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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-29

do I understand that no one ever VS.
Its the island except your weekly boat
from New Bedford"'
No one. Tha; Is. sometimes
fishermen"
For what purpose?
~ don't know; there was once quite
a settlement Of them down there, you
know; and | understand they still use
some Of the buildings TO store dried
fish In. I'm afraid that never inter
ested me much"
You never watched them?
NO; generally they come to an
Choir after nightfall and are gone be
fore daylight the next morning. Some
times he has gone down to the beach
to talk to them. but as rule Pr
Power went with him."
, Their visits are fairly regutarT
, 81 think so; the schooner comes
about once a month, should say
, But"
And between whites smaller boats
CALI"
Now and then, yes"
do you recall when the schooner
y was here last?"
About month ago. think But
- Garrett"
Just a minute. and then III explain
9 what I'm driving at. NO"
Shat ID YCf
, Power were busiest with the wireless
~ as a rule for few days before thu
! schooner showed up?'
n She nodded thoughtfully. ! neVe
connected the two: but 1t was So How
~ did you know?
- 81 merely guess. Now I'm going Il
guess again, In another direction
~ You didn't inherit much fror
your aunt, did your"
=. why few keepsake
only. You see, she disapproved OF m
engagement to Mr., Blackstock. GA
rett. and when was stubborn, sh
changed her will. just a little Will
before she died. She left everythin
In trust to me, but | was to rece1v
nothing until | divorced my HUSBAND
or he died. The house Is mine. bl
not to rent or sell. nor may | live
1t except alone or with woman COL
panion only"
Il Notwithstanding Of the sor
Your private fortune WASH
large, was it,"
Not large-between sixty and Sc
enty thousand dollars"
And you let Blackstock take ca
OF it,"
"Of course He was my husband,
loved and trusted him-then." tt
last word fell with bitter accent
And while abroad-he gamb
pretty extensively"
(TO BE CONTINUED3
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-29
Little incident OF the Streets OF San
Francisco Shows That II Su!'
Lives.

At the corner Of Twenty-second
and Guerrero streets young man
waited for a car. Out Of the corner OF
his eye he saw two other people walt
tng-a boy just out Of his teens ana
young girl. A suit case stood near
them. The boy leaned against a
plate glass window and looked impa'
tiently up the street
~ wish that car would hurry! muir
INJURED the girl in tone OF voice io"'
hut not 80 low that the nearby young
man could hear.
What II your father should come
along!" the boy muttered. Gee. II
your father should come along before
the car gets here!
lob, he won't" the girl said. with a
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-29
Romance Is Not Yet Dead

stimulation OF unconcern. He never
walks along here where the cars 60
He doesn't like the noise"
III your father should come along
flrst!" muttered the boy. That was
evidently the thing uppermost In his
mind.
And the young man who stood near
by smiled to himself to know that 70
nance IL not dead. but still lives
in the mission!
And he smiled again to think that
Of the two the girl seemed the cooler
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-29

countered quickly; land you would
know it. You're keeping something
back. What Is It? What does 1t
mean"
"I'll tell you In a moment" he tenn
porized. But first III ask some
questions"
Still puzzled, she held his eyes in
tently. 81 can't imagine what you
mean. But 60 on"
You told me that he-Blackstock
settled here to work on his inventions.
Do you think he has accomplished
much, that way, since you came to the
island"
She shook her head slowly. mot
great deal. His eyes have hampered
progress, Of course
Il thought as much. ana
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-29
Poor Care Taken of Shoes

foot take a look at the row OF SHOES
vou,tI find the laborers and working
men Of all sorts wear shoes that snow snow
nv ne siens Of care since they came from
tho factory. The heavy brogans that
s onoo were black have become the col
w If natural leather: you can see
~ ,sna shoes that have been wet have
wasned, lost all shape and are ready
to crack; and those that haven't IT,. uee u,
wet are Just drying up q the 'he %
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-29
CHAPTER XV.-(contInued)

