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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-05-30
THE PLAY.

He was the villain in the play,
The lovely heroine she.
Night after night she had to say:
Lay not your evil hands on mol"
And people Missed him for the way
He showed his deep-dyed villainy.
He was the villain Of the play,
The lovely heroine was she.
His wife she was, and both were glad.
Behind the scenes they billed and cooed.
She gave him all the love she had.
And he with kindness was imbued.
Within their joyful hearts no sad
Misgivings ever might intrude.
His wife she was, and both were glad.
Behind the scenes they billed and cooed
The worlds a stage and life's play
Wherein all people have their parts;
But tits behind the scenes that they
Too often sit with aching hearts.
Before the footlights they are gay,
Though nursing hate and hiding smarts.
The worlds a stage and life's a play
Wherein all people have their parts.
IS. e. Kiser, In Judge.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-05-30

}b Honor 4that mean Yes for a.
the rest Of my lHe.sy
4 FL can'tssIo- that i said at 1ast,
"but I'll go and persuade him. II I
can. to. come and see you" Z
/ returned some two. hours later
from my rather distasteful mission to
find Cynthia by. herself. In. the draw.
ing-room. To my surprise her face
was wfeathed I'm smiles. ana she
waved square of white paper at mo
exultahtly as 4 entered 1.-The ROOM
''1Ionor!" she cried us .theS let
ter! IN found 1t in the pocket Of the
dress I was wearing that day, and
he's Just waiting till the end Of the
week for my answer!p 4 stared at
her stupidity.
/ f3"oh Honor, / am 80 happy" she
said softly; "dop't be angry with
y 'Mr.r Peters is putting up his horse
and will be- here In q moment" an.
swered, my wrath only partly appeas:
ed, "and now, Cynthia, ! hope you've
had lesson, and know your own
mind at last"
"Of course l do" she retorted, with
slight show Of indignation. .ss
Mr.. Peters lat that moment came
in at the door, and / went-out by tha
window into the garden.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-05-30

case she replied, with maddening &C.
renity. Il sent him his answer last
night, and I've no more notion what
it was.' she looked around for an
example, than the man in the moon. :"
Cynthia" said slowly, 81 think
one of us must be mad, and do not
believe it is L."
Not at all" she retorted briskly;
'if you will listen I'll tell you exactly
how it happened. Mr.. Peters has been
pestering ME for an answer for weeks,
and the truth was could not for the
life of me make up my mind what to
say. Don't you think he is very
nice man. Honor?" she added, looking
at me earnestly
THAT is just it; he is so nice that
hadn't the heart to say: No, to him;
but as ] never have liked fair hair,
couldn't be quite sure l wanted to
say Yes Then this letter asking for
q definite answer came like a thunder
bolt
II felt quite sure it would be no cas-
ier to make up my mind at the end of
week, and that the best thing would
be to do 1t at ONCE. So did"
Il am glad to hear it, remarked
dryly. 81 understood you to say you
do not know what you had said"
NO more do. ] wrote two letters,
one accepting him aud the other re-
fusing him. and addressed them ex.
actly alike and shuffied them with my
eyes shut. and then l. put one in the
fire and the other In the mail"
Which did you put In the mail7'
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-05-30

At recent melting of the French
Societe de Biologie there was an ami.
mated debate on the danger of being
poisoned by eating oysters. At Tou.
louise recently number of persons
were taken i'll after eating oysters
taken from the beds at Cetta; but
the illness was traced by M. Baylac, a
chemist of Toulouse, to other causes.
During the debate It appeared that
the handling of oysters after they are
taken, rather than the waters from
which they are taken, was the cause
of injecting them with toxic germs.
One of the speakers mentioned the GU,
rious fact that stale .oysters are less
unwholesome when suffered to remain
stale, than they are when revived AND
refreshed by pure water. t
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-05-30
Millions for Music.

An industrious calculator has esti.
mated that s10,00O,000 were spent last
winter by the people of America for
the enjoyment of serious music
music, that is to say, as it is known
In our concert halls and opera houses;
not the music of the comic opera stage
and the vaudeville house. The figure
Is more likely an underestimate than
an exaggeration, says Everybody's
Magazine. Few social phenomena OF
recent years in this country have been
more remarkable than the enormous
increase in the popular demand for
music Of the better class. Then years
ago the works Of Wagner, of Beetho.
ven, of Schubert, of Schumann, OF
Tschaikowsky, were relegated in the
average mind, to the vague and unat.
tainable limbo of classical music;
to-day, one catches ones carpenter
whistling the "Siegfried" motive from
Der Ring des Niebelungen," and the
little dressmaker from the suburbs
discourses intelligently upon the revo-
lutionary art of Richard Strauss. The
publishers will tell you Of the large
and increasing demand for operatic
guide books, for biographies of great
composers, for introductions of all
kinds to the secrets of that suppos
ably mysterious art--the art of music;
and the great tribe of popularizers
flourishes as never before.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-05-30
joys Of Gardening.

