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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
EVENING
0EAIRY TALES
b. NARY GRAHAM BONNER
THE MusKRATs.

"Mr. and Mrs. Muskrat," said Daddy,
"had been very much worried about
their fur In the summer. 1t had been
far from nice and they had looked
quite plain and ugly.
"Dear me-" said Mrs. Muskrat, 4
wonder If we will ever look the same
again. We used to be so good-looking.'
"'Do look as wretchedly as you
dor asked Mr.. Muskrat, not very po-
litely.
"Tf anything you look worse said
Mrs. Musirat.
''Mr. MuslSrat did not seem to be in
the least offended. He simply shook
his tail, which is so much like Mr..
Rats, with no fur or hair on 1t, and
he sighed unhappily.
"When the fall came along their fur
began to improve.
Lookp said Mrs. Muskrat to her
husband. we are growing better look
Ing every day.
"'Quite true, my dear said Mr..
Muskrat. You are almost cookbook
ing now
"Tsn't that splendidY said Mrs.
Muskrat. And you yourself are look
ing quite distinguished and Stylish
"'Ah, it's the cold weather that
agrees with u.s. said Mr.. Muskrat.
ayes, none of these summer eli
mates for me- said Mrs. Muskrat.
That's really why we look so ugly in
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
HHi;iH|YI.zfi:z.,::r
:sIIEI4se4 l==z'1z
Modern Poultry House.

hens free from vermin. a louse-in-
tested fowl positively won't lay and
Is losing proposition, always.
Make the hens work for every single
bit of food they get in winter, it will
prevent them becoming too fat and
helps keep up a vigorous circulation,
preventing chilled and shivering
fowl.
Hot food in winter is imperative;
every morning and night it should be
led piping hot. In the morning feed q
Try mash, made by boiling small pota-
toes, bet s, turnips, vegetable parings
Ind the lie, thickened with bran or
other middlings. This mash should
be fed in clean troughs, placed high
enough to make the hens hustle to
reach them. Hens delight to scratch
n q litter of dry leaves and it makes
he most ideal scratch-material. Small
grain generously scattered in a deep
litter Of leaves will keep the flock hap
oily busy and coptented the whole day
through.
For the last feed in the day corn Is
The most satisfactory, imparting the
heat so necessary for the well-being
Of the fowl during the cold, bitter
winter nights. The best way TO fesu
corn is to place it in the oven on the
cob and leave 1t until it is baked q
nice delicate brown. The savory odoI
Of baked corn is very appetizing, and
when the ears are cut up in short
lengths and fed thus to the fowls II
will keep them busy to pick up the
grains.
Water must be provided in abund.
ance. OF course, 1t is q difficult
matter to keep water before the hens
in zero weather, when it freezes al.
most as soon as it is put out, but you
N Ist provide it often enough to insure
each foul getting it's full share.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
LANDS INDIAN IN BROADWAY
Half Starved Tramp Shod in Mecca
sins Is Elevated to the
Movies"

A man was strolling, or rather,
cringing up Broadway the other after
noon, writes New York correspond
ent Of the Pittsburgh Dispatch. He
had high cheek bones, black hair and
wore moccasins. He had no overcoat
and the collar of his thin sack coat
was turned up about his neck and held
with hand blue with cold. Three men
standing at the curb saw the man and
noted his moccasined feet. by
George" said one, there's a bit OF
luck. Go after him, Tony, and tell
him to come over to the studio. He's
down on his luck and we need an In
diam" Tony pursued the shivering
figure and told him about the chance
at the studio. Sure, III come" said
the alleged redskin. 81 look like one,
but my name is Schwartz A fellow
gave me these moccasins, and I'd be
willing to wear chiefs hat and a red
blanket if it would keep me warm"
And so another Indian went straight
to the movies"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
BoIiUqr Women Endorse "Outside"
Treatment For ChiIdren's Colds

