The Laclede blade., 1903-07-11
NEWS AND COMMENTS.
Punssnt Paragraphs Touching the Important
Events Of the Day.

There were twenty lynchings il
June. We are afraid to estimate tn
July crop.
Adlsi Stevenson stuck his Lightning
rod out the other day, and at last &C
counts it was still out.
There is at least one comforting
piece of news comes out of the servial
mess. Until further notice no ServianI
will be allowed to emigrate.
General Miles will retire from tht
army next month, and will then have
ample time to attend social Junction.
and wear his gorgeous uniforms.
Miss Stone is to make Bulgaria hel
field of operation again, and the news
paper correspondents are moving
thitherward en- masse. Now save uI
voCr nickles, goodpeople, for the next
call fer ransom.
A negro preacher in Chicago is CAL
ling on his brethren to drink blood
and annihilate the poor white trash'
Such fools only aggravate an already
deplorable condition.
An unexpected settlement of the
Manchurian question has been indica'
ted by the Illinois scientist who has
discovered that Asia is gradually sink
lug below the level of the sea.
A facetious Indiana editor says that
Morgan Necessary eloped with Pearl
Hoss in Indian Territory and heart
less Judge disregarding Morgan's ne
cessity and sent him to jail presumably
for Hoss stealing.
A Swiss scientist has revived dead
dogs and given them a second term on
o.rtb IN several cases of twenty four
hours duration. It is not stated just
what benefit was derived either by
the dogs or by the scientist himself
Nevada, the least populous state in
the Union, has put to shame some OF
~
her largers and more wealthy brothers er
She has appropriated the sum OF sl2o'-
900 for an exhibit at the st. Louis ex'
nositiop. of which $4,000 will be set
apart for a display Of minerals.
Millions of Chinese are said to be
starving. The fact is appalling when
.one stops to think of it, and yet twill
jhave to be acknowledged that the I'M
pulse to stop and think is less pressing
than we're almost any other nation the
sufferer. 1t is difficult to regard the
Chinese as folks.
Harper's Weekly finds suggestion
~ Booker T. Washington's experience
with the naughty chambermaid, OF
va1ue "a helping Tuskegee Institute
,olve the o .-eat question offtting negros
Por g r,efuIl i li> -es. Educate the young
women te be cho. .ubermaids and house
KEEPERS. Probably a thousand Tuske-
yae Institutes would not supply the
lemand for young women skilled in
;he art of housekeeping.
When congress passed the LICK law
reorganizing the militia of the several
states, and placing it under govern
ment control, it omitted one feature
which should not have been overlook
ed. That is the matter of postage Oh
official correspondence. The National
Guards of the District of Columbia
is allowed the priveledge Of using the
government free frank on all enve-
lopes carrying official papers or docu-
ments of any nature, and this prive.
ledge should be extended to the naval
and military forces ofthe several states
The officers and men of the militia
piAe their time and energies to the
~, i tboir resnectiVe states
without compensation and it is hardly
lust to make them meet expenses that
should be borne by the government.
If the militia of the District OF Column
bia is entitled to this privilege, Ger
tainly the forces of the state are entl'
tied to the same and they should have
it granted to them at the next session
of Congress.
Todi