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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17

AT q recent session of the German Meteorological society Dr Hening dis cussed the influence of forestry and especially deforrestation upon climate
 He says: Whether forests exercise percpptlhla influence upon the climate is a very old question. and even to-day # is not definitely settled. In many countries 8 drying up of the climate has occurred. which is shown perhaps most srrikinzlv in almost The whole of Afrira. That def0resting has assumed constantly growing proportions in al- most every part of the world is still more apparent The climate o< Greece. where to-day only If per cent of the area Is covered with forests. has de tprioratsd An increase of tempera- tura and decrease of rain are noted. compared with ancient times. especial ly in Attica. which was thickIy cov- cred with forests 2.G0I years ago and where hardly any rain now falls while the heat in the open air attains q de gree which would make the Olympian games almost an impossibiIitv- \ similar condition exists in the benin xuIz oF sinai. where thousands of years ago the Teople of Israel lived in lux griaut and fertile country and where today only fcrestIess deserts ztzOun1 Palmvra- also onre f0urishinE oasis in the syrian dessert presents today only a desoIste waste If stones and ruins. In Mexico. where the Spanisrsis eut down the forests in the mountains. drought~ changing to devastating fOosis are nov noticeable especially in fhs vis.lnity of tae City of Mexico Tn uEs pT EEypt- where only la9 years ag5 rsiH wzs zbu1zlant- drought Eov usu-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17
RABBIT SKIN BLANKETS.

"I don't suppose that many of Ire Posts readers ever slept under blln- kets made of rabbit skins. but that : an experience I recently had during a pleasant soiourn in the Canadian, woods. said T. k Hersey of CIeye- land at the Arlington.
 These skins. which make delight ful covering. are very light and as warm as the heaviest wocIen bIan- Eefs- These blankets are made bE tho Indians The EseItry is cut into strips about nre-half an inch wide. woven squ1reiv and apparently tied al eaef crossing The fabric is verv delicate and you esn poke finger through tIl. inter<tireS The prevailing color i- white with delicate brown shadinS~ and the price is SIP which is Ncry reasonable In fact but for one de feet fEae cost wouId te several tins-- that Ezur-the troufsIe is that the white bafrs wfH come ont, and se Fs use tfse~e beautiful artSeHe< tfay must t.e covered vfth silk on both sides -- Washington Post
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17

Yellow fever Is filth disease in its origin. and therefore sanitation is one of the surest safeguards against its development When New York was affected with yellow fever a hundred years ago the epidemic was confined almost entirely to section of the city along the water front. visited by West India vessels. where the conditions were extremely unsanitary. The trans mission of yellow fever germs from the sick h the well by mosquitoes was proved in Havana by experiments five years ago Guided by this knowledge the physicians in the yellow fever region are directing their attention to the sanitary conditions first and after wards to the mosquitoes. There are over 200 varieties of mosquito. but only one which bears yellow fever germs. If a female of this breed bites a yellow fever patient her blood becomes inuoc. ulated with yellow fever bacteria. and these are transmitted 10 the next vie. tim she bites. The yellow fever mos quito exists only in certain places. and outside of the zone which it inhabits there is no chance for the propagation of yellow fever under sanitary eondi tions.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17
SUNBURN 4 REAL MIRACLE.
Old Sol's Rays Have No Effect Upon
 Tanned Skin.