burns, bruises. stings, piles and mus
cular soreness.
Mrs. Porter says-'Vap-O-Rub Is
very fine for sore throat, rheumatism
etc. take pleasure in recommend
ing it."
Mrs. Jacques says-T have used
several bottles of Vick's Vap-o-Rub.
and have found 1t better than inter
nal medicines"
Mrs. Ferret writes-"We have given
Vap-O-Rub fair trial and find 1t ex.
cellent for Group, colds, sore throat,
etc. II is certainly fine for children. We
have also found 1t very good in cases
of sunburn, fever sores and muscu,
lar rheumatism" Three sizes, 25c, 500
or 500.
NoTlcE:-Last winter, in order to
acquaint their customers with Vap-O-
Rub, number of druggists through.
out the state presented complimentary
Jars to few of their customers, on
condition that they give this prepare
zion a thorough trial and report the
results. BY kind permission these re.
ports are now being used in this 90
ries OF advertisements.
AaC me oenslns hss 65po
WEp@ glS
this Trade Marx
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
AS Handsome a Couple as Could Be
Found.

the summer. We don't like it and it
doesn't like us. It's regular game of
dt-for-tat that we, play with the sum-
mer months
"And still more time went by and
every day Mr.. and Mrs. Muskrat looked
more beautiful. Their fur became very
fine and they knew they were about as
handsome couple as could be found.
"They were very clever too, and
avoided all the traps that were set for
them, and all the ways the big Men
who came out with guns had, they dis,
covered, and got the best of them every
time.
"'The very idea,' said Mrs. Muskrat
Just because we're handsome they'd
like to use us on their fur coats and
dresses. I can be just as stylish here
without going on any dress or coat
They say we keep them warm
said Mr.. Muskrat.
"'Well, we can keep ourselves warm
said Mrs. Muskrat, and they were more
careful than ever not to be caught.
''How they disappointed the hunters.
They had been seen and almost caught,
but every time they had been able to
get away and the Men who hunted
were very cross about it.
"'Those muskrats always get the
best of us. There are two we've seen
again and again. And they're the same
two every time. How smart they are
But what good fur they would make
'Mr. and Mrs. Muskrat thought that
If they were so smart they would not
make good fur at all They would SIM
ply refuse to make good fur!
"'Well,' squealed Mr.. Muskrat to his
wife, we always have our good bank
to go to for our sleep, and we love to
sleep, don't we, my lover
"'Ah yes,' squealed Mrs. Muskrat
We do like little nap, and the warm
snow keeps us so comfortable
"Daddyw exclaimed Nancy, "do they
sleep under the snow?"
~ don't see how they can keep warm
that way" said Nick. ''The idea of
calling the snow warm-and yet I've
been warm when I've been buried In
the snow for fun. But for q long time
and to sleep there! Ugh" And
Nick shivered thinking about it.
"The Muskrats," said Daddy, "bur-
row under the snow in the side of a
bank and there they sleep during the
winter. But they do not sleep all the
winter like some of the Animals do.
They have to keep awake when danger
is near and they have to be on the look
out that they are not trapped and
caught.
"And from the way Mr.. and Mrs.
Muskrat planned everything they did,
and from the way they escaped so
many times from all the Men who were
hunting them, I am quite sure they will
live long time. For If they escaped
from some of the narrow adventures
they have had, am sure there are no
more dangerous adventures that they
cannot get away 'FRONT.'
1--WE can just imagine, too, how often
Mr.. and Mrs. Muskrat. call each other
beautiful now that it is winter and
their fur is so perfect"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
WINTER QUARTERS FOR HENS
'Iouse Described and illustrated That
Accommodates Fifty White Leg
horns Comfortably.

believe I have the best henhouse
for health, comfort and capacity, cost
considered. have kept 80 White Leg
horns in it for the last four winters
and never had frozen comb, nor
case Of roup, writes F. Il. Campbell OF
Nebraska in Missouri Valley Farmer
The house is 10 feet wide, II feet deep,
A feet high at the caves and z at the
ridge. There is a 12-inch board at the
bottom in the open end and under the
west door so that no litter Is wasted
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
IRstead of Dosing Delicate Little StOm-
Aehs They Recommend the External
Treatment - Vap-O-Rub.

