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The Laclede blade., 1906-03-17
One on "Mother."

John Wes!e, Bishop, of the Cleo
Chieftain, as broken into poetry,
and publish-s this parody ON a popu-
lar song:
Everybody works but mother.
She gads around all day,
Goes to women's meetings,
Takes in the matinee.
Father tolls and worries,
He has good time-nit.
Everybody works at our house
But m4-She'S quit.
The Laclede blade., 1906-03-17
A lively Tussls

With that old enemy of the race.
constipation, often ends in appended
tbs. To avoid all serious trouble with
stomach, liver and bowels, take DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They per
fectly regulate these organs, without
pain or discomfort. 25c 1t w. z.
Barton's drug store.
The Laclede blade., 1906-03-17
D0INGS ABOUT TOWN.
Local Paragraphs Picked up by punseni
Pencil Pusher.

j. T. Hamilton left Tuesday tt
spend a couple Of weeks in California
Good work mare, weigh 100 pounds
10 years old, for sale. Inquire at this
Office.
e. T. Weicker moved to Mendon
this week, where he has bought res
4 taurant.
Misses Hazel Brott and Mae Han
mum, of Brookfeld, are guests of Mrs.
A. j. Caywood.
The roller skating rink will be open
Saturday night. Reduced prices will
prevail and every effort made to insure
those in attendance good time.
If you are going to paint your
house or barn, find out what the
Becker-Moore Paint will do. It's
. guaranteed. Ask J. III. Brown about
it.
w. B. Evans, former principal
of the Laclede schools, was in town
last week. Mr.. Evans has left Ran
dolph county and is again at his old
home in Meadville.
Preaching at the M. E. church by
the pastor Sunday at the usual hours.
This is the last Sunday for the con-
ference year and all are cordially in
vited to attend these services.
Col. j. Griffith and family have re-
turned to their home at Kansas City
after a pleasant visit of two weeks
with relatives here. The BLADE will
visit them weekly for the next year.
E. N. Keeney left last week for his
new home at Davidson, Saskatchewan,
Canada. Mrs. Keeney has been Wis
iting her Laclede friends the past
week and will leave in a few
days to join Mr.. Keeney in Canada.
They have the best wishes of their
friends here, who regret to lose them,
as they are good people, highly es-
teemed by all.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Clay, who re-
Gently moved here from Clarence,
have leased Mrs. Lockridge's place
where Mrs. Clay will open stock of
millinery. She will spend next week
at Quincy and Keokuk buying more
goods and will have an opening
March 26. Mrs. Lockridge will also
occupy the place until the close Of
school, when she expects to make an
extended visit to relatives in Oklaho-
ma and other places.
We will, on March 81, give free of
charge to the person that brings in
one vehicle at one time and unloads
in front of the Owl Pharmacy and
registers the same in book that will
be kept in our store for that purpose,
the largest number of women, eight
dollars $500 worth of any wall pa
per in the house. For the second
largest number, four dollars $4,000
worth of any wall paper in the house.
The Owl Pharmacy.
The Laclede blade., 1906-03-17

Rev. Robson leaves next Monday
to attend the annual M. E. conference
to be held at Grant City, beginning
on Wednesday. Rev. Robson is well
liked here and our people would be
pleased should he be returned to this
charge.
The Laclede blade., 1906-03-17
From Over the County.
Marceline has a case of smallpox.