%, a. II she had been expecting
Am. she seemed not at all surprised
=, there was no light OF welcome IN
1, lOok nor any trace OF welcome IN
!, geetIpg as he stopped before her,
I, N hand and heart in his throat
nm something in his bearing that
nIla to mind a child convicted OF
rnsresslon and pleading for suspen'
4 don Of judgment,
7 came out here to think" she said
AT least to try to think. But
Aopsd that II you saw me you would
tpAuv"
"Tu glad" he said; though | didn't
nov you were here. It's hardly like
. i veil have so good a chance to talk
s1in"
yes" she admitted simply. There
M little catch In her voice and he
+. i,rcIsd her lips quiVered like the lips
ia tired child as she looked away
Ton him, seeking again the sight OF
IA sea as If she drew from 1t some
p,ce some sorely needed strength
ualn,t her trials. 1--WE must talk, OF
course. I have been trying
u night to think but every,
hing seems so. :.
She left the sentence incomplete,
nising her hands to press them
against her temples and then dropping
Asm with gesture Of utter weari'
ness
40h," she cried, why did you come
acki You promised, you went away
Gd II was sorry for you and prayed
FUu might find happiness, Garrett
You promised, and-you came back
came back like a ghost to haunt me
With memories and regrets" Hell
voice rose to a pitch of wildness
Sometimes, last night, thought thai
surely you must be a ghost-that yol
bad been executed, killed and buried
and we're come back to be his punish
nent and mine, and mine!"
His punishment-his?" he echoed
Then, Katherine, then you do be
asVe-!"
All, bow do | know? What do be
asVe-What can | believe? | don
NOV | can't think right; it's all s.
30 terrible" Her tone fell to
Wv pitch Of fatigue, detection and be
Hdsfnent. She leaned heavil
asainst the wall, watching the suller
aNimlnable succession of the surge!
ioa soWed doubt In my mind an
'sf IN my heart when you babe m
vega What | once knew of the goo
y 9ou against what have learned {
@' tried-so hard!-to do s
uIuy and still believe you the guilt
we You swept the groun
aV@ under me with arguments. you
susuae, your explanations: an
uO0sa they were your unsupporte
sOioa | never knew you
: % me, Garrett, and couldn'
WV believe you would bring me a Il
"f'urs me, just for revenge. {.
~ made me think, and-at times
a1eO should go mad, and the
= sAia was afraid wouldn't
~ .afAed suddenly to him and gras
!. us arms, lifting frantic, piteol
y. ~ % his. "oh. Garrett, Garrett
~ - p ! half Historically, tell n
~ aed' tell me it isn't true, tell u
svas you-!-
sa ~ SHOOK his mead sorrowfully, al
a q snort dry sob she released hi
~ .eil back against the wall, shak'
Nd trembling.
H. be said, slowly-"if | thoug
%'o'd make you happy, If l believ'
FOOD ~ oor cnrt nould COR
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-29
The Black Hand.

"Our whole neighborhood has been
stirred up" said the regular reader.
The editor Of the country weekly
seized his pen. "Tell me all about 1t,
he said. What we want Is news!
What stirred 1t up?"
Flowing" said the farmer.-Drift'
wood.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-29
"ofkmen Were Careful Of Them
me BUSINESS Wouldn't 30 What
Il 10 Now.

D'u you ever notice." said the shoe
= 'Sman, that the people who take
!. = poorest care Of their shoes are the
-. - VINO can least afford to get new
- It's a fact, though. Next time
49, ~ slue IN the Subway when the car
70 crowded Vsa can see peoples
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-29
No,hlno to DO With the Case.

.T suppose you can give references.'
said the woman.
~ can. Everybody | ever worked
for saws | sure know how to COOK"
"But as to your character"
"I never let my character interfere
with my cooking, mum, SO | don't see
az that's any concern OF yoars.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-29

wear to a man. But the men who 90
the heavy work now are not 80 WISE
and the shoe trade takes toll OF their
ignorance.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-29
Good Thing to Do.

