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The Grit-advocate., 1902-11-28

Miss Optimist-All things come to him
who waits. Fricnd-Ses, Il bald head.
false ,eeth. an ear trumpet and whole
lot of miscellaneous troubles
The Grit-advocate., 1902-11-28

II smoking interferes with your work.
"quit working''-and smoke Baxters
Bullhead-5-cent cigar
The Grit-advocate., 1902-11-28

Mrs. wlnslows Soothing Syrup.
For children tecthing, sofens the gums reduces In
naum allsys pain, wind collie 25t bottle
The Grit-advocate., 1902-11-28

High noon is the proper hour for a
wedding in high life. When 1t comes to a
divorce any old hour is good enough.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-11-28

The beef trust gets everything out Of a
steer but the bcllow-and 1t gets that out
of the consumer.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-11-28

It's because OF their true merit that
so many smokers prefer EaXter Bull
head o-cent cigar.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-11-28
WHEN YOU BUY STARCH

buy Defiance and get the best l6 OF. for
10 cents. once used. always used.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-07
Wheels Cease Turning
In Carnahan Works
Friday Morning.
Coal SHORTAGE Thus. THROWS
-FOUR HUNDRED men OUT OF WORK
Other Canton Manufactures
are Hard Pressed and Only
immediate Relief VIII
Save Fufthep Shutuowns

THE tie-up in the coal market Is
L affecting the local consumers to
great extent. The manufacturers
are in a quandary about how to supply
their works with enough coal to ses
them through the present crisis Fri
day morning the Carnahan Tin Plate
mill, was compelled to shut down on
account of the lack of fuel, throwing
about four hundred hanGs out or en-
ployment. W. NJ. Blocker of the Car
nahan works, when seen concerning
the situation said:
"Tbe outlook at present is very bad
indeed. We we're forced to close our
shop down on Friday on account OF
insufficient supply of fuel. Later IN
the day we received several cars OF
coal and may get, started again Mon-
day but the situation is making u.s
manufacturers tremble.
1--WE use about eighteen or twenty
cars every week and unless there is n
great change soon we will be in bad
fix"
Most OF the manufacturers have con-
tracts with the Goa, dealers for their
supply of coal and some of them an
ticipate no trouble because they have
these contracts. The coal dealers.
however. are short in their supply,
and this, of course, affects the filling
Of their contracts with the consumers
Ed Langenbach, of the Berger Man.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-07
FATHER CLAIMS
SMITH IS INSANE
First Steps to Have Shelters
Slayer Taken Out Of
Court.

Reuben Smith, the father of Melvin
r. Smith, the man who shot Conduc-
tor James B. Shelter, has taken the
first steps toward taking his boy from
under the jurisdiction of the courts
and placing him in the insane asylum
at Massillon.
Saturday he served notice upon
Sheriff Frank Mckinney, in whose
custody Melvin is, that the prisoner is
insane and was at the time of the
shooting, and he demands an inquest
Of lunacy. The papers were prepared
by Attorney Sterling VINO is counsel
in the case.
Sheriff Mckinney then notified the
probate court and prosecuting attor-
ney OF the demand that had been
made upon him and hearing was set
for October s, but the prosecutor
states that he will not be ready at
that time and hearing will be post
poreG.
Should Smith be declared insane
this will stop all proceedings in the
courts to have him punished for his
crime.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-07


ufactdrfng company, said, in regard TO
tho shortage OF fuel ~"Tn6re rs mo-
doubt that the climax will be reached
very soon. At our concern we are
getting about half of our usual supply
of coal and to do this requires the
services of an extra man to see to
II that the coal is shipped rs per Or
DEF.
I'VE consume much coal at the Ber.
ger Works and situation OF this kind
affects us very much. We hope, how
ever, that there will he more coal to
he had soon or the shop will undoubt-
edIy have to close down.
Leonard Shull. of the Canton Steel
company, talked of the situation thus,
81 think we are about as we'll fixed as
any concern in the city to Withstand
this tie-up in the coal markets. We
have large supply on hand. as we
always have reserve supply for
emergencies of this nature. Even
were we not able to procure coal We
could run orr mill for two or three
months.
"The lack Of fnel, however, IS te,i-
ing on our supply to some extent.
We Use about, 1000 Of 1900 tons Of
coal every week.
W A. Lynch, Of the ,sultman COM
pany. says: eve have no difficulty
in getting coal and expect none Onr
shops are running nicely ana I do not
think the present trouble will affect
us in any marked degree"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-07
WHY WOMEN STUDY LAW.

