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The Laclede blade., 1905-11-11
Some Evening Revsriss.

1t is sad thing to begin life with
low conceptions Of it. 1t may not be
possible for young man to measure
life, but it is possible to say, II am
resolved to put life to its noblest and
best use."
The Laclede blade., 1905-11-11
Tax.Psvers. AifeulIouI

The tax-bOoks of Jefferson township
are now in my hands for collection.
Pay your taxes before January 1 and
escape the penalty. L. E. HAMILTON,
Township Collector
The Laclede blade., 1905-11-11
HERE AND THERE.


s~Ses seSsus W baS WNS1 lS&asssSA W ~
Busy Blade Readers.
!, J. Carey Brown, ]. Clair Iona,
and j. Aubrey Baum attended tn
dance at Linneus Tuesday night.
! Frank Atwood, who moved to Yer
non county several weeks ago, has
returned to Linn county and is again
living on the farm he left near Mead
vile.
Ira Frakes and T. D. Mouser, two
prominent young farmers, have been
drawn from this township to serve on
the petit jury at the December term
of circuit court at Linneus.
P. F. Felt is buying corn, having
it delivered at Laclede, Meadville,
Wheeling and Forker. On account
Of the bad condition of the fields for
gathering it is not coming in very
rapidly.
Having sold his farm, A. McGrew
will hold public sale on Monday,
November 20, of horses, COWS, calves,
sheep, hogs, farm implements, hay,
corn, oats, etc. Bills will be out ear
ly next week.
In this impression o. F. Libby, Jr.,
calls attention to his large and COM
plete line of winter lap robes and
horse blankets. He has a nice new
line and is making very reasonable
prices on them.,
A reunion of the family of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. B. Jones was held at the fam
lily home in North Laclede last Sun
day. All members of the family |
were present and enjoyed the happy
occasion to the utmost.
According to a record of the past
printed in the Bulletin, it was just
thirty years ago that W. N. Elliott,
while hunting south of Laclede, shot
himself in the ankle, necessitating
of the foot.
Burk's all white Uncle Toms Cab
in company at Laclede opera house
next Thursday evening. This compa-
ny was here few years ago and La
clede gave them a $50 house and
everyone in the audience was pleased.
For some cause or another the
Burlington is fast losing its reputation
for regularity in its train service.
There hasn't been a mail train on time
for the past two months, they being
late all the way from 10 minutes to
I hours.
Louis M. Andres, formerly of La
,lede, being a son of Station Agent {
Andros who had charge of the old B. |
& S.-W. business 81 years ago, is now J
l member of big land syndicate at c
Las Ovas, Cuba. Some of Mr.. An
lros' advertising matter was received t
n Laclede this week by G. B. Welsh. q
Geo. Denbo has opened his restaur-
int, lunch house, fruit and confection-
'ry stand this week and is ready for +
business. He has a nice new line of L
resh goods and is prepared to serve l
he public in the best of style. Fresh g
'read, crackers, cookies, ETC., always 9
N hand, and he solicits your patron
ge. II
In The BLADE today Geo. G. !
mith & Co., announce special cloak ("
ale to be held next Tuesday. This 8
ale will be conducted by a represent y
tive of one of the largest exclusive
loak houses in Chicago, who will P
ave on display 750 garments to select a !,
'om and viii be delivered as soldi q
ee this important announcement on q
mother page.
Mr.. and Mrs KeeneY were over {
.om their home south of Meadville :
lst Saturday and called and paid : :
NO yearly subscriptions to The !
iLADE, one for themselves and the 8
thar for g n RolIinoar Orh;aon;a !"
The Laclede blade., 1905-11-11

Editor Northcott came up from
Sumner Tuesday night and left the
next morning to attend the Warner
banquet in Kansas City.
The Laclede blade., 1905-11-11
DoINGS ABOUT TOWN.
Local Paragraphs Picked up by Punssnt
Pencil Pusher.