The delight Of garden Is never
ceasing. Every year one thinks OF
some Improvement in the summer,
and carrying them out In the autumn
is the most fascinating employment
Ones plants become one's friends.
and think one can get more real
pleasure out of gardening for little
outlay than one can in anything, else.
The countess OF Altamont In Tho
Gentlewoman.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-05-30

Now the premier of Australia de-
clares that it is Germany and Jspan
that will fight for the supremacy OF
the Pacific. The other nations seem
either very anxious or very eager
about the possibility of Japan's getting
into another war. Failing to make
trouble materialize with the United
States, Germany has now been select.
ed as the next best foe upon whom to
"sic" the Japanese.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-05-30
wtss Advice,

A maid who was quito too unique.
A rash youth In marriage did sique,
But friend who had doubt.
Said: Nov first you md oubt
If this maiden IL willing and miqus. =
Baltimore American. "a
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-05-30

Some timely muck raking may be
seen nowadays in the back yard gar
deu plots. n
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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-05-30

The honor that is !. among thieyes
consists largely ef fear. u.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-05-30
1klAlA Akkll
HER DILEMM a
By MRS. PHILIP CHAMPION De cREsPlGNY


Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowies)
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-05-30
THE JASPER NEWS
ROLAND B. GRIFFITH. Editor.

JASPER ......... ...... MISSOURI
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-21
CHAPTER X.

- UNCOMBE had the nerves and
temperament OF the young
Englishman Of his class, whose
life is mostly spent out Of
doors and who has been an athlete all
his days. But nevertheless at that mo-
ment he was afraid. Something In the
stiffness Of the room oppressed him.
He could see nothing. hearing nothing,
except the clock ticking upon the man.
telpiece. And yet he was afraid.
He fumbled desperately In his pocket
for his matchbox. When he had found
it he discovered that 1t was empty.
With sense Of positive relief he back
ed out of the room and hastily de-
scended the stairs. The old lady was
still in her sitting room reading the
paper. She set 1t down at his entrance
and looked at him over the top of her
spectacles.
Pardon, madame" he said, remov-
ing his hat. II find the rooms of ma
demoiselle are open, but all Is In dark
ness. cannot make any one hear"
Madame took up her paper.
Then mademolselle Is probably out"
she declared. 1T is generally SO at
Continued on Paks Six,
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-21
[coNTINUED.l

"You can find me table, I suppose?'
"Where shall slt?'
NJ Alfred shook his head slowly.
His hands were outstretched, his man
ner sad but resigned.
81 am very sorry, monsieur, but to-
night every place is taken. l have had
to turn others away already" he de.
clarcd. "a thousand regrets"
Duncombe looked at him astonished.
The place was more than half empty.
Surely you can find me a small ta-
BILE somewhere" he said. II was here
last evening. you know. If it Is be-
cause | am alone l will order supper
for two and magnum of Wine"
NJ. Alfred was immovable. He re-
membered Duncombe well, and he was
proud of his patronage, but tonight 1t
was impossible to offer him table.
Duncombe began to be annoyed.
Every we'll" he said; Il will stay in
the bar. You can't turn me out of
thrre can you!'
NJ. Alfred was evasive. He desired
people who remained in the bar-well,
1t was not possible to get rid of them,
but they were not fitting company for
him.
'srhere Is the Cafe Mazarin," he add.
ed con1identially, "a few steps only
from here, a most amusing place. The
most wonderful ladies there, too-very
chic and crowded every night Mon
sieur should really try it. The COM
missionaire would direct him--a few
yards only"
much obliged to you," Duncombe
answered, turning on his heel. II may
look in there presently"
He seated himself ut a small round
table and ordered drink. The people
here were of a slightly different class
from those who had the entree to the
supper room and were mostly crowded
round the bar itself. At small desk
within few feet of him a middle aged
woman with cold, hard face sat, with
a book of accounts before her and 4
pile OF bills. There was something al
most sphinxlike about her appearance
She never spoke. Her expression never
changed. Once their eyes met. She look
ed at him steadfastly, but said moth
ing. The girl behind the bar also took
note of him. She was very tall and
slim, absolutely colorless and with
coils of fair hair drawn tightly back
from her forehead. She was never
without a cigarette, lighting fresh
one always from its predecessor, talk
ing all the while increasingly, but with
out the slightest change of expression.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-21

