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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27

NEW York, June 22.-Many pCU1z-
nent Hebrew-American met In IL
Spanish and Portuguese synagogue kasf
Tuesday to take action for becoming
participation in the coming quadEk
centennial OF the discovery Of America
The call for the meeting was sigued ~
sixty gentlemen OF New York, Chicago,
Pittsburg, Philadelphia, St.Louis, Bal
timore, Peoria, New Orleans, Milwzn-
kee, Washington, Montreal. Cairo, Al
bany, Newport, Helena Newark and
Port Gibson. The following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the proposal for The
quadri-centennial OF the discovery al
this continent be marked in some aV-
propriate manner by the Hebrews al
the United States and that committee
Of twenty-one be appointed by the chair
at his leisure to report at the earliest
time practicable to an adjourned meet
ing of this assemblage what form the
memorial should assume and the m03a
OF carrying 1t into effect.
DR.. Cyrus Alder has written suggest
ing the creation of-a fund to foster orig
inal Jewish science and kindred sub
jects, to be intrusted to the Jewish Pub
LEGATION society, United States Scienti6s
bureau, the library OF congress or tho
Smithsonian institution.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27
The Isthmus OF Panama.

More men have died and are buried
on the Isthmus of Panama, along the
line of tho proposed canal, than on any
equal amG unit of territory in the world
1t was IA 1887. the year before the
final coll apse of tho canal scheme
came. that chance took me to 1.-THE
Ishmus," as it is more usually de-
scribed. How many people are buried
out in !ionkey HillP Certainly 5000
or 5000; probably 10000 or $4,000, but
it's all u matter OF guesswork as to the
exact number. But the ground about
Aspinwall only holds small percent
age OF the men who have died on the
isthmus. The city of Panama, of
course, lays claim to the largest num-
Der of burials, but can say without
exaggeration that the entire line OF the
railroad and canal from the Atlantic to
the Pacific is continuous graveyard.
At Matochin alone over 8, 500 Cinnamon
met their death in one day. That was
% or so years ago, while the Panama
Railroad was being built. aud long be-
fore work on the canal was begun.
Ten thousand Cinnamon had been
brought from China to work on the
cana. Over one-half of them were
camped at what is now Matochin.
Smallpox broke out among them, and
the mortality became so great that the
Cinnamon, always easily excited, be-
came panic stricken, and, preferring
to die by drowning, ran down the steep
sides of the hills near their camp aud
threw themselves into the Chagres
River. AS | have said. $500 of than
drowned. 1t was because of this fact
mat the name of the camp was changed
10 Muertechino, muerte meaning
dead" in Spanish and Chino signify
ing Chinaman. The name has since be-
come perverted to Matochin. 1t is q
common saying. believed by many on
the isthmus that every tie on the
Panama Railroad represents q dead
man.-St. Louis Republic.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27
PIatonic Friendship,

PlatOnic friendship between q mar
and a woman can exist. 1t exists many
times until the man is foolish enough
to tell her love story of his own-and
some other woman. It is hard to tell
why it is So, but q woman does so hate
TO hear that their ''platonic" friend
could love some one else, and never
thought of falling in love with her.
overheard woman telling another wo-
man all about it the other day. They
were at table back OF me in restau-
rant. She said:
I'VE have been the best Of friends for
years. / had never though Of being in
love with him nor he with me. III
wanted to 60 anywhere, and had no one
to escort me, l would always send for
him, and he seemed so pleased to come.
l never thought that he had no other
lady friends; still he never seemed to
be tied down TO any one. Then to have
him come and tell NEAL about his hav-
ing been engaged TO that woman all
that timel / will never forgive him for
it. And, indeed, I'll not call upon her.
He Is ut liberty to marry her or any
one else, but he need not think am
willing to take up any woman simply
because he Is in love with her. He
might have told me OF it sooner-then /
would not have presumed in the way l
have. Men are so conceited. Without
doubt he has been thinking I've been
on the verge Of loving him, If haven't
already. he Is the only plstonic friend
ever had. and don't want another"
Chicago Herald.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27
The Westmoreland Gang.