EIcSn OycCoIs scTNtu LII any sLyl'
at Denbo's restaurant.
E. J-Robison has his new brick
residence about completed.
Mrs. s. M. Brown returned home
Wednesday from spending few days
in St. Louis.
Reuben Couch spent the, first of
the week at the home of his brother
near Linneus.
E. M. Lockridge shipped two cars
of hogs from Laclede and one from
Brookfeld this week.
Ellen Frances Ralley, of Hannibal,
was the guest of her little friend, Gus
sic Bruins, over last Sunday.
DR.. E. S. Harris, of Buckner, Mo-,
was in Laclede Monday. He was
looking for location in this part of
the state.
Mrs. L. A. Love, who has been
here from Oklahoma visiting the fam
lily of A. H. Love, left Tuesday for
Marceline.
Mrs. 0. E. Calloud is making sub
stantial improvements on her resi-
dence by rebuilding it and adding
another story.
IF you appreciate a good smoke just |
step into DIR. Stephenson's drug store
and buy cigar. Popular brands at
popular prices.
We want your corn and will pay
the highest market price delivered at
Laclede, Meadville or Forker. Felt
& Lomax, Laclede.
M. L. Potter, of Chicago, spent last
Sunday with his brother, O. A. Pot
ter, and family west of Laclede, and
left Monday for St. Louis.
John Peats, of Norwich, Kansas,
who owns the farm with brick house
west of town, has been here this week
looking after his property.
County Clerk Edwards was down
from Kansas City over last Sunday.
His many friends are glad to know
that his health is still improving.
Horace Standby, who is braking on
the Rock Island, with headquarters ,
at Falrbury, Neb., visited his father,
Dr. Standby, and family here We'd
nesday.
Word comes from West Plains, Mo. {
that Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Davis, ,
formerly Of Laclede, are rejoicing over +
the arrival of a fine girl baby at their /
home.
E. j. Robson will sell his horses,
harness, buggy, surry and farm ma O
chinery at auction at Powers livery y
barn on Saturday, November IS, be- I
ginning at 2 o'clock. b
Rev. Rider will fill his regular ap- L
pointment at the Baptist church next '
preaching both morning and 81
evening. Business meeting at the tt
church Saturday evening. Vi
Mrs. j. H. Willard called last Sat- Of
lrday and paid two yearly subscrip- p'
ions to The BLADE, one for the fam Ii
ly here, and the other to her te
Miss Gnace, at La Harpe, pl
illinois. or
J. III. Christman, miller at the
Woodland mills, while working with =
he machinery last Saturday, cut an u, u
nch off one of his fingers. He came =
) town and had the MANNED member "
ressed by DR.. Burke. ~
la
Henry ]. Brendel came down from ba
t. Joseph Saturday night to join his an
life, who has been visiting her par sn
nts, Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Jones, and i
her relatives in Laclede. They re- ful
lrned home Sunday night. tbi
-
The Laclede blade., 1905-11-11

/
low conceptions oft. 1t may not b
possible for a young man to measur
life, but it is possible to say, "I ar
resolved to put life to it's noblest an,
best use.''
Xxx
There is no such thing as man
rights and woman's rights separat
and distinct from each other. Won
ans rights are simply human rights
The sexes belong to each other; what
benefits one helps the other; what ele
Yates either uplifts both. Man is the
outdoor and woman the indoor part
ner in the firm of humanity.
Xxx
1t has been said that chest men are
nodded out of faults" but it is not
every wife who has the Ingredients in
her makeup to do the molding. The
main difficulty is that people demand
of marriage all of the universal vir-
tues of a patent medicine, warranted
to cure all in6rmities. The marriage
ceremony does not remove a woman's
faults, or a mans crooked disposition.
They are exactly the same people
they were before they were married,
only little more so. Do we not
know this world? Haven't we meas
lred it in the pint cup of our expert
ence and found out many things
which our youth and inexperience
fondly disbelieved? Have you ever
found perfection in literature, wealth
er, climate, your friends, or anything
n this world? Then why demand it
# marriage more than these other
hings? Behold the innocence of the
young lady who told her father she
vas not particular in her choice of a
she only wanted one who
lsed neither tobacco, strong drink nor
'rofane language, who would spend
lis evenings at home and be wholly
levoted to her. "My child" replied
he father, "you're a stranger here;
heaven is your home"
XXX
Cheer up! The world is taking
our photograph. Look pleasant!
If course you have your troubles
roubles you cannot tell the police
nan. A whole lot of things bother
ou, of course; business worries or do
nestle sorrows, it may be, or what
ot. You find life rugged road,
those stones hurt your feet. Never
heless, cheer up.
1t may be your real disease is self
hness-iDgrown selfshness. Your
te is too selfcentred. You imagine
our tribulations are worse than 9th
RS bear. You feel sorry for yourself
the meanest sort Of pity. fits pa
letic illusion. Rid yourself of that
nd cheer up.
What right have you to carry a
icture of your woe-begone face and
neral ways about among your fell
ws, who have troubles of their own?
you must whine or sulk or scowl,
, to the woods or to the unfrequent-
lanes. e
Cheer upl Your ills are largely +
laginary. IF you were really on t
le brink of bankruptcy, or if there !
ere no thoroughfare through your
rrows, you. would clear your brows, I
your teeth and make the best oft. |
Cheer upl You are making a hy- q
'thetical case out of your troubles, q
ID suffering from a selfinf1icted YER t
ct. You are borrowing trouble,
ID paying high rate of interest. a
Cheer upl Why, man alive, in a c
a minute walk you may see a score
people worse off than you. And f
re you are, digging your own grave. .
d playing pallbearer into the bar a
in. Man alive, you must do your v
'rkl Smile, even though it be thro'
The Laclede blade., 1905-11-11

