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The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1908-09-12
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Clyde Weatherly returned hom,
Wednesday.
Mrs. Facto spent Tuesday after
noon with Grandma Read.
E. w. Pease was a business Wis
tier at Sumner Wednesday.
Ernest and Mamie Frakes were
Brookfeld visitors Wednesday.
Floyd and Charlie Facto were
business visitors to BrookEeid Mon
day.
Mrs. Minnie Cole is visiting at
the home of her brother, G.. o.
Boomer.
j. T. Kimble has rented the
Stoddard farm near Meadville for
next year.
Mrs. Olin and children returned
to their home at Fowler, Kansas,
Wednesday.
Ben Little of Sumner passed
through Forker Friday on his way
to Brookfeld.
D. M. Motley was in Forker
Monday looking after the business
of the international Harvester Co.
Mrs. Amos Lewis, accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs. w. A.
Thomas, returned home from Tar
kio Wednesday.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1908-09-12
81. B. A. Elect Supreme Representatives
The Modern Brotherhood of An

| ulOuCIA Va AAhA
erica convention of the first, second,
third and fourth congressional dis
tricts held at Hamilton last Satur-
day was one of the best meetings
ever held in the district. r. F.
Whitman of Hamilton was chair
man and A. j. Caywood of La
clede, secretary. The delegates
from this district were Ben Wade
and VIM. R. G. Coleman of Nor
borne, W. W. Daily, G.. A. Glib
son, w. A. Longbottom of Bruins
wick and Geo. W. Anderson and
A. j. Caywood of Laclede. The
delegates to the supreme conven-
tion to be held at Davenport, Iowa,
beginning October IA, are Chas.
Whitlock of Lancaster, first dis
trict; A. J. Caywood, Laclede, Sec
ond district; John A. Eby, Holt,
third district; D. D. Darrow, St.
Joseph, fourth district. The dele
gates were we'll entertained by the
members of Hamilton lodge and
their stay in that city was indeed
pleasant. Col. Ledru Silvey, of
Kansas City, state manager, was a
welcome visitor to the convention
and gave valuable assistance in dis
posing of the business on hand.
Col. Silvey has an extensive ac-
maintenance over the state and is |
very popular with the membership.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1908-09-12
Some Evening Reyeries.

naturally look for. A little praise
a little word of hope or a cheerful
understanding for the hungr.
soul to grasp and the weary mint
to rest upon, as we climb the toll
some mountain of life. How many
poor hearts have sunken into des
pondency, when a little encourage
ment has reassured them. The
soldier looks for it on the field OF
battle; it is the cheering voice OF
his leader that urges him on through
the danger Of death and crowns the
day with victory. The poet and
the artist, the writer and the musi-
clan look to the world to acknowl-
edge their genius and give them
praise. It is encouragement which
calls forth their noblest words to
climb the mount of fame until they
surmount all difficulties and write
their names in flaming letters upon
it's summit. Then let us give en-
couragement to each other in every
effort of good, in every noble ac-
ton, in the little duties of life, and
we will be happier for it, the world
will be better, and a smiling provi-
dence will look down and bless our
labor of love.
Wanted in our town, in our vi
cinity, in our country, everywhere,
a moral mill-dam and savings bank.
Half of the net proceeds of the
coutry's traffic flows from the hand
of the winner through the channels
of folly. Shovel your saloon mon
ey, theater money shooting gallery
money, tobacco money, into the
bank, and gather something to
beautify and render more pleasant
the sweetest placs. on earth-home.
Home life is the sure test of
home character. Let the husband
grow cross and surly, and the wife
grow cold and unamiable. The
children grow cross and savage as
young bears. The father becomes
callous, peevish, hard, kind Of
two-legged brute with clothes on.
The wife bristles in self defense.
They develop an unnatural growth
and sharpness Of teeth and the
house is haunted by ugliness and
domestic brawls. This is not what
the family circle should be. If one
must be rude to any let it be some
one he does not love-not his wife,
brother or parents. Let one of the
loved ones be taken away, and
memory recalls thousand sayings
Of regret. Death quickens recol-
Iections painfully. The grave can
not hide the white faces of those
who sleep. The coffin and the
green ground are cruel magnets.
They draw us farther than we could
20. They force us to remember. A
nan never sees so far into human
ife as when he looks over a wife's
" a mothers grave. His eyes grow
vonderous clear then and he sees
Is he never saw before, what it is
o love and be loved. 1t is pitt
lble picture of human weakness
Vhen those we love best are
reated worst.
$50 Plume Given Away
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1908-09-12
HUMANITY ON THE MOVE
Brief Mention Of Those Who Come and GO
During the Week

