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The Jasper news., 1903-09-17
Flour & Feed at :wholesale.
Jasper EleV atOr.
DevOured By Worms.

Children often cry, not from pain, but
from hunger. although fed abundantly.
The entire trouble arises from inaction,
heir food is not sssimilated, but
devoured by worms. A few doses OF
Whites Cream Vermifuge will cause
them to ceass crying and begin to thrive
at once, very much to the surprise and
joy Of the mother. pc at f | Lauder
baugh Drug CO.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17
THE GENUINE vs.. COUNTER
REITS,
A. q. BAKER

The genuine is always better than a
counterfeit, but the truth OF this state
ment is never more furcibly realized or
more forcibly realized or more thorough.
ly appreciated than when you compare
the genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
with the many counterfeits aud worth
less substitutes that are on the market
w s Ledbetter, of Shreveport, La says
"After using numerous other remedies
without benefit, one box Of DeWittc's 5
Witch Hazel Salve cured me-" For
blind. bleeding, itching and protruding
piles no remedy is equal to DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by f Laud-
erbaugh.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17
4 PURoATIvE PLEAsyRIs.

10 you ever took DeWitt's Little Early
Risers for biliousDess or constipation
you known what a purgative pleasure Is.
These famous little pills cleanse the liver
and rid the system Of all bile without
producing unpleasant effects. They do
not grip0, sicken or weakness, but give
tone and strength to the tissues and
organs involved. howell OF Houston
Tex, says mo better pill can be used
than Little Early Risers for constipation,
sick headache, ETC." Sold by 4 l Lauder.
laugh Drug co.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17
Special Rates.

Seasons Excursion TO Colora do IL
and Utah daily July to September 30,
good till Oct 81 Que fare plus 50 CTS for
round trip,
Missouri State Fair, SedsliA, one fare
for 'Juud trip Aug lot. to 2lst. Return
Aug 9th.
Special west-bound excursions 10
Sou+h Dakota points.
A. q. BAKER
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17
Raised From The Dead.

CIV Landis, Porter" for the Oriental
Hotel, Chanute, Kan, says:"I know
what it was to suffer with neuralgia deed
| did, and got bottle Of Ballard.
Snow Liniment and was raised from
the dead. Itried to get some more, but
before l bad 'derosed' # my bottle, /
was cured entirely. am telln' de truth
too" 25c, soc and sl.0O. L. ]. Lauoer.
baugh Drug CO.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17
Wanted.

Several persons Of character and good
reputation in zach state(cus in this coun
ty requiredl 70 represent and advertise
old established wealthy busieess house
Of solid financial standing Salary S2l 90
weekly with expenses additional, all
payable in cash direct every "Wednesday
from head OffiOas. Horse and carriage
furnished when Deccessary, References.
Enclose sSlf-Addressed envelope.
Colonial, 352 Dearborn ST., Cbicagn.
J0.l6
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17
Group.

Usually begins with the symptoms OF a
common cold; there is chilliness, snsez.
ing, sore throat, hot skin, quick pulse,
hoarseness and impeded respiration,
Give frequent small doses OF Ballard's
Horehound Syrup, uhe child will cry for
it and at the first sign OF a croupy cough
apply frequently Ballnrd's Snow Lini,
ment externally to the throat 5Oc at f. /,
l. ;uderbaagh Drug co.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17
n Years A Dyspeptlc.

r. II. Foster, 3ls s. I'd st Salt Lake
City, writes: IL have been bothered
with dyspepsia or indigestion for 81 years
tried many doctors without relief;
recently l got bottle Of Herbine. One
bottle cured me, | am now taperinR of on
the second. have recommended it 10
my friends; il is curing them, too" 5Oc
at + Lauderbaugh Drug co.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17

The Star Spangled Banner" has
been officially declared to be the
National Hymn by the Navy De.
partment, Heretofore it has been
a question as to whether "rhe Stur
Spang'ed Banner" America" OF
Dixie held this distinction and
it has caused some embarrassment
in the navy, but the action of the
department settles the matter.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17
II Looks That Way.
Kansas City journal.

