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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-11-21

IT Is said that Osman Pasha, the
Zero Of the Plevna, now holds the hon
msNe. but arduous. post Of sealer in
aSe sEltan's Kitchen. 1t is his business
aDwusGh Incorporation OF the food in
landed for tho royal table, to see that
40 utison is introduced, and to seal 1t
up before it is carried out OF the kitch-
IN. The seals are only broken In the
Srussnce Of the sultan.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-11-21
WESTERN AUSTRALIA is product

WESTERN AUSTRALIA is producing
awoQa which is destined to be much in
Aror with church builders. This is
sAe Iarrah Wood, which is as hard and
aursNle, as oak, but possesses a rich,
Rsen color like mahogany or very old
rs2. and is, we'll adapted for paneling
rna carving. Old Herne church in
Kant where the tie deum was first sung
IN the English language, has just been
-oOsed with Jarrah, and the effect is
sASs 10 be startlingly fine. The church
&now completely restored.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-11-21

DICK HowELLs, the English cham
piOn bicyclist, stands six feet three in
SAes hail and weighs over 200 pounds,
He is a splendid looking athlete, in
psriect condition and constant practice
Snd is rs 1.-the as q panther end as &C
live rs adeer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-11-21

A MONUMENT to tho memory OF the
French orator and statesman, Gam
Aetha, was dedicated Sunday ut Vile
E,Anray- A jar containing the heart
u tlsa dead statesman. was deposited in
she lnse OF the monument, which stands
In tho ward where Gambetta committed
uicile
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-11-21

In making calculations OF possible re,
sults IL should 5e remembered that
Michigan will not vote as q whole, out
by congressional districts. This was
expected 70 give the democrats at least
four votes in that state, but 1t may not
weld more than three.-Indianspolis
NaWa
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-11-21
TIE New York World announces tn.

TIE New York World announces that
more than the needed money for the
aaense OF Mrs. Maybrick has been re-
seiued. The fund amounts now to Sl62l,
which will no sufficient to bring the
matter before the English courts, and,
a Is hoped, secure Mrs. MAVERICKS re-
1uAse.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-11-21

NEVADA. Mo-, November IA
Charles Mills foreman Of the Missouri,
Kansas q Texas yards here, was In
etantly killed this morning while MAX
ING 3 coupling. Both legs were broken
and the TOD OF his head was cut OF. The
BODY was sent 70 Parsons for burial
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-11-21

GENERAL OoMAIENTs..

JOGGING from newspaper opinions ex-
Sressed about Sir Ed win Arnold's first
Dahlic reading in New York, his COM
ing to any city will be adecided treat to
III Of its cultivated people.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-11-21

Paris was recently astounded with the
tents of Apollon, q 25-year-old French
man. who weighs go pounds. and who
can iift three horses, hold 1000 pounds
out at arms length, and play catch with
q lRl mound Weight.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-11-21
cao,od hy the Bank Rraninsr.

CORY, Pa, November lathe Cory
National bank suspended this morning
The bank was believed 20 be perieo.ly
aound. It was closed By the order 81 the
baDF examiner, The banks pfo.ldsFt
e 7. A. Allen and the cashier =. A.
Harmon. The capital stock d 800 ~,
the surplus Sle,60o and undivided
profits o67b1
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-11-21
rha ELECTORAL College.

The elections have aroused political
ejaculation: there is renewed desire u
know exactly how the electoral college
ia composed now. The following table
gives the number of votes OF each state
1nder the latest apportionment:
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-07
The Origin of Ice Cream.

