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The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1911-08-04
New State CapitoI Assured

By a vote of approximately four to
one, the state of Missouri Tuesday
voted the issue of bonds for
So, 500, 600 for the serection of a
new state capitol at jefferson City.
Except in a few counties where
local conditions brought out the
voters, the vote over the state was
very light. The election was very
quiet everywhere. Voters generally
were satisfied that the proposition
would carry or the voting would
have been much heavier. Incom-
plete returns from 81 counties
showed a total of 1O4, 797 for the
bonds and 1896 against. In
Linn county the vote was about
three to one in favor of the new
capitol.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1911-08-04
Declined State Appointment

DR.. and Mrs. F. W. Burke and
little son were at jefferson City the
first of the week in response to an
urgent summons from Governor
Hadlpy offeria-. Dr. Burke pos
ition as surgeon at the penitentiary
at salary of $24OO per year. DR..
Burke had not solicited the appoint
ment, and has decided that he can
not afford to leave his business
here. His many Laclede friends,
while approaching the honor offered
him, are glad that DR.. Burke has
decided to remain here.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1911-08-04
New Court House for Linneus

| 1AAVO1y OA0W$SS00A0A wv
tempts to have various amounts
voted for the erection of a new
court house at Linneus, the county
seat, the voters decided last Tues
day, by a total vote of 2243 tc
973, to appropriate the sum oi
$780, 900 for a new and modern
county building at that place. The
money is to be raised by taxation
and the building is to be paid fol
in three years. The rate of taxa
ton for this purpose will be about
20 cents on each $10O of the as
sessed valuation of the county.
This ends an interesting fight.
The old building has been in bad
condition for many years and
would have been replaced with a
new one long ago except for the
fact that Brookfeld also wanted a
county building, and the taxpayers
could not see their way to building
two.
The old building has an interest
ing history. 1t took the place of
an old log structure and was COM
pleted in 1916 at cost of a little
less than $4,000. Thirty years ago
it had been condemned as unsafe
and several times the original cost
has been spent for repairs. Sixty
five years is a long time for a
building so cheaply constructed to
stand, and it is strange that it had
not tumbled down years ago.
But the people have at last de-
cided in favor of Linneus and it
is now up to that city to make a
town that will be a credit to the
county. Sixty thousand dollars
will build a court house that every
citizen of the county may we'll be
proud of. The people of Linneus
should and probably will be CRATE
full, and there are several things
the citizens up there can do to
show their gratitude, chief of
which is the furnishing of better
hotel accommodations. However,
plans are being worked out along
that line already, and the BLADE
congratulates our sister city on at
last having achieved it's greatest
ambition and the people of the
county on having, for the time, at
least, settled the court house
squabble in a way that will be for
the best interest of the property
holders of Linn county.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1911-08-04
Jefferson Township Fair Meeting

A meeting of the jefferson town
ship fair association is called for
Saturday afternoon, August 5,
at 8 O'Clock, in tie p-:A at La
clede to elect new officers for the
ensuing year and decide whether
a fair will be held this year. Every
body is urgently requested to at
tend this meeting.
GEO. W. ANDERSON, Pres.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1911-08-04
Money Saved

by going to Gardner, the Brook
field photographer. From now on,
during the fair and up to Sept. 1,
I will make the lowest prices for
fine work that have ever been made
in Brookfeld. You can save from
81. 90 to $3.50 on a dozen. All
work guaranteed; no cheap stuff
used. Good chance to have yOv
family group made. These very
low prices will not last long, so
get move on you.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1911-08-04
TOWN AND COUNTRY IN BRIEF
Local Events Of ThePasE Week Recorded For
Busy Blade Readers.

