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The Laclede blade., 1906-02-03
Lomax.Webley.

Leon W. Lomax and Miss May
Webley were united in marriage at
the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. F. E. Webley, three miles
northeast of Laclede, at noon, Wed.
nesday, January 31st, Rev. e. L.
Robson officiating. After the cere-
mony the guests were invited to the
dining room. where an elegant dinner
was served. The bridal party left on
the afternoon train for a short we'd
ding trip. Mr.. Lomax is a prominent
young farmer owning fine 100 acre
farm a mile northeast of Laclede,
where the happy young couple will
begin housekeeping at once. Mr..
and Mrs. Lomax are highly respected
young people and have a host of
friends who extend congratulations
and best wishes.
The Laclede blade., 1906-02-03

"I'm the luckiest man in Arkan-
sas," writes 81. L. Stanley, of Bruno,
"since the restoration. of my wife's
health after five years of continuous
coughing and bleeding from the lungs;
and owe my good fortune to the
worlds greatest medicine. DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
which 1 know from experience will
cure consumption if taken in time.
My wife improved with the first bottle
andtwelve bottlescompleted the oure." I"
Curessthe worst coughs and colds or
money refunded. At w. r. Baritone
drug store. SOC and S1.00. Trial
bottle free.
The Laclede blade., 1906-02-03
Death of E. N. Lockridse.

The people of Laclede were shocked
beyond measure last Sunday morn
ing on learning that E. M. Lockridg'
had died during the previous night
He spent Saturday at Brookfield buy
ing hogs and returned to Laclede or
the evening train. He spent the
evening down town apparently in
good health, going home about 6
o'clock. He was taken sick between
IL and II o'clock and died a hall
hour later from heart failure. Funer'
al services were held at the family
home at 10 o'clock Tuesday, conduc.
ted by Rev. Heaton, of Liberty. The
remains we're taken to Meadville for
burial.
Deceased was So years of age, hav-
ing been born on the old Barton
homestead southeast of Laclede Janu-
ary 4, 1S47. He leaves a wife and
little daughter; also daughter, Mrs.
Bertie Staley, by his first wife. Mrs.
Staley arrived from Baltimore, Nd,
Monday night and was in attendance
at the funeral.
The late Mr.. Lockridge will be
greatly missed, having been actively
engaged in buying and shipping stock
from here for number of years. The
bereaved family have the sympathy
of their many friends.
The Laclede blade., 1906-02-03
At II Again.

The citizens of Linneus have again
sprung the court house question.
This time they have petitioned the
county court to call special election
at the earliest reasonable date for the
purpose of voting upon the PROPOSE
tion to make special tax levy of 25
cents on the one hundred dollars as
sessed valuation of property, said
levy to run for period of three years,
to build a fifty thousand dollar court
house in the city of Linneus.
The petition should be amended 30
as to give the voters at said election
a chance to say where the court house
should be built. Otherwise the cleo
ton, if called, will be dead expense
to the taxpayers.
The Laclede blade., 1906-02-03
A Healing Gospel.

The Rev. j. G. Warren, pastor of
Sharon Baptist church, Belair, Ga,
says of Electric Bitters: "It's a God
send to mankind. 1t cured me of q
lame back, stiff joints and complete
physical collapse. I was so weak
that it took me half an hour to walk
mile. Two bottles of Electric Bit
ters have made me so strong that I
have just walked three miles in so
minutes and feel like walking three
more. It's made a new man of me-"
Greatest remedy for weakness and all
stomach, liver and kidney complaints.
Sold under guarantee at w. r. Bar.
toms drug store. Price SOC.
The Laclede blade., 1906-02-03

the sitting member, who proposd
Bresnehen's name, was too angry to
longer remain in the room when
Thompson was selected. With these
circumstances, and with so admirable
candidate as Mr.. Ferris leading the
republicans, there is nothing surpris-
ing in the hopefulness with which the
latter enter upon the contest"
The Laclede blade., 1906-02-03
REV. THOMAS J. FERRlL DEAD,
Passed Away at the Home of His Daughter
In Kansas City Last Monday.

