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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-12-29

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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03
From steel to Aluminium.


In all probability the day of steel Is
almost over. Aluminium will soon
take It's place. A metal as little liable
TO tarnish in air or water, as little or
less affected by acids than gold, twice
as strong us steel and one'third the
weight, as malleable aud ductlle AS
gold, aluminium offers advantages 10
the shipbuilder, as IL does TO Inc
bridge builder, to the machlnest ana
to all engaged in the mechanic arts III
which any metal is employed, that
cannot be ignored, and the only thing
that stands in the way OF It's suOStiln-
ton for steel and iron, and perhaps for
copper, tin, lead and every other metal
except zinc. " hich has uses peculiar to
itself, is the cost Of production from
the ore. Aluminnm is the most album
dant of all metals contained in the
earth's crust, being a constituent OF
all clays, and a slight improvement IN
the method of reducing il will bring
its cost down to such point that iron
and steel ut present prices would be
dear by comparison, because OF me
better use that can be maize OF tlis
lighter and stronger metal. It's cost
now is GO cents a pound. When II
falls TO 10 cents il will be much cheap
err than steel ut 5 cents. II is being
manufactured in this country and in
England, and earnest scientific minds
are occupied from day 10 day IN eX-
detrimental processes Of its reduction
from ore, with the view of producing
it in such abundance as will enable
the substitution of il in all mechanical
arts for steel. ANY day the process by
which this can be accomplished may
be discovered and perfected, and the
price drop to few cents a pound.
The vessels of war and peace will he
constructed of it that will he stronger
than steel ships and tighter than those
of wood. The navigablc waters Of
the globe will be increased very large
ly-some say two-thirds-6y the light
er draft of the vessels, and the speed
produced by engines of the same horse
power as are now used in iron and
steel steamers will lie very much
greater. The engines themselves may
be made of aluminium, and being so
much stronger, as well as lighter, they
would give a power which no engine
of the dav can reach. In short met
al revolution seems to be at hand.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

The Topeka Capital says inferma-
ton has been received by the state
veterinarian and by the state board Of
agriculture that a peculiar epidemic
among horses has reached the state
and is killing great many horses
The reports indicate that it is most
serious epidemic and that 1t is likely
to sweep the state unless steps are
taken promptly to check it. AT the
present time 1t is most serious in Jef-
ferson and Shawnee counties. Scores
of fine horses have died within the
past ten days. 1t appears to be a con-
tagious disease entirely unknown to
veterinarians and horsemen in this
state. The same disease has recently
made its appearance in Missouri, and
is proving very fatal to the horses. In
several stables an entire stable of-fif-
teen or twenty animals were str cken
within a week. The matter is being
investigated by the officials OF that
state, but up to the present time they
have been unable to discover the cause
mr. thu curp
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03
Wonder Worker.

Mr.. Frank Huffman. young man
of Burlington, o., states that he had
been under the care OF two prOmi-
nent physicians.and used their treat
ment until he was not able to get
around. They pronounced his cas-
10 be Consumption and incurable.
He was persuaded TO try DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs ana Colds and at that time
was not able 10 walk across the
street without resting. He found.
before he had used half Of dollar
bottle, that he was much better; he
continued 10 use it and 10 to-day en-
loving good health. lyon have any
Throat, Lung or Chest Trouble, try
u. We guarantees satisfaction
Trial bottle fEses at Polstap's Drug
Store. o
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.

