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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-05-21
BAXTER SPRINGS to PHILADELPHIA


On Tuesday Henry Scott pulled out
of Baxter with a car load of fine horses
bound for Philadelphia, Pa. The nine.
teen horses occupied quarters in one
of the celebrated Keystone palace
stock cars in which each animal has q
separate stall nicely arranged SO as ~
secure the greatest comfort possible
while riding. The animals are sup
piled with water from large tanks at
either end of the car and sufficient
feed and hay was taken to do them
through the entire trip Of six days, so
that they will not be required TO
change cars on the way. The horses
were ali fine ones secured in this To-
cality aud il is hoped they will bring
tair prices in the eastern market.
This shipment is the first of the
kind ever made from Baxter Springs,
we believe, and Is in the nature of an
experiment. The parties interested
are w. w. Scott, Henry Scott, b. S.
Warner and Col. Alexander Warner,
and they hope by this shipment TO es-
tablish a market in the east for that
class OF stock and thus make Baxter
Springs market for fine roadsters
and carriage horses. If this car load
sells we'll they will ut once begin
making up another aud so on until
market is permanently established at
this point which will be Of no small
interest TO the horse raisers Of this
section.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-05-21

The HOmeliest Man In Baxter Springs
As well as the handsomest, and others
arc invited TO call on any druggist aud
get free trial bottle OF Kemp's Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs, Il remedy
that is selling entirely upon its merits
and is guaranteed 20 relieve aud cure
all Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma,
Brnnchitis aud Consumpilpn Large
Bottless50c and 81 /
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-05-21
FIND OF ZINC WHITE.

While drilling for water on The
reunion ground this week, r. j. Nor
rison passed through body of de-
composed zinc, or zinc white, nearly
twelve feet in thickness. He found II
at depth of about two hundred feet
from the surface. A similar deposit
was found at Galena year or two
ago, but the substance found by Mr.
Morrison is of a much finer quality
than the Galena product, and is said
to be worth $50 or $50 per ton. 1t is
used in making fine paints. AT 22S
feet Mr.. Morrison found in a very
solid and hard flint rock consider
able amount of fine zinc ore, and he
believes he is within few feet of Il
rich deposit of it. The hole will be
drilled TO a depth of at least $50 feet.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-05-21
Major John p. HARTLEY. the distin,

Major John p. Hartley, the distin-
guishrd auctoneer and reunion man
ager, Thursday morning donned new
suit of store clothes, u new derby hat,
r;ean pair Of socks, and new set
of store trout teeth, and with "yal-
Ter" haaa-hag dangling at his side,
he left home and friends and pulled
out for the old Hoosier state, to visit
the scenes of his childhood where in
days gone by he was wont to concoct
schemes for the deception Of innocent
aud confiding companions while he
sat IN the fence corner and gouged
the hearts out Of the very best water
gneloms to be foundin tho county. .4f
nothing happens to disturb his equil-
ibrium, or shock his conscience or
modesty, he will be absent about a
month,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-05-21

One dandeIion plant will produce
40 or 80 blossoms, aud each blossom
several hundred seeds, and every seed
is dead sure to grow. This is how ii
comes that each dandelion mods its
yellow head 10 it's neighbor and almost
laughs out loud when II sees q woman
come out with q butcher knife bent
on the destruction Of Tie whole Tribe
Of dandellons.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-05-21

Col. Alexander Warner, L. Murray
Perkins and A. G. Hanback, returned
Saturday from Memphis, where they
attended the formal opening Of the
new cantilever bridge over the Mis-
sissippi at that place. The structure,
with approaches, Is nearly three miles
in length, and its main span, measur-
ing 100 feet, was put TO the very severe
test of bearing the weight of eighteen
large. heavily loaded locomotives at a
standsiill upon it. The DETECTION
in the middle of the span, with this
immense weight upon it, was only
four inches. Afterward, the entire
eighteen engines, coupled together,
were run over the bridge at the rate
of twenty miles an hour. The tests
were very fine and satisfactory, and
said BY eminent engineers 10 be the
best ever made upon bridge Of that
character. The United STATES warship
Concord was another great attraction
there. 1t carries Hotchkiss guns twelve
feet long from which shots are fired
with precision TO a distance of eight
miles. Col. Warner and his compSn-
ions were royalty entertained while
there as guests of the city of Memphis.
The opening of this great bridge was
one of the most important events In
the history of the United States.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-05-21
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

