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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-26
Shore Homes of the Proud
Creoles of Louisiana.
VARIETY OF ARCHITECTURE
Shell lRoad Nine and Half Miles
Long and Many Years OLD.
BOARDING IS BIG BUSINESS
Visitors From Interior Middle States
Flock There in Winter Time.
Oyster and Fishing Industry.
By WILLIAM r.. CT RTlS.
Special Correspondence Of The star

By WILLIAM r. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence of The star and the
Chicago Record-Herad
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss.
March -. 1909.
There is an almost continuous string
of white cottages and bungalows along
the coast of the Gulf of Mexico from Bay
ST. Louis to ScrantOn-about one-half
the distance between Mobile and New Or
leans The rest Of the coast is a sue
cession of swamps and jungles, bayous,
pine forests, tall grasses that are alive
with game and rivers that abound in
every sort of fish.
There is a train running to New Or
leans in the morning and running out at
night, which is patronized by rich cot
ton and sugar planters. bankers, mer-
chants, lawyers and men Of all degrees,
each of whom has his chair in the par
Tor car engaged by the year. as Is the
case on several suburban trains running
out of New York and Chicago. The peo-
pie go into town late In the morning and
return early in the afternoon. For they
are leisurely, and are not possessed with
the fever of haste that characteriZes
northern men.
In olden times they used to go back
and forth by boat. The settlements
along the coast have been there for
Spaniards settled first upon the coast
between Mobile and New Orleans.
Biloxi is the third oldest town in the
United States. Pass Christian claims to
tons between the former city and Bay
81. Louis have been occupied for OO
years. a considerable portion Of the
present population are descendants OF the
original French and Spanish creoles.
Although most Of them are poor. they
are as proud of their pedigree as princes
of royal blood. Some of the bungalows
and cottages along the coast are filed
with fine old furniture. delicate porce-
lain. antique jewelry and other heirlooms
thas are priced next 10 the noble
names their owners bear.
Cottages Along Beach.
The cottages stand close to the beach.
with a shell road between them and
the water. The road between Bay st.
Louis and Pass Christian Is nine and
a half miles long and seventy or eighty
years old.
1t was originally made and has since
been kept up simply by dumping loads
Of oyster shells upon the ground, rak-
ing them out smooth and allowing the
hoofs of the horses. and the wheels OF
the carriages to crush them. A new
layer of shells is put on every year.
and the surface is patched In places
The shells pulverize rapidly. and
shed the water like a rubber tire, but
during The dry days of summer the
breezes and the passing vehicles raise
an impalpable dust which penetrates
everywhere. 1t will sift in between the
window sashes and through the cracks
around the doors. and cover the fur
niture and clothing with a thin white
film.
Nevertheless that is an Insignificant
objection compared with the great en-
ioyment q shell road gives They are
the only good roads in this part Of the
south.
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Dinner to Archbishop Ireland.

PARIS. March 26.-Henry White. tho
American ambassador. gave a dinner iass
night In honor OF Archbishop Ireland Tho
guests included ex-Premier Ribot. Gabriel
HanOtaux. ex-minister OF foreign affairs:
Baron d'Estourneiles de Constant. Deputy
Denys Cochin. Marquis de Chambrun.
former United States Sena or w. A.
Clarke Count de Rochanbeau. Andre
Tardieu of the Temps, and q number Of
leminent ecclesiastics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-26

Church Hill some months ago. Mansfeld
was In jail awaiting the action OF the
court on the charge OF having broken into
and robbed the freight station Of the
Maryland. Delaware and Virginia Rail.
road Company at Winchester about three
months ago This is the second time
within the last month or six weeks that
Mansfield has escaped from the Jail here.
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the winter their patronage Is entirely
from the north and in the summer en-
fireiy from the southern states. while
nretty much the same people come every
winter. for the climate takes d strong
hold upon those who stay long enough
to become acclimated.
IL Is a splendid place for children.
There is a. fine sehoolhouse at Pass
Christian, one of the best in Mississippi,
with excellent teachers. and considera-
Bile portion Of the pupils are from the
families Of winter visitors.
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Earthquake Uncovers Cholera Vic
TINS

OAXACA, Mexico. March 26.-The recent
earthquake cracked the walls of the GENE
terry and exposed the bodies Of many vic
tins Of the cholera epidemic Of 1851. The
discovery caused much CONSERVATION. In
1851 deaths from cholera were SO numer'
GUS that 1t was found impossible to bury
all. and many bodies were sealed up in the
inches in the walls. The people fear g
recurrence of cholera, but physicians de-
clare all danger has passed.
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Riviera Of America.

