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The Laclede blade., 1912-08-23
TOWN AHa. COUNTRY IN BRIEF
NeighborhOOd News Of the Past,
Present and Near Future

Don't miss the Dand concern IN
the park next Wednesday night.
1t will be a good one-they all are
and you win certainly enjoy the
splendid music furnished by the
Laclede Concert Band. Don't
forget it-and come.
John G. Brown left New York
Saturday on the Olympic Of the
White Star line on a pleasure trip
to Europe. He will spend several
weeks across the ocean and will
visit the principal cities of Great
Britain and Continental Europe.
J. Ray Weatherly instructs us to
change the address of his Blade to
Waubay, S. D., where he is now
located. He says they have a
bumper wheat and fax crop in
that locality, with threshing well
under way. He sends best wishes
to all his old friends.
E. W. Pease, who recently sold
his farm in the Prairie Mound
neighberhood southeast of Forker,
has bought j. A. Cookies residence
on North State street and will move
here in the near future. He will
reside in town and look after his
farm northwest of Laclede from
here,
Arthur Ausmus and family of
Clever, Mo-, arrived Monday night
for a visit with his sister, Mrs. Jas.
Davis, and family and other Linn
county relatives. Arthur is a form
er Laclede boy, having lived here
ten years ago, and is now station
agent for the Missouri Pacific rail
road company at Clever.
The Laclede public schools and
most of the rural schools will open
Monday, Sept. ana every puptr
should be ready to start in the first
day and be there every day. Under
the compulsory school law, every
child between s and IA years o1
age is required to attend at least
the first six months of the schOo
term, as are those between IA ano
lie unless employed at steady work
of certain kinds, so parents cannot
afford to keep their children out Of
school without good reason. Be-
sides, every day lost from school Il
so much taken away from tht
child's value in after years, as al
ieducation is becoming more neces
|sary every day. The Lacled'
schools offer as good an opportuni
lty to prepare for future usefulness
as any schools near, and invite
nonresident pupils and their par
Ients to investigate the advantages
they offer.
! Real estate business has beer
unusually good around Laclede thl'
week. Maurice Walters has solo
Ibis well-improved farm of l5(
acres adjoining Laclede on tn
east to Miss Anna Ransom for $l2t
lper acre. Mr.. Walters will pro
IbabIy move with his family back t
Illinois, although their man!
friends here would be sorry to have
them leave Laclede. Miss Ransom
has also purchased so acres off th'
west side of the Morris-Schrocl
farm Just north of the other
making her now the owner o
nearly 500 acres Of land adjoining
lLacIede on the east and north. <
Ia. Ross has bought the east sid
Iof the Morris-Schrock farm, abou
l95 acres, and viii move to tn
Walters farm and run the tw,
together as a dairy farm, to Whicl
1.-THE land is well adapted, and Mr.
lRosu = an ernarienced and success
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Gilman

Christmas has gone and a new
year is here. Let US all resolve &c
to live better life and build up
this old world more this year than
we did last.
Miss Ola HarreIl visited reEa.
tives in Fayette last week.
Messrs. Marshall, Charlie and
Marion HarreIl are guests OF Mr..
G. T. HarreIl this week.
Miss Bessie Harrell of Fayette
is visiting in TilIman this week.
Our dear teacher, Miss c. b.
Hunt, arrived Sunday eve, ready
to begin work Monday morning.
The children are always glad TO
get holiday, and ready when the
days are over to again march away
to school.
We wish Mr.. Crisler and the
Reveille prosperous year for
1912.
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Death OF hrs. T. B. NesmIth.

Mrs. T. B. Nesmith, nee Miss
Lucy McCaleb, died Monday
night of Bright's disease at her
home near Martin, after an illness
of several months.
She was the daughter of Mrs.
Annie McCaleb and the late ]. B.
McCaleb, whose death occurred
about three weeks ago. She was a
member of the Methodist church,
and for several years conducted
the Sunday school at Martin.
Mrs. Nesmith's death was a
particularly sad one. She had been
married but little more than one
year, and hers has heen the fifth
death in the family during the past
two or three years.
Besides her husband, the de-
ceased leaves her mother and one
sister.
The remains were buried beside
the newly-made grave of her faith
er Tuesday at two o'clock in the
Port Gibson cemetery.
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Reoanton

