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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-12-06
a. Aged Lady dead.

y II
Mrs. Naomi Patterson died at Der
II ne east OF jasper, Sanday, Decen-
ber2, at 10 o'clock a. m, after anil
ness Of only few days. She had been
in her usual good health, for lady of
her age, and upon retiring for the night
Thursday evening seemed M well as us-s
ual, but when morning came che was
unable to leave her bed, and gradually
grew worse until Sunday morning when
the end came.
Mrs. Patterson was born 10 Hardin
COUNTY, Kentucky, 10 1923. and on
March 20, 1858, at tho age of 20 years
was married to Samuel Patterson who
died January 3, 1901 To this union
there were horn six sons, all of whom
are living and of which number five
were present at the time Of her death.
The children are. Luther who lives in
Kentucky, s. l., I. A., G. r., Thomas,
and N. H. Patterson Of Jasper and VI
cinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson moved to
Missouri 1880 and located four miles
east Of here where they lived for three
years, when they moved tl,reo-fourths
cf mile east of town at which flacf
both Mr. and Mrs Patterson died.
Deceased had for many years been =
member Of the Eastern Star Lodge, and
was also member of the Baptist
church. The4unaral services were helt
at the Duukard churc'', conducted b,
Rev. Furgeson of Carterville, an1 in
terment made in the Dunkarj cemetery
Mrs. Patterson was an affectionate
mother aud a kind npighhor, ant
besides the sorrowing relatives sh
leaves host of friends to mourn he
loss.
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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-12-06
Love.

YES" said the Chicago girl, I'm
engaged to Mr. Rocks. 1t vas really
hard to decide because like Mr. Bull
lion quite as well and they're equally
wealthy"
What decided the thing?" asked
her friend.
We'll, Mr.. Rocks promised me the
most alimony II such q thing should
become necessary"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-12-06
suburhanite In eIa Luck.

"Did you hear of the servant girl
Backlotz took out from the city with
him the other day! It's marvellous!
maryelous!" said Subbpbs.
"Marvelous?" gueried Gilman.
"She's going to stay, eh?"
"Oh! better than that! He induced
her to buy the place for only few
hundred dollars less than he paid foI
it."
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-12-06

Crapdall Bros will always pay the top
OF the market for Beef Hides. If
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-12-06

C.E Campbell is busy this week
moving his portable oven from his old
stand to his new location on the eouth
side Of tbc street.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-12-06

Try the Star confectionery for all
kinds Of candy. All goods fresh.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-12-06

When you want q good pair Of shoes
that will wear 90 to r Briyht's rtore
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-12-06
NOTICE.

All persons owing &C
counts at Jasper Ele-
vator please call and
settle by January /,
1907, by cash, grain or
good note, don't fail,
must close my book.
II. L. Tallman.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-12-06

In next weeks paper list of all con-
tributors will he given together with
the amount givoo by each room in the
school.
Both teachers and pupils wish 10
thank the public for the generous pot
ronage given them in this instance.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-12-06

Buy you pair Of jeans pants Of
Joyce and Lee.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-12-06

Sir John Astisy cigars now Sc. at J.
s.. Dafter's.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-12-06

n. JASPER LODGE NO. 3es A.
!" F, and A. Nj. Stated meetings
lst aod 3rd Tuesdays of each
month. Visiting brothers cordially
welcome. v. n. HENDRICKS, w. M.
@. g. SWANSON, Sec'y.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-12-06
JASPER LODGES

MODERN WOODMEN OF AMER
ICA Meets LIST snd 3rd Wednesday
Nights 10 each mouth. Visiting Neigh
bors cordially invited to attend.
+. F. FoLLMER, v. q.
G. w. SrRATToS. Clerk.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Handle Work with Gloves.

81 hope said the woman who was
ordering a pair of slippers made of
lowered satin, that you will tell your
workman to wash his hands before he
begins to make these up"
Wash his hands" repeated the clerk.
Why. madam, he never will touch
these with his bare hands!''
Then the clerk explained that all
workmen employed in making slippers
of light colors worked with white
gloves on.
TRY to keep them cleanw he CON
tinued. Il should say they did. They
try so hard that they change their
white gloves three times day" Which
Is not so fantastic as it may seem, for
If shoemaker soils material of this
Kind the expense to him of replacing
the material, to say nothing Of the loss
of his time, makes it worth his while
TO work in gloves and keep them clean
at that.-New York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Model for European Armies.

