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The Laclede blade., 1908-06-06
LOCAL DolMes ABOUT TOWN.


Internal Revenue Collector ALE
was up from St. Louis this wee
looking after matters pertaining t.
his banking house and other bust
ness. Mr.. Allen will attend tn
national republican convention
leaving st. Louis with the Missouri
delegation for Chicago one weel
from tomorrow.
The anti-saloon county conven
tion held at the Grand Army hal
in Laclede last Tuesday was rathe
poorly attended, there being only
about dozen present and only one
representative from outside this
township. No nominations were
made and no action taken in regard
to the coming campaign.
Decoration day was observed in
the usual way at Laclede last Sat-
urday. Under direction of the
Grand Army post services were
held at the Lac1ede cemetery and
graves Of all soldiers buried there
and at the country Cemeteries were
decorated. Kindred and friends
also remembered the departed ones
and there were but few neglected
graves in the Laclede cemetery.
Services at the Methodist church
next Sunday as follows: 9:45 a.
m.-Sunday school; II a. M
Memorial sermon to the Modern
Woodmen, subject, Fraternity
Under Christ as. Master" Junior
League will meet at the usual hours.
Epworth League at 7 p. M, special
music. 8 p. m.-Third sermon on
"O.d Testament Folks" subject,
and His Friends" All well
come, E NJ Dueeer. .pastor,
The present month will no doubt
see the new walk to the cemetery
DR.. F. w. Burke and
Alderman Jno. T. Lomax have a
force of men now at work and Geo.
Clark has ordered material and will
put in a substantial granitoid walk
along the front of his property and
Rev. Sissons will also put in some
walk right away. The property
owners along Cole street are cer-
;ainly coming to the front and that
will soon be one of the handsomest
residence streets in the city.
Rev. L. T. Monnett and little
Dorothy, Of Moberly,
spent the first of the week with La
.lede friends. On account of ner-
7ous prostration and on the advice
# his physician Rev. Monnett will
etire from regular pastoral work
It the end of the present conference
ear in October. While here Mr..
1onnett negotiated for a piece of
esidence property and during his
erm of rest and recuperation will
make Laclede his home. While
he circumstances that bring them
ack are deeply regretted, all La
lede will be delighted to have this
plendid family citizens of the town
gain.
A number of Linn county thresh-
rmen held their second meeting
ere last Saturday afternoon and
rganized the Linn County Broth
rhood of Thresherman. The pur-
ose of the organization is to Sc
IRE uniformity of prices, better
ighways and bridges. Another
leeting will be held here one week
ON today. The following officers
ere elected at last Saturdays
Getting: Grant Kelsey, Meadville,
J. S. Mace, Meadville,
7. d. Mouser, La
ede, secretary-treasurer, and the
executive committee: P.
Palmer, MeadvilIe; o. 81. Har- J
The Laclede blade., 1908-06-06
HUMANITY ON THE MOVE
Brief Mention OF Those Who Come and Go
During the Week

