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The Laclede blade., 1906-10-06

Doing That Have Taken
Place in Laclede the
Past Week.

610SG 1I1 A%6G40&80 S1AV
/ Past Week.
. A sweet cider and ginger cake so
D cial will be held at the home Of Mr.
/ and Mrs. G. M. Burnett next Tues
= day evening for the benefit of the M
E. church. All are cordially invited
l Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Helm writ,
to have the address Of their BLAD1
changed from Kansas City to Boul
der, Colo, where they will be located
for awhile, Mr.. Helm Having traded
for large stock Of goods at that
place. "a
FL. G. Baird, an active republican
out on route 8, made The BLADE a
!, pleasant call Monday and had his
subscription renewed to the Globe
Democrat. Mr.. Baird has recently
returned from a fine visit with rela-
tives in Iowa.
/ The fifth annual meeting Of the La
tclede Farmers Mutual Fire and
Lightning insurance company will be
neld at Secretary Byrd's, Office in La
clede Saturday, Octobery13, at 10 a.
m. E. K. Welsh is president of the
company.
Mrs. Harry Landree and little son,
Willie Francis, returned Thursday
from a weeks visit with relatives at
Norborne. She was accompanied
home by her sister, Mrs. S. X.
Wright, who will spend week visit
ing relatives.
Jefferson township is undoubtedly
in the lead on fine mules. W. r.
Peacher, well known and prominent
farmer northeast of Laciede, has just
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months cid for the snug sum OF $115.
This is probably the highest price
ever paid in the county for a mule
colt under six months old.
E. A. Gibson, who recently sold his
farm north of town, will next Monday
remove his family to Monmouth, ILL.,,
near which place they will reside. Mr..
and Mrs. Gibson are nice people and
have made for themselves many
friends here who regret their depart
ure. Mr.. Gibson called Wednesday
and renewed for The BLADE that he
may continue to be posted on Linn
county matters.
The people of Laclede were panied
this week to learn Of the death OF
Mrs. Joe r. Yerion, which occurred
at her home in Citronelle, Ala, on
September Is, after an illness of little
more than month. She was most
estimable lady and the many Laclede
friends of the family extend their
most heartfelt sy mpathy to Mr.. Yer
ion and daughter Ruth, who have
suffered loss that cannot be repaired.
We wish to emphasize the fact that
every republican in Linn county owes
loyal support to the republican nomi-
nees for the various county offices.
No better ticket was ever nominated
by any party in any county of the
state. Without exception, the nomi-
nees are men of unimpeachable char
acter and capacity. The county
needs in Office just such men as the
republicans have nominated and the
entire ticket should be elected.
The Leading Grocery is branching
out, not only in the amount of goods
handled and the number of satisfied
customers, but in the amount of floor
space to handle the increasing busi-
Aaa
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Songs in the Night.

God giveth songs in the
night. Any man can sing in the day.
When the cup is full, man draws IN
s%piration from it. When wealth rolls
in abundance around him. any p1an
can praise the God who gives a plen-
teous harvest, or sends home a loaded
argosy.
It is easy to sing when we can read
notes b.: daylight; but lie is skiIfui
who sings when there is not a ray or
light to read by--who sings from his
heart. No nan can make a song IN
the night of himself: he may attempt
il. but he will find that a song in the
night must be divinely inspired.
No. it is not in mans power to sing
when all is adverse. unless an altar
coal shall touch his lip. Then.
since our Maker gives "songs in the
night" let us wait upon Hin for the
music. =,
o Thou Chief Musician. let US not
remain songless because affection is
upon us. but tune Thou Il lips to the
melody OF thanksgiving.-C. II. Spur
rnOn
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A BOYS BREAKFAST
There's q Natural Food That Makes 1t's
own Way.

There's 4 boy up III Hoosick Falls. \.
Y, WHO is growing into sturdy man
hood on Grape-NIts breakfasts. 1t
might have been different with him, as
his mother explains:
My ele~ven-year-old boy is large, we'll
developed and active. and has been
made so by his fonGness for Grape
Nuts food. At FIVE years he was q very
nervous child and wis subject to fire.
0uent attacks o. indigestion. which
used to rob him Of his strength and
were very troublesome to deal with.
He never seemed to care for anything
for his breakfast until | tried Grape
Nuts. and I have never had to change
from :hat. lie makes his entire break
fast OF Grape-Nuts food. 1t is always
relisheG by Him and he says that it
satisfies him better than the ordinary
kind of a meal.
Better than al tie is no longer
troubled with indigestion or nervous
ness, and has got to be 4 splenGidly
developed fellow since he began to use
Grape-Huts food" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's q reason. Read the little
book. THE Road 10 Wel:yille,' IN pkgs,
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1900 Calendars For 1906.