The old year has gone and the
new one has come in, and just
think how time is rolling.
Misses Edith Luster and Berthe
Mathews left yesterday for Colum-
bus, where they are attending
school.
Miss Julia Luster left Saturday
for her home in Brandywine.
Mr.. M. J. Luster left for the
delta on Thursday last.
Messrs. ]. M. Crawford, F. A.
Peyton aud 7. M. Luster are in
Port Gibson occurring" this week.
Mr.. T. A. Lusser, our repre-
sentative, ha 1ckson and
viii be there for some time.
Mr.. w. o. Crawford will make
his home this incoming year at
Mr.. j. M. Crawford's.
Mr.. Cecil Peyton left on Wed.
nesdaY last for his home in the
delta.
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The Rounds Orchestra (Mr.
Rounds and eight ladies) will be
In Port Gibson and give their won
derful entertainment either January
16 or II. This company comes to
Port Gibson from Oxford, Miss,
where they give an entertainment
earlier in the same week.
An idea of the class of work they
do may be judged from the fact
that the Lyceum Bureaus mini
mum price for this evening is
SI35.oo. Our community may ex-
pect an unusual treat. The price
to those who do not hold the seas
on tickets is rs cents (to children
40 cents.
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saved His vines Life.

my wife would have been In
her grave to-day" writes o. H.
Brown, Of Muscadine, Ala, ''if Ii
had not been for DR.. Kings New
Discovery. She was down In her
bed. not able tp get up without
help. She had a severe bronchial
trouble and a dreadful cough. /
got her a bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery, and she soon began to
mend. and was we'll in a short
time" Infallible for coughs and
colds, it's the most reliable remedy
on earth for desperate lung trouble,
hemorrhages, lagrippe, asthma,
hay fever, Group and whooping
cough. soc, SI.oo. Trial bottle
free. Guaranteed by J. A. Shreve,
Druggist.
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YOU RISK NO MONEY
Our Reputation and Money are Back
es This Offer

We pay for all the medicine used
during the trial. II our remedy falls
to completely relieve you OF consti-
patton. We take all the risk. You
are not obligated 10 us 10 any way
whatever, If you accept our offer.
Could anything be more fair for
your Is there any reason why you
should hesitate TO put our claims
to . practical testf
A most scientific, common.sense
treatment Is Rexall Orderlies.
which are eaten like candy. They
are very pronounced. gentle and
pleasant in action, and particularly
agreeable In every wsy. They do
not cause dlarrhoea. nausea, fatu-
Ience, gripping. or other incCuveu-
lence. RexnlI Orderlies are par
tlcularly good for children, aged
and delicate persons.
We urge yOu to try Rexali Or.
deTlies 1t our risk. Three sizes.
aoc., asc.. and soc. Remember,
you can get RexaIl Remedies In
this community only at our store
The Rexall Store. The Pope Drug
Co., Joseph Bros. Props.
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rIcGIathery-Griffing.

Friends here of the groom have
received CARDS announcing the mar
riage of Mr.. James c. McGlathery
to Miss Minnie l. Grifhng, which
took place at the home of the
bride in FL Paso. Texas, on Dec.
18th.
After Jan. 10th the happy couple
will be at home at Newman, New
Mexico, where the groom is rail-
road agent.
Mr.. McGlathery is we'll known
in Port Gibson, first as a student
of CHI. Academy and later as
agent of the Y. & Nj. v. railroad.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1912-01-04

Rules governing Field Day Con-
tests may be purchased from
-Spanlding Bros, New Orleans.
Write for Official Handbook of
High School Athletics, price 10
cents Ii would be advisable for
all teachers to secure these rules at
once.
All teachers are asked to con-
tribute S2,5o to the Field Day
Fund. This may be raised in the
usual manner-the box supper, or
some other entertainment.
Do not forget Library Day, Jan.
18th. The program was published
several weeks ago.
The rules for Defamation Con-
tests have already been published.
Several have asked about these
rules. Get the Reveille for Thurs
day, 2Ist. and all necessary infor-
nation may be had. The contests
will be held in each Supervisors
District the last Friday in March.
CLUB NOTES
100 names have been enrolled on
the County Club list. The addi-
tional names have been sent to
Washington. Bulletins will be
sent out as soon as possible. There
has been a run on the bulletins,
consequently there may be delay.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1912-01-04

The Port Gibson Female College
resumed Its sessions work January
2; and nearly every former student
is In place with two or three new
faces. The second quarters exam
nations begin Jan. 9. This ses.
sion's revival services for the stu
dents will be held about Feb. I,
with Rev. ]. ]. Golden of Laurel.
Miss, leading.
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tEdited by Local Union.l
A Wise Answer.

