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The Laclede blade., 1910-06-24
M. Z. Church Notes

| O'Clock, at the home Of Mrs
Phoebe Fifeld, in the presence off
few chosen friends, Mr.. Nathanie
Byrne and Miss Emma Fifeld were
united in bonds of m atrimony, Rev
L. G. Powell officiating. Mr.
Byrne is a prominent young busi.
ness man, who has the esteem and
respect of all who knew him. Miss
Emma will be greatly missed from
the circle Of friends that have known
her from childhood. She was 8
general fayorite with all, and these
young people, as they go from us
carry with them the best wishes OF
a host of friends. The happy
couple left that evening for their
new home at Chillicothe.
The ladies of class No. 9 enter
tanned their husbands and friends
at lawn party held at the home of
DR.. and Mrs. q. T. Standby
Wednesday evening. Benjamin S
orchestra furnished delightful
music, refreshments of ice cream
and cake and lemonade were served,
and games and contests of various
kinds helped to make the occasion
q most delightful one.
The ladies of the Woman's S
Foreign Missionary society will
have charge of the services next
Sunday evening. A special pro-
gram of music, readings and reci-
tations has been prepared, and the
occasion will be of profit as well as
enjoyment.
The League service was well at
tended Sunday evening. Miss Mabel
Kraft will lead next Sunday; sub
ject, THE Christians Victories, "
2 Cor. 2:14-15. The League will
have charge of the prayer service
next Thursday night.
Bro. Woollen, who was reported
as improving last week, is no bet
ter and small hopes are now enter
tained for his recovery. Mrs.
Dickhut, the daughter, and husband
from Illinois are with him.
J. B. Carothers has charge Of
the work on the parsonage, and it
is being rapidly pushed along.
When completed Laclede will have
one of the best church properties
in the district.
Raymond Powell, who has been
at the state university the past year,
came home Friday night and has
resumed his old position as assist
ant agent at the local Burlington
station.
The pastor addressed a small
audience at the Bruner school house
Sunday afternoon on the question
of state wide prohibition.
The social at the home of Mrs.
Foreman was a decided success, both
socially and financially.
Good reports come from all de-
partments Of work of the church
last Sabbath.
I was glad when they said, let us
go unto the house of the Lord"
Why / Am a Methodist. "
Subject Sunday morning.
Zee, Ism u 1t warm! OI LUG ana |
gasoline 15c at Patrick's.
Sheriff Anderson of Linneus was
here on business yesterday.
Miss Helga johnson visited |
friends in Brookfeld the first of |
The week.
New line hosiery, gloves and
neckwear just arrived at Hart
The Laclede blade., 1910-06-24

Gee, isn't it warm? Oil 1Oc and
gasoline 15c at Patrick's.
Sheriff Anderson of Linneus was
here on business yesterday.
Miss Helga johnson visited
friends in Brookfield the first of
the week.
New line hosiery, gloves and
neckwear just arrived at Hart
mans, Chillicothe.
Rev. Shane of Kansas City was
here Wednesday having some work
done on his store building.
Hartman's shoe department is
doing fine business. A good reason
for it. Better quality. better style.
for less price. Chiilicothe.
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Say It.
From the Columbus Journal.

