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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-07-09
The Mechanical Wonder Of the Age.

0TedI Drttain seems UeCermiOeQ 10
maintain her reputation OF setting the
course for all other nations to steer by
in naval affairs. Having collapsed the
Dreadpaught class Of battleshipe Aof
which we will build two-by the ST.
| Vincent, England proposes to eclipse
that vessel by one of heavier armament
and greater displacement. The st. Vim
cent, which will be launched in October,
will cost about 10000, 900 and have
displacement of 10, $50 tons. The new
battleship will probably be of $1,000
tons displacement and will cost Sll,.
$50, 600.
The most novel feature of this greatest
of all ships will be its motive power.
1t will be the first battleship equipped
with gas engines instead OF steam. The
fact that the engineers Of the British
admiralty have decided to use it on the
biggest battleship ever planned seems
to indicate that the gas engine has come
come into its own.
Tho development Of the gas engine
has been the mechanical wonder, OF the
age. Only a few years ago it was about
the clumsiest, noisest, and most Often
sively odoriferous machine 10 the mar.
ket, and almost continual source Of
annoyance to those using it. But its
inherent advantages over engines using
steam we're so apparent that host Of
inventors kept on struggling with it.
overcoming one defect after another.
The perfection OF the smallergas engine
is owing mainly to the demands Of
automobile manufacturers, and it is
equally true that the popularity Of the
automobile is mainly due to the i'm
provement of the gas engine.
Not only has the gas engine become
the almost universal motor for automo.
biles, but it has taken the place of wind
mills and hot air engines on thousands
OF farms for pumping water and many
other purposes. The use of the gas en-
CINE was limited TO plants not requiring
great power, until some genius evolved
the idea of converting coal into gas and
using that in an engine, instead OF burn.
ing the coal to make steam for an engine
The development Of what is known as
the gas-producer process has made il
possible for the gas engine to supplant
the steam engine in battlesl'ips.
Without the gas engine submarine YES
sells, with which every navy is now be-
ing equipped, would have been Of the
orstical rather than practical value
The Same might be said OF tho torpedo
boats and destroyers. For these three
, classes Of boats the gas engine is almost
ideal. At an instant's warning they car
dash at full speed into action, withou,
any expense Of fuel when not 10 motion
They are free from the heat Of steam
boilers, which made the inclosed bulls
of the smaller war vessels almost un
bearable for the officers and crews
r They are also free from the disadvan
e tage of clouds of smoke pouring from
the tunnels of vessels propelled b!
2 steam.
r There are those who go so far as t.
predict that the gas engine will ulti
t mately be the sole motor power of al
naval vessels. 1t is not necessary tt
grant this in order to admit that the
n gas engine is the mechanical wonder o
+ the age and will yet perform greater
wonders.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-07-09

We $780, $25 and $500 Queen Quality Shoes
Oxfords We will sell for $0O during this
This until July
M it.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-07-09

The glorious Fourth passed very
quietly 10 Jasper, the bulk of the popu.
lation going 10 other points to spend
the day. Carthage and Joplin drew
the greatest number; several went to
Lamar and few made the entire cir
cult OF attractions, taking in Lakeside
and the towns below during the day,
going through to Lamar on the $50
train and returning on the special at
three O'Clock Sunday morning.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-07-09
Just Exactly Right.

'Hfhaye used DR.. Kings New Life
Pills for several years. and find them
just exactly right" Gays Mr.. A.A. Eel.
ton, Of Harrisville, N. Y. New Life
Pills relieve without the least discomfort,
Best remedy for constipation, bilious.
ness and malaria. 200. at Webb Bros,
drug store.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-07-09
LYNNLAND

The farmers welcomed the much
needed rain which fell Monday even.
ing.
The Fourth passed of very quietly in
this vicinity. Some attended the cell
ebrations at Carthage and Medoc. En-
ioyable times were reported from each
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-07-09

H. F. Fox was called to Purdy Sun.
day morning by telegram announcing
the very critical illness of his sonin
law, Pierce Gurley. The message did
not state the nature Of Mr.. Gurley IS
illness, but intimated that his death
was expected at any moment.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-07-09

Mrs. H. E. Oldham and grapdaugh-
ter, Mise Viola Bowman ARE expected to
arrive today from Salisbury, NO., for a
visit with w. o. Paisley. and family
near here. Mrs. Paisley is daughter
OF the Salisbury lady.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12
COPYRIGHT BY JAMES BLvERsoM

