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The newspaper., 1908-08-28

w. c. King. who has spent
several weeks here went to Ster-
ling, Colo. Thursday.
The newspaper., 1908-08-28

After August lst, L. E.
Stephens viii, deliver goods free
to all parts of the city.
The newspaper., 1908-08-28

DR.. and Mrs. Hazlett returned
from their Denver trip Friday of
last week.
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Wastel:- at the Bross
Hotel. {. STITr.
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We sell fire insurance policy
that assures. CLINE & Hurry.
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AT the Peoples Meat Market
you will always get fair and
square dealings. good meats and
coupon books at a discount for
cash.
purr E,cvNv..,xz, De-.
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Nothing but young, fat beel
used at the
PALACE MEAT MARKE.
The newspaper., 1908-08-28

The event of the season will be
the one night appearance of the
Kempton Komedy Kompany.
The newspaper., 1908-08-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Garrison, of
Ouray, were visiting the formers
sister. Mrs. Alice Wyman. this
week. Mr.. Garrison returned
home this morning. but Mrs.
Garrison will visit here sometime
longer.
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LOCAL ITEMS.

Ed. Kemp and son spent Fri
day in Delta.
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Don't fail to see the Kempton
komedy kompany September /.
One night only.
The newspaper., 1908-08-28

Mrs. Will Gerber left Friday
morning for short visit in Tel
luridc.
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An up-to-date line of bicycle
supplies at the Reliance Machine
Works.
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All new people except Kemp
ton Komedy Kompany. One night
only.
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Pics FOR SALE-All sizes at
ED ANDERsoN's.
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FREE. a soxuenir to school
children at WELBORN'S.
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For SALE:-A good milch COW.
Inquire of MRS. JOHN BUCKLEY.
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PHIL EIsENKRAMER. Prop.
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c. c. HAWKINS.
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The Paonia Frnit Fair occurs
September l6. II and IS. Don,
forget the dates. 1t will be the
biggest affair of its kind ever
held in the county. Fruit for
everybody to eat.
Congregational church services
will be resumed Sunday, Aug. 80
at the /. o. o. F. auditorium
Morning service at 100 a. m.
evening service at 500 p. m.
Miss Myrtle Morgan. of Lin.
coin, Nebraska. came in from
that place Wednesday evening
and is visiting at the home of II,
V. Williamson.
Miss Minnie ]. Binford. oI
Caldwell. Idaho. who has been
visiting her brother. A. L. Bin
ford. returned to her home this
morning.
For SME:-The McDonough
horse. eight years old, weight
200 lbs. See me at c. c. Haw-
kin's Office. WM. WoorrEN.
All new people except Kemp
ton and wife in kempton Kome-
dy Kompany. One night only,
Septemberl. /.
Mr.. and Mrs. g. w. Wilderman
drove to Hotehkiss Wednesday
where they went on business.
w. c. King. who has spen,
several weeks here went to Ster.
ling. Colo. Thursday.
Everything in the meat line
always op hand at the
PALACE MARKET.
Ripe Olives-a luxury you will
certainly appreciate-at
MILTON SPENcER's.
After August 1st, L. E.
Stephens viii. deliver goods free
to all parts of the city.
Mr.. Bryan may be heard most
any day at the Maxvillc Book and
Stationery Store.
Don't fail to see the Kempton
Komedy kompany September |,
One night only.
DR.. and Mrs. Hazlett returned
from their Denver trip Friday OF
last week.
An up-to-date line of bicycle
supplies at the Reliance Machine
Works.
We sell fire insurance policy
that assures. CLINE & Hurry.
For SALE:-A good milch COW
Inquire of MRS. JOHN BUCKLEY.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27
HARD TIMES, INDEED.

Poor man! so you are victim Of
the late financial panic?"
Yes, lady. You see, folks along d.
route is too poor now ter hand oul
free grub"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27

GOOD HOUSEKEEPERs.
Use the best. That's why they buy Red
Cross Ball Blue. At leading grocers cents.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27
BIG ENGINES OF WAR
HOW 13-lNCH GUNS OF BATTLE.
SHIPS ARE HANDLED.
Every Member Of Crew Has Certain
Duties to Perform When In Ae-
tlon - Firing Done with
Aid of Range-Finder.