They call this THE Riviera of America"
and Pass Christian the Newport Of the
south. but the resemblance lies chiefly In
the name. and In the first instance in the
climate, which is delightfully."- enervating
and grateful to lazy man who has been
compelled to work over hours.
Anybody can lie in a hammock all day
long here without the slightest twinges
of conscience. The very air IL a narcotic
IL would be difficult to imag CINE a more
suitable place for a rest cure. but at the
same time a visitor who wants something
to occupy his time can find plenty to do in
the way OF sport and amusement.
There is none OF the elegance that char
acterizes st. Augustine, Palm Beach,
Tampa and other of the Florida resorts
class of society. There Is no display of
dress or diamonds: there 10 no dissipation
or gambling: no balls or brilliant after
noon teas-Only a quiet little dance at the
over before midnight while on other even
ings everybody goes to bed at 10 o'clock
and most Of the cottages are dark long
before that hour.
hotels and boarding houses in the win: er
are well-to-do people from the middle
west. Chicago. indianapolis. Milwaukee
st. Paul and Minneapolis. Springfield and
the smaller cities Of Illinois, Indiana
Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan-mOstly
plain people with more good sense than
money, who prefer comfort to style and
come here for that reason. to rest. and
loaf and fish. The hotel rates range from
$50 day TO Waldorf prices: the board
sing houses charge from 81 to SIS a week.
and cottages can be rented from So to
500 month. according 10 the situation
and dimensions.
There are about 2.pU permanent resi-
dents and sometimes many as 500
visitors at Pass Christian Al the height
of the summer season. The boarding
houses keep open all the year around. In
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Millions Say So

When millions of people use for
yeats medicine it proves its merit.
People who know CASCAREfS'
value buy over . million boxes Q
month. It's the biggest seller be-
cause it is the best bowel and liver
me iicine ever made. No matter
what you're using, Just try CAS-.
CARETS snce-you'l1 See. -
CASCARErS lec q bog for Q weeks
1 a. WA e. rs TS|es " 81 ~ - ~
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1909-05-15
Photography

Thirty-five years experience ir
the photograph business in Brook.
field has taught me that honesty is
the best of policy, and to use cheap
materials in order to make big
profits would not pay. 1t costs me
more than double to produce doz-
en- photographs what it costs any
other photographer in Brookfield.
Why? Because I use the best of
everything. I use the lightning
process only in making sittings.
Photographs that have been made
in Brookfeld not two years ago
have been brought to me to be re-
produced because of fading. Why
do they fade9 Because they are
made on cheap paper with cheap
chemicals by the lightning process.
5-15-3w j. G. GARDNER.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1909-05-15
Local Notes

| Sweet potato plants for sale by
FL. B. VanValkenburg.
The granitoid walk season ha.
opened in Laclede and there will bt
much of it done during the summer
Mayor Pettijohn of BrookfelC
and Clarence Northcott Of Macon
were in the city Thursday and cal.
led on THE BLADE.
A very pleasant time was had by
about fifteen young people at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Whit
ney on route three last Saturday
evening.
E. P. Pennoyer was in Fulton
on business the past week and on
Thursday attended a session of the
Missouri press association now
meeting there.
A large crowd witnessed the GER
emony of baptism administered to
four converts at the tank pond last
Sunday afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs.
D.. D. Mason were immersed by
Rev. Truck, pastor Of the Baptist
church, and Bert McKisson and
Mrs. J. E. Strickle by Rev. Killion,
pastor, of the Christian church.
w. G. Ring, a former well known
citizen of this place in business
letter to this Office the first of the
week from Thayer, Kansas, says:
Weather here is fine; farmers all
through planting corn; we have 120
acres in; frost hurt peaches some,
but apples are all right. Give our
kindest regards to all" /"
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1909-05-15
DR.. ]. W. GRAVES NOT DROWNED
Found In Hospital al Oklahoma City Suffering
From Mental Dsransement

