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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10
COLUMN
Conducted By the ". q. T.sU.

At
"a temperance Crank" writes for the
Carthage Press and says Busch gave a
big donation FOR the wrecked homes in
California and he causes more horrois
than the earthquake" | want t. say
agree with this Crack. l was visiting
home once and the father came home
drunk. | won't say he was 'Intoxicat-
ed" or 'Under the inhience," Or chad
imbibed too freely, "or cover up the state
Of affairs by good language for he was
drunk and it would be disgrace to an
imils to say beastly drunk, because an
imals coul never be go wicked. He
raved and tore. First he pushed over
the super tabl, then he reached for a
BUCKET CT milk ana ran with it to the
parior and poured it over the carpet. lie
was lassoed with the clothes line and
tied firmly until he became sober. Well
an earthquake is dreadful, so is fire and
SMALLPOX, but the rawlings of that man
lasted al night aud his family and home
looked like wreck more dreadful than
au earthquake, because it could be help.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10

ed. A Christian nation should not per-
NIT business to exist which wrecks
homes many more than earthquakes do.
The earthquake is beyond our control.
The Liquor Traffic is not. The question
is now "How long are we going to let
saloon -wrecking go on9"
wrote you some time ago about old
Father Hubbard in Joplin. Well bis
home is now wrecked by the saloon.
He's drunk. Mother Hubbard is sup.
porting the children. She tried every
, means to save him but couldn't.
Thousand like them, ,"While men sleep
an enemy comes and sows tares" and
this enemy is licensed. Wake up sn6
think OF it.
| Ms MATHEWS.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10

the happy couple were driven to Le-
moore, where they took the train for
Hanford in the evening, becoming guests
h. re at the Art sia Hotel. This forenoon
they boarded the train for Coalinga
where Mr. Merrill has provided nice
home for his bride,
Louis Merrill is we'll known to nearly
everyone in Hanford, as well as Coalin-
ga, for he spent his boyhood days on
the Avenal ranch on the West Side then
owened by mis- father. He is cow en-
gagged in the livery business in Coalinga
and is one Of the successful business
men of the oil town. The bride is also
a resident of Coalinga, where she has
resided with her family and where she
IS very popular with host of friends
The Journal joins with other friends, o
the couple 10 wishing them the happi
ness and prosperity that seems to be pre-
missed as their lot in the matrimonial
state.
Miss James went to California littl
over year ago and spent the summe
in Los Angeles later going to Coa!ing
where she met MIR Merrill and their &C
quaintance soon rippened into clos
friendship and the wedding was the re
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10
MISS IDA JAMES nARR,ED.
Welded To A Californian April
Tw. nty Ninth.

The following from a California paper
published at GA ipga tells of Miss Ida
James who form /; lived on tha jacob
Frck farm west.uf this city,
Married
AT the residence Of Walter Merrill
rother uf thr groom), five miles h.
.,-.st Of len oo"e, ut 1920 a. IN. Sunday.
r, 20, 1876, r y, Neon, Of Lemoorp
iii ,atlng, Miss ID. G James and Mr.
u0u,s Metril l., tin OF CoAlipga.
The wedding was a quiet one, per
Crmed in tie preseuCe If relative; of the
bride aud gro,m ooly, under ii bower of
roses The b.iIe locke | charm n. in a
costume of white k, carried a bo1qu t
Of white loses aud wore wreath Of
,range b o.s ,ln'. The grown wore the
Convention VI il,ck. Tue sc4ue was Il
very pretty one, aud aiG4r tne ceremony
the bride and q, ,oOm We're the recipieu Is
of ma1y hea IT, con .rAtuliMJaS, nj 50 of
oms very nice present. A sumptuous
wedding past W. selv I'd, alter which
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10

WANTED: by Chicago wholesale and
mail order house, assistant manager
(man or woman) for this county and ad-
joining territory. SALARY s2O Eand ex-
penses paid weekly; expense money ad-
vanced. Work pleasant; position per-
manent. No Investment or experience
required. Spare time valuable. Write
at once for full particulars and enclose
self-addressed envelopes.
SUPERINTENDENT, 1872 Lake St.,
Chicago, Ill. 28.1s
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10
SURPRISED Tasle PASTOR.
Rev. 3 r. Logan 0'ven A Pleasant
iSrcrDiiun