There is no such thing as mans
rights and woman's rights separate
and distinct from each other. Wom-
ans rights are simply human rights.
The sexes belong to each other; what
benefits one helps the other; what ele-
Yates either uplifts both. Man is the
outdoor and woman the indoor part
ner in the firm of humanity.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20
ICE OUT or YUKON.
River Free from Lebarge to rl0uth
to rlOuth OF Tanana.

Dawson, Y. T. May 15.-The Yukon
is open from the mouth Of Lake Le-
barge to the mouth Of the Tanana, save
for few ice jams. The first small
boats, scows and steamers from Le-
barge will arrive next week with
thousands of tons of fresh goods for
Dawson and Tanana markets. No
steamers have been crushed by the
breaking ice. The Tanana river ia
entirely open and steamers are running.
Eugene Terault, mine owner on
Dominion creek, dropped dead Satur-
day. He was a member of the Odd
Fellows of Mount Vernon, Wash.
The weather is q little colder than
hast year, and water is not 80 plentiful
on the creeks. Mining is progressing
well, but is not quite as early as last
year.
Tanana kilograms all agree that the
output there win exceed che winter ex-
pectations. The first Tanana gold is
due here in three weeks, en- route to
Seattle. &E 81
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20
MORE TpusT SECRETS.


System 81 Aetas Trading Company
Sald 10 Have Been Revealed.
Chicago, May 1e.-Membeas Of the
federal grand jury investigating the
business Affairs Of the best packing In
dustries, have learned the details Of
the manner in which ofllcials Of the
Aetna Trading Company kept their
books. This company. it II said, wal
tho name By which the packers sup.
posed to form the beef trust transacted
their business. National Bank Elk.
aminer Stareck. who for nearly two
months has been studying over the
books found in the nix trunks taken
from the First National Bank build
ing safety vaults, has completed hfa
task and was before the jury yester-
day. His testimony has not yet been
finished.
Through these books it is asserted
that the secret system Of the Eetna
Trading Company has been revealed,
and all persons connected with the op.
GRAFTON Of tho company are known.
Mrs. Richard Howes, wife Of the
manager Of the casing department. Of
Swift & Co., and Mrs. Irvina A. Want,
wife of the assistant treasurer Of the
Same concern, have been placed under
SIC, 900 bonds each to insure their pre-
senoe in Chicago as witnesses in the
event that indictments are returned by
the federal grand jury.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20
MICHIGAN FRUIT CASE
"'ur offer to Compromise Re-
JeCfed by Commission.

Arn. -
""oo S Offer to Compromise Re-
Jecfed by Commission.
Onicago, May l5.-The interstate
bsaa efce commission has begun the
'ruit cases. ~ .
csr w vOmpromise offered by the Armour
co.. :. Ane to reduce the charge for icing
Chs; . 70 the Michigan fruit belt if the
d.a oaeo commission merchants would
ATTY. sp tne investigation was repeated
,st;s lengthy discussion prior TO the
s.ms OF testimony.
o,. The claim of the car lines.n de-.
Anu u frank Hagerman, one of the
cOmw lr representatives, addressing the
has ~ lis that the commission
ius ~ ~ jurisdiction in SO far as dictat-
der ' hs rates, and we ask that an or
NAV ha issued Immediately, that We
case i; lave an opportunity Of testing the
donh. ~ the courts. This il without
plsjn AIM Inc primary object of the com.
Tia. :. anyway. would say thie.
make ~ you think you have the power.
vew;11 ~ 81. order debating the rate and
to-, t sha then have an opportunity to
has bas, Ease. Since our compromise
aab. ps sen defed, we are in a position =
' case to the bitter end"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20
Think ROOSEVELT
Will end THE war

London. May 15.-The Daily Tele.
graphs Tokyo correspondent says he
knows for fact from official sources
that peace between Japan and Russia
was nearly concluded when tho unex-
pected appearance Of the second Pa
cific Russian squadron appeared in the
China sea, reviving Russia's hopes.
Gwen now" the correspondent adds,
nobody here doubts that peace is con-
ing through President Roosevelt's
offices, he having learned that Russia
desires to end the war and having as
certained the terms which would be
agreeable to the neutral powers.
Recent councils Of japanese states
men settled the principles for q renew
al of the Anglo japanese alliance
which will involve new and definite
policy with regard to the future OF
,Manchuria and Korea. . 8siis..ii
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20
A new INDUSTRY.
Plant at Seattle to utilize Scrap TIT
Car From Cannkries.