A Wise Answer.
near could you drive without falling
the edge of precipice, say1"
d master Of yore when engaging
"A man to be coachman one day.
There was more than one applicant watt
ing,
And hoping to fill up the place.
The first that was questioned made an
swer
He should want but yard or two's
space.
Then the second who wished to outriyal
This boast and show off his skill,
Said that he'd drive within few inches
Of a crag or precipitous hill.
But the third said. when asked. ~ can't
tell. sir,
For you see 'twould with me be like
this:
l should try to keep far enough from it,
And make sure that all dangers I'D
miss. ]"
And the master commended this answer,
Saying. "You are the servant for me.
For myself, and my friends, and my
horses,
Will be safe in your hands, / can see. "
The story is old. but the moral
It teaches is fresh as the May;
And the man who would triAe with danger
Is the man who is loser to-day.
Strong drink What precipice awful
That hides-yea, in spite Of its glow;
Its terrors more dark and more fatal
Than the climbing of Alpine heights
know.
And yet. alasI still men seem trying
To get close to its edge as they can;
Though avoiding it wholly and fully
Is the wise and the only safe plan.
And he will be gamer aHd winner
Who follows the steps OF the one
Who believed for himself and for others,
It we're better all dangers to shun.
Faith Ghiltern.
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tiawkins Home Burned.


Last Friday morning at about
eight o'clock FIRE destroyed the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Hawkins, about one mile west Of
Port Gibson. So far advanced was
the FIRE and so rapidly did it burn
that practically none of the house
hold effects were saved. The fire
originated In the attic or on the
roof. There was an insurance OF
only $500 on the building and
nothing on the furniture.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hawkins are now
residing at Mr.. Sprotts.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1912-01-04

TO neglect liver trouble. Never do
It. Take DR.. Kings New Life
Pills on the first sign Of constipa-
ton, biliousness or inactive bowels
and prevent virulent Indigestion,
iaundice or gall stones. They reg
Mate liver, stomach and bowels
and build up your health, Only
25cat !. A. Shreve's Drug Store.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1912-01-04

The quicker . cold Is gotten rid
Of the less the danger from pueu-
monia and other serious diseases.
Mr.. B. W. T. Hall. Of WaverIy,
Va, says: "I I6rmly believe Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy 20 be abb
solufely Ire best preparation on
the market for colds. have rec
commended 1t 10 my friends and
they all agree with me. (" For sale
By ali dealers
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1912-01-04

Miss LomstthA
holidays with he.sis,
nerson, at HARRISON. y
Miss Eta Mae Eoodrum. one oE
Jackson's teachers. spent part OF
the Christmas holidays at her
home. We are ead to know she
is SO well pleased with the work In
which she is engaked.
Miss Addie cisfk has returned
to her post of duty. having enjoyed
the holidays at Violet.
Mrs. Harvey Fleming has been
a delightful visitor to Shiloh neigh
borhood.
We are glad to welcome one of
our old friends, MI. Charles Goza,
back In our midst.
The young people In the sdjoin.
ing neighborhood enjoyed a little
dance given at "Shiloh Dance
Hail." The Port Gibson band
furnished the music.
You farmers talk about the boil
weevil, but If this rain won't
change your tune, / don't see why.
We must not grumble, for our
Good Master has charge of that
division of the waterworks.
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Buslness BuIIdlngs DESTROYED.

Utica. Miss, Dec. 3o.-Fire
broke out at 8 O'Clock yesterday
morning in the general merchan-
disc store of ]. NJ. Downing & Son
and destroyed that building and
that Of the Kelley-Simmons Conn
pany, adjoining, and the butcher
shop Of ] A. Chapman. Downing
& Son estimate their stock at be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000. with
81. 900 insurance. The Kelley
Simmons stock is estimated at
$I2, 900, with So, 900 insurance.
and ST.. 900 on building. The build
ing occupied by Downing & Son
and Chapman was owned by Mrs.
B. H. Lee and was partially in
sured. There was nothing saved
from the Downing stock, and only
a few articles from Kelley-Sim-
mons.
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HIS TRUST is IN THE BIBLE
Kaiser Declares He Solves All Cues
tlons, Even Of a Political Ma
ture, by the Scriptures.

