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The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-04-18

There's nothing like doing a thing
thoroughly. Of all the Salves you
ever heard of Bucklen Arnica Salve is
best. 1t sweeps away and cures Burns,
Sores, Bruises, Cuts, Boils, Ulcers
Skin Eruptions and Piles. It's only
25c, and guaranteed to give satisfac-
tion by ]. H. Brown, druggist.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-04-18

Ifyou want farm loan at lowest
rate and best terms see, or write j. S.
Roger, Brownlee Bank, Brookfeld.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-04-18

Boys, have you seen that swell line
of gents hosiery Geo. G. Smith & Co
are showing? You will find it worth
your while to look them through be.
fore buying if you care to wear the
correct thing in hosiery.
Section Foreman Joe Albin has
bought the Capt. Hewitt residence
and one acre of ground of ]. Dick
Mr.. Albin will tear down the old
buildings and erect a neat cottage
which will be great Improvement
to that part of town.
Flowing time is here and we are
here on both feet with the best and
most complete line of plow shoes we
have ever carried. We have pillow
shoes that will be easy on your feet
and we have prices that will make
you feel good all over. Geo. G. Smith
& Co.
E. J. Robson this week bought the
Benson - acre tract adjoining his
place on the south for $500. 1t is a
valuable piece of land having on it
over 200 young bearing apple trees
and is a good investment. Mr.. Robi-
son has greatly improved his place
since he bought it and now has very
pretty home.
Robert w. Moore died at his home
four miles northeast of Laclede last
Thursday morning of grip and lung
trouble. He had been i'll for some
time. Bob Moore had resided in this
locality many years and was well and
favorably known. The funeral was
held yesterday afternoon, the remains
being laid to rest in the Laclede GEM
etery. The sorrowing wife has the
of her large circle of
friends.
Advertising in The BLADE pays.
Last week we called attention to a
mating that we are selling for 10c a
yard. Lots of people saw that ad,
did your We will save you money
on any kind of floor covering. Geo.
G. Smith & Co.
j. N. Wilson went to st. Louis
Wednesday night to buy goods.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-04-18
County Court Proceedings.

Court convened pursuant to ad-
journment. Members present, Judges
johnson, Bruner and Chapman, R. j.
Dali, sheriff; Ben B. Edwards, clerk.
Pinkey Kear loaned $500 from
school fund.
Late Peavler loaned $400 from
school fund.
w. H.Brewer loaned 1920 from
school fund.
Bond of j. H. Walker & Son for
dramshop license at Marceline receiv-
ed and approved.
Now on this day comes j. B. Flem-
ing, late treasurer, and makes his
final settlement of County Expendi-
ture fund from Jan. 1st to April 1st,
1908, and the court after due and
careful examination of same orders
that said settlement be approved and
entered of record.
In the matter of the road petitioned
for by J. R. Allen ct al, Con Mattox
appellant, johnson dissenting, and
cause continued to May term.
w. B. Evans appointed as MEM
ber of the county board of education
for the ensuing two years.
Roy DeNess declared pauper and
ordered sent to the county infirmary.
Clerk ordered to advertise for seal
ed bids for county depositary. Bids
to be received up to noon Monday,
May 4, 1903.
1t is ordered by the court that quar-
terly settlement of Ben B. Edwards,
county clerk, of fees received by him
as clerk for the quarter ending March
31st, 1908, be and the same after due
examination is hereby approved.
It is ordered that the presiding
judge and the county clerk issue com.
missions to the justices Of peace elect.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-04-18
A HEART TO HEART TALK ON
| CARPETS!
Cut and Made to Fit Your Floor.

This Store again headquarters this spring for Floor Coverings
Our method selling Carpets smaller Margins enables us
furnish you with grade Carpet for less than others
will ask you.
We have $50 Samples of Ingans of all kndsVelve Wilton
Velvet Administers Brussels Tapestrys etc., for your inspection
and know INTEREST you you need Of Carpet
Values speak themselves We would be pleased
bring Samples your house that make eec
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
INDIAN BANK DEPOSITORS.
RED Men of Kansas Are Learning How
to Put Away Their Money
Like White Men.