|
Miss Gussie Bruins visited in
Hannibal last week.
Misses Della and Virginia Kraft
are visiting at Bethel.
Miss Carrie Kicker left last Sat-
urday to visit relatives in Iowa.
G. E. West, the Brookfeld piano
tuner, was here on business We'd
nesday.
A. j. Baum spent Sunday and
Monday with relatives at Lawrence,
Kansas.
Miss Elizabeth Moore of Turney
was the guest of Mrs. G. G. Bigger
over last Sunday.
Miss Ora Walker went to Cam
eron Monday to enter Missouri
Wesleyan college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Weaver leave
next Tuesday to visit with relatives
at Oklahoma City.
w. H. Glover has moved his
family to town that the children
may attend school.
Attorney B. E. Bigger came up
from Hannibal and spent last Sun
day with home folk.
Mrs. Savage is here from GRAY
ity, Iowa, visiting her son, w. S.
Savage, and family.
Mrs. J. III. B. Smith of Milan is
here this week visiting her sister,
Mrs. j. r. McEfee.
Verne Nolan of near Brookfeld
visited over last Sunday at the
home of Ell. F. Englehart.
Miss Georgia Thompson of Sum-
ner was the guest of relatives and
friends here the past week.
P. B. Molloy of Oklahoma visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Brunemer
here the first Of the week.
Miss Eta Power leaves next
Tuesday to visit her brother, Frank,
and family at Randlett, Okla.
J. A. Crowder, cashier in the in
ternal revenue office at St. Louis,
spent last Sunday in Laclede.
Frances Englehart left Tuesday
to begin a four year course in the
Missouri Wesleyan college at Cam
eron.
Fl. P. Scott this week removed to
Bedford, Iowa, near which place
he has leased a large farm for a
term of years.
Mrs. A. E. Moore came up from
Brookfeld Tuesday and is spending
a few days at the Yount home
northeast of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. C. Mccoy have
moved to town and are occupying
the Humphrey residence which
they bought last week.
Mrs. Flora Arnold of Brookfeld
and Miss Martha Goodale of Mead
vile attended the P. E. O. meeting
at Mrs. j. T. Hamilton's Wednes-
day afternoon.
Elmer Berry has moved his FAM
lily to Brookfeld where he has work
in the Burlington round house.
Ed. Randall has moved to town and
is occupying the Berry residence.
Howard Benjamin came in from
Chicago and spent a couple of days
With home folk this week and left
for Tacoma, Wash, where
he goes to take the position of Sec
'etary for the Y. NJ. C.. A.
Harry Moore, a son of the late
VIM. Moore, city marshal of La
.lede for a number of years, is here
his week visiting his uncle and
Iunt, Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. MeEfee.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1908-09-12
TOWN AND COUNTRY IN BRIEF.
Local Events Of The Past Week Recorded For
Busy Blade Readers.

