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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-11-07
Personal and Local.

You always get fresh and the best of
groceries at Crandall Bros. 32l-tf
q. 7. Whitesel applies rubber tires,
all brands.
Joe Wells can sharpen that saw for
you. 10-24-tf
Tom Seal was at Lamar Saturday.
All kinds of repair work at Whitesels.
shop. 3-7-tf
Harry Burch was at Carthage yester-
day.
Joe Wells can sharpen that saw for
YIN. 10 24tf
Bert Ward was calling on particular
friends at Sedalia over Sunday.
Butter and eggs taken in trade at
highest market price at STATIONS. 3,7f
j. Z. Cartwright and G. Buerge had
business at Carthage Saturday.
Bayne & Son have an interesting talk
on stoves in another column Read il.
Forest Chandler was at Webb City
yesterday on business for the store.
Diamond X" Flour is taking the
town. You can get it of b. p. Majors.
926f
j. ID. Harbur was at Joplio couple
,, a days the latter part of last week.
Music LEssoNs--Piano or Organ les.
sons given three for one dollar. 9-12f
CLARA BAYNE.
| Mrs. Frank Boots and daughter,
| Miss Leons, we're among Jasper visitors
to the county seat Saturday.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-11-07

You always get fresh and the best. Of
groceries at Crandall Bros. 32l.tf
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-11-07

j. ID. Harbur was at Joplip a couple
a days the latter part last week.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-11-07

Forest Chandler was at Webb Cit,
yesterday on business for the store.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-11-07

Diamond X" Flour is taking the
town. You can get it of b. p. Majors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

how m much grain land he'd got inside of wire.
That IS dom middin well. amt it ?'' says he
Come to figure up, it was, and told him didn't
see why he want in fair way find himself cuttin
into the grape some day.
1T all depends on the Jayhawker," says he
I've got third int rest in that Course, amt
hollerin lot about it yet, for it amt much moren
a hole in the ground; but if they ever strike the
New York.
It's worth it, says I. Hunt me up when you
Il shore will" says Hank Good 1uckl"
And the last l see of him he was standin' there in
his buckskin pants, gawpn' at the steam cars.
Now, amt been spendin' my time since
how it is. Maybe I've had him in mind two or three
times. But when gets that phone message didn't
have any trouble about calm up my last view of
him. So, when>it come to buttn into swell
F1tth-ave. hotel and askin' for Hank Merrity has
a sudden spasm of bashfulness. 1t didn't last long,
III Hank was good enough for me to chum with
IN Bedea, says l. "he ought to have some standn,
with me here. There want anything could have
asked that he wouldn't have done for me out there,
and guess if he needs some to show him where
Broadway is, and tell him take his pants out of
his boot tops, it S up to to do it,
Just the same, when l gets up to the desk,
whispers it confidential to the clerk. If he'd come
back with hee-haw wouldn't have said a word
l was expectin' somethn of the kind. But never
a chuckle He don't grin.
Hank Merrity?" says he, shakin' his head We
have guest here, though, by the name of Henry
Merrity-Mr. Henry Merrty."
That's him. says 1. An the Henrys are Hanks
when you get west of Omaha. WherellI find him."
l was hopin' he'd be up in his room, practisin'
with the electric light buttons, bracin' himself
for a ride down in the elevator; but there was no
answer to the call on the house phone; so has to
wait while boy goes out with my card silver
tray squeakn, Mister Merrity! Mister Merrty!"
Five minutes later was towed through the palms
into the Turkish smokin' room, and the next thing
knew was lined up in front of perfect gent.
Say, if it hadn't been fer them buttermk eyes,
you never could have made me believe it him.
Honest, them eyes all there left of the Hank
Merrity I'd known in Bedelia. 1t want Just the
clothes, either though he had EN- all on,-op'ra lid,
four-button white vest shiny shoes, and the rest =
it what had happened to his face that was
stunnn me-
The lid drooper had been wiped out-not Just
shaved off, mind you, but scrubbed clean. The
russell color was gone too. He was pink and
white and smooth as roastin pig that's been
scraped and sandpapered for a window display in
a meat shop. You've noticed that electric light
complexion of Broadway FOUNDERS gets
on? Well, Hank had it. Even the neck freckles
had got the magic touch.
Course, he hadn't been turned into any he Venus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21


