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The Laclede blade., 1908-10-17
LOCAL DoINGs ABOUT TOWN.
Pungent Paragraphs Picked up by Our Peram-
buIating Pencil Pusher.

Monday afternoon, the fire got be-
yond the control of the trackmen
and damaged cornfelds and fences
belonging to Byron Lamme. The
loss was appraised at $257. 20.
Senator VIM. Warner and Hon.
VIM. T. Nardin of st. Louis will
address a meeting at Marceline next
Wednesday night and one at Lin
neus Thursday night. Senator
Warner is very popular in Linn
county and will be greeted by large
audiences at both of these meetings.
The republican county candidates
have had large and enthusiastic
audiences at all their meetings this
week. Their route for next week
is as follows: Monday, October
II, at Hacker school house; Tues
day at Marceline; Wednesday
Bucklin; Thursday at st. Gather
inc; Friday at Forker church; Sat
urday at Meadville.. All these
meetings are to begin at 7: 80 p. m.
Hon. Chas. Nagel will speak in
Brookfield Tuesday, ~Oct. 20, at
1870 p. m.
The Methodist Episcopal con-
ference at Tarkio last week trans
ferred Rev. q. M. Dugger from the
local Methodist church to the pas
torate at Mound City. Rev. and
Mrs. Dugger will leave for their
new home next week. They have
made many friends here in the past
year, who sincerely regret to have
them leave, and the best wishes
of our people 60 with them to their
now Io~-.--L-. @ --pawall is
the new pastor and he will probab-
ly be here and preach one week
from tomorrow.
The eighth annual meeting of the
Laclede farmers mutual fire and
lightning insurance company was
held last Saturday at Secretary
Byrd's office in Laclede. The af-
fairs of the company were found to
be in fourishing condition and
the old officers were reelected, as
follows: E. K. Welsh, president;
May Jones, vice-president; H. G.
Lomax, treasurer; A. S. Byrd,
secretary. The new board of di-
rectors is: T. D. Evans, NJ. e.
Coates, J. T. Bassett, A. S. Lam
bert, Fl. H. Mathew, Geo. W. An
derson and A. S. Byrd.
Rev. VIM. Sissons last week put
in the remainder of the granitoid
walk along his residence property |
on West Cole street. There is now
a fine walk from the business part
of town to the cemetery corner,
about one-half mile. The citizens
Of that part of town are to be COM
for the public spirited
way in which they have responded
to the need for this walk, which at |
one time or another will be of bene-
fit to every citizen of the town.
There has also been much of this
kind of walk laid in other parts of
town this year and the sidewalks
of Laclede compare favorably with |
those of any other town of its size in
this part of the state. And the end
is not yet. Laclede will continue
to improve and prosper as the
weeks and months roll by. There
are few dead sticks" among our
enterprising, progressive people,
and we are proud of it.
Rummell's store doesn't claim
she earth; neither does it claim to
have all the business in Brookfeld,
put the decided increase in business
iustifes the remark that something
surely must be pleasing the trade.
The Laclede blade., 1908-10-17
HUMANITY ON THE MOVE
Brief Mention Of Those Who Come and GO
During the Week

