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The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

hear the broken brakes refuset to make
a brake? Goodby. my lote; good by,
my dove! on tbs I do, decide; when
airships come in use IA takelycu up
to Mornii1gside."
He found q car well loaded down
with SO souls or more to take the
pathway through the town he'd taken
oft before. The guard unto his voice
gave vent: Observation-Disclosures"
then closed the gates. and of !, they,
went, bound, for Morningside.
Fat men sat down in ladies' laps
they'd never met before; and sad and
.solemnelooking chaps exploded some
and swore. Some used the air to stand
upon, the floor was occupied by $4,000
feet bound out for Morningside.
II want my hat!" a small man cried
in accents full of heat; and when to
reach for 1t he tried, somebody swiped
his seat, Ten thousand souls hung
onto straps and did the slide.the-
slide; the human laundry which at
night hangs out for Morningside.
Beneath the car the third rail snaps
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

Dear Bunch: Every time hop into
one of those roomy, comfortable street
cars in city of the second, third or
even fourth class, Immediately con
trast it with the wood boxes we use In
New York, and find myself growing
red in the face and biting my nails.
Those squeezer cars that prowl the
streets of New York are surely the
breathless limit, aren't they?"
The squeezer car is the best gen.
teel imitation of rough-house that
has ever been invented.
The are called squeezers because
the conductor has to let the passen-
gers out with can-opener.
Brave and strong men climb into a
street car, and they are full of health
and life and vigor, but few blocks
up the road they fall out backward
and inquire feebly for sanitarium.
TO ride on a Broadway street car,
for instance, about eight o'clock of an
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
Stood in theRaIeish Courthouse Land
Until End of Civil War.

Up until the end of the war and a
little while after the whipping post
and stocks stood not far from the
northwest corner of the courthouse
and between that building and the
present post Office, and there the last
whipping took place, though as 1t be-
gan it was sought to be stopped by a
federal officer. The sheriff was, how
ever. simply carrying out the mandate
of the old court OF pleas and quarter
sessions.
In those days the stocks and the
whipping post too We're special attrac-
tions, notably to boys. The latter
were allowed to ridicule people who
sat In the stocks, which held their
hands and feet, but not to throw any
thing at them.
OF course this deprived the boys of
some degree Of pleasure. yet they
contrived to get good deal ct fun
out of the thing anyway. It seems odd
now even TO think Of such scenes ~
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

evening, brings out all that is in a
man, including lot of loud words he
didn't know he had.
The last census shows us that the
street cars of New York have more
ways of producing nervous prostration
and palpitation of the brain to the
square inch than the combined popu.
lation of Amsterdam, Rotterdam,
Tinkersdam and Gotterdammerung.
To get in some of the street cars
about six o'clock is problem, and to
get out again is an assassination.
One evening l rode from Forty-sec.
ond street to Fifty-ninth without once
touching the floor with my feet.
Part of the time L, used the out
posts of stout gentleman to come
between me and the ground, and dur
ing the rest of the occasion l hung
from a strap and swung out wild and
free, like Japanese flag on a windy
day.
Some of the New York street cars
lead double life, because they are
used all winter to act the part of a
refrigerator.
1t is cold day when we cannot
find 1t colder in the street cars.
In Germany we find Germans in the
! cars, but in America we find germs.
That is because this country is
young and impulsive.
The germs in the street cars are
extremely sociable, and will follow a
stranger all the way home.
Often while riding in the New York
| street cars have felt germ rubbing
| against my ankle like kitten, but,
being gentleman, I did not reach
down and kick 1t away because the
law says we must not be disrespectful
to the dumb brutes of the field.
| Many of those street cars are built
on the same general plan as a can of
condensed milk.
The only difference is that the
street cars have sour taste, like a
| lemon-squeezer.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

miss me! but don't start weeping II
I'm crushed; just kiss me, sweet
heart; kiss me! 'Tis miles to go.
long miles to go to where do reside,
and boogie men are in the cars that
run to Morningside!"
Her eyes were like two stars that
shine and sparkle through the rain:
she sobbed "Good-by, sweetheart Of
mine!"-he kissed his love again:
And should not return some day to
claim my blushing bride. you'll find me
on the right of way twixt here and
Morningside!
"Oh, Phyllis, must pull up stakes
this awful trip to make-hark! do you
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
How They stand Great Heat. 8


