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The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1908-12-05
SHORT PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention OF Those Who Come and Go
During the Week

BrOOKheld on business tuesday.
F. M. Connor was down from
Chillicothe on business Monday.
Chas. Herring has been here from
Golden, ILL.,, the past week on bus
mess.
Judge R. M. Tunnel of Brook
field was in Laclede on business
Thursday.
DR.. F. W. Burke made profess
sional visit to Kansas City last
Saturday. --.----------------~-
Internal Revenue Collector Allen
has been here a few days the past
week from st. Louis.
Mrs. O. F. Libby and children
of Kansas City are here visiting
Judge Libby and family.
Mrs. May Jones is home from
spending week with her daughter,
Mrs. Armbruster, at Aurora, III.
Mrs. Shewalter of Triplett has
been visiting in Laclede the past
week guest of her aunt, Mrs. R. A
David.
Miss Nina Kintner of Brookfeld
visited over last Sunday in Laclede,
guest of the family of DR.. j. l..
| Burke.
Mrs. j. D. Rummell of Brook
field visited over last Sunday with
her aunt, Mrs. R. A. David, in
Laclede.
Attorney M. E. Burke of Mead
vile was here Wednesday and left
that night for Decatur, ILL.,, on legal
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hoskins left
Monday for Dallas, Texas, stopping
in Kansas City to spend week
with relatives. -~~-a~
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Allen have
been at Sumner this week helping
take care of Mr.. Aliens mother,
who is quite sick.
John Hetrick returned home
Tuesday from spending a few days
with his sister, Mrs. Pitney, and
family in Louisiana.
Miss Anna Sanders of the Prairie
Mound neighborhood, visited last
week with her sister, Mrs. Dempsy
Usher on route three, Laclede,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Bigger, on
their way from Turney to their
home at Hannibal, stopped off and
took dinner with home folks here
Monday.
Misses Hattie and Mabel Clough
of Hamilton, Montana, are here
visiting their grand parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. NJ. Cassidy and 9TH
er relatives.
Mrs. VIM. Watson and son.
Frank, left Wednesday for Kansas
City where they will join Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Hoskins and then 90 to
Texas for visit.
J. E. Marsh left Tuesday for
Washington, to visit his
brother and, if he finds things to
suit him, may locate there. The
BLADE will furnish him the news
rom home.
Claude Cox, who has had charge
If the Hannibal section at this
'lace for the past year, has been
transferred to Robinson and Ed.
Newton who has been working for
Dir. Cox has been given the Laclede
ection.
VIM. kranz came i'll Wednesday
or visit viii his brother, Gcorce.
nd family and his many friends
lere. He has been on a trip
through Texas and Louisiana and
returning to his home at Ecke,,
nm Month nol-o4o
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1908-12-05
THINGS YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW
Pungent Paragraphs Picked upby Our Peram-
buIating Pencil Pusher.

