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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1909-12-16
Osborn's fine candies at Luce's.

Try the Sweetheart flour at Crow
Mere. Co.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1909-12-16

Cash paid for produce at Luce's.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1909-12-16

Gasoline-get it at Wheat's.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1909-12-16
Personal and Local

Personal and Local
Pitts, the Paint Man.
Gasoline-get it at Wheat's.
Draughon's is the right college.
Grow Mere. Co. carry a full line Of
the celebrated ". T. corsets.
Rabbit time is here. Bring 'em to me.
1928 7. H. HAMMOND.
Holiday goods at Bright's. Do your
shopping early. Ills.
Schooler's Xmas goods are
ALL NEW. See them.
Go to Crandall Bros. for bargains in
meat and groceries.
Crow Nero. Co. sell Hamilton Brown
Shoes, So
Post Card Albums and Photo
Albums at Pitts.
Draughon's, Springfield, Mo-, is a
successful business college. Send for
FREE Catalogue.
Mrs. j. II. Clark, who has been visit
ing in Jasper for several weeks with her
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
Left-Handed BARRIERS.

"Of course left-handed persons are
scarce anyhow" said the man who car
ries his habits of observation even into
the BARRIERS chair, according to the
Washington Post, ''but they are mighty
scarce among BARRIERS; in fact, l have
seen but two or three in my expert
ence.
But you are sure to notice it when
YOU do find one. He does just as eff
cient work, but it is the way he does
it that attracts your notice.
1.-THE barber as rule stands at the
right of the customer while shaving
him, making little trips to the back and
to the left only when necessary. Nat
urally, 1 suppose, the left-handed bar
Der does just the opposite; he stands
most of the time at your left.
For that reason you won't find a
left-handed barber in the middle Of a
line of BARRIERS. His chair has to stand
at one end so that he won't bump into
the right-handed one next to him.
Like most left-handed persons his
right is more dexterOus than the left
hand of right-handed persons usually
is. He shaves you with either hand,
but prefers the left. He strops a razor
lust as a right-handed one does, how
ever, and that is about the only point
of similarity"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
"THINKING' A FLOWER.
How Katherine COnsOled Her Sick
Friends without Expenditure.

How Katherine ConsOled Her Sick
Friends without Expenditure.
Dear Miss Katharine" said the
childish, uneven writing, "the mishun
school has sent me Easter lily and
it Is in the window where l can see 1t
and l love it. 1 could not send you
any, but please l want to tell you that
l thought you flower-the butiflest
white one you ever had. l thought it
to you before any one was awake this
morning. Your Little Friend,
"JANEY."
Katharine Sedgwick felt a mist be-
fore her eyes. All through the day be-
fore she had been girding at economy:
not economy.in necessaries,-that was
easy,-but the sordid economy that de-
MED one the luxury Of sending Easter
flowers to friends who were especially
needing comfort. Oh, for box Of sill
yer dollars sacred for flower-eiv-
ing! There would be poetry in that
And now, from a little iron bed In
charity hospital, child who had
been perhaps three times in her mis-
sion-school class had sent her this bios
som-''the butiflest white one you ever
had"
That was q year ago. Since then
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
IN LIEU OF ICE CREAM.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


