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The Laclede blade., 1908-05-02
Local Paragraphs

If you wish to sell your farm list
with w. S. Savage.
5000 strawberry plants for sale
by Ell. B. Valkenburg.
The May term of probate court
begins on Monday, the 18th.
Kaffir corn for chicken feed 60
cents per bushel at P. f. Felt's.
DIR. Pratt at Anderson House
Thursday, May Z. Eyes tested free.
The old settlers reunion at Lin
neus is to be held this year on
July 81.
Ny residence just south of M. E.
church for rent. Call or phone
me. W. N. Harter.
A good runabont, nearly new,
for sale at a bargain if taken at
once. q. II. SKulley.
Barred Plymouth Rock eggs, so
cents per setting, for sale by W.
H. Glover, Laclede. 3-21-8w
Get your new glasses of DIR.
Pratt, the optician. Here again
Thursday, May Z, at the Anderson
House.
A. E. Common, 11a miles north
east of Laclede, has fine pasture to
let by the head. Plenty of shade
and water.
All the. best varieties of sweet
potato plants for sale by L. NJ.
Wilson at his residence in the west
part of Laclede.
If you have failed to get relief
rom others, see DIR. Pratt, the op-
ician, at the Anderson House Ii
thursday, May z. Il
The Laclede blade., 1908-05-02

Choice lard 10 cents per pound
at j. H. Dicks meat market.
The ladies of the Christian
church will have on sale Saturday
May 2, at j. B. Pat1ick's store,
bread, cakes and pies.
Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for
sale; so cents per setting or $2.75
per hundred. A. N. Walker, La
clede, Mo. Phone 704.
My residence property in Laclede,
consisting of four lots, fve-room
house, good barn and other inn
proyements, for sale at q bargain.
B. 81. Humphrey.
The Laclede blade., 1908-05-02
Eorksr Item.
Virgil Facto was Laclede visit
or Tuesday.

Virgil Facto was a Laclede visit
d or Tuesday.
Miss Della Foster was in Mead
vile Tuesday.
E. w. Pease was a business Wis
itor at Laclede Monday.
M. F. Clay shipped car load O
hogs from here Thursday.
Mrs. E. K. Welsh is visiting hel
daughter, Mrs. J. B. Jones.
Claude Huffman spent Tuesday
and Wednesday at Meadville.
Myrtle Read left for Oregon
Monday where she has a position.
Mrs. U. G.. Strickland spent
Wednesday with Mrs. E. w. Pease.
Mrs. G. A. Read and children
were Brookfeld visitors Wednes-
day.
Mrs. J. S. Weatherly spent
Wednesday with relatives in La
clede.
Virgil, Jennie and Florence Fac
to were Brookfeld visitors We'd
nesday.
j. l.. Huffman spent Sunday
with his wife and little daughter
at Meadville.
Mrs. Robert Graham and son
Johnny called on her daughter,
Mrs. Ira Frakes.
Miss Mckinney of Brookfeld
spent Saturday and Sunday at the
nome of Mrs. o. I. Fay.
Mrs. Facto has returned from
Metz, Mo-, where she was called by
he death of her mother.
Mrs. Frank Cole and little son
spent Sunday with her brother, &.
}. Boomer, and family.
There will be preaching here
sunday evenings, May 3, at 7s30I
md Sabbath school promptly at 10
!. m.
|. H. Clough and daughters,
Hiss Vina and Mrs. S. D. Ed
Yards, were Laclede visitors Thurs
lay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brammer of Roth
lille, spent Saturday and Sunday at
he home of their daughter, Mrs.
J. G.. Strickland.
The Laclede blade., 1908-05-02
HADLEY ENTERS INTERNATIONAL RACE
Campaign Depends on State Of Mis- Health and
Duties of His Present Office