Rev. Thomas J. Ferril, pastor of
the Laclede M. E. church in 1889-9O,
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
G. O. Coffin, in Kansas City last
Monday night at 9:40. He had been
afflicted with cancer for several months
and was in Kansas City for treatment
but the immediate cause of death was
pneumonia.
Rev. Mr.. Ferril was one of the
earliest preachers Of the Middle West,
having entered the ministry fifty-tour
years ago, and was, just before his
death, the only survivor whose men,
bership in the Missouri Methodist
conference dates back to when it's
territory included Western Missouri,
Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas. He
like all the Methodist preachers in
those days was circuit rider, travel
ing from settlement to settlement in
The generally sparcely settled districts
holding meetings at the homes of the
settlers.
He was "A years old, Independence,
Mo, being his birthplace, and during
the greater part of his life, his home.
Rev. Mr.. Ferril became a preacher
in 1851. He was married three years
later. His experiences as an early
day preacher were varied and fraught
with adventures. His first regular
pastorate was at Lawrence, where he
was living when the civil war broke
out. His church vas a little sod
covered structure, the first place Of
worship erected in Lawrence. 1t was
destroyed by Quentrels men during
their raid upon that place. At the
outbreak of hostilities Rev. Mr.. Ferrii
entered the Union army.
He served as chaplain Of the Six
teenth Kansas cavalry during the
four years of the war, participating in
nearly all the engagements in this
vicinity as well as many in other parts
of the country. He was the only one
of the FERRIS, excepting his father,
who sided with the north. He had
no brothers, but all of his cousins and
uncles, who took part in the struggle,
fought for the southern cause.
Rev. Mr.. Ferril was one of the
founders of Baker university at Bald
win, Kans. He was elected chaplain
of the department of Missouri Of the
G. A. R. in 1883, and was reelected
to that Office a number of times during
seventeen years. He refused re-elec-
tion at last years encampment Of the
G. A. r.
Besides a daughter, Mrs. DR.. G.. o.
Coffin, he leaves son, VIM. G. Ferril,
of the Colorado His
torical society at Denver, and former
editor of the Denver Republican.
The Laclede blade., 1906-02-03
Notice.

Pay your. taxes at once, as the tax
books must now be closed up and 10
turned to the county. court.
L. E. HAMILTON,
Township Collector.
The Laclede blade., 1906-02-03
HERE AND'TnERE.


Lumber is being hauled out thi
week from Hamilton's yard for the
new house to be built on the Turney
farm southeast of town.
| G. N. Standby has rented a room OF
the first floor of the Woodmen build
ing for carpenter shop and is get
ting out the frame for his new resi-
dence to be erected early this spring.
The roller skating rink is oper
every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day night. Plenty of skates, good or
der and a good time for all. Every
body will skate tonight and there will
be lots of fun.
G. w. Young has sold his 116 acre
farm two miles northeast of Laclede
to a. Mr.. Linch of near Brookfield
and will give possession in about two
weeks, removing to the G. H. Terwil-
leger farm, which he has rented for
this year.
Died, at her home in Chillicothe,
Sunday, January %, Mrs. Mary
Lucy Cranmer, aged 3S years, 3
months and 20 days, Mrs. Cranmer
was daughter of Mrs. L. j. Wilson,
of Laclede, and leaves husband and
six children.
A convention of the Jefferson town
ship Sunday school association, of
which F. F. Welsh Is president, will
be held at the Methodist church in
Laclede on Wednesday, February IA.
The program, now being arranged,
will be printed next week.
A section of keyless lock boxes was
added to the postoffice equipment this
week. They are of the latest pattern
right from the factory at Indianapol-
is, Ind. Laclede nov no doubt has
the best keptand best equipped fourth
class office in the state.
The third number of the seasons
lecture course was given on Friday
night of last week by pupils of the
public school. The opera house was
we'll filled and splendid program
was rendered. The next number is
the Old Plantation Quartette in
March.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Prewitt and
the latter's brother. Henry Brenner,
removed to Columbus, Kansas, last
week, near which place Messrs. Prev
lit and Bremen will engage in farm
ing. The BLADE will visit them each
week and keep them posted on Linn
county affairs.
John Peters has sold his residence
in North Laclede to Mrs.
Georgia Boomer, of Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Cook, formerly of Laclede. The
price paid was $14O0. Mr.. Peters
expects to remove to Chillicothe when
he gives possession the first of March.
May Jones made The deal.
An unusually pleasant meeting of
the Reading Circle was held at the
home Gof Mrs. J. E. Welsh Tuesday
evening. The subjects for discussion
we're: "Does Prosperity Always Bring
Happiness" and "What Constitutes
IN American Citizen" At the close |
If the meeting Mrs. Welsh treated
he circle to very dainty luncheon. |
1t is no credit to Laclede, the |
Itreet commissioner or the city admin
stration that block of sidewalk in
he main residence portion of the
own has been in such a dilapidated
condition for more than year as to
'ndanger the "life and limb" Of those
vho attempt to traverse it in daytime,
0 SAY nothing of the impossibility Of
night trip along that block. The
BLADE mentions this case 90 that
ONE action may Be taken before the
The Laclede blade., 1906-02-03
For Sale.

