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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
Lincoln at Gettysburg.
(From a sermon by Joseph
Fort Newton.)

Abraham Lincoln, standing on
a temporary platform erected on
the battlefield of Gettysburg. drew
from his pocket tiny scrap of pa
per, adjusted his spectacles and
read two or three minutes some
words which are now known as
the Gettysburg Address. He read
slowly, and, having finished, put
the paper into his pocket, took off
his glasses and sat down.
Edward Everett, learned and
profound orator, had held the as
sembly under the spell of his elo-
quence for more than two hours
The speech of Everett was widely
published while the remarks of
Lincoln were hardly discovered un-
til the London Times framed them
as a classic of the race. What Ev
erett said was oIatory What Lin
coin said was literature.
Recall that scene. 1t was No
vember day whose flying clouds
dappled the landscape with light
and shadow, The autumn was in
its full glory OF Iich and mellow
colorings-an apocalypse OF beauty
in the evening Of the year. There
were men, women and children in
that audience who had lost broth
ers, sons, husbands and fathers on
the very ground on which they
stood. To them it was a holy
place. They needed a voice to
put into words the dumb sorrow
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
OPTOMETRIST, OPTIC|AN
AND OCULIST
% You Know the Difference?

This question was recently asked Of
a senior college class and only two
were able to answer it correctly. All
knew the difference between an OPP
tician and oculist, but the more re-
Gently developed science of optometry
had escaped their notice, and yet the
term "optometrist" is defined by stat
ute in thirty-three states as amy
means other than the use of drugs
for examining eyes and supplying the
proper lenses for them" Hence, OPP
tometry concerns itself wholly, spe-
cializes entirely in the scientific exam
nation of eyes to correct defects of
vision, while the optician grinds the
lenses the optometrist prescribes.
The oculist is a specialist in diseases
and injuries of the eye, but rarely il
eyer has the skill or experience in fit.
ting lenses that is displayed by the
up-to-date optometrist, who is really
an eye-sight specialist.
Like most professions, optometry is
a development or an outgrowth of an
older one. AS the BARRIERS were the
first surgeons, SO the optician was the
original optometrist For centuries
the optician confined himself to grind
ing convex and concave lenses, which
only in limited number of cases
gave the desired results, because the
defect now known as astigmatism was
not recognized until about twenty-five
years ago. With the discovery Of as
tigmatism came the necessity for
create" skill and greater pains in eye
testing, so that the more skillful ex-
aminers began to devote themselves
exclusively to finding the correct
lenses required. So the modern OPP
tomctrist with his delicately con-
strGcted instruments, trial case and
accuracy of examination differs from
the oDtician who grinds the lenses,
usually under his direction, and from
the oculist whose preparation is for
treating diseased conditions. His
skill in making complete eXamina-
ten Of the eyes in single sitting has
eliminated the antiquated and ques-
tionGble method of using harmful
drugs to dilate the pupils when the
eyes were being examined for glasses.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
Modern Fence Building

