The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-02-21
NEWS AND COMMENTS.
PuNssnt Paragraphs Touching the important
Events Of the Day.

Free rural delivery goes marchin
on. There are now 12,500 route
There should be more.
The lower house of the Oregon lee
islature has just adopted a memoirs
favoring the election of United State
senators by the people.
Liet. Gov. Tillman, of South Care
lima, should petition the legislature t.
change his name. "Killman" woul,
be much more appropriate.
The sultan of Morocco has purchas
ed an automobile and his fanatica
subjects are so incensed they are seek
ing to drive him from the country.
The immediate effect of the Vene
zuelan episode is to create a demand
for larger and better navy, an ade'
quate army and an efficient national
guard.
England and Germany will do well
to take timely warning. Spain was
kicked bodily out of the western con-
tinent, and your Uncle Samueps boot
is still in prime condition.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatsh faceti-
ously remarks that it is absurd for
men to talk about what they would
do with a million dollars. They
would undoubtedly buy coal.
An exchange says the biggest trust
'on earth has been discovered at last.
1t is the country newspaper trust. It
trusts everybody, gets cussed for trust
ling, aaistrusted for cussing, and if it
lbusts for trusting, gets cussed for
busting.
The triple alliance will kindly take
notice that there are about eleven
million men capable of bearing arms
I'm defense of the United States. We
:also have few ships that are still Ca
lpable of doing little business in an
emergency.
The United States does not seek
war with Germany, and the surest
way to keep Germany from seeking
war with us is to keep up coast de-
fense and naval armament that could
defy German force. The Kaiser will
not be anxious to try conclusions with
a superior force.
A New York minister recently ad-
,mlnistered spiritual comfort to his |
congregation by sermon on the lady |
and the lap dog. The revend gentle
IMAM made the remarkable statement |
that society ladies of today think more
of a dog than they do of their babies.
and he possibly foresees an early ex-
tinctisn of the American race.
A Chicago jury in recent murder
cease began deliberations with prayer
for guidance and light to reach just
and impartial verdict. Such mode
of procedure may be foreign to the
:: average diplomat, but Minister Bow
+ en- might employ similar means to ad-
vantage by lassoing the British and
German ambassadors and forcing
t them to their knees for few moments
tof pious deliberation.
And now the Emperor of Germany
has a new grievance. The American
people IN their simplicity do not en-
xAuse worth cent over his profered
gift of stat.ue Of Frederick the Great
to be erected in Washington. 1t has
been limited that an intimation has
been delicate,y conveyed to his i'm
perial majesty THAT no tears would be
shed if he kept lis precious gift at
home. And the Emperor is exceed
ingly wroth.
Congress will be called upon to ap-
point commission of three men expert
in financial affairs to act as represen-
tatives of the United States In an IN
ternational monetary conference on
the lines indicated by China and
Mexico, which is to the effect that
governments who have dependencies
where silver is used should cooperate
with governments Of silver using
countries for formulating some plan
for establishing definite relationship
between their gold and silver monies,
ind to take proper measuve for main
tanning such relationship.
Overloaded railroads are as danger
bus to life ana property as overloaded
'hips. The indicae.' ms are strong that
he railroads Of the ,u.1 .1try are near
y if not quite all overloaded at the
present time, and that they have oeen
n that condition for two or fhree
'ean past. Not only is this true out
here ID >. burdensome con- lyestion IN
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