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Cheyenne record., 1915-08-26

back and not his face was turned her
way. and that the moment was the
stillest one of her whole life.
Then there came a rattlipg noise as
he crushed the letter in his hand.
"Tell me what this MEANS" said he,
but he did not turn his head as he
made this request.
"Your father must do that" was her
gentle reply. Il was only to deliver
the letter. came-we came-thus
early, because we thought-we feared
we should get no opportunity later to
find you here alone. There seem to
be people on the road-whom-
whom you might feel obliged to enter
tain and as your father cannot wait"
He had wheeled about His face
confronted hers. 1t wore a look she
did not understand and which made
him seem stranger to her. Involun-
tarily she took step back. -
81 must be going now" said she.
and fell-her physical weakness
triumphing at last over her will power
"Oliver? Where is Oliver?"
These we're Reuther's first words,
as. coming to herself, she perceived
Mr.. Black bending helplessly over her.
The answer was brief, almost indif-
ferent. Alanson Black was cursing
himself for allowing her to come to
this house alone.
"He was here moment ago. When
he saw you begin to give signs of life,
he slid out. How do you feel. my
my dear? What will your mother say?"
"But Oliver?" She was on her feet
now: she had been lying on some sort
of couch. "He must-Oh, remember
now. Mr.. Black, we must go. I have
given him his fathers letter."
1--WE are not going till you have
something to eat. Not word. I'll"
Why did his eye wander to the near
est window, and his words trail away
into silence?
Reuther turned about to see. Oliver
was in front, conversing earnestly
with Mr.. Sloan. AS they looked. he
dashed back into the rear of the
house, and they heard his voice rise
once or twice in some Intellectual COM
mands to his deaf servant, then there
came a clatter and a rush from the
direction of the stable. and they saw
him flash by on a gaunt but fiery
horse. and take with long bounds the
road up which they had just labored.
Cheyenne record., 1915-08-26

cording to directions on the bottle and
she is cured of this trouble. She was
all run down when she started taking
the Compound and her periods did not
come right. She was 30 poorly and
weak that I often had to help her dress
herself, but now she is regular and is
growing strong and healthy. Mrs.
MARTIN HELvIG, Plover, Iowa.
Hundreds of such letters expressing
gratitude for the good Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has accom-
plished are constantly being received,
proving the reliability Of this grand old
remedy.
If you are i'll do not drag along and
continue to suffer day in and day out but
at once take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, woman's remedy for
woman's ills.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held in strict confidence.
Cheyenne record., 1915-08-26
Small Trail OF Smoke Hoverin0
Above Its Single Chimney.

He had stopped to equip himself In
some measure for his ride, but not the
horse, which was without saddle or
about his neck.
This was flight; or so 1t appeared to
Mr.. Sloan, as he watched the young
man disappear over the brow of the
hill. What Mr.. Black thought was not
SO apparent. He had no wish to dis
courage Reuther whose feeling was
one OF relief as her first word showed
"Oliver is gone. We shall not have
to hurry now and perhaps II had a
few minutes in which to rest"
She was on the verge OF fainting
again.
And then Alanson Black showed of
what stuff he was made. In ten min
utes he had hustled about the half-de-
serted building. and with the aid of
the dazed and uncomprehending deaf
mute. managed to prepare a cup Of hot
tea and a plate of steaming eggs for
the weary girl.
After such an effort, Reuther felt
obliged to eat, and she did: seeing
which. the lawyer left her for a mo-
ment and went out to question their
guide.
where's the young 1ady?"
This from Mr.. Sloan.
Eating something. Come in and
have a bite, and let the horses eat.
too. The young fellow went of pretty
quick, eh?"
"Ya-as." The drawl was one of
doubt. But quickness don't count.
Fast or slow, he's on his way to cap
Cheyenne record., 1915-08-26

weakness. l spoke
to three doctors
about it and they did
not h clip her any.
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V ege table Com
pound had been Of
great benefit to me.
so I decided to have
her give it a trial.
She has taken five
bottles of the Vege-
table C,0Ynno,lnd ae.
Cheyenne record., 1915-08-26
Rice crop Of United States.