Attorney G. K. Hart of Brook
field was in Laclede Tuesday.
Miss Helen Lomax of Princeton
is visiting relatives in Laclede.
Mrs. j. E, Strickle and children
visited relatives at Chula the past
week.
Miss Clara Elting of Wheeling is
the guest of Mrs. J. B. Patrick this
week. n
DR.. j. W. Hardy of Sumner was
here on professional business We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Fl. Eccles and little daugh-
ter are visiting relatives at Shelbina
this week.
Mrs. T. D. Mouser and little
daughter visited in Brookfeld the
first of the week.
Miss Leona Strickler of Mead
vile visited Mrs. Hamilton in La
clede last Saturday.
E. F. Brenner is building an ad-
dition and new porches to his farm
residence on route one.
Miss Erma Clinefelter is visiting
relatives in st. Joseph, guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Clinefelter.
F. W. Keune, Jr., of route two, =
has rented Miss Daisy Rankin's
residence and is moving to town.
Miss Carrie Cook, who has been
teaching in Iowa, came Wednesday
to spend vacation with home folk.
Ira S. Gardner, republican can
didate for prosecuting attorney,
-uss~sss~arafrona~R ~Rroakfald. Tnasdav.as
Mrs. A. E. Moore of Brookield
spent last Saturday in Laclede and
called and renewed for THE BLADE.
DR.. Pratt, the Brookfeld optician,
illed his regular appointment here
Mrs. Pratt accompan-
ed him.
DR.. F. w. Burke, chairman of
he county republican committee,
vas in Linneus Tuesday on politi-
,al biz"
Mrs. E. M Hendrickson and her
sister, Mrs. Peterson of Galesburg,
ire visiting relatives at Mendoza
his week.
J. E. Hayes Of Brookfeld, can
lidate for the democratic nomina-
ion for county treasurer, was in
4aclede Monday.
A. W. Patrick of Stotesbury spent
/ couple of days here the first of
he week visiting his mother-in-
aw, Mrs. M. J. Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Barton and
Mrs. Eta Foreman attended the
uneral of Mr.. Beswick, a relative
f theirs, at Liberty Wednesday.
Geo. W. Hendricks has leased
he Miller farm for term of three
ears and will engage in the dairy
business. He expects to keep about
fifty cows.
The children's day program at
he Christian church will be given
sunday, June IA, instead of tomor-
ow as was announced in THE
Blade last week.
Mrs. Ida Benson and Miss Louise
burke are attending the state P.
!. o. convention at Carthage this
yeek. Miss Burke is secretary Of
be state chapter.
Uriah johnson, who removed
rom Laclede to Oklahoma about
ighteen years ago, is here this
Teek visiting relatives and friends,
uest of the family of II. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
United Ddughters
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01

bod enjoyment of kaleidoscope HaF-
 ing purchased one of the cylindrical
 pasteboard glasses and studied the
 original stars. rosettes and snow-crys-
 tai pictures to be>s therein, an in {
 ventive boy had only to beg, an am-
 Der head from his little brothers nurse.
 a bit of green, glass from the gar
 aeaeF. to chip off corner from tho
 red glass lamp shade, to knock out a
 "ruby's from his maiden aunt's ruby
 bFeaEtpih. to beg a splinter of the lat5
 est broken memorial window from the sexton of the church. to ask the first
 farmer that came into town as a con- vert to the Pleasonton blue glass theory for a few fragments and he
 could construct an instrument that
 outshone the old one in glory. New combinations were making at every
 turn of the cylinder.
 How similar is the political situa- fion in the Republican party at this moment!
 No longer than yesterday was talk ing about the prospects with one Of the most experienced Republican poli- ticians in this State. He said many things that I must not repeat but among the startling things that he did | give utterance to were these0 If. by any possibility, the power were dele- l gated to me to cast the vote of New York, as unlI, ap tno CntCABO cOANSH- | ton, I would shout Hughes in the first ballot and Taft on every ballot thereafter, as the only way to prevent ! the nomination of Theodore Roose- | yelt." Another remark was this: T have
 been a staunch and consistent support
 CT of the President; I do not belong l to the 'frenzied financiers' who are afraid of him. My opposition to his renomination is upon wholly different
 grounds. I am opposed to the Mex
 isanization of the United States! If | there Is only one man in S0,000,000 fit | to rule us, by all means make him | President for Iife?'
 This may sound very commonplace talk to the readers of this column;
 but 1t appeared highly portentous to | me. The fear of it is that nine out ] of every ten men I encounter in cOn- yersation are talking exactly the same | way!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01

gia from his march at $50.0oo.0 .0oo. say ing $30,000 ,000 was pure and destruc- tive waste. What must have been the frightfu8 vandalism in South Carolina against whom a special venom was felt, because 1t was she who had ''cried havoc and let slip the dogs of war;, in the opinion of the invaders.
 The army passed between Augusta and Charleston, threatening both, but turned aside for neither and reached Columbia. Wade Hampton. who was defending the place, had to evacuate, and the. beautiful old town. with It's magnificent villas shaded streets and historic churches, was burned. Snef- man tried to put this act on Hampton, saving 1t was at his command that some cotton was ignited, which caused the confagration.
 But Hampton's denial and his asser- tion that Sherman planned the burn ing, deliberately systematically and maliciously." is just about the truth.
 A recent historian, MT. John Fora Rhodes, has carefully examined into the subject and believes 1t was done by Sherman's men. if not by his knowl- edge, certainly by his neglect.
 Why sherman should seek to stand from under this especial crime, can't understand. If we can't paint the lily nor gid refined gold. neither can we blacken the devil, nor can we tarnisn name like Sherman's with any addi- i tional cruelty and vandalism,
 The next day after Columbia was oc- 1 cupied, Charleston was evacuated AS sherman was confidently expected, Gen. | eral Hardee, before leaving the city, sunk the vessels in the harbor and de- molished everything else that could be used by the enemy. An unfortunate explosion in a powder magazine set the city on fire and burned much ot it | But Sherman's face was set towards | Virginia to further outnumber Lees already many times doubled army.
 So Charleston awaited the specter in | breathless suspense, but he passed by The end was near and South Carolina | could. nay must, turn and count her wounds. The fight had been fought and the God of Battles had crowned the | victor. Miss Janette simpson,
 Mrs. John D. Weeden, Historian.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01

