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The Jasper news., 1907-08-08
hlndoo likes Many Clocks.

The Hindoo places a clock In his
room, not because he ever desires to
know what the hour is. but because a
clock is foreign curiosity. Instead
therefore Of contenting himself with
one good clock. he will have. perhaps
a dozen In one room. These clocks
are signs of his wealth, but they dc
not add to his comfort, for he is sc
Indifferent to time that he measures II
by the number of bamboo lengths the
SIM has travelled about the horizon.
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08

come without me, but i knew 1t was
Bob she wanted to see. and 4 felt that
the best thing could do for them was
to leave them alone. So ismade some
excuse for moments delay at my
desk telling Bob TO go into her office,
and promising to follow shortly. He
went in, leaving the, door. partly open.
/ think that from the moment he en-
tered the room both Of them utterly
forgot my existence. From hor desk
Beulah could not see me, end Bob sat
so that his back was half toward me.
II dislike to trouble you about my &C.
count / heard her begin In "a voice 4
trifie uneven, ''but as must go back
to father Christmas week, wanted to
get your advice as to the advisability
Of writing him that, though there Is
still q chance for doing wonders. do
not think VIC shall be able to save him.
OF course won't put 1t in just that
blunt way, but 1t seems to me should
begin to prepare him for the blow. 4
have not talked over any more plung-
Ing with you, Mr.. Brownley. since the
unlucky one in Sugar. and
s"Miss Sands, understand what you
mean" Bob broke in, "and ! should
apologize for not having consulted
with you about your business affairs.
The fact is, have not been quite clear
as to the best thing to do. ! hope you
don't think l have forgotten. Never
for moment since l took charge of
your affairs have forgotten my prom,
ise to see that they were kept active.
Truly have been trying to think out
some successful plunge. but-but"--
there was hoarseness In his voice
II have not had my old confidence in
myself since that day in Sugar when |
killed your hopes and destroyed the
chance of saving your father-no,
have not had that confidence a man
must have in himself to win at this
game"
cro BE coNrINUED)
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08
Mysteries Of Feminine Attire.

The toilet of woman never, even In
its most obvious details, comes within
the understanding Of man. He may
admire. appreciate. or adore WON.
ans dress, but he never for moment
Understands 1t. Few, indeed, are the
mysteries which this age of adyer-
.tisement has left to US, but the time
happily is not yet when the ordinary
plain man can gauge fine distinctions
of chiffon or crepe de chine.-vanity
Fair. ~
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08

should strike 1t rich, should never
feel like man until / made up the
loss"
1t was no use arguing with him in
his inflexible mood, so / took his de-
mand notes for $2,405.000. l begged
him to go home with me to dinner, but
he insisted that he could not face my
wife with his last nights break still
fresh in her mind. Next day he did
not turn up. Along In the afternoon
l received telegram from him. saying
that he was on his way to Virginia.
that he needed rest and would be
back in week. I was worried, ner-
vous. 1t takes until the next day and
the day after, and the week after that,
to get down to the deepest misery of
an upset such as we had been through.
did not feel easy with Bob out Of
sight while he was sounding for new
footing. i went to Beulah Sands in
hope we might talk over the affair, but
when I told her that Bob was to be
gone for a week and that / was I'M
easy, she said In her calm, confident
manner: II don't think there Is any
thing to worry about, Mr.. Randolph.
Mr.. BROMLEY is too much of man to
allow an affair of dollars to do any.
thing more than annoy him. He will
be back all the better for his rest"
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08
CHAPTER Nv.

The following week Bob returned to
the office. He had not changed, and
yet he had changed greatly. Rest had
apparently done much for him. His
color was good, his step elastic as Of
old, and his head was thrown back az
If he were buckled up for the fray and
wanted all to know It. Yet there was
something In the eye, in the setness Of
the Jaw, IN the hair-trigger calm, yet
Aercely savage grip In which he closed
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08

Starch. like everything else. Is be
ing constantly improved. the patent
Starches put on the marke. IS years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est discovery Defiance Starch all in.
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, In.
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap
preached by other brands.
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08
Very Handy.

Among the people who greeted the
President upon his arrival at Oyster
Bay" says an exchange, none at
tracted SO much attention as a woman
who carried two children In her arms
and led another by the hand" II
strikes us that capable woman like
that would attract attention anywhere.
Washington Post.
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08

With a smooth iron and Defiance
Starch. you can launder your shirt.
waist just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; 1t will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and it will be q positive pleasure to
use Starch that does not stick to the
iron.
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08
Diet for pysp ptlIcsiI.

