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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1917-02-23

bieies Strauhes nit ibren eistpeiz
Ben. braunbetlpften 8lumen' pirts
lid cine 3teroe fir 8Iumen5immsr
Doer H~aienpIdBe iino. Der pilbe
2orbeer erreidt cine SDbe bon SIS
SUB, pGaft unter 9iinitisen llmitdns
ben aber audi boumartig Bis gu elmer
!9Dbe Don 800 SUB. Die 8ldtter
finb sid, pa6sortis, bon ountelsrii=
ner Sarbe unb bleiben aud i'm Wine
ter an ben StrGudern.. 9uouyd ents
itebt bic @efabr, bub in oieier Sabs
resaeit au6 pas 8ieb ii6 perleitsn
IdBt, bic gldtter gu trel1en Die oarz
mod BEL ben Steren duftretenoen
MISUNDERSTANDING fino: anz
Baltenbe llebelteit unO grbreden,
gsifern, idperes Ntmen, 9erluit oes
@f,bz unb 9DrpermOgens, grpBe
Mhttisteit, Sepubtloiisteit unb Sob.
@eiA Mcnfden tritt beftises grbres
den lin, ipoourd Die ger5iftuns Be-
beutstFa b absei4pddt piro.
%s'ehter Dem Namen ~itaggerbulb"
fe56er ,&in lamb" lit bier Der 9!fts
,ffroud 4nbrpmeoe betannt. IS
tit elm "a SUB bober Straud, an
beTen f6pdden 9erspeigunsen tpei<
be aIodenf5rmige Bitten in Oolsen
h6naen. IS sibt per1diebene 4rten
biefer pflanae, BON benen aud etnise
hire 1IGtter im Winter behalten.
Sieie oils marianii4e Inoromeoe be-
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1917-02-23

"troI1sn unb 1T bort iibsral als Gift
pflanSe letuunt. Sn anlifornien
fennt man lie audi unter benz HaEen
S6neinet1rtoffeln 0og pptatcel,
ipsi! bic S6psine bic anol!en aers
ne frehen, pbne Shaoen gu erleiesn.
Inoere siers nsroen ourf ben &c:
nub Der glGtter uno DEFENDERS esr
&nOlen per9iftet; aud ipenn iid Der
Game i'm Seu befinOet, treten bGufig
9efdbrlifs &rnntbeiten mad Sem
@erse5ren ipldsn Suffers auf. Sir
Sfofe lift bic Yflan5e Defenders i'm
Sriibjobr Dor Der Sliite sefGbrlit;
henn Die iaftigen, friidgriinen g!Sts
ter erideinen friib5eitig uno loden
bic Siers an uno es entiteben OaOur4
auf Den S6ufrnnses bdufig behsus
tenoe 8erluits. Die &rantheitsers
f6einunsM fino unregelmdBiges VT
men, tulmelnoer 8ans, ipdter gang
li6e 2dbmung, oaB bic Siere flint
benlang lpie tot bnliesen. 2dmmer
geben an Der Rubr %5u9runbe, fpsnn
fie bic Mild persifteter Miitter arfs
nebmen. Iu6 pferoe unb Rinosr
iperoen na6 Dem @enuiie Der Stsrns
bbacintbe tront, bod ielten in benz
Mobe pie S6afe. Define; man bic
an bieier 8ergiftuns psrenpsten 5ie,
re, 10 finbet iid in !Ser5 unb 2ans
gen ountles, perbidtes YIut. Oils Sc.
9enmittel miro bon ben 8ie65iihtern
Sala. Sppu uno S6mals anses
manot; sod limb Die bamit er3ieI.en
Helultdte nidt INNER Sufrieoenitels
leno, |eri udIe Der 9eamten pes VI
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS bnten bepisten,
ooE pos Gingeben elmer einprpSentis
gen Goiuns BON iibermdn9oniaursm
&aIl (perman9onnte Of potnIiium)
elm Iebr ptrtlames 8esenmittel it.
Gin Srittel hinge oes libermangans
lauren Sails piro in l Quart WaIs
Ter ouise!Dit. Die MaiIe lit binrei:
heno fir 300 S6ofe, fir TO
Yferbe ober 3-5 &iibe. Do Die
Sternhpacintbe srpbe 5ldten be-
oedt, lit Ous Yfliigen pes 2anpes
i'm Mugult uno Daraui pieDerbp.,.es
g99en Dos bette Mittel, Inn ous lin,
trdut aus5rrotten.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1917-02-23
bic S%traLlfGulc bel EierSen.