Kansas City journal.
Mr.. Folk being staunch
Democrat with an unsullied party
record, why is it that the prominent
Democratic leaders of Missouri are
opposing his candidacy? Are they
so closely allied with boodlers that
they must fight the man the
5oodlers hate.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17
Ills lite saved By Chamber
Ialrs collie Cholera DIarrlSoSa
Remedy

"B l. Byor, well known cooper of this
town, says he believes chamberlain 5
collie, cholera and Diarrahoea Remedy
saved his life last summer. He had been
sick for a month with what the doctors
call bilious dysentsTy, and could got no
medicine to do him any goodtill he tried
this remedy. 1t gave him immediate re-
lief, says B I Little, merchant, Hancock
Md. For sale by Webb Bros.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17

| am Democrat, but | do not
believe u democratic lawbreukeT
is any better than Repub.
lican lawbreuker. Both are
criminals. believe in ex-
posing and Furnishing Demo
cratic rascals the same as Republi-
can rascals. Officials are not cleo
ted to prosecute only political
opponents, but to enforce the law
impartiNlly against all offenders,
Democrats or Republicans. JOS
eph w. Folk.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17

A Carthage man has brought
suit for divorce against his wife,
one Of the grounds being because
she was liar. He then proceeds
to lay his wife in the shade on
that score by telling a whopper
about II flying machine he claims
he has built
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17

What's the matter with the JAS
per BandY It's all right! 1t cut
quite wide swath as it marched
down Main street in Joplin from
one end to the other last Thursday.
The Joplin Globe says there were
six bands in the parade and they
were all good ones"
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17

Land around Jasper which sold
at $40 an acre few years ago is
now bringing $50 and lots which
sold for 500 four years ago are
held at 5000.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17
TIE PLEASURE or EAr,No

Persons suffering from indigestion,
dyspepsia or other stomach trouble will
find that kodol Dyspepsia cure digests
what you eat and makes the stomach
sweet. This remedy is a never failing
cure for Indigestion and Dyspepsia aud
all complaints affecting the glands OF
membranes Of tue stomach or digestive
tract. When you take KOdol Dyspepsia
cure ever! thing you eat tastes good, and
every bit Of tho uutIiment that your
food contains is HssimI lated and appropri
sted by the blood and tissues. Sold by
e Lauderbaugh Drug Co.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17

Water works, electric lights and
new school house would put JAS
per in the position that she ought
to he in, considering her other
advantages.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17
A Good Shoe.

l have Just received a complete line Of
the celebrated Priesmeyer Shoes, both
Gentlemen's and Ladies' and can fit you
out in any shape or form and guarantee
abstraction. Hi HENDRIcKs.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17

Missouri Pacific Time Table.
SOUTH BOUND.
No 20 st L., X G. Il Joplin Mail 7:30 am
No n X G., Tex II Joplin Mail 3:0l pm
No 25-K G., Tex ~ Joplin Exp. I2;20 am
No lO3 Local Freights. ....... lO:l2 am
NORTH BOUND.
NJ 2G-Tex, Joplin Il X c Exp. $50 am
No 24-Juplin, X G. & st l. Mail 1912 am
No cost l., X c Il Joplin Mail. S;0l pm
No lOi Local Frcights s.......... 800 pm
All trains have through chair cars.
Close connection in rnion dcpots.
Tickets sold and baggage checked
through 10 all principle points in the
country. II. o. BAKER, Agent.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17

Feed for sale in wholesale lots at the
Jasper elevator
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17

Gents, Ladies and Chill
dren's Sox at Jasper Racket
Store.
The Jasper news., 1903-09-17
The Jasper News
LYNN MONROE.
Editor.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER II 1903

Issued evory Thursday and devoted to
the interests Of the =, opIe of jasper and
vicinity. Our politics The greatest
good to the greatest number"
Entered at the PostolIico at Jasper,
Mo, as Second class matter September
81, 1893.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07

Youths Make tor Themselves All
Kinds Of Diversions
They still tell the story at villa Me.
dici. Rome, OF a enouvean student.
who. when presented to NJ. Schnetz,
himself boldly tapped him on the chest
and TO the JOY Of the ancient" stu
dents exclaimed. Il know that Joke.
old chap. No use trying il on met"
The joke is the richer since Il marks
the passing OF one Of the best jokes
at this famous institution, For years
ii had been the custom for the older
students TO have one Of their number
Ia q dress coat presented with all due
soIemnlty to the new students.
suil another joke is tor the older
students to capture q couple Of new
eomers and, after conducting them 10
their rooms. thrust them in and lock
the door. leaving them face to face
with q donkey tied between the beds
Each year the salon Of the villa Is
transformed into gala place, and the
spectator finds himself IN the midst OF
a country fair. an old time Roman
carnival Or the holdup Of family OF
English tourists. IN which young
woman, who, by the way wears a
lnxuriant mustache Is borne on In tri
umph By a band Of the blackest ban
dts ever painted.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07
Some Fashions in Gowns.
Varying Styles That Have Found Favor
With Ny Lady Artistic and nartsfc
Ways IN Which 10 Lift the Skirt