A few weeks ago THE BLADE ha,
an account of the drowning of DR.
j. w. Graves, we'll known in La
clede, being a former citizen of thi
place, while boat riding in a rive
near his home at Crossett, Arkan
sas. The following dispatch from
Oklahoma City, printed in the Kan
sas City Journal of last Wednesday
shows most peculiar circumstance
After being in the hospital here
for nearly two weeks not knowing
his name nor how he came here,
the mysterious doctor was identified
today as DIR. J. w. Graves Of Cros.
sett, Ark.
A combination of most peculiar
circumstances surrounded the case.
While the citizens of Crossett have
been dragging the river for his
body, thinking him drowned, he
has been in hospital here trying
to figure out who he is and how he
came here. DR.. Graves with three
others were in a skiff in the Ouach-
ita river, when it is said the doctor
was attacked with heart trouble.
The boat was overturned. The
other three were rescued, but the
doctor did not reappear, and was
never seen again. A stranger ap-
peared here about ten days ago,
his mind deranged. He could not
tell who he was.
&C. g. Carroll of this city, once
a prominent resident of Crossett,
takes a paper from that town. He
saw accounts of the disappearance
Of the doctor, but thought nothing
of it until his attention was direct
ed to the mysterious stranger here.
Today he went to the hospital and
Immediately recognized the man
whom he knew in the Arkansas
city as DR.. Graves.
The lost man has a wife and
children in Crossett and property
valued at $40, 900 or $15, 900. His
wife was notified and she replied
that she would arrive here tomor-
row to take her husband back |
home.'
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1909-05-15
NJ. E. Church Notes

The junior league is growing ir
interest and attendance each Sab.
bath. There were about 60 present
last Sunday afternoon
The program for children's day
has been decided upon and the pro.
grams ordered. We hope to make
this one of the best days of the
year.
The benevolent offerings for the
church will be taken next Sunday
morning by the pastor. Let us
raise the whole apportionment and
make our Offering "as the Lord
has prospered us"
The trustees and the aid society
met during the week and transacted
important business. A debt of 1926
was paid, and arrangements were
made to proceed at once to repair
and build an addition to the parson-
age to the amount Of $4,000.
There were It's in school last Sab
bath morning. The missionary col
lection was 5000. This is splen-
did showing and if we still let the
good work 60 on" we shall raise
our $4,000 in the school without
any special effort. This is for a
good cause; let us increase our of
fering that the gospel may be spread
through all nations.
The league topic Sunday evening
is Mountain Top Experiences"
The services will be held promptly
at 7 O'Clock. It being the Goth an
niversary of the Epworth league,
there will be no preaching service,
but you will be entertained by the
senior and junior leagues with the
following program: Opening song,
Hosannah, Hosannah;" respon-
sive reading; prayer; song, We
Shall Be Like Him." reading,
Recognition of the Young
People, >" Mabel Kraft; song, Her
AIDS of Jesus" reading, The Ep-
worth League in This Movement"
Jallie Shohoney; song, Thy King
lom Gomez" address, The Value
If the Epworth League to the Young |
People of the Church." Paul Lo-
max; song, Rouse Ye Christian
Soldiers;" recitation, Hazel Ran
Kin; song, Vanesse Fawcette, Jean
Brown, Gladys Boomer; reception
# new members and Epworth
eague circle.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1909-05-15
Phil Kearney Post, Attention

Thursday, May 20, 2 p. M, is
the time fixed upon for the com
rades to meet at Laclede cemetery
to set headstones and do any neces-
sary work about the graves of our
deceased comrades.
VIM. LoMAx, j. L. BURKE,
Adjutant. Commander.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1909-05-15

Chas. N. Standby, formerly of
Laclede, was elected city marshal
of Randlett, Okla, last week.
There were six candidates in the
field and the contest was a lively
one. Charley will make good, as
Laclede people always do, no diff
ference where they light or what
kind of a job they tackle.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1909-05-15
Some Evening Reveries.

