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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Tho Abilene First National Rank.

1t Is said that tn affairs Of the First
National Bank Of Abilene, which recent
ly suspended, are found to be in such o
condition that, though the depositors
will be paid in full, tho stockholders
will realize absolutely nothing. The
officers, it is said, have completely
Quilted the institution, and have loaned
their friends and themselves every
available cent, the securities being
worthless. The examiner will not mako
public the details Of the evidence he
has found in examining the books, but
admits that things are exceptionally
crooked.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-18
A SerlOua Charge.

F. T. Rutherford, ticket agent at the
Rock Island Depot at Wichita. has been
arrested, charged with having abducted
Miss Fannie Jenkins. He was placed in
Jail on warrant sworn to by her father.
She is fifteen years old.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-18
Kansas PenItentIary Report.

The warden Of the State penitentiary
at Lansing has made his statement for
December to the State Auditor. The
expenses OF the institution for the month
aggregated ST., 0S2.95. OF this sum, the
largest item-s4, 446. sS-was for the pay
of officers and employees. The total cash
receipts were s11,964.16. OF this s2O,-
26S OF was for convict labor, and ST.
6S4 G2 for coal sales. Net expenses. S.
76s. 20. The coal statement shows that
the total amount supplied to State in
stitutions during the month was 74,517
bushels, making 8,490,S55 bushels sup
piled during the year. Cash sales and
royalties for December, 0s, ass bushels;
for the entire year, 7,OS6,SS7 bushels.
The total amount of coal mined and
disposed of during 1889 was 10, 457, ita
bushels.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-18
An Important Decision.

At Topeka Judge Guthrie decided, in
the case of Hass VS.. the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe Railroad Company,
that the clerk of the court had no right
to issue a summons where a legal de-
posit had not been placed with the clerk;
that promise to pay, or deposit Of q
less amount than SIS, was not legal
deposit; that 1t had to be either cash
deposit Of SIS, q bond for costs, or pow
erty affidavit. He declared that the
clerk could not waive q statutory pro-
vision in reference to the amount de-
posted, and that he would set aside
service Of summons upon application Of
the defendant in every case that tho
statute had not been complied with.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-18
Masked Robbers.

About nine o'clock, few evenings
ago, three masked men entered the
house of Peter Larson, farmer near
Salina, and binding him fast with rope:
took possession Of all available valu-
ables. They also stole three horse,
and then made dash upon the tow Of
Smolan, where, with pointed revolvers,
they entered the store Of Henry Ost-
burg & Co. A scuffie ensued &Gd an
alarm was given, bringing assistance.
They fed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-18
The Trial OF Mrs. Tennison.

The third trial Of the case Of the
State VS.. Mrs. Lucy Tennison, si&ty
years of age, charged with poisoning
her husband, was brought to termina-
ton at Olathe recently. One of the
jurors was taken i'll and the entire jury
was discharged. A motion is pending
for the dismissal of the defendant.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-18
Death OF an old Settler.

Frederick Drought, who recently died
in Kansas City at the age of hundred
and one, was one of the first settlers Of
Kansas. The past rainy season was too
much for him.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-18
A Pleasant Feature.

The pleasant feature of the annual
meeting of the Kansas State Bar Asso'
citation at Topeka was the presence OF
the three Judges of the first Supreme
Court OF Kansas. 1t was remarkable.
indeed, that these three distinguished
gentlemen, after having been separated
nearly thirty years, should meet once
more and appear before the legal
profession OF Kansas. General Thomas
Ewing, the first Chief Justice, came
from New York City by special invita-
ton from the bar association and deliv-
cred an address. 1t was his first visit
to Kansas in twenty years. Hon. S. A.
Kingman, of Topeka, and Hon. L. d.
Bailey, of Garden City, who were asso'
ciates of Judge Ewing on the Supreme
Bench, were the others.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-18
Trade with Homo Merchants.

