The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-04-25
NEWS AND COMMENTS.
Punsent Paragraphs Touching the Important
Events Of the Day.

descendant of Alexander Campbell
Duke of Argyll. The poor duke ne1
er knew what he missed.
The proportion of homes owned i
the western states is far greater i
proportion to population than in an
other section Of the country.
There are said to be 1000 tons o
silver coin In the United States. Nov
if we had about half of it we woul'
be able to wear new spring hat.
A number of Frenchmen are goin,
to South Africa to marry the Boe
widows and orphans to prevent an ex
tinction of. the race. How touching
The gentlemen who pretend to gov
ern Europe by divine right seem tt
stand in mortal dread of the Hague
tribunal, which they themselves ere
ated.
The United States courts has decid
ed that circus posters are works of art
within the meaning of the statutes
They certainly bear no resemblance
to nature.
Pierpont Morgan must have beer
doing something naughty again. He
has commenced to jolly the newspa
per men and tell them what good fel
lows they are.
No wonder this country is rich
New York importing houses are now
receiving diamonds by freight, where.
as heretofore they were received by
registered letter.
A Montana legislator has introduc-
ed bill in the general assembly fix
ing a scale of charges to be made by
physicians. The bill should also pro-
vide that in case the patient dies the
money should be returned to him.
A single locomotive works contin-
ues to turn out six locomotives daily,
and yet there are not locomotives
enoug Oh to move the freight. No won
der Americans have come to think
their country is the greatest on earth.
Three Chicago politicians went to
Milwaukee few days ago on a junk
citing expedition after light on the
municipal question. They were
promptly clapped in Jail by the Mil
waukee police on suspicion of being
crooks.
The life of G.. F. Swift, the great
packer, furnishes an object lesson to
every young man in the country. He
begun life as a butcher, without
friends, influence or money. At his
death his name was familiar one in
commercial circles the world over and
his estate amounts to over $12,OOO,-
900.
Here's good one. Emperor Will
lam of Germany wanted to thrash
President Castro because he wouldn't
pay his debts. And it now leaks out
that the emperor himself borrowed
over 100,000,000 marks from Krupp,
the great gun maker. He hasn't paid
it back, and Krupp's estate is almost
bankrupted.
The encroachments of organized Ia
Dor upon the rights Of the people have
received another setback by the stand
taken by Archbishop Quigley, the
new head of the Chicago archdiocese
of the Catholic church. Law and Or
der is hobby with the archbishop
and in admonishing his people on this
point, he says, "Keep within the law;
win your cause through law and Or
der" He is an implacable foe of 80
called socialism, and puts it on par
with anarchism. When the archbish-
op left Buffalo to take up his labors
in Chicago, fifty Methodist clergymen
testified to the high esteem in which
be is held by Protestants by calling
upon him at the depot and wishing
him god-speed.
The press of the whole country is
discussing the Irish land question and
congratulations are freely offered the
people of that unhappy island on
possible happy termination of their
difficulties. The British government
proposes to issue bonds and from the
proceeds of their sale the government
will buy the estates from landlords
The government will then sell the es-
tates to the tenants on annual pay
mepts, which will be much lower than |
the rentals now exacted by the land
lords, and will extend over long
period of years. There are 100000
tenants aud 100000 acres of pro-
ductive land in Ireland, SO the under
taking is a big one in several respects.