Once she waved the men and girls who
stood talking to her on one side, and
Duncombe fancled that 1t was because
she desired better view of him.
Suddenly he was startled by a voice
close at hand. He looked up. The wo-
man at the desk was speaking to him.
Monsieur would be well advised"
she said, "if he departed"
Duncombe looked at her in amaze
ment. She was writing rapidly in her
book, and her eyes were fixed upon her
work If he had not actually heard her
IL would have been hard to believe that
she had spoken.
But why, madame?' he asked.
"Why should go? l am in no ones
way. can pay for what l have"
She dipped her pen In the ink.
II know nothing of monsieur or of bis
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-06-21

BUSINESS sae sa!G. se,n witnnns .v~v
glancng toward him, but / know that
NJ. Alfred does not wish him to re-
main.'
"The devil take NJ. Alfred!' Dun.
combe answered angrily. 81 am walt
ing to speak to some one who comes
here regularly, and l shall stay until
they come"
The woman wrote steadily for mo-
mcnt. Then she blotted the page on
which she had been writing and, rails.
ing her head, looked mt him.
ut is no affair of mine," she said,
"but NJ. Alfred has sent for the police.
They may say that you have had too
much wine or that you owe money. In
either case you will be removed. The
police will not listen to you. NJ. Alfred
of mine," she repeated, "but If | were
monsieur l would CO."
Duncombe rose slowly to his feet
and, summoning waiter, paid his bill.
The man produced n second one, dated
Il few days back, for large amount
What Is the meaning of thisI" he
asked. II do not owe you anything"
Monsieur was here with party last
Thursday night" he said gliby. "Ho
promised to pay the next time. l will
call the manager"
Duncombc tore the bill in half and
turned away. He bowed to the lady at
the desk.
Il see that you were right" he said.
81 will leave"
"Monsieur is wlse," she answered,
without looking up.
He left the cafe without speaking to
any one further When he reached the
pavement he slipped a five franc piece
into the hand of the tall commission
aire.
"You know most of the young ladies
who come here. suppose?" he asked.
"But certainlyw the man answered,
with smile. Monsieur desireT
81 want the address of young lady
named Mermillion. Flossie, think, they
call her." Duncombe said.
"Thirty-one Rue Pigalle," the man
answered promptly. But she should
Bc ucIc Nltilh mum hS'Si
misses"
Duncombe thanked him and hailed n
carriage.
"Shall give mademoiselle any mes
sageW the man asked confidentially.
81 am going to call for her." Dun
combe answered. IF do not find her
will return"
To drive to the Rue Pigalle was al
affair OF five minutes only. Duncombe
climbed couple Of flights Of narrow
stairs, pushed open swing gate and
found himself In front of an office In
which an elderly woman sat reading.
Can you tell me where to find Mile.
Mermillion?" Duncombe asked.
Next floor; first door ON the left"
the woman answered. "Mademoiselle
Is not often in at this hour. though"
Duncombe thanked here and climbed
another flight of stairs. He had to
strike q match to look for bell or
knocker and then found neither. He
knocked on the door with his knuckles.
There was no reply. He was on the
point of departure when he noticed that
the door was ajar. After moments
hesitation he pushed it open.
He found himself in a narrow pas
sage, with dresses and other articles
Of apparel hanging from row of pegs
in the wall. The place was in com.
plete darkness. He struck another
match At the end Of the passage was
an inner door, also ajar. He raped
upon 1t and finally pushed it open
lust then his match went ont
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-09-23