dil OWCulou ulUlOSo SOANNN'SA~1 49,
the character "Ole,' and Miss May
Royce as "Madge" his best girl, u
a leading persays their fun woulc
cause a craven image to laugh, but
would not soil the most delicate
, fabric. $685..
The announcement of the coming
; to our theatre of Mr.. Bert j. Royce
and his company Of musicians and
Swiss Bell Ringers in the new
Swede comedy "Ole'f is a guaran-
tee of a clean, refined and artistic
entertainment. Mr.. Joyce as fun
maker has few equals. s
A. HI. Love has brought on a
fine line of jewelry especially for
the holiday trade. The lines in
clude watches watch chains and
watch fobs, necklaces, bracelets,
society emblem pins and many 9TH
er articles. All first-class goods
and the prices are right.
A movement is on foot among
Linn county republicans to charter
a Pullman car and make up party
to attend the Inauguration at JEFF
ferscl City in January. An appli-
cation for rates on a car has been
placed with the railroad officials
and if the plan is carried out it is
thought fifty or more will go.
In a business letter to The BLADE
this week Jas. Wilkins writes that
the Laclede colony at Walnut,
Kansas, gathered at the Wilkins
hon1e on Thanksgiving and enjoyed
big turkey dinner, at which Mrs.
L. B. Jones, who is visiting at
Walnut, was guest. Mr.. Wilkins
has opened q real estate Office at
Walnut and those who may be in
terested in Kansas land would do
we'll to write him.
The sympathy of the entire COM
munity 60 out to Mr.. and Mrs. Ell.
Fl. Hawes over the tragic death of
their four months old baby which
occurred Thursday afternoon. The
baby was in it's cradle and supposed
to have been asleep but when it's
mother went to it she found it
dead. 1t had strangled on some
food that it had belched into it's
throat and unable to throw out.
The funeral will be held today.
The Swiss Bell Ringers are with
the "Ole" show. The sweetest |
music ever heard. They aim only |
to please, therefore attempt no
classics, but to the vuneful melodies
of Old Black Joe and Kentucky
Babe, they create new life. One of
their most pleasing numbers is of
the distant church chimes, during
which complex harmonies are intro
duced. Opera house, Laclede,
Wednesday, December 16.
Several hundred subscriptions to
The BLADE expire this month. We
would like to have every one re-
1ewed promptly. And then there are
quite few who owe for the year
past and some few for more than a
year. 1t would be only waste of
words and only stating we'll known t
condition of things to say we need
he money. This is our condition S
III the time-needing money-but l..
all would renew and those in ar 6
ears would come forward with the t
ash THE BLADE would be able to t
pend a reasonably happy Christ t
mas and enter the new year at |.
east even with the world, if not S
ONE to the good. More than the b
eceipts of the Office has been spent a
n the paper the past year and we G
elieve every subscriber has got k
he worth of his money. Il
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1908-12-05
TOWN AND COUNTRY IN BRIEF
Local Events Of The Past Week Recorded For
Busy Blade Readers.

Visit the bazaar at Grand Army
hall next Saturday.
Go hear "Ole' latest song
when Evening Breezes Blow"
Read what Gardner, the Brook
field photographer has to say.
A fresh Jersey COW for sale
Phone or see q. R. King, Laclede
A Mathushack piano for sale at 6
bargain price, by R. Fl. Humphrey
Call at residence.
Station Agent Pratt left Thurs
day night for Dayton, Ohio, to see
his father, who is dangerously i'll.
See Loves new line of jewelry
and you will find just what you are
hunting for a Christmas present.
A Victor piano and a davenport
for sale at the Foreman house. In
use but a short time and bargain
at the price asked.
Regular meeting of Laclede
chapter P. E. O. at the home of
Mrs. Nellie Bruins next Wednesday
afternoon, December 9.
Regular meeting of Phil Kearney
post this Saturday afternoon at 2
O'Clock. Annual election of officers
and as many members as can should
attend.
The ladies of the w. G. T. U.
invite you to pink tea at the
opera house Saturday evening, Dec
ember S. Refreshments will be
served.
Mrs. Yates and daughter return
ed to their home in Kansas yester-
day after a week spent here visiting
E. F. Brenner and family on
route one. +. -aa
A full attendance is desired at
the meeting of the M. B. A. lodge
tonight at Odd Fellows hall. An
nual election Of officers and other
important business.
If you don't know how to pro
pose to your girl, 60 to the opera
house Laclede Wednesday, Decem
ber 16, and see how "Ole" does it.
He is Cracker Jack"
Go see "Ole," the Swede new
conner, with the Swiss Bell Ringers
the show that is backed by twen-
ty years of success. Opera house
Wednesday, December 16.
If you have reason to believe
your glasses are not right or your
eyes give you trouble, consult DR.. |
A. V. Griffith at the Foreman
house Saturday, December II.
If you are going to marry a girl
that doesn't know how to cook,
take a lesson from "Ole, , at the
opera house, Laclede, Wednesday,
Dec. 16. He does and his troubles
are many.
G. E. Sutcliffe will hold public
sale at his farm southeast of La
clede next Wednesday. Mr.. Sut-
cliffe will rent out his farm and
move to Mendon, where he has
rented building and will open a
butcher shop.
The Ladies Aid society of the
Baptist church will hold a bazaar {
at the Grand Army hall next Satur- ,
day, December II. Many nice ar +
5icles suitable for Christmas pres =
ents will be on sale and refresh
nents will be served afternoon and :
evening. I
Frank Wolf of Marceline was in y
Iaclede Thursday. Mr.. Wolf as i
'ires to be postmaster at Marce
inc at the expiration of Capt.
>ush's term next February and h
vas here comforting with Chairman L
Burke of the republican county a
ommittee. Is
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1908-12-05

class.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
The Porcelain Secret.