Mrs. M. ]. Porter, and Mrs. ].
Jacques, of Bolivar, Mo-, and Mrs. M. g.
Ferrel, on Rural Route No. 2, like all
intelligent mothers, believe internal
medicines are bad for children, and
yet cold troubles must have some kind
OF treatment. When Vick's Vap-O-Rub
was introduced here from the South
last season these ladies found 1t filled
the need exactly. Vap-O-Rub is
. salye, which, when applied to the
warmth of the body, is vaporized by
the body heat. These vapors, inhaled
with each breath, carry the medication
through the air passages to the lungs,
and, in addition, Vick's is absorbed
through the skin, relieving the tight
ness and soreness. This two fold
action makes Vap-O-Rub useful for
a wide variety of nfiammations--from
infiammations of the air passages and
lungs, such as head colds, catarrh,
asthmatic troubles, bronchitis and
deep chest colds--down to infiamma-
lions OF the skin and tissues. su ii as
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
The New Method
~ I. w. nowER, ". -

Bsckache of any kind is often caused
by kidney disorder, which means that
the kidneys are not working properly
Poisonous matter and uric acid accumu-
late within the body in great abundance
over working the sick kidneys, hence
the congestion of blood causes backache
IN the same manner as q similar con-
gestion In the head causes headache.
You become nervous, respondent, sick,
feverish, irritable, have spots appearing
before the eyes, bags under the lids, and
lack ambition TO do things.
TIE latest and most effective means
Of overcoming this trouble, is TO eat spar
ingly Of meat, drink plenty water be-
tween meals and take a single Anurlc
tablet before each meal for while.
Simply ask your favorite druggist for
Anurie. II you have lumbago, rheuma-
tism, govt, dropsy, begin Immediately
VIA thk novel treatment
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
Applying Physics in a Street Car.

One of the fundamental theories you
we're taught in your high school phys
les will save you lot of trouble ev-
cry day if you apply it.
Straphangers in the street cars lurch
forward when the car stops and back
ward when it starts. It's inconvenient,
especially if 200-pounder hits you.
Remember that place in the physics
teXt-"TO every action there is an
opposite and equal reaction"
Well, apply it. When the car stops,
lean toward the rear. When it starts,
lean toward the front.
You lurch because you're the Oppo-
site reaction TO the cars movement.
Simple and practical, isn't it?
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
CARVING II Too Far,

Mr.. Curran and Mr.. McManus spent
their Saturday half holiday in artistic
pursuits. Among the objects exam
ined was new public building. The
feature of the building that appealed
most strongly to Mr.. Curran was an
inscription cut into huge stone.
''MDCCCXCVIII," he read aloud,
"What does them letters name, Tim?"
"That," replied the cultured Mr.. Nc
Manus, Stands for 1885,"
"Oh," Mr.. Curran replied. Then, aft
er a thoughtful pause, he added:
''Don't yez think. Tim, that they're
overdoin' this spellin' reform bitT"-
New York Times.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN

Children love SINNERS Macaroni
and Spaghetti because of it's delicious
taste. 1t is good for them and you
can give them all they want. 1t is a
great builder Of bone and muscle, and
does not make them nervous and irri-
table like meat. The most economical
and nutritious food known. Made from
the finest Durum wheat. Write Skin
ner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Nebr., for beau
tiful cook book. 1t is sent free to
motherS.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25

Children are maub pIumP Lusy Atu
robust by the WDiseovery.S They Ike
IL too.
In recovering from rGrippe," or in con-
valescence from pneumonia, feyers. or
other wasting diseases, 1t speedily and
surely inylgorates and builds up tho
storative tonic, it sets at work all tbs
processes of digestion and nutrition.
rouses every organ into natural aetiOn,
and brings back health and strength.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
constipation. Constipation is the cause
Of many diseases. Cure the cause and
you cure the disease Easy N take -
candy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
Important to Mothers
When Men FOUGHT Hand to Hand.

The most fearsome of all the ancient
Russian weapons was the great battle
AK. There were many different types
Of these, but all were alike in having
queerly shaped, broad blades, often of
huge proportions and mounted on long
poles. The upper portion of the blade
usually projected in fantastic curve
above the haft, while the lower end
bent toward the pole, to which it was
attached by a flashing of wire.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
Why a Cold Cup nsweats.n

Put ice cream into a cup and the cup
and the air around it instantly be-
come cold. Air consists in part Of
vapor, and when the air is cooled this
vapor turns into water. AS the CEN
ter of GOODNESS is the cup, good deal
of the air in the Immediate vicinity
gathers on its outside in the shape of
water. But, as the air contains much
more heat than the cup contains cold,
the ice cream gradually melts.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
CUTICURA COMPILATIONS
Are Usually Remarkably Soft and
Clear--Trial Free.

