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The Jasper news., 1915-01-28
Roses in Bloom and Strawber-
ries Ripe in Los Angeles.
400 East 62d Street.
Los Angeles, Cal.

Los Angeles, Cal.
Dear old neighbors and friends:
| will try TO write a few lines t.
YOU. came out TO LIS Angeles
about 40 years ago. like thus
country and climate so much, al
though | have had lots If trouble.
In 1904 | lost my youngest daugh-
ter Gertrude She was 10 years
Oh. The exsplosion If a amp
was the cause Of her death, and IN
1910 Anna, my elder daughter
passed out with quick tuberculosis.
In 1911, the 5th day OF Septem-
Der my husband, john H. Dislcr,
passed away III San Diego with
apuplexy. But there is no use To
worry and gueve, as | SO often
think, for We must Ill travel the
same road sore time. In the
meantime my o George Disler
married.
Mr.. James Herrod is still living.
ne Is III ms oolH fedl. lie has
been d little under The weather,
but is very we'll now.
Andrew Houck lives here. Hir
health is pretty good
The Weather is sOmewaat windy
at present, like the March winds
ave there and we have had some
lIO>ls. but not enough TO make
The peach trees crop their leaves
The oranges are rlpening pretty
fast and the weather is nice here
this time of the year. StraWber
lies at FIVE cents a box, although
other berries are scarce.
Roses are in bloom and all
kinds OF fresh vegetables common.
surely loug to see oIdJasper and
all my old friends and neighbors.
and l hope some day 10 see my
sister and family, Mrs. Ed Owen
Mrs !. h. Disler.
The Jasper news., 1915-01-28
! Homestead. Mont.

Dear Sir: You will find en-
closed a check for which please
credit my subscription TO your
paper for ANOTHER year.
We are glad TO get The News as
our weekly letter from home.
Would like 20 write more accord
ing to your request, but don't sup.
pose there i>s much | could say #
interest about the frozen north :
| expect 1T makes you shiver to-
even mention il, but really We
are having All ideal winter. l lie
main "a M,ssqurian in Montana
S A. holland.
The Jasper news., 1915-01-28
Two Letters From Waterbury.
Richmond, Kans.

NiNililioilbi MANS
Dear Sir and Friend: Your re.
quest for a letter to be published
in a January issue of The News was
T ceived. | am always glad for
an opportunity to extend good
wishes and thanks to our many
friends in and near Jasper for
their many acts of kindness during
our stay with them, and thank
you, Mr.. Drake, for this privilege
Wife and | are still able to eat
tl1ee squares per day, but the
same trouble that caused me to
take my bed December 10, 1913,
is causing ME to start for a hospi-
tai in Kansas City January a for
another surgical operation. Will
60 to the Thornton and Minor
Hospital. 1t was a disappoint.
ment to us to again have to quit
business,
Some n has said there is
strength in adversely" so that
being true we should be stronger
than ever after this ordeal. We
never miss a copy of the paper,
and look forward to its arrival.
Yours Truly,
L T. Waterbury.
The Jasper news., 1915-01-28
Pontiac. Ill

D Pontiac. Ill
Sir: Please find inclosed SI.oo
for which please credit me OH sub
scription.
Could not get along without
The Jasper News and wish / could
write a letter for the paper, but
can not ,hisltime.
Wishing you Il successful new
year. e.. t. McCartv.
The Jasper news., 1915-01-28
Lived in Jasper IA Years Ago.
West Butte, Cal.

Dear Mr.. Editor: Your invita-.
ton to help along the "Old Friends
Edition found US in the beautiful
and prosperous Sacramento Valley,
where we have lived ever since we
left Jasper vicinity IL year ego,
The Jasper news., 1915-01-28
RECEIVED LATER.

We went to Kansas City Mon,
day as prearranged, but the doctors
said | would be better off with
out an operation, prescribed a
curse of treatment and sent me
home to possibly get we'll some
time. 1t was a rather sad disap-
pointment TO US. but may turn out
right in the end. L. 7. ".
The Jasper news., 1915-01-28
They Enjoy Their Letter From
Home"
Reeds. Mo.