Do you throw away your o.d calon-
OARS? A Paris stat!Stic!an has discov-
cred that it is d mistake to do SC. and
being Of al economical turn Of mind
has discovered further that calendars
for 1900 Will serve equally well toc
1906.
As a rule. Of course. 2 calendar is
only of use e.evem years later. ard leap
year upsets this calculation pretty Of
ten. But as 1900 was allotted 36l
days only, instead of 2GG. the days Of
the 1905 week fl exactly those Of i90c,
London Daily Express.
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ICE SHAVER.

A Minnesota mar is the patentee OF
the simple ice shaver shown in the IL
lustration. The shaving blade has the
lower portion corrugated to form the
cutters, while the upper portion is fiat.
Screwed or otherwise secured to the
fiat portion is 4 shank having 4 socket
at it's upper end to receive q wooden
handle. The lower end Of the shank is
spread, and covers the fiat portion OF
the blade to strengthen the latter. The
corrugated portion Of the blade is made
of vertical. angular ribs, the construc-
ton being such that the sides Of each
rib incline upwardly to form an edge,
the latter extending from the shank to
the lower edge of the blade. Each rib
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Under the heading Of THE Wastage
of Child Life" the Times publishes an
interesting account of an experiment
carried out in the Yorkshire industrial
village Of Longwood, one Of the wards
IF the borough of Huddersfield.
The village stands high and is free
from slums, but the great majority OF
The inhabitants are factory workers,
md though the general death-rate has
been low for the last ten years the
average infant mortality up to the
period Of the experiment was 100 per
thousand births.
The method of attempting to reduce
this wastage has been twofold; first,
the promise to pay fl for each baby
born in the district between November
8, 1904, and November 0, 1905, on its
attaining the age of twelve months;
and, second, the systematic distribu-
ton of information as to the feeding,
nursing and tending of children, rein
forced by the domiciliary visits of a
small committee of ladies.
The result Of the experiment has
been to reduce the infant mortality to
ffty-four per thousand births, or more
than fifty per cent.-London Spectator.
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33l people will earn these prizes.

dollars to your pennies that the noon
hour will find q man on our breakfast
huskier and with a stronger heart-Deatl
and clearer working brain than ne ever
had on the old diet. -
Suppose, If you have never really
made a move for absolutely clean;
health that pushes you along each Gay,
with a spring in your step ana q re-,
serve vigor in muscle and brain tnatI
makes the doing, Of things q pleasure
you join the army of plain old son1t1on
sense" and start in now. 'Inen after,
YOU have been 2 or 3 weeks OIL the
Grape-Nuts training you write a state,
ment Of how yeu used to be ana now
YOU are now. The simple facts Will IN
terest others and surprise yoCrselt.
We never publish names except on per-
| mission. but we often tell the facts IN
the newspapers and when requested
give the names BY private letter. ,
There is plenty Of time to get per-
sonal experience with Grape-Nuts ana
write q sensible. truthful letter to oe
sent in the list of words, as the contest
does not close until April 3Oth, l9oo-,
So start in as soon as you like to build
inr words, and start in using Grape,
Nnts. Cut this statement out and
keep the letters Y-l-O-Grape-Nuts pe-!
fore you and when you write your let;
ter you will have some reason to write
on the subject why | Owe Grape
Nuts" e
Rememr 331 persons will win
nrizes. which will be awarded In an,
exact and just manner as soon as the:
list can be counted after April Both.
1906. Every contestant will be sent
a nrinted list Of names and addresses
of winners on application In order to,
have proof that the prizes are sent as
agreed. The company is we'll known;
ali over the world for absolute fidelity
TO its agreements and every single one
of the 331 winners may depend on re-
ceiving the prize Won. =:
Nam persons might feel 1t useless to.
contest, but when one remembers the
GREAT number of prizes -(33l-the
curiosity of seeing how many lords
can really be made up evening after
evening and the good, natural fun and
education in the competition, it seems
worth the trial; there is no cost, moth,
ing to lose and a fine opportunity to
win one of the many boxes of gold or
greenbacks.
We make the prediction that some
who win a prize of gold or greenbacks.
will also win back health and strength
worth more to them than a wagon full
of money prizes. !
There are no preliminaries, cut out
this statement and go at it, and send
in the list and letter before April 3Oth,:
1906, to Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd. Battiej
Greek. Mich, and let FOUR name and
address be plainly written.
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A Giant Oak.