4
Chas. Trumbo, ex-representative o
Linn county and president Of banl
at Linneus, was married last week Il
Mrs. Ella Harrington at Springfield
III. They will reside at Pleasan
Plain, ILL.,, the home of the bride.
Triplets-two girls and a boy
each weighing about six pounds, were
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Jacobs neal
Browning last week. The boy lived
only day, but the mother and CIR
babies are reported as doing we'll.
Teachers examination will be helG
at the Laclede school building next
Friday and Saturday, March % and
"a. Teachers wishing to secure new
certificates, raise the grade of the one
in force, or raise grades in any sub
jects should be on hand at that time.
The sale of homeseekers' excursion
tickets at Browning on Tuesday of
last week amounted to $40O. 1t is
safe to say that after having spent
their money, seen and been seen in
the "wild and woolly west," large
majority of these people will return
and be better satisfied with Missouri
than ever before.
j. Clair Lomax, clerk of Laclede
camp Modern Woodmen of America,
has received notice that the claim un-
der $4,000 policy held by the late
Ben Edwards had been allowed and
the beneficiary would receive a draft
for the full amount this week. There
is no delay in settlement of just
claims against the Modern Woodmen
and the board of directors, of which
r. R. Smith, of Brookfeld, is one, is to
be congratulated on their eff icient man
agement of the financial affairs of
the order.
1t was just forty years ago last Tues
day that r. A. David, Benjamin An
derson, James johnson and Jacob
Piper arrived here with their wives
from Ohio. OF the eight, Mr.. David
is the only "ne left, the others having
passed to the other world. Mr.. David
moved to a farm four miles southeast
of Laclede, going across the prairie, as
there was but one house between La
clede and his place, and as he drove
along his four horse team was contin-
ually frightened by the many prairie
chickens that futtered out of the grass
near them. Time has wrought many
changes in these forty years.
Next Tuesday is the special cleo
ton to vote on the proposition to in
crease the tax levy % cents on the
500 assessed valuation to build a
$4,000 court house at Linneus.
From what The BLADE can learn,
the voters of Laclede and Jefferson
township are against the proposition.
In the first place, the amount named
is not enough to build court house
such as Linn county deserves, and to
build it piece at a time would be
bad. To build court house at Lin
neus would not settle the court house
question. We would still have two
terms of circuit court at Rrookfeld
and valuable court records unprotect-
ed. The situation is not a pleasant
one, but until it is determined that we
are to have but one court house, and
that good one, every proposition
presented should be voted down.
Torture by Savasss.
Speaking of the torture to which
some of the savage tribes in the Phil
The Laclede blade., 1906-03-17
HERE AND THERE.
Local Items cf the Week Gathered For the
Busy Blade Readers.

Each package Of Putnam Fadeless
Dyes colors more goods, brighter and
faster colors, with less trouble than
any other dye. Ask your dealer.
Rev. A. L. Pipes, independent holi-
ness evangelist, will preach at the
Presbyterian church Saturday night,
Sunday morning and night, at the
usual hours.
Il The BLADE has always been proud
of its list o., subscribers, but its
growth in new business and renewals
the past two months has eclipsed all
previous records.
Ifyou want to have a good time,
come to the opera house Friday night
and hear the program rendered by
the high school girls. A good enter
tainment assured.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the M. E. church of La
clede at their last meeting raised $7.25
to be forwarded to the Christian Her
AIDS relief fund for the starving Jap
anese.
Mrs. M. Kranz and Alvin Noecker,
two of our Sanborn, N. D., subscrib-
ers, remembered us substantially the
past week, and The BLADE will con-
inue to keep them posted on Linn
county affairs.
A. E. Bethlehem, of the well known
farm implement firm Of Bethlehem &
Co., Brookfeld, was in Laclede Tues
day and placed page advertisement
with THE BLADE, which we present
to our readers today.
The car of lambs fed by O. A. Pot
ter and shipped to St, Louis last week
topped the market. Mr.. Potter has
fine farm and not only farms right
but feeds right, and therefore gets
more out of his stock than he puts in,I
which is a pretty good way to keep
the balance in favor of the man at the
head of the farm.
While the north wind blows and
snow falls and it seems like spring is
far away, just step into Mrs. Os-
goods work room and see the prepar-
ations going on for Easter trade and
you will realize that soon the clouds
will roll away, the sun shine and the
time at hand to decide on your new
millinery. Be sure to get her prices
before buying.
Prof. Treumann, of Brookfeld. was
in Laclede Tuesday and informed
THE BLADE that lines band had
been secured for an engagement in
Brookfeld. Innes' band is one Of
the most famous musical organiza-
tions in the world and has in its COM
pany fifty members, The engagement
will be in the nature of concert at
the DeGraw Friday afternoon, April
6. Many from Laclede will attend.
The Old Plantation Quartette at
the opera house last Wednesday night
was one of.the best musical entertain
ments ever given in Laclede. The
audience was large. Notwithstanding |
the stormy weather, and showed its
appreciation by encoring each number.
Their work was highly satisfactory
and pleased every person in the audi
ence. The next and last number of
the seasons lecture course will be a
lecture by Mr.. Henry Clark in April.
j. A. Cook arrived with his house
hold goods and family this week from
Mt. Sterling, Iowa, and moved into
the John Peters house which he re-
Gently bought. Mr.. Cook moved
from Laclede to Mt. Sterling seven
teen years ago and took charge Of 2
section on the Burlington and contin-
ued in charge of it until this week,
The Laclede blade., 1906-03-17
Torture by Sayaaes.