SIN 9ullrdDl UrpU Der Y1erpe
tonmen Spei nebeI Dur, Deren ems
Die gutalllSe otrab!tuu!e JOer cen
taulen Otrug!. Das unOere Die bps,
artlge Stra9tIuule pDer Oen Straglz
ppet 9uItreps BARTLETT.
&le gulartt9e 0lrugtraule beitebi
IN enler trunlyuIten Urpel9uny unD
4uTlp1ung pes 0ornes am Suulrubl,
lppbet elne ubelrieGenpe, sraue
SeuQtl9telt ab9elonoert, uno ipOs
purp Der Strap gum S4pnoen e,
braQt pirp. llp lqlieBIlt EN- To-
%9enu1Iter ,Sipangput (cpntrdcteo
poop auabiIoen tam.
Sle Otrabltaule tommt leDr bGu.
Jig Dor, an ben Sprbers unD uud) an
ben Sintertuben, bel lungen uno BEL
ulten Y1erpelI, peranlaBt 5lpar lrur
leHr lelten EobmBelt, tam aber,
lpenn lle unbeaptet bleib!, anDers
uble 6olsen Dabeu, gu penen M,
mentllW, lple lWpn angefiibrt wurpe,
bic Gntlpidlung Des 3pnngbufes &C,
bort.
Die urlafen llnD CUR mu%nnigfal.
tt9; anbaltenoe Mtdr14e, Der lnl1ae
IutentDolt aut lumpIlgen Ne,ben.
!or9es Ueben i'm Stlnmm uno M!p.
raft, 1euGle, BON Dung naiie Streu;
terner lnnere llriuben, ais OruIe
(ols'smpcr), Mtoute GcratHss) ltni
Die geppbnliheren Yeranlai,ungsn.
Im 9auilglten iperoen 3pnngz lno
5lafbute bsfallen.
Sur 9eiIuns Der ~9eIinberen GALL.
ppn StrablfduIe rei4t IS in Der Re.
gel i9pn aus, ipenn in Der Spalte
5lptlden ben 8allen ober beioerietts
neben benz StrubI, tdsli9 einmol
ipelde, geaupfte GeinlpunpIappen nit
sinem i%tumpfen MeTier einseoriidt
peroen. tpel6e 5upor nit elmer Iufs
loiurs bon 2 un5en Gb!ortalt (6lo,
rioe Of lime) uno " Quart taltem
Wniier fart befeu9tet puroen. Der
ible Seru6 peri6Dinpet f%ofort, bic
Ibionoeruns pirb serineer, uno
no6 Sd Sagen 1T Der Strob!
9siuno uno troden. SIT bic 8rant.
belt bebeutenper. 10 peroen Scblc
nno Strabl tief ausssi9nitten unc
auf iie cine Mii9uns bon 4 unsen
GblortaIt unb Is Quart taltes Mois
Ter ta9ltd 5ipeimal rett bid aufs
ss9ofien. Statt bes Gtlortalts fam
man ii9 aud elmer NufI0iuns BON /
un5e Ilorn (olum) unp l unae
(blue pitrioD in - Quorl
lalipnrmem WaiIer beoienen.
Die bDsorti9e Stro6lfdnIe oaer
Der Strabltrebs beitebt in elmer Ser.
l9ipdruns Der fIeii6isen SeiIe i'm
quite oes 5leiidItrables, Der Sileiid.
|pble uno audi Slipeilen Der sfleii6.
!paro. Sns llebeI aeist ii6 bur6
Iuspii9ie unb 8oraen am
pornitrabl unb entiteIt aug unbe.
llriuden nnb trobt oft ie,
Der dr5tlifen 9ebonoluns. 53u per.
.lden lit f~oleenpes: Mon beftreidt
BE 9ni15s, oupor nit benz 8irtme5ier
:lef alssei6nittene untere !SuffIGfe
einmoI nit einem Bret ous d
Gblprtolt unb 5 ltn5en taItem
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1917-02-23

Sn ben 4nIagen Der Wetsp,
poIitan Contribution So. in 81. So.
'epb, Wo., fam Der 8Gdter 4usuf
araGniepsti nit elmer brennenSen
2aterne einem Sslbsbdltsr gu nabe.
tppburd cine GrplOiion erfoIsts unS
Der unporiidtige so SUB nett sez
fdleubert uno burd ben Sturs se.
tDtet pu:be.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1917-02-23