Make Cuticura Soap your everyday
toilet Soap, and assist it now and then
as needed by touches Of Cuticura ONT
ment to soften, soothe and heal. Moth
ing better to make the complexion
clear, scalp free from dandruff and
hands soft and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold verywhere.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
Singing Contests in Norway.

Some of the songs of Norway con-
sist of hundreds of four-line verses,
which must surely be a hard test to the
memory of the singers. Sometimes
two singers will have a duet in such
song, singing verse after verse alter
nately. He whose memory, or in de-
fault of memory, invention, fails him
first is loser.-From Norway, by Nico
Jungman.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
ACTRESS TELLS SECRET.

A well known ectress gives the follow
Ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint OK
water add l OF. Bay Rum, a small box o.
Barbo Compound, and u OF. of glycerine.
Any druggist can put this up or you car
mix 1t at home at very little cost. Full
directions for making and use come in
each box of Barbo Compound. 1t wiz
gradually darken streaked, faded gray
hair, and make It soft and glossy. 1t viii
not color the scalp, Is not sticky az
greasy, and Goes not rub off. Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
Grecian Dolls,

As one might expect, the little Greek
girls had beautiful dolls. They were
made of clay and wax and decorated
with bright cOlOrs. They had beautiful
garments which could be put on and
taken off at will, and some of them
were made to represent the gods and
heroes so much revered by the people
movable limbs.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
Whenever You Need q General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a Cen
eral Tonic because it contains the we'll
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. II acts on the Liver, Drives out
Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System. so cents
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
Bad company.

Bad company is like a nail driven in
to a post, which. after the first and
second blow, may be drawn out with
little difficulty, but being once driven
up to the head, the pincers cannot take
hold to draw 1t out this can be done
Snly by the destruction of the wooN
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25

IMITATION IS slNcEREsT FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money the imitR-
ton has not the worth Of the original.
Insist on La Creole" Hair Dressing
it's the original. Darkens your hair in
the natural way, but contains no dye
Price $1.00.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
COVETED sY ALL

but possessed by few-a beautiful
head of hair. II yours is streaked with
gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can re-
store 1t to it's former beauty and lus-
ter by using La Creole" Hair Dress
Ing. Price 31.00.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
Wouldn't Be a Queen.

He-Queen of my heart
She-Queen nothing! Queens can't
pick their husbands. I can-and be-
lieve me. Tn some picker.-Judge.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
Natural Enouuh,

~ hear the coal barOns are again
raising prices"
That's foolish. The public are mad
enough as 1t is, and this continual
raising of coal only adds fuel to the
flames"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25

SOAP is STRONGLY ALKALINE
and constant use will burn out the
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo
ing with La Creole" Hair Dressing,
and darken, in the natural way, those
ugly, grizzly hairs. Price. $1.0O.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
You are Invited to Write for Free Advice.

medicine successful In relieving
suffering Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
receive helpful by writing Lydia
E. Medicine Lynn Mass Such letters received
only and held in strict confidence.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
LOSS OF POWER and vital force fol.


low loss of flesh, or
emaciation. These
come from impOV-
erished blood. Or.
Piefce's :. Golden
Medical Discovery
enriehes the blood,
stops the waste OF
strength and tas-
sue, and builds up
healthy flesh
Thin, pale, puny
and scr0fuIou9
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
Women Of
MddkAge
Many distressing Ailments experienced
by them are Alleviated by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Here is Proof by Women who Know

Lowell, Mass-"For the last three years have
been troubled with the Change of Life and the bad
feelings common at that time. was in very ner-
vous condition, with headaches and pain a good
deal of the time so was unfit to do my work. A
friend asked me to try Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, which did, and it has helped me in
every way. / am not nearly so nervous, no head
ache or pain. / must say that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is the best remedy any sick
woman can take Mrs. MARGARET QUINN, Rear
259 Worthen St., Lowell, Mass.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25