1t pays to trade with home merchants,
and to turn the watchdog on "oily-
tongued" fellows who want to take your
order for goods from houses in Chicago
or other large cities. In several locali-
ties in the State agents claiming to repre-
sent Chicago dry-goods and grocery
houses are making the rounds Of the
country and are taking orders. The
farmers are made to believe that by
purchasing job lots they are getting
great reduction on goods. These ''oily-
tongued" agents claim, Of course, their
goods to DO of the very best grade,
while in fact they are very inferior. A
few of the farmers have been duped in
this way, and have ordered job lots Of
goods, which are to be delivered within
few months. In some instances part
payment in advance is required.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-18
A Pertinent Question.

At the annual meeting of the State
Board OF Agriculture at Topeka, DR.. D.
Z. Salmon, chief of the Bureau Of Ami
NAL Industry at Washington, y. c.,
was present and made an address upon
the subject of hog cholera. Sever'l
Kansas men who claim to have discov
cred cure for this plague Of the hog
raiser were present.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-18
The ROYAL Widows of Europe,

There never were, think, SO many
royal widows in the regal circles of
Europe in existence at one time as
there are at present Beginning with
Queen Victoria, the Empress Eugene
and the two German expresses, Au-
gusta and Victoria, there are now
Queen Christina of Spain, the Ouch
ess of Albany and, latest of all, the
Grand Duchess Stephanie, whose aunt,
the mad Empress Carlotta of Mexico,
has never put on widows weeds, as
she is in daily expectation of the arrl-
val at her present home of the Emper-
or Macmillan. What brilliant des-
tiny that unfortunate prince threw
away when he left the charming
shades of Miramus TO run after the
will-o' the wisp grandeurs of vision
airy empire in the new world. He would
have been now, by the death OF his
nephew, Prince Rudolph, the heir to
the Austrian throne, and popular and
beloved as he was, he would have been
rapturously hailed as the future EN-
peror by the nations under the sway
of Austria. Napoleon Ia did his most
fatal work when he lured the intelli-
gent, amiable Macmillan from his
coniugal happiness and the brilliant
possibilities Of his future, to work out
his own sinister designs, which were
not for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the I'M
fortunate archduke, nor even for the
regularization of French claims
in Mexico, but which were sim,
ply covert acts of hostility against
the United States. Il have carved
YOU an empire out of a block Of
silver" was the remark of Napoleon
to Maximilian when the latter came *
take leave of him. 1t was not an EN-
pire but a sarcophagusthat the crown
ed Mephistopheles had followed on
for his luckless guest, and not from
block of silver, but from one of gran
ite-not in sunny Mexico. but in tn
dim funeral vault Of the Hapsburgs. =
Paris Cor. ST, Louis Post-Dispatch.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-18

IN the northwestern part of the town
OF Castleton, Rutland county. VT. Is
ihe only mandatory Of slate pencils
In the United States. The slate rock as
IL comes from the quarry is fjrst
sawed into blocks as wide as the slate
pencil is long. These blocks are easily
split into slabs little thicker than the
finished pencil, which is about five.
sixteenths of an inch. These are passed
through a planning machine and over
an emery belt, which makes them
even and smooth. Next they are
pushed into the jaws of a machine
called crocodile, which consists Of
pair Of steel plates, in the under one
OF which are six rows Of curved
knives, each being SET so as to cut a
little deeper than the preceding one.
these pillow out parallel groove half
way through the slab, which is then
turned and laid on steel plate having
ridges which just fit these grooves
This slides back under the six rows of
teeth OF another crocodile" which
cuts the grooves on the other side and
leaves the square pencils side by side.
They are then rounded and pointed
by holding them on an emery belt,
and one man can thus sharpen about
5000 day.
This factory makes 10000 pencils
daily, and employs twenty i've hands.
We might wonder where so many pen-
ellis go, but when we consider that
there are one or two million school
boys and girls, and many of them
rather careless, and that slate pencils
are easily broken, we have no doubt
the factory will have its hands full
to supply the demand.
The old way Of making pencils was
to saw them out square from the slat
one by one. They were then boxed
and distributed among poor families
who whitfield them round by hand fol
about half dollar a thousand.
Pencils are made from slate much
softer than the states upon which they
are used, and very nice pencils are
made from soapstone. New Yorl
World.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-18
An UnIucky Day in Mexico.

