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The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-26

The annual meeting for the election of officers and for doing other business for the sunday school was held in the Grand Avenue Congregational church, Tuesday evening sherman l. Graves, supervising principal of Strong school was reelected superintendent. Other officers, nearly all re-elections are as follows Assistant superintendent, Her bert |, Seward secretary Sherwood Hanover; treasurer Walter Davis; su- perIntendent of primary department, Miss Kessel superintendent of inter- mediate department. Miss Jennie Gris- wold; library committee, Mrs l w, Sheath, Mrs & l.. Salisbury Harry Griswold, Miss Lena Woolworth, Frank Goodwin; librarian Archie Perrie: ex- ecutive committee, the above named officers and Rev Dr Sneath, Miss Maude Kelley, Ralph Car and Mrs H. D. Franklin The school was reported to be in prosperous condition.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-26

A party of thirty consisting of members and friends of Spruce tenn pie, No. IS, Pythian Sisters, paid a surprise visit 10 Mr and Mrs George Hollieu, at their home, is Houston street Tuesday evening. Pinochle and whist were played and pleasing selections on the graphophone, enjoy cd. Refreshments were served and after delightful evening the com pany at late hour bade their ohst and hostess good night
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-26
IA. l4U MIDOR IS A BLESSING TO THE MAN WHO SMCKGS.

< GOOD HuMIDOB WILL RIPEN THE SEGNRS PLACED THEREIN \ AND CAUSE THEM TO IMPART DE. hIGHTFUL AROMA.
 We have these HUMIDORS for home and office use, from $S.25 to $50, in OAK, MAHOGANY, CIRCASSIAN WALNUT. MISSION WEATHERED ctc., cedar, aluminium and copper lined
 (Fine present to give a man)
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

fore nor since. refer. to our Christ
mas dinner, which we ate amid sur.
roundings SO truly novel as to seem to
us now almost as the passing OF q
dream, ------
The Eitel Friederich was not merely
good, staunch ship; she was a mag
nificently appointed steamer, = In
short, floating palace, and the din
ner. which we ate-each smallest com
ponent part thereof, from soup to cof-
fee--was laid in at Bremen before the
steamer sailed. The splendid tree, a
big green fir, had been cut in Japan
and lay strapped to the lower deck,
lest some sudden cataclysm of the eIe-
ments might roll 1t overheard and
cheat us Of what proved to be the
most enjoyable part of our Christmas
feast
1t was understood before leaving
Hong-Kong that the most important
part OF the festivities, 1. e. the pres
ents, must be purchased there; so q
pool was formed and the presents
having been selected and purchased
by member detailed for the purpose
were handed up the ships side In
packages on the end of sticks, or
dangling from strings, or in small but
terfly nets, 30 that the lottery effect
was maintained and no one could
know what his neighbor held. This
mode Of procedure provoked hearty
laughter and much curiosity as to the
ultimate fate Of the gifts, each one be-
ing securely wrapped until the event.
full day should appear.
The oath of December dawned-not
as we should say in America, clear
and cold-but "muggy" and hot.
Clothing, even of the thinnest sort,
seemed superfluous; exertion, even
the mildest, sent little streams of
moisture trickling down towards ones
shirt collar. But, never mind. 1t was
Christmas-dear old Christmas eve,
/ less-away from home, we were not
going to have any less pleasure and
happiness out of the occasion. So we
| donned our bravest attire and, sum-
moned by the bugle, made our way
with the rest of the passengers, also
in full dress, to the dining saloon.
Here a scene of marvellous beauty
burst upon our eyes; but don't ask me
to describe that table. Running the
! whole length of the gorgeous saloon
1t was decorated and twined and bla-
zoned with potted plants and vines,
garlands and flags, the whole being
set off by most ingenious and beau
tiful arrangement of electric lights
that peeped out from every leaf and
fold and dish as though, some fairy
wand had touched them into glittering
wonder LittleSwiss chalets, set amid
SHOWS of cotton and spangled ice
fields, cleaned with lights in every
tiny window; cascades ran down
through little ice-gorges, lit up with
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