Washington.-If a visitor were to
go aboard one Of our modern war
ships one of the first things he would
ask to see, probably, would be the big
guns.
Should the visitor request, an ever
willing bluejacket would crafty the
visitors wish.
But the visitor is not conscious that
he is an object Of much amusement to
the man-o'-war's men. There are
things to be seen that the average
civilian never dreams of, and his
amazed glances when these are point
ed out to him cause the lips of the
gunner to run up smile.
Suppose you wish to see one of the
big guns. You ask the nearest gun
ner. He doffs his cap and asks you
politely to excuse him for a moment
while he obtains permission to show
you into the turret where the big gun
is mounted. This permission he gets
from the officer of the deck.
He returns quickly and asks you to
follow him. The only entrance to this
turret from the main deck is through
q manhole. II you are portly, the
chances are that you'll not see the
gun after all. for these steel manholes
weren't designed for fat persons.
The members Of guns crew are
numbered and each man must not
only know his own duty, but also that
of the others, as they may be called
on at any moment for change Of po-
sition
For instance, No. 1, operating the
l'breech plug Of the gun, Is command
ed by the officer in charge, "No. l and
No. change"
No. l must know No. 5s duties, and
No. those of No. 1.
This is done SO that If while in &C.
ton man is killed or fatally wound.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27

ed. another of the crew will be able
to take his place.
After the crew are all at their sta
lions and mustered, the magazines and
shellrooms are opened.
The order: stand by" is given, this
being preparatory command for 60
ing into action. The next order comes
like the crack of rife: Load"
The instant this command leaves
the lips of the turret officer, the in
terror of the handling-room resembles
the climax of football game, and to
novice perhaps would appear like
confusion. But 1t is far from it. Every
man has certain thing to do, and he
does it.
Before you can realize 1t, 500 pounds
Of powder and ton of steel have
shot upward to the guns, ready to re-
ceive it. The trays containing the
shells and powder come up to the
breech of the gun. An electric ram
mer drives the projectile home, re-
coils, and in the same manner forces
the powder in.
The powder charge for a 13.inch gun
Is incased in four linen bags, the last
bag that goes into the gun contain.
Ing the ignition charge, which is in
Its base.
The main charge, however consists
of brown prismatic powder, which has
the appearance of stick candy, as 1t
has small holes running through it, and
about an inch in length. The black,
or common powder, is used for an ig.
milton charge, because 1t ignites quick
er than any other.
If firing begins at 5000 yards, the
officer at the range-finder calls out:
"Five thousand yards is the range. Be.
gin firing"
A most beautiful sight Is the clear
and distinct flight OF 13-inch shell.
As the gun Is elevated more or less,
the shell describes nearly half cir.
Gle, finally .plunging through the tar
get and throwing volume of water
upward a hundred feet. At last, by
bursting into small pieces 1t dis.
appears.
II Is claimed by experts that 8-inch,
| l0.inch and 12-inch guns are more eff.
| fec.ivc, but the 13-inch are still mount.
ed. The Indiana carried 13-inch guns
and used them with good effect at
Santiago. The Illinois, one of our com
paratlvely new ships. also is fitted
with 13.inch main battery.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27
NO CHANCE TO BUNKo HIM.
City Youngster Too Well Aware Of the
Wiies Of Grafters.