Tuesday is the unlucky day in Mex
leo. The popular sentiment concern,
ing it is embodied, as is the case with
Mexican proverbs and terse sayings
generally, in jingle;
En- Martes nj tie cases, nj to embarques.
Nj de tn casa to apartes.
Which, rendered literally, means: On
Tuesday, neither be thou married, nor
60 forth begin, start, enter upon, nor
separate thyself from thy house. Be
lief in the i'll luck of Tuesday is a
Spanish superstition, reference to
which is found in letter written by
Fray Juan de Zumarraga some years
before he left Spain for Mexico. Pos
sibly it is a native Mexican supersti-
ton, also-though a sufficient reason
for its prompt acceptance by the Mex
leans, perhaps, is to be found in the
fact that on a Tuesday Aug. IS, 1921
was completed the conquest OF the
capital city of Tenochtitlan, or Mex,
leo. -Scribner's.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-18
The Rattan Collins.

1.-THE latest and newest thing in
coffins," said the Rev. Stephen Merritt,
is the earth -to-earth" casket. 1t is an
oblong casket made of rattan stripped
of its outer gloss. 1t is called earth
to-earth" because through its open
work meshes the air has free access to
the remains, dissolution follows quick
ly, and the body soon assimilates with
the earth. The cost is about the same
as that of an ordinary coffin, from So
up, according to the trimmings. The
present construction is an American
idea, but similar baskets have been
used in England. They are strong
enough for the purpose, yet they will
sooner disappear in the ground than
any that have ever been used. New
York Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-18
Fattening TerraDtn.

Col. Tlghman and Mr. NJ 7. Colds
borough are largely engaged in the
propagation of terrapin, and have
about 5000 confined in a pond, where
they are fed and prepared for market.
In winter they lie dormant and do
not eat at all, but in summer time
they seem to have ravenous appetites.
The principal food given them is hard
crabs, and it takes about 500 to 600
crabs day to feed them. The crabs are
put intoa large hopper alive and hack
led to pieces in passing through the
machinery. They are then thrown
into the pond for the terrapin, which
are SO eager to get at their food that
they climb up over the backs of each
other.
The terrapin have learned to know
what the noise of the hacking ma
chine means, and as soon as it com
mences to run they begin to gather
around and show signs of Impotence
until their food is given them.-Balti-
more Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-18

\ family residing at Cape Elizabeth
have two boys, one aged 4 and the other
21 years old The older boy fell head
foremost into a tub of water He kicked
and screamed, but no one was near TO
help him, but his little brother taking in
the situation. began Juggling away to
pull him out. His little hands were not
strong enough to do so. All at once an
idea struck him, and he left the room to
return with switch, which he began to
apply quite vigorously to that part of his
brother hanging over the tub, nearest TO
him The application Of the switch
aroused the temperof the boy in the tub,
who by dexterous use of his legs and
the help of his little preserver raised
himself and backed out Moral; Spare
the rod and drown the child. Lewiston
Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-18
What London Says of Us.

