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LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR DEPART
MENT
MENT

The business this department far this seas
that hav known the history of business In view
of this fact reluctantly make these great reductions price, but
order accomplish the desired purpose stated the we
This is.he largest best and varied stock all this part
of the state With the tremendous reductions shall make the
trade will be quick take advantage of this great opportunity
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Chicago News
A woman can fire a line oi talk
Istraighter than she can hurl a stone
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Loved One, Wed the Other

Several years ago Charles Smith
and Joseph Smith, brothers and
farmers, unmarried, both loved the
same girl She fell in love with
Charley. and it was said they We're
engaged. Then Charles fell in
love with another girl and married
her At his wedding Joseph Smith
and the Tilted girl stood up" with
Charles and his wife.
Following the wedding Joseph pro-
posed and the girl told him that she
loved Charley only, but would marry
him, under the circumstances, if he
desired. Joseph accepted her on
these terms.
Then the Smith brothers got along
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Sale began Friday Oct 3Ot o'clock and until further
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polls, will ever have occasion to npoio-
gize for his vote.
Respectfully Yours,
BYRON H. COOK.

J, A. Wright Of Sareoxie township,
Republican nominee for county judge
from the eastern district, requests the
remembrance OF Jasper voters at the
polls on election day. Mr.. Wright is a
farmer who has lived nearly all his fifty
years in this county has been unfinch-
ingly loyal to his party and has never
before asked for an Office. He promises
the voters that IL he is elected this part
Of the county will receive its full share
OF moneys from the court and every
citizen will have square deal, regard
less Of party affiliations,
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
SUMMIT WAS DewNED.
Old Stsse couldn't Beat the Ne~I
Basket ball Team.

The bnsksts hall game. with Summit
school last Saturday Ef6ved about as''
thorough s~,ry-out i6f Jasper bieh's
new team se-could have been asked for
-uncomfortsbly thorough in fact, Tor
the Summit 5Ays were nosed out by the
narrow marEis Of five points, the score
standing % so9O in Jasper's favor.
Had SuDm;s played rs well in the
first half as mSbe second there might
have been ". different story to tell.
They scored Hsns four points to Jasper's
twelve in the 9rss. OrviIle Kyle could
not get anything over ''Judy" Hatfield
aud his team dias't get going behind
him. In the second, however, the visi.
tors "rung iai' Fred Wagner Of last
years Teirors5- aud though Fred was
hplayed TO sss,ndstiii by S~icker he
I WAS Of great b sap ~ Kyaer who piled up
Your baskets. Wngner' svade
SEStricker's gua,diue- bat sUcceeded in
batting one goa1ion q toes sp
\ The game wss psJtieutsriy valuable
SD that it deterninsd sszsysl sDkDown
,apsntities on to new team. Hatfield
hs center wias dD+ snsOsstioDably.
Hsle, who is by fac tn best man he
ksill have to faoe-ttis yesnr did not out
caAss him at all.. Hbrie,ssr showed fine.
hy in his deiense-againsu Wagner. Not
hmDy goals will! be silsd s~rr this
b.oaDgster's heaa, Thomas slss played
ass impressive gsme,, and his hsar 6. ais
tpom the guard EsasihiDa' shows sh.t Jas
k,rr at last has'.sa talis@ always ns+ded
tspk never befsse pUsssseed-s basket
n~kipg guarda. T.sSsss loolzsd pretty
soCd at forwarGlaand CxswfOvd was the
sams old strpa ikoh galxsaiasd lightning.
The only thinn.lsalsing Was systematic
play, wi hieA is,anoels b. be had 30 early
Hin the season.. Mhss. tbe teamwork is
Elrveloped ihe.SosS NM going to bother
Nnny high school svaM hereabouts,
,hoNgh they cannot be- expected to equaa
1.-The ieeord,os,last yesr 8 world beaters. :
Thatth fans still have q soft sra
afpr the old ftsaorites was shown by tn -
lreoeption. Of Wagner Saturday mig %
lAlthough he was preparing to q
against ouro@D team 'Wag' Was cheese,
Ito the echo. as be got out OF his sweasrs
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Webb City, Mo. , Sept. 70, 10