Farmers who attend the MissouH
State Fair at Sedalia, SeptembeS
IS to October 2. will see the ma6t
practical demonstration of fence
making that the state has ever
attempted, despite the fact that
the state has only the Unitarian
features of the construction in view
when the new enclosure about the
Fair Grounds was devised. 1t is
not only horse high. bull strong
and pig tight. but it is boy proof.
too, for it was designed to be un-
climabie. 1t means that severed
hundred dollars in revenue is to
be added to the gate receipts be-
cause of its unclimablencss far
there will be no crawling under
the canvas" at the State Fair
Grounds this fall. The best OF
material, including steel posts, and
the most modern construct ton.
we're used in this, the states model
fence.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
The Eyes Are
The Cause Of
Many Ailments.
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Proper attention to the eyes Is be-
coming more and more a factor OF
health importance. Recently no less
an authority than DR.. Mayo, the IA
nous Rochester (Minn.) surgeon, de-
clared that the surgeons knife is
doomed. Preventive medicine, the
Minnesota doctor assorted, would elm.
mate it. The next great development,
DR.. Mayo asserts, is optometry. That
development, he says, has already ar.
rived and only waits recognition from
Kansas City he recounted the CEN
turtles of fruitless efforts on the part
OF physicians to cure headache. Even
the oculists, he continued, who had
the best opportunity to gain the honor
for discovering the source of almost
all headaches were too concerned in
using eye washes and eye salves 20
treat infammations which really are
only symptoms of an underlying cause
eye strain, In the science of optom-
etry, by which accurate measure
ments of the eyes are made without
using drugs, and by which the exact
relation of one part Of the eye bears
to every other part DR. Mayo says, is
being found the cure for many chronic
ailments. Eyes that are mechanically
imperfect draw largely on the nerve
force in an effort TO correct their i'm
perlcctions. This is what is called
eye-strain, and since eye.strain
means an extraordinary amount
of nerve force brought to sup
ply the eye muscles, it follows that
some other part or parts of the sys'
of the nerve force taken to supply the
defective eyes. The skillful optome.
trist measures how much and where
the eyes are defective, calculates how
much extra force they are using and
by supplying the proper lenses makes
the eyes mechanically perfect, when
| they will perform their function with.
out strain, permitting the overdraft of
nerve force to return to help other or.
gans perform their functions. If the
eve strain has been of long duration,
an annoying Inflammation may have
developed, the optometrist may advise
having a few treatments from the ocu
list but this is better avoided, If posi-
bic, because when the eye strain if
relieved by the correct glasses the
services of the oculist are not re
quired. at is best" said DR.. Mayo
ito fight shy of putting acids, salves
or any foreign substance into such a
delicate organ as the eye"
no xrn,, rao1 oil {to IS
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
HOw's This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
Il. j. CHENEY g. CO.. Toledo, o..
We, the undersigned, have known i. j.
Cheney for the last il years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
Toledo o.
Halls Catar~h Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 10 cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take HaiIs Family Pills for constipation.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
Man Takes His Own Medicine Is An
OptimiSt.

He has absolute faith in his medicine,
he knows when he takes it for certain
ailments he gets relief. People who take
DR.. Kings New Discovery for irritating
colds are optimiss s, they know this cough
remedy viii penetrate the Innings of the
throat, kill the germs and open the way
for nature to act. You can't destroy a
cold by superficial treatment, you must
20 to the cause of tho trouble. BE an
optimst. Get bottle of DIR. Kings
New Discovery today H.F. Pitts.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
Now. Jasper!

"There is one thing that has al
ways refused to ooze through my
noodle" remarked Jasper Knox, the
sage of Piketown-on-the-Bli "and
that is this: If, as the newspapers
would have us believe, all brides are
beautiful, where in Sam Hill do ali
the homely married women come
from ?"-Judge.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27

Did you know you could insure
your life for 20 years and your
family get the money next day If
YOU died; or should you live out
he 90 years you can get all tue
money back you paid? See Bert
Webb With the Kansas City Life
insurance Co.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
Poultry and Eggs.

| pay the best market price for
poultry and eggs and give you a
square deal.-J. E. Carr, at the
Brick Barn.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
Sweet Potato Plants.

l have five varieties of sweet
potatoes, and the plants are now
ready for use June is the sweet
potato month. and | will have
plenty of plants throughout the
season. Write or phoneC. A, Lewis,
Jasper, Mo. SO If
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
Where the Insane Act.

At the Johns Hopkins hospital in
Baltimore there is completely fitted
theater for the use Of the insane pa.
TENTS. The patients themselves act
in the plays presented. and in many
cases with most beneficial results.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
Gasoline.

Teeter is now prepared to fur
nish gasoline in any quantity at
Carthage prices, filtered through
Bowser System for autos-no water
or dirt. At the Furniture Store.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
Stock Definition.