The modern bee-box is an ugly thing made
of wood too heavy to move without assist
ance. But you do not need to move it, and
it has these advantages Ii well made, it
practically lasts forever; the top and sides
being movable, the bees can be inspected at
all times and the filed cells removed with
out disturbing the bees,
Modern invention has done much to render
bee-culture easier LOT tne Keeper anu Hiuon
In the old hives, the bees were introduced
to an empty box or hive. and it was fTst ne
cessary for them to make their houses oetore
tbev conld store them with honey; but some
cufe fellow invented an artificial comb, so
like the real one that the bees. adopted II
and filed the cells at a great saving Oh tlme,
and time is money in bee-culture, as IN 80
many other occupations. ;. :. Ill ..
Having procured your box, it Is well 70
know where to put it. The position should
be as free from. damp. as possible anu away
from the drippings of trees
a strip Of dry gravel or a well-mown grass
plot will do, and the wooden TOP, Wnlcn Is
shaped like pitched roof affords ample pro-
lection against rain, wind and sun.
II is not well to shelter bees until they
become too delicate. The vicinity OF open
or running water should be avoided, as bees
are easily drowned, and the niVe snouio De
kept near the house, so that IT can be pro-
tected from unwarranted interference.
bee is busy as well as quiet creature,
and wants to be let alone. II not, ne objects
and generally in decidedly vigorous way.
Having once settled on suitable place,
avoid changes except for extreme S cause
moved even hundred feet, great trouble Is
to the inhabitants aS Of the snd hy fd They
their accustomed spot, and finding their
home gone, will be in great perplexity Many
will perish with fatigue or IN despair; others
will surely be put to death.
There are several ways to stock 9. hive.
You NAV buy what is called "stock"-that
IS bee community that has survived the
winter and in the spring possesses brood
comb. This may be expected to supply sew
eral independent colonies, and is, therefore,
valuable and of course high-priced.
A second and cheaper plan is to buy a
swarm OF some bee-keeper who is willing to
sell. AS beginning, you had better have
him place the swarm for you, 50 that you
may see how it is done, as it is quite likely
YOU will have to handle swarms if you aspire
| to success as a bee culturist
This introduces an important point for you
| to consider. There is not much danger Of
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12
NAT

! dream. as, one lovely morning, the Star,
set sail from Rio Janeiro.
Behind him was broken chain of events
with one vital point of interest-Nat Davis
come of his headstrong and impetuous friend.
Tie was thinking of Nat when Carberry
came to where 10 sat.
See that little steam yacht yonder, Jo?"
the sailor said, lowering the spy-glass with
which ne had been attentively gazing at the
craft. OF all queer maneuvers, it makes
the queerest. There's a man and boy
aboard. I've been watching it for nigh an
hour. See t?'
10 had noticed the craft alluded to, curl
ously, several times. II would strike course
for some one of the many sailing vessels
standing out to sea or waiting for favor
able wlnd-for it was almost a dead calm
approach near it, veer around, start for an
other, and repeat the performance time and
again.
craft, and can't place it, remarked Carberry.
They're getting out pretty far for little
toy boat like that Better hug the shore, il
they're wise. The mans put about. Hello
they're having row.. it seems"
They could see the boy in the yacht touch
the arm of the. man who stood at the wheel.
The man shook his head and turned the
yacht in toward the harbor. The boy strug-
gled to prevent him from doing SO, and point
ed toward the Star.
citedly. 'AVeIl, that's pretty thing to do!"
mo, he jumped overheard And see! he's
swimming away from the yacht and towards
u.s."
The captain of the Star promptly put his
vessel about, and as her sails lost what little
wind there was she lay idly rocking upon
the quiet sea.
The boy from the yacht, with prodigious
strokes, kept nearing her every instant lie
seemed to shout to Carberry and 10 and the
sailors, who stood regarding his progress Gu
riously:
"Is-that-the-Star?"
Family the words were borne to the ears
of the spectators.
The bluff captain shouted, in reply:
"Star it is! Who are you"
The boy swan more rapidly than ever,
hoated under the stern, seized a rope, low
cred to him, and came over the rail, dripping,
pale and painting, a minute later.
Is there a man and boy aboard named"
He got no farther. With rush, 10 Nor
ris gained his side, caught his hands, gazed
once in his face, grabbed him in a boyish
embrace, and joyously cried out:
Natl 1t can't be you, Nat Dayis?"
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12

