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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-08-02
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Laugh And Grow Eat

( Good fun aad plenty of it Is found in
the color comic section Of The Sunday
Herald. The constant aim is to keep
these amusing illustrations free from
vulgarity and mischierous suggestions
which characterize 90 many comic Sc
tons. 1t is certainly cure for the
blues
There is an entertaining variety OF
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and in addition a Sunday magazine
which has AL the distinctive qualities
OF the famous independent periodicals
Celebrated authors and artists con-
tribute the text and illustrations. The
picture on the first coveris ia rich colors.
1t sets new standard in Sunday
Journalism.
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Also my cotiins and Undertaker's
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from. [ have robes and shoes, whit
hose. | have taken thorough course
in Embalming and will take good care
of bodies ahd preserve them with fluid.
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twenty years Battle

~ was loosor in a twenty year bat
tie with cronic piles and malignant sore
until | tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve;
which turned tho tide, by curing both,
till nota tra,e remains" writes A. Nj.
Bruce, OF Farmvilie, Va. Best for old
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at Webb Bros. druggist.
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Flour Feed uid Coal in any
quantity at Jasper Elevator.
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[ furniture and Undertaking

at all times am keeping nice line
of Furniture, all Paper, Telescopes,
winow shades. Linolium and Oil cloths.
a fine line Of Ingram carpets, samples
Brussels. Moquetts, and make piles of
Picture Frames.
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Grain sacks for rent at the Dickson
Goodman Lumber yard.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
THE AVERAGE BOY.
How One Woman Sums Up His Atti-
tude Toward His Mother,

In taking issue with a schoolmarm
who said that when boy thought
much of 4 teacher it counted, while
t!le girl pupils professed friendship
was only skin deep, Howard mother
who has both son and daughter
touches up boys in this fashion: 1.-The
average boy looks on his mother as
slave, a drudge, person to work for
him, to be growed at, to be ashamed
of and pushed aside when he gets old
enough to look out for himself. The
average girl, though she may be
spoiled, selfish and at times migrate
full, turns to mother for comfort, for
advice, and when needed is kind, con-
Siderate and helpful Some time ago |
worked hard to give my boy and girl
treat. They were away from home for
a few days and l fixed up each ones
room with new curtains, new carpets
and a lot of new things for their
shelves, tables and dressers. My little
girl was so delighted that she could
scarcely contain herself. My son never
noticed the things and never expressed
a word of thanks when his attention
was finally called to them. l have
talked with other mothers and almost
without exception their experience is
the same. The daughters are the kind
est and most grateful, while the boys
exact the most attention, help the least
and cause us the most worry and heart
aches.-Kansas City Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
AN ANTARCTIC HERO.
DIR. Otto NOrdenSLjOld, His ExplOra
tiOns md uis Ron,onoo

DR.. Otto NOrdenskjOld, His ExpIOra-
lions and His Romance.
The visit to the United States of the
Swedish explorer, DR.. Otto Nordensk-
jold, has both scientific and a roman
tic interest. 1t is the first trip to Amer
lea the distinguished adventurer has
taken since he made his explorations on
the antarctic continent, and this time
he brings with him the young girl from
Iceland whom he recently made his
wife. His bride was Miss Karen Berg,
and she is a native of Toensberg Nor
way, but has lived most of the time
since her childhood in Iceland, and it
was there that DR. Nordenskjod met
her first, just before he started out to
explore the lands lying about the south
pole. The image of the fair girl of the
far north was with him all the dreary
and adventurous months of his stay in
the far south, and on his return to Swe-
den he set about making her his bride
The explorer and geographer is yet Il
comparatively young man. He was
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26