IL w oNiIlN oD Afh we
The study of law is to a woman a
means of culture, linking all the spe-
cial training of her education and ex-
perience, and teaching her to see un-
suspected and beautiful relation and
harmony in the most alien phases of
mental, spiritual. and material life.
This understanding only comes af-
ter her course in law is completed.
and is seldom conscious reason for
undertaking her work. However, |
believe that a blind intuition of all
this is at the hack of the impulse to
know Jurisprudence. 1t is difficult,
therefore, to make this great value
comprehensive to a layman, and to
inspire him. a priori, with an under
standing which, by its very nature,
comes only from experience In the ac-
tual field Still, woman who has,
as a personal possession, skill In any
art or science, will see what this value
is of which write. For the woman
who plays musical instrument, or
paints, or writes. knows that the end
and aim of her work and its s:trucst
value to her are not splayiHg or paint
ing or writing; she knows that the
meaning of her art to her is that it
opens the door to great truth and
beauty, and enables her better to un-
derstand how to live. This is quite
the same In law, excepting that 1t Is
broader and deeper in its Significance
than in any Of the three examples
have chosen, for law in its broadest
sense is the basis Of all three, and in
deed of every art and science Of life it.
self.-SuccesS.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-07
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

John Linnenstruth and Josephine
Moser, both of Canton. were married
Sunday morning at Z O'clock at the res.
fdence of the Rev. F, Strassner, the of.
fciating minister. They expect to re-
side at Falls Junction, o.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1902-12-27
ANOTHER RAILWAY WRECK:
Yellow Creek Bridge the Scene Of Another
Accident.

Yellow Creek Bridge the Scene Of Another
Accident.
From BrookHeld Argus
Misfortunes seems to never come
singly. Yellow Creek was the scene
of another wreck last Saturday morn
ing and, as result, Oscar Cassidy,
fireman of the pile driver, is dead and
Ross Robbins was seriously hurt.
Work of repairing the damage done
by the awful disaster the Saturday
previous was in progress. The pile
driver was on the bridge, and, while
lifting piling from below, become top
heavy and went down, bottom side
up. Mr.. Cassidy who was fatally
hurt, was brought to Brookfeld and
taken to the @ hotel where he died a
few hours later. Mr.. Robbins was
taken to his home in South Brook
field and will recover.
The remains of Mr.. Cassidy were
taken to his home at Purdin in spe-
cial car.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1902-12-27
JUDGE SHERWOOD FLAYED.
A St. Louis Preacher Heaps Invective Upon
the Jurist


The Rev. w. w. Boyd, St. Louis's
"reformer" peacher, delivered a re-
markable discourse from his pulpit at
the Second Baptist church St. Louis
last Sunday night. DIR. Boyd an
nounced that he would take for his
theme, Judicial Outrages. He then
reviewed the St. Louis Doodle crusade
briefly, landing the work Of the cir
cult attorney, the grand juries which
returned the indictments and the
judges and juries which made the con-
victions. Then DR.. Boyd took up the
real subject of his address:
"But now serious case confronts
u.s." he said. "The friends of boobies
are openly boasting that the supreme
court of the state of Missouri will pro-
tect them, and the opinion of Judge
Sherwood in the Meysenburg case has
given them increased courage. AL
ready their attorneys have copiously
quoted from it in the courts.
Indeed, it seems as if a determin-
ed effort was being made to make
Judge Sherwood's opinion appear to
be the opinion of the supreme court.
1t was given to the papers as such,
was used by the learned counsel for
the boodlers recently tried as such and
citizens are saying: 4 told you so,
the supreme court will let these men
free.'
"Happily, however, his was his own
individual opinion. But the attempt
to make his opinion the law shows to
what desperate methods the boodIers
and their allies will resort and it puts
Justice Sherwood in their company
whether he intended it to be so con-
strued or not.
"Mr. Sherwood is lacking in per.
ception and reason" continued DIR.
Boyd. "He seems to have been be-
fuddled in his thinking. 1t is enough
to say that in every point where he
attacks the methods of the trial court
or the evidence submitted by the
state the supreme court overruled him
and sustained Judge Douglas and the
circuit attorney. This fact, perhaps;
may explain the unusual character Of
his minority opinion. 1t is bitter in
spirit and vituperative in language.
It is an unjudicial speech under the
guise of a legal decision. For judge
who has been many years on the
bench the expressions be uses are in.
credible. wholly unpardonabIe. Hs
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1902-12-27