The German army Of to-day is the
largest and most efficient fighting
organization that the world has ever
seen ana it has served as model for
the armies Of most other countries.
The Austrian army has been organ.
lied on methods copied exactly from
the German system. The Japanese
army also took it's methods in organ
ization as well as in strategy and
tactics from Germany and German
officers. The Chinese army has now
adopted German methods. Nearly
all the smaller countries Of Europe
with aspirations to military efficiency
have borrowed officers from the Ger
man army to instruct their troops.
The Turkish army was so organized.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

Two well known Portland GIe) men,
L. j. Carney and Thomas L. King,
roomed together ut the Preble House,
in that city. One evening MI. Carney
retired before Nj. King, and the lat
ter, on arriving rather late at the room,
found the door locked, the key on the
inside and his friendsnoring loudly. Aft
cr repeatedly pounding on the door and
awakening the other guests lie sue
cceded in arorsing his roommate Mr..
Carney Jumped out of bed and after
climbing on to a chair managed after
considerable trouble to force open the
transom. Then he passed the key out
to King, but sleepily said he was aw-
fully sorry for locking him out But
King felt more than satisfied, as he
roared at the ridiculous performance of
his half awake roommate Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
The st.uggses of a scn,u.sr.

Augustin Rodin, the French sculptor.
had great struggle with poverty and
adverse criticism in his youth. OF an
episode of this eayly period writer
says: with that indexible Will and
singleness of purpose that never falled
him throughout his career TIE Yong
sculptor set hiA:solf To express in clay.
marble Or hro9ze his conception OF life
and art. lie usea'his leisure in work.
Ing ut nighttime, in deserted stable
he had transformed Into Il studio. at
his wonderful mask of TIE Man With
the Broken Nose After eighteen
months of hard and patient labor lie
finished this mask and sent ii to the
salon. 1t took the hanging committee
fourteen years to discover any merit
in the work, for it was rejected il 1864
and finally accepted only in 1875"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Taegart Will Tell.

Chairman Taggart Of the Demo
cratic National Committee consents
to appear before the House Commit
tee on Elections if Mr.. Cortelyou of
the Republican Committee will do
the same and testify to the contri-
buttons received in 1904 by his COM
mittee.
Has not President Roosevelt sufli-
cient influence with Chairman Cor
telyou to induce him to accede to
this fair proposition? 1t should be
an opportunity dear to the Presi-
dents heart, considering how en-
phatically during the campaign he
repelled the charge that campaign
money had been given to his party
by corporations in need of Legislative
or executive favors.
all except hardened spoilsmen
concede the pressing demand for re-
form in campaign financing. The
beginning of reform is Publicity
New York World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Speech and Intellect,

A inan who has, by disease or injury,
lost the faculty OF talking is generally
also unable 10 write, and it is only in
exceptional cases that one of these
functions persists while the other is in
allegiance. Cases OF this latter Kind
show, however, that there are really
two separate centers for the two fac
ulties which are lying very close to-
gether and therefore generally suffer
at the same time. II the disease af-
fecting them be still more extensive
the faculty OF intelligent pantominae or
sesticulation is likewise abolished. Per-
sons who have entirely lost their Ian
guage may still be able to play chess,
backgammon and whist. and they have
been observed to cheat at cards with
some ingenuity. They may also be
sharp in business matters, facts tend
ing TO show that speech and intellect
do not run i'll Identical grooves.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
The Three Heaviest aien.