persons who complain of the heat
when the thermometer reaches the
nineties,"r said a steamship engineer,
seldom think of the discomforts of
men employed in gas works, in blast
furnaces and in steamships, where
the firemen have to endure an atmos-
phere ranging from 11S to 140 degrees.
In all these and many other places
where big boilers are. located, the
men wear very little clothing, and
while they undoubtedly suffer from
the exposure, they do not feel the heat
as much as might be supposed. The
explanation of this fact Is that these
men are not reached by the humidity.
They are working in places where the
artificial heat Is SO intense as to drive
out the humidity, and 11S or more de-
grees of heat in pure, dry air is not
felt SO much as mixture of 80 de-
grees of heat and 80 per cent. Of hui
midity, that tells on people and sorely
tries their vitality"
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
Discovered What the Noise Was.

While returning from work at Blairs
Mills, Franklin county, Pa. Barney
Wise, hearing a noise In the creek be.
low Harris tannery, paid no attention.
thinking 1t was a COW. The noise
turned out to be large bear and 1t
came out OF the bushes into the road
about ten feet in front of Mr.. Wise.
Barney is a noted pedestrian, but that
evening he broke his record and was
home before his wife had supper
ready. The bear continued on his
journey up Horse valley.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
II is 20. K"

20. K" was not long ago passed
upon by a court In Illinois, and has
received judicial sanction.
Two prominent manufacturing con-
Germs had become involved In a dis
agreement which threatened legal
complications. Their lawyers induced
them to compromise their differences,
and to append their signature to an
agreement that was made mutually
satisfactory and legally binding. In
attestat!on Of the facts in the case,
the attorneys merely used the letters
o. K, thinking the matter happily set
tied. Suddenly. however. one of tn.
contestants brought suit to have the
agreement annulled, on the ground
that o. X. was mere slang phrase,
and hence not legally binding. But
the court ruled that 1t undoubtedly
gave that which is the universal con-
cepuon and understanding, and was
therefore correct, valid and legally
binding upon the parties. concerned.
In brief, 1t was o. K.-Illustrated
Sunday Magazine.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
WHIPPING POST AND STOCKS

these must have been. Figure to your
self passing by the courthouse green
at Charlotte or Raleigh and seeing a
gentleman held by the ankles and
wrists by wooden bars, sitting there
in the sunshine for all the world to
look at.
Those were the days of the brand
ing iron too. A set of gives of iron,
in use for holding the ankles or
wrists, are on exhibition here, but of
branding irons there are none. These
were used here in January, 1855, for
the last time.-Raleigh correspond
ence Charlotte Observer.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

"The Old Geezers' club" has been
organized at Pttsburg. Only old men
can belong to 1t. and the purpose OF
its members is to vote for old men, no
matter what ticket they may be run
ming on. It is expected that branches
of the organization will be rapidly es,
tablished throughout the country. and
1t may be that old age shall yet be
respected In this proud land.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

When travelling by train from Oroya
to Lima, in Peru, the passengers were
held up at Galera, $1,000 feet up in the
mountains, by fully armed band, who
took some of the travellers as hostages
Fifteen soldiers who were in the train
were disarmed, four being wounded
and one shot in cold blood because he
would not hand over his rife to the
miscfeants.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
Dishonest herolnes.

The steady increase of crime ar,ong
stage heroines is beginning to get
serious. 1t used to be the mer who
did all, or most of the dreadful .hings
in plays-I mean the picking and steal.
ing, the forging and embezzling, and
offenses Of that kind. Now 1t Is the
women--and 1t 10 all the fault of the
late Henrik Ibsen. Heaven rest his
SOUL pptwithstapdiny.-M. A. p.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
BY GEO. v HOBART, ("HueH MHueH:")