Another reason for the furrown, around an Anerican's wonian's nnuuth' fs her nervous tefnperament and the consequent volubility of her speecn.' Actors and public speakers fnvaflaoy have these wrinkles in the vicinity cL the mouth as Ian inevitable outcome of the extra effort which the pursu- ance- of their careers bring to bear upon the facial muscles in that regton.'
 No beneficial effect can be accom- plished without the abolition Of the harmful cause. If youyswili avoid ,uo- ing the things which are detrimental to the beauty of the lower part of your face, such as making. faces when. yop talk you can. by the aid of careful and persistent massage with astringent lotions, smooth away the evil marks. |, Apropos of astringent lotions 1t should be borne in mind that in all treatments of the. face three things are absolutely necessary: First the thor ough cleaning of the epiderm.S second ly. the softenink of the tissues, and while they are fin this state the mold ing takes place through massage and the application of bandages. and fipAft* friction with astringent preparat ton which, cause the parts under treatment to become fixed in the desired contour.
 Next to the ugly mouth lines, nothing gives the face more unpleasant ex- pression than a frown. Now. a frown generally implies an unpleasant. tenn per; as matter of fact. 1t may be only the result of nervousness. or wor- ry, or pain. but the world takes little account of these last named causes.
 For the wrinkles ,in the forehead above the brows, in addition to the treatment by massage. a bandage should bs worn. owing, however to the conformation of the face and the impossibflfty of binding the space be- tween the. eyes without also covering the visual organs, the only really con venient cure for frown wrinkles is massage. Incidentally, the friction ap- piled to these parts with emoilient creams will bring great relief to the sufferer from cold in the head or 2 catarrhal affection of the nasal organs.
 And now we come to the terrible crows feet and another don't" If you would avoid crows feet before their time don't be forever winking. Also do not sleep with a lightsin your room Unfortunately if you live in the city a certain amount of light is bound to filter through your window from the street if you sleep as you should with your window open.
 That you cannot avoid, but what you can and must avoid is fleeing the light while you sleep. Unconsciously you will make an effort to shut out the light by closing your eyelids tightei in sleep than you otherwise would. and the result of this effort will be, crows feet. Massage for the cure of crows feet should be applied in a rotary motion with the thumbs, beginning the circle with a light downward move ment and bearing on the upper curve
 In addition to the lines about the mouth which run from the nose to the between the point of the jaw and the check. When these, lines exist they are due to a superfluity of flesh in the lower part of the face And can be ef- faced by working tief flabby muscles back into their prqber place. or by reducing the. super1luity of tissue.- Exchange. 4 f.4.s. sss '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
WILL MAKEs sHIlI LIFE sTUDENr.
Columbig. alan,n e2,5oo Annuity Depend,
 O-SHis RemainIng in COIiewe.