Big crowd In town today
James Davenport is at Miami today.
Judge Farrar will go to Bartlesville
this evening.
Harry Lumpkin visited friends IN
Chelsea yesterday.
J. v. Roberts made flying trip to
Muskogee to-day.
DR.. Hollinsworth Of Spayinaw, is IN
Vinita today.
Fred Gray and Edd Gill were in
Chelsea yesterday.
Mrs. John w. Byrd has gone 70
Kansas City on visit.
Verde CASTOR will go to Parsons TO
make his future home.
DR.. and Mrs. Fortner are visiting
friends In Springfield, Mo.
Judge Dennison returned this MORN
ing from visit at Galena.
Mrs. Cox, mother Of Haney and 7.
D. Cox is dangerously i'll.
Mrs. Will Cunningham, at the hos
pital is improving nicely.
Slater Mcclure will soon be able TO
walk without the aiu OF cruthces.
Mrs. f. S. Hutchison of Centralla
is shopping in Vinita today.
The Carnival band serenaded our
business men this morning.
Miss Annie Davis returned from
visit at South McAlester last night.
E. @. Hosmer returned yesterday
from Oklahoma City with his family.
DR.. and Mrs. T. I. Winner returned
from short visit in Joplin last even
ing.
Mr.. Hickey and wife of Dallas, Tex,
are the gusts Of Joseph Hatcher and
wife.
Bood Meadows Of Alton has ac-
cepted position at Mussers barber
shop
Miss Alice Handbook was here from
Claremore yesterday visiting her
parents.
A new and attractive sign adorns
the front Of the Campbell Ratclifi
Land Companys Office.
Samuel Allen and family of Welch
spent Sunday with the family OF
Gray Anderson.
John Schoenharn, night operator at
the Katy station, visited friends at
Nevada, Mo-, yesterday.
Miss May Bluejacket returned tc
Tulsa last evening after spending hei
: vacation here with relatives.
Judge j. A. Gill and John Blue went
to South McAlester this morning
where the Court Of Appeals is in sss-
; sion.
: Mr.. and Mrs. @. A. bull reuasd (
{ their home in ST., A-Ouis y~s,els..4j
/ evening after a visit With Il. X
Warner and wife.
Geo. Kapp, the popular grain anc
Z hay man, is putting in repairs anc
: new furniture at his Office on West
q Illinois avenue.
e Tile farmers institute of Craig
county held an open session at tht
I court house this afternoon. A gooC
representation was present.
|, Miss Russell who has been visiting
: at Oronogo, Mo-, was called here yes
terday to take charge of special cas-
at the hospital.
Chief Of Police Webb made rai'
: last night and pulled several houses 0
! bad repute. They were arraigned il
court and fined.
= The Ladies Missionary Society Q
. the Presbyterian church will meet a
i the home of d. NJ Mars tomorro'
afternoon at $3.50 An invitation
! extended to all ladies' of the church.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-09-23
LOCAL NOTES

Bert Cain, Of Tulsa is here on busi-
ness.
L. i. Smith Of sapulpa is in town
today.
D. @. Adams, Of ohetopa, is in town
today
JIM. Jones is attending a sale at
Kelso today.
LID Lewis Of Saltwater, Sundayed
in this city.
w. J. Kirkwood was here from
Eowata Sunday.
O. A. McNabb Of Guthrie spent
Sunday here.
S. G. Homer Of Rartlesyille was
here yesterday.
Mrs. L. f. Hughson OF Centralla
spent Sunday in Vinita.
Alex Hunt, Of Fort Scott, Kans., IS
in the city today.
w. j. Martin went to Miami TINS
morning to attend court.
4 sDr. i. stubblefeld went to Ritchie'
Mo, yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Fayzer are
visiting at Wyandotte.
Mayor Parks went to Mama today
on business.
u Bruce Hale. Of st. Louis, is a guest
at the Green today.
The wave of reformation seems TO
have struck Tulsa with full force.
VIM. Benton, OF Ritchie, Mo-, was
visiting friends here yesterday.
DR.. w. g. Williams left today for a
weeks visit at Columbus, Kan.
Morris Knight and G. S. Avery will
60 to Kansas City tonight on busi-
ness trip.
MIR. and X. f. Wattenberger, Of
Pryor Creek, are in town today to see
the carnival.
Misses Reta and Eta Rice, OF Cen
tralia, are visiting their aunt, Mrs
G. M. Rice.
The carnival outfit arrived las1
night and big force Of men is busl
getting it ready for the opening.
DR.. gSsard Weber, Of Bartlesville
is hers ooday to attend the meeting
Of the Coon Creek Oil company which
convened this afternoon.
Ed Whitaker, Of Che Vinita Bakery
is able to be at his place Of busines
today after several days OF sickness.
The federal officers made raid OF
an opium joint at Tulsa Saturda.
night, arrested four men who wer'
hitting the pipe and confscated tn
paraphernelia.
o. L. James bought the first ticket
sold for the new auditorium opening
He paid $1,000 each for them. Thl
stickets are now on sale at Butler 8
Bonfoy's real estate Office.
Judge Parker and the following
deputies, Arthur Chamberlain, Home
Trot, Mr.. Perry and Frank Lee, an'
q. S. Marshal Darrough left thii
morning for Miami to open court
having in charge So prisoner, to b
tried on various charges.
DR.. w. G. Williams DR.. Stubble
field and Ed Davidson we're exhibit
Ing some fine spcimens Of jack and or
taken from their mine at Ritchie
Mo, a few days ago. They claim the,
have a fortune in the OUTLAY and
the looks of the ore counts for any
thing the assertion is true.
Mrs. Regania Sallider died at tn
home OF her daughter, Mrs. Hughes
in this city yesterday evening at
o'clock. The remains will be shiT
ped to East Leayenworth, Mo-, 70
n burial Mrs. Sallider has been III 70
several months. The body was az
companied by Mrs. Hughes and he
son Emmef.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-13
FILE PROTEST
80 FEET LONG
NINTH WARDERS DEFEAT A
LIQUOR LICENSE
Men and Women with Babes Crowd
Police Board Room, and AppIica-
ton for Permit Is Promptly
Withdrawn