-Enoch Wright Of Joplin was il
Baxter Thee iday.
Mrs. Ii. Carroll, OF Galena, was
in the city Sunday.
Mrs. Hattie Lehman, Of Galcna
is visiting relatives and friends IN
Baxter.
Frank Van Gundy, editor Of the
Morton Comfy Monitor, is visiting
relatives in the city.
Mr.. aud Mrs. e.. G. Fletcher, OF
Erie, Has, arc in the city visiting
friends and relatives.
Mrs. j. Il. Staplcton and children,
of Fulton, Kan, are in The riiy visit
ing DR.. j. w. Reynolds and family.
Miss Vincent, Miss Winters and
Miss MrEwen, all teachers in The Col
nmbus schools, are visiting Mrs. Z. 5.
Bowman.
e. Is. Corse represented Baxter
Springs at the meeting of the Kansas
grand lodge OF Knights of Pythias al
Pittsburg this week.
DIR. Frank THOMAS. of the W Illicit
hi-chloridc of gold institute at Webb
CITY, is in town with view Of getting
up class of students" to take the
treatment.
Elder .. NJ. Harris is attending
the State Sunday School Convention
at Lawrence. this week, and writes
. that they are having splendid aud
enthusiastic meeting.
Miss Gertrude Noble arrived home
last Tuesday evening after an All.
sence Of six weeks. She has been Wis.,
iiing relatives in northern Kansas aud
assisting her father in his lectures.
Her friends are all pleased to welcome
her back.
George w. Peterson, foreman of
the Carthage daily and weekly Ban.
ner office, il shaking hands with old
Baxter friends fur day or two. And
unlike a grca. many other typograph-
ical tourists who have visited us, we
are happy TO say that the professor is
not carrying the banner" in any form.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-05-21
Noves.M Merry

Divine services at the NJ. Z. church.
Preaching every Sabbath htll a. N.
and 8 90 p. m. Sunday school az 80
q. m. Glass nesting At 800 p, IN.
Epworlh league meets atS p. m. FRI
day. All arc cordially invited. 49,
Rev. B. F. ToDD, Pastor
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-05-21
LIST OF Letters

Remaining in the post-oifice. ut Bax'
.cr Springs, Kansas, Tor the week
ending May Is, iS!2 which 1t nol
called for within two weeks will be
sent to the dead letter Office at NASH
ingtOn. ID. c.:
Sparks, Robert Moves, Mary
Traza, Miss Nellie HOover,bMr Geo.
Persons calling fer any OF the above
letters will please say Advertised,
giving date OF list.
WV. MAsSQsS, p. NJ.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-05-21

All kinds of poster, card and COM
merrial printing done al this office.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-05-21
The BIGGEST Thine Baxter

and the only house in the city that es-
tablishes lor prices. O'p' goods are
selected with care us TO the best quail
ty aud our prices are cM dozen to rock
bottom. You who read this come and
get or prices before purchasing else
where and save money by buying such
necessities as you are IN need of at
L. w. HARRIS & cos.
dealers in Staple and Fancy Grocer
ies, Glassware, QueensUare d Notions.
Also Headquarters for Reed d. Flour.
Second hand goods taken In exchange for any
thing In our line. Soliciting u liberal share Of
your patronage In the future we remain, yours
TO serve you. l.. w HARRIS CO.,
One door south oil Fox's livery stable.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-05-21

Oldpapers for sale At This OfiOe.
The Southern herald., 1892-02-26

Quarterly, half yearly and yearly ad-
vertisements contracted for at lower
rates.
Professional cards not exceeding ten
lines for one year, $40.
Announcing candidates for State or
Distict Otices, SIS; for County offices,
$40; for Supervisors districts, IS, in ad-
vance.
Marriages and deaths published as
news
The Southern herald., 1892-02-26
MISTAKEN PLEASANTLY.
A Joke That Cost a Traveller Considers
bic AnpoYanee.