calls the whole trial "a farce yet the
supreme court sustains every point Of
evidence that arose in the trial. He
satirizes the philosophic distinction
drawn by Judge Douglas between the
concurrence of the wills of two per-
sons and the concurrence of their
minds and says that such distinc-
ton has never appeared in print,
whereas, in fact, this theory has been
much debated in schools. He asserts
that the states contention that Mey-
senburg was in collusion with Stock
and Kratz is as fagrantly absurd as
would be the position that a woman
had conspired with others for her Sc
duction.
"He characterized the objection Of
the circuit attorney as 'unsound,
puerile and Aimsy,' but the court held
otherwise. These are but samples of
his choice Of words. We may forgive
the hasty utterances or decision of a
trial judge that must command his re-
sources in an instant, and cannot de-
lay action for consideration; but what
must be said of an appellate judge Of
wide experience who takes the case
into his chambers, has months upon
which to read and ponder the record,
and then publishes such an opinion
as we are considering. If this intem-
perate and scandalous document is
admitted into the reports of the courts
| it will remain a lasting disgrace to its
author and stand as a monument to
the wisdom of the people in retiring
him to private life.
"In a wide contrast with the hyster-
ical opinion Of Mr.. Sherwood stands
the sober, sane, judicial opinion of the
supreme court as voiced by Judges
Gnatt and Burgess. No. exception
can be taken to their sincere and in
every way dignified opinion, showing
a clear understanding of the situation
in st. Louis, and an honest purpose
that every man, no matter how guilty,
shall have every protection to which
he Is entitled by law"
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1902-12-27
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profitable and pleasant employment
the year round. Write today for
special terms.
BRowN Brothers COMPANY.
Rochester, N. Y.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1902-12-27
ANOTHER SUICIDE.
AtwsII Singleton Blows Out His Brains In
Jackson Township.

AtwsIl Singleton Blows Out His Brains In
Jackson Township.
From Linneus Bulletin.
Another unfortunate in Linn coun-
ty has sought self-distruction as
means for curing ills that were wrong
ly thought incurable.
This time the victim was a young
farmer-Atwell Singleton-w h ose
home was with his mother, eight miles
northwest of Linneus,
The sad incident occurred yester-
day (Tuesday) morning, about 10
minutes of ten o'clock.
For a number of weeks some secret
trouble had been bothering the young
man, who was about thirty years of
age and unmarried.
He would not talk about his condi-
tion, but was noticeably afflicted with
melancholia, 60 much go that his
mother entertained apprehensions
about his condition and spoke Of it to
neighbo,.
Yesterday morning the young man
secured shotgun and going into the
yard at a corner of the house, dis
charged both barrels at his head,
blowing off the top of the skull and
literally clearing the cavity Of all
vestige of the brain.
Mr.. Bruce, a neighbor, heard the
shot and saw him fall, and hastily
gave the alarm.
DR.. Morris, of Linueus, happened
to be in the vicinity at the time the
affair occurred, and hastened to lend
his assistance, but Of course the man
had died instantly.
At. Singleton will be remembered
by people of this vicinity as young
man of some athletic attainments, be-
ing foot racer and ball player. He
was brother of Ed Singleton, who
lives west of town, and of Mrs. r. j.
Alexander, of Laclede.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1902-12-27
STRAY POINTS.