I rom tue Columbus Journal
There are many men who seem TO have
no convictions on any subject. If they
have they give no sign. They only
smile and silent. That is proba bly,
better than to be verbose and violent.
Vanity of opinion is as bad as to have
none at all. In a real simon-pure con-
viction. there are modesty and courage
both. Truth is in the quiet voice, since
Is does not depend OH vainglory or rant.
But a real man will say his say when
the time comes. not for controversy, for
that is not profitable. but to show his
and and what he is. A mans personal
influence is stronger than his argument.
and he is false to the truth that is in
i'm If he does not show that.
We have great issues before us-moral.
political. social-which every man should
think about and understand. and be
ready to take a stand upon. and take II.
But there are many who don't do this
! who are negative or cowardly and only
smile or grin when one of these subjects
| Is mentioned They seem to think that
| TO disagree with another is great Of
Tense. II is an offense not to disagree if
| one really does, for IL an error goes I'M
| challenged. it is strengthened. When a
| man says such a thing is right and you
think it isn't. say SO. quietly and ear
nestly, and let it go ct that.
| The worst mollycoddle is the man who
| believes a thing is true and neglects to
say so, when Ii is called in question. The
| world would go backward if all were like
him.
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dents which have aroused much interest
among those who know little and usually
care less about astronomy. We are asked
to state the nature of comets. and answer
as fully as possible in brief space Most
visible comets possibly ALL are members
of the solar system, have very eccentric
elliptical orbits and reappear, according
to the measure OF eccentricity some nav
ing period of q few years, Halley's
about seventy-eigh years and others pos
sibly thousands of years The sun and
all the major planets are substantially In
the same plane. but the comets have un-
restricted paths. Some come almost from
the zenith. go around the sun and DIS
appear northWard and others do the same
from the south. Sometimes they are dis
turbed in their orbits by planets. notably
Jupiter. and thereafter have shorter or
different periods. Some break up aud
| form meteors. which we see in the sky
at night. They are believed to have
arisen at the time of the evolution Of the
solar system from the original nebula.
pothesis Of iaplace is no longer accepted
i'm its entirety by astrophysicists and BY
many is rejected absolutely.
The present theory has for its basis
that matter is eternal: that there always
hav. been solar systems. just as now Il,
our universe. and that nebulae are caused
by the crash Of suns, either two dead
ones. like our earth or moon. two burn
ing ones or one live and one dead one.
The result of the crash, either direct or
so close as to result in breaking up by
tidal action and gravity. is the production
of a spiral ncbua, not the fire mist OF
Laplace. but containing more or less solid
matter and immense quantities of gases.
The solar system is evolved in the plane
| of the collision-a central sun, planets
and their satellites-but comets are sup
posed to be largely gaseous bodies hurled
off at any angle at such force as to get
to extraordinary distances before return
ing In the elliptical circuit around the
parent body.
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WILL BUILD ISLAND HOME
]. P. MORGAN, JR., TO LIVE ON
LONG ISLAND.
House Will Cost $4,000, and It Is
Planned to Complete It
by Next Fall.

NEW YORK. March III. p. Morgan.
Jr., son OF the f1nancier. and himself a
Wall street power. is building a country
home on his estate, East Island, which
stands out In Hampstead harbor, on the
north shore of Long Island. not far from
Glen Cove. Ground was broken bv the
builders a few days ago.
East Island was purchased by Mr..
Morgan in January. It covers about ten
acres and is connected with the main.
land by bridge. The house will have
frontage of 10 feet and stretch back
for 175 feet.
The structure will be four stories hiRh.
designed on colonial lines. and built OF
brick with limestone trimmings. It will
cost not over $4,000. including furnish
ngs and fittings
On the ground floor, besides the recon-
ton, drawing. dining and smoking rooms
and the library. will be situated a play-
room. servants dining room and day
quarter for the footman and chauffeurs
Ten rooms will be given over to the
servants
The servants sitting and recreation
rooms will be in the basement, where.
also, will be situated the storage and
equipment plants.
The island was selected by Mr.. Morgan
because OF its proximity to Manhattan.
permitting him to live in the country. hut
also to continue his business activity.
The builders plan to have the structure
ready in the fall. but 1t will not be oc-
cupied until the spring Of 1911.
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What Voltage Means.

From the Electric News Service.
In the good old days when incandescent
electric lamps were so cheap that nearly
all the electric light plants supplied them
free to their customers, no one paid any
attention to such engineering things as
standard voltages, watts and candle
powers. Very few of the electric light
patrons knew what voltage the circuit
carried which lighted their flats and
houses, and what is more, nobody cared.
Then came the new Tung ten electric
lamps, with their valuable f1laments made
Of metal even rarer than gold. and the
electric light companies could no longer
afford to give them away, SO the patrons
had to purchase them-then began their
first Introduction to the mysteries of the
electric light.
And there are still many who do not
fully understand this esoteric question
of voltage, which is explained as fol-
lows:
All incandescent lamps are made to
burn at certain electrical pressure called
voltage, for electricity has a definite
pressure. just the same as water. which
can be easily incres ed or lowered.
Lamps are made to burn on >. 1, 30, 1lO,
go volts, and on: the most COM
mon kind are made to burn on q 1lO-volt
circuit. A lamp made to burn on a 10
volt circuit will have just enough current
passing through its filament to heat il up
to incandescence or to the point where
it gives an abundance of light, and does
not burn up. If the voltage or pressure
is increased the lamp burns with greater
brilliancy until 1t burns out. Reduce the
pressure and the lamp will burn DINNER
and DINNER, as the tilament cools, until
it becomes only red hot, or does not glow
at all.
If a 11O-volt lamp should be connected
on a 220-volt circuit it would burn out
with a flash. However. If We should con-
meet two 110.volt lamps in series across
a 22O-volt circuit the resistance of the
two filaments would be twice as great as
that of one. and the two lamps would
burn all right. On the other hand. If a
22O-volt lamp was placed on a 11O-volt
circuit the lamp would give little or no
light, but the filament would not burn
out in years.
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Siskiyou.
From the New York Sun.