COlumbiE@ afaR,s &2,500 Annuity Depends
 SfHis. Remaining in College. .. Ney.SYork World. E,4 ,, Soomed to be a 'rah Eah boy all his ikys Is the fate of William Cullen Bryant Kemp--who has been a student Tat Columbia University for twenty-sev- en years-if he would continue to draw an annuity of $2.5o0 lett him years ago by generous but exacting
 aBilIp Kemp, as he. is familiarity known. does not recall whether the relative was an. uncle, an aunt or a vides that Kemp is to receive the aI1- nulty as long as he continues 10 be reRtstered in some college and also that he live in the college Sdorlnitory. {
 The fact that Kemp has continued to be student at Columbia for twenty seven years is taken as evidencet that
 he means to keep drawing the annu.
 ity. But a grave problem confronts out so that 1t will last his lifetime How can he keep from beitE gradu- l6 Bill's chief aim. has been to sys- 1 tematfze his studies so that he may
 not pass examinations. .E The profess 1 sprs at the university marvel at. the 1 skill with which he Hunks. His hair
 IS streaked with gray. The student 1 life has agreed with him. however. and | he is inclined to be portly. There, Is | not a 'rah -rah" boy who enters with | more lenkhusiasml into the college sports 1 and no Important event would be com | plete without the presenceso "Bill."
 l He Is g lavish entertainer in his
 rooms in Livingston Hall. Having been 1 at the college while twenty or SC 1 classes have come and gone, he is l perhaps the best-known college stu.
 dent fin the country. Each year he has l found it harder to find new studies tc
 keep him in college.
 1 The only way Kemp can account for Nn eAr as. Al, | will is that when boy ''Blll" was ra. ! ther dull. and the relative wanted
 to make sure that he would be a mar 1 of learning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
Mans Gratest Compliment.

Ages ago. when woman sat high upon pedestal chivalrous knights danced around her feet and looked up. wing with one another In pretty speeches They -.lik ened her unto an angel and saint to compensate her for the. trying position she must hold on the top of the column. f.tt''
 But the woman of today the intel Iigent woman. does not receive the barefaced flattery in which men were wont. years ago. to indulge. If she Hooks well. and a man openly and frankly tells her so, she is pleased, for she is still woman.
 But if he tells here that she is an angel. that she has a divine light In her eyes, she laughs. and he-tf he. has not realized it .before-knows she is right She is not an angel. and there is nothing divine in the light in her eyes.
 Mans greatest compliment to woman is to seek her companionship. give heI his confidence. and ask her advice That is the true compliment of tRt twentieth century. the sort woman seeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
ro nran..Har Ror

To make a hay box. an ordinary wooden box should be lined airtight with asbestos. The inside should be in the middle for the cooking. utensil' When the kettle or pot that is to be kept hot;is placed in the box, 1t should Be tightly covered with straw and the cover, asbestos lined. fastened on
 roasts. and buildings which require several hours of cooking. All that is necessary is to heat the vessel and pack 1t in the hay box. It will retain the heat with very slight loss for sev- eraI hours. It can be seen that hay boxes are particularly useful on picnIcs and other occasions when it IS not de- sirable to keep a hot fire going for sev- eTal hour6
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
soundproof Rooms.

New York Sun.
 If Mrs. Isaac. L. Rice is opposed to noises. so also is MT. Rice, at least when he is playing chess, In the house of Riverside Drive which he has just sold there Is one noiseproof room.
 It Is hewn out of solid rock under the house and it's roof and entrances are so arranged that no noise can roach the occupants. The room was built to Eratify MT. Rice's chess habits: Every week for some time the leading play CTS of New York met there.
 There Is another subterranean room in a Westchester mansion. The idea was to create room light and sound proof to be used as place of secluston when lightning flashed and thunder roared and the clements made things generalfy unpleasant for people whu had nerves.
 It Is said that hardly sound or the heaviest thunder, reaches the ears oi any occupant. Candles light it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
PARRISH FACES
 WRINKLE IN TIME.

That urInkles are bound to come even upon tbe fafrest face is not. aifo6etner <e for with care. these tell-tale fur rovr can be prevented from making fheir appearancc If you will take proper ralns There are, however. many women who do,not know how 70 ward off the evil, and to them the Fol 7owlnn advice Is recommended:
 Women suppose that crows feet are the mcst important sign Of age as Tar es wrinkles xo. and So long as they have not these thess Imagine that they can hide their years. r;4
 Nothing could be farther from the truth. At the base of the ear by the time you are thirty one little line will make It's appearanee. Every ten years after tsanf another little tally will be marked there by the hand of time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01

your visage by massage that this little corner be not nesieeted. or despite all the rest your secret win be betrayed.
 American women particularly have a tendency very early in life to show only a disfiKurement at all times. but often become so accentuated by fatigue or illness as to completely alter the expression of the face. Most readers of these lines would probably resent the accusation that in the case of American women these lines are due largely to. the pernicious habit of chew ing gum If you do not chew gum. however. you surely indulge occasional ly in carameIs or bon-bons of q like nature which require an unusual amount of effort in mastication. It is Impossible to eat these things without making faces and frequent facial dis tortion is sure to leave it's marks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01