Webb CITY, Mo-, Sept. 70, 1903.
Ny Dear Mr.
AS editor Of The Jasper County Gar.
ion. and representing Hundreds the b-st
citizens OF the county who have siepvd
the enclosed cards. have been request
ed to address to you the following en-
quiries. 10 each OF which we ask a car
did reply.
II elected, will you exercise great
care that indictment ordpr~d BY Grand
jury be so drawn as not to ye found ds.
fective when trial day approaches. aud
for this or other causes Of neglect is
making up the case require thst they
"nolled."
2 Under what act do you ffIvor the
prosecuting Of violators Of the dram
shop laws, and will you seeE the for.
feituTe Of licenses OF those wAu, persist
in violating lawi
3If elected, and jasper county should
in part or entire be voted dry will
you SEEK to bring to bear all your legal
acumeD and all the power Of your Office
to enforce the DEGREES Of the. people
through the county or such part At
may be eff. cted by such voter:
Will you seek to enforce tbelSws, in
municipalities regardless Of the conduct
OF municipal derelicts or Of OTHERS who
profit by tho continuance Of wrpng?:
5 Will you seek to enforce all lave
against gambling and prostitution. tol-
Grated by some municipal authorities
10 spite Of law, for revenue only?
| Yours for Law Endorsement.
| j. f. SaRRHERD..
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October 12ih :, 1908.
Rev. J. F. Shepherd, ID. D., Ph. ID.
Webb City, Mo.
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On current events, recent discovsaiss il
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1000 One. Minute StoaiAs.
In,mitable Domestic Sketches, Ansc-
dotes, Bits Of H smQr, and Sslssted Mis-.
celiany. The Weekly Healsh Article.
the Weekly Woman's Artiele, Timely
Editorials, etc.
A full Announcement o. the new vol.
} ume will be sent with sample copies oi
the paper to any address on request
| The new subscriber for 1909 who al
once sends sl.75 fol- the new volume
. adding so cents for extra postage IL h'
/ lives 10 'Csnada) will rec eive free the re
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8 lin Grandmother's Garden" litho
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n healthy Family.

'AOnn whO!e family has enjoyed good
health since we began osiDg DR.. Iang's
New life Pills, three years ago ,'"'says
L. A. R2nlet, of Rural Route l, Gr0fQrd,
Maine. They cleanse and tone tlSe. sys.-
tam in y gentle way that does ysn,good
Csc. at Webb Bros. drug store.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

October Nth, 1908.
Rev. J. F. Shepherd, ID. D., Ph. ID.
Webb City, Mo.
My Dear Sir:--
Your inquiries received, but owing
to absence from my Office, due to- the
active personal campaign i have been
making, it was impossible for me to ye.
ply in :ime for your last weeks issue.
have also read the reply Of my oppon.
ent to your inquiries. However, to
play to the galleries, to grand stand, or
attempt to campaign with biare Of
trumpets, has always been so rspugnant
to my disposition, that ] refrain from
making stump speech at this time, in
hypocritical attempt to catch votes.
My conscientious conviction is that
those candidates who are so prone to
deliver themselves OF profuse promises
prior to election, when weighed in the
balance OF official performance. are
found wanting in the iulfillment o
them. Only in plain, direct and sin
cere manner do propose to answer
your inquiries.
To the first question ] will say, tina
the self respect and professional prid'
of any lawyer, Of enough prominence
and standing at the bar, to win nomi
nation for Prosecuting Attorney in
Primary Election 10 Jasper County
? should be sufficient guarantee tha
every indictment which he may draw
= would be so carefully prepared that o
. motion to quash, could ever succesfull
assail it.
My answer to inquiry number thre
is-Yes.
In answer to inquiries two, four an
five, will say that the following stat
tory law, to.wit: Sec. 30ll Rev. Sta
I of Mo. 1899, as amended by Session A
of March 10, 1907, at page 253; Sc
= 1858 Rev. Stat. of 1899, as amended
Session Act of May 13 1907, at page 3e
Sec. 2l94 Rev. Stat. of Mo. 1899,
amended by Session Act of March l
1901 at rage 100, and Secs. 2l96 and 2l
,,g Rev. Stat. of Mo. 1899, are the chi
~ sections Of the law covering the offens
and abuses with which said inquirl
- deal, and for violations Of which st
A tions severe penalties are prescribt
ga I believe 10 an honest. fearless and
ch partial enforcement OF every crimiI
.iy statute as it is written upon the stat,
- books of the State Of Nilsson
withapt regard to whether the accus
. be clad 10 rags or robes. II elect
Prosecuting Attorney, l will do
full duty, from day to day, as God gi
me the light to see it.
There is no more sacred and bind
obligation than the official oath, whi
requires the enforcement Of all crimi
N statues; and it will be my highest q
bitiou, IL elected. to so discharge
al, duties OF that Office that no man Y
supported me, either in the primary
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

JUDGE cOoN'S REPLY.
Answers Questions Recently Asked
by County Clarion.