Reeds, Mo.
Dear Editor: Please find in
closed a check tor subscription to
the Jasper News. We can not
keep house with out it.
Miss Lizzie Etter.
The Jasper news., 1915-01-28
From The Golden Gate.
San Franc cisco, Cal.

think everyone is more Or less &C
qusinted with the scenic part OF
this large state, which together
with its extensive system Of state
highways and boulevards, makes
it popular with motorists. The
automobile registration in this
state reached almost I2S,coo last
year. When we go out in the
spring the valleys and the noun
tains are So beautiful We are posi-
tive the springtime is tn" most
beautiful of all the year: then in
the fall after the first rains they
are 50 pretty and green and vel
vety after the dry deadness OF mid
summer we are sure they were
never prerrier. The water and
mountain sten+ry within a radius
of SO miles Of San Francisco is
certainly wonderful, at least to us,
who until the last three years have
spent most of our lives in a com
paratiNely level country. This is
a part Of the country which is seen
by very few ot the tourists. who
conhre lheir sightseeing mostly to
the cities and to the railroads.
which. although Hffnrdirp much
beautiful scenery, do not reach
many of Natures real beauty spots.
This is the part OF tn" country
which We really love. liuwever,
California has no MOI opo'y on
Nature, and you in Missouri have
something which we have not. eN-
cept in a lew favored sp ts-the
beautiful snow scenery OF winter
which makes the spring the more
beautiful b. comparison. and your
gorgeous autumns with their riot OF
color. While our vineyards would
be a ,vela'ion to you, Il Missouri
cornfel.l would be a real curiosity
to the native Californian,
Perhaps way of celebrating
New Years Eve would interest YOU
and YOUR readers; perhaps YOU Will
like your own way better; perhaps
we ag1r- with you. However
when in Rome must be a Ro-
man if he would enjoy himself,
therefore We are San Franci, cans,
and as such DO our share in ad.
ding +" the general ccmmo'ion
which r, igus supreme on this one
night uf all the year. The tables
in the large cafes and Downtown
hotels are all engaged weeks in adj
Vince. and the older and more
sedat- content themselves with
sitting around, eating, blinking
Coffee, wine, beer or lemonade,
according to their nationality and
disposition) and looking ON while
the othrrS make merry in q more
active manner The floors are
usually cleared in the center for
dancing, and they have special
mue'c and entertainm, Mt until
the wee hours OF the morning.
On the street pandemoniuu
reigns-it is a veritable carniva'
Of confetti and noise; horns-smal'
horns, large horns, COW bells, rat,
tiers, in fact anything that will
make a n'ise (the more noise the
better are very much in evidence
and by two or three O'Clock wher
the early birds" begin to looI
for owl rs or taXis, the street!
look like a real Missouri snow
storm had passed over, but upor
closer inspection we find it is bu'
confetti.
l believe every whistle in thu
city and suburbs blew or screeched
according 10 their size and charac
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13

in. but leave my name. I'm givin'
up everything else"
You might as we'll stop!" he warned
her threateningly. You're going
now, tonight. the first train East to-
morrow. Go where you like, see what
you like. do what you like. spend what
you like. To what you have I'll add
a million more. but I'm going to have
this done in my own way"
"Oh, DAM" she shrank from his
wrath. I'm going home"
mo, you're not. until this thing is
settled. My minds made up. l don't
want to quarrel with you. and l should
if you fought me-"
Il won't let you. You can't do 1t.
II can't do it, eh!" The word can't
was like red rag to bull. He stood
over her with darkening face and
shaking fist. Don't you know better
than to stand there and tell me that?
Have got to hear 1t from you?
Haven't you seen what happened to
man, woman and child, all Of 'em, who
ever told me that to my face! I'll
do 1t! I'll do it now. by God!" and he
strobe angrily up and down the room.
The angrier her husband became.
the caimer and more determined was
Mary Slade.
''Dan," she began very gently. but
firmly. you're stubborn, but you amt
a bit more stubborn than l am when
I'm right, and now l am.
You can go ahead. Do all you like,
but this time you won't conquer, be-
cause I'm going to fight you, father.
I'm going to fight you, Dan"
Then with head proudly erect, she
walked to the door, threw it open and
cried, just bit Historically in spite
of her effort to keep her voice steady:
Robert! You can take me home
now, pleased" She turned back just
once to the man gazing modify into
the fire.
I'm goin' to fight yer. DAM"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13
If HAIR is TURNING
GRAY, USE SAGE TEA
Don't Look Old! Try GRANDMOTHER
Recipe to Darker and Beautify
Gray, Faded, LifeIess Hair.

