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Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15
HAZEL LETTER.

Mrs. BeckIey, Mrs. Green and Ruth
dolph Green spent few days with
relatives at Auxvasse last week.
o. F. Hafner has a new Ford car.
Some say there will be three we'd
dings hereabouts ere long. We are
quite sure of one.
Mrs. James Ware entertained the
Ladies Aid Society of Bethel Monday
with quilting bee.
Frank Vedder bought a pair of
mules at Middleton's sale and Geo.
Green bot one.
Most everybody was glad to see
the big rain Monday night. A few
were out of stock and drinking wa
ter.
Ed. Crawford is in Montana look
ing for location. He will be gone
about two weeks and returns for his
family. They go for the benefit of
Mr.. Crawford's health.
We read with interest the letter
from our old friend and one time
neighbor, Mr.. D. M. Price, in last
weeks Mexico Message, from Idaho.
He says woe to the lawbreaker in
Idaho. 1t would be a good thing If
it were that way in some other places.
/ We know of circumstance that hap
pened few days ago not so very far
from here where three or four young
men got into trouble, and quite Sc
rious trouble at that But one of the
young mems folks had plenty of mon
ey and paid the fines of the whole
gang, and it was. kept very quiet on
account of one party. In Idaho the
man with money stands no more show
than anybody else, and that's right
too. If he violates the law he is nc
better than poor man. Let him
take the consequences just the same
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15
JACKSON LETTER.

A heavy rain, the first in many
weeks, fell here Monday night.
Will Culver and Ray Kettle ship
ped car load of hogs to st. Louis
last Saturday that sold at S15.15 per
.cwt.
H. Franklin and son, Dewey, have
moved their sawmill to their own
place and are saving lumber for a
number of people.
Jerome and Ray Staples have trad
ed for the stock and taken charge OF
Ben Middleton's barn.
Miss Julia Kesler is still con fined
to her room by illness.
Mrs. w. B. Freeman is improving
slowly from recent illness.
Everett Jenkins from Auxvasse
has moved to Mrs. Staples's place
for the year.
Rev. Ames' regular appointment
next Sunday at Union Chapel Church
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15
Weekly Market Letter

FURNISHED by Woodson-F ennewald
L. Com. Co., Natl Stock Yds., H.
National Stock Yards, ILL.,, Mar. 10,
1917.-Cattle receipts have been
light this week and the market 10 to
15c higher than last weeks close,
the bulk of the fat cattle selling full.
ly SOC higher than two weeks ago.
Bulk of the choice steers $11.25 to
$12.25; good $1,000 to $11.OO; me-
dunn $500 to $9.75; fair killers,
$3.50 to $500.
Choice light heifers $1,000 to
$1,000. Good $500 to 1918. Me-
dunn $500 to 1915. Fair 1925 to
$500.
Choice cows $500 to $3.50. Good
$500. to $3.50. Medium $500 to
$3.50. Cutters $500 to $3.50. Can
ners $3.50 to $5.75.
Choice bulls 1878 to $9.25. Good
$500 to $3.50. Medium $500 to
$3.50.
Hog receipts moderate, market 10
to 15c lower than yesterdays high
time. Best butcher and heavy hogs
SASS to S14.9O. Good mixed and
shipping hogs $14.65 to STATS. Pack
ing sows $13.75 to $14.O0. Stays
SLABS to $14.50.
Sheep receipts 500, choice sheep
and lambs steady. Good to best
sheep $11.0O to $11.5O. Good to
choice lambs SLABS to STATS. 81
pound lambs sold today at $11.90.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15
WOODCRAFT STORIES
FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
By L. Roy Ferris.

II just hate these March winds, "
said Bluejay. "They are always
blowing my feathers around after
have spent the entire morning
Strengthening them and looking in
the Spring to see If they are straight.
l just don't see what the wind is for,
anyway. 1t hasn't a friend. I just
simply"
Nov, now, Brother Bluejay," said
thoughtful Dove" the wind is surely
good for something. Is it not, Broth
er Flicker"
eyes, yes" said Golden Shafted
Flicker. Eyes, yes. If you could
have seen the Squirrel Family when
the woods were flooded and they were
stranded on log, hold up their tails
for a sail. Yes, the wind helped
them out that time. Who do you
think planted that sugar maple tree
you are on?"
"Why, why, don't know" STAN
mered Bluejay. 81 guess the squir-
rels did"
mo, you are wrong" said Flicker.
The squirrels really do plant the hick-
orynut and the pecan and the chink-
erpin and the walnut, but they don't
plant the sugar maple and the syca-
more"
"Oh, l know" said Beautiful Vel
low Breasted Oriole.
81 know who did it. 1t was the
wind. You see, the apple blooms
have a little sail, like the little ship
Tommie Tomkins made for the little
cripple boy, and the wind pulls them
from the tree and the little sail car
ries them along, like little balloon.
And the wind says, L will plant one
here by the scaly bark hickory, and
one over there by the lonesome birch.
For the trees get lonesome and want
to talk to eachother, else why dc
they lean over as though they were
whispering to eachother?"
But" said the Bluejay, "the wind
doesn't carry the balls like balloons
mo, indeed" laughed Oriole
''The sycamore balls fall to the
ground with a thump and the wind
comes along and says, I will roll
you along on the ground, and you
can run a race!' So away they go
and one of them drops into a hole
made by Old Jerseys foot in the mud
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15
WEST DULY LETTER.