The porcelain industry Of Germany
is comparatively young, says the Berlin
Morgen Post, and its development was
rapid. Although it is generally believed
that the Chinese kept their processes
of manufacture secret, Julian's transla-
tons of their voluminous encyclopedia
show that this is not true. All who
could have read the work might have
known also the porcelain secret. But
evidently no German fathomed the me-
chanical mystery until the apothecary's
apprentice Boettgar, 200 years ago,
made the first German porcelain at
Dresden. Some years before he had
attracted attention by proclaiming the
discovery of a method Of changing
base metal into gold. King Frederick
I. gave him orders for the precious
metal, which the sixteen-year-old in
ventor could not execute, and in fear
he fed to Dresden and became sub
ject Of King August the Strong. While
endeayoring to make gold he discover
ed the porcelain secret and inscribed
his door thus: Unto a potter was
changed by Almighty God man who
thought he could make gold.''
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
Only a Salute,


"One OF our early lawyers had q
murder case to defend" said a Mon
tana official, "and he had hard case,
When it came time to sum I'D he asked
permission to take a recess for ten
minutes, and during that ten minutes
he went over to the hotel to get an
inspiration. When he came back he
walked out in front OF the jury and
said: AS regards to this case. this is
the greatest country ON which the sun
ever shone. We are the greatest peo-
pie. We have the greatest destiny.
Why, gentlemen, every time one of the
ships Of our glorious navy sails into
the ports of the world with the stars
and stripes flying every ship of that
power and every ship Of every other
power fires salute from great can
non in her honor, and. gentlemen Of
the jury, if you listen to what the
scoundrelly opposition of this man has
to say you are about to incarcerate in
prison or hang by the neck my poor,
unfortunate client simply because he
on one occasion fred one small revolver
shot at man who unfortunately died
on that occasion. "-Saturday Evening
Post
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
- $500 49,
Woman's Curioaitx.


"Woman's curiosity" said Mr..
Fletcher, sis a quality Of mind beyond
human understanding"
EYES," said Mrs. Fletcher. what
made you think Of that?"
"The fool actions of a woman that 1
saw downtown today. She followed 4
man ten blocks just to get to read a
placard that was fastened to his back.
She spotted him at Thirty fourth
street. That was really the end Of her
trip-I made that out from something
she said to another woman who was
too fat to join in the chase-but when
she caught sight Of that flaming red
poster tied to the mans back her Gu
riosity got the better of her and she
set out after him. He led her quite
chase across town and downtown and
back again, but she never weakened.
She tagged faithfully along in his
wake. and finally she got close enough
to read that notice.
Mrs. Fletcher reflected moment:
What did it say?' she asked.
"It advised her to get her teeth pull
ed somewhere on Sixth avenue"
Mrs. Fletcher thought again.
where were you all the time she
was trying to find that out?'
''Me?' said Fletcher. ooh, I was
following the woman. I wanted to see
if she finally caught up with the man."
New York Times.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
A Friend In Need,

A speaker in the recent Shropshire
England election relates the follow
ing incident: One night he spoke In
the poultry market at Whitchurch.
The next morning a young man stop
ped him in the street and said:
II was looking we'll after you last
night"
The speaker expressed surprise at
the necessity.
The young man continued his story:
II saw a young man come into the
meeting with his coat pockets bullying
out In a way that made me suspicious.
Two of us followed him in. He stood
at the back Of the room, and we stood
one on each side of him. Gently but
firmly we pressed against him. There
was a faint cracking sound Of break
ing eggs. and the man was out of &C.
ton"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
Queen CaroIine's Pastin1e.