What would be the effect upon civil
lization if everybody would keep con-
stantly in mind that suggestion of the
photographer, Look pleasant" The
most difficult part of the photographers
work is the effort to get the subject be
fore the camera to rid himself of the
cold, stiff, set expression of his face
and to replace it bv a genial, kindly
look or smile He is not willing to
reproduce the sitter until he succeeds,
because he knows that the change Of
expression will transform the photo
graph.
How the habit Of looking pleasant
would revolutionize our natures and
civilization itself! If we could only get
rid of the hard, eager, worried look ha-
bitual to many of us, not for the few
seconds we stand before the camera.
but for all our lives, how bright tbs
world would grow!
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
SvperSt-t ion ono
q Trio
By EPES w. SARGENT
Copyright, 1905, by *. A. Whitehead

And the one who looks over your
shoulder into the water is the man you
will marry" concluded Mrs. Pleasan-
ton. Il never knew it to fail"
John Pleasanton smiled behind his
newspaper. Halloween superstitions
we're nonsense, but here was an oppor-
tunity for advancing Jem HowelPs
chances. If Grace believed in such
things what was easier than sending
Howell to the spring to appear at the
oppOrtune moment? And the best Of
the joke would be that his wife was
aiding him to circumvent Harry Pow
ers, the maternal choice for son-in-law.
But there is no well to look down."
protested Grace. Our well is a pump"
The spring will do even BETTER" was
the confronting assurance. Grace shiv-
cred.
GO alone to the spring at midnightr'
she cried.
IN go with you!" cried Pax, her
small brother, who found some relief
IA i-'hNAh AlOlll LIS vi lLdu udue Oh
Peaceful. Mrs. Pleasanton held up her
hands in horror
Indeed you will mott" she cried in
shocked tones. THAT would break the
spell. Grace must so alone" And she
smiled to herself rs she thought of her
cleverness in providing Powers with
an opportunity to propose under prop
erly romantic conditions.
She knew that Grace would like Har-
ry We're it not that Vance Waddell had
gained her fancy. 1t was merely a
passing fancy, and with superstition to
aid him Harry would have no trouble
in displacing his rival. 1t was only her
husbands stubborn insistence upon
Jem Howell which had prevented her
from ousting Waddell before She
could have dealt with a single opposi-
ton, but the two were against her, and
she must resort to strategy
She Gid not dream that her husband
had paid any attention to her talk, so
she smiled placidly to herself over her
sewing in the thought that on the NOR
row victory would perch upon her ban
ners, while on the opposite side of the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26

bearers of Mr.. Hadleys kind messages
Rather than be hidden to the function
in Mr.. Hadley's headquarters one
Standard Oil man remained for days
voluntary prisoner in big New
York hotel. John d. Rockefeller, too,
took pains to avoid receiving one Of
Mr.. Hadley's invitations and it is said,
set in motion plans for a trip to the
south. But Ii. II. Rogers was so
unfortunate as TO be made the unwill-
ing recipient of one Of Mr.. Hadley's
polite communications. 1t was thrown
into his carriage, and the oil magnate,
in response to Il summons which might
not be disregalded with impunity, APP
peared in due time before the commits
sioner. He brought with him a full
assortment of what the poet Milton
has described as ''quips and cranks and
wanton smiles" and as Il jokesmith
succeeded SO well at the early stage of
the inquiry as to earn for himself the
sobriquet of "Ha Ha Rogers" 1t
was only when the cheeky photogra-
pher fired Il charge of powder and fill
ed the room with smoke in taking
flashlight picture of Mr.. Rogers that
the latter lost his smile and his tenn
per- Then he left the room in disgust,
and the inquiry was adjourned until
afternoon. In the meantime he recov-
cred his humOr and spent an hour
or so in the corridor of the building
swapping stories. Attorney Rowe, coun-
sci for Mr.. Rogers, had been interrupt
ing the proceedings so much that he
was ordered by the commissioner to
leave the room. He declined to do so.
Mr.. Rogers from the witness chair in
terposed with the suggestion: Il would
like to take his place. l would leave
quickly enough"
At another time Mr.. Rogers had re-
ferred to Mr.. Hadley as Judge"
Don't call me that" said the attor-
ney general. 'I'm not Judge" "Well,
colonel, then" said Mr.. Rogers, "since
you're from Missouri"
Mr. Rogers chief diversion is yacht
ing. He belongs to the New York
Yacht club and has made many cruises
in his steam yacht Kanawha.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
Many Sided
King Leopold
OF Belgium