The three heaviest men of whom any
mention is made in history Were Miles
Darden of Tennessee, Lewis Cornelius
of Pennsylvania and Daniel Lambert
Of England. Darden died in 1887.
When in health he WAS seven feet six
inches in height aud weighed over 1000
pounds. There is no record OF the date
OF the death of Cornelius. which oc-
Cured in Pike county. Pa. but the ac-
count says that he was born i'll iI94
When in his prime he measured eight
feet two inches around the waist. was
six feet tall and weighed GI5ls pounds
Daniel Lambert WAS an English freak
of the early part Of the century and
died in June, 1909. He was of average
height, but weighed 730 pounds.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

The native inhabitants of lie Xii
islands believe thunder 10 be the icl-
lowing of The great air whale. myth
lcal creature which. according 10 Their
folklore stories, ithabits the opposite
side of all thunder clouds. Ii ,hc regu-
lation thunder cloud appears unacrsn-
panied by the ominous runbiing, pc
culiar to such phenomena, they take it
as token that the Great Spirit is
pleased with their past doing. Ii. how
ever, on the other hand, TIE oetonations
be frequent and violent they are sure
that The gol OF the clements is dis
pleased ard Immediately eng agc them
selves in ali sorts OF ludicrous Icalita-
tions for the purpose of righting mat
ters. Lightning is to them the result
of the air whale Snashing his tech to-
gether and thus striking fire Another
peculiarly OF this primitive people lies
in the fact that they will not partalie
of food while Il thunder cloud is in
sight, fearing that the air whale viii
pounce upon and devour them for such
i.'reycrence
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

One of tie Nuremberg toymakers In
closed in Il cherry stone which was ex-
hibited at the French Crystal palace a
plan of Sevastopoi. a railway station
and the 'AIeasiah'' of Klopstock. In
more remote times an account is given
OF am ivory chariot, constructed by
McEmeciGes, which was 50 small that a
lily could cover it wit, his wing; also a
ship Of the same material which could
be hidden under the wing Of bee.
P!iny, too. tells Us that Homer's
"lliad,' with its LOGO verses, was
written in so small Il space as to be
contained in Il nutshell While ELAN
mentions an artist who wrote a dis
Itch N letters Of gold which he inclosed
III the rind of Il kernel of corn. But the
ilarlein manuscript mentions a greater
curiosity than any of the above, it be-
.ng nothing more or less than the Bible
written by one Peter Bales. chancery
clerk. in so small a book that 1t could
be inclosed in the shell of an English
walnut
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
A Kind Hearted prelate.

It is said that Archbishop Ryan,
has kept Philadelphia in good humor
for twenty-four years-the length of
time he has been at his post in that
archdiocese-and the story below is
typical of the way he has done it:
Your grace, said Wayne Mcyeagh,
when he was council of the Pennsvl
vania railroad, "our president here.
who always travels with his council,
will undoubtedly get you passes over
all the railroads in the United States
if in return you will give him pass
to Paradise" "Ah," replied the
archbishop quietly, Il would do SO
II it were not for separating him
from his counsel"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
A Strong Pair.

An Irish private went to ask his
colonel for a weeks leave on the
ground that he had been exceeding
ly useful to his wife at her spring
cleaning the year before, and that he
would like to be SO again. 1T would
give" said the colonel, "the greatest
possible pleasure to grant your re-
quest; but l am sorry to say that
your wife says that you were OF nc
use to her at the spring cleaning,
and she hoped you would not get
leave" The man sorrowfully turned
to go, but stopped at the door, and
turning to his commanding officer,
said: May say another word col
onel?" "By all MEANS" answered
the other. There must be-" re-
joined the man, 'two Of the greatest
liars in the world in this room, for
| never had wife"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
vitality OF n Frog. Heart.

There is no living creature, according
TO Il Philadelphia surgeon, that has a
heart with so much vitality as frog.
especially the species commonly known
rs the water frog. 1t is generally
known that the aquatic frog will sur
vive for months after the hind legs
lave been removed. or course he can
not hop about as he could before losing
his principal means of transit, but his
fore legs help him to crawl wherever
he desires to go. When began to learn
surgery l made n special dissection of
Il frog one day. l laid the various parts
of the body Oh i; table and discovered
that life was extinct within few
hours in every organ except the heart.
The heart showed valvular motion for
a day after it had been severed entirely
from the body. am not aware that
any other creatures heart is possessed
of such vitality. = Philadelphia Tele
graph
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