The mriuhets uG tue Presbyterian
church and ID il tr ead4 to The number
of 50 1r 40 gave thor pustor Rev B f
Lo. an aud his wife .asaut sur i,rise
last night. While thn pastor was con
duc,iug The FRAY yer meeting services "a
plumber Of the laGias took posses
sion OF tho home and the balance of
the crowd accomptil ed Mr. Logan home.
,Th, surprise was mosJ com plsle neither
Mr. Logan or bis wife koowiDg "A thing
about it until they reached home ~
l. freshments were served and jolly
good time is reported by present.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10

The News is in receipt of the initial
copy of the Neck City News. 1t is six
column folio, two pages Of which are
home print. 1t co atains three columns
of local reading matter and is well pa
tronized by the merchants of Neck City
who will find the News Of groat advan
tage to their town and business. The
editor of the News is Hugh M. Haynes
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10
Elayor's Proclamation.

Out Of respect for the nation 3 d >ad
soldiers. respectfully request i at the
business houses of the city of asp "
close from the hours of 10 O'Clock in ths
morning to O'Clock in the aftelL oon
of Wednesday May 80, reg III ,riy obser-
we'd as Decoration Day.
S d CHANDLER, Mayor
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10
Thos. Titus Dead.

Thomas Titus highly respected cit
izen of Preston died Sunday morning
after long illness. He was about 30
years 5ld and had lived in Preston for a
number of years. He leaves wife and
one child. The funeral was held Mon,
day afternoon.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10
A Pc Su,per.

The ladies' Aid society of the Nj. E.
Church viii have II pie supper, Shtur-
day evening, May 18th, 1905, in the
Wells building formerly occupied by the
Gazette. Ladies bring pies, gentlemen
bring pocket books. Everybody in
vited.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10
REPUBLICAN PRinARY.
Called For Next Wedne sday
Night.

A republican primary has been called
to meet at the Opera house next Wed
nesday night, May 10th, for the purpose
of electing five delegates to a
county convention to be held at
Carthage on May 18 at which delegates
TO a state convention will re chosen.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10
K0d0R dyspepsia GlIr'G
GigoSss what you cat.

Have you weakness Of any kind
stomach. back or any oigapsof the body?
Don't dope yourself with ordinary med
icine. Holister's Rocky Mountain Tea
is the supreme curative power. So cents
Tea or Tablets. Sold by Dr. Schooler,
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10
Notice

AS expect to leave next week to be
gone till September ! wish to requ est
that all in need Of veterinary service
please see me this week. Also'would be
pleased to have those indebted to me to
settle before go, e w Wilkins.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10
Sunday Services.

Services at the NJ. E. Church Sunday
at II a. m. and at SIP. m. The morning
Text will be Romans 1928. The subject
at night will be "Fouudation for Life"
Special m usic at both services.
Thos. Z. Prall.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10

1t pours the oil of life into your sys-
EN-. 1t warns you up and starts the
life blood circulating. That's what Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain does. 30 cents
Tea or Tablets. Sold by DR. Schooler.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10

J E Hull who is serving on the
iury at Lamar sends word to the
News that court has adjourned until
Monday on account of the death of
Judge SEWN W Shader,
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10

suit. -Four months from the day they
first met they wera married. They say
the pativa sons are not SLOW whan they
sec ~ Missouri girl add this is a good
example
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10

ofM.sassy. XXI. Early Riser-s
Tho Sasnous little pllss. 3 -.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10

CD TO Halls anu s their and II
cent couote:. See if you can beat il
elsewhere.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10

Chamberlains SIa4ibsss SGi,a, Saolssa semedy. spa
Never fails. Buy It now. It may save life.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1906-05-10
We Have as Fine Line of
OUEENSW ARE
M 8 MATTHEW'S.

