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The Anaconda standard., 1890-08-03
CRUEL. HEARTLEss WORLD.
Pathetic Episode on "a Railway Train The
Tale OF 10 Suicide.

Pathetic Episode on Railway Train The
Tale OF ~ Suicide.
From the New York Tribune.
A Michigan Central railroad train was
hustling along toward Chicago at the rate
of forty miles an hour, when "A brassy-
faced, mildle-agcd man suddenly jumped
Ia his feet in the reclining-chair car and
glancc,thastily and deiiantly around as
though daring anyone To restrain him.
Flinging oil his overcoat, and compress
ing his lips with the air of man whose
min is made up. he rushed tn the door,
| jerked il open, and scrceched out as lie
turned around and faced the other passen-
! gers:
Farewell. vain worldw
Some OF the passengers glanced over
| the tops of their newspapers toward him,
Others looked at him with langud interest,
while the man nearest the door threw up
his arms and yawncd frightfully.
The man stepped out Ia the car plat
form, thrust his head back into the ear,
and again yelled out:
Farewell, vain world, go hence"
Nobody seemed to care whether he went
hence or To some other place. and "A look
of bitter disappointment came into the
! brassy face of the would-be suicide. lie
/ again thrust his head into the ear and
/ wildly shrieked out:
"Good.by forever"
$50 long, my friend; let us know when
you gel there" replied the man who had
yawned. as he quietly closed the car door
and sat down.
The desperate man on the platform
| ilattened his nose against the car window
and gazed moodily at the tranquil pas.
sengers.
Waving them "A final adieu lac flung oil
! his coat. threw up his arms, and d-sat
down on the platform. Then he crawlcd
up Ia the keyholc Of the door Ia gaze
through II ON the horror and remorse
| stricken faces of the men and women who
deliberately permitted human being Ia
go 10 destruction.
But there was not "A single horror
| stricken passenger To look upon. Several
OF them were giggling immodcrately and
| the cold-bloodcd, yawning passenger was
| indicating 10y signs to the others that the
"farewell-vain-worid man had not gone
hence, hut was still in New York state.
Finally he came sncaking back into the
car with a combined look of sadness and
madness on his careworn face, which
| grew gloomier when nobody rushed for
ward To ask the cause of his desperation.
Nobody passed the hat for his relief: mo-
body begged him Ia conflde in them; mo
| purse was made up; nothing turned out
as he thought IL would.
Singing himself into the seat he had
vacated. the man hissed out to the wretch
| in front OF him, who was swaying To and
fro with rude and ill-eJncealed laugh
ter:
| don't ye? IL yc had "A single drop Of th,
milk Of human Kindness in your breast y,
wouldn't see anything funny in the sui
eide ola fcllow-bcing. You'd bid bin
pause and"
Tickets. Tickets-' cried the conduc
tor, appearing suddenly, and a minute
later be was saying to the man had save,
| himself from the death of "A suci,e.
The Anaconda standard., 1890-08-03

These are busy days with US.
We are in the midst of an inven-
tory, and there is a rush of buyers
to take advantage of prices which
in many instances. are not much
more than one-half of Clfay7ng
and Special Sakf Prices.
Children's Gingham Dresses
were reduced last week, and now
we have cut them again. The
present price is from one to two
dollars less than prices elsewhere.
The quality and make will not
disappoint you.
Stacks of remnants at much
less than remnant prices.
Mems Suits in new effects. have
been reduced S. to $40 per suit.
Boys Suits several dollars low
er than elsewhere.
Wall Paper this week at a re-
duction of I21l to IS cents roll.
Smyrna Rugs lower than any
advertised.
Carpets Extra Super All-wool
lngrains, Tapestry and Body
Brussels and any and all Carpets
ut not less than IS cents per yard
lower than they have ever been of.
fered at special sale in this state
"A slightly carpet at IS cents pei
yard +; the same quality that is
sold at many other places at from
IS to so cents.
Remnants of oil cloths and limo.
leums in desirable lengths at hall
price.
We can and will save you from
S. TO SIS on a single carpet. but
don't delay for this sale will con
tinue but few days longer.
The Anaconda standard., 1890-08-03
Travel In tn. West.

ffnn judge.
Nebraska FarIner-Ncllie, didn't hear
you say you wanted Ia go over into Kansas
on yIsitI
Daughter-Ycs, pa.
Nebraska Farmer Well, hurry up and
get your yalise packed. There's a cyclone
due in half an hour that'll take you over.
The Anaconda standard., 1890-08-03
4 Chronic Case.