Philadelphia has contributed a great
deal to the interesting history OF this
country. 1t has done So much that it
would doubtless be place OF conSplcu-
Gus Importance were it not that its best
wears were long ago and only their re-
memhrance fingers. Where other peo-
pie have the organ Of ambition the Phila-
dclphian has the organ of memory. He
looks eagerly ahead into the past where
all his future lies. He is satisfied to be
aware that his townsmcn are great in
their ancestry and that they bcqueathed
to this country the continental congress,
the liberty bell and George Washington's
chair, knife and fork.
Even this surfeit of rich honors does
not satisfy the Philadelphia pride, and q
paragraph now making the rounds OF
the press asserts that the Quaker city
can claim the origin Of the public bcne-
faction popularity and ungrammatically
STYLED "ice-crcam. The paragraph
saws that the rejection was first made
and sold in Philadelphia ninetv-one
years ago, shortly after Mr.. Benjamin
Franklin wandered into town with Il roll
under each arm and saw the lady who
was to be his wife standing on door
step. The paragraph is very guarded in
it's assertion and does not give us any
more than the bare statement. Until
something definite can be learned anti
quarians will not give Philadelphia more
than her Just due OF recognition. None
of the Biddlcs have yet confirmed the re-
port and the remainder Of the local popu-
Iation has not himself decided.
To those who eat icc-crcam its history
is not OF 50 much moment as itself and
the price charged for it. But If Phiia-
dclphia did make the first dish no one
will deny her another medal equal in size
and luster to all her others. No seven
cities shall squabbIc for the honor OF ice
cream Chicago News.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-07

Says the New Orleans Picayune: John
Doe owns farm in New York on the
bank Of the Niagara River, and he makes
an honest penny now and then pasturing
COWS for his neighbors. Richard Roe has
also license from him to hitch his row
boat on the bank, with Incidental right
of ingress and egress through the pasture.
Some weeks ago Richard lost his chain
and improvised rope of hay with which
to moor his boat. Now, Ebenezer Dicks
cow, pastured in the lot, aforesaid, is
fond of hay, and smelling the fragrance
of the extempore rope, she waded into
the river, climbed into the boat, chewed
up the rope and 1oated down the stream
over the falls, where she met an untimelv
death. The boat was also pulverized en-
route to Queenstown. Has Ebenezer
Dick any right of action for the loss of
his COW? If he has, of whom can he re.
coyera Has Richard Roe any remedy for
the loss Of his boat, and If so, against
wnoMS Will some one please answer2
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-07
Bleeding at the Nose.

Bleeding from the nose may arise from
an impoverished state of the blood.
When it occurs in persons of middle age
it is more serious, as it is then often Il
symptom of some other disease. The
bleeding can generally be stopped by
making the patient raise both arms above
his head and hold them there some time
Sponging with cold or iced water to the
forehead and face, and applying a towel
wet with cold water between the Shout
ders will, in some cases, succeed. The
application Of a strong solution Of alum
to the inside Of the nostrils, or plugging
the nostriIs with lint or cotton wool
soaked in the solution, may be necessary
if the bleeding is profuse. The health of
the person subjected to the attacks
should be improved by nutritious diet
animal food, with potatoes, green salads,
and fruit. The following prescription
may be relied on: Tincture of steel, 2
drains; dilute muriatic acid, / dram;
syrup Of orange peel, ounce; infusion
Of columbia, I ounces. Mix for child
one table spoonful in wine glass of
water before meals; for an adult, in
crease the DOSE New York Dispatch.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-07
THE LAMP IN THE WINDOW.
Placed There by Child, 1t Reunites
His Father and Mother.

The Iitr-savin~ departments OF some
countries keep Il careful record OF the
lives lost upon each coast, but it would
be difficult to estimate the number OF
lives saved by lighthouse. The people
living near Il town. however, will often
tell vou Of vessels, and even give the
names Of individuals, preserved by the
light. There is It lighthouse near a vii
lagr upon the CanHdiau shore of Lake
Ontario that has had rs great a part in
the lives Of some upon the land as 1t
could have i'll that Of any mariner. Be-
fore the lighthouse was built young
couple lived in a cottage overlooking tho
town. One day they quarrrtcd, and,
slnarting under his witc'S sharp words,
the husband went away. She rcpcnted
before he was out of sight. but was too
proud to call to him. She thought he
would soon return. but he did not come
back, and the baby i'll tn" cradle grew
to be IL boy Of seven. But he could not
run about and play. for he was acrippIe,
and the nciyhhors took their sewing to
her and she stayed in the cottage, always
sewing except when she was doing some
thing to entertain the boy. When the
lighthouse was built be was delighted,
for he could watch it from his window,
and when the light was shown his joy
knew no bounds. 1t was Il companion to
him, for often in the long night when he
could not sleep for pain he would look
out upon it, One day he asked his
mother if he could keep a lighthouse
too, and SO to please the child, she tlttcd
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-07
The Skull Made Advances.