The baseball evangelist, the elo
quent Billy Sunday, said during the
revival services at Sharon, Pa:
Keep good company. Nothing does
the young more harm than bad so.
ciety. Only yesterday farmer told
me about a youngster Of six or seven,
a little country weeker, who had an
suspicious and mistrustful a heart az
some old miser or crook.
"This boy was sent by a charity SO
ciety to spend week at the farmers.
The farmer set out to meet him, but
was late. He ran into him halfway
to the farm, trudging along the white
road, a big burlap bag Of luggage on
his little bony shoulder.
1.-THE farmer held out his hands for
the burlap bag.
"'I'll carry it, son. he said. It's too
heavy for you.
"'Go ONT said the little boy fierce
ly. Clear out now, or I'll call a cop"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27

Nothing can atone for want Of truth.
.Ruskin.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27
BIRD SURPRISES ARE NUMEROUS

Stricken as was the kingfisher, his
anger survived the stroke of his ad-
versary, and in a picture taken Of him
after the battle he still showed in
raised crest and bristling feathers the
passion in his heart.
1t is feared that the royal race Of
kingfishers is doomed to extinction.
Man In the utter selfishness of his
nature begrudges the bird the few fish
which 1t catches for the appeasing of
its appetite, and man frequently
shoots 1t on sight. II the same rule
were to be applied to every fish-lov.
ing man, woman and child 1t would
take but few Fridays to depopulate
the earth.
1t may be set down fairly that the
men most anxious for the death Of
the fish-lovlng birds are the men who
drag seines and dynamite streams
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27

domestic relation. It divides its food
with its mate II 1t happens to run
across some particularly delectable
tid-bit which It thinks may not have
come in the way Of its seasons
partner
The chipping sparrow lines its nest
with horse hair, the hair from tail
or name. This habit gives the spar
row in some sections of the country
the name Of hair bird. There have
come under our own observation scores
CT chipping sparrows nests, and
have yet to see one which was not
lined in with the material named, but
IL 1t should be declared that the bird
never varies in its choice of home fin.
fishing material some patient observer
would be sure TO stumble across an ex-
ception to weaken the rule. Once
upon time there were no horses in
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27

This sign is permanently attached
to the front of the main building OF
the Lydia Z. Pinkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean?
1t means that public inspection OF
the Laboratory and methods OF doing
business is honestly desired. ltmeans
that there is nothing about the bus
mess which is not "open and above
board"
It means that a permanent invita-
ton is extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it q purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs - with.
out drugs?
Come and See.
Do the women of America continu.
ally use as much of it as we are told
Come and See.
Was there ever such a person as
Lydia e. Pinkham, and is there any
Mrs. Pnkham now to whom sick
woman are asked to writer
Come and See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential?
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondence
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands of these womenp
Come and See.
This advertisement is only for
doubters. The great army of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for female ills
will still go on using and being ben
Gifted by It.; but the poor doubling,
suffering woman must, for her own
sake, be taught confidence, forshe also
J might just as well regain her health.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27
REDWiNeED BLAckeIRps IN CITY
WAR AMONG MATES the
RULE IN CouRTSHIP.
A BATTLE TO The DEATH
Chipping Sparrow Doorstep Friend
catbird's sons-Eggs Of Rarest
Green--Other Facts and Anee-
dotes Of Feathered Kingdom.
BY EDWARD B. CLARK.
associate Member American Ornithol-
ogists' Union.)