Some very important business
is to he attended to at the regular
meeting of the Modern Woodmen
camp next Wednesday night, Aug.
8. All members are requested to
be present.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the local Grand Army post will be
held at their hall in Laclede Sat-
urday afternoon, August 5, at
II o'clock. All members are re-
quested to be present.
Rev. and Mrs. R. E. McGraw of
Liberty are visiting Laclede friends
this week. Rev. McGraw will fill
his regular appointments at the
Baptist church Sunday morning
and evening at the usual hours.
Business meeting Saturday evening
at s O'Clock.
The ladies of the Christian
church will serve ice cream and
cake in the park Saturday after
noon and evening, Aug. 5. They
will serve plain ice cream and also
fancy fruit flavors. Only 10 cents.
The proceeds will be used toward
the new lights. All friends are
kindly asked to patronize them.
The Laclede Drug Co. can sup
ply your wants in drugs and drug
sundries with clean, fresh goods.
Big new lines received this week.
Prescriptions carefully filled by a
registered pharmacist. Harvester
oil only 35 cents per gallon. We
are closing out our handsome line
of ladies' hand bags at cost. A
share of your business is solicited.
L. 3. Eichman & Son, proprietors.
Lucky BiI's Big Wagon Shows
will exhibit in a, tent in :Laclede
Saturday, August 12.' Two per-
furmances will be given, at 2:3O
aad $3.50 p. m. The Lucky Bill
show has been here before and is
one of the best and cleanest of the
smaller shows on the road. { The
trained animals are as good as any
in the larger shows, and Little
Cupid, the educated Shetland pony,
is probably the best trained horse
in the world. The other acts are
all good, as those who saw this
show last year will remember, and
there is nothing vulgar or offensive
about any of it.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1911-08-04

Judge Joe Pierce and family of
Quincy visited E. F. Bremen and
family of route one the latter p art
of last week, returning home Mon
day.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1911-08-04
WHAT HOME FOLKS DO AND SAY
Local People and Events Briefly Mentioned and
Other Matters Of General Interest


Two rooms for rent. Inquire al
this Office.
Give your grocery order to F.
w. Groes.
x. 2. White went to Kansas
City Wednesday.
Meadville Chautauqua August
19 to q, inclusive.
G. G. Bigger was at st. Louis
on business the first of the week.
The best overalIs, shoes and
work shirts are sold by F. w.
/Groes.
For the best -four and mill feed
of all kinds, phone or call at La
clede Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Brenner of
route one have our thanks for some
very fine peaches.
Read what Gardner, the Brook
field photographer, has to say about
his big cut in prices.
The W. F. M. S. will serve ice
cream and cake in the park Aug.
IL, afternoon and night.
Detroit and return $21.35, Aug.
18, 10, 81, 1911; limit Sept. 1,
1911, via Burlington Route.
Mrs. Lydie Newburn of Gran
vile, ILL.,, is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
j. L. Ong, and other relatives.
For fresh and salt meats and ice,
go to F. w. Groes. Shop closes
on Sunday promptly at 9 o'clock.
A ten pound boy was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. George G, Jones of
Walnut, Kansas, Saturday, July
%.
W. L. Sensintaffar and family
of route three leave next Monday
for a visit with relatives in Okla
homa.
P. F. Withrow of Chillicothe, on
his way home from Unionville,
was the guest of Laclede relatives
Monday.
Rev. G. F. Tobey will lecture
and sing at the Bruner school house
next Sunday at 3 p. m. You are
invited.
Miss Hulda Huddleston of route
one is spending this week with her
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen Inman.
Little Georgia Louese Welsh, who
has been very sick, is improving
nicely now and will probably soon
be able to sit up.
The best painters in town use
: the only strictly pure paint
Mound City Co.'s Horse Shoe
brand. ]. B. Patrick.
Laclede Mills will receive 5000
bushels Of, ear corn this week and
next. If you want corn from the
-
car, call phone No. 81.
Mrs. Nat Ransom of BrookfeId
and Miss Anna Miller of Williams
burg, Pa, were guests of Miss
Anna Ransom Saturday.
DIR. j. H. Kittredge, dentist, of
chillieothe will be at the Anderson
house the 25th and 26th of each
month and stay until all work is
finished.
W. F. Huddlestop of route one
and his son Charley F; and nep-
hew, Sherman j. Briggs, left
Tuesday night to spendR a month
at Arenzville, Ill.
Misses Roxana Rankin, Virginia
Kraft, Kathryn VIII and Maud
Matsell and Aubrey Baum, Irwin
VIII, Edward Welsh and Boy
Parker spent Tuesday evening in
RrookReld and attended the show
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1911-08-04