between 14th-st. and the park Folks9 Why, you
stand on the corner of 42d and Broadway long
enough and you won't miss seem many of en-
They most all get here or later.
Now, look at what happens last evenin' l
just leanin' up against the street door, real COM
Portable and satisfied after a good dinner when
Swiftly Joe comes down from the studio and says
there's party by the name of Merrty been calm
me up on the phone.
'Merrity?" says l. That sounds kind of joyous
and familiar. Didn't he give any letters for the
front of it,?
''Nothin but Hank" says Swiftly.
10 oh to yes" says J. gettin the clue What did
Said he friend of yours, and if you didn't
have nothin' better on the hook he like to you
around to the Wlstoria, says Swiftly
With that lets loose smoker. Honest / couldn't
help Ah it. chee," saws su;ttv ",s s+r;na Or ,o+
l might get a laugh out of this myself"
Yes and then again you mlghtn't, says l.
Maybe it'd bring on nothin' but a brain storm.
You wait until find out if it's safe to tell YOU
With that starts down towards 34th-s to see if
it was really SO about Hank Merrity; for the last
glimpse got of him he was out in Colorado, wearin
spurs and frnged buckskin pants, and loozin to be
as much of fixture there as Pixies Peak
1t was while l was trainin' for one of my big
matches that met up with Hank. We'd picked out
Bedelia for camp. You've heard of Bedelia? No?
Then you ought to study the map. Anyway, if you'd
been followin the sportin news reg lar few years
back you'd remember There few days about
Bedelia than from Washington And the pictures
mat was sent east shorty Roprn Steers - Mr..
McCabe Swingin' Bronco by the Tail and all
such truck. You know the kind of stuff them news
paper artists strains their magnatons on.
Course, was to busy to bother about what they
did to me, and didn't care, anyway. But it diff
ferent with Hank. Oh, they got him tool You see,
he had ranch about four miles north of our camp,
and one of my reg lar forenoon stunts gallop
up there, take big swig of mountain spring water
better n anything you can buy in bottles-chin
few minutes with Hank and the boys, and then dog
trot it back.
That was how the boss of Merritys ranch came
to get his picture in the sportn page alongside of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

homely, but his color scheme kind of surprisin
His complexion shade or two lighter than
new saddle, except his neck, which flannel red,
with lovely brown speckles on it. and his eyes was
sort of buttermilk blue, with eyebrows that you had
to guess at. His chief decoration though was lip
whisker that was marvel-one of these ginger
colored droopers that took root way down below his
mouth corners and looked like it was there to stay.
But UP on the ranch and down in Bedelia never
heard anyone pass remarks on Hank Merritys looks.
He want no bad man either but as mild and gentle
beef raiser you'd want to see He seemed to be
quite star among the cow punchers, and after I'd
got used to his peculiar style of beauty kind of took
to him too
The picture didn't r'ile him bit He sat there
1ookin at it for good five minutes without sayin'
word, them buttermilk eyes just starn', kind of
blank and dazed Then he looks up, as pleased as a
KID and says, WALL I'll be cussed! Mighty slick,
amt it ??
Next he hollers for Reney-that was Mrs Merrty
She was good sized, able bodied wild rose, Reney
was not such bad locker, but little shy on style
calico wrapper with the sleeves rolled up,
lot of crink1y brown hair wavin down her
back and an old pair of carpet slippers
her feet Reney's mornin' costume. l
shouldn't wonder but what it did for after
~ noon and evenin' we'll
. Mrs. Merrity was more tckled with the
Q picture than Hank She stared from the
paper to him and back again, actin like she
thought Hank had done somethin' she ought
to be proud OF, but couldn't exactly, place.
'Sho, Hank!' says She Il wisht they'd
waited until you'd put your Sunday shirt
and slicked up little
lie was a real torrld proposition when he
did slick up l saw him do it once, a couple of
nights before l broke trainin', when they was
goln to have dance up to the ranch. His
idea of maxim a swell toilet was to take
hunk of sheep tallow and grease his boots
3 clear to the tops. Then he ducks his head into
the horse trough and poshes the back of his
: neck with bar of yellow soap Next he dries
himself off on a meal sack, uses half bottle
of scented hair oil on his Buffalo Bill thatch,
pulls striped Bingham shirt, ties a red silk
- handkerchief around his throat and he's ready
to receive comply I didn't see Mrs. Merrty
- after she got herself fixed for the ball. but
Hank told me she goin' to shirt
waist that she'd sent clear to Kansas City for.
Oh, got real chunmy before l left He
came down to off the day started for
Denver, and while waitn for the train
he told me the story of his life: How he'd been
rustlin' for himself since he'd graduated
from orphan asylum in Illinois; the differ
ent things he'd worked at before he learned
the cow business; and how, when he'd first
met Reney slingin' crockery in railroad res
taurant, and married her sight, they'd
started out with cash capital of FIVE
dollar bill and hirty-eght cents in change
to make their fortune. Then he told me
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