Plant at Seattle to UTILIZE Scrap Tin
From Cannertes.
Seattle, May l8.-Thousands of tons
of scrap tin which have heretofore
been wasted on the Coast from the de.
bris left at the salmon can establish.
ments are to be utilized and manufac-
tured into merchantable materials, &C.
cording to plans Of the Syracuse smelt-
ing works, Of this city. It is stated
that the company has determined to
install improvements and machinery
to cost $4,000, principally to utilize
this scrap tin.
The leading articles to be made are
lead pipe, tin pipe, shot, traps and
sinker, wire and triangle solder, sash
weights. The sash weights can be
made with the sediments left after the
scrap tin is used up. When finished
the factory will steadily employ be.
tween seventy-five and hundred men.
T In addition to the plans for utilizing
scrap tin, the factory will take up the
proposition of using scrap copper OF
every description and turn out pure
copper ingots. ALI the refuse left af.
ter the ingots are cast will be made
into sash weights.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20
ANOTHER .,,LwAukrc RunoR.
Latest Is That the Road VIII MOI
Build to Coast.

6ObSSu - uUOU UuS RV00 WIZ WI
Build to Coast. .5a
New York, May 1.-THE Wall Street
Journal says:
While the intention OF reaching out
to the Pacific coast has been enter
tanned in St. Paul official orioles foE
some time, no survey has been made
over the mountains and there is good
reason to believe that it ia not the in
tention of this company to build line
Of its own, but to enter into an ar
rangement with existing roads where
by it may be enabled to embark in To-
cal as we'll as through business The
probability is that such an arrange
ment will be made with the Hill roads.
The probability is that the line now
being built westward from Chamber
lain, South Dakota, will be continued
to q connection with the Burlington
and the st. Paul will be given an OPP
portunity to participate in the traffic
originating in the territory between its
present western terminals and the Pa
cif1c coast.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20

any prospect of rslisf. @ Va ~ 60
for awhile a. Port Arthur. Il Wouia
only b = siinpas question Is sAdur-
ance.
It u undoubtedly Z fact that vladi-
voseok = even better provided TO sus-
tain Z long blockade than was Fort
Arthur. When Russia decided 70 make
It the terminus Of the Transslberian
road che began to build storehouess
and military depots tho IKE Of watch
was unknown to Asia. This boarding
Of STORES has meyer ceased. 10 Noe
vladivostok would b Russia's crown
ing humiliation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20
THE CURVED BALL

II IL the Atmosphere Which Causes
Its Eccentric 0hoots.
Almost any ten-yearold yOungster
can curve Z ball, even though no does
not know why he can do 90 except
that the leather must be held in = Ger
tain way. Possibly i half dozen OF
the major league twirlers know some
thing about the science Of the curve,
but compare lively few understand why
they can produce their Blenders" The
Scientific American gives the follow
ing 40 the scientific explanation Of the
matter:
"Ths pitcher. in the field tells 10 that
the ball curves because he gives It a
twist, but scientifically this viii not
do. Why viii the twist make the
curve7 II . ball were thrown in q cor
tain direction and IL tho force Of crawl
tation were not at work the ball would
continue on In Z straight line forever.
Some force Of resistance 10 then a.
work when q ball 10 made TO deviate In
q curve from its straight course. II q
feather 10 dropped in vacuum in an
exhausted receiver Of IN air pump IL
will drop like shot, but II It II drop
ped out in the air 1t will 60 down ir-
regularly and slowly, shifting from
side to ode.
ut Is the atmosphere which causes
the ball to curve. Bearing in mind
that the atmosphere il q compressible.
elastic gas, we md that when the bali
leaves the hand Of the pitcher with a
rapid rotary motion it 'impingss upon
a continuous elastic cushion and this
moderate resistance, or friction,
changes its course in the direction
which IL given to; the rotary motion.
Take an outshoot of a right handed
pitcher. for instance. He impresses
upon the ball rapid centrifugal ro-
tary motion to the left, and the ball
goes to the left because the atmos-
phere, comprsssible and elastic. ID
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20
CRITCHES CLAIMS i
OF RAILROAD MEN