A physician tells the following story:
" AT one time when | was a medical
student my class had been for several
days studying the bones Of the head. To
aid in this number of human skulls had
been brought into the lecture room.
After we were through with them they
were thrown in a heap into one corner.
One night | chaGccd to be left alone
in the room. Finding it quiet and plea
SAINT IN the half light, | sat down to smoke
Il cigar. Immediately facing me was the
pile of skulls. They presented a very
mcanny appearance as the light from q
dim gas burner played over them, making
them seem almost alive with certain
play of expression. One particular y big
fellow, lying right on top OF the pile, APP
peared actually to wink at me from its
lidless eye sockets, while the teeth in the
gaping mouth grinned horribly. Amused,
[ winked back and offered my cigar,
when suddenly there was slight noise
and the skull inclined slightly forward
as if bowling acceptance. There was no
mistake about it: 1t moved, not only
once, but twice.
Il dropped my cigar and sat up
straight in my chair, my eye fixed on the
grewsome thing. There was another
louder noise and a stronger movement
of the skull, when down it came crashing
to the floor and bounded to my very feet.
In an instant was on the table near by
gazing upon the strange thing and ready
for precipitate flight.
j." Then the skull gave violent shake
and turned over aud out jumped a big
rat, which scampered across the floor and
into hiding. - Philadelphia Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-07
A Wonderful Dakota Well.

The artesian we'll on the Valley Stock
of people. And we'll it may, for it is
really the wonder of the age. Following
the tests made Of the pressure Saturday
and Sunday, the cap was removed, and
through nozzle 21-inch stream of
water was shot up into the air a distance
Of 1875 to 40 feet. The direct course of
the stream was greatly interfered with
by the cross beams and braces # the
derrick With a clear way and no wind
24-ir III stream would be sent 100 feet
into the air. SO great is the pressure
that pine boards six inches wide and one
inch thick. used as stays AMI braces on
the derrick, fifty feet above the mouth of
the well, were broken by the force of the
water While this nozzle was on, the der
rick, which is seventy-tive feet high, was
almost hidden from view by the spray
and lettings Of the stream.
Later in the evening Mr.. Weston.
manager of the we'll, who has charge of
the drilling, removed the 24-inch nozzle
and placed upon the pipe 4-inch one.
Immediately a stream 4 inches in diam
eter shot up near V 20 feet, oo'u%ing
everything II lis descent. This was ac-
companied by deep roaring sound, and
frequent sharp reports resembling the
discharge Of Il rifle were heard. This
stream, as well as the smaller one, struck
the walking beam and broke much of its
force.
The amount Of water that flows from
the well is tremendous, being estimated
at from 5000 to 10000 gallons per min
ute. Even at the lowest figure enough
pours out of the well to furnish every
man, woman, and child in the State Of
South Dakota with at least four gallons
of water every twenty-four hours. AS
to the pressure, that has not been fully
asccrtained, but from tests already made
it is known to be considerably more than
POO pounds to the square inch. With Il
fair test it is likely to reach 22S pounds.
] The pressure has steadily increased for
the last three days, and may exceed the
above figures.
| The well is now 900 feet deep, and as
soon as machinery now ordered arrives,
the work of roaming the hole to eight
inches in diameter, making it an eight
inch we'll from top to bottom, will be
prosecuted. The water is soft, clear,
and pleasant to the taste. 1t is flood
ing the low places in the vicinity, and,
although great bitches have been dug
to carry it into the Jim river, acres OF
water may be seen in every direction.
Without doubt this is the greatest ar
tesian we'll in the world. South Dakota
Huronite.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-07
Tattooing Burmese.

OF all Burmese customs one of the
most singular is that of tattooing one
person from the waist to below the knees
with figures in black ink. Every man in
the whole of Burmah is thus adorned;
and, unless the skin be unusually dark,
he looks at little distance as if he were
clothed in u tight fitting pair of knee
breeches, says the Baltimore Sun. This
"mark of manhood which is usually
conferred when the subject is. between
twelve and fourteen years OF age, is a
very painful one, and the agony, which
must necessarily be Of the most Intense,
is often prolonged from three days to a
week.
The subject, stupefed with opium, lies
insensibIe to the pain, while one figure
after another gradually appears on the
skin. The instrument used by the tat
toocr in doing this dainty work is brass
rod nearly two feet in length and one
half inch in diameter, weighted at the
top with little ornamental figure and
provided at the other end with a hollow
point, divided into four very sharp
points by cross Sits. Deep as the points
of this stylus sink into the flesh they
seldom draw blood, but the limbs and
body soon swell in u manner that would
alarm any one who did not know what
the final result would be.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-07
HARTEST-DAYS.
The shining. golden Harvest Days!