Grandmother kept her hair beauti-
fully darkened, glossy and abundant
with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur.
Whenever her hair fell out or took on
that dull, faded or streaked appear
ance, this simple mixture was applied
with wonderful effect. BY asking at
any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Hair Remedy" you Will get a
large bottle Of this old-time recipe,
ready to use, for about so cents. This
simple mixture can be depended upon
to restore natural color and beauty
to the hair and is splendid for dan
druff. dry, itchy scalp and falling hair.
A wellknown druggist says every
body uses Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur.
because it darkens 50 naturally ana
evenly that nobody can tell 1t has been
applied-it's so easy to use. too. You
simply dampen q comb or soft brush
and draw it through your hair, taking
one strand at time. BY morning
the gray hair disappears; after an
other application or two. 1t Is re-
stored to its natural color and looks
glossy. soft and abundant. Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13
HAD A SPIRIT OF kINSHIP
Chance Meeting About Decided New
Yorker That All Women Really
Arc Sisters.

Caught downtown umbrellaless on q
rainy afternoon, l waited in one OF
the Broadway hotels for two hours.
then. deciding to risk my best bonnet
in the slightly slackened shower. !
started across to Sixth avenue shop
to purchase an umbrella. As l stood
under the elevated getting what pro-
lection could and waiting for hold
up in the traffic, young girl stepped
IN beside me. With her skirt slit to
the knee. her hair forming lear fiops"
down over her too pink cheeks. and
blue. blue eyes peering through a
fringe of flaxen yellow. above which
was a bow three times as big as the
hat it adorned. she was in every de-
tail the latest cry of her type.
One glance and she seized me by
the arm to draw me beneath her UNI
brella.
Come In out of the rain, grille" she
said.
Even II my mind had not been on
my very extravagant hat, should
have met half way her spirit Of friend
illness. After thirty "girlie" has rare
and soothing sound, anyway.
Chatting as to an old comrade. she
sheltered me to my shop door and
with a bright nod. passed on whence
she had come-into the unknown
New York Evening Post.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13
EFFECT OF LONG ASSOCIATION
M.rked Facial and Other Resens'
blances Noticed Among Those VINO
Have Been Together Years.

That persons who live together TOT
a very long period not only acquire the
same mannerisms. but grow a strong
facial resemblance is an established
fact But it is little known that the
same condition often exists among
mistress and servant being associated
together for a long period OF years.
There is usually strong desire on the
mart of most servants to ape their
mistresses, and this. added to the fact
Of constant nearness. often extends
to facial resemblances.
There are in a small town In New
York state two unusual instances OF
this kind. Two widows live there. each
of whom has been attended by wom'
an servant for more than 40 years.
In both cases the servants have De-
come SO like their mistresses that
they are often mistaken for them, and
their cases have attracted attention
far and near. Their voices over the
telephone are so alike that friends
of the women have given up this
method of communication.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13

with your money. You never had but
one real friend. That's me. You'll
find 1t out"
IN look out" Slade promised. and
there was q note Of relief In his tone
at her change of attitude.
do you want me to go away from
our house right Off" Mary asked, as
II the idea of actual leaving had just
occurred to her.
"Oh!" Slade hesitated. The details
did seem rather cold-blooded. but
It'll be better when it's all settled
All right" Mary's voice was pa
tient and colorless. ''Td like to feel
was goin' where you wanted me to
go-wherever 'tis-and-doin' what
yer wanted me to"
Thank you, Mary" and the surface
politeness seemed strangely out OF
place from this man who was turning
the wife Of his youth adrift. "Of
course It'll be arranged that you get
the best of the divorce. I'll attend to
that. You simply leave 1t to me
"A divorce" interrupted Mary. Her
eyes widened with amazement, ano
she came up to him, her mouth open
with surprise. "A divorce?"
"A divorce-why, yes-a separation
what's the difference?" Slade was
STOPPING now to deceive the little
woman. who was herself the soul OF
truth and honor.
"What?" the woman gasped.
"A separation is the same thing as
a divorce" and he lied ehamefully.
|, "Is it,"
1T will be done quietly" he went
on.
why. Dan Slade!" She could not
believe her ears. Give up your name
Why. you might as we'll ask me to
give up my eyes. I've got 1t now
you're looking for younger. you
can't have q divorce. DAM" All ner
tears were dry now and new noer
in her voice.
Il will have It." stormed slade. en-.
RACED because her mood had changed
at the word divorce" just when he
had been congratulating himself that
the dificulty was all nicely adjusted
"That's all there is to 1t. Will nave
It"
Anything else. Dan. Anything else
mot q divorce. You mustn't ask me
| to take the name i've carried all these
years and throw it away. I'm giving
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13