One IL gague shot gun, winchester,
pump, take down, 6 shot, good g flsN.
Priee right ia. Bsowx.
The Laclede blade., 1906-02-03
Some Evening Rsvsriss.

springs from the habit OF night proWi-
ing, corner losfing and kindred acts
by both sexes in city, town and ham,
let all over this broad country. Any
person who keeps his or her eyes open
knows this. Hundred of boys and
girly are out at night, and we all
know that many influences for evil
and none for good surround them con-
tinually. A curfew restriction may
be derided as old fashioned and puri-
tanical, but the fact remains that
there is vastly less night prowling In
towns that have a curfew ordinance
and enforce it.
XXX
The fairest and sweetest joy is that
brought to man by the loving hand
of wife. The sweetest thought is
of that life journey, when, hand in
hand, she, the wife, becomes the guild
ing star as he scales the sunlit noun
tain Sof success, or as, with him, she
penetrates the shadow-laden and dis
NAL valley of failure, despair and
grief. The ecstacy of joy or the pain
of grief cannot change the divinity of
wife's love. The blackest cloud
that can darken the horizon Of man
is the one which, encircling the brow
with death, takes from husbands
embrace his life companion. It is
then that all cares, sorrows and pains
of life seem blended into one; it is
then that an unfathomable ocean
seems to engulf him with its angry
pillows. IF all husbands would pom
der over these thoughts at the begin
ming Of the new year and treat his
wife as if it was to be their last year
together upon earth, the divorce
courts would be advertising for husi-
ness long before the close Of 1906.
. x
Boys, you who are men in years,
and you, who are just entering man
hood, stop and consider life as it is.
Remember, "Action is the essence of
character" good or bad. This char
acter building is daily thing, so con-
slider your ways and weigh your ac-
tions, and build wisely.
What are your aims? Are you
striving to develop yourselves, men
tally and morally, so as to have an
influence in your community? Our
boys will be the future men of our
country, our lawmakers, and they
should be men who honor the law;
they should be men of principle, who
cannot be corrupted by bribes; who
have the moral courage to do their
duty. When a community lacks
such men, evil and corruption pre-
dominate. How much the well-being
of a community depends upon the
honest, upright men in it!
Many temptations beset the young
and they come in contact with evil
influence in every vocation in life.
Yet there is within yourselves, boys, a
force (if used) that will
enable you to withstand temptations,
and to overcome the evil influences
with which you will surely come in
contact. Bring your reasoning pow
srs to bear. Argue with yourselves
the certain moral degradation if you
continue in a wrong course. Bring
your will power to bear and keep un-
Ter the low appetites and the little,
mean things that corrupt any who
give way to them. Have a high stand
.rd; choose a right, open path in life.
to hide, nothing to be asham-
ID of.
Listen to the counsel of your par
,nts. Seek the home nest and its
,ure influences. Shun places Of vice
md evil in every form. Look care
uHy over the record of the past. Are
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
THE NATIONS FORESTS.
BRILLIANT ADDRESS At ANNUAL
CONVENTION AMERICAN FORs
ESTRY ASSOCIATION.

Secretary Wilson Sounds Warning
Note on Forest DestructiOn-MiIll
Acres Should Be Tree-planted-
Everett Hale in Vigorous 5 &c 1.
Secretary Wilson has more than
once manifested deep interest in the
question of American Forestry. Mr..
Wilson has, in fact for some years been
elected and reelected President OF the
American Forestry Association, a pow
erful organization, composed of public.
pirited men throughout the country,
which has probably done more than
any other one influence to awaken
national interest in the enormous
destruction of the forests and the neces-
sity for their business-like management
and preservation, even to the reforest-
alton of denuded areas and the plant
ing Of trees upon barren prairie lands.
That the movement in the United
States is coming to be considered an
important one is to some extent evil
denced by the increased recognition of
the subject by Congress, which is also
due largely to Secretary Wilson's en-
thusiasm. When Mr.. Wilson was APP
pointed Secretary of Agriculture by
President Mckinley, his forestry d.
vision consisted of one forester, an
assistant forester and five clerks and
with an annual appropriation from
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23