Attorney General Hadley, yielt
ing to the entreaties of his friend
that he make the race as the reput
lican candidate for governor, ha
consented to make the race if hi
health will permit. Yesterday b,
gave out the following letter, which
he wrote Walter S. Dickey, chair
man Of the republican state com
mittee, at Kansas City:
Ny Dear Mr.. Dickey-Some
three weeks ago, on the occasion
Of my leaving the state for a short
absence, l consented, at the request
of yourself and a number of party
leaders, to defer definite decision
in reference to becoming a candi-
date for governor until my return.
At that time, however, I stated
that I thought the party should, on
account of the advice I had received
from my physicians, proceed at
once to the selection of some other
candidate, as | did not think it
would be satisfactory, either to the
party or to myself, for me to be a
candidate unless I was equal to the
reasonable demands of the cam
paign.
"On my return | find that no ac-
ton has been taken toward the Sc
lection of another candidate, but,
on the contrary, | am in receipt of |
many communications from all
parts of the state, from democrats
as well as republicans, urging me
to consent to be candidate, even |
though / am unable to make an ex-
tended campaign.
While still question the advis-
ability Of such a plan, and think
that the Importance of my person
ality in this matter is overestimated,
l feel that | ought not to decline to
permit the use of my name when so
many of those in whose judgment
have confidence believe that such
action on my part is necessary to
the success of the. principles I have
endeavored to represent during my
present term of offie. Further, the
condition of my health
causes me to hope that will, by
next fall, be equal to the reasonable
demands of the campaign.
If the party desires that | now
consent to be candidate for gov
9rnor, it must be understood that
ny candidacy will be subject to the
contingencies incident to the condi-
ion of my health, and also to the .
superior obligations I owe to the
people of Missouri not to neglect :
he duties of my present Office in
rider to secure another.
I wish to express my sincere
appreciation Of the consideration
hat has been shown for me by
'ourself and the party generally in
he embarrassing situation in which
have been placed during the last
ew months, and also for the many I
expressions of confidence and ap- Q
roval that have come to me from
ne people of Missouri, regardless G
party. during the course of the E
lst three years. ]"
Choice lard 10 cents per pound I
n
The Laclede blade., 1908-05-02

The regular monthly meeting of
the anti-saloon and law enforce
ment league will be held at the resi-
dence of 7. M. Elliot Monday even
ing, May 4. Friends of temperance
work invited.
The Laclede blade., 1908-05-02
LOCAL DolSes ABOUT TOWN.
Pungsnt Paragraphs Picked up by Our Peram.
buIating Pencil Pusher.

IoooAOoy uccCS DIT Cu6 nome OF MIR.
q. q. Bigger next Tuesday aftel
noon at two o'clock.
The pastor will preach at tn
Methodist church next Sunda
morning and evening. All tn
other services of the day at tn
regular hours. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to all. E. M
Dugger, pastor.
Geo. G. Denbo is doing the righ
thing by putting in a concret,
walk in front of his restaurant
building. 1t is hoped that before
the season is over the whole bust.
n ess block will be treated in the
same way. 1t is badly needed.
Regular meeting of Phil Kearney
Grand Army post this afternoon at
2 O'Clock. This is an important
meeting as arrangements are to be
started toward the observance of
Memorial day and every member
of the post is urged to be in attend
ance.
The heavy frost andfreeze of last
Wednesday night did consider
able damage to fruit and garden
stuff. Potatoes and beans were cut
to the ground, strawberries and all
tree fruits have been more or less
damaged and in some spots com
pletely ruined. Tt would be hard
to estimate the great damage that
was done.
w. R. Adams has returned from
Arcadia, Mo-, where he taught
school the past winter. He has
been reempIoyed for the coming.
winter at the same place, his work
having been highly satisfactory to
The patrons of the school. Mr.. |
Adams is bright young man and
We are glad to know that he is
succeeding so we'll in his chosen
avocation.
j. A. Shoup is over from Mead
Vile doing house raising and mov-
ng. He raised and moved a house
.or A. j. Caywood this week and
lid very satisfactory job, in fact, |
is good as one could ask for. He
will move Alderman Clay's resi-
lence onto the corner vacated by
he Woodmen building and will
'aise and put new foundation un-
Ter j. W. Lomax's residence.
Mrs. F. S. Cole, Diamond, Mis-
ouri, sends in a dollar this week
o continue THE BLADE to her ad-
ress another year. Mrs. Cole says
here are fnc respects for an
bundance of fruit of every kind in
'ewton county. Corn nearly all
lanted, wheat and oats looking
ne and strawberries will soon be
ipe.
Mrs. Sarah A. Woodward, wife
j. G. Woodward, who moved
ere from Kansas City, Kansas, a !
w months ago, died at her home {
west part of town yesterday &
orning. She was about 60 years l
age and had been in poor health 1
r some time. The funeral will q
J, held this afternoon at l O'Clock 9
the M. E. church, the remains f
be buried at Brookfeld. C
w. N. Elliott sends in a check $
pm Hawk Point, Missouri, and Il
Us: Keep The BLADE coming; g
S like a letter from home each u
'ek and we would miss it very II
lch. There is many strange tt
mes appearing in its columns, te
t we also learn of the movements
many of our warm friends. IL
ccess to you and THE BLADE >, m
. Elliott is in the lumber and d,
The Laclede blade., 1908-05-02

