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The Laclede blade., 1914-03-13
Death Of Mrs. Captain Love

Mrs. Isabelle Love, widow of
the late Captain W. R. Love died
at the home of her son Lee near
Brookfeld last Sunday at an ad-
vanced age. The remains were
taken to Iowa for burial. Captain
and Mrs. Love were early settlers
in Laclede and lived here for many
Years
The Laclede blade., 1914-03-13
TOWN AND COUNTRY
About Local People and Events and
Other Matters Of Interest

Early June seed oats for sale by
2. R. King.
For best prices on poultry call
No. 7, or see j. B, Patrick.
A good four-year-old work horse
for sale. Inquire at this Office. ;.
We pay cash for poultry, butter,
eggs and cream. j. B. Patrick.
Five acre tract Of land in south
east suburb of Laclede for sale.
w. M. Watson.
For satisfaction try the guaran-
teed paint, $1.60 per gallon at j.
B. Patrick's.
Parties knowing themselves in
debted to me will please call and
settle. j. L. Burke.
The Kensington club will meet
with Mrs. B. F. Thompson next
Thursday, March 10.
For better bread try a sack of
Zephyr or Fanchon -four. Sold
and guaranteed by j. B. Patrick.
G. B. Henley has moved over
from Wheeling and is occupying
the brick farm house west of town.
Some good white oak fence posts
for sale at 10 cents each by Lloyd
Balcom at his farm southeast of
Laclede.
We have the agency for Old
Trusty incubator, and carry them
in stock, get our price before you
buy. j. B. Patrick.
Jas. T. Bassett has sold his
residence in the southeast part of
town to Chas. B. Welsh who will
occupy it after March Is.
The Royal Neighbors will meet
at Woodman hall next Saturday at
the usual hour and all members
are requested to be in attendance.
Three or four hundred we'll
seasoned white oak and jack oak
fence posts for sale at my farm
southwest of Laclede. q. T.
Standby.
Mrs. Catherine Strickler Null
linux sends in remittance from
Eureka, Kansas, and says to keep
THE BLADE coming as she is al
ways glad to hear from her old
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. G. Mccoy re-
ceived last Friday a crate of fine
oranges and lemons from Mr., and
Mrs. Lonnie Bruins and little,
daughter of Anaheim, Cali The
fruit was from Mr.. Bruins fruit
farm near Anaheim.
THE BLADE is in receipt Of a re-
newal remittance and a very kind
letter from Mrs. Minnie Edwards
McQuillin of Burlington, Iowa, in
which she states having been a
subscriber for more than twenty
two years she would feel lost with
out its weekly visits.
VIM. M. Watson was called to
Glasgow last week by the death of
his uncle, Geo. W. Watson, who
died Tuesday at the age of 86
years. The deceased was quite
we'll known in Laclede having
visited here a number of times.
His wife, aged go, survives him
but is in poor health.
Stutsman & Son who recently
took charge of the livery and feed
barn, succeeding J. w. Power,
have an ad. in The BLADE today.
They have safe teams and careful
The Laclede blade., 1914-03-13
For Sale

A few good healthy shoats
weighing about IS pounds. Phone
$50, Laclede. J. NJ. SIMPSON.
The Laclede blade., 1914-03-13
ON LOCAL SUBJECTS
Local Items and Interesting Bits Of
News Of All Sorts


from complication of diseases
brought on by q severe case Of
measles.
A. j. Caywood has sold his
residence property just north Of
his home place to 81. G. Lomax.
Mr.. Lomax will have some repairs
made on the property after which
it will be occupied by J. H. Brown
and family.
FL. G.. Lomax last Friday sold
his place of rs acres, the house
now being occupied by J. H.
Brown, to John Maple for $4,000
cash. Possession is to be given
April l. The sale was made by
w, S. Savage.
O. A. Potter had a car of fat
lambs in st. Louis Monday and
topped the market. Mr.. Potter is
looked upon as one of the best
feeders in the state by the Kansas
City and ST.. Louis commission
men, his stuff always being in de-
mand He rAti1rned home Tuesday
morning.
At the school election to be held
the first Tuesday in April two
members of the board are to be
elected to succeed j. B. Jones and
E. e. Toothaker. Mr.. Jones in
forms us he is not a candidate and
will not stand for reelection, We
understand Mr.. Toothaker feels
the same way about it and if true
there will be room for two new
members. Both have been good
and faithful members and it is now
up to the voters to select the very
best men available as their sue
cessors.
The BLADE is endeavoring- to
stick squarely to the paid in ad-
vance proposition in handling
subscriptions, being fully con-
vinced that that policy is the best,
not only for the publisher, but the
patron as we'll. Expiration notices
are mailed out every two weeks to
all whose time is about to expire,
with a gentle request to renew
promptly. Of the several hundred
notices mailed out since the first
of the year only one name has
been dropped from the list, all
others having renewed or made
satisfactory arrangements to have
the paper continued. To those who
have renewed, many without notice,
we thank you very much and hope
to continue to merit your con-
idence and patronage.
There was presented to Post
master Hetrick Wednesday for re-
iemption postal note issued at
February "a, 1885, and
Drawn for payment by the post
office at Leavenworth, Kansas. The
note was for one dollar and was
sent in by mail. 1t was receipted
0y j. C. Davis and sent from
Kansas City with request that a
order be sent him payable
It Kansas City. J. w. Lomsx was
he issuing postmaster. Although
20 years old the note was well pre-
served and looked as if it had been
handled but little. AS the life of
postal note was only three months
rom date of issued Postmaster
Ietrick could do nothing but
Onward it on to the department at
Washington and Mr.. Davis viii
eceive his dollar in due time. The
,ostal notes went out of existahee
Ome time during Cleveland's
The Laclede blade., 1914-03-13