freely CLEANS; the hearts of Christmas
roses sent out flashes of beauty, while
at the head of the table was a snow
man of life-like size and proportion,
whose smile was as broad as his am
pie form. Truly wonderful sight
And the dinner-well, / have eaten
many dinners, and many Christmas
dinners, but this was absolutely
unique. The cuisine of the German
steamers is world-famed, and justly
80. The celebrated p. & o. line
starves you to death in the most
highly genteel manner. The insular
exclusiveness Of this ancient institu-
tion, like that of the much overrated
Cunard, has wrung the stomach and
bled the pocket of the wayfarer for
nearly half century, while the chilly
hauteur of its officers has sent many
passenger to his berth with frigid
heart. Rudyard Kipling says that II
you want favor of one of these mag
mates you must stand on your head
before the chief officer and wave your
feet supplicatingly In the air.
The serving of the Christmas din
ner was truly gorgeous. The process
sion Of walters reached from the din
ing table to the kitchen, and each
course was brought in with as much
pomp as though 1t were banquet to
Old King Cole as we see 1t pictured in
the children's holiday books.
The oysters, the soup, the fish. each
had their separate procession, and the
turkey-ah! that turkey! borne aloft
on a platter, accompanied by all the
trimmings" each with separate
bearer; while the gravy!-words fail
me-. How shall I~describe the gravy,
bearer? A youth with solemn brow
and stately step, who bore aloft upon
1 one hand the dish Of gravy, as though
1t were an offering to royalty. In the
matter of style he certainly was all to
the grayyI
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04
The Funny Things One Sees .
Smiling Round the World
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.)

Canton, in spite of its dirt, in spite
of its myriad and insistent smells, is
fascinating. Beside the ordinary
sights of street life that are like a
Kaleidoscope for change and color,
there is tall and stately pagoda to
be seen, the "flow-ly" pagoda, your
guide will tell you. Another, known
as the five-story pagoda, built in the
year 1400, stands at the point of the
citadel, the eliminating point of the
city wall, the ramparts Of which are
decorated with grotesque little cannon
Of bygone age, resting in worm
eaten and rotting wooden gun car
riages.
Another sight of Canton is Examina-
tion hall, an institution peculiarly Chi
nese. Here are 1900 cells in rows, the
fronts open to the air. They are only
four feet by three, and their only f'lr-
niture couple of boards, laid cross
ways, one for seat and the other for
writing desk.
Here the civil service examinations
take place for the whole province.
Students who wish to compete enter a
cell, where they remain for three days
and nights, absolutely alone, and
guarded by soldiers to see that they
have no communication with each
other, or with anyone outside.
The examination lasts nine days al
together, in groups of three, with in
tervals Of three days in between,
when the students may go outside. 1t
is exceedingly arduous, for there is
not room for comfortable sleep, and
the tests are very severe.
1t Is, however, the ambition of every
man to pass this examination If he
can. Some old students have been
known to go there every three years
for 80 years without passing. Out OF
| perhaps 5000 or 1000 never more
than 300 pass, generally much less.
A man who passes is then eligible
for any magisterial Office in the pro.
vincial government. and If he is still
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

With the dessert and coffee song
and merriment burst forth. Every
conceivable Christmas glee and carol
not omitting the good old "Tannen-
baum of the vaterland, which these
German officers rolled forth with .
voltihfs that made the dishes dance
was sung. And-thsn, the tree!
This gorgeous piseeSpf upholstery
reached from the floor up .i,fto- the
which lantern, which is the nautical,
name for the open dome which rises
far up almost out of sight from the
saloon. Every year the decorations
are brought out from their storing
place and hung upon the tree, and
most gorgeous are they to behold,
glittering with electric lights and
swaying to and fro with every motion
of the vessel.
The distribution Of presents was q
jolly ending to the evenings festivity.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

Some people got their own presents.
that they had bought in contributing
to the pool, but they enjoyed them
Just as much. One of ours was a
handsome silver spoon, engraved with
Chinese characters similar to those on
the cane which was presented to me
by Mr.. Wei Yuk in Hong-Kong, and
which mean long life and happiness" p"
or something to that effect.
The next day we arrived at Singa.
pore, and 1t was with indescribable
feelings that 1 stepped ashore in a
glare of tropic sunlight, saying to my
self, Christmas day! 1t is impossible
i cannot believe it,"
But 1t was, and smiled as ! said to
a friend: We'll, we're certainly in for
q hot old time, all right, II nothing
else!"
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04
Passing Of Script Cards.