Rev. E. M. Dugger has been al
Girard, Kansas, the past week.
R. S. Beswick of Liberty was the
guest of relatives here the past
week.
Miss Gala Shohoney of Meadville
is attending the Laclede high
school.
Gussie Bruins is nursing broken
arm, the result of being thrown
from horse.
L. W. Rummell, the well-known
Brookfeld merchant, was in La
clede Thursday.
Mrs. Brown left yesterday for
the city market to select her stock
of fall millinery.
Mrs. I. HI. Lenhart of Brookfeld
is here visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E.. Childress.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Maggard of
Brookfeld spent last Sunday with
Matt Graham and family west of
town.
Haskell Mettler and Miss Mae
Maggard were over from Brookfeld
last Sunday in Mr.. Mettler's auto
mobile.
A few choice Poland China and
Berkshire male pigs for sale by
Karl Jones, one-half mile north of
Laclede.
VIM. A. Smith of Pennington,
ILL.,, has spent the past week here
at the home of his son Carl out on
/. route two.
See the new fall and winter hats
to be displayed next Thursday at
the Foreman house parlor by Mrs.
j. F. Anderson.
Mrs. Allie Harter has new SOr-
ghum for sale but no custom work
will be done at her mill this season.
The mill is for sale.
Mrs. Anderson invites the ladies
Of Laclede and vicinity to call at
the Foreman house next Thursday
and see the latest in fall and winter
hats.
Mrs. Clara Ausmus called last
Saturday and renewed her sub
scription and also that of her sister
in-law, Mrs. Ida Galentine, of Car
thage.
If you have reason to believe
YOUR glasses are not right or your
eyes give you trouble consul4
DIR. A. V. Griffith at the Foreman
Hotel Saturday, Sept. 10.
Mrs. A. FL. Love and daughter,
Miss Laura, left Wednesday morn
ing to visit relatives at Wichita,
Kansas, and at Las Animas, Colo
RADIO. They expect to be absent
a month.
Mrs. j. F. Anderson, the Lin
neus milliner, will be, at the parlor
of the Foreman house on Thursday,
September II, with full line of
fall and winter hats and invites the
ladies of Laclede and vicinity to
call on her.
Lost on the wagon road between
Brookfeld and Chillicothe last
Wednesday night a small black
pocket-book containing money and
an Elk card of membership. Find
er please leave at this Office and re-
ceive liberal reward. Il
While in the city the past week
Miss Elizabeth Wells was a guest
at the home of DIR. and Mrs. J. L.
Burke. The talks given at the M. {
E. church by Miss Wells last Sun
day morning and evening were |
greatly enjoyed by the large audi
ences present. 4
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1908-09-12
LOCAL Dolnss AsouT TOWN.
Pungent Paragraphs Picked up by Our Peram-
buIating Pencil Pusher.


: township to serve on the petit jur!
: of the October term of court to b.
S held at Brookfeld.
{ A. H Love has moved his jewel
ry shop from the rear Of the opera
house building to the WILLARD
building, occupying the room va
Gated by Mrs. Clay.
Preaching at Christian church
Saturday evening, Sunday morning
and evening at the usual hours by
Rev. Killion. All are cordially in
yited to these services.
DR.. 2. T. Standby leaves tomor-
row to attend a meeting of the
Burlington railway surgeons to be
held at Hot Springs, South Dakota.
He expects to be absent about a
week.
Mrs. Lettie Hill May, state Or
ganizer Of w. T. G. IT,, will deliv-
er a temperance address at the
Baptist church Friday evening,
September 10. ALI are invited to
attend. Admission free.
Ward Mouser spent last Sunday
with relatives in Laclede. He had
been at Lincoln, Neb., in charge of
an exhibit for the J. I. Case thresh-
ing machine company at the Ne
braska state fair and was returning
to his home at Oklahoma City.
Rev. VIM. Sissons was in the
northeast part of the county last
week officiating at the funeral of
the late Benjamin F. Stone. The
deceased was a pioneer citizen of
this county having located here in
1858, and died September 2, the
anniversary of his seth birthday.
E. w. Wilcox, a former probate
judge of this county, died at Clin-
ton, Okla, on Friday of last week
of heart failure. The remains were
brought to Linneus Wednesday,
the funeral being conducted by the
Odd Fellows and was largely at
tended.
Revival meetings at the Method
list church next Sunday. Rev. J.
W. Morris, D. D., will be present
to assist the pastor. He will preach
at IL a. M, 8 p. m., and 1880 p.
m. Meeting every night during
next week. Epworth league and
Sunday school as usual, All invit-
ed. E. M. Dugger, pastor.
Secretary Byrd of the Laclede
mutual insurance company has
been very busy man the past
week. In addition to mailing out
assessment notices to the several
hundred policy holders he has paid
considerable attention to William
Jennings Byrd, a late arrival at
the Byrd home.
James J. Morgan, Plainview,
ILL.,, in renewing his subscription
this week says he has not forgotten
Laclede and sends best regards to
his many old friends here and
would enjoy visit with them.
Being a former Jefferson township
republican Mr.. Morgan is anxious
to see Missouri in line for Taft this
fall and we believe he is not going
to be disappointed.
Senders of post cards should re-
member that all cards written upon
and enclosed in an envelope must
bear letter postage, which is never
less than two cents and the
stamp must be on the envelope and
not on the card. Hundreds of {
sards enclosed in transparent en- I
Velopes are held up and delayed {
because of insufficient postage. All 5
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-06-17