a U0AB AhAb NWab -
bic Annoyance.
'In selling goods" said a successful
canvasser, you must not be content
with selling to the people who want
them; you must persuade the rest to
want them Also" Many crafty sales
man feels that the secret Of success lies
in describing his goods so that they
shall seem 'all things to all men," and
woe be to the innocent and jocose
buyer who brings down upon himself
the food Of such a mans pertinacity.
Saws traveller in Malta;
Going to the quay, we made our pass
age, by energetic pushing, through the
lines of venders of cigars, tobacco, lace,
oranges and sponges. One man, with
canaries in cages, stopped US at the wa
ter's edge with:
"Want canary, sir?"
care they for eating?" asked him,
to get rid Of his importantly, and in a
spirit of Mark Twain jocosity.
mo, mol They are for singing"
"Ah, II that's what they're for we
don't want them"
A brilliant thought struck the man,
and he bolted after us, shouting: "Yes,
yes! They are for eating Very good
pie! Buy the lott"
Leaving his cages in charge of an as
sistant, he made off to tell the canary
venders that here was a man who atS
canaries, and might buy all there VIZ
in Malta. aud fine time we had will
cages until we steamed awaY.-Youth'I
Companion.
The Southern herald., 1892-02-26

There is no staple crop in the world,
of large production, which is so wholly
consumed in the country where grown
as the corn crop Of the United States.
We have never sent more than hVe per
cent. of 1t abroad in any one year, not
withstanding the fact that various efforts
have been mado to introduce 1t in Europe,
and that 1t would afford a cheaper and
more wholesome food than the rye bread
now so generally used by the European
peasantry. Secretary Rusk hopes, by
more persistent effort than has before
been made, to show the people OF other
countries that cornmeal is an excellent
article Of food, and to this end now has
a special agent abroad whose sole mis-
sion is to endeavor to open market for
American corn. Twenty years ago en-
effort was made to procure an apPropria'
ton from Congress for this work, but
the farmer was not receiving mSch con-
sideration at legislative hands, and the
measure failed. II the work that is now
commencing had been done then we
should doubtless now have foreign
market for our own corn that would
greatly enhance its value ana make it'
cultivation much more profitable thar
It now is; but meantime, we appeal
able to take care, at home, OF ali that w
are producing.
The Southern herald., 1892-02-26

snow-covered limbs and beneath ]
sould see dry leaves aud twigs
! gathered up an armfdl and made
Tor the shining circle Of ice, tearing out
some leaves from book in my pocket
l fixed the best "sIart" for a fire that
experience in the woods had taught
me TO make The FIRST match set ii
ablaEe, and, tanning it with my hat, ]
soon heard the twigs cracking. But
the little fire would soon be out and
the wolves would then be upon me,
Enough wood must be gathered to
keep the fire going till daylight To
get it | must go back TO the shore, OH
how dreaded leaving the cheerful lit
tie blasel Back in the woods the hOwls
were growing sharper and clearer But
no time was to DO lost. -Four times
ran breathless to the shore and came
back with great armfuls Of brush and
branches The fifth time had gone
about fifty feet from the FIRE when !
saw dark body jump out from among
the trees I fed back to the blaze and,
fascinated with terror, gazed at the
leaping forms. In a moment another
appeared, and then another, until q
dozen were bowling and dancing about
a few feet away piled more brush
on the blaze. As II hCred up the
wolves backed of, and sat on theil
launches So II went on for an houl
or two, Then / began to get drowsy
again. Once l caught myself doing
and on waking found the fire had dice
down a great deal
II l sleep, thought the fire win g,
out aud the wolves win then pounc'
upon me.
Oh! / was so sleepy | jpst wante'
to lie down for few minutes, that wa
ALL l must sit down, anyway. coult
use that bundle slung over my shoulde
for a seat l took it down and threy
1t on the ice. 1t rang out sharp an
loud as it struck. On my half-num
senses it dawned that it was my skate
which had brought along,
IF put them on can keep awake,
was the happy thought that came lik
a flash from the fire. In a moment a
most had strapped them on. glide
around the fire, which was In the Ger
ter of the circle, several times bcfor
could get warmed up. Then m
passion for skating awoke. was jui
on the edge of learning the most diff
cult motions on skates, such as III
grapevine, single and double" 'th
scissors" "the outer edge" 'th
Dutch roll, backward and forward, sill
gle and double" and figure eights
of various kinds One after the oth'
/ went over them. When tired by or
would try another, and so rest m,
, self. An nour passed thus and u
wolves came no nearer than at frs
Then knew | would probably e
through the night and breathed mo-
easily. knew had wood enough
last till daylight If l could only ke'
awake
SO hour after hour went circliI
about the little blaze. The ring of ste'
l echoing among the trees, mingled wi
the disappointed barking OF the hu
cry watchers squatted on the snow'
r At last the faint streaks Of dav
broke over the east and could see
o curl of white smoke arising from
The Southern herald., 1892-02-26
AN ANTIQUE