viii Canada who has been con-
fined to the house most all winter is
able to be out.
Ben Winn, Sr., has not been very
we'll for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Bradford who
bought the Clarence Hopkins place
south of r. w. Powell has moved in
and are repairing, getting ready for
farming.
r. w. Powell is building a chick
en- house.
Edward Brooks and family of Lad
donia have moved to the Crosby
place to work for c. M. Fox who has
it rented.
Dat sowing has begun.
There was a farmers club organ
lied at Duly last week
The Literary program was fine
Friday night. House crowded and
full program.
Mrs. M. c. Orear lived in this vi
cinity for years. Taught school in
her own home one term in winter; it
was a subscription school. Then af-
ter the Duly school house was built
she taught there. Everybody loved
her. She was a good woman. We
sympathize with the family in their
loss.
David OTear visited in this vi
cinity the past week. He says Mis-
souri, looks good to him.
THOMPSON LETTER.
Mrs. L. e. Davis and Sumner Davis
and family visited at r. L. Davis''
Sunday.
Mrs. j. T. Beatty returned home
Friday after visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Smith, for severa
days. Her parents accompanied hel
home and spent the day.
Mrs. Claude Sansberry entertain
ed her Sunday school class Monda!
afternoon with a candy pulling.
Thomas Brenton and family visi
ted George Meyer and family Sunday
afternoon.
This community was saddened ovel
the death of Mason Pulls, who diec
last Tuesday night. He had been IL
failing health for the past two years
He leaves a wife and four children
a father and mother hnd several
brothers to mourn his death. The fu
neral was preached at Hopewell OF
Thursday at two p. m. by his cousin
Rev. Will Pulls, of Centralia, and thu
remains were laid to rest in thu
cemetery at that place. The entir'
community extends sympathy to tn
bereaved in this sad hour.
w. H. Blythe entertained j. I
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15
LITTLE CHILD DEAD

Marion, the two-year-oId son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Rolla McIntire, died
Saturday after weeks illness of
pneumonia.
The funeral was held Monday af-
ternoon at the home, conducted by
Rev. H. P. Atkins. The pall-bearers
were DR.. r. C. Strobe, I. T. McCue,
Theodore Williams, Nate Phillip. The
parents have the deepest sympathy
of the community in their bereave-
ment.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

A. G.. Azdell had trouble with one
of his fues the next morning after
the big fall of hail Monday night.
Smoke went up the chimney and
smoke came back down the chimney.
1t was thought the house was about
to burn and the Fire Department
came to the rescue. 1t was found the
chimney was clogged with hail, and
when 1t was unstopped all went all
right.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

j. Fred Cline, of Joplin, Mo-, is the
registered pharmacist in charge at
Casey's Pharmacy on jefferson and
Promenade streets. Mr.. Kline is a
druggist of long experience, having
been connected with Wolf Wilson
Drug Co., st. Louis, for number of
years and also with Federmann Drug
Co., Kansas City, for the last five
years.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

Things sold well at the S. A. Muff
sale near Moline last Thursday.
Harness and some of the implements
sold for more than they cost when
bot new. Stock brought good prices
and corn went as high as $1.2O per
bushel The ladies of Mt. Zion
Church served dinner and cleared
over $40.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

Rev. j. S. Jesse of Waynesville,
Mo-, writes: ut is about time for
me to remember the Editor-Message
by renewal 1t is a little incon-
venient to be forgotten too long"
The Message prizes Brother Jesse as
one of its very best friends.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

MIR. A. w. Lewis and Miss Julia
Coughlin of Jefferson City came over
to Mexico Tuesday and were united
in marriage, Judge ]. H. Wayne Of
floating.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