From the Chicago Herald.
The oldest woman has died again.
Every time she dies she is older than
when she died before. This time she is
ia I,.,.. tff, alt.s Will fti. fr I.
The Anaconda standard., 1890-08-03

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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10
Wheat VIII Continue to Rise.
Kansas City Globe,


C.. A. Pillsbury thinks wheat will
continue 10 advance in price as the
consumption of wheat is increasing as
civilization advances. lie says con-
sumption is increasing about 100000
to 100000 bushels annually III the
face of a decreasing supply. Mr..
Pillsbury does lot regard India as
menacing competitor of this country.
The crop was uncertain there and va
-ied from 100000 quarters 10 100000
quarters. AS to Russia he admitted
that she has the advantage in treights
and cost Of labor over Us and, with
her large area of black soil aud The
adoption of modern machinery aud
American elevators, might be consid-
cred our formidable competitor. The
largest amount of wheat received in
England from the Argentine Republic
and Chill would not amount TO days
consumption there. He does not think
the limit of wheat lands has been
reached in this country-MinnesOta
and Dakota could produce double
their yield-but believed in the next
five years the mills in Minneapolis
would grind moro wheat for 81 q
bushel than under that figure.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10
Gen. ButleI's Speech.

Gen. Buffers speech Oh the deprcs-
sion of agriculture, like many other
speeches in that relation, says the
Globe Democrat, is devoted far more
to the enumeration of misfortunes
than to the suggestion of remedies for
them. II is easy 10 point out how the
farmers are burdened and what inilu-
ences operate to pcrpleX and discour-
age them. That aspect of the situa-
ton has been talked threadbare. The
statistics Of farm Indebtedness have
been presented in every possible form,
and every conceivable thing has been
said with regard to the trite PROPOSE
ton that a man who owes more than
he can pay is in disagreeable condi-
ton. Gen. Butler simply adds to the
rhetoric of the discussion by repeating
what others have told so often that II
has become quite as tiresome as the
ills to which it pertains. He means
well, no doubt, but he fails TO show
the farmers how they can get better
prices for their products and restore
their profits 10 the standard which eX-
listed when they contracted their debts.
That is what they want to know and
ali they want to know. They realize
as kcenly as anybody can realize for
them the fact that their business has
fallen into an unremuneratlve state ;
but how arc they to redeem 1t from
this state and make it what il used to
be? That is the question which
haunts them day and night.
When Gen. Butler proclaims that
the mortgages which these people owe
will never be paid because payment is
impossible under present conditions
he offers very poor form of cOnsOla-
ton. The intimation that tho only
way to deal with q troublesome debt
is to repudiate it does not 10 justice
to the sense of honesty which prevails
among the farmers. They are not
looking for a way to Nft their mort
cages by sacrificing their integrity,
but for way 10 pay them off dollar
for dollar through their industry and
economy. II is useless to ten them
that If they could get more fol their
corn and wheat, their cattle and hogs,
they would be able to meet their obi
cations and overcome all their diff
culties. They know that as well as
they know their names, and 1t is only
mockery,to keep reminding them of it
as If It were a novelty and a wonder.
The information that they seek has
reference TO the matter Of relief for
misforlunes that are fully scompre-
hended and that cannot be cured by
statistical speeches and melancholy
messages Of sympbthy. They want
somebody to come forward with a
practical solution Of a problem which
involves all their interests rs laborers
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10
Statistics of Kansas Railroad Froights