FORT SMITH, Ark. June 22.-The
preliminary examination OF the West
moreland gang was completed today
before United States CommisSiOner
Wheeler The boy Sherman Phslps
was the principal witness. He told q
straightforward story about the mur-
der. He also testified to the disappear
ance of man named Dorsey, who came
TO the Westmoreland neighborhOOd
shortly after the killing Of the tvo
strangers in February, 1890. DOrseyH
disappointment, tits believed, be tr0e-
ed to the Westmoreland gang OF cuS-
Threats. The attorneys for the defense
insist on the examination being hek
open until the rivercould be dragged,
that the identity OF the corpses might
be established or denied. Search .1uE
the missing bodies will be madess soon
as the water in Cimarron river subsidies
somewhat
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27
To Measure Tho Sen Level.

A new apparatus for measuring the
mean level of the sea has lately been in
stalled at Marseilles. It is based on the
principle that when liquid wave trav-
erses capillary tube or q porous parti-
ton its amplitude diminishes and it is
retarded in its phases within the mean
level of the wave changing. 1t consists
Of a glass tube, the lower end Of which
communicates by flexible pipe with a
plunger which is lowered beneath the
lowest water level. There are two cells
in the plunger, the lower being filled
with sand and open to the sea, the result
being that the column of water in the
tube rises and falls very little with the
tides, and the mean sea level can be read
from a graduated scale.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27

rem? Are they dead? I drove them
out last night in the storm. / am a
brute. John, do you think there Is any
help. for me? Do you think l will ever
get over this life OF dissipation de
said: 'John, there is just one thing
that will stop this" The prodigal ran
his finger across his throat and said:
THAT will stop it, and I'll stop 1t be-
fore night. o! my brain; l can stand 1t
no longer" That prodigal never got
home. But will tell you Of prodigal
that did get home.
There was gentleman in rail car
who saw in that same car three passen-
gers of very different circumstances.
The first was maniac. He was care
fully guarded by his attendants; his
mind, like ship dismasted, was beat
ing against dark, desolate coast, from
which no help could come. The train
stopped and the man was taken out into
the asylum, to waste away, perhaps,
through years Of gloom. The second
passenger was o culprit. The outraged
law had seized on him. AS the cars
jolted, the chairs ratified. On his face
NcTc CIlHlc, uCpChNlUy ouu uSoP"Aa'
train halted and he was taken out TO
the penitentary, to which he had been
condemned. There was the third pas
senger under far different circum-
stances. She was bride. Every hour
was us gay as u marriage bell Life
glittered and beckoned. Her compan-
ion was taking her to his fathers house.
The train halted, The old man was
there to welcome her to her new home,
and his white locks showed down upon
her and he sealed his word with a
fathers kiss. Quickly we fly toward
eternity. We will soon be there.
Some leave this life condemned. o,
may it be with us, that, leaving this
fleeting life for the next, we may find
our Father ready to greet us to our new
home with Him forever. That will be
a marriage banquet! Fathers vel.
come! Fathers bosom! Fathers kiss!
Heaven! Heaven!
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27
DROWNED while Fishinr.

OsAwAToMIE, Kas., June 22-Wm.
Ball was drowned in the PottawatOuio
river, about one mile above this city, q
s o'clock this morning. he was n .
boat with his son-in-law, Q. b. HenFK.
Of this city, and engaged in pulling .
trout line, when the line caught On .
snag, caDsizing the boat and throwing
them into the water. Henry attempGa
to rescue Ball, who was 81 years Of 40.
and did succeed In getting him % e.
bank, but he was 90 weak and exhau11sA
that he could not pull him out and -
old gentleman went under.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27
Good Chance for AcauittaL

WALLA WALLA, Wash, June "a
The trial Of the six soldiers for lynch
ing A. ]. Hunt, so far as taking the
testimony is concerned, was concluded
last evening. The trial OF Patrick No
Kenamon, the remaining prisoner, who
demanded separate trial, will prOhA-
bly, begin Monday.
Only two OF the defendants went On
the stand. Charles +. Cutler, who waa
with Miller at the time he was shot b
Hunt, testified that on the evening
Hunt was lynched he came to town and
with other soldiers visited several 81
looms; he was in ''Fritz's" saloon when
the fire bell rang announcing fhO
lynching.
Bernard Miller testified that he came
to town abou o'clock the evening
Hunt was lynched, playing craps in
Birds saloon until 8, then returned 10
the garrison and went to bed. He did
not know Of the lynching till the NEXT
morning.
The testimony OF both defendants was
corroborated by thirty-three Witnesses,
who either were with them or say
them. The general belief is that ths
soldiers will be acquitted ,.-aze,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27
NonsensicaI Action1.