There is something like a sense OF
she tragic in the fan Of majestic trees.
Gre has just been cut down near Burg
dorf, in Switzerland, which really de-
serves to be described as a monarch
Of The :treS,. 1t was an oak. At a
hc;s&$ .: <'N+een feet from the ground
:2a &:H,% measured not less than four
IIG onc-half feet in diameter. which
gives q circumference Of sixteen feet
three inches. The cG!irentric rings
showed the tree to have been planted
about the year 1863. OF these rings
81 could be cOunted.-LonGon Globe.
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G.

An officer Of the army was one day
referring in a humorous vein 20 the
large body of professional heroes pro-
duced by our war with Spain, when he
related the case of a Western politician
who e~ndeavored to make capital & his
war" record in Cuba.
This politician. shortly after his re-
turn to the United States after being
mustered out, became a candidate FOR
a minor office in the gift Of the State
Of Indiana: He made many famboyant
speeches, in which frequent references
were injected to the effect that he had
always been in the forefront Of the
fight Furthermore, he Gwelt with
emphasis upon his cwr bravery in two
battles in Cuba that We're fought the
same ) y. At this point some unfeel-
ing and skeptical person arose ami
asked the speaker how such a feat
could have been possible seeing that
the battles referred to had been fought
at places some ninety-fye miles apart.
The hero Immediately replied:
My friends, there is a traitor in the
hall. Put him out",'-Harpcr's Weekly.
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Around the freside or about the we'll
lighted family reading table during the
winter evenings the children and
grown-ups can play with their wits u
see how many words can be made.
20 people making the greatest num-
Der of words will each receive a little
box containing a $1,000 gold piece.
10 people will each win IN box con-
tanning a $500 gold piece.
300 people will each win a box con-
tanning $1.O0 in paper money and one
person who makes the highest number
Of words over all contestants will re-
ceiye a box containing $4,000 in gold.
1t is really a most fascinating bit of
fun to take up the list evening after
evening and see how many words can
be added.
A few rules are necessary for abso-
lutte fair play.
Any word authorized by Webster's
dictionary will be counted. but no name
Of person. Both the singular and
plural can be used, as for instance
grape" and grapes"
The letters in "Y-l-O-Grape-NutS'
may be repeated in the same word.
Geographical names authorized by
Webster will be counted.
Arrange the words in alphabetical
classes, all those beginning with A to-
together and those beginning with E to
come under E, etc.
When sou are writing down the
words leave some spaces in the A. E.
md other columns to fill in later as new
words come to you. for they will spring
into mind every evening.
1t is almost certain that oHe con
testants will tie with others. In such
Eases a prize identical in value and
character with that offered In that
glass shall be awarded to each. Each
oue will be requested to send with the
list of words a plainly written letter
describing the advantages of Grape
Nuts, but the contestant is not required
10 purchase a pkg. These letters are
not to contain poetry, or fancy -four
ishes. but simple, truthful statements
of fact. For illustration: A person
NAV have experienced some incipient
or chronic ailS %traceable to unwise Sc
lection of food that failed to give the
body and brain the energy, health and
power desired. Seeking better condi-
tons a change in food is made and
Grape-Nuts and cream used in place of
the former diet. Suppose one quits the
meat, fried potatoes, starchy, sticky
messes of half-cooked oats or wheat
and cuts out the coffee. Try. say, for
breakfast a bit of fruit. a dish Of
Grape-Nuts and cream, two soft-boiled
eggs, a slice of hard toast and q cup of
Postum Food Coffee. Some amateur
says: "A man would faint away on
that" but my dear friend we will put
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Modern &c

The Z. s. Department of Agriculture
has been experimenting for some years
in an effort to produce an orange
which will crow in northern climates,
and has recently met with success.
Tonsclo is the name of the new
orange. How was it produced? By
Plant marriage. The wiry. tough
sour little orange of Japan was mar
ried to the luscious Florida orange.
This is only one of the many miracles
wrought to-day by scientists. surely.
if is feasible to think of a miracle
wrought in the spiritual realm by Tue
union of God and man. Livery DAY
spiritual miracles are being performed,
man becomes q new creature as ne
becomes united through faith to MS
Saviour.
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An Acrobat at Ninety-nine.

