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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04
HUMOROUS.

-Ethel-"What makes that man hold
his head so high and strut about 500"
Mother-''Why, didn't you observe him
drop a copper in that blind organ
grinders tin cup?"-Exchange.
Tired Child.-'Mamma, how much
did you put in the collection" Mother
"a quarter, my dear. Whyr" Tired
child (gaping)-"Well, this preacher
gives an awful lot for the money!
Newport News.
why, my boy. you've speit window
without an n. Don't you know the diff
ference between window and widow
eyes, sir. You can see through one
and-and-you can't see through the
other, sir."-Punch.
-Emma-''I guess you arc little
fond of Mr.. Boutwell,, aren't your
Nellie-'T don't know; what made you
think SOP" Emma-"I noticed OF the
whist party last night that whenever no
lead a heart suit you always trumped
and took it. "-Kearney Enterprise.
Feminine Penetration. - Lily :
dearest Sophie, do tell me what you
think of my hat. Is this rose-color be-
coming to me?' "Oh. yes, 1t is just the
color for you, dear" Lily ian hour later,
to the maid)-"Take the rose-colored
hat to the milliner's and tell her to
change it for pearl gray."-Fiegende
Batter.
-Justice-"So you are here again, are
you?" Old Offender-"Yis, sor, av it phase
yer honor" Justice-''Charged with
larceny again, see." Old Offender
"Yis, sor, I'm sorry to say" Justice
why is it that you arc brought up
here SO frequently charged with the
theft OF small sums?" Old Offender
IF yer honor will use yer infOoence to
get me q Job as confidential clerk, OF
will thry to git away with so much that
nobody will make any throuble for me. )"
America.
In the "Dry-Goods Emporium
Mr.. Figg-"Well, have you selected
that Ave cents worth OF ribbon yet?'
Mrs. Figg-"No, not yet. Did you get
tired of waiting outsider" Mr. Figg-
20, no. l have been around to the
Office and cleared seven hundred dollars
in real-estate deal since you came in
here" Mrs. Figg (calmly)-"Indeed.
Then we will just buy that new silk
dress / have been wanting so long"
And Mr.. Figg stood on one foot and re-
Elected all to himself that there were
times when a man got really and en-
tirely too smart for his own good
Terre Hsute Express
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04
POULTRY NOTES.

BUcKwHEAT as poultry food is both
stimulating and fattening.
CANE or sorghum seed is fed to fowls
with good results. 1t stimulates egg
production and in many ways is good
for change.
SEASON the feed Of chickens and all
other fowls with salt. 1t is preventive
Of disease, and is good for tho entire
animal creation.
Some hunters near Bowen, Ill,
wounded a big bald eagle and captured
it. The bird is very vicious and meas
ures seven feet from tip to tip.
WE have not had much cold weather
yet. This is no reason why you should
put off fixing up all holes in your hen
houses until it is too late.
A DUCK recently killed near James
town, n. Y, has caused great excite
ment in that region. In its crop was
found piece of gold quartz. Tho bird
had been feeding on tho borders of
Chautauqua Lake near by, and it is
claimed that an examination OF the
locality revealed many more specimens
OF rich, collaborating quartz.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04
ALEX z. SWEET.
POOR OLD BlXRY.

He Tries to OblIge His Wife and Man
ages to Put His Foot In It.
"The girl is gone and I've had to get
dinner myself to-day" said Mrs. Bixby,
when Mr.. Bixby came home the other
night. Il expected another girl this
afternoon, but she hasn't come, so III
have TO ask you to look after the chill
dren, Elijah, while wash the dishes"
mo" replied Mr.. Bixby, firmly but
kindly. mo, Mandy, taking care OF
babies isn't my forte. Only women can
do that to perfection. But I'll tell you
what I'll do, Mandy, I'll do up the
dishes and tidy up the kitchen slick as
whistle while you attend to the chill
drcn. Washing dishes and sweeping is
something l can do. I've done it for
my mother q thousand times, and I'd
just like to show you how proficient 1
am in that sort of thing. Now, you and
the children clear out and let me have
free swing at things and see If don't
surprise you"
Mrs. Bixby cleared out" but had &C.
CuolOh W HO 1hbO bhO hAVNhNh $3.50 49,
hour later to scald out the baby's bottle,
and that she was surprised her words
indicated. "Why, Elijah Bir6y," she
cried aghast, and she is a very even
tempered woman, too. "What do you
mean by washing the dishes in the
skillet? You didn't see any thing else?
Why, the dish-pan's under the sink.
And what arc you washing them with
An old sock that the girl uses for an
iron-holder? And you've been wiping
them on the floor scrub cloth! And
there's those fine glasses and the solid
silver spoons in water with an inch OF
grease on top of it. and-well, If this is
the way you washed your mothers
dishes"
"Wash your own darned dishes. them
madam" shriekcd Bixby, as he fed to
his own room.-Time.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04