Paris, France.-Rene Puaux, the
military expert of the Temps, who
was in close contact with the German
emperor during the recent aneuv
of the Swiss army, quotes the emperor
as summing up his satisfaction with
the work of the troops in a converse.
ton with President Forrer in the
words:
Your army saves ME six army
corps"
The emperor in conversation con.
stantly insisted upon the necessity OF
understandings as the best means OF
dissipating suspicion, and declared his
personal desire to maintain peace. On
one occasion, in emphasizing this in
conversation with President Forrer,
the emperor intimated to the president
that he acquired, much Of his inspira,
ton from the bible.
II don't care much for priests and
clergymen," said the emperor. 'They
dilute the gospel with too much OF
their W dogma. l hold to the bible
which I constantly read and reread.
In 1t mi find the solution Of every
difficulty, of every problem, even of q
political description"
1t is known that the emperor's main
object in attending the
was to convince himself Of the ability
of the Swiss army to make the neu.
trality of the country respected in
case OF war. and his remark is inter.
preted to mean that by the Swiss army
forming a screen to prevent the
French from invading Germany
through Switzerland, the Germans
could release six army corps in south
Germany for service in Alsace-Lor.
raine Or along the Belgian frontier.
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CHAPTER II.

Brockett, eager to conclude his err
rand and join his companions, lost no
time on the road. By five O'Clock the
tall youngster was busily engaged in
an argument, accompanied by prac-
tical demonstrations pro and con, as
to the utility of the LANCE steal. Some
twenty Of Brockett's friends-clerks
like himself, ~collegians home on vaca-
ton, and ever the two sons Of a Siam
csc legation oficial-debated the prac-
~ticability Of the trick by which Big
Bill LANCE. the great star Of the long
ago, was o to annex the middle
station. Brockett and half the crowd
maintained that the steal was not
only possible but almost unstoppable;
the Siamese youngsters and the rest
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| night, son? Thank you. And now. ]
! believe, Mr.. wilkins would address
| you"
Just a small errand, Mr.. Brpckett
Kindly run over to the secretary OF
war and the secretary OF the navy.
Ask them II they al come owe here
within the next hour. Then go and
attend to your baseball difficulties
with a clear conscience. That's all"
Brockett was opening the door,
when Pinkwell reached out a detain-
Ing hand. Son." remarked the old
detective. this cipher of yours is GER
tainly bewildering. That is supposed
to be the best point about successful
ciphers, l believe. Tell me, my boy
can you read 1t yourself?"
why, OF course. 1t is so simple
that | don't eve need a written key"
Indeed? Suppose you demonstrate
1t to us. just for a moment. Are you
agreeable, chief?"
go as far as you like, Billy" the
CHEF assented. "Tll confess-consid-
ering our conversation of a little
while ago--that I'm interested too.
Mr.. Brockett, suppose you write, in
your cipher, a transcription Of a few
words | will give you and then let us
try to dissect it,"
The young fellow took the chair at
which the chief motioned, drew a pen
Gil from his pocket, and ripped the
top sheet from a paper pad. Chief
Wilkins studied for a moment, and
then dictated, slowly and concisely:
Watch below Langtry till further
orders. Reported force of 800 insur-
rectos near by"
Brockett wrote briskly for a few
moments, and then handed the chief
a strange conglomeration.
BIB Pos TO r 3BH ABB SH Pc TIC BIB
Pc Pos E 2BH TO w WP
TO HR Pc Pc SB Fin w TO 3BH SH
w TIC w BIZ SH w l.
w SH fla TIC w TO SH BIZ SB TIC
w r SH LIB Paskert
Wilkins and Pinkwell gazed at that
strange document for several minutes,
with faces which changed from good
natured r~aillery to p~erplexity, and
then to keenest interest. Young
Brockett, hand upon the doorknob,
waited for the verdict. The chief
folded the slip Of paper, and thrust It
In a pocket.
Shall l leave you the key to the
cipher, Mr.. Wilkins" asked the
youngster.
mo. Well see what we can do with
1t just from the original dictation. On
your way now, my boy-kindly tend to
your errand. And-and-will you re-
port to me. personally, half an hour
before your usual time tomorrow"
Brockett was almost across the
threshold, when the voice of Pinkwell
halted him.
Son." asked the old detective,
what do you call this chart Of
yours?"
The Diamond Cipher. sir"
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easy. that the pitcher will get ratified
and throw wide. or that the second
baseman, not figuring on a steal, has
moved away to play for the batsman."
"A pitcher who keeps his wits
about him." negatived Ramon Solano,
the junior cashier of the Cuban to-
bacco house, wouldn't fall for that
play at all. Try 1t, with me IN the
slab, and see how 1t goes through"
The experiment was Immediately
made. Chula Ian Kon, DOMINIC the
mask, went behind the plate; Solano
took a pitching attitude on the slab.
and Brockett impersonated the daring
base n Second was covered by
a fast little infielder from Annapolis,
and a Dartmouth shortstop prepared
to take alternate throws. II took If
teen minutes to fully work out the
theories of the LANCE steal, and the
sentiments of the whole throng were
voiced when Chula Ian Kon re-
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had been considered by the king of
Sweden a decade prior to that, but
his war with the Germans and his
subsequent sudden death delayed and
nearly ended the project.
A part Of the congregation of the
old Swedes' GLORIA Deli church,
which is now embraced in Philadel-
phia, under the leadership Of Andrew
Rudman, made an exploration Of the
~Schuylkill in 1901 for the purpose of
establishing an inland trading post
with the Indians. They found suit
able land several miles north of the
Manatawney creek, where William
Penn, the new proprietor of Pennsyl-
vania, granted them 10000 acres.
The settlement was named Moriat-
ton and the Swedes lived in harmony
with the. Indians and thrived there
long before the advent into the region
Of the English and German settlers.
Their descendants are found in the
locality to this day. Some Of them,
whose names are still perpetuated,
were Andrew Bankson, Benjamin Bur
den, Peter Boon, Benjamin Boon, JUS
tin ~Justason, Mounce J~astice, John
Cock, Peter Cock, Otto Ernest Cock,
Jacob Culin, Mathis Huston, Morton
Murtis. Peter Yocum and Mounce
Jones.
The old house above mentioned
was built by Mounce Jones, who had
n Of the largest tracts under cul-
tivation. 1t stands on the east bank
of the Schuylkill, hidden on all sides
by large trees. A road connecting
the two highways on either side of the
river now passes directly in front Of
it, from which the old date stone in
its upper walls. bearing the date 1716,
is easily decipherable. The building
is now used as the headquarters OF a
boat club.
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CHAPTER 5.