The Lawton Enterprise states that
many Indians near it's city have learned
how to take care Of their money. Near
ly every bank in Lawton has several
Indian cash deposits, says the Kansas
City Journal.
A week ago withered squaw with
buckskin leggings and moccasins went
to the bank. From under a leather
thong which she wore as a substitute for
a belt she produced leather pouch,
with fringe and beads. From out of
this receptacle she produced a little
buckskin sack. After fumbling about in
it she secured small purse. Tucked
into the corner of it was a wad of paper
twisted smaller than the end of your lit
tie finger. She began to untwist and
unfold the wad with the care of a spe-
cialist performing an operation on the
human eye.
Gradually the paper developed into a
crumpled deposit check She had some
difficulty in explaining to the teller how
much money she wanted. She signed
with her hand, grunted, held up her
brown fingers. Finally he understood,
grunted three times and she grunted
one and smiled-when the sum that she
asked for was handed over.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
MISLAID EYEGLASSES.
"A common Occurrence in the Heated
Season When People Dress
Lightly.

Summer Is the time for mail order
business in our trade" said an optician
who has large trade in the Wall street
territory, relates the New York Times.
"A man who is In the habit Of carrying
his eyeglasses in his waistcoat pocket
when it is cool enough to wear a full
suit of clothes Is more than likely to
leave them around in restaurants. on
hotel plazzas, or any other place he
may happen to lay them down when he
begins to wear fannels and outing suits.
A number Of men won't wear coat-and-
trousers suits simply because they can't
get along without the waistcoat peck
cts. To lose pair Of eyeglasses or
spectacles made to order from a pre-
scription and costing anywhere from S.
to S15 Is no trif1ing matter, to say
nothing Of having to get along with a
cheap substitute for two or three days
until we can make another pair. OPP
ticians keep these prescriptions in books,
just as druggists do medicinal prescrip-
lions. We are constantly getting or
ders from customers away on their va
cation to replace glasses that have been
lost or broken. Sometimes they are in
such hurry that they send us the num-
Der by telegraph"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04

Mrs. VIM. O'Brien is at Necedah
visiting relatives for few days.
W. L. Boyce made business trip
to Wantoma the first of the week.
Isabel Demitz has returned from
her months visit with relatives in
Chicago.
Miss Gertrude Czlapinski went to
Spring Branch to visit her aunt. Mrs.
Edward Favel.
Ed. Spafford is in Almond transact
ing business for the Grand Rapids
Marble and Granite works.
J. c. Larcum has broken up house
keeping, and is making his home with
his family at the Ayshford house.
Miss Myrtle Zero, of Spring Branch,
a niece of Mrs. Geo. Helser, is visiting
her aunt this week at the AyShford
house.
Miss Eleonore Slattery departed for
Wall Lake, Iowa, Wednesday, where
she will act as bridesmaid at the
wedding of Miss Mollie McGloin.
Lawrence Chapman, the partner of
the new fruit store, one door south of
post office arrived in the city the first
of the week. The firm will be known
aS ShaftOn e. Cham
Edward McGourty and sister, Effie,
of Riceville, Iowa, sister and brother
of Mrs G. G. Jeske, arrived in the
city and will make their home with
Mr. and Mrs. G. G.. JeSke.
Miss Mabel Mcfarland and brother,
Ernest, returned from their trip to
South Dakota Tuesday. They came
by the way of st. Paul and took in
the sights on the opening day of the
Minnesota state fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Freeman, of
Menominee, Michigan, arrived Thurs
day evening for visit with their old
time friends. At present they are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A.
Tenant. We are all glad to see
them.
Mrs. r. A. Dunaven returned
yesterday from a three weeks visit at
Eau Claire, Altoona and ST. Paul. In
the twin cities she was met by her
husband, who is employed as mill
wright on the new paper mill at
Little Falls, Mimi.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
WHAT SOME OF THE
HUNTERS BROUGHT DOWN
Returns from Grand Rapids Army up to
Date