An Acrobat at Nfnety-ntnos 80
Henry johnson, of Grantham, who
boasts that he is the oldest acrobat in.
England, entered on his hundredth;
year on December %. In spite of his
years he is as 1.-the and active as many
a man sixty years his Junior.
Johnson has lived in the relgns OF
five British sovereigns, and prides,
himself on the fact that he has per-
formed before three of them-Kinej
William w, Queen ,,ictoria and King
Edward VII. when he was Prince OF
Wales. He is now quietly enjoying
the evening of his life at Grantham;;
and he hopes to live for many yeart
to come. Al
Johnson's first experience with roy,
atty was when he and Mullaba per-
formed before King William w at
Aylesbury, and the King was 50
pleased with them that he commanded
them to appear before him at Buck
ingham Palace. :
They travelled to, London by coach,
and the King rewarded them with fifty
guineas each and gave them q royal
license to perform in any town, city,
or village in the United Kingdoms
Later he performed before Queen Vic1
toria at Windsor, and before King
Edward VII (then Prince Of Walesi
at Observation-Disclosures Mail.
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Religious Truths.

1t were better that one should stlne
his breath than his conVictions.-Well-
spring.
Keep you hope in bad times. We
have the anne sun and sky and STARS
the same duties and the same helper.
Hone thou in God.-Dr. Goodell.
The real union of the human race lies
in n of heart. Many languages
will be no barrier. One Spirit and man
will understand man,. w. ROBERT
sor.
The best perfection of a religious
mai is to do common things IN a per-
feet manner. A constant fidelity IN
small things is a great and heroic vlr-
tue.-Saint Bonaventura.
The easiest way to get rid OF a dlsa'
Greeable duty is to do it without delay.
Then it does not keep coming up 70
trouble ones MISUNDERSTANDING.
Work is always tending to humility.
Work touches the keys of endless &C.
tivity, opens the infinite and stands
awestruck before the immensely or
what there is to do.-Phillips Brooks.
Kindness. gentleness, consideration
for all with whom our earthly lot IS
cast-these form the practice ground
for the ultimate satisfactions OF the
communion of saints in heaven.-l.
O. r.
Religion is no haggard or stern mont
tress waving you from enjoyment: she
is a strong angel leading you to noble
ioy. The Bible is not a book of repreS-
sions and prohibitions; it is a book OF
kindling inspiration.-Canon Farrar.
TO be bright and cheerful often re-
ouires an effort. There is a certain art
in keeping ourselves happy. In this
respect, as in others, we require 70
watch over and manage ourselves al
most as if we were somebody else.-Sir
John Lubbock.
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terminates in q point. The blade is
made from a fiat sheet Of steel, the ribs
or corrugations being formed by press
ing them up in the well-known manner.
The points are made by either indent-
ing one end of the sheet of steel before
it is pressed in such shape as to pro-
duce the points, or by leaving the plate
straight and cutting or grinding the
end Of the blade at an angle. This per-
mits the points to be easily and quick.
~ ground to sharp cutting edges
Philadelphia Record.
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GIFT TO THE
OF FAME

Chancellor MacCrackcn, of the New
York University, was able to announce
the first important gift TO the Hall OF
Fame. The .ift is a celebrated bronze
relief by Thomas Crawford, represent
ing the inauguration Of George Wash
ington in 1889 in New York City. The
prominent persons represented are
George Washington. John Adams. who
stands Oh his right: Alexander lIamil-
ton. Generals Knox and st. Clair. Rog-
er Sherman and Baron StcubGn. The
relief is Il replica Of II Of TIE panels
Of the bronze doors cast for the Sen
ate wing OF the Capitol at Washing
ton, and was cast from the same :nolds
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A Little Girls Essay on the Cat.