A state official has been making in
vestigations as TO the charges made
for CARRYING freight by the great lines
of Kansas, says the Kansas Financ!er.
II has been found that in 1883 the rate
per ton per mile for freight on the Un-
ion Pacific railway was 2.3l3 cents;
since that time there have been numer-
Gus reductions, all Of them permanent.
Some OF these reductions have been
voluntarily made, while many of them
have been made through the medium
of the Board of Railroad Commits
sioners. Altogether they have aggre-
gated within a fraction of 30 per cent,
while expenses and maintenance have
remained about the same. The figures
stand: Rate per ton per mile, 1883,
2.3l3 cents; rate per ton per nile,
1889, l.I66 cents. The full force Of
these reductions may be seen in the
following figures: Number of tons
hauled one mile, 1888, GAL 1888, III;
freight earnings same year $l4,S44,-
1915. The same tonnage, with the
rate per ton per mile OF 1889, would
produce as earnings or revenue,
$7,4S0,9S2.S5, showing an actual re-
ducIion in the same business Of
81 1864, 100. -,
Of course more freight was hauled
in 1889 than in 1883, but the same
tonnage is used to show what the re-
duction has really been.
Practically the same results are to be
found in the Santa Fe system, the diff
ference in figures bringing about the
same decrcase--50 per cent.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10
Truthful Figures.

The Fort Dodge Qowa) Messenger
has done good work in publishing
figures to show what things which
farmers buy cost in 1880 and what
they cost in 1890, and also what things
which farmers sell brought in 1880
and what they bring in 1880. The
Messenger has not figured on New
York or Liverpool prices, but upon the
prices paid and asked in the town OF
Fort Dodge, which is in the heart OF
an AGRICULTURAL community. During
the campaign of 1888 another Iowa
paper contrastcd the prices asked for
farm implements in the little town oil
Anamosa and by the great manuiac'
turers of England and proved, no free
trader daring to offer figures in oppo-
si,ion, that the prices of farm imple-
ments in Iowa we've far below English
rates. The inquiry of the Fort Dodge
Messenger is, however, the most eX-
haustive that has been made and mer-
its a careful perusal, especially by
farmers and wage earners. -,
The self-binding reaper which SOLD
for $3l5 in 1880 is sold for $l30 in 1890.
The seeder which cost $50 in 1890 is
worth hut $l3 in 1890. Pumps which
were worth SIS in 1860 sell at rs in
1890. Like reductions are notable in
everything used in agricultural work;
Barb wire which cost 10 cents a pound
in 1850 sells at ! cents to-day. VIM
dow glass. of the duty on which free
traders complain 80 tiercely, is cheaper
by % per cent than it was ten years
ago. Coal is half its old price. The
lineup, of the duty on which the dis
malisls complain, is now worth . cents
as against 10 cents in 1880. Chains
which used to sell for % cents pound
now sell at y, and even zinc, about
the "trust" on which we hear so much,
sells at 10 cents pound against 10
cents in 1850.
Coming TO matters which interest
CITY folks as well as country folks, the
Messenger finds that the same grade
of sugar which the Fort Dodge mer-
chants sold for l2l.: cents a pound in
lAOU Is now OllCICi 1T NOhtS, thut
which sold at 10 cents now costs a
fraction more than 6. Kerosene OF!
was worth % cents a gallon in 1880
and is worth Is cents in 1890. Salt
sold for 1925 a barrel then and sells
for 81 .25 now. Flour was worth $500
per hundred then and ia worth 1920
now. Oddly enough, and we ask free
traders to consider the oddity, the only
two groceries no change in the price of
which is observable are coffee and tea,
both of which are on the free list. The
articles affected by the ''robber tariff"
have oheapened, while the
two things unaffected by the tariff
have not cheapened. The parrots
which pirate "taritf is a robbery"
should stop 4 moment and consider
this popularity of "robhery" which
makes the things of which the public
is ''robbed" cheaper and more plenti-
full than the things of which they are
not "robbed."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