~EVERAL undertakings in which
- he is engaged have brought the
W name of King Leopold of Bel
GUM under discussion. For a
small country Belgium assumes quite
a large place in international affairs.
1t has equipped polar expeditions
which have been successful in bring
ing back valuable scientific data per
tanning to the far north and the far
south. Its ruler is practically the abso-
lutte monarch of the NOngo Free State,
and he is engaged in commercial en-
terprises which give him place as a
captain of industry as well as Il SOW
ereign. The leadership in matters of
exploration which Belgium has taken
has prompted King Leopold to extend
an invitation in its name to the arctic
explorers of the world to form a com
munity of interests, Il sort of polar
trust, by means of which the results
Of their explorations may be classified
and made known to the world in the
most advantageous manner. Through
this plan it is expected that arctic and
antarctic explorers will act in concord
and receive more liberal support
In this phase of his character Leo
pold of Belgium appears in the light of
patron of science. In others he poses
as a patron of art and literature But
in some departments of his activity
the king of the Bclgians appears in a
less favorable light. His fondneSs for
certain favoritcs of the theatrical
world is notorious, and he is known to
spend money freely in qualification of
the wilkins of stage beauties who
chance to please his fancy. 1t is an
open secret that the conduct of the
gray whskcred monarch in the COM
pany of these friends does not always
comport with the dignity of his throne
But there is another aspect of the
case of King Leopold that is even more
serious. The most shocking allegations
are made concerning his rule of the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26

1T Amt POLITE TO SCRAP ABOUT MAR
RIED LADIES"
table her better half chuckled at the
pit she had dug for herself. Neither
thought of Pax.
Jem Howell, pacing up and down by
the stream the following evening, heard
footsteps and became suddenly alert
A moment and shadow crossed his
face. The firm tread he heard never
could be Grace approaching. He step
ped back into the shadow of the big
butternut tree which shaded the spring
just as Harry Powers burst through
tangle of brush and approached the
spring.
The latter's quick eyes detected his
rivals form, though not his identity,
and with q spring he was upon him.
"I'll teach you tramps to hang around
private property" he ried; then his
grip upon the others coat relaxed as
they came into the moonlight, and he
could see the face Of his captive.
"What are you hanging around here
t0fE ne demanded.
81 was just coming over from Bas-
CONS and thought I'd like drink of
spring water" was the easy explana-
ton 1t never would do to let Powers
know that he expected Grace.
wonder you didn't stop at the
house." growled Powers. you're al
ways hanging around here"
81 was afraid I'd run into you" re-
torted Jem. Somehow you always
seem to be there yourself"
''If am, I'm welcome" was the re-
spouse. Mrs. Pleasanton was saying
the other night she never seemed to
have chance for nice quiet chat,
some one else always keeps butting in"
you could have all the chance you
want" advised Howell, "lf you wasn't
bothering Grace all the time. Mr..
Pleasanton was saying just the other
night that Grace ought to know all
your jokes by heart now"
"He laughed at that one about the
girl and the COW the other night" as
serted Powers aggressively.
Eyes" admitted Jem. HE said it re-
minded him of the first minstrel show
he ever saw-back in the sixties"
IF you want drink" suggested
Powers, abandoning the warfare, you
will find the cup on the tree there"
Pm not in a hurry" was the placid
response. 81 kinder like the quiet here.
I'd like to sit here alone for an hour or
so and jest sort of think things over"
81 think we'd both better be getting
Rlong," suggested Powers, with
glance at his watch Its getting on.
I'll go as far as jenkins with you"
"What time is it?" demanded Jem.
Half past H." Powers showed the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26