- u a! Satin: .Hun, unb bic
Sagobeute bait Ou ni9t mitses
6rd6t9"
Sonntassidser: nNein. tpeiBt Ou,
bic muB!e ndmIi9 in's SpitaI."
- autri9tis. 1ourif (im
Ilpentoitdm, I'M Wirtsbauie gu eis
mem Oorf6uriden): nRanu. iunser
Rann, piiroe mid nidt ieoer fir
einen ed.sn a;psnbsppbner b%aliens"
Der 9uride. 20 Naul muBtef
halt haltenl"
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1917-02-23

Sn SngeIbeim OR bein NJ
6efen) itieBen spsi 9iiter5iiss 3uInms
men, BON Oenen elmer in 8rano 9es
riet. Gin 9remier lit tot, iieben iino
ldper perlebt. 9as Souptgeleiie NOR
ldngere 3eit aefperrt.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1917-02-23

Gur Tarm unA 6artrtt
unierc 8iftpilanscu.
".

Der Stednpfel (Simion
ipeeb), Der pabri6einlih bon 3issus
r,ern aus ieiner inbii6en Seimat
nod europa unb 4msrito sebro6t
ipurbs. fiibrt bisr5ulanbe nod bic
Namen Samestoipn mech, bepi!s
apple uno itintport. Die S%noianer
nennen i'm beaeidnenb bic rpflan5e
bss ipeibsn Mannes" (pbite mans
plant). Gs sibt cine 4bart, beren
Stensel cine buntelpurpurrote Sarbe
baben uno ii6 ald burd itdrferes
Da9stum bon Der griinitengli9en
unteri6eipet, fonit iinb beioe in all
len ibr,n Seilen unb aud in ibren
Giftpirtunsen gang slei9. @us ben
SamenfDrnern pirb bas in @potbes
Ten %bsrtaufte Strampnium berseitsat,
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1917-02-23

- 5abatftnub lift bas beit. Mit,
tel 9egen grofl0be; es perben bic
pflan5en unb SberfIade Der Grbs
oamlt otft beftreut. Die Gbence 81.
senidoft bes Sabafs t0tet bic t!ei.
men 9upier. % Resen ben So5o.
alslaust. mub er Sfters erneueri
tperSen.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
GOVERNOR ISSUES
XMAS PROCLAMATION

In a proc.
iaUlatiOn call
lng upon pcO-
pie of Illinois
to aid I h c
Red Gro ; 5.
ioy Franz
O. 10 " d e n
B1ILaG a pnn.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
Such a Name!

A college professor in California has
discovered n mineral hitherto unknown
10 science. which he has called crest
moreite,' because it was found mt
CreStmore. We are told by way Of
description, says the Providence Bull
letin, that il Is ~ new hydrous basic
of orthosilicatc, containing small
amounts of other oxides in place of
silica" which leaves Us altogether in
the dark as TO whether we shall soon
be using creStmorete rs an improved
stovepipe material or wearing it as a
watch charm.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
ILLINOIS BLUE BOOK
READY FOR PRESS

Springfield. Dec. 1.-THE l9lI-lslN
Blue Book of Illinois. which Secretary
of State Louis L. Emerson today an
nounced practically ready TO issue
A., from the press. has been made to con
.orm with the Centennial idea. Il re
Jews the achievements OF the state
Turing one hundred years OF progress
ma contains many other features
which have never appeared in form
er Blue Books.
An article by Mrs Jessie Palmer.
secretary of the Illinois Centennial
Commission and librarian OF the State.
historical Library, tells of the plans
Tor the observance of the Centennial
anniversary next year and recounts
briefly the history of the state. This
s followed by a series of articles by
men well informed on the subjects
they discuss. describing the agricul-
ural, industrial. social, educational
md economic growth of the state in
one hundred years
There is also an article by II W.
Fay Of De Kalb on the secretaries of
state of Illinois. illustrated with en-
cravings of most OF the former secre-
taries
An effort has been made in the
forthcoming Blue Book also to pre-
sent in comprehensive manner the
work Of the Fiftieth General Assem-.
blythe Centennial Legislature OF
Illinois Charles f. Woodward of OF.
ava, who drafted the Civil Admins
trative Code. describes in lucid
manner the purposes and operation OF
this important legislation
George p, Gillespie of Springfield,
former assistant attorney general and
an authority on constitutional ques.
tons has written an article on the
Constitutional Convention procession
and the questions that are likely to
be prominent in a constitutional con.
vention should one be called
S L. Bradt, state superintendent of
highways, explains in considerable
detail the plan for the construction
of the state highway system under the
proposed sixty million dollar bond is.
sue. The article is accompanied by
a map of the state showing the pro.
posed roads and by table explain.
ing the manner in which the bonds
will be retired by the fees from auto.
mobile licenses.
Adiutant General Frank s. Dickson
describes the new state militia and
voluntary trainini corps plan and
gives a review of the history of the
militia of the state Following this
are tables showing the quota by coun-
ties. cities and districts in the first
call under the federal CONSUMPTION.
and a list of the district draft boards
in the state
The Blue Book is being issued al
most year earlier than has been
customary.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
COURT HOUSE NEWS.