Little Johnny, on being asked by
his school-teacher If he knew what
was meant by lat par" replied that
ma was always at pa when he came
home late. Exchange.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
Man of His Word,

rs Bliggins a man of his word?"
Unfortunately so. Whenever he sings
Landlord, Fill the Flowing BOWL or
I Won't Go Home Till Morning!' he
absolutely insists On making good"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
China Bio Peanut Exporten.

One Chinese province exports more
than 10000 tons Of peanuts annually,
all because an American missionary
20 years ago gave to a native convert
quart of seed.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
New Line of Trunks,

We have added to our stock a
full line of trunks. When yoN
need anything in this line don't
forget the place,-Jackson Bros,
Jasper's Greatest Store.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1915-05-27
Without Exception.

Every normal girl passes through
a period when she wishes her name
were Celeste or something of the kind.
GoMmbus tO.) Journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24

hands are stained with the blood of
Stanford White. Try to consider Thaw
as hero, as model of noble qualities.
A decent, balanced mind revolts at
the suggestion. They greet him as many
real hero has never been greeted. Wo-
men sob much when he appears, men
rush forward to touch his hand. and
he is hourly hailed as not governor
of any state in the Union is hailed when
he appears in public. Notorious? Ger
tainly. Herinc? Most assuredly and en-
phatically not Let the mob, if it must
indulge in hero worship, save its cheers
for the little widowed mother who is
wearing her life out to keep her sons
and daughters with her and bring them
up respectable men and women, or for
the youthful son who is tireless in his
efforts to bring a ray of comfort and
happiness into poverty-strieken home.
There are plenty of modest heroes in
every community in the land If there
are going to be any outbursts, let them
be for such as these, not for men whose
very names are synonymous for nearly
all that we hold to be disgraceful and
dishonorable.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
ODD BELIEFS AS TO SHOES
German Mother Sees Misfortune in
the Loss of Heels-Signs to Guide
Steps of Lover.

The German mother says that
should she lose the heel of her shoe
one of her children will die before
the year is out.
The Scotch lassie believes that
should she by accident drop her new
shoes before they have been worn,
they will surely lead her into trouble.
1t is said that old maids believe that
when their shoes come united, and
keep coming united, it is true their
sweethearts are talking and thinking
about them.
The sweetheart, when on his way to
see his lady love, should he stub
his right toe, will surely be welcome,
but If he stubs his left he may
know that he is not wanted.
1t is said that If old shoes are burned,
snakes will squirm away from the
place, while to keep old shoes that
are past wearing about the place will
surely bring good luck.
Should you meet a person whose
shoes are worn on the toes" you
may put it down as a certainty that
che spends as he goes" and on the
same authority it is said that the girl
that has her shoes worn on the side
is surely fated to be rich mans
BRIDE"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
Member Of the Associated Press.
SATURDAY, JULY "a, 1915.
THE NATIONS GREAT INDUSTRY

The greatest industry in the United
States is her educational industry
Some figures just given out by the com
missioners of education fairly stun one.
In the educational institutions of this
country last year there were 22,000,000
persons enrolled. The very great mass
of these millions are i'll the public
schools, for we are on the whole a
great public school nation.
OF the 22,000,000 over 100000 900 were
in elementary schools; 1,374,00O in see
ondary schools, both public and private,
and 100000 in colleges and universe
ties Close to another hundred thous-
and were in normal schools preparing
70 be teachers, 1900 were i'll profes-
sionat schools, and the remainder
were scattered through other types of
institutions. The teachers for this edu-
cational army numbered 100000, of
whom $4,000 were in public schools. In
point of rapid growth the public high
school still presents the most impress
sive figures; the enrolment for 1914 is
greater by over $4,000 than for the
year before The cost of education for
the year, as estimated by the bureau
was s750,oOO,O0O.
Yet this tremendous sum that i.
raising the standard of civilization tC
such n degree i'll the United States i,
small compared with other items in the
national expense. For example it is les,
than one-third of the nation s expendi
ture for alcoholic drinks alone Con
slider that the education of 22,OOO.Oo
people is not one-third of the nation !
drink bill.
The education bill is less by $500,
100000 than the cost of running tn,
federal government. 1t is only a littl
over three times the estimated cost o
admission to moving picture theatre
in the United States for the same year
Measured in terms of products of TIL
soil, the United States spent somewha
more for education in 1914 than tn
VALUE of its cotton crop, somewhat les
than the value of its wheat crop, an
| less than half the value of the annua
harvest of corn; while the nation 5 bil
/ for education was less by nearly
i hundred millions than the value of tn
II exports from the harbor of New Yor
in the calendar year just passed.
II Nevertheless the educational systeI
reaches more people than any other o
our industries even if most of the pc
sons reached are children of tende
II years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
siaunhter of the Innocents.