Telegraph poles are lined up 80 that
their crooks are turned In and not
seen as you look along the line Turn
your twists away from people and not
Of them
The Laclede blade., 1912-03-15
Heavy Snow and Cold Wave

Yes, we had our weekly snow
and it was a good one, the heaviest
of the winter, lasting Sunday and
Monday. Another snow began
early Thursday morning, changing
to rain in couple of hours. The
government forecast for Thursday
night and Friday is Much colder
with heavy snow and high wind. !"
The Laclede blade., 1912-03-15
WHAT HOME FOLKS DO AND SAY
About Local People and Events and
Other Matters Of Interest
Call phone 126 for pure milk.

Mill.
For Old Trusty incubators and
brooders see j. B. Patrick.
Country sorghum SOC per gallon
while it lasts. Carothers & Allen.
Fresh milk delivered daily in
bottles at &c per at. Phone 126.
Orville Mahurin left Wednesday
for visit with relatives at Quincy.
The chautauqua is not moving
picture show. 1t is real perform.
ance.
Libby's soup in cans, six varie-
ties, 1Oc the can. Carothers &
Allen.
Don't forget the chautauqua
Saturday evening, March 16, at the
school house.
Fancy lettuce 25c per Id. for
Friday and Saturdays trade. Car
others & Allen.
Pure, fresh milk delivered daily
to any part of town; 6 cents per
quart. Phone 126.
DIR. j. H. Kittredge, dentist,
will be at Anderson house the 25th
and 26th of each month.
Good mule, coming two years
old and big enough to work, for
sale by DIR. 2. T. Standby.
r. D. Thompson and family of
near Meadville were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. II. L. Allen Wednesday.
A few bushels of home grown
Early Ohio seed potatoes for sale
by j. M. Simpson, route three,
phone $50.
Eggs from pure-bred R. 9,
Rhode Island Reds for sale al
$1.OO per setting. Mrs. 7. j.
Enyeart.
A car of seasoned 7-foot hedge
fence posts and 9-toot corner posts
for sale in any quantity by l.. b
Jones. phone IS.
If you want to do classy baking
nse White Loaf -four. It has M
equal. Only 81. 40 per sack. Car
others & Allen.
When you renew your snbscrip
ton to the BLADE, better subscrib'
for the st. Louis Daily Times, too
Both one year for $3.50.
Be sure and meet the Glee clul
at the chautauqua; composed OF sl'
highly talented young ladies wh'
have just completed q twelve nigh
engagement in New York.
Alfalfa molasses feed with cam
molasses, mild laxative, takes th'
place of the more expensive OIL
meal, and, like cake and pie will
children, the stock eat it first. AL
falfa meal, $1.3O; molasses feet
$l.35 per 100 lbs. Mill.
Cards were printed here las
week for J. w. Wallace's two fin'
stations, Roscoe Medium, hi
speedy trotter' and Niger, BY
Manager out of Carroll Wilkes
mare. These horses will be at thu
Brookfeld fair grounds aftel
March 20 for the season of 1912
Roscoe at $40 to insure and Niggel
at $40.
Two of the prettiest calves evel
shown in Laclede were the twin
Jersey heifers j. G.. Clinefeltel
purchased at New Cambria las
week, which arrived here Frida!
and we're taken out to Jersey Farm
on route one. In color, shape, etc.
they are ideal specimens Of th
breed, and they are almost exactly
alike in appearance. They VII
make q splendid addition to Mr.
CIinefelter's herd Of puro-bre'
Esrssys.
The Laclede blade., 1912-03-15
SHORT PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention Of Those Who Come
and Go During the Week