Speaking of the torture to which
some of the savage tribes in the Phil
ippines subject their captives, reminds
me of the intense suffering I endured
for three months from inflammation
of the kidneys" says w. M. Sherman,
of Gushing, Me. Nothing helped
me until / tried Electric Bitters,
three bottles of which completely cur
ed me- Cures liver complaint, dys-
pepsia, blood disorders and malaria;
and restores the weak and nervous to
robust health. Guaranteed by w. R.
Barton, druggist. Price Soc.
The Laclede blade., 1906-03-17
Some Evening Reveriss.

L
long. Your task is hard and the
wages small. The contents of your
weekly pay envelope will scarcely
carry you over the week. Sometimes
you must wear patched trousers of a
frayed coat. Your employer expects
a great deal from you. Other fellows
dress we'll and always have money.
They have coddling fathers and moth
ers, while you toll six days week to
make living.
Never mind, young man, you are
ahead of the boy who has every lux
ury at home. You are getting exper-
fence that he must get somehow later
on. Because, sooner or later he must
fight the real battle of life himself.
And you have the advantage. While
life has been made easy for him, he
lacks drill and discipline which every
life-soldier must go through. You
are preparing yourself. He may go
in without preparation and fall.
Xxx
Don't teach your children that it is
a shame to wear worn and patched
clothes if you are not able to afford
better, but that it is no honor to wear
new ones that are not paid for. A
poet said: Remember that rags
may cover a boy who will some day
be the great worlds joy"
Sympathy and encouragement are
the spurs to greater deeds. One
grain of sympathy can be compared
TO a grain of mustard seed, but one
,eed planted and replanted will be
enough to finally spread over the lar
yest field. A living seed once fell
rom a flying birds beak into the
,revice Of a rock. 1t grew and null
,iplied until finally it burst the rock
in TWAIN. This is a scientific fact, q
real happening. Be not selfish with
your words of encouragement and
There is nothing so
cheap" and. yet nothing can be more
va luable.
Xxx
Every child has right to happy |
The recollection of a
sunny childhood is, an auspcious in
,eritance and a splendid preparation
or the strain and burden of life. In
Chin the first four or five years of a
girls life are continual agony. All
he children in India are born old.
10 among the submerged masses in
my Of our great cities and you will
ind childhood barren and desolate
beyond description. To have this joy
crushed out of little life is sorrow
ul tragedy that will shadow all its
uture. Gray skies will often weep
.bove them in the after years; see to it
hat, so far as possible, these early
Years are unclouded. Let them have
heir childhood.
X
So much is said about the duties of
children that their rights are over
ooked. Their duties are often strict :
y enforced upon them, but their
lights frequently ignored. This is
partly on account of ignorance, but
chiefly because of lack of thought.
Most parents desire the highest good
# their children, and are willing to
make any reasonable sacrifice for
hem, but pay little attention to their
lights, if they recognize them as
lights at all. No one would deny to
hildren their right to such support
nd education as their parents are
BILE to give them. But beyond this
,arx, aonaroI odrn;ua;on nok MANY
The Laclede blade., 1906-03-17

1t win pay you TO attend the wall
paper opening at the Owl Pharmacy
Saturday, March 81.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-29

ITO be continued.)
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-29

ia instaiiments. That's all, think
I'll send the Fourth National bank Of
New York night message. II will be-
delivered before banking hours ton0r.
row morning. but for fenr OF slips,
you'd better wait It'll noon before CIV.
lng that bank as your reference. Good
night. Remember TINT everything Dc.
petids Oh you. including Guilf0rd Dun.
cans reputation Tor integrity
Temple sat for bali an hour thinking
and planning. IIc was determined to
make no mistakes TINT might imperil
success. TO that end he was trying 70
imagine. Ia advance, every difficulty
aud every emergency that might arise.
All last be rose. took bis hat, turned the
lamp out and left the room.
.*Ihls IL the very toughest bit OF en-
gineerIng.' be reflected, "that ever j
undertook. Well. 40 much the greater
the credit II succeed. But ! don't
care for the credit. care only for
Guilf0rl Duncan ln this case"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-29

be feature In millinery mixed with
very light s.raws and softened with
ostrich plumes and ospreys.
Wells are conspicuous by their ab.
eence, though floating ones are In IA.
vor, but these seem to be part and par
eel of the hat
Although tho 'feel' of silk gloves is
distasteful to large proportion Of peo-
pie. Il cannot BIZ denied that a prettily
formed hand aud arm look extremely
well with this sind Of covering and the
threatened death of good suede and
other kid gloves makes 1t necessary to
consider some kind Of substitute.
There are some suede finished taffeta
gloves In all imaginable shades now
upon the market. which are by no
means to be dssplsed. at any rate for
wearing with ,sash dresses.
The princess frock illustrated is made
Of mauve maruuisate. The long lines
of the skirt arr strapped with stitched
bands of cloth If the same shade. The
odd bodice Is adorned with yenise lace
and band oil uale blue and mauve ar"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-29
ACAPTAlNIN
THE RANKS
SYNOPSIS.
by George Carey Eggleston