mo use, Mr.. Pinkwell, no use at
all. I'm beginning to believe what
Won Schimmei, the German expert,
said in this room two weeks ago.. He
maintained that there was never yet
a cipher formulated that the genius
OF deductive energy could not solve.
nor a cipher 30 guarded that IL could
not fall into hostile hands"
The able head OF the secret service
bureau almost snarled with vexation
as he spoke. while the gray-mustached
veteran In the huge leather chair
looked at him alphabetically, but
gave no sign Of his emotions. Pacing
up and down the border OF a Pueblo
rug. Chief wilkins tore up a few f7ag-
ments Of note-paper. and resumed his
monologue.
X don't know where the leak is, but
1 do know that there's q leak large
enough to let go per cent. of the wal
departments pet secrets 60 trfckling
through. That's why l am working
with every bit of energy and every
available man to help in the time of
need--doing things that the secret
service hasn't concerned itself with
since 1866. That's why / am asking
you to come into the hunt, you and the
best men Of your agency. I don't mind
telling o that | shall commander
the Barnes agency. too. Mr.. Pinkwell,
and think that when ii Is a problem
that concerns the policies and desti-
MES OF the whole nation there will
be no professional jealousies between
you"
"Emphatically none," growled old
Pinkwell, setting his square Jaw.
"Bring Barnes right into this room,
and Camera-Eye sheraton too, II you
can get him. I'll confer with them
like an older brother; I'll lend them
the best men on my payroll. and l
know that they will do as much for
me If the good old U. 8. A. can be
helped In any way"
Chief wilkins angry face relaxed
its frown. He crossed to the big
tchair and shook the old detectives
hand with cordial vigor. Spoken as
II thought you'd say IT," he chuckled.
spoken as old Billy Pinkwell would
always speak when time and circum-
stances called for real men to stick
together. Barnes win be here tomor-
row, He'll bring his bloodhound Sher-
Iraton along with him. and we can
thrash things out during the morn
ing. This afternoon. Billy. III have a
little talk with you. We can ex-
change secrets OF state without inter
ruption-there won't be any cipher
messages exchanged or stolen on the
way"
Pinkwell carefully distributed the
ash OF his short. thin, pale yellow CT
a upon a red design OF the Pueblo
rug.
Suppose you tell me about the CT
.pher messages. chief?" he suggested.
Inform me in full as to your troubles.
Open confession is good for the soul,
as | told the fellow who blew the
Srathwick bank"
did he agree with you, Pink"
Not exactly. He said open safes