1t is the opinion of the true gourmet
that of all marine pan fish there is none
to compare with the smelt (Osmerus
mordaS). This primary rank is its own
by reason of its delicacy and delicious
favor, and when fried 4 light brown in
very fine hreadcrumbs and served with
melted butter there is none that dis
nutes its pre-eminence. lis delightful
favor, however, as well a.; it's peculiar
odor. is evancscent. Like the mackerel
it cannot he too fresh. 1t is from its
odor that the smelt derives not only its
familiar but Latin name, an oior so ag-
gressive of sliced cucumbers that If its
presence be manifested only to the
sense of smell people are often deluGed
iG,o such supposition. This odor is not
marked except in the freshly caught
fish and disappears in the cooking. CIV
ilS place, howevers to Il fitting resur-
'rection of the smelt TO an olfactory
sense still more savory and delightful.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

Hammers are represented on the
monuments of Egypt twenty centuries
before our era. They greatly resem-
bled the hammers now in use, save that
there We're no claws on the back for
the extraction Of nails. The first ham,
mer was undoubtedly stone held in
the hand. Claw hammers We're invent
ed some time during the middle ages.
Illuminated manuscripts of the elev
ent.i century represent carpenters with
claw hammers. Hammers are Of all
sizes, from the dainty Instruments
used by the jeweler, which weigh less
than half an ounce, to the gigantic
hammer of shipbuildine establishments.
some of which weigh as much as fifty
tons and have a falling force Of from
80 to 100. Every trade has its own
hammer and its own way of using it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

A man With curious fondness for
sl:ullcaps Was the Able &c st. Martin,
who. il the seventeenth century, made
himself ridiculous by his vagaries. He
~ W srore nine of these articles to
leep off the cold and. Furthermore, nine
nairs of stockings. His mode of pass
!:;s. tie night was more remarkable
i1il. He caused to be constructed for
h!mse!f a bed of ricks, beneath which
Vas Il furnace. so arranged that he
could regulate it to the degree of
warmth he might require, and his bed
was fitted with only a very small open
ing. through which the abbe used to
creep when he retired to rest at night.
Even more ludicrous was the con-
t.iyhnce which tie great French mathe-
Iiatician, Fourier. designed and used
for the protection OF his health. He in
casel limssif IN Il species of box, the
interior of which, by some mechanical
MEANS was kept at the only tempera-
ture at which lie felt he could live with
ont inconvenience. While enveloped In
this clumsy affair he was necessarily
confined to one spot, but he provided
means for the freedom of his head and
hands. Even the ills of asthma and
rheumatism, one would have thought,
We're preferable to existence under such
circumstances as this, but the French
mathematician, we must believe, was
of 4 different opinion.-LOndOn Stand
wi
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
The stondn.ttare dere.ta,

The standpatters defeated one
primary bill because they thought
its passage would elect Governor
Cummins to a 3rd term, and now
they are opposing the new bi !,
which by its terms is not to be ap-
plicable to the present gubernatorial
contest, because they claim the bill
is aimed at Senator Allison's seat.
The standpatters seem to have conf
dence in the counts of the ward
bosses, but no confidence in the
masses of the people.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

Hippocrates is looked UPON by anat-
omists as the father OF the science.
He died in 377 L. c. The modern sci
ence began in Italy in the thirteenth
century. The first anatomical plates,
designed to show the size ana relative
position Of the bodily organs. We're pre-
pared and colorea by Titan. All the
great painters and sculptors have been
careful students of anatomy Michael
Angelo, Raphael and Leonardo ia Vim
ci We're noted for their anatomical re.
searches.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
will be freely conceded

sit will be freely conceded. Of
course" says the Waterloo Courier,
that the editor of the Manchester
Press is entirely qualified to speak
on the subject of 'insincere
primary reformers. He supported
the Saunders substitute for a real
primary measure and knows the
breed, but the concession must no,
he construed as in any way an ad.
mission that he is qualified to speak
of real reformers. He knows them
only at longe range and sees them
through green glasses.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

a man who had determined to kill
himself went down to the river to COM
nit suicide, and when he began to
write final message to his wife he
could think of nothing to say except
that some butter which he had ordered
would be found at IL certain grocery
Ills message bears out Il certain fact
discovered by realists-that in the su-
preme and soul terrifying moments of
life the most ridiculous and trivial
things often come uppermost in the
mind.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
James L.cL's Test.