Encouragement is something
we naturally look for. A little
praise, a word of hope or cheerful
smile-something for the hungry
soul to grasp and the weary mind
to rest upon, as we climb the toll
some mountain of life. How many
poor hearts have sunk into despOn-
dency, when little encouragement
has reassured them. The soldier
looks for it on the field of battle;
it is the cheering voice of the leader
that urges him on through the
danger of death and crowns the
day with victory.
Fine clothes and costly jewelry
do not convert a rough into a
gentleman any more than stove
pipe hat and cigar make a man
of monkey. A few smart, we'll
learned quotations from eminent
authors will not convey the i'm
preston that you are conversant
in literature. You are apt to be-
come scorched in the flames you
kindle, for your literary companions
will sound your shallow depths and
your ignorance will appear more
glaring than before.
Whatever place your ambition
leads you to select as your field for
future labor, however lofty and
difficult of access the height
may be, fit yourself for it by slow
and loborious process of study and
toll. Begin at the very bottom
round of the ladder, lay the foun-
dation firm and secure; build your
structure of future greatness upon
a thorough knowledge of your life
work in all its bearings. In ia ct
be what you seem, and seem to be
nothing but what you are.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1911-08-04
SHORT PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention Of Those Who Come and Go
During the Week

Miss Daisie Rankin is visiting
friends at Chillicothe.
E. E. Toothaker was at Linneus
on business Wednesday.
Blake Gay of Utica spent Sum
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Dale.
John G. Brown returned home
Saturday from a trip through the
south.
Mrs. G. G. Hatcher of Hamilton
was the guest of Ms. Eta Foreman
over Sunday.
Miss Nellie McGrew of Chilli
cothe is spending the week with
Laclede friends.
Mrs. L. F. Moore was called to
NewCamhb1riiaa b1ia Tuesday by the serious
illness Of relative.
Harry Spence of Fairfield, Iowa,
was the guest of G. E. Hilton and
family over Sunday.
Misses Jennie and Maud Calloud
of Brookfeld were guests of La
clede relatives Sunday.
Rev. William Sissons nrAanhnd-
at the Presbyterian church in
Brookfeld Sunday morning.
Miss Kathryn Will of Bethel
was the guest of Miss Virginia
Kraft a few days this week.
Miss Maud Thomas of Wheeling
arrived Saturday for visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Patrick.
Guy Anderson of Kansas City
is visiting his aunt, Mrs. A. S.
Byrd, and other Laclede relatives.
Miss Florannah Welsh of Kan
sas City was the guest of Mr. and
-AEua4 o.. a. iEziIhora.. Truass5a1s aaksz.z
noon.
Mrs. Sarah Maxey is visiting
friends in St. Louis and will
visit in Indiana before returning
home.
Mrs. Rachel Huddleston and
daughter Lizzie of route one spent
Tuesday with relatives. at Brook
field.
Miss Grace Williams of Linneus
visited at the home of Judge and
and Mrs. o. F. Libby and family
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. W. Beswick
of Excelsior Springs were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. 81. Brown over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Allen
and little son of Rothville were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. 81. L. Allen
Sunday.
Miss Pearl Sternke of Brookfeld
was the guest of her cousins,
Misses Venia and Bertha Libby,
Sunday.
Mrs. N. j. Burris of Excelsior
Springs was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. M. Elliott the fore part of
this week.
Mrs. William Morris of Gran
vile, ILL.,, is the guest of her uncle,
j. J. Deininger, and family on
route two.
Bert McKelvie and Chester Howe
of Meadville were guests of Misses
Mary and Florence Dye Wednes-
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeland Thomp-
son of Ottumwa, Iowa, were the
guests of Laelede relatives the
first of the week.
DIR. 2. T. Standby and his
daughter, DR.. Kathryn Y. Standby
of Brookfeld, went to Cape
Girardeau Tuesday.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1911-08-04

There are many so-called homes
that do not deserve the name at
all. Home means comfort, but
when we have it fixed up so elabo-
ratelK that we must sit in the garret
or the back yard to genuinely enjoy
ourselves then it is high time we
made a change and turned out the
too-good-to-use articles and sub
stitute for them real homely things
that we could enjoy every day OF
the year and every moment Of the
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1911-08-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Homan have
moved from Linneus to their new
home in Laelede and Mr.. Homan
has begun his duties in the hard
ware department Of the Model.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1911-08-04
Saturday Bakinn. AuausI S

The w. G. T. q. will hold a
Saturday baking sale Aug. 5 at
the Carothers 6 Allen grocery store.
The w. G. T. u. members will
please bring in their bread, cakes,
pies, ETC., early in the afternoon.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1911-08-04
Some Evening Reveries.

