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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

u. w. Morrison of McCune was in
the city day or two this week.
j. g. Polsier returned "Wednesday
from an extended visit IN ST. Louis.
MIR. McManaman OF Mound City
was a pleasant caller on George Fen
ton and family last Sunday.
III. &. Mcntzer of Columbus &C..
compnnicd the party who wen, from
here Tuesday to attend the Southwest
City reunion.
Will MrElliincy and Bud McAboy
have been spending the past ten days
visiting Chicago and friends al
bloomington, III.
II. NJ. Gardner, brother Of the
writer. returned 10 his home in Kan
Sas City Wednesday after nearly u
months sojourn in Baxter.
A. Willard leaves today for Mem
lhis and the south to find market
for the large quantities of -four being
made by the Baxter Springs mills.
w. w. Scott, accompanied by his
wife aud daughter, Miss Ellie. lei'
Monday for Il Two weeks visit with
friends al their old home in Kentucky.
-Messrs. Chas. +. Noble and Alex.
Warner, accompanied by Misses Tot
tie Cooper and Nettie Do,y. visited
Joplin Thursday night to see the play
"A ROYAL Pass"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17
NOTICE.
CHEROKEE COUNTY, KANSAS, J
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,S
CoLUMBUs, Oct. q. 1891.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OFFlCE.S
CoLuMBUs, Oct. q, 1891.
Now, on this day, the following,
among other proceedings, were had
and the following order in relation TO
the employment of persons committed
TO the jail of said Cherokee county;
Kansas, for failing 10 pay the fine and
costs adiudged against said person
upon conviction for misdcmeanors.
1t is hereby by the said board OF
county commissioners directed and
ordered that each aud every male per-
son committed or who may hereafter
be committed &c the Jail OF said Cher-
okee county, Kansas, failing TO pay
the fine and costs adjudged against
such prisoner on his conviction ana
Increased costs shall be required TO
work and labor in breaking stone Tor
use in macadamizing streets ana
roads i'm said county; and TO labor up
on the highways Of the aforesaid come
~. where the said board of county
commissioners may designate The
work 10 be done, aud such prisoners
shall receive for each days WORK so
performed the sum of 81, and when
the work so performed in good faith
shall amount to the sum OF The me
and costs, the same shall be deemed
full satisfaction OF the fine and costs III
the action for which the prisoner was
committed to the Jail of the county.
That the above and foregoing order
may be complied with, the sheriff OF
said county is requested to properly
shackle and work the prisoners above
named, or employ guard at The ex,
pense of Il per day to take charge OF
and work and guard such prisoners
which expense shall he paid by the
county, and the sheriff is further re-
ouested to procure the necessary too'S
with which the prisoners aforesaid
may perform such woik.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17
Neutral News.

Prof. Stillwell has live alligator
and in few days will be prepared 10
exhibit him and lecture on astronomy.
II. j. Losey is at home for few
DAYS and is preparing to build large
barn.-W. A. Braman is taxed To
full capacity and can't supply the de-
mand for lumber. 1t really looks ike
we are entering an era of prosperity
and the prospects are good for the
farmer TO pay off his mortgage If ne
will look little out about buying
stock at sales. The 'pay as you go"
system might work many benefits to
the citizens of this county and state !;
but to bring it about all at once might
be TOO radical and might disturb
society.-Poliiics are not receiving
the attention now that they received u
wear ago, and if some Of the bosses
miss their guess this year it'need cause
no surprise for the people are thinking
for themselves and will render their
decision early next month. Dictator
shin and bosssm will not long be
tolerated in beautiful Kansas.
NoMoRE.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17
Accepts the Invitation.

COLUMBUS, KAN, Oct. 10, 81.
JOHN 4. Stewart, chairman of Repub-
lie IN county central committee.
DEAR SIR: l have received due
notific l:iou of The agreement entered
imio between the committee OF the
Peoples party and the Republican
committee, in reference to joint dis
cnssiOn hetween their representative
NJ. A. Householder and myself as the
representative of the Republicans. /
hereby take this manner of conveying
60 Won rs chairman OF the county
central committee INV acceptance Of
the position, trusting that we NAV be
able 10 make this campaign Of edu-
cation. Yours, w. II. CowLEr.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17
Lot the Truth be Known.
SPRINGS HOTEL,
BAXTER SPRINGS, KAN, I
r., IA loOI