Queen Caroline. wife of King George
~. of England, with whom she was
on the worst possible terms, is de-
scribed in ''fhe Diary of Lady In
Waiting" written by Lady Charlotte
Bury. The queen seems to have tried
witchcraft on the king. Lady Char
lotte writes on one occasion: after
dinner her royal highness made a wax
figure. as usual, and gave it an anna
bic addition of large horns. then took
three pins out of her garments and
stuck them through and through and
put the figure to roast and melt at the
fire. If it was not too melancholy to
have to do with this. could have
died of laughing. She INDUCES in this
amusement whenever there are no
strangers at the table. and some think
her royal highness really has a super
stitious belief that destroying this ef-
figy of her husband will bring to pass
the destruction of his royal person.
What silly piece of spite! Yet it is
impossible not to laugh when one sees
it done"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
The Editor on Careiessness.

eyes," said the editor as he put his
gum brush into the ink bottle and tried
to paste on a clipping with his pen,
eyes, the great fault Of newspaper con-
tributors is carelessness
Indeed be continued as he drop
ped the copy he had been writing into
the wastebasket and marked "Edito.
riaP' across the corner of q poem emit
tied can Ode to Death" contributors
are terribly careless
''You would be surprised" said he
as he clipped out column of fashion
notes and labeled them Farm" 'to
see the sipshod writing that comes
into the editorial sanctum.
'Misspelled. unpunctuated, written
on both sides Of the sheet. illegible, I'm.
grammatical stuff Contributors are
terribly careless. They are"--
Just then the Office boy came in with
that dicta torial and autocratic manner
he has and demanded more copy, and
the editor handed him the love letter
he had just written to his sweetheart.
London Globe.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
Appraise Timber and Stone Land

Washington, Nov. 3O,-The sec
rotary of the interior approved to-
day new regulations under the
timber and stone act of June 3,
1873. The act provides that tim
Der and stone lands shall be sold
at a minimum price of $3.50 per
acre. They have been sold hereto
fore at fat rate of that sum. I'm
der the new regulations such lands
must be appraised and will be sold
at the appraised value. The regu-
lations do not apply to applications
already pending.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
Just Like a Lazy Man.

An elderly gentleman, who would
rather sleep late than eat the most at
tractive breakfast, was leisurely wend-
ing his way toward the subway when
he was accosted by GREATNESS wo-
man.
ooh, mister. lot of tonghs are beat
ing hurdy gurdy man to death. Can't
you help%
"Where?'
Fright around the corner. Oh,
please come with me"'
The late sleeper peered through his
gold trimmed glasses at the complain
ant and asked:
'Is he very big hurdy gurdy man?'
"Oh, no. sir! He's very small
man."
Then surely, my good woman, they
can't need any help from me."-New
York Press.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
Arms, Lens and the Man.

How many Of us have noticed that
we walk with our arms as well as with
our legs? Sitting on grassy slope
overlooking a seaside promenade was
struck by the mechanical swing Of the
arms Of the stream Of passersby-the
right arm always keeping position with
the left leg and the left arm with the
right leg. BY attempting to reverse the
order OF the swing found that had
a tendency to progress like a crab,
while the effort to keep them fixed by
the side was like the shutting of the
steam from the engine. Arms and the
man must be amended to arms, legs
and the man!-London Chronicle.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
The HustIine West
Does advertising pay?

Does advertising pay!
There are a number of enterprls-
ing towns that would laugh at this
query. They are proving every
day that it does. For instance:
The people of Eugene, Ore, re-
Gently raised $500 to advertise
the interests of the town and Lane
county. Eugene has had one
years experience in promotion
work, and found it a dividend
payer on an investment of $1,000
in 1918. The 1909 fund, raised
on the eve of the national election,
represents a contribution Of SIS for
every voter in the town, and as
compared with what other cities
have done is probably the largest
promotion fund, per capita. ever
raised by any city in the United
States for such a purpose. The
money will be used in general adj
vertising. Five thousand dollars
has also been raised by the people
of Goldendale, Wash, to exploit
the resources of Klcikitat coanty.
Thirty-six hundred dollars was
raised in the first SO minutes of the
campaign, made under the direc-
ton of Tom Richardson, secretary
of the Portland Commercial Club,
and c. c. Chapman. president of
the Portland Advertising League.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
Doomsday Book.

The Doomsday Book is British
institution. 1t is a book of the gen.
eral survey of England, commenced
in the reign of William l. (the Con-
queror), about 1880, some say about
1886. It was intended to be regis
ter to determine the right in the ten
ure of estates, to discover the extent
of any mans land, to fix his homage
and to settle the question of the mill
tary aid he was bound to furnish"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
A Puzzle In FIGURES.

