Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-02-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

Peasant Ito his son)--"Say, Hans,
how long will you have to study before
you can wear glasses?"
An uptown druggist in this city has
In his window q card bearing these
words: "Your headache cured while
you wait"
Mabel (confidentially)-'T was aw-
fully stuck on yon once, Jack" Jack
(gratified) -"When was that?" Mabel
"Before knew you."-Epoch.
81 tell you won't put another
blamed cent into the business" he said.
Don't talk 50 loud, Mr.. Bullion, urged
the other, ''the clerks downstairs will
hear you" what oft? It's no secret"
roarcd Mr.. Bullion. "They know I'm
the silent partner. Chicago Tribune.
"A woman called at the department
of charities on Saturday bearing letter
from charitable Sewickley lady, which
stated that Of the three varieties OF poor
persons--namcly, Goods poor, the devils
poor, and poor critters"-the bearer was
of the third named species and deserved
special aid. She was sent to the County
Home.-Pittsburgh Commercial.
"A French doctor has secured .
patent on process for electro-plating
people after they die. and making their
bodies "a indestructible as copper or
brass. If this Is true, we can't see why
no-account husbands and good-for-noth-
ing sons-in-law may not be used for
bookcases aud hat racks, after they
stop spelling pure air by breathing it
Rams Horn.
One Form of It.-"You call Roxley
conceited man? He's always running
himself down. I've heard him say he
had no memory, no imagination, no
faculty of doing things like other peo-
pie, and he hated to look at his own in
significant image in the glass" eyes,
that's his way of saying that If he'd had
the making Of himself he could have
done much better job than the Lord
Tribune.
-Stammerers, when whispering, j
rarely show any impcdiment In speecbA
On this fact q new method of treatment
has been advocated, which is al follows:
In the first ton days speaking Is pro-
hibited; this will allow rest to the voice,
and constitutes the preliminary plan
Of treatment. During the next ten
days speaking is permissible in the whis-
pering voice; and in the course Of the
next fifteen days the ordinary converse
tional tone may be gradually employed.
in 1900, during the second invasion
of Spain by the French, some valuable
crown focks Of sheep were sold to raise |
money. The. (then) American Consul at
Lisbon, Portugal, Mr.. Jarvis, pur-
chased 1, 400 head and sent them to this |
country. A portion of the pure and un-
mixed Merino blood of these floclxs il |
still to be found in some few parts Of |
America. Such was really the origin |
of the immense ioclls of 6ne-wooled |
sheep now to be found in the United |
States.
The meanest Ran in California
crawled into his hole with disgust when
he heard of the meanness of the fellow
who became plaintiff in remarkable
A man from Bare Butte VAL
ley lost his pocket-bCOk containing $3.50,
which was found by man of Elk Creek.
A month later, upon learning who was
the owner, he returned the same, and
tha owner was very thankful-but sued
for interest for the use Of the money for |
that time. judgment was given for
Sl.46 and costs.
An abscnt-minded Maine man, along |
in the fall, when he saw his neighbora
digging their potatoes, took his horse,
put some baskets into the cart, and,
with his boy, drove the team across the |
pasture to back field. Opening the |
bars, the boy drove the cart into the |
field, when the farmer stepped ont q few |
rods from the fence, looked about him,
gazed across the field up and down, and |
seeing no signs of potatoes, said to |
himself: "Well, declare, I thought |