Although many people eat too much
there are some dsypeptics who do not
eat enough. Constipation Is some.
times due to too concentrated food. In
such cases a larger bulk is needed In
the intestines. Spinach IL excellent for
this purpose.
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08

That an article may be good as well
as cheap, and give entire satisfaction,
is proven by the extraordinary sale Of
Defiance Starch, each package con-
tanning one-third more Starch than
can be had of any other. brand for the
same money.
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08
A Sherlock s4oImes.

you are angry, madam" How do
you knowf You have just come In"
II met your best friend leaving the
house In . new and stunning cos
tune" tss Il. :
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08
Testo Of Bravery.

do you think men have more cour.
age than women?" =
Certainly not" answered the pro-
fessor. Everybody knows there is
more peril in the first Ice cream soda
than in the first straw hat"
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08

The night hawk makes no nest at
all, simply laying It's eggs in q slight
depression in the ground. The eggs
look SO much like small stones that
they pass undetected by the searcher.
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08
EurnIshIna 3 House.

One Of the most agreeable features
OF modern life is the pleasure and en-.
thusiasm which is shown In the fur
nishing of the presenr-day house,.
London Bystander.
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08
Not IN His Line.

30 you think Hamlet was madf'
inquired the critic. "Sir." answered
Mr. stornington Barnes. = am an
actor, not an alienist,p
The Jasper news., 1907-08-08

Men enjoy farming-if they have
enough money to hire 1t done.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
THE CAT CAME BACK.
But II Was Not at Home In the coun.
try for Awhile.

The kitten that the little city girl
had brought back from the country
with her last fall had grown to be a
big, beautiful cat when the time came
to 60 to the mountains again, 80 he
was placed in q basket and carried to
the train, the first time since his baby
hood that he had been below the third
floor Of the apartment house. There
was little surprise and a good deal Of
amusement, therefore. at the cats
ideas Of nature, gained, as they had
been, by close inspection Of FIRE es-
capes and adjacent brick walls. with
an occasional glimpse Of an asphalt
pavement. For the first three or four
days 1t was impossible to keep pussy
on the ground floor. 1t would run to
the top Of the big farmhouse and peer
out Of the window whenever 1t was re-
leased on the veranda. Gradually, how
ever, It became accustomed to life on
the ground level, and in a week or SO
timidly ventured outdoors by itself.
Then 1t was quickly found that its
natural instincts had not been affect
ed by city life. for 1t soon became q
terror to song birds, much to the
disgust Of its little mistress. who is
constantly torn with grief between her
love for the cat and for the brides
that fell victims of its cunning. Now
that pussy has taken to sleeping out
Of doors 1t is a serious problem wheth-
er to bring it back to the city again or
not.-New York Globe.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
DRY FALLS OF LODORE.
The Disappointment Of the American
Tourist Was Great.

Southey's description of Lodore has
given to that charming friend of holi-
day days a reputation which is q little
unfortunate. 1t has brought to its
course worshippers from afar when
there has not been cupful of water
to perform as much as the meanest
Of feats which the poet describes. One
such visitor was an American. He had
seen Niagara again and again. He
read Southey on the wonders Of Lo-
dore, and once more visited the vast
cataract OF his native land. Then,
feeling that, after all, Niagara must
be very small potatoes compared with
the falls of which the poet had sung,
resolved to consecrate his holiday to
the contemplation OF its beauties and
grandeur. Het set out the moment he
reached Keswick. and long walked
and toiled over rocks and boulders. He
could not find the falls. He rested,
and asked: Can you direct me to the
Falls of Lodore?" why. you're a.
sittin' on en-" was the heart-breaking
answer. The falls Of all the adjectives
we're dry!-St. James Gazette.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
The First Chauffeur.

Chauffeur is far-fetched name to
give those fellows" remarked the
Pedant as motor car whizzed past
in Balzacs Village Rector the chauf
feurs are described as sort OF
bandits who ruled the forests Of
France much as Robin Hood and his
merry men did those of England. A
party of these chauffeurs would de.
scend on some wealthy farmer and
after dining with him their host was
chauffred-that is, his feet were
bound to the spits of his roaring fire.
place until he agreed to purchase lib.
erty for large sum. But 1t is a far
cry from the foot warmers of Older
France to the machine drivers Of to-.
day"
Maybe the marauding instincts Of
ancient and contemporary chauffeurs
is the answer" suggested the little
man who had just escaped humping
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
vacclnatIns Railroad Ties.