Oct. Ia, 1871.
EDITOR News: Having read the
dolorous newspaper reports with re-
gard Ia the financial condition of Kan
sas, l took advantage Of the harvest
excursion rates resolved to come ana
see for myself. have spent ten days
IN Cherokee county aud | must say
that il is N, candid opinion that no
state or country was ever so slandered
aud maligned as this same state OF
Kansas. The political missionaries
who have been sent east for the pur-
pose of making political capital out OF
the misforlunes OF their own state, aud
vino have by MEASUREMENTS, false rep
RESERVATIONS aud by traducing the
character Of your people, injured the
credit of the state, deprecated the
value of lands and property, thereby
driving capital aud emigration away
from you, are the worst set of dema-
gogues, villifeis and slanderers ever
produced by any state.
Instead of the poverty aud starva-
ton which | expected TO see find AZ
wei w W. u 'ldSS WI HiNaS -" w
have in Ohio. Evidences Of prcsperi'
ty and agricultural wealth are to be
seen on every farm. The big straw
stacks. the tall corn shocks, the well
filled grain bins, the fat livestock, the
well bred teams, the top buggies. the
well dressed and rosy checked school
children al give the lie 10 the doletul
stories told 10y Pctler, Simpson, Polk
aud other calamity shrickerS whose
sole aim has heen to creep into power
through the misiOrtunes and by the
financial ruin of their own friends.
1t is true there are many mortgaged
farms, but with reasonable amount
of economy they can all be paid OIL.
Murl.a age holders are disposed TO be
lcnient and there would have been no
foreclosures had il not been for the
wild and unauthorized utieramces of
Mrs. Lease and her class. Whatever
else may lie said of that indiscrcet
fr,nale she has done more harm to the
unfortunate debtor and caused more
foreclosures and the loss of more
homes than three wears of dronlh,
chinch bugs and bad crops.
Many farmers would like 10 sell all
or Il part of their lands, but can they
expect buyers TO come in aud pay fair
prices with the exaggerated statements
vi Kansas politicians staring them IN
the face? Are land BUYERS anxious 10
make investments that will bring them
To the poor house? II the holding of
piece of Kansas land means poverty
aud starvation then the statements OF
Simpson, PETER. Polk and Household
er are correct, but if, on the other
hand, and from ten days personal OBJ
servaii0n | believe it is a fact, that
Kansas farmers are IN as prosperous a
condition as any agricultural cOmmun-
iIy on earth; that they are gradually
paying off their debts and accumutat-
ing wealth and that farm in Kansas
means a permanent home and fair
income 10 the owner. Then, say,
these false prophets should be sent to
the rear and the true condition Of af-
fairs made as public as the libelons
statements that have been going the
rounds for the past year.
NJ. G. CLARKsoN.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17
INTERPRETATIONS NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that the poll
books for the registration of voters
are now open at my Office aud viii be
closed according TO law on Friday,
Oct. %; 1891, at 6 O'Clock p. m. All
voters are required to register at least
once each year, beginning the first
Monday IN January.
e. s. McFADDEN,. City Clerk.
Office at Polster's drug store.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17
LIBRARY NOTES.

The Ladies' Library Association will
give a Halloween social at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Gregg, Oct. Slst.
1t is requested that all members of
the L. L. A. who have not paid their
$l.25 membership fee will do so at
their earliest convenience.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17
Notice to the Old Settlers of Cherokee Co.

The old settlers of Cherokee county,
Kansas, adjourned at the meeting held
at Baxter Springs, August q, TO meet
at: Columbus, Saturday, Oct. IL, at II
O'Clock a. IN. for the purpose of per-
fecting the organization. Let every
person who has resided in Cherokee
county, 81 years Tor ovcr0 attend.
A. S. DEHEIsoN, President.
Z. r.. PATTYsoN, Secretary.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17

About This time of year look out for
the colorcd gentlemen who have vote
10 sell. The buyers are not all ON
hand vet. but there are Il few Baxter
darkics on The anxious seat. To their
shame he il said that there are a few
cnorrd voters who annually sell their
votes to tire highest bidder and whelh-
ar the price is Il ten dollar bill or a
pint Of rum they are always ready To
work or vote for the men who buy
them. Politics or principle have noil-
ing to do with the case; il is question
of money or whiSkey. They do not
stop 10 inquire what are the principles
uf the party or the standing of the
men; they sell their votes to the high
est bidder just as their ancestors were
sold on the block IN slavery days.
Such men are unfit to hold the right
of franchise in free country and the
honest men of their own race should
scorn to he seen in their company. II
is true there are white men OF the
same class, hut they are not found in
Baxter Springs. Columbus may have
them or Galcua or Weir City, but there
are none in Baxter.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17
Roll of Honor.