FIG. !.

o more generous water supply is
needed. This can sometimes be OBJ
tanned by tapping stream, pond or
canal; or by damming stream OF
water above the land to be irrigated.
Opportunities OF this kind are fire.
quently met with, but they are seldom
utilized.
Some years ago we obtained good re-
suits by damming a little stream or
brook flowing by just above a one
eighth-acre patch of celery, the rows
running with the natural slope OF the
land and letting near the whole of this
water run along in little channels made
by the hoe between the rows. until the
whole ground had complete soaking.
1t took tons of water, but the result
was gratifying.
Ever since then we have been wishing
to prepare piece Of land for under
ground irrigation, in somewhat the same
way, as we find it described and illus
trated in recent number OF Drainage
md Farm journal.
The use OF common drain tile from two
10 three or four inches in size, says our
contemporary, affords very convenient
and successful method of underground
irrigation.
Fig. illustrates continuous line Of
tile to be laid across the incline or slope
of the land with very slight fall--suffi-
Gent to afford slow current Of the
water. A portion of the water escaping
through the joints of the tile rises by
capillary attraction toward the surface
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04

the feeding ground OF the roots Of the
growing crop-the capillary action OF
the soil brings portion TO the surface.
It is we'll to remark at this point, II
two or three inches Of tho surface soil
is kept very fine by frequent STRINGS
that it will serve as mulch to prevent
the moisture evaporating 30 rapidly at
the surface. :,
This system of irrigation has the ad'
vantage OF cheapness of material, con-
struction and the economy OF water.
In addition it supplies the water where
1t is needed without pudding the sur
face, and allows the cultivation to go on
without hindrance.
A small area may be prepared at
time for underground irrigation at
reasonable cost, and when done 1t Is
permanent improvement A few hun
dred dollars and the labor required
with care will put several acres in con-
dition to test the efficiency Of such sya'
tenn. ---- ---------------
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04
Dried Japanese rersimmOn.

Very few people, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, are aware of the fact
that the Japanese persimmon, when
dried, is one OF the most delicious fruits
Imaginable. Those who are acquainted
with this fruit know that it must be
fully ripe when picked, otherwise the
flavor will not be what it should. But
the perfectly ripe persimmon is difficult
of handling without damage, and there
fore considerable loss is apt to result.
Experiments made, however, show that
the Japanese persimmon may be used as
readily as q fig, which, indeed, it re-
sembles in appearance after being cured.
The dried persimmon has very meaty,
pleasant taste, ana will, undoubtedly,
as soon as its excellence becomes known,
take a prominent place among table
delicacies. The persimmon ought also
to make o very acceptable glace fruit,
and good profit awaits the man who
shall take advantage Of these hints and
prepare this product for market in pleas
ing shape.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04

OF the soil. The lines OF tile are laid at
adepth OF one foot or fifteen inches below
the surface. The excavations for the
tile may be made cheaply by blowing
out the trenches, passing back and forth
with the pillow three or four times in the
same furrow. Little labor will be re-
ouired to bring the bottom OF the trench
to a regular grade. The lines OF tile
should be laid as close as ten feet apart;
less will DO better. The water turned
in at the stand-pipe A will pass along
the tile to the further end which is
closed. AS much as one acre may be in
cluded in one system If the surface con-
figuration will admit OF it. The tile OF
the upper end may be as large as five
inches, falling of to four, three and two
inches.
Fig. 2 illustrates a main tile four or
five inches in size, or larger If necessary,
with branches Of smaller tile three
inches or less, the outer ends being
closed. The sizes Of tile both for the
mains and laterals may be reduced in
size as the further end is approached.
The water enters at stand-pipe A, fol-
lowing main pipe and branches to B.
Fig. 3 is a cross section showing the
effect Of under irrigation on the soil.
The water naturally tends to sink in the
soil, but not so deep as to go beyond
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
NEW USE FOR TILE.
How It May Be Employed for Sub-lrriga-
tion In Gardening.