Railway sleepers are vaccinated in
the tropics" said an engineer. "Vaccin.
alton prolongs their life three or four
times over.
You see, the soft wood of these ties,
unprotected, falls quick prey to the
innumerable fierce hosts of ants and
worms and other tropical insects.
They go for an unvacciEated sleeper
as tramp goes for pie, and in a few
weeks 1t is reduced to dust.
But we vaccinate the sleepers. We
inject into them creosote, or sulphate
OF copper, or some other 'antiseptic.
Then, immune to the tropical insects
attacks, they last as long as they
would on the Pennsylvania or the Erie
lines"
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Some of This Story Is True.

The unusual and romantic marriage
which is the central feature of Mrs.
Florence Morse Kingsley's new novel,
THE Princess and the Plowman," oc-
casions much discussion as to its prob.
ability. A young girl writing to the
author complained that the situation,
although thrilling. was impossible,
marriage in cornfield unheard of, and
that there never was such lovely
goose" as the heroine. Mrs. Kingsley
replied that, as matter of fact, this
incident of girls marriage to save
her inheritance actually occurred in a
little New England village, only the
girl was not college girl, and the
man followed a somewhat different
calling than that of a plowman. More
over, Mrs. Kingsley has seen the house
where the runaway bride lived for
more than year before she went hap.
PLY back to home and husband.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
COULDN'T AFFORD 1T.
Papa. I will marry George!"
"Neyer!"

Papa. I will marry George!"
"Never!"
The young girls eyes flashed, and
the hot, passionate blood of her fore
fathers, to say nothing of her own,
mantled her cheek with an angry
flush. The old man was excited, too.
Parent and child confronted each 9TH
er, and neither qailed.
DO you refuse me that alone which
will make me happy"
your happiness is very dear to me,
my daughter"
The old man assumed lugubrious
tone and bowed his head sadly. But
the girl, although she was just turned
1S, had read few books and OWNED
the situation at once or sooner.
"Do not seek to deceive me, papa"
Child, child, it is for your good that
I deny your request"
The beautiful woman shivered. Her
lips curled scornfully or thereabouts.
What wouldst have me do, sir?"
With infinite grace he led her to a
seat He considered 1t a great en-
dorsement to have things come his
way thus.
"My child, you said marry" She
nodded.
81 say elope." She started.
Then l may marry George?"
Most assuredly. But no wedding
at home, II you please"
He looked at his watch. BLESS you,
my daughter. am willing to pay for
very stylish elopement, but we'd
ding at home-no, indeed! Tell
George not to stint himself on car
riage hire and hotel bills. will
cheerfully meet the expense. You
may elope sumptuously and I'll furnish
the cash, but can't possibly AFFORD a
wedding at home"
Like the sensible girl that she was,
she consented to the sacrifice after a
good long cry.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Spare the Ejuhtera.

Ihis is day OF iron steamships,
but there never will be a time when
seamen will not have to understand
navigation by sail. 1t is taught now a,
Annapolis. and always will be. The old
saratoga Is relic Of days when
nghting was more personal affair
than now. when long-range guns mako
the struggle more scientific. But .o
long as boys read history, 30 long aa
they read Marryatt and Cooper-and
they always will-there will be- an In.
terest in the old-time frigate. and
1t seems entirely hitting that a speci.
men OF naval architecture Of tho
hearts Of oak" days be preserved.
Tne ship which has sailed every sea,
mas served In two wars and which IA
connected with much that n intere:t.
ing In our history ought not TO bd
broken up for nrswood.-PhilsdeInhi9
Enquirer.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
seI.n.i.. Make. ki.,e. Safe.

Berlin.-If you wish to be healthy
wear the new toothbrush mustache.
1t may be uncomfortable as the COM
plement to kiss, but 1t is absolutely
safe.
This is the dictum of Professor
Wallnitz, who has been active in the
controversy raging fiercely among
eminent bacteriologists. The tooth
brush" is the invention Of clever
Americans and is urged against the
popular mustaches la kaiser The
latter necessitates mustache binder.
and Wallnitz, after submitting several
binders to microscopic examination.
has discovered fragments Of diseased
hair and skin and an incredible num-
Der Of horrible bacilli.
Some innocent guinea pigs inoculat-
ed with the cultures suffered tortures.
The short, bristling decoration OF the
upper lip is all, he declares, that will
save sweetheart or wife from infec.
tion.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
ROMANCE OF GREAT SINGER.
From the Railway Platform to tho
Opera House.