The acreage Of rice in Louisiana
and Arkansas has increased approx
mately 100000 acres in the last two
years The United States is now
growing practically the equivalent Of
all the rice 1t uses.
Cheyenne record., 1915-08-26
MOTHER OF
SCHOOL GIRL
Tells HowLydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Re-
stored Her Daugh-
ters Health.

Plover, lows. From q small child
my Is year old daughter had female
Cheyenne record., 1915-08-26
Coal Is Dethroned.

The Norfolk & Western railroad has
electrified 100 miles of it's system in
West Virginia, one of the heaviest
coal carriers in the world. The elec-
trio locomotives in use weigh 270
tons each and two Of them attached to
a 4,000-ton train recently carried it
with ease up a two per cent grade at
the rate of fourteen miles an hour, a
rate twice that attained by the most
efficient steam locomotives formerly
used on the system.
Cheyenne record., 1915-08-26

Sore Legs Healed SRss Ssss sssea While
you work. Send for book..Descrlbe your case
A. G. LIHPH, 1A3 Green Bay Ave-, Milwaukee, Wis
Cheyenne record., 1915-08-26

Have you ever noticed that the
chap who boasts Is always waiting for
someon to give him boost?
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
Made an Anthem of IL.

1t is pleasant to hear that the stern
business Of drilling has its light side,
as we'll as most other things. In a
certain territorial regiment, was told,
not many miles from London, one of
the newest recruits was awaiting his
turn on parade to be inspected. Pres
emily to him came the youthful officer
in charge He has what is known as
the varsity accent, and by those who
do not know it outside the stage it
may easily be mistaken for facetious-
ness.
The nut" officer stopped and in
spected. Then; "Ha, ha, no shave"
he said. HE, he, no razor" replied
the new recruit blithely, thinking that
he had met a sociable soul with a
pleasant way of reprimanding. The
result was, Of course, disastrous to
the recruit. But now, when the regi-
ment is marching and "Tipperary" is
getting little overdone, the monot.
ony Is varied by the front section sud-
denly calling out in full-throated uni
son: ''Ha, ha, no shave" which is
instantly replied to from the back
with stentorian roar of, ''He, he, no
razor!"--London Daily Mirror.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
CHANGE NAMES OF STREETS
Frenchmen Find Time for Small
Things In Midst of National
Crisis.

The French are curious compound
of earnestness and Ightness. No mat
ter how imminent a crisis, or how
threatening the ruin, they never fail to
pay all due attention to the correct out
ward form. In the present tremendous
crisis of French affairs one would think
that the last thing the Partisan author
tiles would concern themselves about
would be the naming of streets. And
yet, according to recent dispatches,
the city council, upon hearing of the
brave defense made at Liege, passed
an ordinance changing the name of the
Rue de Berlin to the Rue de Liege.
This was more than duplicated in
1870. After the catastrophe of Sedan,
the ruin of Napoleon IFS empire and
the establishment of the infant repub-
lie, the national assembly, sitting in
Paris on matters for the safety of the
country, while the Prussians were
laundering down upon the city, con-
cerned themselves largely with chang
ing the names of things from 'Imperi-
a." and Royal" to National" Among
others, they passed, after heated de-
bate, a decree changing the name of
the royal Bengal tiger in the Paris zoo
to that of the national Bengal tiger,
and instructed the custodians to see
that the signs were changed at once.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
PoLIrENEss ON THE WIRE
Really Seems to Be a Fact That Good
Manners Are Forgotten by TeIe-
phone Users.

81 don't understand why anybody is
impolite over the phone" remarked
woman visiting in New York, unless
he is cowardly or unless the phone,
like wine, brings out the real charac-
ter of people. And / especially don't
see why women should be impolite to
women.
THE most provoking instance have
had in many days occurred right here
in New York. An old and dear friend
of mine whom / had not seen in years
had married and come to New York
to live. Her married name was Blank
leigh, let us say, but | did not know
her husbands initials and / had no
idea where she lived. 1t was my first
visit to New York and wanted to see
her.
my only hope was that she was in
the telephone book and to it went
l found six Blankleighs, any one of
whom might be she, but which one? It
was for me to find out and | began
with the first one.
Il asked for Mrs. Blankleigh and she
came to the receiver. apologized and
explained why had called and asked
If she were my old friend. The way
she snapped out that she wasn't and
rang off was something awful.
"The following three were variants
of the first, not much better and not
any worse. Only one of them was
man and he just laughed and said there
wasn't any Mrs. Blankleigh in his
house at present, but If land then 1
rang off.
"The fifth was the one I sought and
didn't have to seek any further. Now
am thinking whether or not to call
up the sixth and see If she is any
more polite and considerable than the
others. And it would have been just
as easy to have been polite and nice
about it and tried to help me, wouldn't
it?"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
Water Power RUNNING to Waste.