In re- general orders. The engage
nent of counsel on legal advisory
bcaydS viii be deemed good cause for
postponemeut Of eases while they arl
so eneoced
Nv eases
A. A. Scion ct III IS. Thos Woull-
iuds by confession for S97l.i6 and
costs execution ssued
Guilieimo Orlaudi, minor etc. vs.
T.. K Q. railway; case damages
s.5.t-o.
Ralph &, Green. administrator Of
The estate o. De.ro vs.. G.. Z. < q rail.
way; case damages $,G.o9o.
Chaneerr orders
Tcsaw IS TosgW; injunction dis
solved and suit dismissed on motion
Of complainant; costs paid
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
Residence Phone, a55-Y

Old ocidier Gives Recommendation
Gustav Wangaln. Commander Of &
4. r. Post. Pinckneyyille. H. writes,
Il highly recommend Foley Kidney
Pills, which prefer to all others
have used and consider them johnny
on the spot. Foley Kidney Pill;
give quick relief from backache, rheu
matte pains stiff. swollen joints. Ian
guidness pans in groin and muscles
all other symptoms o. kidney trouble
and sleep disturbing bladder ailments
They assist nature in restoring
strength and vitality. For sale by W
L. Duncan.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
Name Made No Difference,

little miss was visiting at home
where two elderly women were stop
ping. One had Il name easily remem-
hered, but the other had an unusual
one. Upon being presented to them
the little girl looked pensive for a mo-
ment, but she quickly solved her diff
ticulty Ivy saying: "iow are you, Dram.
ma B and Drama More?"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
To Remove Smoke Stains.

This suggestion will be beneficial to
housewives who have not the conven.
renee of electricity or the modern gas
hxtures. Frequently the ceiling above
an old-fashioned gas jet becomes dis
coIored from smoke and heat. The
dlScoloration may be removed If a
layer of starch and water is applied
with piece of flannel. After the mix.
turc has dried IL should be brushed
lightly with u brush. No stain or
mark will remain.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
NOTICE TO PROVE CLAIMS.

Estate of GEORGE ". TRlMBLE, de.
ceased
Notice IS hereby given that tae
undersigned, eXecutriX OF the last will
and testament OF George NJ Trimble,
late OF the County OF La Sale and
State Of Illinois, deceased, will ap.
pear before the Probate Court of saia
County on the first Monday Being the
4th day. Of February. 1918, at the
Probate Court room, in Ottawa, in
said County, when and where all per-
sons having claims or demands
against said estate are notified to at
tend and present the same in writing
for adjustment
Dated this 2Sth Gay OF November.
A. y 1911.
CLARA G.. TUMBLE
Executrix.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
MEANS is FOUND NOT
GUILTY OF KING DEATH

Concord. y. c., Dec l7.-Gaston 3
Means was acquitted Sunday of the
murder of Mrs. Maude A. King.
The jury deliberated a little over
fifteen hours They began deliberat.
ing at 7 O'Clock Saturday night and
announced their verdict shortly after
10 o'clock in the forenoon
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17