Tanned Skin.
 There are certain arctic animals, dark-coated in the short summer, that in winter turn pure white, thus match ing the snow-covered landscape and escaping notice and harm.
 This change of color, this protec- ton. effected no one knows how. Is wonderful. as wonderful as miracle, and vet a kindred change of color, a kindred protection. happens among mankind every summer and nobody ever notices it.
 When the pale city people go out ill the summer sun of the seashore or the mountains. the light attacks them fiercely. first reddening' their skin. then swelling. blistering and scorch- ing it. If they kept in the sun enough and if no miracle occurred ,the light would kill them finally. burning oil the skin first and afterward attacking the raw flesh.
 But q miracle does occur. The skin changes from pale color to tan and on this tan the sun has no effect. The sun may beat on tan-colored skin for days and weeks. but such skin re- mains always sound. upholstered, whole.
 Thus nature works a miracle. The white skin is suffering and nature, aware somehow that tan skin is sun proof, changes to tan the white. How does she do this: Where did she learn that it was wise to do thist No one knows. Only the fact of the miracle remains.
 To prove this miracle-to prove that it is not the hardening of the skin. but the change in its color whicl protects it from sunburn-is an easy matter.
 Let a pale person. unused to the sun stain one side of his face yellow. and leaving the other side untouched. sc out in the bright summer sun lor a couple of hours The one side of hi' face is no tougher. no more hardened than the other. yet the unstained side will be iniamed. hlistered. while ths tan-rnlored one will he quite cool and unhurt
 Suuburn is a miracle. protection ta mankind. as inexplicable and a' wonderful as the miracle of the arcti' animals change in the winter iron dark coats to snow-white ones.-Chi cago Chronicle
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17
HEARD IN PASSING

Possibly the czar met the kaiser for the purpose of explaining that it al ways was his intention to evacuate Manchuria.
 Taking time by the forelock, the Canadians in the middle of burning July uncovered a new seam of coai which promises to yield over 6oo,o0o.- 000 tons.
 The case of the torpedo fired from the Nesuvius. which came back and struck the vessel on the port quarter. suggests that it got lost and returned for another trial
 If Colonel Mann, editor of Town Topics. can turn New York upside down, as he recently boasted, the au- thorities should set him at it. The stunt would let fresh air into the suo- way
 It is probable that Japan will place the indemnity at very high figure at first and then scale it down liber- ally just to show that there is notll- ing mean about yellow thorough bred.
 II Will De great gam Tor the peace of the world if the settlement of tie war in the east leads to interna tional adjustments that are so square for all concerned ais to give no excuse for breaking over them.
 The Jap peace envoys are spending money lavishly. As the Japs count the pennies. thls recklessness can only he explained on the ground that they believe they are spending Russia $ indemnity in advance and are making a show at the expense of the enemy.
 Rojestvensky doesn't seem bit complimentary to the Japs. consider ing the kind treatment he is receif- ing at their hands. He explains that he was defeated because his ships were dishonesty built and his shells were bad So the Japs were not in it after all.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17

ally prevails. Tn Algeria, where since the middle of the last century the for ests have been cut down on large scale, dry weather has increased, and in Venezuela the level of Lake Tacari- qua, to which Alexander von Hum- boldt drew attention, has been low. cred in consequence of deforestation." Dr Hening notes that the influence of civilization upon climate and the soils productiveness is not confined to the matter of deforestation. It cannot be denied, however, that dense forests favor moisture and prevent the drying out of the soil to a considerable de- gree. At any rate, deforesting for in- dustrial and agricultural purposes is of growing and of universal impor- tance.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17
King Dental Parlors
 @ BANK STREET.
INDIAN CHARM FOR SNAKE BITE
At Least One Recorded Case Where It
 Worked Cure.

At Least One Recorded Case Where It
 Worked Cure.
 The report from the township of Sandwich West that an attempt had been made to counteract the effect of the poison in a boys leg produced oy the bite of a rattlesnake by charm caused some inquiries to be made. and it was ascertained that snake poison charmers have been known i'll Essex county for the past hundred years. Tradition says that this power was re ceiyed from the Indians. who roamed through the forests on both sides of the Detroit river years before the white man made his appearance.
 Henry Meloche, who conducts fish store in Windsor. and who is nearly oo years old. said yesterday that when ne was a small boy he witnessed the charm tried on his father, and claims that, without any medicine or medical aid. his parent recovered after tine charm had been worked. He said:
 My father was bitten in the field at : o'clock in the morning and mes senger was at once dispatched to Belle River for Jacques Latonier. who was famous as snake poison charmer. He came to our home as fast as his horse would carry him. and when he arrived he found the limb greatly swollen and string. which had been tied around the leg to prevent the poison from reaching the body. WAS burned in the flesh.
 .I.atonier. after making an exam ination of the wound. said il was a snake bite and he produced piece of string made from a deer skin aud pro- ..eetIed to tie 1t around the leg As he tied fhe first knot he muttered a sin gle word. and before he finished the work he had placed seven Knots in the string and had uttered as many words. The words were in the Indian Ian rusce and almost immediately after finishing his incantafion we notice,i that the swelling began to fall
 -In a few hours the lex was down to ifs natural size and the deer hide string fell about the ankle of it's own accord. as it became too loose to re main on the lez
 -I never saw if attempted on any other person. concluded Mir Melcrhe. -tssE- [ have often heard of LztanieT | visiting different people who were hft- ten in the olf days Snakes were pien- tffrI in Essex county fifty years szo and Tt was not unccEnFnon for mum her of people tn be bitten by rsttiers every yezr--Ite1rcit Free Press
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17