When you get out you cannot get
in, and when you get in you cannot
get out, because you hate to disturb
the strange gentleman that is using
your knee to lean over.
Between the seats there is space
Of two feet, but in that space you will
always find four feet, and their own
ers, unless one of them happens to
have wooden leg
Under ordinary circumstances four
into two won't go, but the squeezer
cars defy the laws of gravitation.
A squeezer conductor can put 26
into nine and stili have four to carry.
The ladies of New York have start
ed rebellion against the squeezer
cars, but every time they start 1t the
conductor pulls the bell, and leaves
the rebellious standing on the corner.
We are very nervous and careless
people in New York. To prove how
careless we are, will cite the fact
that Manhattan island is called after q
cocktail.
This nervousness Is our undoing
because we are always in such hurry
to get somewhere that we would
rather take the first car and get
squeezed into breathlessness than wait
for the next, which would likely
squeeze us into insensibility.
Breathlessness can be cured, but
insensibility is dangerous without an
alarm-clock.
For man with small dining-room,
the squeezer car has its advantage,
but when stout man rides in them,
he finds himself supporting lot of
strangers he never met before.
One evening / jumped on one OF
those squeezers feeling just like a
two-year-old, full of health and happi-
ness.
The thought of it makes me feel
quite Tennysonsque!
From Cortland street he proudly
strobe at suppertime that day to take
the elevated road which goes up Har-
lem way. He shook and shivered like
the deuce, and then he sadly sighed,
because the path was long and loose
which led to Morningside.
He kissed the downtown girl ho
rushed, and said: Il know you'll
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
spoHTlNc TERMS iLLUsrRATEn
Two 70 one; bar one.
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

rs mercury viii surely destroy the sense Of smell
and completely derange the whole system wh9n
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on pres6iip
tiops from reputable physcians as the damage they
will do ten fold 70 the good you can possibly do
riye nom them. Hairs Catarrh Cure. manufactures
by r. j. Cheney 4 Co.. Toledo o., contains no met.
curry, and d taken internalfy. acting directly upon
The. blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. II
buying Halls Catarrn Cure be sure you get thl
Ohio. by r. ]. Cheney q Co. Testimonials free.
Bold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Piils for constipation.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

A tiny Maltese cat has completed a
trip from Holland, Mich. to San Fran
cisco, distance Of $500 miles, in q
drawer of bureau wrapped. in sack
ing and shipped by slow freight. When
freight hands opened the bureau draw
er the cat jumped out.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
eenteeI Imitation Of a Rough. n House.

and barks and tries to bite while
those who hang around on straps turn
over then turn white. 1t sighs for
those and cries for those who in the
coaches ride, and makes them wish
they did not live far out at Morning.
side.
Where does the fat director ride
who owns the iron road? With human
sardines does he hide while homeward
he is towed? Not on your life! a
squeeze like that would surely hurt
his. pride; he takes the benzine buggy
when he goes to Morningside.
The cars will crowded be tonight;
therell be another crush; for hunger
waits on appetite and all must home
ward rush, and stand like men to pay
the debt monopolies provide on any
road, on every read-including Morn
ingside!
How about it!
Copyright. laos, by g. w. Dillingham; Coy
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

The Drago or Calvo doctrine is that
private claims Of foreigners against
American countries shall not be col
lected by force.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
"sPoHN,s..

(. This! is the name. of the greatest of an
remedies for Distemper, Pink Eve, Heaves.
and the like among all ages of horses. Sold
by Druggists, Harness Makers, or send to
the manufacturers. $50 and Sl.0o a bottle.
Agents wanted. Send for free book. Spohn
Medical Co, Spec. Contagious Diseases,
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

The falling off in attendance at med.
ical colleges leads some to fear that
we will have a shortage of doctors
The undertakers are expressing no
alarm as yet, however.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

The moral seems to be that when
travellers visit Yellowstone park they
should carry no more rocks, partic-
ularly of the yellow variety, than are
absolutely needed.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

President Diaz has been invited to
How the kings and sultans and czars
and shahs of the effete east must
envy him!
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

In two recent instances a bull has
attacked a locomotive. and in each
case got the worst of it, although the
last emotion of the bull may have
been that of satisfaction.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

Two policemen and soldier ex-
changed 80 shots at Kansas City with.
out hurting anybody. Is western
craftsmanship a myth?
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

Alaska is still rather neglected
region. But wait until few centuries
hence 1t becomes the center of the
continents coal supply
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

The kaiser says that peace is as
sured. He adds incidentally in an off
hand sort of way that he is keeping
his powder dry.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

Oysters are reported to be un-
usually fat this year. Evidently their
feeding grounds were not much DAM
aged owing to the drought.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