The woman of today is a different
being from the woman of fifty years
ago. The shrinking, trembling,
weeping heroines of Thackeray and
Dickens have disappeared. It is
better that it is so. Not only has
the woman of today shaken off
those old.time weaknesses, not only
has she assumed a stern indepen-
endence, which to some is well
nigh disheartening, but she has
made her determination known to
the world, has waved it defantly
in our faces in the shape of certain
signs and symbols which have a
tendency to add emphasis to her
emancipation.
Probably nineteen-twentieths of
the happiness you will ever
have, You will get at home. The
independence that comes to a man
when his work is over and he feels
that he has run out of the storm
into the quiet harbor of home,
where he can rest in peace with his
family, is something real. It does
not make much difference whether
you own your house or have one
little room in that house, you can
make that little room a home to
you.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-01-11
PRIVATE CHARITY A FAILURE.

Private charity in the great cities
of this country is a failure, in the
opinion of Robert W. Hebberd, Sec
rotary of the state board of charities.
In an address delivered at New York
before the committee on congestion
of population, he said in part; at
is evident that the present methods
Of charitable societies are not i'm
proving permanently the sufferers
From congestion, or establishing bet
ter standards Of living, because they
are not dealing effectively with the
conditions that make their work nee
essary. The policy Of giving made
quate relief by private charities tends
to keep people in congested dis
tricts." -Springfeld Republican.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-01-11
FIRE-WALkERs IN TAHITI
Performance Hard 10 Explain, But Ut
lie osnulnsnsss There Can %
Little Doubt.

An interesting feature Of the celc-
bration Of the French national holi-
day in Tahiti was fre-walking per-
Torrance, given by several Of the ma
tives Of Raiatea, an island a hundred
and forty miles away. These people
were darker than the olive-hued Ia
hitians, and their general appear
ancs suggested that they were not Of
pure Polynesian blood.
A square pit, sixteen by twelve
feet, had previously been dug, and
for two days a fire had been burn
ing in it. The bottom Of the pit was
covered with logs, and stones were
piled over these, more fuel was
added, and the whole lighted. The
frst fre-walker carried in his hand
what looked like q wand of green.
Approaching the pit he began NUT
tering a prayer, or incarnation
then, unwinding from about the
wand a withe, it fell apart as a
bunch Of ii, or drscaena leaves. With
these he struck the edge Of the pit,
walked barefootsd slowly scross the
stone., holding the ii branch up
night before him. After repeating
Me muttesing and the blow with the
leaves each time, he walked back and
forth number Of times. He was
Later Joined by another man, and
then by woman, who went through
the same performance.
Some Of the skeptical young
Americans sprang into the pit, but
they had to confess that the stones
felt very hot through the soles Of
their shoes; and leaves later thrown
in, took fire.-From Sophia Bled-
soc Herricks "A Summer Festival
in Tahiti" in Century.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-01-11
DRIVES A MINIATURE AUTO
Boston Man Has Had One Built 10
Correspond With his DIminu-
tive Body. a..

The honor of having the smallest
automobile about Boston except the
kind seen in toy stores and jewelry
shops, belongs to Howard A.
Knowles, a man of small stature
living in Somerville, who has just
purchased a machine which his
friends all agree to be the most
suited to Lilliput of any machine
going, says the Boston Post.
Mr.. Knowles had for long time
been eager to be the owner Of a mo-
tor car, and felt that he would be Al
success as a chauffeur, but on ac-
count of his extremely diminutive
size he found it impossible to obtain
a satisfactory machine. In every
case his legs were too short to reach
the brakes.
Unwilling, however, to be baked
by such a paltry drawback, Mr..
Knowles decided that it would be
feasible to have car made, in pat
tern precisely identical with the fast
est roadsters, and equipped with all
the appurtenances of the gentle
mans runabout.
The little buzz-wagon is the
cutest ever. 1t has beautiful red
body, red hood and red chassis, q
wee steering column, regulation
searchlights in miniature, and a horn
that makes full-sized noise. ,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-01-11
SUNDAY IN MEXICAN CITY,

Up to the present summer the
business houses in Mazatlan, Mex,
have kept open from 8 till 10 every
Sunday, their employees being al
lowed only one-half holiday in the
whole week. Acting under the infu-
ence Of the chamber of commerce,
however, all places of business are to
be closed hereafter during the whole
of Sunday, except that for steamer
leaving on Sunday an employe may
remain at the office of the company
until the vessel has been dispatched.
Other than this no work is to be
done.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-01-11
A SOUTHERN PoRriA.