The shining golden Harvest Days!
Fair gospellers whose feet are shod
With peace and plenty, and whose hands
Are filed with gra"ious gifts of God!
Days as bright with miracle
As dawned on sacrt d Palestine,
The clod and stone are changed to bread,
And living waters turn to winel
Days that tell us year by year
Gods Hand is 0 er us still, nor we
Need strain our faith to reach the Low
That walked in distant Cali ee!
ODays OF resurrection JOY,
When furrowed graves are opened wide,
And dull unsigh'ly germs appear
In living bodies glorifed.
Lush grapes like swinging censers hang
From richly laden boughs, and fill
TIL" Fl Ids with incense as the sun
Ilumines fruitful vale and hill.
The orchard colors glow and greet
With sweets the sweetness of the hay,
And Harvest Noon forbids the night
To be less beautiful than day!
o holy, happy Harvest-Davs,
Sweet chron; clers of smile and tear,
Of light and shadow, pain and toll,
Farth's heart bears through the cir
cling year
Like We some rich and ripened sheaves,
Some fruit of deed fain would show,
Perfected by life's smiles and tears,
And beautiful in JOY and woe!
-LZitella Cooke, in Youths Companion.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-07
CLOAk-HOUSE MODELS.
They are Very Scarce and Control
Fair Salaries.

Cloak manufacturers are complaining
of the great scarcity Of desirable models.
There was a time, they say, when an adj
vertiscment for model OF figure, as they
are called in the business, would brin9
forth a flood Of replies. This is the
busiest season of the year, and many
new models are required to TRY on in
the work and sales rooms. There are
thousands of young women in this city
who imagine themselves physically cut
out to become q cloak model, but they
are far from it. The public knows very
little concerning the requirements for Il
figure. The fact that they are paid
from $40 to $1o per week for compare
lively easy work is IL sure indication that
they are not to be had i'll great numbers.
1t doesn't require any experience to be a
model. One must be graceful and have
fine physical proportions. Good looks
don't count, either, though a showroom
figure must have some attractions and
dress much better than an unknown
model.
Manufacturers as rule require
woman of about feet, 81 inches in
height She seldom goes under that, but
sometimes half al inch more is desirable.
Misses figures go according toage and i'll
very few cases become good women
models. The professional figure has a
natural grace about her that cannot be
acquired by artificial means. Any young
woman who has the height mentioned
above, bust measurement OF 36 inches,
waist "A inches, length Of back from 1Gt
to II inches, arms "A inches, neck III
inches, hips AZ inches and 133 inches
across the shoulders, is a perfect figure
and can find steady employment i'll any
cloak house, at any time it she chooses.
january, February, July and August
are the busiest months in the cloak husi-
ness. During the first two months out
of-town buyers flock here in great num-
bers to purchase goods for the spring
and summer trade. The last two months
are used for laying in Il supply Of fall
and winter wraps and suits. The show
room figures generally have contract
for all the year around and are paid in
full for the same, but they seldom have
to do much outside those four months.
The work-room figures are always kept
busy. They are the hardest worked of
any in the establishment. The sample
model must be the most perfect. She,
too, is compelled to toll the year around.
Manufacturers would not TO have pay for
other than actual working time if there
were not dearth in models. The big
gest cloak house i'll this city employs
fifteen figures. The ''trying on TO show
to customers is done by either an eXam-
liner or the lady assistants.
"a model must not be too attractivc,'
said a manufacturer. "A beautiful face
draws too much attention when person
is buying aud results in a neglect of
proper inspection of the article displayed.
What is required is to show the stock to
its best advantage without drawing I'M
necessary attention to the model. - New
Y ork World.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-07
which was presently counted from the