KANSAS CITY, June 22-Star's TOpe-
ka special says: The controversy over
the eight hour law has been brought q
an issue. Attorney General Ives N
ceived a letter this morning from Presi-
dent Martindale Of the state peniten-
tlary board OF directors refusing toeOm-
ply with the law. The letter Is In 70.
Spouse to one written by the attorney
general at the request Of the governor
demanding that the board of directors
see that the law be really enforced.
President Martindale says that he doe
not consider that the law applies TO Ehs
penitentiarY. 1t Is probable that To
governor will instruct the attorney gen
eral TO institute quo warranto proceed
ings against the supreme court.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27
ADeath Bed oonFessi0n.

WICHITA, KS, June 22.-Three years
ago Chris Helen left his home near
here for the Cherokee nAtion, where he
got together some cattle. Last sum-
mer he determined to move elsewhere,
and sold his herd, receiving in pay
ment therefor $500 in cash and q check
for $1,000. Six weeks later Helens
body riddled with bullets was found In
a thicket near q station on the Missouri
Pacific, in the Cherokee nation Hell
en- was very popular, and when Ehe
ranchmen heard OF the murder they
subscribed 81, 900 reward for the detee-
ton OF the murderers. No cleW could
be discovered, however, and probably
never would have been but for Iths
death bed confession OF burglar nGmSd
Brooks, recently shot at Cherokee.
Tex, who, before dying, admitted that
he and half breed named 30 Ross did
the killing and divided the money. The
authorities now have Ross cornered
near Fort Smith. -s~.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27
A Receiver to BE Appointed.

ABERDEEN, s. D., June 22.-Judge
Haney has granted an application for q
receiver for the Abilene Fire Insurance
company OF Huron, Of which Alonso
Wardell. the alliance leader, is presi-
dent. The action was brought al the
instigatiOn OF State Auditor Taylor,
who found that the company's liabilities
exceeded its assets by about s25, 600.
Six million dollars insurance was car
ried. ALI policies will be turned over
to the Hecla Of st. Paul, which will as
sumo the SKIS for q consideration.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27
The Banlka.

New YORK, June 22.-Weekly bank
statement showing the following
changes;
Reserve-hcrease, IS, or, 400.
Loans-Increase, 90, 155, 100.
Specie-Increase, 81, 81, 800.
Legal tender-Increase, So, $40, 900.
DepOsits-Increase, Sl1, 1913. 200.
observation-disclosures, "a, 400.
The banks now hold SIG, 066, ITO in ex-
oefs 6requirements Of % per cent rule.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27
To b. HaId IN Omaha.

Boston, June 22-The commission
appointed by the last general conference
OF the Methodist Episcopal church de-
cided 70 hold the next qurdrennial in
Omaha during the month Of May 1892
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27

BAsLE, June 2-The bodIsS q
Deventy-6Ve victims q the terrible a.
lster Of Sunday last arc Stin minnR.
The last carriage Of the ozUurnisa Glh
remains embedded hrtho hottun - -
river, and Il q believed that 3 .
crowded with ths hodisa q - -
slss las'ag'A TR A1srieAaS -
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-27

A rat weighing three pounds was
killed the other day at Springfield It
was in the act Of carrying OF q spring
chicken.
, 1891-01-29


,nu use Of chewing gun" Sfs whether
lcial, rs some persons have asserted.
The opinion has one plausible argu-
ment in its favor. The saliva is an i'm
Portant digestive fluid. On it depends
the digestion of all starchy substances
bread, mush, potatoes and the like. 1t
is for this reason that thorough uasti-
cation Of such foods is necessary in or
der that the saliva may be duly mixed
with their particles, For the anne rea-
son it is better to eat bread dry than
to moisten it, and dry bread is practi-
cally easier Of digestion than mush,
which is often swallowed without sufi-
Client ma~stication.
Now, a the saliva is copiousIy Sc
creted in gum chewing, it might be
thought that the stomach would thus
be aided in the digestion of starchy
tod, but just here comes in another
physiological fact, namely, that the sa-
Iva loses its digestive power very soon
after entering the stomach, being neu-
tralized by the action of the gastric
juice Youths Companion.
, 1891-01-29