beingasttng by bees when they are swarm-
ing
Before leaving the old hive with the old
queen, the emigrants always fill themselves
up with honey, and, like most people when
they have had good dinner they are good
natured. But an exception is sometimes met
with, and then you must look out; -,
There are some people whom bees like,
and others they cannot tolerate. Perhaps
they have their antipathies, like dogs, cats
and horses, or perhaps certain people lack
the essential delicacy of touch in handling
them. Such people find it necessary to wear
nets over, Their, faces and necks, gloves on
their hands, and carry a fumigator habitually
with them to smoke the bees into subjec-
ton.
The natural bee-keeper rarely needs any
of these safeguards. She approaches the hive
with confidence, and the bees regard her as
friend and protector.
/ think, myself, that only such persons
should keep bees. If, after repeated en-
deavors, the bees still buzz angrily and re-
sent her approach, she had better turn her
attention to silk worms, pigeons or chickens,
and sell her bees.
But we will suppose that our girl is a nat
ural bee-keeper, likes the bees and the bees
like her.
Let us see what an outfit will cost Like
so many other outfits, it may be made to
cost much or little, but the best plan is to
strike a medium.
Imported Cyprans and Holyland queens
cost ABOUT NlO TO 9lO, DuC a nyDrlQ al Pl Will
do well enough Then swarm ought not to
cost more than another dollar, or two at the
outside, and you are fixed for the campaign.
Summer is the busiest time for the bees
and the bee-keeper. Swarms must be looked
after. and the honey removed for market
Now we come to the question of profit.
Good honey is valuable and finds a ready
sale. Clover honey, in city shops, sells read
lily for twenty-five cents a pound, and box
contains from one and half to three pounds.
Arrangements can be easily made with, a
grocer TO handle all you can supply, and his
commission will not exceed FIVE cents a
pound. OF course one hive will not yield
more than thirty or forty pounds Of honey,
which. we will say, will net six dollars, but
when you have ten or twelve hives, the in
come becomes quite respectable, not to count
what you may make from selling swarms and
queens.
In fact. there are great possibilities in bee.
culture. 1t is the easiest kind of work, and
at the same time pleasant work. 1t is pecu-
liarly fitted, for girls. because it requires a
gentle touch, quiet skill and the constant,
although not wearying attention that only a
| girl can give.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12
Training the Rhinoceros

on three sides of us. To the left of us was
the extension of the thicket. ] had been
carrying a smooth, white stone. which l had
picked up in the bed of dry creek, and
now gave it fling into the thicket, The re-
suits were immediate and unexpected. The
stone had hardly fallen when there. was
wool and great crashing, and all OF us
knew that a rhinoceros was charging us.
"Our way lay up the path, and it SO hap
pened that l was the last one to enter it. The
beast was not yet in sight as l turned to flee,
hut before | had gone one hundred feet he
was out of the thicket. kept close to the
heels of the last native, but had not run a
hundred yards when | realized that the rhi-
noceros was gaining on me.
'"The path was perhaps six feet vide, with
no possible chance to escape to the right or
left. The thorn bushes would let nothing
but rhinoceros or elephant pass, and the
elephant will not crash into them except when
hard pressed.
eve were nearly half mile from the pit,
and it was our only hope of safety as we ran
Fortunately for us, nothing had disturbed it,
and when / crossed it the rhinoceros was not
over ten feet behind me. Indeed, as | went
off the covering at one end, he crashed
through it at the other.
"He went into the pit with loud snort,
and then we saw what we had not before sus-
pected-a second beast bearing down in the
wake of the>first.
He made no effort to check his speed, and
went in on top of the other with an awful
crash. He got wedged in by the head, leaving
his hind leg kicking in the air, and we killed
both animals with our spears.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12
j Q

knew that. No use even of trying to reach
Monteyideo first. just decided what I'd do
get first to the Helmets and shiver me, III
do it, tool
He had quite little store of money, not
enough to hire any ship for service, but he
knew the ways of the sea as trapper knows
the forest.
"1 am waiting for a craft Pacific bound"
he explained to 10. "That will take me as
far as Guardian Island There I'll trust TO
luck to find vessel cruising south. If
don't, I'll buy yawl or yacht, and try to
reach the Helmets on my own hook. With
all his fast schooner and help and memo
randa, that scoundrel Meserve will blunder
about, with the Helmets just under his nose,
for there's hundred of them, and he may
never strike the particular one"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12