Five and half tons of coal are
burned each year for each undevel-
oped horsepower available from our
rivers and streams. At the low rate
of two dollars per ton this shows a
waste of 81 year for each undevel-
oped horsepower. The extent of the
total yearly waste from this source
alone is said to be worth the price
of 100000 tons of coal. The waste
is helping a lot to increase the price
of coal, the demand for which is con-
tinually increasing, due to increasing
factory, shop and home demands.
There is hardly waterpower of any
size in this country that cannot be
harnessed to electric generators and
its power transmitted to nearby cities
and villages for manufacturing pur-
poses. Transmission lines of 200 and
300 miles are not unusual.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
He Saves Freezlnn Horas.

Mrs. William Bonner, a nurse, Of
Copake, Duchess county, New York,
was sitting UP last night with pa
tent when she looked from the win
dow and saw horse, embarrassed,
standing in the snow at the railroad
station.
An hour later the horse was still
there, and, fearing he would freeze,
kindly Mrs. Bonner telephoned to Con-
stable Reynolds. He left his warm
bed, walked three miles through the
snow and threw a blanket over the
animal, saying:
Whoa, boy; I'll take care of you"
When Reynolds started to lead the
animal away he discovered it was a
wooden horse consigned by freight to
a local harness maker. Curtains
New York Herald.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07

coded her to the grave four
years ago.
In the death of VIM. Asbury
the community loses one OF her
best men and citizens. We know
not why God does things as lie
does, but shall know hereafter
Just in the prime of life, he was
cut down and taken from his
wife, friends and loved ones.
Sincere sympathy extended the
distressed.
H. L. Berrey sold two short
yearling steers to Milton House
holder recently at $500, they
bringing $1,000. Mrs. Will
Iittrell is convalescent after
siege of sickness of stomach
trouble. James Crosswhite sold
two calves to Chapman Bros. at
S7.75, average weight, about
1875. Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Teider-
man spent Christmas times with
her parents, Will Mackey and
amily. in Fulton. j. w. Hollo-
way bought a big team OF mules
Of Lee Green last week for $44O.
r. N. Berrey bought over
81 900 worth of heifers and
steers at John Burgess sale last
Thursday. Mr.. and Mrs. c. Z.
MCGEE entertained at turkey
dinner the 2Sth of December the
following: o. F. Squires and
wife, Richard Squires and wife,
Tommy Walker and family and
George Neale and family, and
perhaps others whose names we
failed to learn.
Alvin Ehret of Iowa spent part
of Christmas week here visiting
old friends. Glenwood Squirting
Of Columbia spent Christmas
Eere, the guest of his uncle, Il.
r. Squirting, and family.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
rrIes on Shoe; nreakn RIhn.

When John Barlow went into VIII.
liam Grittners shoe store here he
found pair he liked. but they fitted
a little tight, and he could not get
into one.
Grittner seated himself on a low
chair, took hold of an upper and babe
his customer push hard" He did,
and Grittner's hold slipped, the heel
OF the new shoe striking him a hard
blow over the heart.
When the doctor arrived he declared
that Grittner had suffered three bro
ken ribs and possibly other internal
injuries, and directed him to 60 to
bed.-Turbotville (Pa) Dispatch Phil
adelphla Record.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
LEGAL POINT OF IMPORTANCE
"Deluslons" Sufficient to Cause the
Breaking Of VIII Must Be Along
a Certain Line.