Is it truth or legend that Siskiyou
county now seeks benevolent dissimila-
ton from California and asks to be
Joined with southern Oregon as a state
Never will California consent to the Sc
cession of Shasta and parts adjacent,
the brooks of trout. the haunts of Old
Enhr'm, the grizzly; the trails over
whose windings has wandered for almost
three generations the fecund fancy of
old man Sisson.
Never will California consent to the loss
of its rhythmic boundaries. consecrated
nv its silver-tongued orators on many a
From Sskiyou to San Diego.
From the Sierras to the sea-"
Not even the mountains looking on
Marathon and Marathon looking on the
sea offer more compactly statement
of geographical truth.
Through a score of years memory vet
treasures the recollection of the ground
of the opposition which California set
against so trivial a change as the crea-
ton of a new county. 1t unsettled
geography, there were then fifty-two
counties in the state, a figure easy to re-
member AS we recall it, Glenn county
knocked long for admission and
knocked in vain until at last it made it's
plea that in every deck there was a
Joker. Then it came In.
But to permit the secession Of Siskiyou
california might as soon forego its
Sierras.
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|NT|MA7|0N OF SUICIDE
CALVIN L. CANADAY WRITES
WIFE ALARMING LETTER.
Sends Her $40 and Speaks of Ending
His Life in the
River.

The police are searching for Calvin l..
Canaday OF 10 III street northeast. VINO
disappeared from his home early yester-
,lav morning and who later sent word 10
his wife that If he did not return home
bv night his body would he found in
me Potomac river. Mrs. Canada waited
anxiously for the return Of her husband
until last evening. and then hurried TO
the police TO aid her in finding Mr..
canaday. Every effort is being made TO
locate him.
Mr.. Canaday sent his wife a special
delivery letter inclosing $40 bill. all the
money he had, he wrote. Friends say he
was worried over his financial condition.
He was I'm the picture frame business at
The III street address with F. r. Fowler.
Letter Received at $3.50 O'Clock.
Sergt. Hartman of the ninth precinc,
went 10 the Canaday home yesterday
afternoon, and the distressed wife told
finn Canaday left the house about 9:3t
O'Clock in the morning without saying a
word to her about his proposed destina-
ton. and the first she heard from him
was about $50 O'Clock, when she re-
ceived the letter.
Mrs. Canaday said there was no reason
why her husband should have contem-
plated suicide. He was cabinet
maker and expected to go to work for q
big firm I'm this city shortly. She realized
that the picture frame business had moi
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es, that is my recollection"
Withdrawals Denounced.

did Mr.. Ballinger in speaking of his
intention to restore the withdrawn lands
say anything of purpose of rewith-
drawal?'
mo. He said the Withdrawals were
entirely illegal, and could not be sus-
tained.''
Mr.. Davis said that on March IS he and
Mr. Newell had a further interview with
Secretary Ballinger
Mr.. Ballinger again said the with
drawals were illegal. Mr. Newell de-
Tended the Withdrawals. and said MANY
of them had been made under the suner
visory power of the Secretary, to which
Mr.. Ballinger added: Which he doesn't
have He declared the withdra walls
were all in violation of law, and must he
restored. He directed us to proceed with
the preparation of lists for restoration. I
can't say that he told US to RECOMMEND
these reservations, but he instructed us
to prepare these reservations for him.
''Director Newell protested vigorously
at this time and at other times. Nothing
was said at this second interview as to
any intention on Mr. Ballingers part 10
rewithdraw the lands he proposed TO re-
store. Mr.. Ballinger left the impression
that he would give the instructions as TO
the restoration in writing, but he did not
do this. Every time we talked on the
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been good during recent weeks. and she
knew her husband had worried about his
business, but he had good trade and
could have earned a livelihood for his
family by working at it.
1t is stated that Canaday met with an
accident on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road some time ago. the company having
settled his claim for something like 81 800.
Last night Mrs. Canaday and her three
children left the III street house and went
to the home Of her parents in South
Washington
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. Lacked Confidence in Newell.