until fashion decreed that there s1orld
be 40 more trains 70 drag, which ap'
pears 10 have been In the early part
OF the sixteenth century The wheel
fardinsle introduced with Queen Eliza
beth and the hoop Of various sizes and
shapes In the eighteenth century made
holding up the skirts unnecessary or
impossible.
IN Charles lis time the court ladies'
allowed their voluminous skirts 70
drag except in the dance, when they
we're frankly raised above the garter.
The merchants tidy and thrifty wives
OF the same period pinned or gathered
up their GOWNS from the muddy
streets With the pleasant effect OF
showing their lace pettlcoats and
smart shoes and stockings.
In the eighteenth century hoopsldrt
days the iiowered skirts were some
times drawn up all arouul through the
pocket holes and with a red capuchin
abcve and a gay petticoat and pair o.
slim feet In black bucklod shoes be
low made very hewitchine picture
la the latter part Of the eighteenth
century fashions rushed from yard
long waists and hooped petucoats tc
very high waists and very long slim
skirts. According to the Times, II
ll790. the measurement Of a petticoai
for a middling-sized woman was iee'
and inch and it also says that amona
yprudent fathers the fayorite toast wa
"The present fashion Of our wives ana
daughters. viz No Waste!" Thes'
clinging skirts left very little Of tn
form to the imagination. but as D
that little we're too much the fashion
in holding them up was to draw then
as tightly as possible around the igun
and raise them as high as the knee
IL the nineteenth century there wal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07

new solution Of the servant girl
problem is being discussed in the
large cities of the West lnAian girls,
from special training schoefi, are be-
ing employed as servant girls Il Is
said that the Indian girls who have
been properly trained are found to be
perfect embodiments Of satisfactory
domestic service. Five thousand or
more Indian girls have been engaged
from the various Indian schools OF
the Southwest TO act as domestics in
the homes of wealthy people in Kan
sas City. Chicago. St. Louis and Den
yer. Most Of these girls are from the
Chiiacco and Haskell Indian schools.
The Indian girls are physically
strong. They are as rule, faithful,
polite and unobtrusive.-B Buffalo En-
quirer
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07

lay it up over the belt. drawing It a
little toward the back. h whiek means
it is quite raised from the ground at
the left side and back and only needs
TO be held up a bit at the right. This
is by far the easier way for the arm,
also.
Woman, as a necessary adjunct to
each quickly changing fashion in
skirts, has had to discover for her
self and learn to practice the smartest
or most convenient way Of keeping her
garment from contact with the ground.
Once in a while she has rebelled out
right and has dragged velvet and silk,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07


There can be but little doubt thai
the Grand Duchess Olga Of Russia
who has just attained her seventh
birthday. Is the wenithiest little girl
in the world Immediately after hei
birth something like a million pounds
was settled upon her. the huge sum
being safely invested IN England and
France. II she lives 70 reach her ma
iofity her marriage settlement IS like
ly to be the largest on record. No one
knows the extent OF the white czar's
wealth: It Is doubtful II he himself
does. He Is far and away the largest
landowner IN the world, and he haa
gold and ether mines IN Siberia which
bring in a revenue. the amount Of
which is never made public
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07

stantial structure The entrance will
have four columns Of Connemara mar
Bile. surmounted by four figures em-
blematic OF the four provinces Of Ire
land. Seals Of the chief counties or
cities Of Ireland viii be carved In
disks under the cornice, and the deco
rations will be in Celtic characters.
The structure win be modern In
every way. 1t is to be built Of Come
mara granite and enameled brick. u
viii have a frontage Of 1l0 feet on
10th street, and 100 feet on Fifth
avenue.
The vice presidents include the Rev.
Charles H. Parkhurst, Justice p. Henry
Dugro. Perez NJ Stewart, Eugene A..
PhiIbin. Justice Bischoff. Justice Gle
gerich, Thomas Gilroy. Justice Nor
gan J. OBrien Of the Appellate Divis-
ion Of the Supreme Court. Justice
Fitzgerald. f. r. S. Gould, the Rev.
william l.. Tenney. Thomas b. Con-
merry, Justice Dennis O'Brien Of the
Court Of Appeals, Hugh King, St.
Clair McKelway. John Cunneen, W. J..
oBrion and John d. crimmins, treas
urer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07