which was presently counted from the
cash drawer. Mccartney, who had al
ready studied engraving somewhat, took
instruction subsequently from Ben Boyd,
and soon began to make plates on his
own account, From that time, which
was before the war, he was active in the
profession, and it was not very long be-
fore he came to be called "king OF the
koniackers.' On koniak street, Mon
treal, was famous headquarters for old
time countcrfcitcrs: wheuce the name.
McCartney's industry i'll his peculiar
line was almost incredible. FOR many
years he not only produced Il vast guam
tlty OF bogus money, but was most i'll
duStrous in circulating it. lie had Il
small directory full Of pscudonymS, and
from time 10 time appeared in the most
extraordinary variety of roles. From
seas N to season lie practicrd medicine
served as Commercial traveller, was an
artist, a gentleman of elegant leisure, Il
cattle or mule drovcr Il miner, a stable
keeper, an agent Of the Secret Service,
a Treasury expert. and So forth When
hard pressed bv detectives, he
Hpulu SDllltilUltS lttkt ltlu-t Ill w ISL
ington, the place of all places where the
agents Of the Government would be less
likely to look for him. On one occasion
he delivered series Of lectures on
"Comtcrfcits and How to Detect Them, y
giving bogus money Of his own manutac-
turc as change at the box office. Though
arrested repeatedly he procured his free
Il Nv ri n
large sums. Through strenuous eXcr-
ton in his profession he became pos
scssed Of very considerable fortune,
but the attractions of criminal career
were too strong to permit him to abandon
it, In 1876. after thirtv-tour years OF
successful industry in this line, during
which he must have put more than ST.,
100000 in bank and Treasury notes of
his own make in circulation, he was
caught and sentenced to fifteen years
imprisonment at hard labor.
Mccartney first devised the plan of
washing genuine ST bills in chemicals to
rid them Of ink, thus obtaining the Gov
crnment's own fibre paper to print
twenties, or tifties, or hundreds, or five
hundreds on. Not least interesting of
the curiositics in the scrapbook are proofs
of plates with which he applied the fibre
effect to blank paper sheets. These
plates were simply fiat surfaces of steel,
with scratches in the form Of curlycues
on them. Rubbed with blue ink and put
into the press with white paper Of the
proper quality, the sheets Of the latter
came out with all the appearance of
fibrous manufacture Then they were
ready for printing with Designs New
York Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-07

The helplessness of an Asiatic in time
of peril is proverbial, observes the San
Francisco Chronicle, but this trait was
probably never shown more conspicu-
ously than by the japanese who allowed
his wife to be swallowed by boa con-
strictor. The fellow was q woodcutter,
but instead of using his axe on the rep
tile he fed and sought help. When he
returned his better half had wholly dis
appeared within the snakes NAV, but
the crow lacked the nerve to attack the
reptile and it escaped.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-07

Frank Rabbit, the Boston traveller,
says horse-car conductors the world over
are well informed and affable as rule.
Frank Vincent, the great South American
explorer, says he has found women in
strange lands more courteous than men.
Mungo Park had, of course, one exper-
fence at least which must have led him
to an opinion similar to Mr.. Vincent's.
But what is one to think of those travel
ers, asks the Atlanta Constitution, when
Mrs. French Sheldon declares that the
native men were kind and the native wo.
men she met in Africa forbidding and
cruel, while Lady Florence Dixey has
said more than once that she could
travel all round the world unmoested
but for her own sex2
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-07

A satisfactory test IS said to have been
made of a new machine designed for use
on railroads to clear away wrecks, whose
simplicity and power are such s'that a
small boy would not have the slightest
difficulty in pulling an engine or car ont
of ditch" with its aid. 1t is the in
vention of citizen Of Newton, Mich.
1t has been put to a practical use as a
puller of stumps, which it is said to ex-
tirpate as easily as clawhammer pulls
tacks. A stock company is to be organ
lied to put the machine on the market.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-11-07

Widespread interest has been aroused
in the subject of cruelty to animals at
sea, declares the New York Press, by the
exposures of Mr.. William Hosea Ballou.
The Montreal Star states that he aroused
discussions in the Canadian Ministry as
well IS x. uoIn sides of the Atlantic, and
gave rise to question of international
importance. Here is British newspaper
which Endorses his attitudes toward
British sea captains. The English Gov
eminent promptly took hold of the
charges made by Mr.. Ballou and is fer
reting out the offenders who are its SUBJ
iects,