A little girl wroie in IN eXamina-
ton: The eat is a square qna6ruped,
and has four legs N til" corner. If you
want to please the M!iicni you must
stroke it on the back. Il it is very
much pleased i sets nr is tail stiff
like 4 ruler, so that yuGr ial!d cannot
get any farther. Tie at is said to have
nine lives. bat in ;lis country it sell
dom needs them all Ge"aUs" Of the
presence cf Christianity '-nEi.adel-
phia Record.
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GIadstone's Nickname.

1t is impossible to imagine anyone
bold enough to address Mr.. Gladstone
by his nickname, if indeed anything
so profane as a nickname ever ap-
preached that august parsonage. AS a
matter of fact, Mr.. Gladstone seems
to have Dad a nickname. and to have
been called Therapeutics by some
intrepid persons. But this was behind
his back.-The Academy.
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ColppetitiOl,,

A farmer. during Il long-continued
drought. invented Il machine FOR wat
eriEg his fields. The first day he was
;lyimg it there suddenly came a down
pour of rain. He put away his ma
chine. Its no USE he said, "ye can
dae naething nowadays without COM
petition"
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and at the same time. The doors were
cast in 1865 by james L. Amcs.
Chancellor AIacCracken said:
"ThiS work was executed for the
United States Government to form II
of the panels Of the Senate doors at
Washington. The total cost of the
doors WAS over $4,000. They were
cast by James Il. Ames. who before the
models and molds were broken up was
authorized by the Government to IKE
cute for himself a single panel. which
ever Of the six panels he might select.
He chose III" scene of the Inauguration,
which has been in the possession Of his
family evcr since. The present repre-
sentatives of his family, becoming in
teresteu i the accounts Of the Hall of
Fame. counted this a fitting place for
the permanent preservation Of this
sculpture"
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His Justice,

Justice Wills. who has ust retired
from the bench of the British High
Court of Justice. once gave a decision
which, Oh reflection, he thought was
not quite fair. He sent the unsuccess-
full litigant a personal check for the
amount he had sued for.
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S12.50O Cor a Manuscript.

At the sale OF the library OF The
Earl Of Cork in London. Il French
manuscript, described by experts to be
one of the finest Garden manuscripts
ever offered for auction. was bought
by Messrs Quaritch fer $i2.JDG. The
same firm purchased King Charles Is
prayer book for $500.
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Wants Everybody TO Sing.

The Rev. A. Lloyd, of st. Ambrose'a
Birmingham, England, believes thai
singing in church is left too much I'd
the choir, the members of which he
now proposes to distribute among ting
congregation, where their example will
encourage those sitting near
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Strength of the street Car.

Strength OF the Street Car. ~
In a recent rear-end collision on the
Long Island Railroad a train Of steel
motor cars, when going at a high rate
of speed. demolished three freight cars
without damage to themselves. There
were no passengers on the train.
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my endorsement Of Pe-ru-na IS
Based On It's Merits"
Ed. Crumto.


I'D. CRUMBO, ex-Mayor OF New Al
T. bany, Ind. writes from 81. Il. Oak
street:
MY endorsement of Peruna is based
en- its merits.
TIA man is sick ne looks anxiously
for something which will cure him,
and Peruna will do the work.
Tknow that it will cure catarrh Of
the head or stomach, indigestion,
headache and any weary or sick ieel-
ing.
1T is bound tc help anyone, if used
according to directions. ,
Il also know dozens Of men who speak
in the highest terms Of Peruna and have
yet to hear of any one being disappointed
IN it."
Mr.. Crumbo, in a later letter, dated
Aug. 25, 1904, says:
my health is good, at present, bat If !
should have to take any more medicine l
will fall back on Peruna."
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IMPROVED FAMILY SCALE.

The Illustration shows an improved
family scale Of tie dial type, the par
ticular feature OF which is the slanting
position of the dial. thereby enabling
the indications Of the pointer TO be read
with greater facility. The ordinary
vertical dial requires the user to bend
over in order to distinguish with any
degree Of accuracy its indications. In
other particulars the scale conforms to
the conventional design Of this type
Philadelphia Record.
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RealiaIn.

Why is the COW purple in the picture?
Because the girls parasol is red.
The COW, in fact. is purple with rage.
This is precisely what is meant by
realism in art.-Puck.