We acknowledge receipt OF the cat
alogue of the University Of Kansas
for lS9O-9l, and the report Of the uni
versity board Of regents for the bien-
mum ending june 30, 1890. We are
glad to note in these publications evil
dent signs OF the university's progress.
By recent act Of the legislature the
preparatory department Of the nniver-
sity has been gradually cut off until
the beginning Of the academic year
lS9O-9l shows but So preparatory stu
dents in the university where hereto
fore the average has been $50. Coin
cident with this cutting off of second
ary classes, the regular collegiate
classes have been steadily growing in
size. Last year there were 1879 sta
dents in the regular classes of the col
lege Of liberal arts. This year 264 are
already enrolled in these classes. The
total attendance last year was 5OS.
while this year It is 474 notwilhstand
ing reduction of 100 students IN the
preparatory class as compared with
that of last year. The close of this
academic year will see the complete
LAYING aside of the preparatory work.
OF the university students over 80 per
cent are found to he the sons and
daughters of Kansas farmers, while
but 5 per cent are children of bankers
and capitalists. The fathers of q per
cent are professional men, the fathers
Of 10 per cent are merchants aud
tradesmen, the fathers of per cent
are artisans, and the fathers Of II per
cent follow occupations which may be
classed as miscellaneous.
As further evidence that worthy but
poor young men and women are mol
excluded by considerations of expense
from attending the university, 1t 10
discovered that 81 per cent Of all the
students IN the university are entirely
svlT-supporting; So per cent are one
half self.supporting, and 6 per cent
are oHe-fourih self-supporting.
The faculty of the university now
numbers So, aud includes men Of ma
tional reputation. In the university
catalogue of lSS9-9O, 10 Kansas high
schools were credited with fully pre-.
pairing students for the freshman class
In the catalogue for this year Al high
schools, or more than twice as many
as listed last year, fully prepare stu
dents for the university. The effort
on the part of the university TO estab'
IIsh q close aud mutually beneficial
relation has met with q warm and
ready response from the state ednca'
tors. Tuition is entirely free 10 Kan
sas students IN ell departments Of the
university. The total value Of prop
erty belonging to the university ex-
elusive OF endowment iS 1912 600.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

The allianc" is going TO operate a
life insurance department in counec-
ton with the order. There will be
persons wicked enough to wish all
the policies paid as soon as possible.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

While the Kansas sheriffs were dis
cussing the question as 10 the best
manner of preventing prisoners from
escaping three recent inmates of the
Hiawatha jail were making for
N, braska aud two from Harper county
were looking for claims in the CherO-
kee strip.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

II doesn't seem just right that the
biggest crop of apples raised in Kan
cas- this year grew in an orchard thai
belonged to lawyer
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

A new year has been born. 1871 rs
numbered with tho past. and 1891 Is
here. May 1t prove happy and pros
porous year for the patrons of the
NEWS and everybody else.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

There is some danger that the far
mers of western Kansas will become
so deeply interested in the question OF
irrigation that they will forget to put
out any spring crops to he irrigated.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

Of the thirty six professors in the
state university four were born in
Kansas-Carrulh, Dyche, Franklin
aud Kellogg. Kansas is able to raise
her own educators as well as about
everything else she needs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

There Is one way open yet for a
Kansas man 10 become celebrated
more than Ingalls,, and that is for the
one who will discover some kind of
grain that will ripen quicker than the
19O. dav" corn.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

The Lawrence Journal is credited
with q novel method 10 effectually
settle the Indian question: ~Srnd
the Indians 10 Mississippi South Car
Olina aud the other southern alliance
states, provide them republican tickets
and instruct them 10 vote. The re-
suit would be rapid and permanent,
and all would soon be ''gOOd Indians"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

II Indtoa,iOns go for anything, Ksn-
sas is certainly entering upon an era
OF good crops, good prices and conse-
quenly prosperity, such As she saw
along in 1856. The wheat will go into
winter with the ground In perfect con-
aiti0n. The ground will also be ell
right Cor spring work. II win require
aainsihing more Than two, three or
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

The university now has five buildings
fully occupied. Altogether the ins'i-
tuition is one OF which the state may
well be proud.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

The business OF the country was
never better at this season of the year
than at present.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

The Kansas City, (Kansas) Gazette
nominates General Rice to succeed
Sitting Bull.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03
four total failures to convince us that
Kansas will not again ride on the crest
Of prosperity.

At the last session of the Legislature
a committee of five was appointed by
the senate ITO revise and codify all
existing laws" The committee is
composed of Senators +. p. Hardness,
F. B. Murdoch, g. II. Kimball, M. G.
Kelley and Joel Moody. These gen.
tlemen made their report to the gov
enOr which report appears in the
Topeka Capital of the 18th ult. II is
voluminous in character and recon-
mends sweeping reductions In salaries
aud fees of public officials, the con-
sol;dation of a number of boards and
institutions, the creation OF a state
board Of public works and a general
overhauling of all state Institutions
Should the Legislature adopt the views
as outlined by the committee the tax
PAYERS all over the state will say amen.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03
Pain unnecessary in Childbirth.