T, P. O'Connor, the brilliant publi- cist and member of parliament. says in late article that the house of commons is a house of loafers. He contrasts the "dog's life" of mem her of the house of representatives in Washington with the idleness of the average NJ P Men noted for their in dustry in literary, professional or bus mess lives entering parliament are at once struck with the unbusinesslike methods prevailing. They struggle against the feeling of inertia, but gradually become so accustomed to the creaky. unwieldy. cumbrous. i'm mutable parliamentary machine that they lose courage. hope and even faith" It is impossible to do any work in the house of commons. Nr O'Connor asserts from experience and observation. although he notes one or two exceptions to the rule.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17

The little village of kentontown boasts of having the oldest negro wo- man in the state of Kentucky. Her name is Mary Harding and she was born in 1797 in Georgia. Her mind and eyesight are good. Aunty, as she is called all over the county. is being cared for by John Gamer and his fam fly. Her age has been traced back to 1797. so there can be no doubt as to her age The old woman. with all her children. she says, was sold and she was separated from the flock and has not seen her children from that time. She said she would like to see them once more and then the good Lord could take her away.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17
PASSING OF THE RAIL FENCE
Hardwood Timber Too Valuable Now.
 Wire Takes Its Place.


 The country youths of to-day have no rail splitting records to boast Of. Rail making is an industry os the past. There are a few remote localities in In diana. Illinois. kentucky. Missouri and Arkansas where occasional new stretches of worm fence may still he seen. but these new rails are so rare a sight as To evoke comment.
 The passing Of the old worm fence IS ,Ius to the scarcity of timber. Wire fences are replacing the zigzag rows of rails ;n the region where timber was formerly abundant. When a rail fence becomes sp diIapidated as tn be no longer servfceatsIe if is taken down and the rails which are in a good state of Fl~e~rrvatiau are used to repair other stretches of fence and wire fence is put up in is place Another advan- fage of the wire fence is that il econ. nr1fze< space. The land that was for nerlv taken up by the fence corners is reclaimed.
 The fate If the rail fence was fe- riarei less than twenty years ago. when the value nF walnut oak and poplar timber increased to such fig uEe as to make wire fences cheaper. In the worm fences still in existence there are thousands of walnut and pspulsr rails in an almost perfect state rss preservation The walnut ones are vaIushIe- An e1terprisinG Chicago euaeern recently made that discovery and fts representatives have purchased .
 Walnut rails have remarkably Esus fife Many are still in use which wers spit more than fifty years ago
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17

within the town. although many have occurred near by. which perhaps serve to maintain the prejudice in spite of many things that might have worked toward undermining it.
 Since the town was founded. about 1915. not a single negro family has lived in it. About the year 1855 two negroes were employed as domestics by family in the extreme lower end of the town. practically in the coun, try. but they did not stay long. Since the civil war two attempts have been made by negro families to settle III the town. but both were summarliy driven out.-Independent.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17
WELL HALF MILE DEEP.
Effort of State of Ohio to Find Ar
 tesian Water