diagram of the four
different ways l had
of peelin' a boiled
potato. Them was
the times when |
took my exercise
with a sportin' ed
itor hangin' to each
elbow, and fellows
with DRAWN pads
squattin' all over
the place. Just for a
josh l lugged one of
the papers that had
a picture of Hank
up TO the TanCn, eX-
pectin' when he saw
it he'd want to
buckle on his guns
and start down after
the gent that did it.
You couldn' t have
blamed him much
if he had; for Hanks
features want cut
on what you might
call classic lines. He
looked more like a
copy of an old mas
ter that had been
done by a sign
painter on the side
of a barn. Not that
he was SO mortal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
\ Line on Peacock A11ev
By Sc w ELL FORD

" THAT'S the use of trave1in', when
\ there's more fun stayin' home?
wv Scenery? Say, the scenery that
suits me best is the kind they keep
1it IN all nioht There's lot of #
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-30
CASE TO JURY
Prosecution Will Ask Con
viction Next Monday on
Manslaughter Charge.

Washington, D. C. Nov. 29.-AH the
evidence in the Bradley case is in,
arguments will begin tomorrow. and
il will be given to the jury Monday
afternoon about o'clock.
The prosecution does not ask con-
viction in the first or second degree
OF murder in the prayers submitted
today, leaving those points to be cover
ed by the Judge If he sees fit in his
instructions to the jury.
MansIaughter Verdict Asked.
1t might be inferred from the pray
ers that the best the prosecution ex
poets is a verdict of manslaughter. 1t
says on that point:
The jury are instructed that if they
believe from the evidence beyond
reasonable doubt that the defendant
threatened and menaced the deceased
with a loaded pistol for the purpose OF
compelling him TO marry her, or Tor
/ any other purpose. and whlle so
threatened and menacing the deceased
said pistol was Internationally or ac-
IcidentaIly discharged and the deceased
received therefrom the wound OF "hlch
he died. then the jury should find
the defendant guilty of manslaughter-
Ruling FavOrs Defense.
insanity plea in its prayers and those
of the prosecution seek to discount It
The court granted practically all or
the PRAYERS. with some notifications
except paragraph by the prosecution
defining legal insanity. Justice star
ford will use his own words in TINS
connection. This may be construed
a. a victory for the defense. Inc
paragraph striker out reads:
THE jury are instructed, as matter
of law. that insanity as an excuse
for a criminal act is a disease or that
organ Of the human body wherein
reside the faculties of intellect and OF
volition-the brain-and that a morpld
state of the affections or passions or
an unsettling of the moral system the
mental faculties remaining meanwhile
lin normal condition, is not such a
form of insanity that the law recognizes
as a valid excuse for criminal act
Mrs. Bradley Relieved.
ooh. I am so glad it is all over al
last" said Mrs Annie NJ Bradley
charged with the murder Of former
Senator Arthur NJ. Brown of Utah, as
she was led smiling, from the court
room to the prison van which was tC
take her back to jail.
Justice Stafford announced that al
agreement had been reached among
counsel for four hours of argumen
on each side.
The testimony of the two government
INSANITY experts, Dr. Edward II. Brush
baltimore, and Mr.. Smith Ely Jelliffe
New York, was the feature of today
proceedings, both of these alienists de
claring that there was nothing in tn
record of the case to indicate tina
t Mrs. Bradley was insane. Each o
l them declared on cross examination
that they would have testified to tn
: insanity of Mrs. Bradley as readily a
they testified to her sanity ha
they found her to be insane.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-30
NURSE is DECORATED
Edward VII. Gives Order of
Merit to Florence
Nightingale.