associate Member American Ornithol-
ogists' Union.)
Copyright, Joseph B. Bowles)
There are daily surprises in store
for every lover of birds. Surprise is
the spice of field work. Things are
set down In the books as rules, gov.
erning life in feathers, and, 10, a walk
abroad in the morning will set the
books at naught
1t is impossible to put down one
thing as an inviolable rule, for the
birds will break 1t before it is dry on
the paper.
Where can find the red-winged
blackbirds nesting?" Chicago friend
asked me recently.
you can't find them nearer than
the stretches of the Skokie swamp
north Of the CITY," l answered, "the
redwing never comes to town."
An hour later found a pair of red
winged blackbirds building a nest
within four blocks of my city home.
The birds had preempted bit of damp
ground in what is known as the de
batable land" tract claimed by Capt.
Streeter on the one hand and by q
score of millionaires on the other.
The redwings were constructing
their nest In the rushes under the
shadow Of Marconi wireless tele.
graph station. City streets hemmed
In the site, hundreds of people were
passing constantly, and yet Capt.
Blackbird, with his orange and gold
epaulets shining on his shoulders and
making him fair mark for the stones
OF every idle boy, lowered over the
heads of intruders and called his
"conk.er-ee" as blithely as though he
were above the isolated swamp Of the
countryside.
There is an interesting family to-
day In the nest hidden in the rushes
Of that wet town lot. Some boy did
find the father blackbird a shining
mark, and the devoted creature is now
helping his mate fill the mouths Of the
hungry family, while one Of his legs,
broken by stone from slungshot.
hangs dangling.
Bird life is full of tragedy. In the
old nursery rhyme children are taught
to believe that the little birds in
their nests agree" and agree out of
the nest as we'll. The familiar ditty
was written for its moral effect, and
1t is true enough to stand solely for
the good 1t may do. but 1t must be re.
corded, reluctantly enough by the way
that birds sometimes show what Eng
llshmen call nasty" temper.
Love and. war always come together
with the birds. and as the old saying
makes all things fair in these two
contingencies possibly We cannot
blame the songsters for rowing
through the whole courtship season
The male birds do the fighting
while the charmer over whom they
have waxed pugnacious looks on with
apparent unconcern as to the outcome
and WEEDS the victor instanter.
r. w. Hegner. while tramping afield
recently on bird photography intent
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27

America, and what spizela socialIs
matter Of conjecture.
The power of heredity is shown
strongly in the selection of building
material by the birds. Possibly the
most remarkable case in point is that
Of the great-crested ly-catcher (Myiar-
chus crinitus). This bird is noisy
summer resident Of the northern tier
Of states. 1t builds its nest In
hollow tree. often occupying the hole
excavated by woodpecker.. Almost
invariably the nest is lined with the
cast-off skin of snake. The young
fycatchers are Matched in the dark.
They probably can't see what 1t Is
which forms their warm bed. They
are led into the light Of day. and
fed for awhile. s.-
Then they are turned loose to shift
for themselves. The next spring
when the yearling f1ycatchers mate
the first thing they do Is to search
the country for snake skin, and
they are mot happy till they get it."
What Is 1t that puts the snake skin
idea into their heads? The search for
the answer is likely to be longer than
the search of the birds for nest lining
in snakeless country.
The catbird Is held in contempt by
some OF the thoughtless ones. Pos.
sibly its name Is against the bird. II
Is our garden friend, however, a pa.
tient and tireless warrior in the army
battling against the insect pests. The
catbird is soberly dressed in the main.
and as II in shame of its one bright
touch Of plumage it hides the offend.
ing red feathers beneath its tall
What a singer Is our catbird! His
rolling succession of notes would be
well.nigh matchless did he not mar
the performance with an occasional
querulous catlike tone. "In the midst
of its music 1t sometimes cries
meouw," as a versifer puts it. II our
friend would consent to cut out bar
or two of his music he would be the
rival as solist of his cousin the
mocking bird.
Cultivate the catbird. l know one
man who has eight pairs Of the birds
nesting this summer on his few acres
of ground. He wishes the number were
trebled. The bird nests usually In the
very heart Of thick growing bush.
though 1t occasionally selects tree.
We hear much OF robin.egg blue,
and art has succeeded in reproducing
the color fairly well, but there is a
fortune for the man who will put a
green upon the market that has the
true hue of the egg of the catbird. II
is of all the greens of nature thing
apart Its beauty is beyond that Of
sea, the grass and the emerald. To
call the egg gemlike is to belittle its
beauty. And how the bird guards its
treasure. Approach 1t ever SO care
fully and the alert father and mother
challenge you and your intentions
Were 1t for nothing else than for its
devotion to Its home and its young the
catbird should be beloved. once saw
mother catbird, whose young were
in bush, fly against the muzzle of Q
pistol held In the hand Of boy whose
murderous intention l had OWNED
too late to save the bird that in truth
was faithful unto death.
EDWARD q. CLARK
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27