even-tempered, not harsh or unjust,
are teaching this lesson most sue
cessfully. A mother and father
that have not learned self control
are not capable of controlling chill
dren. 1t is burdensome thing to
many to lead the child the way it
should go, for it is very necessary
that parents follow the same path;
we can't preach any more than we
live, and the sermons from which
the child draws his ideas take place
IN the home-no teacher, no minis
ter can do the parents work. Your
child has body, mind and heart,
all in your keeping; if you do your
work we'll, when life's ftful fever
shall have passed, for you, the
memory of your children will go
back with you, with gratitude that
they were sent out in the world
with sound bodies, cultivated minds
and pure hearts.
Why not be polite? How much
does it cost to say, Il thank you?"
Why not practice it at home-to
your husband, to your wife, to
your domestics? If stranger
does you some little act of courtesy,
how sweet the smiling acknowledge
ment! If your husband or wife,
ah! it's matter of course"-no
need Of thanks. Should a visitor
or acquaintance tread on your
dress-your best, very best-and
by accident tear it, how profuse
you are with your Never mind"
Don't think of it, =" Accidents
will happen" If your husband
does it, he gets frown; if a child,
it is punished. All! these are little
things, say you. They all tell
upon the heart, let me as |
sure you, and, little as they are,
they disturb peace or create pleas
ure in the family circle. A gentle
man stops at friends house and
finds it in confusion. He does not !
see anything to apologize for
never thinks Of such matters"
Everything is right, cold supper,
cold room, crying children-per-
fectly comfortable!" Goes home,
where his wife has been taking
care of the children or attending
The sick and working her life al
most out. Then he does not see
why things can't be kept in order;
there never were such cross chill
lren before" No apologies ac-
,epted at home! O, why not look
1t the sunny side at home as we'll
rs abroad, and try pleasant words
instead of surly ones? Why not
)e agreeable at home? Why not
lse freely that golden coin of cour-
esy? How sweetly those little
words sound, Many thanks" or
You are very kind!" Doubly, i
es, thrice sweet from the lips we
owe, when smiles make the eyes a
parkle with the light of affection! 7
Sc polite to your children. Be S
ourteous to your servants. Do
ou expect them to be mindful of
our welfare, to grow glad at your 6
pproach, to bound away to do e
our pleasure before the request is Z
alf spoken? Then, with all your h
uthority, mingle kindness and
neerfulness. Brothers and sisters, =,
9 amiable, be courteous among :
ourselves and your servants. n
N OI q / "
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1909-05-15
Where to Pay

This is to inform my friends that
my horse books are deposited with
the Allen Benson Banking Compa-
ny for collection. Please behave
accordingly. C. B. DAGGER.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1909-05-15
SHORT PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention OF Those Who Come and Go
During the Week

ANeoC JOooOANuy.
The Burlington company is hav-
ing it's stock yards at this place re-
built.
Mrs. M. E. Burke of Meadville
visited relatives here the first of
the week.
W. M. Lomax attended the state
G. A. R. encampment at Joplin the
past week.
Miss Edna Wilson went to Utica
Monday to visit her sister, Mrs.
Anna Myers.
Miss Jessie Gable returned home
Monday from visiting her sister at
Beardstown, Ill.
Mrs. J. Q. Aber of Brookfeld
spent Tuesday afternoon with
friends in Laclede.
D. J. Peacher came in last Satur-
day from Fort Cobb, Okla, on a
visit to relatives here.
Take your poor, tired, crippled
eyes to DR.. Griffith at the Foreman
house Saturday, May 20.
Mrs. A. L. Loomis of Meadville
spent Wednesday with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. M. P. Benson, in Laclede.
All varieties of sweet potato
plants for sale by L. M. Wilson at
his residence in the west part of
town.
Virgil johnson of Monroe City is
here visiting his brother, Arthur,
manager of the Henderson produce
house.
Miss Naomi Love left Wednesday
to visit her aunt, Mrs. Abbie Gould,
and family at Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
Mrs. Jeff Ray and little daughter
of Bucklin visited Mrs. W. H.
Glover and family here the latter
part of last week.
Fred Watson was down from
Kansas City and visited over last
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. M. Watson.
Mrs. May Anderson has returned
to her home at Emporia, Kansas,
after a visit here with her sister,
Mrs. W. II. Glover, and family.
j. Fl. Goodrich, a prominent
farmer and stockman of Scottsville,
Kansas, spent last Saturday with J.
q. Peer and family north of town.
E. B. Allen, G. E. Hilton, W.
R. Barton, A. S. Byrd and F. F.
Pratt spent the first of the week at
heir fishing resort on Grand river.
Rev. Sissons will preach at the
Baptist church next Sunday morn
ng and evening at the usual hours,
% which services all are cordially
invited.
Commencing today and lasting
IL next week l will make special
'rices on wall paper remnants, and
low selling left over patterns. w.
{. Barton.
Rev. Hubbard and wife of Kan
as City were present at the pray
r meeting at the Christian church
Wednesday evening. Rev. Hub
ard gave an interesting talk.
A. P. Welsh has been in Joplin \
MS week attending the state en-
of the g. A. r. held on
uesday and Wednesday. Mr..
Welsh went as delegate from the
zeal post.
Rev. w. L. Dinius of Avalon
i'll preach at the Plum Grove
,hool house Saturday night, May
), at 8 o'clock, Sunday morning
, 10 O'Clock and Sunday night at
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1909-05-15
THINGS YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW
Pungent Paragraphs Picked up by Our Peram-
buIating Pencil Pusher.