However men may talk OF rising SUI
perior to the pleasures of the palate,
the desire of the individual on short
commons for something good to eat
with intrude itself in even the gravest
situations. That in time of battle
ones thought may be occupied, not so
much with dread of the bullet as the
wistful recollections Of a generous
and tempting bill of fare, is shown
by Frederick Palmer's experience, told
in With Kuroki in Manchuria." Mr..
Palmer and fellow war correspond
ent had spent the night sleeping on
the stalks of a corn-feld.
When we awoke, the flashes of the
Russian guns were playing. Drowsily
we rolled out Of our blankets with the
comprehension that the artillery fire
was going on, as it had yesterday, and
that we were hungry and there was
no breakfast in sight Probably the
artillery fire would go on forever;
probably there were no soft beds and
no square meals anywhere in the
world.
AS we dressed, Collins broke in
with:
What 1 should like would be, first,
some grapes, all dewy, of the ice,
then -" but would not allow him to
go any further.
We had little rice and some COT
fee. He boiled the rice and made
the coffee, and l assure you we did
not overtax our stomachs.
And after l had topped of with
ice cream" said Collins, reminiscent
ly, Il think I'd go to sleep with or
ders not to wake me-ever."
We had something that tasted as
good as ice cream to the diner-out in
town. A spring dubbed out of the
plowed earth, dubbed carelesslv cool.
ly, from filter of sandy loan. laugh.
ing typhoid to scorn When | looked
at it l remember wondering how such
cool water could come out of a corn
field on such a hot day.
II linen cloth, and spotless nan.
kins, and Collins idea of a breakfast
had been realized, l could not have
felt much happier than 1 was to have
my turn at this fountain of Joy. You
felt each swallow trickle down until
you were full to the throat.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02

~, United States Our rate is twice that Of swltzer
49, +hr,ca that of France and five times that Ger
many. 49,.
. :, fon assumed that many couples separate precipi.
$3.50. before they have given marriage fair trial. but
the before separation exceeds six
onehalf years. and is not diminishing since more than
80. 49, oounlea lived together above four years. while
IN the majority of the duration of marriage ex-
ded seven years. would be rash to surmse that peo
nle are forming risky and unstable unions In full view
of their easy dissolution.
Nor Ia divorce usually sought in order to remarry
IN connecticut during period of years. the number
f divorced persons married was about 40 Of
the number divorced in the same time In Rhode
Island from 1889 to 1885, the proportion only %
NV cont Remarriage is of those cases in which
"a Dr. Johnson put it, hope trumphs over experience"
nd II ia not at certain that the rate for divorced
persons much exceeds that for WIDOWS and wdowers
~ tho same age Certainly the restrictions that many
states are imposing remarriage do not seem to
fect appreciably the divorce rate.-The Century.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02

Katharine Sedgwick has given n ".
flowers to her friends than in al -
other years of her life together. ga IN
times she sends them in little w..
envelopes; sometimes by telepn1 ,ah.
Only yesterday she called up nel1. ..
Dor whose three children are '"
Cling up from scarlet fever. ,,.y.
Il want you to know that I'm tnlld n
ing you two dozen pink roses, SIC s p.
after hearing the daily bulletin n ,.l
the patients. They're on the mau 49,
in your room, reflected in the m'i ~,
And there's bunch Of violets lof ~ .ha
darling little Priscilla right OIL ID
white stand by the head OF ner -
and dozen red carnations for ea'u .ha
the twins. The carnations are o.
chiffonier. Dear! How l WIZ,
could make them all come true .ha
Come true!" was the echo, lo' IN.
neighbor to whom she spoke is .our
an who understands. "Bless s,e
heart! can see them everyNDss rs.
and this house is full of thelr 90 "a
GRANGE. Child, there isn't cohse .,m.
tory that can grow a thing 10 -. sr.
pare with the blossoms OF r '-
brance you're always senuln'
Youths Companion.
wh.r -. ro.- :. .wev his assistau'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
CHAPTER II.