Mrs. W. H. FELTON,, an old lady Of
seventy-fve years, played the part
of a Portia recently in Atlanta,
where she pleaded her case before,
the railroad commissioners, asking
that switch that had been removed
be replaced. Fifteen corporation /
lawyers argued or handed in briefs
against her in the interest Of the
Louisville & Nashville road. She,
cross-examined the attorneys and
astonished all who heard her in the
knowledge of the law she exhibited
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-01-11
Her Temperament.

An Atchison girl was not looking
we'll and her mother said to her: 1T
is your temperament which keeps you
feeling badly" The girl walked
around in q happy dream; she felt
she was different from other people:
she had temperament" Her mother
came to her in day or two with an
ugly yellowish brown mixture and
said: Take this sulphur and mo-
lasses; you have bilious tempera-
ment." The girl STANDARDIZATION
Globe.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-01-11
HOME LIFE OF THE EsKIMos
They Are without Edueatlen or RslI.
aien. Dut = Fairly Wsll.ns.
havsd Lot.

"Eskimos do not have even rudi-
mentary education," said DR.. P. D.
Hamburg Of London, England. who
has Just returned from a trip
through the uninhabited regions Of
the Arctic. "As to religion" con-
tinued Doctor Hamburg, "ths Eski-
mos, though very superstitioua, have
none. They do not believe in Su-
preme Being.
"These people are obliging, and
will do any moral thing for a white
man. They are very peaceably in
clined, and temper Is almost un-
known. Az to their domestic life,
you might say that Of morals they
have none. Still, the universal inter-
change Of wives occasions no broils
and bigamous wives in the same
family are like sisters. The virtue
Of the Eskimos consists in fondness
for children. ~
sThe settlements continue year
after year at one location. About the
middle Of October the snow huts are
built, and the walls fall early In
May. The rest Of the year the coi-
ony lives in tents made Of skins.
T,La ror{hovr Ehkimoa have shso-
lutely none Of the conveniences Of
civilization. TIE wsspons they use
in the hunt are tipped with bone or,
more usually, with native copper,
which they work quite skilfully.
Bows and arrows and sealing spears,
with hide canoes, constitute the out
fit. Vegetables are unknown in
those ATTITUDES and they subsisb
wholly on flesh and fish,"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-01-11
About Beans.

The bean that we eat In some form
nearly every day, that almost every
body likes. is comparatively new as an
edible. Our common, everyday bean
is native of South America and was
introduced into Europe, whence 1t
came to this country. during the six
teenth century, and now Is repre-
scented by more than $50 cultivated va
rieties. The big, broad bean is the
bean of history and its origin Is so
remote that II Is doubtful 1t Is proba-
bly, a native of southwestern Asia and
northeastern Europe. ...
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-01-11
To Bed for the Sick.

Few people realize that for most dis
eases the bed and 1t alone is the great
est, surest, quickest cure the world
and ages of science have yet dscov
cred or bestowed. People as a rule,
look upon going to bed for sickness
as a necessary and unavoidable con-
sequence of sickness. instead of look
ing upon 1t as they should, as being
the very first and greatest part of the
cure OF the >case.-Naw York Press.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-01-11
HAS SEEN MANY. CHANGES

Among the old ladies of England
is Lady Buxton of Cromer, the
mother of Sir Thomas Fowler Buzz
ton, who was right in the middle Of
the agitation which led to the aboli-D'
ton of slavery under the union jackl
says an English paper. She was a.
niece of the celebrated Elizabeth
Fry and was married in the reign of
William Nv. She has lived to see
her oldest son over seventy. b
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-01-11
A SPECIALIST.

"T don't 500 Won on The messenger
force any more, Jimmy" said the
lad with the envelope in his hand.
"No; I've got good job with a
dog fancier," replied Jimmy as he
pulled cigarette.
ovid a dog fancier? What do
YOU do-feed the dogs?"
'eNaw! When a lady comes in and
brys pet dog teach FER low to
whistle - Tit-Bits.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-01-11
Rene dies for Dyspe psIa.

Summing up his experiences with
1926 cases of dyspepsia. an English
physician said that benefit had re.
suited most frequently from one of
two kinds Of medicine-namely alkali
and a carmInative, such as ginger. an
hour or an hour and a half after a
meal, or when the discomfort came on;
or bismuth carbonate, In doses of half
dram or more before meals.