The problem play is as broad as it
is long.
The clock never strikes for shorter
hours.
Lying may be wicked, but it is still
fashionable.
Don't cheaper your opinions by
giving reasons.
Many a dishonest heart beats un-
der a ragged coat.
A stitch in time saves the buttons
on your trousers.
The blind bagger may still have an
object in view.
Success sometimes depends on the
things we don't do.
Nothing hurts self.made martyr
like being ignored.
No, Maude, dear, indoor games
are not played out.
Well-behaved club walters are fre-
quently called to order.
The faster a man is the slower he
is about paying his debts.
A glance backward is the only way
to look into the future.
Some men are pleasant to talk to,
but disagreeable to listen to.
Luck is mighty uncertain thing
to sit around and wait for.
The easier it is to get a man to talk
the harder it is to get him to quit.
Nothing in the world is sweeter
than girls attention to her parents.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1902-12-27
Is II Sof

When a man is in love he doesn't
know axle grease from butter.-Lin-
neus News.
This item is respectfully referred to
Frank Northcott, of the Sumner Star,
and our local editor.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1902-12-27

Sample copies of one hundred of
the leading magazines and literary
papers have been received at the post
Office news stand. Call and select
your reading matter for the year and
save money BY ordering now.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1902-12-27
TAXPAYERS, Attention.

To avoid the penalty of one per
cent which will be added January
you will have to pay your taxes this
month"; Don't delay
LEE HAMILTON,
Twp. Collector.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1902-12-27

Great tonic, braces body and brain
drives away all impurities from your
system. Makes you well. Keeps you
well. Rocky Mountain Tea. 35c
w. r. Barton.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1902-12-27

cord of good wood on hand is consid'
cred lucky, and if he chances to have
as much as two cords he is looked up
on as successful Klondyker. In the
first place there wasn't as much cord
wood cut last winter as common, there
being plenty Of other work more re-
munerative, and the big crops have
kept the farmers busy at home until
now the roads are almost impossible
and there is general shortage Of
wood. But there is way out Of eve
ry difficulty and with plenty of corn
cobs on the market no one is liable
to freeze.
On Thursday of last week an order
was issued by the postmaster general
discontinuing the postofice at Boomer,
this county, to take effect January 10,
1908. The postmaster at Laclede has
been instructed to take charge of all
government property at the Boomer
Office and to receive and properly dis
pose of all mail intended for distribu-
ton at that Office. An effort is being
made, however, to have the office re-
established and to have G. G. Arm
strong, who recently opened a stock
of goods at that place, appointed post
master.
The Juvenal Vaudeville company
that delighted all who attended their
performance here a few weeks ago
will return to Laclede on January ID.
This is one of the best vaudeville
companies that ever appeared at the
Laclede opera house and on their re-
turn will be greeted by a large audi
ence. Manager Van Valkenburg has
booked some fine attractions for Jan
uary and February, among them Gid
cons big minstrel company, the
greatest combination of colored stars
that ever travelled under one manage
ment, to appear January %. These
jolly fun makers travel in their own
special cars; have a car load of spe-
cial scenery, and give street parade
with two distinct bands. They carry
a splendid orchestra, 8 comedians, IL
dancers, 8 vocal soloists, acrobats,
aerial artists and special performances.
While Christmas cheer was univer.
sal last Thursday there was sorrow,
heartaches and tears at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Carothers as their
little son, Russell, lay throughout the
day struggling between life and death,
his spirit taking its fight at 8 O'Clock
that evening. He was taken sick last
Monday with what was thought to be
only cold and no alarm was felt till it
developed into membraneous Group on
Wednesday and took the form of
diphtheria Thursday morning. The
best efforts known were used to check
the disease but it had secured a firm
hold and could not be overcome.
Russell was years, 2 months and II
days old, a bright, manly little fellow
loved by all who knew him. The
funeral will take place from the home
Saturday, 1880. The bereaved family
have the sympathy Of the entire COM
munity.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-12
ACID BOTTLE BREAKS
IN WOMAN'S STOCKING
Miss Maude MichaeIs Is Painfully In
jured by a Peculiar Ao-
cident.