M. Jean Note, the famous barytone
Of the Paris opera house, and who has
sung more often on the stage of the
Paris opera than any other living
singer, left Paris the other day to be
present at the fetes which were held
recently, in his native town Of Tour
nay, in Belgium, in honor Of the great
artists jubilee.
M. Jean Notes career has been a
singularly romantic one. He was born
at Tournay, and began life there as
q weaver in a cloth factory. He was
noted for his fine voice among his fel-
low workmen. He left the factory to
become a railway porter at the Tour
nay station, and soon became a signal
man.
At the age of 81 he became a con-
script in the Belgian army, and 1t was
while undergoing his military service
that his officers took an interest in
him, and subscribed a purse to send
him to the Conservatoire of Music at
Ghent.
ed in obtaining the first prize for
singing. He made his debut in "Lucie
de Lammermoor," at the Lille thea
ter in 1885. He was then engaged for
two years at the Antwerp theater, and
for three years at Lyons, after which
he went straight to the Paris opera,
which he has never left since.
While an opera singer in Paris M.
Note greatly distinguished himself by
an act of daring and cool-headedness
which saved an express train from
total wreck. On September 27, 1897,
NJ. Note was standing on the platform
Of the Paris suburban station of
Colombes, when it was seen to the
horror of the numerous passengers
waiting in the station that a train of
IS vans loaded with dynamite had
shunted out on the main line on which
the Cherbourg Express was due at
that moment.
The stationmaster and porters lost
their heads. Note, recollecting that
he had been signalman, lost not a
moment. He ran to the levers, pulled
them back, and sent the dynamite
wagons on to a siding just as the ex-
press came hustling past. For this,
NJ. Note received high distinction
from the French government.-Lon.
don Mail.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31

suggested by its grotesque, masknke
corolla. But there is something still
more grotesque If we will wait till
the seed time and gather the dried
brown skeleton of the seed pod. Look
at them sideways, under a bright
lamplight If possible, and you will
find they have quite a resemblance
to a rhinoceros. Remove the calyx
and the little horns on the nose, and
look at them from the front, and they
have still more striking resemblance
to human skulls. and by turning them
about you get all sorts of queer ex-
pressions on the grinning mouth.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
The Kings Menus,

The royal meals are now served on
small tables, and sweet peas are the
favorite decorations, together with
malmaison pinks, roses and lilies of
the valley.
The menus in Queen victoria's reign
had view Of Windsor castle from
the river at the head of each. The
kings menus contain no view, but are
printed on a short gilt-edged card,
with the crown and royal cipher and
the words Windsor castle" in gold
on top Of the menu.-London Daily
Mail.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
WORLDS BIGGEST CATASTROPHE
Il 10 the Plague Epidemic Now on In
India.

The greatest catastrophe the world
has ever known Is in progress at this
present moment. and the world recks
little or nothing of it.
This is the plague epidemic in India,
which has now been raging for more
than II years. and which, SO far from
showing any tendency to die out,
keeps steadily increasing in intensity.
Thus, during the six weeks ending
May II last, 4s1,s92 persons perished
from 1t, or at the rate Of over $4,000
deaths a week.
Nothing approaching the appalling
horror represented by these figures
has ever been recorded before. The
nearest to it was in 1905, when, dur
ing the last week in March, the cpl
demic was responsible for 57,702
deaths.
No pestilence OF ancient or modern
times Of which we have any knowl-
edge has slain SO many millions of
people as has this one, and the end Of
which, mind. is not yet.
The Great Plague" Of London, for
example, about which everybody has
nearo, killed at the outside some SO,-
900 people in seven months, or about
as many as are dying weekly in India
from disease which is identical with
1t in every respect.
The BLACK Death" is said to have
slain one-third of the then population
Of England-say 100000 persons;
but this Is doubtful. Even admitting
the correctness of the estimate, how
ever, the mortality of the present cpl
demic in India has already more than
doubled this huge total.
What will be the end no man can
foresee or venture to forecast 1t may
be that all that has gone before. and
all that is happening now, inexpres-
sibly awful though 1t is, is but the
prelude Of worse to follow.-Pearson's
Weekly.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Gives Warning Of a Storm.