Pain is no longer necessary in child
birth. Its causes being understood,
are easily overcome. ANY woman may
now become a mother without suffer-
ing any pain whaiever,-the labor be-
ing made short, easy aud free from
danger Morning sickness, swellrd
limbs, aud all other like evils can be
readily controlled, and all female dis
eases speedily cured. Physicians pro-
n0unce it wonderful discovery. New
or known 10 fail. 100000 ladies attest
ITS merits. Cut this out; il may save
your life. Suffer not II day longer, but
send us two 2 cent stamps, and receive
in sealed envelope full particulars,
testimonials, confidential letter. Nc.
Address, FRANK THOMAS Il Co., Balti-
more, Md.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03
SATURDAY, JANUARY 3.

Senator Plumb says that Senator
ingalls, will be returned to the senate.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

A quart of Kerosene, costing almost
nothing, will save many valuable tools
from becoming rusty. Simply apply
It with paint brush II will do no
harm to any kind Of implements.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

The available balance in the Uuited
States treasury at present is $6l, O6S,-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03
IRL II. HICKS WEATHER PROPHET

The following taken from the "stOrm
chart" for 1891 OF Rev. Irl Il. Hicks OF
81. Louis will prove interesting to
many. Here are his predictions for
JANUARY.
The cold prevailing in most parts at
the end of 1890 will begin 10 moderate
in the west about Jan. I'd, and during
the 81 and 4lh the warmer tempera-
ture will travel 10 the east, resulting
in rea ctiOnary gusts of rain and snow.
The Sd is the central day. Cold will
follow the storms. A warm wave
will start about the 9Th, attended bv
ihawing, and ending in energetic rain,
snow, and wind storms about the 9Th,
10th, 1lLh. Be waichiul Of cold TO
follow up 10 change OF temperature.
about 18th and 18th, with more falling
weather on those days. The 10Th Is
the center of the next period. Expect
the cold to begin mOderaling in the
west about the 18th, gathering up rain
aud snow storms toward the east dur
ing Goth, 2lst, Odd. The regular rush
of cold will pruss the rear of these
storms, calling for care in exposed
places. The 26th is the center of re-
laxali0n movements, which will touch
the 25ih aud 9th in their course from
west 10 east. The month will end
with active storms brewing.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

Mail and passenger trains run daily ire, rna
daily except sunday. Natl closesat poS'-ohce
90 minutes before train time: .,t.
Raxtcr and Chetopa Mail and Hack Line.
,,.s,,av Ihnradny and Saturday. Leaves bnA-
ieri b. m; Kcciville $50; Metrose =; anu
srrives nt Chetopa ate o. CLOCK pm.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-03

BAXTER LODGE, No. Is, 40. wv.
Meets every Friday evening Ut. Ryon, NJ: W :.
!, n. English, Rec; X p. McGregor, FIN !
Theo Griffin and r. b. English, Ned Exs.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-18
Tho Telenathio Inhnenoe.

The great diversity of the forms
under which a telepathic influence
manifests itself furnishes but slight rea
son for supposing that all cannot obey
one and the same law. For we know
that matter may act on matter most
variously. AS variously, too. may mat
ter act on body, or body on mind
matter on matter directly, whether as
mass on mass or as atom on atom, OF
indirectly through the earth, the at
mosphere, the ether; and through the
body on the mind, through our senses
of touch, of taste and smell, of hearing
or of sight, in ways wonderful and in,
comprehensive. The telepathic infu
ence, like the material, may require
time to develop itself so far as to pro
duce a sensible effect; it may, within
wide limits, be more or less intense; it
may need for its manifestation very
peculiar conditions. Like the influence
of gravity between small masses on the
earth's surface, it may he far too faint
to be perceptible. Blackwood's Maga-
zine.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-18
what 1t Costs to smoke.