The returns from the parties out on
their hunting expeditions are slowly
being learned. The following results
have come in to the REPORTER office,
and, if figures do not lie, may be
taken as gospel truth:
VIM. Carey and Charles Boles, six
birds, six miles south of town.
Edward Hayes and Geo. Hamm shot
fifty-two birds.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Scott shot six
birds.
L. M. Nash, Paul Mueller, of Wau-
sau, John Pritzlauf, of Milwaukee,
Mr.. Jones, Of Milwaukee, Attorney
Sheldon, of Madison, Attorney D. d.
Conway and Phil Ward shot nineteen
birds.
Jake Lutz, Anton P. Hirzy, John
Yetter and Fred Miller shot thirty
six birds on the Buena Vista marsh.
Dean Philleo, VIM. Scott, T. A.
Taylor and Amos Hasbrouck were in
The vicinity of the Ten-mile creek and
Plainfeld. Result, thirty eight birds.
Henry Sampson and son, Tom Nc
Grath, Robert Grosskoph, Bat O'Day
and Joe Vincent shot eight birds, eight
miles east of town.
John Bamberg and Martin Heidel
downed twelve birds at Elm lake.
E. W. CaSsOn, Mr.. Kerson, at Nee
nah, and Will Burchell were in Adams
county and brought home twenty-one
birds.
Frazier Johnson, VIM. Little, James
Mason, Chas. Schatz, Joe Snyder and
John Planke, Jr., shot sixty-two
chickens at the Ten-mile creek.
j. r. Chapman, of Oshkosh, E. L..
Fuller, of Chicago, G. Fl. Rintelman,
of Mukwanago, Guy Wood and A. L.
Fontaine brought in thirteen birds
from the vicinity of Yellow banks on
the Wisconsin river.
DR.. and Mrs. O. T. Hougen and DR..
Ed. Hougen, of PittSville, shot eleven
birds in the vicinity of the Ten-mile
creek,
Charles Kellogg and son, Albert. w.
T. Kellogg, and Arthur Kellogg, of
| Neenah, were in the Hi Booth country
and bagged twenty-Seven birds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
CHAMELEONS IN BATHING
New Fad Which Summer Girls at At.
1antic City Have Made
Much OF.

Taking chameleons In to battle is
new fad which Atlantic City has devel-
oped, says a recent report.
Scores of girls have adopted 1t.
The scheme was worked by girl who
owned chameleon that had grown lazy
She tried various ways of arousing 1t
from it's stupor, and at last hit upon the
idea of taking it for romp In the surf.
She was rewarded with an instanta-
neous change in the little lizards de-
meanor. Just as soon as 1t heard the
roll Of the first breaker its skin went
through a whirl of color changes. And
when she gave 1t ducking 1t produced
new shade Of pink verging into yell
low and green that she never knew 1t pos
sessed.
Little time was lost In making known
the discovery to others through the re-
sort, and girls who had no chameleons
bought them right off to see the oceans
effect on them.
ooh, girls" cried one, as she held out
her chameleon for inspection, "some wa
ter splashed into his eyes, and he looks
like a box Of paint I wonder If the
dear things angry?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
OUR FREAKISH NOTIONS.
"Crazy Social" a Yankee Idea Which
Gives LondOners SOmethfn9
to Say About Us.

That some English people believe
Americans capable of any sort of freak
ish notion under the guise of entertain
ment is attested by paragraph in re-
cent issue of an English weekly. The
writer, woman, says an American
friend tells her that "a new Yankee no
ton is crazy social at which the idea
is that everybody and everything
should look and act as insanely as might
be. The costumes, the women and the
men should be eccentricity personified,
and the food served must be arranged to
match" According to this chronicler,
at recent "crazy social the meats
were served in jelly molds, jam pots or
dust-pans; the vegetables in cake-bas-
kets, the blanc-mange in fire shovel,
the ice cream in stew pan, the wine
glasses were filled with mustard, the
jellfes trembled in a saucepan lid, the
cream was in pickle bottle, the sugar in
the salt cellars and the salt in the sugar
basins. The things which ought to have
been roasted were boiled, and salt fla
vored the food which is usually sweet.
Attempts were made to eat clear soup
with dessert forks, and ice cream with
table knives.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
JUSTICE QUEERLy DISPENSED.
English Magistrate Encourages the
Belief That MaIefactOrs Would
Better Be Drunk.

Being under the influence of drink is
usually considered no excuse for having
committed a crime, but it would seem
that one magistrate is inclined to be
an exception to his brothers on the bench
in this direction, says Cassells Journal.
Recently justice of the peace had
two young men before him on charge
of theft. They pleaded guilty, and as
this obviated the necessity for evidence
being given, the magistrate was some
what in the dark as to their culpabil-
tty.
We'll, sir" he said, addressing one
of the prisoners, "have you anything to
say in extenuation Of your offense?"
The prisoner hung his head, and re-
piled meekly:
your worship, 1 was drunk when /
did it."
Drunk" exclaimed the magistrate;
-that makes the offense all the worse.
You will go to prison for three months.
And you, SIR" he continued, addressing
the other prisoner, what have you to
say for yourself?"
Nothing, your honor?" was the re-
ply.
"Were you drunk" pursued the JUS
tice.
mo, your honor; was never drunk In
my life"
Indeed" exclaimed the magistrate,
raising his eyebrows in affected aston
ishment Have you not even that ex-
cuse? Then you Will go to prison for
six months!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
Entertained at Luncheon.