as has ever come to Jasper. We have
nice line of China and Enamel Ware
We have Tinware, we have Glassware.
In fact you will find at our store most
anything that goes to make up first
class stock of goods. Call and see us,
we will treat you fair and prices are as
low as the class of merchandise Will ad-
nit. Be sure and call and see our line
of Virginia Table Ware. 1t is superb
for this money. A positively fine line
of Lamps and Lamp Flues Our Jewel
ry stock contains some nice things in it's
line. Our line of Watches while not so
large, our assortment is good what we
have. Our Repairing is speciality by
itself. Gall and see US for business
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-24

brace posts and those i'm crossing
gulleys, they must be anchored" Dig
a 3-fOot hole the shape of a cross and
nail cross braces to the bottom end
of the post to fit into the x-shape1
hole. When these are tamped down
the posts are effectually anchored.
The common method of bracing is
poor, that is, a brace from the top of
the end post to the base of the second
post of the fence, the top of the latter
being tied back to the first by wire.
A better way is to brace from the
top of the end post to the top of the
second post, tying the top of the latter
by wire to the base of the first. The
same arrangement should be made
every 20 to % rods in long string of
straight fence, or at less distance on
uneven ground, curves, etc.
Don't build fences in early spring,
time is too valuable and the ground
is too loose. October and November
are the ideal months for surveying,
setting posts, grading, etc. Then
when the ground has frozen the posts
solid, anytime during the winter,
stretch on the wire. The metal is
then cold and will not thereafter break
if strung very tight, as sometimes
happens from summer-built fences.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-24
Whae-On Soap and other Insecticides For SSa Sale
E. O. PAINTER FERTILIZER CO., Jacksonville, Fla

| believe poultry droppings to be
fine fertilizer for figs, as the largest
tree we have, which bears the finest
fruit, is one my chickens rOOst in.
The trees begin bearing early, are
very prolific and in this part of Texas.
they live from - to % years.
(The writer of the article describes
the Celestial fig as light purple and
the brown Turkey as being dark pur-
pie She cannot have the true va
rieties. The Celestial is a very light
brown. not at all like purple. The
brown Turkey is almost the same
color only shade darker, not at all
purple Both are at the head for
quality but are small, the Celestial
being too small for market.-Ed. Fla.
Agr.)
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-24

The most wonderful thing about it
is a perennial like rhubarb and aSpar-
agus, and produces three to four crops
a year, every other known specie of
celery has to be planted each year and
Yields but one cutting. Bottoms plant
gives its first crop early in the spring.
A singular thing is that the Bolton
plant is hybrid and came into ex-
istence through an act of carelessness.
A farmer named Smith near Ruthven
had a few trenches of ordinary celery
growing, but only a part of it was
gathered before winter set in. The
rest was abandoned. Next spring
Farmer Smith was surprised to see
a round stalk of celery growing from
the neglected plants. He had never
before heard of celery roots living
through the winter i'm frozen ground.
Neither had anyone else. This new
hybrid growth proved to be peren-
NAL He grew them for a few years
and then Station Agent Bolton gave
him 5000 of his savings for all the
plants as speculation. He has
christened the plant the ''Silver King"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-24
The A b G of Fencing.

The American Agriculturist prints
an interesting article about fencing.
You may find some new ideas about
the building of fences.
In fencing three or four main points
insure success. We Americans have
been bred to wrong idea. Our first
settlers fenced their stock out, that
is. placed fences around planted
patches and turned the stock loose.
The beast literally owned the earth
and the titled land was rightly termed
an enclosure From this false prin-
ciple we are not yet weaned. We
are still fencing stock out instead of
fencing it in. Today there should be
no fences excepting about pasture and
paddock.
The A of fencing being "tO fence
in" the B or second essential point
is to fence permanently. Here our
ld-fashiOned ideas are again i'm the
way The cheapest material will al
ways be used. and this was wood. but
it is wood no more. The limit is that
we may use wood posts. but these
should be the best and if not of cedar,
should be charred or treated to pre-
vent decay. Metal being the material
for the body of the fence galvanized
wire is of course the best. Today a
good steel wire heavily coated with
pure spelter "a kind of refuse Zinc) is
a little difficult to obtain. Cheap scrap
wire has always been turned to fenc-
ing and the galvanized wire has lately
become a gross fraud and should re-
ceive government investigation. The
best l can advise is to buy direct. or
of the most reputable dealer, forcing
YOUR agent to warrant a certain mum
Der of years. wear before rust appears.
There is good fence wire being made
if YOU wish to get it.
Likes Woven Style.-Wherever the
pasture is at all valuable I advise
some style of woven wire. The only
objection to this. bejOnd its expense
is that if not well galvanized it will
soon rust where wires cross or twist
i'm the meshes This is Oftener true
of homemade" fences; that is. those
where machine is used for weaving
the up and down wires upon the hori
zOntal strands. This machine more OF
less grazes or wounds the wire and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-24
Figs.