Captain Guilford Duncan. G. n. A.
takes part In the laat fight, al Appo.
iia,tox. and leaves tho army. HI then
determines 10 ~ 10 Cairo, Ill Although
welt educated and lawyer Captain
Duncan II without family or money
and works his passage TO Cairo. Here
he saves Captain tiallam's cotton from
fire. and Captain Hallam, modern
captain OF industry" hires Captain
Duncan and quickly advances In his
employers estimation. He aayes Cap
tain fiaIams coal fleet from destruction
by storm. and In made d partner by
Captain ilallam. The young man be-
coines forcp of good among tho young
men Of Cairo, Barbara Verne, young
lady. runs the boarding house In which
Captain Duncan takes his meals. Cap
taln Duncan Ii thanked by Barbara for
saving her from annoyance by mlachiey-
eus boys, He determines 20 call upon
her.
Captain Duncan invites Barbara 10 o
dance. iie lncura the enmity Of Nhppef
Tandy, a capitalist rival OF Captain
Hallam. BY making Of The iatter's coal
mine a paying property, In composition
with one Of fandy's properties A.
The coal mine Duncan meets an old
acquaintance, Dick Temple, now working
AZ a miner Dick Temple sngges,s . way
b. increase the output Of the mine and u
appointed engineer, XvI-Dnnean, who
il IN love with Barbara Napper Tandy
attempts to bribe Duncan. Duncan pro-
poses 10 Barbara She tells him she can
mt give him decided answer.
CONTINUED from Last Week.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-29

skirts and hip jackets. The jacket
seams are stitched and the revers are
long and pointed, fashioned either from
the linen or crochet lace. White pique
is used In some instances.
Natural pongee makes the natty bath
ing suit seen in the cut The skirt 10
circular. with two plaits laid down tine
front seams The front Of the plated
bodice, sleeve rufiies and sailor collar
are buttonholed with brown silk and
embroidered with French dots. Ths
girale Is OF brown open neshed braid.
JUDO CHOLLET.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-29

Naggus What are you going to do
with the hero and heroine Of that mag
azine story you're running now? Marry
them? Borus-Certainly. They will be
married In the last chapter Naggus-
I'm glad or it. 1t will serve them
right. Tit Bits.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-29
A Hard Case.

''You say you had to give the patient
chloroform twice."
YES" replied the dentist. Il had to
give it to him the second time to ex-
tract the money Detroit Free Press
We have no right to say that the uni
verse Is governed by natural laws. but
only that II Is governed according to
natural lava s.-CarpenteF.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-29
OUR WEEKLY FASHION LETTER
TIMELY REVIEW or THE LATEST spsD by JUDr
SNAPSHOTS or THE MODE.
A Touch of Color ON white Costumes.
Vivid shades Worn.
al) by JUDrc CH0LLET

A Touch of Color ON white Costumes.
Vivid shades worn.
All white frv.ks are receiving touch
es or color. snch as vivid shade of
green Or pink. Often single rose
worn in the hair or on the corsage will
give the fashionable fash Of color.
Green belts, bats and sunshades are
extremely sw-sss;Gr worn with white
costumes.
Al vivid shane Of green linen for
gowns ia much worn. TO be sure. II
fades with every wear, but most Of the
colored linens have an unfortunate
habit OF changing color. These suits
are made plain. with circular or straight
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-29

Roses the Fny0riir summer Flower
For Hnts--sf0deIs Are Larger.

For Hats--iiodeIs Are Larger.
Roses Of every shade and kind are
the fav0rlte flowers tIIIs summer.
Many Of them are produced in shades
unknown to the hortlcnlturist, but they
are NO beautiful TINT one would like 10
see a garden full Of them.
The new summer millinery IL vast
Improvement on the spring hats. Some
OF the models ase larger. but not un-
duly 10. and flIe bleading Of colored
tulles IL very effective.
A fav0rIta Summer shape ls the Wat.
teau In Leghorn straw tied with black
elk or ye!yet ribbon and wreaths Of
flowers on t,lc crown.
Quaint shaped hats of light straws
and tulle are trimmed with gold and
silver buckles. and iace hats. too. will
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-16
FREE SEED REVOLT.
Voters OF the Tent h Stirred Up Over Coroner
Ha%rburEer's Consignment.