That a woman has pocket in which
may be stored variety of articles
was forcibly demonstrated yesterday
by Miss Maude Michaels, 1912 Capitol
avenue. She placed four-ounce bottle
of carbolic acid in her pocket" and as
a result is nursing a badly cut and
burned neither extremity.
Miss Michaels purchased the drug at
downtown pharmacy yesterday aft
ternoon, and for safe keeping placed
the parcel in her pocket" All went
well until the young woman alighted
from a Como car near her home.
Just as the CT pulled away, Miss
Michaels slipped and fell violently to
the ground. There was crash. The
bottle broke. The fluid spilled.
With cry of pain, the woman rolled
on the ground. Her agony was intense.
Broken glass tore the flesh, while the
acid did its painful work.
The cries of the woman soon brought
assistance. Two men who were pass
ing rushed to where Miss Michaels lay
groaning on the ground.
whats the matter, Miss 2" inquired
one.
"Oh! the acid burns So"
"Rush for a doctor! Get stomach
pump! Get some whisky" said the
man to his companion. never stopping
to catch his breath.
Don't get a stomach"
sBe quick, she wants to die! A case
of suicide! Notify the coroner!"
shouted the busy man, cutting Miss
Michaers protests short.
''But it's not my sromach!" said the
girl. between sobs. ITS my-my-
well, it's my limb
"Well, Henry guess we'd better
carry her over to Mrs. Willxinson's, !"
said the man who had yelled suicide.
Miss Michaels was assisted to the
home of the woman mentioned and a
doctor found her right leg badly cut
and burned.
Miss Michaels was removed to he1
home. 1t will be several weeks before
she will be able to walk.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-12
OLD AND BLIND, HE
PLEADS FOR LIBERTY
Judge Finehout Turns Aged and In.
disent PeddIer Over to Board
of Control.

August Werz, sixty years old and
blind, was before Judge Finehout in
the police court yesterday on a charge
of peddling without license. He
pleaded guilty, but begged the court to
discharge him, saying that he had a
claim to collect from q railway, and
when that was paid, he said, he would
shake the dust of ST. Paul from his
feet and depart to a warmer climate.
What Is your claim against the rail-
way company" asked his honor.
why the road has owed me money
for twenty years." declared the old
man. IT went down there once to get
that $40 and the interest, which would
amount to a pretty good sum, judge,
but the people in the office laughed at
me. They said the company had re-
signed twice since the debt was in
Cured and there was no cash in the
treasury to pay it,"
II suppose you mean that the COM
pany made an assignment" said the
court.
"Yes. judge, that is just what they
did, but they can't cheat me in any
such way as that. 1 am going to have
that money, and if your honor will just
let me go / won't be in town long,"
Judge Finehout decided to turn the
venerable claimant against the reor-
ganized railway company over to the
board of control, and that body will
probably provide him with transporta-
ton to a less frigid region.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-12
AMERICAN GENERALS
IN A CAVALRY CHARGE
Emperor William Leads In What Gen,
corbin Calls the Finest Military
Spectacle He Ever Saw.

FRANKFORT ON THE ODER,
Sept 11.-Gens. Young and Wood and
their aides de camp, Lieuts. Mckinley
and Mccoy, charged with the cavalry,
led by Emperor William, today. The
Americans did not draw their swords.
but they rode with the garde du corps,
one of the household regiments and the
emperor's bodyguard..
This charge was the climax Of the
maneuvers. About nine thousand
horsemen lancers, Curiassiers and
dragons fell upon the flank of the re-
treating blues (the defending army,
capturing 80 of the latter's- guns and
1000 of the infantry. The cavalry
started at daylight, made a twelve-mile
curve and at about $3.50 swept over
rolling meadows and upon the enemy's S
forces, which had been theoretically
disorganized by a heavy infantry at
tack. The 5000 cavalrymen made a
frontage of mile and a half and in
the sunlight oyer the open country
they rushed at a hard gallop upon the
artillery and infantry, which did not
cease firing until the horsemen were
near at hand.
| w liCll Lie Ncl WCiC WiIlllli- OiiO
hundred yards the infantry quickly
formed into close platoon groups, which
the horsemen broke up, galloping be-
tween the groups and the guns. Sew
eral horses fell dead. The emperor,
mounted on a white Arabian horse,
directed the movements and worked
as hard as any trooper.
Gen. Corbin said 1t was the finest
military spectacle he. ever saw. En-
peror Williams customary salute to the
Americans was! Well, how's the
khaki brigade?" His majesty has also
been disposed to chaf the Americans a
little Today they wore blue fatigue
uniforms. His sharp eye noted the
change, and he remarked pleasantly
upon it, The Zeftung, commenting
upon the simplicity Of the American
uniforms, said:
'"The American visitors have no need
of uniforms to make them like SOL
diers.'