WCChS 4 uC dlJCA uOOA Woo opOhO
with music and social time. Miss
Elleta Dougherty was a guest of
the afternoon. Refreshments were
served by the hostess assisted by
her son, Master Lloyd.
The l.. T. C. club held a delight
full meeting with Mrs. Byrd on
Thursday of last week. The at
tendance was good and four new
members were enrolled. Delicious
refreshments were served by the
hostess. The next meeting will be
with Mrs. Bundren next Thursday.
A bevy of young people were
delightfully."- entertained last Tues-
day evening by Miss M. Frances
Dye at the home. of her parents.
The evening was spent with music
and games. Dainty refreshments
were served by the hostess sister,
Miss Virginia, assisted by Miss
Janice Hamill. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Johnston, Mr..
and Mrs. Ed. Finney, Misses Helga.
and Christina Johnson, Roxana
Rankin, Lena Mendenhall, Esther
Rowland, Maige Kent, May Weaver,
Virginia Kraft, and Viola and
Beulah Kraft of Bethel, and DR..
Bonds, Henry Bremen, Roscoe
Rankin, Guy Davis, Jules Hilton,
Harold Standby, Frank Miller,
Clifford Shell, and Oliver Finney
Of Fall City, Nebr.
Chapter R, P. E. O., met at the
home Of Mrs. Ida Benson last
Wednesday afternoon and among
other business elected the follow
officers for the ensuing year: Mrs.
Edith Moore, president; Mrs. Ella
Standby, vice president; Mrs.
Caroline Byrd, recording secretary;
Mrs. Ella Ong, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Mary Bigger,
chaplain; Mrs. Carrie Pratt, guard;
Mrs. Leonora Caywood, journalist.
The new officers were duly in
stalled by Mrs. Lola Lomax, past
president. Mrs. Standby was
elected delegate to the state con-
vention to be held at Joplin in
June. A delightful afternoon was
spent, the hostess, assisted by her
sister, Mrs. Edith Benson, serving
dainty refreshments. Little Miss
Katherine Benson was the guest of
the afternoon.
The Woman's Foreign Mission
ary society met in the Rest Room
Wednesday, March 4. The meet
ing was called to order by the
president, Mrs. G. c. Bigger.
Rev. Allen read the scripture and
offered prayer. The lesson on
China was conducted by Mrs. ].
E. Welsh. Mrs. Frank Welsh
read very excellent paper on
Japan and Korea. DIR. j. L.
Burke, accompanied by Miss Mabel
Hamilton, sang a solo, Go Carry
His Love-" Mr.. Jerome Brown
furnished music for the occasion, |
and members of the society helped
to make the meeting one of pleasure
and profit. A large number of
members and friends of the society |
were present. Mrs. F. F. Welsh, |
assisted by Miss Ora Walker,
furnished the refreshments and
gave the proceeds to the society as
a freewill offering. The meeting
was pronounced one of the best of
the season.
For Sale
A few good healthy shoats
The Laclede blade., 1914-03-13
For Sale

Forty acres of land one mile
north of Laclede- For iufOrma-
ton write Mrs. Mary Mize, 900
Pate street, st. Joseph, Mo.
The Laclede blade., 1914-03-13
Society and Clubs