Dr. F. B. Nofsinger, Kansas City''
postmaster, does not smoke very much,
but he has nevertheless sent a number
of greenbacks up in clouds during the
past thirty years. The doctor is a com
Portable sort of man and likes to enjoy
the good things going. He does not
smoke more than five cigars a day-he
thinks more might be injurious to his
health. This makes a total of $50 per
month, or 1,SO0 in a year, which num-
Der multiplied by thirty, the number
of years the doctor has been given to
the weed, gives grand total of 54,-
600.
These cigars retail at ten cents apiece,
but DIR. Nofsinger buys them by the
hundred, and in that way the expense
is but seven cents to the unit. At
seven cents apiece the 54, 900 cigars
smoked in thirty years would cost
So, ,7S0. Had these been purchased at
ten cents apiece the expense would
have been S., 400 And in considera-
ton of the fact that the postmaster is
a pretty good kind of fellow he must
have given away about 81, 900 worth.
Rather a snug sum of money, the mod
crate smokers cigar bill for thirty
years. Kansas City Times
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-18
Curious Natural tunnels.

The mountain canyons play curious
! pranks with the weather of towns sit
mated at their entrance. In Boulder
one day the sky was bright, the sun
was shining serenely and the air was
absolutely without motion. 1t was a
perfect morning. About 10 o'clock a
strange roar could be heard afar off in
the mountains. For half an hour it
grew louder and louder, but not a
breath of air stirred the dust on the
streets of the town.
Then there came a rush of wind that
almost took men off their feet. For an
hour dust, sticks and scraps of paper
were hurled with binding force. Lo-
comotion was nearly impossible. Then
the wind lessened, the atmosphere
cleared, and in a few moments the day
was as placid as though the great
mountains had given no manifestation
of their mysterious forces.
The canyons act as tunnels. They
gather the wind in the big end, as it
were, and shoot it out through the lit
tie end with its power multiplied a
dozen times. It's startling freak un-
til you are used to it.-Denver News.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-18

In new country the traveller must
not be particular. much less exacting;
above all he must not expect TO find re-
fnement among the inhabitants, whose
whole efforts barely suffice to sustain
the combat against the elements. Still
1 cannot refrain from noting the i'm
preston Of sadness and disgust pro-
duced by the SIGHT Of the towns and
colonies of the pampa. and by glimpse
of the life that the Inhabitants lead.
Verify the majority live worse than
brutes, for they have not even the clean
ly instincts of the beasts of the field.
Their houses are less agreeable TO the eye
than the Esquimaus hut. The way
they maltreat their animals is sickening
TO behold.
Rarely do you see the face of a man,
woman or child that does not wear a
ferocious expression. In the villages
there are no clubs, no libraries, no
churches, no priests, rarely even a
school The men and women work,
eat and sleep. During my whole stay
in the Argentine and in all the centers
that visited was struck by the utter
absence of moral restraint, and by the
hard materiality Of the faces of the peo
pie from the highest down to the low
Child in Harper's.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-18
The Cars SNUFF Box.

The cars snuff box is as sacred as
the imperial crown itself-no one is al
lowed to touch it. Kapiof wagered
that he would take pinch out of it.
One morning he walked up to the table
which stood near the bed on which the
czar still reclined and boldly took from
it the majestic snuff box. Opening it
noisily he inserted his fingers, and
while Paul was watching him in
stupefaction at such audacity he
shifted up the fragrant powder with
evident satisfaction.
what are you doing there, you
roguep exclaimed the czar, excitedly.
Having a pinch of snuff, sire.
have now been ON duty for eight hours
and, feeling drowsy, thought it would
keep me awake, for would rather
break the rules of etiquette than neglect
my duty"
Paul burst out laughing and merely
replied
That's right enough, my lad; but
as the snuff box is not large enough fol
both of us you can keep it for your
self. lie Petit Moniteur.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-18
A Bnllet's Freak.