This is told Of james Lick, the &C.
centric San Francisco millionaire, who
founded the famous observatory bear
ing his name. When taking any one
into his service he always asked the
person to plant a tree upside down
the roots in the air. the branches I'M
If there We're any protest
the man was at once sent away, Lick
saying that he wanted only men who
would obey orders strictly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

Here are a couple of guides to happi-
ness which some wise person has dis
covered: "For fit of passion take Il
walk in the open air. You may then
speak to the wind without hurting any
person or proclaiming yourself to be Il
simpleton. For iit of idleness count
the tickings of a clock DO this for one
hour. and you will be glad to pull off
your coat and SO to work like man"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Time Transforms Senator Forak

Senator Foraker. who won the
title, Fire Alarm" on account OF the
fuss he made over President Cleve-
lands proposal to return the con-
federate battle flags, is the same
man who put provision into the
'rmy bill for the marking of the
graves of the confederate dead in
the north. AS a statesman Foraker
s only 10 or l6 years behind Cleve-
land, and for a man like Foraker
that is not so very bad.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Greels,s xyor.,,,, os 1.,~,.n,,r

The Greeks were 50 much afraid Of
lightning that they worshiped it. They
endeavored to avert its malignant in
luence by kissing and whistling at 1t.
In places which had suffered by it al
tars We're erected and oblations made
to avert the anger Of the gods, after
which no one dared to touch or ap-
proach them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
"This InUenturc."

The phrase this indenture" which
appears SO often in legal papers. is of
curious origin. III the early days parch-
ment was used for legal documents be-
cause it was cheaper than paper. Tie
leaves were not cut evenly. bat seal
loped with Il knife, becoming 'indent-
ed" Papers are now cut Oh straight
lines, but "this indenture" still re-
mains.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
A Singular Condition.

Dolliver is favoring the things in
Washington for wiich Cummins
stands for in Iowa, and in Iowa the
senator is favoring the things for
which Elkins stands for in WasL.
ington.-Webster City Freeman Tri
bune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
The Tnurista. WAY.

Alpine Traveler-This is very dan
gerous place, you say. And do the
poor people who live on the mountain
have to travel this way every day?
Guide-Oh, no! They are not such
fools. They so up by much easier
road. We only bring the tourists round
this way.-Pearson' Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

Senator Bailey, of Texas, pronoun-
ces Indian Territory the richest spot
in America. The senator is correct
if his knowledge of America does
not extend to the renowned corn belt
of Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Beauty From within.

There are faces so fluid with exprcs-
sion, so flushed and rippled by the play
OF thought that we can hardly find
what the mere features really are, says
Home Notes. When the delicious beau
ty of linements loses its power it is be-
cause more delicious beauty has ap-
peared-that an interior and durable
form has been disclosed
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
meNHoop.womenHoop,

MaNHooe-WoMaNHooD.
Oh! Ignorant poor man! what dost thou bear
Locked up within the casket Of thy breast?
What jewels aud what riches hast thou there
What heavenly treasure In SO weak chest:
Sir j. Davies.
A creature OF more exalted kind
Was wanted vet. And then man was designed.
Cnncions of thought. Dryden.
Not size with tra'torous kiss her Saviour s:ung.
Not sh" denied him with unholy tongue:
She while Apostles shrank could danger trave.
Last at his cross and earliest at his grave.
e S Barret-Woman.
UNklNDNESS at HOME
We havs careful thought for the stranger,
Ana smilss for the sometimes gu st,
Bu! eft for "our own"
Tue bitter tone.
Though we love our own The best.
Ah! lip with the curve impatient;
Ah, brow with that 10 Of tcorn,
'Twere cruel fate
Were the night too late
To urdo the work of the morn.
Margaret sancster.