Do you hear the morning and eve
ming choruses of the birds? If not,
you are missing a riot of song that
fairly startles you with its volume.
How the birds do sing and how they
answer each other as they swing back
and forth on topmost branchesi
And where there is one bird today
there should be dozens. With ruth
less and thought1ess hand we have
driven them out, killing off by tens of
thousands and forcing the expenditure
of thousands of dollars for tree care
which the birds would have done
gratuitously. One good law Of the
present legislature refers to the care
of the bird life and absolutely forbids
any unnaturalized person from getting
a permit to go shooting or to have a
gun in his possession.
This law should be followed by
many others looking to the very sever
est penalties for the ruthless pursuit
or the killing of any kind of bird life
And that further laws will be enacted
is true because first of all the real
gunners of the state realize that
something must be done to prevent
the extinction of many forms Of bird
life.-GloucesteS Timec.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
WEST BRATTLE BORO

George Kletecka, who was at A. M.
Bennett s several days, has returned
to his home in West Dummerston.
Mrs. Warren L. Walker returned
home today from the Memorial hos
oital, whore she has been three weeks.
Prof. and Mrs L. 3. Patton are ex-
peeted to return today from their we'd
ling trip to Chautauqua, n. Y, and
% to their home on Ames hill to stay
the rest of the summer.
Miss Ella Stewart, who is GONZALES
cling in the Melrose hospital from an
operation for appendicitis, is doing
well and it is expected that she will
return to her home on Canal street
next week
Mrs. Helen H. Cooper and two chill
dren, who have spent two weeks at e.
A. Knight s, will leave Monday for
Wilmington to stay the rest of the
summer. Mrs. Cooper S daughter, Miss
Irene Cooper, will give piano re-
cital in Memorial hall in Wilmington
in the early part of August.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
Enough S Enough.

At the dinner table in a Winehes-
ter, Ind, home, the father and mother,
together with three small children,
were talking of the baby born recently
in the home. One of the youngsters
wished that another child would be
brought into the home.
Wen, | don t, emphatically re-
marked the eldest of the children. -
don t want any more in this family
Why don t you want another
brother or sister?' asked one of the
parents.
Because, now when mama and
brothers go down the street with me,
the child replied, eve always meet
the minister. And whenever we meet
him he always says, Why, here's Mrs
- and her flock If we would
have another baby, and all of us 60
down the street together and happen
to meet the minister, he would say
Why, here comes Mrs. and hei
herd. indianapolis News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24

through the Manchurian war with a
distinction that won the thanks of En-
press and government. "their hands
are study, so ready to obey to
nicely the behests of their quick, in
telligent brains; the footstep is quick,
noiseless, and never hurried" say the
French doctors. eff there be true
culture in the world, these japanese
nurses can claim to have it. y The
Japanese are a deft people-deft and
intelligent, quick in learning, quick in
applying what they have learned. They
taught the world something, in the war
with Russia. The japanese women to-
day are maintaining their place in the
world, and doing it greatly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24