The Third Annual Conference OF
the Kansas Christian Endeavor Union
will be held at Emporia May 1920
al Young Peoples Societies of Chris
tan Endeavor in Kansas are entitled
to representation, and it is the inten-
ton TO mako thiS eonforonoo a grand
and inspiring mass convention OF
Young Christian workers throughout
the state. Free entertainment will be
provided by the citizens of Emporia
for those who attend.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

Globe Democrat: The AZ per cent
bonds now outstanding amount to
$ll2,52l, $50 and the As aggregate
$6O6,55l, 900, or little over S7lsOOO,-
600 in all. Practically speaking, this
comprises all the country's indebted
ness. It Is all the debt which bears
interest except the Pacific railroad
bonds, which are not, in the sense in
which the AVS and As are, an obliga-
ton of the government. This debt is
being reduced at the rate of more than
$lOO,OOOOOO a year. If the revenues
be not largely reduced in the interval
the nation will enter the new century
without dollar of Indebtedness.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10
OF Interest to the Farmers.
Kansas City Globe.

A system of storing grain is under
consideration ut Baltimore which is
calculated to completely revolutionize
the present method of storing IN wood.
Ell elevators. The inventor maintains
that he can manufacture steel tanks OF
any required capacity at cost not
exceeding four or five cents for each
bushel stored, enabling farmers to hold
their grain for years at little cost and
no risk. Thesteel tanks are filled by
simple process, and when they are
full q percentage of air is exhausted
and a quantity of carbonic acid gas
admitted. The valves are then closed
and the grain will keep sound for
years. Having exhausted the oxygen
there is no chance OF fermentation,
and, as a consequence, no decay or rot.
At the same time all animal life per-
ishes and the grain is secure against
the ravages of the weevil. The pro-
cess by which the grain is manipulate
ed is as simple as it is effective. II
consists in an air-tight receiver, lead
ing from which is large pipe so
arranged as to be held over the grain
in the receiver it is desired to unload.
By means of a suction fan the air is
exhausted in the receiver and, rushing
to fill the vacuum, is sufficient, it is
said, to draw the grain into the pipes,
through which il is passed into the
tank. The inventor thinks that the
system will prove boon to the farm
crs by enabling them to hold their
grain as long as they may choose at
small cost, and thus ba!k the designs
of spectators and the makers of ticti-
tious values on breadstuffs, who are
doing more to injure the farmers than
any other influence that can exist, ex.
cept the weather. If this system
proves a success it would he handy
thing to assist the farmers in practic-
ally demonstrating the efficacy of Ben
Bu,terworth's anticipation measure
should it become a law.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

A wealthy citizen OF Dover Maine,
was mortified the other day. lie had
just been making a clean breast of his
deplorabIc financial condition TO the
assessor, and going to the grocery
store soon after he was appalled, to
find that the assessor had taken his
statement so literally as to order a
barrel of flour, a Goldfish and some
other articles sent TO him at the towns
expense. The moral Is plain.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

Under the Mckinley bill two or
three grades of sugar fit for use come
into the country duty free. The trust
is hit in this way as well as By the re-
duced duties on refined sugar.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

with families to support and homes to
save from sale under the sherifrs ham
mer. The man who can do them a
service of this kind is the one they are
anxious to see and hear. But those
who merely rehearse to them a series
of platitudes with which they are per-
fectly familiar do not IN the least de-
light or impress them.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10
First published April II, 1901
Administrator's Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the undsrslgned
was upon the sth day OF April, a. 800, APP
~, Kansas, administrator OF the estate Of Anna
~. hylAnd, deceassd, late OF Cherokee county
Kansas. All persons Indebted TO and all persons
having claims against said estate are hereby
given notice that prompt settlement Is desired
&c provided By law. ID. q. FINN,
Administrator, &C.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

Senator ingalls, Is reported to have
said while at Atchison last week: 81
am heartily in favor Of the free coin
age Of silver. And by that do moi
mean, Of course, that would coin al
the silver in the country into silver
dollars, bat l would take the bullion,
say in blocks weighing four or five
hundred pounds or more, with the
value Of each stamped thereon, and
store 1t in The vaults and issue silver
certificates"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