where my father is-where you say he
is" murmured 10. "Oh, Mr.. Carberry, take
me with you!"
It seemed the only way, and it was decided
upon at once.
Carberry was terribly in earnest, 10 fear
less of peril now, on the direct search for his
father.
They studied the charts by night and visit
ed the ships by day.
Carberry knew many a captain, had many
a chance to sad, but the vessels did not go
far enough
He had set Guardian Island as his destina-
ton, and only at the end of q weeks patient
for China, and willing to give 10 and him
self passage as far as Guardian Island
It seemed to 10 as if he was acting out
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12

0N African rhinoceros has no more
n sense of fear than a rock. The eie-
W plant will run away when the odds
are against him, and the buffalo will
calculate his chances before an attack. unless
come upon too suddenly, but the rhinoceros
never stops to reason, and whenever anything
moves he makes rush to destroy it. That
is why it is comparatively easy to catch him
in pit.
An African traveller. telling of his adven-
lures, says:
eve were on the far side of the pit, and,
as soon as we saw the beast, we sprang up
and waved our arms to attract him. He ac-
cepted the defiance, lowered his head, and as
he came for us made the ground tremble
We pretended TO run away, and the old fell
low was on the brink of the pit before he
suspected the job we had put up on him. He
uttered loud 'Woofl and next moment
landed square on his head in the bottom of
the pit breaking his neck with a crack which
could have been heard forty rods away.
OF another occasion. he writes:
"Some ten or twelve of us were returning
from bee hunt one day, and we took path
that had been made by big game on their way
to water, at the end of which we had digged
pit covered with light canes. At this time
not a rhinoceros had been seen in our neigh
borhood for month; but, as the path was
long one and walled in with thorns, we took
ths precaution Of sending the three men who
had the honey on ahead.
"After they had been gone about ten min
utes we were ready to move. We sat just at
the entrance of the path, with open ground
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12

brick-paved affair, Of course, cannot keep
bees, but a girl who lives in the suburbs,
where she has quarteracre garden, or, bet
ter still. girl who lives in the country,
ought to raise bees by all means.
All that is needed is few square yards of
open ground for the hives and colony of
bees as starter. It is not wise to begin
with more than one hive, as there will be
no lack of fresh swarms.
Of late years the straw hive has fallen
into disuse, and wooden boxes have almost
entirely taken their place. The straw hive
had the advantage of being light, cheap,
handy and tolerably lasting and the disad-
vantage that you couldn't see what the bees
were doing, and that you bad to destroy the
hive to get the honey.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12
CHAPTER XVIII.
AFLOAT.

SY old mates son-John Morris bOyi
fM Well, Welt"
wv That was all the sailor could say,
who had by so fortunate an accident
revealed his identity to wondering, delighted
10 Morris, and his meal, the proprieties and
the surroundings were forgotten as he grasped
JOS hand and unceremoniously dragged the
boy from the restaurant to the street.
81 never knew-he never thought you were
alive. And you was looking for the Helmets
How did you find out, say" asked Tom Car
berry, with sudden surprise. "Do you know
Cyrus Meserve|
eve seen him." responded 10.
'Was it through him you found out about
the Helmets?"
"Yes: / overheard him talking. and"
81 thought SO. Come along"
1t was dusk when Carberry began telling
his story to 10 in little room he occupied
near the restaurant, and past midnight when
he rested from what he termed "a yarn long
as ships cable"
What he told in detail of his acquaintance
with John Morris proved that the mind of the
missing man had not always been of the
clearest; proved, too, that some haunting
dread ~or plot of a villain, undoubtedly Me-
serve had caused the strange actions and
wanderings of years.
The sailors appearance at Rio Janeiro had
been natural sequence OF his abandonment
at Costa Nueva,
He suspected a plot on the part of Cyrus
Meserve the minute he found that the Pc
trel had gone, and the old canister contain
ing some memoranda about the Helmet Isl
ands was also missing.
He had hurried to Rio Janeiro. There he
had found sailor of the Petrol who had
been discharged.
He learned enough to satisfy him then of
the plans of Meserve.
"They had sailed for Monteyideo on their
way to the Helmets" said Carberry "No
use talking of overhauling the Petrol: 1
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12
CONTINUED FROM PAGE TWO

matches? 1 believe III trust a light. Lucky
I've got some matches"
Snap! there was flare and an ejaculation
of dismay at the same time.
For the momentary illumination showed
Nat that the carriage box was slowed away
in very close quarters, and all around him
was a solid wall of boxes, bales, crates and
Tess to the after part of the steamer.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12

