwest,
who was with Mrs. Besley. was also
struc by the machine. and Is suffering
from cuts and bruises.
Physicians attending Mrs. Besley say
they will be unable to determine for
several days the extent Of the patients
injuries In the event she escaped in
ternal injury, they say. she will re-
cover.
The automobile which struck the
couple was operated by Joseph X.
Behrend, an employe Of the Corcoran
Gallery of Art. who. the police report.
was taking lessons in running the ma
chine Bernard w. Moore, of 1916 L
street northwest, was instructing
Behrend In turning the machine at
Seventeenth and r streets, Behrend lost
control Of the vehicle and 1t ran UP on
the pavement and struck Mrs. Besley
and Hoornbeek.
The Washington times., 1915-06-22
MINISTERS TO HOLD
. RURAL LIFE MEETING
District and Maryland Preach
ers viii Conduct Conference
/ At College Park in August.
Is the country church fulfilling Its

Is the country church fulfilling It's
function? 49,
Should a minister assume leadership
In other than spiritual matters?
How can a happier country life be de-
veloped?
These are some of the questions to be
considered at the Country Life CONFER
snce tor Ministers, to be attended py
about $50 clergymen from Maryland and
the District, at the Maryland Agricui-
tural College in August. The confer
ence will be August 4, 5 and 8. and q
country life school will be conducted
from July 2G to August 8.
In statement setting forth the aims
Of the conference. it is said The IN,
ministry have decided that Christs fun
souls, and that to preach merely the
message of salvation Is to emphasize
q selfish motive-that of self preser-
walton. Some ministers call that type OF
appeal fire INSURANCE religion. :.
hThe new conviction is broader. II
conceives as n duty the bringing OF
Heaven to earth, maintaining that to
the extent that II succeeds, salvation
in the. life to come will take care OF
The ministers will deal with the gen.
eral problem of adding to country life
something aside from It's economic vel.
ues. and try to cultivate the social. re-
ligious. educational. and community
sides Of their parishes. To become
more thoroughly acquainted with prob
lens In their communities the clergy.
men will take up the study Of rura
economies. rural sociology and scien'
tific agriculture.
The conference last August was sc
II this year and also to add the country
life school.