Mrs. G. B. Talbot is visiting
relativ es at Osceola, Iowa.
Miss. Grace Calloud of Brookfeld
visited L aclede relatives over Sun
day.
Miss S, Isle Benson went to
Cameron Wednesday to visit
friends.
Mrs. A. S. Byrd and daughter
Allene spent S, aturday with friends
at Meadville.
Miss Elva CliL efelter is visiting
her brother, J. G. Clinefelter, and
family on route on4 ,.
Miss Callie Shoho. uey of Bucklin
was the guest of Mis- Mabel hratt
Saturday and Sunday
Mrs. g. B. Bradsha W and Mrs.
M. Y. Rusk of Brook feld visited
friends in Laclede Frida. V.
The Markee band is Oh 1e OF Che
many attractions at the cha 'utauqua
to be given Saturday night.
Miss Agnes Bates Of Bro 'okfield
was the guest of Mr. and N RS l.
B. standby Saturday and Su. nday.
Mrs. Johanna Mathiasch visited
her daughter, Mrs. Marie Hun ter,
and family at Brookfeld over Sun
day.
Mrs. A. L. Loomis and SON,
John, of Meadville were guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. M. P. Benson Sun
day.
Mrs. J. B. Chapman and son
James were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. w. Groes the latter part of last
week.
Mrs. Waiter Brownlee of Brook
field was the guest Of her father,
DR.. q. T. Standby, and family
Friday.
Miss Leila Hubbard of Hale was
a guest of the family of J. D.
Head at the Foreman house over
Sunday.
Ross Welsh of route three spent
Sunday with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Welsh, on
route one.
Mrs. Louese Lippitt and little son
of Meadville spent Sunday with
Laclede relatives. guests Of brand
Mrs. J. L. Burke.
Misses Mira Cooke and Frances
Riley of CarrOlltOn were guests OF
Misses Mabel and Edith Hamilton
the latter part of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. E. Bruins and
daughter, Miss Gussie Belle, visited
MIR. and Mrs. Gus Runge at Brook
field the latter part of last week.
Jacob Boesiger, who recently
traded his Vernon county farm for
IJ. S. Whitney's farm on route
three, has moved here with his
family.
D. A. Henley and his son, G. B.
Henley ,snd the latter's family have
moved from route one to the Mag
gard farm on route two, where they
will reside this year.
Mrs. j. A. Cotter, Mrs. Mary
Barnes and Mrs. Nelson Duckworth
of BroOkfeld were guests of Mrs.
A. G. Groes Saturday evening and
attended the junior play.
Misses Pearl Sternke and Bessie
Walker of BrOokfeld were guests
of Miss Bertha Libby Saturday
evening and attended the play
given by the high school juniors.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carmichael
of st. Louis have spent the past
week with the formers parents,
, Mr.. and Mrs. d. Carmichael. Mr..
carmichael IL n eitv letter carrier
The Laclede blade., 1912-03-15
TOWN AND COUNTRY. IN BRIEF
NeighbOrhOOd News Of the Past,
Present and Near Future