muslin and lace. through dust and
mire with a right royal disregard for
the consequences.
1t is dificuIt to tell from the illum-
mated manuscripts (which with the
efHgies were almost the only source OF
information as to early costume)
whether up TO 10S7 the skirts were
raised from the ground at all or not,
but at that date the rage for length
ening every part OF the dress passed
all bounds with both men and women.
The women's sleeves and wells were
so long that they had TO be tied in
krots. and the skirts Of the robes lay
in great rolls on the ground.
The cynical illuminator mada pic
ture of the devil IA female garments
with the skirts as well as the sleeves
knotted up.
The authors Of the Roman de Ia
Rose" describe the dress Of the late
thirteenth and early fourteenth cen
turtles. and are particularly severe on
the length Of the train of the surcoat.
supertunic or cyclas. advising the la
dies. If their legs are not handsome,
or their feet small, 10 wear long robes
trailing on the pavement, but if they
have pretty feet to raise the robe as
II for air and convenience that all who
pass may see and admire them.
The exterior garment was sometimes
so long as to be gathered up end car
ried over the arm. and a tract was
written by a divine at that time en-
ss&1oa ~Corfro Cos.doe Don4frns-t115,' %
A Norman knight some hundred
years later made great many unkind
remarks about the prevailing fashions
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07

a retriever not long ago was sent
into ditch TO bring out winged
partridge The dog picked up the
scent, rushed along the bottom Of the
ditch under the hrambles. and after .
little cropping about emerged on the
bank with an old rusty kettle, holdine
Il By the handle Laughter greeted
this performance.
Stop a bit" said the dogs master
Here. Rover. give IL 20 me- Anc
the dog brought the kettle to him
Taxing IL from his mouth. his master
put his hand into the kettle, the nc
being on. and took out the partri~ge
Chased by the dog. il had crept into
the kettle 10 hide and the dog, not
being able to draw Il out. just brought
the lot
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07

A tailor in the island OF Lewis saw
his wife and number Of other women
disappear up the chimney OF farm
house. and from their excursion they
returned with a great catch OF fish
The tailor proposed that he should
accompany the party the next time
they went fishing, and the women con
scented. To the number OF eighteen
the witches went to sea on line OF
worsted thread. the iailora wife be
ing left ashore to hold the ball or end
Of the line in her hand. The tailor
persuaded her to go with the rest and
leave him in charge Of the line. She
went. and the tailor paid out more
line till he thought the witches far
enough out at sea. He then cut the
thread and allowed the whole lot T.
drown Chicago News
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07

The CHIEF OF the FIRE department in
Rouen. France. has invented a FIRE
pump which can be operated by tap
ping the current Of any street car or
electric light system. The pump Is
small enough TO be drawn easily by
one horse ri a light, two-wheeled cart,
but sufficiently powerful to throw q
stream OF water 100 feet high. In a
trial the new pump developed its full
energy in three minutes, while q
steam pump required fourteen min.
utes to get up the same pressure
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07

when Mark Twain called on SEN
ator Chauncey Depew at his office re
Gently he found him with his h1gers
very much soiled from writing. As
the Senator stepped to the bowl and
began washing his hands. Mr.. Glenn
ems observed laughingly II might
be good thing II you would use a
little OF that soap on your conscience.
Senator Possibly agreed the Sen
ator. Soap would DO In my ease.
but II twas yours. you'd have to use
rmnice stone at least
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07