eral appeal for the loyal support OF
everyone in helping he great nation
Al body TO help our boys over there. 80
The Proclamation says
The Christmas season is upon us.
The question thai comes 10 all is. How
shall We hes, observe 10 It usually
IS time of mingled joy and reyer.
cnce, o tender thought and kindly
deed. The 10y this year will be chast-
ended and subdued by the great tras.
edy which enfolds the world All the
more reason why the reverence. the
tenderness. the generosity which have
marked other ChriStmases should find
all expression in this. How can this
nov be better done than by a mighty
enlistment in the army OF the Red
Cross? For the Red Cross attirms
he reality of mercy and sentences
and compassion, and the triumph OF
the spirit, just as did that other Cross
IN Palestine Ions centuries since
The Allies have captured the sacred
spot where that Cross stood And if
We now shall only recapture the spirit
which went ont from Calvary all will
be Well
Our soldier boys in the camps and
at the front. with stout hearts and
serene faith. 90 to meet our enemy.
They anxiously ask. How about our
people at home: Do they realize the
magnitude OF our task? DO we have
their sympathies. their support and
their prayers? Ii so. we shall surely
win
Let Us, in this Christmas week.
make answer by rallying all our pa.
ttictlc men and women and boys anu
girls under the banner OF the Red
Cross.
Given under my hand
and the Great Seal OF
State at the Capitol in
Springfield. this Fifteenth
Day of December in the
year of Our Lord One
tSeal) Thousand Nine Hundred
and Seventeen and of
the Independence of the
United States the One
Hundred and Forty Sec.
Ond.
FRANK O. L0WDEN.
BY the Governor;
Lewis l.. Emmerson.
Secretary Of State
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17

BY the Governor.
Lewis l.. ElnmersOn.
Secretary of State
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17

such dealer, agent or broker as It's
agent in this state
Louis H. lsmmerson. secretary OF
state. has provided the necessary ap.
plcation blanks and other literature
for those who desire to qualify under
the act.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
New Auto Horn.

A horn to be carried on the rear Of
an automobile, which sounds automat.
lcnlly when the cur II backed, has been
been invented by a woman.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
REAL ESTATE TRAINERS.
Warranty Deeds.

David l.. Barnett and wife to Harry
C. Moore. s27iatt L > b Blackstone 5
add Mendoza. 1926.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
Self Denial.

The worst education which teaches
self-denial is better than the best which
tenchcs everything else and not that
John Sterling.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-09-06
What American Voice Is Good For.


A recent dispatch from London to
the New York Sun records the fact
that an American physician visiting
In that city has discovered that Ameri-
can voices are better adapted to the
use of the telephone than the British
voices. To this defect in the British
vocal cords he ascribes the fact that
the telephone service of London is
much maligned, and says:
Americans do not have soft voices,
but their vocal cords are tuned correct
ly for telephOning. English voices are
not. They seem to lack the timber nee
essary for carrying over the wires.
1t is often remarked that American
women are given to talking loudly in
restaurants and other places. AS
matter of fact, they do not talk any
louder than their English sisters, hut
their voices have a carrying quality
that is sometimes rather trying. How
ever it makes telephone using a pleas
ure for Americans, whereas for Britons
the telephone is always more or less
an instrument of torture.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-09-06
PRESIDENT WILSON REJECTS
P0NTIFF'S PLEA FOR PEACE
TELLS BENEDICT THAT KAISER'S WORD
is WORTHLESS.
ACTS SPOKESMAN FOR ALL THE ALLIES
Leaves Door Open for German People to Make Terms
But Refuses to Negotiate With Autocracy.

| of revenge or deliberate injury. The
American people have suffered intol-
cradle wrongs at the hands of the i'm
perial German government, but desire
no reprisal upon the German people,
who have themselves suffered all
things in this war, which they did not
choose. They believe that peace
should rest upon the rights of peo-
pies, not the rights Of governments
the rights of peoples great or small,
weak OF powerful-their equal right
to freedom and security and self-gov-
eminent and to a participation upon
fair terms in the economic opportuni-
ties in the world-the German people,
of course, included, If they will ac-
cept equality and not seek domina-
ton.
The test, therefore, of every plan OF
peace is this; Is it based upon the
faith of all the peoples involved or
merely upon the word of an ambl-
tious and intriguing government, on
the one hand, and of group of free
peoples, on the other? This is a test
which goes to the root of the matter;
and it is the test which must be ap-
Piled.
The purposes of the United States
in this war are known to the whole
world-to every people to whom the
truth has been permitted to come.
They do not need to be stated again
We seek no material advantage of
any kind. We believe that intolerable
wrongs done in this war by the furi-
GUS and brutal power of the imperial
German government ought to be re-
paired, but not at the expense of the
sovereignty of any people-rather a
vindication of the sovereignty, both of
those that are weak and those that
are strong. Punitive damages, the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of empires, the estab-
lishment of selfish and exclusive eco
monte leagues, we deem inexpedient
and in the end worse than futile, no
proper basis for peace of any kind,
least of all for an enduring peace.
That must be based upon justice and
fairness and the common rights Of
mankind.
We cannot take the word Of the
present rulers of Germany as a guar.
antee of anything that is to endure,
unless explicitly supported by such
conclusive evidence of the will and
purpose of the German people them
selves as the other peoples of the
world would be Justified in accepting.
Without such guarantees, treaties of
settlement, agreements for disarma-
ment, covenants to set up arbitration
in the place of force, territorial ad-
justments. reconstitutions of small
nations, il made with the German gov
eminent, no man, no nation could now
depend on. We must await some
new evidence OF the purposes OF the
great peoples of the central powers.
God grant it may be given soon and in
way to restore the confidence of all
peoples everywhere in the faith of ma
tons and the possibility of a cove
nanted peace.
ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary of State of the United
States of America.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-09-06
OLDEST LOVE LETTER FOUND
Billet Doux, Written on Tablet Of Clay
About the Time Of Abraham, IN
earthed by Scientist.