How It May Be Employed for sub-irriga-
tiOn In Gardening.
The control OF soil moisture, by stor-
ing up part of the water supply during a
time of excessive rainfall for use at q
subsequent drought, is problem that
has long occupied the minds of good
cultivators. We have begun to realize
that for general outdoor garden crops
soil-soaliing is the only effective method,
and that mere surface sprinkling is apt
to do more harm than good.
Our modern improved appliances for
drawing water from wells by the use Of
wind-mills have made it feasible to fill,
at comparative light expense. tanks
constructed somewhat above-ground, and
thus obtain the necessary water and
pressure for flooding smaller areas in q
short time.
Where acres are to be irrigated. how
ever, arrangements OF this kind will
soon find their limit of usefulness, and
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Tho late Robert Browning was very
fond of using American phrases in con-
versation.
,, The first edition of Byron's rare
"Waltz," Of 1913, was bought not long
ago by London bookseller for $780,
The novelist Bulwer's wife once
wrote to Wilkie Collins that he did not
know how to describe villain: "Now,"
she said, IF you want q genuine villain,
write up my husband"
William Dean Howell writes from
1000 TO 1900 words daily, and after his
pages have been copied on the type
writer he goes over them again, adding
word here and erasing line there.
until they are perfect
Thomas Bailey Aldrich writes slow
ly and fastidiously revising and cor
recting the most unimportant article
with poetic care; all his articles before
they reach the printer are written and
rewritten at least three or four times.
Edward A. Freeman, the English
historian, is short, but stout and robust.
Like most Englishmen, he has we'll
fed, misunderstanding appearance. He
wears long, white paCriarchai beard.
He has son married and settled in Vir-
ginia, and he is very proud OF his Amer
lean grandchildren.
William d. Howells believes with
Anthony Trollope that novelist should
no more wait for inspiration in his work
than shoemaker or tallow chandler.
They both act upon the principle that
writing novels is purely mechanical
work, like writing lawyers briefs, for
instance, or bookkeeping
Frank r. Stockton has had great
deal Of cheap fun poked at him for be-
ing "a rising young man Of letters ct
the age of fifty-fve.' But it should be re-
membered that he had served a long and
llborious apprenticeship TO literature
before he surprised the world with his
fresh and original story, 1.-THE Lady or
the Tiger"
Edward Lloyd. the proprietor OF the
Daily Chronicle and Lloyd's Weekly
Newspaper. London. not only makes the
paper on which he prints his news, but
also grows the grass from which the
paper is made The visitor to his Office
is shown a'large photog 'aph Of his AL
gerian grass farm, with laborers busy
gathering and packing esparto for his
paper mills Mt Bow.
George William Curtis is described
as "a bland gentleman with clerical
appearance, and looking as though hs
ought to part his hair in tho middle"
He stands five feet ten, wears English
whiskers, and darkish light locks shade
handsome face. For twenty-eight
years he has been the literary adviser OF
Messrs. Harper & Brothers, receiving
the splendid salary of S25, 900 year.
The French Academy gives u prize
of 1000 francs every year for the best
verses upon whatever subject 1t may So
lect. This year the assigned theme was
labor, but OF the 200 poets who entered
the contest not one considered labor in
any other light than that of pessimism.
They all dwelt upon its pains, its hard
ships, its drudgery and its miseries.
without once touching upon its benefits.
its duties or its saving influences.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04
A Long Engagement.

She-I haven't any thing new to sing
to you tonight, George.
Newell, give me something old,
then.
She broke into a refrain that was "a
song OF the day" seventeen years before.
He lat the close)-That's very very
old, Clara.
She-Yes, George; sang that to you
the night we became engaged Judge.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04
Polonlus and HIa Lost Chance.