There has recently been brought for.
ward by n German chemist n method
for rendering fabrics proof against the
ravages Of decay for an indefinite pc
Rod, With this process it Is said that,
no matter how delicate the texture or
color Of the fabric may be. its long life
is assured
The inventor took his ideas from the
fact that lie learned that the wonder
!ul state OF preservation exhibited by
the Iioadbands Of Egyptian mummies
vas due 10 their having been impreg
1ated with a Kind Of resin. Acting
upoa this Information the chemist
made experiments with the substance
extracted from birch bark, and he
found that the Green tar left over after
the oil used in tanning had been ex-
tractcd from the white bark Of the
birch tree yields n substance neither
acid nor nl.Saloid.
THIS, in solution with alcohol. forms
a EIuid with the power OF resisting;
after once becoming dry, even the ac-
ton Of alcohol itself, and it Is claimed
possesses the property of making textile
fabrics apparently impcrishnble rs far
as decay Is concerned. And a great
point claimed for it il hat it readily
uuites with the most delicate as well as
brilliant colors
Perhaps the most novel idea in the
textile line is that Of nm Englishman
uuued StiIlbers, who. it is said, has
actually made IA cloth Of spiders webs,
which lEls been employed for purposes
Of surgery A gentleman travelling
through Tie country who recently
stoppcd IN Washington stated that
this mnn Sjillbers had gone quite eS-
tcusiFrly into this spiderweb cloth
making Interview in Washington
Post
, 1891-01-29

Not one deserter in fifty is caught,
and the un~willingness of citizens to
give information that will lead to their
apprehension sometimes leads Ia curl
BUS complications. Some years ago a
young graduate from West Point was
sent to the west and detailed for special
duty with a squad of Indian scouts. So
long as he was with his party he, of
course, was able to keep his bearings,
but one day, returning from an eIpedi-
ton into the mountains, they stopped
for dinner, and after dining he directed
the Indians to go on to the post while
he would follow an hour or two later.
Not accustomed to the mountains, he
lost his way. The Indians came to the
post without him and reported that he
had not overtaken them, but as they
were directed to go on they obeyed or
ders and did not return to search for
him.
A day or two passed and as no news
came Of the missing officer his friends,
who esteemed him highly, sent out the
Indians to trace him up and find him.
They followed his trail for 200 miles,
and repeatedly had news of him, rs he
wa seen by miners and prospectors,
but could get no information from them
as to the direction he had taken, for
he vas supposed to be a deserter from
the army, and no n would aid the
soldiers to run him down. He was
found at last after over n weeks wan
dering, almost dead and out Of his
head with hunger, thirst and exposure,
all of which he owed to the general
sympathy for deserters, for had the
civilians aided the scouts he might
have been overtaken in a few hours
Interview with Lieut.. Sayre.
, 1891-01-29
HE NUMBERED HIS CHILDREN.
Curious Way a Tennessee Father Chris
tened Els Boys and Girls

Curious Way a Tennessee Father Chris
tened Els Boys and Girls
do you not find in Tennessee many
queer Christian namesY' a gentleman
asked n friend who had just returned
from a visit among the hills.
Yes, for Christian names-or rather
in this case given names, for some of
them are decidedly unchristian-hAye
ever been of interest to me. l found
Just this side of Bear Wallow a young
fellow named Longdistilled Peterson,
and a little further on l fell in with a
gentleman named Atwood Jones. Mr..
Atwood Jones was a circuit rider, he
informed me and he asked me to stop
at a small log church and hear him
preach. / did so, and must say that
Allwools ernon wa more than a yard
wide. One afternoon 1 stopped at a
house and addressed a young fellow
who sat on the fence:
Who lives hereF
1--we do
Yes, but who are ''we"T
Pap, mur IN the rest NV us
Just then a man came out, and as
he approached, said: Six, git down
often hat fence an hep -Four chop
some wood. Stranger, addressing me,
won't you git DOWN. AS l was in much
need OF rest | dismUuuted.- The man
yelled, Come here, Seven, an take the
strangers hoss.'
81 was conducted into the house, and
In that cordial am the peculiar so
cial property of southern backwoods-
men was urged to make myself at
home. My hosts name was BeasIey
and was kin to old Ham BIedsoe what
lives in middle Tennessy near brakes
creek summers Mrs. Beasley moved
n lot of clothes which she had hung in
front Of the fire, kicked Il cat, spanked
with "A shovel an enormous brindle dog
and told me to feel easy, for she would
get a snack to eat after a while. / had
never seen so many children belonging
TO one family. Look which way /
might l caught sight of dirty faces and
tow heads.
You have quite a family, said
TO Mr.. Beasley.
" 'Ruther, but we live in err big
neighborhood, whar we've all got
room
I should think that you would have
found some trouble in selecting names
for all your children
81 didn't, though. | know that a
great many folks have had trouble in
that way, an l was determined to steer
clar NV it, 50 l 'dopted a rule; an
when the fust chile was born we called
him One. The next was named Two,
the e Three, an so on. wy, 1t
worked like a charm, and we didn't
have a bit NV trouble. l would advise
everybody TO 'dopt the rule. One is
married TO a sorter SLOUGH NV n woman
and lives down yam on the branch.
Two is a boss trader. All the rest air
at home. Three thar turning to a
blushing girl, is old anufT TO git mar
ried. Eight, don't stand so clost to the
fire. you'll scorch yer britches. Muir,
make Nine an Eleven behave thar
selves. Twelve, go on now an rock
the cradle, fur don't you hear Sixteen
cryin'T
Yes, it was a very large family, and
1 don't know how Mr.. Beasley could
have managed had he not adopted the
numerical system. "-Arkansaw Tray
eler.
, 1891-01-29
TAE EXTRA SESSION