Il Is I@c that people often say that
the turning up Of leaves is sign Of
rain, but the sign does not seem to bo
a very trus one. declares the Aonthly
Weather Review There are many
kinds OF trees like the silverleaf pop
lars. IN fact all the poplars. the maple
and some OF the oaks. which turn
their leaves up whenever there is a
fairly strong steady wind, but they dc
Il as much IN clear weather as In
rainy Possibly the belief may havo
arisen from the fact that winds cap
able Of turning leaves over very often
preceae or follow raiPstorms.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07

an interesting procession OF clinglna
skirts, short skirts. with small hoops
hoops which brought back the good
old medlaeyal fashion OF raising the
skirts bit in front while they sweps
the ground at the back: those hoops
bustles with long trains, which nobody
made the leas. pretense at raising;
bustles with short skirts, slim trained
skirts, which were sometimes raised
and sometimes not: skirts SO volum
inous that they had 10 be carried In
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07
ReEp.s sgNsg oF AuMoR.
VIII, Sarcasm and Humer Natural {
Maine Statesman.

VIII. Sarcasm and Humer Natural to
Maine Statesman.
The writer began his service as
reading clerk Of the Natssnal House
Of Representatives at the beginning
OF the Fifty-fourth Congress and has
served continuously until the present
: time. Speaker Reeds real greatness
was always felt IN the atmosphere
about the clerks desk He was q
strict disciplinafian. but quick to rec
ornize efhcient and faithful service
and great enough to correct himself
when In error He was always cour-
areous and soeiable at times, yet
there was a sort Of dlgnihed reserve
which every now and then gave way,
when something on the floor Of the
House occurred which afforded an op.
portunity for the play Of wit. sarcasm,
or humor which welled out Of Mr.
Reeds great brains as naturally as
laughing water from a pure spring IN
a mountain side.
His ability to see at a glance and
describe IN a sentence the humorous
side OF things or the weak point IN
.. members position was unsurpassed
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07
HOW DEER WAS SHOT.
Pet o. Indiana Farmer Meets Its Fate
IN ths Woods.

W AU- " 8~fN"@
People in the vicinity OF Muncie'
ind. except the man who owned the
animal. have been amused by newspa-
Ger stories OF the shooting Of a deer,
supposed to be the last Of its kind in
that part Of the state The animal
vas killed near Smithneld. east OF
Muncie. A deer was shot, but Il was
an old. decrepit three-legged pet that
belonged to John Cooper, farmer
The deer. which was as tame as a
COW. often wandered in the woods.
Cooper grieyes over his deer's death
why. he said. II they had only
called It. It would have come up to
them and allowed itself to be slaught'
cred without a waste Of ammunition
There probably Is not forty-acre
tract OF woodland in all Delaware
county for deer to hide in.--Indian-
apoiis News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07

Years ago Mr.. Chamberlain, the Brit
ish col0pial secretary. while a guest
At the legation in Washington. at
tended a ball An American girl with
whom he danced summed him up In
this way lies nice enough, but be
doesn't know how to waltz He takes
such funny little. short steps that one
would think he must have practlced
IN a postage stamp" It was during
this visit that he met Miss Endieott,
who afterward became his wife. Mr..
Chamberlain said on his return to Eng
land that he had made a treaty with
which the august senate OF the United
States had nothing to do"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07

IN answer @ the academV'1 annual
question to eminent Enalishmen as to
the new books they have read with
tho most pleasure the past year Her
bert Spencer writes that he has not
read any new books. while Prof skert
OF Cambridge university says that be
has read none. having quite et|oueh
to DO to read the old ones.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-01-07

her. Whore there is any choice of
seat nhe should rapidly pick out the
lowest chair IN the room and manage
somehow 70 get Il.
The woman who grows fat almost
always develops a tendency 10 sit very
nquarely with feet planted aOout a
foot apart and toes turned out II you
couldn't see another bit Of her you
would know At once from her feet
that she was nS-e sAsn passing
stout
But the lean. ionglcgged woman al
40 has odd ways Of d.spoaIng Of her
feet. She il Is who commits the
atrocities OF winding them around the
legs Of her chair In opposite directions,
OF crossing her legs and winding them
round and round each other until her
feet seem lnextrieably mixed up and
Of sticking her crossed feet out In
front Of her.
The manulsh glrl either sits with
legs stretched out heels touching tho
ground and the eolea OF her shoes In
full view or with legs frankly crossed,
much as man wunld and she has even
been known IN moments of abstraction
20 put one foot up on the other knee.
The umid woman always sits with
feet well drawn IN either with toes
touching the floor close together and
heels up or with feet tightly crossed
in the same way.
The nervous woman always trots or
taps her feet. than which there Is moth