Indians, or such Of them at least as
nave any business ability. A good
many of the Indians trap during the
winter, but the trouble with the major
1ty OF them is that they do not know
the value of their catch and are likely
to sell S22 otter pelt for 81 or IS, and
a $11 mink peIt for dollar, or perhaps
a pint of whiskey, The white man is
well aware of this fact, and some a.
gents make it their business during the
winter to do nothing but buy furs Of
the Indians, selling them later at q
handsome margin of profit.
These agents usually travel from re
servation to reservation by dog team
or snow shoes.
Even the little weasel, scores oil
which daily leave their tiny tracks
in the snow on the outskirts Of the
towns are worth 81 each for their pelts
They we're valueless three years ago
and two years ago were worth 10 cents
each. For time last winter the pelt'
brought so cents each. The wease
also belongs to the homOlogue Of thu
American sable together with the mar
ten, mink, fisher and otter. The Ameri
can sable really is the marten, accord
ing to some authorities. It is common
ly called the pine marten, and at frs
glance the only distinguishing feature
between it and the mink is a spot O.
beautiful orange color on its throat
just under the chin.
A grizzly bear skin is worth $40, i
in the best condition, but of cours'
grizzly bears are unknown in thu
Lake Region. Many black bears are
trapped and shot, however, by settlers
Indians and trappers.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
GIFTED POLISH ACTRESS.
MADAME BERTHA KALICH rs
WINNING FAME IN ENGLISH
SPEAKING PARTS.

Unfamiliar With English Language
Six Years Ago, She Has Now
Mastered Our Speech-One of a
Race to Produce Famous PLAYERS.
With SO much interest focused on
happenings in Russia, it would be
strange indeed if we did not receive a
taste OF Russian drama. The leading
cities OF the country are now centering
tnelr attention upon the Russian PLAY
Norma Wanna" the title role of which
- being essayed by Madame Bertha
kallch, a Polish actress who won fame
in the Yiddish theatres on the Bowery
in New York City.
Madame Kalich may not be considered
q beautiful woman but through the nat
uralness OF her acting she touches every
spark OF humanity that CLOVIS in the
human breast. Six years ago she did
not know word of English, vet her
mastery at the present time of one of
the most difficult Of all speaking
tongues, is remarkable. Not only does
she speak English well but she is fam
sllar with i've other languages-Ger-
man, Polish, Russian, French and Yid-
dish. For years she has been acting
at the Russian and Hebrew theatres
OF New York City. Her first appearance
in an English speaking play was
year or so ago when she played the
name part in Fedora" Her earlier
performances were disappointing but
at the end of fortnight she made
profound impression upon her audience.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
MADAME BERTHA KALIcH

So far this is the story Of Norma Wanna
for the American people are not &C
customed to the mannerisms and act
ing of the Russian plays.
Madame Bertha Kalich is tall and
OF the brunette type usual to the He
brew, with eyes that while most express
sive. can hardly be said to be winning
She cannot be Classed as beautiful,
but her art has a mimicry which is
sure to bring fame to her. Critics lay
great faith in her possibilities as an
actress. They believe that after thor
ough schooling on the American stage,
4 the requirements of which are far diff
ferent from those of the Russian, she
4 will become famous, for she comes OF
race which has achieved wonders.
And when we encounter marked talent
in the Hebrew race no one living can
predict how many rungs of the ladder of
fame NAV be traYersed successfully. The
greatest actors, not only OF the present
age but of the past, have been and
are Jews. Of the women we have from
Rachel to Bernhard, and the men
range from Dawson to Edwin Booth
while passing reflections may be given
10 the ability of David Garrick, Mrs
Siddons and a host Of others in whose
veins were some drops Of Oriental
blood.
Bertha Kalich's appearance in Chi.
cago was greeted with an outburst Of
enthusiasm which continued through
out the many weeks Of her perform
ance there. Such a well-knOwn critic as
w. H. Hubbard of the Chicago Tribune
in reviewing ''Monna Wanna" and its
reading actress, said, MADAME Kalich
Is enrolled in the list Of great artists.
She is now an actress Of peculiar and
nncOmmonly attractive qualities and
gives every promise OF becoming IN a
ew seasons one of the most notable
women on the American stage. Watch
ng her during the week has brought
conviction that she is the possessor
Of remarkable talents and that these
Talents are susceptible Of a developing
~ shaping which can but place her
in the egtaera Of a large class
49, I'D an
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23
TRARPERS' PROSPEROUS TINES
Furs Worth More Now Than For
Past Thirty Years.