Now the summer girl checks up her
accounts, striving to strike balance
between her damaged complexion and
her conquered young man.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

A professional swindler Of lawyers
has been caught and not single one
of the profession has volunteered to
build him a case of craziness.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

A man has been arrested in Phila-
delphia for swindling several lawyers,
hence 1t may be necessary to revise
the old saying concerning the shrewd-
ness of a Philadelphia lawyer.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

Sanitarianism, or half vegetarian
ism, has gained many converts since
Minister WI coined the new word.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

York has produced an insane murde
who is insane. Such rare occurrence
Is worth noting.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

There is In Ohio a man who has
written $1,000 words on postcard.
Now let him round out his useful ca
reer by trying to swim the English
channel.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

Now and then Hetty Green lectures
contemporary capitalists as If she re-
garded them merely as boy financiers.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

A man named Wind won $4,000 in
Panama lottery, and of course, blew
1t all in inside of week.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

RED CROSS BALL BLUE
Should be in every home. Ask your grocer
tor it. Large 2 OF. package only cents.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

South Dakota boy commits suicide
because his mother won't let him go
fishing. Won't mothers ever get any
sense?
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

II we are to believe the novelists,
the good people who get into society
are not worth writing about.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

In Denver divorced woman mil
lionaire married detective set upon
her track by her former husband. De-
tective work Is full of hazards.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

This summer has been oid-fashioned
enough to satisfy the most exacting
Ice dealer.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
At The Other Extreme.

Just as you are pleased at finding
fault. you are displeased at finding
erfection.-Lavater.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

1t seems that most inartistic tenn
per may go with the artistic tempera.
ment.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

It's easy for man to get In tn.
swift class II he's on the down grade
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

Beware OF the 'good thing" that
comes to your door and tries TO
break In. ~
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29

England loses 10000 persons every
year by emigration.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
A Keen Nose.

Grandmother-Why is the baby 30
happy? a
Nurse-Oh, his mother and father
The Jasper news., 1908-10-29
Grandmother-I don,t see them!

Nurse-Nor I, ma'am. But the
child's nose is very keen. He smells
the automobile, na'am!-Harper's
Weekly.
The Thlinget., 1908-10-01

Tas boys Glee CIu5 beganrsg- ular practise on Get. 2 They have some new music and hope to Ge abis ,orgnder some enter taj&iag music during the winter. Three more boys are needed to make the iuil club ot sixteen.
 The toiIowin& schedule has been arranged for military drill and yaaa practice:
 Military Drill. Tuesday ana Friday, l.4Ja.m.
 BaG1 Practice. Tuesday and Friday 10 p.m. "Wednesday and Thursday 7.-o am.
The Thlinget., 1908-10-01
>u.a..,. lan GG.aay
October 18th was communion

October 18th was communion
 %an1ay u the Thiiuge. c.-ca
 a, $.,Ea. Cur ,e,a,eae not ali
 ia E.om camn ytl but .a. an
 a.a.cyws"l Was aady sevyIa,
 ",s.,s 5a.o~a so gAat word could
 >, carried to those Who were
 som, distance aw2.. .U this
 way we a&da .arg,cuum5crprc- sent 'or they came in especially
 iortas service. Our Heople
 io> anon the com@uujoo & 8 s'Iema service and will not enter ;a,a i, Un.es, they have been Hri0- good Christian lives.
 Tscg ..cm family aad neigh5or- hooI 4uarre.s sufficient conse- ascacc,ole.p them from the able o.,ae LarLO1risim simpresseawito ,s.,r ..--ygi.ym .a.s&uJ ], adds Ea. a4.h iH making the Con- Has.,l season oay oi spiritual apH.Jto a.I At ,Ae close oft1e. morning service ,at minister was as,cl .D go Q tac h2"es and :, .ajais ea co"mauiou to sowy o ,a. o.a members th%. were Ha, able ,. come tr tine church. Seven v-rE o.dntaa.,.mtn wAoe- lives lay saving power of Christ aas scan. were -o'oJnjIvtaauk- juj io, lae v-iv..sm- 0. com . u~.oa and their words Of ga,-. i,0ia aa& g true r;ag
 Sixteen were received into l.l membership ia the church - l.--. teen on profession of athei, tai-a in Christ. O. this number ten We're baptized. The church js in a healthy growing condition and We are praying for good results during the winter months when our people are adhere and there iS nothing to hinder ourworE.
The Thlinget., 1908-10-01
X Visit to the Cauuely.