Noble Barnes says if it hailed any
Monday night he didn't hear it. No
BILE used to study the sayings of Ben
Franklin and believes in the saying
of "early to bed and early to RISE"
That and a good conscience-of
course he didn't hear.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

Jewell Hodge, now of Sikeston,
Mo. and his father, ]. R. Hodge, of
Laddonia, called on the Message
Monday. Jewell was back home" to
move his family to Sikeston. He
says E. M. Crooks is located about
ten miles from him.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

Joe Davis has bought the interest
of his partner, Roy c. Mitchell, in
the shoe business on the north side of
the Squire. Mr.. Mitchell died recent
ly. The firm hereafter will be known
as the Davis Shoe Company.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

Lots of fun and money in Matching
chickens in Jersey Incubator. You
can almost count the chickens before
they hatch. 100 egg size $11.50.
ITO egg size $14.5O. 240 egg size
$16.5O. These are last years prices.
L. r. FERRIS.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

Mrs. Lamertine Lakeland and Miss
sallie Lakenan attended the funeral
of Rev. Fielding Marvin who died at
Fayette.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

Judge j. w. Smith, southeast of
Mexico, is suffering from a badly
bruised knee. He was hurt about
six weeks ago.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

Property for Sale:-22 acres of
land just northeast of Laddonia, 16
acres adjoining the town and house
and lot in town, all belonging to the
Beal heirs, will soon be offered for
sale. It will be sold to the highest
bidder. II you have a bid for part
or the whole of the property, address
John Beal, Mexico, Mo. If
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

l.. j. Casey, proprietor of Casey's
new drug store on Jefferson street,
is in Desloge, Mo-, on business.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15
For RENT.

SO acre farm half mile south of
Worcester; room house and small
barn.
Apply to Noble Barnes, Mexico, Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

Harry Erdle, near Rush Hill, lost
a rick of hay Monday night, struck by
lightning and burned
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

A good pair wagon and stock
scales. Parties having them for sale
please notify Message at once.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

Beatty and family, J. E. Beatty and
family and w. H. Dempsey and fam
lily Friday night with graphophone
music.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

James Sneed of the Beaver Dan
neighborhood attended the S. A
Muff sale last Thursday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15
Horses and Mules Wanted.

l will be in Auxvasse March 16 and
Mexico March II to buy war mules,
5 to years old, from ISL to 16
hands high, heavy bone. Horses
from 4 to 20 years old, in good flesh.
Bring in your mules and horses and
l will try to buy them.
Will be at Middleton's Livery Barn
on North Jefferson Street.
w. j. Woods, Mexico, Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

Elmer Reid, southwest of Mexico,
attended the S. A. Muff sale last
Thursday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15
Waists!
Waists!

A new line of up-to-date Ladies'
Waists just received. Prices $1.25 70
$3.50.
THE ENTERPRISE STORE,
Roy johnson, drop.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

Ford Kendall OF Woodbridge, Mo-,
was here last week on visit to his
mother, Mrs. s. e. Kendall.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15
WANT ITEMS.

For Sale.-Nice young two year
old jack. Address or phone G. W.
Ramey, Laddonia, Mo. 3w
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

FOR SALE-Red River Ohio
Seed Potatoes.
ct A. b. WILDER, Mexico.
The broad ax., 1917-02-17
Lofty Himalaya.

Himalaya. in south central Asia. is
the most elevated and stupendous
mountain system on the globe. 1t is
not. as sometimes represented. sin
gle chain, but a system, consisting of
several parallel and converging ranges.
with vast number of rugged, snowy
peaks, separated by great elevated val
leys and plateaus. On the north the
system descends to the elevated pla-
teau of Tibet, on the south to the de-
preston drained by the Ganges and
the Indus. The system starts with
the Karakoram, in the Pamirs. whence
it trends southeast and east, sweeping
in broad curve, convex, southwark.
The mass of the Himalaya proper ex-
tends from the great bend Of the Indus
in the west to the great bend Of the
Brahmaputra in the east, a distance of
nearly 1,500 miles.
The broad ax., 1917-02-17
Arkansas the Miqhty.