Republican simplicity seems to be
fast disappearing from Washington
society, where, as learn from one OF
the journals of that capital, "the seat
ing of guests at official dinners, at
which the court rules of precedence
are obligatory, is matter OF nice eH,
actness." In cases where desperately
knotty points present themselves, it
seems the dinner list is sent to the
White House to be ''diagrammed.
The diagrammer, who is the authority
on all these grave points of precedence,
is certain Mr.. Pruden, one of the
White House secretaries. He must
have some trouble, since, as my jour
nal informs me, 1.-The ranking, of the
diplomat is still an unsettled ques
ton" and it is earnestly urged tha
this vexed question should be promptly
settled once for all by an act of con
gress. London Truth.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-18

What is new in the way of after
noon teasl Whisper it softly Jamaica
rum. Three or four drops to the cup
imparts a new flavor, and, yes, emits
a faint odor that one shifts as one
enters the tea room. There is a small
decanter behind the samovar The
saucy bruno in gown of scarlet net
with black velvet band at the round
white neck manipulates it deity and
asks no questions, Surely, - says the
bud, I've got through almost to Ash
Wednesday in wonderful condition.
Here's the fourth tea I've been to since
lunch time and yet it has nicer taste
than at the first of the season." In comes
dear old lady with white hair. TIC
her the waiter feels bound to put a
query; Which kindi" She opens
her eyes full on him. Are they serv-
ing both green and black this after
noon2' -Philadelphia Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-18

Nothing can induce Senator Voor-
hees to ride in a street car drawn by a
white horse
Senator Joe Blackburn not only
takes the white horse, but also one
having white spot on it, or one white
foot.
Senator Edmunds regards it as I'M
lucky if the first person he meets on
emerging from his house is woman.
and will return for fresh start
Senator Sherman will not extend his
left hand in greeting or receive oneex
tended to him-a familiar habit with
politicians.
Senator Call will bury or burn pair
of socks one or both of which he has
put on wrong side out.
Representative Kennedy, OF Ohio,
wears a voudoo charm which he OBJ
tanned from an old negress in the
swamps of Louisiana.
When Senator Harris, of Tennessee,
is in doubt as to course of action, he
decides it by splitting at a mark.
If Senator Vest, of Missouri, meets
a beggar in the streets before he has
spent any money he invariably gives
to the mendicant.
If the first person Representative
| Breckenridge meets in the morning is
a colored man or woman he crosses 10
the other side of the street. He claims
| if he continues on the same side he
| will be hoodooed FOR the entire day
Senator Evarts is a great admirer Of
| the flaming beauties of the circus
| posters and theatre announcements or
| the billboards, which taste he has ii
common with Hale, of Maine; Butler
of South Carolina, and Pascoe, Of Flor
ida Washington Letter in Cleveland
/ Plain Dealer.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-18
FEEDING OCEAN PASSENGERS.
What II Costs to supply the i.arder of .
Great Steamship on One Voyage.