Shaded old English is now the most
approved form of engraving for visit
ing cards. The script style, time hon.
ored and artistic though 1t may be, has
had its day, according to stationers
who speak with authority. Fashion
dictates graduated scale in the mat
ter of shading effect, young folks
cards showing but delicate lines, while
those adapted to middle aged and old
persons bear medium and heavy trac-
ings respectively. A novel process in
imitation of expensive plate printing
has lately been introduced in the
metropolitan market. The promoters
Of this project state that results equal
to high priced tool work are available
at about half the figures usually
charged.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04
ANNUAL SALES OVER NINE
MILLION,

Good, reliable quality is appreciated
by the smoker. Over Nine Million Co.
000,000) Lewis Single Binder cigars
sold annually. The kind of cigar smok-
ers have been looking for, made Of
very rich, mellow tasting tobacco. It's
the judgment Of many smokers that
Lewis Single Binder straight &c cigar
equals in quality the best 10c cigar.
There are many imitators of this cele-
brated brand. Don't let them fool you.
There Is no substitute.
Tell the dealer you wish to try Q
Lewis Single Binder.
Lewis Factory, Peoria, ILL.,, Original
ors Tin Foil Smoker Package.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04
FIT THE GROCER
Wife Made the Suggestion.

A grocer has excellent opportunity
TO know the effects OF special foods
on his customers. A Cleveland
grocer has a long list Of customers
that have been helped in health by
leaving of coffee and using Postum
Food Coffee.
He says, regarding his own expo
rience: Two years ago had been
drinking coffee, and must say that I
was almost wrecked in my nerves.
Particularly in the morning I was
so irritable and upset that I could
hardly wait until the coffee was
served, and then had no appetite for
breakfast, and did not feel like at
tending to my store duties.
''One day my wife suggested that
inasmuch as was selling SO much
Postum there must be some merit In
1t and suggested that we try 1t. I
took home package and she pre-
pared 1t according to directions. The
result was a very happy one. My
nervousness gradually disappeared. and
today am all right. / would advise
everyone afflicted in any way with
nervousness or stomach troubles, to
leave off coffee and use Postum Food
Coffee" There's a Reason" Read
"The Road to Wellyille." in pkgs. \
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from tIme to time. They
are genuine, trps, and full ef human In
teroSt.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04
Wheels,
He was q great Inventor.

He was great inventor.
"The thing I am working at now,
he began, stroking his thin beard with
q thinner hand, will be a boon to
every family and will startle the
whole world. In fact, 1t will put the
alarm clock trust out of business. The
idea is simply specially prepared tab.
let's that help you get up in the. morn.
ing. For instance, II you want to
arise at flve you take FIVE tablets; II
you want to get up at six take six tab
let's; and so on"
But how will 1t affect the alarm
clock trust?"
why, these tablets will cause .
ringing in the ears at exactly the hour
desired"
But the little crowd could wait to
hear no more and hurriedly disbanded.
--Harper's Weekly.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04
instrumental Music,

That word may convey vastly diff
ferent meanings when differently used
is amusingly illustrated by story
from the Brooklyn Life.
Have ye heard me daughter Mona
sing lately?" asked Mr.. Dugan.
Both lately and early" said Mr..
Hogan. "Tis the fine instrumental
music she do make"
"Ye ignoramus! Sure, singing amt
Instrumental music!" Indignantly re-
piled Mr.. Dugan.
"Keegan told me 1t was insthrumen-
tai in causing him to move two blocks
away from yer house. e."-Youth's Com
panion.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04
Care Of tho Eyes.

Good sight is among the greatest
blessings of life, and 1t behooves
women for their own sake to take
good care of their eyes. When you
have nothing to do, when you are sim.
ply resting, close your eyes and let
them rest also. AS long as the eyes
are open they are at work to great.
er or less extent, and oculists will tell
you that the moisture of the closed
lids Is good for them.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04
The Precious Stones.