II all the rice in Arkansas were one
grain it would take a Grand canyon to
store it. If all the corn in Arkansas
were one ear it would take the COM
bined force of all stump pullers to ex
tract one grain from that ear. If all
the chickens in Arkansas were one
chicken it would straddle the Rocky
mountains like colossus and its crow
would shake the rings from Saturn. If
all the hogs in Arkansas were one hog
he could stand with his hind feet OH
the island of Cuba and his fore feet
on the isthmus of Panama and dig the
canal with one stroke of his Snout. If
all the cows in Arkansas were one COW
she could Craze on the evergreens of
the tropics and switch the icicles from
the north pole 9th her tail and it
would take a canal from the great
lakes to the gulf Of Mexico to carry
boats laden with her butter and cheese
If all the mules in Arkansas were one
mule he could stand with one fore foot
on Mexico and the other fore foot on
Canada and kick the man out Of the
moon.-H. S. Taylor, Inspector United
States Indian Service.
The broad ax., 1917-02-17
EiHel's TowAr

The most famous tower since that
Of Babel Is the Eiffel tower in Paris,
a monument to the engineering genius
Of Gustave Eiffel. The tower of Babel
was reared in the hope that it might
afford a passage to heaven, but the
builders, we are told In Genesis, were
foiled by their language being con-
founded.
Gustave Eiffel had no such ambition
In rearing the highest edifice the world
has ever seen. 1t Is a tower dedicated
to science. Its rearing was one Of the
greatest engineering feats Of modern
times and was a result Of experiments
undertaken to prove the greatest limit
to which metallic piers in viaducts
could be safely pushed. 1t is now the
worlds must celebrated wireless tele-
graph station.
Eiffel tower is 1000 feet in height
and Is constructed of iron lattice work,
1900 tons of iron being used in its con-
struction. A system Of elevators car
ries visitors to the top.
The broad ax., 1917-02-17
Taking Him Down.

A lawyer with liking for billiards
had occasion recently to visit small
town in the west of Scotland. While
there, seeking to pass the time, he
found a new and excellent billiard ia
BILE. Upon inquiring if there was any
body about who could play the land
lord referred him to one of the natives
They played several games, but the
result was against the lawyer. Try as
he might. the countryman won every
game.
"Mr. -" the lawyer remarked.
1--WE quite a reputation at home.
They consider me a good billiard play
er, but I'm not in your class. May
inquire how long you have playedT
"Oh. for awhile back" replied the ma
tive. But. say. / dinna want to
hurt yer feelin's, but you're the first
fellow / ever beatr'-London Tit-Bits
The broad ax., 1917-02-17
John Bull.

For many generations England has
been nicknamed John Bull" John
Bull means beefy, bTawny and OBJ
stinate. 1t is n popular personifica-
ton of the English people. lie is rep
resented as bun, oorpGlent. irascible
old fellow. clad in leather brooches and
top boots and carrying a stout oaken
cudgel. The nickname is derived from
DR.. ArbuthnOt's satire entitled The
History of John Bull" a political skit
on the subject of the Spanish success
sion, first published in 1712 and after
ward reprinted complete in Pope's
Miscellany" in 172S.
Arbuthnot thus describes John Bull:
In the main he was an honest, plain
dealing fellow, choleric, bold and of
very ;nconslant temper. Very apt to
quarrel with his best friends, especial
ly if they pretended to govern him. If
you aattered him you might lead him
as child. kansas City Star.
The broad ax., 1917-02-17
Uncle SANS Uniforms.

An act of congress. approved March
], 1911, entitled IAN act to protect the
dignity and honor of the uniform OF
the United States" provides that
hereafter no proprietor, manager or
employee Of theater or other public
place of entertainment or amusement
In the District of Columbia or in any
territory. the district OF Alaska or in
sular possessions of the United States
shall make or cause to be made any
discrimination against any person law
fully wearing the uniform of the army,
navy, revenue cutter service or marine
corps Of the United States because of
that uniform, and any person making
or causing to be made such diScrimlna-
ton shall be guilty of a miSdemeanor.
punishable by a fine not exceeding
$500"
The broad ax., 1917-02-17
The Famous MosIem Kaaba,

1t is a curious fact that the kaaba.
which is one of the great attractions to
the pilgrims who go to Mecca and Me-
dina, antedates Mohammed as an in
stitution and consequently is of pagan
origin. 1t is a small building, in one
wall of which is set the famous black
stone, probably a meteorite. which the
pilgrims all seek to kiss. The structure
has actually been rebuilt more than
once since Mohammed. but its old pa
gan form has been preserved. 1t was
originally a heather temple, OF such
standing among the Arabs that Mo-
BANNED felt compelled to adopt it into
his new religion and even to permit
the continuance of ancient customs
concerning it. He did destroy the idols
it contained, but he made a great con-
cession to the old prejudices of his
converts by making the observance of
an old pagan feast of Mecca one of
the five great precepts of the new faith.
The broad ax., 1917-02-17
Granuiated Butter,

The Chinese preserve their eggs in
definitely by drying them, the yolks and
whites being first separated and then
each reduced to powder by evaporation.
In India butter is treated i'm much the
same way, so that it never becomes
stale and may be kept fresh for hun
dred years. The butter is boiled till
all the water and curds are got rid of
and nothing remains but clear oil.
When the oil cOols into a solid it is
graduated and in this form will re-
main fresh indefinitely. This is what
they call ghee, and ghee is nothing
more or less than dried butter.
The broad ax., 1917-02-17
Good Journalism.