The many trappers operating along
the northern boarder will reap rich
harvest the present winter, meaning
many comforts, even luxuries, in the
log cabins Of scores of sturdy settlers
in the Wilds of the northern country,
who are mainly dependent upon their
traps during the cold months for a
livelihood.
The settlers and professionals in the
country directly tributary to the Great
Lakes look to mink, marten and otter
to make their trapping operations
profitable, and the pelts of these little
animals at present command higher
price than at any time during the past
thirty years, while there has been a
decided slump in the prices paid for
furs from the black, blue and silver
fox which bring only $50 each now,
where year or two ago they were as
high as $500 apiece.
Last wi, ter $3.50 was considered a
good price for a mink pelt and it
wasn't more than a season or two back
that $3.50 was the highest paid for a
single pelt of this kind. Now choice
raw mink fur will bring $11, and a mar
ten pelt from $18 to $40, where $6 or 81
was paid last winter. An otter skin is
worth $22 just as it comes from the
trapper's hands, which is away above
any price paid for more than thirty
years. Quite few fisher are caught
through northern Minnesota and these
are worth from SO to $40. Beaver are
very scarce in this state. They are
worth from S7 RI so each
The higher prices paid for furs Will
also prove a boon to the Minnesota
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23

Confined on next
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23

Congress for forestry of $4,000. Since
then forestry division has been advanc-
ed into a separate bureau Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, employing over
500 men and having an annual appro-
prlation from Congress Of upwards OF
One-half a million dollars. Fully a
million acres of forest lands in the
eastern part Of the United States have
been turned over to the Bureau OF
Forestry for management on q practi-
cal and scientific basis which will en-.
able the cutting Of the forest for lunn-
Der and at the same time insuring
succeeding "crops" Of timber, while
over 100,000,000 of the acres of COVER
ment Forest reserves in the west have
also been turned over to the Bureau
Of Forestry for administration. 1t is
probable that at least another $4,000,
900 acres Of public timber land will be
placed in federal reserves.
Secretary Wilson in his opening adj
dress at the recent annual meeting Of
the American Forestry Association in
| Washington, uttered a clear note Of
warning against the wholesale reduc-
ton of the woodland area in the
country.
mo nation on earth is as successful
in the work Of destroying its forests as
the United States" he declared. "The
indiscriminate mutilation Of the forests
must be stopped; the matter has be-
come one of national interest which
can not much longer be ignored by the
people or by our legislator"
After advocating the broadcast kind
of protective forest policy, he touched
on the subject Of reforesting certain
sections. He thought that every day
should be an arbor day, that every year
should mark notable advance in the
effort to recover lost ground
Plant a Million Acres.
eve should plant" he said, mot TO-
600 acres nor stop at 100000 acres
but should plant 100000 acres in
trees, and this would be, viewed from
several points, the very best investment
which the United States ever made. 1t
would be a paying, money investment
60 the government, and it would be a
tremendous help to our agriculture.
The price Of nerchantable timber is in
Creasing with great rapidity, while
every one knows the very beneficial
effect that has resulted from the plant
ing Of wind-breaks in the prairie
states"
Another address before the Associa-
ton by the venerable Edward Everett
Hale, now the Chaplain of the United
States Senate, constituted a clean-cut
statement Of the great necessity Of
prompt action to protect the forests.
DR.. Hale is around eighty years OF age;
he remembers when the saw and the ak
had scarce touched the giant monarchs
in Ohio Valley, when the forests Of
northern Michigan and Minnesota were
unbroken wildernesses, and when those
Of the far northwest, in that marvellous
country "where rolls the Oregon" were
terra fnco0nttG. He has seen whole
states denuded of their valuable timber
| and burned over by devastating fires
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23

.inence is given to social features as is
the case at the academies at Annapolis
and West Point. The Revenue Cutter
cadets are at liberty on Saturday af-
ternoons and these half holidays are
usually devoted to chops" but aside
from these functions and such merry
making as can be crowded into the two
weeks vacation in the autumn or the
vacation Of one week fn the spring, this
young men apply themselves pretty
closely TO their studtaa
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-23

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