L.
It was the most beautiful August that
remembered. The air was clear as a
bell. and day after day the sun rose on
tranquil world and smiled at it for
joy. Every morning at breakfast would
say to Charles, did you ever know
such weather, Charles?' and he would
answer, mo. sir, l never did. SIR" and
every evening at supper 1 would say, 1T
has been a glorious day, Charles, hasn't
it?' and he would answer. 1T has, sir,
indeed it has, SIR" My family servant
made a perfect echo.
The afternoon on which I finished the
first half of my book l sat for some time
on the porch outside my den, smoking. l
was too serene to stir. l watched the
gulls circle and skim above the pine
crowned cliff, and the lazy waves, rising
occasionally into sparkling white caps,
lift their heads and duck again like play
full dolphins. The tide was coming in !;
l could mark the great wet circles on the
beach as it advanced. now receding for
moment, but quickly recovering the
lost ground and marching on, steadily
winning over the yellow sands. 1t would
be high-tide by sunset or a little after !;
everything was setting in from sea to
land: the salt smell was coming strongly
on the east wind.
About 8 o'clock l shut the door of my
cottage and started down the beach, con-
scious of no further plan than to board
the ship and, possibly, catch something
of the late afternoon color for my can
vas. Now and again 1 stopped to watch
e
the wet, glistening sands, now to watch a
wave recede and leave a path of opales-
cent pebbles in it's wake. There were
jewels for all the world and to spare as
long as the water bathed the stones.
So. walking leisurely, l came in time
to the far end. and looked across the har-
boring rocks to the ship. To my surprise,
young woman stood on the deck, and
1uttering from a splinter of the mast
was white handkerchief. She was look
ing across at me, her hands shading her
eyes from the sunset glitter at my back,
and as she saw me look up she waved
her hand beckoningly. The easy path
to the ship lay through a small break
where the rocks joined the cliff, but this
break was some distance off. With a
| smile for what saw must have happened
to the skipper, climbed over the near
est rocks and stood on the edge of the
! little inland sea. Sure enough, the tide
in rising had covered the causeway to
the cliff. and was pouring in. fast filling
the harbor, like the bowl of a flooded
fountain. The water was not yet deep
it barely covered the path by which the
explorer had come, and even off the
rocks in front of it it was scarcely up to
| my knees.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
Lively Cheese,

How did you find the Stilton sent
you?"
Find 1t? We didn't find it, AS
soon as ever my wife's back was
turned 1t jumped from the pantry
shelf, ran down the garden, out of the
gate and was last seen chasing a fright
ened dog down the road" = London
Scraps.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02

was widowed with damp and water, but
in time, by bailing and letting the sun
in. dried it out and found quite hab-
liable apartment, furnished with table
and chairs and row of hunks along the
seward side. Whatever there had been
that was portable the first wreckers must
years before have carried off. All that
was left was heavy oaken chest, stud
ded with brass nails, now greenish-yel-
low, and when l. broke the lock / found
the chest bare.
My fancy loved to play about the
ship. Often l dreamed of her and of a
man who should come up out of the sea
and tread her deck again. He was al
ways magnetic figure, and l never
could resist the call of mystery to fight
beside him.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
Ever Notice Itf

"The folks in that motor car look
awfully stuck up and disdainful OF
the common herd"
Then probably they are taking
their first ride in some friends car"
kansas City Times.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
No Walking.

Mrs. Psmith-Your husband hasn't
done much walking since he bought
his auto, has he?
Mrs. Kjones-I should say not. He
got thrown out and broke his leg the
first time he tried to run it.-Cleveland
Leader.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
Corrected By His Wife.

Hubby (modestly)-I was taken by
surprise when you accepted me.
Wiley (sarcastically)-Is that so?
You were taken by mistake, II any
thlng.-Kansas City Journal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02

els dealing with the affairs OF people quite common
Mace in every respect that of human interest or
moral PASSION was gradually felt i'll the sphere the
drama The pedestrian realism and midde-class pre-
OCCUPATIONS of Richardson of Fielding of Rousseau
COT nm movement in fiction which first met acceptance
in the drama at the hands of Diderot and found
ter and higher development through the Instrumental
ty Of Dumas fs Angler, Ibsen, Bjornsen ard the mod
ern school Of playwrights.
The anecdotes and adventures which constitute the
material of the earlier have lost their hold upon
the modern world because they no longer furnish
that thrill Of immediate actuality that vital interest
of contemporaneOus circumstance, which live only In
the atmosphere of today.-North American Review.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02

ten is broken States the proportion may be
as high in four Forty years ago the broad con-
trast was between North and South but the divorce
rates of North South have been convergng where
as those of and West have diverged The Central
States have two onehaf times the rate of the At
lanc States while for the Western States the proper
ton is three and one-haf.
Although the tide divorce is rising the world
nowhere high nowhere is it rising so FAST as in
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
GROWTH OF THE DIVORCE EVIL.
By Edward AISWOrfh Ross