There are many stories of the iorr
nalis:ic genius of the blind JoSenh On.
liter. One cropped up the other dav
There was big championship COLI
tournament to be played" SoIfa,
said. This was years ago. before Mr.
Pulitzer went blind. Golf at that Tina
was in its infancy in this country.
well, Mr.. Pulitzer sent for his
dozen best reporters and special writer's
and, lining them up before him. said.
Those who understand golf stand
on the left; those who are ignorant of
it, ON the right
1.-The stars separated themselves ~.
cordingly. All understood golf bur
three-three very excellent writers.
"'YOu three chaps will cover the
tournament said Mr.. Pulitzer. with
his nervous smile. L want all our
readers to enjoy our story of this
event, and, since most of them are
ignorant of golf, what interests YOU
three will be sure to interest them ~
Washington Star.
The broad ax., 1917-02-17
Abused SuperlatiVes.

1t is hard to make people understand
that the adjective almost invariably
weakens the noun and that the word
very" for instance, does not strength
en- a statement, but qualities it. But
the use of the superlative is even more
abused. We talk of the ''unimpeach-
able honesty Of somebody or other.
knowing perfectly well that anybody's
honesty may be impeached. What
seems to be required is a readjustment
of our habits of thought and better
teaching of the value of words and
even of the usefulness of grammar. A
superlative necessarily involves an az
iom. 1t commits you. like saying that
the sum of the angles of any triangle
is equal to two right angles. Your di-
lemma arises when you try to prove it.
"Impregnability" and ''invulnerability''
and all other superlatives in general
use are posing as axiOms when they
are mostly fallacies.-Wall Street Jour-
nal
The broad ax., 1917-02-17
Suffrage In Norway.

Among the most important laws en-
acted by Norway since women have had
the vote are the two maternity insur-
ance laws of 1909 and 1915 and the di-
vorce law of 1910.
'Since the women in Norway have got
the VOTE" says Ella Anker in Jus Suf-
fragii, 'they have turned their chief
attention to their rights and duties as
wives and mothers. Education and eco
nomic independence are the basis Of wo-
mans freedom, but her greatest work
and happiness will be as wife and moth
er. 1t is an astonishing fact that in all
these centuries, while men have taught
us that woman's place is in the home,
they have neglected to prepare us for
the chief duties of our home life"
Norwegian women have also given
particular strength to the work for sra
tional housekeeping" by the establish
ment Of state high school for the ed
ucation Of teachers for the elementary
housekeeping schools, to a campaign
against consumption and to the support
OF the peace movement.
The broad ax., 1917-02-17
In Northern France.

1t Is strange and terrible to visit
Paris-and no one can be happy-but
to one who has loved France it is far
worse to visit the lovely northern
country. There is here a sense Of
emptiness. as if terror still hushed the
normal cheerful noises of mankind
The people of these regions have lost
everything. Their houses are burned;
their animals. even the rabbits, are
gone; their farm implements are shape
less pieces of grotesquely melted iron.
They live in temporary. patched shell
tiers and in the houses built by the So
ciety of Friends or mass themselves
In some nearby village that escaped
destruction. After time in this silent
country one gets the sense that de-
structiOn is normal, and tears start to
ones eyes at the sight Of an unde-
stroyed French village smiling In the
sun. So changed are all values that l
could feel nothing strange In the
words Of the woman who told me:
Fortunately my husband is a bunch
back. He can't go to the war."-Mary
Heaton Worse in Century.
The broad ax., 1917-02-17
School Strikes In japan,

School strikes seem peculiar to ia.
pan, and invariably one is under way.
Such a strike is a calamity dreaded
by head master and undermaster alike
A head master who has had q strike
in his school is under suspicion, even
though he may be quite innocent of
any unjust conduct, and eventually he
must seek new field for his activities.
so unpleasant do the students make
his continued stay. When students
combine against one Of the undermaS-
tiers he has nothing to do but tender
his resignation. If the strike is tem-
porarily Gained down it is tacitly IN
derstood that the master in question
is on the lookout for a new place
Sometimes strikes take place for the
retention of the teacher rather than
for his dismissal. In this latter case
it Is always the head master who
suffers the most, as the move is direct
ed against him for not retaining some
favorite.