The voters Of the Tenth district were
clamoring to get aboard Coroner Har-
burgers free seed wagon. The Coroner,
who ia averse to having his name printed
in the newspapers, is very much perturbsd
over the canards that have zone through
the district as TO the amount Of free seed
he has received from the Department Of
Agriculture for free distribution. One OF
the Coroner's enemies says that he got
six carloads, another declares he only
got a few barrels, while still another swears
that all the seed he got for distribution
was a few measly bushels.
Have you received any free seed?" one
Of the Coroner's constituents Of the Tenth
was asked yesterday.
Free seed? Ratsl" he replied, IF any
free seed has been distributed in these
parts the canary birds got it."
Contrary to report, the voters Of the
Tenth have not received any free seed
from, through or by Coroner Hamburger.
Expressions Of amazement, surprise, cha
grin were worn by many in the district
yesterday as they ~disooursed on the free
seed distributed among aristocratio farmers
of Long Island and New Jersey who were
friends of the Coroner. They say that
il they don't get some OF the free seed
they're going TO find out why.
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MAHARAJA SIGHTSEEING.
His Highness OF Baroda Inspeots Columbia
and the Teachers College.


His Highness the Maharaja OF Baroda
started in to do a little sightseeing yester-
day and visited Columbia University.
Accompanying his Highness were the
Maharani, who seems to be just as much
interested In education as her husband;
his brother and one of the suite OF the prince.
They drove up in an open barouche, attract
ing some attention. because the Maharani
was dressed in native costume.
At the university they were mot by
President Butler and there was a short
reception in the library. Then the prince
expressed a desire to be shown over the
grounds and buildings. President Butler
acted as escort for the prince and Prof.
William H. Carpenter guided the little
Maharani. The prince seemed to be i'm
pressed with the size Of some Of the build
ings, but what Seemed to take him most
was the gymnasium.
The Teachers College was what the
prince had come specially to see. He went
all through the institution and constantly
asked questions Of DR.. Butler.
One thing that seemed 10 strike both the
Maharaja and the Maharani as very
strange was the presence Of both men and
women in the same school. They wanted to
know all about coeducation and how it
worked. When DR.. Butler assured them
that it was very successful the Maharani
| shook her head.
Some time was spent inspecting the
machinery in the engineering and Havoc
meyer halls and at the manual art school
where the Mahar IA ia chatted with some Of
the women students. The NAL a "a ia over
whelmed DR.. Butler with his thanks when
the tour was finished, and said as he left:
1T is an interesting study, a real die
tionary. 1t is also great. 1t takes years
to understand II all, but I have sen a great
deal and have profted by 1t very much.
| You know that It is my intention to absorb
as much Of your educational system aH I
can during my stay in the United States
From the university the party drove
dinner in the public dining room.
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CITY NOW BORROWS ABROAD.
Market for Revenue Bonds Extended to
Foreign Money Centres.

Foreign Money Centres.
Comptroller Metz has been urging the
bond houses which deal in city securities
to widen the field Of investment by cul-
tivating a market abroad. Mr.. Metz said
yesterday that his advice was being fol-
lowed. He explained that as the fifty year
city stock was mostly in the form OF coupon
bonds it war impossible to say what pro-
portion Of this years issue had been bought
by foreigners. But in the case OF short
time revenue bonds, which are made out
In the name Of the individual investor. 1t
is possible to keep track. More than
&c, 900, 900 OF these bonds has been bought
by foreign investors since the beginning
OF the Mr.. Metz said that when a
banking house had a few millions TO put
out for a short period the first outlet sought
was the city's revenue bonds. The bankers
contract for the amount they require or
these securities and then furnish the Comp
troller with memoranda OF the names in
which the bonds are to be made out.
THE market for these bonds Mr.. Meta
said Yesterday, has hitherto been confined
to this country. The result has m
times been hat when the city had to
borrow money hurriedly to meet current
expenses il has had to pay a rather high
rate of interest. / nave put into practice
the plan OF seeking the investment OF foreign
money in the oity's stock, because IL the
market for such securities Is broadened the
city Is bound to benefit. The bond houses
have fallen in with my view and since
january over IS, 900 900 Of the bonds has
zone to Frankfort. Hamburg, London
and other money centres OF Europe