saw a battle royal In midair. The ad-
jective is used advisedly, for the fight
ing birds were kinaashers. This bird
is built something ON the order OF a
battering ram. He Is far from grace
full. but the glory OF his plumage goes,
a long way in the making up for lack
OF the lines of beauty in contour. The
two kingfshers meeting in battle In
Mr.. Hegner's view fought viciously
until finally one fell to the earth with
wing broken by powerful blow
from his antagonists beak. A broken
wing for kingfisher means death.
HIS means Of livelihood are gone with
his means Of fight.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27

the crumbs that fall from your table.
Pick up the crumbs and offer them
in your hand and "chippy." after your
intentions are known to be honorable.
will make perch OF your finger and
eat from your palm.
The ,chippy Ii good summer &C.
qaaintance. No house.bred canary is
moro fearless of mans presence The
bird will leave its seed hunting In the
lawn grass and come at your call. The
chippy Is a cleaner Of the ground,
where its dun-colored coat makes II
inecnspicdous. Weed seeds are Its
diet. but It loves bread for dessert,
There 10 q charm about the birds
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27

1t Cures While You Walk
Allen Foot Ease for and bunions hot sweaty
callous aching feet. Csc all Druggists.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27

Each man has his special duty to
perform, his special work to do
Smiles.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-08-27
Happy Man.

Happy Man.
Mrs. Henpeck-Her husband simply
won't listen to her!
Henpeck-How on earth does the
lucky fellow manage it-Stray Stories
Putnam patriot., 1908-08-28
Pasture h New EnaLand.

The pasture pruhieu threatens the future of New England dairy farming
 The old hill pastures are slowly but surely running out and are keeping fewer and fewer cattle every year
 Most of them eaEnut be plowed at any reasonable cost under present con ditions ef farin labor, and clearing off the bushes is of only temporary bene- 1t. Unless pastures can be ple~ .d and cultivated for few years tbe;e seems to be no hope for them. and they gradually turn into wood lots. thus reducing the dairy capacity of the farm. Many pastures are ne-dlessly injured by turning the stock out too early in the spring. especially when il has been eaten close the preceding year They tramp the soil too wet and gnaw the young plants ieo close 10 the ground. II is much better to let the grass get good start. then put on the stock long enough 10 eat down the grass and move them to another pas ture. Unless pastures are large enough to te divided in this way they quickly become injured under ordinary meth ods- It Is an expensive way. but Der. haps II Is the enly way to manage without grazing the land too close.
Putnam patriot., 1908-08-28

the Atlantic to the aeitie ocean.
 Another threatened evil is the tHs sock caterpillar. which seems to be multiplying rapidly in middle west orchards. II k a singular caterpillar with two long tufts of black hairs aris- ing one at each side of the first body division (nrothoraNi and Il similar one at tue hind end of the body They feed slngly and finally produce small moths. the male broad winged. the fe- male Niugiess,
 The uussock caterpillar became known to some American orehafdists for the first time during the summer of lalT II was very common then. working appaeentlv in conjunction with the fall wshworm in destroying the leaves of fruit and shade trees l. is present every season. bat ordinarily does hut liitle harm Two broods de veiap the first apnHsliag in April and May. the second about the first of August
 \ mass Of eggs observed in 1905 was placed oa g priN9i hodge Aug 10 ,. The eggS began hatehlug Agg II, and all were out Aug ls The larvae
 grown and began pnpatfng Sept. . The first adult emerged h cAuinenlen Sept .9. aud others continued 10 com forth until Oct. . In ls.8 larvae i continemeut began to pupate Sept !. and all had puiated Sept H. Sepi iS adults began 10 emerge and con tinue to come out until Sept. - h the latter part of September Sept a' and iaterl the adults of the secon, brood emerge and place their egy, about The trees The female moth t wingiess and after emerging does na leave her leese silk cocoon. The eggs covered wi.h frothy material CT, placed upon the outside of this. wher, they neIualn eiinging 10 d twis UT [, bark ef the trunk When leaves ar gore from the trees. searvh of plun or apple trees in an orchard wtn al most invariably show some Of thes, masses.