Do YOU have as many figs as your
own family can use? If not, why
not? Well ripened figs are a delic-
iOus fruit, and very wholesome. Who
does not enjoy a dish of peaches and
cream? A dish of ripe figs cut up
with sugar and cream is even better.
A correspondent of the Southern
Ruralist, writing from Texas, says:
1 will write you about my experience
with figs. We raise peaches and
plums, but figs are our hobby.
To begin with, we have IA of an
acre i'm figs. The land had been in
cultivation for years, has a red clay
sub-sOil. and was not very rich. Our
trees were cuttings from trees in our
neighbOrhOOd, which we rooted, and
| then i'm the fall set them II feet apart
each way The land was planted in
cotton the first and second years, but
have planted nothing since, as the
trees are large now.
All cultivati ton should be shallow, as
the roots run near the surface of the
ground. For fertilizer we have used
only stable manure and wood ashes.
| don't know how others cultivate
them, as l have never seen an article
on fig culture.
| We have three varieties, one a pale
yellow, that l do not know the name
of; the Celestial, light purple color,
medium-size; and largest of all, the
Brown Turkey fig, which is a deep
purple. 1t begins ripening the middle
of September, and continues until
freezing weather. | have picked ripe
lifigs on Christmas day.
We live IS miles from a railroad
and so have no means of shipping
them; also nine miles from nearest
town, but with these great drawbacks
we have sold $4,000 worth off our IA
acre this year, gave away lots of then
and had bushels to rot that we were
too busy to market.
!. Have trees of the Brown Turke!
now, without leaf on them, full OF
figs. from the smallest green ones t.
the large ripe ones.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-24

at these points rust soon begins.
A woven fence is bull, hog and dog
proof and you are saving i'm time,
worry and damage far more than any
extra first cost Again the Old-fashiOn-
ed idea. Poor fences were the rule
i'm my fathers day. They were made
poorly and then kept poor by being
brushmended. The waste of time, the
worry and the loss in damaged crops,
in strayed animals (and dead ones
too, from fighting) were a ridiculous
tax EXcusable then, perhaps, but
not now A permanent fence pro-
vOkes better survey. The line is es-
tablished perfectly. Gullies, ETC., are
graded and flood and frost provided
for.
The G or third essential point of
good fencing is appearance.
wouldn't run string of wire through
a swamp without saving the posts
even and standing them perfectly
straight If it is a front fence use
sawed posts and paint the top 10
inches white to make them look well.
Such a front fence will add much over
cost to the value of any place.
Just a general word about fronts
When | hear a farmer complaining
about the way his highway front is
worked by the roadmaster, 1 know
he has not done his own part No
thing he can do will so add to the
value and use of his property as to
keep up a good 'front.' not merely
cutting the brush once in while, but
i'm grading, grass seeding and frequent
| Ix- oil fho4 Of @ho h s<r1
way that adjOinS his cultivated lands.
If he has woodland next to the road
he should see to it that it is kept trim
med i'm thorough manner.
Points to Remember-Thes solid Or
Stat board fence is today only desir-
able where screen is required. Elk
pense and lack of durability forbid it
except for this purpose. The stone
fence has its uses and always will
if laid i'm cement( or without, if on
/ a 3-fOOt foundation below groundD, but
| it is the most expensive of them all,
and should never be built ''just to get
rid of the stOne'' Neither of these
make a good boundary fence. Woven
wire is best with the exception of
| wherever q screen is desired
| Hedges are also out or date. The
San Jose scale has helped to settle
| this question. 1t is very fond of
buckthOrn, Usage and similar shrubs.
Other insects, too, are harbOred by
the hedge, not to mention vermin,
snow drifts, etc. The hedge is all
right in landscape gardening but it
has no place in the farmers program.
| Hurdles or movable fences are ex-
ceedingly useful wherever sheep and
calves are kept. For heavier stock
they will not do. But for orchard
with aftermath, rape, turnips and
other pasturing, the hurdle has the
most practical use. The upright pat.
tern. each section fitted to set down
into heavy cross sticks of cord wood
is the cheapest and easiest to operate
There is no waste lumber needed in
bracing and the sections are lighter
to handle and more likely to be stored
from rain, moved frequently, etc
They merely require a Pinch augul
hole in heavy billet of cord wood
which is laid on the ground across the
line of fence. The section materia
may be part wood, part wire In set
ting taut wire fence, corner posts
The Washington times., 1906-07-20
ANTI-CIRGUS BILL
PENDS IN ENGLAND
Measure Now Before the House Of Com,
mons FoTbids Risk Of Life
or Limb.