The New York Law Journal tells Of
two cases recently decided which are
of some interest upon the contention
quite frequently made that testators
were victims of insane decisions"
when, in fact, they had merely inn
bibed false impressions or were
strongly prejudiced or eccentric in
their modes of thought. In re Alex
anders estate in the supreme court
of Pennsylvania, 1t was laid down
that "delusion" of a testator, such
as will invalidate a will, must be IAN
insane belief or a mere Pigment of
imagination-a belief in the existence
of something which does not exist and
which no rational person, in the alb
sence of evidence, would believe to
exist" 1t was further laid down that
the burden is on a party relying on
the existence of a delusion to invali-
date will to prove that such delusion
controlled the testator's volition and
destroyed his freedom of action In
disposing Of his estate. The evidence
was held insufficient to show that the
will was executed in consequence of
an insane delusion on the part of the
testator, the petitioners father,
though testator practically disinherit-
ed her and may have been mistaken
in his judgment that she had been
guilty Of unnatural conduct toward
him and her mother.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
FOUGHT TO DEATH OVER PIG
Possession Of Porker the Cause Of
Sharp skIrmlsh Between Ger
mans and French.

Even pigs figure sometimes N the
news from the front and, as might be
expected, in somewhat Of a comical
light. But, says a Paris dispatch, they
have caused tragedy also. One pig
was the cause of a battle in which 30
Germans were killed and another was
made to pose as a corpse to save him
from the enemy.
In Ban-de-Sapt, north of Saint Die,
both French and Germans from their
trenches spied out fine fat porker IN
a pen, just between the two lines. Both
formed parties to go out and capture
the porcine delicacy, but the French
reached there first. They fastened a
rope about the animals hind legs and
dragged him back to their trenches
with the Germans close behind.
So heated did the controversy over
the pig become that it finally de-
veloped into a night battle in which
the Germans were beaten, losing, be-
sides the 80 dead, a number of
wounded.
The other pig had just been killed
by farmer in Flanders when it was
reported that the Germans, always
eager for such titbits as fresh pork,
we're near at hand. Determined to
save his property, the quick-witted Bel
gian took the carcass to his room,
tucked it in his bed, placed candles
over the sheeted form and was pray.
ing fervently when a German soldier
entered the room. The soldier tip
toed out when he discovered that he
had come upon a chamber of death
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
One professor MIssIno.

II takes more than book learning to
be a success as doctor He needs q
lot Of common horse sense, and in all
this chatter about higher education
and new curricuIum-which is one
way Of freezing out competition in the
medical college trust--I haven't seen
mentioned any professor Of common
sense. Providence Medical journal.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
Painful Truth

Mrs. PortIy (weight 225)-The catl
I'll pay her for that speech II it takes
all winter!
Miss Portly-Why. ma; what did
she say7
Mrs. Portly-She told me she'd
heard l passed my vacation largely
in the mountains.--Puck.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
NORTH MOLTNo

Rev. Arvin filled his regular
appointment at Molino last Sat
urday and Sunday. The Sunday
rchool is progressing nicely; 6o
present last Sunday.
Mrs. Elsie Massey is suffering
again with an attack of appen-
dicitis.
Mrs. Willie Delaney (nee
lIundy) is quite ill at this writ
ing. AS Mrs. Schieffer was go
ing to the cellar last Thursday
she slipped and fell on the ice
and broke her right arm above
the wrist, also bruising and
hurting her hip and back. She
is doing as well as can be ex-
pected.
Miss Lila Mcintosh of Mexico
was the guest of Mrs. R. L. Mil
Ter and daughters last week.
Miss Versia Mayes of near Van
dalia is visiting her father, Ira
Mayes, and family this week.
Mrs. Spotswood is visiting her
brother and sister in this vi
entity, also her son, Chas. Davis,
of Moline.
We would like to correct
few mistakes in our last week S
letter: 1t was Mr.. Rush Bolts,
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Fry of
Perry, and Mr.. and Mrs. Herod
Hopkins of st. Louis and Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Cauthorn of
near Moline that Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas. Dudley entertained at din
ner on Saturday of last week. 1t
should have been Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Massey that visited Mr.
Massy's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Rudasil of near Long
Branch.
We are sorry to chronicle the
death of Mr.. VIM. Asberry who
died last Friday. He had always
been the picture of health, but
when this last illness came up
on him he failed so rapidly. He
had been a faithful member Of
the Midway church for a num-
Der of years. The remains were
laid to rest in the cemetery at
Sun Rise, where his mother and
other relatives have been laid
to await the resurrection morn.
The new pastor, Rev. st. Clair,
preached the funeral sermon.
Persons going to Farmers
Week, Jan. 11-15 at Columbia,
paad MT faan oho,,4 oo44;,.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07