Sheriff Anderson was in Laclede
on business Thursday.
Mrs. Jno. T. Lomax visited at
Norborne the past week.
| E. 0. Barton has been at Lime
us the past week helping to invoice
a stock of drugs.
Mrs. o. L. Griffith of Kansas
City sends in a dollar and joins THE
BLADE list for year.
/ j. Q. Aber had a granitoid walk
put in along the front of his resi-
dence property this week.
A fine boy baby has taken up his
abode at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. L. Heath east of town.
Mrs. Pearl CRANKY, of Abba,
Iowa, is here visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John. Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Patrick and
son, Wade, spent last Saturday
and Sunday with relatives at Chilli
cothe.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Brunemer
attended the Roberts Hetrick we'd
ding at Brookfeld last Tuesday
night.
Mrs. Marie Simpson came from
the state of Washington Monday to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Nelson.
Merle Barr, of Eldorado, Kan
sas, is here visiting relatives, guest
of his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Clark.
L. S. Hill of Gallatin, represent
ing a ST. Louis barber supply
house, was here calling on his
ssAsFs sszsxsSa
fzt4 Il
Mrs. J.. A. Elliott; of Bellfiower,
md Mrs. w. N. Elliott, Of Hawk
point, spent last week with rela-
ives and friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Swearingen,
Who are here from the Canal Zone
IN visit, returned yesterday from
/ trip through the west.
Internal Revenue Collector Allen
S up from st. Louis spending a
'ew days at home and looking after
lis business interests here.
Mrs. A. McGrew has ordered
The BLADE sent a year to her son,
Richard, who is connected with a
umber firm at Milton, Kansas.
Chas. Hetrick, assistant agent at
he Burlington station, is off duty
his week, being confined to his
ONE from a severe attack of tom
ilitis.
81. S. johnson, county clerk, and
lrs. D. P. Edwards, deputy county
Jerk, spent Wednesday evening in
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c..
J. Bigger.
W. S. Gates was at Chillicothe
lst Saturday to hear Gov. Folk
III how delighted he would be to
lherit a pair of gum shoes and a
,natorial toga.
Chas. A. Hetrick was in La
EIDE Wednesday morning on his
ay north to work towns along the
J. G.. in the interest of his broom
,ctory at Brookfeld.
Mrs. N. E. Hodson, Madison, Il
nois, writes this week enclosing
lie dollar for THE BLADE another
ar, which she says is most vel
me visitor each week. She sends
st wishes to her many Laclede
ends.
Miss Della Smith entertained
out thirty young people at the
me of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
ter Smith, in southeast Laclede
t Saturday evening. A dainty
The Laclede blade., 1908-05-02
Some Evening Reveries.


others have gone You can 90.
, the old track doesn't suit YOU
D make a new one; somebody will
walk in it. Don't hurry too fast
especially till you know the road O.
g become acquainted with your team
y Mind your own business and lool
e after it yourself. Don't stop tc
e club whifits or to retail gossip
You may grow weary, but remem.
J. Der this is not world of ease, an6
rest lies beyond. Success is never
t obtained in world like this with.
, out effort. If you fail once, try
again. If you fall down, get up.
Ii it is dark, strike a light. If you
are In the shade, move around; if
, there is shade on one side, there is
sure to be sunshine on the other.
1t takes longer to skin an elephant
than a mouse, but then the skin is
worth something. Never be con-
tent with doing what another has
done-excel him. A trade is a
good thing to have; it is better
than gold-brings larger premi-
UNI. But to make a premium. the
trade must be perfect-no silver
plated affair. Determine in your
mind to be.a good workman, or let
the job out. Learning trade is
different from eating mush and
mllk-mechanical education does
not slip down without chewing.
Never slight your work, never. |
Every job you do is a sign. Poor
signs are against success. People
always speak we'll of a boy who
minds his own business and who
seems to be disposed to be some
body in time. This is a queer
syssrisay@ y@.xss.snss-- essler.--as.~s-Aaa-;.ssr
US, and help often comes when and /
from whom we least expect. Con-
fidence is the safe in which men Of
ten deposit rich treasures, and as
you prove worthy so will your re-
ward of success be. There is re-
ward in success, which none but
those who strive can enjoy. De-
serve success and it will come.
Anyone who has the ability to
ask question that to him is worth
asking has the capacity to receive
an answer that to him is worth re-
ceiving. A thoughtful child, on
inquiring the location of heaven,
was told by his mother that he !
could not understand her, even if
she explained it. She was proba-
bly, right in so far as the child's .
ability to understand her was con-
cerned, but she was wrong in not
telling him that the fault was with
herself and not with him. Had
she known as much about answer
ing him as he knew about question
ng her, there need have been no
;rouble about his understanding
Ter explanation. There is no ques-
ion that child can seriously and Ii
airly ask that cannot be as seri- t
,usly and fairly answered. To tell Il
! child or to lead it to infer that it S
S too little" to know anything
nore on any subject about which it G
lready knows enough to ask a "
uestion is to deny its capacity for {
urther growth. 1t is to thrust the f;
hild's mind into a dungeon in
tead of opening it to the light. 1t Iii
J to bind it in fetters instead of OF
living it freedom of action. Abil- v,
y to ask presupposes capacity to &C
'ceive. And no questions are bet be
r worth answering or worth bet fir
r answers than a child's.
The regular monthly meeting of al
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-04-08
rae CHILDREN LTRE 1T
kE.SNEDY'S LAXATIVE
COUGH SYRUP
Moonshine Sunshine.