The Kensington club met with
Mrs. Sherry on Thursday of last
week. The afternoon was spent
with music and social time. Miss
Elleta Dougherty was guest of
the afternoon. Refreshments were
served by the hostess assisted by
her son, Master Lloyd.
Evening star., 1914-01-25

mah's money is doing it. and he's fixing
it up so that the Colonel can't squander it
all over again by having the deeds made
jointly The Colonel can't ever dispose OF
any of it without her consent.
He carried the copy out to the printer to
be set up, and when he returned Billy had
departed, heading straight for Burmah's Sc
cluSion.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25

mold tissue In the intestine was enormously
enlarged and was discharging great numbers
OF small cells into the circulation
One OF tho most striking evidenced of spleen
biood formation was that Of Cat No. 2, In which
ia'ooooO0 red corpuscles and 1877. 900 white cor
puscles per cubic millimetre were found In tho
vein leading from the spleen, az against two.
thirds Of that humber in the circulation IN tba
surface of the body The reason for this at
once became apparent on examination of the
spleen itself. There was an enormous an.
largement Of the organ and the germinal cen.
tres on microscopical section showed yerv NOT.
re production OF large cells. There were fur.
thermore two accessory spleens Otherw,oo ,ho
cat was in normal health
Most important Of all were the resr,,s a.,
RABBIT No. 8, which had been previously ,noc.
u'a.ea WIN rather virulent strain OF para.
typhoid bacillus, germ resembling typbo,d
MS strain IN rabbits causes a marked failure
or white corpuscles in the general blood yeHse,.
vi 'ne poay as regular feature following tnoc.
uiation. But the remarkable thing WAS that
aitnoush this failure Of white corpuscles had
reached such grade that the hearts blood
contained only $50 white blood celia IN tho
CUBIC centitnetre, the spleen still kept dlacbarg
nnh,o " nS,, Dioou cens at rate OF $500 per
CUBIC centimetre. This. DR.. Morris saws. waa a
perfectly evident effort Of the spleen to com.
pensate for the loss In the general BLOOD
Dr. Morris says that this and the other re.
sa,ts IN MS experiments all point to the newt
aole conclusion that the spleen Is a blood. ,orn,.
ing organ of prime Importance In the animal
system The fact that the organ can be re.
moved without causing death or even conejd.
a a.,: harm to the animal organism does not
initiate against this conclusion. Other organs,
sueh as the bone marrow and adenoid tissucs
IN general, may assume part of the role Of the
spieen %hen this Is absent. but only the sever
NY OF the misunderstanding agent and tha ind
viauai resistance can determine whether the
tho sn, Ian stana the strain when deprived OF
the spleen. Cases Of death from removal y, nc
spleen speen when affected by malaria SUPPORT this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25
How the Spleen Manufactures White
Blood Corpuscles 10 Fight Disease

TsHE spleen has long been one Of the mys.
teries of the human body. This organ.
soft mass Of blood vessels and tubes sit
uated on the left side Of the stomach evidently
performs some important function in the
working Of our body but hitherto no physician
has been able to prove exactly what this is.
The accidental rupture OF the spleen causes
DEATH but. on the other hand, the organ can
be removed by surgery, and the patient may
live long time afterward. Apparently there.
fore. It Is not essential to iife
DR.. Dudley H. Morris, of the Department OF
Pathology Of the New York College OF Physi-
clans and Surgeons, has now demonstrated by
series Of remarkable experiments the actual
functions Of tue spleen. He has proved that
one OF the hist duties OF the spleen ia to supply
red and white corpusclea to the blood. These
are the solid elements Of the blood. The spleen
also has the duty Of regulating the proportion
OF white corluscles to red according to the
state OF the body.
These white corpuscles destroy disease
germs On the blood and help to maintain
healthy conditions In the system When dis.
ease attacks the system the spleen Immediately
begins to manufacture extra number Of
white corpuscles in order to combat the new
condition. The doctor has actually counted the
number OF red and white corpuscles secreted
by the spleen OF number OF animals in yari.
Gus states OF health and disease.
HIS experiments arc described by him in the
trent issue OF the Journal Of Experimental
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25
By G. K. Chesterton.