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Kirksville.
Mrs. Ida Edwards of Milan visit
ed Mrs. Elizabeth Edward the first
of the week.
Miss Anna Jenkins of Hale was
the guest of Mrs. H. G. Lomax
part of this week.
Attorney B. E. Bigger of Han
nibal is spending a few days with
home folk in Laclede.
H. J. Benjamin left Tuesday for
South Dakota to register in the
government land drawing.
Mrs. D. D. Hallam of Fort Col.
Inns, Colo, was the guest of Mrs.
J. T. Hamilton this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will of Green City
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Kraft Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Mayme Sipple of Monroe
City has been the guest of her
mother, Mrs. Fifeld, here the past
week.
All the latest shades in browns,
tans, olives and smokes are shown
in the fall clothing offered at Rum
mell's.
Mrs. Blanche Wilkins called this
week and renewed for THE BLADE
to be sent to her home at Walnut,
Kansas.
Loren Anderson of Skidmore is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. 7. D. Nous
er and other relatives in and around
Laclede.
Everyone treated exactly alike at
Rummell's. One price, no favor
deal for all.
Rev. E. M. Dugger will preach
at the Methodist church next Sum
day morning and evening. Other
services as usual.
Ed E. Bruins was home from
Centerville a couple of days this
week, laying off on account of a
cinder in his eye.
Misses Eunice and Agnes Thomp-
son visited their brother, May
Thompson, and family south OF
Meadville Thursday.
Mrs. E. F. Brenner was in this
week and paid for The BLADE to
be sent to her son, Evert, who is
school in Quincy.
Miss Mary Finney, who has been
visiting the family of E. K. Welsh
on route one, returned to her home
at Fowler, Kansas, Thursday.
Mrs. M. D. Eubank and little
daughter, Mara Bell, Of Kansas
City are guests of Mrs. McGrew
and family at the Foreman house.
Mrs. 81. S. George of Denver,
who has been visiting relatives here,
left Thursday, accompanied by Mrs.
2. R. King, for visit at Quincy.
Miss Mary Finney of Fowler,
Kansas, and Misses Erma Clinefel-
ter and Eta Welsh of route one,
Laclede, were guests of Mrs. J. B.
Jones Sunday.
Mrs. G. G. Bigger and Mrs. W.
81. Woods attended the thirty fifth
annual meeting of the woman's
foreign missionary society at Oska-
loosa Iowa, this week.
Mrs. Edna S. Huston of Chicago
and Mrs. Judge Tunnel and daugh-
ter, Miss Glenn, of Brookfeld were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. 7. Ham
ilton and family Tuesday.
Rummell's store is making q
special effort to please elderly ladies
who have tender feet, and who
have difficulty in finding shoes
The Laclede blade., 1908-10-17

Ladies who drive should see the
driving gauntlets sold at Rummell's.
The Laclede blade., 1908-10-17


polite not only as society people,
but as husbands and wives, sisters
and brothers, parents and children,
we shall do we'll. No home can be
happy wherein sarcastic speech and
rude disregard for one another's S
rights is the rule.
See to it, that we live each day
as though it was the last day ac-
corded us to show how we love the
dear ones at home. Fill it full Of
beautiful service and tender hon.
age. Let no rude speech strike dis
cord through it, no frown darken
it, no injustice mar it, sweeten the
bitter cup of death for us when
Israel, the white-robed angel, holds
it to our trembling lips.
=
Our nature demands home. 1t is
the first essential element of our
social being. This cannot be COM
plete without the home relations;
there would be no proper equili-
brium of life and character without
the home influence. The heart
when bereaved and disappointed
naturally turns for refuge to home
life and sympathy. No spot is so
attractive to the weary one; it is
the hearts mortal oasis. There is
mothers watchful love and a
fathers sustaining infldence; there
is a husbands protection and
a wife's tender sympathy; there is
a circle of loving brothers and sis
ters, happy in each others love.
Oh, what is life without these! A
desolation. a painful gloomy pill
grimage through desert heaths
and barren sandsl"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-17

their character, which may keep up the
interest of those who would otherwise
not get out in the open air and
strengthen their brains and bodies by
pumping fresh supplies of life-giving
oxygen through their blood vessels.
There is always tendency to cut
down these events to the few who have
shown themselves expert and who have
time to train properly. l am very
much against this. 1t seems to me that
events of this kind should admit as
many as possible and there should be
as many prizes as can be obtained.
Not that many prizes are actually
necessary. After a few such events the
festive walker, or runner, or golfer, or
any old kind of player finds out that
Nature herself has a prize for every
body who enters. The delicious sense
of muscles working in good order, of a
mucous membrane as clean as the lee
scuppers, that sweetly insidious thrill
when you think of kaukau and, after
said kaukau, a feeling of absolutely
contented langor that is, perhaps, the
best of all.
People don't appreciate the boat
clubs here and they are not used half
enough. There are a few wise ones
who know how much pleasure and
10 oh& NV rra{fiurP or1f
of your clothes and playing round the
water for an hour or so. Swimming
is grand exercise and so is rowing,
these may be varied by skipping, try
ing stunts with dumbells or merely play
ing the giddy garden goat with other
old youngsters. The latter perhaps is
the best of all, for it generally makes
you laugh, and that is excellent exer-
else, especially for the digestive organs,
and it certainly makes you breathe
hard and exert your muscles to their
utmost
So, here where Nature has provided
a paradise for those who love the open
air, let us do what we can to make
it interesting for those who have not
properly learned that doctors have no
right here. Some day, in the not very
far distant future perhaps, people on
the Coast will tell doctors who think
of coming here to practise, "Not a
chance in those little islets, you might
as well stay here and save your pas
sage money. The last doctor who went
there turned his consulting room into
a shower bath and turned masseur to
make his bread and butter.''
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-17
MIR. KALBE'S AGE.