Kongo Free State. According to these
statements, the name of this African
country is most ill chosen, for it's in
habitantS are said to be the chattels
or despot who traffics in their blood
with cold Indifference more becoming
a Nero than a ruler of this enlightened
age. The subject Of the alleged atroci-
ties in the Kongo is now under investi-
CATION. The inquiry instituted by the
Belgian government itself brought out
such damaging facts that the immedi-
ate representative of the king, a man
who, it is stated, had but carried out
MS masters commands, committed sui
eide as soon as he learned what the
report was to be. Great Britain has
taken up the matter, and it is believed
that the acts of King Leopold's agents
In that part of Africa will be exposed
shortly to the full light of publicity.
leopold has been described as a mon
arch more interested in commerce than
IN kingship. He is always on the look
out for paying schemes, works hard.
generally rises at O'clock and before
10 has transacted fairly good days
work. AS monarch of the Belgians his
powers are much circumscribed. No
act of his can have any effect unless
countersigned by one of his ministers.
and for whatever the king does his
minister's are responsible. lie is very
democratic in his habits and often
mingles in crowds without his identity
beng discovered. In Paris, however
the striking figure of this ruler is
pretty well known. The king once
grew quite indignant because Tod
Sloane, the American jockey, refused
70 accept some fried potatoes in a
French restaurant Then the same
portion was promptly placed in front
Of the king, who discovered that thew
ga been cooked in rancid butter. But
4 ate Them" he said, "as | thought it
would injure the business of the place
II sent them away again. Which
shows" he added, "that Jockey can
anord to be more particular than a
king"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26

watcn dial. Howell figured that it
would take ten minutes to walk on to
Jenkins with Powers. He would go
mp the road little way and then make
y cut across the fields and be back be-
fore II.
Together they turned toward the
road, and after brisk walk Powers
turned in at the jenkins gate, and Jem
kept on up the road \ little distance
beyond clump of trees threw an inky
Dlackness over the dust marked path,
and in their friendly shelter Jem climb
ed the fence and made a bee line for
the spring.
He was still painting from his exer-
lions as he reached the butternut and
encountered Powers wrathful glance.
Thought you were going to town."
he jeered.
Thought you had business with Jen-
kins.' retorted Jem.
Jenkins wasn't home" announced
Powers unblushingy.
so you came back to get Il drink"
laughed Jem unpleasantly. You had
better get it and be going on. I've an
engagement here, to tell the truth, and
| don't want you hanging around"
Your sneered Powers, abandoning
pretense why, Mrs. Pleasanton fixed
the whole thing up for me-"
"She did not" contradicted Jem.
you must have heard somehow and
just come around to spoil things. as
usual"
spoil things" echoed Powers in
di&nantly. Il like that. Why. if l had
less patience I'd have thrashed you long
ago for an interfering busybody."
IF you had had more sand you'd
have tried it long ago" tainted Jem.
ITS because you know you can't lick
ne you've kept OF. I'd have thrashed
you long ago if it hadn't seemed such
a shame to put it on a chap who can't
defend himself"
Five minutes later two men with
bruised ANA bleeding faces abandoned
hostilities by common consent to face
a small boy with a broad grin upon his
face
what you fellows fighting for?" de
manded Pax. You amt scrappin. about
Grace, be ye?'
what if we are?" asked Howell.
"Nothin much" was the cool answer.
''only it amt polite to scrap about mar
ried ladies'"
Whose married" demanded the pair.
"You see" explained Pax, you fell
lows amt treated me RIGHT. You could
come an see Grace and you didn't care
about me. Now. ma wouldn't let Vance
come around Or let Grace go out with
him, and SO he had to write letters, and
| took 'em for him. He was nice to me
and you fellows weren't.
Last night | could see what ma was
up to, and | could tell pa was goin' to
try the same thing. l figured out that
you'd be out of the way and mad not
be worryin' about Grace, so she skipped
off with Vance ana went to Saltwater
to get married"
Silently Jem and Powers resumed
their coats and together they started
for the village. Pax called them back
Say" he advised sagely mex time
you fellows want to- get married you
remember that 1 did this ahd you get
hunks with the brother; never mind
her pa and ma"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
AMticiDntinc Trouble.