One of the most enjoyable social
events of this season was the luncheon
given Saturday noon by Mrs. Beulah
Biron at her residence, on High street,
in honor of Miss Smith, of AvOca
Iowa. The decorations of the dining
room were very effective, the colors
being green and white. Tiny souvenir
baskets of candy were found at each
plate. After the luncheon the guests
were entertained with guessing con-
test of old fashioned pictures of well
known people living in this city,
Following were the guests: Mesdames
Lipke, Scott, Emily Witter, |. P.
Witter, Geo. Gibson, Harvie, Harmon,
Meade, Taylor, l. E. Philleo, Brun-
dage, Paulus, Ramsay, E. ?. Arpin,
Gardner, DAILY, Ward, Hougen, kel.
logg, Misses Kroner. Parrish, Bell,
and Smith; those present from out of
town were, Mrs. Meade, of Rockford
H., Mrs. Durga, of Waukesha, Mrs
Thomas, of Chicago, Mrs. Lewis, OF
Appleton, and Mrs. r. w. Gibson, OF
Des MONIES, La.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
WRITER'S THOUGHT CRAMP.
Distressing Periods of Mental Apathy
When the Brain Refuses
to Work.

If the fiction writer has his delicious
moments, when he tastes the joys which
come with the excitement of creative
composition-and these he undoubtedly
has-also he knows distressing periods
OF mental apathy, says the Reader.
He has been working away at top
speed, full of gladness in that subtle
fabric which his pen weaves in the
warp and wool of paper and ink. His
head is packed with inspired ideas, like
a gift box from the gods. His hopes
ride high. His ambitions scrape the
clouds.
Then something happens It is not a
snap, break, a crash-nothing so tangi-
BILE. 1t is just ceasing. Abruptly, I'M
expectedly, all his fine thoughts vanish.
No longer is life country of majestic,
white-robed heights and alluring pur-
ple-toned valleys All is fiat and gray
and bleak.
Just about now, If the writer only
knew it, is most excellent time to go
fishing.
At last, baff1ed, discouraged, heart
SICK, he sits with his head In his hands.
contemplating with foolish self-pity the
melancholy spectacle of himself.
But, like drought and flood, war and
pestilence, and all other Ills great and
small, 1t passes. And he knows not how
or when it goes. Days after he wakes
up to find himself, pen in hand, hard at
work again. Of its own accord, appar-
entity, the machine has set itself in mo-
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
Make the Tropics Contrfbute.

Development Of the great natural re-
sources Of the tropical belt ofthe earth Is,
in the opinion of Hon. o. P. Austin, chief
Of the bureau of statistics, necessity Tor
the future progress Of the world
Although this belt contains practically
one-half Of the land area of the glob,
it now contributes but one-sfxth of tlfe
exports which enter into information Al
commerce. With the growing populA-
ton of the world, and the increase of ia
cilities for transportation, change
should be wrought in this respect. Sci
ence has shown how life and health ian
be protected in the tropics, and India
southern China and other oriental &C an
tries contain populations capable Gf la
boring, and willing to labor, in the Grop-
les. Finally, Mr.. Austin points Out that
In comparatively recent years practi-
ca1ly all the tropics, excepttropical Amer
lea, have been brought under the con-
troll of temperate-zone countries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
Local Items from Pittsville.

Miss Kate McKeown, left Monday
for Grand Rapids where she will
attend the County Training School, the
coming year. Kate was educated in
the school of our city and has taught
in this vicinity for three years with
honored success, but her aim is higher.
MIR. G.. 6, Cotey went to Milwaukee
Monday. His wife accompanied him as
far as Babcock, from there she will GO
to Grand Rapids TO visit her parents.
Miss Laura Dawes left Saturday for
Grand Rapids, where she will remain
with the Favel family during the
absence of Mr.. and Mrs. Favel, who
are to leave for RoyaltOn and other
points in this state on an extensive
visit.-Ray Johnson of Grand Rapids.
visited with Warren Favel here Sun
day.-PittSville Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
will Attend Northwestern University.