Great Steamship ON Ono Voyage.
The big steamships which ply be
tween New York and Europe carry on
each trip across the Atlantic a little
city Of people Twothoasand persons
sometimes are stored away on board
these floating palaces. To a2peasc the
sea sharpened appetltes and assuage the
thirst Of this horde requires great
deal Of solid and liquid food. The
steward Of a certain liner took on at
Liverpool for the last round voyage
1000 bottles of champagne, 1000 OF
claret, 5000 of ale, $500 Of potter,
5000 of mineral water and 200 OF
spirits. They used last year on their
line OF steamers 5000 quarts and II,
6f3 pints OF champagne. The Ameri-
cans drink the greater part of the
champagne. They call for FIVE quarts
of it to one of any other nationality.
They also used on that line last year
| 10, GAL quarts and 1910 pints Of claret
| This had the largest sale among the
| French travellers, and indeed, all the
passengers from the continent: pre-
ferred claret.
| The Britishers drank the greater
part OF the years supply Of ale and por-
ter, in all 100000 bottles. This, with
LIS, 900 bottles of mineral water, made
enough liquid to float one of their
ships in. Pretty good showing, that.
in the way OF wet goods, isn't it,
The other vices weren't neglected.
The steward says their line used last
year 81, 600 pounds of tobacco, 65, 000
cigars and 81, 900 cigarettes; the lem.
ons used on shipboard averaged two
apiece every day, apples the same,
oranges leading with three apiece
each day.
The steward says: I'VE sailed from
Liverpool with 547 cabin passengers
and 300 in the crew. We had on board
when we started 1880 pounds Of
fresh beef, 700 pounds of corned beef
5000 pounds Of mutton, $50 pounds o.
lamb, $50 pounds of veal, $50 pound.
of pork. There were besides ZOO
pounds of fresh fish, 600 fowls, 30t
chickens, 100 ducks, so geese, so tur
keys, 200 brace of grouse, Is tons o
potatoes, 80 hampers of vegetables, 26t
quarts Of ice cream, 1000 quarts o
milk, IL, 500 eggs.
''ln the dry groceries there were 65t
pounds OF tea, 200 pounds OF coffee
1000 pounds of white sugar, 75l
pounds of pulverized sugar, 1,50
pounds Of cheese, 1000 pounds of but
ter, $500 pounds of ham and Loo
pounds of bacon. You can form from
that list of figures what it costs to vic
tual the vessel for every voyage.
MY figures are not done yet Thi
line uses 20, 900 tons OF ice every year
and an average of Loco tons OF Goa
every day. They use 1O4, 600 gallon
of engine oil for one item, and an az
, erage OF four pounds of meat a minute
or over 2,000, 900 pounds year. The
} use 90 tons of raisins and currents
, over 100000 eggs, the average bein
one every minute. They use II tor
OF mustard, IS tons of peas, IL tons {
rice and 400 tons of -four, exclusive {
q the 80, 900 loaves of bread. They us
r Is tonsof cheese and 10 of yellow soaI
e not counting the toilet soap. Thes
a are only the figures of one line, an
e there are many.n-Indianapolis New
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-18

Mrs. Langtry's hobby is fine furni-
ture. Her dressing is simple enough
Oft the stage. She likes tailor made
costumes, rich but simple, and not
particularly expensive, but her home
sa home of artistic design and taste,
It's full of all sorts of little objects OF
beauty, refinement and expense. Pot
terry of all sorts and of all nations is
scattered about, glassware is abundant
and pictures are everywhere. The
furniture is not simply for show, but
tor beauty and ease, and Mrs, Lang
Ty never comes to New York that she
doesn't at least pass couple of days
IN visiting the principal furniture
warehouses and choosing some new
mings for her house on Twenty thiro
areet.-New York journal.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-18
Making Ice In Florida.

In Florida, where ice is so desirable
for cooling food and drink. il is nos
naturally formed, and so must be
made. visited an ice factory.
They have twenty tons OF ice form
ing here all the time. They lift tank
every thirty minutes, take out the ice,
refill the tank with water and replace
it. The freezing takes forty eight
hours. The tank they have just emp
tied will be filed soon, and a new
block of ice will be taken from il on
the day after tomorrow
Now, it seems that this freezing
takes place so gently that spray Of
roses may be put into tank OF water
and frozen into the mass Of ice with
out stirring petal from its place.
There it lies Embedded. in all its
beauty of form and color-a marvel
GUS thing, | think. The icemakers
like to perform this experiment, as it
shows the clearness OF their ice; and
pride is taken in freezing pieces of un-
usual beauty and transparency.
A delicate spray of flowers, cluster
of ripe fruit, or brilliant colored fish
are favorite subjects. Exhibitions of
such freezings are occasionally made
| at FAIRS, and particularly beautiful
or interesting piece makes a very at
tractive gift for birthday or for
| Christmas
What pretty way TO preserve OBJ
| jectsl would like a collection OF
Florida specimens SO preserved. No
dried out herbarium specimens; nc
faded and distorted alcoholic prepare
tons; no unnatural taxidermist
mounts, but everything in its natural
color, its perfect outline, its living
beauty. Here, a clear little block
with chameleon; here, larger ons
with coiled rattle snake; there g
young alligator, a cluster of grape
fruit or oranges, a spray OF flowers OIL
or a series of forest leaves. But alas
such collection would not last sin
gle week. st. Nicholas.