Young Wife ION the honeymoon)-
Dearest, wish you wouldn't be so ex.
travagant with your money. Husband
Why, loved one? Young Wife-Be-
cause you'll have no money left for ALI
mony if you don't loc out!-Yonkers
Statesman
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26

born i'll Sweden thirty-seven years ago
and is the nephew of Baron Nordensk-
jold. who in 1878 and 1879 skirted the
northern coasts of Europe and Asia
and accomplished for the first time the
navigation OF the northeast passage. 1t
was in October, 1901, that DR.. Otto
NordcnskjOld set out on his expedition
to the antarctic continent, the one from
which he has reaped most fame, but be-
fore that he had won distinction in ex-
petitions to Patagonia, Alaska and
Greenland. Although he lost his ship,
the Antarctic, on the voyage to the
south polar regions, the expedition was
one of the most prolific in scientific re-
suits of any enterprise of the kind ever
The party was rescued on Paulet is
land in November, 1903. by the gun.
boat Uruguay, which had been sent
out by the republic of Argentina in
search of DR.. Nordenskiold and his fell
low voyagers. Professor Nordenskjold,
who holds the chair of geography in
the University of Upsala, is Il geologist
as well as geOgrapher, and his obser-
vations on the antarctic continent have
added much to our knowledge of the
history of the earth. The fossil re-
mains found by the professor show
the correctness of the theory thatta
tropical climate once existed there.
This was at a very early period of the
earth's history. Later came a time
when the climate was like that of GER
tain portions of South America not
tropical, and beeches and similar trees
grew, Skeletons of penguins that grew
to the height of Il man were discovered,
but no remains of land animals.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
PhysIcal Evidence.

"Do you know" said a Sunday school
teacher, addressing a new pupil in the
infant class, that you have a soulY
course l do replied the little fell
low, placing his hand over his heart.
II can feel it tick" -Moberly (Nev.)
Monitor.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26

er by 100 tons of iron chain. The logs
composing the raft are valued at about
100000 To tow them across the ocean
requires the services of several power
full seagoing tugs, connection with the
raft being made by huge hawsers. The
craft is cigar shaped and was con-
structed by laying the logs in vast
cradle anchored in shallow water near
the shore. A great derrick was used
In putting the piles together which,
with the chains, hold the logs in place.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
Worse Than She Thought.

Aunt-But l thought you understood
that George is poor young man when
you became engaged to him. Niece
OF course did, but l didn't imagine it
went so far as his not being able to get
a new automobile till next season.
Judge.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
His Miserable Lot.

why don't you go to work?'
lady" answered Flooding Pete,
I'm on me way dere now. De trouble
Is dat when I'm in New York l hear
about a job dat 1 kin git in Frisco.
An by de time gifts to Frisco finds
de job is taken an l hears of another
one In New York" Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
A GIANT LOG RAFT.
Its Voyage of Nine Thousand Miles
Across the Pacific

The construction of Il giant log raft
for towing across the Pacific from San
Francisco to Shanghai, China, calls
attention to the skill that has been
reached in building RATS by the lum-
bermcn of the Pacific coast. This is
the first time towing logs across the
ocean that separates America and
Asia has been attempted. The voyage
is one of about 5000 miles, and the
raft to make it has been constructed
with great care out of about 100000
feet of spars and spiling bound togeth-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
Sorry He Smoke.

Husband during the quarreD-I
wouldn't be fool if were you. Wife
(calmly)-My dear, can readily under
stand that If you were me you wouldn't
be fool
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
He Can, Indeed.

Gan a man have a billion dollars
and be honest?"
a should think so. He can certain.
'sWell?"
letin.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
Exit.

Mary Ann-Pve come to tell you,
am' that tn gasoline stove has gone
put Mistress-Well, light it again. ~
7. Sure, 1t went out through tn
foof"-ExchaAge.