Queer SORT q theme tor a poets rhyme
warped and vurn By It's hundred yearS
hesprinklsd over with stains q tears
From Waxsn tspers Of olden time.
Walnut well carved b. masters hand,
NY great-great grandmothcr's candle stand
Gloss all gone, like tas days now dead
me polish dihned like the lustrous eyes
That oues looked merry, or sad, or wise,
As tal2 BY the huge fourposted bed
seood bearing the light in stick iapanned,
Ny great-great- at-grandmother's candle stand
shsky somewhat on its grimm feet,
Spindled decidedly Is 10 its legs
The funniest set Of twisted pegs
Parted as eenter IN base 70 meet.
Like . sort Of Hermes snaky wand
Ny eat-great-grandmother's candle stand
Lights il held for 5suntless race,
To deck for the duel, dance or bsiA
And maidens merry and gay Withal
slender.Waisted and fair Of face,
For mirrors aid would its help demand,
Ny at-greatgrandmothers candle stand
Dreams Of the ysars long past aad hown
When hood and hoop and painted fan
Were snares to allure the heart Of man
Just as today Is the tennis gown
All Git around from the shadow land,
Ny at-grsatgrandmotherG candle stand
And clothed in . robe Of spotless white,
Bonny and blithe as TO the bloom OF haW,
The danes great great -granddaugh.eFa
law,
Stands by II now, a Winsome sight.
What sweet surprise has my lady planned
With at-great-grandmother's candle stand
And why from its cherished pride OF place,
The chimney nook, has II sought the halli
Alas Pride goeth before the falls
To an antique dealer, for duchssss lace,
She's bartered It straishtway ont Of hand
Ny great tgreat-grandmOtheI's candle stand.
r. T, W. Duke, Jr, in Lipplncotta
The Southern herald., 1892-02-26
lT WAS A souARE RAoE.


Needed No Urging
Col John Griggs age sixty-eight
weight about two hundred, was tho
''fust settler in Tom Green county, Tex,
and sae only man now livin' who helped
SCOOP out the place where the river
runs" The colonel Is the hero Of an
exciting bear story, which deals with
the remote antiquity Of Tom Green
county, which he tells on himself IN
great gusto, as follows;
~ was right smart younger then than
l am now, but purity nigh as heiiy.
was livin' In cabin near the edge OF
the timber One day went out hcss
huntin' on foot and like q 'tarnni fool
Just clean neglected TO take a gun
along. The bar and met about
mile from the cabin. ! started
for home, and the bar loped along
in the same direction. The faster ! run
the more determined that bar was TO
see that didn't get lost away from
him. / was considerable Of . leg
ahaker then, like l am now, but /
couldn't shake that bar of.
when got in sight Of the cabin the
bar warn't four rods behind ] could
hear him a-pufin' and snortin, and my
hair stood up so high It just seemedlike
couldn't make no headway agin the
wind. My wife threw open the door Of
the cabin and yelled: Run, John, runl
and you bet that's what was d0ln'
thought / was good-by and gone John
Grigrs and run. The wind was all on
the outside Of me, but kept on a-run
in. and all the time my wife stooS
there in that doorway and yelled: Run
John, rum!
well I got there fust, and th'
colonel wiped from his brow the clam
nv perspiration which the reeollectiol
Of his narrow escape has caused e &C
cumulate there. Il got there fust an
fell in heap on the door while m,
. wife barred and barricaded the door
was clean gone teetotally tuckere
out, but bime By got my breath, an
E l said. wife. said !. givin' Der ; r
= proachful look. wife do yoa think II
!. 4 born foolg
!. why, no, John, said she, but sol
a. loolin' as though she mon hall di.
! course 1 don't; why should ~
! Well, said ], you stood there
Z that door a-hollerin' to me to 'ruf
Z John. rum Now, do you think I'd pls
e Of in a race like that2 IN. Z. Jou
q nal
The Southern herald., 1892-02-26
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The Southern herald., 1892-02-26