"Polonius was a splendid bit of char
acter work"
"Yes; but he had his drawbacks.
When he started off and said: Neither
borrower nor a lender be- he lost the
best chance in the world to show of his
wisdom"
Flows that?'
"Why, he should have gone on and
said: But, il thou must do one or
t'other, let it be borrowing. There's
money in it. '"-Harper's Bazaar.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04
Gave Himself Away.

Miss Simperthy-What was that poor
man arrested for?
Mr.. Rowne de Bout--Having too much
to say.
Miss Simperthy-Nonsense! / saw him
begging with deaf and dumb sign.
Mr.. Rowne de Bout-That's just the
reason.-Puck.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04

Unsuspecting Mother-I can't imagine
where all the cake goes.
Guilty Ethel anxious to avert sus'
picion)-It must he the kid.
Unsuspecting Mother-The kid; what
kid?
Guilty Ethel don't know, but
heard Uncle Harry say to pa; THAT kid
takes the cake. Time.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04

DNEKTlSlNG is
one of the fine
arts, and, by the
way, there is
nothing so de-
ceptive and be-
wiidering to the
visitor from the
country than tn
signs Of N 9 W
York. Some Of
them while no
doubt very in
telligible to New
Workers, CON
veys an entirely
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04

In short, the signs of New York are q
perpetual source of instruction and
amusement to tho man of an observing
turn OF mind.
ALEX T.. SWEET.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04
SIGNS OF NEW YORK.

aRussr and Instructive Announcements
xlns secs Along the Streets OF Great
! amy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04

DON'T forget to protect those young
grape vines you set out last RgiRg.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04

He Tries to Obllge His Wife and Man
ages to Put His Foot In II.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-23
SHORT AND DECISIVE.
THE SMITH-CARROLL PRIZE FIGHT
QUICKLY ENDED.
The Australian Knocked Out in the Four
teenth Round-The Brooklyn Boy Had
1t All His Own Way.

SAN Francisco, April 22.-Billy Smith,
of Australia, and Jimmy Carroll, of
Brooklyn, fought to finish at the Cali
fornia Athletic Club tonight, for purse
of 81 900, 5000 to go to the loser. Smith
weighed in at 161 pounds, and Carroll
at 173.
Both men had the reputation of being
rushing fighters, and they at once COM
menced landing hard blows at short
range. Carroll landed oftener, and be-
fore the round was closed blood was
flowing from Smiths nose. There was
little time wasted by either in sparring
The heavy slogging was continued in the
third round, and though Carroll's at
tacks were the fiercer, Smith reached
the Brooklyn mans ribs in the most
dangerous manner, and caused him to
show the effects of his punishment.
In the fourth round the men stood at
close quarters and pounded away
at each other. Carroll seemed
to be getting winded. Towards the
close of the round there was a sharp
rally, in which Smith reached Carroll's
neck half dozen times. The same
tactics were pursued in the fifth and
sixth rounds. Both men were evidently
trying to bring the fight to an end as
quickly as possible.
Both men had received heavy punish
ment during the first six rounds, and
their rushes in the seventh were not so
fierce.
In the eighth there was more pound
ing, with honors about even,
but in the ninth Smith did
the most leading. But little was done
in the next round, but at the opening of
the eleventh. Carroll attacked Smith
fiercely, and rained half a dozen right
handlers on his neck and body.
The thirteenth round opened with
Smith very weak, and Carroll tried hard
to finish him, reaching him with
his right and left in quick succession.
Smith staggered all around the ring, the
blood pouring from his nose, and when
the gong sounded the close of the round
Smith was almost gone.
When the men came to the center of
the ring for the fourteenth, Car
roll swung his left and reached Smith s
jaw, and Smith fell on his face,
and hardly made move for eight sec
onds, when he made feeble attempt to
rise. 1t was complete knockout, how
ever, and the Australians seconds had
to lift him from the floor and carry him
to his corner.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-23
OVERWHELMING WATERS.
TERRIBLE WORK OF THE FLOOD IN
LOUISIANA.
Many New Crevasses Forming and Hun
dreds of Lives Imperiled-The Gov
ernor Sends Boats to the Rescue.