Aug Kalbe, who challenged Frank
Godfrey for walking race, came to
this Office last evening to say that some
of the things Mr.. Godfrey asks Kalbe
to do are next to impossibilities First
of all, he was born in Germany in
1849, but to show the record of his
birth, etc, is out of his power just now.
His military passport and other doeu-
ments were burned in the great fire of
1886 But he claims his word is good
enough, but if not he will find a way
to get the official papers from Germany,
which would only go to show that his
word was proof after all. 81 have no
time to waste in hotair preliminaries, "
said Mr.. Kalbe. eff Mr.. Godfrey does
not accept my challenge without so
many frills and furbelows, then all L
have to say is that Mr.. Godfrey had
better get as a Christmas present for
himself pair of heavy wooden stock
ings TO keep his feet warm"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-17
.WALKISTS TO
MEET TOMORROW

The waukenphasts have all taken to
the two propositions that are now be
fore them, and those who have been
seen on the subject state that they
think it an excellent idea to have a
meeting and elect committee of man.
agement.
With this end in view there will be
a meeting at the Young Hotel roof gar
den, the mauka end, tomorrow after
noon at a quarter past five. This time
seems to be the most convenient, as it
is just after business hours, and the
meeting need not last more than few
minutes.
All those who take any interest IN
sport are requested to be there so thai
the committee may be properly repre-
sentative and may have an idea of the
wishes of those who put them in charge.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-17
Sport Notes
: y y y y - y y $3.50 . y y

For the steenth and last time the at
tention of members of the Riverside
League is called to the final meeting
of the year tonight at half-past seven
in the rooms of A. L. C. Atkinson in the
Judd building. All officers, captains,
managers and anybody who has any
thing at all to do with the running of
the league, must be there or suffer the
condign wrath of the president of the
league.
Next Monday Dick Sullivan, J. A.
Mcleod and Candy" McLaren, the
golf professional, will start on a walk
round the island. How long they in
tend to take is not stated, but they ex-
pect to cover good distance each day
and may make stay of several days
at Haleiwa, where they will tramp the
country round and give all the wonder
ing Waialuans treat.
- - -
Somebody signing his name "Grati-
fed Contestant" writes communica
ton with regard to the walking con-
test. In sending letter to news
paper it is etiquette to sign your name
and ask that pseudonym be used i'll
you do not want your name to appear
This request is, of course, inviolate. If
the gentleman mentioned will send in
his name, his letter and reply will be
published.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-17
IS to prevent the contest being brought

as to prevent the contest being brought
off
Arthur Cripps, the middleweight
champion, who recently defeated the
American boxers Danny Sullivan and
Joe Grimm, and George Johns, ex-wel-
terweight champion, have been match
ed by Fl. D. Mcintosh. The contest,
which will be for a substantial side
wager, will take place at the Stadium,
Rushcutters Bay, on December %,
three days prior to the Burns-J ohnson
championship. Johns has not appear
ed in the ring for some little time
now, but he is satisfied that if he pays
particular attention to his training he
can resume operations in as good fet-
tie as ever. The match is one of the
most interesting arranged this year,
and the meeting of two clever boxers
should result in sterling battle. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-17
HIGH WINS THE
PRACTISE GAME

The High School defeated Aliiolani
College in the practise game on the
league ground yesterday afternoon, but
they had hard time doing it and the
final score was only l to 0, which pleas.
ed the losers considerably and showed
them that they have plenty of class to
carry them through the interscholastic
league series with honors.
High won the toss and played against
the wind. Carter kicked for the col
lege and sent to Broderick, who got
away but was stopped by the back line
before he could send to his wings.
This was followed by some clever
forward work on both sides, until final
ly Andrews got away and, after a
splendid passing rush up the field, the
High School scored. There was a long
shot which Richard blocked, but Aylett
got it on the return and it literally
bounced off him into the goal.
Shipman was there with the goods in
the college goal and stopped many
clever rush by the school forwards, and
the first half ended with Shipman
working overtime and the school for
wards threatening.
The second half was more even and
the college forwards did some smart
work in the line of threatening. but
neither side was able to score, and the
game ended with a victory for the
school by l TO 0.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-17
HAWAIIAN Bazaar.