American preserved orange, lemon
and citron peel find favor In Canada.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25

She Tells Friends Lydia Pinkhams Remedies
North Haven Conn.," When As had the Change of Life
which is trouble all have At first it didn't bother
after while bearing down palms. called in doctors who
told try different things but they did pains One
day husband home and said Why don't you Lydia
them and about 10 bottles of Vegetable Compound and could
feel myself regaing health also used Lydia f. Pkhams
sanative Wash and it has done great deal Of good ANY
Life remedies There about 20
of who think the world of them"Ms FLORENCE IELL
North Haven.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25

Australian pearl fishing industry is
being held up by the war.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25

WHAT HIGH PRiCEDs SILVER means 10 RochesteT-OelOpps
Mines. Write Samuel O'Connell, Loyelock. KeT.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25
W. N. u, ST. LOUIS, NO. s-ts1T.

ROUGR RATSBBPFss sI RSss s1.ss a.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-01-25

SHOES At RETAIL s ssss gHTPs S.s. IS; s i.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-31
ENGINEER PLANS
BIG EXTENSION
OF CITY SEWERS

DETROIT this year viii undertake
the mos comprehensive devolop.
ment ~ It's sewer System in the
city's history, II the plans OF Clar.
ence w. Huhbell. city engineer. are
carried out Mr. Hubben is now
preparing estimates Of the amount
Of work that must be accomplished
tins summer 20 open the territory
recently annexed 10 the city These
estimates will have been consolidat.
ed by Foo. 6. when the department
II public works budget must be com
pleted.
The plar that have talked ~ in
formally with aldermen provide for
five Years work In The improvement
OF The city's sewer facilities. This
work will he concentrated into the
first few years. and little will remain
TO be done toward the end OF the
five-year period
Just tho amount II the appropria-
ton needed for the first years work
has not been computed. at this time
The Detroit times., 1917-01-31
Bill Would Compel Bachelors to
stop, Look and Listen" Before
Braving Plunge Into MatrimOny

were dead certain they had looked
before they leaped II they insist
ed that they really knew what they
were about, he would make a rec.
ord OF the fact that they wanted a
marriage license and tell them TO
go away and think il over for 30
days before coming back
As soon as they departed he
would call in the newspaper report
ers and inform them OF the facts
in the case, so that the world could
know that a license was being hunt
cd by the particular hunter and
huntress who had made the appll.
cation. Al the end of 30 days they
could get the license--if they came
back
But Rep. Robinson opines that a
LOT Of them would never come back.
Then they never would have to go
10 the divorce court.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-31

November township officials resol,
I'd 90 bonding 10 .aise money for
now schsaI buildings They repfe
ernted that their schools were CON
Eested and took up with the Detroit
school board the mattet OF becom.
ing a part OF the Detroit school dis.
trict which was agreeable 20 The
Detroit board
II was agreed that the Greenfield
bonds would De disposed Of thru
the ONCE OF Controller George En-
gel. whereby the Greenfield district
would benefit by the good premium
obtainablo by the city. The town
ship school board held a hurried
meeting and sold the s225, 1000 bonds
a. a premium OF approximately
$3.50 By coming into the city
school district they would have oene-
flied 20 the extent Of about $4,000
Now the city board Of education
Is not favorable 10 consolidation
OF tho school districts, alleging that
the Greenfield board broke faith. 4"
During the last few DAYS petit.
ton has been circulated in the town
chip asking for the recall OF the
embers OF the board, ~ which the
officers are Frank Burke. presi-
dent; Leon Webster. secretary. and
Harry G. Smith. treasurer.
Representatives OF the faction
that IS endeavoriug 10 Dust the beard
called on County Superintendent OF
Schools Yost, and were informed by
hlm that II they make formal
charges against the officers the mat
ter must be taken 70 the state super
intendent OF education, P. l.. Keller.
al Lansing
Earlier in the morning Messrs.
Riggs and eastman called az the
Office Of the corporation counsel, and
were directed by Assistant Counsel
Atkinson 10 the county superintend'
ent.
They left the superintendent s
Office with a petition 10 hring the
Greenfield townhsip schools under
tho Jurisdiction OF The city school
board In case The schools OF the
ennexcd territory are brought under