~ EES and girls do not go well togeth-
thl err" says an old proverb. But it
~ was written years ago, and is long
out of date. 1t was well enough
when it was believed that girls we're not good
ter much except to stay at home and wait
on their brothers, but that time is past. We
know that girls can do pretty much every
thing except saw wood, and it would be
wonder, indeed, if they could not raise bees.
As matter of fact, they can raise bees bet
ter than their brothers can, if they only
make up their minds to try. And why should
they not try? Let us consider the obstacles
in The way:
First, a shelter. When girls undertake to
raise and take care of rabbits. chicken. birds,
or almost anything it is first necessary to
build houses or sheds for their shelter. Now,
girls are not expert carpenters, as rule,
some not being able to hit nail twice on the
same place, and, therefore, they must call
in their brothers or else hire the necessary
work done. But in keeping bees there is SO
little to make that it must be a mean broth
er who would grumble at the task. and if he
grumbles, very few dollars will purchase
the necessary boxes.
A girl who lives in the heart of big city,
in "hat" or house whose only yard is
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12

African rhinoceros has no more
sense of fear than a rock. The ele-
plant will run away when the odds
are against him. and the buffalo will
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12

@Y old mates son-John Morris boy!
tM Well, well!"
W That was all the sailor could say,
,uho had hu go fnrtlinate an accident
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-01-06
DE CUBA
DerechOs de los extranjerOs. -Recep.
ci6n diplOmatica. Persecution d
los fuelguiStaS. -DOScientOs tieCe
priSiOnerOS. OS.-LaS trOpas listas.

La junta Consultiva ha concedido
por unanimidad que los extranjeros
puedan ser elegidos consejeros des-
pueS de una residencia de cinco af1os
en- ol pats y establecidos en- los ne
pocioS, mas no Sc les concede Ell de-
recho de votar.
Sc ha veri6cado la reception en- pa.
lacio del nuevo ministro de Belgica
doctor II. Thormanne. Sc cambiaron
entire el y Ell gobernador los discur-
SOS de coStumbre.
Doscientos trece jefes de Ila Fede-
racion del Ira bajo que dirigen la
huelga de albaf1iles, fueron encar
celados & 'consecuencia de los
motines ocurridos en- las Gales y anne
nsz4s dc que los huelguistas Sc ar
merian y harlan fuego contra los
obreros que trabajan.
La guardla rural y la policfa estan
sobre las armas en- todos los punto S
en- que suscitan desordenes. Los de-
tedidos 10 fueron en- una reunion que
efectu6 la Federation y Sc ocuparon
todos los documentos que hab1a ALI
en- los que Sc dice estsba Ell plan de
Ia conspi1acion.
Ell presidente de la Federation del
Ira bajo, Emilio Sanchez y el agita-
dor Feliciano Prieto que hablan sido
presos y puestos en- libertad lue-
70, fueron detenidos otra vez y
10 les juzgara. pues Sc les acusa q
ol1os y los otros de haber efectua-
do una reunion en- contravencion de
Ia ley. No Sc les ha admitido fanza,
En- ciertos edifcios en- construction
ocurrieron graves desordenes y va
rias luchas en- las calles de la Haha.
ma: Los trabajs dores que desean
ocuparse, son muchos. pero los int i
indian las amenazas de los huelguis
tas. que montan guardia cerca de los
edihcioS en- construction. Los due
fios de estas, arquitectos constructors
apelaron al Juez Millares, diciendo.
lie que los huelguistas intentaban ha
Ger uso de armas maflana, lie que de-
cidi6, al Juez extender ell auto de
prision.
El gobernador Magoon cree que la
polic1a y los rurales bastan para do
Ininar la situscion; pero sc ha dado
Orden las tropas norteamericanas
para que esten listas 81 no cesar los
desordenes, 10 que no Sc espera
causa de que Sc han quitado sus jefes
4 los huel guistas.