Twenty years ago an investigation by the
Department Of Labor showed that 328,716 d.
vorces had been granted In the United States
between 1867 and 1886, and that divorces
were increasing two and one-half times as
fast as population. The recent census for
1SS7-19O6 brings to light ,625 divorces, and
demonstrates that the movement constantly
gains in velocity At present one marriage in
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
MODERN DRAMA REFLECTS LIFE.
Rv Prof. Archibald Henderson

The drama typical of our day is bourgeois
in character, dealing with the thoughts and
passions the loves and hates, the comedies
and tragedies of the sort of people we meet
every day on the street. They are people
with like passions as ourselves, and the in
cidents of their lives are constantly being re.
produced around us In real life.
The influence Of the first truly realistic nov.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02

In point of geographical elevation
Madrid Is the highest city in Europe
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02

that gives great spirit and variety happenings along
tie Atlantic coast
RUPERT SARGENT HOLLAND
is the author of this enhancing serial and his gifted pen
has done fine work in depicting that stirring
and entertaining There the mysterious Ship and the
modern Pirate; there is beautiful Barbara Graham, a
fine young girl to admire and love, and the gallant ad,
venturer who meets with some thrilling experiences
The air Of the mystical about the story is warranted by
absorbing and we'll devised plot,
The Pirate of Alastair is essentially story of the
times, recent written copyrighted and is serial having
features that commend to every reader as capital
We bespeak for this narrative very favor
able reception and do not hesitate to pronounce it one
of the leading of its class-modern interesting
and having all the elements of splendid story.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02

nv irrigation Increased interest Is constantly oe.
manifested in the utilization of water courses subject
federal jurisdiction stimulated during tho last sA
months by the ample resources which inc npo . =.
enci., insttrton known as the Bank for Loans to
IRRIGATION Work. and the Encouragement OF Asrr
culture has been able furnish to our agr1culturs
and by the sums assigned out Of the treasury
for the promotion of irrigation works wherever tney
possible
As consequence of these facilities concessions
have been granted that TO the San Diego river
Company the Sautena Company and the Chapala Com.
pany and with subsidies, which 1t Is noped VIII
accelerate the progress of agriculture and make
tho hass of our national wealth. In the first half or
the current fiscal year 42 applications were received
for the utilization different Of federal water
courses.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02

When the boss Ii away bis as
poses q . wise guy.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
IRRIGATION IN OLDEN MEXICO.
By President Diaz.

with view of bene1ting properties that
are susceptible of irrigation, the Na'iona'
Geographical Exploration Company maoe
survey of the Santiagullo lake, IN the 'aiiey
of the Guatimape river, OF which the waters
can be diverted to the rich Nazas region anu
made reconnoisances of the Tunal, Concnos
and other rivers looking to the use OF 'neN
waters for the encouragement OF agriculture
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02

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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-02
HE PIRATE OF ALASTAIR is

1E PIR ATE OF AID ASTAIR is a
romance of love and adventure of great
power and interest. There is a charm
to this story that is manifest in every
chapter. While the incidents deal with
modern, everyday life, the author has
brought in a glamour of the romantic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27