The Jasper County Clarion recently
forwarded to the candidates OF both
pa rites for prosecuting attorney the
prosecuting attorney the following list
OF questions:
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

Byron II. Coon the Republican nom,
inee answered the Clarion p Inquiries ~
follows:
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
TRUMAN WOLF I. ". WOLF
Mrs. +. NJ. WOLF
Drs. Wolf OSteOpathS

,,cure ali curable chronic and nervous
!. diseases and all ailments OF women and
children
Office over Osborn's Cafe II. Phone 574
Res. 600 Howard Ave. ii. Phone 4S6
Carthage, Mo.
jpecisl prices to out OF town patients.
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A JAPANESE GIRL.

I thought I would write story OF
the little girl that is shown in the
Courier Junior page. 1t is picture OF
a little Japanese girl. She does not
go to school, She paints many pic
lures She lives in a paper house. She
wears wooden shoes and paper shoes
She wears a loose robe called k1-
mono with big flowers in the goods
She wears her hair parted in the mid
die.
She can dance, sing, weave mats,
paint flowers, and has to learn how
too arrange flowers in vase so they
will look pretty. Cherry blossoms are
her favorite flower. When the cherry
blossoms are all out they have big
holiday in Japan. This little girl takes
her little brothers and sisters out to
have good time.
Mabel Skirvin, age 9
Agency Iowa.
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picture of Japanese girl. She want
ed to dress up like her so she went
and asked her mamma and she said
she might She took wrapper with
pretty flowers on it and put it on.
Then she tied ribbon around her
waist. Then her mamma said she
would do her hair up like the Japan
ese girl. Then she got teapot and
had tea. She invited her mamma to
eat with her. When they were done
they talked about the little girls in
Japan.
Her mamma told her how they
bound their feet so they couldn't walk.
After while some one knocked Her
mamma answered and it was man
with some flowers Alice said she
would put them in her hair. In little
while some one knocked again. 1t was
man and he wanted to take her pic
ture. Then she went in the house and
got chair and had her picture taken
When it was done she said: Can
have it put in the Courier Junior?'
Her mamma said she could, so that is
her picture.
Belle Rush
1916 North Wapello st.
Ottumwa. Iowa
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SToRlEs-LETTERs.
iNEKo AklDA.

Little Miss 1neko is a very pretty
little girl and is very kind. She wears
a long loose gown with large flowing
sleeves There are fancy pieces of
cloth attached to the back of her
small gown to make it look prettier.
Her hair is done up in two large
rolls, one on each side of her head and
short bangs in front.
Her home Is in "Old Japan" She
lives in small house made of wood
and paper with pretty designs adorn-
ing the walls. Her home is always
kept clean and neat. She has no chairs
tables nor beds She sits on the floor
eats on the floor and sleeps on the
floor on a nice bed made of soft com
forts and quilts. For pillows she uses
blocks Of wood.
Ineko always takes off her shoes
when she comes in the house so she
will not get the clean mating dirt!
or muddy.
She goes to school and when she
reahes the school she takes off hel
little wooden slippers and leaves then
at the door. There are no chairs II
the school room either. They sit OF
the floor with small tables or benche:
about foot high on which they write
and put their books. Japenese child,
rem have many signs to learn, eact
word is different sign.
Well, l will close.
Pearl Tharp, age IA,
Unionville, Ia, r. R., No. 2
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thew tied small piece of Grape
around their arms, believing that 1t
would keep the foxes from harming
Kline and MetZu.
One evening as Metzu and Kline
were coming home they saw some
boys fishing so Metzu and Kline went
home and told their parents about It
and told them that they wanted to go
fishing, but their father thought it
best for them to stay at home for a
while. Their father told them that
they might go. So they went AMI
Metzu got out on rock and fell in.
His sister Kline helped him out, but
he took sick and died and after that
Kline was very sad.
This little girl is a prize winner,
but some one here lost the part OF
her letter on which was written her
name. If Sc sends us her name we
will send her a souvenir album.
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daughter of a weil-to-do family in ia
pan She is to her own people very
beautiful, having long black tresses,
which are arranged very nicely. she
is dressed in richly embroidered
kimono, which is fastened by silken
strings, as they know nothing about
buttons, hooks and eyes as fastenings
In that land.
Like the rest Of her race, she is
very care free. The only thing which
tends to make the japanese the least
nervous is the frequency of the earth
quake shocks, which are very numer-
GUS
This afternoon she is on her way to
3 Dolls Festival" which occurs on
the third day Of the third month OF
each year. At this time the dolls that
were given to the girls OF the family
at their birth are placed on exhibition.
This is completed by a feast, which
is prepared by the young girls. VINO
are old enough to 90 so. Her dolls are
in the sachel which she carries upon
her back, just as kar mother carries
her babies.
Angelina aIendenhall.age 10
Richland Iowa
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A PRETTY LITTLE JAPANESE GIRL