New ORLEANS, April Ex-Governor
Nichols has received the following
message from Bayou Sara: "We have
been overwhelmed by the storm and
rain. Crevasses are numerous along the
front. The old Morganza levee is
broken. Send boat at once to save the
people or there may be great loss of
life. (Signed) MARTIN GLYNN,
president of Police Board"
Relief Boats Dispatched.
Governor Nichols at once made ar
rangements with the owners of the
steamer Arthur Lambert, then at Baton
Rouge, and the boat started immedi-
ately for Pointe Coupee, with barges,
to render assistance. Other boats will
be sent up tonight.
Governor Nichols was interviewed this
evening, and stated that Captain jack
son, president of the International Trans
portation Company, has placed two
steamers with barges at his disposal. He
had accepted them, and they are now en-
route for Morganza. He stated that he
had also telegraphed Colonel Wheelock
and Captain John A. Grant, of the Texas
and Pacific railroad, requesting them to
place the steamer Wheelock in the same
service. The Texas and Pacific railroad
officials in this city are in great fear OF
the overflow; their lines traverse the
Morganza country.
Terrible Suffering.
BAYOU SARA, April 22.-The suffering
in Polnte Coupee is terrible. 1t is re-
ported that the people are resorting to
the trees for safety. Skiff loads of peo-
pie are passing through over the inun-
dated streets, seeking safety on the hills.
The situation in Bayou Sara is frightful
No house in town is above the flood The
break at Morganza is now 400 feet wide,
and no doubt will soon eat its way down
to Morgan. There are three breaks be-
tween this place and Morgan, and the
river is washing over the levee along the
entire line.
More Crevasses.
WEST MELVILLE, April 22.-Two Gre
vases occurred in the Atchafaylaya levee
today, one five miles above the town,
eight feet wide; the other at old Church
vile, fourteen feet wide The water is
running over the levee at dozen places
in this vicinity.
JACKSON, Miss, April 22.-The protec-
ton levee in front of Vidalia broke, sub
merging number of houses. The Lake
Concordia levee gave way at p. m.
The break is fifteen feet wide, and the
water is going through like mill race.
This break will flood the lower portion
OF Concord parish, and cannot fail to be
disastrous.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-23
A FABRICATION.
HOrsethief WOOdruff's AL
legged Confession.
A Lie Manufactured Out of the
Whole Cloth.
He Didn't Know Anything About the
CrOnin Murder.
That is Now Attorney Longenecker's Con-
viction, Although He at First
Believed His Story.
Associated Press Dispatches.

CHICAGO, April 22.-The sensational
confession" OF Frank Woodruff which
was so generally published last autumn,
and which, among other things, stated
that Alexander Sullivan, ex-president of
the Irish National League, in Woodruff s
presence, handed a sum of money to
Martin Burke, one of Cronin's murder
ers, has been entirely discredited by the
authorities here. 1t is stated that Attor-
ney Longenecker, in dismissing the
charge of murder against Woodruff, thus
referred to this sensational confession
''The State has no evidence to
implicate this defendant in the
Cronin murder except the state
ment or confession of Woodruff
himself. We have, after full investi-
cation, come to the conclusion that the
confession was wholly fabricated by the
prisoner, and that he had no connection
whatever with the Cronin murder. The
State will therefore not prosecute Wood
ruff upon this Indictment"
To an Associated Press representative
today, States Attorney Longenecker
said: 81 am satisfied that Woodruff IS
confession was simply lie from begin
ming to end. l will admit however,
that at the beginning We credited it so
much that it greatly misled and ham,
pered us in working out the case. The
fact is we have now ascertained that
Woodruff simply manufactured this
whole story in the hope that his
professed knowledge of a greater crime
might secure him an immunity for the
lesser offense of horse-stealing. l am
satisfied now that he knew nothing
about, and had nothing to do with, the
Cronin murder in any connection. His
story was simply the cunning subter-
fuge of an inveterate liar and amateur
horse-thief. We are going to send him
to the penitentiary for horse-stealing, if
we can. Woodruff's confession was
widely circulated at that time, and did
great injustice to Alexander Sullivan
and others whose names were freely
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