London, Nov. 29.-Florence Nightin-
gale, the English philanthropist. has
been decorated with the Order of Merit
by King Edward. She is the first wo-
man to receive this distinction. which
up to the present time has been be-
slowed only on nineteen men, each Of
marked eminence. The Order of Merit
was founded by King Edward in 1902
for the recognition Of especially dis
tinguished services in all walks of life.
She Is EIghty-Seven Years Old.
Florence Nightingale. known as the
queen of nurses is now 81 years old
and for practical purposes her work Is
over Her home in London, in which
she has resided for more than forty
years. is always open to members OF
her profession, and the sweetest words
she hears are nurse" and hospital
Her first interest in the work %
which she gave most of her life was
among the sick poor Of Great Britain.
The appalling condition Of the wouhoea
in the hospitals of the east during the
Crimean war summoned her 70 the care
of the soldier, and for many years al
forwards she made military hosplIa4s
i ~
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-30
THOUSAND MILE TOUR
kidnapping of Esquimau's
Wife Starts Series of Re
taliatory Murders.

Toronto, Ont. Nov. 3O.-George F.
Caldwells report of his thousand-mile
trip through the frozen North along
the rim of the Arctic West from Hud-
sen Bay is a narrative of endurance.
perseverance, and courage.
He had two natives and five dogs
for companions.
For two weeks they found no use for
their rifles. hence were reduced TO
starving rations. The dogs were seven
days without food. Finally caribou
were KILLED and meat became plentiful
They found an abundance of 67-below
zero weather, biting gales, barren and
unsheltered country and many large
lakes and rivers with fish in plenty.
Perhaps the most interesting para
graph Of Mr.. Caldwells report is that
which referred to the Esquimaux as
follows:
The Esquimau is naturally of a
good natured, easy going disposition,
yet at times a feud is followed up
with a persistence which would elicit
the admiration of people living in
warmer climates.
Witness the case of Ackpee He
and his brother were out hunting and
had left their wives in the igloo. Dur
ing their absence a party of natives
travelling through the country stopped
at the igloo. The travellers were well
acquainted with the wife of Ackpee's
brother. as she belonged to their tribe
They tried TO persuade her to forsake
her husband. and, gentler methods fail
ing, carried her of by force
"ACkpee got to the igloo first and
from his wife learned of the abduction
OF his brothers kewuk (wife)
He lost no time in starting after
the party. one of the party. SC
Ackpee stated. started for him with q
knife and Ackpee shot and killed him
He followed this up by killing the
rest of the party, five in all. and took
his brothers wife back with him
Since that time Ackpee was killed
in 1901. and his brother was killed By
Keheskloth in the Spring OF 1905. Ke
/ heskloth was killed by others of Ack-
PEGS family in January, 1906, and tn,
feud is still going on.
However. murders. such as men
toned above. are of rare occurrence. al
the general good conduct of the coas
guides would indicate.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-30
DUMA GETS ITS RULES
Declaration by the Govern
ment Arouses Glee Of
Right Party.