The funeral of Mrs. Lothrop, wife of
Alvin NJ. Lothrop. who died at her home
1:O;; n street northwest; yesterday, will
be held Monday afternoon at 3 O'Clock
from the family residence. Rev. DR.. S
NJ Newman OF Front Royal. Va, an
old personal friend of the family, who
was for twenty years pastor Of the First
Congregational Church, and Rev. DR.
Samuel II. Woodrow, the present pastor
Will officiate. The burial will be at OAK
Hill cemetery. The pallbearers will be
chosen from among the members of the
First Congregational Church and the en-
ployes of Woodward & Lothrops store.
Invalid for Years.
Mrs Lothrops death was due to an all
ment of a rheumatic nature. from which
she had suffered for many years For
fourteen years past she had been an in
valid but her case was not looked upor
one having dangerous possibilities I'M
til about week ago. when she began to
suffer acu1ely. The efforts of her physi
clans to aliay her pain met with no sue
cess
Mrs LOthrop, who was Miss Mary Rus.
sell. came to WashinSto while still Z
young girl from Easthampton, Conn.
where she was born in 1852. Her father
was Rev. DR.. William Russell. a clergy
man, who was forced 10 give up his min
isterial duties on account of an affiictior
of the throat.
He came to Washington in 1862, upon
the advice of his classmate. William NJ
Evarts, and obtained a position under
the government
Daughters Death in October.
After receiving her education in the
private schools Of Washington, Mrs.
Lothrop was married in 1875. There
were two children, Caroline and Harriet
Miss Caroline Lothrop died last October
and it is believed by the members of
Mrs Lothrop's family that her death
fastened the end of her mother. The
other daughter. Miss Harriet, is a pupil
at Mount Vernon Seminary.
AS a mark of respect to Mrs. Lotnrop
the store of Woodward & I.othrop will
be closed all day Monday. After the
funeral Mr.. Lothrop and Miss Lothrop
will make an extended trip through the
south.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27

eminent comedies to the company. in con-
formity with article II of the afore-
cited railroad law, the right to maintain
the railroad and dock on the lands which
they now occupy and to cut in the wild
lands forests the lumber which it may
need for the exclusive object of conserv-
ing and repairing the aforesaid works and
their buildings. The company shall carry
free of charge over its railroad the mails
and shall carry the government troops at
a reduction of one-half or the expense
which this may cause.
The company shall pay to the national
government a tax Of four bolivars for
each ton of asphalt which ii may export
which is the maximum allowed by law
without having TO pay any other TAX
either national or of the state or munlci-
paity but 1t is understood that the an
nual total of this tax shall never be less
| than the sum of 10000 bolivars. The
! company shall also pay the surface tax OF
| the mine at the rate of two bolivars
| yearly for each nectar.
THE nation expressly reserves Inc
| rights which may correspond to it against
| third parties for damages derived IRON
the liberating revolution.
Both parties ask of the respective
| tribunals that they consider TO be closeo
the suit for the annulment of the Hamli'
| ton concession in the federal and casa
| ton court as well as the suit in the or
binary tribunals of the federal district
! for damages derived from the revolution
| called 'liberatine; and they also ask tina
! the federal and cessation court lmme
| diately give the necessary orders for TN
| sequestrated property of the company Il
| be turned over to it. and that. after thes
orders are attached to the RECORDS, DOT
documents be archived.
''JUVENAL ANGOLA
FREDERICK r. BARTLETT.
i Caracas. February 10. 1909,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27
Roll Top VS.. Flat Top.

From Golfers.
There are those who claim that the roll
top desk is waning. Personally We have
always liked the roll top with its con-
venient pigeonholes and its protecting
sides against which you can shove an &C
emulation of papers.
But A number of business offices are
taking out their nearly new roll tops ana
putting in flat tops. Advocates OF TINS
move say it keeps YOU from letting the
ma pers accumulate cultivates dispatch
and gets the work through faster.
1t seems that whatever tends TO put the
work through faster has the first call
these days. but there are certain ao-
vantages 10 the roll top which should not
be overlooked-especially the place on top
where you pile up the dictionaries and
directories and baskets and magazines
and newspapers and packages and other
things While the occupants of fiat top
desks may have fewer things piled around
they have not as A rule succeeded in ex-
flaming to the roll top man just where
they nut them.