TuE Sundance Republican aud half a
dozen other papers have already relieved
themselves to this effect: The Cheyenne
papers have already began to howl for an
extra session of the legislature, which
would cost the state $40. 900. Of course
it woull be merely for the benefit Of Chey.
enne."
Whatever bowling THE LEADER may
have done on this subject has been in OPP
position to the holding of an extra session
Of the legislature. We honestly believe
that Cheyenne would be much more wor-
ried over the contingency of a prospeo-
tive extra session than it would be troubled
with the certlinty that such a session
would not be held.
Judging from the slump which tie Re
publican newspapers of Wyoming have
made on the silver question we should
not be surprised TO find them a little later
in the season s,~renuously advocating the
very extra session which they now decry.
Inconsistency is becoming a disease with
them.
, 1891-01-29

Gen. Buffers gift for springing out and
taking advantage of every technicality was
fully illustrated in the famous case OF a re-
specially connected man in Boston, who,
being affected with a mania for stealing,
tBAs brought to trial OIL four Indictments.
tdictments he would be liable to fmprison-
Iment for sixty years. AS the court was as
sembling Gen. Butler agreed with the
counsel for the prosecution that three in
dictments should be quashed on condition
that the prisoner should plead guilty to the
one which charged the theft of the greatest
mount
The prisoner, to his amazement, was or
dered by his counsel to plead guilty. Say
guilty, sir" said the general sternly. The
man obeyed, and the other three indict-
ments were mol pressed. But when the
counsel for the prosecution moved for SEN
tence Gen. Butler pointed out a fatal Jaw,
manifest to every one when attention was
called to 1t. In ten minutes the astonished
prisoner was a free man. 1t is said that
the court laughed at the ruse, the clever
ness of which 1t was impossible not to adj
mire.-Boston Advertiser.
, 1891-01-29

The first book of any kind published
in Philadelphia was Atkins Almanack
for the year 1856. 1t was an unpaged
pamphlet of twenty pages, only two
copies of which are now known to ex-
list, each being worth more than its
weight in $50 notes. The first copy of
the "Almanack" printed was sent to
Col. Markham, PENIS deputy, who re-
ported to the provincial council that it
declared Pennsylvania to have been
organized by Lord Penn" The coun-
Gil ~emphatically disapproved of this eu-
phemistic falsehood, and directed both
author and printer CYilliam Bradford)
ito blot out ye words Lord Penn"
This caused the recall of the whole
edition and the o~bliteration of the OBJ
no1ious words.-St. Louis Republic.
, 1891-01-29

Cold and moisture combined have a
torporising effect upon the bodily organs,
and the digestive and secretive processes
are apt to be more tardily performed in
winter thau in fall. The same is true,
also, of the excretory funetlous. The
bowels are often sluggish, and the pores Of
the skin throw off but little waste matter
at thus season The system, therefore,
requires opening up a little, and also
purifying and regulating, and the safest,
surest and most thorough tonic and
Alternative hat can be used for these
purposes is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Persons who wish to escape the rheumatic
twinges. the dyspeptic aHonies, the pain
full disturbances of the bowels, the bilious
attacks and the nervous visitations, so
common at this time of the year, will do
well to reinforce their systems with this
renowned stomachic and invigonnt. 1t
improves the appetite, strengthens the
stomach, cheers the spirits and renovates
the whole physique.