The pearl is nothing but carbonate
of lime, and vinegar or any other acid
will eat away the polished surface in q
few moments. AS for the opal, hot
water is fatal to 1t. destroying its fire,
and sometimes causing 1t to crack.
Soap is deadly enemy to the tur-
quoise. If turquoise ring is kept on
the hand while washing, In short
time the blue stones will turn to q
dingy green.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

sediment. Not satisfied, Mr.. Enders'
started using Doan's Kidney Pills.
The kidneys began to act more regr-,
arly." he says, "and in short time,
passed few gravel stones. Iafelt'
setter right away and since then have.
had no kidney trouble" z.tf
Sold by all dealers. so cents q box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

Automobiles have not driven all the
horses to the bone-yard, There are
nearly 20,O0O,O0O horses in this coun
try, and their estimated value is al
most $4,000, 100000 In the decade dur
ing which the motor car has been de
veloped the number of horses has in
creased by 100000, and the average
value of horse has risen. The case
Is a little like the experience OF trac
ton Development in large cities. Wher
new tunnels and subways are opened
the old lines seem to be Just a. much
crowded as eyer.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

more ambitious and can pass the ex-
animation at Peking, as well, he is
eligible for metropolitan offices.
So that In China education is the
only patent Of nobility. In this re-
spect it is one of the most democratic
countries in the world, for man may
rise from the lowest rank to high
position.
Only three castles are prohibited
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

Penny-in-the-slot machines for sell
Ing gas are so popular in London thai
there is almost famine in copper
coins in that city. The British mint
Is coming four tons day in an at
tempt to supply the demand. In 1907
1886 tons of pennies were taken from
the automatic gas meters. AS the
meters are opened only once in three
months, it can be seen that the
amount of coin taken out of circula
ton by them is considerable.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

II the Chicago woman who drank to
lntoxication in order to give her hus
band an object lesson had first con
suited some one with common sense
she would have learned without the
humillating experience that morality
does not thrive on that kind of teach
Ing, and perhaps have saved herself
from a divorce scandal.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04
A Little Anxious.

A physician writes to the London
Spectator that he was recently at
tending patient whose husband
came to see him concerning her con-
dition, and greeted him with the
words: "Mr. Irving, do you think
there is any need for any unnecessary
anxiety about my wife?"-Woman's
Home Companion.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

years with stirgingI
pain in the back, vio-.
lent headaches and
dizzy spells, and was.
assured. by a special
list that his kidneys.
were All right though.
the secretions showed,
O reddish. brick.dust
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04
How ls Julia on spIlttlna Wood ?

Miss Julia Chapman won a set Of
silver knives, forks and spoons In q
board-sawing contest given by a medi-
cine show in Steiwer hall Wednesday
evening. She went through her board
before any of her competitors had got
we'll started.-Fossil (Ore.) Journal.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

SALOONS have swing doors which
yield to very gentle push. Why not
schoolhouses?" is the pertinent ques-
ton asked by correspondent of the
New York Times. 1t ought to be as
easy to get out of a schoolhouse as
into a saloon.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

The New York teachers who prefer
to decline the offer of free trip to
Europe to study the school systems
there, with salaries paid in full while
they are away, because they are too
high and mighty to travel second.
class, should cheerfully be allowed to
stay at home
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

A Clevelander has invented an air
ship which he says will stay up for
months. We don't wish to be critical,
but it does seem as If the most en-
thusiastic aeronaut would want to
come down to earth at least once in
two or three weeks.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

According to reports, President
Eliot of Harvard wants to limit the
college football teams to two games
a season. If such ideas are carried
out the cause of higher education will
be at a discount.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

After getting married and unmar.
ried a few times some rich folks
actually get tired of the sport" says
the Washington Post This may be
so, but remarks the Baltimore Ameri.
can, it is impossible to see that recent
examples give any grounds for such a
conclusion.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

Vikings were Scandinavian chiefs,
Swedes. Danes and Norsemen, who.
in the fourth century, migrated east
ward to the countries berond the Bal
tic, westward and southward. chiefly
10 the British isles.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

A New York physician is said to
have removed human heart from the
body and repaired an injury without
any harm resulting to the patient.
That's nothing-there are plenty OF
girls who can give their hearts to
three or four men at one time.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

Though you may be surprised to
hear it, nowhere has it. been decreed
by city, state or nation that our wom-
enfolk must wear those big, impossi-
BILE hats.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

A straw hat was seen on the streets
of Philadelphia the other day. Is it,
possible that they think there that it
is still last summer?
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