shoulders dropped pitifully. yet she
felt certain sad joy in acceding to
his wishes. There was kind of hap
piness in sacrificing herself to please
him.
She began to pull her gloves. jerk
lily, clumsily, finding some relief in
having something to do. She was
struggling hard not to break down
not to cling wildly to him and beg
him not to give her up.
She steadied herself finally.
well, Dan, there's one thing
you've got to be careful of-now that
l won't be round to hold you back
now that I won't be with you any
MORE" her voice quavering. I'm the
only one who tells you all the truth.
Everyone else is afraid CT you.
Don't let them flatter you," she
said. with more maternal than wifely
solicitude. They can. l found that
out. Father! You're an awful fool
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13
Copyright. LII
SYNOPSIS.

Glade suddenly advances from q
Daniei e, miner to millionaire. He Is
pennli.!tas,H, 70 become governor of the
sm s.n His simple, home-loving wife fails
state. "a The new conditions. Slade meets
8saaserne daughter of a sena as3 Msry IS
1and anu oratas from his wife and takes
%. ne at his club. Editor Merritt. who
q ~ I istters support because he cannot not
sses s supply the money demanded Kaf for
z Eufop1 rDas tn marry Slade when he Is
ss.n en- Rob Hayes in love with Katherine:
IT, stormy session with her over her
n 1ss,s With Shade. Mary, anxious to make
= Hn m with Slade, appears at Strickland,s
house during political con!ere eoi
liade informs her that separation - iiiiai'
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13
CHAPTER TX.

Thirty years of one way Of living
becomes a habit-so much so that 1t
is almost a human impossibflity to
adjust oneself to any other mode OF
life. Mary Slade, living year after
year with Dan Slade, interested In his
work, watching him rise and succeed.
had come to think of the man as only
another part of herself. With him
out of her life she felt as II part
of her own body had vanished with
out which she was restless and Ill at
ease.
As she sat in the little old cottage
where with Dan she started out on
married life, she experienced a feel
ing of detachment as II either this
were not the right place, but some
sort of inferior substitute, or as though
the real and vital part Of herself were
absent.
The room was Just the same as 1t
was the day she and Dan had walked
out of 1t to take up their new life IN
the handsome mansion In town. Not
a thing had been changed or disturbed.
The same crooked hatrack. with her
old knitted shawl dangling on one
hook, hung behind the door. The same
well-worn tides were carefully pinned
on the plush-upholstered chairs. The
same cheap little ornaments that 80
delighted Mary's simple heart In the
old days still cluttered the mantel
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13
I Took Cold
1t Settled In
My Kidneys.
l Used
Peruna.
Am all
Right
Now.
l owe my
Health to
Peruna.

Mrs. Anna Under. r. F. D. S. Das-
sci, Meeker CO.. Mimi. writes: For
two years l suffered with that ter
rible disease. chronic catarrh.
Fortunately. l saw your adver-
tisement In MY paper. l got your
advice. and took Peruna. Now
am we'll and the mother of two
children. l owe 1t all to Peruna.
Il would not be without that great
tonic for twice Its cost, for l am well
and strong now. l cannot speak In
too high terms Of its value as q
medicine"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13
Wouldn't Work Twice.