The evolution Of the steamship is gauge to the prog
Of the whole civilized world In this last period of
tremendous material activity. The modern ship is a
closely compacted municipality, with every convenience
Of the most progressive American city The steward,
when he 10 arranging his for the day. takes down
bis telephone and calls up dozen different sections of
the great supply department for all the world like the
housewife who makes of the phone to order from
the butcher the and the caterer The
who does to and leave stateroom lies
comfortably in her berth and calls up the friend Mt the
other end of the vessel for quiet morning chat The
shp would be behind the times indeed that could not
advertise telephones In all saterooms Another strict
" novel comfort is the electric fan, which eectualy
banishes that stufy atmosphere that formerly
disagreeable when the water was. tranquil
The busy man who wants to work on the way over,
and does not to take his secretary with him.
have the services Of expert stenograper and the In
experienced traveller need not make out her itinerary
before leaving home All she has to do is to apply to
the bureau of information for advice Here she can
obtain trustworthy statistics Of distances hotel
CATIONS cost Of travel md lodging in fact anything
she wants know, which is certainly satisfactory
than the old way of taking Tom, Dick and Harrys i'm
perfect recollection and confused impression of things
they and experienced several years ago For the
benefit of the inexperienced person, the modern
steamer provides another great convenience the
eler's check This is issued in denominations from
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$40 to $780, IN the currency of the country to be visited
The who knows nothing OF italian money gets
few small checks translated for her into of the
foreign coin and letter of Identification which will
enable her to cash the checks at certain bank where
she will receive various other courtesies the ward
of the steamship company Verify travel has been made
easy for the American who simply must Europe"
1t has not only been made easy 1t has been made
snfe! The old, disagreeabe rolling is practically
away with, since the builders have taken providing
the vessels with bge kees attached aidships to the
hull The hull itself is double construction with from
100 to 200 watertght compartments all of which can
be closed instantly by the officer the bridge, that IL
one them should spring leak the water could not
be communicated to the others. There now no danger
that the rstclass, the steerage passenger might
be called upon to do duty at the pumps The modern
ship is practically unsuitable
There superbly decorated saons libraries music
rooms and smoking apartments. The promenade deck
surface is from four to ten times extensive was
the od-tine steamer and of the recently con-
structed vessels adyertses tennis SO that poor
old "shuf1eboard' Is no longer the CHER Cement Of
the voyage. Many of the finest saterooms are fur
Wished with brass BEDS and the berths built-in are not
the low, narrow and altogether uncomfortable affairs
the older traveller remembers In Short the Atlantic
liner is floating palace hotel with every luxury and
comfort to be had terra frma the eptome
of twentieth century progress.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-06-17
stood with both hands in their delicate

stood with both hands in their delicate
gloves pressed on the edge of the dress
er. leaning forward, looking at the
carved grapes around the mirror. Some
thing at the back of her head was alive
with excitement, which as yet meant
nothing to her comprehension.
The light struck full on one of the
bulging grapes and over md over again
she read the twined initials still show
| ing, cut into its surface, &c. and S."
Then 1t was as If curtain had been
jerked away from that day thirty years
back when George had SO daringly
marred the piece of furniture with his
knife bic other arm bout her 7as they
stood laughing like a pair Of ill-be-
haved children. For 1t was their dress
err and they could hack it If they chose.
Mrs. Rosemere was gazing upon the
identical piece of furniture that had
adorned her bedroom when she had
married George Rosemere all those
decades ago!
She had done her own work then and
o dollar was not one solitary dollar,
but one hundred cents to be spread out
over multituda>of necessities. But
they had been happy. A queer little
warm thrill swept over her at the mem
DRY, bringing flush to her face, max
ing her heart thump for moment an
it had when she had climbed those
frightful stairs
The dresser had been grand acuui-
sition then-funny, dumpy. ugly, warp
ed thing that 1t was to-day. She
thought of the one which ministered
to her needs at the present, a wonder
full piece of mahogany with inlays and
hand carvings and crystal glass-and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-06-17
the rest of the house matching it in

the rest of the house matching it In
costliness
Suddenly her whole rose-burdened,
hampering rushing existence, with its
many engagements. and George always
hurrying, distracted, bowed beneath
the yoke Of wealth and Its stern de-
mands on his time, arose and smote her
as she recalled sharply those early
days when there had been nothing In
life for either Of them but each other.
The picture hung before her eyes as a
mirage to man in q desert.
Mrs. Rosemere jerked her head
around toward Maggie In a desperate
attempt to regain her mental balance.
She saw strange lighting up of the
sick woman's face us she raised her
head and listened to footsteps coming
up the stairs
It's Toni" Maggie said Joyously.
She waited eagerly, happily.
For space, o very brief space, still
harassed by that mental picture at
which she had been looking, Mrs. Rose
mere bitterly envied her former cook.
Then as she went down the four
flights otheFrench touring car waiting
to whirl her back to bondage and the
lnlaid mahogany Mrs Rosemere had
one Of the rare flashes of real thought
that existence afforded her.
II suppose" she said, "that nobody
in the word can expect to have every
thing-at the same time! lists
kind Of hard Chicago Daily News
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-06-17
MIRACLE OF SELF coNr1pENcr