The husky athlete who shows up at
the dock with a crowd of admiring
friends and a camera man will dis
cover, on a little inquiry, that tho
small boy with the fish pole has beat
en- him into the water.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

That Scotchman who invented a gun
that will shoot a projectile from Lon
don that will land in Paris may sud-
denly take it into his head to invent
bagpipes that can be heard the same
distance.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

The latest definition of love is "pro.
toplasmic hunger" After marriage 1t
is supplanted by craving for more
substantial diet than the protaplasmic
bill of fare seems to offer.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

The world is not near SO old as
some of the people who go growing
and grumbling over it.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

The good ship Prinz Eitel Frieder-
ich bore us bravely from Hong-Kong
on our way to India's spicy isles. and
also furnished an experience the like
of which We had known neither be-.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

A New Jersey man, aged 81, had
his wife, aged Go, arrested for spank
ing him. Another mollycoddle!
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

Detroit makes 6.OOO,OOO,OOO pills a
year. all guaranteed to cure. Why
die?
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

Two cats have been declared legal
ly dead in Philadelphia. And yet the
supply of gossip in that city is proba-
bly, not appreciably diminished.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

A California man tasted for 45 days
and then ate clam broth. One might
naturally think that he would have
taken food.
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04
ROLAND B. GRIFFITH, Editor.

JASPER. ........ ...... MISSOURI
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04
FOUND THE CAUSE.
Aftsf elk Years Of Misery and Wrong
& Treatment.

John A. Enders. Of Robertson Ave;
iue. Pen Argyll. Pa. suffered for sixl
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04
AMENITIES.

:"And you call yourself honesty
HUH"
"Sir, Keep the commandments"
"That p,ust be because you've got
an idea that they belong to somebody
elae"
The Jasper news., 1908-06-04

from competing in the examinations,
BARRIERS, actors and chiropodists. who
are prohibited from most things, as
well as their descendants for three
generations.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-20
TONS OF FRUIT
FOR THE FLEET
ALL KINDS OF DELICACIES FOR
SAILORS
GREW ON ouARANTINED SHIP
ALSO REMEMBERED
Uncle Sans Men at Honolulu Deport
Themselves in GentlemanIy Man.
ner and Officers Receive
Congratulations
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
HONOLULU, July ia feature of
the entertainment of the fleet today
tons of fruit and delicacies of all kinds
to the various battleships The great
store of good things was loaded on a
lighter which was towed to each of
the twelve ships in turn, the Hawaiian
band being aboard also and playing
native and American airs as the dis
tribution proceeded.
A generous supply of iced fruit and
plenty of reading matter was sent to
the island, where $50 men of the Ne
braska are in quarantine today, the
entertainment committee being deter
mined not to forget anyone.
Tomorrow party composed of f1f-
teen officers from each of the ships
will be taken to Pearl harbor, where
they will have an opportunity to see
just what sort of place the naval
station is to have.
A part of the entertainment today
consisted of aquatic sports at Waikiki
beach. The old Hawaiian surf riding
was the feature of this program.
The behavior of the men of the fleet
ever since they came has been splen-
did and has aroused many congratu-
latory remarks here.
Lieutenant Carter was not in COM
mand of the naval tug Iroquois when
it went ashore at Pearl harbor yester-
day with the Schroeder board aboard.
The tug was in charge of aboatswain.
Sunday has been a quiet day. Out
side of the various games which took
place at the League grounds and which
hundreds of sailors attended there was
little in the way of formal entertain
ment except excursions to Pearl har-
Dor, many of the men taking advantage
of the opportunity to inspect the site
of the naval station that is being
planned.
The officers today were privately en-
tertained at many residences and there
was hardly one of the cool porches
along the shady side of the residence
sections that did not offer retreat to
the white-clad visitors.
The men, too, sought amusement In
many parts of the city, and the streets
of the downtown section as we'll as the
tree shaded roads and lanes further out
were populous throughout the day with
groups of strolling seamen.
On every hand the men were well
coined by the citizens and found hos
pitable entertainment wherever they
sought it.
Out on the big ships hundreds of Wis
itors were made welcome and every
yacht and private launch in the bay
was pressed into service to carry par
ties of pleasure seekers in and out
among the anchored warships.