tesian Water.
 In 1851 for some reason it was thought profitable and possible to se- cure an artesian well in the State house yard. The geology of Ohio as a science was still unwritten. In fact. the first volume of the Ohio geological reports contains the written record Of this boring.
 Down o.115 feet-over half a mile the auger was sent by the slow and laborious process of the time. and near ly year was spent in the work. The boring was commenced on November 4. 1857. and stopped october 1, 1858. No artesian water was found.
 The boring was made i'll the eastern part of the grounds. Its site was point cd out to the writer some years ago, and it is now probably covered by the cement walk extending out to Third street from the judiciary building. Water was struck and plenty of it, fresh. salt. sulphur. magneslan. etc, but none of of it came to the top. Prof Theodore c. Wormley. the pro- lessor of chemistry in Startling Medi- cal college. embraced the opportunity to secure the temperature of this deep | boring. With I thermometer placed in specially prepared iron ease, and left 1 at the bottom of the boring twenty. ! four hours. he found the temperature | at the bottom to be s FahH Making deductions for the distance below the | surface at which the heat of the sun ! ceases to be felt. he computed that the | temperature increased one degree for every seventy-one feet of descent. Al | that time European scientists. who were carefully studying this branch of ! physical geography. had estimated that ! the temperature increased in such con ditions one degree for every sixty-siS | feet.
 There is no record of the cost of the ' boring. but it must have been consid erable. as the facilities and apparatus i'were primitive compared with thOss now i'll use Though failing of its ! principal purpose. the state seems is | have turned il to account through it. ! geologists. So that it was not who'll! money wasted.-Columbus Evening Dispatch.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17
THURSDAY, AUGUST IT. 1905.

Whatever a girl does it seems iney- itable that she should be laughed at and she must learn to expect this. A few years ago she was called blue stocking for her devotion to learning: next an "empty-headed. overdressed doll" and now she is "a creature of iron muscles. of waistless symmetry. of biceps and ungainliness.' Should she turn her energies to cooking and domesticity she becomes mere household drudge"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-17

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The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-05-27
$l.OO A YEAR
MEMORIAL DAY.
Program Arranged by Phil Kearney Post No. 70.
GA. R., of LacIede.

In pursuance of the sacred custom
established by the Grand Army of
the Republic, and in compliance with
general orders from national and de-
partment headquarters, our Post will
observe Memorial Day, May 3Oth, by
assembling at the graves of our de-
parted comrades, and with the flow
ers of spring decorate their last rest
ing place as token of undying love.
Therefore, Phil Kearney Post and
all patriotic citizens, secret orgsniza-
tions, day and Sabbath school chill
dren will meet on that day and par
ticipate in the ceremonies.
The Post will assemble at their
hall on Sabbath morning, May 2Sth,
at 10 o'clock, and march to the M.
E. church, where appropriate services
will be conducted by Rev. E. L. Rob-
ison.
PROGRAM FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
Committee appointed at last regu-
lar meeting to decorate the church.
J. Shirey.
Locating graves, Laclede cemetery
&C. G. Haight, j. r. McEfee.
Locust Creek cemetery-E. A.
Hawkins.
Bigger cemetery-C. P. Harter.
Yount cemetery-W. M. Lomax.
Maxwell cemetery-John Duck
worth.
To receive and arrange flowers
Jacob Shirey, Mrs. w. A. Brown,
Mrs. E. A. Hawkins.
On music-Mrs. J. L. Burke, Miss
Laura Love.
The hall will be opened at 8 o'clock
a. m. for the reception of flowers.
c~---:---- s1s---.sssss4s
will commence at 2 p. m.
J. R. McEFEE, j. L. BURKE,
Adjutant. Post Commander.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-05-27
Saved by Dynamite.
J. n. WILSON.

Sometimes flaming city is saved
by dynamiting space that the fire
can't cross. Sometimes cough hangs
on so long you feel as if nothing but
dynamite would cure it. 2. T. Gray,
of Calhoun, Ga, writes: "My wife
had very aggravated cough which
kept her awake nights. Two pnysi-
clans could not help her, so she took
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, which
eased her cough, gave her sleep and
finally cured her," Strictly scientific
cure for bronchitis and la grippe. At
W. r. Barton's drug store. Price,
SOC and $1OO; guaranteed. Trial
bottle free.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-05-27
Cash Route

Closing out sale of garden seeds be-
gins today. Seed sweet corn, 10c per
qt.; seed beans, 1Oc per qt.; seed peas,
10c per qt.; onion sets, &c per at. All
small garden seeds will be sold tone
half the former prices. Paper seeds,
3 for SC. Ny seeds are all fresh and
I will guarantee them to grow.
J. n. WILSON.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-05-27
has.
PERSONAL MENTION.