The Doubling Waverer In Self Orr
dained for Failure.
1t was said that Napoleon's presence
In battle doubled the strength of his
forces. Half the effectiveness of an
army resides in the soldiers faith In
their leader When the leader doubts,
hesitates, wavers, the whole army is
thrown into confusion; but his con-
fidence doubles the assurance of every
man under him.
The mental faculties, like soldiers,
mnst believe in their leader-the UNI
conquerahie will The mind of the
doubter, the hesltator, the waverer.
the man who is not sure Of himself,
who thinks he is not equal to what he
has undertaken, is set toward failure,
and everything works against him.
There is weakening all along the
line.
In an emergency, as in danger, a
man can often perform feats Of great
strength which lie could not even up
proximate In cold blood. Accusing a
man multiplies his power tremendous
~. Think of what delicate men and
women, even invalids, have accomplish
ed when dominated by some supreme
occasion or mighty passion. The i'm
perious must" gives added strength
and unusual power to all the faculties.
So great self-faith, an, unwavering
self-confidence, braces up the entire
man. physically, mentally, morally. 1t
raises him to his highest power, and
makes him do with ease what would
be impossible without this wonderful
stimulus.
An overmGstering faith In oneself
often enables comparatively ignorant
men and women to do marvellous
things-feats which sensitive, timid,
doubling people, of far greater ability
and much finer texture and nobler
| qualities shrink from attempting.
know people who have been hunting
for months for a situation; but they go
into an Office with a confession OF
weakness in their very manner; they
show their lack of self-confidence.
Their prophecy of failure is In their
faces, in their manner. They surrend-
err before the battle begins They are
living witnesses against themselves.
When you ask man to give you n
| position, and he reads this language III
your face and manner, please give
me position; do not kick me out ;
fate Is against me; I am an unlucky
dog; am disheartened; 1 have lost
confidence in myself" he will only
have contempt for you; he will say to
himself you are not man, to start
with, and he will get rid of you as
soon as he can.
If you expect to get position you
must go into an Office with the air Of
a conqueror; you must fling out con.
fidence from yourself before you can
convince IN employer that you are the
man he is looking for. You must show
by your very presence that you are a
man of force, a man who can do
things; with vigor, cheerfulness, and
| enthusiasm.
If you carry with you evidence Of
your power, the badge of speriority,
then you will not wander the streets
looking for situation very long.
Everywhere employers are looking for
men who can do things, who Gun con-
quer by inherent force and energy
Orison SWEET Marden in Success
Magazine"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-06-17
Fewer student. Go 10 Germany.

The number Of American students at
the German universities is lower than
1t has been for years. At the Uniyer.
sity of Berlin the figures are the small.
est on record. Only sIxty.eight men and
twenty-seven women from America are.
enrolled, as compared with total Of
more than 200 three years ago and
more than 400 ten years ago. A similar
state of affairs is said to exist in all
the other German institutions.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-06-17
SOUND DOCTRINE.

The signs is bad when folks commence
Findin' fault with Providence,
And balkin' cause the earth don't shake
At ev'ry prancin' step they take.
No man is great till he can see
How less than little he would be
RI stripped to self, and stark and bare
He hung his sign out everywhere.
My dostrine Is to lay aside
Contentious and be satisfied.
Jest do your best. and praise er blame
That follows that, counts Jest the same
I've allus noticed great success
IL mixed with trouble. more or less;
And its the man who does the best
That gets more kicks than all the rest.
james Whitcomb Riley.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-06-17

The Springfield Republican, comment
ing on the Lllley Investigation, says:
1T has Mt least performed "a public
service in openly demonstrating the
selfish interest that manufacturers of
material for the navy have In making
a permanent and constantly eniarg-
ing market for their goods An inves-
tlgation of the odious ship subsidy
scheme, which was so narrowly de-
feated the other day in the House.
after it had passed the Senate, would
undoubtedly tend to contine this theory.
There are corrupt interests behind both
schemes.