In the Bay Of Biscay frequently dur.
ing the autumn and winter in calm
weather. heavy sea gets up and rolls
in on the coast four and twenty hours
before the gale which causes it ar
rives and Of which it is the prelude.
In this case the wave action, gener-
ated on the other side of the Atlantic
by the wind. travels at much greater
rate than that Of the body Of disturbed
air, and thus gives warning Of the
coming storm.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Harvesting the Rhlne.

A great project has been formed for
utilizing the.waters Of the Rhine about
Basle for the supply of electric power.
A company is in course of formation
With a capital of one and quarter mil
ions sterling. There Will be barrage.
lbout 450 feet long near Istein. Alto
sether 1t is proposed to extract from
he river power equal to $4,000 horses.
which will constitute the most power.
.ul hydraulic installation in Europe. :
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Japanese Railroads.

The rapid growth Of Japan's rail-
ways during the last few years is seen
from the fact that in 1875 the num-
Der of passengers carried was 2.754,-
426, whereas in 1905. it had been aug
mented to 113.675,403. During the
same period the volume Of freight
traffic had also risen to considerably
over 21,000.000 tons, while the total
receipts had risen from 644.459 to
SO, ,033, ,165 yen.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Buildinu Up Trusts.

During the past ten years billions
of dollars have been sent to the large
cities by the residents Of rural COM
munities, and these billions have been
used in building up trusts that work
against the best interests of the
masses who reside in agricultural sec.
tions. Is 1t not time to awaken to
the dangers Of sending money away
from the home towns?
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
PAPER GILp1N COUNTY
Phone. Central lO6
Res. Phone, Central lO6 Extension

er OF the local store, and when for
cash he sells his crops, at the local
store he never stops; forgets the bill
he ought to pay, and for things he
wants he sends away to Make &
Fake who want the "mon," and who
sell for. cash" to everyone. This
man with mind Of little strength, can't
see the "plunk" at arms length, but
grabs the penny near his eye, and lets
the glittering dollars lie.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Another Name for Il.

"Was Mrs. Gabbleton in the witness
box this afternoon" asked the judges
WIFE"
YES" answered the Judge, but it
was more like a chatterbox during the
time she occupied it."-Chicago Daily
News
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
at PAYS to Advertjse,"

The merchant who believes that
Advertising is Just throwing away,
money" can hardly hold out we'll
when there is any competition to-
meet. He might succeed In running q
crossroad store in some pioneer coun.
try. but he has little place in the.
business world where 1t is essential
that up.to-date methods be employed.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Tribute to Mamma.

Small Janette heard her mother and
aunt talking Of their voyage from the
old country when they were children
and how terrible storm came up one
night and almost sunk the ship with
all on board. The next day Janette
laid: Mamma, I'm awfully glad the
hip you came over in didn't sink, for
hen l might have got real cross.
mamma"
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
A Strange Seed Pod.

The antirrhinum. or snapdragon, 10
one Of the old.fashioned garden flow.
ers known by everyone. Although
It is visitor from southern Europe
It has been here SO long that II has
become naturalized. When we say
Hons mouth" frogs mouth" "calfs
mouth" rabbits mouth" we mean
snsud:agou- All these names. being
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Another Meanest Man,

We've heard OF the meanest man
in town. and his faithful wife In her
faded gown. and Of Maud in the stub
BILE raking hay. when the good old
Judge rode her way; and the famous
liar with line and pole, and the truant
boy and swimming hole: but the freak
Of all is the man who goes and buys
for family food and clothes on credit
for six months or more. from the keen.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
The Easiest Vocation.

Maud (aged nine years)-Mother,
when l grow up guess l will be a
school teacher. Do you think I can?
Mother-I don't believe you can,
Maud, because you are now only in
the second grade.
Maud-Then l guess will have to
be a mother. You don't have to take
any lessons in that, do you?-Judge.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Remover All Dirt.

"Norah! Norah!" exclaimed her
mistress. See what color this pud-
ding is! You surely can't have wash.
ed your hands"
well, 'lor bless yer!" remarked the
cook.general, "it's agoin' into 'ot wat
er, amt it?"