A curious shooting affair, which oc
Cured in Medora, N. D.. is thus de
scribed by traveller:
did not see the actual occurrence,
but saw both men Immediately after
ward, and heard the shooting, which
took place in saloon on the bank.
while was swimming my horse across
the river will not give the full names
of the two contestants, as | am not
certain what has become of them
though l was told that they had since
been put in Jail or hanged, forget
which.
One of them was a saloon keeper,
falniliarly called Welshy. The other
man, Hay, had been pickering with him
for some time, One day Hay entered
the saloon and the quarrel became at
once violent. Welshy suddenly whipped
out his revolver and blazed away at
Hay,
Hay staggered slightly, shook him.
self, stretched out his hand and gave
back to his would be slayer the ball,
saying, Here, man, here the bulletl"
1t had glanced along his breast
bone, gone a roundabout course and
come out at the point of the shoulder,
when, being spent, it dropped down the
sleeve into his hand.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-18
How News Is Sometimes Given.

The press makes many mistakes. The
wonder is that in the rush of present
ing an epitolne of the worlds daily do
ings at each breakfast table it does not
make a thousand errors for one. II
makes very few deliberately, and many
OF those statements concerning which
loud mouthed and quibbling denial'
are often accepted are true in their es
sentials
Three examples will serve to throw
light on this branch of the subject
Said man of national fame who had
commanded one of the Union armies,
and had been the governor of his state
and had served with distinction in con
gress, in furnishing some sensational but
true statements for publication, '"This
is exact, but if you ever give me as au
thority will publicly deny your dis
patch.
Said former dean of the diplomatic
corps in presenting a story of deep in
terest, IF you allow this to be traced
to me will promptly deny any con.
nection with it over my official sigma
ture, and leave you in the lurch."
Said a senator of many years service,
both in and out of congress, after talk.
ing at length for publication; Yes;
write it up, and print it. But be care
full If don't like it will deny the
whole of it,"-General Fl. V. Boynton
in Century
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-18
Downing His Rival.

1t was night, sweet, delicious night,
the crisp, clear, moonlit October night of
the temperate zone, one of those nights on
which all the poetry in a mans and a
womans nature rises to the surface and
on which there is naught but love and
calm delight in the heart.
1t was therefore strange to behold a
young couple facing each other and re-
garding each other with looks so cold
and chilling that an iceberg would have
seemed like furnace in their vicinity.
81 know why you wish me to leave
you," he said in sharp and metallic tones,
each syllable of which seemed to fall
from his lips with click.
queenly head.
Because" he hissed, because you ex-
pect visit from my rival"
"What if do?" she said. Then, throw
ing colder glitter into her eyes than
had previously illumined them, she
added, perhaps he loves me better than
you do"
"Oh, he loves you," laughed the
youth sardonically; "without doubt he
loves you, for I've heard him praising
you"
Heard him praising mew The cold
glitter left her eyes "What did he sayP
"He said you were pretty-yes, pref
ty. L do not seek to hide the fact from
you"
"He said / was pretty"
"Yes, he said you were pretty-almost
as pretty as your friend, Miss Somely."
Her face became deathly white.
"Almost as pretty as Miss Somely|
she repeated mechanically.
She was silent while you could have
counted twenty, or perhaps twenty-one.
Then she said
Hadn't we better go in, John, instead
of staying out here at the garden gate?"
And as they passed out of the moon
light into the house he said softly to
himself;
I've cooked his goosew-New York
Press.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-18
A strange Chicken Roo.t

On DR.. Phinizy's place in Columbia
county there lives negro named John
son Lowe. He is pretty we'll supplied
with chickens, but, as he says, they
are the most peculiarest chickens he
eber did see." They lay and hatch like
all other chickens, but in a very novel
way. In the yard are seven or eight
chinaberry trees, and in each of these
the hens have built nests Some Of
them are twelve and fifteen feet
from the ground. One old frizzly
hen set the example, flying into a tree
with dry grass, twigs, cotton, etc, and
building her nest in a crotch. Straight
way three or four others did likewise,
and now they won't lay anywhere else.
When the young ones are hatched out
they soon climb over the edge and fall
10 the ground, after which they arc
cared for by loves wife, People foI
miles around drive there in order 20
witness the strange sight, - Atlanta
Constitution.