The biggest petition of protest yet
fled before the police commission was
brought out by opposition of Ninth
ward residents to the application of
A. p. Save for a wholesalers liquor
permit for the Mascarel building at
302 Utah street. The protest was thirty
feet long, filled with names.
Men and women, many of the latter
carrying babies, crowded the board
rooms yesterday afternoon at the time
set for hearing the case and Saves rep
resentative, ]. NJ. Ross, on seeing the
indignant protestants, asked permission
10 withdraw the application as soon
as 1t was read.
Spokesman w. L. Cleveland for the
delegation objected to its withdrawal
saying they wanted the commissioners
TO deny the application and dispose OF
il that way.
1--WE want to let the people know the
sentiment in the Ninth ward is ever
lastingly opposed to wholesale and re-
tail liquor licenses and pool rooms, said
he "They injure realty values and are
distaSteful to parents whose children
must pass these places.
"We want to keep our ward free from
these communicating influences. A
change of boundaries would not AFFECT
our opposition, as the people must 60
through the district anyway"
Cleveland also exhibited a protest
from two hundred voters residing in the
fats who, he said, wanted to be put on
record also.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-13
LUMBER EMBARGO
IS DECLARED OFF
SHIPPERS IN THE NORTHWEST
ARE NOTIFIED
Nearly Five Thousand Loaded Cars
West Of Cascades Awaiting Ship
ment East-stuyvesant Fish on
Missouri Pacific Board

Railroad officials are gradually clear
ing up the congested lumber freight
situation in the northwest.
Although shippers we're notified by
Great Northern officials that the en-
barge on forest products had been
raised and offerings would be accepted
from now on, all applications for cars
in the Bellingham district were refused
and there seems no prospect for re-
sumption of shipments for two or three
weeks.
There are now 4S00 loaded cars west
of the Cascades awaiting shipment east
and no more cars will be loaded until
they are forwarded.
No cars have been loaded with lum-
Der or shingles in northwest Washing
ton for sixty days.
Ninety per cent of the rail shipping
mills are closed down and will not be
reopened until their yards are cleared
of accumulated stocks, which under
ordinary conditions cannot be done for
at least a month after the railways
commence furnishing cars.
Indications at Tacoma point to an
early release from the embargo on the
shipment of lumber products over the
lines of the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern which was instituted six
weeks ago. Railroad officials report
good progress in clearing UP the freight
that accumulated in the yards and side
tracks along the lines during the floods
and snow blockades.
Tracks on the Pacific division are
rapidly being put in good condition
and the traffic is nearly up to the
volume attained before the washout.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-13
ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD SPANISH BOY
TRAVELS THREE THOUSAND MILES

trains until 1 got to Los Angeles about
nine months ago. 1 laid around here
for couple of weeks and then went to
San Francisco. 1 didn't get pinched
there, so l went on to Portland. l didn't
like that town, so 1 came back to Los
Angeles.
"Say-I hadn't any more than got off
the train before a cop nabbed me. He
brought me up here and 1 was sent
to the detention home. L stayed there
two days and then Mrs. Bennett, 1889
West Sixteenth street, came in one day
and saw me. She got them to let me go
and lived with her until few days
ago, when 1 got tired and left. Since
then I've been begging again. Tonight
/ was nabbed by this harness bull and
brought up here, and 1 guess they'll
send me back to the detention home
again." h
Henry was right in his guess. H
was sent back to the detention houS
and will be kept there until his soft
brown eyes and winning manners make
an Impression on some tender-hearte6
woman who will take him in charge.
The boy is small for his age and ex-
ceptionally bright. He is said to :
fond of school and of studies, but dos
not like restraint. H
Last Saturday the police were notified
he had run away from Mrs. Benefits s
and since that time detectives have
been doing all in their power to find
him