New York Times-The war rumors
have been kept in the air by IRE
sponsible, sensational Journalism,
while the Sun has been esteemed re-
sponsible and has eschewed sensation
alism. In Japan the war spirit has
lately been uppermost, and 1t still
fingers among the multitude. The
towns are full of discharged soldiers,
and hard times have made chances
to get employment scarce. Incendiary
talk has had some effect on such peo-
pie, but the intelligent men Of both
countries have remained aim and
the friendliest relations have been
developed.
We protest earnestly and with sor-
row against the dangerous attitude Of
the Sun. Silence, in the circum-
stances, has ceased to be virtue.
Whatever may be the explanation Of
the curious mood in which the Sun
has lately fallen, it's expression at
this time is unpropitious and inex-
cusable.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-04-08
SUICIDE AND MuRnER

Mrs. Frances Kabe was found muir.
dered at her home in Fallisington, Pa.
The woman's husband is serving a
term in Jail for larceny. There is no
| clew TO the murderer.
Edward A. Watring Of Somerset, Pa,
shot and killed Dennis NJ. Weimer, his
stepfather, and then ended his own
life with a bullet. Watring was re-
Gently released from the almshouse,
apparently fully recovered from Il
mental disorder.
John MikkeEson, IA years Of age, OF
Hebard, north of Calumet, Mich, shot
himself to deah with a rifle durin1
the absence of his wife at Hancock.
No motive for the suicide is known.
Mikkelson was a prominent resident
OF Keweenaw county.
Because he suffered from a stomach
complaint from which he believed he
could not recover, Charles Stephan OF
Racine, 20 years old, son of a leading
family, ended his life by shooting him
self in the right temple with a revoi-
, yer. Before death he wrote a note to
his folks in which he asked forgive
ness for the act.
In a signed statement Louis r. w.
Archer. the negro ex-conyict of En-
poria, Kansas, reiterated his recent
charge that two other negroes planned
the murder of J. s. Collins, the veal
thy Topeka real estate man for
whose killing John Collins, the uni
| 7ersity student, is now serving a life
sentence,
Melvin A. Root, go years of age, ar
rived at Buffalo, N. Y, March 20 from
Bay City, Mich, and made arrange
ments with a crematory to cremate his
body, when dead, adding that if he
should be found dead in front of the
crematory his body should be taken
in and cremated Shortly afterward
Root went out to the crematory and
shot himself three times on the front
steps of the buildings. It is said he
can not live. He is a wealthy real
estate dealer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-04-08
OBITUARY.

Former Mayor George r. Persons,
who served in the common council of
Ishpeming, Mich, for nineteen years,
Is dead
Col. Maurice S. Langhorne. aged SIS
years, who commanded the Eleventh
Virginia regiment during tbS civil
war, is dead at Lynchburg, Va
Mrs. Eliza Trask Hill, for years
prominent in the work of the Women s
Christian Temperance union, and as
a member of the Society OF Kings
Daughters, died at her residence in
Somersville, Mass She was 6S years
cid
Romance Greeley Subway is dead
at Polo, Ill He was born Feb. 10
1892. in Ohio. and moved to Illinois
with his parents at the age of 4 and
settled near Rockford. In 1893 he
orened q private bank in Milledgeville
which is now the SUBWAY State bank
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-04-08
"AlI Work and No Play"