The picture which adorned the
Courier Junior page March 10 was that
of pretty little Japanese girl. The
queer little Japanese girl has not
very brilliant future.
Her marriage is an affair between
the parents of the bride and groom
and the young folks themselves are
never consulted.
The bride is usually in her fifteenth
year but they are sometimes married
at still younger age.
The priest blackens the pearly teeth
of the bride which lasts from that
time to her death to notify her that
she is married lady.
The husband has an absolute power
over his wife and she is not allowed
to interfere in anything out OF the
house He is even allowed to sell her
when pressed by want.
The japanese shoes are very odd
looking, they have a separate place
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it was blowing hard, and when he
came to a house he thought he would
go and take shelter in the cellar. AS
he passed the front door there was
hitching-post, and it had got little
loose in the ground from the horses
pulling at it. Just as he went past,
it blew over little bit, and at once
the porcupine turned around his tail
and hit it bang with his spikes, and
a lot of them went into the hitching
post. OF course the post did not care.
but it hurt the porcupine awfully.
The porcupine said, II think the
meanest, hatefullest people l ever met
are hitching-posts.''
The people in the house were really
very kind people, and they used to
give him apples and grease (Which
porcupines love to eat) and pretty
soon he got so tame that he would
come up and take the apples out of
their hands. Their dog was wise
dog and knew enough to let the por-
cupine alone, and so really this por-
cupine was quite pet. The little
girl Doris used to feed him and to
stroke him from his head to his tall
on the sharp spines and ne smoothed
them GOWN So LudI lucy nOuiu INV
| hurt her hand
But one day, when she was petting
him that way, the stupid porcupine
stuck up his spikes and two Of them
went into Doris hands, and she ran
away frightened and told her papa
Her papa took big switch and
switched the porcupine SO badly that
he went away as fast as his legs could
carry him. saying to himself, II think
girls are horribly unkind."
AS he was going along the wagon
road he met horse and wagon and
he did not get out Of the way of the
wagon at ALL the driver was asleep
in the wagon and the horse was jog
cling along. He was nice horse, be
sides which he did not want to gel
his leg full of porcupine quilts, 80 he
just stepped aside, and the porcupine
sat there as grumpy as could be; anc
the first thing he knew the vince
came right at him so that he had JUS
time to scramble to the side, and a!
It passed he struck it with his tail
) Well, of course the wheel was made
of hard wood and it smashed thu
quilts of his poor tail and the edg'
of the hind wheel went over his him
paw, and the porcupine said, 9TH
cruelist, meanest things I know ar
wheels
See what troubles one has. whel
one is porcupine!-St Nicholas.
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THE JAPANESE GIRL.

The picture shown in the Junior
page was the picture of a little Jap
anese girl. Her home is in japan. She
has black eyes. straight black hair,
and is dark complexioned. She has a
loose dress with flowing sleeves. 1t is
called l.imona. Her hair is parted In
the middle and rolled in a little ball
on the side. She makes fans, parasols,
and paints pictures. She learns to
dance and to play the mandolin. She
has to learn to work She takes care
Of her baby brothers and sisters. She
sits on the floor to eat. She eats rice
and drinks tea. She slecrs on quilts
with wooden block for a pillow. She
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ed eyes. The girls never go to scool
but they learn other things. Their
education begins at babyhood. They
are very fond OF mandolins and the
upper class always learn their girls to
play. They love 10 dance, but do not
canoe like they do in America.
They raise silk worms which the
girls tend to. They make the most
beautiful of silks When they have
guests the women and girls cannot
go down stairs The girls sometimes
sell themselves and have to take care
of whole families. They are very
fond of drawing and paint beautiful
pictures.
Florence Skirvin, age Is
r r No Agency Iowa.
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TROUBLES OF THE PoRcuPlNE