X ' iSij 10 tue N,lNSIA. A G.w day, aro ou- aoh grade language chs, We're reviewing a,jr..a,ogI Miss Touu ,alI ,ny parI,.o wai,c lor s,nr .o!- lowing day l composition a&Glonsy auum her of a6 6,..rju,oa, in j.. This s one .o. Da pa9cr> ma ~, ws,ac,:
 Gu jhe twentieth oi July a par Jy of friends went to visit a fish raDuerv. Amongst them were Capt. Aulrcseu,Dr. Graiye, Col Johnson, Prof. Georgason. Gen. Jackson, and Rev. U.E. Bromley They started atEiue o'clock in tGe morniug and got to ;ha fish rauuciy a, eleven o'clock.
 nr. Graivo took along his little dog Buster. Buster chased the hrrlrgirj> around in the camc!y, ho also scared the Japs and Chiuamen tha, were working in the .auuory. Dr GrciYe was
 jolly man. He tcasel the boys and gjrl, and also made every body laugh in the caunory. Capt. Audrc>on showed them  every place in thc camely. When it WAS timofor dinner they left the camoly and found a fine piaoe for lunch. While they were eating Dr.. Greiye saiI. he wished a Chinmum would give him, a can of fish and he would give that ChmamaO d sack of rice. They started for home at eleven o'clock and got here at twelve o'clock at night.
 After almost ten years of active
The Thlinget., 1908-10-01

After almost ten years of active sarviccthe Mission Hume colIaps- cd. Ir has beeuoi great service. and hy it's uSewe have been en- abIed to cut over one million feet of logs into tirewood.
The Thlinget., 1908-10-01

WrhavreNpnrieurri some of ln2 heaviest wind and rain storms this fall that have eyer been felt in this part of Alaska.
The Thlinget., 1908-10-01

i.cGe.Ecdcatyh. &3. .Si&Salmou
 Five years ago. Captain Pratt U. $. A. Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School. visited Si,ka. and on his return took with him four of our boys. They entered Carlisle taking advan- tage of every opportunity and ,hisummcr5h they have all return ed brigh;ea rUcst tyoung fully equipped for lies service andnot a, all spoiled by their education and contact with the whiteman'S ways. Paul White is with his uncle finishing his boat shop. Thomas Walton holds a position a5 clerk in W.P.MiIls Co. $ big
 tore ia town. William Jackson is working in the mill for the sa0ecompany. and AIonZoPatt has returned to finish his studies at Carlisle. The criticism so often heard that the education we give these children units them for life among their people does not apply in this case. for these four young men have come back and entered right into the lives of their own people and are an inSpirationand an uplifting power to them.
The Thlinget., 1908-10-01

ThrStarof Bengal loaded with fish. was lost just after leaving Wrange}l and one hundred and tpnmpm were drowned. This is the worst accident known in Alaskan waters.
The Thlinget., 1908-10-01

Samun. Johnson improved his financial standing tu the amount of =225.I0. tGisSmmer HcGe.Ecdcatgh. .Si&Salmou
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22
SENATOR DEL VALE

ME HAVE a word of commenda-
w ton to say concerning the action
of Senator Del Wales friends in
reconsidering their idea of placing his
name in nomination for the position of
chairman Of the county central COM
rnittee. This action upon their part
was in the interests of harmony in the
party, and as such was worthy of
praise.
AS to Senator Del Valle's position in
the Democracy of this county there can
be no question. No member of the
party has ever gained more enviabIe
reputation for honest and efficient serv-
ice than has the senator, whose public
career has been characterized above all
else by an answering opposition to the
corrupt corporate influences which have
sought to dominate both parties in this
state for many years.
senator Del Vale is entitled to any
thing that the Democracy of this coun-
ty has to offer. and he has probably
strengthened that title by his actions
in the convention, which contrib
uted greatly to the cause of Democ-
racy and harmony and removed any
chance OF differences arising at a Pc
Rod when harmony Is OF the utmost
Importance.