This estimate is short of the esti- mated ,$s0.000 by such a small margin that the remaining $4.000 would be lit- tie enough to cover such extra expenses as would. arise from, day to day, for a man living as Mr. Thomas and hun dreds of others men are living in New York.
 Men whose opinions were asked as to what man really needs to keep up Q "front" in New York, following MT. Thomas estimste of his necessities, were ready to discuss the proposition on.. general lines. but were naturally averss to being quoted as to their per- aonol axnaudfftfras..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
Mnaf EnfertnIn.


 He must give at least one of these
 dinners and entertainments each sea-
 son. and the least he can expect to
 get out of it for is $3,000. The other dinners and box parties he has to give would easily use up the other $2.OOO
 you have suggested for this feature of inc necessaries of sucn a mans life. eff he is wealthy enough to own a
 box at the opera. as stockholder in the company. he is well above the Seo'- OO6- a. year Class. but it devolves upon him to at least occupy a box one night
 week. and the lowest figure that can
 be placed for that is $500. He might as well try to get along without it as for his wife to wear last seasons s hats without attracting spicy com ntent. | .r know that it sounds absurd to
 the man of moderate means to say that | there are many men who honestly can not live Oh less than $50,OOO year, but | the fact remains if he is to travel in
 New York society at the pace which is being set today"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
Need of a COuntry Place.

Nobody lives in town nowadays ex- cept. during what is known as the season. and it has become quite as necessary to have, a palce in the coun- try as q house in the city. And as for the dreary months Of carly spring. it has become as much necessity for a mar in the social swim to go South. if he cannot go abroad. as 1t is for the really poor man to take his family to Coney Island two or three | times g. season.
 There are soccasions-too many of 1 them nowadays-when entertainments
 at home. the 7quiet little dinners which
 used to be regarded as the highest com pltnent. are hardly tolerated. when a man is really forced to invite his
 friends to entertainments such as were
 unheard of a few years ago. He is ex-
 pected to have a well known opera
 singer at least to entertain his guests | after dinner. even though the liberation
 of thousands of butterflies CT gaudily
 plumaged birds IS far beyond his ] n1a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
KALEIDosooPIC POLITICS.

situation in the Republican Party Ln-
 terestlnK to On-LOOkers. Julius Chambers in The Brookiyn
 Eagle.
 The suddenness of the changes In Renublican politics reminds me of nothing nearly so much as my boy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
Walter wellman's FiiEht..
Jasper Eagle.

Jasper EdBIt' -,r- ,o,,, rr S4
 Walter Wellman has MT; SUI IaiS oniy waiting the election and inaugu- ration day to come. As Walter, ac- cording to all promises he has been ar al least Cup in the air. the country cannot take what he so eloquently gays ss be;nK good auth ority.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
our Real Need.

Florida Times-UniOn.
 Liilie Deveraux Blake is dear, good girl. She says that when women get the ballot they will help protect the men. What we need most Is protect ion from our own fool selves.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-11-18
JAPANESE PAaoDAs.

Enormous PonduiumO Render rhSSs
Old Structures Earthquake Proof.
The only old structures In Japan
which seem to be earthquake proof are
the pagodas. which were erected before
the temples. There are many which
are 100 or 800 years old and az solid
as when hrst built.
There 10 a reason for this, and It lies
In their construction. A pagado 10
practically framework OF heavy tim.
bers which starts from wide base
and Ia In Itself a substantial structure,
but rendered stu more stable by a
peculiar device. Inside the fFamswork
and suspended from the apex 70 q
long, heavy beam OF timber two feet
thick or more. This hangs from one
end of the four sides. -Four more heavy
timbers, and IL the pagoda be very
lofty still more timbers. are added to
these. The whole forms an enormous
pendulum, which reaches within elk
inches Of the ground.
When the. shock Of an EARTHQUAKE
rocks the pagoda the pendulum awnings
In unison and keeps the center oflgray-
lty always at the base of the frame
work. Consequently the equilibrium
of the pngodR is never disturbed, and
this IL the explanation of the great
age of many OF them. when from their
height one would suppose them. to pc
peculiarly susceptible to the effects of
the earthquake.