Porcupnes are little animals like
fat rabbits, with long hairs that have
grown into spikes that are called
quilts.
Once upon time porcupine
agreed with a rabbit that they would
work together. Of course the rabbit
had to run about a great deal to get
his food. and could see a great MANY
things, but the porcupine could not
run very fast. So when the rabbit
found trees that had the kind OF bark
that the porcupine liked to eat, he
told the porcupine; and when foxes
or dogs came. the rabbit crept under
the porcupine and they could not
touch him because lhav were so afraid
of the porcupine's quilts.
The two cot Oh very nicely togetf-
er, and finally the porcupine said that
he would like to sleep with the rabbit.
and the rabbit said, "All right but
the second night the porcupine curlei
himself up so that long spike stuc%
out and pricked the poor rabbit and
when the rabbit asked him not TO do
that the porcupine said, "You are a
horrible cross thing. and won't work
with you any more
So off he went and found Wild
cat. and he said to the wildcat. on
work with me-" The wildcat had II
20 long Journeys so as to catch rab
bits and mice and birds, and when M
found the right kind Of trees HI
would tell the porcupine just as tx
rabbit used to do: and when the pr
cupine was climbing about tht
hrnnches and found birds nests HI
.rll tho wildcat and the wildcat at
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EDNA HAS THREE PRETTY DOLLS

Dear Editor and Juniors
have often read the Junior but |
have never before written letter to
the Junior page have 43 post cards
and 80 marbles. I would like to ex-
change postals with all the Juniors.
like scenery and views of buildings
the best.
have been sick with tousilitis and
pneumonia this winter and have not
gone to school much. My brother John
takes the Daily Courier.
We have new phone. A great
many people use our telephone. I was
10 years old the first of February. /
have three very pretty dolls. Their
names are Rosamond Marjorie, and
Evelyn Katherine and Abel Ozella.
believe in giving them full long names,
7 guess I have written enough for to-
day. Goodby.
Edna Ozella Morgan.
419 South Davis St.
OttumWa Iowa.
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HAS A WHITE DRESS ON.

Dear Editor:
I thought I would write about the
picture you put in the Courier. The
girl in the picture has a nice dress.
She has her hair puffed like I puff
mine some times. 1t is pretty frame
around the picture She looks like a
pleasant girl to plr- with. She looks
like she is a girl without anv brothers
or sisters to play with. Her dress is
white or blue with black dots in it..
The pictude is an egg shape. The
frame is somethink like a frame l have
at home At the top, side and lowe"
part there is one little round ball, and
it also looks like there are some cir
cles that are egg shape at the four
corners.
Mary Ellen Adcock, age 10.
Ottumwa, la Tullis ST.
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FOLLOWS BESSlE'S SUGGESTION
AND LETTER is EXCELLENT.
Dear Editor

Dear Editor
AS I was reading the Courier Junior
mage / rcad where little girl, Bessie
Davis. suggested new plan which l
think would be very nice l live on
237 acre farm. We live four miles
north Of Cantril We have about 200
chickens. The house faces the
south We have four rooms down
stairs and 2 upstairs. Down stairs
there are windows and 8 doors Up
stairs tire are windows and l door.
NV Dapa has 10 horses and about 40
or so pigs. think a person that lives
in a country has much more privileges
than one who livcs in town. Well.
as my letter is getting long l will
close Thanking you very much for
the postals l received last week,
remain
Your friend.
Mamie Powell.
~
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THE JAPANESE GIRL

think the picture in the Courier
Junior was Japanese girl. The Japan
csc girls dress very queer. They dress
like their mothers, wearing loose,
flowing garments, which are made OF
goods with large flowers in 1t. They
are very fond Of jewelry. They are
also fond Of flowers. They make cups.
fans. flowers and parsols of paper.
In the moring they always get a
bouquet of flowers for the table
They always take care of the babies
They strap them on their backs when
they work The girls have long
straight. black hair and almond shay