The following named pupils were
neither absent nor iardy during Tho
month Guiding Oct. 2, oil:
Myrtle Harold. Jippie Mccoy,
Grace Doty. Tena johnson,
Maude Smith, Wilmeih Duncan,
Esther Harper, Katie Crowel:,
Vernie Mason, Pesrle Button
Ice knight, Mabel Wiseman,-
Eddie COngdon, Mathew ClaFy,
1.niIlor Maddux. Harry March,
Claude Jones.
NETTIE DoTY, Teacher
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17

A Baxter Springs gentleman re-
ceivel large lot of old clothing from
a Dorcas society in Illinois which was
sent under the impression that the
people of this state were unable TO
provide for themselves. The clothing
la, been returned to the donors with
an intimation and suggestion that
Kansas will not only buy her own
clothing this year, but will he able 10
contribute literally to the relief funds
of other states.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17

A prominent Republican OF Baxter
Springs, after returning home from
the big Alliance rally at Columbus
Thursday addressed the writer about
as follows: "Well, I'll be dad burned
il it wasn't the biggest crowd ever
saw in Columbus, and l believe those
Alliance felIers are playing the same
dad burned sneak game they played
on us last year. If the Republicans
and Democrats don't double teams
against the Alliance by gum they'll
moi elect u man this fall"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17

Phpbc Couzins, the short-haired
woman Of destiny who was destined
10 lose control Of the worlds fair, is
teaching n practical voting school for
ladies only in Chicago. Women do
not need instruction in the art of vot-
ing unless they wish to make "rcpeat-
ers" Of themselves. 1t is the caucus
ing, the wire pulling, the candidate
working and the ballot box stuffing
that requires culture. The female
voters OF Baxter never had any trou.
bile In voting, but they went all to
pieces in the caucus. As soon as one
faction was oulnumbered there was q
holt and before the election came off
there were so many boilers it took the
Judges nearly all night to count the
tickets.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17


Now is the TimeL
Come One, Come ALL
DID, Gagged and young and buy your fall and winter
before the stock is broken.
$50 900 Worth Of New and SeasOnabIe Goods
must be ninety prices that defy competition
With our method of doing business are able to
Save You from 10 to 20 per cent on Your Fall Purchases
There One them buys for cash. the
buys time 1t the cash customer after do you
expect money be paid for the borrowings merchants
locked his goods Can he afford loan You his goods
his capital without interest," Or in other words the
sells add per cent for interest and losses
by bad The credit business get out of higher
prices less quantity inferior quality and you want get the
ACTUAL WORTH OF YOUR MONEY
and not contribute the dead beat who pays
YOUR PLACE TO TRADE is AT OUR STORE.
We are position give greater bargains than before
Our Stock Was Never so Large and Well Selected Now.
Our Clothing department would be a credit any city.
We have 1896 Suits and 487 OvercOas by actual count
70 select from ranging in price from s125 to $25. Boot and
Shoe department is the most complete the Southwest
The Cash Trade of Cherokee and Surrounding Counties
is What We Cater to.
J. c.. LITTLE.
COLUMBUS :: KANSAS
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-09
FARM, GARDEN An ID
HOU SEHOLD.
Make Homo Happy


Don't shut up your house lest the
sun should fade your carpets, MOI
your hearts lest a merry laugh
should shake down some of the
musty old cobwebs there. II you
want TO ruin your SONS, let them
think that all lnirth and social en-
ioymcnt must be left on the TIRES
hold without when they come home
at night.
When once a home is regarded as
only place to eat, drink and sleep
in, the work is begun that ends i'll
disappointment. Young people
must have fun and relaxation some
where. If they don't lind it at theiI
own hearthstone, it will be sought
at other and less profitable places.
Therefore, let the fire burr
brightly at night, and make the
homestead delightful with all thos,
little arts that parents so perfectly
understand.
Don't reprcss the buoyani spirit
OF your children. ii,tfiif ar irs,,,r=, :,
merriment around the freight OF d
home blots out many a care and
am oyance during the day, and the
best safeguard they can take witt
them into the world is the unsee1
influence of a bright little domesti,
circle.
Put home first and foremost, fol
there will come "a time when th,
circle will be broken, when vol
will "long for the touch of van
ished hand, and the sound of &
voice that is STILL and when you
greatest pleasure will be in remem
bering that you did all you could il
your power to put song undc
every burden, to make each othe
happy.-HomehoM.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-09