~ UTE apart from who Ia right wrong In the
war, there elements In Europe which the
American citizen lie happy enough not to have
experienced, but which the American citizen Ia almost
certainly slrewd enough to There very many
during the North and South who wanted England
and Europe. perhaps to intervene in America. At that
time our sympathies would have been entirely with
the South; nor am I. today, without any sympathy
with those sympathies. Yet think we are most Of
us glad. and 30 far one may dogmates of another
nation, think most Americans glad that the real
claims of Robert Lee the real claims OF Abraham
Lincoln were not settled either at town like Hatfield
town like HuddersNeld
The English aristocrat not fit to comprehend
the Vlrgnian aristocrat, when he made him out
much more aristicratc than he was The man in Biz
mingham could not really estimate man in Boston
even when he overesimated him. But all this s an
undersatement of the comparison The most chiyalric
champion of States Rights really felt that Massa
chusetts or Old Virginia was sovereign nation in
tho sense OF France Russia; Bull could not leave
80 deep cleavage as Jena, Gettysburg az Sedan
To put the point in its most practical form do not
believe there was one poor, gallant, ragged "Reb" or
Yank" In those soustirring democratic armies who
did not know he was an American. But have passed
my life among hundreds of highly educated Englishmen
who did not know they Europeans. They know
1t now
Touching the actual challenge shock Of battle there
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25
Extraordinary
That Would Fnl
the Little Thiz,a|
den GrezU as L0]
Look to Ea1

dn a war upon man They cannot be
killed or disabled as quickly as man
and other animals that have O nervous
system centralized In the brain. No blow
in any one spot is fatal to them. You can
demolish the legs. wings. eyes and con.
siderable part of the beetles body and It
will continue to move on with its vitality
apparently unaffected. The attack OF an
army OF such creatures, raised to human
size. would appal even the bravest army
provided with tho best OF modern artillery
1t would be necessary to devise new means
OF attack. perhaps poisonous gases and
deadly microbes, to meet such enemies.
1t has been reasonably argued that some
OF the existing ants would prove uncon.
querable opponents II they deliberately
made war on man. How much more ter.
r!blo would they be II raised to human
size?
Another picture shows what would hap.
pen II a horned garden caterpillar were
to grow as large as man over night, and
In the morning should attack the mistress
OF one Of our suburban homes when she
went into her garden to pick some flowers.
This caterpillar 10 far more hideous than
the most terrible anaconda that ever raised
It's head from the depths. OF the Brazilian
forest. The caterpillar does not have ven.
omous fangs, but 1t exudes rickening
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25
Why There Cannot b

Ia nothing to be said but what said d
this place. There ia no need to answer
case. for there is no German case. Eve
true that our defense OF Belgium was based
interests. 1t leaves the moral advantage,
least, on our aide rather than the Germanj
1t cannot be more wicked to keep your VOL
reasons. Mr.. Asqulth, imagine, has nel
himself as saint because he did not inyd
But he might still haye regarded himself as
II ne had. All the commonest contracts
commerce are OF interests; but in the Il
gain OF cash and goods 1t is thought good I'd
goods, and bad merely to secure what .Pri
matists would call "the needful" -
Upon the pure point Of logic, therefore, Il
and have never even begun to see, that Ed
Ing her promise can be worse than Germs|
ner promise. even If 1t were true thu
acted from the high. sincere motive Of
human beings to, Sit out play by suderml
England acted from the low, crafty. MOTIVE
Ing the English ports.
1t is the same with the only other di,putd
tory OF the war that can be studied in tbI
and logical light: the ultimatum from Al
which the whole matter began. 1t iB imposd
1t and the incidents surrounding It without
tain that Austria made and meant to mako
war she was in the position of that most
OF bully who may be disappointed by gettA
wants. Nay, In a sense, Austria is surety
ness OF the Servian resistance. for Austria !
to formulate set Of claims that no nation
accept. She had to compose a work OF .arI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25

Medicine published by the Rockefeller Insti.
tute, New York.
DR.. Morris found that the proportion Of white
corpuscles in the vein that leaves the spleen Ia
much larger than in the artery that enters the
organ. Counts were made with the "Thoma.
Zeiss apparatus" with blood from the splenic
artery, splenic vein, mesenteric vein and for
purposes Of control from a vein on the surface
OF the body Smears Of blood were also made
from each location. Rabbits, cats and dogs
were studied, some in perfect health, others
suffering from spontaneous or artthcially in.
duced disease. Thorough autopses were made
In each case and the organs studied microscop.
ically.
There were always more red and white cells
In the splenic vein than could be found In any
OF the other vessels. Frequently this excess
OF corpuscles rose to such degree that there
were twice az many red or white cells coming
out as going into the spleen.
The excess OF white cells was mainly of the
single-celled variety. These mononuclear cells
we're mainly Of the large variety whereas
those coming from adenoid tissue OF the mites.
tine were mainly of the small variety. The
significance OF this was clearly shown in Cat
No. 3, where tho white cells coming from the
spleen were found to be only half as numerous
as in the surface circulation and In the intes-
final veins. The autopsy showed the reason for
this. The spleen was unchanged and dis.
charged Its normal quantity of large mononu.
clear cells into the blood stream. but the ade.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25
BY Prof. III. L. Weston, PHI. D.