Hello! Just the man | wanted to
see! l was just telling friends-or
trying to tell them-that story you
told me last week, but could not be-
gin to make it as excruciatingly funny
as you made it. Come on, tell 1t to
them"
Il cannot tell that story again un-
til"
Until what?"
Until you have repaid that IS you
borrowed from me the last time you
laughed at it."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13

The same near-crystal crowded the
sideboard The tablecloth remained
laid from meal to meal after the time
saving custom of middle-class fami-
lies.
Everything was the same but the
atmosphere Of contentment that once
filed the room; everything the same
but Mary's happiness In her husbands
love. Outside the window the rose
bush Dan had helped her to plant still
nodded and blossomed in the sunshine
that poured In food Of golden JOY
through the windows of the shabby
room and emphasized all the worn
places in the comfortable old chair
where evening after evening Dan
Slade had sat reading his newspaper
and dreaming of the great future he
was confident the fates held in store
for him.
In spite of herself Mary's thoughts
were of her husband-the first bitter
thoughts she had ever harbored
against the man. She turned. sick at
heart at the thought of it. Dan and
herself estranged, hopelessly at odds,
fighting each other in the divorce
court, fighting even over the posses
sion of the little cottage that had
shared in the first happy flush Of their
youthful love and happiness. This, the
only place where she could find peace
in her loneliness, Dan was trying to
wrest from her. 1t was too near to
town, too near to the scene of his
new activities, he had sent word to
her. She must vacate. She must go
SO far away that his charge of de
sertion" would stand fire in a court
OF law.
Face to face with the fact that Dan
was trying to drive her even from this
shelter, trying to drive her out into
strange and alien world, of which
she knew nothing and which knew
nothing of her, Mary could scarcely
believe that Dan was SO changed
. that even now he would be willing to
snatch away from her the place which
held the memory of happier days.
She had not seen her husband since
the night in Senator Stricklands
library. when the awful knowledge had
been forced home to her that he not
only wanted permanent separation.
but insisted on having an absolute d.
vorce. Over and over again thought
came into the woman's mind. 1t was
intuitive, instructive Try as she
might to silence it, she could not put
it out of her thoughts. 1t was that
ever-recurrent feeling that another
woman had entered Dams mind and
heart. Again and again she pushed
1t from her, but always and ever the
obsession chung to her like black
shadow that haunted her during the
day and persisted even In her dreams
! at night.
From the kitchen came the voice Of
her maid-of-all-work singing an old
fashioned tune.
1t was one that in her young days
Dan had loved to hear her sing-one
whose sweet melody and melancholy
sentiment he had loved in the days
before his heart had become hard and
his mind intense on the cold. hard
problems of finances and political ad-
vancement. It was the song in which
all lovers from the beginning to the
end of time find a responsive note:
"Nita, Juanita, be my own fair bride. -
tTO BE CONTINUED.)
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13
Understandable Wanted.

mabel, why do you hesitate to mar
nv me? l get $50 week."
REGINALD, you are a good dresser"
YES"
And I'm a good dresser"
"Well?"
(Which will be the good dresser att
er we are married kansas City
Journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13
Tho ReceSsional.

II may be recalled that Rudyard
Killings poem, 1.-THE Recessionar
csLest We Forget') was never copy
rishted. but was a gift to Britain. the
empire and the world. 1t was pub
lished in the London Times at the dia-
mond jubilee and a check for $500
was sent in payment This check he
returned, saying he would accept
nothing for his poem. which he dedi.
Gated to the nation, SO that 1t is open
for all the world to print and to USE
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13
An Awful Mistake.

THAT was an awful mistake the sur.
geon made. The man he operated on
didn't have what he thought he did"
Didn't have appendicitis, at all. eh?'
ooh. he had appendicitis. all right
Int he didn't have any money"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13
Why He Remembered.

II don't believe any man remembers
the first dollar he ever earned. though
a great many claim that they do" y
do" Now, what was there about II
that fixed it 30 firmly in your mem
ory?" Because all got was /;
pickel."-Houston Post
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13
RUB.MY-TISM

VIII cure your rheumatism ana all
kinds of aches and pains-Neuralgia,
Cramps. Collie, Sprains Bruises. Cuts.
Old Sores, Burns. etc. Antlseptio
Anodvna. Price 25c.-Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13
Sometimes Apply II Lightly.

For cuts, burns, scalds, sores and
open wounds always apply Hanfords
Balsam lightly, but be sure that H.
covers and gets to the bottom OF the
wound. A few light applications are
generally all that is needed to heal
this class of difficulties. Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13

The less money a woman mas tne
more things she can afford to see that
abe would like to buy.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13

Put snap and vigor into your work.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-13
Rv GERTRUDE STEVENSON

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