How rare il is TO sec It,, heart, Wig
orous old man ike tbs vino Is advanced
in years but is good for maly vars more
Too often we see old meu aud ,4el women
weak, broken, sicky. c1usf Il y sua ring
miserable most II thor time.
They look back upon their carly years
with longing, anl they look forward witt
dr, al. And yet he matter how much then
constitutions may have been impaired
there Is no reason why they Should not live
tie rest Of their DAYS in health and eompar
atlvo strength, 1tIs la been dsue by
many In the asst. aud Is bong done by
more to-day. There Is way Tor those
who care to follow II Do you ask what
Il s WAY il y aHsw, T, bs tn use oil
that great liff giyer AMI strength imparter
Hunts EemeiY. II Is not only a mic
but food for tn life. Il au4keus to
hoalthfni action the sngsisa liver, th'
weakened Kidneys, the peof circulation, II
makes the blood better nnl gives Il warm
glow to the system Il Las been used foi
more than fifty yests, and is unque-tion.
ably the best nf all modern discoveries
Read what has hasn said IN is favor:
II eheerfully recommend Hunts Remedy
1t has almost raised the dead. DIR. l.. A
Palmer, Westerly, L. |.
Hunts Remedy aave1 mt from death
by Brights disease. n-Jere Smith, Kings
ton, NY,
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-09
Hints to housol eepers

Icing for cake may lie prevented
from cracking when e by adding
one tablespoonful Of Sseet cream to
each unboaten egg Sir all up to-
gether, then add sugar until as stiff
as can be stirred.
Pickles of some kind should ac-
company fish, because Of its aka
line nature.
When suffering from oyerstrained
and tired eyes, battle them in hot
water several times day.
Halibut is nice for broiling: the
steaks should be an inch thick.
Cut in small pieces and dipped in
egg and crumbs it can be fried in
boiling fat.
For cankered throats, mix equal
parts of powdered borax and sui
phur, and blow a little into the
throat through a quill.
Doctors claim that the eating of
oranges before meals is not so bene-
fetal from a medical standpoint as
eating them after meals upon a full
stomach.
In using gold or any other of the
nronzes never mix the medium with
tne powoei, a Ss1s- ~'sa-.e obtaln
the pest effect In painting DIP
Nuur prusn iiis1 INTO inc ilquld then
mo lhc power, kept Ill separate
Sauners'
10 Keep tne pread Jar ana cake
pon Sweet rinse a,'er Washing with
oolilhe watel IN "lllcn little com
'''o'i So'a mas peeii uissoiNed; tleh
se' o"' vi uoorS III the sun ior a lew
HOURS
a very large fish should not be
eoon ., whoie, as lhe INN part al
.io '.ii "ou''' pe oole IN hi'lcil ieS'
UNIV ,hah lhe heaa anu shoulders
wo',u require II you Wish TO COOK
~ wno.o, snaps IL llke inc iet.er .
W Sins " s.iihs AROUND tiie ooay
""u ''""''S l"s'e'i aro''ilo 'he mead
Inc me Japanese cement is made
ny mixing rice flour with a sutli
cent quantity OF cold water, and
theh boiling gently, with constant
SURFING.
Clear beef drippings may be used
tor irving nIlrnnSpI hut n ,niytur,
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-09
LISTEN !!
$500
WILL DO IT !

That is all the ready cash you are
required to provide. Sitting Room,
Chamber, Dining Room, and kitch-
en-, with neat, coy, useful, wear
able furniture, 5000 per week is all
we ask You to save, and in this way
you can pay for all inside two
years.
VIII any other furnishing com
pany offer you tie same liberal
terms No Why ? First Of all,
they haven't capital enough at the
back of them to give such long cred
it to any one who wants it. Sec
ondly, they don't carry stock enough
to ill as many orders as we shall
get i'll As soon as this advertisement
is read. Last year we filled over
600 Of these house orders at $500
down.
See what we offer, and remember
we charge You nothing extra fol
the convenience of credit, and de.
liver the goods at once, on receipt
of first payment.
Please cut this out and enclose
to Ms when Won order.
If you only want furniture fol
one room, send $500; if for two
rooms, Sl2; if for three rooms
$3.50 il for four rooms $500.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-09
To Our Subscribers.