Hurrah for the Hawaiian baZar
which opens in the Kapiolani building,
corner King and Alakea streets, at 9
O'Clock Saturday morning, December
10, with just the things to give for
Xmas and New Year 's-tapas, pillows,
hats, Niihau mats, fans and fancy
fiber baskets, leather bags, and useful
articles too numerous to mention. Poi
luncheon at II a. m. Come one, come
all, and watch the natives work.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-17
ART THEATER

NOMENCLATURE SUBJECTS
Shadows of Great City,
A Russian Drama,
A New Military Airship--ville dc
Paris,
In Pursuit of SUIT,
Making Charcoal,
Strenuous War Veteran Story,
In Days of Louis XVI.
A Veracious Father.
ORCHESTRELLE SELECTIONS
A Yankee Prince.
1901 Nights Waltz.
I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-17

The Z. S. Engineer baseball team ac.
cepts the challenge of the Kewalos
Sergeant Noble of the Engineers pre-
fers to play at Kapiolani Park, and will
have his nine on hand Sunday. The
Engineers can not play in the forenoon,
but any time in the afternoon after u
clock will be suitable.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-17

The Washington, D. C., correspond
ent of the st. Louis Sporting News is
grouching because Delehanty has gone
to Japan. He says that Del needs all
the rest he can get between seasons
and won t be worth a whoop in Heligo-
land after his arduous trip with Mique
Fisher and the preseason training that
he must go through with the rest of
the Washington big leaguers. &,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-17

Cobble-You certainly have a good
cook By the way, where do you get
your servants? Stone-From our neigh
bors. When we hear of a good one
among them. we offer her more money
to come with us. Cobble-But, my dear
fellow. is that honorable? Stone-Why
not? Can you develop a sense of honor
with a poor digestion?-Life.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-29

WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER BIG TRACT
THAT WILL SELL LIKE VALHALLA HAS Will
somebody put us next? We have searched
o1o the entire valley and have rot yet found
as Valhaa does. these qualities: Right kind of
soil, right slope for irrigation, plenty of water,
convenient location for transportation facii-
ties situation beautiful for scenery and suitable
for homes, and a price that will enable us to
give the man on salary a chance to own a
detMoped and perfect orchard.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-12-29

NOTE:-WE CANNOT GIVE ANY MORE FULL
WEEK OPTIONS. Two days are the limit. AS
the closing out of the Valhalla Orchard Tracts
draws near, we asked by many for options
until they can get action on necessary funds
or for other reasons. Much as we would like
to accommodate them, we must be impartial
and give equal opportunity to everybody.
We have actually sold twenty -four Valhalla
tracts in the last ten days. The present indi-
cations are that not one tract will be left
within two to four weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
MAxIMs HOUSE AN ARSENAL.
Mansion Fitted Throughout With Min
 iature Cannon, Pistols and Guns.