! WENT ClhCLlNd AhVuNp thH nNnNN'
hunters camp away down the lake.
Half an hour later it was daylight
The sharp crack of an early hunters
gun came from near by. The wolves
had been slowly backing off into the
woods as the day dawned and at the
sound Of the gun they disappeared en-
tirely. l waited another half hour
and then took off my skates and
walked down to the curl of smoke. |
rested at the camp several hours and
went home.
When next went out skating | sur
prised all my playmates by the progress
/ had made. "Where have you been
practicingP' they all asked. They had
reason for asking, for on that night Of
desperate practice had changed from
q novice into an expert N. Y. World
The Southern herald., 1892-02-26

According to one Of the tenets Of the
Mohammedan religion 1t is sin 70 make
q picture Of any living thing. A gem
tleman who visited mosque in Alslers
found that the tiles with which the
building is decorated are adorned with
flights Of birds. He expressed much
surprised at this and asked II the com
mand against such representations we're
modern edIct. ''Oh, no." answered
the pious Algerian to whom he adj
dressed the question. There are no
pictures Of living birds" That is to
show that the artist painted vply dead
birds Youths corlnanion,
The Southern herald., 1892-02-26

We have seen recent statement to
the effect that white oats contain more
nutriment than black oats, and should
always be chosen for feeding horses.
The only difference lies in the fact that
the black oats have a little thicker
husk, sufficient to make a difference OF
perhaps five per cent in the feeding
value. A horse cannot be we'll fed for
less than 30 cents per day. This makes
a pretty heavy drain on the farmer who
carries three or four idle head through
long winter, II these we're brood
mares, all raising good coltstopay their
way, it would not be so had. One way
in which good stock Of all kinds is Of
the most decided value is that it in
creases the owners interest in 1t. A
man will look after coed stock mors
carefully than aftera lot Of scrubs!
The Southern herald., 1892-02-26

An electric clock, made by Mr.. James
Smith, has been running in the work.
shop Of Leeds optician since ls40. II
has no spring or weight, and only three
wheels, which are driven by the PEN
dulum instead ofdriving it. The motive
mower Is what Mr.. Smith calls natural
electricity, no cells or battery being
used. A brass cylinder, containing q
coil of two miles Of copper wire, encOm-
passes the lower end Of the pendulum,
and moves with 1t backward and for
ward over amagnetic bar. The original
clock varied according 70 situstion and
season. Mr.. Edward Smith, however,
has remedied this by means Of an In
Qenious automatic regulator, which iS
described az "a kind Of miniature electric
railway, over which two tiny cars are
propelled with surprising precision
operating on positive and negative cur.
rents 50 slightin their nature as to b
almost imperceptible 70 the touch"
The delicate mechanism Of the stom
ach cOntsins 5, 900, 900 minute glands thai
ere constantly secTeApg gaatgie juice
The Southern herald., 1892-02-26

Your husband borrevs a CREST deal
/ of trouble, it seems to me Mrs Blue
Yea but Be is unselfish with Is
He always shares Il with msi ~ =
Presa
The morning call., 1892-05-13
SHE WENT TO HEB DEATH.
A Woman Jumps From the Midnight
Oakland Boat.

A Woman Jumps From the Midnight
Oakland Boat.
When the AS boat-the Pedmont-for
Oakland left her slip last night some Of the
passengers noticed a medium sized girl
with dark hair and blue eyes and dressed
in checked plaid, was walking the deck in
an apparent state of excitement
Presently she descended to the lower
deck and began talking to p tall man who
wore silk hat and was we'll dressed, whom
she seemed to know.
As nearly as could be gathered by the by
ISLANDERS, she was pleading with the man,
and pleading yainly,' for she was in tears.
Leaving the man she returned TO the
upper deck, and approaching the rail on the
right-hand side OF the boat suddenly leaped
overheard.
The Piedmont was then of Goat Island.
An alarm was given at once, and. after the
boat had gone considerable distance, she
was stopped.
Then some little time was lost in
lowering a boat, there being much con-
fusion on board, and the crew cruised
about and around the place where the sui
eide had gone down for perhaps quarter
of an hour.
They found no trace of the unfortunate,
and the Piedmont went on her way TO Oak
land.
The woman struck the guard with her
head as she jumped, and ii Is supposed that
the blow stunned her.
Her identity is not known, but she is sup
posed to belong In Oakland, and has been
noticed recently travelling backward and
forward great deal on the ferries.