Mr.. H. ". McCarty of near
Fulton and Miss Virginia
Browning, former Mexico girl
and a graduate of Hardin Col
lege, were married in Columbia
few days ago.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
More nExplanatlons.v

I've just been reading new white
book sent out by the German govern
ment.n
What is its purpoae9"
TO make things look black Cor
England"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07

j. P. Hoffman of near Cen
tralia has moved to Mexico and
has taken charge Of the Gem
Restaurant here.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
A Rare CaseA

"Gadson is the most ineficient man
/ know"
You are rather hard on Gadson."
But it's the truth. He can't even
operate the family plaonograrh."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-01-07
SKINNER ITEMS
Holiday Doings and Other Hap.
peninps Galore

the optimistic editor and all
helpers and perusers of this
most excellent and newsy sheet.
Our people are busy these days
butchering hogs, making sau
sage and a what not with most
of the carcass, using all except
the squeal.
All the schools of our vicinity,
including Fox with Miss
Blanche White as preceptress,
Naylor with Miss Myrtle Nc
Afee in the chair, Central with
Miss Nola Hanna welding the
brush, Gatewood with Miss SUI
die Winn holding sway and Du-
ly with Miss Bessie Day in
charge, resumed school work
Monday. Lest we omit we might
mention Strother with Miss Ma
dine SEWERS, Goodwater with
Katie SEWERS and Harrison with
Miss Nellie Proctor doing the
stunts that is want to be per-
formed by the school marin.
The entertainment at Gate
wood Just before Christmas was
a rare treat to the goodly num-
Der of patrons present. Farmer
Rusk and County School Supt.
w. G. johnson were present
with their parts also. We enjoy
ed the whole affair very much.
The entertainment and Christ
mas tree at the Ladies Hall here
was fine. A nice sized audi
enee, a nicely decorated tree Ia
den with presents, and a
"Duke's mixture" Of program
made the whole thing a nice af-
1dlE luucGus
Arthur Ellis and Turner Ber-
ry were home for the holidays
from Mcmillan High. Profs.
Gordon Neale and Dave Neale
spent the holidays with their pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Neale. Willie Neale of Western
Dental College, X. c., spent the
holidays with his parents, An
drew Neale and family. One by
one do our old bachelors become
benedicts. This time it fell to the
happy lot of Col. ]. G. Crawford
to lead to the altar the lady of
his choice, Miss Juanita Grimes,
of Louisiana. The writer wishes
for them a whole life of inces-
SAINT joy and happiness. Mrs.
Chas. Tanner and son, Lindell,
spent the holidays with her
mother, brother and sister, the
Hizers of Dalton, Nebraska, 10
Heller, her brother, accompanied
her and will not return, to the
sorrow of a number here.
Walter Candy and family of
Mexico and Harry Candy and
wife of near Mexico spent part
of the Christmas times with the
boys parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c.
A. Candy. The youngest set did
enjoy parties at w. F. Wilfey's S,
o. F. Ellis, Walter Holloway
and Oscar Cauthorn's last week,
VIM. White is home at Bill
Eisele's after spending the holi-
days with his parents near Madi-
son.
Our blacksmith, Shorty Ash
has gone from our little Burg
A very short stay. The owrc~
of the shop, General Ewens, got
thru with him and just let him
60, that's all. 1t will be remcm-
bered General was learning un-
der him. Chas. Tanners mother
spent Christmas with him, keen
ing house while Charles wife
visited in Dalton, Neb. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Cauthorn after a
month s stay in Tulsa, Okla, are
back in Old Audrain. Mrs. Vic
toria Jones is visiting her par
rents, g. w. Crosswhite. She
and her husband, Jerry Jones,
moved to Montana last spring
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Squirting of