the Baptist church this evening in
Q quartettes, duets, old time ballads
and readings, under the auspices of
3 the W. G. T. U. A silver offering
Y will be taken at the door.
) Rev. Truck preached in the
l Christian church, last Sunday even
ing to large and attentive audi
ence. Arrangements were made
: between the Baptist and Christian
churches to hold union services on
Sunday evenings during the sum-
mer months. Rev. Killion will
preach in the Baptist church at his
next appointment.
| P. F. Felt went to Kansas City
Monday where he spent the greater
part of the week attending a state
meeting of the funeral directors as
sociation, during which series of
lectures were given on embalming.
Mr.. Felt believes in being up-to-
date in his profession and attends
these annual meeting to learn the
latest and best methods Of doing the
work. ~
There is an ordinance in Laclede
prohibiting the stalking" of stock
in the streets and a penalty is pro-
vided for those who violate it. 1t
is being violated, however, but
Street Commissioner Bottiger au-
thorizes THE BLADE to say that
beginning next Monday the ordi-
nance is going to be enforced and
all stock found tied in the street
will be impounded the same as if
running at large.
Judge r. N. Sharp, aged 78,
died in Kansas City last Monday
night. Deceased was the father
Of Mrs. McGrew and with Mrs. |
Sharp spent much of his time the
past few years in Laclede, where he
made many friends. He had suf-
fered long time from cancer of the
stomach. The remains were taken
to his old home in Marion county
for interment. The family have the
sympathy of all Laclede.
Mrs. L. B. Swearingen arrived
Tuesday from Colon, Republic of
Panama, to visit her mother, Mrs.
Thompson Sharp Poe, and her
brother, Charles T. Sharp, on
route three. Mr.. Swearingen ac-
companied her as far as st. Louis
and went from there to Cleveland,
Ohio, on business for the canal \
zone division Of tne B. of L. E.
Mrs. Swearingen reports everything
smoothly and work on the
canal being pushed as fast as pos
sible.
Last Wednesday morning a jolly
delegation from Goldenrod camp,
Royal Neighbors of America, went |
70 Forker and spent the day with
Mrs. Sallie Hogsett of Chicago at
he home of her brother, Luke Pig
,ott. The affair had been so quiet
y arranged that it was complete '
surprise to Mrs. Hogsett but she 3
vas equal to the occasion and made :
he visit most enjoyable one for +
IL. The R. N. AS, who are all q
,ood cooks, had taken along the C
well filled basket" and h
delicious dinner was feature of V
he day. In the delegation were
Irs. Allie Harter, Mrs. Georgia
Sooner, Mrs. Lottie Cole, Mrs. L
Iary Welsh, Mrs. Laura Melon o
ell, Mrs. Dora Lockridge, Mrs. I
Iettie Weaver, Mrs. Lula Welsh, Fl
frs. Dora Burnett, Mrs. Nora o
humphreys, Misses Mary v. Libby, L
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1909-05-15

One hundred bushels of fancy
new crop Whipperwill COW peas at
$3.50 per bushel p. F. Felt. La
clede.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-27
FIRST SENSATION OF FLYING
1T is NAUSEA AND THEN COMES
FEELING OF SPRINGY EASE.
Surface of Earth Below Seems to
BE Ripping From Under at
Railroad Speed.

All who have had the good for
tune to ride in the aerodrome unite
III thelr description of that first SEN
Satlon. There is no jerk in starting.
though the machine leaps forward
with a powerful swoop. Then comes
with some brief sense of nau-
sea, feeling as if the blurred ground
were dropping away from beneath.
A slight thrust of the left-hand
lever lifts the fier's head; the
Sround drops away still faster, and
hen, as the machine climbs into the
air, ones eyes adjust themselves to
he proper focus, and the surface of
The earth below seems to be ripping
| past at railroad speed, says Outing.
BY this time you have forgotten
the clack of the noisy motor, the
flap and whirr of the propellers, the
grinding of the chain and sprocket
gear that drives them. All vibration
has practically ceased and you float
along with sense of springy ease
and buoyancy such as you can gain
from no other means of locomotion.
That you are flying fast you know
only from the roar of the wind in
your ears and the slightest difficulty
you have in filling your lungs with
air-the same sensation one gets in
racing against the wind in an auto.
Then comes the first turn. The
machine rises to it, taking it's own
angle sideways, just as a motor car
leans on the banked curve of a rae
ing track. You have no sense OF
leaning sideways, though-no feel
ing that you must tilt yourself as
you do when the auto turns a corner;
for you sit upright, the aerodrome
slanting to its own volition to the
necessary angle and slanting you
with it. A glass of water set on
the floor of the f1ier could be carried
around curve after curve and still
not lose a drop.