From the New York Press
 The home of Hudson Maxim on St. Marks Avenue Brooklyn, is unique in decoration and almost entirely original. MT. Maxim is the inventor of smokeless powder and powder has to do with guns, He therefore fitted his house throughout with infant cannon, pistols, guns and car trldges of every variety and description. The library particularly bristles with guns. There are guns to the right of you as you enter, guns to the left of you and giant cartridges lying prone upon brack- cts built of a size to hold them. The and irons in this room are large upright car tridges guarding a fire of gas logs, whose extra and unneeded heat is dispersed by-
 means of a contrivance invented by MT. Maxim in steamess steam. The paper weights on the writing table in this room are composed of cannon about two inches long.
 The beautiful bust of Mrs. Maxim, by Partridge, and placed in the drawing , room, is protected by a large horse ps- tol. It is also protected by a smaller gun, which lies directly upon the pedes- tai on which it stands. Still larger guns flank the bust of Mir Maxim in bronze In the opposite corner MT. Maxim has taken especial precaution in the matter of guarding his own original poems illus trated by William Oberhardt. These have about them a rare collection of artillery consisting of shot guns, horse pistols, cannon and cartridges large, small and intermediate Though no smokeless pow der is perceptibe in any of the rooms, the visitor is confronted at once upon enter ing the music room by d glttering ean- non which is much larger than the rest The inventor has thoughtfully provided this cannon for special purpose As d matter of fact, 1t is by this gun that those who reclte poems, original or otherwise, stand on those Sunday evenings given up to his entertainments, to which invita- tions are much sought after.
 Many highbrows have stood by this
 gun As to the piano. That has been deftly converted into a small but formid- able arsenal so much so that the an-
 cient adage of Don't shoot the pianist he is doing his bestr has thus been
 rendered entirely unnecessary. Many pi- anists, known and unknown, and 1t may
 be said here that unknown pianists have
 become known at these entertainments,
 perhaps because of the guns, have played there fearlessly, particularly as it also is
 covered by the cannon which confronts
 one upon entering the room.
 However, there is this to be said of
 the character of the programme, which follows upon the elaborat te dinner in the
 dining. room down stairs, practically the only gunless room in the house. It is of such a nature that not one who has sat by listening has ever been heard to eX- press the wish, no matter who stands by or behind them, that the guns would go off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
One Family a School.
Eugene Letter to Portland oresonian.

Eugene Letter to Portland Oregonian.
 In school district No. 5, one of the old est in Lane county, there are only five children of school age, and all are of one family.
 of the five children and the clerk of the board is the mother. The mother is also the teacher. The teacher has just closed a successful four months term in which there has been perfect report made. showing Aone of the pupils absent or tar dy during the entire session It is under stood that the conduct of the pupils was frst-class.
 Other interesting features of the family school district is that the teacher board ed at the home of all her pupils and ey- cry day there was parent4visitor at the school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10

duced the necessary equipment Tor lux urious living. The established house on the plantation was supplied from har- vest of plenty. In greater days of pros perity, when cooks and buffers were household properties the preparation and serving of meals consumed both time ana elaborate menu, for the hospitality of the southland has made it famous. And to make them doubly welcome the hostess realized they must have meals" at least three meals a day, and the dishes were those fit for a king. Many can look back upon the kitchen on the old country home, where wealth once reigned and plenty smiled all the year round. lnven- tions and conveniences were not in evi- dence then, for the kitchen was built in the corner of the yard at least 50 feet from the living house, framed in brick, or native logs, with earthen floor, and huge open fire place, from whose chimney were suspended iron hooks, upon which hung vessels over the coals cooking for de white folks" This was before the day of stoves and the skillet and spider" did the frying and baking, while the broil- ing was done over red hot coals and never have meals seemed so jiucy since, with the seasoning of the hickory wood. The old time "ask cake a thing of the past, brings a memory, too, of bread that was good brought steaming hot from it's bed of ashes. Our turkey today is roast ed in a modern range; yesterday saw it suspended over eoals in a spit and turned, baked and seasoned in man. ner that has made the Thanksgiving gobbler famous The wafflss and cakes were baked over coals and Johnnie cakes" too, on platters of wood. Truly necessity is the mother of invention, Tor the bread tray was scooped from the tupelo tree by the plantation carpenter. And the home made cupboard, one side lined, fixed with mortar and pestle, the seasoning to grind. The ''storeroom,' too, was a place where centered much interest, stocked with years supply for the plan tation. with the home-cured meats In the "smokehouse" for all the year round. This was long before the day of mechan- ical development and each home felt in- dependent of marked value, for their harvest was gathered from fertile fields and stored to be used in plenty. The fame of olden housekeepers is all the more wonderful when we consider the crude methods that were in use; no modern equipment. Housekeeping required hours for dispatching, and cooking was tedious and consumed hours of stooping and the housekeeper had to prepare her market by skillful management and varied indus tries Then we compare the facilities of today with modern devices, with the primitive yet successful methods of long ago, when machinery was scarce and invention in the embryo. Then and only then are we ready to appreciate the facili- ties of today and reflect with pride on the successful management and resourceful industry of our grandmothers.