IF our common garden bugs were as big
as men, they would be far more ter.
ribie and deadly than any of the lions.
tigers, snakes and other dangerous crea.
lures that roam the wild places of the
earth.
Such change in size Is not inconceIv.
able, for geology proves that in past ages
there were insects as large as men and
even much larger.
Hero you see photographically Illustrated
some OF the dreadful shocks and surprises
that would meet you If the bugs grew es
largo as men,.
For instance. we see colossal spider
coming out of Subway entrance and
seizing the first man 1t meets. This is
only common garden spider. but in this
enlarged form 1t Is certainly the most ter.
riole creature that We have ever looked
upon.
The spider secretes form OF poison that
paralyzss fly at the first touch The en-.
larged spider would similarly paralyze a
man the moment it touched him. and then
carry him away and suck his blood at
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25
BUGS W E.R

leisure. or keep the body In storage.
The spider has an Unsuitable appetite
for blood. as shown by his unlimited capac.
ity for ensnaring and devouring flies.
Henri Fabre. the French entomologist,
and Maeterlinck have we'll pointed out
that the spider. appears to human eyes to
be the most malevolent of all living crea.
lures, not excepting the snake. II the
spiders were Of colossal size the whole
human race would not be sufficient to
satisfy their thirst for blood.
In another ingeniously constructed pho.
tograph we see soldier with quick-frlng
gun endeavoring to repel the attack of
gigantic hornbeetle. The gun Is SKATER.
ing fragments Of the beetles horny cara.
pace. but the insect tiercely advances In.
different to the injury
The hornbeetle, as he really exists 10
armed with two vast horny mandibles oc.
cupying more than half the bulk OF the
body. They are not dssimilar to the claws
of lobster in shape, and are quite as hard
In substance. A man can scarcely crush
the claws of this hornbeetle with his foot.
even when the insect is OF comparatively
modest size.
Bullets would glance OF the head of the
giant bornbeetle. as they would OF tho
turret OF a battleship. A tap or his sharp
n,andlble would enter a mans body as
easily az spear would enter a pig. No
wild animal as formidably armed az this
has threatened the existence OF man within
historic timeS. This ia truly dragon.
Hero may point our
an extraordinary ad.
- vantage these gigantic
a insects would possess
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25

A Woman in Her Garden Would
Be Subject to Attacks Like This
from the Common Horned Cat
erpillar, Which Smothers with
the Sickening Liquid 1t Ex-
udes and Sings with Its Hairs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25

A Common Yellow Spider En-
larged to This Size Would
Have This Terrifying Aspect
if 1t Sprang Out of a Subway
Entrance.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-11
TIMBER CRUISE
NOW COMPLETED
FIRST CONTRACT HANDLED IN
LATAH COUNTY BY NEASE
COMPANY FINISHED.
Bill for the Work was $6225-BOard
Has Checked the Work and Finds
1t Correct.

The county board in special ses-
sion today completed an examination
of the cruise of timber made by the
Nease Timber company of Portland in
Latah county, the cruise being for the
purpose of determining the amount OF
timber in two townships and number
of single forties ON which to base as
sessment valuations, and after COM
pairing the cruise made by the Nease
company with check by employees
of the county board, the bill in the
amount of $6225 as submitted by the
Nease company was accepted. The
board has not yet authorized the is
suance of a warrant in payment for the
work
Commissioner Mcintyre today said
in speaking of the cruise that the es-
Inmates made seemed entirely satisfac-
tory to the county and was a fair es-
innate. He stated that it seemed pos
sible that the county would gain 80
per cent in the assessed valuation on
timber lands by reason of the cruise.
Mr.. Nease was in the city today. The
cruisers completed their work some
time ago.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-11
JOY RIDE ALMOST FATAL
Mrs. 'Bud" Fisher Seriously Injured
in Auto Accident-Fisher Silent.

NEW YORK, June 11.-Suffering
from a crushed chest and internal in
juries, Mrs. Bud" Fisher, wife of the
famous cartoonist, is believed to be
dying at Fordham as the result of an
automobile crash. The accident is re-
ported to have occurred during joy
ride.
The car in which Mrs. Fisher, ac-
companied by Lawrence Lamb, Harry
Feldman and Miss Fannie Barrows,
collied with Harry Hafner's automobile
and overturned at dark corner of the
Pelham Parkway road. Hafner al
leges that Lamb was speeding with
the lights out.
Cartoonist Fisher visited the hospital
early today and remained only. few
minutes. "It's my wife all right" he
said, "But that's all care to say
now"