The oldest love letter in the world
has been found-and read by eyes for
which 1t never was intended. DIR.
Stephen Herbert Langdon, Museum of
Arts and Sciences, University Of Penn
sylvania, was the man to find this bill
let dOux, written on a tablet of clay
about the time of Abraham. He also
has brought to life what is said TO be
the oldest map in existence, drawn
about 1900 Il. c.. on another tablet of
clay.
Here is the letter, which, sad to re-
late is partly selfish:
ITO Kaka and Mirsiia say:
Thus saith Sin-magir.
May the Sun-god give good health.
"How Is this business2
For n whole month you have not
sent anybody to ask about my welfare
Now l direct Shamashepiri unto
you.
Send me thirty pints of barley meal
and ten plnts Of bean flour.
81 am in trouble.
Give quickly.
What you sent deduct from your
tithers.
"As to the rest, send 1t according
to future instructions"
Evidently the writer was fond of
both Kaka and Mirsiia, two sisters.
Although the letter could scarcely be
called affectiOnate, as the present gen.
Grafton understands the word, its
translator assures us that II is q bone
fide cross-yOur-heart love letter.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-09-06
JAPS READY TO GO TO WAR
Keeps 2,5oo,:1o Men und-r Arms and
Only Lacko Transports to
Europ-.

L Tdo1.-Eeports again are cur
r-Lt here that Japan may Sad an
FAY to France to assist in a mighty
jolt offensive against the Germans.
A-v.c~5 from Paris quoted Senator
Luian lo- ert as saying Japan was
keeping 100000 men under arms
a..d that the major portion of this
forle Vas available for service in
the field AGAINST Germany if it could
be transported to the zone of action.
Tha French press is devoting con-
siderable attention to the activities Of
the Japanese mission, which now is
in the United States.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-09-06
A Raconteur's Fate,

"How did you happen to come here,
my poor friendT" asked the sympa-
thetic prison visitor.
my sense of humoE got me into
trouble, num-"
"How did that happen7"
~ wuz robbin' n mans house, mum,
an had finished de Job. had him
covered wild me gut an there wuzn't
nothln' keepin' me, but couldn't re-
sist de temptation to tell him a new
story I'd heard from pal of mine.
Just as we wuz both laughin' at to kill,
de cops came In an nabbed me-"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-09-06
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

st. Louis.-Hay-Timothy and al
falfa, No. 1, $27@29; No. 2, $23@25;
clover mixed, S1@2 less; grassy
grades are slow sale.
Potatoes--Good bright Early ohios
and Burbanks, $1.50@1.75 per bushel;
inferior stock less.
Eggs-Fresh country firsts, $40
S5c; held and stale, 1Q9c less; cases
returned, nc less.
Butter-Creamery extra, SEC; firsts
35c; seconds, sac.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-09-06
BELGIAN RELIEF SHIP IS SUNK

London--The Norwegian steamer
Kongsli, from Saint Nazaire, France,
for the United States, has been sunk
off the Spanish coast. according to
a telegram received in Christiania
from Sanlander and forwarded by
the Morning Post correspondent.
The maritime register reports the
Norwegian steamer Kongsli as a Bel
gian relief ship. She measures 1868
tons net and is reported last as ar.
irving at Amsterdam on June 6.