The law making II hours a day the
maximum number of hours for rail-
road employes.to be in service out of
tho "a, passed last winter by the legis-
lature of Ohio, went into effect April
II. A fine of $3.50 is imposed for vio-
lation of the law.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

The sixteenth annual meeting of the
Kansas State Temperance Union will
be held at Representative Hall, Tope-
IA, May 10 and l6, beginning Thurs
day evening, May 10. Each church,
Sunday school, temperance society or
other organization in sympathy with
the cause, is entitled to three delegates.
The railroads have agreed upon rate
of one and one-third fare for the
round trip.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

Eldorado Republican: Mr.. j. A.
Holderman bought a bunch Of 100
steers last fall and put them under
full feed. He figured it out and said
that if he could feed them till April
and then sell them for $50 head me
would be satisfied. He took 80 head
TO Kansas City last week and sold at
$75 per head.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

Eldorado Republican: A Chelsea
farmer and stock grower who has re-
sided there for thirty years, said last
week to a neighbor that he had made
more money ON his cattle this year
than he had ever made before.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

The frat cargo of Kansas corn load
cd at Galveston for the European
market will leave that point in few
days. There is good omen, observes
the Kansas City Journal, in the fact
that the name of the steamer is Propi-
lions.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

Kansas City Star: A colOred farm
er in Cowley county will put out an
acre of tobacco this season and six
acres of cotton. He says that a soil
that will grow watermelons will grow
cotton and tobacco; and if that is true
Kansas ought to never buy another
yard of calico or muslin or another
spool of thread.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

Politicians who claim to know
something about the matter say that
the new ballot reform law in New
York will reduce the democratic vote
10000 in that state. Half of this cut
would make the state reliably republic
can in four out of every five elections.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

Kansas has a magnificent growing
crop of wheat which has escaped dam
age thus far and safely harvested
should bring yield OF 40,000,000
bushels with the 10 per cent increase
Of acreage. AS the light crop of the
country promises high prices, this
crop ought to let the Kansas farmers
about out of debt, and then they
should stay out.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

Gen. Lew Wallace, being 63 years of
age, has been issued a service pension
of IS per month as a veteran of the
Mexican war. He does not need the
money and will donate it to the or
pban's homo at his home town, Craw-
louisville, Indiana.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

The railroads few days ago car
ried cattle from Kansas City TO Chica-
go at l2ll5 cts. per cwt. A day or two
afterwards a farther cut was an-
nounced of $50 on each through car.
Under the influence of the cut rates
7l,000 cattle were thrown or the mar
ket in week. This is said to be the
largest number ever received at any
one point in one week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

The referee In the celebrated case oil
J. NJ. Price VS.. w. B. Stone finds that
Mr. Stone owes the company $39, OS3.-
90 and the costs Of suit amounting to
$1,000. So says the Republican. The
Times says the referee will not make
his report until juno 16.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10
SATURDAY, MAY 10. 1890.

The Cherokee commission has been
directed to report at Guthrie on the
18th inst.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

1t may we'll he said Of Kansas this
spring-"there is a hen on" Judging
from the large consignment of eggs
shipped daily from nearly every rail-
way station in the state.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

Call at the News Office if you want
the best sale bills or posters gotten up
ii, the county.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10
PHYSICIANS.

DIR. F.. A. MCFADDEN,
PHYSICIAN and sUGGEoN, Is again
ready To practice medicine after Tccuprrat
ing his health Office ut residence corner OF
Neosho and Lincoln streets.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10
ATTORNEYS Ar LAW.

&. &. HORNOR,
A TTORNEY Ar Law and U. $. Commits
"A siOner. OMce III DTOrcrs and Farmers
Bank building.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-05-10

w. II. IiOENOR.
A TTORNEY AT LAW. Office in DTOVers
IA and Farmers Bauk.