The special announcement which appear
ed In our columns some time since, an
nounclng d special arrangement with DR.
b. j. Kendall Co. of Enosburgh Falls, Vt.
publishers of "a Treatise on the Horse
and his Diseases, whereby our subscib
crs were enabled to OBTAIN copy Of that
valuable WORK free by sending their ad
dress to b. j. Kendall Co. (and enclosing
a two-cont stamp for mailing same) is re
uewed for limited period. We trust al
will avail themselves of the opportunity
of obtaining this valuable work. To every
lover of the horse it is Indispensable, as II
treats in a simple manner all the diseases
which afilict this noble animal, Its phe
nomenal sale throughout the United
States and Canada, make it standard auth
GRITTY. Mention this paper when sending
| for "Treatse." i2wG
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-09

Last week the Arkansas legis-
lature passed bill appropriating
$4,000 for disabled x-Confeder-
ates and their INDECENT widows, and
voted to substitute lite-size por-
trait Of Jefferson Davis for the pic
ture of George Washington, which
has hung on the wall above the
Speaker of the House for twenty
NearS.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-09


Tile Chinese OF sacred Lily, Of
the Chinese, is said to be the same
thing as our old Roman narciSSns,
but Notwithstanding this it is a
most sweet and wonderful flower.
1t has become extremely popular
and fashionable in the cities, and
the bulbs are placed on sale at
nearly every flower stand. y few
pebbles are placed around the
bulbs, plenty of water sprinkled
over them daily, and they seem 10
thrive on the open flower stands As
if they were growing in the imperial
Chinese gardens. The lilies are
supposed to bc new and rare flow
ers. and as such they sell rapidly
and for fancy prices; but even
though they should prove to be the
old Roman narcissus, this fact
should not make them any the less
desirable. a bulb should he placed
in a deep Hat dish, with pieces oI
charcoal in the centre, and pebbles
piled up around it. The dish should
be kept full Of water, and then
placed III a dark roomuntil the roots
begin 10 grow. Fit funnel OF stiff
paper over the dish, with large
opening at the top, aud give tht
plant light and warmth after thu
leaves appear. When the leaves
reach the top of the funnel TAKE
/ The paper away and place. the dist
Ia "A sunny window. The buds viii
soon appear. Each bulb will give
six flower stalks, and each on viii
bear several beautiful flowers,
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-09

An investigator who took pains
to find out the number of agricul
tural papers taken in each town.
ship of a certain county in Ohio
found that the success of each, rs
shown by the census of 1885, was in
exact ratio to the number of farm
papers taken. In one township
not an agricultural paper was taken
and the average price of butter for
the year was 103 cents. In another
township 2l4 agricultural papers
were taken, costing about $3.50, and
the butter sold at an average of 20a
cents the same year.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-09
MISCELLANY.

a have got the drop on YOU said the sun
to the cicle.
The most effective remedy for nasal calarrh
is Old Saul's Catarrh Cure. Everywhere for
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Cutting teeth is the hardest work tho baby
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Why is pretty girl like bank note Be
cause they both have face value.
"Come to my arms" said he Cant" say,
she. ave got rheumatic" "Gct Salvation
Oil" She went Immediately and bought a bot
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Many home has been robbed Of sunshine
and happiness, by the loss of some dear child
when DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup would have savet
it.
Broken hearts are never dangerous as lonl
as Inner tastes good.
HAVE been Il sufferer from catarrh for 20 years
| found immediate reliet in the OF Elys Cream
Balm. Since using it have not suffered momen
hon headaches sore throat or loss OF sleep, ron
which previously suffered, caused by catarrh.
consider your Balm a valuable remedy g
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Ey's Cream Balm is worth its weight in gold n
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Lowell, Franklin, Pa.
You can tell which billiard player is playin.
the poorest game b. the frequency with whic
he chaks his cue.
You've tried DR.. Pierce's tavoritc Prescription
have you, and you're disappointed. The result
not immediate.
And did you expect the disease OF years 10 dis
appear in a weekl Put pinch of time in eve =
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wish we could give you the MAKERS confidence
They show it by giving the money back again i
all cases not benefited, and it'd surprise you I
know how few dollars needed TO keep up the re
fund
Mid, gentle, soothing and healing is Dr. Sage
Caarrh Remedy Cures the worst cases Permanent
~ No experimenting. It's "Od Reliable
twenty five years of success.