Washington, May 15.-Gov. Cum
minis, tsof Iowa, testified yesterday be.
fore the senate committee on interstate
commerce which is considering rail
road legislation. He criticised the
statement by railroad men that rates
were low enough now, and the impress
sion, he said, they endeavored to CON-
vey was that the object sought was to
give power, to the commission to fix
rates. He claimed that there was mo-
thing unjust in giving the commission
the power which the proposed legisla-
ton would confer upon it to correct
an unreasonable and discriminatory
difference between kinds Of trafac and
localities. est 7l1 !
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20
Deck Hands Strike.

Seattle, May 17.-Because Of their
employers refusing to grant their de-
mand for an increase in wages, the
crews of the Sound steamers Fair
haven, Utopia and Capital City walked
off the boats last night after they had
tied up at the docks. Before quitting
the men discharged the freight brought
over from the various Sound points at
which the steamers touch. Several
days ago notice was served on the
steamboat companies that unless the
scale of wages was increased from $40
to $40 month, the. men would quit
work. The officers of the various COM
panies refused to grant the demand,
and the action Of last night was the re-
suit. It is expected that the crews of
the other sound craft will leave the
boats as soon as they reach port this
morning. s5is.4 &
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20
RISKS LIFE TO SAVE GOOSE

Man Lowered Down an Old Mime
;a Shaft TOO Feet Deep.
From Oxford, Warren county. N. ].
comes the story Of Lewis Albert, an
engineer at the mines, says the New
York Herald, who, for the sake Of d
goose's life, risked his own for fully
forty minutes on Friday in a daring
and sensational manner.
The goose got over the fence Of its
coop, tapped it, wings, dew over the
opening Of the shaft, when Ii 700 feet
deep, fell into the black hole and dis
On the following day persons pass
ing the shaft heard sepulchral cries
proceeding from some subterraneous
source. Kemple heard sounds and
learned OF the goose's plight.
The old hosting apparatus was ex-
anined ana found to be useless and
the problem arose as to how the bird
was to be rescued. One man lowered,
hook and line, to which was at
tached a worm, but the goose would
not bite.
Then Albert took long rope and.
selecting q group Of miners, he bade
them lower him into the mine
Albert got down about 200 feet and
minute later there was fierce honk-
ing. followed by signal to pull up
quickly. Albert soon appeared with
the struggling bird in his srms.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20
BOYCOTT IN PROSPECT
China Nay Make Trade RepriSalS OF
Account of exclusion Laws.

Washington, May 17.-Information
has been received here that a breach
between China and the United States,
likely to result in trade reprisals on
the part of China, is certain, because
Of dissatisfaction in Peking over the
strict enforcement of the Chinese ex.
clusion laws and the failure of this
government to agree to a new treaty
more lenient in character.
State department. officials here are
cognizant of the fact that the Chinese
minister here has sent out circulars to
Chinese in all parts of the United
States, inviting them to furnish such
evidence as they may have Of cases
where the exclusion laws were harshly
enforced against Chinese entering this
country. 1t is the disposition of the
immigration officials to get the Chinese
minister in trouble for his action. II
can De stated that, so far as the state
department. is concerned, Sir Chene
lung Is acting clearly within hif
nsns. The developments, in fact, il
u SAID, merely serve to widen the
ureach that already existed between
quo legislative and treaty making pow.
", Tue senate, in the matter of making
anew treaty with China. Secretary
LAY always manifested desire te
sian1 certain concessions to China in
~oAine the new treaty. His purpose
w 1aS ueleated by the position taken by
r ~e''ofn senator's and representatives,
WI. "uo are bitterly opposed to making i,
. .' 1or Chinese, even of a better
'iASs' to enter this country.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-05-20

was that of the fallen Gibraltar. Yet,
according to the military wiseacres, e.
pecially those who have had the ad.
vantage Of actual observation, Vlad.
ivostok Is strong where Port Arthur
was strong and strong also where that
fortress was weak.
First and of great strategic import
ance II the fact that Vladivostok can
not be invested by hostile force,
either by land or sea, during the long
and pit1leAs Siberian winter. 1t IL a.
safe from all external molestation dur
Ing its protracted Information as II the
shrew in It's burrow. This natural de-
Tense confers impregnability on the
port for several months in every year.