Rev. Shane was over from Brook
field Tuesday.
F. M. Gwinnup, of Linneus, was a
business visitor IN Iaclede monday.
| Mrs. Virgie Taylor, of Hale, visit
ed Mrs. H. C. Lomax in Laclede last
Thursday.
Miss Verna Trippeer, of Linneus,
has been the guest of Miss Lola
Brown this week.
Miss Francis Waugh, Of Sumner,
has been the guest of Miss Opal Ba-
ker the past week.
Mrs. G. G. Bigger attended the Pi-
rates of Penzance in Brookfeld last
Monday evening.
Miss Myrtle Hamilton, Of Gravity,
Iowa, is visiting Mr., and Mrs. j. j.
Savage, south of town.
Jno. T. Lomax attended a meeting
of the state bankers association at
Kansas City the past week.
j. W. Ong came in from Chicka-
sha, Ind. Ter, Tuesday night on a
visit to relatives and friends.
Mrs. Geo. Daugherty and daugh-
ter, Miss Lettie, of Hale, were guests
of Mrs. Fl. G. Lomax yesterday.
Mrs. Flora Arnold, of Brookfeld,
attended a meeting of the Laclede
chapter of P. E. O.'s Wednesday.
Miss Louese Haight has hand
some new piano, a present from her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Haight.
Jay G. Lomax and family, of
Princeton, are guests of Cashier and
Mrs. II. G. Lomax and other relatives
in Laclede.
w. W. Crab, who has been at
home several weeks, returned to Fair
berry, Neb., Tuesday, where he is en-
gagged in railroading.
Rev. Robson, A. III. Love, r. j.
Ofnsby, A. J. Harter and ]. w. |
Clements attended Masonic lodge at
Meadviile Tuesday night.
JW. Millburn, Memo, Okla, and
", c.. Brown, Martelle, Iowa, are
Imong those who have recently sent
n remittAnces on subscription.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phares Shive have
moved from Crossett, Ark, to West
Plains, Mo4 where Mr.. Shive viii
ontinue 10, follow the tiausF's trade.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-05-27

is an earnest and faithful worker in
the cause and during his residence
here has made many friends, not only
for himself, but for the church as
well. The very best wishes of La
clede accompanies him to the new
field. The vacancy in the Laclede
! church has not yet been filled.
While riding from Forker to her
home last Saturday evening, Mrs. j.
IS. Weatherly's horse became fright
ened at the train and threw her off,
She struck on her head and shoulder
and was stunned for awhile but
quickly recovered after being taken to
her home by the train men. Aside
from few bruises she is suffering
none from the accident. The horse
she was riding is thirty-three years
old and has lived by the side of the
railroad for twenty years and ought
to have known better than to scare at
train.
The BLADE family have had sew
eral extra patches of strawberry short
cake the past week and made from
the best berries that ever grew. On
Monday 7. M. Hogan brought in
quart from Mrs. Williams fruit farm
southwest of town, and on Thursday
H. B. VanValkenburg brought in
box rounded up with berries as large
as hen eggs, and the same day Man
sur Benson placed on our desk a
quart fresh from the family patch
that couldn't be beat in any market.
When we get chance at a quarter
section of short-cake made from such
luscious berries as these were, our
only regret is that we haven't the ca
pacity for storing it away that our
friend Northcott of the Sumner Star
has
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-05-27
A Creeping Death.

Blood poison creeps up towards
the heart, causing death. ]. E.
Stearns, Belle Plaine, MInn., writes
that a friend dreadfuIly injured his
hand, which swelled up like blood
poisoning. Bucklen's Arnica Salve
drew out the poison, healed the wound
and saved his life. Best in the world
for burns and sores. 25c at w. r.
BartOn's drug store.