st. Petersburg. Nov. 30.-The declara-
ton of the government read by Pre-
mier Stolypin before the duma yester-
dav was received with dismay by the
octoberists and the constitutional dem
ocrats and with open exultation by the
members of the right party.
The keynote of the address was re-
iteration of the idea of the autocratic
power of the emperor as the sole guar
antee of security and welfare in an era
of disorder. The announcement also
was made that the duma is expected to
take it's cue from the administration
of legislation, and the premier outlined
what future legislation was expected.
Says Radicals Foster Crime.
He excoriated the radical parties as
fcsterers of crime and sedition, and
said their excuses would no longer be
tolerated in Russia. This statement is
taken to show that the administration
looks with disfavor upon any alliance
between the octoberists and the con-
stitutional democrats.
Premier Stolypin. when general de-
bate opened. said the pernicious agita-
ton originated by the radicals had de-
generated into open brigandage. Grim
inals. he said, had come to the fore
ground in a movement by which the
industries of the country were being
ruined and the younger generation de-
moralized Any weakness in handling
this situation would be a crime, and the
government, in the future as in the
past. would continue to crush disorders
with an iron hand and insist upon
lovaI service from all state officials.
End of Disorder First Aim.
The premier attacked university au-
/ tonomy and said that nothing would
/ be permitted to prevent the government
/ from taking an active course.
/ The government was inclined, the
premier continued to punish the ar
bitrary use of power as severely as
/ slackness of administration. Once
order had been restored in the country
I he said. the government would be able
/ to devote all its attention to the in
/ ternaI development OF the empire, and
the settlement Of the agrarian problem
upon which the prosperity OF millions
Of the population depended. was a first
( condition to this end.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-30
6EBEL UPHOLOS HARDEN
Socialist Says Won Molkte
Case Was flushed to
Save High Persons.

Berlin, Nov 30-Herr Bebel. the
leader OF the socialist wing in the
Reichstag. caused a tremendous SEN
sation yesterday when he publicity de-
clared from the floor of that body that
vice and degeneracy are so prevalent
among the upper classes of Germany
that If all the offenders were brought
TO justice the ensuing scandal would
eclipse the Panama cabaI or the Drey-
fus affair
Herr Bebel was referring to the re-
cent trial of Editor Harden on
charge of defamation brought by Count
Won Moltke
In thunderous tones that rang to the
uttermost corners of the German par
lament hall, he drew a vivid picture
Of the state of social rottenness which
he claimed has spread so far as to reach
almost to the imperial throne.
Says Practices Are widespread.
He declared that not only were Edi-
tor Harden's charges against Count Won
Moltke and Prince Gutenberg wholly
true, but that persons guilty of vicious
practices were to be found in large
numbers among the highest circles. and
that they included even princes of some
OF the reigning houses
Herr Bebel's speech is the talk of
Germany, especially in army and of.
fetal circles
General Won Einem, the minister Of
war. was forced to admit that Herr
Bebefs accusations We're for the most
part correct. The war minister ad-
mitted that vicious practices had be-
come greatly prevalent in Berlin dur
ing the last twenty years. He admitted
that the evil had taken deep root in
the army. although he declared that
Herr Bebels statement that whole
regiments had been contaminated was
overdrawn.
1T is a fact, however" said General
Won Einem, that our soldiers can with
difficulty resist the temptations with
which the aristocratic degenerates have
debauched them.
Thinks Orgies Were Mythical.
Il am inclined to think however. ("
continued the general, that the orgies
which were described as having taken
place in the Adler villa were mythical.
No one in a position to know has cor
roborated the stories that have been
told"
The general said that as soon as Edi-
tor Hardens insinuations against
Prince Zu Gutenberg We're published, he
and the highest military authorities
proceeded to investigate them for the
purpose of making a report to the en-
peror. He said that none of the
charges could be verified. An fnvesti-
cation of the charges against Count
Wilhelm Won Hohenau brought the
same result.
Because Of this apparent lack of cor
rcboration of the accusations the en-
peror agreed to place the accused of
ficers on the waiting list at court. and
promised that if they were exonerated
they would be restored to imperial
favor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-30
Views on District Nurses.

In recent years she has urged that
the district nurse become the medium
for teaching the disorderly how to use
improved dwellings. which she regards
as an important factor in the struggle
with what she calls "pauperized pow
erty"
Miss Nightingale lays great stress on
the maxin, The nurse Is born and not
made" and says the gooa nurse +
asked how she nurses. often can only
answer. with brains and heart, sir
and with training and practice
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-30
why He Reoaed.

A beggar. George Fantin, aged 70,
arrested in Paris and questioned as to
the cause which drove him to this
mode Of earning a living, replied: I
am a philanthropist, and l give shell
ter in my house, winter and summer
TO the poor wretches who have no
other home. OF course. 1 never de-
mand payment and am therefore
obliged TO resort to begging in order
to provide for my personal wants"