LONDON, July 2o-The acrobatic pro-
fession is threatened with extinction by
the dangerous performances BILL
which is before the house of commons
II this measure becomes law circus per
formauces viii be Illegal in England. as
no woman and no girl under eighteen
and no boy under sixteen viii be ale
lowed 10 take part in any performance
mourning danger TO life OF limb.
The bin. which has been called forth
by the deaths OF one or two girls while
engaged IN acrobatic feats, is strongly
opposed by the music hall and circus
interests. and It IS declared that the
proposed law viii put 10000 persons out
Of employment The prohibition against
young performers IS enough 10 kiI the
profession. as acrobats and circus rid-
ers. are necessarily trained from an ear
Iy age
Such a law" says II. II. Beibley. OF
Tia American Vaudeville trust. who is
now in London would prevent any OF
the great American clrcuses from tour
ing England.
These circuses, including Barnum &
Bailey. Ringing Brothers. and Fore
paugh's. employ about lZ.ooo acroba ne
attractions. None of them could auord
to dispense with these performers. II
they did they would have no show
TiEht-rOpe walking, bareback riding,
and trapeze work would all be put un-
der the ban.
The Washington times., 1906-07-20
Subjected to Annoyance

They're not homes; they're more Ike
tunnels-a return 70 the clin-dwellers
civilization. Yet in my own experience
have found how hard IL is to take
people away from the cities. / wanted
to create division point between Chi
cago and Dubuque and have q lot Of
trainmen live there where they could
have real homes and a better life Do
you suppose they wanted 10 do IL? No:
their wives would rather live up back
street in Chicago in three rooms than
10 have a comfortable home in a coun-
try town.
II am a friend 20 labor and 10 organ
lied labor. / sometimes wish the labor
unions might become strong enough so
they could afford 10 be Just. Some few
of them are. and they don't make any
trouble. But too many are not They
feel forced 10 take advantage OF every
opportunity 10 advance and strengthen
themselves whether It's fair or not.
And yet they're necessary TO prevent
the very grinding OF all independence
and opportunity out OF labor"
President Stickney is siXty-siX years
old and says he will retire at seventy.
He has seven children and twenty
grandchildren,
The Washington times., 1906-07-20
Turks Hold Up Tourists;
Take Away Guidebooks
Don't Want Americans Nor Anybody Else to
Find Out Too Much About the SultanS
Exclusive Empire.

ter al Constantinople and to the Amer
lean consuls at different points in the
Turkish empire, as we'll as directly to
the State Department in Washington.
In compliance with instructions, Thomas
II Norton, consul at Smyrna, has made
an Investigation and in his report, which
has Just been received at the State De-
DaTtmpnt he saws.
The Washington times., 1906-07-20
STRANGER SAVES ENGINEER
LYING UNDER LOCOMOTIVE

ATLANTIC CITY, July 20.-Jacob
Lovett. engineer OF the Philadelphia ex-
press on the West Jersey and Seashore
road, due here about o'clock, was bad
" injured, and owes his life TO the
qulckness of a passenger who saved him
from a horrible death under the drivers
Of his locomotive. LOvett as is the
custom Of engineers upon arrival,
dropped from the cab ard began 10 ex-
anime the running gear Of his locomo-
tive while trainmen were unCOupllng the
cars The fireman. unconscious OF Low
ett's position, opened the throttle 70
start the engine toward a switch. The
big drivers failed 10 grip the rail, and
a s the wheels WhiZzed around, the driv-
ing rod struck Lovett on the head.
Rendered unconscious, the engineer
fell against the moving locomotive ana
would have gone under Jne wheels had
not a stranger s0Tung from the horriied
crowd and pulled him over the platform.