DR.. J. H. Kittredge, the Chilli.
cothe dentist, will be at the Ander-
son house March 25 and 26 and on
the same dates each month there
after.
Have your horseshoeing and
other blacksmith work done by a
skilled workman at D. j. KeIley's
new shop, west end of Foreman
house block. Phone 81.
Being unable to secure the SER
vices of the Royal Hungarian or
chestra, the chautauqua manage
ment has secured the Markee band
to fill their place Saturday night.
The Modern Woodmen opera
house is thoroughly up-to-date.
Recently an entire set Of new
scenery and drops were put in and
now that electric lights have been
installed it is one of the hand
soonest and most convenient opera
houses to be found anywhere in a
town the size of Laclede. =
Two crowds of wolf hunters were
out on Locust creek bottoms Wed
nesday, one party working south
from the covered bridge west OF
LacIede and the other coming up
from Forker. The Forker hunters
got one big wolf and saw another
which got away, but the other party
had no luck.
l.. M. Andres returned Sunday
night from spending the winter al
his plantation in Cuba. Among
the souvenirs MIR. Andres brought
back with him was a bullet from
the battleship Maine. 1t was founC
in the wreck when the battleshiI
was raised last December. 1t is o
steel, is badly corroded by th'
action of the salt water and weighs
about a pound. 1t was intended
for use in one Of the rapid-tr'
guns.
W. L. Matsell will sell his house
hold goods at public auction at hi
home a block and a half north o
the park next Saturday afternoon
March %. Mr.. Matsell and son
Oral, will leave in a few days TO
Moberly, where they have goo'
positions with the Wabash, an
Mrs. MatselI and daughter, Mis-
Maud, will visit relatives in Iowa
few weeks. The many friends O
the family are sorry to have ther
leave Laclede.
G. F. Tobey and son, John, re
turned Saturday from a shor
business trip to Princess Anne, tn
county seat of Somerset county
Maryland, in the lower part of tn
peninsula on the Eastern Shore,
where they purchased a farm o
253 acres, to which they will re
move on or about. the first o
April. Their many friends her
will be sorry to have them leav
for q new home so far away. Mr.
Tobey will hold public sale o
stock, feed, implements and Othe
things Wednesday, March q
Bills will be out the last of thi
week.
In a spelling contest in Mis-
Heath's room at the Laclede schOo
Friday afternoon to select the con
testant to represent the school il
the county contest March %, Pau
CarOthers of the seventh grade ant
Bert Maybee of the eighth wer
best. They tied in the writtel
work and Paul WAS q shade th
better in the oral spelling. ]
seems uncertain whether Laclede
entitled to one or two Representa-
tivss in the county contest, bu
Paul, and perhaps Bert also, wi
The Laclede blade., 1912-03-15
Local and Personal

Allen.
White Orpington eggs for hatch
ing, $1.OO for Is. H. F. Engle-
hart, phone 555.
Buy your chautauqua tickets
from the freshmen. Come early
and avoid the rush.
w. S. Toothaker orders the ad-
dress of his BLADE change from
Pomona to Carthage, Mo.
Little Miss Caroline ,Homan re-
turned home Monday from a visit
with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. B. Ormiston, at Linneus.
Seventy head of fall pigs weigh
ing 60 to 70 pounds for sale to
make room for spring litters.
THE Oaks" Jones Bros, props.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Murphy of
route two returned home Tuesday
from Milan, where they had been
called by the illness of the formers
mother, Mrs. Taylor.
The ladies of the Christian church
will hold home baking sale at ).
B. Patrick's store next Saturday
afternoon and the third Saturday
of each month hereafter.
Almost without exception every
user of alfalfa feeds around Laclede
speaks highly of them. Alfalfa
meal mixed with other feeds for
chickens, sheep and hogs. Mill.
Among those from Linneus who
attended the junior class play
Saturday night were Prof. E. j.
Powell, Raymond Maddox, Ralph
Neal, Todd Ormiston, Byron
Western, George Alexander and
Misses Ruth Collins, Winnie Allen,
Grace Williams, Viola Fetty and
Dora Abbott.
Large crowds are in attendance
and enjoy the moving pictures at
the opera house every Friday
evening. An exceptionally fine
program was given last week and
another has been arranged for this
week. The management apprecl-
ates the fine attendance and patron
I age and endeavors to show nothing
but the highest class pictures with
no Objectionable features whatever.
Admission and 10 cents.
Elsewhere in the BLADE to-day
will be found the display advertise
ment of the DeLaval cream separat-
or, for which j. Paul Jones is To-
cal agent. If you use a separator,
or if you should have one, it, will
pay you to read this advertisement
and the ones to follow. Mr.. Jones
is also agent for the Saginaw stave
silo and will be glad to explain its
good features to anyone interested.
In his public sale March q,
IC. F. Tobey will put up to the
highest bidder three of his regis
tered Jersey COWS, the head of his
limited herd, and two of her
daughters. The party who buys
i any one of these will be the pos
SCISSOR of blooded animal of mer-
| it milk and butter strain, and OF
which q tabulated statement OF
breeding with butter fat tests will
be furnished any one interested on
application.
Miss Josephine G. Maggard,
youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. n. Maggard. died March 6 at
the home Of her parents in Brook
field, after an illness Of several
months. Funeral services were
held Saturday afternoon at the
home, conducted by Rev. W. G.
i Atwood. Miss Maggard was born
! near Laelede April 1, 1890. Be
sides the parents, she leaves three
The Laclede blade., 1912-03-15
M. E. Church Notes