to endure much hardship. Another
advantage of the dates over meat is
that they keep splendidly, IL kept from
insects. There are many tempting
ways of serving dates, the manner
most common of stuffing them with
various things like nuts, fondant
cheese, is commendable, but there are
more and better ways of serving them
to our families.
Delicious Sandwich FiIling.-Take
two cupfuls of date paste. which is
dates put through a meat chopper, and
4 cup of peanut butter, rubbed smooth.
Makes most appetizing filling for
sandwiches.
Dates with various cooked cereals
are always liked, and are especially
good for growing children. GIVE them
such fruits as figs, dates and prunes
and they will not care to make candy
orgies which will leave them i'll for
days.
Another good combination for date
filling for sandwiches is this: Two
cupfuls of dates, half cupful of lemon
juice, half cupful of peanut butter
and dash of salt. Grind through the
meat chopper and mix well. Keep
in jelly glasses, cover with paraffin
paper.
Dates in baked custard, dates In
tapioca and dates as filling for cook
les, dates as pie and cake filling are
some of the delicious dishes which
may be prepared at home; Dates
apples celery and nuts make good
salads
Dates cooked with rice as a pud
| ding: Add to quart of milk a cupfuI
| of stoned dates and quarter of cup
full of rice. Sweeten and bake in g
| slow oven.
o.
| NAAs nuAf weaQ
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
A. Scholar and an Athlete.
philadelphia Evening Ledger.

(HHllaQelphla Evening Ledger.
To those grouchy persons who think
that scholarship and athletics cannot
thrive in the same body we commend
Norman Taber. Here is a youth who was
a Phi Beta Kappa man at Brown Uni
versity, is now a Rhodes scholar at
Oxford, and last week crowned these
achievements by running the fastest
mile on record by professional or anna
teur. Not only did he lower the pre-
vious world s amateur record of four
minutes IA 2-5 seconds, made by John
Paul Jones of Cornell, also a scholar and
an athlete, but he lowered by three
twentieths of a second the world s pro-
fessional record of four minutes u 81
seconds made 90 years ago in London
by w. G.. George.
Over-induIgence in athletics at the
expense of scholarship is becoming
more and more a myth in the college
world. It is an abuse which may be
controlled by the proper sort of faculty
supervision. Indeed, it is a question
if our faculties are not little unfair
to the athletes, because in most uni
versities the athlete must carry fewer
conditions than the non-athletic stu
dent.
Young men like Taber are credit t.
this nation, whether as scholars or as
athletes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
United States Army Rations.

The average daily field ration of
the United States army is made up
as follows: Bacon, II ounces, or fresh
meat, 90 ounces; bread, IS ounces;
beans, "a ounces; potatoes, 20 ounces;
prunes or preserves, 1.2S ounces; COT
fee, liz ounces; sugar. 30 ounces;
evaporated milk, 8 ounces; vinegar, .16
gill; salt, ga ounce; pepper (black)
04 ounce; lard. ga ounces; butter. IS
ounce.
OF this ration, just portion is car
ried individually by the soldier, the
rest, such as butter, lard. pepper and
strip, are given in bulk to the com
panies and then distributed to the men
at meal time. This ration is greater
than necessary, and the men trade in
the surplus for delicacies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-24
Vermont's Bounty Farce.
(Rutland Herald.)

a light is thrown on the fact that
Vermont still has her wild areas by
the figures given out by the auditor in
regard to bounties paid during the past
fiscal year.
That 10 bears were killed and paid
for last year and that % bobcats or
bay lynXes became items of state
expense will be eye-opening news to
many Vermonters, but everyone will
appreciate the destruction of 3,311
hedgehogs and the $496.65 paid there
for in bounties.
This year 5 legislature was severely
pressed to put a bounty on foxes, and
the bounty on bobcats was raised
from 81 to So. The bounty on black
| bears is already $40.
| Once let a legislature really get
started on the bounty business and we
speedily have such a situation as pre-
vailed III 1918, when over $4,000 had
accumulated in bounties on hedgehogs
The whole bounty idea is throwbaek
to paternalism, and the less the stat,
does in that respect the better.