Did Mr.. Ballinger make any reference
to Mr. NeWell?"
HE expressed a lack of confidence in
him. I had also seen newspaper clippings
which said Secretary Ballinger intended
to reorganize the reclamation service
and to eliminate Mr.. Newell
What impression did Mr.. Ballinger's
comments on the power site Withdrawals
leave with your
HE spoke as though a great crime had
been committed by these Withdrawals.
said l didn't think it was SO serious; that
the lands could be readily restored and
that no great harm could be done. He
asked me specifically If l could segregate
the Withdrawals made for the conserya-
ton OF power from the others. l said
could. He told me to go ahead, but that
he didn't care to have 1t done suddenly
got the impression that he wanted it
done slowly, but l didn't attach any
significance to it,
Didn't Mr.. Ballinger say he wanted it
done slowly, so as not to attract public
attention.
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Withdrawals by Garfield.

Chief Engineer Davis went over most
| Of the wholesale Withdrawals of power
site lands by Mr.. Garfield. He declared
| there was no subterfuge at any time.
| The policy Of Withdrawals. Mr.. Davis
stated, was not initiated by the reclama-
ton service. but was ordered by Sec
rotary Garfield.
Attorney Pepper took up with Mr..
Davis the details of every water-power
| withdrawal made bv Secretary Garfield s
| orders. and asked for a comment on
| each.
DO you want me to draw differences"
| asked Mr.. Davis.
THAT has been the style here to date. -
remarked Senator Nelson, with broad
| grin.
Mr.. Davis declared he thought the Gar
field plan OF making wholesale with
drawals which could be pared down by
subsequent examination was preferable
to the Ballinger plan of restoring all the
lands and later rewithdrawing the smaller
areas actually necessary for power site
purposes. He thought the first method a
better protection Of the government in
| tereStS
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Fixed Ratio.
From Puck

| n
Actor ION the road)-I suppose you have
no idea what the size Of our house will
be tonight? 1t varies. doesn't it?
Nstive-Weil. You kin generally tell
purity accurately by dividing the number
of people in the company by two.
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TELLS OF HIS ORDERS
Chief Engineer of Reclamation
Service Heard.
WITHDRAWALS OF LAND
Arthur P. Davis Before Ballinger-
Pinchot Committee.
POLICY OF THE SECRETARY
Wide Divergence From the Course
Taken by Garfeld-Clarence
Cunningham's Affidavit.

Arthur p. Davis. chief engineer Of the
reclamation service, testified before the
Baliinger- Pnchot investigating committee
| today that in preparing lists OF lands to
be restored to the public domain by Sec
rotary Baiinger he felt that he was act
ing under mandatory orders from the
Secretary.
These lands had been withdrawn, the
| witness said, by former Secretary Gar
field for the conservation OF water-pow'er
sites. Mr.. Ballinger, according to Mr..
Davis repeatedly gave verbal orders that
the lands SO withdrawn should be pre-
| pared for restoration and that their with
drawal had been In direct violation of law
| and could not be sustained. No written
| orders, however, were ever issued.
| Mr.. Davis Is before the committee on
| a summons issued by counsel for Clifford
Pinchot. The prosecution" claims that
| President Taft's letter of September IL
| last, generating Mr.. Ballinger from the
| CLAWS charges, showed that Mr.. Taft
| got the impression from Mr.. Ballinger
| that he had made these reservations only
upon the recommendation of the reclama-
| ton service.
| The chief engineer of the reclamation
service also declared today that Mr.. Bal
linger had directed that the lists of land
| to be restored should be prepared slowly
| SO as not to attract public attention.
| Mr.. Davis let it be known that he took
the stand reluctantly, and declared he
did not wish to testify unless specifically
| directed to do so by the committee.
Chairman Nelson told him he had been
officially summoned and would have to
give any information he had.
Afr L.. al, 49,,
work for more than a score Of years. He
accompanied Mr.. Taft. then President
elect. to Panama in January, 1909. as a
member Of the board Of consulting engi-
neers on the canal work
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Modern Education.