vi. L. InuFCh Notes
Teachers present, IL; officers, 9;
total attendance, 1874; missionary
collection, $5.95. A good mission
ary program was rendered. Ban
ner class for collection, No. 8;
banner class for attendance, No. IL.
The school is planning for an
Easter entertainment Sunday even
ing, April 7. Mrs. Bigger is chair
man of the program committee.
Subject for Bible reading for
Thursday night, continued from
last week, Bible Reasons Why l
Should Attend Prayer Meeting"
DR.. J. o. Taylor will preach
Friday evening at seven o'clock,
followed by the second quarterly
conference. Communion service
Sunday morning at IL o'clock.
Epworth League and preaching in
the evening,
The following is the menu for
the thank offering supper at the
parsonage March 20: Ham sand
wiches, baked beans, salad, pickle,
ice cream, cake and coffee, price
25 cents, or ice cream and cake at
the regular price. Come, bring
your family and enjoy the program.
Some good apples for sale at my
residence. Henry Kraft.
Some early Texas Red seed oats
for sale by H. E. Foster, Boomer.
Ed. E.. Bruins is visiting his
uncle, Lee Love, and family at Roe,
Laclede county.
Fancy Santa Clara prunes only
1Oc the Id. while they last. Car
others & Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. E. Harter and
Miss Kathryn Harter are visiting
relatives at Linneus and Meadville.
w. M. Watson last week bought
the lunch counter business of his
son, W. S. Watson, near the Bur-
lington station, and will continue
the business.
Geo. l.. Kranz and S. L. Nc
Garraugh were at Lathrop Wednes'
day to buy some blooded cattle tc
improve their herds at their farms
on route two.
: A township spelling contest will
be held for rural school pupils OF
jefferson township at Sunny Point
school house, on Saturday, March
16, at one O'Clock p. m.
Mrs. Beatrice Allen of st. Paul,
Mimi, was the guest of her sister,
Miss Nina Kintner, Sunday and
Monday. Mrs. Allen spent hel
early childhood in Laclede, but had
not been here since she was eight
years old.
E. E. TOothaker, consul OF the
local camp, who is teaching the
Frskes school, and a number Oi
others were up from FOrker Wed
nesday evening to attend a meeting
of the Modern Woodmen camp anC
assist in the initiation of one ot
the Forker boys into the order.
W. J. Kranz, who removed tt
Eckelson, N. D., few years ago
visited his brother, Geo. L. Kranz
and family on route two and OlC
friends here 3 few days the pas
week. Win is well pleased Will
Dakota and is doing well there
he has been having serious trOnbl'
with his eyes, but they are muci
better now. he was on his wa
home from q business trip to Chi
leaOo. He will read the BLADE an.
other year.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-09

retrospect be
nothing but its cold hard facts thrust themselves
4 visible
Like familiar character IN cJoh VINO
an along we may believe
having an
i
sniff Mrs Jones will remark that we
We suspicious
nghOr whose homes reoen of
and village
during the uheava that affects all
We
tbuons incident housecleanng increase
renedy have in store for And when we
all finished tul OF dust
muscle and bone in
fereny die before another housecean
rolls around
everything bright and shining and
did the dahod and
if
introduction friend Our mar
in
responsibility had
o maid saying the mistress
the ability Now gathering Vloes
W q the But couldn't laugh then
a
between
mouhu We remember muir
OF
be neghbors houses days and would
horred lnannd offspring they mad
vondere neighbors
o. them
annoyed back
mgubou performance of by seeing bo
sides OF i a