Arthur Pepin, Elah Lapham, Otto
Wipperman and several other young
men from this vicinity will leave for
Chicago tomorrow where they will
attend the department of pharmacy
of the Northwestern university. Mr..
Pepin is now in the senior year and
ranks in point of scholarship among
the best in his class. During the
summer vacation he was employed in
the drug store Of Sexton Bros, at
MarshtieId. With the experience he
has already received in the Wood
County drug store, of this city, Mr..
Pepin will have good foundation
upon which to base his chosen work
after graduation next year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
CORRECTED HIS MISTAKE.
klOndike "Dentist" Got the Right
Tooth Later On and
Charged for 1t.

High prices often prevail in frontier
towns, and those who live in new settle
ments become accustomed to the charges
and think little about it. A man who
recently returned from the Klondike
tells good story which is printed in the
New York Tribune.
People get used to paying big money
for trifies, he said, and two dollars for
a box of sardines Or five dollars for a
pound of bad coffee came to be regarded
as reasonable prices. But once 1 had
the surprise of hearing an Unexpectedly
low price named. 1t was like this:
had a jumping toothache-was nearly
wild with it-and went to a shanty
where I was told there was a dentist
A rough-looking fellow told me that
he was the dentist, and I asked him
to draw my tooth. He looked me over,
got his forceps fastened on my tooth
and yanked 1t out after a couple of hard
twists.
'How much?" 1 asked.
well, two dollars, 1 guess" said the
dentist
l paid him, although my Jaw still
ached badly.
That's the cheapest thing I've seen
round here" remarked, as I gave him
the money.
WELL he said, 81 thought I'd make
1t low, because on account of the bad
light l pulled the wrong tooth"
| had to go the next day and have the
bad tooth out, and he made matters
square by charging me ten dollars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
FISH THAT CARRIES WEAPONS.
Species That Has Skin Like Sand-Pa-
per and Armed with Three
COrnered Files.

Two OF the fish at the aquarium wear
armor and carry concealed weapons.
AS the police seldom visit the aquari-
um and no complaints have been filed,
the fish have not been disturbed in the
possession of their ornaments, says the
New York Tribune. They are the or
ange fllefish, which are coated with a
skin that resembles sandpaper in the
latter's most striking characteristic, and
In hollow on the top of the back they
carry sharp three-cornered files. When
not in use these lie along the back.
When grudge is to be settled the file
fish literally gets his back up and vi
ciously tickles the object of his hatred
in the ribs
The two specimens at the aquarium
were secured a short time ago in
Gravesend bay. The fishermen in the
nelghborhood of the bay have other
names for them. "Old sow "old maid
and foolish" are some of the designa-
tons which they apply to them when
they sit over the fire and spin yarns.
The shape of the head and mouth is
responsible for these names The
mouth opens upward, the lower jaw pro-
truding beyond the upper Crustaceans
are the diet of this fish, and the shape
of the mouth and the sharp teeth with
ia are for catching and destroying this
kind of food. One would say, judging
from their appearance, that their diet
was not well suited to their needs, for
they have starved look. The other
day party of sightseers observed this
look.
Here's fish trying the starvation
cure" remarked one, turning to his
companions. There's something the
matter with him. Don't you see how
thin he is?'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
Society in Flourishing Condition.

About forty ladies of the Congre-
gational Ladies Foreign Missionary
society were present at the annual
meeting Tuesday afternoon at the
residence of Mrs. D. NJ. Huntington
A good missionary program was
rendered after which refreshme nts
were served. -Four members were
received into the society. The secre-
tary's report showed that this organ
ization had been in a hourishing
condition during the past year. The
following were elected torepresent the
society at the comirg convention;
Mesdames G. r, Gardner, A. L..
Fontaine and T.. S. Youker.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
Mail on Every Train.

Postmaster General Payne has vir-
tually decided to place every railroad
train in the United States under
government protection, de will issue
an order making every passenger
train and some freight trains carriers
of United States mail. All baggage
masters and other trainmen, where
necessary, will be formally constituted
agents of the postal service. Mr..
Payne will take this action at the
suggestion of newspaper publishers
who have had trouble in carrying their
mail matter so as to be of greatest
convenience to the publishers. After
the order is issued, newspapers can be
carried on any train.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-09-04
Left for OREGON.

Mr.. and Mrs. A Tobias have left for
Portland, Oregon, where Mr.. Tobias
will enter the employment of e. W.
Ring. Mr.. Tobias came here from
Ashland a year ago and has been
employed as bookkeeper for the
Oberheck company. mr. Moor, of
Stevens Point, has accepted the place
made vacant by Mr.. Tobias