Take any number Of three different
figures, as AL, under it place the same
figures in reverse order, subtract the
lesser number and you will find that
the middle figure of the result is in
variably 9. Why it is so is something
that only the most learned mathemat-
ical scholars can explain. Here is our
case worked out:
Taking any number, say................. Al
Reversing figures. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ia
Subtracting, we have.................... 297
Further still, we can now reverse
this number 297 in the same way and
add the two numbers and the result
viii always come 1889. Thus:
reversing w
Why should the answer always come
out the same? Here's something for
you to work over.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department OF the Interior.

Department OF the Interior.
Land Office ut Occur d'Alene, Idaho.
Oct %, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that William T McMil-
lin, of Newport, Wash, who. on March 5.
1902 made homestead entry No. 3017, for the
NwN Of Section 90 Township 55 North, Range
". B. NJ. has filed notice OF intention to
make final five-year proof, to establish claim 10
the land above described, before he Register
and Receiver at Occur d'Alene, Idaho. on the
9Th day of December, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: Fred ALI
bright, of Tweedie Wash; Joseph Shull and
Palmer shull, of NewportIWash Warner Leaf,
of Tweedie, Wash.
1929 1913 R.. N DUNN, Register.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03

The Northern Idaho News, OF
Standpoint, got out 32-page Thanks
giving number, which contained the
following write-up:
The Northern Mercantile Company,
Limited, organized and began doing
business in Standpoint in February,
1903, in an old frame building on the
Northern PacificI ::riaht-of-way. Two
years later they began the construction
of their present building, it being the
the first brick building erected in Sand
point. Anyone who did not live here at
that time can hardly appreciate the
courage it required to invest $40, 900 in
structure located amid the surroundings
that existed at that time at the corner
of First avenue and Main street.
The future center of the town was
then much disputed question and the
ground selected by this company was in
Farmin's pasture and was covered with
stumps
The company have always pointed to
their building with pardonable pride as
a monument to their faith in the future
of Standpoint, and also their confidence
in this particular corner as the business
center of the city.
The building is 55x80 feet, two stories
in height with stone basement. 1t is
built of solid brick and is finished and
equipped throughout in the most mod
ern manner
In 1906 the company purchased the
business of The Newport Trading Co.,
department store at Newport, Wash,
and have since continued to operate the
two stores under one management Both
stores carry complete stocks of general
merchandise. The stock at Standpoint
being about $35, 900 and that at New
port about $4,000.
In addition to merchandise, the COM
pany has built up very extensive
business in cedar products. Stocks are
carried at some twenty different points
on the three transcontinental lines, and
probably no concern in the country is
better known IN this field. Their New
port pole yard is the most thoroughly
equipped Of any in the country. Poles
are holsted out of the river by the long
est endless chain in the northwest and
are distributed over the yard by an
ideal system of private tracks.
The Northern Mercantile Co. is proud
Of its record in this community, and
points to its unparalleled growth as an
evidence that it has conducted it's bust
ness in such a manner as to win and
retain the confidence of it's patrons.
The personnel of the firm is practic-
ally the same as when first organized.
The present management consists of B.
:. Defenbach, president and general
manager: Thomas H. Brewer, vice.
president; W. NJ. Burns, secretary and
treasurer; Harry f. Brown, assistant
manager; L. D, Mcfarland, superin-
tendent timber department, and Walter
Rogers, manager Newport store.
Mr.. Defenbach, the president and
general manager of this company, has
had most extensive and thorough
business training and experience, and
has done more than any other one man
to build up Standpoint and advance the
growth and prosperity of this commun-
ity. 1t is characteristic Of Mr.. Defen-
bach to do thoroughly whatever he
undertakes, and he ranks high among
Sandpoint's most efficient boosters.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03

Completed election returns for
the state show that the constitu-
tional amendment to change the
method of taxation was defeated.
the vote being 1887 1 for and 60, 244
against; constitutional amendment
for right of way for logging roads
was defeated, 1850 votes for and
1851 against.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03

In the course of few years the body
attains its full growth, but the heart
may grow forever. It is pity that -
few hearts enjoy the privilege.-Albany
Tex,) News.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
Venice Too Wet For Her.

A woman who recently returned
from trip to Europe says wet wealth
er hasn't bothered this country at all
in comparison with what she saw
abroad. She says that they ran into
town named Venice where the water
covered every street, and you couldn't
get anywhere except in boats. She
added: ':You bet we only stayed one
day in that slosh kansas City Star.