A great many people think that
time spent in amusement is wicked
waste. They take life very seriously.
They believe that We were put here to
work, to keep everlastingly at it.
know people who have lived such
a strenuous life of work, who have had
so little play, that they have lost the
power of laughter and real enjoyment.
One scarcely ever sees a smile on
their faces. How unfortunate it is
that human being, who was made to
be joyous and happy and to radiate
sunshine, will go about with a long,
gloomy face, with no play or fun in
his life! 1t is certainly a very short
sighted policy, for there is no better
investment for the business man than
a lot of innocent fun, recreation and
play. These are great restoratiges OF
power. refreshing the animal spirits
The brain requires a great deal OF
lubricating.
There is every evidence that we
were intended for fun; that humoT
and play were to have great part in
our existence The long, serious. un.
happy, discontinued faces we see ev
erywhere are all wrong. They come
from unnatural, abnormal living. TIC
/ thousands of people living in great
cities there is very little of the normal
play or satisfaction of the funlovine
faculties.
Variety, change-new faces, new
places, new envlronment-these are
necessary for normal minds. Where
the same thoughts, the same sugges
tons are held in the mind month in
and month out we become rutty and
stop growing People who live monot
onous lives cease to be interesting at
ter a while. for they have no fresh
food. no variety.
Most people do not have fun enough
nor play enough in their lives. Laugh
ter and Joy to the individual are what
/ sunshine is to the flowers and trees
perpetual reiuvenators, health pro
moters.-O. S. Marden in Success
+ Magazine
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-04-08
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Sousa, the conductor and composer,
has never yet been persuaded to make
a pL bile speech
William Deering of Evanston, Ill,
has made an unconditional gift Of
$4,000 to the Maine general hospital
at Portland
Miss Ethel Roosevelt has had pri-
yate tutor this winter, a Miss Young,
brought over from Oyster Bay with
the family
The Rev Joseph C. Hartzell mis-
sionary bishop OF the Methodist Epis-
copal church, arrived in New York
from Europe.
The report from the physicians in
attendance upon Gov Guild were Of o
more favorable character and showed
some gain.
1t is said tnat it was Charles M.
Schwabs spirited singing of Scotch
ballads that first drew Andrew Carne-
gle's atte..tion to him.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth can sail
boat, ride to hounds, bind books,
drive fonr.ln-hand, run an automobile,
and speak five languages.
Dr. Henry Mitchell MacCracken.
chancellor OF New YorE university.
will deliver course y, Lectures at the
University OF Copenhagen.
Prince Nashimoto. a cousin of the
emperor of Japan, has gone to Paris,
where for two or three years he will
devote himself TO military study.
Judge Ward McAllister, son OF the
former social header in New York. re
Gently operated upon for appendicitis
has a slight chance for recovery.
King Leopold of Belgium, despite
his age and equity heel, rises at
a. m, and works for two hours be
fore a breakfast that consists of dry
bread. water and an apple.
The condition of Premier Sir Henry
ampbell-Bannerman of England
showed no marked change for tn,
worse but the diabetes, which appar
emily is in It's incurable form. is max
Ing gradual inroads upon his reserve
vitality
The American ambassador to Tur
key. Jan G. A. Leishman and the stan
Of the American embassy and consul
ate attended the funeral OF the late
Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Connor. tho
British ambassador to Turkey VIII,
died in Constautiuople, March 10.
sir Robert Hart. who Is returning tC
england after many years at the head
of the Chinese maritime customs. was
received In farewell audience by tn,
emperor and the dowager empress o
China Sir Robert has been fully dfty
four years in the service of he Chin
csc government.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-04-08
DOMESTIC

The autttohacc1 trust growers are
declared &c be destroying tobacco
plant beds il Ohio
Nine Italians charged With dyuamit
.ug residence at Wabro5k, Md.
were placed on trial
Matt Ozeni,cn, "a miner q, Hough.
ION. Mica. was fatally injured by a
plece OF falling rock. and died in the
hospital
Fire ON t.te JOY line pier n East
river, New York. and m adjoining
pier resulting in The injury OF several
iremcu ana loss OF SlEe.000
Gems aud jeWclry valued nj $4,000
Ncr" stolen from the show window OK
the Filth avenue. New Work store OF
njEran kelekian. Persian consul
Express rates in Indiana are re
dnced on a" average OF between .
and - per cent, in an opinion nd
order issued by the railroad commits
sion.
pr Goldthwaite. United States
quarantine officer at Mobile, Ala. was
notified that the quarantine against
sutan ports originally announced for
April /. has been deferred until
April 6
4 number OF important commercial
organizations throughout the country
have commun. Gated With the Ner-
chants assoc aticn OF New York. ep,