From Puck.
WilAs--Does your son take to arith-
metic?
Gillis-Indeed, he does. Last year he
took false weights and measures; this
year. he is studying rebating and next
WOW he will take up Communication OF
lines IL - !
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What Is q Comet !?

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The appearance of small comet and
the near approach Of Halley's are incl
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Service Criticised by Ballinger.

| When the technical features of his tes-
timony had been exhausted. Mr.. Davis
was asked to tell of an interview he had
with Secretary Ballinger in this city the
evening Of March II, 1909.
1.-THE Secretary telephoned me to come
to his hotel" said the witness. We talk
| ed together for two hours, discussing
| principally the power site Withdrawals.
He criticised rhe past conduct of the
| reclamation service and said that the
withdrawal of large areas was Illegal He
| also said that there were many settlers
on lands in the west who had been
| promise to live on. He criticised our
| system of force accounts the direct
| employment of labor. and said we ought
| to have everything done by contract.
HE criticised our publicity bureau.
| told him 1t was for the purpose of dis
| seminating information as to various
projects; that 1t saved the time of off,
paper accounts. He criticised what he
| termed our oppression of contractors. and
| said he had heard much complaint on
| that score. told him l was entirely re-
sponsible for any oppression, but that I
| had always tried to do justice to them.
defended all the things he criticised to
| the best of my ability. Mr.. Ballinger
didn't show any great familiarity with
| the work of the service. He seemed in
| terested in all I said. and when / was
| through he declared that matters looked
better to him. He said he wanted me to
help him get acquainted with the work,
and I promised to do so!i'
over these matters with your superior,
Director Newell?'' asked Attorney Pep
per.
Il did not
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-12
A TEXAS GIRL.

Dear Daddy Jim:-I hope you will
not object to my entering your hap
py band of bright boys and girls.
am a girl very much interested in
Mr.. Watson's magazines. He writes
such interesting pieces, that every
boy and girl that reads them should
become a believer in him. I agree
with him about Foreign Mission
aries, and hope that he will be sue
cessful the rest of his life in his
work, and that in the days to come,
some of the bright boys of this band
may become as great and will be as
interested in them as Mr.. Watson. I
live four miles from little village
[ go to school there and enjoy the
pleasant ride. Our school will be
out in two weeks. I expect to pass
in the ninth grade. There are to be
three graduates this year, and we
are going to have a play for the clos
ing exercises. I go to Sunday-school
every Sunday I can. I go to the
Baptist Church. Our Sunday-school
teacher takes great interest in deliv-
ering us the Gospel. He and another
teacher are going to give us a picnic
next Saturday. AS my letter is get
ting long, will close.-Your friend,
Alice Lane, Centre Point, Texas.
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ENJOYS THE LETTERS.

Dear Daddy Jim: Here comes an
other Georgia girl to join your hap
py band. My brother takes The JEFF
fersonian, and likes to read it. I sure
do enjoy reading the nice letters
from the different cousins. I will
now describe myself: I have dark
hair, dark eyes, and dark complex
ion. My weight is about one hum
dred and fifty pounds. I will an
swer Essie Burke's riddle: it is a
bald head. Henry Lawhorn's is vine
gar, and Matte Burkes is man
who was named "Each" took a pear.
Am right? If SO, I am expecting
some cards. Now T will ask some
riddles: CD Why is the end of a
dogs tail like the pith of tree. (2)
What is it that has four eyes. four
legs, and can't see nor walk? (3)
When is a tree most like a hog?
will close for fear my letter is get
ting too long. With best wishes to
Daddy Jim and all the cousins, Susie
Edwards, Norwood, Ga.
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WHERE WE DERIVED SOME
WELL-KNOWN PHRASES.

Dear Daddy Jim: - The word
Goodbye" is contracted from the
sentence God be with ye'. It's
equivalent in all languages carries
the same benediction. The French
"adieu"; the Spanish "adios"; the
Italian "addio"; the Norwegian
"adieu-da"; all signify that the per-
son to whom the word is addressed
is commended to God. The word
Farewell" expresses the same wish
and good feeling. Dieu (French)
Dios (Spanish) Dio (Italian)
Theos (Greek); are all equivalents
of the English word Cod, from
which our word good" is derived.
Now, what do you think of my